aa oan or) 0 ery he Tat Ee me = : 7: ee ere eye eas R,. SE e- ce FOREST AND STREAM. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. ANGLING, SHOOTING, THE KENNEL, PRACTICAL NATURAL HISTORY, ; FISHCULTURE, PROTECTION OF GAME, —AND THE- INCULCATION IN. MEN AND*, WOMEN OF A HEALTHY. INTEREST Na OUT= OR RECREATION. AND. STUDY. ap\IHSONpa \ oy Oreo meas , - if Cigrant_/# Hebruary,:,1883:-July, 1883." PUBLISHED*® BY..THE « eo! AND “STREAM PUBLISHING .COMPANY.- W YORK: j ; i FOREST AND STREAM. INDEX---VOLUME XX. EDITORIAL. Page. Page. Trou tPaya $3,215 setups a apes s We Obes! eemlane .t4t, 167 Eagles on the Hudson......2.-.2+ceeeeeeteeereces BellsRinging rogers wes, ecm iwsistecia nels sls aeacle PAIL OTICACKS sh es8. ee edb. oe rc gf attra te alolerimne 142 Vatars, By iaGs.. ee ees ep eee ates ‘201 English Sparrows ‘See Sparrow). Big-Gun Duckers .. .......-. ana *\ American Kennel Register’. ........ +24 --++ 0400+ +141 VisionSeofpthesNights: bay et eltegteterrere eee oe es 4 European Woodcock in Canada......... ---«<--+4 Billinghurst Range.....-... American Wood-Powder ...,.......+082eseeereree 481 Yacht. Racing Week. .....20 2. .cssee scene eee seer 421 Fawn in Central Park....... ..-. ea a 323 Black Hearts’ Migration..,.... ArchicsBrrplorations. 0. fsa wet nases lenis sa 2b 281 Yellowstone Park ....1, 22, 41, 61, Br, Tor, 121, T4T, 501 Foxes tn Ereesi sic tina ee snes serene gee rss essen 387 Boar Hunting in Jamaica... Asleep at his Post Foxes of the East............ ce es ee ee 147 Boar Hunt in San Domingo. “Bear” Market... ....-.-::++eeeeee Goshawk Captured...........: eobaged Boyhood Reminiscences. .. Bench Shows. . aaa Great Carolina Wren.....---...5+--++ Boy Hunter of Bash=Bish.. Bergh and Boaiitien Pa GMb 8 Soh rehee ieee tcl Bushing Barrels,........- PS [eriaicd ASS foeng 9 sasaihy Wis gree Se set ep eae ote res tet 342 SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Hairy-Tailed Wren. . California Game..........- qanedtectdeewae sed Bottle Joke,....1..: cee aeee sete see errr eres +461 Hanged by the Neck.. California Game Law..........++ BSE ots, Boy-and Angle. .....,--2:.0sbseecer teers cseeeees 34r Acirondack Guide System... .-..+-0.-5+ 124+ 263, 482 Heron Choked to Death... California, In Northern Boy and Gun .........--- yc ever des sate cues PARC Es After Quail... 2... ,.6. csse sees season seers 24 Hooded Seal in Captivity. Camp, The....... Burts b-ledeicley ae “Bohiiazpistetel Sen an aks Pee A Re A gor Anglers’ Nook (poetry), ...--.----2+ sassseeeseiee 265 Horned Lark “4 ‘Camps in the Rockies’’. Ganned Goods,...,- -..2-++--2se0+ + »302 Baie des Chaleurs.......-.2...ccueere errr sts ces 223 Veather-Back Turtle c2:22-2con: toeeev ees eas +. ++ - 265 Canebreaks of Issequena.., (eande: Metis ccc tes ore pese pu eee 242 Bertha’s Education (poetry ) Maine Birds. ...6, 24, 44, 66, 85, 104, 124, 184, 204, 223, Cape Cod Notes......, ~~ Carver and Bogardus 22 Black Hills of Wyoming....-..-.....-- ; 244 Cheesequake Creek.,,,......,. wee Bie ++. 207 PERV IAL sly act ome tis Ent aka ycatn td Soke Mies ress ese 161 Bonin Islands............ Maine Taxidermists’ Law. ..........+- «sess ees 284 Chicago Notes ............ bie aWa tea o's! ey ots 9, 168 Chicago Game Market,.........-.2:--+++e0000 Sh 36D Bossier Parish..., 222.145 Colorado Game........ .,,+s-seeee Dawson, George. ..02. 6.66.6 cere eee ee tee ee eee 6x Boyhood Reminiscences. . Coincidences Fir. evn) role ener ae a ee beat A ebetetveccebt fo) coy Pee tan 4p 3 Hentai duet elon aleirlp pels wens 341 “Brown Stud’s” Death. Connecticut Rail.... 7 Dog, A Disgusted. .......------2see ce eeee eee eee T21 California, Southern. ... Crockett’s Rifle ........ iBisgel Egy tee hey Oy eet ocr aie ton eedea isaac +382 Callao Bays eps cs ese ere y eter eet eee eet ne ees Carver Club Report. . Dogs of Homer Camp Henderson...,........ Mocking Bird in Massachusetts..........---- é Czar vs. Sportsman. ., Dog Shows and Prices 301 Canada Resorts.j15 22h i ei es cans eee eee pa nee Morning in City and Country... 1423 Dakota Game........ English Angling Tournament.....---.++:+++-+.+* 421 GODS slapd) snp eras oe aes ee ee rie Pe NAGI LEAST UCIT OE weds Bic Seat y ee ete scutes renga 244 Deer and Small Shot........,, PAE boat, Ei English Sparrows........ et: Colorado, Up and Down in Nebraska Spring Birds.. Weer kHanpingsyprap sh o-os te ley- aide a eek Fishculture in England .............:0e+00s:00 +s 38 Dave's Medical Experience . “New England Bird Life’’. . Deer Hunt in Louisiana......--..c0eeeneeeseee eee Fishculture, Success of,..... 50.226 04500-+2205 241, 320 Doctor and Grizzly .........-. New Vork Borestrys. Ai, +-gsoae bs) Ad ak Aen etme 484 Meer Minter Olas ieee «oa ae alos tea Ser Fisheries Exhibition. .........-+.eees0eeerees I4t, 182 Drifting forShad..,....... INSET sere © taste Siete niente dre erotic ten hae 26 Deer Hunting in Adirondacks. . Bante cOiite: piitheni ah ste. tae ts soba foe h oe ad oe 401 Florida (poetry)....... QHicsBirhs ns opens chee coke ale toes s+ +85, 304, 343 Deer’s Singular Death. . Forest and Stream Fables, No. XIT..... eS ens 22 Florida, Around the Coast of... 3,24, 43, 64, 83, 103, Ohio Geological Survey... 1, 6.sss2244 cen eees were es 323 DyiidleaBoateass st Meteeas sah hes ake AGO CES UY. Gey in enetalatstd Ieee l= ie : 122, 144 Owls and Crows... ... Dueks, Puchi oft yt gute es Fourth of gah re Ae cee ROR meee re 44qt Florida Experiences. 0:22.10. seseeneeeeeerrneaeet 422 Owls, White.....:..... Ducks neds eet tases hia Aas Ay eWeek ewe Le 102, 282 CToeeleast Of. eae eee tedan e one etl aie eR ea stce 164 Panther of McCloud River, . 203 Wyck ee imar he Dette toasts ce atdiale el Stale HORA aly et aie ramet Protectors Mat] fine hs oh on eater we ou rt 161 Indian Folk-Lore.............- 222, 264 Panther’s Habits Ducking on Julington Creek..... beta aad, BASES . 47 Game Slaughter in the West... ces eft Wea brador Isiteny snes esis Ope ees eee +142 Panther’s Leap.. Ducking on the Hudson....,.- BnAaeks Fak AS jyt 2p EBS: Greeley Rescue Expedition... ......+scsessessee 421 Long Lake Loiterings.. 3 Partridge Mystery. .,.-.0. 242.2. sseee eer eoee ee 285 Duck Shooting on Maine Coast... 2... cs eeseee 485 Guides and Tourists. ...-...--.-00.0psseeee seven 261 Spring (poetry)... ....<. 01s sss es untae nea ets csces 104 Pheebe’s Night Song .........-. gk sO Aggeute haba 85 Duck Traps in the James....,. “Horses in Homer’s Time........-...-ee2+0re eens 142 Major Jim O 0 oo... ees reece t stent ees 382 Pine Grosbeaks: it. .scsspeces eenhees 4+ eo 7, 26, 67 Dusky Duck....,...- Hunting in the Middle Ages... .....------.--++ 45 202 March of Cominon Sense... 2.5.04 -s reer esse ees 422 ahead teen, Sete te alee ae ai epee indicts arent 166 E. C. Powder.... .- ; Hunting Without a Gun ......,.. 2, t02, 181 Michigan, Charms of... ......--1<.++sseees-saere 422 Quail Tamed Farmer and Sportsman........ - epee s oder ate 185, 248 Pig hiro pip nares er ce eS Aio ye «sgncareer ec orgs 22 Misadventure in South Africa......,..-... 1... 63 Rail Carrying Eggs............ Feline Retriever... ..---,.+........5- BAAR AREA 7 2 465 Ichthyophagous Club........... 402 Mountain Goat Hunting... +. .....-rre+sss errr ees 202 Rattlesnakes... 2. .1 ees Loading Hints......... Saint Salvelinus.........- Beavers’ Habits, ...- SOry Sea 4 London (Ont.) Society... Salmon in the Merrimac. ....-..+eee+eey see 200s wa eG4T Biid Bath .......- ... Long Island Association, ,..- Snedecor, Ov S..... oe sees vdeo eenees ents sneer 122 Bird Life, Anomalies in. . Cha GEES OR Long Pull and Strong Pull .... Sportsman vs. Gull Birds in Central Park... oy Adirondack Deer......... 38. Bes iota dieceee Lost on the Snipe Meadows....... Sollee Hecke eer Sportsmen and Farmers......--.++<) pteesertsneees rr Birds eRetene een ote eee} PAR «Se cere Adirondac’s Evening...........+ +--+ Nines cet. cobs: Sake usies area 4 ees 4aae ee kOe Summer Shooting..-.--.-.....- Black Racer Adirondack Winter Notes...., Maine Game Resort.......4+- -seeeeeseeet pesos 9325 Steam Yachting-......-.+---- California Birds PUR SAGE etre ete s aire elentoks Maine Indictments. ..-. 4 Striped Bass Spawning. ...-.-+++..+:sseeeeseeeeeee Carrion. (ond wec.s sie 7 ob veecmiga eelice) oacese er aie ee -)- Antelope Kids....., Maine Large Game, ..... Sunday Fishing Law-. teat an ey Commander Islands..... .-.,+-+.++ Asleep at his Post,.,. Maine Law,..+se-++se0e ‘Tariff on Fire Arms.....5----22 saa seee ce ceee sees I Crabs of the United States. ... Baltimore Duckers.... .. Michigan,,.,.-.-.- Ter Wiealsy ode) rectal rae Rule ne SOPs segs & .501 Deer Horms Locked......... Bay Birds on the Chesapeake......++. Michigan Birds,....... ceeler dad, Pe HEBD Toy Pistol...:.. +++ +++ +222 pierre teeters 2 tae 441 Drumming of Spruce Grouse. . Hears... --25orpuels sa Peete ae Wee aero wins bed segeg05 Minnes-ta Feet as le ee ele etek Hee Trap-Shooting Pigeons.......---- Psat See, Slee wip Oe Duck Hawk...... te a Pear Hunts in Florida... ....eeees sees eee eter 11827 Minnesota Growl _.2ss21.¢se seers sees ees recess) 1387 - : Page. “Minnesota Notes. ...0.0.0.000cccscceceeee 49, 226 ‘Missouri Association, ...... rR A es, 49 Missouri Game Country......... wets ole 3 Ue aes My First Woodcock, ...... Pi aeihs ole tubeh a ete Ares Mysterious Monsters...,..-....... aetna tack BN eb rt 48 Nebrigka@otes,.. 5, Bunnie run hh een eae her, 345 Negroes and Game . ,., 7, 129, 148, 20x New Hampshire Notes,...........0esceacsveenees 28 New Jersey Gunning Grounds... -x69 New York Association........ 7 426 New York Game Protectors....... 287 New York Law.......... ide is 2 aD 27, 147, 245 NEW VOLK SOcIEty tt olcsk ke atte lokaseods ateeadad 228 North Carolina Medley...., SE Ee a nse 186 Old Hunter, An... 26... 2... eee ee Ao eye a 248 Grevon Wraimes ies. post aes bates he eae be esis att 4 Ottawa Convention.,.... ee, ot ere, oF ..188 CJnabinita Clubs coh peye tae ceten es Owen Sound Deer Shooting........ Panther Hunting........ Partridge Fly.,.......- Pennsylvania Notes.... Pigeons...... 2 A mth Fi he ee Ss SS A Pinnated Grouse for Delaware....... Pinnated Grouse in England........ 345 Pot Shot Speiled..... ope Sa ce areee i Poughkeepsie Dealers Arrested... President's Message.....-... AR Asoe. Quail Hunt in Jersey........ dceey Quail in Confinement..... ...... aakee cane doce cBo Quail of Texas........ West: pases ems Deke nee og 186 Quail Restocking. ...... poeta Ore ee Ir Owail, Trip After,...........-06..- cc BA OIOSS 227 Quail Weight............. 5? RES SS Mee 208 Quebec Association....... Ae eS Rpee ees © sau “Ee Quebec Club,..........5. 48 Quebec Hunting Ground. .. . 344 Rabbit Shooting...........,... 167 Reed Bird at Seaside. 3 486 Reyolver Story...........5+ . 486 ‘Rising Young Sportsmen”... . 49 oehester Notes: ¢.fessp sss: serene ts ~~. 269 Rocky Mountain Deer Hunt........-....0.505 wee & Ruffed Grouse........... PAA AR BP TAS ARES) RMU TOL heres ve ped etek eee Fete En Bd 46 Stele SV BLEW iEe rom he slalatecste lara cers Se Soh ie, 67 Screed, New Year's....29, 107, 127, 167, 169, 189, 269, 366 Shells, Decapping ....... Yon te tes, Se oe 48 Shells, Paper—Brass. . 46, 127 Shotgun of the Future... +405 Shotguns, Reports of... 504 Smoke Memories........... 106, 166 Some Liars I Have Known................02.0445 245 Spesutia Island Raid, (see Big-Gun)..., 70, 108 Spring Shooting,........... .... Meo Ee +10, 69, 348 DStAkedwP acre ch ns tee nat ets SLE dks eer ah 248 StareVynGSe setae sles WO DOD -ORASA SEA SR ORSLe 465, 486 Summer Shooting......... 47, 69, 85, 207, 128, 147, 168 Syracuse Shooting Grounds.,..4-...---..45 ane atin 207 Temperature and Shooting. ...........-sscseees ees 287 Tennessee Notes_.......... - 70 Texas Antelope... 406 Texas Scamper..... +179 Tolleston Gun Club............ RAS Bout -366 Transatlantic Notes ......, oe Se i 286 iran-and .P.cld ‘Shootings yess scenes) eceeena 286 Turkey Hunt by Moonlight. ..........-.#....-- .. 9 VEARSHER hb (od Leg adtdyesss oe VAR ARRAS EAARA ON SOEADAR 187 Aioameghitord Me] loge Ad BA ary Sate atone Becky 425 Vision, Experiments ssn 5 peo54.Peseeteces tenses 503 Western Game and Weather..............,.+.0005 108 When this Old Gun Was New .. 67 Wilds of Tucker ,.,....-+-4.-+ . 286 Wild Turkeys in California. 228 SVinber Surshimer 00, dye wean oes Wayne deer 227 Wisconsin Deer Law...., Sond orqunce 4 het Bodh 306 Woodcock in Pennsylvania .........02...20-02005 465 Woodcock Shoot............ het oe Roe sje 558 268 Woodcock, Tough ..........-. secur tee ser cence eee 170 Worcester Fox Hunters........... SR SRSA 28 Worcester ur Company...............- oe 108 Yellowstone Park.,,...... airaidcrtites cae tr, 68, 86, 107 PARCOMCHCHS 112s h Lnicoy aoe Doi featstac Hale Aeration Under Ice 3+ PA DIC OLE pansies se siays at . Alewives in Lake Ontario.,..... eedaay meet Act eTEEK. GL PAN io aLor Mora ta beste en sce coe ete has sae oe pasote 448 American Fishcultural Association Meeting....... 389 Angler’s Rest (poetry)....... Dy eaatior See: (nts STs 346 Angling Books, Old,.... HE ie SG Med ly 229 ALMA GA fac SEsiy tage cee fp Poe nassg Scena 5 390 Aquatic Tragedy .. Are Pe ee 406 SA ph tiycenmcb gts Woted (eh ep 5 55 Boo Pons ae Shan c seae 210 Bait for Trout and Bass, . .290 Bait Preseryative...,... Bartibogue River. . . 346 PacohStrigneiariaes (fede poe ats See as Hoseasons 467 TERS Enel Roo odd BRC OREROUS BLEU tenes 272 (BBP c set Fal OUT RE 65 RAPS ARE 1 BRE AAR SAS ANO AGES + 465 Bass in Pennsylvania.._.., a 1 BIA p eos +487 CTR OR TORS iycels yon ugoteec pec ee ee 428 Bass in Trout Waters.......5+...+ Shee Me said 505 Bass in Mohawk........ ..487 SHAE SRDACILE Ts eca duh aurea ses lcaitelets Wales on 485 Bass in Ontario. .......... 2.448 Bass in the Susque!:anna ... 483 Bass in Germany.... . ree 152 Bass in Seneca Bake 1.02.20. 2itsssctesascuee 1.489 Buss in New Hampshire...... sohenas Bots scas6s« +27 Bassam, WIsCOnSi) j.c.eeudu ven assaeecdees 22+ xe 3OQ BassiniOswego River... -.pessesseebedtiecs 0224988 Bass in Canada.......... Peer iee Peleewers laren piso Bassin Lake Erie ....... Stotatnte be ey es panes ag OY: Bass in the Brandywine..-......1.,.--- i2. --2-- Bass Islands, Lake Ontario....,.- .....- Bass Islands of Lake Erie... eee wesc tee Page. Bass, Largest.......... SU eta pe abo oictoddess See 507 Pass Resorts i cists a thenssae wees DEON 4p as ota 1420 Bass Tackle ....,,.... aoe oe PSO ese cs esas ee Bass Trolling in Florida,...........-s00+-cceeeeus 367 Bass Transportation..... DR R eB BE Ss hides ee ost or 3ear Lake..... «ptt Pt oe a AE a Ady Bergh and Angling.........0...2. 20-2) 0 ssseeas 407 Bethabara Wood. ...- Bibliotheca Piscatoria., Big Cat of the Kaw.. Black Drum Fishing.... Black-Headed Minnow. Black Statue....... Abul Blooming Grove Park, Bomoseen Lake........, Boy Angler ............. . Boyhood Reminiscence.......-... ...+....-+-+ee LSEIEN TA bereyiatiieg, (6A 5A5 WAR SSR AA Ake aha aa sane bataa tae 428 California Salmon in Captivity.................-- 449 US trIan mee ewe ete motes ah PE Teuereth aeaetters oid phic Eke 36229 Canada at the London Exhibition,.............,.. 232 Canadian Fisherfes........... COU eaonce 356i nabs 348 CIATACIATI EES GR Litera sceee Lace tas tg pee 4-408 (SApDines ieee eed eee eee eee ak Se atic 3 ee SGT: Carp and Mosquitoes. Carp as Food, . Carp as Game Carp in Brazil... + 73 Carp in Florida.......... Sa leatatgoe +507 Car) in Washington Territory..;.. IIr CAA EE its visits Been tt tonne +448 Correa afet LEZ Ari AC Antanas ae ALANSAR “Dh Sa rey 505 (Qhiaxhonien sub) catlin as sedewa dit de Re whe a eck ae apes +349 Chinampn wba kes valu row bret odae wei sale uns elt cele 130 Golilesn sine Pas Dore eee ty Fee eee oe ee I5r oloraddsy ep sucn scene GAS ois SOG ay bose! a4 231 Columbia River Salmon.....- Sree EE ose erates 506 Connecticut Visheulture ............+--..-... 32, 131 Greels of Tin ........... .0., Brora then teen | 328 Darter ee ey Day,at Cedar Si Delaware Commission rij Metroteblctcliely ses wakes hater ate lie data date 173 English Angling Tournament. . 426, 447, 506 Evening’s Reflections........... sseeeeseereeeaeee 326 SOBs HpaTi oh OP ISHETieS heats. ot. Wlercwtela > ee British Musketry Instruction. as ph epeaon tag th Carver-Bogardtis Match ...... +4435 544 05, 125 Vite Cons itutioriee st wench aeteercen as acme ites 175 MGraghalidts se NarrOwis tates: s ctkfesly tet suis sida 159 Gallery Targets, ua phe cas de ge eee poe = nl Ee KDEESEP RIMES y Vha sls si:ctesi esis eka aeme sits ede estes 35 Hunting Rifles,............. (See Muzzle vs. Breech.) Tilinets Tournament......-...;.--- sdae8p hota 472, 494 Illinois Pigeon Shooting.......-. ca+eeesseeee- ses 276 International Match\ssealso E litorial) ...54, 132, 294 333, 353. 453. 472; 499, 517 eG ciniteeitas watis cakeieeeseianl ses umemen ohne idle cenretan Louisville Tournament. .. Maine Anti-Pigeon Bill ..........- PE a a oe, 55 Massachusetts State Shoot.........-eeec-seeee ease 431 MilltabyektiieS se mows youtees ne eee ae eae 470 Muzzle vs. Breech...... 74> IX4) 159, 175-253: 294s 333, 373s 4491479, 493 Non-Cleaning Match...;.... .,. 23s 195, Pigeon Shooting in Ohio 2 Target, A New. areca oes eae +571 ‘rap vs. Field Shooting...... Wort nero: 973 Wimbledon Report....... Se es ae et, + ¢ YACHTING: YACHT CLUBS AND RACES. a7 : Page. ‘Beverly Y. C....... se eewece ene ee es 90s 474, 4765 495 Cape-Ann ¥Co.. 5... eres rh he ee Rec an 4...377 Wleveland Vi Gop. i.e tessase ce ese estes eeee tse 496. Chicago We Cie. Paste Ht 395, 476, 492 Dorchester Mer A een Ae 435 Ran ver Waa ae eile ees. sie ween Sete 394 Eastern Y. C.. Eclipse Y. C,.. EGnheV Ce...8 b Haverhill Y.C....... Roa Se ee Uses axle, 137 riccon ver Wines ccirctesicsu 2.5 fts ice 304 Jersey City Y.C...... «63375 433 Knitkerbocker Y. C.. Laithmont Y.C . New Haven Y. C.. 304) 4 475s 196 516, 415 New ‘Bedford NAS Cet Meher erik vite eo eet ee 496 New! Jersey VAM hoch te aty eine eet New York Y.C.. 6 OAs New Jersey Y. C. Se aba iden oonosn nese Spiots 257 Oswego SEG Jo ponder opre deo jot weeps eecee Oshkosh Y.C 4 Provincetown Y.C......00+-6 Pennsylvania Y.C.... sce J 3 Portland Y.C...;. ee tad 3s Quaker Gity Y.C.. -.- 96, 415 Quincy Rese oles cate f - .635, 457) 496 Royal Nova Scotia y, S. pune Royal Canadian Y. C. RaritanY.C,.... Salem Bay YaiGs. Sylvia-Gracie Ree oe Agpeobapers Se hs ti ace Ure Me? 476 Seatvanhaka Corinthian Y.. Lc. bsp erneneeeeees 433, 456 Souith Boston Y, C.. 217, 375 ; San Francisco Y, C........ Se neath con cee PVE weld a57 Toronto Y, C Williamsburgh VC MISCELLANEOUS. Breadth and Depth.. Boy’s Seagoing Doat... Boston City Regatta Centerboards Cruise, Single-Handed. Colt Dise Engine Cruising on Georgian Bay Cleaning Brasswork. .- vee 2203750477 Decoration Day English Ocean Match. seth cassia Aer seas MOREE Ee et eto 255, 315 330, 379 _ Grub for Cruise 4 - Irish Fishermen Measurement Metallic Splice. .. Matinicus Fishing Boat New Sloops’.. z “174 394 _ +17) 555 127, 156, 177, 356, 396, 457, 496 — New Steamets......2...0..-. B53 2175 296 356, 396, 407 ‘One= Ton Cutten came see es cee oe acer Peers 96° Old Conyac pueeie tas. Dueensr taney seem ae 336 Olsen’s Yacht List .. 396 Reriaucerar.: tects te 430 Removing Old Paint.. aS may e5 10. DVEsIstry Of aac ts want mise, Amresene etter es aie, 136 Races InwNew Hnglandien. 2) scl esaies ts oe 55 Single-H. AndoViaAChit smu ik Teen (ean ene 15, 17, 96 Small'Yachts -. 2002... eee eee eee eee ee 136,217 Sharpies bfroclee on tae Mr eto 1775 197, 257) 3771 496 Speed of Steam Yachts Season Opening Steering Gear Three Schooners . Time Limits. . Utowana....: Vilue of Size... Winter’s Cruise. a A, cues eb Bes 136 Bt) eS atti abt tate si they itaten Shae 456 chal lrg.c Syadales iettete Corecess eee bbe ose 17, 76, 77s 405 setts Hecke esac tersp cg Pe ote 7, 2+. = CANOEING. American Association Meet... 286, 316, 335, 354) 375 = 397) 4754 es S17 Builders and the Association Rules.., es Page Burlesque. pe ve arate hate ens eso a eee 474 Can VasaCanoeSaens vies rs ey eeeedmmenee etiam 414 | STATES atte fice ty rece Gals oe ea eens age oo a 317. Chicago 355% Commodore or Captain...............- +» -4377495) Connecticut River... ++ +335) 355 Cordcle .:. .204T4ie DOR Mea aoee a = +335y 355) 454 Magalloway ...0. 06. cece ere reece eo cree tte aes 454 Msi psiee mn PERS AE Sipe et cleat ea 317 | Min ke litma rege pic tae. ice arace xh torches fence ann 1 ee siz” Psyche Round the Isle of Man............ AL SEs tha Hed tr: 374. RoyaliGanoeiGhinsina na. ances ave «© +317) 3745 494 Routes to Stony Lake (Map) sary ste Bites ee be eae 517 Sailing Rules..° 296, 494 | SaylStoturetrcbi ksh acne -355y.453 Smooth-skin Canoes... and + +397 | ‘S PALS Piya ee toieraee 335 Stellan Mianisnsen qatctapes ccs <0 12 cp tentice terre valet eiemes 317 Tandem Ganpesgrntae heen caeretietns ooh te 296, 317 MorontoeG MC x42 canes nas fone tage eee 396 | ‘Trentaliripae ssscaccehite ots arodeod Reker tacit 454. Tiwi Candest penis. Gycl dearest ae ee nee 454. MU YUNANE bes pitas one enbS Act obAsgean Ge Ssh 316 : Varnishing Bright Boats............ Peete ee yucr Vergennes to Lorna Island... 5 Weight and Displacement..........-- Petts ie aeeea 374, FOREST AND STREAM. _A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. Terms, $44 Year. 10 Ors, 4 Copy. } Six Montane, 2. s NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 1, 1888. j VOL. XX,—No, 1. ) Nos, 89 & 40 Park Row, New Yore. CORRESPONDENCE. 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Grab and Greed, New Orleans Gun Club, Natura History, English Kennel Club Troubles. The Birds of Maine, Spaniel Classification. Reptiles and their Habits, - | Lost Dogs. Game Bag AND GUN, | Kennel Notes. Tn the TIssaquena Canebrakes. | Rirtm anp TRAP SHooTrNG, A Rocky Mountain Deer Hunt. Range and Gallery. That Remarkable Shot, Tests of Gallery Shooting. Indiana Game Interests. The Trap. Jottings from Jersey. Matehes and Meetings. Guinea Fowl as Game Birds, YACHTING AND CANOEING, A Turkey Hunt by Moonhght. Gleam. The Cuvier Club Report. Displacement and Resistance. . Notes from Chicago, rs] eva. Ballasting Small Boats on the The Air-Space. Duck Traps in the James River. Delaware. Pennsylvania Notes. The Rig Among Rigs. “Let Well Enough Alone,” Single Hand Yachts. The Kind of Yacht Wanted. Registry of Yachts. Traps. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Spring Wildfowl Shooting. otes on Back Numbers. Spesutia Island Night Hunters. A Growl About Gunners. — PROPOSED MAINE SUMMER SHOOTING. HE present open season for deer, caribou and moose in the State of Maine is from Ociober first to January first. There has been presented to the Maine Legislature a petition to so amend the law as fo make the open season for killing this game begin July first, thus extending the- time by the addition of three months, Ii is needless to say that this change is not wanted by the sportsmen of the State, but by the hotel and steamboat men and the guides. It is alleged in the petition that the time is now s0 short ag to seriously ‘‘discourage” and ‘‘inconyeni- ence” visiting sportsmen, who, provided the discourage- tients and inconveniences are not remoyed, will be obliged to seek other fields of slaughter and renown. Ii is further alleged that with this change no special harm can come to the deer. This is beautiful logic; a summer shooting Season is wanted so that visiting sportsmen may shoot more deer, and yet the decr are not to suffer therefrom. It is the reasoning of greedy men, who have regard for nothing save stuffing their own pockets with the proceeds of un- _ timely game slaughter. They know very well—no one else hetter—that deer shooting in June and July means death to the mother doe and death by lingering starvation for the fawns. This is not the kind of shooting that respectable sportsmen ask for; it is not the kind they would tolerate; if ig sought and defended only by the class of greenhorns and butchers who like fo fire into # deer in the water while their “guide” holds the victim for them—and by these same ‘Suides, who haye an eye for the almighty dollar and nothing else, Maine has a rich store of wealth in her native game sup- ply. Her recent wise and provident action in securing: bet- ter care of this resouree by the appointment of game war- ‘dens, and the way in which these officers have set about piheir task, have been among the encouraging signs of the mes, The State has made a good beginning. It only re- ins for her fo pursue the same course, without regard to @ selfish and improvident demands of summer shooting titioners. Such a law as that proposed would be pernicious in the extreme. We cannot believe that if will be enacted by the Legislature, It} would be a step backward, 4 sacrifice of the public good to the grasping greed of a few selfish men. The proposition of these Muine petitioners is a very fair illustration of the unscrupulous, every-man-for-limself spirit that to a lamentable degree inspires the game legisla- tion of this country, There is hardly a game law on the statute books to-day that has not been put there after a des- perate conflict with such selfish and improvident clamorers for present gain; or else contains on its face some special clause or exception in favor of this class, and in total dis- regard of the righis and interests of the community at large. This condition of affairs will continue just so long as the sportsmen of a State are content to leave game legislation in the hands of any and eyery man who cares to tinker at it for his own private ends. There ought to be in eyery State in this Union a live society of sporismen, representing the whole State, and working together to secure a law framed for the common good, ARCTIC EXPLORATION. N his very entertaining paper to-day Lieut. Schwatka il- lustrates the point, made by a correspondent. of this jour- nal last Jime, that the Arctic exploration of the future must be conducted on different, principles from that which has proved so disastrous in the past. The successful Arc- tic explorer must be, first, a successful sportsman, able to ayail himself of the game resources of-the country. Lieut. Schwatka’s experience demonstrated yery clearly and con- clusively the’ practicability of living on the country. He and the members of his party used their rifles, and with them secured a constant supply of food. They haye estab- lished a precedent, some modification of which must be adopted hy future. Arctic explorers, if they are to do any moré than add new names to the long and melancholy list of those who have perished in the futile Arctic search. The situation of a trained hunter in such a country, adapting himself to the habits of life of the native dwellers there, self-reliant and capable of winning a subsistence by his skill with the rifie, is in decided contrast to that of the shipwrecked seaman wholly ignorant of the ways of game and inexpert and incapable in its capture. We commend the account of Lieut. Schwatka’s hunting in the North to the consideration of future Arctic explorers. THE TARLFE ON FIREARMS. “NHE present import duty on shotguns is thirty-five per cent, ad valorem. The Tariff Commission recom- mended an ad valorem duty of iwenty-five per cent., and the Senate last Monday agreed to retain the present rate of thirty-five per cent. ad yalorem, with ten per cent. on bar- rels in the rough. But the Tariff Bill now before the House of Representatives provides that the tax on fire-arms shall be as follows: ‘‘All sporting breech-loading shotguns, with plain or twist barrels, of iron or steel, fiye dollars each; with laminated iron and steel or stub twist barrels, fifteen dollars cach; with Damascus or other faney barrels, twenty-five dollars each; all other shotguns, and all other fire-arms not provided for in this act, thirty-five per centum ad valorem.” The increase of duty here called for on the cheapest grade of imported guns would be 900 per cent. With this we have no fault tofind; if Congress ‘could put an absolutely prohibitory tax on such guns it would admirably serve the interests of society. Itis also patent that were the tariff amended according to the provisions of this bill, the price of expensive guns would he Jessened just in proportion as the uniform duty of twenty-five dollars is less than the thirty- five per cent. on their cost in the foreign market, It is with neither of these extremes, however, that we are especially concerned, buf rather with the arms of moderate price, the guns most in demand by the class of men who constitute the majority of sportsmen, ; The proposed duty would materially increase the cost of such guns, and the burden of the tax would fall upon those who are least fitted to bear it. In fact, if this bill is put through, so great will be the discrimination against this grade of arms, that the imported goods specified will he driven out of the market, and the manufacture will be vir- tually in control of American makers. No such protection as that contemplated by this bill is necessary, There is ample profit in the manufacture of shotguns in this country with the foreign competition as it is at present. We can conceive of no good to result from the entting off of that healthful competition. | RELIEF FOR THE Fowyu.—The seizure and destruction of two of the big swivel guns, which haye long been known to be in use at Spesutia Island, will be a severe blow to the poachers, The capture and fine of two of the ringleaders of the gang will not be without effect in intimidating the outlaws, but that is a small matter compared with the tak- ins of the guns. These murderous weapons are not easily obtained, and if will require time and money to replace them, Unfortunately, only 4 portion of the armament appears to haye been secured, but so far as it went, the raid on the outlaws is a thogt encouraging sign of the interest taken in their rights By the owners of duckiny shores in Maryland. A constant system of espionage and*harassing of these and other lawless individuals in the winier feedimg grounds of our fowl could not fail to worle great good to the shooting all along the coast. Nothing is more destructive of fowl shooting than the use of lights and these big guns, and we hope that the day ig not far distant when an advanced public sentiment will prevent the use of such engines in any waters in the Jand. The authorities, or, better still, the sportsmen of some of the Southern States, should look also after the duck traps which are being used in Some Southern waters. These traps should be destroyed, and the owners, Whether white or black, should be promptly clapped in jail. Bra Gamn.—The average American understands the value of advertising; he scruples at nothing that will bring his scheme and his goods before the public. In a recent police parade in this city the ranks of blue-coated officers marched bravely through the streets to the music of the band, and close upon the rear of the last column followed a wagon setting forth the charms of a cat show in a dime museum, This shrewd genius successfully used the police force of a great city to advertise his cats. When Dr. Carver went abroad, his manaver’s first step was to have the marks- man exhibit his skill in the presence of the Prince of Wales, using that dignitary im exactly the same manuer that the eat showman used the police. And uow the Associated Press dispatches from abroad state: “The London Armny und Navy Gazelle says: ‘We understand that the Prince of Wales, - at the urgent request of the Princess of Wales, is bestirving himself to put down the cruel sport of pigcon shooting. The ladies have formed a ring, and intend boycotting Hurlingham until the Gun Club discards the pretty dove and adopts the terra-cotta pigeon, a new invention which is being brought out under the patronage of the Pringe of Wales, and can be seen at work at the Ranelagh Club grounds.” ‘There is no caf in that meal-bag, only a clay pigeon. Ow Tuuspay Last a hearing was given by the Committee on Agriculture of the Massachusetts State Legislature to those who advocate the offering of a hounty for the de- struction of English sparrows. ‘No friends of the sparrow appeared, to raise a voice in his defense, while, on the other hand, 4 considerable mass of testimony was given against the bird. It was stated that the speciesis causing great and increasing damage to the crops, and that it is particularly destructive to apples, nearly one-half of Jast year’s promised yield haying been destroyed by it. It does hot destroy insects injurious to vegetation, while it drives away our native insectivorous birds, which would, if left to themselves, do good servicein this way. Ifthe bird should ever become numerous in the West, it would doa vast amount of damage to the crops of grain. From all points of view, therefore, if is to be condemned. These arguments, with all of which the readers of Formsr ann SrreAM are familiar, are advanced to induce the Legislature to take steps to abate what has become both in our large cities and our lesser towns a real nuisance. Tur YELLOWSTONE PAarxk.—We print in another col- umn avery few of the numerous remarks, editorial and personal, which have been called out by the recent fight on the Yellowstone Park grab. The only hope of the engi- neers of this project was to have railroaded it through with such silence and celerity that the grant would have been confirmed to them before the matter could have been subjected fo any scrutiny by the people or their repre- sentatives, and this they did not quite succeed in doing, As soon as the trueimport of the job was understood by the people, there was but one sentiment expressed in re- gard to the matter, and the general condemhation which it received quite frightened the projectors of the scheme from their original position. ‘The whole matter may safely be leffin such good bands as those of Senator Vest and Sec- retary Teller. ‘\ 2 FOREST AND STREAM. . “[Fs, 1, 1888, HUNTING WITHOUT A GUN—IL ET your gun hang on its own hooks; and go you to the 4 xsooded hill, from behind which you first saw the sun rise, over whose length and breadth you have hunted eyery fall and winter since you began to carry agun, You know every ridge and Nollow so well that if you were led to any part of it blindfolded you could tell where you were after you had looked about a minute. Let yourself drift about in these familiar woods some autumn day in search of nothing, and the chances are that you will find many things you never saw before, You are not hurried, There is time for your nostrils to drink nll the subtle odors of the woods, the mingled perfumes of flowers, fruitage and decay. You hear the voices in voices, the sounds beyond the environment of silence, out- side sounds of civilization and husbandry piercing bunt not breaking the stillness of the woods. From the moss and mold at your feet 10 fie frayed horizon that closely encom- passes you, there 1s enough to keep your eyes busy fora day ind then leive a world unexplored. T have Imown fox-hunters, who year after year baye ranged all the woods for ten miles about them, and who wever yet siw the biggest woodpecker that lives in them, the pileated. They have heard him calling them more than once to come and see what a brave woodchopper heis, how he can make the chips fly and the woods éclio to his strokes. But ihey had come hunting foxes, not woodpeckers, and had no time to turn out of their way to visit him, and he Was too sreat a personage in woodpecker circles to come to them. if they desire his acquaintance, they must come to where he is doing business, Then he willshow them his work. Whata harkpeeler he is. Wilson says thal he has “seen him separate the greatest part of the bark from a large dead pine for twenty or thirty feet, in less than a quarter of an hour.” With hammer and chisel in one, he can cover the routs of a tree with its iron slivers and cut a doorway to his home almost large enough fora “coon’s passage. Het will show them his aerial paces as he hops from tree to tree, exhibit- ing then the white feathers of his wings, and lis crest has not faded a whit since Miawatha first dyed it. Though seldom seen he (doesnot desert us, with the golden-winged and red-headed, buf sfays all the year round, and by the few country folks who see him is called woodcock, a name which fits him better than it does the borer of bogs, who by ancient usage Wears il, T wonder how many limes in my bunting with a gun T liad crushed the waiking fern with my knees, and torn it up with my nails, as I scaled the ledge before 1 ever sayy it, There are nota score of people of my actyuaintunce—hunters and woods-haunters of all soris—who know that it grows here at all, far less that it is almosl common, Haying yxot the secret of its hiding, one finds it on almost every north- ward and westward-tacing ledge from the rocky shores of Champlain to the backbone of Vermont, not everywhere, but here and there a patch of il, looping its small fronds along a shelf of the ancient mossy walls. lam ashamed when I remember that I waited till I was a big boy for a lady to come all the way from Pennsylyania to show me the arbutns, growing almost as conunon as wintergreen and prince’s pine on our rocky hills. How dill my senses were never to haye caught the fragrant trail of its blossoms in the May woods, and to have followed it up till 1 found them blushing among theiv own rusty leayes and the last year’s dead ones of their tall neighbors, Every one who cures for it knows where it grows now, and people come in troops to rob the woods of it for the decoration of churehes at Haster. They might betler leave it in these first temples. Tn the choppiogs, where the thin soil is hereft of the ‘shade of ihe trees, I find its leaves withering as if scorched by fire, but like » girdled apple tree, every sprig is full of blossom, it dies with its crown on. Till the coming of the fair Pennsylvanian, it had blos- somed for me anly in books, and erew as far off us the Vistoria regio. As for finding it here, [should sooner haye thought of hunting for seals in the lake, for there lad been fiwo or three of them killed in its waters or on its ice, Though T hardly expect to find a seal or a Vivtorter regi within the limits of our State, there is no telling what fortune there is im store forme, If one stays beneath the star he was born under, watching and waiting, it may, at last, prove a Iucky one. R. E.R. GmEyeraL Grant Decrmines.—There has been a strong feeling among certain of the directors of the National Rifle Association that some strength would he gained for the organization by the use of Gen. Grani’s name as president. ‘The proifer of the position was made him hut promptly declined. The nominating committee are now casting about for another available candidate, Swiyry Guns —A correspondent tells us that one mem- ber of the Committee on Game Laws, at Albiny,is a professed advocate of the use of the swivel gun for duek shooting on the Hudson River, This is one yery good reason why the Spring SHoorryg.—The wdvocates of the abolition of spring shooting are incrensing in number and influence, The matter is one well werthy of agitation. We should like to hear from those who aan add anything to the discus- sion of the subject, The Sportsman Courist. NIMROD IN THE NORTH, BY LIKUT. FRED'K SCHWATKA, U. 8. AIMY. I!l,—The Rifle and the Reindeer—Part One. ( F all the animals with which my party came in contact on my Arctic expedition, there are none wifh which I can claim such a close personal acquaintance as the Arctic deer. Before we started on our sledge journey in the spring of 1879—that is from the time we had landed among the Esquimaux, my own parly and hired hunters had killed be- tween three and four hundred, On the sledge trip we secured five hundred and twenty-two, and after our return to Hudson‘s Bay, many animals were added to this already enormous score. On the sledge trip, probably three-fourths of our subsistence (inclutting the month’s supply of civilized food taken along) was derived from the reindeer, whose habits were taken advantage of as much us possible by fol- lowing them to the north in the spring, and keeping them with us on their sonthward migration as we returned on the same course during the aufumn months and winter, Shortly after arrival in North Hudson’s Bay, in the early part of August, 1878, Colonel Gilder became our pioneer in inland hunting and camping. The lonesomeness of the place atter the Esquimaux had left the yicinity of our camp upon their annual autumn reindeer hunts, anda desire to kill some of the many reindeer reported so thick north of our habitation, induced him to return in that direction with two young Innuit boys that had brought us some reindeer meat to sell, or rather trade, for powder, caps and. halls, The little party started about noon on the 25th of August, and Colonel Gilder returned home late at night on Sept. 1, during a heavy storm of snow, very hungry and very tired, He had been living for the last three or four days on native dict—raw reindeer meat and wild berries—having inju- diciously shared his civilized provisions too generously with his native companions, hoping that they, in the true spirit of a Nimrod, would give him an early opportunity to kill his coyeted reindeer, when he could return in triumph to Aretic Rome. But, alas for hopes based on Esqnuimaux fenerosity. A few scattered reindecr were seen, but if was a wild foot race, with every mnan for himself, in which the unpracticed Caucasian stood a poor chance in the contest over razor-edged rocks hidden beneath wet, spongy moss, and other equally severe impediments, The cold snap at the end of October commenced to bring in the Scattered native hunters to erect their winter quarters of snow and ice houses, and our little camp so long nearly deserted, begin 1 assume a very lively aspect, A summa- tion of the autuinn’s hunting showed that between 400 and 500 veindeer had been killed by allthe natiyes that would make their quarters with us that winter, so that we felt re- lieved of all anxiety in regard to a winter's supply of the yery best of all Arctic meat, anda plentiful supply of reindeer skins for winter clothing and bedding, And these latter were of the very best quality, for the reindeer skins secured in the month of October are superior to those taken Jaterin the year, the hair being less liable to come out, and not so heavy as to render the clothing impliable. After January the reindeer skins of this section of the country are worthless, owing to the readiness with which the hair comes out; and are thrown away by the native hunter, they having no use for the skins whatever, except so far as they hold a useful amount of fur on them, During this part of the winter they are fed to the dogs, should the latter be hungry enough to want them, and probably one in fiye or ten thousand is tanned of its hair and made into their /ice-Jow-tite or drums for singing and religious ceremonies, This shedding from January on is, I think, from the summer «gat, as the loss of that of the winter does not commence until spring and lasts nearly through the summer. In short, I think the reindeer sheds twice annually, the lengthsof both periods being mach longer than in the temperate regions, and almost oyerlap- ping each other. About the middle of August, when all the winter hair has shed, the short summer coat is mi its prime, and from it is made all the native underclotbing, or that which is worn with the hair toward the body. From the middle of September until the first or middle of Octo- ber, the skins are valuable for outside clothing (worn hair side out) and for hedding, andvafter this dute they steadily deteriorate, but are still used to place beneath the bed wntil January, when the hair readily pulls out and they are no longer saved. At all times the skin of the does are preter- able to those of the buck, and the late autumu fawn skins are very highly prized, as they make an exceedingly fine, soft suit of underclothing, especially for their children, to whom this people ate fondly attached, and who always re- ceive the best af their disposal. When the white man has become entirely ‘‘at home” in this clothing and accustomed to lifé in the native iy/oos, or suowhonses, the matter of temperature alone, however low it may be, becomes of inferior importance. The zgloa or anow-but has been told of so often by previous Arctic trayel ers that if would be a superfluous burden on your time to deseribe it here, The utility of the #ylov and reindeer cloth- ing can not be exaggerated, Habituated as my party of four white men were, during our two winters in these Weso- late zones, to a constant life in these simple habitations, and the many comforts accruing therefrom, | offen marvel how white men could stand the distresses, and oftentimes even dangers of a spring tent life on the many expeditions wherein tents were used, I haye read so often of their sufferings while living in this manner and dressed in clothing made from the furs of the temperate zone, under cireumnstances that te my party would have absolutely been pleasure and of discom- forts when eyen housed in ships, and tle perils they risked in short daily journeys from these abodes during such in- tensely low temperatures as —)0°, —60", to—70' Fahrenheit, when, under the same circumstances, my party wits prose- cuting a sledge journey, with no discomfort, 400 to 500 miles from its depot, with no provisions except such game as was killed from day to day, the conviction becomes two- edged tliit the accessories of iglvos ind reindeer clothing are essential to a well-managed Arctic sledge journey. With their help the subject of the intensity of cold, strange as it may scem, becomes of secondary if no! entirely of minor importance, and if it was not for the long dark night which accompanies the season of these depressions of temperature, a winter sledge journey could be carried forward in any part of the Arctic appropriate for it with no small chance of suecess, And now a word in regard to this Bsquimau reindéer clothing. The native has two suits of it, an onter one swith “without this when vating frozen meat, reserying it tor t the hair turned outward, and an inner one with the huir urned toward the body, This is true of the coat, pants and stockings. With the exception that the inner swit is generally finer and softer fur, being tmde from fawn skins or doe skins, secured earlier jn the season, there i8 no essen- tial difference in the tio suits; in fact, by reversing cither, it may be used as a substitute for the other. In the latter part of December, I made a short dledge journey due north, about seventy or eighty miles, to sec if T could get through the high hills known to exist between Hudson’s Bay and. Wager River. 1 took only Toolooah's family and a Netschilluk young man, Mitkolilluk, and ex- ected to be gone a couple of weeks, leaving December 28 in a scyere snowstorm, which-lasted four days. We pusher ou, howeyer, on our sledge journey, January 1 being the first fine day we had, and a rare New ‘Year’s treat it was, after so much dreary, dismal weather, Hoping that the day was prophetic of the coming year, [ pushed on with light heart, but after all only succeeded in making some ten miles, owing to our having seen reindeer, which if is impos- sible to prevent an Hsquimau from attempting to kill after they haye once laid eyes upon them. Thus an hour or two were lost, and when the day is but a couple of hours in length this hecomes of importance, ‘Tooloouh secured one reindeer, and we camped that night at one of bis former jyloog, Wuilt while reindeer hunting, avd where he had caeled some four orfive curcusses of reindeer. The Esquimau cae/e, or meat cairn, is built of loose, heavy stones, before the snow becomes deep or solid by freezing, und of that material afterward, with the addition of plenty of water to form 4 protecting cover of iee to prevent the depredations of wolves and wolverines, preventing their seratehing through, and also killing the scent which allures them to the place. On the 8th of January, having satisfied myself that I could find a practicable route by this way to the Wager River, I started homeward, but feeling somewhat disap- pointed that T had seen no recent sign of musl-oxen, re ported by the natives to be abundant in this locality. Their hnge carcasses, compared with that of the reindeer, makes then amore reliable source of dog food for a large canine force than are the reindeer, and this was a yery important item in my forfhcoming sledge expedition. 1 reached home on the 18th, the coldest weather | experi- enced on the trip being on the 18th, when, about two hours before sunrise, the thermometer indicated —j5° F, That day T made a journey of twenty-five miles, riding most of the way on the sledge, and at no time during that day did T feel uncomfortable, the highest the thermometer reached hein —a()” B.; and I might here say that I really enjoyed the whole trip. Lattribute this almost wholly to the Esyuimanux rein- deer clothing and constant living in a snow #yloo like the natives, where the temperatnre is never above treezing and penerally ten to fifteen degrees below that point. Ido not beliesve—and my belief is contirmed by the written acounts of others—that any Arctic voyagers, housed in warm ships as their base, and clad in the usual Arctic suits of explorers, could stand such a journey without more or less inaterial discomfort, Once only did [ learn the Jesson of eaution. I took off my right mitten in attempting to get a shot at a passing reindeer, the wind blowing stiffly in my face, and fhe ther mometer —37° F., when the persistent refusal of the frozei gunlock to work perfectly, kept my hand exposed mach Jonger than Lhad intended. When I attempted to use it again, it seemed paralyzed, and looking at it, I noticed that the skin was as white as marble, Toolooah, who was be- side me, noticed itat the same time, and with an Innuit ex- clamation of surprise, hastily doffing both Iris mitlens, grasped it between his warm hands, and then held it against his warmer body under his coo-le-tah, or Ksquimau coat. It soon resumed its functions, and although I felt for some time as if J was holding on to a hornet’s nest, 1 experienced no more serious results thin a couple of ugly looking blisters where the iron of the gun had come in contact with the bare hand. The reindeer escaped, As the reindecr clothing is the warmest in the Arutic, so it makes the warmest bedding, two larze skins made into a long coftinlike bag or sack, the huir side in, being a sufli- cient protection in the coldest weather when in a properly constructed tyloe. When the first severe cold came at North Hudson's Bay, 1 was sleeping under a blanket and two fine buffalo robes, which I found us the (thermometer sank below —3)" to —40" FP. to be inadequate to secure comfort, until 1 procured a reindeer sleeping-bay, weizhing not half as much, after which cold nights were no longer dreaded, The robe of the American bison seems under the least provocation to become damp, and then freezes as stiff as a piece of sole- leather. Once spoiled in this manner, it is difficult to dry it and restore it to its former pliability in the low tempera- ture of an églov. The furs of the beaver and muskrat I found to be equally unsuitable in our mode of life, and I believe that all the other furs of the temperate zone would haye shared the same opinion if tested in the same practical way, TL have said in my former articles that we started on our main sledge jouruey of the expedition on the 1st of April, in 1879. As early as the 4th we had the cheering sight of a small herd of reindeer, although none were secured, owing, to the barking of the dogs, but next day we were more for- tunate, Toolooah killing two and Joe Ebierbing one out of asmall band, All through the month of April our larder wus constantly replenished by a fair supply of reindeer, which allowetl us to save our civilized provisions and giving flem a chance to disappear by a slow arithmetical progres- sion as the native diet was assumed, so that the latter would) not be forced upon us as a vepusive novelty, Our break fasts consisted mainly of boiled reindeer meat, some tre or four pounds to each adult, followed ‘iy the heyy sow which was thus dertyed, thickened by a few crumbs of hure bread. Our suppers were the same, prefaced, however, hj 4 good, generous supply of trogen reindeer meat, which we ate while we were waiting for the kettle to boil. This froze meat was chopped off with a hatchet into chunks abou the size of the three fingers and then generally mashed hy the back of the hatchet to convert it into brashy shreds be fore being chewed. The first effect upon taking this int the mouth is to chill one through, often making the t chatter, but the reaction is rapid, and followed by a genia warmth ull over the body, especially if a generous supply of! the frozen reindeer tallow (feed-noe) has heen taken with it and which is alwaysthe ease if they have it. Freezing may be said to be one method of cooking, and reindeer meat thuy eaten tastes not unlike compressed corned beef without the saltish taste of that article, No atlempt was ever-made by us to salt it, althongh we had that necessary condimen wlong with us, One can soon accustom themselves to cooked in the pot. Seal and walrus meat tastes much salti Fr. 1, 1888] ; FOREST AND STREAM. than the reindectr, Wesides (.6 Hatives often cook the former in the salt seu water in whole or in part, and iu this manner derive all tat is necessary to supply them, & (uantity whieh is much Jess than that used by the cooks of civilization. [vo BE ConCcLUDED, | LONG ,LAKE LOITERINGS. HEARTILY coneur with all Vo. Mather has said in re- sand to the shooting of deer in the Adirondacks before September i, Lean conceive of no more heartless action than the killing of a doe during the months when her young depend on her for life. 1 huye listened to the feeble bleat of a young and mother- Jess fawn uf midnight, in the still North Woods, my heart fall of sympathy for the helpless little creature | could not nid. Ihave inwardly cursed the mighty ‘‘sport’” who could do such an invlorious deed as to murder—for murder it is — the mother of the little innocent, and years ago resolved that no act of mine should he the cause of such pitifnl misery. Ti has been said that one's features are to a certain extent evolved trom interior processes. A man who thinks vilely will look vile. A photograph of the man who shoots the mothers of young fawns would betray the face of a sneak, Whoever shoots deer in the mouths of June, July or August, knows that he is liable to do the wicked things re- ferred to; and the only way to keep elear of it is not to shoot deer ati aJl during those months. A Iunter has no business in the woods during June and July certainly; if he goes to fish, Jet that satisty him. Even by September 1 venison is none too good. What must it be during the months named? Some of the suides will not allow their patrons to kill deer ot of seuson, but the majority of them giye the matter no concern as long as they please those whose money they get. While at Long Lake last season, I had the pleasure of hearing a jury announce a verdict against a fellow who had been sliooting deer out of season. Jt was a flagrant viola- tion of the law, and as there were several unimpeachable withesses—two ladics among them—it was a clear case. A. purse Was made up on tle spot that more than half paid his fine, and why? Because there were many in that crowd who felt guilty, knowing that they had either killed deer themselves out of season, or knew of those who had, and so, to ease their conscience, chipped in and helped the ian out, who hid not been as shrewd as themsclyes, I will not say that all who contributed were guilty, Wut some were, and if wis no secret in the place. That transaction revealed foo much altogether ; it revealed a brotherhood of law-breakers. There was one man—a, anide—there, however, who showed his spirii as well as principles, and savagely denounced the lypouritical sym- pathy manitestad for tho accused, He gave the true state of the case when he asserted, “that those guides who were euilty of similar acts, or who knew of those who were, and did not complain of them, were the worst enemics of the profession, and deserved the ultimate consequences—uo employment on account of the extermination of the game,” There are men al Long Lake, however—some of them in a judicial capacity—who are clear-headed on this subject, and if they havé proper encouragement, will do much to execnte the law. : Since I have referred to Long Lake, I will speak of other mutters there. Most of the old readers of Forest anv Srrmam have some idea of the place doubfless, while hun- dreds of others have called there at least. The yillage is about four miles from the head of the Juke, and has two or three hotels and a little chureh, Yes, and Lysander Hall— the man who stocked, or helped stock that lake with piek erel, Now lam aware that Hall bas had much more than his share of cursing. He says he placed the fish there, or as before said, helped do it, and the result has been, that they have afforded hundreds of yisifors capital sport for years. The fish well cooked, fresh from the clear waters of the lake, are Capital eating, Never have I tasted a more delici- ous fish than one that Mrs, Sabattis stuffed and baked one day two years ago, when an attack of the sick-headuchie rendered me not altogether amiable. The dinucr made off that tive-ponnder (taken by my better-half), made me feel 40 happy, that my disposition was improved for time and, I hope, for eternity, and | have loved Lysan Hall ever since, und hereby extend my hand in recognition of his yalu- able services to fishloying humanity. | have fairly en- joyed hearing him swear, when he put on the gloyes and went for his defamers, Mr. Dawson among the number. This writer loves the fy-red and the pursnit of trout as well is any enthusiast, but at the time Hall put the pickerel in that lake, the speckled trout had almost disappeared. So, gen- tlemen, “Jef up on” Hall—all your choicest adjectives were exhausted long since—and go for Seth Green, who has in- troduced fish into some of the waters of the Adirondacks that will root out the trout faster than Hall's pickerel ever did, Trout may still be had near Long Lake in fair quanti- ties, but as ‘trout hogs” are not all dead, we may expect to see them exterminated eve long, Last season one of these pests took from Fishing Brook, five miles out toward New- comb, about three Lundred in a day, and said that the “sport” of catching those fingerlings amply paid him fer his trip from New York. Foraconsideration invalids who cannot tramp fir may obtain permission (this is a supposi- fion only), of lanvyer, farmer, blacksmith, merchant, parson and gentleman, Robert Shaw, to fish in his private pond near by. 1 said hefore commencing this digression, that Long Lake had three hotels, Mr. Helins keeps a neat and comfortable house, the Kellogg place a short distance from the lake, Mrs. Kellogy has.a new house at the landing, which will accommodate fifty persons, and the post-office is here. The charges are moderate, and the place is very pleasant, Last year M:ssrs, Dornburg & Butler erected a spacious hotel on one of the most prominent points ou the lake, near the village, which will adcommodate two hundred guests. The house is built in modern style, four stories high, with French roof, and the rooms are large and pleasant. One of the grandest views in the entire wilderness is had from this house. Looking down the lake, that beautiful sheet of water extends for a dozen miles, while grand old Seward, and other lotfy, peaks, form an imposing background. One _ may wateh with néver-oeasing interest. the cloud shadows chase on« another along the immense slopes of those ranges, forgetting meanwhile the petty cares that crowd our poor lives in slnvish routine adown the course of time. The magnificent outlook from almost every part of this house must of itsclf attract many visitors. Its interior is first-class, with spacious dining room, large parlors, ample office, and all the adjuncts that make up an attractive aad if they are to be killed in the lake. ¥ them gain the shore, and shoot as they are in the act of lot of stones in their boat, 3 comfortable house, IT am no prophet if the tide of travel does not set thithenward, as itis one of the easiest places to reach in the wilderness. Prom North Creek—the-end of the Adirondack Railroad—the distauce is 9 few miles further than to Blue Mountain Lake; but the road beme and as gdod as the other, the journey of forty miles is easily made. Mountain Lakes, the tide of travel between the two points would be very great—the distance bein miles, point would largely contribute to sneha result. ‘The long journey via the Raquette, through Jakes and carries, would then be avoided, to the relief of invalid tourists, less hilly, If there was a good road between Loug and Blue but nine or ten An extension of the telegraph line from ibe latter Game may be found in as great a supply in the vicinity of Long Lake as elsewhere, as was amply proved last year. The writer was camped during the month of September, only seven miles out, and had all the venison that any white man ought to kill in that time, dirtetly in front of thecamp, that came in from some quarter not known to us. Three deer were shot While J agree with Mr. Mather, that hounding deer into a lake, and then dispatching them with a bludgeon, or shcot- ing them from a boat, is not the most sportsmanlike method of capturing them, yet at that season it is about the only way they can be had. the ground, deer may of course be had by stalking; but most camps would see little venison if their capture de- pended ou that manner of hunting. hunting in June and July, and August if you like (although not so many are taken in that way during that month), and allow thevuse of dogs the rest of the season. Later, after the snow has covered Prevent jack or night On no account would T favor their slaughter in the way it, is commonly done, by killing them while close at hand in the water. off at fair range, and giye them 4 chance for their lives. The only objection to this would be the liability to maim them, so they would escape and die in the woods. + Let ns shoot ut them like men while they are Last year our party killed them at varying distances, from four feet to forty vods, but I never shoot af one unless the chances are in his favor ata fair range. ever, amee to do as ‘‘Nessmuk” says he will—contine himself to a muzzle-loading rifle—and shoot but onee, and if not killed, let thom go. ‘‘Nessmuk” would draw the thing a little finer if he would dispense with a rifle and use a bow and arrow. which would also he lighter for that twelve-pound shell he proposes to do the North Woods in, Deer shot in deep water will sink before the fall coat: is full grown, aud 1 will not, how- that fact makes if necessary to kill them while close at, hand The fairer way is to let springing out of the water. We don’t always get them, but who eares, there are more left and we haye more fun bhunt- ing them. Ihad a favorite stand on a Cerfin rock last year, and when the poor things came in on the opposite side the lake (which was forty rods at that joint), took careful gim with a twenty-inch Maynard, and let slide. (illed one at that distance and missed two, One bright morning in came a fine buck just opposite, when I threw up the rear sight for forty rods, ut for some cause did not fire, but waited until he was reaching the shore not four reds from the spot where westood, I then blazed away, stypposing, of course, that afresh pair of antlers would adorn my humble abode, but the animal gave one bound and disappeared from my observation forever. Shot over, of course, with the forty-rod sight up, but felt a little streaked, allthe same, Shouldn’t bave cared so much about it had not “the partner of my toils” saluted me with, ‘‘Hurmph! should think you had ghol atvay lead enough to do better than that, Oh. dear! Teould do better myself” J think she might, Bears abound in the vicinity of Long Lake, and one morning while the guests were at breakfast at Kelloge’s, we heard the ery, ‘A bear! a bear!—a real wild bear!" Up we all jumped, and on reaching the door, sure enough there was i shagey black fellow over on the Jake shore sixty rods away. Uearing the commotion, he reared upright, aud dis- appeared in the woods. Dogs were put on trail, while three valiant sportsmen manned a boat and sped down the lake, landed and made for the mountain side where Bruin was expected to halt, but he was not there. The party retraced their way to the house, happy in the consciousness of hay- ing petiled their lives for the safety of the people of that sequestered hamlet. A hear was killed in gight of the hotel thusly: Two men were coming up the lake, and saw the animal swimming; so, having no weapons, they drove him ashore and plaecd a Then they pelied him until he again took to the water, when they gof into the boat and fired the stones until he ‘*kerflummuxed,” A guide in search of lost dogs near by encountered a bear and shot him, when another showed himself, which he also killed. A third appeared, which was dispatched, when the man discovered that he had but two cartridges left, and fearing that more might be mousing around there, decamped as fast as his long legs would carry him. Ren Towne, while watching for deer on Slim Pond, killed a bear, or thought he did, until convinced to the contrary, There was some mysteryahout the affair, as Ren ayers that he shot bim four times in vilnl parts, and that the bear lay stone dead on the shore. The writer certainly heard him pumping that Winchester as fas( as mortal man Gould, but neyer was able to account for the absence of the bear on vis- iting the spot with his guide. A fine deer was shot in front of the house as it was going up the lake one day fo inspect fhe new hotel. From the forefoing, it is expected that the readers of Forest AND STREAM will understand that this writer and sojourner in this yale of tears is interested in the prosperity of the before-nentioned place known as Long Lake. Tam; for, like many others, I have been elsewhere, and got—no, not fleeced—but sot no game, no fish, no deer, no hear, and ho pancikes, Here we have all these without city prices. T have invested inno building lots, no hanks and no ingur- ance companies at that thriving place, and have no axe to grind—only a little hatchet. Here lives Uncle Mitchel Sa- batlis, known to thonsands all over the Union asa good guide, hunter and friend. j “Phat reminds me,” There isa little church here, and Mitehél, as everybody calls him, has always taken a great interest init, fo good friends, when you tarry over Sun- day, don't forget that this little sociéty needs the aid of its friends, A dollar bill looks well in the bottom of a felt hat, as if goes around the church jin the hands of our friend. Besides, you will have the reputation of being rich, and it can’t he pot chetper, Rey. John Todd, who nsed to come here to hunt and fish thirty years ago, gave the society food boost, made friends of all the guides, and is Leld in everlasting yeneration in that quarter, and lias in all proba- bility been siven a good herth over on the side of the ma jority, He did missionary work, and got Nis fishing and hunting long before people commenced to blab about the locality, consequently he had a good time, The people of Long Lake are in « fair way to become indebted fo another hahbitué of the wilderness—Mrs. BH. W. Crosby, of Albany, N. Y.—who has been laboring for twe years to raise the necessary funds to establish a free library for the guides. She has already shout half of the amount that will be re quired to carry out the project, and its early completion is anticipated. There are many intelligent people there who wiil patronize the enterprise for themselves and families, whose means do not enable them to procure all the hooks they would like, Any contribution of books or money may be sent to her, and will be promptly acknowledged. ‘The old-school people there do not care for the latest phase of thought, and a clergyman who attempts to give it them will hardly be appreciated. Style and tone, and all the fixings, may be had on the Raquette everysummer, butlere, religion makes no parade—is dispensed under no particular garb. Last season one of the big guns of Boston conducted the ser- vice on a Sunday, and as he was fresh from the woods, and at peace with himself and all the world, was in no mood to give ’em hell, and he didn't. He referred to man’s relations to his Maker, and to his spfritual nature, after the method of treatment of such subjects among cultured and well read people, and (he sermon qas not @ success. My guide more than intimated that if that was religion he didn’t want any. The scattering of pearls does not always pay, even if they dre picked up in the city that has had the benefit of the brains of Phillips, Brooks, Dr. Duryea, Theodore Parker, Hmerson, Paine’s Hall and Murray. "TONXIS. RivArtos, Coin., Jan, 22, 1885. AROUND THE COAST OF FLORIDA. RY DR. J. A, HENSHALI. Second Paper, Ci ATLING: out of San Sebastian River into Indian River, a kK.) prealcin the coast line opposite can be seen, which ix the beginning of an attempt by the settlers in the vicinity to cut an inlet to the sea. Four or five miles below the mouth of San Sebastian we came to Pelican Island, an outlying isle of a group some cight miles in extent, forming Indian River Narrows. For two years the pelicans had ceased breeding on this islind, owing to their being continually harassed and wantonly and mercilessly shot by Northern tourists. This year they were again nesting and we paid them a quite visit. On our approach the pelicans hovered uncasily around, while 1 rookery of egrets, cormorants and man-o-war hawks on 8 small mangrove island adjacent! was the scene of great excitement and commotion. We anchored the schooncr several hundred yards away and landed in the small boats. The déad and siunted mangrove trees and the ground of the entivé island, of an acre or fwo, were literally covered by the nests of brown pelicans, Those on the mangroves were rude, fiat affuirs formed of sticks, those on the ground often consisted of but a handful or two of grass or rushes, while many eggs were lying on the bare ground. In some nests there would be an egg, a newly-hatched, naked, purplish- red pelican, and one four times the size sparsely covered with a yellowish-yhite down. This occurred so often as {0 attract my particular attention. There were usually two or three eggs or young to a nest, The young pelicans kept up a continual screaming and screeching as we approached them, daviing out their long bills and opening their mouths, uttering a cry that sounded very like “‘go w-a-a-a-y!" Some of them, however, were incapable of sound or motion, being lilerally “too full for utterance.” Tt was yery comical to see them sitting solemnly in their nakedness, their bills ele- yated vertically, with the tailof afish sticking ont and pointing heayenward, Pulling out some of these fish 1 found them sometimes twice the length of the young bird, pill and all, the lower or head-half of the fish being entirely digested. And thus they sat for hours in a state of perfect bliss and contentment, impaled on a needle-fish, which, however, owing to the process of digestion going on, at the lower end, grew smaller by degrees and beautifully less. T had always been under the impression that the pelican fed its young entirely on digested or macerated fish, but whatever may be the habit of the white pelican in this par- ticular, the brown pelican certainly feeds fresh fish to some of its young which have arrived at the dignity of a downy vestment, Most of the young had been fed macerated or partially digested fish, but some of the older ones had fish in their throats not many minutes out of Lhe water, which were usnally needle fish (Heniviampus unifaseiatus) and mullets (Jugit). Some of the old birds, seeing ony intentions were honorable and peaceable, remained on their nests within a few yards of us, bul most of them took to the water, where they were gracefully swimming by hundreds, near the shore. ‘The pelican, considering its large size and nogainly appearance, is remarkably graceful on the wing or In the water; this is to be accounted for by the fact that the cellular tissue between its skin and body is distended by air, instead of fat as in most other animals, thus giving it ereat buoyancy, Taking a few fresh eges from the ground, we relieved the anxiety of the parent’ birds by taking our departure. Passing through the Narrows, we stopped awhile to visit ald Capt. Estes, a noted unter, who has lived alone on an island at the foot of the Narrows for nearly thirty years. We found him laid up with the rheumatism in his palmetto shanty; a fire blazing in a huge tron keftlesunk in the floor lit up the sombre interior, thesmoke finding its exit through openings along the ridge-pole. The old man’s slumbers had of lute been much disturbed hy dreams of encounters with bears, p:inthers and Indians, and on some occasions when sorely pressed, he would, iu spite of his rheumatic limbs, dash head first through the musquite bar around his bed, which, in consequence, was 2 mass of patches. In the shanty were many trophies of his prowess. Arnong others, the sknll and skin of a large manatee, also a huge rope net used in the capture of these Curious animals, Capt, Estes took two live manatees to Philadelphia during the Centen- nial Dxposition, but which, unfortunately, were burned in the fire that occurred opposite Iho main entrance, on the night of the first day they were on exhibition, Within a mile of Hstes’s shanty is United States Life Saving Station No. 1, on the sea beach, On the mainland, at the foot of the Narrows, 18 an exten- sive marsh covered by low shrubs and bushes, and inter- seched by numerous crecks, which is the breeding and roost: ing ground of innumerable gannets. Toward night they may be seen flying over by hundreds, This gannet is a 4A FOREST AND STREAM. ‘ _ [Bep. 1, 1888. large bird, nearly as big as a goose, but flies and swims Srecetilly and swiftly, as it, like the pelican, is remarkable or the pneumaticity of its body, Like the pelican, ulso, it has a pulargac, though a Salas About ten miles below the Narrows, and nearly opposite Fort Capron, we entered Gurdiner’s Cut, at the entrance to which was the turtling camp of Arthur Park and Jim Rus- sell, and a mile further on we anchored in Pinkham’s Coye, near the sea beach, and just above Indian River Inlet. After a Tamble on the o¢ean beach, wheré we saw half a dozen immense blackfish stranded, we gathered several barrels of oysters, fished to our heart’s content, and shot a number of curlew and bay snipe. Toward evening we were driven away by the sancdflies. Making sail we crossed the inlet and entered the Fort Pierce Cut. Here we encountered a school of porpoises and a number of large tarpum (Megulops allontivus), the latter being from six to eight feet in length. As they rolled out on the surface their bright armor of silver scuiles, as large as silver dollars, shone resplendent in the slanting rays of the setting sun. Jack was trolling and ex- pressed 4 great desire to hook one, but it was well enough he didn’t, for he might as well haye been fast to a steam tug. We crossed over to Fort Pierce, on the mainland, four miles below Fort Capron, and dropped the anchor about dark. After supper a norther came on which blew big puns, but the Rambler rede it like a duck, é@ went ashore at Hort Pierce to chat with Ben Hogg, who keeps 4 store at that place. Ben has 4 monoply of the Indian trade in Southeast Florida, and buys their deer hides, ‘gator tecth and beeswax. A party of Indians trom the Everglades were then hunting back In the flat woods, their canoes being drawn up on the shore in front of the store, Ben has a good seagoing sloop in which he makes oeea- sional trips to Jacksonvill¢, going ont at the inlet opposite, leaving his gude wife and barns to “tend store in his ab- sence, A few miles below Fort Pierce we stopped at Hermann’s Grove for a supply of sour oranges for culinary purposes, sour orange juice and soda being superior tobaking powders in the construction of the mysterious but gustatory Hapjack. This old grove was originally formed by budding the sweet orange on sour, or wild stocks, but the trees having been burnt down to the sour stumps, the new growth, of course, produces only wild, or sour and bitter-sweet oranges. Be- low this, and about seyen milcs above the mouth of St. Lucie River, Mr, Richards has built a large house and has quite a clearing planted to oranges and pineapples, Nearly op- posite, on the east shore, can be seen the hamak once owned by “Old Cuba.” Poor old Cuba! A year or two ago he was drowned by the capsizing of his boat, and when found his body was headless. Four miles below Cuba's is U. 8. Life Saving Station No, 2, opposite the mouth of the St. Lucie, A few miles below Richards’s we came to Wave- land, a new post-office at the residence of Dr. Baker, who ae a good hamak lying between Indian and St. Lucie rivers. Ai the mouth of St. Lucie, as usual, were thousands of coots and many ducks; we got a good supply as we sailed along. The St. Lucie, from its mouth to the main fork, some eight miles, is a large river whose waters are entirely fresh; it divides into a north and south branch. We sailed up to tle main fork, secing several manatees on the way, As we passed Mt. Pisgah, a high ridge on the northeast shore, whose bare summit is crowned by an ancient mound, we saw at its foot the tent of a newly-arrived young man and his wife, from Philadelphia, who had bought a piece of land without seeing it, and found it to be located on the bald top of Mt. Piszah. The wind being favorable, we sailed up the south fork some four miles, being altogether about twelve miles from the mouth, Here we moored the schooner for a camp of several days, and had fine sport, there being an abundance of deer, turkey and quail, One morning I entered a clump of bushes near a spruce- pine thicket, where I had scen some turkeys the day before, and began calling, or ‘‘keouking,’ with the intention of en- ticing some old gobbler within range, Just, outside of the clump of shrubbery was a large bare space of white sand, which I had examined carefully for deer or turkey tracks before concealing myself, Aftera half-hour’s fruitless en- deavor I came out of my ambush and was surprised to find the fresh track of a large panther, who had approached within six feet of where I was concealed. He evidently mistook my efforts at “‘keouking” for the complainings or agonizing cries of some turkey in sore distress, and thought to make a meal of it, but seeing me, he beat a hasty retreat, for his tracks led to and fro between the thicket and my hiding place. One day I had perforated and blown some pelican eggs, and left them ina shallow box on deck to dry, when all hands went hunting. We returned after a few hours with a fine buck and some turkey, As I stepped aboard I noticed that one of the eggs was missing. Going toward the stern I found it on a coil of rope, and on picking it up, a fish- crow, sitting on a limb of a pine tree to which the bowline was made fast. uttered a hoarse and mischievous ‘‘caw, caw, caw,” seeming to enjoy it very much, “Ah, you black rascal; you found it too light for suckivg and dropped it, didn’t you 7” snid I, shaking my fist at him. “Caw, caw, caw,” he laughed derisively, as he flew away. The fishcrows are comical fellows, but very impudent and audacious, Some thirty-five years ago, when Squire Charley Moore of Lake Worth was a younger man, he was engaged jn wrecking on the Florida coast. He and his comrades used to rendezyous and camp ut the lower or south end of Lake Worth, which was separated from the ocean by # narrow timbered ridge, some two hundred yards wide, known as the ‘haulover,”” Anything of value found on the beach was conveyed across the hnulover to the lake, where it was safe from observation, as the existence of a lake twenty miles long would not be suspected from the beach- side, The fisherows hopped around their camp like barn- yard fowls, picking up stray crumbs of comfort from the tude table of the wreckers. There was one crow that had lost a leg in some manner, who was made an especial pet on account of his misfortune, and in consequence became quite tame, feeding royally at. the bounty of his friends, sand tothe great envy of his sable companions, But he was a great rogue. Like Silas Wege, he stumped his way into the affections of his patrons, at first amusing them by his gro- tesque antics and hoarse croaing, and like the redoubtable Silas, insisting oo double rations for ‘‘mellowing the woice,” He became very familiar, hopping over the feet of the men for the tid-bits dropped to him; but his familiarity, as usual, bred contempt, and, like Silas again, he became aggressive and exacting, snatching food from hands that fain would haye caressed him, As it was about the time of the Mexi- can war, the wreckers, naturally, named him “Santa Anna,” Wheneyer they returned to their caip on Lake Wovth Santa Anna and his companions were sure to be on hand. On one occasion they repaired to the lake after an unusually lucky expedition down the coast, but Santa Anna failed to put in an appearance on the first day; the other crows were there, but kept a respectful distance as qwas their wont. The second day came and passed, but with no appearance of Santa Anna. Then the men Jamented hin as one dead. But the next day, while at dinner, behold the recreunt Santa! He hopped about on his one lee in a yery stiff, awkward and painful manner, and withal seemed unusually shy and humble, = “He has been sick,” said the men, “and has not quite re- covered his strength.” “He don’t look ike himself, at all,” said Charley, “he is thinner, and not so sleek and noisy; but he'll be all right in afew days, I once had a parrot that acted just that way, when sick,” “He’s got.a wonderful appetite for a sick bird!” said one of the men, as Santa gobbled the fragments of bread, bacon, fish, venison, and sweet potatoes; for the meu, in their youth, had heard of the fatted calf, and were yery lavish with their grub, which they bestowed with eroulative hands om the returned prodigal, But ihere is.a limit to which the capacity, if not the appetite, of even a fishcrow must suc- cumb, Santa was filled to repletion. He made several in- effectual attempts to take flight, but his one poor leg was not sufficient or strong enough to give his overloaded body the upward boost required to enable his wings to come into play. He was weighed down with prog, like Mark Twain’s jumping frog, with shot. Poor Santa!” said the men, “he is yery weak, quite ill,” But mitrabile dictuf ‘‘Poor Santa” was seen to put down ® second leg, which had been artfully drawn up and con- cealed, and then, by the combined cifort of two good legs, and a quick preliminary squat, accompanied by 2 hurried but contumelious ‘‘caw, caw!” he bounded upward with an “‘initial yelocity” that would haye gladdened the heart of a rifleman, Then each man looked at his neighbor, wistfully and ex- pectantly, but silence reigned supreme, No one felt equal to the task, Noone could do the subject justice. Alas! Santa Anna was dead, indeed; but worse than all, their hospitality imposed upon, aad their affections ontraged by the duplicity and usurpation of an infamous, dissembling and frauduient fishcrow. The black bass ishing of the St. Lucie cannot be surpassed by any place in Florida, or for that matter, in the United States. Their numbers are lesion and their size monstrous; we caught them from two to fonricen pounds, the catch usually averusing five pounds. The boys, especially Buek, never seemed to fire of the exciting sport, of course throw- ing most of them back as soon as caught, when they were ready to bite again; for it was cut and come again with these voracious and gamy large-mouthed bass; amy, in- deed, as those of any other waters, though on account of the general sluggish current of these rivers they are sooner landed, Fish in fresh water seem to be endowed with more vigorous and lasting fighting powers, but which is really to be attributed to the force of the current, which aids them materially in their opposing and staying qualities. Al night the fuvorite sport of the boys was shark-fishing; and even at this remote eamp, though fully twelve miles from brackish jyater, they caught many small sharks, On one occasion they hooked and landed an immense soft-shelled turtle (Tryenychide), whose carapace was nearly three feet long; he made a guod pot of soup, and furnished some palat- able steaks, With a fayorable wind we left St, Lucie camp and pro- ceeded down the river, seeing several more manatees or sea- cows, in the main stream, with one of which we had an ex- citing race for a short distanceashe swam afew yards ahead, but was forced to make for the grassy bottom as the bow of the schooner touched him, They swim very swiftly for so unwieldy an animal, but make much fuss about it, leaving a wake as large as a steamtug. Sailing down Indian River we soon came to Jupiter Narrows, near the head of which isa closed inlet, Gilbert’s Bar; there was some talk of ve- opening this inlet. Passing through the Narrows, some ten miles, we emerged into Hobe’s Sound, as the lower ten miles of Indian River is called. Here the boys had a surfeit of trolling for crevalle, At Conch Bar, midway between the Nurrows and Jupiter, we sighted the tower of Jupiter light, which we reached in another hour, At Jupiter we found several parties of tourists; among others, Major Macrea and son of Philadelphia; Dr. Sweet of New Bedford, Mass.; W, E, Spencer, of Chicago; Mr. Kelloge, of Fall River, Mass.; and Mr, Clark, of Maine. Dr. Sweet had a whaling harpoon in his boat, and had some famous sport harpooning sharks and sawtish, Mr. James Armour is still chief keeper of Jupiter light, his assistants being Messrs. Spencer aud Carlisle. He was yery courteous during our sojourn, and twice he and Mr, Carlisle hunted with us with their hounds, but the Indians had made the deer wild; turkeys, however, were plentiful enough. Mr. Armour had two narrow escapes with his life while we were there: A rifle in the hands of an inexperienced person was accidentally discharged, the bullet just missing him; and in the afternoon, whilé descending from the dome of the lan- tern (a hundred feet from the gromnd), on an iron ladder which rested on the railing of the balcony sur rounding the lintern, the rail broke as he set his foot on it. -A less cool-leaded man than Mr. Armour would prob- ably haye been dashed to the ground, but he is noted for in- trepidity and level-headedness, The boys had many a fierce contest with the large sharks and sawfish at Jupiter, catching many white and blue sharks from’ six to twelve feet long. heir shark fishing was always practiced at night, they being engaged in other sports and adventures during the day. These sharks are formidable monsters, with aéveral rows of triangular teeth, serrated on their edges, and which, being encased in car- tilaginous sockets, can be erected or depressed at will. With one snup they can take off the leg of a man as clean ag the sickle of a mower can decapitate a quail. While the boys were playing asmall shark, T have seen a larger one sever it completely in twain at one bite; and I have seen a piece as large as a shark's jaws taken out of the body of an- other one a8 cleanly us aslice could be cut from a melon witha sharp knife, Wher it is considered how tough and unyielding is the skin or shagreen of a shurlk, the power of his jaws and the sharpness of his teeth can be imagined. — One night the boys tackled a foe worthy of their steel im 4 huge jewfish, or black grouper (Hpinephelus nigritus), Tt took all hands to land it, and, as in the case of the sharks, 4 rifie ball throngh the head to quiet it, The next morning Mr. Armour weighed it on his steclyard, which it balanced at three hundred and forty pounds, The shark tackle con- sisted of three hundred feet of half-inch manilla rope, and. immense long-shanked shark hooks with chain and swivel attached. Some central-draft short-shanked hooks were: completely straightened, provine that ere are frauds in, shark hooks as well as in fish hooks. At Jupiter, Buck lett us, to our great regret, being com- pelled to return te Texas on business, for it was now the middle of February, He took passage with Capt, Hammon for Titnsyille, and 4s his sharpie rounded into Indian River, we waved our pleasant coniradé an adieu with an affected semblance of gayety, but our lwarts were heayy as lead, for» Buck was a genisl Companion, a gond shot, an entlusiastie angler, and a life-long hunter. As the boat passed from yiew aronnd the bluff, Jack exclaimed: “Horeyer, and for ever, farewell, Cassins. Tf we do meet again, why, we shill smile; Tf not, why, then this parting was well made.” There was no shark fishing that night, and tle boys turned in carly, The next day we went out oyer Jupiter Bar at high water slack, and with a head wind, consequently we had to use the poles m getting out. There was a heavy swell but not much sea, and with a light easterly breeze we made Lake Worth Inlet, ten miles below, in 4 little less than three hours. We ran the inlet about half way, but there not being wind enough to stem the strong ebb, we anchored until the turn of the tide. Lake Worth Lulet has inereascd in depth toabout seven feet ai low water, und withal is otuch straighter than at my former visit, With the young flood weentered the lake, and at once sailed down somé six milés to the house of Squire Ohurley Moore, Whom we found as kind and jolly as of old. LakeWorth had yastly improved, 2 post office was established, new settlers were coming in, and aliseemed prosperous. Two schooners were running to Jacksonville, carrying tomatoes, balanas, pincapplos, ete, which, with the boats running to Rock ledge and Titusville, afforded good transportation. The next day we sailed down the lake to the residence of BE. M. and John Brelsford, formerly of Xenia, Ohio, who — seemed to be well pleased with their new locition, and were living comfortably in their tropical home, which was doubly — blessed by the presence of (heir charming mother yud loyel sister who were spending the winter with them. We too tea wilh them, and afterward we all repaired to Capt. Dim- mick’s, where we passed a most agreeable evening, one very enjoyable feature being au impromptu concert by the Brelsfords, with yiolin, guilar, violoncello and cabinet organ, Jack, Squire and the Skipper all lost theirhearts on this occasion, and in order to kvep peace among them, and to preserve a proper state of discipline aboard the Rambler, J deemed it imperative to take our leave the next morning. UP AND DOWN IN COLORADO. L, ZIEGENFUSS, RECTOR OF CURIST CHURCH, POUGHKEEPSIE, N. ¥. Ww: had heard much of the wearisome monotony of the plains, and of their caustic allsali, but we fonnd both, largely mythical. Well sheltered and well fed in the sump- tudus sleepers of the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Rail- road. we passed through Plattsmouth, Lincoln and Red Cloud, over wide stretches of rolling lands covered with thrifty villages, with almost endléss fields of corm and wheat, or with that righ, succulent grass on which vast herds of horses and cattle browse freely in winter as well as in sim- mer, The soil is so exceedingly fertile that abundant crops are the inevitable result of skillful irrigation. More wealth will yet be gathered from the “Great American Desert” than can ever be dug out of those mountains so rich in precious metals. Leaving the Missouri in the forenoon, the next morning found usin Denyer. In the year 1870 it had a population of 4,759; at this date it is gererally conceded that fle Queen City of the Plains contains at luast 69,000 inhabitants. It is regularly built, principally of brick anid stone, alone wide, densely-shaded avenues. Jn the central portion of the cit: are blocks of magnificent buildings, mostly deyoted to husi- ness, and many more are constantly being added. The electric light turns might into day; tramways, Herdie coaches and the telephone bring dpstant, points into close contact; numerous schools and twenty-five ov thirty churches are scattered here and there. Of periodicals there are about twenty. The Jepubtican, News and Yyibune are published every day in the year. hes eight-page morning dailies frequently issue twelve and sixteen page editions, and five constant evidence of ability, enterprise and wi- doubted prosperity. The World and the Times are bright stars of the evening. The Great West, 2 spicy weekly, is published under the editorship of ‘*Brick” Pomeroy. The cily can boast of gas and water works, of the steam heating system, of a rolling mill, of seven bunks, of & $200,- 000 smelter, a $250,000 court house, a $250,000 city hall, a 8 permanent exhibition building 500 feet in length, a $250,- 000 hotel, a goverument building, for which there is, so far, an appropriation of $00,000, a union depot 503 feet in length, erected ata cost of $450,000, and a $700,000 opera house, which, in internal finish and appointments, is wnsur- passed by any similar structure between the Atlantic and the Pacific, In spite of all this lavish expenditure the debt of the city is but a trifle, and the rate of taxation only one and three-lienths per cent. on 4 fair valuation. Looking from the heights of Denyer westward the eye sweeps alony the Rockey Mountains for more than 200 miles, Eastivard the rolling grazing lands extend to the Missouri River. That the entire State was originally & eriss-covered plain is evident from the fact that on the summits of the various ranves there are generally found the same soil and the sare growths that oue is acduslomed to find east of the foothills. ‘The uprising of the mountains, At a geologically late date, stmply lifted, tilted und folded the rich alluyral deposits of by-gone ages, Barring the underlying and oft outcropping bed formations, the Rock Mountains are, a5 a tule, not rocky. Some of their highest elevations are smooth and stoneless as 1 newly-mown lawn, 80 that in page- ing westward from rangé to range one is again and again reminded of the closely-clipped pasture ficld of New York or Penusylvania, The trip from Denver to Pueblo southward and parallel with the mountains for 120 miles is a fitting preparation for the coming intermontane revelations. Castle Rockis passed, and numberless formations of its kind, Lake Palmer on the Divide, with its two highwater outlets, one seeking the Platte and the waters of the Missouri, tha other flowin through the Arkansas into the Mississippi, A corner o. BY HENRY paticuce, the liherality, and the heroism so Fas, 1, 1883.] FOREST AND STREAM. 8 Monument Park is traversed, where many-hued sandstone, capped with igneous rock, assumes forms strangely grotesque. Thon come Colorado Springs and Manitou, tlie Saratoga of the plains, and much more than that in all but folly, On- ward by buttes and mesus, through the cattle on a thousand hills, through sage, and cacti, and the homes‘of prairie dogs, till Pueblo, the great manufacturing center of Colorado, is reached. 3 For the last hour the Rocky range had been receding toward the West, in which direction we now set our faces, following the Arkansas through «low, wide caiion, over ground of wondrous fertility. “We pass throngh thousands of acres of maize, as tallund lush of growth as that on the rich soil of lowa, through leagues of those diminutive sun- flowers, ubiquitous on plain and mountain, through dense groves of cottonwood and large fitlds of wheat and oats, 4 very Eden of abrnidance, until we arrive at Cation City, Here an observation caris attached to the rear of the train and speedily filled with tourists. We enter a cleft in tlie mountains, cut down from top to bottom by the ceuse- less, age-long toil of those rushing waters. The sides con verge more and more, till there isscint room for stream and road- bed ; Heer and higher rise the many-colored, seamecL and jiseed cliffs; closer and closer, higher and ever higher, till the wonder of the Grand Oaiion ends in {he amazement of the Royal George, There is but scant room for the angvy stream which roara and foams Wetween the narrow rock walls that lift them- selves straight up for more than half a mile. From river bed to pinnacle tip the distance is over three thousand feet, Over a bridge suspended from iron trusses mortised in the rock overhead, and following the stream lengthwise for ten rods or more, we pass the narrowest point. but thirty feet wide, and thus through grandeur indescribable ascend to Salida, ninety-six miles from Pueblo. Abandoning our train that is destined for Leadville in the north, we take one that is headed in a westerly direction, and - Soon cross Poncho Pass, noted for its bot springs, its : ‘yales for thousands of fect. scenic attractions, and the abundance of its trout, From Mears, cleyen niles beyond Salida, the ascent toward Marshall Pass is extremely rapid, the grade being frequently two hundred and eleyen fect to the mile. The road ¢limbs up on one side of a yallvy, makes « turn at the end of it, and ascends the other side; then, rounding a pro- jecling spur, it repeats the process till at last the summit is reached, at an altitude of 10,858 feet above the level of the sca. The direct distance from Mears to the summit is hardly more than fiye miles, but the eurvfhes and lappings of the road coyer no less than fifteen miles, The time con- sttmed is ond hour and thirty-eight minutes, The outlook is magnificent. On either side slope down Above us rises the peak of Mi. Onray, so bare aud smooth and prass-covered that a ehild, delicately shod, could make ihe ascent with the great- est ease, So far as the overcoming of obstacles is concerned; Wat let the “tenderfoot” not rashly attempt it, for such is the rarity of the atmosphere, that breathlessness and throb- bing perpAce ave the usual results of the slightest physical attort, Tn descending we curve down along well-tinbered monn- - tain sides, through beautiful valleys, along trout streams of crystal clearness, over mesas and rich river bottoms, dotted with ranches, saw-mills und hamlets, till finally we enter a wide open platean, and far in the distance catch our first glimpse of the city of Gunnison. The Lown, with its fiye or six thousand inhabitants, as the capital of a county thatis larger than Mussachusetts and Rhode Isind taken together, Along its wide and regular Streets run the inevitable irrigating ditehes. Beautiful structures of stone and brick mdicate stability and pros- perity ind confidence as to the future. There are numerous schools, five or six churches, a fine court house, several ex- cellent hotels, two banks, pas ond water works, and two more than usually alert daily newspapers. ‘There are now ip Course of construction a large smelter and a hotel that is fo cost $125,000, Situated as Gunnison is at tha coniluence of the Gonnigon and the 'Pomicki; connected by rail with the exceedingly fertile Uncompahgre Valley; surrounded by rich deposits of iron and snthracite coal, and by such flourishing mining towns as Ruby, Gothic, Crested Butte, Tin Cup, Tomichi and Pitkin, there gan be no doubt that it is destined to become the most populous and affluent city in Colorado west of the Divide, From Gunuison we took the train for Cimarron, which in August last was at the end of the track, For about twenty- five miles our course lay down through the valley of the Gunnison. As advance was made the scenery became more and more picturesque, On our right were rare specimens of nature’s carying—monuments, pyramids, minarets, broad domes, tall, sharp’spires, and lofty castellated heights of all huesand magnitudes, until we entered the rock portals of the Blick Canon, The tireless water has here also done maryelous work. On our Jeft, across the stream, rise up steeply well-wooded ac- clivities thousands of feet in height, while on our right cliffs high as those of the Royal Gorge lift themselyes skyward and darken this tortuaus chasm. #ificen miles of unrivaled grandeur, a little stream is crossed. and we halt at Cimarron, a typical end-of-track town, Tt was near mid- night when we arrived, yet the entire place seemed agtir, Lights gleamed through eyery canyas. There were tents only, yel no lack was there of offices und shops and hotels and saloons and noisy dunce-houses, As we lay on our im- proyised beds in the passenger coach, across the noisy Cimar- ron and through the darkness came the irritating notes of a French horn, shrill misery from a violin, and the sharp calling-off of a female blést with painfully siridulous voice. Into our very dreamy thal musieal torment wormed itself, Tt was night long to be remembered, that first night at Cimarron, From the latter place the Denver & Rin Grande is rapidly extending its track westward. next itis expected that Balt Lake City will be reached, and that by co-operating with the Central Pacific in the West and with the Chicago, Burlington & Qniney, and with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Pe in the Hast, the Denyer & Rio Graude will become an important link in a new and most attractive transcontinental railway chain. It will not be long before this enferprising corporation will haye no less et seventeen hundred milés of all-steel track in full opera- on, As the tourist is carefully transferred over higher than Alpine passes, and whirled along steeps where even the yen- turesome mountain sheep never found a footing, or through gorges whose lowest depths of darkness the eyes of man had never pierced, he cannot help Sa. the skill, the isplayed, In Before the cnt of January. his excellent manual, ‘Health, Wealth, and Pleasure in Colorado and New Mexico,” Mr. F, ©, Nims, of Denver, tells how in the Royal Gorge, and in other places like it, “Mon and tools, and mules and caris were let down over the tecipices by ropes, ind men und animals received their ood, like Hlijah, from above, till they cut a track through the granite cliffs; how the surveyors first picked their way through the caiion on the ice, where before only fishes and birds had been; how the roekmen hmng suspended in the air, and drilled holes in the granite for blasts that sent tons rock e¢rashing into the stream, with» noise louder than thunder,” By supplanting the stages and pack trains of burros, the Denver and Rio Grande Railway has been 1 most important factorin making Colorado the rich State that it is to-day. Into every mining camp that is worthy of consideration, and in Any way accessible, branches of the roud have been extended or are now being so adyanced, In the Leadyille region it is tapping such towns as Red Cliff, Dillon, Frisco and Breckenridge, attaining at Summit an ultitude of 11,329 leet; in the Gunnison region, Gresied Butte, Ouray, and Lake City; in the Salida region, Maysville, Bonanza, Bismark, and Saguache; from the Cafion of the Arkansas, Silver Cliff, Rosita, and numerous coal mines; and ju the south, El Moro, Del Norte, Wagon-vheel Gap, and the New Mexican Bspanola—the richest portions of the State being \thus nourished and strengthened by these life-giving arteries of traffic. Well worthy are these men of our ad- miration, and of the $600,000 that they are eurning every moath, From Cimarron wé return to Salida, andattera delightful wandering through Brown's Cafion, along the base ef such peaks as Harvard , Yale, and Princeton, cach more than 14,000 feet in height, Leadville is reached, the city above the clouds, with its fifteen thousand inhabitants, and its altitude of 10,200 feet. We knew that during the past year Leadville had produced precious metals to the value of more than $16,000,000, and still we were surprised by the size and beauty o: the city; by its blocks of substantial stone aud brick buildings; by its churches, schools, opera house and many beautiful private residences. If one is in search of 4 rough and Isywyless mining-town, itis necessary to search elsewhere—in fact, it is necessary to emigrate from Colo- rado. Leadville is decidedly like any Eastern city of the same 4ize, save that here some things are doné openly that in the Hast are done behind fast-closed doors, but that are done all the same, Leadyille is suriounded by places of unusual interest, such as the snowy wouder of Holy Gross Mountain, the de- lightful summer resort ut Twin Lakes, whose waters attract the angler, and whose glacial moraines will not be beedlessly passed by the zeologist. The civil engineer will not forget to make w pilgrimage to the Calumet irou mines, where the branch railroad attains a maximum grade of four hundred and six feet per mile, From Pueblo southward the journey offers very little of interest, save as the ever beautiful mountains in the west, vnd the Spanish Peaks in the south bewitch the eye with varying beautica of form and color; but from Wahatoya onward interest increases with every added mile. Toward the mountains and upward among them lies our way, In sinuous course we wind up along Lheir sides, around curves of thirty degrees, and up grades of two hundred and thirty- seven feet to the mile. As the pluin beneath recedes further and further the lifting up is felt. Our progress is. slow and arduous, We unconsciously labor with the locomotive as through the stillness of the halflit night its dry, metallic panting smités our ears. Of asudden a mist sinks down upon us and shuts out the last traces of the hitherto indi- sUinet yet pleasing prospect. One turn is made around a deep, concaye bend, and a sharp spurt up a long and steep ascent, when we emerze from the clouds and look down upon a vast ocean of light, rifted here and there by abysmal darkness—islands of blackness—lapped by tmultitudinous waves of soft, silvern whiteness, tinged with nacreous sheen, a Veta Pass is crossed almost ten thousand feet above tha lide, Into the grand valley on the other side of the range rapid deseent is made. San Luis Park, the largest of all in Oolorado, being one hundred and forty miles long and sixty miles widé, covers an area considerably larger than the entire State of Massachusetts. Withatew execptious the plain is leyel as a floor, and devoid of all timber saye where the groves of cottonwood fringe the numerous intersecting streams, Of the latter the San Luis and the Saguache flow into a marshy tract of land called San Luig Lakes, from which there is no yisible outlet. The soil is amazingly fertile, producing excellent crops wherever the irrigating ditches haye been sent, Men of intelligence and enterprise are now spreading the waters of the Rio Grande oyer thou- sands of acres, an(l there can be no doubt that they will recelye large returns for time and money so expended. Vast sections of the Pav are still unappropriated, and can be purchased at government prices, a fact that ought to tempt many a toiler from the Hast. Pursuing our journey we pass Alamosa in mid-plain, and soon thereafter Antonito, hard by the adobe plaza of Conc- jos, with it ancient church and convent, it typical Mexican town, Further onward another ascent is made, We now fake a last leolk backward across the Park, and behold, eighty miles distant, the graceful outlines of Sierra Blanca, most beautiful of peaks along the entire range, and with one single exception the highest in the United States, haying an eleyation of 14,464 feet, We then climb mesa after esa in intermingble windings, so that frequently six miles of travel are hardly equal to three miles of direct advance, At the Whiplash” a section- house is passed three timesin less than ten minutes, the track being shaped like a low and broad S&S, the width of which may be half a mile, and the height certainly less than eighty rods, Loops ,are made where the embankments of the higher touches the sills of the lower track. So we wind along leisurely, rising higher and higher, till on turning the crest of a hill twenty-three miles from Antonito, we are surprised to find that we are skirting along the rim of the cliffs that overlook the beautiful Los Pinos Valley, The scenery is unusually picturesque. As far as the eye can reach, back and forth, vale follows vale. The moun- tains opposite are dark with evergreens, flecked and fringed below with dense growths of prieat aspen; while down in the valley beneath yanders the glistening streamlet through the grayish-green of grass and sage. On our side the scene isever changing. Now we puss through groups of highly colored monumental rock; then by dark eruptive monoliths of astounding heights, standing in startling contrast with cretaceons formations of almost endless hues, of delicate rose, bright yellow, and yiyid green, alternating sharply with reds and browns, and shades of blue, constituting s landscape that is unique and and strangely fascinating. As the witching panorama passes by, the tourist suddenly notes that the end of the yalley is reached, a bold mountain range seemingly cutting off every chance of cgress; but the mountain side is climbed, the train rounds the out-jutling brow, thunders through a tunnel, and then runs aleris a narrow ledge cut into the precipitous cliffs of Toltec Gorge. Bul 2 stone’s throw across tise up opposing rock walls more thon two thousand feet in height. At dizzying depths below the foam-flecked slrcam rushts on and leads our way. We follow along peaceful vales of beauty so transcendent that one longs for leisure there to rest for days and days, us da the sons of Nimrod and the disciples of Father Izaak that dwell in those white tents by the Los Pinos. But we must hasten on over the Divide at an altitude of more than 10,000 feet; through Chama, blest with genial Boniface and famous for its dainty trout feasts; through the forests of the Tierra Amarilla, one hundred miles in lenfth, on whose brushless, grass-covered plains stand grand old pines, smooth of bole, and tall and straight 4s masts; then onward we pass by Amargo, the agency for the untidy, shiftless Apaches; by the wondrous trap dikes between Dulce and Nayajo; over the Piedra and the Rio de los Pinos; then by Ignacio, among the yellow-tupped tepees of the Southern Utes, owners of im- mense flocks and herds, and across the Rio Florida down into bustling Durango, The first town Int in Durango was sold in September, 1880, yet at this dite it contains hetween three and four thousand people, who support 4 daily newspaper, two banks, muimerous schools and churches, and one theater, A. fine smelter, giving employment to scyeral hundred men, hag lately been erected, The town carries on an extensive wholesale trade with neighboring mining camps. Coul and iron of excellent quality and practically inexhaustible quan- tity are found in the immediate neighborhood. The long blocks of substantial business buildings speak of prosperity and presage stability. Not far from Durango, west by south, are found sime of the most interesting ruins of the ancient eliff dyyellerg, whose houses #re hung “like eagles’ nests among the lofty craigs, and which far antedite the Teutonic ruins of Middle Ages.” Following the beautiful valley of the Rio de las Animas, we pass through fields of great furtility, by private resi- dences that etoken thrift and opulence, till a halt is made at Rockwood, eighteen miles north from Durango, We haye hardly left this station before we find that the yalley conyerges more find more until] it culminates in the Grand Gorgv of the Animas. Midway between top and bottom the roadway has been cut into the side of the perpendicular cliff, Beetling heights are above us, and down below, at an amazing distance, the tumultuous waters of the narrowly confined river, Here beauty and grandeur have kissed vach other—the beauty of rock and mountain slope, of the swish and sheen of water, and the grandeur of macs and astound- ing height. At every turn of tho river new beauties are re- venled, new vistas of exceeding loveliness. ‘Those waters o£ brightest emerald flow parrulously over shingly bed, or gather quickly in still, dark pools, or rash impatiently through narrow clefts, and frum height to height dash them- selves into a secthing whiteness. or thirty miles river and road run side by side, closely pressed by cliffs and wooded ateeps that rise abruptly more than four thousand feet on this side and on that, thirty miles of exquisite enjoyment, and then the valley wends out, and there before us in Bak- er’s Park lies superb Silverton, surrounded on all sides by lofty, snow-tip! mountain ranges. The scene is remarkably Swies-like. The groups of low, tiat-roofed houses, the beau- tiful mountains, the glistening snow, the cool breezes, and the cloudless sky of darkest blue, all these must recall for many a one memories of happy Alpine clays. : But the place is intensely Amerieiyn, The streets are clean, wide, right-angled, and bordered with irrigating (itches filled with the clear, cold water than comes down from those snowy summits Thousands are digging in those mountains and bringing forth ircusnres in abundance, With tailway, postal and telegraphic communication, with shops, and schools, and churches, and jotels, and newspapers, one does vot feel as if be was on the frontier, Person and property are as safe in Gunnison, Leadville, Durango or Silverton as in any (own of the same size along the Hudson River. In 1 quiet way Silverton is honeycombing the mounting and vathering great quantiliss of valuable mineral, most of which is now being sent to Durango for treatment, but il is expected that, before the close of this year, the Beckwith smelter will be ready to go into operation in Silverton itself, Ju returning from the Silver San Juan toward Denyer we stop at Alamosa and make a side trip of 125 miles to Lake City, Forty miles northwest from Alamosa, at Del Norte, we enter one of the stages of Sanderson’s Overland linc at half-past ten in the morning, and reach our destination at three o’clock on the following morning. Our leisurely journey lies along the wide and charming valley of the Rio Grande del Norte, on either side of which lofty, many- colored cliffs and fir-covered mountains are standing guard. As Wagonwhtel Gap is approached qnietness gives way to grandeur, the mountaing on the south and the walls of rock on the north drawing near and nearer till at last height almost touches height. A capital place is this to turry at with rod or rifle. About a nile south of the little wayside inn aA fashionababla sumaney resort las been established close by two hot springs far-famed for their medicinal vir- tues, “fl one of these the water boils up af a temperdrure of 150 deg. F., while hardly ten feet from if there is a spring of water intensely cold. The narrow rock gateway of the gap having been passed, the scenery relapses into the aforelime quietness, fillat An- telope Springs the river is forsaken, and the road turns sharply to the right across a most wild and mountuinous region, Aswe climbed up to an elevation cf more than 10,500 feet on one of the last days of August, a dreadful snowstorm was encountered. With the velocity of a hur- Tricine it rushed down upon us, churning the thickly falling flakes in a blinding fury, till landscape and pathway were completely blotted out, The horses’ feet balled so badly ae we could but creep along slowly in a temperature bitter cold, Quickly asthe storm had burst upon us so suddenly passed by. The sun shone af onco with mid-sumuner brilli- anee and intensity, The dark green branches of the ever- preeng were heavily suow-laden, while the crystal ice spiculs afloat in the air and the whiteness under foot wera touched of rare ividescence, Corduroy is here called an excellent roadway, and over six miles of if ‘ye thundered along at terrific speed, then it 6 down the Pacific Slope in almost headlong descent, on through the scenic beauties of the unpoetical Slumgullion into the diminutive park in which lies the out-of-the-way hamlet by prophetic license called Lake Cty. Like Zion of old itis exceedingly “beautiful for situation.” Lying at an altitude of nearly nine thousand feet, and remote from the centers of traffic, if nevertheless has daily mails from all directions, telegraphic, stage and express lines, two weekly newspapers, « tine public schoolhouse built of rick, several churches, a flourishing bank, an! numerous shops that drive an immense trade with the contiguous camps. To the south of the town, and seyeral Inimdred feet aboye it, glitters the mirror of Deautiful San Cristobal, a Jake of wondrous loveliness; Its waters have heen well stocked with trout, and there can be no doubt that in years to come it will become the resort of thousands who seek rest, or health or pleasure. The Denver and Rio Grande Railway has already graded aroad-bed hence to its Gunnison branch, and rails will doubtless be Jaid as soon as the Pacific connection has been effected. The distance to the Gunnison branch is but about thirty-five miles, in which direction most of the freighting and traveling is done. Of its two thousand inhabitants the great bulk is digging in the silver-laden mountains, The extensive smelter estah- lished hy and still under the management of Messrs. John J. and Robert Crooke, has been an iuculeulable blessing to the place, furnishing the miner with cash for his ores, and viving employment fo hundreds of others. Here, as elsewhere in the State, there are many mines that are most undeseryedly buried nnder bad names, Rich leads lie undeveloped because capital is tou timid or too faithless to come and make persoual inspection and effort. Not mining stocks ought to be bought, but mines; for most true it is, that excellent claims can be purchased in almost any portion of the State for sums ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, Unfortunately too many buy simply on specula- tion, and speculation at last invariably defeats its own ends. The mine ought to be bought to he worked, fairly and honestly. justas the mine of coal orivon is worked, Suc- cess in mining means personal presence and intcrest—it means intelligence, clear grit and hard work, Fortunes would jill the coffers of thousands of disconsolate stock- holders if they only had the courage to work their lodes on i large and generous scale; for as a rule it holds, in Colorado at least, that the deeper the shaft the richer is the mineral output. - From Lake City we return to Antelope Park, the sports- man’s paradise, a quiet, restful retreat in the very heart of the Sierra Madre. Here the waters are alive with trout, and plain and height are the haunt of the antelope, the moun- tain sheep, the black-tailed deer, the bear and the elk. At Galloway's, up at the head of the Park, the tourist will find 4 genial, sympathetic host, a warm weleome, large, com- fortable rooms of excecding neatness, and such dishes of yenison and mushrooms is le never tasted before, and prob- ably will never taste again, unless the pilgrimage be. re- peated. Tt is well worth coming two thousand miles to revel in such limitless wealth of spert, to breathe air so pure and life-giving, andto feast the eyes on such mag- nificence of mountain view. We have cast the fly in the Tomichi, the Gunnison and the Cimarron; we have partaken of the treasures of the Los Pinos, the Piedra and the Rio de las Animas, and uni- formly we found the fish abundant and most excellent; but nowhere can the angler so speedily burden himself with good, solid trout as he enn at almost any point on the Rio Grande, between Del Norte and Antelope Park. With a red or Ilwewn hackle, a dark or whitish fly, and a wee bit of a enat, with a lithe rod, high wading boots (the water is of icy coldness) and « fair share of the angler’s instinct— given these, and one man can not only supply bul easily forge a goud-sized camp; that is to say, if sixty or seventy pounds are sufficient to compass that end. For sixty miles or more the turnpike follows the course of the river, whose hanks are generally free from overhanging tvees or undergrowth. Itis so shallow that it can easily be waded at almost any place, The open season begins with July and ends with Novem- ber, of which July and September are said to be the choice months. Tn August rains are not infrequent, and fly-cast- ing im the turhid waters of the Rio Grande is reported to be a waste of time, The fiend with trap, net and cartridge is hot wnknown, in fact, some mountain streams he has already nearly de- pleted. Giant powder does occasionally happen to kill one and another of this pestiferous tribe, but it is doing its good work with painful slowness. The angler’s hope and good avishes rest with The Colorado Game and Fish Protective Association, of which W. N, Byers, Esq., of Denver, is president, Through iw blinding snowstorm the genial host took us to Antelope Springs, picking up game of divers sorts here and there by the wayside, and leaving us there to the mercies of the Overland Tine and the pitiless cold. James P. Galloway is an admirable specimen of the genuine Western pioneer. fn times most tumultuous he has ever been on the side of law aud order, Far and wide his worlh is acknowledged, and it is because of this that he now represents his constitu- ents in the upper house of the State Legislature. Heroic deeds he has done, yet there isin him the gentleness of a child and the courtesy of a prince. Let him that donbteth vo and see. 6 GRAB AND GREED. AM more than glad to see your hands up agiinst the Yellowstone outrage. You, with Senator Vest and others, ure doing good work for the nation—bnilding hetter than you think, possibly. Time only can sive final results, but af least the swindlers shall not win untried, T haye lived to see the Mammoth Caye and Niavara Falls degraded to raree shows for the henefit of landlords, hack- drivers, flunkies and heats. And now the three grandest parks on the face of this favored land are being desecrated to the game tune of money, money, money. Grab and erecd, When the plorious Adirondack region has been con- verted to a migsmatic desolation, and the sources of its beautiful rivers dried up from the Moose to the Fludson, notil the latter will not float a first-cluss steamboat a hun- tired miles aboye New York city; when these clear, cold streams are bringing malaria instead of health to the dwellers along their hanks; when the Yosemite aml the Yellowstone parks are properly parceled out, appropriated, labeled and tarilfed, the public muy wake up and enter # bootless pro- test, but ton Jate. The mischief will have heen done; rings and companies, having heaten and swindled the people ui- FOREST AND STREAM. terly, and each other as Dadly as possible, will have “whacked up” and got away with their plunder, And human skill will not be able to make good the desecration and desolation in 4 century that # few greedy hoodlims have wrought in a single year, r TL haye offen wondered, when cruising among the “drowned lands” of the Adirondacks. why the guides did not hoist every dam in the wilderness with dynamite. Tt is no answer to say this wonld he lawlessness: it were rather | self-defense. When any man or any number of men assume the right to poison the air J must breathe and the water | and my family must drink, it is a duty to blow his yillnin- ous traps sky high, if Tecan. ‘Logie is logic.”’ Maybe T shall live to sce the dawning of a day when the almighty dolar will not be all in all, bul the outlook is not a bright one, NmSSMUK. Siatural Aistorp. To insure prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individaals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- portance are lable to delay. THE BIRDS OF MAINE, With Annotations of their Comparative Abundance, Dates of Migration, Breeding Habits, etc. BY EVERETT SMITH. THE OwWLs. 137. Barn Owl—Sirte americana Aud,; Aliso flammeus americanus Ridg. 394; Aluce Jlammeus pratincali Cs, 461,— Accidental straggle. In June, 1866, 1 saw a fresh speci- men of this owl in the workshop of L, C, Daniels, taxider- mist, af Portland, Me., and was informed at the time that it was shot at Falmouth, Cumberland county, Me, 138. Great Torned Owl—Bulo wirginanus Aud., Ride. 405, Cs. 462.—Common. Not abundant. Probably resident. Breeds. Owls of this species almost invariably, if not always, have a very marked odor, such as is emitted by the common skunk. So coustant has been this mephitic odor in all the adult specimens I have examined, as to suggest that if emanated from the birds. But close investigation has convinced me that in all cases this perfume had been acquired by contact with the mammal, which probably had heen attacked by the bird as an object of prey, An owl of this species was found by a friend of the writer one morning in his henhouse, where about one hundred fowl were confined. The owl was standing upon the ground, surrounded by dead ducks and hens slain by it. During the previous moolight night this bird had darted throngh a window that was close to the perches of the fowl, which were probably seen, and therefore attacked, Once within the inclosure, the owl had either remained by choice or was unable to find’ the aperture effected on its entrance by the breaking of a pane of glass, and the space wis foo limited for flight aud darting through another pane. A bil- let of wood in the hands of the owner of the slain poultry soon stretched the ow] beside its victims. 139. Screech Owl, Mottled Owl—Bula asio Aud.; Stops usto Ride, 402, Cs, 465.—Uncommon. No record of the nest and eggs of this species have been found in Maine, but it is probably a regular summer yisitant to Western Maine trum more southern localities. Ma. Boardman regards it as ‘very rare” in Hastern Maine. In the summer of 1880 an ow] of this species flew into a hotel at Bangor, und was there captured, audits skin was preserved. No other specimen has recently been taken in that vicinity. In Western Maine the species is not very rare, and a few may be there resident throughout the year. Prof. Ver- rill, in his list of the birds of Norway, Me., mentioned this apecies.as ‘resident, common, breeds,” and the same list mentions the short-cared owl as of ‘“‘probable occurrence” only. Yet the latter species is common along the coast, but the screech, or little red, owl is decidedly uncommon on the coust, even of Southwestern Maine, and does not appear to be of common occurrence anywhere in this State. 140. Long-enred Owl—Ofus vulgaris Aud.; Asia ameri- canus Ride, 895; Asio wilsontunus Cs, 472,—Common, Pro: bably some remain throughoutthe year, Breeds. One of the most common in Maine. 141. Short-eared Owl, Marsh Ow!l,—Olis breehyotus Aud, ; Axio accipitrinus Ridg. 396, Cs. 473.—Common. Arrives in April. Breeds on the ground; lays four dull while exgs with a slight binich tinge. This owl is common all along the coast in suitable locations, such as marshes and meadows. [tis rather diurnal in its habits, and T have observed it seel- ing food on bright sunny days, as well as during cloudy weather, and in the evening. Its favorite haunts are the marshes, and it resembles the marsh hawk in its habits of fying low over the meadows in seurch of its prey, upon which it pounces when discovered, but rarely pursues it, I have neyer known of its occtmrence here in winter, 142, Great Gray Owl—Ayrntum cinerenm Aud.; While ainerea. Ridge. 399; Strix rineréa Cs. 474.—Rare. This is the largest North American Sfrgide, exceeding in size the great horned and snowy owls. It is only oceasionally taken in Maine, where it probably occurs merely as a rare and irrerular visitor from the north in winter, 143. Barred Owl—syrnivimn nehloswm Aud. ; Striv nebue los Ridg. 397, Cs. 476,—Abundant. Resident throughout the State. Breeds. The most abundant species in Maine. This owl is easily decoyed by an imitation of its cries, They are apparently of # very social disposition, and are not in- frequently found together, Thaye called them about my camp to the nomber of four or five in an evening, in a favorable location where they were abundant, and they would remiin in the immediate vicinity throughout the whole night, keeping up their peculiar vatlike conversation, und oceasionally hooting replies to more distant birds of the same species, 144, Snowy Owl—Surnte nycto Avid: Nyclew scandtaen Ridge. 406, Os. 479:—Trrerularly common. Visitant from the north in autumn snd winter, More commonly seen along the coast than inland. In Orctoher and November, 1876, there was 4 remarkable abundance of showy owls along the coast of New England, During the month of November, 1878, | saw quite 4 namber of specimens while visiting some islands aud ledges on the eastern portion of the coast of Maine. Thesy appetred to seek their food on the shore, and were observed perched upon the rocks left hare by the yereding ‘tide. One small, treeless island where [spent a STRIGIDA: : [Fies. 1, 1885, night was frequented by a number of white owls, and J devoted several hours of the day and eyening to watehing their movements, During the day they were rather in- active, remaining perched npon rocks watching some pool for crabs or fish with a patience rivaling that of Izaak Walton, and when approached would tly but a short distance from rock to rock. They appeared to be rather shy, and much more so thin are rectally the owls of other species. The markings of the plumsge of the snowy owls yary vreatly. Upon some the black seams rather to predominate, and | have seen = me specimens almost entirely white, 145. Hawl Owl—Siannia funerea—And,, Ride. 407, Cs, 480.— Not very common. Autumn and winter yisitant from the north, Possiblyafew may be resiilent, but there has been no instance of its breeding in Maine veported, yet it 1s quite probable that a few of the species may do so. 146. Tengmalm’s Owl— Ulula tengmatme Aud.; Nyetile twnazmatmé richardsond Ride. 400, Cs, 482.—Rare winter visi- fant from the north. Mr. Harry Merrill obtained an owl of this species in the city of Bangor in March 1876. The bird was in the street, and appeared to be so dazed by its sur roundings that it was easily Knocked over with a stick. In this connection it is interesting to recall the fact that the great naturalist, Audubon, procured at Bangor, Maine, ‘in the beginning of September, 1832,” the only specimen that he ever saw alive. Mr. Boardman has obtained a number of specimens, ‘‘all taken in winter.” Two owls of this species, taken in Maine, were brought to Portland in Noyem- ber, 1882, 147. Acadian Owl— Uta acidiet Aud,; Nyetale aeadive Ridg. 401, Cs. 483.—Common. Undoubtedly some are resident throughout each year, and it probably breeds in Maine, Although the discovery of ifs nest and evgs has not been reported, immature specimens have been taken, and the adults observed during the breeding season. ‘This little owl, the smallest here known, is sometimes termed the ‘“‘saw- whet owl,” on account of some of its notes resembling the sound produced in filing a millsaw. The immature birds haye been termed ‘white-fronted owls,” on account of the coloration of plumage, varying from that of the adults, An acadian owl was captured alive in # stable on State street, Portland Me., January 13, 1875, by my nephew, Frederick Fox, Jr., and another owl of the same species was seen at the time in the garden near by. This captured owl [ kept alive, and occasionally permitted it the freedom of my chamber, that I might better observe its habits. Upon one night, after Thad stuffed and mounted several redpoll linnets, and [eft them upon a piece of furniture in my chamber, the little owl aroused me from sleep by fhe compli- ment of spirited attacks upon the stuffed birds, and these at- tacks were repeated even after I had arisenynd illuminated the room with gaslight. No sooner had [ picked up one of the stuffed birds which had been knocked down tian the owl made a dash at if while held in my bands. Ti missed its prey, but not me, and I learned that my midnight apparel would afford but little protection against the needle-like claws of this diminutive owl. The bird was subject ta conyulsions, apparently of an epileptic nature, and when thus afflicted would utter repeated cries of distress until il fell off its perch, and after a little tremor becatne rigid. These attacks gradually became of frequenf occurrence, vntlil death finally ensued. Fasrny Fancoxmpas: Ta Farcons, 148. Ieeland Gyrfalcon—Falea tslundious And; Hierajilee gyifaleo istindus Ridg. 412a, Cs. 500,—An exceedingly rare yisitant from the north, Geo. A. Boardman, Esq., his in his collection {wo specimens of this species of gyrfaleon, hoth of which were killed near the mouth of ihe St, Croix River, A gyrfalcon was shot at Cape Elizabeth. Cumberland county, Me., October 13, 1877, probably referable to this species, and its skin is now in the collection of Prof. J. T, Stanton. 149. Labrador Gyrfalcon—Mernfaleo gyrfulee pbsoletus Ridg. 412c, Mileo secur obsoletua Cs. 499,—Mr. Boardman has had three specimens of this gyrfalcon in his collection. Two Of these were killed near the mouth of the At. Croix River, in the Bay of Fundy. : 150. Peregrine Faleon, ‘‘Duck Hawk'—#ileo peregrinus Aud., Cs, 508; Falco pereyrinus wecius Ridg. 414.—Rare. Occasionally seen during migration, Mr. Boardman 1e- ported the breeding of hawks of this species af Grand Manan Island, in the Bay of Fundy, many years ago, lit there appear to haye been none frequenting that locality within the last few years, and the species is now but rarely seen anywhere in Maine. The capture of a specimen in the autumn of 1876 at a house on Cape Elizaleth, ovccupicd by Daniel W. Fessenden, Hsq., is recorded in an interesting éontribution to the Proceedings of the Portland Natural History Society, by Nathan Clifford Brown, which was read before’ the’ Society April 3, 1882; “The hawk chaser a pig¢on into the corner of 2 yerunda surrounding the house, and was so absorbed in killing its prey that Mrs. Messenden threw 4 shawl! over it and took it alive.” 151, Pigeon Falcon, “Pigeon Hawk'’—/uieo columbarine And., Gs. 505,—.fsalon columburius Ridge, 417, NSeen only during migrations. Rare in the spring, but more commonly seen in thé auluinn. In the adult spring plumage the color of the upper parts of this hawk is dark blue, aud this ap- pearance, with the size of the bird and its swift flight, gives it a semblance to the common wild pigeon; hence the name “pigeon hawk.” No instance of this species breeding in Maine his been reported, and probably those seen here breed in more northern regions, 152. Rusty-cvowned Falcon, *'Sparrow Hawk’— Filey sparverius Aud., Os. 508; Tinnuninlus sparverius Ride. 420. —Abundant. Arrives in April, Breeds in trees, commouly in holes; lays five or more cream-colored Begs covered with blotches and spots of brown, This species is very common in Eastern Maine, where it breeds, bul is not commonly secn in Western Maine except during the migrations, The name “sparrow hawk” is quite inappropriate to this bird, as it does not commonly prey upon the sparrows. The usual food of this Jittle hawk consists of insects and small reptiles. I have many times watched hawks of this species ESCuAuDE with small birds, and not only have they always refrained from dttucking them, even under the most tempting circumstances, but fhe small birds do not cvinee the warm that is always manifested upon the approach ot other hawks. T haye never fount in the stomachs of speci mens examined any trace of birds having been wreyed pon, even when shot ata time when small birds were very sbug- dant and insects, efe,, comparatively server, © Although to a great extent subsisting upon grasshoppers, crickets, beetles and other insvets, as also mice, #mall snakes. eto., yet these hawks have heen reported us oceasionally at- tacking with determination birds of various sorts, including even the eaye swallows nnd domestic pigeons, unless the ac- Fes. J, 1883.| FOREST AND STREAM vs counts of the latter incidents can he referred to the sharp shinned hawks, This little falcon much resembles the European kestrel, not only by its coloration of plumage, size and general ap- peurance, but its cries sreatly resemble those of its European cousin, And in comparison with the name “sparrow hawk,” imay perhaps be rather more appropriate to term our bird the American Kestrel. [To BE CONTINUED. | REPTILES AND THEIR HABITS. I AM tempted to suy a few words on the innate vicious disposition of the snapping {urtle, and to refer to an incident to which there are living witnesses. An adjoining farmer turned up with his plow a number of eggs, and brought them to mete examine, They were near the size Gf pigeon egys, and covered with au clastic tough mem- brine, Ob opening séveral they were ull found to contain furtles about the breadtly of a Uiumb wail, All were aliye find soon began to erawlabout, and to prevent falling off the hoard they were turned with 4 broomsiraw, at which they would snap and hite as viciously as would the parent iurtle, While on the subject of natural history, and the pen in hind, L will briefly refer to another incident, and in part in rererenc to articles read in Forgsr And Stkuam. Some writers appear to be of the opinion that serpents propagate their species without the interyention of eggs, and also kill their prey before devouring it. I believe neither to be cor- tect, ind know the rattlesuike is propagated from the egz. Some years ago, in company with several acqnainfances, | visited # den three or four miles southwest of Oakland, Garrett county, Md., for the purpose of destrpying them, early in May. We had killed quite a number—iwo under One reck with an explosive shell—when I stepped to a high rock which overlocked the den, onasouth hillside of an acre of loose shelly rocks, on and tinder which the snakes were usually found sunning themselyes, after Jeaying the den in a semi-torpid state, and before romming abroad for food. My attention was attracted by a peculiar sound, After carefully examining the surroundings, L discoyered i Jaree rattlesnake in coil on an adjacent rock some twenty feet distant, and apparently in # great rage, possibly near its maternity, As my position was free from danger, I observed it for several minutes belfore tiring, I had killed scores and scores of rattlesnakes, und it was the first instance of one causing any sound other than by the rattle. The snake would inflate the body to nearly double its size, then so forcibly eject the air as to produce a blowing, and almost a whistling, sound, in addi- lion to the vathling, and could he heard twenty-five or thirty yards, After killing it and approuching to take the rattles, io the body mutilated by the explosive shell, we counted twenty-three eggs, and each contained a living serpent in embryo, As to the belief of some thal yenomous suakes kill their prey by poison before devouring if, this is, iu my opinion, incorrect. I lave heen informed by many intelligent moun- tain friends, whom [ consider entirely reliable, that they had often scen raftlesnakes in the act of swallowing their prey, and if was invariably alive while visible, not Killed pre- viously, Some years avo a friend iv the Alleghenies sent me—and aunasked for—a large live rattlesnake ina box, which he had captured in May. My first impulse was to destroy if, but it was so much of a curiosily here that many visitors—and from u distance—came to see it. I decided, therefore, to construct a secure eage, and obserye its instinets; a strong hox, three by one foot, plafe glass for fop, and that covered with woven wire, a sliding metal door. locked, and key in wy pocket, With similarly arranged box placed at one end food and drink could he introduced wilhout a possi- bility of danger. Ti lived ten months, buf during an unus- ually cold spell froze to death. During that time it took no fond whatever, excepf about two tablespoonsful of milk, Ty killed all the rodents pul into the cage, buf world not feed on them. A small crippled bird was introduced. This, on hopping on the snake, was struck on the neck and almost instantly killed, did not live two minutes, 1 saw il repeatedly afterward atlempt to swallow the bird, but the moment it reached the poisoned part, it would invariably throw it out. Hence, with this and other evidence as conclusive, I doubt the rattlesnake’s killing tts prey for food—hy poison. Having a ditcher at work, he came ieross a small eel and desired to “introduce it to its brother serpent.” When placed in the cage the snake appeared to dread it and would not permif the eel to touch it, changing its position constantly us approached by the eel, but would not strike it. It was amusing to wit- ness a deudly serpent completely conquered aud cowed by a harmless eel. haye wiintssed two conflicts between sniules of different species, the first between a viper and a blacksnake; the latter was the victor by coiling around and wither crushing or strangling the yiper; the second, quite recently, was witnessed by several persons—a mottled, black “and white snake was captured by one of my sons to send to the Academy of Natural Sciences as an unusual species, and in the same box was afterwards placed one of another species, about half the length of thie large one. Yery soon the larger seized the smaller one, and bepin to crush it in its coils; the box was coyered with glass securely, and next morning the smaller one was invisible, Nor was there any mystery about it, a8 ~ escape was impossible, and from the previous conflict and largely increased size und torpor of the victor, it was clearly demonstrated that the large one had killed the smaller, and then swallowed it. Of this fact all were fully convinced beyond a doubt, and so end my snake stories. [ have heard a saying that ‘dog won't eat dog,’’ but I am fully satisfied that snake will cat snake just as much as that a cannibal will feast on his fellows. ES. Sanby Sramve, Maryland, Jan. 1853. Marne Winter Novrs.—Bethel, Me., January.—By a. private letter last week from an old hunter fiiend oyer in Somerset county, Me., he informs me that recently pros- pecting in those deep forests, he came across moose siyns, and le followed up the buddings and breakings from fall to Winter works, and finally struck the sloates or tracks of two moose freshly made, and by careful creeping he discovered ii the distance two lull moose, hoth armed with fine, heavy antlers, lodking the picture of loveliness to his old lhunter eyes. In frying to creep nearer to get ashot, he accidentally stepped ona dry limb, which cracked with so loud a noise as to frighten the game, who macs off al a tremendous pace, This shows that the Maine woods are not entirely depleted full cur, full hound—a motley collection. Tess would be yet of the noblest gume that ever roumed these woods. To- day (the 25th of January) T shot a yery beautiful male gros- heak. Snow-buntings are quite common here this winter. A chickadee and a sparrow ave constantly about my door yard, and the former takes his meals from « large sunflower hanging Iny the side of my woodshed, Our location istwenty miles east of Mt. Washington, of the White Monntain Range, and the thermometer keeps way down below zero most of the tima.—J. G. R. PINE GROsBEAKS ty NEW Jersey.—Stanley, Morris Co., WN. J.—While sitting by the window on the 16th of Decem- ber I saw six strange birds light on an apple tree a few yards from the window, and commenced eating the decayed and frost-bitten apples that remained on the tree. LI finally recognized them to be pine grosbeaks (Pinivolit enuclutor), They continued feeding for about five minutes, when they flew to some pine trees near by, where they commenced feeding on the seeds. TLaving satisfied themselyes they re- turned to the apple tree. Thus they went from pine tree to apple tree and back three or four times. J noticed one peculiarity in their feeding, that is, cach separate bird selected an apple and always returned to feed on the same one. Very unluckily for ime it’ was Sunday, if it had not been I would have added some of fheir skins to my collec- tion. They were mostly immature Wird with the exception of one or two mature femalus.—Harry De B. Page. Gane Bag and Gan. Ta insure prompl attention, communications should be ud- dressed to the Forest and Strean, Publishing Co,, and not to individuals, in whose absence from the offive matters of in- portance are liable to delay. THE CANEBRAKES OF ISSAQUENA. IE cotton-planter and his sons are, is a general thing, found of their guns, rods, dogs and horses, and in this part of the country are blest with a land teeming with game and fish, offering unequaled facilities for frequent sport. In huuting the larger game, bear and deer, as well as the smaller, the dog takes an important part, in fact, the prin- cipal one. Such being the case, it may interest your read- ers to describe the favorite dog for the several occasions. First is the hear dog—a mongrel, part cur and part hound, The “trail” dogs are usually full bound, although it is questioned by some whether the full hound or half pointer and half hound is the best for this purpose, Be this as ii may, the packs 1 haye in view ave led by full hound, English stag and Virginia fox- hound, and they ave capital ones, too, The fighting dogs, those who do the heaviest work, are generally of the mon- erel kind—terriers, curs, hounds, ete, mixed and intermixed until it would be difficulf to trace distinctions. Bruin atands a poor show in a contest! with fhese fellows, and gen- erally trees after arace of an hour or so, and is ihen easily shot by the hunter. Now and then a ‘tough eustomer” is roused, aud a square fight with the dogs is made, usually ending in Bruin’s defeat, and anoiher short race, a second stand and fight, another run, and so on, until some fortunate hunter gets into the fight in time fo gef in a shot, which terminates in the death of Bruin. blow " sounded from the horn, of three long, distinct “blows” ov sounds from the horn. The hunters congregate upon the spot, and after each oue has related his particular adventures during the chase, and all of the incidents of fhe chase have heen related, the hear is placed upon a mule and sent to camp, while the rested (logs and hunters proceed fo repeat the fun hy jumping another hear. The yietory is signalled by the *‘ call This ‘call blow” consists The dense canebrakes make this sport partake somew hat of the hardest kind of work, and nofhing: but the keenest relish for the excitement of the sport would urge a person to indulge in it, yet if is the finest sport of all out hunting. Once you try it, ii sticks, and the fondness for it will not shake or wear off, The blood-curdling stories told of the bear's dangerous fighting qualities ave a humbug, for unless he be badly wounded, and cannut get away, he is, next to the panther, the yeriest coward that infests our forests, danger in him, except to your dogs, pretty roughly, and many of them are killed ; scarcely a chasé occurs but some of the dogs are seriously wountled or killed. Especially is this the case if your dogs are any of them green in the business. There is no These he handles We use in the bear chase every description of gun. My friend Smith and the members of our club mostly use breech-loading shotyuns, 12-gauge, with round balis, This eun is certainly the best for the purpose, and the hammer- especially so since the danger of accidents by the hammers being caught against the cane, and the pun discharged, is removed. Seyeral of our ‘‘bear-hunters” pre- fer the breech-loading rifle used in the U, 8. Army, and commonly called ‘‘needle-gun.” None of ‘‘Byrne’s’’ pistols are used here, Allare armed, in addition to the gun, with heavy hunting knives, which are used mostly for cutting a way through the dense cane. The deer-driving is made with full-blooded hound, Eng- lish stag aud foxhound preferred. Sometimes the hunter is placed upon stands along the favorite runs, and the deer is shot as he is driven by, but this feature of deertianting finds little fayor here, a8 to occupy « stand means the loss of the best part of the sport, which is the helter-skelter ride threugh the timber, a perfect steeplechase, with the music of the hounds’ yoice thrown in to add zest to the excite- ment—this is to the hunters music indeed; |’ve tried it and know—tifteen or twenty hounds in full ery make soul-stir- ring music jo the hunter's ear, In our drives every man must look out for himself, each one’s chances for a shot is equal to that of the others, proyided all aye equally well mounted. Itis a race, as usual rewarded to the practiced and swittest. who heads the deer and kills him, if he ean, It isn’t dong every time, L assure you, Deer were so plentiful here lefore the overflow last spring, that our chases were generally short. But frequently if a deer gets out of the usual ground coyered by the drive, he is allowed to goin peace—the dogs are recalled and another deer staried, Sometimes in the course of one day’s hunt twenty deer are chased; and right here let me siy that, the very next, or, at longest, he day after the hunt, you could vo over the same ground and run ont the same deer, or as miany us on the first day, presumably the same deer The deer were never frightened away by driving with hounds— try il here and you will be convinced. Sometimes in our hunts we starf a panther, one of those large, ugly brutes thal are so frightful to gaze upon, measur- ing offen niné teet {rom nose to tip of the tail. When we strike these fellows, the race is short and sweet, The cow- ardly rascal will take to the first tree. like his cousin the cat, and is easily shot. Tt sometimes happens, howeyér, that he does not tree, especially if he is surprised by the dogs and caught before he has time to ‘‘shin up” a tree. When this happens you may count on some good fighting, and wdozen dead and wounded dogs; for an ayerage sized panther can whip all the dogs you can crowd upon him. Several yearsiago, a party of us was on a camp hunt in the lower end of this connty we wereafter deer, and bagged - eleven in four days. On the morning we had appointed to brealk camp we were up éarly, preparing to have ashort drive before leaving. After going about five hundred yards from camp, we came upon a freshly killed doe that liad been partly devoured by some animal, which had evidently been fright- éned by onr approach, and bad concealed itself The dogs coming up soon found the trail, but seemed loth to follow it, displaying uneasiness and fear hy their bristling backsand their growls; but one favorite, old Jack, a pointer-hound, came up, took ihe trail and bravely led off the chase. When once started the wholepack were off in a hurry; and we followed close np. A race of & hundred yards brought into full view a magnificent young panther, wlich manifested no desire for a race, but a stubborn determination for a fight. Shedid not have long to wait. ‘The dogs, once over their fright, were in for it, and some seized her ladvship, and thenthefun began, According to {heir usual fighting tactics she lay upon her back, feetup, and her four feet containing twenty claws, as sharp as razors, fairly made dog meat ynd hair ily. Panther and dogs were so completely mixed that we were compelled to withhold our shots for fear of killing more doy than panther. Every second a dog would crawl oul salisiied; the fight lasted only a few seconds, when Walter Smith, one of the ‘party, got in a shot that satistied the panther and ended the fight. Several severely crippled dogs and one dead panther were the list of casualties, * Phere are many of these annually here yet. One was killed within haif a mile of my dwelling, by E. V. Miller, that measured nine feet from nose to tip of tail. Three were seen on the same ground last spring and became quite a terror to the negroes liying on this and adjoining plan- tations. Thes¢ three panthers came near ridding the county of that nmsance the “‘yaller cur,” that infests it by the hun- dred, every darkey owning at least three. The panthers killed quite a number and devoured them—in fact, the dogs were the principal food of these animals while they re- mained. The brutes finally became such » terror that friend Smith was called in with his bear dogs, and drove them off, failmg to kill any one of them. My dwelling stands in the cenier of 200 acres of éulti vated field, and the tracks of these panthers were made within 200 yards of the house. So much for bear, deer, panther, and the dogs ised to Innit them. R. M. Smith, .; W. J. Smith, W. F. Allen, John Stem, Ma. Weseott, and KR, B. Phipps are now out fora week's camp bunt for bears, and will dowbtless hag tive or six. Two were killed last week by W. F, Allen, Lee Smith, and R. B. Phipps on a two days’ hunt, This swells the record of the hunt to the preseut time to eighty-seyen bears. R. M, Smith, Jr., was in at the death of every one of these except two, How isthat for bear hunting? It was nota oud time for hear either. Quail are plentiful and good bags can be made uny day. Our favorite dog fur this sport is the pointer, because of his short hair; the setter loses too much time pulling cockle burrs from his long hair. ~ More anon. SPRHELE'H BAYou, IssaguEna Goenry, Miss. : THE NEGROES AND THE BIRDS. sly Reynard is the champion bird extinguisher of the Hr I Old Dominion—mother of States and statesmceu—how does it happen that in the southeastern counties, where part- ridges do most abound, there, also, the fox is most abundant? “M.,”’ who writes in your issue of Dec, 21, must he amazing- ly unsuspecting if he thinks the freedman kills partridges for the pleasure of displaying them to his white brother, particularly during the close season. Indeed, his faith in their simplicity is childlike and bland; whereas, the craftiest diplomatist that ever wore a white skin is a novice in the art of concealment compared with the Virginia negro. Does “M.” imagine that the colored brother never interyiewed 4 henroost because he has never seen the trophies of the in- teryiew hanging on the outer walls of his log cabin? 1 did not mean to assert that the partridge had been exter- minated by the freedman, or that he was the sole cause of scarcity, but Ido affirm that scores of negroes from the James to the Mattaponi River, and cast of the Richmond & Fredericksburg Railroad, hunt for squirrels and hares all through the spring and summer, skulking along the edge of woods, swamps, and thickets, and keeping carefully out of sight of white folk; that, he pretends to be nothing but a pct-hunter, and that there is no fairer mark for the pot- hunter than Bol White sitting on a rail, be he an African or an Anglo-Saxon; and pot-hunting is not confined to the for- mer, by a large majority, I am sorry to say. Lremember the winter of “80-81, but found no birds frozen, nor missed any from several flocks I watched closely in Hanoyer county (the birth-place of Patrick Henry and Henry Clay), nor did Lhieat of any that had heen found frozen, although I made diligent inquiry, and east of Hanover there was very little dunger of their freezing, but the winter of "81-82 was the warmest we have had since ‘42; nevertheless, there were not su many birds by half last fall as the fall before. J also remember the hitter cold winter of "3-4; yet in the fall of '65 the oldest huntsmen in Virginia had neyer seen birds in such immense numbers And why? Because for four long, weary years we had been after bigger vame, or rather that bigger game had been after us, and the hirds had been allowed to lay and hatch and rear their broods in peact and quict, wilh none to make them afraid, save birds and beasts of prey. Lam well aware, 100, that Bol’ White's elemies are legion —the hawk, the fox, the mink, the weasel, fhe skunk, the black snake and (he half-starved ound, the greatest eg sticker and poucher on carth, yet ID believe the main cause of the general dearth of partrvidges in Virginia is the whole sale shiughter of the innocents by the insatiate pot-hunter reinforced by the wsthetiv wing-shot, What more deadly Weapon than a teu-bore brecch-loader! or whaf animal thal wiilks, rons or fics half se destructive a a sportsman, who 8 FOREST AND STREAM. [Frp. 1, 1883, Sea ee ee eee nna e ne en nnn en nn nee eee SS ee SSS SS ee voes out full of vim and ardor, and who can cut down a bird by the glint of ils wings in the thickest covert? An average country huntsman is a tyro to the crack shots of Richmond, Lyncliburg and Charlottesville. Perhaps I do not exactly understand what ‘“M,” means when hesays the freedman is not ‘a sucial or political factor” in the Northside and Piedmont counties of the State, as he has never been admitted into Virginia society (noted for its exclusiveness), Lut he casts 2,000 votes in Albumarle county, and is revarded by every candidate for office as a very large “political factor,” and | am yery sure the gentle- men who ran for Congrass lust fall in the First District lying in part un the Potomac River up to Acguia Creek, will be enormously surprised to learn that the freedman has cleared out of that part of the politician's vincyard, when he was eg in the late election lo the number of 7,000 yotes at east. But 'M." must forgive me if I fail to see the connection between ‘‘a political and social factor,” and a shooting and hunting factor. There is a tribe of Indians on the Pamun- key River, in King William county, who make their living by fishing and luoting, and who sre dewth on fin, fur and feather—bnt they can't yote, nary time. T haye no apology to make to the good-natured, shrewd, shiftless freedman, since I know he will take no umbrage at my saying he pops Bob White every time he sees him, if he has a fusee in his hand, Butif [had known my reference to him as one of the “‘factors® of bird scarcity would haye sunk so deep in ‘*M.’s” heart [ never should haye mentioned him, And it gives me genuine pleasure to bear testimony to the govud character, industry and honesty of u very large class of our colored population. “M.”" failed to read my communication attentively. 1 expressly said that pavtridgés are scarce all north of Jiimes River, from the Blue Ridge Mountains to Chesapeake Bay. There are 8 number of negroes in and around Obarlotte- ville who keep dogs for ’possum and hare hunting, and all this bad, snowy weather they haye scoured the fields hare hunting, Is there a white man in the world so green as to believe that they refrain from shooting partridges whenever they come upon them the game law to the contrary not- withstanding? RAuuy woop. Virainia, January, 1563. A ROCKY MOUNTAIN DEER HUNT. N Montana the blacktail deer winter 10 the heavily tim- bered foothills adjacent to the main range of the Rocky Mountuins, staying there until the warm sua and melting snows of April remind then) that the time bas come to seek the retirement of their mnuntain home, where, safe from thé pursuit of man, and far from the turmoil of the world, they may raise their young in peace. The first heavy snowstorm in October drives them from the main range into the first foothills, where they stay uutil the heavier snows of winter push them further south, Tt was at this time of the year, after the first heavy snow, that my friend Dan, as fine 2 young man as it has ever been my pleasure to mect, and myself, decided to bring forth our rifles, which had been laid away all summer, and iry our luck with the blacktail, Early one bright October morning, having loaded our wagon with “grub” snd blankets, with Bess and Moll, two little mares as pretty as can be found anywhere, to haul rovisions #nd pack our game, and whistling to Prince, our Pekar to follow, we starterl for our camp in the foothills, welye miles away. We had trayeled some six miles, and Were passing through a narrow yalley when Dan says: ‘Look, what are thuse white appearing animals moving along that little reef half- way up the side of the hill’” Itmust haye been x band of untelope. They were watching us, so we drove on till they passed out of sigit over the ridve and into @ little basin on the side of the lll. Tastily unhitching Bess and Moll, and tying them to the wagon, we carefully climbed to the top of the reef, Jooking between the rocks we saw some nice, fat antelope feeding quietly in the basin, but out of range. We decided that Dan was to go around to the right and try to head them off, and | was to stay where I was, I waited some time, and as he did not appear, and the antelope were feeding away froin me, 1 concluded to go around them to the lett. By dodging and crawling I at last got abead of them, aud skipping from behind a tree to get a shot, I heard the report of Dan's gun and saw one of ihe antelope drop. The rest ran through a pass between Dan anil me, and as they ran by we both shot, but still they rushed on, Fol- lowing them a little way1 almost fell oyer a two-year-old buck lying is the long grass, which had eyidently been shot as he was passing us, and running a short distance had fallen dead. Packing the two antelope to the wagon we hastened on to vamp. After a hard pull, along pull, and a pull all together, at 4 o'clock we reached the head of the little stream on the edge of our hunting ground, where we were to camp. After moy- ing our camp outfit into the brush for shelter and picketing the horses, Lsugevsted, as there was still an hour of day- light, that Dan, taking the dog, should go up into that heavy timber at the top of the hill, while I took a stroll down the creek, and as | had seen fresh sign of deer in the brush close to camp, L felt quite sure of secing some whitetail, The ereek was a small one, with only a few bushes along it—just room for a deer to hide. Iwas walking quietly along the bank, above the creek, a few hundred yards below the camp, when I noticed the bushes moving a little just ahead of me Theard a louder crashing, and out jumped four whitetail, on old doe, a yearling, and two fawns. They stopped an instant to look at me, and quickly taking aim at the doe, Liived. They were too close and my bullet went over her. Af the shot they loped off, waving thvir white flags at mein defiance. Another shot a little lower at the yearling passed through both her shoulders, bringing her quickly to the ground, when she was soon dispatched. The oijher three rai on till they came to the heayy brush along the Dearborn River, and I was obliged to give them up. Bringing the yearling into camp I was preparing supper of antelope steaks, potatoes, flapjacks and coffee when Dan arrived, He had struck fresh sign as soon as he entered the timber, and going very cxrefully, a deer which had heard a noise in the brush below ran across and stood in front of him, looking at him, not fifty yards off. He could barely sce the deer in the brush, but aiming just back of the shoulders he fired. The deer ran and heshotagain, Going to the spot where the deer had stood he found blood, Yol- Jowing the dog's lead in the direction in which the deer ran, he was taken fo jhe dead decry, a two-year-old buck, which had run fifty yards and then fallen dead, shot through the Jungs, .\dter supper we made our beds of hemlock boughs, or, as we call them‘ “mountain feathers,”’ and well satisfied with our day’s sport slept as only tired hunters can sleep. Breakfast was eaten next morning at daylight, and we were off for the runway, one-quarter of a mile from camp, We watched from behind the scru) pines until sunrise, and as the deer thought they would stay at home and not travel that day, we followed up the gulch to visit them. We had passed through seyeral heavy patches of tiniber, when we saw tracks in the old snow drifts, and then separating, Dan took down into the heayy timber of the ravine, and I kept on the edge. 1 had just entered a dry pine pole patch, when a three-prong buck, which liud been lying down rest- ing, spraug to his feet, He stood and looked at me. THe was seventy-five yards off, and as yet half asleep, Slowly 1 raised my rifle, sighted carefully and fired. He sprang away, apparcnotly unhurt. At the shot Dan cime up, and I told him *‘I had just missed the finest shot at a buck I had eyer had.” There was no sign of blood. Keeping the dog still fast, we let him take the trail, He led us out into the open, and al a hundred yards from where I shot we stood over the hody of the dead decr, He was shot through the lungs, and going at full speed, had stopped short, reared up an fallen hackward.doad, for he lay facing the direction from which he started. Dragging him to the nearest tree, we hung him up and marked the place. It was now only ten o'clock, and we were quite encouraged at the prospect of a good day’s sport, Dan was to take the edge of the timber, and I yas to take the inside. Dan heard a rushing, crashing sound on the hillside above him, and saw two large bucks running madly down toward him, The timber was so thick that he only gota snap-shot at them as they sped pasthim, They had winded me, and neyer noticed Dan at all till he fired. Meeting again, as agreed, we now came to an open glade, where the timber had been burnt off, and the ground was coyered with low bushes ind fallen trees, At first we saw nothing unusual, but on closer inspection Dan thought he saw a pair of horns above the grass in a litlle clearing, On examining tt with the glass, we not only saw through the brush the owner of the horns, but three or four more deer partly hidden by the undergrowth. They were too far for n shot, and we were to windward of them. Fortunately the air was very still, and they had not scented us. We crept hack over the hill out of sight, and held a council of war, which resulted in Dan making a long detour of the woods and approaching the deer under cover of the bushes till he was within 150 yards of them. Ringold, White, black and tan beagle dog, gi se Oct, 15, 1882 (ribte— Bucy), by Mr. N. Elmore, Granby, Conn., to- Mr Jims. Pat- terson, Bellaire, O, P Wayner— Nell Kelley whelp, Lemon and white Buylish settur doy puppy, by aa JF. Johns, Haverhill, Mass., tu Mx, A. Turner. Farm ington, N. H, “ Gea Mint whelp. Gordon setter biteh, whilped May 32, 1882, by Fer. 1, 1883] FOREST AND STREAM. 15 pic. oe W. Pearsall, Huntington, TL. 1.,to Mr. W. M. Oliver. Ruffalo, Sir Luwnecelot. Davk prey English mastiff dog (imported in meer whelped Sept. 3, 162, by Tamus \E. K. C. 8. B. 9.839) ont of Dinah 1. Trajan—Rauce)) by Mr, Wm, Wade, Pittsburgh, Pa., to the Scar- orough Kennel, Scarborough. N. Y. PRESENTATIONS. ES See instructions at head af this column. Beru—Meather whelp. Liver and white ticked covker spaniel dog. whelped Oct. 1, 1888. by the Riverside Cocker Spaniel Kennel, Clare- mont, N. H,.to Mr, C, Hoadly, White River Junction. Vt. Rifle and Crap Shooting. RANGE AND GALLERY. TESTS FOR GALLERY SHOOTING. AMES F, CONLIN, in order vo stimulate practice at indoor ranges, lias pifered a series of gold badges in expert marksman- ship and # series of silver badges inamatenr marksmanship to be shot for at lis gallery, 1255 Broadway; a gold badge will be given for any ont of the Feats under expert marksmanship and w evrrespond- ing silver badge nnder the Amatent marksmanship list. _ No personcan win more thau one badge, but should he win a badge for any competition, and perform any one of the feats mentioned he willbe entitled tothe addittion of a bar tothe badge already won, Any 22-calibre rifle or pistol may be used. EXPERT MARHSMANSHIP, WITH RIFLE, AT GALLARY RANGH. Full score 10 shots at Creedmoor Target. Average 48 pos. 50, 50shotsat ‘ 46 pos, 50,10 shots atthe word * + Stinch score, 10 shots, Contin’s Ready Measurement Target, 40 pos, 50, 10 shots at Teaser Target. With Pistol, at 12 Paces. ots at Teaser Target we paces. 45 pos. 50, 10 sh 42 pos. h0, Full score. 10 shots at Creedmoor Target, 40 pos. 50, 10 shots at word * Yd Average 47 pos, 50, 50 shots . fanch seore, 10 shots at Conlin’s Ready Measurement Target. Hitting 8 “84-inch bullets” in 10 shots. Hitting 10 pines. consecutively. Smith & Wesson Revolver 82-calibye, at 18 Paces, Full score, 6 shots ab Creedmoor Target, 23 pos. 25, 5 shots at the word ‘* 185 pos, 159, 3 shetsat Mb Hitting 5 pipes, consecutively. With Dueling Pistol, at 12 Panes, 47 pos, 50, 10 shots, Creedmoor Target. AMATEUR MARKSMANSHIP, WITH RIFDM. 48 pos. 50, 10 shots at Creedmoor Target. Average 46 pos. 50, 50 shots * Ue 35 pos. 40, 1) shots at Teaser Target. H-aineh score. 1) shots, Ready Measurement Target. 42 pos, 50. 10 shofs at word. Creedmoor Target, With Pistol. 35 pos. 50, 10 shots at word Creedmoor Target. Average 46 pos. 50, 50 shots UW ‘ {i-inch score, 10 shots, at Ready Measurement Target, Hitting 9 pipes in 10 shots, | Hitting 6 “34-inch bullets’ mm 10 shots, With Revolver. 125 pos. 150, 3) shots at Creedmoor Target, 22 pos: 25,5 shots atth+ word ‘* a With Ducting Pistol, 22 pos, 25, 5 shots at Creedmoor Target. 2) pos, 24, Oshots at the word “ ** ur ty ts BOSTON, Jan, 27.—At Walnut sill, to-day, the winter shed was filled with gentlemen, all anxious to take advantage of the excellent weather condition which existed, aud toadd to their scores in the matebes which have heen running for the current month and which elosed with the day, The leaden sky brought Gut the bull promi- hebdtly in the gray light which prevailed, andif it had not been for the wind which sprung up ahout noon, from the & o'clock point, some yery large scores would have been recorded, The best scores are ag follows; . Oreadmoor Mateb. 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WwW 7 v1 6 8 GO 7 Pex § A Dralce. $6 7 7101010 4 8 10-79 (} Warren. . Toto & SO vos & “9 is H Withington), .--,----- 7 98 26 R Y BIO 6-70 PF Dwight....--. begets worese ap deaumere te 85 5 7 7 810 6 9 10—69 Rest Match, + AS Harris 9101010 8 10 10 10 10 10-97 WA Stark, . 1010 910 9 9 10 10 9 1O—95 GH Best. ..-- 2010101010 910 8 AF 8-96 GOW WIMEGODID: o)-s saw eteen ta .. 1010 9 940 8 1010 10 10—96 (OU Thudson . . AT Garter... i A Bascomb, . 910 9101010 910 9 B—a -. 910 9 910101010170 S—5 -91019 910 9 9 9 10-94 § H Sturgiss... .. 910 910 8 910 910 t—v8 Pratl eg beri es nae ye +80 9.10 9 FP RB DF 9 1n—90 " arate matehes will be opened Saturday next and run until ast Day: Mateh A—Creedmoor target—200 yarns; rounds, ten: entry fee, 15 cents; no prizes, , Match B—Creedmoor tarpet—20u yards; position, standing; rounds, fan; any rifle withm the rules; entries unlimited at25 cents each to members; ta non-members, first antries each day, 50 Gents; pa- entries, 29 cents; prizes to he wou on the aggregate of each com- petitor's best four scores, to count in the order made; rifles with military or open sights to be shot without cleaning during eves score: military rifles allowed seyen points, and other rifles with pen sights tour pas on the aggregate of four scores; prizes, 12, 10, 8, 7 6, 5, 4, 3,2, 1 per cant. of total entry fees, _ Mateh (—Decimal target—Canditions and prizes same as in match B, excep! that military rifles are allowed Uyenly-four points, and other rifi-3 with open sights, sixteen points on the aggrégate of four seores. Match D)—Record matches, off-hand—Decimal target: one seore, tounds, ten. Match to open whenever there are six or wore com- petitors present, and{o close at 4:30, M, Repeated every Satur- day. Members to be handicapped and each prize winner to have one point adiied to his handicap in the next competition, Ratry fee, 25 cents; prizes{60 par cent. of all éntry fees, to be divided into tivo cash prizes of equal amount. Seores made in this mateh will be considered in selecting Members of teams. All slate in wnfin- ished scores I) be vated at four points exuh, Mateh B- Dacinaltarget, at rest—200 yards; rounds 10; any posi- . tionor rest: any rifié under twelve pounds, without telescopic sights; eltties inlimifed at 2) cents, re-entries, 25 cants, Prizes to be won on apgrerate of each compe titos S Oait four scores. which mish be made on two different mateh days, not oyer two svores to he counted which are made on the same day. Ritles with military or opew paupepaiciae clean, Price 25 cents,—4dr. sights to be shor without cleaning during each score. Muzzte-load- ing rifles, using round or conical bullets, to be allowed 8 points, and nulita ry rifles 40 points, and other open-sighted rifles 20 poimts on the aggregate of fourscores. Prizessume as Match BR. MAMMOTH GALLERY.—Boston, Mass.—Fine work has been done in beth lasses, There were several new comers in each matyh lur- ing the week, and, from appearances, lively times are expected for the balance of the inonth. ‘Mr. J. Merrill still holds the lead in the All-Comers’ mateh, with Mr. W. H, Harrison second, In the Amateur Badge match some very fine work has been done by Messgrs. Wilson. Smith, Rollins and Bird. The following are the scores to Nate: Al-Comers’ Match. J Merrill........d6 47 47 48 48-246 UA Pollard... 44 45 45 46 46—220 W Ef Harrison, .46 4li 46 47 47282, OR Bartlett... 43 43 44 44 4-218 CS Seyon,.....46 44 45 46 40-227 JA Smiall,,.... 41 423 42 48 44212 J Francis... .. 45 46 46 46 47-280 L Wooil-..-... 4 43°48 44 4d—217 Amateur Match, J Hf Bird....... dd da 45 45 dh—-228 «=F Wt Rollins. .... 44 dd 44 dd 45—293 A B Wilson,,...48 45 45 45 45—223 NA Appleton, 1 41 42 42 42—208 J Smith... 2. 483 44 44°45 47—283 M RJames..... 41 41 41 41 d4—208 N. B. Sarerx, Proprietor. Boston, Jan, 24.—The contests for the January prizes haye heen very exciting during the past week. Mr, J. Merrill still holds the lead in the All-comers'’ match, with Mr. J. Franejs and W. 1. Harri- son tied for second place; and some liyély work may be expected during the three remaining days. In the Amateur match the bes shopting of the season has been fone, and there are Wun two points difference between the four lesding men. On Thursday néxt will commence the February matches. Following are the scores to date: All-Comers’ Mateh, J Merrill....... 46 A? 47 48 45251) UA Pollard. ...46.45 45 46 4h—228 W_ Hf Aarrison.46 46 46 47 47—232 CR Bartlett ...48 43 44 44 44218 J Franeis....,, 4640 46 47 47282 J A Small,,,...42 439 44 43 44216 CSSeyon...... 45 45 45 4 46-227 LL Wood........ 42 439 43 44 44-916) Amateur Match, ely SOL 2 eee 44 44 45 45 47-225 J Wilkes.....,.48 48 48 44 dd—217 A 2B Wilson... .44 45 46 45 45-224 W B Williams.4i 41 42 42 43209 J Bird. Ad 44 45 45 45-228 MR James,....41 48 44 43 44—214 FE Rolling .. 44 44 45 45 46223 N C Appleton. 42 42 49 44 48213 N. B. Sutrn, Proprietor. GARDNER, Mass., Jan, 24,—At the last meeting of the Gardner Rifle Club at Hackmatack Range the inch ving and Creedmoor targeb combined was nsed, distance 200-yards, off hand. The score tells the sbory + C. R. C. Totals, GF Ellsworth,......-- 48 81 45 1k 98 TN Dodge, ,.. ----- 45 BB 45 176 40 A-Matheéws..,....... 42 1 Ay 17 = 89 B Williams ... 45 88 = «46 167) GC Goodale, 47 vi 43 16090 W © Loveland... 45 64 43 2): ts} C Shumway ..._. 41 7% 42 142 «83 FH Knowlton, - 42 fi 40 121 $2 F Underwoor,........ 42 mM 48 Tk | SS WORCESTER, Mass,, Jan. 25,—The weekly contest in the series of matches wt Pine Groye Range under the auspices of the Worcester Rifle Assotiation was contiuned to-day vesnttiny as follows: Creedmoor Match. Stedinan Clark, ....-). ccc) sjaccssenes £5 5 6 45 5 4 445 @ Avthiur....-. Vas T4465 6 5 4 4 545 J WN Morse, J HOA 4 a +4 4 4-44 AL Rice.._..... 465 t 444 5 £48 JN Freeman. —........ : wl td dd 5 4 5D 4 +42 Maori. ee eee ee 4.4 4 405 4 4°55 of yds J Williams,, .....,,.. , aa 3 4 545 4 4-49 QD Hames........ et 5 4 4 454 5 4-42 HWESOn. ey ieseiiieede: gielariteesh Eb Rest ¥ a dol Decimal Match, FAS TTSCCH Se aed ate plates often hs a Wie 98 8 5 616 & 810 5—73 (@ Arthur 9710 7 6 4 8 & 6 9-71 © Dusenbury.... “9 & 9 810 b 4 9 5-1 Stedman Clark... 4 7 §10 8 410 4 & b—OS RUAN GRBOM a2) NePoi 22 wo “ete = 40-* 45 610 6 9 5 4 4 6—61 Necimal Rest Match. JN Morse, Jr Ti0i0 1010 F PM § 10—91 J Willigms..- 5 --....,.-2205 7 ite Ded. Da or Ae Gal THE TRAP. TORONTO GUN CLUB.—At the annual meeting of the Toronto Gun Club last week, the annual report showed that the financial condition of the club was satisfactory, while the roll of membership resented a large number of names, The election of officers was as ‘ollows: President, Mr, R. Taylor (re-elected); Vice-President, Mr, 8, W. Downey (re-elected); Secretary, Mr. J. W. Millar; Treasurer, Mr. George Pearsall; Executive Committee—Messrs. H. Perryman, J. Taylor, W. R. Evans, and J. R, Mills; Auilitors, Messrs. J. H. Miteh- ellanud W. Millar, Au attempt will be made to secura a large num- her of snow-birds, and if the effort is successful «a tournament will beheld atan early date. THE RAYMOND CLUB, Jan, 26.—Quite « number of the Ray- monds appeared before the traps to-day at Wellington, indulging till quite late in their favorite pastime of clay pigeon shooting, Ten regular sweeps were Shot, The light was very treacherous, lowering the scores considerably. The conditions were liyds. rise, 5 birds to each sweep, The winners were: First sweep, J. A. Philbriclk; second, Dr. H. Ray; third, D, Kirkwood; fourth, N. Waterman; fifth; Kirl- Wool; sixth, Sawyér: seyenth, D. Chambers; eighth. Kirkwood; ninth, Sawyer first; tenth. T; Raysou first. Tn the twenty-bird mateh the scores weet ERAT Peet. iah erie a ehh en: 16 BOC Blackie SITICWOOCS eee unbn etry ie 1h D Chambers... J S Sawyer .....,,, - eiorer-t4 N Waterman,.. .....: gn ee, DA PHUDVICK, 00. tees kaw enes 1 [THE MALDEN GUN CLUB wiilhold a grand glass ball and clay pigeon tournament on their grounds at Wellington Station, Mass., on Washington's Birthday, Thursday, eb. 22, 18438, commencing at 10 A, M. sharp; no postponement. A cordial invitation to he present is extended by the club to the shooters of every section. PROVIDENCE, BR. 1., Jan, 26,—At the shoot of the Narragansett Gun Clob held yeeterday the following scores were made, Clay Pipeons, lbyds, rise: HLDETUUIIIOMY, Wien sel decle tr etelelsyy sla) cle-sle plate dels didi tit 41411--15 Crandall... 10001 11110—11 Sheldon... , OOL10 1idi—i O1L)— 8 ‘THE PHEKSKILL SPORTSMEN CLUB, of Peekskill, N. Y., have elseted the followiti¢ officers for the ensuing year: President, H, B. Wreant; Vice-President, P. H. Mason; Treasurer, B, C, Byeringhim; Directors, W, H, Piercé, J. ;B. Halsted, W, D. Southard. The mem- hers of the ¢lub will participate ina liye pigeon, clay pigeon and ball shoot, Feb. 22. The club would be glad to receive as members fellow sportsmen from their neighboring villages, ‘The grounds and club house are pleasantly situated a short distance from the depot and Open at all times to members, who can find all the conveniences ready for shooting. UNKNOWN GUN CLUB.—At the annual meeting of the above- named club, held at Knebel’s Hotel, 715 Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, on Wriday evening, Jan. 19, thirty members answered to their names at roll call, Three new members were elected, The treasurer's report showed $97 in the funds. The following officers were elected for the ensning year: Henry Knebel, President; Moses Chichester, Vice President; Henry Van Staden, Sr,, Treasurer; R. N. Stillwell, Secretary, PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT. A yaluable article to haye handy at this season of the year— “Leather Keep Dry”’—a water-proof dressing for boots and shoes. Softens the leather and renders if fnpervious to water. For sale by Cee Brown, 125 Federal street, Boston, Mass. See advertisement. — Adv, We call the attention of our readers to the advertisemont of BE. G. Koenig, 805 Broad street, Newark. N. J., who has a Choice assort- ‘nent of all makes of rifles, pistols, revolvers, 6te., atlow priges, He also makes a specialty of loading shells, His flustrated catalogue is An Interesting hook, mailed on réceipt of a stamp, “There is no other article so valuable for popular use in cases oF lgiue Hiaels lowal rheumatism, limbago, neuralgia, congestion of thé bronchial tubes, colighs, affections of the lingswind forpia. liver as Baxson’s CApcrne Porous Puasver,” So writes 4. H, 8, M.D,, Physician-in-Ohief of the De Quincy Home. New York. Prompt, Pachting and Canoeing. To insure prompt attention, commuamications should be aed- dressed to the Forest and Stream. Publishing Co., and not ta individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- portance are Kable to delay. SINGLE HAND YACHTS. Kditoy Forest and Stream: r Your stimulating articles on sea sailing have given rise to much (rafting of yauhts yarying from one and a half to twelve tons. supposed to be applicable to single hand work, though all are de slpned to carry many sails of the largest dimensions. I cannot but think, however, thatif these suggestions are extensively followed by intending single hand sailors, more particularly by beginners, who, persumably, will be disiuclined to incur the coshof building oF rigging twice over, they will lead ta some disappointment. Those who contemplate keeping a yacht which carries fiye ov six sails insuch order and neatness as a gentleman's craftshould always present to beholders, can have yery little idea of the work it will antail even under favorable circiimstances, while confusion and danger are certain to ensue upon au adverse changein the weather that is not very gradual,indeed, Of vourse Lam uskuming, as itis stated. that the craft depicted; in your valuable papertare intended to be sailed by only one pecsonin deep and open water, where accidents would be serious, and that they are to be handled in such a manner as nal to excite the ridicule of professional seamen. Besifles the three weeks single hand experience pecoriled in my “Experimental Cruise in the Protyon, seven-ton lugzer,’in 1879, 1 had a further one of six weeks in 1880, during which cruise [ kept the sea for more than a month between Dover and Brighton (including a rough night on the Nrench eoust) without entering a river or liarbor of any description, My object tu mentioning this is to show that in recommending caution to single hand sailors. which may not he over well received by many who (to use an Americanism that has much amused me) fire “down with boating fever,” and in the first flush of expectation, or to others who have never witnessed the adyent of dirty nights at anchor on the coast withoutan available port to run to. lam sneaking of what I know by experience, to have been necessary m my own case, not less than in that of others. 'Thus, far from presuming to constitute myself a guide to others, T should be sorry if any one lacking the qualifications and proper ap- pliances caloulated within the bounds of human probability to ensure success, regarded my example as of any value at all, All my cruises, whether I have ventured to relate them or not, have been carried outin powerfully built seahboats, so completely found, that never, in the most trying time. have I known whatit was to feel anything was Bases This result has been attuined in the simplest way possible, viz,, by inventories carefully prepared beforehand, and hy personal supervision in the strictest sense of tl.e word, Though roughly sketched, my idea is tolerably well represented in the corrected draft of the twelye-ton San Francisco yaw! illug- trated in your issue of December 7, which I have returned you here- with, in which you will perceive I should reuuire less taunt and stouter spars, and more rigging with fewer sails, Hven under the modified rig, nothing less than a génnine and lengthened trial will jusiify her classification with single hand yachts in the common meaning of the term. R, T. MeMinen. GREENWHITHE. Kent, England. [Mr, McMullen is certainly entitled to speak with authority on this subject, as the originator, we night say, of single-hand sailing. We shoulil adhere to his yiews for knocking about the rugged and stormy coashof England, But our weather in America is so much milder, the seas longer and harbors so close and easy of access, Well lighted and buoyed tar more systematically than in Great Britain, and have such extensive stretches of semi-open waters that much greater lati- tude is permissible in small boats. Our heavy gales came only weeks aud #ven months apart, and givesuch ample warning that the dangers of sailing alone can hardly be said to be serious, unless through gross carelessness orstupidity. In fact, sailing om our coast is child's piay compared to the rough work cut out for amateurs abroad, and that is the reason we feel so free in recommending its indulgence in yachts With rigs largh enouge to be also of good service in fair weather, A run of twenty-four hours before a light zephyr would become tedious and anuoying were’small yachts restricted to the short rig to which Mr. MeMullen has reduced the San Francisco yawl, cuts of which were givenin our issue for Dee. 7. Unquestionably one-third less area, a Théin, mast instead of a 644in., and hoomkin in place of how- sprit, would be more suitable to the British coast, but for our use the sail spreadis not too great, aera we éntirely agree with Mr. Mec- Mullén in the substitution of two shrouds and a runner. Our yachts are too light in rigging for any kind of work, though much improye- ment is visible in this respect of late. The yaw! in question is 4s Mr. McMullen says, not properly speak- ing a single hand yacht. She was presented to show the advaulages of the yaiyl rig on the ground that even so large a boat as one of 80ft. load line could be sailed by one hand withoul difficulty when necessary, But this only fora specified run in favorable weather. A 30ft. yacht is too large for regular cruising single-handed in any country. As to multiplicity of sail it may be said that the choice of omitting all but one or two ata time removes the exceplions taken. It is not necessary thatall sail, meluding kites, should be displayed in dubious weather or when off the coast, ‘Topsail and spinaker may be kept in the locker weeks on.a stretch if considered advisable, On the other hand there are times, the majority of days in fact here on the Atlantic seaboard, when the option of setting light sails is a very decided advantage and an assurance of a successful pissage. Moreover, those engaging in single hand sailing may dispense with all but lower sail at the outset or altogether if they Choose, though we have sailed for days with topsail aloft and spinaker boomeil out, making double the way short spread would admit of, Multiplicity of sail in itself seems to us rather an adyantage. Th offers greater option in suiting the spread to the weather and in reudering reéfing practically mnecessary, enables the helmsman to proyide in an instant for a squall or unexpected blow by lowering away what is mot wanted, when reefing might be neglected and ipui off on account of the labor, risk and Joss of time mvolved. Few sails do not imply greater safety. The simplest rig is that of the catboat, or “una,"’ as it is known in English waters, yet a more dangerous and unhandy mg, likely to pet the noviee orunwary yavhtsman into difficulties does notexist. Its yery simplicity makes it an unfit rig to cruiso with and entails more labor than the threes sails of the yawl, Even the sloop or cutter is to be preferred for single hand work, as either of those permits low- ering the mainsail and driving along after a fashion under jib, and roughly keeping your course or running for shelter, he cat rig is also'a worse gail onthe helm than any other. This is all well mown, and we mention it only to explain that safety and conveniéni« lie in multiplicity of sail rather than otherwise, and in the yaw! multi- plicity is certainly not carried to excess in lower sails only. As for kites, they are to be regarded only as supernumerary, to be used or not, as the weather and the skipper’s experienoe warrant. They form no essential part of the deelens we have published for small yachts. Mr, McMullen has, we beliaye, always given the yaw] the preference, and m his lugger Procyon, also illustrated in our issue for Dee. 7, the principle of the yawl is carried out, with the small mizzen half way. For our waters a jib and larger sails would bean ipa tite necessity fo render cruising in summer al all palatable. We do not wish to be understood as taking issue with such an ex pert as Mr. MeMullen, but simply record that his remarks are true enough for the conditions under which he has sailed, whereas he himself would be likely to concede ourpoint if cruising in our com- paratively mild and, above all, steady weather, and in the more or Jess protected waters for which small yachts naturally would exbibiti a preference, Such a thing as anchoring on the opén coast tor want of refuge is almost unknown to us in America, aud nol once ing thousand cases would the single hand sailor find himself in sueh au extremity. We know nothing here of shooling the narrow fairway between pierheads with the sea rolling in like towering mountains, nothing of the oyerfalls and fierce tidal races, nothing of two or three successive galés in the same twenty-four hours, and very short, steep seas rising In less than half an hour, trouble us not. Our coast is the paradise of single handers and small yachts generally, and our Climate is such that aS much consideration must be given to fair Weather sailing as to the rougher accompaniments, espetially in the small work to whith the single hander is by necessity limited, With all that we deem if of the highest iniportince that yachts of all sizes should be uncapsizabla and beyond te possibility of swamping when Inocked down to a rushing squall, and small yachts should be capa- ble of Coping to some purpose With a séa, which, if of no consuquance tolarge vessels, is often enough to make a passage to windward in u Shoal, wide hoat « futile and a very wet attempt. War these reasons as well as ta obtain the yaluable adjunct of «a habitation in small boats, and lead their ovners to an appreciation of aw quality of sport much above that of aimlessly skipping about in sone puddla with an unsatisfactory death trap, wa haye sought to oR further the introduction of healtay, but not under-rigged yachts, of Small first cost. Their outfitin detail, size of sails aud oumber of kifes is much a matter of Mmdividual Yancy, to suit each man’s pur pose, Weshould mention, én passant, that the publication of lings 16 FOREST AND STREAM. [Fep, 1, 1888 GLEAM.—SLOOP.—MR. N. D. LAWTON,—LARCHMONT Y. C. of yachts in these columns doas not imply a sanction of their models or rigs, unless explicitely so stated. 1tis our province to present the thoughts and custonis of others quite as much as our own, though radically faulty conceptions we do not permit to appear for obyious reasons. In single hand yachts, we look first to Bately ability and necommodations, and then recommend as much speed as compat- ible with those points for sailing. To summarize, we deem the yawl rig, of reasonable area, supple- mented with kites, a better rig than large area in lower sails of an un- handy description and no kites. The first offers every choice de- manded by varying circumstances, and can by quickly brought into harmony with the surroundings. ‘The latter leaves you in the lurch in the crisis for lack of that very adaptability the yawl pre-eminently tenders. For that reason you may be more extravagant with the area in the yaw] if you wish, than in cat, sloop, cutter or lugger, which must be restricted to meet widely different exigencies, for which reefing offers but a laborious, risky and poorly balanced sub- stitute, quile generally deferred until] the consequences may be- come serious, Underriggingis safe in any plan, but we look to spéed in America too much to put up with a “jury,” and our weather warrants liberal provisions in that respect. GLEAM. She prediction afew years ago that the centerboard would dis- appéearin Eastern waters séemed quite as improbable of fulfil- ment as a similar prognostication made to-day, regarding eats in New York. Yet we haye lived to see the board practically aban- doned around Cape Cod, and we yenture to assert, it is only a mat- ter of a few seasons more before the keel will be given a like prefer- ence here in New York, Wasuineton, D, C., Oct. 7, 1880. | To Collectors of Customs and athers: In order that all persons concerned, and especially the masters of peak vessels, may be apprised of their duties in the premises, you are directed to plave a Copy of this cireular in possession of the master of every vessel -lealing from your port. The instructions herein contained will be observed in the navigation of vessels of the mercantile marine of the United States, and, by provisions of the Revised Statutes, the following rules, from oné to twenty-fmir, in- clusiye, are made applicable to the navigation of vessels of the Navy. (Collectors will notice the modifications of the cireylarof Web, 17, 1877, which is hereby superseded). ; Eyery sail yessel of the mercantile marine navigated without com- | | plying with the instructions of this circular will be liable to a penalty | of two hundred dollars, for which sum the vessel may be seized and proceeded against. STEAM AND SAIL VESSELS, Ruel. Every steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam shall be considered a sail yéssel, and every steam vessol which is under steam, whebier Under sail or nof, shall be considered a steam vessel. LIGHTS. Rue 2. The lights mentioned in the following rules, and no others, shall be carried in all weathers between sunsetand sunrise; LIGHTS FOR OCEAN-GOING STEAMERS AND STEAMWRS CARRYING SAIL, Ruwe 8. All ocean-going steamers, and steamers carrying sail, shall, when under way, carry— _ ees (a.) At the foremast-head, a bright white lizht, of such a character as to be yisible ona dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at 4 dis- tance of at least five miles, and so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an are of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, and so fixed as to throw the light ten pointson euch side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abuft the beam on either side. (b.) On the starboard side, a green light, of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles, and so constructed as tu show 4 uniform und un- broken light oyer an are of the horizon of ten points of the compass, and so fixed as lo throw the light from right ahead to two points abatt the beam on starboard side. ’ (¢.) On the port side, a red light, of such a vharacter as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, ata distance of at least two miles, and so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, and so fixed us to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on her port side. The green and red lights shall be fitted with inhoard screens, pro- jecting at least three feet forward from tha lights, so as to prevent them from being seen aeross the bow. LIGHTS FOR TOWING-STEAMERS. Rue 4. Steam vessels, when towing other vessels, shall carry two bright, white masthead lights vertically, in addition to their side lights, so as to distinguish them from other steam vessels. Hach of these masthead lights shall he of the same character and construc- tion as the masthead lights prescribed in Rule 3. (LIGHTS FOR STEAMERS NOT OGEAN-GOING NOR CARRYING BAIL, Ruin 5. All steam vessels other than ocean-gomg stearners and steamers carrying sail shall, when under way, carry on the star-. board and portsides lights of the same character and construction and in the same pusition as are preseribed for side lights by Rule 3, except in the case provided in Rule 6. LIGHTS FOR STEAMERS ON THH MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Rute 6, River steamers navigating waters lowing in the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries shall carry the eq OWwiiE lights, namely: One red light on the outboard side of the port smoke pipe, and one green light on the outboard side of the starboard smoke pipe. Such lights shall show beth forward and abeam on their respective sides, LIGHTS FOR COASTING STEAM VHSSELS AND STEAM VESSHLS NAVIGATING BAYS, LAKES AND RIVERS. Ruiz 7, All coasting steam vessels and steam vessels other than ferry-boats, and vessels otherwise expressly provided for navigat« ing the bays, lakes, rivers, or other inland Waters of the United States, except those mentioned in Rule 6, shall carry the red and green lights as prescribed for océan-roing steamers, and in addition thereto a central range of two white lights, the after light heing carried at an elevation of at least 15ft. aboye the light at the head of the vessel. The head light shall be so constructed as to chow a good light through twenty pointy of the compass, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beams, on either side of the vessel, and the after light so as to show all around the horizon, THH LIGHTS FOR FHRRY-BOATS shall be regulated by such rules as the Board of Supervising In- SEES ORS of Steam Vessels shall prescribe. (See additional rules elow), (LIGHTS FOR SAILING VESSELS, Rute 8. Sail vessels, under way or Berks towed, shall carry the same lights as steam vessels undlér way, wilh the exception of the white manthead light, which they shall never carry. (See Ritle 3, b and c). EXCEPTIONAL LIGHTS FOR SMALL SATLING VESSELS, Ruuy 9. Whenever, asin case of small yessels during bad Weather. the dae and red lights cannot he fixed, these lights shall be kept on deck, on taeir respective sides of the vessel, ready for instant exhi- bition, and shall,on the approach of or to other vessels, be ex- hibited on their respective sides insufiicient time to prevent collision, in such a manner as to make them visible, andso that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side, To make the use of these portable lights more certain and easy, they shall each be painted outside with the color of the light they respectively confait, and shall be provided with suitable screens. LIGHTS FOR STEAM VESSELS AND SAILING VESSELS AT ANCHOR, Rurpl0, All yessels. whethersteam vessels ur sail vessels, when at anchor in roadsteads or fairways, shall, between sunset and sunrise, exhibit where it can best be seen, hut at a hight not exceedin twenty feet above the hull. a white light in a globular lattern o} eight inches in diameter, amd so coustricted as to show 4 ¢lear, uni- form, and unbroken light, visible all around the horizon, and ata distanve of at least one mile. LIGHTS FOR PILOT VESSELS. Rowe 11. Sailing pilot vessels shall not carry the lights required for other salling vessels, butshall carry a white light at the mast- head, visible all arotind the horizin, and shall also exhibit a flare-up hightevery fifteen minutes, LIGHTS FOR COALBOATS, TRADING-BDATS, RAFTS, AND OTHER LIKE CRAFT. Rue 12. Coalbouts, trading-boats, produce-boats, canal-hoats, oys- tev-hoats, fishing-boats, rafts, or otaer water craft, navigating any bay, harhor, or river, hy hand power, horse power, sail, or ty the enrrent of the river, or which shall be anchored or moored in the channel or fairway of any buy, harbor, ov more good white lights, which s as shall be Steam Vesse or near or river, shall carry one all be placed in such a manner Ihe aah by the Board of Supervising Inspectors of LIGHTS FOR OPEN BOATS. Reve 13, Open boats shall not be required to carry fhe Sap ube required for other vessels, but shall, if they do not carry such ign ts, carry a lantern haying a green slide on one side anda red slide on the other side, and, on thé approach of or Io other vessels, such lan- tern shall be exhibited in suificient time to prevent collision, and Ip such a manner that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side. pon boats, when at auchor or stationary, shall exhibit a bright white light, They shall nof Fs, 1, 1883.] however, ba prevented from using a flate-up in addition, if considered expedient. LIGHTS ON VESSELS OF THE UNITAD STATES NAVY. Rene 14. The exhibition of any light on board of & vessel of war of the United States may he suspended whetiever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, the commander-in-chief of a squadro’ or the commander of a vessel acting singly, the special character o the service may require it. FOG SIGNALS. Rute 15. Whensyer there is a tog or thick weather, whether by day or might, thetog signals shall be used as follows: (a.) Steam vessels under way shall sound a steam whistle placed before the funne) not less than ¢ight feet from the deck at intervals of not more than one minute. (b.) Bail vessels under way chall sound a foghorn ali intervals of not nore than fiye minutes: f (c,) Steam yessels and safl vessels, when not under way, shall sound a bell atintervals of not more than five minutes. (d.) Coal bouts, trading boats, produce boats, canal boats, oyster boats, fishing boats, rafts, or other water craft, nayigating any bay. harbor or river, by hand power, horse power, sail, or by the current of the river, or anchored or moored in or near the channel or fairway of any bay, harbor. or river, nd not in any port, shal! sound a fog- horn or equivalent signal, Which shall make a sound equaltoa steam whistle, at intervals of not wore than two minutes. STRERING AND SAILING RULES, SATLING VESSELS. RULE 16. If two sail vessels ane meeting end on, or nearly end on, 80.45 Lo involve risk of collision, the helms of both shall be put to port, 50 that cach may pass on the port side of the other. Rove 17, When twosail vessels are crossing, so as to involve risk of edllision, then, if they haye the wind on different sides, the vessel Wilh the wind on the port side shall keap out of the way of the vessel with the wind of the starboand side, except in the casé in which the vessel with the wind on the port sideis close-hauled and the other vessel free, in which Gase the latter vessel shall keép out of the way. But if they, have the wind on the sama side, or if one of them has the Wind aft, the vessel which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the yessel which is to leeward. STEAM VESSELS MEETING, Roce 18, If two vessels under steam are mveting énd on, or nearly end on, §0 a8 to involve risk of wollision, the helms of both sliall be put t port, so that each may pass on the port side of the other. Runa; 19, Tf tivo vessels under steam are crossing so as to involve Tisk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her starboard side shall keep oul of the way of the other, SAIL AND STEAM VESSELS MEETING. Rue 20. If two vessels. one of which is 4. sail vessel and the other ashes vessel, are proceeding in such directions as’ to imyolye risk of Gaissifa, thesteam yessél shall keep ont of the way of the sail vessel. STEAM VOSSEL APPROACHING ANOTHER VESSEL, Oh IN A Foc. Roig 4 Every steam vessel when approaching another yesgel, sa as to Involye risk of collision, shull slacken her speed, or, if necas- sary. stop and reverse, and eyery steam vessel shall, when in a for, go at a moderaté speed, VESSEL OVERTAKING ANOTHER. Run 22. Every vessel overtaking another vessel shall keep ont of the way of the last-mentioned vessel. Rue 23. When, by Rules 77, 19, 20, and 22, one of two vessels shall keep oul of the way, the other shall keep her course, subject to the qualifications of Rule 24. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS. Rove 4, In construing and oheying these rules, due regard must be had to all dangers of navigation, and to any special circumstances which may exist In any particular case, rendering a departure from them necessary in order to ayoid immediate danger. SAILING YHSSELS TO BE FURNISHED WITH SIGNAL LIGHTS AND tio sHOW TORCHES. Rue 25, Collectors or other chief officers of the mistoms ghall re- quire all sail yessels to be furnished with proper Sign lights: and every such vessel shall, on the approach of any steam vessel during the night-time, show a lighted torei upon that point or quarter to which such steam yessel shall he approaching. ADDITIONAL RULES, These additional rules (found in the proceedings of the Board of Supervising luspectors of Steam Vessels and Detisions of Treasury Department) ave published for the information of all concerned: LIGHTS FOR FERRY-BOATS. RouxE 65. All double-ended ferry-hoats on lakes and seaboard shall carry & central range of clear, bright, white lights, showing all around the horizon, placed at equal altitudes forward and aft; also such sitle-lights as specified in Seution 4283 of the Revised Statutes, Rule 3, paragraphs b and c, Local inspectors, in districts having ferry-boats, shall, whenever thé safety of navigation may require, designate ‘OY each line of such hoats a certain lisht, white or eolored, which shall show all around the horizon, to (lesignate and distinguish such lines from each other, which lights shall be carried on a flagstail amidships, fifteen feat above the white range lights. ve * ‘yl * The signal lights on ferry-boats, on waters flow- ing into the Gulf-of Mexico and their trilmtaies, shall he the same as 1hose on all other steam)oats on the same waters, except double- ended ferry-boats, which shall he governed by the rule governing double-ended ferry-boats on lakes and seaboard. It'is recommended by the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels that, whenever there is a fog by day or night, sailin vessels and every craft propelled by sails upon the ocean, lakes, an rivers, when on the starboard tack, shall sound, with intervals of not more than two minutes, one blast of the foghorn; when on the Ba: tack, two blasts; when with the wind free or running large, hree blasts; and that, when lying to or ab anchor, they shallscund the bell with the same intervals, “FOGHORNS, The selection of an instrument to he employed in making the for Signals required by law, must in all gases be left to the master or owner of the vessel, it being only necessary that this Department, shall so far regulate such selection that instruments not effective for the purpose shall be excluded, Any instrument or device for this purpose, which produces a sound equivalent to that of a steam whistle, will be considered sufficient for the purposes of the law. CONFLICTING RULES. Any directions heretofore given by this Department confiotin; with the above instructions aie hereue PevoReds| : H. F, Frenow, Acting Secretary of the Treasury, A TRAPS. Editor Vorestand Strram: T have been taking in all that Foresr anp Stream has written on thesubject of small Safe hoats, All of the boats here are built on the shoal plan with centarboard, in fact, just such ones as you call “traps,” and by the experience [have had in them, they are just what you have named tham, J think a yawl such as you speak of in yourissue of Nov.20 orin yournumber for Jan. 11, is just the thing for my use and propose to build one eighteen feel long, so that 1 may go cruising with my Wife and child, Will the boat draw more here in fresh water than in salty FLAG, SAcKETT's HaRBOr, N. ¥. ___ [Balt and fresh water compare in weightas thirty-seven to thirty- six, A yacht in fresh water willdisplace one-thirty-sixth more than in sea water. The displacement of the Gannet per inch at load line is 8 cu. feet, and her total displacement in salt water is 11h cu. feet, Shemust sink 3:2 cu, feet more in fresh water to make up for the eee Lith ysstth difference, which will add about 84 inch to her raft. LONG CANO VO¥AGHS.—§, R. Stoddard, of Glen's Falls, N. ¥., Prowse to take 42,000-mile yoyiige inan dSft. canoe next summer. tarting trom his home in Glen’s Falls, Mr, Stoddard will proceed by canal to Troy, thence down the Hudson to New Yortk. Followin: the eastern shore of eae Sound to Buzzard’s Bay, he wi ernise along the coast to $v. John, N. B. He will visit Arcadia and the Bay of Fundy, From Shediac, on the Guifof St. of Lawrence, he will cross to Prince Rdward Tsland, thence up the Gulf and St. Lawrence River to Montreal, making detours to the Miramichi, the Bay of Chaleur sn the famous Saguenay, From Montreal, by the Way of the St. Lawrence, Lake Champlain and Lale George, he will reach his starting point, Glen’s-Malls, Messrs. C, A. Neide gnd §, D, Kendall, members of the Lake George C. C., arrived at New Or- leans in safety alter a voyaee of 2,700 miles. They paddled down the Ohio and Mississippi. ‘The travelers were last heard from Janua _ 27, crossing from Vort Gaines to Wort Morgan, Mobile Bay, on their way to Florida waters. Their yoyage ont and home will be nearly 6,000 miles; a ae ; EE FOREST AND STREAM. THE KIND OF YACHT WANTED. Editor Forest and Stream: Ua you not, some time this winter, give us a design for a small entter, sty 23 or 2ft. loardline, 6ft. beam and about $fb. deep, tush deci, wide keel, lousing topmiast and complete cutter rig? No half- breed slopps wanted. The Gannet does not seem to fill the bill, Don't you think she’s rathertoo chubbyy On the luke here we need 4 good Sea host, As our Peeing wind 13 southwest down the lake, there is usually a high sea running, and neither flat bottoms nor tubby boats are the thing. In the desigh, if you should favor us, sacrifice nothing for accommodation, but give us the salling qualities first, and any sortof acuhin down below will do. if itis big enough to stow away and keep the skipper’s duds dry, A. A. A. Borranuo, N. Y. [We willsoon ilnstrate x four-beam cutter which will coyer the aati i our Buffalo correspondent, in answer to many similar in- quiries, Editor Forest and Stream: Can you not illostrate for your readers your ideal of a 10-ton cutter, giving lines, plan, section, elevation, etc., showing in detail internal arrangements, accommodations, stowage capacity, etc., atter the samé methods made use of in therecent numbers of your valuable journal. Also ciying probable cost? . No doubt the result will be to present a vessel fit to sail in almost any sea, ind under almost any circumstances, and one similar to those in which the ‘blarsted Eritisher™ stows himself, two or three chosen friends, their dunnage and a small crew, aud “goeth whither ie listeth,” fearing neither seas nor storms. And no doubt further, suth an illustration will present to most of your readers such a complete little yacht as they have never seen, even in their Creams. Wasnincron, D, 0. U.S, A. Bae have under way the plans for a four beam cutter, suitable for 5, 6, Sand 10 tons, which will appear before long. We believe, from the muraber of inquiries reaching us, that a yacht of that class is at present much sought after, | BALLASTING SMALL BOATS ON THE DELA- WARE. ditor Forest and Stream: Il, Seems to be the prevailing custom of yacht handlers here to spread out ballast to the extrame ends, in order to gain speed, stability. and prindipally to prayent plunging. This T holil isan error, My experience has been, exceptin a few isolated cases, that concentrated weight amidship makes a boat stiffer and quicker, especially after going in stays, thatshe will live longer in lumpy water, and make almost if not quite as good weather. Sometime it ludierously happens, when ballast is hastily and carelessly stowed, that a proper trim is accidentally hitupon, This reminds me of a match race that came off nol log ago between two boat sharps. The rear boat’s centerboard had to be lifted about a foot to cloar a shosl. In two tacks after she went handsomely to the fore, when if was discovered the board still remained up. “Let it be.’ said the great man of the tiller, tapping his forehead with grave dignity. “The boat knows more as we do,” And he won the race. So you see we sometimes profit by the hyperhole of dping a little scientific guessing, stumbling headlong into good Juck, like a man badly hallasted falls triumphantly up-stairs. With open boats ranging from 18 to 35ft., depending almost entirely oh live or shifting ballast, concentration is positively necessary, especially in light airs. If the men get to lolimg about in groups, or the weight scattered, the boat, will love her usual Jife, turn sluggish, and fail to iy up, Smal) open boats here number not less than one thousaml. I have jaken a hand ina regatta when sixty-eight boats started; on # gala day they literally swarm. The builder is not perplexed with minute culeulations in their construction, simply depending on ribbons and hiseye, And as science does not step aside to ballast butterflies, thal very important matter is left totake care of it-elf. Although the e littly ‘hikers’ do .ot aspire to the dignity of yachts, they are neat and pretty, and as swift as the wiud, frequently owt-sailing their larger sisters even in a stiff breeze. RG. W. PuHILADMLPHIA, Pa. THE RIG AMONG RIGS. Editoy Forest and Streant) Having been led Wy tie facts sep forth in Foresn Axp SrREAm to change the rig of my boat from a sloop to 4 yawl, I will give some account of her performance under the latter rig, from a desire that others who wish to cruise with comfort and safety may “go and do likewise.’ My yacht is 22ft. 6m. L. W, L.. Sf, Sin. beam, ana 3ft. in, deep, with 1,/700lbs, of iron on keel, and $8.000ibs. inside, and tniler the sloop rig, had amainboom 80Fb. long, abont 10ft. over the stern. When going free wilh any sea ou she was in the habit, like all her class, of dipping several feet of it in the brine, much to uy disgust and the endangering of spar and rigging. As for reefing, it could only be done by getting into the tender to tie the outer points of even the second reef, and if any one can do that when there is a cehop running without risking his life. it is more than Tecan. In fact, Thad long been couyinced of the inconyenience and risk of sailing a small sloop and so decided on the change. Immediately on makine it I started on a cruise in company with a sloop of the same size, which had usually beaten mein sailing. Although my sail area was reduved to about the same as his with one reef in, T found that with wind enough for him to reef T could carry all ny lower sails with much mInore comfort than he could his reef, with the speed in my favor. When he could carry whole lower sails I could stand topsail and jib topsail, but when it got light cnough for the kiles, of course, the Speed turned in his favor. After this I had her out sword-fishing, twenty miles off shore, where 1 neyer should have dared to have fone in her as a sloop. I found her very easy to handle. reef and steer, especialiy the latter when going free, as compared with her behavior under the old rig, whenit took all a man’s strength and quickness to keep her beloré it with any degree of safety if there was asea. Haye also had her out single-handed and could work her as easily alone as two could when she was @ sloop. All who want light work on @ Cruise, Witla safety and comfort, willhaveto goto the yaw! rig to get it. JAGK, Saco, Maine. NEVA. eS. yacht, now in her third season, was built by Hutching & Pryor, of South Boston. She was intended for small iron keel at first, hence the modera eé siding of the wood keel and the necessity of so deep a shoe of lead fo contain the 2,100lbs, now outside, This lead is 1Gft_long, Win, deep in center, and runs down at forward end to bin. and atafter end to din. depth, in order to keep the weight as much amidships as possible Wxtreme draft in present trim is b5ft. Sin. The yacht measures justi 7£b. from bottom of keel to top of covering board at midship frame. Wé might suggest here that large weights gan be hung to small keels without great increase of draft by doubl- ing up the metaleach side of the keel, the upper edges meeting light false garboards worked aboye them to fair up with the body, The angle between keel and floor may be filled out in this way, and iron keelson added inside, where more strength of back is required, SAFE YACHT APPRECIATED. Editor Forest wand Stream; Tam the happy possessor of the keel yacht ——. She is all I want in a litile vessel. With my boy (nine years old), Tsailéd her until late im November. Wor knowing how to choose such a yacht Lam wholly indebted to your valuable articles on yachts, and should be glad to render you any service Il may be able to rah, Boston, Mass. NEW FISHING MODEL.—Capt. J. W, Collins, fhe pioneer of the moyement for sater fishing smacks, will exhibit in the coming Lon- don Exhibition a new model for the George's Bank fishery. She will have less beam and more depth than customary, The model will represent a schooner $5ft, over all, 21$6ft. beam and 10ft. depth of hold, She will be less likely to capsize and founder than the pres- ent vessels, and the list of lésh on the banks may in time be reduced by following Capt. Collins's suggestions, He himself is an exppr'i- eneed smack skipper, and has had his schooner sprawled out on her beam ends in a manner which convinced him there was an essential quality lacking in the prevailing build. Bishop & Murphy, of Glon- eusler are getting out the model. COMBINATION BOAT.—Dr, R. C, Sargent, Boston, has ordered from f. Joiner, of Glens Walls, N. ¥., one of his famous light weight combination row and sail boats, similar im construction te the Irene, iustiated in this journal tor August 3,152. Builtof white cedar TAIL. long, Stt,, beam; dick and eockpit in light apd dark matched Strips lin, wide; finish in Oil and varnish, outside of hull painted, Sheis to have heavy galvanized iron ceanterhoard, and rudder of sane material, with lead for inside ballast. Air chambers in the ends capable of floating over 1,000 Ibs, of load, Dr, Sarzent: hopes for great things from this boat, and she will fulfil all he expects, as Joiners combination ts hard to heat for rowing and sailing. 17 ANETO,—Of the inside ballast of this yawl, ilistvated in last is- sue, 1000lbs. ara to be of lead cast to fit frames, rest in loose pig. Oubin will be ypholstered in plush of a shade known as royal blue. The area of the topsail, jibheader, will be sq. ft. and the spin- naker, also to be used as 4 baloon jibtopsail, will Gontain 180sq. ft. Jib and mizzen balance and an easy helm with mainsail only. There fre two lines of reef knittles in the latter 4ft, apart. Topsail bent to baniboos and cut with 1ft. roach on toot. Cooking gear consists of an Adams & Westlake oil stove with cast-iron veseryoir, NEW CUTTER.—We have received pholo and draught of a new cutter in course of construction for Mr. G. H. Winans, of Kalama- 200, Mich. Length over all, 28ft,; waterline, 2414ft.; beam extreme, iit.; draft, 4ft.; depth of hold, 4léft,; cabin, 9ft? long with Sft, 3in, head room under low house, Has 2,000lbs, iron on keel. Hoist of mainsail, 18ff.; hoom, Zitt.; galt, 18ft.; topsail, 20ft. on luff; fore- sail, 20ft. on stay; Jib, 2ift. on lft; mast, from end of loadline, 9f.; bowsprit, outboard , 1b.efr, BUTTERFLY,—The new four-beam cutter for Mr. Ed. Burgess, Boston. lus a displacement of 13.8 long tons, equal to 15.4 tons of 2.0001bs, Her lead keel weighs 16,5201bs,, or 814 tons, and itis ex- pecker she will take only 44 ton more inside for trimming, Ratio of jallast to displacement is therefore as 444 to 15 or 0.57 of displace- ment, Lower sail area 1,080-sq. ft. for cruising only. SINGLE HAND®R.—In Mr. Buckman’s new 2/ft. single hand yacht building at West New Brighton, there will be a 15in. Hoor and 4fv. 10in. head room under a house 12in. high at evown of center. The yacht is 18ft. on load line, with 7ft. beam. This cabin is seldom equalled in ordinary sloops 6 to 8ft, longer and of 10 to 12ft, beam, MISTRAL,—This sloop, Mr. W. W. Kenyon, is out on the hard at Wallin’s. South Brooklyn, for a thorough overhaul in time for spring. She will stow lead ballast this season in place of the iron kentledge, Will have cockpit floor raised, fresh mahogany fittings, new rigging, and cabin redecorated, NEW SLOOP.—Lennox, Thitty-fourth street, South Brooklyn, is building 9 sloop for Mr. P, Delaney, Over all, 38ft.; keel, B8tt.; beam, 12ft, Gin,; depth, dft. 11in.; mast, 44ft,; boom, 36ft.; gaff, 1Stt.; bowsprit onthoard, 14ft.; topmast, 2Uft.; cabin, 14ft. long with 5ft, fin. headroom. NEW SCHOONER.—The Lawleys are making progress with their new moderate beam schooner, Load line, 60ft.; on deck, 70ft.; beam, I8ff,; draft, 8ft. Frames double of white oak, sided din, and molded 64gin. at heels and 34gin. at heads. Plank of yellow pine Yin. NEW SLOOP.—John Mumm fs busy with the frameof Mr. J. W. elt uewsloup, Length overall, oift,; on the line, 47ft.; beam, 16igtt., and depth, 6ft., with bf. draft. These are much letter pro- portions than were wont in the old premises at Gowanus. HALCYON—Is recciving new suit of suils, by MeMamnus, of Boston, as it is intended to race her next season, Winsome is also receiving a fresh fit from the same makers, including square-héaded topsail, now becoming fashionable in the Kast. MBEDUSA.—The frame of Mr, Dexter's new 30-ton cutter, building in Boston, will be double, sided 3in.; molded 434% at heel and 8% at head; plavk of 134in, yellow pine; deck, 2x2l4in. white pine, long lenyths, blind-nailed, HEART'S EASH.—Ton. R. B. Roosevelt, with Seth Green and others, haye reached Jacksonville, Pla., in the nonpareil sharpie Heart's Mase. and intend contmuing the cruise, studying the habits of Southern fish, BIG STEAM LAUNCH.—The Rey. John 1. Aspinwall is having a launch or river yacht built by Mumm at Bay Ridge. Length, 118tt.; on water line, 108ft.; beam, i8tsft. ; hold, Sleft.; draft, bert. NEW YORE Y, ¢.—Anoual meeting to-night, for election of officers, at clib rooms, Madison ayenue and Twenly-seventh street. _ HOPE.—Mr, ,J. 8. Hathaway's sloop Hope is hauled out at Hntech- ins & Pryor’s, South Boston, to receive keel in place of board. ROMER SHOAL LIGHT.—The Lighthouse Board will place an au- tomatic gashght on the Dry Romer in the lower bay. INTREPID.—This schooner, Mr, Lloyd Phoenix, made Barbadoes Jan. 16. Al reported well on board, LETTERS. —We have letters for Mr. John Harvey and @, G, ¥ King at this office. gduswers ta Correspondents, [=~ No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. ee ka G., Newton Centre, Mass,—Yon ean address him at Hillsdale ich, ate BannyISTER, Newburgh, N, Y.—See answer to another corres- poudent, PpLATHEAD, Missoula, Mon.—Address Mr, J, Mortimer, Morris street, New York. A, P, H., Hyde Park, Mass—We know of no Trish setter of that name that has been vonspicuous on the bench or in field trials. A. Constant ReApme, New York.—Enter your puppy with an old dog who understands his business, and the young one will soon pick up the idea. K.D. P., Portland, Me—The only advice we can give you is to re- frain wen performing such a cruel operation to the disfigurement of your dog. J. P.S., Linwood, 0,—Owners of Chesapeake Bay dogs should ad- vertise their dogs if they have any forsale. Perhaps some one will do so on reading this auswer. Mepicus, New York.—“Stonehenge on the Dog,*! ‘Book of the Dog,” by Vero Shaw, and the “Management and Diseases of the Dog,” by Woodroffe Hill. are all standard authorities, G. W, C., Washington. D, C.—H. G, Dungan's Frank did not receive a mention atthe New York show of 1879. He was entered in the Open dog class and was deseribed as 244 years old. by Frank-Sis 11. i. V.8. P., Pittsfield, Mass.—As you acknowledge yourself that the photograph of Fan is *‘poor and does not do her half justice,” it is not fair to ask us tu give you an opinion of her “judginz from the picture.” ©. L. BR, F., New York,—We doubt very much if you could get one of the old stamp. They were so much neglected during the war thas whe Iweed ran out, and is n0W much crossed with the fox- hound, ©. E. 0), Lynn, Mass.—Will you give me a full description of the Bethabara wood; that is f would like to know the eolor—whether white or dark—and if itis heavier than lancewood or not, Ans,—It is much like greenheart, if not the same, It is a dark wood, and is not heavier than lancewood, J.F, M., Brooklyn, N. Y.—1. It is nottoo old to try what she can do, Send her to a good breaker and get his opinion about her. 2, In the early Bpring. fs §00n as the snow is cleaved off and they are not likely to be killed off, Liherate them on the place yon purpose they shonld breed and see that they ave suppled with food, The rest: must be left to nature. F. W. B., Bucklin, Linn Co,, Mo.1, Thiayé broken a young Irish setter this season, Me is pretty good ab everything except ranging, How can I teach him quartering and style! 2 What is distemper? Can you give me symptoms and enre? 3, Can you tell me of any s00d ground for snipe and wildfowl shooling within casy reach, not over forty miles of either Kansas City or St. Joseph, “Must be in the State of Kansas. 4. Is the enclosed hair the correct color for an Trish setter? Ans,—1, Read Training vs. Breaking,” 2. A fever, The first syinploms are nearly always eatarrhal, Almost everyone has an infallible pemely. We have tried many of these, but find the most sucerssfnl plan isto let them alone, at least so fay as drugs are concern“d, and give nature a chances to work a cure. 8. We are unacquainted with the grounds, 4, Yes. Coughs. URrown's Bioncu1in Trocues will allay irritation which induces coughing, givmg relief m Bronchitis, Infiuenza, Consumip- tive and Throuf troubles,— Whites, too Profuse Periods,...... 4 xt te “ “ No. 4, - . : = t = 85 1,05 1,25 1,50 1.70 2.10 20 . Croup, Cough, Difficult Breathing,... F r ; a; 9 Oe Ud i) . 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YACHTING AND CANOEING. “Let Her go in Easy." ‘A Metallic Splice. Is this the ‘Coming Boat?” Au Y.C. The Value of Size. Interesting Experiments with Loaded Boards, Traps. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, Eprtorran, New York Game Law, Frienis of the Park. Our Rifle Future. Forestand Stream Fables. THE SPORTSMAN Tounts'r, Winter Talks on Summer Pas- times —x1. Nimrod in the North,—nr. Avound the Coast of Florida, tm, ATURAL HisToRY. The Birds of Maine. ' GaAmm BAG AnD Gun. The New York Game Laws. | The Quebee Association. | “Hunting Without a Gun.” The Worcester Fox Hunters. Grouse Shooting Par Excellence Bell-Ringing Frogs. New Hampshire Notes, | Cane Fire MLIcKURINGS. Sp4 and River FisHrme. Position of Reel—Weight ef Rods | Jugging on the Big Muddy. Fish Protection in Ohio. FISHCULTURE. Carp—Culture & Food Qualities THE NEW YORK GAME LAW. \ E print elsewhere the yiews of several correspondents on the proposed amendmenis of the New York game lay. We agree with Mr. Zerega in thinking the proyisions of the bill relating lo the collection of specimens by natural- ists somewhat oppressive to the ornithologist, but it will at least, if enf_rced, stop the present wholesale destruction of small birds. Jt will hea difficult matter to make such pro- tection effective, and at the same time to cut the ground from under the feet of the man who makes merchandise of bird skins, Tt was to have been expected that there would be a differ- ence of opinion on the provision relating to the bounty on hawks. Our correspoadent is quite right in stating that, * Nature if left to herself will absolutely balance all things,” but he must remember that, at the present day and in this country, nature is by no means left to herself. On the con- trary, che is interfered with in every possible manncr. The #ame birds haye a host of enemies and but few friends. The rapacious birds, on the other hand, most of them die of old age. They are terribly destructive to the quail. In or- der that the balance of natuie may be preserved, there should be meted out to them some of the measure that they give to the game, Wedo not underestimate the havoc which these Rapacia cause among noxious rodents and in- sects, but that they cause a great amount of destruction fo game, we know very well. Eyen the marsh hawk, which most people regard as no better than a mouse, we haye known to catch quail, teal and meadow larks, besides other smaller birds. We have examined the stomachs of {oo many hawks and owls not to have a pretty clear idea of the food which they eat. There are, of course, a Humber of species of Paleonide and Strigid@, which are of the greatest benefit to the farmer; put in framing a general Jaw, il is hardly possible to deal With the individual species. The good must suffer with the bad. We expected when we penned the paragraph relating to bay bird shooting, to Which exception is taken by another correspondent, that it would by no means meet the views of VOL, XX.—No, | Nos. 89 & 40 Pank Row, New Yore. a considerable number of our readers. Still, we are obliged to hold to our original view, that a postponement of the open season to August 1 would result in better shooting— more shots and more birds—than if it opens July 1. We do not regard the matter as an especially important one; the Jirds have bred, and may well be shot dur- ing the late summer and early autumn by those who en- joy the sport. There is usually a flight late in July, but it consists only of a few birds, chiefly dowitchers, with an occasional plover, which from the moment they sight Mon- tauk Point, are banged at unceasingly. A few of them are killed, bul the majority hurry on in the hope of finding some vesting-place, where they will be free from constant molestation, until they reach the quiet shores and marshes of Virginia. If the shooting of these birds was postponed to August 1, a very different state of things would ensue. The birds would not hurry onward in the wild rush for safety that now takes place. They would loiter along the Long Island and Jersey coasts, feed- ing and fattening. Their presence on the beaches and marshes would call down others of their kind. This would continue for a week or two, and by August 1 there would be birds enough to afford good sport until the August flight camie on. Asitisat present, the appearance in July of a little flock of dowitchers is the signal for every man in the neighborhood to run for his gun, and the birds have hardly time to alight before they are being chased away again. The result of all this is very naturally the shooters in July get few or no large birds, and devote themsclyesto the tiny peeps, sanderlings, ring plover, potato snipe and other little birds about as big as one’s thumb which breed on Long Island, many of which in July are still occupied in raising their young. From the facts presented by Mr. Collins it will be learned that the provision forbidding the transplanting of trout is designed lo remedy a most flagrant abuse, and in view of these facts if is desirable that such a clause should be in- eorporated in the law. The report of the meeting of the Game Law Committe at Albany in another column, gives the yiews of some sports- men on the yarious points brought up in the Townsend bill. Itwill be observed that there is a tendency on the part of a great many gentlemen to ask for special provisions excepting the regions where they shoot and fish from the provisions of a general protective law. All special legisla- tion of this kind is wrong, and tends to render inoperative a law otherwise good. If one county is to be excepted from the provisions of the act, its next door neighbor may ask the same privilege, and so for the whole State, county by county. We shall regret to see the bill materially changed except as to section 4. The Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Game Laws, in his closing remarks on Tuesday, touched, as with a needle, the root of the greatest bar to successful game protection by law. Hesaid that the Committee was anx- ious 10 give sportsmen the necessary protection, but they did not seem to be able to agree on what this was. Of course he did not put it quite so bluntly as we have, but that was about what it amounted to. Until the angling and shooting public come to be practically of one mind as to what is the best course to be pursued to preserve our game and fish, each step toward such protection can only be made after a hard fight, Our laws at presentare absurd in the number of exceptions, which they make to the general provisions of the act, Who can tell, for example, why it is, that ‘in the waters of the Wallkill River, within the county of Ulster,” it is ‘lawful for any person or persons of the same family or household to possess and fish for suckers and eels in the waters of said river during the months of March, April, October and Novy- ember with a single fyke, the meshes of which shall not be less than one inch” when for the greater portion of the waters of the State, any such fishery at such times and with such a netisunlawful. Of course we all know well enough how such provisions come to be inserted. The worshipful member from Ulster, whoever he may have been at the time when this law was passed, no doubt arose in the Assembly chamber or committee and stated that to forbid his constituents to catch suckers and eels was out- rageous, and his legislative brothers who knew nothing about the subject and cared rather less agreed that an exception should be made in fayor of the gentleman’s constituents, Andjso it goes all throuzh the bill. The members of the present committee on game Jaws, if must be said, gave the fullest and most courteous hearing to those who appeared before them on Tuesday, and showed that so faras they were concerned this important subject will have intelligent and careful attention, OUR RIFLE FUTURE. HE summary, elsewhere published, of the report of the National Rifle Association of Great Britain, shows how much of a fixture in the general life of the Kingdom the practice before the targets has become. Notwithstanding apparent set-backs there has been for nearly a quarter of a century a steady growth of the interest. in rifle shooting, and with that interest may be traced great improvement in the arms used. here are many good observers who tind reason to think that without rifle shooting and the rivalry which naturally springs out of ifs pursuit the Volunteer moyement in Great Britain would have been a failure ere this. Instead of mak- ing the enrollment and the drilling of bodies of men the one great end and aim of the National Home Guard, the require- ments of an efficient Volunteer embraced that of shooting fairly well. Here came in an element which set the men individually on a level, and while the metropolitan centers gaye large commands admirably drilled and fit to make a brilliant showing on parade, it was the little squad of a company far off in some scrubby hamlet which, likely as not, carried off the shooting prizes, and so the honors were distributed about in such fashion as to keep the whole force a vigorous and healthy one. The city commands might have fine chances for parade over broad thoroughfares and with commodious drill-rooms, but the country guardsman with a range at his back door burned powder, kept a clear eye and asteady hand, and was very properly recognized as a very important factor in the make-up of the whole force. The National Rifle Association came in as an important, adjunct in this direction. While structurally independent of the Volunteer force it lived only for that force, and was controlled by it. It was not a bureau of the regular estab- lishment, yet without it the foree would have lost an essen- tial part of its life, and it is doubtful whether either could have long survived the other, Shrewdly managed in a busi- ness way it has prospered through liberality. Seemingly at times over conservative, its record will show that there his been # steady encouragement of the best arms, and it is safe to assert that without Wimbledon the world to-day would not have several of the rifles which are now recognized as the best, The rules of shooting haye been changed and altered from time to time, and though always against a cer- tain amount of protest, yet always for the betterment of tifle practice, There haye been many reasons which have helped the managers of the National Rifle Association, They were enabled to draw 2 very large clientage from a very small area of territory, The run up to London is but amatter of a few hours from any part of the Kingdom, The time of holding the meeting is well selected. There is a widespread feeling of intense local patriotism or clan- nishness which institutes sharp distinctions of section, and upon this feeling it is easy to build up a rivalry such as been seen at Wimbledon from its first establishment. Then, too, special journals most admirably conducted, and generous notice and encouragement in the ordinary press channels, have helped the movement greatly, until we see it to-day yich and as firmly established as it is possible for such an ageney to be. Onthisside the water there have been at times expressions of surprise, that in ten years of existence, modern rifle shoot- ing should be insuch a backward state. The error which was the foundation of this surprise, is in supposing that the United States will ever in proportion to its population make such a showing as that annually secn at Wimbledon, It will be noticed at once that many if not all of the condi- tions which haye made the broad common on the ouiskirts of London such a popular resort are wanting in this country, We have no such Volunteer force or National Guard as that which exists in Great Britain, simply because we do not need any such # cumbrous agency of defense. To preach the danger of a foreign attack is tobe laughed at and with a few companies of -reliable militia, ready to act on Callas a sheriff’s posse in suppressing ary riotous demon- stration, we have all the National Guard whichis really necessary. The regular army is little more than this and both organizations deserve support, mainly beeause they serve as schools for officers, and in this fact there is feeling of security for Americans and a quieting hint to would-be meddlers with usasa nation, We have little of that clannishness which is so marked abroad, and repeated attempts tu push inter-State matches show the absence of that sentiment. In short, the conditions and environments of position and feeling, which go to make Wimbledon such a busy center during a certain period each year are entirely Wiuting on this side the ocean, and all steps in the encour- 22 FOREST AND STREAM. le [Fes. 8, 1883. agement of rifle shooting must be taken with that fact plainly in view. This condition of aifairs does not mean, however, that. there is to be a dying ont of rifle practice here. Just as a sinvle reciment of oi! National Guard in the late war fur- nished officers for an army, so the handful of marksmen who practice intelligently and persistently before the butts keep alive a knowledge of the art, and when occasion requires it they forma nucleus about which there soon clusters an ef- ficient; corps of riflemen. ‘The American works under im- pulse, and it is idle to expect a large body of men fo undergo the drudgery of ball practice when there is no incentive iu yiew. We have no organization with a richly-endowed prize-list which would encocrage, if nothing more, at least a certain amount of pot-hunting marksmanship, neither can we secure the use of the ranges by vigorous orders fo our National Guard, The members would not permit their labor of loye lo be turied into a toil under a task master, Quick to catch and improve upon an idea, with no prejudices horn of established practice, the American marksman should fill the post of an expert observer. Wimbledon itself is an excellent place for study, and had more note been taken of what was going on there, the fiasco of our International Military Match of 1882 would not have taken place. We certainly should have Known something of the sort of rifles tte Englishmen were using for the style of work in which they challenged our competition. That. the British pursue this plan of observation and adoption is manifest by their ready acceptance of the sensible American deyice of a wind gauge for military rifles. There is no reason, then, why America may not and should not liold her own with the otlier nations in the mat- fier of rifle making and shooting. ut the front of the line, but this can only be done by an in- telligent noting of what is going on the world over, and it may be carried on without those sreat gatherings of marks- mén engaging in a whirl of competitions, and then rushing away to renew the struggle a year later. A score of ranges here and there over the States, by an interchange of con- tinuous records, can do fully as much for the real advance of marksmanship as any central “gathering, and then the need of a National Rifle Association will come in as a regu- Inting body, to make rules, secure uniform eonditions of practice, and-point the way to the best endeavor in the line of pew work. FRIENDS OF THE PARK. A. MONG the public men who have come out in yirorous tA defense of the Yellowstone National Park against the audacious schemes of the prospective monopolists is Mr. Jolu Schuyler Crosby, Goyernor of Montana, whose letter In his message transmitted to the Territorial Legislature of Montana, Jan, 25, Gov. Crosby recommends that the Legis- lature fake measures under the Federal Goyernment to con- to Senator Vest was published in our issue of Jan. 11. yert the Park into “‘an asylum for the great game of the Northwest,” one and only sensible course to pursue, so far as the game is regarded, and it is exceedingly gratifying to find im fhe present Governor such 4 public-spirited appreciation of the true interests of Montana and of the nation, The Senate and Honse of Representatives of the State of linois have transmitted to General P. H. Sheridan, an offi- cial copy of their joint resolutions, thanking him for his report on the Yellowstone Park to the War Department, in which report he called attention to the danger of leasing the Park to a piivate corporation. ‘The resolutions further (leclare avainst allowing the Park to pass into control of the linprovement Company, to be used as a cattle ranch and for the extortion of money from visitors. The resolutions ilso thank Senator Vest, of Missouri, for his bill, sow in Congress. The issues inyolved in this Yellowstone Park matter have been clearly defined, and “are now well understcod. On one side is corporate greed; on the other are the present and future interests of the people. No manat Washington who has @ vote to casGon Senator Vest’s bill can escape put- ting himself upon record, Public interest has een aroused. The people will carefully watch the course pursued by their representatives in Congress. Tre Aaterican Eacim,—A bill has been introduced into the Connecticut Legislature providing a fine of $25 with ud- ded imprisonment for the killing or snaring of ‘the bird known as and called the American eagle.” This is good so far as it goes ; but another law ought to be passed to im- prison for life the perpetrators of the horrible caricature of the bird o’ freedom, which is stamped on the light weight coinage of theland, The average citizen of these United States never saw au caglec—unless captive or stuffed—and would not know one in the woods from a turkey buzzard fitive the sale of public lands in the Adirondacks went, to the Governor last Monday; and it will withont doubt receive his signature and hecome a law. This is one stepin the right direction; it will put a slop to (he extreme folly which has H in the past characterized this State’s course in relation to the momentous subject of maintaining a normal water sup- ply for the Hudson River Valley. The present moyement is all too tardy, but we hope that it is only the beginning of a wise future policy. She should hold her place This, as we have all alone contended, is the JORDAN AND GILEERT.—The names of Jordan and Gilbert ave very familiar to those who have paid attention to the pro- gress of ichthyology within the past ten years. In fact those who donot keep up with the labors of Dr. Gill, Goode and Bean, Jordan and Gilbert, are apt to be left behind in the mod- ern classification of fishes. These men have partly unraveled the tangled skein leff by the early workers in American fishes, and haying better facilitics than their predecessors, and the advantage of their labors, have been able to go over their work with more material at hand from the great stores of the National Museum, and'confirm, correct and re- vise their work, The early workers like Holbrook, De Kay, Girard, and those who laid the foundation of American ichthyology, labored under the disadvantage of haying only a limited collection of local fishes to work with, and the only wonder is that their work was as good as it is. These remarks have been called up by the receipt of the January number of the /ndiwna Student, a journal published by the students of the Indiana State University at Bloomington, which contains a list of all the scientific papers of Prof. David 8. Jordan, arranged in the order of tlhicir publication. This list comprises sixty-seven papers, principally on ichthy- ology, and Prof, Gilbert is an associate writer of most of them. The papers have appeared in various monthly, weekly and other periodicals, many of them in Forest AND Srrmam, and the list will be of value to those who wish to look up what these writers have said on any subject. Tum Lonpon Fisuertes Exarsrrron.—Those who in- tend exhibiting at London are reminded that goods will he reccived up to the 15th of this month. The Albatross will take oyer the American collection, which will be a large one, without duplicate of anything, except canned goods, ete. The exhibition opens in May and time will be required to set up the goods and prepare for the opening day. Among other things a life-sized group of colored men, in wax, will show how oysters are opened, preseryed and canned. Models of white men will illustrate how salmon are gaffed, and how the eggs are stripped from them. Nverything connected with the fisheries, from the clothing and imple- ments of the men, their boats, houses, etc., to the methods of drying, salting, and curing fish with smoke, will be shown. The exhibit will be in charge of Prof. G. Brown Goode, who willbe assisted by Mr. R. E. Earil, in charge of the fishceultural department, Mr, Earll is prepared to make the best show of fishculture that has ever heen seen andis well informed on al] subjects counected with his department. The party may sail early in March in order fo prepare the exhibit in time, A HALE PisucuLfvrist,—In our fishcultural columns will be found an article on carp culture, by Mr. Edward Stabler, Whose “Reminiscences of an Octogenarian” we published in our issue of January 4. Mr. Stabler is now in his eighty-ninth year, and is still in active business life. He has been president of the Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany, of Montgomery Co., Md.,*tor the past thirty-five years, He is also the oldest postmaster in the United States, his commission dating back to 1830, under President Jack- son's administration, and he still discharges the duties of the office at Sandy Spring, this being the fifty-third consecutive year that he has held the office under the many changes of political supremacy. Mr. Stabler has taken to carpeulture and with success, and we hope that he may live many years to enjoy bis fish and his well-earned rest from the more seyere labors of life. Carver AND Bocarpus.—As may be learned by refer- ence to our trap columns, Carver and Bogardus have agreed to shoot a match at Louisville, Ky., Feb, 22. While the ex- ploits of professional shooters have in ihe main ceased to excite much public attention, this match will be regarded with interest. There are no other professional shots in the world to-day concerning whose relative merits such a dif- ference of opinion exists. The results of this match, snd of the others which presumably will follow, will not ne- cessarily be accepted as determining which of the two is the better wing-shot, for the public understand very well that both Carver and Bogardus shoot to make money, and that they are smart enough to manage a hippodrome pigeon matchin a way to do themselyes the most good, A PropHynactic AGAtyst HypRoPHOBIA.—Mention has from time to time been made in this journal of the work of the French microphysiologist, M. Pasteur, who has been conducting a series of researches into the nature of the inicroscopic organism of hydrophobia. Procuring a quan- tity of the saliva of a victim of hydrophobia, M. Pasteur succeeded in cultivating the germ of the disease through muinerous generations, finally obtaining a product which, hiuiving been introduced by inoculation, prnved efficient to prevent the introduction of the germ of true Wydrophobia into the system. He has thus, itis reported, demonstrated the possibility of vaccination for the prevention of hydrophobia, _ SUPERVISoRSs.—An impression appears to prevail in cer- tiin parts of this State that the county supervisors haye power io extend in their counties the open seasons on game and fish, No such anthority is granted them by the Jaw, They may only extend the close season, i] Aw Epirying Spreracte—That of a number of profes- sional men in Massachusetts, who dare not yenture into the State of Maine for fear of being urrested ind Glapped into jail because they have violated the moose and deer law of that State. FOREST AND STREAM FABLES. Xf.—THE PUPPIES WHO DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED. AS old Hound whose Home was hard bya Ledge where many Skunks lived, had often cantioned her Puppies against playing with the Old or the Young ones for fear of most unpleasant consequences, For a time the Puppies heeded her and kept aloof from the Skunks, but at last were tempted to disobey, and presently came Howie half blind, howling with pain, and smelling so outrageously that no one with a Nose could endure their Neighborhood. “My Children,” said their Mother, “if you cannot see, you can feel and smell what your Disobedience has brought upm you.” “Ah, Mother,” whimpered one, between his howls, ‘it was such a little Skunk, that we did not think it was Loaded.” “Naughty Children,” cried she, “you should always treat all Skunks as if you knew they were Loaded.” Whereupon she whipped them all soundly. MORAL. Puppies should not fool with Loaded Playthiugs, WINTER TALKS ON SUMMER PASTIMES. XII,—THE ADIRONDACK STATE PARK. Majestic woods of ev’ry vigorous green, Stage aboye stage, high waving o’er the hills. Or to the far horizon wide diffused, A boundless deép immensity of shade.—Thotsan, iG is now more than thirty years since I wrote my first article in fayor of dedicating the entire Adirondack region to public use as a State Park. Since then 1? have availed myself of frequent opportunities to press the subject upon public attention, but, until recently, without finding any general response. I may have been moved primarily by my appreciation of its importance as a fish and game pre- serye and as a summer resort where all the people could find repose and healthful recreation. But the subject expynded under reflection and discussion, until it became easily de- moustrable that what was suggested was not simply desir- able as a preserve for sport and recreation but as vital to the material and commercial interests of the State as well, The argument in brief was this: Forests are preat natural reseryoirg, holding for gradual distribution the rain- falls of the year, and thereby not only preventing sudden and destructive freshets, but furnishing steady supphes for adjacent streams during the summer months. No forest on the continent performs this office more profilably than that which crowns owt northern border. Its waters, lield back artificially until needed, feed the Erie Canal. With- out this supply this great commercial artery would be prac- tically useless during a portion of the season, and the gradual filtration of what is absorbed by the lundreds of square miles of spongy soil embraced within the forest limits gives to the Hudson River the supply required for purposes of nayigation just when most needed. Independ- ently, therefore, of mere recreatiye or siunitary considera- tion, the preservation of this yast forest region \ould he the highest wisdom, becanse indispensable to the permanent commercial supremacy of the State. Since this subject was first agitaterl on this line of its material importince, many tens of thousands wf acres have heen stripped of their hest timher, and large tracts have passed from tie control of the State into the hands of indi- viduals, Fully one-third of the territory has been thus transferred within the period named, and Whatever bene- ficent results may be hereafter secured by State gunrilisn- ship and supervision will be curtailed to this extent. But it is not yeti too late lor the Legislature to render effective service; aud I am glad to know that that body has at last indicated its appreciation of a matter which hay heen so long treated with stupid indifference and criminal neler. Statesmen and statisticians can only look at this subject in its material aspects, and these are of sufficient import- ance to challenge their best thought and most immediate attention. But itis of interest to all Who find pleasure in seasonable out-door life as well, and all such will rejoice as heartily in whatever may be done to preserve this vast for- est from ultimate denudation as those who may see in such action the uninterrupted efficiency of the Krie Canal and the Hudson River as the preat arteries of our inland commerce. The present probability is that before this article finds its wiiy into print, the needed statutory provision ‘will haye, been made to secure the dedication, forever, of this vast forest as a State Park, And no single act of the present Legislature will be longer or more gratefully remembered, Tis value as 4 game preserve and as & summer resort for the whole people will grow into fuller appreciation with eyery passing year, and future generations sill rise up to “call those blessed” who had the thoughtful sagacity to thus con- tribute to the sanitary, recreative and material needs of the State T find in this tardily consummated measure 4 gratifying illustration of the potency of public sentiment anid ihe salu- tary influence of the public press. It is not many years since the proposition to preserve this immense field of forest, mountains, valleys, rivers and Jakes was scouled as iin absurdity which only sesthetic visionaries would sugvest, and none but reckless marauders upon the public ireasury approve. This idea has gradually given way before the overwhelming arguments in favor of the project, until now ii is not only aceepled with enthusiasm, but the stolid stupidity of the prust is the subject of universal regret and denunciation. The final outcome of this long-mooted subject should en- courage you in your persistent and patriotic war upon the couscienceless spceulators who are seeking to acquire pos session of Yellowstone Park for their own benefit and the imminent peril of the integrity of the Parkitself, If what. these men seek is conceded, a great wrong will he done to the people, and a policy maugurated which will result in _ the practical destruction of that vast province, if not in its ultimate alienation from the custody and supervision of the Government altogether, But I am hopeful that no sich calamity is to fall upon the generations of the future The present generation of public men may not be more virtuous ~ than those of the generation which preceded them, but in some things they are wiser, and in nothing more conspicu- ously than in the growing idea that statesmanship embraces Fes, 8, 1883.) a broader field than the mere material, dollar-and-cent in- terests of the people. ai The characteristies of a nation are illustrated by the char- aeferistios ofits individual subjects. Whatever happifics and exalts the individual, happities and exalts the nation, imd eercation and periodical repose contribute to the physical enjoyment and healthful development of the people. That nation best performs its functions which iakes most ample provision for what isso essential to individual vigor und{vitality, ‘The Yellowstone Park, if preserved in its fullintegrity, is destined to become the great pleasure resort of the continent, and the present is the time (sooner would have been helter) to inaugurate a policy for its pres- servation from the encroachments of reckless vandalism and the grasping avarice of insatiable sreed. Although large fracts of timber have been ent. in the Adirondack region during recent years, the entire tervi- tory still retains its wilderness; character. The forests have been simply culled, not destroyed, except at a few points where hosilevies have been placed for the accom- modation of tourists. The mountains are still densely covered with forest foliage. The lakes retain their primi- tive }eauty and the rivers still wind their way through their original channels swith their okl-+time Neo The waterin both lakes and rivers still remains unpoliuted hy forcign substances, and is as transparent and of the same prateful temperatureto-day a8 when the starssanz torether on the morning of ereation. At one or two points, to be sure, dams have heen erected which, by the back-water they have occasioned, have marred the beauty of many miles of river border. This is noticeably true of the Raquette from Setting Pole Rapids (where the dam was built) upward very nearly to the falls. Before this obstruction interfered with the natural flow of the water, the river, for most Of the dis- tance, was fringed with beautiful hemlocks, spruce and soft “maple, which were killed by the back-tlow caused by the dam.. The same cause also spoiled a great many old trout haunts by changing or entirely obliterating the eutrent of the stream. But notwithstanding this the Raquefte is still a beautiful river through its entire length, and the whole region has still enough of ils original characteristics to make it worthy of preservation and of the perpetual caardianship of the State. : A large number of small tracts of land have been sold to those who haye learned to appreciate the advantages of the region Asa summer resort. These will be enhanced in value by the action of the State, bul as most of them will be im- proved and heantified by their owners, they will do no harm, It is different with tracts purchased for timber purposes alone, If possible, they should be recovered by the State— as they may be at moderate cost—that. the process of de- nudation may be carried no further. Tf this shall he done (4S is proposed), the State of New York will be an Empire among the States, because of the extent and magnificence of cis Pardes as well as because of tha vastness of its com- Merce and the )oundlessness of its wealth, GD. Che Sportsman Gourist. NIMROD IN THE NORTH. RY LIEUT, FRED'K SCHWATKA, U. 8, ARMY. 1ll.—The Rifle and the Reindeer—Concluded. ( N the ith of May our party killed ten reindecr out of a herd of fourteen. The scene was un exteadingly short one. . The herd being descried about a mile distant lying down on fhe side of a hill, al] the Innuit hunters and Colt Gilder started in pursuit, the sledges and dogs remain- ing on the spot. For about half way the hunters were shielded from sight by the hills, but nearly all the rest of the distance was consummated by crawling, Indiun file, in full sight of the animals, until near hill for » minute or two allowed them to get within about a hundred yards, when « volley of rifie shots greeted the astonished herd, and although only one was wounded at the first fire, before the hewildered band could determine a sale direction to pur- sue, ten of their number were wounded or dead, all of which were secured, for it-is seldom thal a reindeer wounded at all severely is lost by a good hunter, Two of the remaining tour were secured by Toolooah the next morning when re- turning 1o look wp their missing comrades, We were now in a country never trod before by white men or by persons armed with their weapons, so it was evidently the first firearms that had been heard by the game of the locality, and they acted with a stupidity plainly re- vealing these facts. Where the reindeer is hunted consider- bly with firearms he hecomes shy enough to give one ex- ecllent sport in his capture, Like the antelope he will cirele around until he catches ‘‘the wind” before he is off, and this peeuliarity, with a few magazine guns in full plast, thius them rapidly. They also have something of the quri- osity of the antelope, but not at all developed to such an ex- tent. Like all animals that congregate in droves the false security resulting from numbers makes them much slower to pick out their ling of retreat. In thismamner they closely resemble the stupidity of the American elk, and like them, when offen hunted and in gmall bands, they are game worthy of any man’s powder. The next day, the 8th, weencountered a fresh musk-ox frailand a herd of reindeer, killing seven; we also cane upon old signs or marking stones for salmon caches of the hatives of this country, On the 13th, the bad weather being such that we remained over, T noticed that the many reindeer sigus kept Toolooah nervous, until he had sallied owt in the tempestuous elements, and after an absenceof a couple of hours, be returned fo gel the dogs and sledge to bringin the carcasses of scyen reindeer that he had killed out of a herd of eight, with eight shots of his Winchester carbine. Return- ing with these, two others were secured. On the 14th, we passed a herd of about two hundyed reindeer, put our sledges bee so loaded with meat, we allowed them to trot by within casy rifle range, unscathed ind astonished beyond measure at this wonderful innovation, They were singularly tame and often running toward us a few paces, would halt like a company of cavalry coming frontinto line, and gaze at us with dilated eyes and dis- tended nostrils until a snort from some suspicious creature would send them off by the flank with measured frot like well drilled troopers. It seemed like a grateful chance to exercise our humanity once more by nof taking advantage of their confidence, and we willingly declared an armistice pu our heavily laden sledges should become somewhat ighter, Signs of natives daily grew fresher, and on the 15th of “FOREST AND STREAM. 23 May we came upon a hand of some thirty souls, only two of whom, a couple of old men, had ever before seen any white men, We consequently attracted an unusual share of their curiosity, and their staring eyes riveted intently upon us, followed eyery motion that we made If the white men had been curiosities, the action of their guns, ag we showed them their use, was truly ippulling. We had ex- pected to meet natives upon or near the mouth of Back’s Great Fish River where it empties into the Arctic Ocean, and had depended, to a certain extent, upon procuring from them dog feed and oil, but now we found the tables turned. Instead of being beggars, we were philanthropists, and instead of being reccivers we were obliged to give, for we found our new Esquimaux friends in astate of semi- starvation. Their food in the summer and early winter is furnished fy the numberless shoals of salmon that then ascend the creeks and smaller rivers, and are speared as they run the gauntlet of the rapids. The flesh of the musk- ox, Which they hunt with dogs and bows and arrows or spears, fives them a precarious subsistence during the remainder of the year. They kill barely enough reindeer in the sum- mer to supply them with clothing, the noise of walking or crawling on the crisp snow of the fall and winter times muking if impossible to ect sufficiently near to secure the game with bows and arrows. The twang of the howstring traveling more rapidly fhan the arrow, the active deer has no difficulty in jumping outof the way at any distance beyond twenty-five or thirty yards. But in the summer time the wary native sometimes succeeds in crawling within these limits, or lying in wait on certain paths followed by the game will obtain one. Another plan much followed by those natives throughout the Arctic not proyided with fircarms is to establish a line of stone monuments at about fifty toa hundred yards inter- yal along the crest of some prominent ridge. often two and three miles in léngth, which rans obliquely toward and terminates im the water’s edge of some large lake or wide river. A sharp lookout is kept from some available point, and if 4 herd of reindeer is found feeding or walking with- in the aente angle formed by the shore line and ridge brist- ling with stone cairns, the natives engaged in the chase deploy into a skirmish line sufliciently long to close the mouth of this angle and walk slowly toward the reindeer, their bows and arrows or spears and their Avedts (light skin cunoes) being carried along or conecaled in some convenient place near the water’sedge, The herd, seeing the slow approach of their enemies, trot leisurely away until they come within sight of the rock monuments, which have heen made to imitate the human form as far as possible, when, believing themselves to he surrounded on the land side, they take to the water as the only means of escape left them, No sooner is the herd fairly in, than the agile natives are in hot pursuit, with their Avis flying through the water, and rapidly overtaking the bewildered animals, they dispateh them with arrows «nd spears, and haul their carcasses on shore to be butehered. Thissportis not without its dangers. as oftentimes a wounded animal or a belligerent buck secing flight impossible, with swinging horns and plunging hoofs, turns so swiftly on his pursuer that he succeeds in tearing the fragile Avwk to pieces, and the wrecked Esquimanux, unable to swim, drowns if he is not promptly rescued by some near neighbor, or manages to float on the wreck of his hoat until help arrives, Ibis a Singular fact that a herd of reindeer, so the natiyes say, will repeatedly graze right through fis line of cairns with- out any further notice than u few suspicious glances at them as they pass by, but the minute moying figures force them against these stationary ones their suspicion is raised to a pitch high enough to make them prefer the water rather than to trust them. Yet this is not yery hard to compre- hend if one knows fhe almost half amphibious nature of the Arctic deer. [laye seen them when taking up a line of march, wade and swini right through a deep lake that inter- posed itself in their direct course rather than to go around it, although this would not have exacted a marked detour, which fact, [imagincd, must have been as patent to the deer as it was to myself. And the Esquimaux tell me of even bolder deeds. When pursued and “cornered” on some of the long narrow tongues of lund projecting into Hudson's Bay, they have known the deer to take to the sca and swim directly outward, until they were lost to vision, and whether they were thereby drowned or not they could not tell, The Arctic deer seems to he almost as much more amphibious than his Southern fellow as is the polar bear than his South- ern brethren. We crossed over to King William’s Land on June 11, and the greatest consolation in our first few days’ journeys was the great number of reindeer we here encountered, aud which reports of the natives, who ought to haye known, had led us to believe would not be found, It may be inter- esting to note that on June 20, 1879, the civilized provisions of the party were exhausted, previous to which time they had heen greatly reduced in the reindeer country, amd from that date until March 20, 1880, we lived solely upon the same diel as our native allies, and as we have already said, principally upon reindeer. On July 20, while we were in the southern part of Erebus Bay, we found ourselyes completely out of meat, an oceur- rence which had seldom happened, owing to Toolooan's activity and good hunting. a fast ahead of us, for the for was one of the very thickest I had ever seen in my life, but despite all this, Toolooah se- cured three reindeer after being absent about four hours. The Innuits, when hunting reindeer during thick, heavy weather, generally go in pairs, accompanied by a good, trained dog taken from their team, and keep well to the lec side of the quarter suspected of containing game. The dog's nose soon tells them if their conjec- tures are vight, and they follow him, his nose high in the wind on his aerial trail, until his frantic tuzgings at the harness line by which he is held (for the well-trained Esquimau dog neyer barks in the presence of game) show them to be near by, when one of the party holds the dog and the other with his weapons crawls cautiously forward on his unseen victims. If the fog is very thick ihey can often get within a few yards hy hugging the ground closely while crawling. During the time the snow is on the ground they my take several dogs, and after being successful in the chase, utilize them 40 drag in the carcasses, This is only done, howeyer, when the skins haye become useless; then the putchered deer is put into ihe hid@ and itis used as a sledge. "The natives claim that a dog will scent a reindeer much further in the fog, if it be x drifting one, than under any other cirenmstances. It is not unreasonable fo infer that the scent will not be so diffused in such a dense medium as an Arctic fog, and fherefore be more concentrated at greater distances, yet 1 haye heard good hunters in our regions I now felt that we surely had claim that fog completely kills 1 scent. A well-trained Esquiman dog, with good, keen scent, will often detect the presence of game at a couple of miles distance. The grent- est trouble is to keep the dow off from every rabbit or rabbit trail which he scents or encounters, snd which he seems more prone to follow than that of the game whieh is de sired. On August 8, while encamped in Terror Bay, and prose culing our search for evidences of Sir John Pruuklin's party, [killed a big buck wader circumstances probably worth relatine, While sitting down, resting from a fatign- ing continuots walk of five or six miles oyer the boggy ground neay the seashore, 1 noticed the reindeer raging rapidly toward me, being then about six hundred yards away. J simplyslipped down toa horizontal extension he- hind the boulder on which f had been resting and conyerted myself into an immovable Micawher. The reindeer came eating along, and when about two hundred yards away evi- dently struck a patch of clover, figuratively speaking, for during the next half hour he never leth a little spot, where he kept grazing backward and forward until my patience wis exhausted, lis skin was the exact color of the dun- colored moss awainst which he was Vhrown, and waiting until he was “end on,’’ so that his white flanks ontlinéd his figure, Ltook aimat his head us he was grazing, fired, and hit him in the hind foot, The shock broueht him down on his hams, and [thought T had made an effectual shot until I got within about thirty yards, when he first perceived me, and, with one wild snori and 4 sort of revenueveform gait, that defied the hest aim, he stanted for the seacoast. about a mile away, your humble servant bringing up the rear as fast as possible, Iran him outon to a lone point of land and thought surely that [had him, On its wesf side the pack- ice had been carried by the wind and was probably forty or fifty yards wide, being held somewhat open by the outeome tide. Seeing himself cut off from the Innd side, and my rapid approach, he struggled and plunged against the cakes of packiee with his broken foot swinging in the air, wntil he reached its boundary, when lie fook to the water, His progress over the disjointed pack wis painfully slow, and by the time he had plunged into the water | was on the land nearest him, and from there sent a bullet throuh his brain that laid him ont floating. Now, [wus in a quandary! He was beyond my reach from the furthest outlying cake of ice, and the tide setting out was hot improying matters. Meat was not plentiful in cnmp, and further, a lavge supply was ueeded, as Toolooah wis soon to leave usfor a fwo-weeks’ absence on 2 trip that {had ordered him; hesides the buck's eoat looked like velyet plush as the ripples of salt water broke over if. In short, I didn’t \ant to lose that deer, and there was only one method of getting at him, and I started about thatat once, Sfrip- ping myself to my wnderelothing, [ started to wade ont through the tortuous “leads” hetween the icé-cakes, as J deemed this method Jess lable to produce cramps than jumping in from the furthest cake; besides 1 did not know the depth, although it only seemed to be about five feet, Reader, science will tell you that ocean water will be about two degrees colder than fresh water when both are holding ice in solution, or two degrees colder than the ice-water of your water coolers aud other water receptacles; in short, iced sea water 1s two degrees colder than freezing. The first few steps made me gasp for breath and by the time I wasup to my middle, my teeth had settled down to 4 regular drumi-lilce rat- tle. I persevered, however, keeping ny lands upon the nearest ice, should I be taken with cramps, and qs [ was nearing my prize and my breast commenced sinking in the eold fluid, 1 thoueht that I had swallowed the North Pole. When T reached one of the deer's horns | was up tomy armpits. The Whole transaction was done and | had my deer on Jand in less time than if has taken the readerto peruse it, and this reached, I wrung out, my dripping underclothing, the air feeling a8 warm asa southern breeze, ind then giving myself t good chafing over the skin, I put on all my clotlies, worked like a pirate butchering thedeer, slung his fifty - pound hams over my shoulders, walked two miles into camp, took 2 quart of hot reindeer soup that was awaiting me, turnedinto bed and dreamed that 1 owned 4 Inmadred thous- and reindeer worth @ thousand dollars apiece, The reindeer of King William’s Land, on their north- ward migrations, cross over Simpson’s Straits from the south about June ora month before the ice breaks up, About the middle of September, the winter's cold coming on drives them south, and they congregate in its southern part before the straits have frozen over, and often wait a week or ten days for that occasion before they cross. IL have said that the reindeer will swim anything as a luke or river that comes in his way, and the fact that he here seems to wait for the solid ice toform before crossing would appear to refute it, but this is not so. When the firs! cold snap conies that tells them to go south, there always forms on the salt water a kind of “mush ice,” “slush ice,” ov “brash,” as it is variously called, which is nol unlike a foot or two of loose snow thrown into ice water, where it will not melt, and is sufficiently tenacious to even impede the headway of a sailing ship, This hugs the shores and islands and drifts around in the currents, winds and tides like a lilliputian ice-pack, Should a reindeer trust himself to swim through if, he would be so impeded and harassed that he would fall an easy prey to the Esquimaux who congregate hereahouts at this time, and this fact the reindeer know by some sort of instinct. To this part of the istand we also came in order to lay in a supply of meat, clothing and bedding for our mid-winter return trip to Hudson's Bay and civilization, Our camp was pitched neara high hill, on whose top a Ivokont was constructed to watch for the animiuls. On the 24th of Sep- fember a cold snap nearly completed the freezing over of Simpson's Strait, and the next dy we moved camp about a mile near a large fresh-wuter lake and there built an iydoo of ice, being one month and five days earlier than the com- mencement of our gio life in north Hudson's Bay. The hill as a look-out for reindeer was no longer needed, as these animals were hecoming go numerous, is the cold weather settled down upon us, that any desired number could he seen from any station whatever, ihe valleys almost as well as the top of the bills, On the last day of the month T felt quite sure that nt least a thousand reindecy passed with- in as many yards of our little house of ice, and the first and seeond days of the next month—October—the number was certainly no less, On thy 3d the ice was just thick enough to bear them ou the Strait, and the first herd was seen to cross that day, and by the 7th the vast swarms lad departed southward, leaving only a very fow strageling herds to bear us company. The 30th, the total score showed twenty-six killed, Toolnoah scoring twelve, anumberto which he limited himself only trom the fact that it was the moxi 24 mum that he could butcher and otherwiie dispose of in his atone caches, which were now making the surrounding local- ity look like a well-settled but dilapidated cemetery, With this wholesale slaughter of the reindeer came all the known carnivorous scavengers of the Arctic—the foxes, the wolves, the wolyerines, and the Netschilluk Bsquimaux; the last the most numerous and troublesome of the whole lot. We put them to use scraping reindeer skins and making our winter skin clothing and bedding, and thus extracted some small compensation for the y. st quantities of meat that dis- appeared down their throats, which seemed to have a capa- city second only to Communipaw itself, The Netschilluks say that in about a weekorten days after the King William Land reindeer have crossed over, another large batch of straggling herds put in their appearance on their southward migration, although this was not noticeable to us in the early winter of 79 while we were there. If so, it would show them to be the reindeer of Boothia and North Somerset, that have been thus detained by the later freczing of James Ross’s Channel, amuch wider strait than Simpson's, although these animals could have passed on to the mainland by the Boothia Isthmus. During the time these tortuous channels, separating the many islands of the Parry Archipelago are frozen over, I know that the rein- deer cross freely from oneto another, but I do not Welieve, reasoning from the well Known locality of their trails, that they ever cross unless the objective land bein ful] siht; that is, they haye no better instinct than their eyes. Eyen in returning they take the most roundabout as well as the most direct ways to reach their northern grazing srounds, and it is not at all unlikely that a reindeer born in Boothia may gvaze his second summer on King William's Land, and his third on Baring Island andso on, ‘This is proven by the testimony of the natives of these regions, who say that there is a reat disparity in the numbors that may visit them at different years, and whose northward migrations were deter- mined, no doubt, by some protracted storm, either forcing them into one locality or denuding it according to its direc- tion, intensity and duration. The Hsquimaux told me that the reindeer graze with the wind in their travelings, but 1 have so often seen them feeding against it, and also at other angles in regard to it, that Lam inclined to think that it can not be put down as an imyariable rule. I think it probable that when the seasons have determined their boreal or austral migrations, the wind has but little effect exceptto deviate them through small angles as already ex- plained, but when these trayelings have ceased, the wind, if uncomfortable from damp or chilliness, may influence their local migrations so as to make them obey this law, if it be one, as they claim, We started on our return journey on the 8th of Novem- ber, and did not see any reindeer (as we have not seen any since October 7) until the 12th of December, an interval of sixty-six days, when we saw two, who met their fate under such peculiar circumstances that I must record it. We had just left the Dangerous Rapids, at the mouth of Back’s Great Fish River, a few miles, when the natives of (he ad- vance sledge of the three reported /v/:-too (reindeer) in sight, and we soon saw two animals about mile away, trotling leisurely from us along the west bank of the river. Before us was a large island in the river, and ns it was evident that their movements would soon bring them behind it, Too- looah ran like a race-horse to reach its further end to ent them off, hiding himself behind its sheltering bank opposite to the deer, some of the other hunters following directly on their trail aud stringing themselves along theisland. When the sledges reached the nearer end of the island, about a mile and a halt in length, they were stopped to await the result. Hardly had they done sowhen a shot was heard from Tooloonh, and we all anxiously waited to hear the second or move, or see the other deer to see if he would run toward some of the many hunters, for you may rest assured we wére eager to get both, so long had we been without fresh venison; but nothing was seen of him, althouch it seemed impossible for him to get away without again com- ing into view. The whole matter was soon explained by Toolvoah, who came in to get the dogs, and reported that he had killed both at one shot. This had been done twelve other times by Toolooah, and each time voted as singular enough, but when we had been absent from this kind of game for over two months, and then, stumbling on a couple, to annihilate them ata single discharge, seemed almost too wonderful to believe. I haye said that Toolooah has done this wonderful feat a great number of times, and I do not wish to be misunderstood that I mean he killed one and wounded another so it was gotten, or any combination of that character, but that these killings were direct, so that no further shooting was needed. Once he killed three, and the numberof times he at one shot killed one and wounded another so that it could afterward be slain was not recorded. The 2d of January Toolooah killed two reindeer, the ther- mometer showing—08° F., andthe next day brought them into camp, the thermometer showing—71° F., the coldest we recorded on the trip, 1 note it to shuw that American arms properly cared for will work under any temperature. At ‘—71° F., or 103° below freezing, everything animate becomes envelopvdin a mist that will soon obscure them, if they sto to rest, from 4 person ata distance, but that makes their resence doubly certain from this very sign, Herds of rein- eer and musk-oxen can be located by this means at a dis- tance of five or six miles, and at very favorable heights two or three times that distance, The native hunters claim that eyen at these extreme lengths they can tell the difference tween the two kinds of animals by some varying peculiar- ities of the va; ors, Reindeer chased by dogs look like so many puffing locomotives. The end of February saw us almost home. We had met a Kinnepetou Ezguimau from Chesterfield Inlet, who told us tnat Depot Island was but three days’ journey away if we took light sledges, and we accordingly left all our heavy stuff with him in order to get through, and purchased two days' reindeer meit of him to complete the journey, for none would be found on the way, he said, Our three days lengthened into five, and a terribly stormy day on the fifth saw us not yet home, out of méat, and no sign of reindeer in the country, Five hnoters sallied fsrth in the storm aud soon four returned stating that it was folly to hunt in such weather with such prospects. At dark Toolooah came in. He had found the tracks of three deer five or six miles south of camp, followed them on a circle which brought him due north of our igloos, there overtook them and killed them all, having followed their trail the whole distance at 1 fair run, Of such stuff! was my best hunter made who thal day elosed his total score for the sledge Journey at 2386 reindecr out of a grand total of 622 killed by all the members on the expedition, FOREST AND STREAM. [Fen. 8, 1888. AFTER QUAIL. ¥F we had beer inhabitants of another sphere we couldn't have created greater curiosity—George and J and Busy —than we did as we alighted from the emigrant train that morning, Peru was 4 little hamlet on a great railroad, but of such small consequence that the preat railroad permitted only one train a day to stop there. Indeed, the place was so little known, eyen in the pretentious city not twenty miles away, that when George and [ had mentioned our proposed excursion thither, one-half of our fellow sportsmen had never heard of the place, and the other half said ‘Pooh! you won't get anything there. Why, I never even heard of anyone going there to hunt.” But my friend George has a remark- ably observant cye, two of them, in fact, and when these eyes roamed over a certain patch of ground in the momen- tary view afforded by the car window of the lightning ex- press, George said, ‘That looks like quail,” and we were to- day intent upon verifying George's surmise, As the train puffed away out of sight around a curve the open-mouthed countenances of the Peruvians gradually re- jJaxed from their amazed stare, and a yellow dog that had crouched by the platform made a sheepish attempt to form an acquaintance with Busy, but retired in dismny ut her warning growl. ‘Mornin’, stranger,” ventured one of the group, at length, “Good morning, my friend,” said George, ‘will you tell me if there is any game to he killed hereabouts?” “Wall, now, I dunuo,” drawled the countryman, “‘I guess not much woth braggin’ on, but there’s Jim Seely, leanin’ agin them fence rails, he’s game constable, and might be able to tell ye. Hey, you, Jim! Here’s some city fellers that want to know if théy’sany game hereabouts.” Jim, ai this greeting, ceased his occupation of whittling a pine stick, and, expectorating a stream of tobacco juice, re- plied with great dignity, as becoming one whose political office raised him above his fellows: ‘Game? In course they's game enough, if ye know how to git it. “They's ‘coons, un’ they’s gray squirrels, an’ they’s foxes, an’ down to Tamarack Holler they’s mushrats, But you fellers won't fit none rigved in them fixin’s, now I tell ye. Is that thar a good ‘coon dog?” contemptuously indi- cating Busy by a squirt of tobacco jnice in her direction. “Well, no,” said George, winking at me, ‘not exactly a ‘coon dos, but she’s some on musicrats,” “Umph!” sneered the oracle, ‘lL wouldn't trade Tiger there for a hull drove of city dogs, Take him ’n dad's old rifle —a good twelve pound of solid iron—an'if they’s tur in Seneky county, you kin sit it,” “Well,” said George, ‘we'll do our best, anyhow, By the way, how about the game laws down here? I'd like to get posted, so as not to kill anything out of season.” “Oh, wal, I dunno,” hesitated the game constable, “don't kill no little birds, and don't set no bresh afire, nor leave no fence rails down, an’ the law won't tech ye.” Thanking our informant for his elucidation of the Peru game Jaws, we shouldered guns and clambered over the hills back of the railroad toward George's expected quail ground. “Now, Bub,” quoth my friend, ‘‘yon’ve been quail hunt- ing a dozen times more or less, and ought to know a good deal about it by this time. From this hill top you can sce what I picked out asa likely quail ground. Now, in your opinion, how had we best proceed to get the most birds in the least time?” “Well, I should cross this clover meadow, and work Busy over every foot of stubble in the next field, first of all,7* “7 fear your quail hunting Wasn’t taught you much thus far. But the trouble is, you don’t study these matters. Now, what kind of weather haye we had for a few days back?” “Cold, with cecasional rains and flurries of snow.” “Right. Now, quail aren't at all partial to exposed places in that sort of weather. To be sure, to-day, although cold, is clear, but 1’ve found that Bob White generally waits in the timber a day or two after the storm, to see if it is really a clear-up, or only making believe. So you needn't put a shell in while we're crossing this cloyer and that stubble field, for no quail will feed there to-day.” “But, George, justlook at Busy. She's struck a hot seent, by her actions.” “Yes, she's struck a scent, but no birds. This bunch of thick clover, in a nook out of reach of the wind, is where a covey roosted Jast night. Sce, you can count the exact number of birds. Fourteen, isn’t it? Allin a circle, you see, so that, in case of a surprise, one’s flight won't impede another's. Now, the company that lodged here last night will most likely be found in that scrubby patch of timber beyond this stubble field, It may be that we'll have hard work to pul them up, as they’Ilrun a hundred yards ahead of a dog sometimes in timber. But L have faith in oll Busy, and she’s been hunted on quail so many times thatshe knows their tricks even better than her master, [ think.” The ‘timber’ was a patch of land that had been partially cleared some years before, and was now covered oyer with a tangled mass of brush and briery shrubs, some higher than 4 man’shead, but the major part reaching hardly to the shoulder. It was uninyiting ground for a seliter, but Busy’s small, lithe body was soon workmg in and ont in the thickest tangle. Her intelligence was simply marvel- lous. After striking the scent aud finding that the birds were running swiftly away from her, she seemed to use eyery endeavor to turn them toward the open field elose by, and, evidently understanding that we were unable to follow her course throurh the thick undergrowth, she often reared aloft on her hind legs, and looked back at us inquiringly. “Now, Bub, if they haven’t doubled on her like a hare, as they will do when a dog is hunting on strategic princi- ples, and not altogether from scent, we must hurry into the open, and skirt along the border, where we'll probably put ‘em up ourselves. This way, all ready!” Wohir-+-r! right in our very faces rose the covey. Firing too saon, my first barrel made a clean miss, and one bird fellto my second; while cooler George, hiding his time, dropped three to his gun. The frightened covey separated in wisps, and flew in various directions. “No easy job to pick up those scuttered fellows,” said George, taking the last retrieved bird from Busy’s careful mouth, “They"Il lie sci close and still thatthe dog with the finest nose can’t scent ‘em, ‘That's what some old hunters call “withholding scent.’ tion?” ‘ “Yes, near that brush pile standing alone.” “Well, we'll tackle that first, 48 it’s near by. Busy!’ The birds had eyidently rund after alighting, as Busy fol- lowed the scent 1o the brush pile, where she drew down on a staunch point. George, after duly cautioning me, gave the brush a slight kick. A single quail arose, which I Mark any down in your direc- Hie on, ‘ knocked over. Turning to order Busy to fetch, she was seen to be still pointing the same spot. Another kick bronght another quail, with the same result as before. Still Busy had not left her point. Another kiek from George, but no bird. “She's mistaken this time, George,” said T. “No, sir!” replied my friend, emphatically; “Old Busy’s _ never mistaken; keep your gun ready,” and he administered several hearty kicks in the dry brush. True enough, out started.a third quail, which wus grassed at twenty yards, and old Busy at once began retrieving the dead birds, “George, will you sell that doz?” asked I. _ “Not for this whole conniry, But, there aren’, fen men in A— that have her intelligence und ‘honesty; yes, intel- ligence. Do you mean to tell me that it wasn’t a veasoning power that worked thal covey out of the timber patch?” and my friend looked fiercely at. me, asif a denial on my part were a personal insult, ] Proceeding then to another part of the field, where George had marked down three of the birds, we beat back and forth through the hizh grass and weeds in yoin, and even Busy was unsuccessful. We were about to abandon the search, when out from my yery feet sprung a quail, so close Tcould almost have knocked it over with my gun barrel, and then another and another. Their unexpected and sndden appearance, one so close on another, must have “rattled” us, for we both missed our first shots, and I my Speone, George grassing with his left ata tremendous dis- ance, “Tm always ashamed ta miss an easy shot when Busy’s along,” said George, ‘for just see liow gricved she looks over if." And indeed, from her sympathetic eye and low- ered flag, [am half inclined to believe she was blushing beneath her dark coat at our awkwardness, Following a row of ragpherry Wushes by the fence, we got two more, and then ensued a period of three hours or more marked with a blank, for not a quail did we start in that time. In the afternoon, howeyer, we marked a covey of eight birds down in an orchard separated by the turnpike from a thick patch of undergrowth, and George with Busy taking the orchard, and I a position between it and the timber, by careful maneuvering we killed every one of the covey, five falling to my gun, “Kighteen birds,” said George, “I guess that will do tor to-day. We might ret a dozen more but ’'d like to know that there are some lett for our Thanksgiving hunt, and we've got enouzh for Sunday’s cunner at the boarding-honse. Let's quit. What d'ye say?” “I'm willing,” said 1, “but meanwhile, suppose we tramp across the river and asic old Jesse ut the eel-potif any ducks have come in the marsh yet,” “Just what [was going to propose,” answered George; and calling Busy to heel, we set out for a six-mile tramp to the riyerand back. Two more unfortunate quail, riding with others ont of the yery dooryard of a farmhouse, drop- ped to our guns on the way, and one hare that erossed the road ahead of us on a keen jump was too rash fo £0 unpun- ished, and I bowled him over, “Only vot one rabbit, eh?” sarcastically remarked one of the Peruvians that night while we were awailing the train. “Oh, in Gourse, T see all them little quails, but, Lord ‘a massy, ld as svon think o’ shooting highholders, They ain't enough meat on a dozen o! them to make a pot smell reely invitin.’” SENECA, AROUND THE COAST OF FLORIDA, BY DM. J. A. WENSHATI:, Third Paper, N the day following we tightened up the shrouds and baobstay, looked to the strapping of bloaks, and made everything soug and ship-shape, for the next day alter we were to make a sail of forty miles by séa to the next inlet helow—Hillsboro’ River.. ‘The day broke clear and fine, and by nine o'clock a fresh wind was blowing from the north, Everything was propitions, so we made sail, hoisted anchor, and put tosea, keeping well inshore, just heyond the line of breakers, to avoid, so tar as possible, the current of the Gulf Stream, which here flows northward ata two-knot rite, As we passed the beach near the trails from tho thickliest settled portion of Lake Worth, we saw a lady busily engaged in picking up sea-shells. Jack seized the conch-horn and blew a shrill blast, at which she Jooked up and waved her handkerchief; whereupon Jack, Squire, and Skipper vied with cach other in a display of pocket bunting. At the foot of Luke Worth we saw, on the beach ridge, the cabin formerly occupied by the Hubell family, where three years before we began onr tramp flown the beach to Biy Biseayne. Five miles further on is U. $8. Life Saving Station No, 3, and ten miles firther we wert abreast of the bold rocks of Boca Ratone, where there is 4 ¢losed inlet to 4 branch of the Hillsboro’. There is a great saméness in the appearanee of the southeast coast of Florida, being mostly a narrow white beach, backed by alow sandy ridge which is eovered by suw-palmetto, oak scrub, sea-grape, and niyrtle, with ocea- ~ sional clumps of cabbage palms and live oaks. At last, after a delightful sail, we sighted Hillsboro’ Inlet, with its soup of cocoanut palms, which we reached at four o'clock; hay- ing made forty miles in seven hours—pretty good sailing against the current of the Gulf Stream, The tide was min- ning out, with but a foot of water on the bar, so we were compelled (o drop anchor wid wail for the flood tide Skip- per took the canvas bout, the Daisy, and explored the chan- nel, while Cuff jumped overboard and swam ashore to chuse *possuins, ‘oons, and hares, ‘ I never saw a better boat fora dingey or tendev than the Daisy, a Stranaban folding canvas canoe, ten feel long and weighing but twenfy-five pounds. I frequently passed in and out of inlets} through the breakers and combers, lookin for the channels, and never shipped so muchas a pint o water; for on account of her extreme lightness and buey- ancy she was always on top, skimming the erests lke a sea- full. We towed her astern the entire voyage inall kinds of weather and insome pretty rough seas, but the Daisy was always right side up and dry, and moreover, was no detri- ment to our sailing. The wooden skiff, Wait, would not have lived two minutes under conditions where the Daisy pone like a duck, and was alwiys hoisted on deck before sailing. Thue wind hanlvd around Lo northeast, blowimg fresh and kicking up quite a sea, causing the Rambler to jump and strain ab her cable like a tethered mustang, Finally, through the contriry forces of wind and tide, she settled inthe trough and began rolling fearfully among the breakers, when Dipper and I carried out a stern anchor in the Daisy and hauled her around into the wind, when she lay easier, but poor Jack was already the victim of mal de mer and had gone below, where he remained until eight o'clock, when there being a half fathom of water on the bar, we sailed into the river, ~ On the little bay just inside of the inlet is un old palmetto shanty and # well, constructed by old man Wutch seyeral rears before, where I then found him, nearly starved, wiit- na for his coinpanion, “Sailor Jack,” who had sone to Take Worth for provisions, bul who never went back, lav- jug shipped on a boat at Lake Worth for Halifax River, Jeaying ihe old man fo shift for himself. I found this Sailor Jack afow days afterward al Lake Worth just as he was About to sail for thé Halifax, when I took the opportnnity to preach hin s “sermon” on ‘man’s inhumanity to man,” Which seemedio he thoroughly appreciated by the small but attentive wudience, While out hunting the day after our arrival at Hillsboro’, dn the beach sernb, am unusual object caught my eye as T Was passing an open space between two bushes, which I saw if a second glance was \ large rattlesnake coiled up within two feefiof me. As I stepped back aud withdrew a buck- shot cartridge and inserted one of small shot, he began crawling lanfuidly and slowly away and without shaking rattle, when 1 shot his head off Te was six fect in lenwth, ind bad a very beautifully marked skin which I took off at ones, siyiig the body to Skipper, who had often Norrified the boys hy telling’ them of his great fondness for tried rat- tlesnake, But although this was a fine specimen, four inches in diameter, with luscious and tempting-looking steaks alone the backbone, all porterhouse and tenderloin, 1@ seemed to have suddenly lost all desire and appreciation for that kind of meat; at all events, he “‘cida’t seem to hanker after it,” As we returned, we passed a shallow, muddy bayou, the hottom of which was left dry by the cbh tide, where we saw some oysters, and struck it rich, These oysters were the fattest, largest, and had the finest favor of any I had ever fasted, and this is saying & good deal for one born and bred in Baltimore. They were all single oysters, none less than Six inches long, and were attached to the denuded stems and branches of sea-fans (Geryenin), and were thereby easily sacriedin bunches. Our dinner that day was & royal one: Dysters, raw. fried, roasted aud stewed; Spanish mackerel, broiled; venison steak; baked yams; boiled rice; sliced raw tomatoes, and fordessert bananas and green cocoannts. A full-crownigreen cocoanut is 4 delectable, delicious and am- Srosial delicacy calenlated to delight and tickle the palate of the most satiated and Aluee epicure, Taking off the husk, one of the ‘‘uyes” is opened, the milic poured oul into a cup, ‘and the shell cracked in halves, when the meat will be found of the consistence of diane mange; the milk is then poured hack and the contents eafen with a spoon, After wailiig a day or (wo in yain for 4 fair wind, we left Hillsboro’ River with a strony sowthexst wind and a ieayy chop sea, and sailed closebauled, making long legs and short ones down the coast, hound for New Riyer Inlet, tiventy miles below. After a few miles Jack was com- pelled to 2o below and Skipper was anxious to put back, Tut Twas desirous {0 know how fhe Rambler would behave ina heavy seavay. She worked tou charm, and after an exteedingly rough passage, the sea rumning very high, and Wn the tecth of half a gale, wemade New River Inlet, where, though the tide was ebbing, there was plenty of water on the bar, and weat once made the run in, with Skipper at the masthead to look out the ehannel, “A Jarge brig beating down fhe coast ahead of hs and laboring hard In the heavy sea, made it look worse fo fhe boys than it really was. though if was, forsooth, lumpy and dnsly enough, and proved Lo be (le roughest bit of sailing we encountered on the voyage. The wind had heen sqnally for seyeral days, hauling from northeast lo southeast, consequently, old At- Tantic was ona high and tried his bost to carry our bow- sprit away, but if was a stout stick and stood the racket bravely, We anchored in the river a hundred yards above the north point of the inlet, where there was plenty of water and good holding ground for the mud hook, New River, for six miles above its mouth, is tho siraightest, deepest and finest river I have seen in Florida, although a narrow one, Itis famous for its sharks, regulay man-cuters, some of them, and for the immense numbers aud variety of its fishes, The boys drove down a suubbing pust at the point of the inlet, where they hauled out sharks mntil their arms ached, I looked on at their sport with the utmost complacency and eyen with hearty satisfaction, helping then to haul out some of the larger ones, for ] remembered how nvarly | came to being devoured hy the monsters, at that very place, three years before. On that occasion Wash Jenkins, who has charge of the Life Saving Station (No. 4), eight miles above, had suiled us down the river to the south shore of the inlet, Where we resumed our tramp to Biscayne Bay. It was understood {lat on gur return we were to set five to the Scrub at the inlet, so that he, seeing the smoke, could sail down for us. We were gone a few days longer than we ex- pected, and arrived at the inlet again one day about hoon. We saw an old yawl-boat across the inlet, tied to some man- #royes, and which belonged to old man Futch, but so far as we were concerned it might as well have been in the Bahamas. Wesat fire to the scrub, but a strong wind from the north kept the smoke near the pround and Jenkins failed josec it, We slept on the Wench that night, and the next morning T told my party that if they would help fo buill a ratt, IT would cross over and get the boat, when we could wilk up the sea beach to thie station, We found a few water-souked logs and tied them together with vines, con- structing a rude raft about seven by three feet, but which, Of its own weight, settled flush with lhe water. 1 found a dint sticks, like a garden paling, some five feet long, a half inch thick, and three inches wide, which done duty as a paddle. J mounted the yaft, which sank to the bottom in the shallow water, but hy floating it into deeper water I Tuanaged by great care to preserve my balance, standing: upright, and found that it would sustain me, though if sank Henenth the surface some six inches, with my weight. _At low water slack I started, but [ found it diMoult navyi- gation, requiring the wimost cauticn to keep my equilib: fium and to prevent the frail structure from turning turtle nd spilling me overboard; a single plank would have been a shipin comparison, But by dint of hard and careful, but extremely slow work, I reached the middle of the stream. The tide then began to make, and with it came liundreds of sharks, string-rays, sawfish and porpoises. I had not thought of them before. Huge man-eaters swarmed around raft, immense rays dived heneath it, an occasional saw- fish would come darting toward me, stop suddenly, wap- ging his tail, seemingly undecided whether to run a saw on me or flop me oyer with his fail, while the harmless por- poises went rolling by, thinking it great fun, ‘The slightest FOREST AND STREAM... touch of a shark’s tail would haye capsized my craft and sent me floundering into the water, where T would soon have been divided, piece meal, and distributed into the maws of a dozen sharks. But I struck at them with the slight paddle whenever they came too close, and thus kept them at a respectful distance. While using the stick in this way it cracked at the middle; then it required double caution in paddling and striking, Winally, after a half hour's hard work T succeeded in getting acruss safely, where J bailed out the boat, in which was un oar, and scalled over after the boys, Under such trying circumstances there is nothing like selfpossession, level-headcdness und presence of mind, unless it be, ns Pat said, absence of body, Rushing in and out with the tide, at New River, fishes can be seen by thousands, snapping at anything, even # biti of white rag tied to the hook and thrown to them by a strong hand line, We took crévalle from ten to thirty pounds, always large ones hore, never less than fen pounds. By anchoring a boat in mid-stream they can be speared or prained as they swim rapidly by, often pursued by sharks and porpoises. Mr, Jenkins takes them in this way uj to forty pounds and cures and smokes them. The largest alligator we killed was here, He had crawled out on the shore where the boys had left some sharks, when Jack shot him from the schooner with a mid-range Peabody-Martini tifle at a hundred and fifty yards, knocking the cap of his skull off; he was twelve feet inlength. Alligators scem to be as much at home in salt water as in fresh. Six miles aboye the inlet is the ‘‘haulover,” opposite the site of old Fort Lauderdale, and marked by a group of cocoanut trees. From here the river ruus southerly, to its mouth, and parallel with the sea beach, the intervening strip of ridge heimg nowhere much oyer a hundred feet in width. At the hanlover the river spreads out into a broad, shallow bay, into which empty its North and South branches and seyeral ereeks, and is diversified by several islands, Two miles above the haulover, on the east bank, is the whart or landing of Life Saving Station No, 4, the latter a quarter of a mile away on the sea beach. We made fast to the wharf 4nd went to the station to see my eld friend, Wash, Jenkins, the keéper in charge. We found him alone, his family being away on a visit to Key West, He was very #lad to seé us, not having seen a human face since his family left three weeks before, His nearest, neigh- bors are at Biscayne Bay, twenty miles below, and Steve Andrews at Station No. 3, twenty-four miles above. We spent two or three days here shooting ducks, cools and suipe, and one day went out with Jenkins and his dogs for deer. Wash. went 4 mile above on a neck of land be- tween the North Branch and a creek, to drive, the rest of us faking stands across the timbered strip. I was sitting at the edze of some spruce pines, near an Open space coy- ered by gallberty and myrtle bushes, when I heard some quailnear by. L began fo whistle and call them wp, and soon had them all around me, There were, perhaps, thirty of them; they had never seen a human being before. 1 kept perfectly still, but continued whistling und calling, and had them hopping over my feet, cocking up their cunning little heads and looking knowingly at me with their bright round eyes, as they ran about picking at the buds and leaves and bits of grass, twittering and chirping like so inany young chickens. They soon wandered off and I was alone again. That night we planned an expedition up the South Branch to the Everglades, to yisil an Indian village, some twenty miles distant. Accordingly, next morning we moved the Rambler safely in the bay, making everything snug and taut, Taking our guns, a tod or two, some trolling tackle, and grub enough for seyeral days, we embarked in an Indian cypress canoe, belonging to Jenkins, come twenty feet in length, and two feet beam, with sprit-sail, poles and paddles, We started at nine o'clock, sailing across the bay to the South Branch, which, being very crooked, we furled the sail and Gach mun took a paddle. This branch of New River is much like othey riversin Southeast Florida. About an average width of fifty yards, with perpendicular hanks, eretn to ihe water’s edge with a profusion of wild grasses and shrubs, und with a varying depth of from three to twenty feet. Many alligators were sunning themselves on the sand spits at the lower end of the stream. As we pro eressed the water became deeper and the current stronger. The banks were clothed, usually with pines, with an occas- sional hamak of palmetto, water oak, swamp maple, bay. Spinish ash and other timber, Here and there were little coves or bights thickly grown with rushes, and aquatic plants bearing bright-colored flowers. We soon reached the great cypress helt, through which the amber-colored stream poured sijently and swiftly, though so cleay that great masses of white, coralline rocks, seamed, fissured and lying in endless confusion, could be plainly seen at the bottom, through the crevices of which were srowing the most beautiful and curious aquatic plants and grasses. The tall eypresses, with pale and griz- aled trunks, stood in serried ranks like grim spectres, orna- mented in a fantastic fashion with the scarlet plumes of air- plants, while their lon# arms meeting overhead were draped in heavy folds and festoons of gray Spanish moss. The solemn and impressive stillness was broken only by the wild cry of some startled egret, heron or osprey, which echoed through the weird forest with a peculiarly hollow emphasis, and at last died away in a low mournful cadence. Our own voices sounded unnatural and strangely sonorous, as as though beneath the dome of soine yast cathe- dral. ; Passing through the cypress belt we came to the “sloughs” where the stream divided into several smaller ones. The “sloughs” is a margin of tall grasses and shrubs of very lux- uriant growth, intersected by oumerous small streams, and lying between the cypresses and the Everglades proper. Getting through this we finally emerged into the Everglades seemingly a sex of waving green grasses, with innumerable —islands of all sizes, But these grasses are all growing in water, clear and limpid, with channels a few feet wide, di- verging and crossing in every direction, through which a canoe can be sailed or poled; there was then two feet of water inthe Byerglades. A brisk breeze blowing, we unfurled the sail and went skimming along, sreatly to our satisfaction and relief, for we were quite tired after paddling up stream some six hours. It is a hard matter to convey a correct, or even an approxi- mate idea of the region called the ‘“‘Byverglades;” it is unique, there is nothing like if anywhere else, As far as the eye can reach stretches a broad, level expanse, clothed in verdure of a peculiarly fresh and vivid green, a rich and intense color seen nowhere but here. The surface is dotted and di- yersified by thousands of islets and islands, of all shapes and sizes, from 4tew yards to many acres in extent, clothed with a tropical luxuriance of trees, shrubs and vines, The 25 mangrove here gives place to the cocon-plum, which grows in endless profusion amid the swamp maple, sweet bay, mastich, water poplar, gum, limbo, satin wood, water oak, and tower- ing above these, clearly revealed against the blue sky, the plume-like palmetto, while over snd around all, running riot in their exuberance, sre innumerable vines and creepers bear- ing flowers of gorgeous dyes. Sceing asmoke several miles away, we sailed in that di- rection through the intricate and narrow channels, often making short cuts by plowing through masses of lily-pads, deer tongue and lotus, As we neared the smoke we saw several canoes shoot out from behind islands on our right and left, their white sails gleaminy and darting along in the rays of the sctting sun like sea-gulls, but all proceeding in the same direction, toward the smoke. Suddenly, one we had hot seen came swooping down upon us like a huge bird of prey from the sheller of » smal) island, « tall young In- dian, clad ouly ina. light-colored shirt, » red belt and an enormous red turban, stood upon the pointed stern guiding the canoe with a.pole, while an elderly Indian sat amidships holding the sheet of the sail. They sailed through a con- verging channel into our course and waited until we were alongside, “How d'ye!” said I. flow!’ answered the old man. ‘Me see “um canoe; me ses um white man; me wait; me glad see “um. Flow!” “We come to see you; have a good time; come to see your village,” said 1’ ‘We got big canoe—schooner—at station—at Jenkins’s.” “TIn-cah! (yes, or all right). plied he, Here Jack put in his oar, saying: '‘We like Ingun; big Ingun; Mr. Lo! Come see ‘um; big Ingun, whoop-ee! squaw, hoop-la! papoose, hi-yah| wigwam! wampum! you bet! wa-hoo!” I saw from the twinkle of the old man’s eye that he un- derstood Huglish yery well, as be replied, good-naturedly: ‘Ha! Young man—talk heap—talk much—ho-la-wau- gus!” (bad, or no good). Then he continued; ‘‘Me Tiger; Big Tiger—old Tiger-tail my father—the chief; little chief!” Then, pointing toward the pines on the mainland, he said; “Me go—vyillagze—you come—in-eah!” The ', hauling aft the sheet, they shot away, our own heavily-laden canoe seeming to stand still in comparison Thase Indians had been at work in their fields on the islands, but seeing us coming, they quit work earlier than usual so as to get to the village before our arrival. Matuyal History. —————e THE BIRDS OF MAINE. With Annotations of their Comparative Abundanca, Dates of Migration, Breading Habits, etc. BY EVERETT sMITH Me glad see ‘um; in-cah!” re- o Fanmainy Fatconrmpa; Tae Fatcons.—ConcnupEep, 153. Marsh Wawk—(trews eyaneys Aud. ; Cireus hudsantue Ride. 430; Ofrews cyaneus hudsoniie Cs, 489.—Abundant. Arrives in April. Breeds on the ground; lays from four to six dull bluish white eggs, generally faintly blotched with pale brown, in May. The most abundant species of hawk throughout the inhabited portions of the State. The light gray plumage and the comparatively smaller size of the male bird misleads some persons into the belief that itis a differ- ent species of hawk from the larger female with its rich cin- namon brown coloration of plumage. But the large white spuce over the hase of the tail, common to both sexes, may easily be seen as the bird pursues its low flight over the fields and meadows, and is a characteristic marking of the species, The marsh hawks do not frequent the forests, but make their haunts about the fields, marshes, and open lands, where they may be seen quartering their chosen ground as systematically as trained hunting dogs. They are very de- structive to small game birds, such as are found in the fields ind marshes, and they also prey upon mice, frogs, snakes, etc, This hawk does not commonly pursue its prey. but pounces upon it unawares. 154. Cooper's Hawhk—dAsiur coopert Ridg. 431, Cs. 495,—Rare. An occasional visitant from the south. I haye neyer observed this hawk in Maine, nor even seen a specimen killed here. Prof, A. BE. Verrill mentioned it in his list of the birds of Norway, Maine. Mr, Boardman mentions it as ‘‘rare.” Mr. N. GC. Brown in- forms me that he has seen but two specimens here. One of these in the possession of Mr. L. ©. Daniels, taxidermist, at Portland, April 15, 1875, and the other one was alive in captivity af Gorham, Maine, in the possession of Chas. B. Mertill, Esq. Mr. Harry Merrill gives me the record of two shaciaiate killed in Penobscot county; one in 1878, and one in 1881, Although not a very large hawk, this bird is endowed with great strength, daring, and speed of flight. Many hawks caplure their prey chietlhy by darting suddenly upon it, but the Cooper's hawk will pursue the swiftest of birds while on the wing, with a sustained flight that | believe to le unsurpassed in speed by any other bird. I remember an incident that well displayed the wonderful rapidity of Hight of which this hawk is capable. One autumn day in Virginia, while shooting partridges, or quails (Ortyx virgiianus), a partridge that had been well alarmed by a shot from vach of my two companions, flew close by me, and «at that instant I obseryed the bird to suddenly increase its speed, as 1 Cooper's hawk gave chase. Swift as was the utmost speed of the partridge, yet much swifter was that of the hawk, which was quickly overtaking its prey as both birds disappeared from my yiew over the tops of a grove of small pine trees, ‘The incident served to illustrate the facts that 1 swift-flying bird like the partridge, already frightened, was capable of greatly increasing its speed upon urgent necessity demanding it, and that 2 hawk of this species is capable of u sustiined rapidity of flight even greater than the utmost speed of the Ortya w#nginianus, 195. Sharp-shinned Hawk— Sev insfructions at head of this colenuc. Black, By Mn, N. Elmore, Granby, Conn., for black and tan beagle bitch, whelped June 7, 1881, by Ringwood out of Pringess. Mugyie. By Mr. N. Elmore, Granby, Conn., for white, black and tan beagle bitch, whelped June 17, 1882, by Fiute out of Lucy. Prhute—Luey whelp, White, Wack and tin beagle doe, whelped dus 1, By Mr. N, Ehnore, Granby, Conng,, to Mr, J, Wheelock, Giay- ton, N, Y, . Ping weod— Wince whelos, Two white. black and tan beagle dogs, by Mr. N. Hlmore, Granby, Conn., to Mr. D. &. Wilbur, Lake- yillé, Mass, Ciy—Grace Whetp. Liver atu white pointer dog, whelped June2, by Mr, N. Elmore, Granby, Conu,, to Mr. D. &. Shurt, Boston. Mass. Hore Bell, Wnglish beagle bitch (Flute—Cossette), by Mr. N. BL more, Granby, Conn,, lo Mr. A. HW, Wakefield. Providetice, kK. 1. Ringwood-- Maida, ichelp, White, black ond tau beagle dog, whelped June 18, by Mr. N, Elmore. Granby, Conn., to Mr, J. . Harton, Jackson, Miss. Also two beagle dogs by Plute (Rat- Hler—True) out of Bess (Juno—Old Bess), woelped June Also twa White, black and tan bitches by Ringwood (Kanter—Beauly) out of Winnie (Rattler—Belle) ~ Rinwwood-Cossetle whelp, White, black and tan beagle doy, Whelned June 6, by Mr, N, Elinore, Granby, Cont., to Mr, Thomas M. Benjamin, Audenveid, Pa. Plite—Lucy whelp. White, black aud tan beagle bileh. whelped dune 17, by Mr N. Bimore, Granby. Conn., to Mr, Thomas M. Ben- jamin, Audenreid, Pa, Ringwood—Vietress whelp. dog, whelped June &%, Webster, Voronta, Ont, Thite—Luey whelp, White, black and Tan beusle biteh. whelped June 17, by Mr. N. thmore, Granby, Conn., to Mr William Brennan, Milwaukee, Wis. Ringunod—Winnie ond Ringwool—Maida whelpa Wlite, bhielk and ban Hicked beagle dogs, whelped June ih and June 17, by Mr, N. Elmore, Granby, Conus, to Dr. F. FP. Rehwinkel, Chillicothe, 0. Khig—Music whelp. White, black and tan beagle dog, whelped June as by Ma. N. Eimore, Crauby, Gonon., to Mr. CG. W. Skill, West- field, Mass. Flute— Livy whelp, White, blak and tan beagle dog, whelped June 17, by Mr, N. Elmore, Granby, Cotn,, to Mr. flenry Drain, Baitimore, Ma. Ring—Lady Bute iwhelp, White, Mauk and tan foxbound bitch, whelped July 25, by Mr. N. Wilmore. Granby, Coun., to Mr, Ei, G. Brodrick, Brockton, Muss, Nastes Vonrecrin,—I would say that the sire ot iny mastitt Black Prinee is Taurus (43%), not ‘Tamus, as you have it. and Dinah Of is by Trajan out of Ranee E., nol) Ranee, The mistake andanbtedly arose from my uot writing the name plainly. I have a letter from a party desiring to sell mbadog Tf a notice in your paper brings such quick retuims it tiust be a first-class advertising medium. Gero, L. HALEY. Grumiby, White, blitck and tan ticked beagle by Mr. N. Elmore, (iranby, Conn,, fo Mr. R, PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT. Gukwan Carp.-We would call the attention of those in quest of this now deservingly popular fish, 10 the advertisement of Mor, Geo, Finley, of Pittsburgh, “Coming events casb their shadows before,’ remarked the seer to the young Highland chief, ‘That backache und Jumbaga of yours may be prophetic of something worse. Praéyent that result by usin Benson's Capcrye Porous PLAster before anuther day is oul. other plasters have failed Henson's will uot, for if ip totally unlike them, Alldruggists. Price £5 cents.—dAdv. Mr, Mason’s Rarrie.—It will be seen by the stivertigemient of Mr. Mason's raftie that he has added the names of quije a number of gentlemen as references. Mr, Mason, asis well known, has hed a wost sxtensive show éxperieice, and he Says le can prove that he has won over five hundred prizés for pointers olone, aud these in- clude cups and specials at Hirmingham and many other large shows. Mr, Mason will Fare a number of his dogs on exhibition at ile Washington show. Such dogs as the Newfoundland Mayor of Bingley and mastuf Creole are only seem once in a lifetime. A New Bous on GakbeniyG.—Joseph Harris, Moreton Purm, Roch- ester, N. ¥.. has written a book called, “Gardening tor Youne and Old.’ [tis intended principally for the young. Mr. Harris is un old agricultural writer, He has a large farm, and is growing Reeds ‘extensively. We have his now seed catalogue for 1883, Poa oine a complete list of Dield, Garden and Flower Seed, with dipeetions Tor cultivation, Itis of special interest to the children. Let them drop Mr. Harris a postal curd, and they will get Be erect by ae a ddress, Joseph Harris, Moreton Farm. ester, .¥.—aAdy, : Fn, 8, 1883,] FOREST AND STREAM. Rifle and Crap Shooting. To insure prompt attention, commaniciations should be ad- dressed tothe Forest and Stream Publishing Co,, and jol to individuals, in whose dhsence from the affice matters of tin- portance wre tidhle to delay, THE WIMBLEDON REPORT. i ae report of the National Rille Association of Great Britain for 1882, which lias jusi been issued, is in every respect satisfactory anilre-assuring. Itshows clearly not only that confidence has been restored by the achion of the Conncil in regard to the ‘Wimbledon scandal,’ butthat the very bold course taken last year in altering the conditions as to position in military competitions was fot hurt fuleven to the pecuniary interesis of (he Association, The entrance fees for the Queen's were indeed slightly less than in 1631, lut the differsnee was very trifling, On the whole working of the year 1482, the handsome net profit of £1,883 odd was made, nothwithstanding that ihe new regulations 2s to the closing of the refreshment pavilion ath P. M. on week days, and all day on Sundays, uccessitiated by the aciign of the Putney and Wandsworth Vestries, inyalyed the loss of a considerable amount of rent. A large imerease was necessarily mAdein the eosf of the markers and register keepers by fhe with- drawal of many of the Regular t’oops onder orders for Heypt, and their replacement ot.a few days’ notice by non-commissioned officers aud privates of the Volunteers, On the other hand the heavy item for law charges, which, on account of the Portsmouth Gov't Martial, figured in the balance sheet for 1881, was this year of course absent, The Connejl take, on the whole, justifiably, a vary cheerful view of the state of affairs, They say that they beliéve that tue new ‘position” regulations, were generally admitted to be beneficial to the military shooting of the country—that the addition of a ‘Second Part’! tothe First Stage of the Queen's, has introduced “a more thorough test of marksmanship.’ and point out that the two new eompetitions for *Colts,” the Hop Bitters Coy Prive, and the Nursery Aggregate, are calunlated to encourage rite practice among Volun leers “outside of the comparatively small numpbér of suecess- ful shots,” The real history of the year's proehtae of the N. R, A, is, however, to be found jn the Balance Sheet, The Council points out that, not- withstandimp the Cn expense incurred by the employment of the Volunteer register-keeapers and markers, the cost of working for 1842 was tore than £250 less than in 1881. ‘he expenses at Wimbledon in 182 amounted to £6,485 1s. lid. as againsi £6,191 12s. 84, in 1881, an inerease of £2i4 bs, 8d. The cost of printing and stationery, and of the auditor's remunera- tion, was muen the same as last year ; while the office expenses have been reduced by about £0. But the law charges, which for the cause mentioned, were nearly 2500in 1881, were only twelve guineas in 1882. The whole ontgoings of the year, imtéspective of the amount piven in prizes, imounted to £8,877 as. Td. On the other side of the account wé find the subseriptions received on the whole were much the satie m 188 as they were in 149] ; and the “donations? consider- ably increased by those of the St, Gearge’s Committea, of the Hop Bitters Company, of Major McKerrell and of Mr, Whitehead. The ‘sate money” and tramway receipts were almost exactly the sameas im1S81, and there was wot much dilference in the miscellaneous in- eomings for camp fees, space for exhibitors, lockers, and the like, The rent of the refreshment pavilion as, for the cause above speci- fled, re laced from £300 to £100, The whole incoming, exclusive of entrance fees and of the divi- lends for investments amounted for the year ta £7,2121s, fd. The entrance fees, however, including pool payments, come to £15,228 2s. 24. as against £14,228 16s, ad. in the previous yeur: the amount given in prizes and pool payments was £12,433 17s, 7d, last year, £12,060 18s. Gd, beiug given iu 1841. A considerable portion of the sum given in prizes comes. of course, out of the “donations.” So far as the National Rifle Association is concerned, almost all the competitions paid well last year—that is to say, the entrance fee amonnted to far more than the amount giren by the Association in prizes, The Queen's, for instance, brought a net gain of more than £900, the Alexandra roore than £540, the Daily Telegraph £225, Glen Albyn £210, Grapliie £181, Martins £220, and the Windmill £242, Many competitions, sueh os the Prince of Wales’, the Permanent Staff, the Lloyd-Lindsay, and the Mappin, and some others, are nol intended to produce profit, and the Association Cups and Ladiss’ prizés only represent, by their cost, the smaller ea that are given to, those who heeome members of the N. R, A, The only really losing competitious ure those for “Any Rifles,” which, so far as the money given directly for the N. R. A. is concerned, show a net loss of about £50 altogether. ] We commend the perusal of the report of the Council of the Na- tional Rifle Association for 1852, and espemally the study of the scores appended to it, to those yolmteers who ure for ever jeering al Wimbledon and its ways, Lf they read the pamphlet in anything like a candi sprit, they will see, first. {hat the competitions are so varied and the list of prizes so long, that any man who is really a yery good shot has 4 fair chance, and that the honors oF the eathie are byno means reserved for well-known marksmen. He will also find that *pot-hunting,'! as it is farmed, is quite out of the question; and above all that the association, as we have said over and over again, iz réally only a. machine for distributing sweepstakes, taking necessarily a large proportion of the sums subseribed hy the com- etitors for its working expenses, It is quite certain that the Na- fional Rifle Assoclation has taught, not only the Volunteers, but the Regular aciiy how hoshoot, Had it not bean for Wintbledon, the principle of competitive rifle practice would never have been adopted im the Repinlar army, and the Volunteers might hayé died out as the Volunteers of the early part of the century died out, for lack of the element of emulation in an pxciting part of military work, whith was first brought out, and has ever since been fostered, by thase who have liad the management of the National Rifle Association, - Paliuntear Service Goeetie. THE PRINCIPLE OF EXPRESS RIFLES, AVING quite recently returned from TNasturn Montana my atten- lion has heen drawn to your issue of November 2, containing some vemarks upon ‘express rifles and express balls,’ This is a subject which has interested me a aces eal for many years and upon Which. I may with due modest add, I have written, aud more im- portant, concerning which I have made @ series of trials and experi- ments. If you will allow au English lover of the rifle and all that appertains to it to record his ideus in the American representative of our own oli standby, the Field (Londen), [would first of all ask you-whether the application of the name “express” to such rifles as the new pattern Winchester, shooting a 50-bore expansion bullet and S0grs of powder. is not 4 trifle misleading, There are few better shooting American arms than the Winchester and there is perhaps no rifle better adapted to the frontier and its exigencies bite in my humble opition itis decidedly not an express rifle as that term is nnderstood in Hugland which, ag itis needless to add, is the county where this principle was first introduced. indeed which is the only country where to-day express rifles are made. The expansion bullet used by the Winchester Company is fairly od. tis light, and the composition of the Metal insures sufficient, brittleness, though in my eyes a patched bullet, such as the English express bullet, is for seyeral reasons better. My fault- finding with the application of the term fexpress to the arm under consiceration centers in the small charge of powder, Were. is a little ‘move fhan half what the lighter Knglish express rifles of similar bore (.500) shoot, 7. ¢., 1bbgrs., propelling a ball that weighs from 320.0 340grs. The whole principle of express rifles piyots upon large charges and light bullets, that expand and remain in the body of the animal, thus inflicting the entire strilting energy of the bullet. While this latter arm has mundoubtedly proved itself of Whequalled usefulness for all kinds af deer, from the large wapiti or elk to the Indian gambeer stag, Nobody, of course. would use it in the chase of the dangerous pachyderms, while its advantages for other dangerous game, such as the larger species of bear, tiger, the buffalo of India, and even the American bison, whieh, in a far re- moter degree can be clussed under thab category, is, as would appear from the abundant but strangely conflicting evidence to he found in Qnglish class journals, a matter still sub judicea. bir Samuel Baker, who has killed moré elephants than ony man living, uses 4 rifle that, strictly speaking, is nol on express, for its hove, .A77, taking a solid (48grs, ball, consumes only 6 drams (165zrs.), while the velocity of this missile is, by chronographic test, nob more than 1,500ft, (initial), its striking is as great as 5,520 footpounds, and with 7 drams of powder, 4,399lbs. Not everybody is so powerfully built as Sir Samuel for the recoll of thisTifle. Notwithstanding that it weighs as much as 12lbs., must be on acvount of the bullet's enormous weight, something formid- able, for, a8 eyeryhody knows, the recoilis nob so much dependent upon the size of the charge as upon the weight of the missile, Our good English rifle makers, while expecting to be paid for their tyolible, have for many years cordially continued to make very thorough experiments with the different types of rifles, and their manufacture has reached an amazingly fine point of development. No doubt American gun manufacturers would soon come up to a Similar high standard, but unfortunately there are in this country very few men willing to pay from $200 bo $450 for a singla double- barreled express rifle, While thonsands think $85 or $40 quite suffi- cient to pay for their sporting tools. Where Amerivan manufacturers are yet open te improyementts. not necessarily making their arms more inferior, is the lighter 4 Gight and hetter balance of their arms, An English @Xpress comes up to the shoulder just as easily as a shotgun, and why men should refer to lug about seven on cight pounds of useless and overweight iron is on anigrod 1.0 not w few who have given this matter some at- tention. [have done agood dealof shooting in the course 6f the last twenty years, and for the last four years in the Rocky Moun- tains, and if you will pardon some selfish shop-talk, I should hike to mention the particulars of a rifle which not only in my own eyes, but in those of é¢yery body who has handled the weapon, combines merits which makes if the most useful arm for the amateur sportsman in those latter regions. Mén often do some tall shooting in print (the words of arecent Western writer in your columns who maintains that the hitting of a grouse Atiwo hundred yards with open sights and offhand isu very ordinary performance, come, I fancy, under this type—marksmanship) L will therefore only remark thatit’s shoot- ing is as goud us Can be expected from a rifle shooting a compara- tively large charge of powder, praise borne out by the Gireumstance that in (ie course of our many matches at short and loug sporting ranges, it has only been twiee beaten. [tis 4 double-barreled .f0-ex- press rile, weighing eight and a half! pounds, the left for the usual Hnglish expansion bullet (820grs.), the right fora heavier (420) solid napatched ball, the charge is for both the same, é e., 140 grains: the recoil, whith sportsmen in this country seem to dread, is with the light express bullet hardly perceptible if the rifle is held at all firmly. With the solid itis a jittle heayier, but yetless than that of the usual .50 express, shooting, as Tmentioned at the beginning, a 340 grains bul- let, propelled by 166 grains of powder. In outward make the arm is exactly similar to a shotgun, with the usual pistol grip, enabling one to do as quick shooting as with a duck-gun, a very important factor for suapshooting at deer in dense timber or underbrusn. The front sight is of the usual Hnglish shape—a long ridge, forming, when looked at from the shooter's standpoint, a fine globe sight, The mid- dle sight is longer, or rather broader, than the American, and the V-shaped incision somewhat finer. With these sights good shooting at close ranges can be made, For mateh purposes, or for long shots at standing game, [haveinvented what is generally pronounced an effective back or peep sight. Immediately behind tne right hammer, within casy reach of the right thumb, there is a small button which, when pressed, releases a spring which sends into position an upright. peep-sight—/, ¢., a disk the size of a nickel, supported by a slender arm, the whole of which, when not used, lying tat in the ironwork running from the hammers back to the stock. In thedisk there are tivo fine holes, one above the other, the lower corresponding with the center sight, the upper with a flap in the latter, which, by rais ing, increases the range of the rifle from 175 to 800 yards and virtually mukes of a sporting rifle a match rifle. Everyhody who has ever used a peepsight knows the great adyan- tages Which it giyes him, and Iean answer for some good shooting it has enabled me to do, aided to a certain extent by the presence of hair triggers. It will perhaps suggest itself tothe reader that the two bullets of different weigbt will give different shooting, So they do, but it does not require any long practice to fet to know how to prevent over or under shooting. For bear and bison the solid bullet is Ai, and the facility of casting them when out in the wildsisa great advantage over the expansive express bullet which I have to take with me from England. I have now used four of these rifles, made, of coure, expressly to order, and had I wished I could haye sold them for more than what they cost to Western hunters who admired their quality and combination, Rite shooting is tinding ¢yery day a larger cirele of votaries in this country, and no doubt many aman would gladly hear a few reliable facts about a rfie which is so exclusively used by the globe-trotting English sportsmen in all parts of the world, thongh lmust add that the construction of solid and express bullets, requiring as they do different rifiog,is my own idea, and so faras I know not used in England, AurHoR oF ‘CAMPS DY THE Rockies, "* RANGE AND GALLERY. GARDNER, Mass,, Peb, 1.—At the lash meet at Hackmatack Range there waa the sual ardor and enthusiasm. The ineh ring and Creed- moor target combined was used, distance 200 yards, off hand. The following is the seore: 4 a 0. Re 2G} Totals, GE Disworth.---... 5... 4. 92 47 of 46 18) 98 A Mathews.. AeA meet oh 47 173, 98 DN Dodges wisest ss neetaeae ree ab TB 44 161 RA GAG dtrihitias sees scat boon teem. 60 B a 1440087 Bewiltiqms,....,.2-2i5,c2thias Erp 42 wa 4d 148 BG CeCGaodall ne ies 7 45 BB 42 14587 F Underwood... ........ -..0 AL 41 re de 138 Kh WORCESTER, Mass., Feb, 1.-The series of matches under the auspices of the Worcester Rifle Association was continued at Pine Grove Rapge to-day. There was a strong wind. and the tempera- ture was retreating fast toward zero, The following was the récord in the two matches, the third being omitted: Creedmocr, : SADC a dt een eerep egress tepee & ee oD) She Fh hg CUATtHMII Se. 2- tise 65 b6 444 4 4-44 fete) Thais joer) aes a ey A444 44 4 5 5-49 AL Rica 4554 {62.2 8C Cece ery 44h 4 4 5°5 4 4 4-413 (MMO ee Re EER SREB BARS Seon Sodom 4445 46 44 & 4 4—43 PEN AIOE SEE AE re SHER A Add. 4.4 44 6 4J'3 4 h 5-42 EA Bartlett,...... , 6 44 4 38 4 b 4 4 5-ll F Wesson... . patio 4 545 4 4 8 4 5 44 J N Freeman. t:22 od 2 4 3 ob 4 4 OH 440 ys \iev, Wa (0) | 7 eee = eee ee wulsce 8 4 4 8 8S 4 2 596 Decimal. Stedman Clark......,--..,..---..--.-6 &@ 7 6 0 7 7 8 8 9-75 CO TnISenUry.. eee eee ; weit aBi lt, ee od Dale te 8S Ds AMP ERICE statu tens petilete tepele te heet Cue ne 4281 7 8=5 5 5 10—62 (QArhiitnee 8. pens se Ree fe een ee oe sind 74 7 6 BB DY 460 Sif. LOUIS, MO,—The St. Louis Long Range Rifle Associalion shoot every Saturday atthe Schaaf target, in size equal to the Ureed- moor target, and counting from fen (bullseye) downto one, Tf the weather will not permit outdoor shooting, they {practice at Capt, Schaget's gallery range, the 2yds. target reduced to seventy-tive feet. [Following are scores just completed, Capr. Foster's team de- feated Capt. Bagby's, the scores being the best of the season. The distance was seventy-five feet, Ballard rifles, three-pound pull of trigger, were used, The possible team score was 600; FPaster’s Team. J P Poster, Capb........- 9 4 10 10 0 10 10) 8 1-96 Wm. P. Schaat 9 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 WW Q-nF JJ Laughlin. . 1) 6 69 WW 10 1 6) 100 68 896 ¥ Webster..... -9 040 21 8 9 10 H ID—Ht J f° Minnich --_- i 9 § io 1 10 9 1 10) 9—H6 DS Randolph......,..-.-- § 20 9 1070 29 10 9 10 95-574 Bagby’s Team, HO Bagby, Capt......-.9 7 10 9 1010 7 9.10 9—90 A Bengel........... 1 9 Ww 10 10 W 10 10 10 Wty CB Smith...... .f 10 10 10 1 8 1 9 1 9H P ByLeach -..,,,. .109 10 10 10 19 WO i0 10 10) «9-98 WI de Cordova, .. & 10 1 10 8 10 10 9 10 19—96 TW Rennolls..-,..--...8 8 &§ 9 10 9 10 7 10 9—90—570 GALLERY WORK,—There was a rush in gallery shooting during last week at the Mammoth rifle gallery, Washington street, Raston, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the last three days for the Janu- ury prizes, the shooting was incessant. Among the iarge number who haye been present no one succeeded in displacing Mr, J. Merrill of the Massachusetts Rifle Association from the leading position, with a good 236 for first prize, Mr. Merrill not euly wius first prize but also wins in extra prize of $2U for making eight conseentive bullseyes, Tn the amateur panes match the finest shorting of the season has bean done, and Mr, P. E. Rollins of the Press Association takes the first prize with the fine record of 231 ont of a, possible 250, just tive points below the leading man in the All-camers’ match, All-Gomers’ Match. PI SNUCDTEL, selene ets te eBay dent picetael reek tceh eletete bidet ete 48256 J Franeis_.._____. 47233 W #H_Harrison. . AT—233 U A Pollard... .-. 4h— R27 CS Seyon._- 46—226 CB Bartlett 46—221 L Wood... 44—216 JASmall ...... 44— 215. FE Rolling .. J Smith, ... A B Wilson JH Birt dT —RAT 4i—2R7 45—227 45204 | ground traps, miteh—Six cash prizes, and one prize of $20 to the person making the twenfy best suores during the month, Amateur badge match, No. 1—Open to any one who has never madeé hefter than 231 ont of a ossible 250. Amateur badge mateh, No. 2—Open to any one whe as never male better than 225 cub of a possible 2hl), BOSTON. Feb. 3.—The winter shed at Walnut Hill to-day was oceupied by a few bold ones, who faced the storm to engage in their fayorate amusement, The show ceased falling about 11 o clock. ane the wind trom three o'clock was so light as to give little trouble. The leaden sky brought ent the bull prominently and until adbowtsssu P.M., the weather conditions were execllnt. After that time ib béecameé too dark to see well, bul still the Sentlemen continued aboot ing for an hour longer. The several matches announced last weer were opened aid fairly patronized, The best seore in the decimal off-hand mateh was a 72, made by A. “Dulfee’ with a military rite. Tn the other matches the gentleman withdrew witbout finishine a score, with the exception of the revord maieh and Creedmoor, and which resulted as follows ; A ALESIS 20) neta tenors ts bee fa eee ert ne S80 7 PW Bid Be F Dwight..... Mee ' G1 6 6 6 4 2 6 Fie J 7B Thomas. --_- ree ree ah tb Soe ed a! De aes DRSS ALES sah ldadet bs dete dacie ni ddee eet. [25 08 4h 6 4 F4n H Severente, opelisights,, ...........24 1 1 & & U 4 8 F—ah 8 Gilmore, open sights. .....---..,.5 5 0 3 8 8 0:4 2 8-4 Creedmoor Match. J P Bates...... pe: 2440 6 &@ 4 44 4 5o4¢4 J B Thomas 105 ¢ fh 55 8 4 4 hdd 5 A Carter 44h 44h 4 4 2 Aa ¥F wight, wa ot 4 a 4 65 4 ¥ 4 dR ES Giltmove, mil... ......0,.2.. 444 5 45 4 3 4 4-40 CoE Stiles! miles telco thc ot 3.8 44 4 4 4 8 4 5—oK TF. Barr, mil,... a@4+4444 9 4 6 Jay 8 EK Gilson, mil.. ......- q+ 44 44 3 9 8 4356 A MATCH OF MISSHS.—A pigeon shoot took place on Thursday Fab. 1, at Cashel, Ontario, berween J, Belt, of Mast York, aud E- Magill, of Markham, at fifty birds each, for $100 a side. The mateb was trap and handle, for each other, A better loto® birds could pot, have been furnished for that purpose.as they left the trap like rocicets. Thea mateh was well attended. Mr. Joseph Taylor, of Toronto. was teferee. Following was the score. Belt winning by 9 hirds, when 42 had been shotat: Tet tty tenes Wellington, No. # =“ Park, was; Fe ied) (aa ipeade ehh nares a beset 1 Oe che ho at Os ts Gri Mera Le tod 02 0 7 1 are 10 TOO 0 4 0 eat g {2 he, Dees 0b : 6 wing is a mechanical art likes hilliard-playing or boxing, The seers lies in the hand evaming subservient to the eye, ‘The eye isneyer at fault, but the riuselks of the arm must be made quick and supple, The expertniess of enn- jovers with their hands and arms is needed in a perteet wing-shot. ‘The sight on the gun is of little use, as is seen by the suecessful way in which ghoners kill dueks when if too dark to see the sights. When the trigger is pulled the hand holding the cun must be trainer so that it will still continue to keep the bird coyered—Aaston Globe, BELGIAN TIR NATIONAL.—A movement is on footin England among fhe volunteers to establish a prize to be shot for each yearby the Garde Ciyique at the Belgian Tir National. The prize is to com- memorate the 25th anniversary of the Tir at Brussels. NEW REPEATING, RIF LEA moisgaine rifle invented by Ferdi and Mannlicher, of Vienna, has shown exceplionally good results at varios tridls in England, Tt ¢an he made at a very moderate price. THE TRAP, CARVER AND BOGARDUS. A MATCH has been arranged hetwean W. BP. Carver and Capt, A. t H. Bogardus, to be shat af Louisyille, Ky., on Washington's Birthday, February 22nd, for $500 aside, winner lo take gate money, The articles of agreement provide that the birds. 225 in munoher, he furnished onthe pround by a man toitnally agreed upon, on the day of shooting; the birds shall he mixed together, then separated, and trapped by two men; the men to be furdished hy the referee. The traps fo be used are what are termed ground traps, five in number, to be placed at a distance of thirty yards from the shooter, and five yards apart: if a machine is not used, the number of the trap mnst be decided by throwing dice under the referee's controt, Thé puller oF the traps must he a man or men appointed by the reg eree. The birds must he retrieved hy a dog or man, agreed wpon he- fore the shooting commences, . The shooting must commence at one o'cloalk February 22. and the match must be decided on the sanie day. if possible, Jn vase the shooting should result in a the, the referee myast name time und place where the match shall he finished; under uo eansfderation shall thé match terminate in a draw, The boundary shall he eighty yords, tinless the shooting tultes eae in a regular shooting ground, then the fence shall he the oundary line, The weight of the «nm used must nofexeved eight pounds ;ihe charge of powder, J drams; the charge of shot one ounce and ane fourth, by actual weight. Should any other questions arise, not provided for in this article of agreement, the referee most decide such questions necording to the London (ain Club rutes. The articlestare signed, hy “Dr. W. &, Carver, Champion Shot of the rae and “Capt. A. 71. Bogardis, Champion Wing Shot of the world. Tn connection with the above inatel: the Lonisville Sportsmen's Association will hold i tournament, Wednesday. Fel), 21—Class shovfing for purse of $250, 3 single birds, 25yds. pluuge trapis - second match, cliss shooting, purse of $500, 10 single birds. aiyds, D Thursday—The Carver-Bozardus mateh, Wriday— Glass shooting, purse or #400, 8single birds. 2iyds, plunge traps ; setond match, class shooting, $500, 10 single Meds, 26yds, plunge traps. The manager's address is J. O, Barhour, Louisville, Ky, NARRAGANSETT GUN CLUB. ABE first toumament of the Narvayansett Gun Club was Leld at ; piel range jo Providence, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan, 30 and al. On Tuesday the weather and aftendance were all that conld be de- ee Shooters from nearly all the New England States were pres- ent, unong them were the following well-known sportsmen: H. H, Francis, President, and I’, 'T. Noble, Secretary of the Massaclinsette Glass Ball Association; Major L, J. White, JG. Ruge, W. 8. Perry, C. B. Holden, HK. T. Smithand A, Houghton of Worcester; TU, Field- ing, Capt, G, R. Durand and A, Hopkins of the Malden Olub; Dr. Gerrish of Exeter, N. H.; A, AH, Perry of Topsham, Me.; H. Nichols of Bridgeport, Conn., wnil many others. The matches were sweeps, class shooting, 4) 80, 20 and 10 per eent. yrizes. The following are the winners in the first day’s shoot, with thete scores. Inthe single rises theties were miss and aut, and in the double match the ties were at two pair: Fitst Match, (pigGons. iSyds. rise, 25 entries. E. T, Smith and T. ©. Wielding divided Ist; L. G. White and A. Hopkims, 2d; W. H, Shel- don and F. 1, Noble, a; G. Gary, 4th. Second Match, 7 balls, iSyds. tise, 24 entries. C. B. Holden and W.S. Perry, ist; L. G. White, G. Sampson, Folsom, and J. Rugg, 2d; Dr. Gerrish, H. Nicholson and W.H, Sheldon, 3d; A, Hooking, 4th. _ Third Match, 7 pigeons, layds, rise, 26 entries, L. White, EK. Smith, G. Rugg and G, Sampson, Ist; W. A. Sheldon, 2h: T, Vielding and G, Cary, 8d; M. Gilman and §, Folsom, dth, Fourth Mateh, 7 balls, 18yds, rise, 28 entries. J, Valentine, 1, Smith and 8. Héwitt, ish; W. H. Sheldon. 24; Dr. Gerrish, C. Holden and F. Noble, 3d; 1. Tinker, 4th. Fitth Match, 7 pigeons, I5yds. rise, 25 entries. J. Valentine, L. White, G, Sampson tnd A. Perry, ist; WH. Francis, A. Hopkins and R. Shaeiter, 2d; M, Gilman and H. Nichols, dd: Beers and PF, Nobile, th, Sixth Mateh, 5 pair pigeons, liyds., 27 entries. MH. Nichols aud C, Holden, 1st; W, 5S. Perry, 2d: A. Perry and D [irkwood, dd; ¥, Nobie and 'T. Wielding, 4th. Seventh Match, ,7 birds, layds. rise, S entides. W. Perry, A. Pervy 36 FOREST AND STREAM, [Pre, 8, 1883 aud EH. Smith, ist; J, Valentine, H, Nichols and TL. White, 2d; 8. Greene, Jr. and D. Kirkwood, 8d; W. Sheldon and G, Gary, 4th. Righth Match, 7 balls, i8yds. rise, 20 entries. J, Valentine, ©, Smith and C. Munroe, Ist; Dr. Gorrish, H. Nichols, L. White, R. Sebaetfer, wi cae ie and H, Francis, 2d: 5. Hewitt and A. Hoplins, 3d; I. ord, 4th, The second day of the shoot opened with good attendance and fair weather, but about noon the rain commenced to fall and put an end to the sport. The matches shot were as follows: First Match, 7 pigeons, liyds, rise, 22 entries, J.B. Valeutine, W. G. Crandall and A, H. Perry divided ist; C. B, Holden and H. H, Francis divided 2d; A. Houghton and R, 1. Schaeifer divided 3d; G, A, Sampson and H. I’. Rice divided 4th, Second Match, 7 balls, 18yds rise, 20 entries, W.F. Perry and W. G. Crandall, ist; R. ¥, Shaetfer, G. T. Crandall and T, GC. Field- ing 2d; FP, T, Noble and W. 8, Sheldon, 34; A. Houghton, 4th, third Mateh, 7 birds, 15yds rise, 22 entries, ©. M. Stark and R, F, Shaeffer, Ist; G. A, Sampson, HB. A. Folson and C. Holaen, 2d, H. H. Francis, T. C. Fielding and A. Nichols, 4; 2. T. Smith, tth. Fourth Match, 7 balls, 1Sytis vise, 19 entries. C, Wilber, J. Valen- tine and B. T. Smith, ist; C. M. Stark and R. F. Shaeffer, 2d; I. T. Noble, 8d; Dr, Gerrish, 4th. (The ties were divided after shooting off fill two or three remained, aa the weather threatened rain.) J. B. Valentine, of the Narragansett Sib, in the shooting at glass balls, broke 49 straight from the Holden trap, the majority at 1byds. rise, but some of them wére from the 2lyds. stand, Taken on the whole the tournament was a success, and when the Narragansetts hold their next toitnament they hope to see the same sportsmantike and gentlemanly gathering of the yarious representa- lives of the New England clubs who by their presence made the tournament one long to be remembered by the members of the Narragansett Gun Club. H, L. Pater, Sec. The Providence Star says of the tournament: “The visitors. who eame from all the Isading clubs in New England, were a fine set of shooters, gentlemanly and worthy representatives of their respective associations, and their visit will be remembered with pleasure by the Narragansetts. It is more than probable that a number of bath single and team mutches will soon he made hetween the different clubs, as more than one member of the logal ehib is anxious to shoot arace with sportsmen from other States,” MALDEN GUN CLUB.—The second champiouship contest for the fwo handsome solid medals came off on Saturday at Wellington. The series of shoots for the two golden trophies of 18¢8 run through the first Saturdays in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September aud October, The two members who shall have won them the greatest number of times, to own them. Not class shooting but the highest scores to win. The contest was very excit- ing. Inthe second round of five birds a quintette of shooters had each scored ten, evincing a steadiness of nérve and self reliance which elicted the applause of numerous spectators, Inthe third round a trio of the gallant five failed to connect. Messrs. Jones and Pield- ing having senashed every bird in the fourth round were declared the winners with a clean seors of twenty birds each, The tie was shot off at five birds which resulted in another ¢lean score, and again the two pladiators caine together and the veteran Jones broke his thirty consecutive birds with the ‘skill of a Carver or Bogardus, which entitled him a second time to the first prize gold medel; while Fielding, only baying broken twenty-nine out of thirty birds had to be contented with the second prize gold medal once more. There were nine aspirants, who made the following scores in the champion- ship badge match: Jomes...... 1NITN111111—20 Brown ~..14111117110007701111—16 Fielding, ,.11111911111111111111—20 ~Sowther. ..11111001100111101111—15 Bulffum., MINN 1I—19 9 Hanford.,.1110101101N Idi —15 Noble..... TUIAM111011 10101047 Adains,, .00001110101110110131—12 Loring... 11111711001100114 19 11—17 Wellington Mateh Na, i—{birds). J Buifum,....--..--, WMiW1—10 FT Noble.. aeheteta 11101101 11— 6 Re-entry _AM1MOi— § AF Adams 1111111010— 8 T C Fielding -1111111311—10 J Hopkins. 0111 010101— 6 Re-entry - - ,110111— 9 “G RSoswther,..._,. 001110110 6 Loring........)..,.. 4011111 9 Wellington Mateh No. 2 (balls). J Hopkins....-,---...0111111011—8 J Loring,......,,---- 1011101010—6 GR Durand... ...... T11011110i—8 GR Sowther........, ONION 5 J Buffum............ 111011101 -7 The Welliagtonu match No, 1 will close next Saburday. The Tournament on Peb, atthe Malden Gun Club's grounds at Wellington bids fair to beat any previous one held there, as the com- mittee of srrangemenis hss Wehbe recetyed notice from some twelve gun clubs that delegations from those clubs will be there. NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Andy Meaders availed himself of Pee spring-like temperature, fo show his skill oo glass ball shooting. e broke 100 straight and 94 double balls, the one at 25yds_rise and thrown at random; the others at 15 yds, rise. This is regular Bogardus work.—J. D. A. MYSTIC POINT GUN CLUB —Oleveland, Ohio. Fab. 1.—Messrs. Harvey and Thompson shot five matches on Saturday, for the cham- jionship of the club, The day was splendid, and the shooters were u excellent condition. Tan clay percussion balls, ifyds rise, Stock & Morris trap, screened; Thompson .--.,,,. ..,4/111i1171—10 -,,....L11001L111— 9 Thompson ,,.....-.,,,d1iM111—10 Harvey..........- 1111001THi— 8 Thompson... ---..-_. 411111311110 ... 11011 11— & Thompson. , OLT1011I— 7 - -,,--1011100011— 6 Thonpson,.... . 199110111110 “Haryey...-.....-- 111101111-- 9 Ag yeti) a Hachting agd Canoeing. To insure prompt dalfention, communications should be ad- dyessed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the office matters af im- portance cre licble to delay. FIXTURES. June 21,—WNew York Y. C, Annual Matches, June 23,—Sea vanhaka Corinthian Matches, THE VALUE OF SIZE, Pp the London Field, january 16, io steatts the following: */One opinion whieh 'C. 5. has formed is not quite correct, as in is hasedou incorrect facts. Ibis not afact that the narrow 3-tonners of ubont d0tt. were equal to broader boats of @équal length, in anything like & breeze, as was proved by the manner Keepsake beat Mascotte at Southsea, when she not only gave her the liberal allowance of something like ten minutes, bub beat her two minutes beyond that,” One of the castjron dogmas of those advocating length rules is that hoats of a length, without regard to their size, have equal speed. This argument was used by Mr. A. Cary Smith in a recent interview with the Herald, and the narroy 4-fon cutters and broad Ttcheu boats of Mugland were cited as a case inproof. So far from being equal ina breeze, the shove quotation from the Field affirms exactly the contrary to be the truth. Jt ittustrates most forcibly*the injustice of sailing large and small boats on an equality because they happen to be of the sama length. The better performance of the Itchen heats in rough water over the small Cutters of same length was due to their superior mMomen- tum and weight derived from the use of greater bulk. The owner of tha small boat has au inherent right to choose his form as he pleases, and equity should compel a larger boat to pay for the greater oppor tumties forthe incorporation of power which greater bulk earries with it separate altogether from any point of model. A length rule, fs appears plainly from the test between d-tonners of 5 and 6 tons displacement and the a0ft. Ttchen boats of 9 tons displacement, drives every owner or designer, nolens volens, into the construction of great bulky bowls on their length because possessed of the most power, No rule can be fa which forces one type and prejudices others. Some people, ind we ave apiong them, consider the problem ot design best solved in the creation of the smallest boat and rig with the most available accommodations. Others may lean to the largest and unhandiest bout, but that does not justify their antagonizing other styles to absolute exclusion by a special rule in favor of their particular hobby. As between the Itehen boat of # tous displacement, and large body and rig ond heavy cost on one side, and the small, snug and economical gutter with 6 tons displacement on the other, a bull rule would work with perfect equity in demauding the large and powerful boat to pay, for extra size used, so that the question of Imes and eae may be set- tled upon the basis of equal size in both boats, all three dimensions being unfettered, and not only two asiinder a lengthrule, Wecom- mend this English experience to committees and others who have heen building upon the falséassumption that large and small yachts of like length have been shown possessed of equal speed. The as- sumption 15 wholly fictitious, HULL YACHT CLUB. dS lg rapidity with which the Hull ¥.G, has grown from an infant organization with twenty-seven members and seventeen yacts in June. 1880, to a leading position not only in the Hast, but in the United States, is a subject its promoters may justly contemplate with pride. Good management, liberal counsel, energy, encouragb- ment of Corinthian features, and small boats, and cash prizes, and a, wideawake spirit of progress are at the bottom of its mmexumpled Suceess. The clitb is an Institution not byén approached by any nbion in New York and has éven in the Bast buf one vigorous com- peutor in its particular sphere in the prosperous Beverly Y, C. The club was formed June 26, 1880, with a nucleus of seventeen small yachts and twenly-seven members, with the object of further- ing legithnate racing in small boats with ballast fixed mm contra- distinction to the machine arbletics of sand bag tossIng which rahs yacht building and sailing of all the goad to be expected from rac- pS The original members and théir fleet were made up of the dllowing ; Name, Yachts. Name. Yachts. Cary. W.A..... C.B. Cat, Crickeit. Patterson, T, V,,.... Bin db ht in Clark, Joshua.,..K, Cat, Elsie W, Perkins, C,A,.... K. Sloop, Fairy. Conant, J. H...C.B. Sloop, Sheila. Phinney, J. P.. 0.5. Slip, Rehie, Conant, H, J. tt Phinney, W. L._..C.B.Cat, Janet, Curtis, N.......C.B. Cat, Tdlewild, Poor, C.H....... C.B.Cat, Myrtle, Ourtis, H, N...-.,,.-.-........-... Pulsifer,R, M..C.B.Cat.¥. Currier. Fowle, W.P....... C.B.Cat, Dinid. Read, John. i Forbush, G,§._..C.B,Sloop, Dolly. Read, Wm., Jr,. Holbrook, F. B.Sloop,Quilp, Rishardson, 8. W.,.-............. Lambert, W, B,.U,B,Cat,Clara B, Sheriff, W. B.....:. .B.Cat, Julia Litehfield, W.H,.C.B.Cat, Marion. Starwood, H. Pi... Merrill, Moody.......-.-..4. in Vanrhu, B,., .C,B.Cat, Juliet Wattles, A. 8... -B.Sioop, Allie. The pany for matches open to all comers quickly established the club in popu- Rarly in 1881 the organization experienced the first of thé tide of rapid expansion, which has flowed steadily ever since. In Jnme of that year there were 82 members with 15 yachts, In July 16 new names were added and the Heel increased by 6 sail. Tn August there were accessions to the ranks, bringing 14 more yachts. In September 4 more members were listed, and in December no less than 2h with d more yachts, bringing the total at the end of the year, or for the first 14 months in existence, up to 102 members and 38 yachts. Two resignations took place and 2 sail were withdrawn. The officers for 188i were; Commodore, W. B. Lamberh; Vice-Commodore, GC. A, Perkins; Secretary and Treasurer, T. F, Patterson, and W, 1. Sheriff for Measurer, Regatta Committee—W. B. Lambert, 0, A. Perkins, H. P, Stanwood, W, L. Phinney and W. A. Cary It is noteworthy that the Hull ¥. G. is a business-like concern and has never sought to follow the kindergarten nonsenue of electing feet surgeons, fleet chaplains and other like trash which burden most New York clubs with enough superfiohs red tape to suggest ‘play soldiering’’ us the object of their existence. The Hull ¥, CO, early adopted the method of clocting members by committes, leaving if to a general yote in preview lo reject by a cer- tain number of black balls. This plan has been tried by other ¢luhs, and was recently adopted here by the Seawanhuka Corinthian Y. 0. Tt has the advantage of enabling a sfrister inyestigation of charac- ter and oceupation of the ApplEent on one side, andon the other removes the possibility of the exercise of private spite or spleen by one or two members upon final vote ata peneral meeting. The plan isu safeguard to the elub against the introduction of undesirable elements, and at the same time a protection to the nominee. Tn 1881 the annual election was held June 25, at the Commodore's house, in Hull. The seooud meeting, June 29, at the same place, related to the building of a float stage. The annual ball was held Aug. 16, at Cary Cottage. Other meetings, Aug. 30, Sept. 5, Nov. 28 and Dec. 5 were of a routine character, Steps were taken Dec. 19 looking toward incorporation, which was finally uccomplished March 25, 1652. In the meantime the club was accumulating strength in numbers, in their fleet, and in the influence its many brilliant races diffused abroad. At the January meeting, 1882, there were added eighteen members, with eight yachts. and in March twenty- ning more names anil thirteen yachts were enrolled, Total, March 25, 1882 : Members 175; yachts of all classes, 57. In April the net. gain wasno less thand52 members and i yachts. In May, 160 and 48 yachts; m June, 18 and 4 yachts, a total wp jto the third general election and the close of only the seeond year, of 405 members and 108 yachts. Thenet gain by July was 21 and 2 more boats; hy August, 2 and 4 more boats, bringing up the total last mid- sumuner to 425 members and a fleet of 144 yachts. Such was the extent of the growth of this club in two years and three months, with nothing to lift it into such prominence not equally enjoyed by others, and due entirely to pocd management and perséveringly keeping m view the interests of legitimate pire woot caving In to preju- dices of ancitnt derivation. The Hull Y. ©, has no counterpart in New York waters, We wishithad, There se@msroom for a corpo- ration which will constitute itself the champion of small yachts nnd by uniting the stragglers in one body earn for itself a reputation as well deserved as thiut auhieved by the elub with anchorage off the town of Hull. 3 rn The legitimate small yachtis stilla homeless child in New York waters. She is ground between the millstones of large and preten- tious yessels on top and below finds no sympathy in the sandbag caricatures monopolizing attention in most of our junior clubs and among the professional fancy. The hope once entertained that the newly-formed Larchmont would step in to fill the void has been crushed, since that organization has heen captured, body and soul, by the bag-tossers and tightrope tars, aid seems fast lowering its stundard to the level of the rest, threatening the extinction of lepit- imate yachting interests in its fleet In currying favor with shifting hallast traps and machines in all their glory of outrageous sparting, live ballast, reckless sailing and heavy expenses to 10 purpose or good end whatever. In 1882, the present flag officers and assistants took charge until the spring meeting. The business of the club had grown to such a degree that several new offices had,to he created, as shown by the following list: Commodore, Wm. B, Lambert; Vice Commodore, Chas. A. Perkins; Rear Commodore, Moody Merrill; Fleet Captain, George 5, Forbush; Secretary, FB. A, Mouks; Clerk, H. N. Curtis: Méaturer, W, H, Litehfield; Treasurer, Hl. P, Stanwood; Regatta Nommittee, C. A, Perkins, T, F. Patterson, W. L. Phinney, C. B, Southard, W. A, Cary, 0. B. Churchill and M. ,J. Kiley. The club house, a handsome and appropriate structure, was dedi- gated June 15, 1842, The Vice Vommodore, after explaining the oh- jects and purposes of the building, as echalrman of the building com- mittee, turned over the keys to Commodore Lambert, at which the club burgee, triangular yellow field with black cross and white starm bénter, was Tun up ever the new qnurters and saluted by a vasbh von- gregation of yachts in the harbor. Oratery, with especial reference to the chib’s history and its future, music and various formalities then Followed, the exercises being closed with a banquet in the lower hall, end some general eruising for which invitatfons were extended by the yachts. The review of the fleet July 14, colleated 26 sail. After pAesIDe to leeward of the Gommoajlore's sloop Anna, pon run-fire ab 0A. ML, wil hans stood out Hull Gart in singlo order, after which the squadron mada if a sail-as-you-please” to Marblehead. OJT the harbour the yachts bimched and sailed into the anchorage in Squad- rou, & very prelty and impressive sight. Afler exchange of visits and comparing notes, signal was given to disband, each boast shifting for itself thereafter. Among the fleet we noted sloops Anna, Expert, Seabird, Volante, Wake, Amphitrite, Gipsy. Fanchou, Allie, Corsair, Sheerwater, Rambler, Marion, schooner Falcon and steamer Ariel. Ladies’ Day was set for July 18, aid took shape in an eyening reseption at the club house. Guests arrived at # P. M., and were received with the house thrown open and brilliantly iominated, After the dancing a supper was served and the entertainment brought to a lose with hearty good wishes for the club’s future, The Ladies* Day attoat, July 24, proved to be the event of the season. The weather wis fine and the fleet almogt innumerable. The gun to start was given at $45, and, after review, the yachts made their best way to Quincy Bay, laden with precious charzes of the fairsex. Fromm the bay the course hud been set sround Pettick’s Island, then in through the Gut, Where tha wind piped wp as lively as the smaller uraft hud bar- gained for, After going by Downer's, the squadron again brought up off the club house at 7 P.M., and discharged its guests and crews, who numbered over two hundred, all told. Supper and a dance m the evening ended most happily the gala-dauy of the year, and no donbt the Hull Y, C. will fiid‘its attentions fully repaid in the lively interost the residents and guests will take in its further development. The yachts contributing by their ee ceenes includen, among others, the sloops Anta, Hero, Seabird, Us pert, Optic, Wake. Lottie, Fairy, Emma, ‘h ‘Marion, jgma, Amphitrite, Allie, H’anchon, Volante, Hope, Idlewild, Julia, Joker, Oricket, Corsair, Druid Ariel. The great event of the year, from a _yachtsman’s standpoint, was, however. vesotved for fhe heavier bréezes supposed to blow in August, The ifth of that month opened inan exasperating calm, which came near spoiling the racing conrpletely, The co1pestants were fot away, and, after some tedious drifting, fally stvuck into better Inok, and drove uuross the finish at.a lively spin, The town was crowded with visitors from all round Boston, tugs aud steamers went out carrying large numbers of people to witness the matches, and in the evening # general illumination, with a shower of fre- Works, set the water front in @ blaze of lightand radiant hues. How far-reaching the popularity of the day really was may bo understood from the fact that over 250 yachts were counted in tlie harbor at one timé, 4 fleet seldom equaled in numbers in American waters. SUMMARY OF THE SRASON 1882. Races anil Crises. June 15—Dedication Sail: tug Migie and pilot boat chartered, strong wind, no yachts. June 24—First Pennant Mateh; 16 yachts sailed, July 1—Sernb Matches; 7 yachts, subscription prizes of $10 and $5- First regatta postponed owing to storm, July 8—First Club Match; 24 yachts sailed. July 15—Cruise and Review to Murblehe-0; 26 yachts, Jnly #2—Second Club Match; 23 yachts sailed. July 25—Second Pennant Match; 10 yachts sailed, wily 29—Ladies* Day and Sail; a0 yachts sailed. Aug. 3—Sail off, Fifth Class, July 22; 6 yuuhts sailed, Ang. 5—First Sweepstake; 15 yachts, $2, $3, 55, entrance, Aug. 12—Third Class Match; 19 yachts sailed. Aug. 19—Open Races; &2 yachts sailed. Aug, 24—Third Pennant Mateéh;8 yachts sailed. Sepb. 2—Tirst Chanipionship; 20 yachts sailed. Sept, §—Second Championship; 18 yachts sailed. Sept. 11—Suail off, Pifth Class; 2 yachts sailed. Sept. 22—Fourth Pennant Match; 4 yachts sailed. Meelings, Receptions. be. March 2h—Aimmual Meeting Young's Hotel, election, pee 21—Mecting, Young's Hotel, (0 members elected and 14 yachts, May 5—Meeting, Young's Hotel, 2) members elected and 3 yachts. ate. 3i—Meeting, Young's Hotel, 18] members elected and 3) yachts. June 15—Dedication Club House, Hull, 33 meéenibers elected and4 yachts, ~ July 14—Meeting at “lub House, 22 members elected and 3 yachts. July 18—Ladies’ reception at Club House. July 15— Informal reception. July 49—Dance sod Snpperafter Laflies? Sail Aug. 1—Informal reception at Club Hanse, Aug. 8Intormal reception at Club House. Aug. 17—Concert at Club Honse, auspices fF, 0. Nash. Aug, 19—Supper and dance after open races. Aug. 21—Mecting at Club House, 12 members elected aud 3 yachts. Ang, 22—Informal reception at Club) House. Aug. 24—Theatrical entertainment by members. Atig. 31—Shubert Concert Go., auspices C. C. Wentworth, Ivy Ida, Amy, Ibis, Myrtle, Sheerwater, 4 harlotte, Cosette, Jewel, and steamer INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS WITH LOADED BOARDS. . Editor Forest and Stream: During the pust yearsT have experimented with weight on the centerboard of my yacht Dare Deyjl, the results of which may oot be withont ibterest lo your many readers, . The Dare Devil is slooprigzed, 2714ft. long, 12/0. beam, and draws Tin, when properly hallasted, She wes built by Mr. Jacoh Schmidt for Mr. Oliver Iselin, in the spring of 1877. During the following summer Mp, [sélin entered herin & number of races und regattus, where she mate a reputation for speed. At that time her center- hoarn| was yellow pine, 174in. thick, M4ft. long at the bottom, 76th, extreme width, and weighed two hundred and filty pounds, Believing that a broad-beamed bout would make better time by sailing over the seas than through them, 1 concluded to reduce the ballast by putting weight on the bottom of the board, which, when flown, would beahout sft. below tue water lime. and every pound there would We equivaleut to atleast four pound in hoard, I there- fore pnt 124 pounds of tron, distributed equally aloug the entire bottom of the lioard, and reduced the inboard ballast 500 pounds. With this management of weights 1 entered and engaged her in ¢ number of regattas with varying results, and all the fine in doubt as to whelher she had too much or poo litte weight on phe board Urged on by a desire to solve the problem, T had Wilt last winter an oale venterhourd, heavily ironed and dowelled, and along the entire boltom was placed 825 pounds of lead, weileé shaped, the heavy end beingaft. This board, including lead, weighed 750 polnds. Jt was necessary ta devise some extra means of raising and lower- ing this great weight,and | therefore had constructed » cog gearing, large and small wheels, with orauk and brake, which was the pate portion of the work that proyed a success, . During the entireseason Of '82, the Dare Devil was sailed with this heavy board, and carefully observed, with the following results: In running off the wind with the board enturely wp there was an appar- ent increase Of speed, due probably to two causes, the reduction of ballast, and the greater portion of the leadon the bourd being carried aft, thereby lifting the how. When going dead to windward fh # light breeze and smooth sex, she moyed fairly well, but was sluggish in going about, and slow to start, As the waves increased in magnitude the real difficulty aud objection to this method became apparent. She would plunge into the sea quickly, etruggle up outof it slowly, often being caught by the sueveeding wave before recovering from theshock, Efforts weve made to oyarcome this trouble by shifting ballast aft, with only partial success. T bad taken out about four ponnds of the inboard ballast for every pound of lead puton the centerboard, and expected she would be licker in her movements and more bhouyant, but the result was just the reverge. The Cunses may be accounted for in this way: Woen the centerboard was down about G0 per vent. of the entire weight of the board, equal to 4501bs., was resting on the centerboard bolt. As this bolt is only J4in. nft of The mast there was a conceulration of too much weight at tuat small section of the keel, whieb, being con- siderably forward of the venter of gravity, cuused ber how to dip and prevented it from raising with the witiye 4s quicily as the after part, And again, the action of the Wave necessary to raise the weight on the centerboard is indirect. ‘The forceis iirst applied to hottom of the boat, which lifts the weight on [The centerboard, and the probabilities are that by this indirect action we los6 in buoyancy more than had been rained by ditninishing ballast. Of course tins would be the 6age only in & rough sea, It is the wp and down motion, not lhe floating capacity, that auters inte this equation, Tt is generally conceded by boat builders that heavy weights on centerboards which work ou a bolb al the forward pari, ire a disad- vatitage, Having never heard wny reason assizned, I was obhged to follow a blind guide; and, although these experiments Lave been at- tended with some expense, if they will serve to guile the efforts of the loyers of the sport in tne right direction. the sacritios will not have been in vain, : J propose, next summer, to experiment with a lett board, heliey- ing now that dimensions snd strength are the only questions to be considered in the construction of this partienlar kind of center- hoard, such as are in general use in all the small racing yuchta around New York, Wat. WH. DitwowsH, New Jersey Yacrir Crus. ° ie is possible that the henefits of 4 loutled board could be achieved with snecess, if the board were raised anc lowered vertically at hoth puds, instead of swinging all the weight on the pin forward. With such a plun the load would aét (hesame as lead on @ keel, anc the z OR » obyiated altogether if the welght is rightly placed fore and att. * A METALLIC SPLICE. E have received from the Metallic Splice Manufacturing Com- pany, ol Boston, some samples of their peculiar splice, éspe- cially adapted to yachts’ rigging. The spliee is effected by having sockets cast in one with thimbles, sisterbooks, hearts and bullseyes, fute Which the end of the wire is msertved and firmly held by pouring in melted tin, This method has heen tully bested under government supervision, and offers such a desirable substitute for the olbway of Babine by hand that we will giye a full description of the Metallic Splice in ou next issue. “LET HER GO IN EASY." GENTLEMAN having given flare forward to his model, consulted Mr. ' Jake” Schmidt, the yacht builder, in reference thereto. Schmidt counsellad dubbing away the Hare, adding, *! ber her goin easy.’ The builder wasright. Going fi easy is the secretof the cutter’s speed and weatherliness in rough water, and the key to good seagoing qualities, Let her go in easy, Fas, 8, 1888. 4 Fendeur DISPLACEMENT /0E TONS FOREST AND STREAM. 37 Fash IS THIS THE Editor Forest aid Stream: Yachting on the Atlantic coastis somewhat dual in its character, owing to the number of sounds, bays and harbors, in which the water is generally quiet, and which communicate with the open sea. Un- like persons inhabiting a bold coast. we are not limited to SED. water sailing, bub may enjoy all the pleasures of smooth water (which to many, especially ladies, is more preferable pastime than being on a rolling boat outside), in addition to trying one’s skill and pluck on the ‘restless blue." Being so advantageously situated, we should endeavor to combine all the pleasures to be had m either kind of water, and there is ho necessity or sense in belittling the tastes of those who prefer one kind to the other, as both smooth and rough water have each their own peculiar pleasures in sailing. Hitherto the boats that have been built were chiefly designed for smooth water, and depended on their beam for stability. Nowadays it seems we are running a liftle mad for boats mostly fit for only: disturbed water, and hence all the talk seems to be draft and much ballast. This should not be. The boats to be brought out should he the best possible forms for the enjoyment of smooth as well as rough water. The old beam models that appeared to skim along on the top of the water furnished much enjoyment in consequence of their stiff- ness, there being no denying ibis more comfortable to be sailing on 4 small angle of heel; flat decks afford more liberty to individual locomotion than can be fnund on the decks of a narrow boat where one bas something of sensation of heing on top of a barn having a double pitched roof. Why should wé throw away all the comfort of stiffness and pitch headlong for the least beam, Consider the narrow beam; allow she has. good headroom below; she has no ‘‘foot room,” no ‘elbow room,” because her cabin is narrow. Imagine what com- fort there is in being below, either in standing, lying down, walking about, or in eating, while she is on the wind heeled to an le of 25°. As to eating, if the dining table be suspended from the deck timbers the man to leeward would find himself underneath the board, the man to windward on top; it the table be fixed in the center of the floor nothing can be kept on it; that would be getting your ‘‘chuck”’ with a vengeance, How nice all this would be to alady! She could fallin a heap to leeward and lay there, until the command of ‘‘ready about” and then get on the other tack herself; on deck she will need “ice creepers” on the heels of her boots. No, stop somewhere, save some of the benefits of beam for comfort’s sake. But the old beam boat is unsafe, the new type isthe safe one and safety to life outweighs comfort; true enough; but as safety is caused by low ballast, we can apply that also ta the beam without excessive displacements by omitting all the useless fancy curves that heretofore have been given in our models. Make your beam not excessive; place your ballast as low as you like and make the body straight as possible. reaching the beam at the water line, directly; and the only way to do so is by straight lines—straight timbers: the least curve or departure from fine straight lines in- creases the surface, and consequently the skin friction. The plan here shown is intended to cover the idea, and to its utmost extent, as haying a fiat, deep keel, and then a body is as bad as a eurved body. Surface is decreased by cerns, the lines directly okie “COMING BOAT?” from the nottom of the keel to the L. this in itself is an improvement because of increased strength and facility in fastening on the lead; the lateral strain on a ae Eee] is avoided, and the loss, twisting or displacement of the lead caused by running aground or ee a submerged rock is preyented. In this form of model very fine lines can be had, offering the least resistance to forward motion, and forming a counter safe to run with in anysea. The bow can stand without being forced to “lay to” until the sea subsides, with your port only a few miles to windward of your position. Look- ing at the model from any point on stem, keel or deadwood toward the L. W. L. and the figure of a sharp angle is always séen, A very important point in such a modelis; Itis the cheapest plan to build on—straight timbers and broad planking; which avoids so niany seams, decreases the liability to work and leak, aud making a very strong construction, In this design we have a model for smooth and for rough water ; ean take the weather on either; can take heavy rigs or do hand- somely under moderate areas ; isnon-capsizable ; will produce great Momentum, and the more she is driven the more powerfully will she g0 crushing, splitting through rough water or head seas, In smooth water, for a. few hours’ recreation, a party of friends can find much enjoyment on her broad fiush deck and roomy cockpit, ard all the more enjoyable hecause of her stiffness caused by rapidly increasing beam above L. W. L. In head weather outside, dry quarters will be found in the cockpit, while the boat goes splitting through the seas, not losing her headway to stop and shake the water from her nose, ‘like the shallow beam boat, which has to stop and ery every time a sea slaps her face. Below there is ample head and ‘elbow " room, and can be fitted to suit the taste, R. 0, [Novel and peculiar as the design published with the above com- munication way seem at first glance, it possesses merits enough to challenge careful investigation. A combination of the best points of orthodox cutter and sloop has long been sought, and so far with- ut rrsuit, Wena) say that the individuality of the two types is i ee EE chiefly marked by the predominating features of depth in one, an] those of beam in the other, Itis well known that no boat can haye both beam and depth in bulk, and that their combination leads only to the production of a tub, having plenty of room perhaps and uttvapsizable, hut wholly devoid of admirable traits in respect to performance, The gas tank isnot the solution to the problem of type, that is certain, and so far the choice has been hetween one ex- treme andthe other. We are not prepared to say that it will ever be otherwise, but the new scheme presented this week is the most likely attempt at a compromise yet placed before us. Itis notewerthy for having beam where beam is most wanted, across deck. It has depth for cabins, rough water work and safety. Tt has beam ina superficial or platform way and it has depth with narrow, sharp form in the disposition of the bulk, thereby escaping the bounciness arising fron: a low Wee in & boat broad across the deck. It has stiffness under sail, and flush deck with roomy cockpit for convenience in “afternoon sailing.’ The qualities for excellent erformance in smooth and rough water, for long cruises or for an our’s turn after business, are combined in this design in a way which gives promise at least of solying satisfactorily ‘he task of uniting in one boat the widest range of utility and sailing capacities. Experience may dictate modification in the particular lines here shown, they may need filling out in one{place or fining in some other. but asrepresenting a type in point of mould and construction, we await actual trial with much interest and “favorable impressions. Whether the same ideas would be applicable to yachts of large tonnage is much a matter of speculation, but for boats of small size they are worth the experiment to be made this spring. The design calls for straight scantling only, has a naturally stron form and is easily built by any mechanie¢ of intelligence. Iron bal- last may be found all that is necessary, so the expense of construc- tion should be from a fourth to a third less than in yachts of the usual form, We maywidd that the design is the outcome of well- matured thought of an experienced practical yachtsman and that; preliminary trials with small models haye given encouragement to experiments on a larger scale, the result of which will he duly chron- icled in these columns. The “ Fendeur type,” as the new idea may be called, combines in point of principle a cutter's bottom with a sloop’s stiffness and deck minus encumbrances, and, should more thorough trial turn out satisfactory, the new discovery will be a hoon to yachting in small vessels. ] ce) TRAPS. CASE in point. An expert yacht handler, well known to Harlem waters, got caught this way. Outin a famous jib and mainsail, July 4, Squallcomesup. Only thing to do, lower away, stop u and cast anchor in the middle of the fairway. But that is not all. ped comes down butt end first. Meels beat lee rail under, then ‘ts her under the quarter and literally throws her away to lee- ward, capsizing the boat and giving the erew a struggle for life. Picked up senseless on the point of letting go hold. Fine “yachts” these indeed, to take “guests” out sailing! These are the abomin- able, we had almost said contemptible, things the Larchmont and some other prominent clubs are directly fostermg with their rule permitting shifting ballast to the exclusion_of useful, cheap, safe yachts like the Gannet, Aneto and others of similar style. Rule out shifting ballast and how long would the flat-iIron machines survive? We are prepared to give the name and address of the gentleman who found out the true inwardnegs of a trap in a summer squall, It is no longer a yarn to him to talk about capsizing under bare poles, but a trnth brought home with the narrowest possible shave on per- manent extinction. 5 hi GOOD AUTHORITY.—In a communication to the London Field, Jan, 13, Mr. Landseer Mackenzie expresses himself as follows: “The doings of Madge and Maggie im America (as reported by FOREST AND STREAM, the leading yachting authority in the States, and one, sir, frequently quoted by you) have shown that the narrow type is equally as fast as the broad, even in light winds; and in this case we see what has hitherto been looked upon as anomalous—a craft of heayy displacement and small sail area, beating others of less displacement and more sail area. This is a fact which could be proyed ‘up to the hilt’ merely by quotations from that journal." EVERYBODY SEES IT.—Editor Forest and Stream; I have re- ceived several letters within two weeks from parties out West, in relation to keel sloop yacht Gem, of Boston, which I advertised in your valuable paper some time ago. Will you please notice in your paper that I have sold her to Mr. Osgood, Hull Y. C,, Boston. Itseems to me your paper must have an immense circulation for I have re- ceived a stack of letters in answer to my advertisement that would make an Italian paper picker feel as if he had a bonanza,—THE ForRMER OWNER. FASTEST TIME.—Kditor Forest and Stream ; Can the best time made by any sailing yacht between New York and Bos- ton ?—X. [We believe Mr, H. ©, West brought the 30ft. Gem around last spring in d days 18 hours, without special effort. So far as we know thisJs the best voyage on record.) ou give me APPEAL TO DELAWARE CANOBISTS._The American Canoe Association now numbers several hundred members in the United States and Canada, and Iceal clubs are in active existence in nearly eyery considerable town in the land. Itis known that there are in Philadelphia a oumber of canoeists who ply their paddles or trim their sheets on the Delaware and its tributaries,andit has been suggested that steps be taken to unite their scattered interests for the common advantage. To this end all who are interested in canoeing are invited, as a preliminary step, to send their addresses to Mr. W. H. Taulkner, University of Pennsylvania. Due notice will be given should a sufti- cient number respond to justiy an effort for permanent organization. Tt is perhaps proper to state here that the American Association con- tains clergymen, lawyers, physicians, journalists and representatives of all the comniercial interests of the country. It numbers amoung its members men whose hairis gray. as well as undergraduates and school boys, andit emphatically discourages all tendencies to the “professional” practices which are such an objectionable feature in many large organizations of this character. New York has two pros- pores clubs, and in its immediate vicinity are several others. Thila- elphia, with her abundant and beautiful waterways, should surely. be able to muster enough amateur sailors to man a considerable flect of these seaworthy and servicéablelittle craft. NEW YORK YACHT CLUB,—Officers for the year: Commodore (re-elected), James D. Smith, schooner Estelle; Vice-Commodore (re- elected), Anson Phelps Stokes, schooner Clytie; Rear Commodore (re-elected), Edward M. Brown, sloop Julia; Secretary (re-elected), Charles A. Minton; Treasurer (ve-eiected), James O. Proudfit; Meas- urer, Charles H. Haswell; Fleet Surgeon, Morris J. Asch, M. D. Re- gatta Committee, John H. Bird, Chester Griswold, J. Frederick Tams; House Committee, T. B. Asten, H. N. Alden, Elijah A. Houghton and B. C. Cleeman; Committee on Admissions, William H. Thomas, F.W. J, Hurst, John §. Dickerson, William E, Iselin and Ogden Goelet. _NOT EVEN AS MUCH AS MENTIONED.—A vast deal of discus- Slon on Measurement has for some time been going on in the Eng- lish journals. Itis noteworthy that net eyen once has * simple ”’ measurement by length been mooted or hinted at. Certainly, what- ever rule ultimately gains the day abroad, it will assuredly not be 2 length standard. Nor do any of the Danish. Swedish, German or krench clubs measure yachts by length. The statement often made by_ uninformed persons that length was gaining in favor among Eng- lish yachtsmen is devoid of truth, » A BRACE.—John Roach & Son are building two steam yachts at their Chester yard. One is for Mr. George Scott, the other for Mr, W,. Conner, both of New York. Length over all 148ft., beam 20ft. 6in., depth 12ft., draft 9ft; flush decked, with pilot-house and bridge forward as the only BuneLstu Coes schooner rig. Esti- mated speed, 1444 knots. Cost saad to be $60,000 each. - NICE REGATTA.—The most interesting feature at the Nice Inter- national, like last year, promises to be the race for the steam yachts. nite a fleet'of big ones will turn up, among them Baron Roths- child’s Eros, 357 tons; Santa Cecilia, 800 tons; the new Santa Maria, belonging to Lord Alfred Paget; the Thistle, 60) tons, Duke of Ham- ilton; the Deya, 170 tons, and others. THE DORY PACIFIC.—The little dory Pacifie, 174 tons burden, Capt. Bernard Gilboy, which left San Francisco for Brisbane Au- stralia, about Aug. 17, was sighted by the barkentine Tropic Bird, from Tahiti, Nov. 17, in latitude 16° 14’ south and 149° 5’ west. Gil boy was alone and stated that he needed no assistance. NEW STEAMER,—Mr. Jacob Lorillard is building his nsual annual steamer, at Sam Pine’s Yard, Greenpoint, still buoyed up by the hape of gaining high speed from wooden hulli and tughoat engine. Length over all 100ft., beam 16ft., depth 5ft. 6in, Customary shoal model, trunk cabin and watermelon stern, CUTTERS IN BOSTON.—A prominent firm in the trade writes that there are now three fine cutlers on the stocks in Boston and others pe BroeRe cl, as “cutter stock is looking up."’ The sails for Medusa and Butterfly are now being cut in the loft of McManus & Son, Commercial Wharf, Boston. CONCAVE BOTTOMS.—The latest in canoes is a concaye bottom, both bilges being *‘ dropped ” considerably below the keel, Said to be safe, fast and stiff. Invented by Edward Jackson, Manila, Asia. GITANA,—Mr, Weld’s schooner putinto Kingston, Jamaica, Jan, 24, from St. Johns, Porto Rico. Sailed next morning for Hayana, DA UNTLESS.—Mr, Colt's schooner left Villefranche for Corsica, Jan, 18, She will be on hand for the Nics public regatta, 38 FOREST AND STREAM. {Frs. 8, 1883. © AFTER ANTELOPE. ( N_the %thof January, as I was returning from an Hastern trip over the Texas & Pacific Railroad, having heard that some acquaintances were hunting an(elope near Marienfeld, I concluded tp stop and spend a couple of days ‘with them. Their camp was «ight miles from the depot. T had a cordial weleome indeed. My friends regretted that T had noi arrived sooner, since the warm weather, which had lasted two weeks, had caused the antelope to drift north- ward, so that there were comparatively very few near camp, We concluded to take a wagon the next morning and go up to “Ranger Wells,” some ten miles further up the ‘‘draw.” This ‘“draw” seems to be a dry slough, yery much like the old bed of a river, winding through the plains, I was told that if extended more than a lundred miles, and was form- erly the road, which the Indians, when on stealing expedi- tions to the settlements, mainly traveled. Water is to be found at different places along the “draw,” always in basins or wells, the latter dug by the rangers or surveyors. I could nof help meditating on the former days when countless herds of buffalo and hordes of savayes roamed over these plains free and unscared. Tt has not been long since. Ten years ago it was so. My companions, ‘‘Buifalo Bill” (Wm. Jenkins), and Billy Work, are genuine plainsmen. “Buffalo” formerly wis with Gen. Ouster, and was for a long while one of his most trusted sconts. Latterly he was a Texas ranger, and did the Stite valuable service in scouting for Indians and thieves, He iollowed Sam Bass, a noted thief and desperado, nearly all over the State, at one time capturing his whole outfit, Sam escaping only on account of the dense thickets about _ him. “Buffalo” now wears a knife seabbard made out of leather cut from Tass’s saddle. He knows all about life on the plains, and is withal a modest, clever, congenial cempanion. Billy is a young man just learning the craft of plains life, but he isan apt scholar—a fine hunter, ‘Buffalo” and Billy both use Marlin ritles. I had my three-barrel Baker, On out way to Ranger Wells, “Buffalo” ranged off to the left, leaving Billy and me to travelon with the wagon. We discoyered near the wells, a large herd of antelopes, but before we could get within range they concluded to leave the country; and they did it, Antelope frequently take a run of several miles without having been frightened at any- thing. While I was waiting for Billy W. to bring up the wagon,.a coyote showed himself about 125 yards, and I yery easily drove a bullet through his heart. t After filling the water kegs at the wells, “Butfalo” having arrived, we concluded to go out into the hills four miles eact. Just as we reached this undulating country, we saw a mustang quietly grazing, Perhaps we would haye shot him if we had not discovered a small herd of antelopes a half mile away. “Buffalo” and I wentafter them, By takiog a circuitous route and some crawling we managed to work up to about 150 yards of them. ‘‘Buifalo” told me to shoot and he would ‘‘corrall” them. By this he meant shooting so. as to strike the ground just beyond and ahead of the Jeaders, which generally causes them to jump from the dust raised by the bullet and run nearer to the hanter. Ile showed tle red part of his coat lining, to make the antelope bunch up. They did-so, and I had just the prettiest chance in the world; but unluckily for me I failed to set my rifle trigger, so that instead of firing the rifle, I shot the left barrel. Of course, I didn’t killanything. Away bounded the herd. “Buffalo” failed to make them ‘‘eorrail,”’ but I got in three shots before they got out of reach, killing a fine buck, and crippling two more. “Buffalo” went after the wagon and dogs, While waiting forhim, three antelopes ran across the hill and stopped full 250 yards off. I sent a bullet through the liver of one, which goon doubled him up. By the time the wagon and dog came it was too late to catch the crippled antelopes, and so we had to let them alone. Gathering up some rgots for fuel, we made camp, Billy soon came in reporting the killing of an antelope. I forgot to mention the fact that on our way to the wells “Buffalo” killed one, so we now had four to count. The next morning Billy took the wagon to get the antelope he had killed the evening before, while ‘‘Buffalo” and I ranged toward the permanent camp, We saw several herds, but. they were on the leyel land and unapproachable, Finally we managed to get within about 200 yards of the herd, and when they started to run we fired several shots. ‘‘Buffalo’ failed to corrail them, but I hit one, though not badly enough to make it leave the herd, The dogs (with the wagon) were so far away we did not try to get them so as to catch our wounded game. By ten o’clock we fell in with Billy, who had killed a very fat buck, and had seen a large herd of mustangs. In this section we found plenty of buffalo sign, but the animals had left several days before, ‘Buffalo” , felt certain we could find them fifteen or twenty miles to the north. We now concluded to hunt toward camp. After travel-| ing several miles without seemg anything, we discovered forty_or fifty antelopes feeding along near a-hill, Billy and I went for them. By circling considerably to the left, we managed to get within 150 yards undiscovered. I saw a yery large buck standing alone and put my gun on him, but the cartridge was bad, and [had a snap. I tried again and had another snap. By this time the antelopes discovered us and bolted away. Billy fired in ahead and circled them, and as they ran broad side about 200 yards, I asI fired. Billy fired ahead again and the herd turned directly toward us, I got both shot barrels ready and began to speculate on how many I would kill if they kept on towaid'us. On they came until they got within about 100 yards and thea suddenly turned to the left. 1 fired one shot barrel, but don’t think | did any damaye. T sent three vifie balls in quick succession after them, dropping an old buck and badly wounding two small ones. Buffalo seeing the direa- tion the herd had run, bolted across the country and inter cepted them, getting several shots, and bagging two in good style, As soon as we could get the dogs, we Lad two heau- tiful races after the antelopes I had evippled. By the time we got all Our game together it was late, and we went iia- mediately to camp, carrying in twelve antclopes. Well, it was delightful! I shall never forget (le bright plains, the pure, dry atmosphere, the glow of enthusiasm when firing ata herd of running antelopes, the eestasy of seeing them tumble to shot. Nor shall | ever forget the two congenial spirits who did everything in their power to make my stay pleasant, They seemed to care for nothing but my enjoyment I shall meet them again, if uothing serious prevents. J am expecting a pivce of biifialo meat soon, for they told me they would fo out into the buffalo range shortly, Good luck to them! _ In conclusion I would advise those who want a profitable antelope lunt to go to Odessa on the T. & P. road. On my return I saw thousands near that place, Ex Paso, Texas. Gorge W. Barnes. (QueRnEs, 1. Was the distance at which the game was shot paced in each instance or estimated ? 2. Tf estimated, was the party who did it a competent person to determina the distance. 53. 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Withits compact type and im its permanently enlarged form of twenty-eight pages this journal furnishes each week a larger amount of first-class matter relating to angling, shooting, the kennel, and kindred subjects, than is contained in all other American publications put together, PARK PROTECTION. HE consideration of the Tariff bill and other matters have 80 oceupied the attention of the Senate that the bill or the extension and proper protection of the Yellowstone ational Park has not yet been called up for consideration, A matter of such deep interest to the people at large must not he overlooked, and we hope that before long it will re- ceive the attention it requires. The Park is the only one among the many natural wonders f this country that has not yet been turned into a pecpshow to fill private pockets, andit is hoped that it may yet be saved from the grasp of the unserupulous monopolists who ive endeavored to seize it. From all quarters are heard protests against the grab, howing that the people are at last thoroughly aroused on the mbject. The letter from our correspondent ‘P." in another column pall atiention toa wonderin the immediate neighborhood f the Park, as it at present exists, which should he saved to ihe people, By so amending fhe bill, now in the hands of Senator Test’s commiltee, as to extend the Park sixty miles to the astward instend of forty, as now proposed, and southward lo the parallel of 48° 30', a great number of natural wonders hich really belong in it would be included in the reserya- ton. Such are the headwaters of Clark’s Fork of the Yel- oywetone, of the Stinking Water, Gray Bull and Owl rivers gm the east; on the south, the Three Tetons, and a con iderahle portion of the range to which they belong, Jack- don’s Lake and Hole, and a number of beautiful lakes, mountains and rivers which would add much to the at- actions and the picturesqueness of our wonderland. iven if if should not be thought advisable to extend he Park westward any further than Cedar Mountain, or what would be better, the 109th meridian, we hope that the extension to the southward may he made, Any one who VOL, XX,—No, Nos, 39 & 40 PARK Row, New YORE, will look at a good map of the region will, we think, see the desirability of including within the Park a region of so much natural beauty as this. Another most important provision which should he in- serted in Senator Vest’s bill is the one suggested by our correspondent, forbidding the erection of any building whatever in sight of the points of interest of the Park. It is only foo true, as he asserts, that in their eager haste for gain the men who are seeking to secure control of the Park will not scruple to degrade its natural wonders to any use that may serve their short-sighted and selfish ends. FISIONS OF THE NIGHT. \ 7} know one “ardent sportsman’’—he is not a thousand miles from our elbow, as we write—who is a crack shot in the field, and a better one in his sleep; the real bird rarely fails to drop at the explosion of his gun, the phantom neyer, Our friend was one night following his dog over the Elysian fields of dreamland, when the dog, coming to a point, wavered and flushed the birds. The sportsman, en- raged at such a breach of duty, doubled up his fist and struck at the dog, planting a tremendous blow on the bed- post. Perhaps the pain and the subsequent soreness of scarified knuckles had something to do with his conversion to that humane treatment of his dogs, for which he is now well known. A somewhat similar experience one night befel our friend H., who was out.on » visionary grouse shooting’ expedition. The birds were plenty and he was having a capital time of it, Old True pointed staunch; our hero walked up; the bird flushed and darted away in circuitous flight through the brush. Instantly wheeling and throwing his gun around to cut down the hird in’ an opening, the shooter’s hand came in violent contact with the trunk of a sapling— and he awoke to find himself sitting erect in hed, his arms out stretched as if holding a gun, and his wife by his side, a yery badly-frightened woman with a bleeding nose. Ile did not soon forget that dream, not so long at least as the black and, blue marks on his wife’s face remained to remind him of his exploit. But these misadventures are trivial in comparison with the fate which overtook Mr. Jno. L. Cross, of Highland, Virginia. One night, some months ago, we are told, Mr, Cross dreamed that he was pursuing # deer in the Alle- ghany Mountains, at the base of which is his home; and in the excitement of the ehase he leaped from bed, and was severely bruised in the operation, One night last week the same phantom ‘‘stag” returned to yex his slum- bers, and again the dreamer started on his fanciful chase. Hard-pressed by the hounds, the buck turned at bay, und the hunter, with a wild cry, springing to the scene of conflict, jumped from his bed and rushed head- long down a stairway, receiving injuries from which on the following day he died. - Such is the veracious tale of the press dispatches, There is a ready moral to the story, but we shall permit thereader to frame it, each in his own way. It is well known that dogs dream of the field, and some- times an experienced old dog, lying before the fire, will rise from the foor to a staunch sompambulistie point, and then sink down again, stillsound asleep, One of the most beauti- ful points we #ver saw was thus made in his sleep by an un- broken puppy. Sportsmen and their dogs dream of the pursuit of game. Does the game eyer dream? May it not be that the sleeping deer springs from his slumber in affright at the visionary hounds upon his track? Is the sleeping circle of quail ever startled hy the phantom form of a pointer or the horrible nightmare of s gun barrel? These are questions simple enough to ask, but hard to answer—like the letter that caine to the Forrsr AND SvREAM the other day wanting to know the prospects for success in the cliamond fields of Africa, and promising to send ten cents fox 2 copy of the paper containing the reply, upon receipf of a letter telling the letter writer in what issue 1 would appei. Orark’s Fork Canyon.—In our “‘Sportgman Tourist” columns will be found a communication from our vwell- known correspondent, ‘‘P,,” in which he briefly deserihes the Yellowstone Park country, and vives an account of his ex- ploration of the Grand Canyon of the Clark’s Fork. This is, 80 far as we ave aware, the first exploration and deserip- tion of that regien, which, in some respects, is superior in grandeur to the Yellowstone Park itself. Our readers will await with interest the more detailed acnount promised hy our correspondent. THER DOGS OF HOMER, i tu former article upon the chase in the time of Homer, we saw how highly the ancient Grecks valued their dogs for the assistance these gave in protecting their flocks and herds and iu the pursuit of same. Aside from this much prized service, these animals were held in no Jess repute for their sterling qualities of sagacity and fidelity, Long before the time which is the objeet of our study, the dog had become the symbol of trustworthiness, for in Homer this character is proverbial. We cannoi avoid drawing this inference from the fact that even then the figure of this animal wrought with skill in costly metnl graced the entranee to the abode of wealth and taste, Hephaistos himself with highest skill fashioned of silver and of gold the dogs which were placed on either side the entrance to the palace of Alkinoos to protect the royal household. Homer quaintly adds that dogs of this breed are immortal, and are not liable to be all the time growing old (Od. VIL., 91-94). The Romans of a mueh later time displayed 2 similar though less cultivated taste in the way of decorating the approach to their houses, for Petronins Arbiter mentions the practice of painting on the wall near by the entrance to the house, the figure of a burly watel- dog, and just aboye the figure the words, Cure. cave caneme Look out, look out for the dog! Priam, referring to the dogs he had reared in the palace, calls them not only the guardians of bis wates, but also his messmates or —table-companions (11. XXII. 69). These table-dogs, as we may Gall them, seem to have been of 4 distinct breed from those whose duty if was to guard the house. They were kept as pets and for companionship, and were prized for their beauty of form and for their intelli- gent and affectionate character, as we shall see from what Odysseus says in reference to his old dog Argos. Nine of these table-dogs had Patroklos reared and trained as pets, and when their master’s body was laid upon the funeral pyre two of the number were slain and their bodies burned with that of their dead owner, that Weir shades might fawn around his ghost in the sunless regions of the dead (Il, XNIIL., 173). Homer was 2 close observer of these animals as he was of the men who were their masters. Some of the poet’s most delicate touches are employed in displaying their peculiar habits. No one having the slightest appreciation of nature can failto note with pleasure the fidelity with which he pictures some of their more striking traits. Tn reading of his dogs, it is not easy to realize that they lived more than three thousand years ago, and are not waiting for us at our own or at our neighbor’s gate. One of the most familiar passages is that in which is related how Odysseus came back to his home from Troy after sn absence of twenty years in war, and in not less adventurous wanderings. Upon his coming to bis native Ithaka, Athena changed his form to that of an old man infirm from years and from hardship, and his limbs were scantily clad with mean apparel. Tn this guise of a homeless beggar the hero caime to the cottaye of his old and faithful swineherd, who failed to recognize his master in such plight. To the four does that were lying outside the yards where the swine were brought at night for protection the new-comer was a stranger, and his unseemly garb but increased the fierceness of their ill-natured greet- ing, So hitter was their hostility, thal had not Humaeos dropped in haste the leather from which he was then cutting for himself a pair of shoes, and rushed to the rescne of hig guest, the dogs would haye endangered the old man’s life, (Od, X1Y., 29). Further on in the course of his story, the poet tells how these same dogs behaved the next morning when they heard the familiar footsteps of Telemachos coming to the coftage upon his return from a. short yisif to Sparta: Now the two men in the hut, Odysseus and th’ excellent swinehert! Breakfast prepared for themselves at the dawn having kindled a fire, Sent off the herdsmen in charge of the swine collected together, ‘Round Telemachos fawned the dogs accustomed to harking, Bnt they barked nol as be eame. Then noticed the godlike Odys- seus, How the dogs wageed their tail: and he eanght the faint echo at footsteps. Spoke to Bumaeos at once addressing him words that, were winged! “Really, Eumaeos, sume Comrade of thine to thy cottage is coming, Or some acquaintance itis, since the dogs refrain from them barking, Bunt they are fawning around, and T cafeh the faint echo of footsteps,” (Od, XVI, 1-10,) Bul-the completest picture Homer anywhere gives of the dog is found in the account he gives of the meeting of Odysseus with his old dog Argos, The passage is a famil- jar one, but it will bear a second reading hy all who estimate at its full worth sincerity and devotion in friendship, though it he shawn on the partof an humble hrnte, The 42 FOREST AND STREAM. swineherd was too poor to entertain for any length of time the beggar who had sought his hospitality, and sohe proposed 6 the old man as the best be could dofor him that he would ake him to the city where he might ply from door to door his vocation as a common mendicant. The poet gives the talk that passed between the two on their way to town, and as they entered the court of the palace from which Odysseus ad set ont for Troy, and then he adds: That was the way they discussed such matters talking together, Only raising his head the dog pricked his ears as he lay there, Argos (hat long sines was reared by stout-hearted Odysseus, Not for his master's delight, too soon to Lion sacred That one had gone, But the dof young men had formerly taken Going to hunt the wild goats, the deer and the swift-footed rabbits. Object of loathing then when long from home was his master, Lying on heaps of filth which was piled in front of the stables Where were kept cxen and mules manure awaiting the season When of Odysseus the slaves should use this for dressing his acres. There lay Argos the dog all covered over with vermin. Then, indeed, whén he knew Oilysseus standing beside him : Fawned the dog with his tail, and he Ioppsa both ears for his glad mess, Having no longer the strength that he could go to his master. That one turning aside brushed a tear unobserved by Humaeos, Raising 4 question at once wilh a view to diverting attention. ‘Really, Humaeos, a sight is this dog lying here on the dimg-hiil. Well indeed is he formed, but this I do not know clearly Whether in truth he is swift ta run as his looks may betoken, Or if he be of such sort a5 attend their masters at table, Such as gentlemen keep to give them an air of distinction.” Now in reply to the man did thus speak, Eumaeos the swinelerd, ‘This is a dog that belonged to one who died far from his country, Tf he were only the same in form as well as in action, As upon going to Troy his owner Odysseus onee left him, You would quickly admire observing his strength and his fleetness, For there was not any chance that game which he was pursuing Should in the forest escape, for he knew the game by the footprints. Now is the dog taken ill, and far from home has his master Died: and the negligent women have no couceyn for this favorite. Well, but the truth is that slaves when their masters no longer give orders Not any longer theniselves have a care to do what is becoming, Half atthe least of his worth does Zeus whose view is extended Take away from 4 man as soon as he falls under bondage,” Holding such converse he cnme to the palace pleasant to dwell in: Straight through the hall he went to join illustrious suitors Then indeed did the fate of dark death fall upon Argos Soon as Odysseus he saw come home after twenty years absence, « (Od, XVIT,, 290 327.5 I, B. CHoare. Che Sportsman Cowvrist, THE YELLOWSTONE REGION. T is believed that there is no part of the North American Continent where there is to be found so much (and of such yaried character) to attract those fond of viewing What is grand and beautiful and wonderful in nature, as lies within a circle, deseribed with a radius of sixty miles, with its center af, or near the outlet of the Yellowstone. Lake, on the head of the Yellowstone River. On the Pacifie slope is that succession of beautiful lakes, hordered by beautiful parks, (hat are ynsurpassed in this re- yard in any country, such as Jackson, De Lacy (unjustly called Shoshone on the maps), Lewis, Heart and many’ smiuller lakes, though none the less beautiful, Overlooking this panorami are the highest and most remarkable moun- tain peaks north of the Union Pacitic road, ‘The Three Tetons," whose needle-shaped pinnacles tower 8,000 feet above the waters of Lake Jackson, immediately at its feet, and 6,000 feet above the main Continental Divide, lying forty miles to the north. These peaks are nearly 14,000 feet above sea level, and are a noted Jandmark hundreds of miles down the valley of Snake River, Overlooking this same region is the Red Mountain range, ten miles south of the main range. From the highest peak of this range, Mount Sheridan, (10,400 feet aboye sea level and 2,500 feet above Heart Lake, im- mediately at its feet)is the grandest, the most extended, and most beautiful view it has ever been my good fortune to enjoy. Seven lakes are in yiew almost at one sight, while to the south is avery fine view of the grand ‘‘Tetons” and to the north is a splendid view of the Yellowstone Park proper, with Pilot peak and the high mountains at the head vf the Clark’s Fork of the Yellowstoue River, en the lori- zon lo the northeast, and the Shoshone range on the head of the Stinking River, to the east, The main Continental Di- vide, ten milesto the north and 2,000 feet below, with its small lakes and marshes and parks, almost on the very sum- mit, is apparently a beautiful valley. This divide is not exceeding 400 feet above the waters of the Yellowstone and Heart lakes, and their waters might be intermingled by a ermal not exceeding twelve miles long, and without the use of locks. On the Atlantic slope are the various and yery remarkable cations of the Madison, the Gallatin, the Yellowstone, the Boulder, the Rosebud, the Clark's Fork, the Stinking River, the Gray Bulland the Upper Yellowstone. Near the center of this enchanted circle the most important waterfalls are the Gibbon (named from General Gibbon), the Gardner, the Tower and the Upper and Grand falls of the Yellowstone, the latter with asingle vertical leap of 397 feet, the remain- dey with single leaps of from 120 feet to 160 feet. What gives this region its celebrity, however, and entitles it to be called the ‘“‘Wonderland of America,” are the nu- merous groups of overowing antl spouting geysers scattered throughout its entire extent, At the head of these groups stands prominent ihe spouting geysers of the Upper Geyser Basin, on the head of the Madison. These are, doubtless, the most wonderful geysers of the world, Then come the eroups at the Lower Geyser Basin. the mammoth Tot Springs on Gardner's River, and the smaller groups in the Gibbon Basin, on Pelican Creek, on Alum Creel, and the various eroups avound the Brimstone, Yellowstone, Heart and De Lacy lakes, Besides these larger groups there are lotalities where the mountains are full of smaller groups, either active or extinct. years it bas been my good fortune to have explored the greater portion of this wonderful region, and I can truth- fully report that the delineation of these wonders, either with the pen or the camera, fails greatly in coming up to the reality. New explorations are discovering new wonders each year, A portion of the past three years has been spent in a hunting and exploring trip on the heads of the Clark's Fork, Stinking and Gray Bull rivers, most of which region is bul little known, except to a few trappers; and the opinion is entertained that there is enough of the grand and wonder- ful in this region lying eust of the present boundary of the Yellowstone Park to induce a trip across the Atlantic. The Shoshone Mountains, occupying this region, are one of the most rugged and remarkable of the Continental Divide, many of whose peaks sre from 12,500 to 13,000 feet above lide-water, Through this mountain chain the Stinking Riyer has worn a deep valley, denuding in its course that most remarkable formation of red silicions pudding-stone conglomerate, that also crops out at the Lower Falls ou the Yellowstone, and on the head of the East Fork of that stream, (forming what is known as the ‘‘ Hoodo ” region of the mountain men), For twenty miles the North Fork of Stinking River is walled in by vertical cliffs of this formation of from 200 to 500 feet heights, that assume sometimes such fantastic and wonderful shapes that by their weird apprarance they carry one back to the days of the fairies and giants of the story- books. Sometimes the mountain peaks are crowned hy castellated structures of this formation. ‘The most remark- able of them is ‘‘The Giant's Castle,’ s noted landmark of the npper valley. Space does not admit at this time of a description of this canon, I can only say that il far sur- passes in extent, and in every other respect, what has been published in regard to the '' Hoodo” region. At. the point where the Stinking Riyer debouches on to’ the plains, bordering the Big Horne, is the easternmost out- crop of the geysers. At the lower end of what is known as the ‘ ‘Stinking River Basin” the two forks (North and South) join and run for four miles through a deep and im- passable cation, cutting off to the south *‘Cedar Mountain” trom the main or ‘Sheep Mountain.”” From this point to the head of this stream, seventy miles west, there is no in- dication of geyser action, Atthe upper end of this cation the side of Cedar Mountain is incrusted with this unmistak- able formation, showing evidently that the hot water had at one time flowed down its side and left its deposit. Ona har near the junction of the two forks a tepid sulphur spring bubbles up, its waters highly surcharged with carbonie acid gas, while all over the bar and in the shallow water this gas is constantly bubbling up. This water has a sulphury, pun- gent taste, is a fine appetizer, and is to me as pleasant as the famous Saratoga water, with many of its good effects, At the lower end of this cation is quite an extent of this formation, with several bottle-shaped cones, that were at some time evidently the craters of flowing or spouting gey- sers, but now extinct. Though the water has ceased to Low from these cones, it boils up from the bed of the stream, in one case in an immense spring extending half way across the river. Hyom this spring bubbles up a large quantity of fas, supposed to be carbonic acid gas, with probably some hydrogen sulphide, for the unmistakable smell of this vas can be detected for miles around. It is tlis peculiar smell that caused the Indians to give this river the present name, what in their language means “stinking,” The “‘sign talk’ of the Crows in alluding to this stream is most amusing and suggestive. Theformation near this spring was almost pure alum, of such an alkaline character as to burn holes in & silk handkerchief in a short time, There is, also, uear an abundance of almost pure sulphur, with a warm sulphur spring on the opposite bank. *. On two occasions I haye crossed this stream in mid-winter, On one oceasion, after leaving camp, aboye the forks, with both streams frozen solid, from a temperature of —32°, a few days previous, and approaching the ford below the ¢ation and looking into its clear and Jimpid waters, without even a skim of ice fringing its borders, the contrast seemed so marked as to suggest the idea of spring. The water had a slight pungent taste, as if produced by carbonic acid or dilute sulphuri¢ acid, To produce this marked change in such a yolume of water, and in so short a distance (two- or three miles), presupposes the existence of many more and extensive springs near the center of this gation, ‘Uhis stream has neyer been known to freeze over at this point, and yet there is said to be an abundince of trout to be caught at the proper season. This canon will hear a grent deal of investi- gation. ; . But by far the greatest wonder of the Shoshone Range is the Grand Cafion of the Clark’s Fork, located sear where this stream debouches on to the valley of the Ycllow- stone. As there is an old trayeled trail passing within four miles of the deepest part of this canon, if is the more }e- markable that its wonderful features are entirely unknown to even the guides and mountain ten, Within the past few years # halfdozen military expe- dilions have passed along this trail, but having no imforma- tion of he locality, made no investigation. 4n 1879 I spent six days in the South Fork Park within six miles of it, but never happened to stumble upon it, In 1881 1 spent two months on '‘Shvep Mountain” and within twelye miles to the south, and only saw enough to induce further investiga- tion, but as it involved a descent into the South Fork Basin of 2,000 feet in a distance of 24 or 2% miles, and down 4 much dreaded trail, it was not undertaken that year, From ahigh point, at least 3,000 feet above the water below “Lookout Point,” its most interesting features, then known, were discovered, including the ‘‘Zeta” Palls, formed by the “South Fork” apparently leaping out from a hole in the vertical wall into the main gorge, AT] these features were pointed outto Captain Stanton, of the aimy, on lis way into the National Park duriog that summer. As I haye neyer seen his report, do not know whether the limited time at his disposal admitted of a further examination of this caiion, as ncither of us were aware of the depth of the upper part of the cation outlined in the distance betore our eycs. During the past summer (June and July, 1882,) circum- stances gave me opportunities for further explorations. Having been detained al the mouth of this canon three or four days by the laborious and dangerous business of rafting my camp outfit of 1,200 pounds across this rapid stream, advan- tage was taken of the delay to explore the lower end for about seven miles, to & pot where the cation walls close in to the water's edge. This point, howeyer, is only one mile below the lower edge of the South Fork Basin, which can To most of the readers of the Forust anp SvREAm these | be reached by a circuitous trail over the mountain, Subse- wonders’ are more or less familiar, either from personal | quently haying heen detained by high water in the Stinking inspection or the description of ethers. In the past six | River, I spent several days in this exploration, at and below Se _— a ee (Fes. 15, 1688, the mouth of the South Fork, This inyolyed a great deal of the severest labor (one day climbing ap and down « verli- a height of 2,600 feet), Wut the results amply repaid the effort. \ ; T have seen all the principal cafions of Montiinus and Wyoming, and have seen enlarged pholos of the Royal Gorge on the Arkensas River of Colorado, yet I have no hesitation 10 asserting that His cation, in most regards, sure — passes them all, and ig only eccondary, in this country, to the ‘Grand Cajion of the Colorado.” The lower seven miles of this caflon are rather open, sufficiently so for a good wagon road (at one place there being a little park), The walls rise up with 9 slope of about 1tol with the highest peak on the Hast Side, of 4,000 or 4,500 feet above the water; and not exceeding 1,200 yards to the east on # horizontal line. i The point where the cation shuts in to the water's cdge is opposite ‘' Point Lookonf,"” 3,100 feet vertically above thé water, and not exceeding 500 yards away on a hotizontal line. Looking down from this height you ithazine you can cast a stone into the water, apparently just at your fect. From this point to 4 point just below the mouth of Cran- dall Creek, about twelve miles, this stream rushes through a narrow chasm, or rather “erack,’’ in the granite roolr made by some convulsion of nature, The solid granite walls, shutting in fhe stream to the water's edge, are almost vertical, their slope being abont 4 to 1, and near the lower end are at least 1,200 feet in height above the water. From the south comes in Dead Indian Creek and the South Fork, through chasms of a similar character, except not so wide, and falling, from the fords on the trail near the level of the busin, three and one-half and four miles ahoye, tothe level of the main stream, 1,200 to 1,400 feet vertically, The former stream descends in a system of cascades and rapids the entire distance, The latter and much larger stream de- scendsin the same manner bat not quite so rapidly, until the gorge of the main stréam is reached, when it lenps out from the face of the yertical wall and tumbles down 300 feet into thé valley below, the first 100 fect being in 2 single leap; the latter 200 in a succession of cas- eades, On the brink of the fall the width of opening in the wall is about 50 fect, with walls rising 700 or 800 fect, almost vertically, om each side. Near the fop of this wall, on the east, is, apparently carved in the face of the cliff, the letter 2 of colossal proportions, Hence I sug- gested asthe name of these falls, “Zeta,” from the Greek letter. Viewing these falls from a point just below, the wa- ter appeurs shooting ont from hole in the solid clit. Nor is this an incousiderable river, 1s those can testily who have seen it at its avelawe stage. This stream joins the mitin stream about 200 yards above Dead Indian Creck (the military maps imdicate they come together before their junction with the main river), and in © thal distance the side of the cliasm is a mass of huge houl- ders, evidently disrupted from the main cliff in the original convulsion of mature. One of these boulders, hy measure ment, contained 320 cubie yards, which wonld indicate a weight of about T00 tons. The gorges through whieh these tributaries pissed were | scurtely secondary in interest to thatof the main atrenin. On Indian Creek a point wus reached stoppioe further progress, Where the with atthe water level was 25 fovvt, With 600 feet walls on each side. Just above and uround # bend was heard the noise of no inconsicerable fall On the South Pork was found a point wheres stone could be cast into the water below with ulittle more elfort than merely dropping from the hand. A. suceessfon of trials with as round boulders aa could be fornid showed that their descent took eight seconds to the water, in icibing, by the © law of fwlling bodice, without allowance for sir resistance, a depth of over 1,000 feet. A Tend all would haye fallen in somewhat shorter time. The next day a descent was made, by a side gorge, to the water's edge, a little below, and the aneroid indicated 700 feet. This point was estimated 400 feet above the main stream. The width between walls at this point at top, as determined by the known curve of a rifle ball, was 15) yards, At some points this width across the main chasm was nol exceeding 200 to 250 yards. The water channel was 75 to 80 yards. The main stream falls for the entire length of the channel, suy 1) miles, 2,200 to 2,500 feet. J have thns brietly given the main features of this remark- able canon, and will defer to a future paper to give more details, The verticul hvights are no guess work, but were obtained by personal observation with a yery reliable anenoid barometer, checked by such means as the case suge ested, a Comparing this canon with that well-snown one below the Grand Falls of the Yellowstone; it has something: Jess volume of water, butis fully as long; has vertical, solid granite walls instead of walls of earthy material, with slopes of 1 to 1; its depth is greaier, 1,200 feet, whereas, I helieve the depth of the latter cation, at the point of Mt. Washburn, doesnot exceed 1,000 feet, with highest peak, within one mile of the water, of not exceeding 1,500 feet, whereas, the first, numer cation has a peak of 4,000 feet heiwht and within three quarters uf a mle of the water. There are no landscape views from points hear the Yellow- stone Cation. There ure, on ihe contrary, mountain penks immediately overlooking the Clark’s Fork Cniion that not only given magnificent view of the canon below, including Zeju Falls, but ove of the grandest yiews of park and distant mountain peaks to be had in Montanior Wyoming. There are peaks within twelve miles of this locality 12,000 feet above tide level, [ heartily concur in the recommeudition of Gen, Sheri- dan, that the boundaries of this Park be extended, on the east to the line of Ceday Monutain and on the south to the forty-fourth parallel. Iwould recommend the southern hound- ary be extended still further, to the for ty-third aud a halfde- evee parallel, or at least far enough to include the Three Tetons” and the Teton Basin. Hayden's Sutvey shows that none of this district will be of less elevation than 6,000 feet above sea level. I haye never known any crops either in Montana or Northern Wyoming, to be raised ai a prenter allitude than 5,500 feet, so that no interest wil! be injured by this latter extension, The extension of the castern boundary to Cedar Mountain will take in the ‘Stinking River Basin,” the summer range of two large bands of dat- tle and some small bunds of horses, That aiticulty might he obviated by making the line pasa through the ‘Pwo Sen- tinels” of Caplain Jones's survey, siluated immediately at the toyer end of the Caton of the North and about twelve miles west of Cedar Mountain Fork of Stinking River, It would be well, however, in extending the boundaries of this Park, to allow prospecting for minérals, and in cuse of valuable mineral deposits being found, to give fanilitice fer Fez. 15, 1883.] FOREST AND STREAM. 43 tlie working of such mines, There can be no serious ob- jection to this proviso in the new hill. Doubtless it has occurred to the minds of many visitors how inyaluable the exclusive hotel privileges of this grand Park would be with the railroads approaching its borders. But who éyer thought such exclusiye privileges could be battered away to anyone? It was, therefore, not (o be wondcred at that the public were surprised, a short time since, to learn that nol only were the exclusive hotel privi- lewes (with a large tract of land leased at each point of interest), but likewise the exclusive right to furnish trans- porhition and guides, as also supplies, etc,, had been leased for 4 term of yeurs te a syndicate of distinguished gentle- meu fora mere gone. To any one acquainted with the Park and its swrountlinss, it was apparent this magnificent wonderland was placed entirely under the control of a few individuals, and no one could visit it without their consent, oral least without passing through their hotels, guides, stages, ete. " A mau af inoderate means even could not ‘‘do” the Park, much less the poor man who traveled in tle old fashioned but pleasant way, by pack horses and camp outfit. T presume there is no one who finds fanlt with this syndi- cate of distinguished and patriotic gentlemen for accepting the terms of this lease. It is even claimed by some of their friends that some of these privilegos were forced upon them. Who can blame them for accepting? One of them enthu- siastically exclaimed, in the contidence of friendship, not as Col, Sellers has it, “there's millions in il,” but there is $1,000,000" in it. But that a high official of the Goyern- ment could be found who, in the absence of his chief, and, as it is understood, without his autkority, and almost sur- réeplitiously, as the papers have it, to contract away these privilcgcs for a song, is a most remarkable ocenrrence, The thanks of the people are justly due to Senator Vest, seconded by the trenchant blows of the Formsr anp Srream, for turning the full glare of public opinion on this extraordinary lease, There ave a few other points to be guarded in this Icase that I have not seen mentioned, and they are respectfully commended te the attention of Senator Vost and his com- mittee, It should be expressly stipulated that no hotel building nor bath-house nor structure of any kind should be erected in sight of any of these wonders of nature, Such an act would be an outrawe on ‘the eternal fitness of things.” This especially should be guarded against at the Upper Geyser Basin, ‘There are hotel men enterprising enough to lay their sacrilegious hands on ‘Old Faithful” and ‘The Grand,” and who would quench their wonders by clapping a common square frame building over their vraters, and utilize their perpefualmotion powers to supply their guests with hot and could water. No building should be allowed within less than three hundred yards of this grand proup of geysers. There is an abundance of hot water “on the side,” large and boldly discharging pools, with boiling bot water, for all bathing and culinary purposes, Within one-half mile of this group. _ Another requirement should be inserted into the contract; @ #., that the lessees should supply a great abundance of pure cold water, not only for their own guests, but for all other visitors. The water of Fire Hole River being almost always contaminated with the Geyser water, is unwhole- some and unfit for use, An abundance of delicious water can be had from the extreme westerly fork of Fire Hole River, by bringing it in pipes 24 or 3 miles, and with head enough to “squirt” much higher than Old Faithful, Good water can also doubtless be obtained from the main Fire Hole River by tapping it above the falls, The length of this communication does not admit of an allusion to the game question, as Intended. I see, however, by «a late Bozeman paper, that additional contracts have been made for eli meat by the agent of the Park Syndicate at seven cents per pound, also additional contracts for Cook City, and hunters haye gone into the Park to kill elk for that purpose. Outside of all questions as to the “fitness of things,” this syndicate can have beet delivered at. that price, and of much better quality for food than poor elk meat. Hk newt at this season is nntit for food. 1h Drexyer, Colorado, Peb. 2, 183. THE NATIONAL PARK GRAB, WN the course of a letter, written by John Schuyler Crosby, Governor of Montana, to tle Chairman and Committee on Terrifories, under date January 17, he very pertinently BiB: in a reeent letter which I had ovcasion to write fo Senator Vest on the subject of preserying the Yellowstone Park, as arefuge for the large game of the Northwest, 1 lightly fouched on certain leases made to private parties disposed to speculate in this national pleasure ground, But I did not mention Mhenanies of the speculators. As the newly appointed Governor of Montana, it was my duty to guard her interests in (he public Parkon her borders, But, as] lear from a Special dispatch to the New York World, Mr, Rufus Hatch, disregarding my forhearance as to mentioning his name in oious connection with a proposed trespass upon public vights, arraigns me by name, for guarding the interests of the Territory Which | haye the honor to preside over, aud accuses me of posing as a public reformer. I cannot retort fhe accusation, Mr. Hatch has achieved a certain soit of national reputation a4 an ubserupulous monopolist and speculator, But it would be irony to call these vicious Things reform. Tam not unywilliny to be called a reformer, My reat grandfather was one when he signed ihe Declar- ation of Independence. I should be sorty to forget ‘the price of liberty,” T am attacked in good company to be sure, for General Sheridan, whose official report struck @ damaving blow at the scheme of Mr, Rufus Hatch and his coadjutors, is fiercely assailed by this notorious speculator, who, however, is totally mistaken in his statement that my recent letter to Senator Vest was wrilten from General Sheridan’s head- quarters. Weither General Sheidan nor any of the officers at his headquarters, eye. saw the letter till it was ready for publication, though I believe he, in common with many patriotic men who do not believe in the business of feather ing nests by plucking the public, approved of the senti- ments of my letter. Mr, Hatch’s dissent is natural. The issue between Mr. Hatch and myself is neither im- portant, nor of my seeking, he real issue is national, not personal, Itis whether the Yellowstone Purk shall be, in the limguage of the dedicatory statutes “a public park and 2 pleasure ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people,” or whether if shall be the cattle ranch of Mr. Rufus Hatch et a. who propose to establish yast “cattle enterprises Glose to the Park” and secure unlimited forage and immu- nity from distirbance in their trespass, by controlling tho Park as hotcl monopolists, who lease some four thousuud acres embracing eyery object of interest to the tourist, and mean to let; their cattle obtain free pasture over the ‘temain- ing millions of acres. The issue is, ‘shall the public, or shall a band of speculators profit by the Ycllowstoue Park?” Mr. Hatch knows that if he shall carry out lis defant threat to push his cattle ranches close to the Park, the cattle will swam into it, That is his purpose in choosing this proni- mity. By his monopolistie schemes within he Park be in- tends to exclude all frespassers, except his own. No pus- sible fence could separate Mr. Hatch’s cattle from the public domain that he covets, without defeating one great purpose of the Park, as an asylum for the hunted game of the Terri- tories that border it, The fence would excluds the game also, Ttis rather amusing to have Mr, Rufus Hatch pose as a patriotic and public spirited citizen. But so he does, ac- cording to the World's dispatch. Yet it is demonstrable that his patriotic desire to profect the Nutional Park, came into being only when he proposed to make money out of it by monopolizing every curious feature im it, and running his “cattle enterprises close up’ toil, Beénuse he is pro- posings something prejudicial to the Territory which L have the honor to govern, and hostile to the interests of the great Northwest, and odious to unselfish public sentiment throughout the United States, I need hirdly apologize for taking # little space in following him through his inconsis- tent statement of motives, He lis unwisely uncovered his hand too soon, and shoyn that my letter to Senator Vest was not premature. Uniler Mr, Hatch’s accidental avowals, and his impudent defiqnee of Congressional action or any interpretation of contracts but his own, he has made it clear that if any man in the Untted States is not to be trusted with the slightest power within the Yellowstone Park, that man is Rufus Hatch, of New York. AROUND THE COAST OF FLORIDA. BY DK, J; A. HENSUATIL. Fourth Paper. \ ] & soon came in sight of the Indian village, a cluster of twenty-five or thirty huts, on the ridve of the pine wocds, where we soon landed, and were immediatly sur- vounded by the young bucks, who looked on with great interest and curiosity as we unpacked the canoe, Cif wis at ouce at home with the Indian dogs. Big Tiger then came down to the landing, and pointing to a group of two or three hnts a. little separated from fhe rest said: *¥ou hoase—you eat—you sleep—in-cah!” We carried our plunder to the huts indicated, followed by the young bucks, who were much interested in the guns, rifles, and especially in the fishing reds, the use of which had to be explained to them by sigus. This village is one of several, where dwell the four lun- dred Seminoles yet remaining in Florida; the largest village is inthe “Big Cypress,” some thirty miles distant. These villages or comnnunities are governed by petty chiefs, who owe allegiance to Tallahassee, the great liead center, who liyés sometimes at the Big Cypress and at other times at Pease Creck. This village was governed by Little Tommy and Big Tiger. The latier is the son of 6ld ‘Tiger-tail,” the late principal chief of the Seminules, who had been killed by lightning a year or two before. Tizar-tail fought all through the Indian war, and was said to haye been one hundred years old at the time of lis death. Besides Big Tiger and Little Tommy there were Big Oharley, Tommy Doctor, and several others with their syuaws and familics, half a dozen or more young bucks, several old women, a good many children and a host of dogs. The sun was set- ting in the Hverglades as we got everything up to the huts and piepared supper, _ These Indiaus lead a quiet, peaceable and semi-pastoral life, cultivating fields of corn, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, heaus, bananas, etc., in the rich himaks on the adjacent. islands, their yillages being in the pines or the border. They also make stareh from the ‘‘comptie,” or wild arrow- root, which grows abundantly in the pine woods, and in the wiater they bunt deer and bears. Such a life is not without its charms, shut out, as they aré, from all the world by impenetrable cypress swamps, the only avenues to eivilization being by way of the streams which drain the Everglades, the currents of which are so swift during high water that few attempt fo ascénd them to the Eyer glade, and still fewer succeed, Tn the spring and carly suinmer the Everglades are comparatiy ly dry; as Big Tiger said; “ In two moons all water gone—cause no go more.” During the autumn and winter the men go to the setile- ments, mostly to Miami on Biscayne Bay, by way of the Miami River, where they sell dverskins, buckskin, beeswax, comptie starch, vegetables, bird plumes, alligator teeth, etc,, and buy eluth, calico, ammunition, tobacco, ete., and occasionally wy-ho-mee (whisky). The men are tall, well-formed, sttaight and cleanJimbed, and are quite neat in their drvss, which consists of a calico shirt, a belt, breech-cloth und a turban; the latter is a head- dress quite remarkable in its construction and conspi nous and picturesque in appearance. It is some two feet in diameter and six inches thick ov high, with a hole in the center to fil the head. It is formed of bright-coloved shawls, the outside layer being’ sometimes a bright red cotton or bandana handkerchief ; its shape is exactly that of a flat cheese, or a grindstone. Tt is quite heavy, and the boily must be ¢arricd very erect to keep it balanced on the head; perhaps the erect carriage of fhese Indians is to be ac. counted for, to a preat extent, by the wearing of this singu- lar head-dress, for they are never sewn without it, except chiefs, Big Tiger and Little Tomar, wore a kind of Lunt. ing shirt of blié plaid calico with a broad collar, the whole ornamented with bright-colored fringes, and strips of turkey- red calico along the seams. These Indians have agrecable, THusical yoiees and tall in low. pleasant tones. The houses are formed of upright posts set in the sround, a thatched roof of palmetto leaves, aud «a floor about three feet from the sround, the sides being open. They sift on the floors during the day, and sleep on them at night, their beds being rolled up in the daysime. They all sleep under mosquito bars, which are tucked up durivg the day, The store-houses sré A-shaped and are Glosely thatehed all around, with a door in one end, At one side of the village is 4 level, Gleared space with « tall pole in the center, where they hold their dances at stated periods, the “wreen corm dince” being the most important. These are occasions of feasting, reyelry and the wildest enjoyment, in which, wy- homee (whisky), 48 in more civilized assemblages, takes an aetive and prominent part, ‘ As the twilight floated upward, aud the darknesa closed atound, the night was filled with wonders. Small camp fires were kindled in the open spaces between the huts, east ing aruddy glare around, lightine up the gay attire and swarthy features of the Indians as they silently moved about, gilding the trunks of the lofty pines and setting the shadows dancing and flitting through the open huts, The white Smoke vlided upward like tell hosts snd disappeared in the gloom above the tree tops. The young moon hung low in the west, carrying the ‘told moov in her arms” across the mysterious wistes of the Everelades, lenying a trail of silvery tracks behind her, The jeweled belt of Orion and the Haming Southern Oross blazed in the heavens aboye, While myriads of fireflies flitted and flashed their tiny lanterns over the slender spires of reeds, rushes and rank grasses, their reflections gleaming and sparkling with the stars tn the still reaches of the chiunnels. ‘Phe air was heavy with the redolence of balmy shrubs, honey-scented flowers and the spicy nroma of the pines. Strange night birds fluw by on noiseless wing, great moths wheeled about in erratic flight, and fierce bectles went buzzing overhead. The chuck-will’s-widow was calling loudly, and the great horned ow! woke the solemn echoes of the dense pine forest, while am incessant twittering and chattering of waterfowl, the piping of frogs, and the occasional bellow of an alligator came from the marshes. What wonder that the Seminoles fought so long and desparately for their sunny homes. We repaired to the largest camp-fire, where the eé? of the village were sitting aud lounging about. The squaws, each with a. babe in her lap tugging at the fouut of nature, were somctimes when hunting. The men's less aud feet are always bare, and look like columns of polished mahogany; sumetimes, when huntings in the scrub, they wear buckskin leegins and moccasins, The women dress in short calico petticoats and a jacket or short sicque of gay-colored ¢loth. Their necks are orna- mented by many strands of beads, sometimes a hundred or more, and weighing many pounds. The young womenand bucks have usually very good features and ave yery yain of their personal appearance. The hair of the men is Shaved at the sides, that on the top and back of the head is formed into a Jong plait and coiled on top of thehead, The women dress their hair in a way perfectly incomprehensible to me, though plaits form part of the arrangement. The old Squaws are not blessed with good looks, and do the drnd- gery of the camp. ‘The children are bright, active and full of Fun; some of the boys go entively naked, though during our stay they wore short calico shirts. The boys are neyer without thair bows and arrows, in the use of which they are yery io wie killing quail and other birds, hares, squirrels, ete. ¢ older ones, with their dogs, hunt vophers (land- tortoises), and spear aquatic turtles and fish, The two sub- shelling beans, pounding hominy or pulling buckskin, ihe mén looking on, talling and smoking, and the children and dogs romping and playing, Wewere olfered the best log at the fire and sat down. I performed a few simple sleigit- of-hand tricks, such as, by palming half-dollars, making them disappear and then taking them from under the young bucks’ turbans, out of the older men's tobacco pouches, or from under the boys’ shirts; but they were especially de- lighted when L took two from the mouth of a baby. Other tricks were performed with a string and a handkerchief, which were received with prunts of applause and nods of approbation. They wanted Squire, Jack and Skipper to do something, but [told them [was “medicine man,” and that the boys were ho-lo>yau-gus (no wocd),; which pleased themamazingly, Skipper then put Cnif through his paces, who is & very intelligent dog and performs a variety of tricks. There was a large gartish roasting on the coals, at which Squire spit tobacco juice as ata target, in spite of Jack's nudges, ind he seldom missed the mark. I said something about baked fish and tobacco sauce, but still, as Jack said, “he didn’t tumble to the racket,” Finally a squaw turned it over, when Squire ‘‘tumbled.” “TI thought it was « stick of wood,” said he apologelically. But the basting did it no harm, for the squaw cracked it open with « stick, the horny covering parting in lalyes like a bivalve shell, the meat ap- pearing white and savory, which was divided among the children, together with some swect potatwes which she raked out of the ashes. The young bucks and squaws are not allowed to talk to white men when the older men are about; they affect not to uuderstan(l, answering only, “Dunno” and “No,” but pet the bueks apart to themselves and they can tik “Englis’” well enough for all practical purposes, Big Tiger prides himself on his ability to ‘‘Wogilis’ tall, 200d.” Lasked him why be did not succeed his father, Tiger-tail, as “Big Chief” instead of Tallahassee. I gathered trom his answer that it was (asin the atfairs of some other people) the man who talked the fairest and promised the most who wus sclected, He said; Allcome. AJL “The chiefs and officers haye council. smoke, One man get up—tall, talk, talk! No lie—good talk, Other man get np—talk, talk, talk! Must no fie— must good talk! Every man must talk, talk! Every man good talk—must no lic! When all men talk, they say whe chief, Tallahassce he talk» heap—eoor talk—no lic—muke him Big Chief; but,” he added commiiseratively, ‘he no “Eneailis’ talk; meé Englis' talk, good!” Capt. Hendry, of Port Myers, took one of the young bucks (whom he is educating) and Litthe Tommy to the State Pajr at Jacksonville a few months before. I usked Tommy what he liked best of all things that he saw there; he answered, “Big hog!’ The admiration of these Indians for hogs (of which they haye a number) seems to surpass that of «all things clge, Tasked Big Viger if he was fond of wy-hoanee (whisky); he said; . “TIn-cah; little my-ho-mee, good; too much wy ho-mee, ho-la-watt-gus! You got ’um? "No; wheze can 1 get um?” asked I, “Miami, you get ‘um; Key West, you get ‘um. Miami Wy-ho-mee, ho-la-wan-gus! Key West wy-ho-mee, goad, inc-ali! Miamiwy-ho-mee, me get’um; in four days (hold- ing up four fingers), sour! Ho-la-war-gus!! Key West wy-ho-mee good! No sour; strong! [n-cal|” We discovered that night why the Indians used mosquito burs; but my pen is inadequate to describe the miseries and torments we endured through neglecting to take ours with us. We slept, or rather triéd to sleep, in the hut assigned to us, Where by maintaining a cirele of fires and smudges around the open hut we managed to pass the night. We spent two days at the village and were much inutervsted, The Indians are good hunters and fair shots, but we beat them all at the tarsel; ye thouglit it necessury to do so in order to convince them of the superiority of the whites, as 4 race, in all things; We mollitied their defeat, howeyer, by aliributing our success mostly to our superior rifles, which we told them were even inferior to most rifles now made. Jack then kicked the fat into the fire by beating each Indian with big own sun; but 44 FOREST AND STREAM. when he doubled up crowsata hundred yards with a Steven's ocket rifle, dwelve-inch barrel, they refused to shoot any onger, saying their guns were holaswau-gus! Jack said that the white man’s supremacy must be maintained, The Indians nse modern breech-loading rifies of the best manu- facturers, .89 and .44-ealibre. Their canoes are made of huge cypress logs, are beautiful models, and carefully and skillfully constructed. The boys learn to handle and sail them when quite young. They use the pole in preference to the paddle, owing to the shallow water, and always sail them when there is afair wind, Inthe fall there is from four to six feet of water in the Eyeralades, caused by the heayy rains of summer, but in the spring ‘navigation closes,” We purchased some sweet potatoes and beans, repacked the canse and prepared to leave, when Quit was missing. I had-seen him not long before with a large Indian dos in the woods, Skipper was sorely troubled, fearing that the bucks had secreted him; but I was satisfied he had gone hunting to Show off his smartness to the Indian cur. Finally we left without him, Tiger agreeing to bring him down to the station next day, saying: “When sun so,” pointing in the west to where the sun would he at an hour high, ‘‘me come—canoe—white man’s dog—me bring um—in-cah!” Three hours of sailing, paddling and the swifi current of New River took us fo the station landing, where we found the Rambler allright. Tlie next day at the appointed hour Tiger was seen poling s small canoe across the hay, with Cuil seated in the how. The most favorable wind for sailing on the Hast coast of Plorida is a westerly onc, which, blowing off the land, rend- ers {he sea comparatively smooth, The day after Lietnmmed from the Byerglades the wind was northwest, and had Cuit been aboard, we should haye at once set sail for Biscayne Bay, that being the mosi favorable wind we could have had. Asarule, the wind in Florida boxes the compass in the reg- war way, following the sim, so that by the tie we were ready to sail it was easterly, but rather light, and though there was not much sea, there wasa long and heayy swell from the northeast. We went out over the bar at ebb tide. New River Inlet is one of the hest on the southeast coast of Florida, there being at low tide three or four feet of water on the bar, As the channels to these inlets are constantly changing, owing to the shifting of the sand, if would he useless to describe them in detail; but, as a rule fhe cruiser should sail below them until the stream opens well to view, and then sail in on the plane of the outflowing river which on this coast is generally in » northerly direction. The shore line for ten miles below the New River Inlet is of a similar character to that already deseribed, but it after- ward hecomes more beayily timbered, owing to the proxim- ity of streams about the head of Biscayne Bay. Twelve miles helow New River we were abreast of Life Saving Sta- tion No. 4, the Jast one on the coast, under the charge of Bd. Barnott, and cigit miles below it we entered Bay Biscayne through Narrow’s Cut, between the mainland and Virginia Key. The lighthouse on Fowey's Rock (formerly on Cape Florida), and the first buoy marking the entrance to Hawk Channel from here to Key West, were in plain sight as we passed in. We al once sailed across Biscayne Bay, about eight miles, to Miami (old Fort Dallas), at the mouth of Miami River. We suiled into the river a few hundred yards and an- chored off the wharf of Mr, Hwan, who keaps a store and Jives with Mr. Chas. Peacock in the old stone officers’ qnar- ters of Fort Dallas. Here | met my old friends, Mr, and Mrs. Peacock and family, Mr. Ewan and his mother, also Mr. aud Mrs. Tuttle, of Cleveland, O., KE, O. Gwynn, Esq,, Mayor of Key West, and Mr. Gurtis, of Jacksonville. Fla. Mr. Curtis was collecting specimens of woods for the Gmithsonian Institution and other scientific muscums, and had a valuable collection. We crossed the riyer to the store anid post-office of Mr, Brickell, where we found an abund- ant supply of mail matter, this being the only post-office he- tween Lake Worth and Key West. the mail heing received via the latter place. We also met here Little Tommy, one of our Indian friends from the Byerglades, whe was down on a trading trip, coming in his cance by way of the Miami River, which penetrates the Everglades. There are many points of interest about Biscayne Bay, among others the “Punch Bowl,” a large spring in the hamak of Mr, Brick- ell, and near the shore of the bay. Jn times gone by the Iniecaneers, pirates and wreckers of the Florida Keys and Spanish Main frequented this spring to fill their water casks from ifs great, rocky bowl. Of course the usual atories of buried treasures near the haunts of pirates obtain, and many and vain have been the searchings in the vicinity of the Punch Rowl. See instructions at head of this colunin. Cushla Ma Chree. By Mr. Herbert Smith, Philadelphia, Pa., for red Ivish setter bitch, whelped Feb. 15, 1882, by champion Berkley out of Nora (flcho—Firetly). sats (28> See instructions ot head of this column. Gertrude—Fieust, Dy, A. M. MeCollom’s lemon and whita pointer bilch Gertrude (Snapshot—EU) to Missouri Kennel's champion Faust, March. : Counteas—Croxteth. Mr. T, Donoghue’s lemon and white pointer bitch Countess to Mr. A. E. Godeffroy’s Croxteth (Bang—Jane), Mareh 16 : < : —Beaufort. Mr. Garrett Roach’s (New York) champion Direchess ointer biteh Duchess (Sensation—Whiskey) to Mr. G HA. Nixon’s eaufort (Bow—Beulah), March 2. P Clio—Doubleshot. r. H, W. Huntington’s (Brooklyn, N, (2) black Euglish greyhound biteh Clio (Badger—Ian) to his importe Doubleshot (Riot Act-—-Simflower), Feb. 27. Disie Dot—Foreman, Mr. R. M. Brown’s(Amberst Court House, Va.) black, white and tan Nnglish setter bitch Dixie Dof(Prince Royal —Vick) to Mr. C. Fred Crawford's Foreman, March 12. _ Crete—Pilot. Mr. Thomas D, Simpson's (Philadelphia, Pa,) black and tan Gordon setter bitch Crete to Mr. Sammel G. Dixon’s Pilot (Grouse—Mand). j v Dolly—Crowteth. MarR. M. Lindsay's (Scranton, Pa,) lemon and white pointer bitch Dolly (Romp—Juno) to Mr, A. BH. Godeitroy's Croxteth (Bang—Jane), March 12. ee +e - Pora—Burdette Bob. Mr. Burr Hollis (Hornellsville, N.Y.) liver and while spaniel bitch Dora (Captain—Plora) to the Horneil Spaniel Olub's Burdette Bob (Prince—Beaw’s Sister), Mareh h, , Birdie—Hornell Bonanga, The Hornell Spaniel Clob’s liver cocker spaniel biteh Birdie (Don—Bird) to their Hornell Bonanwa, Mareh id. ; Jenny—Hornelt Dandy. The Hornell Spaniel Clubis imported black cocker bitch Jenny (Brush—Rhea) to their Hornell Dandy, Mareh 17. : ; a Hornell Ruby—Hornell Dandy. The Hornell Spaniel Club's liver covker spaniel bitch Hornell pube res TiL—Lady Bath) to their Hornell Dendy, (Bucaphalus—Black Bess), Feb. jan ¢ Ss Prin—LHoriel Dandy, The Hornell Spaniel Club's liver and white Corker eDaniph bitch Prin (Witch—Primrose) to their Hornell Dandy, vel 1. : a = Raroness—Hornell Dandy, The Hornell Spaniel Club’s black and _ Marca 22, 1883.] FOREST AND STREAM. 183 tan = Mareh 4. j Hornell Dinahi—Hernell Dandy. Tho Hornell Spaniel Chib’s (Hornellsyilie, N.Y.) imported pack cocker spaniel bitch Hornell | Dinah to their Hornell Dandy (Bucephalus—Black Bess), Feb. 12, Beatrice—Hornell Bonanza. The Hornell Spaniel Chib’s imported hiack cocker spaniel hitch Beatrice (Nigger—Belle) to their Hornell Bonanza (Brush 1], Nellie), Feb. 18, Blanche—Buritette Bob, The Hornell Spaniel Clih's liver coeker spaniel hitch Blanche (Montugue—Gelle) to their Burdette Bob vince—Beau's Sister), Peb. 21. WHELPS. Ke See fastructions at head oF this colin, Dorolhee. Mr. FH, W, Huniiugton’s (Brooklyn, N. ¥.) imported black greyhound bitch Dorothes (Rofdu Combat—seiatica), Mareh 13, he (hree dogs), by his imported Doubleshot (Riot Act—Sun- ower). ; Polly. Mr. Rabet't lyes Cuocker’s (New Vork) fox-terricr biteh Folly (Natler—Fact), March 17. six (five dogs), by Princes |Remp— Julep). Luecid, Mi, BH, A, Herzhere’s (Brooklyn. N.Y.) Hnglish setter bitoh Lucid (Sim's Dash—Maid of Honor), March 12, six (three dogs), by his champion Barperoy Mred. ' A Lid) Maule. Mr. W. A. Power's (Niagara Walls) Bnelisn setter hitch Lady Mande (Dayidsin’s Bruee— Lady), nine (five dogs), by Mr. T.G, Davey’s imported Lava Rock (Sim's Dash—Maid of Honor). Nell. Mr. M.S. Buker'’s (Bueksport, Me.) ved Irish setner bitel Nell, Dac. ix. 1882. ten (five dogs), by his Bounce. Belle. Mr. Louis C. Clark’s (New York) pointer bitch Belle (Flake —Lilly), Jan. 4, five (one dog), hy Suapshot, Tr, Mineola. Mr. Louis C. Claric’s (New York) pointer hiteh Mineola, (Croxteth—Bliss). Jan. 20, cine (foul dogs) by champion Sensation, Spider, The Hornell Spaniel Club's Vluck aod white ticked cocker spaniel bileh Spider (Bob TT,—Prity), Mureh 1, seven (five dogs), by their Hornell Dandy (Bucephalus—Blaek Bess), SALES. Ee See instructions at head af this column, Junc. Red Trish setier bitch, 4yrs. olf (Berkley—Tilly), by Mr, Woes SUSDE UAT (Yonkers, N.Y.) to Mr. Wm. H. Pierce (Peaksicill, Ne o) Monarch, Liver and white pointer dog, dyrs, old (Ranger—Queen), by MW. H. E, Hamilton (New York) to My. Amory B, Starr (Marehall, Ox.). Pallas, Orange and white Buglish setter bitch, 8yrs. old (Drwia— Pocahontas), by Mr. T. F. Connelly (Flatbush. i. IT.) to Mr W,8. Kettles (Princeton, N. J.) f Cushla-Mo-Chvee. Red Irish seiler bitch, whelped Web. 15, 1882 (Berkley—Nora), by Capt, R. H. Jex Blake (Philadelphia, Pa,) to Mr, Herbert Smith, same place. : Ruth IT Chesapeake Bay bitch, 1dmos, old (Rake—Rose). hy Mr. Gard. G. Hamnhiond (New London. Conn.) to Mr. H, 1. Thompson (St. Paul, Minn.). Jtake—Rose whelp. Chesipeake Bay dog, Vimos: old, by Mr, Gard. G. Hammond (New London, Conn.) to Mr. I, B, Thompson (St. Paul, Minn), Brahnin—Lody Bath iwhetps. Black cocker spaniel puppies, by the Hornell Spaniel Club (Hornellsyille, N. Y.) a biteh to Mr, Robert Burrell (Fall River, Mass.), and a dog to Mr. Geo. W, Schank (Buri- ington, Ia,)}, Rifle and © To sure prompt attention, compipications should be ad- dressed tothe Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and nat to indimiduals, in whose absence from the office metlers of im- portance are liable to delau. ap Shooting. MUZZLE ys. Editor Moreat and Streap: T noti¢e in your issue of March 8 Mv. James Duane’s reply to mine of February 22, in which he attempts to correct my mistakes, and 45 it will be séén he makes a pilifil job of it, Now, I would not reply io this letter if if did not mislead your mauy readers. He says, “l weh tw ecortect some misstatements which occur in Maj. H, W. Merrill's letter printed fn your last issue. 1 ani in a position to do this, asT haye been atsome pains to ascer- tain the facts. He states that the Brown Ban {no, not Brown gui) weighed 15Ibs., and intimates that it was Joaded as a mugzzle-loader;: that is, that the ball was inserted in the rifling in advanee of the cartridge shell.” Yes, with the correction I have made ahove in the brueckets, I asserted the same, and the same are facts, as stated by Mr. Bere, from whom my article states T got my authority for the weight of the rifle, 15/bs. Here are his own woriis, ‘The diagram of the shote * * * areihose made by Mr, J. H, Brown * * * witha Ballard 1alb. Schnizen riflé using 360grs. patched bullet, 20yds., and in Janmary “62, Frota this and My, Duane’s letter, Mr, Duane and your readers will see that I am correct, and that heis all wrong. Now, L purposely leave him right here to find out his own errors. as he says heis in a postioe tofnd out the ‘facts. Allright, and when he shall have one so T hope he will explain them and make « suitable apology to your readers. If his representation is a mistake, as I presume it is, ei5 the less excusable for it, because he assures your readers that ‘heis in a position to” know the facts’ and thereby throws them off their guard. He further says, “The very excellet performance of the gun is correctly quoted” Quoted! Where from? Hyidently from my article there before him, and upon which he was then Writing his criticism. I think that when he shall have learned ex- actly what he is writing about, that the target said to have been made by Mr. Brown and contained in my article is an entire stranger +o fhe one he has in view. If this is so, il looks as if he has made a mistake and adopted the wroue targel, notwithstanding his great knowledge of facts. Lest Mv. Dnane may not rise to explain, T will here simply mention that this Ballard rifle was not a ‘tilitary rifle," but a target one, loaded with a patched bullet. and virtually shot as a mimazle-loader. and heuce tt should have, as T especially claim, made a cood target. The triai was virtually muzzle-losder vs, breecb-loader. For further peniepatiank on this pojut see my article of Pebruary 22 before re- ferred to. Mr. Duane asks, “Now, with whali dovs the Major eonipare the score of this bona fide military weapon?’ IT answer with none, for there is no milifary weapon in the issue, Tn my article T compared only the tivo targets made by target rifies and presented to the pub- lic by Mr. Bere. Tdi not introduce them nor the rifles. Then it is Mr. Berg’s “thunder” that Mr, Duane is complaining of and not mine, If i; Mr. Berg's, too, ‘cannon and not mine which has dis- turbed the dreams of so many of late. Every shot aime at me under this ery of big guns and “cannon* only serves to re- coil against the shooter and to hit Mr. Berg, and J subinit. is this manly? I would seorn the thing, No; it is entirely too late now to go back and cry ‘‘cannon" in Yeference to eilher of the heavy target rities which made the targets, and first presented by Mr. Berg for publication. T would say, fight ont Mr. Berg's battles manfully on his own selected grounds abd with bis own selected means of warfare; butif ollierwise, then 1 would throw np the glove and retire From the coveted fil as best Teould. He tur- ther says, quoting from my article, that “T insist that all fulure «i cussions suall be confined toa practical sporting arm and ammuni- tion.” Wes, Linsist on this, and that the breech-oader shall shoot the fixed hunting amummition proper, and the same we have to buy at the stores, er to go further and fare worse, and that the bullets, eanical, so called. shall he slot naked from {he shell, This refers to the breech-loader. The muzzle-loader bullets are to be either its light round ball or its light conical bullet. Both these are ighter than the breech -loader bullet for the same euliber, My last article showed why these bullets five the most arcuate shooting, ay against the present breeal-loader, for Lnoting purposes or short renbed, Tam Sorry to have to vepeat so many limes these same things, but 1 hope to be untierstoud hereafter. Indecd Twill hob play the hypocrite or the ‘modest’! any lonyer, but Iwill squarely say L have heev misiun- derstood, and my proot consists in seeing how avefully my points are dodged by nearly all who write and try to shun them, Sueh dodg- ins show that the writers clearly ses what they dodge at. Gallery, midvange and long-range shooting stand exeluded from the question. These are all good in their respective plates and after their own peculiar furs, but they ve uot of much acconnt olher- wise. Every riflamuwn and Tinter is supposed to Know this, He should if he does not. aK. Duate’s coucludiny sentence, This last ends BREECH. Ant now comes Mr, in open ridicule, as you shallisee. Rididwleis hhe argument of —whoy The wise, of course. “Will the Major inform us [yes, with pleasure] if he ig in the habit of shoulderine his [not mine) forly-five-pound mozeleloadur joer tif enspound breech-londen either) and trudeing out on m ruuway, to indulge in spap-shooring wi deer, or does he mountiton ihe ‘ - ie jel bitch Baroness (Baron—Queen) to their Hornell Dandy | back of a government mule, Hike John Phoenix's mountain how- tzer?” - _ Well, no! L never was in the habit of doing such a thing, or of see- ing it done by anyone else, and therefore 1 would have supposed that ordinary epistolary courtesy and commonsense wonld have forbid- Aen asking such silly questions, H. W, Merrint, Mareh 11, 1823. BECOMING A CRACK SHOT. WV RW. MILTON FARROW, kuowu through two continents as a i successful marksman of rare excellence. and to the readers of the Forgsr anp Spream as a frequent contributor to our columus, bas put in a narrative form his experiences in practice and in Mnatches and published it wider the title of “How I Became a Crack Shot.” The workis s. handy little volume, and readable, Its author applies the old saw of nascitur nom fil to marksmen, and in his ppen- ing chapter confesses: “Prom my earliest recallectious the love for powder and bullets, rifles and guns, was paramount to balls, tops, marbles, or any of the games of boyhood. Camons, ioprovised from tin pen-holders. mounted un blocks wilh pins, were the first essay. Thr premature explosion of [his weapon with its natural consequences brought dis- favor from parental souree, and powder was one of the interdicted substances. By a Ineky trade with an old junk man a rusty horse- istol barrel was obtained, mounted on an oale block, secured by an iron staple. Tt proved a source of great delight. Thestanding piles on the pier-head. 80) yards’ distance. was the enemy. and many were the ponnds of lead fired sway in the attempt to male ‘Long Tom’ do fine worl,” Being apprenticed to a jeweler, My. Farrow thinks that much bench practice al fina work led to 9 steadimess of hand and nerve, and laid the foundation for that command of nerve and will-power which, especially in off-hand target shooting, is so essential to sudcess. The reader is taken hack and forth in successive chapters between Burope aiid America, and permitted to stand at the author's side and share his thoughts as he won many important priges agaivst large felds of skilled shots. Mr. Warrew is caréful to emphasize the importance of off-hand practice, and 6arly In his story cays: “There is no point in rifle sheoting that will test a. mau’s steadiness of nerye and his reliabilty as a competent marksman to put on a team, than this 200yd, off-hand shooting. The person who can or does become & strong off-hand shot, can overcome all the obstacles in shooting at any other range or distance, and I will also say. that the old adage, ‘Itis a poor rule that won't work both ways, may, in this casi, be considered a poor rule, for it will nut work in the oppo- site direction; if is not always that a first-class long range marks- man can become a first-class short ratige or off-hand shooter,” Tt is, pevbaps, unfortunate that the book is not mate more valuable by criticisms upon methods and mesns. uated by the writer on vari- ousranges. While at the range of Cruelly, near Caen, he tried the old French national arm and criticises it: ST theo fred a few shots with their military ritle, wishing to inform mysell of the range and accuracy from a personal MiRpeCHeD, The rifle was a Chassepot; the ammunirion appeared to be loaded with a paper patch bullet, and then lubricated with a thick covering of greyse or tallow, which, in mry mind, explains the fault of extreme inaccuracy of the rifles." Af the Versailles range for off-hand shooting, Mr. Farrow was specially well pleased with the yrrangemenis and describes them: “The shooting house is a long building and its arrangement for the convenience of the shooters and spéetators ismost complete, The diferent ranges ave divided by railings and loading tables for the competitors, and each shooter takes his turn as is nania is dalled by the score-keeper, The arrangement of the targets is such, that one slides up when the other slides down. to facilitate the rapidity of the shooting, 89 that,as soon as the marksman has fired, he touches a small knob on the right which be te electricity a bell at the target. The marker in the butts hearing the ring, €xanines the target, marks the shot, and the yalueat itis telegraphed back to the shoot— ing house by an arrangemoen keys with Dumbers on then; these numbers are on small disas wh when their key is touched at the targel, assume an upright po and show the number to the score- keeper, to fbe spectators anf 16 the shooter himself; standing up- right for an instant tt then drops hack and remains from sight until retouched again from the eff of another shot. Nothing eould he more convenient in its arran ent to show the spectators and the shooter the value of a shot in s# speedy a manner.’ After the cream had been skimmed from the foreign prize-tists, Mr, | Farrow took a trip to the boundless West. and was not specially pleased with what he saw, for— *T here learned for the first time that the hunter and scout of books and novels was a far different creature from the hunter and scout of the plains. This latter person, in a majority of the cases, wasa most ordinary looking personage, and invariably if a chance for a shot presented itself and there was no conyenient stump or rock, tree or bush to rést his rifle against, a kneeling position was assumed, or ous flat npon the ground with both elbows resting; there was none of that high, standing np position, with elbow aimed at therising sun, left arm extended along the barrel with the ‘freezing’ of the rifle at the object aimed at. Notatall. In its place was the low, crawling, painstaking ‘stalker,’ who hesitated not to get every advantage oyer the object in pursuit. Even to tire at a prairie dog, forty yards dis- tant, did I soe these noble hunters and scouts down on their knees to take a rest, a2 miss the little fellow at that.” The little work cloces with a half dozen short chapters of ‘Hints to Beginners, putin « conversational form, an imaginary tyro coming lo the expert for advice, which is freely but Somewhat disconnectedly given. He again preaches the stipremacy of short vs. long range shooting asa personal drill, declaring: ‘T do really think it far easier to becomes an expert marksman at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards than at {he shorter distance; in the former, the position allowed the marksman is such, that after some practice the rife cau be held as steadily on the bullseye 4s though fired from an artificial rest, and it is ensier io become expert in estimating the varying force of the wind and changes of light, which are the prin- cipal difficullies encountered at these distances. It is easier to do thal than where the marksman is Shanding in the open, with no rest for his rife but his own strength of arm and nerve to maintain a slendy hold ipo the bullseye, bringing the Leela on the trigger With siuficient force fo cause the discharge at the right instant, and following this in suecessive shots to the fulfillment of a complete score. | could name you many who, with the experienue of one sea- sou at the long runges, have become so proficient that scores with bni few points off from the ‘possible’ have been repeated many times, yel. these same gentlemen, after years of practive at the 200 yards, had become only medium in proficiency.” He recommends 48 caliber aa the most desirable for off-hand rifles, that being the smallest caliber to whieh paper-patch bulléts have been adapted, From his own experience he says: “All my best off-hand work has been aecormplished with the .Aa8 ealiber. J tried the 40 thoroughly. and found with the same weight of bullet, poweer and rifie, more recoil in the .40 caliber than in the 48, ‘This question of recoil for off-hand work is very important; there is an instinetive finehing of every marksman to meet this re- evil, and ths lighter the ‘kick’ of the piece the less inclination we have to meetit. Tbe two rifies, if placed ou an artificial rest, might inake taryets of equal excellence, but my experience is that the gun of smaller caliber and less recoil will be rar more pleasant to the shooter and give him better results for lis pais. 1 haye given some little time to phe trial of the .82caliber, but as there are no shells mannfactured for this size wilh @ capacity for fo by grains of powder, which J think is as little as wa can nse and maintain the velocity neeessary Tor fine work. and alse, no bullets of proper weight, shape and Jength could be found, I was forced to abandon the .32, The results T ohtaimeil, however, led me to view this caliber with much respect, and | am not positive that we shall not soon have even @ .32 ealiber tat will make excellent targets at 200 yards,” Myr, Furrow's preferences for smaller calibers is shared by all marks- men who speak trom experience and have felf the aunoyanuue of the hapoizard hithing of the old-fashioisd “gas pipe” rifles, Even in long vane work leis very hopeful of seeing the caliber reduced, and says on this point: The 45 caliber seers to be the favorite with all the manufacturers, T think the reason for this may be traced to the fact that the Govern- ment bas adopted the 45 caliber for its servige arm, and the mann- facturers, having to prepare tools for that caliber. Jorced, as it were, the riflemen into this size for their long rauge work, Tam of the opinion that as tine targets can be made with the .40 caliber at 1,000 yards as the 45, Init proper adaptation of bullet, powder und rifling must be accomplished: and when oue-half of the experiments haye been curried on with this size that there has been with the 45, we Shall attain 4 greater degres of proficiency and « greater depres of ackuraey bin is geuerally conceded to this caliber, and if its real capubilities were known, it would be but a short vine before the Gov- ernivent aniniunition would be 0 instead of 45," Shooting Front & rest ab the shoriqvanges is very properly recom- mended to the tyro for a start, md when that beginner comes up with 1“ the inevitable Why?" he is answered; tt secustons one to fie noise of the explosion and kick of the rifle; one learns, also, after a little practice, that no bullseye will answer his shot where the sights are not properly held, evenfrom the rest. I think ita difficult thing to make a jong series of bullseyes with any rifle, and in any ap aah you will find when you come to try, that the noise of the discharge ond the recoil of the rifle, especi- ally if you use a large caliber, will develop in you an instinctive de- sire (0 ‘brace up’ and meet the recoil, eyen though shooting with rest, Thaye found myself, when pulling the trigger at rest shooting, if { had a tnisfire of the cartridge, wa movement of the museler of the arm and shoulder, a tightening, as it were, to brace themselyes for the accustomed kick.” The choite of a rifle is given some attention, and some general conclusions laid dawn which are valuable enough to berepeated. He says: “There are a number of first-class make of rifles, but T have learned that it is necessary, in order to devalop the highest capabili- ties of & riflaman, that he should haye an arm that would *fit’ him, if I may use (he expression, the conformation of [he man has some- thing to do with this; you will see marksmen with long necks and low shoniders, others quite the reverse, some with Jong arms and high shoulders; and J claim that each syould be supplied with 4 ville to sult such conformation that they can stand und ‘hold’ in a per- fectly natural position, that there may be no over strain of any series or sets of muséles, to cause an unnecessury vibration of the rifle while taking aim. ‘The difference of rifles would mainly be in the length aud drop of the stock; the marksmen with short necks and high shoulders would require « much straighter stock and a trifle shorter; it would be quite the veverse with the long-necked and low- shouldered individual, Please basr in mind this tact. that qur aim must be uniformity in everything; you must have it in the cartridge, in the sighting, in the pulling, in the position and in the holding. Uniformity in holding 1 consider a very important: point; for instance, we will take this Sprinfield rifle here, 1 will i it high up on my shoulder, the lower point of the butt-plate barely tonching the shoulder; if IT pull in that position, you will find the bullet to strike the target at a different point than if held in this position, with the buttlow down and solidly braced against the shoulder, although the rifle is aimed exaetly at the same point. To account for that would require a number of pages if the detail is gone into: but to illustrate, you will see by examuiuing this rifle that the resistance to the recoil is below the line of fire, which is a straight line brought directly back through the barrel of the rifle over the stock; the center of the buth- plate is about four and one-half inches below this line; now force di- rectly back the barrel and vesisp on the center of the butty if the power applied be of sufficient strength if will cause in upward bend of the rifle, something as you would bend an opened hoop when pressing the ends toward the center. Thus you can sce if the recoil is resisted at a lower point on the butt-plate the bending up sist be necessarily greater, and the nearer you can gut the vesistance into = straight line behind the rifle barrel, the less beudiog up takes place.’ Upon the much disputed question of breech actions, Mr. Farrow expresses dissatisfaction with the present models, Ie gives his fleas of the faults of the actions now in use and outlines the features of the eoming model: “The majority of the present modes are too lieavy, taking away from the weight of the barrel in their construction metal that would be of far more service and in hetter position to lessen the recoil and insure greater accuracy. The shape of certain guns is very miiel against them. A very crooked stock I think an abammation. For a perfect breech action we must haye a breech-block sliding at right aniles with the bors of the barrel; this mmst have strength and sohd- ity to withstand the heaviest of cnarges; the hammer may be con- cealed or not, but a central blow is imperative; the trigger should he s0 mranged that the most, effective pullis in the direction which will releasé its point with the minimum amountot force, The sporting rifles at Creedmoor to be allowed in matches must be able to lifh a three pound ga when attached to the trigger. without releasing the hammer, The ordinary construction of the trigger on Américan- made rifles is such that a weight suspended in a direet line with the center of the butt-plate is supposed to be pulling in a direction to release the trigger with the least amount of force. Now, ast stand up with this Springfield rifle in position to shoot, you will see that, the pressure of the finger on the trigger iloes not conie in the direction of that line just illustrated, if has a more upward direc- pon tis is one of the most important features to constitute a per- ect action. The use of the wind gauge is explained fo the pupil with some de- gree of particularity, and the teacher gives his method of aiming and holding fully; “The best plan is to always hold with the sights ut one particwlar spot on the target: if you have no wind gange it is impossible to com- ply with this; one day the wind will be from the left, carrying the bullet three or four inches to the right of the zero pomt on the tar- et; the next day the wind may be from the right, which would blow « bullet as much in the ey the direction; this would keep youaim- ing first on one side of the bullseye and then on the other, while with the wind gauge you make corrections for tlis drifting of the bullet: with the wind and always hoid at the sameé point. The wind gauge is a sliding sight with a zero point; it is adjustable with a screw The sliding part is in the shape of a thimble, containing the pin-head or aperture sight with which we draw ouraim, I always use whatis called the pin-head sight, and in aiming pene on the target tmunerdi- ately under the bullseye at six o'clock, Itis a part of rifle nomenela- ture to use an imaginary watch dial, not only on the target, but also on the range, In the former, placing the dial inside the bullseye, 4 shot striking on the center upper edee would he @ ‘twelve o'clock bull;' one at the bottom edge would be a& ‘six o'clock bull and so round for the different figures, On thé range the sx o'clock dial represents the shooter, the twelve o'clock the targeb, and the wind blowing from the direction of the figures is denoted as a wind from that quarter; for instance. a nine o’clock wind would be'from left to right, directly across the range; a three o'clock would he exactly in the opposite direction, In holding the pin-hedd on the bullseye, T found it was impossible sometimes to tell whether if was on or above the bullseye, and have often been credited with ‘twelve o'clock fours,’ or ‘centers, as they vall them at Creedmoor, when I was cer- tainly sure of a perfect pull with the sighton the bullseye. This happened so frequently that Tat once changed the point of aim, and must say it was &greahimprovement, I will set our wind cauge on the zero point; if we shoot with a perfect aim and the bullet lands on the target at good elevation, but outside of the bullseye to the left, we will then understand that the wind has drifted the prejectile four or five inches in that direction. To make the proper corrections it will be necessary to move our wind gauge in the same direction from its zera poiut that the bullet has taken on the target; as the point with which we draw our line of sight is in the thimble and moves with the wind gauge, you'will perceive that in the moving, the muzyle of the rifle is carried against the wind; our next bullet will go into the wind and then swing back for the center of the bull, We thus divide. with the second bullet, the distance which our firsh one was forced away from the central line of the target.” The aperture dise in the front sight, Mr Farrow finds, will produce food results at long range, but for short range work he had disearded it, having found ou a windy day thafit was impossible to use it with suceess. The hole in the rear sight bas one of its usual difficulties considered and presembed for by the rifle doctor. appearance or blur so often met with. Hesays: “The hole in the peep is far too small, and the fuzzy appearance is ocvasioned by too much metal; there is a diffraction of light inside this tiny little peep-lole. You will find nearly all factory-made si¢hts in this same condition. We must run a drill (or reamer), with an ovaLshaped point, into the peep disc toward the aye, cutting out the metal and only leave a very thin edge to surround the peap-hole; then we get a better yiewof the target and front sight. This isa very important point, many marltsmen thinking that tha finer the peep-hole the more accurate will be their aim, but they make a mis- take, the eye will naturally seek the center of the hole in the peep, as the view ab that point is clearer and more distinet, anil after 9 Little practice you will detect instinctively any wandering of the eye from this position." Personal drill at hone in holding and snapping the rifle has a special paragraph devoted to tt, and upon this point the anthor is eminently correct, He declares: “T cannot commend too highly to you the imporrance of what t tall home practioe,’ that is, placing upon the wall or lamp shade a tiny bullseve—one-eichth of an inch for ten feet distance is About the size; then, assuming the position as if in actual contest, ailing at the bullseye and snapping the riff, of course without any cartridge ju. at the tiny point. This will educate your finger anil eye for real work, and must be learned quite \horoughly before you may ever expect to become a8 prize winner. Practice at his half an hour twice aday. Morning and evening would be a good time for training. This practice will appear to you rather monotonous and something like taking medicine, but itis as important as the latter and fully as efficacious, Your fingor dnd eye will then become partially educated and you will be able to five & few shots without so mueh of that in- voluntary ‘bracing up,’ which is the bane of ‘off-hand’ rifemen. You will tind in your first practice hard worl to prevent the eye from closing whén the hammer strikes. When you are positive you ean au en shots without winking, it will be time for you to tey the 200 yurds af rast,’ i Position in shooting is a question on which My. Farrow has very It is that “fozzy”’ 154 FOREST AND STREAM. clecided opiniots, and he takes dare tq explain his viéw and the rea- sons for them at length, He whites: “There are & Humber of modifications of the style of holding which ladvise. My own }ositien, you will see. is natural and easy. I place the butt of ihe Yitle against my shoulder thos, the muzzle resting upon the table ia frout. Now. tHen,T place the thumb of the left naad unier the tigger-guard. the fingers fully extended and touch- ing the fore-end ef the rifle stock in such a way that a sort.of cradle is formed of the first three fingers. making an elastic cushion of the finger tips, which is a most desirable plan in the way of a Vest forthe rife. Luow Uit the muzzle of the rife wn to the line of the target; my loll amt is pressed against the side of the body, and if your con- termaten is such that it will touch the hip, so much the better, it Hives Yon amore verfect rest with which to support tne weight of (he afle barrel; you will perceive the yibration or trembling of the Weapon is reduced to the minimum, and in your practice new you ‘will also find less of that circula’ and sweeping motion, but & gentle eile motion, which depen erent deal ae the movement of the hody. New, the position of your feet will help you to overcome this swinsitg motion: stand evenly and flrmly upon both feel with toes weil (urned out, the left e nearly in line with the target; this will bring your chin in position so that it rests upon the check-plece of the stock: ff fs a great help. ib stendies the head and prevents the oye from wandering round the aperture in the peep sight. But if your contermation is such that your elbow does not reach the hip, T would advise a modification of this position; rest the trigrer-guard pon the pala of the hand, the fingers still extended under the fore- entl; swing the elbow well across the chest and draw it tight in: you will thas form nearly as solid amd as perfecta rest as in the other, You must press the trigger with The center part of the second joint of the finger, placing it well around in a hooked position, there. so, The Wwigger, we Will presume, pulls off at three and @ quarter pounds “pressure: now, Put two pounds or as much as 1s possible upon the ‘rigwer without releasing the seear After practice in ‘holding. the vifle WiH come Tor an mstant to a dead stop, that is the instant in which to apply She extra pressure and cause the discharge; the rifle will frequently settle, but 4 wrong point; you must command your finge? pressure ta such a degree as to restrain itfrom a pull at such a maiment.”’ Of myerse something is said on the question of ammunition and the «cara of the rifle. and into these mysteries the learner is next intro- dv®ed, The teacher said that he had never yer seen fF: WV am- Thunition that could be relied upon for that accuracy necessary in farget shooting at 200yds. He says: ' “] would hardly trust anyone to load cartridges forme, ‘he kind and quantity of powder used, the cleaning of the shells, the proper seating of the primer, the material of which the wad is composed, ave ail necessary and yital points of which I must be well assured. Study uniformity in apn a Suppose we have a primer settled firmly to its seatin the shell: the blow trom the hammer will cause the flash from the primer to permeate the powder charge toa certain depth; we have avother primer partially settled, not firm in its seat, the same blow from the hammer will force the primér down and will zive a less forcible explosion, the flash entering the charge of pow- der to less extent than before: the combustion of the powder is influ- enved by these two forces. the one developing a greater instantane- ous combustion and a larger quantity of gas before the hullet escapes trom the muyzie tban the other, consequently producing & flatter trajectory and showing a difference on the target between the two variridges of from six to eight inches. The shells should he properly cleaned and carefully dried and the primérs seated welldown. Lam satisfied to measure, not weigh the powder, and load #ach shell through a tube of at least twenty-four inches in length, This gives the power a fall of snffiefent force to pack itself in the shell with greater uniformity and less trouble than by shaking or tapping it: then place a wad, ent from thin card board or stout blotting paper. to retain the pewiler In its position, If there is ashoulderin the chamber. at the muzzle of the shell and base of the rifling, [do not consider if the better way to seat the bullet in the shell, but drop it into the chamber of the rifle aud push it with a stick or instrument made for the purpose, up into the rifling until the base of the bnilet is in front of the shoulder; then insert the loaded shell. T am presuming you ave using the paper patch bullet, a2 we know ith will vive the hest jesult.. A clean barrel should give better results than one full of powder dirt and debris from the cartridge. There are brushes with rohber attachment to facilitate the cleaning. The brush tk wet with water sand simply pushed through the barrel with a cleaning rofl. Thon Followed with one rag; this will be snffelent to insure good re- sults on ordinary occasions. ~ In his tinal chapter the anthor lakes his protege te Crpediqwer, and his gives him) an Opportunity to give some general advice as to the manner of acting in o match, and with them these libeval ex- tracts from this latest contribution to the biblislogy of marksman- ship may very appropriately close, Tt is, he thinks— “A yital point to he early atthe range if you desivé to hecome a winner of the first prize: there is always an anxious or slightly ner- sous feeling experteneed by every marksman that enters & match and really strives for the first position; by being a little in advance of your brother riflemen this feeling has time to getworn off, and will nifect you less when your taro comes to shoof, And here is an- other ‘point’: don’t let your mind dwellon how many competitors there are. who lhey are. or what their record—striye to think of sometlung entirely disconnected with what you are about to do. This anticipation of events has broken wp many a sure winner, If. in the Tegioning 6f your experience, you cultivate than folly of watehiug your competitors, seeing what they are doing, minding their scores instead of attending entirely to your own affairs, or cet thinking of what somebody else is doing, how many bullseves this (me br that one is maakinge—you will -urely go*the way of the ordin- ary inmarksman. You most, if possible, eliminate from your mind all ideas of what ihe other eonmpetitors are doing; give your whole at- tenting jo makingva bil lseye of each individual shot.” RANGE AND GALLERY. BOSTON, Marvel 17,—A large attendance of riflemen gathered to- (lay ab Walnut Hill. enticed by the charming weather, but they fonnd the weather conditions, while agreeable for m run in the country, decidediy unfavorable toe fine work. Thewind was high and some- what treacherous, -winging between 7 and 8 o'clock on the dial, but the light was good and the patience of the seekers after bullseyes in- exbaustible, Whe finest score made, all things considered, was Mr, Fellows’s 44 in the practics natch, and Mr. Duffer’s 81 in the record match was also a handsame score. The following are the records mache: Creedmoor Prize Match. H Withington, 64+44465 4 +43 oP a ates atts: pyran tee S 5344 5 4 4 4-4 GW Whit@ynh -.. --.. x 344424444 5 4 4-40 uw Practice Match. JB Fellows. - 5447 5 & 5 648 A*Dufer’ (ioil),, 44454 5 4 546 ps EY, ee aetna 6.545 5 4 4 44 (Bidwaids 2.2... 4465444 4-12 § Merrill eer 45 bid ob tw aay AV Garrett, ........- 4444444 4-40 A) Kempton 444546 4 4-40 HM French .-. ----- 3656 4 4 5 4-37 I X Baxter #3424 3 4 3-3 AC Adams... ...-. ae ee +9 68 Filo #10 7-80 LE One eter 56455909 7 87) G Warren. 46078 7 6 8 4-70 A Differ. ..2- - » 10 6 8 61010 910 G f-—81 R Davis....,. -8 664860 TBS 7 (UIE) 107 VR BE aS ae ts Ae a eae 821048 2T d 8B Te cee a Ss a Eee 5628 8 8 5 8 bh TO JB Thomus-__._- So 6% 5 3 7 8 5 4—50 H Whittington .,..,-..... O75 752 24 6 5-53 NY Gamett:).:cccpeycce-e-ceege ee OT 2 9 5 FT 2 HAT 758 Reet Maten. ey A B55 SERRE S Os SS ee 1 9701701010 8 9 10 $696 GW Whileomb .. i) 930 91010 9 9 % B—8 NEW ORLEANS.—There is to be no interrational contest here in July next, owitg to the inability of the French authorities to comply with the invitation of Lhe Louisiana National Guardsmen. It will be remembered that on the 25th of October last, Gen. John Glynn, Jr., who has used many endeavors to organize an international military rifle mateh to fake place in New Orleans on the 1th of July next, addressed aletier to the French Consul asking him te obtsin from his government a sufficient detail of men to represént Mrance in the match. Lately the General received the follawing answer from the French Consul; Ourice French Consun, | New Orleans, Peb, 21, 1882. [ CHiWERAL. «His Hxecliraes. fhe Minister of Poreign Affaire, has just iiforma tre (nat while tolly appreciating the motives whieh dic- tated yur proposition relative te the talring part in an international rifle mateh of a team of French military, the War Departmentis of the opinion that the practical difficulties which operate at that tine of the year against the sending to and sojourning in a distant country of a detachment of French soldiers. do not permit, notwith- standing his desire, acquiescence in your proposition. M. Duttlere desires me to express to you the thanks of Gen, Billot for the courteous proceeding taken toward his department, and the regret which he feels at not being able to entertain it. oth Ministers have seen therein a new proof of the friendly feel- ings which unite the United Stutes, and Louisiana in particular, with the French Republic. ' Please receive, General, the assurance of my hich vonslileration, The Consul) General, : Vicor! Paul b’AbzAe, Major-Gen, Jony Guyny, Jx., Commanding Loutsiaua State National Guard, New Orleans WORCESTER, Mass.. March 15.—The Worcester Rifle Association had a large number present at Pine Grove range to-lay, It qas not only the Weekly meet in the winter series of matches, butit was a special match by telepraph between the local team and the one ab Brattleboro, Vi. The wind was blowing strong and gusty. it being from {to 11 o’elock on the dial. In the telegraph match the distance was 200yds,, off-hand, Massachusetts target, with a possible score of 12 te each man, The following is what was done; ? Worcester Team. AL TERICe, 292 8 Pes see pe neat 910101111 711 12 11—101 4 «7 81211 8Ui1111i & 11 9 FILW 7 9 18 12 10O— 99 10 8 7121011 11 10 10 i0— gg 1120 9 8 9 8 9 if 10 11 -10 D121 1010 1 630 9 H- -H 8 811 91210 P10 S— 9 F Jobnston,... 2.022 .b. fees 7 HUT 912 9.8 9 9 54 CD SATIONS penis ee obe ke ate: 6 8 ¥11 6 610 Hi YW 9= Bt WA BarWdett fi ocatancssecgeet sTeeb 086-128 14° 410 B— 48 Brattleboro Team: LOWES boa pest hs tine tei ero W211 MW $1111 9-105 Wood 2 +» --1071 10111010 11 9 11 10—108 Lamb , .8 9 1241 § 1210 11 10-701 Daly. ....-.... 9121010 9 8 11:10 10 11-1 Thorn 1012 9 81110 7 1111 11—100 Cobb . JO1211 910 811 610 F MM .. § B $10 8101210 12 S— {4 Read... _, 910 910 81012 9 6H 11— 94 Nichols......-. -f 910 9 7 71017 10 10— ® Harinon, ..f 710 $1212 9 ST §$— g—WN7T Itis expected that a telegraph match with the Wheeling (W. Va.) Rifle Chib will be shot Past Day, Thursday, April 5. Tn the winter series the following records were to-day made by members of the association: Creedmoor Mateh—200yds. JN Morse. Jr.. 56345465 4 4 6-46 Stedman Clark a 5635 645 45 3 5—45 VW Eames. .....5.0....- titi se = 44465 5 4 4 54 CPD ia i6e aera i 664445 44 5-44 © Arthur... . aT es 5id24 4445 4-4 Decimal Ma GC LDuseU Ut yt. -2-) aowss-t ois pees 8a 3 (iW 6 9 8 3 10-76 JN Morse, Jr. 7-7 3 4 8 570 M Garter!....-.. ¢ 8 3 6 8 3 8h) 1010101010 61010 0 6h oe Ae he Tey " 78 8106 9°99 9 @ 680 BULLSEYES AT the Rensselaerwyck tange, Albany, N. Y,, Feb, 24, with a Maynard ritie, of which he gives the following particulars: Thad previously -—Mr. Wm. E. Fitch made score at used it at 300yds.. and wanted elevations for 200yds. Istarted wit elevations at 18 3-5in., fred two shots and got two six-o’clock fours about 7in, below the boll. I put the elevation at 17in, full and wind gauge 76v. aud fired the remaining 48 shots, getiing a stving of twenty consecutive bullaeyes: 200yds, off hand: no hip vest: light hright: ground covered with snow; wind strong: 446455 4 45 6.4656 695 5.5 6 6-5 S To 2.9 4 oem FG 50. ae oS > 4 ot OS BOB 35 45 55 5 5 3 5,.,,...54 S89 Oub of B0. Mr. Witeh made ascore iu u match at Rensselaerwyck on the Ist inst. with the Maynard. whieh shows that the score of February 24 was uot an accident. There were 50) shots tired. 2@yds,, score heing as follows: £55 64 > & BS a. wa oO reo os 5 85.7. 4 6, 4g an 6 405 2-496 Sea), 2 Gon Mp Dt ek ho 48 8°59 575 S To 4 4. AR This store, 247 out of 250, is but two polnis less than the one of February 24; and on the 100 shots giving Mo. Fitch a total of 476 out of & possible 500. BAU CLAIRE ys ST. LOUIS, —Kou Claire, Wis., March 1.—The first contest of three between the Hau Claire Rifle Club and the Long Range Rifle Club of St. Louis, took place on the evening of March {). Tt was a simultaneous match by telegraph, using reduced Creedmoor target, fifty feet_ off-hand, six men, ten shots. The &t. Louis Chib has headquarters at Capt. Wm. P. Schaaf’s. corner Fifth and Pine, where he has one of the finest galleriesin the United States.” Fol- lowitig are the scores: Eau Claie Rifle Club, St, Louis Rifle Club. ES Burroughs... --- S545055;h—4H If Rockwell. ........5455445555 47 CM Bell.,.2.... -5h55544655—48 PB Leach... , 45449944545 HC Anilerson—_..-- 465545544 A Hiteheoctk. ...4445455554—45 H J Mollish......_.. aedS5545—4AG C B Smith.._.......5454454445—44 M W Burns . ... 424495955548 Dr. J. Minniek-_-... 455454454444 F Bowell __- Hidd44544 42 F De Rordova, . SDA 4444543, 24 274 WELLINGTON, Mass, March 17,—The grounds of the Malden Gun Club at Wellington, were throngert with sportsmen to-day. But four events were contested, as the large number of entries and ties in each prevented further matches. The wiimers were: First event, at five birds—F_T. Noble, first; A.W, Adams and T. C. Fielding, séeond: BE. N. Brown, third, Second event, birds—W. D. Gooch, J, Nichols and F. 'T. Noble, first; J. Hopkins, second, aud J. C. Foster and J. R. Souther, third. ~ Third event, birds —G. C. Foster, first; F. T. Noble and J. Hopkins, second, and EB. N, brown and J. Stalineeht. third, Pourth event. birds—P, T. Noble, J. Nichols and T. C. Fieldme, first; J. Hopkins and W. D. Gooch, second; M. Hanford, third, and G. R. Durand, fourth. TAMESTOWN, N. Y., March 16.—The bi-weekly rifle shoot for the club medal occurred this afternoon, a good strong ? o’elock wind pre- yailing, which increased toward the close of the shooting, 200yds., 10 rounds, off-hand, Creedmoor target. Name. Rifle. Cal. Powder. Bullet Score. Burns Bal. 38 50. 294 patehed 45 Ayres -Stevens = .d8 a0 25 00~C* ad Lilly... .Stevens 28 38 180. # 43 Ward.. .-MuzzleL. .38 35 TH | Se 41 Frank......_,--Rem. 38 40 S65, FA 58 THE TRAP. CAMDEN, Mass.. March 14.—The i§th shooting mistch of the Prim- rose Social was held at Fourth and Market streets. Following ave the winners in order named: TL. B. Stein, P. C, Smith. W. Stein, Jr, C. H, Stein, FE, Austermuhl, C. Wenz, G. Leybold, A. Weber, H. Wirth, P. 8, Howell, H. Plum, J. Hassong, 8. Martin, P. C. Bott, E. Wenz, C. Preusch, F, Woolston, UC. Bogia, Jv., 0. Bray, J. 8. Jacobs, A. Meyers, H. Blackwell. Team shooting between teams captained by W, Stein, Jr.. and BE. C, Wenz, W Stein, Jr......% 7 12 10—2 EO Wenz,....-.. 10 3 10—28 L Stein, ._-....- 8 11 10—29 C HStein.... .... 10 11 12—32 P C Smith. ...... & 4 7-16 f Austermuhl .. 711 5—23 F Woolston,...... 8 8 6—22 A Weber 14 9-14 8 Martin....-_....10 10) 4—24 H Plum. 10 F 10-27 PS Howell. .,... 7 8 11—26 H Wirth -4 7 8-19 A Meyers.....,--. fi 6 416 C Bogia, Jr 4, $12 8-26 C Preusch,....... 8 912-28 ©. Bray: 22.2) 7 6 5-18 G Leybold..__... 8 9 3—I7 H Blackwell....11 8 7—26 J Hassong..,,.... 9 6 7-22 E Wenz 10 8 825 PO Bott... .....-. 410 §—23—252 JS Jacobs... 5 2 10—17—251 The Primrose Rifle Team are expecting a chaslenge from the Cam- dén Press Club, as if has been published that they have organized for that purpose. RAYMOND OLUB SHOOT.—A large number of members assem- bled at Wellington, Mass.. to pasniee in clay pigeon shooting last Friday. The wind blew a gale, sending the pigeons 80yds. from the trap, the old and experienced shots finding z#ros for firm and steady aiming. TVifteen sweepstakes were shot, and the feathers dusted out of Some 650 birds. In the 5-bird sweeps, 15yds, rise, any weight guns, the foHowing tells the story, the names being Ist, 2d and 8d winners respectively: Ist swerp, Kirkwood, Adams, Kaing; 2d sweep, Witherell, Adams, “Twenty-Bore;* 8d sweep, Kirkwood, Gore, Witherell: 4th sneer, Kaing, Adams, Poster; 5th sweep, Kaing, Witherel), Chambers; bth sweep, Kirkwood, Gore, Kaingk 7bh sweep, Kaing, Adams, Witherell; 1 Neen c ean eee es em ee li | eS [Marc 22, 18 ~ 8th sweep, Kirkman, Gore, Waterman; $th sweep, Witherell, Poster, Gore; 10th sweep, Kaing, Gore, Witherell. 5-bird sweeps, 12-gauge guns, not exceeding 8lbs., English rules: Ist sweep, Churchill, Kirkwood, Gore; 2d sweep, Kirkwood, Churehill, Kendall; 3d sweep, Churehill, Kirkwood, Foster; 4th sweep, Gore, Churchill, Kendall; 5th sweep, Churebill, Foster, Gore, The ties Were shot off in all matches, Twenty-bird scores resulted as follows? . aes P I. Churchill 14, A. W. Gore 12, BR, Mansworth 7; P. W. shine 15, q 3 E, Waterman 10: D, Chambers 7, D. Kirkwood 13, L. S. Kendall 10; J. Kennedy i, W. B Withetell 12, J. C. Foster 8, J. Marston 6, G. S: Adams 12. “t!. Twenty-Bbre’ 7, AKRON GUN CLUB.—Akron, G., Match 15.—The leading gunners here hitve formed the Akron Gun Club for protection of game and Practice in wings ooting, The following officers were elected. and the club starts out with a membership of forty-two: H. A. Tullidge, presidents D. F. Morgan, treasurer; Perey W. Leavitt. secretary. he club has purchased two Lizowsky clay pigeon traps aid have: secured good grounds. They hold a shoot every Thursday and some food scores are being made. A handsome gold badge is offered by the club, and so far Mr. D. 1. Morgan has won it twice. Much interest is taken here in gunning, and by the end of the season we trust to turn out some fine scores. CARVER AND BOGARDUS are ‘shooting » series of clay pizeok Tiatches in different cities of the West. At Kansas City, Mare 14, Carver woh with 91to 69 for Bogardus, At Cincinnati; March 15; Carver broke 02, Bogardus 65. They. shot. ab Omaha, March 17, and at Couneil Blofis; Mareh .$; when they tied on stores of $6. After the present series of clay pigeon matches is completed Capt:-Bogar- dus will go to Australia; and Dr. Garver will join forces with Buftat Bill yn a trayeling Show, a‘perennial peripatetic Fourth-ofJulj velebration, with a troupe of Indians, buffalo, elk, ete. __ COMPARATIVE SCORES.—South Abington, Mass.—Editor Forest ind Stream: “KK... of Worcester, thinks we should be obliged to reak six more balls in our Rockland match, iu order to equal the score of the Worcester club with Marlhoro. It is true the Worcester club ayeraged 183-5 balls per man, while we averaged 18 1-5 balls per man; but while their average is for five men, ours is forfifteen. Our match was shot from one of Card's rotary traps, which [ consider as superior to the long-range Bisa tip BEB eer that is if the one sent us by Hold=n is to be considered a fair sample.—SAssacus, “FRENCHY JOHNSON, the Boston negro, well known as ai oursmian and pigeon shot, recently died in Florida. PITTSBURGH TOURNAMENT.—As will be seen in our advertising columns, there will be a grand shooting tournament at Pittsburgh, Pa,, in connection with the dog show in April. Bogardus and Carver will be there to shoot for a purse of S800. Hachting and Canocing, To insure prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stredm Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the office matlers of um- portance are liable fo delay. FIXTURES: June §—Larchmont ¥, C., Pennant Mateh, Classes |; 2; 4. May 80—South Boston ¥, C., Open Matches, une ifj—Larchmont Y, C., Pennant Match, Classes 4, 5; dine 19—Atlantie Y. 0. Anuual Matches. June 21—New York Y. C. Annual Matches. June 24—Sea wanhaka Corinthian Matches. June 23—Larchmont Y. C,, Pennant Match, Ulasses 6, 7. July %—Beyerly ¥. C.. Marblehead, First Championship, July 14—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 1, 2, 3. July 21—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 4, July 28—Larchniont Y: C , Pennant Match. Classes 6, 7. Aug.. I—Beverly Y. C., Nahant, Second Ghamypionship. Ang. 11—Larchmoiit Y, C,, Peonant Match, Classes 1, 2, 3, ‘Aug. 18—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 4, 5. Aug. 2h—Larehmont Y, 0., Pennant Match, Classes 6, 7. Sept. 4—Beverly Y. C., Marblehead. Open Matches. Sept. &—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 1, 2, 4. Sept. 10—Beverly Y. C., Swampscott. Third Championship, Sept. 16—Larchmont Y. ©., Pennant Match, Classes 4, 5. Sept, 22--Larchmont Y. U., Pennatt Maren, Classes ti, 7. 1 NOT RS “THE FENDEUR IN THE EAST." EKditov Forest and Streep; Under the above caption in your issue of February 22, is at article concerning the new style of boat which may lead to sonie miseoncep- tions of what the ‘*Pendeur “ type of boat really is. lam familiar with the boat thus deseribed, the Onward, having siiled her many times, and am personally acquainted with Mr. Dinsmore, of Bath, her projector and builder. think: your corres- oudent “G, EB. N.” is laboring under a graye misapprehension when 6 supposes for a moment that the Onward, which is a boat of lizhy draft, 18 one of the Pendeur type. tn your former issue you gave the peculiar Features and werking dimeusions of a class of boat that to me is, in its essential features, anew and distinct type of yachting craft. and, by a distinct type, 1 mead, a Class of boat inyolying in their construction principles that are utterly at variance with those found in the ordinary sailing crafb now in general use. : ; “GQ. E, N.” writes concerning what he seems to think is a boat of the same type, ov, in other words, one belonging to the same general class, whereas the boat of which he makes reference helongs—tike all the straight-timbered boats | have seen—to a class so widely different from that of the Fendeur that there isno comparison between them in any sense. We all know that the straight-limbered boat is not un- common, whereas those of the Fendeur type may indeed be so con- sidered. The cross secticn of the Onward, as delineated by *G. B, N.,” and represented in the cut, is manifestly wrong, as seen at a glance, No boat with such a cross section could have such displace- ment; and a little closer examination of the Onward will donbtless reveal the fact that the waterline, as there shown, is far too high up, for it must be conceded that the Onward, with all her class, beloug pre-eminently to the so culled *‘skip-oyer-the-top-of-the water boats: and if there is anything the Wendeur is not, it is that. “CG, E.N.” aptly states that ‘she has no iron keel."’ No, she has no iron keel; | néver saw one of that kind that did havean iron keel, but I will go further than be has done, and say, as may also be suid genarady of her class, she not only has no iron keel, butshe has no eel at all, and what's more, she, like all her type, has a very large centerboard; and when on a wind and heeled over she becomes yir- tually a flat-bottomed boat, and needs one badly, There \are probably many such boats as the Onward on the sea- eek and possibly more on the lakes, forthat is where they really belong. The projector of the Fendeur has set up anew type of sea-sailing proaly craft, different in principles from anything in general use to- ay. The plan certainly has merits which commend themselves to all familiar with this kind of nautical construction. I should be disap- pointed, should every yachtsman who has seen one of the Onward pattern, think he had seen the elucidation and practical test of the principles involved in the Fendeur type. _ Doubiless, as your correspondent “C.” in same issue remarks, the Fendeéur is an old idea; certainly someone has somewhere touched upon the idea in one shape or another before, and tried it with a greater or less degree of thoroughness, but would a few of its adve- eates, feeling its merits thoroughly and appreciating its best qualities, build a few without modifications, they ll take the pioneer step toward ree the Fendeur the coasting cutter of the future, jal U.S. Army. [We hope 'G. E.N,* may be able to send us more details of the Onward. If she is as low-sided’as set forth in the above, when she is pressed her lee side would soon be under water, Ina blow she would therefore require very careful handling. Fendeur provides against thus burying her lee deck by her form admitting sufficient weight to make her stable.] SHADOW AND ROB ROY.—In reply to a query we explain: The Shadow canoe is one that has wood vibs with canyas stretched on the outside of them. Tor traveling this mode of construction is prefer- able. The Rob Roy is planked either lap streak or of carved build, when lap streaks are used she is called “clench work.” The carved built canoe is preferable asin rough water the lipping of the water under the lands of the Planking of a clench work boat is not an agreeable noise aud when used for gunning the noise frightens the fowl, Any sort of centerhboard can be used im a canoe, butit is pre-~ ferable to construct the boat ely, a8 In that case proper provision is made for the centerhoard. The bestrig tor one used on travel is 4 lug sail, ouly as fhe geay requirod is but trifling ris pared to those with several sails, —— ——— Mancn 22, 1988,] CRUISING ON GEORGIAN BAY- ce ANTED—Ffonr or five young gentlemen lo iiake Up acamp- ‘ ing Party, Be boat, fine scenery, sail about 50/) miles, Address Drawer 444, Owen Sound?’ The above advertisement appeared im the Toronto dailies tn the Jatter part of last August. Toit there Were many mauiriess some would “join the gang” if thera really was no danger, olhers would join ft in any event, “ Ina law office in the pretty little rown of Owen Sond, sat two limbs reading and disoussing the umswers, After a good deal of elibevation, they decided on certain ones and forthwith sent replies, to some that the party bad heen made up. “sorry to say. to others nf acceptance. Our party Was compored of the writer, a “limb” who had done considerable sailing and who took commiand; Rob, secoud im com- msn. a jolly fellow; a good story teller full of theory, and his pro- fession law; Morum, 4 medical student, a good singer, and who, from his belief that “a little drop now and then is relished by the best of men" we made commissariat: R. W., another limb who had never been in a sailboat before: Lemons, the cook, or as we termed him bhef de cuistie, a ight-haired darling. who wonlin't be dared to do anything and who had an unearthly horror of Indians: and lastly. Shakespeare, who was most certainly o hinatic, Onr boat was what we here call a fishing smuck, open all but for- ward, 52ft. keel. St. (in. deep, drew Sin., sharp stern, rigged fore and aft, carried two jibs aud two gail fopsails, 22ff, hoist onforesail and 18 qimain:; 4 fast sailer and a good sea boat. P On the 78th of July, after the uswal bustle and excitement. at ti P. M. we hoisted canvas and sailed with a light breeze to Presque isle, twelve miles distant, where we camped in a pretty little sheltered cove. Aftertea we inviled the villagers to a concert. The writer hada guitar alone, with which he accompanied the delicate bhay- backs ip their sweetsongs, We retired about 2A. M, and ‘all is still, Save the loud snore of the fellow on his back and the midnight cackle of the Enr off hen." At daylight we arise, allin good spirits, und atter a hearty break- fast. fot up in Lemon's hest style, we set sail and in an hour Owen Sound is “fading in the din distance of futurity,” as the eloquent lecturer says, The breeze is 200d, thesky clear. and as we shake out eyery stitch of canvas the Devil dances along o'er the sparkling waves like aduelc (which is a good simile). Seou we round Cape Commodore, pass Griffith's, White Cloud and Hay islands, and across tt peninsula see the Indian village of Cape Croker. White Cloud Island has been the scene of many a battle when the Mobawks, Chip- pewas and Pottiwottamies were at war, and if one should take the trouble to dig in the sand 6n the plain on the northwest end he will find bones, arrows, tomahawks and other such things. The island Was the scene of a tragedy some eight or nine years ago. when three men from Owen Sound were supposed to have been murdered by the Tnditos. Their boat was found on the shore with one man dead in it and a spiniel dog owned by one of them, on the shore. We sail on Rane indented shores, where the wild ducks are to be found, aud abont 4 o'clock in the aflernoon meet a heavy chop sea, We are tired and so change our course and run for MeGregor’s Har- bor, and after pitching camp and having supper of a salmon that we had caught, we sat down to smoke, talk and admire the scenery- Our camp was in alittle embowered bay under one of the Twin Sisters, two bluffs reaching about 300ft. in height. Ishall never for- get the scene, Away across the bay on a terraced slope was the Indian village, Cape Croker, with its high council house and church, surrounded by neat lithe huts standing outin the softening shades of the seltug Sun. T climbed up the almost perpendicular face of the hloff, and there, perched in a sort of nest, view the scene with my glass, While the sweet and lonely notes of the whip-poor-will were falling on my ears the words came irvol untarily to my mind— “Ts not the Indian’s wigwam home As dear to him as palace dome? ts not his loved one’s smile as bright As the proud white man’s worshiped light?" Jsatthere till long after dark listening to the songs of the boys, now & pathetic and now a roving song of the sea or woods, for they were all good singers. That night we were visited by some Indiansin s eauoe: and as T could talk u little sort of patois we persuaded them to tell usin their broken English some of the old-time legends. Gne was about Spirit Rock on the opposite sitle of the peninsula. Many generations ago Jived a chief who wished his daughter to marry a certain warrior, But the dusky insiden couldn't see the point and thréatened to throw herself vera chill, in spite of this terrible declaration. however, her cruel father fixed a day for the wedding; and to make along story Shorh, the maiden did fling herself over the cliff, and to this day her sorrowful phiz may be seeb in thetock by anyone witha Strole imagination. We sighed from the bottom of our hearts, gave them a horn of *‘skidawaboo” aud said “Bo-je.* The next morning we were up with thesun. Rob, R. W. andT Wenton an oecidental tour through a gorge leading to the top of the rocks. We had some fine sport and bagged thirteen pigeons in an hour There were also some parlridge, but we had snougn game for a meal and sa desisted. Setting out we had a fine sail for about twelve miles, and in a brush with a five-ton sloop, the Devil showed her qualitles well: in a run of seven mile she drew ahead a good " mile. We wentashore at Cape Hangeliif, or Lion’s Head. so ealled From its resemblance to the head of fhatanimnal. The main rock is # muss of oblilie formation terminating in the projection forming the Tace and breast of o goddess in the profileata wear inspection, ora lion’s head at a greater; resting on the edgeis a houlder, no doubt deposited by an iceberg thousands of yearsugo. Ttis a hard Hinty mass of bine color Aecked with white, and is saitlto be larger thau the great bouldey Peter the Great had tiken to St, Petersburg. We rounded the point, and there nestled the lumbering village of Lion’s Head, In the evening we all went up to see the village. Rob wished to find some Seilita powders, Morum, his medical adviser, having ordered them. Robasled, “Have you any Seidlitz powders?" Obligine clerk in silrt sleeves: ‘No, but I have Darley*’s Condition Powders.’ We didn't langh our huttons off till Shakespeare upset a pyramid of flannel. The genial country merchant saw his joke— perlaps he intended it; front what we saw of him afterward we concluded he did. Rob. however, got his Seidlitz powders. I met & pretty. nice-looking young lady, dressed up in the latest, Rhe was standing on the portico of a hotel (and I would hore men- fion that there are two good ones). After a little flirtation T took off my bal and made the astounding, venark thatit was a fine evening, to whieh sie unblushingiy assented; bnt all the romance was fone whenin 4 few minutes she remaried: "Yous was over there yister- dsay—was yous?” IT asked her if she ever ate cheese, and Wade her pleasaut dreams. We had a merry nizhb. and we shall not forcet Lion's Head. ~ Tis moming prompts the liunet’s blithest lay. All Natore’s children feel che matin spring OF life reviving with reviving day; And while yon littl hark glides down the hay. Wafting the strangers ou their way agein. Morn’s genial inthience roused minstrel gray, And in the boat we sang.” We had procured 4a fuide fo take us te the Dead Men's Caves,” They are three in number and in them the Indiaus used to bury their dead. There is only one worth mentioning, We entered the mouth for about twenty feet, lit (he lanterns and crawled through a hole about twa feet in diameter, and found ourselves io a circular cham- bér Gf sulhe proportions. We asked where the bones were and were toll to fig, which we did. The sides of the caye are chipping off from the action of the atmosphere, and tile original floor is covered with about three feet of broken stones. We got a good eollection aodimiuorlélized ourselves hy cutting our names om ihe entrance, After sailing three miles further we landed Again, and ten minutes’ wallt brought us to Swan Lake, where we found some good Spon und an English gentleman and his wife lying in a little shanby all Alone. ‘They had come they said. fer the sport it afforded, and were of residents permanently. buf for the suminer only, We pushed on do with a light hreege sailed near the shore. wilh bot a louse or sign of life anywhere fo he seen till we reached Dyers Bay, and there #ieht on the side of the yock we found A saw-mill built sud rin by water power, supplied by 1 mountain lake fed by springs fully 2 teen ubove the bay, the outlaf of which had been stopped and a new passiee cut so as to supply the mill with power—Gilles Lake T think they call it, and a beautiful sheek of walerihwas. We had some yery good sport fishing init, there being plenty of large mountain fyout. perch and dortish, Deer tracks were seen allaron (the shore, We also saw tracks of fare, wad were told that partridge were plentiful. and bears niumer- jus. We spent the night atthe mill and went hunting ihe next day, (ni bags were lieat touch, for luck was against us and the heat bd 50 Oppressive that we spent most of the day idly bathing in the ake. Late in the attermnoon se Hoisted sail fo eo seven miles, butafter a short tine the wind dropped Boniplstal ye Then light hot fusts came, Zollowed by wv moaning noise; dap Clouds rolled up; aud weshortened sai] and prepared forthe storm, We would have turned baek, but the wind was blowing on the shore. Webhad just left ani the only thing left was to face the music, which we didjnerandstele. Hardly had we got a]l ship-shape. when around Cahot’s Head about a milo olf came a big three-and-after. Tmmediately she sighted tis down went hor jibs; she came too and putoff a yawl. Weslanted up and took on hoard the mate. The vessel was’ the Malta, fram Chicago, -_ = FOREST AND STREAM. bound for Colpoys Bay without aechart. We hastily drew one. the mate boarded the yawl andaway they weob after the lightstof the Schooner, forit wasnow dark. Many a time that night we were on The point of turning to run before the gale, but we kept on. Sonie time the Devil would seem almost to go over, and then she would plow through the foaming water Jike the old man after whom she was named. Ahout 12 o'clock we reached the harbor, all thoroughly done out: andan hour after the storm owas over, the clouds had ratled away, the air was loaded with that sweetness which abways follows a thunder storm. We rigged a large fork ona pole and hung the lan- terms over the side of the boat snd for more than an hour bad good sporh sptaring the fish that came fo the top of the water attracted by the light, Tt was breaking day when We tiunbled into our bnnies. amid all were soon asleep. At ten next morning we were away again; the wind was blowing stil off the land, the smack tareened along in her course. and in less than tivo hours we landed in a little bay, where we found # couple of fishing hosts anchored and two boys on theshore. They informed us theh Tober Moray was two miles around the point, but that we might save half amile by running inside of Rooster Island, While on shore we gathered a groat many strawberries; they were so plon- tiful that one had no occasion 10 move from one spot fora feed. To run the channel if was necessary to cross 4 shoal, Change sheets. run with the board down through the channel and lift it acain foranother shoal] outside the channel. All was ready. and away we eo Ayine he fore the wind, “Let go all but main sheet.” “Up centerkoard.’ “Dawn close min sheet, down close ail.” Bot oh, misfortune; Shakespeare had allowed the foresail to jrhe around the mast. and unless he gets it down immediately we are on the rocks sure. Bob, with good 1S ence of mind, jumped and hung his whole welght on i and down il comes, just in time. “Tal close foresail."’ . ae we pass within four feet of the ragged’ rooks forming the island, “Up board—down board,” audowe have saved half a mile and hart sonie food training for the hoys. Weslanted off into Lake Huron, aud after running out into rough water a little way we turned for Tober Murray. but the wind blew straight own the Tub, as they call it. We ran into a little shelfered arm and struck camp. Aout 3 P. M. Shakespeare and Rob expressed their intention of walking (0 the Tub, Therest of us go hunting but getnothing of any nucount. but see many fresh deer tracks, Night easts her sable mantle down, and the (avo boys are atill away. We made up a large fire and kept it burning all night, Atl) next morning Morum and I start for the Tub, now thovoughly alarmed at theirabsenee. We found that they had reached there at6 e’clock the eyening before; they had left again at 7, and once more returned atil, having been lost. they didnt know where, They had nade an early start in the morning. and atd1, when we left the camp, they had not reached it. We had dinner, snd thirty minutes atter we were in the camp they were not there yét, but in a few minutes appeared the worthies. They had gtit into their heads that Shakes- Peare’s compass Was wrong, aud so bad heen wandering through a tangled tamarac swamp for eight hours. Right about where we were caniped seven bears had been trapped some three montlis before, The country hereahouts is one mass of rock. Lumbering is carried on extensively, and o few farmers man- age to eke out an existence. though I haven’t any notion how. for sheep Would require bills to feed between the houlders, At 3 we struck camp for Flower Potisland, five miles distant. In an hour we have to take to the oars, and us we ueared the island we saw thatit was abonta mile Jong or less by about a half wide, It is one mass of honeyeombed limestoue of a yery soft natine. On one end are two pieces of stone. Circular in form, about 80 and Bart. in diameter, respectively, at the top, narrowing down to about 4Pt. atthe bottom, and about 20ft, high each; they both lean like the Tower of Pisa, and one expects to sée them fall while looking at them, On the top of one is a stunted tree prowing near jhe canter. From their resemblance and this the island talres its name. Old Sol was setting and tinting the light feeey clouds with a flelicate pink: the water was calm, and all natore seemed propitious, The island was mirrored in the lake: the high bluffs. the pots, the dark green of the foliage, the white boat—all made np such a scene that T got my pencil and tried to trauster it to paper, but the copy was sorely in keeping with the original, “Ah! what a gifl is his whose skillful hand Can seize the by Of the passing scene, And bring back snimmer toa wintry lund, With ail its goldém light and smiling green,"* ‘We camped on the open etd Witte pebbles, and made eur bed S where the moss was fully a foot _ Old Man's Pomt loomed hich above us; Luna shone forth th quiet splendor; the green spruce and tamarac flooded the eveunle wtmosphere with their healthy aroma; the white camp half ify the Wishes, the warm crack- ling fre, the gentle lapping Wa jyater on the receding shores. Oli-Man’s Point looming up like the benign countenance of some mythical god, the sweet struins of the guitar as we same Gently down the stream of time,” all went to make wpa scene for whieh a lover of nature would give almost a week of his life, *O nuit! que ton langage est sublime pour mot!” On Flower-Pot Island are many caves, some of which haye never heen explored to their extremities. We had heen directed to one of these, At daylight we are prepared with ropes and lanterns, We entered the cave, lit the lanterns and were soon creeping and cravl- ing along the slimy floor. Atter proceeding about 200ft. the cave was move in the shape of chambers, the halls or spaces between being uarrow. All along we found marks of those who had been be- fore us. The walls and roof were coyered here and there with stel- lites. ‘he best had been knocked off so we continued about 200ft, further. when the lights grew dim in the foul and gassy atmosphere, So We guthered a few of the best stellites und weaded our way baelc to daylight, having been in perhaps 200yds. The cave, it is suid, takes a dip and brings up somewhere in the middle of the island, Having had enough of climbing and exploration for one day, we set sail and with a fair wind cross the (read “gap” where so muny vessels have heen wrecked. We have to pass E¢ho Island, a small bari en island which echoes the rear of every waye. In fogs steamers cruise around, tooting the whistle to catch the echo trom the island, thereby knowing thelr whereabouts, I believe the echa is on one side only, We passed Horse Island (Wita-William on the chart), on which the fishermen will not land for fear of the rattlesnakes, with which the island is alive, except im one pluce, Rattlesnake Harbor, where a weed is said to grow with & broad leaf, and which the snakes stay clear of. We would have landed, huh Lemons begged us not to, and oul of respect for bis fear we passed on by Skin Island, where the Hudson Bay Co. used tu take all the furs gathered from the Sault Ste. Marie district down, and assort and dress them before taking them down French River and on to Montreal, Att o'clock we are sixty miles from Flower Pot, at the Iidian Village of Ayal eUCOn RSL sing” being the Indian for ‘near,’ nieaning the village near Wikwemikong, Here Shakespeare showed His love for the ved man by giving them his pipe, tobacen, kuifs aud every littl thing that he could lay his hands on, He seemed to be fairly wild asking them to show hint some scalps and other such foolish questions. to wl of which they laughed, and said “Cowin- nichicin soginueh’* (my rules ef orthography may oot he right). T remember one “Nichinobby” and his squaw, They were over six feet high, and thuir five sons fle same—big, powerful fellows. quiet and peaceful. They showed us their farm, stable, ponies and cattle: they were well off, and knew the luxuries of civilization. The Indians here all have good ponies, sinall, finelimbed, pretty, strong, and ilo some of them are fast trofters: they can be hought for from S40) bo S60. The next day wu reached Wikwemikong: we found o village of about one thousand Indians. ‘There is here Roman Catholic mis- sion established over three hundred years ago, The chuyech fs a fine stone building with a convent school attached, attending which are about three hundred Indian girls, They do suine very fine nvedle- work. The priests havea very fine collection of Indian ourivsities: ihey art quiet men who know nothing of the world, ind ouv thanks are due them for their hospitality to us, We sailed away, and that after- noon, while working up between the Manttoulan and the mainland, our centerboard chain broke. We went ashore pnd offered Lemans 4 revolver fo dive down and fasten a hoole which we had passed through the box, onto it, After a lot of irouble we gol tb up, and we ight was ou us we ren behind an island and caniped Lenions al tuost fol us into a mess, A skunk was possing when Témons spied it. and Seiging a cun, fired and blinded it. My. Skunk was muking right for us, emitting 4 sweet odor: we miht have had enough scent for a lifetime, bnt R. W., seeing the state of things. drew a pistol and ended the affair, The nest day a heavy sea was runnivg, so we remained in vamp. Rob, BR. W, and Shakespeare started of fora hunt early in the day, wud ati P.M. oot having returned we pulled stakes and sfarted for aoa. haying first erected a pole on the shore to which was attached the following note; “Boys, we are tired of waiting for you, We have gone to Manitowaning; i you wish to come with us you must walk. Steer northwest.’ To half an hour we were round a point and outof sight. In half an bour they had returned, te find Us Zone, much to their chagrin, We could net be blamed: three fimes before had we been delayed, and we thohght to give them a. peecoe They had twenty-two miles to walk to reach Mauitowaning, heir absence was accounted for in this was, Wohila stalking the bush fhey had met the head of the Manitoulan Indians, Chief Yacht. 155 leg-a-han-nuil. Nothing woull do bul the Soginosl must visit the chief's home, which they did, thereby consuming the whole day. The chiet returned with them, luckily, for they had no food but one fish which was cooked on & spit and (livided equally between them, after which they made a wizwam with brushes, and early the follow ing morning set out to followus, They reached the vamp Jate the same night, thei clothes and hoots worn to shreds, s Manitowining is a pretty little village on & bay of the same nate, and is the Bess lace of business on the Manitoulim Island. There are fone ehurehaés, two “ood hiutels, several stores. a pews paper (Vhe 2xpositor), several ins and small factories, Tt is u Jeasunt, bealihy place, and is the resort of many plessuresevkors. No matter how hot the days may he. the nights are always cool, and one can always sleep comfortably under a blanket, We spent tour bappy days there. and were sorry oo leave so soon Some very tine trout fishipg may be had in ao easy distance on the famous Blue Jay Creek, We ey one day fishing, with tulerahle Inck. Shakespeare was the unly cue who fared hard: be astonished himself, and caught “never one,” We were target procticing with “revolver, and Tack turmed a door onits edge; some one had some blank cartridges; the revolver was loaded, landed fo Shakespeare, ani Morun het him that at twelve paces he would miss the door en- lirely. He measured the distance, and after ive minutes” steady squinting he fived. No mark’ Three thnes (his was repealed, when Shakespeare seid that he tad beeo used lo firing a horsepistal, and Vhat sceounted for it. Chief Yecho told us that about 200 vears ego. when thea Mohwwhk= and Chippewas were fighting. « chief over 100 years old camped where Manitowaning nowis, Hesawa fire on the opposite shore and heird a great noise like the sighing wind, He jumped into his Canod and pandled toward the light, but on reaching the place found the light hav crossed to where he hac just left. He follower in this tanner till daylight, and then finding himself dying. called his pao- mle around him and told them to prepare for uv creat defeat from ie Mohawks. andse from that it was called Manilowanine. Maniton. spit, waning, winding, the bay of the winding spiit. One afternoon one of Shakespeare's dusky friends addresse(l him: “Sogitosh, my uncle run ferry over to Injun yillage; be charge [njun five cents, So¢inosh twenty-five cents. Lsay you only chorce Soginesh fen Gents, come over with me.” So Shakespeare, Rob and W. R. were inveigled into going aeross to Bushawa Town. There were six Indiansin the hoat: when they got into the middle of the bay they demanded twenty-five cents, and to saye trouble it was paid Then they were kept out from shore till dark, landed ina tusrsh, forced to swim a creek and walk seven miles around the end of the bay to the camp, If was nearly daylight when they came tot- tering Lome, yowing dire vengeance on some one. Shakespeare had bern well dosed of Indians, and the next day while standing in a store he noticed an Indian buying something, and recognized him 48 nue of tliosé Who had been in Thehoat. He stepped to the rear of the shop, took up a measure of molasses and poured & great part of Tt on the Indian's bead, but he reckoned without his host, for the wiry redskin Was 500n mopping him around the foor apa great vate. Shakespeare Taanaged to get wway from him, when he made lively tracks for the tent and his gun. We hada tussle to keep him from attempting 10 shoot the Indian, The beys in Manitowaniug are jolly fellows, and we were happy to méet, sorry to part. happy to meet again. The return trip bow commenced; it was a pleasant one. the weather was warn and fine. When about twenty miles from shore, we wil nessedl amiraes, “Che shore, islands, trees and streams were all distinctly seen for about sixty miles, it lasted abont two hours and was very grand. Wespenfta day and a half on Chib Island with the fisherman under the manager, Mr. Hill’s care. There is a treading post on the island, and Shakespeare traded Wis gnu for Iodian hark work, getting almost a hoat loadin return, Onour way from Club Island we passed the Half Moon, a rocky island, and the breeding pluce of the gulls. ‘The young ones were Itarning to fiy, and when they raised in clouds of thousands, their screams could he heard for two or three miles. We tried to land, it Gwing to the heayy sea we had to pass on. The sea and wind increased, though forlunateiy we hud it a quarter after ns,and could easily manage it, Onee the wind inereased so rmouch that [ thoughtit better to order the mainssilto be lowered. This was the signal for Shakespeare to howl, wail and call en his friends. He satwith a ropein his hand all the afternccn. Every- one was sick but Morum and myself, in fact throughont the whole trip they all wentto Hurope ina fiitle sea. We landed in Wingfield asin, and found an old nan and his twosons hunting and fishing, The sea had gone down alittle the next day, but when we were ready to start Shakespeare had flisappesred, und ieif (he fay was lost, when we found him hidden jm the bushes near by, He said that be bad heen witching the sea, and now we micht sifely go, for he heard one big wave as it rolled high on the shore say, “The sea is over, the seals over.” We were so utterly disgusted with his cowardice that even little Lemons jeered him, We started ont once more, Shakespeare had been told that the centerboard was for ballast and not to keen a boat from drifting, and as the wind was fair we kupt ILup ip spite of his entreaties, in the course of which he said, “Gentlemen, T have learnt three trades. L am master of three professions, and yet yon have (he audgeity to tell me thar T don’t know anythme about running a boat,” to which Bob replied, “A blacksmith might as well say, ‘I haye worked filteen years ot blacksmithing, T think T onght to know how to make a watch.’ We landed in the harbor at Owen Sound on Sunday morning, after having had one of the hest trips tat could be wished for, On Mon day we were bacl in the offices again, feeling that we now could hang it out for another year. Tn speaking of Shakespeare | have but told the truth; he was un doubtedly erazy, For hours together he would recite Shakespeare, changing his yoice to suit the different characters. He never seamed to Ap No matter when spoken to in the night he was always awake, We missed the game by being too early, ani! besides that we were more for the sajl and the scenery, In the latter we were move than satisfied, in the former we were equally sp, Next summer I go again: if any of the readers of Forse, any STREAM should wish to come, for particulars address, Asmerx ALE, Owen Sornnp, Ont., Drawer 444, LENGTH MEASUREMENT, Bditor Forest and Stren: At a recent meeting of the Quaker Cily ¥. CG. to elect officers there was & complete éyisceration, (he @x-dignitaries, however, are not recaleitrant, The elib is in & flourishing condition, and has heen managed trom the start by able men, aud working men at thal, Stil some of the rules are musty. Myr, Janies Collins and other huililars say they are obliged to “put up"? full wile hoats in order to secure the greatest amont of sail area, snd that meses bloated forms cost more money than long lean ones of the samesize. The owner, how- ever, is only williug to pay for leneth, vet Walk, ne wather if hic model be as wide as it is long. And this is the outerap of leneth Measurement, Sometiines itgloriously haypens (hel a little easy lined clipper “gets mway? with these beastly abortions, as was seeu ‘in tlw annual regatta of the QC. Yo. last year, Tt is to ie hoped this yery unfair rule will be ignored under fhe pew regime, Righreeu years agoT built 3 hoaton the straight frame plan. Lkepi within the Jaw, and made her vs large as seemed possible forthe leneth, She Was & success, asthe records show. But why! She was twice she width, and two and onethird deeper than her competitors Her centerboard was one-half her length, snd her mest twice and one-fitth her length, other spars in proportion, She Was built ostensibly to prove the fallacy of a bad nines My suc vess was @ failure, for the mule still exists. Her great heam wasn powerful lever for sand bags, and the cloud of sail made her go. 1 experimented with working sails and dead weight, bal your country, take along this cow-bell, and ving it every faw minutes to warn the bears you are coming, They will never attack anyone unless when abruptly disturbed) ” With many thanks for his timely thoughtfulness, the heutenant took pos- session ofthe bell, rung it almost continuously wherever he wandered, and sneeseded in scaring away the bears, and likiwise allthe gnail and other wild game. The neighbors hearing the tintinnabulations, however, thought that Mr. Raney’s bell-cow had gone wild, fhe bell kept up such a cease- less clatter the liyelony day, up and down and along the mountain side far from pastures green.-—Napoa Reporter. The Eastern codfish received in this city are larger and more shapely than thosa taken off tke New Jersey coast. It is the cheapest fish sold in our mi@rkets. While if is one of the most valuable and widely-diffused products of the sea, it is, perhaps, the most insipid and tasteless of all edible salt water fish, AL though, when taken in deep water itis yery inactive and af- fords only a ‘‘dead pull," in shallow water, with a piece of flannel attached to a hook, it isvery gumy and gives the angler good sport. Lile the blueish, it is extremely voracious and abtacks everything if encounters, even swallowing whole crabs and other shell-fish,—Germantown Telegraph. “Boss, sposon you was tei miss, some mornin’, dat ar pure pinter dog what you paid $200 for, how much would you gih me et J fotched him back to yer house on Austin avenue?” asked Sam Johnsing, ‘I expect lL would give you ten dollars,” replied Colonel Yerger, thoughtinlly. ‘Well den, boss, jess hand out datten dollars right now, and yer won't miss dat dog, in the fust place, Hit will sabe yer a heap ob anxiety abont de pup,” The most singular thing was, that the dog, Which is a very intellivent animal, cocked his head on one side, and listened attentively to what Sam Johusine had to say, and from that day to this he crawls under the house when hie sees a colored man in the neighborhood.—Trxas Sift- mgs. A story told by 4 Santa Maria correspondent of the San Luis Obispo Mirrom causes us to wonder if tha mun ever heard the little story of Ananias, The chronicler relates: ‘My, I. F, Field, of Suey Rancho, reports a most remarkable incident which oxturred near the Sulphur Canon. Some of the em- ployes while upon Gne of the most elevated peaks of the said rancho, started a rock, weighing about two hundred pounes, rolling down the mountain in the direction of the Sulphur Cafion, and when about half way down the descent the rock divided in‘two parts, each part going in a different direction, distance about fifteen rods from each other, each partstriking and killing a deer. The animals were not known to be any- where in the yvicinitiy."—Sacramento Bee. When a timid young manis traversing a lonely wood near Paris, suddenly a gloomy and sullen-looking man accosts him, and, toying with the trigzer of his gun, remarks, ‘Ha, ny friend! Tam delighted to meet you. I know you would like to buy this pheasant--a beautiful bird—and you shall have it for twenty francs. You would have to pay tliat for itata restaurant, anyway, Come, will you have it} Here, Boxer, don't bite that gentleman’s legs unless I tell-you. Isita bar- gain?’ His young friend says faintly that 4 pheasant is pre- cisely what he came out to look for, and pays the mouey. He hastens to the nearest police station to complain of the highway robbery of which he has been the victim, Phere he is promptly fined fifty francs for having a pheasant in his possession without 1 game license, and the bird is confiscated. The third annual convention of the National Association of Vaxidermists will be held in Masoni¢ Hall, this city, early in May, and will probably continue im session ten days. The meeting was to have been held on April 2, but was postponed in consequence of a failure to secure the hall for that date. The association numbers among its members the leading taxi- derniists of this country, and itis presided over by Curator Homaday, ot the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, The coming session will concinie with a public zoological exhibi- tion, which is expected to bu the most extensive thing of the sort ever seen in America. Each member will contribute specimens of his skill, and there will probably be exhibited enough rare curiosities to make a Bowery museum owner turn green with envy. ‘he first convention of this association was held in Rochester and the last ix Boston. The association promotes skill among its members by offering yaluable prizes for the best mounted specimens presented at the annual Meetings. = FrsHer’s Istanp Crus.—This club was formed for the pur- pose of affording the members an opportunily of securing an occasional day’s shooting within a reasonable distance of New York with the certainty of obtainmg some return in the way of sport for theiv outlay. IWisheis Island, aff New London, Conn,, was chosen, both on account of its accessibility and the ease with which the shooting can be controlled: The club has obtained the exclusive right of shooting: g over the entire eastern half of the island, the division being bee by ponds and marshes extending nearly across the x neck of Jand. On this half of the island there are but’ _ farms in the area of 2,400 acres, It is entively free ir minks, skunks, foxes. owls and other same destroyers, so tha the birds which will he liberated as soon as the weather he- comes settled, will have every opportnnity of doing well. The game for stocking are Western quail, prairie chickens, Buropean partridges and such other birds as ihe club may desire fo test, Fish will also be placed in the fresh-water ponds which are well known resorts for dueks and migratory fowl, In the winter time the birds will be fed and as tlie sea breezes prevent the snow fromremainine as it does on the muinland, the mortality from the weather will be reduced to a inininnim, The establishment of the club is due to the enterprise of Mr, Max Wenzel, of Hoboken, andits member- ship will he limited to a muuber sufficient) to meef expenses, —Herald. There are many in this city whe knew Russell Homer, a brief account of whose tragic death appeared in these columns ashort time sinve. To ull these the news of his untimely fate will cause a pang; to many it will come us a crushin“ blow, For none knew hito but to love him, none could re- inain in the sumshine of his manly, generous, yet retiring nature but to entertain for him & sincere affection. Later partiewlars of his death just received from Albany, White- side county, M1,, state that the misfortune occurred while he was duck-shooting with « friend at Rock River, He had shot a bird which his Wnelish setter, te whom he was greatly al- tached, went to retrieve, and in doing so the dog broke through the ice. In going to his assistance, against’ the pro- testations of his companion, Homer also fell in and was drowned, all efforts to rescue hin by his friend being fruit- less, Russell Homer was an Hnglishman by birth, his native place being Martinstown, Dorsetshire. He was thirty-one years of age and had resided for several years iu this country, his near relatives being William H. Porter, of Henrietta, and Joseph Russell, of Caneaden, Allegany county, The deceased was recognized among sportsmen for his wonderful skill iy wing shooting. Asa snapshot in cover he had few equals, while as a companion in the autumn woods he was the eim- bodiment of all that a thue sportsman should be, He was a lover of Nature, with a sherp eye and a yuick ear for all her sights and sonnds, Te was generous to « fault, and his un- tiniely death is one which will long by keenly felt by those who knew and loved him.—Rochester, N. ¥\. Post-Hapress, March 3, Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throats, Le, quickly ve- lieVed by Brown's Browenras ‘TrRocuus. A siniple aud’ effecelnal remedy, superior to all other aiticles for the sain purpose, Sold only th bores. Price 25 cts,-—ddiv. - “ 158 — = —s [anon 22, 1888- —THE MILD POWER CURES.— UMPHREYS’ OMBEOPATHIC SPECIFICS. (n use 30 years.—Kach number the ople . Kidney Disense,.... . 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ARS revert to a subject on which the Forest AND STREAM has before thought it necessary to speak, we would ask why it is not possible for our rifle associations to take more definite and active steps toward making more valuable re- ports upon the work accomplished on the several ranges. Tt is not enough to have a mere clerk who can present an accurate copy of the score-sheets, That may be necessary enough for the determination of the prize lists. But that affer all is hut a small part of the field that should he covered. by an association which pretends to be organized for “the encouragement of rifle practice.” There is wot that steady progress in the development of small arms which there should he met with when so many men give so much of their time to practice before the butts. Every shot fired is an atom.of experience which it should be the endeavor of the controlling body to’ gather up for the use and guidance of succeeding riflemen, Tt is not enough to say that this work of experiment and eavefully noted trial will be carried on by private individ- uals or by riflemaking firms interested in securing good re- sults. The hest resulis cannot be reached in this way, and the trial of a decade shows that they are not, What are needed most just now are carefully conducted series of shooting trials, so that the rifleman going ont to practice may know at Jeast in what direction he may expect fruitful returns for his effort, snd what he may not expect to find in other directions, The association will be able to make im- partial trials, and the conclusions, whatever they may be, will be accented on all sides as conclusive at least for the time being. By exploding many old and antiquated notions which still eling about the theory and art of gun and rifle shooting, the way will be cleared for progress in the right directi on 1G ATC d sitaplicity of mechanism and accuracy of ample the amount of shooting which during the past ten years haz been done in different parts of this Btate by the members of the National Guard. Have any general conclusions been drawn from that practice? Has there been any compilation of results in such form that suc- ceeding officials may find a fund of information awaiting them, drawn from the rich mine which the annual practice of nearly twenty thousand men opens? There are an abun- dance of figures, but they are useless records of what was accomplished by the hap-hazard system in vogue. A small club devoting itself to this line of original re- search and test can do more for the adyancement of the art of rifie-shoeting than the richest and most extensive organiza- tion which aims only at merely gathering a number of shooters together to compete for prizes, The work now done is an important one, There must be grand field days, when in open matches opportunity is given for a careful and keen comparison of results. In this way different experimenters are enabled to air their theorics and get the knock-down quietus of defeat or the encouraging indorsement of victory. But there are dozens of needed tests—of charges, of shells, of rifling, of holding, of powders, of wads, of bullets, of all the hundred et ceteras which enter into that most complex of results—a, well-delivered bullseye. Such a series of tests should run over an entire season in order to gain the advan- tages of varying, weather conditions; and when carried out by different individuals they include that personal equation Without which factor tests are apt to become mere bench trials, and correspondingly misleading. THE MAINE INDICTMENTS. ia our issue of August 10, 1882, we called attention to the summer killing of moosein Maine by three parties who we stated were residents of Worcester, One of the three who were thus named, subsequently called at this office and explained—that the other two did not live in Worcester —which was certainly much to the credit of the sportsmen of that city, Wedonot know just how much more he had intended to explain, but we convinced him that we ‘‘had the papers” for our statements; which did away with the necessity of further explanation. By reference to our ‘‘Game Bag and Gun” columns, if will be learned that indictments have been found by the Grand Jury of Somerset county, Me., against the other two of the party named, as wellas against their guide, for the yery offense reported by us, Many other individuals have been indicted on similar charges, and the public is now given to understand that Messrs: Stilwell and Stanley, the Maine Game Commis- sioners, ‘‘mean business.” In addition to the parties against whom indictments have been presented, were many other offenders against the Maine game laws, who eagerly accepted the Commissioners’ offer to allow a private seftlement, and paid up their fines. We are glud that the detectives failed to discover evidence that, the Hon, George F. Hoar, of Worcester, Mass., was present at the moose killing which has been somewhat freely coupled With his name during the past months. The publication of the names, given elsewhere, of which we have been in pos- session some time, will also relieve from worry several other gentiemen who have been quite oppressed by the thought that their good name might be tarnished by un- founded-suspicions. it is a pleasure to know that there is a gradual change of Sentiment among sportsmen tourists, and this change is very largely due to the influence exerted by right-thinking men who annually carry their home principles with them into the woods,” Among the Maine summer visitors are many in- dividuals who have by persistent preaching and consistent living exerted an influence in behalf of respect for the game laws, Wholesale condemnation of Maine tourists is, there- fore, most unjust. Tok Gamn PRoTEcroRs.—We understand that the pill to increase the force of game protectors in this State to six- feen has heen passed. The new law will put the wardens under the control of the Fish Commission, and there may se be some possibility of making them do their duty. We have been unable to learn that any of the eight wardens, always excepting Mr. Dodge, have earned their salary, or a tithe of it, They have been unprofitable servants, and ought 10 be cast out of office, We hope to see Mr. Dodge reappointed, for he has proved limself to be av-admirable man for the place, and if the fifteen others were like him game protection would mean somethmg in this Staite. Special care should be taken in the appointment of these game wardens to supply officers at points where they are most needed, Long Island should not be neglected, nor the New York markets. NEW YORK, MARCH 29, 1888. to, 9 0 Estey von TROUT DAY. i Pew legal opening of the trout season in the State of New York ts the first day of April, which this year falls on Sunday. While many of the northern lakes and streams are still ice-bound, the streams of Long Island have been free of ice for a month, and the tront are feeding to make up for lost time, How many anglers from the city will yisit the island it would be hard tosay. The new penal code makes if an offense to fish on Sunday, and we hope that all our readers will strietly observe the law and wait until Monday morning. Those who are fortunate enough to have friends who own preserved streams and are in possession of invitations to fish them are mortals to be envied. We have several such invitations but cannot accept them for a week or two yet, and it is this fact that disturbs our sleep and makes us thin of flesh. Long Island is the greatest trout country in the State. Tis waters haye always been filled with trout by reason of their coolness and their plentiful supply of food. To-day there are nearly two hundred private ponds and streams which afford excellent fishing, and also a few streams which have been open to the public for years, and are not yet fished out. The famous South Side Club has been adding to its preserves several new streams, whieh will be stocked from the abundant supply in ponds and lakes be- longing to the club, Its members comprise some of the most prominent citizens of New York. Near Yaphank, the Suffolk Club has its grounds and its excellent fishing. Mr. Austin Corbin’s, near Babylon, are well known, and here and at the ponds of Mr, W. Floyd Jones, at South Oyster Bay, President Arthur occasionally wets his fly, At Green River, near Sayville, are the preserves of Messrs, E. R. Wil- bur and Charles F. Imbrie, which afford some wild trout fishing. Beside these places where only invited guests may fish, there are other preserved waters where the angler may cast by paying for the privilege, usually about a dollar a pound for fish taken. There are Thompson’s pond, at Noyac, near Sag Harbor; Clapham’s pond, at Roslyn; Seaman's, near Ridgewood; Carman’s, at Amityville; Furman’s, at Maspeth; Douglass's, at Huntington, and others, The charge of a dollar pound is certainly very reason- able and is less expensive than to go miles by railroad where the fishing ig free. Of free fishing on the island there is little or none that is good. A few tra \t »say be faken from Cedar Brook, near Baldwinsville, the Sis 1, i¢iie Rivee at Snivith- town, and in the streams ab a) Dott Volley amt tle Cove, but they do not yield m wii") | Tet heownne number of rods and the ease 7 {1 hich poache= ny yuna streams before the opening 01 |e season." tis)" Gayo wt ween eet . OAVIAR. HERE are many people who pretend to like caviar, and itis possible that a few may have forced themselves to relish the intensely salt or rancid preparation of sturgeon egos called by this name. We believe the “delicacy” first came from Russia, and we can imagiue thata native of Siberia, half Indian and half Esquimoax, might find caviar a delightful change from whale’s blubber and decayed seal. We have tasted caviar, and think that old rusty mackerel brine is nectar beside it, : The Germans pretend to love cayiar, and Americans who Imive been abroad eat it before their friends to show their acquired taste contracted in foreign lands. We read in the Déutsche Fischers’ Zeitung that some Germans have been making caviar from the eggs of the pike, and we wish them sucecss in their search after 9 new source of supply of delicatessen. Shakespeare speaks of something which the general public cannot relish as being ‘‘eayiar to the g@n- éval.” The bard is correct, as usual. Caviar is caviar, whether made of triple-salted rancid sturgeon eggs or of the oya of the pike flavored with seal blubber and stale mack- ere] brine. To our friends who have vot yet met this luxury we will say that at dinner, after the pudding, ice cream, cheese, nuts, figs and raisins have passed, you take a piece of toast about three inches square and coyer it with a quarter-inch Jayer of something that looks like broken rice stewed in coal tar, On this you puta thick layer of finely-chopped raw onion and squeeze lemon over it. You raise it to your lips; you bite into it and roll youw eyes heavenward and de- clare that you never tasted anything half so delicious before. At the first opportunity you shp down-stairs and take a quict drink out of the kerosene cam to gel up a proper after- taste in your mouth. Yes, the Germans have discovered a new source of caviar 162 in the pike, and don’t we wish we had some of it, The memory of the cayiar we have eaten comes over us like the recollections of an Arctic explorer when he thinks of the train oil he has swallowed. THE MINNESOTA MOVEMENT. Pue sportsmen of Minnesota have become thoroughly aronsed on the important subject of a more efficient conservation of their game supply, and have set about secur- ing u better order of things, After a protracted struggle in the State Legislature they have succeeded in securing several amendments to the game laws, smong the most important of which isa non-export clause, so worded that it is thought to be capable of standing the severest test in the courts. This law will proyide a much-needed remedy for the traffic in game illegally killed out of season and shipped to Chicago markets, where the dealers are always willing to receive it, however unlawful may haye been its capture, The sports- meh of Minnesotan haye expressed their determination to secure a stiingent entoreement of the non-export Jaw, and it is stated thal the principal game denlers of the State will second their efforts, The work of (he game protectors will not, lioweyer, be confined to suppression of the illicit traffic in game. The Minnesota Sportsmen's Association, through its active and efficient secretary, Ma, W. 8. Timberlake, has given notice that its members and agents throughout the State will report all violations of the game law, and the association’s officers and counsel will prosecute the offenders in eyery instance, We sincerely trust that the zval of the gentlemen now in- terested may not abate; the need of well directed and per- sistent e¢ifort is great. All right-minded sportsmen, whether residents or non-residents, will indorse the present movement, There has been in certain quarters a tendency to decry* non-export game laws as wholly unconstitutional, but this criticism has come from A souree which is not altogether above suspicion of being hampered by entangling alliances with the game dealers, and such opinions must consequently be taken for what they are worth, and no more. Fisnrse anp Smoovme on SunpAy.—The new Penal Code of New York, Section 265, prohibits ‘shooting, fish- ing, playing, horse-racing, gaming,” et¢,, on Sunday, This was amended in {lie State Senate last week go that fishing is exempted from the forbidden pleasures; but an effort to also permit shooting and hunting failed. We have not at hand a record of the votes cast on this occasion, but itis probable that the city members of the Senate voted in favor of Sunday fishing, for the bait and hand-line fisher- meén of this city are numerous enough jo be a power at the ballot-box; and a queer lot they are, too, but) quiet and in- offensive. Thereis a very good reason why shooting should be prohibited on the Sabbath; for if it were not, there would be no peace for the dwellers in the vicinity of our large cities. The Sunday shooters would inaugurate a reign of terror, and the familiar feathered denizen of the Long Island barnyard would become a vara avis in the land. Some of the oflier States need laws prohibiting Sun- day shooting. Some Prerurns.—Mr. Charles Lanman, of Washington, the well-known traveler, author and artist, has completed 4 series of paintings of scenes on famous Canadian salmon rivers, Mr, Lanman’s work is of a yery high order of merit; his pictures are admirable, and fortunate will be the man who secures them, Mr. Charles Zimmerman, of St. Paul, Minn,, who some years ago made a happy hit with his pic- tures, “The Tight Shell” and “Trying for a Double,” has added to the series of duck-shooting scenes three other water-colors, ‘A Lost Opportunity,” ‘‘Stoppingan Incomer,” and “A Side Shot.” The pictures are well conceived and most happily executed; they will appeal at once to the duck-shooter, and cannot fail lo add yery greatly to My. Zimmerman’s already pleasant yeputation as a sporisman- artist. ALAskA,—We are in reccipt of the report of Captain L, A. Beardslee, U. 8. Navy, relative 1o Alaskan affairs during his command of that Territory, on hoard the U. 8. §, James- town, Capt, Beardslee justly won great credit for the ad- mirable way in which he governed the Territory; and we are pleased to know that the wisdom of his course wag appre- ciated at Washington, Our readers, who willrecall the delight- fulletiers from Alaska, contributed by Capt. Beardslee to the Forssr and S7rREAM, will be interested in a perusalof the present report, “Amprican Knyxypi RecisTer,’—The announcentent in our last issut has already bronght in numerous responses, which sienily the welcome to he accorded to the Amertean Kennel Register. The initial number will be issued April 10, and all entries for it must bein hand by next Friday ati the latest. We give details of the Register in our Kennel columns. Birps oF MArke.—The publication of Mr. Smith's notes, which has been interrupted by Judge Caton’s very entertain- Ing “Salmagundi,” will be resumed in our next issue. a FOREST AND STREAM, Che Sportsman Convist, NIMROD IN THE NORTH. BY LIBUT. FRED’ SCIIWATKA, U. 8. ARMY, V.—Nimrod with a Fish-red.—Concluded. JODFISH of several varieties swarm over the various parts / of the Avetic shores, no less than a quarter of a million There is the being caughtannually in Greenland alone. larger yariety similar to those on the ‘‘banks’’ of Newfound- land and elsewhere, but are only caught on the banks of the Arctic seas during the summer with hook and line. The smaller cod—the od-vek of the Esquimanx, seems to be 2 more Arctic fish. My first personal aoutact with this yaricty was when I first encountered the Netschilluks of King Wil- liam’s Land in a little cove on the Adelvide Peninsula. A short distance out on the ice of this eove were a number of holes dug through the ice, some fifteen or twenty, and at nearly every hole was @ woman or child hauling out these herring-like cod as fast as they could put in their lines and pull them out. Their lines were made of the sinew stripped from the superficial dorsal musclss of the reindeer, their hooks beg simply twisted bits of metal, barbless, and de- pending upon the rapid hanting in of the line to retain the fish, a dexterity which they acquire to such a degree that they lose but few. Still, our barbed hooks excited their curiosity and desire so that they were fain to give us al- most anything for them, but we were glad enough to ex- change them for their rough ones of copper that lad been crudely hammered from the sheeting stripped from the bot- toms of Sir John Franklin's ships, and keep these as mourn- ful mementos of that deplorable disaster, Whenever the wind would blow with a disagreeable strength the fishers would build a high snow wall on that side to protect them, and this could be varied in a minute or so to suit every vary- ing gust of wind. Even the many dogs in sneaking around would make out to steal a good meal of fish in the course of the day. 3 One thought could not help impress itself upon me very forcibly. Right near this place was the spot where the last survivors of Sir John Franklin's ill-tated expedition per- ished from cold, hunger and seurvy, the terrible tripod of death that determined their destruction. Here they landed, some ten or fifteen in number, in the summer months, when the first cause was at its minimum, with the means of ap- peasing the second cause almost immediately, swimming in countless numbers under the yery keel of their bout, and the same being the means of suring the Jast in the near future, Man’s life hangs on a thread, as the old proverb says, for it certainly hung on 4 fish-line iu this case. The old women of the village pressed around us with their hands full of curious little pearly buttons that came from the head of the o-wak:, wishing to trade them for needles and such material, There is also a large and small kind of halibut in the Arctic seas caught by whites and natives, The large halibut often weigh a hundred pounds, and a few years ago some Ameri- can ships went into the business of catching them ona commercial speculation, but I think it has failed, The little halibut is much fatter and sweeter, and is angled for in the ice-fiords of Greenland, at depths of about 200 to 250 fathoms of water. In somewhat shallower water of the same places, as from 160 to 200 fathoms, the anglers will often obtain the ‘‘red fish,” whose flesh is likewise rich in oil and good to the taste. The nepisaé, a tat little finny fellow, runs inshore during the spring to spawn, and then fhose natives lucky enough to be in the course of their “1n’’ can live off of them for a couple of weeks or more. The northern capelin is a fish that warms the unsports- manlike soul of the native from its great abundance when it does come, ‘and may in a dried state in winter time,” says Dr, Rink, frequently be said to have constituied the daily bread of the natives. They are actually shoveled on shore for a mouth during the running season in the spring by the help of nets and semes and strewn over the rocks of the beach like manure over a field. The natives of Grecn- land do not-catch much less {dan a thousand tons per year, especially if the season be successful. There is one tribe of Esquimaux, and only one tribe, that my journeys brought me jn contact with, who may be said to live upon fish, or, at least, it is their principal died. Irefer to the Oo-ques-sik Si-lik Hsquimaux, who live on the largest branch of Back’s Great Fish River, the Avog-ni-yook, about forty miles from its mouth, and at the Dangerons Rapids at the month of Back's River. “At the former place, on the Kong-ni-yook, there is a long series of rapids in the river, and when the ice breaks up and is clear of the river, about July, tle salmon commence to ascend, and they are speared by the hundreds by the fishermen, who boldly wade through the rushing torrent wntil a good standing place is found, Their fishing spears are about ten to twelve feet long, in the inch and a balf shaft, and at the lower end is placed a sharpened spike about four inches im length, generally made of copper. Two flaring pieces of horn are bound to the shaft, and at each one of the free extremities of these pieces isa metal spike bent back likea barb, the points of the three spikes nearly touching and at about equal angular dis- tances from cach other. When thrust over a salmon in the water the central spike plerces his back, the two outer ones flaring oyer his sides until they are pulled up, when the elasticity of the musk-ox horu-prongs drive them into his sides, and he is “‘triangled” on three spits that hold him with deadly certainty until he is thrown upon the land. The women and children then clean them, and they are placed to dry on double rows of reindeer sinew strings, drawn from one rock to another and hack. When dried it is packed in sealskin bags for winter use, and even as late as May, when we visited them, they had a tolerable supply of pip-see, as they callit, among them, Those at the Dangerous Rapids, beside the salmon, cutch a herring-like fish which they call cow-we-sil-luk, and as it comes later in the year they haye no time to dry it, and pile or euche it away in pensof rocks looking like buge granite beehives often us high as they can reach. Late as they are caught, they have plenty of time to acquire that taint so characteristic of stale fish,and so much is this killed by freezing, and so generously is it liberated by thawing, that the raw frozen fish are decidedly a luxury as a diet com- pared with those that are cooked. This is true of all tainted meats, vast quantities of which are devoured by the natives throughout these regions. ‘Taken in large quantities sick- ness supervenes, accompanied by a practical nausea, and cases often occur of death from this ckuse when driven to it by necessity, or indulging in it too freely under other cir- cumstances. Outof 4,770 deaths among the Esquimax of Greenland, 86 were poisoned by putrified meat, 16 of putrid . 9 [Marc 20, 1888, fever, probably brought on by this cause, and '/3 of com- plaints of the stomach, 33 of yomiting, of which over half would be of this cause, if my experience among them should hold good in that country. Colonel Gilder was fain to compare tainted walrus meat to Limburger cheese, and certainly when meats so perfectly marbled with intersticial fat as that of the walrusare tainted it is more that of the rancidity of old cheese than a true putrefaction; but no such claims rest with any of the true fishes, even in the cold zones of the Arctic, although we managed to inure ourselves to this diet in homeopathic doses, In small shallow streams these natives select a place on the ripple and build an obliqne dam across, open for about yard on either end and inclining to the axis of the stream at as an acute an angle as the leugth of the ripples will allow so as to keep the dam within them. After the eoen-ioe-sil-luk have passed up the stream the upper opening is closed anda large number Of natives getting on the up stream side of the shoal of fish frighten them into returnmg down the stream where they must pass through the lower opening of the wing dam. This dam is continued slong the bank for some dis. tance, if there be one, or the water is directed vut into a basin if there is none and in either case the fish are penned into a place so thick they are raked ont with a large wooden rake on the bank and from thence deposited in the large cairns already described and eaten through the winter. But the prince of the polar fish is the salmon, although ii is impossible to get as much eport out of him here as in the temperate zones, owing to the ice, which bars such sport for the greater portion of the year. They are caught by means of holes cut through the ice, and the amount of satisfaction derived is about equal to that of pike or pickerel fishing under the same circumstances. henever the native tray- éler goes ‘into camp” and the water-hole is dug, be always makes allowance for fishing by making the hole large enough to draw through this icy avenne the largest sxlmon that may perchance be swimming in that lake. He some- times gets deceived in this calculation. I was once on the upper surface of seven or eight feet of ice, with a twelve inch salmon on the under, separated by a ten-inch hole and connected by the strongest kind of sinew line and stout Limerick fish-hook. Our efforts to get together were finally crowned with success by one of the natives, who en- larged the hole in the ice with the chisel, These holes are dug with two instruments, the ice chise] consisting of a bayonet, a mortising chisel, a sword point or such like in- strument fastened on the end of a ten or twelve-foot pole about two inches in diameter, and an ice scoop, cousisting of adadle holding about a pint, made of the splayed base of a musk ox’s horn fastened on a similar pole. The hole is dug about a foot or cighteen inches in diaineter, and about as deep, with the chisel, and its contents removed with the scvop, and this alternating process kept up until the water is reached, which wells up to nesmly a level with the upper surface of the ice. A REMINISCENCE OF UTAH. HAS G seen but very little in the Fores? anp Srruam in regard to the game of Utah, itis the purpose of the writer 1o mention some of the small game that can he found in certain portions of the Territory. While from a sirietly scientific standpoint, the matter presented may not be yery instructive, the perusal of this article may be the means of imparting some slight information regarding the section of the country referred to, In the northwestern corner of Utah, ahout thirty-five miles from the Nevada line and twenty-five from the Idaho line, isthe Rosebud Mining District, and it was the good fortune (or otherwise) of the writer to spend nearly a year in this camp. It is right on the borders of the ‘Great American Desert,” and close by the old emigrant trail, over which so many poor pilgrims traced their weary way during the great excitement of the Pacitie coast. The camp proper is situated in the foot hills of the Gouse Oreck range of mountains, and the district extends to the Raft River Range. During the year the writer sojourned in the Jand of the Mormon, he had plenty of spare time to ramble over the hills and mountains, and so was enabled to gain a very good insight into the ways, etc., of the inhabitants, biped and quadruped. Many yery laughable affairs happen in the wild West, aud many strange sights and scenes are alhyays in the memory of those who haye dwelt in the mountains, A person meets strange characters, in fact all those one meets are strange, for itis not the common kind that emigrates West, They stay at home and do as their fathers did before them. It is the man who in some way is different from his brothers (it may be more utterly worthless, but it don't matter, he is different) who strikes out for himself, and wanders forth into the world seeking his fortune by land and sea, And among these men you will find chayacters that it only needs the hands and brain of a Dickens to make as immortal as the characters to which the sreat novelist has given life, We of ‘'Rosebud Camp” had our characters, and in the course of my rambling notes lL will relate a few incidents which occurred during my residing in the camp, 1 will not attempt to enter into any description of the mines or mining of the region, suffice it to say, that asfar as the writer knows the camp is at this time deserted, for though there seemed to be plenty of good indications and great quanities of rich float, ete., no one has been able to strike the main body or ledge of ore. It was in the fall of the year, when the writer ‘‘struck” the “camp,” and in the morning of what proved fo be a yery rainy day, After having ridden twenty-five miles on horseback, getting thoroughly damp, to say the least, he spent the night on the floor of an empty building, vainly trying to keep warm wilh one pair of blankets, it was cold enongh to snow, too, so one can imagine that his introduction to the Rosebud was not of the pleasantest kind. But ajl disterecable things have an ending, and after a month or so | was quite happily situated in a little house of my own, where I had lwo bed rooms and an office. My first experience in the way of shooting was the pur suit of what we called “‘mountam hare.” {am at a loss to classify the animal, Baird giyes a number of hares that seemingly are identical, and J imagine to nay but the natural. ist are ‘the same thing’? The nearest resemblance this hare has to those Baird describes ns the pyraivie hare (Lepus cam- pestis) is its taking a white furin the winter. You will be out in the hills to-day, and g hare will jump up from be- neath a little bush with its suit of gray and flirty white, and at night the snow falls; the next day you start the same- hare—and lo and behold) he is white. No doubt the cha is not so sudden, but it really seems so; and the tran back to the summer garb is done as quickly, Th’ --—t—CSTS ' Mance: 29, 1883. > are very large, and Ihave seen some of_them whose hacks appeared as broad as that of a lamb as they went hopping up the hillside. They frequent the high foot-hills, and I neyer found them helow the last hills, where the real plain commenced. When started from theiv form they lop off very awkwardly, as though one Jez was in yery had shape; ancdif not shot at, or but slightly starticd, they will stop alter going a lithle way and situp. By keeping quiet and following slowly it is often possible to follow them aronnd and to get near enough to shoot. They seem to skulk and dodge, especially when among the low mountain cedars. But start them by shooting af them, or scare them in some way, and then see them go) Their erest long cars will fat- fen ont on their backs, and nothing put a streak of white ean be seen flying along the ground—and such jumps! I have started them down a hillside, where the snow lay so that their tracks could be seen, and the distance they would coyer with one leap was prodigious. For fear, however, that some may say, ‘“That’s another Western yarn,” T will nof venture to name any exact distance. The hares are not yery hard to kill, excepting in the winter, when their coat is yery thick, and then it will stop shot in certain ways, But one or two shots in the right place will do the work, and T have killed them at quite long distances with No, 5 and No. 6 shot. They are good eating, and when our fresh meat ran low J would take my gun, sally forth and bring in two or three, which our “China” cook would stuti and roust, and serye hot. Charley D,, the party who boarded the men, would help himself liberally and then remark: “‘Rabbitis prefty good chuck, if you hear me.” 1 used to think sometime that the men did not ieree with hin, especially when the price of table hoard was $7.90 per week, They probably thought it was too dear eating. Poor Charley, he needed mouey badly, and JT for my-part did nol begrudge him what he could make. We had been in the army and came out crippled with rheumatism. Me Spent a year in bed and wot up with his body four inches shorter than when he lay down. THis shoulders were all hunched up and bis internal organs crowded together. Té was with difficulty that he could walk in the rarified air of the camp, ind heyould have to stop and_ rest every few fect when climbing the ill near his house. We were only ‘about 7,000 feet up, too. Charley was unable to do any hard work and had drifted West to Oregon, then back to Utah, Here he starled 4 little store and boarding house. While the camp Jasted he did well, und would have ‘‘made his pile” if the thing had not ‘“‘petered.” From Utah he went to Idaho, and was one of the few who ever made any money on the placer glaims on Snake Rivér. He sold out there and went to the Wood River country, and this winter wrote that he had ‘made his pile,” and now was going to rest and take pare of himself, The next mail bronglt the news of his death, This is only one of many sad cases—the hest years ofaman's life thrown away searching for that which he noyer lives to enjoy. Charley was a good, whole-souled fellow, and many » pleasant trip we have had together, He would mount my pony with his shotgun while L would ae alongside, and off we would go for the ‘jacks” on the plain. Although Charley was nearly a eripple, he was a good shot with rifle, shotgun or pistol, especially with the Jatter. When he first struck camp he was possessed of a little ,22- caliber Smith & Wesson revolver, whichin that country, as anywhere in the West for that matter, is laughed at ag ‘‘no good.” So the boys used to ‘devil’ Charley about his “nop.” One day one of the boys had just purchased a fine hlack slouch hat of the best quality, and extra large brimmed, costing about seyen dollars. He was laughing about Charley's pistol and said that ‘he would just as soon let him shoot at him twenty-five yards off.” Charley said that ‘‘he did nof waut to shoot at him, but he would bet he could hit his hat,” So the fellow put up the hat, thinking at the worst it would only be a hole the size of a pea if it was hit. Charley took aim and fired away. The hat was inspected, and it was found that by chance the ball had just skimmed along the crown where if was creased, cutting a slit as if a knife had ripped it. The hat was completely ruined. ‘The laugh that followed can be imagined, and the poorechap had to buy 4a new hat and ‘‘set ‘em up” for the boys, while Qharley afterward was allowed a little peace about his ‘pop.” The '‘jacks” that we used to huntwere ‘‘jackrabbits’—that is we so called them—whether they were the genuine ‘Texas hare” (Lepus callotis) Lam at a loss to state. Still I think from Baird’s deseription that they are the same. They were not as large as the mountain hare, nor so good eating, as they lived principally on the white sage, and their flesh tasted at times yery strongly. There was a species of sage which was known locally as “rabbit brush,” which seemed to be a favorite food; and wherever it was found there the ‘jacks’ would be in abundance. Near Kelton, Utah, on the stage road into Idaho, there is a patch of this brush, and here the ground scemed to be alive with rabbits. I had heard wonderful stories of the number to be seen, but was inclined to be skeptical. At last I visited the locality and I saw more rabbits in one day than I ever saw before in my life. They would jump up from benesth your feet, in front, fo the right, to the left, and allaround you, until it seemed as if the whole plain were nothing but jumping, hopping rabbits. No doulf that there are other sections of the West where they are as plenty, but I never saw sucha sight before nor singe, It was quite the thing to get up rabbit-shooting parties in Kelton and to go outiand kill a wagonload. It was no thick to shoot them there, hut where they are less plenty it is good sport, for if a little excited the jack rabbit isanything but slow. The coyote will pick them up, it is said, but I won't youch tor it, I know that nothing in the shape of a dog that I ever saw, excepting the greyhound, has any business after them, One of the boys in camp had a dog which was eyidently 4 cross of several breeds, but he was a great run- nerforacur. This dog rejoiced in the name of Quartz, like Mark Twain's ‘‘cat,” and was a great character. Quartz would follow his master when he went to work, and if the work happened to be near the surface, he would sit and watch the men put in a blast. When the fuse was set on fire, he would retire with ihe men and wait eagerly for the shot togo off. As the first sound of the blast was heard, away he would go right among the falling rocks and dirt, and if the shaft happened to he where the rocks would roll down hill, he would start. atte them and try to pick them up. Many a narrow escape did Quartz have from falling rocks, but he seemed to bear a charmed life and always just escaped. He would sometime follow the wagon to town, and on the way would tackle every *‘jack” that started along the roadside, ‘Sometime the “jack” would take the read, FOREST AND STREAM. 163 don’t do if agin’,” and off he went, satistied thatif there was any more shooting the borrowed inle would be respecied. Of all the mean, contemptible animals that roum the Western plains and mountains, the coyote (Cmnix latrans) ik the meanest. We had a fair supply near and around our eimp. Aome quict, ‘“‘stilly’ evening alter all had retired and were “sleeping the sleep of the just,” a sound would be heard like the wail of » lost spirit. then another like the yell of a maniac, then a suecession of horrid sounds, until it. woud sound as if pandemonium bad broken loose and all the deyils, great and small, were holding high carnival over the happy event. A person not acquainted with the charac- ter of the beasts would imagine that at least fifty of them werein camp, when three, or ai most four, would he the extent of the gang. Th was not offen that we got a shol al Mr, Coyote, He would always ‘hob up serenely” when we did not have our guns handy, Charley had a, few chickens for a short time, but coyotes love chickens, and Charley's died young. Seraps of meat and anything im the ine of eatables were cleaned up nicely hy these scavengers, and many other things which a person would nol imagine they would touch would likewise be gobbled. On clear bright mornings, when the wagon would start for “town,” it would not go more than whalf 4 mile from vamp, When away off tothe right or left would be heard a yell, ond ina moment another in reply from some other direction; and by the time the wagon had gotten a mile or two away two or more coyotes would be following it to pick up the excrement dropped by the horses, We had », good joke on my brother while he was with us, One day he went to “town,” with Charley after a load of supplies; and they did not sfart to return to camp until nearly night. Tf was dark before they were home, and as they had toad .J. was walking to lighten the pull over a bad place, He fell behind a little way and presently looked behind him, ‘There, right, at his heels, were, as he supposed, two dogs. Charley had stopped to allow J. tu cateh up, and as the latter reached the wagon, he said; “Whose does are these, Charley?’ Charley glanced back and burst out; ‘Dogs! hang tt man, those are coyotes.” J. climbed on the wagon und rode the rest of the way, Not that he was afraid, but then the roads were good, The wolves had been attracted by the smell of meat, and were following the scent, There was not the slightest chance of J.’s being troubled by them, Tut it made him nervous to find the brutes at his heels. The principal way coyotes are houted is with poison. The offal of slaughter pens is doped with strychnine, and as they always hang around such places a good many are captured, Another method is to take # good stout stake, hore holes in if and “fill them with Jard and poison, The walyes will liek ont the lard lijfle by little, and icdownand dic. Lave heard of instinves where coyotes would band together and attack the larger animals, and even man, and I suppose that fhese accounts are true, at least I have no good reason to doubt them; but I personally never saw more than three or four coyotes together at one time, and they were anything but bold. Dogs anc coyotes will interbreed and some of the dogs that follow the Shoshone Inciansaround can hardly he distinguished from coyotes. They are a hungry, sneaking, mean-looking Jot. There were a few foxes in the hills near camp, but it was not often that we caught sight of one; and I only sueceeded in getting «shot once, and then the distance was too ereat for the fine shot used. They were the prairic foxes ( Vadpex jierenrus), ind they are a beautiful animel, A. description of the game of our camp would be incom- plete did I fail to mention the animal known as the mule. Many may think 1 mule queer game, but | ean assure them there is much game in a mule; and though plenty of game is made of the festive mule, there will always be room for more, It is # subject without limit, for ‘‘yea, verily,” no man can comprebend fhe vagaries of the mule’s character, especially of the Western mule's. I believe that the further West one trayels the more mulish he finds the mule, Here is a little incident to illustrate this point: We had hired a min to hanl some lumber, etc., from the C, P. R. RB. to camp. His team consisted of six animals—three horses and three mules. One of these mules, on the morning after the freighter had brought his last load, took it into her head (she was a female, that may account for some of her whims) that she did not want to go. The team was all in place; the freighter, blacksnake in hand, stood holding the one rein, and all was set, but to the cry of “‘Stand up!” there was not the unanimous response that there should have been, Part of the team started, but this particular mule held back, and the result was a mixture of traces and a bad tangle. The freighter patiently straightened things out and hit Moll a cut with his blacksnake. Then he stepped back, and yelled this time directly at the obstinate one, ‘Stand up, Moll.” But Moll shook her head as if to say ‘couldn’t think of it,” and stood still, P.—the freighter— then walked up, and with the butt of his whip gave Moll a, fine training, but it was of no use, go she wonld nol, T stood watching the prececdings, wonderins what would come next. P, unbuckled the harness (Moll meantime stand- ing like a lamb and looking as innocent as a baby), and geiting a large lash rope from the wagon fastened it to Moli's neck; and after leading her quietly to the rear of the heavy wagon, he tied her head down «as near the wheel as he could. Then hé took off his coat and vest, laid down his hat and thre; his braces back. Walking to the woodpile he picked cul a club about five feet long and as thick as a man’s wrist; with this he beat that mule for fully ive minutes. Then he took hor back, and put her in the harness; and she—pulled—no, sir, not much! Out she came again, and once more back to the wheel. Some more medicine. To vary the dosethis time, the butt of the heavy blacksnake was applied over her head; this scemed to have some effect, as she began to hang her head and shake it, Putting the harness to her once more, P, stepped hack, pnt on the brake and yelled: “Stand up Moll,” and she did, starting off with wagon, team and all, brakes set, too, P. stopped the team alter driving around a little and came and put on his clothes. ‘“There,~ said he, ‘that mule has heen aching for that for six months, and L huve dreaded the job, now she is all right for six months more,’ Well, fhought 1, that beats me, 1s it did the mule, The mule istough. It lives on stufk that wonld kill a horse, There was one old mule that. bung aronnd camp and actually lived on the seraps from the Kitchen, He would stand in the lee of the building in a raging snow storm and chew a ham-Doneas a dog; and in the spring that mule came out in good shape. Some may think that the yam is as jough ag the mule, but T can nasure them that L myself saw the beast. One more strange thing, strange at least to the “tender. foot,” ig te language of the Pacific coast, All west of the and then we were treated to as pretty a sigh! of a ‘‘stern chase” as one would care to see, Quartz would just abont hold his own for the first hundred yards, then in spite of his most strenuous efforts would begin to ‘‘set left.“ When the rabbit had increased his Jead a little more, Quartz would come back, wag his tail, and look at-us as ifsaying, “Didu'’h T make him run; just wait ‘till next thoe and then see me calch him,” Then he would trot along quietly until the hext “jack” fol up, when the performance would he re- peated. Queitz was ambitious, but he never ‘got there.” Sometime when J did not care to ramble far with my gun, | would go just back of my cabin into a deep gulch or canou, and walk slowly up through it, watching sharply for the little cotton-tail rabbit, which inhabited the cracks and crevices in the rocks. These rabbits were evidently the same specified 4s the gray rabbit (eps sylvatiens) by Baird, and resemble fhe rabbit I used to shoot and trap ati home in New Jersey when a boy, Though they average smaller, they are better eating thin the larger rabbits and hares of the mountains, probably hecause they feed on other things beside sage. They inhabit rocky places, and jhough Thaye seen them on the plains, it was always near rocks or among stones of some kind, There was still another kind of rabbit that I used to bag occasionally. Thiswas known locally asthe ‘brush rabbit,” but J cannot find anything mentioned among the rabbits in the hooks I have examined that compares with it, I fthere- fore think it is not a genuine rabbit, I always found them in the larger saga brush, near water, They lived in bur- rows. Hair was dark brown, cays short; ceneral appearance that of & small cotton-tail, excepting color and ears. How- ever, [used to shoot them and then help eat them, so if they are not rabbits, they are at least not a poisonous article, as [ liye to tell the tale, Among other kinds of game that freyuented the locality wis the sage cock (Centrocereus urophasianus), This bird during the fall and winter would come in quite Jarge flocks and alight on the bare hillsides where nothing buf a yery small stunted sage brush grew, The leayes of thie plant, however, seem fo be the chict food of the sage hen. They are not a hard bird to approach, except in very windy weather; still asa general thing « person can not walk right onto them, By keeping out of sight most of the time, so as not to attract their attention, a person can get yery close toa flock. Lhave stood in my eabin door and heard the whistling of the wings of a flock us they flew to some hill a half mile or so away. Taking my gun, which always hung in my room ready for use, I would start for the hill, If the birds were on top of it I would so up some gulch where I could keep partially hidden; but if they were on the side T would go up the opposite side and circle round until | came ou to the flock, This was generally easy work, as the hills were all steep and ran up to sharp cones, The birds would seldom rise until I was within slooling distance. Once in a while, however, 1 would “get left,” and before T got in sight would hear the roaring of their wings as they went off for another hill, A little patience and a good deal of ‘lea work” would generally get the birds, however. After they were secured they did not amount to much for the table, especially if they were old and the winter nearly gone, They tasted too strongly of sage. But if young and killed early in the fall they are not so had, They will not keep very long, asl learned to my cost. I shipped two East to haye them mounted for a scientific sociely. It was winter and I thought they would go through all right, but they arrived ‘‘tco ripe” for use. Up in the pines, some distance back of camp, one could find the blue grouse (Zeiate obsewus), but they were not plenty. Over the range on the ‘“‘Goose Creek” side the country was more thickly timbered and not as barren; here they were more plenty, I did not get.over the range, there- fore my acquaintance with this bird was limited—for I saw very few of them on our side of the mountains. Abouf four miles from camp atthe foot of the main range was the head of a small stream called Rosebud Creek. In the high grass and weeds near the wet ground was quite a resort of the sharp-tailed grouse (Pediwecte phasinnelius) or as we called them, ‘‘pin-tailed grouse,” These birds I never found away from springs or streams, that is at any distance. They will lie in the grass quietly until kicked up, and at times a person will walk nearly over them, ‘They are not hard to kill, and itis good sport shooting them, Their size compares favorably with that of the partridge of Michigan, though I do not think they will ayerage as large. 1 used to go over to the ereek after grouse, and while there would call on a character who lived in a cabin onits hanks, This party was known as “Whisky Bill,” ‘‘Cock-eyed Bill’ and “Preacher Bill.” The first two names I could account for, for whisky was a ‘‘strong holt” with Bill, and one of his eyes was a little crooked; but the “Preacher” part I cannot. explain. This party was a little shorf man, seemingly shorter than he was, as lis head sat right on his shoulders without any neck to speak of. He had been all over the West; was 4 trapper, stage-driver, pony express rider, miner and I don’t know what else. He would come to camp atter flour and supplies, borrow all the books, papers, ete., he could find, shoulder his gunony sack and tramp back to his lonely cabin, where he would stay all alone for days aud sometimes weeks, He was a great reader. One winter when trapping in the Rocky Mountains, he ran out of everything veadable excepting an old Bible, which by some strange chance happened to be in the cabin, This he read through twice. Bill was a good-natured fellow even when drunk, and was the last man ever to pick a quarrel or havé any trouble with anyone; jul he was not afraid of being shot, as was proved by a rather laughable incident that oc- curred in “town.” One day Bill borrowed a mule and went to town (a rail- road station), and there, in due course became gloriously drunk. When it became time for him to go home. he sought the mule and was trying fo mount the beast. Just then » man who had @ “‘grudge to pay off” shof at another man twice with areyolyer, the balls singing very near Bill’s var, Wut le did not seem to notice the shooting, One of the crowd helped him to board bis mule, and he sailed off, col- ors flying. Whether it took a long time for an idea to work itself throug) his muddled brain, or whether the ride home sharpened his faculties, no one knows, but the next day Bill appeared in town, still “full,”’ as he had taken a supply of the ‘erature’ with him, and after he had put up his mule, he hunted for the man who lad done the shooting. Rolling up to him in an unsteady way, he began in his couliay nasal tone with, ‘Say’, look’er Gassy, 1 want tor now whe in h—) yer was shovtin’ at, amd yer Want to be keerful. If yer want to shoot at me, why allright; ain't any objections. But don't shoot towards that mule agin, for you might hit fhe mule, and he sin't mine; so mind, 164 FOREST AND STREAM. [MaRcr 29, 1888. Rocky Mountains is '‘Pacifie Coast” 10 the people there, It is always the ‘‘Qoast™ and the States,” speaking of Hast and West, A person from the Bast would be at a loss to under- stand the jargou of 4 mining camp west of the Rockies, It is bad enough Hast, but not to be compared with that on the western slope. “Ohinook,” Spanish, Indian and Eng- lish all mixed, and queer are the expressions used. A per- son always employs the mbst common or shortest words that will convey the meaning, We had one old ‘Webb-foot" (¢, &, aman from Oregon) who used to convulse us with his dry sayings and his use of the Chinook lingo, Some one brought a copy of Longfellow’s ‘‘Tiawatha’’ to camp, and Gue rainy day old Jake got hold of it. After reading a little of the poetr'y an expression of disgust came over the old man's weather-beaten countenance, and in his peeuliar Western drawl he asked, ‘Did Longfellow write that? Why, the danged old fool, he oughter ask me abont Injuns. L could tell him more’n he ever dreamed of;” and we all thought he could, as he had lived with them, Poor old Jake; these same ‘‘danged” ‘‘Tnjuns” cot him at Jast, and from all T could ever find out his bones lie hleaching in some quiet nook in the fastnesses of the Big Horn Mountains. He and some others went in prospecting and never came out, and as the Sioux were “bad” at that time, if was casy to account for the disappearance. I must relate a little incident showing how ‘‘Chinook” is used in the far West to express thoughts that to one Hast would seem out of plaice spoken in the jargon. Charley D., when in Oregon, attended Sunday school, and some of the "Webb-foot” maidens were in his class. The lesson was on the crucifixion and the question was, ‘What did the Jews doto Jesus?” For an instant noone answered, Then a preat, tall, ungainly girl, bending forward eagerly, shouted out, ““They mamaloosed him" (‘“‘mamaloose” is to kill in “Oninook”’). I could relate many stories, hut Iam afraid it would tire the general reader, as ql] do not take the interest in the West and its ways that the few do who have had a little ex- perience themselves. The glory of the Rosebud las departed and the human inhabitants thereof have seattered far and wide. The graye has claimed its sharé und the ‘‘boys” will never meet again on this earth, The impleasant events which occurred we will try to forget. The pleasant memories of the past we will cherish, and as they are brought to our minds while liy- ing a different life amid strangely different scenes we will Think of Rosebud city in all its glory, blooming like its namesake in the dreary fastmess of its mountain home, Prarie Doo. THE LAST OF THE GROUSE. 66 ¢ \AN you drive over here for our last harrying of the birds _/ to-morrow, before we go south?” wrote the son of a neighboring laird a short time ago, and knowing the inyita- tion would he backed by pleasant company and at least fair sport, I most willingly sent back an acceptance by the mounted gillic, whose horse was pawing the gravel outside the porch of the Highland lodge which formed my tempor- amy abode, while his rider compared the recent “hags’ of rival estates in the broadest Galic with our own keeper. Looking out of my window the following morning the prospect was winlry enough. , BEAUTIFUL trout with the crimson dot; My grasshopper waits for you; Tinow that you're hiding below that root, And to reach you I'll wet my shoe. I've borrowed a line from brother Ben, Ahook from Cousin True, And I’ve hwried away from my kitten and doll, To pay a visit ta you. J saw you yesterday under the boat With the polka dots on your side. Your olive green mantle shaded with black, And your fins spread out so wide. You were real mean to go way so soon When I just put in my hands; T only wanted to smooth your back, And tell you about the land. We've got the loveliest violets hers, Pansies and jacobins, Scarlet runners al] trimmed with white, That will exactly match your fins; And just the dearest golden bugs, Some of them dusted with blue; So, now, little trontie, just bite my hook, ‘And then I'll show them to you. (ll show you the nest that the wren has made In a hole in the linden tree, With two of the cunningest little eggs, And nobody knows it but me, (ll show you my dolly and all of her clothes, My kitten and Bennie’s big dog, The place where the bumble bees go in the barn, And the moss on the old hollow log, Come, beautiful trout with the pearly side, My grasshopper's getting all wet, Bennie is calling and I must go home, Or dolly will worry and fret. Now, come, litle troutie—O no, not so hard! You are pulling me into the stream; And you've taken the grasshopper off from my hook; I just think you are rea! mean. BOYHOOD REMINISCENCES—II. THE SWAMP’ TROUT—BAGGING SUCKERS, ‘Oke Hunter had twoplaces, perhaps more, where he was wont to go in a secret manner, from which he brought home large trout, He was a shrewd character, and pro- duced only a few at a time, just cnough to fill an order for atrout breakfast or to dispose of without attracting too much attention. One of these places was discovered by that famous wood- chuck shooter and pickerel fisher, Scott, who while skittering for his favorite fish, discovered Old Hunter in a boat out in the middle of the reseryoir, where he knew the water was at least ten fathoms deep. Now, he reasoned, the old man would not be there forlhis kind of fish, for pickerel don’t lie in deep water, but nearer shore where there is feed. He tried to get nearer to find out what he was after, but the old fellow immediately rowed away. The next day Scott heard that Judge Mason had bought two trout of Old Hunter of nearly fwo pounds «piece in weight. Now, this reservoir was built to supply water through feeders to the Chenango Canal. There were two of these reservoirs, and on high ground, letting water into the sum- mit of the canal, They were made from springs and brooks hat passed through them. We all knew there were trout in i the brooks, hoth above nd below the reservoirs, for we had Will not aur oorre- 171 caught many a one, but none over a pound. And we knew, too, that there were cold, terribly oat springs in the middle of the big waters, for we had swam across them and been chilled to our very bones. In fact one of the most promising young men—a student at the university—lost his life, having been seized with cramps while in bathing there. He was an ex cellent swimmer, but the extreme cold on a warm summer's day doubled him up, and before assistance could reach him he sunk. Yes, we knew about the cold springs, bul none of us dreamed of their being full of tremendous big: trout. Scott was on hand the next day, and he was a yery for- tunate fisherman on big trout forsome time, How we boys got pe of it I have forgotten, but Old Hunter was dis- gusted, Thesecond secret-of his I discovered. 1 was picking straw- berrics on a side hill that sloped down toward a dense swamp, some two miles out from the village. I saw Old Hunter with his tin pail on his arm; his red tippet betraying: him a quarter of a mile away, for he always wore il in sum- mer asin winter. Old Hunter I mow discovered stealing into the swamp. What is he after there, I wonder. ‘*Yarbs,” Isuppose. For the old fellow had more or less knowledge of the healing powers of certain plants, at least he had the eredit of this; and was often commissioned to waiher certain kinds from time totime, ‘‘Yarhbs,” I guess. But why does he sneak in that careful way, and look around as if he didn’t want if known that if was he and he there? I euess | will investigate, Lerawled on my hands and knees down to the fence, across the road, and through another fence, and was in the swamp ahead of him when the old man wentin. It was a wet and boggy place fed hy springs from the hills ou both sides, and from which ranasmall brook. Tradition said there used to be troutin the brook, bul there were none, or but # few little ones, in our day. By careful dodgivg I did not betray myself, but kept within sceing distance of my object. hen near the middie of the swamp he stopped and laid down his pail. With his hatchet he cut open a pine loe or stump, and thenve took out five white grubs. Then from some inner pocket he brought out a fish line, and baited the hook with one of the srubs. Well, I had to laugh quietly to myself; going to fish in some hollow stump or hole for a woodchuck, I guess—when, behold! The eround where he stood was bogey and lumpy. with here and there small spaces of water, none of the surfuces of witer being larger than a good-sized felf het brim, the whole surface trembling for yards ayyay when waiked upon, The old man stepped on a bog and dropped his baited hook over into what 1 supposed was water not more than a few inches deep, but to my utter amazement the line ran under and off at one side at: least ten or twelve feet. A. suliterra nean region of unknown proportions was there. Tt was not a minute before out came a trout of not less than a pound and a half; then another, until he bad five not less than seven pounds, of the yery best, the most superlative best fish in the world, for no country nor clime can or docs furnish anything so good asa wild speckled trout out of a cold spriog. These were placed in bis pail and carefully covered up with leaves, and the cover securely tied down; and then the old fraud stole ont on the other side of the swamp, to go away around the village, two miles or more, and come in from a different direction. Oh, he was a cunning coon! It was not long before I had a fish-line and « grub, and I caught six splendid fellows. How black they were, how fat, how short, and broad across the back, but genuine speckled trout. How cold and hard and, ye gods, how de- licious. How the folks opened their eyes when I brought them home; and what a breakfast—words cannot do it jus- tice. The memory of their sweetness, their plumpness and flavor takes me back nearly forty years. Alas! the swamp is long gone, cleared off and drained, making way for the farmer's grass, I wonder how many of those magnificent beauties perished thus, of no benefit to anybody. I don't think we caught them all, for they grew shy; and sometime wouldn’t bite at all—but they were there, Old Hunter found the ground trodden down (he was very careful himself in that respect) and he knew his secret was in somebody else’s keeping. He caught me there one day, and his wrath was vehement. I had as much right as he. But he said I was a fool und idiot to give il away, first by catching so many and by not being more cautious in my ap- proaches, ete. Well, he was right, but I was a boy. Bob Upham was the famous trouter of that region im later years, and is, lam told, even yet. He used to have some sacred spots to which he would slip off and bring home big strings, but he never had the Sonancé fontinalis (how is that for early classies?) I had for awhile, Talking about Bob. U. reminds me of another favorite way of fishing, Did you ever hook suckers through the ice? Ah! that wasfun. The canal and the (different feeders fur- nished gocd feeding grounds for certain kinds of fish of the coarser varieties, especially suckers; and suckers in the winter were not bad eating, especially when you were so far from the coast, with no railroad near, Fresh fish, in- stead of salt cod or mackerel, were at a premium. The way we caught suckers, and sometime pickerel and perch, wis to go about five together, three to hook, and two todrive and change about. Our implements were three large hooks, fastened together in triangular shape; or better, a tool in the shape of a hay rake, only that the teeth were parallel with the rake’s tail. Having cut three holes in the ice, thrown in a few white beans or some corn to light up the surroundings, we Jay down oyer the hole, our hooks near the bottom, the handle or rake’s tail grasped firmly in our hand, the teeth sburp, of course, und pointing upward. The others of the party haying gone aboye some ways on shore, then approached us on the ice with big clubs or a big chain, thumping the ieé between them, thus driving the fish by us. And they came in schools, sometime big ones. As they passed over our hooks we jerked up, landing them on the ice, then thrust the hook into the hole with celerity to repeat fhe operation until the school were all by, when we would up and fun some distance ahead and eut fresh holes and then again others, until we thought we had sufficient of the fish for the day. On our way back we picked up our spoils at the various holes, Generally, we bad « large hand-sleigh to draw them home onthe ice, Sometime when we struck i big school, two expert hookers—for it was vo slow business, I tell you—would land on the ice fram one to two bushels at one drive, this to he repeated in less quantity until the school is used tp. One of our biggest times, | remember. was a bitler cold day; but the excitement kept us warm, We drove the Lebanon feeder for several miles. We bagged (bagging suckers, think of it!) sixteen bushels, a one-horse lupher- wagon load, ‘There were five of us, and we had suckers 172 FOREST AND STREAM. I EE [Manor 29, i883.” ee eee eee a es eee ee ee eee tnough each to five away to our friends and the poor of the village. Doc. Mavens was a famous hooker, as well as trout fisher. He was along that big day. Idon’t believe he lias forgotten it. Tt took a quick man to snatch a pickerel, for they went by like a flash, but the Doctor could do it. Wher there was a chance for pickerel in the streams or reservoirs, they used to make me drive (which I didn’t like), unt! | sot older and could handle the hook like a veteran. Well, those werv great, days. “Tf our foresight was only as good as our hindsight?” Yos, Hitt is sv, But it docs an old fellow good to go back to them, Yes, lam getting garrulous again, Good- night, JACOBSTAFY, TROUT OPENING IN FULTON MARKET. TE annual display of trout on the opening: of the season will take place in Fulton Market, New York, on Mon- day and Tnesday, April2 and 3. Mr, Blackford sent out the following circular to trout breeders and others some weeks avo: Dear Sir: In addition to my usual trout display, 1 de- sire to give an exhibition of as many specmmens of the yari- ous kinds of fish us bave been hatched out or raised by fish- oulturists of this country. I should esteem it a great favor if you would send me a few specimens from the hatchery under your charge, ac- companied by a label giving name, age, and all particulars necessary for the instruction of the public. All specimens shoult he shipped so as to arrive here early on April 1 or 2. The object of this exhibition is fo create a greater public Interest in fisheulture, Trusting T am not troubling you too touch T remain, EB. G, Buackrorp, We ave informed that im answer to this he will have both the rare andl beautiful “Dolly Varden” trout and the rain- bow trout from the United States salmon ranch at Baird, Shasta county, Cal,; the handsome *'Clark’s trout,” Saliio elurkii, from Nevada, as well as specimens from our Eastern Jontinulés from all parts of the East. The New York Fish Commission will send specimens of different fishes from its hatcheries at Caledonia and Cold Spring Harbor. Mr. Jas. Annin #ud other private breeders will send their contribu- tions, and the Soutl: Side Sportsman's Club of Long Island and the Suffolk Club will he well represented. The whole of the new market will be thrown open on that day; the dealers in meats, fish and game will endeavor to make a dis- play for the public which will be attracted by the ‘trout opening” of Mr, Blackford. This gentleman hag, by his en- turprise and free expenditures, earned the thanks of the pub- lic for the establishment of trout day and its opportunities to compare the fish from different localities, and so to edu- cate anglers to the observance of the different species and varieties. We will give our readers ata distance 2 good re- port of the exhibition, which will be one that many will regret their inability to see. The jnvitution to the opening this year isin the style of Mr. Blacktord’s former ones, and while it may be more artis- tic, we hardly think it as beautifulasformer ones. The coyer contains a fair mermaid, without her traditional comb and glass, holding a slip which winds about and is imecribed “Opening of the Trout Season of 1883,” Below is the verse; “And whea ye timerous trout T wait To take, and he devours my bait, My pleasure ‘tis to then invite My friends to share in my delight." On the inside ig a rainhow and a Dolly Varden trout, side by side, while above and looking down through the water ihe brook trout is gazing at the strangers, A little nonde- script in the middle seems contented to stay in the back ground. On the opposite page is the invitation and a. water seene with rods and ereel in the foreground, THE WALL-EYED PIKE. (Stizastethion, Raf.; PHS following communications on this neglected lish will prove of interest: [was much interested in the report in your columns of the 15th regarding wall-eyed pike, As you express a wish for further notes on this subject, I will give you some facts that ave largely wilhin my own knowledge. T hye seen large numbers of wall-eyed pike caught at the st. Cluir flats and on the St, Clair River, above the fiats. The walleyed pike isa same fish, nearly, if not equally as vame as the black bass. Tt is a bold biter, especially during the months of April and May, they are then leaying the lakes, going into the rivers before their spuwning season, During these months it will give the angler ample oppor- tunity to exercise his skill. J have neyer seen them taken with the artificial fly, but T have seen numbers of wall-eyed pike taken with minnows, which is the usual bait at the St, Olair flats. Jn April and May they are trolled for with aspoun in the _ St. Clair River, and I haye seen as many as eight large pike, weighing from two to ten pounds each, taken in Jess than two hours. At such times itis a bold biter, and fights well for life and freedom. In the latter part of June and July they are spawning; then if seems they cannot be indneed to take any kind of bait, and it is as well, for at such times they are not fit for food, and ought not to be caught. [ haye seen the wall-eyed pike taken with an apparatus called a “bob- biog line,’ a piece of coarse line from eighty to one hundred feet long, with four large hooks fastened together in the shape of a grapnel, with a piece of lead weighing about six ouuces attached to the end below the hooks. They take fhis fishing tackle with a small skiff and row out in the stream and cast the line; the lead sinks to the bottom, and as the boats drift slowly down with the stream, the hooks are draggid or jerked along the botiom, us the angler keeps his wim continuvlly in motion, which jerks the hooks along’ the bottom in this way. The fish is hooked in any and all parts of Lhe body when it is struck, the line is hauled in hand over hand, 2nd the fish is taken apparently withont « elrugele. The wall-cyed pike can only be taken in this way during {he months of June and July, when they arespawning, then they seem to haye no lite in them, and nothing to do but fioat around the bottom ofthe riyer, Of course such fishing is not sport, aad an angler who fishes for sport would blush with shame lo steala fish from the sfream in this manner, At any other season except June und July the augler who attempts to take the walleyed pike either with the rod or the trolling line and spoon, will find plenty of sport and Lucieperva, Cur.) trolling line. ample opportunity to test their skill, ‘The wall-eyed pike is strictly & game fish, and as a food fish he is second to none, Wisconstx, March 19. Mane £. O'Brien, My experlence with the wall-eyed pike may throw some light on their gume quulities. Ihaye taken them in Block River with ordinary tackle, live minnows for bait, and found them hard fighters and free biters, T have also taken them in the Upper Ouachita, ‘This river is clear, swift, and has a rocky bottom. My mode of fishing there was to use a light float, live minnow, a yard long leader, and seventy-five yards of Ime, I would then find a rapid and Jet the bait dvop down with the current. The river abounds in bass and I caught them oftener than the pike, but Lnever could see any difference in game qualities between the two. T never tried them with a fly, I never fished tor any of our fish with a fly, nor did Lever take one on a troll, My ex- perience is that they differ yery much from a chunk of woud, us your first correspondent thinks. Let him try them in cold, swift water and he willchange his opinion al once. Tf living in sluggish water they might lose their game quali- ties. Bass caught in the lagoons near here are not so game as the same fish caught in mountain streams, Prsearran. Lirtn« Roer, Ark,, March 19. Presuming that your “walleyed pike,” or “pike perch,” is whal we in Canada call pickerel, or in the Province of Quebee *‘doré,” | beg to add my humble quota of informa- lion regarding their habits, etc, One moonlight night some years ago, I caught one on a red bass Ay when proceeding to shore after fishing near the St. Lambert's end of the Victoria Bridge, Montreal. Since then I haye heard of several cases where they have been taken on flies in the St. Lawrence, Ottawa and Rideau rivers, the blue jay being a favorite, To succeed I am told that it is necessary to allow the flies fo sink an inch or two below the surface of the rater, We count them here ag next, in point of sport, to the black bass. They grow, iu the rivers above mentioned, to from nine to fifteen pounds, and the larger ones fight vigorously when nol “yanked in” hand oyer hand with a A favorite baifis the phautom minnow, but when feeding they are somewhat like their cousins, the pike, not yery particular, CATINBAU. Orrawa, Province of Ontario, I see in your issue of the 15th inst, that you invite cou- tributions on the subject of the pike-perch. This fish is known in this locality as the salmon, and is comparatively rare. Age a food fish, it is fully equal to the bass, but does not afford as much sport to the angler as either the small or large-mouthed yariety of the latter, In taking the bait he strikes very tamely, and when hooked keeps close to the bottom, never, in my experience, leaping out as the bass does. This fish is much scarcer nowthan formerly. I haye been told by competent authorities that ten or twelve years ago they were as numerous as the bass; but at present, if the uumber of each caught in a season be any indication, our streams do not contain one pike-perch 1o.a hundred bags. I am ataloss fo account for this diminution in numbers, as they are only caught by anglers who are fishing for bass, never, so fay as I know, being caught in nets or seines, or taken on trot lines, They bite best in early spring and late fall, and yery early in the morning and late in the after noon. The largest specimen of this fisli I have seen weighed eleyen pounds, and was caught in a trap on the ‘Mussel Shoals.” A friend of mine caught one in Oypress Creek, near Florence, Ala,, that weighed nine pounds and some ounces. This fish was killed with very light tackle. The largest fish of this kind T have ever heard of was caught in 4 stream near this plaice, und is said to have weighed over seventeen pounds. Wi, Savannad, Tenn, Mareh 21, A GROWL FROM GRIZZLY GULCH. A FEW miles north of this place (our present camp) and £X about one hundred and twenty miles northwest of Denyer, at an ecleyation of 8,508 feet in the Rocky Moun- tains issituated a body of water called the Lost Lake. Any person in this vicinity can testify that there is not another body of water of the same size in Colorado that is inhabited by trout of all sizes in such numbers asis said lake, Nor is this lake unknown to the money-making guide, In the fail of 1882 (inder the leadership of one of these snides) came a party of five Eastern tourists tothe Lost Lake. Game was plenty, mountain air was abundant, and trout was to be had by the hundreds within two hundred yards of their tent. Here for some four weeks this party of tonrists remained living like kings and enjoying themselves only as the lover of rod and gun can enjoy themselves in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. They had all tle game they conld cat, and ten times more trout than they conld make any use of, The time came when they deemed if necessary to again turn their steps toward the rising sun. This party of tour- ists came here for recreation and sport with tae rod and gun, and you may learn from what I have already syritten, that their desires were fulfilled to the utmost, ow would not any ordinary Hastern man be satistied with such results? J sincerely hope so. But these- hoggish five were not satisfied. On the night hefore the morning on which they started on their homeward jour- uey they obtained a quantity of gianl! powder, then taking a quantity of brown soap they made waterproof casings, inserted the powder therein, ignited the fuse and tossed them into the lake. These bombshells exploded with ter- rific force, killing the trout by the hundreds, and on the next morning the surface of the lake and dts shores were one mass Of dead trout of all sizes, But the tenderfeet were gone, and they might well thank their lucky hides that the party of mimers and ranchmen did not know their where- abouts, for nine out of ten chances there would have been news of another necktie party had the infuriated inhabitants overtaken them, The writer would like to know if these five are what you call trout hogs. T shonld say that this includes the old sow and pis and the pen thrown in, If it were possible for me to find out the names of this party I would cheerfully give them to you in full; but as itis L cannot fiad any clew to their names, nor do I know where they were from, All 1 do know is that they came here from the East. In December last an old hunter and myself started on a two-weeks’ hunt. We turned our steps toward 4 favorite deer locality in the Cheyenne range of fhe Rocky Moun- tains. On our arrival there we found deer signs fresh and plenty. Now it happened that a party from New York cit who claimed to he sportsmen (under the dene hie ofa suid 12 arrived at said grounds on the same day, and pitched their tent within a mile of our cabin, The first thing that rected our ears on the following morning before daybreak was the crack of a rifle, then another and another and another, and this was kept up all that day and for the six days following, They were armed with repeating rifles, and it seemed to be ied object to see who could shoot away the most ammu- nition, Tt is hardly necessary for me to say that that party of New Yorkers did no} see a deer the whole week they were there. Nor did we, for I do not belieye there was a deer within ten miles of either camp as long as that party remained. But areatly to our relief they took their departure on the cighth day, cursing the luck and the Rocky Mountains, My friend and | remained a few days later and got fiye deer. Now the writer would like to know if this is the kind of stuff of which the majority of Eastern sportsmen, tourists, etc., ave made, If so, for our sake and their own good they had better stay at home, and be contented with reading the FOREST AND Si'rReam and with what sport their native State affords them, for such yagabonds as the above will never make friends in the Rockies, nor will they eyer be satisfied with their hunting here. But let the sportsman who is a sportsman come out here and he will be welcomed by all, and will find friends at every canip-fire; and he can make up his mind that he will have 4 general good time. J SILVERVIP. Grizzuy Guice, Colorado. EARLY FLY-FISHING. yi LIAN, A, D. 221, a native of Macedonia, says: ‘I a have received information cf the following method of catching fishin Macedonia, In the river Astrseos, which runs between Berena and Thessalonica, there are fish which are ornamented with spots of different colors, but the names they bear are best learnt from the people of Macedonia. Their food is the flies which frequent that river; and these flies differ from any that are found elsewhere; for they are not only unlike bees and wasps, but they unite in themselves the likeness of all these insects. The people of that country call them hippuri—horseflies; and as they fly near the surface ol the water they are easily discerned by the fish, which therefore glides gently to the place where their shadows fall, and, just as 4 wolf snatches a sheep from the flock, with a gulp it seizes the fly and instantly plunges with it into the depths of the stream. This has been noted and copied by the fishermen, but with some variation, for they do not em- ploy the natural fly which will searcely bear the handling, but they imitate it by art. A smal] quantity of purple woal is wrapped around the hook and a couple of wings are added from yellow neck feathers uf & cock. The rod and line are each four cubits long, and this contrivance when skilfully cast onthe stream is found eminently successful.’—fram “History of the Fishes uf the British Islands,” by Jonathan Couch, Vou. IV., puge 228. NORTHERN MICHIGAN ONCE MORE, Editor Forest and Streain: When » boy I remember of reading thut two knizhts armed “‘cap-a-pie” met one time ai the junction of two roads, in the angle of which stood a large shield. After saluting one qnother, one knight remarked ‘‘on the blackness of the shield.” ‘Not so,” quoth the other, ‘“'tis white;” which the first knight contradicted; and so one word led to another, until they agreed to fight it out. Couching their lances, each charger was spurred forward with his greatest speed, and when the shock came knights and horses rolled in the dust. As the two warriors lay groaning on the ‘ground a third traveler came np and they appealed to him to settle the dispute. He, wiser than they, looked at the shield on all sides before giving his decision. Then chiding them for their hastiness, he informed them they were both right, as the shield was black on one side and white on the oilier, It may be that your correspondent, “*W, D. T.,” and my- self are looking at opposite sides of ‘the shield.” However, before T am challenged to enter the lists again by any doughty champion, I wunt to finish this point and then re- tire. “Prairie Dog” does not expect to find lront on a mud flat, nor “under waying rushes,” but he not only expects to, but bas found them in streams where, though the country is much more rugged than Northern Michigan, it is more easily traversed, and where a person will not lose as much blood. Mayhap if “W. D, T." bad found such streams he might “want” some “of it.” It may be pleasure for those flat enjoy it to fish in the rain, camp in the rain, and live in a beatifical state of dampness, T can and haye stood con- siderable wei myself, but must contcss 1 haye a hankering after the dry spots, other things being equal. It may be my ‘feet are tender,” though J] imavine if “WwW. D, 'T.” had followed me in.some of my wanderings his would livve been calloused. If *W. D. T.” had been care- ful to read just what I said in regard to the fish of Northern Michigan he would not have attacked the article in quite the style he did. Your correspondent, ‘‘G. H. W.” iu issne of Mareh 8, at least shows a willingness to admit that all might not think alike. “WD. 'T.’s” axiom must be of the kind of old sawa Mark Twain calls frauds, for Iwill youch for trout nol always biting when “skeeters” do. Discussion is 2 fine thing, and it isalso a fine thing that we all do not think alike or all want to always visit the same section of the country. And also that each person sees ceriain sections of the country in s, different light from his neighbor. I donot for one moment contradict “W. D- .,” but Twould like to ask him to reply to a question, First, if he has visited a country where trout were numer- ous, flies and other flying pests nil, climate nearly perfec- tion (of course noi perfect; [ don’t claim that for any), suenery grand and everything harmonious; second, he then yisitt a place he has heard much in favor of, finds it greatly overestimated, findsa great many things conspiring to make it unpleasant, does not find the fish he expected to and knows he could have done better elsewhere; third, how would he decide, which place he would fayor, and if asked for his sentiments or felt disposed to make them known without being requested, what would they be? There enn be buf one answer, and] think ‘W. D, T.” will agree with me on that point. I do not say that I did not expect criticism, or that I would escape from the wrath of those who (ad they are many) seem to think that there is bot one place for fishing, etc., but [ feel that each one is éntitled to an opinion in these matters, and IT expressed mine, Having tried to make plain a few points which it seems were oljscure before, 1 will bid farewell to discussion in the future on Northern Michigan, Prarkin Doe. Manon 29, 1883.] 7 LONG LAKE. eee with victury and laden with spoils the enthu- giastic sportsmen cume marching home. Some from Bluc Mountain, Eagle and Utowana lakes: many from the queenly Raquette, and a host trom the lovely and pic- furesque waters of Forked and Long lakes, the most beau- ful and romantic watering places in the great Adirondaclk wilderness antl the ‘‘Idle-wild” for sportsmen. The waters of the Raquette are, s0 to speak, literally alive with speckled beauties and beauties that are not speckled, 1 haye refer- ence tothe célebrated black bass, Trolling through the waters of this magnificent lake is enjoyed, nat only by the tale portion of our sporting fraternity, but by the ladies who accompany them to enjoy the health-giving sports of the preat Adirondack wilderness, and to paddle their light canoes upon the bosom of the lake at sunrise and sunset, quailing the balmy breeze. Who is it that dare say, “T haye never seen Forked Lake!” Why, you may as well be out of the world as to We out of the fashion, and, not to see Forked Lake implies as much. Trout fishing, nnd bass fishing along its shores cannot be ex- celled. Just Jet old Capt. Parker, the renowned musician. for music we know hath charms to soothe the savage breast, not that the fish are sayage, paddle you around the shores of the Forked, and don’t forget when you go to take your trolling line, ind all of the paraphernalia requisite on such an oceasion. My word for it, the old captain and veteran guide will astonish you equally as much as he bas the Hatives, there to the manor horn. Have you never made a yoyage through the Upper Lakes? Can it he possible that you haye never fished with fly or spoon? Never, with dog and gun, secured a supply of ruffed rouse? Never tried to discover the exact spol where a sly little woodeock whistled his last lay when he saw the dog and smelt powder? Neyer, indeed? Then the coming scason be sure to visit Blue Mountain Lake. Seek and make the acqtiaintane of the versatile Commodore—the veritable Commodore Henry Bradley, of the Raquetie Lake Steam- boat line—and my word for it, he will post you as fo every sly little nook, where with line and with hook, you can while your pleasant sporting hours away. Iocan assure the sporting fraternity that the old Commodore can, to a nicety, ost them as to the yarious spring holes slong the Marion Sivas where thespeckled beauties seem to court the presence of even enthusiastic sportsmen. Wemust not forget Long Luke with such residents as | Robert Shaw, Hsq., Albert Hanmer, Jerry Plumbly, and the world-renowned Indian guide, Mitchel Sahbates, who lives in that almost enchanted locality. The scenery at this matchless watering piace cannot be surpassed; “lis the Mecca of the wilderness. The view from Edmond Butter’s Mammoth Hotel is exquisitely beautiful; really enchapling, As Long Lake abounds in fish of the finest quality, n0 sportsman should fail, if an epicure, to test their flavor, The guides located at this lake are fine specimens of manhood, obligint and courteous to all atrangers, and trustworthy. If a Long Lake guide, and this T say to their credit, should tell you thai he was posted in all the ins and outs of a piscatorial region, you can believe him. You ean shoulder your fly-rods and follow him wherever heleads. Such is the character of the much abused fuides, not only of Long Lake, but of ihe whole wilderness. Dr, T. G. Durant and son will, the coming season, place upon the charming waters of Long Lake a magnificent steamer. This will he hailed with delight by many of our Sportsmen, A sportsman never makes a clowh or show of himself, | have actually seen a young man who, as he thought himself, war 8 sportsman; he was armed and equiped in the most fantastic style, he was dressed in a corduroy suit, is coat had as many pockets as Joseph's cout had patches, around his waist was a broad leather belt, and to this was hanging a, four-pound ax with halye, on the opposite side was a large bird-bag stuffed with paper, rags, towels, socks and yarious other things, sticking m his belt was a hatchet, a No. 3 car- penter’s hatchet, across his shoulders he carried four fishing rods, a lauding net, a paddle, a shotgun, and arifle. In his bootlegs the handles of two large bowie knives protruded, and in his hip pocket a nayy revolver was stowed awa among cigarettes and fine cut tobacco. Poor fellow, he myrched to the hattle-field, and, marched home again, Two-SpineD STrcKTEBACK.—Bridgeton, N. J., March 18,—A fortnight ago, while crossing the marshes along Del- aware Bay from duck shooting, I picked up in the melted snow in the path made by gunners going to and from the blinds, a fish which was unknown to me and which wus equally strange to professional fishermen to whom I showed _it. L[pntitin my pocket, and a half-hour afterward, recol- Jecting it, placed it in a bucket of fresh water in which it swato abouf in the most vigorous manner, though rather torpid when found. When IL returned home | unfortunately forgot to bring it. Iwill try to describe it, and if my de- scription fits any known fish, please give the name on in- closed card. The fish was about 14 inches long, of silvery whiteness, barred transyersely with very faint gray stripes close together, Tis shape yery similar to that of the Goody or Lafayette, Its peculiarity consisted in three small curved spines on the back, perfectly round and set well apart, of 4 ull “old gold” color, Bron. its belly, back of the throat, projected at right angles for about half an inch two orange- colored needle-like spikes, which were immovable to the jouch, although the fish once closed them, alternately, to his side, Connecling these and lying along the belly, but not touching if except at the junction, was a white trowellike bone, like a cutile bone. The accompanying drawing shows my recollection of the appearance of the fish and of lis singular weapong.—F’. §,J, C0, [The fish ig undoubtedly the “two-spined stickleback,” Gasterostens linculeatus, DeKay, ilthough it has three spines on its back. It grows to » length of 24 inches, and 1s found in both brackish and fresh waters, The spines on its belly, “back of the throat,” represent the yentral tins. | THe Unxitsp WisHexmwy,—The “Society of United Fishermen” was organized Jast May in Salem, N. Y., for the protection of the treut streams of the township. A sub- scription list was made up containing fifty names of gentle- men, each agrecing to pay one dollar in case any conviction should be made of persons violating the fish law. A reward of fifty dollars for such evidence was then offered, and we have the pleasure to report that on evidence so procured one mab has paid twenty-five dollars for netting, and a second has twenty-five days in jail, and both cases huve heen simply in the Criminal court. They are now to be presented by the district attomey, according to the law, in the Circuit court, not a California trout; it is a minnow. kind of fish in South Curolina. trout-fishing prospects as soon as the season opens: FOREST AND STREAM, 173 and conviction before the jury is almost a certainty. The subscription has been met promptly and the informant has his reward. The fishermen hére feel quite elated, as these men are old offenders and dared some one to take hold of them. as though the noted streams of this township might again afford pleasant sport. this spring from the State, and last year 15,000 Californias were planted, A man brought up this spring, after netting bait fish, four queerlooking little fish, new to him, and sub- mitted them to us, who were on the lookout for the Cali- fornia trout. looked more like a sucker without the sucking apparatus. They were spotted, appareatly without scales, and fins cor- rect and large, The conviction has created a vreal stir, and it looks We are fo put in 30,000 brook tront They were’ all right save the heads, which We packed one off by mail to Mr, Seth Green, who wrote us the following; ‘The fish you sent is I saw the same 1 never saw it in this State.” Would somebody adyance a theory ow this South Carolina fish came in our waters?—Isaac W, [The name “minnow” covers perhaps a thousand different species. Many of therm inhabit the waters of the Atlantic slope from Maine to Georgia. Send us a specimen and we will try to identify it, | THe LesisH VaLrcey—March 23.—From the Lebigh yil- ley the following from an ardent angler speaks thus of the ‘Nearly all of our trout streams are good for the first few warm days in April, but they are tished out very soon, It is nof worth while to come up, however, before the snow water is done Tunning, and there is lots of snow in the mountains vel. A warm rain would bring it down and clear the beds of the streams and make elegant fishing.’—Homo. Camp Hire Hlickerings. ‘That reminds me.” YUE incident related in “A. I.’s* communication of Brooklyn, strikingly approaches a story once told by a veterin duck-hunter of this vicinity. Being out one day in pursuit of ducks, he espicd a flock, but they were out of range aud could not be approached sufficiently near with the hoat to be shot. However, be didn’t allow himself to be out-generalled, and quickly divesting himself of his equip- menis he plunged into the water and dived to where the dueks were quietly floating upon the water. He first seized two by the feet, bound them securely with string and then fastening’ them to his own person he continued his exploit, until he had secured seven pairs, af which point the remain- der took flight. He returned to shore, donned his traps, stratevically caught, fully satisfied, he said, with the day’s adventure. W. KK. M. Saurm, Pa. Belonging to the regiment (Fourteenth Tennessee Conted- erate) was 4 man who stammered in his speech very badly. Late one evening while the “boys” were gathered around the camp fires, the stammering soldier saw 4 squirrel in a tree, Pointing his finger at the squirrel, he exclaimed ex- eitedly; ‘Iu-1-l-look b-h-boys at t-+t-that squi-squi—y-gone in Tits hale!” Brrpo. Por? Royan, Tenn, “Pica’s” advice to “Clericus,” (im your issue of March 22) that he should “rent 2 trap and buy a lot of clay pigeons” to shoot, instead of going woodcock shooting, reminds me of the story of the small boy, who asked lis father to take him to the circus. The stern parent replied that he would not take him to the circus, but that if he was a very good boy, he would take lim the next afternoon to see his grandmother's grave. A. D, 1883. New York, March 23. Hishculture, THE DETROIT HATCHERY. A REPORTER of the Detroit Fieve Press has visited the hatching station of the Michigan Fish Commission, ai Detroit, in charge of Mr. Oren M. Chase, and thus speaks of the place and the glass jars invented by that gentleman: Probably not one-half of the residents of the city are even aware of the fact that there isa State fish hatchery within its borders, and no more than one in fifty knows its location. Ti is on the north side of Atwater street, just east of Deqnindre strest, a long, one-story wooden building, flying a small flag, To the right of the entrance is a small office and a bed- room, plainly but comfortably furnished. Here HE. O. Chase, son of Supermtendent O. M. Chase, and an assistant pass a tiresome and uneventful existence, one being on duty by day and the other by night, Upon entering the main room the visitor at first hears noth- ing but the tinkling and splashing of falling water, and sees nothing but rows of jars filled with a moying mass of the funniest looking corpuscles imaginable, a little larger than grains of tapioca, whitish-brown in color, looking like noth- ing else in natiwre, each dotted with two black specks and each speck unmistakably an eye. Along each side of the room, but a few teet from the watis, there is 2 double frame work of simple construction, put com- pactinform. Ibis about eight feet high, and along the top from end to end there is a tank probably about a foot wide and deap. A few inches beneath this tank there is a shallow trough, On the outside of the frame there are narrow ledges or shelves, upon which stand the jars, looking nich like an apothecary’s shelves. A few inches uboye each jar a wooden faucet projects from the side of the tank, A short section of rubber tubing connects the spigot with the glass tube above mentioned, that extends down through the center of the jar. There is a row of jars on exch side of the tank, standing al- most in contact with each other. Below the tirst there isa second combination of tank, trough and jars. The double row of apparatus upon the second frame is somewhat lower than upon the first, to secure a flow of water. The water enters the building by an iron pipe und, strange asib may seem, the pipe is only an inch and an half in diame- ter, The pipe runs along the ceiling and discharges into the highest tank. Sixty faucets send as many streams down through the glass tubes to the bottom of as many jars, the water rises up through six quarts of eggs, ows out of the lit- tle metal pont attached to the jars into the upper trough: then along the trough to the further end, through a flne scréen to remove all forsign bodies, then around into the upper tank of fhe second trame, and so ou untilithas passed throngh four sets of jars, whenib flows inte the large tank upon the floor, where now ave the larga whitefish. The jars, an invention af Pa Chase, have revolutionized the artificial propagation of fish, Formerly the eggs ware and struck out for home with the fourteen ducks he had go | placed upon trays immersed in running water. Daily each tray was taken from the water, and all dead eggs carefully eanien with a feather, requiring great care and constant labor, The glass jars are about fifteen inches in length snd six to seven inches in diameter. They are open atthe top, taper nearly to a point at the bottom, and have wide, Hat stan- dards. Fitted around the top is 4 strip of metal, with a flat spout about two inches wide at one side. Standing in the center of the jar is a glass tube less than an ineh in diameter and slightly bell-shaped at the bottom. his bell mouth would fit closely into the narrowed bottom of the jar but for three projecting ears that hold it up about a sixteenth of an inch, the purpose of which will be seen further on, To fully describe the industry of tish hatching, Mr. Chase led the way to a large tank in the rear end of the room, in which there were six or eight mature whitefish, as tame as kittens, Thrusting a kind of paddle beneath one of the heauties, he raised it to the surface of the weter and picked it up without a single protest on the partof the fish. Said he: “Late in the fall, previous to December 1, we go to tha fish- eries, and, taking the females us they are drawn from the water, press gently upon their sides and secure the ova in pans, in which is placed a little water. After securing the eges of two or three, the miltof the male fish is secured in precisely the same way, aud the whole is then stirred for sey- eral minutes. At first the eggs are yellowish and not larger than the head of a pin, but after this operation they quickly become darker, at least tywiee as larre andhard. Then we place them upon damp canton flannel in shallow trays, box them up, and send them to the hatchery. We get them whorever the catch is plentiful. “When the boxes are received at the hatchery, the eggs are at once remoyed from lle trays to the jars, and a stream of water set to flowing through them. Thatis about all there is of it until the hatching commences, about the 1st of April. The water of the Detroit River is excellent for our purposes, heing pure and of very even feniperature, By warming it even a, few degrees, these eggs, that will not hatch for twa weeks yet, could be forced to do so in a few days. Whenthe water used in hatcheries comes from shallow streams, its temperature is changed by the early spring vains, and the eggs hatch much earlier, They are oot)so strong and healthy, however, as those hatched here, “You will observe,” said Mr. Chase, as the end vf the busy watercourse was reached, ‘that every egg is constantly in motion, Look through every jarin the room and you will not find an egg that is not moving about. The flow of water into each juris regulated by the faucet, just enough of a eur- rent being sent through them to keep the eggs in motion.” ‘“TLobserye many deacLeggsin the jar. In tha days when trays were used it was considered necessary to immediately remove the dead eggs, because they would contaminate and destroy the live ones with which they were in contact,” said the reporter, “By the use of the jars, {hab becomes unnecessary, for the continued motion prevents contamination. After An ege has been dead 4 few hours, however, it becomes lighter, Noats to the surface and passes off into the trough. The screen af the end of each trough is to paves these dead eggs from passing around into the noxt tank and rows of jars. Thoy can be cleared out of a jar ina very few minutes, however, by merely letting on a, trie more press of water.” “How many of these jars haye you in operation?” “Two hundred and five.” “And how many eggs in @ jar?” , “From 110,000 to 175,000, There is one that has 200,000 in it, Tn all, we have 40,000,000 ages inthe hatchery.” ‘*ATl whitetish’” “Ves, As 5000 as these are hutehed we shall go to collect- inp pickerel eggs. That will be early in April, and they will hatch in a month. After that we shall go to Troy, N. Y,, to geteels, We get them there in immense quantities, from three to five inches Jong. They are placed im mid iakes, where none but coarse fish will live, The pickerel will be planted principally in interior lakes and streams, and the whitetish at Petoskey, Traverse City, Grand Haven, South Hayen, St. Joe, Saginaw Bay, Whitefish Bay, and in Lake Superior, A few are to be planted in some cold and deep in- Jand lakes.” “How is this planting done?’ . “As soon as a fish hatches he makes his way directly to the top of the jar, swims out into the trough, and round down to the big tank. They hatch very rapidly after they commence; so rapidly that aman cannot count those passing out from a single jar. The tank soon becomes alive with them. hen we scoop them out with a net, put them in big tin caus, like milk cans, and express them off to he planted, That is done by holding the can down to the level of the water and pour- ing them out.” “Do not pike and the othertish-wolves make sad hayoo with the fry?” “Not to the extent geuerally supposed. These little febowse ure very quick and nimble, and, being so small, can easily get away trom a pike. Come down the Ist of April and see them go down through these troughs, You will then realize the meaning of the word ‘speed,’” SHAD.—The season for shad im the Hudsonis yery back ward on account of the ice about; Albany, The first run has not struck ih yet, pane nearly two weeks late, In the Sus- quehanna they ave teking many. ‘The Hayre de Grace Re- publican says: “There are about two hundred nets in this city which will he tished. These nets will average about four hundred feet each in lengsh, with a depth of about twelve feet, and will betished by about thirty boas, requiring the services of two or three men per boat. The average catch per boat, per night, Guring the season, is sboub seventyive shad, and the price during the season ranges from $10 to $55 per hundred. Of shore fisheries we only have two, Spencer's Island, near Lapidim, operated by Jarrett Spencer & Sons, and Simmons’s Mishery, ab Spesutia Island, operated by Car- ver, Burress & Co. There are also eight Moats, owned and operated by Sliver & Co., Courtney & Co., Wan. Ewing, Coale & Bailey, §. EH. Penning, Osmond & Co, (2), and Brown & Co. These shores and floats give employment to fully four hun- dred men, and represent an invested capital of $50,000, Th: addition to aboyé is the old ‘Donahue’ Shore on the ‘Bat- tery,’ which has latterly been titted ont aud rigged up in the most xeientific manner, by Major Ferguson, of U, 8. Fish Commission, which will also be operated solely for seientific purposes. The shad caught will be placed in the reservoir prepared for their reception amd be utilized for spawning purposes,” AMERICAN FISHCULTURAL ASSOCTATION,—At u, meeting of the Executive Committee held at Mr. Blackford’= in Fulton Market, New York, on Saturday, Mareh 24, it was decided to hold the next meeting at the Cooper Institute, New York, on 'Tiesday aud Wednesday, June Sand, Messrs Mather ane Phillips were appointed as 4 committees to solicit papers to be read at fhe meeting. Ti was voted ftosend en- grossed diplomas of honorary membership to fhe Crown Renee of Prussia, Herr yon Behr, Theadatus Garlick and John . Jones, THE NEW JERSEY COMMISSION.—Trenton, March 24.—The Governor sent the nomiuation of W. I. Conover to the Senateto be a fish commissioner in place of Maj, 1. J. Anderson, whose term has expired. ‘Che nomination was re- jected on Thursday, the 22d, and on the same day the Gover- nor Dominated Mr. William Wright, of Newark, now Sheriff of Hssex county, asthe fish commissioner, wud he was con- fied the next thorning,—JmRSEYMAN, a > oe 174 FOREST AND STREAM. [Marc 29, 1888, Che Zennel, QS a FIXTURES. BENCH SHOWS. Aprild, 4, and 5, 1888. Western Pennsylvanian Poultey Society's ileyenth Annual Bench Show, Piltsburgh, va. Entries close Mareh 1, Chas, Lincoln, Superintendent. (_ BR, Biben, Secretary. May 8, 9, 10 aud 11, 1883—Westminster Kennel Glub, Seventh Annual Bench Show, Madison Squire Garden, New York City. Hntries close April a. Chas, Lincoln, Sup"t. WIELD TRIALS, BKastern Field Trials Clnab, Filth Anuual Trials, Entries tor the Derby close July 1; for the yy. 17: for the All-Aged Stake, Nov. 1. W. A, wy, Mlatbush, Long Island, N. Y. 1854,—National American Kennel Oluh, Hifth Annual D, Eryson, Secretary, Memphis, Nowember 19. i858, at High Point, N. 0 Members" December, ‘Trials, at Grand Junetion, Tenn, Tenn. To insure prompt attention. communications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not ta individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- portance are lintble to delay). SONG OF THE ST. BERNARD.‘ Atk: '‘pexte." AS 1 walked outwith Lady Plorence, “4% “Cause the tramps are her abhorrence, Look away, look ayvay, look away Dixie Lani. Near Windsor two tame Wp behind ber, } wave one w slight remnimder. Look uway, look avay, look away, Dixie Land, UHORUS, Tin bound to dare for Dixie, Hooray! Hooray } For Dixie's wile I'd give my life, To live or die with Dixie. Moovay! Hooray! Hooray! toy Lady Dixie, ‘the next I knew one of ‘em stabbed her, 7 pulled him off just a5 he grabbed her, Look away, ete, Now she thanks me, end lm w here, Dogs are trumps from Tip to Nero, Look away, ete. CHORUS —Um bound, tc. 1 thank the Lord she lad her stays on, Papers all my tame emblazon, Look away, ete, Oh! Queen Victoria wants my picture, Tn history 1m now a fixture, Look away, ete. Crorts.—I'm hound, ete, St. Bernard crowns all canine glory, Brave and bold in this true story, Look away, ete. My keeper rhymes me to a war tue, And my owner makes a fortune. Chorus.—l'm bound, ete, March 22, 1882. War SHAEE ‘HM. “Written by & young Connecticut farmer, a-d inspired by the press despatches that Lady Vlorence Dixie had been assaulted by two ruffians, who were repelled by her canine companion, a St, Bernard dog Later aeeounts (suredit Lady Dixie's report and pronounce it a canard. But for the poet's purpose itis justas well to assume that the assaulb actually took place—on the “good-enough-Morgan-for- this-election” principle.—Eb. “AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER.” A S announced in onr last issue, the Porest and Stream Pub- lishing Company, at the request of many of their pa- trons, haye undertaken the publication of a monthly register. The American Kennel Register is a record of all kennel events necessary for the information and guidance of breed- ers, exhibitors aud owners of all breeds of dogs. Tts leading feature is the ‘‘Pedigree Register” of sporting and non-sporting dogs, which makes it the only complete Stud Book issued in America. A register number is given to each dog, and anindex will be compiled at the close of the annual yolume, thus making it a complete work of reference. The pedigree registration fee is twenty-five cents, Departments are also provided for the registration of stud visits, dags at stud, births, sales and transfers, dogs for sale and deaths, Prize lists of all the American shows will he given, with de- scriptions of the principal winners and dogs exhibited; also prize lists of important shows abroad, This department will include field trials. Space will be deyoted to all matters of importance to breed- ers and those interested in dogs, the object being to render the American Kennel Register a conplete record of the topics of tive day. The Register will be published on the fitth day of each inonth, All matter intended for publication must be im the hands of ita editor by the first day of the month, The initial number, however, will be published April 10, and all entries must be received ly April } at the latest, Entry blanks will be sent on receipt of stamped and ad- dressed onyelope. The American Kennel Register will be sold by subscription only. The subscription price is one dollar per year, Address American Kennel Register, P. O, Box 2,852, New York City, Make drafts and money orders payable to the Forost and Stream Publishing Company. OTTAWA BENCH SHOW. Tet Ottawa show, which closed last night, was, aveording to the press dispatches, in all respects a great success. Our report of if will be found in these columns next week. Below isa telegraphic report of partial list of awards: Champion Collies—ist, Rex, Mr. Lindsay Jersey ity, N. J., 84, same owner's Ayreshive Laddie, _ in bul]-terriers’ class the judge withheld the prize. Champion Ivish Setter Bitches—ist, Noreen, William Jarvis, Glave- mont, N.A. Trish Setter Dogs—ist, Eleho VU., Leavitt & Dwight, Boston, Mass. 2d, Rexford, William Callender, Albuny, N.Y. Vhe, eal Miss Grange, Waterford, Iveland, and Kit Carson, William Callender. He, fnil-aMor, Josaph Hayes, Boston, Mass. Irish Setter Bitches—Ist, Meg, William Jarvis. Trish Set ber Puppies—tist, Kan, William Jaryis, Ham Callendar, i n Nou-sporting Division of Foreign-bred Mastiffs—ist, Jumbo, Oharles ©, Lewis, Suspension Bridte. N, Y. < Collie Bitches—ist, Flossie, James Lindsey, Jersey City, N. ¥. Bulldpes—ist. Thunderer, R, & W, Livingstone,New York. 2d, \LOSeS,, side Kennel, Laneaster, Mass, 6. Juno and Judge, Hiliside Kennel; and Hero IT,, KR. & W, Livingstone, 2d, one pup, Wil- THE GORDON STANDARD. Editor lorest did Streams: As it is all important for lovers of the Gordon getter bo have the standard alike throughout the land, I would hunibly sug- rest thatthe Kennel chibs in the British Isles, Canada and | ere eae commissioners to thoroughly diseuss the same and séttle upon a standard for all the clubs. Novy. ‘Stone- henge” has one standard and the Pittsburgh Club is using another, and the Philudelpia Kennel Club are talking about adopting still another, which means confusion that will ruin this grand breed of dogs. _ IT wish Dr. J. 8, Niven would let us hear from him again, as T believe he deserves the credit of first publicly advocating a change in the standayd, He appreciates the difference be- tween “‘light-made Gordons” and “light-yeight Gordons,” but some of our friends, as well as the enemies of the Gordon setter, who, haying nothing but light-weight black and tan setters, seem deaf to Dr, Niven’s and my own explanations in vegard to the possibility of a sixty-pound dog being as racy and beautiful in form as a dog weighing forty-tive pounds. I suppose these pony black and tan men upon the same prin- Giple claim that all large pointers of the present day have lumber, and that the English thoroughbred running horse is logy in comparison with the small Arabian horse, We must admit that this is child’s tall, _ Ibis certainly advisable for any kennel club that has fallen into such am error as to adopt a standard for the Gordon set- ter dog that will permit a dog perfect in form to be ruled out because he is large. to pause and reconsider its action. Itisa very easy matter to breed under-sized animals almost per- fect inform, but a difficult task to produce a large, fully de- veloped animal perfect in form. It must he admitted that erfect form with full size is far preferable to a small or un- or-sized animal, and thatjallibreéders should he encouraged to breed full-sized animals. Tna Gordon standard we must re- tain the Gordon characteristics as taught us by our fellow- sportsmen of the British Isles where the Gordon setter is be- lieved to have originated, otherwise we must not ¢all our standard a Gordon standard, but a Pittsburgh cf a John Smith standard, Informing anew standard we must have the true Gordon setter characteristics in our mind’s eye. I again earnestly request Dr. Niven to let us hear his yiews on the subject in question, SAMvuEL G. Dixon, FOREIGN ARRIVALS.—On Saturday last the State of Nevada arrived from Larne, haying on board Mr. William Graham, of Belfast, Ireland, who has come over to visit Pitts- burgh and New York shows. Mr. Graham brought with him nine dogs, for himself and otheis, and they are the best lot we have seen arrive at one time for many # day. They had experienced a very rough passage, and owing to having to use condensed water in consequence of the water tanks gel- ting out of order, all the dogs as well as the passengers suf- fered severely from diarrhoa, The natural result was that they fell away in flesh woefully, but when they reached New York one and all had ravenous appetites, so they will soon be in form again, Mr. Graham’s own mastiff dog, champion Nevison, is a grand dog, as may be se when he has won thirty-two prizes and cups in Sngland, The mastiif bitch Dolly Varden, one of the wonderful Crown Prince lit- ter, is another good one. Mr, Smith’s St. Bernard champion Boniyard was so much out of shape that it would be unfair to criticise him, The same may be said of Mr. Mercier's col- lies, Talisman and a biteh, and of Mr. Raper'’s bulldog Romu- lus, There was a rare-shaped bull-terrier bitch, Scarlet IT., brought over to fill an order, and Mr, Graham's Irish terrier dog Garryowen is one of the right sort, with that peculiar filed wire feel to the coat so much desired in this game breed of terriers, ‘Phe ninth on the list was a large-framed young rough-coated St. Bernard bitch for Mr. Benson, of New York. She is of Al pedigree, and was bred to Honivard ‘“‘olf the Banks of Newfoundland,” according to Mr. Graham’s diary. The dogs, as may be seen by advertisement, will be at the service of breeders while they remain in this country, and Mr, Graham may be addressed to the care of this office. MAJOR'S PEDIGREE.—Pittsburgh, Pa,, March 23, 1883,— Editor Forest and Stream: At the late Washington dog show, Mr, D, P. Foster entered his mustiff Major as fifteen months old and as by Gurth ex Lady Ringweod, Asfaras Gurth is concerned, this pedigree is spurious, Lady Ringwood must have been served in September, 1881. At that time Gurth was in the hands of his late owner, Col, Chas. 0. Goddard, at Zanesville, Ohio. In February, 1882, I had Gurth here to serve a bitch of mine, and he proved utterly unable to dose, Half a dozen men here who saw him with the bitch will swear from his behayior that he never could have served a bitch before. To clinch the matter, [ wrote Col. Goddard and enclose his reply, which is conclusive on the question, I therefore pub- liely protest against Mr, Poster exhibiting dogs at shows until he clears himself of the chargeI make, of entering a dog with a false pedigree,—Wa. WADE. Copy of Mr, Goddard's letter: “Zanesville, Ohio, March 8, 1883.—Win. Wade, Esq.: My dear sir— Your favor of the fth was received yesterday. Mr. Foster's entry of his dog Major as by Gurth is necessarily fraudulent. Gurth never served a bitch to my knowledge, and I certainly should have known it if he had. I never heard of Lady Ringwood before. There is no probability that the Westminster Kennel Club nsed him for stud purposes when he was at New York dog show in 1581, and except that and his yisit to Pittsburgh last year he had no opportunity. Of course we know what he did, or rather what he failed to do there. IT will make affidavit to this if you wish it in sup- port of a protest against Major,—Very truly yours, CHas, C. GODDARD.” BANG-BANG,—The Westminster Kennel Club of this city have been so fortunate as to secure from Mr, F, C. Lowe, Kent, Eug., the well-known lemon and white pointer dog Bang- Bang (Price’s champion Bang—Princess Kate). ‘ineess Kate is by Andrew's Ponto, out of his Sappho, Bang-Bang isa medium sized pointer, and has won as follows: Pointer Puppy stakes, also Champion Puppy cup, Shrewsbury, 1882; £50 prize for best pointer in Derby’at Blandford Kennel Club trials, 1852; third in Puppy stakes, at St, Hubert Field Trials in Belgium, with the All-Aged stakes in same trials; was second to Blanche of Deyon (bis sister) in Inter- national stakes at Darmstadt, where he also divided German Kennel Club special for best dog owned by an Englishman, Bang-Bang also won first at the Crystal Palace Bench Show, Jan, 16, 1883. Bang-Bang has an excellent pedigree and a splendid record. He will be a yaluable acquisition to the Westminster Kennel Club's stock. THE HOMING FACULTY.—An Oswego, N. Y., eorre- spondent sends us the following, taken from the Fost of that city: ore years old of an east-side citizen, and immediately after- ward sold himto a manin Syracuse, and sent him to that city by express. Last week the first owner of the dog was in Syracuse and saw the dog for the first time in seven months, The dog instantly reengnized him, and followed him to the depot as he was going away, but was shut back as the man passed through the depot mto the cars, On Saturday, how- ever, to the man’s astonishment, the dog re-appeare eldhome, After meeting his old master he must have be- come homesick, and by meaus of the unaccountable instinct which some animals show as to direction and distance, came all the thirty-five miles from Syracuse to Oswego. He had never trayersed the route-betore except on an express car, — COOKED PEDIGREES.—There is a decided need of a vegister of the pedigrees of ae dogs easily accessible to breeders and purchasers. This will he proyided in the Ameri- can Keunel Register, The breeding and sale of many of the different breeds of non-sporting dogs also, more particularly of those classed as pets, has become of considerable import- ance, and as is well known, the ladies and gentlemen who by their purchases support this industry, with few exceptions, are ignorant of the qualifications which theirfavorites should possess, They consequently are entirely at the mercy of the too ofteu unscrupulous dealer, who foists upon them a prom- isiug youngster with the assurance that it is by ‘King out of Queen,” and sure to develop into one of the most wonderful animals in the country. This prediction is often fulfilled, but, alas for the disconsolate owner, the wonderful characteristics developed are ouly wonderful when seen in so purely bred an animal as this was represented to be. The American Kennel Register preposes, with the good help of the honest breeder and dealer, as well as the owner, to render it impossible for the manufacturer of false or crooked pedigrees to thrive ati his nefarious trade. THE PITTSBURGH SHOW.—Pittsburgh, Pa,, March 27.— The prospects for a good show are most promising. Mr, Lin- coln and his clerk are busy from morning until night receiving blanks from the many local exhibitors, The entries in the non-sporting classes are magnificent, aud we have thirteen entries of the English mastiff, all first-class specimens. The exhibit of St. Bernards will be much better than thas of last year, although not very large. Three entries of Great Danes have been made in the miscellaneous, and this class also promises to be very interesting.—E, P. H. ROBINS ISLAND CLUB.—The officers for the ensuin year are: President, William B, Kendall; Vice-President, 8. leet Speir, M. D.; Secretary and Treasurer, Albert T, Pluim- mer. Jt has been decided that the next annual field trials of the club will he held November 20. Entries will close Sep- tember 1, Members will be required to handle their own dogs in the trials. A bill has been introduced at Albany and has passed the Senate, permithing the killing of quail on Rebins Island, between October 15 and February 1. DISTEMPBHR EPIDEMIC, —Merideu, Conn.—Edilor Worest and Stream; The distemper is raging here and making sad havoe. Three of the dogs that were in the show—prize ones at that—haye died, and a great many are sick, [tis said that there was one in the show with distemper. The committee must have made a mistake in admitting him.—J W. Srerson, KENNEL NOTES. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Keunel notes are inserted in this column free of charge. To msure ublication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the following par- hewlars of each animal: 1, Color. 6. Name and residence of owner, 3. Breed. buyer or seller, 3. Sex, 7. Sire, with bis sire and dam. 4. Age, or * 8, Owner of sire. 5, Date of birth, of breeding or 9. Dam, with her sire and dam. of death 10, Owner of dam. All names must be plainly written, Communication on one side of paper only, and signed with writer’s name. NAMES CLAIMED. Le See instructions at head of this colunin. Jersey yp. By Mr. W. BE. Rea, Havkettstown, N, J., for black and white English setter bitch, whelped Noy. 17, 1882, by Dash IIT, ont of Bessie (Sancho—Bessie). - Rel. By Mr. BE, Heyward, Hackettstown, N. J., for blaele and white English setter bitch, whelped Noy, 17, 1882, by Dash IIT. Gut of Bessie (Sancho—Bessie). Rex, Pauline, (linger. By Mr, Fred Grant, Boston, Mass., for Mastiffs, one dog and two bitches. whelped eb, 8, 1883, by his Major (Leo—Leona) out of his Chitto (Lion—Panny), Marquis and Princess. By Mr, Fred Grant, Boston, Mass., for mastiff dog and bitch, whelped Feb. 3, 1883, by Leo (Nero—Big Nell) out of imported Molly, Sir Walter. By Mr. Fred Grant, Boston whelped Aug, 24, 1882, by Samis (Tizer—Moll —Fanny). Trap U. By Mr. Joseph A. Blake, New Haven, Conn,. for white, black and tan fox-terrier, whelped Apvil 3, 1881 (dwin Thorne’s Trap—imported Nancy). Fussie, By Mr, Joseph A, Blake, New Haven, Conn,, for white, black and tan fox-terrier bitch, whelped June 10, 1882, by Wawin Thorne’s Trap out of Trinket (Gamester—Vixen). Alexander and Hebe. By Mr. Tred Grant, Boston, Mass., for im- ported mastiff dog and bitch, whelped wt Wolverhampton, Eng., June 23, 1882. 4 Julia Bow, Hy Hon. C. BE. Lee (Greensburg, La.) for orange and white pointer bitch, whelped Dec. 26, 1882, by Bow ont of orange and white Julia. Julia Bow was presented to Mr. Lea by Dr. Jas. 5. Jones, Mass., for mastiff dog, ) out of his Chitto (Lion BRED. (ee See instructions at head of this colwam. Fussie—Trap Il, Mr. Joseph A, Blake’s (New Haven, Coun.) fox- terrier Babyy Fussie (Trap—Trinket) to his Trap Il. (Trap—Nancy), March 11. Brunhilde—Tom, My, 'T, J. Fish’s (Eust Bridgewater, Mass.) black and tan setter bitch Brunhilde (Dr, Aten'’s Glen—Belle) to Mr, C. T. Bailey’s Tom (imported Dash—Smith’s Fly), Mareh 18. t Nun—Purk, Mr. Herbert Mead’s (Lake Waceahbue, N, ¥.) mastift hitch Nun to Mr. W. H. Lee's Turk, March 15. WHELPS. E> See tistructions at head of this colwnine, Rec. Mr. Ssmuel G. Dixon's (Philadelphia, Pa,) pug biteh Rex, 9mos. old (Beau—Bijou), March 21, four (three dogs), by Punch. Druidess. Mv, W.-H. Lee's (Boston, Mass.) mastiff biteh Druidess, March 11, nine (seven dogs), by his Turk, _ . 7 Daisy Deane. Mr, Geo, de Vorest Grant's and Elliot Smith's (New York) imported pointer bitvh Daisy Deane, Feb. 28, six (two dogs), allliver and white, by champion Sensation, wer, St. Patfi. Mr. FE. A. Herzberg’s (Brooklyn, N. Y,) Hnglish setter bileh St, Patti (Pride of the Border—Jessie), March 17, Hiree (twa dogs). by bis champion Emperor Fred. _ , Neli. “Mv. W. H. Lee's (Boston, Mass.) mastift bitch Nell (Max— Fawn), March &, six (four dogs), by his Turlc, / ; Queen Bess. Mr, W. H, Lee's (Boston, Mass.) mastiff bitch Queen Bess (Turk—Baby), March 11, ten (seven dogs), by Prince Waldeman (Crown Prince—Negress). Rares Ke See instructions at head of thia column, Tike. English mastiff dog, whelped Aug, 27, 1852 (Satan—Beauty), by Mr. Fred Grant (Boston, Mass.) to Mr, A, F. Perkins, saine place. Wolseley. English mastif dog, whelped Aug. 27, 1862 (Satan— Beauty), by Mr, Fred Grant (Boston, Mass.) to Mr. Henry Norwell, same place, ee : Nero. English mastiff dog, whelped Aug, 27, 1882 (Safan—Beauty), by Mr. Fred Grant (Boston, Mass.) to My, Wm, Lodge (Forest Hull, 288. ). v Jersey Gp. Black and white English setter bitch, whelped Nov. 17, 1882 (Dash [IT.—Bessie), by Mr. Wm, Kirk to Mr, W, EB. Rea (Hacketts- town, N. J). } Rel, Black and white English setter bitch, whelped Nov, 17, 1882 Seven months ago John Stoddard bought a spaniel dog | (Dash 11,—Bessie), by Mr. Wm. Kirk to Mr. B. Heyward (Hacketts: town, N. J.) a i Alevander. Imported English mastilt ag, whelped June 23, 1882, by Mr. Fred Grant (Boston. Mass.) to Mr. Theodore Tillinghast (New Bedford, Mass; ). } y ; Hebe. Imported English mastiif biteh, whelped June 23, 1882, by Mr. Fred Grant (Boston, Mass.) to Mr, A. G, Bradstreet (Jalapa, Mexico). Rew, : English mastitf dog, whelped Feb, 8, 1883 (Major—Clnitto), by ab his | Mr, Fred Grant (Boston, Mass.) to My. Edward Hicks, same place. Major I. Bnglish mastiff dog. whelped Aug. 2¥, 1852 (Satan— Beauty) by Mr, Fred Grant (Boston, Mass.) to Mr. Abner J. Tower, same place. [ Apollo, English mastif dog, whelped rae 27, 1882(Satan—Beauty), by & eee Grant (Boston, Mass.) to Mr, Norman Marston (Hamp- ton; N, H.). a ss Mancr 29, 1883.] FOREST AND STREAM, —_— Rifle and Crap Shaoting. Ta insure prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed tathe Forest und Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the affice matters of im- portance are lable to delay, BREECH. MUZZLE VS. Rditer Forést and Stream: ' 7 In your issue of March 22 Maj. H. W, Merrill takes me seyevely to tasic for the errors inte which I had fallen in my veply to his article of February 22, After having painted out my errors the Major expresses a hope that Lwill ‘nike a Suitable apology to your readers. 1am perfectly willing to make an ample apolory to your readers if, after having heard my defense, they think themselves entitled to one, 7 First, for the errors into which J have fallen, I claim thatimportant omissions in the Major’s first article ara mainly responsible, Had he (ag he should have done) described the breech-loader in his first article as he did in his second, 1 should not have made the mistakes I did. E Second, the Brown Thilitany pun, weight 94Ibs,, loaded with fixed ammunition, did make a string of bin, in 10 shots at 800yds, 1 think that the Major will admit that this coincidence was sufficiently strik- ing to have mislead me. ae! The gun was shot without cleaning in accordance with match regu- lations, Thave these ‘facts’ from Mr. Brown himself, " To slim) it all up, though freely admitting that Ihave made a mis- takein assuming that Maj. Merrill’s bre¢ch-loader and mine were rhe game, L claim that my mistake was not only excusable under the cir- cumstances, hul.was nnimportant, Unimportant because, although Lconfounded two separate things, my facts still remain, A bona fide breech-loader, weight 9¥4lbs,, shooting military ammunition, was beaten but a small graction of an inch (less than #¢in.) by a muz- vle-louder weighing 45lbs, Lelaim this os a substantial yiefory for the light breech-loader, and if your readers do not indorse this claim, I am ready with the apology demanded, ; Jn this second article the Majov insista “that the hreech-loader shall shoot the fixed hunting amnvinifion proper, and the same that we have to buy atthe store: that the bullets conical, so-called. shall be shot naked from the shell.”* Now, if we admit that the store ammunition isinferior to that we load for ourselves. is it fair to compel us to useit? Andif the muzzle- Joader is allowed a hnen-patched bullet, why should the breech- loader be denied a paper-patched one? While admitting the act dei NY of extreme accuracy, [ do not see that it is essential ima bunting rifle, shot ab ordinary hunting ranges. Would not a rifle that will plage 10 consecutive shots in a Win. circle ab 200¢ds. avgwer all the purposes of a reliable hunting arm? Tf this question is answered in the affirmative, the following com- bination will fill the bill: A Sharps’ sporting rifle, 40-ealiber, cham- bered either for 45 or 70 grains of Hazard F. G. powder, as may be preferred, Shells to be carefully filled and a thin cardboard wad placed squarely on top of the powder, A naked grooyed bullet, 290 ins, 1-20bh part tin to be inserted on top of the wad, equal to $gin, in depth in the shell The grooves of bullet to be filled with a lubri- dant of beéswax and sperm oil, apphed quite hot, less oil being ised in summer than in winter, Aqmore skillful marksman than Tam, can do far better work than this, quite possibly din. bullseyes. : Tn his concluding paragraph the Major censnures me—I fear justly for haying shown discourtesy toward him. For this I hasten to apologize without making any defense, JAS. Dane, MARCH 23. 18%3. RANGE AND GALLERY, GREEDMOOR AND MASSACHUSETTS TARGETS,—The Ureed- moor targets ave as follows: Third Class, to be used at all distances up to and including 300yds.—Target, 4xGtt. Bullseye. circular, sin, in diameter: center. circular, 2hin- in diameter: inner, civemlar, 46in, in diameter; outer, square, 4x6ft, Second Class, to be used at all dis- tances over a0), to and including tW)yds.—Targets, Dxtft. Builseye, circular, 22in, in diameter; center, cireular, 38in. in diameter; inner, circular, f4in. in diameter; outer, square, 6x6ft, First Class, to be used at all distances over 600yds.—Target, bxizft. Bullseye, circular, H6in, in diameter; center, circular, 5din. in diameter; inner, square, Gxlft.; outer, square, 6xleft, The Massachusetts decimal target has ten rings, marking diameters of 4, h44, 8, 101g, 1284, 164. 20he, 26, as and 418gin. ESSEX vs. SHPPENFELDT.—A match for a $50 prize was shot be- tween the Nssex Amatour Rifle Clab, of Newark, N. J., and the Sep- pentfeldt Rifle Club, of New York, Mureh i6, at the gallery of the lat- ter club, 15 Hast Houston street. ‘The shooting of both teams was fine, and when six men on each side had shot the score stood a tie, The Essex finished ith some fine scores, and won the match, making the remarkable seore of 480, to the Seppenfeldts’ 469. Essex, Seppenfeldt, --- 855555550444 Vogel 6455555544 47 .6558555555—50 Rern. 564555454 47 _..645545555h—48 Schutz ,_-. 455555555549 ,. 155455555548 Holtzman. 5655554555 —49 rey .. 6645355345 —46 Lutte. ...... 6. ~b455555455—48 . 655455447 Zimmerman. - 5555455455418, Watts. 445555455547 Lye ail -l-iatels 461554444514 Copper: ph4apass9—l9 Mibsen Sddd44d545—43 PARES Triton s ote; = .505558555—50 Joiner... ,- dban055599—50) MeCallum..... 4. , 454445555545 Seppenfeldt......... 455445444544 469 480 A return Match will be shot at the ark. on Friday eve, the 30th inst. GARDNER, Mass., March 21.—At the weekly meeting ab Hackma- tack Range, the Gardner Rifle Club liad about the usual number resent. The inch ring snd Creedmoor target combined was used, istance, 200yds. off-hand. The following is the score: gallery of the Essex club, New- BR. C Gi Totals. TR DOGFE, cg cee wee) 46 gd 48 185 93 G F-Ellsworth.......:. 88 «45 95 47 183 2 GC Goodale......... re 83 46 85 46 168 91 A Mathews,.-,..-.. 81 46 #2 44 165 90 S Homier......-- ...e-s:. 6848 wi 44 1300 BF W C Loveland ............... Ht 43 4 44 10 8&8 GShumway.--1,.,,.-.-.:..-...fh 41 58 42 58 «83 G Underwood...,.......6-.-, at 0 S140 W9 RB WORCESTER, Mass., Maret 22.—The winter series of matches at Pine Grove Runge, under the auspices of the Worcester Ritle Asso- Creedmoor. : 64445 5 5 5 4-45 oh 5 5b 445 4 5 4 545 »f 46 445 & 4 4 444 ASU LRMUEN Urne+ee--ee sda -er 14 5b SG £4 5 4d d dda JW Murphy, .....-..05 ~4 394465 5 f 4 6 4-43 TERE Wha 2) lees Syl see eer 55 6 6 2 Bd 4 4 448 44445 4 65 4 4 4 49 ad44445 4 5 4 4-44 56 444445 4 4d B41 DN MOPge, IP... lei eee sea ate 1 51010 4 4 8 $10 G47 4 at hia 9 8 7 6 TG 4 b 9-70 6 66 8 7 7 8 § 9 Vo Decimal Rest. 4 Stedman Clark.,....... .--....-....,,.10 910109 1010 10 10 10—98 9 810 § 81010 10 10 10-94 7 vete8 10 7 9 91010 % 9 489 On Wednesday next the association will have a glass ball and clay pigeon match, HONORS TO PARTELLO,—Thete was a general assembly of the otiicers on duiy at Hort Snelling, Dakota, on March 16, to witness the presentation of the Departinent of Dakata gold medal to Lieut. J, M. f. Partello, of the Witth Intantry, The doors of General Terry's office Were thrown open at noon and the large room was quiclly filled. There was nothing stiff or formal in the procesdings, iil in all that was said and done it was evidently the purpose of the (General to emphasize his idea of the importance to the soldier of skill in the usé of the rifle, The medal was awarded to Lieut, Partello as the first prize in the Department contest last Augusk, but was received only x few days ago, haying been delayed m pret It is yaluéd at $100 and isreally a beautiful specimen of the medalurgist’s art, In presenting the prize Gen, ‘Terry said: : “It gives me great pleasure to ach is the representative of the Goy- ernmeént in delivering toyou this medal, It was fairly won in an honorable and manly contest—a contest which placed you as a rifle-’ 175 man at the head of the 4,500 officers and men who serve in this mili- tary department, If the skill in the use of arms which youhaye attained were due solely to superior physical characteristics, to sharpness of sight and steadiness chia your pre-eminence would hardly be the subject of congratulation. Physical perfections are, Of course, Mich to be desired. Clearness of sight and firm- ness of handare most fortunate possessions, and, indeed, without them 16 great degree of skill ean be attained: but, after all, they are only conditions; beyoud them are moral and mental qualities which play afar highar part, Patience, pers¢yerande, industry, self- festraint and command of temper, and the power of concén- trating the whole mmd wpon the duty of the hour, these are the qualities whith command sucwess in this as in all other pursuits; they are the real ahd the only praiseworthy foutidation of skill in the use of the rifle, 1h is of the possession of these qualities that this medal is the token and proof, and therefore itis that you are to be so heartily conpratulated upon having won il, Itis this that makes it a badge of honor always to be worn with just and honest pride. IT know, too, that your work upon the rifle range at your post has not been con- fined to efforts to increase your own skill. I know of your persistent and laborions exertions to arouse the interes!) and increase the efficiency of the troops whose instructor you are, and it adds to my gzratification now that in presenting this medalto you I place it in the bands of one whose aims have been uuselfish. of one who has ee animated by the highest spirit, undwho has beén devoted to ‘is duty." The address was followed by (soba expression of pood wishes and congratulations, Certainly if ussociations can add anything to ifs value this prizeqwill be worth far more than the fifteen others which Lieut. Partello has reéeived as tributes to skill as a sharp- shooter. BOSTON, March 24.—The weekly meet of the Massachusetts Rifle Association was held at Walnut Hill to-day. The shooting conditions were yery unfavorable, the wind blowing hard from ten to twelve o'clock, ani the riflemen present found it difficult work to “cateh”™ the bullseye. The records of the day were as follows; Creedmoor Match. rer Ae SS ee Hertel Cte ath Le eee > 42346 6 4 4 4 5—4p A Dutfer (Mil)... ., 4444465 5 6 4-44 G@ Warren, .-..-..- 44665 4 6 4 444 GW Whitcomb, . ... 646 545 4 8 4-44 JBThomas......... da 54 54 4 8 +48 A gl tek een Pca | 6bd4a45 8 4 4 +42 DEM el sTs Oe ae aS 54 a4 444 5 44 JP Butts...,....,, 44835 46 4 5 3—29 AV Garrett. ---- fee 43 8344444 4-87 AJ Kempton,,...., 3344446 8 8-37 & W Nowell,...... 4323235 22 3 4 4-84 WE ypodeer ss, pews ee ee eee Bea ok el do O81 Record Match. JIN Frye... ce ba em Sort Aer Coes 6 6 6 7 @ 862 G Jone i 6 5 & 2 2—50 IRuRGed | ie cee: 3.12 4 2 84 @ BeWdwards......:.--..... Me oes 4 8 910 9 7 9 S—85 Bawalderiyy sits tect! 9 7 49 7 $40 47% SAMO USLICATU ESOS ater etstors etedety k= ciatsir ritet dele oleae oo ¢445 £5 4 # 5-44 THE TRAP. GLASS BALL CLUB RULES. Re the convenience of several new clubs we publish the folluw- ing form of donstitution, by-laws and shooting rules of the Rod and Gim Club Glass Bal] Association, of Springfield. Mass. The form issimple and sufficient: CONSTITUTION. ARDICLE 1, The nanie of this Association shall he “The Rod and Gun Club Glass Ball Association,” ARTICLE 11, The officers of this Associution shall be a President, a Hxecutive Committee, and a Secretary and Treasurer in.one; to be chosen by ballot at the regular annuel meeting, and holding office for one year, . b . A majority of votes cast shall be required for an election. Any officer of this Association may be removed for caysé shown, by a two-thirds vote of members present at a regular meeting. BY-LAWS. i, Mempersute.—Any member of the *Rod and Gun Club” ma bevome @ meter of this Association upon the payment of five dol- lars, Any other person nol receiving fwo dissenting votes may be- come # mémber upon payment of five dollars. Honorary members, having all the rights of the Association, ex- cept of voting, may be elected. The courtesy of the Association may be extended fo non-rezident friends of the members. 2. Murring.—The Annual Meeting shall be held on the first field day in Mareh, for the election of officers. Any change in the By- Laws shall be made only af this meeting. Regular meétings shall be held on the first field day of every month except December and Jan- nary. at the Association house. Special meetings may be called hy the President, or at the request of any thres members, the Secretary notifymg every member. Seyen members shall constitute a quorum at any legal meeting. ’ 4. (rioERS.—The President shall preside at all meetings, call special meetings and have the right to yeto over the Mxeecutive Com- mittee, The Wxecutiye Committees shall examine, and approve all bills before payment by the Treasurer, and shall audit his accounts. They shall have care of, and be responsible for all property of the Association, shall make Rules and eeulstions governing the same, and shall have the general direction of the affairs of the Association, oe et to the yeto of the President, The Secretary and Treasurer shall perform all the dutias incident to these offices, RULES AND REGULATIONS, SHOTION I. The Association’s house will be open to the members on Tuesday of each week during the shooting season, for practice shooting, club matches, ete. Members can secure keys to the house by payment of 26 cents to the Treasurer or Hxeeutive Committee, and may use the house and furniture at any time, leaving the same in order and locked, But they shall put into a box, provided for the purpose at the Association's house, the number of balls shot at, written with name on a Slip of paper, SECTION IL Rules and Regulations roa aera while on their Shooting Grounds. 1. Por exch field-day, and before the shooting begins, a Referee ans ue elected by a majority of those present, whose decisions shall e final. 2. No member shall discharge his gun except at the fring points, without the permission of the Referce. 3, No member shall have a cartridge in his gun except at the firing points, and when about to shoot. 4 4. Whenever the trap danger signal is displayed, the shooter about to fire will be required to Open fhe breech block of his gun. If he leaves the firing point he must draw his cartridge. 6. No intoxicating liquors, ales or beer shall be allowed on the grounds, SWCTION IT. Penalties, ey and dues on balls shall be paid on or before the next Shoot, 1. A fine of $1.00 shall be imposed upou— (a) Any member discharging his gun ou the grounds except at the firing point at his ball, without the permission of the Refereee. ) Any member discharging his weapon accidentally, either by his myn want of care, or by reason of any defect in his gun, (c) Any member found with a cartridge in his gun, except nt the firing pomt andwhen abont to shoot. (d) Any member who shall knowingly fre when the trap danger signal is displayed. _% Any member interfering with the shooter, or anuoying hin. in any way, shall be fined op censured at the discretion of the Ref- eres. 3, Any member retusing to ohey the Referee or his assistants, or being guilty of unruly or disorderly conduct, or being intoxicated, will be immediately ruled out of further shooting for the day, and may also be Yeported to the Execubive Comuil{tee, and be subjected to such penalty as they shall impose, or to expulsion from the use of the shooting grounds, : SECTION LY, The Springfield Rod and Gun Club Glass Ball Association's Rules for Glass Ball Shootfug. Reve i. Reraree.—In all matches or sweepstakes, a Referes shall be appointed, whose decision phall be final Runes, Disrasce.—Unless otherwise stated, thedistance from the shooter to the trap shali be 18 yards. une’. Posrrion Av THE SconH,—After the shooter hap taken hig stand at the score. he shall uot bring the butt of his gun above his elbow until he calls pul]. Should he infringe on this rule the ball shall be scored as lost. Ruce 4.—When ready to fire the shooter at ine score shall call “Pill, if the trap danger signal is down. Routed. Ponwaxe tar TrAr.—The trap shall not be sprung when- éyer the danger signalis up, but shall be sprung immediately upon the shooter's calling “Pull, if the danger signal is down, Ror §.—If the trap is spring before the shooter calls ‘Pull, he muy take the shot, or nob; but if he shoots, the ball shall be scored. Ru.e 7—In case the shooter claims the trap has worked improp- erly. either by fanlt of the puller or otherwise, tle Referee shall de- cide whether he shall have another ballornot, Gutif the shoober shoots, the ball shall he scored, Ruin §.—In ease the trap when sprung breaks the hall, the Ref- éree, whether the shooter has shot or not, shall regitire him to shoot at another ball, Ruin $— All balls must be broken in the air to ent; if shot on the ground shall be scored as lost, RviE 10, Tins.—All ties at 18 yards shall be shot off at 21 yards at 5 balls, and in case of a second tie, at 21 yards ‘iiss and out. * Rute 11 Loapisq.—There shall be no restrictions as to size of shot, or quantity of powder, but the charge of shot shall not exceed 1% pes Hixon measure. Misfires shall entitle the shooter to another ball. TRENTON, N..J., March 8.—Shooting of the Prenton Gun Club At 20 glass balls, i8yds. rise, Card trap screened: VMAS pe! teh nee. heee ee 1s a TAT PG ls are D Gubberley. -. ....2....-.10007 0117000114711 01 0-11 APESIBT is veit-2) assed a scsas GCOTLL1O00TTAVIVOV0O1 DI 1% CG Allen... LO00TT0T1T011001001170111 M Wook, .. UO SOT ae a er ea H Loveless LOOO0TOO01TENOTOTOOO OD 4 Jeu ode 0071711721141 42111111014 1-18 001127070201 7111021T1115 O01TTTOOTIL1OLTIOUUOOO—& O11T1T01T711000711110101—18 OL1000111110101101071 1-12 iy clay pyeons, 15yds. rise, screened trap, one barrel: RUOVDSA Tipruig f-tadect.tsae ob. 2 TOLLPALALLTALIVL1111—19 J Wilson,,...-,---+-45 2572 0171727117101110117 417 M Cook. ~21171101101101171309 1 1-16 A Leigh, 21111111311117111141111-20 TF Cros, 21110111111011011111—-17 H Lovele: ~1011111117171110111101-17 O Neal.. 2121710217211111100111-7 C Allen... 11111001111171110111117 ee CALI VGN tans oh lettenrtoleh clones 117412412470 1272711111171 1-2 FOREST CITY GUN CLUB.—Rockford, 01, Maveh 20, 1883,— Glass balls, rotary trap. 18yds, rise: Feleh,...----.,..-e--2c ceed LADTLTL1TO0LT1T11101110—06 Hutehins.,...- respec de Geel bhi t ed we tS) TT Hoel Thurston........ eh 111117201 1117701 0117 1-46 DHenyete sesses 11117301417001111010171—1 Hllison.......,...- ~11000101001007001101—8 Buker. plein a a Bala ab hs ee ty Henry- -911112001177T111131111 1-48 Keeney 47711110111711101011 2-1 Taylor... ». fA O17 0017107 1117210471 1h WAREHAM, Mass.—Regular shoot of Ouset Bay Gun Club took place on their grounds Marel 1%. Card trap. iByds. rise, 25 balls each, Wind blew a gale from northeast, which made the shooting very hard. HT Manunion........-... PRONTO 29 B F Manamou,. ~ ~~~ 10999.10101931191911700141—) RH Pratt....,- 100001010010109111 100001149 H 4 Griffith... 2.20... 00109111011 107 00000000100—1) 8 T Manamon....,--.-.. 1007 700100011199191717 11018 J W Manaman,........-.. «+ 1011991010011101111711710—19 0711000010007 000701111011 —12 - 1000901010100007 110017 101 12 110111011001 0001100 01117—15 ALS Burgess... ..5.--2..+. J CO Whipple...... W B Savary...... CW Burgess. . Trank Manainon G 5 Manamon. King Phillip. - Rep eaclow 7p 12. ~~ OLOTOTOLOVIT 117011101001 1145 2 1410009911119990111001011—19 TALLO1N101010001101 11414 1—19 1441001101719101019100001—15 - 100100111100010070701 001112 Dr FP Marsh,......-- ~ 10011001107 11000101001010—42 WEBOMES IE se et 000£010100000001007 000100— & J JeSstips. 2-022. eee es» 101107 10011110101011001—15 Frank Washburn,....:...------------5+--- 1700101911701111111112100—19 ‘hes on 19—J. F. Manainon, 10011—8; W. Mananion, 1111 0-4; G. Manamon, 177 11—5; F. Washburn, 0011 1—8. Ties an 15—W, B. Savary, 1 10--2; J. Jessup, 1012, Ties on 12—R, H. Harlow, 000—0; HW, F. Marsh, 00—1: J, Whipple, 1 00--1. Next shoot of the elub takes place Fast day, Aqwil 5. atten o'clock, WORCESTER, Mass,, March 21.—The Wooflland Gum Club went out to Woodland Range to-day, it heing their regular fortnight meeting. There was a good attendance and a pleasant oceasion, 'The following are the persons who tried breaking glass balls thrown from a rotary trap. 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WL Perry , FSKMGWIES. oS. . ecberass te : eee ee DDDDI111101011111110191101111—85 -0110911114110011 1001410117 0011—2 ffs 1011999919110111114114111—23 + 21017 000TT110101010111101—16 John T Moscroft, . des 11111001010101071101—18 J B Garland........-. boca) ceeetesytees peas 22. 1L0100TINONNLOODO— 5 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION,—Tha third annual meeting and tournament of the Southern IWinvis Sportsmen’s Association will be held in Belleville, Il, April 24, 25 anid 26, 1883. The tournament will be held on the grounds ot the Belleville Rod and Gun Club. Capt, A, H. Bogardus and three sous to he presenh. Cilizen’s purse of $200 in gold, the association gald medal, and many other special and valuable prizes, to he contested for, WINSTED GUN CLUR.—Winsted, March 24.—The annual election of the officers of the Winsted Gun Club was held in this city Wednes- day eyening March 7, and the following ofileers were re-élected for the énsuing year: J. W. Bidwell, M.D., President; T. J, Lee, Vice- President; J. K. Camp, Secretary, The first shoot of the clnb was held yesterday, Fast day, and was greatly enjoyed by the few who took partinit, 2 clay pigeons, 15yds. rise, score as follows: V. A. Blakeslee 21, J. K. Camp 20, A. W. Adams 20, J, A, Smith 19, William Decker 15, J. E, Dean 15, W, B. Phelps 11. MALDEN GUN CLUB.—A special shoot came off at Wellington on Wednesday the 21st, and will be continued every alternate Wednes- day until further notice. Many shooters contested. Mr. Fielding made a score of 32 birds without a miss. Result is below: Virst event, five birds—A, ¥. Adams and 'T. ©, Mielding divided ist: P, 'T. Noble, 2d; J. F, Ford, 34, Second event—F, T, Noble, T. C. Fielding and D. Chambers divided ist; J. Nichols and M, Hanford divided 2d: T. J. Boyd, 3d. Third event—F, T. Noble and‘. ©. Fielding divided 1st; D, Cham- poe 2d; J. R. Souther and A, F. Adams divided $d: G. R. Durand, t Fourth eyent—J. 8. Hartand Fielding divided first; A. FP. Adams and D, Chambers divided 2d; J. Nichols, 8d; M. Hanford, 4th. Hifth event—F, 'l. Noble and J..8. Hart divided ist; J. S. Sawyer and T. O, Fielding divided 2d; G R. Durand and J, F. Ford divided 3d; J.B, Souther, 4th, i Sixth eyent—', C, Mielding, ist; J, Nichols and M. Hanford divided 2d; J. 8. Sawyer aud F. T. Noble divided 3; J, S, Plart, 4th. Seventh event—A. F, Adams, Ist; F. T. Noble and C. H. Lanergan divided 2d; J. R. Souther, 3d. ‘ On Saturday last the regular cinb shoot took place at Wellington. The wind blew strony. but did not prevent Mo. . T, Noble breaking 19 out of 20, missing his sixteenth bird, the best shooting of the day, Tivents as below: Kirst event, five birds—I. T. Noble and A. Ff. Adams divided first: L..1. Carson and B. H. Sanborn, second; VT. C. Wielding, third. and J, ©, Foster, fourth. \ Second event, five birds—L, 1. Carson ond BF. 'T, Noble. firgt; i, 74 aa and T. C, Fielding, second; D.S, Short, third, and M. Hanford, ourthy, Third eyent, birds—F. T. Noble, first; T. 0, Fielding, second; J.C, Foster and D. 0, Short, third; M, Hanford, fourth, Fourth event, birds—J. Hopkins and T. 0. Fielding, firsn; A, Fy Adams, second; L, I, Carson and J, S. Sawyer, third; J. Poster and E. 1, Brown, fourth, . Fifth event, birds—F, T, Nobla and T. G, Wielding, first; A, L, 176 — Brackett and Ed. Ward, second; J. Hopkins, third, and H, 8. Stall- knecht and E. I. Brown, fourth, Sixth eyent, balls—T. C. Fielding and J. 8. Sawyer, first; J.C. Foster, second; J. Hopkins and B. H, Sanborn, third. Seventh event, birds—F, T. Noble, first; J, Hopkins, second; G, W. Purrington and E I, Brown, third, and A. L. Brackett, fourth. Bighth event, birds—F. T. Noble, first; A. L. Brackett, second, and D. 8, Short, third. Ninth event, birds—T. ©. Fielding and F, T. Noble, first; B. A. Sandborn, second, and A. L. Brackett, third. A scrub match and a consolation match was shot off, the origina- tors of which not allowing the so-called cracks to enter, was a scrubby kind of consolation to the non contendere, resulting as follows: Scrub match—Ed. Ward, first; G. W. Purrington, second, and A. F, Adams, third. Consolation mateh—A. L. Brackett, first; J. Sawyer, second,and G. R, Durand, third.—T. C. F., Sec, Knebel........... Q5yds..1111—4 Rathjen... below the elbow, club rule for three prizes on the classified plan. The score is below: Knébel..c. 2.2... ..0111110—5 Van Staden,.... 28yds..1010011—4 Lemken,,... --0101110—4 Pope........4,... 24yds..1011110—5 Chichester... --1101011—5._Dosher.......,.. 21yds..1000000—1 Bohling...... ..1111000—4 Ehlen............ 21yds..1010000—2 Paulsen.... ..1011711—8 ~Schroder........ 26yds..0111110—5 Tamford._- .-0110111—5 Appel.....,,..-.. 25yds,,1011111—6 Rathjen ..0011110—4 Gr oA ..1000010—2 Medler..... s§,.000 —0 ..1010100—8 Sehmultz........2lyds..00000 —0 _OHICAGO, March 24.—As soon as the pigeons can be procured, and Cal Bond is doing his best to get them, there will be two matches between local sportsmen shot off, both most likely the same day, at Kleinman’s grounds, at Grand Crossing, out a ways from this city. These matches are between Harry Torday and Mike Eich, 50 birds each, ground traps, S0yds. rise, both barrels, and a triangular match between O. W. Roche, Thomas Stagg and Charley Kerns, 25 birds each, same conditions as the other match, Although it is said that both matches are for the birds alone, still there will be a little staked on the result. Talking of matches, it would do any one’s heart good to hear the opinion local sportsmen entertain of Capt, Bogardus. It is no longer “dear Bogey.” He came very near playing upon his friends here too much, and losing the many he used to have. THE FOUNTAIN GUN CLUB of Brooklyn had a very pleasant reception af their club rooms last Monday eyeuing. RAYMOND CLUB.—Friday, March 23.—Quite a number of the Raymond Club met at their grounds, at Welliugton, to carry out their usual programme of sweepstakes and matches at clay pigeons. In the any-weighf gun sweepstakes Messrs. Kirkwood, Stark, Witherell. Goodrich and Locke being the principle winners in the order men tioned. Messrs, Stark and Kirkwood had three matches at 10 birds, 21_yds. rise, guns not exceeding Slbs..8 drams powder, Mr. Stark winning the first and second and Kirkwood the last, The 20-bird scores were asfollows: ©.T, M. Stark 17, D. Kirkwook 15. W. B. Witherell 12, I. Churchlake 12, L. S. Kennedy 12, A. G. Locke 10, F. ©. Waterman 8, C, J. Goodrich 7, CINCINNATI, O., March 23—A remarkable awakening has oc- curred in the shooting fraternity in this vicinity, and the coming season Se to bear rich fruit in the way of close trigger con- tests. The recent Louisville meeting, pronounced by all to be the finest exhibition ever given in the West, has enthused the oldtimers to the highest notch. There is a movementon foot to secure the stockyard grounds and fit if up as a permanent shooting ground, and five occasioual exhibitions during the year. There are in this city two prominent gun clubs, the Cincinnati and the Independent. The former has a limited membership of twenty-five. while the latter numbers one hundred. It is more than probable that, during the summer. teams will be made up from these clubs, and do battle for the localchampionship, Negotiations are now pending between the Independent and Columbus, Ohio, clubs, to arrange fora series of three shoots, one in this city, one in Columbus, and the third to be determined by the flipof a copper. The Columbus Club contains some excellent material, and stands at the head in the central part of the State. One of the first local shots, who is also a prominent gun dealer, is endeavoring to arrange a match to finally determine that much mooted question of the championship of the three cities of Cincin- nati, Covington and Newport. By the terms of the match, which have uot been finally settled, an entrance fee of $10 will be charged, and each contestant will be required to try his skill on the following: Ten birds, English rules, from five ground traps. Ten birds, 26yds.. plunge traps, one barrel, Five double rises, English rules, ground traps. Five double rises, American rules, plunge traps. Ten clay birds, five traps, unknown angles. Twenty explosive halls, mole traps, five angles, A liberal prize and a handsome badge of victory will be given to the winner. This match will undoubtedly attract the attention and receive the hearty co-operation of all the gunners of the three cities. Mr. Billy Caldwell, formerly a well known shot, but who tired of the gun, has again taken up the sport. and will, no doubt, make it interesting for some of the eracks. Pachting and Canoeing. To insure prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- portance are liable to delay. FIXTURES. May 24—Toronto Canoe and Skiff Races. May 30—South Boston Y. C., Open Matches. May 30—Pennsylyania Y. C. 4 7 June 9—Larechmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 1, 2, 3. June 16—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 4, 4, June 19—Atlantic Y. GC. Annual Matches. June 2iI—New York Y. C. Annual Matches. June 23—Sea wanhaka Corinthian Matches. June 23—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 6, 7. June 20 to July 4—Chicago Annual Matches, July 7—Beverly Y. C.. Marblehead, First Championship. July 14—Larchmont Y¥. C,, Pennant Match, Classes 1, 2, 3. July 21—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 4,5. + July 28—Larchmont Y. C,, Pennant Match, Classes 6, 7. Aug, 2 and 4—Chicago Y. C., Annual Regatta. Aug. 4—New York Y, C., Rendezvous at New Port. _ Aug. 4—Beverly Y. C., Nahant, Second Championship. Aug. 11—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 1, 2, 3. Aug. 18—Larchmont Y. C,, Pennant Match, Classes 4, 5. Aug, 25—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Matehb, Classes 6, 7. Sept. 4—Beverly Y. C., Marblehead, Open Matches, Sept. 8—Larchmont Y. C,, Pennant Match, Classes 1, 2, 3. Bept. 10—Beverly Y. C., Swampscott, Third Championship. Sept. 15—Larchmont Y, C., Pennant Match, Classes 4, 5. Sept. 22—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes i, 7. HULL Y¥ C., Mass.—Commodore Lambert, who has been at the head of the club since its formation, will retire from office at the end of his term, carrying with him the best wishes of the mem- bers. Vice-Commodore Perkins, who has worked late and early to bring the elub to its present state, has been eagerly solicited to as- sume Command of this flourishing club, but has decided that his business will not permit him to give the time that so large an organi- zation desires. Mr. William F. Wield, now cruising in southern waters in his yacht Gitana, to whom the commodoreship has been offered, itis understood is not averse to accepting the office, and that Vice-Commodore Perkins will he content to remain in his present position. About 25 new members will be added at the annual meet- ing, among them the commodores of four of our largest clubs. NEW YORK Y. G.—An invitation has been received by this elub trom the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron to extend their cruise, which is to take place the early part of August to Halifax. Noting what an impulse for extended sea-cruising has been advocated gen- erally by the members of this club,and by none more than by the Commodore, we hope to hear shortly that arrangements are made to accept the invitation. Nothing willinstitute sea-going yachts, and thereby improve the models of the new craft buiit, so much as expe- rience in thorough yachting waters, Among the new members who were eurolled at thé lagt meeting of this club were Messrs. Beyerly Ward, J. A. Bostwick, George S. Huntington and George C. Cooker, Mr. Superintendent J. H, Higard, of the Coast Suryey Department, was made an honorary member, 1 \ | | | ' t ! ! i | i ! ! I ! i t 4 Mitel ont Shem abladhok Ausf Siacng #: L reek “ ecede THE PROGRESS IN YACHT BUILDING. Shee progressin yacht building, and that of the modeling of yachts | is a subject that now, asa nation, we are much more interested in than at any time since the land we dwellin was first discovered, For reasons why it is so we have only to recognize that until the last few years we were among the chief maritime nations, if not the chief. That the subject is now claiming our statesmen’s attention more than it has doue since that time is not to be wondered at, for, let re- ports reach us as they may of this or that small dividend being re- ceived by the British ship owner, more particularly by the steam- ship owners, who do chief part of our carrying and passenger trade, it must not be lost sight of that these same Britishers are every year adding new steamships to their fleets, and can if be imazined that this would go on if they were not getting fat out of their busi- ness? Allowing that such is the case, and, if not alone for profit, we are ever ta become a great shipping nation again, and that such improve- ments shall be imported into the craft doing our home trade as may be fairly claimed as haying its precedent in the improvement im- ported into the model and build of yachts, we say, is not yacht mod- eling and the construction of yachts a subject worthy of our serious attention? Think of all the fishermen round about our coast, and the adjoin- ing waters they are hourly employed upon, and is it possible that a single improvement in either type or model carried out in the yachts we build, isnot eagerly copied by the builders of the vessels our noble fishermen—men from whom we select those who manage our yachts —risk their lives in daring the heaviest of storms, for our daily re- quirements? Now, to give impetus to this great fact, and to induce the rising generation to know more of the beauties and life-giving properties of 6cean cruising, fully recognizing that we begin at what may be fairly called the stepping stone, a aed ee in this issue the lines of a wee sailing boat, one which is within the means of most young fellows iny to possess, and one which, from certain haying a taste for the briny ‘ provisions in her execution and outfit as a sea-going boat, and that of the expense which generally follows of caring for a sailing boat can be greatly reduce Vere. Tf the proportions of this little craft are studied, it will be found they are such that a boy who knows scarcely anything more than ort from starboard, can, when exposed to sea-work, come to no farm, and when he has paid a yisit to 159 South street and seen the one built from the same lines, we shall be surprised if he does not scrape the necessary dollars together and either build one for him- self, or give some boat builder the job to build him one for the coming season, We will publish all details of her rig and outfit by the time he has got the hull ready for them. The next step fo be taken in thus acquainting our young yachting sailors of the road they should take, has been already partially yented in our columns in the articles we have published under the. heading of “‘Single-Handers,”’ several specimens of which little craft are pial. to i seen in the shops of W. Stephens, at New Brighton, Staten Island, To return again to the more extended idea of the good to be done by yachts being built of good cruising and speedy proportions, we would not omit mentioning the praise due to a few of the yacht- owning salt Cette who have built boats of this type, and as the few that now exist will soon be put to the test of thelr superior qualities. with the usual type of our fleets, we have a lively hope that it will not be long before the attention of those who build the fishing craft — Mane 29, 1888. ————— FOREST AND STREAM. a kr Are and traders may be induced to follow the models of the yachts, and Thereby convey into their models and produce vessels mech better adapted to the trades to which they are put. It will be in thus pressing on from the wee sailing boat to the noble ‘sea-going schooner, to be owned by those who can afford them, that data will be arrived at for improved steum yachts, and by tentative regress turning out Atlantic steamships to compete with those now Reine our carrying und passenger trade. SINGLE-HANDER’S ROWBOAT, HPRE is now on exhibition at Stephens’s boat-house, West Brigzh- ton, Staten Island, a portable canvas canoe, expressly designed by Mr. Osgood, of Battle Greek, Mich.. to meet the requirameuts of the numerous *'single-handers" now built and in course of comple- tion along our Eastern coast. The greater draft and peculiar construction of the keel boat does hot adinit of its taking the mud with the same impunity as the shal- low type of center-boarder; aud as they are obliged to anchor in snificient water to keep afloat, some means must be devised to get the erew ashore, particularly when ong evuise. Of course when cruising in the vicinity of the home station, the janitor of the club org boat leit at the buoy answers the purpose, It is when the little yacht has cut loose from home associations and has shoved her nose into blue water, for a dance dow to the Hook, oris bound on a two- weeks' cruise through the breezy Sound, that the solitary yachtsman. wishes to feel the independence of the twenty-tonner, and to know when he comes to anchor he will be undernuo obligations to any one for assistunee, Single-handers, proper, sre too small to @arry a. regular tender on deck or to be burdened with towivg one, and the substitute must be of Such a usture as will stow readily in @ small compass. and yet be put together éasily, and in emergency, rapidly. All these requiraments are to be found in the boat uoder considera- Uioh. She is $rt. long, 83in. wide. and 12in. ee She consists. prac- tically, of two parts; the canvas skin, Which folds together, makne 4@ package about 2teft. long by Méft, in diameter, with the bottom board hinged in the center. To make the boat ready for use you extend it, and insert the ends of the bottom board into the stem and stern-piece. and press down until it lies flat, when you fasten the Whole structure by a simple arrangement. Then liff her over the side—a feather weight—step in and paddle ashore. Theére is & cunwale attachment with rowing facilities which may be put on at leisure, but for the particular purpose for which this boat was designed, the paddle will be all sufficient. The boat when made ready eorresponds substantially with the Mlustration accompanying Mr, Osgood’s advertisement im this paper. and any information regarding price or construction will be cheer- tally given by him THE OBJECT OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. Kditor Forest and Streani: Permit me through your columns ta ask some questions and make some sugestions, addressed to the yacht clubs. First, what is the object and aim of the clubs; the reason of their existence? Is it tere amusement, oris there a higher purpose? Do they make or intend to make any earnest effort to advance the general interests of hosting? To add to the speed.safety and efficiency of working boats? Orare they merely social organisations for an expensive amusement? ‘There are various questions as to form and proportions of hoats which have been and are endlessly discussed, but can only be settled by erocial experiment, e. y., should the after deadwood be inside or out, should the floer be straight, round or hollow? Suppose. instead of talking or writing, building should be tried. Lat two boats be buill. exactly alike otherwise, but let ane haye the deadwood inside, the other out. After thorough trial of these two let two more of A aes size be tried, and after 2 few such trials cvarefolly made and recorded, the much yexed question would be set- tled. So as to other points, keeping always in mind that the power, i. ¢., the bull of the boats, must be equal. In taking off the bottom to take out the hollow floor additions must bo made on top to preserve the equality: if the hollow is filled up, then the top shonld he cut off Tor the same reason, : A Again us to absolute speed of different sized boats. Who has any data for determining it? How near would the opinions of 100 men agree? Why can’t each club haye a milé or more, ‘accurately fixed, and as often as possible let every hoat sail over it, recording the size of boat, rig, state of bottom, sail carried, force of wind and direction, tide, and any other items that would bear on the speed, If all or many would do this if would be of great service to the boating world. Yachtsmen ouplt to remember that while to them speed is a matter of No moment, except relatively. to the thousands who live by boat- Tagitis much: itis the addition of butter to their bread; an inerease of speed is an increase of comfortin their homes. Bunt they have no means of accurate experiment, and who has if nop the wealthy cluhs ov the wealthy men who constitute them? Asma] part of the nioney spent on large schooners and steamers by such as Bennett and the Lorillards, if speit as indicated above, would benefit thousands to the end of time. Will not some atleastof those having the power listen to this appealy Itis for no individual, for no clique er special interest, but for the multiimdes who labor in our yarious fisheries, small traders, and hunters by water, from whom a vast supply of food is derived, BrimGurort, March |7- J.B. B. [The importance of the questions mooted are keenly realized as pertinent by all who seriously consider one of the Brest objects to be attained in building yachts, To executively bring them to bear is the difficulty and redounds much credit on those who now spend their money for s0 grand an object, The course of events will work our correspondent’s wishes, and, crude as they may now appear, such improvements will be imported into the model of our fishing vessels snd vessels of toilin copy of the seagoing Wee of the future—of which we possess but few at present—as will cheapen whatever the traders (eal in s0 that everyone will be benefitted thereby.] SHADOW AND ROB ROY. YWHE claims of the modelers and builders of canoes for speclal designations of fype are becoming somewhat puzzling to those who are about to startin that sport and enjoyment of all others — canoeing. Like John Macgregor, the pioueer canoeist, who named his model after his progenitors Scottish clan, Rob Roy. other model- ers have their spécial pattern of canoe named after them, such as Birdie Kane, ete. With oid bands al the enjoyment, many opinions of the superiority of this or that type still exist, and as it is naively said of all who possess anything connected with the water. the man Who Will not stick up for his own ship is not worth a ecnss. Still, the Rob Roy acd Nautilus of English origin, and the Herald and Shadow of Amerivay origin, are the types of model now more generally in use, Of the Nautilus and Herald types we need say but little’ as their special claims aré, spéaking generally, covered by the Rob Roy and Shadew, The Rob Roy forriver and quiet paddling work, anu the Shadow for open bay and work where distance under sail is to ba made and the extra coniforts ae tn when excessive exposure has been gone through, are among their chief claims. W. 1. Alden, after enumerating the best and worst points of the four types mentioned, says, in his cleverly-written little pamphlet eutifled “The Ganoa aud Flying Proa;? It is difficulfi to see in what way the model, the inverior, and the deck plan of the Shadow ean be improved. Asa Cruising canoe sha is nearly perfect, If some ma- fevial hghter than wood and uqual to it in all other respects, should be discovered, « lighter, und therefore better canoe might be built: Init with the materials now at our command the Shadow cannot be surpassed, Opinions arrived at from actual use of any heat are in- yaoluable; they beat all that theorists can advance, and the fact of the the Shadow having at her deck edge two inches more bewm than the Rob Roy, and six inches more beam at about four inches below the deck edge, leaying the main breadth of Rob Roy to be 26 to 37in, and that of the Shadow 81 to 82in,, and ber floor being carried out athwartships so that the turn of her bilge is much quicker than that of the Rob Roy. fully account for her ability to Carry more sail. ‘The Shadow has also about one foot more ee than the Rob Roy. their lengths being respectively 14 to 14ft, bin. and 18 to 18ft. bin, The Shadow model also carries ber flatness of Hoor about a foot further forward and att, enabling her, with the additional area of midship section, to carry seventy square feet of canivas. while thirby- five square feet is all the Rob Rob ought to spread. THE BOYS' SEA-GOING SAILING BOAT. i ae lines of one of the sea-going small fry of sailing hoat will be 1ound in this week's issue, Her description and riz will follow on as space will allow. BOSTON, Mass.—Comnodore Jacob Pfaff's new yacht, building by Lawley & Son, of City Point, is a very handsome and substantial sea-going boot, Sheisto be schoonerrigeed. Wer dimensions are; Leueth on deck, 70't, Gin; waterline, 61ft. Bin.; beam, 18tt, moulded; draft, oft. Gin,; depth, 9tt.; Treeboard forward, bet. bin. ; aft, 4ft. Bin. ; midskip, 3ft, 2ia.; foremast from stem, Witt, Sim; space between aiaimmast snd Foremist, 22ff.; mainmast taffrail, Vit.; cockpit, Git. 6in long, She bas a double frame of best white oAk, sided ‘in, moulded Git, at floor and Stein, at gunwale: floor timtbers sided din. and every other timber strapped with iron plates dxlin., galvanized. The frames are placed 18in, from centers. The planking is selected yellow pine 2t4in, thick. A sofeak of oakrunping the entire length, without butts, forms a shelf inside of the gunwale, a very strong piece of workmanship, The main deck heams are oak 6xtiin,, the filling in beams being dy4. The stern, which is round, is quite light and handsome, resembling very much the commodore’s favorite, Adrienne, On the keel there is an irou shoe weighing nine tons, which with ten additional tons of like material inside, will be suffi- ciént ballast. The cabin will be large and commodious, finished and upholstered in elezant style. Itis entered by 4 broad and airy com- anionWay, on each side of which will be two staterooms 4ff. éin, in ength, Forward of these is the main cabin, and forward of this will be two staterooms intended for the owner and guests, There is also 4 water closet aud bath room, with every modern appliance to be found Macraft of this size, The cook room, very large and wiry. is between here and the forecastle, where are four large berths for the crew. The companionway, with scuttles, slides and skylight, will be of mahogany. The trunk will be but 12in. high from deck, The foremast will be S2ft, long from deck to hounds, 1Siu, at the partners; mainmanst, Sift. long, also 15in. at partners; mainboom, 50ft.; foreboom, 22ft. Gin,: maingaff. 28ft.; foregatl, 22ft, bin. bowsprit, outboard. 18ft.; jib- boom, 13ft.; maintopmast, aboye cap, aft. The sails are being made by Wheeler & Gurney of this ulty, and will include an entire set of light canyas for racing purposes. The new craft will be named Adrienne and will fy the commoadore’s pennant of the Boston Club. She is also enrolled in the Dorchester and Hull clubs. The new schooner for Mr.J. B. Meers also building at Lawley’s is fast ap- roaching completion, Her dimensions are as follows: On deck, 2ft.; loadline, d6ft.: depth, G£t. din.: height in cabin, fift, The Material is of best stock and she is substantially and thoroughly built. The cabin has two fine and well-ventilated staterooms. a large main cabin. two berths and extension transoms, making two more. She carries an iron shoe of 5,200 pounds, aud altogether is a yery handsome craft with every modern improvement, Mr, Burgess’ cutter Butterfly, in the same shed, will be ready for launching early in the spring. Keel sloop yacht Fairy, owued by John A, Stetson of this city, now hauled up at Laywley’s, has had an iron shoe of 1,200 ounds added to thekeel, [The sea-going boats huilh by Messrs, awley & Son are telling their tale onthe owners of yachts, who plainly read the signs of the times, Tf they go on in this way they will become the greatest yacht buillers of the country, as they evi- dently realize that high meter centers for cruising and sea-roing yachts are a mistake]. PHILADELPHIA,—Edilor Forest and Streanu: Of the new yachts building here, most noticeable are: An open yacht by Mr. Wignall, 22ft. din. long, 11ft. beam. She iz rathersightly looking for so beamy a boat. The bottom is cleaned up, rising to the deck with a gentle swell, She will most likely overpower her competitors by heft, Mp, Fennimore—"Old Reliabie’“—has just finished two open yachts, 1811, long, Bft. Gin. wide, moulded. and 24in, deep. They are built exactly alike asa test. They are remarkably flue below the load line. and the extra freeboard makes them wholesome looking; there is a good teal of Fendeur in them, barring width, The frames, knees, breast- hooks, tloors, stems, étc,, are of mulberry wood—with which he is well supplied—and the fastenings of the best materials, Mr. Collins —of Minerva, Adelphia, Wddie. ete,, fame—is building an open yacht, 26ft. bin. long, 11ft. {beam and }tin. deep. Midship frames straight from the heel to turn of bilge. plumb, and rather low bilge. Her en- trance is«specially fine. the frames rising forward from center of well, producing long, graceful curved lines to the stem; the after- body shows the same provident utilization of prescribed length. The frames lifting on long déadi woods from afcer-end of well, makes the clearance easy, terminating in a light though strongly developed per- pendicuar bat. Iwas favorably impressed at sight with her modest pretensions to “bigness,"' al outlandish ultraisms in beam, ete.. being ignored, everything isin perfect keeping and harmony. She is indeed what might be called a fair representative boat of the medium type, and is likely to prove his masterpiece. Bullheads and shallops are not yachtish, and Iam plad to see Mr, Collins returning to his old standard of easy forms, despite old fogy prejudices and a ridiculous rule of measurement, that should long since be dead and buried, Other larger yachts that are in course of construction will bé noticed soon.—R. G. W. NONPAREIL SHARPIES.—Mr, Thomas Clapham, of Roslyn, L- I. who furnished the lines to Mr, Vincent A. Taylor for his new sharpie, tells us that ‘‘st the present time there are being built, on the Lakes anid in Florida, several nonparell sharpies 25ft, to Oaft.in length, from my plans, Ihaye now at my yard in course of building three non- parells. One 63ft. in length fora New York city gentleman, one of aft, which goes to Minnesota, and another d0ft. for my own use, or for sale. All of these yachts will be unsinkable when ballsasted and their cruising weights are stowed. The largest of them is to draw hut isin. of water, has a cabin 932ft. in length, with over ft. head- room, ov height inside; starboard stateroom, 14ft. long; port state- room, Sft.; kitchen, Sft., with more than 6ft, headroom, The entire cubin and cockpit to be finished in handsome woods, varnished. Her Diain saloon is 14ft. in length.” IMPROVED SLOOPS.—Phere is every praise due to Mr, John Mumm, of Bay Ridge, Long Island, for the niodel and finish of the centerboard sloop he has built for one of the prominent members of the Larchmont ¥Y.C. Herdimensious are: 26ft. over all, 23ft. water ling, 9ft. bin, beam and 8ft, sin, draft. The cabin house is 10zt. in length, Sft. being taken for the cabin, and 2ff. on one side of the trunk tor Aretiring room, and the corresponding space on the other side tor a galley, The head room is 5ft. 2in,, under the deck of the cabin trunk, The dimensions of the spars are: Mast, deek to houuds, 25ft.; boom, 26ft.; gaff, 15ft.; bowsprit to stayhole, 13ft.: hoist of mainsail, 23ft.; jib, on font, 19ft, Sin,; area of lower sails, 788sq. ft.; spinnaker boom, 26ft. ;'The cutter type of model is im- ported into this boat somewhat after the Elsworth style. when he is off his craze of no ballast. CLYTTE,—This schooner has had the lead taken off her keel and utinside her, The iron ballast she formerly had is to bereplaced by ead. Outside, or low weights, we may infer, does not suit this light displacement Little ship, Of course lead ballast, in lieu of iron, will give extra stowage, but itis questionable if low center of weights will make mS yacht much more steady, although her stability may be increaged. NICE REGATTA, The schooner yachts Dauntless and Sappho are e ted to be among our national yachts in the eontest for the prizes oftered for sailing vessels, and there is some change of the Hnchant- ress joining them. Old Bob Fish, although taken from us, will be fairly represented. There will be some fine steam yacht racing there, aud itis a pity neither Stranger or Corsair are not there so that their speed is tested with such hoats as Lord Alfred Paget's fleet of Santus. MONTAUK.—Mr. Sam Platt's energetic sailing master and hands are alla-stir on this celebrity, her ballastis beme readjusted under the superintendence of Philip Elsworth, her designer, Report reaches us that she is to be pitted against the Boston celebrity Huleyou, owned by Mr. Charles Paine, inthe Hanlan and Ross un- satistactory fashion of testing merit, for $1,000 a side. BOSTON, Mass,—Mr. Burgess has sold the deep and heavily lead- bullusted yacht, Messrs, Lawley & Son were building for him. and we undersfaud is going in for one more after the model of the Eng- lish type of sea-gome racers. Messrs, Lawley & Son are now so full of work for the present season that they haye refused to take erders for yachts to be ready before the season of 1884, BRVERDLEY ¥. 0.—The regatta committee of the Beverly Y. ©, has decided on the following dafés for their regattas: July 7, first SORT ete off Marblehead; Aug, 4, second champjouship, off Nahant; Sept. 4, open race off Marblehead; Sepl, 11, Swampscott; also, two races south of fhe cape; dates to be announced, SINGLE-HANDED ORUISERS, —Tf our correspondents refer to our issues of the 19th and 3th of October last, they will find the lines and sail plans of these redoubtable little craft. My. Stephens, of New Brighton, Staten Isluod, has several vow in different states of eon- struction, some of whivh are nearly completed, COMET.—This lifile celebrity is to be out early. and it is reported that she is not to race. Tt fs to be hoped she will join the cruises of the various clubs as hey character for speed in light weather should be again demonstrated. ESTELLE. Commodore Smith's sclinoneris about makina move forthe summer, Tt is reported that as soon as his time of office ends he will show his club what is meant by a seagoing racine boat. NORSEMAN,—Sawyer, of New York, is giving this noble crufser, helonging fo Mr. Ogden Goelet, a new suit of canvas, She is ex- peched to go to Rurope during the sumimer. GLIO,—This schooner has been purchased by Mr, BE, B, Chase of the New York Olub, Brown’ Broncltal Troches for Coughs and Celds; ‘The only article of the kind whieh has done me goad service. [want nothing better,’—Rev. KR, AH. Craig, Otisville, N. Y¥. Sald only in boxes, Price Mets, —Adv, answers to Correspondents. t= No Notice Taken of Auonymous Correspondents, ®. H, P., Stamford, Conn. ~No. \inder some conditions; yes, wider others. Winpwarp.—The term “eurved’ was a misprint: it should haye been “‘caryel.” R. P. P., Seville —See notice of Registey in las! week's Forrar ayh STREAM, and in present issue, Ives, Blizabethville, Pa—See rifle columns for Creedmoor tareet and Massachusetts decimal target dimensions, V. B., Little Rock, Ark.—Hammond’s “Training ys. Breaking" gives instructions for training dogs on various kinds of game, L. R.—Where is Stoddard’s map of the Adirondacks published? Ans. Address §. R, Stoddard. Glens Falls, N.Y. We can furiishi ft. Coystan? Reaper, Springfield, Mass—Write to Hon. D. B, Lang, Coministioner of Fisheries, Ellsworth, Kunsas, for Kansas Fish Uom- mission Report, I. M, P., New York.—will you give pedigree und ywinnitigs of cocker spaniel dog Toby! Ans, Toby was imported; his peilierée is not eglyen, His winnings are: first, Philadelphia. i878, and first. New York. 1879, Cock Hii. Brooklyn, N. Y—Wedo nol decide card disputes, nor bets, nor records of race horses, nor ages of yotresses, nor any one of o thousand other things outside of the scope of this journul, You will find rulee to determine the point at issueif you will consult the works on the subject. PF. H. G., Lasonin, N, H.—I haye just heen reading ‘Hunting and Trapping,” by Barker and Danforth, end they say in their introduc: tion that au account of their second winter in the woods will he pub- lished in the winter of 1882 and '83. Can you furnish it? Ans, The book has not been published, W. W.1,, Rockland, Mass.—Champion Rock tas been dead nearly three years. He was bred by Mr. Barclay Field, London, En,, in 1872. Mr. Luther Adams of Boston. Mass., imported him in January, 1875, and sold himito Nesbitt Brothers of Storm Lake. Iowa, who owned him at the time of his death. L. M. H.—When is the open season for catehing California moun- tain trout? What is the law where both California, mountain trout and brook troutinhabit the same waters? Ans. The New Yorke law allows brook trout to be caught from April ite September 1. and the rainbow trout, to which you refer as California monntain trent, fram Sept. 1 to May 15, There is nothing said about their being in the same waters. The time tor the latter fish is evidently wrong, but we did not make the law. ; R. K. M., Batimore, Md.—1, Js there any paper on omithclogy pub- lished, eitherweekly or monthly? 3. Is there any work on birda’ exes and nests, with colored illustrations? 3, Ts the ‘‘Familiar Science and "Fancier’s Jouraal” still published? 4. Where can I procure a catalogue of the collection of birds at the Smithsonian Instutute® Ans. 1. None in this country devoted exclusivaly to that science, 2, Several haye been begun, but none carried to completion, we believe 3. Yes. 4, Write to the curator of the ornithological collections of the institution, ResveR.—What is the best cement te use for fastening glass in an uariumy? Ans. Pers small tank the following is good for either salt orfresh waster: Take one part (by measure) of litharge, oue part plaster of Paris, one part of fe beach sand. and one-third part of finely-powdered rosin. Mix these, and when wanted for use moisten a portion with linseed oil into a stiff putty, keeping back some to add ifitis too soft. This willset as hard as stone and can he used the nextday. Por larger tanks the India ruler cement is used. Jt was made by B, Greenwood, who formerly kept an aquaria depot in Qollege place, New York, but who has removed from there. J. D., New York.—1. Is trout fishing of any consequence is Olsego Lake, N. Y., early in the spring? There was o report afloat that the trout in the lake were sick from some diseasé or other, and thas the fishing there was exhausted. Do you mow what truth, if any, is it this report? 2. T should also like to know if there is auy early spring fishing to amount; to anything (the writer is up for heavy fish) in the St. Lawrence at the Thousand Islands? Ans. 1, Thie fishing iv Otsego Lake Was not as good last year as formeriy, but there is na disease among the fish, Many theories haye been advanced to ac- count for the falling off in the catches, but none of them seem to be roved. Intelligent gentlemen at Cooperstown are watching the shing, and one of them who has taken much interest in the matter beliéves that the fish are uot less in numbers but refuse bail, either because other food is so plenty in the lake or from some other canse. They hope that the fishing this spring will he better. 9%. The spring fishing inthe St. Lawrence is not very good. If does not epmpare with the catches in summer and autumn, either in ninnhers canzht or in the size of specimens, ee ee ee PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT, A Disosevient Boy's Pcesxisauent.—Geueva, N. Y., March “4, 1884. —Eilitor Forest. and Stream: Tmeant to tell you why I did vot sub- scribe ta your paper for a year all at once, instead of by the quarter, asIdonow. One day, after 1 got my new boat, I thought it would be splendid to go across the lake efter ducks, My father had for- bidilen me to go far out, as at that time of year (fall) the lake is yery rough. When I came home late at night, wet and tired. my father questioned me closely where I had heen, so IT had to tell him, He had along talk with mother, and then—well, I wont say any more About the practical part of the punishment, bu what I felt most was cutting down my allowauce and making me pay for Forest ano StHEAM and the Scientific American. So you seé¢ what a creat trial a boy bas if he goes duck shooting without the consent of his parents. Thatis how I came to subseribe for your paper in a small way. Ducks ave quite scarce and quail are extinet.—Munwin, “Up like a rocket, down like the stick,’ is the short history of all things projected by powder or gas, Benson’s Capeaine Porona Plas ter holds its place in the public esteem, and daily wing ne friends. Itis the perfection of externalremedies. Liniments, metlicated oils, salye and other plasters are relics of a “time thatis past," “Quick, Searching, Curative,*’ It will keep Faith wifh you, Price 24 cents.— Adv, POT LUCK FROM EXCHANGES. Last year, during the dog: killing season, it cost Vicksburg Miss,, $90 per month for carts to remove the carcasses of the curs; but this year they are fed to the satfish, and the city sayes 560 per month Oliver Henderson had a drove of little chickens that took up with & covey of partridges, and have remained with them three months. When the birds are flushed the chickens fly with them, and hide out in the straw and bushes the same way that the partridges do.—Covinyton (Ga.) Enterprise. , One Of the most remarkable echoes we haye noticed in this vidinity is observable on the other side of Lewis and Clarke’s, A shot fired at the point opposite echoes and re-echoes, and then all is still for & moment, when a rattle like the disclarce of musketry is heard, and then a thundering reverberation eva in the direction of Saddle Mouwtain.—Astoria (Oregon) Astorian. Ordinance of the town of Bellary, India; *‘Resu/red, That as the loose monkeys in the town have become exceedingly troublesome, in altucking women and children carrying: eat ables and evertwming the tiles of the roofs of houses in the town, these animals he caught and sent outinto the jungles, and that arrangements be made that monkeys may not receiye any injury while being seized.” The cold sleet and rain of Monday night worked suifwine and death to a great number of English sparrows whose homes are in the trees of the city. Tuesday morning a re- porter going slong Steuben street discovered some fifty spar- rows whose feet were frozen to the linhs they were standing on. Dara the day the sun melted the icesomewhat, but not enough to liberate the little birds. In the afternoon it was observed that the sparrows tried no longer to release them- selves; they were dead, and hung down from the limbs or were fallen upon the ground.—Albany Journal, Maich 21. (These sparrows thought the limb a good thing, that is the reason they froze to it. ] FOREST AND STREAM. [Mtancm 29, 1888. =~OR THE CURE OF ALL DISEASES OF HORSES,CATTLE, SHEEP, DOGS, HOGS, and POULTRY, POR TWENTY YEARS Humphreys’ Homeo- pathic Veterinary Specifics have been used by Farmers, Stock Breeders, Livery Stable and Turfmen, Horse Railroads, Manufacturers, Oona! Mine Companies, Trav'¢ Hp PORES MES and Menageries, and others handling stock, With perfect success, Humphreys’ Veterinary Manual, (80 pp.) fent free by mail on recefpt of price, 0 cents. t=" Pamphiets sent free on application. HUMPHREYS HOMEOPATHIC MED.CO, 109 Fulton Street, New York, NERVOUS DEBILITY HIIMPHREYS” Sitaba’seeness ang, Broe tration from over-work or indiscretion, is radically and promply HOMEOPATHIC cured brid Het tcazce SPECIFIC NO, 28, —is the most success- Tulremedy known. Price $1 per vial, or5 vialsand Jarge vial of powder for $5, sent post-free on re ceipt of price. Humohre ye! Homnieo, Med. 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Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Nos, 39 Anp 40 Park Row. New Yorr Crry. CONTENTS. EDITORIAL. . | SEA AND River FISHING. The Opening Rifle Season, | Wall-Eyed Pike. Hunting Withouta Gun.—iy, | Wall-Hyed Pike of the Genesee, THE SPoRTSMAN TOURIST, | The Trout Display, A Sonnet. Bass Islands of Lake Erie. Haunts of the Salmon. | FISHCULTURE. NATURAL History. The Fox River Fishway Case. Habits of the Beaver. THe KENNEL. snake Notes. “American Kennel Register.”’ The Birds of Maine. Ottawa Bench Show, Camp Fint PLICKERINGS. Game Baa aAnp Guy. | Farmer ys. Sportsman. | Notes on the Quail of Texas. A North Carolina Medley. The Hunting Rifle. The Great Deer Destroyer. | Algonquin Gun Club. Duck Shooting on the Hudson. | YacHTING AND CANOEING. The Ottawa Convention. | Sharpie Yachts. Last Words about the Sereed, | Breadth and Depth. SEA AND Riven FISHING, | New Craft, The Boy Angier. | Answurs 10 CORRESPONDENTS. Pittsburgh Bench Show. The Gordon Standard. Rivie AnD TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallery. Non-Cleaning Rifle Match. The Trap. THE OPHNING RIFLE SEASON. HE Board of Directors of the National Rifle Associa- tion al its regular meeting on Tuesday last elected Gen. U, 8. Grant as the president of the association. The post has been vacant since the annual meeting in January last, and after some persuasion the old war general has been coaxed into giving his consent to an election. He is not to do much, apparently, beyond allowing the use of his name, tor nobody, of course, supposes that he will bring much knowledge of shooting matters to that already possessed by the workers on,the range. : The association needs just now 4 strong popular backing. 1t needs 4 liberal fund available at once for the heayy ex- peses conhected with the getting up of the'team for Wim- bledon and the sending of it over to the English )attle- ground. The match was made in a plucky and commendable spirit by the directors as the repre- sentatives of the American people. It has been thus far a truly international affair. The Americans were defeated last September because with all the talk which has been current here about the native skill with the rifle, we had neglected an important chapter of the art. We have gallery shots so good that the proposed match with foreign riflemen was allowed to fall through by them. In off-hand work and in the finest of long-range shooting we haye shown our ability to pile up victory on victory, but a yery valuable style of military shooting had not been touched, and this vulnerable point was hit upon by the British riflemen as a fair one to attack, After the accep- tance of the challenge time was so wasted and opportuni- lies so neglected that we suffered a wholesome drubbing, Tt showed many things, but particularly that we could not win with the rifles then in existence. Now we stand on the eve of the preparation for a renewal ot the battle. Much has been done during the winter, as our readers haye been informed trom time to time. Now we have guns from which excellent results are confidently expected, and with energetic work on the part of a few men a winning may more than offset the whipping of September jast. Jt will be a point of advantage to have the team com- posed of new men, at any rate of men who haye not fre- quented the ranges and tried experiments of various sort in a desultory fashion, until they are so stuffed with preju- dices and notions that they are most unmanageable as team material. Fresh blood for the fresh battle is one of the first demands. ; The Board haye determined upon a programme of matches intended as preparatory drills, but in the meantime much work can bedone, The spring is now fairly upon us, and already the crack of the rifle is heard every day. Some of the intending competitors for places on the team are settling down very finely to work, making big scores with rifles in every respect fully within the conditions of the match, The modification of the conditions which held for the lasi match shall be disappointed if encouraging scores are not met with from the very start. SPoRTSMEN AND FARMERS.—This 1s an old and much yexed subject, but as yet by no means settled. written in # temperate tone and contains many admirable suggestions. There isin reality, as we have reiterated, no cause for quarrels between respectable sportsmen and re- spectable land-owners. Whena farmer is churlish and re- in the pursuit of agriculture to create an extraordinarily long suffering disposition; and without such a spitif a farmer cannot be expected to forgive this rowdyism from which he may haye suffered, and to welcome with open arms the next cunning stranger, But if the sporisman be a gentleman, and disposed to employ tact, he can generally succeed in convincing the land-owner of this, and so enjoy the coveted privileges. Our correspondent’s story of his personal experiences is instructive; we hope that others will supplement it by contributing a relation of their own. For tuk Loxpon Exursrrion.—On ‘Thursday, the 5th, two of the American staft sailed inthe steamer Grecian Monarch for London, They were Lieut. McClellan, of the U.S. Coast Survey, and Mr. Reuben Wood. Mr. Wood goes out, as our readers are already aware, fo arrange and ex- hibit the angling display of America in the care of the U. 8. Fish Commission. He bears letters to prominent anglers on the other side, and will sample the game qualities of the trout and the salmon before he returns. He will be back about August 1, andwe then hope to hear that he has had a good trial of fishing in foreign waters, and also that he has had an opportunity to witness a casting tournament in England, and perhaps taken part in it. Tur New York Fisa Commisston.—Mr. Roosevelt has returned from his Florida trip in rugged health. We met him in Fulton Market looking over Mr, Blackford’s trout display, and he spoke of the trip asa pleasant one. Mr. Green returned some weeks earlier and was at the point of death from pneumonia last week, but has now passed the point of danger. Onthe 24th of last month his death was announced on the bulletin board of the New York Keening Telegram, Wut the report was contradicted the next day and we refrained from alluding to it at that critical time, We hope by the time he reads this that he will be on his feet again, Tur Sunpay Frsumyg Cuause of the New York Penal Code came up in the Assembly last week and afforded occa- sion for a vast How of bosh from the sapient Solous who de- bated it. It is not at all surprising, but certainly very humiliating, that the members at Albany should fritter away their time over such trivial things to the neglect cf many other matlers of real importance. The amendment to allow fishing 4s a recreation on Sunday was lost by a yote of 50 to 42. EnGiisn Prozon SHoormG.—The farcical Sunday fish- inp’ debate in the New York Assembly last week has a counterpart in the absurdities of the speeches in the English House of Commons anent the proposed abolition of pigeow shooting, We have a special letter from a London corres- pondent, which will be printed next week. ‘Tan Fox Rrver Piswway Case.—in this case are in- yolved some of the important principles of riparian rights, We give in fullthe able and lucid argument of the counsel for the People, “AmmRicANn Kennet Reersrer.”—The first number of the Hiegisten will be issued next Tuesday, Its success ig already assured. has done much to encourage systematic practice, and we In another column we publish a pertinent communication, which is fuses to admit a sportsman to his land, the very strong probabilities are that the farmer has at some time been im- posed upon by a man with a gun orrod. There is nothing HUNTING WITHOUT A GUN.—IV. VY SEEEV EE civilization and improyement haye, for a hundred years or so, laid hands upon the country which God made and man for the most part spoils, there is but liftle woodland left but that of second growth, and this is yearly dwindling as some new industry arises and calls for trees of size and kind before of little value. Such wood- lands, if they have not the grandeur and solemnity and mys- tery of the primeval forest, have beauty and their seasons of silence and some secrets of their own to keep from thie world at large. The trees were set in their disorderly order by the oldest and best of landscape gardners, who plied her art before Adam delved or Eye span, and whose severe but kindly hand thins, prunes and trains them, She gives them beauty, and in the hush of noon and eyentide and night, and in the deadness of winter, such silence that one, being in the midst thereof, may believe himself as far ss he would wish from his fellows. She gives them also plants and their flowers, birds und beasts and their nests and Jairs aud ways of life to hide cunningly. ¥or what is left us, let us be thankful—for the trees that since the pioneer’s axe laid low the giants of the old days have grown to fair estate, and shade a soil that no plow has rumpled, where the unstirred leaves may lie and molder where they fall and nurture moss and ferns and the shyest wild flowers; where a hare may yet crouch, i grouse drun, a woodcock bore the mold, and where some trees have grown old enough to take squirrels and woodmice, and raccoons and swarms of wild bees to their hearts. Into such sayed places it is good for one to go, weaponed or weaponless. If he leaves his gun at liome, he may see more but have less to show for his outing; yet what one has to show for his hunting not always counts highest in the Jong run, One cannot go far in such woods before he will he re- minded that he isnot very much apart from his kind though out of sight and hearing of them, Ile will come upon traces of the ruthless axe, stumps, chips and wasted wood, and among the sprouts, the brands and ashes of the chop- pers’ fires, or a rank wisp of herds’ grass grown up from the chance-sown seed of a team's baiting. Tle may find an apple tree in the midst of the woods, which he shal] know more by its blossoms or fruits than by its manner of growth, for it has taken on the wild nattt- ral ways of its companions, and strives upward toward the sky, mingling its lithe slender branches with those of the birches and maples, One is first aware of it when, in blossom time, he scents an orchard fragrance in the woods and sees out-of-plaee flowers aloft with all the wild bees about them, or when in autumn he finds the forest leayes strewn with farm fruits. It is like coming upon sheep astray in the woods, only this strayed one seems quite at home here. However it was planted, by bird or squirrel or wood-ranging cow, or by hunter or chopper who tossed aside the close-gnawed core of his dessert, ii is a godsend to present generations of bees, birds and ro- dents, and its racy fruit would sting Celightfully with its “bow-arrow tang” the palate of him who wrote the history of the wild apple as only one who loved it could. But one will find traces to lead him back far on the trail of time. Rocks as old as the world with the same kinds of mosses and lichens that grew on them centuries ago. The stump of an ancient pine, barkless, moss-covered and out- wardly gray, but with the terebinthim odor and Hayor of its prime well preserved in its hollow heart. When its tiny needles first pricked the daylight, perhaps no adyen- turer had sailed across seas to these shores. When it was in its lusty youth what a new old world was this! Did the great tree go where in colonial times all good pines were supposed to go, namely, ‘“‘in the masting of his Majesty's navy?” Likelier it went to the first sawmill built on the nearest stream, and then to the boarding cf the thrilty set: tler’s barn, where the broad boards, now as gray as the parent stump, shelter to-day the grandson’s herds and crops. Many generations of a departed race have trod this undisturbed soil, beneath whose surface the old roots lie just as they wrifhed their way so longago, and they are sound yet though dead, good for kindling ora torch. No hunter can look at nor touch them without venération when he re- members that they haye outlived a race of hunters, for every hunter has fellowship with all peoples and generations of hunters. That isa ‘touch of nature that takes all the world akin.” The descendants of the old tree ive growing all about heve and the ground is covered thickly with their fallen leaves, a 182 FOREST AND STREAM. carpet of rich color, sofl and noiseless to the tread, and on this billside so slippery that one may go down it much easier than climb it. If one were hunting only for game that he might kill, he would likely enough overlovk the rare pine irops that grow bere, so like the tawny mat of needles out of whith they rise. Here jive goodly trees, yet they do not reach for the wnat- tainable sky as their ancestor did. Their topmost shoots starcely overlook the surrounding growth, and they stretch their long limbs out into the twilight of the woods so low that ihe green leaves on the nether branches brush the fallen dead ones, but they all sing the old pine’s old song of the far-away sea, tind they brood such silence and solemnity of shades aud sepulchral coolness, that one feels a kind of dread creeping over him. The atmosphere js panthery. This quality is inherited, for just helow where the last pines blotch the pasture with their dark shade, the Catamount Spring bubbles out at the foot of a great rock, and there, eighty years ago, 2 girl bleaching ber web of homespun linen, was beset by a panther, and only saved by her faith- ful dog Why should not a panther come here now? The woods are dark and wild enough, and not a sound of civilization to be heard. As the daylight dies the shadows ereep up like panthers stealing on their prey, and no more silently than the great cat might tread this soft footing. A twig snaps mysteriously, the pines heave a mournful sigh, and as the shadows deepen, a bit of phosphorescent wood glares at you like eyes aflame with baleful light. As now you almost hold your )reath to hear a devilish yell tear ihe heavy stillness, if your hand could but feel vhe comfortable chill of the good brown barrels of your helpful gun, your back would noi suffer that wicomtortable and unaccountable chill whieh reminds you that it is not always pleasant to 26 hunting withonta gun. RK, WR. The Sportsman Caunrist, A SONNET. SUGGESTED BY A DRIVE IN RARLY SPRING, ys sweet to haye a quiet mind, Upon a genial Aprilday, Yo see the wood-paths emerald-lined— Forerunners of the flowers ot May. ‘To soe the buds confidingly Unfold their treasures to the sun, And purling brooks unchidingly Tn theiy old channels ran, To watch the cious sail far above This waking earth, site peacelol dreams Of our lost youth, of youth's lost love. Until cur better being seems Rising. like earth, from frosts of Lime Into a life of sumnmer prime, O.W, R. HAUNTS OF THE SALMON In Canada and New Brunswick. BY CIARLES LANMAN. i see writer of this paper claims to have bee the first : citizen of the United States who ever visited Canada to take salmon with the fiy. ‘Chatevent took place thirty-five years ago, and his experiences since then would fill an ample volume; but in the following paragraphs he proposes 1o give merelya running account of the favorite rivers of the Do- minion, together with some of their personal associations, With yery few exceptions the haunts of the salmon are so far remoyed from the settled portions of the country that the sport of fly-fishing cannot be enjoyed without camping out or liying in the rudest of cabins, Indeed, the only stream that I have visited where this was unnecessary was the Jacques Cartier. This stream empties into the St. Law- rence about thirty miles west of Quebec, On the score of mere beauty it is certainly unsurpassed. Forty years ago it abounded in salmon; then came 4 time when, because of nets and flan bean-fishing, it wasa barren stream; but it subse- quently reaped some benefit from the protective laws, and fhe best localities for sport hiaviny passed into the possession of private parties, it was again blessed with the presence of the royal salmon, Of late years the central locality for aport has been nt a place called Dery’s Bridge, about six iniles from the mouth of the river, At this point, aud within the spree of two miles, T once took twenty sketches, and these were so entirely wilike each other in character that a stranger could hardly believe them to have been taken on oneriver. Here there were only two houses where anglers could be accommodated; they were owned by Frenchmen named Dery and Tyepanier, the litter a farmer and a splen- did fishorman, and the former the keeper of 2 regular little inn; very much suchan affair as would have made Walton huppy—so quiet, so picturesque, so comfortable, and [re- qnented by such a charming brotherhood of men —Hnpilish wmy officers and Prench gentlemen, Dery’sinn oecupied a spot immediately on the bank of the stream, at the western end of the bridge; and while there was 4 splendid waterfall just above the bridge, there was a gorge below, and directly under the bridge a very large and deep pool, where hundreds of salmon could be often seen baluncing themselyes and resting in their amber tlement prior to resuming their journey from the St. Law- rence to their sprwning pools, a hundred miles in the wilder ness. At the foot of the gorge just mentioned there is a pool called the ‘‘Hospital,” which was the very perfection of a spot for fly-fishing, An Englishman once caught ten salmon there, between the hours of four and eight in the morping; but he was not the individual who fought with a salmon at the same spot for nearly two hours, and then had to mourn over the untimely departure of lis game, Although the landlord Dery was not himself very much of u fisher- man, he had 2 son who excelled all of the tribe, When the t fish would not rise to his fly, the visiting anglers knew there Wiis no use in trying; and when that was the case, and a fish was really needed for the pot, he was wont to descend a rope ladder, suspended over the pool under the bridge, and take out with his faff a few salmon bolder than himself. He [Arrm 6, 1883, That particular salmon weighed thirteen pounds. and the thirty-five years which have since passed away haye not been able to banish him from the sngler’s memory, What- ever it may be now, it is certain that in former years the Escoumain was one of ihe most prolific salmon rivers in was the only man, moreover, who had the hardiliood or | Canada, and itis a matter of record, but a doubtful one, conrige to throw the fly directly under Dery’s bridge, for where he secured one after hooking him, he lost a dozen that rushed down the gorge to the Hospital pool, carrying all le- fore them, That the excitement of salmon fishing—to quote from mystlf—is sometimes contagious, the following inci- dent will prove: I had hooked a large salmon at a spot known as the Black Rock, when Trepanier gaye his aceus- tomed shout, which caused a person on the other side of the river to run down and witness the fun. After my salmon had made his thind magnificent leap, and I was keeping him away from a dangerous rock, my spectator became quite frantic, and, to my astonishment, plunged into the stream, and, just as Trepanier had gafted my fish, up came the stranger to my side out of the water—panting like a ‘‘spent swimmer," as he was. Me had crossed the riyer—kicking a few fish under the chin, perhaps, as he passed slong—sim- ply for the purpose of haying a Jook at my prize. Although Trepanier’s exploits were not as daring as those of young Dery, be used to kill quite as many fish in a season, and upon the whole was better acquainted with the river, 1 once saw him hooka salmon at a famous place emlled the Schute; he followed it to the foot of an island, played it half an hour in a pool below the islind, when the fish started up stream again, soon sceming ready to giye up the battle, when it broke away, and ‘Tyepanier, making a rush. caught the salmon in his arms. At the present time the fishing pools on this river are owned and protected by gentlemen residing in Montreal and Quebec, from which places it is now reached by rail- way. Notso, however, whun it was in its prime; for then it had to be reached by private conveyances, und the luxu- rious anglers often took their servants as well as private stores. But the most productive salmon rivers of Canada all lie eastward of Quebec, and on the northern shores of the River and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Of these the total number of salistactory streyms is twelve, yiz.; the Musquarro, Trinity, Nipimeweuw, Portneuf, Saint Anne, Mingan, Romaine, Natushquam, St. Margaret, Escoumain, Goodbout and Moisic; but in the present paper I shall speak only of the four last named. The starting place for yisiling ail these streams is Quebec, and the most approved method is to charter an appropriate three-masted French smack, supply- ing Ler with all the tent cquipage and the good things of life, suitable for camping iu the wilderness. The time for starting, afterhuying arranged with the Dominion authori- tics for the neccssary privileges, is in the early part of June. That storms will occasionally retard the impatient anglers and cause them to seck shelter at some of the ports on the great river is more than probable, but as these are generally charming /a@bitan villages the detentions are not irksome. There are many funny people to be seen in these French villages, hunters with red caps, colonies of Romish priests perambulating along the streets, as sombre and full of the old Harry us 4 flock of crows. But lo! the wind is now fair and we tmust continue down the Lower St. Lawrence. Before usis & panorama of superb mountiins, anen we reach the mouth of the Saguenay; we center, and pass up that magnificent river, which this pen first described for American readers, in 1848; snd reaching the St, Margaret tributary, gel our canoes and fishing rods in order, and passing upward sqon begin to throw the fly. The fishing pools on this river are few in number, but tae fish are large and the scenery very wild and interesting. But its fame has been especially enlianced by the fact that it was here the Prince of Wales caught his first salmon in Canadian waters in 1460, having been escorted to the river by Mr. Dayid Price, of Quebec, My own success in the Saint Margaret was never very good, but I onee attended a faudango in a cabin on this river, which I remember with rare pleasure. The ruests were French Canadians and educated Indians; and while the solitary fiddle did not eclipse that of Ole Bull. the dancing of two or three pf the French girls, while one of them wus playing on a banjo, was simply rich and rare. As to the Saguenay, into which the Saint Margaret enters, it is indeed. ‘‘erand, gloomy and peculiar.” When a man fas seen this tiord-like river, (from Lake St. John to the St. Lawrenée) the cataract of Niagara, the great cave of Kentucky, the chasm of Tallulah, and the Mississippi River, he has enjoyed the five great natural wonders ofthe Atlantic slupe of North America. And now for a glimpse of the Escoumuin, which empties into the 8t. Lawrence about twenty miles from the Sague- nay. It is a smallish stream, but picturesque, and is the an- cestral home of all the musquiloes and black flies in the world. Its best pool for salmon is only about half a mile from its mouth, hut this ove is superb. It was here that the depouent captured his first salmon, and to which river he was introduced by Mr. David Price, twelve years before the latter threw the fly with the Prince of Wales at the St. Margaret. Prior to that time the said deponent had chiefly devoted himself to the black bass and trout. On the mem- orable day in question, and just before marching up to the pool, his neryés Were as calm asasummer's day. The fish were very abundant and hungry, and the first cast he made was responded to by a savage tug, and away went the fly. Fiye more flies in succession were added to the line, the whole of them sharing the fate of their predecessor. By this time the gentleman was somewhat excited as well as dis- susted. It had not then occurred to him that salmon weigh- ing from ten to fifteen pounds could not be jerked ont of the water like half-pound trout, Turning aside to select a new fly his fvet slipped and away went his hat upon the laughing waters. Another cast and there seemed a prospect of success; but when he fancied that his fish was on the opposite side of the river, preat was his amazement to find the fallow leaping into the air almost under his nose, After awhile the salmon made a plunge and started for the St. Lawrence, when cominon sense told the angler that he must follow on. In his first effort to pass a rock his coat was caught by the limb of a tree, and partly separated trom his body. He was then compelled (0 cross a poo), und the moment his heavy boots were filled with water, one of them came off his foot and went floating down the stream. Inthe meantime the salmon was resting about two hundred feet from the fisherman, and probably wondering as to the meaning of all this commotion; Wut in process of time he was finally captured about five hundred yards from the spot where he had becn deceived, and, although very happy, the angler presented the appear- ace of a man who had reached the end of a misepent life. that Sir John Macdonald once killed four hundred salmon there in a single week, And now for the Goodbout. According to the late Har- rison Stephens of Montreal (of whom more anon) this is the finest river for salmon in Canada. It is sixty miles jong, but the fly-tishing pools, of which there are fourteen, are within aspace of two miles; and for the most part, the anglers are obliged to fish in their canoes, alfhough there are afew places where the fly can be cast from the shore or from Wig boulders. During the ten years preceding 1874, there were taken here with the Hy alone not less than 3,687 salmon, weighing 42,000 pounds; and in that year the kceper of the river, one Nicholas Comeau, between the 8th and 17th of July, killed 365 fish, weighing 3,873 pounds, which isun- douhtedly the most successful fishing ever recorded. This river belongs to the Hudson’s Bay Company, and if is leased by them to the anglers, five of whom alone can be accom- modated on the river. Those who visit it should supply themselves with everything that they may need, for during their sojourn on the river they must expect to be entirely excluded from the world until their return to Quebec, But further removed from civilization than the Goodbout is the much more extensive stream called the Moisie, Here there are only two good Ipealities for fly-fishing, but these ‘ire both first-rate and within twelye miles of the mouth. Jt is at this point that the mountain lands begin, and where the river has a fall of about sixty feet within a spave of five or six miles. These rapids cannot be ascended in canoes, and those who would travel up the river haye to make a portage of nine miles. The table land where the river is Supposed to haye its rise ismore than two thousand feet fibove high water, but as the riyer has never been fully ex- plored the knowledge of its character is limited. It has been, however, for several centuries a route of trayel for the Labrador Indians residing in the interior, who annually yisit the Gulf coast for the purpose of getting ¢limpses of civilization and such necessaries as they can afford to pur- chase. The angler who leaves Quebec for the purpose of killing salmon in the Moisie will haye to travel about a thousand miles before reaching his home again, and there are not many who care to make that pilgrimage for any purpose more than once or twice in his day and generation. For the best account extant descriptive of this river and of other parts of this wild region the reader is referred to a yery interesting word on “The Labrador Peninsula,” by Wenry Youle Hind, published in 1863. As to the man who hag fished the Moisie most frequently and with the gieatest success, his name is James Strachan, formerly of Poronto. Passing by with reluctance ihe York and Dartmouth rivers, at the eastern extremity of Gaspé, we now come to the Cascapedia, which empties into the Bay of Chaleur. It riscs in 1 smali lake bearing the same name, which is about seventy-five miles from the mouth of the river, and in the vicinity of Chichac mountains. There are no falls of suf- ficient height to prevent the passage of birch canoes, b which alone if is navigated. Its shores are lined wit foresis of pine, cedar, tdmarack, spruce and birch; it abounds also in beautiful ishuds; and the scenery is allogcther yery charming. Not only salmon, but large trout are found in this river, which promises to Wye, if not ruined by poachers, one of the best streams on the continent for the enjoyment of the angler. The hamlet from which it is most easily visited is New Richmond. The fishing with the rod legins about fourteen miles from the sea, at the foot of a mountain called Picapaco, and so continues for about thirty niles to 4 tributary called the Salmon Branch, Among the visitors to this river in 1874 was Mr, Cliester A, Arthur, While ascending the river with a party of friends, they found 8 party of Boston men encamped at one of the pools there, and in that camp the strangers were treated with great hospitality. In 1882, after the said Arthur had pecome President, the duty deyolved upon him to appoint a new Justice on the Supreme Bench, and, remembering the pleas- ant days he had passed on the Cascapedia, he appointed to the yacancy the manin gray who liad so kindly entertained him in his camp, which bit of history reflects erent credit on both the parties concerned. Other people of note lave since visited the Cascapedia, among them the Marquis of Lorne, who did well there as an angler, even as did tis brofberin- law, the Prince of Wales, on the St. Margaret. But this was not the origin of the well known sayiug that salmon fi:hing is a “royal sport.” Passing westward from the Cascapedia, and after trayel- ing about thirty miles in a yessel, or on wheels along the magnificent Bay of Chaleur, we come to the lordly Resti- gouche, Four geod rivers, all of them abounding in many attractions, conspive to mike it worthy of ifs fame—tor salmon, for beautiful scenery, and for the many worthy residcnts from Scotland residing in its valley, As with the rivers already mentioned, so with the Restizouchc—a whole volume would not exhaust its manifold attractions, The best tishing with the fly is at # particular bend of the river, near the mouth of the Matapedia, but you have to fish from a canoe, and although I am no novice in the management of thal craft, I do not fancy it for fly-fishing. At the spot designated I once had a fearful time with a drunken Indian; and when, a few years ago, a party of New York anglers purchased this portion of the river, 1 felt certain that they must have paid a much Jarger sum for it than I would have done, although it was in that vicinity that I caught my biggest salmon, a twenty-six pounder, Prior to the build- inv’ of the railroad which now connects Halifax with Quebec, and crosses the Restigouche, the leading man of this region was Adam Ferguson, whose home, called Athol House, always reminded me of Daniel Webster's Marshfield farm, His father lived on the place before him, and while the former used to export about two thousand barrels of salmon, caught in front of his own domain, the latter was thankful if he could export three hundred barrels; ancl it is a well- known fact that in other days salmon have been taken here in nets which weighed sixty pounds. But as a Ay-fishing stream, pure and simple, the Nepisiquit bears the bell, so far as New Brunswick is concerned, About twenty miles from Bathurst there is u high fall, aboye which it is impossible for the salmon to go, and within that limit there are five or six noted places jor fish- ing, where, when the season is at all favorable, the grand- est sport is to be enjoyed, Formerly the river could only be ascended in canoes, but now there ia a passable road along the river to the Grand Falls. So fascinating was the sport here in former years, that an Englishman ramed EEO - Apnr. 5, 1883,] a a | eel —_— FOREST AND STREAM. Cooper used to coime over every yeir trom England for the sole purpose of catching salmon, and as he was not a waste- ful man, he frequently had bis fish prepared and smoked on the fishing etounds for the purpose of taking them home for distribution among his friends, He once caught three hundred and twenty salmon in dixty days. We fished all nlong the river, but his favorite pools were at the foot of the falls, where he had a permanent ¢amp—the only other camps on the river, which were really rezular log cabins, and both at the Papineau Falls belonged to the deponent and a Curious character named Gillinore, of whom more Anon. Tt was on the Nepisiquit, moreover, where a numb of New Yorksrs were in the habit of enjoying rare sport, When the ayerage anglers of Yankee land did not know a salmon from 4 codfish—the names of those pioueers being Lillie and Eminett, They preceded the writer on the Nepisiquit, but not as fly-fishermen for salmon on other waters, The lessee of this tiver for many years was Mr. John W, Nicholson of St. Johns, and the number of Yankees indebted to him for all sorts of kindness might be numbered by the score. Sir Edmund Head, when Goyernor of New Brunswick, was a frequent visitor to the Nepisiquit, amd he once lost a flyand a whole line there, which were recovered a week afterward, fastened to the upper lip of the yery impolite salmon. On all the rivers hitherto mentioned poaching for salmon is extensively practiced. And now for the Miramichi, another glorious river, long, very beautiful, without any high falls, and where most of the fly-fishing is confined to its head waters. Here the canoe traveling, to obtain sport, is more extensive than on any other thaf T know. The most convenient place whence to embark for sport is Boiesetown, where the angler can obtain all (le necessary equipment in the way of canoes, tents and provisions. The first settler npon this river, in 1764, wis 4 Scotchman named William Davidson, and he used to take and exporl every year trom fourteen hundred to tywo thou- sand Warrels of salmon, but of late years the yield of the whole river bas pot reached a thousand barrels. The prac- tice of spearing and netting salmon out of season has long been more universal on this river than «ny other in New Brunswick, which isa great misfortune. The upper por- tions of the river, for about eighivy miles, are shallow, clear and frequented hy the salmon; and it may be mentioned in this connection, that while the striped bass were once abun- dant on this steam, they are now extinct, Thé last river that we Gan new mention isthe St. John, in every Way a magnificent stream. The salmon never ascend beyond the Grand Falls, which are, however, two hundred miles from the Bay of Fundy. In former times oll its tribu- taries below the falls were visited by the salmon, but of late ycars the fishing has been goodishin only two, the Tobique and Aroostook The facilities for visiting the main river have for many years been quite convenient, but the two branches just mentioned cannot be explored without regort- ing to the canoe, and the lover of beautiful scenery as well asthe anglers can neyer fail of being repaid for any hard- ships they may be called upon to endure, The Great Falls are a special attraction, and those who may reach that place in- their wanderings, ought not fo omit a visit to the Mada- waska River and Lake Temisconta further north, which are tributaries of the St. John. And now us I recall the countless scenes of beauty and the glorious sport associated with the great rivers that I have mentioned, there seems to be ne end fo the pleasures of the wilderness to a man who loyes nature but is obliged to spend his daysin a pent-up city, To such an ene the parlor car on our great railroads cannot be compared with the birch canoe as it glides over the crystal waters in the : hadow of overhanging trees, nor the athletic games of the day with the joy of testing our skill in capturiny the peerless salmon; nor fashionable music with the sounds of the night on the banks of a lonely lake; nor a bed of down saturated with sewer #as In a great city palace, with a bed of cedar boughs under the light of the stars; nora great dinner with incom- prehensible dishes, with a bit of broiled salmon cooked by your canoe man on the margin of a stream, where the voice of # ranting politician was never heard. Having now taken a bird’s-eye view of the haunts of the salmon in Canada and New Brunswick, itmay he well enough jo mention, in this connection, the literary authorities on salmon fishing in the Provinces, as well as a tow of the more noted anglers with whom it has been my privileza to enjoy the sport. Tn 1852, a8 well is before and after thal date, the govern. ment of New Brunswick published a number of reports on the fish and fisheries of that Province by Moses H. Perley. hey were the result of personal investigations, and con- tained a great deal of valuable information on the salmon and other sporting fishes, Ife was a good angler and a most accomplished gentleman, and his reports were pioneer pub- lications on this continent on the treasures of river and sea, What Mr. Perley did for New Brunswick was subsequently done for Canada by Richard Nettle and Pierre Fortin, and their various reports will be found both interesting aud yalu- able to all those who may wish to be posted about the rivers of Canada and their beautiful denizens, Tn 1855 a work was published in London entitled, ‘‘Sport- ing Adventures in the New World,” etc., by Camphell Hardy, in the second volume of which are several cliapters on salmon fishing in New Brunswick. It is an unpretending affair, but fll of interest, and especially yaluable for its information in regard to moose hunting, Tn several of the volumes published by J. M. Le Moine, of Quebec, will be found many charming chapters on the forest and river sports of Canada, and especially on the haunts of salmon, Of all the men who haye been, and are now doing good literary work fur the Canadians, I do not know of one who has made himself so generally useful as Mr. Le Moine. In 1860. book entitled, “Salmon Fishing in Canada,” was published in London from the pen of “A Resident,” alias Rey. William Agar Adamson, and edited by Sir James Edward Alexander, he crowning fexture of this volume is a series of funny lead and tail pictures, which have noth- ing to do with the “subject theme” nor with anything allied to wit orliumor. Its second cliaracteristic is an attempt to question the integrity of the present writer on the subject of salmou fishing, And then the author indorsed his own position by copying nearly fifty pages from the aforesuid wilter. The book, however, is worth having, because of the fact that nearly all its information igs borrowed from olber writers, In speaking of the more noted anglers of Canada and New Brunswick, I begin with Harrison Stephens, of Montreal, He was a native of Vermont, but became a citi- wealthiest man in Canada, zen of Canada, while yei a young mau, and was so suecess- fulin business that he was ot one time reported to be the He was also without a peer as a salmon fisherman, nor was he excelled as a hunter. The Goodbout was his favorite stream, and his captures there amounted to a great many hundred fish, but he did much execution on otlier rivers, Jt was my privilege to fish with him on the Jacques Caytier, and T was also a witness to his skillin edtebing black buss at the month of the Ottawa, and in the St. Lawrence under the great bridge, The last time that I ssw Mr. Stephens was in his own house, the year preceding his death, MWe was then a yery old man, but his spotting talk wos us delightful us in the olden times, and haying told me of a wonderful little lake for trout, which he had recently purchased with a thousand acres of land, invited me to join him there in the coming summer, but he never saw his pet lake, nor did we cver meet again. A yery different mun, with a very different history from the one just named, was William Gillmore, whose acquaint- ance I formed on the Nepisiquit. THe was a native of Dub- lin, and of good family, had been an army officer and the possessor of property; but when reverses overtook him he came to New Brunswick and taught a schooion Heron Island, in the Bay of Chaleur, witha salary of £20 per annum, How he became a fisherman and when he made himself a lor cabin onthe Nepisiquit I cannot tell; but he was the best, fiy-fisherman who ever killed salmon there and a maker of beautiful flies; and he died in his cabin during one of my visits to his favorite river. He was somewhat intemperate, and had much trouble with the people of Bathurst, but be- cause I had taken his part and treated him with kindness, the bulk of his property was willed to me, which consisted of a book of artificial flies of his own manufacture. Another of my more noted piscatorial friends was Robert Hgger, the Hermit of the Aroustook, the story of whose life I published in 1848. He was a grand old Englishman, brother-in-law of William Jerdan (the famons editor of the old London Literary Gazette), and several nights that I spent in his cabin on the Aroostook sre amoung my most delightful recollections. 1 fished with hin both on that river and on the Tobique, and I found him to be not only a capital angler, but a true gentleman and the most sensible hermit I ever knew. He also has passed over that great river from which there 1s no return, Another of ny angling friends, whom I must not omit to mention in this place, is John W. Nicholson, He was born in Ireland, Wut has for many years been « merchant in the city of St. John. He has caught salmon in Ireland, Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and in his skill for throw- ing the fly as well as making them I haye never: known his equal And it may also be said of him that he has done more to facilitate the desires of anglers, when going’ north from Yankee land, than any other man, By his kindness in every way, and especially by his warm-hearted hospital- ity and wonderful fund of fish stories, he has won deyoted friends almost without number. His favorite river has always been the Nipisiquit, of which he has for many years had the exclusive control. Parting company with the Atlantic salmon, I desire to put upon record the list of streams within the limits of the New England States, in which they were formerly found, as follows: Aroostook, Saint Croix, Denny’s River, Hast Machias and Machias, Pleasant or Wescongus River, Nar- taguagus, Union, Penobseot, Saint George, Medomac, Sheepscott, MKennebeck, Androscoggin, Royals River, Presumpscot, Saco, Monsam, Piscataqua, Merrrimac, Paw- tuxet, Thames, Quinnebaug, Shetucket, Connecticut, Quin- nipaick und Housatonic. With perlaps some half dozen ex- ceptions the salmon is to-day almost unknown in all these streams, antl so long as their names sre remembered will there remain a blot upon the fame of the Yankee race, be- cause of their greed and ignorance in neglecting the presery- ation of the salmon in their beautiful rivers. — In the preceding pages my comments have had sole refer- ence to my personal acquaintance and friend. the common salmon or Sale salar of the North Atlantic Ocean; but as our scientific explorers have recently brought to light much new information bearing npon the salmon of the Pacific Qvean, [shall now submit a brief synopsis of their reyeal- ings, Leaving out of yiew altogether the scientific language which siraply overwhelms the ordinary intellect, we may say that there is really enly one species of salmon on the Pacific coast, but there are many varieties, The most impor- tant of all the Western fishes is called the California salmon, or Salmo quinnat, hey are found in all the important rivers, but particnlarly uumerous in the Columbia, which they asceud in April, and where, eyer since they were noticed by Lewis and Clark in 1807, they have beon highly valued by the white people and Indians as well. That they will take the fly under favorable circumstances, has been fully sub- stantiated; and they genérally attain much greater size than is common with the Atlantic salmon Another ‘variety is known as the hooked-nose salmon, which are smaller than the preceding, and numerous in the streams of Puget Sound and the more northern streams, where yast numbers are taken by the Indians and prepared for winter use, They ascend the rivers in the autumn; their flesh, when in season, is yellowish, but highly esteemed, and theiv apparent deformity of snout is peculiar to the male fish, Then comes the hump-backed salmon; the deformity in this variety being caused by a thick layer of adipose mat- fer, and here again the male has the honor of giving his race their name. They ascend the rivers in August; ayerare only about six pounds in weight; and the flesh is white, and only really relished by the Indians along: the coast of Alaska, Another yariety, of no great importance, is called the red salmon, or by the Indians t-Aw-niw. It is wenerally less than two feet in Jength, and ascends the Columbia in Sep- tember There is «a large salmon peculiar to Behring’s Sea, the skins of which are used by the Indians for making their varments; also a yariety taken in Puget’s Sound in the autumn, and known as the spotted salmon, or /e-Addin Indian dialect; aJargu variety in Puget’s Sound called the towult, with anerfectly white flesh; and then follow what are called unspolted salmon, weal-tootled salmon, a white salmon, a short-tailed salmon, « square-tailed salmon, and the swh-hegh salmon, which is the hest summer fish in Fraser River, and which has the eccentric habit of dying immediately after reaching a certain lake out of which the river runs, In view of the fact thatso many yarieties of sahnon are found in the waters of the North Pacific, we may conclude that there is no acarcily of trout in that region, which is indeed true, and Imay chronicle the fact right here, that I haye seen the por- trait of an eighi-pound lake trout, whose mother was a na- tive of the Sacramento River, but who first saw the light in one of the rivers of Japan, ; Slaturyal Histary. HABITS OF THE BEAVER: (Castor americanus.) i (hi may seem at first thought » waste of time to add pages to what has been already written in regard to this ani- mal; and yetagleaner may sometime picka head loaded with grain, and he may sometime find standing shooks where erass is slightly predominant. loping little from the one, and incurring all hazards of the other, I desire to “offer a few remarks” on the Americin beaver, With past experi- ences and omissions before us, and with the philosophic scrutiny the naturalist now brings to bear upon the phe- nomens of animal life, this can be better done than ever before; and we owe that. much to the public, particularly the young, who are and will be looking more with each day to these pages for reliable fact. Thus far the character and habits of the beaver have heen studied mostly from “‘antiquitics.” Looking at an old dam and speculating as fo how this or that work was done is guess work at best, and liable to be overturned or set aside by the next guesser, while to look on as the work pro- gresses and to see how all parts are accomplished is another thing entirely, and true for alltime. The unity of purpose, the union and harmony of effort, the silent communication of thought, the perfect intelligence of every mouvement, make together an exhibition of skill wherein human intelli- gence is strangely overlapped if not overmatched. My object is to enforce those great underlying truths in organ- ized life broader and deeper than pure, cold science has yet reached, or in ils present aspects is ever likely to possess. When I read Mr, Collins’s story of beayerlifein Nova Scotia during the last shooting season, I was pleased beyond expression, Here was something new, neither old hash nor guess work; here was a picture of inner life, life at home, worth all that had been previously written of the animal. 1 could almost sce him come out in the twilight, look over his ruined house, and then set to work to restore it. Teould see him lay and relay the sticks of which it was composed, working till back and shoulders ached, and then silting up a moment to rest. Ah, Brother Collins, you could not draw trigger on that “ttle old man” working {o build up his house that vandals had broken down. T should have done the same thing for the same purpose once, but I should have felt like fording the stream and putting back with my own hands every stick and eyery handful of earth Thad removed. But the larger work on the dam just below was missed, a blank in natural history if is our luck to fill ont, “‘acknow- ledging in, ete. ,” that the whole merit belongs to a sportsman naturalist who seems, as you will see, under the citcum- stances of the case, to have ‘‘risen from savage to civilized life,” A few days after reading Mr. Collins’s narrative, 1 was agreeably surprised by a visit from an old friend and pupil, George Daniels, who had spent the past summer pre- paring subjects in the State Cabinet of Kansas. Rescareh for that purpose led him to the adjoining Indian Territory, where he found undisturbed beaver communities among other developments of animal life, Securing three speei- meus for the State Cabinet, the desire inculeated in his first lessons in natural history became imperative, demanding verification. Here was an opportunity to reach the inner life of an animal whose works had been repeatedly deseribed as exhibiting human intelligence, but whose method and manner of accomplishment no one had seen. With two assistants the dam of an undisturbed family was broken down to the bottom, displacing a Jarze log which formed its base, Then with jeers at his “dam foolish- ness” his Gompanions returned to camp; while he, secreted in the bushes close by, awaited the result, He says: ‘At early twilight five beavers came out from holes in the bank and looked the deyastation all over. ‘Their capacity could mot reach the canse, they only saw effects,’ The first effort was to get back to its place the bed log, It was wet, heavy and slippery, their unitéd strength could hardly move il, so that after tugging a quarter of an hour it was abandoved. They then went down the stream, gathering up the sticks of the old dam: the smaller ones were held aboye the water, the larger ones towed up, the beaver holding by the teeth and swim- ming by its side. ‘ There was standing en the bank directly above the dam, a. willow tree some twenty inches in diameter. They all gathered about this tree, one on the upper side, all the others on the lower side next the dam. Those below them applied their tecth to the trunk like great gouges, all in turn as one became tired, so that in less tine than amanoith an axe would haye done it, the tree tottered to its fall. ATL at once withdrew from the lower side while the ‘‘master mechanic” began cautiously to cut away the remaining sup- port, this was doné, cutting a little here, and a little there, olten looking upward, so that the tree fell with erash squarely upon and across the creyice in the old dam, The tree was held seyeral feet above Lhe dain by its branches, and the beavers all disappeared in the water. I conld not sce what they were doing, but the trce began to settle anc soon rested on the dam. They had cut off the branches which held it up. “Then commenced the process of closing the breach. A beaver would draw up a fair ‘cordwood’ stick upon the dam, raise iton end, hugging it againsh his shoulder and neck, letting it slide down diagonally np stream, leaning back against the fallen tree. Inthe meantime a benver ‘at the bottom was digging a ‘post hole’ and guiding the post to its place. When this was done the digger would come to the surface to breathe, while the one on the logy would cut off the stick if too long for fair work. When the sticks of the old dam were all used they would go into the buslies aud soon return, backing out and dragging along a stick, which was placed in the same manner. "This was repeated until the whole gap was filled. The process of covering this woodwork with earth, leaves, bog, or whatever came to hand was done precisely as Mr. Collins described, hugging i mass against chin and neck and swimming with bind feet and tail, And thus, forgetful of time, I watched with ab- sorbing and often with almost breathless interust, the pro- gress of the work, so that when durkness faded into day- light the dam was completed, the tired workers had re- tired, and I left for camp repeating the resolution, ‘I haye killed my last beayer, the very last.” This is the point where the sportsman aud naturalist rose from savage to civilized life. There occurs liere « question for the philosophic natwialist tosettle as best he may. Whatwas the medium of communi- 184 cation that made such unity of purpose and sueli union of effort in the accomplishment? The position of the old beaver above the tree indicated leadership, but, no order, by word or sien, was given; all seemed to know what to do, and just how and wher to do it, The felling of a tree across a streain and Iuilding a dam against it, is one thing; felling a tree so it should not yary 2 foot from a given line, the old dim, showed un engineering skill you may possess, but which Ishould hesitate to assume. We must dotine instinct as directing a few things without forethought or previous knowledve, and repeating the same methods eyer afterward, The bee builds the same cells, of the same material forever. The first and the last nest of the bird are precisely alike, and animals who dig holes in the earth have cach a fashion peculiar to itself, which docs not vary; even the acquisitiveness of the ground squirrel is no thought for the morrow, since he hoards in the spring with all the industry of autumn, But the beaver gous far beyond this. Instinet is over lapped by reason until separation is impossible, and all divis- sion lines are obliterated, Ee selects with engineering skill the site for a dam, then builds of such material asis at hand and of such shape as the exigencies require, varying both ar circumstances indicate; and conducting all with a degree of | intellivence that treads closer upon the heels of humanity than that of any other creature living, Why, an animal so gentle, so harmless, should he left outside the pale of civil- ized life, denied human association by clumsy form and un- seemly personal habits, is one of the mysteries in nuture not yet solved, but such is the fact. To him the step of civyil- ization is simply and inevitably annihilation, What we need is more of this wild native life. An animal in captivity with, perhaps, every condition of free life vylo- lated; say a bear chained, or one with a halter about his neck and beaten into submission, must both be poorsubjects for the study of natal history to say the least; an ox draw- ing a plow would he better. .And now that men of high in- tellectual taste and culture fly more and more to the wilds of nature for summer recreation, may we not hope and ex- pect more of thaf inner life in nature found just in propor- tion as the tracks of men ure less frequent, f B, Horsrorp. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. SNAKE NOTES. J noticed in your recent issues, a letter onthe breeding and habits of snakes. [can give some light on the subject from personal observation, One day last August my brother and I were fishing along the rocky bank of Big Flatrock Creek, the sontheast fork of White River, We heard » little rustling in the leaves and weeds in front and at our right, and 1 got up to see what was the matter, and there we saw # large black snake doing his best to swallow a water shake half as long as himself, and had it half way down when we first saw him. My brother and I got some rocks, and before long he disgorged his prey in a rather dilapidated condition, butnot dead No doubt the latter was thankful to us for our timely interference, for he was going down # long black tunnel to another country. We meas- ured the black snake and found him fo be seven feet in length and the water snake three feet six inches; and the latter wus larger in the largest place than the black snake was around his neck or throat, and when first seen was swallowed down past the largest part of his body, head downward. On another occasion, earlier in the year, | killed a black snake, and, thinking it large, i opened it and found nine young snakes in it, some twelve or thirtcen inches lon# and about as large as a penholder, and all alive, and I considered I did good work in Killing ten snakes in a day. HAMMERLESS, Greesnore, Ind., March 12, 1883. Tn your issue of March 1, under the heading, ‘Breeding of the Rattlesnake,” ‘‘B. 8.” says ‘‘He knows that the rattle- snake is propagated from the egg.” Another writer sets aside the egg theory by saying ‘That his brother and others saw a female rattlesnake delivered vf nine small snakes— eight alive, one dead.” have had some experience with rattlesnakes, or *‘canary birds,” as we call them, during some fifteen summer vaca- tionsin Pike county, Penn. Last August, in returning from « trip after berries, and nearing home, on the track of the Erie branch to Hawley, I espied a fine ‘‘rattler” making an afternoon meal on the grease from the car axles. As his head was in fine position near the rail, a well-directed stone killed him. I carefully carried him Lome, having only to cross the Lackawaxen, and as lie was such a beauty, and wishing to preserve the skin as well as secure thé oil, L darefully skinned it, after cutting off the head and consign- ing it to the fire, when, to my surprise, on opening the snake J found fifteen eggs, resembling # pecan nut in size and shape. About two weeks previous to this a snake was opened at thissame yard containing nine full-sized eggs, Now if snakes are nol propagated from the egg, what were these fifteen ergs for? Ihave three fine skins and rattles from Pike county in my cabinet, und will take pleasure in showing them to any one interested in “‘rattlers.” J CG. H. Sryizs. 1,419 Lexineton Ave., N, Y. [That snakes can swallow animals much larger through than they themselyer are, is a well-known fact. As for the eggs of the rattlesnake, we would suggest to our correspond- ents thut there is nothing necessarily inconsistent in the differing yiews expressed by them, for many snakes are known tu be ovoyiviparous, z.¢,, the eggs are hatched within the mother, Let them remember the ancient truth, Omnis wine ah ovo, | New Jensuy Woyter Breps.—Noticing that this week's Forest AND SvREAM has observations on our winter birds, T will send you a list of those I have observed and procured (with a few exceptions) during the past three winter months: Red-shouldered hawk, marsh hawk, sparrow hawk, sharp shinned hawk, barred owl, mottled red and gray owl, downy woodpecker. yellow-bellied woodpecker, hairy wood- pecker, common crow, blue jay, ‘‘Bob White,” robin, meadow lark, blucbird, white-bellied nuthatch, tufted tit- mouse, black-capped chickadee, ruby-crowned kinglet, pine grosbeak, purple finch, song sparrow, snowbird, tree spar- row, goldtinch (yellow bird), English sparrow, white-throated sparrow, redpoll Jinnet. The robin made his first appear- auce during the last few days of February. Bluebirds are with us all winter, The pine grosbeaks were seen the latter art of December; bagged two femaies—OLp Tunkny, ae Hill, N. J., March 15, 1888), a FOREST AND STREAM. THE BIRDS OF MAINE. With Annotations of their Comparative Abundance, Dates of Migration, Breeding Habits, etc, BY EYHRETT SMITh 241. Great Scaup Dack—Fuliyula marila Aud., Cs, 720: Fulix maria Ridge. 614.—Common during migrations, Sometime abundant in autumn, ; 242. Little Scaup Duck—Fuliyula maniloides Aud.; Futia ajinds Ridg, 615; Muliguia affinis Cs, 721,—Found ere dur- inf migrations, but not very common, 242, Ringneck Duck—Pubgule rugitorques Aud.; Fultr wollaris Ridg. 616; Huliqgula collams Os, 722,—Uncommon, Mr. Boardman reports this species as having heen known to breed near Princeton, Me., where ‘‘adulis with young were seen, and eggs have been taken near St. Stephen, New Brunswick.” But these cases may have been exceptional ones. The species isof uncommon and irregular occurrence elsewhere throughout the State. There was one shot at Searboro, Me,, May 1, 1879. A number were shot in Cumberland county in the spring of 1882, an unnsual oceur- renee, Of this number two males were shot at the month of the Presumpscot Riyer, March 31, 1882. Three of this species were shol at Great Pond, Cape Elizabeth, in April; one was brought to market from Gray, April 14, and several others were shot near Portland in April, 244 Ruddy Duck—Fuligula rubida Aud.; Arismeturw rubida Ridg, 634, Os, 741.—Not uncommon during autumn migrations, 'Vhis singular little duck, with its broad bill and large feet, seemingly ont of proportion to a body scarcely larger than what of a teal duck, and a stiff tail which appears as if the feathers had been scraped with a knife, is of au exceedingly unsuspicious nature, and easily shot wherever found. 245. Redhead Duck—Fuligula ferina Aud.; , UR first show is now a thing of the past, Except for the ‘@) ubsence of Mr, Charles Lincoln, we wight say it was a per- feet sucesss. Our genial superimbendent was detained in Pitts- bnreb, and an additional quota of work fell to the share of Messrs. Vicars and Ailon in consuquence. The successful man- agement of the show is largely due to these gentlemen. The benching and feeding of the dogs left nothing to be desired, Thetask of judging was in fivst-rate hands, and there were no grumblers at the decisions. Certainly no one is better gnalified than Major Taylor, of Lexington, Ky., to adjudicate upon the spurting classes, and Mr. J. P, Kirk’s decisions in nou-sporting classes, fox-terriers and spaniels appeared to give general salistaction. The quality of the dogs exhibited was remarkable and the eluszes were woll filled. Altozether we have yery good reasons for being proud of our show, and it is to be. hoped thatit is only the forerunner of many food oues. The Drill hall was singularly well suited Tor the purpose, being coonuedious and well ventilated. The judging rings were stationed at one end of the building, and great mterest was taken in axamining the judges at work. His Pxcelleucy, the Marquis of Lorne, Governer-General of Canada, opened the show, anu appeared to take a lively interest in the exhibition, He was a frequent visitor. A special feature of theshow was the collection of sports- men’s goods, which though small, made up in quality what it lucked in quantity. One of the attractions of the show was the celebrated Comet, the English setter belonging tu the Dominion of Canada Kennel Chib, and which pained such notoriety through the protess before the Hnglish Kennel Club of Ins He is « handsoine blue belton pedigree by Purcell Liewellin- doy with a yrand head, The display of English setters was 2 very excellent one, particularly those from the kennel of Mr, Bailey Harrison, of Tilsonburg, who was singularly successful in carrying off the Ti prizgs. s sale to say that there was not a had one in all the classes of Muctish setters. Tn Trish setters the principal entries were from the kennel of W. N, Callender, of Albany, and Dr. Jarvis, of Claremont, aud they were a lot of beauties. Such a collection of fine speeimens is rarely seen even at the large shows. Old Rory 4 More shows sivnus of age, but is still a hard oneto beat on the bench, Hs was not entered for competition, hawever. Major Taylor awarded the prizes in Gordon setters to the large, heayy type, ignoring those of smaller, lighter make; but there were some excellent specimens of the latter present, notably Brant, owned by Tinsley & Domyille, of Hamilton, He is perfect in coat and color, and he looks a rare workman, Brant will be heard of yet when the new standard of lighter- made dogs comes into fashion, The pointer clas: were nob yery well filled, but two or three good ones were shown. Chief Constable Draper's Don is a handsome dog of great qualify, and looks tit for hard and stylish work in the fleld. h + Champion Lrish water spaniels brought out Mike, belonging to Mr, J. D, Oleott, and Ne received many encomiums from sportsmen who ave fond of dick-shooting. The judges ex- pressed a high admiration for him and scored him ‘ points ont of 100, The open class of water spaniels brought out some good ones; and first and second winners were very excellent. The second prize bitch, owned by Mr, Bailey Harrison, will in time LeB - : - beat the other, as she is only a puppy yet, and her top-knot has not yet developed. sbellaie = laa a ‘The clumber spaniels were represented by two, but neither of them has any great merit. There was a yery fine show of spaniels, field and vocker, especially among the blacks, Dr. Niven's Lass o’ Breda is a very good ons. The Hornell Spaniel Club’s Hornell Ruby is a yery handsome puppy and will deyelop into a clipper yet. Altogether the display of spaniels is the finest ever seen on this continent, The show of foxhounds and beagles was very large, and somé excellent specimens were shown. D. O'Shea, of London, as usual, was well to the fore, Deerhounds and greyhounds had some very fine entries, Fox-terriers were excetdingly good, the kennel of Messrs, L, & W. Rutherfurd, of New York, being a treat to see. It is a matter of regret that Mr, Richard Gibson, of Tderton, was unable fo be present with his dogs, as he owns some of the best in the country. ; Mastiffs were only fair. _ The entries in St. Bernards were very numerous, and the pages asked that they be divided into iwo classes, dors and bitches, This was lucky for the dogs, as Lady Abbess, owned hy Mr. I’. W. Rothera, of Simeoe, would have beaten the ogs, } Newfound! ands had some good entries, and the winner, belonging to a Montreal gentleman, ;woa well. Heis a huge dog, but active and well built. The collie classes were yery excellent, and the judge was lavish with his fayors, which were all well merited, The show of bulldogs was extremely good, and of very uni- form quality. The winner hud no easy task to win. ‘The judge remarked that it was « splendid class, and showered che ee thickly, ull-terriers Were very poor, and Mr, Kirk ye roperl withlialilthe first prise tn. ont Scotch terriers were first-class, Nota bad specimen in it, Skyes were 4 rather mixed lot, A number of people enter half-bred Yorkshires for Skyes, but the judge made an excel- lent selection in the winner, Heis a grand young dog, belone- ing to Mr, A. J. Ogilvy, of Toronto. The Bedlington terriers attracted much attention, although their heanty is somewhat dubious except to a fancier, who prizes their workmuan-like look, The Yorkshires were not a good lot. Pugs were numerous, but with one or two exceptions were not of much account, Two English ladies sent out ten dogs and they had many admirers aniong the fair sex, One or bwO good black and tan terriers presented them- selve heforathe judge, but the majority were toys just too larze to prevent them being entered in their proper class, A very excellent spitz owned by Mrs. William Roger of Ottawa deservedly won first prize in the forsizn bred class. As usual, the miscellaneous class contained a number of nondescript mongrels, bufi a yery handsome white English terrier, belonging to My, Scholes of Toronto, carried off first prize, and a king Charles spaniel belonging to the same gen- tleman took second, A huge dog, belonging to Mr. Stewart of Montreal, and bred between a St. Bernard and mastiff, was very much admired, but only for his size and strength, as no points of hreeding were apparent, LIST OF ENTRIES. 1. Champion English Setter Dogs.—Dominion. of Canada Kennel Clui’s Comet, H, Bailey Martison’s Dick Layeravk, 2. Champion English Setter Biftehes.—H. Bailey Harrison's Belle’s Pride, 5. Duglish Setter Dogs (except pure Layeracks.)—Lindsay Russell's Bone, A. G. Chisholm’s Prince Royal, James Leslie’s Shot, H. Bailey Harrison's London, T. G. Coursolle’s Grip. 4, English Setter Bitches (except pure Laveracks,)—Wm. Danger- field, Jr.’s Nellie May, Wm. Wudson’s Nell. T. G, Davey’s Glenfalass and Leddersdale, H. Batley Harvison’s Oountess Adele, Grace B, and Countess Vie, A. A. rancis's Princess Blanche. A, ponies Setter Dogs (of pure Laverack pedigree.)—T. G. Davey's Luva Ff A (i. Hoglish Setter Bitches (of pure Layerack pedigree.)—Dominion of Canada Kennel Club's Carlina, W. Peters Price’s Pet Layerack, 7. English Setter Dogs, under 14 months and over 12 months.—No entries. §. English Setter Bitches, under 18 months aud over 12 months.— Thos. Hutchinson's Nellie Lee, H. Bailey Harrison's Countess Vic, D. O'Shea’s Lilly, Forrest Keunel Club’s Forest Dora and Forest fH. 9. English Setter Dog Puppies.—Wm. Hudson's Pilot and Tim, H. Bailéy Harrison's Albion, Wm. Hudsou's Polo, R, W, Boyle's Dashing Storm, 10, Buglish Setier Bilch Pippies.—T. G, Davey’s Nellie, H, Bailey Harison's Grace B., Genevieve, Lulu and Mede, A. A. Prancis's Genesee Belle. y 11. Champion Irish Setter Dogs.—W. N, Callender's Rory O’Mare, Wm. Jaryis's Nimrod, 12, Champion Trish Setter Bitches.—W-N. Callender’s Lady Berkley ant! Nora O'More. Wm. Jaryis's Noreen. 18. Irish Setter Dogs.—Mrs. B. A. G, Vicars’s Rufus the Great, 0, Asselin's Pointer, G. W. Geavitt’s Elcho VIL. John Ryan’s Wild, H M. Wells's Royer, Joseph Hayes’s Suila-Mor and Kerry, Miss Grange’s Wing, W. N. Callender’s Rexford, Rory O'More, dr., and Kit Carson, Wm. Jurvis’s Echo, J, B. Sparrow’s Barney, Mrs. Pul- ford’s Grouse, id. Trish Setter Bitohes.—Alfred Geddes’s Fannie, John Ryan's Irish Moss, Thos. J. Dgan’s Nellie, Wm. Jarvis’s Meg, John Connor's Dublin Belle. F, G. Wotherspoon’s Cora. 15, Irish Setter Puppies.—J. Arthur Simpson’s Rex, Rufus, Nora. Oreina and Hileéen, W. N, Callender’s (—) and (——), Win. Jaryis’s Fanv. 16, Champion Gordon Setter Dogs.—Dr, J. 8. Niven’s Argus. 17. Champion Gordon Setter Bilches.—No entries. 18. Gordon Setter Dogs.—Robert Blackwood's Major, Messrs. Tinsley & Domville’s Brant, George Thorne’s Frank, J, ©. Camp- bells Jack, J. F. Scholes’s Major. *: 1). Gordon Setter Bitehes.—Dominion of Canada Kennel Club's Moll (1L., Robert Blackwood's Young Flora and Flattery, Messrs. Tinsley & Domville’s Nellie, Hillside Kennel’s Beauty, Charles A. Hliot’s Una. . 3), Gordon Setter Puppies, under 12 months—J, C, Campbell's Diana, 2. Champion Pointer Dogs, 55lbs. or over.—George L. Wilms’s Knickerboeker, j 22. Champion Pointer Bitches, 50lbs. or over,—Hillside Kennel’s Daisy. J. CG, & A. R. Sharp's Cremorne, : 23, Champion Pointer Dogs, under 55tbs.—No entries. . Champion Pointer Bitches, undér 50lbs—No entries, . Pointer Dogs, bdlbs. or over,—No entries, : . Pointer Bitches, SUlbs, or over.—J. V, DeBoucheryille’s Nellie. 27. Pointer Dogs, under 551bs.—John Hall's Ranger, J..V. DeBouch- eryilles Snipe, Richard Gibson's Don, J. B. Sparrow's Dash, Chief Constable Draper's Don. 25. Pointer Bitches, under 50Ibs.—W. Fest’s Spy. 20. Pointer Puppies, under 12 months.—Hillside Kennel’s Bramble, J, M. Simpson’s Fan, : * . 30. Champion Ivish Water Spauiels.—John D. Olcott's Mike. éi. Irish Water Spaniels,—G, H. Hargraye's Dash, Thos. Murphy’s Juno, Jack and Belle, H. Bailéy Harrison's Mollie Leyer, Archer Baker's Ornsoe. t 22, Clumber Spaniels.—Lindsay Russell’s Ben, Mrs. Ff, H. D.Veith’s Joan, Thos. J. Egan’s Judy. ; q 33, Field Spaniels (any color), except Clumbers and Black Spaniels, 28albs, and over.—W-. Clayton Bessey’s Spot, Marshall & Luckwell’s Bob, Jv., Lieut. Col. Geo. T. Maunsell’s Floss, #4, Champion Field Spaniels (any color), 28lbs, and over—tCol. Stuart Taylor's Benedict. : ' A 45, Black Field Spaniel Dogs.—Hornell Spaniel Club’s Hornell Bo- nauza, George Macbeth's Doctor. _ 36. Black Field Spaniel Bitehes, 28lbs. and over.—No entries, 37, Champion Cocker Spaniels faRy, color), under 28lbs,—Hornell Spaniel Club's Hornell Pint, Dr. J. S, Niven’s Black Bess. 48. Blualc Cocker Spaniel Dogs, under 28lbs.—Tinsley & Domville’s Rayen, Hornell Spaniel Club's Hormell Dandy, Dr, J. 5. Niyen’s Prank. 39 Black Cocker Spaniel Bitches, under 28ibs.—Dr, J, &. Niven's Lass of Breda. 40, Cocker Spaniel Dogs (other than Black), unter 3ulbs—Alonzo Wrizht's Rex, Dunean Campbell's Frank, J.C, & A. K, Sharp's Tom- boy. 41, Cocker Spaniel Bitches (other than black), under 28lbs.— Alonzo Wright's Madge, Ed, 0; Hale’s Bustle, Hornell Spaniel Club's Hornell - rf es eS = Ruby, George Schofield’'s Luna, H. H. Qray’s Juno, J.C, & A, R. es Olga, J. D, Paterson's Clip, Richard Nettle’s Flora, 42, Field or Cocker Spaniel Puppies (any color), under 12 months.— Ed, ©. Hale's Cricket, Hornell 1 Spaniel Club's Hornell Ruby, Wm. eae Snipe and Dexter, r : Henry J, Harneys Bub, H. H. Gray's una. 43, Black Spaniel Puppies, under 12 months.—Marshall & Luck- well’s Woodstock Queen. Dr. J, 8, Niven’s Bob TV, 44, Foxhoutids.—John Dulmage’s Brouse, D. O'Shea’s Forestel’ TI. and Ringwood, D. H. Davis's Shaw, Jobn Kidson’s Bugle. 45, Foxhound PHEpIEs | tmder 12 months,—No entries, 46. Harriers —W. . Hall*s Ranter, D. O'Shea’s Gypsey. 47, Beagles.—George Weatherstone’s Beauly, Ranger and Lady, Albert J, Ulley’s George, Peter H. Cox's Ruby, D. O'Shea’s Rattler and Musie I, 3. Miller's Jessie and Gypsy, 48. Beagle Puppies, uuder 12 months.—-George Featherstone 's wo Peter H, Cox’s Rambler, Wrestler and Whistler, 8. Miller's x SV. 4. Deerhounds —ATlex Stewart’s Mingo, Hillside Kennel’s Lance 50. Chamopin Greyhoiunds.—(, B, Daayson’s Spring. : 51. Greyhounds.—Mrs, H. 8, Skead's Renben, Hd. Crean’s Fly, F. W. W. Bowen's Keno, Wm. P. Lett’s Demon, Capt. Clapham's Pitot, TV. R, Brown's Bessie, F. Bocquet’s Hunter. oe pat peaesntd Fox Terrier Dozs.—L. & W, Rutherfurd's Champion oyal. 54. Champion Fox-Tervier Bitehes.—L. & W. Rutherfurd's Tussle, Richard Gibson's Tipsy. ¥ h4, Fox-Terrier Dogs.—Wm. Groom's Tinker, Wm, M. Tomlinson’s Mark, W. M. Langton’s Brokenhurst Reveller, John §. Cable's Silver, W, H, Iall’s Spot, A. McLean's Gyp, L. & W. Rutherfurd’s Nailer, George Saunderson’s Tib, W. A. Ailan’s Bob, Richard Gibson's Fen- nel and Grip. 56. Wox-Terrier Bitches.—Wim, (room's Dolly, J,B.Lyon’s Wkiskey , W. tT, Tulley’s Phiz, Beorge Jordan's Lady, Dosy and Huasie, W. M. Langton’s Edgbaston Wlirt. A. 2. Palmer's Nettle. W. H. Hall's Daisy, L.& W. Rutherfurd’s Diana and Viola, L, A, Biddle’s Victoria, Richard Gibson’s Vixen, Thistle and Ruby. 56, Vox-Terrier Puppies, under 12 months,—Miss Fisher’s ‘Tim, Frank Newby’s Buz, J. P. Nutting’s Jumbo, W. J, Tully's Nettle, George Jordan’s Dosy, W. M. Langton's Brockenhurst Beauty, A. 4. Palmers Blister, L. & W. Rutherfurd’s Warren Wakeful, Richard Sibson’s Belyoir Jim. 57. Mastiffs.—C, E. Lewis’s Jumbo, Cameron and Campbell's Osear, TD. Campbell's Juno. 58, St. Rernards,—Alonzo Wright's Royal, Bronnetta, Bernard and Brtna, Miss K, Hanrahan’s Noble, P. J. Gelhausen’s Jennie, Tread, W. Rothera’s Priam and Lady Abbess, W, Gaherty'’s Rollo and Tan, Miss Slatei’s Rex, Rohit. Cochrane's Wolf. 5), Newfoundlands.—Q, . MeKeil’s Sancho, Wm. Hewlett's Rol- land, W. H. Krepps’s Halkett, ©. H. Carrier's Major, The Chevalier A.M. F, Gianelh’s Pedro, W. MeCoy's Jack, D, O'Shea’s Bruno, R. J, Wieksteed's Paul, Henry Knaut's Carrow. 6), Champion Collies.—Wred, W. Rothera’s Lassie, James Lindsay's Rex and Ayrshire Laddie. G1. Qollie Dozs.—Miss Marion Folger's Vixen, C. W. Walcot’s Top, C. Greville Harston’s Driver, Arthur T. Ogilvy’s Jack, Edward Devy- lin’s Collie, G. F. Guy’s Collie, Alex. Robertson's Rover, J. Arthur sieges 3 Tory, Fred W. Rothera’s Lorne, W. H, Hall's Roy. Giles K, Timker's Snyder, George Sanderson's Tweed, Robert McEwen's Gen, Cameron & Campbell's Havry, Hon. A, P. Caron’s Berger. 2, Collie Bitches,—C. Greville Harston’s Nell and Tye, F. C. Canmyp- bell’s Jeanie, John Niylor’s Judy, James Lindsay's Flossie, Cameron & Campbell's Margie. 63, Collie Puppies, under 12 months.—Fenwick De Winton's Lassie, it. . MecLachlin’s Oscar, Claude MeLachlin’s Tucker, J, Arthur Simpson's Sport and Flirt, red. W. Rothera’s Lorne, Jas, Lindsay's Kitty Mac, Cameron & Cumphbell’s Gilnockie Laddie, J. Coursotle’s SS. 64. Buildogs—Wm, Hammersley's Venus, R. & W. Livingston's 'Thunderer and Hero II., John Dulmage's Nettles, Hillside Kennel's Juno, Judy and Moses, lt. 8. Minturn’s Fagin. 65, Bull-Terriers.—Wm, Mlint’s Rags, W. F. Powell, Jr.°s Beauby. 66, Scotch Terriers, Mis. A. J. Christie’s Cockabendie, D.O’Shea’s Major, John 1. Naylor’s Prince Charlie, Miss M. Eastwood's Billy, Mrs, G. B. Greene's Ham, Mrs. Fortescue’s Jack, Miss G, F. Fisher's Dick, B. D. Sherwood's Mrank, Mrs, W. MeCaffrey’s Toosey. A. P, Idilganan’s Daddy, J. 4. Kirkland’s Sin, Miss L, Lewis’s Tip. 67. Skye Terriers.—Miss E, V. Allan’s Daisy, Arthur J. Ogilvy’s Ugie, Mrs. B,S. Skead's Nettle, Mrs. A, L, A. Skead's Pepper, Sir Alexander Camphbell’s.\Tiny Tim, Mrs. A, Sims’s Nellie, W. Robertson's Gyp, Mrs. Holdbrook’s Beauty. George Sanderson’s Fan, Mrs. John ‘Tilton’s Charlie, Mrs. Mathews Tiny, Mrs. Alexander MeNeill’s Feadh, Miss Ethel White's Jack, 68, Dandie Dinmonts and Bedlington Terriers.—Fred Kirby’s Sting, J. F.Scholes’s Dart, Jerry and Dan, 69, Trish Terriers.—Dr. J. S. Niven’s Norah and Joe, Jr. 70, Yorkshire Terriers,—J, F. Sehriver’s Lassie, B. Holdhroolc's Prince and Charley. _ 71. Pugs.—Mrs, F. Blackie’s Skylark, Dina and ee Mrs. E. Lees’s Bluebelle, (—), ( ) and Zulu T,, Mrs. F. Blackie’s ( -), (——) and (-—). J. W. Stage’s Pug, Lady Tilley’s Sancho and Topsy, Dan O’Shea’s Judy. 72. Black and Tan Terriers. 5lbs, and over.—Miss ©, 2. Carden’s Bijou, Henri Roy’s Spring, E. Leyer's Vortigern, Mrs. BE. Lever’s Reveller. Gaorge Jordan’s Baby and Vlye, James T. Heasley’s Teaver, Ed. Monette’s Rosey, Mrs. EB. 5. Skead's Nellie, John #. Scholes’s Topsy, Miss Piddington's Gipsy. 93. Toy Terriers (rough or smooth-coated). under flbs.—Mrs. ft. C. W. MeCuaiz's Dot, J. F. Scholes's Topsy, Miss Eva Y. Allan's Mite TI, g 7, Foreign Bred Dogs.—T. Cuddie’s Tom, Mrs. W. 0. MacKay's Luln, Mrs Wm. Roger's Fred. 75, Miseeilaneous Cluss.—Alonza Wrights Bruge, J. FP. Schotes’s Toby and Hornet If.. Mrs. J. W. Harper's Vic, Miss K. McDonald's Frank, J. H. Stewart's Zulu, Fred Magee’s Bruno, PRIZE LIST. ENGLISH SETTERS. -CHamupron—Dogs! ist, H. B. Harrison (Diek Laverack). Bitches: ist, H. B. Harrison (Relle’s Pride),—Excepr Purm Laysrack—Dogs; 1st, H. B. Harrison (London); 2d, A. G. Chis- holm (Prince Royal), Com,,J, Leslie (Shot), é. G. Coursolle (Grip). Bitches: 1st, W. Dangerfield, Jr, (Nellie May); 2d, H. BL Harrison (Grace B.). Very high com., H. B. Harrison (Countess Vic), High com,, J. G, Davey (Glenfalass and Leddersdale), Com., Wm. Hudson (Nell)—Pure Lavenacks—Doys: ist, T. G. Davey (Lava Rock). Bitches: ist, WP. Price (Pet Layerack)—_ Ber wren 12 anp 15 Mowtis. —Bitehes: 1st, Porest Kennel] Ciab (Forest Dora), 2d, Forest Keunel Club (Forest Lill), Very high eom., H.B. Harrison (Countess Vic). High com., D. O'Shea (Lilly)—Pceriss—Doys: ist, H, B, Harrison (Atbion); 2d, T, G. Davey (Pride of Dominion), Very high com,, R, W, Boyle (Dashing Storm), Com., Wm. Hudson (Trim), Bilelies: ist, MW, B, Harrison (Grace B,); 2d, H. B. Harrison (Genevieve). Very high com., H. 6. Harrison (Lulu), High com., H. B, Harrison (Mede) 1. G. Davey (Nellie), Com., A. A. Francis (Genesee Belle), _ TRISH SEITERS.—CHampion—Dogs: Ist, W. Jarvis GYimrod), Bitohes: 1st, W. Jarvis (Noreen)—OPeN CLAss—Dogs; Ist, G. W. Leavitt, Jr. (Eleho VII,); 2d, W. N. Callender (Rexford). Very high vou, Miss Grange (Kerry); Wm. Callender (Kit Carson): Joseph Hayes (Suil-a-Mor), High com., J. Ryan (Wild), itches: 1st, W. Jarvis (Mee): 2d, J. Ryan (trish Moss). Puppies: ist, W. Jarvis (Fawn); 20, W. Vallender. Digh com., J, A. Simpson (Rex, Rufus, Nora, Creina, Hileen). GORDON SETTERS.—CHAmeron—Dogs! Ist, Dr. J... Niven (Argus). —Opin Cnass—Dogs -Ist, J. Lorne Campbell (Jack); 2d, J. FP. Scholes (Major). Bitches! 1st, R. Blackwood (Plattery); 2d, Tmsley & Dom- ville (Brant). Puppies: ist, J. Lorne Campbell (Diana), POTNTERS —CHampion— Dogs: 1st, G. L. Williams (Knicker- bocker). Bitches: ist, J. & A, Sharp (Cramorne).—Oren Cuass.— Qver 551bs.— Bitches; Ast withheld; 2d, J. V, De Boucherville (Nél- lie), Under 35lbs.— Dogs; 1st,— Draper (Don); 2d, John Hall (Banger). Bitches! 1st withheld; 2d, W. Fest (Spy) Puppies: Ist, Hillside Kennel ( Bramble). a TRISH WATER SPANIDLS,—CHampron—Dogs; Ist, J. D. Oleort (Mike), Opry CLass—ist, T. Murphy (Juno); 2d, H. B. Harrison (Mollie Lever). F (LUMBER SPANIBLS.—ist, L. Russell (Ben); 2d, Mrs. H. D. Veith Joan). FIELD SPANIELS.—Anv Conor, pxcepr CLUMBERS AND Biack.—ist, Marshall & Luckwell (Bob, Jr.); 2d. W. C. Bessey (Spot), CHAMPION, Any GoLoR, 25nB5., oR OVER—Ist, Col, Stuart Taylor (Benedict) Buack—Dogs- ist, Geo, MacBeth (Doctor); 2d, Hornell Spaniel Club (Hornell Bonanza), Bitches: No entries. Puppies: ist, Marshall & Luckwell (Woodstock Queen), COCKER SPANIBLS.—CHAmrion, ANY COLOR, UNDER 28L88—Isf, Dr, J. 5. Niven (Black Bess), Opry CiAss, BuAck—Dogs: Ist. Hor- nell Spaniel Club Wave Dandy;; 2d, Tinsley & Domyile (Raven), Bitches: 1st, Dy. J. 8, Niven (Lass o' Breda). Oven pHAN BuAck— Dogs: 1st, Donton cera npen (Prank); 2d, A, Wright (Rex). Pitches: 1st. Hornell Spaniel Club (Hornell Buby): 2d, GW. Schofield (Luna). Puppies: ist, Hornell Spaniel Club (Hornell Ruby). COLLIBS.—Csamrion—ist, J, Lindsay (Rex).—Ormn Crass—Dugs: ist, F. W, Rothera (Lorne); 2d, Miss Tolger (Vixen). Bilches> J Lindsay (flossie): 2d, 0. G, Harston (Nel), Pieppiess dst, &. W. Rothera (Lorne), 4 BULLDOGS.—1st, R. & W.. Livingston ('Thunderer); $0, Hiliside Kennel (Moses), F ; TERRIERS.—Srvo—lst, J. A, Ogflyy (Ugie); 2d, G, Sanderson ~ ~; Aprit 5, 1883.] FOREST AND STREAM. \an), Danby Drymow'p AND BepuryeToN—tist and 2a. J, BY Seholes (Dartand Jerry). Trrsa—br, J. 8, Niven (Norah and Joe dr). Yorr- saIRE—Ist and 2d, GB. Holdbrook (Prince and Charley). Butn—ist, Withheld; 2d, Martin Battle (Spot). Soores—ist, Mrs, Skead (Pep- er); #4, D. O'Shea (Major), Brack ayp Tan—ist, J. C, Heasley Teaser); 2d, J. F. Scholes (Topsy). Tov—ist, J. F. Scholes (Topsy); 2d, Mrs, MeCuaig (Dot). PUGS, —1st, D. O'Shea (Judy); 2d, Mrs, B, Lee (Zul). FOREIGN BRED DOGS.—ist, W_ Roger (Pomeranian, Fred); 8d, T, Cnddie (Pomeranian, om), fgets iat eae J, F. Scholes |Horaet); 2d, same owner | Toby). TORHOUNDS, —ist, D, O'Shea (Forester U,); 2d, J, Kidgon (Bugle), HARRIERS.—ist, D. O'Shea (Gypsey); 2d. W. H, Holi (Ranter), BEAGLES.—Iist, D. O'Shea (Music 11); 2d. D, O'Shea (Rattler). Pap- pies: Ist, P, H. Cox (Wrestler) DEERHOUNDS,.—ist, Hillside Kennel (Lance). GREY HOUNDS.—Crampion—isf{, BE, HE, Dawson (Spring). Oper Class: Ist, 2. Crean (Ply); 2d, PW. Bowen (Keno). FPOX-THRRIERS.—Caameron—Doys: dst, L, & W. Rutherfurd (Ghampion Royal). Bituhes: Ist, L. & W, Ruotherfurd (Tussle).—Oren OLAss—Doyse L. & W. Rutherfurd (Nailer); 2d, J. S. Gable (Silver), Aipehes> Ist, Ti& W. Rutherfurd (Diana); 2d, Lb. & W. Rutherfurd (Viola), Puppies: ist, L, & W. Rutherford (Warren Wakeful), arte FS§.—1st, G, B, Lewis (Jumbo); 2d, Cameron & Campbell (Oscar), a ST. BERNARDS.—Ist, divided, F. W. Rothera (Priam and Lady Abbess); 2d, divided, Mi-s Hannaban (Noble) and A. Wright (Bruno). a ESOS DLANDS.—ist, A. M. P. Gianelli (Pedro); 24, W- Hewlett ( Roland), THE PITTSBURGH BENCH SHOW. [Special Dispatch to Forest and Siream,] PirtseurGH, April 3. HE show isa suceess. Quality ofdogs, first-class, Build- ing well adapted for purpose. Mr, Kirk telegraphed that he was sick snd could not come, Mr. James Mortimer, New York, will fill his place. Pollowing are the awards; Class 1.—Absent. Class 2,—1st, Petrel IT. Class 3.—1st, Plantagenet. Class 4.—1st, Spark. Class 5.—Ist, Goodsell’s Prince, 2d, Royal Sultan. 3d, Royal Ranger, 4th, Spot. Whe., Pairy Prince and Don Juan. He , Wood's Don. G., Tom and Palmetto, Class 6,—Ist, Dido Il, 2d, Lass o’ Gowrie. 3d, Petrel I. 4th, airy Il. Vhe., Queen Petrel, Crook, Daisy Queen and Pearl. He, Gertrude, Kelpie and Trinket. C., Daisy, Ploy and Luna May. : Class 7,—Ist, Count, Jr. 2d, Napoleon. Vhe., Royal Blue, Jr. He., Pairfax, C., Samuel Moore’s two puppies. Class $.—Ist, Queen Petrel. 2d, Vixen LIT, Vhe., Patry I, owned by Mr, Goodsell, She is eight months old, by Prince out of Wainy If. He., Lady Thunder. C., Sallie BH. - Class {!,—Ist, Berkley. Class 10.—No entries. Glass 11.—1st, Biz. Class 12.—1st, Flora. Class 15.—1st, Glencho, lammey. Class 14.—1st, Lady Clare. 2d, Juno, Mass 15.—1st, Grab. 2d, Claw. Class 16.—No entries. Class 17 and Class 18,—Prizes withheld, This closes the judging to-day. 2d, Pred. Whe, Raleigh, C., Kil- C., Nora II, PirTsBuRGH, April 4. The attendance yesterday was the best that the Society has ever known on the first day. The Bench Show Derby brought out a grand lot of youngsters and was a decided success. There were forty-one nominations. Wight of them faced the judge, who thought well enough of them tg give each a rib- bon, First prize went to Count, Jr.; second to Fairy II1., and third to Lady Thunder; ylhe, Novelty; he, Portia: ¢, Sallie H., Fairfax and Premier. PirrssurGcs, April 4.—P. M, Class 19.—ist, King Bow. Class 20.—ist, Lady Romp. Class 21.—lst, Brayo. 2d, Perth. He., Shot. C., Christmas Bill. Class 22.—1st, Countess Bang. 2d, Lill, Vhe., Luck and Chess, He., Cremorne, C., Dolly. Class 23.—lst, Reue. 2d, Young Sleaford. Vhe., Primrose. He,, Rex. C., Belle of Cleyelanud and Daisy. Olass 24.—1st, Mike. Class 2.—1st, Poilywog. Class 3,—Ist, Benedict. Class 27.—1st, Hornell Bonanza, Class 29.—1st, Hornell Dandy. Class 62.—Ist, Keyser. 2d, Rever. Class o4.—Ist, Bush. 2d, Boxer Il. He,, Major Class 35.—lst, Major. Second, Countess. Class 56.—1st, Lill TI, (transferred from Class Tug. He. Ringwood Il. C., Musie. Class 57.—Ist, Waldman, 2d, Wally. Class 38.—1st, Royal. Class 3¥.—1st, Tussle, Class 40,.—1st, Joker, 24, Lancelot. Glass 41.—1st, Diama, 2d, Viola. Class 42.—Ist, Warren Wakeful. Class 45.—Ist. Countess Pleat TT, 2d, Writs. Class 44.—Ist, Neyison, Pd, Turk, Vhe,, Liny, He. Duke. C., Hector. Class45,—Ist, Creole. ?d, Cleopatra. Vhe., Boatlicea, We., Dinah IT, and Jess. Glass 4§.—1st, Bonivard. LIST OF ENTRIBS. 1, Extra Champion English Setter Dogs.—A. H, Moore’s Thunder, 2 Dxtra Champion English Setter Bitches.—Jas. MH. Goodsell's Petral ly, and Fairy I. 3, Ghampion English Setter Dogs,—Jas. H, Goousell’s Plantagenet, D: Mek. Lioyd’s Mack Layerack, C. Pred Crawford's Foreman. 4, Qhawpion Biglish Setter Bitches.—D, 0. Sanborn's Spark. 1, 34). Whe, Vhe,, Nailer, Vhe,, Mona, 5, ‘nglish Setter Dogs.—W. Rorah’s Dr, Tanner, Geo. R.Watlcing’s Tom and Captain Dorsett, Thos, F. Ryan's Blue Border, Howard Hartley's Royal Ranger, Pittsburgh Kennel Club's Spot and Yankee Dan, D, Cu Sinborn's Count Noble, Chal. L. Dick’s Bang, Philip Wol- fenden’s Sank, Capt. J. W. Foster's Palmeito, A. § Bishoy’s Fairy Prince, Capt. Wid! Beringer’s Monte Christa, J. Palmer O'Neil's Acme, C.G Wood's Don, Samuel Moore's Dash, W. H. Marshall's Naie, C. M. Munhall’s Sam Tilden, David D. Hyans's Tony, George W. Moore's Pedro, Detroit Kennel ( lub's Royal Sultan, R- fi, Bradley's Major, L. G, Hanna's Don, Thos. Fayeett's Rock TL, James Tl. Good- sells Prmee, Don Juan, Duke of Beaufort and Racket. b, English Setter Bitehes.—James H. Gootlsell's Petrol IT, and een Perel, Geo, R. Watkins's Crook, H. Martle'y’s Daisy Queen and aily, Gorge W. Evans's Clara Dale. Pittsburgh Kennel Club's Ger- tude, Db C Sauborn’s Dashing Romp, Magnet und Rose, A, 8, ———— Bishop's Pearl, Jacob King’s Daisy, Samuel Moore's Rose, (. M, Mun- hall's Ploy, Howard Hartley's Ruby aud Miss, Geo. W. Moare's Juno, Detroit Kennel Club's Kelpie, Wm, B. Gates's Carrie J., A. H, Moore’s Lass o’ Gowrie, Luna May and Lady Laverack, Win. zB. Wells's Dido q., C. Fred. Crawford’s Trinket, B.A. Wood's Lassie Jane, 7. Kneglish Setter Dog eee: uider 18 months,—Hugh Hill's Count T., H, Hartley’s Duo, G. W. Evans’s Jumbo and Set, Pittsburgh Kennel Qinb's Napoleau and Count, Jr, .J, Kime’s Dick Bee, Brauger & Fulton's Pritz Jay, James G. Dllis’s May Dawn, Wm, MeConway’s Royal Blue, Samuel Moore’s Bismarck and two puppies, James H- Goodsell’s Fairfax, Premier and Roanoke. §. Hnelish Setter Bitch Puppies. under 15 months, James H, Good- sell’s Fairy T1., Winome and Portia, H. Hartley's Sallie I, Geo, W, Evans's Aldahella and Clad, D. UC. Sanborn’s Novelty, J. Kime's Flora Bee and Lady Thunder, Philip Wolfenden's Vixen 117, and Nettle. J. TH. Goodsell’s Queen Petrel, 9, Extra Champion Irish Setier Dogs,—A. H. Moore’s Berkeley. 1). Extra Champion Irish Setter Bitches —No entries. 11. Champion lish Setter Dogs.—Joln S. McIntash’s Biz. ig, Champion Trish Setter Bifches.—John §, MeIntosh's Plora. 13. Irish Setter Dogs,—J. H. Goodsell’s Killarney, Thomas M. May- shall’s Fred, W. W. Miller’s Colonel, William Fritsche’s Oscar Wilde, a ate Red Grouse. A, H. Moore's Raleigh, Wm. li, Pierce's lencho, 14. Iris Setter Bitches.—W. H, Pierce’s Jumo, Geo. Pogte’s Red Belle, Jacob Needy's Jane Needy, John S. McIntosh’s Lady Ciare, Prank esiage Nora I., John F. Budke’s Aura, Jas, H, Goodsell’s Reddie and Guarda, 15, Irish Setter Puppies. under 12 months,—James H. Trezeyunt’s Grab and Claw, Samuel Morgan’s Frank and Belle, James H. Good- sell’s RuMe, Ruth ind Romance, 16. Champion Gordon Setters.—No entries. 1%. Gordon Setter Dogs or Bitches.—J, O°H, Denny's Duke, H. Cas- sard's Nothinah, Isaac T, Norris’s Argyle, T, H. Hartfield’s Othello, William N, Numsen's Kent, Cutler Wergnson’s Harry, H. Maleolm’s Maleolm, True sud Dream 1Y., Chas. H. Potter's Rupert Uf. and Lady Flo, R. W. Wehrie's Brier. 18. Gordon Setter Puppies, under 12months.—D. H, Stoner's Frank 1%. Champion Pointer Dogs. —R. T, Vandevort's Don, Johu Faw- Cottle. ake, Detroit Kennel Club's King Bow, A. H. Moore's Donald and Le (iuy. 20. Champion Pointer Bitches.—A. H, Moore’s Lady Romp, 21. Vointer Dogs.—J, O'H. Denny’s Chub, R. T. Vandevort's Christmas Bill, Thomas Glannon’s Roy, H. M. Brackenridge’s Buster, Geo. Norbury Appold’s Bravo, A, H. Moore’s @uess, Chas. H. Mason's Perth and Shot. 22, Pointer Bitches.—R. T. Vandeyort's Luck, John M, Joblnson’s Brownie, John Fawcett’s Nell IL, Joseph Grasser’s Dolly, Detroit Kennel Club's Chess, Geo. Norbury-Appold’s Lill I, A. H. Moore’s Countess peat J.C. & A. R. Sharp’s Cremorne, 23, Pointer Puppies, under 12 months.—R, T. Vandevort’s Prim- rose, Geo. A. Givens’s Rex and Rene, Chal. L. Dick’s Young Sleaford, OQ. M. Munhall’s Troubadour, Senater and Clifford, John Fawcett's Duke, L, G, Hanna's Belle of Cleveland, Joseph Lewis's Daisy, 24, Champion ttish Water Spaniels.—John D, Olcott's Mike, a Trish Water Spaniels (open class.) —William H, Coleord’s Polly fog. ae Champion Field Spaniels (any color), over 28lbs,—Col. Stuart Taylor's Benedict, 27. Black Field Spaniels, over 2¢lbs.—Hornell Spaniel Cluh’s Hor- nell Bonanza, 28, Champion Cocker Spaniels (any color), under 28lbs.—No entries, 29, Black Spaniels (small size), Dogs or Bitches, under 28ibs.—Hor- nell Spaniel Club’s Hornell Dandy, J. S. Niyen’s Bene, 30. Cocker Spaniels, other than Black, Dogs or Bitehes.—Charlas Klocke’s Rosie K., Hornell Spaniel Club’s Hornell Ruby, J. G. & A, R. Sharp’s Tomboy and,Princess Olga. 81. Spaniel Puppies, under 12 months,—Oarl Klocke's Sport, Jv., Hornell Spaniel Club's Hornell Ruby. 82. Foxhounds.—H,. Randel’s Keyser, Henry Ward's Lewis's Rover. i 38. Foxhounds:—No entries, 84. English Beagles.—Fulton Kennel Club’s Boxer II. and Lill LT W. ff, & P. Ashburner's Bush, Mrs. Alice N. Taylor's Major T., Thos. H. Terry's Netlie and Dennis. F 35, Bench-legged Beagles or Basset Hounds.-F.B. Seitner's Count- BSS, Hebinger Dorsey's Major. ; 3. Beagle Puppies, Dog or Bitch, under 12 months,—John W. Shus- ter’s Tug, Wm. Thomas’s Ringwood II. and Music, Fulton Kennel Club's Clipper, \ 37, Dachshunds.—Louis Gerber's Waliiman and Wally. 38. Champion Fox-Terrier Dops.—L, & W. Rutherfurd's Royal. 89, Champion Fox-Terrier Bitches.—L. & W. Rutherfura’s Tussle. 40. Fox-Terrier_ Dogs.—B. F, Lewis's Spot, Jr,, L.& W. Ruther- furd’s Joker and Nailer, Thomas H. Terry*s Lancelot. 41. Fox-Terriex Bitches,--Edward Lever’s Nellie, L, & W. Ruther- pes Diane and Viola C. A. eae eras. 2. Fox-Terrier 1 Ppptes, under 12 months,—George B, Bywwart’s Sparkle, John E, GilPs Royal Music, W. A. Kilgore's Kector: Wy, Hutnerfurd’s Warren Wakeful. : vs 4 ict iearclke 43. Greyhounds.—A, TD. Neeld's Fritz, C. 8. Holmes’s Dan, Charles C, Griffin’s Countess Fleet 11, x ees 44, Mastiff Dogs.—William TH. Lee’s Turk, W. Waide’s Tiny, Wh). Grahanv’s Nevison, Clare Ormsby’s Hettor, C, P. Miles's Bob, U, B. Shaw's Duke and Sir Anthony. 45, Mastiff Bitches.—W. Wade's Dinah I1., J. w, Alsop's Cleo- atra and Boadicea, E. P, Hodges’s Venus William Grahani’s Dolly Varden, William McConway’s Jess. Chas, H, Mason's Creole, 46, St. Bernards (Rough Coated).—S. W. Smith's Bonivard, 47. ae Ee Ree ae 2 entries, 48. Newfoundlands.—T. BE. MeCrea’s Leo, R. A. Clark’s Tom and Jerry, Daniel Kroll’s Leo, C. W. Van Hssen’s Major, Miss Ida Harr's Lindo, Ghas. H, Mason’s Mayor of Bingley, F. B. Minick’s Lex, F. A. yee Duke, Jessie F. Detchon’s Matt, W. 0. Meyer’s Lion and Nellie. 7 49, Champion Collies.—John W. Burgess’s Flora, James Lindsay’. Rex and iAspesitte Laddie. L Sonne _ 50. Collie Dogs.—G. W. Evans’s Trump, William Thomas's Tless. CG. Fleming’s Lad o) Kyle, John W. Burgess’s Guido and Sandy, Sam. 'T, Mercier's Talisman, Thomas H. Terry's Robin Adair, 51. Collie Bitches.—G. W. Hyans’s Rose and Nellie, John W, Bin- gess’s Jean and Flyaway, James Lindsay's Mlossie, C. Pleming, Jr's Minnie, Samuel 'T. Mercier's Ilona, Thomas H. Terry's Princess. 52. Collie Puppies. under 12 months.—G@. W. Evans's. Rose, C. Pleming’s Sir Tweed, Lassie Jane, Boss Tweed and Lad o' Dundes, John W. Burgess’s Donald and Nan, James Lindsay's Kilty Mack Fly and one litter of puppies. : 53. Bulldogs.—8, M. Fulton’s Sir Archer, G, W_ Evans's Jack, H, R. O°Connor’s Jack S8,. George Raper’s Romulus, R. & W. Livingston's Thunderer, James Mortimer’s Blister. 64. Bull-Terriers,—S. M. Fulton’s Youug Vick, Patrick Kirley’s Jack, William Graham’s Scarlet I, Ener Herman’s Spot, E. B. Bennett's Maud Bennett, James Mortimer’s Spring, Geo, W. Moore's White Silk, King, Joseph Col. Stuart Taylor's Young Bill, 55, Scotch or Hard-Haired Terriers,—). O'Deuny’s Budge and Tod- die, Wm. Graham's Garryowen, John H. Naylor's Tom Glen, aud Bonnie Belle, Fred Kirhy’s Sting, L. E. Meyers’s Daisy, Rohert Hume's Kelpie. se Champion Skye-Terriers.—-Gilbert Rafferty’s Mack, 57, Sixye Terriers, (open class)—Miss Jane M, Fulton's Writz, Mrs. James Watson’s Tit, Mrs. Henry Kistemann’s Pepper, Danis! Dellon’s Jack, li. G, Hanna's Judge, James O'Connor's Stump, 58. Yorkshire erriers.—Stewart Johnson's Rubens, Mrs, Kistemin’s Hero and Leo, 69, Chatopion Pugs.—Jessie F,-Detehon’s Roderick, Mrs. Edwin A. Pue’s George, 69, Pugs.—Miss Myra P. Murdock's Frisk, 1. R, O°Connor’s Brunie und Lueie, F. Bluckie’s Die IL, Luna Tl, Countess and Joa, B, Lee's Topsy (black fawn), pops yisilver fawn) and Julia IL, J, D. Seully’s Young Jumbo, Chas. H. Mason’s Sambo, Mrs, A. C. Milliken’s Diana, Miss Jennie Martin’s Vixen, Wm, R. Knight's Effie, Chas. H, Mason's Nina. 61, Bla¢k and Tan Terriers, 5 Ibs. or over.—Mrs. M. Bittner’s Dick, Chas. 8. Wull’s Flash, Edward Lever's Reyeller, Mrs. Henry aires Spring ‘Tide, Philip Demmel's Daisy, Edward Leyer's ortigern. 42. Toy Terriers (any breed), dlbs, or under.—, R. O'Connor's Pedro, Mrs. Henry Kistemann’s Mora, Mrs. H. B. Ifeilusimn’'s Pip. Miss §. MeKnight’s Zeph. : 68, ae kee Set uae a oie G4. Ttalian Greyhounds.—Miss Hdith Bellington’s Beauty. Chas. A. Masou's Verona, Mrs. M, G. McConnell's Man dla, i 65,—Black Russian, Poodles, large size, over 251bs.—Miss IT. Rob- erts's Moriv, Gt.—Poodles, sniall size, under 25]/bs,—Mrs, M, Bittner’s Tip, Permy, Queen, Jiu, Wiirt aud Bess, Miss Clara, Dutiy's Snider. ‘ 67. Miscelancous Class.—E. P. Hodges’s Captain, G. J. Flukers Carlo, W. D. Holmes’s Nero aod Bisa, Henry SPECIAL PRIZE List. A, The Bench Show Derby Stakes or (he Best English Setter Puppy, Dog or Bitch whelped on or after January 1, 1882.—Hugh Hill's Count Y., G. A, Stark's Faultlessand May Queen, Howard Hartley's Dua, Robert H,, Sallie H., Thomas H, and Belle H., J. R. Henvick's Coun- tess Gladstone, C. A, Stone's Forest Dora and Turest Hill, H, Baile Harrison’s Countess Vick, Grave B., Cayuga and Laughter, James G, 195 Ellis’s May Dawn. Walter B. Peet's Led, D, C. Sanborn'’s Doc Van Horn and Novelty, Joseph Kime’s Lady Thunder, Daisy Thunder, Minnie Bee, Lucy Bee, Plors, Bee, Paris Bee and Dick Bee, Pittsburgh Kennel Club’s Connt Jr, Redinger & PFultoms Writz J. Edward b, Mills's Blue Bell and Dashing Warwick. J. H, Goodsell’s Fairy I,. Princess Fairy, Fairy Lass, Hatrlax, Sonata. Porlia, Premier, Morn- ing, Rognoke, Pridence and Winsome, THE GORDON STANDARD, Editor Forest and Stream: Isnot Mr, Sain] G. Dixon a little lost? Between the “Stone- henge,” the Pittsburgh Club, the contemplated Philadelphia Kennel Chib, and the “Joli Smith” standards, he appears somewhat bewildered, I trust Dr, Niven can help him out of his difficulty, but if he fails, [ should advise him, out of this multitude of counsel, to select one of the stundurds and tie up to it. Bye the bye, didu’t My. Dixon publish something thet he called a standard (I suppose the printer played hayoe with its sense) some little time avo? Will Philadelphia use this? Tso, most certainly confusion will follow. Mr, Dixon dont know, and evidently has never used, the fifty-five pound Gordon, Until he has, ind has tri¢d them in the field, I should hesitate to be Pilot-ed by him. GERMANTOWN, MAJORS PEDIGREE.—New York March 30, 1883.—Hditor Forest and Stream: In veply to Mr, Wm. Wade's letter of the 23d inst, in regurd to Major's pedigree, [must say that I bought Major and his dain from a Mr. 'T, W. Barker, of Chi- cago, Il,, whom at that time I firmly believed by his speach and actions to be a perfect gentleman. He stated ab the time that he was going abroad and wished to dispose of Major and hisdam. Her name at that time was Dina, but I changed it to Lady Ringwood, asshe resembled my old mastiff bitch, Lady Ringwood, which I exhibited at the first dog show in America, at Barnum’s Museum, wider the management of Francis Butler, Mr, Barker stated to me that when he bought the dam of Major, now called Lady Ringwood, she was in whelp by a dog called Gurth. I knew of no other mastif? dog by that name but Gurth that I purchased from Charles C, Goddard, of Zanesville, O., and 1 afterward sold him toa Mr. Stnart Taylor, Now that! hear that Gurth is not the sire of Major, | am much pleased to state that I value hin twice as much as 1 did before. I shall enter Major in the next New York dog show in May next, in the open Class, pedigree unknown, He is fit to hold his own against any doy in America, The assertion about Gurth’s stud incapacity is un- founded, for I myself have bred him successfully.—D. F. Fos- TER, OLEVELAND BENCH SHOW.—it is rumored that Cleve- land will hold a bench show in June. KENNEL. MANAGEMENT. (P- No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. Cot. R,, Danville, Ky.—Mr. N. Elmove’s address in Granby, Conn, H. D. C., Midland Park, N. J.—Feed light for a tew days and give him a littlé lime water after each meal, J. B., Colfax, Iowa.—Your dog probably has bronebitis. Try iodide of potassiunis three. 4imes daily in three-grain doses, and write us in two wl cs, Lick. again in favo weeks Padha ity. Suescriser, Poughkeepsie, ryection ¥hat is the proper food for a setter pup eight months old? J have ue... Foweg, him on mush and milk, but he does not seem to thrive very Wel" Ye hag plenty of exercise, being allowed the freedom of a ott; 224. Arise Anis; Change his diet occasionally, Give oatmeal wth J2SPechON cer _ eooked vegetables. A sheep’s head, boiled until they Occurs in the piéces, is yery good to mix with the mush. Sekine die ara Rifle and Crap Shooting | ines To insure prompt attention, communications should be a dressed tothe Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuuls, in whose absence from the office matters af im- portance are liable to delay, “NON-CLEANING" RIFLE MATCH. THE LUBRICANT Editor Forest and Stream: I desire to supplement my paperon “Nom-ecleauine Rittu Matches,’ ! published in the issue of March 1, witha fey additional reHectious as to the best form of lubricant wad, Experience has taught that in the “cleaning’’ mateh the best re sults hayé been attained hy seating the ball directly upon the pow- der, or at least with a wad so thin and flexible as to bu equivalent to that condition. Care is at the same time taken that by means of a two or three-feet loading tube the powder is poured in with the same uniform stv'eam, so thal it has the same uniform compactuess in each shell. This latter condition is of essential importance, otherwise the powder will burn with variable quickness, from the fact of there he- ing differing spaces between cach gram. The tension of the gas will vary according to the varying quantity of “an-space’’ between the separate grains, It is well settled fbah the greater thig “air space” the less will he the chamber pressure, and the less velocity will be given the ball for equal charges of powder, caliber aud length of bore. Sothatthatguality of the powder, causing it to burn duick or slow, depends not only upon the size of the individual grains, but also upon their shape or facility for packing, and at the same time having sufficient space between the grainsfor the passage of the gas in igniling other grains, Ihave known some eoarse grade of powder that would pack closer aud weigh more to the measure than a finer vain of the same grade and same specific gravity, on account of diffevence in the shape of grain, JT have also known a much coarser grain of powder givé a higher velocity with increased yecoil than a finér grain of the same weight and apparently from the same cake and of the same shecifle grayity, the former grouping its balls din. higher on the target at 200yds. than the latter, We have yet a good deal to learn as to the effect of the blow given on the first ignition of the powder, on that portion next to the ball; as to how much the separate grains are crushed by this blow, the evidsnees of which is seen in the distinct impression of each separate grain on the base of ball when fired withont.a wad, With some pow- der this crushing amounts to “eaking,” which materially affects the ignition, and consequently the muzzle-yelocity, In the non-cleaning matehes, however, itis nob feasible to seat the ball directly upon the powder, but there mst be interposed betwean the powder and ball a lubricant wad of some kind, that on the first blow from the ignition is crushed ont and pressed against the bore, coating it with an oily substance. which is inmediately afterward covered by the fouling of the charge. The next suceeeding ball driven out, has an oily or lubricated surface, under the fouling, to slide over, Tt is evident. in this regard, that in the non-cleaning match the hest results will be attained the nearer we can approgch the condi- tions giving the best results in the cleanmg match; that is, the thinner the lubricant wail the better, so that the necessary lubrica- tiou is Obtained. The thicker this lubricant wad, the greater the chanves, from want of homogenity in the material, of thers beng yariableness in the “air-space.” Ihave several times endeavored to eh fair shooting al the target with cork wads for filling up space in the shell, bub never once sueceeded. This is attributed partly to dif Terence in the harduess of the cork, causing dilferiag an-spaces. aud partly tO hard places in the cork causing the ball to be sirucka arder hlow on one side of base, affecting the “centering” as it passed through the bore. On the supposition that there is a pressure of 3U,0001bs, per square inch in the cliamber (about the pressure caused hy F, G. powders), the pressure on the base of a 45-caliber ball is 4,7711bs,, and of a, 40- ealiber, 3,770lbs, Itcan readily be imagined that under this great Tessie the cork wad would be reduceil to a very thin disk, and that ard places would tell in their effect. Tn the ease of the ordinary grease wail (Weeswax aud Oil, or tallo\y), 3-1tin, thick, it is probable some of the crease is “squeezed” back tito the powder, injuring, if not destroying, the strength of powder affected, So that il can be s¢eli at a glauee why the thin felt or jute greased WAD. 196 wad introduced by the British ammunition makers, is so much superior to the old beeswax and tillow wad, as it has been found equally as effective as a lubricant, at the same time oecupying about one-third the space in the shell (8-2in, against 9-82in.), Ibis clear, from what, has been said, that the thinner and harter the lubricunt wad, the bet- ter, provided there is anfficient, lubrication, From my own experience in hunting T have found, frequently firing eight or ten consecutive shots, without either cleaning or blowing throngh the barrel, that one Bley wad was sufflvient, «sin uo instance, after two yes’ nse, has there been discovered indica- tions of leadine, Col. Bodine recommends two felt grease wads for the coming tnilitary match. JT think one of these wads of the proper model will vive better vesnits. This, however, is coupled with the condition that the base of the ball shall be Aat instead of the cup iu the usu- Ally modeled S550gr. ball, The ball can be patched just as well, and yet without the usual ‘pig tail’ in the base of ball,\which of course would be destructive of all accuracy with the flat-base. With a pres- sure of more than two tons on the base of bull, itis clear that the greased jute or felt wad would be pressed into thé cup af jbase, and its Cirevinference would not be pressed against the bore, sufficiently for a proper lubrication. There does notappearto bea. good reason why the follower of the ball swage should not be flat-ended instead of the usually round-ended form, As intimated m » former paper, there should be increased hardness for the best ball for long-vange shooting; at least one-tenth tin, Be- tween the end of shell and commencement cf grooving there is a small space in which the ball is unsupported on the first blow from the iguition of the powder, This blow is usually sufficient to “upset” the hall before it leaves the shell. The probability ig that the un- supported partis “bulced*’ or swelled, so that in passing into the grooves it has to be *swaged’ back to original sie, which micht force the ball out of tts original shape or canse stripping of patching, either of which might cause irregularity in its flight. Hence the necessity Of having the ball up to its full hardness, and 7 am glad to sae Col. Bodine is fully alive to its importance, He is certainly right on another point: the unsuitableness of the Ff. G, powders forthe military non-cleaning match. If the Ameri- ¢an team wins in that mateh it must he with some more suitable powder than has heretofore been used in the cleaning matches, These powders cannot be surpassed for the latter elass of matches; but where the latter condition does not exist, they are tar inferior ta the better class of English powders, The last great improvement made in the breech-loading shotgun, is the introduction of the Kynoch thin brass shell, “doing away” with the usual shoulder in the hore at the end of the shell, thereby increasing the regularity of the pattern and the penetration. The great improvement yet to be made in the American breech-loading rifle is a similar improvement in its bore; the “doing away” with the shoulder. tinivyersally existing at the end of shell, rendering good scores almost impossible with the best class of ammunition (the atched ball). This defect alone was sufficient to have euused defeat nthe tast international mutch. 'The nearest to perfection to be attained in the breech-loading rifle, other things beings equal, is dependent upon how nearly that eondi- tion is attuinable, where the ball passes from the shell into the Frooving as smoothly as along other portions of the bore. I believe it can be very nearly accomplished and still get rid of all the practi- cal difficulties of fouling. ete. It will render necessary increased care in the manufacture of the shells, especially as to length and in case of reloading, as the brass is hammered and *'drawn”™ or lengthened slightly affer each discharge, the file may have to be used to that extent. Itisto be hoped that the approaching International Military Mateh will be contested with the rities, powder and ummunition of each nationality. In case of another defeat, the defects im each of these features will have been made manifest, and the incentive and pres- sure of public opinion will exist for thetr correction as soon us pos- sible. Herein lies the great value of these international matches to each other, the incentive to the improvement of the military arm. It takes the question out of the hands of the ordnance departments, who, by some, are suspected of being too conservative, working too long in the same groove. and plates the prize within reach of the en- terprising rifle makers Of each nation, for whoever produces the best model of rifle for these military contests will possess the best rifle for hunting purposes, wih) jjroper modification of the ato of the barrel and of the amiiunition. 2 Denver, Col. Mareh 22, 1883, RANGE AND GALLERY. WORCESTER, Muss., March 2).—The winter series of matches 4t Pine Grove Range, under the auspices of the Worcester Rifle Range. closed to-Jay, The wind, though light, was very variable. The following is to-day's score: Oreedmoor Match, BL LODSE sg) [sear ag Se elcdets sei ees eee 655 465 4 5 5 4 648 Stedmun Clark,.,..... --.---. 4°55 4 44 6 5 4 5—45 AsL Rite. 8. Sys fh 444 44 4 4 65 5-44 ) Arthur. . 6d4d44 6 4 6 4 4 449 A Willfamis...., 222.00 - 54445444 4 4 WoW Bamés. >. 2... ...-2=----=! 4444 543 45 5 4-42 Frank Wesson ......-.... - 4 444445 4 4 4-41 TTA DEVIN betes eee shi ldddailee clades 546 44 444 4 38-1 oe ae ee 8 6 9 6-4 JIN Morse, Jr. if 7 7 6 9 6-H a i oat es 999 7 6 9 6 H Fb 37 AL Rice, Oo 6 6 6 88 Pf fh 9 b-H4 ee Ret ee a 710 W 10 9-92 RICH. 2... Sledole ts (rekiiatan oholehs a ols ole ) 10 710 910 W 1¢ 92 vw Lethe ly Gene ener Den eee eR EB 551 § 9 410 8 9 8 8 6 8-78 he matches huve been awarded as follows: Creedmoor Match. dst, Stedman Clark ....,,,.--:.... --- 45 46 46 40 48—220— 5-244 2d, Jobn R Howell,,.-------, 2 43 43 4h—214.] gn p34 Bd) TAA TAYIO. yt .. 40 41 42 198—908-1-25—931 dth, AL Rice...... 44°44 4h 48—225-- f—230 oth. J N Morse, Jr. 44 dd du dit-—p85 5930 6th, Pe A Williams,.....- ..,-----.-,. 48 42 42 42 42-—-210+20—240 Decimal Match. af asechatl dee cige ist, Stedman Clark —-....).00-feee ye 7h 75 77 &) $8384 15— 2d, IN Morse, Jr... - eer 8 94 74 7—370115—s85 3d. CT) Fames,.,...-.-....-- 3 75 TWi—au8—-15—383 sth, AL Rice, : 875 7h—Sou ih 37d ath, CA Allen, V1 T2—851-) 15366 6th, MG Fuller.,.. 75 Th—8h+- (S64 mal Res ist. § Clurk ...--- i or 98 98—A7G Bd, .) H Howell,..80 82 45 $0—336 94, CA Allen, ,.28 84 92 98-850 4th, AL Rice, ...77 79 83 92-331 CAMDEN. NJ, March $1... The Primrose Social held the Jast shooting match of the season March 98, Each member was entitled to four shots, three trial shots al 4 ring target and one at a pieture target ate pin head, The shot nearest to pin took first prize, and so on. Great interest was manifested at this shooting, twenty-two members of the teams being present. The winners are os follows: C11, Stein. A. Wirth, PS, Howell, 1. Altman, GO, Bopia, Jr, PC. Smith, H. Blackwell, E, Austermiihl, L. 4. Stein, C. Wenz, F. Wool: sion, . GC, Weng, B, Jones, C. Bray, H. Plum, J. Hussong, A. Weber 8. Martin, P.C. Bott, W.Steim, Jr,, A) Meyers, JS. Jacohs. Average of such member of the Primrose Rifle Team for the season of 1483, pos- siblé average, 34: W, Stein, Ir , 804-7; 0. H. Stein, 40; L. EB. Stein, 28; 1. C. Wenz, 275-7: H, Plum, 25 &7: (, W. Wenz, 24 4-b; EH. Auster- moh, 2847: & Martin, 232-0; F. Woolston, 224-5; A. Webber. 22 4-7; V.S. Howell, 214-5; P. C. Smith, #1 1-7; J. Hussong. 21; OC. Preusch, 204.5; C. Bogia, Jr, 2014; W. Thompson, 19 4-4; J. Boseh, 19t4; A. Meyers, 102-7; P..C. Bott, 191-7; J. 8. Jacobs, 18 5:7; C. Bray, 144; H. Wirth, 18 1-7; A, Blackwell, 17 4-5; G. Seybold, 1514; B. Jones, 1444; W, Mahrion, 1224; J. Grossuuan, X. JAMESTOWN, N. V¥., Mareh 40.— At the 200yds. range to-day the contest for theclub medal resulted as follows: 10 rounds, off-hand, wind strong from 11 Welock tot o'clock, lively: Name. Rifle Cal, Powder, Ball, Score. R Peat::..:.. Kal 3B 50 ers, 255 pitehed AE O Lilly,..,...etev, 38 a8 ers, 180 grooved 42 H De Lisle... Bal, BS 5D gr, 255 pitched 41 W Ciokey...,. Win. 4 40 ers, 200 grooved 85 This was Mr. Gokey’s maiden effort in the use of the vifie, and with ouly three sighting shots, he certainly did well, NEWARK RIFLE ASSOCIATION.—The last tournament of the Newark Rifle Association will be shot on the Domesti¢ Range,, Mar- ket street, some time this month, date uot decided upon yet, The complere totals and standing of the clubs will be published in the Yorest anp irreaMattheendofthe match, | The season for indoor rifle practice is closing in good shape, and the general verdict is that the work has been well done and that the efforts in the galleries have been repaid by capital enjoyment. The Newark Ritle Association isu general body aud has helped to kee upa rivalry which has acted as u healthy stinvulus to all concerned. The association now consists of the following clubs; Essex— Organized January 10, 187(,—President, William Watts; Vice-President, C, H. Meisel; Financial Secretary. J. Howlett; Re- cording Secretary and Treasurer, J. H. et Sergeant-at-Arms, J, Doon; Delegates to N, R. A,—I, i, Huegel, Wm, R. Felts. Member- OC FOREST AND STREAM. ship, 75; distance of range, 75ft.: sirsets; tunnel range. TV RELINGHUYSEN—Organized May 16, 1879,—President, J. K. Walsh: Vive-Presidént, John Rose; Secretary, A, C. Neumann; Treasure George Zimmer; Delegates to N, R, A.—George D. Waeigman, J. K. Walsh. Membership, 39; open range; located at 189 Market street; distance, 751't, PiymMourH,—Organized Feb. 17, 1879.—President, (%. M. Townsend; : Vice-President, Joseph Brower; Recording Secretary, . H. Town- send; Financial Secretary, FP. H. Clark; Treusurer, John L, Som- mers; Delegates to N. R, A—G. M, and C.H. Townsend, Member- ship, 36; open range; located at 18) Market street; distance, 75ft. Warnrin—Organized Jan, 3, 18h1.—President, A, Elunt; Vice-Presi- dent, T, Miller; Secretary, J. H, Cox; Treasurer, Wm. Nunley: Dele- ates fo N. R. A.—A, Hunt, J. Wolf, Membership, 33; tunnel) range; ocated corner Warren and Lock streets: distance, 65tt, CeLLuLomw—Organized April 29, 1881.—President, EB, A, Atchison; Vice-President, J. C, McAvoy; Seeretary, 8. T. Simmonds; Treasurer, J.B. Ash; Delegates to N. R, A.C. F, Jackson, J. CL McAvoy, Membership, 25; open range, Range 70ft., located corner Broad and Bridge streets. NAMELess—Organiyed August 23, 1882 —President, (. Rittmayer; Vice-President, G. Weyranch; Corresponding Secretary, L. Mayer; Financial Secretary, Thos. J, Rowe; 'freasurer, Jas, Donnelly; Dele- gate to N. R. A.—l. Mayer, Membership, 20; tunnel range; located at 152 South Orange ayenue, Domest1c—Organized November, 18£2.—President, W. N. Dicker- son; Vice-President, J, Dainty; Secretary, J. Stewart; Treasurer, J, L. Bradley; Delegates to N. R, A.—H. Hammond, A. Welsher. Mem- ship, 119. Tunnel range. located on Market, between Halsey and Washington streets. The following club is about to enter the association: Newark Domestic Amateur Clab—Organized Feb, 4, 1888,—President, Edward Bread; Vice-President, D. Mahoney; Secretary, A. Lake; Treasurer, ©. H, Meisel, Club shoots on Essex Rane, A'l the above cliibs use the Ballard rifle, 22 caliber, three pound pull, peep sight. A é N. NEWPORT, R. L. March 31.—The last shoot of the Newport Rifle Olub at Paradise Range was held to-day, when the following scores were made; George W Burnhami........¢..-.-es00et Ati 40 at 46 W_B Knight..._. a3 45 15 46 45 BON OE bits) ay: haci pean Soa RS ER RE Ay By 4h 43 41 5ST. LOUIS ASSOCLA'TION.—The St. Louis Long Range Rifle Asso- ciation was incorporated im 188%, its charter members Being: GC. A. Battle. J. M. Rattle, John W. Runnells, Julian J. Laughlin. 1, W. Rockwell, H. GC. Bagby, J. BP. Foster, ©. B, Smith, Wim, P. Schaft. Wim. F, DeCordo¢a, Edward H. Gorse, P. BR. Leach, 8. S$, Blackwell, H, EH. Weber, J. B. Martin, H. CG. Pierce, Augnst Bengél, Harry tsar hore We are in receipt of a copy of its constitution and by- OWS. BOSTON, Mass.—The new pea ons governing rifle practice in the Massachusetts militia aré about ready for promulgation. They will be found decidedly different from the cast-iron rules governing this important duty which fortwo years past have heen in force. The new scheme will be modeled jargely upen the plan which has been In use for seyeral years past in New York State. 'The order eatecias for the appointment of regimental inspectors of rifle prac- ice by the colonels commanding, and all returns of fleld or armory duty are to be made to them, Marksmen are divided into three classes, the third class consisting of thosé men making a score of 17 out of 25 points. The second class, those making 20 out of 25, and the first class, those making necessary scores at 200, 300 and 5li0yds, The order ulso proyides that members of the militia losing their baiges may haye duplicates upon presenting a Salisfactory memorandum of loss, together with a certificate from their company commander that the loss is as stated, and the myment of the actual cost of the origmal badge. Mem- ers of the miliha joining on or hefore Aug. 1 are eligible to compete in the annual rifle competition. Armory practice may be conducted at reduced target, and ammunition with five grains of powder and a round bullet will be issued upon application, The above order makes the first step taken in a practical direction in a system of rifle practice for the militia, The system which has been followed in this State for the past three yéars hus proyed a complete failure, but few companies, and those only who haye some pecnliar sym- pathy with this particular work, receiving any benefit therefrom. It would seem, however, that one important duty of a practical soldier, skirmishing, has been entirely lost sight of, no provisions having been made for this practice. With'the magnificent facilities obtainable at the State camp ground at Sonth Framingham, there is ho reason why skirmish firmg at targets should not be introduced, Company D, ist infantry, has for three years maile skirmish firing at targets a feature at its annual target shoots, with pleasure and much advantage to its members. BOSTON, Mareb 31.—A large number of riflemen. taking adyan- tage of the favorable weather to-day, went to Walnut Hill in search of honor and bullseyes, The conditions were particularly favor- able for good shooting. the wind Dic Tat from 1) to Lovelook, The Feneral results of the day are recorded below; Creedmoor Practice Match, 5 d C B Edwards ., & 4444 6 4 6 5 ddd () Weston...... ; 4 4 A E 3 : é : — Kempton ---- 5 ne. sok tips ary irize Match. ; : BAS (ACL AARE Ran tb hotalite als balsa Milstein fee 7) 5 5 iD § 5—4 7 A 'Duifer™’ (mnil.)......-..- 24 5 4.5 5 6 5 5 5 A— i 78 Fellows..-. ..-.-- 4 6 8 448 4 6 5 5-46 JB Thomas........ wees 56 6 44 6 4 5 4 5 4-45 CH Esterbrook... 8 66 4°55 5 6 4 4 4-4 J Foster....----1:+3: tf 4d 564454 4 5 4-4 4 PEN CERS SSS bebe nso Pe 4 5 b 5 4 fi 4 aot JW Whitcomb -......22-. 5-228: afl b fh 4 6 5 4 8) 4-4 oats em Oe 8 10 9 BBB 5a 020) UC) ener IS 10 yoo 4 Gwe Whiteonb. rue ut 4s OK Sth Mor Ry Oe Ul he i eet MDS Wists, ove chsesmre bhi tes in ov & & KB 4 4 8 G6 G—70 TD NGERV Ree erode tela) ie Lye Se aS ao 1G othe bat ata ele ay i a bs WAIT B oes pects on vo acc eel w 4 5 — t Sitclipwe Cie SP eye ie eve nae Win SLi CB Edwards 5 A T 89 7 G6 2 4 9 GEL GWarreny (i054: st .e+-=--) iif & 9 8B € 10 454 b 462 WN PMY Gas cies tetas cof BW & 4+ &@ 7 4 4 “HH A Newman...) ..-::22! te, 2% 6 @ @ 8 4 10 ¢ 82 GF G—58 JP Bates........---- aia Rods Sh SB CGE 284, 9” hh omte 3944 ee so og: 10 WB 10/1096 ‘" Hrifohed\i mete 0) ond oP bt — GWamen 9 9 10 10 9 10 7 9 Date WN Brye@_- see ep cote ete e err eee ww FT F F W WwW 1 WwW 1-1 THE TRAP, ALGONQUIN GUN GLUB, HE inembers assembled in force at their new and elegantly ar ranged club grounds at Guttenberg, N. J.,on Thursday afternoon, the 20th of March, to shoot one of their regular semi-monthly scores at glass balls and clay pigeons for the clib’s trophies, which will be awarded to the members making the hest sixteen scores out of twenty-aix held during the year. The club-honse grounds were lately moved to the top of fhe Paligudes, as the old grounds near the Cut- tenberg ferry had tobe yaeated to make room tor dock and depot improvements for the West Shore Railroad, which is soon to be opened for trafic. The shooting grounds are situated right on top of the Palisadés, opposite Seyentieth street, New York eity, The view one las from the ¢luli-house and grounds is probably not equaled by any similar ground in the world, Some three hundred feet below rnoning north and south, near enough to throw a stone into it, is the beautiful Hudson River, with its many drafts of various descrintions; beyond it New York city with its thousands of churches and palaces; a little further on Brooklyn and Astoria, Dune south are Hoboken and Jersey City, then the bay, Staten Tsland, ete., ete,, forming in all one of the most picturesque of panoramas imaginable. The grounds are lined north, west, and partly south by heavy timber, the ¢lub-house being situated on the south side so, that the shooters face the north and northeast, The background is not a yery good one for big scores, as against the trees and foliage the shooters cannot see the glass balls or clay yigeons as well a5 when outhned against the skies, yet the members havesuceeeded in rollin; up remarkable scores, since shooting on their new grounds, Seyera: friends of the club were invited to attend this shoot, as Dr. George A. Wilson, one of the members of the club and its late secretary, was fo be among them for the last fime before departing for Dakota. After a little practice shooting by different members a business meeting wus ealled to order and Dr, Wilsons resignation was ac- cepted and hismame placed on the list as an honorary member of the club. The président, Mr. Wm. B. Lundie, in behalf of the club, then presented Dr, Wilson, in a neat epeerir, with a beautiful Win- chester express repeating rifle, and the Doctor accepted and thanked Apna, 1888. located corner Lush aid Bank | with some very appropriate remarks. The well-known Italian band Camprici thenstruek up and all hands had “an extra dry" time. There is probably not achuibin the Middle or Bastern States thot turns out its shooting members as numerously anil récniarly as the Algonquin Chib, and most assuredly no club knows better how to make the hest of it and combine good shooting practices with a jolly zood time. Although the elub has been already beaten at the trap yy older organizations, its hospitality and good fellowship has never been surpassed. The following were the scoves made, Glass Valls, 8 Bogardus traps, 21yds. rise, 2) balls euch man: Haight... Tl eAT PATA eas Bl Cth inte toys Radjuski. Brievogele..:.0/22. he: Toroly,, - Cassebear........., A TLindié, , Griswold..-_...-_,,. Satier,.. Clements....--.. ELST UWS. sve RaAuld..... 2... Montgomery. Wideéy. . Wilson,,...... Cochra: Quackenbush, . Te ae PIBPUTETEL p54) ne ee na 12 J von Lengerke....... 00.0.2... A_sweep of clay pigeons Hnished the day's sport, and Saur, beer and yon Lengerke divided first money on a clean score, Woop-Powprs. GOLD HILL.—Nevada, Mareh 25—In January last the amateur sportsmen of Gold Hill organized the Gold Hill Gun Club, which is bow composed of twenty members (the constitutional limit). Our officers are; Président—Dr, W. O. Conwell; Vice-President—H. M, Gorham; Treasurer—O. 0 Qonwell; Secaptary—Joney Morgan; Trus- tees—Thos, Flannery, Robert Wood, James Livingston, A gold watch having been put up in Virgimia City to be contestsd for, our club sent four representatives, Joncy Morgun, David Morgan, Robert Wood, and H. M. Gorham, who, we think, did credit to the club, as it was their fist public matuh, The match Was at twenty glass balls from 4 ecard trap, eighteen yeas rise; ties at twenty-one yards. Entrance $5. EK. Hisworth, of Virginia, and Thomas Flannery, of our club, were appointed judges, and C, C. Conwell. also our repre: sentative, acted as reteree, Score: eeeeees ¢22220611011711111011199011—19 Joney Morgan ~~~ 10110011 100001001911—11 RM Ballar GB. Carr... .. 1117 0110101010111191—15 D Morgan,,.,--..- 11001100110011111114—44 RS inpies = oe SAWN) .\aar ek pe cectace ehh te ae oe. 11101111111111011171—48 Robt Wood... .. a s+ eee AOLOTIII110119111111—17 UM Gorham .... Geo, Weimeyer . 011119001111111111011— 17 + 11010111911111111111—19 Ties shot off; Morgan, 01111—4; Weimeyer, 11101—4. Second tie— Morgan, 0t111—4; Weimeyer 1101i—4. ‘Third tie—Morgan, 110/14; Weimeyer, 1/111—b, Weimeyer “took the bun,” USTED, WASHINGTON, D.C,, March $1,—The Capital City Gun Club, of Washington, D. C., inaugratéd their season’s shooting Tuesday, Mareh 27, It was a complimentary shoot tendered by Mr. BH. Wilile tothe other members of the club. ‘To most of the shooters it was their first experience with the clay pigeons, and as the diy was cold and the wind blowing almost & gale, ib was a pretty severe test, The pigeons were flown froma Ligowski trap set in the fourth notah, ‘The following is the score: IG. CEN sel. . The frame has the usual box, B, at one side to inclose the gearing, CD, See instructions at head of this column. Belle, Mr, R, R. Willcins's (Albion, N. ¥.) liver and white cocker spaniel bitch Belle (Col. Stubbs—Fanny Fern), Mareh 21, six (two dogs), by Don (Col. Stubbs—Heanty). ‘ Gypsy. Mr. W, M. Power's (New York) cocker spaniel bitch Gypsy, Mareh 20, six (two dogs), by Lambert's black cocker Rap. White Lilly, Mr. 8. B. Dilley’s (Rosentlale, Wis.) pointer bitch White Lily, March 28, eight, by his Ranger, Devonshire Lass, Mr. C, M. Munhall’s (Cleveland, 0.) pointer biteh Devonshire Lass (Don—Lady) March 17, seven (two dogs and three bitches living), by champion Seusution. Dariness, Mr, E. 5. Wanmaker’s (Mlmwyood. N, 0.) pointer bitch Darkness (Chipps— Nettie), April 2, eleven (six dogs), by his Hob. Kate. Mr. Herbert Smith's (Philadelphia, Pa.) English setter biteh Kate (Jack I1.—Sappho I) Feb. 22, two bitches by champion Thunder, Chloe If, The Riverside Kennel Club's (Claremont, N. H.) imported black cocker spaniel bitch Chloe If. (Dush—Nellie), March 24, six (five dogs), by Beau (Bob—Nelh), Lady Pilot, Mr. Sanur! G. Dixon's (Philadelphia, Pa.) blaek and tan Gordon setter bitch Lady Pilot (Grouse—Maud), Murch 27, five (two dogs), by his Pilot (Grouse—Mand). ’ Bridget O' More, Maj, Lovejoy’s (Bethel, Me.) red Irish setter bitch Bridget O*More (Rory O’More—Lotta), March 29, six (fonr dogs), by his Ned Elcho (Hicho—Stella). Rhea It, Mr. J. H. Winslow's (Baltimore, Md,j black field spaniel bitch Rhea TI, Mareh 11, five (threes dogs), by his Success. Bonfanti, Mr. J, H. Winslow's liver and white cocker spaniel bitch Bonfanti (Ned—Daisy), March 7, nine (one dog), by his Success; all sinee dead, ‘ Belle 1. Mr. A. CO. Krueger's (Wrightsville, Pa.) beagle bitch Belle U1. (King—Belle), April 1, six (one dog), by Mv. N, Blmore's Ring waod. SALES, E> See mstructions at head of this colunn. Spring, White bull-terrier, 16mos. old (Sefton—Bess), by Mr. vas, Mortimer {New York) to Mr. G, W. Moore (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Barney MeCoy. Red Trish setter dog, whelped Nov, 22, 1882 (Dougald—Ploss IT,). by Dr, J. R. DMonsel (Watsontown, Pa.) to Mr. G, Hl, Southwiek (Du Bois, Pa.), Sappho. Blue belton setter bitch, whelped Oct. 18, 18k2, hy Rello (Lofty—Maud Muller) out of Gretchen (MacLeod of Dare—Brenda), Laotaee H, Smart (Bainbridge, Ga.) to Prof. H. W. Chant (Orange tity, Fla.). " i ry Gt More—anne Boleyn whelp, Red Trish setter dog by the oe reat Kennel (Albany, N.Y.) to Mr, A. A. Parker (Boston, ass.). Lili, Lemon and white poiuter bitch. hyrs. old (Sensalion—Lilly). vy Mr.G. N. Appold (Baltimore, Md.) to Mr. Wm. Tellman (Woreester, ass.). Blister, White bulldog, 3yrs, old (Sir Anthony—bister to Duchess), af Mr. Jas, Mortimer (New York) to Mr, J. E. Thayer (Boston, ASS. ). Chiquita. Orange and white English setter bitch, whelped Nov, 20, 1881 (Druid—Pocahontas), by Mr, T, Il’, Connelly (Flatbush, L. 1.) to Highland Kennel Club (Plainfield, Mass), Rocket. Black, white and tan English setter dog, whelped Noy. 20, 1882 (Wagner—Nell Kelly), by Mr. P. C. Hadley (Marion, Mass.) to Mr, W.R, Traver (Washington, D, C.). Black Jean, Black spaniel, whelped Aug.7, 1882 (Obe—Chloe IL), by the Riverside Kennel Club (Claremont, N. H.) to Mr. Geo. W. Leavitt, Jr. (Boston, Muss.). Bramble. English heagle hound dog, whelped Sept, 26, 1881 (Mose —Melody), by Mr, W. H. Ashburner (Philade plia, Pa.) to Mr, P. J. Sonth (Albany, N. Y.). 7 Myrtle. Black, white and tan English beagle bitch Myrtle, 18mos. old (Rattler—Lulu), by Gen, F_ A, Bond (Jessup, Ind.) to Mr, W, 4H, Ashburner (Philadelphia. Pa.), Raymond. Red Trish setter dog, whelped Jan. 20, 1883 (Guest— Spice), by Mr. Harry C. Miller (Hudson. N. ¥) to Mr. Nicholas R. O'Connor (New York), Chick and Cute. Dark liver cocker spaniel dog and biteh, whelped Nov. 12, 1882 (Dan—Nellie), by Mr. Robert Walker (Franklin, N. ¥.), to Messrs, Janvey & Racer (Marietta, 0.). Hazel Kirke. Liver and white ticked spaniel biteh (Shot—lin), by Mr. J. H, Winslow (Baltimore, Md.) to Mr, C, B. Seottl (Schenectady, N, ¥,),, Felton. English setter dog (Belton—Breeze), by Mr. G, W Ballan- tine (Washingtonville. O.) to Mr, A, ©, Catlin (Warsaw, Ind.), PRESENTATIONS. = See instructions at head of this column. Fraud. Lemon and white English setter dog, whelped Oct, 15, 14k2 (Rollo—Gretchen), by Mr. E. 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On Wednesday night the dog died of old age, and yesterday morning he placed the body of the faithtul brute in a box and took it to the Park to give it a decent burial. ‘Tears trickled down the man's face as he related his story, but the Justice yas unmoved, and a line of $5 was im- posed,— New York Herald, fur) to his Success. a — re Apri 12, 1883. ] FOREST AND STREAM. 215 Hifle and Crap Shaoting To insure prompt attention, communications should be a dressed. to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and. not. to midividuals, in, whose absence from the office matters of im- portance are liable to delay. RANGE AND GALLERY. | WHO SHALL BE CAPTAIN?—New York, April 7.—2diter Mores? aid Steam, Elave tbe directors of the National Rille Aasociation “wppointed their cuptain for the coming team! It is time that some- thing was dowein this regard. The men who iutend competing for laces, should know early in the season whose colors they are to ollow. Much depends oh the contldenes each man places in his eapiain, If he thinks his superior ean show him, not only how to load his rifle, but howto use it, even to the making of a bullseye at the 1,000yas.. with how much more eagerness will each member go into the fry, With a leader who knows “every inch of the way" to that tiny black speck just five-eighths of a mile down the range, the whole team will go into the baftlé with the confidence of victory already won, buf no man will bs in fit condition to shoot an inter- national match, knowing his captain is an inferior marksman that he himself can ‘prt to the blush,” and that his communder is there only fora “figurehead.” The men need somebody to follow if this team ig sent over fo win a victory. Each meniber must be relieved of the idea that he individually isthe ‘bolster’ for the whole machine. Props made of such pulféd-np material have proved themselyes but slender supports in times of néed. Every man must feel that his eaptam can and willlend hima helping hand, even to the taking of his place in the contest, sliould occasion requive it, A captain of this ealiber may be hard to find, but it will pay the N.R. A. to seeure the judividual. This match should be made wspudy, and the captain should have his entire time to devote to the Iusiness, and work for its success just the same as any business man works for the success of hisforimne. Then will our boys go over with some chances of yietory, but otherwise you will see us disastrous adefeat as was ever sustained by an American team.—Anzious GoARD. BOSTON, April 7.—At the Walnut Hill Range to-ay 4 new set of matehes were opened, but under very similar conditions fo those of the closing series. fete toe ees Ais 30 193 GoW? Boliatdia (6h. ee mt Tet atten . 185 va 192 Decimal Match, OM Jewell,...----, Die Seppe a fit eee emer nie 15 2 B47 W Cliarles. seid) aoa 2 846 A“Duffer™ --- HLL 4 B45 JN Vryo - d27 i 543 GW Bullard, 18 BAL A Det. ! a. — 322 FW Perkin 24 B08 A Parsons hf 20 B02 DF Boyden.. 27 24 05 ES Harris -...--..-. . 16 285 A-'Duffer™ ¢o....5---. ee ee, ee Sit — 391 W Charles - Piste fin 2 490 PMIBAKteDw\iweete 02 22 2 aT GW White 2 384 CSTR ian eee 2 v7 W Bollard... 2 375 Cor Poye i.e. oy 4 Byes § Wilder ...,.:. 8 370 MAMMOTH RIFLE GALLERY—Boston, April 2, 1883.—The shoot- JT Stetson,... - Ai o-Pe eo SO anita boo 45 45 45 46 46—297 GW Little. .-.... arrecere eet do dt 44 4f—220 T Lytian, .-, -.-- Me see ce ceeeeey AS 44 dt dh 449719 PVE bain st) 1as ae eee ee) te Petre eect: 48 48 43 44 44-917 In the Amateur Badge Match, No, 1, Mr. F, E. Rollins wins the prize with the following score: 434444 di 47224, Mr, CG. A, Chauney wins the prize im the Amateur Badge Match, No. 2, with the follow- ing score; 484344 4545—220. During the month of April there will be three matches, as follows: ist, Amateur badge match, open to anyone who has never made betber than 231 out of a possible 250. 2d, Amateur Badge Match. No. 2, open to anyone who has neyer made better hhan 220 out of a possible 250. Tiiri) mateh, a handicap, hetween Messrs. Stetson, Little, Lyman and Wilson, Mr. Stetson to give Messrs. Liltle, Lyman and Wilson seven points cach, The con- ditions are 5 Scores of 10 rounds each, or a possible 250,—N, B. Sacre. WORCESTER, Mass., April 5.—To-flay, Fast Day, occurred a special match at the Pine Groye Range, under the auspices of the Worcester Rifle Association, The day was not a pleasaut one while The following scores tell the the wind was from 4 to 4 o’cloek. story of the work done: Oreedmoor Match, Disp hal heel Fad it ot2\h0) US" Bes SSCA Rad ee = Oe Sor == eee es 4h 4) 45—13854- 9-144 JW Morse, Jr 4: 48—135-+ 3—142 A Williams 44—130-|-12—142 John H Howell. .-- 41—1254-12—-137 Stedman Clark 44 133-+- 3—186 AL Rice ____. 48—132+- 8—185 M Werguson 40—131542—183 ACT RGA ss pe beae Pea 3 TW—223-- 9- -233 John N Morse, Tr... .---e 5 me i Ti—223-- 9—251 M G Fuller... s.2.. oe athe T5224 0-224 Jolin H, Howell. 63—187--36—223 Stedman Clark G8—202— 9211 CuA Allen! 21.2... 78—201— 9—210 Frank Johnston, ,.. --- G1—1744-27—201 ELT Farrar..s,-.- .. 61—166--18—184 M Ferguson. --- Si—144—3—170 ‘The match whieh was set down for to-day with the club WORCKSTUR, Mass., April 6.—There was an unusually large num- ber present at Woodland Range to-day at the shoot under the auspices of the Woodland Gun Club, The following is the detail score of each man out of 4 possible 20; H W Web CC Honghton,..,,.-.-,,,--....1 i GA Burts: “4 PH Clark ER Puller....,,.:-: JH Lewis CA Parlier, .... > 1 Holmes... .. AF Rice_.1) 222: ..-16 QF Darling. - JB Garland... .,.- 15 GL Macomber, AG Neweomb....---...6-2- cs 008 15 Geo McAleer,..._.., the president of the association, the questin of the international mately was taken up and the following resolutions passed: “Resolved, That the SompsHncrs for the selection of the members ot the teams of American National Guardsmen, who are to represen! the United States in the International Military Rifle Mateh at Wim- | bledon, in July next, be held at Creedmoor on Monday, May 14, 1883, a ate following Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, beginning at 10 A. . daily. Resolved, That the conditions of the competition will he as previ- ously announced; unless stherwise announced the team selected will report for practive at Creedmoor on June 15, and continue to practice 4s a team until about June 20, “Resolved, That, as the limited time will not admit of experiments, competitors will he required to conform themselves to the use of the gins adopted by the Committee on Rifles—tha Remington or Brown —and particularly that they should use ammunition furnished by the jmukers of the rifles that they use; also. that competitors should pro- vide themselves before the competitions with all the ammunition they will require for the practice, Resolved, That a Comuinittee of Five, consisting of Gen. C. F, Rob- bins (Chairman), Colonels Bodine. Story, Howard and Litchfield be appointed to have charge of the conipetilions and the selection of the team, including all arrangements up to its departure, with power to add to its members, “Resolved, Thatin view of the practical benefits that have alveady resulted, and will hereafter be obtained by the National Guard of the country, in improying the character of our American guns and raising the standard of military marksmanship, that the military authorities of the several States are earnestly requested to use their influence to mduce the members of the National Guard to compete for places upon the team, and to see thal they are represented upon the first representative body of American soldiers that has ever visited Great Britain.” GARDNER, Mass., April 5,—At the last regular meeting of the Gardner Rifle Club at Hackmatack Range, the inch ring and Creed- eR target combined were used, 200 yards, off-hand. The following is the score: Ri Gs R, las Totals. Gan Risiwarth, 2.0.) 2 1 a7 49 98 49 105 {8 JN Dodge..-.,, ¢.-y.56 93048 S546 igi A Mathews....-....... 2 47 So 45 117i 0B HO Knowlton. 88 45 wv? 44 100089 8 L Walker. 2 45 Ta 4 157 89 GO Goadale, Ay ee to 157 =f CC Merritt. .-.._.._.- W600 44 7 * 44 47S B Williams ..... ret ao 44 vi 45 139 86089 George Higgins.,.......---.... 7 48 4640 121 83 Atthe range to-day there was a good attendance, and it bein, Fast Day is the reason given for the presence of a delegation of ladies. The same targets were used, resulting as follows: @. : Cc. Totals. G F Eilsworth,......,..--., AD 48 Mt AT I 5 A Mathews..... fh | AY KS 46 188 fd GC Goodale...... 46 St 45 760 M1 HC Knowlton, . AF (47 B Williams,.... -......-....-.-+ 86 8646 IN Dodge. __. 86 46 GARSREM Ue ae esieatccs ee ess 8s dt Le PCS Uy eae Bh ogeeh Sonn epg 7 3 At the annual meeting of the club, held this week. officers were élected as follows: President, George F. Elsworth; Vice-President. Alvin Mathews; Secretary and Treasurer, Fred H,. Knowlton; Mxecu- tive Vommittee—J. N. Dodge and Sylvester Hildreth, The feasibility of a uniform turget was discussed, and Messrs, George FP. Ellsworth, Henry C. Knowlton and G, R. Pratt were appointed a committee (oO consult with the other clubs and seeif they could arrange a target which al) would adopt, It was voted to build plank walks to the targets; also bulkheads for four additional targets. in order that there eonld be a good supply at the spring and fall meetings, which if is purposed to hold, the first tobe held this spring. It was also decided to offer prizes which would be an inducement to riflemen to visit the ranye and compete for them. The club has the wherewith- all to make one of the best ranges in the State, anu with the hospi- tality for which the club is noted, there is no reason why the range should not be a popular resort for riflemen, SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass., April 5.—Members of the Rod and Gun Club were ont to-day for a shoot, There were attractive prizes offered. The detail is as follows: Ellis, 2 and 4, Howe, 20 and 3; Phillips, 19: Olds, 16; Marble, 16; Bradford, 14; Williams, 12; Met- ealf, 11; Robins n, 11; Plonte, 11; Campbell, 11; Jones, 10; Brown, 3. CLINTON, Mass., April 5.—Af the meeting of the Clinton Club to- day there were fourstrings of balls thrown. The men participating in one or more and the number broken were as follows; 10 10 30 a) Total No. balls, balls. balls, balls, balls. brk‘n 6 a 22 i) 49 5 21 15 100 54 4 od 20 ww 43 _ “i 15 () B4 5 24 Re 100 60 _ 18 6 60 Ba — 8 10 60 19 15 — a0 15 beran regular practice at the range near Benning’s Thescores made were fine under the best of Rifle Association Station this afternoon. circumstances, but taking into consideration the changeable winds and intermittent cloudiness, they were remarkable. At 500yds the score has been seldom surpassed. The following is the score at the three ranges, following the international match condition of no duplicate practice and without sighting shots. The three gentlemen named will enter for places on the team vf 1888 lo go to Wimbledon on behalf of the Washington Light Infantry Corps, Washington, bc Maj. J. M. Pollard, MN ay eee LE ve eee ee ee he 5 45 6 5 5 433 BOOKS ath eetece bed aakenes bo 4 5.6 5 4 5-48 G00yds.... ... 4. (EA DAS Noreen oa oe & 4 4 5 & 5 4-32-98 W. L. Cash. pOOyds, - 54 44 4 4 4-80 H00yds. 44644 5 5 5-22 GO00yds.....--- #5 5 4 5 5 4-39-54 200yds. 44 44 5 4 5-20 b0ltyds. 2.56 7 bb 3 6 B33 G00yds... § 44 4 4 5 5—8i—od PHONIXVILLE, Pa,-—A rifle match was shot April 6, on the Mont Clare Range, between Lieut. E. A. Leopold, of Phosnixville, and John Pennypacker, of Royers Ford. Before the mateh, the Lieuten- ant was considered a sure winner by his friends, but “there is many aslip’ ete, The following are the scores: Wirst match, 100yds,, off-hand. Bullseye 4in,, center 131n. Inner 23in,, outer 2x8ft J Pennypacker........... ... 4444i—20 EA Leopold,... 5505—20 Second Match, 100yds., 5 shots; any posilion. without artificial rest; string measure: E. A. Leopold, string 4 1-llins.; J, Pennypacker, string 1%sins. ‘Third match, same conditions. J, Pennypacker, String 5 12-ibins,; E. A, Leopold, string Tig, Mr. Peunypacker used a Winchester, 45-60 rifle, and cleaned after each 5 shots, Str. Leopold used a Maynard 40-0, and nalred bullets, and fired phe 15 shots with- out cleaning. THE TRAP. PITTSBURGH TOURNAMENT. pe Exposition grounds were crowded during the past week with lovers of shooting sport, and some food work has been shown, The feature of the occasion was another meeting of Carver and Bogardus, and as usual they were made the points of attack by the reporters and compelled to give their opinion as to yarious subjects connected with trap shooting. Dr, Carver uses a Greener, while Capt. Bogardus sticks fo lis favorite, a Scoth gun, The Doctor has used the same gun, ‘the Widow,’ forjfour years. He says no gun beside it has ever neaten a hundred. With it he once broke a hundred balls and killed a dog. He carries but one gun with him. Capt. Bogardits carries two, and agrees with Dr. Carver that clay pigeons aré the finest targers for skilled shooting ever yet tried. He is bow working on & fying tarpet that will move in angles or in curves. He says that the hargel of the future must be in the nature of a boomerang or he maved by internal machinery. Both gentlemen said it was a singular fact that every town in which they ever appeared, either py or privately. boasted of some local shot who oul easily defeat them. When it resulted in a trial the amafeur always retired an eas © victim, The match between the fwo men took place on the Sd, ani the day being pleasant, the audience was very large, over one thonsand evsons being present, including Mme, Nilsson and the members of er company, with many other ladies, Promptly at 2:40, after Mp, Palmer O'Neil, president of the littsburgh Firearms Company, had stated that no betting would be allowed on fhe g)ounils, the five traps were birded and Captain Bogardus weut to tue score, Dr, Car- ver ee the traps for him, und m turn was served in like manner by the Captain. As willbenoticed, the totals show but few misses, When Dr, Catver losh a bird he surrendered gracefully; but on two occasions, when the Uaptain failad to score, he traniped out into the mud after the bird. ‘The first time if) was allowed to him, sliowing te gree shois had passed through it, chipping the upper side eon- siderably, On unother oceasion he doubted the decision of the referea, and tramped out into the mud and picked up the disputed bird amonz the hundreds of others that lay scattered around. ‘Che crowd disa- greed with him, 4nd Jond cries were made against his claim being allowed. Dr. Carver said he hud tolerated one reversed decision and that was about all he eyer consented toin one match, The Captain, however, had recovered the bird and was trotting in with it, the crowd all the while crying. “You've got the wrong one.’ As he pee the traps on his way in, he dyopped the bird on a pile of un- proken Ones and bowed to the crowd which cheered lustily, When 40 birds each had been trapped the scorer announced Carver 37, Bo- rarius $9. At several pointsin the shootafter this the crowd called for the score again. Loud demands were made wheu 75 birds each had been trapped. but the sdorer refused, He thought that betting Was going on, which was against fhe rules, and he declared he did not wish to assist in breaking them. The matelh was at 100 clay pigeons of the Ligowsky pattern. Five traps were used, each of the contestants shooting at five binds, in succession, bis opponent pulling the trap, The shoot opened with Bogardns of the stand and Caryer at the traps. Bogardus brought down his five, three of them ali the first five and two with the second barrel. Carver took his gun and made s. sim lar score, although not in (lie same order. and then gaye wayin turn. The tirst mics was made by Carver. who failed to hib his 9th bird. With the 11th he had the same luck, and on tlie 22d did itagain. Bogardus shot until he tried for his 38th bird before he scored a failure, and then let up on the 42d, Carver's next miss was on hig f$th bird; Bogardus lost the Vist, Garver the ¢8d, Bogardus the #0th and the $8th, and Carver the 09th. Bogardus lost5 and made #5 ont of « possihle hundred; Carver lost G and made {4 out of a possible hundred, falling one bird behind his antagonist and losing the match, The score in detail is us Tollows: c QaphBogardus..:.2.4)¢-224110--- vere « 2211211121111 21112 12111111111112111011 10011211191111101011 11124111110111111132 2211111110111 1111011—95 J eens fee eons Bere dee ee rere 21211111010111110111 20014111111197212111 11119111112112211101 211111011111 _ Wd. Liddt 1441114101 —94 The figure “2” denotes birds upon which the second barrel was used, After the match had been coneluded a number of the local shots and a few of the visiting sportsmen, shot off a few sweepstakes of ten birds each, $2 entry. Among the last entries made was that of Capt, Bogardus’s sou Hugene, a lad of 18 years, with a wonderful record fot one so young. He is just recovering from injuries re- veived in a recent railway disaster, MITE io acc ene See 14111thHiI— 9 Black ......,......, W1100N0— 7 Sheldon...........65 OON11— & Powers.. A101 110— § Lewis. -_- ..-1101011000— 5 George...... .. .1111111101— 9 Wagner _.-111010101t— % Green ....-.. --1440471411—10 Tultier. » OUMOI— § Roof..........., 0110111101- 7 Fenn, »,.1111000011— 6 Bradley....... ..... 0011101010— 6 Calhoun --.-+----1111111010— & On the 4th the general toutnament opened, Everything favored the affair: the weather wasexcellent, the men who shot wereof the first rank, and there were enough of them to make it interest ing. The purse was $500, divided into $200 for the first. $150 for the second, $100 fur the third, and $0 for the fourth; shooting at 25 clay birds. 18yds, rise, Twenty-six gentlemen entered the contesn, representing ten cities, Mr, J. M. Decker, of Chicago, was chosen referee, Mx. J. C. Bruff, of Pittsburgh, and Mr. W. H. Marshall. of Rochester, judges. The match opened at 11 o'clock and continued Without intermission until 6:30, Hach man shot at two birds in sue- cession, using but one barrel of the gun, There were some remark able shots made, and as the score will show, the contesh was so close that il was not until the finish was reached that the winner could be fumed. The score in detail was as follows: Green, T W, Bradford, Pa »..-100110111101101911110T10—18 Bradley, W H, Bradford, Pa,,....,.... ~-0111011111111011011110111—20 Renn, C; Bradford) Pai... 2222... secures 1101111101001010111010110—16 Bogardus, Eugene, E)khart, Tl «, O101191091914111111000710—10 Bell, WS, Mansfield, Pa ,109111.11110191111110101000—i8 Calhoun, O H, Cleveland, O -111011010119111 101101 111120 Reginolds, H, Pittsburgh ._.. -1014111001011101010001000—13 Milis, B L. Washington, DC....,,,,--...,1110119111111111011101101—22 Wagner, Win, Washington, DC.......... A111 10107070019 101100100—15 Dick, Chas L, Johustown....-2.....--..5 , 1011011 111000110111101111—18 George, J M, Ritthburgh ~~ --1100799171079101001111011 —18 Roof, C M, Clevyeland.,...... Powers, DC, Cleveland... Lewis, O F, Cleveland... , -___- Black, J B, Bradford, Pa,,...... Sheldon, RB, Cleveland..- 001171 1000011101111111111—20 11111701917 01111111 11111— 4 ~~ -1091010109111111110100111—15 -, O1110110111 11000 L0LL0001—15, ~ -AV10110111111911111110111—4 Gamble, Thos, Kittaummy.....--.-.--. 060. 1001041001099111010001010—18 Sampson, Stewart.....,..- .. 4. -- 10000710010001000100100001— 7 Register, I, Pittsburgh..........-......... 1010110100111111 001000011 —14 Louther, Geo @, Syracusé...20... 0.2.40, 0144114100117101192111100--19 -12000101001191 1111010111117" » £100100111101111111111110—20 + V111109111109111101110101—20 - --0101711710111001001000010—13 ae 0111100100001101111110010—44 Glessencamp, Chas, Pittsburgh.... ~1101900101119111011010131—15 Jarly in the contest it was eviden ifome of the men known ta be good shots were suffering froma run of badluck, Some of them had come a long distance to participate, and it was decided togive all who close an opportunity to re-enter upon payment of a second fee and try again, But one re-entry was allowed, on the theory that ifaman had had luck twice he was doomed to disappointment all day. Fourteen of the contestants took advantage of this privilege, and in the second (rial scored as follows: Re-entries. vce e 117990111911010017 171101121 =. 1 1411111100010011101—14 Chambers, PL, Cleveland, . Lovett. C B, Pittshurgh,.. Lovett, John, Pittsburgh. Biddle, GC J, Mansfield _- Hown, Florence, Pittsbur Chas L Dick- G C Lonthe Chas Lovett 1107111011111011 10199 0010—18 John Lovett.-—.---.-...---- eee pee -- 2 1911110991017101910111110—20 EL Mills....... eee ey yy L10111101411111191111110—22 F Bown. ::......: coe ath co 01070411410001010114—12 OoGlesseéncanips. 2° :-t. a sssssgsereedcceni 1110017 11140101110101—18 AWWAS SU RRB a heb 6: 388 e Ss 4 Sdeg Aeon TE11I1111111111100011011—21 AEE G ME eyetofe\G: Be Oe ON SoA OM OAR AR Ar SOS QDEE tee RR 100100(1—5 RE Sheldon, -..,,--.., pri bhew ene tie bres mrscees es ys acd U ew QA Calhoon.......,.-. ~ O1191111111191711 001014 1124 J M George. -.,<+--s1 06 ~~ O11T111190.111011 101101001149 AMIE R Sofas eee eens 22m == - O10111110911910119 111 1011—2 W H Bradley 1111110011101117111100101—19 The result of the mateh was that Mr. R. GC. Sheldon. uf Cleveland, and Mr. D. C. Powers, of Cleveland, divided the first prize, $200, each having 24 birds out of a possible 25, Mr. 8. 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Transient ad yertisements must inyariably be accompanied by the inoney or they will not be inserted, Address all communications, Woreat and Stream Publishing Ce. New Your City, Inside Nos, 39 4np 40 Park Row. CONTENTS. SBA AND River Fisaine. What is a Game Fish? Ohio Fish Laws. Does the Maskalonge Leap? Vermont and Canada Notes. | FISHCULTURE. To Fishway Experts. The Illinois Commission. Canada at the London Exh- bition, THE KENNEL. Pre-Natal Influence. The Vicars Memorial Fund. Judges for the New York Bench Show. Bench Shows and Judging. My Dogs Sancho and Neptune. Kennel Notes, Kennel Management. RIFLE AND TRAF SHOOTING. Military Rifles. Muzzle vs. Breech-Loasters. EDITORIAL. Match Chances and Daiigers. The Patent Coffee Mill. Concerning Salt Mackerel. THE SeoRTSMAN Tourist. Bertha's Education. Tnaian Folk-Lore. Baie Des Chaleurs. Naturau HisTory. The Birds of Maine. Massachusetts Winter Notes. Some Southern California Birds The Society of Taxidermists, Gamer Bac anp Gun, My Last Deer Huntin Ohio. A Bit of Winter Sunshine. Two Bear Hunts in Florida. A Hunting Horn. A Trip After Quail, Incidents of a Frontier March. The New York Society. Minnesota Game Notes. | Camp Fire FLICKERINGS. Range and Gallery. SEA AND RIVER FISHING, | The Trap. The Secrets of Salmon Growth. YAcHTING anp CANOEING. With Hackles and Gentles. The American Canoe Assoucia- Trout in Penusylyania, tion in Canada, Old Angling Books , The Deflecting Centerboard Florida Fishing. | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 1HE PATENT COPFEE MILL. 1 ere is a certain ingenicus little contrivance sometime employed in grocery stores whichis known to the iviti- ated as the patent coffee mill. he machine is fastened to a partition of the wall, and into it is poured for grinding, the coffee just purchased by the customer. The clerk turns the crank and the buyer sees, or thinks he sees, his pure Old Government Jaya or Mocha coming out of the mill again. The product which he beholds is, however, only one-half or one-third pure coffee, The rest is browned beans, parched peas, burnt bread crusts, or whatever else the economical merchant may huve put into the concealed compartment of the mill, on the other side of the wall. The genius who de- yised this mill is said to have reaped a rich reward as the fruit of his ingenuity, and is reputed to be worth as much as the Connecticut quarry ewner whoships his stone to manu- facturersof granulated sugar, Unfortunately the principle of the patent coffee mill is not confined to the humble ecross-roads grocery. Its workings oh a more magnificent scale may he studied at the respective capitals of the several States, when the wise heads there assembled come to the annual grinding of the game laws, That which ostensibly goes into the mill as pure and honest game protection is when ground out again only one-six- teenth protection and the rest destruction, - The mill under the big dome at Boston some years ago gave out such an adulterated product; and Boston markets haye since then been receivers of what is equivalent to stolen goods, namely, Maine game illegally killed and shipped out of season. The process of grinding is now in active operation at Harrisburg, where the Philadelphia marketmen are attempting to open their stalls for the same ill-gotten merchandise, At Springfield, Ill., the crank has of late been vigorously turned by the Chicago game dealers, chief among them a professed sportsman game dealer, whom we recently showed knowingly to be a receiver of contraband goods in the form of Minnesota game illegally killed and shipped out of season. Neither at Albany do “‘the grinders cease because they are few;’ nor yot is “the sound of the grinding low.’”’ Quite the contrary; the grinders are many, and the grinding is loud, Among the bills, amendatory of tle present statute, intro- duced this year at Albany, is one known as the O’Connor bill, This provides for summer shooting and (by opening the game market) for winter shooting up to February first, In other words, the public is given to understand that the result of the passage of this bill will be game protection, whereas in truth it will be game destruction. Mr. O’Connor, we understand, does not ovcupy a position corresponding to the proprietor of the grocery store; he simply acts the part of the clerk, and turns the crank of the mill ‘‘by request.” He doubtless means well enough. The public, however, will nol consent to be duped by such a shoyeling in of burnt crusts from the other side of the wall as this is. Another piece of legislation on the patent coffee mill prin- ciple bears the name of Mr. Grady. Whether he is the re- sponsible party, or, like Mr. O’Connor, merely the clerk, we are at present uninformed. Neither position is an enviable one, for in this Grady bill, which was introduced into the Senate week before last, is embodied a heterogeneous com- bination of preposterous abominations, The responsibility for this would be a grieyous burden to be borne by one pair of shoulders, The Grady bill, like the O'Connor bill, per- mits summer shoofing, and by extending the selling season to Februry 1, insures the destruction of game in this State and at the West for two months after the legal killing season has expired, 3 But the bill goes much further than this in absurdity, It seeks to graft on to American game legislation the most ohnoxious and ridiculous principle of private ownership of wild game, Section 20 permits the creation of private purks by advertising a description of the property, and provides that all the birds, fish and game of, in, or upon such territory shall be the private property of the owner or lessee of the premises, and further that to effect such a result but one signboard shall be necessary on every 500 acres in excess of 10,000. This section, in short, gives the right of appropriating all the game in a given part of land by proclamation only, and when it does this it affords proof positive of either the stupidity or the inordinate monopo- listie greed of its framer. By its provisions individuals and clubs would be empowered to proclaim themselves proprie- iors of all the game on a given tract; and could let out the slaughter of it when and how their caprice might sugvest, Tt Mr. Grady knows anything whatever about the prin- ciples underlying game legislation—and having introduced 2 bill on the subject, he probably does know something of it—he must understand that the game, fee nature, is pub- lie property until it shall have been reduced to possession by capture, And even an idiot might comprehend that signboard proclamation is not eapture, hor can in uny con- ceivable way reduce the game to the lawful possession of the parties erecting the hoard. The Senate committee who reported this bill, if they were at all competent to decide upon the merits of a proposed game law amendment, should have understood that this Section 20 of the Grady bill is just so much meaningless bosh, Even should it become a luv, this section could not stand a minyte when brought to the test of the courts. But we cannot believe that the bill will fail to be deteated, as it richly deserves to be, The radical trouble with much of the attempted game legislation of the country is that those who dabble in it are, like the framers of the Grady bill, either so lamentably sel- fish or so blissfully ignorant that it would be far better for the public did they let the matter entirely alone. It is an unfortunate fact that ninety-nine men out of every one hun- dred in the community care little or nothing about the game law, and the hundredth man is apt to be imbued with the overpowering conviction that the first, last and only thing needful to protect the game is to amend the law so far as it concerns his own particular little duck pond, Selfish- ness all too often rules the day; game protection means the bringing of the game lawfully within reach of one special gun just when the owner of the gun wants it there. The mills are grinding on; and the grinding is said, ina small way, to be profitable to some one, Hon. E. D, Porter.—We rejoice to learn that the veteran angler and fishculturist, Hon. Emory D. Potter, of Toledo, who has been lying at the point of death from pneu- monia, is now convalescent, Mr. Potter's age is somewhat against him in a struggle with the reaper, but he has passed the turning point and is now out of immediate danger, His hosts of friends, both in and out of the Cuvier Club, will tread this note with satisfaction, Mr. Potter is one of those men who should always be with us; we haye too few of them. MATCH CHANCES AND DANGERS. T HE preparations thus far made by officials of the National Rifle Association bid fair to produce good results in the International match, provided only that they be well backed up by individual effort. And just here should be the answer to much of the very unreasoning criticism which has already begun to pour itself over the work in hand. The programme to be followed in getting together the team has been published, and under it there need be no fear on the part of any really capable competitor that he will not be taken in as 2 member of the team—should his merits entitle him to that honor, The committee intrusted with the mak- ing up of the American squad may fairly be trusted to use their best endeavors to select from the not over large field, such a dozen men as will leave no better man at home when the sailing day comes, There may be prejudices, but they can be fought down, and under the sharp eye of a vigilant press, it is pretty certain that the team, when made up, will be a really representative one in merit as in other qualifica- tions. The field of selection is a narrow one, and more’s the pity. It is a disgrace that, out of nearly fifty States in the Union, about one-tenth of the number only should have anything worthy, the name of a National Guard out of which a choice can be made. This is one of the most significant lessons of the entire contest, and one which thus far has been so entirely overlooked. It does not appear that the defeat of last year has roused the executive of asingle one of the States, so delinquent in this matter, into anything like a sense of itsshame. Had the defeat, been one more of men than of rifles, this fact would have been brought into bolder promi- pence; but, compared with the situation in Great Britain, that in America appears the more disgraceful, There every section of the kingdom is able to send forward men fit to compete for places on a representative team. Here a few dozen letters would reach about every available candidate. Still the battle is confined to the dozen before the butts, and so, With a well-drilled and thoroughly competent squad to send over, our directors need not fear the great army of yery compe- tent shots throughout Her Majesty’s realm, but whose skill cannotavail the dozen chosen to meet the Americans. This makes the situation the more hopeful, and renders the out- look a more encouraging one. One of the rea] stumbling blocks in the way of making up of an harmonious team is that of the captaincy. Itis perhaps the most advisable way to permit the selection of the leader by the shooting men, not merely the sanctioning of a nomination made by a board of directors who are them- sulves non-shooting men. The captain should be a marks- man, and he should be thoroughly aware of what every man under him is doing. .A man with certain set notions as to rifle or ammunition is not fit for the post. Such a one soon becomes a nuisance and a hindrance by insisting upon the adoption of his pet hobbies. The idea that since there is some money to be spent, the directors should put their own man in the supreme control of the team, isnot a valid reason for taking the power of choice out of the hands of the team. The amount at best is but trifling, and under proper rules this could be accounted for exactly without handicapping the efforts of the team by placing over it’ man who may not command the confidence of the men who are to do the shooting. The captain can more readily mar than make a victory. The great point to be borne in mind isto put the shooting men in such a frame of mind, and consequently condition of body, as shall enable them to do their very best in the match. After haying stood the heat and effort of the preliminary competitions for places on the team, it is fair to assume that, as individuals, the men are competent, and the effort of the captain is to he directed toward making the men a compact, single-willed whole, rather than a collection of disjointed, though, perhaps, earnest workers for victory. This result is the more likely to come under the direction of a captain chosen by the men, than under tke rule of an out- sider, who comes as the mouthpiece and the agent of a sc of managers. If there is to be such a manager, create a new office and let him be styled captain, if the title is a tickling one; but then let there be a shooting-master or something of that-sort, who shall bea man able to help the men techni- cally, while his interest is as great toward one ax another and his entire allegiance to the team in its work before the targets, With such a directing spirit, success may be looked for; without im it may only be prayed for, Inpraw FoLK-Lory.—We publish to-day a charming Lit of Indian foll:-lore from ITudson’s Bay, 222 FOREST AND STREAM. [Apu 19, 1883. CONCDRNING SALT MACKEREL. A MOST important problem has been submitted to us, < and we haye preferred to make it the subject of the following vemayks. to answering it in the usual way, on account of the labor we have expended in order to reach a correct understanding of it. The inquirer writes: Kditer Forest and Stream: A question has svisen as to the proper mode ot placing.» salt mack- evel in & pan of water so as to freshen it quickly, or, in other words, to extract the salt. Now,1 maintain thatthe common-sense mode is to place it on its hack or skin side, it having been split. while my opponent insists that it should be laid with the inside flat on the pan, and consequently skin uppermost, Ido not apply to you a8 a cook book, but as an authority on fish, and by solying this knotty question you will greatly oblige, etc. Taking down ‘Maguitin’s Principles of Comparative Physiology” we learned the sub-cutaneous areolar tissue with its papille is pecnliarly adapted to throwing off all saline exereta, and from this fact we temporarily adopted the theory that the proper way to place the mackerel in the pan was with the skin side up, in order that the cutis nera could perform iis functions as in life. Further inyestiga- tion showed, however, that the epidermis, with ifs inner layer of polyhedral cells and pigment granules is eminently fitted to absarb saline particles, and we then concluded that if the fish should throw off salt by one set of cells and absorb them by another set, there would be a sort of balance established whereby there would be no visible result wheu the'skin side was placed uppermost, It is possible that georraphical influences might affect thé freshening process. In the salt-laden air known to extend over a circle of a hundred miles about Syracuse, N. Y., all rules might be reversed, and a formula designed for that district would then be valueless to the rest of mankind, In this cmergency we wrote to our friend Mr. Reuben Wood, of the city of salt, and asked him how mackery] avd codfish were freshened there. Hereplied: ‘My Dear Sir—l never heard of sucha thing in Syracuse. We always add more salt to all fish which are alleged to be salted by the fisher- men of Gloucester, Mass.” Here light dawned upon us, Either the Gloucester fishermen, from motives of economy, did not salt their fish sufficiently, or the saline air-of Byra- cuse has‘deyeloped an abnormal appetite in its inhabitants who crave yast quantities of salt; if it does not prove to be a fact that they are trying to force the fishermen of Gloucester to use more salt in order to sell them more. This iriple-erned dilemma only complicated matters, and wet despaired of a solution of the question by our appeal to Syracuse, where all solutions appeared to contain more or Jess salt. One sleepless night, while we were struggling with this problem, we chanced to remember that the learned Trichiu- ros bad referred to the freshening of salt mackerel in his his- tory of Galeocerdo. But the work was rare, no copy being found in any of the public libraries of New York. The oulyyolume of this ancient work that we knew of was in the possession of Mr. William Florence, the celebrated ac- tor, who was not in town. That gentleman, however, kindly sent us the following from Vol, XCLX., which tells of the origin of an eight years’ civil war among the Galeco- cerdons, We quote: ‘This disastrous war had a sin- gular origin. It had been the custom of the people to freshen their salt mackerel hy laying them in a pan of water with the skin of the fish down, or next to the pan; but the present’ Emperor, Hypsoblennius, when a lad of ten years, was,sent by his mother,who was frying some liver and bacon for his Majesty's breakfast, to bring a No. 2 Gloucester sdlt-mackerel from the cellar and lay it in water to freshen for the family dinner, ‘The prince brought the fish and laid ittin the pan with the skin side up, whereupon his mother ordered him to reyerse it,and in doing so a sharp bone ran in his thuinb. ‘The court physician was summoned, and, after exti'acting the bonc, he told the Emperor that the proper way to avoid accidents of this kind in future would be to lay the mackerel with the skin side up, and then the bones would all be hidden: His Majesty immediately published an edict commanding all loyal citizens, under heavy penal- ties, to freshen their fish with the skins up. The people so resented this law that a civil varraged for eight years before if was quelled, and thousands of people were killed. The Emperor’s party bore banners inscribed * Skins Up,' and the rebels had on theirs the lerend ‘Skins Down;’ but after the war was ended all the subjects of the Emperor agreed that in future they would freshen their fish with the skins up, and peace reigned in the land.” We do not regard the fact that the party of the Emperor was victorious as being conclusive that the principle of freshening the fish with the skin up was necessarily the cor- ret one, aid we hold. that the question is not one to be set- tled vi et armis, but ruther by the application of chemical laws, if we can only find which laws influence the case in the greatest degree’ The law of gravitation is cited by Josephus, in support of the decision of King Solomon, who says: ‘The King was doubtless correct in deciding that the skins of fresheriing mackerel should be uppermost, as then the’salt is precipitated to the bottom of the vessel and not retained inside the skin.” In our opinion the law of gravitation has little todo with the case, and we must look elsewhere for evidence. In the celebrated reply of Webster to Hayne, in the United States Senate, we find an allusion to the subject. Webster proves that Hayne is ‘“athirst,” for some object foreign to the subject of this article, hut still ‘‘athirst.” Hayne was a representative South Carolinian, and the infer- ence was that a majority of the people of that State were also “‘thit'sting” for the same thing. Following this train of thought we conclude that improperly freshened mackerel | might be the cause; and in carefully reading the history of the Carolinas, we come upon the well-known and oft-quoted remark of the Governor of South Carolina to the Governor of North Carolina, and at once sit down to write to them to know in what position they freshened their Scammers that produced this thirst which made it appear so loug between applications of the remedy, feeling sure that if it was “‘skin np” with them then ‘skin down” was the proper method in order to uvoid the consequences which befel them, and which have passed into a proverb. Alas! those estimable men died generations ago, and the present Governors of those States do not eat mackerel in any form, and are not at all conversant with the merits of the case. Therefore we despair of a correct solution of this question, unless some- thing bearing on the subject can be found in the Cesnola collection, which has not been “‘restored,” until the skin of the mackerel cannot be distinguished from the flesh side. Like the lost Masonic word, the wisdom of future genera- tions may discover it, but we despair of its present solution. What has become of ‘‘Bob, the séa-cook,” who used to give us such lessons in practical matters? Perhaps he, or some other old salt, can help us to leap, saltatorially, as it were, to a correet answer to this salsuginous question. Che Sportsman Canvrisi. BERTHA’S EDUCATION. STRAYING away like a wild bird \' Into the forest gray, Catching a glimpse of the distance Here and there on the way, Never J feared the stillness, Singing my joyous song, Parting the low, green branches, Tripping the path along. Tried which could sing the sweetest, The little brown birds or I, While they were trilling carols Out of the ehestnits high. Louder we sang aud louder, Under the open sky— | Whether the passers heard us. Cared neither bird nor I. Cionds of the sweet brier roses Showered their snow on me, Or, in the spring, fell white fakes From the June berry tree. Dreamy air-castles I know not— Hum of the eager bee, Flutter of leaves unnumbered, Whispered my dreams to me. Tonic of mountain breezes Strengthened my slender frame, While from my hillside climbing Footsteps elastic came. Voice did the brooklet give me, Wandering past my feet, Hushed to a clear, low ripple Echo would not repeat. Watching the pine unbending, Towering tulip tree, Standing erect and graceful, Straight2ned unconscious me, Stealing the rosy sunbeam Out of the vibrant air, Paling it in the shadows, Grew my brown face more fair. If as you say, my eyes shine, They have but caught the light From the glad sparkle of sunbeams, Or from the Hyades bright. Petter than other lessons Learned on the mountain-side, Knowledge of life and freedom, All that is strong and wide. Best that a life beyond me Lies where I cannot see, And that the Great Life Giver Cares for His earth and me. JOSEPHINE L. KOBRERTS, INDIAN FOLK-LORE. ae following stories have been collected during a resi- dence of some years amoug Indians who have not yet come into contact with any whites with the exception of the servants of the Hudson’s Bay Company, so that these legends may fairly be considered to be free from the taintof civilization and to represent Indian stories In their primitive state, It will be noticed that fhe greater part of them con- cern the animals common to the country, especially as to the origin of anything peculiar as to size or markings on them. Animals having the gift of speech seems general both to stories of this continent and -to the East, witness various stories in the ‘‘Arabian- Nights’ Entertainments,” where animals have this power. I haye taken great care to make no additions to these tales but to leave them as they were told to me, Many of them have almost a familiar look, such as the Climbing Boy, which certainly has some like- ness to Jack and the Beanstalk, and the story of the Mistasoo to the Roc in Sinbad the Sailor. l.—How the Beasts Became Subject to Man. Two young squiws were walking about on a plain one evening, when 4 Star (Mars) came down and carried them off to his world, The Star placed the girls, forsecurity, in an eagle’s nest, and went about some business of his own, After a while the girls saw a Wolyerine passing beneath ent sorts of fungi, the tree on which they were suspended, and besought him to take them down; and to encourage him they promised to marry him on the spot. He would have nothing to do with them, and passed by, A Lynx and 4 Bear came along, to whom they preferred the same request; but only to have their petition scorned also. ‘There they sat weeping and wishing for release until presently a Wolf made his appear- ance, who proved to be softer hearted than the other three beasts, and took the squaws down, and was made the happy husband of both the young women. By and by they all three went down to the earth, and after roaming about for some time the Wolf told his two wives to remain ina certain place he pointed out to them, while he should xo hunting, No sooner had the Wolf gone out of sight than the squaws, who were already tired of his loving embraces, yan away and hid themselves. The Wolf returned and was very angry to find that his wives had deserted him, and after relieving his mind by smashing up afew stumps of trees, he left that part of the country. The squaws now came out of their hiding place and walked along until they came to ariver, when they saw many canoes paddled down stream by some of the beasts and birds, to each of whom they shouted, asking to be taken on board. Nefavorable answer came for a while, until the Waterhen was beguiled into taking them with him, . They paddled along happily until evening, when the Water- hen put ashore, remarking that the girls must be hungry, and he had better see about getting them some supper. He ordered tle two squaws, who were now his wives, to make a. long line of willow bark, and when they had twisted up a strong cord, he tied it to one of his legs and told_his wives that he was now to dive into the river, anti that they must pull in the line as soon asit was tight. The Waterhen accordingly dived, but his first attempt failed, as the girls were too eager to get out something to eat, and so hauled in the line too soun, The Waterhen rep- rimanded them sharply, and once more jumped into the river. ‘This time his wives were more careful, and were rewarded by finding a beaver tied to the line after they had pulled up about a fathom of it; and so on along the line, at a distance of only one fathom apart, beaver after benver to the end of the line, when there were three beavers and the Waterhen himself, After drying all the beavers’ meat, they took canoe and went down the river, setting deer snares on the way, to visit some people who were en- camped in that quarter. These were representatives, singly orin pairs, of all the most commonly known beasts and birds of the present day, and they were then living in tents around a large Jake, into winch the river flowed. No sooner had the Waferhen and his squaws rounded into the lake and come in sight of the wigwams there than the yeasts all shouted, ‘Here comes Waterhcn with wives.” The Waterhen’s grandmother was camped here, among the rest, and he took up his abode in her wigwam, and made immediate preparations for a feast. After all was ready, feasting and dancing went on all night, The Waterhen was afraid that his two squaws would be too much noticed by the other young men, and so, to guard avainst temptation, the squaws were ordered to stay closely in the tent and on no account to go to thedance. The women soon tired of the tent and sneaked off to see what was going on, but took care not to be seen by the dancers. The Loon was so handsome that, although the Waterhen’s wives did not manage to see him clearly in the distance, they saw enough to make them resolve to forsake the Waterhen and go with the Loon. Tired of gazing at the Loon’s perfec- tions, they went back to their tent to put into practice a plan which would at any rate insure one night or day of felicity to them. They broke down two poplar stumps, which were infested with ants, and each of the two squavs Jaid one stump where she ought to have heen lying herself under her blanketed robe. When the Waterlien came in quite tired with dancing, he looked around the tent and saw what of course he considered to be his wives lying asleep; they had lain down outside of the back of the wigwam as soon as they heard him coming. So, yawning and telling his grandmother that he would not likely turn out until midday, he laid himself dewn between the two blanketed stumps and dozed off. His tricky wives. turned 1m beside the Loon as soon as they saw how nicely they had suc- ceeded in blinding the Waterhen, Some of the people who were camped nearest to the Waterhen were astonished to hear him speaking loudly and harshly every now and again, and reproaching his wives for pinching: him and keeping bim from the sleep he needed so much, This pinching was caused by the ants, who had spread all over the tent, and were avenging the destruction of their dwelling place on the Waterhen’s bare legs and wings, Soon the Waterhen’s patience was exhausted, and, jumping up, he found out what was the matter, Going cautiously from tent to tent, looking for his squaws, he found them at length fast asleep, one on each side of the Loon, Taking care not to waken them he returned to his wigwam, and rousing his grandmother asked ler for the loan of her ice-chisel, which he proceeded to bring to a red heat in the fire, Ther he took the hot chisel and crept along to the Loon’s wigwam, where he found the poor Loon still asleep, lying on his back with his niouth wide open. The Waterhen rammed the red-hot iron down the Loon’s throat. (The mark of the burn can still be scen on the Loon’s tongne.) This killed him of course. The Waterhen made no row, but jumped into his canoe and visited the deer snares he had set on bis way down the river. Presently some one dropped into the Loon’s wigwam and found its occupant dead, He awakened the girls, who had slept all through these proceedings, and then made it known to all the others, and inquiries were made as to who was the murderer. When the Waterhen returned from seeing his snarés hé was at once asked if he knew anything of the wicked deed. Without speaking he drew his knife and stabbed himself in the throat, upset his canoe and cis- appeared into the water. By this action the people knew that the Waterhen was guilty of the murder; and they got into their canoes to make sure of his death, resolving to kill him if he was not already dead. The Waterhen was cer- tainly not dead, but had thought by a ruse to make the others believe he had killed himself. He had prepared a bladder and fastened it along his throat ; and it was into this bladder that the knife had been plunged. The Waterhen, knowing that he was pursued, diyed into the water, and so nimbly did he dive and hide that his would-be captors could not catch him although they pursued him until sundown, when one of the beasts, wiser than the others, suggested that they should dry the lake. To do this they used differ- and eventually did clear all the water out of the lake; and said to themselves that at daylight they would do for the Waterhen. ———————<—<—<—o ——E——————— a — Appin 19, 1883,] FOREST AND STREAM. After dark the Waterhen crept ashore and went to his erandmother’s wigwam, where he procured two gun flints, which he tied to his webbed fect; then went lo the edve of the Jake and waited for morning, At daybreak the hunters came to settle {he Waterhen, who, waiting until all lauds were well aut into the bosom of the lake, trod sharply on the fungi (which were lying full of water around the Jake) with his flint-shod feet, and let the water free and drowned all his pursuers, (The flints cut the webs of the bird’s feet, which can be geen still.) The lake soon filled with water up toits old leyel, but no living thing floated up, and nothing was alive nesr to it excepting only the Waterlien himself, who was swinvming about on its calm surface, and the widows of the drowned, wailing and kick- Mg Up a racket on the edge of the lake, Aftur only # short while, hewever, first a Bear, then a Beaver, came out of the water and ran ashore. These beasts and also many others who had been turned into waterfowl and remained swimming about in the lake, were the re- vived bodies of those whom the Waterhen had flooded, transformed now into the shapes and sizes of the different beasts and birds of fhe present day. Wear by was 4 smaller lake filled with grease, into which some beasts, is the Bear and Beaver, dived: others, as the Deer, only dipped their backs, some more some less, as the Rabbit, who contented himself with dipping ina paw and oiling under his foreiegs and between his shoulders, This accounts for the greater or less amount of fat on the differ- ent animitls, The Jast animal who came to the lake of grease was the Squirrel, who was so grieved to see most of the others so huwe, compared with himself, that he cried so hard as to make the striped appearance round his eyes we yet can notice. tee While they were stinding in a row after the process of bathing or greasing was over, confused with all they lad undergone and nob knowing what to do with themselves, the Great Spirit appeared to them and told them that they would have to sérye as food for the human race, by whom they haye been hunted ever since. NISTASKHSI, Moose Pacrory, Hudson's Bay, British America. . [LO BE CONTINUED. | * BAIE DES CHALEURS. Heat and pleasure seekers will be glad to learn that excellent accommodation is now being prepared to re- ceive a number of visitors who may wish to enjoy the fine Sea fir, beautiful scenery, splendid fishing, shooting, boating and bathing at Carleton, Baie des Chaleurs, one of the most delightful spots in the Province of Quebec. Carleton, as I found it last summer, is a remarkably pretty sea-shore villave, with good stores, good roads, daily mail, telegraph Communication, and connected with Campbellton (a.station of the Intercolonial Railroad about thirty miles oit) by steamer three times a week, or can be reached daily by the road, und is, therefore, easy of access. The majestic Tragadicash Mountain completely shelters it from northern winds so disagrecable at other watering places. Opposite the village is Carleton Point, projecting one and a half miles out, on each side of which is a beautiful sandy-bot- tomed bay, also sheltered from winds from cither one or other direction, and consequently affording safe and pleasant bathing and boating. The Baie des Chaleurs, or, in English, ‘‘Warm Bay,” is not remarkable for the heat of its climate, butitis sufficiently warm to be enjoyable, and nof so cold as many other locali- ties where one shivers in July; the climate during the sum- mer months is simply delightful. This grand bay divides the Province of Quebec from that of New Brunswick; itis said to bé about twenty-five miles wide at its entrance, and 100 miles long, and gradually narrows till it reaches its end, where the celebrated Restigouche Riyer meets if, Ov both sides there are over sixty rivers running into the bay, nearly all of which abound in salmon and trout; it has always been noted for its large-sized salmon, ten or twelve often filling a barrel with 200Ihs. of cleaned fish. Among the specimens prepared by me for the London ex- hibition are the salmon from the Cascapedia River, near Carleton, weighing respectively 47, 44 and 44 pounds; the sea trout are large in proportion aud in immense numbers, The bay is also the resort of codfish, mackerel, herring, smelts, lobsters, and the monstrous white porpoise, and the adjacent mountains are renowned for caribou, moose and hear hunting, especially the caribou, which are very numer- ous. \long the shores and rivers may often be found thou- sands of wild geese, brant, ducks and plovers. Experienced guides and boats or canoes are to be procured at yeryreason- able rates and there are few places can boast of so many attractions for the disciple of the rod aud gun as Carleton. The great drawback heretofore to one’s availing himself of these advantages has been the want of accommodation; this, I understand, will now be furnished by our respected towns- man, Mr. Joseph R. Michaud, passenyer agent of the Pas- sumpsic Railroad at Quebec, who hans secured the necessary property to do so to a limited extent this season, and will probably build a large hotel for future wants, and I am sure the visitor will be treated in such a manneras to greatly enhance the pleasures of the trip. Being frequently asked, where can one go for sea air and bathing or fishing and shooting below Quebec, from what 1 saw on my visit last summer, J would say iry Carleton, J. U. Grecory, QweBre, April 2, 1853. A Grouse 1y Town.—Newton, Mass.. April 10.—Robins and song birds are quite plentiful with us uow. On Thurs- day, 5th inst., our Fast Day, the writer saw a large flock of geese and heard of another Hock, aswell as a few stray ducks being seen. Something happened yesterday entirely oul of the usual course, Quite a large bird was reported as +heing seen sitting on the ridge-pole of a newly built house in atbhickly settled part of our ward. Curious to know whit the bird was, [went over to the place, and to my surprise found the bird to be a full-sized partridge. On inquiry T iearned he had been there about half an hour, and as he was not disturbed, seemed 16 be quite contented with Jris perch. He remained in all about three hourson his levated place, hetore taking wing. Is this not something yery unusual ? and how do you account for the occurrence 7—ow Arey. iiinors Douek Sxoovrse.—Apii] 10,—Fowling has uot been near so ood on the Iinois River as usual. The Hight has not heen heawy and of short duration, So far 4s Tcan judge our quail are pretty well used up—at least I have neéyer seen them so scarce at this time of year, Jacl Suipe are now here with «rush, but 1 am happy to say that bat very few shoot them here in the spring. —Byryp, _ — 223 Alatayal History. THE BIRDS OF MAINE. With Annotations of their Comparative Abundance, Dates of Migration, Breeding Habits, etc. BY HYERETE SMITH Fawmiy PRocenuaRma; Parrers, 287. Tee Pulmar—Pulmarus glarindis Nud.; Ride. 705, Cs, $14,—This great petrel of the northern seas undoubtedly occurs off the Maine coast, although as yet 1 have failed to oblain a specimen, either through my own efforts or others’. The species bas been taken near the coast of Massachusetts, as well as at Nova Scotia. Dr. T. M. Brewer recorded the capture of a specimen which was caught aliye “ton a cod- hook, on the castern part of George’s Bank," off the coust of Massachusetts, October 28, 1878. (Bull. N. O. C., Jan., 1879). 288, Leach’s Petrel—Thalassidronus leachti Aud.; Cyni- ochores leucorrhan Ridg. 723, Cs. 828.—Abundant alone the coast, Breeds commonly wpon the islands along the entire coast of Maine, Nests in holes, excavated by itself in the ground; and deposits its single egz in June. The eg is white witha faint ring of fine pink spots about one end. The two ends are nearly equally rounded, This is the only species of petrel known to breed in Maine. The birds are very active at night about their breeding places, but remain in their holes usually throughout the day. Their ery is not: very often heard during the day, buf in the evening it is uttered rapidly and incéssantly, while the birds are on the wing, This ery may be expressed by the following sylla- bles; *‘neei—troitter—weet—yovet—weel—orel—ty-7wect,”” the first notes uttered yery rapidly, but the last three with a perceptible pause between them. 289. Wilson's Petrel — Thilesstdirvma wilsond Auid.: Oceanites ocernind Ridg. 722, Cs. 828.—This species is of not uncommon occurrence off the coust, but rarely comes to the shore, aud none breed here. 290. Greater Shearwater or ‘Hagden”"— Pufinus cinereus Aud.; Pugfinus nugor Ridg. 709, Cs. 832.—Common at the offshore fishing resorts; generally known as the common “hagden.” 291, Sooty Shearwater, “Black Hagden”—Pugfinus jul- winosus Ridg. 714, Cs, 887.—Common at the offshore fishing resorts; generally known by fishermen as the ‘‘black hag- den.” Probably every species of Pijinus of occurence alone the New England coast might properly be named for Maine, but I haye included only the species whose capture here I ean youch for. Fawiiy Conymerps: Divers. 2092. Great Northern Diver or Loon—Oblymbus glactalis Aud.; Colymbus terquatus Ridg. 736, Cs, 840.—Abundant, Breeds about the Jakes throughout the State. Nests upon the ground near the water, and in June lays two or three dark, olive-brown eves, which are usually marked with a number of blotches or spots. A few loons of this species are found on the coast thronghont the winter. The spring migration occurs in April and May, This largest of our divers is locally well known as fhe common “‘loon,” 293. Black-throated Diver or Loon—Ovlymbus upcticies Aud,, Ridg. 738, Cs. 842.—An arctic species and not known to occur here in the black-throated plumage of perfect ma- turity. Audubon wrote (Birds of America) that the young birds extended their wanderings southward heyond the limits of the United States. This loon is a little larger than the species next named, and smaller than the great northern diver or loon, which it most resembles in form. This re- semblance is very close inimmature birds, but the adults are easily distinguished apart. An immatnre male black throated loon was shot on the coast of Washington county, Maine, December 6, 1881, and its skin was preserved by Me N. A, Eddy, who kindly sentthe specimen to me for ex amination. Skins of this species are so rare in collections, that but little materialis ayailable upon which to base a diagnosis of the characteristic features of immature birds. Audubon names the number of tail feathers as sixteen for this species, and eighteen for the great northern loon, al though twenty is «more common number for the latter. But this feature (numberof rectrices) of waterfowl is so variable as to be, by itself, of little it any value for diag- nosis of species. In maturity the coloration of plumuge is sufficient to dis- tinguish either of the two species named, but nof so with young birds, Nor is a comparison of the general size of immature birds of especial value in this case, as individual loons vary greatly in size. The bill of the black-throated loon is relatively as well as actually somewhat more slender than that of the great northern loon, especially as regards depth, and this appears to he the prime diagnostic feature of the species, taken in connection with the wing measurement. It is upon these two features, bill and wing, that I base the identification of Mr Eddy’s specimen, which J am constrained to regard us a black-throated loon (C, arcticus) \illed in its second year al about seventeen months of age, In the ornithological collection of the Boston Natural History Society at Boston, Muss., there are four mounted specimens labeled C. artizus, and one specimen without a i label that appears to be one of the same species, I have examined these five specimens, and here give some measure- ments of {hem in Comparison with the corresponding meas- urements of Mr. Eddy’s specimen. The latter was freshly mounted when I examined it, The others have been mounted many years, ind the contours of their bills may have become slightly changed by lony drying, Ido notgive the “length of bill alone the ridge,” which may he differently measured by collectors, and which is a measurement that varies in dried specimens from the same taken from freshly killed ones. My measurement to the nostril is Joss open to variations. The term “nostril,” as thus used, refers to the anterior limit of the nasal aperture, and not the nasal fassa, This is a well-defined point upon all specimens, whether fresh or dried, and hence J measure the ‘width’ and “depth” of the bill at this point, which is a constant one. The ordinary measurements of the depth and width ‘“‘at base of bill” are subject to great variations for the same speci- mens in the hands of different persons, since the exact point defined as the “hase” is likely tio be variously determined, anda. slight longitudinal difference in making such measurements causes yery appreciable discrepancies, The ‘wing’ meas- urements below given were taken by means of a tape line passed under the wing and drawn taut from the ‘‘bend” to the “‘tip” of the wing, ‘This method of measuring the wing is objectionable, but sufficient for comparisons in this con- nection, as all the specimens were thusmeasured. My usual method is to measure the wing of a large bird on its curye or outside edge, and not its chord below. The measurement from bill “tip to eye” is to the anterior angle of the eyelids. Pollowing are measurements of the blackthroated diver or loon (Colymbus aretieus), giveu in inches and decimals of inches. The specimens Nos. 1, 2, 8, 4 and 5 are those named above as being in the Boston Natural History Society's collection. Nos. 1 (labeled 8148), 2 (labeled $149), and 3 (labeled 8150), being in the Fresnaye collection; No. 4im the Theodore Lyman collection; and No, 4 without a label- No. 6 is the specimen in the collection of Mr, N. A. Eddy, Bangor, Me.; No. 1 from the *‘North Seas,” is an adult in perfect summer plumage; No. 2, ‘‘N. Europe,” is immature: No, 3, *‘N, America,’ is immature; No. 4, adult; No, 5 immature; No, 6, Maine, an immature male: Bill— No.2. No.3, Nos4. No.6, No, u. Tip to eye.....,.....4.. 3.33 3.02 3.70 2,03 3.85, Tip to nostril, - 1.69 1,44 1,80 1.28 1,85 Width at nostri 4 29 32 4 35 Depth at nostri AS fees — 44 87 Ganys...,..-- ml] a Ob 73 1,18 Wing. 2... 108. hh eo ane Tad Number of rectrices 17 18 17 v7 20. Edge of upper mandible: No. 1, decuryed; No. 2, slightly decuryed; No. 3, decurved; No, 4, straight, except tip; No, 6, recurved. Hdge of lower mandible: No. 1, decurved; No, 2, slightly decurved; No. 3, decurved; No. 4, slightly recurved; No. 6, recurved. 294. Red-throated Diver, or Loon—Colymbus septentrion- ujis Aud., Ridg. 740, Cs. 844.—Abundant daring migra- tions, passing north Jate in April and early in May, when the species is abundant alone the coast, often flying in small flocks of a dozen or less. This is the smallest of the three Toons known to occur here, and is locally termed “eape racer” by gunnerssand fishermen. Occasionally adult speci- mens in the perfect plumage of the breeding scason are slot here in May, yet itis uncommon to procure them wilh the red of the throat perfectly developed. The greater number killed along this coast haye the throat white without any trace of red. Faminy Poprcrripm: GrReBus. 295, Rednecked Grebe—Podteeps pubricollis Aud.: Padi céps holbolt Ridg. 731, Padyeepesjyriseigena holboellé Os, 847.— Common on the ceast during migrations, and a few remain herein winter. Spring migration occurs in April, Speci- mens in the plumage of the breeding season are obtained here in spring. This large grebe is sometimes mistaken for the red-throated loon or ‘‘cape racer when on the wing. 11 appears to he a marine bird almost exclusively, and is not found on the lakes here, although occasionally frequenting the mouths of rivers as wellas estuaries. 296. Horned Grebe—Poiceps. cornutus Aud., Os. 848: Dyes wuritus Ridg. 782.—Abundant dering migrations, The most common grebe known here. The sprmg migra- tion occurs early in April, and during this month I have shot specimens of this species and of the red-necked grebe in the perfect plumage of the breedingseason. Atsucl times there were considerable quantities of fine feathers in the stomachs of the birds of both these species, which apparently had been plucked by the birds from themselves during the moult just being completed. Possibly a few horned grebes brecd in Maine, at least occasionally, as specimens are sometimes found in the lakes during the sammer. 297, Pied-billed Grebe, Dobchiek—Podieeps carolinensis Aud, ; Podilyinbus podiceps Ridg. 735; Padilymbus podivipas Cs. 852. Not uncommon in swiimer about the lakes and streams, and probably it breeds here reqularly. Fawmy Ancipa; Avks, GumLeMots, 298, Razor-billed Auk—Alew torda Aud.; Utameania tordu Ridg. 742, Cs, 877.—Common along the coast in winter. A few breed off the coast of Eastern Maine. A single egy, white, with reddish brown blotches, is laid early in June. The spring migration occurs late in March and early in April. The food of this species consists of marine alge, crustacea, ele,, and the flesh, as compared to that of other seafowl, is of fine texture and palatable. The fight of the razor-billed aul is usually swift and straight, the wings beating rapidly; but occasionally the bird performs a succession of singularly long beats’ with their wings, without diminishing the speed of flizht how- ever, 299 Puttin— Mormon avetieus And. Fraterculu aretica Ride. 743, Cs. 854—Common along the coast, in winter. Locally known to fishermen as “‘sea parrot.” A few breed here, A single white egg is laid in Juue, in holes in the ground or under the rocks, Thetfood of this species consists chiefly of small shrimps and other crustaceans. 300. Little Guillemot, Dovekie—Mergulus alle Aud., Alle nigricans Ridg, 152, Cs. 863.—Abundant on the coast in winter. None breed here, nor is the plumage of the breed- ing season acquired before departure for the north in early spring. This diminutive euillemot is locally termed -‘ice- bird” by the fishermen. It is entirely marine in its habits, but occasionally is driven upon land by severe storms, 1 have the skin of a little guillemot picked up alive from the ground in Gorham, Cumberland county, Me., immediately ufter a great gale, in September, 1869. This was unusually early in the autumn for the species to arrive on the Maine coast, Mr. Harry Merrill informs me that one was taken at Pushaw Lake, near Bangor, Mv., in Noyember, 1879. I have kuown of the occurrence of this species in abundance in the harbor at Portland, Me., during a severe winter. 301, Black Guillemot—Uria grylle Aud., Ride. 760, Cs, 871.—Abundant. Locally termed ‘“‘sea pigeon” by fisher- men. The most common species of euillemot on thu Maine coast. Breeds commonly enstward of the Kennebee River. Two white exgs, blotched with dark brown, are laid in June, usually in crevices of the cliffs, hut also various other places areselected. T once found a bird sitting upon its two ergs far within a hollow log that was lying upon a rocky beach where it aad been washed up by waves during some great storm, This hird I captured and kept alive for some time, feeding it upon “rock eels,” ete. It had become very tame wheu finally liberated. Mr, Harry Merril informs me that a fuillemot of this species was shot at Bebee Lake in 1878. The black guillemots are handsome birds, both in the green- is-black summer plumage and the nearly all white plu- mage of winter, and would form an uttractive addition to a Zoological garden. The change in coloration of plumage occurs very early in the spring. Mr. Boardman informs me that he has obtained aspecimen ‘in the middle of February, changed to black, and one the last of January two-thirds changed.” But usually appearance before the plumage does not acquire its summer April, Tn the month of March the black guillemots are 224 FOREST AND STREAM. Oe t [Apri 19, 1883. commonly found moulting, and then present a mottled black and white appearance of the lower parts. The spring moult- ing appears to include the plumage of the entire head, neck and body; the summer dress being chiefly formed by a new growth of feathers, instead of merely a change in coloration of the old plumage. 302. Foolish Guillemot, Long-billed Murre—Uria traile Aud,; Domina troile Ridge, 768, Cs. 874.—Not common, This is the ‘foolish’ or “common” murre or guillemot of authors, but it is not very common at any time on the coast of Maine, where it occurs, however, during the autumn, winter and early spring. There appears to be some con- fusion among writers concerning the two species of murres found on this coast. For the Atlantic Coast of the United States the term “common” is inappropriate to this species, The published descriptions of the two species are at hest but meagre, and as unsatisfactory to ordinary students as are the names applied, This species may readily be identified by the length of bill, which measures one and & quarter inches or more from tip to nostril. In full maturity the Jong-billed murre may be easily distinguished, Wut for im- inaturé winter specimens the bill forms the mest character- istic feature for identification, as will be seen by the com- parisons given in the notes of the next named species, 303. Britnnich’s Guillemot, Short-billed Murre—Uria brunniohit Aud.; Lone arru Ridg. Thd4a; Lomvia wea Cs. 876.—Common off shore along the entire coast in Winter, and somotime abundant, Usually arrives from the north late in the aujumno or early in the winter, and returns in April. This species is the '‘Briinnich’s,” ‘Jarge-billed,” or ‘'thick-billed” murre of writers, and muy be distinguished from the preceding named species by its comparatively short bill, of one and an eighth inches or less in length ftom tip to nostril, The readers for whom these lines are jsyritten may thus identify, by measurement of the bill, anyfurre obtained on the Atlantic coast of Nerth Anierica, without veference to technical ornithological descriptions of other specific characteristics, But little has been puljlished about owr murres since the time of Audubon, who gave, in his Birds of America, some account of their habits as observed in summer at Labrador, as also full descriptions of these birds, But various dis- crepincies may be noted that sugzest the possibility of the notes concerning the two species having been mixed. Audubon mentions the lone billed species (dile) us ‘more or less abundant during winter on the coast of Massachusetts and Maine,” and the short-billed spsries (Yr Waniehit) as ‘oe casinnally procured in Maine.” In fact the reverse is true. But if anvone inquires of our coast gunners er fshermen concerning the “‘lurge-billed” murre, and the “common” murre, he will be told just what Auduhon hus told us. The explanation is simple. In the publixhed writings of orni- thologists the names ‘lurge-billed” and ‘‘thick-billed” have hithert) been applied to the murre that has the smadlest bill, and is common every winter on our eoast, While the name “common” has been applicd by the same authors to the Species of mrurre that comparatively is not common on our coast at any time. Andubon’s measurements are also con- fusing, and # reversul of the titles of species to which he applied them will be necessary to approximute them to my own notes, and I therefore quote the following from “Birds of Americn.” Urin troile, Dyiea brunet. Length’to end of tail..,..... ---.,..---- VA in. 14.50 in, Length to end of claws Whee eg tens of aeoen 21.50 in. Extent of winge,: --.:- pana) bau wo 80am. Wing from flexure,., -...,-+i.0: --s++10 7.50 in. Bin, These measurements indicate U, brunmivhat as the largest, of ike two species, but such is not the fact, From my own notes I select for comparisons the following measurements: Short-billed Murre. (Brunnichit), 16.5 to 17.1 in. Long-billed Murre, (Trvile,, Length to end of tail.,.--...... 17.5 to 20 in. The measurements of wing and extent intergrade, as do also the meusurements of tarsus and toes. The average size of the species froile exceeds that of the species brunntalite. The weight of the latter in lean condition is from one and a quarter to two pounds each The following table of measurements taken from my own notes will afford a convenient comparison of the most fmport- ant dimensions of these two species. All measurements are given ia inches and decimal fractions thereof: Brunnivh's Guillemot or Short-hilled Foolish Guillamot or Long-billed Murre, Murre. —_—_—_ TOO Adult, Young, Apri, March. Winter. Winter. (Tip to apparent angle ae Toathars. ae wwe aeeOU 1,63 1.30 1.15 = | nip to nostril. ...-- fet SLi5O 1.24 1,10 90 | Depth at nostril .58 142 bd "3g Width at nostril e 233 ar BO Gonys. 9 v0 7 Tarsus .... 1.4 1.65 1.40 Wing—Chord . 74 = = Wing—along edz 3. i 8.3 41 Length to tip of tail(about)20. W5 17. 16.3 The references to “nostril” mean the anterior border of the nasul aperture. Wing measurements are made with a tape line from bend to tip over the edge, and not the chord of the curve, It will be observed that the most characteristic measurements of the two species ave lengths of bills, and are almost the sole measurements that never intergrade. Euch spécies may also he distinguished by the followiig gencral comparison of characieristics: . Long-hilled Murre (treile).—Bill, tip to nosiril, about thrice its depth. Tip to angle of gonys about two-thirds of tarsus. Tomia of upper mandible bare at base, dilated, yel- lowish. Short-billed Murre (Gr vnandohdi or arra).—Bill, tip to nos- tril about twice its depth, Tip to anzle of zonys about one- half of taysus. Tomia of upper mandible feathered at base. ADDENDA. | Willow Ptarmigan or Grouse—Lagopus ddbus Aud., Ridge. 474, Os. 568.—There appears to be no reliable evidence that this species ever existed in Maine, Jn “Birds of America,” Mr. Audubon has stated that he ‘felt assured it exists in Maine, as well asin the northern districts bordering on the eat lakes.” And further states that ‘Theodore Lincoln, aq,, of Dennysville, in Maine, shot scven one day, not many miles from that village.” In regard to these state ments, Mr, Lincoln has informed me tliat he could not re- meniber ever finding the ptarmigan in Maine, and that “probably Mr, Audubon referred to those shot further orth.” Mr. Lincoln speaks of the Canada grouse (Zulrao canuden- sig And.) as “spotted grouse,” and it is my belief that the incident of the seven hirds shot in one day near Dennysville, Me., related by Mr, Audubon, was properly referable to the “spotted” or Canada grouse, Mr. Manly Hardy, of Brewer, Me., writes me as follows: “Besides my own chances for observations in Maine, New Brunswick and Canada East, I haye taken great pains to inquire of all my fur collectors and hunters about ptarmi- gin, but I can find no instunce of its capture in the region named. An old hunter who resided for twenty years near Gaspé, has extensive dealings in the Restigouche and Meta- pedia region, and knows the whole of that country, assures me that this bird is never found south of the St. Lawrence River, helow Quebec,” I have fished in summer through yarious parts of Maine and New Brunswick, and hunted on the ‘‘south shore” of the St. Lawrence River in winter, and all my own observations and inquities haye resulted in repeated failure to find any evidence of the existence of the ptarmigan south of the 5t. Lawrence River. This species (4. a/bus)isa common resident on the island of Anticosti, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, however, and abundant in Newfoundland. Prairie Owl—Surnia eunieularia Aud.; Speatyio vunieula- rey hypogad Ridge. 408, Os. 487.—In 1879 an owl of this spe- cies was left in Portland, Maine, for a taxidermist (Mr. An- drew Nelson, J7.). No person ever called for the bird, which was alive when left with Mr. Nelson, although it was wing- broken, and no further facts concerning this specimen can be learned, Ji may have been a straggler from the plains in the West, but mor2 probably was brought Hast in a cage. Trumpeter Swan— Cyynua buceinater Aud., Os. 688; Oley bucetnator Ridge. 589,—Seme years ago (prior to 1868) aswan was seen at Scarboro, Maine, during several consecutive days. ‘The late Caleb G, Loring, Jr., to whom the common swan (0, americanus Aud.) was well known, observed this bird repeatedly fly from the bay and circle about over the marsh hish in the air, uttering cries which Jed Mr. Loring to believe the bird to be a trumpeter swan, Tufted Puftin—Aormon cinrhutus Aud.; Lunda ecyrhuete Ridg. 745; Mratercila edrrata Cs. 856.—The following record of this species is given in ‘‘Birds of America” by Audubon: “The specimen from which | drew the figure of this smgu- lar-looking bird was procured at the mouth of the Kennebee River, in Maine. It was shot by a fisherman gunner while standing on some floating ice in the winter of 1831-32. No other individual was seen,” As fifty years laye elapsed since this occurrence without a similar record for the coast, the species is only mentioned in this connection. Great Auk—Alea 7mpennis (Linn,) Ridge 741, Cs, 878.— Although this species is now generally supposed to be utterly extinct, it undoubtedly onee existed npon the coast of Maine. Bones found at yarious places in Maine haye been referred to this species. (Sce the ‘American Natural- ist,” 1., p, 478.) [The notes already printed close the body of Mr, Smith's history of Maine birds, which has contained much that is of interest to our ornithological readers, The author has, however, expressed his intention of making some supple- mentary remarks, which will appear next week. The yalue to ornitholowists of such lists, when they are carefully and judiciously compiled, is very great, snd we feel sure that the present one has been highly appreciated by those inter- ested in the subject with which ic deals. ] MASSACHUSETTS WINTER NOTES. Birds wintering at Taunton, Mass., and vicinity during the winter of 1882-3, BY JOHN €, CAMOON. HE following brief notes of the past winter, and of the birds at Taunton and vicinity, 1 take from my note- book: December, 1882, came in with snow on the ground, and during the mouth there were sixteen days of sleighing. The- lowest point reached by the mercury wason the 4*h, 3° above zero. During the month it snowed on six days and rained on cight days; twelve days perfectly fair, The month, as a whole, averaged 10° colder than December, 1581. A few robins (Lurdus migratorius), and bluebirds (Siaka stalis) were scen and heard at various times during the month, Saw golden-crested kinglets (Regulus satripa) in vompany with chickadees (Parus atricapillus) every lew days. A num- her of brown creepers (Certhiw familiaris) remained here during the month. Yellowrumped warblers (Dendraca copmmete) were quite abundant; found them in swampy land near ariver, Saw flocks of goldtinches (Astidgalinus tristis) from time to time, and song sparrows (Melospiza fasciata) re- mained with us throughout the month. Snowbirds (Junco hyemulis) and tree sparrows (Spizella monticola) were quite common; crows (Coneus frugiverus: common; blue jays ( Cyanoetita cristata) very common, saw them every day that Twent out, A small nuniber of hairy and downy wood- peckers (Pieus villosus and P. pubescens) were seen during the month. Golden-winged woodpeckers ( Ovlupies auratus) were quite plentiful. Great horned owls (Bybo virginianus) were seen geveral times. Several barred owls (Stra: nehitlosa) were also seen. One of them was observed in asmall swamp near (he city, On the 24th a handsome adult saw-whet owl (Wye- tale neadies) was brought to me that was shot at this place, This is the first to my knowledge that has been taken here in the winter, Seyerai years ago I saw some young saw- whet owls at Pleasant Luke, Cape Cod, that were taken irom a hole in a decayed trec. There were three of them, and two were so tame that they alighted on my hand, but the other one was savage, and if I pnt my hand near him he would fly and peck at it-as hard as he could, Their favorite food was small fresh fish cut up fine. They were the handsomest young owls that 1 ever, saw, but they all died before they reached their full growth. Saw ved-tailed hawk (Buteo borealis), quite a number of ruffed grouse (Bonase umbella), and quails (Ortyn wirginiane) were, to all appear- ance, wintering well, enough being left, when the scason closed, to breed next spring and summer, January followed December without any great change in the temperature. Ten days of sleighing, The lowest point reached by the mercury wus on the 13th, 10° below zero; the highest on the 2ist and 30th, 60°, Dwring the month it snowed on nine days and raiued five days; eleven days per- fectly fair. The month as a whole ayeraged 5° colder than January, 1882. Themorning of the 18th had the honor of showing'up as the coldest of the season. Mercury dropped all night, and at 7 A. M. it reached its lowest point, 10° be- low zero, At 12 M. the mercury had climhed up to 40° above zero, A change of.50° in five hours is a litile peculiarity of New England. The snow storm, which reached us on the night of the 9th, proved to be the most severe of the sea- son, The wind blew hard from the north, and large dritts were piled up, and travel to some extent delayed. At noon the mercury had not risen beyond 11° above zero, and the few people that had to be oub encountered a first-class bliz- zard, _ Bluchirds (Siahia, statis) were heard singing at various times, and a pair of them were seen in a méadow once dur- ing the month. Golden-crested kinglets (Regulus satrap) and chickadees (Parus ctricapillus) were common, and on the 22d I shot quite a number of the former, nearly all of them being adults. On the 2d 0 shot one of a pairof yel- low-rumped warblers (Mendrivem coronita) the only ones I saw during the month. Although I did not see any pine grosbeaks (Pinicola enucleator), several flocks were seen, and a few were taken, Saw a large flock of redpoll iinnets (Hgtothus linarvia) once during the month, Goldfinches (Astragaulinus iistis) were seen often in large and small flocks. A pair of song sparrows (Mélospiza fusciata) was found by me wintering ina little sheltered valley, Snow- birds (Junco hyemelis) were commen. Tree sparrows (Spizella monticola) were abundant from the beginning to the end of the month. Crows (Corvus frugivorus) were seen occasionally, but were not as common asin December. Blue jays (Cywno: ettta evistata) Were common Hairy and downy woodpeckers (Picus villozus and P. pubescens) were noticed at different limes, the hairy being more common than the downy wood- pecker. Golden-winged woodpeckers (Coelaptes auratus) were quite plentiful, a flock of them wintering in an old barn, where I saw them flying in and out of some holes near the top. Great horned owls (Bubo virginiiwnus) were seen a few times, and on the 4th, a bandsome adult was brought to me, 52, Yellow-breasted (that, Record of one specimen taken, 58. White-eyed Vireo, Record of a pairnesting. Perhaps occurs irregularly, More evidence wanted in regard to occurrence of this species. 67. Summer Tanager. 68. Bohemian Chatterer or *‘Waxwing.” usually in winter. ie 71. Cardinal Grosbeak. Stragglers or escaped cage-birds. i3. Blue Grosbeak. Record of a single specimen taken. 85. Yellow-winged Sparrow. Apparently occurs only as a stragegler, i104. Orehara Oriole. Apparently occurs only as a. straggler. 107, Boat-tailed Grackle, Reeord of but one instance. j14. Western Kingbird, Record of a single specimen taken. 127. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Apparently occurs irregularly only, 135. Red-headed Woodpecker. Apparently of irregular occurrence only. 137, Barn Owl. Record of a single specimen taken. 139. Screech Owl, Apparently of irregular occurrence, but not rare, and has been taken in summer and in winter. 148. leeland Gyrfaleon. Occurs only asa straggler. 149. Labrador Gyrialeon. Occurs only as & straggler. 154. Cooper's Hawk, Apparently of irregular occurrence only, 162, Golden Hagle. Of irregular ocenrrence. iid, Turkey Vulture, Straggler. 165, Black Vulture. Straggler, 167, Carolina Dove. Straggler. 170, Virginia Partridge or Quail. traduction from other States. f 171. Migratory Quail, Occurrence only by artificial introduction from Wurope, 174, Killdeer Plover. Strageler, . ; | 17%. Oyster Catcher. Record of a single specimen taken, 186, Baird’s Sandpiper. Strageler, 190. Curlew Sandpiper, Straggler, 3 193. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Apparently of irregular oceurrence only. 105. Ruff Reeve, Straggler from ERurope, 201, Great Marbled Godwit. Straggter, 203. Longbilled Curlew. Straggler, 207, Great White Egret, Straggler. 208. Litthe White Egret, Straggler. 7 509. Idttle Blue Heron. Record of a single specimen taken, 24. Avocet. Straggler. 215. Black-neeked Stilt, Straggter, 219. King Rail. Straggler, 220, Clapper Rail, Straggler. 224, Jamaica Rail, Black Rail, ification doubtful, . Purple Galinule, Straggler. 225. Common Gallinule. Straggler. 3 Common Swan, Strageler. 2h, Snow Goose, Of irregular occurrevee. . Mallard, Of irregular occurrence. 295. Gadwall Duck, Straggler. 230. Shoveller Duck, Straggler. 213, Ringneek Duck. Of irregular occurrence. 245. Redhead Dueck. Of irregular occurrence, 946. Canvas-back Duek. Of nregular occurrence, Le. 951, Labrador Duck, No record of any specimen taken within the United States since 1872. 241. Gannet. Ofirregular occurrence. 264, White Pelican, Straggler. i 965. Frigate Pelican. A single specimen shot near the harbor of Halifax, Noya Seotia, Oct. 16, 1875, and sent to Mr. Andrew Downs of that city, Mentioned as a straggler from the south past the coast - f Maine. ed Sshine’s Gull. Apparently a straggler, or at least of irregulal occurrence and in very limited numbers. Record of but two speci- mens taken here, : 278, Gull-billed Tern, Apparently of irregular oceurrence only. 982, Dougall’s Tern, Apparently a straggler, or at least of irregu- lar occurrence only, e883, Least Tern. Straggler. i 284. Sooty Tern. Record of a single specimen taken. nae eS Sans Stacy iragel r 257. Tee Pulmar. pparently as a straggler only. 998. Bivelc-throated Diver or Loon. On account of the Jack of sut- igfactory evidence as to the occurrence of thisspecies on our coast, it can now only be regarded as a straggler, or of irregular occurrence. Spring and autumn, But few remain Spring and autumn, pring and autumn, Also regularly in More evidence needed of the occur- Record of two specimens Record of a single specimen taken. Of ivregular oecurrence, Occurrence only by artificial in- Record of a single speeimen; ident EEE —_—_ FF Apnm 26, 1888.] FOREST AND STREAM. This classification iemade in the order of relatiyeimportance as it appears to the writer, although the migrants may be seantaed as a class of equal importance with the winter yisi- tants. Stragelers rank last in importance and interest os a class, alfhough some individual instances are of ornithologi- cal importance, Tn reading the Catalogue as published 1 notice many errors of a typographical nature, perhaps due to carelessly written minuseript, but L trust that veaders will comprehend such errors. In the preparation of these notes for publication in PorEst AND BrREAM the writer las endeavored fo avoid as much as possible all technicalities and to express explicitly aud with- out yerhosity such items as were selected for the object in viet. Conscious of an inability to convey any information of value fo scientific ornithologists, and ot the truth of the say- ing that ‘there's nothing néw under the sun,” I have pub- lished in this connection such of my notes us seemed of! probable interest or yalue to readers who, like myself, ate observers ind students of birds and their ways, and in seek- ing to acquire more knowledge of natural history tind a con- stat source of pleasure. By 4 continuance of observations, additions can be made to ile list of species enumerated for this region, for the territory is extensive and remarkably yaried as regards dis- tribution of species. In conclusion I wish to say to collectors, taxidermists, sportsmen and others that if is always a pleasure for me to receive birds or skins sent for examination or identification, or avy notes in regard to birds. Already I am obtaining agreeable recompense for my labor in preparing this local list of birds by new correspondence and the.receipt of speci- mens, and I hope for a continuance of such fayors from all Those to whom I haye been indebted in the past. PortLAND, Me,. U.S. America, Eyrrerr Ssrri, THE STUDY OF NATURE. 5 the game laws will probably not be altered or repealed that professional men and others may hunt and fish during their summer's vacation, let me suggest fo such per- sons that they then study nature and make a specialty of some braneh of natural history. [ know a clergyman who several years ago began the study of ants during a Summers yacation, He found the study so pleasant and interesting that he continued it during succeeding vacations. He published a book on the subject. As a scientist he is well known. Now he also studies spiders. One yacation he came to Texas to study its ants, whose domes here are curious and wonderful. He then told me tliat his entomological studies had given him health and much pleasure, A clergyman once told me that he thought it was small business for a man to be looking after ‘“‘bugs” and other in- sccls, I asked him who made the insects. After a short time he replied, saying that he supposed God did it. We liad not thought of them as the work of God, and hence worthy of the attention and study of man, Geology, also, affords a grand study for all. Eyeryone should know at least the main features of the earth, its tocks, and at least its most common minerals, But the yalue of such studies is too well known to need any recom- mendation. Bee instructions at head wf this cahurin. Mareny tt. ERD J. #, Doughty, Luke City. Minn., for pointer bitch, whelped March 38, 1884, by Dilley’s Ranger onl of White hilly. Peep R. By Mr. L. Asive. Minneapolis, Mann., for pointer biteh, helped March 28, 1884, by Dilley’s Ranger out of White Lilly, Plush R. By Mr, U, B, Hamilton, New York, for pointer dog, whelped Marcel 25, 1893, by Dilloy'’s Ranger out of White Lilly, Trailer, Prize, Hritiimn, Caro. By Mr, Win. Loefiler, Preston, Minu., for fallow re dachshimd pups, whelped Feb. 4, 1888, by Gretehen out of Bergman, Gerfrude and Bruuliide. By Me. Woi, Loeter, Preston, Minn., for fallow red dachshund hitch puppies, whelped Feb. 4, 1888, by Greichen out of Berean: Hob ©. By Mr. HW. D. Channeey, Midland Park, N. .!,, for black and white selter doy pup, whelped March 12, 1685, by imported Jack (Grousé—Bellé) out of Peet's Alice, Huntress, By Me. R, A, Gushes, Appleton, Wis,, for liver and white cocker spaniel biteh. 2ore ald (pedigrua ouknown), Priority oF Nayn,— Wrightsville, Pa —Bditor ores! wat Stpeuan: Lnotive iu your issue of April 12, in the report ar the Pittshurch dog show, that Mv, Wan. Thomas entered Ringwood 1,,9 beagle puppy in Class 36, and received he. Mr. Thomay will oblige me by changing uppys name, as I have clanned the names Ringwood I. fore beagle puppy in your issue of Jan, 4, 1883. Bein positive tliat Mr, FOREST AND STREAM. 253 Thomas did not claim said name in Forest anp Srream, I consider my puppy the niost rightful owner of the name. J desire to avoid eonrus poses.—Atie. C. Krein. on in the future, as T intend using my puppy for stud pur- BRED. = See Instructions wt head of this column. Alazeliut—Chier. Mr. I. H. Rober’s (Philadelphia) red Irish bituh Hazelout to Mr, Max Wenzel’s (Soboken\ Chief, CrenariePete, Ji. Messrs. J. C. & A. BR. Sharp's (Taunton, Mass.) champion lemon anil white pomter bitoh Cremorne to Mr, 5, CG, Alder’s champion Pete, Jr, Mareh 6. Clarw R.—Emperor Pred, Mr, Jas, K. Boyd's (Hempstead, L. 1.) Temon belton Mnelish setter bitch Clara R. (Roscoe—Armida) to the piwe Laveract setter dog champion Burperor Fred. April 21, 1853, niu —Thish TT. Mr. ¥, Gammer'’s setter bituh Diana (Leicester— Dol) to Dash TL. Agri] 2. Jessice—Dash 1, Mr, J, N. Roberts's Jessie (Dashing Monarch— ine Belle) to Dash ITL, March 18. WNell——Pash Jif My. Grimes'’s (Boston) setter bitch Nell (Paris— Péeress) to Dash Til,, April 22, WHELPS. (> See instructions af lead of this cohimr, Young Flora, Mv. Robert Blackwood’s (Montreal, Canada) im- ported black and tan Gordou setter bitch Young Flora (Ranger— Flora). Mare 27, cight (Four dogs), by bis Major (Marble’s Grousa— Queen Bess IT.). , Bess, Mr. Will B. Greeg’s (Columbia City, Ind.) cocker spaniel bitely Bess (Col. Stubbs—Maub), April 1, six (all dogs), by his Ned (Sam —VDarkness). Chitie—Rush, Messrs. J, @, & A, R. Sharp's (Taunton, Mass.) champion Jemen and white pointer bitch Clytie, whelped April 16, five dogs, by Mr. Edraund Ovgill’s champion Rush. Ketydid—Dosh Hi Me, B, A. Visher, Jr.'s (New Bedford, Mass.) black and white English setter bitch Katydid (Guy MSE Whirlwind), April 17, six (two dogs), by Mr. A. M, Tueker’s Dash CT Sweep. Mr. ©. EB. Scott’s (Schonectady, N. Y.) imported black sae spaniel hitch Sweep, April 17, seven (two dogs) by champion Zulu, Hazel Kirke. Mey. C. EB. Scott's (Schenectady, N. Y.) lemon and white Cocker spaniel bitch Hazel Kirke, April 19, séven (iwo dogs), by Success, Ratydid. Myr. &, H. Fisher's (New Belford) setter bitch Katydid (Gladstone—Whirlwind), April 15, seven (tyo dos), by Dash TI, SALES, EE See instructions at heusl of this column. Senator. Pointer pup (champion. Denald—Devonshire Lass), by Mr. @. M. Munhall (Cleveland, ©.) to Mi. J.B. Perkins, sae place, Clifford. Pointer php (chanipion Donald—Devonshire Lass), by Mr, C. M. Munkhall (Cleveland, 0.) {0 Mr, .Toseph Perkins, Jr., same place. : Bonnie Neil whelps. Red Irish setters, whelped Dec. 19, 182, by Mr. M.§. Buker (Bucksport, Me.), a bitch to Mr, Thomas H, Ric! (Boston, Mass.), 8 dog to Mr, Walter White (Boston, Mass.). a dog to Mr. Quo, H. Kent (Lancaster, N. H.), a dog to Mr. Wm, Buek (Or- land, Me.). a dog to Mr. F. W. Walker (Boston, Mass.), Scott. Tawny red Scotch collie pup (Marcus—isle), whelped July 28, 1882. by Ma. T. C. Faxon (Bostou, Mass.) to Mr, J.D, Shot- well (Rahway. N-J.), : Lodo Kilmarnock, Tawny red and whites Scotch collie pnp (Mar- eus—Isle). whelped July 28, 1882, by Mr. 1. C, Faxon (Boston, Mass.) to Mr, J. D, Shotwell (Rabway, N. J.). Jeannie Burns, Glack and white Scotch collie pup (Marcus—tsle), whelped July 28, 1882, by Mr. T, C, Faxon (Boston, Mass-) to Mr. J. 1). Shotwell (Rahway, N, J.): Fi Dachshund pups. By Mre Wm, Loefiler (Preston, Minn,), Wal- dine TIT, (Gretehen—Bergman), and Pinch (Flara—Faust) (a Mr. Chas. Altmannsperger (Minden, Ta.), and Gretchen—Bergman pups as fol- lows: Prinze to Mv BG. F, Seitmer (Dayton, O.); Trailer to Mr. Chas. Gaub (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Gertrude ta Mr, Chas, H. Parlasva (Elgin, T.j; Brunhilde to Mr. J. P. Schaefer (Canal Dover. O.); Erdmann to WN P. Schaefér (Canal Dover, 0.); Caro to Mr, dere Allis (Clear Grit, Mimn.). Major. Masti? dog, by Mr. D. P, Foster (New York) to Mr L, L. Lorillard (New York). IMPORTATION. Ee See instructions at head of this column. Priday Night. Greyhound (Masters's Prince—J. H, Salter's Sally). Friday Night is a black dog, with white feet, is limos, old. and is lrother ta Mr, A. Salter’s Saturday Night, winner of the Lytham cup. He is a dog of great quality, with wonderful legs and feet and immense power behind him, Imported for the New York showy, 1883, by Mr. Clias. H. Mason. Hifle and Crap Shooting To insure prompt attention, communteations shauld be ad- dressed tothe Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- portanee are liable to delau. HUNTING RIFLES, Editor Forest and Stream, L want to say a few words on hunting rifles with your pernission. T shall avoid all attempts at anything like scientific minutia, and eon- fine my remarks to practidal every-day facts, which must interest every lover of this truly royal weapon. In the first place, as to accuracy, To have accuracy and nniformity in the shooting qualities of an arin is of the greatest importance. This depends, heyond controversy, upon haying a straight and sym- metrical tube, and in having the metal of a homogencous density throughout. It would not be saying too much to assert that a goodly number of rifles, as we find them on the market. are either crooked in the barrels or else unevenly bored. Thisis not strange when we consider the obstacles that environ the mechanic—as nneven density of metal, expansion, contraction, etc. Some rifles have given unusual results us to accuracy, and have heen known far and wide as remarkably close-shooting guns, their Tee being albogether intrinsic, as there Was nothing ornate about chem. : T sawa Sharps carbine last fall while hunting on the plains, that had “gone through the war,” and looked as though literally used up, that would Ki veas good, or better results in long-range shooting, say from 200 ta 300yds,, as the best guns in the field, No care was taken with it. When Wwestarted on acamp hunt it was thrown into the wagon with the camp rubbish, lefolying on the ground, seldom ever cleaned, and yet this arm never missed fire, was retuarkably suc- cessful in bagging game and in killing clean, There is no other way to account fur this, except thatthe metal was homogeneous, and the tube straight and evenly bored. Rifle barrels may possibly season crooked, like fence-posts, after being bored. When this fs the case, no mechanic can straighten them and keen them straight. As to the rifting process, experience teaches us that the less foolish ness about this matter, the better for the practical hunter. A gun that has to be cleaned and oiled after each discharge is worthless in the field. Yel many of our breech-loading rifles are jushin this fix, Té the rifling is too Glose and the gain too pein you have con- stant fouling and necessarily inaccuracy, Then. there is another fault in our modern breech-loaders as a hunting arm—you have no ramrod convenient in ease you have » tight shell or impacted bulletin front of the chamber. My first buffalo hunt was with a ide who used 4 fifty-caliber Sharp's, of about fourteen pounds weight. He always carried a wiping-stick in his gun, about a foot longer than the gun burrel, and when we dismowited to shoot the wiping-stick had to be Withilvawnand carried mm the haud, or else dropped on the plain, to be hunted for when the fusilade ended, I wrote to a prominent manu- facturer, enclosing the necessary three-cént stamp to prepay postage, to know if he would not build mea rifle withthe ramrod attachment, something on the style of our old muzzle-loaders, After waiting for sone time, [received the reply that this wis only & matter of taste, aud that they didn‘) like to vary from their established model. Twas using one of them heavy guns at the time, and rather liked its shoot- ing qualities, So ltookit toa friend who was a practical gunsmith andhad a rib and thimbles put on, and a stud to secure the ramrod in its place, which bas more than satisfied mea with the utility of this annex. Not only this, but the general appearance of the arm was enhanced a hundred per cent, as acknowledged by all who have seen it, Since this time I notice that a rifle is being built by the Mas- sachusetts Arms Co., dalled the Pavifie rifle,’ which L know must be appreciated by the hunter who is so fortunate as lo possess oue. Now, one olher sngpestion. A selfcocking single breech-loader, without concealed hammer, of, say, thirty-eight caliber, seyenty grains of powder, two hundred and forty grains of lead, is deadly enough Lov atiything this side of the Rocky Mountains, and one lun- dred and forty grains of powder to five hundred grains of Jead is enough to satisfy a eriszly or mountain lion, and you can’t afford to fool with them with aless deadly weapon, — ° These suggestions may be looked upon by some as the whints of a Loyiee, Béthisas itmay. 1 am dertain that the successful gunsmith —theé one who makes the best rifle—yill be the man who builds ac- cording to the whims of those who nse the rifle, and not the one who adopts a certain model that will, theoretivally, proclaim all goods wike—a practical impossibility, OccrbENT. SepartA, Mo., April, 1862. 1We have for many years carried a Sharps rifle,on the barrel of which are twosmall steel thimbles holding a slender steel rod, the tip of which serews into a lite block, so thatif can never be lost. One may never need touse (his attachment, but if he should want ib, he would want it yery badly. | MUZZLE vs, BREECH LOADERS. titer Forest and Streaie > 1 noties in your Mareh 29th issue Mr. James Duane'’s veply to mine of March 22. His reply is courteous and I baye read it with much interest. I presume others have beén muh interested also. I was very wall satisfied that he had made a mistake instead of myself, hence Twas desirous that he should exploin himself, lest the public might con- found the J. H, Brown target of January 9, 1882, with the recent tar- get made (so said) by Mr. Farrow, with Mr. J. H. Brown's new mili tary rile, TheJ. H, Brown target I referred to in my former com- munication (March 22) was presented by Mr, Berg, of Davenport, Dl., and is said by him to have been made by Mr. Brown. But as yet, and strange to say, no one has comeforward to authenticate this target, asa genuine full-sized targe . with its centre exactly cojn- eiding with hhe centre of a dollar circle as the true bullseye shot at. There frankly confess 1 do not leliave in this target, as it stands on record, nor do] believe it can be proyen up as Mr. Berg presented it. Lmakeno charge of wrong here, as an erro! may have been committed. Tam entitled to my honest convictious, and I here go out of my way to express it, in order that this target shall find ao father and be duly proven up. T hope to hear from Mr. Brown, as I Hive not his address, If otherwise, it stould be erased from the re- cords. To vetum. My previous communication, as first written, was very full and ea te but, finding it too Jong, it was curtailed for publica- tion, and thereby I left some things unsaid which T regret were omitted, Ladmitiny article failed in some respects to be clear and Full in all the points [ presented and my apoloxy for it is here given. Tf your readers have understood me correctly it is that L have taken an open stand in favor of the wuzzle-loader ys, the breech-loader for accurate shooting within ordinary hunting ranges. The rifles are to be ordinary hunting rifles, and the breecli-toader must use the put up &mmunition of the makers, and the short conical hunting bullet must be shot naked from the shell; and that I purposely exclude all other kind of rifles, ammunition and shooting, because one point is as much as we can attend to at the same time. No one can deny that Thave presented the main anil most inyportant points which con- cerns the hunter, Lsimply present the brecch-loader, with its am- munition, as they now both stand, arm and arm together, and which we cannot now separate with any consistency as regards hunting. If the hunting rifie, with its hunting ammunition. do not work well together, then one or hoth shonld be condemaui cnd somethin better be sought after, hoth by the makers and buyers of these, A inst agree with me in a statement so simple and plain, Your reagers Will also understand that ju my previous article on this subject Lb went out of my Way, but only so far as to raply to Mr. Berg in refer- ence to two targets which he had alveady introduced befure the pub- lic, and wherein he claimed that the muzzle-loader was beaten by the breecl-loader. Both rifles were heayy target rifles, Iwas justi- fied in answering him, even though the matter did Hot fall-strictly within the main limits of the huutmg rifle, I only defended the muzzle-loader in this casé as a matter of necessity, and bevauseT saw if stood misrepresented, T corrected this misrepresentation (as the records stood), and proved that the breech-loader was beaten by the muzzle-loader about 100 percent, This explanation seems important, for some of your correspondents write as if if was me, and not Mr, Berg, who first introduced this subject of heavy target rifles. What- aver your correspondents may haye to say or to blame on this score, Tet them fall back on Mr. Berg and not on me. IT say, use his own weapons or let. them alone, This is the only manly alternative. T van seé no other proper way of acting. Mr. Duane claims that lam “mainly responsible” for hig error, he- cause my article was not more explicit. By whatrule of logic or jus- tice does he arrive at thisconclusion? Ido not find it in my books, These teach, thatif A asserts a thing to be true, and B denies if, that Bis responsible for nis (euiel, And if B cannot support his denial, but finds himself in the wrong, that he cannot then go back on A and say he is responsible, because he failed to prove his assertion to be true When he madeit. The rule of action is that when one denies the assertion of another, he must prove that he is correct in the denial, If some of your correspondents in theirreplies to me had observed this rule, they could not have got along near as fast as they did. Ie says, speaking of Mr. Brown's new militury rifle “A bona fide breech-loader, weight §1{lbs., shooting military ammunition [observe nothnunting am- unition| was beaten but a small fraction of au inch (less than 2gin,) by a muzzle-loader, weighing 44lbs."*_ Very well, then, the muzzle-loader beats, ashesays. Now, beat it! Very well, here heis off the track; the new breechtnader did not shoot the hunting amunition. Then, why bringif in, unless toshow its targets as against the muzzle-londer’s, and in this ease he says itis beaten, Please to remember, one and all, that L only promised fo be beard from when the target of Mr. Goye, and thé string made by Mr, Bar. both with the muzzleloader, shall he beaten by the breech-loader, and also when the question T then putshall be answered. and trily at that. Thattime has not yet ar rived, 1 see; still, I find myself replying when at leisure, ‘This new rifle, notice, was shot with a patched bullet, and its shooting was thus in imitation of the muzzle-loader, In other words, it was virtu- ally a muzzleloader, shooting against a muzzle-loader, You cannot fail to have seen that 1 specially claimed quite steady shooting for the breeehb-loader when ifs long bullet is patched, ete. But be sure to remember that steady shooting is one thing, and flat curye another, that both are about equally important in a good hunting ville, and that both are positive necessities to give the closest shooting. Please not to forget this important facf, and one which has been known for over a hundred years by all intelligent hnnters. He says than “‘the Major insists that the breech-loader shall shoot the fixed hunting smmunition proper, and the same that we have to buy at the stores; that the bullets (gonical so-called) shall be shot naked from the shell. Now, Mr, Duane is in the exact track. Yes, Tinsist on this, because the makers of it compel me to doso. This is thé legitimate ammunition; It goes hand in land with the rifle. “Buy this, say the advertisers of the ritie, and “use it. or we cannot warrant you the best shooting with ourrifles.” And so itis bought, Butif not bought then you have only to hang your rifle up on a peg, for you have a rifle withmut the good ammunition. And thisis ahout the case more than half of the time when these rifles are owned in the country, and away from the marts where this kind of ammuni- tion cau be hud, And right here comes in one of the very hardest things these rifles have to contest with. They don’t suit the country people, and they are just the ones who want the rifle the most. Let the makers of these rifles and ammunition wake up to the practical wants of the great mass, the country people. Make them a cheap, simple, plain rifle, that shoots to their entiresatisfaction, the same 4s the muzzle loader does, and further so simplify things that each farmer. asin the days gone by, can make his own bullets and his own ammunition. It is generally conceded that the put up ammu- nition is more reliablé than we can make for ourselves, The only exception to this, 1 believe, is where experts, after much practice, sometime make better anumunition than they can buy. But to one expert there are a thousand who know nothing of making their own ammunition, so this method don’t work well. Besidesif you have a bullet mold and cast your own bullets, then the bullets may not fit, there is most always something out of the way. 1 tried this yery same thing about three years ago, after trying all kinds of store am- munition, none of which gave satisfaction. I found the molds to be too large for the shells, and thus ended my many efforts in disgust. I then sold the rifle (a new Ballard, 8Scal.) and thus closed the scene just abont as I anticipated it would when I bought it. Butto return, He says: “Now, it we admit that the store ammunition is inferior to that we load ourselves, is it fairto compel us to use it?’ Answer, ne! Rut if the store ammunition is not goo. as Mr, Duane would m- timate, then join right in with me and sayso, Then perhaps the makers of it will try and make it better. Certainly he who follows a trade should be able to make on article of his trade much better than a “ereenborn,’’ T use this very expressive turm without uny personality. Why should we bow down and worship un unfaithful Image? Let us rise above itand aspire Lo something better, He says: “And if the muzzleloader is allowed « linen patched bullet, why should the breech-loadey be denied a paper-parched one?” This question, to hé on the track, should be, why should the bunting breeul- loader be deuied a paper-patched one? Answer. I donot deny the hunting bullet a paper pateh, Iis the makerswho deny all that is complained of. Goto them for their reasons for all this, not fall buck on me again, I speak of ritles and ammunition as find them. after more than thirty years’ trial, Bome cry ont that per- fection” is already reached ih these matters, and (thers, the great majority, say itis not so, and consequently we see the makers of ims ond aminunition issuing uew moilels from day to day, and each one isclanned to be perfection itself. This is absurd on the face of ib, und [ (lo not swallow the dose, 1 will, however, go outof my way And say, that up te the a time the short hunting bullet has nol been fonnd capable of being patched successfully and to shoot well from the shall, It is too short for this, 1 belieye, If patched, it strips = the patch in shooting. Vhereason for this stripping is well known, Jf Tam wrong in my conclusions. please go to the makers for theirs. “While admitting the desirability of extreme accuracy,’ says Mr. Duane, 1 do not sae that it ts essential in a hunting rifle, shot at ordin- ary hunting ranges, Would not arifie that would place ten consecu- tive shots io a ten-inch circle, at 200yds., answer all the purposes of wrelinble arm’ These are pertinent questions, and I will answer them frankly. "Yo question ohne Lreply no!land that no hunter ever yet hunted with a rifiy which carried tov closéto suit him. And the pride of every Thunter, as well as his sudcess in game, lies in the great accuraey of us gun, As an insteuinent for killing game, the rifle is yaluable Just in proportion as it is sure to kill both small and large animals within, I will say 100yds., whichis the general standard Nmit of the vifle’s point black, and also of the Ininting range. [ have hunted over twnty yeurs right amoug small und large game, and I should know the value of close shooting, and Itruly say I would not have a Inimt- ing rifle for general purposes that would not take off a squirrels or turkey's head every time in 50 at 70yds. if it were properly loaded and aimed, with a slight variation, on the heal, pea will look over the remarks in Forest AND Stream made by ‘'P.,” the great mountain hunter, and by Mr, Van Dyke, another prominent Western hunter, you will see they state this thing just as strongly as Ido. and no one cin disregard such nnbiased evidence with safety, None of us, be it remembered, haye any axes ta grind, and speal only for the publie good, To question second T reply no! I virtually covered this case in my first article (Forest AND trReam, December 30, 1882), bué I will now make this matter more plain aod full. Thesubjectis very important, Now, arifle may mate ten consecutive shots in a ten-inch bullseye at 200 yards, and yet be next to worthless for a hunting rifle for both smnall and larce game. ‘The reason is, that a rifle may do this and yet give so high a curve, all along mid-runge, asto shoot right over all small zame, anid eyen deer and turkey, the aim, of course. being in the centre, I have never experimented to find out how high 2 curve the rifle will make at .55 one hundreths of this range and yet throw its bullets steady into the target. But 1 hazard the opinion that the curve may be 10 feet high at mid range, and yet the ball go steadily into the target for ten shots, Tfhink a heavy bullet will go steadily, under 4 light charge of powder, and perform, as I imagine it to do above. Here vou have at illustration clearand foreible. Such im- aginary shooting, you will see, would miss, by overshooting, an ele- phant at 100 yards, the aim heing in the centre, and yet the bullets, I tink, would all strike a ten-inch cirele, Irom this explanation you will pluinly see that something more than steady shooting is re- quired to make a good hunting rifle. Whatis it? A very flat curve, Aud how do we get this? Answer: By a yery high velocity of the bullet, And how do we get this very high velocity? Answer: By using alight bulland a heavy charge of powder, What rifles shoot the lightest of all bullets? Answer: Tné muzzleloader, Then to Sumi up on this point: What ritles make the fattest curves ? Answer: The muzzle-loaders. No one can sef aside this conclusion: because if is based on the philosophic principles which govern in the case. Practice, of course confirms the conclusion. 1 will now add another fact v-nich all mustadmit, that the breech- Joader (as a rule) has much freater hullet friction than the muzzle- loader, and that Snisexcess Is to a great extent at the expense of the powder furceé or to the velocity of the ball, This this excess which in € proal decree causes so much more recoil in the breechtoader than iu the muzzle-loadér, Why then on this point should the muazle- loader give a greater velocity to the bullet and therefore make a flatter curve than the breech-loader? Answer. Because the friction along the barrel is so much less. Troughly judge this differance in friction to be about as1to10in fayorof the miazleloader. This quantity, however, is widely variable, and this fact alone must tend greatly to inaccuracy in shooting. From what has been said itis self-evident thal the muszlé-loader can stand much the greatest charge of powder for the same amount of recoil, and will,,therefore produce the fattest curve on the score of recoil, It van also stand quieker and stronger powder, for it has no shells to injure. LT further simply add that it shoots the steadiest, mainly because the bulletis the best seated in the center of the bore, and with a ood vloth patch which never strips, as the patch in the breech- oader, Another strong point is, the muzzle-loader is wiped nearly clean as the bullet (I always use a moist patch) goes down, and every shooter knows that a dirty rifle will not shoot near as well as a clean one. Thus the muzzlé-loader has the inside track as follows: 1. Ina light bullet, aud the lightest of any—of equal bores, 2. In a bi¢h velocity, and the highest of any—of equal bores and powtler charge, 8. Ina flat, and low curve, and the flattest of any—of equal bores and powder charge. 4. In the least recoil, and much the least of any—of equal bores and powder charge. 5, In using more and stronger powder than the breech-loader for equal bores. 6. In cleanliness, and hetter cleaned than the breech-loader. 7. In steadiness of shooting, and much steadier than the breech- loader. ; 8 And the climax: In being the closest shooting rifle now in exist- ence, and the best hunting rifle in the world for short ranges (the only ranges now treated), except where rapidity of firing is an es- sential, ‘The ammunition must be the hunting ammunition. Up to S0yds. the round ball shoots steadier than any. if not up ta 75 or T00yds, seal have omitted to prove in its place that the breech-loaders do make high curves, especially when shot with such charges of powder as are geverally used in hunting. In proof of this I refer your readers to the thirteen careful experiments made by your most reliable correspondent * P.’’ in your colutuns September 1, 1881, with diferent kind of vifies, The charges of powder he used, as will be Seen, were nearly double of those in ordinary hunting use. I have carefully examined (hese curves, and compared them’ with my own workon the 2i0yds. trajectory, and I indorse them, as approximatel and practically correct, On this youmay rely, [advise your read- ers to study them well and to profit by it. They are worth a whole volume of idle guess work (such as we generally have) to those who really wish to learn the solid, yet plain facts of 1ife shooting. Some there are Tsea who never care to learn them, Ido not allude to Mr. Duane, It will be seen that the majority of these curves prove that the bullets would have gone quite high oyer the back of @ deer at mid- range, or better at yds, aiming on the center, As many may not have access to these curves I will stop here to introduce them, They are very valuable, ‘ih gl? EXPHRIMENTS, SHOWING THE HEIGHS OF THIRTEEN CURVES AT 110 ¥ARDS IN A 2/0 YARDS RANGE. | a3 Pat i ae. fy & » } w aa o ia] = +4 am > oe) 4 Arms used, 2 2 Ammunition. 2 | to El a) oa ao| 2B 6 | a a| a i] 4414.15) Win. Mod, 74 | 40 | 200 \Canellured Win, Rep, Arms Co. 4511.55! Win. Mod, ‘76 (> | 450 |Canellured Win. Rep. Arms Co, -45/11,70)Win. Mod, 76 60 | S00 |Canellurel Win, Rep, Arms Co, 45/13 41/0. &. Carhine 70 405 Prandkford Am, 1875 45/11, 28/07. &. Sp, rifle 7 405 Frankford Am, 187) 45)11_61/Sha’s sperting: 70 405 |\Canellured Union Met, Car, Co, 40 10,39) Sha’s mid-range , 70 | 870 |Pateched Union Met. Car, Co, 45 10.35) Sha's long-range|105 | 550 |Patched Union Met, Car, Uo, 40) 4.87\Sha'ssh.sporting| 40 | 870 |Patched Union Met, Car. Go, 40) 9.30/Sha’ssh.sporting 100 | 275 |Iixp., patched. P.-C, & H, No, ti 40) 7.48|Sha’ssh.sporting|100 | 275 |Exp., patched. P.-C. & H, No.6 49) 7,19| Sha's long-range|110 | 850 |Exp,, patched. P.-C. & H. No. 6 AB, 7.00)Sha’s long-range|110 | 340 |ixp., patched, P-C,& H, No.6 | The shooting allalong mid-range yaries quiteslowly, Every one of these shots pass over a 13in. bullseye at 110 yards and over a 28in. one. So much for proof. Now reduce the heavy powder charges about one-third, in orderto bring them within ordinary use, and you will see that a majority of these shots would have oyérshot an ordi- nary sized elk at i10 yards and the balance an ordinary sized deer, the aim being ip Lhe centers. Now look at my proof, and it will take but a few moments to learn, that something more than steady shooting into a bullseye is neces- sary to make a good hunting rifle. You will also learn that a flat trajectory or curye is an all-important factor in this question, and as hitherto Stated, a flat curye and steady shooting must combine in the same rifle, to male il the best hunting rifle, These essential qualities are superlatively combined in the old Kentucky muzzle-loaders of 1776," and still more so in the later im - proved ones, since about 1840-5 and 50, when the conical bullet was adapted to their use, Fashion, which is stronger than law, rules alike in the rifie and in the court, and the muzzle-loader must await its own good time, | Maxs,, coisiderable fin for the fly-angler isexpected, They thing pointed To an suspicions time, and, swallowing a | take the fly, a special oné, quite readily, With 200 fect of hasty b&eakfast, | was soon Wimbing the jowntatng to Wie» eatt of the town. 4 When the six o'clock whistle sounded, Iwas ciahi hun- dred feet above the plain, And, pausing fot b¥eati, took in fhe beauteous scene below me, than which no lovelier was ever youchsafed to mortal eyes, I Will not attompt to de- scribe it, that valley stretching away toward the Genesee.} Harrrorp. Comn,, April 28. dotted ‘with villages, hamlets and sinuous water courses, > > But as I stood On that lofty summit all aglow With my un- THE SUNDAY FISHING LAW. wentedt exercise, the soft south wintl fanning my face, 1 was f happy and thankful toa kind Providence for the privilese | didlo Forest and Stream: ; , ; accorded me of living ins Weautiful a world, and having} 1 desire, dg one of thé mim, to enter my most earnest Hro- health and inclinatiet 1b enjoy its beauties, ; testagaingt (h6 reccht act of the Legislature, which empha- While resting, I was attracted by a rusting id ihe Jeaves | Siée= and altempts to ealvanize into life the long-since-dead- over the fehce in an adjoining wood lob. Peering, Mreieh | letierJaw making, it a crime to go fishing on Sunday. the tails | saw two large ractbOns of the prdnid rodtine| consider such act to be pernicious in its effects and like hogs for last year’é aeoms, So inlet were they upon | reprehensible in ifs character, and I yery much question. \heir foraging that {at once iiate up my mind ‘they ~were | Whether any uction of the Legislature for many years could line out, ald a six pound shad attached to one end, it is no “hoy’s play” fo land your fish; the water being very swift nnd many boulders init, the chances rather favor the fish. “W hops,” or alewives, are cheap, selling for about fen cents per dozen; they are used for dressing for land when they are much cheaper, ; Fuiox Pricer. lay in my hip poekwi, Twas content t¢ walk lowsard them in peace and Watch ‘their mations, 5S up nobly, tlespite its manifold harassments. With trenibling tingers | adjusted my tacklé iid, with a food fat worm for batt (don't talk 63 me of files in April), made my fitst cast and drow A blank. Moeéyine dewn the stream | found more or less ice overhanging We water, and after repeated easts with nd restilié 1 Game fo the conclusion that Iwas too early. Stil I Was happy; and wasting no time in regrets, started for the main stream, Stopping at the house of a farniey friend, through whose Jands the stream jran, avd Who kindly allows me the privilege of fishing, 1 received the cheering (!) intelligence that the water was very high, and to fish would be folly, Nevertheless, I started for there, but nothing Yewarded my efforts, AU the old holes I knew so well Were totally obscubed py the rushing torrent. my cast, thinking meanwhile of the sport I had enjoyed ut the same place in times past, when seddénly came that delightful shock that no fish but the speckled trout can send tingling through one’s serves. Down bowed the supple lancewood, and 1 another moment an eight-incher lay on the sank, with a mental ‘*‘whoop” and an audible ‘the first trout of the season.” I admived the beanties of my prize a moment, then consigner him to my basket. Encouraged by iny success, I weut to work with renewed vigor, and by dint of careful angling had by noon ten brau- ties, the largest fully nine inches in length, Thinking this would do for the first time, [ reeled wp and started on my four-mile walk as happy as though iy snecess had heen communion with nature? Didn't I have trouf esough fora nice breakfast for the litile family? And, best of all, hadn’t sistently chafing me for a month, and all in a legitimate way, too? Yes, indeed. Now TI could go about my daily duties, for a tinte at least, without being hatassed by visions of angling that could not be realized. The time is coming when trout fishermen must learn to he content with small baskets and large enjoyments, The suc- cess with rod and reel must be made secondary to the delichts growing out of the outing. The guild must let “books in the running brooks” supply the place of trout. Then, and not till then, will the full delights of angling be ours fo enjoy; and [ have written the above little sketch of a day heside semi-trouticss waters to show what a soul ‘‘con-amere” with fishing where trout are scarce. H. W. D. i. SHAD. \ 7 £ have several times expressed a personal preference for the shad as a table fish avove any fish that we know. ‘This, of course, is to be modified by certain condi- tions, as: the fish must be a large one of six pounds or oyer, fresh run, and preperly cooked. A. small shad is always dry and flayorless, The following poem by George Alfred Townsend (Gath), written from New York to the Cincinnati Enquirer, we think worth repeating: “Shad are now caught here, In an old country shad would come in with a fete day, The world has not their equal for fineness, indescribuble freshness like a watercress, and delicacy, yet with satisfying potency, One shad is the measure of the representative family. The father’s par- tiality is shown where he gives most of the roe. From virth to bones the shad’s epic is like a silver spirit—noise- less, translucent, unresisting, like the pussage of tlhe moon through the rivers and the sea, Migratory, but with child- hood memories of locality; fruitful religiously, and even in the dream of young children and large gentle families, they seem like the spring lambs of the water, grazing’ the infinite fields of sheen, What dangers they pass through, going and returning, the innocents in the time of Herod neyet had, Provided with nothing to make battle, with tiny teeth and miniature fins, they course the ocean like the silver galleons of old days, beset by pirates but protected by the saints. Although the royal guest at feasts and poor men’s tables, they are, like allenduring nobility, peasant- born, The martyred menhaden is their cousin; the herring is their step-brother. To see them caught is like seeing angels fall—so peacefully, so fashingly, and in the buicher’s shamble they carry upon their delicate armor the light of skies. This is my only poem on spring this year.” With four feet of snow at Counectient Lake, and the Con- necticut River being fod by this lake, the water is so cold shad are slowin coming. In conversation with a promivent dealer, who handles about 50,000 each year, he says the shad increase in size every year. In 1852 they were very small, and decreased in size for a few years, and for a a i ting within about | keepin of the twenty-five feet, Lheaved a small rock in their midst, and | nimost 1éVe ani watched them seuiic way on their plantigrailes, Only to that nothing can be more hurtful to both thai even the ap: stop within oasy Himshot and gazu ab me Wonderingly, | Leaving the ‘*’eoons” to thentsélyes, [ teak & brisk gait, | cult to find any amusement, pleasire, HY 1 ard in half in hour was beside a shea, Wat for many years | innocent and harmless ih its effets Unit fishin: has yielded speckled tribute to Wy rod. It is ovly a little | are infatuated avitli tie rest, allsence of care. solitide, purling brook, beset by niihy # fisherman, struggling feebly | poetry, Ana excliement of hope und fear that accompany i}, throngh the diet aid sumach to hold its own, and keeping | 'Vhey leave it with regret in the fail antl look forward to its phenomenal instvad of ordinaxy; tor hadn’t I had a delizhtful | day out? Wasn't I strengthened in body and mind by this | just out from hybéernation, and although a 'trasty Deringer | be more so, While it must alivays We Goncedéd (at religion and the ee (a part of rligion) is entilled to the 1 veneration, it should be likewise observer pearance of hypocrisy in Such matters. Tt would We ditt: eation more e Thousands coming inthe spring, Muby Of our ablest, most prominent | and best of met, including many of the Glerey, whose names {might be mentioned, haye become stern yotaries of ils pleasures and influences, and have spoken in the highest and most eloquent terms of its healthful and beneficial tenden- ies upon body and mind, a8 the result of the opel) air exer= cise and the seelusien ii offers for siudy, thought aud re- flection, Lb would be pedantic to cite then) of atay Ht Tf any pleasure or pastime is perthissible dn Sunday, it seems, to me this should be: Tha’ notaing akin (o “work” or “‘lupor” Iv is “rest” in its clearest sense, carrying with it full Opportunity for the admiration of nature aud dew} the bank-full_ creck, aad was soon busy casting Kee and] reflection upon the goodness of the Authdr, It afforls al | escape for one day in seven from the nbige, Histtd and ¥1de ‘ | ef the world, especially in vitics, and prevents. temptations Arriving at ai abrupt tin tithe stream, where ordinarily | [ y the best pool for trout was located, I mechanically made] that determived zeal which scems to be chronic with the en- to other pleasures ‘of more questionable nature. Yet with thusiastic fanatic to do what does not belong to him to do, and which produces effects directly the opposite of what he claims, » Legislature solemnly, at this day, enacts that it shall be a crime to indulge in this recreation On Sunday. _ The 1actiye for this legislation is somewhat flimsy, Th cannot well he telisxion, for any novice knows tul! well thal, (hat ts Wased on voluntary action, nét Compulsory; besides: why permit publi¢ éxcursfons, open gardens, Simday con certs, boating, and a hostof other matters, vach ont 4f which is clearly less innocent than fishing? Pow comes it that cars are run, envines worked, Woathouse keepers actively employed, and 2 hest of other activities allowed, on the same platform 4s Week days, in pointed defiance of Exodus xx.) which prohibits “work” and “labor” of meh, womeli and cattle? Will any man have the effrdniery to call these works of necessity or charity, as contradistinguished from | fishing? Certuinly ivone but the bigot, and the characters of 1 gut vid of that consuming trout fever that had been so per- | whom Macauley speaks as motived in their opposition to bull-baiting, not by the pain to the bull, but as antagonistic to the pleasure of the spectators, Let these men whe talk about “moral grounds’ honestly answer the question, Whatare men to do on Sunday who toi] from carly morn to dark during the entire week, com= pelled (o do so for wives and children? To them Sunday ik the bright spot of their existence. Tor then) it Was desioned: to give them a right to be protected in the enjoyment of it, against the oppression @f the wealthy aud powerful, who, but for the high mandate, would five them no rest or recre- ation, Are they to follow the footsteps of these rich Sabba- | tarians who have six days of virtual leisure? This is the logic nature can find to enjoy when schooled in the art of trout: of it, Such Jaws are evil in their effects. They engender a hatred to their authors and a determination to despise and dety a religion so oppressive. Well may a legislator an- nounce himse]f as “an old foxy” advocating such a law, based on the principles of that class of Purifans who came to this country because they were persecw ed for being religions, and whose descendants are now attempting to compel others to adopt their crude, severe notions, Such laws never haye been, and neyer can be, wholly enforced. The multitude will not obey them. The few who are reached look upon the thing as despotic, and detest the despot. No country has force sufti- cient to carry them out, aud therefore they become more dissraceful, as confessed weakness. As for their effecis on the subject, an anecdote is not out of place. During the Southern rebellion a woman applied at one of the stations to obtain forage for her cow. She was presented with an ironclad oath of allesiance, and was refused because she would not tale it. ‘Well,’ said she, ‘Gf you think to crugh the rebellion by starving my poor old cow, go ahead. Whenthat dies, I'l fight yer til ! die of starvation myself.” So we say: If you can make religion by taking away the happiness of the poor, go ahead, Their sweet solace of recreation isa necessity and charity to them. They cannot and will not follow the train of mournful, long-faced, pharisaical teachers, to whom many innocent pleasures are sins and laughter and bright smiles offensive; who revel in sel{-castization, sackcloth and ashes, and come threatening with their (!!!) influence those who are otherwise unwilling fo bow to their notions of what the true design of the Sabbath was, ; No one will dispute that necessity and charity are exesp- tions to the Mosaic law. The courts haye so decided, In one of the cases of prominence the judge distinctly suys: ‘The object of the law is not the enforcement of the conscience, bul the protection of those who desire and are entitled to the day.” Is this only the rich? ‘‘Itis a law of native,” says the judge, ‘‘that one day in seyen should be observed as a time of relaxation and refreshment, if not for public worship.” We would like to know where this relax- ation and refreshment is to come in to the slave of the week, jf such pleasures as fishing are to be prohibited os crimes. yenture 10 assert (hat wherever aud whenever laws have existed prohibiting innocent pleastures on Sunday, other than a8 dead Jetters, yo-eyal with them haye existed compulsory ——E 271 ase 68 ye Bie: silts nyt Telieion and oppression, forbidden by the constitution of thi | although T am inclined to think that under the most fayor- country. That the Legislature has the power—that they should properly hive the power—to regulate the Sabbath, éan hardly be gainsnid. But thatisa regulation to prevent a fisher man compelling a person who don’t like ti to vo dishing, or in other words, preventing any person improperly inter- fering witli another's peaceable observanes of the day. It is a power which should be exerted, keeping in ‘view the bere- ficient object of the Creator to distinguish Sunday fran) tie other days of the week! wien tlic tdiler, who deeds it, way have veereation aid enjdynient; wher he sldll ndt be fdreed by the Oppressdr, who does not need the veckéation, to dé any manher of work, neither he, nor his man servant, har his maid servant, nor his cuttle, nor the stranger within his rates. The Sunday divine lawis to check legislators themselyes, and prevent them from oppressing the poorer classed and taking from them the “vecyeation and refreshment” they are entitled fo, and any interference with them and their inno- cent enjoyment is a violation of tliat higher law, ahd shoiild be so regarded, , WEN. Wuw Yor, BLACK BASS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: [Read before the New Hablpshii Tish aut Gante Hedgiie He Fon, Tebheih H, Nortls.4 PINHIS gine fish, Meropteris salmotdes, ov 8 clasged by -£ Dr, Henshall Meropterus dolonvem the emall-mouthed Bass, Taw sa.well known to evely stern in Central dnd Southern New Hanipshing, was a stranger to our waters but i Tew years ago, and is to us the substanial result of the Jabors of the fish commission, and that board of gentlemen will pardon meif Tsay their introduction ix the only prac- tical vesult in which the fisiietman has shared the hetiefit, To Ne stive we Haye had deménstrated to us that the salmon Will ascend our rlyers thirdugh the severil winding fishways, aiid beibf relieved df thelr apAawu tétuild ganin to ihe sea, but he would be an erratic fishermian who would whip our Abreamis in ine dimest forlorn hope bf capitiridg @ specimen i this excellent fish; witle In néarly all df ante eigen and dkeh He ay Well expect 16 meet wilh sticcess in Haks fish- ne pon : _, Bass were Sue ENS by the fish. commissioners. to cur waters, fron Dake Chaniplain in 1848, laltes Massa- Veale, Sunapee, Penagdok: and Beha ind Held, Wisow's and Coclieéo ponds belie weil ateciced: in (870 and ‘71 waters 10 Meredith, Canaan, Webster, Canterbury, Harris- ville, Munsonville, Hillsborough, Warner, Sutton, New eae Andover, Loudon, Croydan and Goneerd were supplied, PreViotis to that tite I learii that they had heen placed, by pyaes eliterprise, in pords neir Walfeborongh ns carly as 1864 or 65, and about We same time im Milton Pree Parida in Milton, Sivice 1871 about clvhiy Watel's fiave beet stocked Hy the Commissioners; iucludin® Black dnd Contodcdok rivers, until nd every stream ef. consid- trable size; south pf Grdfhon eoulily, is well tiickted Jy tlie fis ruinivig out fidm ponds and lakes: ‘All this has been dcconiplished withdut theaid of artificial Hatching: Indeed, as Beth Green, that veteran authority on fishing and fish, well says: ‘Their nitural ithesse ts fu eréat and their growth ao rdpid fat ikdeddy Wis Deen an oblect to fish- Dulitirists to attempt their artificial propazation,” That the wonderful increase and prosperity of this gamiest of fish should be u cause of congratulation to every true sportsman would be expected, and that every lover of fish- ing should rejoice at the result, we would well belieyc: but, strange to say, (he eam hia and croaking of some, either from malice ob Ignarance, haye raised a ory against the bass, and prejudiced many against the fish that should be jis warmest adierents and friends, Thaye tried to analyze the teasoji far tis cry) and can dnly reddl one conclusion. This, in short, “‘sOurgrapes.” The traducers of the fish are unable to catch them, for no one who has eyer felt the rush of the bass, listened to the ¢lick of the recl and hissing line, seen the gleam of the fish as back and forth he rushes to escupe from the cruel steel, wutched him as he leaves the water with a mighty bound and with bristling fins shakes his open jaws to relieve them of the hook, and thus in ever-varying devices fights long and hard against his fate, till at last weak and exhausted he rests in the landing net, could ever join the ranks of those who mourn the introduction of this fish, that by his pecu- liar fitness for our waters must ere many years be acknowl edged the game fish “‘par excellence” of America. The time allowed to me is too limited to be occupied in a criticism of those who gay ‘Bass won't bite,” and fear that chubs,- suckers, horn-pouts, pickerel and flat sides will be exterm inated by them, except to say that if by a careful study of the bass and the use of suitable bass tackle, they are by and hy led to see their mistake, they will then be as strong ad- herents to the right as they are now opponents. The habits of the bays should be studied well by the fisherman, Leay- ing their winter quarters in deep water, about «@ month or six weeks before spawning, they can then be found in shal- low parts of the lake or pond in schools of large numbers, but soon afterward pair off and prepare for breediug, The spawning season in this State I have observed to be gener- ally from the 15th of May to the 15th of June, yarying ac- cording to the lateuess of the season, the spots selected for their nests being a gravelly or sandy bottom or rocky ledge in from tlivee to six feet of water. These beds or nests are saucer-like depressions, usually about twice the length of the parent fish, and formed by the bass by fanning and scouring from the bottom all refuse and vegetable matter with the fins and tail. Here th efemale deposits her eggs, which eggs are hatched in about cight to twelve days, the young when hatched being almost perfectly formed and about one-half inch in length. The instinct of the bass amounts almost to parental affee- tion in the care of its nest, and luter in the defense of its young, When frightened from the bed they at once return, and resent the presence of anything thrown uponit. Tak- ing advantage of this characteristic of the bass, some worse than pot-hunters take them in large numbers by dropping the bait upon the bed and keeping it there till the fish, as if in sheer desperation, swallows it to get rid of its obnoxious presence upon its hatching-ground. An instance of this kind of fishing came to my knowledge last season, where a young man caught seventy pounds of fine fish in one afternoon, in Wakawan Lake, in Meredith. Leaving the spawning beds the youhy grow very rapidly, a bass of 2 year old measuring from four to five inches, and at two years weighing about a pound, and gaining about 4 tele per year until they reach their maximum weight. Bix to eight pounds are syid fo be the limit of their growth, able citcimetanacs they will evow still latwer, as in a large, deep duck pond or lake well supplied with food. A Tn thie winter seisdn bass indoubtedly hibernate; birying ihemeclyes in the nitid, erevicts df rocks, Under weeds or sunken logis in deep) Water, is you lia¥e all dhserved that with the if¢reasing cold they work into deoper water, and upon tlig atrival of winter are seldom caught. . _ Kiowing this much of the growth, increase and Habits of the fish; tt cateli fiery one “Hiduld Tip sill of Nail Asting Belect sdme gravelly or rdeley point dr ledge; Whicll tunis dut boldly ite deep Water, lar@e boulders and shelying rocks and sunken logs ind trees being fayorite hiding places of large bass; get your boat into position quietly, making no more disturbance than is wbsolutely necessary in anchoring and fishing, with face to the sun to ayoid us much as pos- sible the shadows of the rad upon the water, and then keep- ing quiet, devole your whole attention toflahing. T believe qitet and eateful fishing to be important if you wottld be successtul; 1] ee , You While vidittile tHe mil Who shutted out £01! trout ac- companied by a hatid of misic to escort him around the lake, or down the streim, yel many good trout tishermen fish for bass as thoush the fish were both blind and incapable of hearitic: . While less timid than the trowt, which dartsaway it MeFigtlt dt scuird of « Hirchige chilect, te hats is wardly less stispiclons, dnd wile standing his grotind boldly, he seldom, if ever, is capttred while his suspicions are aroused, For this reason bis opponents, fishing for hours, perhaps, in plalh yew of the fish) sinvitg and shouting the time away, Whieti Hot swestting al ite dustindey 1, wot williigly and foolishly Onilng into the boat, ate heutd oli all sides, sty- ing, ‘Bass ougiit 10 be cleaned ont, they won't bite.” No reasonable min would expect a game fish to do so under those cireumalances, Phat iliey ave Hinis wut rales a liveeve that will sipple the water almast 4 necossll, atid aie of Hie tequisites of a codd day for bass fishing: oe tS i Se One othe ward about the linie fo fish; Dou't fish the next day alter a severé, COld stofm, wien the water has been disturbed atid is cold avd cleerless, Bass bite best when the water is warm. oxtrénie lies) When Wiere is d fine ripple on tire lake, and you have the model day. here £. "/ For baif the helgranvite; frog, minnow, chiékel, ffase hopper, worms agd shrimp can be used; but I have found tient successful inthe order. named, The, helgraniitc, a flattetied atid répiilstye [okie orm, “enerally two or three inches long, has six legs along the iHAra®) w He the hody, comprised of tings, has a fringe that has the appéatatte of legs, with two hooks for a tail. They feed upon decayed woud and yegelation, and can be found under flat stones, sunken planle and other submerged objects in the shallow portions of a streati, They ate a reliable bail, living a long Little Of tlie bak, ahd Gan he kept allve alone time in a box of damip, decayed wood, Traps are easily obtained and they ard a bait Phave used more than any otic, The striped or eriss frégis p¥efefalile when the body ts about an inch long, Hook them lightly thrdugh the skin 6f the baclé or through the body between the hind legs; so as not to injure them, and allow them, the free use of the lees to swim about in the watel: When rightly hooked, they will swim as readily as though not altachedt td tlie lite; aiid mike a very tempting and attractive bait} T have seen a bass riish for a frog swimming in this way, from a dislance Of thirty feet, as eageriy as a trout darts at an attractive fy. When using the frog, or other large bait, be patient, and do not strike your fish too quickly. He will often start away with the bait und then stop in a manner.that will lead you to believe he bas dropped it, but on drawing up the line you will feel a succession of slight jerks; if so let him lave it longer; fd he lids tHe Vath erdsswise or reversed, in his mouth, acpi your thuitib Gh the reel $6 as to feel his every motion, anil when he starts away after this short pause, then strike and you have him well hooked. Then, of all times, the angler must keep cool, Don’t hurry yonr fish; the longer he plays the more sport you have. Give him only as much line ashe takes in his rushes and recoyer it as quickly as possible, being sure to keep the line taut at all tames unless, after one of his‘magnificent bounds from the water, you lower your tip as he falls to recover the strain again as soon as he is iu the water, When he is thoroughly exlanated, and not before, take in your fish, |.eingsure to bleed him as soon as he is in the boat; then if you keep him in the shade, when dressed and on your table you have a fish of which you may well be proud. A short, light red is the better bass rod, a nine-foot Jancewood rod with ash butt being the best I ever used for bait fishing. A rodof this length ean be made light and easy to handIc, and yet as strong asdesired, It is elastic, yet firm, and enables oue to handle a fish with more ease and securily than when longer and, as a consequence, heay- ier. Always have a good working reel with about a hun- dred feet of line and a good supply of leaders and hooks, Of the great variety of hooks | have found the Sneck bend the most desitable, although the sproat and the O'Shaughnessy book will always be found reliable, I will not discuss the fish asa fly-taking fish, since I have never learned that in fishing in this way, any different rules should be laid down than those that govern flyrlishing for trout or salmon, and for the additional renson that I have come to believe thal the Jarger fish are more likely to be captured by bait-fishine, When well equipped, treating the fish as an intelligent inhabitant of the water, and 4 prize well worthy of capture, and in whose capture you must use the best judgment and all your cunning as a sportsman, one can find no better or more desirable sport thin angling for this fish, that pound for pound isthe gamiest fish in America. Tle is eminently an American fish, with habits and characteristics peculiarly his own. With a hardiness far surpassing the trout, combined with all his dash and vigor, the strength and leap of a salmon, to which he has joined a system of fighting known to no other fish, the bass is, I believe, destined to take the place of our loved trout, that are yearly becoming less, by force of circumstances, occasioned by climatic changes, the gradual drying up of trout streams and the increasing number of fishermen, that from all parts of the Union crowd into our State dnring the summer season. In what I have written I haye not intended to enlogize the bass, but simply to give him the credit that I believe belongs to him as an excellent table fish, better suited to our waters than any other, and in the future destined to be the fish of our state, and if by this short essay some one who is now his opponent should be led to fish more understandingly, and thus meet with suecess, I shall be satisfied. Select a day after three or foutr days of | LAKE SUPERIOR FISHING GROUNDS, NOTICN that “Aneler,” ti a tecotil imuber, Inquires ihout trout fishing in tlie vicinity of Dulith, i case tind does n6t permil of his going to the Nepigon, Hf lie will lfave the Hal at Rayfield; Wisctnsin, he will be central to sdmie gded fishing sroliids; Hoth tréut and base, About one day’s drive froui Bayfield will bring liiol to tlie Binle of Woods River, said tb be one of the lest trout streums 14 Wisconsin, and whith is yisited by St, Louis anglers every Reason; THe lithe tiver has file pools wich afford. the caster a fine field to ivy his skill, : hive + # The country is wild, and a camp outfit. will be in order; also a boat or material to make a raft. Bar fishing is nof food, but the fish are plenty, and fine ones, too. On theroud will be passed Pike Lake, one of the finest lakes in the North- west for bass fishing. [have fished in many of the Michi- fan lakes, but this, inthe language of our teamster, “‘liys over’ them all for bass. There are plenty of deer, antl if the angler is possessed of a shofytm and ordinary skill he can have some grend sport jack-lamp shooting. Tf aftet landing st Bayfield he prefers éasler work he ean take the tri-weebly tughdat to Isle-Roys#l; ip the north shore, and will be assured of some fine sport, and (he largest speckled trout in North America, not excepting the Nepigoil beauties; or he may take a sniling yacht and skirt along among (he islands until he reaches Siskouit Bay, forty miles, with fine fly-fishing fér large trout in fhe deep; shady holes along shore until he reaches the month of the briié (froo-fay) store; mentioned, and which he may then aséehnd with his ski boat for river fishing, Ov if the angler would new fields ¢x- plore, lie can fake his outfit aboard the train of fhe new rail- rdad jus completed to Bayfield within the last eight months and go back in the Wisconsin woods where he will find, most of the little streams stocked with move ar less speckled tron, There are good hotels in Bayfield, with lish and Ventsot every day, tis a bigh, dry, healtliful location, with the best of water and central to any amount of hunting and fiMhing grounds. At least 1 found it so last Angle id Cc. W. E. ¥ fly - Bownine Graay, April 24, 1859, TROUT FISHING. | | HAYS been fishing, and after getting om thé much- t abused atigle-wormtrom the cellar, where if tas heen care- ituliy cufttl painfilly taken care of during fle winter tuon( his, and siding tod ani erect, T started for a favorite streain | Everything seemed in) my favor, het alas! my hopes were fo be crushed. Of coming {6 a favorite poo! wheré the brush wid (00 thick to progress, | sathered up my hip boots, stepped In sd waded a short distance avd made a Casi, As my line ahd witgling worm went over # little fall, oh! whats nibble. With considerable “supposud” caution 1 made one sicp, and the entertainaiet began. Kersluch! Down went the supposed fisherman, und sduie ot the 2ontor- tions of body and high kicking would have secured W Maree Sylary with Barnum could they haye heen repeated in the tumble. J had by avery nice movement stucs my rod in the opposite bank, and after gathering up myself and rod, I found the tip broken, not» very tine condition of things, But to my “speckled beanties.” On gelling my line in hand 1 found that the fish was making things somewhat iuteresting, He must be a ‘‘whopper;” if he breaks away he would weigh two pounds sure, Now «# dash under a tock, then under a stump, now sulking. ‘“Now you must Come In and gee your humble servant. Oh! whata fine sucker!" Could my friends haye seen my ‘phiz” they would have said [ was about to visit a dentist, After going ashore and leaning against a stump I took a very careful in- ventory ot dry goods, and found that wet goods were con- siderably abead, My collar was the only thing dty about me. The mustc which issued from the base of that old stunip Was not 'Pinafore” music by a long chalk. Bait-box cover gone, also my pet angleworms, rod broken, wet to the skin, and somewhat lame from the ‘“‘contortions;” what to do was an important theme. After mature thought and considerable exertion ‘“Honie, Sweet Homie” canse to my mind. Did I tellanybody? Not much. A short time after [ tried it again, and in endeayoring to eclipse all previous efforts in securing a larger creel of fish, T gathered up all the implements of warfare, including the No. 12 gum boots, which were undonbtedly manufactured in the upper story of the factory, for they seemed to haye au inclination to ‘‘ascend upward” on the slightest provo- cation. I will warrant them to get three falls ont of tive on any ordinary occasion. On reaching the bank of a yery nice looking stream I made my maiden east, which con- sisted in casting myself, with the aid ot the No. 12s and a clay bank, into the raging water. Landing without land- ing-net was a difficult piece of engineering, and after the absorbing process was completed J made a break for the bank and at last stood on it. After wetting drained I heard yoices, and turning my moistened optics I saw some eyer- prevalent ‘small boys” were with me. Small boy says: “Well in, Mister, didn’t yer?” Fisherman. ‘‘How the dickens did you know I was fishing?” Small boy. ‘‘Marm seed you coming down the road, and she said, ‘Oh, boys, there is that city fellar again; now you go out and see he does not break his neck.’” Fisherman. ‘Now you run home, little man, for there is liable to be an accident to some member of your tamily right away,” Smallboy. ‘‘Ain’t you the fellar they make so much fun of, and say yon can’t catch frogs nor nuthin, and ——” Fisherman, ‘‘Get away from here, and hasten, too.” Small boy, ‘I'll go home and get pur to come down, for everybody says you tear down more fences and scare the fish more than a menagerie.” Fisherman, ‘‘Not another word;” and away skips the future president. Another very difficult cast and away goes the linc. In assing over a stone something seizes the hait, and the reel is humming uitil my line is about out. On giving the reel afew turns it does not stop the unknown, and i wonder what under the sun I have hooked, and I keep running down stream. Something has got to be done, or we shall be down to the Gulf Stream. Another twist, and had there been a young colt at the other end f could have stopped him just 4s well, Ha, ha! he slowsup a little; now for fine work, for I must have considerable of it in me, for there has never any ap- peared at the surface yet, Very carefully T begin to reel in, and another start down the stream follows. Not haying any rations nor boat, il was imperative to have an under- standing with the other end of my favorite line, When you get in that deep water you and Flick Flick 272 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 3, 1883. eens ese toust settle the question who is victor. Slowly my fish makes for the opposife bank, and breaks water while I was Wiping oul my eyes, which had become dim with perspi- ration, and could not sec his glistening sides. What's the trouble now? Byerything is quiet except the writer, One more twist on the muitiplymg reel; ‘not a start; sulking I presume, and after cudgeling my brains for a reason why the fish did not do something, I followed up my line, coming nearer every moment to where the thing broke water, I[threw astone in and nothing moved; but something had & mortgage on my line, and I wished fo fore- élose, How is this? My line is under the bank and T cannot see any fish; another wonder, My fish must huve found a new route, 2s on close imspection there seems to be a hole in the bank and my line is in that, One whoop! and the aforesaid “par came up; having been watching me ata respectable distunce. ‘Now you be kind enough fo go up to the house and get a spade, for this fish has got to come out.” The spade duly arrived and also one yery extensive family, and our fisherman was not feeling well, having the “shikes,” and wishing some of the visitors could indulge in them. After much hard work we brought forth the ‘largest, plumpest”’ muskrat you eyer saw, being hooked in the stern, Faron Firex, P. 5.—My gum boots and other fishing gear are for sale, Hantrorn, Conu., April 26. i. T. SALMON IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. (Sees the “Guide, or Travels through British Columbia,” by Newton H. Chittenden, Victoria, we take the fol- lowing: ‘‘Lhave read, with much allowance, accounts of the nuiltitudes of salmon sometimes seen in the smaller trib- utaries of the Umpqua, Columbia, and Fraser rivers, but, after what I have witnessed |o-day, am prepared tu believe any fish story within the limits of possibilites. Arriving at Emory, five miles below Yale, two young men from San Francisco reported immense numbers of salmon at the mouth of Hmory Creek, a small, rapid, mountain stream flowing into the Fraserjustahoye. Gsing there I found it packed so full in places that I counted. while standing in one posi- tion upon the railroad bridge, over four hundred different salmon. Mentioning the matter to a resident, he remarked: ‘Ob! that’s nothing. If you want to see salmon go to the next creck beyond.’ Reaching there, after a walk of about four miles, and taking a central position upon the bridge crossing if, I counted, without moving, over 800 salmon. This stream plunges down the mountain side with a fall of, probably, one hundred and fifty feet within a mile and a half, bemg from five to fifteen yards in width, For a distance of several rods up from its month, the salmon were crewding in from the muddy Fraser, now again rapidly rising, almost as thick us they could swim, and in their desperate efforts to ascend the successive falls above presented a spectacle never before witnessed bry the oldest native settler. Mv. Jolin Woodworth, who bas lived here for twenty-four years, says he never heard of the like. The salmon is a fish of extraor- dinary strongth and agility, and are said to jump and swim up perpendicular falls from ten to twenty feet in height, I stood upon the bank an hour and watched them in their desperate struggles to make the ascent of several of lesser size within sight. Of hundreds which made the attempt, only a few, comparatively, succeeded, but fell buck exhausted, splashing and whirling among the boulders. Many were covered with preat bruises, some had lost their eyes, a few lay dead upon the shore, others were dying, and all seemed nearly worn out. Stepping close toa pool filled with them, Lvasily caught two in my hands, which offered but litle resistance. Before leaving, a photographur, Mr. D, KR, Judkins, of New Westminster, arrived and took two views of the remarkable scene. Mr. Daniel Ashworth, wife and family were also present. Reaching Yale i told a hotel-keeper about it, estamating the salmon ab thousands, ‘Thousands!’ he exclaimed, almost with indignation, ‘why, there are millions of them now running up the Frasér, within afew miles of the town.’ Getting aboard Mr. Onderdonk's construction train I rode along the river, fifteen miles to the end of track, Millions was probably not much of an ex- aggeration, for allhough the river was quite muddy, schools of salmon, numbering thousands each, could be seen from the platform of the cars, at short intervals, the entire dis- tance. The Intlians were catching and drying them in large quantitics. Standing upon the edge of perpendicular pro- jecting ledavs, they capture the largest and finest specimens, either by micans of hooks or scoop-nets, dress them upon the spot and hang them up on long poles to dry in the wind and sun. When sufliciently cured they are packed in caches made from cedar shakes, and suspended for safe keeping among the branches of trees from twenty to fifty feet above the ground, It is the opinion of those familar with the habits of the salmon, that oot onein a thousand succeeds in depositing their spawn, and that if hatching places were provided upon these streams, and protected, that they could scarcely be exhausted, under proper restrictions as Lo catching them,” STUNNING FISH. {ROM a paragraph in your April 12 issue, there seems 16 be a doubt, in the minds of some persons, as to the truth of the statements sonielimes made that fish are killed by a ball striking the water near them, but of course inflicting no wound. ji is not uncommon for hunters, or shall 1 call them fisher- men, to take the black bass of the St, John’s, in this neigh- borhood, by watching for them and shooting them with a rifle in the shallow water, in the spring of the year, and kill- ing them by firing at them, butseldom hitting them. They will be stunned long cnough for the sportsman to go out in a boat, tf he is onshore, and secure his game. They find that the best time to shoot is when the tail of the fish is toward you. We also hear of persons having been killed or seriously injured by the wind of # ball, as it passes in close proximity to the head, ‘This statement has, | think, ueyer beeu corrob- orate; but what uppears to have een a very remarkable instance of it, in the case of a lower animal, happened here this spring. A gentleman fired at an alligator a little oyer three feet long with a rifle of .82 caliber. The animal im- mediately disappeared without the usual coramotion in the water when wounded, and the gentleman found him at the bottom apparently dead, He could only have been wounded mn the lead, if anywhore, as that was the only part out of the water, and he wus sliot al very short range, but not the slightest trace of even an abrasion of the skin could be found. In a short time he completely recovered, and turned out to be a remarkably vicious specimen, jumping and snapping at persons coming near him, like an irritable dog. I had him in my possession for some days, and he now adorns my hall is a stuffed and far less troublesome specimen. We might, perhaps, naturally expect that the concussion would he much more serious to the brain of the alligator than most other animals, since its size, in a reptile of thatlength, would about equal that of the bullet, the brain of the largest alligator only weighing a few drains. F. D, Leyte. PALATEA, Fla,, April 28, ROD AND POLE. PPE editorial on ‘Rod and Pole” touched upon an abuse of names that all anglers haye suffered from, but on which they have been silent. I have heard men who owned fine rods call them ‘fish poles,’ and they were men who were informed on other subjects, and from whom one would ex- pect betler things. No matter what Shakespeare may have suid on the subject, a rose would not be as sweet if called a skunk, As the late George Dawson hus said, “it is not all of fishing to fish,” and things used in sports should be called by their right names, We would not calla fine fowling- plece 4 musket, nor a canoe a seow. Many of our sports Nave names that have beenin use since they were first thought worthy of being written about, and a misuse of them denoles cither earclessness or an ignorance of the literature of sports- manship. In most cases itis the former. Not long ago I heard a man who has read Forusr anp Srruaa from its first number speak of the trigger of his gun as the “‘tricker,” but I am confident that he would not have written it so. Mr. Endicott’s definition of a pole, which you give as a stick with bark on it, is good as far us it gocs. I would include all stif natural sticks which haulafish out by ‘‘main strength and stupidity” in the category of ‘‘poles,” bul I rebel at that term being applied lo a rod fit to play a fish, whether it is in one piece or in six, or whether it is a manufactured article oy u natural bamboo cane. R, N. F. Caicaco, Til. I would refer your correspondent, who wishes to know if “rod” or ‘pole’ is the correct term for his angling imple- ments, to Webster, Unreler “pole” he gives us carriage-pole, liberly-pole, May-pole and bean-pole, but not fish-pole. Under “rod” he gives '‘The shoot or long twig of any woody plant, a branch, or the stem of a shruh; as a rod of hazel, of birch, of oak or hickory. A slender stick; a wand. * * * A support for a fishing line.” J do notremember to have heard an angler call his rod a pole, but I have heard country boys speak of a fish-pole. J should as soon think of calling my rod # fishing-stick as to term if a pole. ROCHESTER. [notice your editorial article of April 12 relating to “Rod and Poie.” Please ask any good rod-maker if he makes fish- poles, Jf he does not jump up and dance around I am mis- taken, 8. E. B, RurLand Vt. The question oft’ asked by our angling friends As to where Rod begins, and where the Pole ends: Though # hard nut to crack, if you'll but give me time, I'll endeavor to answer the poser in rhyme. ‘There are many who hold that a stick with barkon Is a Simon pure Pole, in their learned jargon; fo, per contre, the truth of their rule would be proved, If a stick were called Rod when its bark is removed. There is one man I know, wha I grieve to say leans To the belief thata Pole is a prop used for beans, But as he is a farmer of practical mind, His Rods, Poles and Acres are not of our kind, But joking aside. Asa rule I would move, And I hope all my angling brothers approve, That to settle the yexatious question in point, A Pole be called Rod, when it boasts of a joint. W. BR. W. BLACK BASS HABITS. WRITER in the Washington Star says: ‘The laws of Maryland prohibit taking bass during the month of May, and those of Virginia for a certain time, commencing the 15th of May. I contend that the angler’s rod exerts but a very small influence in thinning out the bass, and that consequently all legislation on the subject, is wholly un- necessary as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, 1t has been about thirty years since bass were first placed in the headwaters of the Potomac, the facts pertaining thereto, as procured from one of the parties who assisted in their in- troduction, being us follows: Fourteen bass were procured from some of the Western waters and placed in a mill-pond neat Cumberiand. The stream was small, a mere creek. After some years the dam broke and a number of the fish finally found their way into the Potomac River. At this time there were no fish in the Potomac that fed on other species of fish to any great extent. The river being well stocked with tobaceo-boxes (sun perch), mullets, suckers, ete., efc., the bass held a high carnival and, as a result, increased yery rapidly. Consequently the river became well stocked with them before the people were aware of their presence, as they were not accustomed to fishing for this kind of fish, But, after a few years, their numbers in the vicinity of Cumberland began to tell on the fish on which they depredated, and it was noticed that as these fish frew scarcer the bass correspondingly grew scarcer. ~ “The result of this is thal in the vicinity of Cumbcrland the bass are not now so plentiful as they were a few years ago, ind if the catch in this vicinity was totally prohibited I hazard but little in saying that they would never become as plentiful as formerly, unless some means be deyised to in- crease the fish upon which they feed. When theirsupply of food gives out they turn to eating eich other, and regulate their numbers in that way, even if there be not one taken with a hook or other means, I know that they eat exch other, for the reason that one of the largest, if not the largest, bass I ever caught was found to have previously swallowed a bass some five ox six Inches long—large enough to zatch with a hook, It could not swallow more than three- fourths of the little bass, there being from one to two inches of the tail protruding above its throat. Although thus gorged, it sought another bait and was caught, as stated. This celebrated bass was caught at what is known as the Stubble Field Falls, about three miles this side of the Great Falls. “With such yoracious fish prowling around how can the smaller fish maintain their requisile Numbers, and unless they do this how can the bass procure the necessary amount of food without feeding on each other? Will our law- makers give us some information on thissubject? ‘The fact is that every bass taken Jeaves that many more small fish for the others, and therefore correspondingly lessens the necessity for feeding on cach other, Residents in the vicinity of the Great Falls tell us that suckers, tobacco- hoxes, ¢tc., ete,, are much less plentiful than they were hefore bass were introduced into the river, and the presump- tion is that but for the large number of bass that have been taken in this vicinity by hook and line said fishes would long ere this have been almost, or quite, exterminated, Therefore if our law-makers would maintain and even in- crease the number of bass, let them provide the necessary hatching-houses for propagating mullets, suckers, tobacco- boxes, ete., ete. Keep the supply of food fishes up to the demand, and the bass will take care of themselves in spite of the angler's art. No mistake on this point. “Another reason why the fishing laws should be abolished is that the condition of the weather and water is frequently such as to prevent spring fishing until about the time said laws take effect. During the lime the fish are spawning they need no Jaws to protect: them, for all anglers know that no kind of fish will bite at sich times to amount to any- thing, They appear for a time to lose all desire for food, and will spurn the most touching bait that can be offered, | have offered a hook to several species of perch while bed- ding. They would take the hook intatheir mouths and carr it out of their beds and drop it. No bait that could be found would tempt them into a bite. These same fish at other seasons would bite rayenously. I ‘am credibly informed hy others that they have, in the same way, seen bass refuse the best bait that could he offered, What, then, is the use of laws to protect them at atime when they will not bite? There could be no harm in laws that would prohibit bass fishing from, say, May 15 to September 1, “Adopt necessary measures to supply them with plenty of food and their numbers can never by materially lessened by hook and line. “ANGLER,” DELAWARE RryvEn Noves.—The U, 8. Fish Commission on the 24th deposited the 250,000 salmon fry in the head waters of the Delaware River, as I wrote you was to be done. But there is much to be feared from the black bass which were placed in the same waters in 1870, and now occupy the stream in immense numbers. We learn that the Commissioner himself expresses a doubt that the re- stocking the river with the salmon which years ago naturally inhabituted the Delavare, will not be attended with good results, owing to the presence of the voracious bass, which may not give the salmon 4 chance to grow and propagate, Two or three years ago some of the streams emptying into the upper Delaware were stocked with California mountain trout, and protection hasbeen given them, A few days since an urchin of Hancock took a fine specimen of this fisl, which shows they have thrived. Suckers have commenced to run in numbers in the upper Delaware waters, and although before season, many large bass are now being taken, It is stated that bass were neyer known to be so plentiful as at present about Port Jeryis. Trout fishing be- gan April 1, but the streams lave been so swollen, and so much snow water is running, increased by the late storm, no one has been able to enjoy the sport thus far, Anglers may count on a good season in the Delaware valley as soon as the first spring-like weather sets in, as the storm just peed will put everything in order fore good campaign, —Homo. Dyxanrrp Tienps.—While England is trying to suppress the murdering dynamite fiends who blow up buildings and endanger the lives of innocent people, our neighbors on the Pacific coast are complaining of the use of dynamite by the Chinamen, who use it to destroy fish. A writer in the Port- land (Oregon) Vews says: ‘The cunning Chinese often get up to an unlawful trick here which had onght to be puta stop to. Itis blasting fish. They do not exactly get a fish and blast it to pieces, as one might surmise from tlie phrase, but they first steal a stick of giant powder, then find a point in the river where they are cute enough to know the fish accumulate, and there set off a heavy blast on the surface of the water, which stims the fish and causes them to fluat on the water. The long-fingered heathen soons rakes in a load of them and trots off to camp, It really makes one sad and somewhat mail, and his mouth to water, to meet, while going fishing, one of these grinning, grunting gormandizers, with a bland smile of contentment on his greasy features, his little pig-eyes twinkling, his mouth split. back to his ears, almost showing his long white teeth, while he trots swingingly, slowly along under a good load of fine fresh mountain trout strung at; each end of a bamboo pole. If you ask him, “Where you catch ‘em, John?’ he'll be sure to say, “Me heep no sabee, loung time; what fourr?’ That’s all the satis- faction one can get out of them. You go out fishing all day, but never geta bite, and come home cussing your d—iyine luck, and every pink-eyed, kruel knaber in the kuntry.” Worms my Brack Bass.—West Springfield, Pa., April 23,—We have here a stream called Conneaut Creek, Tt has a rocky bottom, swift current, and many deep pools. It contains black bass, rock bass, pickerel and many other kinds of small fry. As soon as the weather gets warm enough, the bass get wormy. ‘The worm is about one inch Jong, and is in color a bright yellow; they are usually found under the scales, but Ihave often found them on the candal fins. Later on in the summer they seem to become more numerous, and the fish are full of them, Can you tell me what they are and what causes them? The fish are unfit for use, and when so affected are not yerygamy. The bass are the only fish they are found on.——Macx. [Wehavehad sev- eral accounts of these worms, bul no naturalist has worked out tbeir life history. We have found them in perch also. | Grown or Satmon.—Manchester, WN. H., April 28.—L am very skeptical as to the supposed enormously rapid growth of salmon in Scotland, as described in the article you have just reprinted from, biaeliweod, Ma, Atkinsis a very carful observer, and his notes do not show any such increase; and also confirm the “biennial” theory, about which one of your correspondents, some time since, won- dered at me for admitting there to be any question. I have no doubt of if, umd cannot take in the idea of a spent salmon gaining a pound or twou week in salf water, and returning the same season to spawn again, though it may be so. SAmunL WEBERR, ANENT TRE Savy Mackeret,—as to that salt mackerel, skin it, and it doesn’t make a bit of difference which side is up. By the way, you will remember that Anacreon had something to say on this subject—/ySiis wawroror, ete.— ‘YIATOR, — May 2 1883] Ay Atn-Arounp Rop,—'‘Nessmuk" has defied the accepted tenets of the rod makers, and added a fly-tip where the rod makers thought it did not belong. He writes: The rod is ready for pickerel, bass or trout. Of course, it is not a perfect fly-rod—no generalrod can be. But it will take, first, pickerel; second, bass; Vhird, eatlies or bullheads; fourth, trout—either with bait or Ay, J take no stock in fly-casting tournaments. Don’t care to throw more than twenty-five feet of line, with five footleader, Usually much less, Haye my own notions about fies and ‘casts. My favorite cast is tail-fly, large, well-cleansed red angleworm, with bit of white pork for head. Two feet aboye, a red hackle, queen, er royal conchman, according to water and light, Fifty years’ experience has proved to me tliat the above tail fly takes three-fourths of fhe trout, Wed hackle is next best—NwssMuK, ’ TENNESSEE Noves.—The glorious and wise law-makers in our General Assembly repudiated one-half the debts, com- pounding with the defamling Stute treseurer. licensed gainbling at poker, seven-up and horse racing, and amended the very lenient fish lays so as to permit gigying’, seining, trapping, ¢ic,, to be carried on at will, Fishing and hunt- ing may be considered dead here for years to come, and our sportsmen will wither haye to seck recreation clsewhere: or burn up their tackle and accoutrements, for they will never néed them more in what, with rational protection, would be the finest place for game and fish on the American conti- nent.—dJ. D, 1, Sanmon t§ OkeGon,—Vancouver Barracks, April 18.— The salinon cuteh thus farisreported as very light, $1.10 being paid by the canneries for cach fish. Wonr years ago fifty cents per fish was the price. Few if any salmon reach the Portland market, TI was informed yesterday that there were 350 miles of ssines stretched in the Columbia River every night except Sundays. Commentis unnecessary. ' ' : Books,—Mr. Westwood has written an introduction to tlie “Secrets of Angling,” by John Dennys, which will ac- company a reprint of that poem, Mr. W. Satchell will print if, as also a new edition of the same gentleman's “Chronicle of the Complete Angler.” The Orange Judd Co. have republished the ‘Seientifie Angler,” by the late Dayid Foster, with notes by W. C, Harris. Gane or Worms,—Good, lively bait can be made in the following way: Wrap up some of the common earth wornis in a piece of carpet or thick cloth, put them im a box full of dirt, and leave them for two or three days. At the end of that time they will be a bright séarlet color, and when you open the cloth they will spring about one-half foot in the air.—M. I. Tun TAnrum As Poop.—A correspondent writes to know something of the edible qualities of the tarpnm. We have neyer eaten it, and do not remember to have seen any allu- sion made to its tale qualities, It looks like a good, whole- fome fish, and doubtless many persons have caten it. Who can give us sume information on this subject? Route to rHE Nerigon,—Prince Arthur's Landing, Lake Superior, April 14, 1883.—In answer to “Angler,” 7 “Route to Nepigon,” in your last issue, come by way of Duluth and Prince Arthur's Landing, and take hoat to Nepigon, Good ae anywhere from tmonth of river up stream,— J. OC. Brack Bass mm Tum Potrowsac.—Falling Waters on the Potomac River is said to be a prime ground for black bags. This point and all the way up to Williamsport, on the same stream, Iam assured, can‘t he beat for large fish,— Homo, Tut Gravy Bout was defeated, Hishculture, SALMON FOR THE DELAWARE AND HUDSON. AST week the United States Fish Commission sent a car With 225,000 salmon fry to the waters of the upper Dela- ware, and the shipmentis to be followed by another of the same size. Prof, Baird intends to test the possibility of accli- mating salmon in both the Delaware and the Hudson, and will send some 300,000 salmon from the Cold Spring Harbor hatchery to the head waters of the latter river in a few weeks. The fish are the Eastern salmon, S. salar, the eggs of which came from the salmon breeding works of the United States Fish Commission at Bucksport, Maine. Itis well known that the rivers of Connecticut were the southern limit of the salmon at the discovery of the country, but itis possible that in the Hudson and the Delaware the difficulties in the way of the salmon were merely mechanical. The falls on these rivers preseated abar to their ascent to the streams above, which contains insect and crustacean life necessary to the growth of the fry, as well assuitable spawning grounds, By placing the young in the trout brooks in the Adirondack region they should find all the conditions requisite to their growth and descend the river to the sea atthe proper time. There seems to be no good reason why the rivers named may not become salmon rivers in time, if the stocking is carmed on for a few years, The experiment is comparatively inexpensive and is well worth trying. Should the fish survive and return, they will be captured in the lower portions of the rivers, for the obstructions above forbid their ascent tothe brooks. We shall watch the trial with great interest, and hope that our readers will report to us any facts which they may hereafter observe that show the presence of salmon in the rivers. Stray salmon haye been taken in the Hudson as high as Troy, and a few are ago some fouror five thousand fish were placed in the Delaware and several aduits were afterward taken, show- ing that the temperature and chemical conditions of these riyers are not fatal to this fish. “My election tothe United States Senate has been a preat satisfaction to me, of course,” said Mr. Kenna, of West Vir- ginia, to some friends who were congratulating him recently; “and I, of course, am yery grateful to my friends for it. But Ttell you frankly, gentlemen, that; neither it nor any of the Steps of rapid promotion in my political career has given me 80 much genuiue pleasure as the tact that my honnd pup tool the premium at the dog show the other night.” Tn the will of the Jate Richard O'Conner, Malls of Schuylkill, Pa,, is a provision to the effect that $i0 a week be paid for the support of his dog Spot, the remainder of his estate being’ be- queathed to the German Catholic Society of St, Joseph. a FOREST AND STREAM. The Kennel. FIXTURES, BHNCH SHOWS. May 8, 9, 10 and 11, 1883—Westminster Kennel Club, Seventh Annual Bech Showy, Madison Sqoare Garden, New York City. Bntries closa April 23. Chas, Lincoln, Sup't. FIELD TRIALS. November 19, 1883.—Bastern Field Trials lub, Fifth Annual Trials, at High Point, N, C, Wntries for the Derby close July 1; fae ie Members’ Stake, Nov. 17; for the All-Aged Stake, Nov. 1, Coster, Secretary, Flatbush, Long Island, N.Y. December, 1883.—Nationat American Kenvel Club, Fifth Annual Trials, at Grand Junction, Tenn. D, Eryson, Seoretary, Memphis, Tenn, ae To tnsure prompt attention commanications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Streany Publishing Co., and not to indimdunals, im whose absence from the office matters af im- portance tire liable ta delay, THE NEW YORK SHOW. | Ee are, including the puppies, 1,120 entries for the A Westminster Bench Show next week, These entries are distributed as follows: 61 mastiffs, (3 St. Bernards, 5 berg- tunde, 8 Newfoundlands, 20 greyhounds, 5 deerhounds, 112 pointers, 159 Hnslish setters, 5} biack and tan setters, 97 Irish sebters, 7 Chesapeake Bay dogs, (i Trish water spaniels, § feld spaniels, 45 cocker spaniels, 10 foxhounds, 10 beagles, 6 dachs- hnnde, 71 collies, 28 bulldogs, 56 fox-terriers, 80 terriers of different breeds, 40 pugs, 6 King Charles spaniels, 2 Blenheims, 2 Japanese spaniels, (i Italian greyhounds, 2i in miscellaneous class, The judges, as already announced, are: For Irish setters and black. and tan setters, John ©, Higgins, Bsq., Delaware City, Del. Por Bnglish setters. pointers aud foxhounds, Maj. J. M. Taylor, Lexington, Ky. For spaniels and small non-sporting dogs, J. FP. Kirk, Esq., Toronto, Canada, For mastiffs, §8t. Bernards, berghunde, greyhounds, deer- hounds, dachshunde, and other large non-sporting dogs, James Watson, Msq., New York city, For collies and beagles, Dr. J. W. Downey, New Market, Frederick county, Md, FORM AND COLORS OF SETTERS. Kditor Forest and Stream: Col. Stuart Taylor condemns the setters and pointers ox- hibited in New York last year, because, with many other faults, they were “narrow-chested.” Now I want to inquire if in this he speaks in accordance with the highest standards, for which he protesses such deference. ‘‘Stonchenge” says the chest should be “‘deep rather than wide,” Idstone says, “I dislike a wide chest—I never saw a fast dog with one,” And again, “The dogs that knock up and refuse to hunt in hot weather are always square-built, wide-chested ones, Those with a deep chest, ragged hips, and which are as narrow as a rail, are always veady to gallop and never trot, which is a flag of distress. At the first trialin the field everheld * + * the worst goer was the strongest and squarest dog there * * while Dandy, a ragged, narrow dog, hunted bravely in spite of his ‘weak appearance’ upon which some of the by- standers insisted.” Has the view expressed by these author- ities been discarded? Col. Taylor also says the dogs atthe New York show of '82 were a ‘twretchedly colored” lot. I wish he would be more specific in his criticism, and tell us just how their color was faulty. From the catalogue the 172 entries of Knelish sotters may be classified as follows; Black and white, blue belton, ete,........,.....58 Black and white, blue helton, with tan....... Al Orange and white, red and white, ete........ a) Lemon and white, lemon belton 16 Liver, liver and white, liver and tan, ete. ys 12 Black, black and tan........-...-..-.. Bod 3) Color not piven...... fa dnevee So Ue Nea Renae A a oO The colors Col, Taylor particularly ojeets to seem to be Jemon and white and liver and white, There does not appear to have been any preponderance of either. By the way, speal- ing of liver color, if he means to say that he remembers the time when liver and white was not a recognized setter color, TP think heis mistaken, He speaks of it'asa color only for spaniels and pointers. Butitis generally believed that the setter is aspaniel. No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, H. G. B., Princeton, N, J-—An evil disposed person threw sealding water on ty Ipish secter bitch. The hai pulled off, leaving a partly transverse bare place of fourtéen inches on herback, (have washed this with carbolic soap ant applied 5. poultice yf vaseline and nitrave of bismuth, Do you think that the hair will grow again? Tf ih does appear will it he of a ditferent color and length fromthe rest of the gout? Aus, Your treatmentis right. The hair will probably grow out 4s before, provided the scalding did not kill the racts, Presque Istm.—ti. T have a small spaniel, three year's old; two weeks ago he reel a into the lake wheo the water was very cold. One morning about a week after he came oul of Ns kennel so stiff he could hardly moye, and sore to the touch all over his heady, whim- pering at the lightest louch, Lhave kept himin the honse, and the soreness hos gradually disappeared everywhere axcept in the small ofthe hackand hips. Heisstill somew ut sore there, and handles his hind legs awkwardly. Vormerly be was lively-and anxious 0 per- form tricks, jumping, sitting up, ate,; now he will try to stand up or —— : May 3, 1883,] Bib Up, but cannot make it, seeming to be tender and lack power in his back and hips, Ithink he got cold in the water, which has settled perhaps in his kidneys, Can ldoanything for him, or will il, wear off in time? 8. Have also a five-year-okl pug bitch Which has hecome 80 fat that she suffers from il; chokes more or lass when breathing, etc, Ans. 1. Giye five grains salicylate of soda in syrup three times day. Oucedday ib the affected parts with Peon, liniment, ‘ry this for a week and report progress, 2, Uxercise treely and per- sistently: Keep away from stove or regisier. Give more animal food; veduee starchy food; give uo potatoes vor bread. Serrick, Naw York.—A red Irish seter has a bad cough, especially wihien first freed from the chain, appetite fair, nose coll and wet, eyes clear, very lively, but who tires easily, somewhat costive. T Tad the year before last lost a pup that toole the first prize at the hench show here; within three weeks from that time this one had the distemper within a week after I brought him home from the bench show last year, and T cured him (to all appeuraneces}, Do yon think that this cough is the remnant (so to speak) of the distemper? 1 am giving him cod liver oil and pilis made of iron, quassia, quinine, and gentian, but he does notimprovea much, Iam at u loss to de- termine if his lun. 8 or throat are affected, and have little faith in the ‘so-called veterinary surgeons for dogs, I have never received much benefit from them. Imay add that getting wet feet increases the dop’s trouble. He has a good dry kennelin 2 barn tree feet above the ground, Ans, listener often leaves a cough for which your treatment by cod liver oilis good, Omit the pills and take him off the chain, (An edwouted veterinary should know about dogs as well as horses, but very many calling themselves veterinary surgeous, eo lithtle if any education except such as a good groom should ow. KENNEL NOTES. NOTICH TO CORRESPONDENTS, Kennel notes are inserted in this column frea of charge, To msure publication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVH the tollowing par ticulars of cach aninnel; 1, Color, 6. Name and residence of owner, 2. Breed, buyer or seller. 3. Sex. 7. Sire, with his sire aud dam. 4. A §, Owner of sire, Ee,or t : Date of birth, of breeding or 9. Dam, with her sire and dam, of death, 10, Owner of dara, . _Allnanmes must be plainly written. Cominunication on one side of paper only, and signed with writer's name, NAMES CLAIMED, (> See tastructionas at head ef this caliwmn, Clart Belle. By Mr. IE. I’. Weiss, Cincinnati, O., for red Irish setter biteh, whelped sfuly 1%, 1881, by Stoddard’s Bob (Erin—Queen) outot Wash Genres Tar), a" Gailu #., Koma K., Rossini R. By Mt. 8. B. Dilley, Rosendale, Wis,, for pointer pnppies, last two liver and white, whelped March 28, hy Banger out of White Lily, Bessie BK, By Mv. W. A, Ryan, Austin, Tex,, for pointer puppy, whelped March 28, by Dilley’s Ranger out of White Lily, Bounce. By Mr, G. Noble, Sayannah. Ga,, for black cocker spaniel dog, with white on bosom, whelped Jan, 4, 1883, by Croty'’s Diamond out of Quand. Tom. By Mr, H. P. McKean, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa,, for imported Black, white and tan fox-terrier dog, 18mos,, bred by Mr. A. Lawton, a ae Eng., by champion Monitor out of Fancy (Tom, W. KE. 0, 004 —Ops). . Belyrave Bess, By Mr. H. P. MeKean, Jv., Philadelphia, Pa., for - Imported lemon and white fox-terrier biteh, 1tmos. old, bred by Mr. W-. Joedison, Yorkshire, Eng., by Akeley Joe (Old Belgraye—Bang) out of Hebe (chanipion Joker—Mineral). 7 ¢ Judge. By Mr. F. M. Pinkney, New York, for orange and white setter dog pup, whelped March, 1888, by Mr, ¥. Merrill's Barney out of Mr W. Merrill's Nellie. Flue Chief, By. Mr. Warren Johnson, Sharou, Mass., for black snd white ticked setter dog, whelped Feb, 14, 1882, by champion Druid out of Gassie (Dash I1T—Modjeska), - Daniel Boone. By Myr. Lincoln E. Pettee, Sharon, Muss., for black and white ticked setter deg, whelped July 28, 1681, by Iasbion (Dash TIT, —Rhoebe) out of Buddhist (Lelaps—Bute). Prince of Dorlaess, Dark Thought, Night Cap. By. Mr. 1% 8, Wan- maker, Wlmwood, N.O,, for black pointer dogs, by Robert Em, Lee out of Darkness. Lusk, Tinilight, Night Dream. By Mr. @. 8, Wanmaker, Winwood N,(C., for black and white pointer dogs, by Rubert BE, Lea out of Darkness. Shades o Niyht, By Mr. E. 8. Wanmaker, Elmwood, N. €., for lemon pointer dog, by Robert 1H. Lee out of Darkness, Black Gal. By Mr. B.S, Wannitker, Elmwood, N. C., for black pointer bilch, by Robert BE. Lee oun of Darkness. Wench, By Mr. EB. 8. Wanmaker, Bimwood, N, (., for lemon poinrer bitch, by Robert E. Lee out of Darkness, Bruening Star, By Mr. 2,5. Wanmaker, Elmwood, N. C., for white, With lemon ears, pointer bitch, hy Robert EB. Lee out of Darkness, BRED. > See instructions at head of this colunm. Rosin, Bowheur—Braimin. Fleetfoot Kennel’s (Delhi, N, ¥,) black cocker spaniel bitch Rosa Bonheur (Montagne—Leda) to imported black cocker spaniel Brahmin (Hasten’s Bob—Clew), April 23, 1883. Pansy B.— Brahmin, Mr, B. ¥, Bartlett's liyer and white cocker Spaniel bitch Pansy B, to imported black cocker spaniel Bralmin, April 15, 1883. Clara Belle—Novmaod. Mr. 8. &. Weaiss's (Cincinnati, 0.) red Irish fetter bitch Clara Belle (Stoddard’s Bob—Plash) to H, Oyermann’s Norwood (Lleho—Rose), April 26. Las: of Breda—Frank. Dr, J: 8, Niven’s (London, Ont.) vocker Spaniel bitch Lass of Breda to owner's Frank, March 16, i Bessie—irank. Dr. J, 5. Niven’s cocker spaniel bitel Bessie to owner's Wrank, March 23. Sivan—Prince of Orange. Mr, John Davidson's (Monroe, Mich.) English setter bitch Swan (Druid—Lady Cypress) to his Prince of Orange (Blue Prince I1.—Flame), April 27. Ailsi—Seottish Chéef, Mir, John Davidson's (Monroe, Mich.) Bng- lish setter hitch Ailsa (Royal—Nina) to his Scottish Chief (Prince of Ovange—Doll), April 23. Glengyle—Seotiish Chief, Mx. John Davidson's (Manree, Mich.) English seliter bitch Gleugyle (ob Roy—Dail) to his Scottish Chief (Prince of Orange—Doll), April 25. WHELPS. > See instructions at head of Lhis column, Greicher—Gluss, Mr E. Powers's (Cortland, N. Y,) black, with white frill, cocker spaniel hitch Gretchen (Bobb II,—Mignon), whelped April3, five (two dogs), by Gloss (Bub—Jenny), Ifinon—Closs. Wr. E. Powers's (Cortlaiid, N.Y.) black and white cocker spaniel bitch Mignon (Daisy 1.—Dart), whelped April 9, eight (five dogs), by Gloss, Dred 1V-Maleatn. Mr. H, Mileolm's (Ballimore, Md,) Gorden setter Dream TV, (Grouse—Dream JI.), twelve (nine dogs), by Mal- tolm (Munn’s Duke—Dream 1), Ailven—Ravk, Dr. J.S8, Niven's (London, Ont.) Trish terrier bitch Aileen, whelped March 1, six (three dogs), by Rack, Norul—Rock, Dr, J.S. Niven’s (London, Ont.) Irish terrier bitch Norah, whelped April 20, five (two logs), by Rock. Silk—Bunker Hilt. Mr. A. Goodwin's (Kingston, Pa.) black, white and tan English setter bitch Sills (Royal Blué—Florris), April 1, six (five dogs), by his Bunker Hill (Dasii I1t.—Opal). Myrtle—Brahnin, Wleetfooh Kemel’s (Delhi, N. ¥,) liver and white cocker spaniel hitch Myrtle (Col, Stubbs—Gypsie), whelped March 28, six, by imported Brahmin (Easten's Bobh—Clew), _ Bess—Col. Stubbs. Fleetfoot Kennel's (Dethi, N, Y,) liver and white English cocker spaniel bitch Bess (Soip—Juliette), whelped April 9, six, by Col. Stubbs (Captain—Pilirt), Dajfodii—Col. Stubbs, Pleettoot Kennel’s (Delhi, N. Y¥.) black, wiite and licked cocker Bye bitch Daffodil, whelped April 17, six, hy Gol. Stubbs (Captain—Flirt). Lalla Rookh—Don, Mv. Geo. J. Gould’s (New York) bitch Lalla Rookh, whelped April 14, eight (four dogs), by Vandeyort's Don, Abbess —Beyledi. Mr. Jolin Dayidson's (Monroe, Mich.) Guglish setter bitch Abbess (Afton—Iannie), Feb, 6, four bitches, ny his Beuledi (Macleod of Dare—Lelia), SALES. ie Be Peery c reg at setae of this cohunn. idol Black, white and tun English setter biteh (Druid—Star), ade Ne B, Wells (Chatham, Out, ) to Mr. W. B. Shattuck (Cimeie. Sylpli. Liver and white biteh puppy, by Beaufort (Gow—Beaulaly outot Fannie Turner (Sensation— ween IT, ) whelped Dec, 16, 1852, by Mr. Charles Rule (Cincinnati, 0.) to Mr. EB, P. Weiss, same place. Fuynde AR. Liver and white pointer Puppy by Ranger out of White dily, Whelped March 28, by Mr. §, B, Dilley (Rosendale, Wis.) to Mr. J. EB. Doughty (Lake City, Minn,). Peep KR, Liver and white pathyer ily. ae March 28, by . Asire (Mirneapolis, Minn.) 5. puppy ', by Ranger out of Whit r, 5. B, Dales ( fa Ww wae sendale, Wis,) ta Mr, Flash R, Liver and white pointer puppy, by Ranger out of White Lily, whelped March 28, by Mr, 8, B, Dale ours Wis,) ta 1) | HE. Hamilion (New York). ey it tea FOREST AND STREAM. ——— 275 Rhee I Black spaniel biteh, by Bub out of Jenny, by Mr. J. H, Winslow (Baltimore, Md.) to Mr, GC, BE, Seott (Schenectady, N-Y,). Bonfanti, Tiver and white cocker epaviel bitch, by Ned ont of Daisy, by Mr. J. H, Winslow (Baltimore, Md.) to Mv. CO. EB. Seott (Schenectady. N. Y.), 4 Belgrade, Black spaniel bitch puppy, by Success out of Bonfanti, by Mr, J. Hl. Winslow (Baltimore, Md.) to Mr, GC, ® Beott (Schenes- taily, N. Y,). Aileen—Rock whelps. Trish tervier dor Rock, by Dr. J, 8. Niven (London, Ont.) to Ont,), and Mr. GH. 'Tonsey (Burlington, Ia,), ‘ Dan. (Wormerly Rob Walker's) all liver cocker spaniel dog, by Ned out of Rena, whelped December, i877, by Mr. C, E. Scott (Schenectady, N, Y.) to Mr. G. Noble (Savannah, Ga,). Glossy. Black, with white star on bosom, cocicer spaniel bitch, by Wildair ont of Bird, whelped May 5, 1880, by Mr, M, P. MekKoan (franklin, N, ¥,) to Mr. G. Noble (Savannah, Ga,). Ned Lleho—Bridget O'More whetps. Red Trish setter doz puppy, by Ned Eloho out.of Bridget O’More. whelped Aug. 14, 1882, by Maj. Loyejoy to Mr. W. 5. Warner (Chicopee Falls, Mass.), also a doy 10 Mi. Atwootl Collins (Hartford, Conn,), Rrolimin—Daisy whelps, Dark liver dog and three bitches, by Meet- foot Kennels to Mr, M. P. MeKoon (Franklin, WN. Y.), BXCHANGED, fr" See fistruotions at head of this ealinnti. Heau for Nimble, Dr. J. 8. Niven (London, Ont.) has exthanged black spaniel Beau, by Black Bess out of Bob Ll., for Mr. W. Deip- ster’s (Boon, Ta.) fox-terrier Nimble. PRESENTATIONS. E> See instructions af head af this eolwiin, Bonet, Black cocker spaniel dog, with white on bosom, by Diamend cutof Quand, whelped Jan. 5, 1883. by Me. M. FP, Mekoon (Franklin, N. ¥.) to Mr. G. Noble (Savannah, Ga.). Josie, Black pointer bitch Josie, ly Bow out of Toysy, by Mr. A. Winter (Bainbridge, Ga,) to Mr, L, F. Patterson, same place. DEATHS, $35~ See instructions af head of this columin. Snow. Mr, G. Noble's (Savannah Ga.) white cocker spaniel dog, whelped Jan, 13, 1883, Mr. Noble writes: “My white pup died a week ago; he never changed his color.” Atifle and Crap Shaoting. To insure prompt alfention, communtoations should be ad- dressed tothe Forest and Strean Publishing Co.,and not to individuals, i whose dbsence from the office matters of im- portance are able ta delau. pups, by Aileen ok of Mie, L. Talbott (hendon, RANGE AND GALLERY. SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—Theré has been some feeling on the ques- tion of the International Match here, and the Armory Range has been thrown open to the use of the members of the 2d Regiment of militia living here. Lieut, John J, Leonard has heen working bard to get a few men reaity for places, and a few days ago sent on the following scores, which were made under the conditions speci- fied by the circular of the N. R, A, The men used the Springfield im- proved long-range model rifle, shooting a naked bullet, which makes the score & yery noteworthy one, as the patch has always been re- merged asa yely necessary part of the anamunilion for long-range worl, iy 54434 4-28 800yds ....., 65544 84-30 fF 565344431 W0yds... ..3584 5 4529 GWyds..,,...445 5444 9887 1N00yds _..., {54438 52297 M, W. Bull, Priyate Co, G, 2d Regt. Mass. Militia, Wyls,......545545 4-32 B0yds.......95 46 6 5 5—33 500vds. h6446 5 5-38 N0yds,.. .,.54654 6 3-32 600vds. ..... 55348452904 1000yds....,,. 4543.5 8 4—958—o8 . R. Bull, Private Co, G, 2d Regt. Mass. Militia. 200yds... 64555 4 §—dl B00vds...,., 44455 45-31 h00yds. 954554 4-32 g00yds.. 54155 4 332 GOOy ds -. 845225 5-28-01 1000yds.......5545 4 2 5—30—93 UAPT. COLEMAN'S MISHAP,—R, C, Coleman, a inember of the famous American rifle team under Col. Gildersleeve, that shot the international match in Hurope afew years ago, met with a serious accident at Newburg, N. Y., on April27. With several other eentle- men he was at therifle range practicing in tle hope of making a qualitying score to enter into competition in the matches at Creed- moor thature to decide the team which shall go to Kuropein June, Tn closing the breech-lock of his rifle it caught a projecting cap im the cartridge, exploding it, and a piece o: the cap entered his right eye, seriously culsngit. The attending surgeons fear that he will lose tlie use of the eye. GREEDMOOR,—The competitions for suchas wish to practice for piaces On the coming American team, took place on the 25th and 28th ult. On the former day on the lower ranges, and on the latter day on the long ranges. The 25th wasa soaking day witha pretty steady downpour of rain, while ou the 28th there was very annoy- ing and shifty wind. Under the circumstances the scores were yery fair, Tn our report last week, Mv, John Smiih was robbed of his place at the head of the lizton the long-range shooting, He had a score of 79, but instead he was credited only with his re-entry score of 2. The misleading nuisance of false names is cropping out again, and in the annexed seore list, one lientenant-colonel hides his per- sonality behind the name of Witzwilliams, It really looks as though to abet oe the rifle range was something of a (lisgrace in the eyes of some folk. April 25. J. Smith—Brown Rifie. 2boyde, oleds. 600yds, Total, 845555 tal 244464 4—28 545584581 90 F, Stuart—Brown Rifle. 854043 5-29 645 6 63 5—82 Bhdhd44-99 90 W. M., Varrow— Brown Rifle. 545455 4-82 254545 50 444533698 90 G. Joiner—Brown Rifle, 45554 44-81 54544 5 533 4449325526 0 J. H. Brown—Brown @ille, 44485 54-29 454654 5—83 243355527 89 T. J. Dolan —-Rémington Rifle. 44394410 4-26 655456 4-34 44 ¢4503-24 84 A.B, Van Heusen—Brown Hille, 84445 4 529 4644834525 . ado h4 5 8-25 82 N. D. Ward—sharp Ritle, 444445 4-29 03458 3 5-24 §48525 4-26 79 G. FY, TéWey—Remington Rifle. 4385438 4—26 4a 2234442 223425 4 b—25 vi) GC. F. Robbins—Gibbs Rifle, 02384444 21 24538323 4-23 053232318 62 H. 5. Bellsmith—Brown Rifle. 0002824411 da 445 43 325 OOS0 084-12 48 April 28, G, Joiner—Brown Rille, 8U00yds. H00yds. 1L000yds, Total 406555 b—d4 80856 5 8-24 455438 8-27 Ra “H. 1, Witzwilliams'*—Metford Rifle. add 0 44 5-24 63352 4 5-28 BS2Hb 55 5-37 70 T. W. Griffiths—Brown Rifle. 564534 56 5—82 45029 a¢ John Smith—Brown Rifle. $52045 2-21 4$84583 4-95 6354 4 4 4—30 054 43 5 2-93 vin} W, M. Parrow—Brown Rifle, 65543 6 6-82 63943 5 5—30 204023546 78 1. J. Dolan—Remington Rifle, 555449 5-31 A.B, Van Heusen—Brown Rifle, 0305 85 5-21 6383452 C.F, Robbins—Gibbs Rifle, So 484 6 5-29 023530 3-—-i6 J. H. Brown —RBrown Rifle. 8559425520 $3884 5 5-26 O5845 8 424 43445 32-29 522432 0-16 h804845-22 FF F, ‘Thomas—Remiugton Rifle, 404384 3a—21 B54 44 5-27 NS53 30-19 67 4H, 4, Bell mith—Brown Rifle. 594583 4-24 440345425 a400000—7 60 F. Stuart Brown Rifle, 404448 4-95 23243 45 322 Retived, BOSTON, April 28,—A cloudy day with an annoying season of rain in the afternoon, a lightund steady breeze from ? to 11 o'elocle on fhe wind dial, and about the average number of sharpshooters were the circumstances to-day af Walnut Hill. The new house at the firing points was begun a week ago and is already considerably ad- yanced toward completion. The old house, which was b0x15ft,, has been moyed 15ft, eastward aud raised ift,, and it will constitute an L fo the new stracture, The new building is 24ft, Front and 20£h. deep, hwo stories bigh, and the entire ground floor of the combined bnild- ings will form 4 single room, to be devoted to the use of riflemen. The second story in the new part of the building will be used asa dining-room, relieving the ground floor of the incumbranee to which ithas beeh subjected. The uiddition is builpat the western end of the old pavilion, and the walls and floors are already finished, the win- dows and rool remaining to be added. 25ybc ses ast elvis) BR yctcis yyy Q1adagT OO 14 DOSWHOL TVA I alo betes Getty el-beeldes ey iatelcls Od 21021 1 0-4 Wadsworth, 28yds...... plist stololte et eerie beet aaistele oo 024 0 1-8 PONe sivas eee aes: \ O1L04 0 0 Graft, 8yda... 2... -- A1ndadtoad —2 Rathjen, 26yds.......- Th at iditien oes 10 —1 SVALISTAMER, REyuUG esinde ied) terete mguesh aaems tees 1 0 —) In shoot off, Paulsen tooksecoud, Midmer, Akhurst and Sehroder divided third, Th the first glass ballmateh farthrea prizes, Knebel, Plate and Chichester divided. Tn the second natch tor two prizes, Knebel and Detlefsen divided, _SOUTHBRIDGDE, Mass,, April 26.—The Quinebaug Gun and Rod Olob haye had two meetings recently at their range. There was a fair attendance, The following are the scores: First Day. Glass Balls, Clay Pigeons. 41 it 5) Bradford ..-..... 0 .-....0-4-- li 00 00 WM We 1—8-11 Phillips 40 OL 11 1 11-7 1 10 1—8—i0 Howe ... OL OL 00 O01 1I—6 11 a1 1-5—-10 Williams, ..-11 11 O1 11 01--8 00 10 0—-1—9 Olds... --- Of Or 01 00 01—5 01 011 2-2-7 IANS ae eee ee elem ieee 1 00 10 00 01-8 OL ¢1 0-2—5 EVITES ecb hiccheles eee eaten be hee OO df Of 01 004 WW 00 0—1—5 Seeond Day. Phillips. .___ ow d1 10 Wh 1-8 OL 01 1—8—I1 Olds... etl 11 OF O1 1148 10 10 0—2—10 Ellis... ... OL 41 01 41 11—8 01 OL O—-2-—10 Bradford Of df 00 10 00-4 11 01 1-4—8 Williams 11 Of OL WY 11—7? oO 10 1—-1— 8 SIAUY TLCS oly etnies itte v b)-e aleve nee 11 10 O1 MM 00-5 10 00 0-4—6 Campbell, - 00 00 00 11 01 OL 10 1-3-6 Brown,, ._- --.. 00 00 10 OL 01-8 00 00 1—-1—4 Metealf.......c...----n2,----O1 10 00 OD 00-2 00 00 1-1— 8 TRAPS.—Providence, R.1.-ditor Morest and Steams To a late issue Sassacus’ compares the Card trap with the Holden, and says that his Glub prefer the former. He iloes not stale why the Card trap is preferred, but IT am confident that if is for the reason that “Sassacus’ and his friends find that they cannot break so many balls from the Holden as they can from the Card. I am fully acquainted with both traps. When “Sassacus" thinks that the shooting from a Card is as skillful as from a Holden, he is quite ‘off the track.” The Massaclmsetts Glass Ball Association use the Holden trap exclusively, although the association formerly used the Card, but since the Holden trap could be obtained, haye dispensed with the Card, for the fact that it was too easy toshoot from, as in matches of ten balls euch it would take all day to finish one set of ties, should there be such shooters as face the trap at Wellington, Mass,, several times a month. The Holden trap throws a ball much swifterand a longer distance than any trap I haye everseen, and T claim thata shooter who eun break twenty straight, using a Holden, is more skillful than one who can break thirty straight, using a Card. IT haye shot froma Stock and Morris. Dayenport, Mole, Bogardus and Card, and have yet Lo find the trap that equals the Holden. Ihave broken 74 out of 7, 1Syds, rise, Card trap, and 49 out of 50, 18yds. and 21yds. rise Holden trap, and consider the latter score better than eighty straight out of a Card trap,—NARRAGANSHIT, MALDEN (Mass,) GUN CLUB, April 25,—Notwithstanding the disa- preeable weather, quite a large number of sportsmen were present to participate in the matches on the Malden Gun Club grounds. In the New England all-comers’ match the following scores were made at 10 birds: i Fielding, 9; Noble, 7; Durand, 8; Clark, 8; Wemyss, 8; Re-entry, 8; Hopkins, 7; Dean, 7; Lewis, 6; Dean, 5; Souther, 4; Brackett, 4; “5 ne following were winners in the subscription matches, at five ids: First event—Fielding and Law, first; Clark and Durand, second; Nohle and Hopkins, third. Second event—Fielding and Law, first; Clark and Noble, second; Jones, third, ei event—Noble, first; Clark and Law, second; Lewis and Dean, third, Fourth event—Durand and Clark, first; Hopkins and Noble, second; Vielding and Lewis, third, Filth event—Durand, first; Law and Noble, second; Fielding and Foster, third. The grounds will be open for practice every allernate Wednesday until further notice. WASHINGTON, D. C., April24’,—The Capital City Gun Club held its regulay Saturday shootto-day, Tbe following is the score at 15 clay pigeons each, I5yds, rise, fourth noteh: Blagrove ./.....J1111111101—15 Peek 011111111 200010—10 Parnusworth ...111011111411111—14 Young . .001011201011111—10 Wagner.,,, . .111119101111111—14 Wadsworth .,. .010111100110110— 9 Charles,,......- W11101111 11010112 _Hosford..,..... 110111001001001— 8 King..,,.... ,..011111100001110—10 Baker . 101070101010010— 7 MeLeod - .,.110001101011111—10 Eldrige , .000L101001011110— 7 Mills..... .. ALLO 10100—10 Adams. __ - .101000000000101— 4 Morhous.... ...011011101011101—-10 Goodrich 000001100000000— 2 WELLINGTON, Mass., April 27,—There was a large attendance at the Raymond Club tournament to-day, the principal event being the $100 match between Messrs. Perley, of Worcester, and Stark, of Winchester, to witness which there were some 400 spectators present, ‘The conditions of the mateh were fifty birds from five ground traps, twenty-one yards rise, use of both barrels, and powder limited to four drachms. Perley used a twelve and Stark a ten-gauge, and Perley won, with a score of forty-four birds to Stark's thirty-five, The general club shooting followed, twenty-bird scores, fifteen-yard rise. De Rochmont, --_.........-..4.. 1/7 T Ourtis.. FT Noble,....., Tess BEvatrin) pee ewsnentit illouni tee (oF Stark -:. ... FAS) BSS 9 aioe et oooe DADC WD Beale, -:.:-.- .2fhiiee tess AG) su pELS LOU pence teary fees are 0) DS§ Kirkwood...., mG) WODPICK eine p.aen bieelesn ea OS idee Bed ethane ttige - oe 15 BF Johnson....,,....-... e dbeotk OU WOCR aps ier eerie al olsen celn 16° LE Johnson, :- 2221122222 siat.t 5. 10 W. B Witherell, ....-,-.- | ~---+« 14 JW Waterman......,.,....---- 9 CW Wilbury _14 AL Peakman Ay?) § l Kason... wif EO Richards, ---.2 2... .2-, 2.0. 8 T O Fielding dd O'Neill. os OT HW George, ; 18 C Brown, APMC va aah eS SET ksh 8 1a . Twenly Balls—Kirkywooad's Trap, W'S, Perley. .,.:----- 1 ae oe {8 De Rochmont ,.,.....- oye! 13 Thart, ., fu Ore Stark,....... feb poo ood eb . Seth , Beale Sawyer | Lewis Babson... Witherell. GeOOrTRG yy eos e ee nce s © Wilbur Rirkwood,., -.......-- Herrick... Wielding ......,,..-- CUATIC rent te ce Paes -ren | B F Johnson......-. OMNIeT g2 22k oa WEBSTER, Mass., April 24.—The Webster Rod aud Guo Club are looking around for @ location fora range. As soon as they can de- cide where to locate, they will erecta building and have a weekl meeting, Ata tecent practice, out of possible 10, the following 1s the score; Bent Waters....... 11111000108 W Frazer......-.-...+: 000007 1010—3 # Graham. - ... 11010101076 Charles Gerber... ... HO00001010—2 Henry Bates...,,,-0111100000—4 ~L Dayis.-.... veer ays 0110000000—2 Charles Dixon..... 1000101010—4 Robert Todd....... .. OLO0L00000—2 A E Kiebarh. ....-. O101001010—4 FOREST st GLUB, Rockford 1ll,, April 24,—Glass balls, rotary traps, LSyds, rise, Maylep sn A11424149312111111111111111—2 Felch... Pri liee Thay tse t Th Eke pst ET ale ihaly se 1 Miller... OI 9ST PPT Pd td — 28 Dennett, ...----... 11101012010710111101111710-18 Hilison, , 2. £110071111011171111111001—20 Gveen soos. ti ciee 211111101211101101110111111-21 Hutehins....- 21 22111171111111112111111110—% Thurston,,........J110211101271011110011111019 BRIDGEPORT ya, JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS,—The tirst match be- tween the Bridgeport, Conn,, Gun Club, and the Jersey City Heights Gun Club, will take place at the penes of the latter club, Marion, WN. J., ot the 3d inst, Twelve pic ed men, each club, at 10 live birds gach man, Shooting to commence abi P.M. The return match at Bridgeport, at clay pigeons and glass balls, the hilanthropists of the Nutmee State being strong in opposition to {rap-shooting,— JACOBRTAEF, | Answers to Correspondents. Le" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. D. K, EB, ¥.—Letter for you at this offices send address. MArwe.— White lend paint, use no turpentine ti mixingt:. i om &, C.. Utica, N. Y—We do not know the address of the bicycle meney. C. A. R., Pittsburgh, Pa.—You should have a globe sight to go with the peep sight, | J. H. W.—Spritsail and foresail, mainsail, 11ft. hoist, &t. head by 12£t. on the foot. Enrrrans, Hoboken, wants the right spot for woodcock shooting in July and August. Bos Stay, New York,—(f hy “game laws’ you mean the New York laws, We can send you Gates J, P., West Fitchburg, Mass,—We do not know who has the breed of dogs forsale, Adyerlise for them. W. McC,, Altoona, Pa.—You may probably obtain liye quail from Reiche & Bro. Chatham street, this city, Inquinrrn.—Manual of Nayal Architecture, by W. H. White. Nostrand, Murray street, New York City, Constanr Reaper, New London, Conn—We know of no good work on pistol shooting. The book you name is unknown to us. W. XK, P., Athens, Pa—Take or send your gun to a competent gun- smith. It will probably not shoot so well unless again made firm. C. H. R., Hyde Park, Mass.—For copy of game laws of your State, write to the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, Boston, Mass, i, N., Salt Lake.—You can have a gun made with one rifleand one shot barrel, See our advertising columns for names of firms who make guns ta order. W. 45. K., Portage County, O.—In a conversation here this winter it was stated that a deer’s eyes are stationary; thatis, they cannot move them back and forth as other animals do. Is this so? Ans. No, _ W. 1 M., lynn, Mass.—i. Your query about buckshot target is too indefinite. 2. A choke-bore should make a better pattern than a eylinder. 8. The sizes of buckshot yary, different standards are adopted by diferent makers, J. C. P., Washington,—For your pedestrian me the paper shells will be lightest and so preferable. You may have them waterproofed. See advertisement of New York firm making specialty of this, 2. We cannot refer you to 4 satisfactory map showing towns and watercourses of the Blue Ridge Mountain region in Virginia, GaArpiner, Bor'dentown,—1. A fine grained powder is quicker in its action than a coarse grained one, Probably something correspond- ing to Hazard No. 3, would answer. 2, Powder does not improve with age: on the contrary, poor powder deteriorates with age, Use larger proportion of powder than you name; see answer to *Humbolt.”” W. G, R., Mass.—There is no one book giving directions for treat- ment of dogs’ diseases, and for teaching dogs tricks, shéep driving, ete. Wor treatment of diseases consult ‘‘Dinks, Mayhew & Hutchin- son an the Dog,” price $3 (supplied by this office); for teaching tricks see Porest AND STREAM. Vol, XVI., page 393; for training collie dogs, Vol, XV., page 433. P. K., Bridgeport, Conn.—In a team elay pigeon shoot the sides tie on a score of 48. One team uses second barrel ten times, the other only five times. Which wis? Ans, Itisa tie, unless it were previ- ously agreed that a pigeon broken with second barrel should count less than when broken with first barrel. The Jersey City Heights (Gun Club seores bird killed or ball broken with use of second barrel as one-half. H. B., Glasco, N. ¥.—Please identify the following birds: 1. A sparrow of some kind, about as large as a phoebe bird, legs rather longer and flesh-colored; bright yellow spot on each side of head; throat white, crown striped with brown and slate color, back and wings brown, breast mottled with brown, belly dirty white. 2. Less than 1; head and breast pink, neck brownish pink, lading to brown on back, beak that of a finch Ans. No, 1 is the white-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicallis. 2. Perhaps purple finch, Corpodacus pur- pureus; description too meagre, Constant Rysper, Huntingdon, Pa.—To make bird lime: Boil down linseed oil of the best quality until it becomes thick and glutinous. Boil in earthen pot in open air for two or three hours, and be sure that the cover of the pot fits tightly, so that the oil will not catch fire. When boiled, set away in tin vessels with tight-fitting covers. To use it; Select small, dry sticks, as thick as a straw and eight inches Jones sharpen the edges, smear them with the lime and fasten the sticks into grooves cut in a stake stuck into the ground, Place a ‘‘call bird” asalure. When the birds alight upon the sticks they pull them out from the main stake, and when flying, the wings, coming in contact with the lime, are pinioned to the sides. A READER, Woonsocket, R. 1—How can | preserve game on my own land in Massachusetts? I wish to stock my farm with quail Ans. Post your land and enforce the trespass law, which reads: § 1, When- ever the owner of any enclosed land in this State shall conspicuously Post on the same a notice that shooting, trapping, or fishing thereon is prohibited, if-any person shall thereafter wilfully enter upon such land without permission of the owner thereof, for the purpose of shooting, trapping, or fishing, the said owner shall be entitled to re- cover in anvaction of trespass, a penalty of $10 for every such entry, in addition to the actual damages thereby sustained. (§ 2.) The pres- ence of any person without permission of the owner, and with the implements of shooting, trappinz, or fishing, upon any land that is posted, shall bé taken as prima facie and evidence presumptive of a wilful entry by him thereon for the purpose aforesaid.” [Additional Answers fo Correspondents on next paye.] Van Pachting and Canoeing. “THE FENDEUR IN THE EAST.” Editor Forest and Stream: —__ } Your note to my communication in the issue of March 22 is to the point, and shows that my description of the class of boats to which the Onward belongs has not been misunderstood, and the points referred to would have been elucidated had I not feared encroaching upon valuable space, In your note you aptly say in regard to the Onward, “Tf she is as low-sided as set forth in the above, when she is pressed her lee side would soon be under water, and ina blow she would require very careful handling.’ Now this is exactly what happens when sailing on the wind in a light breeze, her rail at the midship section is always buried, and when down to her bearings the water washes the bottom of the combing. In a blow she must be watched constantly, or the water will pour in over the combing before she can be Jufledup, See diagrams, \ Onward on Ene Mead i To avoid this as much as possible, her sail is made of the “mutton lee” pattern, haying no gait; thus bi ng for any given area of cans yas a comparatively large proportion oi the whole near the deck, she | —- May 32, 1888. | boom being very long. From the accompanying diagranr it will be seen that this class of boatwhen hove down 1s virinally a flat-hot- tomed craft, and is anything in the world but a cutter, which the word Fendeur means; Fendre, to split, and *‘Pendeur,” a splitter, or as we say in English, a cutter, which in the general sense and with re- spect to the principles involyed means a vessel whose speed is mainly due to her facility for cutting the water; her com aratively narrow pone area offering but little resistance, such a boat being narrow and deep. Diametrically, opposed to this class are those of great heam and light draft, or what is the same thing. those boats which have a com- paratively large and broad sectional area. : Tt is manifest that boats of this latter class cannot rely for their speed upo» the facility with which they cut through the water, but on the contrary are forced to depend upon the ease with which they glide over its surface. r All yachts and smaller-sized sailing craft fall, by virtue of their shape and weight, into one of these two classes. These two factors determine the displacement of the vessel as well as the relative posi- tions of the centers of gravity of tlie vessel, and the displaced fluid upon which the stability of any floating body depends. No mere similarity of detail of any kind in construction will render similar in principle two hoats belonging respectively to these two classes. They may both be, for instance, straig t-timbered, as in the case of the Fenaeur and the Onward, but they are as widely separated in the ere lee governing their action as it is possible for them tobe. The ‘endeur pattern, and all the deep-draft boats. depend for their sta- bility upon the low position of the center of gravity of the entire system, while the other class for the same property depend upon the buoyant effort of the displaced water, which is crowded away by the submerging of the lee side of the boat, , Carrying the analogy. a little further, it will be seen with respect to the displacement of these two classes of vessels, that while one in all Potions has the figure of the displaced fluid symmetrically divided ya plane through the stem and stern posts, or nearly so, the other only fulfills this condition when on an even keel; in all other posi- tions there being a great difference in the amount of water displaced on either side of the plane referred to, until, in the extreme cases, when the light draft boat is hoye down, we find the displaced fluid almost entirely to one side of this plane. To illustrate this] ask how often hoatmen have looked over the windward side and seen the upper edge of their centerboard aboye water? and how few, on the contrary, ever saw aniron keel in that position? Did it never occur fo them to consider at such a time what were the relative displace- ments of two such boats? In alldiscussion of nautical construction it should be ever borne in mind that we are dealing wilh mechanical forces. Theirintensity. points of application and direction give us the results. The 4 ‘incipal factors determining these points are the displacement of the yessel, and the figure or Shape of the displaced fluid, as well as its position with respect to an axis or plane of sym- metry. These things make a boat's stability. F. Jaryis PATTEen, [We give below the midship section of the Fendeur as it appeared in ourissue of the 8th Webruary, and a copy of the section our cor- respondent ‘‘G. EB, N.’’ sent us of the Onward, the original of which will be found in our issné of February 22. | Fen henr on ce Msed | / | | Sendeur / Pe Gerarce the Leadtek. + ase a GEM. The Fendeur section, and the section represented by our corres- pondent, 'G. E. N.,”’ to be that of the Onward, are also shown careened tothe same angle as our correspondent, “F. J, P.,’’ has shown the corrected section of the Onward, Reading carefully the comment of “I. J, P.* on this type of model, represented by Onward, as compared to that of the Fendeur tyne of model—independent of the diff rence shown to exist in what the Onward is to that which “'G. E. WN.” represented her to be—we need only add that all our correspon- dents on this Pendeur type of model will feel satisfied that ‘Ff. J. P.” has not alone made it plain that Fendeur would beasafe sea- ‘oing boat, while Onward belongs to that class of model which are arleetaoe even in the hands of experts, but that his knowledge of the principles which should guide the naval architect is pased on a thorough cognizance of the subject at issue.] THE RATING OF YACHTS BY SAIL AREA AND LENGTH, HE following remarks appeared in the London Field, from the pen of Mr. W. Baden-Powell, of canoe reputation, will be read with great interest by all our leading yacht committees. FoREST AND STREAM has repeatedly advised that the rule of admeas- urement known in America as Commodore Lee’s be adopted, It is a rule of admeasurement adopted after much investigation by the officers of the Seawanhaka Y. U., of New York. and found to work well with the many classes of boats that meet in our races—some deep and narrow, with lead keels and small area of canvas, and others of broad and shallow proportions and large area of canyas. We quoted the Sewanhaka Y. C, rule in our issue of April 12, Mr. Baden-Powell is evidently right in his Gonjecture that large displacement and stall sail area will be the result, This will en- courage good modelling and insure good sea-going qualities, if the design is properly calculated and balanced. It will not atthe same time give’all the prizes to thé man who spends the most money for lead FOREST AND STREAM. \p Tm Hala vy P “ THE BOY'S SEA GOING BOAT, (See issue of April 26.) AG te and canvas, as long, narrow and deep boats with any quantity of lead will pay for their ability to carry more canvas than those ballasted in & manner which will leave them ships to start with, and ballasted in such a manner that the ballast can be remuyed for the purpose of lightening their hulls for repairs, or in the cage of grounding where ib is not pleasant to stop. The boat with statical stability alone will be heard no move of, as yacht owners will soon be tired of paying for big sails and large crews if they cannot have accommodation somewhat equal to the cost of maintaining such flat-iron types of model. Mr. Baden-Powell’s remarks about ketch rig versus yawl rig. scarcely call for comment further than our protesting against advis- ing any more hideous rig than the yawl rig being supplanted by the keteh rig, Ifamanis afraid of his ability to take the mainsail off a cutter when it blows hard and the sea is rough, and keep her under conimand until he gets the trysail onto her, orif he wants to Save the expense of an extra band before the mast, then let him spoil his cutter by rigging her a yawl. but a ketch rig belongs to traders, not yachts. To do away with these wretched rigs if would be best to rate avy mga cutter if she was not over fifty feet on the waterline. Mr. Baden-Powell writes as follows: “Since it was announced, a week ago, that the first step had been taken toward taxing sail area, many bright visions have been enjoyed hy those who, so to spevk, inhabit the yacht racing world. The fan- tastic nature of some of these visions is simply marvellous. With one it is the solenim funeral of the whole yaw! family; with another, the glorious descent to warmer regions of those spar breaking spirits, jib-topsails; while with a third it is a new setting of the ‘Dead March,’ especially arranged for the condemned ‘lead mines.’ “That a rating by sailareaXL,W. length may, and probably will, have a beneficial effect on racing is scarcely open to doubt; but the precise result of such a rating—in regard to its effect on construction equipment, and performaneces—can only be asserted on conjecture. Apart from any possible influence it may have for or against any particular rig, probably the straightest conjecture is that such a rule will foster large displacement, small sail area, aud moderate hallast (using the last two terms adyisedly, as in comparison with ‘the pres- ent forecast, under the tonnage rule, of extraordinary displacement and lead keels); not by any means that it will place ‘duifers’ on a footing with ‘cracks;’ the common or garden ‘handicap on perform- ance’ can do that, for those who are unsportsmanlike enough to enjoy witnessing such farces or to benefit by thent. “The question of ‘rig allowances’ must, however, be carefully re- considered, Under the racing rules up to the present time suecess has chiefly been gained by ‘setting every sliteh of canvas to woo the fresh- ening wind,’ and it might be added, every ounce of lead to keep every stitch of canvas drawing. But will not the effect of the proposed rating rather incline our hearts to set less canvas, and perhaps to carry less lead? If so, we at once come to ‘those yawls,’ A yawl's sail area is generally about the same as a cutter’s. What she leaves off her mainsail and topsail she puts on in her mizzen. Now a very small reduction of the jib and slight increase of fore-foot will keep the halance of center of effort and center of Jateral resistance right, So as to permit the reduction of the mizzen and its spars to ‘swear-by’ size, Is such a vig—which is practically a snug culter—to receive both yawl’s allowance and also allowance for smallness of sail area? Froma Seamin’s point of view, Phave always had an aversion to the ‘yaw!’ rig, and naturally dread giving a bad rig benefits which may tend to foster its being, and cause it to increase and multiply. Tam well aware that at a certain tonnage, and under the existing racing rules, the yawl tig, if not a ‘necessary evil,’ is, at any rate a snecessful evil; a 90 or 100-ton ecutter’s main boom is not a pleasant size of stick to play with, and at say 120%tons of modern construction—well, the sooner she’s turned into a schooner or yawl (for racing) the better for life, Jimb and peace of mind, and probably-for success, But the genuine abom- ination is the small yawl, why sheshould be pandered to, and encour- aged by a time allowance for ‘inferiority’ of riz, I can’t imagine; it is said that it’s a snugger rig, but what has that todo with racing? It cannot be said of her, that as a cutter her boom would be Gana erourty, large and unmanageable, If, however, it is ack- nowledged to be an inferior rig, why should it be patronized for rac - ing? “The really snug and useful rig for cruising is the ‘ketch,’ a thoroughly seaman-like rig. Why should not a ketch boat have an allowance, intermediate between a yaw! and a schooner’s allowance, or even a schooner’s allowance? “If ‘inferior’ rigs are to be patronized by a time allowance for ‘in- feriority,' in the classes of 80-tons and under, then certainly create the ‘ketch’ class with a suitable allowance, and in a short time, no seaman would be found owning a yawl, “But the important question now is—if racers are to he rated, for time allowance, by sail area Xx length, must not the minimum area of mizzen, compared to area of mainsail in a yawl, and of fore- sail to mainsail in a schooner, be clearly defined? If not, ‘sail area coupled with rig allowance’ will soon produce, at all tonnages, es- pecially in the small classes, ‘schooners’ with almost cutter’s sail plans, but with a small ‘swear-by’ foremast and foresail; and ‘yawls’ carrying the smallest apologies for mizzens, “In my opinion the yawl’s mizzen should not be less than a quarter of her mainsail area; the ‘ketch’s’ dandy not less than one-third of her mainsail; and the schooner’s foresail not less than half her mainsail. “Yawls, ketches and schooners of ‘under 80 tons’ measurement, should receive the ‘rig allowance’ only when competing in ‘cruising’ or ‘ocean’ matches. Of course, ‘mixed’ races for yachts of $0 tons and upward must be tolerated, though the arbitrary allowance be- tween rigs creates no true test of relative speed in different states of wind and sea, Class racing should by all means be kept clear of ‘fancy’ allowances for supposed inferiorities, the prizes should go to ‘perfection,’ not to ‘imperfection,’ “The proposed rating by sail area, multiplied by length on the load line, Will not be far off being a ‘rating by stability; it is as simple a rule as could well be put forward, and, at any rate,1s well worth rial ; curves of stability and data as to meta-centric heights of ten different racing yachts and ‘fast cruisers’ would produce more accurate results, and perhaps satisfy theorists; but for practical and quick working at regattas, the simple sail and length rule is the thing. “Tt must, however, be borne iu mind that this ‘rating’ ruleis only put forward for the purposes of time allowancing at present, and the suggestion is accompanied by a recommendation to class the vessels by tonnage rule. If the rule is freely utilized during this season, ample data will be at hand to guide in the consideration of its future status—whether as a time allowance indicator only, or as the rule of classification or power gauge.” “There is ro other article so valuable for popular use in cases of lame back, local rheumatism, lumbago, neuralgia, congestion of the bronchial tubes, coughs, affections of the lungs, and torpid liver as Benson's CArPcinE Porous PLasTers.”’ So writes H. H. Kane, M. D,, Physician-in.Chief of the De Quincy Home, New York. Prompt, powerful, clean. Price 25 cents.—4dv. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.—(Continued,) I. Laxn, Minn.—Can you give me a few hints for catching salmon said to haye been planted in Minnesota lakes? Should I fish deep and in what month? Ans, If the fish are there they should rise to the fly in June or July, or you might try trolling for them in deep water if the waters about the shores are warm, M, L., New York.—1. Can you tell me cf a good place to go fresh water fishing, within 2b or 80 miles of New York City? 2, What kind of fish will there be at the Fishing Banks in May, and what is the best time of year to go there? Ans. 1, For trout go to Long Island streams. Perch can be taken in Croton Lake. After June 1 you can take black bass in Greenwood Lake, 2. Porgies will be on the Banks in May, but not as plentiful as a month later. The fishing is usually good there all the summer, A, J., New York.—Will you kindly let me know if it is impossible to’ drown a fish when it is in the water on a line? Aus. If a fish is towed behind a hoat, after it is tired and cannot keep its mouth closed we think that if would be drowned, Ordinarily a fish is reeled in ex- hausted, but not drowned, We think it possible to drown a fish un- der the conditions named, beceused the breathing depends some- cnc the action of the gill coyers, which open and close with the mouth, Gun Furyts, Norwich, Conn.—'J, A. S."’ asks for gun flints, T have a flintock gum that was carried in (thé war of 1812, that is in good order yet. A few years ago the gun and a handful of flints came into my possession, If ‘tJ. A. §,” will send me his address and a Stamp to prepay postage, [ will send him a couple. I tried the old gun on woodcock once, but found it rather slow for snap-shooting, ae pa Dnaes to kill one quail, the bird going straight fram me. J. R, Tracy, C. R. W., Hailey, Idaho,—Suppose te gun barrels are identical in respect to material, gauge, and style of bore; with the exception that one barrelis 80 inches long and the other 82. Will the 82-inch barrel shoot better, or throw shot a greater distance, than the 30-inelt barrel, like charges to be used in both? Ans, Practically there may bene difference; for actual seryice in the field one gun will do just as well as the other. The 82-inch barrel will burn a little more powder than the shorter one. 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Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co, Nos. 30 ann 40 Park Row. New York Curry, CONTENTS. FYSHCULTURE- London Fisheries Exhibition. Salmon Canning in British Co- lumbia, The Virginia Commission, | The Nebraska Commission. | Tar KENNEL, The New York Dog Show, The Gordon Standard. Sporting Dogs. Kennel Notes. Kennel Management. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Muzzle vs. Breech. British Musketry Instruction. Range and Gallery, Creedmoor The Trap. Dey City Heights vs. Bridge- EDITORIAL. The Right Men for the Place, Selecting the Men for the Team, Adirondack Survey Notes.—xvit. | TH SPORTSMAN Tourist. Nimvod in the North,—yz. Those Bonins. Transatlantic Notes, WATURAL History, Various Matters. How Snakes Swallow. | Spring Birds of Nebraska, The Maine Taxidermist Law. The Sea-Serpent, Gann Bac AND Gun. Trap ys. Fieli Shooting, Through the Wilds of Tucker. The Game of California. Game and Wish Protectors. “Baltimore Duckers.”’ por Camp FIRE PLICKERINGS. The Trap at Worcester. Sia ann River, Pisuie. YACHTING. Quiet Sport,—ir, Portuna, 4 Transformation Scene. Cutters, Woodmont Rod and Gun Chib. | CAnortna. The Pikeé-Perch. Vermont Trout and Deer, The Ubiquitous. Silas. The State in Schuylkill. Augling for Whitefish, What the Fisherman Said. A Word to Canoeists. The Coming Canoe Season. Tandem Canoes, Builders and the Association Rules. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, Withits compact type and in its permanently enlarged form of twenty-eight pages this journal furnishes each week a larger dinount of first-class matter relating to angling, shooting, the kennel, and kindred subjects, than is contained in all other American publications put together, SELECTING THE THAM. “YN Monday morning next, at Creedmoor, will open the series of four competitions which are to determine who shall make up the American team of 1883, The general pre- liminary conditions of those test shoots are already well known through the notices which haye been sent out calling upon vitemen to compete. The committee in charge have fixed an admirable working plan for each day’s work, and every precaution has been taken that the shoots shall be scrupulously fair to each contestant. On each day the six ranges will be fired over, seven shots per manat each, There may be practice up to 10 o'clock, but none from that time until the opening of the competition at half-past 10. Then the men will be called to the firing place by lot, two at a time, and fire through their seven rounds alternately. No one except the scorer will be permitted within twenty-five feet of the firing point, and it will thus be a test of indi- yidual merit of the most exacting sort. Fair weather is to be hoped for, and then with these scores before them there ought to be no difficulty in determining who are the most avajlable meh to put into the team rauks. J wsimperative that no time be lost in haying a captain se ted to head the team, so that practice on a sensible wo Class 40, Rnglish Setters, Dogs.—L, © Clark's Rex, Louis B. Wright's Jester, W. T. Danforth’s Leroy, Erdman A. Herzhberg’s Wagner, Archibald Rogers's Roderick, Heury FW. Aten's Leicester Crook and Don, L,.Garduer’s Prince of Vernon and Duke of Eastchester, Robert Betty's Doc B., Arthur Duane's Chance, Wash- ington A, Coster's Buckellew, Thomas FP. Ryan's Count Dan and St, Albans, Dr. 8. Fleet Speir’s Gen, Arthur, St. Elmo fV_ Prince Hal, Chancellor and Marquis De (orraze, Milley Foshay's Roy. I. H. Bull- ard’s Shamus, Jobn Calill’s Pred, George H. Clearman’s Don, James K. Boyd's Count Random, Howard Hartley’s Royal Ranger, P.M. Mora’s Lindo, Miss M. L. Roessle's Cossack, Joseph Rosenfield’s Lan- easter, J. BH. Thayer & Bros. Lava Rook, Miss M.D, Wagshaff’s Royal Dick, C. 6, MeQuesten's Clipstone, William A. Buckingham’s Grouse Dale and Berwick, 0, N. Jester’s Roxey’s Boy, James H, Goodsell's Don Juan, Racket, Duke of Beaulortand Belthus, Detroit Kennel Club's Royal Sultan, E. #, Mereclliott’s Will, Class 41, English Setters, Bilehes.—H. Bailey Harrison’s Countess Adele, Edward Griffith's Ladie Rose, J, 0, Donner's Wairy Beélle, O. Rothmater's Olivetts, H, J. Rice's bubble, Thomas Cosgrove’s Flora, John H, Nickerson’s Fan, 8. B. Ayimar’s Gyp, R. Paneoust's Bessie Tl, Erdman A, Herzberg's Lucid, William A. Burns's Polka, Dr, Henry F, Aten’s Bessie, J. J, Bailey's Diamond Duchess, Thotnas I’, Ryan‘s Cecilia D., Dr, &. Meet Speit’s Wanda, Countess Louise, Ladie ayre, end Lady Bath, dK, Boyd’s Clara R., Wm, E. Basset'’s Nellie, H. Pape’s Loui and Mollie T., W. 1, besbe’s Blue Belle, H. C. Sherman’s Empress Eugenie, Walter B. Peet’s Blanche Lewis and Alice Lewis, Howard Hartley’s Daisy Queen and Gaily, Dr. C, L, MeCann’s Flirt, P.M. Mora’s Belle, Miss M, T,, Rowssle’s Ophelia, George F, Applegate's Dell, H. D Towner’s Lady May, 1. W. Jester’s Dashing Bellé, Ruth and Modjeska, Thomas Stodd’s Daisy Dean, James H, Goodsell’s Petrell IL, and Fairy IL.A, H, Moor's Luss o° Gowrie, John Moore's Bell, Class 42, English Setter Puppies, over it and under 18 Months, Dogs.—H, Bailey Harrison’s Albion, I. A. Greenough's Bush, John Autoney'’s Keyport and Lockport, William Moser's Young Lark TI. Charles Antoine’s Count Ned. H, Pape'’s Prince Messengor, Walter B. Peet’s Ted, J. O, Donner’s Pi ince Royal. Class 48. English Setter Puppies, over 12 and under 18 Months, Bitehes.—J. 9. Donner’s Princess Vietorin, Princess Helen aud Bes- sie, F, B, Greenouch’s Brier, Dr. Henry VY. Aten’s Flora, George A. Mallary’s Tena. Thomas H, Dwyer’s Madge D., J, GO, Bates Smith's Lady Diana, W. Vallman’'s Belle Dale, James H, Goodsell’s Lady Grant and Queen Perel, John J. Scanlan’s Julia, H. Bailey Harri- gon’s Countess Vit, Class 44. English Setter Puppies, under 12 Months, Dogs or Bitches. —H, Bailey Harrison's Maud A. and Grace B., L, H. Bullnd’s Count Tempest, Geo, A, Saportas's Grouse, Archibald K, Mathews’s Rajah- kootha, George Delano’s Charm, George Worden’s Keho, John N. Nickerson's Hen D'Or, Paddy Taxis, Shotover and Victor, hrdman A, Helzberg’s Semiramis, Dr. Henty FW. Aten's Carrie W.. Prank B. Whittemore's Nick, Thomas F, Ryan's Gleu Gannon and Linda, Wasb- ington A. Coster’s Moonstone, Theodore E, Smith's Nannie Belle, Win, MeConway’s Royal Eine, Jr.. George 0. ences Bridgeport, Charles J. Stewart's Rodman and Bona, Howard Hatley’s Sallie A.. George F. Applegate's Beauty, H. D, Towner’s Bob White, Neversink Lodge Kennel's Moonstone, red A. Hoe’s Ronald and Rolline, Jas. H. Goodsell’s Winsome, Premier and Pairy ILL, Alston Culver’s Duke Til, and Duchess, Wim. F, Rushmore's Prince. Olass45, Champiou Black and Tan Setters, Dogs.-Ceorge R. Reed's Flash, T, Forman Taylor's Turk, C. B. Davis’s Duke of the East, Charles T, Brownell's Dash, Olass 46. Champion Black aud Tan Setters, Bitches.—Albert Weeks's Bessie, (. C. Townsend's Belle, Garret Roach’s Lady Gordon, Never- sink Lodge Kennels’ Beauty, Class 47. Black and Tan Setters, Dogs —Fred Ingraham's Ben, Har- ry Strong’s Bob, J. 1, Thayer & Bro.’s Slocum, R. B. Palmer's Duke, A. J, Rovzezlawski's Glen V,, Albert M. Wright's Prince, H. D. Gardner's Dandy, George Bird's Flash, M, M. Waite'’s Sancho, P, Volekmin’s Dan, Dr. Henry 1, “Aten's Doctor and Glen, Win, A, Smith's Mark. 1, L, O'Brien’s Shot, Neversink Lodge Kenuel’s Bruce, Dr. Charles Lansiug’s Dash, G, W. Bassford’s King Dan, A, Belmont, Jr.'s Bob and Tom, Edwin Shaw's Duke, Class48. Black and Tau Setters, Bilches.—John EB, Thayer & Bro.'s Beauty, Albert Weeks’s Nelle, Arthur W. Levy'’a Null, C. Have- meyer's Belle and Patti, Wm. H, Faile's Daisy, Gordon Kennel Club's Ada and Norah, Mrs, GO. A. Briggs’s Al-Ce, A. J. Deane's Belle, James Barton's Lady, W. H. Tillinyhast’s Perley, 0. B, Davis’s Molly Pitcher, Charles T. Brownell’s Beaulah and Pansy, Qlass 49, Black and Tan Setter Puppies. under 12 Months, Dogs,— Master Willie Whyland’s Don, Dr. Jaines T, Wrightson’s Puzzler, G. W. Bassford’s Rock Druid, Dr, Wm. Nick Pindell’s Jon, Chas, T, Brownell’s Tom, Class 50. Black and Tan Setter Poppies under 12 Months, Bitches. —Mrs. Robert Lyon's Olga and Meg, G, Dowling’s copeys John N. Brigg’s Gipsy, 1. C. Ross's Diana, A, H, Mulntosh’s Belle and Gipsey, @. &. Davis's Pinpin. Olass 61. Champion Trish Setters, Dogs.—Dr. Wm. Jaryis’s Elecho, Adolph Nelson's Elcho 11., Geo, F, Dwight and Gao. W. Leavitt, Jr.'s Rlcho VIT., Win. H, Pierce's Clencho, Max Wenzel’s Chief, Rory O'™More Kenoel’s Rory O'More, A. H. Moore's Berkeley, Jobu 5. Meclotosh's Biz, Class 62. Champion Irish Setter Bitches,—Johu 8, McIntosh's Lady Clare, Rory O’More Kennel’s Norah O’More and Lady Berkeley, Dr. Wim. Jarvis's Mex and Noreen, Class 58, Irish Setters, Le Ata oor Dillon Ripley's Spy and Zag, L, BH. Bullard’s Philo, H. Db. Ogden's Echo, R. C. Corner’s Dash, John Hinds's Don, Miss Helen Tselin’s Crackers, Joho M. Wuchs’s Red Dash 11, §. G, Pettit’s Wexford and Athlone, O. H. Dale's Guy, Henry Ilavemeyer’s Bang and Roy, Warren E, Smith's Triumph, T. Forman Taylor's Pete, Dr, Chas. Van Vieck’s Gus, Thos. G. Budding- tou’s Snap, Geo, T, Leach’s Brock, Henry B. Goetschuis’s Chief IL, Mrs Hannah Edinond’s Vash, WH, A. Warner's James R,, Walter B, Peet's Detmold, T. A. Hardings’s Rowser, Chas. W, Roedenburg’s Chip, George ‘tneeland's Charm, John Warneck’s Sport, George Howell's Jumbo, Garrett Roach’s Zig, O, F, Hilt’s Kit Carson, Rory O'More Kennel's Rery O'More, Jr., and Rexford, Thos, Wilson’s Dash, Thontas Stoid's Garnet, Geo. J. Gould’s Killarney, Mrs. G. 8. Keller’s Eleho, G. R. Abbot's Sancho, J, Hemy Roberts's Bruce. Glass 41, Irish Setters, Bitches —J. Gibson Haslitt’s Portuna, Pran- cis L, Morreil’s Moy, John F. Dwight’s Noreen 11, 0. DuBois Wag- staff's Rose, Charlés. J. Stewart's Meg, W_K.Carminoni’s Bessie, Max Wenzel’s Doe, #, S$. Hintou's ka, Eilward 0. Ladd’s Plurry, M. Wal- rnth’s Lady Bridget, Rory O’More Kennel's Lady Curran, Pearl and -FL, Bailey Harrison's B. Shatlue’s Dido. Trump, I’. C, Hankes's Guy, Thomas Stodd's Mamie, John M. C, Rodney's Trix, W, H. Mason's Gussie I1,, Geo. J, Gould's Guarda, , 1, Martin's Reeta and Cushla, John J. Scantan's Lulu I, Thomas J. Bean's Nellie; Samuel Barr’s Hagelniut, H, Clay Glover's Belle. lass Of. Ish Setter Puppies under 12 Months, Dogsi—h, H, Bul- land's Rush, Wm, Palmer Smith's Glencho I, Frank Windholte's Richo V,.8. Quiney, Jr’4 Ray, Charles R, Thorburn’s Lord” Welling ton, Dr, J, W, Stronach’s Mars, Geo. J. Gould's Tara, W. H, Mason's McLellan ond Ben Franklin, James H, Goodsell’s Ruth and Ruftle, C, DuBois Wagstutt's three unnamed puppies, Chas. A, Draper's Hy: perion, Class df, Trish Setter Papples under 12 Months, Bitehes,—C, DuBois Wagstatt Bk two unnamed puppies, Geo, ©, Leach’s Corinne, C, N, Gosman’s Spider, Walter B. Peet’s Madge, Dr. J, W, Stronach's Venus, Rory O'Move Ketine?s Lady Hdith and Lady Ella, W. H, Mason's Susie ani Mand §., Thos. H, Terry’s unnamed bitch, Class of. Chesapeake Bay Dogs, Dogs and Gitches.—bL, G, Clark's Ches, GO. Olarl’s Max, J, 1. Bradford's Neptune, Dayid King's Bang and Drake, Frank Wiltin's Royer, L. Q. Billings's Jimmie. Class fi8, ie Ivish Water Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches.—Ww, H. Colcord's Polly Woe. Class a). ish Water Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches.—H. D, Gardner's Dan O Connor, Kate O'Connor, Molly McGuire and Bruna, Archibald Roger's Irish Chief, Clags (0. Champion Field Spariels (any volor), over 25 Wbs,, Dogs or Bitches.— Col. Stuart Taylor's Benedict. Olass 61, Pield Spuniels (any color) over 88 lbs., Dogs or Bitches.— Geo, W. Leavitt, Jr.'s Bean, A, CG, Wilmerding's Black Prince, S. M. Bryan's Beauty, P.O. DeLnze's Imp, Henry Kisteman's Dash, James Mortimer’s Shot, Thomas J. Wean's Judy. Class $2. Champion Cocker Spaniels (any color), under 28 lbs., Dogs ov Bitches—Ronkonkoma Kennul's Queen Vic, Hornell Spaniel Club’s Hornell Dandy and Hornell Ruby. (lags 63, Cocker Spaniels (other than black) under 28 Ibs,, Dogs or Bitehes,— Ronkonkoma Kenuel’s Princess Royal and Baby, Thomas Cosgrove's Flora, Capt, J. E, Jones's Powder, H,G. Piffard’s Idol, H. E, Vogt's Blanche II,, D, P. Foster's Charley, C. V, V, Sevell's Linda, Tou and Gypsey Queen, D. P. Bosworth's Charm, Dr, A. MeCollom’s Alma, Neversink Lodgt Keonel's Taddy Ban, Wn. Dunphy's Lena, C. Hi, Oshorne's Kip, J, C, aid A. R, Sharp's Tomboy and Princess Olga, Fred H, Hoes Conquest, James Watson's Nellie, Class (4, Cocker Spaniels (black or black and white) under 28tbs., Dogs or Bitohes.—James Watson’s Plora, Sidney Marx’s Susie B,, Q, V.Y, Sewell’s Ben Lachine, Hdward Bright, Jr.'s Floss, Hornell Spaniel Chb's Hornell Dinah, Class 65, Field ov Cocker Spaniel Puppies (any color), under 12 Months,—Miss Maggie Coseroye's Dan, James Cosgrove’s Jersey Boy, George W. Leavitt, Jr.'s Black Gem, John Schoonmuaker’s Watson, Mrs. \k. Betty’s Dan Il, H.G, Piffard's Fur, @. V. V. Sewell’s Rosa- hind and Zara, A, C. Wilmerding’s Suannee, W. FW. Schelhas's Bene- dict’s Boy, F. &. Piltcher’s Black Silk, Charles Fosters Agie, ved H, Hue’s Swiss, Horuell Spaniel Giub’s Hornell Blade and Hornell Beulah, 1. Wetghell’s Bow. Class fii. Champion Moxhounds, Dogs or Bilches—J. Gray Gris- wold’s Coineér, _ Glass 67. Foxhounds, Dogs or Bitehes,—C. F. Holder's Van, D.C. Paulding's Frank, P. Gray Griswold’s Dorimant, Wni. Ball’s Spot and Beauty, Essex County Hunt's Cardinal, Warrior, Vinegar and Vanity, Meadow Brook Hunt's Rattler, E..J. Donning’s Guider and Rosamond. neni 65. Champion Beagles, Dogs or Bitches,—Thomas Oryill’s Melody. - Olass (i), Beagles, Dogs.—A. Butler Duncan's Rambler, Henry Donohie’s Frank, Pred’k M. Wheeler's King Charley, Class 70. Beagles. Bitches.—A, Butler Duncan's Charmer, W. H, & FP. Ashburner's Myrtle, Pottinger Dorsey's Daisy. Class 71. Bengles.—Wm. HW, Moller's Daphne, Pred‘ M, Wheeler's Charley, Jr. Class 72. Dachshunide, bors or Bitches.—Capt, C. B, Ludekin’s Gretcheu and Yakob, 6. A. Haggin's Graf, Lustig and Gretel, Alfred Claggett’s “EH, N.7 Class 78. Champion Fox-Terriers, Dogs.—J. E, Thayer & Bro,’s Tip, . &, W. Rutherfard’s Royal, Joker and Nailer, Wm, J. Torner’s Curate, QOlass 74. Champion FoxTerriers, Bitehes,—L, & W. Rutherfurd’s Diana, Wm. J. Turner's Gipsic. : Class 7, Fox-Terriers, Dore Sine Dillon Ripley's Zag, James Fraser's Juck, A, Bryan Alley’s Rampant, Tu. & W. Rutherfurd’s Warren Jim, A. Denning'’s Max, Dr, OC, McDougul’s Brandy, Fred Richards'’s Ourate IT,, Francis S, Kinney’s Marlboro Jockey and (vip, J. 8. Cram’s Bounee, Geo, A, Freeman Jr.’s Lancelot, E. C. La Montagne’s Prosper. Class 76, Fox-Terriers, Bitches,—Alexander Reid's Kate, Louis B. Wright's Prima Donna und Zene, James Fraser's Jenhie, L. &. W. Rutherfurd’s Violn and Jaunty, Johh Moore's Stubby, A. Butler Duncan's Nettle, C. D. Reilly’s Nellie, Fred, Richard's Bess, EKdward Lever’s Nelly, J, S,Cram’s Miss Muffet and pups, Never- sink Lodge Ke1mel'’s Lady Gay and pups, Alex Taylor, Jr.'s Squdéak, Class 77. Wire-haired Wox-Terriers, Dogs or Biteches,—11. Danning’s Daisy, Neversink Lodge Kennel’s Tyke, Wm, T. Warren’s Venus, Qluss 78, Fox-Terrier Puppies under 12 Months, Dogs—L. & W. Rutherfurd’s Warren Joe, Win, J. Turner's Clid and two unnamed puppies, H, Denning’s Rasp, Mrancis §, Kinney’s annumed puppy, Herbert ©. Leed's Zig, Wm, H, KR. Dubois’s Jumbo, Geo, A. Pree- mun, Jr.'s Cad, Alex. Taylor, Jr.'s Harold, Purore, Dude and Mas- cobte, J, M, Tracy's Finaud, — Glass 9, Fox-Terrier Puppies, under 12 mouths, Bilchos,—L, & W. Rutherfurd’s Warren Wakeful, H. Denning’s Nip, Francis 8. Kin- ney's unnamed puppy, Alex. Taylor, Jros Helene, Mrs, BE. 0, La- Montague’s Cartouche, L. B, Wilmerding's Bijou, Class 80. Champion Collies, Dogs.—Joho W, Burgess’s Guido, Jas, ney Rex, Thomas H, Terry's Marcus, Tweed Il, and Robin Adair. Class 81. Champion Collies, Bitches.—Thomas H. Terry's Lass a’ Gowrie, Lassie, Meg and Zulu Prinvess, H. B. McKnight's Jersey Lass, Jobn W. Burgess’s Flora, Class &2. Collies, Dogs,—Sme¢leton Van Schaick's Sable and Daroley, Ronkonkoma Kenuel's Donald, Geo. W. Peck’s Sport, Wn, P. Mor- rissey’s Jake, 1. C. Faxon's Rattler, John W. Burgess's Saudy and Donald, George A. Drape’s Sam, Martin Dennis's Rob Roy and Brach, David King’s Clyde, 0. Plock's Conn, J. D. Shotwell’s Scott, Mrs, W.. RK. Vulentine's Sdotland, F. R, Rives, Jr.‘s Norval and Laird, John L, Tyler's Bob, Edwin Hoirax’s Gyp, J. Lindsay's Rollo, Wm. W. Tucker's Garry, 8. T. Mercier’s Talisman, W. Caswell Little’s Bruce, Giles K, Tinker’s Snyder. Olass 85. Collies, Bitches,—Singleton Van Schaick’s Olivia, Nancy Lee and Lizzie, J. Thomas’s Lassie, John W. Burgess's Nan, Flyawiy and Jean, Martin Dennis's Janet and 4+ puppies, and Dora, Thomas Aititen's Mattie, 0. Plock's Norma, F. R. Rivers, Jr.’s Katrine, Sammnel Lord’s Belle, J. Lindsay's Kitty Mac, Wm, W, Tucker’s Jessie, W. H. Noble's Bess, §. T. Merciei*s Iona, Neversink Lodge Kennel’s Nora, Thomus. H. Verry’s Kigg and Effie. Class $4. Gollies.—J. D, Shotwell's Lad of Kilmarnouls, 'T. ©, Faxon’s Bruce, Jobn W. Burgeéss’s Brice, Charles J. Stewart's Captain, Win. W, fueker's Laddie, Jr., J. Lindsay’s Fido and a litter of puppies, Thonias H, Terry's fiye doz puppies and ons bitch puppy, Olass'85. Collies,—Thos. HW. Terry’s three puppies, Joseph G. Har- rison’s Meg Merrilies, J. D. Shotwell’s Jennie Burns, John W. Bur- gess's Madge Wildfireand Queen Vic, T, C. Foxon’s Annie Laurie, J, Lindsay's ly, Mrs. Mary Cosgroye’s Gipsey. Class 86. Champion Bulldogs, Dogs or Bitches.—John FE. Thayer & Bro.’s Blister and Judy, James Patterson’s Ben and Jenny, BR. & W. Livington’s Thunderer, George Raper's Romulus, Glass 67, Bulldogs, Dogs or Bitches.—John W, Thayer & Bro.’s Juno and Moses, 1. >, Morgan's (ribb, Mrs, James Patterson's Bill, Fred, A. Rhodes's Peter, R. & W. Livingston's Hero I, C.F. Kerr's Gap- tain. Daniel §. Meade’s Joe, Miss Adelaide Livingston's Blanche, Rich- ard Pasmore’s Jumbo, J. P. Barnard, Jr.’s Major, Josephine, Hand- some Dan and Marquis, R. 5, Minturn'’s Fagin. : Class 88. Champion Bull-'Terri¢rs, oyer 25 Ibs., Dogs or Bitches.— Col, Stuart Taylor’s Young Bill. F @lass.89, Bull Terviers, Dogs or Bitches, over 25 1bs.—R, Remson Strong’s Toodles, Geo. W. Moore’s Spring, 5, H. de Forest's Punch, (. Li, Morgun’s Moses E., C. H, Mloyd’s Nell, Chas, H. Hays’s Snow- ball, James MeGinness's Ike, Geo. B, Foss's President and Scarlet I, Class 0. Champion Bull ‘Terriers, under 25 lbs., Dogs or Bitches. — Col, Stuart Taylor's Kittie and Pegasus, . Class 91. Bull-Terriers, noder 26 lbs., Dogs or Bitches.—Edward §. Porter's Peter. : Class £2. Bull-Terrier Puppies, under 12 Months, Dogs or Bitches.— @. F, Kerr's Tip, J. M. George's Spot, Dr. A. R. Gage’s Waffles. Class 93, Rough-haired Terriurs, Dogs or Bitches.—Louis B, Wright's Vie, H. O. Richards's Clinker, D. C. Paulding’s Taurus, J. K. Sealey’s Gyp. Class 4. Black and Tan Terriers, over 7 Ibs,, Dogs or Bitches.— John Power's Daisy, FP. L, Vogt’s Tom, James T. Heasley’s ‘Teaser, Edward Lever's Vortizern and Reyeler, Samuels, Browning's Fannie, John Guest's Cuss, J. P. Barnard, Jr.'s Wallace. _ Olass $5, Dandie Dinmont Terriers, Dogs or Bitches.—Mrs. Charles T. Titus’s Dirk, Robert Hunie’s Kelpie, W. R. Hills’s Bob and Judy, Class ft. Irish Terriérs, Dogs or ‘Bitchos.—Lanrence Timpsun's Sheilaand Molly, Robert Ives Crocker’s Garryowen, J, Coleman Dray ton’s Spuds and Vixen, ; Class 97. Champién Skye Terriers, Dogs or Bitches.—Geo. Walton's rae or, Wm, Sandersou’s Jim, Gilbert Rafferty’s Mac, C. W- Sewell’s atters. Ad i eS, Class 98. Skye Terriers, Dogs or Bitehes.—Mlliot Smith's Tam O’Shanter, Howard A. Smith's Duke of Athol, William Sanderson's Sulier Johnnie, James MeConibe’s Towser, John W. MeConnell’s Don and Fanny, W. R. Hills's BePpers E,W. Jester’s Daisy. Class 99. Champion Pugs, Dogs.—Mvs. Bdwin A. Fue’s (reorze, Dr, . EL. Cryer's Roderick, Joln Marriott's Snap, } Olass 100, Champion Pugs, Ritches,—No ontries, " Class 101, Pugs, Dogs.—Dr. M, H. Cryer’s Roderick, Jr,, John B, Shotwell’s each Edward Gibi's Nibbs, Paul Dana's Joe. Mrs, C, Wheatleigh 8 Tu To, MJ. MeGoyern's Jack, L. 1. Miller's Little Ben, John Logue’s Raymond, Miss A. L, Lucy’a Fritz, Samuel §, Grown: in sJack, James Mortimer's Joe, Algernon G. Marvelie's Tristan, Jo ha Marriott's Punch, Sam and Bruce, Class 102, Paogs, Bitches, —John Marriott's Betty, 1. Weighell’s Dot, Henry Hayemeyer's Bijou, M, J. McGoyern's Rosa, A, W. Luey's Minme May, Mis.8.8, Browniug's Beauby, Mrs, A, R. Randolph's Judy and Patience, Di. M. H. Cryer's Dolly, Vixell and \lessie, Sid« ney Dillon Ripley's Tiny. ‘lags 108. Poes(Puppies), under 12 Months, Dogs or Bitches—br, M. H. Cryer's Max atid Dot, Mrs, John Cottier's Judy, Paul Daria’s Eliza, Miss Jennie B. Taylor's Teddy, Miss §, Schenk’s Duchess, J. Ff. tone § Mungo, Mrs. A. R, Randolph's Mungo, Duke, Puueh and Class 104. Champion Yorkshire Terriers, Blue and Tan, over Slbs,, Dogs or Bitches.—Henry Kistemann” Hero, Mrs. H, J. Sargent's Tat- ers, Cliss 105. Yorkshire Terriers, Blue and ‘an, over Sths,, Dogs of Bitches.—Henry Kistemann’s Leo aud Young Hero, Lieut, Aaron Ward’s Billie Taylor, Miss Cornwell's Tim and Min, Thomas Gon- logue’s Osear, Richard Tyman’s Daisy, George Howeil’s Betsy, Addie WosES Plora, John Marriott's Tip. Class 106. Champion Yorkshire Terriers, Blue and ‘fan, under othe. Duss or Bitches:—W. G, Demsarest’s Bijou. Class 107, Yorkshire Terriers, bine and Tan, under dlbs,, Dogs or Bitehes.—Misa Coimwell’s Les, Thomas MeDetmott’s Charley and Katie, Mrs. H- A. Kisteman's American Beauty, Sandy and Tardy, Wm, Collins's Jimmy, Charluy and Hatry, Olass 108, Toy Terriers other than Yorkshire, under 7Ibs., Does ov Bitches.—Mrs, H. A, Kisteman's Flora, Dr, James T. Wrigttson’s Daisy, A. Watts’s Billy, Frank B. Lucy's Dred and Gill, EP. Creveling and A. T. MeGowan’s Frank and Fanny, Samuel §. Browning's Dan- die and Jessie, John Shields’s foxie. Class 108, King Charles Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches.—Miss EB. L, Moller’s Minnie, W, Goverly’s Charley, Miss Znlie Bisphaw's Sallie, Mrs. H, Holloway's Charley, A. W. Lucy's Blankeée, Francis Mar- Tiott's Flora. _ Class 110, Blenheim Spaniels, Dogs or Bitehes.—H. Kistemamn’s Minnia, Mrs, H. (. Pedder's Lilly. ; Class 111, Japanese Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches.—Edward J. Dun- Boys Pug, Charles B, Pratt's Flo, N jlass 112, Italian Greyhounds, Dogs or Bitches.—Mrs, Annia Kramer's Neppie, William .J. Barr's Nellic, Thomas D, MeEIhenia’s Felix, Peter J. Doolan’s Gip and Daisy, B. W. Jesttr's Pearl. Cliss 113, Mistellaneous (or Foreign Class), Dogs or Bitches over 25 lbs. not specified in the above classification.—Julins H. Caryl's Nero, O. H. Dale’s Spot, Wm. P. Morrissey’s Lady Benson, Charles F, Kelly's Mares and Mina, Robert B. Holine’s Frank. 7. M. du Baur's Jaek, Miss Lizzie A. Joslin’s German mastiff Strolch, Peter T, Bar- low’s Leonbergs Max and Tikla, L Weighell’s Judge. Uaniche Poodles—Jobn G. Heekscher's Kate, BE. Berry Wall's Mignon, Miss Rives's Gaulois and Figaro, Chas. O' Neil's Trump and Topsey, §. 8. Howland's Ovhello, Miss Work’s Rajah Il., Thomas Williams's Flora and Schwartz. ; Class 114, Miscellaneous (or Woreign Class), Dogs or Bitches under 25 lbs, Notjspecified in the above classifications.—Wm. Newbeck’s Zulu, TW. B. Amoore's Chinese Chow, J. Ferro’s Belgium pooille Avabi, Henry Williams's Dalmatian carriage dogs Punch and Judy. Following is a comparative table of entries for the several exhibitions; COMPARATIVE TABLE ST? 1878) 187 1880 18811882) 4888 Mastiffs... --.- a8) 18 | 20 86 2 | Bh | 61 St, Bernards. iW | 1G | 14) 38 4 | 58] 68 Berghunde.. - .. wala |e bee om) ie al) Ys Newfoundlands j2) 138 | 20) 25 7 | 20) 8 Greyhounds. __2 1,-2.2 22-21. |18 | 28 | 15 | 45) 28 | 8 | 20 Deerhounds, oe 8) at) BO) tie) Pointers, .. 2Vehpete tees ,,e TRL AB 128 18d 185 Ade |tae English setters 208 128 147 285 |160 172 159 Gordon setters. 65) Gd 78) 74 | 91 | AB | of Trish setters...... 1449 10K )158 185 | 97 | 09 | Ov Chesapeake Bay (logs Silent Ee Ih, | Irish water spaniels.._...-.. ..--_--.- lq ae) 81 Vlad; a7} 6 Field spaniels. .----...-.....,,. --.-- -] d2 | 18 |] at | 40) 48) bo) 8 Cocker spaniels 731 oP eel SS ts Foxhounds... nS abe ee ye ld4 |} di) 9) 9} 18-43) 10 Beagles. ... an > 6| 3) 1b 18 | 86) Ta) 0 Dachshunde. . 16°) Tt.) SS te bere | TA) ISO X PADI eee = a2 iit eee ine ete Se 85/36) 45 63) f9 60) f6 COM ey BAB ee 6 25 ehh s a 5a BORA RRS eS § 19 16 a1 | 50 60 4 MMU NGEB epee. wets acocanees: 19 10 8 |19| 45 | 14) 28 Bull-terriers | 11 20 | 86 | 34 | 28! 24 | 5 Skye terriers... | 238) 17 | 15 if | 19 | 12.) 12 Trish terrieb ~|}—;);—j—| 4] 4) 5 Rough terriers, —)/—}|—j—]| &] do} 4 Black and tams,..,,,---- ---------- 18} 20' 14) 9) 6) i4) & Dandy Dinmonts.........-...--..---.). 10) 3) 8) 6) chy) 6} 4 Yorkshire terviers,.....---...... ..s10s —| a9 Bh) 26 | 30 | 18) Be Toy terriers, -.-.-- eae: a , 21 2) 0) 18) 6) 20) 10 Pugs atl. a vyx) Rt 1BO BA | BB) 22 | ae) dO Toy Spaniels... ei ceeteeeeieseeeseey,) B 18 1B) 9) 138) to 10 Italian greyhounds 4hn fi 4 9 i0;10|)— 6 Miscellaneous... -., --¢eeeanr-eeeeee---: 28) RT | BR! Ba 18 | 26 We give below a full list of the awards upto Wednesday noon. The complete list with our comments on the show wilt appear next week. THE AWARDS. Olass 1. Champion Mastiffs, Dogs.—ist, W, Graham's Nevisoh, fawn, 8yrs., Gurth—Juno, i t, Class 2. Champion Mastiffs, Bitches.—ist, Wm, H, Lee’s Lioness, light fawn, dyrs,, Tiger—Fido, ; Olass 8. Mastiffs, Dogs.—1st, Wm. Warle’s Tiny, fawn, 14}emnos. ; 2d, Hy. Kisteman's Rover, cream, 2yrs., full padligree, 4d. Win, P. Steveu- son's Cato, fawn, lyr. 1imos., Crown Prinee—Nichol’s Sibyl, High com, Faul Dana's Sam, fawn, 3yrs. Com., Shaw & Bates’s Duka, fawn, Syrs., Buill—Belle. : Class 4. Mastiffs, Bitches.—ist, Scarborough Kennel’s Dolly Vurden, fawn, black points, dyrs, Young Prince—Merlin; 2d. 1. T. Win- chester’s Regina, fawn, black ears and muzzle, 2yrs., Young King— Raunee; 3d, Win, 2. Steyenson’s Queen T,, fawn, 2yrs. 2mds. Emperdr—Hamburg’s Queen, Very high comn., James MeNamce’s, Norah, fawn, 3yrs. Com., Wm. H, Lee’s Countess, light fawn, iimos., Turk—Jule. h ' Class 6. Mastiff Puppies, Dogs or Bitches,—ist. Leander B. Shaw's Monarch, fawn, &mos., Monarch—Nell; 2d,C. D, Arthurs Queen, fawn, Témos,, Harold—Dido, Jr. Very high. com., Searborongh Kennel’s Black Prince, fawn, black points, 8mog,, Taurus T.—Dinah TL. ; James H. Foote’s Flora, fawn, bmos., imported Jim—imported Flora; W, P. Stevenson's Dido IL, fawu, 4mos,, Cato—Queen IT. High. com,, Shaw & Bates's Duchess, fuwn, fmos., Duke—Pricle. Com., Patrick McEyoy’s Don, fawn, 10mos., Danger—Madge. Class 6. Champion Rough-coated Sr. Bernard Dogs.—tst, Roduey Benson's Bonivard, orange tawny, 3éyrs., Souldan—Myzar. Class 7.—Champion Rough-coated St, Bernard Bitches.—W ithheld ~ Class 8. Rongh-conted St, Bernard Dogs.—ist, Rodney Benson's Qwsar, orange and white, 2yrs. 6mos., champion Barry—Barker's Juno; 2d, R. H, T. Adums’s Braye, tawny brindle. black points, Sleyrs,, Mentor—Alp: 3d, Miss Marie Arnold’s Monarque, dark, tawuy and white, Syrs. 10mos,, Sultan—Anpie, Very bigh. com,, Jonathan Thorne, Jr.'s Abhot, tawny and white, 19mos., Pontiff Sheila; Dr. G. B, Sawtelle’s Marcus, tawny and white, 1/mos., im- ported Bayard, Jr.—imported epeu eh Dr, G. B. Sawtelle’s Crsar, tawby and white, 17mos., Bayard, Jr—Sappho. High, com.. Dr. G. B. Sawtelle’s Roland, tawhy and white, 17mos., imported Bayard, Jv.,—imported Sappho; Dr. G. B. Saswtelle’s Tasso, tawny and white, 17mos.; Airs, D. P, Foster's St, Elmo, formly Snip, tawny and white markings, 2imos., Bruno—Fan. f Class 9. Rourh-coated St. Bernard Bitches.—ist, Rodney Benson's Ursula, orange and white, 2lgyrs., champion Barry—Beta; 2d, Rodney’s Benson's Regie orange and white, 2yrs. fimos., Robertson’s Higer—Lord Dufferin’s Juno; dd, Dr. G. B. Sai telie’s Una, tuwuy -and white, 1?mos,, imported Bayard, Je,—imported Sappho. Very high, com.. Dr. G,B, Sawtelle’s Alpine, tawny and white, 17mos.. imported Bayard, Jr—huported Sappho. High, vom, James MéNamee’s Moya, tawny, ayrs, Imos., Alp. Com, Dr, G. B Sawlelle’s ADS tawny and white, 17mos,, imported Bayard, Jt.—imported appho, Olass 10. Champion Smooth-coated St. Bernartl Dogs—Ist, J. W. Pearsall's Fido, tawny and white, *yrs., imported froin the Hospice of St. Bernard, Switzerland. — Max 10, 1883. | FPOREST AND STREAM. 293 Olass1?. Champion Smooth-conted St, Bernard Bitches,—ist, John FP. Maines’s Jw. orange, tawny and white, 20mos., Harold—Judy. Class 12. Smooth-coated St, Bernard Dogs.—Trt, Johu FP, Hafines's Lohengrin, orange, tawny and white, 18mos.. full pedigree; 2d. with- held; $d, #. C, Basset’s Diogenes, tawny and white, timos., Rexs— Diana. Qlaas 18, Smooth-coated St, Bernard Bitches,—st, J. W. Psarsall’s Baroness, tawny and white, 2yrs, and Smos,, Grosvenor—Vesta: 2d, R. W. Leonard's Rosary, tawny and white, dyrs,, full pedigrees; Ad, Jolin P, Haines's Dinah, orange, tawny and whits, 1hmo08,, Harold lidy. Class 1d, Rough-coated St. Bernard Puppies, under 12 Months, Dogs or Bitches.--tst, Chas. Bisphw's Carlo, crvange, tawny aud white, Hlemos., Rollo—Regie; 2d, Miss Mand Bispaw's Rollo. orange, tawny and white. Ghomos,, Rollo—Regie, High com,, Mrs, D. P. Fos- ter’s Princess, lawny, white markings, 8inos,, champion Turvo—Lacy Snowd mft. Class 15, Smooth-coated St. Beriard Puppies. under 12 Months, Dogs or Bitehes.—tsh, BE. Tt. Tearn’s Alma I. tawny and white, 10mos,, Rex—Alma T.; 28d. Garret Roavh's Major. orange, tawny and white, {ito8., champion Harold—champion Judy, Very high, com., T, W. Pearsall’s Harold, tawny and white, tnhos., Fido~ Baroness: TW. Peatsall’s Gladys, tawn and white, 1imos., Fido—Baroness. High. com., TW. Pearsall's Lion, tawny and white, Jimos,. Fido— Baroness: J, P, Haines’s Duke, orange, tawny and while, binos, Tlarold—Junily. Qom., Louis B. Wright's Bonco, orange, tawny an white, fmes., chanipion Harold—ebampion Vix; J. P, Haines’s Bess, orbtige. jawhy and whitt, dmes., Harold—lucy. ’ Class 16. Berghunde, Dogs.—ist, 4. E. MeCollam's Don, lion yellow, Sisyrs., imported Maroo—imported Alice. 2d, Wai, A. Turoroy's Dan, fuwny, black face, 2yrs,. imported Max—imported Vilocki. Class 17. Berghunde, Bitches,—ist, . M. Dulaur’s Belle, fawn, 2yvs, dmos., unknown ‘ , Olass 18. Newfoundlands, Dogs or Bitehes.—ist, Col. Stuart Tay- lows Mayor of Bingley, black, ay1's,, Sam—Wly, 8d, MW, M, Johnsen’s Netop, black. 2yvs.. imported Pouto—inmported Jip, Veryhigh,. com,, Join Doscher’s Royer, black and white spot, 1Sinos., unknown High. con,, Dr. §. H, Theodorian’s Leon, black, 2igyrs., imported from St. Johns, N. B, Glass 19. Champion Greyhounds, Dogs.—tst. Patrick Neary’s Don U.. dark fawn, ayrs., Imported Dan—Saoo. Class 2), Champion Greyhounds, Bitehes,—Prige withheld, @lass 21. Greyhounds. Dogs.—Ist. Clas, H. Mason's Friday Night, black, 1omos,, Master's Prince—J. Tl. Salter’s Sally; 2d, J, Coleman Draytou's Shugsby, black. Syrs,. Rapid—sally, Very high ¢om., Joseph RB, Pierson’s Ken, Brindle, dyrs. fimous., Cremorne—Lioness. High com., H. W, Huntington's Doubleshot, black and white, 4yrs., Riot Act—Snuatiower. Com,. G, F. Kolb’s Leo. brindle, lyr, Olass 22, Greyhounds, Bitehes.—ist, Joseph R. Pierson’s Van, black, aléyrs,. Buecaneer—lolly; 8d, WH, W. Huntinston’s Dorothea, black, dyrs., Roi-du-combsat—Sciatica. High com,, 7. Coleman Drayton's Gognette, black, 8yvs., Ben—Fan, Com, James Atchisou’s Mollie Jackson, black, lyr. 10mcs,, Darkie— Class 23. Greyhound Puppies, under 12 Months, Dogs or Bitehes.— ist, Joseph R. Pierson's Honor Bright, black, 19mos,, Ben—Fan. Class 24. Champion Deerhounds.—Ist, John BH, Thayer & Bro.'s Lance, fawn, 3layrs.; full pedigree, i Oloss 25. Deerliounds, Dogs.—tst, Lawson B, Bell's Jack, ivon gray, dyts.. imported; 2d, Al. Watts's Max, butt, 1dmos. Clase 26. Deerhounds, Bitehes.—No entries, Class.27. Champion Pointers, over 65 lbs , Doys.—ist, Detroit Ken- nel Clib’s King Bow, liver and white, ticked, ayrs, 7mos, champion Bow—Taftie. Class 25. Champion Pointers, over 60 lbs., Bitches —1st, Christopher Mollers Water Lily. lemon and white. 4yrs.. Skidmore's Don—Skid- mure’s Dally. Class 29. Pointers, over 55 lbs., Dogs.—isbt, HK. C. La Montagne's Perth. liver and white, 4yrs., Don Jnan—Kate; 20. Dy. A, MeCollom's Tally-Ho, leruon aud white, tyrs.,champion Snapshot—R. Lamb's Wty ad. R. Lamb's Duke of Bradford, liver and white ticked, dyrs., imported, High com,, Neversink Lodge Kennel’s Lord Sefton of Ney- ersink, liver and white, 2yrs.. champion Croxtetii—Pinnie, Com,, BH, B, Aymar's Brayo, lemon and white, dyrs. binos., Rake 11.—Miranda i] Qluss 80, Pointers, over 650 Tbs,, Bitches.—Ist, James P.Swain’s Nan lémion and wate, Syrs. lms. Sensation—Sehiefflin’s Jung; 2d, withheld; 4d,dJ.H. Phelan’s Lady Gleam, lemon and white, d4yrs., Snapshot—Gypsy. . Class 81. Champion Pointers, under 65 lbs,, Dogs,—Ist, Gea. Nor- bury Appold’s Bravo, lemon and white, 2yi's. Limos,. Brage—Kate. Class 82, Champion Pointers, under 50 lbs., Bitches,—Ist, Sdmund Beau Rue, lemon and white, 3yr's,, champion Snspshot—champion Rnby. Cluss 48. Pointers, under 55 lbs., Dogs.—tst, Mus, Dr. Martin's Ross, liver end white, 2yrs., Sensalion—White's Grace: 2d. Robert C. Cor- neill’s Match. liver and white, 6yrs., champion Sensation—champion Grace; 34, Edmund Orgill’s Rowell, lemon and white, 3yrs, champion Snapshot—thampion Kuby. Very high. com, Edmund Orgill’s Ran- dom, lemon and shite, 3yrs., chanipion Suapshot—champion Rose. Class 34. Pointers, under S0bs,. Bitches.—R. T. Vanudevort’s Luck, liver and while. dyrs.. Luck of Eden Halli—Ready Money; 2d, D. 3. Gregory. Jr, 20s Belle, iemon ani white, 8yrs. Smos., Sensation— Grace; dd, Henry §. Glover's Nellie, lemon and white. —, Rex— duno, Very high. com., W. Marion Sims's Lotta, liver ticked, limos., Bow—Ulara. High, com,, Sidney Dillon Ripley's Prudence, lemon and white, 3i4yrs., champion Rush—champion Duchess; Geo, J, Goulil’s Lalla Rookh, and puppies, lemou and white, ifmos., Sensation’s Son —Luke White’s Grace; Fred Bullen's Lill and pups, liver and white ticked, 3l4yrs., Scnsalion—Grace: J. Henry Kirey’s Belle of the Glen, liver anil white, 20mos., champion Rush—Gip. Com., Robert: Stew- art's Belle. liver and white spotied, Yyrs.. Diek—Lyley Frederick Smith's Rose, liver, 3yrs., Duke—Queen; Edmund Orgill’s Romp T., lemon and white, ayrs., champion Rush—champion Romp: Charley Russel’s Daisy, with pups, white and liver, 2yrs., Lark—Kate, Class $5.—Poihter Puppies, over 12 and under 18 Months old, Dogs. —ist, Neversink Lodge Kennel’s Drake, liver and white, i3mos., champion Croxteth—Lassie; Yd, J. E, Thayer & Bro.’s Bramble. lemon and white, i8mos., Rocket—Belle,. High. com,. W. Tallmun’s Pride, liver and white, Croxteth—Royial Fan. Com., James M, Law- fences Snipe, liver and white, 18mos., Croxteth—Gip, Class 86, Pomter Puppies over 12 and under 18mods. oll, Bitches.— Ist, George A, Givens’s Reims, lemon and white, 13imos., Orgill’s Rocket—Orgill’s Belle; 24, 7, 5, Brown's Clio, livér and white ticked, 13mos., Sensation—-——. Very high com., Neversink Lodge Kennel's Jit, liver and white, 13mos., champion Croxteth—Lassie, Com,, A 1D. Seitner’s Lady Croxteih, liver and whitt 18mos., Croxteli— ess. Glass 87. Pointer Puppies, under 12mos. old, Dogs or Bitchés,—ist, W. 0D, Hyde's Lady Whistle, lemon and white, Tmos., Tally-Wo—Ger- trnde; 4d, Chas, A, Briges’s Susan Jane. lemon and white, 7mos., Captain Crapo—Belle. Very bigh com., Elliot Smith's Katie &,, lemon and white, 8mos,. Rab—Lady June. High com,. W, F. Duerr’s General, Jemou and white, {mos., Pen SHAC Sees James P, Swain, Jr-s dor, lemon and white, about 7mos., Orgill’s Rush— owner's Nan. Com., James P. Swain, Jr.'s bitch, lemon and white, ‘mos., Orgill’s Rush—owner’s' Nan; James P. Swain, Jr's dog, lemon and white, about Finos., Orgill’s Rush—owner’s Nan. Class 38. Champion English Setters, Does —ist, James H. Good- Seli's Plantagenet, lemon belton, 2}éyrs.. Dashing Monareh—Petrul, Glass 39. Champion Rnglish Setters, Bitches.—Ist. W. B, Shattuc’s Dido 11, black. white and tan, 2yrs. 4o10s., Druid—Star. Class 40. Bugiish Setters, Dogs.—ist, Howard Hartley’s Royal Ranger, lemon and white, 2yrs., Royal—Novel, 2d. lL, Gardner's Prince of Vernon, white, black and tan, blue ticked, 2yrs., Blue Dick —urlesyue. 8d, James A, Goodsell’s Don Juan, blue belton, dgyrs., Tam O'Shanter—Ls Reine. Very high, com., Mis» M. L, Roessle’s Cossack, whilé and orange markings, 3yrs. limos., Morford's Don— Raymoud’s Mairy: James H. Goodsell’s Racket, black, white and tan, dlayrs., Rattler—Leda; James H, Goodsels Duke of Beaufort, black, While and tan, byrs., Pride of the Border—Iairy 11,; Dr. 8: Fleet Speir’s Chancellor, black, whife and tan, 8yvs, 2mos., St. Elmo —Maida, High. com,, Detroib Kennel Club's Royal Sultan, blue bel- ton, 2y1s.. Racket—Kelp; W,'T, Danforth's Leroy, black, white and tan, 2¥mos., Count Dau—Rainee: L, Gardner's Duke of Eastchester, while, black and tan, blue ticked, 2yrs., Blue Dick—Burlesque. Com., Louis B, Wright's Jester, black and white ticked, 22mos,, Dashing Monarch—Blie Belle; Arthur Duane’s Chance, black, 4yrs., Shot— Kate; Dr. 5S. Fleet Speir’s Gen. Arthur, bine belton, lyr. Smos., Emperor Fred—Wanca; Erdman A, Herzherg’s Wagner, black, white and tan, 4yvs,, Rink—Mollie; E, N.Jester’s Roxey’s Boy, blue beltion, ayts., Dash [1l.--Roxey. = Olass 45. Champion Black and ‘an Setters, Degs.—ist, T. Forman Taylor's Turk, black and (an, 7yrs., Colburn*s Dash—Pryor's Bell. Class 46. Chanipion Black and Tan Setters, Bitches—1st, Garret Roach’s Lady Gordon, black and tan, Syrs., Gypsum—dJessic. Class 47. Black and Tan Setters, Dogs.ist, Dr. Henry F. Aten’s Glen, black and tan, éyrs., Glen—Haymond’s Juno; 2d, G. W, Bass- ford’s King Dan, black and tan, 3y1's,, Hall’s Chris—imported Gordon bitch; ad, Nevyersink Lodge Kennel’s Bruce, black and tan, 3yrs., champion Bob—chainpion Beanty. Very se com,, Dr, Henry F, Aten's Doctor. black and tan, 2yrs. §mos,, Glén—imported Bell; 4. L. O'Brien's Shot, bluck and tan, byrs,, Colburh’s Duke—inported Nellie fy; Albert M. Wright's Prince, lack and tan, bY4yrs.. Bab- cotk’s Monarch—Tilestone’s ehampion Lou, ara eon,, R. DB. Palmer’s Duke, imp., black and tan, Zyrs., Staunch—Bell; A, Bel- i mont, Jr.'s Bob, black and tan, 2yrs. 8mos,, Belmont’s Robhert—im- ported Ruby; George Bird's Plush, black ind tan, 2yrs. Mmos., shampion Glen—fannie, @lass 48. Black and Tan Setiters, Bitches,—ist, Dr. W. H. Tilling- hast’s Perléy, black anid tan, Marble’s Grouse—imporied Queen Bess; 2d, 0. Hayemeyer's Patti, blagk and tan, 14mos,, Blufi—Belle; dd, C. Hayemeyer’s Bellé, black and tan, iy vs,, Gvonse—imported Duchess, Very high com, Mrs. 0. A, Griggs’s Al-Ce, black anid tan, §ycs., Belmont’s imported Rohin—Mash, High com, Gordan Ken- nel Chib’s Norah, black and tan, jyrs., Gordon—Gypsey; Ariliur W, Levy's Nell, black and tan, Getober 1, 1h76, Bruce—Juno; C. B. Davis's Molly Piteber, black and tan, Dash—llash, Class 4), Black and Tan Setter Puppies, uuder 12 Months, Dogs.— ist, Master Willie Whylani’s Don, black and tun, mos... Prank— Fidget; 2d, Dr, James 'T, Wrightsen’s Puzgler, black and tan, 1imos,, Dallas's Windoo—May. Very high com., Charles T. Grownell’s Tom, black and tan, 7inos,. Brownell’s Dash—Brownell’s Beulah, High ae Dr. Wm. Nick Prudels Joe, black and tan, limos, Hindoo— May. Class 50, Black and Tan Setter Puppies, under 12 Months, Bitehes. —ist, Mrs, Robert Lyon's Olga. black and tan, &mos,, Dash —Mona; 2a, G, Dowling'’s Topsy. black ani tan, Smos,, Dash—Wlora. Very high com., John N, Brigks's Gipsy, black and tan, Simos.. Brigzs’s Rexs—Burton's Gipsy. High com., Mrs. Robert Lyon's Meg, black and tan, fines,, Dash— Mona: A, H. MeIntost’s Bele, black and tan, fmos,, pedigrees unknown, Com,, W, H, MeIntosh’s Gipsy, black and tan, )u0s., pedigree unknown, Olass 51, Champion Lrish Setters, Dogs —Ist, John. MeIntosh’s Biz, deep red, H4yrs., Dash—champion Flori. Class 62. Champion Irish Setter Bitches.—John 8. MeIntosh's Lady Ulare, deep red, 4¥ayrs, Eleho—Rase. v @lass 53. Trish Bettes, Dogs —1st, Thomas Wilson’s Dash, red, 4yrs,, Berkley—Tilley:#d, Thos. G. Bnitdington’s Scrap, dark red, 22mos, Chief—Tilley; 8d. Dr Chas, Van Vleck’s Guess, darkred, 14y1s, Chief, —Chief—Doe; Rory O’ More Kennei’s kory O' More, Jr., red, with white Tilley. Yory high, con, Chas, W. Roedenbure's Chip, red, 2yrs., on breast, lomos.. champion Rory O’More—Norah O’More, ‘Thomas Stodd’s Garnet, ced, 2yrs., Wicho Tl. -Dell; Geo, J, Gould’s Killarney, red. 18mos., Rufus—Reddie; Henry b, Goetscbuis’s Chief LI,, red, izmos., Chief—Doe, High. com., Mrs, Hannah Bdmimnds’s Vash, red, 20mos.. Major—Mag; Waller B. Peet's Detinold, red, Béyrs., Kuapp’s Ginger—Owner's Buttercup: John M. Wuehs's Red Dash Il., red, 2yrs,, Avlington—Doe; 8, L. Petlit’s Wexford, red. 2yrs, Chieft—Beesey; Garret Roach's Zig. red, ayrs., Lord Sligo’s Wig-4ag—Sir O. J. Boorh’s Phrt; Rory O*More Kennels Rexford, ved. 3yrs. 8mos,, champion Rerkley—sSampson’s Nora; Mrs, 0. 8. Keller's Bicho LY,, red, 26nids. champion Mleho—champion Rose; J. Henry Roberts's Bruve, red, ®yrs., echainpion Elcho—champion Noveen, Cam,, 0. H. Dale's Guy, red, #yrs., King Bang—Briggs's Norah: John Hinds’s Don, red, Lirnos. , Don--Red Sue. Class §$. Champion [rish Water Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches,—Absent. Class 5. Irish Water Spaniels. Dogs or Bitches,—ist, H. D. Gard- net's Dan O'Connor, liver, 4yrs,, champion Barney—Kathleen; 2d, H. D, Gardner's Molly MeGuire, liver, 2yrs, champion Barney—lvish oer High, com,, H. D. Gardner’s Brima, liver, 3yra, Lob—lrish Nell. Class 60, Champion Field Spaniels (any color) over 28 tbs., Dogs ov Bitehes —ist, Gol. Stuart Taylor's Benedict black, 3yrs., Bachelor (B.K.C.8.B, 624i—Negress (© G\K.8,B, 8873), : Class 61—Tield Spaniels (any color) over Ys Ihs., Dogs or Bitches,— ist, A. OU, Wilmerding’s Blick Princée, black, 22moes., Benediet—Mad- eap; 2d, Henry Sisteman’s Dash, black and white, Meyrs, full pedi- gree. Very high com,, Geo, W, Leavitt, Jrs Kean, black, 4y Bob “Nell. High. com,, ‘Thomas J, Egan's Judy, lemon and while. 5yrs imported from England. Com., ¥, 0. DeLuze's Imp, orange and White, 13mos., Trimbush-—-Gill, Qlass 62, Champion Cocker Spaniels (any color) under 25 lbs,, Dogs or Ritehes,—tst, Worucll Spaniel Olib’s Hornell Dandy, black, 20mos., Bucephalns—champion Black Bess, Class $8, Coeker Spaniels {other than black) under 28 Ibs, Dogs or Eitches.—ist, D, P. Poster's Uharley, liver and white, i8mos., Prince —Princess; 2d, Dr. A. MeCollum’s Alma, liver, whife and ticked, 2layrs., Di. Arnold’s Music—bDr. Symington’simported Belle. Very high. com., Wm, Dunphly’s Leaa, liver and white, lyr, Music— Taney. Hieh com,, Neversivuk Lodge Kennel’s Teddy Ban, liver and white. 3y1s., Captain—Flirt, Gom,, Capt. J. H. Jones's Powder and pups, liver and white, #leyrs., imported; Fred. H. Hoe’s Con- quest, ver and white, 2yrs., imported. Class 64. Cocker Spaniels (black or black and white) under S8.1bs,, Dogs or itehes.—ist. Hornell Spaniel Club's Hornell Diuah, black. gimos., Spring—sister’ to Beau; 2d, C. V. V, Sewell’s Ben La- chine, black, 2yrs.. champion Benedict—Pansy, High, com., Wo- ward Bright, Jr,’s Ploss, black and white, 2yrs., Hollis’s Wildair— Powers’s Mignon, Class 65, Field or Cocker Spaniel Puppies (any color) under 12 Months.—ist, F. F. Pitcher's Black Silk, black, fmos,, Oho—hloe I; {d, George W_ Leavitt, Jr.'s Black Gem, black, ’mos., champion Ubo —Uhlos. Very high com., A, , Wilmerding’s Suannee. blac, 7mos,, Brahmiu—Lady Bath, High ¢on,, W, F. Schelihas’s Benedict’s Boy, black, Jimos., Benedict—Bestrice; Horneil Spaniel Cmb’s Hornell Blade, black and white, Smos., Dash—Nelly M. Com,, Hornell Spaniel Clulys Horvell Beulal, black and while, Smos., Dash— Madge; Mrs. R, Betty's Dan 11, liver and white, frill, tmos,, Walk- ér's Dan—Wallcer’s Nelly; Chas, Poster's Agie, black and white, iimos,, Music—Fancy, > Class 73, Champion Fox-Terriers, Dogs,—ist, L, & W Rutherfurd’s Joker, white and black. jyrs., Nailer—Active. Class 74, Champion Fox-Terriers, Bitches.—tst. L, & W, Ruther- furd’s Diana, white, black and lan, 3yrs., Viper—Venom, Class 75. Wox-Terriers, Dogs.—ist, L. & W. Rutherfurd's Warren Jim, white and tan, limos., Diamond Joe—Diana; 2d, Francis §, Kinney’s Grip, white, 14mos., Yorkshire Bill—Vanity; 34, James Fraser's Jack, white, black and tan, lyr. fmios, imported. Very high eom,, A. Bryan Alleys Rampant, white, black and tan, 2yrs,, Nailer —Torment. High ¢om,, Geo. A. Freeman, Irs Lantelot, white, black and tan, tyr., Tweeezrs Il,—champion Olive. Com., I. C, La Montagne’s Prosper, white and black markings, Ayrs..Tom Firr— Mabel 17.; Francis S. Kinney’s Marlboro Jockey, white, black and tan markings, limos,, champion Joker—Relish. PHILADELPHIA KENNEL CLUB.—Philadelphia, May 5, 1583,—_ Editor Forest and Stream: A meeting of the executive committee of the Philadelphia Kennel Club was held this afternoon at the office of the treasurer, The object of the call was the election of new members and the reorganization of the club with the view of holding bench shows annually, The members present and taking part in the proceedings were Messrs. England, Winsor, Emlen, Richards. Whelen, De Sauqne and Waddell. The following is alist of the newly elected members: G. L, Hooley, Esra Comfort, E, Kk, Bispham, Wi. i. Clild, George Esheriek, L. Shuster, Jr., FW. A, Ash- burner, Jno, S. McKinley, Saml, J. Downs, Wm. Hf. Ash- burner, Wiu. Savderson, Hdwin S. Dixon, Saml. J, Dixon, all of Philadelphia. A special roeeting, by order of the presi- dent, will be held at an early date, at which an election of officers to serye for the current year will take place, DOGS NEVER REASON,—Dnuke is a black and white En- glish setter, fifteen months old, During the day he had been habitually chained to his kennel in the rear yard of his masters city honse, At night he was allowed to run loose, in order to actas watchman. A few mornings ago, the eary-rising cook saw Duke digving a hole in one of the flower beds, She watched to see what food heintended to hide in it. Having gone to a satisfactory depth, he went to the kennel, took up his chain, which happened to be loose at each end, carried it toits little grave and decently buricd it. As a mourner, he seemedto be a sort of failure. As an ‘Interrier,” and a reason- ing one, I think we must look upon him as a suecess,—THE OLp Docror (New Yorks). A CURE FOR MANGH.—A remedy for mange, which I have never Enown to fail, which is simple, easily applied and unassociated with any danger to the dog, is this: ‘Throw the dog into atan vat filled with new liquor, either hemlovk or oak, Allow him to swim about in the same for say five min- utes, and three baths will eure the most obstinate case. In the absence of a tannery convenient, make a stroug decoction of the bark, immerse your canine in if, and this will answer as well.—J, C. Hucues (New Westinimster, 3. C.), MASTIFF IMPORTATION, —The mastiff bitch Oma (E. E. OC. 8. B. 11,751) arrived last, Thursday on the steamer Gréece, consigned to Mr. B, B. Goldsmith, who has forwarded her to her owner, Mr. C. F, Wilson, of Paloxyva, Ohio. She is from the kennel of Mr, James Hutchings, and is in whelp to Sir Anthony (E, EK. ©, 8, B, 10,589). THE LEWIS AFFATR,—New York, May 7.—Editor Forest and Stream: Accord me, if you please, a little space to re- spond to the letter of Mr. Wade, of Pittsburgh, which he published in your journal of May 3, regarding my complaint about Lewis, the trainer, Wirst in order, Mr, Wale states that in my letler the “important fawt is concealed,” that Lewis found the eollie he is charged with losing. To this I have to say that my informant never told ine the doz had been tound, but did tell mie of the inexcusable carelessness of Lewis, and that in his opinion he was much to blame for not notifying the owner at once of the misfortune. Mr. Wade only makes out the blunder of Lewis all the greater by his shampionship of his action, when he admits in black and white that he ‘‘can find itvery excusable for a man juststart- ing in business on his own account to face the music at once,” or in other words, he apologizes for the fact that Lewis was not true to the confidence reposed in him, and upholds hin for concealing the truth from Mr. Burgess, Sir, there can be no excuse for thisomission. I know a tre “sportsman who sometimes takes in his charge the dogs of others, who eyen notifies them ifone of their animals is af all sick, Mr. Wade kindly pay the opinion that T went out of my way to mention this case of the lost collie, He must permit me to differ with him, Iwrote in the interest of gentlemen who are in the habit of boarding out their dogs, and certainly had no desire toseé them intrust their fayoribes to the guardian- ship of carelessness or negleot, as personitied most thoroughly in the cases I complained of, by the very man for whom Mr, Wade takes up his battle uxe, If Mr. Wade had seen Young Bill when he returned from the care of Lewis, he would have been as indignant as indignation itself, and probably done just asi did. Th was Mr, Mason who confided Bill to his tender mercies, not Tnever heard of the man until I saw the suttering dog. [asked Mr. Mason if any letter of excuse or explanation came with him. He said “not a line.” T[ waited seyen or eight days for Mi, Mason to receive a letter before making my published complaint, Not uqword up to that time came from his pen, and so I wrote as J did, not ta “attack a poor man," but to feebly administer a reprimand where such was needed, What reparation haye I from Lewis for the wretched condition he lett my dog in? The poor ani- mal hada cough, pain in his chest, and as bad a case of mange as you ever saw. He cannot be exhibited at the bench show, andit will take weeks of kindest care and much ex- pense to make him presentable. Foh yourseif in my place, and wait aSJongasl did for an excuse from Lewis to Mr. his forlorn condition, when prior to the exercise of the thoughtful solicttude of Lewis, he was highly valued as a ladies’ pet, The pomter dog Perth was also sent back from the model kennel in diseased and unsightly form, Does Ma. Wade champion these cases also? He condenins the man him- self when he confesses he ‘made a mistake in taking so many dogs after the Washington show.” For all I know he may be an excellent trainer of sporting dogs, and he may (to use Mr. Wade's words) “never use a whip, or do more than euft 4 dog's ears,” (and that is bad work, for it makes a dos deaf sometimes.) That bas nothing to do with the question at issue, and don’t plead a pardon for neglecting so grossly three or four valuable animals he had charge of, that, couid hare won easily at this week's dog show were they fit to exhibit. In conclusion, let me assure Mr. Wade that I am quite as sulicitous of the progress and welfare of men ‘just starting in business for themselves,” as heis, and would go miles olit of my wity to lend them a helping hand, but when I find such men commit faults, [ haye a right to blame them, quite as quickly, as to bestow ensure on an erring millionaire. Iwill have the honor of replyimg to Picket” next week. I hope he is the adyanee guard of an army of correspondents for your papet. Haithiully yours—Stuarr TAYLorR. ROUSSHAU.—Following is the pedigree of the brindle and white smooth-coated St. Bernard imported in December, 1877, whien five months old, from the kennel of Mr. Macdona, Bng- land; Stre—Monargne II, (4,355), (champion Monarqne (2,446) —Nun): rae Monarque by Sonldan out of Diane; Nun by champion Tell (2,458) out of Dido; champion Tell by Hero aut of Diane, Dwm—Eonnet (Barry 1L—Favorita (6,441); Barry IL. by champion Tell (2.458) out of Dido; Fayorita by Barry (Souldan—Diane) out of Toni. BANG BANG IN THE, FIELD.—We have just received a letter from Mr. Grant, now in London, in which he refers to the recent performauce of Bang Bang, the Westminster Ken- nel Club's new pointer, in the Cloraly Stakes. it appears that the pointer’s brace mate was sick, and a strange bitch was tun with him, Bang Baug made a point, and the bitch ran him down and fished the birds, thus losing him the race. IRISH WOLPHOUNDS.—Gentlemen desirous of purvhas- ing an Lrish wolfhound should consult the card of Prof. H. B. Roney elsewhere, KENNEL MANAGEMENT. ieS- Nu Notice Taken of Anonymons Correspondents. BE, FF, P., Philadelphia.—Give an occasional dose of salts, and write us again in two weeks, giving full description of symptonis, M., Balto. -My setler biteh whelped on the oth, will you please inform me what is the best bedding 10 use in the box, and if there is any special feeding, ete., requived’ Ans. Nail down a piece of old carpetin the box, Give picnty of milk, well cooked oatmeal and meat brovh, with a hitle cooked meal iW she appears to need if. KENNEL NOTES, NOTICE TO CORRESPONDINTS, Kennel notes are inserted in this column free of charge, To insure publication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the following par- ticulars pf ech, cavemet, . 1. Color. 6. Name and residence of owner, %, Greed. buyer or seller. 3) Rex. 7. Sive, with bis sire and dam, “ 8. Owner of sire. 5, Date of birth, of breeding or 9. Dam, with her sire and dam. of death. 10. Owner of dam. All names must be ploindy written, Conimunication on one side of paper only, and gigned wilh writer's name, NAMES OLAIMED, 2S" See histructions at hecd of this colin. Clem U, By Mr. Andrew Laidlaw, Woodstock, Ont., for black ecouker spaniel biteh, whelped Web, 25, 1883, by Brahmin oubot Daisy. Woodstonk [Miyt. By Mr, Andrew Laidlaw, Toronto, Ont., for couker spaniel hitch, whelped Web, 11, 1883, by imported Tipps out of Toronto Jot, Wie, By Mr. Andrew Laidlaw, Woodstock, Out,, for cocker spaniel dog, whelped September, 1882, by Boh, Jv. out of Mand. Shiela. By tou, JW, Cummings, Hall River, Mass, for ved Irish setter biteh, whelped Feb, 8, 1883, by Dick(Von—Floss) out of Lulu IL. (Berkley—Lnulu), . Tuli, Gy Mr, Patrick Sullivan, Fall River, Mass., for red Trish seltor bitch, whelped Web, 8, 18648, by Die (Von—Floss)out of Lulu Il! (Berkley—Liulu). Pun of Torrington. By My, Charles Rhodes, Torrington, Conn., for red Irish setter dog, whelped May 1, 1882, by Jie (Dash—Greena) out of Plots (Hlelo~ Elsie). BRED, GS See instructions at lead of flit column, Nell Kelley—Eniperor Fred. Mr, P. B, Hadley's (Marion, Mass.) 4, Age, or 294 FOREST AND STREAM. Oa (ivy 10, 1883, Pngien setter bitch Nell Kelley (Coin—Belfast) to Emperor Fred, May 6, Beauty—Tippo. Mr, Andrew Laidlaw'’s (Oxford Kennel, Wood- stock, Ont,) spaniel biteh Beauty lo Mr. J. W. [elly’s imported cocker spaniel Tippo, March 15. Prudenve—Tramp, Mr. Sidney Dillon Ripley's (New York) pointer bitch Prndence (Rush—Duchess) to champion Tramp (Sensation— Psyche}, May 7. Man—Pete, Jr. Mr. 1. 0. Alden's (Dedham, Mass,) champion black pointer bitch Man to his champion Pete. Jr., April 24. Trik—Hornelt Bub. Mr, Burr Hollis’s liver and white cocker spaniel biteh Trix to Hornell Bub (Brush—Rhea), April 5. Cady Bath—Burdette Bob, The Hornell Spaniel Club's (Hornelis- ville, N. ¥.) liver and white cocker spaniel bitch Lady Bath (Wildair —Sara 4) io their Burdette Bob (Bob—Veuus), April f, Topsy—Hornett Dandy, The Hornell Spaniel Chib’s imported black cocker spaniel bitch Topsy (Drake—Victoria) to their Hornell Dandy (A. K_R, 65), April. 7 Plirt 1.—Hornell Bonanen, The Hornell Spaniel Club's liver cocker spaniél bitch Flirt IL. (Rollo—Brownie) to their Hornell Bonanza (A.K,R, t4), April 11. ( ; Rlackic—Hornell Dandy. Mr. F. Ff. Pitcher's (Claremont, N. H,) imported black cocker spaniel bileh Blackie to Hornell Dandy (A.KR, 65), April 17. Hornell Meg—Hoynell Bonanza, The Hornell Spaniel Club's blacic eocker spaniel bitch Hornell Meg (Bub—Jenny) to their Hornell Bonanza (A.K.R. 64), April 20. Rita Crovtelh—Snipe. Mr, Geo, L. V. Tyler's(West Newton, Mugs.) pointer bitch Rita Croxteth (Croxteth—Liltle Nell) to Dr, i, G, hinkett's (Lowell, Mass,) Snipe (Sensation—Belle), Trix—Kiny Dick, Mr, W, J, Bullock's (Fall River. Mass.) English setter bitch Trix to King Dick, May 1. Lady May—lramp. The Borstall Kennel’s lemon and while pointer biteh Lady May (Gumbho—Schullenberg’s imported Pan) to Mr. EB, L, Wilk’s champion Tramp (Sensation—Psyche), May 6, Leigh Doane—Chief Myr, 'T. H, Roberts's (Philadelphia) Leigh Doane to Mr, Max Wenzel’s (Hoboken) champion Chief. WHELPS. Ee See instructions at head of this cohen, Sal. Mr. G. W. Amory’s (Porlland, Me.) imported pointer bitch Sal (Dieck—Ruby), ten (theee doxs aud two bitches living), by Sensa- tion. Protrte Rose, Mr, A. G. Smith's (Montclair, N. J.) English setter biteh Prairie Rose (Rake—Pearl), May 1, ten (five dogs), by bis Duke of Montclair (Belton—Snow), Leah. Gol, W. A. Strother’s (Lynehburg, Va.) English setter bitch Leah (Gladstont—Frost), May 2, seven (four dogs), by Dashing Monarch, J lake. Mr. J. J. Stanlan's (Fall River, Mass.) English setter biteh Flake (Druid—Swasey), May 1, nine (six dogs), by his Cashier Mash TU.—Opal), all black and white ticked. Paisy—Glenchy. Mr. G. Hill's (Hudson, N. Y¥.) red Dish setter ditch Daisy, Muy 4, ten (six dogs), Rose. The Westminster Kennel Club’s lemon and white pointer hitch Rose (champion Suapshot—Gypsie), April 21, nine (seven dogs), by Mr. Robert C. Cornell's Match (champion Sensation—champion 'Grace), Lady June. The Borstall Kennel’s lemon and white pointer bitch Lady June (Gumbo—Schullenberg’s imported Fan), May 1, eight (seven dogs), by their Don (champion Sensation—Psyche I,). SALES. Le See instructions at head of tds column, Dick—Luly IT. ichetps, Red trish setters, whelped Feb. 8, 1883, by Dick (Von—Floss) ont of Lulu II, (Berkley—Luln), by Mr. J. J. Sean- lan (Fall River, Mass.), a bitch to Hon, J. W. Cummings, same place; a bitch to Mr. Patrick Sullivan, same place: a dog to Mr. William Brownell, same place; a dogto Mr. F. J. Moulton (Cambridge, Muss.); a dog to Mr, Wm, Schwind (New York), and a dog to Mr, F. J Church (Coneord, N. H.). Putnam of Torrington, Red Trish setter dog, whelped May 1, 1882 (Jita—Mloss H,), by Mr. 8. ©. Hill (Torrington, Conn.) to Mr. Charles Rhodes, same place. Major. Black, white and tan beagle dog, whelped Sept, 20, 1882, by Briar (Mose—Melody) owt of Bush (Flute—Queen), by Mr, W. H. Ash- burner (Philadelphia) to Mr. —. Chip. Fawn and white bull-terrier dog (Crib—Sal) by Mr, L, F- Herrick Millbury, Mass.) to Mr. C. H. Rood (Winsted, Conn.). Prince. Liverand white vocker spaniel dog, by Mr. L. F, Herriek (Millbury, Mass.) to Mr. G, H, Rood (Winsted. Conn), Jerry. Black und tan heagle dog (Spot—Rosa), by Mr. L, F, Her- rick (Millbury, Muss.) to Mr_ J. KR, Lincoln, same place. Mingo. Black and tan beagle dog (Sailor—Nellie), by Mr. L. F. Herrick (Millbury, Mass.) to Mr. BE. BH. Wakefield (Providence, R- T.), Clew IE Black cocker spaniel bitch, whelped Feb, 23,1888 (Brah- tmin—Daisy), by Mv. M, P MeKoon (Franklin, N.Y.) to Mr, Andrew Laidlaw (Woodstock, Ont,). 4 Woodstock. Itirt. Cocker spaniel bitch, whelped Feb. 11, 1883 (Tippo—Toronte Jet), by Mr. John W. Kelly (Woodstock, Ont.) to Mr. Andrew Laidlaw, same place, Jock. Beagle dog (Ringwood 11.—Spider), by Mr. J. N. Dodge (Detroit. Mich) to Mr. Andrew Laidlaw (Woodstock, Ont.), Pigeon, Beagle biteh (Ringwood Il.—Fan II,), by Mr, J, N, Dodge (Detroit, Mich.) to Mr, Andrew Laidlaw (Woodstock, Ont.), Rogue. Chesupeake Bay dog, whelped April 28, 1582 (Rake—Rose), by Mr. Gard. G. Hammond (New London, Conn.) to Dr. J. Orne Green (Boston. Maés.). : Mignon uhetps. Two dog puppies, one black and white and the other liyer and white, whelped April 9, 1888, by Gloss (Bub—Jenny) out of Mignon (Daisy W.—Dart), by Eugene Powers (Cortland, N.Y.) to Mrs, Dr. H. A, Bolles, same place. Ross, Liver and white pointer dog, 4yrs. old (Sensation—White's Grace), by Mrs. Dr. Martin (Bridgeport, Conn.) to Mr, Sidney Dillon Ripley (New York). : Mary (rill. Red Irish setter bitch puppy (Ned BElecho—Bridget O'Mor2), by Maj. Lovejoy (Bethel, Me.) to Mr. George Browa (Port- land, Me.). Ned Elcho—Ruby help, Red Irish setter dog puppy. by Maj. Lovejoy (Bethel, Me.) to Mr, I’. S, Keeley (New Bedford, Mags.). DEATHS. er See instructions at head of this column. Lass o° Gowide, Blue belfon English setter bitch, biyrs. old (Paris— Pearl) owned by Mr. A. H. Moore (Philadelphia, Pa.), May 6, Spy. Orange and white English setter dog, 2yrs, old (Dan—Mag), owned by Mr. ). G. Maynard (Longmeadow, ‘VMass.), April 28, Daisy. Lemon and white pointer biteh. fyrs. old (Orgill’s Flake— —J, Addison Smith's Lilly), owned by the Westminster Kennel Club. Fay. White and orange setter biteh, Byrs. “old, owned by Mr. Samuel Huntington (Plainfield, N, J.), May 1, probably by poison. Rifle and Crap Sheating. To insure prompt attention, commamications should be ad- dressed tothe Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- portance wre liable to delay. MUZZLE vs. Editor Forest aud Stream: 3 I notice with great pleasure in your April 19 issue the letter of ‘Bengal Sepoy,’’ written from Glasgow, Scotland, and T desire to {hank him for his most interesting letter, and to lope that he will frequently favor us with more of them. Ifully accord with bim in his views. and 1 believe the British Government is on the true trail in its “experiments” in Jooking for a military arm varrying less weight of Jead and more powder than is now used, I believe, by any nation in the world. He says the government is now experimenting with a 40-caliber rifle, the bullet weighing 400 grains and the Le 8h grains, and thatits muzzle yelocity 1s about 1.000 against 1,d50 of the Martini-Henry, and that its action is greater ‘‘with the advantage of a, lower trajectory." T hope, Mr. Editor, that Mr. Duane, as well as many other of your readers, will mark this last extractand learn therefrom that a flat trajectory is al Important in any rifle, military or himting, He says that the accuracy of this arm ‘‘is said to be far greater than that of the present service arm. and strapgeas it may appear, this arm with a smaller caliber and lighter buller bits a harder blow than the Mar- tini-Heury up to 3,00) yards, and has about the same extreme range of about 3.500 yards,’ This, of course, can only be due to the greater yelovity of the lighter bullet a5 *“Sepoy” suggests, Herein wesee the very sel-same doctrine taight by “Bengal Sepoy,” who knows full well what he is writing about, thal I have been striving so hard to teach some of your reuders, and yet in return [ am (as I view it) almost threatened by **Penobscot’* (I will nob é2r- actly say with dynamite) with being blown up, or of haying been ex- posed to it, because of my great impudence in having dared in your columns to defend the muzzle ys. the breech loader for. close and steady shooting, Or to put the matter a little more direct on its BREECH. bearings, I am at first graciously awarded by ‘Penobscot’ with some, and I may soy a becoming bravery, but this, only to be robbed of it in the same sentence for the want of ‘discretion. My proof here lies in the old saying—‘‘discrotion is the belfer part of valor." That Imay not do him injustice T copy bis own gracious words: ‘TI con- fess to a feeling of admiration for Major Merrill's courage, if not for his discretion, In taking up the cudgels for the muzsle loaders in preference to the breech loader as a hunting rifle.” Ergo, you will see that ‘“Penehscot” first bows to give mea slight coating of his ‘Swhitewash” (admiration), and then proceeds to apply, hy way_of a stronger contrast, his darker pigment (want of disers- tion), his objective color, and haying thus fixed me off, as he sup- poses, by the simple touches of his modest genius, he turns me ever in triumph as 4 “dead duck" to your readers, If [ am wrong in my conelnsion, then let “Penobscot” rise and explain what he means by “courage” and “diseretion,’’ both in this sane connection. I might here stop to inquire who this “Penobscot” is? And who has this made him the public censor of my “diseretion? Whatis his exten- sive chart that warrants this presiiiiption of his? And so, a hundred questions, but [hasten to return. Twish to express the pleasure il has afforded me, and I presume most of your readers, in the perusal of “Occident's” letter in your last issue (April 26), and to hope, that he will give us more of his views and experiences on the Hunting Rifie.*’ 1 admire the open and frank style of iis letter, and am highly pleased to see that he is not afraid in this dynamite era of rifle belief to express his opinions fearlessly, even though he does not recognize the breechJoader to be perfection itself. He fe evi- dently a candid writer, and his views and suggestion ;cannot fail to command the thought and study of all intelligent men who take an interest in this very interesting subject, As a weapon of war, the breech-loader is now quite perfect, yet 1t has to be further improyed, But as a hunting weapon itis very defective, L include, of course, its appropriate store ammunition, and confine it to this. Tt matters not here where the fault lies, so long as it actually exists. I am speaking only asto short hunting ranges. This is the only point now. One thing at a timeis enough, But it fs during the times of peace, and when on the farms and in the by places all over the wide world, that the rifle is most needed and cherished. It is to the people génerally that the rifle must be sold to be self-sustaining to its makers, and the sooner its makers wake up to this cardinal fact and ply their skill to make a rifle which pleases them, the sooner will they prosper in their business. Public opinion, which in the end is rarely wrong, will soon decide as to the merits of the gun. It is always ready to settle down on a good thing if produced, and he who shall turn out the rifle that best pleases the country people will surely win the prize, Ibis idle then, yea, even folly, for the makers of rifles to turn a deaf ear to the complaints of their clstomeérs. To sell their rifles they must first please, and as before stated, the public judgment is soon aaa and from this discriminating judgment there is no uppeal, As to reform in making rifles, we would briefiy say, turn from the long range and mid range rifles. which but a few want, to the short range and accurate shooting rifles, which most want, Grayity, that stern dictator, stands pointing out the only true course to pursue. Be governed by her inexorable law and we cannot wellgo wrong. Return, then, to smaller cajihers and lighter bullets, Then we can get, and only then, the flatter curyes and steadier shooting we actually require in hunting, and yet have all the killin ower on hand which is generally needed, and far mre than is abo for the due preservation of our game animals. MAJ. A, W. Mergr, Aprin 30, 1883, RANGE AND GALLERY. CREEDMOOR. URING the past week the riflemen, who are preparing to contest for places on the American team, have been busy oyer the range, and on Wednesday the 2d, and Saturilay the Sth. squads of riflemen covered the ranges, making” re-entry score on each day. On the 2d, the short ranges were covered, and there was a puffy, tricky wind, the men watched tb closely, and mannaged to hold their target well. Saturday was a day of days for troubles in a rifleman’s yiew. During the 60yds, shooting there was a10 o’clock wind ecall- ing for from to one to four points on the lett, when suddenly there was a whirl to the 2 o'clock quarter with a demand for from one to four points winding on the right. During the 900yds. shooting, the wind kept pretty well tothe three and a half quarter, During the 1000yds, shooting up to the 4th round the rifles were holding & points of wind on the gauges for the wind from the 8 o'clock quarter, when without amoment's warning orgradual shifting, it became necessary to put on G points fov a l0etlock wind. Under these conditions it is not 1 surprising that some breaks in the seores should have occurred. The following scores are the best made by each marksman on the 2d inst. at 200, 500 and f00yds., and on the Sth inst. at 800. 800 and 10)0yds, W. Robertson—Brown Rifle, SD0vds, bO0yvds, Total. WwOyds. 5543544—s0 £55555 5-34 b45455 5-838 "7 J, H. Brown—Brown Rifle. 64355 5 8—a 45455 6 4-82 454554 4-41 94 T. J, Dolan—Remington Rifle. 5445 4 44-80 § 445538 4-30 445465 6—33 98 Ff. Thomas—Remington Rifle. 85456 4 5-H 464455 4-82 444552 4-29 92 T, W. Wi'son—Brown Rifle. 425265 428 55846 4 §—3! 80 Jolo Sinith—Brown Rifle, 344465 5—30 454444 9-29 24556 55-31 435543429 88 I, Stuart—Brown Rifle. 24a 44 5 42h 454444 5-81 355445 4—30 a7 J, 8. Shipherd—Remington Rifle. . $5445 4 4-30 f§2453 45-28 a7 Join Jumes—Gibbs Rifle. 485445 4—20 44449 5 4—28 45454 6 2—29 63.25 5 4 52: &6 G, F. Tolley—Remington Rifle. 444443 4-27 4545466 4a 235 45 5 4-27 85 J.L, Panlding—Brown Rifle. 44445 44-29 64454 5 3-40 425254426 85 G, Joiner—Brown Rifle. 444444 4-98 42454 0-24 445546 5-82 84 A. B. Van Heuseo—Brown Rifle. 444374 4 4-27 4444 4 5 5—40 25855 4 4-27 ht H.S. Bellsmith—Brown Rifle. 843344 4—25 44545 4 4—30 443464428 BB W. W. De Forest—Remington Rifle. 44544 4 d—28 564435 64-80 552504223 1 J.D. Ralph—Brown Rifle. 44523 26-14 4848950 T. J. Dolan—Remington Rifle. Wy ds. 1,0007ds. fh545 3 45-31 A. B, Van Hensen—Brown Ritle. g44 444 4-27 j— OB B00yds, 45464 5 5-81 454855 2—28 448564 0 3-27 454323 4—25 Ua] F. Stnart—Brown Rifle, 354555 5-32 $3555 02-28 58242 5 425 0 G, FP. Tolley—Remington Rie. 5345 46 4—29 435545 i) 825224321 il) W. W. De Forest—Remington Ritle. 6444 45 5-82 $4445 4528 023338 2-19 rt] Johu Smith Brown Rifle, $4384 5 2-25 464545 3-28 ~ 650424 6—25 78 J. A. Brown—Brown Rifle. 32558 45-2 az224554 25 45438382 5-25 7 G, loiuer—Brown Ritle, 405535 5-27 443443 5—26 540 dd 05-22 W. M. Farrow—Brown Rille, r 5235 45 5—20 643803 3—21 3020382521 vel "'—, EB. Fitzwilliams''— ——? Rifle. I 854323 4—25 $444445—26 s8a0385622—20 71 H.S, Bellsmith—Brown Rifle, 332555 427 £45652 25-27 b20R4 20-15 67 YT. Thomas—Remington Rifle, ; 685445 5-28 2442346 5 5—27 0230)5 0-0 65 . J. L. Paulding—-—? Rifle. : 2255.35 527 003044515 4152442532 bt J. 8, Shepherd— ——? Rifle. 225438 6 526 A55450 5-24 §33002 48-4 64 John James—Gibles Rifle. O020203—8 858355428 O02R000—2 33 W, Robertson—Brown Rifle, 43403 6 38-82 0503000—8 2000000—2 32 KENTUCKY RIFLE PRACTICE.—The popular impression abroad and to some extentin this country, is that every man from the Blue Grass repign is a born riflemam, That he takes to firearms as he takes to Bourbon whisky and fair women. It seems necessary, how- ever, in the opinion of Adjutant General J. P. Nuckols to guide this inborm tendency, und now when a dozen States haye regular systems of rile practice to act as examples, an oder has heen issued for regular practice, He direvts that rifle and target practice for the improvement of the Kentucky State Guards in marksmsnship will be commenced after the first of May and discontiniea after the twen- tieth day of N ovember of the presentyear. For this paras usaop- ply of cartridges will be issued upon the requisition of commanding officers equal to forty ronnds to thé man, Commanding officers of regiments, separate batallions and companies, will provide im orders for all details necessary to carrying ont of this order comformahly to the rules prescribed in Upten’s Tactics, and for revording the Te- sultin their respective commands, und willvepory by the third day of November next, There will be awarded a prize medal or badge of not less than $25 in yalue for the highest score of ten shols to each regiment, separate batallion and company, provided that unless the score attained by any separate company Shall be equivalent to that of the regiments snd batallions, the prize awarded to such coinpany will only he of the value of $15. Said prizes will be shot for hetween the first day of June and the 31st day of July—as tay be most conu- yenient—in camp, should the commands go into encanipment; if not then by companies, under orders of the regimental. separate bat- tallion or SEP arate company contmahder, as the ease may be. The distance will he 400y¥ds., which may be increased to not exceeding bO0yds., atthe pleasure of the Oia ae epee, for their re- Speetive commands; provided experience shall indicate the pri- priety of such increase of distance commanding officers will issue in orders, all necessary instructions for carrying this order into effect comformably to the rules prescribed in the Tactics as to tar- get ranges, ete., andreport correctly the results to this office on the 10th day of August, Commissioned Officers shall practice with their commanis, and willbe eligible to compete for prizés herein. The firme, whether for genera! practice or the prizes provided in the order, must in every case be under the supervision of a commissioned officer, and strictly In accordance with the Tactics. The prizes pro- vided herein willbe deliyered by the Governor in person to those at and thereto, and will thereafter be and remain their individual property, N. ¥. STATE MATCHES.—General Chas. ¥. Robbins, the State Iuspector of Rifle Practice, is doing all he can to sti up.an interest in the State shooting and to make it pleasant for the participants. Aj, his request the directors of the N. R. A. have agreed ppon the fol- lowmg matches for the present month: Wednesday, May 16. and Saturday, May 26, commencing at 11 A, M,, continuing all day, the Champion Marksman's Mateh, Open to all members of the N. G.. 8, N. Y, (excepted as heretofore noted) and members of the National Rifle Association, the latter, however, not being eligible to win the principal prizes, 200 and 400yds., 5 shots at. each distance. The Remmetonrifie (N. ¥, Stafe model). Standing at 2yds.; lying head to target at 500yds, Entrance Fee —Fifty cents; competitors allowed re-entries in each competition at the discretion of the executive officer, but only ona score tocount. Members of the N.G., 8. N. Y., in uniform (jauket, cap and belt) may record their scores in this match as qualifying for the N, Y. State marksman badge, provided that if ordered they have attended (or do once during the season attend) general practices, and provided they have previously qualified in fhe “Second Clauss’ (100 and 300yds.) See Qualification Match belaw, luarst Prize—A gold Marksman’s Badge for 1883. The badge to be- cone the property of the competitor who, at the close of the season of 1843, shall have won it the greatest number of times, Ten other prizes (silyer medals) presented by the National Rifle Association to the ten highest competitors in the order of merit. The same man can only win one wedal during the season. In case of a tie the highest Berean score of all the competitions participated in up to that time to decide. Winners of Champion Markman’s Badges for the years 1876, 1877, 1878, 187, 1880, 1881 and 1882, namely. Messrs. A. B, Van Heusen, Wim, Roberison, James L. Price, W. J. Underwood, Jr., Thomas J. Dolan and H, 'T. Lockwood, are not eligible to win the principal prize in this match, but, if still members of the N, G., they may. together with the final winner of the Chabypion Marksman’s Class Badge of this year, euter a match to he shot on the 14th of November, and called the Champion Marksman’s Match; 200 and 500 yards, fiveshote at each distance; standing at 200yds, ; lying head to target at S00yds, , Remington rifle (N. ¥, State model). . Entrance Fee—Fifty cents; re-entries allowed at the discretion of the Executive Offiver. Competitor making the highest aggregate of two seores at each distance to win the ue Prize—A gold badge as Chempicn Marksman, S. N, ¥., for 1883, offered by Brig.-Gen. Charles FP. Robbins, General Tnspector of Rifle Practice, 3, N.Y, Fal Saturday, May 24, commencing at 11 A. M. and vontinuing all day, the *'Qualification” Mateh of 1883. Open to members N. G,, 8. N, ea and N, R. A., the forrser being in uniform (jacket. cap and belt) may count scores as qualifying them to shoot for the N. Y. Stafe Marks- man's Badge. provided that they use the State Remington Rite, 100 and 300 yards; standing at 100. kneeling at 400yds, Five shots at each distance with any military rifle. Special militury rifles ex- cepted. Entries, 50 cents cach, Re-entries permitted at the dis. cretion of the Executive Officer, but only the highest score to count. Ta the competitors in each competition making the five highest at Brenate scores, Sixty per cent. of the entrance money will be equally vided, WORGESTER, Mass , May 3.—At the regular meeting to-day of the Worcester Rifle Association at Pine Grove Run, Messrs. Knowlton Pratt, Elsworth, Walker, Dodge. Mathews, Barber and J.A, Newton, of the Garduer Rifle Club were present as guests, All bub Mr. Newton faced the butts. The contest was a friendly one. The wind was light, blowing from four teecight o'clock. The Massathusetts deci- mal target was used, distance 200yds,. off-hand. Out of a possible 100 the following were the best indiyidual scores: TD Dodgee.d. Ja sp als yee 2b ee ee 5 9 7 6 6 810 710 8-79 G F Ellsworth, Dee ee BB 8 710 G 510 0-7 A Mathews. --- 610 9 74 8 $ 8 § 977 SS Walker.. ... “310 810 710 7 7 77 UN DLGURG, UT Sie ttelen vey otter res» 20 10 8 Tb 99 POR ar CURSE Tah: 8, Ae eae iar 78 0% 6 5108 4 8-79 H O Knowlton, -.-..,.,---.--, ,10 48 59 B69 7 5-71 DST GREY. bos been stsactiinel - 8 7 9 310 8 5 8 7 5-70 GPATATIEN: P22, ccensse ae .~ 9 49105 90 7 Dd BT SB Winchester. --6 6 410 8 510 2 7 7—OH Wim Barber,.... _5 § 45 4 6 2 810 9—65 TASS TRAC GURL Bae sah ieee laden ~l1 5 8947 6 6 6 456 F Wesson, ,..-----. ae ately Sahn SA Ade 69 475 23 5 7 Y55 GARDNER, Mass., May 2.—At the last meeting of the Gardner Rifle Club, Mr, H. K. Cooley of the Springfield Rod and Gun Club was present; only a few members were present. The following are the totals, distance 200yds,, off-hand, withthe inch ring and Creedmoor target combined; R. GF Elsworth......,,------ 105 48 A Mathews.... ... ef ee IN Dodge.... 5 Me 7 W U Loveland a SB Hildreth. .-......-....+ $237, 8. Walker... seteein s 7 BOSTON, May 5— The weekly shoot at Walnut Hill to-day was not wellattended, and therivalry rau low, The leading scores stood, at 200yds. : ¥ Match. Creedmoor Practice UAB Welloywssd3, 9: seteek pereaeS ipa ae 46465645 4 5 6 4—45 LO Henneson., comes» 5 5 45 45 4 5 +45 Ri Reediii: 8.) £545 5 6 4 5-45 HM Atkins (mil)... .... 33843 8 3 6 5-2 5 4+45 5 4 4 5 647 OM Jewell_..-..-....-. 2 44 46 5 5 4 B 5456 W Fishen, , - 4 645 64 5 4 5 5-46 J Franeis (mil Ltd 54 fh 45 4 5 £4 F D Tibbetts. 445 54 484 5 5-48 J Pi Bates): =: 2ag2e= ses cee . 464446444 4 4-48 J Foster. oy = eet woo £4 8 dt d t 5 4-48 Record sneer rary ed: 1) Fe Well oe eo eae a te { a E oNie - { 6 8 6 Ff 8 810 8-7 IBSANROWy yp; Fad pee pee eteepeee 7810 68 6 5 P B—6 est 5 IIs __: ~- -r-t0 10-10-10 10 8 10 10 10. 10—$5 Swit 10% 910 8 71010 8 10—S4 JP Baties......- ------e-etesseseeeees 810-9 GOT 0 9 9 787 SAVANNAH RIFLE ASSOCTATION,—The cighth anniversary of the Sayannah (Ga.) Rifle Association was an unusually pleasant occasion, It occurred on the 19th of April, and among the happy incidents of the day was the visit to the grounds of President Arthur and party, The shooting was in three classes at Creedmoor target, BW0yds. First class was won by Me. Malcolm Maclean, with seore of 22; Mr. D, W. McAlpin made the same score, but in order of indi- vidual Score shots were not rated so high. Seconil class was won by Mr, Wm, M, Mills, score 22. Third class, Mr. H. A. Palmer, score 19. Fourth class, Mr. J, G. Yonge, score 1s, The prize wasin each case a rifle. Mr, J.P. White, who had mate five consecutive bullseyes at 200yds, was presented with the Aosociation’s full score badge, ————————— May 10, 1883.] 295 WASHINGTON.—The range at Benning’s promises to firnish its quotes, to the American team, and the few riflemen hereare dog good work. On Saturday, April 28, only three riflemen putin an appear ance dt Benning’s. Colonel Burnside was out with his new Reming- ton military for the purpose of obtaming elevations. Profeasor Harkness was equipped with 4 Springfield and Major Pollard used the new Remington military. The wind was very troublesome, par- ticularly af the 900 and 1,00lyds. ranges, shifting very rapidly from Wioloeclock, and blowing half a gale. Professor Havkness and Colonel Bnside did net shoot over the 900 and 1,000vds. ranges, and did not keep their scores, which were, however, very good, The only score kept was that of Major Pollard, which was as follows: Will they be able to select the proper letters to make out the word intelligibly* That there will be a hot contest, as well as a most hospit- able welcome, judging from the material we saw on Wednesday, we have no doubb. JACORSTARF. THE TRAP AT WORCESTER. ieee event ot the week’ among the local sportsmen is the State champion glass ball match between EH, T. Smith, ofthe Worcester Club, and W. 1. Howard, of Stoughton. During the eight months that Mr, Howard has heli the badge he has shot with five contestants including the one from whom he wou it, His first challenge was POD YASS. ee et Be ues (seet- ineee reeds 445 5 5 4 4-31 from Mr. Valentine, of the Fall River Club. Howard was defeated ho0yds. § 6 5 38 fh 4 5d? in this race, but as My, Valentine has changed his residence to Provi- HOO yds f 4 4 5 4 d—30 dence, BR, I., the board of directors of the State Association decided SO0y de 455 5 8 4—20 that he was uot eligible to shoot for the badge and so Mr, Howard HOS 5325 2 4-25 __.| retamediton that technicality, It will be remembered that the 1,000yds Ca 35 3—29—177 | matter was the subject ofa discussion in the Forest Ann STREAM between the parties interested ond who asked for a decision, the answer sustaining the action of the board of directors, Mr. How- ard's next challenge was from W.S. Perry, of the Worcester Club, In this race Howard was victorious with the splendid seore of 46, to grounds, His score was ns follows: ; ¥ Perry’s 45, out of a possible 50, and which af that time was the best MOUSE seen ers smtust-tumieteiu totem eter Bed 8 Bo fy 189 ever made in a contest for the State badge, The next aspirant was b0lyds.. viet bee-e eee 4 44 8 5 5 56-38 Mr. H. 8. Fay, of the Marlboro Club, who was also defeated, the score OOO ile Stee etter eens Betse nit eee eee 56 5 5 5 4 G—A4—H0 | henge, Howard 42, Fay 41, Early in April Mr. Smith forwarded a On May ist the meu had another shoot, The wind was front three to five welick. fairly steady but sirong, requiring 213 to ola pointe: lightgood, The Remiugton special militany rifles were used and the score was 4.g00d one, Hon, A: A. Adae, Assistant Secretary of Sate, participated with his Creedmoor rifle, The score of the military shooters stood; challenge in whieh he stated that he was booked fora week's brant shooting at Monamoy, about the middle of the month and asking Mh. Howard to name a date Uiat would not interfere with that engage- ment; 2reqnest that was courteously granted, Mr. Howard naming Thursday, May das the date for the match, While at the Monamoy Club House Mr, Smith was tuken sick and confined to the house ST Scott—s0yds..... =f end Ba several days, and had not fully recovered on the day of the match, 00yds _- -£h 8 > 2 5 PA | Although feeling that he was in no condition fo shoot he resolved to 1,000yils.,, 544555 a=81—B1 go und do his best, and the result was most gratifying to his friends, JM Poltavd—s0ayds. 45 5 5 5 5 3-88 The seore follows: HWyds-=5-5..- 44 5 BGs 8 320 Smith....., V110411.111, 19114 10110,119114 14110,11110,11111,11011, 1111146 _ = _ 1,0uoy¥d o 3 dp 4 8 5-28-89) Howard... 111101 1104,10141 11119, 11111,11111,11011, 0114101141, 0111144 AG) Gaeh Boyde. i of ‘ 4 _ y mana The judges were W, 8. Perry 8, Seth Gs Wilhow re Bree aul a - eheult G. F, Sams feree, The ch was largely attends ass bal 1,008 inte eigtrtay “5 4 4 4 3 3 g—as_g9| & Samson reteree, The mat s largely by shooters from different sections of the State, including a delegation fromthe Worcester Club. Secretary Hartwell (¢legraphed the result immediately atter the match and it appeared in the evening paper and was the occasion of much rejoicing. It isnot too much to say that no man in thé club is more highly esteemed than Mr. Smith, and as soon 4s the news of the victory was received his friends went right about getting up au informal reception. He was received at the de- ot by President White and Mr. W. L. Shepard and taken to the Bay NEWARK, N. J.—The Newark Rifle Association have just com- pleted their winter and spring tournament, The shooting of the several clubs is considerad good as Compared with the tournament Of 1882. They Will iow hold a spring meeting, which will terminate About fhe tstof July. The shooting in the last lourniument of each is given below: 4 ob 2 2) 2S ae State House, where he and a fewfrieuds were entertained with an ci Ey fl By gil eyo #3 % | elegant supper—a special compliment from Landlord Shepard, After Ea) rie fs 3) sa) E} = & ? | supper the party adjourned to the reception room where Mr, Smith a, ee ee a | | - vedeived the congratulations of his numerous friends, The entire Wssex___,....,. .,+.| 446) 461) 470) 468) 4a7 472) 458) 3,242) 4631-2 | party were handsomely entertained, and the oecasion was much en- Brelinghuysen., ...... 453) 460) 464| 461) 467 463, 468) 3,286) 46227) joyed by all, Before the tompany broke up President White pre- Plymouth. -...,.-- ‘| 444) 460) 456, 458) 438) 4b) 4,149) 449 t-7 | sented Mr, Smith with an plgeant basket of howers, another compli- * callninide.*, =: 442) 450! 458 447) 438) 427) 3,108) 447 2-7 | ment from Mr, Shepard. . Alba Houghton, of the Worcester Warren, ........ 416 418, 457 455) 432 422) 3,037) 433 6-7 | Club, has challenged Mr, Smith for the badge, and Thursday, May Nameless, ,_.. 440) 417| 417) 448) 479) 482) 2.972) 4944-7 | 24 is named as the date of the match, which will be shot on the Domestic, 7 405) 415) 434) 482) 429 431) 2.098) div 4-7 | grounds of the Worcester Club. kK. a ‘ — { Worcester. May 4, 1883, otals. os .2..e1 2+. .18010]3018|8004 4154 4164/3001 |8004|27, 669/509 4.7 Total average Of allelubs... .....--. BASES RS BERS AS BS 5 SAE Cn oonn Fy 44g WELLINGTON, Mass., May 5.—The attraction at the Malden Gun Club grounds to-day was the fifth contest for the championship badges, which were taken, the first by J, Buffum, and the second by T. ©, Fielding. The leading scores were as follows: All-Comers’ Match, The Newark Schueta2en Society will hold its annual festival on Mon- day and Tiésday, June 4 and 4, at the Newark Shooting Park, South Orange ayenue. over SS), The prizes offered are numerous, amounting 10 og a) ae a So ny Sy JAMESTOWN, N. Y., April 80,—At the regular shoot for the club 2 Le Ore 1 att 9 medallast Priduy, the following seores were made at 200yds., off Ustts I? Sigel, do ty fos laid. tenvounds, on Creedmoor targel. Wind yery nusteady at nine ial Te cle 6M oS) Ses to eleven o'clock, no fags; DPW ea epg i—i Name. Rifle, Cal. napa ‘ Score, ‘ i Mae Ttiid0 04 0 0-4 DeLisle...,..-+-5 Sr beats to pm pa Bint Hd J Butim. WN ay (aes biritibistagitooai tar Bal. Si dy dls ed... 4 C Fielding, 14 jlondst OE a BE Noble rorOTT OO 4 Eta did ia In shooting off tie DeLisle won on 13 in three shuts. We hope te | J Hopkins... O14 10 1—1o liear from Behar clubs through your paper. regarding the gins and # rae ee f : ‘ i i i : a t a i ‘ . 4 4 : i p mae ie ae haa ae oe JD Martin 70110001010001010010—8 BOSTON,--Mammoth Rifle Gallery, May 1--In the handicap | B J Brown.,,.-.......5.....- 100T1LIVOL10N00TNON0O11900—8 fateh between Messrs, Stetson, Little, Lyman and Wilson, in which Or. Stetson allows Messrs. Little, Lyman sil Wilson, 7 points each, the prize was won by Mr, Geo, W. Little. Wollowing are the scores with the 7 points added; ‘The winners in the sweeps were: First event—five birds; T.C. Wielding, first; J, Hopkins, second; C. I, Lewis, third, and A. L, Brackett, fourth. 5 r ae eon diy —227 | Second evyent—five birds: EH. J. Brown and T, G. Fielding, first: Geo Whittle Poder i a a i ai —-2294 7980 Se Adams and G.fR, Durand, second, N. Long and C. I, Lewis, : : 4B dd dd 22--7—227 | third, ee ® P 7 pe toa ats aby meee ee Uk He iy wa ad piaete sr mt ‘Third event—five birds: A. F. Adams, first; B,J. Brown and T, C, Mr. J, A. Bird wins the prize im the 231 class with the fallowing | Fielding, second; J. D. Martin, third. score: 44 44 45 45 46—225, Mr. J, Db. Thompson heads the lst in the 220 lass, and takes the prize with score as follows: 44 44 44 44 45281, Pourth event—twenty birds: T. ©, Wielding, first; J, Hopkins. sec- ond; C, I, Lewis, third, and A, lL. Brackett, fourth, WINSTED, Conn,, May 5.—The Winsted Gun Clnb held the third in the series of prize shoots on their clnb grounds, Wednesday after- noon, May 2, with the following score, 25 clay pigeons, ibyds., screened map A strong wind prevented high scores: J, K. Camp, 20; V. A. Blakeslee, 19; A. W Roberts, 15; H. L, Roberts, 15; W. F. Hurlburt, 15; A, J, F, Peck, 14; J. W. Bidwell, 18; T, J, Lee, 10; J, Phelps, 9. NARRAGANSETT GUN CLUB.—Providence, R. 1,, May 3:—Vifteen clay pigeons at Ibyds. rise, for silver cup. JF Valentine. .10111110111111—13 G M Sheldon... ,001111100110141—1 W_HLs Sheldon, .011111111101011-43 GJ Orandall. ..11411001001011110 5 D Greene, Jr.111101111111140—18 HL Palmep,...110011011100111 10 W G Crandall. .110110111111111—18 CH Perkins, Jr 110110010111100— 9 THE TRAP. JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS vs. BRIDGEPORT. HE firs mateh between these clubs took place ai-the grounds of the former club, Marion, N. J., on the 3d inst., and proved a yery leasant affair, Ii added another yictory to the long list of the Jersey eights, The Bridgeport boys Gane out in force on the 120’cloelc train. We had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of seyeral of their best shots before reaching the grounds. Wefound them a right good lot, full of life and fan, but, as we judged, not quite san- E. Moore, 15; E. Dean, 10; W. B. uine of success in the approaching contest, as R, C. Toucey, deputy | A Greene.......11101111101111113 L Bennett ....,011101001110011— 7 Shanti anil one of the prominent officers of their elub, istenBted & EW Tinker, ., 11010111111111—13 eee Follead: 010000101011001— 6 us privately that their clib had had but few opportunities to shoot Ties on 13 shot off at Ikyds., at 5 birds.—J. B. Valentine ,5, W. H. liye birds, the law in Wonnecticut being havd Sheldon w,S, D, Greene, Jr. 4, W. G. Crandall 1, A. Greene 2, E,W. Tinker 2, J, B. Valentine wins for the second timéin succession. Sweepstakes were shot, the following are the winners: First sweep, 5 pigeons.—J. Valentine and A. Greene Ist, GC. H. Perkins 2d, A: Myers 3d. Second sweep,5 pigeons. yds, rise, both barrels,—J. Valentine ist, H. Palmer 2d, G. Anthony 3d. Third sweep, 5 pigeons. —O. M. Sheldon and W. Sheldon ist, J. Valentine 2d, Wourth Sweep, 6 double rises at balls.—G. Crandall ist, H. W Tinker 2d. Fifth sywee z 5S birds.—J. Valentine and W. Crandall ist, W., H. Sheldon 2d, C. a Perkins, Jv. 8d.—H. L, Pauuer, a SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.—To-day wasa gala day at San Bruno Range, and the members of the California Gun Club were out in force, Although the day was beautiful, the wind was too brisk, and pre- vented any extraordinary scores in the earlier shooting. The first match was for the club medals. The California Sportsmen’s rules were adopted for plunger traps, six pair double birds, both barrels, ifyds. rise, 100yds. boundary and four minutes allowed for retrieving, Considering the disadvantages contended with the shooting was very is y ia mete at fine, though several birds were carried out of bounds by the wind R Armetri eet 00 314 y City poe Oud after being hard hit. Roach lost his second pair under the rules by ee 4 ‘ong.. Se tet aoe a 1104 ih shooting both barrels simultaneously, Several extra birds were % ets tet h re SN “ 1 = tie ‘Gi Py i taht alloweil on account of the wind blowing those in flight among the ELansdon as ae 1 idee fet 1s spectators and thus preventing the shooting. The judges were z Bish isi 1200110 0_91 111 “a af Jobn Sack and My, Golcher, Jr. The shooting commenced at 9:30 ishop...-...14 2h 4% 17 1— | o’elock and the following score was made: G@ Link-...,.., 10004 16—Ale Headden,,.,... tglo0lal i —als Roche oO 1 4 11—6 CGreather.....36 1101004 Von Lengerie, 1 W111 1g —ig | QOCNE a= = at annev i etntseneneeee ten ncsns Wi 10 0O_ 7 RC Touney...) 13410111—5t8 Fowl... 1.00.1 0464 Bie | Been eer nese ne os 4 4 11-30 RQuinn,,.....- O01 1% 0% Wayne... 1110 1igi aig | eeeB ee 10 11 10 119 C Simmonds ,,. 01110 145-115 Wood Powder,, 1 1 114467 1-8 Paearson.............. 10 41 01 WwW 9 W_Lewis......49 0011 G34" Burdett........ 00 14¢70 1_ayy | Pearson... -.--->, WM Ol oi 9 AD Taws__-.. 11010115 Gollins oe LOT O1G ORB | ORR ey pentcses 1 i0 10 10-8 H Nichols... ..46 0461 | 1 i—5 Baier, ,--..-,-.. 140717 )—alg fe) EPs ERE PLR aad ht Rasa seer? WW it oO Wi—8 = Rs Knowles .....,...-.. 5. it 10 11 o1—10 TO eet 28 Cos. e BS Total. ps4 BPN)! Bohanke wo 1 1 10 10-6 At the conclusion of the match a very interesting and exciting con- | Fay..._... 10 00 00 11—7 test tool place hetween J, P. Lapadas, of New York city, and J, Vou Lengerke, of tha.l_C, WH. Ten birds cach for a basket of wine Von Lengerke ty yse but one hand (theleft one or the one left placed. Hebined! tis back), As Al A, had saved his best birds regular dusters. #0 aways, aud not standing ou the order of their fomg kind —the score, as will be seen, jyas =zaiher low, The contest created considerable amusement, and rollicking Lapadas had the commis- Seration of his wimerous friends. whith he toak in his usual charac- tevistie mauner: JP hapadas,..,....,..5. 090% 10400194 (ag J Von Lengerke,,. 1 sorieret T3965 1 0 1 0 U 1b Afterward a sweepstakes at clay piveons at which there were 26 éubries, Here the Bridgeport boys showed their experience, taking fat Payne, of J. ©. H., taking second. Sey- firsthand thizd inoney, eral otlier sweeps followed, of which wedid not eepthe score. The when the Connetlicnt boys started shooting was kept up until dark, homeward, as (hey intimated, well pleased with iheir first yisit to Jevaey, but piving the J, 0. H, fair waraing that they vonfidently sexpected to redeem themselyés and give the Jerseys A good waxing’ On the réturn insteh at Hridzeport at 00 10 00 00 11— 4 Kerrigan and Knowles, having scored ten birds, shot off at three pair of double birds for the first and second meclals, Kerrigan killin three birds aud Knowles four, which entitled him to first inettalt Jillett, Pearson and Bogart tied for the third medal and shot a “freeze-out” for the prize, Jillettmissed his first pair, Bogard Scored oue bird and Jillett killed his pair, winning the medal, At the close of the club shoot Pearson and Swan followed with a mutch for $250 a side wider the Hurlingham rules, 30yds. rise, %0yds. boundary, at 25 birds with the use of both barrels. Judge Koex, the referee, called Swan to the score, und he led off by killing the first bird in tine style, which he followed up by killing six straight, while Pearson had indifferent success, only scoring two, The crowd grew enthusiastic over Swan’s shooting and the betting became heavy, many oiters ef $20 to $10 being made on Swan. But Swan's success was Only Lemporary, He missed hisseventh bird, scored the eighth, and lost nine straight birds, every one of them hit and carried out of bounds by the wind. Pearson caught up with hisrival on the ‘ sixteenth bird and led on the twentieth. Here the betting took a Clay pigeons and lass balls. |! turn and offers of $20 to $7 were made in fayor of Pearson, who won Mr, ne . Adams, 19; Elliot Peck, 17; Allen - the mateh by four birds. Neithar of the marksmen mades brilliant score or added new laurels to his record, as tha following will attest: ETERS Se Stes 111111010000000010010001 0—9 Pearson...) 0O100100011010101014 011110 1—18 An exhibition shoot followed in which Ed Fay made the finest record ever shown on this uoastat double birds. Fay has only been with the club.one yeurand his performance created much diseussion Among sportsmen, Prom plunger traps, with both barrels, he killed eleven Straight pairs, or twenty-two birds sprung in pairs at the same time from different traps, withontia miss, Every bird was shot dead over the trap and he was not obliged to retrieve a single bird. Despite the mauspicionus weather for shooting the sportsmen were determined to enjoy the sport, and a sweepstakes plirse of $2 Was made up among twenty-one marksmen, unter the State Sports- men's rules, with six birds each, The shooting in this match was not very ood, the only clean scores being made by Lachman and. Smith, who divided the first money, All those who had seored three birds were allowed to shoot for third money, which was won by Ker- Tigan, WEBSTER, Mass,, May 2.—The Rod and Gun Clib have sectired a: range ata place called Jericho, whera thay propose to meet weekly They ave trying different balls and pigeons. To-day the Loekport . “ae composition ball was used; out-of a possible 90 the following is: e@ store; H Bates... ....-.. -----»-2900017110010010000111—-¢% A’ Gralifm...7700.. 1), -1T111111000071110001—18 B Waters. ... OON01T0000000000000000--1 KORG SGHIG ies) Cea eer esd -00000010010010001000—4 AE Klembart,__.. OUOOGLOVTT11011010010- 9 Smith... 22... ., 810100000011 O0110010-97 Poster -0017010100010171010010—10 POR Git eieh aoe we Saas eee! OV0000000000010000000—4 MOH TINE awl Selon yee tea OO000T00101000000001-4 Dixon,... 1001007001 —d Nuttle. . -U1071011010 i001—7 Febser. 00071000000 —+4 L Dayis......... -O91000100000000000101—1 MILFORD. Mass,, May 1,—The Milford Sportsmen’s Club have THH ILLINOIS TRAP BILL.—Chicazo, May 7,—Hditor Forest and Stream: The amendment probibiting the trap shooting of pigeons has been squelehed, So soon as sportsmen here in Chicago got wind of the existence of such acovert attempl (o spoil their fun, they had little difficully in defeating the measure, There is much rejoicing among local sportsmen over the defeat—TrRarrist, TOPSHAM, Maine, May 1.—Annual shoot of Riverside Club for elub badge: Clay Pigeons. Balls, Doubles. AQ Goud....-_- 101111001117 11111100 4111111111 OU 17 17 12 11—83 E Keene....,, 1011001101011 1000001 0111001110 10 11 10 10 Gi—33 Al Permy oon... 1111110109111 1110101007 11 10 11 10 01—32 CL York . -141101010011919 1111 1000000011 11 10 10 11 10—29 5 Strout, 01310100011001019111 0101014191 1i 01 10 11 11—27 MC Hall 10701000700101417101 1111101111 11 10 00 11 11—87 W Cash.... -00000071100000000100 = GO00010004 10 10 10 10 10-14 A E Hall. »11111011111111011014 0101011191 11 11 1 10 10—32: G Gond.... .110011001111411117 01 1011011911 11 11 10 11 01—34 § Knight... ~0000797991911901119111, OLN 11 11 1 11 O1—32 H Stetson,......11101W01101111101111 1100111000 O1 11 10 10 01—25 C Greenleaf... ,.11001111001000011100 1111111100 11 11 10 10 10—25 @Gond........4. 39111100111110101111 1111001111 11 iL (1-01 11-32 Twenty single clay pigeons, 15yds. vis 1) single balls, Card rotary trap, 18yds, vise; 5 pair (1 ball and pigeon for pair), 12yds. rise The following officers were elected for the year: C. L, York, President; M, ©. Hall, Secretary; A. Q. Goud, Tréasurer.—M, ©. Haun, Secretary. Pachting. To insure prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishi ng Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of tm- portance are liable to delay. risé, trap set on fourth hotch: FIXTURES, May 26—Quincy Y, C., Mass., Spring Regatta, May 30—South Boston Y, C., Open Matches, May 30—Pennsylvania Y. GC. May 380—Atlantic Y. C,, Opening Cruise, Muy 380—New Haven Y. C., Opening Cyulse, May 30—Sewanhaka Y. C., Opening Oruise, May 30—Jersey City Y. C., Opening Sail, May #0—Knickerbocker Y, C., Spring Reratta, May 50—Pennsylvania Y. C., Spring Regatta, May 31—Atlantic Y. C., Opening Cruise, June 5—Hudson River Y. C., Annual Regatta, June §—Larchmont ¥, ©,, Pennant Match, Classes 1,2) & June 11—_Quaker City Y. C., Annual Regatia, June 12—Quiney, Mass,. Y. C., First Race, June 16—Larchmont Y, 0., Pennant Match, Classes 4, § June 17—Dorchester, Mass,, ¥, C., Annual Regatti. Jnne i8—New Jersey Y. C., Annual Regatta, Juné 18—Hull, Mass., Y. C., Union Regatta, June 19—Atlantic ¥Y. C. Annual Matches, June 20—New Haven Y. C., Annual Regatta, June 21—New York Y. C. Annual Matclies, June 22—Seawanhaka Corinthian Matches, June 23—Larchmont Y. C., Peunant Match, Classes 6, 7, June 23—Hull, Mass., ¥, C., Champion Pennant Regatta, June 25—Williamsburg Y, C,, Annual Regaita, June 25—Echpse Y. C., Annual Regatta. June 27—Quiney, Mass., Y. C., Second Race, June 2é—Regatta of the Eastern Y. OC. off Marblehead, June 30 to July 4—Chicago Annual Matches. July 4—Larchmont ¥. C., Annual Regatta. July %—Beverly Y. ©., Marblehead, First Championship, July 7—Hnill, Mass., Y, C., First Club Regatta. Jwy 12—Quiney. Mass,, Y, C., Third Race. July 14—Larehmont Y. G., Pennant Match, Classes 4,2, 3h July 21—Larehmont Y, C., Pennant Match, Classes 4.’5. July 2i—Hull, Mass., Y, C., Second Club Regatta. July 28—Larchmont Y. C.. Pennant Match, Classes 6, 7, Aug, 3 and 4—Chieago Y. C,, Annual Regatta, Aug. 4—New York Y. C., Rendezvous at New Port. . 4+—Beyerly Y. C., Nahant. Second Championship . 4—New Haven Y¥. 0., Annual Cruise, f—New Bedford Rendezvous at New London, 8—New Bedford Annual Cruise. - , First C Pennant Match, Classes 6, 7, Halnpion Regatta, ad, Open Mateheés, Sept. . C., Pennant Mateh, Classes 1,2, 4 Sept 8—Hull, Mass,, Y. 0., Third Championship Regatta. Sepl. g— uiney, Mass,, Y. 6., Closing Regatta, Sept, 10—Beverly Y, C., Swampsvott, Chird Championship. Sept. 11—Beverly, Mass., Y, G,. Third Championship Race at Swamp- scott, Mass. Sept, 15—Larchmont Y. @., Pennant Match, Classes 4,6 Sept, 22—Larchmont ¥. @., Pennant Mateh, Classes 6; 7 CUTTERS. UR recent visit to Boston is quite a refresher, after readin the following extractin a New York publication: “Asa tuatier of fact, the Medusa, building for Mr, Franklin Dexter, is the only Gutter that is uow building in the United States.” Our conteinporary, when he pats such vonsense before his readers, must kuow it to he untrue, We have only to quote smother extract in the same issue to show thiaty be the case, for he goes on to say; “Mr. Byles, of City Tsland, has nearly complete a 86ft. cutter yacht, for Messrs, Zereea and Rathborne, from designs by Mr, John Harvey, the designer of the cutters Bedouinand Wenonah. This is the only boat of Harvey's that we have heard of thus far this season.” Now this cutter yacht for Messrs, Zereza aod Rathborne is g5ft. by Vit. tin. on the water line, and will have a draft of water of 7ft. Surely these are pLopar- tions which should allow of our contemporary nominating ber 3 296 FOREST AND STREAM. — —" [May 10, 1883, réal ontter, Then. as we remind him, we have just lately paid Bos- ton a Visit. and find that nothing ex¢epting small fry for river work, of the fatirou and conterbourd type, is building there, Tadependent of the Medusa for Mr, Franklin Dexter. there is the foie cutter, bullt by Lawley & Son, for Mr. Edward Burgess, and in the same building shed as the Medusa stands, is 9 schooner vow far advanced, tlaf has a fair displacement, and quile a reason- able draft of water for her dimensions; she may be pronounced a cutter in type of model, The two new cutters for Dexter and Burgess both from English designs—are 6f tolerable length, large displace- ment, and deep draft of water, Mr. Grey's new sloop is quite of the cutter type. and, although Somewhat beamny, is well rounded in aft, Sbe may be styled a sloop with just so much of the cutter model imported into her that ib he- comes a question where the definition sloop finishes and sloop hegins, Mr. Grey, like many others, has found that for uny given dimensions, the displacement of the cutter type For such given dimensions is a necersary quantity, if accommodations and fair, sen-poing qualities approaching these qualities of the cutter type is to he had, The Huon has, therefore, a fair amount of displacement, and quite the draft of water the gutter type of model calls for, In boats like the Huron, whether the sail area ahead of and below the masthead is in one or two pieces called staysail and jib, and al though having it in one is still preferred bya few Ol sloop-rig men who will soon be convinced it is wrong,now that they are rently trending the road which will land them in the full-blown éutter model, matters but little; still, to all intents and Dur the boats with such parts as Mr. Grey's has, may fairly be rated as members of the outter family. Smith, of South Boston, the builder of the Huron, is justly entitled Lo ee for the manner in which he has carried ont Mr. Grey's designs, ‘The work about te bont is all first-class, and if he has wasted metal in the immense iron floors he has thought it necessary to put into her, it is excusable under the head of their forming good hallast, well stored. Lawlor, of East Boston, has a really tine little cutter of the one- hander proportions in frame, and Lawley. of South Boston, with all his big ship employment, hasfound time to gel in frame and partly plank a really fnll-ledezed one-hander Both these bttle eraft are a ereat improvement on the quick-turned bilge produetions of last and previous years; in fact, wherever we turn we find the cutter type of model being adopted. No one can sev such productions as Crocodile, Elsworth’s last production of the so-called sloop, without concluding that, independent of her being fitted with such an immense centerboard, he is importmg the cutter type oF model into bis desigus, and tins to such en extent that he will, like as was the cause with the Valkyr, lund in sloops witha draft of water equal to cutters and have the benefit of an untaxed centerhoard in addition. Then, if we pay Driscoll’s yard a visit at Greenpoint we find there wreal little eutter, which is to have 4 lead keel similar to Bedouin and her class of yachts, Fond, therefore, as we know the city of New York people are of sloap riz and centerboard boats, we can find no other of this type produced for the coming seasen but the Grayling, the launch of which water skimmer we noticed in our lash issue. FORTUNA. ALE new schooner for ex Commodore Henry i. Hovey. of Boston, » Was lanneched fpem the yard of Messrs, Poillon on the She istrom the designs of Alp. Cary Smith, and of the fol- lowing dimensions: Tn. Teupthover ale ee weees ee cla belo () Length on the water line ane ae = 0 Breadth extreme ...-..-..,-.- fi Depth in hold.... , Eafe Shirts 0 Dat GE Water. sch ovis tenes metre ried se icee 0 She is ballasted entirely of lead, eleven tons of which is moulded onto the outsidé of her Keel. : The Fortunais one of Mr, Cary Smith's best productions, and Should make her mark with the schooners entering the races of the ecomingseason, It will be noticed that her dimensions are an impor- jation of an extended length, and in model she has a greatly in- creased proportional displacement when compared to most of our American schooners, is extended proportion of length and dis- placement should make her an umproved vessel when pul to work in & hard wind and rough water. The New York World, commenting on the Fortuna's model, says: “Mr. Jolin Dimon. who has built and owned more yachts than any other man in America, remarked: ‘IT consider this as Mr. Cary Srith’s masterpiece, 1don'tsee any part of her that could he improved,’ Another gentleman ee at the launch said: ‘At some expense, 1 sent to Enrope for the lines of the celebrated British yacht Miranda, 1 had heard thatthey had been sent out here to some gentleman, and when T eot them and came here and looked ul this yucht, here they Were; the midship section of this hoat, and that of the schooner Mirands are identical,’*’ Formsr ann Srreaw hails with eladness Mr. John Dimon’s remarks. Fortunais an attempt at blending the English model of sea-going racing and cruise boats, as illustrated by Harvey's Schooner yacht Miranda, but with dimensions and dis- placement 30 greatly at variance with these quantities in Miranda, thet the remarks of “another gentleman present ab the launch” as quoted by the World, are very wide of the marie. - Fortuna and Miranda differ very much more in those essentials which five ensy seugoing qualities than their crude dimensions would, to the ordinary observer, claim, Miranda has much less proportional beam and muchtore displacement than Fortuna, and consequently does uot require the towering height and spread of spars and canyas found to be required to steady Fortuna in a seaway, Miranda, therefore. with a lower eenter of buoyancy, carries her weight of ballast much lo ver than Wortuna, and at the same time her beight of meter-cénter is so lowered, when considered with a model of Fortuna's type. that with small spread of canvas she can, when it blows hard and the water is rough, keep steadily at her work, while the Fortuna, with ber great height of meter-center, must be pressed heavily for the sake of keeping her steady, Fortist ANb Brrram, therefore, do not agree with the other pentle- man’s remarks, and consider them so much at fanlt that his yersion of the Fortunals midship section being like Miranda's convinces us that he has por seen Miranda's drawings. 1 Asa matter of fact, Porsst asp StREAm is aware that the drawings of Miranda are iu the hands of her designer, and that they have not been copied by any one either in England or Armerica, except so far asiMessrs. Harvey & Pryer import them into designs of more recent (late. If the lines of Miranda were obtainable, as described by ‘the other fentleinan’’ Mentioned in the New York World, it would seem inered- thle that flve schooners have bow been built to cope with her, and thal even the one specially designed by the Vandunara architeeb (Mr. Watson) Jast season, a8 well us the four others, are qnite below par in doing so, Forest AnD STREAM at the same time congratulates Mv. Cary Smith for thus boldly departing from the stereotyped models around him, fe for so far importing the cutter model into 59 noble a looking achooner. A FOOLISH FEAT.—The San Francisco Chronicle recently re- ported the voyage of the dory Pucific ax follows: “On the 198th of August, 1882, Bernard Gilfoy, a native of Buifalo, N. Y., left the port of San Francisco, bound ‘on a yoyage of pleasure’ to Austraha, The crath iu which he sailed was a dory, 18{t. long, 6ft, beam, a depth of 2ft, tin. and a register of two tons. Gilfoy was the ouly passenger, and he started with the determination of performing the unparalleled feat of crossing the Pacific single-handed in @ common salliug-bost, The cutter, for she was little more, was Hamed the Pacific. and was covered in aj! over, with the exception of a couple of hatches, one amidships and one aff. ‘The fore part was used mostly for the water casks, which were filled with salt water as the tresh was used np, aud the after part was used as kitchen, cabin, and sleeping-room, Nothing was heard from Gilfoy until the arrival in tins port of the barkentine Tropic Vance from Tahiti, whose captain reported that le had sighted the Pacific on November 10. He had given Gilfoy bis correct bearings aud a quantity of Fruit, and had learned that after a week of fayoring weather the Paeitic had en- countered tweoty-nine days of alternate calms and head winds, which had driven Gilfoy to shorten his allowance. He crossed the line in longitude 146 deg. on Friday, September 24, and then met with good winds, befove which le ran south between latitudes § deg, south andl5deg. south. His principal discomfort, he suid, had been the too familiar habits of the sharks, which every night came thumping the boat wilh their ugly snouts, To rid himself of them he made a har- poon out of & bout hook, and sucveedsd in rendering ther so shy thut by propping up his shirh at nightin the place where he usually sat by day be was enabled to take his rest comparatively undis- forbed. The conelusion of the Paeifie’s extraordinary voyage is -athered from 4 lone account published in the Maryborough |Queens- and) Chronicle of February 2. If appears that after leaying the Tropic Vanee things went badly with Walfoy, On the 14th of Decem- her, being then to the south of the Priendly Isles, a heavy sea broke over the boat.and capsized ber, He went backward into the water, audit was only by an hour's hard work, with the aid of & oating anchor, that he was enabled to right the dory. No sooner was she righted than another heayy sea capsized hera secoud time, Again hé righted her and passed the night in bailing and the day in making things as shipshape as possible. By the 10th of December he had got things under way ugain, and was enjoying pleasant weatherywhen the boat was pierced by a swordfish, On Christmas Day he found himself near Hunter Island, a barreu rock, with ol] big iustrmments fone and nothing laftof bis provisions except twelve pounds of - corn meal, two quarts of aleohol and fifteen gallons of water, He then tried to make for New Caledonia, but the wind and current were against him, and on the 14th of January he ate the last Of bis meat, ‘Two days after he lost his rudder and had to rig up a makeshift, and from that time on he had to subsist on whatever fish he caught or birds heshot. On the 20th of January he ate his last cooked meal, » bird singed over a heap of broken matches, aud atter that he sucked the barnacles which valanced the hoat, Then the days camein which he knew nothing and cared nothing, steering aimlessly here anitihere, Justus the Jast hope had fled he Sighted the Alfre | Vittery, on Monday, January 29, bound for Mary- borough. The Vittery saw him anda few minutes after Gilfoy was syed. He was then abont 160 miles off Sandy Cape. and after being fed, told the singular story ut an extraordinary feat so nearly ac- complished, He was kindly cared for on hisarrival at Maryborough, but the latest news, reports himas being down with typhoid fever, the result of exposure and hardships.” fwe reproduce this, as a correspondent is one of those water-dogs who thinks the brave deeds OF bis fellow yenturers should be read by our ‘‘s ngle-hander’’ com- minders. The result of such foolhardy voyages, in bouts so unfit for the work, should be # caution to those who may still be mad enough to contemplate them. The ‘Boy's Sailing Boat,’ wilh an adjusted rig for the purpose, would bea more sensible craft to take such a voyage in; lye-he-to, and her commandér might, at least, take the required vest in comparative safety, and she would carry and preserve dry all he required for his sustenance. | £X-COMMOPORE WALLER’S DECEASW.—The sudden departure from this life of ex-Commodore Waller is keenly felt by all yachts- men. His great liberality as 4 yachting man, and his senerous nature made him all that we know men of worth by, as well as a good yachts: man, and the commodore of the leading club of the United States, In the capacity of commodore of the New York Y, C, he fostered avery improvement sugerested to him, and Was first in all that led to the trne interests of yachting. To Commodore Waller may be at- tributed the favorahle view now so energetically followed by his successor, of cruises being madé to other centers of yachting. Tr is by the boats of One port meéting the boats of other ports, that, like all exhibitions, the canse of the best yachts is enhanced. If Boston produces « boat of bether sea-going qualities than New York, of if those belonging to Chicago or Halifax outdo those of the other three ports when fhey meetin anyting ike rough weather, it is then that our “old Joyo’ is shunted for a new and fresh modelled ate The remains of this energetic yachtsinan were followed by all the leading yachlowners; couspicuous among them being the present cammuoidore of the New York Y. ©., Mr. T. 1D. Smith, and the secretary of the lub, Mr. OC. A. Minton. The American yachting world bas not alone to deplore the loss of her men foremost in the yan of whab will best smutthe nogovernable wild waters of the ocean. Our compatriots of English waters lost on the same day one who for some years de- voted much attention to yachting, by the sudden decease Of Prince (more fenerally known as Count) Batthyany. He was an energetic yachtsman, but had the fad on his mind that skimmers, more after the type of Amerivan yachts, were the right form of model. THe raced the schooner Flying Cloud for sometime, but with poor success; since which time he has been better known among the fleet runners oe we turf, where, during one of the races ut Newmarket, he ended is days. BOSTON, Mass—The Gitang. Wm. F. Weld, owner, which has just returned from a cruise to the West Indies and other places, has been hanled up at her old berth at McKay's wharf on Border street, She will undergo an overhauling by Lawlor before going into commis- simi for the summer season. [This reputed sea-going and fast yacht Should make it warm for Fortuna when Commodore Hovey takes his new ship to her home quarters.| Mr, George H, Warren's English cutter, Maggie, will be launched Tuesday. She will be commanded by Capt. Randall, and manned by a crew of three men especially imported from England for the sea- son, eports yary respectitgz this bout having # new suit of sails from England. ‘The most reliable report, we think, is, that it is not alone a new suif of sails, hut thal a considerable merease is given to the Jength of her spars.] The sloop Gem, of the Hull Y, C,. sailed from Jeffries Point, East Boston, yesterday, bound for Hull, Capt. J, A. Oseood is to put the Gem into commission at once. The Torment hanled into Woods’ yard, Bast Boston, Priday, to have & new iron ke#l putin. Sheisalso to be repaired, [Both the Gem aud Torment haye lately been aifeved for sale. The stir of Alting ha ir the season haye made their owners determined to join iu the ray. The report of the treasurer ofthe Dorchester Y. C. shows the bal- ance in the treasury to be over $500 and not the much smaller sum stuted on Saturday morning in certain local journals. CHICAGO YACHTING NOTES,—Our correspondent at Chicago writes: The yacht fleet is commencing to stir in dead earnest, in anticipation of the annual opening review and regatta, All the particulars and programme for this event, Including the annual club cruise to Milwaukee, has already bean published in the Porusr AND STREAM, And need no comment here. There is, bowever, some yery interesting gossip afloat in nautical circles concerning the cups to be raced for and the yachts of the club, There will be anew arrival in Lake Michigan waters in a few days. lt isa New York yacht, the Triton, lately purehased bya Chicago yachisman. She will enter the regatta, Also it is said now that the Norah and Bismuth, of the Toronto Club, will be preseut and indulge, The yacht Cora, now holding the Fisher cup may be sold this month. Still she will race again at the regatta fo retain her hard-earned trophy. The Wasp will also be put in fine shape to compete, and is haying her hright bearings varnished and her house taken off and anew one put on, It is untrue that she takes another mast (his season; while as to the Tdler, the winner last season of the Chicago Club cup, she is getting into great shape, and will again be handled by Captain Cooley, He lias put Ina new centerboard trunk, Photographs of the Cora anil Idler as winners of the cups have been taken and sent outto all yacht subs over the country. Yachting matters will pick up considerably @ next ten days. THE MARJORIE.—Greenock, England, April 30, 1883.—A new 68- ton cutter named the Marjorie, has just been cOmpleted here anid will soon appear on the Thames. She belongs to the same gentleman who owns the Madge, which raced last year in American Waters agains! New York yachts. The Marjorie may possibly go to Naw York and issue a whwllenge fora race for the America cup, She carri¢s sails far larger than those ever before carried by any yacht of the same tonnage.—N, V. Herald, [Phe aboye would indicate what may be expevted if anything like fair conditions are offered te the English yachtsmen to come over to this country to try their yachts speed with out boats for the America’s opp, and it is brooded around that Mr. Lumpson is tired of sailing the Miranda over the course alone with no other object thin to lay claim tothe prizes offered to be raced for at the many yachting enters along the Bng- lish coast. Miranda is not one of thelong, narrow, deep eraft, and does not require much foree of wind tomake her dance along at good speed, Ibis at the same time necessary to make some fair rule by which the enormous centerboards now fitted to some of our yachts are recognized as a quantity of value When lowered to a depth far exceeding the draft of water of the so-called deep entter.| BEDOUIN’S BALLAST AND SPARS,—The cutter yacht Bedouin has been hauled out at Newburg all winter, and during the past two weeks she has received 4 thorough overhauling, Strange us it may seem, between owner, designer, superintendent—and the main- mast—of this yacht, she has nob yet been right, though it must be coneeded that she made a yery good showing last fall in the Seu- wanhiuka “natch races, Herinside ballast, mlended to be cast to her form, low down and about the keel, was pitchforked into her, and constquently her eanter of gravity was, in its height, affected somewhat thereby. Moreover, her outside lead keel was weighed by the common standard of coal dealers’ tons—. e,, 2.000 pounds per ton, ‘This, too, tended to raise her center of gravity, and from the peculiar nature of her model the slightest deviation in its original design is more or less befogging to her sponsors. who. when attempt- ing fo get all there is in her design out of her, must haye some reli- able philosophical base from which fo project alterations and 1m- provements, All of herinsid# loose lead has been recast so as to lie ow down and be smooth on its upper surface—like a tfloor—and the necessary quantity added to the bottom of the keelin the form of shot, Her mist has also been shifted to agree with the original de- sign. These alterations haye been made under the personal super- vision of Mr. Jolin Harvey. her designer, and ho doubt but she will give & good account of herself thisseason. It is said that the Be- fouin’s cost was under $40,000.—Hvenlng Telegram, Mayd, [We can confirm the above remarks, except so far as cost is concerned. Thare is alot of expensive carved work about the Bedouin, and the worl of heriittings generally being designed and carried oul under the superintendence of Messrs. Widletz, of New York, added to that of her being built on Harvey & Pryer's double ontside planking mode of construction, musi, have made her yery costly for her tonnage. She did, an tha Huening Telegram reports, “inake a very good suow- ing last fall," when some onc hundred and ten tons of displacement were propelled through the water as easily as Gracie, with hex sixty- two tons displacement, were made to go; while Gracie was pressed nt ‘he same Linié with a much larger spread of canvas. It fs, so far as testing the sailing qualities of the deep and tolerably long boat, with her enormous lhternal capacity, with the shallow and broad type of craft. with a depth below her main deck about halé what Bedoum has, to be regretted that Bedouin has ouly the spread of canvas required for making ocean yoyages.] ,LAKE CONESUS.—One of the chain of New Yorkinland lakes is Conesus, 4 lake of rave purity some fiye miles from Avon Springs, Fishing is fair at certain seasons of the year. Asa quiet place of resort, ike many inland lukes, it bas heen bul Jittle known: but now cottages begin ty line its banks, and while it lacks the pure air of the Thousand Island region, itis as delightiil us any of the small bodies of water. With a length of ten miles and a width of From ane to two miles, there is plenly of sen room for large as well as small craft, This has induced Major McPherson, brother of the Senator from New J ersey, to build a steamer, which was launched by the bnilder, Samuel Hihvston, on Saturday, May 5. This was successfully a- eomplished, and the steamer christéned McPherson, The model was }a surprise, dnd surpasses any T know on small bodies of water, She is built of white oak, is 110ft, over all, 20/t, beam, 7ft, deep amidships, draws 20in. forward, and Sf. Bin, alt, The lines are fine, and a b6- horse power boiler with higher capacity gives the motive power, Two Westinghouse engines with 12-inch cylinders haye been built at Pittsburgh for her; this is the first trial of the Westinghouse éngine in a steam eratt, thhese engines ure warranted to turn the «crew, which has 5ft pitch, 250 revolutions per minute. No doubt before the season is over many readers of Forust AND STREAM will iry the speed of the McPherson, as well as the hospitality of Sam Updike, an old Rochesterian,—B, H, R. LAKE ONTARIO,—The Oswego ¥. C. lias the reputation of heing far alicgad wilh their sailing craftin Lake Ontario. and Commodore Mott of the club is fitting out his yacht, of which Fores? Anb StreAm gave avery complete description in 1582, for the season of 1883 in very fine shape. But Pultneyville is coming to the front in regard ta speed if the description of Captain Throop's craft are at all correct. lantinformed that he has one of the finest lined yachtson the stocks, and near completion. Sheis ta be schooner tigged, Her length 1s a5tt. over all, and Captain Estes, who hus navigated the Ontario line of steamefs for years, goes into ecstucies over her fine lines and lovely model, and says Mott will haye somé hot work to get with her when once she is completed. Capes Throop is also building a steam yacht. 65ft. keel, 3ft, wheel, boiler and engines by Sintznick, with power to turn the screw 600 revolutions per minute. Evidently at this rate she will show swiftness and leaye other craft far behind.— B, H. Rannoups. RARITAN Y. C., Perth Amboy, N, J., May 6,—Hditoy Forest nd Stream: A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Raritan Y. CG. was held on Wednesday evening, May 2, 1883, at thelr new elub-heus lately purchased of the Carteret Club, As this was their annua meeting, the election of officers was held with the following result: Commodore, Wm. King, Jr.; Vice-Commodore, Jno, E. Cooper; See- retary, Fred A. Greenley; Treasurer, Jos. Marsh; Measurer, —. H, Hall. Severalnew members were added to the roll, and the oitlook for the club during the coming season is very flattering.—FRep A. GREENLEY, Secretary, Canoeing. To insure prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- portance wre liable ta delcy, FIXTURES, May 24—Torouto Canoe and Rkiff Races, Aug. 109—American Canoe Association Meeting at Stoney Lake, Aug, 21, et aa anerce Canoe Association Regatta at Stoney ake, Aug, 24—American Canoe Association Meéting at Stonéy Lake. A WORD TO CANOEISTS. WN response to the numerous demands from our canoeing friends we open a department to which if is intended to devote such space as the growing importance of the snbjectshalldemand, Wepropose to give all the news, and to that end invite the owners of canves, secretaries of clubs, and others, to favor us with intelligence relating to new boats, proposed trips, club transactions, races, meetings, etv.. ete, From week to week we shall publish lines of new boats, descrip- tions of novel rigs, hints and help for owners and builders, and sieh other matter as willinsure the practical usefulness of the Forrest AnD Stream to “‘the fraternity." Correspondents are invited to send us for publication, reports of cruises, with all available information respecting desirable canoeing routes and cruising waters. TANDEM CANOES. {ieee the canoeist is by no means the solitary misanthrope that many consider him is proved by thé increasing nuniber of “Tan dem,” or double canoes. Messrs. Brentano and Woodman will each have one in the Knickerbocker Club, the former with two lateens, the latter with balance lugs and an Atwood centerboard, and Messrs, Schuyler, Newman and Stokes, of the N. ¥. C. G., will have similar eraft, Much more is possible with such a boat than with a single canoe, as the power is doubled for paddling; the ballast heing greater, the sailing qualities are improved, while the weight of the hull is but little more and the proportion of dead weight fo each passenger is much less. To answer all possihle requirements, a double canoe should have sufficient displacement to carry easily two persons, with their stoves, clothes, et¢., and should he so arranged as to steering gear and such detuils that either man con steer or handle her, or if required one alone can do 30. Tn crimsing a tent will be necessary, end provision must be made for pena host ee as two cannot sleep in the boat, Where time is an object the boat may be kept gomg, the crew taking watch and watch, while one always has company. Should these boats proye as popular as they promise to be, they will meet the wants of many wh haye thus far objected to the single cayioe and taken some kind of rowboat instead. BUILDERS AND THE ASSOCIATION RULES. Tv may not be amiss at this time to call the attention of canoeisis outside of the A. C, A., who may be huilding or ordering canoes, to the Racing Rules of the Association, in which are laid down the limits of size, within which canoes may enter the Association Races. The rules were published in our issue of Feb. 16, 1542, While many who are building only for cruising, and with no intention of racing, may deem this point of little importance, they will fod that it is just as easy to build a good canoe af any class within the limits, as otherwise, and if desirons at any time of entering the races. they Will be saved the annoyance of being deébarred from a class by an extra half inch of beam or length that could as well asuot have heen dispensed with. In offering a canoe for sale it will also be found that canoes of odd sizes will not cotamand so high a price as those of the standard dimensions. = Tn the selection of dimensions the following sizes will be found most serviceable. Becond class—M4ft.x27in. ‘Third class—ldft. «30 to Slin,; and for the lareer sailing craft 14ft,aain, These dimensions, it has-been proyen by trial, are the best for all around werk, the 14tt. boat giving better results than either longer and narrower or shorter and broader craft. Fora tandem cande 16ft.%<30in, will carly the required Inad, if of good displacement and sufficient freeboard, with the additional advantage that she can enteras a single canoes in many races. F Ganoeists in bnilding underthe present rules may rely on the regu- lations not béing chunged in the future so as to exclude them, bur it is possible that after such revision as this seuson’s working shall prove necessary, a Clause may beadded preventing the entry of new wanoes that exceed the size mits, thus without putting ony restric: tion on model or fittings, preserving a4 regularity of size in each class, lessening greatly the labors of regatta committees, and render ing time allowance unnecessary, Such a restriction would be unfair a May 10, 1883.) to none, us the older boats of odd sizes would in & season or twa dis- appear trom the racing course, and be used for cruising only, while no good pnl'pose would be seryed by perpetuating their models. THE COMING CANOE SEASON. HOUGH the continued cold weather has kept back the opening of the canoéing season, there is every indication that there will be more canoeing done this year than ever before. The demand for boats is larger than ever, and the increasing interest that canoeists are faking in rigging and fitting their own craftis showing good re- sulis in the improvement of sails, reefing gear and similar details. ‘The removal of the meet of 1888 to Canada has given a fresh stimu- lus to the sport im the North and East; and beyond the St, Lawrence allis activity and preparation for next August, Canoe clubs are be- ing fornied constantly. and those already established are generally prosperous. The condition of fhe Canoe Association is in every way gratifying, Inthe matter of boats the increasing requirements of the more experiénced canoeists have set the builders to work, with food results, as some of the later models show, and at Stony Lake this season we may expect the finest exhibition of small pleasure eraft ever seen, While cruising isasmuch in favor as ever, many long yoyages being projected, racing is becoming more of a feature, as the clubs increase in membership ahd in suitable craft, and though the club programmes are not yet announced, there is plenty of sport in beg for those who delight in this most fascinating form of sea- manship. NEW YORK CANOE CLUB.—The float is now in position and the house open and a few of the boats have been _ouf. Mr, Schuyler opened the season with a cruise from Bayonne, N. J., to the K, 0. C, quarters at Eighty-sisth strest. and thence down to the club house, with his new canoe Freak. built by Mr. Byles, of Bayonne, She is a very handsome specimen of the tandem canoe, 16ft, by 80in, with Atwood centerboard of copper, and two large lugs. Mr. Newman will sail an Everson canoe of like dimensions, while Mr. Stokes will use one of Rushton’s, also 1lft. but of diin. beam, with centerboard. This canoe will carry a balance Ing sail of about H0ft. with a leg of mutton dandy, the mainmast being fitted to lower in a manner de- yised by the owner, Another new centerboard canoe will also be iuided bo the feet, 14ft. by 3lin, with a good deal of the Pear! in her model, Lhe board being of galvanized iron, twenty-five pounds weight, Her sails will be balance higs, 5) and 25ft. Of the old boats the Dot has beén unchanged since last season. Mr. St. John’s canoe has had bullsheads changed, a new deck with higher crown added, the pointed flaring cockpit now so popular put in place of the elliptical well. and hinged flaps on eachside. The latter proved a decided success on Mr. Gould's Pilyrim last season. The Psyche is on her way honie from & long crnise in Florida waters. The Ripple will not refit after her mishap last fall, but her ente prising skipper being now in Eng- land there is no telling what he may bring back to take the cup with this season. _IN THE SURP.—A correspondent on the Pacific writes to us as follows of 4 phase of the sport thatis new td many of our canoeis!s who are voniined to the inland lakes and rivers; “Had a delightful duy last week in my canoe, with my new disciple in his. ont by the fort, where the biz rollers came in from the Pacific, making a swell that hid us from each other when it came exactly between us, so that nothing but the peak of the mainsail and the flag on the mast was visible; and with it not so much wind but what we could carry full sail. ‘Then a delightful run of about three miles before the wind. When we got to our boat house the tide was so low that we could not getin, so we spent about half an hour jumping the canoes like hobby-horse out over the rollers asthay came curling in; then tacked snd ran in until nearly ashore; tacked again and stood out, until if was like steeple chasing and canoeing all in one.” j SOMETHING NEW.—Mr. Tredwen is building a new boat for com- peting in tlie races of the Thames Valley Sailing Club, which, as an outgrowth from) the Pearl, will be watched with interest by canoe- ists. She is 15ft, on waterlioe, 18ft. Gin. over all, 4ft. beam and 2ft. Gin. deep, with a similar midship section to the last Pearl, but more freeboard, an overhanging bow aud counter stern. She will carry two Chinese lugs, SHADOW CANOE.—We shall very shortly publish the lines of a shadow canoe, from which the boat may be built. FOREST AND STREAM. Answers to Correspondents. {=> No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, R.G.C., Hackensack. N. I.—The New York game law was un- changed. Ouray, St, Simon’s, Ga,—To preserve Damascus steel gun barrel, use vaseline. W, L. M., Lynn, Mass.—For plan of Barnegat sneak box see our issue of Oct. 6, 1881, J. L, §., Hackettstown, N. J.—The best quality of muslin, Sample of weight posted to you. B. E. B., and R. F, G.—Yor taxidermist’s tools apply to Geo. Tie- mann & Co., No, 67 Chatham street, New York, C, B., New York,—For the concentrators apply at the gun stores, for address of which see our advertising columns. Prin.—Please inform me where I can procure carp for stocking a pond? Ans. Write to Prof. S. F. Baird, Washington, D. C. A.J, MoH., Louisville. Ky.—Im fishing for bass in small streams throughout Kentucky, use Minnows and crayfish for hait, G. GC. W., New York—-Bullefs may be used in chokebore guns, povided the ball fits the choke: itis not an altogether safe practice, GW. R., Georgetown, D, C.—You do not state the distance at which your targets were made, butif at dUyds, they are yery good; ahoye the average. TD. P. G., Charlestown, Mass.—You will find that the shell that fits the chamber will pive you better shooting, The shell should not be shorter than the chamber, D P. G., Charlestown, Mass.—Four hundred and fifty dollars should put her out of the builder’s hands, and her sails and ropes should be covered in forty dollars, J.S., Lawrence, Mass.—Suppose ten men who shoot at glass balls vary from forty to eighty per cent., how would you handicap them toe shoot for a prize? Ans, Handicap from three to five yards. Two REAppRS.—The disputed shot in the target which you submit counts as a bullseye shot just as much as the shot in the center of the bullseye. The rule is that the shot counts ifit cuts the edge of the ring, C. L. W., Hartford, Conn.—We do not know of any house that handles bireh bark canoes. You may, perhaps, secure such a craft by writing to Thomas Nichols, Oldtown, Me. He builds birch canoes to order. ¥F. H. G., Sacket’s Harbor, N, J.—With sails laced to booms the foot should be cut straight. The English style of loose-footed sails which are cut with a roachare not laced to booms, but are fastened at the clue and tack only. F. W. P., New York.—There are several rifles of which the barrels and stocks may he separated. A callat the gun stores which are near you will givean opportunity of examining the several styles and selecting the one that suits. D. W., Mantorville, Minn—If the Chicago firm lacks enterprise enough to advertise their artificialeyes, we advise you to patronize the gentleman whose wonderful concatenation of preposterous words has lately graced our advertising columns. J. B., Wakefield, Mass.—Will a rifle ball pee ere deeper at 100yds. than at 10yds.? Ifso, whatis the cause of it? Ans. Under certain conditions it will, the greater penetration resulting from the less velocity, which causes less reaction in the object struck, W.H., M.D., Omemee, Ontario,—Keel sided Sin, and moulded 4in. amidships, tapered to 2in,at ends in the siding, and moulded ‘in. aft., and bin. at fore end, Stem and sternpost sided 2!sin, at head and tapered to 2in.at heel; frames sided lin,, and double moulded 14gin, at heel and lin. at head; spaced 20in. apart, with a steamed timber 13éin. at heel, and lin, at head between each frame; planking, finished 5gm.; Clamp, 144in.x4in,; planksheer, 144 x3!4in.; keel bolts, 54in, diameter: floor pieces,‘if of hackmatack, 134in, sided; deck beams, 1gin, deep and U4in. sided; deck. 34in. thick, 297 Dock PISHERMAN, —Section 265 of the New York Penal Code reads as follows: “All shooting. hunting, fishing, playing, horse racing, gaming or other public sports, exercises oy shows upon the first day of the week, und all noisé disturbing the peace of the day, are pro- hibited ** Hummoir.—1. A heavy gun does not shoot better than a light one, other things being equal, and charge the same. 2 We have not tested the powder. 3. For snipe use No. 12 shot; for teal Nos, 8s or 10s, 4, For your 12-uage gun try a load of 3drs, powder “th two pink-edge wads on it, and Sgoz, to loz.shot, Vary your proportions of powder and shot, and tesh your gun atatargetto determine the best load for it. 5. Humbolt Bay, California, is an excellent region for wildfowl and snipe. G. H. 0., Hudson, New York,—You may obtain quail, prairie ehickens and rabbits by leaving your order with Chas. Reiche & Bro., Chatham street, this city. The quail should be liberated in the follow- ing manner: The hirdsare put into cardboard boxes, 4 pair in each box, and taken at night to the desiznated place, Here the boxes are put down on the ground in the dark, being open at one end. Some food is spread about them and they are lett, The birds remain quietly in the boxes all night. In the morning they come out, there is noth- jng to frighten them, and they begin to feed. At night they come back to the boxes for shelter, In this way they become accustomed to the locality and remain there, Prairie chickens (pinnated grouse) baye been put out in the western part of New Jersey, where, however, the undertaking is stillan experiment, There are no reasons why they should not thrive here, provided they have sufficient protection from gunners. J. B., Cascade. Va.—Two [riends are divided on the subject or fhe difference between the jack and the pike, One contenfls that the jack has four fins under the throat, while the pike has only two; also the eyes and seales of the jack are distinetively largerthan those of the pike. The other insists that they are the same fish at different stages of growth, Which is righty Wherein do the pike, jack and pickerel differ from éach other? Ans.—If we were certain Just what fishes you referred to we would haye no difficulty in answering. Esox licius is called jackin England and Virginia when below ten pounds and pike when exuéeding that weizht. It is the pike of Canaila and the pickerel of New York. Its ventral fins are abdom- inal, and therefore its pectorals are the only pair ‘under the throat,” The Sticostethium vitreunt is called wall-eyed pike, and pike in New York and other parts. Its yentral fins are thoracic, and being under the pectorals it has four tins ‘‘mnder its throat,’ If your jack and pike haye no spinous rays in the fins they are probably tle same fish at different ages. Popular names are so mixed that we are not at all certain which fishes you refer to. PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT, WATERPROOF SHELLS.—One of the greatest desiderata in shot cart- ridges is to have them impervious to water. We frequently have in- quires as to where such are made, and_give below some unsolicited correspondence received by the U, 8. Cartridge Co,, of Lowell, Mass,; “Fort Wayne, Dec. 9, 1882.—The fifteen U. 58, Cartridge Com- any’s shot shells that you gave me for trial test, [most conscien- ‘iously say are not excelled by any that I have used, and I believe that Ihave used nearly every make, I gaye the U. 8, shells a thor- ough trial inwet and dry weather, They failed to swell under the same circumstances that I have had other make of shells bulge, Ihave loaded and discharged each shell three times, and will ain reload them for use, I believe and am firmly conyinced that they are the best shells made, and are all that are Glaimed for them by the U.S. Cartridge Co.,af Lowell, Mass.—J. F."* Another correspondent, Mr, Geo. T, Farmer, of the South End Shooting Club, at Chicago, states: “T capsized in nearly five feet of water, and iny open shell-hox lay for half an hour on the bottom. My U. 5. shells were not at all swollen, allhough somewhat soaked where the paper was bruised in turning the shell, They chambered as well ds ever.” “Coming events cast their shadows before,” remarked the seer to the young Highland chief. That backache and lumbago of yours may be prophetie of something worse. Preyent that result by using Benson's CAPCINE PoROUS PLASTER before another day is out. If other plasters have failed Benson's will not, for it is totally unlike them, Alldruggists. Price 25 cents.—dAdv. UMPHREYS VETERINCS | A. _O0R THE CURE OF ALL DISEASES OF HORSES.CATTLE, SHEEP, DUGS, HOGS, and POULTRY, TOU TWENTY YEARS Humphrevs’ Homeo- athic Veterinary Specifics haye been used by farmers, Stock Breeders, Livery Stable and Turfmen, Horse Ratlronds, Manufacturers, Coal Mine Companies, Trav’e Hippodromes TRAD end Menngeries, and others handling stock, with perfect success. Humphreys’ Veterinary Manaal, (30 pp.) sent free by mail on receipt of price, fl cents. SS" Pamphlets sent fr2e on application. HUMPHREYS HOMEOPATHIC MED.CO, 109 Fricon Street, New York, NERVOUS DEBILITY HUMPHREYS’ Talon famsorer Wont coer EQ Pp ATHI and prompt! : cured by In Been in use 20 years, —is the most suceess- 0. Tulremedy known. Price $1 per vial, or5 viala and darge vial of powder for $j, sent post-free on re- ceipt of price. Huniphreys’ Homeo. Med, G , ust, Catalogue free) 109 Fulton See: y SAS. F. MARSTERS, 55 Court Street, Brooklyn. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER OF Eine Fishing Tackle. First Quality Goods at lower prices than any other house in America. Brass Multiplying Reels with Balance Handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; Any of the above Reels with Drags, | 26 cts, 6xlra; nickel plated; 50 cts. extra. Brass Click Reels, 20yds,, 50 ets,: 30yds., 75 cts,; 60yds., 51,00; a F Marster’s celebrated Hooks snelled on gut, Limerick, Kirby Limerick, Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, O'Shaughnessy, Kinsey, Aberdeeen, Sneak Bent, and all other hooks. Single cut. 12 cts, per doz.: deuble, 20 cts, per doz.: treble, 30 ets. per doz.; put up one-half dozen in a 7 ass Leaders. lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds., 1U.cts.: 3yds., 15 cts. Double wisted Leaders, 3 leugth, 5 cts.; treble twisted, 8 length. 10 cts, Trout Flies, 60 cls, per doz, Black Bass Flies, $1.() per doz, Trout and Black Bass Bait Rods, $ft. long, $1.25 to $5.00, Trout and Black Bass Fly Rods, i0ft Jong, $1.50 to $10.00. Also forty-eight different styles of rods for all kinds of fishing. Samples of hooks, leaders, etc., sent by mail on receipt of price in money or stamp. Send stamp for 1B0Ft., $1.50; 240FE., $1.75; BN0Lt., $2.00; 450ft., $2.25; bOOEt., $2.50. nickel plated, 60 ets, extra, ackage. Single Gut Trout and Black catalogue. Established 20 years. Open Evenings. Je EF. MARSTERS, 55 Court St., Brooklyn. UNITED MUTUAL A 4 Wil, MACNAUGHTAN'S SONS, Fi} 2 Commission Merchants, SEND STAMP FOR PRICE LIST, THE SETTER, #2 —BY— LAVERACK. With colored illustrations. Price, postpaid, $3.00 FOR SALE BY THE Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Rates. EUROPEAN CCIDEN ASSOCIATION &5,000 Accident Insurance, Membership Fee, #4. cost about #11. #50 Weekly Indemnity, at Corresponding Write or call for Circular and Ap- plication Blank. PERMITS CHAS. B, PEET, President, | JAS. R. PITCHER, Secretary. 320 & 322 Broadway, N. Y, SECTION BAMBOO RODS. serviceable at a moderate price. Having been the pioneers in the manufacture and introduction of Section Bamboo Rods, we have always taken great pride in securing and perfecting every improvement in order to maintain our position as the makers of the yery best rods. Kuowing not only theoretically, but also by long experience, that a properly made rom is the only absolutely perfect rod, we have invariably refused, and still do refuse, to put our nan “Best” round section rods, Our prices for these round rods average only about 4 — asked by any other makers, while the reds are widely known to be incomparably superion. ve ; MARK any angular) rod can be perfect, we long believed that with proper worky)anship and material a really good angular yod could be made. Being much easier and cheaper to make than round rods, we hoped to be able to offer to those anglers who can not afford to pay the price of our “Best” round rods, a hexagonal rod that would be good and We are more than satisfied with the success which has attended our efforts, lor we are now able to furnish a hexagonal rod that is really worth having, and at a price which is only a trifle in advance of that asked by other makers, Orders received from anglers residing where the dealers keep a full line of our goods will not he filled at any price. ® epee ee ABBE Y & IMBRIE, Manufacturers of every description of Eine Eishing Wackile, 48 & 50 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. STATES inuch, ENT S25 Weekly Annual 10,000 Tnsuranece, with WITHOUT EXTRA HARGE, } (Of Rogers. Peet & Ca.) 101 & 108 Duane Street, - - WILLIAM READ & SONS, Boston, Mass., Agents forNew England States. Ee PTmwWoczH’s Patent “Perfect” Brass Shells, MANUFACTURED BY KYNOCH & CO., Birmingham, Eng. These shells are made of éxtra fine thin pliable metal, with reinforced base: are adapted to either Winchester or Wesson No.2 primers, Can he re- loaded as cften as any of the thicker makes. Weight less than paper shells, admit of a heavier charge, us owing to the thin metal, inside diameter is nearly two gauges larger. sizes larger than gange of shells. 2 t represented in outs) nd straighten out to original shape when discharged, The crimping tool also acts as a reducey, an advantage wiluech will be ap- previated by all @xperienced sportsmen. s charge) to any sportsmen’s club or dealer, and prices quoted to the thade only, For sale iu any quantity by gun dealers generally, or shells in case lots only. (2,(100), and crimpers not less flian one clozen, by HERMANN BOKER & CO,, Cost only about half as They shoot stronger and closer, and Load same us any brass shells, using \yads say two Or can be effectually crimped with tool (as Sample shells will be mailed (without SOLE AMERICAN AGENTS, New York, 298 A ; 4 = The Fishing Kit And collection of BOOKS -AND MATS helonging to the late LORENZO PROUTY, noyMGH exhibition and for sale by APPLETON & LITCHFIELD, ‘304 Washington St., Tmporters and Dealers in Fine Fishing Tackle AND CUTLERY. The Big March Storm SEE VENNOR’S WEATHER BULLETIN, Published Monthly. Boston, Mass, Subscription, 60 cts. per annum, Montreal, Can, MANN’S Trolling Spoons. = Sixty warieties manufactured, suitable for trolling toy all Kinds of fish that will take an artificial bait. Our Perfect Revolving Spoon is undoubtedly the best genaral spoon for taking fish ever offered to the publie, Three sizes made—No. 20 for bass, pike, pickerel, or any fish under five pounds weight; No. 2) for large fish; No. 22 excellent for deep water fishing. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. None fenuine except with JOHN H. MANN’S name stamped on every spoon. For sale by ABBEY « IMBRIE, and JOHN P, MC SONS, New York. DAME, STODDARD ALL, Boston, Mass. In Chicago and the principal dealers in Sporting Goods. JOHN H. MANN & C0., SYRACUSE, N, Y. aa FISHERMANS “WAS AUTOMATIC REE Sven LU St R Whig 2 SENDEOR CIRCULAR \ Rap \ Clee, N Vv ———— & KE (Detroit by Co, . Brass, for 25 to S0yds, Hne,-2....--....5 Nickel, st Se ve pees by 4e . Bronze. . Rubber, * iN ow Brass. for 40 to S0yds. Tine. . . Nickel, a fi re ed Bronze, te De y Reels zuaranteed and forwarded by mail or ex BI pS fe Harrison's Celebrated Fish Hook. Whereas, It having come to our notice that seme unprincipled house, to gain their own unworthy ends, and to attempt to damage our good name, having spread reports to the effect that the manu- facturers of the above hooks are defunct, we now take this opportunity of informing the American and British public that such reports are utterly fulse. Thesame efficient staff of workpeople is employed as heretofore, and we challenge the world to produce a fish hook for excellence of temper, beauty and finish in any way to approach ours, which are to be obtained from the most respectable wholesale houses in the trade. Signed. KR. HARRISON, BAKTLEET & CO., Sole manufacturers of Harrison’s Celebrated Fish Hooks, Redditch, England. (December, 1882.) Manufacturers also of Fishing Tackle of every deseription. Sewing and Sewing Machine Needles. READY MAY 14. ANGLING TALKS: BEING THE Winter Talks on Summer Pastimes Contributed to the Pores, AND STREAM By GEORGE DAWSON. Limp Cloth, 78 pages, price, postpaid, 56 cts. Forest and Stream Publishing Co, ; ——————— nl A WEDK, $124 day at home easily made, $12 Costly Outfit free Address Truz & Co. Augusta, Maine. Stevens’ New Model Pocket Rifles. Weight of 10in, about 2 lbs, NEW MODEL POCKET RIFLES. .22 or 42 cal., Rim Fire, with Combined Sights. 10in., $12.25; 12in., $13.25; 15in., $15.00; 18in,, $16.50, A MATCH WITH POCKET RIFLES. From American Field, April7, 1883. We learn from the Breeder and Sportsman that a very interesting match was shot at Shell Mound Range, San Francisco. Cal., March 16, between Mr. BE. F. Hovey, Sr., and Mr. Ed. Hovey, Jr. The shooting was done with .22 cal. Stevens Pocket Rifles, 10in. barrels, on the 100yds. target, with 8in, bullseye. The accuracy of these little weapons is surprising. The shooting was off-hand, The following is the score: Ed Hovey, Jr.,... 4 _._.,. 5454555447 - 596655545549 555645555448 4555555455 —48 5485555545—48—240 Ed F. Hovey, Sr..:: -.:2-11 .::..- 5455555444—46 545555555949 ~ 455545444545 554444555546 555554554548 — 234 J. STEVENS & CO.’S Celebrated Breech-Loading Arms SINGLE BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUNS. Blue Nickel 12, l4and 16 gauge..... $12 50 $id 50 Plain Barrels, M? bi and extra 24in. rifle bar- rel, loading tools and 25 shells...., 83 00 35 00 Plain Barrel, 10g. with forehand stock 15 50 17 50 Twist * Wand dp sls. 2252582553 1560 17 50 Laminated Steel Barrels, 12 and i4g... 17 00 19 00 Extra finish on any of the above...... 2 50 Central Fire Rifle Barrel, 26in,, .32 to .44 cal., to fit above guns, extra sighted with combined peep, globe and open or plain r DPSW SIPMih see Nps oe nen ees tes canta 15 00 Set of reloading tools for rifle barrel, extra 3 50 BREECH LOADING SPORTING RIFLES, NICKEL PRAME, .32, 38 or .44 cal., Rim or Central Tire. No. 1, Oiled Stock. No. 3, Varnished, Open Sights. Comb. Sights, 24in, Barrel _- . 20 00 $23 00 26in, Barrel..........-. 21 00 24 00 28in. Barrel...........- 22 10 25 00 30in, Barrel.........--- 23 00 26 00 SHOOTING GALLERY RIFLES. NICKEL FRAME, .22 CAL, No. 2, Oiled Stock, No, 4, Varnished, Open Sights. Comb. Sights. Q4in, Barrel..... B20.00 $23 Ov 26in. Barrel 22 00 25 00 28in. Barrel 24 00 27 00 40in, Barrel 26 00 29 00 Gallery Pisto 2000 heavy..... 22 00 HUNTERS’ PET RIFLES. .22 Rim, .32, .88 or .44 cal, Rim or Central Fire. with Combined Sights. 18in., $18.00; 20in., $19.00; 2in., $20.00; 24in., 21,00. . HUNTERS’ PET SHOT GUNS. Same style and price of the above, to use the Stevens’ Reloading Central Fire Shell, .88 and 44 eal, and the U, M. C. Co.'s Berdan Shells, .58 cal. Nore—Central Fire Hunters’ Pet Rifle Barrels and Shot Barrels fitted to same frame when so ordered. No Riile or Pocket Rifle can leave the Stevens factory that misses a silver dime much oftener than once in ten shots at 50ft, Ley are sold by all dealers, or by.the agent, CHARLES FOLSOM, 106 Chambers St., N. Y. Send two Scent stamps for my 112-puge list of Arms and Tackle, DEMUTH BROTHERS, Manufacturers of Artificial Eyes for Taxidermists and Manufacturers Also, all kinds of Glass Work done to order. Cata.ogue Free of Charge by Mail, 89 WALKER ST., NEW YORK, THE JUMBO CATALOGUE. Just’ published, the largest and most complete Catalogue of all sporting goods ever issued—as Lawn Tennis, Base Ball, Archery, Cricket, Foot Ball, Fishing, Boating and Gymnasium and Fire- men's Goods, and all the latest novelties, 228 large pages, 2,000 illustrations, on fine tinted paper, Price, by mail, 25 cents, y PECK & SNYDER, 126 to 180 Nassau sb., N.Y, How I Became a Crack - Shot, =H W. MILTON FARROW. Price $1,00, postpaid. Por sale by Forest and Stream Pub. Co, FOREST AND STREAM, : [May 10, 1883. AMERICAN Kennel Register. A monthly record of kennel events for the information and guidance of breeders, ex- hibitors and owners of al] breeds of dogs. Its leading feature is the ‘Pedigree Register,” of sporting and non-sporting dogs, which makes it the only complete Stud Book issued in America. A register number is given to each dog, and an index will be compiled at the close of each annual volume, thus forming 4 permanent work of reference. The pedigree registration fee is twenty-five cents. The first two numbers of the Register contained the pedigrees of 188 dogs, Departments are also provided for the registration of stud visits, dogs at stud, births, sales and transfers, dogs at sale, and deaths. Prize lists of all the American shows will be given, with descriptions of the principal winners and dogs exhibited; also prize lists of important shows abroad. This department will include a record of field trials, The first two numbers of the Register contain prize lists of Washington, Ottawa and Pittsburgh shows. The publication day is the fifth day of each month; and nothing can be received for pub- lication later than the jirst day of the month. All matters intended for publication should be in the hands of the editor at the earliest practicable date. Entry blanks for each depart- will be furnished free on receipt of stamped addressed envelope. TERMS;—Issued by yearly subseription only. The subscription price is one dollar per year. Make drafts and money orders payable to the Forest and Stream Publishing Com- pany. Address, AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, P, O. Box 2,832, New York City. Rare Opportunity = Great Sale of Colt Breech-Loading Guns for Summer Holidays. In order to reduce stock, we will now offer our entire stock of Colt guns, not extension rib, at retail for sixty days at regular wholesale prices. These guns are all sizes and qualities, from the twist pistol grip, $55.00 list, to the Laminated Steel or Damascus, $90.00, 28 to 33in. long, 744 to 10lbs. weight. Among the stock are a few of the celebrated Trap Far-Killing Guns. These guns are all made of extra quality of barrels, and are made with great care, especially for close and hard shooting, and we have neyer seen anything yet to excel them at long distances. Price lists sent on application. H. & D. FOLSOM, Box 1,114, New York. Agents for Colt Arms Co,’s Breech-Loading Gams and Revolvers. UPTHEGROVE & McLELLAN, VALPARAISO, IND. HOLABIRD SHOOTING SUITS Of Waterprooféd Duck, Irish Fustian and Corduroy. TUnequalled in Convenience, Style, or Workmanship. WRITE FOR CIRCULAR. THIS Is our Skeleton Coat or Game Bag; weighs but 15 ounces, has seyen pockets and game pockets. It is of light material, dead grass color, and will hold the game of a suceessfui day without losing a hair or feather, It can be worn over or under an ordinary coat, We will mail it to you for $2.00, Send breast measure. PRICES OF FISHING TACKLE BEST GOODS. LOWEST PRICES. At KIFFE’S, 318 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Kiffe’s Celebrated Hooks snelled on gut. Limerick, Kirby Limerick, Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, Kinsey, Aberdeen and other Hooks, Single gut, 12¢ts. perdoz.; double gut, 20 cts. per doz.; treble gut, 30 ets. per doz, Gut Leaders, single, 1 yard, 5 cts. each; 2 yards, 10 cts. each; 3 yards, 15 cts, each. Double Twisted Gut Leaders, 3 length. 5 cts. each; 4 length, 10 cts. each. Treble Gut Leaders, 3 length 10 cts. each; 4 length, 15 cts, each. Extra Heavy Gut Leaders, 4 ply. 4 lengths, 25 ets. each, Kiffe’s Best Trout Fries, 50 cts. per doz. Bass Flies, $1.00 and $1.50 per doz. Pickerel Spoons, with _fiy, imp and swivel, Nos, 1to8,15ctseach. Skinner’s, Buel’s and Copper Spoons, 50 cts. each, Wirst uality Braided Linen Lines, 150ft., 40 ets. First Quality Twisted Linen Lines, 3008t., 9, 12, 15, 18 or 21 thread, $1.00 each. First Quality Brass Multiplying Reels with balance handle, 25 yards, $1.00; 40 yards, $1,25; 60 yards, $1.50; 80 yards, $1.75; 100 yards, $2.00; 150 yards, $2.25; 200 yards, $2.50, Brass Trout or Click Reels, 40 yards, 75 cts,; 60 yards, $1.00, Fishing Rods from $1.00 to $10.00; Two or Three-Jointed Split Bambow Rods with extra tip, $12.50 to $15.00, Also a large assortment of Sporting Goods at pro- portionate prices. Samples of our goods sent by mail or express on receipt of price in money, postage stamps or money order. HERMANN H. KIFFER, 318 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Between Fulton Verry and City Hall) OPEN EVENINGS. EFeennedy Repeating Frifle The Latest and Best. Greatly superior to any other Magazine Rifle yet made. The solid metal in line of fire at time of discharge renders the Kennedy ABSOLUTELY SAFE. These rifles are made .44 cal. 40 gr., and .45 cal, 60 gr., using the same ammunition as other magazine rifles, Can be obtained from any first-class gun dealer in the United States and Canada, FOREST AND STRE A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. Terms, $44 Year. 10.Crs. 4 Copy. | Six Montas, $2. { NEW YORK, MAY 17, 18838. f VOL, XX.—No. 16. 1 Nos. 39 & 40 Hine Row, Nuw Yorn. CORRESPONDENCE. Ture Pormst anp STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- meént, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications upon the subjects to which its pages are deyoted are respecifully inviled. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded, No name will be published except with writer’s consent, The Editors are not responsible for the yiews of correspondents, SUBSCRIPTIONS May begin at any time. 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Address all communications, » Forest and Stream Publishing Co. New Yorke City. These are ‘‘the best dogs in the world,” and their name is legion; we all know a man who owns one of them, perhaps we have an interest in one of these animals ourselves. This suggests another point which has been Jost sight of in the spiey correspondence referred to, The subject has been treated as if a sportsman’s dog were simply a machine to facilitate the capture of game, whereas, much more than this, he is an intelligent companion, upon whom is bestowed a vast amount of affection which he reciprocates. This accounts for the prohibitory price at which he is held; it is dictated not by cupidity, but by praiseworthy sentiment, This feeling is as universal as the ownership and compani- onship of dogs, There is something radically wrong in the soul of the small boy if he will for gain betray his four- footed friend; we have a deep commiseration fur the indi- vidual of maturer years who, prompted solely by sordid greed, parts with the tried and true companion of his field excur- sions, \ J ITH the opening of the formal trial shoots between competitors for places on the American teain, the outlook becomes more and more eacouraging. Very well sustained scores have been shown by many of the contest- ants, and although the ficld is not a very large one to select from, it is quite evident that the committee will have no difficulty in drawing together a body of a dozen shooters which the British team will have hard work to beat. We hear of no complaints thus far, and it seems likely that the men will go on the team because of their ability as shots. With such a team, organization and discipline will be easy, Riflemen respect a brother shot who can stand fairly and squarely up and beat them round for round on the record, THE RIFLE MATCH TRIALS, Nos. 39 anp 40 PArk Row. CONTENTS. SEA anD River IIssine, “Angling Talks," FISHCULTURE. The United States Commission. Salmon in the Columbia, THE KENNEL. The New York Dog Show, Great Dane Club, RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. British Musketry Instruction, EDITORIAL. Dog Shows and Dog Prices. Trap- Shooting Pigeons. Burro and Bruin, The Rifle Mateh Trials, THE SEORTSMAN TOURIST. The Love of Nature. Nimrod in the North.—v1, Quiet Sport.—in. Naruray lisrory, Birds of Northern Ohio. Creedmoor a re willing to ste mm a A TeCOr Kua eal: Range and Gallery. and they are willing to step dow nd out when the record The Panther's Leap. The Trap. is against them; but no team can be brought into a good Game Baa Ann Gun. YACHTING, working body when it is gathered up by aseries of ap- pointments. Rivalry is too large an element in the success which has heretofore been met with by American riflemen to permit it to be placed aside now. With a team picked out as the team of 1888 seems likely to be, there will be no long-continued chorus of grumbling in case of defeat, and only the more hearty congratulations in case a yictory should reward the efforts of the visitors, Tt will be remembered that in the match of last September the scores of the two teams stood 1,975 points for the British and 1,805 for the Americans, or averayes respectively of 164 and 150 points per man, there being twelve men on each team. It will be seen how much above this ayerage the scores are now runuving for the leading twelve. Bald com- parisons of figures are, of course, very misleadiug, but in the present instance the showing made by the men now practicing at Creedmoor has bebind it some real elements of strength. A year ago the preliminary practice was marked by some very unsatisfactory features, which we hoped at the time to sce eliminated when the organization of the team was brought about, Instead, however, new elements of discord were introduced, and incompeteney at the head produced a natural result in s scattered effort on the part of the men. The lessons of that fiasco have been well learned, and a suitable arm haying been carefully prepared, the men were required to use it, and thus make the trial now going on one of men, rather than an exhihition of the experiments which they might be induced to try, With the next issue of the Formsr Anp SvRnam it will be pretty well known who are to be on the team, and then some calculations may be made as to their inherent strength as a shooting body, The captain, too, will have been chosen in all likelihood, and then the programme of effort will be mapped out, and the general plan of the campaign decided upon. Jt is to be a military team. The members will take along only weapons of the military class, except perhaps in a few cases, where some attention will be paid to small-bore practice with a yiew to entry in the several exacting indi- yidual matches on the Wimbledon programme. It is cer- tain that no other team match will be shot than the one for which the men are organized and sent abroad, Jt will be an eyent of more than ‘usual importance, for if will be the first time that a body of armed American soldiers haye invaded the soil of the mother country. It willbe an opportunity worth the seizing for an exchange of courtesies between the American militiaman and the English yolunteer. Nearly a half mil- lion of men are represented in these two squeds who, ina Boyhood Reminiscences.—1r, In Northern Califoraia. The Wisconsin Deer Law. Hunting Rifles. Jottings from Jersey. Camp Fire FLICKERINGS. Sa AnD River FisHine. Georgia Wishing. Trouting in the Muskoka District Kinderhook Lake. Does the Mascalonge Leap? Pennsylvania Notes. Some South American Fishes, Trouting in Pennsylvania. North American Fishes. The Vislicries Exhibition. The Death Trap Grayling. The Madge, Schemer and Waye up. Speed of Steam Yachts. Sloop vs. Cat-Rig. Duek Boat, CANOEING. Tandem Canoes. Maps and Charts, The A. C, A. Meet. Canoeing Outfits, Types of Canoes. Races between Canoes and Sail- ing Boats. From Vercennes to Lorna Island ANSWERS To CORRESPONDENTS. Withils compact type and in its permanently enlarged form of twenty-eight pages this journal furnishes each week a larger amount af jirst-class matter relating to angling, shooting, the kennel, and kindred subjects, than is contained in all other American publications put together. DOG SHOWS AND DOG PRICES, UR esteemed correspondents who have been discussing the prices paid for dogs appear to have overlooked one important factor in the growing appreciation of capine property, namely, the bench show, The direct result of such an exhibition as that given in Lhe Madison Square Garden, this city, last week, is to stimulate the public inte- rest in dogs, and stimulate the market for them, With the improyement in breeding has come a wider appreciation of the several strains, and a correspondingly greater demand “for well-bred animals. An instance illustrative of this came to our notice the other day. No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, A, W. B —Use nothing but soap. SO wALL,’'—Please send address to this ofive, W. 8. H., Camden, N, J,—We liave notthe address you ask for. W. A. F,, Carroll, lowa,—ts the tealaduck? Ans. Undoubtedly. J. P., San Francisco.—We have no knowledge of your inquiry. If you will repeat it, we will give ftimmediate attention. EB, C. V, W.—Copal varnish No. 2 is bast for spars. usually scrubbed when the yacht is in commissiou, Decks are nthe winter they are best coated with common bright yaroish. Be careful not to use any oil, or what is known as pine varnish. Tre, New York.—The autobiography of Davy Crocketh was orizi- nally publisted (with execrable illustrations) hy Porter & Coates, Philadelphia. It has been broucht out in the Seaside Library (price 20 cents), Dodd & Mead, New York, publisd a life of David UCrock- ett, by John S. C. Abbott, which is the “Autobiography shopped up and patched together again. Bor Stay.—New list is promised shortly. It will cost $2.50. Keels of boats should lash more than seven yearsif kept thoroughly dry during the winter months. Ifthe keeland bottom of a boat is kept on the earth, especially where grass grows, in one or two years they will be found to he rotten, A yacht (18ft. open boat) built in the ordinary manner, and one that carries no dead weight, will float for hours after she is upset, OweEN Sounp, Ont.—I have to report the shooting this week of what I take to be a goosander (Meryus mergunser). The following is a description of the bird: Head and upper part of neck shining green, back black and gray, wings black and white, breast and nelly of deli- exte raddish boll color, heal hooked and red, legs red, feet webbed, feathers on back of head elongated. My, Miller, cur sporting jailer, sent the bird to Toronto to haset up. He gotit from a Mr. Young, who shot it on one of the lakes at the hack of the town, Is ib @ rare bird in these purts? Ans, Notavare bird, | : eT = Sea and River ishing. Voinsure pronupl attention, comiiunieations should be add- dressed to the Forest anit Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the ajfice mutters af im- portance are liable to deloy. ANGLING RESORTS,—We shall be glad to have for publi- cation notes of good fishing localities, Will not our oorre- spondents fuvor us with notes of desirable points for angling excursions? GEORGIA FISHING. 4 (- { ATHERING tackle, rods, and bait, last week, Capt, J Ed. Peabody, us genial aad ardent a fisherman as ever wet hook in habbling brook, placid lake, or rushing river, and ourself, took buggy, and sped away to '‘ Douglass” Lake, embowered in green wood shade, two miles east of Bainbridge. Two hous of soft melting April sunshine had sweetly smiled upon old Dame Nature's face, ere we drew rein at our destination, Unloaded, transferred our fishing sear to the bout, which was to bear not ‘‘Cwsar and Lis fortunes,” but us, and our luck, over the broad bosom of the lake that tranquilly lay hefore us, ‘'a thing of heanty,” reflecting from its mirrored depths the fresh green leaves of the lony branched oaks, densely limbed and leaved. Muy-haw trees, Itterally packed with fruit, rising from its depths, cast without interruption a dense shade over its facefrom oue end to the other. We unlock our cralt, seize the paddle, and with quiet strokes send her noiselessly over the surface. Peabody, on the alert for a good place, sings out: “Gurley, there’s the place,” pointing to where those large oaks tower straight- bodied, high above the water’s surface, and with interlacing boughs overhead, form & coniplete canopy of shade, leaving a clear spice of water, whose oval shape is fiinged with lovely May-haw trees, whose vipe fruit kisses the quiet waters. Quietly 1 lsy the boat alongside an olil log on the margin of the tempting spot. Hooks are baited and cast in for finny prey. Ed. gets a bite, 4 very sly one, thal gets away so cautiously that the movement of the float is almost imperceptible. Ie strikes, and such a strike! Had he hung the fish, the httle fellow would haye landed about the North Pole! But the ente biter did rot ‘‘ catch on” to anything but worms, and saved himself from utter ruin. Getting the first bife made our friend awful high-minded, and ijjstend of casting into the water, he sent his hook flying into a tree top, There it stuck, and we had to move up the boat to get it. This done, we try again, but get no bites. Avsain we casi off, and creep from spot to spot, until we find a hungry crowd of willing, fierce biters, housekeeping under a dense shade of oaks, whose branches hang so low that we find if almost impossible to use our rods, Reader, (lon't you wish you had been with us, just at ihis time! I know you do. As fast as one hook went down in the depths, away went a gallant, plucky tighter with bait and hook, A gentle pull, the steel fastens into his greedy jaws, and away he flies, making the line sing through the clear water, A long pull and a strong pull brings him to the boat, and the pretty prize is ours, For ove whole hour, with unabated zeal, we ply rod and steel, and take in the lively beauties, at the end of which fifty noble specimen of the perch tribe reward our efforts. Proud of our success, and somewhat hungry, we draw in our lines and turn our boat toward shore, where friends await to cook and eat our catch. Turned over to the cooks, they are quickly prep heed ee then followed a feast the Gods might envy, TROUTING IN THE MUSKOKA DISTRICT. OUBTLESS many readers of the Forrsy any Stream y have fished for the speckled benuties in the dark and turbulent waters of Muskoka and Parry Sound districts, while many more have contemplated a trip to the wild woods and foaming rivers of Northern Ontario. For the in- formation of those who intend to come und haye never made the trip, the best, cheapest and quickest route to reach the Muskoka waters is from Toronto, via Northern Railway, to Gravenhurst, then by team a distance of twenty-four miles to Oakley, on the south branch Muskoka, where there is good trout fishing on the river and its many tributaries, Or, go on from Gravenhurst by steamer to Bracebridge, | then by stage to Trading Lake, then on by steamer to “Cedar” Narrows, where trout and mosquitoes will make it entertaining for the sportsman, Another route from Brace- bridge is by stage to Port Sydney, a distance of fifteen miles, then by steamer to Huntsville, then by stage to Emsdale, a distance of sixteen miles. Here is where the angler will strike waters of the Maganetawan River at Ragged Creck, where there is rood trout fishing, and further on east about seven miles by stage the Maganetawan River at Kearney is navigable for skiffs and canoes without portage to Big Sand Lake, where there is ood fishing. Another route is from Gravenhurst by steamer to the head of Lake Rosseau, where “Peculiar Pratt” keeps tavern. Who is he that has not heard of W. H, Pratt? If there are any lovers of the rod jd gun that ever visited the wilds of Muskoka, and never heard or saw mine host of the Rossecu House, they saw but very little of the country. From Rossean by stage to Mag- anetawan village, a distance of thirty-seven miles; from Maganvlawan village by steamer to Burks Falls, a distance of twenty-four miles up the Maganetawan River, Or anoth-r route from Mamonetawan village, is by stage to Lake Nipissing, distance of thirty-seven miles, and when the +portsman reaches Nipissing he can choose his route and waters for his sport. By coming down the French River to the Georgian Buy, and taking a steamer from the mouth of French River to- Collingwood, or Midland, or portaging across in Lakes Tulon and Trout, and then into the Matta: wan waters, then down the Ottawa, or boarding the C. P. Railway at North Bay or Sturgeon Falls, and railing through to Brockville or Montreal, The steamer Inter-ocean makes daily trips across Lake Nipissing. { And another route 1s from Lake Rossean by stage to Parry Sound, a distance of twenty-four miles, where bass and mascalonge fishing cannot be excelled. From Parry Sound to McKellar, by stage, a distance of fifteen miles. Or, by stave to Gleniln, & distance of twenty-four miles. Or, on through to Cammonda and Lake Nipissing, Oy, from Parry Sound to Collingwood, Penetanguishene, or Midland, by steamer, If any sportsmun fails to enjoy himself over any of the routes mentioned, I cannol tell him where to £0 to find fish and sport. Mac, Parry Sounn, Ont,, Muy, 1h83. 308 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 17, 1983 EE Eee ee eee eee KINDERHOOK LAKE. 1S Ged am hour of brisk travel eastward on one of the switt truins of the B. & A. R. R., through pleasant farm lands and villages, and you leave the ears at cool, shady Kinderhook depot. You catch a hasty glimpse of a considerable body of water, picturesquely situated, a moment or two before the train stops. and you rightly con- jecture it to be the justly famous Kinderhook Lake, the richest gem io Easter New York. The three rival magnates of the three rivul establishments for fishermen, tourists and excursion parties, will meet you iis 8000 48 you leave your train, confusing you with flowery accounts of the conflicting charms of their several places. Joking aside, you can satoly go with cither of these, for “whichever” you choose will sce to it that you are splen- didly entertained and cared for. Por convenience sake, and for the purpose of thoroughly “doing” the lake, it will be wise on this especial occasion to pul yourself in charge of “Sorry” Clapper, the gentlemanly proprictor of ‘The Outlet.” A two-minute walk from the depot and you are in sight of his comfortable cottage, cosily nestled down upon the left bank of the handsome stream that empties the like, flowing from its southwestern ex- tremity, Once in sight of the dock, with its gaily painted boats and mullitadinous fishing paraphernalia, you quicken your steps, hasten across the bride, and, aided by the ever genial Jorry, select your “kit” and push out into the stream. A fey strong pulls and you are through the railroad culvert, gliding up the creek in eager expectancy of entering the lake with every oar-stroke. The birds in the overhanging branches along the shore are unheeded and their songs un- heard; the lake is the one consideration of the day, to which everything else must be subjected, Aha! the provoking willow-copse is passed and you ste the lake. Now, once agmu—a long pull, a strong pull, a pull alfogether, and you leave the stream with its narrow bounds and wlide into the lovély lake, delighted, transported, enraptured. Rest on your oars and wlance about you. Stretching fax awiy to the north is the extreme limit of the Main Lake; let the eye wander along: down the easternsshore, taking in the wooded point that shelters Milham’s Cove, and still further down, admiring the rough, indented shore skirting Mil ham’s Woods, until the long, high promontory with which Lake House Point terminutes cuts off the yiew, Between youand Like Mouse Point is another long, narrow penin- sula, reaching away tothe northward from the mainland (hat bounds the southern limits of the lake. This is Raed- er's Point, and a few well-directed strokes send your light eralt skinyming around it toward Lake House Point, Sud- fonly you glance to the southward, and there, coyly seercted between the two extended points, a scene of Surpassing loye- lincss awaits you, in that beautiful portion of this irregular hody of water, the Round Lake: “The consecration, and the post's dream,” Cast your eye to the northwest, and here Packman’s Cove, another surprise, awaits you; a grove on the Iolt and another on the right, add to its beauty. This arm of the lake Hes parallel with the upper end of the Main Lake, but is Much narrower, and of far less value as a fishing ground, The section of land dividing the cove from the lake proper, is somewhat singularly styled Packman’s Point, though it hears little resemblance to a point, The solitary stream that feeds the lake, flows cirenilously past the quict villages of Nassuu and North Chatham, through grassy pastures, and among sloping hills, entering the Main Lake « little north- west of Milham's Coye. Above this inlet the ereek, just described, is joined by 1 smaller one, a meré rill, that flows from asma pond to the north, bearing the distingnished and somewhat misleading name of Lake Knickerbocker; being mere breeding place for frogs, mosquitoes and maliria, it hardly deserves so ‘dignified a distinction.” Having crossed the upper end of the Round Lake, you sal to the lower side of the two sinall islands, sweep around Lake House Point, and drift down the Main Lake toward Trimper's Dock. Here, also, is a new revelation. You are now about half way down the Main Lake, the two extrem- ities cach a mile distant. Above, circling around the head of the lake, a succession of sloping hills undulate, unevenly, to the north and west. To the south the low country grad- ually slants off, low and fiat, into the Hudson Valley, An orchard and meadow bound the waters on the south, merg- ing into other farming lands, up tho eastern shore, past the Lake Shore House, joining Milham’s Grove just across from Take House Point. Your boat grates on the beach, you jump out and secure it just in time to enjoy a hearty welcome and handshake from *‘Bob” Trimper, the geniul proprietor of the Lake House. Itis now the magic hour of noon, and with an ac- commodating smile, Bob leads you to the dining-zvom. Here you are! Fresh fish, choice steaks, perfectly broiled and smoking hot, sweet milk, pure and unadulterated, and #0 endless variety of delicacies from Bob’s extensive garden, It isa dinner for @ king, but sufficient ‘“‘vegality” lo enjoy it with a keen relish is easily assumed. After dinner you of course go afishing. Bob provides you with that prince of guides, John Lown, who rows your craft with steady stroke to all the choice fishing crounds} mitigaling the wild excitement your sport occasions with timely suzgestions, he aids you fo capture a reasonable “mess” of the glorious bass and pickerel so abundant in Kinderhook Lake, At length, after a most enjoyable half- day’s fishing, the sun govs ruddily down in the west, and, to complete the yarious enjoyments, Jolm rows you ower to the Luke Shore House for supper. Landlord Allen is all atten- tion, and you bid him “good-night” brimful of that ‘‘solid satisfaction” that always follows a fine day’s sport with a aquare meal for an epilogue. John is awaiting you in the boat, and rows you silently back to Trimper’s in fhe dim siurlight. You take leave of him here, and pull lazily for the head of the lake, to while away the two hours remaining before the train leaves for Albany. ‘hen you float lazily back down the lake. In Milham’s Grove flickers the camp- fire of a party of Bostonians: directly opposite, on Pack- man’s Point, hang the colored lanterns of a camping party from the Capital City. Just as you stand out between the two campe off Lake House Point, the full moon rises suddenly, brilliantly illu- Minating the western shores, and leaying the enstern shores in dark shadow. Lovely as was the scene by daylight, it is infinitely loyelier now; something about it recalls, momen- tarily, that one ling of Reott’s on Melrose Abbey: “Never was seene more sadly fair!”, A party of dancers are on the grounds at Trimper’s—one of the many excursion parties who haunt the lake all sum- merlong. There is something weird ahout it; fhe line from Scott awakens quother train of thought; the camps, the dancers flitting about indistinctly ir the uncertain light, snatches of song from boats all around you, all mingle to- gether to strengthen your faney; itis wonderfully like a mustering in the Scottish UWishiands. Then, too, Lake House Point, in the soft moonlight, looks, for all the world, like Ellen's Isle, in Loch Katrine, A shadowy glimpse of the Catskills, to the southwest, adds to the resemblance, and, to complete the picture and perfect the scene, 4 dare boat floats swiftly past, Gontaining a party of musicians. As they digappearin the shade to the left of Lake House Point, they strike up Roderick Dhu’s famous muster song, “‘LTail to the Chief.” Then, profane thought, you suddenly remember that it is nearly train time. Away romance, poetry, sentiment; pick up your ours and hurry along to Olapper’s. With a sigh of commendable revret, you row silently to the mouth of the creek. Near the stream you rest A Moment on your oars, and let the boat drift, One more burst of music reaches your ears, faint and almost in- audible; the musicians are playing the closing strains of “Bonnie Dundee,” The musie stops; newt and cricket sing their discordant songs unheard. You continue dreamily sae the stream to Clapper’s, wishing all sorts of impossible wishes, Once more you land, and Jorry breaks the spell with a honntiful supply of lemonade and sandwiches, He cheer- fully bids you ‘‘Go for’em!” while he packs your fish and other luggage for the journey home. Forgetting your splendid dinner and supper, you imagine yourselves half famished and greedily devour Jorry’s dainty refreshments, Then, alas! you go to the depot and my your ticket for Albany; the train drives in and whirls you regretfully back again into the crowded city. ‘ Well, you'ye had one day’s fishing on the Jake that en- chanted N, P. Willis, the luxurious day-dreamer, and where Matty Van Buren and a host of other famous old ‘‘Vans” frequently held high reyels in days gone hy, You goto bed thinking of the day's events, everyone, except the departure from the Jake, being a pleasure. Somehow your slumbers are troubled with visions tiat shift in » confusing sort of way from Kinderhook Lake to the Scottish Highlands, You are, inyour dreams, once more members of a jolly fishing- party; this time it is Jorry Clapper, stalwart Jamie Douglas, Bob Trimper, Roderick Dhu, John Lown, Henry Allen and ahost of otherimpossibilities, old Watty Scott, the wondrous Wizard o' tl’ North, among the rest. Black Roderickis just proposing a toast to Kinderhook Lake, when lo! the vision fades; you open your eyes; you are snugly laid away in bed and the morning sun is shiningin upon you. You rise, deeply regretting that it was “all a dream,” perform your ablutions and breakfast on the delicious fish you captured yesterday on dearly-loyed, neyer-to-be-forgotten Kinderhook Lake, Oh! flat life was au endless holiday! Acpany, N, Y., May 7. fit HotHer Jarna. DOES THE MASCALONGE LEAP? N the issue of Forest anp STREAM for April 19, I notice the rather surprising statement, made by Mr. Blihu Phinny,” that from one-half to two-thirds of over five hun- dred mascalonge caught by himself and friend, “threw them- selves, the instant they were struck, either entirely or partly out of water,” I have hnd some experience fishing in Canadian waters for maasculonge, especially in the same region of which he speaks. During the mouth of July, 1878, I spent almost every day fishing for bass and mascalonge, and my efforts were hantsomely rewarded. Since reading the article aboye referred to, T haye thought the subject over, but cannot remember of a single instance where the fish leaped from the water upon being struck, In- deed, my experience was exactly opposite, for instead of rising they would invariably go to the bottom, and when they were taken from the water, it seemed as if they came direct from the bottom. [remember that the difference between the actions of bass and mascalonge, when struck, was a subject of com- ynent between the guide and myself, 1 could tell almost eyery time, withoutsecing the fish, whether I had a hass or mascalonge as soon as the bait was taken, A four-pound bass would afford more sport than an eight-pound masca- longe. Why is it thal the flesh of bass taken from Stony Lake is not so solid as the flesh of those tuken from the St, Lawrence River and Great Lakes? The water being considerably warmer, nay be one reason, During the coming summer Tintend to spend about a month in this region, and will make close observations as to the habits of the musealonge. SPRINGFIELD, O., May 7. Dr. K PENNSYLVANIA NOTES. HH Pennsylvania Angler's Association has stocked the Perkimen Creek with rainbow trout, and we are glad to learn that inslead of making a promiscuous planting, the head waters, where black bass ure not so plentiful, and, as some say, do not exist at all, were chosen, and the lower portions ol the stream nearer the Schuylkill were properly passed by. This society will do a good work for our portion of the State, and isa live and active organization, It is said that one vreut cause of the depletion of the Svhuylkill River waters of its bass, especially the portion which runs through Fairmount Park, is the nelting of thedish at all seasons of the year by the factory people of Manayunk Falls of 8chuyL kill and others who have been violating the law unmolested for several years, and if is proposed to appoint a warden whose business if will be to patrol the river and arrest of- fenders. Wouldit not be an economical plan to interest some of the railroud “‘track walkers” and offer them a fee for cyery case of netting they discover. The railroad track runs ¢lose to the Schuylkill River, many miles aboye Phila- delphia, and if the proper officers of the Reading Railroad were seen 1 have no doubt their consent could be procured to have the employes interested. “Goy. Pattison of our State has signed the bill which will allow the Pennsylvania Fish Commission to sell the Marietta Hatchery property and to select waters better adapted, and we hupe to soon hear of a new site cliosen. Our trout fishermen are now all off on their delayed trips. Your correspondent received a des- patch yesterday from Ichigh Valley, reading, “‘Come up, trout are ripe,” but unfortunately I must stay in Philadel- phia this week, and perhaps lose the best of thesport, which is only had in the Lehigh Valley streanis the first week or so of the season, and the pleasant weather coming upon us this spriug all at once we may expect but a yery short season. PHILADELPHIA, May 11. Homo. | SOME SOUTH AMERICAN FISHES. ' \ E were recently favored with a loan of an old work, ¥ the property of Mr. Francis Endicott, the title of which is ‘‘A Voyage to South America: Describing at large the Spanish Cities, Towns, Provinces, etc. on that extensive Continent, Interspersed throughout with Reflections on the Genius, Customs, Manners, and Trade of the Inhabitants. together with the Nutural Histery of the Country. And an Account of the Gold and Silver Mines. Undertaken by Commanil of His Majesty the King of Spain by Don George Juan and Don Antonio de Ulloa, both Captains in the Span- ish Navy, Members of the Royal Societies of London and Berlin, and Corresponding Members of the Royal Academy af Paris, Translated from the original Spanish, Tllustrated with Copper Plates. Dublin, Printed for William William- son, at Mecwnas’s Head in Bride street, 1759,” in two volumes; from which we quote: Of fish there isa great variety daily brought from the neighboring ports of Chorillos, Callao, and Ancon, the In- dian inhabitants of which make fishing their whole business. The most palatable are the corbinas, and the pege reyes, or king’s fish; but those in the greatest plenty, and at the same time yery palatable, are the anchovies, The corbinas and the king’s fish infinitely excel those of Spain; the latter is also remarkable for its size, being generally six or seven Paris inches in length; yet even these are thought to he sutpassed by those caught in the Buenos Ayres River. It is a salt water fish but very little different from that caught in the rivers of Spain, The river of Lima affords a govt of plawns, two or three inches in length, but these should rather be called erayfish, The whole coasts abound with such shoals of anchovies as exceed all comparison, and be- side the quantity caught by fishermen, they are the chief food of innumerable flights of birds, with which all these islands abound, and commonly called guanoes; many of them are indeed alcatraces, a kind of eull, though all com- prehended under the generical name of guanoes. -A little after the appearance of the sun, they rise from these islands in such Jarge and thick flights as to totally cover them, and fly toward the sea for an hour or two, without any visible decrease of their number, When at some distance from the laud they divide themselves, and begin their fishing ina very entertaining manner, They fly in a circle at a con- siderable height above the water, and on seeing a fish, they dart down with their beak foremost and their Wing's closed, with such force that the agitation of the water is seen al a distance; after which they rise again into the air and deyour the fish. Sometimes they remain a considerable time under water, and rise at some distance from the place where they fell, doubtless because the fish has endeavored to escape, (lus disputing celerity with them in their own element, * * The islands of Juan Fernandez abound greatly in fish of various kinds, among which are fwo species not observed in any other part of this vast sea. One is the cod, whicli, though not absolutely in every particular like that of New- foundland, the difference is very minnte, cither wilh regard to coler, form, taste, and even the small scales observable on that fish. They are of different sizes, but the largest three or four feet in Jength, The other species is a fish re- sembling the tollo in shape, but much more palatable, From the fore part of each of the two fins on its back grows 4 kind of triangular spur, a little bent, but round near the back, and terminating in a point. It has a fine gloss and the hardness of u bone. At the root of itis a soft, spongy sub- stance. This spur or hone. for it resembles both, is such a present remedy for the toothache, that the point of it being applied to the part affected, it entirely remoyes the pain in half an hour. The firstaccount | had of this singular yirtue was from a Frenchman, who was my pilot; but as a reason would not permit me to give credit, with- out experience, to a circumstance seemingly so yoid of probability, the asservations of the man increased my desire of putting it to the proof, which 1 did severs] times, and always with success. I did not fail to communicate a dis- covery of such great benefit; and accordingly several of my acquaintances, who labored under that exeruciating pain, made a trial of it, and found from it the same happy effecis; with this particular circumstance, hat soon after the appli- cation of the bone to the part affected, it became insunsible of pain, a drowsiness succeeded, and they awaked free from the tarture. Lobserved that the spongy substance at the root, during the operation, became greatly intiated, and softer than in its natural state, which could not be alfected solely by the moisture of the mouth, the part put into it be- ing compact, hard, and smooth as ivory. I am therefore inclined to think that it has an attractive virtue, which ex- tracts the morbific humor, and collects it in the root, The common length of these anodyne spurs is two inches and a half, of wuich one moiety, together with the root, is wilhin the body of the fish, Hach face of the triangleis about four lines in breadth, The fish is taken in the same plenty as the others, * * * The seas on these coasts abound in excellent fish, though notin near so greata degree as those near the island of Juan Fernandez, Here are seen, in particular, a great num- ber of whales, which come eyen info the bay; also a tunny and sea wolves. Among the amphibious creatures here is one known all along these coasts, and even at Callao. It is called Pajoro Nino, the bird-child. It in some parts resem- bles a goose, except that its neck nor its billis not arched, and is something larger. It has a thick neck, a large head, and a strong, short bill; its legs very small, and in walking its body isin an erect position. Its wings are small, car- tilaginous, and nearly resemble the fins ot the seal. Its tail isso small as hardly to be distinguished; its wings and whole body are covered with short brown hair, like that of the sea wolves, and generally full of white spots, though some are of other colors; so that upon the whole the bird makes no disagreeable appearance. It lives promiscuously, either in the water or on the land; on the latter it is easily taken, being very slow in its motions, bul when attacked bites severely, though itis observed never to be the first aggressor, * These harbors or roads [Island of Fernando de Norona] abound in fish of five or six different species; among these ave lampreys and morenos, the last of an enormous size, Duli neither of them palatable. At the bottom of this hasbor is taken a fish called cope, from its triangular figure. It has a snout not unlike that of a hog, and its whole body is inclosed in one bone resembling horn, within which is the flesh, en- trails and other parts. On the two upper superfices it is covered with green scales, and underneath with white. It has two small fins like other fishes, and its tail, which is horizontal, is also small, On being tuken out of the water it immediately emits from its mouth a grcenish froth of an 'insupportable smell, and which continues for a considerable May 17, 1883.] FOREST AND STREAM. 309 time. Some of our people who had seen this fish in other parts afirmed that its flesh was of such a poisonous nature as to cause the bodies of those who eat (hough but moderately of if to swell till they burst. But the people of this island were as positive to fe contrary, and affirmed it from their own experience. tion before they eat it: namely, of laying a great weizht on it, thatall the malignant particles might better ooze ont in the foam; and after keeping i) a whole day in this manner they open the hard shell in which it is enclosed, boil it til about half ready and then shift if into other water. | these precautions they affirm that all tle noxious particles areéextracted, But, in my opinion, this troublesome process is thrown awuy, the taste of its Hesh not being at all answer- able, and ¢yen were it in any degree palatable, surely the remembrance of ite fetid smell must diszust the stomach. THE FISHERIES EXHIBITION. [Dispatches to the Associated Press] ONDON, May 12.—Although the sky was lowering this morning. and although there were dashes of rain durin, the day, accompanied by a heavy, murky atmosphere an disagreeable walking, there was a tremendous attendance at the opening of the International Fisheries Exhibition at South Kensington. The approaches to the temporary huild- ings were packed with carriages and foot passengers al an early hour of {he morning, and Jong before noon the twenty- three acres of buildings were filled with spectators from all paris of the world, The details of the ornumentation and atrangement were not complete, owing to the unexpectedly heavy amount of work which the preparations entailed, but the decorations were so managed that they concealed in a large degree the temporary defecls. The general effect of fhe scene was very fine. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by his sons, reached the main hall at 12:10 o’clock, and his cntrance was the signal for mast enthusiastic cheers. Tne dais in this section, to which the Prince was later condueted by the exhibition officials, is a beautiful affair covered by 2 handsomely Wrought canopy. Surmounting the canopy and urtistically setting it off was a crown, from which were suspended fes- tooned fishing nets, From this point the ceremony of in- troducing the royal patty to the mysteries and beauties of the place proceeded according to the programme outlined last night, through the first hall of exhibits—thut devoted to Great Britain—passing thence directly into the departments where were displayed the piscatorial treasures of the United States and Canada. These were given considerable attention and aitracted much favorable comment, Depuvations of tisher- men were drawn up along the line of route. The most con- spicuous and picturesque of these were the Indians of Canada. James Russell Lowell, United States Minister to England, who had joined the party with other diplomats, was not the Jeast interested observer of the display. After viewing sev- eral other exhibits the party reiurned to the dais, where the address of the committee was delivered by the Duke of Rich- mond, He explained the objects of the exhibition; that it was intended not only to furnish an agreexble and instruc- tive spectacle, but that it was intended that the public should receive an actual daily benefit as the result of it; that the ractical cookery of fish was to be illustrated by the National School of cookery, and that the committee had kept steadily before them the fact tliat the exhibition was for the million, He announced that the exhibition would be open several nights each week tor the henefit of the working classes. He expressed in terms uf hearty thanks the gratitude felt bythe committee for the cordial manner with which applications for assistance in the underthking had been receiyed and responded to by foreign governments and by the colonists. He then formally bade the Prince of Wales and his party welcome tothe exhibition. The Prince in replying read from manuseripl. Te ex- pressed his great pleasure in being able to assist nt this cere- mony, and regretted that an unfortunate accident had un- ayoidably prevented the Queen from being present. He hoped that the exhibition would be the means of bringing fo the notice of the people the JatesL and most ctficient methods of securing the bounty of the streams, lakes, and oceans, and would thereby be a practical benefit to them. He dwelled at some Jength on the importance of the lite- faving section of the display and commended it to the atten- tion of the people, In conclusion he conveyed the thanks of the Queen to all the countries nnd colonies which were taking part in the display, and to their represoitatives for their untiring exertions in bringing the matter to a sue- cessful issuc. He was warmly applauded. After some further exercises the exhibition was formally declared open. Lonpon, May 14,—At a banquetin Fishmongers' Hall, fiven ip honor of the International Fisheries Hxhibition, the Prince of Wales said thai the contributions of the United States to the exhibition were especially deserving of credit. Mr. Lowell, the United States Minister, replying to a toast to “‘Poreign Representatives,” thanked the Dulce of Bdin- burgh for the kindness with which he had proposed the toast, and said that the kindness with which he had met With in England convinced him that he represented an elder daughtur of England rather than a foreign country, NORTH AMERICAN FISHES, ULLETIN No. 16 of the United States National Mu- seum is a large octavo of 974 pages, exclusive of index, Ti is the Synopsis of the Pishes of North America, by Prof. David 8. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. This volume will be of great value to every working ichthyologist, It is just what 1 claims to be, a synopsis and not a complete descrip- tion of every North American fish, yet il gives the more important characters of each species. We notice that there are five specits of the Pacific salmons, genus Oncorhynchus; nine Sulmes, including the Bastern salmon and the Western trouts, and cleyen charrs, genus Saledinus, The genus Cristivomer, Gill and Jordan, is not retained, but the Eastern Jake trout is now classed with the charrs, Of the latter we note the following, which are retained as valid species: 3S. Raminycush, siscowét, oguasa, nerest, arclurus, mala, fonti- nalis, hood, rossi, nitidus and stugnedis. The ‘*Canadiansea- trout,” or ‘‘salmon-trout,” is merely noticed as a different form and coloration assumed by fontinal’s when it goes to Salt, water for a length of time, The nomenclature of Hen- ‘shall is followed for the black passes, and wwe think that it will stand and relieve us from the confusion that hasex:sted, We looked to see more fresh waler gars on the list, but 4fnd only three. Former workers made more, but the ten- dency to-day, with the great collection of fishes of the They, however, make use of this precau- By From the conseryatary the purty was taken a 7” National Museum at liand, is to condense, So many con- necting links are found which blend one apparently different form with another, that » series of fishes of ove genus, taken from many localities, will haye sp many common characters, whieh mingle to such an extent, that the naturalist can only call those of widest divergence by the name of varieties. The most puzzling thing in natural history work is the question, ‘‘What constitutes a species?” and it is one that offers u chance for many differences, The Synopsis has a most complete index, which includes popular names, and it adds greatly to the list of valuable work already done by these anthors, Of all the writersin American ichthyology Prof. Jordan has done more than any ofher to popularize the science by writing ina manner suited to the popular comprehension by using Only such scientific terms 4s were necessury to the understanding of his subject and for which there is no ade- quate vernacular term. fis “Manual of the Vertebrates” covered ground never before attempted and gave a clear and lucid deseription of all vertebrates found within the district hounded by the Mississippi River on the west, North Caro- lina and Tennessee on the south, excluding marine species. His ‘Contributions to Lchthyology,” in three bulletins of the National Museum, added to his work and his ‘‘Fishes of Ohio,” in the Geological Report of that State, enriched our knowledge of Hastern fishes. The present work extends that knowledge to all the fishes of North Americaand places Jordan and his cosvorker, Gilbert, among the foremost men to popukirize the study of fishes, This last work coyers the Whole of North. America and will be found of the greatest value. TROUTING IN PENNYSLVANIA. a ees fishing has formally opened in Central Pennsyl yania, The snow has all disappeared from the moun- tains, and the tront streams are resonant sgain with their rippling spring laugh, as they rush hurriedly along their courses to the rivers. Notwithstanding the backwardness of the season and occasional sharp relapses, fishing has thus far proved very successful in some localities. April aud May are rather dull months for trouting generally hereabouts; nevertheless, the *poucher” and the “trout hog” are at work before the season opens legally; and in order to meet with anything like success, the sportsman angler must go early in the Stason, or he will find the streams quite ‘‘ fished out,’ as the ald backwoodsmen term it. From the ineessint ‘‘ whipping” to which the trout streams have been subjected within the past decade, they have not had time to recuperate, and the consequence is that the speckled beauties are becoming exceedingly scarce and shy, On likely days in June, dy getting far back into the brush, some fish may yet be taken; but they are not of the ayerage size, and should be left over for another seagon, A. recent trip to the Seven Mountains, a famous sporting place in Central Pennsylyania, conyinced us of the fact that the glory of those once noted streams has departed, and one cannot fail to conceive what & monster the ‘trout hog” must he, when you hear related to you by the old anglers of this place, with an expression of woe and sorrow depicted upon their faces, that they distinctly remember the time when in two hours you could hook as many trout as was desired, and of a fair size, too; always concluding theirremarks by, ‘But you see, Mister, them times is past. These ere city fellers used to come up here and ketch hull strings of ’em, and then the streams were soon fished out,” Quail and ruffed grouse have been abundant about here for the last few years, and from a stump, a post, or an old stone wall can daily be heard the piping of ‘‘Bob White.” Several flocks of these little fellows haye wintered on my father's farm the past winter, and in the early morn when rousing from my slumbers | can hear their vigorous notes from the orchard. From the present outlook, game, such as grouse, quail, squirrels and rabbits, will be plenty during the coming season. About one-fourth of a mile distant from our house is a favorite woodcock ground, where every sum- mer, after harvest, my brother and I, accompanied by our cocker Joe, haye a fine afternoon’s sport. Wild ducks and geese are passing northward in lurge numbers, , $mos., Max—Beatity. Class By. Chanipion lrish Setter Bitches.—Jolin 8, McIntosh's Lady ESE : Makes Class 80. Champion Collies, Dozs.—lst, Thomas H, Terry's Robin Adair, red, sable and white, yrs , imported, Guy Cliffe—Tyne. Cluss 81, Champion Collies, Bitches.—Thomus H. Terry's Zulu Princess, black and while, 3yrs., imported. champion Marcus— tuby U1, ; (lass 42. Collies, Dogs.—Wm, P. Morrissy’s Jake, black and tan, Ts,, peiligree uninown, 2d, Martin Dennis's Brach, imported black, tan and while, 2yrs.. chacypron Uarlyle—Sanford; Sd, J, D. Shotwell’s Scott, sable, $mos.. Martus—[sle. Very high, coin., 0. Plock’s Conn, sable and white, 15mos., Bruno—Norma; Singleton Vani Schaick’s Sable, dark brown, white chest. yrs. Imos,, imported, Chavlemagne—Minx. High. com-_, George A, Diape's Sam, brown and white, 8yrs., — —Lassie: I, C. Faxon's Rattler, black, tan and white. 2yrs., Tweed 1.—Lassie, (Claas 83, Collies, Bitches,—ist, Thomas H. Terry's Uffie, red sable, dyrs., imported, Tretoil—Mande; 2d, John W. Burgess’s Jean, blaci and white, lyr, champion Mareus—Champion Flora, 3d, Singleton Van Schaick’s Lizzie, golden, sable and white, llmos., Darnley— Olivia, Very high. com,, Singleton Van Schaick’s Nancy Lee, black and tan, 2l4yrs, High, com,, J. Lindsay's Kitty Mac, black, tan and white, 12mos,, champion Ayrshire die—thampion Jersey Liss. Com., F. A. oe aes dark vey 2yTs., LS ey Never- sink Lodge Kennel's Nora, tan, 1amos., Bruno—Norma. Class Si Collies, Puppies, Dogs.—ish, J.D, Shotwell's Lad of Kil- marnock, sable and white, (mos,, Marcus—Isle. Very high, com,, T. (@. Faxou’s Biuce, black, tan and white, 9mos., Marcus—tsle, High, com.. Jolin W. Burgess's Bruce, black and white, lyr., champion Marcus—Duisy, 7 Olass 85, Collies, Puppies, Bitches.—1st, Joseph G. Harrison’s Meg Merrilies, sable and white, 10mus., Mareus—Comet. Very high, coni., J. Lindsay's Fly, sable and white, i0mos,, Rex—Jeannie Nettles. High eom., T, CG, Faxon’s Anite Laurie, black, white and tan, $mos , Mar- cus—isle. Class 53. Trish Setters, Dogs.—Ist, Thomas Wilson's Dash, red, 4yrs., Berkley—Tilley: 2d, Thos, G. Buddington’s Snap, dark red, 22n0s., @hief—Tilley ; 3d, Dr. Chas, Van Vieck's Guess, dark red, 134yrs,, Chief —Tilley, Very high. com., Rory O’More Kennels Kory 0 More, Jr,, red, with white on breast, 15mios., champion Rory O'More—Norah O’More: Chas, W. Roedenburz's Chip, red, 2yrs., Chip—DoesThomas Stodd’s Garnet, red, 2yrs., Elcho -—Dell; Geo. J, Gould's Killarney, red, 18mos., Rufus—Reddie; Henry B. Goelschuis's Chief 1., rei, 12mos., Chief—Doe, High. com., Mrs. Hannah Edmunds’s Vash, red, Ginger—Owner’s Buttercup; John M, Fuchs‘s Red Dash U., Ved, 3yrs,, 8. L, Pettit’s Wexford, red. 2yrs, Chief—Beesey, Garret Roach’s Zig, red, 3yrs., Lord Sligo’s Zig-Zag—Sir O. J, Booth's Wlirt: Rory O'More Kennel's Rexford, red, yrs. 3mos., champion Berkley—Sampson's Nora; Mrs. C. §. Keller's Eleho TV., red, 26mos. champion Elcho—champion Rose: J. Heury Roherts’s Bruce, red, 2yrs.. champion Elecho—champion Noreen. Comt., O. H, Dale's Guy, red, 3yrs,. King Bau—Briggs’s Norah; John Hinds’s Don, red, 1dmos,, Don—Red Sue. é Class fl. Irish Setters, Bituhes.—ist, John M, C. Rodney's Trix, red, syrs., Bleho—Fire Ply; 2d, John F, Dwight’s Noreen hs red. lyr. limos,, Hlcho—Noreen; 8d, Thomas Stodd's Maniie, red, 2yr's., Hleho 1h—Dell, Very high com., M, Walruth's Lady Hridyet, red, 13mus., champion Rory O'More—Samp on’s Norah; Jolin J. Seaplan’s Lnlu TI, red, 3yrs,, champion Berkley—Lulu; Thomas J. Egan's Nellie, red, 2imos., Mlcho ,—Mange. “High com,, Samuel Burr’s Hazelmut, red, 2yrs., champion Berkley—Madge; Charles J. Stewart's Meg, red, 20m0s.. Chief—Beesey; Francis L, Morrell’s Moy, 8yvs., Berkley— Reeckwood’s Maz. Com., E. S, Hinton's Ika, red, Yyrs. Class Trish Setter Puppies under 12 Months, Dogs.—tist., Chas. A. Draper’s Hyperion, red, 1imos,, Micho—Noreen; 2d, Charles RK. Thorburn'’s Lora Wellington, red, 7mos., champion Rory O'More— Nora O'More. Very high eom., Wm. Palmer Smith’s Glencho I, yed, 10mos., champion Hicho—clampion Noreen: Frank Windholtz’s Kleho V., red, 10mos., champion Eleho—chanipion Noreen; W.H. Mason's McLellan. red, §mos., Pierce's Harry—Gussie 1. High com, Geo. J, Gould's Tara, red, Gmos., Ripley's Spy—Waegstafi’s Rose; C. Ted, Whelped Aug, 25, 1882, Ripley's Spy— BULLDOGS. Class 86, Champion Bulldogs. Dogs or Bitches —Ist, George Raper’s Romulus, brindle Sr 2oyrs., Champion Richard Cceur de Lion— Lenshall's champion Peg. Class 67. Bulldogs, Dogs or Bitches—1st, Mrs, James Patterson's Bill, brindle, dyrs., imported, champion Ben—iported Jenny; 2d, Fred A. Rhodes’s Peter, white and fawn, 1émos., Captain—Nettle; 3d, Johu E, Thayer & Bro.’s Moses, white, Heyrs., Sir evis—Nancy ‘Lee, Very high com., J. P.-Barnuard. Jr.'s Major, fawn, 10mos., im~ ported, Sancho Panza—Blister; J. P. Barnird, « rs Josephine, brindle and white, 18mos., imported Tiver—imported Isphia. Tigh com., BE. D. Morgan's Cribb, fawn, 24mos., Byron—Cleopatra: R, & W, Livingston's Eero, 1. brindle and white, 11m05,, Hero—Gypsy; R. 5. Minturn’s Fagin, white, liayrs., Sir Bevis—Nancy Lee, TERRIERS. Qlass 88. Champion Bull-Terriers, over 25lbs., Dogs or Bitehes,— bsent ‘ Atiass 89. Bull-Terviers Dogs or Bitches. over 25 lbs.—Ist, Geo, Ww. Moore's Spring, whive, 17mos., Sefton—Bess; 2d, Chas. H. Hays’s Snowball, hits, 3yrs.; 8d. Geo. B. Woss’s President. white, 5yrs., Randall—Minnie, Very high com.. Geo. B, Woss's Scarlet 11, white, 2yrs., Roweeraft's Randall—Vero Shaw's champion Scarlet. _ Glass 90, Champion Bull-Terriers, under 25 lbs., Dogs or Bitches. — 4st, Col. Sthart ‘Taylor's Kittie, dyrs., Billy—Peg: equal Ist, Col. Stuart Taylor's Pezasus, while, Syrs., George's Duke—Young Puss; full pedi; Class gree. held. Rose, R Clasé 50. Trish Setter Puppies under 12 Months, Bitches.—Ist, GN, Gosman’s Spider, red, 6mos,, champion Rory OMore—Quail I1J.; 2d, Rory O'More Kenuel’s Lady Edith, red, ?mos., champion Rory O'™More—Lady Berkeley, CHESAPEAKE BAY. Class 57. Chesapeake Bay Dogs, Dogs or Bitches.—1st, J- i, Brad- ford’s Neptine. Lowa and while points, liyrs.; 2d, G. C. Clark s Max, red, 2yrs., Sport— Rose, Very high. com,, L, C, Clark’s Ches, red, 2yrs., Sport—Rose. High. com-., David King's Bung, brown, 2yrs., Averill’s Sport—Clark's Rose, Com., Trank Witiin’s Royer, sedga, Ueyrs., Jack—Waterwitch, SPANTELS. Class 58, Champion Irish Water Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches,—Absént. Gluss 59, Irish Water Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches.—ist, H. D. Gard- ner’s Dan O'Connor, liver, 4yrs., chanipion Barney—Kathleen; 2d, H. 1. Gardver'’s Molly, McGuire, liver, 2yrs., champion Barney—irish Nal. High, com., H. D. Gardner’s Bruna, liver, 8yrs., Bob—lLrish Nell. j Class 6) Champion Viekl Spaniels (any color) over 25 tbs. Dogs or Bitehes —Ist. Cal, Stuart Tuylur’s Benedict, black, dyrs., Bachelor (E.1.C.5,B. 6287—Negress (E C.K.8.B, 8373). " Class 61,—Field Spaniels (any color) over 28 Ibs,, Dogs or Bitches,— ist, A. O, Wilmerding's Black Prince, black, 22m0s,, Benedict—Mad- eap; 2d, Henry Kisteman’s Dash, black and white, ayrs, full peidi- pee, Very ngh com., Geo, W. Leavitt, Ji’s Beau, black dyrs., Bob “Nell. High, com,, Thomas. Egan's Judy, lenton and white, oyrs,, imported from England, Com., B. 0, DeLuze's Imp, orange an white, 18mos., Trimbush—Giil ‘ Class 62, Champion Coelker Spamels (any color) under 28 Ibs., Dogs Club’s Hornell Dandy, black, 20mos.,_ or Bitehes.—tst, Hornell Spaniel uniel heron that blac) under 28 Tbs, Dogs els y JORS i Lticked, Bay ere bau ion B f . Cocker Spam Bitches,—tst, Dr. A. Mecollum's Alma, liver, white and meal fi, Bull-Terriers, under 25 1bs., Dogs or Bitches,—Prize with- I Sealey’s G aulling'’s Laurus, yellow fawn, 2y 7 Ibs ad ta ames oe ot May 17, 1883.] FOREST AND STREAM. 313 Syrs., Charley—Queen, High. com., Samuel S. Browning’s Fannie, black and tan, 3oyrs.. imported. Com,, J. P. Barnard, Jr.*s Walluce, blaék and ton, dyrs., imported Major—imported Vic. Qlass 94. Uindie Linmopt Terners, Dogs or Bitches.—ist, Robert Hiuine's Ketpie, pepper, 2yrs., Badger IL—Gypsy: 2d, W._R. Hill's Bob, pepper, 2yrs.. Teddy—Ruby, Very high, com:, W, R. Fill’s Judy, pepper. 2yrs,, Hob—Moll. Hih. com., Mrs, Charles 'T, Titus’s Dirk, pepper. 2imos., Badger 11.—Needle, full pedigree. lass 00. Trish Terriers, Dogs or Bitches.—ist, Robert Ives Crocker’s Gurryowen, brah rad, dyrs., Paddy I.—champion Brin; 2d, J, Cole- man Drayton's spuds. straw color, Syrs., Jack—Night. High, com., Lanrencé Timpson’s Sheil (late Fan), red, 1éyrs., Splinter—Norah, Com,, J, Coleman Drayton's Vixen, brown, 3yrs.. Killing Boy—Lill, class 47. Champion Skye Tertiers, Dogs or Bitches—tst, William Sandersou's Jim, dark blue, Syrs., Burkie—Highland Mary, Glass 98, Skye Terriers, Dogs or Bitches.—ist, William Sanderson's Suter Jobnie, ight bie, 1imos., Burkie—Highland Mary; 2d, W. R. ills’s Pepper, ine. 3yr's,, Tom—Ridget: dd, John W. Connell’s Don, blue, dyrs. Very high. com.. Howard A. Smith's Duke of Athol, pep- per, 1$mos., imported Berkie—Highland Mary. ruGs, : Class $0. Ubampien Pugs, Dogs.—Mrs_ Edwin A. Pue’s George, fawn and bluck, ¢yrs, Class 100, Champion Pugs, Bitches,—No entries, Olass 101, Pugs, Dogs:—tst, James Mortimer's Joe, fawn, Syrs.. full L. Lucy's Fritz, silver fain, 2yrs. Smon., fall extended pedigree: 30, Mrs. C. Wheat- brother to velebrated Champion Sooty; 2d, Miss A. loigh’s Tu Tu, fawn 12mos., Young Peter—Zoe, High cont,. Dr, M. H Oryer’s Roderick Jr, fawn and black, lyr,, Roderitk—Dolly; John Be Shotwell's Pinieh, formerly Sambo, Morrison strain, 18mos., Lulo— Marriott's Com., John Marriott's Sam, dark fawn, 2yrs; Kuward Gilb’s Nibbs, fawn, 2yrs, 8mos.. Sayid—Missy; Paul Dana’s §. Browning's Jack, fawn, lyr. tmos., im- ported L.F, Miller's Little Ben, fawn, Syrs., ohimpion Tragedy— ell, Buttercup: Jobn Marriott’s Bruce, fawn, 2yrs.; John Poneh, fawa, 18mos, Joe. fawn, 2yrs. ; Samnel Class 102, Pugs, Biteles,—Ist, Dr. M. H, Oryer's Jessie, silver, fawn M, H_ Cryér's Vixen, fawn and black, lyr., Roderick—Dolly; 34, Dr. M. H. Cryer’s Dolly, fawn and i in com, Henry Haye- qjou, fawn, Wavemeyer's stock; A, W. Luey’s Minnie May and four puppies, full pedigree; Sidney Dillon Ripley's liny, fain, 4yrs,, Jack—Tiny. Hithcom., Mrs, A. R. Randolph's Patience, fawn, and black, dyrs., Imported; 2d, Dr. blak, dyrs., Toby—Liz, imported. Very bi meyers Ihnos,. Dnke—Jady; John Marriott's Retty, light fawn, 20m Class 105, Pugs (Puppies), under 12m0s., Dogs ov Bitches. M. H. Cryer’s Dot, fawn and black, dmos., Roderick—Jessie, —Doilly. Mes, A. R. Randolph's Punch, fawn, 6mos,, Mungo. Class 10¢, Champion Yorkshire Terriers, Blue and Tan, over dlbs.. Dogs or Bitchés,—ist, Henry Kistemann’s Hero, blueand tan, 3}4yrs., full pedigres. TOY DoS. Class 103. Yorkshire Terriers, Be and Tan, oyer 5 lbs., Dogs or Very high. com., Dr, M.A, Cryer’s Max, fawn and black, 9mos,, Roderiel High, com., Mrs. A. R. Randolph's Toby, fawn, Smos., Mungo; Mrs. A. R. Randolph’s Duke, fawn, Smos., Mungo. Uom., Olass X. To the breeder of the best pair of Trish Setters, Dog and Biteh,—Dr, Wm. Jarvis. . Z Class Y, Wor the best brace of Irish Setters, Dog or Bitch, sired by champion Rufis.—Mr. Geo, J. Qould’s Millarny and Guarda. QCluss 4. For the hest brace of Greyhounds, Dog and Biteh,—Mr, J. R, Pierson’s Ben and Fun. , Class AA. For the three best Greyhounds (two Bifehes and one Dog), owned by one exhibitor, in the show.—Mr. J. R. Pierson's Ben, Fan and Honor Bright, lass BB. Messts, L. & W. Rutherfurd offer a Special Prize of $25 for the Best Pox-Lerrier Dog got by one of their Stud Dogs, or bred in their Kennels, Also, $25 for the best Biteh, same terms and con- ditions. Donors do uot compete,—Alex, Taylor's dog Harold and bitch Helene, Class CC. Por the best Collie Dog got by Champion Marcus or Champion Tweed II. Also, for the best Collie Bitch, same terms and couditions,—Mr. TC. Faxon’s dog Bruce; Mr. John W. Burgess’s biteh Jean. Olass DD, For the best collection of Collie Bitches of not less than three, to be owned by one exhibitor.—Mr. Thos. H. Terry. Class BE, For the best fiye Collie Pups, under 12mos., owned by one exhilitor.—Mr, Thos. H. Terry. . Glass FF. For the bast Cocker Spaniel Dog, and $10 for the best Coeker Spaniel Biteb in the show, owned by members of the Ameri- cain Cocker Spaniel Club, and to be judged by its standard.—Hornell Spaniel Club's dog Hornell Dandy; Mr. Jas. Watson's bitch Nellie. Class GG. For the best Dog or Bitch, the get of Ben, the bulldog. —Mrs. James Patterson’s Bill. 7 Jluss 1TH. For the best Pug Dog or Biteh entered m the Open Classes.—Mr. Jas. Mortimer’s Joe. Olass Hl. For the best black Muglish Setter in the show.—Mr. Arthur Dnane’s Chance. Class J,J. Yor the best Pointer Dog Puppy.—Mr- Jas. P. Swain. Qlass KK. For the best Pointer Bitch Puppy.—Mr. Geo, A, Givens's Reine, Qlass LL: For the best Hnglish Setter Dog or Bitch.—Gen, W. B. Shattue’s Dido I. Ulass MM. For the best English Setter Dog in the Open Class.—Mr. Howard Hartley's Royal Ranger, Glass NN. For the best English Setter Doe Yiuppy.—Mr. J. 0. Don- ners Prinee Royal, Olass OO“ For the best English Setter Bitch Puppy.—Mr, James H. Goodsell’s Queen Petrel. @lass PE. Por the best Bnglish Setter, Dog or Bitch, in the show.— Gen, W. B, Shattwe’s Diclo 11. Class QQ. For the best English Setter Dog under 3 years of age.— Mr. Jas. H. Goudsel's Plantagenet. 3 Class RR, For the best Black and Tan Setter.—Mr. W. H. Tilling- hast’s bitch Perley. Seas: For best Black and Tan Setter Puppy,.—Master Willie Why- land's Don. : Class TT. Forthe best Irish Setter Puppy.—Mr. Ohas, A. Draper’s Hyperion. ne oe For the best large-sized Caniche Poodle.—Miss Work’s ajah IT. Class VV. Por best Caniche Poodle Bitch—Mr, C. R, Fesaring's Kate. Bitches. —1st, Henry Kistemann’s Leo, blue and tan, 2yrs., full pedi- ee; 2d, Henry Kistemann'’s Young Hero, bine and tan, 1lsyrs., full pedigree; Sd, Thomas Conlogne’s Oscar, blue and tan, fomos., im- ported. Very high.com,, Lieut. Aaron Ward's Billie Taylor, blue aud tin, 2yvs.; Miss Cornwell's Min, blue, dyrs,, imported. Hirh. com., John Marriott’s Tip. blue and tan, 3yrs. Com., Geo. Howells’s eee silyer and tan, 3yrs.; Addié Vogt's Mora and puppies, blue and tan, 2yrs. Clags 100. Champion Yorkshire Terriers, Blue and ‘Tan, under 51bs., Dogs or Bitehes.—Transferred to class 107- Class 107, Yorkshire Terriers, Blne and Tan, under d1bs., Dogs or Bitches.—ist, W. G. Demavest’s Bijou, blue and tan, 18mos., pedigree unknown; 2d, Thomas MeDermott’s Charlry, blue and tan, 2ayrs.. imported: 4d, Miss Cornwell's Les, blue, 8mos., imported Tim—im- ported Min. Very high. com., Wan, Collin’s Harry, blue and tan, T8mos,, imported. Class 108, ‘Poy Terriers other than Yorkshire, under 7 tbs., Dogs or Bitehus.—ist, A, Watt’s Billy. black and tan, 18mos.; 24, John Power's Daisy, black and tan, I8mos., full pedigree, Very hich. vom , Mrs, H, A, Kisteman's Ilora, tan, loyrs., full pedigree; Dr. James TD. Wrighton’s Daisy, blackand tan, 2yra. fmos., Danger—Lil; Frank B. Luey’s Lill. pure white, lyr, Doctor Perry's Strain, High. eom,, F. Creveling and T. A. McGowan’s Frank. black aud_tan, bmos.. pedl- ree unknown; F, Creveling and T. A. MeGowan’s Fanny, black and Class WW, Vorthe best Greyhound Dog in the show which has ads before taken a first prze.-—Mr, Chas. H, Mason's Friday Night. Class XX. The Challenge Greyhound Medal.—For the best Grey- hound, Dog or Bitch.—Mr. Chas. H. Mason’s Friday Night. Class YY. For the best Fox-Terrier, Dog or Biteh,in the shaw,— Messrs. L. & W. Rittherfurd’s bitch Diana, aia ZZ. Por the best Mastiff, Dog or Biteh—Mr. Win. Graham's evison, , Class AAA, For the best Foxhound bred in this country.—Mr. Wm. Ball's Spot (imported Joe—Flora) Class BBE. For the best Chesapeake Bay Dog or Bitch,—Mr, J, H. Bradford's Neptune. Class CCC, For the best collection of St. Bernards, owned and en- tered by one exhibitor.—Mr. Rodney Benson’s Bonivard, Cwsar, Ur- sula and Regie, - Class DDD, For the best Beagle Dog or Riith or Puppy in the show-—Mr. Thos. Orgill’s Melody. Olass EEE. For the best Bull-Terrier Dog or Bitch to he judged without regard to color.—Mr. Geo. W. Moore’s Spring. Class FFP. For the best Scotch Collie.—Mr. Geo, W. Peck's Sport. sheen GGG. Por the best Irish Setter Bitch.—Mr. FE, I, Martin's rix. an, bmos,, pedigres unknown; John Shields Foxie, black and tan, iBeyrs,, imported, fnll pedigree, Class 109, King Charles Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches,—1st, Miss Zulie Bisphan's Sallie, black and tan, 2yrs,: 2d, Miss E. L. Moller’s Minnie, black and tan, dyrs., full pedigree. Very high com,, Mrs, H. Hollo- Higzh com., 3 ‘ Com,, W. Coverly’s Charley, black and tan, 3yrs., imported, pedigree unknown; Francis way's Charley, black, white and tan, Wéyrs., imported. A.W. Luey's Blankes, 2léyrs., fil pedigree. Marriott's Flora, vlack, white and tan, lyr. Class 110, Blenheim Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches.—Ist. Mrs. H. (. Pedder’s Lally, lemon and white, 3yrs\. imported, full pedigree. Olass 111. Jupanese Spaniels, Edward J. Dunphy’s Pug. black and white, 24yrs,. full lass 118, Ttalian Greyhounds, Dogs or Bitches,—ist, lan‘s Gip, fawn, dyvs., Dan—Lady; 2 fawn, 7yrs., pedigree unknown, edigree. 4yrs., imported Donglas—Gipsey Queen, MISCELLANEOUS. Class 113. Miscellaneous (or Foreign Class), Dogs or Bitches over 2b Ths. not specified im (he above classification, —Caniche Poodles,—ist, Miss Work’s Rajah IL, black, 2lgyrs., imported; 2d, Miss Rives's Gaulois, black, dyrs., np eg Schwartz—imported Flora; 3d, Miss i Ts., imported Schwartz—imported Flora. Very high. com., Thomas Williams's Schwartz, black, dyrs., full pedi- d 1807s 4yrs., Reed's importation, High. com,. E, Berry Wall's Mignon, black, 1dmos,, imported, Com., Tiives’s Figaro, black, pree; John G, Heekscher’s Kate, black, Thomas Williams's Flora, black, dyrs., full pedigree, Class 114. Miscellaneous (or Foreign Class) Dogs or Bitches nol, specified in the above classificatious.—High, com., Wm, Newhecx's miu. purple, avhite spots, 18mos., imported; I. Weighell’s Judge, mouse, brown spots, §mos., Jady—Fly. SPECIAL PRIZES, Class A, For the best Pointer Dog that has been placed inan Amer- ican Field Trial—Mr, A. L, Godeffroy’s Croxteth, Class B, Por the best Pointer Bitch that has been placed in an American Field Trial—Mr. D, 8. Gregory Jr., 2d’s Belle. Class (, Porthe best English Selfer Dog that has been placed in an American Wield Trial.—Mvr. H, Bailey Harrison's London. lass D. For the best Mnglish Setter Bitch that has been placed in an American Field Trial.—Mr. J, 0. Douner's Bessie. lass E_ Por the best Irish Setter Dog that_has heen placed in an American Field Trial—Mr. J. §. Metntosh’s Biz. Class FP. For the best Trish Setter Bitch that has been placed in an American Field Trial,—No entries, Class G, Mor the best Black and Tan Setter that has been placed in an American Field Trial,—No entries. Class H. Por the best Kennel of large-sized Pointers, to consis) of not less than five, owned by exbibitor—No entries. Classi. Vorthe best Kennel of small-sized Pointers, to consist of not less than five, owned by exhibitor.—Mr, Edmund Oreill, with Rush, tne, Raudom, Rowell and Romp IT, Class J, Por the best Kennel of Hnglish Setters, to consist of not less than ive, owned by exhibitor.—Mr. Jas, U1. Goodsell, with Planta genet, Petrel 1, Don Juan, Petrel IL. and Queen Petrel, Class K, Mor the best Kennel of Irish Setters, to cousistof oot less pen sh owned by exbibitor.—Win, N. Callender, Rory O'More Kennel. _Olass L. Porthe best Kennel of Black and Tan Setters, to consiat of Hot less than five owned by exhibitor.—No entries. Class M. For the best Kennel of Collias, to consist of not less than five, owned by exhibitor.—Mr. Thomas H. Terry. Class N. For tlie best collection of five Pugs owned and entered by one exhibitor,—Ir. M. . Oryer. Class 0. For the hest Pointer Dog, to be the get of Sensation Mrs, Dr. Martin's Ross, Class P, Fo the best Pointer Biteh, to be the get of Sensation —Mr, James P, Sivain’s Nan. Class Q. Por'tha best Dog or Bitch, clusivée of winners in Champion Ma. James H. Goodsell’s Petre! (11. Oluss It. Por the best English Setter Brood Ritch, to be shown with fiwo of her progeny of the same litter, quality of the progeny to he considered together with the dam in judging.—Mr. J, O. Danner's Bessie with Prinee Royal and Princess Helen, Olase Kh, For the best brace (Dog und Bitch) of Trish Setters owned by the same person.—Mr. J, 8. Melntosh’s Big and Lady @lare, Glass T. For the best Trish Setter Stock Dog, to be shown with three of his get.—Dr. Win. Jarvis'’s Eleho, Class U, To the breeder of the best brace of Irish Sellers in the show.—Dr, Whi, Jaryis. ‘ Class V. To the breeder of the best brace of Irish Setter Bitches in the show.—Dr. ‘arvis. : Win of pure Laverack pedigree, ex- clusses at any Show in America,— i ogs or Bitehes,—ist, Charles BE. Pratt's Flo, black and white, 4yrs.. imported front Japan; 2d, eter J, Doo- , Mrs, Annie Kramer's Neppia, , ‘ , Very bigh com., Peter J, Doolan’s Daisy, fawn, lyr., Prince—Gip. Com., E. W, Jester's Pearl, fawn, th Teadon De thevive bak Teel Bente inthe show, | ‘ 2 Five best Bhters : show, SD Wi a Tarvin . Class HHH. For the best Puppy out of imported Mastiff bitch Guinivers.—Miss Louise Robbins Lynch's Lion, The collars offered by the New York Sportsman were awarded as follows: Best Trish Setter—Mr, John §$. MeIntosh’s Lady Clare. Best Collie-—Mr. Thos. H, Terry's Liteh Zulu Princess, Best Grey- hound—Mr. Chas, H. Masons Friday Night. Best Pointer—Mr. Edmnnd Orgill’s bitch Rue. Best St. Bernard- Mr. Rodney Benson's Bonivard, Best Bulldog—Mr. Geo. Raper’s dog Romulus. Best Bull- Terrier—Mr. Geo, W. Moore’s dog Spring, Best Pug—Mrs. Edwin A, Pue's dog George. THE “DOG SHELTER” FUND. N response to a note to Mr. Henry Bergh, President of the American Society for the Preyention of Cruelty to Ani- mals, inregard to the disposition of the “Dog Shelter” Fund, we have received the following: Etlitor Forest and Stream: Therewith send you a copy of a reply to a recent editorial in the Herald, relating to the subject of your note of May 12, Belfeving that your inquiries will be thus answered, T remain, your obedient servant. Henry BERGH. [INCLOSURE. | ‘THE AMHRICAN Socrery } POR THE PREVENTION OF CROELTY TO ANTMALS, - 7 NEw Yor, May 15, 1888, | To the Editor of the Herald - At a meeting of the bouch show of the Westminster Kennel Club in the spring of 1877, an extra day was supplemented, the proceeds of which, after paying all expenses, were donated to the American Society for the Preveution of Cruelty to Animals, accompanied with a recommendation that the sum thus realized be held asa nucleus by the society for the building and equipping a “dog shelter” in this city whenever snificient funds should be supeér-added for that purpose, That donation, amounting to $1,295.25, the soviety still holds, and whenever the racommendation of the officers of the club at that time van be Garrie | out it will be done to the entire satisfaction of the club, as well as the public generally, In the meanwhile, as it was a voluntary contribution te the cause which the society serves, the undersigned may he pardoned for believing that the find alluded tois as secure in the possession of the society as it could he elsewhere. Indirectly, however, the society has all along been carrying out the humane wishes of the Kennel Club by employing its own premises in the care and treatment of friendless dogs; aded to which, ever since the city authorities undertook the destruction of vagrant animals, it haseach season rigidly scrutinized the public pound by detailing one of its officers to attend daily and-see that biinane treatment is at all times assured the dogs while living, and at last aswift and merciful execution. The excellent club, to which the society is indebted for the sub- stantial donation of 1877, can hardly appreciate the amount of - labor and expense continually proyided in carlig for jhe wretched race of aninfals which engages the special consideration and improvement of the club. In short, the small and insufficient sum, So Fenerously bestowed by the club. could notin any other manner haye been em- ployed more effectually than it has been, and isnow being used on behalf of friendless dogs, until by bequest or otherwise an adequate fund shall be provided. You are pleased, in your late editoral, to indulze in some criticisms of 4 personal character to myself, which are as uimerited as they areunkin¢, Yon assert thatl ‘hate dogs and cats, and regard them a3 of litils aceount,” This, I claim, is not sustained, in view of the fact that the presentameliorated condition of all animals in America, 1s mainly attributed in its inception and practical results to the man whom you censure, and who reluctantly makes allusion to uhat per- sonal fact, Henry Bercr, AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER.—Sce advertisement on page 318, THE CHICAGO DOG SHOW. HERE will be a bench show at Chicago, commencing June 12,and continuing four days. The show is given 45 a benefit to Mr, Chas, Lincoin, who will superintend it, which is a puarantee that everything connected with it will be strictly first-class. We trust that the many friends of Mr. Lincoln, among whom are included all lovers of the dog, will give him a rousing send off, and that we shallsee at Chicazo a gathering of sportsmen and their dogs that will pladden the eyes of our genial friend, snd bring to him a substantial token of the esteem and regurd that is felt for him by all who know him. The show will be held in the Barracks, which are close by the Exposition Building, The building is very large and well ventilated, and capable of comfortably benching several hundred dogs. Mr. Lincoln has already received letters from alargenumber of prominent breeders and owners, stating that they will be present with their dogs, Donations of ae i cash prizes have already been offered, and we presuuma that many gentlemen who highly esteem Mr. Lincoln will avail themselves of this opportunity to show their regard by swelling the list. GREAT DANE CLUB. MEETING to inaugurate the above club was held in 38 London, April 14. A notice was forwarded to the Ken- nel Club requesting them to alter the name in their schedules, Stud Book, registration forms, etc., from boarliound to the great dane. Prince Albert Solms having invited Mr. Frank Adcock to attend a meeting of the Continental breeders, to be held at Berlin, to discuss the descriplion of puints to be followed by English and Continental amateurs in the breed- ing and judging of the great dane, the metubers desired Mr. Adcock to represent them at such meeting, and obtain the adherence of those gentlemen to the points formulated, NATIONAL FIELD TRIALS.—Dhe English National Field Trials for pointers and setters were held on Tuesday, April 24, and the two following days, on Sir Vincent Corhet’s estate, near Shrewsbury. The first day’s running was at acreat f White Gates, and began at 9:50, The weather was unpleas- antly cold and raw, and the scent appears to have heen poor. The pointer puppy stakes, which were run first, proved disap- pointing, for the dogs were a medium lot, and did no especial credit either to their breeding or their breaking, The winners in this race were: First, Mr. J. R. Lloyd Pricve’s Bribery (Lord Lieutenant—Professional Beauty); second, Prince “Albert Solmns's Jilt I. (Darwin—Young Jilt); third, Mr. C. J, Cote's Di Vernon (Garnet—Vi); fourth, Mr. Edwin Bishop’s Magme May (Don of Deyon—Fairy). Wien the setter puppy stakes were run, on Wednesday, the weather was much pleasunter, and either for this or some other reason, the dogs did well, and far outdid their predecessors, Twenty-four dogs ran, and some of the work done was excellent. The awards were as follows: First, Mr. Elias Bishop’s black and white Little Bess (Blue Boy—Mand); second, Mr, C, J. Cote’s black, white and tan Dashing Rose (Dash [i.—Countess Rose); third, Mr, R. K, Armstrong’s liver and white Fan (Diamond 11.—Shit T1.); fourth, Mr, Thos. Armstrong's black and white John Ander- son (John o? Groat—Wise), The first business of Thursday was the competition for the cup for the best puppy of both breeds. Little Bess represented the setters and won over Bribery, but neither was conspicuous for good work, The Cloverley Stakes came next, and, after some excellent and exciting work by both pointers and setters, the awards were: Qirst for pointers, Mr. Barclay Field's Young Dick and Sable; first for setters, Mr. Purcell-Llewellin’s Dashing Bondlu and Sable Bondhu; special prize for the best brace of both bracds, Mr. Pureell-Llewellin’s Dashing Bondhu and Sable Bondhu; second prize, Abbott's pointers, Drab and Mat. A feature o this race interesting to Americans is the fact that, as stated last week, Bang Bang, the Westminster Kennel Club's new Boe, ran in it, and was beaten by the bad work of his brace mate. MINNESOTA'S DEATH.—Near Peake’s Cross Roads, Va.— Yesterday my little sons, aged respectively twelve and thir teen, went to the river, some half mile fram the house, where they had traps for otter, and were followed by the greyhound bitch Mimmesota (daughter of Max Adeler and granddauzhter of the late Gen. Custer’s imported hound), so kindly presented tome as a whelp by the Hon, Wm. 8. King, of Minnesota, just twelve months since, The boys had not been gone yery lon before they came Sy a gre breathless nearly, to say that *“Minnie while chasing a hare had rum against something and burst herself open,” and to beg that I would hasten to the spot and put her out of her pain. The younger hoy went to his mother (that sure and loving retreatin ali sorroy), but the elder boy returned with me, I found upon reaching the spot what they had said to me was true, she had literally “burst. her chest open,” CORN at George Joiner,... ... 23 34 81 29 23 23 168 47 HC Knowlton ws dd Walter Scott... 0,28 Bz BSB CG Merritt... . 0 as CW Hinman.....__ 28 28 59 20) a9 20 W © Loveland ,,......,..75 45 JL Pauling 300 Bt BC gD ath abe SHILA aja sash # 29 32 27 37 25 28 GFIELD, Mass. May §.—The folk s Were mu John Ht Brown. ..,,,.28 33 a7 Ry g 80 to-day with Springfield mifles in the Be eee toons eee $B Islam.._......_ 29 28 a) 29 20 20 ers of Company G, Second Regimeut, who exp-vt to compete at W M Farrow, 58 21 29 a 4 23 Creedmoor for position on the international team: John Smith,,..-..... 29 85 al 2 18 22 5 46 5 d 4-31 FJ Rabbeth —_—___- 3 84 24 20 20 17 5 5 4 5 b 5a EO Shakespeare ., .81 26 20 a1 24 20 5 5 5 6 4 5-33-98 TJ Dolan,,......... 3) 27 23 ot 30 28 £45 ¢ ¢ 4-99 T W Griffiths... _., 48 a1 29 26 28 21 65 4 4 4 5-9 SS Bumstead,,...... 23 8 RT 25 81 16 6 5 4 6 4 5—fa—%4 MAlders ype (ieee 20 Q7 25 a6 24 19 454 3 4 4—29 W DL Gash... 4-4... Pz 81 30 28 20 18 65 5 4 6 5 5-78 i B episee tts es BY fs 26 2 32 28 5B 4445 4 4-20-92 Jinezar, a3) 26 ih 28 25 19 : ALBANY, N, ¥., May 10.—Two matt were j - store taal a 3 HH 3 ae 22 144 | wyck to-day. Conilitions were not Bore aa rtd Tish betas W. Robertso.. = fe a bs # 12 a feel, bright and a strong 12 o'clock wind. The scores were as 5 Shepher 25 23 9 19 16 121 vm Mid-Range Match, 4th Jompetiti i Et T W Wilson 23 22 Q 8 5 113 | Willfam EFitch.......5 5 $5 5 665 5 5" ores i 5 4-74 MR Ba ee aes 28 ahs vl 2 8 112 | William T Miles. yo 8 fF 4b 246 5 5 5 6 b 52 These scores were made out of a possible total of 210 points. The | Leonar Geiger.........4 5 55 54454465 46 5 571 marksmen were allowed 7 shots at each range, the possible total he-| BRSpéllman,Jr.......3 5 45 38 5 44 44 5 4 465 5—(4 ngs i. Chas HGaus....,...... 4554 4838 5 8 45 5 5 0 f 5—f2 fay 15.—Better weather on the second day of the formal test Subseriplion jatch, 2006yds shoots enabled batter scoring to be shown. There was also a larger | William E Viteh.__.._..-.___ ._.. : 54 44 4 5-8) aitendance, The rain came down in torrents while the men were | Buel ( Andrews... Poe. ud 5 4 4 4 4 dogg shooting over the first two ranges, but after that the weather cleared | Samuel B Ward,,, x, 4 444 4 4-99 up and was all that could be desired. The following isa summary of | L Geiger..-.....-....... 2. iene da nathe g 45 3 4-27 the shooting: BR Spellman, Jv .. .3...--5- seve 5 “4 3 4°38 4 2 i 33 200500 690809001000 ae e yds. rds Ss. rds, ds, ds. Total, IM.Pollardy.......2 ne and a THE TRAP. om ays Bull... 30 # a Bh] 33 25 181 oiner. d ft Al 26 31 140) NARRAGANSETT GUN CLUB—Providence, R. 1., May 10,—I'he F Stuart... 82 98 31 84 2% 179] shoot this day resulted as follow jue silver cup, 15 iced Wal Farzoi i ai a r . ales ise Y mesuliaty as follows for {le silyer cup, 15 clay pigeous, TJ Dolan.. f 2 21 31 27 173 | J B Valentine..11111111117111—-15 L Bennett, ._..011110011111101— RW iuegar.. 3 82 20 al 28 Ro 173 | 6 W Tinker, ,111111001110121—12 G J Crandall HU LOL TOW wh Oash. Ae = Be 40 28 23 29 172 | W.G Crandall, .101111111100111—12 C Vaft.......... (0171771100 1—11 JL Panlding. . al 33 23 BL 62 20 170 | OH Perlans, Jr.101111011110101—11 CSheldon - 100100111771110—10 John Smith.._._.....82 32 Pye 30 21 16 168 | G Anthony..._, 110191100171011—11 Pi Baker... 101010101111101—10 W B Johnstone si 24 a2 28 30 23 167 J, Valentine wins cup for third time in sucvession, and it heepmes W Scott 3 3) at 30 25 22 167 | his property. The winners in the Sweep-take matches were as fol- TW Griffiths. jeer te eey 31 RT 27 23 26 166 | lows; irst_5 pair clays, 2 prizes; E, W. Tinker, ist; G1, Crandall, AB Van He isen.,., 28 31 80 28 zi 26 166} 2d, Second—6 glass balls: J. Gb. Valentine, Ist; G. J- Crandall, 2d, SS Bums-tead........ 27 32 24 28 31 23 165 | Third—6 glass balls: J. B. Valentine, Ist; G, J. Crandall, 2d. Vourth arederice Adler, ...31 3 i 25 23 m= 164 | —S clays: G. Cary, ist; A. B, Adams, 24. F An wINty ee ee yi s 2 25 162 7 aa “hi Fu Rabbeth,.... st 31 &5 ae = 161 Light lofantry Corps for pee Oh thawateueiiete I'he Teun at J H Brown.., 34 20 23 a4 19 169 | Benning, Dr. Scott was absent. The wind was strong and change 5 E Islam at 20 aa ap 16 16 | able, but the ight very good. The leading scores epee ite E O Shakspeare., 30 26 29 32 7 158 } Pollard.—20yds,.4484544—8) Cash ee anvil Pod bd 4 4—ay HS Bellsmith.. Bog od) mst tO] TM ode 8 tye 4 BBE 6 BOBS Tsolvils 2444 6 6 5 SLSR W Robertson BL 6k), SCS Od dd oes ES eeL Rt eae heath aaa S1S-ott.. .. eh eee Sh Ee sodyds.4 43 45 5 5—20 soyvus... 845543927 JS Shepherd........ 28 BL Bs 16 a1 148 Q0iyds..5 54.3 45 4—B0 aoiyds,. 44524497 BOSTON, May 12.—At the Walnut Hill Range this afternoon there 1,000yds..4 3446 5 G—80 100yds...4%8546 6 2-28 was a fair attendance, with good, light pleasant weather, and the = = wind dial indicating 4 to C pune: es Se Wing are the scores: Total, --2.;2:25:-t= pateeaes 186 Dobe Ss pte as Caw te sees LUE weedmoor Match, rr 7 J . 2 me ns. of ‘ant oi LO Denmeson... seven nd 4B 4 4 5 6 5 £ 5-45] Gurclub made the following seores at 15 clay pigeous. euch, bys, Hee ny ae ee ae Rbot se He 5 2 5 3 45 4 4 545) in their regular mateh May 9, 1883: Is aay OB ieee wees nents nesses wo : 85 4 4 4 440) Milts.....-. 223-5 1110110111111 1—13 100111 11100110—10 Creedmoor Prize Match. MeLeo 11110011110110—12 410001101011111—10 1B Thomas, .......---.-++- pestteee peed 6 45 5 5 5 4 5 516) Bailey {111001111011 111 11100)100)11011— 9 JP Bates .. itwesd 4455 85 4 4 4-43] ee” 72 .2°410110101117100—11 “11000111011011— 9 CB Edwards. .....0...-.-.s.004---- 00 53 445 4 4 4 5 4-42 | Piihage........110011111001110—10 {ON000TNOR0I111— 6 ‘ Decimal Match, raeae Aaa 111011.100011101—10 “OUOLONOOL01IIO— 4 OMIA OW GD nee tard Fotreeeren oe S810. ee 0) 090 BO 97l | en ene eee SOMTLOOMNIOIOOL— ob J Merrill. ... 9 810 & 8 @ 910 9 10—87 * + ® R Foster. ‘86898 0 8 7 8 9-80 MILFORD, Mass., May 10.—The Milford Sportsmans Club have JN Frye... (9 510 610 7 5 910 9—78| had their first club shoot of the season at the Wilkinson Range. hy Di@auideetrasadk 2 8 59 69 9 6 7 8—%6 Sehr trap was used. Out of a possible 20 the following records wer oF SSWilders 4: sdvajkit omen a eee eee 9 910 9101010 810 9—g4| William Barrows.....-----:.---- 15 AH Harris....- paps lerstrite a aM ete stoma shade mma 9 810 9 7 9 9 9 9 y—gg| John Hunting... se reed BMA sree a BP SBabes: ., te ee ninety he eae 77480909 9 Aa BREE aries: sWeters ua NN ee THE BRITISH TEAM.—London, May 5.—Lord Brownlow has heen | Warden ss). sued, WE Dennett appointed chairman of the committee having charge of the arrange- | Gq Moorhouse..... ....-...... 10 @A Mann_......., 2: a ments for the forthcoming International Rifle Match, The other members of the committee are Sir Henry Halford, Colone] MeDonald, Edinburgh, and Messrs. Walround, Young, Humphrey, Waller, and Scriven. A system of district aides has been greener for the pur- pose of superintending ihe local practice of candidates for admis-ion to the team. There will he competition shortly before the Wimbledon meeting, at which will be selected twenty-five candidates for the team and at the end of the first week at Wimbledon there will be a further selection of eiguteen for the team and its reserye members. LOWELL, Mass.. May 12,—The Lowell press rifle team had a quarterly meeting and practice shoot at the City Farm range this afternoon, The Nimrods were badly troubled with a strong wind from the east, although they made a number of good hits. The score was better than that made at the firstineeting. At the business session the team yoted tt) add vo their roll of honoraries the names of EL A. Rogardus, Dr. Carver, Charles H, Hoyt of the Boston Post and C, W. Foster of the Philadelphia News. The name of Buffalo Bill Was rejecied by a unanimous yote. It was voted to authorize the president and secretary to negotiate for a shorter range and larger targets. COMPLIMENTARY MATCHES,—The special individual matches arranged for American marksmen at the Wimbledon range are as follows: The Bodine (military breech-loaders), b. d. entries, open to all comers, aggregate yalue, £50, given by the N. R. A.—2iWyds., seven shots; entrance fee. 5s. for each entry; position standing. Prizes— One of £10, one of £6, one of £4, one of £3, one of £2, twenty-five of £1, £25; total, thirty prizes, £50. The Molineux Soeey, breech- loaders), b, d. entries, open to all comers; aggregate value, 50, given by the \, R. A.—d00yds., seven shots; entrance fee, 63. for each entry. Prizes—One of £10, one of £6, one of £2, one of £2, twenty- five of £1, £25; total, thirty prizes, £50. These matches are not re- stricted to government pattern, BELLEVILLE, Canada West, May 10.—The annual meeting of the Hastings Ritle A sociation was helilJast niget, when the following officers were elected; President, Lieut.-Col, Lazi-r, Fifteenth Bat- tery; Vice-Presidint, Lieut. J. W. Johnson, Forty-ninth Battery; Second Vice-President, Lieut. W. N. Ponton, Seventeenth Battery; Secretary and Treasurer, Sergt. H. Tammage, Forty-ninth Battery, The president offers a binocular field glass, value $3). to which the assoviation will add a silver medal, for a handicap match, TORONTO, May 5.—The season's targer practice was inaueurated at the Garrison commons to-day. About 150 members of the volunteer force, principally Queen's Own and Grenadiers, were present, anil although the weather was not favorable for shooting, some very fair scores were made. Shooting commenced about two o'clock and con lnued without interruption wnlilif was almost too dark to see the targets. Six of the new canvas targets were in lise all day, The shootiug will be continned twice a week, inthe mornings and every Saturday afternoon throughout the season, DOVER, N. H.—The Strafford Guards had its 60th training day on May}, and created a sensation, In addition te parades, etc., there was a Shoot at City Farm. Thescoresran; Stratford (iuards—First was won by John J. McCann. and the second by Joseph HW, Por- ter. The best single shot was made by John J. McGann, and he holds the gold medal presented by the fulaski (iuards of Boston, which belongs to the winner for oue year. Mv, McCann won ib last year. Great Falls Light Infantry—the first prize was talcen by Frank Neal, nnd the second by Charles Linstott, Bell Rifles, Exeler—Tirst Whe waswon by Capt, A, F. Cooper, and the second by Sergt, Lyfore Honorary Members Strafford Guards—The first was won by A. T. Pinitham, and the second by John Craig, CANDIDATES FOR CAPTAIN.—The gentlemen whose names are being suggested for the captaincy of the American Team, which is to shoolat Wimbledom next July, are as follows: Gen. G, F, Roobing, of New York, udjutamt of the team of 1882; Col, HG, Litchfleld, of de United States Army; Col. J, O. P. Burnside, of Washington: Gen. J. R. Hawley, of Connecticut: Col, E. H. Sanforl, 1st division stall, N.. Le ; ¥,8.N G.; Col G, B. P. Howard, of New Jersey, and Maj. E. 0, olden much better than twenty siraight from the Card. 7 think the | Shakespeare, of Pennsylvania, Card fs the best trap made for beginners, —PAwiusrrT, WELLINGTON, Mass., May 12.—Quite & number of sportsmen visited the grounds of the Malden Guu Club to-day. Toe following were the winners in the subscription matches: Tirst event, five birs—Hopkins, Adams and Lewis, first; Wielding and Noble, second. Second event, five birds—Livingstone, first; Hopkins and Noble, second; Fielding, third, Third event, glass balls—Noble, Lewis andl Johnson, first; Hop- lniis andl Thompson, second: Livingstone. third. Fourth event, clay pizeons—Nye, Sanborne and Livingstone, first; Jobnson and Lovering, second; Adams, third, Fyith event, clay pigevois—Noble, Thompson and Nye, first; Lover- ing and Hopkins, second; Start and Sawyer, third, Sixth event, cluy pigeons—Sawyer and Nye, first; Adams, second, Considerable interest was taken in the ‘‘allcomers* match, Buflam making two full seores of ten birds each, and Noble and Lewis one each, The seores are as follows; Buffum, 10; re-entry, 10; Noble, 10; Lewis, 10; re-entry, 0: Hop- kins. !; Adams, 9; Dean, 9; Thompson, 8; Fielding, 8; re-entry, 3; Hllsworth, 8. CARD FROM THE LIGOWSKY COMPANY.—Cincinnati, 0., May 5, 18t3.—Editor Forest and Stream: tu your issue of May 3, you haye a communication frum Chicago, T., under date of April 27, in regard to a bill before the Dlinois Legislature prohibiting live pigeon shooting, Among the obh r things, 1b mentions a malicious insiiua- tion that the Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Company. of Cincinnati, vas a finger in the pie im the attempt to pass such a bill. We desire to as- sure you that this company. has al no time attempted, in any shape or manner, either in Illinois or elsewhere, to interfere in live plge¢on shooting. Such a malicious insinuation does us great injastice, and we kindly ask you to grant.us the space in your valuable pauper Lo pluce ourselyes right before the public.—Tar Ligowsky OLAY PicEon CoMPANY, AVON, N. Y.—There will be a trap shoot under direction of the Avon Springs Gun Club. The programme wul be as follows: First contest, $25; 7 glass balls; entrance $1.25. Second contest. $3); 10 clay pigeons; entrance $1.50, Third contest, guaranteed $10; 10 gliss balls; entrance $2. Fourth contest, $3); 7 clay pigeons; entranve $1.50, Purses divide! 40, 4), 20 and 10 per cout ‘Cweony entries to fill, except number three. Balls thrown from Cird’s rotary trap. NATICK, Muss., May 12.—This afternoon the Natick Sportsmen's (Inb held its rezular weekly shootat glass balls. The range was 18yds,, and the shooting a. 2) balls from a rotary trap. The tollow- ing are the best scores: J, H. Wright, 14; C. Smally, 14; 0, W. (iile, 18; J, Mahard,12; A. H. Haws, 11; @, Roach, 11; A. Walker. 10; J. Blandon, 9; A. Travis, 9; F. Stevens, 8; A, Frlch, 8; A. Hunting, 7. ROCHESTER, N. Y.. May 3—The Genesee Sporesmen's Club held the opening shoot of the season at the grounds near the Vacuum Oil Company's works to-day. There was a good allendance, but the weather was bad, Inthe regular shoct Dittmer secured first money, Reissinger second, Gardner third and Green fyurth, ‘This was Lol- lowed by a number of sweepstakes, clay pigeons beng nsed in place of glass balls, KNOXVILLE, Tenn,—There will be a grand shootin, tournament under the auspices of the Kuoxville Gun Club, at the Trotting Parle, May 23 and 24. All shooting at clay pigeons. Association rules to govern. The secretary 1s Mr. C. C, Hebbard, HAYDENVILLE, Mass,, May &.—Tirst regular shoot of the season, glass balls, single revolving trap, Bogardus rules, 2lyds. vise: __ T Courtright, —...-..101N1—) BW Larkin, --....,.---110000M—7 BE MeQaffery. -. .1111100111—8 LL Watting........----JUM1111—9) J Metcalf..:- 02. «..- 1111111110—9 TRAPS.—Providence, May 8.—Sdftor Forest and Stream: T notice ina late issue of \dur valuable Paper a communication from my friend “Narragansett.”in reply to “nassacus.* J heartily endorse all he has said in regard to the Holden trap, only Ddo not think ho nts ic quite strong enough. T consider sixt.en ont of twenty from a prize May 17, 1883.] FOREST AND STREAM. 315 Pachting. To insure prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of tm- portance are liable to delcy), FIXTURES. May 2U—Qnincy Y. C., Mass., Spring Regatta (1 P. MA), May 30—South Boston Y. 0,, Open Matches, May 3)—Pennsylyania Y. ©, _ May 30—Atlantie Y. C., Opening Cruise. May 80—New Haven Y, C., Opening Cruise. May 3)—Sewanha.a Y, C., Opening Cruise, May 80—Jersey City Y. Cy. Opening Suil. May 3)—Knickerbocker Y. C,, Spling Regatta. May 3)—Penmylyania Y, C., Spring Regatta. May 3!—Ailantic ¥_ C , Opening Cruise. June 5—Hudson River Y, C,, Annual Regatta. ; June §—Larehmont Y. C,, Pennait Match, Classes 1, 2. 3. June 11—Quaker City Y. 0 , Aunual Regatva, June 12—Guiacy, Mass., Y. C,, First Race '2 P. M.). June 16—Larehmont Y. C., Peuna t Mateb, Classes 4, 5. June 16—Dorvhester, Mass., Y. C., Annual Regatta. June 1f—New Jersey Y. C., Annual Regatta. Jone 18—Huil, Mass., Y. C., Union Regatta. June 18—Oooper’s Point Y. C., Annual Regatta. June 19—Atlaniic Y, C. Annual Matches. Jone 20—New Haven Y. C,, Animal Regatta. June 2i—New York Y. C, Annual Matches. June #3—Sea vanhala Corinthian Matches. June 28—Larechmont Y, C,, Pennant Match, Classes 6, 7. June i3—Hull. Mass., Y. C., Champion Pennant Regattas. June 25—Williamsburg Y. 0,, Annual Regatta. June 25—Ecl p-e Y. ©., Annual Regatta. June 27—Quiney, Mass., Y. C,, Second Race (2:3) P. M.). June 24—Reratha of the Bastern Y, C. off Marblehead. Jue 30 ta July 4-Chicago Aunual Matches. July 4-Larechmont Y.C., Annual Ri gatta, 5 A July 7—#everly ¥. C.. arblehead, First Championship, July T—Hull. Mass.. ¥. C., First Clib Regatta, July 12—Quiney, Mas . C., Third Race (3:30 P. M ). July 14 Lsar-lmont ¥, C., Pennant Match, Classes 1, 2%, 3, July 2i—Larechmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 4, 5. Jnly 2i—Biull, Macs., Y, C., Second Clu» Regatta. July 2—Larchmont Y. G , Pennant Match, Ciasses 6, 7, Aug, 8 and4—Chicago Y. O., Annual Regatta. Aug. 4—New York Y. C., Renduzvou- at New Port. Aup. 4d—Beverly Y. C., Nahant, Second Championship. Aug. 4—New Haven Y. 0., Annual Cruise. Aug, 6-—New Hedford Rendezyous at New London, Aug. 8—New Bedford Annual Cruise ’ Aug. 10—Quincy, Mass., Y. C., Fourth Match (3 P. M,). Age. 11—Larchmont ¥. C., Pennant Match, Clusses i, 2, 3. Aup. 11—liull, Mass., ¥. C., Thi;d Club Regatta, Aug. 18—Larchiuont Y. C., Pennauf Match, Classes 4, 5. Aug. 18—Hull, Mass,. Y. C., First Championship Regatta, Ang, 25—Larchmont Y. C,, Pennant Match, Classes 6, 7, Aur. 25—Hull, Mass,, ¥. O., Open Regatta, Sept. 1—Hull, Mass.. Y. (1, Second Champion Regatta. Sept. d—Beverly Y.C., Marblehead Open Matches, Sept, 8—Larcumont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 1, 2, 3. Sept. 8—Hull, Mass, ¥. 0 , Third Championship Kegatta. Sept. 8—Quimey, Mass., Y. C., Closing Regatta, ; Sept. 10—beyerly Y, C,, Swampscott, Third Championship. Sept. 1i—Beyerly, Muss., ¥, C., Third Championship Race at Swamp- scott, Mass. Sept. 15—Lar¢hmont Y. C , Pennant Match, Classes 4, 5. Sept. 22—Larchmont Y, v,, Pennant Mates, Classes 6, 7, THE DEATH TRAP GRAYLING. Etlitor Forest and Streams: Upon the very eve of my return from Central America the disaster to the new schooner Grayling fairly stared me m the facein stiff, eold type in the daily papers, Jt was the first thing which caught my eye. I could hardly belteye whatI read, That the Grayling was a dangerous vessel, untit for yachtiig purposes; that she was “Wesizne 17—thitis wuittled—in peifect disregard for the rudiments of nayal architecture was too well known to every competent observer, Many people there are who will bear me out in the asser- tion that {ive watning in unmistakable terms of what might be expected, even while Gravling was still on the stocks an untried vessel. Notably did T express my judgment to Mr. N. D. Lawton, whoimay yetbave the evidence in black and while that I pronounced the Gruyling, while still building, nothing better than a dangerous trap, in which no sane person should tisk life atsea. But glaring as the erroneous conception of her model was, and crude and pro- vincial the underlying infatuation for beam and light, displacement, nol even I ventured to believe that retribution for the defiance of nature and elementary physical laws was so nigh at hand as events have vecently proven, So thee ickens havs come home to roost! The capsizing of the Graylng was in the fullest seuse ignominious, diseradrfuland disheartcning. Ignomimious because a yessel large enourh in tonnage to cruise the world over sue umbs to a casual pull iu the lower bay, a duck-puddle compared to the seas; disgraceful becau-e it argues the lowest ebb and meanest intelligence in the fash- ionibeg anc rigging of many of our yachts; and disheart.ning because il. sets back tie popular development of the grandest of all sports. Tor, gloss over the affair, whitewash the sorrowful exhibition of Grayling, Montauk aud Gracie in the lower bay last Sunday as ioter- ested persous may, the public is not to be misled as to the real facts ati the bottom of the wretched display, this last stray upon the eamel's back. That no lives \ere lost, that numerous families are not now mourning the los, of drowned members of their circles, tha- support has uot veen snatched from woman and child is solely a matter of luck or Providence, as you wish. The Grayling did her level best, all that could be asked of the most pronounced trap in existince, to thrill (he community with horror atanothér Mohawk dis- aster, al the sacrifice of precious life on the altar of vicious, iticorrigible ignorance und coarse, fluunting recklessness, fying in the face of the most ordinary experience and common sense, The public can- not be bamboozled by two columns of laborivus defense and lame excuses in tue Herald emanuting from a source cramped in honest expression through the oblization of personal favors in the past and obuers expected in the fyture. Much less can the wool be pulled oyer the public’s eves by such drivel as is dished up in the World in the ships of an “interview” which bears the stamp of romance upon its face, ‘The naked truth is too raalistic, far too close a Shaye upon the diresh /esults. to escape even the most casual, A yacht sails down the bay, metts & pull, capsizes and sinks to the boltom, Her crew arceayed by the accideiutal proximity of another yessel. Butfor that they would have perished like miseravle rats. That is the whole slory; thatis all there is efit, Anu a dismul comment it is upon the stale of y.cht building in America in general, uni a crushing yer dict for (nose responsivle for the production of such an ill-sharred Rome yors as tiis latest sham added to the yacutiug fitet of this eouml ry. Why did the Grayling capsize and sink? Because she is too wide and (00 shoal, because sue depends upon a high meta center for stability instead of a low center of gravity. Why was she so built? Because a certain school, no, 4 mere clique of empyri¢e and narrow- minded provincials, has pronounced and clings to au unproven dogma tual speed can be had only on light displacement, and taat of itself inyolves the srotesque proportions of beam amd depth exemplified ii the death traps Grayling and all otbersof her ilk. Facts innum- eruble, proot inaisputable, thrashings by foreign yachts builtupon opposile principles. notwithstanding the petty mind, whose incep- tions emanate irom mud-enyironed pastoral climes, refuses to rise, aud probably will refuse till doomsday to rise to the oceasion to see, learn and adapt. ‘Tt was not the yacht's fault,” so says the dotard of tue World. In the name of an infinitessimal grain of common senst, whoserault wasit if not thatoft toe yacht? Perhaps the nin- eommpoop of the World will lay it all on poor, loug-suffering Provi- fenee for having sent a litila poft, wien Providence might have known it to be nauebty, for the whittlejacks who whittled the block from which Grayling was copied never counted ou a puff, and it wasu’| fair, you know, to ask ws yacht tosurvive such an infliction. Pulls never oceur, oughtnot to oecur, and to model yachts to pull thyough such visitations is expectizg too much, and truthfully it is froin the questionable concepiuons of which Grayling has shown her- self sucu a prime exemplification | Sutbupon such producticus,1 say. Out upon death-trap carica- tures like Grayling, which bring dishonor upon us as designers and econstructorsia Ameries. Out upon the gaudy make-believe shams which wenace the peace of our firesides at every litte puff; and out hipon the shallow lieads of those who, in spite of experiences they have witnessed, adhere with thy tenacity of cast-iron mules to dogmas eae time sar time again before ie prosperity of puch Kaashatee é eir very Hoses! How long is achting to be retarded by the multiplication of ¢Graylingy Machimé, nay worse, for she and her! The class will be probably kind are at best but sand-baggers, without the bags under the weather rail! The Grayling is not a yacht, she is not suited to yachting purp7ses. Loudly as the seagoing qualities of our schooners have been extolled by the ignorant, who boastingly proclaim them fit for any voyage, if their ow=ers but felt inclined tu cruise off shore, the cold fact re- mains that one of the most highly extolled is unfit to go to sea, is un- fit to take the chances in the lower bay, is unfit to be caught more than a eable’s length away from suceor, is unfit to carry ought but professionals and prize swimmer-~ in the bargain, To ask ladies ora family aboard such misconceptions as the Grayling ana her proto- types, isto assume the responsibility of being a party to deliberate manslaughter. That is the view the law may take of such shameful exhibitions as these days again witness, ; ‘ Compensation for loss i; granted where ships leave port in an un- seaworthy condition, nor does the law excuse ignorance of the fact, When Gamages are collected for losses by the capsizing of a yacht so faulty in construction and so recklessly sparred as the Grayling, finan- cial stress may act as a wholesome corrective, und preserve the pub- lic from the risks forced upon them by freebootersand quacks in a science far beyond their ken. ‘ = But, it will be argued, Grayling is oversparred, and that if canvased within reason she migit have been spared the ignoble farce which has befallen her the first test she met, She is not oversparred for speed, though she certainly isfor safety. Granting for the moment that the slipshod reasoning which forms the foundation for her gro- te qué proportions possessed the truth and weight her or ginators vlaim, it still remains that a rig which cannot be carried with safety is more than the yacht shuld be allowed. Reef Grayling down within the limits ot safety and she loses materially mspeed. She becomes slow, And the only ground upon which such caricatures ean possibly be suffered is their supposed superiority in speed over models of more rational proportions. But with a rig within safety even this idle claim of ene as speed no longer exists, and, surely, robbed of her speed the Grayling and her class have nothing what- ever to recommend them totavor over yachts designed with refer- ence to the work a legiiimate yacht ought to be capable of accoin- plishing without distress, much more without critical danger to herself and crew, The Grayling had no cockpit, her ballast did not shift, nothing gaye way, She went to the bottom out of sheer incapacity to keep night side up in a puff no stronger than pices to be met with a score of timesina year, As an example of naval architecture the Gray- ling represents the lowest stage of its development. She is an effort to accomplish by ill-digested Houndering and by brute force what the skilled and liberal mind brings about by retined balancing, by well considered adjustments, by “give and take,’ and aboye allby a proper respect for the experiences of all men, of all nations, and of all times. The Grayling is a pointless hobby ridden to death, and ten fathoms under thesea. She lies half buried in the sand, an expenditure of the maximum amount of money with a mininjum amount of brains, a laughing stock to professional men, a lesson to her sponsors, and, most regretably of all,a check to the spread of popular taste and faith in the intelligent and manly sport of amateur lite at sea. Lier owner, still among the living owing to bull-luck, is reported still highly pleased with his yacht. If this be true, it is fortunate, tees would be unsaleable in the market unless as a hulk tocarry coal. My language may seem strong. Itis no prune than the flagrant trespass upon the credulity of the public, of which the daily press has been guilty in this matter, requires as a corrective. It is no stronger than imperatively demanded if the public is to be sayed the disastrous consequences of fashion run riotin such man traps as the Grayling. C, P. Kunpnarpr. NAUTICAL MAGAZINE,— Our readers who favor the idea of being pushed along by the ketule twiddling a wheel, will read with interest; the conclusions Mons. J. A. Normand comes toin a paper he read before the Institution of Naval Architects at their spring meeting, as set forth in this journal, A speed of 20 knots at sea with a little ship of from 50 to $0 tons displacement, would give yachtsmen a fine pleasure vessel, The attention drawn by this magazine to the im- provement Lloyds haye made ce last ten years in their rules for the seantlings of iron ships, will be read with great interest just at this tim, when, as set forth by Commander Gorringe in an ex- tract we give ip another part of this paper, of his conclusions on the strength of American iron for ship and steam yacht building, com. pared to the iron used in Mnglish yards for this purpose. DORCHESTER Y. C.—Our correspondent writes us of tha race coming off on June 16, thatit is to boanopen race in deep, open water, and there willbe a good entry of 43-footsloops and cutters. t, L. W. L, and under, THE MADGE, SCHEMER AND WAVE CUP. as UaIpEe of the little English cutter Madge will be well remem- bered by our readers. The three contests came off in the fall races of the Seawanhaka Y. C. of New York in 1831, and resulted by the following being engraved on the cup which we give illustrated sketch of in this issue: Won by the Scotch Gutter “Madge,” Ten Tons, James Coats, Junr., In the Races over the New York Course, Sailed under the Auspices of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club, September 27, 28, 30. 1881. Actual Corrected Time, Time. Beating Sloop ‘‘Schemer"’ 5m. 48s. 17m, 41s, Beating Stoop **‘Waye"’ lim, dis, 25m. 39s. Beating Sloop “Schemer’? 5m. 17s. 17m. 6s. Itis tu be regretted that the owner of the Madge has not found it convenient to race his boat since, She is, excepting the Maggie, of Boston, Mass,—which is but a tolerable representative of an English racing and cruisiug boat—the only little craft we Lave in our Eastern rts that has much of arecord. Bedouin has been raced, and no oubt will again meet in competition with ourskimming dishes, with that awful spread of canvas and with centerboards which lower to about one-third more than Bedouin has depth. Then Oriva and Wenonah, with their restricted draft of water, will tackle the smaller craft. The new Marjorie may come in time, and the new fort) -tonner we hear Harvey is aboutto build during the summer months may be ready for the fall races; still for the spring races. and summer cruising the ery is, Where is Madge? Ifth owner of Madge would put herinto the races and accompany the cr ises this summer, he would do much toward forwarding that type of boat which we are destined to take our pleasure in, and our sailors would recognize sooner the comfort of boats in which, after racing for the day, they and their owners haye somewhere to shelter themselves at their full stature, _ We are pleased to see that Mr, Cary Smith's new little cutter build- ing by Driscoll, at Greenpoint, is made like the proportions of Mage, and that the va, ee type of sea-going craft has found favor with that designer. She already assumes in the few frames that are stuck up, showing her form quite the Harvey & Pryer contour, and reminds us of a visit we paid lately to some of the yacht building yards in England, Making such great strides as this from the time Oriva made her debut in the waters round about New York, and noting how all the boats building at Boston, Mass., and other ports are stretching out in their proportions of length and depth, augurs well for the future, and makes us regret that Bedouin’s owner did not, on ordering her design, consent to have imported into her qualities which would have made her a better defender of the old America's cup, a cup we are all-o proud of, and which we have now held for so many years. The eup, Madge’s cup, s0 ably won from Wave and Schemer, has left our shores for England, It is a trophy of victory we should take a lesson from if we are to hold the trophy won by the old America, Miranda, the winner of all the pots from boats of her own outline of drapery, and some from those of the cutter and yawl rig in Eng- J md, must find fresh waters lor her owner’s chief amusement, and should she pay us a visit a second defeat will surely follow, for, with adisplacement exceeding our schooners of the same length, and with nearly 20 per cent. less beam, she would drown any of them when the water is ever such a little ruffled and play a winning game on most fine days. Messrs, Domuuck & Haff, of New York, the designers and manu- facturers of the cup won by Madge, deserve great praise for their work, It is one of the most suiiable trophies for the purpose we have seen for along time, and the workmanship is excellent. Mr, Coats will not be proud of it for the victory it represents alone, as it is both in design and workmanship a fair illustration art has made in this country. SLOOP vs. Editor Forest and Stream + I have so frequently been asked ''Will & cat-rig go closer to the witid than w sloop-mg?" that I take this method to reply. A boat shaped to suil a cat-rig, especially with a small boat with the well- casing abaftthe center, and the sail not oyer large, so As not to in- terfere with its distribution, the catis the best. One sail always has more power on a wid than the -ame area cutup into two pa ts. Tha wind striking the luff of the sail, gathers power continually until it passés out ofthe leach. When brought directly on a wind, 2 well- proportioned hull, with suitable suil, ete., will go one point nearer the wind, On the other hand, however, in the case of open yachts, CAT-RIG. 316 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 17, 1 with windward ballast and large sails. the sloop-rig is the best, simply hueause 4 long-footed jib is not only a lifting guil by its angular form, but when handled by experts—espegiqily in flawy weather—will fill when well flown off, while the mainsail is brought so close by the Wind that half of it lay ashake. This leads thy yacht out to wind- mete of a cat-rig, When there is no head-sail to humor and coax the Oat. The yacht Vimncomes ont thi¢scason with double head sails, and although it does uot improve her looks, ib will make her more weatherly in a heavy blow and rough sea, that style of sailing being herespecial forte, The old champion Minerya is looking better than ever, and her owners have no doubts abont her adding another victory to the many recorded, in the Quaker City Y. OC. regutia on the 11th of June next, Ata recent meeting of the Cooner's Point Y. C. (the oldest on the Delaware), the following otficers were elected: Commodore, Charles Cahill; Viee-Conmodore, R. G, Wilkins; President, S. A. Wood; Secretary, C. 8. Spinner; Corresponding Setretary, R. M. Fitch; Treusurer, 1, Keefer; Mensurer, BE, King, The first class will Vonsist of 18-foot boats without sail restrictions: seeond class, 15-foot boats with suil restriction; third class will he measured by bulk, Three new boats have joined the clubuyder this rule, Their aunnal regatta will tale place 18th of June, R. G. W, PHIL ADELPHIA, May sucecss or failure and establish the truth or fallacy of his theories has something very interesting in it apart from and above all the petty jeslousies of the contest, A vessel—almost an animated being: —approgehing nearer perhaps than any work of man in beauty, power and utility to the works of nature, is a creation of which any one tay well he proud, he prize is nothing comparatively, Hap- pily It never is, or ought to be, of sufficient intringie value to make it an object of serious moment. Butsuacess is everything, and the better the man and the better the sailor, so much the more will his spirits rise and fall as the erealion of his brain, the work of his hands, or even the fayorite that hes become his own ia any other way behaves herself well or ill amtong her peers."’ NorEsT AND STREAM re- echoes these sentiments, and while old Hunt's can put before us onee a month such views of the delight it is to the man who plans and safls his own ship we may look, as we have for years pust, with the keenest desire for the next number of his most interesting magazine, BELLEVILLE, Ontario.—The energetic and snecessful Bay of Quinte Y, C, held its annual meeting on the 4th fist. The treasurer Presented hisannnal report, which was of “a very satisfactory char- acter, and was adopted, Messrs. W. 8, Drewry, A. Gillen and Alex Campbell were elected members. he election of officers resulted as follows: Commodore—James Clarke (lolunthe); Vi-e Commedore— R. M. Roy (Gracie); Captain—J. H. Starling (Lolanthe ; Secretary— R. 8, Bell (re-elected unanimously); 'Treasurer.—Wm. Pike (Sylvia) re- elected unanimeusly; Measurers—Geo. N. Leavens and Jos, D, Clarke (re-elected nnanimously); Executive Committee—A. Robert- son, M, P,, Chairman; John Bell, Q. C_, James Brown, ex-M. P,, 8. R, Balkwell, Ald. C, J. Starling, Thos. Kelso, P. WH. Hambly, Chief! Me- Kinnon, A. M, Foster, Capt. A. Cuthbert and Thos, Ritchie, Reratta Coramitte—D. B, Robertson, Chairman; Wm Webster, W. H. Biggar. E, Foree, Jas, Edgar, F S. Campbell, George Sutherland, Geo. F. Hope and John Henderson. The date and other details to be ar- ranged by the regatta committe. On motion of D, B, Robertson. a Yesolulion thanking the commodore for bis generous offer of a prize and providing for the arrangement of details, as suggested, was passed. The commodore stated that be was prepared to affer a piece of plate for competition among all the yachts enrolled in the club at a race to be sailed early in the summer tnder Corinthian rules. The club then adjourned until Friday evening, the 18th inst, QUINCY Y. C.—The regatta committee of the Quinuy ¥.C. has fixed upou the following dates for theseason: Opening race, May 26, at 1 o'clock P, M., two eash prizes in each class, June 12, 2:30 P. M., first championship; June 27, 2:80 P. M., prize, a silk pennant in each class, presented by ex-Commodore Sigourney Butler, July 12. 3:30 P. M_.. sevoud championship. Aug. 10,4 P, M., third champion- ship orsail off, Sept. 8, closing regatta, two cash prizes in each class. All the above race® will be started from off Quincy Civeat Hall at the mouth of the river. Seeretary Furnald has issued an in- vitation to the memibers to assemble at his shore cottage at the open- ing regatta, SPEED OF STEAM YACHTS. (Gs interest awakened by the speed at which yachts were driven . by sails, not only with, but against the wind and sea, is now muking itself felt by thos# interested in qrossing the ocean, as well as those who ply the smooth waters of the Sound in their steam yachts round about New York and other quiet waters, We read with great interest Commander Gorringe's conclusions in his talk wilh a New York Herald reporter a few days ago, aud on the question, “Ts high speed attainable from American ship yards,” we quote the following extract: “It certainly is. No one will deny that we Can do as well as they on the other side, and on the other side torpedo boats have recently heen constructed which haye steamed for three consecutive hours at the average vate of twenty-two knots anhour. Six years ago ] was ou a Freuch torpedo boat which aver- aged eighteen and two-tenths knots for three consecutive hours. It isa well-known fact that the Jurger @ vessel the easier it is to drive her ata high rate of speed, and itis sale to say thal if you ean drive ad-ton torpedo beat twenty-two knots an hour you can drive a 4,600-ton ship at twenty-five knots if you wish to. In my opinion these ordisers should have been given a maximum of speed of not less than twenty knots an hour, even if the greater part of the bat- tery hil to be omitled to secure this speed. Nowadays great speed and few guns are the most effeotive.** “Is itas ensy to drive a man-of-war ahead as fast as one of the transatlantic steamers?’ “Much more easy, because the merchant steamer must have her Thode) and her capacity such as to provide tor freight and passengers, while the man-ol-war has only to provide for her motive power and guos., By reducing the number of guns you reduce the space neces- sary fora crew, which enables you to put in proportionately larger engives, By the time these cruisers are finished, unless the Secretary requires higher speed, they will be relatively to the cruisers of other nations avd to transatlantic steamers in course of construction as slow as our old luhs are to-lay. In other words they will bé out of date before they are completed,” There is 00 reason why, as Commander sat says, we should not have steamers on this side as fast as they have in the seryices of England and France, Separate fpom our ships, no nation attains the same strength in her productions lo their weight that we do, whether it is in the mangions we build, ihe wharves we vover, the cars and traps we are transported in from one part to the other of our vast domains, or the furniture we have in daily use, Due study is given to all such constractions, und we have thé arti- sins who, if there isafault to be found in the designs put before them for execution, will detect and cause it to We corcecten. This should be the case with our ships, and when such talent as Commander Gorringe and his co-worker, Mr. Tains, have had time to put their new shipbuilding concern into shape, we shall see the same linproyements imported into the structure of our ships. The produce of our mines should be taken advantage of by trials being made of the iron produced from them, and now that British Lioyds have found it necessary to be represented in this country by one of their chief officers, if the results of such trials are put before lim, the attention of the ancient and energetic tribunal known as Lioyds’ Register of British and Woreign Shipping will give the subject their carneést consideration, The superior quality of our iron being thus recoguized, we shall be ennobled to materially redice the weirht of the hulls of our ships in proportion to their empaci y, and at the same time obtain a litte class- iication as British-built ships haye given them, We ventory on this assertion with good reason for doing so, as by a comparison of Lloyds’ tables for the seantlings to be used in yachts— where the material of their construction is invariably more care- fully tesied—compared with the scantlings called for in vessels for the merchant service. we find that a reduction of 20 to 30 per cent, faccerding bo the diferent parts of Lhe structure) 1s made in the yacht tables when compared to the same size vessel for the merchant ser- vice, Tn the merehsant service, owing to the outside pressure being pull upon the soelefy by members of the Institution of Naval Architects, | we find from the tables set forth in the papers read at the Institution of Naval Architects at their last spring session, ly the chief suryeyor of Lioyds, thatin ten yeurs, a reduction is made in the scantlings ealled for for vesselsin the merchant servies, of from 12 to 22 per cent, generally, and in some partsef their hulls even 30 per cent. re- duction /s made, “ Now if the superiority of our iron is carefully tested and the results of the tests is put before Lloyds’ representative for this country, we ure confident of our ability to turn out lighter constructions, and at the sume (ime obtain a grade whereby insurance offices will take the risk on our build of ships at the sume rate as they do those of the like Evade or classification built by other nations, We have then not only secured to ourselves a lighter construction in the lulls of our ships, but we have secured also a market for our Superior iron, rOREST AWD STRHAM is not a eae pretending to be on organ through whose advocacy sa building fs to beimproved in this coun- try, bul forser anp SvReas is interested In the buildimg of our fast atid safe sua-going yachts, whether propelled by suils or steum, and if x saving in the seantlings of our merchant vessels is secured, it will follow on to a better and lighter construction of our yachts. Of this we shall speak later on, and when the subject of tables for yacht- building are taken into consideration . Allowing thal we attain the recognition of those societies which guide the corporalions now insuring our ships, it will next haveto be considered how the weight of the boilers and engines to be used in the hulls is to be reduced, and ab the same time retain sufficient power for the propulsion of the respective hulls into which they are put, : This subject nvust alsorecetye Commander Gorringe’s careful con- sideration, and if by dint of study he can lighten, and at the same time retain o like relative strength in the different parts, a boiler and engine to surpass those wonderful little engines and boilers built by such tirmsas Thorneyeroft & Co,, of London, there isno reason why we should not atlain as great, ond even greater speed with the 4,60l-ton ship Commander Gorringe picture to us as the ship of the future. Above all, as Commander Gorringe says, it should he well digested whebher u waste of public money will nol be made if yessels are built forcur navy with & promised speed of only fourteen knots, while other nations have them of such speed as to léave a fourteen-knotter # partner of the ually heavily laden merchant vessel, Canoeing. To insure prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- portance are liable to deley. FIXTURES. May 24—Toronto Canoe and Skiff Races. Aug, 10—American Vanoe Association Meeting at Stoney Lake. Aug, 21, 22, aac Canoe Association Regatta at Stoney e, Aug, 24—American Canoe Association Meeting at Stoney Lake, RACES BETWEEN CANOES AND SAILING BOATS. (ee Thames Valley Sailing Club has for some seasons admitted canoes to their races, and though the gigs and cathoats are con- siderably larger'than the canoes, the latter, especially the Pearl, have scored a fair number of vietorfes, OF the four races held this season the first was abandoned uncompleted, The second, on March 24, brought out the following boats: Daisy, sloop. Millie, cutter, Ethel, lugger. Mins, luggior Lilly, lugger. Pearl, cance, The winners were: Daisy first, Millie sceond, anc Peal third, the latter, of course, haying an allewanee from the larger boats, The third match saw the samé entries with the addition of Nancy, lugger, and Violet, sloop, with a NW. wmd, allowing the boats te fetch up and down on one tack. Toward the end the wind freshened 50 much as to overpower some of the larger boats, bub Pearl ipa Ss turned in three reefs for the sqitalls, shaking-oup full sail jn the last wind and winning first prize, with Daisy second and Violet third. The fourth race, on March}! at Hampton-on-the-Thames, was sailed in a light NW. wind, Pearl finishing second, with Pixy first and Daisy third in 4 fleet of seven, ‘ The folowing comment on these results from the London Jield, with an answer from Mr. Tredwen, is worthy of the attention of our canveists, as the Seawanhalks Y. C. offered prizes for canoes in their races last season, and a programme of the mixed races of the Tor- onto QC. C. tis month appears in another column, and the same ques- tion may be raised here inthe future: — “The result pave rise to, or rather revived, a discussion as to the desirability of admitting canoes to sailin all the club races, without any penalty for deck, reefing, gear, ete. The question may be in- teresting to readers of the Field, us the difticulty of classing canoes with open hoats by any reasonable system of neasurement may arise in Other clubs. Gn the one hand, it cannot be denied they are sailing boats, and very clever sailing boats, too; but, unfortunately, they are not numerous enough in such a, club as the T, V.S. C. to form a class by themselves, even for a moderate number of races. On the other hand, certain of the members, although willing to adopt such regulations 48 will best conduce to the encouragement of the greatest amount of sport, feel considerable reluctance m supporting, or even aequiescing in, any alleration which might appear to be tlirected against a successful rival rather than against an objectionable prin- ciple, It should of course be borne ta mind, and cordially acknow- ledged, that most of Pearl's success is due to her owner’spersonal skill, as other canoes have competed in the matches of this club with- out much suceéss. Further, that if the wind be downstream, she has little or no chance. Nevertheless. there are many boat owners who would greatly prefer to be defeated by devices which they can understand, and have a chance of making use of themselyeés.* ME. TREDWEN'S LETTER, Sm—Will you allow me space for some remarks on this subject, raised lust weekin the report of the Thames Villy Sailing Club's race of March 26? approach the subject uot as a personal matter, for if it is necessary “to adopt new regulations which shall better conduce to the encouragement of the greatest amount of sport,” I shall gladly neqniesce, even to the diealvantage of ny own boat, But the experience of past races, in which my canoe has competed with boats of other types, carries to my mind 4 conviction thar the existing girth rule is a very fair one for bringing divergent types as nearly a8 possible ou even terms, and that any alteration on the lines suggested would be prejudicial to sport for the greatest Number, ‘The suggestion is miuie that a peuuliy should ablach to deck and reefing gear. Now a penalty on deck woul prejudice the Una and other half-ducked boats; bulan analysis of wwe racing for the pist two seasons will prove that these twe types baye won very few prizes, and that they are already sufficiently handicapped under the existing rule, A penalty on peeting gear is suggested, and | presume it is the same reeting gear which Is objected toes “a device that many boat owners cannot uuderstand aud haye uo chance of using them- selves.’ I must confess myself unable to see the force of the argnu- ment, or to understand why any contrivance should be penalized be- cause some people cannot understand what has been published in your columns and ih “Yacht and Boat Sailing,” which has been very zenerally adopted tor canoes inthis country and America, by peo- HUNT'S YACHTING MAGAZINE.—This ancient periodical keeps up its prestige. The article under the title of ‘Management of Ships and Gcews” will be read by all new beginners at twiddling the stick with much pleasure and some enlightenment, Thisis followed in the May nuinber by an article under the heading of Regattas. To read it is to inake anyone whose taste for the briny has been wwak- ened by the many food tales now in the hands of our rising fenera- tion 16 at once post himself on the theory of naval architecture. After the writer of the article (C, £, 8.) has shown the baser side of the amusement of yacht racing, he goes on to say: The main point N Merce is bo excite un Interest of a higher kind, and, if possible, to turn our | ple who have only seen the published descriptions with- enthusiasm to some account, As a rule, the working hands have | out having had an opportunity of inspecting the reef- img gear in actual work. That the other bouts have no chance of using the ap PHAnES themselves cannot be admitted until some carmest effort has heen made to try it on 4 larger seale—por- haps with someé necessary mudifications—but still (o serye efficiently the same purpose. Lam now engaged on au attempt in this direc- tion with an open boatof 15ft, length (lL, W. 1.) by 4ft, beam, and hope to prove practically that ib is capable of adaptation, If the “reefing gear” proves serviceable on larger boats, would it be fair to analiza an appliance that makes a boat safer aud more seaworthy? fF so, the lexi ta conclision Would be to bar every kind of reefing gear, even the usual “points.’* And if the Pearl reefing gear is un- suitable, is not the rolling boom reefing arrangement as tised by the Whitstable boats? To carry an ebn large sall by the counter- poise of three heavy men silting ou the weather gunwale of a short nothing io view bat the mortification of their adyersaries und the florification of themselves. Not a spark of a more gencruus senti- ment animates their breasts, and they are as well satisfied with a yiclory which was gained by a fluke, or evan by some dishonorable trivk, as by Lhe merits of their vessel. Visions of cosy talk over pipe yud Gun rise before (heir eyes, and they glovy in the thopght that they will have the laugh against some over-bumptious Bill or Tom until the next season, And the gentlemen, especially those whomake u business Of racing, and sum up their winging with pride and satis- faction, partake too much of the same sentiments, But surely there is something io « regatta which embodies better feelings, and gives rise to higher aspirations than thise. Bor a man who has drawn his own plans, nude his own calculations, Maintained bis own theories, aud at last embodied his own views of perfection in a beautiful erea- tion of wood, iron and canvas, the moment whiehis to decide on his beamy boat is certainly not so seamanlike as to reduce ib lo safe and suitable dimensions by an efficient reefing fear. The Pearl's success is not due alone, or chiefly, to the causes sug- gested, but rather to the fact which has so often been insisted upon {n your columns, that length in a boatis the element most conducive to speed. Tt is the dimensions of (he Pearl that make hey enpable of success. If decks were pénalized. an open boat of her dimensions j With inereased freeboard woul be equally successful—probably Touch more successful, if she carried the satne large proportion of shifting live ballast which the gigs make use of. Itis this same ele- Toent of length which, “if the wind he down stream, gives her no chance,” because the race then depends on smartness it turning. at which the short, beamy boats ure Sure to win, Tf any alteration be made, it would be more logical to alter the classifieution, and sail the half-decked boats separately [ruin the open boats: but the results would be similar, inso far as the louger boats in each class would win with up-strenm sind, and the shorter, inore beamy boats with wind down stream, Not having the-vegults of all last season's races before me how, Tam unuble ws speak with certainty, but my impression is that the gigs won more prizes, in proportion to the number competing, than uny other class, If the bouts be divided into classes, the number of prizes for each (lass must necessarily be lessened, and the gigs would have a less number of prizes to compete for than hitherto—probably not more than the won during last season, Their sport would, therefore, be cuirtalle, and the sport of the halfdecked boats sill more so, without any change of the gigs winning more prises than hitherto. Probably the majority of the competitors would prefer to sail the larger number of races with smaller number of wins, rather than the smaller number of races with a larger proportion of prizes. Therefore, a division of the boats into classes would not prodnee better sport. Although we all wish to Win, we all want ta have the pleasure of competing as often as possible for the love of sailing, apart alte- futher from the question of prize-winning. It is a great addition to the pleasure of racing to bring together so many boats of such di- verse Lypes. In the event of tluky, unsteady wind, one boat may he more fortiy- nate than another, or may win through careful and skillful handling; but with a steady soldier's wind the hoats are on a very fair level under the existing rule—indecd, the advantage, if any, is with the figs, aS proved by a match last season, or the season before, when, in asmart soldier's wind, the gigs were able to win over the two canoes and the half-decked boats, In conclusion, F beg to correct one detail of the repovtof the T. V 8. C. match of the 26th, by pointing out that in the worst of the squails the Pearl had to snug down three reefs iustead of two, as stated, and that in the last round she was again carrying full sail. HK. B. Trepwer. CANOEING QUTFITS, PP HE following list was made out for a Pear) canoe for a eruise in- dependent of hotels and cities. The size of the boat gives room for a large cargo, some of the ballast used in racing being removed and smaller sailsused whenernising, Some of the articles mentioned could be omitted, but as the work of an experienced canoe traveler, the list will be of value to all. tn rene bags.im forward compartment: One pair of héavy Mackinaw blantets. One heayy shaw! or small blanket. Knibtled Jersey, blue flannel shirt, with collar, two pairs blue Han- nel trowsers, blue pilot coat, light linen coat or undershirt, to pratect arms from sunburn, oné pair of woolen socks. two pair cotton difto, Scotch cap, two néckties, best aud common (large square silk hand- kerchiefs tied in sailor knotsimpart un resthetie finish to the eanue- ist’s manly features), thick woolen drawers, old cloth gloves. As additional hixuries, a night shirt, thick nodershirt and leather slippers may be carried. Two poclet-handkerchiefs only allowed. On along, cold trip, more heavy underclothing, an extra blauicet and neck muffler, 4 fur dap and an overcoat may be added to above. The clothing in use is included in the list. Tn sliding boxes forward, at sides of trunk, steward’s department: Small spirit stove, Rob Roy Cuisine, sheet-iron folding stove for wood, or coal oil stove Lf you tan get a zood one (which you can’t). Shallow pan 1}jin, deep, with detachable handle for frying; nest of three pails. one inside the other, the smallest with cover for butter, the others to be used for boiling coffee, ete.; one or two saucers or plates. All the above are of graniteware, not tin. Fork, smnall and large spoon, can opener, matches in fin ean, he- sidvs pocketsafe, Spice boxes, with holes and revolving dover in lid, for salt and pepper, Waterproof bags, for eggs, chtese, sugar, eotfee, ham, pork, oatmeal, potatoes. : List of provisions to chodse from, also kept in sliding boxes, such as are needed for use duting the day, to be kept in the loeker aft: Hardtack, Grabam erackers, bread, ham or pork fat for frying fish, ete., or to be taken “struight,”' butter, tea, coffee, cocoa, suger, ees, otataes, condensed milk, ecannéd soup, oalineal, salt, pepper, apples, emons or other fruit, surdines, canned meats, ete. In high Grawer forward: Plat bicyole oil can with sweet oil. Chiorodyne, essence jamaica ginger, quinine, slicking plaster, smoking materiajs, matches, logbook, pencils, pen, trl, whiting paper and envelopes, postal cards, cards, rule, black and white thread, needles, thimble, darning needle, sail (tte wnd thread, wax, Palm, small marlin spike, marine sliss, toothbrush, dentvifice (pure white castile soap), toilet soap, ; In locker aft 0 sliding bulkhead: A basket-work frame, unvered will canvas, or a squares Canvas bag, lilted to shane of compartment, with waterproof cover, Books, shore togs, trolling line and spoons, nails, hammer, screwdriver, etc., towel, lunch for the day, Avonnd sides of same locker: Waterproof coat, sun helmet or straw hat, shore tent, if carried, waterproof coat with skirt, can of methylated spirits, dino lamp oil. Tn broad leather straps, or under side decks: Towels, bathing trunks, paddling shirt aud trunks, bailing sponge, sou wester, two dish-towels. ‘These articles are frequently wet, and will dvy quicker here than below hatches. Tu sheaths under gunwale: Hunting knife. Under oor: Camp axe, well oiled. On port side of centerboard trunk: Maps and charts in tin case. Onsnap hooks unler side decks: Lantern, puilfor bailer, wooden beaker of fresh water, with cup An air pillow is hung o the backboard, A compuss is kept on a shelf at oe side, or ou Moor of cockpit. One-half of puddle is kept In well, wand one-balfin strapon detk, ready for use, TYPES OF CANOES. FRW years ago, when canoes Were less numerolis, the names Reb Roy, Naulilus, Shadow, and Rice Luke, conveyed each o detinite idea of the size und model of a canoe, but the number of nore recent models, many having the same names as the earlier bouts, makes it now difficult to describe a canoe merely by snying sheis of such and such aimodel, The earliest canoe, the Rob Roy, was 15ft, long, by 238in, beam, with hardly any shear, rounded bow and stern, and carried a yery small lug mainsail and a jib. She was followed by the “Baltic” Rob Roy, 14ft.x8in. of similar model and vig. and Jater by a slightly longer boat built for or Dt on the Jordan, The name finally decended to the yaw!l, ahout Yr, long, now so well knows from her owaer's writings. Most Rob Roys in America follow the Baltic model, which has, however, been altered by builders with more or less success, Tollowing after the Rob Roy came the Nautilus, designed by Mr, Baden-Powell, who has owned ning and built eight, all ditterent trot having the samename. The first was 2 Rob Koy, followed by Nauti- Ins No, 1, with Tin. of freeboard, Sin. sheer, 28in beam, rounded ens, bub with o mizzen and rudder added, and varrying 60ft. of sail, Nos. 2, 3and4 were similar boats. but improved in rig and detail, While No.5, built im 1874, was very different, being 18ft. by 34igin., with Tin, freeboard, Sin. druft, am tron ceuterboard aud 94ft, of sail, in tivo balance Ings. No. & was a small canoe for use on A yacht, No. 7, builfin 1879, was if, by d8in,, with Tin, freeboard, 16in, doutt, aboard of Ualbs., 260lhs. of lead ballast, mainsail 100sq. {t., mizzen a0rt., and spinaker Gift. This boat was followéd, 111830, by tii pres ent Nautilus, No, 8, 14ft. by.83in,, Higin. freeboard, Tin. draft, including 2in, keel, B3lb. centerboard, 100lb:, of shot (cruising Lallast), Model No, 3 was sent to the N. ¥, Canue Club by Mr. Baden-Powell in 1872. and a number of beats huill fiom if, changing slightly from time to lime, Astraizht sternpost with considerable yake supplant- ing the curved ones, the rie being a sliding gunter mainsail, with jib and mizgén, the boats having rudder and foot geay, sliding back- board and hatohes over well, and later fixed bulkheads in the ends being added. ’ As time went on, more changes were made, until little was left of the original model bub ths name, until in 1878 & new model appeared, called by its designer, Mr, W. lL. Alden, the Shadow. This hoat was i4ft. 4in. over all, about Win. beun:. flied with rudder, foot gear, one sliding and two fixed bullcheads, the compertments forward andl aft being entered by hatches from on deck; the rig being of the sliding gunter type, and little or no ballast being used, This model, in the course of five years, hus wndergone some changes at the hands of various builders, the rig now used being two lugs of about 70 and Pott, oe ee. Another well-known model, the Pearl, has. ayeg at a similar process of evolution, beginning with the Rob Roy, and ending for the time at No.6, built lust year, 14lt.233in., Zin. freeboard, Yin, dvatt, centerboard of b8lbs., with small one aft, ata alae luge May 1, 1888, FOREST AND STREAM. j 317 spinaker and elaborate Srran eeryoels for reefing, lowering the mast, side deck flaps, ballast well, stowaze lockers, ste. Many other models, the Jersey Blue, Sandy Hook, Princess, Wren, ete., combine the features of some of thé preeeding boats, but it is evident from the ahove that a mere name, such as Nautilus or Shadow,now gives noidea of the dimensions, model or Mg of a boah without it is coupled with additional information as to date or number of madel, as the present types are by no means clearly marked, but merge into each other by small eradations. As the changes of each successive Seison make the contusion still greater, ib will soon be necessary to drop these names so loug in use, substituting instead such divisions into classes us the association have laid down, which will give a better idea of the rype of boat than a comparison with a model that is probably ohsolete. THE A. C, A. MEET. Son LAKH, the locality selected for the fourth annual meeting of the A, @. A., is sitialed in the Province of Ontario, about twenty-four » les northeast of the town of Peterboro, and is about five hy ten miles in extent, tlie southivest part being filled with a cluster of islands. Near this end of the lake is the entrance to Clear Lake, 5, fiue sheet of water with no islands. A‘ the northeast corner of the archipelago above mentioned, is Gin Island (the name will not be retained). the camping ground of the A. ©. A. An icchouse har been erected on its northeast point and filled from the lake, ready for the campers. Com. Edwards and Mr. Tyson of the regatta committee, in company wilh a surveyor, visited the lake early in April, aud laid out on the ice the courses for the coming regatta A half-mile paddling course was laid ont along the east side of Gin Island, where the prevailing westerly winds will not interfere with a moath course. An excellent sailing course has been Jaid out, one corner being at the northeast point of Gin Island, each of the other angles of the triaugular course being marked by a small island, eanly Seen, So that no trouble from mistaking buoys need be apprehended, while the start_and finish of both sailing and paddling races will be at thesame poimt. The scenery about the camp is very pretty, and no pleasanter place could well be found. Another large island southwest of Gin Island has been selected as the “ladies* camp,” and a large gathering of them is expected. The Peterboro Boating Club are already preparing to give canoeists a hearty welcome. Canada is doing all possible to make the meet a grand success, and our canoeists Cannot begin too soon to prepare for August. Perfection in riz and fittings, training and practice in paddling and sailing, thorough discipline anil drill on the part of club officers, will be needed to makt 4 good showing before our neighbors in August. MAPS AND CHARTS. S° many inquiries reach us in regard to maps and charts thata few words concerning them will bein season justnow. For the Afthintic and Pacific coasts, itcluding the harbors and larger rivers, the U. 8. CoastSurvey charts sre the cheapest and best, They are to he had of agents in all the larzer seaport cities; Heggert’s, 74 Wallstreet, New York; I, Thaxter & Son, No. 125 State street, Bos- ton; Win. Senter & Co., No. 54 Exchange place, Portland, Me.; Riggs Bros., No. 221 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa,., and of dealers in nan- tidal goods generally. The charts are of hwo classes—preliminary and finished—the for- mie: being issued as soon 4s an accurate suryey has been made as an toniediate aid to navigation, and the latter only after every feature of the locality has been noted, They differ only in amount, and not ih degree of accuracy of the information given. Wour different va- Tieties of charts are Cubed, Sailing charts on a seale of 1-1,200,000, five of which cover the Atlantic and six the Pacific oceans, with sub charts on larger scales of the et arbors; general charts of the coast, scales of 1-400,000 and 1-200,000, giying the shore line and papel features, there being sixteen fo the Atlantic and twelve to Pacific coasts; coast charts, suale of 1-80,000 (9-1Uin, to # nautical mile), giving every natural and artificial feature for several miles in- land; andfinally charts of harbors, bays, rivers and sketches of local dangers, On various scales. Among these most valuable to canoeisls are Boston Bay, price fifty cents, Long Island Sound, three sheets, each $1.50, South Coast of Long Island, three sheets, each $1.50, New York Bay (1-80,000, fifty cents, and 110,00), seventy-five cents), Del- aware Bay and River, three sheets, $1.50 each, and harbor charts of nearly all the harbors on the coast, prices about twenty cents each. Of rivers and inland waters there are four sheets of Lake Cham- eee forty cents each, three of the Hudson from New York to Troy, orty cents, and of the Passaic, Raritan, Delaware and Schuylkill, twenty cents. Besides these a small pamphlet of tide tables, giving the times and heights of high water at all points on the coast. is also pub- lished by the same department, price twenty-five cents. Maps of more or less accuracy are also published by private parties of all sections of the country. forsome of which, embracing tne country best known to Eastern sportsmen and canoeists, the reader is, referred to our ad- yertising columus. Of course this season the topography of Canada will be of interest to canoesists, and we will give some informution concerning it later on. . TANDEM CANOES. bey answer to a correspondent we explain that this name has been Applied to canoes carrying two persons seated one forward of the wther, also known as double canves. Speaking of these boats, Mr. Baden-Powell says: “The double- handed canoeis a wraft that is becoming exceedingly popular, not only as the ‘married members’ canoe,’ but as atraveling craft. There is a good deal to be said in favor of a craft that will carry two men on 4 croive and yet be not too lanza for one to maniyre in the absence of the rest of the crew. In the first place, the original vost is for one canoe, and though she is some two or three feet longer and has mure fiftings. yet her cost should not greatly exceed a single. Secondly, her ‘keep,’ or ‘housing,’ by the year is for one canoe, so also her cartage, railway, steamboat and portage charges are for one canoe, and many similar points might be inyoked to show that her working expenses are not much over those of a single, and yery considerably under those of two canoes, “Two good hands could in traveling work the double-handed canoe nearly twice the distance in a day that two single-handed canoes could be worked in the same circumstances, At sailing in a reaching wind she would be faster than the short single; in lumpy water she would haye more weight to carry her way on, and in calm or head Wind both can pound away with the paddle. and the work can be con- finned ‘wateh and watch’ it need be, so that literally the double- handed canoe can be kept going on her course day and night with scarcely more hardship to the crew than is entailed in working a flye- ton yacht down channel, The heaviest weight should be in the forward seat, and then the ‘light weight’ and the baggage in the locker will bring about the eor- rect balance, When it becomes necessary to jump out and shove off from the ground when tanning a rapid, it isthe theavy weight’ who should do'so, and should do so from the fore end so as to prevent her Swinping broadside to the stream, Thé races both of the Association and the N. Y. C, C. in which two men were allowed in each single canoé have been among the most popular features, so much so that a number of canoes especially designed to carry two will appear this season, TORONTO CANOE CLUB.—The Toronto Canoe (lub inyites entries for its opening regatta under the followitg conditions for a sailing race for canoes ani s\ciffs on May 24; 1. Open to all canoesand skiffs, the owners thereof being members of any regularly organized canoe, boat, or yacht club. 2, Canoes not ta exceed the dimensions allowed for racing in Classd of the A, C, A, Skiffs not to exceed sixteen feet in length, and three feel six inches beam,with a depth at gunwale amidships of not more than sixteen inches, 3, The “crew” of each skiff or canoe shal] consist of oné man only, who must be a member ofaclubasaboye. 4. Centerboards, leeboards, fixed keels, not more than four inches deep, and shifting ballust allowed, No jimit as to area or number of sails. 6. Course to be from off the foot of Lorne street, around the jsland to place of starting. The committe will de- tide the route at time of starting. 6. Contestants to muster ab 10:30 | A. M. Start totake place at 11 sharp, 7. The race to be sailed ac- cording to the sailing regulations of the American Canoe Association, eopies Of which may be obtained from the Commodore. & The Re- atta, Committee of the T. C. C. to haye the management of race, and in ease Of very bad weather may postponeil. 9. Entries to be made by letter—giyme dimensions of skilf or canoe. aud name of club, owner, anil Grew—to the Commodore, H. Neilson. Mail Building. No entrance fee, 10, Four prizés will be given, The first, a pocket abe- roid barameter, given by the Commodore; the second, a Waterbury wateh, by §, Frank Wilson, of Truth; third, a camp bed, by P, C. Allen; and a fourth of proportionate value, The first 'T, 0. C. canoe in will take the sailing challenge cup, now heid by Mr, Rk, Tyson. A special prize will be given for the small eecoud class T. C. C, canoes, and they will also compete for the second class challenge cup, THE STELLA MARIS,—Editor Forest and Stream: Among the editorial comments in the Msy number of the American Canceist, occurs the following item: ‘Even W—., that enthusiasiie writer on the Stella Maris, cOmes out with a 16ft.. Atwood canterboard, bal- lance lug Shadow.” As this little jeu d’eaprif is evidently intended to pive its readers the notion that the Slella Maris has been “weighed anid found wanting’ as a cruising canoe; that sheis not all that the fancy of the ‘enthusiastic writer” painted her; and that she has therefore been discarded as unsatisfactory and inadequate to her Special purpose. a space in your calumnsis respectfully asked in order to promptly correct that very erroneous impression. This “I0ft. Atwood centerboard, balance lug Shadow,” was built as a double canoe expressly and solely for sailing in the deep and rough waters about New York Bay, and thus designed for a purpose for which the little 14ft. Stella Marisis not adapted, and never was in- tended to be. (Any more than the heavy double canoe is adapted for cruising, pure and sliyple, through shaliows, dowa rapids, and over frequent portages,) The “enthusiastic writer,” in spite of the sixteen- footer, SHll thinks the Stella Muris the hest cruising canoe built, and & goodly numberof brother paddlers, lesser lights, of course, in the canoeing firmament than the editor of the American Canoeist, share his opinion. He cordially agrees with “J, M.G.* in his remarks about smal! boats, and as to whether he intends to abandon the Stella Maris for the 16-foot, Atwood centerboard, balance lug Shadow— well. the best commentary on that textis the fact that Rushton is now building him—the “E, W."' aforesaid—a brand new Stella Maris, with which he will soon “come out,” and in which he expects tomake his entire summer cruise.—S7TeLLa Maris (New York, Muy 1], 1883,) THE UPPER CONNECTICUT.—Fuilor Forest und Stream. Will you kindly permit the inquiry whether the upper waters of the Con- necticut River afford desirable facilities for a canoe voyage? | should be glad to know the best place to shove off for a yoyage down the stréam, and what distance can be traveled agreenbly in regard to both scenery and stopping places, something of the number anil ex- tent of “carries arotind refts, falls, ete , and also if there isextanta survey map of the river of recent date. Any information your ex- perienced readers dan communicate will be gratefully received,— Cayor. [We are unable to supply isformatiou of the liyer above White River Junction, Vf. From that point there is no carry above Bellows Falls, and thereitis only a quarter of a mile, The Connecticut is a beautiful river fora canoe Cruise; fie sconery is enchanting, and fair hotel accommodations are to be found all along the way, The eurrent is strong, making the trip down an easy one. We hope that our readers who are familiar with the river aboye the point named will communicate their information for our correspondent’s benefit.) ENGLISH CANOBING,—The following is the programme of races of the Royal Canoe Club for the spring and summer: April 21, sail- ing race at Hendon; April 28, sailme race at Hendon; May 65, sailing race at Hendon; June 2, sailing race at Teddington; June 16, pad- dling race, Teddington to Putney; June 28, regatta at Teddington Réach; July 6, sailing race, Greenwich to Erith; July 7, sailing race at Hrith: July ). sailing race at Mrith; July 16, sailing race, Mrith to Greenwich, In addition to the above races the canoes of the R. C.C. also vompete in the races of the Thames Valley Sailing Club against eatboats and small sailing craft of various rigs, as will be séen in another column. PSYCHH.—Mr. Monroe arrived ii New York on Moiiday last after awiater’s cruise in Florida waters. The Psyche was launched from the steamer, and sailed to Staten Island for repairs, UMPHREYS OME TARY VE Te CIFICS Sizes —JUR THE CURE OF ALL DISEASES OF Wiil hold HORSE i, SHEEP , HO aere ee POULTRY, eres Tok TWENTY YEARS Humphreys" Homeo- hh athie Veterinary Specifics have been used b: creel, Pasminrel Stock Breeders, Livery Stebie ani Turfmen, Horse Railroads, Manufacturers, Con! Mine Companies, Tray'g Hippodromes and Menageries, and others han i= stock, Wilh perfect siccess, . Hamphreys’ Veterinary Mannal, (890 pp.) sent free by mail on receipt of price, 50 cents. (2 Pamphlets sent free on application. i HUMPUBREYS HOMEOPATHIC MED.CO,, 108 Pultonm Street, New York. NERVOUS DEBILITY UNPHREY = Vital Weakness and Pros- i] dndiseretion, tration from over-work Or znd Se | 0 Mi EOP AT is radically Hi¢ cured by it, Been in use %) yéars, ion aes SPECIFIC No, 28, sweet. price, medy known. Prive $1 per vial, ors vialsand Jarge vial of powder for $5, Kent post-free onre- Roth of price, ee Honreo. Med, Co, , Mlust, Catalogue tree] 109 Fultun St. NY. PATENT FOLDING CANVAS FISH AND GAME BAG. When not in use can be folded as shown in cut and carried in pocket. . Ts waterproof, and can be kept perfectly clean and Retail eustomers willsave usa great deal of unnerces- sary correspondence, LE they will remember our rule, tha orders Yecéiyed from persons residing in cities ta which Ss dealers Keep a fall line of our goods will not be filled at any ] ABBEY & IMBRIE, Manufacturers of Every Description of Fine Fishing’ Tackle, 485 Maiden Lane, N. ¥. A 9 12 20 Ibs. of fish. — JAS. E. MARSTE RS, 55 Court Street, Brooklyn. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER OF Eine Fishing Wackle. First Quality Goods at lower prices than any other house in America. Brass Multiplying Reels with Balance Handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft.. $1.00; 120., $1.25; ISO, $1.50: R40Eb., $1.75; BUOL., $2.00; 4a0ft., H2.25; GOED, $7.00. Any of the above Reels with Drags, 25 ots, extra; nickel plated; 650 cts, extra. Brass Click Reels, 20yds., ol) cis.) S0yds., 75 ets_7 W0yds,. 31,00; nickel plated, 50 cts. exira. Marster’s celebtated Hooks snelled on gut, limerick, Kirby Limerick, Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, O'Shaughnessy, Kinsey, Aberdeeen, Sneak Bent, and all other hooks, Single gut, 12 ets. per doz. ; deuble. 20 cts, per doz.: treble, 20 cts. per doz.; put up one-half dozen in a Single Gut Trout and Black Bass Leaders, lyd.. 5 ets.; 2yds,, 10 cts.: 3yds., 15 cts, Double wistedl Leaders, dleugth, 5 cts.; treble twisted, }lengih,10cls. Trout Pes, 60 cts, pér doz. Black Bass Trout and Black Bass Bail Rods, $ft. long. $1.25 to $5.00_ a L Fly Rods, 10ft long. $1.50 to 310,00, Also forty-eight different styles of rods for all kinds of fishing. Samples of hooks, leaders, elc., senb by mail on veceipt of price in money orstamp. Send staump for aclape. Flies, $1.00 per doz, * catalogue, Bstablished 20years. Open Evenings. J. F. MARSTERS, 55 Court St., Brooldyn. The Fishing Kit| jay And collection of BOOKS AND MAI'S belonging to the late LORENZO PROUTY, now on exhibilion and for sale by APPLETON & LITCHEIELD, 304 Washington St., Boston, Mass. Tmporters and Dealers in Fine Fishing Tackle AND CUTLERY, . Indemnity: Rates. Write UNITED TUAL ACCIDENT ASSOCIATION 45,000 Accident Insnrance, Membership Fee, $4. cost about #11. #50 Weekly Indemnity, at Correspouding plication Blank. EUROPEAN PERMITS WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE. JAS. KR. PITCHER, Secretary. 320 & 322 Broadway, N. Y. Trout and Black Bass STATES munch, THe 23 Weekly 1] Annual 10,000 Tnsurance, only, with or call for Circular and Ap- OHAS. B. PEET, President, {Of Rogers, Peet & Co.) 101 & 103 Duane Street, WILLIAM READ & SONS, Boston, Mass., Agents for New Englund States, Ee YE Oo OC EZ’ Ss Patent “Perfect” Brass Shells, MANUFACTURED BY KYNOCH & CO., Birmingham, Eng. These shells are made of extra fine thin pliable métal, with reinforced hase; are adapted to either Winchester or Wesson No.2 primers, Can he re- loaded us cftén as any of the thicker makes. } Weight less than paper shells, wilinit of @ heavier charge, us owing to the thin metal, mside diameter ig nearly wo gauges larger. sizes larger than gange of shells. presented in cuts) aud straighten out to original shape when discharged, The crimping tool also acts as a reducer, ap advantage preaated by all experienced sportsmen. Sample shells will be mailed charge) to any sportsmeén’s club or dealer, and prices quoted to | Por sale in auy quantity by gun dealers penerally, or shells in case lots only, (2,000), and crimpers not less than one dozen, by HERMANN BOKER & COQ,, Cost only about half as They shoot stronger and closer, and Load same as any brass shells, using wads say two Or cin ba effectuully crimped with tool (as which will be ap- iw ithout ie trade SOLE AMERICAN AGENTS, New York. 318 MANN’S Spoons. Sixty yarieties manufactured, suitable for trolling for all kinds of fish tuat will take an artificial bait. Our Perfect Revolving Spoon is undoubtedly the best generul spoon for taking fish ever offered to the public. Three sizes made—No, 20 for bass. pike, pickerel, orany fish under five pounds weight; No. 21 for large fish; No, 22 excellent for deep water fis.ing. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, None genuine except with JOHN H. MANN’S name stamped on every spoon. For sale by ABBEY & IMBRTE, and JOHN P, MOORE'S SONS, New York. DAME, STODDARD & KENDALL, Boston, Mass. In Chicago and Detroit by the prinerpal dealers in Sporting Goods, JOHN H. MANN & C0., SYRACUSE, N. Y. HE FISHERMANS EM REE . NEOR CIRCULAR No. 1. Brass. for 25 to 80yds. line.,:...,....:.. $6 00 “1. Nickel, a o cee 5 00 * 1. Bronze, ‘ 2] Tey HET, «tt 43 A “ 2. Brass, for 40 to 50yds. line... ....,....-,- 7 00 * 2. Nickel, a: ih Sh at dence tetas 8 00 “2. Bronze, “‘‘ -f rise RRL eee 9 00 Reels guaranteed and forwarded by mail or ex press on receipt of price, Harrison's Celebrated Fish Hook. Registered. Whereas, It having come to our notice that some FS es house, to gain their own unworthy ends, andto attempt to damage our food name, having spread reports to the effect that the manu- facturers of the above hooks are defunct, we now take this opportunity of informing the American and British public that such reports are utterly false, Thesame efficient staff of workpeople is employed as heretofore, and we chellenge the world to produce a fish hook for excellence of temper, beauty aud fivixh in any way to approach ours, which are to be obtained from the most resp :ctable wholesale houses in the trade. Signed. K. HAKRISON, B\KTLEET & CU., Sole manufacturers 2f Herrison’s Celebrated Fish Hooks, Redditch, England. (December, 1882.) Manufacturers also ot Fishing Tackle of every description. Sewing and Sewing Machine Needles. BILLIARD AND 10-PIN BALLS CLOTH, CHECKS, Cues, Cue Chessmen, Tips, | Dice, Keno CHALK, Etc, “asat=m DOMINOES, PLAYING CARDS, Ete, Ivory, Shell, and Pearl Fancy Goods. TOILET SETS, CANES, FANS, Etc. Ten-Pin Alleys built and estimater furnished. F, GROTE & CO., 114 E. 14th st... N.¥ A Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever. DR. T. FELIX GOURAUD'S Oriental Cream, or Magical Beautifier. Repairing done, iv si oO % Hud Removes Tan, me iy Pimples, Freck- = 28 les, Moth-Pateh- = ah es and every Hue Polemish on mic 5 beauty, and de- me © fies detection. It has stood the test of 30 years, and isso harm- less we taste it to -be sure the preparation is properly made. Ac ept no coun- terfeit of simi- lar name. ‘the distinguished Dr. L, A. Sayre, said toalady of the haut ton (a patient:)—“4s you ladies will use them I recom- mend ‘Gouraud's Crean.’ as the least harmful of all the skin preparations.” One bottle will last 6 months, using it every day, Also Poudre Subtile remoyes superfluous hair tithout ath to the skin, Mme. M, B. T, GOURAUD, Sole Proprietor, 43 Bond street. N. Y. For sale by all Druggists and Fancy Goods Veal- ers throughout the U.S., Canadas and Europe. Also found in N. Y, City, at R. H. Macy’s, Steru’s, Ehrich's, Ridley’s, and other fancy goods dealers. (Beware of base imitations. $1, reward for arrest and proof of anyoue selling the same, ] A WEEK. $i2a day at home easily made. $ ? Costly Outfit free, Address Trur & Co. Augusta, Maine, a FOREST AND STREAM. WRiGHT & DITSON, 580 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Fine Lawn Tennis, Base Ball, Cricket, La Crosse, Cutlery, Fishing Tackle, Camping Outfits, &e., &e. Publishers of the Official Lawn Tennis Rules for 1883. Price by mail 15 cents per copy. SEN) FOR ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST. DEMUTH BROTHERS, Manufacturers of Artificial Eyes for Taxidermists and Manufacturers A ae as oie hes ee done to order. ata.wgue Free of Charge by Mail. 89 WALKER ST.. = NEW YORE. Pittsfield, Mass. Cuts Free ) Full-Length COT, in this case, ] $10. LOUNGE, in this case, $8. Sold everywhere by the Trade. Big March Storm SEE VENNOR'S WEATHER BULLETIN, Published Monthly. Subscription, 60 cts. per annum. Montreal, Can. HILL ON THE DOG. THE STANDARD WORK ON THEIR MANAGEMENT AND DISEASES. Price $2,00. * For sale by the Forest and Stream Pub. Co, The Still-Hunter, —BY— T,. 8. VAN DYKE. PRICE, POSTPAID. $2.00. For Sale by the Forest and Stream Pub. Co, Wwust ut? Three new water-color hunting scenes, by the author of TIGHT SHELL and DOUBLE, viz: A SIDE SHOT (over Deeoys) - - Size 15x22 STOPPING AN INCOMER (Mallards) - ‘ 11x14 A LOST OPPORTUNITY (on Blue Bills) ‘“ 11x14 The entire set by mail sent for $5.00. Address Cc. A. ZIMMERMAN, ' St. Paul, Minn. Twa Beautiful Iilustrated Books PADDLE AND PORTAGE Canoe and Camera. AY THOMAS SEDGWica STEELE, of Hartford, Conn. 128 exquisite illustrations of life in the woods, with map in each copy. The humorous as well as the serious side of cany life is vividly represented, while Mr. Steele’s well- known artistic perceptions, and a most intense love of nature, has made the work all that could be desired, Seven Eprrions of these works sold. Most popu- lar books in the market. Cloth. Price $1.50 each, A NEW MAINE MAP. The headwaters of the Aroostook, Penobscot and St. John Rivers. Compiled by THomas Sep@wickK STEELE, The chart Is 20x30 inches, printed on Govern ment survey paper and mounted on cloth, Sent postpaid on receipt of price, $1. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO, 39 Park Row, New York. Schwatka’s Search. Sledging in the Arctic In quest of the FRANKLIN RECORDS, —py— WILLIAM H. GUILDER Second in Command. 1 Volume, 8yo., with Maps and Illustrations, Price, 3.00. For sale by the Forest and Stream Pub, Co, [Mav 17, 1888. AMERICAN Kennel Register. A monthly record of kennel events for the information and guidance of breeders, ex- hibitors and owners of all breeds of dogs. Its leading feature is the ‘Pedigree Register,” of sporting and non-sporting dogs, whieh makes it the only complete Stud Book issued in America. A register number is given to each dog, and an index will be compiled at the close of each annual volume, thus forming a permanecnt work of reference. The pedigree registration fee is twenty-five cents. The first two numbers of the Register contained the pedigrees of 188 dogs. Departments are also provided for the registration of stud visits, dogs at stud, births, sales and transfers, dogs at sale, and deaths. Prize lists of all the Ameriean shows will be given, with descriptions of the principal winners and dogs exhibited; also prize lists of important shows abroad. This department will include a record of field trials. The first two numbers of the Register contain prize lists of Washington, Ottawa and Pittsburgh shows. The publication day is the fifth day of each month; and nothing can be received for pub- lication later than the first day of the month. All matters intended for publication should be in the hands of the editor at the earliest practicable date. Entry blanks for each depart- will be furnished free on receipt of stamped addressed envelope. TERMS:—Issued by yearly subscription only, The subscription price is one dollar per year. Make drafts and money orders payable to the Forest and Stream Publishing Com- pany. Address, AxERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, P, O. Box 2,882, New York City. Rare Opportunity = Great Sale of Colt Breech-Loading Guns for Summer Holidays. In order to reduce stock, we will now offer our entire stock of Colt guns, not extension rib, at retail for sixty days at regular wholessle prices. These guns are all sizes and qualities, from the twist pistol grip, $55.00 list, to the Laminated Steel or Damascus, $99.00, 28 to 2 in, long, 744 to 10lbs, weight. Among the stock area few of the celebrated Trap Far-Killing Guns. These guns are all made of extra quality of barrels, and are made with great cire, especially for close and hard shooting, and we have neyer seen anything yet to excel them at long distances. Price lists sent on application. H. & D. FOLS(UM, Box 1,114, New York. Agents for Colt Arms Co.’s Breech-Loading Guns and Revolvers. UPTHEGROVE & McLELLAN, VALPARAISO, IND. HOLABIRD SHOOTING SUITS Of Waterproofed Duok, Irish Fustian and Corduroy, ; Unequalled in Convenience, Style, or Workmanship. WRITE FOR CIRCULAR, THISt= Ts our Skeleton Coat or Game Bag; weighs but 15 ounces, has seven pockets and game pockets. It is of light material, dead grass color, and will hold the game of a successfur day without losing a hair or feather. It can be worn over or under an ordinary coat. We will mail it to you for $2.00. Send breast measure. PRICES OF FISHING TACKLE BEST GOODS. LOWEST PRICES. At KIFFE’S, 318 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.° Kiffe’s Celebrated Hooks snelled on gut. Limerick, Kirby Limerick, Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, Kinsey, Aberdeen and other Hooks, Single gut, 12cts. per doz; donble gut. 20 cts. per doz.; treble put, 30 ets. per doz. Gut Leaders, single.1 yard, \ cts. each; 2 ya ds, 10 cts each; 3 yvard3, 15 cts. each, Double Twisted Gut Leaders, 3 length, 5 cts. each; length, 10 cts each. Treble Gut Leaders. 3 length 10 cts, each: 4 length, 15 cts. each, Extra Heavy Wut Leaders, 4 ply. 4 lengths, 25 cts. each. Kiffe’s Best Trout F ies, 50 cts. per doz. Bass llies, $1.00 and $1.50 per doz. Pickerel Spoons, with fly, imp and swivel, Nos.1to8, 15 cts each. Skinner's, Buel’s and Copser Spoons, 50 ets. each. First Gua ity Brarded Linen Lines, 150ft., 40 cts. First Quality Twisted Linen Lines, 300ft, 9, 12, 15, 18 or 21 thr iy $1.00 each. First Quality Brass ON Reels with balance handle, .5 yards. $1.00; 40 yards, $1.25; 60 yards, $1.50: 8) yards, $1.75; 100 yards, $2.00; 150 yards, $ .25; 200 yards, $2.50 Brass Trout or Click Reels, 40 yards, 75 cts.; 60 yards, #100. Fishing Rods from $1.00 to $10.00; Two or Three-Jointed Split Bamboe Rods with extra tip, $12.50 to $15.00. Also a large assortment of Sporting toads at pro- portionate prices. Samples gf our goods sent by mail or express on receipt of price in money, postage stamps or money order. HERMANN H. KIFFE, 318 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Between Fulton Ferry and City Hall. OPEN EVENINGS. B. F. NICHOLS & COQ., BOSTON, MASS.. Manufacturers of HEXAGONAL SPLIT BAMBOO FISHING RODS, REMOVED TO 153 MILK STREET. We are obli to have more room in our factory and greater facilities for manufacturing our goods to meet the toa demand. We have received the highest Pua eat Sy inedat at the Massachu- i end for catalosue. setts Charitable Mechanics’ Association Fair for our superior goods. FParrow’s Hook. . 216 pages, bound in Cloth and Gilt. Sent free by mail on receipt of one doHar, imes:—"Thi i is interesting and sketchy.” A Seat eee tere Bee useful hints to marksmen, and besides tells an interesting story of his adventures with the rifle.” 1 Private letters:—“‘More than I expected.” ‘‘I read it until 2 o'clock at night.” Shotguns, full choked or modified. Patterns suh- W, MILTON FARKOW, Newport, KR. i Target and Sporting Rifles selected and tested, mitted. Send stamp for catalogue and discount. : FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. ° TERMS, $34.4 Yaar. 10 Crs, a Cory. | Stx Montas, $2. NEW YORK, MAY 24, 18838. 3) VOL, XX,—No. 17, ( Nos. 30 & 40 Park Row, New Your CORRESPONDENCE. THe Forest anp STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications upon the subjects to which its pages are devoted are respectfully invited. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded, No name will be published exeept with writer's consent. The Editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. _ SUBSORIPTIONS May begin at any time. Subscription price, $4 per year ; $2 for six months; to aclub of three annua subscribers, three copies for $10; five copies for $16. Remit 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, On sale by the American Exchange, 449 Strand, W. C., London, England. Subscription agents for Great Britain—Messrs, Samson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 188 Fleet street, London. ADVERTISEMENTS. Only advertisements of an approved character inserted. Inside pages, nonpareil type, 25 cents per line. Speeial rates for three, six and twelye months. Reading notices $1.00 per line. Eight words to the line, twelve lines to one inch. Advertisements should be sent in by the Saturday previous to issue in which they are to be inserted. Transient advertisements must invariably be accompanied by the money or they will not be inserted. Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Nos. 39 ayn 40 Park Row. - New Yorke Crry. CONTENTS. | THE KENNEL. Canine Tenacity of Life, Tracheotomy in a Dog, The Gordon Standard. With the Beagles. Johnny and thé Axe, The Eastern Field Trials Club. Kennel Notes, RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. The Team Chosen, Muzzle vs. Breech-Loaders. Range and Gallery. EbdITORIAL. The Selection of the Team, Fisheulture. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST, Quiet Sport.—try. Dave's Medical Experience. NATURAL TORY. Notes on the Birds of Alabama. Ohio Geological Society, Game Bac AnD GuN. Notes of Floridian Experience. In Northern California, Owen Sound Deer Shooting. The Trap. Hunting Rifle Sights. YACHTING. A Duck Boat. The Old, Old Story Again, SHA AND River FIsHine. The Grayling. An Evening’s Reflections. That Twister. Three Greenhorns. Batthyany. Anglers’ Association of Rastern; Corkscrew Yachting. Pénnsylvania. Raritan ¥. C. Miltou Three Ponds. CANOEING. Muskoka Lakes, The Dot. Pickerel m New Brunswick. FIsHCULTURE. The Fisheries Exhibition, Trout in Michigan, Canoe Spars. Varnishing Bright Boats. A Word to Canoeists. | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Withits compact type and in its permanently enlarged form of twenty-eight pages this jowrnal furnishes each week a larger amount of first-class matter relating to angling, shooting, the kennel, and kindred subjects, than is contained in all other American publications put together. FISHCULTURE, VER since fishculture was undertaken in this country - there haye been doubters as to its utility. Notwith- standing the successes recorded and the great benefits that have been derived from it, these skeptics refuse to be con- vineed, A few days ago we heard a man say that shad in the Hudson would now he more plenty if none had ever been hatched there. His argument was, that if the fish were left alone they would spawn more freely and the un- ripe ones captured would ripen and cast their spawn. He was unaware that the eggs taken were from fish which would have gone to market and was really so much saved, and that of eggs cast in the natural manner not one in a thousand hatched. The same thing has been said about the salmon and the trout. The latest thing that we have noticed is a statement from a professed fisheulturist, which has been widely copied, and as it pretends to come from a ‘‘United States Fish Com- misssioner,” it seems to have the stamp of authority. The itega in question we have seen in the Cape Ann Advertiser and the Belfast, Me., Republican Jowrnal, both papers de- voting much space-to fish matters. It says: “United States Fish Commissioner M. P. Pierce is nota believer in fisheulture, He gays the Delaware and all the large streams north of it emptying into the Atlantic were natural salmon streams at the time the country was settled, but the-clearing off of the forests and tilling of the land has rendered the waters warm and muddy, whereas when frequented by the salmon they were clear and cold. The same is true of the trout streams, To attempt to restock the streams with these fish al a great outlay of money isa mistake. The labor and expenditure are almost a total loss.” In the first place, Mr, Peirce is not a commissioner of fisheries, either of the United States or of any State, Hehas made some carp ponds and has taken an interest in_fisheul- ture te the extent of making speeches before the legislatures of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, in which he has opposed any appropriation being made for the use of the Commis- sioners, Why he has done this is best known to himself, ae ee - = although the Commissioners of those States impute selfish motives to him. His statement that the Delaware, and streams north of it, were salmon streams is also wrong. No stream south of the rivers of Connecticut contained salmon at the discovery of the country; but the Delaware was stocked with a few salmon some years ago, and afew fish have since been taken in it, enough to show that with liberal stocking if can be made to produce salmon. There is one thing that is certain. Fishculture has too many grand successes to point toin America to fear being discontinued because a few skeptics or disappointed men fhrow stones at it. The moon isa grand success, and con- tinues to shine, no matter how much barking is done at it. THE SELECTION OF THH TEAM. pee theme of all talk in rifle circles and among the out- side public as well is the action of the directors of the National Rifle Association in shutting W, M. Farrow from the roll of members of the team of 1883. There is much to be said, pro and con, in regard to the act, but after all the bald fact remains that one of the best marksmen in America, if not the yery best all-round shooter we have, has been shut out from a chance of adding his strength to the team, and only because some of those in power have personal spites which they wish to work out in this petty fashion, The facts of the case are simple, and all the muddle of explanation which may be thrown about them will not change the general impression that « gross act of injustice has been done, and the American motto of fair play and the best man to the front set at naught. Mr. Farrow has been for years a member of the Newport Artillery, an organiza- tion of the Rhode Island militia. He competed a year ago at Creedmoor fora place on the team of last year, and at other matches under the control of these same directors has appeared in the uniform of his corps and won prizes. It is nonsense then fo claim that he was not well known to the Creedmoor officials as a Nations] Guardsman. Yet he was shut out from lending his valuable aid to retrieve the defeat of 1882 on the flimsy pretext that the directors had not been made officially aware of the fact that he was a member of the citizen soldiery, The clause under a twisting of which the directors shut off Mr: Farrow is No. 10 of the ‘‘Regulations for the Selec- tion and Government of the American Team,” which says: 10, Each person entering for the competition at Creedmoor shall be required to produce a certificate from the Adjutant-General of his State, stating that he is and has been since January 1, 1883, a member in good standing of its uniformed National Guard or militia, and is a proper person to represent his State on a team, Was Mr. Farrow required to produce any such docu- ment? No. Instead, fhis very matter was brought up at the first conference of the embryo team and the committee, held at the club house on the range on the morning of May 14. The fact was then noted that not only Mr. Farrow but several others of the shooters had neglected to provide them- selves with such papers, and then and there, with the full knowledge and consent of the committee, this requirement was waived. Had the committee felt inclined to insist upon the display of a certificate, then was the time and that the place, before a shot had been fired. But no, Here was instead a capital chance of playing a sharp trick and profiting by their own questionable device. Mr, Farrow was lulled to the belief that sucha palpable, useless precaution was not to be enforced, and when a week’s good work had been put in, giving Mr, Farrow the best average of any man in the two dozen picked shots competing, when it became more than ever evident that he was really needed on the team, then it was that the little technicality dodge popped out from behind the fence, and Mr. Farrow became aware of the fact that he was the victim of something very much akin toa conspiracy. There is talk of securing harmony on the team by the re- jection of Mr. Farrow, and it is undoubtedly true that that gentleman in the past has fignredin many disputed cases over the interpretation of match rules. He has also a very inconvenient way of looking a gifthorse in the mouth, and this is an unpardonable offense to a company of managers, whose five-dollar trinkets appear as twenty-five-dollar tro- phies on the shooting prize list. In many similar ways, Mr. Farrow has incurred the lively displeasure of many of tlie rifle magnates, and for this he has been punished when the opportunity offered, though it does appear a great deal like spiting the face by cutting the nose off. Ithas never yet been shown that Mr, Farrow has ever done anything which was contrary fo gentlemanly conduct, and an exercise of an American independent course of action. He has pushed his way to the very front rank asa marksman by hard and in- telligent work. Heis to-day thoroughly conversant with the theory and practice of rifle shooting, and bis omission from the team is a real loss. There was nothing to show that he was not actuated by the best and mozt patriotic motives in giving his time and effort to win a place. There is no reason either to fear that he would not haye made a good working member of the team, but with some old scores to settle and a chance to strike down a map who might have carried a particular rifle to the front, he has been sacrificed, and the squad of riflemen go abroad, not as a representative team chosen by a fair and open selection according to merit, but instead a few riflemen who find favor in the eyes of men placed in positions of trust, There is a very bad air about the whole matter, and its tendency will be to check neweomers from taking an interest in range practice. Merit, it would seem, is not to he recognized, and it is as much a fault, it would seem, to shoot too well, as it is to shoot too poorly, The rejection of the best'shot in America from a place on the team may he looked upon with favor by some of the English shots. It certainly is a step toward giving the British team another victory. A year ago it was pretty well understood that the visitors were to win, and some of the private letters sent over by the English managers before the match, would be very interesting reading in thisconneection, But it certainly cannot he the plan of our so-called American managers to throw another match into the hands of the Wimbledon ex- perts. It remains to be seen whether the other members of the team will retain their places on a body from which one of their companions has been so rudely pushed. There surely ought to be sufficient regard for fair and honest en- deavor to see to it that a snub, anda very emphatic one, is given to such a contemptible little pettifogging trick as that which cut Mr. Farrow from his hard-yvon place in the first eight of the Americanteam. No rifleman can in the future tell what trap may be sprung upon him after he has done all the work before the butts which may be required, and a more flimsy curtain to hide behind than the one chosen by the majority_of the committee on this international match, it would be difficult to imagine, Thereis fault on both sides of the controversy, but no petty failings on the part of an individual can be for a single in- stant regarded as offsetting the worse than blunder com- mitted by the directors in their star-chamber proceedings. FisHine on Sunpay,—Mr. Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Who was secretary of the Commissioners on the Code, ard who drafted the Sunday sections, is quoted by the Otserver as saying: ‘‘Section 265, on sports, is substantially a tran- script of a law which is fifty years old. The effect of see- tion 259 of the code does not seem to me to have been sut- ficiently considered. It really restricts all punishments for violation of either of the following: sections, to cases suf- ficiently aggravated to be pronounced by a judge and jury ‘serious interruptions of the public repose and of religious liberty.’”’ If Mr, Abbott is correctly reported these may be accepted as the principles upon which the framers of the law intended it to be construed, It will be seen that consid- erable latitude is allowed to those who choose to ‘‘be quiet, and go a-angling.”” They may fish, but must not make a noise about it and so disturb ‘tthe public repose.” This reading of the statute, we take it, would not forbid fly-fish- ing, for the lure which falls upon the water lightly as a feather would not disturb this. repose; but concerning bait and line fishing there might be a very nice splitting of hairs, and we are prone to think that the man who ehigs his bait into the stream would be ruled out. Again it is clearly not permissible to pursue the fugitive herring over the hills, with horse and hound and hunting horn, as at Newport, nor to follow with hue and ery the ancient whitefish, as in certain sections of Canada. Perhaps there was just such a law when the “Compleat Angler” was written, and if was to those who thought themselves oppressed by it that Walton left his parting injunction, ‘Study to be quiet.” Tue Iprar, View of the New York and Brooklyn bridge, which is opened to day, would show a tangled skein of fish ing lines dangling down intv the turbid waters of the Hast River, with multitudinous monsters ascending, We have seen no statement from the bridge trustees respecting: the future angling privileges on the structure. It will now be in order to petition the authorities for permission to fish from the bridge, The only drawback to this scheme is the fact that there are no fish to be caught, 322 FOREST AND STREAM. Che Sportsman Conrist. QUIET SPORT,—IV. BY MILLARD. BOUT four miles north, “bearing 4 Jitthe west,” lies another and a larger lake, where ‘‘solitary and alone” live a quiet couple, Uncle Philo and his wife, whom every visitor is licensed to address as ‘‘Aunty.” The lake affords no sport forthe fly-fisherman, but the trolling is good, and many large catches are made in thatway. The outlet of ihe lake, however, offers trout and black flies in generous quan- lities, aud the biggest bungler with rod and reel can catch as many of the laiter as the most finished expert, Dick and Glen sighted the log house of Uncle Philo a few Iiinutes before dinner time, Philo was hard at work fol- lowing & plow which was pulled in a steady-by-jerks fashion by an old black horse which the crows were waiting for, @ was breaking, or trying to break up a patch of ground which he had cleared and was going to ‘put it into “taters” if he and the horse ever finished plowing it. It was getting to be a serious question which got broke up first—the land, the horse, or Philo’s voice, for the old Rosinante’s ears were continually filled with ‘‘Git up, consarn ye, ve lazy creeter, git up,” which was the extent of Philo’s horsy profanity, but repeated so often that the horse rather liked it, and ay:pa- rently was always waiting for it and dying to hear it. Aunty’s cali to dinner was a welcome one to all of us. “We was alooking fer ye boys. Expected ye on yester- day. Sit down; sit down,” . "Well, aunty,” says Glen after dinner was over, ‘‘you have not forgotten how to prepare a first-class dinner at short notice, and speaking of dinners, Uncle Philo, can you lend me the loan of your razor, for I don't know when 1 shall have such another chance to slick up,” ‘“Sartin, yes; ef you can makeit go. Here itis, but I cale‘late you'll haye ter touch her up a leetle “for you can use it.” “Thank you, Uncle Philo, I'll touch her up a bit this afternoon before I go down the outlet.” After Glen had finished his shave, or scrape, and lounged ubout the house for an hour or two, he and Dick went down to the falls, over which the surplus waters of the lake plunge before fairly entering the outlet, and plunge is what the water does, making summer music as it rushes oyer on the off side and having sport when il strikes below, makes # beautiful pool on the nigh side and surrounded with im- mense rocks covered with cushions of moss, while on either shore is a perfect jungle of undergrowth, making it neces- sary, to fish the pool, to climb one of the aforesaid rocks, a feat which Glen presently accomplishes, though choosing one of the outer ones, where the trout could not see him and from which he opened hostilities, the rod in his had work- ing with the accuracy of a mathematical instrument. He was one of Charles Reade’s ecither-banded men, and his care in preparation extended to the minutest detail, so when the battle opened he was ready at eyery point. He was never headstrong, never letting his zeal outrun his dis- cretion, but patient and undisturbed asa sphynx. He will always manage well enough, and even if the trout escape, he will give no sign of disappointment, no matter how keenly he may feel it, for he is an iceberg in coolness, At the second cast the seductive ibis has done its work, and now, old roc, to business. Humph! two onnces at least, and not an ounce less, Little fellow, you may go home, and please tell the old gentleman there about the nice visit, you have had, how sorry you were you couldn't stay longer, and how splendidly you were treated by the pleasunt friend you met. Give my compliments to your big sister, aod tell her how pleased I should he to see her. Good bye. Splash! What a retentive memory the two-ouncer had for such a youngster, and how he must have embellished the story of his travels as he told it with his fluent tongue, forin a few seconds came another, many times larger and older—one with a great deal of rapid transit about his style; but he was struck at sight, which is the flash of the trout. You may tniss him, but if you were to wait longer, his chances of escaping, Glen believes, are greater than if he met him the better part.of half way. He can let go very previously. Eyery angler has his pet theory reyarding the twist of the wrist or turn of the hand, and the proper time to putit in practice, but as Glen says he was taught to strike at sight, it has become second nature with him, and as he can capture rather more than a fair proportion by that method, he is not going to sacrifice it. He is going to break that tront up in business, that’s what he is. That poor trout is a yictim of misplaced confidence. Oh, how could Glen do it? He did it with rod and reel, with silence and celerity. Did it because he loved it, und the trout, bowing to the inevitable, in ten minutes by the watch and chain, was ¢reeled, and slept with us in sections that night. He was a good one. ‘‘Solid-meated, game; no liver- fed sluggard, no hot-house product, tame and insipid, that awaited like a prize pig for his food to be brought to him, but he was an active sportsman, a warrior bold that had conditioned himself by butteting the riffs and currents and battling among the eddies for bis morning and evening meal.” Into the basket went he, while Glen glew with a quiet glow of satisfaction, One’s whole after life might be void of such pleasurable emotions, Hyena yes that ends a wooing might be tame in comparison. ‘To one you can always look back with a longing for its repetition. To the other—well, we have heard old married people say if they were to do it over again they wouldun’t do it, Glen was contented when he had Jandedadozen that a Christian sportsman need not be ashamed of displaying, In capturing the dozen he hadtaken some smaller ones, but scrupulously returned them. There was not the slightest particle of the **T. H.” in his composition, and he could oblushingly exhibit the contents of his creel if he cared to slow the results of his angliug skill, How the black flies had taken hold while Glen was too busy to accord them the reception they merited, and they had improved their opportunity of displaying their infernal tactics on his cleanly shayen face, The black fly season at that particular locality was 1n- precedentediy active. They all wore spurs, carried red-hot needlus, and stuck closer than the scriptural brother. The millions of black flies that stabbed and sucked a hundred years ago are represented to day by descendants worthy to inherit their devilish propensities and proclivities. There has been no degeneration in the stuck, for, utterly and hein- ously: depraved, without an apparent redeeming quality, they maintain the old reputation and carry on the business as Cre ially established, Jncle Philoand Aunty were waiting supper when Glen returned, ‘Massy, sakes alive! Mr, Glen, but how the pesky flies have lit onto you.” “They did rather manage to get in their work to their good advantage while I was on the rocks below the falls; hut that's all right, as it was my fault.” “Your fault?” _ “Yes, for 1 had a bottle of tar and oil but forgot to apply it, so the fault was in a measure my own. Oh, haw | have bled and unconsciously suffered, if such a thing be possible, the torments of the damned while handling the rod. Suf- fered when I had in my pocket the remedy to alleviate the pain, but all forgetful of it in the delights of casting the fly and making the ripples and quiet pools contribute of their treasures to my creel, Put me on a runway watching for deer, and if there is one fly about he will demand and secure my attention spite of all the deer within five miles,” “Don't you think, Mister Glen, that giving yourself a nice, clean shave was what drew them to you? Dick ain’t scarcely touched,” “That, I think, made no difference.” “Did you find the razor in good order?” “Not first-class, hut 1 touched it up on the grind-stone, and finished off on the stove-pipe, I was very careful not to nick the stove. It shaved me, but it pulled terribly hard, Isay, Uncle Philg, wouldn't it be a good idea to hitch it up with your old black horse and do your ploughing with the two? If your horse cau pull as well as your razor, you will hayea team that can walk through every stump in your clearing. But Unele Philo, Iam much obliged for the use of it, and Aunty, that is what Lalla way up supper, one of the kind I firmly believe in putting down,” “So said we all of us,” Before the purple tints in the west had all faded away, the rest of the Scarlet Ibis Club had joined us, having tempor- arily broken camp at headquarters, and Uncle Philo’s cabin was filled with a sociable party. DAVE’S MEDICAL EXPERIENCE. N a former communication* we wrote that poor old Davy W. had paid his last debt—we might almost have writ- ten his first and last. He was a rare genius, and his name still “blossoms in the dust” of the Yazoo Valley, at least when there is no overflow upon its fertile fields; for even as we write, through broken barriers the great Father of Rivers, as he sweeps ever southward to the blue Mexican sea, rolls in surging waves over Davy’s Jonely grave. Small in stature, neither styong nor muscular, and with « somewhat “determined” stoop of the shoulders, he appeared at rather i disadvantage among the stalwart raftsmen of the Swamp. It was only when around the camp-fire, while from briar- wood and black “dudeen” the fragrant breath of the Indian weed curled upward to the blinking stars, that Dave tow- ered above his fellows, a veritable Anal in the fields of con- temporaneous fiction. Although he was generally the hero of his own story, yot so unassuming was his manner, so self-depreciating his voice, that one never thought of him as a braggart. His face had pevhaps “onee been fair,” but was when I knew him tanned and weather-beaten, His.eyes were yel- Jowish gray in color, with that far-off, dreamy, Indian-sum- mer look that is always associated with peace and econtent- ment, and so slight was the division which his nose made between them that they seemed almost to run into one another, THis hair had once been red, and, with the excep- tion of a whitish patch on the top of his head, was still of a muddy, fox-tail hne, while his beard was tawny and bristl- ing, and each individual hair stood out fierce and defiant like the spines upon a cactus, It knew no north, no south, no east, no west—a kind of ‘‘political beard,” as Dave once said of old Sol Friley’s pocket compass, ‘‘pointing to every tree in the woods." Here lam reminded that Dave would never carry one of these ‘‘useless contrapshuns,”’ as he called them, depending, as many old hunters do, wpon the moss and bark upon the trees for guidance, when skies were ‘ashen and gray.” Avter Dave had finished the story of his encounter with the “Dutch Yawger,” as before related, Ben H, proposed that we should go upon a camp hunt up on ‘Six—Mile” Bayou. To this Dave and myself assented, and haying agreed upon starting the next day, we separated. Bright and early the next morning saw us assembled atthe appointed rendezvous, with our ‘‘camp tricks’ and a darkey commissary on the roof of an extra mule. Taking our course along the eastern bank of the Sun- flower, we crossed that stream at Callao, the plantation of Col. Harvey L. And here, if it will be permitted me, I would like to make a short digression; Presuming that some of your Northern readers may be ignorant of what were the qualifications requisite for the acquiring of military titles among the planters of the cotton States in avte bellum days— titles so innumerable, that had a modern Napoleon, as No. 1 did when he got Morean at Kylan, ordered a few shells dropped among us, he would have bagged a “little general” at every pop—lI will for the benefit of the future historian state, that they were bestowed in accordance with the number of cotton bales upon which the individual planter stenciled his brand. Be it understood, however, that there were no captains ‘‘in those days.” The shipper of his five score bales neyer ranked Jower than Major. When the packages of the fleecy staple reached to double that number he was promoted 1o Colonel, and when he rolled the comfortable figure of 500 out of his gin house, it was “Glad to meet you, General.” If there weve “‘brevets” for the intermediate numbers, the writer knew of none, unless, perhaps, it was ‘‘ Judge.” Having crossed the river we continued our course wp its western bank, and in a short time struck the Deer Creek trail, following which a few miles brought us to the conflu- ence of ‘‘Four-Mile Bayou” and the swift-running Bogue Phalia. Fording the latter stream we soon found ourselyes traveling along the bank of a dry bayou, the land upon both sides of which lay in long swelling waves covered with tall grass and a scattering growth of trees, with here and there small islands of cane upon the most elevated points, As these lands are subject to annual overflows from the local streams, they remain in all their wild, uncultivated beauty, and are favorite feeding grounds for deer, which could always be found in abundance; until driven to the higher cultivated lands by the past year’s disastrous oyerflow they haye been almost exterminated by the ‘‘gentleman from *Fornst 4nd StRRAM April 26, 1883, ere, [May 24 1888, a Africa.” Pitching our camp near a clear pond that slept in depression of the bayou bed, our camp-ire soon shone brightly through the gathering twilight, while around it flitted our sable commissary preparing the eveniag meal. This dispatched and enjoyed, as such meals always are, we sat awhile in silence watching the white wreaths from our lighted pipes as they rose slowly upon the damp night sir, each, perhaps—as‘our sweethearts used to write they were always doing—‘‘following the lead of his wayward fancies.” At lengts, haying doubtless holed his same, Ben H, broke the spell with, “I say, Daye, don’t it sometimes make your month sore for those long-winded yarns you tell to come out of it?” “O, no,” Dave replied; and then yery solemnly, as if the question has conjured up some sad inemory of the past, he continued, “but if you wanter hear it Tl tell you all *hout one sore mout T did have wonst.” “Out with it, then,” said Ben, ‘if it won’t make mouth sore again to tell it.” “QO, no danger o’ that; it twan’t talkin’ as done it thal, time, no how,” said Dave, and, relighting his pipe, he went on, ‘You see, ‘twas while I wase a-liyin’ down at the mouth o’ Murphy; one day Shot Dupee he come along an’ sot bis- self down on a Jog whar I was a-tishin’ an’ begin a-tellin’ me as he’d a-went down ter Ditchal’s last Sunday an’ a-coched a thousan’ peerches outen one hole, an’ narrer one on ‘em wus er bit bigger nor er bit littler than tother one.” Here Ben interrupted him with, *‘And I suppose you be- lieved all such stuff as that?” O, no,” said Daye, “‘I didn’t edzactly believe as to they bein’ so near same size, But, ag I was a-sayin’, there we sot; 1 a-fishin’ an’ Shot a-talkin’, when I looks up the river an’ T seen er fellow comin’ down iner skiff. ‘It’s one o’ them pill pedlers,’ says Shot, ‘an’ now’s yer chance, Dave,’says he, ‘for to lay in yer doctor's grub, an’ bein’ as yout’s lookin’ mighty puny o’ late,’ says he, ‘I think you oughter take in er year’s rations an’ somethin’ extra for Crismass.’ Well, sure enough, when that feller landed he had his skiff full o” all sorts o’ powders an’ pills an’ stickin’ plasters, an’ sich like, nigh onto about twenty bushels, Shot said. Well, what does I do, with Shot a-sayin’ all the time, ‘Buy this yer, Dave,’ an’ ‘Here’s the stuff ter set you up, old feller,’ hut I lays in a general assortment, tex dollars’ worth or therabouts, an’ with what the feller throwed in for good measure rE as nigh as [ can come at it, about er bushel an’ er half, “Well, twant mor’m ten days or two week maybe, T was tooken with acramp in my left stomik, an’ thinks I, Daye, old feller, you’re lucky this time, you’ye got plenty o’ sick grub inthe house, Well, I jest shet my eyes an’ | run my han’ down in the chis’ sorter chance like an’ up I fotched er little box which were pills all a-iced jest like a weddin’ cake, But they didn't seem tu understand the business, so the next diye I folched up some kind o’ yaller powders, an’ [ tooken abont a three-finger load on it, but it didn’t faze mé, then thinks I ia war gettin’ serious, so I pitched in kinder indiscriminate li your ike, an’ in about a week, as sure as you're alive, the whole o’ that physic jest sailed down my weasen.” “That.is what makes your eyes look so much like the windows of a drug store,” said Ben. Unheeding the interruption, Daye continued: “Well, by that time my wiouf had got so sore that I don’t think 1 could a swallowed another pill if the supply hadent a gin out.” F “Jest about that lime George Booker, he come along’ a blowin’ up the river, so I runs out on the landin’and I sorter motioned for him to fetch her in, for I couldent a spoken outen a whisper if I had a wanted to say my prayers. So when George he seed me a workin’ my arms he landed her an’I went aboard. An’ says I, ‘George,’ says I, in a whisper, ‘T ain’t eat a moufful for enemost er month,’ Says he, "What in the world is the matter, Dave?’ Says I, ‘God only knows what is the matter, an’ then I ups an’ tells him bout that pill-peddier, an’ how much doctor’s grub I'd tooken, ‘Oli,’ says he, ‘you're saliwated.’ Says 1, ‘that might a bin his name as far as I knows, but anyways he's about fixed me’ Then George he sayshow I must go down to Vicksburg an’ see er doctor. Well, I puts on er clean shitt an down I coes, an’ when I gits thar the first thing I does I goes straight up to old Ben Harkaway’s medicin’ shop, an’ I begin a whis- perin’ at him as where’s er doctor. ‘Oh,’ says he, ‘you're saliwated, come here an’ take er drink o° sellerappeérin," “A drink of what?” said Ben. “‘I never heard of that brand before.” “QO, *twant spirits,” said Dave; ‘twas some kind a’ salt an’ water stuff,” “©, yes; seltzer aperient,” said Ben. *'Go on,” - ‘AT vight,’ says T, ‘Sf "twill make me ea any bet- ter, for I knows I'm Jookin’ right bad,’ says 1. “Jest then Doctor Bulver he walks in the sto’, and old Ben says he: ‘Doctor Bulver, here’s one o’ the biggest cotton planters on Red River badly saliwated, an’ I waut you to do your level best on him.” Then the Doctor he jest nods me to come in the back room, an’ when we got in thar saya he: ‘Please open your mouf, my friend.’ Then he shuck his head, an’ says he; ‘Yes, a pretty bad case. You must a tooken about forty pouns o’ hydrargum in broken doses, didn’t you?’ Says I; ‘God only knows what I didn’t took,’ Well, then he tells me ter shet my eyes an’ lay down flat my back on the table, an’ then he hollers ter old Ben ter fetch him er pint o’ ageyforty, an’ the fust thing T knowed he'd a gapped my moult wide open an’ a poured every drap o° that aggyforty down my goozle. Jerusalem, my happy home! er cup o’ red hot bilin’ lead wouldent 2 bin a patchin’ to it, an’ when I open my eyes the blue blazes was jest a shootig’ outen my mouf about ten feet high, clean up to the ceilin’ 0° the sto’. [t jest burnt me out cleaner’n a holler log, an’ I never heers tell about sore mouyes since I drunk that aggy- forty, but I thinks about that pill pedler.” , ‘J wish,” said Ben H,, ‘‘we had a pint of that aggyforty to start our tire in the morning.” Dave lifted his eyes inquiringly to the speaker, but if he said anything the writer, stretched npon his blanket with his fect to the fire und his head pillowed upon his saddle, was too far off in the land of dreams to hear him. TUCKAHOER, THe Yazoo River, Mississippi. CLEVELAND, O., May 13.—Killed thirteen puine May 10. Did not weigh them, but were the fattest birds 1] ever saw. Oil would drip from the hands while ree them, and floated on the water they were washed in, there being a thick layer of white fat nearly all over them. Noticed embryo (7) eggs in sone, about as large as mustard seeds, These birds were in an out of the way place and had, probably, been nn- disturbed for some time,—Soaten, Scare, —— NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF ALABAMA. BY A.M. R. URING the summers ef 1880 and 1881 [ was afforded excellent opportunities for observing the birds of ‘Ala- bama, the first season being spent mostly in the north and the second in Montgomery county. IL thus had a chance to see something of the ayi-tauna of the two extremes, and the following rough notes are tho result of my observations. Through the information of friends I have been able to add some remarks on the winter species. Wood Thrush—Lfylocichiin mustelint.—Common in the mountains of the oorth; nol common south of Birming- ham. Robin—Zurdus. migratorius.—Very abundant in winter; rather uncommon during the summer. A nest and four ees were found in Montgomery in 1879, Brown Thrush—Zarporynclus rufics.—Common through- out the State. Found breeding in the north during the mouth of June. Local name sandy mocking-bird. Mocking-bird— Minus polyylotius.—Byery where very abun- dant. Found breeding inthe north in June. A fayorite position for the nest is in the thick mock-orange bushes. Three to six ees form the complement. Catbird—Galeoscoptes carolinensis.—Abundant, Found breeding near Birmingham as late as July 1. Bluebird—Siala siulis—Common, Young very abundant in June, igh. Blue-gray Gnat-Catchers—Polioptila cervlea.—Common eyerywhere, but most abundant in the lowlands of the south, Several nests found on Lookout Mountain. The gum tree is a favorite building site. Tufted Titmouse—Loplhophanes bicolor.—Occasionally met with throughout the State. Southern Titmouse—Parvs atricypillus, var, earolinensis.— First met with on the southern slopes of Lookout Mountain; it was qnite sbundant, and at that time (June) gregarious; rare in the south. It very much resembles the black canped titmouse. Brown-heuded Nuthatch—Sivtiw pusilla.—Only one speci- men observed during two summers, and think that it is quite rare, The specimei I have referred to was seen near Bir- mingham. Carolina Wren—Thryothorus ludovicianus,—Occasionally geen throughont the State; young birds obtained near Mont- gomery in July. House Wren—TZroglodyies (eden.—Most common in the north, but met with throughout the State; breeds. Black and White Creeping Warbler—Mniatilta vania.— Eyerywhere abundant; breeds. Blue Yellow-backed Warbler—Ciloris ajericuna,—sSev- eral specimens obtained near Montgomery; none seen else- where. Prothonotary Warbler—Protonolaria citrea,—Sparingly met with in the swamps sonth of Montgomery. Tennessee Warbler—Hélminthophagu peregrina.several males obtained in the extreme north; not seen else- where. Summer Warbler—Dendreca cestini.—Eyerywhere com- mon; breeds. Prairie W arbler—Dendreecu discolor. Extremely abundant: throughout the State, frequenting pine woods, A nest and three eggs found in the extreme north in June, It was placed on an elder branch overhanging a small stream, and greatly resembled that of the summer warbler. Golden-rrowned Thrush—Sivrus aurteapillus.—Oceasion- ally seen in the north. Water Thrush—Stwrus nevivs.—Everywhere common, especially in Montgomery county, where it breeds in great numbers in the swamps. Maryland Yellow-throat—Geothlypts trichas.—One speci- mien seen a few miles north of Montgomery; nowhere else observed. Yellow-breasted Chat—Icterta virens.—Everywhere abun- dant. Near Montgomery nests and eggs were found as late asJuly 1. Local name, French mocking-bird. Redstart—Setophaga ruticilla—Rarely met with; specimen seen in the north, Scarlet Tanager—Pyranga rubra.—Occasionally seen in Montgomery county. Summer Red Bird—Pyranga estiva—Hverywhere very abundant; in the extreme south they are eyen more numer- ous than the cardinal grosbeak. Strange to say, I found no nests, nor could | hear of any, though the young birds, in their varied plumage, were yery plentiful in June and July. T frequently noticed these birds darting after flying insects in the manner of the flycatchers. Barn Swallow—Hirundo erythrogasti'a,—Every where com- mon, nowhere very abundant. White-bellied Swallow—Vuchycinete. bicolor. —Occasion- ally seen on the Alabama River. Bank Swallow—Cotyle riparia.cCommon; breeds. Purple Martin—Progne subis—Most abundant of the family; breed in colonies in bird houses erected for the pur- pose. Nesting season, May, Red-eyed Vireo—Vireosyluta oltvacea.—Occasionally met with throughout the State; only species of the family ob- served; breeds, Logeerhead Shrike—Laniue ludovieianus.—Common north and south; # nest and three young birds found neat Mont- gomery in June, Field Sparrow—Sprzell pusilic.—Abundant; eggs col- qeeted in the north in June, and near Montgomery as late as ~ July 4. Chipping Sparrow—sSpizalla sociatis—Common; breeds. Song Sparrow —WMelospiza melvdii.—Abundant; breeds. Swamp Sparrow—AM€elospiza palustris —Common in swamps; breeds. ; Yellow Bird—Chrysonutris tristis—Common, Snow Bird—Junco hyemalis—Common in winter; ob- served during the winter of 1875-76. Blue Grosbeak— Guiraca ewrulew,—Common inthe swamps of the south. Nest and young found near Montgomery in Jane: This is one of the most beautiful of our Southern irds, Indigo Bird — Cyanospiza eyanet.Ahundant; breeds, This is a most persistent singer, remaining perched on some high branch and enduring with indifference the heat, which has long since driven all other bird life into the shade. Painted Bunting—Cyanoapiza eis.—Rarely seen. Cardinal Grosheak—Cardinalis virginianus.—HKvery where yery abundant; many nests found. The eggs of this species een te one FOREST AND STREAM. differ greatly, some being of a dark chocolate color and others of a light brown. Bobolink—Dolichanyx oryzteorils.—Most alundant. in the north, but occasionally seen throughout the State. During the winter they are found in yast numbers in tho south. Local name, reed bird; breeds. Cow Bird—WMolothrus ater.—Occasionally seen throughout the State; no record of its breeding. Red-winged Blackbird.—Ageleus phaniceva.—Conmon in the north; not found in any mimbers south of Birmingham; breeds. Meadow Lark—Sturnetla magna.—Uncommon in summer; very plentiful in winfer. Baltimore Oriole—Jetervs bultimore.—Occasionally seen; by no means common. Orchard Oriole—Jrterus spyrtus—EBverywhere abundant ; many nests and young found near Montgomery in June, A curious instance of this species nesting in a martin box came under my notice, The young are ground-feeders in sum- mer, Crow Blackhird—Qwiscalus purpwreus.—Common in the north; rather uncommon in the south; breeds in the north. Found everywhere in the winter, Crow—Corvus dnericanus.—Not often seen south of Birmingham; common in the north. Abundant in winter, Blue Jay—Cyanuiruas cristatus—Very abundant, Breeds in the pine woods. Kinebird—Tyrannus corolinensis.—Every where common; breeds. Great QGrested Fly-Catcher—Myiarchus erinitus.—Bvery- where very abundant. I found it in great numbers in the cybress wamps of the south. Pewee—Sayornis fuseus—Common ; breeds, Wood Pewee—Contopus virens.— Occasionally seen in the north; not observed in Montgomery connty, though I was shown numerous egys collected in the vicinity, Whippoorwill—Antrostomus veciferus.—Occasionally seen in the thick woods. Breeds near Montgomery. Night Hawk—Cherdeiles vingintanus,—Everywhere very abundant; about the last of August they are im fine condi- tion and afford much sport to the hunting community; known throughout the south as the “‘bull bat;’’ breeds. Chimney Swift—Chelura peliasgica—aA bundant; breeds, Ruby-throated Humming Bird — Vrochilus ecolubris.— Plentiful; breeds. The terror of hawks and crows. Belted Kingfisher—Ceryle aleyon.—Common,; breeds. * Yellow-billed Cuckoo—Coceyzus americanus,—Sparingly met wilh all through the State. Locally known as the “rain crow;” breeds. Black-billed CGuckoo—Coceyzus erythrophthalmus.—One specimen, a young male, obtained about fifteen miles south of Montgomery; the only one of the species seen. Great [yory-billed Woodpecker—Cumpephilus princtpulis. —Common in the mountainous region of the north. Local name, woodcock. the State, though [did not notice it in the south, name, ‘‘sap-sucker.” Downy Wovdpecker—Pieus pubescens.—Everywhere abun- dant, especially in the pine woods of the south. Locally known as the “‘little sap-sucker.” Red-bellied Wooudpecker— Centunus carolinus.—One speci- men obtained near Birmingham. Red-headed Woodpecker—Melanerpes erythrocephelus.— Very abundant. A favorite-breeding placeis in the dead trees in the midst of the cotton fields. I have counted as many as four nests in one of these trees. Golden-winged Woodpecker—Colapies auratus:—Sparingly met with throughout the State; abundant in winter. Local name, ‘‘yellow hammer.” Barred Owl—Syrnium. cinereum—Common near Mont- gomery; breeds in the pine woods about the city. I ob- tained many specimens of this fine bird, one of which I kept alive forsome time. It was perfectly blind during the day. Red Owl—Scops asio—Common, Pigeon Hawk—#ualeo columbarius—Seen in considerable numbers throughout the State. Sparrow Hawk—Vileo sparvertus —Common; breeds, Sharp-shinned Hawk—d SALMON FisHine.—The undersigued has some salmon fishing upon tou the best rivers in Canada at his disposal, Address at once “Smada,*! this office.—Adu, lst (May 24, 1888 — SS SE ee ee eee eee SS Buack Bass,—June 1st approaches, and thu ‘bass are anxiously waiting to be taken i out of the wet. Kind- hearted anglers are now looking over their tackle and filing Bape in il, so that the fish may not suffer in suspense too ong, Those who have given no thought to this matter will do well to remember that another weel@will bring tWe opeb- ing of the bass season in New York, New Jersey, Iowa and some other States. Noven PICKEREL Carrtry.—Lowell, Mass, May 18.— While rowing a boat on the Coneord River Wednesday, 4 pickerel which would weigh about a pound leaped from the Witter into the boat. The barrels of my gun projected about six inches over the gunwale, and the reflection-f the sun on them doubtless attracted the fish, which jumped at the bar- rels, and missing them, landed in (he hoat. The water was quite rough at the time, aud it was just such a day ns one would select for trolling.—W. E. O. SALMON Fisxrxc.—Those of ourreaders who wish « little salinon fishing this season will do well to consult the adyer- tisement of a gentleman who has leased two rivers in Canada. 4 ! Hishenlture. THE FISHERIES EXHIBITION. T the annual dinner of the Gresham Angling Society at the Holborn (London) restaurant, on April 18, the Ameri- can Commission were inyited guests. After reading the re- ports, etc,, the chairman, Mr. Alderman Cotton, M. P., arose and said; ‘I am going to ask you to drink success to the Inter= national Fisheries Exhibition. We are honored to-night by the presence of the American Commissioners to the exhibition, (Cheers,) It is the first time that our American cousins have done us the honor to visit any similar exhibition, but, being here, I am quite sure that the welcome which the Gresham Anglers’ Association has given to them to-night will be fully appreciated in the United States when itis recorded there, I ‘c to ous with this toast the uname of Professor Goode.” theers, Prof. Goode responded: ‘In behalf of the anglers, fish- | culturists and fishermen of my country, 1 thank you most heartily for the honor which you have conferred uponus, TI feelit is hardly necessary for me to say anything in behalf of the International Visheries Exhibition, because it seems to me that its success is already entirely secured, I have already seen three similar exhibitions, and from what I have seen of the preparations at South Kensirgton I ean say confidently this is going to be the great International Fisheries Bxhihi- tion of the world. Heer The message which my fellow countrymen sent to me I cannot yenture to express in words, butif you will come to oursection in the Fisheries Bx- hibition we will try and show you there what they haye sent in a tangible way. Some 2fi) yearsago a small company of fishermen went to North America and established a colony there, chiefly for the purpose of fishing. We find in early records of the Plymouth colonists of the abundance of fish in the waters, and of the great delight which they took in hauw- ing forth those treasures from the deep. America sends over to the mother country examples of what it has done durin the past 260 years, and what it is now doing, in the way of fishing, in the way of angling, in the way of tishculture, and in the way of fish protection. We have done, as my country- men say, our level best; and T think we cannot do better than we shall do on the floors of the exhibition building at South Kensington. We have come here to see in this triendly gom- petition the evidence that this exhibition is going to be the crown of all the exhibitions of its kind which have eyer been held in the history of exhibitions.” (Cheers,) Dr. Lloyd proposed; “The Visitors,” couplin, names of Mr, Harlland Capt. Collins, of the Fish Commission, Mr. Farll, in responding, said: “An angling society is, under any circumstances, an organization that is peculiarly desir- able; but when you. combine with the angling societies those elements which I find are combined with this—that of the dissemination of knowledge, that of fishculture and fish pro- tection—the object is doubly worthy of commendation, T amsure you are engaged ina good work, and that you are not only promoting the interests of yourselyes, hit of the men who toil by fishing. I feel that you are doing honor to the cause of fishing by taking upfishcultire, for by its proper use and more recent methods I think there will be little difticulty in keeping the supply of fish beyond the question of exluus- tion. The society isa very prosperous one, and when I look at it and remember that it has only been two years in exist- ence, I cannot but ask myself, What is there not inthe future for it? If two years have brought such results, what will four, or eight years, or double that time do? We have come across the water to discuss fhis question with you. [bh is one of grcat interest both to yourself and to ns, and we feel that we shall be benefited by it. The chairman has referred to us as cousins, but the cordial reception you have given us to- night would cause me to claim even a closer relationship, I beg to thank you for the cordial way in which you have re- ceived this toast.” (Cheers.) ; Captain Collins, in responding, said; ‘‘l feel both honored and gratified at the hospitality which has been extended to us by the Gresham Angling Society, and we are most happy to meet you on this auspicious occasion. As Mr, Baril has already said, we leel that we can claim a closer relationship than that of cousins; we have a cominon language, a common law and acommon purpose—that of the advancement of manicind, With us, where we haye so much territory, and s0 much water, and so many fish, we haye not felt the need of estah- lishing angling societies; but, nevertheless, we appreciate what you have done, and hope and trust that the efforts put forth by the angling societies of London will go on until they ac- complish the purposes they ave intended to insure. I thank you for the cordial manner in which you have leceived us, and trust that on some future occasion we may hye the hap- piness of returning the compliment.” (Cheers,) with it the nited States SCHROON LAK®E.—Glens Falls, N, Y,, May 17.—The Schroon Lake Fishculture Association, organized last year at Schroon Lake, N, Y., by residents and summer visitors, has just deposited 120,000 lake troutin Schroon Lake and 40,000 of the same in Paradox Lake, The hatchery of the associa- tion, built last autumn, stands on the shores of the lake two miles from the outlet, and is yery complete for the purpose intended, The operations the past winter were under the management of an expert from the State hatchery at Cale- donia, and the loss of eges was, under adverse circumstances, less than 10 percent. There are 50,000 rainbow trout eggs now being hatched for the streams about the lake from which the association takes ib name,—A. N. CHENEY, Sec. TOWA,—Spirit Lake.—Last fall I made a report to you of the amount of eges received at this hatching house, and now, according to promise, will state the result: I haye had extra- ordinary success, having hatched ont the entire lot, with the exception of the few injured eggs. [have now in the house about 500,000 salmon trout and ateyw whitefish; have dis- tributed the rest “in the various lakes around here. ‘hese Jakes are tearing rite native fish, such as bass, pickerel and pike (walleye). The season is opening first-rate for sporting, —A, A, Mosusr, Xk Uh _———&xx== = tt— Max 24, 1883, ] FOREST AND STREAM. a29 TROUT IN MICHIGAN, —The following letter has been received by one of the Michigan Commissioners: Kalama~- zoo, May 11, 1885,—A, J. Kellogg, Esq.: My Dear Sir—It will, am sure, be grutifying to you to Enow that in this yicinity we are having some excellent trout fishing, A puber of streams in which they were planted three years ago are furnishing 4 fair supply. Since the Ist of May hundreds have been caught from one brook, and, to my certain lenowledge, they exist in several other streams that have not buen fished, And what surprises every one ig the fact that they haye grown to such size. Quite a number have been taken which weighed over one pound each, J have knowledge of one that weighed one pound six ounces, another one pound fomand a half ounces, an another one pound and three ounces. Probably most that have been taken weighed from three-yuarters of a poand to one pound. The Commissioners haye reason to congratulate themselves ‘on the assured success of their efforts, and I trust the Legis- lature will be disposed to make a liberal euprepinre® to enable you to carry on the work so auspiciously commenced, Very truly yours, IT. 8. Gabb, Che Zennel. Toinsure prompt attention communications showld be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co,, and nat to individuals, in whose absence from. the office matlers of im- portance are liable to delay. : FIXTURES. BENCH SHOWS. June 12, 18,14 and 15, 1848.—Chieago Bench Show, Chicago, Il, Entries close Juné1, Chas. Lincoln, Superintendent. FIELD TRIALS. November 19. 1883.—Mastern Wield Trials Chis, Fifth Annual Trials, at High Point, N. C. Entries for the Derby close July 1; for the Members’ Stake, Nov. 17; for the All-Aged Stake, Noy. 1, W. A. Coster, Secretary, Flatbush, Long Island, N. Y. November 20, 1883..-Robin's Island Club's secoud Annual Field Trials at Robin's Island, L, I., for members only, Hutries close Sept. 1. A. 'T. Plummer, Secretary. . Sheeembben; 18&3,—National American Kennel Olub, Fifth Annual eee at Grand Junction, Tenn, ‘enn, D, Eryson, Secretary, Memphis, TRACHEOTOMY IN A DOG. Editor Forest and Stream: ‘ The following case of tracheotomy in a dog for supposed laryngeal obstruction may be of interest to your readers, T am not familiar enough with canine surgery and therapeutics to know whether the case is a unique one, On Sunday noon, the 6th inst,, a valuable red Irish setter, something oyer a year old, while playing on the grass, was suddenly seized with violent coughing and dyspnosa, and inafew moments lay almost moribund of asphyxia, He gave most eyident symptoms of laryngeal obstruction, and his life was sayed at the time only by the prompt action of his master, who, being called, thrust his finger into the larynx as far as possible, with- out, however, to his knowledge, haying it come into contact with any foreisn body. The dog immediately recommenced breathing, and was soon able to stand, though still suffering from severe dyspnoea or dificulty in breathing, and still con- finning his violent attempts to eject something from the air passages. 1 was culled tosee the case at this juncture. By laryngeal inspection I could detect- nothing except in- tense congestion ot the epizlottidean folds at the entrance to the larynx, nor could I feel any obstruction in the trachea froin without. The dog was standing, and, but for his violent retching, was in good condition, wagging his tail, and with charactéristic intelligence submitting to be examined without malting the slightest resistance, Physical exploration of the chest walls revealed on auscultation the presence of loud rales of a mucous and finid character deep in the trachea and bronchi, Atter resorting to the usual methods in such cases, holding the patient by the hind legs in an inverted position, giving an emetic, etc., I gave the animal an hour's rest, as he seemed fo be improving and was in no immediate danger. During this interim he ejected three times a considerable quantity of frothy muco-sanguinolent matter of bright red color, and evidently proceeding fromthe lungs. The matiter contained guite a little grass in blades, and one or two shreds or moss. I made a diagnosis of cedema of the glottis due to irritation by points of grass or other forcign bodies. Expira- tioh was comparatively easy, but upon inspiration something seemed to close down and prevent the ingress of air. The hreathing soon became more labored, and it was found necessary, two or three times, to ee the glottis by means of long forceps with sponge attached. The dog begun to show syident signs of exhaustion, and I now saw that operative procedure would shortly be called for, and at once dispatched a messenger to the nearest drug-store, abont a half mile dis- tant, for a tracheotomy tube. About fifteen minutes latertbe dog ceased to breathe and became moribund, He was ationce thrown upon his back, and an incision 1}y inches in length was made through the skin, fascia, ete., down to the trachea, the incision commencing just below the cricoid cartilage, ‘This sis accomplished by grasping the larynx with the left hand, holding it firmly, thus making the integument; oyer the parts tense. Four rings of the trachea were cut, and as the instru- ment entered the windpipe the characteristic sucking sound was heard. P I Unfortunately, no tube had arrived, nor were toothpicks or goose quills at hand, and it was impossible to keep the opening into the air passages patulous; besides this, the animal was now inarliculo mortis, his heart alone showing by its flutter- ing pulse that life was hot yet gone, At this critical moment the messenger with the tube arrived, and although I pro- nounced the dog beyond hope, yet I inserted the tube at once, fastened it and started artificial respiration and gave hypo- dermics of whiskey. After ten minutes the animal was breathing naturally through the new opening. All this seemed strously to confirm the previous diagnosis of asdema glot- tidis, The question now arose as to the best means of keeping the animal quiet for the next thirty-six to forty-eight hours, and this was attempted by sewing him securely on his back in bagging and suspending him in this position. This being ac- complished, two men were appointed watchers, relieving éach other every sixhours. The adventitious opening was covered with a large sponge wrung out ina weak carbolized solution, and this was ordered to be changed pit hour. About one ounce whiskey was administered hypodermically, and ten minims of Magendies’ solution of morphia. The animal remained quiet until three o'clock A. M., or about nme hours after the morphine had been given, when I was suddenly called to see the patient, the watcher reporting that the dog had ceased breathing. I found him very rest- less and breathing hard. Examination showed that the tube had slipped frora the ttachea during his exertions to free him- self from his fastenings, The tube was immediately replaced and ten minims of Magendie administered. The respirations and pupil indicated no toxic effects from the morphia. At this time there was no breathing whatever from the natural air passages. At sight o'clock im the morning, or about six- teen hours after operating, some bréathing through the nostrils could be detected. A ‘mixture containing three ounces of milk, one ounce of whiskey, with twenty drops of Jaudanuim were now administered perrectum. At noun the dog was breathing quite freely through the air Et §. The urine and feces hacl passed during the morn- dese Heart pulsations strong and regular, eight minims Ma- gendiegiyen, Prognosis good, At 6 F, M, eyerything had moth pied The breathing through the larynx was strong, and iipon closing the tube for a few moments by means of a small sponge, tha dog gave no evidence of dyspnosa, but breathed contentedly through his nose and mouth. The enema of milk, whisky and landanum was repeated, and five minims of Magendie given hypodermically. Hyerything looked favorably. At 16:30 P, M. | was summoned suddenly with the announcement that the doz had ceased to breathe. T found the brute in a comatose condition, markedly cyanotic and evidently dying of apnea, He was at once cut igeze from his hammock and artificialrespiratioa kept up for over half an hour, while whisky and ammionia were administered hypodermically. At the end of this time the heart had cegsed to beat, ii being impossible to force more than the smallest quantity of air into the lungs. The animal died just thirty hours after the operation. An autopsy was held at once, and the following conditions presented themselves: The laryngeal mucous membrane and yocal cords showed avidence of recent inteuse congestion and inflamimation, considerable ecchymosis about the incision into the trachea, Upon slitting up the trachea, a hard foreign body was encountered just at its bifurcation, Ii proved to be a large acorn, with a transverse diameter slightly exceed- ing that of the trachea. 1t wasrather firmly impacted, with its point downward over the entrance to the left bronchus, and completely occluding its caliber. The base of the acorn lay diagonally over the entrance tothe right bronchus. The left lun was completely collapsed and carnified, and of dark reddish color, ‘Che right lung showed signs of recent collapse, but was of normal color, Neither lung contained any air. The division of the trachea into the two bronchi was some- thing over eight inches from the lower border of the larnyx, lying deeply below and behind the episternal notch, and beneath the thick muscles of the neck. The conditions at the time of operation seem to haye been as follows: The lining membrane of the larnyx was the seat of an acute inflamma- tion or cedema plottidis, brought on by the passage through it of this large body, increased doubtless by the various manipulations by forceps and fingers to which it had been subjected. Undoubtedly the acorn had, by the violent ipspi- ratory efforts, been forced down to its final resting place, the bifurcation of the trachea, the moment it had passed through or possibly been pushed through the unyielding walls of the larnyx. It must haye completely occluded the left bronchus from the beginning, but resting diagonally (as per diagram), had allowed the air to enter and make its exit from the right lung. The deep breath which the watcher stated the dog had taken just previous to his collapse, must have sucked the base of the acorn over the entrance to the right bronchus, thus occluding them both. Local inflammation around the acorn aidedin narrowing the caliber of the trachea at this point, t The fact of the operation giving relief at once from the as- hyxia, was almost proof positive that the obstruction was aryngeal and not below, and hence exploration of the chest for physical signs, except in a supertlicial manner, at first was overlooked, Had this been done, the absence of all sounds on the left side might have raised suspicions. In all probability ilo operative procedure could have saved the dog's life, even had 4 somplete diagnosis been made. Howso large a body passed the chords yocalesis a mystery. After death I gould, with difficulty, force the tip of my index finger through the larynx. The animal was in the habit of playing with a small rubber ball, throwing it into the air and catching it, and while thus engaged with an acorn the accident must have happened, The operation in itself is a simple one, and in all cases where the obstruction is laryngeal, would be called for, and I am sat- isfied, with proper care, be highly successful, Morton GrinnELu, M,D, Nw Yor, May 10, 1883. THE GORDON STANDARD. N R. DIXON'S letter in your last issue on Gordon standard is yery pleasing to me, and I thank him for its character, and T trust that our united efforts may be crowned with suc- cess. Mr, Dixon says I ignored stern in my standard. [ certainly did not place any value on it, I left it to rank in general Se rpansus A setter with a teapot tail ought to be very heavily penalized; in fact, I should disqualify hin on show wench, but at the same time I think this point should be considered in the general make-up of the dog. Pilot, when L saw him in New York last year, I considered the best of the Gordon setters by long odds, yet I did not con- sider him my style, I would suzgest that a committee be formed of the prominent breeders of the Gordon setters in America, and that they should tale into consideration the standards now before the public—i, e,, Stonelenge’s, Vero Shaw’s, Malcolm’s, Dixon's and my feeble effort—and by doing sol think a correct and nseliul standard would be framed, that all bench show managers would consider if their duty to have used, and af the same time breedersund the public would reap the benefit ot it. "ty, This is the only true mode. Asit stands at present, exhibi- tors who do notindorse any but the old Stonehenge standard will not exhibit under the later productions; and vice versa, those holders with the later views will not exhibit under the older ones, so that bench show managers are placed in a difficulty. This is the only true mode of proceeding (a paper war only can qaake suggestions, it cal never oxrry them out), and I am quite sure ii will commend itself to all sportsmen as the proper way out of the difficulty which at present surrounds the Gordon setter, J. & Navan, CANINE TENACITY OF LIFE. BY G, 1, ALEXANDER, HE first year of the surrender in the late civil war found the old planters of the Arkansas River in most destitute circumstanves. They had no provisions and no money to pur- chase them—credit was dead as a hammer, Shortly after I had returned from Marshall, Texas, to begin life anew, and prepare for a crop in the fall of 1865, a heavy snow fell, Tt was a godsend to many a poor planter, who was thus cnabled to track his wild hogs to their beds, and lay ina supply of meat for the impoyérished family. It commenced snowing about bedtime, and Llay awake a greater part, of the night, lanning with my nephew, Samuel Moorman Alexander, who had recently arrived from Lyichburp, Va., to have a grand wild hog hunt the next day. My pack of hounds would run any animal | wanted them to prereites from the cotton-tail hare to the biped man, The difficulty inthe way was to get them on a hog track before striking that of a deer, bear op wildcat, By morning the snow was fully three inches deep. The ground was dry and frozen before it commenced falling, and as there was no wind during the night, every tree, shrub and cornstalk was covered. It was just such a snow as TI desired, and before sunrise | wasin the saddle ona gentle mule, and accompanied by my nephew and two freedmen, I etarted to a big canebrake where the wild hogs were certain to have bedded in this deep snow, Tt was not over a quarter of a mile from the house to the rear of the field, where theré was a gate through which L could pass out into the forest, alarge body of heavily tim- bered land densely covered with cane, and extending for many miles back of the plantution. Along the fence there wus 4 wagon road used for hauling cord wood, that extended about a mile alone the fence, and then diverged ab right angles until it struck a pretty bayou, down which it lead until both road and bayou disappeared in a large cypress brake, Fortunately, just as I passed through the gate, [ discovered tracks of two hows, indicating from thoir great size that they were seyeral years old. My nephew dismounted, showed the tracks to my fayorite hound bitch that would open on the track of anything I wanted her to run, and by a little coaxing I got the entire pack in full pursuit, The hogs had fed along the road as far as it extended by the field, and then continued in the wood to the bayou, After following the bayou for sey- eral hundred yards they had crossed, and from the direction J was confident they had made forthe canebrake, Being minus my left arm, which I had lefj on the banks of the Potomac during the late unpleasantness, it wasnot so easy for me to ride through the dense woods and keep up with my pack of dogs, I directed my nephew, who was a superb shot with both pistol and rifle, having served the entire four years of the war as a member of Munford’s First Cavalry Reziment of Vir- ginia, fo follow the pack and keep up with them, arto take the two freedmen with him, as 1 should make my way as fast as I could co the place where I knew the hogs would be found. Sam obeyed orders, and balf an hour’s ride brought me in hearing of the dops, that were then baying the hogs in this dense thicket, THe had stopped to wait for me to coma wp, as he did not understand me as directing him to shoot the hogs before I shoulf arrive. Linstructed him to give me time fo ride to the opposite side of tha place where the dogs and hogs were fighting, The two freedmen were posted on the flanks, and a single blast of my horn was tohe the signal for Sam te go into where the logs had bedded, and shoot them if pos- sible. One of my hound bitches on this ovvasion refused to run the hog tracks and she had followed behind my nurle perfectly in- different to the fierce struggle that was going ou. The place which they had selected for their lair was one most admirable for their defense, Two large cottonwood trees bad been blown down in some storm during the year, and had fallen one across the other. In this cross the hogs had made their bed. The trees were not less than tive feet in diameter, and under the upper tree was the bed. All around was as danse a canebrake as Teyer gotinto, The hogs proved to he very old boars. Of all the wild animals I haye hunted in our western country I consider the old wild boar is the most dangerous, It was simply impossible for the dogs to do anything with these hogs. They wereasimpregnably fortified against the dogs as if they held a Thermopylz Pass, Thedogs were fully conscious of the danger and kept ata respectful dis- tance, some on the logs, some in front and some behind the hogs. One of the disagreeable points of a hog hunt in the deép snow is the constant falling of masses of snow from the bending cane. One soon becomes wot and cold, and in the days before breecb-loaders it was almost impossible to keep a muzzleloader from getting web and failing to fire, The actions of my bitch, Venus, hac puzzled me not a little in endeavoring to account for her refusal to join the rest of the pack. I have often thought sha must have had a spiritual warning that some great mishap was poing to take place, and it had thrown a damper over her buoyant spirit. At any rate she stuck to the heels of my mule, and it proved the worst thing she could have done, as the sequel will show. I had veached the point I desired and the signal was given, Tt was some little time before the sharp report of Sam’s rifle was heard, and then followed his loud shout, “Look out! He is coming.” In a moment I heard the cane popping as ifa huge bear was bursting through it and coming direct to where | was seated on my mule, The dogs were in fullery; the boar was ‘‘booting” asifin great terror, and the gnashing of his great tusks was distinctly audible, My mule had got tangled in « grapevine, and I could neither turn myself in the saddle nor move tha mule. I heard Venus give one whine, and at that instant I felt the shudder of the mule. Turning as well as I could to look, I sayy the largest wild boar I had ever seen, plunging through the cane with all the dogs except Venus at his heels, He was a Chester white, and his exit was like some gigantic snowball whirled through the cane with the force of an ava- laneche, I was so éxcited and so eager to follow him that I paid no attention to Venus, only noticing her coming on behind me as I got my mule in position to follow. If had gone but a few rods when I heard her give a sudden whine. I was Con- yinced she was younded, and on looking back to see her what ws my astonishment to perceive the snow crimsoned along my mowle’s tracks, Looking down I disuovered the bloo spurting from his hind leg, and poor Venus was fastened to a long bamboo briar. Dismounting, I found the wound of the mule was nota fatal one, and [ went to the relief of Venus. Her entrails were dragging and the bamboo had caught them, thus preventing her going any further, Here was a dilemma —my mule badly cut, my bitch, one of the best! had, mortall wounded, as I supposed, and the boar, dogs, freedmen an Sam out of hearing, and I with only one hand—what could L do? To leave the poor bitch in that condition would neyer do, J was fully three miles from home, wnd in this dense canebrake, An old hunter has many resources under such circumstunces that men not accustomed tothe woods would not think of applying. 1 wWohitehed the entrails from the bamboo, put them back into her belly, and then wrapped my handkerchief around the body, covering the deep gash made by the tusk of the boar, and with the aid of my one hand and mouth I tied it, and then tightened the knot with astick, I determined to Er 830 take her home, if possible, and have the wound sewed-up. It was ecessary for me to walk back, in order to be better able fo pick my way, a3 well as to be ready to wihiteh her when the briars would catch hold of the handkerchief, 1 struck for the nearest route to the bayou, in order to gat to the road ou the opposite side, After many stops to unhitch, put back the entrails, and sometimes to carry her under my arm, J suc- oveded in arriving at the bayou. TI could find no log to take her over, and the water was nearly up to my neck and run- nig yery rapidly, 1 forded it with my mule, and coaxed Venus to follov. When she cot about half way across she had drifted below where I crossed, and to crown my misfor- tunes, slic ottangled ina grapevine. There was no help for it, bul either to let her drown or wade in mysel! and untasten her, Th her struzeles to get loose the handkerchief became loose, her eutrails came out, and they got tangled up in the vine. The water was freezing cold, Iwas nearly frozen be- fore | got her to the bank, and then I was over a mile from home. 1 had stripped to wade in to get her out, because I thought I would certainly freeze were I to start home with wet clothes and boots full of water. To increase my perplex- Tlies I had lost the handkerchief and had nothing to bind the wound buts» frozen halter rein, 1 could not secure the en- trails from falling ont and ni her from dragging them over jlashow. Tio hours must have passed before I finally got her to the gate. As it was only a quarter of a mile to the house, and the snow trampled down in the road, I put her on the inside and left her, sipposing she would go to the house and I knew my ‘wife would have her attended to. The bloo had ceased oozing from the wound on the mule’s leg, and as I could faintly hear the ery of the pack of hounds, as if they had come fo a bay, I dashed o!f to be in at the “death” and so suye my dogs. ff was not more than a mile to where the dogs were baying, Soon I was there, and found Sam and the treqadmea vainly endeavoring to get a shot at the boar that had taken refuge in a larce, hollow cypress log. He informed me “he had killed one of the boars, when he made the shot where they had bedded_ and this one dashed away at the report of hisrifle, The dogs kept in front of the log, so that he conld not get a shot at it, and that he was waiting for me to come up to determine what fodo." He had become so excited that it had not suggested to him the proper plan was to make a freedman take a saddle blanket, and, walking down the log, hold it with a stick in front of the hollow, while he shonld take his stand to one side and shoot as soon as the boar should rush ot te seize the blanket. This arrangement was quickly made. A long pole was cut, the blanket fastened to one end, and the freedman with his musket in the left hand and the pole in the right, walked along the log until he got near enongh to the mouth of the hollow to extend the pole and wave the blanket beforeit. At first the boar paid no attention toit, but some of the dogs, approaching too near, excited his rage and he made a rush forward to attack them, The blanket was dashed aside, the body was exposod, the sharp report of Sam's rifle was heard above the roar of the dogs, and forward sped the enraged animal. A huge cur that belonged to one of the freedmen opposed his course. Tt was but an instant—a gleam of ivory flashed, a slight upward toss of the head, and the poor dog was dashed aside with a terrible rent from the flank to the shoulder. The shock was so great that not asound of pain was lieard as his life went out and all the bowels gushed forth \ ith the crimson tide dyeing the snow. It wasa horrid, sick- ening sieht that made me shudder, and the freedman, his master, a madman for the time being. One of my best hounds was the next object he eneountered. The hound sprang at his ear. ‘The great, wide mouth of the beast seized hold of his neck and crushed bim to the ground. Then came a foss of the head. The dog was thrown up several feet in the air and came down ou his back stone dead, his belly ripped open and all the entrails exposed, This infuriated me. Iwas sitting On toy mule on one side of the course I expected the boar to take when he should leave the hollow, with the in- tention of making a broadside shot should 8am fail to kill him. The hound: prevented me from shooting for fear T should kill some of them, and now, when I witnessed the death of my favorite ound, I spurred my mule to charge the boar and vive me an opportunity to shoot him in the back, He saw the movement, and instantly met it with a counter- eharee. That would have been the last of the wmule, and more than likely the eud of both of us; for as he got within some twenty feet. of me the cap snapped on the right nipple ofiny littls Westley Richards. and he would have certainly struck the mule, [ haying no left hand toturn the mule to one side and let him passby. At that fearful instant some of the dogs seized his hams, and he whirled upon them: the mule being in full speed, passed so near the left side of the boar that, iistinetively lowered the muzzle of the gun and tired the left barrel, most fortunately breaking his spine and stopping his cureer, ‘The mule bad barely passed beyond his head when Sain’s revyolyer and the freedman’s musket cracked at the same instant. Seeing my danger, both had rushed forward to suve ma, anu reached the boar ashe fell from my shot, The pistol bull passed through his heart, and the freedman’s fale: being rammed against his ear, blew the top of his skullof. ‘The ball from Sam’‘s rifle had struck him too far behind the shoulder to produce instant, death. though it was a moctal wound. From the month of the hollow cypress log to the spot where the boar fell was not forty rods. 2 whole thine was over so quickly that 1 did not realize the great, danger [had run until my anger had cooled andl had dis- mounted to examine the savage beast, He was marked in the earmarks of my partner, Col. M. L, Bell, who subse- quently informed me he was two years old before the war, and five move having intervened, his age was seven years. Te netted over four hundred pounds. I made a mental note that it should be the last wild hog that I would charge, and never to hunt another on a mule, Had I ridden my war pony, Jeandan, Ishould have incurred but little risk, as he would turn bya pressure of the knee as readily as most liorses do by means of the ewrb bit. The boar was too large to be carried ona mule, Sam anda freedimun were left to take care of it, until a wagom could he sent to hanl it home, not much overamiledistant. The other treedman and niysell went home as fast as possible to get a wagon. Ry the time dinner was ready the wagon had gotten back. and sore hands set to dressing the hog. When I got to the house, the first question I asked my wife was, ‘had she seen Venus® Reply no,” I informed her of the mishap, and siummonine my foreman, sent him to the gate where 1 had left ber. with instructions to bring her homie very care- fully were she not dead. This I fully expected, and 1 was inost azreeably aetonished to see him bringing her in his arms alive, [made him iuke her entrails out, wash them carefully and tenderly, and then put them back and sew up the great wound. The most astonishing part of the whole thing was thatin three weeks Venus was well, and from having been previously totally averse to running hogs and extremely shy of them, she became the best hog dog I ever saw, and would run them in preference to any other species of game. I knew her onee to pursue a bunch of wild hogs a whole day and night, and [ found her the next day baying thein in their bed. ‘The tmelcs of this boar in the lower jaw curled out.some five inches from the mouth The orilice of Venus’s wound was azhout four inches or more in length, and divectly under the inidde of her belly. Thave ueyer been able to account for the ent on my mule’s lee, just above the knee, and the wound of Venue, both at the samoe instant, and so slight for sucha powerfiilanima). After dinner l accompanied Sam to get the hog he jdlled early in tbe moruing. It would have been too Jaburious an wadértuking to have sent & wagon for that one. Soreral of the freedmen wet with ns for the Presse of skin- ning it whereit was Itilled, and then packed the meat home, When we 2obté the plare Sam discovered two extraordinary FOREST AND STREAM, large gray eagles perched on the top of a lofty cottonwood. He made an excellent shot at one, Killing it over a hundred and fifty yards with his sinall squirrel rifle. The mate flew off, but before we got through skinning the hog, it retumed ‘to the same tree, and he was so fortinate as to be equally successful in killing this one, Thavye killed many an eagle in the Western country, most of them of the bald eavle species, that are to be found fre- quenting the great lakes of the Mississippi and Arkansas river bottoms, but I have never seen such large eagles as those two, in any portion of the United States. It is a rate oceur- rence at the present time to meet with a gray eagle in Arkansas. This hog proved to be the fattest of the two, though not near so large as the last one we killed, On our return home, as We were crossing the bayou, the dogs flushed a flock of turkeys. They flew in the direction of the cypress brake, and were followed by Sam and several of the freedmen, I heing too tired to hunt them. It was quite late in the night when Sam got home, Hehad succeeded in bagging three fat hens, and, best of all, he reported having found the signs of a large number of wild hogs from the different size of tracks that were using in the brake. This was glorious news. A grand wild hog hunt was planned for the next day. All the curs of the plantation were to he taken ont, and all that could be bor- rowed from those plantations lying between mine and the town of Pine Bluff. At that time no freediman regarded himself free unless he owned a dog and some kind of firearms. Hence there was no difficulty in procuring any number of cur dogs, . A description of that hunt I must reserve for the next sketch. My object in writing this one was to relate the tenacity of life of a dog under such circumstances. When we tale into consideration the severity of the weather, the wound, the entrails being dragged over the snow for hundreds of yards, torn by the briars, that several feet of them in length were exposed at a time, and that some six hours had elapsed before being cared for, we must admit it was an instance of remark- able tenacity of life. This sketchis literally true—no draft drawn on the bank of fancy. Mrypex, La. JOHNNY AND THE AXE. Editor Forest and Stream: Having read with some interest numerous anecdotes of the Sagacity of dogs inder various circumstances, I wish to con- tribute one presenting our canine companionin a “role” some- what different from anything I remember ever to haye seen published, An old gentleman now dead, one of the pioneers of this part of the State, used often to relate the occurrence. On com- mencing housekeeping onahired farm in a comparatively unsettled portion of the country some seventy years ago, he obtained a young, active and remarkably intelligent dog. There being no other inmate of the family, this puppy became a great pet both for him and his young wife. Of variousanec- dotes concerning his doings and misdoings, I care torecall only the following: . One summer day when the vigorous young farmer was plowing “over in the back lot,” accompanied as usual by the dog Johnny, who watched the progress of matters chiefly with reference to casual mice and chipmunks which micht be sent scurrying out from under upturned stumps or broken roots, a munber of cattle broke through the fence into an adjoining field of corn. F Hastily leaying the team in the furrow, the farmer, assisted by the dog, drove back the cattle, and after laying up the dis- placed rails of the snake fence, set the stakes in position to support the “riders,” and attempted to drive them firmly into the ground, using a part of a broken rail as a ‘‘mauL” Some of the stakes were too blunt and needed sharpening, and after some time spent in this unsatisfactory manner, my informant stood wontemplating the unfinished job, and noticing the dog looking on watching every movement with his keen, intelligent eyes. “I wondered if he knew what I wanted,” With a wave of the arm toward the house, “Johnny, go bring me anaxe, Theaxe. Do you understand it? Theaxe,” Just aninstant motionless, with ears erect and eyes that almost spoke; then like a rocket away went Johnny across the field and over the hill, ont of sight. The farmer returned to his plow to await the event, but not for some time did Johnny make his appearance, and then with drooping tail and downcast look, stole silently to his master’s heel, “Ah, you rascal! You didn’t bring the axe, did you, you good-for-nothing fellow?” Again the dog started toward the house, but not with the jeyous speed of before—hesitating, as if in donbt; evér and again looking back; still going, but in trouble, The old gentleman used to say, “I worked away fora spell, and then somehow | got to thinking of it. [had never seen him act like that before.” Tinally, stopping the team, wind- ing the reins about the plow-handle, raising the collars to cool and dry the smoking shoulders of the horses, the farmer started over the hill toward the distant farm-house. Turning aside from the direct route for a drink from a favorite spring, he again approached the path where it led through a stumpy mowing field, now knee-high with rank- growing clover and timothy. ' ce, Noticing a commotion and hearing a scuffling in the grass, he stole up softly, and there was the faithful dog, forty rods or so from the house, tugging a hickory beetle, with heavy iron rings and two-inch white oak handle. Hard] y strong enough to litt it at best, the little fellow would seize it close to the head and try to carry the awkward load by main strength, but the handle at once became a rudder, and he could only progress sidewise, and soon tired of that method. Then he would drop the (to him at least) unwieldy thing, and afterregarding it intently amoment with head tipped to one side, he would seize the end of the handle and jumping back- ward, haul it after him along the path for some little distance in this manner, the battered corners of the beetle forming hooks to catch in the tangled grass, requiring at times his whole strength to break it loose. Alter some minutes of such effort he would rest a bit, and looking up to the top of the hill with a wistful whimper, buckle to it again as before. This was too much, ‘‘What’sthe matter, Johnny? Pl see about this business.” The farmer, shouldering the beetle, started down the path toward the house preceded by the (log, overjoyed that eyen his unavailing efforts were appreciated, Arrived at the woodshed there was Johnny growling and fug- ging with might and main at the axe stuck: firmly in the end of a large block of wood, from which all his fforts had failed to loosen it. The wile had gone to a neighbor's house on some errand or visit, The poor dow could get no help, and had turned the block from side to side;and the axe-helve from end to end was seratehed and scored ly his teeth; and when all else failed, the beetle was loose, and he did the best he could to carry that. The old gentleman used to say, “Well T just sat down on that block and laughed till I was tired, then gota bit of glass and went to scraping the axe-helve, that dog down on the chips with his nose.between his paws looking atime asif to say, ‘Well, what coulda dog do? and now all Ive got to say is, if that dog didn't have reason, what did he have?” That old gentleman was my father, and whatever your readers may think of the story, the manner and times of its relation will ¢ver makeit unvarnished truth to me. Prom the description of the dog, Johnny, I am satisfied he inst haye been nearly, or quite a pure English shepherd, though 1 pre- sume at that time the breed was unknown in this pountey, he having been, if [remember correctly the words of my father, obtained from a passing clroyer, [May 24, 1883, Ti may well he believed that Johnny was a favorite with ane seul y; pe proving too aes ul a guardian of his master’s rests, a dose of poison some aggrieved fre: * ter- minated his life. 7 ? sags aie SR Now. please don't tell ‘‘ Nessmuk,.” or any of those fellows, where I liye or I'll get in a ‘‘nmass,” but I like a good dog, and he 1s more company for me than lots of the things I seeloaling about with only twolegsand notail, I guess [hayen’t owned a. dog in ten years, but oncein a great while when I can fet time “out,” just cut loose from chains and straps, and whoever getsthe game, I can at least have all the dogsin the crew that alte worth haying—owners or no owners. The old gentleman always moumed the loss of his favorite, and conld never find another quite up to his standard, and during the latter twenty years of his life, though I took quite a deal of pains in that direction, more to please him than my- self, he would never allow a puppy within reach of his cane. Tt was always, ‘‘Get out, sir, you’re no such a dog as Johnny was,” PatL DEVEREUX. THE EASTERN FIELD TRIALS CLUB. POLLOWING are the constitution, bylaws and running rules of the Hastern Field Trials Club, with all amend- ments passed by club to January 1, 1883: CONSTITUTION, NAME, ae association shall be called ‘The Eastern Field Tiials ub. OBJECT, 2. The Eastern Field Trials Club is established with a yiew to improving the breed of sporting dogs, especially to test their field qualities, to increase the interest in legitimate sport with dog and gun, and for the purpose of holding Field Trials for dogs. MANAGEMENT, 3. The government and manapement of the Club shall be contined to a Board of twelve (12) Governors. 4. The Board of Governors shall be elected yearly at the an- nual meeting of the Club and shall hold office for one yearand until their successors are elected. 5. A quorum of the Board of Governors shall consist’ of seven (7). 6. The Board of Governors shall elect annually from its members a President, a Vice-President, a Treasurer and a Secretary, and such committees as they shall deem neccs- ee The duties of these committees shall be defined by the oard, 7. Such officers, or any of them, and the committees or menibers thereof, may, at any time, for violation of duty, a semayea by the Board of Governors, and the vacancies ed, 3. The Board of Governors shall cause to be prepared anmu- ally a detailed statement of the financial condition of the Club, showing its receipts and expenditures during the current year, the number of members, and other matters of general interest to the Club, which report shall be presented to the club at its annnal meeting. The fiscal year shall terminate on the second Tuesday of January of each year. 9. The interpretation of these rules shall be given by the Board of Governors. 10. The Board of Goyernors may, from time to time, ma,.¢ regulations in accordance with the powers herein given, or on matters herein provided for. : 11. The number of members of the Club shall not exceed 100, but the members of the Club shall haye power ata pen- eral meeting, by a majority vote, to increase the number of members to any extent they deem best. ADMISSION, 12. Each candidate for membership shall be proposed and seconded by two members of fhe Club. The name, profession and residence of the candidate shall be forwarded by the Secretary, at least two weeks before the balloting, to each member of the Board of Governors. ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 13. Balloting for members shall be held only at stated meest- ings of the Board of Governors. To elect any candidate nine votes must be cast, and one black ball in five shall exclude, Candidates whose names have been laid over for two succes- sive meetings of the Board, cannot come up again for sic months, BHyery person elected shall, within thirty days after notification by the Seuretary, pay to the Treasnrer his en- trance fee and annual dues, and shall then, and not before, be a member of the Club; in case of failure to do this his elec- tion shall be yoid at the discretion of the Board of Governors. Notice shall he mailed to each member when his annual dues are payable, and if not paid within sixty days, his name wry be erased from the list of members at the diseretion of the Board of Goyernors. But no member shall be entitled to yoto at any meeting who isin any way indebted to the Club, EXPULSION, 14, Any member who shall be guilty of improper conduct, tending to endanger the welfare, interests or character of the Club, or of malversation in office, ay be expelled from the Club at any meeting of the Club by a vote of three-fourths (8), either present in person or by written proxy, at least ten days’ notice of such ctagiian and of the charges against him, haying first been given to the accused by the Secretary, MEETINGS. 15, The annual meeting of the Club shall be held on the second Tuesday of January, Other meatings mayhe called by the President, or upon the written fequcst of fiye members. 16, Special mevtings may also be called during the trials on the application of any member of the Governing Committee. At an meetings, in case no quorum be present, the number necessary to form a euro muy be filled by the nominating of members of the Club, and th® action of such Special Com- mittee shall stand as the action of the Governors, INITIATION FEES AND DUES. 17. The initiation fee shall be twenty-ive dollars, and the annual dues shall be twenty-five dollars, payable in advance on the second Tuesday of January, or on election, subject to Article 15. AMENDMENTS. 18, This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds yote of the members present at any meeting of the Club, provided that notice of such proposed amenemént, subseribed by ten members, be given at a previous meeting or sent to each meraher at least five days previous to its being presented. QuORUM, P 19. Forthe election of Governors, for the adoption of an amendment tothe Constitution or By-Laws, or to expel a member, twenty-five members mush be preseubi in person or by proxy to constitute a quorum. At all other meetings atten (11) members shall constitute a quorum, CONTRACTION Ol! DEBTS, 20. This Club shall contract no indebtedness whatever, ex- cept by a yote of the Board of Governors. ~ BY-LAWS, 1.— ORDER OF BUSINESS. 4 4 1, Reading Minutes. 2. Proposal and Consideration of Amendments. 35. Reports. 4. Blection of Board of Goy- ernors. ~3. Collection of Dues. 6. Miscellaneous Business, This order of business may be changed by a majority yote of those present, T—PRESIDENT. ‘The President ot the Club, or in his absence the Vice-Presi- dent, shall authorize the call of special meetings of the Bo; May 24, 1883,] FOREST AND STREAM. 331 Ce ene eee eee eee eeeeee—e—e——————————— he —— a SSS 00 ———O:.:00@C 0 OO oe of Governors, or of meetings of the Club, and exercise the | usual functions of « presiding officer. TIT, —VICE-PRESIDENTS. The, Vice-President shall Oll the office of President in the event of his absence. IV.—- SECRETARY, The Secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Club, He shall keep an account of all members elected, and furnish the Treasurer with the names and residences of mem- hers elected and the date of their election, together with any fines which may be imposed on members, notify all officers and members of their election and every Committee of its appointment. He shall attend all Committee meetings and take charge of the correspondence, give notice of all mect- ings, and transact such other duties as may be required of him or pertaining to his office. His books shall be open dur- ing business hours to the inspection of any member. For the performance of such duties he shall receive a salary of one hundred dollars yearly. payable quarterly. V.— TREASURER, Tt shall be the duty of the Treasurer to collect all dues, fines and moneys of the Club, and under the direction of the Board of Governors disburse all funds belonging to the Club. He shall keep all accounts of the Club in books belong- ing to it, which shall be open during busiuess hours to the inspection of the Board of Goyannor or aay meniber thereof. He shall vive notice ta members who arein arrears for fines or dues, and he shall promptly report to the Board of Governors the condition of any member’s account when the same shall remain unpaid beyond the time prescribed in article 13 of the Constitution. At the annuai meeting of the Club he shall pre- sent a, wribton report of all financial trausactions diring the fiscal year, with whatever stigvestions he may think proper to make, VI. All resignations shall be in writing, and addressed to the Secretary, but shall not go into effect until accepted by the Board of Governors. No resignation shall be accepted while the member is in debt to the Club, Vil. Amendments to these By-Laws may be made in the same tanner as is provided for amendments to the Constitution. vit. The meetings of the Board of Governors shall be held the 2d Tuesday of the following months; January, February, March, April, May, September, October, November and December, At a regular meeting of the Board of Governors the follow- ing resolution was passed: Resolved, That any man barred by any recognized Wield Trial Club in America shall be disbarred from running at the Bastern Field Trials Chib's field trials, provided this club shall he officially notified of sich disbarment; and such disbarred handler shall not be allowed to rum a dog, unless officially instated by the club by which he was disbarred, (wo BE CONCLUDED. J Te WITH THE BEAGLES. “GONE TO THE DOGS.” at Sage might haye been said of the writer lately—not in its i) vulgar sense, but very literally, because I did go to visit miy friend and his kennel of beagles—every one of them, also, my friend. Who ean look into the honest eyes of a well-bred dog and not recognize him as afriend?) Who dares to villify a dog is unworthy a dog’s love, and the man or woman who does notloye and respect a worthy dog is—excuse me from defining, for 1 would be ‘“‘void of offense.” A bright mid-afternoon in the prime of May found me approaching my desired haven, One by one familiar objects were seen, fill at last the gentle mare eee at the welcome house, where I was soon welcomed. Not long, however, could Ttarry within doors, and leaying rod and traveling impedi- mienti where they chanced to land, I hurried out to other welcomes from the hounds—God bless them! Grave old Lee (a Maryland foxhound) gave me a true South- ern greeting and then took his place at ‘theel” as I went the ‘“eaneralrounds” of the kennels. "Twas a ‘‘sight for sair cen,” surely, The beagle bitch Lucy looked up from her litter of seven beautiful babies with her soft, pleading eyes, and I could not keep a thought from her last noble litter of ten puppies, now scattered over the country. How pleasant to see them together now, in their grown estate—to be imagined but never to be realized. A pace further onisa yard in which seven of Ringwootl's get are co-tenants with the five puppies of the foxhound Sue. In trutha noblelot. Blood and breeding are writ upon them, and their lithe forms and beau- tifal markings form «lovely picture, worthy of the pencil of any artist, Linger long hore, aud theresult of that pause is now apparent in the shape of a fine puppy sleeping at my feet asl write, Grace, the pointer bitch tethered near, now gives tongue atid Sue follows suit till the old beaglesmake the welkin ying, Ha! ‘Tis music to my ears, and methinks | hear it now, far, far away fromthem all. How distinctly pleasant sounds 1s well as scenesmay be remembered. Now a callon the bitches to be bred. aniong which 1 find dear little Music, the basket beagle, and the dam of Raleigh, the beautiful, (Ah! how stili he lies, under yon apple-tree, his grave soon to he pears. with the fallen bloom. “Lord, keep his memory ereen,’ “Then to Ringwood, the beagle dog par eteellence, to King, Flute, Roxy, Collette ef al! With what grace and dignity they respond to call and thrust cool noses through the palings tosniff us. To such dogsasthese who would not go—with such who would not stay? A glance, enpassant, at Gay, the pointer, and others of his genus, and we come to the quarters of the noble foxhound bitch Lady Bute, as pretty as a picture and suggestive of hard runs over fallows and of a handsome vogeny. Our way to the house is disputed by Birdie (one of Atnsie's puppies) and Miss Grumbler, the only surviving pup of Collette'’s last litter. These pretty pets have the mun of the house and elsewhere and are worthy of all the favors and fondling they receive. This kennel, like many others, suffered from tbe loss of dogs and puppies trem the diseased state of some of the exhibits at the last Meriden bench show, and ‘tis to be recretted that more care is not tuken by the owners of dogs on Such and on all occasions. In many cases the health of one is the health of all, and tice versa. T have referred only to the first hour of my going to the dogs. I can now tell no more. My puppy is awake and I cannot resist his pleading for a frolic. To ‘goto the dogs” is food. “The best part of man is the dog that is "agi ue receive LONDON DOG SHOW.—London, Ont—A meeting of the principal dor fanciers of the city and vicinity was held at the London House on the 13th wit., when iti wasdecided to hold a bench show under the auspices of the Western Fair Associ- ation, and during their fair, which will be about the first week in October next, The following olficers were appointed; President, Col. John Walker; Vice-Fresident, G. F. Hiscox; Secretaries, J. Puddicombe and C. A. Stone; Treasurer, David Skirving. Committee—G. Macbeth, Rich. Gihson, A, G. Chisholm, 'T. G, Davey, T. H Smallman, H. B. Harrison, Til- senberg; W. B. Wells, Chatham; I. Cousins, (. Burns, Jr., with power to add to their uumber, A deputation was chosen to wait on the Western "air Association at their néxt meeting, and place the requirements of the bench show managers he- fore thera, and ask their assisbunce in furthering the show. As a bench show alwajys does well in London, and hitherto been most satisfactory both as to exhibition and the pro- moters, iiisto be hoped that this one will be (bo use the swords of Charles Lincoln) a crowning success,—I. = Haditor Tnclosed I send you the premium list of the aboye show, Several special prizes have already been donated, and as it is expected many more will be given they will not be published in separate form until all arein, The entries for all specials will be free. The awards in the regular classes will govern all the specials as far as practicable, and when it is not so the dog ——— nee CHICAGO DOG SHOW. Forest and Stream: will be called into the ring at the direction of the judge. The D Battery is an elegant place fora show of this kind, being situated near the depot and within easy access of all the principal hotels, The building itself is well ventilated, an(_a spacious lotor field adjoins itfor the proper exercising o£ the dogs. As the time is so short between now and the show, the en- by mail tries will close on the Ist of June, and entries sent ean a P. must be sent in time to reach Chicago by that date. O. Box is No. #42. The railroad and express companies haye all been written to, and it is expected they will grant the usual facilities. The great Railroad Exposition will be held during the week of the show, thus affording visitors an admirable opportunity to see Chicago at its best. “The rules and rerulations of the show will be the same as used at all other shows. The Malcolm standard will be used for judging the black and tan or Gordon setter classes. Cras, Lincony, Supt. Cxicaco, May 21. PREMIUM LIST. Prizes of £10 and $5 for mastiffs, rough-coated St. Bernards, smooth-coated St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, greyhounds, deerhounds; $15 for champion pointer, and Hnglish, Irish and Gordon setter classes; $15 and $5 for open classes; $7 and $3 for puppies under 12 months; medals for champion Irish water spaniels; open lasses, $10 and $5; $10 {or chanypion field and cocker pare $10 and 35 for open classes, medals tor pup- pies; $1) and $5 for beagles, fox-terriers (medals for cham- pions), dachshunde, bull-terriers; $10 and medal for black and tans, Dandie Dinmonts, Bedlingtons, Irish, Skye, hard-haired Scotch, silk or rough-haired, Yorkshire, toy, King Charles, Blenheim; champion pugs, silver medal; open classes, $10 and medal; poodles, $10 and medal; miscellaneons, 37. MANGE CURE.—2ditor Forest and Stream: In view of the extensive preyalence of mange in the vicinity of Boston and through some other portions of New England also, per- haps a word or two on the subject might be of benefit to some dog owner who is struggling with a desperate case. A yalu- able pointer belonging to an acquaintance of mine showed a few dry mange spots about his head during the hot weather of lastSummer, He called my attention to them, and I ap- plied.an ointment made of vaseline, tar and sulphur, and they soon disappeared. During the shooting season, later on, he vas ugain attacked, more violently. The dog has always had the best of care and feed, and the owner can recall no time of his being exposed to contact with any ofher animal, He was always kept in a large, dry shed, and given plenty of exercise. But in the same shed with him hadalways been kept theswill barrel, and if the mange parasite is of vegetable origin, per- haps here was the cause of his trouble, The poison continued to spread slowly in the second instance, in spite of a liberal use of these usually very effective ointments—turpentine, train oil and sulphur, and lard, black pepper and sulphur, the last of which I had previously found infallible. A solution of tobacco, together with frequent baths, procured from the tanner’s pit, seemed equally without avail, and even the all- powertul green iodide of mereury proyed useless here, AIL ointments seemed terribly to irritate the skin, till at last the poor animal was covered with wicked-looking eruptions from the size of half a pea te that of half a cranberry, and about the color of the latter. Nearly every particle of hair was one. Hyen eastile soap seemed to add to the inflammation. n despair the owner brought the dog to me to see if I could sumpest anything further. I kept him aud began to treat him, asa last resort, as 1 remembered hearing an old fox hunter recommend some years ago. Wirsb 1 whitewashed him, leav- ing on the wash as long as the dog could bear it; then rinsed off quickly and thoroughly; then applied freely, twice a day, sulphurous acid diluted four times with pure water. In a week thesores began to lose their redness and the swellings to subside. Fed on lamb boiled with turnips, rice and spin- ach; gave half teaspoonful of sulphur every other day. At the end of ten days, in place of the acid, applied a wash of alcohol (reduced one-half) and camphor. In three weeks the dog’s skin was perfectly white, entirely free from dust and scales, with a naw coat of hair growing finely.—F, B, (Boston, May 14). [We should recommend extreme caution in the use of such a remedy, for the lime in the whitewash, as is well known, will canse the hair to fall out. The wash should be very weak, and should not be permitted to remain on long.] POINTS OF THE COLLIE,—New York, May 10.—Stone- henge and Dalziel describe the Scotch collie: the former copy- ing Youatt's picture, and the latter, [ think, giving dimen- sious, Among others the height at shoulder is given at from twenty-one to twenty-four inches, and the length from ose to set on of tail at thirty-seven to forty-two. Nore ut the dog show the champions bore no resemblance to the engravings, yarying especially in shape of body and in BE pErsneee of the tail, and were certainly a third smaller than the book dimen- sions, the head and the coat alone corresponding. In fact, to fhe inexperienced eye the book dog and the actual prize dog might easily haye been of distinct breeds, What is the rea- sou of this? And what book ean I find which will accurately describe the ‘correct’ collie of to-day? Pray pardon my oring you with what I suppose is the simplest of questions toa dog fancier, but I assure you that some light on my dense ignorance would be highly appreciated by—Inourmer. [Some two months ago we met a Carper: who was born and brought up among the hills of Seotland,"and who was familiar with the collies of which our correspondent writes. He was very enthusiastic in their praise, particularly of their beauty and usefulness, and bewatled the degeneration, as he called it, of his favorites. He claimed that the bench show was respousible for this, and that the animals we now see so high in favor with the public were not to be compared with those of a few years ago, either for work or beauty. We could not agres with him so far as beauty of formiand symmetrical pro- portions are concerned, and in regard to their usefulness we have yet to learn, nor do we believe, that there is any deteri- oration in the qualities that make them so inyaluable to the shepherds upon the bleak hillsides and Jonely moors of their natiye land, or to the herders upon the broad prairies of the West. Weshould be greatly pleased to hear from those who are qualified by experience in relation to the matter; for if the fears of the friends of the old type of collic are well founded, itis high time that steps were taken to rescue from degeneration this most useful of dogs. BLACK ANDTAN AND GORDON SHTTDRS.— editor Hor est and Stream: The Westminster Kennel Club cannot expect a full line of Gordon setters at their exhibitions when they require them to be entered in the open class of black and tan setter’s to entitle them to compete in their own special class of Gordon setters. They acknowledge that it takes an entirely different type of doz to win in Gordon classes than in black alld tan class, therefore before a Gordon setter can win in the special Gordon class he must bé beaten in the open black and tan elass,—SamuEL J. Drson. GERMAN FIELD TRIALS.—The following particulars of field trials held in Germanyin Aprilhave been forwarded to us by Prince Albert Solms: 1, Berlin Field Trials.—(z) German Derby: Best setter, Mr. Liedman’s Irish setter bitch Freya. Bast pointer, Prince Albert Solms’s pointer dog Grant, bred by Mr. Grant, by Bang (739) ont of Maid of Medina (10,007); Grant beat Freya, and won the Derby. (b) All-Aged Stakes: Several well-known prize winners competed in this stake, among them the pointers, Naso ITT. and Guail (Mr, Rickof’s, formerly the property of Prince AlbertSolms) and the Nnglish setter Roder- ick, The stake was wou by Prince Albert Solins’s English setter ‘Tam-of Braunfels (K.C.5.B."11,40 ), a brother to Sir Altister, by Tam o’Shanter out of Daisy; second prize, Herr yon Zansen- Osten's English settgr Jacques. 2. Cologne Field Trials —(a) Puppy Stakes: First prize, Prince Albert Solms’s pointer dog Grant (the Rerlin winner); second prize, Mr. Kreuser's pointer bitch Belle. by Naso II. (8,128) out of Young Flounce (11,561), bred by Princes Alberti Solms. (6b) All-Aged Stakes: First prize divided between Prince Albert Solms’s Tam of Braunfels and Mr. Friederich’s pointer Wotan, by Naso IL out of Venus of Braunfels (11,559), bred by Prince Albert Solms; second rize divided between M, Dodgement’s Do and M. Michaud’s riam, poth pointers belonging to Belgian gentlemen, Sev- enteen dogs competed in this Stake, among them being Mr. Cockerell’s English setter Prince and pointer Borax, both for- merly the property of Baron Amerongen.—Kennel Gazette, BRITISH KENNEL ASSOCIATION DOG SHOW,—The first bench show of the newly-formed British Kennel Assoaia- tion was held ut Aston, near Birmingham, England, on May 4, 5, 6, 7 and §, and appears to have been fairly successful, There were 965 entries, with a. large proportion of non-sporting dogs. There were no entries in the champion pointer and English setter classes. In the challenge pomter class Rey, W. Shield’s biteh Glee won, and Mr, 8, Smithers dog Young Wage was 1Istiin the open class, with Mr. J. G. Sykes’s bitch France 2d and Rev, W. Shield’s dog Fluke dd. In the English setter open dog class Major H, Platt won Ist and 2d with Tycoon and Discord, and Mr. H. 8. Lacy’s Lad of Ayr was 8d. In the biteh class Major H. Platt?’s Wild Rose was Ist and Mr. 0. Gibbs’s Waif 2d. Mr. A. Phillips won both the champion und challenge prize with Grouse. In the sHee class, Mr. J. 5, Williams’s Dan TJ. won ist, with Mr. J, Brazley’s Young Grouse 2d, and Mr. C, Gibb's Romp 4d. Ist was withheld in the bitch class, and Mr, J. 5, Williams's Young Juno won ed, and Mr, Newark’s Gotto#d, In the Irish champitm class, Rey. O'Callaghan won with Garryowen. He also won in the challenge class with Ganymede. In the open class, Ist was won by Mr. Travers’s Young Palmerston, 2d by Mr, H. N, Wilson's Mountaineer, and qd. by Mr. P. A. Peck’s Lismere. Jn the bitch class, Rey. R. O’Callaghan’s Geraldine won Ist, with Mr, H, N, Wilson's Nellie 2d, and Mr, L, F. Perrin’s Wee Kate 5d. “PUBLIC” vs, “PRIVATE” KENNEL REGISTERS.—There is only one American Kennel Register in this country, bamely that published by the Forest and Stream: Publishing Co. No other record ever bore this name. The public understands this perfectly, and there is no occasion for anyoue being be- foyved over it. And as to the American Ken nel Register being: a “private” undertaking, it is, in so faras it is backed up by rivate enterprise. But as it is the only pedigree register that fas actually given printed publicity to the pedigrees confided to it, it is more of a public institution than is any other record. What is more, it is indorsed and substantially supported hy the public. Everyone at the Westminster show knew that the initals ‘‘A.K,R.” stood for something actual, tangible and accessible, To speak of the Americun Kennel Register as an enterprise in competition with the National American Kennel Club Stud Book is nonsense. There is no such opposition, The Stud Book will be useful (when it is published), and its usefulness can in no wise be impaired by the publication of the monthly Register. The compilers of future yolumes of the Stud Book will find the Register of the greatest service, when they have occasion to use its filesfor their compilation. The subscription price of the Register is one dollar per year. DOG THIEVES CAPTURED.—A. bold attempt at dog- stealing was frustrated in this city yesterday and the thieves secured, Early in the morning, befora the family were up, a couple of short-haired roughs were observed lurking about the residence of Mr, Shepherd F, Knapp, at 158th street and Twelfth avenue, looking at the dogs, half a dozen of which had just been let ont. At length one of the rasva’s caught up a valuable bull-terrier bitch, Alice, and the two van up 18th street. A servant saw them and raised an alarm, and one of the men emp!oyed on the place started in pursuit on toot, A milkman, whose wagon stood near at hand, jumped into it and followed them so closely that at 155th street and Eleventh avenue they dropped the dog, and, continuing down Eleventh ayenue, turned up 142d street, running toward the police sta- tion, eorner 142d street and Tenth avenue. When they had reached it, the milkman shouted for the police and the officers stepped ouf and took themin, The last your reporter saw of them they were wending their way toward the Putlern: Polio Court, each securely handcuffed toa policeman. It is hoped that they will be sent out of the way of any further tempta- tion for six months or a year. ‘DOG STOLEN FROM THE NEW YORE BENCH SHOW.” —New York, May 21, 18383.—Edilur Forest and Stream: Tn answer to the Communication with the aboye heading, signed by Mr, J. H, Phelan, which appeared in your last issne, I beg leave to say, on behalf of the management, that early on Saturday morning an attendant brought to me a liver and white pointer puppy, which he said had been found beneath a pile of straw near the Fourth avenue end of the Garden, The puppy had evidently been injured in some way, and was suffering also from worms, Inst)uctions were at once given by Mr. Lincoln and myself at the doors, and to all engaged in the building, that if anyone inquired for a missing puppy, to send the inquirer to Mr, Lincoln, Milk was sent for and a man was detailed to fed tha puppy and take care of it. No one appearing to claim it by 4:30 P. M., the time we lett the buildins, the puppy was placed in good hands to be taken care of, and I haveso notified Mr. ‘Phelan. Sportsmen will thus see that if proper inquiries had been made there would have been no occasion to rush into print about a “stolen dog” that was not stolen from the New York Bench Show.—W act. T. DouNNELL (Seuretary to Superintendent). THE EENNEL CLUB FIELD TRIALS,—The spring meel- ing of the English Kennel Club, held at Blandford, was per- haps as satisfactory as could be expected at this time of year. The first event was the running of the ninth annual Field Trial Derby, for which there was the unprecedented number of thirty-four to putin an appearance. Of these fifteen were pointers. Birds were rather scarce, and owing to cold, raw Weather the scent was poor and the work uot quite up to the averaze of former meetings. Mr. Llewellin’s keunel for the fourth time furnished the winner in Dashing Clinker, who is by Dash IT. out of Countess Rose, who is by Counh Wind ‘nr eut of Norna, The pointer, Brave Bijou, who was the raunner- Up, appears to haye done some good work, and according tio the Kennel Gazette, only lost tho heat by a bad chase after a young hare, There were thirteen startersin the All-Aged stake, which was wou by Mr, E. Bishop's Little Bess, with Sir 7. B, Lenmnard’s Priam second aud Mr, Lloyd Price’s Watima third; fourth was divided between Mr. Liewellin's Dashing Duke, Mr, J, H, Salter’s Malt and Mr. C, T, Abbott's The Fop, 332 FOREST AND STREAM. AMERICAN COCKER SPANIEL CLUB.—Toronto, May 18, 1583,—The Produve Stakes for 1883, decided at the West- minster Kennel Club Show in New York this month, resulted as follows; First prize, Hornell Spaniel Chib’s au by Bob ILL. ont of Lady Bath; second prize. F, P, Pitcher’s Blac Bile, by Obo ont_of Chloe tt. third prize, G. W. Leavitt, Jr.'s Black Gem, by Obo owt of Chloe Il—-J. F, Kirk, Secretary American Cocker Spaniel Club, by Col, [Staurt Taylor (Cheyenne, Wyoming) to Mr, Charles H. Mason (New Youk.. Beltluax. Blue belton ane setter dog, yrs. old (Rock—Mep), by at ee HH, Goodsell (New York) to Mr. Howard Hartley (Pittspurgh, A.) Brut. Wiver Trish water spaniel, 8yrs. old (Boh—Irish Nell), by a )). Gardiner (Milwaukee, Wis.) to Me, WwW, S Kettle iPraceten: Kontvand, Orange tawny St. Bernard dog, 3lgyrs. old (Souldan— Myzar), hy Mr, Wm. Graham (Belfast, Treland) is ir Rodney Benson (New Yorks. Sir Amtiony. Fawn mastifl dog, dyrs. (Niger—Devonshire Cleo- patra), by Mr, Jas, Hutchings (Exeter, Ung.) to Messrs. Shaw & Bates (Olinton, Mass. ). Gurth_ Yawn mastiff dog, yrs. old (Bruno—Bond), by Gol, Yor. Waylor (Cheyenne, Wyoming) to Mr Chas. FH. Mason (New ork). 5 Tit, White toy-terrier, lyr. old, by Me, #, B, Lacy (Boston, Mass. Shae J. a D Deanne wh Sched ¢ ; re ; +t (te. ack caniche poodle, tyrs. old, by Mr, John G. Heckscher (New York) to Mr, C. R. Fearing, same Hike. Nerigon, Fawn mastifi doz, 3yrs. old (Gurth—Juno), by Mr. Wow, Graham (Belfast, Ireland) to Mr. Chas. H. Mason (New York), Roneilus. Brindle smut bulldog, 2h6eyrs. (Richard Coeur de Liou— Peg), uy Mr. George Raper (Prestwick, Eng.) to Mr. Chas. H. Mason Noo Fay i black a ot. Fawn anc ack pug, mos. old (Roderiek—Jergie), by Dr. M. Hi. ryer (Philadelphia) to Mi. A, C. Valentine (Pittsfield, Mana.). Pot U, Fawn and black pug, §mos, old (Roderick—Dolly), by Dr, M. HU, Cryer (Philadelphia, Pa.) to Mrs. J. D. Ripley (New York), Glercho—Daisy whelps. Red Trish setters, whelped May 4, 1838, by Mr_ G, Hill (Hudson, N, Y.), one to Mr, FO. Herrick (Albany, N.¥.); a brace to Mr,'2, H, Dwyer (New York); one to Mr. Frank Hull (Hudson, N. Y.); one to Mr. A. C. Stott (Stoltville, N, ¥.); one te Mr, “AMBRICAN KENNEL REGISTER.” —Entries for the June number should be sent in now; none cau be received later thanJune 1, The two numbers of the Register already pub- lished contain pedigrees of 158 dogs, with prize lists of the Washington, Ottawa und Pittsburgh shows, AE. Derby entries, ete., etc. . PRESENTATION, —Mr-. Dunuell, the gentlemanly and effi- cient clerk of the New York bench show, has been presented by the managers with a beautiful gold budge which bears the inseription: “From the managers of the New York Benol | Show to Walter T, Dunnell, in token of their appreciation of his faithful and valuable services.” KENNEL NOTES, NOTIOE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Kennel notes ara inserted in this column free of charge. To insure nblication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the following par- ficulare of each vince: 1, Color. 8, Name and residenve of owner, | mG Collier (Hudson, N. Y.); 4 I a. Bree reror x »& I: - Y.); one to Mr, Charles Foster (Peekskill 8, Breed, ee ES OM SEL ae oe N.Y}, and one to Mr. Honry Spencer (Catskill, N.Y). f §. Sex, fr OCR WALD ARS AEB aCe SEAT Ross. Liver and white old (Sensation—W hite’s $8. Owner of sire. 4, Age, or : . ). Dam, with ler sire and dam. 5, Date of birth, of breading or of death. 10, Owner of dam. Allnumes must be plainly written. Communication on one side of paper only, and signed with writer’s name, NAMES CLAIMED. GS See iistructions at héad of this volwncn. Night, By Mr. Geo. A, Bloomsburg, Jersey Clty, for black pointer dog. whelped April 24, 1885, by Robinson's imported Sport out of Mr. &. M. Hyatt’s Gipsey (Don Royal—Tip), ; Kate ('More. By Mr. ¥. R. Rowley, Dallas, Tex., for red Irish setter bitch puppy, by champion Rory O'More out of Gay (Elcho— Piretiy). “3 Pride of the Bast. By Mr. John A. Doolittle, New Maven Conn., for while, tan and ticked foxhound biteh, whelped Aveust, 1882, Sport. By Mr. Johw A. Doolittle, New Haven, Conn., for liver and whilt! ticked pointer dog, tlyrs. old. j ' Welley. By Mr. Oscar Green, Perth Amboy, N. J., for English beagle bitch, whelped May 10, 1881, by Mr. 8, Preston's Boxer out of Fanny V. Joy, By Mr, Oscar Green, Perth Amboy, N.J., for Hoglish beagle fog, whelped Peb. 15, 1888, by Mr. N. Elmore’s Ringwood out of Mr. P, Dorsey's Juliet. Fowheall aid Fintona, By Mr. J. Edgar Buchanan, Montreal, Canada, for Gordon setter dog and bitch, whelped Mareh $7, 1883, by Major (Marble’s Grouse—Queen Bess IT.) ontof Young Wore (Ranger —Vlora). Woodland Moll. By Woodland Kennel, for liver field spaniel bitch, wheiped June 1, 1882, by Doronto Benu out of Judy. . Nymph. By Mr, Henry B, Dwyer, New York, for lemon and white pointer bitch, whelped March 7, 1883, by Knickerbocker (A.K.R, 19) out of Lady Gleam (Snapshol—Gipsie), a é f Guy of Warwiek, By Mr. 0, W. Rogers, Billerica. Mass,. for white, black and tan beagle deg. whelped March 18, 1883, by imported Ring- wood (Ranter—Beauty) out of Roxy (Rattler—True). Knickerbookey 1 Ky Mr. George White, Dlizabeth, N. J.. for lamon aud white pointer dog, whelped March 7, 1#43 (Knickerbocker —Lidy Gleam). . é Thorn ard Drake By Mr. Geo. S. Tucker, Peterborough, N. H., for liver and white and lemon and white pointer dogs, whelped Dec. 28. 1884. by his Baronet (Rush—Rose) out of Marie (S¢fton— Kate Gipsey. By Mr, BE, Frank Partridge, Philadelphia, Pa., for red Jrish actter bitch, whelped Oet. 12. 1882, by Bruce (Elcho—Noreen) oul of Hazelnut (Berkley— Madge), Muster Donald. By Ma, Joseph BR. Pierson, Buckingham, Pa,, for hlack ond white greyhound dog, whelped July, 1888 (Ben—Fan), BRED. oe See instructions at head of thée cohanen. Young Juvo—Rush. Mr. ©. Orgill's (Brooklyn, N. Y.) poimter hitch Young Juno (Sensation—Sebieifelin's Juno) to his champion Rush, May 10. «ie aan ‘ Young Romp—Rowell, Mr. E. Orgill's (Brooklyn, N. Y¥.) pointer hiteh Young Romp (Rush—Romp) to his Rowell (Suapshot—Ruby), Muy 10, Conmassie—CGladstane, Mr. L, Shuster, Jr.’s (Philadelphia, Pa.) Delish setter bitch Coomassie (Thunder—Peeress) to Mr. P. A, Bry- son's (Memphis, Teun.) champion Gladstone, April 4 Tuiry Belle—Lmperor Pred, Mr, 0. W. Donver's (Brooklyn) Eng- lish suttur biteh Fairy Belle (Ranger Tl.—Mallard’s Belle) to Mr, Ey A. Herxbere’s champion Wnayperor Pred, May 17, A Pally—Boainjo, The Westininster Kennel Club's lemon and white pointer bitch Polly (champion Sensation—imported Polly) to cham- pion Banjo, May WI. " . 1 A Rose—Tefeu. Mr. C. DuBois Wagstait’s red Trish sether bitch Rose (Ra '—Rose) to Mr. John I, Lanrence’s Taffey, May 17, i “Minnie—Rab. The Borstal Kemnel's lemon and white pointer biteh Minnie (champion Sensation—Whisky) to their Rab (champion Rush—champion Romp), May 17. " ‘ : fipsey Gueen—Bow, Mr, Edward Odell’s (New Orleans, La.) pointer biich Gipsuy Queen (Kanust—Vunson's Queen) to his cham- nion Bow, May 5. Lofty— Bean. ( Is. I spaniel bitch Lofty (Snips—Plera) to Mr. Geo. W. Leavitt's Beau (Bob—Nell), April St. - Ginsey—Ealph. Mr. J. ¥. Rathyen's English setter biteh Gipsey to Mr. Phillip Lumbryer's Ralph, May 7. Chioe— Beau. My. A. HW. Wakefield's (Providénee, R. 1.) black epeker spaniel bite: Chloe to Mr, Geo. 1. Leavith's Beau, May 4_ Relladonnit—Litot. Dr, S. Fleet Speit's (Brooklyn, N.Y.) black and tan Gordon setter bitch Bélladonna to Mv, Samuel G. Dixon's Pilot. May 16. ; . Gretchen—Bergnan. Me. Wm. Loetiler’s (Preston, Minn.) dachs- hund bitch Gretchen to his Bergman, May 14. ? Neqresa 1. —Toronto Beauv. Mr. J, F. Kirk's (Toronto, Ganada) blac spaniel bitch Negress I. (Kaffir—Negress) to Ms Toronto Hea jchampion Kaflir—champion Synaw), May 1. . Blue Belle—Pioulayenet. Mr. W, H. Beebe's (New Yorl) English setter bitch Blue Belle (Rederick Dhu—Mina) to Mr. Jas. HW, Good- sell’s Plantagenet, May 11, j ‘ Beuluh—Don. Mp. John §, Wise’s (Richmond, Va.) pointer bitch Beulah (Mlake—Lilly) to My. Rk, 'T. Yandevort’s Don, May 20. 4 Dolly~—Doctor, Dr. J. 8. Niven’s (London, Ont.) black spamel bitch Dolly fo G. Maebeth's Doctor, May 2. WHELPS. te See instructions at head of Hits column. Gertrude. Dr. A, MeOollom's (New York) pointer bitch Gertrude (Snapshot —BJf), May 11, tom (five dogs), by champion Faust. Countess Belle. My. Ed Lohman's Enelitsh setter bitch Countess Belle, May 6, seven (five dogs), by Emperor Mredl, ee Me. J, 2. Willey’s (Solinon Walls, N. 11.) cocker spaniel bitch, April #8, three (two dovs), by Mr, Cummings Snipe, pb Royal Jere, My. R, Dennison'’s (Warren, Pa.) pointer bitch Royal Jene (Rauger—Rayal Fan), May 2, cight (tour dogs), by Vandevorl’s Yon, Lady Dufferin I, Mr. J. G, Heckscher’s (New York) pointer bitch Tatdy Dofferm T,, April 24, six (hwo dogs), by champion Rush; all since dead, Ferida. Mor, J. G. Neckscher’s (New York) Muglish setter bitch Forida, April 22, six (four dogs), by Mr, J. H, Goodsell’s Prince; two dues and one bitch since deat, ‘ i Tielelaine. Mr. D. T. Worden's (New York) English setter bitch Chiutielame, April 21. nine (five dogs), by champion Plantagenet; five dogs and three bitches since dead. i A [ Cremorne. J, C, & A. R. Sharp's champion pointer bitch Gremome (champion Flake—Lilly), May 11, thirteen (six dogs), by champion Peta, Jr. (champion Pete—Nell). i, E Lady Dufferin. Mr J, G. Heckscher’s (New York) Dady Dilerin, April 25, eight (hres dogs), by Croxterh; set Siem De_J. 8, Wiven's black cocker Bessie, May 4, seyen (two dogs), by Mvank. > BALES. [s2= Ses instructions at hecil of thia column, Mayor of Bingley. Black Newfoundlandlog, byrs, old (Sam—Fly), t poet Syrs, Grace), by Mrs. Dr. Martin (Bridgeport, Conn.) to Mr, Sidney Dillon Ripley (New York), Rue, Lemon and white pointer bitch, 8yrs, old (Snapshot—Ruby), by Mir. Edmund Orgill (Brooklyn, N. Y.) to Mr. Bayard Thuyer (#os- ton, Wlass.); price, $1,000. Mewiye D. Black, white and tan Hnelish setter bitch, idmos. old, by Mr, Thos. H. Dwyer (New York) to Mr. Louis ©, Clark, same place. Bob White. Lemon and white English setter dog, whelped April, 1582 (Young Laverack—Lady May), by Mr. H. D. Towner (Nyack, N. ¥.) to Mr. Louis 0. Clark (New York), \. Kndckerborker I. Lemon and white pointer dog, whelped March 7, 1583 (Knickerbocker—Lady Gleam), by Mr. J. H, Phelan (Jersey City, N. J.) to Mr, Geo, Waite (Hlizabeth, N. J.). h Knickerbocker—Ludy OTeum uhetp, Lemon and white pointer bitch, whelped Murch 7, 1843, by Mr, J. H. Phelan (Jersey ity, N. J.) to Mr. H, ©. Hamilton (New York). Guy of Warwieh, White, black and tan beagle dog, whelped March 14, 1883 (Ringwood—Roxy), by Mr. N, Elmore (Granby. Conn.) to Mr, O. W. Rogers (Belleville, Mass), Lindo—Belle helps, English setters, whelped March 10, 1883, by Lindo (Decimal Dash—Silk) out of Belle (Don Th—-Jessie), by Mr, P.M, Mora (Warwick, N.Y), a dog to Mr. George Corning (Brickehurech, N.J.); a bite to Mr. J, B. Shotwell (New York); a bitch to My J, Castresana (New York), and a dog to Mr, G. Villa (Havana, Cuba), Ohipps. Liver pointer dor (Casar—Moll), by Mr, Henry M. Payne (Barbrech, La.) to Mr. Geo. O. Goodhue (Danyille, P. Q., Canada), Thorn, Liver and white pointer dog, whelped Dec. 28, 1882 (Baro- nel—Marie), by Mr. Geo. §. Tucker (Peterborough, N.H,)to Dr, J, H. mere, sume plave. Trix, Red trish setter bitch (1st, New York, 1883), 3yrs. old (Wicho ~-Virefly), by Mr. John M. G Rodney (Wilmington, Del.) to Mr. Wm. K. Lente (Seville Fla.) for Glencho Kennel (Peekskill, N. Y.), Ginger, English mastiff bitch. whelped Feb, 8, 1883 (Major—Ohitto), by Mr, G, W, Fairfield (Springfield, Mass.) to Mr, Geo, W, Rice, same place. _ Benetlict, Black field spaniel, 3yrs. old (Bachelor—Negress), by eee ‘Vaylor (Cheyenne, Wyoming) to Mr, Chas. H, Mason (New ork). Young Bill. White hull-terrier, Gyrs. old (Bill—Duteh), by Col. ee Taylor (Chayeune. Wyoming) to Mr, Chas, H. Mason (New york), Lucky and Olya, Greyhound dog aud bite (Ben—Fan), by Mr. J. R, Pierson (Buckingham, (Garden Gity, Kan.) Ruskh—Van whelp. Lemon and white pointer dog, 8mos. old, by Mr. ®. Orgill (Brooklyn, N.Y.) to Dr. 5, Fleet Speir, same place. _ Rosine BK, Liver and white pointer bitch Whelped March 28, 1863 (Ranger—White Lilly), by Mr 6. B. Dilley (Rosendale, Wis.) to Me. M.D, Baldwin (Panlding, 0,); , _ Gus. Liver and white pointer dog (Dick A.K.R. 78—Fan), by Mr. Frank Battles (Boston, Mass.) to Mr, . Ward, same place, Doctor Dot. Black spaniel bitch, by Dy J. 5. Niven to Mr, Bland (London, Ont.). PRESENTATIONS. = See instructions at head of this colume. Sport— Gipsey hep Black pomter dog, whelped April 23, 1833, by Mr. J. H. Phelan (Jersey City, N. J.) to Mt, Geo. Bloomsburg, same aoe. : 3 Muster Donald, Black and while greyhound dog, whelped July, 188% (Ben—Fan), by Mr. J. R. Pierson (Buckingham, Pa.) to Mr, Brandreth Symonds (Sing Sing, N. Y,) Bella. Lemon and white pointer biteh puppy, &mos. old (champion Sensation—Bellona), by Westminster Kennel Club to Mr, Pierre Lorillard, Mulatio, Black and white pointer bitch puppy, #mos, old (chan ion Sensation—Queen May), by Westminster Kennel Club to Mr, G. Kaine. DEATHS, Kem See instructions af head of this cohunin, Count, dr. Black, white and tan English setter dog, lyr. old (Count Noble—Spark), owned by the Pittsburgh Kennel Club (Pitts- burgh, Pa.), from distemper. Mae. Steel gray Sieve terrier, dyrs, old (Sam —Quick), owned by Mr, Gilbert Ratterty (Pittsburgh. Pa,), May 6, from poison. Diek, Black and wuite setter dog, ilyrs, oid (Copeland's Petie— jusen Bess), owned by Hon. E. H, Lathrop (Springtield, Mass,), Tay 6. Ro val Date. Buglis setter dog, 24gyrs. old (Royal Bluae—Dolly Day), owned by Mr, G. W. Moore (Pittsburgh, Pa.), May 6, from poison, whelped July, 1882 a.jto Mr. C. 1, Jones Me. J. PF. Willey’s (Salmon Falls. NN. 1.) cocker KENNEL MANAGEMENT. {= No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, BE. M.U., Wyde Park, Mass.—Show the dog to fan oculist. Ii would be impossible to say what the trouble is without an examination. Wants One, St. Johnsburg, Vii—1. Twvould like the address of a reliable breeder of bull-terriers, 2. Does brindle in the bull-terrier indicate impure blood? Ans. 1. We know of none who has them _for sale; breeders should advertise. 2. Brindle is a legitimate color. W. A.B, Decatur, Ala—l. What breed of dog is best to retrieve from water? 2. Where can I get one? 4. Is the — a first-class fun? Ans. 1, The Chesapeake Bay dog and the Irish water spaniel are both good. 2, You* will find them advertised in Wormsr anp Struma occasionally, 3, Yes, ————EEEE | PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. Five Brypers for Forest anp Stream, $1.25; for the Amerivaye Kennel Register, 60 cents. ‘Qlastsry'' is the unique title of a new weekly paper for boys. Published at 542 Broadway, New York. 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T, Anthony & Co,, No, 51 Broadway. 1883. i This is a very nsetul, because practical, liltle book. Itis intended to be of service to amateurs: and we have found the instimetions con- tained in its pages to be just what are necessary for the beginner. The bool may well be consulted by owhers of amateur outfits, winked bibch tiwe since [May a4, 1888 . Rifle and Qrap Shooting, To inswre prompt altention, commamications should be ad- dressed) to the: Forest and Stream Publishing Co,, and not to imdividuals, in whose absence from the office matters af im- portdnee are lighle to delay. : MUZZLE ys. Editor Forest and Stream: Will you allow a stranger to your columns to say a word or } the subject of '*Mngzle-loaders ys, Breveli-loaders!'? cig AEDES by chance to have seen the letter of Major Merrill in your issue of April 26, 1883, I read the sane witha great deal of interest, and although what he says has a great deal of iruth in it, still, in my opinion, he draws too broad a distinction between tha tio arms, and allin favor of the muzzle-loader, Not having seen the previous communications referred ta, ldo not know what may or may not haye been claimed by him previously for the muzzle-loaier, or by others for the breech-loaders; so I] must con- fine myself to this letter, As Tunierstand it, this is muzzle-loader purée and simple, with its roper ammunition and without: artificial rests, fancy loading-tools, ancy sights, or anything but the gun, plain sights, ammunition and the man behind it to hold and shoot, against the breech loader under similar conditions, and excluding everything but what could be carried and used in the fleld as a hunting weapon sgainst either large orsmall game in all kinds of weather, Major Merrill sums wp his claims in eight counts, so let us see what ean be said concerning them, Ihave a Baker three-barrel gun, weight %lbs. 120z,, 30in, barrel, ca), 45, chambered to take a 27gin. shell, and I find by veference to the catalogues that can get fixed ammunition from the dealers, run- ning from #grs, etnen and 2o0¢rs, lead, to Mgrs, powder and dd0grs, lead, all of which will fit and shoot from my gun, so Ihave a prett’ wide range of choice to get ammunition suited for my gun, and still use manufactured ammunition, that comes within the rules of naked bullets, and, by buying shells and bullets, such as the market affords Lean yary the charge much more, so as to getas much powder an as little lead, or vice versa, as I may desire. I have used fixed ammu- nition as follows; 30-220; 55-405; 70-405; 70-500; 80-500; and there can be purchased to fit my gun besides the above: 60-300; 90-350; and by reloading with bullets that can be purchased I can vary any Of the above to suit myself, up as high as 100grs. powder and 405grs. lead. Way should the use of the breech-loader be confined to what he can buy made up, any more than the muzzle-loader be handicapped by some fixed condition as to weight of lead and powder? Is the breech- loading shotgun thus limited? Is not it taken as a matter of course that shells are to be loaded by the shooter to suit his peculiar game, or, after he finds what is his PrOpee load, to buy stich shells from the panier and should not the breech-loading rifle have the same Ilati- ude Concerning velocity, the main point, as I take it, in a hunting gun, is toget a velocity great enough to penetrate Hesh and bone at himt- ing distance, and to give a flat trajectory. so as to sight the same at, all distances inside hunting limits, say 150yds., and this I claim my rifle (the Baker) will do, as well a8 several others. I have fired my fun attargeb and at game; at the target at distances from ten paces to one hundred paces, and at game af such distances as the game showed itself, and that I did not make a clean score at either was my fault and not the gun's or the ammunilion’s. T inclose targets made yesterday, conditions marked on each. Denvenning ecg I fired 150 rounds yesterday, and I would not have known [had fired a shot from any resulfing Jameness, sureness ov stiffness of either arm or shoulder. How muchmy gun kicks with varying charges I do not know, as I haye never measured if, but cer- tainly this is a pretty fair trial as to the effects of the recoil, be it great or little, As to quantity and strength of powder, of course the muzzle-loader has the advantage there, as there is nothing to prevent the shooter from loading to the muzzle with any grade of powder if he chooses, but the breech-loader will take all the powder it will burn, and any more would be a detriment rather than a benefit. With S5grs. pow- der and 405 lead, I haye seen the breech-loader put its lead through five inches of pine at 1,200yds., and at shorter distanves it penetrates proportionately, so certainly the breech-loader gets greater benefit from the powder it burns than any muzzle-loader. Concerning cleailiness there is a very greatly mistaken idea in regard to both breech and muzzle-loaders. Fixed ammunition for the brecch-louder can be purchased that obviate all necessity for cleaning after every shot, and after ten or fifteen shots I conld seethe “slime? ofmy vitle barrel from chamber to muzzle aud cleaning showed no very great change in the shooting, the residuum, being moist aud soft, ig swept out by each sucegeding bullet, and unless allowed to become dry and hard, is of but little nloment, «nd besides what hunter but knows that he has plepty of chances between shots on gamé, or rather between possible groups of shots, to draw a rag, fasten to a thong, through bis fobs and have itagain as clean as new, so as to prevent any chance of drying and hardemng. Ihave seen this very thing done in action with Indians in a lull in the firing, As to better cleaning I deny this entirely, In the muzzle-loader, the shooter does nof know when his gun is clean; le can’t see through it, each wipe may leave some dirt in the chamber, and around the orifice in the cone, while in the breech-loader a glance shows where and how much dirt there may be. As to steadiness so much depends upon the shooter that this may remain an open question. But the targets sent show how steadily my gun shot yesterday, ard I never haye had to blame the gun yet. The same remarks apply to closeness of shooting, but ag to round balls the idea of their superiority has been pretty Aaa EE for years. Why else the general introduction of thu conical bullet by Sporting and military meo to the exclusion of the rownd? See round ball targets inclosed. As to height of curye made [am unable tosay, asI never haye tried my gun at screens, and the targets seut ara the only criterion I can judge by, and [find I have a fun -on which [do not have to vary thesight unless over 200 yards. Idonotmean to say | kill every shot, for lam nosuch expert; but when 1 don’t itis my taulb and not that of the gun, and, shooting with the saine sight all the time, I am certain my gun would not throw over any ordinary sized deer or elk at1i0 yards. Last Saturday 1 killed a coyote ut 125 paces, first shot, and a jack rabbit at first tire on same day, at about 100 yards; coyote shot through head, rabbit threugh body, and this was allt fired at, and L drew a fine bead each time. I don*t mention this to “blow my own horn,” but because “the proof of the pudding is m1 the eating,” and the maxim of agun'’s elfectivenessis what mw has actually done in the field, pCi mae Now, as to popularity—I ha ye been west of the Mississippi fer the Jast twelye years about, and everywhere the bréech-loader was in use and liked exceedingly, aud T have seen but one uiuzzle-loader in nsé in Oregon, and the owner of that gave it lo meé as a Curiosity, aud was glad to getrid of iton my buying bim a breech-loader aud showing him how it shot. That was in *7o, and before the improve- ments in guns and ammunition, so many of which have been made singe, And as ‘to makers catering to the tastes of buyers and the needs of the locality, see the guns that have been made by the Wit, chester people since 1873 for all kinds and classes of hunters and crack shots, Accurate reloading tools can be got, and with these, nowadays, all elements of chance are as nearly eliminated as possi- ble. So far as ammunition goes, he who uses the breech-loader can buy or reload pretty near what he pleases, and haveall alike or prac- tieally so, reloading when perfectly cool and steady in his own home, and has his ammunition safe and ready at all times, no matter at how close quarters; while the muzzle-loading shooter may losé his life at close quarters from his inability to load quickly euough,or © may make wild shooting from getting in too little or too much pow- der under the excitement of reloading while on a “hot scant.” But enough, although all in fayor of the breech-loader has not been said. Far be it from me to decry a gun that has had as honor- able record as the muzzle-loader for centuries, and that beguu the settlement of our country and keptit up forso many years, pushing further and further West. But tha breech loader is how in bhe field, equal in every way, if not superior, to the muzale-loader for strength and acuuracy of shootin, eas conyéenienve, rellabiliby and (lura- bility, and in my opinion the days of the muzzleloading rifle (the same as the muzzle-loading shotgun) have passed, CG, D, WYOMING. P. 5.—1 sed Lhaye omitted one or two points concerning the con- ditions iinder which the invlosed targets were made, and I here in- sert them, P The ammunition was all shop-made except the 100gr. powder and 405 lead, and these were loaded by myself in Sharp's 234in. shells. All bullets were naked. The gun was wiped once only after each ten shots. The firing was from a kneeling position when indivated, owing to the wind coming on to blow hard, but any buhier, under the same circumstances, could, and probably would, drop on ons knee to get asteady shot. The Ben ‘patch was so stall 2S) hardly to be seen “over sights” at the longer distances, hub the sight was taken upon it as accurately as possible each time, and there was no “holding under” or allowanees made, Tatts These targets are not particularly good, as ido not pretend to be an expert, but I claim they are fully as good, if not better, than I ————x=—- ——™ BREECH-LOADERS, May 24, 1883.) FOREST AND STREAM. 833 could have made with a myszle-loader under the same circum fances; and are all shots whieh would have gotten @ deer at thesé distantes: Had a cracic shot fired the shots probably 4 hiuch better Showing wolild have resulted: : My g0i is sighted with ‘Freund's patent’ ‘more light sight,'' which ts the hest hunting and target eight T have ayer seen or geet [The targets show 150 shots fired at (istunces yarying from 10 to 7h padcs. The tarects are w very uniform series of good shots, all of which would have hit the garne,] Editor Forest and Streams Inotice in your last 2th of April issue that Mr. Dunne has made another ‘discovery’ concermming my February 22 letter. He says: “Since writing my reply to Major Merrill's last letter [ have dis- covered that he has made a inistake which nullifies his whole argu- ment in favor of the muzzle-loader. The muszle-loader string given in bis letter of February 22 was measured from a diagram one-half the size of the actual ‘Gove target,’ so that the string should haye been over i4n, instead of Zin, for fifteen shots, aa he ade it,” Such is Mr, Duane's proof of the “nullity of my whole argument," his proof is anything but plain to your Headers, but lt answered, L Kupoose, all the heliey fix Mr. Duane in Yrvivin al this conclusion. Hee Mr, Dulane “51 Ps up again. If he bad only toad and orédlted hie with the PS. whichforms the concluding sentence of the same Jetter he is criticising he would have seen these words; “Since writing aud preparing the above, Llearn through Mr, Berg that the muzzle- loader target |Mr, Gove’s| as Riven above [string 15, shots, 7, 025in,] should be Increased “just one-half! in order to be correct." Thus, by fhis P. §,, if will be seen that I gaye up te that date, the exact facts as far as they had then comé to me understandingly. Now why did not Mr, Duane mention this correction of mine to the public? But no, he passes if in silence, Again why, and in particular, did he not bring forward the figures that thus prove up or show just what he wished to express or claim, and tiered have plainly informed your readers just what they were Anxious to learn in this matter. Butno, he leaves these figures all bebind, There ls # lesson in them he evidently did not care to teach. Sy eke solietitnes are very crutl things, dnd f haye often noticed that a few of your readers dislike them velly much, _ Now a8 he has failed to bring the figures forwatd I will put them tn faithful Tecord, and in such a way that theiv meaning cannot be mis- uiderstood, cramended, Yourreaders can then see whether Mr. Duane has “nullified the whole of my argument’ or not, Tt was alvays 4 great pleasure tome to record facts. But first. Tt was not until sometime after my said letter having my correction in it was written that [ first became satisfied of the alleged fact that the Goye muzzle-loader target required to be increased 100 per cent, instead of 0 per cent., as T had at first believed, This brings me down 10 the present time for a further reply. To this enlarged tarzet (190 p.¢.) Tsay very well! Lam now delighted in thus seeing it getting info near its true shape. When I criticised these two targets presented by Mr. Berg, 1 anticipated, as you will see, that they were not truly presented but required overhauling. One is now nearly in true shape, and the Brown target yet remains to be, provided Tecan get hold of the trus and full facts in the case. This larget, strange to say, yet remains on record with no one toown, and prove itup, It must haye a father and be fully preven up, else it can haye no authoritative record. T have thus far treated it as genuine, foll sized, and true, but I will¥oon ask to blot this all out, and the targetalso, unless {tf shall be clearly and fully proven up. Public justice, I think, demands thls cont'se, Twill now present the facts in the case of the enlarged muzzile- loader target. Twill yet treat the Brown target the same as hitherto, (hat is genuine, fulll ‘size, with its center at the exuct center ofa dollar circle, aid this dollar ci'éle as the bullseye of the target used when the shobling ds said to have been made, In presenting it as Mr, Bere (id, be sserts all this by word and diagram to be true. With these explanations I now present the enlarged GOVE YS. BROWN TARGETS (BALLARD RIFLE BY AROWN). Shots a ae Numbered. iy EB: 1. (Brown):..,) 14) 24, 36) .47].555| 55] 59) .67) 67) $2!5.085 in. BPS OTCH Ot) 09) 21] 286] 127.32] (40) l67] .79|115/1,22/5.980in. L Beats......| 05] 08) 10] .20 335 45,0) Ol 0) logan B. L. Beats.. 0 0 Oo a} 0] 0) 08) 18) a2) a8 4 The muzzgle-loader beats six shots in ten, while the strings, in fact, are morethan doubtfulL The end isnot yet come. Your readers can now see and judges of the “nullity of my whole argument,” which Mr. Duane has “discovered.” They can also understand the subject. This show of strings and beats, be it remembered, is based on Mir. Berg's own dara, and the same he would have exhibited if he had giyen the strings af the tine he sent out the two targets for pub- lication. But for some reason not yet explained by him or any one else he did not chose to give the stvings, No, no) he is silent on this point, This is very ominous, ; Question 1. Why did he present tlie undefined targets in the way he did, And thus assert his brilliant victory over the muzzle-loader? %. Why did henot present the strings af the time, and say that both tatgets hire Full sized, TWish to haye this subject fully explained and cleared up, and it nual be if the tatgets remain on record, Especially del insist upon one proven up the exact target which he says Was made by Mr. J.H, Brown. 4. Did Mr. Berg present this target, full size, for publication? By the drawfugs, but notin plain words, he asserts that he did, 4, Was this Brown target made al 200yds. ¢ 5, Was the bullseye a silver dollar cirtle as he represents it to he by words aud the drawing vf it? 6. Were Mr. Brown’s 10 shots consecutive? 7. Were these 10 shots all qivite within this dollar circle, and did, or eal a silver dollar quite cover them ally Mr, Bere asserts it will Ani , 8, Did the center of this circle or the bullseye (when shot at by Mr, Brown), constitute the exact center of the dollar circle, a8 Mr. Berg asserts it in his drawing? 0, Is not this dollar circle drawn over the cluster of ten shots. and hot around the exact center of the bullseye shotat? If yes, state just where the center of the bullseye wast “ 10, Who witnessed this shooting, and where is their post office ad- Tess? 11. What was the string of these shots at the time the shooting was made? Andwhomensured the shots? 12, Where is the oviginal target now? I,in behalf of your readers, would like to see it. 18, Does Mr. Berg personally know that the Brown target he pre- sented is full size and true to the 01 of an inch? 14. From whom did he raceive it, and for what use and purpose? T want the whole history and to undei'stand the facts. These inquivies are addressed in particular to Mr. Berg, and secondly to Mr. Grown, who is interested in the target, and whose address | du not know, butT request anyone to atswer them as faras they can. These targets coming to the public at second han, should be proven up now that they are on resord, This is but simple justice to all concerned, Tam but an outsider in the matter. MR. HARROW AS A WITNESS. Mr, Berg, who has himself declined or failed to answer the ques- tions IT have hitherto publicly put to him on this subject, has in a published reply referred me to Mr. W., M. Farrow as a witness to prove up his (M1, Berg's) targets, etc. He says: “Maj, Merrill doubts yery much [so Ido and did] whether the ten shots by Mr. Brown were ever made under the conditions mentioned {by him, Mr. Berg]. 1 have not the permission of Mr. Mar- row, whois known by every shooter almost im the United States, ta ae Name as a witness, bub, as a friend, I hope he will ex use it, Now, will Mr. Farrow haye the kindness to refer to Poresy ann Srream of Pebruary 22, 184%, where he will find (No. 8) an exact copy, male to less than the 1 of an inch, of the target which Mr. Bere personally had published, exceph that the outside ring is to be dropped. This ring was added by me to showan “eyeillusion, but it does not affect the string measure of the target, The Brown target, as will he seen, has the very unusual silyer dol- lar cirele for the original bullseye, and the exact center of this circle, Mr, Berg declares by his drawing and letter presenting it for publica- tion, to be the exact cénter of the bullseye shot at by Mr. Brown When he made the ten successive shota at 200yds,, and of which he says, “These ten shots would all ent a silver dollar’ and “this target is all vight.” Thus he is cleatly on record in this matter, _, Now, this targetis unnatural for oné of 200yds. When T criticised itT did not believe init, as presénted by Mr, Berg, and so expressed myself; nor do begin to believe ibitnow, J believe it ig 1 dollar cirele drawn over a cluster of ten shote, the exact center of which is pet the aah center of the original target, And Tdoubt if the target 45 Sit6. the string of this target, measuring from cen center and taken mt Mr. Berg's publication of ibcand uot 0 aS ON or Slightly , e ro over sin, Hach of the ten shuts in value gre shown in this article, But remember that in making this string 1 assumed, as T then stated, the center of the target to be the exact center of the target shot at, but expressed my doubts as to this center, and called upon every one whb mirht Ichow to prove it up, Ihave been waiting a long time for this, but no one has replicd. Mf, Beig, most sitange fo say, did not give the string, nor in so many words say the cantar of the circle Wasethe center of the original tar- eb, but this was the langifige of his letter and target combined, bus I assumed what he represented to be time to be so in fact, but called for the proof. E The question of this target as it now stands (a tival target) before the public is & question of exact fact, to the .0l part of an inch or less, a4 to the true string yalue of each shot; measured from the éxact center of the original target. Lam thus precise because I wish to have Mr. Farrow (to whont, as Mr. Berg's witness, I refer) well understand this matter in answeriny the following questions in reply to which the public, L am sure, take alively interest. T hope he will be explicit in his replies: Did you witness the shooting of Mr, J. H, Brown, said by Mr, Berg to have been made on January 9, 1452, with a Ballard 14lb, Schutzen Tifle at 200yds., ten successive shots, and the same referred to in my No, 4 copy of the target and in this article’ 1, Was the target shot at the size of a Silver dollar and no greater? 2, Did the center of the target exactly correspond with the center of this igs 4, TE not, how far was it from the exact center? : 4, Were there téh shots as shown in the dvawing actually made in referenee to the center of the tatget, as represented in the drawing? 5. Did, or /wvould these ten shots all ctita silver dollar?’ ¥ 6. Who witnessed this shooting and measured the string at the me? 1 7. What was the string, and was it carefully and minutely méasured to the 01 of an inuh? 8. Who has fhe original target? Who else witnessed the shooting? #. Is not the target a cluster of 1) shots, or representing 10 shots, with a dollar circle drawn over or around them, and this without regard to the exact center of the target shot at? 10. Is the target true and fullsize¥ Tf not full size, give the scale on which it is drawn. 11, State anything else you may please tending to throw light on the subject, Please reply soon, I have thus confined my inquiry mainly to the Brown target, because Mr. Gatlos Gove; who made the other one, has come promptly to the front, at my request, and proven tip his by fully replying lo my questions, and T hope and expect that Mi, Berg particular, who is the respionsible person, as well as Mr. Brown, who is interested in his target, willdo Ikewise. When this sliall be done then I will Mae ae to give the results to your readers, and thus close up the subject. As this breechJoader was shot with ‘a patched bullet,” and (1 have no doubt)from the barrel and not from the shell, and was a cylinder instead of a conical ball, this kind of shooting was virtually the muzzleloader shooting against itself; hence as a test of its Shooting qualities as a breech-loader the results, per se, are not very important, The greatinterest lies in how these two undefined tar- gets, as to centers and scale and omitted string results, came to be introduced as they were to the public. All will agree that when targets are placed on public record where reat merit is claimed for them, and especially challenge targets, that they should be anthentieated and fully proven up at the time of recoril, and if this is not done, and after a request. that it may be, that then such targets should be considered as blotted from the recovds, else they would or might remain on record as erroneous history. Most certainly every true sportsman should take the greatest pleasure in having his record strictly correct. ‘This is all Jam seeking for, and so let every one understand me, TBE FARROW TARGET WITH THE BROWN RIPLE. In this conneetion J wish to put a question to Mr. W. M, Farrow and Mr. J. H. Brown, to each individually, and I hope each will answer it. T pnt tbis question to them here because I ar called upon to consider ! another and a third rival target in replying to Mr. Duane. He has twice called upon this third target, and Iwill now reply to him, I am sure your reuters will be much pleased to see the records ag to this target, Question:—Is the eenter of the Farrow target made with the Brown rifle as Indicated by a-t crossline, the true and exact center of the target aimed at, or is this Genter made only in reference to the cluster of ten shots? Tf the latter, give the true center, (See target Forest AND STREAM, Jan. 25, Bete Unless the center is truly given to about .01 of an inch, then T will be unable to give the true results. But in measuring it, as [have done, T have assumed (the same as I] havé inthe undefined Gove and Brown targets) its exact center to he the crossline iu the target. Am I right or wrong? Lnow present the GOVE VS. FARROW TARGET. (BROWN RIFLE BY FARROW), 1 No. Shots, | 1/2 | 3 | 4/5 |/6/7/8/9 | 20 String. M.L, Beats.,| i) 42) ail Bs -23) 29] 07) 07) .0|0\DiF, t.0im. BE HESS, 0 a 0) 3 a | .0| .0| .24) .20 Thus the muzzle loader beats eight shots in ten. I cannot help it, for I must record the facts as I find them to be, Now, what has Mr. Duane to say on this point? Here is what he did say: ‘J must reiterate my statement that a #4lb, breech-loading military rifle did make a string of bin. in ten shots... Wrong for the second time. If made a string of almost six inches and a half (proof, meugure fhe target), aod Mr. Carlos Goye beat Mr. W. M. Farrow, the acknowledged “crack shot” of the world at target shooting with the breech-loader—1 mean at the fasnionable shooting matches—and this, too, when Mr, arrow bas been shocling for many years at the long ranges in Matches, clubs, teams, éte., And this, we presume, is the best 200yds, shooting he haseyer made. Thus he has been shoot- ing long enough to haye made a hundred targets that should beat Mr, Gove’s, and abont the same may be said of thousands of others who are scattered over our country and who have been shooting the breech-loader for these past ten years, Truly Mr, Gove, as well as Mr. Bar (see Forts AnD Stream, Meh, 22, 1883), have great reason to feel proud of their honors derived through the ever faithful old muzzle-loaders of our fathers. Bach now wear their well-earned laurels very modestly in their relirement, and no true sportsman should aim to slur or mdicule them. They used the close and steady shooting rifles, Thatisit. The same may be suid as fo Mr. Farrow—he has won his laurels. . As to that few of your professedly knowing correspondents who have replied to me through your columns, and whose letters I haye not time to answer, as lwould like to, may Lasik of them that here- after they shall strive more to bring forward the solid facts in the case, than to elude the force of them, 45 thereby their exertions will doubtless proye much more useful to your readers in the future than they bave'in the past. Mas, H. W, Menrice, New Rocurnip, N, Y., May !, 1883, RANGE AND GALLERY: THE TEAM CHOSEN. 6 ea competitions for the selection of the men fo make up the European team closed with the shooting of the 18th, and on the whole some capital work was shown, as the subjoined full and de- tailed scores will indicate. The weather was far from settled, and there was not one of the four days which may be said to have been satisfactory. There was the usual amount of bad luck. Some of the men found themselves out of condition, others had their guns fail at a vritical moment, so that ont of the twenty-nine men to pickfrom there were enough desertions for canse tomake the final sélection a very easy matter. so far as the meré scores were concerned. One of the specially unfortunate marksmen was J. M. Pollard, with 8. I Scottand W. BR. Cash representing the Washington (D. C.) Light Infantry Corps. He came to Creedinmoor this year aUTaHng from a bad attack of malaria, and had a chill followed by fever on Monday, another on Wednesday, and a third on Mriday, He was not im con- dition to do himself justice on any day during the week, though he triedit each day. His chills bégan’ on Friday before the match opened, but as he needéd only a small score to secure his place, he shot as long as he could sea, and wntil he was compelled to retire completely broken up. Hes not usually at the bottom of the list, and thig brief statement of the facts is due, so that his friends may know the cause of the wretched scores. The rules were not lived up to entirely, and when it was discovered on Monday morning at the meéting of the committee in charge of the match and of the several eontestants, thal several of the aen had neglected to bring down from their vommaniin Officers certificates of their membership in the National Guard, this polbt was on motion waived, and all the men were permitied to shoot, The rule about special ammunition was alsonot put in force, and a other rifles besides those designated hy the committea were permitted at the firing points. The choice of the men after the seores had been made took place ou the evening of May 18, at the Seventh Regiment Armory. The directors of the association met in secret session behind closed doors, and listened tu a report from the committee on selection. This: report recommended the following list 6f names in the ordér named, and also the captain as named. The list ran: 5.1, Scottof Washington, D, C.: M. W. Bull of Springfield, Mass. s C. W. Hisman of Boston, Mass, ; George Joiner of Brosklyn: Thomas J. Dolan, Frank Stuart, J. L. Paulding and A. GB, Van Heusen of New York; Walter Scott cf Oneonta, N. Y.; W, L. Cash and J. W. Pollard o£ Washington, D, C.; J. H. Brown of New York; John Stoith of Hn boken; F. J, Rabbeth of Roston; 1. GO, Shakespeare of Philadelphiag and G, i: P. Howard of Newark, The only commissioned officers among them are Lieutenant dent, Major Shakespeare and Lieutenant-Colonel Howard. Mr. Howard was chosen captain of the team, with power to choose his own adjn- tant and fill any vacancy that may oceur in the team, Of these men, Hinman, Pollard, Cash, Dolan and the Scotts use the Kemington rifle, Shakespeare had a Metford, while the Brown rifle was in the hands of the other men. When it was discovered that Farrow had been left off the team, there was a cry of indignation on all sides and a demand for the reason. It then transpired that because Mr, Farrow had not lodged with the commultee a credential showing him to have been a National Guardsman in food standing, he had been ent off. It was pointed out that this same objection lodged against other men who had been appointed, and that there was a shifting of explanation, and it was declared that the best marksman had been left off the team to secure harmony. ‘This indefinite tert meant anything or nothing, and dis- daining to make any explanation further of one of the most ridieu- lously unfair conclusions ever reached in connection with a rifle con- test, the directors marched away. Secretary Seabury and direatar Brown did all in their power to prevent this act of injustice, but they were voted down and the blotwas fixed upon the association Taking those chosen by the directors as shooting men, and leqying in Farrow for purposes of comparison, we find the score of May 14 to be: 8. T. Scott. 4454 4-98 a00yits...., {4555 44-37 B4555-33 WOyds,.... B5445 4 4-80 H444 4-20 1,0007ds_.-.. 858935 3 (20171 A, B. Van Heusen, ROVE. s.. sine ose $5444544—-29 sO0yds : S00vds 654655 4—38 yds ....455 600y ds hO44¢4 38-98 1,0007d8.-...2 G. Joiner, 200yds. 0. cee ee 44444428 800yds.... 600yids. - 6655 4 ht A0yds C010: ee eee 18564 5- 31 1,000yds W. Scott. 486444 4-25 800yds - 4464565 5-3; 900y ds J 444443 5-28 1,000yds__... C, W. Hinman. 200yds 4454 544-28 800yds5 6343 4-97 i0yds Ad3 4h 44-98 O0Oyds.....5 66 66 4 4 3 600y-ds d45455A—29 1,000yils...., 632028 56-20-16" 7. GO, Paulding, Q00yds.....--..6 844 5584-30 800yds, _.. 45 44-28 5O0y as, . -444445 6-281 NMiyds. 425 5—30 600yd5 484553428 1,000yeds h 4 0 0-20-1687 I. Stuart. 200yds, . 84544 4-9) O0yds..,,.5265 4 4 8—a7 H0Uyds #5555 5-82 W0yds.....38523 62 5—95 Hlbyds 43443 4-27 1,000yds ....5 25433 526-166 J. H, Brown. RONFdS. 2b... 0828 5483 454-25 b00yds,.... 54246 8 320 500 yds. S5553856-83 g00yds, 485220 5-21 b00y ds... 844434 1,000yds...., 286445 630-165 M, Varrow. ‘ 200yds........ 44454: i B00yds.... 4246845 4 3-36 5Ovds,...., 6449335 4-31 N00yits,..,. 24645 40-24 GO0YdS,. 22... see 2554855—89 100yds.,,.. 43045 45-25-1638 J. Smith. Q00Vds,...~-.5 444445 4-20 S00yds.... 204545 5—25 SOMVdS. 6. eee 5595050635 0yds ....403805 & 0-38 GO Cgc s esc tae 84h4545—a 1,000vds.... 0463 245 232101 FP, T, Rabbeth. R200VASs eee eee Hibd¢t4td—30 slOyds.....55638 4 4 429 500 yds 5665565 5 3-33 d0yds.....4548 30 3 826 G00yds 38332555024 1,000yds..... 222404 3-17-159 i, O, Shakespeare, WOyds .0......5444545-31 800yds 55534 5-31 500vdS.,..----+-,- 85844 8 A—2h 907s. 1804 5 4—2 HOOvds...........8 54453 3-26 1,000yds bt 24 2 ()—20_i58 . J. Dolan, 200yds. .- -4£4655444—-8 00yds 83053 5-2 B0nyds . 6405585 27 900yd 46525 445—-80 GO0yds.. 22... 8044 25-28 1,000~ds..__. a4543 0 5—-24—-157 W. H. Cash, 2O0VdS. i.e. sae 4488454 27 Sl@yils..... 35 84 56-28 BOOVOS.. 2.61.02 2. 444985 4-81 S00yds . 2 2043 6—20 B00V AS. - 2.5, hes 8555345—80 1000yds... 08245 4 0-(8- 154 M. W. Bull. 200yds... .....-. 524404 28-28 S800yds... 2454445 5-27 500yds .-....-.-.454 455 4—al DOO. $3655 +4—29 GOV ASST. bots ens 26455 55-31 1,000yde 4000 0— f—1sz J. M. Pollard, 200yds,..-... ...-4864445—20 600yds. .. Retivad. 500yds.... 2.040, 43545 5 4-3) On May 15 the official scores stand: J. M. Pollard. 200yvoas 45445430 800yds..... 556955 500vds 54545482 O00yds...,.48545 i §a8A44 6-88 1,000yds...,.50644 M, W. Bull. ~t5444 45-80 800y7tls, 90464 5=33 . 446445 6—81 $0yds.....655655 44-83 434565529 1,000yds.... 54243 5 3—25—181 G. Jomer, £54555 4—a1 BUOY cls 4644 4 5—o1 345646 5 6-30 W0vds...,.5 84833 '-26 S445 448-81 1.0007ds..... 05b584 5 4—31—180 W. Stuzrt. e444 45 4 3h f00ydS.,... 8545 66 4—a) : PSG H8 45-322 OWyds ....4945 45 8 5-38 GONVAS.. cscs ees 444455 4-28 (yds. .4845 449 of 179 W. M. Warraw- 200yi1s 445455582 b0Oyds,.... £23345 5-35 500yds » of £54656-84 900vds wd de 45d f 27 GOOFS... sss eee 3456645-31 1,000yds,,,. 442524 d—2h—177 "lf. Dolan, A 200yds_ -.b4544 4 5-381 R00yds..... #50504 0—21 500yds 54565556—-384 yd 44446 5-§ 6005ds, 835695 = £5543 2872173 200yds....,..+.--- 64464 4—30 20545 44 6-28 5009 ds 6445556—-82 f00yd 53643 0 8—2 600 7tts 44485530 1,000yds..... B52545 d—-20-172 J, L. Paulding. S007... ee eos 454544 6—81 B00y¥ds bs 84431 400yds H5554544-83 $00yds.....5553 5 5 4-82 400yds 243843 tty: ie ie £05034 5—-20-170 J. Smith, 44455 5—82 &ll0yds...,- 34445 5 6—30 456054482 900yvd ~5O3A53 5 1 #4445227 1,.000yds....58805 5 5—2)—168 W. Scott. 200yds t44i4i44—29 8l0yds..__. 444553 5- 30 500yds. -----3b644 545-30 O00yds.....8 2445 4 8-25 H0Gy¥ds..... [pomere a454454—31 1,00yds..... 344502 4 94-1467 A.B Van Heusen, ROO VES. - 44444 4-28 800ydE.... 8445648 525 5lOyds G65484¢46-3f H00yds 0853 5 4325 600yds, 444 6544-80 1,000yds _..8559 5 4 2—2H—1b6 i. J, Rabbeth. 200yds fo554 s00yds.....044 8455-25 500yds , 86536 000yds ....45 44 4 0 0—Re 600yds 554 544—81 1,000yds, -..0025 8 6 5-20-1657 J. H, Brown. 200yds 44445 5-5 .5ROH8 42 4-28 SsvOyAS. 05 8 4 5 5 ODOyc 0 ni o 5 4 GQ GO0yds,....-..,--- 445 43—29 1,000yds,-..., 62503 0419160 KH, O, Shakespeare. QOUYAS, sos... s see 465444543) RUOydIS. 2... 884658402 S0Uyds. #5 5) 4-80 0yds,....6 6 45 4 4432 GOUVAS. cee $5448 4 3-2 1000vds,,,,. 8224 4 437158 6. I, Seat. 200yds....-.--_, 4444-29 800y~da.._-- 58566 4 8—30 5l0yds. “¥e, 20 2-2-7 Hyds...,.84835 5 45-81 Ol0yds.. 2.0... 4.5) £5 82-23 1,0007ds..,,, 48445 6 o—29—4y @. W. Hinman. 200yds. 45 444-80 200yds.....3 4554 5 5-1 S00yds, 34645630 00yds.....243058 0-17 600yds. O44 22-20 10W0yds....825 43 8 0—2)0—148 334 FOREST AND STREAM. After a day’s rest the competitions were renewed on May 17, and the record ran: 5. 1. Scatt. RoOyds.... .....848 4454-27 SOyds, 5555 4 5 5-34 SOY - - -- -. 54655 6 5—8t DO0yids. 2... 145546 5—a4 GWyds....-.,, --0 24446 5-29 1,000¥ds.,.,. 2564444 -95—186 W. M. Farrow. WWyds..... ...45 5444591 b00yds....3535 6 8 5—2) H00vds,,....... 440655 5-85 00rd $8625 6 427 GOV US ee ese 453448427 L000yds,.... 84454 5 5-28-2175 M. W, Bull. Miyds,- S444449-Y7 S0yds 24449 6 5-27 HWOydSs,. 55954 8-92 900y 4450 84-97 GO0VdS, e006. 5-4 5455 6 538 1,000yd 43625 4-20-172 F. Stuart, RONVUE,..........45 £54 564-91 S0Nyds,.-,. 54445 2 4-28 HODVUS... .-.-..0> 8545552830 90yds.....48552 0 428 GW0vds........... 445424528 1,000yds..... 4253284 4—25—165 G. W. Hinman, ROWS srieeeess eta 4 28 552-20 SOM Gas se jesssss aa24 i 2 3—30 GOUydS 4792 3—28 1,000yds...-. 5326 5 8—21—165 J. M. Pollard. 200y ds. --- -Atd 4534-25 B00yds....... 8445 645—30 AVUS.,., ---+- B554f45—381 Myds......- R555452—2 hNyds svcgeye--- 48025 4 6 4-27 1,000yds__.-: 8202454 2-165 John Smith. 200yds.... .,...4 44 4445-29 AO0yds,.....4 33555 2-27 500 -. 1.2: 3665 f § 583 *00Dyds.-...648 44 53-80 a 645258529 1,000yds,....2 0 4 24 8 217-165 J. 4. Paulding, W0yds..---... 4 5 4-99 a 5 3-22 H0yds, . 0 5 4—28—168 . Cash. 200yds BWOyils.....0245 35 5—24 HOOWds.....- )--+- N0vds,....55545 5 832 Hvis... 3- 1,000yds 822338 5—2i1—161 G. Joiner. 200yes 54455482 B00yds.....5648545 5-81 bodys 9555554 a4 MH A432 2 44-19 HOUydS. 2.5.60... 248444525 1,000yds..... 243823 0—18—169 rr. Rabbeth. 200yds .. .......4d 445394428 80yds.-... 008 5443-19 BOyds. ......-- 5665645—-34 Woyds ..353545 2-27 GM... -48253854—25 1,000yds___.. 025545 0 3—20—Jo4 A. B, Van Heusen. SO0yHS.... 41.2. Addi bBd4—-27 800yds.....24336 5 8-25 OIMVAG 9.222) 12-2. 440546 5—32 iiyds 44525 WWyds.....-..--5858425—-27 10Wyds. 42450 T, J, Dolan, BOyds ..-.-...-.- 444454429 8 Oyes h46354 5-81 BOOKS 5fh44485-30 Woy 050535 5-93 ol0yd 8435 224—22 1,000yds. 25048 6 2-21—166 W. Scott. 2Oyds.... 2.6483 3 44 5-20 800yds.. 2.21 445 5-82 SOD ys : 244235 4-24 900yds,.... 524 4—24 Gyds,.......--83 455 95-80 1,000yds...-. 28 3 2—-17—163 E, O, Shakespeare, RUOyts. = -2-- 2, 44448 44-27 bOOy ds 3245 5 4—27 S00yds oye hb 4 54 + 4—29 hOyds, $523 02—19 600yds,...........4888005—18 1,000yds 633 22 0-21-1417 J, H. Brown, 200yds,....... 445044 4-25 f00yvds,....25 2200 3-14 SO0yds,..........45545 44-3 OWyrds, 04033 2-17 Hi0yds __ S8245525—26 1.000rds 3534 43-2117 The final day's work on Friday last, May 18, brought the tests to a close it gooil style, the shot for t e being as follows; 8.1. Scott. 200y ds : 544-29 s00yds___-. d58445 BObyiig...-.., a5 foyds,....69 65 6 t0yds.... 55 1,000yds..... 44055 C. W. Hinman. ROWS... tn! 445 5-d1 &0yds,,... 464 46 6 FMVS. eee eee 555-84 W§0pds,....254465 Gi0yds b555 0—30 1,000rds,, 02535 T. I. Dolan_ ROVds....... 15 G—al B0yds s345d4 Allllyas, 4 4 5—8). Hoy As hbbh 5h D (vas 55 5—81 1,000yds__...5 5 25 6 8 8-23—180 W. MM. Farrow. VOOyS..-.......--4 £5 S—s) 800"ds..... 454545 5—82 aldyds 52: DdHSHRTS RZ § ds 36544 6 4—8) GOW yds 4¢4—80 L00D0yiis..-.. 24345 3 5—26—180 M. W, Boll, 200yds .. 56 4—al sdOy ... 843455 3 38-26 HOO - 5 6$—B4 9yds.....8554 5 5 o—32 GOOyds 43—28 1,000yds ....58383 6 4 5—28—178 W, J. Rabheth. 2oyds 44-29 800yds 53445 5-30 BODVAS.... 565-38 0vds....56555h 4 38-39 Uk | 36-33 1,000yds,.-..56 4034 6 3-21-1717 J. H. Brown, 200yds 46-31 800yds..... 085454 5-26 BodvdS. . 55—84 0yds..... 548345 5-20 HO0vds 455-26 1,000yds...., 64445 3 2-27-1738 J. L, Pautding. 200yd4--.. . -.-4 454445 31 s00yds.,,,.4534 44 5—29 HNOyus...,...-. 43545 4 3-25 N0Uyiis,... £4 4 6 44 5—20 HOOyds.... ......d444 444-20 1,0007d8.-... $3235 4 6-25-171 ¥ W. Scott. AONFUE...-..1..--0455 6 44—a2 45383 4 5-30 5009d 1. 645445 3-3) 900yde .f 54495 6-31 B00yds. 2.22220... 4633235427 1.000yds...-.. 320832 5—10—160 . B, Yiu Heusen. Qyds 44-27 S00yds....,823643 46 4-27 B00yds 15-89 syd 43453 +27 Gillyds. . 5 5—31 1,000yis..... 4445 5 4 4-20-1658 A. Ti. Cash, 200yds..., 1... d4—30 800yds 444435 827 yds. ese eel 4 4—81 Oye 85843 4 527 G00FUS.....2-.--— 55-28 1,000rd 440255 525168 John Smith, 2Wyds. ----... B4454 85-28 SWyds..... 044554 5-27 BU0veLS 6555584 82 0yds....50825 3 5-23 600yds.,.......,.38455485-29 1.000yds.....54285 04 425-160 Geo Joiner, RN ydsy) se sae 456446 4—31 AOOPUS 1... 24352 4 8—23 500yds,..,----...-594455 5-44 900yd 55403 3 2-23 GO0yds ...-.... 554456 8-31 1,000ya: O28 445 4-21-12 B. 0, Shakespeare, RO0Oyds.,,-..-. -4444464—-85 BllOyds.....56645 4 4 5-22 HUOVUS... oc... £565 4 4 Be Nyds,.-.0435 45 2-23 (O0yds,,.-...-.45- 238828 45-228 1,000yds 4004 6 4 4—22—169 F, Stinart. ROOvds,.....--. -55656438—a2 800yds,.... 8046 3 5—24 Slyds 454235453) g00yds.....85 45 4 0 8-20 HWiDyds 265655564—81 1,000yds.....3303 2 5 420-167 J. M. Pollard. : AM YAS ce... 0) vees 460449 4-27 hUDydS.-_-. 022624 4—18 Gly... s...0e 235554 4—28 tetired HOOyds ... 222222. 368 426 527 Summarizing the work by stages, plucing the first three ranges in Lhe tirst stage. and the long ranges in the second stage, the work of the meu stands as follows: , May i4 May 15 May 17 May 18 06 91 W M Farrow—tsi stage....... ....--. 88 ip 2d StagG: : 2 4 ceiisssee 7 ae at Bd 88 SEIDEL ims oh hots Se olobet-onjarahelst ec gthat owes 165 17 15 180 JM Pollard—ist stage is, . Ret. i) He §2 AG BEAR Ey fh ob2 ide Peas 1 vi) Ret. re RS Pence eee 481 105 S1Seott—tpt stage..... .---.-22 90 5f 90 4 EUS ESD aay = - 2 tot vatiele be 81 90 Bl 0 aisles eee S eee sek oe irl 14) 18 18+ W M ull—isth stage...,----.,,,----.. 00 50 2 93 Bd Btapeiwi-nts ecm eres Be 91 #0 86 TBOLAD§. sorties ols ree See 152 a1 Liz 170 JL Paulding—ist stuge.. iit) 87 a9 88 Rd stayey...... 78 83 74 83 Tote, 2.22.45 See ee oc tips: mln 170 168 171 (} Joimer—ist stage, ......, ep ay: i] 92 ot 95 RU STALE... scree eeseaes 7a 85 6H a7 IOPRAL panes 55 feeb ied: . 180 15) 162 F Stuart—ist stage 3 BB AR iil) 98 2d StAEE, 1. --- esis v. 7 OL 6 Gl ATM) DL eee eo Att bpd sees 166 178 165 107 [May 24, 1883. T J Dolan—1st stage,..._,. qoecthe 80 O4 81 92 2d BIAZE. 6... cece eee ee ered 7a 75 88 PRGEST AY iy cate a, is? 0s, «SsisRSC*«*KO A B Van Heusen—tst stage,......... 90 £0 eb 88 2d stage...... eur 9 Vv 72 80 Otel scale eee, 1.0 de a aos 109 166 “158 68 OW Hinman—tst stage..... in 80) 85 $5 Rd stage... Leis 88 os 80 86 (2°. ae ae as ane te i «148s J Smith—ist stage..,,. 05 1 | 89 2d BlHPE 66 ve 74 7 DONA TA ne ee ist 86108 S05 W Seott—ist stage, , wepre 860 90 80 89 WO STARS et sere ae eee se= es 7 93 80 Mobals:istes-s:-: pees eee io; dev das. 460 W L Cash—ist stage... Pr «SBS 2. 84 bi] Qd stage-...4 ju. 2. risre, 66 bt) 7 79 Motalte. . pivs-ttn eae een en a FJ Rabheth—tst stage .:..., ......, 87 94 $8 94 ad stagé-- 8. 72 67 fit 83 ORI ee PO ee eg . 08 ai ast a JH Brown—ist stare....., Se EH Ht a2 91 2d stage........ pice Nees V7 66 56 §2 (ops ee seek dee 165 fit) 17 173 E © Shalktespeare—ist stage,.. ...__ 33 87 74 82 Va stawe.. 2 (es) 5 vel 67 7 EGtHI Ea es) .aeerelinns sa Nabe det ee Bs 158 58 V4 “450 The averages of the several men pave first place to Farrow with 17334 per day for his four days, Pollard 173 for two days’ work, &, 1. Scott 17214, Bull 171, Paulding 16734, Joiner 16714, Stuart 166%, Dolan 16014, Van Heusen 16514, Hinman, 16544, Smith 16444. W. Seott 164, Cash 16334, Rabbeth 16234, Brown 15834, Shakespeare 154, he pérsonnel of the team shows that it has been chosen from u wide circle. The States are pretty well represented, and the men as a whole a very even company of shots. Colonel George E, P. Howard, the captain 6f the new team, was a member of the team that was defeated last September at Creedmoor. He was not one of those originally selected, but was chosen from the supplemental list to fill a vacancy inthe team. He made the best record of the American Team at the 200yds, range. Colonel Howard was an Assistayt United States District Attorney under General Woodford, Heis inspector of rifle practive of the First Brigade of New Jersey, andlisa resident of Newark. He is a young man, but has had considerable experience as a marksman, S. IL Seott has not participated in any of the great military matches, He isa physician, and livesin the Distriel of Columbia. He is a private in the Washington Light Infantry Corps. He is about thirty-five years of age. M. W. Bull is also a new man in Jong-range military matches. He lives at Springfield, Mass., and belongs to the Second Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers. He is employed in the Springfield Armory and is an expert in the invention and manufacture of rifles. His services as an expert have often been called for by the Govern- ment in the examination of firearms. Charles W. Hinman is from Boston, is about thirty-four years old, andis# chemist. Heis a@ member of Company D, First Massachu- setts Volunteers, He was a member of last year’s team and was con- sidered one of the most trustworty marksmen on the American side. George Joiner lives in Brooklyn and is a member of the Twenty- third Regiment, He became a member of the National Guard last fall, with the purpose of entering the recent competition. He 1s one of the best off-hand shots at Creedmoor, and has had much private ractice, : Thomas J. Dolan, the First "Sergeant of Company I’, Twelfth Regi- ment, has been a. member of his regimental team for nearly ten years. He hasshotin several interstate and international matches, and was a member of the American team last fall. He has held for three years the State Marksmanship Badge, and is regarded asa trustworthy shot. He is an officer connected with the Court of General Sessions in this city. Francis Stuart has won his place in the team by hard work this year. He was formerly a scorer at Creedmoor and had not shot at long range vefore this spring. He is a member of the Sixty-ninth regiment of this city. John L, Paulding is twenty-seven years of age. He was a member of lash year’s team, and bas held the State military championship. Heis a Sergeantin the Twelfth Regiment, He has been a marks- man for ten years, and has been familiar with the rifle from boy- hood, A. B, Van Heusen was a member of the reserve in the team of 1882, though he made the best three scores in the prelimary practice of thatyear, Like Dolan and Paulding, he is a sergeant in the 12th Regiment, and like them has had much experience in rifle-shooting. He has tuken part in several of the inter-State matches and has been a member of ihe New York team since Hs organization, Walter Scotr comes from Oneonta, N.Y. Heis a lientenant in the 3d Separate Company of Infantry. This is his tirst year of long- range shooting at Creedmoor, but he has made good progress, W.L, Cash is also a new man in Lone ARS shooting at Creedmoor. He belongs to the Washington Light Infantry Corps. J. M Pollard was not among those originally chosen as a member of the American team last year, but he subsequently became a mem- ber and made one of the best scores on the American side in the International match. He belongs,as do two other members of the team, lo the Washington Light Infantry Corps. Johu UH. Brown is a director in the National Rifle Association, and has taken much imterest in rifle practice, though he has not hereto- fore taken part in National Guard matches. He became a member of the 7th Regiment witha design of competing for a place on the team. Heis an inventor of firearms and the maker of the Brown rifle. John Smith, of Company C, of the 9th New Jersey Volunteers, made the highest score on the American side in the contest last year. Heis an Englishman and has won many prizes in contests at Wimbledon, where he will take part against his former countrymen. F. J. Rabbeth is from Roxbury, Mass. He has nottaken part in any previous National matches, but has been interasted in rifle practice, and is a prominent member of the Massachusetts Rifle Association. E. 0. Shakespeare is the eighth man on the present team who took part in the contest of Tast year. He was @ lieutenant-colonel on the staff of Major-General Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, He 1s a phy- sician in Philadelphia. The.first order issued by the captain of the team created a team stat us follows; Lieut.-Col, E. O, Shakespeare, Adjutant; Major I. R. Denman, Quartermaster; Capt. A. H. Herts, Secretary to the Captain. The practice of the team was fixed Lo take place at Creed- moor on the following days, commencing at 10 o’clock each morning: Wednesday, May 28; Thursday, May 24; Friday, May 25; Thursday, May 31; Friday, June 1; Saturday, June ®; Thursday, June 7; Vriday, June §; Saturday, June 9; Monday, June 11; Tuesday, June 12; Wed- nesday, June 13. BOSTON, May 19.—At Walnut Hill to-day a number of the mem- bers of the Massachusetts Rifle Association indulged in their favorite amusement. The wind was, from about 4 o’cloel, not very trouble- some, and some very fine scores were made, Wednesday next the shotgun men will indulge in trap shooting, and they are promised good sport, The following are the be-tscores to-day: Creedmoor Practice Match, tecccueed Bb 4 5 6 4 6 D Bb 548 444646 4 4 5 h—44 44445444 5 5-43 4444423 5 8 4 441 4444443 6 4 440 Pani :tigae »4 55243 4 8 4 4-38 P8554 a. -4 4448 4 4 2 8 3-38 PED SWS ory CS AS a eR Sa A 8244443 38 4 4-8 Creedmoor Prize Match, J Wagteron st peccea eer ps ee ne e-r---5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 4-46 J B Thomas. . -5465645 455 4 4 4-45 CR Griffing.. 4454444 5 65 5-44 JP Bateés.......--..- « fe + 3’ HHEE yz dss -4454656 4 4 4 § 5-4 Decimal Match, PP CS Pe RRR REED SERA TA 5 110 9 § 9 H10 8 9 4—8A SIN INS: wey Petras 2 Wee ct Pasar , 6 1010 7 510 7 9 9-79 Rest Mateh, HS Hines .,......-.5 poe Peele teay 101010 9101010 1010 §—98 5 Wildes, -- ao 9101010 8 9 10—96 JE PRGORS meter Sake et SRNR 789 8 810 9-88 WHEELING, Va, May 21.—The Wheeling Rifle Club is about to take on a new lease of life and much interest is felt in the Spenine season. Otto Jaeger, the secretary. is hard at work on and off the Rane one the club will soon issue a general invitation to other clubs to try & few rounds, On Saturday last the following scores were made at the ring target, 10 shots each: 1st 2d Sd. ist 2d dd . Score Score Score - Score Score Score Otlo Jaeger. 107 = 107, Ss 108. Wm Cox.... ... 69 101 104 RS Stewart......104 100 100 Chas E Dwight. 101 MERRIMAC, N,H., May 19.—The Merrimac Club won the first mutch for the MeQlure cup by twenty-six points The score: Amesbury Clib—Rowell, 57; Blake, 47; Noyes, 45: Aldrich, 43; Bast- man, 52; Grieves, 56; Spofford, 59; C. Grieves, 58: total, 412. Merrimac Club—Palmer, 53; Macallman, 56; Delano, 53; Merrill, 51; Sargent, 60; O'Connor, 56; Locke, 52; Neymouth, 55; total, 438, THE TRAP, Wagner ----,---111311111111111—45 Wadsworth... .01010111110011110 Railey2.).} 5.31 101111111111111—14 Dufour... .101010100170111— 9 MeLeod.... ... 111111111111101—14 Hart_.... - 101010001117 011— 9 Mills... -.111111111111011—-14 Shepard -111011011100100— § King. .-- -01111111111101718 Baker -110010110100110— 8 Young ... -111111711011010—12 Peck ... ,=010711100100101— B Blagroye. . 11011111010110I—11_ Goodrich. - -100010010111000— & Eldridge......,.101101111110100—10 Gross...... . 0000001111 00001— 5 Farnsworth... .11011010111100I—10 Adams. ........001000000001000— 2 Weird. 2s sun ke 011101111001110—10 : Mills and Wagner were shooting for the championship badge. Wagner won. McLeod and Bailey then shot off their ties as follows: At I8yds., McLeod, 01111—4; Bailey, 111014. At 2lyds., MeLeod, 111001118; Bailey, 11100110w—5. May 20.—The members of the Capital City Gun Club made the fol- lowing scores at fifteen clay pigeons ea h, I5yds. rise, at the regular weekly shoot for gold badges Bag: McLeod. +.1114111111111071—15 Peek,......... .111111111010001—1 Shepard........111111110111011—13 Baker... . .110111000011101— 9 Farnsworth, ,..111100110111111—12 Eldridge... ...... 101011100101011— 9 111911100310101—11 Hart... ._.... 001111011101010— 9 110111110011011—11 eeeeeeeee « 110101111011011—11 » +.» «00001001110100— 5 Wagner.__.-__.101111001111011—11 010000000011010— 4 McLeod wins the championship and Shepard the first prize badges for the week.—J. E. H. HAYDENVILUE, Mass.—Scwres of our Rod and Gun Club: 111000000001110— & F May 9, May 16. TOAD fafa women 1101011111— 8 Courtright..,......... 10110001116 Courtright. - -,,1111111111—10 Meteale.. 1111011119 Watling ...,,.,.--.,1101011100— 6 Larkin... --11170 010118 Watling::.. <+....5 11010110117 May 12. May 10. MeCaffery,,.....- ..111101W1— 8 Metealf ....... 0.0... 1001111111—8 Metealf...., .. 1110010111— 7 Watling.... -—.-,1111111101—9 Cyurtright.. - 11111011— 9 Larkin ,. 01111111108 Larkin .__,-- ».1111111111—10 Neal.,., .... , 0000000011 —2 Watling.... .,-.---. 0110101110— 6 McCaffery ...........1101111101-8 Single reyolying trap, 2lyds. rise, Bogardus rules, glass balls, THE MYSTIC POINT GUN CLUB.—Cleveland, 0.. May 14.—The day was warm, with a pretty fresh breeze blowing direct from the traps, so that when one of the ‘‘birils” started it was doubtful if the shot would overtake it. The conditions were 10 clay pigeons, 18yds. rise, trap set in fourth notch: Thompson .......,..1111111711—10 Ford ,,....4.....4., 0011111111— 8 BLADV ON =») see teeter 0114119111— 9 Beckwith... ...- ... 1111010N1— $ Work fide yess aes: 1111111110— 9 Putnam....,...-.-.. 111101101— § Matthews..........,.1111011110— 9 Smith............... 1101101111— § Miller,.... . 0T11111101I—8_—- Boggis........ 2.0... 1110011010— 6 OE, va seve 1111110011— 8 Burd ....-.......... 0010111001— 5 Cary... -----.~--1011111110— 8 Gledden. -.-- .0911000101— 4 Sanford,,....-. ...- 1101111110— 8 Dutton,.-..,....... 0000010001— 2 Ties on second, Maryey 4, York 3; ties on third, Matthews 2, Miller 4, Lee 0, Cary 4, Sanford 1, Ford 0, Beckwith 5, Putnam 8, Smith 4; second ties for third, Beckwith 2, Smith 4. WATHEMOKET GUN CLUB,.—East Providence, R. I.—Fifteen clay pigeons: 11111711110110111111 017 171117100111110110—5 11VUO0T1TO001O0110011 0-10 111110011000100 6 1—10 10010011101101101—-11 01011101001100111—2 011100110101111 01-18 A tournament on the club grounds will be held May 30.—F, C, R. LOCKPORT, N. Y., May 18.—Shooting mateh under the manage- ment. of the Niagara County Shooting Club. First Match.—Ten composition balls; Card trap: E. M. Moody 7, Dr. F. J Moyer 4, Geo. W. Weaver 7, Wm. Gombert 5, J. C. Jewett 6, H. A. Rose 3, Geo. H, Moody 4. EB. M. Moody and Geo. W. Weaver di- vided first money; J. C. Jewett of Buffalo tooksecond; Wm. Gombert of Tonawanda third and Geo. H. Moody fourth. Second Matech.—Seven double rises, composition balls: E. M, Moody took first money, Dr. Moyer, George W. Weayer and H A. Rose divided second money, J. C. Jewett and George Moody third, and Wim. Gombart took fourth. Third Match.—Ten clay pigeons: E. Moody 4, Dr. I. J. Moyer 9, Geo. W. Weaver 8, Wm. Gombert §, J. C. Jewett8, H, A. Rose §, Geo. H, Moody 10, James Carter 6, D C. Freeman 4, C__A. Freeman 6, Geo. Mann 9, H. Killick 7. Geo H. Moody took first prize. Dr, Moyer and Geo, Mann divided second. George Weaver, Win. Gombert, H, A, Rose and J, C, Jewett divided third, and H, Killick won fourth, Fourth Match,—Ten composition balls, Card trap: WH. M. Moody 7 D. Moyér 6, Geo. W. Weayer 6, Wm. Gombert 8, J. C. Jewett 8, H. A. Rose 6, Geo. Moody 6, James Carter 3, D. C. Freeman 3, C. A. Free- man 4, Geo, Mann 9, H. Killick 4, W, McMasters 38. Geo Mann won first money, Wm, Gambert and J. C. Jewett divided second money, E. M. Moody took third, G. Moody won in shooting off ties for fourth money with E. Moody, Dr. Moyer, Geo. Weaver and H. A. Rose. Sweepstakes Match.—Seven clay pigeons: James Carter 2, Geo, Mann 6, D. CG. Freeman 2, Wm. Gambert 5, H. Killick 5, J, C. Jewett 7, H, A. Rose 6, Geo. H. Moody 5, W. E. Palmer 6, Dr. F. J. Moyer 6, W. MeMaster6. J. C. Jewett won first money; H. A. Rose, in shooting off ties of sixes, won second money; third money was divided be- ween Killick, Gombert and Geo. Moody; in shooting off a tie for fourth money with D. C. Freeman James Carter won, WELLINGTON, Mass., May 18.—12 sweeps were shot by the Ray— mond Club to-day at clay pigeons, glass balls and puff balls, with varying results. A match wasshot between B. F, Johnson of Maynard and D, Kirkwood of Boston, at 10 clay pigeons, 2lyds. rise, five traps, use of tio barrels, and 10 glass balls, 1byds., for $25 a side_ D, Kirk- wood won, breaking 8 clay pigeons and 4 glass balls; B, F, Johnson breaking 4 clay pigeons and § glass balls. In the sweeps Messrs. Philbrick, Witherell, Harold, Kirkwood and Sawyer took the priges in the order mentioned, In the 20-hird contest, the scores made were as follows: W. B. Witherell, 17; J. P. Philbrick, 16: J. $, Sawyer, 15; T, Harold, 15; D. Kirkwood, 15; B. F. Johnson, 18; W. A. Bond, 11; R. A. Bowen, 10; F. N. Turner, 9. NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 19.—On Thursday afternoon a match ali clay pigeons came off in this city, in which Andy Meaders performed the feat of breaking ninety-seven clay pigeons out of one hundred, and hitting the other three. §, A. Tinker, of the Parker Gun Co,, being in the city at the time, was present and acted asscorer. The pigeols were thrown from traps placed five yards apart and seb in the fourth notch, The traps being new, the springs were strong and sent the pigeons away at a furious speed, in addition to which a half ale of wind was blowing and gave the pigeons a variety of eccentric flights not taken by them under ordinary circumstances, Meaders used but one barrel during the shoot, and only stopped forrest twice, and that only fora short time. The distance at which the pigeons were broken was by actual measurement 48yds, from the shooter, and the three that were struck but not broken were considerably further off.—J. D. H. NATICK, Mass., May 19.—The Natick sportsmen met at their grounds this afternoon and participated in a friendly shoot at glass balls from rotary trap. Eleven members contested for first position, and this time C. W. Gile takes the laurels, Following is the score, out ofa possible 20: C. W, Gile 18, John H, jYriebe 17, F. N. Stevens 14, C, Roach 12, A. Travis 11, C. M, Smalley 9, J. Lamoine 10, J, Blan- din 8. THE LYNN TOURNAMENT,—A clay pigeon and glass ball tourna- ment is announced by the Lynn Central §) Has tiub to be held at the Putnam House grounds, Revere Beach, May 20, beginning at 10 A.M, The matches are open to all, and the prizes are 40, 30, 20 and 10 per eent. of the cash entries of $1 each, Ten matches are an- nounced at pigeons and glass balls alternately. = ——_a——<<- ~ FOREST AND STREAM. 335 Canoeing. To inswre prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- portunee are liable to delay. FIXTURES. May 24—Toronto Canoe and Skiff Races. Aug. 20—American Canoe Association Meeting at Stoney Lake. Aug, 21,7 ee ee Canoe Association Regatta at Stoney ake. Aug, 24—American Canoe Association Meeting at Stoney Lake. a PSSrssossss sae sasss Ss = ay, > an XANARASAASARAARENENATATAULS A WORD TO CANOEISTS. ie response to the numerous demands from our canoeing friends, we open a department to which it is intended to devote such space as the growing importance of the subject shall demand. We propose to give all the news, and to that end invite the owners of canoes, secretaries of clubs, and others, to favor us with intelligence relating to new boats, proposed trips, club transactions, races, meetings, etc., ett. From week (6 week we shall publish lines of new boats, deserip- tions of novel rigs, hints and help for owners and builders, and such other matter as will insure the practical usefulness of the Forrsr AND STREAM to “the fraternity."* Oorrespondents are invited to send us for publication, reports of cruises, with all available information respecting desirable canoeing routes and erpising waters. THE DOT, 7 & publish this week the lines of the Dot, owned and sailed hy Mr. @. B. Vaux, commodore of the New York ©,C. This eanoe was built by James Eyerson, of Williamsburgh, in 1878, and was the third boat of the well-known Shadow model designed by Mr. W. L. Alden, New York C. C, The first cruise was from New York to Rondount, in 1878, and in 1880 she made a cruise on the Susquehanna, from Binghampton to Harrisburg, in nine and a half days, since which she has made many short cruises, besides several of some length. Her first race was in the regatta of 1879, in which she was beaten by boats with larger keels. In 1880 the keel was increased to 244in,, as at present, which depth seems to be sufficient to take her to windward, as she has won nearly every sailing race in whieh she has entered, including four for the Challenge Cup, besides winning all of the sailing prizes but one in her class at Lake George in 1852. Her best run on a cruise was fifty miles in ten hours under sail and paddle, from New York down the Sound. Mr, Vaux was one of the first in this country to use lug sails having two standing lugs, which were changed in 188] for balance lugs, the present rig, which we will illustrate next week, consisting of two halance lug sails of 70 and 25 sq, ft. She was also’ the first boat steered with a tiller, the crew sitting upon deck. The following are her principal dimensions: aes i. In. HEN EUVOMER Lee Ante te dae + Lehi teresa ey o-e ot- 8 4 Beam at waterline. . eee 30 Beam at deck. _- a 25 Depth at bow. A 16% Depth at stern.... 1tils Depth amidships. 916 TIBPEN OTR GRIM ty ndantore nen Oh ccacies Atom tans Es 216 Distanee from fore side of stem— ? RESON ATI RDM LOM ty mys dare -lette tote let wis ois-are stearic | . 5 'To center of mainmast 2 6 To forward bulkhead ... 3 6 To fore end of coaming. 4 fi¢ To sliding bulkhead. 8 11 To after end of well_...,-..--.......-. 1 3 To bulkhead,.............. 10 «10 To center of mizzenmast.. es ae ee} 4 TP Gees AibesTes MRL GML So oee 8 eer Saco clic clelelnle bee eteaet a ¢ { fe aie Weight of bull when in use, 93 Ibs. / TABLE Of OFFSETS FOR CANOE DOT, Half Breadths. Diagonals. = Ss | ay | oe —= | Deck. |L. W,L./ No.2 | No.3. | A,B. | C.D, E " he 154 634 544 4 8h 7. 6 2 | 1B 1114 1034 996 ae 123% 1092 8 12 1356 14 13 | ii 1544 1214 4 12 14 15 133g 114% 153; 124 5 124 137% 141 1834 | 108g 1544 | like 6 1344 12h 124 10384 | a 1314 1016 c 1078 734 645 434 She 76 The above measurements include the thickness of plank, Yin. which must be dedusted in making the moulds. The depths are measured from bottom of keel, In building from the drawing it should first be laid down, full size, on a large piece of paper, the above table being used tor the heights and breadths; the bulkheads, hatches, etc., drawn in their proper positions, and all the lines prop- erly faired before commencing operations, The keel, stem and stern are lin. thick; planking (lapstreak, 5 lanks on each side), 14in.; decks and hatches, 4in.; ribs of oak, 4x 3¢in., spaced Gin. apart. Many changes have been made in the boat as experience has shown them to be necessary; the fore bull- head, Shown by dotted lines, has been removed, the fore hatch per- manently fastened down, 14sin. of keel added, foremast tube shifted forward and enlarged from 15g to 2lgin., the old steering ear, witha yoke on deck and one below, replaced by an iron yoke Gane deck on a vertical pivot, and the elliptical well entirely covered with hatches changed to one with a ibe flowing coaming, with an apron, The paddle used for several seasons past has been Sit. long. FROM VERGENNES TO LORNA ISLAND. HE new feature of Forest anp Stream in deyoting an entire de- partment to age is to be commended, and in response to request for logs of cruises I submit the following, the route traversed being from Vergennes, Vt., via Otter Creek, Lake Champlain and Lake George, to Lorna Island and the canoe meet of 1888. To the numerous canoeists who have cruised upon these beautiful waters this will contain nothing new; but itis written in the hope of inducing others to go and do likewise. The fleet consisted of two canoes, a canvas-decked Shadow and an open St. Paul, both manned by green canoeists who proposed to travel leisurely and enjoy themselyes rather than hurry and destroy the pleasure of the trip. By the toss of a coin the crew of the St. Paul acquired the title of “commodore,” while his mate was content to figure as the ‘‘vice,”* Atiseven o'clock’ P. M., after along day’s ride by rall, the crews embarked on Otter Creek below the falls at Vergennes, the Vice first stopping to take a picture of the falls, for having been initiated into the delights of amateur photography, he would as soon have thought of starting on the cruise withouta canoe as to leave the cawera behind, Vergennes, by the way,is one of the oldest and smallest cilies in the United States. Situated twenty-one miles south of Bur- lington, and eight miles from Lake Champlain, at the head of navi- Eagon on the creek, a sluggish, muddy stream with marshy borders. fter an hour's paddling, the canoes were hauled ashore, and their respective crews tumbled into them without the formality of pitch- ingatent. Thenight was v.arm, but they didn’t sleep; oh, uo! They simply fought and were vanquished by a band of unfamiliar Ver- mont mosquitoes, evidently natives, Morning was weleomed at an early hour, a hasty breakfast eaten and the voyage resumed, The mouth of the creek was soon reached, and away in front stretched the waters of Lake Champlain unrufiled by the shghtest ripple. At the right was noted the site of old Fort Cassin, back of this an ancient stone house, and on the shore of the creek a busy mill, while across the lake loomed up the majestic eastern peaks of the Adirondacks. Stopping only to capture the picturesque view with the camera, they proceeded up the lake. The marshy Vermont shores gradually gaye place to rugged rocks, and at noon a cozy bay was entered for oinner and a refreshing bath. Continuing, an island of curious formation was visited and the course laid for Port Henry, a dingy mining town, which was reached late in the afternoon, ufter some hard paddling against a head sea, Then a favorable wind and the sail of the Shadow carried both canoes across to Chimney Point, and at a seasonable hour the tent was pitched on Crown Point, where all hands turned in for a good night’s rest with ne mosquitoes, Camp Comfort, as it was appropriately named, was delightfully situated on a time-honored camp ground near the oid fort, and over- looking a bay justabove the light, A pleasant forenoon was oecu- pied in lounging about, reading, writing and taking pictures. A leisurely afternoon's pedaling covered the sixteen miles between this point and Fort Ticonderoga, where the night was comfortably passed ata hotel, Next morning a visit to the historie ruins was in order, and some pictures were, of course, taken, not omiting the gloomy underground room, two good views of which were obtained with some difficulty, The paddle up the creek, dinner at Ticonderoga and portage across the varry, oceupiei halfa day, and afternoon found the canoes dancing on the rough waters of Lake George, with great black clouds hanging over the mountain peaks and showers in pros- pect. The grand scenery was new to both canoeists, and paddling on they gave themselves up to the enjoyment ot the hour regardless of the gathering storm. All at once the rain came down in great drops, and the waves rose to violence. Then they hurried ashore only to be thoroughly drenched, with all their Inggage; but the grand experience of a scorm among the mountains was worth all it cost, and a night at the hospitable Roger's Rock Hotel put all to rights. Nextday there was more slow paddling against a head wind, more grand scenery, more rain, and then 4 night at Hulett’s Landing, with its cluster of cosy cottages and wild surroundings. Still another day, and Crosbyside was reached in time for the A. C, A. races. Of course more time was consumed on the trip than many would haye taken, but it was all the more thoroughly enjoyed. Of the canoe meet there is nothing new to be said, Iverybody who pitched a tent on Lorna Island struck it again with regret, and carried away the liveliest recollections of happy hours spent in company with new-made friends. At Stony ret next August, will be a repetition of the scene on a larger scale. One word to every canoeist: Don’t neglect to carry a camera when ona cruise, as with it you can perpetuate the scenes visited and recur to them again and again. he results of this trip I have before me as I write, and agan 1 look upon the rocks and falls at Vergennes, the old Fort Cassin house reflected in the murror-like waters of Lake Champiain, Crown Point light with its pretty surroundiugs, the grim ruins and gloomy cavern of old Fort Ti, some of Lake George's grandest scenery, the tents and banners among the trees in Lorna Island and the hospitable walls of Crosbyside. Photography is the twin companion of canoeing, and he may enjoy it who will. ‘Try it yourself. CLYTIE. Lowe, Mass., May 12, 1853. CANOE SPARS, Gees are divided in opinion as to the best material for / Ynasts and spars, some advocating bamboo, and some worked spars of pine or spruce, Whatever advantages selected bamboo may have over the others, there is no doubt that a good spruce stick is better for nearly all Peas than such bamboos as can usually be had in thiscountry. Those found in the fishing tackle stores are from 12 to 20ft. in length and from 84 to 2l4in. in diameter al the butt, but taperto a pomt atthe small end, so that they are useless for a lug sail, not being stiff enough at the head. Occasionally one may be found of nearly uniform diameter, but they are not regularly imported in quantity as the others are. wing to the quick taper,a bamboo spar is never of the proper shape, being too large at one eud and too small at the other, and they are very apt to be full of small worm holes, perhaps not easily detected, but fataltoa spar. A neatly made and well-proportioned worked sparis at once strong, light and handsome. Piie is lighter than spruce, but not so strong, and tne latter is to be preferred, For a canoe of 30 to 8lin. beam as now rigged the mainmast should be 2in. in diameter at deck, and if for a lug sail or gaff, jin. at head, tapering very gradually from the deck to about two-thirds of the height, and then more rapidly to the head. The mizzen may be 1)gin. ; the old idea of having mizzen and mainmast of one size being aban- doned, as there is seldom occasion fo set the latter forward. Booms of 8 to 10£t. should be 14gin, in diameter at one-third from the after end, taperiug to 84in. at the ends, and yards the same. For mizzens or small sails 11gin, tapering to 14in. is sufficient. Yards and booms should be varnished, but masts should be oiled and rubbed down perfectly smooth to allow the rings and powels to run easily. Jointed spars are never as strong as whole ones of the same weight, and will not bend as evenly and fairly, while the best made joint possible will soon work loose, or stick fast. With the larger balance lug jointing is impracticable, and stowage on deck must be resorted to. VARNISHING BRIGHT BOATS. HE first point is to clean the boat, thoroughly scrubbing with hot water and soap if necessary, until all dirt is removed, then washing with clean water. After all repairshave been made, the old varnish should be sandpapered or rubbed down until it is perfectly smooth, unless the former coats were too thick, in which ease the boat must be scraped with glass or a steel scraper. After sand- papering the new portions, if there are any, shouid have a coat or two of shellac, Wor yarnishing, a spot free from all dust showld he selected, ina dry place and out of the wind. The best varnish for boats and outside work is spar composition, of which there are several makes. Crockett’s, and Pratt & Lam- bert’s are both good. The yarnish should be laid onin a thin coat. and allowed time to harden thoroughly before applying a second coat, if one is needed, It ishetter to put but one coat on an old boal, renewing it when necessary, rather than putting on seyeral thick coats at onetime, For new work there are several prepara- tions in the market known as wood fillers, preservatives. ete., in- tended to fill the grain of the wood before applying the spar compo- sition, thus requiring less of the latter, anil giving a hetter surface, A newly varnished surface should never be exposed to a hol sun, or it will blister badly. PSY CHE.—This well known canoe, lately returned from Florida, where she has made about 800 miles this past winter, in addition to 1,600 in 1881 and '2, was built by Jarvis, of Ithaca, N. Y., in 1876. In model she is a fair specimen of fhe American modification of the No. 8 Nautilus, her dimensions being : Length 14ft. 6in.; beam 28in,; height at bow 18}¢in,, at stern 16fsin., midships 9'4in.; keel 14in, Owing to her narrow beam and small sails, she has taken but little part in sailing races, but under the skillful guidance and pow: rrul strokes of her owner, Mr, Monroe, she has scored a good record in paddling races, while as a cruiser she has proved a strong, fast and reliable craft. She is now sane Gin TERS after her long voyage, and will doubtless add to her laurels this season. Her nig consists of two balance lugs. Mainsail on boom 7fbt.; yard 5ft. 4in.; Iutf 5ft, Zin ; leach 8ft. 8, Mizzen boom 4ft. Gin.; yard 2ft. 10in.; luff dft.; leach 5ft, 10in, Area of mainsail 37ft.; mizzen 17f£t. The name has been an unfailing source of bewilderinent to the natives in the out-of-the>yay corners She has explored in her cruises, being usually pronounced P-sike. It was a boat of this name, by the way, that on one occasion evoked the remark from an old fisherman, after a long inspection: ‘Wall, if that ain’t the darndest way of spelling jish I ever did see.’ THE UPPER CONNECTICUT.—In answer to an inquiry in last week's issue concerning the Upper Connecticut, our correspondent. “Flick Flick,” of Hartford, writes: ‘From Dalton, N. H , to Water- ford, Vt., is a piece of rapid water called Fifteen Mile Falls, which is navigable for canoes, except at McIndoe’s Falls, Vt., where there is a dam to carry round, and at the end of the ‘Falls.’ where there is a~ carry of about one-half mile, unless the canoeistis a skillful pad- dler and knows the locality. The scenery is very fine on both sides, bul the current rapid, and a careful lookout must be kept for snags and boulders, many of the latter having been blasted by thr Connec- ticut River Lumber Company to allow them to get their logs down. June and July are the best months for this cruise, as the water is low later in the season, and just now many logs will be met with.” NEW YORE ©. C.—Nine active members have been added to the club this season and four associate members, nearly all of whom are canoe owners. A handsome trophy has been presented to the elttb by Mr. Frank Jones, as a prize for junior sailing races. Ibis of silver, 25¢i. diameter, of circular form, with the club signal in the center, and the inscription, ‘New York (anoe Club, Junior Sailing Trophy, 1583,"" in blue, on the face. Itis open to any amateur within fifty miles of New York, but must be sailed for over the N. Y. C. C, course, the details of the racing being left to the executive of the club. The donor also suggested that it be raced for on each alterna\e Saturday through the season with a final race in the fall, open only to those who have won at least one of the previous races, the last one to determine the ownership. THE A. C. A. MEET.—We have rezeived from Com. Edwards a map of Stony Lake and the surrounding country, and also one of the camp grounds and regatta courses, both of which will be published shortly in our columns, A meeting was held in Peterborough on May 16 to arrange for the reception of canoeists coming to the meet in August. That the Canadians who have visited Lake George seem to fully appreciate the hospitality shown them by our canoeists. and are making every preparation to return it with interest, is shown by their remarks at the meeting, A reception committee was appointed, and the meeting adjourned to meet the following Tuesday. CANOES VERSUS SAILING BOATS,—The success of the Pearl in the mixed races of the Thames Valley Sailing Club, as mentioned last week, has created so much dissatisfaction among the owners of the larger boats that Mr. 'Tredwen has offered to withdraw her from the races for this season, an offer that has been promptly accepted hy the gallant sailormen of the T. V. 5. C. Mr. Tredwen will try his luck in a new gig, however, and itis to be expected that the pluck, per- severance and skill in rigging and handling that he has displayed in the Pearl will make as good a record for the new Fedora, SAN FRANCISCO GC, C.—The canoe season in San Francisco has about closed, as the strong winds from June to October make sailing or I ool Ae very hard work. The club now numbers eight memberg and has five canoes. 336 FOREST AND STREAM. o& [Max 24, 1988. Dachting. To tasitre prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed lo the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, i. whose absence from the affiee mutters af tm- portance ave Wable ta delay. FIXTURES. May 2i—Quiney Y. C., Spring Regatta (1 P. OL). May 30—Sevth Boston Y. C., Open Matches. May 3l\—Pennosylvania VY. C, Spring Matches. May d—Atlantic Y Opening Crnise. May 30—New Haven Y. C., Opening Cruise. May 30-—Sewanhaka ¥, C., Opening Cruise, May 20—Jersay City Y.O,, Opening Cvuise. May 80—Knickerbe ©. Spring Matches, May 20—Penn-ylyan Spring Repatia, June 2—Newark ¥.C, Matches, June d—- Pennsylvania pring Matches. June S—Hudson River YC, Annual Matches, Juné $—Larchmont ¥. C., Pennant Mateh, Clagses 1 June 11—Quaker City ¥. ¢, Annual Matches, June 12—Quiney Y. C., First Match (2 Py ML). June 1)—Larchmont Y. C., Penna t Match, Classes 4, 5, June 16—Dorchester, Y. C., Annual Marches June 16—Claveland Y, A., Squadron Crise, June 17—Dorehester Y. C_, Annual Matehes- June 1S—Derchester Open Matehes, Annual Matches. 2 3, June 14—Coopers Point Y. C., Annual Regatta. June 1)—Atlantic ¥. GC. Annwyal Matches, June “i—New Haven ¥. C., Annnal Matches, June 21—New York Y, C. Annual Matches. June Sea wanhakea Corinthian Matches. dime 2—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 6,7, June 23—Hull Y. C., Champion Permant Match. June 25—Williamsburg Y, C., Annual Repatia. June 25—Kehpse Y, (,, Annual Matehes, June 4i—Quiney, Mass., ¥. C,, Second Match (2:30 P. M,), June W—Chisago ¥.C., Annual Muatehes. June 30—Mastern Y, C,, Annual Mutehes, Joly t—hicago Y. 0., Squadron Cinise, July 1—Royal Canadian Y. U,. Opening Matches: July 1—Larchmont Y. C., Annual Matches, July 4—Cleveland Y¥, A., Anmual Matches. July 7—Beverly Y. C.. warblevead, First Championship. July 7—Holl Y- C., First Club Matches, July 12—Quiney, Mass.. Y. C,, Thind Mateh (8:3) P. M,). Joly t4-Larchmont ¥. 0., Pennant Match, Classes 1, 2, 3. July 21—Larchimont Y. 0., Pennant Match, Classes 4, 5, July 2i—Haull Y. C., Second Chis Mateh, July 28—Larchmont Y. C.. Pennant Match, Classes 6, 7. Aug. 1—Clevyeland Y. A,, Anousl Cruise. Aug, 3 and4—Chicazo Y C., Annual Matches, Aug. 4—New York ¥. C., Rendezvous at New Port. Aug. 4—Beverly ¥. C., Nahant. Second Championship. Aug. 4—New Haven Y. C., Aunual Cruise, Aug, iNew Bedford Rendexyous ar New London, Aug. 8—New Bedford Annual Cruise, Au. 1U—Quiney Y. C., Pourth Match (8 P. M.). Aug, 1l—Larchmont ¥. C., Pennant Match, Olassas 1, 2, 3. Aug. 11—Hull Y. ©., Third Club Mateh, Differences of opinion, various ‘‘faiths'’ and fancies will always exist in the yachting community, and where there is reasonable eround for differerfee I would be the last to deny the right of every on6 to suit his own particular notions. Differences founded, how- ever, upon error, upon idle words unbacked by fact, upon wild- sounding platitudes in direct opposition to truth, and. above all, those views founded upon stolid stupidity, endangering the lives of yalunible members of society, must be exposed in their shallow pre- tences and held up to gaze at their real worthlessness lest evil be worked which it might be impossible to correct at a later day, _ Did passing events, facts, data, experiences or logical inference jus- tify the erection of w creed resting upon light displacement and beam; did they point the abandonment of safety in yacht constynciion as a concurrent penance for Our lust for speed imposed by nature's laws well sche ac and understood, then, truthfully enough, could palliation for the recent disaster be found, With much forea it might he advanced thut, death trap though the Grayling be, no choice was open; for between speed without nes and safety without speed Grayling’s model was chipped to meet the first set of conditions, anc as wraiust nature, it would have been time foolishly wasted to seelr the impossible in a unison of speed cnd safety. rther, were the Whole question of type still shronded in doubt, if the selection of light or large displacement still admitted of more than one answer, the right of choice could not be denied, no matter what inherent dangers might be incorporated, If the modelers of Grayling and siumlar yachts proceeded upon any “theory” or preconcelved ideas at all, if was upon the ground that; “Small displacement must be driven much easier than large, and large sails must drive much faster then small,’ This is the old stock in trade uf unread persous from the times of Adam down to the present, Itis worthy of comment, because illus- trating aptly how short sighted, how narrow the mind which accepts without deeper Inquiry 4 dogma built upon quicksand of the most Treacherous sort, 1 dogma which sinks out of sight the instant the lizht of the most ordinary éxperience is turned upon the assertion. I will not blame the ‘busy mechanic for being unread in late developments in the science of naval architecture, He has enough to do to provide for his family and time for study may be lacking, I will not Gall him to account for never haying heard of Froude's series of exacting experiments, nor do I expect that he has even made it an object to follow the columns of Forest anp Stream, But do intend to hold responsible those proclaiming an abiding faith in the oundness of the “theory” of light displacement, as men unfit to take 8& hand in yacht modeling and as men who, though wielding broad- axe and showing horny-fisted hands, are unworthy the name of Thechanics; as men devoid of common intelligence, unable to see out of their own eyes, incompetent to weigh the simplest evidence and as ‘oracles’ on yacht models beneath contempt. Such mien exhibit # superctlious disdam for all they are pleased to term “theory.” and that includes generally about all that has any sense in it. Bluster and highfalutin “patriotism,” make up their capital in argument, supplemented with too vivid an imagination. t it be borne in mind, these comments refer in no wise to mechanies us a class. For the competent mechanic I haye the highest respect and regard, The immobile pighead whose only claim to be classified as a mechanic rests in the use of a few simple tools and the pretender who does not even do that but palms himself off as one of the fratemity are en- titled to no sympathy, nor are they likely to receive any at my hands, Such men have too long ruled the destinies of yacht modeling in America, and so far as lies within my power, they will be helped along to that aeod bounce in the publie estimate IT hope will not be long in overtaking them, In refutation of the empty words and false tenets upon which light displacement is seized as the only means to great speed, I will refrain from passing into the realm of theory and abstruse calculation, in- tending the meaning of this letter 10 be within the grasp of all with- out worrying study. Actual practice of every day life fortunately affords illustrations enough of such logical force, that the inferences hull into the wake, in obedience to the pressure from the bows, the whole being @ simultaneotls proceeding. All the water wonld thus travel around a theorefical form eng no thickness «at all, no waves would he ereated, and there would be no consumption of driy- ing power, that is. ‘resistance’ on the score of waye-making, ut just as fastas we resort to beam, a presstire must be imparted hy the bows to instigate the flow around the body, and the Breater ; the hindrance in the way t 5 bransnuitien Gythean OY 6 free flow the greater must be the pressure Cc By the aid of a small diagram this will be made more plain, We will consider two vessels driven at the same speed, one haying a henm equal to the line AC, the other of narrower proportions, as AB. A particle of water starting at the stem has to trayel outward the whole width of A C to clear that boat's heam, Tf we take the line AM as an average nornial to the entrance at the load line, say, 1t will represent the direction in which the pressure from the bow can be considered acting at that level. The amount of the pressure we may graphically depict by giving some definite length to A M. This pres- sure can be “resolved” by a well-Enown proposition into two cam- ponents, A Cand A X, the former driving the water particles ontward, he latter pushing them forward. So faras their motion outward is concerned an escape for the pressure ¢xercised upon neighboring water is offered by the opening of the vessel's wake. But no such veut can he fonnd for the pressure ahead—that is, for A X, Water already exists ahead and below, and refuses to budge, nor can it be conipressed, The pressure A X finds in conse- quence, relief in the direction of least resistance, which is upward, and the familiar ‘bow waves’ are the consequence. These waves are & measure of the forve expended in their production, Turning now to the narrower beam A B, and assuming for simplicity in the diagram the same average angle of entrance. we find elenp ir AWN, sufficient, upon being resolved into head and beam pressure, to carry the particles from the stem ont to the maximum beam at B, Now, just as the beams A Cand A Bate to each other. so also will be the pressures A M and A Nand thecomponents A X and AY. Translated, this means Means “tie amaller the beam, the less the mane creating pressure ahead,” or what is the same thing, the less the so-called re- sistance, So far we have had only a horizontal stratum about the load line in view. It might naturally oceur, that heing so much deeper, the narrow cutter form would count so many more superim- posed layers than 4 shoal boat, that the sum of the head pressures of all might equal or exceed the sum of a less number of such layers in a shoal boat, thongh the latter singly considered would show in excess. My answer to such asurmise will be a reference to practice, affording in the races of Madge and Bedouin ample attest that such is not the case, for the total “resistance” of those yachts was as before elucidated, lees or no greater than that cf the competing sloops, The deep boat of so talled cutter form becomes comparatively so very fine fore and aft below the bilge, that remembering the diagram ahoye, the waye- making pressure of the lower portion of the hulldwindles to a very small item in the total resistance, the lowest levels contributing prac- ticallynothing, This 1 offer in rebutal of the surmise mentioned, though my explanation does not admit of precise demonstration, Aug. i8—Larchmont ¥. C., Pennant Match, Glasses 4, 5. cannot be called into question. Had access to forcible facts been Aug, 1S—Hull ¥. (.. Fires Chainpionship Match. difficult, or were the lessons they carry ut all obscure, or were they ‘Aug. 25—Larchmont Y, C., Pennant Match, Classes 6, 7, novel and the time too early for their full digestion, a shadow of ex- ‘Ang, 23—Hull ¥. G., Opeh Match. cus¢ for gross ignorance would exist, and I would certainly hesitate Sept. 1—HullY. G2 Second Champion Match. to condemn in so cogenta manner. The reverse is the case, The Sept, 4—Beverly Y, O., Marblehead, Open Matches. facts are Troost pronounced and unmistakable in signification, and Sept. 8—Larchiont ¥, C., Pennant Match, Classes 1, 2, 3. for years have they been before the public, prominently aimounced Sept. & Hull ¥, ©., Third Championship Match. through the press, us well as the chiet topic of discussion throughout Sept, 8—Quincy Y. C., Closing Regatta. the yachting and naval world. Tnnumerable cases in match sailing Sept. 10—Keyerly ¥. C., Swampscott, Vhird Championship. of direct application occur to my mind, but itis quite euough to sub- Sept. 10—Oleveland Y. A., Fall Matches. serve the purpose if 1 cite as witnesses two sets of very prominent races, still frésh in the public mind, The meets between our sloops Wave, Schemer and Mistral as exam- ples of more or less light displacement, and the Scotch cutter Maage Sept. Swept. Bept. 1i—Beverly Y. C.. Third Chumpionship Match at Swampscott. 15—Larchmont ¥. C,, Pennant Mateh, Classes 4, 5, 22—Larchmont ¥, C,, Pennant Match, Classes 6, 7, Tt isnow in order to pass on to the second cause of “resistance,'’ before summing up. Thatfriction is not a visionary factor as often sup) foul or rough bottom is appreciated by all, slips through the water a rough one scratches and prates along, catches hold, so to speak, of the water and drags a wide film with ib, This frictional retardation varies in arithmetical ratio with the area of skin exposed. The yacht showing most skin is subject to the sed. can quickly be yeritied fromdaily experience. The drag of a While & smooth surface eatest friction, condition Of surfaces beibg, of course, assymed to like, Itis true that round and rapidly curving surfaces will suffer THE OLD, OLD STORY AGAIN. AP though spun & thousand times, as little understood and as 43 little heeded as though never once mooted on earth. To the majority of your readers what Lam about to write will be old straw threshed over again, a tale so otttold that they have it by rote, and can almost seize the coming words ont of my mouth. Yet to the class Tam now addressing myself. in a final effort to help them to an appre- ciation of certain fundamental principles of naval design, the sub- jeck, so threadbare even to students who have just begun, is fraught with lessons of the utmost importance, and that must be my excuse for afain obtruding with an exposition so elementary in its nature as the consideration of stability applied to yacht designing. The late fearful disaster to tne schooner Grayling, and the com- plete misapprehension by the met opolitan press of the issues there- by raised afresh, is further justification for occupyime your space, in the hope that the future may wiluess a cleaver understanding, and that even non-professional writers inay pass judgment, intelligent und officacious, carrying beuefitin its wake,in place of misconcep- tion and consequences mischievous a! even fatal Cause and effect have been unwittingly so mixed io seeking an explanation for the {irayliny’s capsize that the publi¢ mind may well be mystified and in doubt which way to turn in the search for exemption from yachting fatalities, Im one instance af least, that of a prominent sporting pa- jar devoled chic tly tothe turf, downright dishonesty may be charged n permitting cringing flimkyism to override conscience and good sense, leading to the dissemination of a mass of sophistry with the intent of throwing off the scent from a false position long ago as- sumed und since often reiterated, But tothe rubbish in that paper my attention will be devoted m a special letter, for, thongh igno- yance may be overlooked, as it works its awn death, false pretenses pstublished on & basis of dishonest fabriration, shall not escape cen- sure nor the contmot of the public richly deserved, Having characterized yach(s which, like the Grayling, depend upon beam for stability instead of upon euongh low ballest, as the lowest development of naval design, my position is not one difficult to es- tablish, Given a certain number of qualifications necessary to meet the pur- poses and objects of yachting, aud no extended argument is needed Lo demonst: ate the presence of the préatest amount of skillin that plan of construction which embodies the greatest number of those qualiticutions according to their r nk in importance, and the pres- ence of the least sinount of ckill in that y.lan exhibiting a total ab- sence of all but one. Lt will not be disputed that the task of combin- ing in a desien the two most valuable attributes of speed and safety is a vastly ergater draft upon the designer's ability than the complete neglect of ore of those cardinal requisites, even though a high deeree of perfection be attained in the remaining. Its a child's task to secure safety and notbing else, for any form sufficiently hultey in beam or low welehted,in combination with the smallest of rigs, accomplishes such end. Th is the work of 4 master, however, Lo 50 fashion that apparently violently clashing demands shall be subju- gated and brought into harmony, accessory to ohne another in their effect, so that a combination may result covering expectations in performance both sensible and legitimate, and upon the display of which we haye a perfect rigbt to insist in awarding the palm for capacity, yr: And tf not so very easy to mould a very fast form only, it is cer- tainly a problem not to he compured in the profundity. far-reaching expericnce and ulcety of judgment called for in givin: birth to forms Ant arranpvements which, besides attaining the maximum in speed, ean likewise luy claim to full confidence in theic incapsizabilily. Herein lies the difference between competent and incompetent work, belween wood butchering and the profession of legitimate yacht desigoing. A representative of the first Inows nothing, seeks nothing, eunnot Accomplish auylbing bub just the one peculiarity, luckily struck in & certain set form upon which he has hit by a sort of divine jospiration. Th all other directions he fails, and if ever bold enough po cul clear of thé heayeo-bestowed form Kumentable failure is his yiost likely ending. A representative of the latter, though, is bound by no doguiae, is tied up with oo juspiration, is free trom unalterable yrejudices, works with ag much understanding aa he can bring to beay. warns o6 he goes along, is open to evidence, weighs carefully what mares before Lim, aims to satisfy in more than a single direction, is iberal and brosd-iminded in his work. Te is always a thinker, a good drattsmoan,ond works with lis brains instead of trusting allogether to thueye. He grasps the elements of u yacht, sees something more in Vier Lhan a prebtily-turned, emooth side, pleasing ata casual glance, but hiding beneath death-deoling fallucies, as the vesplendent skin covers tha viper with poisonous fangs. The prodyets of one are cvude, spasmodic, unsystematic, with no Aim. Those of the other are prozressivé, & Well-reculated system of gradual approaches to the highest goal always kept in full yiew, asa good representative of the heavy weights, in the fall of 18s1, should have served to clear all doubt ever afler, The recent con- struction of the Grayling is proof that some people present, at these matches failed altogethér to receive the slightest impression from an exhibition admitting of only one interpretation, It is quite im- material to the issue which yacht landed across the finish with the victory. Itis ehough to know that to allintents and purposes the cutter sailed practically even on all counts with the sloop haying half the displacement! Lf displacement of itsel! were an obstacle to speed, the Madge should have been outsailed anywhere from one hour to two hours oyer the course, Instead of that, her seventeen tons were sent along ab the same speed as the eight and nine of her opponents, The second illustration is even more conclusive, as the areas of can- vas ure definitely known. In the fall matches of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y, GC, last yeur the cutter Bedouin, in three successive attempts, gave evidence of possessing practically the same speed as the sloop Gracie. There was a trifling difference only while the two were running down wind or while they kept company in turniug up without the interference of extraneous cuuses, The displacement of the Ciracie is about 60 tons, that of the Bedouin 105. The sail area of the Bedouin was 600 odd square feet less than that of the sloop. We stand. therefore, face to face with the fact that 105 tons of oats were driven At the same speed as U0 tons, and that with less driving power into the bargain, ‘lwo ways exist or reconciling this apparent anomaly, One is to attribute the cutter’s speed to something radi- cally wrong aboard the opposing sloop, or else to something radi- eally right aboard the cutter, the difference in this something hemg enough to account for the display of equal speed by two such widely yarying displacements. But those who watehed the races observed nothing of this kiud, either in the set of the sails or the handling of the two yachts, while both were, roundly speaking, in equally good trim and condition. There was no such “something” to which the cutters speed could be charged, so we must look in another ditec- tion for the solution. Only one other is open. There must have been far less resistance lo onward passage on the part of the cutter than the sloop or her bigger body could not have been sent through with less sail on even speed with the sloop. The conclusion is self-evi- dent; “Displacement per se is not a meusure of resistance,” Thereis nothing very new in this deduction, butif seems quite new, in fact, unknown among the school of light displacement fanat- ics, A vast deal of testimony of a similar sort will readily occur to every observer, I have brought forward enough for my purpose, 1 havé shown that speed can be produced on eyen the most excessive displacement, Whetheritis or not, depends entirely upon the worth less than long, flat sides or floors, but in yachts of the usual descrip- tion the fining of ythe bows, the rounding of the bilge and the rise aft in the run are so neatly alike in character that the error in prac- tice will be inappreciable where friction is figitred 4s varying directly with the area exposed. Your space bemg oyertaxed, let me sum up here and continue in yous nextissue, Ihaye sought to establish the following beyond eavil; 1, That displacement or weight is not a true mensure of resist- ance, 2. That ‘resistance’ is in reality measured by the driving power et in the creation of wayes and in overcoming frictional A. 4. That wave-making varies with beam or form. Tam aware that many details and some amplifications have not re- ceived attention in the foregoing, but those worth elucidation will be taken up as I proveed, ©. P, Kusnarpr, GORKSCREW YACHTING. Editor Forest and Streams * We are told that Grayling was capsized by a “vorkscrew squall,’ and one gentleman, who assisted at the exhibition, grayely informed, me thut the wind blew “straight down.” Now all this would be exceedingly funny, if real danger and possi- ble death were not hand in hand with the *ecorkserew"' and “straight downward" business, When will onr yachtsmen begin to take a hint from grim experi- ence? Greeting capsized because she has the ‘round section” of a flour barrel, assisted by the outragcously unscientific amount of weight she carried aloft, in shape of spars and hamper which no common, sense pleasure craft should be burdened with, and Grayling sank tor the same reason that Sophia went down with the lives that put farbl in four tons of pig iron, Your correspondent, my good friend Mr. Kunhardt, is very right: in his warning against broad, shallow yachts, sailed on the sand-bage principle, minus the bags, and he 1s very wrong in recomiendin: something still more dangerous—the lead-loaded cubter, which wi sink far more quiekly and drown her crew more surely in case of We- cident, than the gigantic skimming dish or barrel. There is a type of yacht—growing in fayor every day—which pos- sesses light druft, easy lines, finest sea-going qualities, high speed, small sail area, mmequalled handiness, and which is at the same of the yacht’s form considered individually, ? ust as the speetis.of | time practically non-capsizable and absolutely unsinkable, This is light-weight yachts vary according to mdividual excellence of form, | the “coming Fach THostas CLAPHAM, apart from any consideration of type. Rostyy, L. I. Tf not displacement, what then is the measure of resistance? Tt is the amount of work performed in amb ie passage. The work varies with the form and the surface exposed to friction with- out regard to the weight of the body passing through. Jt varies with form, because forin is the cause of wave making or lifting that vol- ine of water above the sea level, which cannot escape around the vessel's sides in her wale. Ib varies in addition with the surface in contact with the water, which coheres to the vessel’s sides, liter- ally sticking 4s molasses toa fly’s legs backing out of a saucer. There are some minor causes of resistance not necessary to dwell upon in the case OF yachts of normal fashioning. There 1s nothing new in all this either, but it seems necessary to go over well-trodden eround for the benefit of that class which has turned a deaf ear to all that has been published in your columns heretofore, aud likewise with w view to beginning from the beginning, so that the relations existing between the elements of design may be comprehended in their entirety. i The first proposition that weight, or displacement, which isthe same thing, is notio itself a measure of resistance is established by the facts adduecad. The explanation of resistance. may nap be so RARITAN Y. Editoy Forest and Stream, The fixtures of the Raritan Y. C., Perth Amboy, N. J., are as fol- lows; May 30, opening match, June 16, Corinthian ma ch. Jnly 4, open regatta, July 21, Corinthian match, Aug, 5, open regatta. Aug, 25, Corinthian match. Sept. 8, Corinthian mateh. The club anticipates a yery prosperous seasou Cc. BATTHYANY, Editor Forest and Stream e , . - Allow me to correct one or twoslips in your notice of Prince Batthy any's decease. readily acvepted. It is not necessary that if should, though well Prince Batthyany was the father of Count Hdmund BSA the confirmed by researches of the highest authenticity, by experiment | latter being still ahve and a member of the Y.R. A, Council. Prince npon vessels, and by its perfect adaptability to a lucid explanation | Batthyany was the turfman; his son, the Count, the yachtsman, Count Batthyany has no such fad on his mind as you ascribe to him, and believes in deep yachts, not in the least in skimmers, Flying Qlond, his first racing yacht, was purchased by him in 1362; she had been built in 1852 by Mmman, of Lymington, for Mr. 1, Sievewright, and had lain by for some years. Inthe Vouut's hands she was given a regniar racing outfit, and speedily gained the first place amoug the jightweight schooners. She measured séventy-five tons R, 'T, M., and then took to racing the heavyweizhts with so much success that on of such events as the sailing of Bedouin and Gracie. With this in mind. the anomaly now under review admits of intelligent dissection. The Bedouin's body. in spite of exctss of size and weight, was driven with loss power as fast as the Gracie, because ib is a more economical form to drive, Itis more economical beeause less work is done in clearing a pacsage, Though larger, avtually less water in bull has to be thrown ont of the cutter's way in the shape of waves, for the narrow beam and general ease of form thereby secured, enables a very eougiderable portion of the water to escape inbo the | more than one oceasion she si y defeated them, winning without wake around the sides, beiny actuated by the pressure of the bows. | time, ro! up along and valuable list of prizes, Her dimensions, not those of a skimmer, are: Length, 75ft.; breadth, 16tt, Gin; depth, 9ft.; drafe att, $ft. Sin. Count Batthyany next Went in fora 10U-ton cutter, and ordered Kriempilda, 106 tons, of Michael Ratsey, who launched her in 1872, This pressure, water being practically incompressible, is transmitted in all divections, The moment the mressure is Felt at ine forward end, a corresponding relief is created at the after and, and the water, flowing in the direction of least vesistance, takes motion around the ——E— selves open up a vast, and a8 yet unworked, mine for deep study and acquisition as well as for experiment and prac- tice. From America will ultimately hail the largest fleet of steam yachts in the world. The certainty of movement of such vessels recommends them to men pressed for time. Our yast network of rivers in the interior, the great distance to be traversed from point fo point, all will insist upon the rapid multiplication of the smali nucleus of steam yachts now afioat. For all this, there need be no fear that the sail- ing yacht will be driven tothe wall. There is ample room in the world for both classes. Cheapness in first cost, economy in running and leve fora sailor’s life will keep the fleet under canvas from extinetion for all time. The man of steam will be drawn from other ranks, and with his vessel will add one more to the yachting navy without a single sail being withdrawn on that account. The recent formation in this city of a club, especially de- yoted to steam yachts, bears out what has been written above, It is the first step toward securing that recognition which has been denied by the self-engrossed community of amateur sailors through sroundless fear of rivalry, and a failure to concede tosteam yachts the importance they are entitled to SUPPORT THE TRAM. ih TOW that the indignation, naturally felt at the action of the Rifle Association directors in the rejection from the team of one of the best shots in America, has in some measure subsided, the entire éffort of all who wish well to American arms should be directed to strengthening the squad of National Guardsmen who in a few weeks will set sail for the English range, The honor of the country has to be sustained by the men now giving their time and effort | daily at Creedmoor to gain that thorough control of hand and eye which shall enable them successfully to meet the English experts. The men are doing good work; they J alreudy show scores far beyond what was recorded a year ago at the same stage of preparation, and the prospect is that without any more than merely holding their own they will be able to make a strong fight with the picked British team, The National Guard of the entire country owe it to them- selves to see to it that the team of 1883 goes abroad ina manner befitting its representative character, The men on the team are not men of wealth, They are young men who love the innocent excitement of the rifle match, and having shown their ability to excel in one branch of the soldicr’s duty, it should be the proud snd pleasant duty of every other member of their hody to lend aid and assistance in vetting them the victory. This can be done through a fenerous subscription to the fund now raising for the ex- penses of the team. These will necessarily be heavy, for a jaunt over the ocean forso large a group of men is not a trifling matter. Though it will be a short visit, it cannot beaflying one. After the noyel experience of a sea trip, | the men will need a few days for rest and quiet to steady their nerves and refresh their bodies. Then there will be some days’ drill at Wimbledon to get acquainted with the ground over which the match is to be shot, During all the time fhe men look for their support to the body of their fellow citizens who will share in the honor which a victory will bring, The board haye placed their estimate of expenses at a best. multiplying reel are used. boat is done with rods of all kinds, but we prefer a trout rod moderate figure. Itis thought that $6,000 will carry the team out and home again, and but a small percentage of this sum has already been secured, Every cent of it should be in the hands of the committee before the date of sailing. It will add much to the confidence with which the men will start if they know that their friends and well-wishers have heen thoughtfnl in this respect. The men deserve support for the good work thus far, and as everybody feels like add- ing a trifle to a successful cause, they may feel assured that in all likelihood they will be doing so by sending a subserip- tidn to the American Team Fund. BLACK BASS. ( N the first day of June the black bass season opens about New York. IJtis an open secret that to many it practically opens at Greenwood Lake on Decoration Day, two days before. This being a legal holiday, many persons fo to the lake, and the people about it wink at the trans- gression, because the visitors leaye substantial mementoes of their visit, which is regarded as a full equivalent. This practice is wrong and it should be stopped, or the law should be changed, making the opening of the season on the holi- day. There is no doubt about the early season being the The fish seem livelier and even gamier than later in the greater heat of summer, with its greater excess of vege- tation in the water. It is inthe beginning of the season that the bass take the fly with mrore certainty than at any other time, and this alone is reason enough to many to make them anxious to go early to the lakes, About New York there are not many good places for black bass. .A few are taken in the Croton reservoir, but not enough to make it an object to fish for them, they are usually captured by those who are fishing for perch. The most accessible pluces for good fishing are: Greenwood Lake, lying partly in New York and partly in New Jersey, fifty miles distant from the city, und reached by the New York & Greenwood Lake R, R., with ferries at West Twenty-third and Chambers streets. This lake is one of the best black bass lakes in this part of the country, notwithstanding the great yearly drain upon it and the number of anglers that visit it. Several good hotels are on it, and the scenery is fine. Lake Hopatcong is reached by the Morris and Essex R. R., ferries at Barclay and Christopher streets, trains for the lake connecting at Drakesville, distance about sixty miles. This lake furnishes some black bass and many pickerel. It is quite a pretty lake and has hotels. From Hopatcong station passengers go some three miles by canal before entering the lake. Swertswood Lake, near Newton, N. J., sixty-seven miles from the city, is reached by the Sussex branch of the Del., Lac. & W. KR. R., ferries foot of Barclay and Christo- pher streets. This lake also abounds with pickerel and perch and the fishing is offen good, The rivers readily accessible from New York where the fishing is more or less good are: The Delaware from Port Jervis 10 within twenty-five miles of Philadelphia, «nd there are also black bass in the Raritan River. Fly-fishing, where and when the fish will take the fly, is by far the highest of all fishing, but the black bass is a notional fish, full of queer conceits about a diet of flies, or perhaps only regards them as dessert, to be taken in modera- tion, or not at all, according as his digestive organs may in- cline him. Certain it is that the black bass cannot be depended ou to rise to the fly with anything like the cer- tainty that we calculate on the rising of trout. Eyen trout refuse to rise at certain, or uncertain, times, but the black bass is always uncertain, For fly-fishing use trout tackle with larger and more gaudy flies, and allow the latter to sink and troll them after a east, For casting or trolling the min- now, a shorter rod, about eight feet, of some stiffness, anda Stillfishing from an anchored if we are forced to practice this method by reason of the re- fusal of the bass to take the fly. Baits include frogs, helgramites or dobsons, worms, minnows, crawfish, grubs, vrasshoppers, etc. Skittering a frog which, after being humanely killed, is hooked through the jaws, is good sport, and is done by standing in a boat while a manrows it slowly near the likely spots, and casting the frog on one side and jumping it along the surface two or three times and then casting it to the other side. This often raises large fish, and there is an amount of exercise attending it that lazy still- fishing does not bring. In doing this we prefer to stand in the bow of the boat, although most men take the stern. We prefer the bow because we then work water which has not been disturbed by the oars. Trolling with spoons or min- now gangs is a favorite with some, It requires no skill and is a murderous practice as well asalazy one. If bait is used it will save much time, expense and disappointment to carry it, for it is often scarce at the fishing grounds. Concerning the comparative gameness of the two species of black bass, we agree with Dr. Henshall, and, in defiance of popular opinion, claim as gamy quulities forthe big-mouth ag are possessed by his brother with the smaller opening in liis countenance. The big-mouth, when under two pounds weight, makes a splendid fight, although he has been eried down, and it is fashionable to echo the ery. Welook forward to the day when a fair judgment, irrespective of prejudice, will be rendered by intelligent anglers on this question of comparative gameness, always making allowances for the weight of fish. We believe that the proper fighting weight of a black bass is from a pound and a half to two pounds, if he isin good condition, and that when he exceeds these weights his game qualities decline in proportion, and he is tired out in less time, always allowing light tackle to be used instead of hickory poles and main strength, which gives the smaller fish no chance to display his science and his pluck. Take the black bass all in all, they are the gamiest fish that the angler finds in fresh waters, except the brook trout, and there are anglers who do not except even them. Eyenisn AND AMERICAN TRou?.—We would like a fair discussion as to fhe comparative merits of the English trout (Salmo farto) and Saleelinus fontinalis, Those interested in the subject may read Mr. Chambers’s remarks on American trout in our review of “Fish and Fisheries,” in our fish- cultural columns. Che Sportsman Caurist. THE WHISTLE OF THE ELK. BY H. P, UFFORD, cee who was responsible for the position in which we found ourselves, was ‘‘one of them things no feller could find ont.” MIgnotus charged it upon John, John shifted the burden to The Rhymer, while The Rhymer in turn laid it upon the shoulders of Ignotus. Whether that John was in hopes of discoyering the mythical Dead Man’s Gulch, where solid nuggets of pure gold as large as walnuts or as pippins lay ‘‘thick as autumn leaves in Vallambrosa,” or that The Rhymer was fired with a wild desire to scale heights reputed to be hereto inaccessible to the white man’s foot, or that Ignotus was led by the hope of finding and securing a specimen of that hunter’s will o’ the whisp, the mountain bison—certain it was, that the sun, descending be- hind Dos Hermanos, seemed to wink derisively at our liltle party, as exhausted with the fatigues of mountain climbing, we huddled together for the night on a rocky shelf on the ~ side of one of the steepest peaks of the steepest group of the San Juan range, ‘‘the Needles.” What there was in our surroundings to induce anyone to tempt the perils of the breakneck climb hither would have been hard to tell. Aboye and below, before and behind, on the right hand and on the left, 4 monotonous uniformity of stone was varied only by a uniform monotony of rock. Trachyte, syenite, or quartzite—black, brown or gray—cliff, talus, boulder or shide-rock—rent by the earthquake, pulverized by the thunder- bolt, or polished by the sliding avalanche, rusty with stain of iron, or ashen with the sickly gray of the lichen—eyery- where it was rock, rock, rock, that met our view, crouched on the worn detritus at the base of one jagged cliff, and fac- ing, across twenty yards of black chasm, another, no less rent and torn—on the one side, the gorge above choked with jagged boulders, heaped together in elemental confusion; and on the other, the gorge below breaking off to the nether world by a Deyil’s Staircase of shattered porphyritic steps— our only bed the angular slide-rock, and our sole Inllaby the shriek of the wind as it swept through the pass; still, Galliolike, we ‘cared for none of these things.” ~ A new experience always pays for itself, even though its price be tears, and woe, and blodil; and it was worth while onceina lifetime to see nature in her most savage mood, Stripped of all her virginal beauty and grace she stood re- yealed before us that night, cold, pitiless and cruel; a demon goadess whose breath was the hurricane, the glance of her eyes sharp thunderbolis, and in the touch of her bloodless hand the chill of death. Little reeked we, however; we had laughed in her face ere now, and were not children of a younger world to grovel on our faces before her because she chose for once ina way to show us the virago side of her character. ‘‘Nature never did betray the heart that loved her,” and we felt no fear of her, on whose Jap we had so often Jaid our tired heads and been lulled to sleep, like weary children, by jhe crooning music of her voice. So we knocked the ashes out of our pipes, smoothed out a place among the rocks as best we could, wrapped our blankets around us and soon forgot our pains and aches in the gentle caresses of sleep. Next morning, after a breakfast of dry bread and jerked beef, we swune to the left, flanking the cliff under which we had slept, and after nearly four hours of painful climbing, emerged upon a mesa, or upland meadow, thickly set with clumps of spruce and alder and watered by a little stream, which, taking its rise in the peaks to our left, poured its waters into the gulch up which we had struggled the day before. Deer signs were plenty, and while following one of the freshest of the trails, intent on fresh meat for dinner, ‘The Rhymer suddenly stopped, as though petrified. “Hello!” he shouted to Ignotus, ‘‘who in thunder’s got cattle up here on this mesa?” “Cattle? What do you mean?” ‘Why, here are the tracks ofa drove of steers—three- year olds at least.” ““Pshaw! you're crazy! up here.” “Can't help that. yourself.” Over came Ignotus. “Bull elk, by gracious! and whopj2rs, too. Let’s see; one, two, three, four—eleven of ‘em by Saint Patrick! The biggest drove I ever saw.” “You haven’t seen them yet.” ‘No, but I will to-morrow morning. elk steak for breakfast it'll be funny,” “Why not go for them now?” “Too late; they’re gone up on the peaks. moon? Did you notice her this morning?” ‘Yes: she was about four hours high at sun-up,” “Good; we'll catch em as they come down about day- lizht. Notacow oracalfamong’em. Tell you what, my boy, it’s going to take fine-haired work to get one of those fellows; they're old soldiers, they are; but 1 think we can circumvent them. Lucky you found the trail before we shot inj thing; Ree wont be scared. Mustn’t fire a gun to-day; bread and beef till to-morrow,” hy, if they’re up in the peaks they couldn’t heara from here; it must be at least three miles,” " ‘Don’t care if it is; the wind’s blowing that way, and 1 wouldn’t guarantee an old bull elk from smelling powder No steer in the world could climb Here are the tracks; come and see for If we don't have How's the smoke twenty miles, if the wind was right. Qucer, too; ‘the less they're hunted the more the e a while they seem — Now, tohiecco smoke they don’t mind a bit, while a black- fail hates it like pizen,” _ The rest of the day was spent in studying the Jay of the Jand, aud in planning the morrow’s campaign, It was de- cided that Ignotus and The Rhymer should essay the cap- ture, while John would ‘‘keep camp” in their absence, as the exertions of the last two days, joined to the exposure of the nieht before, had brought him a visit from his old friend, “the mountain gout,” The moon was only fairly above the horizon when the pair stole carefully from their blankets and started for the peaks, looming dimly in the distance. The morning was phenomenal—neither clear nor cloudy, light nor dark, There was no perceptible mist, yet all things had a hazy, uncertain luok. The shadows cast by the trees were as clear and pitchy-black as though produced by the electric arc, yet the moon shone but pale and wan. There was no sign of hoar-frost on the grass, yet the stinging air felt damp and raw, The stars glittered like sparks of fire, yet the sky was sodden and gray. Byerything was incongruous and contradictory, as though Chaos was just departing, and the New Earth hat! not yet been born. As the hunters threaded their way silently through the alder groves, or crossed the mesa from one woody island to another, they seemed to themselves like shades of the de- parted, flitting around the place which had been their accus- tomed haunt in life. Esch wished the other would speak, ‘but neither felt bold enough to break the uncanny stillness, The sense of something mysterious. of a vague intangible “one-knows-not-what,” a fecling that “it is the unexpecied which always happens,” seemed to weigh dovn and oppress them. Weuak ghosts of sounds quavered around them, yet if one turned to listen, they ceased, and nothing was heard but silence; the silence of the Cosmos, which, maddened at its own dumbness, flung itself upon the ear with a muffled, pulsating roar, wherein were mingled the plunge of the surf upon the shore, the moan of the wind in the bending tree- tops, aud the low reverberation of the dying thunder-peal. Ghosts of things there seemed to be, as well as ghosts of sounds; spectral forms yanished behind the somber spruce boles; white wraiths floated over the mesa, fading away as Soon as looked at; intangible somethings which cluded sight, and dim shadowy presences flitted before, behind and on every sifle of them, plainly felt, though all unseen; so that it was with a sigh of relief that they finally reached the throat of the mesa, where it narrowed to enter the peaks, forming a eul-de-sae through which the hunter instinct of Ignotus told him the elk would most likely pass on their way to the pasture below. But, led by their suspicious nature, they might vary their usual routine, and cross over the ‘troche moutonné” or ‘‘sheep-back,” which formed one side of ihe throat, so The Rhymer was left there that he might have a double chance, while Ignotus went further up, following a trail so broad that it might have been a cow-path or a New England hillside. uddling down between two boulders, with his back to the cliff, yet so situated that he could watch both the pass above and the rounded sheep-back before him, The Rhymer proceeded to make himself comfortable while he kept the morning watch. His “dead-leaf’ corduroy matched so well with the hue of the rocks behind and around him, that he had no fear of being seen by the wary eye of ‘‘him-that- walks-with-a-tree-on-his-head,” as the fanciful red man culls the antlered elk, The place and the hour were productive of fancies. Around were the everlasting hills, and ahove stretched the gray arch of the eternal skies The un- canny feeling was gone from the air, and in its place was a soothing nimbus of peace and rest. There was still a sense of preparation—an expectation of something about to happen, but something wonderful, and not terrible; majes- tie, but not awful. Nature was preparing herself for the working of a iniracle—none the less marvellous because it is repeated over and over again—the miracle of the birth of a new day. Siruck by the marvel, Jupiter passed for A moment on the top of Dos Hermanos, and Orion, shifting Jhis hand from his sword-hilt, shaded his eyes to see what was to take place on his sister, Terra. But iufinity cannot stand still, and they wheeled onward again in their planetary march, while a thrill of vague unrest stirred the bosom of the earth- godess, as she waited for the first kiss of her coming lover, the Sux, And then, from the sky above, from the air around, from the silver trumpet of some distant star, from everywhere and from nowhere, comes a luw, distant, plaintive note, rising, swelling, falling, echoing from rock to crag, and dying awuy in the pass below. “QO hark! O hear} how shrill and clear, And shriller, clearer, further going: How faint and far, from cliff and sear, The horns of Elfiand faintly blowing!” Nature bends her ear to listen, as it comes again, like the long drawn strain of an Zolian harp, or the first doubtful note blown by the great god Pan from the reed he cut by the river. Once, twice, thrice it comes, borne on pulsating ether waves, echoing, echoing from cliff to cliff, note and echo so blended that the ear cannot separate the one from the other. In its evanescent strain are suggestions of all supernal music heard since the world began; the glad ery that broke from the lips of Memnon’s statue when touched by the first sun-vays flashed across the Egyptian desert; the wild, heart-broken wail that went shuddering through the vineyards and olive groves of the Mediterranean isles, an- nouncing to a heathen world that the old pagan gods were dead, and the new Christ was come; the angelic sadness of that seraph strain that held the sin-vorn Lancelot mute, as, before his raptured sight, slow swam’ the Holy Grail; or the wild, defiant outburst of Seandinavian Thor, challeng- ing the new faith to batile, ‘while King Olaf still went sail- ing, sailing up through Drontheim Fiord,” With half closed eyes and parted lips, The Rhymer holds his breath to listen. When the last sweet echo has died away, he comes back to earth again, opens his eyes, and lo! on the crest of the rounded hill opposite him, outlined upon the sky and thrown into high relief by the faint pink glow behind, he sees, through the gray haze of the morning, the dim adumbration of a mighty head, crowned by branching antlers, au arrow’s Hight from tip to tip. Silently and spectrally, while he pazes, another giant head takes shape and form out of the curling mist, ue another, and another, each materializing slowly and each more life- like than its predecessor, till the whole background of the sky is crossed and recrossed by the huge palmute horns, beneath which a vivid fancy almost distinguishes shapeless bulks which might pass for the bodies to which those giant heids belong. Here, he thinks, is a capital illustration of the Way at which so many ghost: stories take their rise, FOREST AND STREAM. 348 Given 4 fantastic imagination prone to play tricks upon its more matter-of-fact brother, Common Sense, and sur- roundings 4 little out of the commonplace beat of every-day life, and what more natural than that the subjective should dominate over, or even usui'p the throne of, the objective, and the afferent ideational he merged into the cfferenf sen- sational? By one who has not, like himself, been accus- tomed io the practice of cool, mental analysis, and has thus learned to recognize intuitively the line which separates illusion from fact, these ghostly shapes would be taken for real, instead of, as they truly are, mere phanotasms of the brain, projected upon a back- ground of for and sky, In fact, the method of their appearance is proof of their unreal character, If they were solid flesh and blovd, the tips of the horns would first be seen rising gradually over the crest of the hill, till the whole head came rnto view, as the white topsails of a ship appear over the curve of the sea before the vessel herself swims into the watcher’s ken, Instead of which the whole head comes into view at once; first asa dim, shadowy outline, then gathering form und shape as the actinic rays of fancy iiepinge upon the sensitive plate of the mental Camera. As The Rhymer dreamily contemplates these eidola of the mind, and lazily smiles to think how a less keen psycholo- gist than he might be duped by these airy visions, a long lance of light from the rising sun behind flashes over his head, breaks upon the slope opposite, the gray mist vanishes ais by magic, and—by the spear of Nimrod! what he has taken for the idle stuif of dreams proves to be the veritable drove of elk for whose coming he has been waiting! Mo- tionless they stand, within fair rifle shot—twenty-three of them, the largest drove of bull elks he had ever, or, for that matter, has ever seen, All noble, majestic fellows, too; not a runt or an ignoble head among them. So magnificent they look, so free and wild, and in such perfect keeping with the scene, that for a moment there Hashed through The Rhymer's head the insane idea of letting them go scot free; but the next moment the hunter’s instinct of slaughter, or, it may be, the ganglionic nerve centers of the stomach, prevails, and the Sharps .44 rises slowly to the shoul- der, steadies a moment, there is a pressure upon the trigger, a tongue of flame, followed by smoke, leaps out, the silence of the dawn is shivered bya detonation of sound which clashes and clangs from cliff to cliff, there is arush of feet, forms, and a clatter of hoofs, and when the smoke has drifted away down the pass, the opposite slope is as devoid of life as when it first met The Rhymer’s eye two hours before. As deyoid of life, but its smooth outhne is now broken by a shapeless russet bulk, and a thin red stream is slowly staining the brown shingle and scattered clumps of moss. Death must bave been instantaneous, for the elk has simply sunk upon his knees, and except that the head has fallen to one side, so that the antlers touch the ground, he looks as though he might be quietly sleeping. With human inconsistency The Rhymer, who would have heartily cursed his luck had he missed his aim, feels a sensa- tion of half regret because he did not. Ina few moments, Ignotus haying heard the shot, appears, picking his way down the pass, and in five minutes more he and The Rhymer are busily at work ‘‘gralloching” their quarry. “T heard ‘em whistle,” Sa ign biuk. holding his bloody knife between his teeth, while both hands tug at the tough hide, ‘‘and I knew from the direction they weren't coming my way, so I thought you'd be apt to get ’em. Rather early for “em to be running, though; last year’s calves are hardly weaned.” “Heard ‘em whistle!” then tie wild nusie which had filled The Rhymer’s soul was nothing but the amorous eall of a four-legged beast to his hairy love. To this day Ignotus hus not found out why The Rhymer, after gazing at him for a moment with a look of blank dis- gust, softly murmured, “Oh! that one were here to write me down an ass!” alatuyal History. BIRDS- OF NORTHERN OHIO, ADDITIONS. CLEVELAND, ©,, May 21, 1883. Editor Forest and Strecame Having collected birds in this loculity for about twenty years, I feel called upon to offer some comments on the list of ‘Birds of Northern Ohio” from my friend Mr. Ingersoll, which appeared in last Forest anp SrREAM, as well as to make a number of additions to his list, : Golden-crowned Kinglet—Aegulus sutrapa.—Very seldom visits us in winter, but is a common spring and fall migrant. Red-bellied Nuthatch—Sittm canadensis,—I lave never seen it in winter, but it nearly always visits us inspring and fall, and at times in great abundance. Brown Creeper—Certhia familiarix—ts not a common regent but in spring und fall and mild winters it is abun- nt. = Worm-eatizg Warbler—H. vermivorus.—Rare migrant, I think less than a dozen have been procured from this locality. Orange-crowned Warbler—, celata.—Not rare during fall migration. Kirtland Warbler—D. #irtlund!—There are now eleven specimens recorded, six of which were tuken within five miles of Cleveland, and two of which I shot, Snow Bunting—P. mevlis—An abundant winter yisitant. Hairy Woodpecker—P. villvsys—Common resident. I will now add to the list: Gray-cheeked Thrush—Zwrdive sivadnsent, yar, uliele.— Not uncommon migrant, Great Carolina Wreun—Tiryothorus lnidoviciqnius~—Rare summer resident, Prothonotary Warbler—Pyvlonetaria eitrea,—| know of but one instance of its capture here. Tennessee Warhler.—lehninthophaga pereyrina.—Rare migrant. : White-browed Yellow-throated Warbler,—Dendreea dome- nica, var. abilora.—Not uncommon on river bottoms, especially among sycamores, Water Thrush—Siurus nevins,—Not uncommon migrant. Connecticut Warbler—Oporernis agilis.—For the last two or three scasons [ have found this warbler in consider- able numbers fora “‘rare’ one, having taken from six to twelve each year. , Lincoln's Finch—Melospizn lincotn’.—Irregular spring and fall migrant, Snowbird—Junco /yemalis,—Abundant in colder months. Black-throated Bunting —Hvapiza wnerieone,—Summer resident; seemingly rare some seasons, and sometimes abun- dant. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher—Hmpidonae flaviventris.—Rare migrant. Great Horned Owl—Buho virginianus.—Common resident, Goshawk—Axtu? atric pillys,—Rare winter visitor. Roughlegged Hawk —Areidbuteo lagepus—Not incommon during colder months. Golden Eagle—Aquila chrysmotis.—Rare, Wild Turkey—Melagris gallopare, yar. americand,—Fov- metly abundant here, but now extinct, except in heavily wooded counties. Avyocet—Recurvirostra americana,—Rare; have neyer seen but two specimens, both from vicinity of Sandusky Bay. Stilt—Himantopus nigricollis—Rare. Northern Phalurope—Lobipes hyperboreus.—Rare migrant, Red Phalarope—Phalaropus Fulicarius.—Rare migrant, Red-breasted Snipe.—Wacrorhamphus griseus —Rare, Whiterumped Sandpiper—Tringa fuscicollis—Rare imi- grant. Red-bressted Sandpiper—Tringe canutus.—Rare migrant, Willett—Totanus semipalmatua—Rare migrant, Solitary Sandpiper——Zota jus solitariue,—_Common summer resident, Bartramian Sandpiper, Upland Plover— better lish, but it is a poor table fish for those who live near the sea. If Mr, Petree is’ a little bit vis- ionury on the carp questiim it need concern no one but him- self and his immediate friends, bot when the disease becomes so violent thidi he aftacks all other fisheulture, he evidently needs to he seriously talked to,[ THE CANADIAN FISHERIES. Fiditor Morest uid Stream: The bill amending the Fisheries Act, recently passed by the House of Commons, is referred to in correspondence from the capital as being an interference with provincial powers, in- jurious to fishing rights, and in direct conflict with judicial ecisions. J Teen SOHN. 13 | 15} Hi ie yeseot 15} This shows 1 as the winning dog. Then take Nos. 2, 4, and 4, and either run them each against the other or let the judges se- lect the best of the three as they may deem fit—and_run such best dog—who wins by selection or running, with Number 9 for second prize. If Number 5 should be the best, then 5 and 9 to compete for second, and if 5 wins, he of course takes sec- ond and 9 takes third prize, or if 9 should win he would take second, which would leaye5 and the best of 15, 11, and 10 to contest for third money. B “The same as in first instance, but with a bye. Order of Drawing: Wins, Wins. Wins. inte 1) , Pines ae pal b at 3 i a? Me? Vie | qycce f ete beree Bate 1 4 Bt 5 Bye + 5) fas ae 5 v| = J Esto | Ad eh ee: Orly hacia oc), ee 1 Date! baal 4 ai ree g mas f eae AS, an | bye i} 13 } » a) 8 0 in| AP RUS 16 te eo VO “cde yatnee 17 | \ this time | Te eh BM heer 15 a [ ney Bhs 17 bye \ 15 Number 1 wins first prize. Numbers 2,5 and 5, as mentioned in A, to compete with Number 9forsecond. If 5 wins he takes it, and 9 captures third. If 9 wins hetakes second, and 5 and 15 run off for third money. in the All-Aged Stakes, there being a special pointer prize, the order would be as follows: fy; Ty eaten Oe Pointers ,...44-4- 5 Ss - ri (ahs aaa 2 | ~ “oe 214) | Hrs ne { p oy 9 rece Lo] top rN og | Ao bee oul | 73) Net wy TRL ay 1 1a L 15 \ spew tt) or ATEN dGieets 91 Setiters.......--.- 147) Vou -- 17) ye i 17 Wl 19) | sch b 22 bo { <2 /2L} ig | 2 bY? | 23 | Ye alos As will be seen. the fourth series in pointer class decides where the special pointer prize is to go, after which the win- ner competes with such setters as have also won their fourth heats, viz., Nos. and 21, A bye, as is seen, is run off in its own class. Tf No. 1 wins first, as sketched out above, then Nos, 2, 5, 0, 9 and 2! ran tor second prize. If No. 21 wins first money, then Nos. 1, 17, 22 and 28 compete for second. If, in the first case, the winuers should be different, and should be placed among the pointers, the following should ex- plain the positions taken: or 21 21, bye, Rule #1.—The judges shall order up thedogs as soon as they have determined which is the best according to the scale of ointsin Rule 23. Unless a dog shows such a lack of merit hat in the opinion of the judges he cannot be placed, all dogs shall, if time permit, have at least two chances to show their behavior on birds. Both dogs of a brace may be ordered up by the judges for want of merit, Rule 22.—Pointing tur, feather or reptile, if the judges deem the same excusable, shall not be considered false points. | dog making a false point and discovering it to be such, with- out any encouvazement from his handler, shall not be penal- ized, Rule 25. Maximum points of merit: Pointing, nose and stauncbness, 40; pace, quartering and style, 30); retrieving, 10; bueking, 10; obedience and disposition, 10; total, 100. Points of demerit: Valse pointing, 1 to7; breaking in, ES for each of Sultan (AIR. 119), fense; breaking shot, 5 for each offense: chasing, or breaking shof and chasing, 1(); the second offense of a willful chase loses the heat. _ False Pointing,—The judges shall give a dog ample oppor- tunity to discover if he is on a true point, and the penalty shall range from 1 to 7 for his acts throughout the heat. Breaking In—Is where a dog, through imperfect breaking, or from excitement, leaves lis position when the birds rise, whether the gun is fired or not, and starts to break shot or chase, butstops within a few feet from where he started, of his own accord or by command. _ Breaking Shot—Is where a dog runs in, whether a shot is fired or not, with the intention of getting tothe bird, and does not stop promptly at command. Chasing—Is where a dog follows the birds, either when a un is fired or not, to any extent to be beyond the control of his handler for the time being. Rule 24,—No persons other that the judge or judges, atten- dants or reporters, will he permitted to accompany the hand- lers of dogs competing in any heat, excepting owners of such dogs eae in charge of a handler or deputy, and they shall be permitted to accompany the stewards until the finish of such heat, when they shall retire until their dogs again come in competition, Two persons ave strictly prohibited from working one dog. If from any cause the handler of a running dog is disabled to such an extent he cannot shoot, upon his nti to the judge or judges he may select some disinterested person to shoot for him; and it shall be required in all cases of handlers running dogs to go through minutely the evolution of shooting either a blank or shotted cartridge over eyery established point, at the option of the judge or judges, upon being ordered to fiush and raising a bird, The andlers of the two dogs shall go together, as if if were a brace of dogs, so that the dogs shall be upon an equality as to ground, opportunities for finding, ete. No spectators will be allowed nearer the handlers of dogs running than seyenty- five yards to the rear. No person shall make any remarks about the judges or dogs in hearing of the judges; such per- son so offending shall be expelled from the grounds, Should any handler of dogs annoy the judges after haying been ordered to desist, the judges shall order such dog as he is handling up and out of the stake, unless his owner can con- tinue rimming such dog, which may be allowed at the dis- cretion of the Club. The privilege is granted handlers to ask the judges for information or explanation that has a direct bearing upon any point at issue; pending such questions the dogs shall not be under judgment, Dogs afflicted with any contagious disease, or bitches in season, will not be permitted on the grounds, _ Following is a list of officers for 1583: President, Hiliot Smith; Vice-Presidents, Henry J. Aten, James H. Goodsell; Treasurer and Secretary, Washington A. Coster; Board of Governors, S. Fleet Speir, Robert C, Cornell, Justus Von Lengerke, J, Otto Donner, H. E. Hamilton, A, E. Godefroy, George T. Leach, Charles H, Raymond, John G. Heckscher, J. E. t. Grainger, George De F. Grant, George R. Watkms. BIG LITTERS.—East Saginaw, Mich.—My Gordon setter bitch Betty had thirteen pups last Sunday night. Did you eyer hear of such a big litter?—W. B. MersHon, [By consult- ing Kennel Notes in Forusr anD STREAM our correspondent will often find accounts of litters as large or larger. Bridget Plunket had seventy-nine in six litters, In our issue of De- cember § will be found an account of forty in two litters. In our “Kennel Notes” this week is a report of the Detroit Ken- nel Chib’s Bell whelping fourtcen.] SCARLET Il.—Zditor Forest and Strewm: Tt modifies the yalue, to the public, of the account of the judging in the re- cent show when, as in the bull-terrier class, Scarlet is eriti- cised as a dog, when she is a _bitch,—CLARENCE Murray. [The mistake is inexcusable. Everyone should know that Scarlet could not be a male, although the catalogue, 15 well as our notes, are silent upon the subject.] MOORFIELD KENNEL.—Philadelphia, Pa., May 2).— Editor Worest and Stream? On and atter June 1, 183, Capt. Robt. H. Jex Blake will cease to be manager of the Moortield Kennel, and will be no longer in my employ.—A, H. Moors, BEWARE THE DOG CATCHER.—The New York dog pound will be opened to-morrow, and the dog catchers’ carts will go about the streets gathering up the dogs to be drowned, Verbwn sap. KENNEL NOTES. NOTIGH TO CORRESPONDENTS, Kennel notes are mserted in this column free of charge. To msure publication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the following par- ticulars of each aninvel: 1, Color, 6, Name and residence of owner, 2. Breed. buyer or seller, 3. Sex. 7. Sire. with his sire and dum. 4, Age, or 8. Owner of sire. 5, Date of birth, of breeding or 9. Dam, with her sire and dam. of death. 10. Owner of dam. All names must be plaindy written. Communication on one side of paper only, and signed with writer’s name, NAMES CLAIMED. t= See instructions at head of this column. Ned. By Mr. Geo. N. Kent, Lancaster, N. f1,, for red Trish setber dog, whelped Dec. 12, 1882, by Bounce (Dick Hatteraick—Bridcet Plunket) out of his Nell (Bob—Vopsy I.). Red Bran, By Mr, H.W. Smith, Worcester, Mass,, for fawn red greyhonud dog, whelped March 14, 1883 (Doubleshot—Dorothee). NAMHS CHANGED. E> See instructions at head of this columa- Colleen IL. to Molly, Red Irish terrier bitch, whelped Jnly 29, 18Ra (Splinter—Norah), owned by Mr. Lawrence Timpson, (Red Mook, N.Y.) BRED. (= See instructions at head of this column. , Liu—Bmperoy Fred. Mr, Henry L. Cowell's (New Haven, Conn } English setter biteh Lill (Ranger Ti.—Sherwood’s Coin)to Mr. BE. A, Harzberyz’s Emperor red, May 26. Chie—Crocteth. Mr, Edward Dexter's (Buzzard’s Bay, Mass.) pointer bitch Chie (Croxteth—Vinnie) to atv. A. BE. Godeffroy'’s Crox- teth. April 26. 4 i ? y Bells—Match. Mp. L. C. Clark’s (New York) pointer bitch Belle (Plake—Lilly) to Mr, R, ©, Cornell’s Match (Sensation —W hice’s Grace), May 17. y 4 Romaine—Watts, Mr. Geo. T Wells's red Irish setter hiteh Romaine (Zleho—Rose) to Mr. Tebbitt's Watts (Berkley—R ose), May 16. ; Nuttie—Chinips, Mr. George O. Goodhue’s (Danville, Canada) pointer bitch Nettie to his Chi,.ps (\Cwesar—Moll). April ibd Dat—Rapp. Mr, B. M. Carrington’s (Newark. N. J.) liver and white poimter bite Dot (Rush—Queen II.) to Mr. Hobart’s Rapp, Hazel—Biz. Mr. 2. M. Carritigton’s (Newark, N. J.) red Irish setier biteh Hazel (Rleho—Rose) te champion Biz ‘ Neil—Turk. Mc. A. Levvy's (New Durhem, N-. J.) imported Gordon setter hitch Nell (H.1.@.8.B. 7,252) to Mr, ‘C.F. Taylor's champion Turk, April 21, " q Taino Turk: Mr. J, B. Blossom’s (Morrisania, N.Y.) black and tan setter bitch Juno to Mr. T. 1°, Taylor’s chammon Turk, May #1. WHELPS. (S> See instructions at head of this cohimen. Jennie. Mor, Walter Gibb’s (New York) Gordon setter bitch Jennie (Dr. Aten’s Glen—Flirt), May 17, six (three dogs), by Duke of Locust Valley. cans Mr, Chas. W. Nutting’s (Boston, Mass.) foxhound biteh Smoke, May 14, eleyen (five dogs), by Mr. U.P. Williams’s Sam. _ he Led thee bicecevaie fea Mass,) foxhouud bilch He. Wy 22, four (two dogs), by his Pat. : i Myrtte. VYao Detroit Kennel Club's (Detrolt, Mich.) Euglish setter bitely Myrile (AJLR, 114), May 18, eight (all dogs, by their Royal Chess, ‘The Datroit Kenuel Ghib's (Detvoit, Mich.) pointe FOREST AND STREAM. 353 Rifle and Trap Shooting. RANGE AND GALLERY, THE AMERICAN TEAM. . . 83). The Detroit, Kennel Club’s (Detroit, Mivh.) pointer hitch Bell ‘ah 28, fourteen (four dogs), by their champion King Bow (A.K.R. Betiy. Mr- Wr. BG. Mershon’s (Hast Saginaw, Mich.) Gordon setter biteh Betty (Norman—Maria), May 13, thirteen, by Diek (Rupert— heen). 8 Isle, Mr. T. C. Faxon's(Boston, Maes.) collie bitch Isle (Mac— Rosa), April 22, seven (fiyé dogs), by champion Marcus; four dogs and one = APT, HOWARD, of the team, is fein to work in w systematic hitch sioce dead. SALES. J way He peliee Ak Scape te rou) ae Pile on. ee ee Fee, ey Ro 5 4 past wee! ree (lays practice were taken at Creedmoor, but they See isi tah pes ad ead ae ue cheat July 27; 1883, by Mr, | Were Hot very Generally attended. The out-of-town members were RohenbeLeES: Orockor New Sark) 10 Me Lawrence Timpson (Red given leave of absence, with the understanding that they should Hook, NoY) & ne paactics, on the home ranges, which our report from Washington, D. Ludy May. Black and white ticked English setter bifch, whelped | C:x8hows has been done to good Reese On the 28d eight of the :, men reported for practice, and, while full scores were made, the Sept, 4, 1880 (Lofty—Mand Muller), by Mr. H. PD. Towner (Nyack, ane Le at Fe Seay a N, ¥,)ito Mr. Henry Pape (Hoboken, No : attention of the men was directed rathen to getting the bearings of the several rifles as connected with a zero point Lhan to the rolling up Gypsy. Liver and white pointer bitch ‘Don Royal—Tip), by Mr. J. | oF hich scores, Considering this fact and the unfavorable weather a Hrcla (Jersey Oity, N. J.) to Mv, Geo, N. Waite (Blizabeth, corldiinns, the suoring was fair. as follaws: Out of a possible 210 points Paulding made 185, Joiner 188, Dolan 176, Van Heusen 175, Brown 172, Scott 171, Stuart 167, and Smith 165. The shooting was, of course, over the 200,500, G00, 800, 000 and 1,000yds. ranges. On the day following the men were again out, but the scores made by the members were not up to expectations. This was due probably to the fact that a stiff wind bothered the men in their calculations. Other than this one drawback the weather ond other conditions were fayorable. The following is the score: 200 i 800 900 1,000 Spovl—Gypsy whelps. Taiver and white a dog and bitch, by nat ob H. Phelan (Jersey City, N, J.) to Mr. J. B. De Lone (Morning un, lows). Rlack Silk. Black cocker spaniel dog, Smog. old, by Obo (Fred— Betty) ont_of Chloe I, (Dash—Nellis), by Mr. FP. F. Piteher (Clare- mout, N, A) to Mr, Harry Reynolds (Sup RESpELe, Vente Major, English mastiff dog, 1imos, old, by Mr, D. P. Foster (New York) to Mr, Louis G, Lorillard, same place. 500 600 Prince. Spaniel dog, whelped March 24, 1883. by imporbed Bean bach rds. ris. rds vd: x) f (Boh—Nell) out of Blackie (Rolf—Belle), ‘by the Riverside Cocker | 4 p yan Heusen .... 2 Ss Yes Yds Yet Se Spaniel Kennel (Claremont, N. H.) fo Why. C. 5. Dodpe, same place George Joiner,.........38 NY BO 32 by 26174 Hornell Diek Black cocker spaniel doz puppy, by champion JH Brow, .).0)..1. 0B 35 99 og 2 2178 Hornell Dandy (A.K.R. 65) out of Homell Madge (Benedict—Madeap), | Sonn SHH, bseee ke 29 ay 54 30 26 22779 by the Hornell Spaniel Club (Hornellsvyille, N.Y.) to Mr. Andre\y JL Paukiing,.......,..29 il 7 29 3) 1h—162 Teams Ce sodetachs Crt; F Start... a ee) 22158 Wibbs. Bluck spaniel dog, whelped Nov. 11,1882, by Beau (Bob— Walter Scott __. ei 34 28 25, 28 13154 Nell) cut of Blacitie (Rol'—Belle), hy the Riverside Cocker Spaniel Keunel (Claremont, N. H,) to Mr, Maxa Byeretts \ Windsor. Vi.). DEATHS. Ee See fistructions at head of this colwmyr. Mr.T, J. Dolan retired before completing his score, The men were pushed for another day on the 25th, and seven of them reported, Mr. Stuart remaining in town, owing to the dearh of a relative. The winil was fluffy and difficull to control, and elevations King R, Liver and white pointer doz, whelped Jan 12, 1883 | especially suffered at the second stage-shooting. The record stood: (A.KR, 84), owned by Mr. HW. 4. Hamilton (New York), May 18, 200 500 600 500 800 1,000 Clew IL Cocker ayonil biteh puppy (Brahnim—Daisy B.), owned 7 ee Yds, a ire Yds. Yds. Total. by Oxford Kennel (Woodstock, Ont,), from distemper. TSmIt. eyes ete 30 nt au 3 ae eh 182 Ringicood— Bess whelps, Three English beagles, owned by Mr, A, # aut dine +B! 34 30) Br 30 si ret ont : 29 ; 2 vi H, Wakefield (Providence, R, 1.). TJ Dolan _. 42 38 nl 2 26 in AB Van He a2 28 31 23 22 162 KENNEL MANAGEMENT. W Beott.......... 31 26 29 23 14 161 JH Brown 20 3) 26 27 15 158 3 To-day there wili be a muster of the entive team on the range and some effective squadding will be attempted. At that time fhe Wash- inate members as well as the Boston contingent will report for prac- tice. Secretary Geo. H. Seabury, of the N. R. A.. has offered a prize of $100 to the member of the team who shall be adjudged by his asso- ciate team men as haying done themost toward bringing about the results arrived at in the organization of the team. It was the desire of the donor of the gift to make it an individual prize and yet ayoid the disadvantages attending the offer of a prize to the man making the best score in the match, since such a proffer is apt to introdnee a match within 2 match aud so interfere with effectual team effort. =" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, Krynee. Scarboro, N. Y.—Your description is not definito enough. Feed mutton broth and well-cooked rice and write us again, H. ©. B., Springtield Mass,—T wish to procure service from Italian greyhound dog, Please give me address. Ans, We know af none. P. Q.—It would be a serious defeot for the show bench. Formerly the breec_often showed considcrable white, and it is not evidence of ill-breeding. J. W., New York,—Bitches frequently have mille formed without ir EY uel 7 + . nz sTious a Uap A sr Oa bred. We have never known any, serious trouble to The necessity for more yigorous action in the way of raising money ' | toward the team expenses is more pressing every day, and the Na- Deravonr, Philadelphia, Pa.—The swelling under the throat of | tional Rifle Association has started a popular subscription. The ag- youn dog is probably an abeess, and not dangerous, It may need | grégate amount already received is $942, to which, among others, Opening when pus hag formed. Mr. W, H. Vanderbilt: subscribed $250; the Twenty-second Regiment, 2 " » Vermilye & Co. and E. A. Bach, $100 each, and Company A, Tweltth Supeorizer, W, Garduer, Mass —Your doy probably has distemper. Regiment, Gen. U.§, Grant, Col. 8. V. R. Gruger, and the Laflin & Keep bim ont of doors unless the weather is bad, Should his bowels | Rand Powder Company, $50 each. A finance Committee, consisting notinove regularly. give hina little syrup of buckthorn. of Mr, Alexander I. Kursheedt, Gol, Rodrey C, Ward and Col. John §. H.&., Denver, Col.—The fits were probably caused Hy fright,.as Ward, will receive the subscriptions of all who desire to co-operate yousurgest. The chaness are that he will outgrow them, Change in this matter. his diet from meat to well-cookud oat and corn meal, with plenty of The plan of sclect.on of the English team adopted by the special vegetahles. committee of the council of the N, R. A. of Great Britain embrace a number of contests or record shots to be had before the Wimbledon meéeling, to enable the council to he guided in its selection of twenty-five men, from amoug whom later on the shooting team may be chosen. The first of the tests came off on the 25th at Birmingham, when double scores were made over the match vanges and under match conditions. The scores of the leasing shots stood as follows: Lowe, of Middlesex, 352: Parry, of Cheshire, 351; Gibbs, of Bristol, 342, Mellish. of Nottingham, 341; Hart, of Warwick, 337: Bates, of Warwick, 335; Angel, of Middlesex, 843; Osborne, of Warwick, 831; Seriven, of Lancashire, 329; Burt, of Warwick, 326; Edge, of Not- tingham. 821, and Lattey, of London, 311. Thes+seores would show an average of 16715 per maz. Frank, New Haven, Conn.—Corh meal is used extensively ag fool for dogs; it is cheap and good, Well cooked vegetables are also good. Perhaps your dog will eat a mixture of cat and corn meal, which is better in hot weather, H. G.W., Ashburnham, Mass.—Is there any hope of raising pups from a hound biteh that has lost three litters by letting her hunt when too far along? Ans, The chances are agaifist it, but with proper care you may succeed. C. W.B., Boston, Mass.—See articles on rearing puppies in ‘“Train- ing Vs. Breaking,” Areca nufisbould be given on an empty stomach and followed in two hours with a dose of castor oil, Once is gener- ally sufficient, although occasionally it will need to be repeated in a week ortwe. Do not feed until after the oil has opsrated. G. W. F., Springfield, Muss.—1. What book treats of the mastiif? WASHINGTON, D. C.—The shot for shot scores made by our con- tingent of the team stood as pended aa May 23: 5. 1, Scott. 8. What shall Ido for my setter; he appears hide-bound? 8, What | 200yds........ 844545429 &(0yds. 353 4—3) is the best work on tani the setter? 4. Is there a york that takes | a00yds. S545 5 438 g0dyds 054427 in.all the above? Ans. 1. "Idstone on the Dog," price $1.25. 2, Teed | H00yds....-...-..- 44494 5—21 T.000yds 545 5—29—179 well-cooked vegetables, 3. ‘Training ys, Breaking,” price $1.00, 4, J. M, Pollard, Sri “Dinks Mayhey and Hutchinsun on the Dog,” price $3.00, We 4554430 B0yds.,...5555 95 3—31 Wan tivaisivdie ycnict 452556-32 900yds....44 4233 9—98 35d 54-29 1000yds ... 844524 3-26171 W. L. Cush. : es eect dere: ? i ‘ r 4 § 6 5— FOS ss ae 544 55-31 Ainswer ‘S ta C,. arrespondents, 52845029 i000yds...0083 3458-21170 did not shoot. t554d5 5 Mora 5 i= Ne Notice Taken of Auonymous Correspondents. aoa: or 5 pee 54 Dae, aooyds. 2.23 ; f : fi 5 es GOyds,,.--.--.-,-955555 1,000F7ds..... 34845 2425185 Sybyan Daun, Oxford, Me.—Are black bass ever worthy in warm V ash. Weather? Aus, Wes, 200yd8...6 cob 4 b4 800yds Ses 55844 4 5—30 OL. TB. Irons wick.—Can asettar or pointer win a prize in a dog ooo: 5. ieee ; 5 i 4 : 532 HOE : f f H ; 353188 show that has dew claws? Ans. Yes. The 23d was cold and clear, and the 24th hot, clear and dry; wind on J. E, B., Augusta, Me,—Suellenbnrg's Button was from a brace of | both days 10 to 12 o'clock, strong and variable. pointers imported by Mr. Dayid Steyart. Friday, May 25, Bott Seot: . 1, Scott, Anconguin GUN GLup secrefary’s address is: Mr. J, ©. M, Lordly, | 200yd8,........., 444 4444-28 BO0yds,.... 45543 54-81 244 West Thirty-eizhth street, New York, , | d00yds .. 544556432 00yds..... 464354 4=31 ., ‘ 7 = pe At . £ tS [we ra West Roxncry.—J. W. A. of West Roxbury, Mass,, wishes to learn pay re We i, ht as Ban canal of good fishing accessible from that point. 200yds 4 4 44 5 a Boyds... 8 4 b 8 5 5 4-33 @. B. S., Schenectady, N. ¥.—Can_ you give me the pedigree of | 200yds... ipa re ate VN OS GC eo Be A Zulu, blackespaniely Ans, He is by Rolloand outof Lou, 3555 SR ta pata O44 525 2 Be 174 W. K. P., Athens, Pa.—Will you describe the Beaverkill trout Ay? {5344-29 B00yds.....4585 5 44-30 Ans. It bas aslate-colored wing, with a reddish yellow hackla and 45 655-33 900yds. 150325 4--23 body. 5 5 534 1,000yds 34 4—-22171 G, L., North Tarrytown, N, ¥.—Moya is by Prim out of Nell. Raa- light all around the compass. Shooting man’s Bell we cannot (races, Van some af our correspondents give her pedigree? ; Riri, Amesbury.—In target shooting whut is the hest method for scoring and signal ng? Ans. Creedmoor or Massachusetts targets, with colored disks for indicating the value of the shots, OG, M.G., Cedar Swamp, L.1.—1. Administer to the dog 40 grains of finely powdered areca nut on an emply stotnach and follow in two hours with # dose of castor oil, 2, The firm makes a fine grade of guns, 3. Tu a gun thatis wellmade the solder between the barrels would not come loose after sluoting the gun a few times, Hinn, Washington, D. G,—Please giye pedigree of Opal, Adams's Duke and St. Kilda, with ©. K, 0.8, B. number Ans. Opal is by Bergunthal’s Rake (Van—Ruby) out of his Panny (Leicester —Dart): notregisterad. Duke, No, 7.14, is by Priice (Dash T.—Moll IM.) out of Dora (Dulké—Rhwebe), §t. Kilda, not registered, 1s by Bliss (Rol— Floss) out of Ruby (ldstone’s Kent—Horlock’s Beauty). CREEDMOOR, May 26.—The military men were in control] here to- day enjoying a winily day for the two matches on the programme, Beginning at 11 o'clock and continuing all day was the Qualification Match of 1883, which was open to members N_G,, 8, N. Y., and N. R. A, the former heingin uniform (jacket, cap and bett) may count scores made as qualifying them to shoot for the N. Y. State Marks- man's Badge, proyided that they use the State Kemington rifle, 100 and 400yds.; standing at 100, kneeling ut 800yds, Fiye shots at each fiishance with any mililary rifle, Special military rifles excepted, Entries, 50cts, euch. Re-entries permitted at the diseretion of the executive officer, but only the highest seore to count, To the com- petitors in each competition making the five hiclest aggregate scores sixty per cent. ofthe entrance money will be equally divided. The record stood for those muking the qualifivation Spore Susscriber, West Roxbury, Mass.—Will you please inform me i Loo B30 “Lolal On 300 ‘Total where good fishing, both fresn and salt uae nie be had within | JU Paulding _.__._ 24 et 4S HES Brown... ...2f 15 Bb twenty or twehty-five miles of Boston? 2 Whati would be the prob- JS Shephers, .......28 Ge 8 Parson.-\.. aaa able result. if a ferret should enter a bole with a woodchuek in ity | G Shorklay,.-... ee 2h Hawtin Ans. 1. There 1s no place within the distance named, where hoth | © ¥ Rebbins....._. Steed Wo 3 kinds Of ae a be Obtained 2, Phe verrel would learn his aa aE, FAP a ot i Wy es i) ~ . 4) o 7 « a _ Ae a ~ error and back ou wa out even &n apolory for the intrusion, Wid Underwood, or22 3A 7 8 BL Currox.—Our club holds its regular ne Shoots Weilnesday | J L Price ..-__. nt Q 10 38, afternool, commencing at2:30 P.M, Last Wednesday we had finished | G@ W Munson.,,.... ee Ri G 1a 88 our shoot for the prize, the referee had gone home, and the score | WH Crossmiar, Jr..25 20 45 RN Kenyon.,..,.- fi og had been declared, and we had done some practice shiooting, and | JR Byrd.,........,.19 8 d1 © CG Waterbury...19 a BB fate a tal Bes traps, when one of the members who bad nof shot | J A Jenkins..........18 79 8? WG Bates,./. if 12 45 thatdsy, arrived and wanted to shoot, and finally did shoot, claiming | O'Thorne,...... 81 16 BY AL Donegan... ., 21 4 25) that as ibwas regular shoot day he had aright toshoot for thecup,| JH Schemerhoro. 19 17 46 FAJSmith,,)....15 10 &% though the shoot had been fnished thirty minutes, Was he rightr|.AC Donegan, .,,,..20 16 36 Mu HR: oie y tov . ! Running on with this mateh, atid ae 8 sort of continuution fit wae the ed Marksman's Class Match, open to all Taembers of the W.G., 5, N. Y. (except as hereafter noted) and members of the National Rifle Association, the latter, however, not bemg_ eligible to wit the principal prize. 200 and 600yds., five shots at each distance; the Remington rifle (N. Y, State model), Position—Standing at 200yds.; lying head to target at 500yds, Mntrance fee 50 cents} com- petitors allowed re-enfries in each competition at the diseretion of the executive officer, but only one score to count, Members of the N,G_,5.N, Yin uniform (jacket, cap and belt) may record {heir sores in this match os qualifying for the N, Y. State Marksman’s Badge, provided thatif ordered they have attended (or do once during the season attend) general practice, and provided they have previously qualified inthe “Second Class” (100 and 800yis.). First Prize—a gold marksman's badge for 1883, offered by Gén, C, F, Rohbins. The badge to become the Broperty of the competitor who at the close of the season of 18€3 shall haye won it the greatest number of times. Ten other priz¢s (silver medals), presented by the National Rifle Association to the ten highest competitors in order of merit, The same man can only win one medal during the season. n vase of a tie the highest aggregate score of all the competitions par- ticipated in up to that time to decide. Winners of Champion Marks- man’s Badges for the years 1876, 1877, 1875, 1879, 1880, 1881 and 1882, nainély, Messrs, A, B, Van Heusen, Wm. #Robertson, James L. Prive, W. J, Underwood Jr., Thos. J, Dolan and H.T. Lockwood, are not eligible to win the principal prize in this match, The record ran; 200 600 «=To- 200 500 To- ' yds, yds, tal. yds. yds. tal. G W Munson ....,.. 32 te dd -O-Thorne,. i. ¢.2.828 16 4 2b JL Paulding... 2 22 44 HS Bowron. 15 10 BB GL Pox ..:., 19 22 41 JB Schermer! 16 Ty 628 T J Dolan. 20 200640 (CT Rice 18 dp “de J5 Shipherd. a3! 19 4940 WJ Underwood, Jr.2 1v 7 Q @ Gillette..-.,.___- pst gr 49 RN Kenyon..,.....- 7 13 a0 LG Brow. ..5 ie. 19 20 39 FA J Smith....,-...13 14 26 M Van Rensselaer,..19 20 3) A B White,,___ Ree OP OK LD Priges:: i2)}) lis 21 1 39 BEF Rirkland...,.... ie eG 5S Parsong.,---....... 1f 20. CB GO Waterhury...A7 aw 39 CF Robbins.,.......20 Ww 868, CR Byrd 5 2 SH GShorkley, U.S.A.21 16 87 HC Browe ......... 13 #19 32 CL Knoedler......,, W 1G 6 JA Jenkins om Pld S15, Ae § 5 Williams........ ie i SS White aa Je 1c W Crossman, Jr_.20 Ife 82 SAVANNAH, Ga., May 2!1.—_T send you scores of the anmnal festival of the German Sehuetzenfest, You will find thet the scores of the teams are much below their average, which can be accounted for readily. Wirst, the teams Lad hut hbtle practice: the winning team was out but twice, and ones to pick the team, making but threé prac- tices, Then all the teams shot atthe same time, vo téams At one target, tha members of each team alternating: and as targets were glose together, it brought the men at the firing pomb within a few feet of each other, and on several occasions thres or four rifles were discharged at once, which was the cause of many threcs by the fire of the younger rifiemen being drawn by the discharge of his neigh- bor’s rifle. We had also a puffy wind From the left, Llogether with the light varying in shadows from the same side; so you can see it took sharp calculation and lively shifting of wind gauges to average even four. Conditions of match, Military rifles, six pound pull of trigger, 200yds, off-hand. The best individual seore was made by the old veteran, Mr. Joseph P. White. 44 out of a possible 49, The Republicau Blues were the successful contestants upon a score of 20'. The Georgia Hussars followed the Blues by « score of 199, while the Cadets inarked a good store of 190, Republicin Blues, J P White. HH —14 ES Muse, ,. 8H413434443—3lh W_G Morrell... 44444447440) Georgia Hussars. GB Pritchard. 434434444-4—38 JW MeAlpin...5444445433—41 Julian Schley _-441434545—41 8 Rabey.... 44444155—30 JW Schley, 854443534439 RR Daney.,-.. 440154495441 207 DM MeAlpin, 54444434140 190 Sayannah Cadets. RP Lovyell..... d44t4443i4 39 WPSilva . ._ 4445344443 —39 W_N Nichols. , ,3#344444453—37 (eee sti 4343544454 410 J Hirschbach. .4443234454—45—-190 Savannah Velunteer Guards. JG Heyward, 3342843434338 M Maclean,.... 44d — 40 Ogiecthorpe Light Infantry. W B Mell.__... 331344818435 5 W Branch,., 44444 bt Jno T Ronan. , 8130444544 35— 186 German Volunteers. J Roelker_.____ 244423 4 3— 38 H Kolshorn, ...3395333434—31 GL Appleton. .4235484434—86 PG Jaugstetber-44443M5—a6 HG Black, ,,..4450385583—35 Wm Diers. ....d14545452—89 PHLynah..... 4333554444—39183 PJ Olt wre Add 40178, Jasper Greens, 3043400-22 O'Cotnor..434544453 4-40 434543 3-286 Goode...... 404483048 4-30 4843808 4-22 = PRS ee bo ood Oa be de eon ortehoroery erry 45 160 At the ring target the following scores were made: D. M. McAlpin 7, Wm, Diers 114, H, Kolshom 115, R. R. Daney iz! The only bullseyes nade were H, Sanders 15, Joseph Hirshbach 2, Citizens’ Target, 200yds.—W. H. Nichols 23, H. D. Stevens 22, H. M. Comer 22, G, L, Oope, Jr, 23. The tie between Messrs. Comer and Cope will be decided at some future day. Target of Honor.—N, Mart'n first prize, H. Sauersecond prize, Wm, Diers third prize. - Bullseye.—H, Sauer 22, Joseph Hirschbach 6, N. Martin 4, Creedmoor Target, d00yds—R, R. Dancy 21. D, M. MecAlpin 20, Charles Cunningham 17, H. Kolshorn 19, Creedmoor Target for Members.—C. M. Cunningham 22, D. M. McAlpin 22, R. R. Daney 22, J. D, Martin 21, Jos. Hirschbach 21, G, Ebberwem 19. eis Target, 200yds,—A, Seyden 137, R. R. Dancy 194, J. D. Martin King's Target.—H, Kolshorn 4, William Diers 35, N. Marin 49, H. Sauer 42, James Hirschbach 26, ¥. Rober 39, M. Schroeder 20, H. Schroeder (), G. Schroeder 2, J. Bischoff 14, H, Hesse 0, C, Monsees 0, N. Paulsen 44, V.S. Studder 35, C. Seiler 24, G, Ebberwein 10. THE CANADIAN 'THAM for Wimbledon have received orders to re- ort themselves at the brigade office, Montreal, on the 18th of June. ew Brunswick has three representatives in the team this year, viz: Captain T, Hartt, of the St. John rifles; Trooper Langstrath, of the 8th cavalry, and Private Clark. of the 73d battallion, THE RHODH ISLAND TEAM.—There is a prospect that Rhoda sland vill have a team of one at Wimbledon this year, sent thera by popular subscription in the little State. BOSTON, May 26.—The regular matches were continued at the range at Walnut Hill, with a fair attendance. In the morning the wind was steady, butin the afternoon it changed and proved quite trouble- Some praea indicating from 6 ta$ o'clock, Below are the records of the day: Creedmoor Practice Match. J B Fellows......., .: £45 ---65 55656 5 465 6 5 f—49 R Reed, 3 5 d4¢4 5 4 6 4 4 4 44 CArthur,....... b S45 44 4 4 4 Gj H Worthingham 545444444 4 49 JOA UGL In cee ety Roe Sees 448445 3 6 4 440 e(moor Prize Match, 6563 5 44 465 5-47 -5 64565 5 5 5 4 4-47 5 5 4 5 6 § €& 4-46 8 Wilder 93810 910 9 910 8 9-1 VaeE en, ee JAMESTOWN. N. Y. Name Rifle Cal. Lead. Seore, Perry .Muazzle-loader, 45 Jones .. .. Muzzle-loader, 44 Ayras ...,.:.--. Slav, 38.50 255 patched. 44 DeLisle.... .., ..,, Bal. 83.51) 255 4) 43 Norton Stey. 88,38 180 zrecyad, 438 Burns... .- Bal. 33,33 218 ie 42, Wardell’: $5,098 22 Muzgzle-ipader, 0 The above record is good evidence that a muzzleloader can be made to shoot well, evenat off-tand work.—R, H, RB. BROOKVILLE, Pa.—A rifle club has recently been organized at Brookville with Mp. A, Bonnet as the leading spirit. Tlie first match ou their range was shol May 17, Creedmoor target, SU0yds,, 20 shots per man, inthijing 6 sighting shots. The score wis is follows: Caliber. Lead. Powder. Sepre, Weaver,.......,..,...40 Ballard Hers, oT Bonnet._...__-- 0 muzzle dr Blais, an Hedorson....,,. . 4 Ballard OUzs, 49 Gordon. .....,--.... 44 Ballard O0ers 48 GOnley,..:,.., .-.-. ..4] Ballard HOEKS, di BALTIMORE, —Mditor Fores! dnd Stream Despite the Tien ial this city hos a large uumber of fine shots among the mass of its av- dent sportsmen, wo do not own a gun club, and duvisg several years! residence | have never known of one, This is rather strange: IT thint &O one will deny tho manliness of the sport of breaking lass balls and the now favorite clay pigeon, Asidé from the sporh contamer in @ barrel of balls, many cunuot take the time to go away for zyme, 45 often as they could get away from busitass or profossional ens 384 farcments, for an afternoon's sport atthe whirling spheres. That all need a moment of relaxation, at intervals, iu the aternal grind for riches there are few of your readers will deny, and others would refit by the same knowledge. Ido not like to see Baltimore behind ils sister city Philadelphia, and while that city can boast of its Pastime Club, with its splendid grounds and equipment, it is behind hand. Camden even has a fine vifle range, fully equipped, for 2th), 6M). and 1,000 yards. [hope soon to see the time when our oity can atid will do something toward elevating the science and art of using the shotgun, rifle and revolver, and we've got Lhe “stalt” if we could only organize.—Mmprous, THE TRAP. THE FOUNTAIN vs. JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS. Eilitar Forest and Stream: Thea mateh between the above clubs so long talked of came off ar laston the 24d inst. at the grounds of the former elub, Prospect Park Wain Grounds, L. I., and added another vietory to the long Vist of the Jersey boys. That it was a well earned and magnificent, victory, the score will show. No club at presentin existence, we yenture to say, cun produce such anu anthentic roll of shooters, The Pountamn GC. have the reputation of being the erack club not only of Long Island, but their record ns first-classshots 1s second to noné inthe State of New York, and we might say in the United States. They won most of the great prizes at a recent Stare tourna- ment. Theirroll book numbers above the hundreds, and among them are the most reliable disciples of the trap and trigger, either collectively or individually, That both clubs pub thet best men to the fore the score will show, but the tally of the J, C, H. may be written in gold.and hung in their clibroom, Mora seore of 20 men, 10 birds each mun, it has not been equalled and will not he beaten in fhe United Stutes or the world. The J. CG. HW. were the guests of the Fountains. and went over at their request for a friendly match for the birds only and a good time, Upon reaching the ground il was easily to be seen that most of the formulas of & Sure result in all uiman probability hac heen fixed for the Fountains—their own president as one of the judges, the insist- ance upon the appointment of a referee (and such a referee) and the trap puller, a member, and the most unserupulous and barefaced that ever touched asiring ina chib match, The record then of 175 birds out of 200 is unprecedented, The Fountains shot for the most part at one trap; the Jerseys at five. The puller was at one time almost too wealrto stand, then putting forth the strength of «4 Titan. Bul the Jerseys could well afford, asthey piled np their score, to launch at these ungentlemantly as well as futile attempts. Otherwise the courtesies extended by the Fountain to the J. C, A. were all that could be wished. An ample club tent was pitched ou one side in which the J. C.H. and their friends were cordially in- yited to a bounteous collation. Thut il wus not limited, the between three or four hundred hungry ones honestly testified. The PFoun- tains know how to do these things, and do them well. The Fountam Gun Club rules are singular, to say the least, in the way the gun is allowed to be held, close to but below the shoulder, Tow would a sportsman look working over a field after quail or shipe with his gun held in that position’ Would le not bea very Vred sportsman he- fore the day was half over? Thesecond burrel allowed at the bird on the grotnd, no matter where the contents of the first may have gone. the bird be unharmed and calmly picking grass, an Ounce unil a quarter point blank would fix the score, Out uponsuch butchery. Let the sportsman step to the mark, handle his gun naturally and easily, the stock below his elbow until the bird is on the wing, as he would in the field, and lal] his bird clean, or if unfortunately hm has to use his second. let it be done like asportsman and not a pot- hunter. These rules make practical shooters not butchers. The president of the Fountains, in rather Lad taste, showing his sore disappoiztment at the result of the match,in calling tor the usual cheers for the visiting club, said for “their skill and Inet,” Well, that was a good one: but he got ina second his Roland for his Oliver, as one of the J. C. H. proposed three rousers for the F*s— ‘their skill and cheek,” and the way those cheers wore joined in by the outsiders showed how the matter was understood. Tt is to be hoped there will be a return match. Shonld there be, ‘the Fountains can be assured that they will be most cordially re- ceived at the clab grounds at Marion, that the judges, referee and puller will kmow ao club preferences, but will cach deb in their capacity as honorable and impartial men. Dare the Vountains try ] the experiment? The match was 20 men each club, 10 birds each man. 25yds. rise, both barrels, Abel Crook, FP. G. G., judge for T.; Geo, M, Wilms. N. J. G. G., judee for J. C. H.; BE. (ildersleve, ex-T., referee: H. Thorpe, F. G. C., seorer for F.; J.J. Tolley, J. C, H., scorer for J. G. | H,; Robert Fary, F. G. C., trap-puller, The following is the score: Fountains. J. C. Heights. ist Squad. ist Squad, Dr Winn..... »«-1011111101— § Demarest....,.. 114411141—-10 B West,.., -----111111/1111—10 C Townsend,,.., 1011111110— & A Eddey....---, 0011011111— 7 Berkery..,.,....11111011I— 2B Davenport. 17111 L0101— § Wu Huzhes., ...1110111100— § CB Fisher_...., f111111111—10—18 I Headden.,..... O10011111— #43 2d Squad, 2d Squad, T Linnington....0111000010— 4 Dr Yerringtou. 1011101111 & B Talbot.:-.:..., O101111110— 7 B Payne- - ONTO O11— 7 LT Duryea -..1111111111—10 Dr Mowl... . AUTO — 9 FP Pike ~111110111— 8 W Wheeler, ,.... 1101113171 1) JH Batty ...... W111101I— b--37 Dr Holeomb ---1117111171—10—48 8d Squad, Sd Squad. P Sheriden..--,, (210100701— 5 @ Leroy......-.. 1111 ino— & Sehworrer......- WOMNON— & W Payne....-...1111111110— 9 JC DeFraine,, .0001111011— 6 BH MeLaughilin .1101001111— 8 W RAunter. ...J110111111— 9—3t 4th Squad, Teldhus.,. - OUOINII11— 8 W Cannon.,,....0111111111— $) Dr Cummins .,,0111111111— 9—49 4th Squad, Vi Madison... -- 1iddd11111-10 WVon Lengerke, 01110011 «8 OW Wingert..-.1110101711— JVon Lengerke, 111111111 —10 Kearney......--. 111111110— 4 L Palmer. ...,.1111111111 -10 HA Hoerman...., imiMi1it— & Heritage, Jr, W10t111— 0 LAW Smith,.— -- 111011111 — 9-45 HE Coltims....,...1101111101— a6 Wotale 8: 2.20 ei. L61 Gta yi es een. ne, 175 Jensny Crty Hereurs. JACOBSTAPE. WORCESTER, Mass.—Initial meeting of the Worcester Sports- men’s Club on their new grounds at Goal Mine Brook. A large num- ber of visitors from out of town were present. By the courtesy of the club the dedication of the new grounds was left to Mr, R. R. Shephard as the oldest member of their Association, and he accord- ingly shot at the first two bulls and broke them both. Mr, L. kK. Hudson, another old member, shot for loners anid scored one out of the two balls fired. The first ateh wesa friendly contest between the two candidates for the Slate Association glass-ball champion- ship, Messrs, 8. 'T. Smith and Alba Howshton; shooting at 18yde. rise, AQ balls each, the shvoters alternating with strings of6 each. Smith won with a score of 44 to Houghton’s 40. Tollowing are winuers of the sweepstakes which followed: First match, 7 glass balls, 46 entries—tlst prize, CO. B. Holden, ©. BR. BR. Claflin, W. G Crandall of Providence; 2d, W. Stanwood, C. H. Perkins, Jr. of Providence; 8d, O. L. Taft, W. H, Sheldon of Provi- dence; 4th, C, Wilbur of Brockton. Becond match, 7 clay pigeons. 12 entities —lst, Harry Nichols of Bridgeport, Gonn., G. J. Rugg, B. Moses of Springfield; 2d, W. Stan- spon sd, GR, B. Claflin, W. H. Alen und Alba Houghton; 40h, 0. J, Jenkins of Wpping, N. H, Third match, 5 pair double balls, 15 entries —tst, W, Stanwood ; 2d, @, Wilbur of Broekton, i. W. Tinker of Providence, C. B, Holden; Bd, Harry Nichols of Bridgeport; 4th, kK. F. Shaefer of Boston. Fourth match, 7 pigeons, 87 entries —lst, G- A- Sampson of Lan- waster, Harry Nichols, .T, Noble of Maiden; 2d, O. J. Jenkins, A, WY. Rice, G. J, Rugg; 8d, M. D. Gilman, ©, Beers of Bridgeport, W. H. Sheldon; 4th, #, T, Smith. Vifth match, 2-men teams, 5 balls to cach man, 13 teams,—ist, W_ Stanwood and G. B. Clark, of Westboro, R. FY. Shaefer and 0. J. Jon- king! 2d. Alba Houghton and @. T. Smith, Harry Nichols and C. Beers; 3d, W. H. Sheldon and W_G Crandall; 4th,G J. Ruge and G, G. Tidsbury, J. Maseroft and 5, 4, Word, of Springfield, Sixth match, 5 pair double pigeons, 23 entries,—Ist, W. Stanwood; 24, 'T. C. Pielding, of Malden; 3d, L. G. White, C, 1. Perkins, of Providence, W. ie Sheldon, f. T. Noble, H. H. Francis, of Randolph. Seveuth match, 7 glass balls, 37 ontries.—ist, L. G, White. C. Wil bur, W, EH. Sheldon, C. B, Holden; 2d, R. 1. Shaefer, W. Stanwood; 80, Alba Houghton, M, D. Gilman, A. R. Bowdish, of Oxford; 4th, 0, J Jenkins, C. Beers. Bighth match, 2menteam, fh Pigeons each man, 11 teams—ist, C. B. Holden and H, H. Praucis; 2d, W. Stanwood and H. Nichols, G. B. Clark and G. J. Rage; td, O. J, Jenkins aud KR. I. Shaeter, C. Baers and M, D. Gilman; 4th, W. T. Smith and Alba Hoygliton, 3. Moses and 8. It, Barret!, of Springfield, : Ninth match, 7 lass balls. 2s entries—ist, L. @ While, R, Shaefer, 2d,G. B. Clark, W. Sianwood, TH. EL. Francis; 31, Harry Nichols, M. D. Gilman; 4th, G. A. Sanipson and G. J. Rage. Tenth moteh, 7 clay piguons, 1) entries—isl, H. A, Francis, W- Stanwood; 2d. R. Shacter, F. T, Noblz and C. Beers: 3d, E. T, Smith, G, I. Bugg and O, J. Jenkios; 4th, B, Moses. £ ‘Hleyenth match, 6 balls.and 5 pigeons to each man, 19 entries—ist FOREST AND STREAM, [May 81, 1883, W. Stanwood, E, T. Smith, H. H. Francis; 2d, C, Beers, Alba Howgh- fon, BeHolden, M, D. Gilman; 3d, G. A, Sampson, R, Shaefer; 4th, LG, White and Harry Nichols, MALDEN GUN CLUB, Mass—The attendance at the rrnge of the Malden Gun Club Saturday last was encouraging, but on account of the high wind the All-comer’s match was dispensed with, and sub- scription matehes were had, the winners being as follows: Virst match, 10 cluy pacpus H. Sanborn, first; BE. J. Brown ae on T. Noble, second; J, Hopkins and J, Clarks, third; D, S$. Short, ourth, Second match, 5 pigeons—], Clark, first; FP, LT, Noble, second, and E.J. Brown, third. Third match, 5 balls—D, §. Short, first; B. H. Sanborn and J. Clark, second; J. Hopkins and BE, J. Brown, third, Fourth mateh, § pirds—J. Clark and J. eye first) J.3, Sawyer, second; T. OC. Wielding and EB. J, Brown, third. Fifth matenh, 5 balls—J. Mortimer, first; J. Clark and D. S. Short, second; B. H. Sanborn, third, Sixth match, 5 birds—D. Kirkwood, first; C. I, Lewis, second; L. H. Johnson, third. Seventh mateh, 6 birds—J, Hopkins, first; EB, J. Brown and D, Kirlswood, second: T. 0. Fielding, third. Bighth match, 5 balls—J. Hepkins, first; D. $. Short, second, and D. Kirkwood, third: Ninth mateh, 5 pigeons#F.T. Noble, D. 8, Short and J, 8. Sawyer, first; J. Hopkins and L. BE. Johnson, second; B. H. Sanborn and D. Kirkwood, third. Tenth match, 5 balls—J. Hopkins, first; T. C. Fielding and C. I, Lewis, second: J. 5, Sawyer and D. Kirkwood, third, Hleyenth match, 5 birds—D. 8. Short, F. T. Noble and T. C. Field- ing, first; ©. 1. Lewis and D. Kirkwood, second; L. EB. Jolinson, third, Twelfth match, 5 birds—D. Kirlewood, first; ¥. T. Noble, second: GC. I, Lewis, third. CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING,—Provitence, May 22.—Hdilor Forest and Stream; Theclay pigeon seems to be gradually working its way tuto public favor, and in time will, I think, entirely supersede the glass ball, in this section of the country at least, still there are some points about the honest old rotary trap, with its guarantee of fairness to every shooter, thatthe clay pigeon trap as now made does not appear to possess. Why wouldit not be a good plan fo re- vive part of the old Rhode Island pigeon rules to apply to clay pigeon shooting, for insbanee, the rule about H and T traps. which reads: “All matches shall be shot from H and T traps, both traps to be filled at cach shot and the choice of traps to he governed by toss of a copper.” Every shooter vould then haye a guarantee of a fair bird, which with one trap he does not have, as he is entirely at the mercy of the trapper. Most clubs own two traps, and it would be an easy matter to arrange them behind a long sereen so that one man could fill both traps, or better still haye two smaller sereens five yards apart.—PAWTUSET. NEBRASKA TOURNAMENT,—-Lincoln, Nebraska, May 21, 1823.-- Editor Forest and Stream; The awunal tournament of the Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association will be held in this city on the 12th, 18th and 14th of June (next month). Communications addressed to R. H. Corner, Secretary Lincoln Sportsmen's Club, will receive prompt replies.—Boure EH, Pour. GENEVA, New York.—There will be a glass ball and clay pigeon shoot at Pre-Emption Park, Geneva, June 1, 1883, commencing at 10380. A, M. sharp. Card's rotary trap, 8. Coursey, W. H. Case, J. G. Stacey, committee, LONG ISLAND.—A match, or rather two matches, took placé at Dexter Park, On the ist, inst.. belween Justus Von Lengerke and Oliver Charlic. The first at 16 birds each, for $100, Long Island rules; yds, risé, one barrel, 12-hore guns, Vou Lengerke using 416 erains wood powder, 8 shot, Charlie 4 gvains Curtis & Harvey power, § 7- shot. Birds excellent. Seore.—Von Lengerke, *111*1111111—10; Charlic, 000111110006, Seeond match, $50, same terms: Von Lengerke 111*1)11011111111—18; (dead ont of hounds), Theu s match of 7 birds, for $25 each was shot, by Herman Von Lengerke, 1111111, and ©. Charlie, 1111111; a tie; the birds haying given out the money was divyided,—Jaconsrary, HAYDENVILLE, Mass., May 26.—Glass balls, single revolving trap, Bogzardus rules, 2lyds. rise: Courtright. .....-.. 1111011110 8 Larkin......-....... 111111110 MeCaffery. ... - 1111101 I— 4 Metealf............ A112 100011— 7 Neal 1000000711-—F4 DOES TRAP-SHOOTING HEEP FIERLD-SHOOTING?—Syracuse, WN. ¥.— Editor Forest and Stream: Please allow me to congratulate the readers of your paper over your article on trap-shooting in your issue of the 17th. Tlave attended many matehes for shooling birds thrown from a trap, beth here and elsewhere, and have taken notes aud made observations of the same, Many good men haye practiced shooting birds thrown from traps. My observatiou, however, is this: Our best trap-shooters are numbered among the poorest shots at wild birds flushed in the field, and most especially in the brush, The practiced trap-shooter knows precisely where to look for the bird when thrown from th trap, and precisely the time he is called upon to make ready for a shet, The hirds are, in the majority of cases, slow tolly. Many of them hardly able to fly at all, from close con- finement and longinaction, The trap is sprung; the bird is thrown up and killed, in many instances before it has an opporimnily even to stretch its wings, In ® word, it stands no earthly chance to @s- cape. If this is sport, then | am not able to comprehend it. My conclusion from close observation is this: Tf fs a mere test of the shooting qualities of the gun used. its power to Kill. [ht stands to reason that fo be a successful trap-shooter, a strong hand and powerful ahocins gun must be used, or the liability to frequent lost birds will be fhe result So stroug are these guus loaded in many instances the shootist is nearly as badly maimed as the bird shot at. Badly brnised shoulders and black and blue arms are among thea most common ocenrrences at trap-shoots, Again, 1 cannot dis- cover that this kind of practice improves a man’s shooting in the field, for, as yousay, “shooting a bird sprung from a trap and shooting a, bird flushed in te field are two distinet things, the differenwe he- tween whieh is reeognized by the public and sportsmen.” J haye hunted on many oveasions of late ii the field with professional trap- shooters, ana to my surprise haye most invariably found them very indifferent shots in the field, most especially goin the brush, Take them, forinstance, on a partridge or ruffed grouse when they eeb up and move off with a whir, The gunner canhot know just where to look, nor just where the birds are to rise, nor justi when to be ready, He has to take his chances, Lf hegets his bird you can, as a rule, eall hina good one, Hera isno half dead and alive bird sprung from a lvap, shooter mowing just where to look for him amd all in readi- ness to shoot the instant he ig hoisted, But areal, live, wild bird, and hound to escape at all hazards! To bring down such « bird under such ciroumstances is truly a delight,—S. L. I, dezyous eppoinied, All went well for a few hours and nothing ’ Canoeing. a To imsure prompl attention, communications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the afice matters of iin- portance are liable fo delay). FIXTURES. May %4—Toronto Canoe and Skiff Races. Aug. 20—American Canoe Association Meeting at Stoney Lake, Aug, 24, Fe eran Canoe Association Regatta al Stoney ale. Aug, 24—American Canoe Association Meeting at Stoney Lake, A WGRD TO CANOEISTS. [> response to the numerous demands from our canoeing friends, we open a department to which it is intended to devote such space as the growing Importance of the subject shall demand. Wepropose to give all the news, and to that end Invite the owners of canoes, secretaries of clubs, und others, to fayor us with intelligence relating to new boats, proposed trips, clab transactions, races, meetings, ete, ete, Irom week to week we shall publish lines of new hoats, descrip- tions of novel rigs, hints and help for owners and builders, and such other matter as will insure the practical usefulness of the Poresr AND Stream Wo the fraternity.” Correspondents are invited to send us for publication, reports of eruises, with all availible information respecting desirable canoeing routes and ernising waters. THE AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. A ie: second yearly record of the American Canoe Association has just been issued by Dr, Neidé, the secretary, The active mem- bers now number 215, besides which 27 new members haye been pro- posed. There are also eight lady and four honorary members. The number of canoes enrolled is seventy-four. The ofileers for the current ear are: % Comimodore—f. B. Edwards, Ontario, Peterboro, Canada. Vice Commodore—G. B. Ellard, Cincinnati, Ohio. Rear Commodore—C. B. Vanx, 27 Rose street, New York. Secretary and Treasnrer—Dr. C.A Neidé, Schuyleryille, N.Y, Regatta Committe—William Whitlock. New York; Robert Tyson, Toronto; H. T. Strickland, Peterboro . In addition to an interesting sketch of the organization, and pre- vious regattas of the association, the following programme of the coming meestis given: The camp of the A. C, A, for 1883 will be held at Stony Lake, in the county of Peterboro, Province of Ontario, Canada. Tt will be contin* ued two weeks, from the llth to the 24th of Angust, the regatla tak ing place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of the second week There is railway communication (Midland Railway) to Lakefield via Peterboro from Port Hope or Belleville, which pomts may be reached from Hast or West by Grand Trunk Railway. Port Hope may also be reached by steamer Norseman from Rochester, or Richelieu Nawi- ation Company's steamer (Royal Mail Line) from Canadian ports, ast or West. From Lakefield paddle twelve miles through Katche- wanooka and Clear Lakes to vamp at Stony Lake, A amall steamer. The Fairy, plies on thisroute, From Lindsay (also on Midland Rail- way) the canoeist may cruise to Stony Lake, Lenying the lake he may cruise down the Otonavee River, Rice Lake, and the Trent River to fhe Bay of Quinté, and th@nce to the Thousani Islands. Provisions may be obtained at Peterboro or Lakefield. Arrangements will be male to have all supplies required forwarded to the camp, Milk, butter, potatoes, eggs, eic., may be obtained from settlers in the vi- cinity, Fish are abundant in the Jake. Maskinonge are caught i trolling. Spoon and other trolling baits of all kinds are used. Blyck ass may be caught by trolling or still-fishing: in the latter case frogs, pe ye e#rasshoppers, or fat pork being used, and occasionally arti- ficial flies. Camp—l0th to 24th of August, 1883, Monpay, August 20, preliminary meeting of the association. Gala ay. oS 21,—Olass 2, paddling, open canoes, single paddles, I mile, 9:20 A. M. 2. Sailing, A and G,for members who have uever sailed a canoe before this year, 10 A, M, 4. Paddling—junior, class 3, 11 A.M, 4, Review of whole tee in divisions, 1 P.M. fi. Saing, A and B, juniors—limited weight. 1:30 P. M. 8, Sailing, A and B, senior—limiled weight, 2715 P. M, % Combined paddling and sailing raca for all classes of canoes, 1 toile under paddle and 1 mile under sail—juniors, 3 P. M. . 8. Upset race, one-half nile uoder sail, upset ut signal, and sail in with all gear, 3:45 P.M. Wpnuspay, 22.1 double canosrace (2 men), class 4, single patidies, 0:30 A. M, 2, Sailing, classes A aud B, without ballast, 10 4, M. 3. Paddling, jumiors. cliss 2, W45 A, M- 4, Sailme, A and B, jumior—tnlf ballast, 1389 P.M. 5, Combined sailing and paddling race—seniors, 2:30 P, M. 6. Sailing, A and B—full ballast, 3 P. M. G. Upset oh cre ara act 343 P, M. THenspay, 23.—-1. Paddling, class 4—seniors, 34 milo, 9:09 A. M, 2. Portage race—ly mile uuder paddle, 14 mile imder sail, portage 14 mile, paddle14 mile, 9:80.A, M. 2. Double paddling race (2 men), all classes of canoes not over 1bEf, Toug, 10:30 A, M, 4 Cluss 3—paddling—seniors, 11:00 A. M. 5, Class i—paddling—seniors, 11:30 A, M. 6. Class 2—paddling—sentors, 12 M. 7. Upset race—paddling—seniors, 4 P, M- Election of officers at4 P. M. ' The term ‘*juniors” is used to indicale those members who have reiki won an association prize in sailing or paddling, as the case may be. ANeniors® to include all who choose to enter, In “limited-yeight races the canoes and ballast must not exceed in wéight in class A, 120Ibs., and in class B, 150)bs. r If there should be no wind on Tuesday or Wednesday, the paddling: races of Thursday will be substituted. The 1883 regatta committee of the A. 0. A. have prepared their re- commendations in regard to the sailing reguiutions of the associa- tion, and the programme for the Stony Lale ineeuing. These recom: mendiutions are to be submitted ta (he executive committee, aud if approved by the lanter. they will become A, €. A. law. ‘The tollow= ing sre the recommendations as to classification of ¢anoes for refatta purposes. Rule 1 of the sailing regulations to he amended so ts 16 read thus: A canoe to compete in any race of the A. GO. A. must ba sharp at both ends, with no counterstern or transom, and mist he capable of heing efficiently paddled by one man, To compete in A. OC. A. pad- dling races it must come wilhin the limits of one of the numbered classes. 1, 2; 3 or 4, and to compete in the sailing» Paces if must come within the limits of either Glass A or B. Glass 1. Paddling.—Lenzth not over 1Sft., beam noob mnder 24in. Depth inside, from gimwale to garboard streak, and at any part of the canoe, not less than T4in. 1 Class 2. Paddling.—Length not over i5rt., heam not under 26in, Depth (as above) not under cin, Class 4. Paddlng.—Length not over 17ft., Depth (as above) nol under ‘lin, Glass 4 Paddling.—Length not over 15ft., beam not under Depth as in class 3 ; F Class A. Sailing, —Length not over 15f6., beam not over Sin, Class B. Sailing —Length not over l7ft., with a limit of 221410. beam for thatlength The beam may be inereascd 34m. for each full bin. of length decreased. i ‘The greatest depth of canoe in classes A an B at fore end of well. from under side of deck, amidships to inner side of garhoard, next the keel, shall not exeeed thin, A - , without tudders, are allowed one Foot extra in terboarnd canoes, the keel, outsile of garboard, slall gril, including i metal keel- inte The to 28iiL, 30in, beam not uniler deep. his family and friends almost as “ong alive from the dead,”"— Valdosta (Ga.) Times, if SAIL PLAN OF CANOE FOREST AND STREAM. 855 ‘. 4. 104,83 100.8 | 6.07 |Gracie, .,,...- 71 25 at) Intrepid....,,,,/100,11)100,2 | 6.20 |Julin.....,.... ) 70.5 | 71.9 28 Columbia... ,-,.| 96. 98,0 | 7.28 |Pocahontas,... 67.10) 71,3 56 Madeleine... ., 05. 95,6 | 8.41 |Bedouin..,..... | 70.0 | 70.4) 1.40 Tdehe Ae oe 100 960 | 7.68 ||/Fannie......,..| 65,8 | 682) 3,30 Montauk,, 99, 92.5 10.19 |Misebief..-.,. - 61.0) 65.2) 6.08 Phantom. ..., 84.4 | 86 5 13.48 jArrow,........ G10 64:4] 6.82 Varuna..-- .,+; 85.0 | 86.1 18.57 ||Eelipse......,..| 50,1 52.8 | 19.22 Crusader. -..,,. | 81.0 | 82.6 16.07 |Oriva..... .... 510 52.6 | 19.27 Haleyon..-- 79,3 ) 81,0 17.10 |Regina -| 47.3 50,9) 21.48 2 Of0) 1: en 78, | 80.4 17.87 |Valkyr....,.--. 47.4 50.0 | 23.00 Clytie .... .-.. | 78.3 | 80.3 17.38 WiKenen ess aes 46.0 | 49.6 28 33 Estelle & | 80,0 |17.50 ||FPanita......... 460 | 49,4 23,50 Magie - 78,5 |1B.41 | |Rover.......¢.: 41.8 468 27.35 Gomet., .-... 75,1 |21,16 |Volante,. ..,,.| 40.0 | 41.9 | 35.34 TIME ALLOWANOH IN SECONDS AND DECIMALS FOR ONE MILE COURSE NO TIME ALLOWED TO YACHTS OVER 120rr. 1 | 2 s | Be 20; ! \| 2s % § | Allow- a 5 Allow- 23 | Allow- | @ 2 | Allow- reel ance. ga ance. || $8 | ance. =| ance. ae |e a ta 130 -00 105 14.21 80 3408 | 65 67,84 129 li) 104 14.87 79 35.08 | St | 6064 125 98 103 15,56, 98 36 78 638; TLAz 127 1,48 102 16,25 we 387,78 | 62 73.80 126, 1.99 }| 101 16,96 vi 4,86 61 (5.82 125 2,50 100 17.67 75 39,05 60 7781 124 3.02 49 18,40 74 ALOT 49 79.38 123 d.54 98 19.13 « 42.21) 48 81.52 122 4.07 7 19.89 72 43.38 47 ha.73 121 4.60 16 20.60 7 44.56 46 85.99 120 6.15 $5) 21.42 vil) 46.7! 45 88,33 119 6.71 4. 22.20. 60 47.08 44 10.76 118 6.27 03 23.00 68 43.80 43 00.28 uy 6.83 02 23.41 - 07 40,69 42 15.80 116 7,40 1 24,62 66 50.02 41 08.56 115 798 0 2.46 | 6d 62.25 40 101.37 114 8.36 |) 89 26.32 tik 53.67 39 104,28 113 9.16 | 88 3718 | 68 55.09 38 107.28 112 9.76 | 87 28,06 | ‘62 56.55 37 110 43 111 10.38 | 86 28.99 G1 58,04 a6 113.67 110 10,99 KS 20,86 60 59,58 85 117,07 108 11.62 84 30,738 || 59 61.14 34 121,66 108 | 12.25 83 $1,738" || 58 62,77 F 125,26 107 12.00 82 32.69 57 64,42 32 129,26 106 13.58 81 23,67 «56 66.10 3 183.33 | 30 137,55 SEAWANHAKA Y, C. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MEASUREMENT, i a compliance with the resolution passed at the last meeting of this club that the committee then appointed by the Commodore *‘con- fer with the committees from other clubs with a yiew to adopting a common system of measurement," your committee has to report, that {t has attended a number of meetings of the New York Y. C.,, at some of which representatives of the Atlantic and Larchmont clubs have been present; and at which meetings communications have been read from officers of other clubs interested in the subject of measurement, and with whom the secretary of the committee of the New York Y, C, hus corresponded, _ This meeting Will readily see that if is not to be expected that the different clubs, whose representatives have thus met together, or otherwise communicated with each other, should, as the result of these communications, be ready at this time to take definite action on this matter; or that their representatives should be able to an- nounce what action (if any) these clubs may take. Such action as is here indicated can only be looked for after meet- ings have been held of the clubs interested, and after ample oppor- tunity has been had for the subject to be discussed between mem- bers. Your committee is TET TE as with the conviction that conferences of the kind for which it was eppoinged supply the best means for comparisons of experienge, thought and suggestion; afford the best opportunity for discussing the principles which ought to govern lime allowance, aud give opportunity tor getting rid of misunderstandings. and for arriying at similarity or eyen uniformity of view on most matters involyed in the subject. _ Your committer therefore, hefore referring directly to the more immediately practical result of its labors, would discountenance the inipression (if such should be entertained by any), that the measure of its worl, os far as this applies to the agreement of other clubs with it, is such as can be correctly piyen by any announcement that ; can now be mate, The result of its work and discussions must rather be looked for- ward to, und your committee will find satisfaction for the immediate pigeents di by their action they haye made a common agréement betiveen important clubs more easily practicable in the future. In the discussions which haye oecurred between members of dif- ferent clubs met together, there has been no distinetive spirit, but a fair and candid temper and disposition has commonly prevailed, and with the representatives of the New York Y. C. your representatives worked practically as one committee. The suggestionsand informa- tion furnished being treated as Common property, the result being a common agreement in prirciple, with only such differences as are easily understood and adjustable, either’ for the purpose of a joint race,or because the experience of either club may slow it to be desirable. Tn the opinion of a part of your committee, sail area is allowed to be Sep reaenited by too large a factor in the present formula, and should be reduced. In the opinion of one member of the committee, this cannot be sately assumed from such facts as theré has heen ex- perience of, and in the absence of other reasons the rule might (in the opinion of this member of the committee) be conservatively and prudently left to bear the light of anothersceason's experience, as far as this factor is involyed, The cominittee, as a whole, however, coucurred in this: That the purpoce of this committee, to provide or ugree to a rule which should commend itself to this club, and also be acceptable to others, was distinetly different from that of the committee which formerly had charge of the subject, which had to provide a measurement for this elub alone. _ The joined committee neree that a measurement, which should take into account sail area and Jength. hut which should be expressed by a modified or differential length rather thanin tons, would best suit the purpose in view. _ Such a method of dealing with the subject jwould admit of the plan in most common us» (that which has as is base tle length of water- line) being retained, and the modifying effect of the introduction of sail area, to increase or lessen the main factor, would be seen at once. Tn the last report read before this club on time allowance, allusion was made to the fact that the length of waterline of the average yacht, multiplied by itself, would corespond yery closely with the sailarea carried. If the square of the W. 1, is equal to the sail area, it, of course, follows that in the ordinary yacht the square root of the sail area is equal to the W.L. Inthe yacht with alight rig ib is sometimes more, and inthe yacht with asnug rig itis sometimes less than the W, L. length. Your committce recommend as 2 formula for measurement length, to which is added the square root of sail area, and the sum divided by two. The reasons for using sail area are so well understood in the club that they need not be referred to here. ‘the effect of the rile in modifying length may, however, be a very simple ilustrafion. Take us the normal boat for comparison, one 60ft. long, carrying 2,50Uft, of canvas, As the square root of her sail area is exactly equal to her waterline, the application of the rule to her would haye no modifying effect on her length whatever. Tf, however, ber sails meesured 2,704ft. area, the square root of that number is 52ft., which sum, added to 50 and divided by 2, leaves 51ft,, or an addition of one foot to her original length, as a tax for her large sail area, and presumably large beam, keel ballast, or other means to tif her for large sail-cartying power. Tf, on the other hand, her sail area is 2,304, the square root of that number being 48, 1ft., or half the amount which 48 is below the nor- mal quantity, would be deducted from her actual measurement for racing. When the exis ing rule was adopted by the committee then charged with the work of deyising aimrede of measurement, some misgivings weré entertained by members of that committee (who were otherwise ready to recognize ics food features) of the prac- ticability of accurately and conveniently measuring so elastic a material as canvas, which is necessarily subject to variation, and way need to be hoisted at inconyenient times and places, To this par of the subject your committee and those who met with them have given their most earnest attention, and now submit, ag the best conclusion at which ithas arrived, that spars and not sails be nm easured and in the following manner: A perpendicular to be taken along the after side of the mainmast from the under side of the gafftopsail block or sheave on topmast, to the upper side of boom when resting on the saddle, or on the low- est part of gooseneck; the distance of which pomtfrom the main deck or house deck to be recorded by the measurer, together with the other points used 1n measurement. A base line to be taken trom the bee-hole or point of contact of the jibstay on bowsprit, or flying jibstay on jibboom, in a straight line to the end of the main boom with one-quarter (14) of the length of the gaff, measured from after side of the mast to end, added thereto. To obtain the area from these figures, the usual formula for obtain- ing the area of atriangleis to be used, namely, multiply hase by perpendicular and divide by two. ‘ Length to be measured from the forward side of stem al) the water line, to the water line at stern, wherever found. This mensurement to be takelt when the yachtis afloat and in her ordinary trim, and with the crew (if aboard) amidship, The measurer, at the time of taking his measurements, to affix a distinctive mark at each point, To the square root of the area as ascertained add the length as ascertained, and divide by two. The result is the measurement for time allowance. Any change in these measurements to be reported by the owner (as customary) to the measurer, It will be seen that whereasthe present way of measuriug sails requires that they be hoisted, regardless of wind, weather and con- *| venience, the mode of méasurement here recommended is one that can beused with sails furled, is more definiteand exact than the present one, and nob subject to change excepting with a change of spars. RPhe change from 4 tonvage measurement to one of length made necessary a new time table of allowances. As was noticed in the last report made to the club on this subject, an accepted rule with naval architects is that within economic limits, opportunities for speed with different vessels vary _as the square root of their respective lengths. An allowinee table formulated on this principle would, however, be much too liberal toward small yachts, if used for the practical purpose of yacht racing in ordinary weather, as it presupposes the full development of that power and speed in larger vessels, which only occurs in strong winds, In the last printed report of the club on this subject, figures are giyen in & table, and also a curve in the diagram, both of which show ths allowance which would result from the rule above referred to; the quantities being reduced 50 percent, ‘This deduction still left the allowance larger to stall yachts than the table then adopted and since used. It 1s also larger than any fable in use by prominent clubs hereabout. a The table of allowances which your commiltee have to propose to you, is obtained in the same way as the illustrated curve just re- ferred to, but still further reduced; thatis, 40 percent. instead of 50 per cent. of the allowance due to the rule, that advantages for speed vary as does the squave root of length in different vessels, In conclusion, your committee woul submit, that by the formula recommended for use in this club, sail area and length ave placed upon an equal footing, 1é the reportis avcepted, andi should in the after experience af the tlub, appear desirable to change the rélative importance of the factors; such change would not be likely ae involve the labor and discussions which haye attended past changes. our commiltee further hope that with an allowance table adapted tolength alone, and witha method of cormbinins with length saul area in any desired proportion. and with its modifying influence so easily discernible, other clubs than the New York and Seawanhaka may accept the system of measurement here recommended, and thal. by means of other conferences of the kind in which your com- mittee have recently been engaged, the fair way may ere long be buoyed out which shall lead tothe yachts of every important fleet being f und on the course and rounding the mark boat together, sailing not only under 4 common system of measurement, but under uniform agreement as to the details of its application, JOHN HYSLOP, +, 5. LEE, ROBT, CENTER, : May 10, 1883, Committee, NEW &LOOP._—Wm, McCormick, East Boston, has launched his flush-deck keel@sloop. She is 40ft, over all, 34ft, water line, 18ft. beam and 714fb, draft, with 644 tons iron on the keel, Mr. McCormick does not subscribe to old school nonsense, but puts his ballast where commen sense would indicate. Mast 46ft., boom aft., gait 25ft. din, a very long gaff and for that reason a good driving sail. To; mast 29%t., gail topsail pole 80ft., bowsprit, outboard 17ft. Lower sails con- tain 2,000sq. #t., and 8,500sq. ft. in racing sails, vs i ——eEi May at, 1888,] FOREST AND STREAM. 3857 THE SEASON NOW OPENING, a ere Progress mide within the Jast few years in American yacht builling promisés to be exemplified with great force in the racing uni cruising of the presentseason. The rapidity with which cherished prejudices of the past have been supplanted by modern ideas is most fattering to the intelligence of American yachtsmen- As the recognized exponent of the sport in this country, wefeal bound lo Congratulate the community upon the readiness with whieh ol-time vagaries and rubbish concerning yacht modeling have been lui aside ynd the lessons of recant developments tuken to hearbin éod efrnest, The revolution from light draft, flat bottom, shoal old and excessive sail Plans has not been accomplished without much hard wark, but still in far less time than the most sanguine couldexpect. Itis the pride of Worst AnD STREAM to iknow that its part has been mosh prominent in the move for reform, and that ow- ius to iis unflinching labors in behalf of safe, rational yachts in op- position to traps and over-sparred machines, the present preferences of the public are due inno small measure. The idea thal speed in- volved livht displacement and reckless over-sparring bas given way 40 more Greditable views. The change has certainly been most ra- markable, and this season, so auapiciously Shales with disaster to a representittive of the old order of things, will, no donbh, see the final callapse of that remnant still adhering ta completely disproved dog- mas. ‘The issue is a simple one, Shall we build unsafe yachts whose speed rests muiniy in sparring without regard to a vessel's capacity to Garry the rig. or shall we turn the lessons of recent years to ac- count und demand from modelers sometaing worthier of our admiration in the way of vessels, speedy, safe and with grand accom- miodsthions? The asswer from the public is not diffidult to divine Helped aloug by the serious disasters in the past and by the fine sailing displayed by yachts of safe depth aud displacement, 16 is not difficult to prophesy (he outeome of the future, Already Boston and the Hast have approximated the ultimate result in nearly all respects, The old aud new sehools differ mm the following: The former cherishes tlut floor, shallow hold, beam, centerboard, light weight and large sail ares in mainsail, and a single Jib, or jib to bowsprit eud in the case Of schooners. Speed is sought ata sacrifice of anything or everything alse. The new school seeks bo modify old teachings, ta aceept depth, large displacement, keels with low weight, less beam and a subdi- vision of head sail. Speed is not relinquished, but safery and fitness for cruising purposes are notion that account completely neglected, Four short years ago, when orgs? ayp Srrwam gave birth to the wholé issne, scarce a handful could ba found to spealr of the stand it had taken in favorable terms, Itwas 4 very big load to lift with only one journal as the tool, to accomplish which might well have | stageeved others armed with weapons of oueh greater influence and tore far-reaching in effect. And how does the tally stand to-day? How has the move inane ated in these columns progressed? Boston and the East, where more than half our yachting is done, haye so far acceded to the soundness of our position as to subseribe to each and every one of our doctrines, observing only a slight hesitancy in the clipping of beam. do@in agreat measure to the influence of length rules, Hyen fu this One respect tle ond seems wpproaching, It ig more than probable that length wiles will give way to the growing tilightenmenot of the period, andin the adoption of suil area and length the last vestige to the free indulgence in safe, fast and roomy yachts will haye passed ajay. Then exeess in beam), a inost usele 8, hurtful and expensive peculiarity of so many yachts will become a matter of history, We willall wonder how we could put up with clumsiness from which no peturn isto he sg and the geueral ex pression will be. Wo always said so,” We knew that right along.” What has Boston done that we should feel so elated in the success of our ccuse? Yachtsmen Must have discarded the cénterboard alto- gether and accepted the keel with the chance it offers of slowing weightlow, This season nineby per cent. of the hig fleet of cabin yachts launched higher than “the Cod, haye been Keel bonts, WIL muah att pone Geses all their ballast in iron or lead outside, All these yachts were likewise giyen a very respectable amount of tlepth with a dratt of water generally beyoud that of the nayrow- tst of foreign eutlers. The draft given to recent Boston vessels is incidentally proof that the ery formerly raised on this score was os empty as if wasloud,so far as it had reference to boats used for repnlar yachting purposes. [tis quite common now to find 7ft. and even $f. Water on #5 fo S0f. load line, an amount which would stagger onr good cousins acruss the sea, some of whom imagine that narrow beam and great draft are corollary. flow do they sail in shoal water with such deep heels? Well, the Rastern yachtsman, not being given to splitting: hairs wbont a trivial matter, simply keeps out of shoal water and Joses nothing wortlihavinginsa doing, Further- more, the cutter rig is recognized as correct in principle in the Kast, aud double head sailhas to a great extent displaced the single jib. Here again practical test hos borne out Forrsr ann SrRwAM in its teachings. It has bean discovered that however truein mere theory, that “all the sail in one” cirives more effectually than sniall surfaces, éxperiencé demonstrates the contrary. The superior flatness, facility in (unmiig, the more favorable angle of the foresail luff, cte., more than vover the thoretical shortcoming, Quite true that in details ol fitting, hoisting and stowing, this modern rig varies somewliat: from customs abvard foreign cutters, but Lhese differences are only of praghical bearing and in no wise weaken the fact that we have ac- cepted the principles of the cutter rig. It is not strange to find spara iInoying aft in cousequence. The displacement of new Eastern yachts is very large, greater in many instances than that of Lritish cutters of like load line. Changes in the aboye directions are coustantly going on, and the nidual merzing of the fleet into yachts clussing in the cutter fami is becoming very pronounced along the Massachusetts anc Maine coasts. In one way progress has heen slower than we Gould wish. Beam, though gradually diminishing, is still kept up to sloop pro- portions. Length measurement ls a hindranee to a modification we iinow is heartily wished by niany yachbowners, But, they say with reason, we must get in all the size we can under the rule, we have as much dept and draft as good desien can demand, hence we must clap on beam to keep up with the biggest. This beam entails large spars, Additional weight and cost throughout. Ttis & nuisance in a 52a and contributes nothing to accommodations below. Once let a rule be enfo ced which taxés this size in the shape of the sail it car- ries, And Owners will find compensating allowance in resorting to moro moerate forms, cheaper to build, easier to work and better performers in eyery respect, This resultwe look forward to with confidence and pleasure upon the promulgation of the length anil sail area, rules which ave soon to he vouchsated us. With the exeep- tion of beam then Boston has accepted all the principles of the re- form we have set our hearhupou, and beam is likely to follow our suggestions al an early day. There are those who, jealous of on» suceess, seek to deceive them- selves and their handful of readers on the plea thab white paint, a jibstay, a round counter or a plhimb post makes all the difference iu the world, und are to be deemett a well defined line of classification between two types of yachts, Butthe public. always able to inter— retemply pretenses, will be quick to appreciate the truth of all we avesaid above, and ackuowledge with \s that if Hastern yachts are not exact copies of the foreign ciitter, the recent additions to the fleet are built and rigged wpon tle same priitiples and in conformity With the precepts of which Forms ANp SrnwaM is the exponent. on this side of the Atlantic, Purther, that forthe prevalence of three beams or less to the load line, the artificial restraint of length meas- urement is to be held accountable. This is the condition of yacht building in the Bast at the opening of the season. . Whatis the aspect in New York? Certainly not quite as favorable, still far from discouraging. The keel is nolin the majority, beam anil light displacement arestill much yenerated, and the strongest Opposition Forest ann htream has met in its efforts to securea higher standard of competency in yacht modeling, proceeds from {heimmediate énvirons of the city whieh should lead in all modern improvements, In fact, New York Bay is the last stronghold old ideas can claim to rule. Butin a quiet way the leaven is nooe the less working, Keels, outside weights, in short, ‘‘culter principles,” are erowing 10 favor apace. People ave learning to sec through the sophistry which clings without good reason to capsizing traps which are out of joint with the intelligence of the ape, If ona can have safety and comfort with speed, why not male the attempt? So rea- sons the public, spurred to refiection by the fearful disaster which las recently given proof of the risks run by those going down to the sea mm vessels for pleasure. The number of keels figuring in Olsen's uew Annual for 82, hailing from New York, is larger than ever beforé. The New York Y, C., the Seawanhaka Cortothian Y. C, and the Atlautic Y.C, all show more on their list than aver before, and more keels were lsid in the Greenpoint, Bay Ridge and Staten Island yards than ever recorded in years gone by. Some of these keels were along way from being up to the mark; others represent all the stages of compromise, an acquiescence in the new and yeta yeneration for the old, Though all keel yachts are by no means cutters in principle, the desire To approximate to cutter qralilies isthe idea instigating the fresh de- partires, and when those changes pra found to fall short, a still closer approach js invariably made the next Bpportnnity offering. Yucht building in New York is not atastandstill. The number of repilar cutters is augmenting, the latest ordered having the extreme proportions of 534 beams to load line, The depth of yachts is in- creasing with gratifying rapidity, and displacement is tending the right way. The accident to the Grayling has opened the eyes of hundreds, while those on the right path haye become all the firmer in their convictions. Tn vegard to ric, the flerce opposition to double jibs has wilted en- tirely, and we boldly sail ont matches with cutter’s head sail, while the ernisec will listen to nought else. Cutters have become as plenty- ful as blackberries and fresh material is steadily being added. The Eorat lakes are alive to the issue. Cutters of the thoroughbred sort wil from the principal ports and “compromises” there are without number, On the whole the prospects for the season are bright, in- telligence is forcing the market trom the grip of weakening preju- dice, Our new vessels, if not quite what they ought to be, are a yast improvement upon the good old days of yore, when a dash round the Spit buoy was considered something of an undertaking. The time for the building of Graylings has come to a close with the sorrowful collapse of her pretensions. Four years ago the mere mention of cutters created a laugh of scorn. To-day cutter princi- ples are cChmbiog into the ascendency and nothing can stay their complete sway in the near future. And the last straw on the camel's back will be the trip of the America Cup abroadin a cutter's locker this fall—if the cutter can take it. NOTES FROM BELLEVILLE, ONT.—Work on the new twelve: tonner Iolanthe, at Cuthbert’s yard, goes briskly on, and tha pros- pect is that she willbe finished within a week, The Surprise, of Menta: a well-known fas twelve-tonner, built in 1875 by Cuthbert, is being rebuilt by her builder. The conversion of Mr. Pike's fine keel sidop Sylyia into a eutter with standing, bowsprit will be ac- complished within two weeks, Mr, R. M. Roy's fast twelve-tonner Gracie having been supplied with a new spar, and having had her mainsail re-cut, is sailing faster than eyer, Ex-Commodore R, J, Bell's fifty-five ton sloop Norah will shortly go on the ways in order that her bottom may be scraped. Ex-Commodore Pitcathly will give his staunch twenty-five ton sloop Dauntless new decks, will have ér bottom smoothed up, and wil' probably enter her in races to be smiled on homé waters this season. Commodore Clarke has given a pieve of plate to be sailed for, The race will be open toall club yachts, and will fake plage on the 13th of July. It will be of a semi- Corinthian character, professionals being barred from steering, A year or two heoce we shall have regular Corinthian racing, with couseguauy great improvement in the skill of our amateur tars. Mr, Offord’s (of Kingston) new twelye-tonuer proves to be a keel eraft of OFt. fin, beam. Too much beam for speed enough to beat the centerbourders in our land-lecked waters Port TaoK. NEW KEBRL.—Luke Hall, of East Boston, has a fine keel yacht ready for launching, Built for Albert Hall, of Chicago, She is to be named Percy H., is 88ft. Sin, over all, S2fr, bin, on loadline, 12ft. bin, beam, off. sin hold aw 6ft. draft. Wreeboard at stem 4{t., amidships 3&t. 2in., aft $f. fin., iron shoe of 4,000 pounds. Timbers of white oak, sided 2)6in., moulded Sin. at floors, 2léin, at head, double, spacetl 12in, between centers, Plank i}gin. yellow pine, deck thax d84in, white pine, aes to the planksheer, Cabin trunk is 16ff. long, Aft. wide, Main cabin makes up four berths, two making vp as staterooms by the use of folding doors, Mast 4e&rt. long, 10in. at part- ners, Sin. at head, topmast 22ft., boom #ft,, zaff 2314ft., hoist of mainsail d2ft., bowsprit, outboard to stay, 15ft, After a season on thé coast, her owner will send the yacht around through the lnkes, NEW STEAMERS.—John Roach & Sou, of Chester, are building two steam yachts, t! e Ulowana, for W. BH, Conner, of New York, and another for G. C. Scott, They are to be seazoing yachts with high freeboard, Hush decks, schooner Hgged, Showiug 4,350sq,ft, of canvas in lower sails. Machinery and coal space ogaupies 80ft. amidships. Engines to develop 300 H, P., giving speed of twelve to thirteen knots. 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Obstacles in Rifle Practice, The Seorrsaan TouRIstT. Quiet Sport.—yr. Marskoks Lakes. Hunting and Swimming. Simmer Sports in Canada. NATAL History. A Nacnralist in Territory. When the Birds Return, Winter and Spring Notes, ’82-"83 ‘The Wngiich Sparrow, Cag Vtrit PLTorERINGs, Gam BAG AND Gun. Concerning Bez Thinting Rille Sights. iiay Bird Shooting on the Ches- apeale. Florida Wxperience. Onee More “the Screed.” Sea AND RIVER PisHinG. Waccamasy Lake. A Trip to Snag Lake. Bass Trolling m iMorida, Ajeling in Pike County. Black Bass in Lake Wrie. The United States Display at London, Washington FIsHCULTURE. Misdirected Fisheulture Again. THE KENNEL, The San Francisco Dog Show. Glencho and Trix. The Last of the Foxes. Chicago Bench Show. The Dogs at the New York Show Kennel Notes. Kennel Management. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Muzzle ¥s. Breech, Creedmoor. Range and Gallery. The Trap, F Trap and Field Shooting. CANOTING, Weight and Displacement Canoes. Round the fsle of Man in a Mersey Canoe. Royal Canoe Club, YACHTING. Decoration Day’s Brush, The Keel Cat Fearless, Outside Ballast. Oswego Y, C.—May 25, The Capsized Grayling. Experiences in a Deep Draft. South Boston Y. C. Knickerbocker Y. C. in ‘Bish Day’ ab Worcester, | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, Wilk tts compact type and in tts permanently enlarged form of twenty-eight pages this journal furnishes each week a larger mount of jirst-class matter relating to angling, shooting, the tennel, and kindred subjects, than ts contained in all other American publications put together. THE NHW YORK FISH COMMISSION. HE Governor of New York has vetoed the item in the supply bill which gaye the Commissioners of Fisheries three thousand dollars additional to carry on the work at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, on the ground that their regular appropriation was suiiicient for all purposes. We do not know from what source the Governor drew his in- formation, nor how correct his conclusions may be; but we (lo know that the proposed work on Long Island is a much- needed one, and is a step in advance in the good cause. The station has only heen in operation five months, and has not only 2 commendable exhibit of work done in the way of hatching and distributing, but also of much in the way of permanent improyements in such things as troughs, rearing- ponds and fixtures for hatching fresh-water fishes generally. Although the public recognizes the fact that a hatchery for the salmonids and other fluyiatile fishes is a necessity in the southeastern portion of the State, the facts are that the proximity to the salt water renders the Cold Spring station one of almost unlimited possibilities, especially as it is unique in this respect, and lias therefore the assistance of the United States ish Commission, with its extensive connections at home and abroad. There has been no hatchery established for salt-water fishes in America, nor in any other land, and the New York Fish Commission took the lead in trying to establish one, and they only asked fora very small sum to start the work; iherefore the Governor’s action in this mat- ter is much to be regretted, The springs at this station are so eleyated that they havé been used toturn mills, and would easily pump salt water toa height of tyenty tect or more, where it could he used for hatching codfish, and all other NEW YORK, JUNE 7, 18838. { VOL, XX.—No, 19, Nos, 29 & 40 PARK Row, New Your. fishes which are available, as at high tide the sult water comes to within a hundred yards of the old mill whichis now used as a hatchery. The United States Commission las hatched codfish to a limited extent, but has worked with the disadvantage of haying no hatchery near salt water. Some were hatched at Gloucester, Mass,, and turned into the harbor there, and have since been taken near the docks, where no deep-sea cod were eyer seen before; and others have also been hatelied in the old Arsenal at Washington, in artificial sen water. No doubt new cod grounds could be created about Long Island Sound and New York city, as well as on the south side of Long Island, by large plantings of the fish, for food is plenty there, and eggs by the tens of millions can be ob- tained from the live fish brought to Fulton Market. These facts show reason enough to haye the work continued, and it is Lo be hoped that it will not be abandoned, even though the Governor did not approve of a epecial appropriation for this purpose. Wisheulture is a progressive industry, and its hold on the people is now so strong that it isin no danger of being turned back on account of a temporary impedi- ment. OBSTACLES IN RIFLE PRACTICE, V ITH the opening of the present month, shooting will begin on many ranges under official orders from vari- ous commanders in the ranks of the National Guard. A number of States have made arrangements for the practice of the men, and considerable time und effort will he expended in securing records of the proficiency, or tle want of it, on the part of the troops. Each State seems to have devised a special system of ball practice, and the result is Lhat it is en- entirely impossible to make any precise comparisons, The Regular Army, ‘too, has a system, and this seems to be a shifting one, so that duringa decade past we have secn a half dozen schemes devised for securing a short cut to good marksmanship without the tedious detail of careful range practice. With a general observance of some one plan of practice, it would be possible to so show up the failings of some of our organizations, that a feeling of emulation would spring up and good results follow; at present there is too much striking about in the dark, and the general public are left ina state of uneertainty, whether or not this banging of rifles, which goes ou through each summer on our State ranges, really amounts to anything, Tt was the strong point made by the advocates of rifle practice when it was introduced in the National Guard that it was then entirely possible for a member to go through full term of service and yet never have occasion to fire off a pun, Isit quite certain, then, that this cannot be done to-day? That there are not now members of the Guard who haye not had any practical experieuce with the rifle in the field betore the targets? There are certainly many whio do not go near the ranges. That this isso, may in some very rare instances be due to unavoidable obstacles, but tf is too true that the armory methods are sadly at fanlt, There is not and never has been enough aimin drill in the squad rooms. Without this, work out of doors is worse thun use- less, and with it the field records are sure to stand ont in excellent prominence. Progress has been made and perhaps a fair result has been secured for the amount of effort put forth thus far in the cultivation of military marksmanship, Still, there is danger that-a gteat deal of waste labor may be expended simply be- cause each worker in the field does not know what other directors of practice are doing. In New York changes of administration haye led to changes in the personnel of the Inspector-Generai’s office, and then naturally comes a differ- ent way of putting the Guard through its course of training. There are no definite principles guiding. There is no standard set toward which the men are expected to ap- proach, and the result is that there is no end of the work and no way of tellmg how much the men have profited by it. Tt would be unfair to conclude that hecause but twenty- nine men fitted themselves to shoot in the preliminary com petitions for places on the American International team, that the interest on the subject among guardsmen is aba low ebb, or that there ig not a general ability to shoot well. It ig one thing to shoot for pleasure, or even in fulfillment, of one’s duty as a member of the Guard, and quite another to undertake the responsibilities of a place on a representative team. Neither is it just to guuge lhe interest or want of it by the fact that Creedmoor is not crowded by competitors at the fall meetings. Time and distance prevent any such gathering. It would be worth the while of the Board of Directors here to arrange a programme of matches to he shot on the several local ranges throurhout the country. making the conditions so simple that they could be easily understood and generally complied with. This city is able to furnish a icam of any sort of shooters, and over the several States they would find many responses to a well-put invitation for a test of ability. Such matches at off-hand shooting are going on almost every week now in & quiet way, and all that is required is for some central body to undertake the labor of directing and managing them. ‘This can be well done from this point, and perhaps through such a series of shoots something could be done toward breaking down the barriers of localism and place- proudness which now play so prominent a part in keeping riflemen from knowing more of each other, and enjoying their sport in its best feature—that of generous rivalry. THH ROD WAS SPARED. A? the recent dinner to the foreign yepresentatives to the 2S International Fisheries Exhibition, at Fishmongers’ Hall, London, in reply to a toast, Mr, James Russell Lowell, the American Minister, said that— “He had always been jealous of the exercise, the undue exercise, of arbitrary power, and he must confess that he knew of no exercise of arbitrary power more cruel to its victim than that which brought him to his feet when he was at loss what tosay. He was in that position, but he could not help thinking there was u sort of retributive justice in it; for it happened to him several years ago, as president at the annual festival of the University of which he was a member, the ma- lign satisfaction with which he used to rise and to say that they were honored with the presence of a very distinguished gentleman, (Laugh ter) and then he paused and saw a shudder pass through the assembly every one of conrse imagining himself to be the distmguished gentie- man meant, the average of distinguished gentlemen in America beh yery high. (Renewed laughter.) They had never heard of a fish speaking, it was true. There was atradition of St. Anthony at Padua preaching to the fishes, but now the fishes had been brought te preach to us and to instruct us. Ifhe could only make the speech whieh was sure to come to his mind as he was going down the stairs when they were all going away, he should have a deal to say to them; Wut as it was, he thanked his Royal Mighness for the kindness with which he had proposed the health of the representatives of foreign cowmtnes, The kindness he met with in this country convinced him that he rep- resented less a foreign country than most of the ministers for fereign States there. and that he rather represented the eldest daughter of England, (Cheers.) He believed that somé of the exhibits sent from his country would not be found inferior in interest to those in other departments, He held in his hand a rod, one of the exhibits from America, weighing only four ounces and a half, warranted to land a fish weighing five pounds. He wnotas a great fisher, but he had exceedingly pathetic associations with the American rod. (Laughter.) He onee bought one which cost him $18, and he took it to a river and had his cast, and at Jast succeeded in hooking a silyer trout, and brought it home in triumph, when he was told that he had caught the most yal nable fish in the world, as, seeing that it measured about six inches it had costhim $3 an inch. (Laughter.) tis evident from this that Mr, Lowell took to fishing too late inlife. A boy, or man, who never went fishing until he could amass wealth enough to buy an eighteen-dollar rod, will never become, as Mr. Lowell puts it, a great fisher, This is nof the only instance on record where the rod was spared and the child spoiled, vide Solomon. A father who brings up his boys in ways which they do not depart from, buys his sons rods and lines at an early age, or he gives them currency of the realm sufficient for an outfit, and they forezo the rod and buy cheap lines and hooks, wd apply the remainder of the cash to the purchase of other necessities of boyhood, as marbles, balls, etc. A boy whose angling education had not been neglected, jwould never figure up that his first six-inch trout had cost three dollars an inch, because the rod had been bought for eighteen dollars. He would have swapped his fine rod forasled, aterricy pup, and a quart or two of marbles to boot, and haye gone into the swamp and cut him an alder switch for a rod and been happy. ltisvery evident that the American Minister to the Court of St. James Las been entrapped by our Enelish friends, who are born anglers, into talking about things that he is not familiar with, in order to lead him on to the ques- tion of the Halifax Award and the Fisheries Treaty of Wash- ington. We suggest to them that if they want lo know about the commercial fisheties, or the ichthyology of Ameria, thaf they ask Prot. Goode or Capt. Collins, Tf they seek to penetrate’ the mysteries of fishculture they may inquire of Mr, Harll, while Reuben Wood will tell them how the Ue- lusive fly ispalmed off on the unsuspecting trout ax some thing which is desirable as a lunch, We have never heard much of Solomon as au aiigler, but his maxim, ‘Spare the yod and spoil the child,” shows that he thonght that «a boy would be ruined if he did not go fishing. We fear that the rod was spared in the case of My, Lowell, 3862 FOREST AND STREAM. Che Sportsman Tourist. QUIET SPORT.—VI. BY MILLARD. \ ERY early tha wext morning Roy was sway down the > gullet afleradish Uncle Philo bad told him about; one thi lad siven the old mana fallor two, and lad therehy established w reputation os a strong, glutionous wariot, Roy recoguized the spot where he made-his head. quarters, and opened the battle, bat with no hostile demon striations from the other side, It was a beautiful location, a splendid building site for a irout to put up a shanty, and welcome his friends with the best in the house. Roy’s flies are well delivered, yet a half dozen casts from helow haye accomplished nothing. Puv on # scarlet ibis, iid now get above him, as he may rise if you throw in the vontrury direction. Presto, change! a swell in the water and responsive comes the rush of a yellow belly, The ibis laa done its work and the rod bends into a semi-circle, Dovs a \wo-pounder conse uny anxiety? Now 4 tiwo-pound rout is mol the largest of trot, but no more is 4 six-ounce you with a lender fine as silk the strongest tackle mm the world, and while you are hardly doubtful of the issue yet there is a chance for the trout, Skill plays the important parl, while of chance there is just enough to pepper it; the vestisart. It is no child’s play to land such fish with the finest. of tackle. The Irishman who played the violin “he une stringth be jabbers” might jerk o big trout out of the water with coarse heavy tod and line, but le would experi- ence none of the pleasures vouchsated to tie master, Don't oceupy yourself with the rest of the world. Forget bouds and morteages, and look out for your leader. Let securities and collections slide fora bit, and colloet and se- énre your trout, for he is a customer who requires immedi- ie waiting upon. There is no deferring bis demand, Will lis order at once. The merry click Of the *eel, the whistle of the line aa it lengthens yard after yard, the pliant rod bonding to the fran- lic rash, its perfeet curve spenkine volumes for the skill of its maker; and then, Oh sweetest music, the upward swash of that trout which has taken your fly plisoner and cannot surrender it. As you “give him the butt” to “checit him im his mad earcer,” the thrill vibrates through your whole system, ud all your nerves are tautened to fullest tension. Wighting for vyery inch of line up he comes for a peep of daylight, but he doesn’t like it. A summersault, and down aguin he goes, this time to the botlom in search of a stone wall, avainst whieh he can butt his head and dislocate his jai ov dislodge the look. It w ood scheme but did not work; and finally he concluded to reform and become a vood-ahured anil obliving fish that cared little to live on forever, bat was will ing to contribute his benutifnl carcass for the angler’s deloc tation and his slomach’s demands, so after tle conditions had been agreed upon he sarreudered; and Roy viving: him gentle dislocation of the neck dropped him in his ereel, and wiled down the siream, the pools below each rock yielding their tribute and adding to the intensity of his enjoyment, Good boy, Roy; you deserve if all for the humane and gentle way in which you hook your fish and craek then neeks alter landins them, Roy, as all anglers should do, kills his fish before dropping then into his creel. One evenmg Uncle Philo tried to pursuude Glen to vo jacking with him, but as Glen lad been there hefore he de- clined in favor of one of the others, and related his experi- ence under a jack something as follows: “hike most lovers of the woods und withers | was anxious io #o jacking for deer, more perhaps to gratify curiosity than from any desire to do unlawfol shooting, or from scarcity of “multon'in camp; and before thal curiosity was thoroughly appeused, L paid for itowith a good many hours of waiting and watching, which hereatter will be devoted for sleep, “Thowas on the upper stillwater of one of the branches, {he east, Tthink, of the West Canada Creel: m Hamilton counly, N. Y., where I had my first Hoat, Giles Beeralt puddied for me and did it well, carefully exploring every little putin and point; he never missed ih chime whatever the wunnerimightdo, My inghrwetions were carefully given and well digested, and with many words of waening anel encouragement LT took my place in (ie bow, “Now, if there is any bardwork to be found in phe world, il may be found under a jack, where you ave erainped wp and obliged to keep quiet. It was asplendhl night for the business, 80 Giles said, no moon, uo wind, “Put out that pipe or yowl] drive every deer tive miles lack from the water." “We silently slide past familiar points which we fail to recownize. Flow host-like and weird looks (he shore undey the stvange lizht., Now aod then a frightened Grave would vise with a seream and eet down infront. A hedge low would craw] outto inspect the outlit ynd then tuke a back stut, and then the owls made their mouotouous re- Turks conceming our appearance, to which we gave no heed. “The dite insects were out that night, All the little Winged pests of local fue that make night hideous and un- vomfortalle hy buzzing and biting were there and doing firsi-cliss work. The jack, so fur as they were concerned, had the drawing properties of a well-prepared mustard plister. How they did bite, and T forced to sit there like a Duin on 3 log, cuduring if all, afraid to fight them off for foar of trivhiening the deer, Though T endeavored to trans: fer to ews) hutiting some of the zeal and carnestuess and patience characteristic of the angler, yet under that insect ceawing light 1 was like a fish out of water saye that 1 did fot fey. ; “Hut miseries and pleasnres alike have their endings. It was a splendid night to come to shanty and to sleep, No inoon, no wind, no deer, “Curiosity unsatisied must needs take me under the jack tlie following night. Giles had gone down to the setlle- ments fov supplies aud would not return until the next day, so my ailing companion yolumtcered his services, “We was an amatenr paddier as Lsoon Found by the mcket he kept up splishing the water like falling briqk bat, hitting the side of the boat, losing his Inlance and re- coverine if with a jeri, he soon made me conclude in my disetist to take a nap as the easiest way oul of a bad sevape; so drawing my hat over my eyes and protucting ty face us well as possible, Twas soon lost in sleep, ind woke up in time to vo to bed at the shanty, ‘The amateur bad failed as well as the professional, and thus ended my floating for Vet year, “The following year 1 went to the West Canada lakes and for three nights was under a jack with no sign of deer. Nad # first-class paddler. The third night he turned the jack on a hedge hog sitting on a fallen tree. T fired and the hedge hoe dropped in the water dead as Charles If. “Well, you can shoot,’ suys the guide. ‘Now, to-mor row wight Lil turn the light on adeer for you. I only Tuned up this hedge hog to see if you could shoot.’ “Shoot! Hang me if this isn’t pleasant to be kept up these nighis to let you know whether I could shoot or not. I might have filled you full of lead for that matter.’ “Tlowever, the gmde was a good fellow and meant no harm The next night he made good his word, and we had atick with » bullet in his head hung up in camp; and I had done with jacking unless starvation was staring me in the face and jacking was the only resource left to drive him away, “My conclusion, after these several mghts’ experience, is that all the credit for killing a deer in that manner is due to skillful paddling, There is little skill required at twenty or twenty-five yards in the shooter. Buek-igne need not stand in the way. I cannot understand why one showld tremble and lose control of himself at the sight of a pair of glistening eyes. My poor shooting could neyer be attributed to fear nor anxicty, “But my deerfioating nights are over unless something happens, Tlave not lostany deer that require searching for in that manner, You, Jolm Henry, may have my place under the jack. Under the bluikets is good enough for yours truly.” Unele Philo and Ward broneht in a buck sometime diring the night. A few days ended our yisit with Uncle Philo, when we returned to our first camp, and there ane m the immediate neighborhood we put in our time to the best sl: yantage. Loth to see the vanishing hours depart, we hung on to them with the grasp of a miser, and improyed them fo the utmost. Little trials came; little vexations were sand- wicbed in between the erent bealth-giving plensures we @x- perienced, The littl: trials we lugghed away; the petty annoyances we sinashed with smiles; and renewed our appli- entions of tar and oil, Wet feet and bruised limbs we wel- come in our minds, but we dry them and rab them; and Haas the abbreviation on the tombstone, we Jet thom ae a ~ iP.” Oh, dear, for ome. Well, that's a good place when you've nowhere else 46 go, which reminds me of the old eallant who had been courting a lady for quite » number of yeirs, undon being asked why he did not marry her replied, “I! LT were to marry her, where would T spend my even- ings?” i Conuins, Col, April 18, 1584. MUSKOKA LAKES. Tititoy Movest and Stream: Noticing seyéral articles in late issues of Forman AND Ainmasr regarding the above lakes, L add my testimony in thei! favor. Waving lived for the lash year or more hero in Gravyerhurst, which is on the southern extremity of Mus koka Laie, Tm in 9 position to heartily indorse all Mir. M. McLeod says in regard to the excellency of the fishing. This Jake is the largest in the chain, and one of the inost beutiful of our inland lakes, Tt is studded with in- numerable islands which will soon be in all the glory of a spring garb, ‘The fishing is not the only altractive feature of the lakes; the seenery is beautiful, and a trip by steamer presents a changing panorama of the most delightful views, The fishing is wood, as T have had many opportunities of verilying; the smallmouth black bass beme abundant and particularly eumy und wellflayored. While not being able to record any extraordinary weights, 1 find the average runs over two pounds, svith qnife frequent fourpounders. ‘The bait principally used here by our local anglers is crawtish, which proves killing at all seasons, allhough the fly and troll tuke their share also. Pickerel are very plentiful, aud are readily taken by the troll, minnows, frogs, cle. Mascilonge are also plentiful and are usually taken with the troll, The smiul streams entering the lakes afford some yery good speckled trout fishing. Last weck L saw a tront which kieked the beam at 1 pounds taken from a small stream a sbovl distance [rom the town. There are many desirable fishing points in the Muskoka Lake, all of which are easily reached by boat from Grayen- hursb. ‘Perhaps one of the best, both in point of beauty and ex- cellonce of fishing, is Bala, sixteen miles up the lake, Tere the waters of Muskoka Lake find an exit by two outlets willhin 4 stone’s throw of each other, and cach tambling over atallof upward of twenty feet in hight, They unite afew yards below the falls and form the famed Musquosh River, Which enters Georgian Bay, twenty-three miles distant. fin- mediately below the falls some of the best fishing is to be lind, where pass, masculonge, pickerel and pike are to be cuult. This spotis where the Rudolph Fishing Club, of Piltsbureh, Pa,, camped Jasi season, Desirable camping places Gan be found on most any of the islands or shores. Those preferring the comforts of a hotel can he accommo- dated at Beauman’s by Mr. Prowse, or on Lake Joseph at Rosseau, where tye large hotels are located, ab most reason- able rates. About July 1 to 15 is (he best time to come. The fishing season has not yet opencil, owing to wonsual hight of water, Anglers and campers had hetter bring their own tackle, but every kind of camp supplies im the shape of canned goods, sroceries, ele., can be had heve in Gravenhurst, our mer- Chants making it a point lo keep everything in that line for the accommodation of campers, The quickest and best way to reach here is by making Toronto, one handved and fifteen iiles distant, the starting point. There take the North & Northwestern Railroad to Gravenhurst. Close conncetious aye made here with all the boats, as the train runs right down to the wharf. The Muskoka and Nipissing Nivigation Co. live a splendid line of steamers on the lake, of which the Wenonah, Nipissing and Kenozha (the latter being a beauty, only just launched) are the finest. Anglers aud lourists will find the company’s officers, from the popular manayer down to the deck liands, gentlemanly, obliging and ever ready to do all in their power tomake thom comfortable and their trip enjoyable, By advising beforchand the manager or secretary of (he company, steamers can be secured to land parties ab any objective camping point. In conclusion 1 might add thai | will always be happy to afford my brothers of the gentle artall the information in my power, and welcomeany who may call on me. A, P. CorneLu, M.D. QRAVENAURST, May 20), 1SHA, (June 7, 1888, HUNTING AND SWIMMING. PP HREE or four of us, young men bul old hunters, were seated in our club room one evening, and as the blue smoke from our soothing meerschaums circled lightly and dreamily in the air, our conversation reverted to incidents which had oceurred on some of our hunting trips. Andy had related how, when crossing Lake Temisconata, in Quebec, they came upon a squirrel swimming at about half i, mile from shore. The little animal must have lost his bewings, and doubtlessly was fatigued hy his efforts to stem the waters and reach land, for when one of the party held out his paddle to him he immediately ran yp it and jumped into the canoe, After running about the canoe for awhile, and peering into all the nooks and corners among the cargo, he perched himself upon one of the boxes, where he sat most demurely unlil the shore was gained, when, with a whisk of his bushy tail, he was off to regain the shelter of his native wilds, No doubt his whistling and chattering were intended for a yoluble offering of thanks, and although the party could not, as did Hiawatha, understand the squir- rel Janguage, yet they accepted his remarks as expressions of gratitude, I hope the little chap has met with no worse friends thin those hunters proved to lie, and that he still con. tributes to the welfare and advancement of the province by Planting the oak-producing acorn, I wonder what made the little animil so tame! “The beasts, as l roam o°er the plain, My form with indiferance see.” That much of the verse applies 40 his case, with the excep- tion that the hunters were voaming over Lhe water, but the next lines have to be chanwed soniewhat, thus: “Te was so unacquainted with man His tameness was pleasing to—them.” This little yarn put me in mint of 1 frolic some of ns had one day when camped at Timber Lake, Queens comty, N. B.- That part of the country is a splendid natural pasture, the grass growing Inxurianily round the swampy borders of the lake, and the farmers turn their eatile onto the marshes and Jetthem remain there titi] the fall, when they collect them and driyethem fo their harns to fatten them for market. We saw gome of these oxen swimmine over the thorougfire, whic separates the meadows trom the mainland, and they Kepl up a continaal bellowing during the transit. The next day, when we swenl in swimming, it ocenrred to one of the party thal we should imitate the actions of the oxen, aid forthwith there ascended sueh a lowing and bellowing as put the cattle standing on the bank ind eyeing us in wonder, to mosh wmiqiulifiee shame, ‘he sight of three or four young men, will their heads thrown back and eyes wide open in imitation of the frightened xatitle, and splashing and bellowine like madmen, presented such a ludicrous picture, that if was with difiiculty that T could reach land, so exhausted was I with laughing. One jale led to wnother, and thus 1 recalled a cirenm- stance which oceurtvd some years ngo. [had a Newfouid- land dog, a mere pup, bul of goodly size, and one diy he followed me when A cat down to the river foswim. Ife sat on the raft and watched me while I undressed, and when I plunged in he became very excited, punning up and down and yelping furiously, and at last he jumped in, as he thought, to the rescue. Before I knew what he intended to do he made an attempt to seize me by tle back of the head with his teeth, and ib required all my efforts to fight him off. Comprehending at last what his intentions were Timmediately allowed him to seize my arm and together we swam ashore, the noble animal thinking he was suving my life. we had never before seen a person in the water, and his attempt to rescue me was the first awakening of that instinct for which the Newfoundland is so famous, Another member of our social meeting then related a little incident called to mind by the last mentioned facts. Ile wus out in his canoe one fine afternoon, and among other fairer passengers was a little pet black and tan answering to the name of Ginger. Paddling up a small stream they came to 3, boom which necessitated a halt while a swing- ing log was pushed aside to allow passage for the canoe, Inside the boom, caught in the angle formed with the shore, floated a quantity of chaff—buckwheat huils, ete. —and Ginger, mistaking this unstable surface for terra Jivma, boldly leaped out of the canoe and disappeared in the tawny flood, 1 do not know if the little animal could swin or not, Wut it appears that le had never been in (he riyer before, and the female occupants of the canoe were very much alarmed about him. Howeyer, he quickly showed his head above water and began splashing yiror- ously, and was seeured none the worse for his involuntary baptism. These pleasant yarns led to more important and more serious conversation about swimming, and 1 come now to the chief object of this paper. That every man should ac- quire the art of swimming is an oft-repeated assertion, and the truth thereof isin no wise diminished by the reiteration, Much has been written on this subject, and yet there are at this day thousands traveling by water and exposed to death by drowning who, if they should he by any accident placed in water cyer their depth, would inevitably perish, My ad- vice to all such is that they lose uo time, but immediately undertake (0 adequive this useil art. But I wish more especially to speak to all young men who for pleasure yo on hunting excursions by water, in canoes or boats, Apart from the pleasure and health-giving properties of swimming, we oblain, by acqniring that art, the satisfaction of haying mastered a new science, a greater store of self-relixnce and confidence when ou the water, a more graceful physical deportment—such as is inyparted by the art of dancing— and, above all, the means of preserving our own lives when in danger and the ability to rescue our less fortunate fellow beings. He who can swim yentores with impunity in his fragile birch cance upon waters where one ignorant of the art dare not trust himself. 2iis impunity is, in a measure, his safety. Only those who can swim and are conversant with the art of handling a ennoe ean experience the health- ful excitement and the exhilarating exaltation of spirits im- parted by a contest of skill against the tossing whilecaps produced by a good still breeze. The occasion often arises when the hunter has to paddle all day ina heavy wind. He cannot always lie by and wait for calm weather, Exposed, as heis, to many dangers, if becomes imperative that he should be able toswim. This fact isso self-evident that 1 need not dilate farther upon it, As to how the novice is to learn to swim, the best method to porsue is to practice in company with friends who have already acquired the art. After having learnt the pal methods of swimming the yarions feats given in books on this subject may be allampted, ee Many sad incidents of death by drowning will occur to the minds of all of my readers; nevertheless ] may relate the unhappy fate of two young men with whom I was ac- qainted, ‘These unhappy victims to the inability to swim were oul on x huntiog excursion, and when crossing a small pond in their canoe they weve upset, and bath perished mis- erably, They both wore belts heavily laden with cart- ridges, and these probably kept them from coming to the surface when once immersed, andso destroyed all chance of frasping the canot und making a strugele for life. The parl of the countty where this accident occurred is very lonely, and they might have hong to thecanoe until ex hausted. and no help could have reached them. The water was not oyerseven feet deep, and ghoaled rapidly. Now, a. Z00d swimmer could undoubtedly have sayed himself, either by swintming into shallow water, encumbered with his belts, or he could have held his breath under water long enough to allow of his tuking off his belts, The first thought of a good swimmer on finding himself thrown into the water, isto secure a full breath before going under, and to hold his breath while under. But the man who cannot swim is flurried, snd of course utterly ala loss to know what. to do. He is helpless, suffocated, sucrificed. The good ssim- mer is, under ordinary circumstances, as cafe on the water as heison land. The person who cannot swim is, under the same conditions, in imminent and constant danger of death, Incontrast to thé sad event justi mentioned, is the experience of a person of my acquaintance who is a good swimmer. Hg was returning froma hunting excursion, when by some mishap his bark canoe upset, and he and all his utensils were thrown into the river. He was not very far from shore, and after swimming to land with his canoe, he undressed, ani returning to the spot, dived and recoy- ered his gun and all the other articles of value, and reached home none the worse for his accident. A person who could not swim would, in tlie same position, have been drowned. As before stated, Lain aware that in advising all who go upon the water to Jearn to swim, I merely reiterate the ad- vice of hundreds of writers, but I know personally many who cannot swim, and T am aware that there are hundreds of young menin every lurge city who are ignorant of that useful art. To allsuch I say, let not this summer pass and leaye youin criminal inability to exercise powers which have in merey and pity been given to mankind oy & wise Providence. HRATO, Nuw BRUNSWICK. SUMMER SPORTS IN CANADA. A 8 now isthe time when the summer sporting and camp- J ing trips are generally laid onc, I give herewith a short list of what arein my opinion the best places to visit. Beginning on Lake Ontario, we first come to the Thous- and Islands, Which are, however, so well known that little need be smd. Tor old sportsmen the Islands are of course too much frequented, but there is still plenty of good bass fishing, and many a pleasant day may be spent there. Rice Lake and the region and lakes thereabout ave next in order, and as in the former case, are old cumping out places, and generally well known to Lhe sporting world, On Lake Bric, the sporting rounds of Lone Point and Pondeau, are still able 16 give a first-class day’s fishing and shooung, bul the best points are all under lease, ana well guarded from the outside world. lomitted to mention while talking of the Lake Ontario region, that for parties wishing a pleasant camping place with moderately zood fishing, and where the modern neces- sities of life are all handy, the mouth of the Niagara River is one of the best places on record. Next in order comes the fishing and shooting grounds of the River and Lake St. Clair, called ‘the Flats’ The Riyer St. Clair, where it enters the lake of the same nume, passes for some miles through a vast swamp of reeds orrice, which swamp is inter- sected by shallow channels in all directions. Owing to the wet nature of the ground in the vicinily it is not the best camping ground in the world, but if onecan only get a foot- hold plenty of #00d fishingand duck shooting can be found. Parts of the fits have been leased by clubs who have erected club houses at different points, We now «ome lo Lake Huron, the shore of which for the first one hundred and fifty miles is, like the uther lakes, de- |- void of interest to the sportsman, except in a small way at the mouths of the rivers. My idea of a camping ground is a place where one can get entirely away from civilization (if such a thing be possible) without having to travel too far and undergo great expense or hardship in doing so—a place where one can get food fishing and shooting, vod clear water to bathe in, where tae wild fruits of the season ave io be found, and above all, a Place picturesque enough in itself to leave in one’s mind pleasant reminiscences of the sight as wellas the sports en- joyed there. ith the exception of the first place mentioned above (the Thousand Islands), the rewion [ have trayeled over does not to my knowledge contain one spot combining all, or nearly all, the above advantages; shooting and fishing being abun- dant, but the character cf the land, generally reedy and swampy, precludes the quicter pleasures of camping out. One bundred and forty miles northward from where Lake Huron enters the St. Clair River, and about twenty miles above Southampton (or, as i, was formerly and more properly called, Langcen), the coast-line changes from that straight shore appearance with a few openiogs, which it has borne from the foot of Lake Ontario, and again assumes the char- acter if wears at the Thousand Islands. From Chict’s Point, some fifteen miles above Langeen, the coast line to Cape Hurd, some sixty miles distant, is cut up w:th bays and coves in all directions, and the Pishing Islands run along it for some twenty miles. The shore is low, rocky and covered with cedar, There is a plenty of bass, pike and pickerel fishing in the bottoms of the bays, and capital trolling cround inside the islands for both sail and a boats. Also good duck, bear and deer shooting in the all. This region, however, lacks two of the main requisites for a complete camping ground, namely, picburesqueness and a supply of wild fruits. From Langeen to Cape Hurd one can make & harbor every three miles. At Cape Hurd is the entrance fo the greatest and prandest of all fresh water bays —the Georgian Bay. This bay contains within itself all the reqiusites of a perfect camping sround that [ baye men- tioned, and, as far as my experience Epes, is the only place that does so. The scenery as one enters tlie bay from Lake Huron by the Cape Hurd channel, is a fit introduction to strangers. The view of the Flower Pots, Cove Island, Bear’s Rump and the other islands of (he group is really grand, Just around FOREST AND STREAM. the cape is Tober Moray, the finest natural harbor on the lakes; nearly a niile lone and a quarter of a mile broud, easy of access, deep water all over, with banks of rock to which a vessel can tie and rides if al a dock. The fishing in this neighborhood is good. Bass in large quantities and pike and pickerel in the bays and voyes, and {rp-top trolling for salmon trout on the shoals, as many as ten or twelve beauties ranging from five to twenty pounders heing sometimes taken in one afternoon. Tlowever, we must fish on still further to the famous “North Shore.” Talk about ‘The Thousand Islands,’ why for a streteh of 200 miles from Collingwood to the Bruce mines ut the entrance of the St. Mury’s River, the islands on the coast are simply innumerable. A man once started to connt them, but when he got to seven thonsand had to give the contract up as hopeless. One can tuke a steamer ut Midland City drawing ten feel of water and journey by a protected passage inside the islands for 100 miles or more and then only get a glimpse of the beauties of this revion, The islands around here are all rock and very picturesque indeed. On almost every island one cau turn around after partaking of the substantials of a meal and pick a eupful of wild raspberries, strawberries, hucklebervies, currants, blackberries, and in the fall cranberries adi), without moy- ing from your camping ground. You are withm reach of the finest bags, pike and pickerel fishing to be had on the continent, and by the initiated mascalonge can also he taken. However, these jish, like the salmon trout, sener- ally prefer deep water in the hot weather. An o¢casional marsh At the bottom of some of the bays makes Guck shoot- ing prime. Bears are also to be met with, And plenty of deer on the mainland. This region is very easy of access, the Northern from Toronto or Mamilton landing you at Henetauqvishene, and the Midland from Toronto or Port Hope taking you fo ‘Midland City,” both places being at the southeastern and of the “nol'th shore’ chain of islands, Guides and boits can be procured at either place for moderate sums, say one manand a 25-foot sailboal for $1.50 or $2.00 per day, and in an hour or two you can be camped in 2 spol where you can live for a month wilhont seeing anyone, except perhaps i solitary Indian in search of game. I spent a4 month in the Muskoka region canoeing and port- aging, and I cannot speak too highly of the trout fishing and deer shooting in the early spting and winter, but the difficulty and expense of reaching the good grounds makes it beyond the reach of ordinary camping parties, especially 48 in pleasant camping weather deer shooting is out. of sea- son, and the trout lie too low to be tempted with the tly. I spent parts of one or two seasors on Lake Superior, but as that region is as yet farahead of the present wants of the carmpers-out, 1 will not say anything more than that fishing and shooting of all kinds ure good. For the past ten years or so [have generally made one of asmall party camping out or fishing for a month or two, We generally used sailboats, from twenty to thirty feet long To convey ourselves und stores, but as this necessitated pitch- ing tents and a great dealof trouble loading and unloading the poats, we determined to get a boat large cnongh to hold us all comfortably and safely. Last winter 1 purchased and had fitted out anew the class “A” schooner yacht Explorer. This Jarge yacht is some 60 feet over all, 16 feet beam, and 6 fect depth of hold, has a forecastle for the crew and a large poop cabin with six bunks ,and there is room for thirty more large berths below decks. She carries foresail, mainsail, staysail, jib, jibtopsail, and main and foregafftopsails, and has a large vYoomy yaw! capable of carrying fourteen or fifteen people, She will he used by her owners for a month or six weeks cruising in the season, and as they are not wealthy men will, during the balance of the season, be open tor charter to any party desiring her on any of the lales( American or Canadian sides) ala charge of $1 per diem euch. She can call for parties at any port desired. E. Lewis. Gopmrica, Canada, Batuyal History. A NATURALIST IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY. O the ardent sportsman or more patient naturalist, Wash- ington Territory presents a field of adventure and study unequalled in this country, perhapsin the world. Her mag- nificent rivers and grand old forests, her mountain peaks snd béautiful valleys, are a source of wonder and admiration to whoever beholds them. It was my privilege to make oue of a party to explore this wonderful region during the sum- mer of ‘82, aud the pleasure I derived from it forms anu of the pleasantest recollections of my life, while the many rare birds and eges which I obtained, and the curious habits noted of those of which little is known, has well repaid me for many hardships anil privations, About forty miles north of the Columbia River there empties into the Pacific u large body of water known as “Gray’s Harbor.” It is a fine bay, being about twenty miles long and fifteen broad, and with the numerous lire vivers that empty into it, drains a wide section of country, It was through thjs section that I spent nearly a year collecting, The channel of the harbor is broad and deep, and, dividing several miles from its entrance, forms the north and south channels, the whole center, as well as the sides, bemg im- mense flats covered by the tides, These flats ure the chosen resort of thonsands of aquatic birds, antl gulls, terns, peli- cans, cormorants and hosts of smaller birds literally cover the sands, and when disturbed rise in a perfect cloud, their shrill cries being audible for miles. Here they have congre- gated from time immemorial to vear their youn amony the adjoining rocks aud marshes, uudisturbed by sporlsman or collector, Oue afternoon after a long walk over these flats in search of new specimens, bul without suceess, I crossecl the south channel in my kanim (Indian canoe) and landed on the main shore. Sitting duwn on an old log to rest [heard a peculiar whistle, and turning around, observed half a dozen birds, whicli had evidently just alighted on the sand. Limmudiately recognized them as the somewhat rare black turnatone (Strepsilas melunocephala), not a single specimen of which I had as yet obtained. They did not seem to noticu me, and Twatched their graceful movements and the curious way: they would scrutinize the pieces of kelp and shells that lined the beach, and then, if everything seemed satisfactory, 363 ling of an eye.’ While thus busily ensaged, a large hawk come sailing past, and frightened them before 1 could secure my gun fromthe canoe. To say that I was disappointed would but. feebly express my feelings, and as I watched them eradnally fade from my sight, T determined to follow at all lizards, so T shoved the canoe in again, and after a hard paddle of about two miles, Janded on the flat once more. fTandreds of hirds were to be seen in every direction, but no turnstones, so I started down the edge of the water drageing my canoe after me, Lsoon discovered (he objects of my search quietly feeding among u large flock of: red-breasted snipe, but they had no notion of letting me get within slot, ny repented efforts to do so only causing them to fly greater distances. The tide had now turned, and was fast creeping up over the Hat, and having ceased to drag my canoe, it was now almost out of sight. At extreme high tides the water, L knew, would reach 8 depth of six or eight fcet, and wi at- ever Lwasto do must be dove quickly, so I tried coarse slot at long range, and had the satisfaction of secing one bird left struggling on the sand. L hastened forward to secure my prize, but before I could reach it a large gull (L. neetdentalis) suddenly swooped clown and seizing the still strugeling bird in its bill, few off with it in triumph. I recovered sufficiently froin ustonishment to send a parting shot after it, but without effect, The habits of this variety of L. argentatus are somewhat peculiar, If undisturbed they will sti or circle around for hours near ow camp, and the moment we would leave they would gather hy the dozens, and, amid a perfect chorus of screams, would carry off bread, crackers, and even large pieces of meat, Although I had specimens ready to be skinned, and others drying in tle air, they neyer seemed to molest them, and I could not account for it at that time. [ tave since lost many a valuable specimen in this way. I lave also seen these birds pursuing the smaller species of Limicole, and especially the surf bird (Aphriza virgata), with fhe persisteney of the pigeon hawk, never for 2 moment slackening their speed, until the frightened bird Fell an easy prey to their rapacity, and was carried off in their bill. I now beat a hasty retreat, and received a thorough wet tine before I could secure my canoe, which was now an- chored sevéral himdred feel from the shore, and returned to cainp without having secured one new specimen. Tn conversation with the Indians of this section (Chingoks) they have told me of some very large birds that at long in- tervals of time visited the harbor. Irom the ciosest ques- tionmy I concluded that they could be no less than the great wandering albatross (D. evuluns), the occurrence of which on our coast has been considered as doubtful, I always kept the closest watch for these birds, and one day in Sep- tember, after a protracted southerly storm, I observed, among a large company of Bonapart’s gulls, four birds that quickly arrested my att ntion; their peculiar manner of fizlit immedintely proclaimed them as albatrosses, and from their sreat expanse of wing they could be nothing less than D. exnting. Hastily seizing my gun and shell belt, 1 rushed lo the beach and was quickly paddling my light eanoe in their direction. They were fully a mile from me, and not- withstanding my utmost efforts to get within shot, they turned and heading out to sca were soon lost to view, while L returned disconsolate, not being fully satisfied as to their identity. Some weeks after this, while walking on the ocean beach, I discovered a large bird partially buried in the sand. It was very much decomposed, and I had some difficulty ia setting it stretched out on the beach. There could be no quustion in regard to its identity, it was a D. erulans of lurge size, measuring upward of eleven feet in alar extent. Whether it had met its death on or near our coast, or drifted from some southern sea, | could ouly conjecture, It was too far gone for a specimen, sol contented myself With securing the skull, which is uow in my possession. These are the oily instances of its coming under my vbser- vation, hut I am now satistied that it does occasionally visit our coasts. The tumming birds of this section are one of its most inte- resting features. You see them everywhere. In the open wlides of the forest, or its darker recesses, oul on the bare sands of the ocean beach, and even far out to sea, the whir of their wings is heard, or their tiny forms are seen for an instant as they dart away. The rufous-backed (Selasphorus rufus), and the caliope (Séellula ealiiope), are the most abun- dant, although we occasionally secured specimens of several other varictics, and numerous vests and ¢ges. The nest of the last named species is a tiny affair, and different from all that have ever Come under my olseryation in being made entirely of bright green moss. It is almost invariably placed at the extreme end of some low branching tree or sapling, and so perfectly does it correspond with the leaves, that it is almost impossible to discover it, ‘These little birds have ali(he pugnacitiy of our Bastern representative of the group, and attack birds of ten times theirsize, driying them away by the very violence of their attack. I will close this article by a short account of the habits of the brown pelican (Pelecnnus fuses), which were ® source of much amusement to us. They frequented the harbor in great numbers. Every morning we would sce them in com- panies of trom twenty-five to one hundred coming in from the ocean, and at dusk as regularly returning again. One company of about twenty invariably alighted on a point of sand about a mile distant from our camp, where their singu- lar actions, observed through a telescupe, excited our curi- osity. Ooncealing ourselves one morning before their arrival in a convenient thicket, we watched them without being ourselves seen. They were all young birds with a single exception, and he was.a white-headed old chap who evidently prided himself not a little on his looks, They irranged themselves in 2 row with the rezularity uf soldiers, and then the old Ceilow walked up and down in front of them several times, finally putting himsel at their head, They all marched into the water and swam off to commence their regular avocations of fishing, Here again it was laugh- able to wateh them. They would sail along a few feel above the water, each bird being attended by about a dozen whiite-headed gulls (4, delchert/). The moment the fish was seen, down would #6 the ponderous lead, anil the bird, with wings half closed, Would strike the water with a splash that could be heard fora long distance. his was the oppor- tity for whieh the gulls had been waiting, and the moment the poor bird cumeé to the surface, they surrounded him hke a swarm of bees, alighting on his buck, flapping their wings in bis face and otherwise so troubling him that, he was fre- quently unable to elevate his head, without dotng which a elican cannot swallow, and in self-defense would drop the turn them over, Woe to the unfortunate insect that had | lish, which was immediately carried off by his perseeutors. concealed itself there, for if was gobbled up in ‘‘the twink KAabparanna, a) i 364 FOREST AND STREAM. WHEN THE BIRDS RETURN. Fiditor Forest and Stream: It may interest some of the many readersof you natural history columns to know just when our friends, the birds, return to their nesting haunts, or pause with us on their way further northward. The following list has been taken with care, and is reliable for this locality. In most cases one bird only would be noticed the first day, the following one the variety would not beuncommon. Robin— Merula migrataria. .. 0... 0. ce eevee March 8 Purple Grackle—Quisealus purpurea. oo... 10 Phebe Bird—Sayornis frusous...-...---2 reese - 10) Red-winged Blackbird—Ayelaus phanicous. ..- “5 gh Woodcock—Philohela minor... .ccceeevceceeees hee bl Fox Sparrow—Paasserellie tinea... 2260 eee eee ve ankk Cowbird—Molothria ater... 2... s. se eee e eee sees oe 20 Wilson’s Snipe—Gullinugo media wilsant......-+. April 2 Night Heron—Nyvtiarden grisea nowia........-.. 5 Blue Heron— et Moreerhead Blirike. oc. 25 yi sleeker sien te Po ae Towhee Bunting........,....--.... Bere Suerte Be mi STOMA CUTHEI a. 2 aa Pee ae Be Romer eal} Barn Swallow, Sparrow Hawk...............-- 2s 20 Wood Thrush, House Wren.................--- rE OR ign. aredrie POLO, Phe. os aan fwvey Bere Hae le 26 Yellow Warbler, Wood Pewee, White-bellied Swallow, Bank Swallow....:..........-.2++5 : 30 Cliff Swallow, Chimney Swift, Spotted Sand- - IPGL Feels le. ets ee ee Pte tee ay 1 Warbling Vireo, Kingbird..,.......+.-.+-.+++5 Ww 2 White-crowned Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, White- throated Sparrow, Yellow-rummped Warbler and Mint ls Bi Yast te eee ee pea i0 Je Ries " 3 Purple Martin, Night Hawk,...........---+:.+5- 4 Redstart, Maryland Yellowthroat, Csrulean Warbler, Orchard Oriole... -. ies yt xt ne =f 5 _ Great Blue Heron, Green Meron. ..... Tee swyels aN 6 corm m OOO HO OH FF FHF A tO Golden-crowned Thrush, Scarlet Tanager..,..:.. “* 9 Bay-breasted Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler and Indigo Bird,.......... HPs RTOS se ee cpt eto Le. Great-crested Plycatcher, Black and Yellow Wrarblers, o5vse5.0 4 er) 2 ee eg elit Bobbliniks 3, pe90. Ars. P23 Lisp ty SOR seein Ae wel Rose-breasted Grosbuak, Cape May Warbler, Blue Yellow-backed Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler and Black-throated Greenayrarhletas sys), Seeeuanrinmanlae ten HE) fils) Blackburnian Warbler, Wilson’s Trush, Blue-gray Gnateutcher, Hooded Warbler, Canada Fly- catching Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Black and White Creeping Warbler, Blue-winged Yel- OW SWanblansesh sh iaeclitnntepepare real Sen tke Sel Yellow-breasted Chat, Whippoorwill. ..-........ aw ak Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo and Aca- Cingeilycatcligneeace, clear). aan oan Obs saree ¥ 19 Pewee, Solitary Vireo............5..0. RE Zo 20 Black-billed Cuckoo...........,. Dee ile anes ieee AEG CLEVELAND, Ohio, — 8. R, LE WINTER AND SPRING NOTES, 1882-838. D's 9, 1882.—Took a misty grackle in good plumage. Tt was found in a thick, bushy swamp; a spring and fall migrant. Dec, 12.—Saw a robin feeding on some poke weed berrics growing along the edge of a piece of woods. Has been seen several times since in the same vicinity. Dec, 138.—Saw eight or ten yellow rump warblers among the cedars. They became quite numerous in a few days in the open woods and cedar thickets, until about Jan. 5, 1883, when they disappeared. Saw two song sparrows in a swampy thicket, This is a summer resideut, Dec. 20.—Saw «a small flock of meadow larks in the field. The ground is covered with snow. Jan. 1, 18838.—Pine grosbeaks here. Saw twelve or fifteen umong the cedar and spruce trees, allin the gray plumage, A few are seen nearly every winter here. During the winter of 1874-75 they appeared in large numbers, Jan. 12.—Saw three bluebirds among the cedars, Jan. 14.—Saw a golden-winged woodpecker. Jan, 15.—A._ belted king§sher shot at Mill Hollow, Pame- chia River, Middletown, across the Connecticut River. A summer resident. Jan. 30.—Pine finch; shot one from among a flock of goldfinches and lesser redpoll linnets; the first and only one taken here. Feb. 5.—Saw a herring gull flying up the Connecticut River. A few usually seen about the riyer in fall and Spring. Feb. §.—Saw an immense flock of lesser redpoll linnets, numbering thousands; also a very large Hock of Arctic snow buntings on the meadows. Feb. 20.—A long-eared owl shot. Several barred owls have been taken in this vicinity during the winter. March 2.—Took great Carolina wren, of which you have published an account in the Forest AND StREAM. Siw a flock of robins and two fox sparrows. New arrivals, March 4.—A great horned owl’s nest found at Gilead, Conn,, containing two fresh eggs. March 13.—Saw crow blackbirds and redwing blackbirds. New arrivals. March 23.—Scveral rusty grackles in the swamps, March 26.—Saw three pewees. April 1.—Large numbers of fox sparrows in the woods and swamps; more numerous than I haye ever seen them before. Purple finches and cedar birds, which tre usually quite nomerous here during March, have not yet put in an appearance, Several flocks of wild ducks about the river. A pair of hooded mergansers, male and female, shot March 18. CHar.es H. Narr. Porrianp, Connecticut. [The field notes given above were received long since, but have been mislaid, and only recently come to light. We regret the delay in their publication. ] THE ENGLISH SPARROW. Editor Forest and Stream: It is with much satisfaction that we haye noted the pro- gress of the war made for the extermination of th&t great nuisance, the English sparrow. This bird has made him- self so extremely obnoxious wherever he has been introduced, that it has become positively evident that he must be got rid of, and that yery soon, or he will in time drive every oue of our small insectivorous native birds from our cities, villages, and thickly settled agricultural sections. And what have we in the place of our native birds? The meanest little ‘devil’ of the feathered species that was ever created. For the English sparrow is not an insect eater, that we can dis- coyer, neither has he a song note or beautiful plumage. But he is ever ready to devour the grain of the farmer, feed upon crumbs ebout homes, and feast upon the offal around barns and in streets. Hence his readiness to make his home where there is the most of this kind of food tobehad. After having satiated his gluttonous appetite he will gather by the thousand upon housetops, telegraph wires, fences and in treetops, or wallow in the dust of streets, for hours, thus idiing away valuable time that our native birds industriously devote to the work of insect hunting. He is a pugnacious little animal, ready for the combat at any moment, not only with other species of birds, but among his own family. There seems to be no good in him, and we cannot see why ornithologists, or any one else, could have the heart to de- fend this bird in any way. But we are glad to see those who have made bird science a study taking sides against this miserable pest, and hope the legislatures of the different States will soon follow the lead and take measures to have the English sparrow exterminated from the whole country. Herein Titusville, five years ago, the shade trees and shrubbery, along the streets and about grounds, were the homes of the native wildwood songsters, and the air was made melodious, morning and evening, with their sweet- voiced notes. Some of these summer visitor were the beau- tiful plumaged birds from the sunny South, who strayed North, it seemed, to make us glad with their presence; now they are all zone. Seldom one appears since the ad- vent of the sparrow, except a few robins, a family of which is raising a young brood in the branches of a tree a few fect from our window. We do not know of the nest of another native bird in the immediate vicinity, Humming birds used to be plentiful here a few years ago, but they, too, have taken fright and left the English “irate” 10 haye full possession. tw" -What has been the experience here with this bird, seems to hold good over the country wherever his habits have been [Juan 7, 1888. noted, Hence, where theré is so much evidence against, and none far, the culprit, there is certain reason for taking yigorous action in the matter. E. GC. Bru. ITUSVILLE, Pa,, May 23, 1883, Hanged By tim Necx.—Onondaga Hill, May 22, 1893. —On the 17th day of June, 1880, directly after dinner, I went out onto the front stoop of our house, and laid down on my back, looking up into the trees and sky, quietly thinking and listening to the birds above me. Suddenly 1 discoyered a cedar bird suspended by the neck to the end of a slight limb, and the bird twitching in the azonies of death, Hastily climbing the tree I cut off the limb whicli sus- pended the bird and discovered that a string, or rather a fine cotton thread, had been passed throuch the neck and skin of the bird and twisted about it several times, and also several times around the twig. I think that the bird was hung bya pair of robins who had a nest close by. These are my vea- sons. «During the forenoon and a short time before diner, T noticed a patr of robins chasing a cedar bird that had one feather missing from his tail, and when I came to examine this bird I saw that there was one feather missing from his tailalso, Another reason was that there were (wo robins chirping and making a great ado close by. I suppose it must have been over the hanging of their tormentor. Know- ing the habits and nature of robins very well, I haye reason to believe that these two robins were the execulioners. Snipe have not been very plenty here this spring, I have heard of a couple of good bags being made, one of thirty-tive snipe, another one of ten only. Isawsome of them; four of them equaled a robin in size each, Ata place on Seneca River called Mud Lock, over Yorty ducks and one wild goose were shot in one day. The place is only about cigeht miles northwest of Syracuse, N. Y. The blue jays haye come back to us ouce more. Out of a flock of twenty-five or thirty I captured twelve and had four sent to me to mount; also nine scarlet tanagers and a few rose-breasted grosbeaks,—GREEN WING. Woop Ducks ry THE BARNYARD.—Saratoga, N. Y., June 2,—In conversation this morning with Mr. D, A. Bullard. one of Schuylerville’s solid citizens, the following unusual circumstance was clicited which may be of interest to your readers, A few weeks since some boys passing through one of Mr. Bullard’s orchard observed a wood duck fly from a tree. A duck in an apple tree was to them unheard of, and they reported the fact to Mr. B.’sfarm manager, who made an investigation and found in the decayed trunk, cight or ten feet from the ground, a nest cortaining eleven eges. These were removed and placed under a hen, which in due time came proudly from the nest with eleyen brownish-black ducklings. ‘he little aborigines are exceedingly lively and shy, darting to places of concealment with the rapidity of mice, onthe approach of any living thing. They regard the yoice of the hen as that of a legitimate parent, and she in turn displays the usual solicitude when they bathe in the vessel placed for their convenience near the coop where the foster mother is confined, Itis the tention of the sentle- man mentioned to make an intelligent attempt to rear and domesticate them, with a view to matrimonial alliances with their civilized relatives.—S, A Heron CHoKEeD to Drata,—aA large blue jeron was found dead a few weeks since, and upon post mortem examination it was found that his loye for fishing and his “credulity” had caused his untimely demise. He had prob- ably read some of the recent articles in Forest Anp StReAM relative to the expansive capabilities of the throats of snakes, cranes, etc., and thought all things possible. It seems that the heron had tackled a shad fully twelve inches in length, and had succeeded in swallowing about half of the fish, head foremost, when it refused to be ‘‘put down,” and becoming wedged fast in the Lhroat of the bird, cansed its death. The fins prevented the disgorging of the delicate morsel. So, there he lay, a victim of scientific research and misplaced confidence. Fact! Moral—Be yery careful what you write in Forest AND STREAM, as all sportsmen and “fishermen” read it, and being “naturally credulous,” may injure themselves by experiments,—A, F, R. (Belvidere, N. C,, May 29). A Brar’s Winter Supep.—Mr. James Hopper, of Ed- wardsburg, is the happy possessor of a year-old bear, for which he has snug quarters prepared in the shed. On the 6th of last December, his bearship, no doubt feeling drowsy, retired to his quarters, and much to the surprise of his owner, refused to be coaxed out again, even sayory dishes, placed at the door of his box, had not the slightest effwet upon him. Weeks passed into months, and still bruin re- mained in a state of lethargy, until people began to look forward to the 17th of March, when all well-regulated bears are supposed to come forth and look for their shadows. But alas! for the old story, he came not forth, and rt was not until the 28th of the month that he condescended to poke his brown nose out and partake of a little milk, and not until the 9th of April that he may be said to have partaken of a square meal, [His long fast does not seem to have disagreed with him, as he looks just as well as ever —Presuoit (Ont.) Messenger. Tae Pine{GrosBeak’s St0mMMER Home.—I found pine grosbeaks at Second Connecticut Lake, May 24, in pairs. The song of one male I distinguished from a medlcy of song- sters at least 300 yards away. He was perched upon a dry tree on the Caribou Bog at head of lake.—N, U. Camp Hire Hlickeyings. “That reminds me.” TAMOND PONDS, ten miles east of this village, are yielding some fine creels of trout, as usual with all tributaries of the Androscoggin. A camp will soon be com- pleted there for the accommodation of sportsmen, under the auspices of Martin Noyse, # new hand but a royal fellow. Last week, while in temporary quarters across the lake, he Was aroused by a call from the terminus of the road, as one half awake would imagine. His loud “hello” inreply aroused one of the guests inside, who quickly recognized the voice of Bubo and exclaimed, “Come in, Mart, and let him go around if he can’t swim.” ‘A few decr had heen seen on shore at the lower und of the pond. Mart, unxious to show the attractions of the lo- cality fo one of his guests, discovered, as he fondly imagined, the form of a deer partly visible through the brush, and while trying to draw attention to it the fog lifted, and it alighted in the top of a convenient tree, as blue herons do. Cotesroox, N. H, Nep Nonron, FOREST AND STREAM. 3865 Gane Bag and Guy. GAME RESORTS.—We are always glad to receive for pub- lication such notes of desirable game resorts as may be of help to the readers of FOREST AND STREAM. Wall not owr corre- spondents favor us with such advice? CONCERNING BEARS. ILL asked me for a ride the other evening, and got into my cutter. It was a wild night, and the road was long, and as we drove slowly through the drifting snow, Bill lighted a cigar and congratulated himself on the fact that the wind was in our bucks, Under the influence of the weed he became communica- five, and if is always o pleasure to me to find him in this ‘mood, when I have time to listen, for he isa man of wide experience in his way, and is no ordinary character. ill does not call himself a hunter; but there are few beasts of the forest which he has not seen and slain. He knows the country, much of it intimately, from Denver, Colorado, to the outlet of the Great Slave Lake; has win- tered on Lake Nippissing (in old muzzleloading days), and Starved in the Grand Brnolée. The Dog-rib Indiaus nearly tool his scalp, but he gave them cause to remember his rifle and revolver, and merely carries a scar or two to remind him of their polite attentions, “Bill,” said I, “you've killed bears?” he had, but 1 wished to draw him out. “Yes,” said Bill, “I have.” ; ‘“How many?” “T killed seventecn one fall,” “How many altogether?” “About forty.” “Did you ever know a bear to kill and eat a man?” “N-no, I never did, “Byer have any trouble killiug ‘em’? “No. I never had what you might call a fight with one, The worst racket T ever had was with a wild stag. He shook me up s0’s I thought I'd never get over it.” “Tow was that?” “Why, it was a rousin’ big buck. Jim W—s got the horns now, You see, he was follerin’ a doe. T shot the doe with one bar), and him with the other, and thought he was all right, but when I stepped over a Joe to look for him. in the brush, he lit on me so quick I couldn't use my gun. He knocked it out of my hand, and then my knife, some way, and I grabbed his horns. I thought he'd never stop yankin’ me ‘round,”’ . “How did you get clear of him?” “T give his horns a twist and dislocated his neck,” That was 2 lucky twist.” “Yes, I had another time with a buck wp on the ‘Six Mile’ a good deal like that, but Imanaged to get out a Smith & Wesson revolver I carried then, and shot bim.” “Did you ever know a bear to chase a man?’ “Yes, I did—oneo’ your own neighbors, Bill D. Me and my wife, and four orfiye others, was down to his house that night, and he heerd ascrabblin’ in a brush fence about twenty rod off, and thought it was a breachy steer Johnson had, and wentto drive it away, and he got right up to it before he see what it was. The bear chased him clean up to the house, and he wus white as a sheet when he came in,” “Do you believe a she bear, when she has cubs, will tackle a man?” “No, Ldon't; not if he stands and faces her. T can give you an instance, with a witness, Henry D. He was the man that come to the tree first when he heard me whistlin’, I'd been putting up a little warehouse for a man in Kinmont and was “oing home just at night, with myadze and a basket of tools. When I got to the bridge I saw two porcupines, as I supposed, and started for’em. They ran up a tree and then I saw what they were, especially as they begun to squeal, Then I heard the old bear coming through the brush and had a mind to run, but I thought I might as well make a good fight as a bad retreat, and I dropped my basket and clinched my adve. The old bear came charging up within ten or twelve feet of mé and capered and snorted round, and growled and snarled fearful. Then I berun whistling, and aftera while Henry heard me and came where I could talk to him, and I told him what was up, and that if he'd stay there and keep the cubs up the tree, I’d go and get my gun. He said he wouldn’t stay there for a hun- dred dollars, and about that time my wife—my farm joined Henry's—heard the whistling and the racket and let looge a big Spanish hound I had. Henry’d set on his bulldog be- fetes but the bear teok after him and back he went to the Ouse. “My hound came up full chisel, and meant business, and it wasn't long till he drove the bear up a tree, , “Well, the short of it was that I stayed by my tree till T got my gun, shot the cubs, and then went and got the old ear, I spoxe of an instance within my own knowledge where two men, secing a bear near q small wood, went up to it and killed it with axes, and found that it was very old and per- fectly blind. “The fattest bear I ever killed,” said Bill, ‘was blind as a bat. Jim Wilson had a field o’ corn that they was workin’ bad, and one night I went over to watch for em, I stayed to the house and talked with the old man till it got to be so late that Ttold him if I stayed much longer the neighbors ‘ud think I was after sparkin’ some of his daughters, and I put out for the field, There was a stand pari way down, where I'd watched before, and though it was dark I knew what row of corn to follow to take me right to it, Before Thad got half way across the field I saw in the dim light something like alog right in the row, and I stopped. I know'd thut there was no log there when I seen the place belore, but there it was, and it lay perfectly still, Then I moved up alittle nearer. I had one of tijose old English muskets, with two or three balls in it, and J took aim in the darkness and onhitched. The thing hardly stirred. I see Yd killed something, and went back to the house for a Jan- tern. It was an old gray bear and blind as could be, and he'd heen living: on that cornfield, I suppose, all summer, and died with the cob he was a-eatin’in his mouth, He was fat.” “You hadn't much trouble with him.” “No, not much. Ineyer had what you might really call ‘trouble’ with ‘em, TI once thought I was in for it, though, and no mistake. “Ti wasin Lower Canada. I'd been following a track in the early snow, and it seemed as if they—there was two of vem, an old one and a cub—didn’t know where they was goin’. I helieye they did though, wll the same. © They Of course, I knew truiled me round—or IT did them—hither and yon through a big swamp of several hundred acres, At last they took a beaten track toward night, and I followed ‘till I came to a ledge with a hole near the bottom, Tt wasn't very Jarge, and went down into the ground, or rock, and after looking the place over, I took a piece of a large dry poplar tree, and dropped it in fora plug. T thought I heard a growling, but I went on and built a fire about twelve feet from the hole, Then I took out the plug, lay down on the other side the fire, where I could see the hole, and waited. ‘Tt got dark, and I began to feel sleepy. At lasi I saw the head of a small bear pop up. He just took one look and settled back. Pretty soon he looked outagain, and the third or fourth time he climbed out. Tdrewa bead on him, and knocked him over. Then | waited. In about two hours I sev another head, That was a yearling, and when he finally came out, Lshot him. Then I waited. and it got pretty well toward morning, when I heard a grunting. I guess 1 must have been asleep, for the bear was half way out of the hole before I saw ber. I jerked up my gun and let loose, and back she tumbled into the hole. Then I thought I had ’em all, and I tried to get the old one out, but couldn't do it, Then L gota torch and slid downinto the hole. It branched off Jeyel, and 1 walked on through a sort o’ cave, about eight or len feet high, till I came near the end. “Td set my toreh down agin the side of the cave, and was lookin’ round when [ heerd a growl, and up, on asort of shelf to one side, I see the head of an old rouser. Tup gun and fired, the torch went out, and I dropped gun, axe and all, and scrambled out of that hole, as quick’s I could, I tell ye. Ithonght Iwas called for, I plugged up the hole avain and started for home. LIlooked np a chum o’ mine and we went back, and after listening awhile, went into the hole. Id blowed that bear’s head half off. We got ’em out and managed to get ‘em home after a while. There was lois o’ people went to see the place that fall, and the next year but one there was two more bears killed in the sume hole.” Xe MicHican, HUNTING RIFLE SIGHTS. Baitor Fopest and Strewn: Iwas much interested in a communication from ‘‘Occi- dent” which appeared in the Foresr anp S'irrwan last week. He seems to prefer the old-fashioned open sights for hunting purposes. JT agree with him to acertain extent as regards using a muzzle sight only—the same asa shotgun, I have made some yery good shofs with a rifle using a muzzle sight only. The old-fashioned notch and bead I have discarded entirely, and I think that ‘Occident” would do the same if his experience were like mine. Last year 1 commenced using a Lyman rear sight; the more I use it the better I like it, and I think that if “Occident” will try one of them in connection with almost any front sight (1 prefer the Beach) he will soon change his opinion about the best kind of rifle sights for hunting purposes, and especially for shooting moying objects. But when aiming with a Lyman sight be sure and keep both eyes open, Don’t xo to “peeping and squinting” sith one eyé shut and the other nearly so. Don’t try lo use the large aperture for a peep sight, for it is not intended to be used for any such purpose; but keep both eyes open, throw wp your rifle, and you will find that the cyes strike the line of sight easily and naturally, You don’t have to hunt around for your front sight, then find the notch in your hind sight, and then probably take your eyes off the gun before you can sce the game; but everything accessory to good, yuick shoot- ing is naturally presented, and the eye.at once takes in the whole field. T now have two of the Lyman sights in use, and I prefer them by far to any sight that I ever used orsaw. lL most heartily agree with ‘‘Occidont” when he says: “If we have no eyes [one of them closed] we certainly have no need of gun sights, and if we produce an sberration of vision that interferes with the organic functions of the eye by peeping and squinting, we naturally hive no eyes to see straight,” Iron Rastron. SOMERVILLE, Mass. BAY BIRD SHOOTING ON THE CHESA- PEAKE. HAVE been putting my breech-loaders, and notably my Greener trap gun Ne. 10, to a severe test during the last two weeks, for | never inmy life sawso many birds, espe- pecially curlew, and I have had sport sufficient to satisfy the most insatiate sportsman. As I have written up Cape Charles for the Fores’ AND Stream, I will not indulge in a descriptive vein, but simply copy from my diary verbatim: May 16, 1883.—Stopped at the Hygeia Hotel, Old Point. May 17.—Started for the Chesapeake shore on the steamer Northampton. The wind was blowing high, the bay was rough, and the passengers asa general thing yielded up their breakfasts. Reached Cherrystone, a pretentious yil- lage of many streets and avenues, but no houses: hired a darkey, a mule, and an antiquated spring wagon to carry meto Ketchum’s. The animal wasin the last stages of goneness, and I believed if the mule could cheat the buz- zards I would make the trip sure. Reached Ketchum’s in about five hours—a little grocery and a one-horse oyster and clam steamery built on piles in the bay. Captain Ketehum is a retired merchantman sailor, grum in manner, but accom- modating and kind. George Hutchings carried me over to Smith Island. May 18.—Set the decoys on the mainland shore. Much to my surprise the robin snipe have not made their appear- ance, but the curlew and calico-hack snipe are in abundance and stool well. Result, forty-one birds. May 19.—Went with ox cart four miles up bench of Smith Island to Mud Hole, where HI. Cobb, of Cobb’s Island, killed two hundred birds in one day last weel, bul then Cobb is a pot-hunter, and shoots for the New York market, and he has the thing down fine, his decoys are lifelike and humerous, his patience untiring and he can whistle every bird to him fora mile around. Did not haye Cobb's luck by a long sight, the spoils only amounted to thirty-two birds. No sign of the robin snipe. It is terribly hol, face and hands scarlet and burning, May 19.—Woke up this morning and upon going to the looking-glass started back with feeling akin to the unfortu- nates who gazed at the prophet of Kohassan’s countenance unveiled—skin coming off in flakes off face—nose, already large, now of donble size, cheeks puffed out, eyes bloodshot, hands eut and sore shoulder, brnised and black from kicking of the gun, Some would not call this fun, yet as the Cockney would say, ‘Wat's the hodds, long as your’e ’appy.” A stiff wind blowing and the birds flashing by on the pinions of the wind. Shot until evening and the score was Seventy-one birds, all killed sinaly and on the wing. Still no sign of the robim snipe, which haye invariably hitherto stopped here on their migrations abont the first of May. The old inhabitants say their absence is something unheard of. May 20.—Sunday, a day of grateful rest and ease. It has been the custom from time jmmemorial, both in verse, song and story, for the enamored swain to express his desire to fly to a desert isle with his fair one and live in the light of her smile evermore, It is 4 beautiful sentiment, but I would recommend the love-sick youth and the bashful mitiden to stay for a week at some lighthouse, where the moaning of the surf sounds a requiem in one’s ears, May 21.—Again at the blinds; birds more plentiful thun ever, Only stayed a couple of hours. Spoils, twenty-one. No sign still of the robin snipe. May 22.—It is 1 wonder to me that some of thie votiaries of the rod and gun (lo not erect a club house on some of the uninhabited islands scattered nround here, where the gun- ning is fine, the fish plentiful, and where one is free from mosquitoes. I know of one gem of an island in this vicinity, May 34.—At the blinds at sunrise, and the like of the eur- lew I never saw before. They came from every point of the compass and in flocks, Such an exciting time don’t come often. I had shot both barrels into a whirling, quiver- ing mass, and when in a frenzy of haste tried to unlock the barrels I found they would not open. I separated the bar- rel from the stock and witha rod tricd to force out the shell, which was a brass No, 10 with Berdan primer, In vain—the shell was stuck fast, [ rammed and rammed until the rod shivered, and one half stuck in the barrel, And there I waswith anempty gun, and the curlew, calico-backs, black breast and yellow-legs, fresh from their slumbers and fearless, were lighting and hovering over the decoys in hun- dreds. Thave been in many situations of trying nature in my life, but never one more ageravating and more trying, There I sat—l could not do anything ¢lse—the nearest house was two miles distant, and by the time I could walk there und get a ramrod the birds would be scattered to their feed- ing grounds, I became silent at last, for words were inade- quate, Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, oh sea; And I would that my tongne could utter The thoughts that arise in me. May 25.—The tide not being exactly right, did not go hunting, The greatest case on the island is George Hitch- ings; he has a most exuberant fancy. The islanders say that when George wants oysters he goes toa bed and tells some of his colossus lies, and as he proceeds the oysters’ mcuths open wide in astonishment and then George helps himself with a folk—and old Joe Millerism—but it shows how rustic tradition hands it down. May 26.—Last shooting day. Killed twenty-six calico backs in about two hours. Sunday, 27.—Walking along the beach this evening found the robin snipe had arrived—they come all at once— to-morrow they will be in millions, and I have to go home to-morrow. Just my luck. CHASSEUR, OVP THE VIRGINIA Capes, May 23. FLORIDIAN EXPERIENCE, Editor Forest wid Stream: “T hate the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and ery allisbarren!” So wrote Sterne a hundred years ago, and the race of grumblers is not yetextinct. We meet them in cars and steamboats, and they utter their complaints in the newspapers. Especially do they abound among tourists returning from Florida, One class goes there for health and amusement, and being of yacant minds, with no resources within themselves, they pass through a region full of novel“ ties and see nothing except the poor food, the mosquitoes and the fleas. All these inconveniences are met with in the Northern States, and many of them in European traveling: but to hear these people talk, and to read their indignant letters to the newspapers, one would suppose that fried beet- steak and saleratus bread were unknown in New England and the West, and that the mosquito and the flea were pecu- liar to Florida. Often have we met with these unhappy people and listened to their complaints. “‘Ploridais all aswamp.” “Nothing can grow in Florida, it is nothing but sand.” ‘‘I’ye been all over it and I know.” ‘‘Where haye you been?” Task. “Oh, (ve been to Enterprise, staid one night at the Brock House; then I went up the Oclawaha, and after that to St. Augus- tine, Iam told it’s all alike. I wouldn't give a hundred dollars for a whole county.” Then there is another class who try to pass for sportsinen. They go loaded with guns, dogs and rods. They take the preat traveled routes and are surprised not to flush quail in the streets of Jacksonville, that they see no deer or turkeys about the Putnam Honse,in Palatka, except on Orvise’s table, or find no bears in Enterprise or Sanford, except in the hotel office, perhaps. i have seen them fishing in the St. John, Black Creek and Lake Munroe. Having no boatman who knows the waters, they come home with a few catfish or perch, swearing that there are no fish in Florida, and that the whole thing is fraud. The tourist who has an eye for natural scenery, or who has a special pursuit among the scionces, will always find matters of interest in every land; and the real sportsman, who knows where to look for game and fish, and how to kill it when found, who goes into the wilderness properly equipped with guides, orto the remote lakes and rivers, or to the seashore with skillful boatmen, will find spori in Florida, and that of the best. But neither North or South will every day bring success. Noone but the creature known as the “trout hog” expects or wishes to commit constant slaughter. BG) GC. Marterra, Ga. Editor Forest and Stream: : T see in vour issue of May 24 aletter on sport in Florida. Having spent this year some weeks wandering there in Marcel and April, [ am able to corroborate much that *Didymus” says with regard to the ludness of the general run of the Floridian hotels, and I think most people who visit Florida for winged game shooting are likely to be more or less disappointed; but on the other hand I think he is too sweeping in his condemnation of the sport to be found there, The greater part of the Gulf Coast is still almost a ferra incognita to the sportsman and the tourist, and to anyone who does not mind 2 moderate amount of roughing it, and a 366 who wishes to try his lick at deer, with an occasional shot at a “gator or a turkey, T can confidently recommend Gulf Hammock, where he will finda most comfortable house, kept by Mrs, ©. Wingate. I found it more of a home than ‘1 hotel, and the charges most moderate, $12 per week. It’ has none of the pretenfiousness of the large hotels, but T am cerfain that no one, after spending there some weeks, as I did, will regret haying done so, and they will, I am sure, say that they found every comfert, though perhaps not all the Juxuries (2) of the large caravansaries, There isa keen hunter, Albert, whose seryices are always at the disposal of the guests of the house, and a sportsman must be indeed unlucky who goes ont without starting some deer (one day we jumped no Jess than eleven), and it will be his own fault if he does not have venison every day for dinner. There is excellent black bass and sheepshead fishing in the lovely stream the Wociva, which runs close to the house, Gulf Ilammock is nine iniles from Otler Creck station (where there is a post-office), on the Pernandina & Cedar Keys Railway, orit can be reached by boat, being about twenty miles from Cedar Keyes, should anyone prefer that means of locomotion to the nine miles’ ride in 4 wagon. VIATOR. Boston, Mass, Editor Forest and Stren: From an experience of many years in sporting, I think Tndiau River, Florida, one of the best and most interesting places for hunting and fishing I ever visited. A few miles back of the western shore is the most extensive cyprus swamp in all Florida, in which can be found all the larger game of Florida, and one ns only to build a fire and burn some flesh or fish some quiet evening, that the Scent may waft outintothe swamp, to call out panther, bear and wolf. 1 found deer and turkey more abundant there than in any other part of the State, and on the strip of land between the river and the Atlantic, quail were plenty. Theriver abounds in fish of great variety, and oysters and turtle, while ducks, seafowl and wading birds are found in countless numbers. As the winds are usually either cast or west, the river is seldom rough, and a good light boat is like a ready team re- quiring but litle care, and ready hitched atthe door, Tt is impossible to try to describe the beautiful semi-tropical views, the ever new and wonderful varying points of interest, the variety of birds that seem to start up as one sails along by the grassy points and woody inlets of the west coast, The want of a hotel has so far been a barrier to sportsmens’ visits. But that want will be in 9 measure supplied or filled by the Florida Sportsman's Association, for as a mem- ber one finds a home and is niecly cured for, and four or six members can at any time take one of the portable houses, and shift their camp to any point desired. In your issue of May 24, ‘‘Didymus” says he supposed when he went to Florida he could shoot all the wild turkeys, deer and hear from the cars. Well, that is the opinion of about one half the “city sportsmen" that start for distant points South or West. But wild game is seldom found on the beaten paths of well traveled routes, and the cify sports- mun that expects to find gangs of wild turkeys looking into the car windows, or droves of deer pice-nicing on railroad tracks, will be sadly disappointed 1 deny that there are no good hotels in Florida where game and fish abound, I would say visit lomosassa, sit at Jones’s table, and in the morning or evening try the deer or wild turkey in the ad- joining hamack on either side; or ina boat at his door, try either rod or spear among the great variety of excellent fish that abound there, and when tiring of that, try the ducks and seafowl to your heart’s content; then go down twenty miles below to Bay Port, and stopping at Mrs. Garrison's, try the river for fish or ducks, and the hamack for deer, or continue down to'Tampa, stopping a while at Clear Water Harbor, and then honestly confess yon were mistaken; and that there are good hotels, obliging hosts, and excellent tables. clean beds, and obliging hotel keepers in Florida. Did ‘Didvmus” expect to have wild turkeys gobbling at him from every bush at Ocala? Ocala is the shire town of Marion county, in a pine land district, largely aericultural, quite a business place, with steam mills and cotton gins, hardly a place to expect much game. Having spent eight winters in Florida, I am_ rather disposed to contradict these statements of “Didymus,” ag | have visited all the counties of the State and most every large town, aud yenture to assert’ that my shooting and fishing experience exceeds his by at least fifuy per cent. Putnam, Conn., May 25. WwW. ONCE MORE “THE SCREED.” Eilitoy Forest and Stream “Still must I hear’ those other fellows bawl, and I not sing? Why can't I have a “shy” at the old '‘Screed,” as well as the rest? It yg Yather ‘‘briery,’’ not a doubt of it; but the sports- man, who ten yeirs hence shall take the trouble to re-read it, will be likely to say the writer’s head was level, The value of a dog is more difficult to fix than that of al- most any other piece of property. I have never dealt in them, though L once accepted an offer of $50, for one which cost me $17, three days before. I would not give fifty cents for his counterpart to-day: Nevertheless, I liave owned and broken a gvod many, and although dogs which are really good, and thoroughly well-trained, are not over plenty, I think the values of such animals are oft@n fictitions. Many will continue to pay the fancy prices, but fewer can afford them. T did not understand “Nesstank" to class Prany’s chromo among works of high art, but rather to take the position held by the late Mrs, L. M. Child, who ‘believed in” them, as enabling persons of Moderate means to adorn their homes with pictures,, when expensive paintings would be out of the question. “Picket” lasn’t it all ou his side in the matter of Damas- cus barrels, either. IT haye thought that such a firm as Quentin Matsys and Benvenuto Cellini (artists and artisans) would have made, might do something quite creditable in that ling, should they choose to attempt it. Tdo not know “‘Nessmuk,” but Twill bet my best whim- bamper against a common heydag, that if he had plenty of money, and found a dog, or anything else which suited him, he would buy it without much regard to the price. Some publisher ought to bring out a volume entitled, “Nessmuk, his Served (and accg. does,),” which should con- tain the original production and the various comments which it has elicited. Wouldn't it sell’ X. P. 8.—''The game must go.” FOREST AND STREAM, er ee Piel eee Tue Kynocu Sumnis,—lf we may trust the evidence printed on the other side of the water in regard to the oLOGICAT CGanpin,— Purchased.—Two beavers (Castor jiher canmde, 28). three pray ichnen- mons (Herpestes griseus), four Gillespie's hair seals (Zalophus gilles- pii), seven rhesus monkeys (Macacus erythra us), two bonueb monkeys (Macacus radiatus), three common macaques (Macacus cynomolgus), one black-handed spider monkey (Atel2s melanochir), one Humadryas baboon (Cynocephalus harnadryas), one brown capucio (Cebus fat ells), five elephant seals (Macrorhinus angustirostris), one turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), two greater vasa parrots (Cormeopsis Has), one goldfineh (Carduelis elegans), two bluejays ( Cycnurus cristatys),, and two undulated prass parrakeets (Melopsilfacus undutatics), Pre- sented._One coypus (Myoptamus coypus), two ravcoons (Procyon lotor), five woodchucks (drctomys mona), one White-fronted poose ‘Anser albifrons gambelii), one snow goose (Anser liyperborens), two orned owls (Bubo virginianus), four peatdw] (Pavo evéstrete), one diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus), two water movassins (Ancistrodon piscivorus), one hog-nosed snake (4, platyrhinos at- modez), one hog-nosed snake (H. platyrhinos), three black snakes (Bascanion constrictor), and three alligators (Alhigator way ensis), Born.—Five prairie wolves (Canis latraws), Six prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus), and two mallard ducks (4inas hesvas), = 2 ————<<<_<<_ ‘ June 14, 1883.) - Game Bag and Gay. GAME RESORTS —We are ahvays glad to receive for pub- liccttion sueh notes of desirable pe resarls ap midy be of’ help to the renders of FOREST AND STREAM. Will not our corre- spondents favor us with such advice? A DEER HUNT NEAR MONROE, LA. BY GD, A. NEVEN miles above Monroe. on the enst side of the KY heantiful Ouachila River, is one of the most noted, pleasant and successful places for deer shooling in the State of Louisiana. IT meinin ante-bellum days—what it, is at this ime 1am unable to say. In addition to deer, no hetter grould could be found for indulging in the delightful amusement of luunting wild turkeys or chasing wildcats. The lake and viver abounded in bartish—or striped bass— trout, wd eyery variety of perch usually found in Southern waters. It is called the Horseshoe,” being a peninsula formed bya lange Jake in the form of a horse shoe, the Heels GF the shoe teaching within fifty yards of the river, and not over lwo hundred yards apart. The interior of the Shoe was along, vather narrow body of land, pretty high in spots, and covered with dense long fishing-pole cane, Parallel with the banks of the lake were several sloughs filled with water in winter, but dry in summer, Many water oaks and persimmon lites grew in these sloughs, the acorns attracting the dueks and the ripe persimmons the deer, which are cspeciilly fond of this fruil. The Shoe itself was along and wide Jake, deep in places, and with high banks generally on both sides, At the time in which this hint, to which our article is devoted, came off, this lake abonnded in alligators; in fact, they were so numerous that the deer would uol take the waier unless absolutely compelled in order to escape the dogs and hunters, and no dog would eross it ofiener than once or tiyice if not caurht by the alligators, being so badly frightened that le never ventured the deadly passage a third time. Jt was not very wide across the Shoe, but there was a sufficient body of land to offer 4 sttong attraction for the deer, on the same side of the river on which the lake was, to go there and lie during the day, and even a stronger one to the deer fre- qunenting the pine flats that bordered the river on the west side. Those deer would swim the river at the point be- tween the heels of the shoe, and thus were safe from the hunters that purstied them on that side. At night they swam back and fed on the hills and pine flats. Olen asimiany as twenty to fifty deer would lie in the Horseshoe ata time. It only wiforded hunting for one day. The plan of the hunters of Monroe was to send up a party of servants with the dogs in yawls, to go by water, and Jand at the mouth or rather heel of the Shoe, while they rode by land and generally arrived some time before night, so us to ‘ occupy the whole heel and keep the deer inside until next di ay. Mr, Charles W. Phillips, of the old firm of Wiliams, Phillips & Cox had arrived from New Orleans on his way to visil his plantation on the De Siard Island, on which island was this (Morseshoe, THis friends, consisting of James McEnery—the eldest brother of the Gov. McEnery, Tom Scarboroush, Joe Masou, Henry Dibkrave, lis half brother, John Ludeling, subsequently the Chief Justice of the State, and your humble servant, met and agreed to give Mr. Phillips a hunt at the Horseshoe; to eo up one afternoon, camp tht night and return the next day. A. more lively, jolly set neyer went hunting, prepared to enjoy themselves no raatter what turned up. All were suc- cusstul lhonters except Mr, Ludéling, who, I think, had meyer taken so long 4 hunt before, and [ am certain had never Killed a deer until ou this occasion. Three yawls were sent up the river with the hounds, and supplied with all the fine liquors, wines, cards and good things that the eating and drinking saloon of Charlie Aus- tin (who was then living, but a short time afterward was basely murdered) could supply. The hunters took their fans and rode on horseback to the appointed place. Strict orders had been given to the servants that rowed the yawls, to make no noise until they had gotten into the heel, and to be certain to chain every hound, should they reich the rendezvous before us. My shotgun had iieen sent on the yawl, and L bore my rifle, in- tending to baye a turkey hunt, or a still-hunt the next morn- ing at daylight, Then were seven of us, four haye been gutheved to their fathers, and three survive. Tn those days, fine wines, liquors ‘nd card-playing, (whist and cuehre), were the fash- ion, but [must not omil, mentioning the good old Havana cigurs, that one could get thenin perfection, I never drank, nor did I play cards, hut as to cigars, one could always get on my food side, if ] had one, by offering mea genuine old Dluck Cuba-Principe. We reached the ground in adysnce of the negroes, kindled fires along the 200 yards between the heels of the Shoe, and had a merry time before the arrival of the yawls. After they came, téols were stretched, eatables and drinkables set oul and each seated himself to haye a good time generally, We congratulated ourselves on being the first camping party of the scason, since we could find no signs to indicate that any one had been in to disturb thé deer, My particular hunting friend, Henry Dinkrave, gave me directions how to take 2 stroll Outside of the lake, in order to learn the bearings of the woods, so as 1o have the still-hunt the next morning, 1 took my rite and went olf ta carry out lvis directions, while apart of the hunters rigeed their fishing poles, and during my absence had sueveeded in catching more bar, or striped) bags than we all could cat, TL returned by sundown, haying learned all t desired about the surroundings aud the game. 1 found a lone pieces of eround on the lake, from which the cane bid been burned, louving it clear of undergrowth, and on this place were plenty of sigus of deer and turkeys. The ground under the oaks was covered with acorns on which the deer fed at niviti. I say several fresh and lange “scrapes” made by (he bucks, and I was confident of finding one there the next morwing, ‘ Tt tad beerasreed, ton, that no one should firea gun before moruing, tor {var of frighteoing the deer inside of the Horse Shoe. jiv. Dinkrave had taken « walk along the high bank betveen the heels, and reported finding a great deal of sign of (leer, Banguine was every one of haying one of the most successful hunts that had been witnessed on this noted spot. After the heartiest supper I eyer ate, and one I really enjoyed, [laid down in my blanket: to watch the party ear- nestly engayed in playing cuchre, “J] bet a hundred dol- lars,” said Phillips, putting a small tramp on Scarborough’s + FOREST AND STREAM. ace of diamonds, “that I kill the first and biggest buck to-morrow.” f “Take that bet,” replied each, ‘that you don’t." “Bring that basket of champane here,’’ said MeEnery, speaking to his servant; “l’m getting awful‘dry.” They had already drank up one basket, and how much good old Bourbon whisky [ do not know, “Tl bet fifty doliars that Ludeling kills a deer,” said Scarborough. “Tl take it,” said Dinkrave, ‘for he never shot at one in his life.” ‘Don’t you bet, Tom, for I really never shot at one,” said Ludeling. Before lying down I had got Mr. Dinkrave to promise to wake me up before light inthe mormng. I knew they were going to play and drink all night. So, alter watching them for some time, I turned over to go to sleep, but I heard, before I weut off into the land of Nod, Mr, Mason offer to bet a large sum “‘that if a deerwas killed that Col. A. would be the one fo kill it,” and another sum that 1 “would kill one on my still-hunt in the morning,’ both of which bets Mx. Phillips took, and then called for the fish and oysters and coffee. J heard no more, until nearly daylight. I felt someone pulling and shaking, and recognized the heavy speech of Henry Dinkrave, ‘Get up (bic) Col. A. (hic), if you want to #0 still-hunting (bic), here’s a cup of hot coffee.” In a mo- ment I was up, drank the coffee and sturted, telling Henry if Ishot and blew my horn, to come to me, with a horse. Unfortunately I omitted to take with me any matches, I had lighted a cigar when I started, and had a pocket full with me. It was the dark of the moon in October, and it would only be visible a short time before day- break. A more favorable time for finding the deer could not be chosen, besides, the ground was damp, it hay- ing rained the day before we left Monroe. Ii was about a half a mile to the ‘‘burn’’] had found the evening before. There was good walking along the edge of the water of the Jake. and all [ had to do, after get- ting to the burn, was to softly creep up the high bank and peep over to see if a deer was in sight. Thefirsi andsecond time 1 did so nothing was seen, but the third (by the way, is not the number three q lucky one?) I was rewarded by see- ing 4 massive head with a wide pair of antlers appearing aboye a large prostrate cottonwood trev. The buck neither saw norsmelt me, 1 had discovered the omission of having no matches, and | could not afford to lose my lighted cizar, ‘reeping back, I Jaid the cigar in a place where I would have no difficulty in finding it, cocked my rifle and sprung the triegers, and then peeped oyer the bank. The deer had not moved his position. Never did] take more deliberate aim, Ti was true, it was barely light enough to see the sights; but then the deer was not oyer forty yards from me, and I could make allowance for that distance. ‘Not the least ex- citement about me, the heart beat all right, the nerves were steady from the cup of strong coffee, and the stock and bar- rel of the rifle were held as steady as ifinavise. I thonght the eye was too small a target for the dim light, and I had better unjoint the neck bone, just back of the head, as he was presenting a side shot to me, the high log covering all the body from sight, The shot was made, and when the smoke blew to one side I saw a deer bounding off, making high jumps and whist- ling as he went. Hedid not vo fast, and before he got a hundred yards he turned around, stamped the ground as if in rage, and acted yery strangely for a deer that had been shot at. I quictly stepped down, and, getting my cigar, which was alive, loaded my rifle and cautiously went up the bank and peeped over again. There was that huge buck still in sight and whistling and snorting, but further off, not less than 150 yards. Putting down the cigar on the top of the bank, I raised the rifle and fired with a rising aim as it came to the shoulder. The deer presented a beautiful broadside shot, I aimed for the heart, and, oh! how glad I was when I saw him spring from the ground and then pitch over on his head. My esieemed young friend, Joe Mason, had won his bet. Yirst giving the cigar a few long whitts, I seized my horn and blew three long blasts as heartily us 1 ever did on any occasion. Jhad to blow a good many times before Dinkrayve, with Tom Scarborough and James Me- Enery, came to my assistance with two horses. Hearing two shots, Henry Dinkrave insisted on taking two, as he as- serted he was confident I had killed two deer, predicated on the premises that I did not miss when I hid a fair shot. When the three arrived I am very certain three weaker- kneed hunters neyer assembled around a bie deer with the intention of putting him on a horse’s back. They were uot drunk, but in the most agreeable state of “tightness,” in the’ best of humors with themselves and eyerybody else, and so now, out of the whole night's caronsal, they did not collec- tively possess the power of half a man. Thad cut the throat of the deer and was seated upon his head quietly enjoying my smoke when my friends came up. They were much surprised at his great, size and his being so fat, and so dark a blue in color. is antlers had six points on oné horn, and five on the other, being yery wide set and re- remarkably keen pointed, Mr. McHnery remarked that ‘‘Joe Mason (his brother-in-law) should take them to Charlie Austin, as Joe had won the het.” I wanted to cut the deer’s head off and take ouf the entrails in order to vender it easy to put him on the horse. This Tom Scarborough and Dink- rave objected to, as they wanted to take him just as he was to Chartlie’s for a show, and to win a champagne supper ou his weight. Itwas the most awkward squad Lever saw undertake to get a big buck on a horse. When not under the influence of such a night's frolic. [have seen Henry Dinkraye take up such a deer and put him behind a rider as easily as lL would a small doe, Now, all three failed 1o do it, until after many an effort, my part being that of holding the horse and keeping him steady, Finally they succeeded and we started back. When we got opposite to where | first shot at the deer, looking over the big loz, I asked Tom Scarborough to ride to it and look to see if there was nol, a dead deer there, telling them what a pretty shot I had and how steady I was to have missed. that deer. “Hold, Scarborough,” said Henry, ‘‘Tll wager an oyster supper to-zight forthe crowd there is a dead deer behind that log.” . “Tl take a half interest in il,” said McEnery, “And I won’t risk a cent,” said Tom. “Well, Il give the supper if there is one,” said [. Mr, Scarborough rode ont to it, and then shouted for us to come and see the largest and fatiest buck he eyer saw. Bure enough, | had made a center shot, and struck him precisely where | aimed, The second deer must have heen either lying down, or, if stamding by the side of this one, was concealed by his greater size. The sudden death of his 385 = companion, and not seeing any one, caused him to uct as he did, and lead to his own death. “Now we are in a fix,” said Mr. Henry Dinkrave. ‘Let us all blow our horns and get the others to come. Tf we had as much trouble to get that buck on the horse, what will it be to put this one on that isso much larger?” The proposition was agreed to, the horns blown, and not being auswered at the camp, I proposed to ride to it, and vet the rest, for if either of the others should go, they would consider it only a ruse to get them fo come, This was agreed io. LIhad not gone fifty yards before Dinkraye _ shouted, “Be sure to bring the negroes snd the demi- jonn.” The camp was reached. The rest informed of the suc a and wants, and taking oné negro mun, we all starte back, - I shall never forget Charlie Phillips’ hearty oath of ac miration, (and he couid swear with more emphasis than ap one leyer heard) when he examined that buck. Dinkraye proposed that I should drive for them, as I’ had my share of the sport, and if was unanimously resol* that I should not be allowed to take my Greener lamingt donble-barrel shotgun. Henry remarked “it would be t merest. accident to get a shot witha rifle, and he did v propose I should haye another chance that day, With aid of the negro man, who was quite sober, the buck w lashed on the saddle and we went back, Mr. Joe Mase telling Mr, Phillips he would have enough champagne no’ to drink at his expense for a couple of months. Breakfa, wis ready whem we got back to camp. I had a yigorous appetite and Jaid in a goodly supply of eatables, and had a lunch put up, as I expected to make repeated drives in the [forseshoe until all the deer were driyen out, and it would be time to return to Monroe, Mounting my horse, and securing my rifle, with partin: instructions from Dinkrave how to drive, ] blew my hor and dashed into the drive, The hounds struck a trail wit? sixty yards of camp, where the deer had been asfar 2 drop of the second bottom, and seeing our camp-fires afraid to venture down. The trail led to nearly the re the bend of the Horseshoe before the dogs jumpet deer. In ten minutes began the skirmish firing. © standers had been posted about forty yards apart from horth end of the heel to the south, a distanee, as bef mentioned, of some two hundred yards. The one at the outer stand being Phillips, and at the lowest stand was placed Ludeling, the other four gentlemen respectively fil- ling the intermediate distances. It had been agreed upon to shoot at the deer as soon as if bounded down the bank, and if possible not suffer oue to escape across the river, which ran some ten or fifteen yards behind their hacks, The deer that came out proved to be a solitary fine buck, He came direct to Mr. Phillips’s stand, who emptied both barrels and did no damage, The buck turned parallel with the standers, giving each a donble shot, fter running: the gauntlet of Phillips, next Scarborough lethim have both bar- rels, then Dinkraye, who occupied the best stand; next the double report from MceEnery’s gun followed, and still no flagving of the tervor-stricken animal. Then boomed the barrels of Joe Mason without a halt, when the last shot had to be made by Mr. Ludeling, Adjusting his gold glasses to take a better sight, as the deer passed proudside about twenty-five yards, mechanically he shut both eyes after see- ing which way the animal was running, pressed both trig- gers at once, and then came a tremendous report, a double shot before and behind, for Joe Mason had withdrawn the loads from Ludeling’s gun and replaced them with double charges of powder and shot. Down went that unfortunate deer as dead a shot as ever was made, only one shot striking, and down went Mr, Ludeling on his back, The dogs ceased running after the last shot, and I came out as fast as possible to ascertain the luck, fully expecting to find not less than a half dozen dead deer after twelve successive heayy guns. : All were in a merry glee and bent upon giving Ludeling a good bloodying, according to hunters’ usages, as this was his first deer; while he was contending most strenuously in arguing he had gotten enough by that joke of Mason’s, as his face and shoulders would not get over it for a month of Sundays. Toddies and cigars were distributed, and I went hack into the drive, as I had seen seversl other deer besides this one, In 4 very little while the dogs started again. The deer were rather atraid to go out at the same place, and doubled around the whole diive a time or two before they made the leap down the fatal bank. Five double shots were fired, and when I ¢ame out again I found four more had been killed. Phillips, Scarborough, McEnery and Mason each bagging a deer—three pretty good-sized hucks and one stout doe. Dinkrave did not get a shot. As I came out this time I saw quite a number of deer dashing back, with no dogs after them, This | told the hunters, and advised them to keep a sharp lookout, as I felt sanguine of running out quite 4 herd of decr the next time. Taking the dogs back under the bank of the lake until I reavhed the center of the Shoe, 1 rode up the bank and the pack burst into full ery. Thad been very quiet in driving, not hallooing to the dogs, and endeavoring to get a shot my- self. The cane was so thick that, though often the deer came within twenty or thirty steps, yet I could not get a shot with a rifle. he herd of deer made a straight run for the standers, not doubling any, Again came the booms of all the guns, everyone getting in both barrels, Dinkrave killed two fine bucks, Phillips killed a doe, McEnery bagged one, and the other gentlemen all had a hand in killing a fawn of one summer, Tomy great, joy I heard the whole pack coming back, and straight tome. Iwas riding upa persimmon slough that was open sufficient to get u shot, Quickly I discovered the horns of two bucks | onnding over the bushes, and just about to get into the head of the slough, where I had stopped my horse, I was waiting for them to come as near as pos- sible before shooting, The hounds being so close upon them I knew I would have no opportunity to get a standing shot, and if I got one at all, it would be running by in the bushes or among the persimmon saplings. Just when they had gotten to the place | wanted to fire, a breeze blew from me to the deer, and instantly the foremost sprang into the high eane, and as the other attempted the same moyement I pulled down on him, and was so fortunate as to break his back. This was the smaller of the two. The dogs bit it for a while, until | succeeded in Cutting its throat, when all my efforts were unavailing to keep them from following the other. I had heard him plunge into the lake to swim across, and I did not wish the dogs to follow for fear of the alliga- tors. Deer and dogs ull crossed without being attacked, and I seated myself on the bauk to blow my horn, with a 386 . ee ' + FOREST AND STREAM. hn (June 14, 1883, hope of getting them to come back, T blew until my mouth was sore, aud ten T turned my attention to shooting alliga- tors. I hud shet nearly all my rifle halle away before I heard or saw a dog returning, without killing, as far as I could discover, a single alligator, often getting pretty good shots al them as they swam up aud down, back and forth, along the lake. Jt taust have been two o'clock in the after- nown when [ gay one of our best dogs come to the water's edge, get a’ good drink, and then commence howling. 1 blew my horn and rede along the lake, with the hope that he would follow my course on the opposite side, and not attempt to eross. Instead of that he plunged into the water and begin swimming across tome. One of the largest alli- gators that T had seen, and at which 1 had shot over a dozen times, Kept the middle of the lake. He discoyered the dog fwithining, und as if conscious of his power to catch sim, iteted like the cut that lets the mouse run as if ‘he did not intend fo spring upon it. He swam back ind forth, apparently without any intention of pursu- ing the dog, and seemed to be eyeing me more than he did the poor fellow, The dog had gotten over half ways when the listlossness of the alligator gave way to the most power- ul efforts to catch his prey. So greiut and so swift was his velocity in swimming, that the waves rolled far ahead of him, striking the shore where Lwas and running a few inches up on the sandbar, The hound hail discovered he was pursued, his efforts to escape redoubled and he gave from time to time, quick, mournful howls.” I kept my rifle ready to shoot at the last moment, with the hope of making @ successful shot and saving his life. On came the dog, on followed his deadly pursuer, the distance between them les- scning each stroke of the great paws of the alligator which Kept its body entirely sunk out of sight, with nothing but the great frog eyes visible above the water, which rolled im wives so high as sometimes to hide those eyes, I shouted md gave all the encouragement 1 could to the dog, hoping @ alligator would turn back. But no, he was determined sup on that poor dog, and I vowed to prevent it if pos- He, The dos had gotten in some twenty-five yards of the ‘nk, the mouth of the alligator nearly close enough to seize nim, Tres-CrimemG Poxps.—The common foxes of California invariably ascend trees if pursued. If chased by dogs they climb the first tree they approach, and are frequently seen in trees when undisturbed, Haye known them to take to tall pines and ascend for thirty feet before reaching a limb. —Esau (Shasta, Cal,, May 31). New Jersey.—Toms River, June 7.—Quailare yery plen- tiful heve at present. While ont walking recently T saw eight pair within an hour, and founda nest with thirteen eres init. Butas there is a good supply of hawks, they will be taken care of —T. this section with quail obtained from Tennessee. To look from an office window and see one of those nincompoops going past, with a gin on his shoulder and a permit in his pocket, and feel that he is as likely to shoot the quail, which we haye been to so much trouble and expense to obtain, as he isa jay or a crow, isnot a particularly pleasant sensa- tion to the writer; but, to repeat the words of the great Tweed, ‘What are you going to do about it?” Of course, if we could know that they shoot the birds the law pro- tects, we would make it expensive for them, but that is hard eyidenve to obtain. I hope the Forms? ,np Stream will take up this subject, as it is one that needs looking after. WAstHAmpron, Mass,, June 8, 1883. M. A Mrsnesota Grow1i,—Leroy, Minn,—In your issue of March 29 the poor old market-shooter télls yery many more truths than the majority of sportsmen are willing to admit, Now, [ am uof » market-shooter, but Ido dislike to see those that claim fo be gentlemen and true sportsmen make such hogs of themselyes by slaughlering the game the mo- ment the law is off that one cannot find a bird toward the latter part of the season. [do not believe in doctoring our laws all the time and not living upto them, One year ago Minnesota. extended the close season time of pinnated grouse from August 15 to September 1, and what did we gain by it? Nothing, By the last week of July every man and boy that could procure a gun, cyen to the law-makers themsciyes, was out in quest of snipe, Each one had agreed not to give the otheraway. Now, let me ask where the fun comes in to the sportsman that Pears waits until the law is off and then goes out to find the game all killed, or what little is left su wild, that he cannot get within rifle range of it. Such is the general complaint all over the southern part of our State. T now learn that the season opens August 15, which will give universal satisfaction. Our legislators have also short- ened the open season for deer, which, in my humble opinion, is all wrong, for it will work practically the same as our chicken law did. I maintain that our laws, as they stood, were good enough, if they cauld be properly enforced, and if not enforced, of what use are any of them? Twas talking with a friend from Qhicago county a few days ago, and learned that the natives shoot deer whenever found, from August 1 till the last of winter—SHarr Hye, PHILADELPHIA Notres.—June 7.—The flight of shore birds, robin, snipe, bullhead plover, dowitchers and ealico- backs, which arrived on our New Jersey coast. during the past week, immediately preceded, as was expected, the resent ‘‘warni spell.” Let it be noticed cach season—these ater migratory waders always pop in upon us just in ad- vance of a real touch of summer weather. How much better would it be, if they are fo be killed and eaten at all, to have them pass on to their nesting erounds unmolested in the spring and shot on their return in August, when there are more young birds in the flocks, and they would be cer- tainly 4 more palatable*dish if onc can abide them in any condition, which the writer confesses he cannot. It is so wiih the brant on the same coast. Autumn fowl deco better and make finer sport. Woodcock have hatched plenti- fully in the swampy marsh bordering the New Jersey creeks which flow into the Delaware River, and broods have heen seen two thirds grown. Some have been ulready killed; two pair by a farmer’s son, who ‘shoots straight,” knows the law, but says, ‘“As the birds were bred on his place, they are his at any season,"—IHomo. _ To Wasi A Sxiee!! !—San Francisco, May 31.—In your issue of May 24, “‘Scaipe Scaipe” spoke of washing snipe. Can you conceive of doing anything to that delicious bird that would more effectually spoil its flavor? Wipe it, “Seaipe,” wipeit. Washasnipe! Awful!!—Quon. Tyb1aAnA.—Hanover, June 7.—The prospects for a good quail cropare excellent, the birds haying wintered splendidly. Rabbits, squirrels and quail are our principal fame. Any one coming here after October 1/) could have fine quail shoot- ing and also some woodcock shooting.—F, J. B, ae ” Qusim Prosprcrs.—New Harmony, Ind., June 6.—The woods and meadows of Seuthern Indiana are alive with quail this season, and we aim to make the pot-hunter quail too.—A. D, (Seeretury, Rod and Gun Club). PENNSYLVANIA.— Waynesburgh, June 9.—Qunuail are rather plenty, and if the weather for nesting is at all fayora- ble, we look for good fall shooting. —RamBLer. Sea and River Sishing. To insure prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed to the Norest and Stream Publishing Co., and noi to individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- portance are liable to delay. ANGLING RESORTS.—We shall be glad to have for publi- cation notes of good fishing localities. Will not our corre- spondents favor us with notes of desirable points for angling excursions? THE NATIONAL ROD AND REEL ASSOCIATION. MEETING of the National Rod and Reel Association was held in the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, on the evening of Wednesday, June 6, at G6 P. M., President Endicott in the chair. The secretary read the minutes of last meeting, which were approved. Letters of regret at not being able to attend were read from Messrs. W. ©. Harris, Hon. James Geddes, and James L. Vallotton. Mr. James Benkard was made chairman of the committee of arrangements for the coming tournament, but the other names which had been selected by the president had been temporarily mislaid, Mr. Mather stated that he lad been informed by Mr. Benkard that the members of the South Side Sportsman's Club of Long Island would renew their yery liberal offer of prizes amounting to one hundred dallars in cash this year, and hé thought that rules governing the tournament shonid be thoroughly revised in the light of last year’s experience, | Mr. Endicott favored drawing the lines between amatcurs j and professionals very closely. fi had heen complained that last year the amateur class had been filled by persons connected with the manufacture of rods, and that the prizes lad been carried off bythem. Many gentlemen came to the tournament with rods to cast, but were deterred by find- ing that “trained amateurs’ had entered, and that under the rules these experts could not be debarred. This, how- ever, can and will be arranged differently this year, Hyen the makers of rods objected to having rods given by them ais prizes go to rival makers instead of the amatenr anglers, as they hoped, He would recommend that all prizes given by the trade should go fo the amateur class, from which all who handle fishing tackle as a business should be de- barred. At the same time he fayored the giving of liberal cash prizes to the ‘‘professional class,” as we could not afford to pass them by without having their presence. The extreme length of line cast by these gentlemen was on attraction and showed what could be done by practice. Mr. Benkard said that the tournament would not bea success unless the amateurs thoroughly understood that their classes were strictly for themstlves, and that they Were not expected to compete with those who by constant practice in testing rods had attained an excellence that ordi- nary fishing does not give. Mr, Mitchell inquired if such rules would apply to the bass casting, or if there would he changes or modifications, The president answered that he thonght the same mules shauld apply, although last year ihe amateurs in bass cast- iug beat the professionals, but that all this would be left to the committee, Mr, Yan Brunt asked if the tournament would be held in the same place? Mr, Endicott thought not, ting a lake lower down than Harlem Mere, and he thought There was a prospect of get-| do likewise, hoped to have heard better reports from Toronto, and we are fain to believe the practice general. ass and mascalonge are only beginuing to take in fhis see- tion, Our trouting is exceptionally late this year, and par- ties for onr Jakes back of here are ouly preparing. When some of their catches are reported I will drop you a line. Norte Woops, Monrtreat, June 4, 1853. RANGELEY LAKE. 667 HE ice went out on the sixteenth.’ Our good friend Page, of the Elmwood, at Phillips, sent us ai tele- gram, of which the aboye is a copy. We marshalled our forees aud on the morning of the 19th left Boston ina special Pullman car by the Enstern Railroad, a jolly party of fourteen, and with minds and hodies somewhat wearied by the whirl of active business, we sought all the covfort. rest and recreation which the angler always enjoys in his allotted space of ten days among these beautiful Rangeley Lakes, surrounded by these grand old mountains and bord- ered by the primeval forests. The thought that for a few days you may dream only of your poor wives and children enjoying themselves so at home while you are haying such hard work in the wilderness is rather depressing, hut you brace up with the determination that this time the largest tront of the trip shall drop gracefully into your landing net, and your guide shall capture first money of the pool. All goes well to Portland, where the baggage is shifted to the Maine Central Railroad. This carefly watelied process over, our good caterer, R., calls all hands to lunch. Farmington is duly reached, thence by the tiny two-foot gauge up the beautiful Sandy River. Old Blue Mountain rears his majestic head and the train rolls up to the depot, where, sreeted by lads and lassies, we leave our baby engine and the obliging officers of the road, Page is there with a four-in-hand, and in ajiffy we land at the Elmwood, The next morning wedivide our party in three portions of six and two fours andl make the dyiye to Esty’s, Here we walked down the carry to the inlet, where the Molly Chunkamunk wails, to take us to the Mountain View, our headquarters for the trip at the lower end of the lake, Mach one of our party had secured the best guide in the whole region and we were happy. With song and story we glide oyer the charming lake, and are duly greeted by Kimball, of the Mountain View. He is flanked by his neighbor, Cal Pennock. The next morning opens finely; rods are a-peak, reels examined; leaders, swivels, sinkers ind hooks are adjusted. One, two, three, up to twelve, boats start out. “Man proposes, God disposes”; and at'the close of the day we return all weary, some elated with their catch and others depressed, “Risherman’s luck.” ‘We came a week too early.” “Water is too cold.” “T told you so.” “T Tost a flye-pounder; had him alongside; tore ont; just my luck; always losea five-pounder—never landed one yet.” With varying fortunes we visited from day tu day the “Hddy,” the quick water below the dam, the Cupsaptue, and the “big luke.” A portion go down with Fred Parker and pass the vight at his cheery camp at Bemis. The sunset yiew from his camp is a thing of beauty. To sum up our experience: The largest trout caught was 72 1bs., second 54, third 54, fourth 44, filth 83, with sizes ranging from three down toone pount| bythe score. Small- est catch by any boat any day. when not actually white- washed, one, Largest catch, any boat, thirty-tive. In fact we all caught all we should, Now we are packed, baggage and tish, ready and willing to ‘go out.” Strong mentally and physicaliy, reaily to do battle with the outside world, and meeting others coming in, a8 cager as we were ten days ago, to be plvased or dis- appointed as we severally may have been, and wath the same old stories to tell. And so year by year we go and return, stronger and bet- ter for our communion with nature. Reader go thou and Burnt Moose, Rancetey Laxe, May 29, 388 FOREST AND STREAM. [June 14, 1883. ROUGHING IT AFTER BLACK DRUM. ON THE BAY SIDE, CAPE MAY, SHORE. Fiditor Forest and Stream: James K, Polk Schellinger sent mea telegram Friday, which read: ‘Cape May, N. J., June 18. Black drum biting like thunder on the Bay side, Come now!" Knowing J. K. P. Schellinger and his companion in arts, piscatorial, Charley Stratton, of Cold Spring, to be veteran fishermen, and to be better posted than any two men on the island, in the habits and habitats of the red or black drum, I hastened to pack the biggest valise I had for the 3;40 P. M, train for Cape May. Tn vain did my brilliant and agreeable friend and son of Esculapius, Dr. H, Genét Taylers, warn me that I had only been # week out of bed with the worst attack of ‘‘the stranger's fever,” as it strikes the average incautious man in South Caro- lina, that I ever had, and was still on a diet of beef tea and boiled milk. “Well, Doctor,” T sadly replied, ‘‘you know what the fascinating Dr. Pepper, of Philadelphia, told me, ‘If you hadn’t been made of iron you would have been dead ten years ago.’ ‘Go I will,” Ladded. ‘‘Tf politics in a quarter of a century has not caused me ‘fo pass in the iyory,’ ten days drum-tishing won't do that thing!" Krider, of Philadelphia, had rigged my drum lines with a copper wire, three inches in length, soldered to the hook; but while it gives security, the copper wire is too heayy, and don’t let the clam bait Hoat freely enough, as it does with an ordinary sinker only. As at present advised, I prefer the old style Cuttyhunk line, an ordinary ‘‘sheepshead line.” While the black drum is game enough, as I found out Saturday, the copper wire is needed only for red drum, for jn fishing in Sepiember for these with my gentle friend, Spicer Leaming, I always lost three where I “bag” one. Judge Miller (W. J. G. P. Society), says the word “bag” may not be properiy ayeled to catching fish, but only to feathered game. Well, I only know the inimitable Col. Lansing sewed up my eighty-pound drum in a ‘‘bag” and IT took it home. So I willinform the judicial mind (of the W, J. G. P. 8.) if that isn’t “bagging” a fish, anda big fish, then the malaria has weakened my intellect, which is barely possible: for, frankly, I haye my opinion of a man (even J. M. §.), my best and earliest friend, who will spend five hours and a half in cockle shells, in the face of # strong northwesterly wind in order to catch three dram, A Cumberland lawyer cheered up my expectant heart, ou my arrival at Cape May, by telling me how, at Pierce's Point, near Cape May, he caught a sixty-pound black drum last week, on a rod and reel, with a blue or weakfish line. My friend Boyd is as modest as a woman, and the law and the rod and pun are his jort:, while a love of notoriety con- stitutes his pina. But it warmed my blood in all my veins to hear him tell of his triumph, which is something ] never heard of before, and it was done. It argued that drum could be caught to instant, I said to that imperturbable old sailor and fisherman, Jas, Knox Polk Schellinger, “I want to go by daylight, 1 came here for drum. It is not the ‘ear-piercing fife’ I wish to hear (the G. A. R. were parading), it is the ‘drum’s alarms’ [ seek, with « ‘hook. ” “Well! now, stranger,” said J. K, P. 8., putling a quarter of a pound of nayy tobacco in his mouth. ‘‘Go a trifle slow.” “Dogon my skin, do you suppose me an’ Charley Strat- ton don’t know when these ’ere animals bite?” I yielded gracefully to the superior intetligence of J. K. Polk Schellinger, who is as good a sailor anid as brave and lucky a fisherman a8 ever sailed the ocean blue. He has enough of the dare-devil spirit in him to make him interest- ing and decidedly companionable. He called for me at noon and we drove up to Cold Spring, three miles from Cape Tsland, behind the young fisherman's fast gray trotter. We found Stratton with 4 good sized anchor oyer his shoulder, near the water, at the bay side, eager for the fray with the big fish! Stratton reminded me of the apostle Paul in one thing. He had that gererally buttered appearance (always becoming to your true fisherman who loves the business and who mens “pame”) aod 1 thought he must have been forty times shipwrecked and in perils oft by land and sea, as Paul was. But very quickly the little bout was bailed ont. I was seated in the stern; overcoat on; for the southwest wind was high and threatening. But we had come for hig drum. With two pair of oars and stalwart arms the three miles up the bay—we were compelled to row to reach the drum- ming grounds—were soon past, and Stratton threw out the anchor in the likeliest-looking spot close to the bar, but out in deep water. We could hear the sepulehral sound of an occasional drum, undyr water, which was merely a prolon- ation of the word ‘*D-r-u-m.” Imaginative fishermen say it is the love call of the male for the temale. All eagerness, my EKrider line went over the stern at sharp 2 P. M. 2:30 P. M., not a bite, and the wind Liew and the storm beaf on that tiny little boat, a mile from shore, 1 looked at the weather-beaten but most genial face of C. Stratton. Te looked more than hopeful as he handled his line, dyed with peach leayes so as to make if look more like the sad seu waves. “Anything to eat?” I said to Stratton, very dolefully, for in my cagerness for a seventy-tive pounder, l had forgotten both Rubelais’ precepts for the edend? et bebendé. “Eat,” repeated the solemn Stratton, ‘‘when we rough it on the bay for drum, ‘Polky’ und I feeds on tobacco. We dov’t think of eating.” My heart sank to the depth of the fishing banks, twelve fathoms at least. Finally, after much keel-hauling in the stern, a small bottle (half pint) of '‘Hostetter’s bitters” was produced, and one pound of soda crackers and one-fourth of a pound of cheese. In silence and in fear of a rebellious: stomach, I made wild hayoc with the cheese, and took a sip of bitters to wash down the skippers. It tasted worse to me than Dr. Pepper’s latest preseription for the “malaria kakexia’— quinine dashed with strychnia. Better “revels dashed with wine,” said I, quoting Lanciatto, “Hey,” said James K. Polk Schellinger, not catching on to the language of poctry, ‘‘Anyhow,” he said, sympa- thetically, fora sailor's heart is always in the right place, “Col. Lansing said them bitters was a good substitute for whisky, und I knew you was temperance.” ‘In ten minutes we'll have a drum, by gosh!” This encouraged me immensely. It was growing cold. He in- sisted on giving me his weulktish line, and in five minutes T felt some power akin to the Norway Maelstrom sucking at my bait. ‘Hush!’ said Schellinger (he of the Presidential ‘name), ‘let him swallow the bait and when he starts give your line a strong pull,” 1 did it, The drum evidently thought Dante’s Inferno was let loose on him, and came straight to the surface. (IMere differing much from the red drum, which hides and sulks as long as it can from the from the face of man.) Suddenly the black drum darted away, so as to sting the palms of my hands. I gaye the drum his own sweet will, knowing J could dyown him or tire him out in less than half an hour if my line didn’t break; the yery thought of which made me quake iu my. boots, and Schellinger, full of red blood, took a new and immense chunk of “Old Virginny” in his mouth, rubbed his hands together and yelled, ‘“By the jumping jingo, that doggoned lawyer has been a drum- min afore!” and when I brought to the surface his majesty with the black bands over his hack and the red side they resemble 4 red drum closely, J, K. P. 8. whispered, ‘Easy, easy James; you handle him handsomely, by jing!” Away he darted again; (a fair vision of the drum showed him to be an eighty-pounder) I was worse scared than when I called on my first sweetheart at Hanover, Ind., thirty- seven years ag0; but in twenty minutes he showed signs of weariness, and I slowly and carefully brought him along- side and yanked my Jeft hand in his gills and flung on the bottom of the fishing skiff the biggest drumfish I ever saw. There was joy in that camp, We caught three in half an hour, and as the wind rose they ceased to bite. But, like true sportsmen, we lingered till 7:30 P. ML, reluctant to leave the sacred ground, That night I tasted drum steak, “Old wine and fat venison’ never tasted sweeter. Need I confess I laid in bed all day Sunday a sick man, drinking buttermill and taking quinine and strychnia every three hours. But Ido not regret it, J find I can walk about my room to-day, and if [ live till Saturday of this week, D. V., I will take a “whack” at the Bay View drum again. No man 1 ever knew ever died from going a-fishing. Horace Greeley died because he could not find time in fifty years to catch a trout or a drum. The black drum will linger here till the middle of July. James M, Scoven, Cape May, June 4, 1883. FISH PROSPECTS IN THE NORTH. ge continued heavy rains have kept the waters in our lakes and streams up near high water mark, which has prevented the devotees of the “gentle art” from making, until quite recently, the large culches so earnestly songht after. Within the past few days a few good fish have been taken in the river quite near the city. One, a mascalonge, (hat tipped the beam at forty-five pounds, May 24 to 27, Mr, Leach, President of the M. G, C., with Messrs. Maltby aud Craig, members of the same club, visited their grounds at the mouth of the Missisquoi River, but owing to the high water, their catch of black bass was light, both in numbers and weight. Six years ago several thousand California salmon were planted in this river at Highgate Falls, and this season quite a number of them haye been taken by bait fishermen, aud several hundred haye been taken on “the sly” with the Prenchmun’s ‘‘little spear." Last weck the writer yisited the trout streams In the vicinity of Rutland, Yt., bul with poor success, lor betweeu the resident trout fishers, whost number is legion, and the country boy’s snare, 4, Jontinulis has beeome a scarce article in that locality, Messrs. A. W. Higgins, J. C. Dunn, Dr. Putman, of Rat- land, with several other Vermont gentlemen, have associ- ated themselyes into a fraternal body, and have purchased from the Canadian Goyernment a tract of land that contains several trout lakes, located north of the St. Lawrence, near Riviere du Loup en haut, These gentlemen were here in town to-day, en route for their newly purchased property, and the reception that they receiyed from some of our resi- dent sportsmen, proves that there are warm hearts among the sportsmen here in this city of the North. The great northern wilderness, which extends across the continent from ovean to ocean, and nurtliward to the Pole is, so far as it has been explored along its southern border, crowded with trout lakes, and is a veritable paradise for the fly-fisher, who does not mind roughing it, During the summer months we can safely guarantee that it contains to the square inch a greater number of mosquitoes and black flies than any other country inthe world. ‘The most fragrant rose has the sharp- est thorn, STANSTBAD. Montrear, June 6. BLACK BASS IN THE OSWEGO RIVER. es Oswego (N. Y.) Palladium says: “The Oswego River is the fayorite haunt of that gamiest of all the small fly gobbling fish—the brook trout not excepted. The black buss of the Oswego River run from a half pound to two and a half—the Jatter not plenty—the average being from three-quarters to a pound in weight. These are genuine back bass, however, and they contain more fight to the square inch than any lish that swims. , “The indications are that the fishing on the river will be good this year. [n the past there has been a good deal of net fishing done in the carly spring and in violation of law. There hus also been large destruction of bass hy the eel- wiers at Fulton and other places, We are informed that this spring little of this piracy has been done, and the dwellers af the various points where the fly-casters take the river say that for the past week, at sunrise and sunset the rises have been plenty and the indications of game very en- couraging. 7 “We have in previous years told about the places in the river where the black bass live, At the risk of being tedious we will briefly mention some of the places whore a summer day may be spent amid ihe most radiant charms of nature, and the favorite haunts of the black bass. Generally it may be said that the whole stream, from its mouth at Oswego to Three River Point—twenty-three miles—is one stretch of fish- ing hottoms, Of course some places are better than others, and here are a few of the better places, “(Buck of the mills and starch factory in this city, among the rifts, and even down to the upper bridge, good fishing can be had in the early season and before it is ‘fished out.” Above the first dam, and up to the high dam on the west side of the stream there are some excellent bottoms, and in the rifts under the high dam and near the water-works pump house, there are some of the finest bass in the whole river. The skilled fisher who chooses his flies aright, and who whips the waters about this dam, will not come away with an empty basket, “Above high dam comes ‘Brosemer’s leyel’—one of the best on the river, though itis short, and consequently not so attractive ad some of the levels. There ure, however, splendid bass here, and the writer has spent many at even- ing there, coming home loaded, tict with Brosemer’s heer, but with handsome black bass. Boats can be had on this ” leyel at the lock-house opposite the brewery, If the fisher goes up the west side he can hail the lock-house from the high embankment near the brewery, “The Minetto Battle Island leyel is, however, the favorite reach on the river this side of Fulton, if not on the whole river, Minetto is the point to take boat, and from there up to Battle Island—four miles—it is one constant succession of bass beds, that give the angler the most delightful sport, Here the river isin all respects lovely, and the scenery is simply enchantment, No wonder is it to us that that part of Oswego River has become famous, and that lovers of augling and of the beautiful in natural scenery come from all quarters to enjoy il. ‘At Minetto there are plenty of boats nnd oarsmen, ‘Wash.’ Rowland, the king fisher of the river, lives here, and he has now five or six of (he best fishing boats ready to drop into the water on Monday. Heury Rowland and his son also have boats and oarsmen, and are ready to meet any emergency. “From Battle Island up to Fulton there are some ‘bars,’ but not many. When you get to Fulton, however, you come to good fishing, as some of the men who work in the Oswego Falls factories, and who throw a fly with skill, can testify. There are boats to be had at Fulton, iu which you can whip the stream up to Hinmanville, passing the ruins of the old horse shoe dam, among the sunken beams and walls of which, we haye ne doubt, thereare ut this minute hundreds of black bass that weigh from twoto three pounds, Above Hinmanvyille is the famous ‘flat rock,’ a bar of nearly half a mile in length, where the fly-caster never fails to get many a ‘rise.’ The season of 1883 is now immiuent. We believe it will bea lucky one, and that there will bea ‘heap of enjoyment’ on the Oswego river this summer.” A TOUCHING CHRONICLE. KIND-HEARTED correspondent sends us the follow- ing story, which has heen printed im # local paper, said to have been related by ex-Police Justices Suott, of Kingston, The Judge is in the habit of spending a few days each sum- me! at Milford, Pike county, Pa., where he takes many and large fish, for he is a potent man with ao angle. he fol- lowing is one of his experiences: “7 don’t think I can ever look at mink muff agath with- out shedding tears,” suid the Judge. ‘A party of us was camped twenty miles from Milford, in the wilderness, Our tent was pitched near 4 trout stream, We went for trout and woodcock. We'd lad terrible bad luek, although some of the fellows with me were about the best sporting ducks in the country. One day I stayed in camp while the others went out fishing and hunting I was stretched out on the grass in front of the tent, when I saw an animal stick its head up out of the creek. It looked aronnd cautiously, and then crawled up the bank. Jt was & mink, and a steel trap was fast to one of its fore jegs. I raised up, snd the mink dragged itself right toward me, Ii stopped every few seconds, laid its liead flat on the ground and looked at me with the most pitiful look I ever saw. IJ first thonght Pd shoot the animal, but 1 changed my mind. asT wanted to see What its strange actions meant, The mink ¢rept up to within two feet of me, and turuing over on its back held wp the paw that had the trap on il. ‘There was no need of its saying a word if it vould, for the aelion said as plain as words, ‘Please, now, take this trap off won't you?’ You bet inless the than it takes to tell it | had that mink free from ils cruel encumbrance, Hs eye spoke volumes of thanks, and it limped back to the creck and disappeared. “The incident slipped my idind in ashort time. Vhe boys came in late in the afternoon, They had about a dozen little trout and tliree woodcock. There wasn't enough to muke 2 smell in a frying pan. We mnie up our minds that all the trout we'd haye for breakfast would be a hunk of salt pork, We turned in that might all tu low spirits deter- mined to go home the next day. “] got up early in the morning to get piece of sunrise in the mountains that Pd read so mach about. There was a big flat rock on the outside of the tent, near the entrance. When I stepped out and my eyes fell on the rock [ was startled, and no mistake. The fact of the matter is, we were allafraid of ruttlesnakes, and had with us a festive demijohn of Pike county antidote, which we had now and then tasted, and when I saw on that rock, as plain as day, a pile of the biggest trout 1 ever sel my eyes on, I thouplit maybe my nerves were 4 little off, 1 went back ant woke np Baltus Westbrook and asked him to come out and sce if there wasn't a bear track along the edge oY theereek. Thinks I, if Baltus don’t see then trout, I strikes im for Milford and a doctor. When Baltus stepped out of the tent the first thing that he sawewas the vock, Ie jumped about len fect and, fairly yelled: “iTyout, by the living jingo! Judge?’ “Twas sayed, but where the trout came trom was the mystery. 1 suggested Providence, but happened to remem- ber the section of Country we were in, and knew that couldn’t be, There wasn’t one of {le trout that weighed less tham a pound. We didn’t let our speculations as to the source of their supply interfere with our appetites, and there wis no salt pork fricd that morning. Vbe episode raised our spirits, and we concluded to siay another day, We had wood luck guuning that day, and when we found another pile of big trout on the rock the next moming we made up our minds that some bark peclers to whom we had given sup- plies the day or two before were repaying us with these de- licious surprises, But I made up my mind that 1 would find out for certain, So that night atter the rest had gone to sleep, I crawled up to the door of the hut and peered out. Tt was a bright moonlight night, and 1 could see almost as well asifit was day. About midnight | saw something black emerge from the creek. Tt came stealtbily toward the tent, It was a smal] animal, and as il came near the tent [ saw that it was a mink, aud that it limped. In its mouth was u large trout, which it deposited on the rock and then limped back to the creek. Hyerything was as plain 1s double six tome now, The mink that 1 had rescued from the trap was showing gratitude by catching the largest tout it could find in the creek, and placing them at my disposal. “fT told the boys next morning. Bultus Westbrook thought it was very kind of the mink, Sherif! Ridgway said it was no more than the mink ught to do, and that if it had done anything less he would haves very poor opitiion ot 1h. , “That day we condluded to break camp and go home, One: of the party had taken ai youug doz out with him to give : os ~=SCtiC Where did you catch ’em, —E——— Tox 14, 1883.] FOREST AND STREAM. 389 him some taining on woodcouk, At tlie first fire of a gun the dow made for another pant of the country, and we never suw or heard of him again, When we packed up our things, we couldn't find the dog’s chain or the collar it was fastened to, and we started on wilhootit, Twas walking out of the woods buhind the wagon. We hadn't gone more than a humdred yurds asyay from camp, when I heard a noise behind me, T looked back, There was that mink, limping wt my heels. He had the dog collar around his neck, and when [ tumed around, he raised wp on lis hind feet and held the chain up to me with his fore paws, That mink was so blame grateful to mé that he wanted me to take him home with me. It touched me to fhe heart, 1 look him in, but, poor fellow, the trap had injured lim so badly that he died of lockjaw." — PHILADELPHIA FISH NOTES. betes appeared simultaneously on the different D points of the New Jersey coast this week. Hyery inlet of any importance was thronged with them, but, as is penenly the case, Barnegat showed larger fish than Little Hew Harbor irlet. The bluetish at the former place ran from three fo five pounds in weight, and at the latter 1am told they were smaller, The writer last week (June 2), anxious lo learn the exact condition of the bass fishing in | the Schuylkill, and ai the saine time wishing to give a | heginuer his first lesson m fly-casting, took a, hoat at Flat Rock Dam and rowed wp the river as far as Conshohocken, and on the route passed » number of anglers and found uite a Humber of fish had been taken during the day. ‘hose # inile or so above Shawmont were quite large, While casting alone the shore for sunfish for practice, I saw a Mr, Scllieze, of Philadelphia, take bass, weighing three and a half pounds, and haying deft his landing net on shore, maniee lis boat with one hand, rowing in for the pel, while with the other he played the fish, and finally boated iim, a very masterly feat to witness, I assure you. Mr, Sellieze lad several other bass he had taken during the day, and tells me all the fish he secures in the Schuylkill are from (he river above thedamat Manayunk, about the locality J suw lim, above Shawmont, and that the residents about the place do net know how to take the large ones, and hence | report no fish, The last ‘‘hanl” of the season with the big seine was made at Gloucester, yesterday, und it was stated by the captain of the smuek which broueht the final catch of ninety-tive shad and a quantity of herring tu Dock street wharf fish market, Mit the Gloucester shad fishing had been “‘cut off’ for the season, although it docs not-eud by law until June 10. Thetake hasbeen so poorthisyenr, especially recently, that it was determined to wind wp on the Gth. The highest cateh was on thei4th of May, when 1,600 shad were secured, on the Sth of May, 1,200 were taken, and on the 15th of May, $50, were brouzhtio. The lowest number caught any one day was 51. The senson has been a yery poor one both in quantity anc quality, Two smiuill whales (black dish) were stranded last week on Peck’s Beach, N.J., and the natives are trying out the hinbher. Coal oil will be at a discount in that locality for a lime. Could this have affected the late move in petroleum? The rock bass should by all means be planted in the Hast- ton Pennsylvania streams, new Philadelphia, by the Anglers’ Associition of Philadelphin. It is not so palatable a fish for the table.as the black lass, but he will take the fly more readily than liis larger cousin, and is a gamy little fellow to amuse oneself with, Tle will rise where the black bass will not make a food fight for his weight, and uo doubl many streains could be found where he would thrive. Are they sa easily procured? Homo, JUNE 7, Prrstsimn® PoAcamd,—We are informed by Mr. 8. Y. R. Brayton, one of the New York State game protectors, that on the 28th of May he took from the Mohawk River iyo pike nets belonging ty a Mr, Wolf, a deputy sheriif of Waterford, As one net wis m Albany county, and the other in Savateza county, Mr. Brayton began an action against Mr, Wolf in each county. He says that Mr, Wolf has deficd the law for three years, and has now begun an action against him (Brayton) for destroying his nets, and tie latter has been summoned to appear at Saratoga on the 15th instant. Mr, Brayton complains that as Mr. Wolf is a deputy sheritt if costs him nothing for counsel, and there- fore the latter has an advantage over him, he having to give ‘bail, which would trouble tim There is no protective association in either county, and he therefore asks for as- sistance. Tre Rocnmstsr West Sipe Ciun.—The West Side Fishing Club, of Rochester, N. Y., held u meeting at the Bay View House on Thursday, June 7 Munch successful fishing Was done by some of the members during the day, and at the club dinner there was o full attendance, After the banquet the following officers were elected: President— Fritz Aegler; Vice-Presidents—J. Bauer, Joseph Flecken— stem, Jacol) Gerling, J. H. MacGregor, John Stape, Philo Bakur, P. Sheridan, James Cassiday, V, Fleckenstein, 8. 8. Brewer; Recording Seeréetary—Charles Bernhard; Corres- ponding sceretary—Frank R. Swain; Treasurer—John A. Pelsinger; Master of Ceremonies—Charles R, Finneran; Committee of Arvangemonts—Joseph Haungs, L. Stadler, L. P. Steimes, H. Berdel, ©. Mackley, J. Sehreirer, A. Tlaungs, W. Bishop, George Mumback. Weatrisu AND Strrmemp Bass.—QGceanic, North Shrews- bury River, June 5.—The weaktish are just commencing to hite, IJ took the first two this afternoon with erab ait, The New York Herald of Monday stated that only two ripe striped bass had ever been taken. Thirfcen years ago | urchascd a thirty-pound ripe female, This was in March. am quite positive that this fish spawns in the spring, I think the liwbits of this species of fish could be studied by the Maryland Fish Commissioners, as the hauls of rock are at times very Jarge al fhe mouth of the Bush River, Mary- Jaud—Wrn, MaAssAonusmrs Game LAws—The Massnachuselts Fish and Gite Profeetiye Associition have issued in neat and compact form, a compilation of the fish and game laws of the State for the present year The little pamphlet is so small that it can almost be carried im the vest pocket, and its enanui distrilution through the State will do much to help on the objects of the Agsociition, SauMow MsHiNc.—The widersigned has some salmon fishing upon fwoof the bestrivers in Canada ab his disposal. Address at once PSHM, ? hts enitigs, —Aeber, ‘ a OO —__— HiaAnp vo Catou 1y Texas.—The larpum are never eaten here, they are so active that one is seldem caught; are made of fiddle strings, we think, As soon as they strike the bait and get fast they commence leaping high in the air, shaking their heads as a terrier does a rat until entirely free from the hook and line. Although fishing in this bay during the summer months for many years, and having had them take iny tackle almost every time ont, 1 have never yet caught one,—CakonkAWAY (Galveston, Tex,), Lanp-Lockep SAumoy in New HAmpsurre.—On May 18, Mr. B. F. Tappan, son of Attorney-General Tappan, of New Tampshire, took, on Sunapee Lake, N. T., a land- locked salmon weighing 64 Ibs, This was one fish of Mr, Samuel Webber's plant of 1877, Brack Bass ty Lake Erm.—EHrie, Pa., May 28.—The blac: bass season has been at its height here for the past week, and is still excellent, One man has caught from ten ut forty nearly every morning for the past week or two.—C, Buack Bass.—in the Jilly Century will he an illustrated article on ‘‘Black Bass Fishing,” by Dr. J. A. Henshall, The name of this writeris a sufficient guarantee that the skelch will be of a high character, New Jersey.—Oceanic, June §—2 P. M, The first small bhuefish of this season are comtug up the channel, too full fed, only caught one. 5 P. M.—Just canght first bass (striped) trolling. —Wi1o. Hishculture. THE AMERICAN FISHCULTURAL ASSOCIATION. SYNOPSIS OF PROCEEDINGS, PPHE annual mecting of the Association was held in the Farmer's Club rooms of the Cooper Iustitute, on Wednes- day and Thursday, June 6 and 7, President Page in the chair. On opening the President said: “A year has rolled rownd since our last meeting, and there are evidences on eyery hand that the good work is progress- ing. Itcan be said with truth that, since the beginning of figsheultiue in the United States, there isno other branch of industry that has made such progress, It has spread from Maine to California, and from Minnesota to Texas, until hearly every State and Territory has its Fish Comniission, and most of them haye an appropriation to work with, These funds have been put in the hands of Commissioners, who give their time and energies to the work, aud but few receive any compensation for it other than the knowledge that they are doing good to their fellow nien. It will be need- less for me to go into detail in this matter, for I see before me men who have for years carried on the work in its broadest form for the National Government, and who are familiar not only with the work which they have been engaged in, but aré also familiar with the whole literature of the subject, and know what fishculturists in other lands have done, might, however, be permitted torefer to the efforts in stocking waters heretotore unknown to the black bass which has come to be known as the American game fish, In the West and in the South it is found in the creels of the angler and on the slabs in the Markets. They are now so abundant iit Maine and the New England States, where they were unknown a few years ago, that they can be bought in the markéts at a price within the réach of the poor man. Coming recently from the interior, | hud an a of examining the markets in St. Joseph, Mo., and found among the marketmen frequent acknowl- edgments of the work of fishculturists, and of the teachings of this Association, and a thorough knowledge of the fact that, if the bass are protected in the spawning season, they become, like the commoner fishes, plentiful everywhere, and tend to lower the price of other fishes, Wewho liye on the shad rivers, mark the manner in which the supply is kept up, in spite of the increasmg demands of a growing population. Col. McDonald now has one hundred thousand shad eggs in process of hatching at Mr, Blackford's in Fulton Market, whieh he brought on from Washington to show the process. After they are hatched, they will be taken charge of by Mr. Mather, of the New York Fish Commision, and Aepostted in the Hudson, bear Troy, where Prof. Baird sent a car load of one million a fortnight ago. Pardon me for relating a bit of my personal experience abroad: Happening in London at the inception of the plans of the Fisheries Exhibition, now in pro- press there, 1 met many of the officials connected with it. At that time i, was not known that our Government would make a display, and by request, as there was only three days before the passage of the yearly appropriation bill, 1 cabled to Senator rye, of Maine, on the subject, and also sent a dupli- cate message to Prof. Baird, At this time there were many bills trembling in the balance, yet in two days an appropria- tion was introduced into both Houses, and was signed by the President, Our exhibit at London is a most creditable one, anditis generally acknowledged that no nation shows so favorably. Another fact; Making the acquaintance of Sir James Maitland, of Se ae eae Edinburgh, [ found that within seven years he had achieved great results in fishculiure. He had hatched 997 trout out of 1,000 eggs, all alone, without assistance from any of his men. His extensive ponds haye cost sixty thousand dollars, and he has made fishculture a success in Scotland. Upto April, of this year, he has sold ten thousand dollars’ worth of young trout and salmon, and his example has been largely followed in Kygland, Ireland and Scotland.” The Secretary then read the report of last meeting, and the following new members were proposed: W. H. Schieffelin, Frank D. Butler, and Col, M, A. Bryson. Mr, Blackford read a yaluable paper, entitled ‘Facts Re- garding Food of Fishes, and their Apa nine Seasons on the tlantic Coast,” of which the following is a sw K ‘The season of the spawning of striped bass, sheepshead, and bluefish had for seyeral years been the subject of investiga- tion by the association. During the past summer the Senate Sub-Committee on Foreign Relations visited several fishing points on the coast to obtain evidence from fishermen, dealers and others, as to the food and habits of the menhaden, an also as to the fact that this fish formed one of the principal articles of food for the bass, bluefish, and other valuable food thes, No accurate information, however, could be obtained upon which to bas¢ any national legislation for the protection of salt water fishes. Mr. Blackford, at the suggestion of Prof, 8, F. Baird, sometime ago undertook the task of examining the viscera of all the important fishes that passed through his market. Hesecured the assistance of Prof. H, J. Rice, who prepared a report on thesubject, Most of the atiiped bass examined had in their stomachs from one fo seyen fishes in various stages of digestion; they were alewiyes, eels, flound- ers, menhaden, and in one instance one of its Own species. In a small bass the Professor found a quantity of shrinzps. In the stomachs of mackerel there were found small reddish crust- acea, copepods, small shrimps, and small shells. In the stomachs of shad trom the Nortl River there were found small shrimps and afew fish scales. In sea bass remains of small fish were found, and in one instance acrab. Bluefish were found crammed with small bluefish, weakfish, butter- fish, kingfish, menhaden, and other small fish. In conclusion, Mr, Blackford stated that they were not prepared to draw conclusions from these examingtions, because the time in which they had been conducted was so short. Another year Prof. Rice will have more data as to times of spawning, Mr. Fred Mather read a paper on “‘Sunfish; their Mabits and Plans for their Destruction.” He declared this fish to be a pést to fisheulturists. Ii was a voracious feeder and pro- duced nothing, Ttwas not eyen of use as food for fishes, as its Numerous spines madeitathorny mouthful. Ti ate worms, flies and insects, and thus became 4 formidable compet.tor to young, valuable fish, and it also deyoured young silmon, The sunfish made its nest near the shore, and ,/time was its spawwn- ing season. Dynamite was first suggested as the best sub- stance to destroy this fish, but Mr. Mather thought that they could be more easily destroyed by dropping small lumps of quiclk-lime into their nests. Mr, Phillips then read a paper by 8. M. Jobnson, of. Boston, on ‘Legislation for the Protection of Lobsters, It was briefly as follows; The true sportsman angler, when he carefully releases the fingerling trout and returns it to the stream, intuitively recog- nizes the true economy of fishculture. With an application of this same law to lobsters great good might bedone. By refurning to the grounds all that are immature, and placing the limit so as to allow time for reproduction, a constant and sufficient supply would be insured, which vesult, Mr. Johnson thinks, can be accomplished in no other way, The iwerils of this plan seem to be very generally understood, but thereat difficulty in determining what good has been or may be accomplished arises from the fact that the laws olf the differ- ent States are not uniform, and that, moreoyer, they are often disregarded altogether, so that no satisfactory knowl- edge of the benelit derived is possible until those diflicnlties are remoyed, Tt was suggested thatall traps or pots be so constructed that the laths or sticks shall be sufficiently far apart to allow all small lobsters to escape, and that a funnel hoop shall be used of not less than five and # half or six inches in diameter, The disposal of the spawn-bearing lobster is an important question atid worthy of careful consideration, The anthor’s opinion is that if the limit is large enough, a sufficient quan- tity would be included in the number returned to the grounds to proyide for breeding necessities, The plan of having a close time is frequently advanced. The essay closed with a regret that lobsters are becoming eyery year scarcer and scarcer, and the hope that legislation would soon end this difficulty. The Association passed a resolution at the conclusion of the reading of the paper that State legislation be urged to make Proveniy for the preservation of lobsters, as suggested in My. Johnson's paper. A recess was then taken andin the afternoon 4 vary care- fully prepared paper on “The Distribution of the Black Bass,” by Dr, J, A. Henshall, was read, and elicited much discussion, The original habitat of this fish ranged from Virginia to Flo- rida, andfrom Canada and the Red River of the North to Louisiana and Hast Mexico; it embraced the whole of North America south of the British possessions and east of the Rocky Mountains except the waters flowing into the Atlantic in New England and the Middle States. Of the two species, the large-mouthed bass had the widest distribution. The small- mouthed bass had a somewhat limited range in comparison, not extending east or south of the Alleghany mountains. The habitat of the black bass had been extended by transportation and by means of artificial canals, It had also been success— fully introduced into Hngland, Scotland, and Germany, thus occupying a wider range than any other fish in the world, The black bass wasin a manner omnivorous. Crayfish and minnows were the principal food of the adult fish, and in ad- dition to this they fed upon insects, larves, frogs, etc. Mr. En- dicott strongly protested against the introduction of black bass into trout streams, where it would be sure to deyour that game fish. An interesting paper entitled ‘Wood Fish and Fish food," by Mr, A, N. Cheney, was then read, in which he advocated planting food for the fish when they were placed in ponds or streams. ’ SECOND DAY. Col, MeDonald read a paper on “The History of the Hxperi- ments Leading to the Development of the Automatic Hatch- ing Jar.” He traced the work of practical piseiculture froin its inception to the present time, and showed the various forms through which the hatching of fish eggs lias passed. He demonstrated on the blackboard the different experiments that were made hy himself and by othersin order to preventi the loss of eggs and to provide for the separation of the dead from the living eggs. The separation of the dead from live eggs, he said, was formerly done by picking ont the dead ones witha forceps, but of late years fishcultre had at- tained such proportions that hand picking becatne impractit cable, The syphon had been used, but this system did not prove satisfactory. Noticing that the specifie gravity of dead eges was less than that; of Jive ones, Col. McDonald has in- yented a hatching jar that will carty off the dead egrs and ege-shells and also the young shad when hitched. This jar in shape resembles the glass flasks that are seen on the shelves in apothecaries’ stores, buti with a rounded bottom, Through the middle of the stopper a long glass tube passes to the bottom of the jar. Another tube passes about one-third of the way down. The jaris halt filled with shad eggs, and the water is forced through the long center tube, causing a symmetrical revolution of the oya. ‘Ihe live, healthy eggs immediately fall again to the bottom, while the dead lizhter ones are thrown up and forced by the eurrent thoough the other tube into another jar. Mr. Fred Mather read a paper called “The Transportation of Live Fresh Water Crustaceans,” in which he advocated ending them packed as fish eggs are, A-paper of greatinterest, by Dr, T. Garlick, on “The Bepin- ning of Fishculture in the United States,” was then read. Col, McDonald read a paper on ‘Vishways,” which was listened to with great attention. He drew diagrams on the blackboard and iliustrated the principles of the construction of the new fishway. Among other things he said: Ttis a well attested fact that the river fisheries of the Atlantic States have steadily diminished in yalue and importance. Several cases, ee oe have concurred in producing this decrease, First, the capture of the greater portion of the rin cach year may not have left sufficient to maintain production under natural conditions. Second, the erection of dams or other obstructions in the rivers has, in some Gases, entirely cut off the run of fish from their spawning grounds: The remerty tor this condition of things is to be found, first, in such legislation as will control excessive and prohibit destructive modes of fishing ; second, in compensating for the insultigient natural supply by artificial propagation and planting; third, inextend- ing the area of breeding and feeding by overcoming natural obstructions by means of fishways, Wishways are various de- yices to enable fish to surmount obstructions which would otherwise be impossible to them. A fishway to be affective must fulfil certain conditions, First, it must he accessible; that is, the foot of a fishway must beso located that the fish will readily tind it. Second, it must discharze a suflicient yolume of water to attract the tish, Third, the water must he discharged with such yelocity that the (ish may readily enter and swim up it. In whatis known as the step fishway orpooLand-fall lishway, the wateris brought down from its elevation by a series of shortfalls and pools, the pools being of such a size in comparison with the volume of water unter- ing them as to bring it practically to vest alter each drop, and in this way to deliver the whole yolume at the bottom with no poate acceleration than it has in dropping from one pool to the next, 390 FOREST AND STREAM, [June 14, 1888. Mr. Phillips eavenotice of the death of Mr. Charbenhier, of Paris, and resohrtions of rezret were passed. My. Benkard, of the South Side Glib, introduced the tollow- inv resolutions, which were adopled after some discussion. Wheres, tis the sense of the Association that the contimial 4nd increasing pollution of the waters of New York Bay from the vetuse of certai factories threatens eventually to kill or drive sway all fish, shell-ish and bivalves natural to said waiters; therefore, Beit resolied, That this Association try to call the immedi- ate attention of the Fish Commissioners of the United States anc of the Btate of New York and New Jersey, and also the members of their Legislatures, to. the impending calamity. Tn speaking of this resolut\on, Mr, ©. G. Blackford said: Complaints have frequent'y beén made to me thre the shad eaucht in the vicinity of the city were tainted with, kerosene; also, that the shrimps caught off Bay Ridge have gradually disappeared, nod of late years have been of very strong flavor, Now York Bay used to prochice many lobsters, but they are now entirely extinet: and before they became oxtinet they were growing rapidly poover and poorer; they were thin and watery, and of bad flavor, This also the fact that the lish and the clams caught in the vicinity of Hell Gate and the entrance to the Sound ure badly tainted. Wor these things the Stand- ard Oi] Works are respousible. At Rockaway the oysters and clains are being gradually exterminated. Muctings have been held there calling the attention of the Nish Commissioners to the growing evil, but no remedy has yet been found, The Cemnussioners haye no power to prevent the pollution of the water, tot M. A. Bryson said he believed that if the Standard Oil Company were-compelled to velrain from letting hundreds of thiusatds of barrels of sludge acid ow into the tivers and bays they could tind some way to use it. President Page ro- marked that in Boueland the mamifacturers who polluted the streams were compelled to take care of the refuse, and they found a way to make money ont of it, ‘VYhe report af the Treasurer showed thal there was a bal- ance due tim from the Association of #59.45, aud Col. Bryson moved that if the delinquents did not cancel the indebted- hess within ten days, that tho Treasurer be authorized to raceive vohintary subscriptions, Carried, The followime officers were elected for the year; President, James Benkard: Vice-President, Geo. Shepard Page; 'Ireas- mret, E. G Blackford; Corresponding Secretary, Barnet Phillps: Recording Secretary, Dred Mather: Executive Cemm tive, Francis Endicott, G. Brown Goode, Col. M, McDonald, Benj. W. West, James Annin, Jr., Charles B, Byarts, Dr. W, M. Hudson, Mr, Pareina neat speech welcomed the new President, who announced that unfortunately Prof. Rice had been de- tained, but his paper on “Dbe Artificial Cultivation of the Oyster” would be on hand for publication. The mowting then sdjourned subject toa call of the Ex- ecutive Committee to whom the time and place of the next macting would be left In the evening s few members sat down to dinner at Brighton Beach. Mr, Jolin Woord presided, Among others present werd David A, Wells, of Connecticut, Captain Z. L. Tanner, of the United States Fish Commission steamer Alba- tross, Gordon L. Ford, J, Angel, Amos Robbins, I. Van Cleat, G.0, Van Grant, Prot. H. J. Rice, B, G. Blackford, Pred Mather and G, 8, Page, Speeches were made by John Foord, David A, Wells, Captain Tanner, EH, G. Blackford and others, The company retuned to the city by a late train. We will publish the papers, and the discussions following fhem, in fall. ATTRACTIVE AQUARIA, PPUEBRE ts no exhibition of stulled bifds or beasts which will compare with « show of living specimens in drawing the publie to see it, andin drawing entrance fees from visitors, This tile applies with equal force to fishes, and was well shown whou the New York Aquariim was inits glory, before it was sutlered to be merged into other shows, We have heen led to-say this by reading whata London correspondent; of the New Work Times says of the Pisheries Exhibition. He finishes his letter by saying; ‘After a daily visit to the exhibition'from the opening tothe present time one is inspressed with the magnitude of the afair, and at the same time puzzled to Enow how it is going to con- fer upon England aud the world at large all the ‘benelits pre- dicted of it, So far as the long-suffering public go they are more or less attracted te South Kensington under false pre- tenses, Tne show is not really interesting to any but persons connected with fishing as an imdustvy, One cannot disguise from one’s self the fach that the crowds who haye been ex- cited by advertisements and excessive royal patronage go about the building with a vague expression upon their faces, an es pectantloole for something that does uot come, A net is, after all, uly a net to them; a boat no more than a boat, and as for che splendid group of Alaskan seals in the American court, ‘Why, you aan see them alive at the Zoo for sixpence,” remarks ‘Arry to his sweetheart, The trutldis, the geueral public have been induced to come in and seéa vast collection ef technical implements and spscimens of natural history whieh neither instructs nor amuses them, Hyery depart- ment of the show, so far as they are concerned, is little better than a repetition of nets, boats, models, fish in bottles, and fish in tubs, pictures of fish, und collections of rods, shells, sponges and the like. ‘'Vhere is an aquarius, it is true, butitis only a smallone, and if you squeeze inte it the chances are in favor of your being suffocated, A baud plays in the promenade: there are two fountains that do not play at present, The fish market is interesting, but ibis a tithl bat to a whale compared with Hillingszate, Hortunately for the promoters, the popula- tion of London is big enough to keepupa continnal stream of visitors, thou, I question if any of the public will care bo gotwice. When the Ammsinass and technical men, the scien- tists, merchants, traders, smack-owners, and others settle dowt to the work of comparing tho industrial wethods of the various countries aud making notes for improvements im their own, then good will come of the enterprise, no dovlbt,” He leaves the reader toinler that more and larger aquaria, would make the Exhibition more attractive, and we agree withhim. Many persons will visit England from all parts of the world to see thas grand display, but they will be those who are especially mterested in the fisheries, fisheultime, or some of the various things connected therewith. They eannot pos- sibly pay the army of worlanen, «.tendants, cashiers, sweep- ers. Waltdhmen, and the host of people who mins necessarily be employed, Tho people of London, therefore, are expected to make Up thevremainder of thesum, and the mass of Wondon- ere, luke the fiass of people elsewhere, care nothing for the fisheries, bub vo to sea the ‘ish show,” and to be astonished and aroused. Naturally they crowd around the small aquaria, and *°Arry” tlinks it a poor show. The Wisheries HExhinition in Berlin, 1880, was a, nancial suc- cess, butit continued only ten weeks. As many as twenty fhousaad people paid an entrance fea of twenty-four cents eHthin owe day. tt wasmade a fashionable resort by the nobility and others. The Wxhibition at London is to continue for six montis, and we fear that popular interest will abate before the expivatien of tbat tune. = The regula annual meeting of the Greenwood Lake Association was held ab their club house ac Warwick Woodlands, N, Y,,on Peeor- ation Day, aud the following board of officers aml trustees elected: Heory © Guoke, trustee und president; Alexander Brandon, trustee anil yiee-presidént, Uherter Auotingbon, teustee and treasurer; Gen, tant W. spencer, Maurico B, Myun, Michael Channeey, W. Suhaper trusters, Uurlug tle present year the association hyye built aud have fe succusalint working one of the finest fish batching- houses in The Beunteys dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- portance are liable to delajy. Entries close June 1, Che Fennel, a To imsire proupt attention communications should, be wd- ~ FIXTURES. BRANCH SHOWS. Jntie 12%, 13, 14 and 1, 1853,—Chicago Banuh Show, Chieago, Tl, Chas, Lincoln, Superintendent, FIELD TRIALS. November 19, 1585, —Bastern Field Trials Club, Fifth Annual Trials, at High Point. N. C. Entries for the Derby close July 1; for the Members’ Stake, Nov. 17; for the Alil-Aged Stake, Nov, 1. W. A, Coster, Secretary, Wlatbush, Long Islaud. 8, Y, November 20, 1853,—Robin's Island Club’s second Annual Wield ee at Robin's Island, L. J., for members ouly. EKutrivs close epi, 1, A, T. Plummer, Secretary. December, IS8t,—Natioual American Keunel Glib, Fifth Annual Let at Grand Junction, Tenn. D. Fryson, S8eerciary, Memphis, enn, AN INTERESTING CASE. Editor Povest and Streams T have a valuable pointer dog Josh, two years old last Feb- ruary, in perfect health sofaras Tam ableto judge. He is fed from leavings of the family table. Never has raw meat at home, thongh he may yet it oreasionally from the markets unknown tome, Ashe follows my team a great deal, has plenty of exercise. Plesh hurd and not too much of it. In perfect condition for a hunt. He is avery nervous, active fel- low, rarely quiet when he can find an exeuse for moving. He bad the distemper when seyen months old, anc came through it all right. On Wednesday morning last he with bis companion Colonel —a large Newfoundland—had a ran ahont town before break- fast, going [know not where. They ate them breakfast as nsual, and soon after followed me to the office, An hour later their mistress pussed by, and they followed her tothe house playing and romping all of the way, apparently in the best of spirits. I soon followed, both dogs meo¥ing me at the door. This was about ten A. M., three hours after their morning run, Seating myself, Itook up a paper, and had been reading te Tiftcen minutes, when my attention was attracted b osl’s movements. He had been lying amstly, in the back part of the room away from the fire, ‘As L looked at him he was standing up with his head hent forward, and his jaws ex- tented to their utmost capacity. To all appearance he was trying his best to close them, occasionally backing up a little and arching his bacs, For the first thirty seconds, I thought he had something in his mouth that forced his jaws wide apart and that he was trying to getridofit, His head drop- ped lower and lower until at last his lower jaw rested upon the carpet. He was still to all appearances trying to close his jaws, or eject something from his mouth. Again he raised his tend! still with his jaws painfully extended, Soon le began to show signs of weakness in his hips, of across the small of his back, his hind parts swaying first to one side then jo the other, Gnally giving ont.and letting him fall partially on his side, During all this time he seemed strong énough in his fore arts. y From the outset he had made no noise, and his movements had not even attracted the attention of his mistress, who was sitting at my side. Finally he rallied and started wildly actos: the room, upsetting chairs and all light articles that chanced to be in his course, His companion, Coloiiel, now made his appearance from another room, and though they are the best of tends, he would certainly have taken hold of him savagely had I not called him off. The next thirty seconds was spent in getting my wile ont of harm’s way, and in locking (olonel in another roon.. When I returned, Josh was down first on one side, then on the other, then on ns hack, By means of his feet he pushed or dragfed himself all about the room, at no time standing up, however. Finally he turned over upon his back with feet im air, his hind legs thrown well forward, but appar- ently quite rigid, His forelegs extended (also’ rigid) but quite wide apart. His head was throwh forward tntil his lower jaw almost or quite touched his chest. [now discovered that ne was frothing ati the mouth, and I think his jaws were less extended than at first. About this time I concluded it was poison and ordered some lard to be melted at once. I then returned to wateb poor Josh. For fully one minute thereatter the fit or spasm lasted, The limbs stiff and rigid. eyes sunken deep in the head, no moye- ment except the spasmodic jerking aud twitching’ of all the parts. Breath short and quick, From the outside, the only noise made by him was a low sort of whine that accompanied the grunting noise occasioned by forcing the air from his lunes, Both were quite inyolintary. Finally his muscles seemed gradually to relax, the tyitching and jerking stopped, the breath was less short, his head fell back mpon the carpet, he turned over on his left side, his jaws closed. I think the froth about his mouth was colored with blood, but will not be positive. Vor another minute he lay perfectly exhansted and_appar- ently unconscious, his chest heaving like a bellows. Then he made an effort to arise, but could not ati first do so. At last he got up and stared wildly about him at everything within his range of vision, This was about five minutes after the commencement of the spasm, I spoke to him and he stared at me, but faye no sign of recognition. [am satisfied le (id not at that time recovnize any of the familiar objects about the roorn. His face woresuch a look of blank sAstonishinent and bewilderment as.is ican seen, If I thought that dog be- lieved im a hereafter, I should be satisfied m my owh mind that he was wondering on wliich side of the River Styx he was at that moment, ‘ Tinally he walked slowly away from me, though T continued to call him, outinto an adjoining room, still staring, still m- quiring, still wondering at everything he saw, Tfollowed and again called him; he looked at me intently for a moment (I was standing in front of him), the startled look gradually nassed away. 1 spoke again; the head and ears which had aie carried well up (the latter cocked as though listening in tently) dropped slightly, his tail moved in friendly recozni- tion, and he at once came ip to me and put his nose against my leg. ' By Pais time the lard was melted, and, leading the way to the woodhouse, closely followed by Josh, [ held up his head, and, opening his ips al the side, my wife poured at least a teucuptul down his throat. Asa matter of fact the lard was too hob; but we hadn't time to cool it, and I am sure it could not haye burned him seriously. He fought hard against tak- ing more, howeyer, and we lep him go, A moment later he was trying to vomit, but, so far as [ could discover, he onl threw up.a stringy. whitish sort of phlegm, and but little of that: certainly not more than two. tablespoonsful, if as much, He then followed me quietly into the house, and lying down, slept quietly for an honr or two. Heate a gooddinner, though ho might not have done so had it not been for Colonel, who staod waiting to lick wp whatever he might leave, He ap- peared perfectly well, except that he was weak, and violent exercise made cough a little. Hour hours after the spasny my team was brought around, and he appeared us amxious as eyer to follow them, I took him in the bugay and drove ten miles, he riding all of the way. On my return he at once went to playing with Colonel, His eyes were clear, his eal's warny (after the first two hours), his nose moist and cold, In tact I have not seen a thing since the spasm to indicate that he was ' and am not quite bored | We come to a stiff bit hof fence, and hoyer we ont of health, except that his appetite is not quite so good, ha does not appear quite so strong. and the very slight cough im- mediately Following violent exercise. d now, my dear sir, if you have survived this long letter, death, will you please tell me ‘S what ailed my dop.” That is the important question with me. I have not writ- ten thus at length because it; isa pleasure, but in order that you might be supplied with the facts as | saw them. Tt will be one week totnorrow morning since Josh had his attack. The spagym lasted at least five minutes. R. FS, GREENVILLE, Mich., May 22. (‘Dhis was undoubtedly a case of poisoning by strychnia, and ow correspondent may consider himself yery fortunate in saving the life of his pet, We remember several cases where the symptoms were almost identical with those deseribed, but, except in one instance, the result was fatal. Tn this case we administered the same remedy, lard, and succeeded in saying the animal’s life. Mr, §. for the very intelligent and able nianner in Which he has described the symptoms, and trust that all who cometo us for advice in relation to the ailments of their canine friends will carefully read the communication, and so far profit by its teachings as to give us a like comprehensive description of each case, thus enabling us to correctly diagnose and prop- erly preseribe for it.J Weare under great oblizations to IMPROVEMENT OF THE BEAGLE, Editon Forest and Strean: I should like to ask the breeders, owners and admirers of our little hound, the beagle, why itasthat as a class, they are not better represented at our bench shows? I think it a great mishake on their partin not haying the different classes better filled then has been the case for some time past. No doubt one reasotis, the decisions of some of the judges have been very disheartening to exhibitors and others. But, I believe our bench show managers haye, as far as lay in their power, selected gentlemen, who, in & large majority of cases, were fully cornpetent to adjudicate upon the classes assigned them. I should also like to ask if they areto stand back and give up entering their dogs at the shows, because Mr. A, has a better one than My, B,, and the judge doesso decide. Iam afraid that islargely the main cause of the recent lack of en- tries, There are several breeders and owners, who claim (and justly, too) to have first-class stock, Noy, I claim that is one of the best reasons why they should enter the classes at the shows, and make a success of the beagle. Let the best dogs win eyery time-on their merits, and don’t let patty pre- judices control the owners, because their neighbor wr compet- itor has & better dog than they, They can’t expect to make a success of the beagle by keeping him housed up, and only let a few of their friends see their dogs. ie hot take “O, W, Rus" advice by forming a beagle club, or let them start the zood work now, by sending their names to some oné the edi- itor will name (no doubt he will kindly do so), and after that pet a standard by appointing a cominittee to doit, and don’t Jet each one have his owu, or they will be like our friends af the Gordon sotter. Let them proitt by their mistakes, and start with the commiltee in adopting a standard they can make up their minds that they will have to accept and submit to some points in whicn they may not now azree, If thatis not done with a willingness on their part, it cannot be a success. should be much pleased, and [am sure yery many of the readers of this journal would also be, to hear from such gentle- men as N. Hlmore, “Razor,” *“Dorkin,” J. M. Bergold, “‘Bea- gle,” “‘F. F.,” P. Dorsey, and a host_or others ores ant, RIAR, Editor Parest and Streams ‘ Does not the article of “O, W. BR.” in PoREST AND STREAM of May 31, make all breeders and loyers of the beagle realize the “want long felt,” yes, more, the necessity of organizing & beagle club? All things must have a start. Nothing will start itself, Therefore let us associate and form a club, and I make bold-to assert that such «movement will be crowned with success, Not only will we derive greah benefit therefrom, but our favorites will then receive their merited share of at- tention and public interest; the ignorance concerning them will vanish and the English beagle will not so frequently be confounded with other breeds, as in the case mentioned by *O. W. B.,7 and which, in tact, ocewrs very frequently. — We will then havea standard by which our dogs will be judged, and premiums will not be awarded to dogs which the difYerent judges think best. Several beagle breeders have suffered gross injustice at the hands of judges at bench shows, and yet we are partly to blame for it ourselves. We cannoti attain much siugly, but ‘many make strong.” Now let us hope that this sabject will not be dropped. Let some one make the necessary preliminary arrangements, one that is more fit for the office than Razor. WRIGHTSVILLE, Pa., June §, 1583, [We have, in the past, shown ourinterest in this merry lit- tle hound in various ways, and shall now be glad to do any- thing in our power to bring him more prominently before the notice of sportsmen. If the owners and breeders of the beagle feel like moving ia the matter as proposed by “Briar” and “Razor.” we are willing todo what we can toward the or- ganization of a beagle club. Probably the best way Lo initi- ate such a movement would be for those inverested to send their names to this office, with any suggestions which they may haye as to the gentlemen best qualilied to take the sub- ject in hand. We have in mind ssyeral gentlemen, who, if they could be induced to take hold of it, could be trusted to vive time and attention to the matter. Itis, however, better on all accounts, that those who are most directly interested should give us their yiéws, in order that we may- carry them out in a manner satisfactory to all concerned.) HARRY HOWARD'S LAST FOX. A GENTLEMAN with whose charming writings all the LX readers of Fores? AND StREAM are familiar, has written for the Herald the following amusing sketch: y A short, well proportioned man, with bow legs, lingered at the bar of a holel near Orange, N,J. His hair was cropped short and his head and pleasant faco were seamed with scars won in the exciting pursuit of the anise seed bag. He worea red hunting coat, cords and top boots, and a black velver jockey cap. This was Mr, Harry Howard, huntsman, of the ‘Essex County Hunt, Mr. Howard is an enthusiast, and he told the history of the last hunt of the Jersey season with great animation and yigor, ; ? vy, “You see, my gents,” said he, ‘they gob a-tired a-ridin hup and down the Orange Mountings, sol took Vinegar, Warrior and Vanity and alot of them ‘ounds hup to Pine Brook to start a wild fox, Blarsted rough country te ride in this; but, as they sez at ‘ome, tt ain't the 'unting that /urts the ‘oofs— its the 'ammer, ’ammer, ‘ammer on the ‘ard hiron reads, Hall the gents got in time for tho meet, and in a bit of a fallow field hup gob the fox. 'H werea rarered fox, und went mighty slow, ’aying been nipped ina trap, or shotin the leg, or Fiddan hover by some ue afore. ‘the pack went ab ‘im asif hemptied hout of a barrel, with Vinegar and Warrior and Vanity after tim, So I called hout, as I always sez, Woicks! yoieks! tully ’o! tally’o!’and hother London phrases, dd Wei the height ne wereso igh.” (Here Mr, Howard designate e height by touching the top of the pitcher on the bar with the tp of h.s whip), . ; tin the next field I said, ‘Keep back, keep back,’ for Twas afraid the gents would be hon top of . But they dident. We then came to a brush lot fhat ‘ad been burnt hoff, Borne. a ae — ———————————<<— tt — June 14, 1883. | en is wery bud for ‘ounds smellen, and they kept pud- enabout, So lsaidas [ always sez, ‘Yoicks! yoicks! tally o! an’ hother London phrases, and Vinegar led hoff hover the crown hof the till. Next ware a bigzish bit of timber, so high,” pointing out the shelf on the mantel-piece, “Hold Sky- rotket, my 'orse—to see im you wouldent give $40 for ‘im, but to jump ‘im is worth $50,000—took bit like a burd. Most of the gents, though, went down in the yalley and took the road, Solsez asl always sez, ‘Yoieks! yoicks! tally ‘0!’ wand hother London phrases. The fox were goin’ haylul slow and was afraid Vinegar would catch’m, But wecame fo a stone wall with a fence on top, about so igh,” touching the top ot the clock on the mantelpiece with his whip, “and the fox, Vinegar, Skyrocket amd me went hoyer it without « touchen, “Then Vinegar, the fox, Skyrocket and me came to a real tidy plank and post fence huround the race track, so high” (reaching up and touching the stovepipe hole in the wall with his whip), “Hover we went. We took huround the mile track four times—nie, hold Skyrocket, Vinegar and the fox— an’ we come to the park gate, It were so ‘igh’ (getting up on- a beer kes and touching the top of the window shade). ‘Hover we went, and hon the way I sed, as I always do, “Old ‘and! Yoicks! yoicks! tally ‘ol!’ and hother London hrases, I come hout hall right, and so did Skyrocket and ‘inegar: but the fox were dead beat wud stuck, so I Rot his brush. Where hold Skyrocket jumped it were so Nt. Howard in straining to reach the ceiling lost his bal- alice and his excited and interested hearers lost the rest of the stary. — BENCH SHOWS AND JUDGING. Editor Havest and Stredn: Your correspondent, Col. Stuart Taylor, having indulped so freely in criticism of other people's dovs, will not object to learn how others look at the dogs exhibited by himself. 1 re- spect Col. Taylor as a gentleman and a true lover of the dog, but [ cannot, understand his objectin making such Swecping, denunciations of the exhibition in general at the late New York show, and ¢an only attribute it to an amiable desire to éducate the whole of us up to his pinnacle of wonderful canine knowledge. But he illustrates the trailty of human nature in being quite lnable to. appreciate the glaring defects of his own dogs, and itwill do him no harm to tell him of some of them, especially as L[helieve him tobe a gentleman of means, and no great nia will result even if it should spoil the sale of afew of em. He enlarges on the merits of his mastiff Gurth, and lovingly, as behooves a eens master, glosses over a few of his infirmi- ties. Ifthe could only strip the scales of prejudice from his ayes, he would see in Gurth a big leggy ungainly dog, with scarcely an atom of mastiff character about him. As 4 com- anion and watch dog he may be. all that ¢conld be desired, mt as a show dng he ought carefully to be lett at home, He ecstasizes over his Mayorof Bingley as the finest liying Newfoundland. 1 am well aware how eéxtensively he has been advertised, and Col, Taylor may be » yery credulous man in some respects, but he surely must haye had a few qualms of conscience in trying to palm him off as a representa- tivedog. The Mayor has positively the worst, most deformed head leversawona Newfoundland of any pretensions to show form, His éyes are really repulsive, and the grand, noble beneyolence and dignity which should characterize this breed, in him are totally wanting, He is afine, big strong dog with an excellent coat, but in good company he will never he looked at. He has hardly an evidence of pure breeding about him, ; Col. 'Taylor’s two smal) bull-terriers Pegasus and Kitty were led into the ring for competition for the champion prize. Before I examined them { wasinformed by the steward that the club had decided to award a prize fo each, one being a dog and the other # bitch. I base ee the owner of the dogs a yer fortunate man and took a hasty glance atthe pair The tails were so clumsily faked that [ could only believe that some enemy of Col. ein had tried to spoil his dogs’ chances of winning, and I pointed the matter out to the stew- ard, who reported it to other members of the committee, The dogs got their prizes. Under usual circumstances I should have sent both out of the ring without an award, So much for the contributions of Col. Stuart Taylor to the New York show, which he runs down without mercy. The judges of setters and pointers, whose names probably carry as much weight with gentlemen sportsmen and dog lovers as Col. Taylor's, do net need any defense at my hands. In criticising the ayards in my classes, he thinks the bull- terriers (arge size) were wrongly judged, but admits that the dogs he should haye placed before the winners were in wretched condition. Scarlet and President may be good specimens when well shown, whith they were not ut New ork, and the winners beat them handily. Spring, the first) prize doz, will take a lot of beating, and he was most credit- ap aba WE. fhe dog that won second prize in large black, or black and white spaniels, he thinks mostimperfect. He would be # poor specimen of the black spaniel—which approaches in build that of the Sussex, and is probably the best type of spaniel—but he was a black and white ticked Norfolk, and a ood one of the kind, They are lighter built, higher on the eg, and shorter inthe back than the blacks or Sussex. The Colonel will excuse my presumption in trying to add to his stock of canine knowledge. " To conclude, 1 wall just say that I think Col, Taylor will repret, when he thinks over it, the general fault-finding tone of his letter, snd, asin my opinion, his own judgment is par- ticularly faulty with regard to his own dogs. ape owners of dogs, which the Colonel has abused, will not feeltoo de- pressed, | have seen a good many shows, but never a tiner collection than at Madison square last month. Yours truly, J. ¥. Kix. Toronto, Sune 10, Editor Forest and Stream ¢ Tf the criticisms on dogsand judging were written by men who are acknowledged to be competent judges, they would be instructive, interesting, and consequently 0 value to the read- ers. As itis, most of this kind of correspondence is kept up hy persons who consider themselves authorities on dog breed- inz, but who actually have not bred dogs for more than a few ears. Dog breeding is in its infancy in this country —the ast New York show has amply proyed this. The manage- ment was perfect, the number of dogs exhibited large, but alas—the quality, A The bench shows ought to bea seer for the breeder and fancier, hut how can he be guided by them as long as we have judges who differ in their opinions like those we haya had so far, Look at the numerous cases where a dog got tirst prize one year and was not even looked at the next, and vice versa. Thunder, who receiyed first from the hands of one judge (, is considered a ‘strange looking setter,” and a ‘merino sheep” by another, And what is the result of all this? The name “Champion” is of little or no value ip this country, and, with the exception of Emperor Fred and Plantagenet, there is probably no Eng- lish setter in Atuerica on which three American judges could agree, putting him in the chajnpion class. fong as the results of Judging differ as they do now, the breeders and the public generally will be misled, and will go.on without reliable standards, nayer rexel perfection. lam convinced that this country rt eau yy miuich more Upon beich shows and good Judges than the old country, where dog breeding has been established for cenliunies, and where, as a matter of course, Ge —_ FOREST AND STREAM. the average breeder knows more than the average breeder here. T do not pretend to be able to remedy this defect in judg- ing at shows, and leave it to competent brecders more familiar with the country than 1 am—but I do know that, as loug «as everybody pretends to know all about dogs, and as long as experienced judges trom the old country are laughed at,and their opinion uot respected, there will be noimprovement in the different breeds of dogs. Most of the stud dogs herewere imported from Bng- land, but name me asingle case where, after three genera- tions, you can find a dog as good as the original. Emperor Pred, who certainly is one of the best English set- ters now in this dountry, has so far not produced.a single do or biteh as good as himself. Still this same dog is the sire o very superior dogs in Hngland, and his record there proves him tobe a food one on the bench, as well as in the stud. Why is this? Simply because the prize winvers in this country vary so much in type that the breeder has no standard to go by, and taking the winners of bench shows for breeding, they spoil their breed instead of improving it. J leaye it to any impartial, ieee aa jadge of English set- ters whether Thunder, who is called a. champion here, would stand any chance of even pevtiis, a“‘O" in the open class of any first-class English bench show. conclusion, allow me to give the friendly advice to the breeders of this country to try and procure judges of well-es- tablished reputation, regardless of expense, to judge their Bnglish setters, and ina few years you will find a marked improvement in the breed of the dogs. The number of dogs at shows will probably be less, but the quality better by far, MALTRAVERS, New Yorn, June 4. THE CHICAGO BENCH SHOW. {Prom Gur Chicayo Correspondent, | a pre entry list for the International Bench Show of Dogs, under the management of Mr, Charles Lincoln, closed June 4, but the list has only been given to the public and your correspondent to-day, There is now not the shadow of a doubt as to the success of the show, and local sportsmen, lovers of the canines and others are becoming yery much in- terested over the affair. Thelocal daily papers are taking up the show in good shape, and Mr. Lincoln seems fully satisfied with everything so far. ‘“D Battery Armory” is a huge bar- racks, handsomely built and decorated with shining brass guns and black carriages, with caissons and flags embellish- ing them in all corners of the building. It is under military ay Si and presents a tine appearance for any enter- aimuent. Lt will hold 6,000 people handily, The kennels and accummodations for the exhibits will be comfortable and all that anyone could ask. Tt will be arranged Saturday, and the dogs are expected to begin arriving on that day, though hut few will be here beforenext Monday. Nearly every class of the seventy-four has been filled, and the total entry list of dogs numbers 275, which with puppies wakes 32h, The cata- logue below gives full particulars as to the entries, the judges are: For mastiffs, St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, fox-terriers, collies, bulldogs, bull-terriers, black and tan ter- riers, Dandie Dinmont terriers, Bedlington terriers, Skye ter- riers, hard-haired Scotch terriers, silk or rough-haired terriers, Trish terriers, Yorkshire lerriers, pigs, toy terriers and poodles, Mr. James Mortimer, New York City; for Eng- lish setters, Irish setters, black and tan or Gordon setters, and pointers, Mr. John W, Munson, St. Louis, Mo.; for grey- hounds, deerhounds, Irish water spaniels, field and cocker spaniels, foxhounds, beagles, duchshunde and King Charles spaiiels, Mr. James F, Kirk, Toronto, Ontario; and for the miscellaneous class, Messrs. James F, Kirk, and James Mortimer, ENTRIES. Glass 1, Mastifis, Dogs.—Chas. H, Mason's Nevison and Gurth, Paul Merken's Pussy, Mrs. Henry Kisteman’s Rover, Capt. B. B, Bull- winkle’s Nelson, i Class 2. Mastiffs, Bitches Capt, B. B, Bulbwinkle’s Speiro, W. Wade's Dinah TI, ‘ Class 3, Rough-Coated St. Bernard Dogs,—J. J, Hawelka’s sport, Jas. A, MeGechie’s Cesar, B. RB. Stuart's Bishop, Mrs. Henry Kiste- man’s Marro, David Stephenson's Hero, Walter C, Hately’s Glendale, H. E. Vale's Frank. ; Class 4. Rongh-Coated St. Keruard Bitches.—Waller GC, Hately’s Fido, Mrs. Henry Kisteman’s Minco, Class 5. Smooth-Coated St. Bernard Dogs.—No entries, Olass 6, Smooth-Coated St. Bernard Bitches.—No entries. @lass 7. Newfoundlands.—Ghas, H. Mason’s Mayor of Bingley, Paul Merker's Major, FT. Schlegel’s Cassar, §, R, Ireland’s Pete, Class §, Greyhounds, Dogs.—Uarl Young's You Know, Paramore Bron Res 8 Prince, Chas, H, Mason's Friday Night. Harry L., Good- min’s Ral. p Class 9. Greyhounds, Bitches.—G. G. Gerrish's Tony, Mdyward War- ren Sawyer's Lady. A Qlass 10, Deerhounds, Dogs or Bitches —Dr, Van Hummell’s Lorna and Oscar, Jas. B, MeKay's Lord Aghanlog,. Class 11, Champion English Setters, Dogs.—Geo. W. Moore's Royal Ranger, James H. Groodsell’s Plantagenet, Class 12, Champion English Setters, Bitehes.—W. B, Shattue’s Dido IL, James H, Goodsell’s Petrel 1. Class 18, Buglish Setters, Dozs.—C, A. Goud's Launcelot, Mrs, Ollie Mason's B. I, P.. J. Johnson's Blue Rock and Blue King, A. C, Waddell’s Layerack Chief, 5. L, Boge’sBelthus, Edwin Thomas, Jr.'s Lofty I1., C, EB. Willard’s Count Derby, J, H. Whitman’s Judge and Snow Flake, Lake Shore Kennel’s Count Blythe, Estate of S. HW, Tur- rill’s Frank, D. ©, Bergundthal’s Prince Rake, A. G, Chisholm’s Prince Royal, James H. Goodsell’s Racket, Don Juan and Duke of Beaufort, Class 14. English Setters, Bitches—James H. Goodsell’s Daisy Layerack and Queen Petrel, Bert Crane's Princess Draco Il., C A. Loud’s Jessica, Mra. Tasie Land's Fannie Il, Jesse Williains’s Nobby, F, W, Cleaver's Guess, Donoghue’s Daisy, A.C. Wuddell’s Dash- ing Belle, Zarra and Queen Alice, Geo. W. Moore’s Gaily andSally H., Edwin Thomas. Jr.’s Shell, Dan O'Bhea's Lill, J. Johnson's Blue ae J, A, Whitman's Flirt, Lake Shore Kennels Ludy Rake and ueen Madge, CG. A, Stone’s Forest Fly, Forest Dora and Forest Lill, TL omas G. Davey’s Glenfilass, Gao. H. Tousey’s Bessie T., Joseph H, Kraft’s Bessie Lee. Wm. Allen's Fannie and seyen pups. Glass 15. Enghsh Setter Puppies, Dogs.—W. F. Durrall's Saxey Gladstone, J. Johnson’s Dulce Gladstone, R. Organ’s Nickle Plate, Thomas G. Davey's Post Boy, F. L. MeCracken's Chicago Boy, R, G, Richter's Racket. Olass 16. English Setter Puppies, Bitehes—T. L. MeCracken's Chi- cago Girl, C, B. Willard’s Coltitess Daisy, R. G. Riehter’s Juno. Class 17. Champion Black and Tan or Gordon _Setters,—John P, Barnard, Jr.'s Ruby, Dr. J, 8, Niven’s Argus, G. W. Moore's Jessi, Robert Blackwood's Flattery. Qlass 18. Blac« and Tan or Gordon Setters, Dogs.—Jno, Hickey’s Prince, A. B. Halland G. W. Bassford’s King Dan, 5. E, Dayis's Mass. Olass 19. Black and Tan or Gordon Setters, Bitches,—Jno, Hickey’s Bella, Heury Hochbaum’s Nellie, Edwin Thomas, Jy.'s Gracie, Rob- ert Blackwood's Young Flora. Class 20, Black and Tan or Gordon Setters, Puppies, Robert Black- wood's Frost. Olass 21, Champion Irish Setters, Dozs—No cutries, Class 22, Champion Irish Setters, Bitches,—No entries. Class.28 Irish Setters, Dogs.—Wm, H. Hubbard's Lee, J. A, a, Spragiié’s Brush. C, &. Barrett’s Blebo U., 'T. Donoshue’s Derby. J, M. Giwinn's Max, Hmporia Kennel Clob’s Trish Cork and Karl, Class 24. Irish Setters, Bitchés—Wmporis Kennel Club's Irish Countess, Irish Duck and Irish Faith, J. A. J, Sprague’s Thorsteim’s Daughter, T. Donoghue’s Queen, Class 25, Irish Netter Puppies, Dogs.—T. Donoghue's Red Derby, paesnO He. Kennel Club's Irish Rock, Edwin Thomas, Jr.’s Tom and Jerry. Cliss 26. Irish Setter Puppies. Bilehes—Emporia Kennel Club's Tish Biddy, 5,1, L, Woodbuty's Nawn. 4 Clags 27) Obampion Pointers, Dogs.—Major Draper's Don. Class 28. Champion Polnters, Bitches—No entries, Class 29. Pointers, Dogs.—(Clarles H. Mason's Chancellor, W. A, Van Brunt’s Hogarth, J. 3, Hays’s Van, 0. W. Hamilton's Joe, Jas, Stinson's Cayillier, A. x. Weinhard's Dick. Richard Gibson's Don, H, L, Hamilton's Toby, A.C, Watldell's Tin, Hstute 8. A. Turrill’s Jade and Jim, Gon. A, Tousey's Joe Bowers, : Class 30. Pomters, Bitches —John Henderson's Maggie V,, George Norbury Appold's Lily 11., A. C. Waddell’s Dove, i. W, Mead's Rose, ©, M, Munkall’s Devonshire Lads, Estate of fy H, Turrill’s Nelly, 391 Class 31. Pointer Puppies.—M. J, MeKenna’s Frans, ( :9 H. Mason's Flax. P Class 32. Champion Trish Water Spuniels.—Wm, H. Colcord's Polly Wow, MH, D. Gardner's Dan O'Connor, 'T. Douoghue’s Count! Bendigo, Excelsior Trish Water Spaniel Kennel’s Mike. _ Class $3, Trish Water Spaniels, Doxs.—R. B, Roseman’s Don. A.D, Gardner's Tim O’Gonnor, A, J. Cooper's Storm, Charles A, Gay's Young Barney. Class 34 Trish Water Spaniels, Hitehes.—H, D, Gardner's Trish Nell, Quail IT., Kate O'Connor, Queenstown and Maggie, Riehard W. Stafford's [rish Queen, Hxeelsior Trish Water Spaniel Club's Brownie, Mollie, Judy and Swan, J. WH. Whilman's Cricleat. ee 45, Champion Fielil Spaniels,—Charles H. Mason's Bene- (liet. Class 36, Wield Spaniels, Dogs or Bitehes.— Mrs. Minnie &. Catlin's Fan, Hornell Spaniel Chib’s Hornell Dash ond Baroness, James I. Kirk's Toronto Beau and Negyess Il., Mrs. Henry Kisceman’s Dash. Class 37, Champion Cocker Spniiiels, Dogs or Bitches,—Horuell Spaniel Club's Hornell Dandy, J, 8. Niven's Lass of Breda, + Class 38. Cocker Spaniels. Dogs or Litches.—James Watson's Nel- a Glass 29. Cocker Spaziels, Dogs or Bitches—James Watson's ees James F. Kirk's Negréss and Toronto Jet, J. 5, Niven’s rank, eer 40, Field or Cocker Spaniel Puppies.—Hornell Spaniel Club's entie. Glass 41, Foxhounds, Dogs or Bitches.—W. A, Van Brunt’s Watech- man, D, O’Shea’s Forester I. Class 42. Beagles, Dogs.—D. O'Shea’s Rattler, 7. T. Lane's Sam and Sport. Glass 48, Beagles, Bilches,—D. O'Shea’s Music I. Glass 44. Dachshunde, Dogs or Bitches —Wm. Loeffler’s Gretchen pnd Waldmann O., 4. Ll. Goodman's Unser Fritz I, and Waldine ° Class 45, Champion-Fox Terriers, Dogzs-— No entries. Class 46, Champiou-Fox Terriers, Bitches.—Richard Gibson's Tip- sey. (lags 47, FoxTertiers, Dogs.—John F, Ryan's Jack, Peter Miller's Dash, John Hickey's Berney, Richartl Gibson’s Fennel, John TD. Qable’s Silver. Class 48, Fox-Terriers, Bitehes.—John F. Ryan's Nellie, Peter Mil- ler's Beauty, John Hickey's Nora. Class 49, Fox-Terriers, Puppies, Peter Miller's four phpples (not mimed), George H. Tousey s Poker. Res a0, Champion Collies, Dogs.—Thomas IH. Teimry’s Robin Adair, Class 51 Princess. Perel 62. Collies, Dogs.—H, S.Durand’s Phillip, Robe MeEwan's den. Class 53, Collies, Bitchtes.—No Entries. Class 54. Collies.— Mrs, Henry Kistenian’s Daisy and Rex, Robvert McEwan's Lassie, Class 55, Bulldogs, Dogs or Bitches.—l’. Welsh’s Dicker, Charles H. Mason's Romulus, Mrs, Henry Kisteman's Peter, Mrs. James Pat- terson's Bill. Class 56. Bull-Terviers, Dogs.—Chatles H. Mason's Young Bill, George W. Moore's Spring, Joseph O' Rourk Punch, Class 57. Bull-Terriers, Bitches.—No entries Glass 68. Black and Tan Terriers, Dogs or Gilches,—H. Wastes's Topsey, E. Lever's Vortigern. Charlie and Reveller, John P. Bar- nard's Wallace, John F, Seholes’s Topsy, Josepa O'Rourke's Wannie and Wallace. Class 49, Dandie Dinmont Terriers.—R, P. Palmer’s Wasp. Class 60. Bedlington Terriers.—Petel Miller's Jimoe, Thomas WHE ford’s Jumbo, Fred Kirby's Wasp aud Sting, Jolin FP, Sehales’s Dart, Jerry and Dan. Glass 61, Skye Terriers, —D, ©. Coleman's Nobby and Binr Bell. Class 62, Havd-Haired Scotch Terriers.—John H, Naylor's Tam Glen ond Bonnie Belle, D.O'Shea’s Major. Class 63, Silk or Rough-Haired Terriers.—John H. Naylor's Prince Gharlie, D. O'Shea’s King, J, P. Scholes'’s Sandy. Olass 64. Ivish Terriers.—Charles H, Masou's Carryowen, J. 8. Niven’s Aileen, Dan O'Shea’s Erin IT. Class 65, Yorkshire Terriers, Dogs or Bitches,—L, T, Ward's Annie and Tot, Mrs, Henry Kisteman’s Hevo and Leo. Class 65, Champion Pugs, Dogs.—Mrs. Edwin A. Pue's George, James Mortimer’s Joe, Charles H. Mason's Sambo. Class 67. Champion Pugs, Rilches.—No entries. Class 68. Pugs, Dogs—larry LL. Goodman's Royal Dandes, Mrs. M, Graham's Ranjo and Musjid, Mrs. Henry Kisteman’s Punch and Qhampion Collies, Bitches.—Thomas H, Terry's Znlu Toby. Olass 69, Pugs, Bitches Harry L. Goodman's July Ul. and Liz- ette, D. C. Coleman's Lady, Mrs, Win. Thomas's Beauty, Pet and Darling, Dan O'Shea's Mopsey. Qlass 70. Pug Puppies.—C. R, Barrett's Punch and Judy, Harry L. Gosdman's five puppies, George H, Tousey's Peggy. Class 71. Toy Terriers, Dogs ar Bitch C_A. Daniels’s Minnie, J. F. Scholes's Popsy, Frederick EH. Weeks’s Gyp, Mrs. Henry Kiste- man’s Mlora, Class 72. King Charles, Blenheim and Japanese Spaniels, Dogs or Bilelies —1, @. Lewis's Jessie. Mrs. Henry Kisteman’s Minne, Class 74. Poodles.—J, BH. Whitman’s Captain. Clase 74. Miscellaneous (or Poréign Class), Does or Bitehes.—F, §. Peabody's Chihuahua, G. Bressai's Miro, L. Charlton's Neri, FL. B- Roney’s Dragon, Hdward Bution’s Gip, J. F. &choles’s Hornett IL, Frederick B. Weeks's Gans, 0, O'Shea’s Gipsey. Miscellaneous. (Spaniels tor exhibition only, j—J, H, Whitman's Bore, Cherry, Star, Chloe, Venus. Pinkey and Cute. Chicago, June 10, [From our Staff Correspondent.| Cricaqao, Il, June 13. The Chicago show is fairly successful, There are about three hundred entries. The weather on Tuesday was unpro- itious, owing to rain, bub there was a good atbendance. Mayor Harrison formally opened the showin the evening in a, capital speech, which was warmly applauded, The judging commenced immediately after with the mastifis. Mr, C. H. Mason’s Nevison wou first, Gurth second, Capt. Bullwinkle’s Nelson vyhe., and Mrs. Henry Kisteman’s Royer he. The class was, on the whole, a very good one. Tn the bitch class first was withheld, and Mr. Wade's Dinah Tl. was given second, and Mr, Merker’s Fussy was com- mended, Mayor of Bingley won first in the NewfounWand class, and Mr. $. RB. Ireland’s Pete second, with Mr, Merker’s Major yho. This closed the judging for Tuesday. The weather is cool anc the dogs are not suffering, Some noted entries are ab- sent, mone of Mr, Goodsell’s setters having arrived, There is a good display of Irish water spaniels. The pointer classes are also good. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—Yesterday, having a little lei- sure time | started outwith my old dog, 1 Rush-Romp pointer, and pup, one of his get, Coming to what had one time been a publio strect, but is now fenced olf, | thought to save time by Passing that way. Thad hilted the pup over, and as I cleared the fence the old dog sprang ayer hentia me, We were no sooner over than I was saluted by a man whotold me to “get oub with those dogs or Di kill them.” As L had previ- ously passed that way scores of tines, | was somewhat sur- prised, and in answer fo my question, was informed that it wis no thoroughfare, and ‘to git along out.” I called the dogs when first ordered oll, the veteran minding at once, but the pup being somewhat wild did not answer so quickly, The man, thinking to accelerate his movements, threw two large stones wt him, eitherof which, had thiy struck, would have tuined him. Hayinz missed his aim, and driven the dog further away from me, he started back sayinx he would shoot him, and returned at once with a pistol, which he flourished ina very threateving matter. Just at that tite] had the food fortune to catch the pup and Jift him into the stireet. Afterward the president of the 5, P. C, A.. who lives pear this man, told me that ashort time since the same individual maimed a pet toy dog, and left him whining in the fence corner. When asked who shob the doz, he at first expressed entire ignorance, and then said he did it because he had killed chickens. This of course was 1idiculous. When he was ordered to kill the dog he produced the wbiquiteus pistol, bab thanged his mind and used a Whien informed that he would be arrested and locked up if he did not kill the poor lit- ae eae the first time—Rosry (Elizabeth, N. J., June 2, 392 (IN THE MATTER OF LEWIS. Editor lorest and Stream : Oblige me very much by publishing the enclosed letter from Mr. Wade. He has acted in a yery frank and handsome man- nér about the Lewis matter, now that he disctoyers that he was in error and a little hasty in scoldiny me for what I did. Iwill do myself the honor of replying to My, Cornell next weok, and will have something to say concerning the way Mr, Dalziel expressed himself about our dogs here and the Kennel Club, l¢ is truly strange, and to me incomprehensible, that when on writes earnestly and truthfully, and for the best inter- ests of our canine friends, he is hauled over the coals for it, However, the gentle spray which has been dashed upon him don’t stir him from his firm base. STUART TAYLOR, 7 Gasv Tarry-8rxre streer, New York. Mr. Wade's letter is as follows: PirTsnurGH, June 9, 1883. Col. Stuart Taylor: My Dear Str—Yours of the 8th is duly received. I am much pleased that my expianation is satisfactory. I could not rest easy until | had endeavored to make amends to you for my rash knight-errantry and acknowledge my grievous error, Accept my thanks for your frank and Kind reply, I haye written to Formst AND STREAM withdrawing all that I said in Lewis's favor, and a letter from here has gone to the same paper stating just the condition of affairs. oth should appear in this week’s number. I am really at aloss to know what opinion to form of Lewis, farther than that he is utterly unreliable, Isawa lack of method, order and business in him Jong ago, but I could not call it careless. Me was always hard at work, seemed to take good care of his dogs, etc. So T concluded that the only trouble was, that he had always heen an underling, tmaccustomed to taking the responsibility for himself, and that time would cure the defects in him, IL did not blame him especially for mange breaking out in his kennels, as that seems to baa risk always to be run, and I thought he was doing his best all the time to eradicate it. But now, when all is known, we find that he was doing actu- ally nothing to cureit, We yisited his place when he was away, and, we supposed, would neyer come back, We found two bottles of “phenyl,” one of mange cure, one of oil of tar, i gullou-hottle of cod liver oil, and a half-zallon can of the same, all supplied him by his patrous, free of cost, and not one of them had ever been opened, while every whisky flask was empty. One dog was lying dead in its kennel. It had died before he left, and he had never moved it. He had that splendid red setter bitch, Lady Clare, in one of my kennels, with door fastened by a stick propped against it (there was a good lock on it and he had the key). The bitch and another, both in heat, got out and ran all round the neighborhood, and if they have not. both got eur litters, it is simply a piece of wonderfill good luck, Mvery dog in the place, except my mastiff, Dr. Alsop’s mastiff biteh, and Biz, had mange—some of them awfulsights. A set of setter kennels, put up by one of his patrons for his own dogs, was deep in filth, and except my mastiff kennels, every place wasin the same shape. We have turned him ont and put another man in charge, and in the time we allowed him to get away, we found the same story of a door, provided with a lock and key, and the key in his pocket, propped shut with a stick, on a kennel containing a pair of hoarhounds, which were sent him because the dog fhirned on his keeper without any proyouvation and tore him up dreadfully. If any person wants a good second man to groom and attend to dogs, with some one always over him, Lewis may do, but he never can be trusted by himself, Heis the most persistent liar I ever saw, lies when the truth would serve him better, Anyhow, his career asa keeper is ended. Again thanking you for your kind acceptance of my apology, Tam yours truly, Wa, WADE. A DISTINGUISHED ARRIVAL,—-From the steamshi Circassia has recently landed at the port of New York one o the finest specimens of the Scotch deer, or staghound, which has ever heen imported. Heis from the celebrated kennels of his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, a gift from the Duke to Mr. G. 8. Page, Vice-President of the American Fishcultural Association, who, our readers will remember, successfully transported,a year ago, anumber of black bass to Loch Brora, in Sutherlandshire, in the highlands of Scotland. This mag- nificent animal is a practical illustration of reciprocity. The pedigree which we give below will be read with interest. Dunrobin is now luxuriating at Hillside, Stanley, Morris county, New Jersey, tle residence of Mr, Page, and has already made the acquaintance of Neptune, a grandson of that most famous greyhound, Master Magrath, ‘The following is the pedigree: Deerhound Dunrobin, by Duke of Sutherland's Torrom; Torrom, by Wallace out of Loyal; Wallace, Lord H. Bentinck’s breed; Loyal, by Stag out of Kendeach; Stag, by Gillespie’s Torrom out of Loyal (No. 119%); Kendeach, by ameron, of Lochiel’s Pirate (No. 141) out of Loyal (No. 119); Gillespie’s Torrom, by McDonald's Glengarry out of Gordon Cumming’s Lioness. Dam—Lord_ Fitz ardinge’s Loyal, by Tom (No, 9,742); Tom, by Duke of Sutherland’s Pirate out of Shelloch; Pirate, by Cameron, of Lochiel’s Pirate ont of Loyal (No. 119); Shelloch, by Cameron, of Lochiel’s Pirate (No. 141) out of Loyal (Noe, 119). The same steamship also brought some beautiful Hamburg fowls, a gift to Miss Florence Page from Lady Kemball, Dunrobin is the name of the seat of the Duke of Southerland in Scotland, INCORRECT PEDIGREE,—Boston, May 29, 1883,—Hditor Forest und Stream: A friend of mine hasan imported Irish red setter biteli, whose dam he gives me as Peggy, Duke of Buc- cleuch’s kennel. Seeing in your last issue (24th ult.) a mention of the same bitch, in your ‘Answers to Correspondents,” T would feel obliged if you could give mein your next, Pegzy’s, Duke of Bucelench’s kennel, pedigree and number in stud-book. My interest is in her son, and J wish to verify the statement of pedigree.—J. W. G. [In the answer referred to we gave the pedizrée of Hrin as it appears in the ‘National American Ken- nel Club Stud-Book,” vol. I, page 179, The text is as follows: "580. Erin (dead) (6,130 BEng, c0.8.B.)—St. Louis Kennel Club. Breeder, Mr. Lawrence King, Ireland, Whelped 1875; red; by Knight’s Star out of Duke of Bucklue’s Peggy; Star, by Cameron's Grouse out of Rose." Upon consulting the “Eng- lish Kennel Clnb Stud-Book” we find the foilowing: *‘5,150. Erin.—Mr, Lawrence King’s, Dick’s Grove, Farranfore, County eaiy breeder, owner; whelped 1878. Pedigree—By Knights dog out of a bitch from Mr, Cameron’s, keeper to Mr. Herbert, of Muckross, grandsire out of Lord Ventry’s kennels.” We failto find Peggy in the E.K.C.S.B, Can any of our readers give the information desired, or explain the in- consistency between the stud-hooks!)] “DO DOGS REASON?’ ‘The late articles on this subject in- duce me torelate what lonce saw a dog do in this city. Going home one evening on the street car, a medium-sized black dog, with short legs, was noticed trotting along the sidewalk carrying a piece of breakfast bacon. He stopped at thie residence of Mr. B. Tiernan, and finding the gate shut es- suyer to jump to the fence, making the spring from near its foot, trom which point he had, no doubt, reached the to ‘muny times before, when not loaded with bacon. He fe back, and to my surprise backed about half way across the sidewalk, took’s rnnning jump and failed again. At this juncture I was much interésted to know what he would do next, when to my aravement he went clear across the side- walk, went for it with thisincreased impetus and landed safely on top with his bacon.—CaroNKAWAY (Galveston, Texas). ROYAL RANGER.—In our notes on Royal Ranger, in our issue of May 31, he should have been eredited with winning third at Piljtsburgh, instead of second, bitch Nell (/ May 25. Adolph Nelson (Brooklyn, N, ¥.) to FOREST AND STREAM. BASTERN FIELD TRIALS CLUB MEETING, At « meeting of this association, held on Wednesday, June tj, at 3 o'clock P. M., at No. 59 Wall street, this city, it was yoted to extend the time for entries in the Derby for dogs coming from foreign countries to August |. The following gentle- men were then elected to membership; Mr. B. F, Wilson, Mr, J, Worth and Mr. Howard Hartley, all of Pittsburgh, Pa. ; Mr, William Johnson, of North Carolina: Mr, Edward Dex- ter, of Boston, Mass., and Mr. Fred BE. Perkins, of Proyi- dence, R. I, The meeting then adjourned. KENNEL NOTES. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Kennel notes are insertid in this column free of charge. To msure publication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the following par- ticulars of each unimal; 1, Color, 2, Breed. 3, Sex. 4, Are, or 5, Date.of birth, of breading or 6 Name and residenge of owner, buyer or seller. 7. Sire, with his sire aud dam: 5. Owner of sire. 9, Dam, with her sire and dam, of death, 10, Owner of dam. Allnames must be pliinty written, Communication on one side of peper only, and signed with writer's name. NAMES CLAIMED: {> See instructions at head of this column. Frost, Foxrhall, Finunce ond Fratic, By Mr. Robert Blackwood, Minneapolis, Minn., for black and tan Gordon setter dogs, whelped March 27, 1888 (Major—Young Flora). Fintona, Flore, Fairy and favorita. By Mr, Robert Blackwood, Minneapolis, Minn., for black and tan Gordon setter hitches, whelped March 27, 1883 (Major—Young Flora), NAMES CHANGED, er See instructions at head of this column, Fanty to Faust Fan. Pointer bitch, 3yra. old, hy Faust ont of Min- netonka (Shot—Countess Royal), owned by Mr. §, B, Dilley, Rosen- dale, Wis. BRED. (Ee See instructions at head of this column, Neli—Stingshy. Mr. J. Coleman Drayton's (New York) greyhound ‘ippecanoe—Prairie Qirl)to his Slingsby (Rapid—sally) Coquetle—Shingsby. Mx. J, Coleman Drayton's (New York) grey- hound bitch Coquette (Ben—Fan) to his Slingsby (Rapid—Prairie Girl), May 2%. Josie—Nip. Mr. Leroy F. Patterson's (Bainbridge, Ga.) pointer bitch Josie (Bow—Topsy) to Nip Noe —Tina). May 30. Lark—Robin Adafr, Mr. Geo. H. Whirehead’s (Trenton, N, J.) col- lie bitch Lark (A.K.R. 7), to Mr, Thomas H. Terry’s champion Robin Aflair, June 4. WHELF3. er" See instructions at head of this coh, Young Mora, Mr. Robert Blackwood's (Minneapolis, Minn.) im- ported black and tan Gordon setter bitch Young Flora, Mareh 27, éjrht (four dogs), by bis Major (Marble'’s Growse—Queen Bess IL). Flottery. Mr. Rabert Blackwood's (Minneapolis, Minn } black and tan Gordon setter bilch Flattery, June 9, two (one dog), by his Major (Marble's Grouse—Queen Bess il. ), Cornelia. Mer. L, Shuster, Jr..s (Philadelphia, Pa.) English setter biteh Cornelia (Leivester—Dart), May 24, six (three dogs) by champion Thunder. Coonassie. Mr. L, Shuster, Jr.'s (Philadelphia, Pa.) English setter biteh Coomassit (Thunder—Peeress), June 4, two (one dog), by Mr, P. H. Bryson’s Gladstone, Gretchen, Mr. Leroy I. Patterson’s (Bainbridge, Gu.) English setter bitch Gretchen (McLeod of Dare—Brenda), June 3, nine (four dogs), by Roy (Pindee—Flora), . Countess Belle. Mr. Edward Lohman’s (New York) imported Eng- lish setter bil¢h Countess Belle, May 7, seven (four dogs), by Mr. B. A. Herzberg’s Emperor Fred, : May Druid, Mr. J, A. Rockwood's (West Medford, Mass ) black, white and tan Llewellin setter hitch May Druid (Druid—Nilsson) June 2, five (one dog), all black, white and tan, by Mr, Arnold Burge's Dashing Berwyn (Dash I1,—Countess Bear). Nellie, Mr, W. i. Bassett's (Jersey City, N. J.) English setter bitch Nellie (St. Elmo—Lordie), May 24, nine (six dogs), by Jack (Tom (More—Floss), One dog and one biteh since dead, Vie. Mr. H. Drain’s (Baltimore, Md.) Irish setter bitch Vie, June 6, seven (five dogs), by Thes, Budington’s Snap. SALES. [=r See instructions at head of this column, Eleho UI. Red Trish sevter dog, hyrs. old (Wlcho—Rose), by Mr. Mr. P. Russ (Harrisburg, Pa.), Byron foxhound, b Plunder—Fannie wihelps, Mr. Thos. Goode Tueker (South Gaston, N. C.), tive black and white to Mr. B.D. Ship- pington (Arrow Rock, Mo.) and one blue to Mr. H. C. Newell (Ash- burnhim, Mass.). Plunder—Bell whelp, Black and while Byrou foxhoymd, by Mr, Thos. Goode Tucker (South Gaston, N, C.)to Mr. B. D, Shippiugton {Arrow Rack, Mo.), Plinder—Kate whelps. Blue Byron foxhounds, by Mr. Thos. Goode Tucker (South Gaston, N. 0,), one to Mr. B.D. Shippington (Arrow Roek, Mo.) and one to Mr. H. C. Newell (Ashburnham, Mass-), Fochell and Fintona, Black aud tan Gordon setter dog and bitch, whelped Mareh 27, 1883 (Major—Young Wlora), by Mr. Robert Black- wood (Minneapolis, Minn.) to Mr. J. 1, Buchanan (Montreal, Richer th Flore. Black and tan Gordon setter bitch, whelped Mare 27, 1883 (Majoer—Young Flora), by Mr. Robert Blackwood (Minneapolis, Minn, ) fo Mr, L A. Sayer (Montreal, Canads). Fairy, Black and tan Gordon setter biteh, whelped March 27, 1883 (Major—Young Flora), by Mr. Robert Blackwood (Minneap- olis, Minn.) to Mr. Jamies Cox (Montreal, Canada), Favorita. Black and tan Gordon setter bitch, whelped March 27, 1883 (Major—Young Flora), by Mr. Robert Blackwood QOinueapolis, Minn.) to Mr. John McCaven, Jr. (Montreal, Canada). Rettey. English setter biteh, whelped March 1, 1870 (Dash TL1,.— Opal), by Mr. John Reynolds (Fall River, Mass.) to Mr, J. J. Scanlan, same place. 1 : ! Knickerbocker—Rose whelp. Liver and white pointer dog puppy whelped Dee, 5, 1842 (champion Knickerbocker—Rose), by Geo. LL, Wilms (Jersey City, N. J.) to Mortimer Milk, same place. PRESENTATIONS. £2 See instructions ut head of this column. Finunce, Biack and tan Gordon setter dog, whelped March 27, 1883 (Major—Young Vlora). by Mr. Robert Blackwood (Minneapolis, Minn.) to Mr, H, MeMicken (Winnipeg, Manitoba), : Frolic. Black and tan Gordon setter dog, whelped Mareh 27, 1883 (Major—Younr Flora), by Mr. Robert Blackwood (Minneapolis, Minn, ) to Mr, WwW. J. MeLeau (Montreal, Canada). KENNEL MANAGEMENT. {2 No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. F, B., Independent Hill—Yon forgot to give your name and address. B.S. F., Albany, N. ¥.—The pointer bitch Lady Frances was by Bush out of imported Siow. M. Ci, Lawrence, Mass.—Ans. 1. Yes. 2. We fail to comprehend your meaning, write more fully. o CG. A. H., Boston, Mass,—Marble’s Grouse is by Wakefield's Jock out of Gousland’s Nell. Til¢ston’s Lou was imported by Mr. A, N, Munn, Pedigree not reported, Rerriever, Boston, Mass.—Give fwo grains of finely powdered arecu nut for each pound that the dog weighs. Give on an empty stomach and follow in two hours with « dose of castor vil, G. H,, Erie, Pa.—In using any preparation of mercury upon wu cog greal care should be taken, as itis a poison and very liable to pro- duce bad effects. Good results are reported by many who have tried sulphurous acid for mange. Itshould be uted with three parts water, J. A. G,, Newburyport, Mass.—You do not state whether your dog has had distemper or not. The twitching you describe is offen & sequence of distemper—chorea. Write us more fully. The decaying of his teeth is probably caused by a disordered stomach, Change his diet, giving him well-cooked oatmeal, or rice, with vegetables, no meat or sweetmeats. Use a stiff brush on his with a solution of one grain of chloride of zinc m one ounce of water. teeth twice daily, |. ' (Jonn i4, Lats, Rifle and Crap Shaoting, RANGE AND GALLERY. THE AMERICAN TEAM. i ATTERS have been very lively in the preparation for the match in England, ‘The team has been doing some shooting, while the inanagers haye heen very yoluble and most indiseréetly garrulous. the shooting men, or such of them os reported for practice, had three days’ workat Creedmoor, On Wednesday they fired, and again on Thursday, when, perth an BEET wind, the scores ran: R 5 } B00 1,004) Yds. Yds. Yds. Yds. Yds. TJ Dolun,..-..-=,. 80 35 20 31 22 Ya. ai if 33 a1 33 30 185 83 b Ri 20 20) 179 a oF 27 25 178 2 5 25 2! WL Cash.. vid 32 32 80 26 Fs tA JM Pollard..... . 81 20 32 28 26 23 170 A ii Van Heusen_,,,.d0 BE 26 28 30 26 168 TW Griffith, ......... 81 28 28 27 27 26 167 S 1 Seott 30 33 29 28 Re 25 167 F Stuart....... ike 29 26 al 29 22. 105 0S Paulding 30 23 27 30 2 1b J Hf Brown 32. 26 20 20 14 155 J Smith......... 30 25 24 24 11 14 CW Hinman 27 21 31 22 u 143 On the duy following the men were again on the range, and with a jarge attendance, The marksmen took advantage of the fuvorable condition of the weather and piled up high scores. The wind, as nieual, was a little troublesome, but not enough tointerfere with good Shooting. The team shot oyer the 800, 900 and 1,000 yards only, as Captain Howard, under whose direction the men shot, said that they required more practice at the long ranges than at the shorter dis- tances, ab whith they are very proficient. The following is 2 suin- mary of the shooting; S00yds, wpb 1,0 i . J Smith,..,.-.... Hae. So he 34 82 ce to! §J Seott...........- 83 at 24 a1 FJ Rabbeth . 34 29 23 BG MW Bull...,.. 28 B2 24 Bd TJ Dolan... 25 27 31 J EH Brown. ... BL al 21 JL Paulding, , 38 Bit) 19 BL J W Griffith, ,. 28 25 - 28 81 JM Pollard,,. 31 24 2 B1 F Stuart... ..:- 31 aot) 28 81 A H Van Heusen. 30 Re Pi 80 CW Hinman,,.,. . 33 20 18 80 W UL Cash....... -.28 24 27 Goin ery eer ee --40 28 a5 WisScott: 9. ceil. PUPA tv. Hed 28 2H 21 95 On Monday last the team again mét for range drill. The weather during the morning hours was fine, although it was too warm for eomfort, Shortly after § o'clock the sky became oyereast with black clouds, and before the riflemen atepractice could reach a place of shelter a terrific thunder storm burst pon them. The storm abated after raging for half an hour, and the drenched men resumed their shooting with undampened ardor, The ranges shot over were 800, 200 and 1,000yds, The conditions were fair at the first two ranges, but at the latter were very trying, a strong and choppy wind blowing directly over the course. y The following is a summary of the shooting: BXyds, S00yds. 1,000Fds, Total. BJ Rabheth.........csa wees wees 29 39 30 85 TJ Dolan .... aye a3 28 88 Jf, Pauliing.. .-38 29 24 i SLScott...... 2!) 31 25 85 J Smith ... ..,... An!) 20 25 83 A H Van Heusen: fe) 26 30 81 MW Bull, ---:-:.-- ea) 26 27 SL F Stuart... -.23 29 24 81 W Scott... Bal 27 21 7 Gi Joiner... 23 29 26 vid JH Brown- 29 27 22 78 J M Pollard. 24 20 24 77 OW Hinman. 22 Re 82 76 WL Gash «... ee 20 WwW i) TW Griffith. - g ai) 29 0 AE eee 1 Liss) The team concluded ils practice at Creedmoor on Wednesday of this week. Jt will sail for Hngland ou the Alaska on Tuesday, the 19th instant, and the match is fo ba shot ab Wimbledon on the 20th and 2ist of July. Fourteeh only of the sixteen men now shooting will he taken across the water, and the interesting question now recurs as to who will constitute the two unfortunates who will be “shot off.’' This question will be determined by a summing up of the records Taade in practice, While the men were doing such good work the directors were mak- ing a great commotion in the newspapers. The hubbub of the meet- ing on Tuesday the (th had done much to bring discredit upon the team and ils mission, Of course subscriptions ceased entirely, They had nol been very liberal and this exhibition of a dog-in-the-manger pa eut them off entirely. With the intent of stirring them up Chairman Alexander HE, Kursheedt of the Finance Committees sent out u notice saying: *T deem it my duty to ootify you in order that you can duly notify the press of the country, that the probabilities now arethat no Inter- national team will go to Wimbledon. A special meeting of the Board of Directors has been called for next Tuesday afternoon at#:30, to hear the report of my committee, Since I addressed the acting pre- sident on the 24th ult. no subseriptions have heen obtained hy those outside of the committee, and our labors fail to reach the necessary amount. Nothing has yet been received outside of New York and Brooklyn, and so, lnless subseriptions to a considerable amount are receiyed from Boston, Philadelphia, Newark, Washington, etec., be- fore Tuesday. we shall report ‘tailure’ and the money collected will be returned to each and every subscriber, and the National Rifle As- sociation of Greal Britain advised by cable that the match is off.” This manifesto created some talk, and the team on Saturday last held a meeting on the range and directed Capt. Howard to issne the following: Vo the Public: T desire, as Captain of the American Military ‘Team of 1583, to reply to some proundless assertions which have appeared in many of the journals of late date. Tt has been widely published that the members of this team are paid in the interes( of the various rifle manufacturers who haye fur- nished the guns used, and it has also been insinuated that there is constant bickering and discontent manifested by the members of the team, These nnwarranted misrepresentations call for the most unquali- fied and emphatie contradiction, and I feel that the general public, which has received this false information through the public press, should also, through the same channel, haye from the officers of the team this contradiction. oe The individual members of this American Military Team are and have been for long years bond fide members of the National Guard of the several States; are gentlemen of character and reputation, and were so esteemed in the localities in which they reside. They and their acquaintances indignantly repel the insinuation or statement that they are hirelings in the pay of any rifle manufac- turer, as wanting even the shadow of proof. P There is but one member of the team who has anyinterest, directly or indirectly, in themanufacture of guns, and that man is the in- yentol and owner of his own gun. . War from being in the pay of any one, every individual member of the team has practiced at the expense of great personal self sacri- fice, not only of time but of money. Now. as to the other charge, I have fo say, in the cause of truth and fuir play, that if it were possible, there has been eyen greater mis- representation, J There has not been the slightest jarring since the team came to- gether at Creedmoor, and there never wes, on this or any other range, 2 collection of twélve or sixteen men who haye pulled so bar- moniously together, n P Tinally, I yoics the unanimous sentiment of the gentlemen whom T have the houor to command—and who are representatives of the National Guard and not of the National Rifle Association—when Isay thatnow, when we are at last armed with yery eran guns, and have team that is dapable of coping atleast on equalterms with our ling- lish cousins, and are on the point of departure for foreign’shores, when we hope to victoriously defénd the honor, character and repu- tation of America, we, 4s the American team, have 4 saute receive af least fair, trutiful and just consideration at the hands of tue American public, 7 an Tf thare may have been, or Wig tlie he. differences of opinion in the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association, those dis sthsions have not entered amounts the members of my team, [Signed] G, B. P, HowaRn, ; Captain Americap Military ‘Toor, CRreEpMoon, June 9, 1883, % / ae Junn 14, 1883. ] FOREST AND STREAM. 393 HAYES vs, FARROW.—William Hayes of Newark, and W. M. Farrow, of New bert, met at the Newark Shooting Purk on ‘Thursday, June 7, and fives an interesting; watch, Th was Intended to be not only a trial of the shooting abilities of the (wo men, but atestas well of the qualities of muzale-loading ane nst breech-londing rifles. The Gerinan $-inch ring target was used and each man fired 100 shots off- hand, The workta be done within two hours. Hayes used a muzzle- lowing weapon made by G. Schalk, of Pottsville, Pa.. while Farrow had o.3%cnl, Bollard ritle, They were heavy weapons with set triggers, The firme was at 200 yd5., and during the early half of the mateh tha wind Was very tronblesome, but, at the finish #he condi- tions wele very fayorablé, The work was dove in one hour and fifty five suinutes. The time of loading did not materially differ, antlwis, ff anything, in favor of Hayes, who is very opt in his manip- nation of the rites, Warrovy inserted the bullut before the shell and to that extent converted his weapon trom a regular breech-loader. The conditions prokibited leaning from the slart of the match, but: each rifle acted very Well noder Sais fest, and the mateh seems to flecide upon Hayes as the better shot, rather than to seftle any question of the superiority of weapons. The admirable character of the shooting may be noted in remembering that the 25 count Mieans aghotin a tech circle. The black isa foot across, and it was but rarely passed oul af. The poorest shot of the day was a7 by Hayes, aud this came aliout by his inadvertently pressing the trigger while settling his rifle into position, Wor convenience the score bas been diyided into strings of ten shots encli, as follows: W. Hayes. W. M, Farrow. 2) 20 84 17 18 85 22°18 28 84—208 d4 20 84 22 28 21 24 26 22 Y5—219 2d 22 28 Y 1h 24 20 24 18 24198 $2 2419 10 18 16°22 14 20 16—190 19 22 24 19 19 17 20 20 21 21—20e 23 80 21 IA 21 22.18 18 19 21—201 Bo 122 1G 20 20 23.17 23 19-201 28 16 20 21 18 21 15 24 24 18—199 21-20 18 21 20 22°20 14 23 28—202 BS 18 22 28 21 24 22 12 15 22—R02 13 M1 24 20 25 25 19 23 24 20-—zis 17 If 17 28 19 20 Vt 22 20 19-199 24 201 22 24 2S 21 2a 20 19—21b 24 BO 17 13 16 21 24 21 22 18—195 21 28 95 24 23 22-21 7 2d Rd O14 2) 10 17 22 19 18 17 28 23 19—196 24 22 QB 10 21 24 20 28 25 22-228 RO 21 14 14 24 25 22 19 17 22—197 34 25 22-2) 25 28 19 24 19 24—22H) 18 14 24 26 28 20 12 19 24 28—208 B01 2000 CANTON, Fa., June &.—The Towanda, Canton and Troy rifle teams niet ab the range of the Canton Club to-day fora friendly rifle con- test. The day was bright and no wind stirring, The mateh was at OyUs,, Of -ham, Creedmoor targetand roles, The maich was quite exciting and yery close. as willbe seen from the following score: Towanda Team. Canton Team. A tye EL 2 7d Pierce. 24. ee dD Galligan .. a8 Thomas, , .- Al Bowman _-- 3h Stone... Ad Grady... Ali Millard. - 40 MePherson oat Lindluy 40 eran 40 Beers... - 38 Walker B—BIS BuMock wf. }.2. vest eee tere 42277 ( ‘Troy Team. Hill. et To80TaTM, 0.06.00. cere 43 offing Cleaver, . ..42 Doing, VEPOLY teeanieane, yes ape, 35 Fauninug: Hl] —276 ae roy In 1882, when the Troy team stood fivst, Canton secoud, and Towanda third, WHEELING, W, Va., June 4,—Following are the scores made by the Wheeling Rifle Glub June 8: First Match, Witte Wie tt; t-te tee Re et 11 Te dhs ce 1G BRS Stewart...,.--.......-.. 1 9 11 11 9 It 10 12 9 B-i06 OMG ROP Er a a, ns YP Po & WM IT AT 1 12— 53 Jolin Gleweart.__.-._. ate Se 8 8 10 10 9 10 " § DP 10-90 Second Match. BS Stewart..... pe oct bo iit i ii ii 9 12 12 10 10 9-105 Ott Jueger 0. 1. 8B OF Wh 10 W 1 2 IR AR 11-102 John Stewhrt..........--...J0 72 & 9 t1 1 i1 10 11 7 99 7 Third Mateb , R SStewart, -...-. .... 142 12910 12 9 7 40 11 9 12-106 Otto Jaeger. coap-) ( WD 9 10 D1 6 12 11 10 12—102 JON SICWAPL, ve. ese ,1i0 70 7 42 10 9 1 11 9 12-100. GARDNER, Mass., June 5.—Arrangenients are spring ineeting at Hackmatack Range the last of this month under the auspices of the Gardne’ Rifle Clib, At the last meeting the 200yds. range was used with the inch ring and the Creedmoor target combined, The following totals were mude; in progress for a ft a R. c. GW iilsworth, .....,..,,,7 48 S Holton, .,-....,--,---..--.1 44 Roe-antry.....--. : 1 49 FH Undetweoor,. TR Ad FH Riiowilton,. fli 4 GH Heywood... icesese es 2 44 Re-autry.___ . (88° 46 CG Shumimy.,.,.--..-+---+--- V1 44 W Amsden —.._- 85 4 _WORCHSTER, Mass, June 7—Some of the members of Worcester Rifle Assoviation who went oul to Pine Grove Range to-day, tried the Hl0yds. vance, the first time it has been used tor a year, The cartom counted 4, bullseye 5: the following is the score: M G Puller... -.- HGUGKGKK66—60 Curtis Jenkins, , --..6t46665a65—55 At Rice... ..-.. 667000506658 A Williams......... 5564445054—48 NEWARK.—The annual festival of the Newark Shooting Society was held at its grounds on June 4 and 5. The atteudance was Jargé and the shooting good. : Among the visitors present were Mr. Wm. Wolf, of Philadelphia; WH. Vander Horst, of baltimore; George Suhalok, of Pottsville, Pa.; Me. J. SenVerle, of Washington, D. C.; Mr. J, D. Marks, of Collins- ville. Gt.: My. GC, V. Overbough, of New York; Mr, J.D, Delahanty, from Pittston, Pa.; Mr, Wim. Klein, of New York: Mr. Frederick Minch, of Brooklyn, and many others, h , a Gatt?ried Krueger distributed the prives, the winners being as Ollo We: King Target- First prize. sienty Vander Horst, Baltimore, 71 points; seeond prize, Heury Oehl, New York, 71: third prize, J, D. Marks, Collinsville, Conn,, 69; fourth prize, William Hays, Newark, 60; fifth prize, B. Hozman, New York, 69. Best Three Shots—First prize, Oebl, 207 points; second prize, Hays, 206 points; third prize, Vander Horst, 204 points, Man Targel—First prize, G. 2, Delahanty, 58 points; second prize HGaNy, Varider Horst, 57 points; third prize, George Joiner, 57 points, Gulls Bye Target—livst prize, H. Van der Horst; second prize, ses Hays; thicd prize, Win. M. Farrow; fourth prize, G. P. Dela- aunby THE GANADTIAN 'TRAM.—The Dominion will be represented at the mective on Wimbledon CGoramon by a strong team. The per- sonnel of the feamis as follows: Tn command—Livat.Col, Oiler, of Toronto; adjutant, Capt. A. B. Weston, of the G60 battery, Halitas,—Members—Caph, J. 1 Hart, of the St. J on Rides, St, John; Troopers 2, Langstroth, of the 8th eay- alry, Hanspton, N. B.) Liew! HW. Smith, of the 22d battery, Port El- Bilt, Ont: Lieut, Thonipson, of Ottawa; Private Abell, of the 12th batiery, Toronta: Sergt. W. Asha, Toronto: Sergt. R. P. Doyle, of thea 58d battery, Sierbrooke: Gunner J. Wayter, of the ist artillery, Guelph; Lieut. H. 0. Chamberlain, 4a battery, Kaznuboyna; Quar- terinaster I. GC. Corbin, of Bedford, N.8.: Lieut. P. Dillon, 7th Pusi- leérs, OShoys, Out.; Private JG, Goudie, 88th Royal Rifles, Quebec; Gaptl. Joseph Baild. ist brigade, Halifax Artillery, Halifax; Sta Heregcunt W. Bross, Jath batlery of Hamilton; Private R, Clarke, 73d baltery, Chathau, N..; beret, F. Mitchell, 10ch Royal, Toronto; Servet, M. Muproes, #d battery, Seaforth; Sergh, i. Kennedy, of To- rent; Beret, D. Smith, bth Royal Seo\s, Montreal; Lieut. Spike, 66th battery, lWaltax. ‘ JAMESTOWN, N.Y June ).—The following was the score of our rifle club, made yestecday for the club medal, range 200yds., 10rounds, Creetmoor target: T5014: putes dene st s+gere z-7--w tee, DeLigl Lilly. . ‘ 41 Ward .. Narton.__ ge isaBO sEOTIUS.. chm THM NEW YORK SCHEUTZRN CORPS held its a the Béhenizen Park, Union Hill, N.J., the tth and 7th inst. There ware 20 salar distributed on the ring target. The following were the leuding seores: J. D, Delahaoty, Pittston, Pa., B. Zettler, New York, J. D. Marks, Collinsville, Conn., and J. Dorrler, New York, 70 bach; W. M. Farrow, Newport, R.T., 60. ALBANY, Day 30.--A teum from the Rensselaerwyck Rifle Club mela teum iron the Adams, Mass., Rifle Club to-day. The teams were of fmen each, 10 pounds, per man, any rifle, An ugly wind brought low scores on the Massachusetts target employed, The scores sted 623 forthe Albany beam, against #8 for the visitors from Massachusetts. NEWPOR®, Bi. 1., June 12, 1883.—Hattor Porest and Stream: Maj. Merrill calls on me us & witness. 1 assure him the targetis all thas Vo, Berg eloims tori, 1siw it shot and measured it carefully on the original target, 7 wish also to thank the riflemen that have Written tome espressing their regret al the loss sustained on the team by my absence, and their disgust at the action of the Rifle Asso- eiotion, T Have received so many letters it is impossible tor me to write each a personal reply.—W. M, Farrow, Champion Military Marksnian U. 8. A. TAH WIMBLEDON COUNCTH haye fixed on Friday, July 20, and Suturday, Jwy 21, vs th dates for the Tnternatidual Match, ual festival ali a a THE TRAP. MASSACHUSETTS GLASS BALL ASSOCIATION. TE fourth annual summer shooting tournament of the Mussa- chusetts State Glass Ball Association will be held on the grounds of the Malden Gun Club, al) Wellington, Muss., June 18and 19, As will he seen by the programme and rules which we give below, the vontests will be very interesting, and will no doubt call out the best shots of the State. Shooling on the regular programme will begin at 10 A, M. on the first day, and at 9 A. M, on the second day, The following programme shows the list of the events, and gives information which will be of use to those who purpose to attend tle meeting, FIRST DAY, MONDAY JUNK 18. First eyent.—Individual subseriptiion match, 10 single balls, ties, misa i.d out, Entrance, #1, 5 prizes, 20,25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent, of entrance. Second eyent. Grand championship contest at glass balls, for the individual gold badge of the association, 16 singlé hall, ties at 4 balls, Entrance free. c Third evyent,—Inidivyidual subscription match, seyen single clay pigeons, ties, miss and out. Entrance, $1. 5 prizes, 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent. of entrance, ‘ourth evyent,—Three man team match, 6 single clay pigeons per mun, ties,2perman, Entrance, $a per team. 4 prizes, 40, 30, 2 and 10 per cent. of entrance. Any nuniber of teams from one club may enter, Contestants in this mateh will be required to shoot with their home teams. Fifth event,—Grand championship contests ot glass balls for the team gold badge of the association, open to one team of flve men from ¢ach lub belonging to the association, 10 balls per man, ties, 3 balls per man, Entrance free. Sixth event,—Jndiyidual subscription match, 5 pair clay pigeons, ties, 2pairs, Entrance, $1. & prizes, 30,|25, 20, 16 and 10 per cent. of entrance, Seventh event,—Individual eel Lady match, 5 pairs double balls, ties, at 2 pairs. Entrance, $1. 5 prizes, 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent, of entrance. SMCOND DAY, TUESDAY, JUNE 1). Fighth eyent.—Individual subscription match, 7 clay pigeons, ties, miss and out, Entrance, $1, 5 prizes, 40,25, 20,15 and 10 per cent, of entrance. Ninth event —Grand championship contest for the Ligowsky gold badge and the individual dlay pigeon championship of the State, 15 single birds per man, ties at 3 birds. Hutrance free, This championship emblem is donated to the association by the Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Company, of Cincinnati, O., and will be subject to challenge under the same rules governing the glass ball badges of the association. Tenth eyent.—fhree-man team match, 5 balls per man, ties 2 per mau. Entrance $3, 6 prizes, 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent. of en- trance. Any number of teams from Une club may enter. Contesti- ants in this match will be required to shoet with their home teanis, Eleventh eyent.—Grand ey come Ona contest for the State gold badge and team championship of the S{ate on clay pigeons, open to one team of 5 men from each club belonging to the association, 10 birds per man, ties at 3 birds permau, Entrancefree, This cham- pionship emblem is donated by the association and will be subject to challenge under the same rules governing the ylass ball badges of the association. 4 Twelfth event.—Individual subscription match, 7 single birds, ties, miss and out. Entrance, $2, 5 prizes, 80, 26, 20, 15 and 10 percent. of entrance. Thirteenth event.—Individual subscription match, 5 pairs clay pigeons, ties, 2 pairs. Entrance, $1. 5 prizes, 80, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent. of entrance. Fourteenth event.—Individual subseription mutch, 7 single balls, ties, miss and out, 5 prizes, 80, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent. of entrance. Matches open only to members of the association. The shooting rules of the association to govern al] matches. Class shooting in all matches. All ties at straightaway balls and birds. It is desirable that every shooter have a score card at cach trap. Cardscan be ob- tained or redeemed at treasurer's office, All entries to be made at the secretary's office. Positively no entries received in any match after thé same has been begun; shooters will bear this in mind and fovern themselves accordingly. Refreshments furnished on the aroun by an experienced caterer, The grounds of the Malden Gun Club will be open for practice on the itth of June. All organized clubs throughout the State are invited to join the association immediately, that their members may be eligible to the matthes ofthis tournament, Application formember- ship should be made to the secretary, of whom all information may be obtained. Special attention is called to the fact that the, associa- tion this year offer gold badges, both indiyidual and team, on clay pigeons, which, after the tournament, will be subject to challenge under the same rules governing the glass ball badges of the associa- tion. The Boston & Maine Railroad have made the following special time tuble for the accommodation of the association on Monday and Tuesday, June 18and19: Trains leaye Boston & Maine Depot, Hay- market square, Boston, for Wellington, at 8:30, 0235, 10:25, 11:0) A. M. ; 12:00 M.; 12:45, 1:30, 2:45, 4:15, 5:10, 5:25 and 6:05 P. M. Returning leave Wellineton for Boston, 9:31, 10:08, 10:58, 11:52, A, M.; 12:00 M ; 1718. 3:00, 3:48, 4:48; 6:46. 5:58, 6112. G48 and 7:18 P.M. Single fare 10 cents; commutation ticket, 5 trips, 40 cents. The annual meeting of the delegates to the State Association will be held at Youne’s otel, Boston, at 8 o’clock P. M,, on June 15, 1883, to elect officers for the ensuing year. f H. ll. Prawets, President, Randolph, Vrane T, Nose, Secrretary, 7) Milk street, Boston. ROCHESTER, June §,—A glass ball shoot, under the direction of H. H, Mleischer, was held on the grounds near the Vacuum Oil Works to-day, The various contests resulted as follows: First contest—7 glass balls; i8yds. rise. Luther and Fleischer divided first money on 7 balls; Smith and Andrews second on b; Coates third on 5, and Smack fourth on 4, Second contest—10 fluss balls; 1byds. rise. Stacey won first money with 10 balls; Luther second on 9 balls; Andrews and Coates third on $, and Moody fourth with 7, Third contest—10 glass balla: 7 Be SMe Ck use es eee Coates... Fleischer Stacey, .. J third, and Smack fourth, without tie. Fourth contest—10 glass balls; 18yds. rise: Ditmar, . ._% Whitney 8 Andrews. 10 Stacey. -- 10 Luther... 9 Rhodes 8 Moody... Y Green... 9 South, -fiessse. St 8 Orange-- 10 Smack. .......--- 1a yes at Se DIGOMET LS heer Lape sicorets Chee 4 Coates Saya teres ae Soaks gu] Andrews took fitst, breaking 21 straight, and Stacey 20. Sée- ond money went to Lather, who broke 15 balls straight, and Meischer id. Smith took third, and Ditmar fourth, Fifth contest—10 glass balls; ate rise: Ditmar COCALES 3... Wasted sew es rape pcnee i Andrews SA Stadby mess bexcss- «cere tanee Hf] Rhodes HPAGUEEIL. 5 Spe actos Peed). PLU Orange Wem ROLU ES rtd cieiict aot wicks celueels ae t Richmond,....,.. .-. ee Be EE el Sa ns Se CA CR Smith: 4 sss. t-2. seer cies toa URL. 2 Pe ete pees ac Tnnhier,. 7°84, 5.56 a ped at rgsrgern MIGISCHOD,K foes—-teinjens. rteees COLUSA.—C@alifornia, May 28.—The Colusa Sportsmen’s Club has been organized but sixty days, and now has twenly members, com- prising some of the best citizens of that town. They have met atthe trap trom time to time, for practice only, al clay pigeons and glass balls, On Saturday, the 20th inst., they shot ror the club’s (clay pigeon) gold medal, at 20 elay pigeons, ISyds. rise, thrown from a trap behind a screen, ‘The trap was set at thelastnoteh, Thus each bird was thrown in a different direction. Below will be found the ETRE (ROSIY, 2 ergot’ re. aL Sg ne ANNA, Ill.—Our tlub is a little over one year old and numbers tiventy-three members, but only xhout one-half of that nuniber wale '8 had a good attendance. any actiye part in our tournaments, We have a rep wae monthly shoot for a silver cup, and also for a goose egg, made of potter's clay, for the-person making the poorest score. The goose egg adds consid- erable to the interest of the match, for every one is doing his best to win the cup, while all are trying not to win the egg. We use only glass balls thrown from Caril’s trap. On last Friday, June J, was our regular monthly shoot for es ale ie cup, whith had been won twice before in succession by M. V. Bayes, which gaye the balance of the boys some alarm, as the third winning in succession gave the cup and acknowledged the winner the champion wing shot of Union county. So the boys turned out in foree, and succeeded in taking it back into fellowship again, ‘The following is the score for champion cup and goose egg—10 balls, 18yds rise: Walter Grear_..,._- Wino Roh OMe LP OMEN OIW dp sswoves eortised: neiwet 6 James Dewitt vevveeeseoeee--i@ Frank Willard, a) Wm. Craver. .o.k cee cee ewe & J Mullins... ... 8 Gyrus iter | eee cn ie eet. A D Nothom,...... ---... b MOV BAVOS: osc ceresy penne, cece 8, A BISBAL eee ene ene nee nese 9 ‘Ties on nine were shot off by Bissel and Willard, Willard winning cup by breaking all balls on tie. After the shoot for cup was over the boys concluded to finish up the evening by shooting for small prizes, and by making entrance fee of fifty cents each we divided into five prizes. Notmuch money but lots of fun, The following is shoot No.2, ten balls, léyds. vise: AMAT PES Th gies ne ,..--10 James Dewitt...... Frank Willard. . peueteeet 10° ASBISSeli tiie! Wim Craver, .--.. 10 T Miller . be M V Haves..... WO, GW (GERAD bien die eer ante Se ee ean J ‘Roberts... jj... h i First money wou by J. Mulling on shoot off, while balance was divided. Shoot No, 3, 10 balls, 18yds. ri MY Eaves. He tye BS) Wm Craver. James Brown. Cy Butler First money won by Eaves; second money won by Butler.—Stray- BERRY, SGC. TORONTO, Ont., June 2, 1883.—A shooting match at clay pigeons took place yesterday and to-day, under the management of Mr, W. McDowall, the King street gunman, who offered for competition a series of eight prizes, ranging in value from $30 to $4 each, and ng- gregating $80, the first prize being a Winchester sporting rifle. The evnditions were 15 birds each, sprung from fourth notch of two screened traps at 14yds. rise, with use of one barrel of pun only. Thirly-eight entries were made, and the following isthescore of both days’ shooting: ATNUPOSC A (oct lcs y Soa eres egue RODOTESs 8 ub lmeb bia. onapaeee 10 MuDowell.- u shitides Baeceos 4 G : 2am /& A Bissel...-_. ee Rawhone... 9-2-1341 ftss ects ees 13 Pinlips.....-- Townsend. . .J8 Moore. -:.... Smith,,,. Williams. . 9 AWG espics Pat Hewenobe uae be ai POMrt po. 9 Hollingshead Mer 8 DOMES. 574 a2. sre Cnercs anew s way teet 12 Smith 8 Beatty. -....- Warson,. 5 Donaldson, Lowe ... 7 MeSorley -- Brown.-- 6 FLUE Y’ ssh ar tigate ents eee UD VEL ost ffs & Howls h Cys sess os- pie e qh GSjstp eV! ASA ARES 2 BASAL AE 48 5 WANG ete Fafwes hes pe hs 5s bie AO MLATEC EGS ye te's fy cancer, Hemant Johnson... ,.- 0 Nine others withdrew from the contest after missing a number of shots. Ties being shot off, Messrs. Ambrose, McDowall, Rawbone, Townsend, Wells, Hollingshead and Jones carried off the prizes yn the order named, The bestten scores aggregate 127 breaks in 150 birds shot at.—J. W. RIVERSIDE CLUB,—Topsham, Me., June §—The regular shoot for badge resulted as follows: Doubles Clay Pigeons. Balls, Ball & Pigeon. Total. § Strout...... 1111101001 1011010)1—w 13 CL York 0110011001 110111 1i 11:00 41 10 17 A Q Goud,....1110110101 111010 11,11 10 10 10 18 W Purinton., 1111110100 T1110 11 11 10 11 «DL 21 GW Goud.,., 1011111 wi ood a 11 1 ro} C Goutl 0101110111 111011 11 11 01 00 10 nt] 8 Knigh 1110111 101 Oi1d1t O1 00 11 00 11 15 Badge won by George Goud. M. (, HAut, Secretary. HAYDENVILLE, Mass.—The gun elub here are now taking regu- lar practice at glass balls from a revolving trap. Gogardus rules, 2iyds rise, The scorés for the last two shoots stood; June 6. COUTHTIB DGG 65 eee oe big ys LATE. ciel e eielelele) hile teed 5 Watling. cccieesces sree cesses 10 June 4, McCaffery... .:.:-;-2:: gf hisvaaa POLED DM a Sare tesa. abot ees 10 Reet ie AR Ree hb A BS head eS B Neal..... ter ee ta On ts para H OOUONI ENG SL) cet a. eee: 8 ‘Thatcher... 7 Wiatliney ny S850) 1p ee eee erat WELLINGTON, Mass, June 9.—The attendance of sportsmen af the Malden Gun Club, at Wellington, yesterday was small. The scores were above the average, as will be seen by Lhe following summary: All-comers' Match, AF Adams) ....--....- 2 Nee ot Roel LU eli hd eee Aah 558A 6 SRE acne 9 J Hopkin... re we GOTONSS SAE TSE CB. fo spelt acrtinew tt 9 Subscription Matches. First match, 5 birds—J. Thompson and J, Hopkins, first; A, W. All- ston. second; H. Langley, third. Second match, 5 birds—J. Hopkins and A. F. Adams, first; J. Thom- son, seeond; M. Hanford, third. Vhird roatch, 10 balls—J. Thompson and J. Hopkins, first; A. W. Allston, second, and H, Langley, third, JAMESTOWN, N, Y., June § —Last Saturday occurred the glass ball shoot of our shotgun club lately organized, mostly new shooters. Walker. ..... 4 bee tep es coce re LL USTIT En chee ettiel olla eee + 2 8 Balls. Pigeons. Balls, Pigeons, Bookout .......,--- Hi} 8—17 Dorsey.. ti f—14 Tillman ... . 10 -“§$—19 Raworth 8 tT Myles aes) 9—1d Searles,,,...---...- 7 j—14 Auter,....... Poet i) §--17 LYNN CENTRAL SHOOTING CLUB, Lynn, Mass.—The Devora- tign Day tournament of the Lynn Central Shooting Club, held oi their grounds, was the largest and most sue cessful one ever held by them, excepting the associa tion shoot held im 1880. Over threa thousand balls and birds were required to supply the demand, The programme was shot through without change, and six sweeps at birds antl balls with 20 to 27 entries in Sach. The club is in a flourishing condition, 1 dozen new members haying joined this season, most of them noted shots, The club is well supplied with all the latest improved traps, and will add allimproyements, ‘Che English style shooting, five traps, both bar Tels, Will bea feature of this season’s practice. The grounds will be open every ‘Tuesday afternoon for practice, commencing At 1 o’¢lock P.M, A general invitation is given to all shooters to give us a, call, RAYMOND CLUB.—The weekly competition at Wellington on June ce. B.¥. Johnson and D, Kirkwood shot a re- turn match for $26 a side, Ten birds and ten glass balls were fired at, the score standing 16 to 14in fayor of Kirkwood, In the 20-bird match, the score stood D, Kirkwoo 17, B. F. Johnson 16, N, Waterman 14, H. Outting 13, O. Chandler 15, N, C, Burton 1], PAWTUSXHT, K. 1,, June 5.—Ata practice shoot of the Pawtuxet Gun Club to-day, the following scores were made; revolving trap; Qlyds.: W G Crandall, .- 11111119111111011111—19 LNT 1111111 11111 —20 W fi Sheldon..., GJ Crandall...... -10011911111111111411—20 EVANSVILLE, Ind.—The Argus man who is the perpetrator of the dismal jokes, the builder of the wretched puns and bad pottry, the writer of the dizzy sketches, and sole owner of the jack-knife that whittles out the horrible wood cuts that mar the fair pages of the Eyansville Argus, is also something of ashot. It hys stood him in food stead in keeping his office clear of undesirable yisitors and in- ignant readers of puns. Will Kratz is a rival shot and the piair had out their vivalryover the trap on the 9th, Clay pigeons at 18yds., the aaa standing: 394 achting. To insure prompl attention, conmunioations should be ad- dlresend to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co, and not to tadividuadls, in whose absence from the office matters af im- porlanes are lidble to delay. June 144—Aiw1 ¥, C., Ladies’ Day, dune 16— Raritan Y, C., Corinthian Match. June isj—Larchmont, ¥. C_, Penonast Match, Clisses 4, 5, June 1—Dorchester, Y C., Annual Mavches. June 10—Cleveland ¥. A., Squadron Cruise. Jane 16—Portland Y C,, Challenge Cup, June 10—Quanapowitt Y. 0, Mateh, Waltetleld. June 17—Dorehester Y. C., Aoguual Matches, June 18—Dorchester Y. O., Open Matches, June 18—New Jersey ¥. C., Annual Matches, Juve i8—Hull Y. C., Union Matches. June 18—Coaper's Point Y, C., Annua! Mateh. June 18—Quaker City Y. C., Chester Matches, June 19—Atlantie Y. C, Annual Matches, June 20—New Haven Y. ©., Annual Matches. June 21—New York Y. C, Annvel Matches, June 28—Sea vanhaka Corinthian Matchés. June 23—Larchmont ¥..6,, Pennant Match, Classes 0, June 2d—Hull Y, C., Champion Pennant Match. June #3 Royal Noya Scotia Y. S., Spring Match. June 24—Quaker City Y. C.. Review ond Harbor Cruisé. June 25—Williamsburg Y. 0., Annual Mateh, Eclipse Y. C,, Annual Matches. —Quincy Y. CL, Second Mateh (2:30 P. M,). June 30—Chicogé ¥, C., Annual Matches. June 20—Easlern Y. C., Anoual Matches, July 1A—Qnaker City Y- C., Corinthian Cruise, Chester. July 1—Chicago Y, ©., Squadron Cruise, July 1—Royal Canadian Y. C., Opening Matehes. July 3—Quaker City Y. C., Corinthian Matches, Penn's Grove. July 4—Raritan Y, C., Open Matches, July 4—Larebmont Y. C., Annual Matches. July 4—City of Boston, Municipal Prizes. July 4—Quannapowitt Y. C.. Third Match, Wakefield. July + Cleveland Y. A., Annual Matches, July T—Beverly Y. C.. Warblehead, First Championship. Jwy T—HAullyY, C,, First Club Matches, July 12—Quiney Y. C., ‘Third Mateh (3:40 P.M), July 12—Haull Y. 0,, Ladies’ 0 Day. July 14—Bay of Quinte ¥.(., Clarke Oointhian Cup, July 14 —-Larobmont Y. ©. July 20-—Bunker Hill ¥. € July 2i—Raritan ¥. GC, 0 July 21—Larehmont Y. C., Pennant Mateh, Classes 4, 5. July 2!—Hull Y, @,, Second Club Match. July 28—Hull ¥. ©., Squailron Cruise, July 28—Larelomont Y, C . Pennant Match, Classes 6, 7, July %—Quaker City Y. C., Review and Harbor Cruise, Aug. i—Oleyeland Y. A., Annual Cruise. ; Ang. 3 and 4—Chicago ¥. C., Annual Matches. Aug. 4—New York Y. 0., Rendezyous at New Port. Aug, 4—Beverly Y. C., Nahant. Second Championship, Aue. 4—New Haven Y_ C., Annual Cruike. Aug. 4-19—Quaker City Y, ©., Annnal Cruise to Chesapeake Bay, Aug. 5—Raritan Y. C., Open Matches, Aug. 6—New Bedford Rendezvous ar New London, Aug. 8—New Bedford Annual Cruise. Any. 10—Quiney Y. C., Fourth Match (3 P, M.). Aug. 11—Larehmout Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 1, 2, Avg. 11—Hull Y. C.. Third Club Match. .. Club Match, Pennant Match, Classes 4 Champiouship Mateh, Aug. 25—Ravitan Y, C., Corinthian Match, Aug. 25—Larehmon| ¥, C,, Pennant Match, Classes Aug. 15—Bunker Hill, ¥. Ang, 18—Larehmont Y. Aug. 18—Hull Y, G., Firs Aug. 23—Tiull ¥. G,, Open Match. Sept. 1—Hull ¥, C., Second Champion Match. Sept. +-Beverly ¥. C., Marblehead. Open Matches, Sept, 8—ERaritin Y. C,, Corinthian Match, Sept, 5—Larchmont Y.C., Pennant Match, Classes 1, 2, 3. Bept. &-Hul) Y. C., Third Championship Match. Sept. §—Quiney ¥, C,, Closing Match, Sept, '—Qnatker City Y. C.. Review and Hurbor Cruise. Sept, 10—Beverly Y. C., Swampscott, Third Championship, Sept, 10—Oleyeland Y. A., Fall Matches. Sept, 11—Beyerly ¥, G., Third Championship Matvh at Swampscott, Sept. 15—Hnll ¥. C,, Squadron Cruise. Prize for time. Sept, 15—Larchmont ¥, C., Pennant Match, Classes 4, 5, Rept, 22—Larulimont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 6, 7. Sepl. 28—Quaker City Y. C., Review and Harbor Cruise. Oct, T—Quaker City Y. 0., Closing Harbor Cruise. FIXTURES. moe 14—Royal Nova Scotia Y. 5. [June 14, 1888, FOREST AND STREAM. sole attraction for the fest of the vonfse. Sheets wete statted for Matiunécock, which was passed by Gleam at 1:26:20, and Lotus 1:37:52; The two ante boats drove on fo Caplain's Island, and then commenced 10 heat hack to Execution, Wave having a long lead and gutting away from Madeleine at a terrific rate. Rize boil on the next siretch, and Lotis closed np on Glenn to a anatertiy exteny Congluble being rounded by Gleam af S:08142, amd Lotus at 2716;25- But in the windward baek to Mxecution, Wave and Gleam had itas they liked, and hardly required spinnaters$ forthe tun in to finish, which was made as ynder, Holmes, Snoozerand Conway allowed themselves tobe handivapped for reasons not very obvious, Que would suppose the interval of grace enough for anyone to discover what was going on, but we have All become accrstomed to these ragged starts that half an hour might be granted and some woul be found too late just the same as with five or ten minutes to strazele across. With & good deal of rollin aud wobbling the fleet drove through Blackwell's Island east channel, peaks heing closely fended to avoid capslging., Abreast tle upper end of Ward’s Island the Lone Star could sland it no lenger, and after several heavy reels fell over, the crew being experts enough to crawl up the weather gunwale and hang on like grim death till rescued. 2 eae) A if I SECOND CLASS SLOorS, 30 to 42ft. The boat drifted into shoal water and was snhsequently set on her legs 7 Start. Finish, Elapsed. Oponing Cruise. again. Mary Gibson, one of Driseoll's build, we helieva, had the leat, | Waves.) 2.9150) esse yevcter seen nee 11 42 00 3.53 47 411 47 with Favorita pressing close, The cominudore ran Mary, and trom | Madeleine .,,,.-.. . vee dd 48 15 the Fort Schuyler buoy did the piloting for the rest of the cabins all} — THIRD CLASS SLOOPs, SUft, AND CNDER, day. The jibe Off Throge’s Neck was a ticklish piece of busines, bit | Gleam,................ fetiggeee eae + — 11 40 25, 855 5b 4 15 31 with lowering imaimeails the danger was avoided by the open bouts, | Lotus .... -.-.........-_ -...... veer etl 42 40 478 10 4 80 80 Tt was nob necessary to figure allowances, Wave and Gleam take the pennants in their classes, Small classes 4 and 6 sail on Saturday. Suoover tied down reefs at the same time, Most of the othr cs hid alpendy, shortened sail, he big yachts handed kites as quickly as possible nearing the Stepping Stones, as the wind was tow really whistling, the Sound being lashed into snappish white caps as far as the eye could see. Tregarthen Hippel jib topsail, Lonise and Alice got rid of their topmasts without being asked Ipavesanid Julia, Prog- ress and Magic had disappeared from the scene, ‘The upper mark, from which the real work was to begin, was hauled around at the fol- lowing times; PREV Oi op occ ep ob elt 18630 Towise .......-....62---5, (+1 45 29 Jas, Tregarthen. 140 64 M W. Comvay. ~.1 47 45 NEW PACIFIC COAST SCHOONERS. Ast all the principal ports haye,in their special practice, contribiited largely to the common stock of knowledge. ‘Those contribnGons are to he judged by their merits and tendencies. Boston has given us the deep keel with outside ballast, and §an Francisco furnishes indisputable evidence of the good results of ‘ead plasters’? Mistake... ... oo VL AD GD ATI NG ey ive Te eeeacU nt { 49 50 | below the garboards in centerboard yachts of modem draft. New Ty ee ee "1 4112 H. BH. Holme 4 6) 22 | York bas supplied the worlil with fast skimming dishes of smull dip- Mary Gibson... Se Tare SNE itis” ot Sa 3 an 1 5B 29 piacenest and yery large rigs, and, strange to say, refuses to learn Bivosaue eae 14609 Virginia Dy. 02220 Heras 15 2) | by the doings {n riyal ports, as the latter have always shown thent- Geo.sBepenn eT bids selyes cules to profit by anything new in the metropolis, New York Fayorita. had clung +0 jibtopsail but stowed it In the round, Tt was | 188 fallen far astern in modern innovations. ‘To be sure, we bave some few examples, and excellent ones they are, of the new order of things, but averaging our fleets clear through, It cannot be gainsaid that less pretentious yacht squadrons have spun dutalong lead Lt the essentials contributing to perfect yacht designing. ‘lo such aii extent has New York been wrapped up. in hersel!’. thal if ig even quite amusing to listen to the hesitating (discussions and dubious ete eben sundry inmovations urged by the few who ave really The keel seems to the New York yachtinodeller something £o revo- lutionary and experimental that he fights shy of the business, and lively und wet work beatiug home, Mistake, handled to the best ad vantage throughout, weathered the loading cabin yachts followed by Parole, Working up to Fort Schuyler, the leaders ran into squall which broke wilh some fury, but quickly Wound up in rain, With plenty of begging” the machines were broughbtthrough safely to find the wind had materially lightened, whereupon more sail was made. Several yachts settled away altogether to the squall, which was perhaps the wisest course, as they slood little show for the prizes, Without further incident the match was brought to a close as undert CLASS A—CABIN SLOOLS, Namie. Start, Wnish. Elapsed. Corrected. shakes his head at the dire consequences that will happen to the free Fayorita.... ..--.-,) =--l1 G7 30 3.25 10 3 27 40 4 97 40 | lance who vettures a fresh departure in the way of a few inches Jas. Tregarthen,... ,,..-11 58 00 Did not Finish. more depth, anda keelinplace of a hoard. And the same worthy Giise Hociny SLOOPS! Perea receives a serious shock to his system, should an owner be MW. Conway... -...... 42 00 U0 2 40 30 3 40 80 $40 39 | bold enough to spike‘lead underneath a shoal draft vessel. Prophecies AGES pets seeks _ 11 5A v0 828 00 8 29 00 3 40 30 | About her hecoming veryslow and awfully “logey’* are freely indulged FEEST ee Pe \ ed 58.30, 4 2030 3 28 00 3 93 39 | in, only ta be swallowed whole at the first brush the yaent picks up Sali eee tLe "43 00 10 btis down the Bay, And then he still faithfully slings to those funny old Progress.... ,.----2 css. f2 Ot a) = doctrines which refuse to see any possibilities narrow beam and PanuantMateh, Classes 1.2, 3. CLARA G—OPEN SLOOPS) outside Iead, and he will talk about the dangers of going to sea in Annual Matehes. Baral oR codes eee. 12 i BO 325 00 3 23 30 4 93 go | Cutters, blissfully unmindful of the fact that thousands of them do ‘inthian Mateh. Snoozer 12 01 30 3 26 00 3 34 RU) 4 94 05 nothing else in foreign waters, that little bits of things down to two Mistake...i... .. 14-59 00 8 82 30 3 93 30 § 22 59 | tons, with only four and five feet heam and immense blucks of lead, CLASS D—OPEN SLOUPS. eross and recross the stormy channel with impunity, and much en- Il, H. Holmes...... . ....42 01 80 8 38 00 4 81 30 4 91 30 | Joyment to their owners, while cutters of three and five tons of the Mary Gibson... “41 55 00 8.80 05 3 35 05 3 84 25 | Most extrenie proportions, knock about the rugged British coasts as Geo, B, Deane... “Tt dd BU 8 29 00 § 34 80 3 32 50 | # matter of regular business, from early in spring till late in the fall, and sometimes into the months of blustering winter. In the mean CARA OASIS 5) 555 52 00 — 3 ; MpeICes ar time. what the New Yorker considers in the fog of first experments CLASS E—CATROATS, % ne 3 i Virginia D......, BP aeGae 55.00 — has been established beyond cavil in other selon more aliye to Waiidl&Bes. 2 sae 41 52 00 modern issues, San Francisco, for example, has been obliged to Taxis Seats, oc oe et “di #3 40 Capsized stick to centerboards of small draft for use in the extensive shoal reaches, forming & large area of the accessible grounds for cruising. But for that reason Pacific coast yachtsmen did not sit twirling their thumbs wishing for safe yachts, yet refusing to accept everything hela out to them to bring about what they desired. San Francisco went to work and essayed iron boards and boards loadéd with lead, and then commenced to try ballast on the keel, pro- ceeding rapidly frotu small weights to big lumps of lead from a third to half of all the ballast carried; and with so much success were these changes Followed that at this day no yacht of first-alass equipment is launched without ® material WN para of her artificial weighting on the under sidle of the keel. Old yessels have heen hauled out and altered up to the latest experience, so that all the pee yachts in the fleet now have lead keels, and, so far as speed is voncerned, the ~ universal testimony from those latitudes is that none has been lost and in many instances speed has been gained, while safety and stow- age has heen benefited in no small degree. We are promised the lines of the latest additions to the San Francisco feet in the shape/of two new keel schooners recently launched, re ages in design some modification upon existing vessels. One of these is trom a model by Matthew Turner, well known on the Pacific as a ship builder and the designer of such flyers as Chispa, the new Nellie, Consuelo and others, She was built to the order of the Spreckels Brothers, aud named Lurline. She flies the broad pennant of the commodore of thes, F. ¥. &., Mr. John D. Spreckels having been elected to fill that post for the currentiyear. The second schooner, the Halcyon, is a fine flush- deck vessel, for Mr. H. L. Teyis, from designs by W.G. Hall, and built under the immediate superintendence of Wim. Stone, a builder who ranks high as a mechanic and constimetor. Mr. Hall, it will he remembered, won fame in the Bay in the defeat of Commodore Favorita, Louise, Mistake and Holmes are the winners. Nothing got home in the last class, HUDSON RIVER Y, C. a ates eleventh annual races of this club were sailed June 5 in the lower bay. Course had been changed from the Hud- son to the Centennial course, start from stakehoat off Tomp- kinsville, S.1,, thence to.and around a markboat of Norton's Point, Coney Islahd, then in again around Bouy 15, off Bay Ridge, thence around Bnoy 17, off Robbins Reef, and back to start, sail twice over, about twenty miles. The steamer Sedgwick followed the yachts with the judges aboard—Hon. John W, Browning, H, H. Holmes, Frank Oliver and S. M. Sharp. Wind 5.8... mica working breeze, gradually freshening, smooth sea, tide half ebb, The entries were: Cluss A, cabin sloops, Bldiva, d2ft.. James Greason; Lillie, 82ft., John Drew; Louise, 20ft.. John Brandt, _ Glass B, open sloops, Parole, 27ft. 4in.; Clara S., 2tft. lin. J, Stil- er, x Class C, open sloops, Harry H, Holmes, 21fb 11in., A. L, Kreymeyer; Geo, B. Dean, {tfb. bin, A. Komp, Jr.; Frank Oliver, 21ft. din,, Wil- liam H, Arnét; Selana ©., 21ft. 8in., J, MeCarthy, __ Class D, open sldops, Bernard Goodwin, 19ft, Sin., 1, Muller, Jr.+ Willie, 19£b. 3in., Cornelius Roth, The gun was givén nt 12:16:10, and ten minutes was given for shuffling across Indian file, All hands went off on starboard tals, the Lillie being handivapped with late start to the extent of 4m, 84s, The wind picked up and topsails. wera speedily sent on deck, EAST RIVER Y. C. Thee fourth annual races of the club were sailed over the usual Sound course in a good slashing breeze which put all hands upon their metal and besides Ganaiaiuks one yacht played hayoo with spars ani sails generally, while the beamy craft being unable to carry on in spite of their beam, Selena C, rapidly worked out from the crowd, and the Coney Island mark, dead to windward, was rounded by her with a good lead at 1:0;0, Parole second, at 1:71:48; Geo, B. Deane at 1:2:68; Eldiva, 1:4:10; Holmes, 14:54; Willie, 1:07:41; Clara §., 1;5;50; Lonise, 1:6;16; Good- win, 1:7:04; Oliver, 1:8:01; Lillie, 1:14:38. Jibs were then boomed out MeDonovgh’s Aggie two years ago, and as ‘one of the brothers Hall, of Port Ludlow, W. T., is known to all interested in our maritime com- merece, The following table will enable comparisous to be drawn hebween these two schooners of like load line length: Lurline. Halcyon, Length overall, .:..... -.. 40,50 83,00 the Dairbresdth escapes from a swim | for the run in, and after cheating the tide as much as possible in Length on loudline .. 72.40 (2.42 wert decidedly numerous. Good fortune fell to the lot of most and | Grayesend Bay, the Bay Ridge buoy wus reache? by Parole in the Bean, extreme .... 2» 21.05 21.08 many were surprised to find themselves right side up after they had | lead, Selenaa good second. A beam wind took the lof oyer to the Beam, on load line. weetee 2000 — made up theirminds to fulling over. The wind was fresh and at Reef, and then on the wind they finished the first round as follows; Depth of hold... -- ceuvee. 8.00 917 times puffy from southwest, and reefs were in order for all hands | Selena C.. 2:19:33; Parole, 4:20:03; Holmes, 2:23:02; Deane, 2124720; Greatestdraft,,.--:.2.2--4- 208s... 8.25 10.60 put a few venturesome skippers who thought: they, would try the | Bidiva, 2:24:14; Clara S.. 2226712; Willie, 2131:00; Goodwin, 2:31:12; Displacement, tons. Peeesesa VA.88 74.08 other thing first, Before much distance had been made the most | Oliver, 2:32:04; Lillie, 2:32:52. Louise lost her topmast aud gave up) Ballast inside, lbs ... Be i aad 34,495 44.670 daring followed suit and hauled down a couple of hands, while peaks | her cpan halyards being fouled by the wreek. The breeze now fresh- Ballast on keel, Ibs, ...-. t Fong pee eel CABO 22,000 were incessantly being dropped to escape the fury of vicious blasts | ened and gave the flat-bottoms 4 thorough drenching, sending the Areaimmersed M. S.sq. fis .i..... esse. O18 65.0) for which the passage through Fort Schuyler isnoted. Snoozer, with | spray into the cockpil in heayy showers, and the sandbageers had to Are# loadline, sq. ft,.---.__- Peon urs | ao 880.17 ‘Andy Stebbins at the stick, tooling het in her maiden race, was | be tooled with great care to avoid turning wrong side up. They C. B. abatt middle L. W. L,_- sae 8.20 6.00 bolder than the rest, and clung to whole sail for the free run up, but found ib did nob pay as she could not risk the jibe atthe Fort Schuyler Buea was obliged to round to, lower away, and pay off under {> Ww ty which she lost considerable. Driscoll’s yard af Greenpoint, by Thomas Kells, with a yiew to taking down the pride of County Clerk Elliott's famous clinker built Mistake. It is not quite clear that she made a mistake in her laudable effort, for thongh the day fell to the clinker, Snoozer showed herself « pretly going machine and will shuke up her antagonist for. all she is worth upon future occasions. Snoozerlost the race through what we should call lack of good seamanship or at least judgment, Lug- ging sailis one thing and showing the right sail is quite another. even in a sandbag machine, CG, L. BR. abath Lb. W. L were, however, kept on their legs by sharp watching. Outside n Ae 3 6. B, abutt b, W.L..... Jae R233 little jump was met which nobody liked, The leaders just Sayed the tide, the rest got nipped. Parole winded on Selena C,, in this work, M.S. abatt L, W. Lb... 7.30 ile the crew snugzed down two lines of points, an operation | Deane rounded third, then Holmes, Clara §., Willie and the others at Area lower sails, sa, ft S48 i Suoozer is & new boat, built in | intervals, In this order the second round promised to be finished, Mainmast, deck to cap, jedeasditn Obu 62.048 but in the last mule Selena C. made a faulty hiteh, and fell off bo Poramast, deck t0 cap........--.-65 vee. G6.00 | HO 04% fourth position. Topmiast, to shoulder ..,.......) .ss---- 21,00 26,00 CLASS A--CABIN SLOOPS. Bowspril, outboard Sere saa Pee Ses 20,00 — Name. Start. Finish. so ad Corrected. Jibboom...... A — LAD 7 ee San Sood oar e 12 18 55 4 44 50 4 2h 45 425 55 Mainboon 62.00 Lillie... Az 26 16 4 43 00 4 10 4 416 44 Fore hoom, 24.00 Louise. .s. sc. fmt 12:15 33 Disabled. ) Ard sufias oy) poe ire tie hist 22.05 ULASS B—OPEN SLOOPS. Modeller and builder . Turner, W. G, Hall. Misiake, with Dave Snedicor as timoneer, was not to be caught with | Parole...-,\. + 12 19 20 4 26 40 407 iv 40710\ *The Lurline has a Bermudian mainsail, that is a crjngle-header a show of brayudo, but wisely snugged down tworeefsandshackeled | ClaraS.-........--.: 2.518 17 32 4 $3 51 415 50 409 29) without gall’. The spars of Halcyon are given from rail tocap. Her storm jib before starting, and that bit of reasonable precaution just CLASS C—OPEN SLOOPS. topmasts are in one stick with the lower masts. Masthcads are 6ft. put the mitch in her hands. Good seamanship and discretion: pays | Henry H. Holmes........ 12 20 20 4 31 33 411 13 411 18 | The topmusts have 5ft, “poles.'’ She carries a gait mainsail, fore George B. Deane. 12 20 09 4431 30 447 21 410 21 | and main gatts of like length. Total area of lower and light sails he course was from off club house. Pottery Beach, Greenpoint, | Frank Oliver ...-. 1% 28 22 4 44 31 4 21 09 419 59 | for Lurline, 6,409 sq. ft,, and for Haleyon, 5,776 sq. ft, J around G. ngway Buoy and return to Hunt’s Dock aboye Brothers | Selena C.,......... ‘ie 12 17 50 4 84 10 4 16 30 415 00| ‘Turner, pinched by length measurement, has accustomed bhim- Islaud, about twenty miles. Same for all classes. Allowance of OLASS D—OPEN SLOOPS. self to yery short overhang aft, losing the chance of giving elegant 2m, perfoot, NoJjimitation asto crews. Cabin yachts not to shift | Bernard Goodwin....,, 12 21 43 448 55 4 22 12 422 12 | finish and useful deck room, We wish Turner could for @ second ballast. The iron steamer Perseus with a large crowd of spectators | Willie. ........-....+---- 12 20 43 4 dd 30 423 47 4 23 27 | catch a glance of Wenouah's counter, tapered away into an arch- took the judges over the course and stood by to pick up the unfortu- u tea who might get spilt, a necessary piece of dry nursing demanded every time thera is a bit of a blow in view of the peculiar liability of our yachts to fall oyer whenever a pull happensalong, Judges, J. O'Neil, Jas, Bowe ond Henry Andruss. Regatta Committe, I, BE. Brown, J. D. Smallfield and J. Whittaker, Twenty-eighy entries had bean mate ani eighteen started as follows: Ulass A. cabin sloops, Favorita, 32ft, bin. M, J. Charde; James Tre- garvhen. d0fb, Gin., J. C. Reanison. Class B, cabin sloops, W. W. Conway, 2ft. 4in., J, Conway, Alice, 27ft. lin., Thomas White; Louise, 27ft. lin,, Gnarles Brandt; Julia, Mit. din,, J. & Sullivan; Progress, 24ft. din., F. Schuessele, ft, 2i4in,, Thomas Kells; Mistake, 5in., Jacob Sehmidt, of Class CO, open sloops, Sneozer, 27 97 ft, lin., OC, B, Wlliolt; Parole, 27ft. oi : Glass D, open sloops. H. H. Holmes, 22ft, 3in,, J. Kneymeir; Mary | tion and Home. Third class, Gleam, 28ft. Gin., N. D. Lawton, and Gib-on, 2ift. Llin,, N. Lockwood; George B. Dean, 21ft. bin., A, Komp, | Lotus, 30ft., Richard Esterbrook. Oourse same to Matinnicovk, Jr Mawic, 19!t. 5in., E- E, Brown. Claes 8, cat rigged, Nameless, 18ft, din,, C, W. Voltz; Lone Star, 18ft. Jin,, O. Jo#buek; Virginia D., 20ft, Edward Davis. The ppen boats were sent off tirsl, the resular yachts following five minwtes lab r, Booms were carried to starbourd and the big ones tried ruff and jib pratt sending them along at a preofous rate. at the undermentioned times: The ling Was crossed Darks. 2, pie). ota eaten 11 62 00 . dd 68 00 one Bter.-......<---05,--11 f8 40 Geo. B, Deane............91) 54 a0 Virginia D. ... - tersteaece etl AG 00 Wavoilta......---2.-.--..-11 a% BU James Tegartion,........ 1] 58 00 LOUIE. ces sete pre reser ere ee tl 58°80 board searce even fest wile, ending almost in a feather edge, and the sight would make a lasting impression upon his "future vessels, Haleyon has heen run out three feet further, whith must ada very much to her appearance, though she is Said to be ratherround in her after-hody, Tn point of beam hoth schooners are about alike, cach showing some Hare with a slow round-up to the planksheer, some- what after the Montauk’s topsides, Haleyon bas however a foot wore hold and over two feet more draft, which ought to make her the better of the two in outside work. The deadrise of her floors renches thirty-tive degrees. Although the ¢isplacement is figuyed alike for tue two, there isa marlred difference in the amount of bal- lastcarried, the Hall schooner exceeding her sister by some 14,000 Ibs., or nore than a quarter additional. This is in part accounted for by the fact that Halcyon has a steam bent frame, being the la) gest yacht ever constructed in that way. The Halls were, we believe, on intimate terms with the late John W, Griffiths, the inventor of a steum bending machine, by which frames and knees of the largest size could be bent into shape under end pressure, They took a fancy to Mr. Griffith's plan and have sought to earry out the idea as oppor- Wave, one of the fastest sloops ever tired out bya stroke of luek in | tumty oitcred, What has become of the Griffiths machine we dont our waters, had things all to herself, and Mr, Lawton's new Gleam | know, Some years azo much was said for and against the particular found nothing worthy of her metal. This was muchto he r vetted, | tool builf, for the Boston Navy Yard as 2 fest, but wo onehas ques- as the Gleam is supposed fio be an elfyrt to combine depth with beam, | tioned the yalue of the plan of a steam beut frame itself, and if ex- and a test with some well known standard would, of course, have | perience with the Halcyon sliotld demonsirate its feasibility in a sea- Lillie, Parole, Deane and Goodwin were fhe winners and received, besides the regular club prize, the Van Glahn challenge pennant, to be sailed for again accordibg to conditions attached. LARCHMONT Y. C. ripe first pentant match of the year was sailed June $. Open r! to first and second class schooners and first, second and third class gloops, Only the latter two classes filled. In sec- ond class, Wave, ft. fin. sailing length, Dr. J, @, Barron, and Madeleine, 24ft, din,, J. 1. Ryley, Uonrse for off Larchmont Cove around buoy and Execution Rocks, thence aromnd buoy off Mattini- cock Point, thence around budy off Captiin’s sland, back to Execn- thence to Constable Point Buoy, thenee around Execution and home. Wind southwest, moderate, tide firstof flood. The match soon re- solved itself into a sail over. the yachts were so unevenly mated, Alito sco. Mistake -.-....: a1 69 00-| been of great value, Gleam fsa very fair boat and in some respeets woing yacht subject to loug-continued strains, as well us its urabil ty, M, W.Conway.-..,.,.....1200 00 | a smarter and handsomer eratt thin (Ne average sloop. She has not | others are likely to foljow suit, as the saving in weight means so TA eee, eee a eee vel2 00 10 | that countrified look which arpies fi @ arigin of most of onr | mucl added fo ballast law down. 7 HLISOFLS Hise olslensln ciele wee wo ‘42 OL 00] sloops, but there is about her a little politan look. The fulbrigged ship Era, of Boston, was built with an artificially Progress, —--.--- The yaehts were sent awny as fo » Gleam, 11:40:25; Wave, | bent frame throughout, aud thyugh favorably reported, she was HH. H, Holmes........-- 11:42:00; Lotus, 11:48:40, and Madeleine, 148;1h, A short hitch out wrecked too soon to base definite conelusions upon, Commodore Suoozer.....1-.----, enabled them to luy for the Execution my ave and Gleam pal: ‘Dick’? Ogden, who has built whole rafts of yachts of all sorts, livanted away from their antagonis' i ease, and became the | essayed steamed trames throughout in his schooner ‘Peerless and in Jone 14, 1883. other boats, all of which haye stood the test of time, and he is much ‘taken up with the idea, Atall events, San Mrancieco has agsin led the way, and New York must content herself with watching the re- sults, That Halcyim has a fuller afterbody than the Lurline, is indi- cated by the positions of the centers of buoyancy referred tothe fore and aft vanter of the loadline. This an indication of good design to find that: other centers vary inthe same way. In lowersail Haleyon has about ten par cent. more, which she ought to be abla to carry, though she will no doubt lie down to business, 4 trifling Inconvenience at times to which San Francisco has not yet become hardened, if we an take private correspondence as our criterion, She likewise has apaft mainssil of the usual style. whereas Laurline is afflicted with the horrible incongruity of a gafeforesalland Bermofjamain, Surely Hsthelics necd an apostlé to check thisinrgad of monstrous ugliness. This Uiesinly cross, a sort of yachting ttyaller dog,” is, we think, im high favor among San Vrancisco yachtsmen, upon no better erounds than the eanressian that a triangular sail keeps the center lower than a gait sail, an impression which little bit of sketching would quickly remove, We know that some who have tried the Ber- muda return with unstinted praise in its behalf, but we also know that human nature is much the same on oe coast as npon another, and that Some yachtsmen here sent out under a night shirt hoisted to 8 broomatick would declare the device 4 superb conception, and report a gain of several knots in speed. Climate may he held ac- eountable for some things, hut it cannot very well cover claims so fiamétrically opposite to experience in the Mast, which is all in favor of broad-headed sails, The fault with California rigs is their lofty, narrow cut. Less hoist and more head would lower the center of effort and give hétter driving sails, When this was first set forth in Worms AND Brress, intense opposition to such revolu- tionary counsels was manifested on all sites, bub in due wane the yery changes we proposed hayé come to be régarded quite a matter of conrse, As experience in San Mranciseo is limived to sails of lofhy. Harrow cut. some oue can earn laurels by acting upon our hint, and receive our dying gratitude besides for sending ita Coventry the mixed-up rig of “yaller dog” extraction. The following details of these naw schoonet's will be interesting: Durline has a keel in one length, fin. square and 70ft. long, Stem of Taurel, sided, bin, Half her floor timbers are natuveal crooks; the frame is of Port Orford cedar, 24in between centers. Keéelson is 1x 12in,, plank 246 0., ceiling of 2 and Sin. stuil; deck plank, 3in- Square cedar, planksheer hin. stanchions of cedar, rails cf oak. Topmuasts are fitted with tumbling fids for housing. Sails of 12in. Mi. Vernon duck. The Bermudas mainsail hss 47ft. on boom, S5yett. hoist, bolt, leeah, aréa 14% sq.ft. The forssail hag 2646ft, on boom, area l192sq. ff. The jib has 3stt. thin. foor and contains G0 sq. fr., fying jib 495 sq, ft. Main topmast staysail contains S15'sq. Th, and a. ringtiil H60 Sa. ft. This comprises the trnising rig. For bay work the Lurline is to have a larger til. The wire rigging is of “Hexibhys wire,” containing 7 strands of 1) wires ¢uch, instead of 6 strands of Twires each, Deol fittings are of hard wood and trimmings of brass, and blocks on Bagnall & Loud’s patent, seit trora the Mast. The main cabin is decorated in hard woods of a rich and varied kind, wich are especially aucesstblé in the San Pranciseo market, Style and rails of the doors are of Mexican rosewood, the panels of mallala Wood from the Samoan Islands, brackets are of tigerwood finish, brought from Australia, The pilasters are of Mexican mabogany, the carlines overhead boxed in Spanish cedar. From (he cabiha passageway leads forward, on each side of which are a couple of staterooms furnished and finished in different colors, The forecastle has berths for thres and will swing haminocks besides. The yacht has been built and finished for seagoing Durposés, aa the Spreckels @xpect to crui @ in her to the Sandwich Islands, where they haye valu- able BER plantations and other interests. The Haleyon has a keel 69ft. long and 12>36in, of Oregon pine. The trame is of Hastern oak, steam bent, 46in.; main keelson, 11> i6in., sister keaclsous, 6<1fin ; stem of Taurel, 20ft, long, Sin. sided: plank, 2)gin. Oregon, and ceiling same, all of if wrought in one length ore and aft without butts; deck beams are of sugar pine 8x5in.; the arboards are Sin, thick and throngh-boltad to the keel and keclson With ineh holis) floors are natural cracks 86 imported from Mexico; fastenings below water of cémposition, all plank fastening connter- sonkand plugged. Stenchions are of genisaroé wood from Central America, The schooner is flush decked, while Lurline has an ordin- ory tunk over the cabin. On each side of the companion is a state- room and toilet, Thé main cabin is I8XT4ft., with six feet three. inches lead room under the beams, Dhé upholstering is in crimson lush; the decorating in white and gold and exceedingly tasteful. n place of berthsin the wings above the trausoms, lockers have been fitted with ventilating doors, Pantry and palley are between special bulkhead and supplied with sinks, pumps. tanks, ete, The chain Jocker iy amidships under the Moor. The forecastie has flve standing herths forihe crew. Although therig¢ing is particiarly néat in tha way of serying, Turks’ heads, grafting, ste, thera is one thing we do not quite fancy, ‘The jibstay is double, each part taken throngh bees on the bowsprit and set np atthe bows. Strain on the bowsprifis thereby transferred jo the Masthead, decidedly poor policy, unless the stays are so fitted as nof fo ciyein the bees, But the schooner was rigged by Capt. Geo. Cummings, formerly of the ship Three Brothers, aud he ought to know what heis about. These stays are 2h4in., “Hexiblé wire,” und the bobstay of Sin. wire; shrouds of 234ih, flexible, with s@yenteen yarns to thestrand, Sails of 12in. duck, single bighted, mainsail, foresail and jib of No. 8, and flying jib of No.8. Mainsail has 4&ft. bin. hoist, att. tin. foot, and 23ft. Gin, head, gontnintos 1,hb4sq. fh, The foresail Contains 1,080sq. tt, The jib is S74oft, on foot, and contains 9i0sq. ff. Maintopmust staysail of i2oz, duck containg b80s0. ft, FPoregati topsail is made of No. 10, and contains dissq fi,and the maingalf topsaii 3a7sq. ft Concerning these two yachts we find the following the §. I, News Letter of May 19: ‘Late in the afternoon Mr, H, L. Tevis’s new yacht sailed over, fol- Jowud by the Chispa. The Huloyou wag only launched on the pre- yious Monday night, and her owner and builler must be compli mented on the spirited energy shown in haying her ready so soon; and her wodeler, Captain Hall. and builder, William Stone, will ac- eept our warmest Congratulations upon the undoubted success of her firsthiip. Captain Gutte politely waited to accompany Captain Tevis across the channel, and the staunch old favorite, that loves a strong breeze and flood tide, fond her companic)) to be askimmer, In the evening the Lurline joimed the Heet, and Captain A. B, Spreckels entertained a jovial party on board in his ugual princely Btyle. The ernuisa last Sunday was & complete success; the signalto get under Way was fired at tl A. OL, the yice-commodore’s yacht Annie leadin:; to Hunter's Point. There thesignal was hoisted: ‘Mor Saucelito, an try rate of sailing.’ The run down was made yery rapidly, the hood tide and strong southwest breeze tating the fleet along in spanking Style. In healing to windward against the flood tide, an excellent test of therelative speed of the different vessels was made, and, Weare glad tosay, the Haleyon came out with fying colors. She is thelatest, and we think the best, model seen in these walters, Sheds the first fush-deck yacht built here, aud has greater depth than any other boat of her class in these waters, Her time, from Hunter's Point ta Saucelito, was 1:39:40, Her immediate vival, the Lurline, went over in 1:41;00, a very slight difference; the bottom of the latter is certamly foul, and her speed must nef be gauged by her sailing in that condition. But 6n board the Halcyon every halyard was stiff and every sheet \ntried, so that we think the advantage of her competitor’s frequent handling offsets the condition of her hull, One ntinnte and twenty-five seconds ig a small margin, and no one can positively say what the result will be when thése two splendid craft meeton equal terms, as they cer- tainly will wan early day. One resnitef the sail gives ws unmixed pleasure: thatis the handsome way the keel boats outstripped the centerboard f0dels, Brom the day the keéls of the Lurline and Hal- eyon were laid until last Sunday afternoon, a number of very wise mace p potested that ‘keel boats were unfit for bay work,’ We have modestly held and urged that ‘our summer winds were sivong enough for keel boats and flush decks,’ and ab this momentwe are pleased to find 4 liundved converts among young and old saltsto our opinion, We haye but ane regret, and that is that Captain Turmer puta hovse on the Lurline, and we are patty sure that when he builds another equally staunch eraft be will be able to walk her decks fore and aft, on the weather side, without that wupleasant interrimtion,”” MARJORIE, THE TERROR, FRE ts the latest from the scene of war: WL wick, June 11,—In the regatta here to-day the new cutter Murjorie won the Queen’s Cup, Among the competing yachts were the Miranda, Sameenp, Spmadritt and other crack hoats,* And this is the yaeht we ave trusting to match with—what? But then this latest dash of Marjorie may, after all, not amount tb so much, It may aye heen & tiekle day, or 4 drifiing match, there may have been accidents, and theo Spindrift is a long ways off from bein) a crack, und Mirandaisa schooner, Let ourside, which has pinner faith ynd sage upon light draft aul the sawky slooprig¢, take courage, The mails may sliear the above telegratm of its terrors, f What a mess Marjorie will make of our Sloops—if she comes! ATALANTA,—Mr. Jay Gould's new steam yacht, the largest yet built in Anierica, was piyen an engineer's trial Joe) on the Dela- are, aed with tide sixteen knots, Average spesd, thirteen Icots. fhe yacht performed tothe satisfaction of all concemeéd. As the @ed when in commission seldom reaches a5 pigh as that of a test trial, the Atalanta can be seb down as gdod fortWelve knots, which is equal to fourteen and & half milesian hour in smooth water, At seu her speed will be about a knot less, i 395 CHICAGO Y. C. TO finer waters for yachting are to We found in Amerita than the chain of great lakes emptying them overtiow into the miyhty fresh water river, St. Lawrence. For along time it was a matter of surprise and comment fhat yachtiig bad found no home on the American side, while active clubs had flourished for years in the Canadion ports, which carried on their racing with the business-like method of the mother country across the sea, The Royal Canadian, of Torvnto, the Kingston, the Bay of Quinte, the Hamilton 1nd other clubs of local renown only, were io their halcyon period, and mus- tered Heetsfor well-fought mutchés, whila on tle American shore, bnt aday’s run fi the southward, nautical spirit seemed to be yat noborn, The condition was an anomaly, which could not long exist, and of late years the spell or lethargy has been broken, In true American sfyle, when we madeup our minds to vo uhead, abead we went with arush anda will, till now cur elpbs outtop the Canadians in number as well as in the size of their fieets. Chicago, Detroit, Sandusky, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo and Oswego hoast regular or- fanizations with officers and li¢adquarters, while many soaller ports fill up the ranks by offering faias during the simmer months, The eat inland seas will, One of these days, form a paradise for yaclht- ing. and the fleets along our northern borders will count their sail by the hundreds, The lakes themselves lack nothing. Their shores are pieturcaque, tie climate mvigorating, harbors there are in quantity sufficient, and the weather and seus are such as to put vessels on their mettle and bring tothe fore designs which are sound, and yachts which aresafe. Tt takes but o short and moderate blow to alir up w steep bubble fearfully incongenial to broad, flat bottoms, aid placing a premium upon seagoing forms, Copying the fair-weather fleet of Long Island Sound has led yacht- ing men on the lakes to build many cralt unsuitable for real service, and it is still common to find racing postponed from diay to day AWaiting smooth Water, or else to see the entvies reduced in nuniber, and match sailing more or less ofa failire. But people in the West fre not wedded to old-fashioned notions to such an extent that they will not profit by events of Lrequent occurrence, snd with the expan- | sion of knowledge and liye emulation, present customs will be modi- | fied quickly asaircumstances seem towarrant. Tnthechange of faith | from light-weight skimmers to boots of gond draft and displace- ment, which has of late been manifested so strongly on the Atlantic coast, the yachtsmen of the lakes have not allowed themselves to fall far astern, The success of the examples of extreme British rac- ing cutters, such as Aileen and Verye, of Toronto, and the beamier compromise efforts like Cricket, of Oswego, and Mr. Goodrich’s new Chicago cutter, as well as the capsizing of the sloop Cora, and the vecent narrow escape of Capt, Prindeyille’s Wasp, savedfrom serious disaster by the timely Toss of her mast, all counts for full yalue in wide-awske Western minds, never slow to grasp salient truths brought under notice, Competition in troublesome waters, especi- ally international bouts between Canadian and American craft, are eertain to bring out in strong relief the respective merits of apposite types. Should the coming summer witness the contests the liberal offers of the Chicago Y. C. are intended to induce, we will nave to turn to the West for some of the most interesting and instructive lessons of the season. The Chicago Y. GC. has, in two short years, assumed a standing in the yachting uffairs of the lakes communsu- rate with the size and enterprise of the great, Western metropolis, and may Fairly lay claim to the leadérship of thought aud action in all that relates to the sport on the fresh-water seus. The club was organized in 1875, and went through the vicissitudes usual to 4 process of crystallization, receiving new blood and a certif- icate of mcorporalion in 1852. The fleet at that time included some large schooners imported from Eastern waters, notably the Idler, by Henry Steers; the Viking, by Van Deusen and the Countess of Dufferin, built by Cuthbert, and raced for the America cup, without success in New York waters, Likewise, some more or less famous single-stickers, of considerable size, sudh as the MeGiehan skimming dish Cora, the new sloop Wasp, built and fitted in Chicago, and the Herreshott Qni Vive, at one time the property of Mr. Thos. Clapham, of Rosyin, L. 1, The incorporators of the revivified club were C, J. Duggan, W.D. Payne, Jacab Wilder, 4, W. Cleayer, P. Fr. Pettibone, ©. E, Kremer and 4, F. Griswold, The State of Mlinois, through its xecretary, issued the customary instrument Jan. 9, 1282, from which date the new life of the organization may he said to haye fairly com- Menced itsdays of metropolitan existence. Many yachts haye been added, and others have heen overhauled for service, all of which is a matter of history in these colnums. The fleet at the opening of the year counted up the following: ; Idler, schooner, A. J. Misher, length, 106ft.; beam, 22.8ft.; depth, O.7£t. Viking, schooner, J. M_ Loomis: Isogth, 101ft-; beam, : depth, ft, Conntess, schooner, W. Boron; fapgth 101ft.; eam 23.7E4.; flepth, 7,3ft. Triton, sehooner,§. C. Griges, Jr,; longi h, 70ft.; beam, igrt,; depth, 7ft, Vision, schooner, C. L, Wilioughby: length, 62.6£b, ; beam, 1.0ft.; depth, (att Wasp, sloop..J. Prindiville; length, W7ft.; beam, 1),2ft.; depth. 7. Cora, sloop. 1, I’, Griswold; length, Toft ; beam, 16ft, Naineless, sloop, J- Wilders length, 42ft.; bear, 11,144. H, Burke, sloop, G-W. Rogerg; length Wit.; beam, 13.6ft, Miseliel, Sloop, C.J, Digeans lenzhh. soft.; beam, 12 294. Ariel, sloop, Gro. Weir; length, 86ft,; beam ivf}, Goodouough, sloop, James Skillen; lehgth, 2800.5 beam, 10sth. Zephyr, sloop, Il. B, H, Bontor; length. S4ft.; beam, 1.444ft. Peri, sloop, E. W. Syer; length, dift.; beam, 10ft. Nell, sloop, Jay Ingersaell; length, 3ift,; heam, (St, Wonder, sloop, Arthur Cleaver; length, gofp.7 heam, 10.406, Nereid, sloop, A Phillips; beam, §.4ff, Mary Jade, sharpie, i. A, Ghaney; beat, 7fi, Wleet- wing, sloop; H. Henderson; length, 2fb. Mamie, sloop, length, 41fb. Qui Vive. sloop, Rambler, sloop; (Hrfeld, sloop, ; Of these, the schdoners Vision and Triton are now cruising on the Atlantic coast, and itis a question when they will get around bo their i hailing port, Negotiations are pending for the auquisition of the well-known Madeleine, the schooner which disposed of the Dufferin ro readily in the international matches. As Madeline is a rarher abler vessel than most of her elass, she would he a very desirable addition to the fleet, It will be seen that in the many famous representatives of the largest class. the Chicago Y, C, can boast al- ready a very respectable show. and if equal progress is made this year, the next annual muster shold ‘ally a dozen big craft in com~- Inission with the red and blue diagonal at the foreniast head. But while large schooners are certain to satisfy the fancy of persons wealthy enough to afford such expensive appendages to a fashion- able establishment, the club authorities reahwe that the life and zest of the sport is to be found in smaller and handier classes, in yachts within the reach of the masses and more suitable to the short cruises the Jakes afford insuch attractive varicty, Small yaonts are taken under wing, as classes for them have wisely been fixed aud an equitable division of prize money deureed, Yachts of moderate ton- nage, especially those of wholesome shape, safe and comfortable in accommodation, without excessive draft, we consider as most likely to form fle bone and sinew of the sport in the West, Time is still of reat value to a community steeped head over ears in business, and capital is too valuable to be sunlit in dead stock or enten hy large crews, the wages of which amount to something enovmouson the Jakes. Desp-bodied keels, stiff enough for comfort, and limited to 7ft. of water or less, ranging from to 50ft. loadline, with three or four beams to the length, outside ballast and Gutter rigs, would seem to be the most suitable and serviceable for the miajorily of sailers in the Northwest. When it comes to racing pure ajid simple, and we have an idea that, the professional racing owner will firstappear in America among our Western population, the fulure must be allowed 10 decide between extreme cutter and skinining-dish forms, Bren one to three hands must be shipped for crew in the smaller boats indicated, and skippers at fancy salaries are not requisite. Corinthians are still an article for future delivery in lake ports, but they will eradnuate in due course of time, so that even the expense for enlisted hands may be saved in many cases. A few hundreds for the yearly overhaul, and as much or ag little as you choose to spend upon the pantry and wine locker, and the cost of yachting on moderate tonnagi can be kept within any piven figure withont sacrificing an iota of real yachting énjoyments, Small yachts are gol under way so much more quickly, and are under more immediate Control, sensitive to every inch of sheet or spoke of the wheel, that we do not hesitate to counsel thosé bent upon spart in its sublimest form to give model and fittings the prefer- ence, and uot go in for mere bigness in tonnage, Display is que thing and sport quite another. The first quickly palls upon the tuste and becomes tnsipid dawdling afloat; the love for the latter grows in long- ing intensity, and engrayés every second spent aboard wpou the wem- ory with indelible pictures of serene pleasure and the utmost satisfac- tion. The policy of the Chivago Y. C. is enlightened in ifs ibevality, and Mastern yachtsmen mifht profit hy following its example. The olnb does not confine entries for the principal prizes to yachts of the club, thereby reducing raving tO a mutual admiration affair, but the course is thrown open to all comers, The couditions for the two Challenge Cups actually invite yachts of any recognized club to par- ticipate, and are so wide in their scope as to include foreign yachts, to whom exactly the same terms are dispensed as tO those of U, 8, regisler. No haggling stipulations for unreasonably long notice, and no efforts at over-reaching the foreigner by privileges reserved to home vessels, aré to bé found in the regulations attaching to the Chicago Club Cup for schooners, or to the Fisher Challenge Cup for sloops. In respect to intrinsic value these two trophies will compare favorably with anything offered on the coast, while their history promises to be far more interesting to the public in direct consé- quence of Whe influcerments held out to yachts of foreign build, The ups represent a value of $700 and Rol0 respectively, and os will be seen by the accompanying s.etebes, leave nothing to We desired in poit of artisti: finish. The raves for these cups have been purposely fixed late enough in the scason to enable ambitions yachts trom the coast to find their way around to the lakes, without missing Jiome fixtures, Such u proposition does not strike the live men of Chicago as at silout ofthe way, but the slower-gcing people ol the Atlantic por ia! such an wndertaking as something too. gigantic to be thought of, Vulikely as it seems at present that New York or Boston will hoist fighting colors in fresh water, the day may uot be far distant when owners will see that they might as well keep the ball rolling hy send- ing their yachts the resular “rounds.” as to let ship and crew dry-rat al their moorings six (lays in We week for Vle sake of a few hours? sail on the seventh, It is paying preity steep for very little fun, whereas an active racing cireer with a lodk in at every port offering anything worth cobbliag woul provide deeper interest and excite- went, and possibly uo eud of vlory and even profil. to Wie owner, and drill crews into first-lass racing form, Bul Chicago need not lay by for the awakening of this cowing millenium. Jf the Bast fails to respond there are a host of flyers along Canadian shores, some of them anxious suoneh to land sueh coble samples of the silyarsmith’s art and the racing fame which their possession will entail. There is the Oriole schooner, for exatuple. which might, in moderate weather, tin through Chicago's fleet of big ones, 28 long as Vision anid Triton keep away, and carry the Royal Canadian burgve to a, brilliant vie- tory, which would bé hailed in Toronto with public rejfojeing. ‘Then there is thas clipper m all kinds of breezes, the cutter Aileen aud her amaller prototype, the Vere, either of which opeht to scoop the Fisher cup without much dificully. There is a very fair chance of Aileen turoine up at the sturt, Her owrlers Are bent upon sealps frou the United States shores, and should they tool the Watson chpper to the fore, what « rush for cutters there wonld be in Chicago, ————, 396 FOREST AND STREAM. [June 14. 1888. Apart from the cups, 4 purse of $200 is offered 16 the winning schooner and $500, $400, $250 and $125 to sloops 6f four clusges, the Fisher Challenge Cup to be open to first and second classes anly. It will be seen that the purses pul up for sloops far exceed the attrac- tions vouchsaferd small yachts on the seabourd, and for this eucou- raging participation in the sport by the many rather than the few owners Of Jarge schooners, the Chicago Y. C. has earned the thanks of all who wish well to sport built upon a solid foundation. Con- cerning classification precisé information is dsseulial, as the sailing regulations avé dierent from these to which strangers are acous- tomed, The directions for measuring read as follows: “The length of all yachts shall be taken on deck From a point per- pendicular to the extremity of the waterline at the stem to a point erpendicular to the extremity of the water-ling at the stern, The prewdth shall be taken al the widest part of the yacht, plumbed, net including fender strakes if any there ye.7* Yachts are elassed by adding the length and breadth so found. The allowance for schooners is One second per mile for each foot of measurement, schooners over 100ft. and winder 125ft. nob being re- quired to give allowances to other yuchts coming within these mea- Surements. Roughly this will include schooners from say 75ft, water-line and up, though whether exempt or not must he accurately faseertained in imdiyidual cases. The allowance for sloops of all classes is two seconds per mili for each foot of metisuremant, All schooners muke a class by theniselyes regardless of size. First class sloops comprise cabin yachts over 60Eb., club measnre- ment. Second class comprise devked or partly decked yachts trom 45 to 60ft., inclusive. Third class, from 34 to 45ft, inclusive; and fourth class, under $4ft. These four will approximate to water-line lengths of say 45ft. and over, 4¢ft. and over, 25ft. and over, and un- der 25ft., from which it will appear that much importance ts prop- erly given to yachts of modest dimensions, ‘The matches forthe great cups are set down for Iriday, August 4, and Saturday, August 4. The first day will be devoted to the schooners and the second to the sloops, a plan far preferable to sending ull hands away in a bunch, diverting attewtion to the large vessels and creating the im- pone that small yachts are not of much account. The races are feoly to be sailed wnder the present rules of the elub, but we think it very advisable that measurement and allowances should be changed 45 Soon as possible to conform with the now sail area and loadine computations of the Seawanhaka Corfothian Y, O,, which is now the beat method of comparing niga slat er existing in America, and quite likely to prevail generally on the Atlantic coast next season. Course for schooners will be fifteen miles and return; start at ):45 A.M. Entries must be made thirty days prior to August 3. Course for sloops. ten niles aud return, for three classes, and fiye miles and return for the fourth, The Fisher ( tupis open to first and second class sloops oily, and calls for entry thirty days in advance; for other wizeas three days before August tis sufficient. The Fisher Cup, to ecomeé property, must be wou three times, though not in succession, Any yacht sold out of the club to which she belouged at time of win- ning the cup, must return the same to the C.Y.C. Yachts may make ny arrangements mutually agreeable for a match, otherwise the rules of the club to which the holder belougs shall be considered in force The cup to be held by the winner for thirty days, alter which the yacht must hold herself prepared to accept a challenge or forfeit the cup to the challenging yacht. The conditions for the Chicago Club Cup for schooners are as follows; The cup may be competed for only by schooner yachts of not less than 30 nor more than 300 tons, measured by the custom house rule in use by the country of the challenging asf The yacht must he- long Lo some recognized club. Parties tending to sail for the cp tay, hy muttnal consent, make any arrangement satisfactory to bow as to the date, courso, tims allowance. number of tials, rules and sailing regulations, and any 4nd all other conditions of the match. Tn case parties cannot agree upon the terms of the match, then the challenging party shall have the right to contest for the cup in one trial, subject to the rules and regulations of the Chicago Y. C., over the course off Chicago harbor, fifteen miles to windward or leeward and return to the place of starting, the Yan Buren strect entrance to the harbor, The cup shall be firstsailed for on the second Saturday in July, 188%. Itis to be held by the winner for thirty days after the race without liability to challenge. Opon the expiration of that period the winner must accepl any challenge and be prepared to Sail a race over the same eourse within fifteen days from the receipt of such challenge, or forfeit the cup ty the challanger, Should any yacht succeed in holding the cup in two consecutive races dung one season, it will not again be liable to challenge until fie com- mencement of the yachting season jn the following year. The yacht- ng season on Lake Michigan in reference to the ay is understood to be from the third Saturday in June until the third Saturday in Sep- lemberin each year. In the event of the cup being held by a foreign yacht, the owner thereof will be subject to a challenge for a race during the yachting season of the next year over 4 course similar to that provided for on Luke Michigan, Vessels intending to compete for the cup must proceed under sail on their own bottome to the port where the contest is to take place, Should a yacht holding the enp be sold out of her club, the.cip shallnot go with her, but shall be returned to the Chicago Y.C., to be again sailed for a5 above pro- vided. Upon the cupthere shall be evgraved the nawes of the yachts that have held the sameand the date won, And adie with Bele a devices thereon shall be engraved from which medals sliall be struck to be held by the owners of the yachts that have been snecessful in vompeting for this cup. Tt is understood that this is a perpetual challenge oup and does not become the bona fide property of any yacht, but is given to encourage friendly competition among Echooner yachts of all nationalities. This cup is now held by the schooner Idler, The liberality showu to foreign yachts in excluding them from the thirty-day liability and in giving them the right to hold the cup until next season, will, we hope, induce the Canadians to try their luck with the American fleet. OLSEN'S FOR 1883, (Pe “American Yacht List” isa standard publication in America corresponding to “Lloyd's Register” in England, and is already favorably known to our readers. The issue for 1KS4d proves that the wuthor and eompiler has uot been resting on past honors, but has sourht in this edition to surpass former efforts, both as to amount of useful material aod its artangement, The enlarged publication now before us is evidence of his success. 'The new list is handsomely gut- ten otten up, printed in clear type on good paper, and, what is of more importance, the arrangement is such as to serve the purposes of reference 7 the handiest manner, It is one of those things connected with yachting in which we may with justice take pride. Whe conteuta include charts of the principal club burgees in Anierica, and algo the rivate signals of the New York ¥, C. flestas a preface, Then fol- thee the index, moon’s phases for the yeur, tide tables with Gontents applicable to oyer a hundred localities, the code of the U. 5. navy, vessels of the U. S, revenue inarive wilh their stations, and also a list of naval vessels and of the lighthouse department. The international code of signals with corresponding night lights are presented in eolors, and then follows the maim part of the work. ’ This consists of a well-ordered list of about 1,400 yachts, giving names, owners, date of build, dimensions, ports and clubs, élc. Also those names which have been changed and change in ownership of recent date, In thé last pages is found a table of amounts won in 1882 by 148 yachts, a list. of owndérs, of club secretaries and addresses, lime of club meetings, officers of clubs, fixtures and similar informa- tion, There are seme omissions for which clubs and owners haye themselves to blame, In course of tine every one will pridé himsely upon being represented in the List and a move on the part of yacht owners toward full representation would no doubt add a considerable number of yachts now overlooked. But even as ibis the Vist issut- ficiently complete to constitute & volume of immense practical util- ity. The fleld being limited, we make an unsolicited appeal to the yachting world for a hearty support to the List, as an increased sale from year to year means increased perfection in its many details. The List presents very interesting material for contemplation, gnd to Ponesr AND StReaM is a source Of much gratification. We tind enumerated no less than 00 cutters and 17 yawls out of 560 one-nasted yachts over 26ft, long. This means that out of every aight single-slickers one is either a cutter or yawl, Under the head of cutters ure not comprised all yachts with cutter rie, for they would eount at least One-third of the whole lot, bul only those of cutter build. ‘This, it will be admitted, is a pretty siroug showing for 4 style of boat introduced only four years ago and then despised a8 a type whieh would neyer fourish in American waters “until water ran up hill.’ Itseems as though water was rushing up mountuin sides after all, Weare inclined to think that the move in Tayor of cutters has barely set in and that the coming years will witoess far larger accession to their numbers than the most sanguine how expect. Yawils are likewise coming to the front, Among the winners figure § cutters, so thatsome of them manage to show their build qnite compatible with good speed. As flag yachts they occupy 4 very respectable position. The vice-commouore of the Eastern Y. C. flies his pennant aboard the cutter Lapwing, the rear-commodore of the Boston Y. 0. aboard the cutter Vayu, the viee-cominodore of the Seawanhaka Corinthian ¥. (. aboard the cutter Bedouin, the commodore of the Dorchester Y. C. aboard the cutter Huron, the vice-commocore of the Manhat- tan aboard the cutter Petrel, the vice-commodore of the Royal Nova Scotia Y, §. aboard the eulter Psyche, the vice-commedore of the Royul Canadian aboard the Aileen, the vice-commodore of the To- ronto aboard the Lupwing, the commodore of the Oswego whoard the Cricket, yice-commodore of the San Mrancisco aboar the yal - Emerald, the commodore of the St, Augustine aboard the yaw] Semi- vole, and the commodore of the Sulem Bay Y, C_ aboard the yaw! White Cup, and soon, With guch an array of official dignity com- mitted to the new order of things, the following may be expected to fall inbo ling in great strength nm coming seasons. Of the 1875 yachts enumerated, 84 ane steamers, three of them being paddles, the rest screws, Of sailing yaents, there are 475 under 26ft, lengkh over all. Of the 816 sailme yachts, over Shft., 278 are keel yachts, or say one- third the number: Of the 1291 sailing vessels in the List, there are 10 schooners, or about one-sixth the whole cumber; 748 slaops, 242 cats, 7 cutters, 84 yawls, 5 logwers, 8 catumarans and 1 sharpie, LIGHT AND HEAVY DISPLACEMENT. Eelitar Moyest ane Stream: Two races we have had here receutly only serve to strengthen my helie€ in low centers of weight ond sail power, In these races the boats sailed the eight miles in fifty-flye minutes one way against tide. Ip the light of Delaware experiences this could not haye been done by the same boats with their original lofty spars and sails, One of the boats, narrow und finer lined than the others, got beaten each time, because of a want of sufficient weight low down. The center of gravity was too hifh for her shader form. Her heel wis consider- ably lower than her wider and ghoaler Opponents. This was especi- ally noticeable when a heavy flaw struck the boats, In the last rave she was only beaten seyenteen seconds, 1t must be remembered these boats last year belonyed to tne first class, without restriction of sail, now they are in the second Class with sai) restriction. It was pretty generally believed, the narraw boat would reap the advantage ot the rule, but through neglect or want of knowledge of the sailing mastel, she wis nob sufficiently ballasted, and the dish boats over- cams her, her high deadrise and narrow heam requiring heavier dis- placement, This perhaps will bé observable in more than ona in- stance in the Quaker Oity regatta, Should at blow hard, or modera- tely Hard on that Ongasieyiy THE value of low center of gravity and large displucement will ba made plain. So will the low rip and wide- headed sail, Decoration day and last Sunday are days to be ramem- hered by the unfertunate ones, who sail in death traps with lofty rigs, and all forspeed they failto get, True, they reefed their sails, but could not reef the spars, aud those who were not swamped or cap- sized were beaten badly by smaller boats decently sparred. R. G. W. PHILADELPHIA, June 9, [We are glad to find so much close observation bestowed upon dis- placement and form, A correct appreciation of their bearing upon speed is allthatisréquired to lead to the construvtion of common sense boats rigged in a rational manner from which a much greater range of sport aud usefulness is to be derived than from skeleton machines, Hilherto the almost impregnable belief has been that fast boats must ‘skim over the water’ and that Weight was au obstacle tospeed, Now that experimental enterprise is bringing forth boats of jure displacement aud low weights with easy bodies, it is of great importance that their performance should be closely watched. With erroneous faiths in fayor of light displacexient for speed removed by the teachings of experience, the course will be clear for the building of sufe and able as well as roomy yachts. The successful introduc- tion of such boats wil tend to widen the popularity of the sport and quiet the presentiment of danger still coupled with the pursuit of yacht soiling, owing to the numerous capsizes we have to record almost weekly. Concerning the restriction of sail some remarks will he offered in another article. | ROYAL GANADIAN Y, (,—At the annual meeting, June 4, in To- ronto, the report shows a balance of oyer five thousand in hand. Members are assessed $5 to carry out certain improvements to the tlub island, Invitatious have been received from the Chicago Y. C. und Eastern Y. C. to participate in their matches, which have been neknowledged with thanks. Officers for the year were élected as follows: Oormmodore, A. R. Boswell; Vice-Commodore, John Leys; Reur Commodore, J. Weir Anderson: Hon, Secretary, Lieut.-Col, Grasett; Committee, R. Cochran, B, H, Duggan, C, L. Ferguson, Geo, Gooderham, Brice Harman, Jolm Henderson, Beverley Jones, W. Gibson Oasstls and B, C. Ryerson. 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Its leading feature is the ‘‘Pedigree Register,” of sporting and non-sporting dogs, which makes it the only complete Stud Book issued in America, Ober, and itt is a fact, out of the beautiinl fleet of Lake Winnebago, numbering a seore and # half of as smart seyen-tonmers as ever started ina ae on Western Waters, there are only about four ortive that will fit Out this season. Now thereisa reason for this lack of interest. It is very apparent to me that our vice commodore, Capt, John Diekinson, has conceived the idea, or he may have been converted by Fores? AND STREAM, that it is the result of our folly in boat buildiug, There is no place in the United States which offers such inducements and natural advantages us Lake Winnebayo for yacht sailing, We have many good harbors and plenty of fishing, but how many times can one expecta novice or anyone elseto go out toracruise or contribute anything to the support of a club if he be obliged to take to land and walk eight or ten miles fo get home, or, perchance, have some farmer to drive him back every time the wind freshens a little or happens to be abead, for if he remains with the craft the chances that he will cetdrenched yo the hide in a thrash of six or sight miles to windward are very good in a shallow, flat, over-sparred and aver-canyassed 2fft. sloop. The next time you inyite this friend (o sail he will have a very pressing engage- ment on hand aud will decline with regrets, think ng all the time whit a lot of idiots we must be toenjoy such sport, Bul give him a berth in the staunch little cutter, with good depth of hold and plenty of ballast, something that you can come home with when you gét ready, aud he will have no engagement to attend the next time you ask him to £o sailing, The Hattie isthe hame proclaimed From the masthead of our vice cémmodore'’s new seven-ton cutter. She is a model of beautyand was designed by Robert Brand, 4 man whose fenius and skill in boat building are best illustrated in his produc- tions. For workmanship in his new cutter it 1s evident thal none but master mechanies have had anything to do in her construction. Her dimensions are as follaws: Tength on deck, 32ft.; loadline, 25ft.; beam, 7ft, 8in.; depth of hold, sft,; draft, 8fj. Her trame is of the best oak, timbers 144i0,, bent, with a keel 44¢x1tin.; plauked with oak and cedar, and has a lead kvel weighing 2000s. ana curries aboul hwo tous standing: have under foor, and spreading Ioyds, canvas, Her only rival will be the Carrie Morgan, owned by Commodore G. W. Burhett, 2 sloop of ie same measurement and having won seven- teen first prizes in five seasons, und the present champion of Lake Winnebago. A lively season is expected. CeO; Mo [We believe the introduction of safe and able yachts like the vice commodore’s new Cutter is all hat is wanted to give a fresh impulse fo the eporti and we will watchYhe career of this new boat with much rest. | JERSEY CITY Y. C.-JUNE 20. A se twenty-fifth annual regatta of the Jersey City Y. C. was sajled Wednesday, June 20, in light westerly wind at start which fell toa calm, but About noon Came out steady from soutliwest. Tide ebb on the passage out and flood returning. There were classes Without niunber, giving fo some yachts a swil over. No timitto trows or sails, and shifting ballast was at a premium, robbing the race of nearly allinterest from a yachting sfandpoint, making the work a question of athletics and jockeying Tmsteud. Courses tor classes A, B, Cand D from line between judges’ and stake hoats off Brdloe’s Island, thence to and around buoy No. 84, turning ou port hand and return. Course for classes E and FP, starting from same place as A, B, OG oat D, thence to and around bnoy No, 14, turning on port hand and return. For classes G, 1 and I, starting from same place, thence passing buoy 17, off Robbin’s Reef, turning on port hand, and return be- tween Ellis and Bedloe’s Islands, turning judges’ boat. on port hand; suil twice over, Ornising yachts to make the race in eight hours. Allowance for classes A, B, Cand D three minutes to the foot, for the rest two min- utes, one-quarter overhang to be included in measuring for length- For single starters the prize is to be open to challenge after the race, Ballast to be bronght home as started with, Knight Templar lost topmast off Fort Lafayette, and Linda shortly afterward followed suit, Summary as under: CLASS A—CADIN YACHTS. Start. Finish. Hlapsed, Corrected. Linas. ws 1----+-4---A) 06/02 502 47 6 5 35. 5 56 85 GLASS R—CABIN YACHTS, Wisie May..--...1..-415 di 03 25 4 58 01 5 6+ 36 o BL At GLASS C—CABIN YACHTS. Mignon, .......-.2..65) ii 07 00 5 00 zo § 53 a0 4 538 9 Linda. ... ..........,.41 04 33 5 08 33 6 01 00 6 Ot Minnie T.-...,,,,,.., 11 04.36 Not timed. Uappie fee castes estat 11 05 29 Not timed, CLASS D—CABIN YACHTS, MOGs sis. ntae! 1.11 08 52 Not timed. CLASS E—OPEN SLOOPS, Nien Bee Seong loans sa 11 02 43 3 49 57 447 44 AAT V4 Knight Templar, __.,. 11 02 30 #@ 52 56 4 50 25 4 49 55 Alex, Forsyth -.. .11 02 B@ 8 55 42 453 20 450 4744 Torpedo.... csseeaees 11 03 45 4 00 33 4 pf 48 4153 35h6 CLASS F—OPEN SLOOPS. Alla... 11 05 58 402 15 45617 4 56 17 Naiad. ..11 4 03 406 43 5 02 40 455 47 Columt ~-11 06 24 425 34 5 19 10 § 138 45 GLASS G—CATHOA'TS, PIOUS opavecise ed crea] 11 OF 08 1 55 380 2 48 30 2 48 80 Rosie H .... . 11 07 00 1 42 32 2 35 az 2 32 BAG ALN pt eee ey eee 11 08 55 203 46 259 30 2 th 52b6 CLASS H—OATBOATS, MDa ahead nda! BA wine 11 07 00 1 52 20 2 46 20 245 20 BOLHSE s We eet lees N07 00 Not timed. CLASS I—CATBOATS, GIN. ise ctavesm es nenie d i 07 00 Not timed, Edna. . 1. 11 07 00 2 61 00 3 44 00 a 44 S57he Winners class A, Linda, 43ft. 2\gin,. 11. C, Roone, In class B, Elsie May. Soft, 94in., J. G. Northrop, In class 0, Mignon, 27ft. 115g¢im., ©. W. Beams. In class D. Loon, Wft., R, K. Buckman, Th class E, May, 80fb. bin., G. A, Bowker, To class F, Natad, 23ft, 9in,, J. A. Vondy. Tn vlass G, Rosie H., 1Rft. tin,, H. Post. Tn Glass H. Pay, 20ft. 2igin., F.C. B, Archer. lo class I, Edna, 16ft. 1gin., Alex. Roe. Judges were Messrs. James Love, John A. Hilton und Gustave Blau, SEAWANHAKA CORINTHIAN Y. C.—JUNE 238- & *(ionEs week" came to a miserable close last Saturday with the ! Corinthian matches of 8, C, ¥. 0., which were little else than wo drift all day, with some of the must Nien fluking ever recorded, Racing has beev a fearful failure this spring in New York, so far ay the final resulis ave concerned, There was no windward work ti» speak of, except the awfully tedions fuking down to Spitin airs and eatspaws by tue Seawanhika fleet, the rest of the week's racing was Indian file wheu there was wind enough to give steerage way. The fact is, all spring racing this year has missed the usual southeasterly weather by a week orten days. It will be well fo set the fixtures ahead that much next year, or the same risks will bu run. The ques- tion is, Shall we take such risks of failure in the future, or should yachtsmen he up and doing a little earlier in fhe season, the hest por- jon of Which is now missed in fitting out so late? If the Tracing was. deyoid of serious results, there were plenty of brushes at times dur- jog which the performance of the yachts could be matched to some purpose, and our reports will be found the most complete in this re- spect of anythmeg published, In the management of the Seawanhaka Corinthian matches theré are some points which strike us as requir ing attention. The efforts to get up _a schooner class turned ont fuille, as might have been expected. The number of amateur hands which can be collected aré still rather limited, an it takes such « large crew to work 80ft. schooners, thatthe prospects of making such a class popular are never bright. It is quite bad enough to race the large sloops and culters. If efforts were directed toward inducing larger entries in the smaller classes, the objects of Cormthian racing would be much better accomplished and a fair test might be looked for. This in- volves as 4 sequence a saying at one end and more liberal prizes to the other, For example, if was plainly fo be seen in the handling of the large cutter Bedonin that she sulf+red seriously, not from lack of numbers in her crew, but lack of ‘beef.’ Gentlemen fresh from business pursuits may be the very best sailors, so far as knowledge is concerned, but hands ares ff asa matter of course, and staying owers are of a meager sort, so that shifting spinnakers, sweating u wooners and keeping things to the pitch of perfection in detail, Which does so much to win or lose a match, is beyond the ability of an amateur crew ina large yessel, Although the sailing last Satur- day does not deserve the name of racing, the Bedouin lost to Fann simply for this reason; She bad collared the sloop nearly, and would have outrun her home, but in rounding the Lightship she lost.a great lot of water, simply because so slow in baying round and iu getting her ballouners hoisted snd sheeted, She had finally to luff for that purpose, On the home stretch she declined the use of her spinnaker, until half-way up to the line, probably because her crew was out of wind, and did not relish the job, when it appeared almost hopeless, Similar difficulties we noticed throughout the big lot, They call for more physical labor than the iyerage Corinthian finds himself eapable of bearing. Itseems better policy to encourage amateur manniog for smaller yachts, and this van only he done by saving some of the funds spent pon the pienic features of the day. and sWelling therewith the purses for yachts timder 50 or 60ft., new measurement. It is not gustomary to rive anything over 20 tons, or say of 50ft, length, in English waters, where a score of hardened Corinthians can he picked up to every one looking for a berth here in New York, and we can profit. by following their example There are other arrangements Which are already telling against the smaller classes. The various courses adopted of nevessity to suit wide diyergeuce in size, practi- cally place the small boats beyond the pale of recognition, Theelub steamer follows the most pretentious, and the rest look out forthem- Selyes as best they can. Their tinies at some of the marks ape not taken; nobody knows what has happened to them during the freater part of the race. Fouls might ocenr which could uever be settled, and all the little ones get for their trouble is a dry table of statistics in the papers next day antouncing the winners, Wut withouhany wh: and wherefor, As the racing crews are too much occupied with their own vessels, they can note precious little of the doings of fheir rivals, being likewise too low down to male observations, They do notfauey being shunted off gracelessly in this way,and when the next fixture comes round, their enthusiasm flags and the entries diminish, The Gleam, for instance, won in the fourth class, the only tlass which really mae the race within the time limit. Now. no one pretends that Gleam, *3[,, Can beat such a yoer as Petrel, 28f,, or Gael 27.8ft, loadline, iu fair sailing, Her honors were won by fluke, yet no one knows bow she came by them, and the whole race, so far as any instruction or satisfaction can be derived from if, is a void, and might aswell never have been sailed, Tf Jarge yachts must in the future attract the attention they do, or are presumed to do now, It would bea much better plan fo reserve the trial of the small ones for a special day. The extra expense will he urged avainstthe plan. But, we cannot see how the racing crews can hive any interestin the wines and yiands generously provided by the club treasury for vuests aboard the aceumpanying steamer, Anu they would no doubt just as Hef see the sitamer replaced by a tus with hum sandwiches for fare, if the tug will only attend to busi- ness first. and to the enfertainment of guests only as opportumiry may Offer. The total cost to the eli of an extra day for small Classes would be less than $100. an amonnt which disappeared down the assembled throats of the guest aboard the Taurus steamer in about five seconds after the corks began to pop. We do not wish to take any individual club to task, or to dictate the management of their affairs, only so far us that wanagement fails to do racing jus- tice, and deyotes more than the proper share of consideration to the pieni¢, nominally viewing the races, but in reality inable to tell one yacht from any other, or to distingnish between spinnacle boom 434 anid topplemast whiffeltree, The picnic was well enough in its time, Tt. was born in the rivalry of olubs seaking to ‘drum up trade" by advertising in the shape of o jolly time fora vast crowd of wholly unsympathizing guests, Who Were expected to work upon the feelings of brothers and cousms and persuade them to Jjolu the ronks, arid also to give an outing for non-yacht-owning members to keep their pluses open as Well as their hearts, ‘l'o the latter. one annual excur alon, bought for say $25, must be the slimmest Ikind of an induee- iiefit, as they cau get better return elsewhere for fifty cents. We shall Wail with delight the day when picnics will beasien of weal- Hess on the on the partof a clyb, and no lengerecessary to give it selnf enough to keepits head Aliove water, What we wantis racing and plenty of priza money with much less fanfiurenade, business, ot entertainments, Perhaps the day for this in America has not quite coine, but come it certainly will, just as it hus in foreign eouuleies. Owing to the affinity between chab steamer and the biz- gest yacht, our record for third and fourth classis extremely meacre. The performance of the yachts is » somewhat ticklish subject to touch with such scant opportnpities as the day offured. Olytie rejizned supreme among the schooners, as she had nothing but the Ray to dispose of, which was sperdily accomplished. She was long- est over the course. buf insueh aday that means really nothing, as she bad no steerage way for hours. Gracie, the first to cross, again struck luck on the oufward drift and got well clear of oll hands, but. Panny turned the tables on her toward the close, and laughing last langhed best. That Fanny is a sinart runner is certain, bub shu only caught Gracie by carrying in & breeze from outside which enabled her to cut down a difference of fifteen minutes at the Lightship to less than nothing at the finish. During the windward fuking Panny had 4 number ot very gentle brushes with Bedouin, during which the enther showed to considerable advantage, but the utter was terribly outineked all day, At least a dozen timnes during the match her pros- cts were good, woo from the other yachts by downright superiority 16 light wiodsin spite of her sbort rig, and also by the axvellent man- ner in which Mr. Rogers ake her working for his opponent's weather, and every lime she was left becalmed, while others, far under her lee, would cateh aun air unc lift clear away, It must be said that in the races last woek the cutters wert pursued by the mosh abomina- ble luck, and the zéphyrs were dealt out ta them with sueh & sparing hand that their finishing was asurprise. Th our judgment. formed atter clase and conscientious observations, both Bedouin snd Weno- hah Must be ranked the fastest yachts in our waters in pallry weather, OF Wenonah we have spoken elsewhere, It was during the Seawan- haka rave that Bedonin demonstrated half a dozen times her power te outfoot and outweather Fanny with the greatest ease, and on the stretch up from the Spit to finish, the autter ran before it in a, fashion which was remarkable, Had she not given up the idea of making the race within prescribed time and set her spinnaker as the obhers did, she would haye run through the flees and saved her time on the leaders, Im these light weather races, if should not be overlooked that Bedouin ts short of muslin with 4fp. less hoist than she was designed to carry, and with the extra ten tons on her keel this season fo make her correspond ty oricinal intentions, this cutter is enormously stiff and can scarce be got railunder. That a boat of such lage displace- ment, almost tavice that of the Panny, and with small sails, can cope with the licht displavement sloups. is very mich fo the cufter’s credit froin our point of view, while it must be a perfectly harfassing and exasperating piece of incongruity to the old school championing light displacement ‘for our light winds.’ Todeed itis a maryel to us that the old school can live through this hot weather with such obstreper- ous conduct im the part of cubters in flatly refusing to he left, when a proper respect for sublime fai h im imeient dogmas, should Induce the cutters to submit to 4 beating of something like half a day over 4 forty-mile course in the faintest of winds. They ‘lug’ all their dis- placement, keels, deep draft, lead and want of floor, with nothing more than a snurc culter 1g to such advantage that they are always likely winners unl at pon heavily by a dose of Wiluck. Passin on t6 the second class, they made much the most futeresting rage o: the fleet. Vixen and Oriya made a close hunt over the ¢reater part of the course, aud we must confess he sailing of Oriva to have been superb. remembering her more or Jess indifferent display of speed iipon previous occasions. Her best trim must have heen got for she proved a light weather horse, oumrunning Vixen to the Lightship, and also on the homestretch Ina marked manner, Whether or nov, with less fuking toward the close, Oriva would have beaten Vixen with the allowance in favor of the latter, we can hardly say Thisamounted to 4m. 50s. Three minutes we know were lost in a wile turn of the outer markand delay in getting ballooners drawing, for we timed the pair before and after the round, Oriva seemed to lose the wind a trifle, the strong ebb almost driving her astern for a few monients, while Vixen, conned by Mr. J. F. Tams, made ashaving jibe, and had balloon jbropsail drawing in a jiffy. There wasso much irregularity in the breeze subsequently, that the finish is not a criterion. This was the first time, however, we have found Oriva capable of outrupning and winding on Mr, Liaw rence's famous sloop without great (rouble, Rover sailed a credit- able race in improved form, and will hereafter hive to he counted in as a possible dark herse, She certuinly isa vast deal improved in Appearance, and few yachts haye a smarter rig. The third and fourth class made such a poor start, owing to failing of the wind, aud so littl was seen of the.r sabsequent movements, that opinions are not of much account, Wave and Schemer worked the Coney Tsl- and shore far out and saved a bit cf sea breezes on the rest, so they showed wellto windward approaching the Spit, after which we lost sight of their driftings, Asfor the fourth class, the race was ho race atall, Gael, out with a nice looking cutter rig, never could get into the fray, so late was her start, and she lay becalmed for hours off the Hospital Islands, while the cutter Petrel, and the Gleam, having fetched over to Norton's Point, cot a little wind which took them out to the black ean off Sandy Hook which they rounded, and how they fot home roodkhess anil the flood only know. Petrel and Gael had sise in their favor, and with wind and a chance to observe them, would have made a fighting match. The wee little Coquette, a regu- lar cutter, pot leaded, with spinnaker and balloon jib and crew in worsted taps, was just as perky and complete us the big ones, but failed to make her time off her clas, as she aes to do, and might have done, but for the stinginess of Old Proh’s favors. Urocouile wenl over thea course asa free lance. and exhibited both speed and close windedness. Sheis a good one for racing in light winds, though she seems oversparred fora breeze. She is likewise very crank, and having neither depth or displacement enough, needs the closest watching in puffy weather. Several opportunities were had during the day of comparing her stiffness with the others, She was certainly by far the crankest Boat under way, heeling abort five degrees more than the cutter Oriva, se that in moderate weather the sloop has nothing to boast of in regard to “comfort” due to stiffness, The thirteenth annual Corinthian match was sailed under the usual rules of the club, open to yachts of the New York, Atlantic, Larch- mont, Eastern and New Bedford Y. C. Que prize in each class where two stark, with personal souvenits to every one of the winning crew. Schoonéra, second class, all under ¥6ft., prize, yalue $150; first-class sloops; over 55ft., prize, value $1); eecond-class sloops, over 45ft., prize, $100; third-class sloops. over d5ft,, prize, value $80; fourth-clacs slcope, under daft.. prize, value $7o, Measurenyent. length plussquare root sallarea divided by two. Crews, one band to every five feet deck and fraction. Bach yacht to be steered by owner ov club mem- her. Winners to receive prize must allow measurer to take off thetr lines, to be left on deposit with the club. Wying start. with five min- ules grace to cross. Courses: i * For Schooners and First and Second Class Sloops—From imaginary line between club steamer and Fort Wadsworth, to and uorund Buoy 814 on 8. W. Spit on port hand (keeping Buoy 10 on port hans), thence to and around Sandy Hook Lirhtship, on =tarboard hand, and return over same course to Buoy 16, keeping to eastward of Buoys, 11, 13, on the West Bank. and ontsideof tuoy on pointof Sandy Hook, going and Agta for 'Third-Closs Sloops—From same starting line to and around Buoy 8% on 8. W. Spit, on port hand (keeping Buoy 10 on port hand), thence to and around Scotland Lightship, on starboard Hand, and return over the same course bo Buoy 15, keeping toeastward of Buoys 9, 11, 13, on West Banke, and outside of buoy on point of Sandy Hook, folug and returning. Yor Fourth-Olass sloops—From same starting line to and around Bnoy 84 on 8, W, Spit, on port hand (keepmg Buoy 10 on port hand) thence to and around bnoyon point of Sandy Hook, on starbow hand, and return over same course, keeping to eastward of Buoys 9. 11, 18, on West Bank, going and returning. — Fillish must be made aeross imaginary line between club sf-amer or station hoat and buoy 15. Time of race limited to eight hours. Sailing Committee—Messrs. Lonis P, Bayard, Francis 0. de Luze, Walter L. Suydam, Alex. H, Stevens and 8, Nelson White, aboard the steamer Taurus, which also took the guests of the chib over the course, In accordance with the above the following list of crews was filed with the secretary: SCHOONERS. Unyrre.—Captain, Anson Phelps Stokes; mate, Charles H. Stebbins; crew, Aquila Rich, W, H. G. Didrichsen, G@_C, Webb, M. Nicoll, Hy P, Hgeleston, H. W, Baton. J. M. Edwards, O. T. Johticon, H. L. Wash- ingion, J. GC. Brown, C_ D, Ingersoll, F. N. Corwin, F. C. Fuller, W. B, Anderson, GC. G. Bull and W. LeRoy. FIHST CLASS SLOOPS. Furey.cCaptain, BE. A, Willard; mate, W. H, Mitehell; crew, F. L. Anthony, BE. 8. Rupert, F, M, Boott, .H, Cornell, H. B. Duryee, Ef- S@ngham Lawrence, George W. Clark, Otis Averill, John Hatch, ne FOREST AND STREAM. [Jenn 28, 1883. i : ui Hyre, A. 8, Pratt, 1, B. Brown, George Ripley and C, F. Wil- ard. Gracin. —Capiain, Joseph Po Narlaj mate, J, Roget's Maswell; craw, Thomas A. Brodson, JN, Winslow, J, Pratt, W, Steele, N. Warner; Joseph Lyman, Oliver Adams, f, H. Loyell, Henry Remsen, Henry Harle, Sdmund Randolph, Harry Mor imer, Jules Montant, Major Garrett, Perey Chubb and Gharlas R- Flint. Bepours,—Oaptain, Archibald Rogers; tirst mate, David Paton; see- ond inate, W, A.W. Stewarts brew, AH. Livingston, Frank Dunning, F, W. Adee, P. A. Ales, @. U, Denning, Ho!) Denning, 'T, Paton, E. Janeway. H. YW. Hadden, F. Appleten. H, P. Rogers, R. Paseoast, ff. 8. Hoyt, Gt. L. Hoyt and © Kingsford. SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. OnIVA, Captain, C. Smith Lee; mate, A, 8. Montant; crew, Robart C. Cornell, W, B. Simonds, A, B. Simonds, RB. 1. Pirsson, C, L, W. cee S. B, Pomeroy, W. H. Hall, L. 9, D'Oremieulx and MR. Schuyler. _ Rover. ‘pier Robert Center: mate, J. F, Lovejoy; crew, Will iat Parsons, 1. C. Barnutte, J, A. daight, A. M, Jones, M, D, Thorne, Ubarles EF. Jenkins, J, 8. Bloomfield, William #. Iselin and . ), Morgan, Vixey.—Captain, F. C, Lawrence, Jr.; mate, J. Frederic Tauns ; crew, Kinlen Roosevelt, Alfred Roosevelt, Jobn K. Roosevelt, William M, Wright, William B, Bacon, J. Meredith, sidney Chubb, David Crocker, J. L. Hoppack and George L. Rives. THIRD GLASS SLOOPS. Wave.—Captain, Dr. John C, Barron; mate, F, W. Meeker; crew, J. M, Michell, W. G, Parkin, A. D. Russell, Alfred Seton, W. B. Thomas, T, D. Housey. H. C. Tinker and [, L. Sprague, Vomrorr—Captain, Roger M, Sherman; mate, Frederick W. Sher- man; crew, J. H, Wainwright, Charles P. Gowles, J_ P. Cowles, D. B-. Porter. J. N. Waimwright. B. 8. Weeks and A. L. Mills. Crooopitr.—Captain, Rosect §, Chureh; mate John G. Prague; crew, C. T, Hotchkiss, W. H, Sayer, Thomas Arnold, J, Corlies Lan- rence, A, L, Prime and M. M, Weid Scrumur.—Captain, W.S, Alley; mate, A. B. Alley; crew, A. Mon- roe, W. CO. Stewart, H. A. Sanderson, H. D, Cooper, E, R. Brevoort, YY, M. Lawrence and ’. May, FOURTH CLASS SLOOFS, _ Coquerrs.—Captain, William Whitelock; mate, C, P. Oudin; crew, C. B. Vaux and . Schyler. Amazon, Captain, Franklin Beams; mate, J, P. Tripken: crew. A. a Gray J.C. Kgarton, Horace Waters, Willis Holly and George H. *hurch, Gan..—Captain, B. B. Mopkins; mate. P. K, Hills, Jr,, crew, J. Toppitg, S. 4h, Hopkins, HJ. Drake and J. Polke, Jr GieAm,—Captain, N, D, Lawton) mate, Charles Roger, crew, Dun- ean Wright, William P. Jenkins, Pred. W. Flint, Sir Rancall H-. Rob- eris and Howard W. Coates. Pyragy.—Captain, John Hyslop; mate, Behjamin Tazo; crew, Thos. 4. Brown, James Buxton and Pail Tuzo. How little the period of grace at the start really accomplishes in the way of evening that portion of the race was shown two days pre- vious fu the match of the New York ¥.C. Grayling was last away, some sixteen minutes later than the leader, She wound up the rear, and would haye continued to doso all day, but that her late start gave her good breeze out, and, catching up with the rear guard, she rounded the Lightship just in time to tale & new wind coming in from southward to tae Hook, thereby cutting oul most of the leaders: The Same thing was illustrated in the Seawathaka race in the luck of tmuny yachts. Panny, for exampl’, got off ustern of Gracie, but on the homestreteh brought the wind wp with herand ran the other sloop, Had she gone outin company the result might have been different, and at leash much fairer, The aim of all starts should be to get the yachts off together, so as to give them like wind, The period of grace is only a remnant of the nursery days of yachting, and will some day be superseded by the regular oné-gun start. In no case is the period of grace a fair arrangement, except in a perfectly steady wind which also holds that way all over the course—just one chance in a hundres that it will, Alreagy the grace has heen steadily cut down from fifteen to ten and now te fiye minutes, while the one-gun start is finding favor in the Bast, where itis enforeed by the Dorches- ter and Eastern Y, C. Allowing time to cross is permissitle in reason only where there is scant water and a bunch trying to erossto one un Would run the risk of collision. When the Seawanhala signals ad been given, the first chapter of the drift opened with afew near the line, others far up the bay trying to stem the last of the flood. Sky was piurky around the horizon, mdicuting a broiling summer's day. Wind light and variable from N. W. gradually hauling to N., aud becoming so faint thal Gracie could hardly be got to wear, and wus obliged to lower head sails in trymg for « position above the line, when she ran out spineker anit broke stops on balloon jibtopsail, fving across slowly under that sail, The final whistle had looted at 11:20, and if was not ull seven min- utes later the first yacht drifted over. Fanny, Vixen and Rover like- Bedouin was some distance One Wave. . Clytie . Gleam . Bedouin , Fanny, - Vixen...- Rover. - Oriva droms and were being dropped by the rest ulong the Bank, etrel, followed by Vixen and Bedouin, the latter handing jibtopsail at the saine time, which might have been done to advantage sooner, as it kept her skipper from steermg as high as he ought. As they came on, . Bedouin crossed under the stern of Gracie, and Vixen just weathered on Royer, Then the wind became streaky and all hanils broke tacks for two or three boards, when the whole business again collapsed ina dead calm, Working Coney Island shore seemed to be the best plan, and Wave, Vixen, Schermer, Oriva, Petrel atood down t6 the Spit well up to windward in light: sea breeze, while Crovodile was leading them a quarter mile, with Gracie ahead and to leeward, and Bedouin and Panny off her lee quarter, the schooner closing up the rear. : “d This order was kept half way down to the Spit, when flusieg again began and things were getting decidedly tiresome. The weather- most got airs, Oriva jumping out ahead while Bedouin and Fanny lay for a long while helpless, Panny took an ‘air. poing by the gut- ter, and the latter returned the compliment shortly after, getting a trifle on her jib sheet and spun out a neat lead nearing the Spit, only to lay becalmed onve more, while Fanny came pats along from leaward at one knot speed with a breeze ull to herself, cutting Mr, Rogers out of the round of the red spindle buoy he had earned by dint of some very fine coaxing of his cutter. Thnes at the Spit: GYACIGY scr. ye is tend pene LG ee Vets ieee Serie tes are Vixen 2 Gleam ,_ . 3 08 55 Oriva....- 23014 Petrel.. B05 17 Royer 2 84% Clytie.. .. 305.27 Fanny 247 00 Amazon ..3 15 50 Bedouin 2 40 00 ‘Foy -3 17 40 Schemer.__- 258 05 Comfor 317 45 It seems almost nonsense to publish the limes when they really convey nothing, for the whole niorning had been but a series of flukes, and nothing had been decided upon merit, except the outcome of separate little brushes, races within the raceasit were, Jibtop- sails took the yachts along the Hook toa freshening streak coming in from the sea, and off the Hook ran them into the doldrums, so thelead- ers bunched a trifle, Crocodile in the lead butto leeward, Gracie second well upto windward, with Vixen and Oriya close aboard, and Rover on Oriva’s lee quarter, while Fanny led Bedouin out a half mile astern of the others. The big cutter squeezed for all she was worth off buoy 5, and shueting aft balloon foresail outside the fore ri rane went for Fanny's weather with success for the Afth or sixth time fo no effect, ag the wind fell at the critical moment and left the cufter helpless, barely able to keep head to her course, The leaders got the first of incoming streaks from southward, and spun out alot of water HN) fauny and Bedouin looked out of the vace altogether, On thi Passave out te the Pittabig there was a prety and lone-mainbaine coulest between Oriva and Vixen, the FEE Bn the best of the clinch and jibing arotind the Ship with two minntes to heb food; the rest followulz later as speeiiied in the times taken: Gracie... : 402 12 Fanny... 417 28 Oriva..._ ; 40615 Bedouin of BT 08 Vixen 408 09 Glytie .:....,,. vi £87 00 Rover... 415 sails were brought into requisition. These sails ware snapped on 19) mast stays, but Bedouin pursued nich the best plan in up. work and as the sail filled. Corkuthian hands got stalled on the job and the entter had to be luffed to sweat up in good shape, and spinnakers and ballooners brought them u wind had more eastings, and ehjimakars were kept ont to port down to the Spit, Here all hands began to cluster'as the wind failed jhe leaders, and the smaller yachts were overhauled on their way home, There was some clase work jibing to starboard round the Spit: Coquette, ..--241....,..... 52808 Fanny... .. --.---.5 49 18 Byars tse ee ete tae 543 27 Oriva 60 04 Schemer te 34355 Rover, Winvegss Ae ey herr en 44446 Bedouin. ... pee e. VEE rool nne Boe 647 35 Clytie._. op Seee sO 0S 09 duaily steadied from §, 8. B., and B pinning, and the Taurus, after timing the yachts, steamed home, eaving the fleet driftin time in fall, Summary: SCHOONERS, Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected OT pSiGs #23 See meee eet 11 20 00 7 35 44 8 15 44 815 44 Rye) ceeded eee ...-11 20 00 Not timed, 7 FIRST CLASS SLOOPS, Grqoig. 2s: Sei: 3:5 eee qT] 20 00 7 26 37 § 06 37 8 06 37 Joan Beem ese 7 23 23 § 03 23 § 00 28 Bedouin 7 Ww 08 8 10 08 4 UR Sh SLOOPS, OPT is Pee ay , SS 11-8000 7 30 12 B10 12 8 10 12 Vixen. 7 30 05 410 05 8 05 15 782 54 § 12 & SLOOPS: : - 7 82 06 B 12 08 8 il 32 7 48 2h & 18 26 8 18 26 Not timed. HULL_¥,. G.JUNE 23. 1 (atte was a moderate breeze from southeast all day which, with Heusant weather, contributed toward muking the firsh math of the Hull ¥Y, CG. for the season a sucvess, Start flying. time to be taken from the final gun, No grace to slow coaches, Time on load line length plus one-third overlang, Crews limibed to one hond for every four feet. Time of race for secon and special elusses, six hours; for the rest, five hours. No sail restriction to second and special class; third class, mainsail, jib aud topsail; catrizs mainsail only, Rule 8 of the sailing regulations of the elub jeads: “B last shall not be shitted or trimmed=in any way whatever during the race,*' Judges, W. L. Phinney, W. A. Carey, C. B. Churchill, Sdain Howland and Peleg Aborn. Prize in each class, championship pen nant, to be held twenty days free from challenge. OQourse for second and specials, ten nautical miles as Follows! From judges’ line to blagk brush buoy No. 1, half a mile south, leaving buoy on starboard; thence to yellow Larrel, marked H. ¥_ C., off Pettick’s Island, leaving it on starboard; through Hull Gut, leay- ing Toddy Rocks and Point Allerton buoys on starboard; thence to bell buoy on Harding's ledge, leaving it on port; returning, leaving Point Allerton and Toddy Kocks on port; through Hull Gut to judges boat, passing between it and red flag boat, For third class, seyen miles, as follows: From judges’ line to West Gut. leaving Pettick’s Island on starboard; then northeast by north three-quarters of a mile to black buoy on Wilson's Racle, leavin it on starboard; thenes to striped buoy on Huni’s Lede, ledving it an sturbvard; through Hull Gut to judges’ beat, passing between if and red flag boat. . _ For other classes, seven nautical miles, as follows: From judges’ line to steamboat barrel off Seal Roeks, leaving ib on port; thence: to yellow barrel marked H. Y_ C, off Strawberry Hill, leaving if on star hoarat thence to yellow barrel marked H. Y_C), northivestof Bunrp tin Tsland, leaving it on port; thence to yellow barrel off Quincy Great Hill, leaving it on starboard; thence to yellow barrel, murked H. Y¥. (., off Pettick’s Island, leaving it on starheard: thenve to rte boat, passing between it and red Hag boat, Although a class had been announced for firal class, none appeared, Altaira, Vanitas, Queen Maband Dandelion sailed over. Nest match fixed for July 7, Summary: SECOND CLASS—CENTERBOARDS 26 To 28FT, Length Actual, Corrected. Shadow, Dr, John Bryant ---B4 0B 161 15 1 37 40 Fanchon, A. Schaif...,,.,.-----::.0-s 2b 08 2 08 40 137 55 E SAME LENGTH. f Altaire, J. H. Sherburne..-...-,..<<-.-: 2a) 217 07 1 42 07 SPECIAL CLASS—SCHOONERS 26 ‘To. SSEr, Vanitas, H, Hutchinson.,..-.-- 5 - 29 10 2 2434 1 5h Ut HIRD CLASS—OBNTHERBOARDS, 2! re hE, Sea Bird, Geo. S. Firbush,...........,..24 01 1 14 27 0 a0 29 Allie, A.5. Wattles 2.22.2), -.-.2 1. --22200 128.07 0.58 82, FOURTH GLASS—GATBOAUS 21 10 Zier. (Queen Mab, W. L, Phinney.....-....... 22.08 1 21.30 0.57 08 FIETH OLASS—CATHOATS 18 TO 2iPT. ' Joker, George Uoffin .-........ . 2. 2006 1 26 21 108 08 Myth, C. H. and R.C. Poor we 19 06 138 ay Ving Corsair, L. M. Clarke --.......220.e.. eee 1H 11 1 30 62 102 09 Faney, Stone and Eddy... -......,--... 20 10 1 32 05 1 06 OL Niobe, J. L. Brown _- -2~-~. 20.09 1 32 28 1 Ou 12 Wildfire, H-A. Keith, ..-.... ..-.--.----18 01 Time nol bakeo. SIXTH GLASS—CATBOATS UNDE LAr. Dandelion, C.F. Adams, 3d.,..., -...,, 17 06 1 31 36 1 48 LYNN Y. C,.—First match of the season was sailed June 23 off cluh house, in stiff southerly wind after Point of Pines had bean reached Judges, C. H. Loekhart, H. H. Dennis, H, Armstead, W- Rand, L. b, Milliken. Courses for first and seeond class, 7 miles; for third-cluss, Gimiles. Edith, Hon. Joseph Davis, was used as commitles boat. Prizes, cash, $12 and #8, $12 and $8 and $10 and $8. Magic and Daisy, Jennie L. and Ruth, Crest and Mahel were the winners. Summary; FIRS? CLASS. Ea th. aes pees KE. B, Neal... 14215 Wane W . Doak. . Qi 24 1 be Ww Daisy, W. Hawkes. __ 4 21417 1 1h Oks Jennie L., ©. H. Rodihares ts 41 42 81 119 08 Ruth, Win, Basset, Jr... 22... 145 58 Tab a7 Pearl, J. Fred Lee... .,.....- Withdrawn, Jessie, Otis Peker......... ..-..., ee Withdrawn. Grest, George B.Gordon.e ES «OS'S rest, George B.Gordon.....__ ; 1 , ORS eG etree Vance tment VDL OPA ah pears seme soinas ; / Ceuta, C. i, Clifford 6S eS Withdrawn. ; _—s —_—— «= _ June 28, i 7 il i ‘TORR ERRMRGRE EN \ al watt V1 ) (| Wy | i 435 SS WENONAH, CUTTER, NEW YORK Y. C.-JUNE 21. T wasa “luck race,” andit was uot, It was luck to a great extent out to the Lightship and half way in to the Jersey beach, where the majority of tbe yachts bunched and tookafresh departure to- gether for the last quarter stretch home. It was no race atall, inas- tnueh asit was soldiers’ business all round without as muchas a “turn,” excepting one short board (o the westward for a higher posi- | tion coming out along the West Bank made by Mischief, anu a little later by Vixen, Not that this was really required for lack of close winderness, but the slackening of the breeze and a little more east- ings to some of the streaks had sagged these two sloops as well as many others maxing up the rear somewhat to leeward of the leaders, who had run,out with about all they wanted fora time, This wasof ‘course a great disappointment, A close haul to the Spit with an unsteady $.S. W. wind, adrift out past the Hook with spinnakers | hanging limp, a lot of unequally dispensed catspaws and airs wafting them out to the Ship, a tolerable turn.a jamon the wind fora long | and short leg working back to the Hook,a calm about half way in, | aud a fresh and smart breeze from 8.8. ., finally striking in all ‘along the line, making it free sheet clear to the finish, all this was not likely to produce a hand to hand tussle with rewards bestowed | according to merit, In fact but forthe bunching near the Jersey | beach and the magnificent run bhoms, the race would hardly be wort. vecarding, except as a tedious and unsatisfactory fluke and drift, Three-quarters Of the match is a story of fluke with oceasional inter- ‘esting brushes, but the last quarter made amends for previous short- ‘comings, and thewace in to the line with the magnificent spectacle at ‘the finish willuetquiekly be forgotten. he fleet was probably the finest, and it certainly was the fastest, ever collected in the history of American yachting, Had there been a fair Share of windward work it would likewise have been the most absorbing encounter fought in our waters. But the club did all it could, old Prob. failed them, aud so we must accept the open field for much speculation which this match was intended to aid in clos- ing. The day was of more than national importance. Such a weighty fraction have deep yachts already become in our lealing clubs that races assume an international coloring when sloop and eutter meet, This phase is likely to pass betore long, when really American cutters shall have filled the places of the present vessels designed on foreign lines, canvassed and sailed by foreigners because of our lack of familiarity with such craft on this side of the Atlantic. We live and learn, and the numerous victor‘es scored by cutters, to which another brilliant achievemént has just been added, must haye their intluence in begetting home-built yachts of this description. Last Thursday hardly afforded a criterion of the performance of the yachts, for with windward work there might have been revelations of more radical significance. This much may be said. After meking it out to the turn, the early birds found they could lay nohigher than W.S. W., beading in to the beach. The true course in was nearly W. N.W. The rear guard rounding the lightship in straggling order was ou the point of following suib when the wind petered and a dark streak to the southward brought a newly born breeze from that quarter, taling the leaders aback and causing them to square away quickly for a free ran up along the shore, edging in all the time to shave the Sandy Hook buoy for a neat turn, They had, however, madé so much southing while high on the old wind, that’ the yachts rouuding the Lightship lastfound themselves suddenly jumped to the fore by no doings of their own. =="The two batches were all at onee Put about equally distant from Study Hook, and a general rush for that cape was undertaken, nearly ail hands meetiugin a cluster some distance below and making a grand company hunt along the beach, affording really a second start for the day and the beginning of the race in earnest. As the lot ran wp with ballooners and spinnakers filled to tension and in vapid succession hauled around the black can, a choice bit of live racing was witnessed, glorious enough to make one forget the tedi- ous annoyances earlier in the morning, and what seemed to. promise ouly a wretched failure was rounded off to a close as brilliant and imposing as it was full of instruction. If any satisfaction can be de- rived from summing up a dash in a crowd, our observations may he given to the folowing effect: Among the schooners, Montatk stemed able to fully hold her own with Crusader and others, but got left by the wind coming up the beach outside, while others holding a rouser drove down on her, blanketing her, and holding their way, shot by ———— before Montauk could pull herself together for the new state of af- fairs. She neverrecoyered what she lost. Crusader was admirably tooled, and in her excellent form this year will keep Montauk moying when the latter’s tonnage does not stand her in stead; besides, Cru- sader has a grand fitting suit and a perfectly gorgeous array of kites. Grayling, the new candidate, made a fearfully bad start, which, con- sidering the professional talent aboard, was quite unaccountable, Her skipper builded a deal better than he knew, for this late start put her well to the fore in theend. She had modestly been elosing up the rear Clear out to the Lightship, and being one of the lastto turn had gone least to the southward when the new breeze struck in from that direetiou, She found herself in luck, having less distance to travel home than the rest, which she put to best account by turning up in the middle of the flock coming up the beach. Once she had the true wind with the rest, she failed to accomplish any- thmg worth notice, being in fact easily held by Crusader. But, if Grayling gave n0 evidence of more than ordinary speed, we are in clined to consider her best lay down wind, and of this game she had to her fill nearly all day. So far as her early appearance at the finish is concerned 1t was a Stroke of luck, pure and simple, due to her being at the tail of the fleeb while rounding the Lightship, and at the vail she would haye remained but for the sudden shift in the wind. Fortuna was brand new and stiff, and being one of the last ones off, struck into the doldrums outside the Narrows and fared poorly for wind all day, missing what thefe was bya few lengths upon several oceasions. She likewise hada crowd to keep at bay when easing around the Spit and was blanketed and covered without mercy, and snapping her spinnaker boom in jibing a short ways out of the Hook. This schooner received, however, & good dea) of admiration for her fine appearance, and the spectators seemed to be aware that it was too light for her kind. It was luck principally that seemed’to be dead against her allover the course. Intrepid at times moved off with great ease, and was a good fourth in ber class at the Spit, after which she lay becalmed and failed to catch the airs seuding others along further to the southward. She was left in the lurch after trimming flat around the outer mark and while the rest were cavorting home- ward at a seven to'eight knots an hour rate, she rolled helplessly to the long swell without steerage way for five minutes, slowly filling away last in the fleet to the new breeze. As for the sloops, they are all so familiar that relative merits are pretty well understood, but among the cutters Wenonah sailed her maiden match, and to such good effect that she likewise landed her maicen piece of silverware, winning victory from the fastest fleet in America. Gracie in company with Montauk had a big lift down the West Bank by astreak of wind which sent the two along boiling, put- ting a long lot of water between themselves and the ruck. It was this which gave to Gracie most of her lead throughout the match. But she made amends during other portions of the race, for she did not monopolize all the luck there was gomg, Julia was never fairly in the bunt, and as adown wind vessel she will not be dangerous. Her reputation in the past, upon which so mucn store is laid in some quarters, is more of a myth than anything else, and the chances are she has bean greatly overrated right along. She never had anything of her size to sail with in history, and then we know from improve- ments in rig, eve., found possible within the last two or three years, that the yachts she met were probably fearfully deficient in respect to equipment, Fanny, on the other hand, was something of an eye opener. All knew Gracie 4s a steamboat with spinnaker out, but when they saw Fanny get away rather badly with the old favorite, there Was something to talk about. Fanny, bar cutters, looks to be the fleetest down winder we Gan muster. Shes likewise smart on a wind, but just how smart remains to be seen. Mischief had a big share of the bad luck running, but pulled through a good fourth at the Lightship. ‘fhen trimmmg, in for the short-lived windward work, she seemed to sag to leeward and fail to point with the resh. The qnestion is, who had the helm atthe time, for the boat could cer- tainly do better. Hildegard and Whilenway tell victims to the great American twister, and dre now repairing damages. As for the cut- ters, Bedouin and Wenonah, they sailed a game race througa all the vissicitudes of fickle fortune, and came oul nobly atthe finish. Be- douin made a good start, held Gracie down the West Bank, til the wind fell and the latter gob the fluke already spoken of above, Then Bedouin drifted into the calm belt outside, while Gracie, wisely edging to the southward, found caispaws to waft her out to the sea mark, and Bedouin fell among the ruck coming up, but after some very fair sailing crossed fourth. What she may do on the wind remains to be seén, but we are conyinced that with a racing rig Bedouin would be by odds the fastest single sticker with a free sheet in Ameriea, Considering that she has 4ft. less hoist than her racing: sail plan calls for, her record last Thursday deserves commendation. A stiffish breezé and a windward bout will be her play, Wenonah performed wonders, and wrung words of admiration from even the most hardened believer in old time dogmas. In contemplating her doings. we skip the first portion of the race as too fluky, and pick up her record from the Lightship in. She gave close chase to Fanita on the wind for a while, being eighth boat in the line. As the new breeze backei fhem all avound to a free sheet with boonis to star- board, she was to leeward of the whole lot. Now the business of the day really began, It wasa grand sight, Wtnonah picked up one by one, schooners and sloops, shot through their lee in astonishing fashion, and asall hands closed in a bunch, the wind being aft, she took blanketjng and covering with a nonchalance which was the coolest bit of work of the sort we have ever seen. Butin spite of all this she ran the crowd, and nearing the Hook, emerged with a lead of the whole fleet, Panny, Gracie and Crusader excepted. cts. each; 2 yards, 10cts each; 3 yards, 15 cts. each. Double Twisted Gut Leaders, 3 lenrth, 5 cts. each; 4 length, 10 cts, each, Treble Gut Leaders, 3 length 10 cts, each; 4 length, 15 ets. gach. Extra Heavy Gut Leaders, 4 ply, 4 lengths, 25 cts. each. Kiffe's Best Trout Fiies, 50 cts. per doz. Bass Wies, $1,00 and $1.50 per doz, Pickerel Spoons, with fly, gimp and swivel, Nos.1to 8, 15 cts each, Skinner's, Buel's and Copper Spoons, 50 .cts. each. Virst Quality Brnided Linen Lines, 150ft., 40 cts. First Quality Twisted Linen Lines, 300ft , 9, 12, 15, 18 or 21 thread, $1,00 each. First Quality Brass Multiplymg Reels with balance handle, 25 yards. $1.00; 40 yards, $1.25; bo yards, $1.50; 80 yards, $1.75; 100 yards, $2.00; 150 yards, $2.25; 200 yards, $2.50. Brass Trout or Click Reels, 40 yards, 75 cts.; 60 yards, $1.00. Fishing Rods from $1.0u to $10.00; Two or Three-Jointed Split Bambow Rods with extra’ tip, $12.50 to $15.00. Also a large assortment of Sporting Goods at pro- portionate prices, Samples of eur goods sent by mail or express on receipt of price in money, postage Stamips or money order. HERMANN H. KIFFE, 318 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Between Folton Ferry and City Hall OPEN EVENINGS. SEND FOR PRICE LIST, AMERICAN Kennel Register. A monthly record of kennel events for the information and guidance of breeders, ex- hibitors and owners of all breeds of dogs, Tts leading feature is the ‘‘Pedigree Register,” of sporting and non-sporting dogs, which makes it the only complete Stud Book issued in America, A register number is given to each dog, and an index will be compiled at the close of each annual volume, thus forming permanent work of reference. The pedigree registration fee is twenty-five cents, The first two numbers of the Register contained the pedigrees of 188 dogs. ' Departments are also provided for the registration of stud visits, dogs at stud, births, sales and transfers, dogs at sale, and deaths. Prize lists of all the American shows will be given, with descriptions of the principal winners aud dogs exhibited; also prize lists of important shows abroad. This department will Include a record of field trials, The first two numbers of the Register contain prize lists of Washington, Ottawa and Pitfsburgh shows. The publication day is the fifth day of each month; and nothing can be received for pub- fieation later than the first day of the month. All matters intended for publication should be in the hands of the editor at the earliest practicable date. Entry .blanks for each depart- will be furnished free on receipt of stamped addressed envelope. TERMS:—Issued by yearly subscription only. The subscription price is one dollar per year. Make drafts and money orders payable to the Forest and Stream Publishing Com- pany. Address, AmreRIcAN KENNEL RecistEr, P. O, Box 2,832, New York City, UPTHEGROVE & McLELLAN, VALPARAISO, IND. HOLABIRD SHOOTING SU Of Waterproofed Duck, Irish Fostian and Corduroy. 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Every family should haye one. You cau entertain yourself and company at all times, indoors and out, besides touch up trespassing cats and dogs, kill rats and small game, or start a shooting gallery and make money with them, Our guns are extremely simple in construction; well made and hand- She finished; easily operated and shoot with foree and accuracy, and not liable to get out of order, All first-class gon-tiealers sellthem. We also manufacture Nickel-Plated Nut Picks and Cracks, Stair Rods, Foot Lathes, ete, Circulars sent upon application, Address H. M. QUACKENBUSH, Herkimer, N. Y. Testimonials Change Weekly. West Point, N. Y., May 16, 1851. HM. Quackenbush: ah Your air gun is the truly yours, best arm for elementary target practice leyer saw. Ver, . 8. Army. Epwarp 5. Farrow, Instructor of Military Tactics at the U. 8. Academy. STEPBROOK. Sees jeu, PENS | 2233! - Saf S eerenonvanac 42228 oS. ahs : Beose : osgay Leading Nos: 14, 048, 130, 333, 161. 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WOOD, Syracuse, N. Y. A Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever. DR. T. FELIX GOURAUD’S am, or Magical Beautifier, Oriental Cre a Removes Tan, Pimples, Freck- les, Moth-Patech- i every blemish on y heanty, and de- fies detection, Tt has stood the test of 30 years, and isso harm- less we taste it to be sure the preparation is properly made. Accept no coun- terfeit of simi- lar name. The hd distinguished Dr, L. A. Sayre, said toa lady of the haut ton (a patient:)—“4s you ladies will use them I recom- mend ‘Gouraud's Cream? as the least harmful of all the skin preparations.” One bottle will last6 months, using ibevery day. Also Poudre Subtile removes superfiuous hair without injury to the skin, Mme. M, 6. T. GOURAUD, Sole Proprietor, Bond street. N. Y. For sale by all Drugeisis and Fanc Goods Deal- ers throughout the U.S., Canadas and Burope, Also found in N. Y. City, at R. H. Macy's, Stern's, Bhrich’s, Ridley’s, and other faney goods dealers. (e-Beware of base imitations, $1,000 reward for arrest and proof of anyone selling the same. ——— a How I Became a Crack Shot, —py— W. MILTON FARROW. Price $1.00, postpaid. as well as Skin. PURIFIE Beautifies the Por sale by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. Two Beautiful ustrated Books PADDLE AND PORTAGE Canoe and Camera BY THOMAS SEDGWICK STEELE, of Hartford, Conn. 128 exquisite iustrations of life in the woods, with map in each copy. _ The humorous as well as the serious side of eam life is vividly represented, while Mr, Steele’s ait known artistic perceptiogs, and a most intense love of nature, has made the work all that could be desired, Srven Eprrions of these works sold. Most popu- lar books in the market. Cloth. Pricé $1.50 each, A NEW MAINE MAP. The headwaters of the Aroostook, Peyobscat and St. John Rivers, Compiled by THomas Sep@wick STEELE. The chart Is 20x30 inches, ment survey paper and mounte postpaid on receipt of price, $1. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO 39 Park Row, New York, Silk Worm Gut. F, LATASA, 35 Broadway, calls the attention of the trade and dealers in fishing tackle to his exten sive assortment of Valencia Silk Worm Gut in all grades, long and extra long, and from Extra Heayy salmon Gut to Extra Fine. For price list address F. LATASA 85 Broadway, New York. minted on Gayern on eloth. Sent Oil-Tanned Moccasins. For Hunting, Fishing, Canoeing, &u. They are easy to the feet, and yery \ durable. Made to order in a variety of styles and warranted the genuine article. Send sfor price list, MARTIN S$. HUTCHINGS, Dover, ge N_ H., P. 0. Box 368. Brabrorp & Anruony, Boston; HENRY C, SQUIRES, New York; F. Cuas. Eicuen, Philadelphia, Agents. Shields’? American Improved Gut Leader or Casting Line. All fly fishers will readily see the advantage there isin using them, ‘The easiest way to apply a fly or to remove it without impairing the strength or durability of the leaders. 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XX.—No. 23. | Nos. 39.& 40 Park Row, New York, CORRESPONDENCE. THE Forest anp STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen, Communications upon the subjects to which its pages,are devoted are respectfully invited, Anonymous communications will not be re- garded, No name will be published except with writer's consent. The Editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. SUBSCRIPTIONS May begin at any time. Subscription price, $4 per year ; $2 for six months; to a club of three annua subscribers, three copies for $10; five copies for $16. Remit 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. On sale by the American Exchange, 449 Strand, W. C., London, England. Subscription agents for Great Britain—Messrs. Samson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 188 Fleet street, London. ADVERTISEMENTS. Only advertisements of an approved character inserted. Inside pages, nonpareil type, 25 cents per line. Special rates for three, six and twelve months. Reading notices $1.00 per line. Eight words to the line, twelve lines to oneinch. Adyertisements should be sent in by the Saturday previous to issue in which they are to be inserted. Transient advertisements must invariably be acsompanied by the money or they will not be inserted. Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Nos. 89 anp 40 PARE Row. New Yorr Crry. CONTENTS. EDrrorran. FISHCULTURE. The Absurdity of the Fourth, Habits of the Black-Headed Bench Shaws. Minnow. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. The Black Hills of Wyoming. “Ole Lawyer.” The Doctor and the “Grizzly.” Natcrau History, The Swamp Robin, A Peril of the Sea, Gane BAG anp Gun. Wild Boar Hunting in Jamaica. | “Didymus* Recants. Kynochk Shells. Muzzle vs. Breech. Came Fire PLICKERINGS. SEA AND RIVER FISHING, Angling at Bear Lake, The Shrinking of the Trout. The International Tournament. Tishing and lying, Small Pry. Blooming Grove Park. FisHCULTCRE. California Salmon Bred in Cap- tivity. The American Fisheultural As- sociation, The Fisheries Exhibition. THE KENNEL. Dogs at the New York Show, A Wonderful Dog, National American Beagle Club. Old Stub, Kennel Notes. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. The Team Strength, Range and Gallery. The Trap. Matches and Meetings. CANOEING, A Trip on the Trent, The Twin Canoes. Sails for Canoes, YACHTING. Eclipse ¥. C. Eastern Y, C, Time Limits. Gleam’s Wiu, Winning by Fluke. Corinthian Matches, Wenonah as a School Mistress. Seen from the Owner's Stand- point. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. eS THE ABSURDITY OF THE FOURTH, UST about this season, over a good section of the coun- try, hundreds of thousands of very patriotic and very foolish persons are inviting death by the firearm method. Somewhere at some time some one reached the aljsurd con- clusion that the correct way of celebrating the holiday of our National Independence was to raise as much noise as possible. Unluckily his yiew has been adopted by the millions of his fellow-citizens, and now year after year there is a repetition of the catalogue of deaths and manglings. ‘Phere is something so utterly ridiculous in using a fire- arm entirely for the noise which accompanies its going off, that it is surprising no concerted effort has been made by the arm manufacturing companies to discourage this appli- cation of their wares. In place of doing this, however, and for the sake of the profit which follows the sale of the pesky little things, we see several large concerns giving up their time and labor in large measure to turning out thous- ands upon thousands of contrivances which have the name and appearance of firearms, but which in the essential points of accuracy and sxfety are utterly unworthy of the name. There is a clear, sharp defining line between a pistol pro- per, one which has a yalue as an arm of precision, and these cheap little counterfeits. And thereis ample room for the operation of a salutary law which should come in to repress the making and vending of the dangerous toys. There are plenty of noise-provoking contrivances which may be manufactured to meet the wishes of those who insist upon expressing their feelings by means of a racket, but there is no reason why so excellent a thing as 2 firearm should be debased imto such flimsy pretences as “we see hawked at every street corner. It would indeed be an important item in our strength as a commonwealth if every American citizen were familiar with firearms, had ajust ap- preciation of their powers and their dangers, but there is a right and wrong way of securing that excellent result, and one of the worst ways is to put a make-shift of a weapon into the hands of every boy who can heg, borrow or steal the dime or two necessary to secure the toy, BENCH SHOWS, ee bench shows that have been held this year have been uniformly successful both in the number and qual- ity of the animals exhibited, and also from a pecuniary standpoint. This shows a healthy state of affairs, and should encourage all who have an interest in the welfare and improvement of man’s best friend to renewed efforts in speeding on the good work until every lover of the dog throughout the length and breadth of the Jand shall become possessed of the knowledge that will enable him to intelli- gently pass upon the merits and demerits of his favorite breed. ‘That the bench show has been ® great educator of the public in this respect, no one who has been a regular attend- anti can deny. ‘That still greater good will be accomplished in the future we haye every reason to belieye. Although the bench show is comparatively of recent introduction in this country, it has already become a permanent institution, and we trust that the day is not far distant that will see not only our larger shows greatly increased in number, but that in every city, village and hamlet in the land, we shall see local shows where friend and neighbor will meet in friendly rivalry, to decide upon the respective merits of their favor- ites. This plan is extensively practiced in England, and con- tributes in no small degree to the success of the larger shows, both in the inereased number of entries, and in the improved quality of the animals exhibited. The owner of the yillage champion, ambitious for higher honors, ‘‘seeks other worlds to conquor,” and sends his favorite to a larger meeting, and so continues until he encounters defeat or achieyes a well won victory that brings to him not only fame and honor, but pounds, shillings and pence as well. That this plan is eminently practicable and feasible it needs no argument to prove, nor of necessity need it en- tail a dollar of expense upon its promoftrs, at least so far as the smaller shows are concerned, as the honor of owning the ‘‘best of his kind’’in the vicinity should be ample recompense for the small amount of trouble entailed. We trust that our readers will give this subject the carerul consideration its importance demands, and that we shall s00n be called upon to chronicle the inauguration of a series of local shows all over the country, that in a short time will accomplish the much-to-be-desired result, the filling of the benche: at our important shows with representatives of the best of their breed from all sections of the country, Tuer Toy Pistot is doomed; State laws and city ordi- nances have been enacted for the suppression of the pestif- erous agent of death, and parents and police are united to squelch the nuisance. ‘This is all as it should be; the sooner the sham pistol is banished the better for the thumbs and eyes of the patriotic small boy. But it is very foolish for parents to indulge, as they often do, in an insane horror of allfirearms. A. boy ought to be taught to handle a shotgun or a rifle just as soon as he is old enough and strong enough to do so. He will be all the more manly forit. Gunpowder smoke is healthier than cigerette smoke, and the associations and influences of the one are better than those of the other, Tae SunrisuH.—In a paper read before the Fisheultural Association and printed elsewhere, Mr. fred Mather recom- mends the destruction of the sunfish, From any such proposition the Formsr AND SiREAM most emphatically dissents. The sunfish was our earliest friend among the fishes; we hooked him long before our vaulting ambition dreamed of trout or bass, and when salmon was a term un- known to our yocabulary, The fishculturists may wage their campaign against the sunfish, but they will find little sympathy in their nefarious efforts outside of their own fry- intent circle. THs OiAy Picrons were “slaughtered” yesterday beyond count. Thds target is growing in favor, having very largely supplanted glass balls, over which it possesses many very decided merits. Weunderstand that the enterprising Ligows- ky firm are about to perfect the manufacture of a cheaper trap, so that the five-trap style of shooting will be within the means of all. This is by far the most beautiful form of practice with the “‘birds,” and promises to be yery popular, SEND IN THE Names.—We should be glad to receive from our readers all over the country the names of their friends who may be interested in any of the departments of outdoor recreation of which the Forwsr anp STREAM treats, and who do not now take the paper, SALMON IN THE Maerrmac.—We learn from Mr. Samuel Webber, late Fish Commissioner of New Hampshire, that the salmon have at last made their appearance in the Merri- mac River at Manchester, and one “guessed” at from eight pounds to fen pounds has actually been seen passing the Fishway at Amoskeag Falls. This proves the pfediction which, it will be remembered, Mr. Webber made, that we should see a score of sinaller fish, from the plant of 1879, this year. The season is later by two weeks than last year, but the salmon are on their way up now. Ten were scen in one day in the fishway at Lawrence, Mass. What is of more especial interest to sportsmen, however, is the fact that asulmon weighing ten and a half pounds was taken last week inthe Merrimac, at Concord, with the artificial fly in a legitimate manner. We have always believed that one was taken three years since by a bass fisher, but owing to the fact that the prohibitory law was'then in force, we could never prove the fact; but this catch of last week proves that the salmon bred from “Penobscot stock will take the fly in the Merrimac. We note the following change in the New Hampshire Fish Commission, viz., the appointment of Elliot B. Hodge, of Plymouth, Superintendent of the Hatchery, as Fish Commissioner, in place of A. H. Powers, resigned. The Commission now stands: Colonel George Riddle, Manchester, Chairman; E. B. Hodge, Plymouth, Superintendent of Hatchery; Luther Hayes, South Milton, Tue ‘‘Amertcan Kennen Reersrer.”—The anxiety with which the monthly issue of the Register is looked for by its already large circle of readers, is a fair measure of the hich esteem in which it is held by the owners of well-bred dogs. Weregret, however, to sce a tendency among those who have animals fo be registered to hold back their entries until the last moment, and then just at the first of the month to sendin their blanksin alump. Thiscourse, while apparently serving no good purpose for anyone, puts the publishers of the fegzster to serious inconvenience, and has in one or two cases caused a delay of several days in the issue of the peri- odical. Whether the tardiness in sending in entries has any real reason or not, we cannot allow it te interfere with the date of issue of the Register. To examine the pedigrees, correct the mistakes which the owners make, and’ prepare the material for the printer, involves much labor and time, = OCCASIONALLY We receive questions from correspondents who ask us to decide for them wagers, and sometimes deaisions are requested in games of cards. In the past we have good- naturedly answered some inquiries of this description, but as they are entirely out of our line, we shall no longer do so. The ForEsr AND SpREAM does uot hold stakes nor de- cide bets, nor does it profess to be an authority on games of chance. There are many journals which give attention te these matters, however, and we recommend those of our readers, who may be unable to decide such questions in any other way, to apply to them. Questions pertaining to matters Within our own scope will, as they have always done, receive attention, but those which haye to do wih betting or cards will seek the seclusion which a waste basket grants, AMATEUR PHoToGRapHic HxcHaneH.—The amateur pho- tographic outfits are now in general use by sportsmen, and large numbers of picturesque views are secured by them on pleasure tours. We have been greatly entertained in exam- ining many such pictures which have been sent to this office from our friends. They are delightful suggestions of the pleasures of camp and cruise, It has been suggested that an exchange of such yiews would be welcome to many amateur photographers, who might thus add to their cwn collections the pictures of others, _ We think the suggestion an admir- able one. Americans Musr Loox to EvRore for ‘sporting novel ties.” The latest is a Kangaroo hunt, provided for the huntsmen of Vienna by an Englishman, who has transported to the Prater thirty of the Australian marsupials. We learn from our esteemed contemporary, the Allgemeine Sport Zei- tung, of that city, that great expectations have beea raised among the Viennese, who are eagerly awaiting the chase of the novel game. Tus First BoyHoop Exprtorr with rod or gun is always a theme of pleasant recollection. ‘The pages of Formsr axp STREAM contain many accounts by the graybeards of their first successful hunt or fish long ago. ‘‘It seems but yes terday that I caught my first tront,” said Henry Ward Beecher the other evening, upon the relebration of his seyeu- tieth birthday, ; Ee 442 Che Sportsman Conrist. THE BLACK HILLS OF WYOMING, DERCHED up here in my mountain home, ‘neath the now smiling and now frowning foothills of the Big Horn Mountains, your paper is ever welcome, and I read with ever increasing interesh the many tales of deeds done in camp or field, in woods or by the streams. The Clear Fork of Powder River comes tumbling, roar- ing and foaming down from its home una birthplace in the eternal snows of Cloud Peak, and finally emerges from the mountains to go scurrying, hurrying on through its com- paratively open valley, fixally to lose itself in the brown and turbid flood of Powder River. When first seen by me in the summer of 1876, not a ranch nor 4 human being was known upon its banks. Then it was all ‘Indian country,” and save the lonely prospector, hunter or trapper, few ever saw it; it was one of the favorite haunts of the Indian. But now in 1883 naught but old ruins of ancient camps mark the former Indian home, while ranch and town and fort show the permanent succession of the ‘pale face,” and occasional visits for trade are almost the only evidence of ‘Poor Lo.” In former years the home of the buffalo, now the yalley and surrounding country are the range of count less herds of cattle, and with the Indiaus have disappeared this noble game, only a few scattering head remaining to remind us of what once was so plentiful. But the white man’s adyent has not destroyed all the fame in this region, Trout there never were in Clear Pork, so n0 change hes been in that. Deer, antelope, elk, moun- tain sheep, mountain lion, bear, wolf and coyote are still to be found in fair numbers by those who use the rifle; while sage grouse, prairié chicken, mountain, blue and willow vrouse, ducks, geese, curlew, snipe and sometimes swan await the ‘‘scatter guns.’ By a ride of a few miles trout can be had in abundance, and whitefish (?) “‘cats” and suckers are ever ready to be ‘‘taken in from the wet,” even in the otherwise barren waters of Clear Pork. No better stream for trout than Clear Pork have I ever seen, Olear as crystal,cold and pure as show water ever is, now dash- ing furiously over rocks and ripples;now slumbering quietly in silent pool, it is the typical home for trout; but trout there are not,and never will be, until the stream isstocked,and then, doubtless, they will live and thrive and give royal spert to the loyer of the rod and ree}. E:nptying, asit doesinto the foul and muddy waters of Powder River, the trout haye never sought its clear waters, but have passed by the mouth of Powder River to enter the clearer waters of the Tongue River, Big Horn and Little Big Horn, to our north: these streams and their branches are the home of trout in this reziou; but all the branches of the Powder River are barren. So it is with other regions for some inexplicable reason; the branches of the South Fork of the Platte River uvound in trout, while the North Fork and allits branches are, or were, barren; some may now haye been stocked, but such was the case but a few years ago. Lying buta few miles north of us is the site of the old post of Phil Kearney—now silent and deserted, save by the wood and Jumberman, A short distance further on is the fatal ground where Fettermanand his men were massacred in years gone by. A few miles more and Custer’s battle ground is reached, now asmiling, fruitfulregion, rapidly fill- Ing up with settlers; and where are the haunts of many u lordly elk or black tuil, or surly grizzly. Lying nestled in its surrounding hills, the acrid waters of Lake De Smet may be seen but afew miles from bere. Here is the home of the duck and goose; many breed here, and in spring and fall the Jake resounds to the thunder of many a donble-barrel, as the eager sportsman stalks the wildfowl from the shore, decoys them to his blind, or drifts upon them with his canoe. About three miles long by from one- half to a mile in width, and with itsrank growth of water grass, the lake is a fayorite haunt for wildfowl. There are no fish, save of a curious type, resembling, if not identical with, the axolotl—if this can be called a fish. Frequently these can be caught upon thé rocks, and 1 haye cut them from the entrails of wildfowl. TVhelake has no yisible out- let, and, except in wet seasons, no visible inlet. Its waters are alkaline, though I haye drank them for want of better, Fish, except, perbaps, ‘‘cat” and carp, could not live in them, Wild rice has been tiicd, but without success, and the natural grasses for food, and artificial cover on land, and chnoe on water, are all the aids the sportsman can claim for success in his efforts after the ducks or geese. Seagulls are also plentiful, and alford some fair wing practice when ducks are scarce or hard to get, and sandhill crane are ocea- sionally found, T have just returned from an afternoon's drive to this lake, “Esculapius First” and I, seated in a ouck-board, behind a spanking pair of mules, soon covered the eight miles. We were well repaid by the grand view of the Big Horns capped in their eternal snows, and the peaceful like sleeping in alternate light and shade, and carrying upon its quiet waters large numbers of ducks quietly feeding or paddling about with their broods of ‘‘flappers.” Many came near us as we sat and watched them, so tame were they, and after an in- vestigation as to what specics of bipeds we were, quietly sailed away again, doubtless to report upon our looks, species and characteristics. We could haye gotten a dozen apiece had we so desired, but preferred to leave them to their family cares, hoping later to be able to scrape a more intimate acquaintance with them. Oyr visit, harmless as it was to them at this time, brooded them no vood, for it was to introduce a stranger to the haunts of these birds, and to see about haying blinds, sink-boxes, etc., built from which io dea] out destruction later on, We saw two dead specimens of the ‘‘water lizard” (axolotl) above mentioned, that. weve nearly eighteen inches in length, but left them as of no value. On our way home we flushed u sage-len, leaving her also undisturbed to return Jater inthe scasou and care for her chicks, if chicks she hud. So our ride, though bootless as to our “bag,” was profitable in our “outing,” our splendid yiew of nature, and in informatien gathered for future use. , Such excursions are now our sole resource of pleasure. Though our game Jaw allows the killing of game for one’s use within ten miles of one’s home at all seasons, no one thinks of killing, but every week one or another goes out ‘to look,” to enjoy a diy’s ride to the magnificent views from hill {0 mountain, to become familiay with the country, and to keep ourselves and horses “‘in training” for the work soon to come keter op. J first saw this country in 1876, It was only a passing view, as Creok’s expedition passed through ufler hostile Sioux, I saw it again in 1878; first in a sum- FOREST AND STREAM. mer camp, and later with plenty of hard work, building what now is the beautiful post of Fort McKinney. On those occasions there was but litle chance for sport or for becom- ing thoroughly familiar with all the insavd outs of the coun- try. Greater opportunities have presented themselves, and they are being fully taken advantage of, to the benefit of health, and a building up of pleasant reminiscences of beau- tiful scenes and exciting times in the chase of various kinds of game, Rising yuite abruptly from the broken though open coun- try, the foothills of the Big Horn range are quite easily ac- cessible, and on top are quite easily traveled, Old bison and Yndian trails, with now and then a wood road, form the thoroughfares winding in and out amid scenes of beauty and vrandeur. Frequently elk, deer, and sometimes mountiin sheep will Le espied quietly feeding. What greater pleasure, except to stalk them, than that. in the quiet time, when with pipe and field glagses, one lies amid lovely flowers and watches their innocent. pastime aud hecomes familiar with their habits? Butafew days ago, a lordly buek, with horns “in the yelyet,’? and about half grown, burst on my view and hounded quietly sway un- harmed. Beautiful and majestic in form, and powerfuland graceful in action, he was a fitting adjunct to a lovely piece of nature. Thadno gun. Had Thad one he would have gone away unscathed, for wanton killing is no sport, and now the deer, while “growing their horns,” deserve a better fate than the bullet of some thoughtless sportsman (?) whose glory it is to hoast of the size of hisbag—in season ov out of season, On this same day, and but u little whileafter the buck had passed from sight, a herd of does were discoyered. ‘Do leap down from pony and turn him loose, and then to sit down, scceing bul notseen, were but a moment's work, and for an hour or more, with fragrant pipe, Lluy and watehed them feeding. Their fawns I did not see, They were probably not far away, or were hidden by the high and Inxuriant grass. Finally they grazed out of sight. Remounting, 1 had but to ride a short distance to gain the summit of the foothills overlooking the open country, and from there feast the eye on a boundless expanse, and jot down in memory the various landmarks, while meadow larks’ music and the “hooming” note of the wild dove filled the air. Far below me, but almost at my feel, the silyer thread of Clear Fork wound its way onward, Fort McKinney stood out in ils quict beauty, plainly marked on its elevated plateau. Lake De Smet seemed so close at hand that one might almost shy & stone into its quiet waters; and for miles on miles the open, rolling country stretched away, with here and there a glint of light on Crazy Woman, or Powder River. Bebind, the everlasting snow burnished the heights of Cloud Peak; the crags and walls of the caftons marked the course of many a roaring stream; the heavy timber clothed the expanse in its sombre muntle, covering the hiding place of many a lordly buck and band of does in all directions, and intinity of space and distance and beauty indescribable. Finding the deer so close at hand was rather unusual, as they arenow, for the most part, pretty well back on the tinge, and the antelope are up next the foothills. Up near the snow liue and in the heavy timber are the places now to find both elk and deer, the bulls and bucks growing their horns, and the cows and does either carrying or caring for their young, Lébge herds have been seen, but by common consent they are left in peace, the general sentiment being greatly agnmst killing in the closed season. As a conset- quence, game is on the increase, and one does not need to go far, in the season, to secure good shooting, These regions, those of the Black Hills of Wyoming and the Casper Mountains, are quite favorite resorts for Hastern und English sportsmen. Parties are in here nearly every year, and carry away a rich harvest, of fine heads. It is expensive, however, for unless one lives in fhe country, or comes in with oue's own outfit complete, the hiring of packs, wagons, etc,, with the necessary men, runs up a rather heavy amount. The country can be reached by stage either from Rawlins, on the Union Pacific Railroad, or Custer Junction, on the Northern Pacific Railroad, It is nbout 240 miles from the former point and 160 miles from the latter, and hoth are good roads when dry and the streums at their normal stage, We have been much troubled by high water and wet roads this year, so traveling has been und 1s now rather difficult. The anticipations of rare sport this fall are fondly in- dulged in as we all quietly wait for the season to open and the game to get fat and in full vigor. Cump outfits, hunt- ing suits and paraphernalia are being overhauled and pat in order for the tall campaign, and it 1s to be hoped that many a fine trout, many a pair of horns, bear-skin or other trophy will be the reward of the sport. 5 Still-bunting is the only method fellowed here in pursuit of the larger game; the country is too broken for coursing, and toe jittle known and too great in extent for successtul hounding, Though plentiful, the game seems to range in “streaks,” necessitating a thorough Knowledge of the «oun. try to tind il; one might go for duys and not see a deer, because he does not hit the range, and still deer may be close at hand on their layorite ground, Pack outfits are the best, though wagons have been taken upon the range at various pluces; the camps are pitched in some desirable locality near the range, but so as not to run the deer out, and many days of royal sport may be had. Berries and wild fruits are plentiful in places, and there the bears *‘most do congregute”; so one bas only to know the game they wit, to be able to tell the most likely country fer il; and whether greater or less the success a8 to the bag, the hunt will surely prove a success in the delight of out-door life, the beauly of the scenes one lives amid, and the store of health he lays up, as well as in the friendships formed and the pleasant reminiscences on which to let fond memory linger. C, D. Wort McKinsey, Wyoming Territory. Axotisn Sumner Snoovme.—Boston, June 28,—LHuitlor Forest and Stream: I have purchased your paper for years, ever since Wilbur Parker edited it as Hod and Gun, and have taken a #reat interest in letters and suggestions tending to preseryation of game. I think that letter of “Octo” was good and to the point, as T have no doubt but what there are more ruffed grouse and quail killed by woodcock shooters during August than there are in September or October. 1 think as “Octo” does, that the season on all game birds should open at the same time, There is lots about setters and pointers in your paper. Why don't some of the lovers of thal grand little deg, the cocker, write them up, and let people know what they are capapble of; for my part I haye had much better sport over the cocker than I have with either setter or pointer.—CockER [Jeux 5, 1888, ~ “GLE LAWYER.” A STORY TOLD IN CAMP, * the night following Major Jim’s recital of his “bar slewin story,” as Steve called it, Ben H., old Steve and myself, huving according to immemorial custom lighted our pipes, sul’ toasting our shins arqund our camp tire, when Ben temarked that George W., who had Iately returned to the Swamp from the hills, had told him that the negroes out there were destroying the game birds by trapping, and shoot- ing them on the ground. . 5 “Don't yer bleve dat, my master,” said Steve; ‘de only game-bird nigger eber stroy is er hog, sur.” i “That's how you keep so fat,’ said Ben, “Oh sho, my master,” he replied. “T des ees out in de mornin’, an’ I looks at de sun, an’ evy time I &ieese | swal- lers bout er pint er bufller nats, Dats de way 1 Keeps in sich good order, my master,” “Ah, Steve, said Ben, “you and Dave had just as well shut up now. That Mister Mager ign, as you call him, can goit alone and “‘uker” you bot without a trump in his hand, He is no fool, I tell you.” “T dunno *bout dat, my muster,” said Steve, ‘1 nuver knode one er dem big mont fokes, but wan't haff fool, sur. My ole marster what live nigh Sharlodyille in old Firginny, had one dem wide mouf nigvers, an’ he call him Ole Lawyer, caze he wer always givin’ tongne an’ diden haye uo sense: diden haye er bit er sense, my master, My ole mars wer rich, I tell yer. He had heaps er niggors. Go dar any worky day, you see more’n ér hundred little niggers crawlin' roun’ dem quarters wid er block un’ chain rou day necks, like dem menny yurd doys Day wet’ smart nigwerstoo, my master, ’ceptin’ dat ole fool Lawyer; he diden have er pit er sense, But bless yer, dat ole Lawyer nigger cood outsing de Jews when he stretch his mouf on cr camp-meetin’ hime chine. An’ he des ez leye sing one chime ez ernuther ef you tell him twer er hime chune, D&t he had, sur. One Sadday ‘hout sundown Mars Garrett, dat war my young marster, sur, he and Mars Shep, what come courtin’ my young migsis, caze he want some ole mars’ niggers, day come ont ler de horse lot whar I wer feedin’ and Mars Garrett he'say, ‘Steve, olefeller, you come up ter my room ter night and brung yer banger, | wants yer play an’ sing some fur us, hut don’t yer let de ole guyner know nothin’ ‘bout it,’ An’ I say, “Yas, Mars Garrett, ll be dar sure fur certin,? Arter darlc I chum ober de gardin palin’, an’I crep’ up bhehine de chimbly, an’ I ketch holt de lightuin' rod an’ ein it er shuek, Den Mars Garrett put his head ont de winde?, an’ he sny, ‘What de debil you standin’ dar fur; don't you hear de ole Guyner snorin’?’ IT say, ‘Yas, Mars Garrett, but I thot twer dal yarler house gul grinin colfee,” Den Mars Garrett laff an’ he say, ‘Come er long, fool, you’s vot er mighty po’ ear fur music.” Den Lcrep’ up de stars, au' when I walks in de room I seed Mars Garrett, boltin’ de closet do’, an’ I hears somthin fumlin Youn’ in dar. But Mars Garrett le move his cheer an’ male a noise like, an’ den he say out mighty lond, ‘Ise glad ler see yer, my brur; now we'll open diwine services by singin’ er hime chune,’ An’ den he come up close Whar I wer gn’ he say sorter low like, ‘Steve, ole feller, | wants yer ter sing an’ pliy dat hawk an’ goose sone fur me an’ yer Mars Shep, an’ l-wants yer ter spit it out loud, too.’ Isay, “Yas, Mars Gartett, but you wants dat hime chune fuss, don't yer?’ Den Mars Garrett say out loud, “‘O yas, we'll have dat buterful hime chime fuss thing,’ an’ den he come up close whar I wer ergin, an’ he say easy like, “You sing dat hawk and goose song, damyer; dat’s all bwants yer sing here ter night, do you hear, ole niger?’ J say. *Yas, Mars Garrett, | hears,’ but I thinks ter myself it’s er mighty curus kind er ‘ligun Mars Garrett got in dat lof, fur fer call dat hawk an’ goose song er hime chune, but I never say nothin’, Ides ketehed up my ole banger an’ I gin tur chune her. But bless yer, she hadden say “tung tung’ more’n “bout twice, fore I hverd somethin’ Ikinder groan in dat closet, 1 des stops right dar, an’ [ sorter shoots my eye ober todes dat do’, but Mars Garrvell he jump up ergin, in’ move his cheer, an’ den he cum close ayy whar | war, an’ he say, ‘Damyer, nigger dicen yer nuver hear ole Banker torkin® iv his sleep hefo’?? But I knode twant ole Sanker in dat closet, fur I seed little Joe tolin’ ole Banker an’ dé two pups off *posum Huntin’ when I clum ober de gardm palin’, but 1 nuyer say nothin’. Ides chune up dat ole bunger, a” Laing dat hawk an’ goose song ez bess 1 knowd how. Am when [ wits through Mars Garrett he say, ‘Bully. ole feller, des sing dot butertul hime chune ober fuy us ergin, it’s de bess 1 uyer lisen ter,’ I chden know what Mars Garrett mean callin’ dat hawk an’ goose song er himechune, but nuyersay nothin’. Idesran back un’ 1 dood my bess on ler ergin. When | pits through nuther time Mi's Garrett say, ‘Sing her ergin, Stevel an’ bless yer, dey des kep’ me singin’ dat same song ober twell mose broad day. An’ clen I hears dat somethin’ grosn in dat closet ergin, an’ | say, ‘Mars Garrett, ole Banker muss hesick.? Den Mars Garrett he jump up an’ he say, ‘Damyer, you git outen here now, I wauts ter go ter bed.’ Den up | gitsan' 1 goes down dem stars sorter hebby like, but not too hebby, fur l wer feerd Vd waken ole murster, An’ when 1 gits down ter de front do' L sot down on de step an’ pull off my sue, an’ den | creps buck up dem stars an’ put my ear ter de keyhole, an’ I lisen, I hears Mars Gar- rett say, “You kin come outen dar now, Grur Lawyer; I hopes you bin highly entertain*® by de eventn’ services,’ An’ de ole fool he say, ‘Yas, Mars Garrett, (less de Lord, I is.’ Den Murs Garrett say, ‘1 bopes you larned dat buterful lime chime we bin singin’ all de ebenin’. An’ Ole Lawyer, he say back, ‘Ebery word on il, Mars Garrett.” Den Mars Garrett say, ‘Will you be so kine tur sing it fer us, Bror Lawyer? and bless yer, dat ole nigger des rar back his head, an’ he sing dat hawk an’ goose soug des ez good ez 1 cood. Den Mars Garrett gin him fopunce an’ tell him he betler go now; an’ when I hears Ole Lawyer's shoe creak I des slid down dem banuersters, an’ | put my shoe ou my foot, an’ T lit out from dar. “Nex' day in de mornin’, Mars Garrett tell old marster day wer gwine ter hab er new town nigger fur ter preach at the eullud chureh dis mornin’, an’ he bleve he'd go down dar an’ make ’em ‘have dayselves, an’ not be shoutin’ an’ hollerin'’, ah’ sturbin’ dewhole naberhood, Den hie am Mars Shep day dress up mighty fine, an’ day goes down ter der cullud church, an’ walks im an’ tuck day seat right behine Ole Lawyer, A : : “Presently that yarler town nigger he des viz up in de pul- pit, an’ he draws out his while pocket hunkercher, an” he open his red merrocker hime book, an’ he say, "Will some brur dekin please raise de chune, while deminister selucl de services fur de ‘cashun’’ “Den Mars Garrett he des lean ober an’ he say ter Ole Lawyer, ‘Now’s yer time, Brur Lawyer, ter piv em dat buterful hime chune yer sung so sweetly lass night.’ Bless — —e- yee ————— LL Juny 5, 1883.) ou, my marster, dat ole fool nigger he des riz up on his ants, an’ open his mouf clean back ter his ears, an’ den, sur, he rar back Lis head, and he des farly howl.” _ Here Steve, imitating old Lawyer, sprang apon his feet, threw back bis head, and sang a portion of ‘Mars Garrett's hime clnime,” as follows: ‘Hens and chickens gone to rogs, De hawk flaw down an’ he hit dat goose, He bit dat goose in de middle ev de back An’ he made dat foose go quack, quack, quack.” “Bless yer soul, my master,” he eontinued, when he had ended his singing, “dat yarler town nigger wer des farly tooken outen his senses. He diden know what ter do, sur. He fuss look like he wanter jump outen de back winder. ’ ne ¥ ? Den he destun ‘roun’ an’ he gits blue mad inde face, an’ he des ups wid dat red merrocker hime book, an’ he draw back, an’ he tuck Ole Lawyer feyslap right atwixt. his eyes, sur. He des farly knocked dat ole nigger somerset clean ober Mars Garrett an’ Mars Shep. But bless yer, ‘fore you knode it, sur, dat ole nigeer des riz on bis foots ergin, an’ he made er lunge al dat preacher nigger, an’ he lit clean ober dat pulpit right Onter dat yarler town nigger head. Den day had if, sar—gouge eye, pull bar, loof and to-nail; fuss one on top an’ den i’other, Siser Phebe Aner, she git so skenred she des riz on her foots, an’ she holler, ‘Glory halle- luge, Ise bound fur de kingdum,’ but all dem yuther nig- vers, day des lit outen dem winders like er passel er billy goats outen er corn-crib, ‘veptin’ dat yarler house gal, she jump outen de do’ an’ tuck right straight up de hill fur de wihtite fokes house, An’ presenly here come ole mars an’ ole miss arin’ down de paff ter de church house. An’ ole marster he cuss, an’ he say, “Whatde debil’s got inter you niggers you can't fo ter hebin 'dout fightin’ on de road?’ Den dat yarler town preacher nigger what look like he bin wraslin’ wid er bun’bee ness, he pint at Ole Lawyer, an’ he say ter ole marster, how dat big mouf nigger ober dar wer singin’ corn-shuckin’ songs, nn’ sackerligin’ de mornin’ services. Den ole master gif red in de fave Tike he do on ‘lection days, an’ den, sur, he cuss twell de swet it des drap ofen de eend er his nose. Den he eal] dat yarler house gal brung him his cow whide, an’ sur, he des Jiterly wode dat ole fool Lawyer clean out, sur. He did fur er fack, my master. Den ole mars tun voun’ an’ he shuck his fis’ at Mars Garrett, an’ he say, “‘Dis some er your dam’ foolishness, my young feller.” But Mars Garrett he never say nothin’, he des come up close whar L wer, an’ he say ter me, ‘Bray Steben, you kin rake up er mitt har roun dat pulpit ter make yer a good matrus; Ole Lawyer he owe you somthin’, anybow, for larnin’ him dat buterful hime chune lass night.’ Den he laff an’ he say, ‘But diden dat dam townnigger hay’ er happy time uv it dis mornin’.’ But ole*miss’ she come roun’ dar whar we wet’, an’ she whisper to Mars Garrett he better be gittin’ way from dar’ fore his par get rested, An’ Mars Garrett say how ef ole miss’ ood keep de ole Guyner offen his trail twell de scent gil cole, he bleve he will. But bless yer, ole marster he done clean vin out. Me an’ big Andy had ter tuck an’ tote him up ter de white fokes house, He go flustered by dat ole nigger dat if, laid him up wid de gout fur mose fo’ munts. Yas, my master, laid him up in de bed fur mose fo’ munts, stu’. Mars Garrett he want me larn Ole Lawyer one pater dem what he call hime chune song, what 1 knodg, bout, ; ‘Adam an Eve day clum er tree, An Eye wer stung by er bumble bea; O carry dé news ter Mary.’ But bless yer soul, dis here nigger never larn dat ole fool narouther hime ehune sure a4 you’re born.” | Missrssrert. TUCKAHOR, THE DOCTOR AND THE GRIZZLY. A 110) WEATHER YARN. hye hunt wild beasts and brave them in their lair, to con- quer and destroy them, has been the ambition of heroes, modern And ancient. Man brooks no rival in the animal kingdom, but disputes with the fierce denizens of the forest supremacy in the wide domain of Nature. The question may well be asked, whether man is not sore savage and blood-thirsty than the beasts themselves, secing that they slay their fellow-creatures from the mere love of slaughter; while they slay but to appease their hunger. To destroy would seem to be natural to man; nor has ciyiliza- tien altered his nature in this particular. Civilized and en- lightened society sends forth the tiger hunters to India and the lion sluyers to Africa. , Coupled with this destructive trait, there isin most of us the love of adventure, which must be gratified even though the penalty paid is life itself. There is an excitement about. danger thut lives us on, whether to the ‘imminent, deadly breweh” ov to the tiger’s jaws. . The writer is not ashamed to confess fo the same loye of the chase thaf animated the demi-vod Herenles, alike with ‘the Chuste Honiress of the silyer bow.” And there are times when my soul, reyolting from the sordid affairs of daily life, secks to free itself from society and its trammels, wad find velief in the chase, lt was while 1 such a mood, not long since, that word came to me thata man had been killed hy a bear while “nrospecting” in the San Antonio Canon—one of the many canous which have their source in the coast range of South- ern California, It had leng been my ambition to kill a erizzly bear, andit seemed now was the opportunity to gratify that desire, and, at tlie same time, fo avenge thedeath of a human being. : T immediately set about ascertainius the locality as nearly as possible of the futal enevounter, and sought a companion for the perilous journey, not that 1 expected him to, kill the bear, but because I wished to have a truthful witness of my own exploits. Doctor Blank, an enthusiastic sportsman and an experienced Wnouhtaineer, gladly asreed to accompany me ‘fhe weapon | carried was a Winchester rifle, .45 cul- iber, 60 grains of powder to the curtvidye. Tt was one pre- sented me by a Sriend—my companion in many a hunt else- where. The Doctor was armed witha weapon similar to my own. On the morning of April 9, we set oul on fool from the mouth of the cation, packing our blankets and provisions on our backs, Our route lay up the cation, and we trudwed aloug merrily enough, the Doctor enlivening the march with some of his best songs. The ascent for the first few miles was easy; after that, the walls of the cation narrowed in, confining Vis to the bed of the stream, here filled with huge boulders, oyer which we clambered with difficulty. Af noon we halted at a poiut where there isa heantiful i i FOREST AND STREAM. AAB meadow, in the midst of which gush out the springs that feed the stream of the cation The Doctor had brought along his rod, line and flies, and it was not long hefore he had caught trout enough for a meal for (wo men, hungry thongh they were. We lingered long at this romantic spot, and then reluctantly took up the march over a wilder and more rugged trail. Night found us some twenty miles from the month of the canon. The topography here changes from 4 gorge to an elevated plateau or bench on the mountain side, intersected in places by ravines, and, for the most. part covered with brush, with here and there a meadow to be seen. This was the place we sought; it was near here that the poor mincr had met bis fate. We camped for the night by a little stream, aud building a big fire, sat down to our meal. After if was over we lay down, rolled in our blankets, our guns loaded ond at our right hands. It had been a long time since Thad slept out, and the noy- elty Of the situation kept me awake for some honrs, tired though T was. At last I dropped off tosleep, to be awakened shortly after by the unearthly scream of a mountain lion. We both leaped to our feet at once and seized our guns, awaiting to be attacked, but we could see nothing of him, so we lay down again, ,The knowledge that we were so near this idnight marauder, howeyer, kept us from again sleep- ing. Shortly before day we heard the Brush crashing, as though some heavy anital were making his way through it. This noise I supposed was mace by a bear, as I know that the mountain lion moyes stealthily, and a deer would not make such a noise, The Doctor was of the same opinion, and knowing my anxiety fo killa bear, he very generously moved 80 as lo give me the best. opportunity to get a shot, placing me between himself and the place of the noise. But the animal passed on without disturbing us; we kept very quiet, as we were not eager for 4 nighf encounter with a bear, It is dangerous enough in the day time, At dawn we were up and eating our meal. Just so secon as itwas light enough to see objects at a distance of fifty yaras, we buckled on our cartridge belts, took up our guns, and started off, I noticed, at the time, that the Doctor placed a small case in his breast pocket, Being somewhat curious to Know what the case contained, I inquired of him what it was. We handed if to me, and on the outside I read; DR. BLANK’S Douste Action Lire-Preservine Pinws. Caliber 45, 6 grains. T returned them to him with a smile, and asked him why he brought such stuff into camp with him. “lam never with- out them,” was his answer. Little did IT dream of the important part they were to play in mny subsequent experience. But I anticipate, We went in the direction taken by the animal we had heard making a noise in the brush; and soon struck the trail of a large griz- zly. Tt was evident that he had not lony passed; so we followed it up the valley, and along the margin of a little trickling stream, with patches of cloyer prowing along its banks, On thé roots of this clover he had been feeding. We had probably gone about a mile from our camp, and were just turning an angle in the yalley, when we suddenly caueht sisht of the largest grizzly it has been my fortune to see. He was tearing up the roots of the clover not more than fifty yards from us. His left side was to us. I saw the Doctor turn pale with excitement. Whispering to him ty stiffen his left.ear, | rested my rifle on that prominent part of his person, and. taking dead aim for the beur’s breast, fired, At the report of the gun, the Doctor, stunned by the explosion, I suppose, full as though le had been shot. Not so with the bear, however, for starting up with a snort, he looked around TI fired again, but shot wild, and then saw the hear start for us, with hair on end and growling fear- fnily. derek looked into the cannon’s mouth when the foe was at the breech, and have seen the advancing wall of hostile bayonets at the charge—all this without flinching, if not without fear; but never have I beheld anything that so in- spired me with terror as that bear. Shall I confess it that fear took possession of me, eyen so that I dropped my gun and ran? Yes, I fled ingloriously and left; my poor, helpless com- rade to his fate, Yea, more, I entertained the base and selfish hope thal the beast would eat him, become dicusted with human food, and let me escape. Some fifty yards he- low where I had fired there was a scrubby oak tree, some twelve feet high, and for this tree I ran as fast as my legs would carry me, and swung myself into its branches none too soon. The bear clutched at my feet asI drew up, I climbed to-the top, aud looked trembling down, The bear seized the tree in his grasp and endeavored to tear it up by the roots; but il was rooted in the rocks, and was too much for even lus giant strength. I breathed more freely. I knew he could not climb the tree. On looking at him closely I could see the hole in his left side where the bullet had entered and on the ofler side where it had passed ont. It must have torn his heart to pieces, The blood was flowing from the wound and the hloody froth was on his lips, Surely he must soon die, I thought. But he showed no sign of failing vitality, and I soon came to believe that a bear may live without a heart. | saw plainly now that I should have shot him through the head or else throngh the spine. But it was too Jate to rec- tify the mistake; my gun was on t_e ground, The bear would not leave the tree, but kept looking up aime. After awhile he took a large boulder in his paws, and laid it at the root of the tree, and vhen another and another, At first was puzzled to know what he meant, but soon the terrible truth dawned on my mind that he was heaping them there that he might stand on {hem and reach me. The thought was enough to make me start, and for a moment I thought of leaping over him to the ground and taking my chances in running. But I knew he would over- take me. Then I thought of the Doctor, and turned my eyes loward the place wheve he had fallen. He was not there. 1 shouted his name, and saw him thrust his head out from a erevice in the rocks close by where I had left him. How he managed to squeeze his body iuto so small a space is a mInystery to me, “Get your gun und shoot the bear,” I screamed to him. “Are you going lo stand still and see this brute eat me?” He did not answer, but crept out cautiously to where his rifle lay, and ran quickly back to his retreat. I saw him Him, and then savy the flash of the gun—and one of my boot- heels flew off. Iimplored him to aim with more care next time, and to shoot ut the bear, not at me, I waited with much trepidation his next shot, and wellI might, for the bullet sung a dirge by my ear, burning it as it passed. Then Tasked him to desist, for fear that he might commit murder and that I would be the yictim. Slowly but surely the bear was piling up the rocks at the base of the tree, und must soon reach me, What hope was left fo me now? Preposterous as it may seem, IJ, for a mo- ment, thought of leaping into his cavernous throat when he reached up, but the fear of being caught between his teeth in passing prevented so foolish a step, The bear reared up again, and I had to draw up my feet to prevent his reaching them, I looked into his hideous eyes and they seemed to burn with the fires of hell. I cazed until I began to believe that he wus the ‘‘Great Beast” him self come to claim me for his own. For 4 while hope deserted me and J sat ina kind of stupor, from which I was aroused by a thought that flashed across my mind. Acting upon it, | shouted to the Doctor. “Draw the bullet from a cartridge, quickly, and replace with one of your pills!’ Load your gun with it.’’ “Allright,” came the response. “Now run out,” Tsaid, ‘and attract the attention of the bear.” In another moment he came out yelling and capering about, ‘This was more than the bear could resist, and he rushed for the Doctor, who fled to his retreat, followed by the bear. “When he opens his mouth, fire straight down his throat,” T yelled. I heard a shot, saw the bear stagger back, then rear up and place his paws on his abdomen, howling all the while as ifin pain. Thén he started to flee, but fell into conyul- sions horrible to behold, tearing up the earth in his death struggle. Gradually his movements ceased, His limbs stiffened. He was dead. Then the Doctor emerged from his crevice in the rocks, and rushed up to the bear’s carcass aud kicked it and leaped upon it, yelling all the while like a devil. I descended trom my perch, and going up to the Doctor, embraced him, and thanked him from the bottom of my heart. I told him that he was the deadest shot—with a pill —I had ever seen. And I promised to use my influence in haying him appointed physician to the county hospital, where, by the use of his pills, he conld do the county great seryice in causing the permanent disappearance from earthly scenes of those rambling wrecks of poverty and disease who are a burden to the community. We stripped the hide from the bear, the Doctor claiming it as his trophy, but generously allowing meto keep the claws. The hunt was ended, for we agreed that we had had adventure enough to last for a while. We retraced our steps homeward with light hearts. That I am now alive to chronicle the events above nar- rated, I attribute to ‘‘Doctor Blank’s Double Action, Life- Preserving Pills, calibre .45, 60 grains.” Tf any one should doubt the truth of this story, the Doctor is ready fo verify it by affidavit. Or, if such person is ready to Wager any money against the efficacy of the above-named pills, let him bring on his bear, and I will undertake that the Doctor will make a dead bear of him with one pill in five minutes. Truthfully thine, Et GozoneLa- Los ANGELES, Cal. Shatuyal History. THE SWAMP ROBIN. Turdus mustelinus. Axox G the many bright visitors al the bath (see ‘‘Bath- A tub for the Birds” Fornsr anp Srrwam last June) 1s one whose graceful form is always a welcome sight to me. His quiet dress is in marked contrast with that of some of his friends, but there is a dignity of carriage, a certain self- respect, about the swamp robin, which lends an indescrib- able charm to his manners, and gives him an air of aristo- cratic lineage, ulterly wanting in many of his more richly dressed though frivolous neighbors. He approaches in a feurless, frank way that wins your heart atonce! Dropping into the grass from the tree above, he comes directly to the water, never hesitating fora moment until reaching the tank; he will perch onits edge, and with head knowingly cocked to one side, survey the fussy iittle chippy, noisily fluttering just below, and making the spray fly from her wings as she washes. Seemingly not in the least hurry, he awaits the finish of her noisy performances with an air of such supreme superiority that chip is riled, and with tail erect, feathers bristling, and wings trailing, she rushes up the little steps leading from the bath, and darts at him in the mest insult- ing manner; but with unrufiled temper he gracefully jumps right over her head, and running into the water, calmly begins his toilet. The manner in which this feat is acc; m- plished is indicative of such utter contempt for chippy, tat she is completely demoralized, and with a spiteful little shriek, she hustles off like an irritable little old woinan from the scene of her discomtiture, His method of bathing is different from most of his fel- lows; none of the noisy wriggling that characterizes many of our visitors, especially the smaller varieties of warblers, etc. He stands in about two inches in depth of water, and with one or two energetic shakes, his feathers are loosened sufficiently to give the water free access to all parts of his little body; then, deliberately squatting, he thoroughly soaks his breast and under parts for asecondorso, The next move is to duck his shapely head well under onee'or twice, accompanying this with a dash of the wings that sends the water pouring over his back and down between his shoulders, Two or three plunges satisfy him, and now he trots out and stands again, all dripping, on the edge, with his wings half extended, to let the air pass under, his bright eyes sparkling with the additional tiash lent by his refreshing bath. His rufous coat is a perfect fit, and his speckled shirt front runs info a snow white waistuont, reaching down to the most delicate flesh-colored hose inclosing his slender legs. See him thus, and you will, with me, pronounce his attire to be the very perfection of taste in dress. He will leave us for the present now, and mount high among the boughs to where his mate is keeping hou:e in a snug cottage, built on the branch of a beech; there hu will rearrange his dampened plumage, standing, perchance, on the rounding arch of a sturdy limb in full sieht of his little lady, 43 she broods over her household, and blinks at him in admiration from the nest. Here, amid the dark green of the leaves, and the cool gray of the beech bark that coyers the branches and overhanging twigs, the whole group forms a picture, perfect in the harmony of its colors, on which I never tire of looking. During the heat of noontide he seeks the silent shade, and 444 here he hops about in the vrass or on the damp, moist earth, daintily picking here and there as he gathers his fond. His song is rarely heard during the day if the weather be hot, but aller a shower toward sunset, when the yellow rays light up the diamond drops clinging to every leaf and blade of grass, his full, rich notes ring out aboye the soughing of the breeze in the treetops. There are none of onr songsters whose¢ notes appeal so strongly to one’s imner nature, so round, full, clear and so full of suggestiyeness that our thoughts, it may be, are tinged with sadness as we listen. The refreshing air brings to us the faint, sweef perfume of {he night-blooming jessamine, and still the dear little fellow sings On into the twilizht, sometimes, indeed, until the fire- fy lamps are lighted, Dror. A PERIL OF THE SEA, [- the European seas, and extending into those of the tropics, we find a family of swordfishes (X¥phiidie), Which are well known to attack whales when they meet with them, sud occasionally vessels, which they would ap- pearto mistake for their gigantic opponents, ‘These fishes attain fo u very lurge size as fiffeen feet or (some assert) twenty feet or more in Jeneth. Their bodies are compressed, their fins large to afford great propulsive powers, while the npper jaw is prolonged into a lone. sword-like process. an evident organ of offense. There are two genera—Niphias, destitute of ventral fins, absent from the seas of India, and Histionhorvs, which possesses yeotral fins, aud which not ouly infests the open seas of tropical Asin, but likewise is not uncommon alony the coasts, More especially in the cold months of the year. I have observed that they arrive off Madras about October, continuing until March. There may be two ways in which the foundering: of a ship is ecea- sioned when pierced by these ¢reatyres—cither a leak may be at once set wp, or else the perforating shout muy act as a plug. nol permitting any leak wolil decomposition has set in or the salt water has softened fhe bones. In 1874 the Cashmere, 1 new and sound steamer, was nearly lost, owing to an injury inflicied by a swordfish. The vessel was on her course from Bombay to Calcutta, when, without any apparent cause, she begin to make water, while all attempts 16 discover the enuse of the leak were futile, until, alterthe remoyal of a large part of the cargo, the lightened ship rose in the water, and a piece of the snout of u swordfish was observed. This had pierced the copper and timber of the ship and penetrated some nine or ten inehes beyoud, breaking off by the copper, probably from the impossibility of withdrawing it. The sword had not merely pierced the ship, but split the plank for a con- siderable distance on each side of the point of contact. In this instance there could have been no doubt that a leak had oecurred, while an examination of the ship demonstrated that it had heen entirely duc to the injury inflicted hy one of these fishes, The ship Royal George, of whout 500 tons burden, experi- enced a dreadful hurricane in the Bay of Bengal. So furi- ous Wis the tempest, that, in addition to the loss of the main rnd mizzen masts, the bowsprit was found broken off close tothe linll of the vessel. Jts diameter was twenty-three inches, und. on examining ils base, the suout of a swordfish was found projecting about six inches beyoud the surface, A similar occurrence took place in 1838, and the perforated planks, with the imbedded sword, was presented to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and free now in the Caleutta Museum, The British Maseun possesses 1 specimen of planks from a ship's side, in which may be seen the sword of one of these fishes, which las penetrated 22 inches into the timber. In the museum of the Royal College of Surgeous is the section of the bow of a South Sea whaler, which has been penetrated throuzh 134 inches of solid timber by the snout of a sword- fish, which latter is 12in, long and din. in circumference. When I. M, 8. Leopard was repiived in 1725, after her re- turn from the coast of Guinea, it was found thal a swordfish had pierced its outer sheathing, one inch in thickness, next a threeinch plank, and finally 44in. further into a solid bewm. The foregoing facts seein to Me sufficient to demonstrate that in numerous instances swordfishes have attacked vessels and occasioned leaks, The reason why they should act thus leads us to inquire what can be the common use of such u weapon to 8 fish which merely possesses small teeth in its jwws?) The ancients asserted jhat it traustixes fish with its snout for the purposes of food—a process which has been compared by one writer to skewering larks—but without being able to obtain its prey. We haye likewise been in- formed that the proper use of this sword-like projection is to turn up the sand, ete., fo hunt for minnte sea creatures on which it lives. Tf this long process is intended simply for digzin® up sand, it seems curious why it should have been so rigid, fora softer, wider, and more tactile organ, such as exists in the snout of the sturgeon, would be better suited tor such & purpose. IT, therefore. would suggest— first, Vhat the rostamm is not intended for turning up the sind; seeondly, that if is intended entirely for offensive purposes, or to obiuin food; aud lastly, that these fishes do not solely live npon “minute sea creatures,’ although, doubt- less, they occasionally deyour cuttles, sepia, ete, Tn the Indian Ocean the swordfishes liye in the open sea, only approuching the shores al certain seasons. Of coursi: there 15 freat difficulty in ascertaining wmong the pelagie fishes whether they are surface-swimmera, or reside ocea- sionally in the greater depths, or even at the bottom, It is generally believed that the inhabitants of the ocean live within a certain definite bithymetrical or vertical zone; and, if such be admitted, the anatomy of the swordtish must. lead to the belief that itis i more or less surface-swimmer when in mid-ocean, to whom an apparatus for digging up sand would hardly be a useful adjunct. It possesses a large air- bladder, haying thin walls, and which is pot provided with any pneumatic duct or safety valye, by which the gas in this organ could escape were it to be suddenly distended. It, in short, this fish lived at the botfom of the sea, and em- ployed itself in digging up the sand searching for food, the result must be as follows: Were it to rise suddenly to the surface in pursuit of mackerel, tunny or similar forms, its wir-bladder would be subject to great pressure, owing to the sudden expansion of the contained gas, which would neces- sarily ensue on the pressure of superincumbent water bein decreased; then, haying no safety valve, this organ woul burst. Consequently, as the swordfish could uot be a resi- dent in the depths of the sea, one is led to inquire what does it feed upon? Cwvierinforms us that a Kuropean form ( M¥p/das) which he examined contained the remuins of fish, T was on the Madras beach on the evening of Pebruary 15, 1867, when T saw 4 swordfish (Jfatiophorus dladius) nine feet FOREST AND STREAM. ee (Tony 5, 1888, in length, being carried by two fishermen toward their huts; for, altbough this fish is unmarketable, (heir families con- sume it, Its long buck fin was of a bright Prussian blue, covered with large dark spots; hence its native name Myl- mven or ““peacock-fish.” [purchased the exampleand found inside it a full-sized Indian mackerel (Svenber microlepido- ius), two large half-beaks (Zen#raniph?), and numerous small fish, at once settling thenature of its usual diet; in short, itisa fish consumer, Still, eating merely small forms wonld scarcely seem to account for the necessity of ils being pro- vided with an elongated, sword-like snout, which, added to the great rapidity of ils movements, would vender it 4 truly formidable opponent. Belonius tells us that shoals of tun- nies (Tiynnius thynies), in the Mediterranean, are as nach alarmed at the presence of a swordfish as 4 flock of sheep ave at the sight of awoll, It pursues them with great per- linacity, and transtixes themowith its snout. In Daniel’s “Rural Sports’ we read that ‘in the Severn, near Wor- cester, 8 man hathing was struck, and absolutely received bis death wound from a swordfish. The fish was ¢aught immediutely afferward, so that the fact was ascertained he- yond a doubt.” It is thus evident that the swordfish eats other fish; that it can kill them. as, for instance, the tunuy. by transfixion; wad it has been known to vent his strength upon a human being. A step further takes us to the fuct that it will at- tack even whales, and, as it eats flesh, we may fairly con- clude that hunger induces them to do so for the purpose of obtaining’ food, Capt. Crow, ona voyage to Memel, tells us (hal one morning curing a calm, when near the Hebrides, all hands were called up at 8A. M. to witness a battle he- (ween several of the fish termed thrashers or fox sharks (Alle- pecias vulpes) and some swordfish, on the one side, and an enormous whale on the other. As soon ag the whale’s back appeared above the wuter the thrashers, springing several yards into the air, descended with great violence upon the ob- ject of their rancor, and inflicted upon him the most severe blows with their lone tails, the sounds of which resembled the reports of muskets fired atv distance, The swordfish in turn attacked the distressed whale, stabbing from below; and, thus beset on all sides and wounded, the water around lim was dyed with blood. Couch was of opinion that as the swordfish hus no teeth to tear the flesh, and he supposed it, only could swallow its food whole, it musi have been gratifying ils appetite with blood. He tells us howin August, 1861, near Westra, one of the most northern of the Orkneys, an individual of the smaller species of whale, termed the “herring log,” was attacked by a swordfish; and when thus compelled to leap out of the water, which it did to the height of six feet, it was observed that the sword had been thrust into the whale’s body behind the pectoral fins. Its leaps continued, and then it, was perceived that a thrasher was assailing it On the sides. Dr. Jerome Smith, in his ‘‘History of the Fishes of Massa- chusetts,” states that ona calm, sunny day during fhe pre- vious summer (1882), as a pilot was leisurely rowing his little skiff, he was suddenly roused from his seat by the plunge of a swordfish, thrusting his long spear, more than three feet, up through the bottom of his slender hark, but the pilot broke it off with the butt of his oar hefore the ma- ring assassin had time to withdraw il, Irrespective of using this organ to obtain food, it is evi- dently occasionally employed when fighting with another. In the Weston-super-Mere Museum I was shown the cast of one of these fishes, nine fect long, captured near the townin 1878. On its leff side, opposite the hind edge of its first inal fin, existed a large cicatrix, evidently due to a wound which had nearly transfixed the fish, there being a spot on the opposite side showing to where the injury had extended. The appearance of the wound seemed to show that it had heen intlicted by another of the same family, perhaps fight- ing during the breeding: season. : astly, { would advert to the case of the ship Dread- nought, which, in 1868, while on her yoyage from Ceylon to London, suddenly sprung a leak. and upon anexamination be- ing made, 1 round hole, about one inch in diameter, was found in the copper sheathing of the vessel. Those who had insured the ship claimed £3,000 on the ground that the injury had been inflicted by one of these fish, while the in- surance company contended that some other cause had been ab work, After a protracted trial the jury returned as a ver- dict that the damage had been cansed “hy contact with some substance other than water, and that probably it was caused by a swordfish.” Although these fish are taken off the Madras coast in the larwe seine nets, such a modeis not found successtul in the Mediterrancan, where the species has 4 more cutting edge to the sword, and the method of capture appears to haye remained unchanged for centuries. A man ascends one of the cliffs which overhang the sea, and as soon as he spies the fish, gives notice, either by his yoice or by signs, of the course it takes, Another individual in the bout climbs the mast, and on seeing the fish directs the rowers to it. As soon as he cousiders that they haye got within reach, he de- svends, and taking in his hund a harpoon to which a cord is attuched, strikes it mto the fish, sometimes from a considerable distance, After strugeling for some time the exhausted animal is dragged into the boat, the whole process somewhat resembling’ a whale fishery on a miniature scale, Tho superstitious Sicilian fishermen have an unintelligible chant, employing which they helieve essential to success. The charm is to attract {he fish to and retain him in the vicinity of the boat; and were a single word of Italian to be spoken, their belief is that it would dive into the sea and he scen no more.—Myunels Duy in London Field. A Brrp Bara Tus.—Many of ou readers will remen- ber the pleasant account of the “Bird Tank” given ir For- ust AND STREAM over a year “0 by our correspondent “Dick,” We have again been assured by that gentleman of its wility to those who are interested im ornithology, for it proves a very ereat attraction to the birds, which visit it at all hours of the day to bathe and drink. As an instance of the number of visits made to it, we are told that during one of the hot days in the early part of June the constant splash- ing and drinkins' of the birds lowered the water in the tank, which is two feet square, newly two inches. Of course éyaporation pluyed some part in this, but not much, for the tank is not directly exposed fo the sun’s ritys, Porson Ov 1HH Gina Monsrer.—tt has been generally be- lieved, und stated by writers, that the bite of the “Gila Mon- ster” (dTelodlermiu suspoctum) was inocenous, Indians and Mexicuns, on the other hand, haye always maintained that the bite was deadly, and some recent experiments made by Drs. Mitchell and Reichert, indicate that the natives were right ‘nd the scientific men wrong, This lizard is usnally slug- gish inits habits, and only bites when proyoked, but this hite is poisonous and may be fatal, In his experiments, Dr, Mitchell induced the reptile to hite the edge of a saucer, and when the saliva began to flow it. was caught in a watch glass, This saliva gives an alkaline reaction, thus differing from most venomous reptiles, which is acid. A yery small quantity of the saliva, when injected into a pigeon, canser! if in Jess than three minutes to walk with a tottering gait, and in less than nine minutes it was dead. The Heélodenne sometimes attains a length of three feet, hut the individual upon which these experiments were made, was only fourteen inches long, j Game Bag and Gun. GAME RESORTS.—We tire always glad to receive for pub- lication such notes of desirable game resorts as mey be oh elp to the readers af Worst AND STREAM. Wall not our vorre- spondents favor us with such advice? WILD BOAR HUNTING IN JAMAICA, ( WN a cattle pen and punento plantation in the Ocho Rios (cight rivers) district of the Parish of St. Ann, Island of Jamaics, resides a Mr. L., who possesses a fine breed of bull-terriers, much prized by their owner for their indomi- table pluck, Being well trained they are invaluable while hunting the wild boars that are frequently met with in the woods, providing good sport for those who indulge in the pursuit of game, when this is attended with some risk, and at the same time flavored with excitement. While spend- ing a fortnight with this gentleman, renowned for his hos- pitality, I met two young Englishmen who had Jately ar- rived. Several points of a sporting nature were discussed one evening after dinner, and the prospect of a hoar bunt wits eagerly entered into by the party. The headman (a Maroon) was summoned by the proprietor, and instructions ziven for him to be in readiness on the following morning fo take us to the spot in the woods where good sport was likely to be obtained. arly next morning after 1 hasty breaktast, (he three of us mounted and made a start, the Maroon and two other natives leading the way, cutlass in hand, and with a rope cach coiled over their neck and shoulders. Having ridden for about four miles, a halt was made at the foot of a lime- stone mountain, and the guides set to work cutting down half a dozen lancewood spars, and splifting them into rough spears ten feet long by two and a half inches wide; and with their cutlasses and clasp knives tapered the spears to a sharp point. The lancewood being light and flexible, hut al the same time a hard and tourh wood, is admirably adapted for the use they put it to in “‘pig sticking.” The horses were hitched to a shady tree, and the party procecded up the hilly gorge for a distance of a mile or more when, on arrival at a level piece of tableland, final instructious weré given to the two Maroons by their “boss” (Maroon No, 1), They sepuraled, taking ditferent points of the wood, while the dogs, led by a coolie boy, were swivelled in a loose manner by the collars on their necks. The three rifles were loade, and all ihe party were anxiously awaiting the approach of a boar. The excitement shown by the four terriers convinced us that they were a8 anxious as we were for the boar. The Maroon suddenly assumed a most Indicrous position, kuceling down and ljaying his woolly pate on the eround, with ear inclined to mother earth, Suddenly he sprang np and took shelter behind a limestone rock, bidding ns da likewise with the boy and dogs. We had not lone to wait, There was a rustling in the bush, and a monster came rush- ing on within twenty feet of oar hiding place, Our rifles were all Jeveled at him, and although the halls hit they did not in any way affect the animal’s progress. The Maroon, seeing this, rushed ouf and with good aim sent one of the lancewood spears into the boar’s jowl. The dogs were let off from their tether, and the excitement of the chase coin- menced. The deafening whelping of the terriers, the fero- cious grunting of the boar, and the shouts of the Maroous at the prospect of soon securing their prize, was enough to unstring one’s nerves. Down the ravine the beast started, one terrier securely fastened on the back of his neck, while the other three were making a good hold on the flanks, Another and yet another lancewood spear spins through the air and strikes the boar only afew inches trom where one of the terriers had hold of the left flank, ‘The boar, mad- dened with pain, frantically rushed on over rocks and tree roots, stumps and thick uudergrowth, at times quite lost fo view, and making it risky on the dog's account to fire, Tn a short while the wood was clearcd, and with the spear still sticking in his jowl, and the dogs still holding fasi, the boar passed a shallow brook and took across an open com- mon. No time was Jost in mounting the horses, and my two friends and self galloped as hard as the stock could go, and were just in time 10 preyent the animal from getting into a thrown up cottee piece, 50 dense with overgrowth of tropical vegetation, that we would in all probability have been unable to secure him, Thus surprised he retraced his steps, still dragging the dogs, which still maintained their hold. From the loss of blood the beast commenced to fag, and in a short while we came on him from the rear, ancl the Muroons haying so far followed us, they ntlacked from the fore. Two well-directed bullets hitting between the eay wnd the jowl caused the brute to fall, and in rolling over he nearly squashed two of the pups. Another spear through the tliroat settled the matter for the boar. Then out with our knives and with great difficulty the head was severed, I}, is surprising the thickness of the wild boar’s hide. There were distinctly to be scen the spots on his body where bullets had hit, but no further impression. Round jbout the jow) and mouth hung masses of thick froth mixed with blood, which was pretty well distributed on the dogs. One of the terriers was lost, having been ripped by the boar, and the other three were one mass of cuts, |ruises, and blood, In gpile of their condition, it. was with the greatest difficulty we could separate them from the animal, and they were ap- parently thoroughly indifferent to their share of injury sus- tained Aurine the encounter. Preparation was at once made for conveying the booty home. After being dressed, the Maroons slung if on janee- wood spears, and supported on their shoulders it was carried down safely. The animal was considered as large as auy got for years past. Some idea of its size may he entertained when on being prepared for the smoke stack it turned the standard at 350 pounds. The meat is of a very fine flavor, attributable, no doubt, to the fruit and wiid berries these animals live on. The flesh is sometimes boiled or fried fresh, ry i : <= uLy 5, 188 J ——————— ——+4: but is generally smoked with punento leaves, juniper cedar shavings, etc., before being cooked, thus imparting to it an aromatic Hayor. Jerked or barbecued pig.is uot to he des- ised, and is easily procured by those residing in the neigh- rhood of the Maroon settlements. Our host was grieved on hearing of the loss of the pup, but took the matter very good-naturedly; the pluck shown by the others was in a measure 4 consoling theme, and one that he frequently alluded to afterward. The excitement of the day had nearly worn us out, but after cooling down, and having a dip in the cool mountam stream, we felt refreshed, und were in capital form for the eyening’s entertainment. Our host and hostess during our absence having in- yited several neighboring families to come over to an im- promptu party, the surprise, if anything, sdded to the pleas- ure, and on retiring to rest at 7:30 A. M., we three came to the conclusion that a more jolly time we certainly had neyer spent, and I, for my own part, cannot recall another such good day's sport. C. ConymanR Maron. Frepenctos. New Bruuswick. *“DIDYMUS" RECANTS. Kditoy Forest and Stream: “Fresco,” translated into Vulgar English, means fresh. [ say Vhis merely to prove fo your cayenne pepper correspond- eot that if T don’t knaw how to shoot [ know something, and I didn’t eet it from my Munchausen dictionary either, which [used in writing my Florida letter. Some of his con- tributions have entertained me very much, but it will pain him awfully to know that he has gone down some two and i half inches in my esteem }yy firing that fifteen-inch shell at me. Only think what the direful result would have been if he had hit me! Acres wpon acres of the best farming land woud have heen fiooded with tears at ny departure, and Forrest Ann SrrvAm would have lost ils most effective waker up of drowsy and close-mouthed correspondents, who, at the very mention of his name, hurry forward by the, dozen ata double-quick trot to publish all they know (or more) from the secret recesses of their innermost bosoms, where they had stowed away whole wagon loads of the choicest knowledge of good hotels and the finest hinting and fishing grounds that they intended ‘never tell to any,” and never would if they hadn't been “‘riled” into it hy that horrible name ““‘Didymus.” Woe is me! I’ve been pum- meled and pounded from the time I wrote that awful letter, Wl I feel like a “boy full of jelly.“ and I've not had a wink of sleep for nearly a month except what I could catch at in- tervals between the times when Pye been awake. I stood up with manly equanimity against all those furious (though slightly funny) attacks, until T¢ame to Mr. F.’s flat-footed assertion that I was ‘‘no sportsman!” Then T wilted. But I haye sufficiently recovered to make an al- tempt at vindication, for such a withering charge as that si high-toned shootist must clear up or die. Where were Mr. F.’s spectacles when he read my letter? I remarked (very modestly) that I killed ten quail im succession—some of them double shots—and then, with a full-blown blush on my cheek, admitted that I missed three snipe oul of six. Now for the vindication. These three little straggling “‘snipes” were digping for their dinners by a little pond among the trees. J had not seen one for an age, and was rather puz- zjed at the way they had of twisting round among the trees. But, after all (begging Mx. P.’s pardon for nof explaining it before), I only missed two, for on account of an un- crimped shell in the left barrel the shot all rap out, and [ sent nothing after one of them but a paper wad. §o there were only two misses oul of six, and among the trees, Now my amiable friend, Mr. F., could even you have managed the matter uny better? And now, Mr, Hditor, a word to you. If yow’ll promise never to let those terrible fellows loose against me again Il take that Florida all hack and never do so any more. Dipymvs. HKditor Forest and Streain; Florida does catch if now and then, doesn’t she? Well, she, or rather her editors, Jand sharks and deluded immi- rants, who are filling the earth with inducements fo bring others to help them eke onf a miserable existence, deserve it. 1am not speaking of sport or lack of it, now, but simply of the deception practiced by the aboye mentioned, resulting in dissatisfaction and ruin to thousands, I know whereof Ispeak. LIcould count, when I left, seyenteen heads of families, who were gazing with longing eyes and aching hearts, to say nothing of empty pockets and wasting strength and energies, toward their northern (former) home. Thisin my immediate section—you may say “a mighty sorry sec- tion.” Notso. As good as the average pine land of the State, It’s an infernal, gigantic swindle on deluded mortal- ity, this booming of orange growing, I know well that there are favored spots where oranges can be grown at com- parative small cost. Those are thespots which are ruining so many who are not judges of land, and settle on pine land at the instance of interested parties. They couldn’t liye on hamak, anyway. I am not blind to the fact, either, that for poor, suffering humanity of certain classes, the State offers _ telief and prolongation of life. Such can sacrifice every- thing else, and enjoy immunity from rigorous weather. 1 know, too, from much pleasurable experience, that there is food spurt where the gameis, Butit dont walk into the house and inyite the knife. When I spesk of Florida, I do 80 in 4 condemnatory way, because of sross exaggeration and misrepresentation, and my gorge rises whenever I think of it, As to my trees there, J had one of the nicest places to be found, “it I do say it as oughtn’t,” and parted with it willingly to a ‘“‘pulmoner” for a trifle over $10,000 (silence as to cost), hut Trnined my health and constitution in working Ti up. OSCEOLA. Sours Carouma.—Chester, June hirds in abundance this fall. They wintered well, and the spring was dry and favorable for hatching. The first coveys are all hatched out and have commeuced to use their wings. If the season continues to be so favorable, they will hatch out 4 second covey and then the country will tie alive with them. Some parties here have been killing a good many squirrels. I visited 4 grove near here a few days apo, where 1 counted sixteen gray squirrels al] in sight at one time. ‘The owner does not allow any shooting, and tnkes great care of them, He puts by nuts and pvain for their use uring the winter. You ean see them any hour of the day drinking with the chickens from a water trough af the rear of the house. What sport one could haye to be turned loose in that grove fora day with a 22-cal. rifle. 1 would not advise any one to try Tt, as the owner keeps an old musket loaded with buckshot for (respassers, and as a consequence the hoys give him and his squirrels 11 wide berth,—J, M, W. 25.—We will have 445 KYNOCH SHELLS. Eititor Forest ond Stream: Thave used the Kynoch shells since fall of 1882 with the fol- lowing results. On receipt of shells IT loaded a few as fol- lows: 24 drs. Oriental powder No. 4 rain, two pink edge wads, No, 11, oz. No. Sshot, cardboard shot wad, No. 11; 3 drs. samepowder, same wads, 1 oz. same shot, aud eard- board wad: 34 dirs. same powder, same wuds, same shot, Tried for pattern first and found each seemed to give as good results, whether londed 24, 3, or 84 drs. powder, in each case the pattern being very even, no “bunching” being shown. Nest, to obtain idea of penetration, I set several sheets of paper an inch apart, in an oblong box, and was very much surprised to find the Kynoch shell sent shot through several shetis of paper I could not penetrate with paper shells loaded exactly like the brass ones. Ivregret 1 cannot give you the exact number of sheets of paper pesetrated by each load of shot, but the difference was very much in tayor of the new shells, The gun used was a Parker, 12-gauge, Damascus barrel, 74 Ibs. weight. Not being able to owu two guns, I have been in the habit of shooting ducks with the above, light though it is, and find by loading the Kynoch shell with 24 drs. No. 4 Oriental powder, wifh 1 dr. fine, diamond grain powder of sume make. on lop of the other powder, two pink-edge wads and 1 oz, ciilled shot—either No. 6 or 7, I can do as good execution at long range as is generally done with a heayy 10-gauge—though there is no question but thaba 74 Ibs, gun is foo light for steady work on ducks, Of the 250 shots fired from these shells, not a single case of ‘‘sticking” in the chamber did J find, while in shooting from boat with paper shells, L_albways had more or less trouble from that cause, and the loss of a fine day’s duck shooting, on 4 Little lake in the wilds of Pennsylvania, caused me to send for the new shells for trial. While I do not assume to bea judge in the matter, my belief in regard to these shells is, that they give far better pattern. increased penetration, and are durahle— some | have shot four times and appear to be as sound as ever, the edges not splitting in the least. RB: Enuina, New York. Aidiiar Forest and Stream: Unless Lam very much mistaken. the result of English ex- perience has been that to get good results with the Kynoch brass shells, the chambers of the gun in which they are used qust be bushed out. There was a mass of correspondence, experiments and discussions on the subject published some little time ago in the London #%e/d, and the result arrived at was that unless the chambers were bored expressly to fit the shell, the resulf was unsatisfactory. I remember bein puz- zled as to how, if 4 shell was too small to fit the chamber, ind consegently expanded, matters could be improved by aking the chamber still larger, until it was evident fo me, fromsome letier published, that the size next larger than the pauge of the gun was the one used. The No, 12 Kynoch shells, being as much smaller in their outside diameter than the ordinary paper or brass ones, asthey are thinner, an air space is left between the shell and the chamber, and expan- sion or explosion results; but by bushing out the chamber a little, it can be made to fita No. 10 Kynoch shell, and under these circumstances, according to the Meld, the result is very good, Whether it would be worth while to have your pun chambered so that it would be a little joo large for an ordinary 12 shell, and too small for a 10 ditto, is a ques- tion which everybody must decide for themselves. It would depend, of course, on how much better result could he ob- tained, and also on the fact whether the Kynochs could always be got, Tf the experiment was not a success, the gun would have to be rehored to 10-gauge. Miro Mac. Bostox. June 22. [Our correspondent is correct, except that he has evidently inisconstrued the nature of the bushing process, which is, in effect, to decrease rather than increase the diameter of the chamber. To “bush” is, as the termis generally used, to furnish an orifice or chamber with # lining of metal, A sun chamber is bushed, inorder that it may receive a shell of smaller exterior dinmeter than before, For instance. The interior diameters of the barrel of a 12-gauge gun and of a 12-gange shell are, say, .729in. But the paper shell being, say, .Ja) in, im diameter, it is perfectly plain that the chamber of the gun to veceive this paper shell must haye a diameter of .729 plus twice .030, or .789. Now, were the Kynoch shell equal in interior diameter lo the barrel of the gun, and only .007 in. thick, the chamber should he only 729 plus fies .007. or .748in. This evident, therefore, that the chamber bored to .789 for the paper shell, would, in that case, have to be reduced to ,748 for the Kynoch .729 interior diameter. This could be accomplished by inserting in the chamber a steel lining which is bored out to the desired diameter. As a matter of fact, however, the Kynoch shells being made with exterior diameters to fit the present cham- bers of the several gauges, it has been found thata 12-gauge gun may he bushed with best advantage for a 14-cause Kynoeh shell, the interior diameter of the shell being .744 in. The process of bushing is made perfectly intellivile by the illystration given herewith, which we take from Mr. Wailsh’s “Modern Sportsman’s Gun.” ‘The upper side of the engraving shows the chamber asit is hefore bushing; the lower shows the chamber bushed. If will be observed that the original chamber is slightly cut away to admit of a lin- ing of sufficient thickness to stand boring out. ] Kiditer Kovest and Stream: i will give my experience with the Kynoch shells, hopin it will be of some value so others. The gun JT have used (hem in is a N. R. Davis & Co.’s 12-@auge. J have reloaded some of them from cight to twelve times: they have always resumed their original shape when tired, I load with one erease-proof, one thick felt and one cardboard wad, all No, De eee re ee —— EEE eee ee 11, over powder, and one common felt wad over shot. 1 find the shells will expand after repeated firing so as to fit the chamber very close, but I have Lad no tronble in vetting them into the gun or extracting them, and no trouble from misfires, The loading funnel should fit the shells closely; this will prevent bulging or bending them while loading. The cause of their sticking in the chamber is inmy opinion the fault of the gun, The shells being very thin, if there are any irregularities in the chamber, orif itis the least trifle larger nearest the muzzle, the shell will expand into these irregularities and cause the shell to stick. A gun, to use brass shells, and especially Kynochs, should have a very smooth chamber, and it should be tapered from breech toward muzzle, then as soon as extractor starts the shell it is free to come out, With my gun the Kynoch do nol, give as good pattern as paper shells. This, no doubt, is on acconnt of the gun being chambered for paper shells, On tie whole, with a gun properly chambered for brass shells, and with the Joading and crimping tool advertised in Formsr AND SrreaM, | think the Kynoch the best shells now in the market. 5. 8. Wincox. THe Parrrtipgn Fry Larya.—Monticcllo, N. Y., June 27.—Hditor Forest and Stream: While out to-day working a pair of young dos only a short distance from my kennel, the dogs found two broods of young partridge or ruffed grouse. They were about the size of a quail. I caught one of thé young birds which the dogs were pointing under a log, and was about to let it go again, when TI dis- covered something on the hack of ils neck, On examina- tion it proved to be a tick about the size of a pea, witd its head firmly imbedded in the neck of the young bird. Around this tick were three more ticks of different sizes. from a very small one to half the size of the large ouc. They were packed close together, with the heads all fast in the neck of the bird. I pulled them out and lef the bird go. The ticks were of a blue color. Could all of the young birds have had the ticks on them? and was this large tick breeding: its young while attached to the bird’s neck?—C, F. Kant. | Very likely all the young birds were similarly affected, The insects were not ticks, but were the laryse of the puriridge fly, of which so much has been written in Formsr AND Stream. The blue color of the insects was dne lo their being full of blood, and the difference in size was simply in- dicative of a difference in age of the lary. ] Lurv-Hanpep SHoorrne. —Hditow Fh vest wil Stren If your correspondent ‘'C, D.,”” Wyoming Ter., will pursue his experiments a little further, I think that he will find that the right eye is not always the stronger. Take his experi- ment of bringing the corner of 4 house at a distance into line with the edge of a post near at hand. Close the right eye and bring the two objects into position, then open the right eye and no change in position will have taken place. Now close the left eye and the post will apparently have moyed as far to the left as in “©, D.’s” experiment it had moved to the right. It would seem from this that the eye with the quickest perception power takes the lead, yet if the weaker eye for any reason gets the start, the stronger has not suf- ficient strength to overcome the other. Microscopists work- ing with monocular instruments seldom close the unused eye, although seeing absolutely nothing with it.—J. TH. T. (Bos- ton, Mass.). A DEER’ SINGULAR DEAatH.— Wading River, L. L., June 24.—In the year 1855 Mr. Samuel Hulse had a carting to haul timber for s house, Mr. Harvey Skidmore (my inform- ant) being there. They heard hounds biurking, and pres- ently saw a deer running in « southerly direction, but seeing some one in the field it changed its course westward. This brought the dogs quite close to the deer, which ran acrogs two fields in view of the persons assembled, and in its hurry to escape attempted to leap a hedge on which was a rail, The deer struck the rail with its head, breaking it in two, and lay there. Mr, Skidmore and anofber person ran to the spot, and one held its legs while the other cut its throat, Justi then, Mr, Skidmore says, the hunters came up, threw the carcass on their horse, and never thanked them for their trouble. Did you ever hear of a deer meeting a similar death ?—C, PRESERVING Mwua't AnD Wisn.— Hiitoy Iopest und Streams I have a receipt to keep fresh meats in warm weather. Ii. may be of benefit to some of your many readers. For 7 pounds of meat mix the following: 1 ounce soda, 4 ounce saltpeter, $ pound charcoal, pulverized, } pound sugar, 14+ pounds salt. Dissolye in water and place the meat in the brine; take care to cover the meat with fuid about three inches deep. It will be necessary to place a weight upon the meat to prevent exposure to insects. The meat can be kept in open vessels. You may commence using meat im- mediately, taking care to weight it down. Place the meat in cold water abuul three hours before using; wash well, then steak or roast. We have kepf fish for several days in warm weather with this process. I think if a good thing where ice cannot be had.—J. G. Sms. : TENNESSEE, —Nashville, Tenn., June 23.—Dove shooting has already begun, though it is too earlyin the season, Squirrels weré never more abundant or in finer condition for the table. A Tennessee squirrel stew is an institution that even the most delicately-palated epicure might afford to come here to feast upon, Tomatoes and roasting ears are not, however, sufficiently abundant as yet lo warrant stew parties helng made up.—l. D. HH. Mrenr@an Game Law.—The mingled mags of meritoyious aid meretricious Michigan game protection bills in the last Legislature all came to nothing, and the old law remains unchanged. 448 Branr on THe Oaromma Coasr.—Hditer Forest und Stream: During the winters of 1880-1881 and 1881-1882 there was an ubundance of brant at Morehead City on the coast of thia State, but last winter, that of 188!-1883, there Were none at all, except a very few. Can you expluin the absence during the last winter? Some say it was not cold wnough. Tt is true we didn’t have much clear cold weather, but we had plenty of disagreeable winter weather, mostly rainy,—V. B, [Without knowing more of the conditions it would be quite out of the question to arrive at any solu- tion of the matter.] Mat Buar Bounry.—iliter Forest and Stream: 1 have noticed in seyeral newspapers the statement that the bounty on bears was repealed by the last Legislature of Maine. This is not the fact Section 2 of Chapter 68 of public Jaws of 1881 wis repealed. This section prohibited the pay- ment of any bounty Gu bears unless the same wore killed between June 1and Nov. 1. , or is claimed to be, about the size of 4 silver dollar, and the distance appearsto haye been 200y;ds. for the Brown and Gove targets, aud also 200yd5. for the Farrow and Gove targets, but size of bullseye not stated. Not. having the issue of your paper at hand in which those targets are represented IT can only ask ifitis pretended that adollar circle was the bullseye shot at at 200yds. with plain open sights, and from an off-hand or hunting position and aim, and is it pretended thatthe “4 "* mark referred ta in the Farrow-Gove targets is the mark shot atat the saine dstaiee, under similar Gircimstaices when these latter targets were made? Unless the shooting was madé with open sights, 16 rests, and no fie- titious conditions uftending, T can hardly sée how these Your targets have anything to do with the merits or demerits of thé ‘muzzle ys. breeeh-loaders” as a hunting weapon, ani therefors cannot farther discussion of these targets be dropped and attention giyen Le more protitable inquiry of the subject? Would it not he better ty Have the relative merits decided by an actual contest, Similar to that instituted by the London Meld, ty trey the relative ments of the muzzle vs. breeeh-loading sis. in the years 68-59, followed up by the trials of “66, ‘7A, THhand “77, and ihe Chi- cago trials of ‘79? Possibly then the question could be decided im all its phases, and targets made that vould not be questioned or dis- puted, ad public attention be called to the wants and needs for a more close and sleady shooting breech-loader, should his form vome out second best in the cantest, Tam free to say Dhave my doubts abont any shooting made ata “dollar circle” at 200yds., under any conditions that bear upon this discussion. [have never sean any such shooting myself, and have never seen anyone who claimed to be able to make aby sich under Such conditions, IT haye seen ¢roups of shots, fivedata larger bullseye, off-hand, at this distance, that were very close together, showing very close and even shooting for the gun, hut the group was notin the center of the bullseye, hor was the cénter af the graup the point aimed at, ( 1 Ales A Tentirely agree with Major Merrill m his answer to one of the breech-loading adyocates, when he suys that all that is wanted in a huuting gun is not simply the ability to shoot close at any fixed dis- tances, Byery one who hunts knows that his game is likely lo be at any distance, 50, 75, 100, 150yds., more or less, and he wants and must haye a gun that will shoot so flat at these distances as always to aim the same, and nol bave to hold under, or over, as the game may be cleser or forther. To be successful the suo must not only shoot close atits proper point blank, but Mside of this not throw high, and outside of in bot shoot low, [have sten guns, Ineech-load- ers, too, thatthrew so high thatgne had to hold “wader” from one to tivo feetinside the point blank, and correspondingly “over! when Outside that distance; but thatowas before the later models and more poapeaped arms had been made,and now T do not find any such trouble. Tn "4'75 T had government—cal, G)—rifle restocked Im sporting style. and resighted with “Califormia buckhorn” rear sight, and “sil- ver bead” front sight, and tested it until t had a dead point blank ap 100yds. with it, using the regulation ammunition, 1 found T had one of the hardest, closest shouting guns J ever saw, and killed game at all distances up to 100; ds. without any allowance or holding under, and at longer distances a little coarser head Was all that was Weces- sary, Later] have tried various arms, meluding Sharps, Winehes- ter, Hotehkiss, Peabody, Springfield rifle and carbine, and my Baker three-barreled, all with the regulation ammunition, and IT never have had to blame any of the guns yel, cibher at larget or af came, That none of the balls from any of them went ina straight line I very well know. and Lelaim that no gun has ever been imade or will be made that will throw its ball ina strictly straight line scientifically speakiug: but practically the trajectory of all is so flat that they may be sonsidered straight for hunting purposes. To lookat the thing iu a familiiwly scientific manner, and without equations, for which T hope I may be pardoned, I haye been taught that the trajectory of a ballin air follows very closely pon the curve known asthe parabola; the true parabola as Imown to science, as ib recedes from the immediate vicimty of the foci, raplly ap- proaches the right or straight line, but never coineiles with it, even at an infinite distance—henee the path of the projectile through the air never can and never will bearght line, thouxh 1 may upproxi- taate so closely to it as practically ta be considered such, and the longer or shorter distance if follows this path, before it begins to fol in the abrupt curve of the parabola, the longer or shorter will be the distance the pun will throw its ball with the same wim, withoub ary sensibly difference in the etYect of the shots, either at target ov game. and other things being equal, the ball from the gun whieh gives its projectile the highest velocity, should and would more oearly ap- proximate to this right line. and therefore baye the flatter trajectory, and the longer killing distance—the same aim being unilerstood to be taken at al times. The projectile expelled from the gun by the elastic forue of the buraing ¢ Be has 4 céltdin amount of work expended upon it, causing it to be ejected aud propelled through the air, and the resul- tant work left to the projectile being "that which is left stored mp in it, [Juny 5, 1883, after deducting the losses caused by inertia, windage, friction, ete.; were it novfor these losses—among which that caused by gravity and the resistance Of the airplay the Ghia!’ pait—the = Learn would go a am a straight line, and once in motion would Dorever remain ii mo The first force contending with the projacting foree being the tn- ertia of the bullet, @ certain logs of (hab ree’ takes be tts in. overcoming this inertia, and the sudden blow strucle upen the base of the bullet may, or tay nol, cause it to “upset! so as to assume a greater diameter than it fitsh had. Whether it will, or will not, upset,” depends upon the hardness and form given to the bullet. And it Se this first principle of tuking advantage of this upsel- ting caused by the resistance of inertia, that the improvement known as the ‘*Minie hall” was discovered and introduced and world such wonders in improving the range aud xcuuraty of the muzyle-loader, Before ibs introduction, an uneertain amount of “upsetting was caus by one or another form of chamber intended to hold the bullet firm While the bullet was ‘tpset? by ons or anore blows with the rarnred this upsetting being found to be éssential to anything like strony or decurate shooting on account of its being necessary bo Shut off the windage already mentioned, as wellas to expand the bullet to cause it io “take the grooves” of the riflé. And herein lies. as T claim, the very initial superiority of the breech-loader; the bullet is made of such # form and size as to fit the diameter of the bore at the bottom of the grooves; its base is of such a shape as notto expand by the foree of the inifial blow of the burning powder (I refer here entirely to the naked bullets), and the tueness with which the ball will take the grooves is much greater than with the mugzzle-loader, alluncertainties of the amount of mpsetting essentialto the tuinzzle loader being as carefully eliminuted as possible, Another logs to the projectile power of the bullet is the resistance of the grooves, and this will be greater or less, according asthe frooves have more or less “twist,” so here we finda ves'stance which does not depend upon the gun bemg either breech or muzzle-loader, but upon the nature and amount of twist given. In breech-loaders “twist” is given between extreme limits, feom one turn in twenty- two inches, as in the Springfield rifle, and some guns hayé a more rapid twist than this, to one tinn in from eleyen to twelve feet, as given In modern “express rifles,’ and all kinds of grooving ars to be found, each as bast adapted to the kind of work the sun is intended to perform. How great the twist may be in muzzledoaders 1 do not imow, os 1 have no works partaining fo them especially. nor do T know of any works, or very large series of expariments upon this class of uns neatly all modern experiment aud writing haying been devoted to the breech-loader, Another foree tendiug to rélard the bullet is the friction against ths bore, and this will be greater or less. as the bullet fits more or less tightly. Let me quote from Laidley, p. 156-157, speaking par- ticularly of the Springfield ritle and carine: *"Phe bullet fits the bore closely, and ip passing throligh it prodners a certain amount of fric- tron, the effect of which is to retard, to a certain extent, the bullet's motion. So lov 4 as this is unéform over the surface, it is a mutter of Little account [the italies are mine), Wut if ib be preater on one side of the hallét thaw the other, the tendency will be to displace the azis of the bullet, and give it another and slightly different direction, cans- lug a deviation in its flight, Uniformity in this ‘ee 1s best main- tained by reducing this friction to a minimum, whieh is effeeted by er the bore clean, free trom lead, rnat und dirt, and well lbri- cated. Right here again T¢laim superiority for the breechJoader, even when using the naked bullets. The friction, be it greater or less than in the muzzleloader, can he taore readily kept unilorm; each Succes- siveshot passes through and lubricates the tube, With the modern and best riflin¢ there is but little tondeney to leid, and dust and dirt can be discovered and remoyed at once, preserving the integrity of ihe bore, and rifling much better and easier then in the muzgle- loader. With the latter each succeeding bullet. in its greased putch, drives down into the chamber the secumulated dirt of each previous shot: the patch must necessarily be dirty after the first sliol is fired, and his friction in the tube has, therefore, more elements of chance ae me ae with to preserve its uniformity than does the breech- CareKs [=] ie ‘The resistance of the air, depending as it does upon the velocity, weight and shape of the bullet, appears to me to lave no darermining effect upon the compurativa merits of the two classes of guns. It will be greater or less.as the velocity is greater or less, and also as the shape of the bullet is more or loss fayorable to its passage through the ait When extremely light bullets are used, driven by a high velocity, the moving force in the bullet being proportional to Tis mass and the square of ita velocity, tha moying force will he sooner exhausted by the ajr's resistance than would another ball of the sane shape aud cross section but preater weightand less velovity; hence if may be well not toreducé the houting bullet too muchin weight, forit might be found not to have “living force’ ehongh to “hold up" to the distances required, and it would he much more affected by wind or glancing off some intérvenmg obstable thet the heavier bullet would cut through. The force of gravity affects both guns alike, ity laws cannot be ined to favor either muzzle or breeoh-loader, and to oyvereome its action and project the bullet as fay as possible in the shortest space of time is fhe aim and object of all classes of guns—with greater or less neces ~—depending upon the greater or Less perfection of work in the gun, No anatter how far the bullets may go in a second Of time, it musk fall a fravtion over 16 feet in that time, if there is space for itto fall through, Breech-loaders have the best of it, as I claim, inthis strog- gla with gravity: the powder burning in a practi¢ally gas-tight chan- ber, all its fores ina foward direction is expended on the bullet; the loss from friction in the byeech-loader is offseh by the loss by windage in the Muzzle loader, an (he distance that will be overcome by the ball will, therefore, inainly depend upon the remaining veloe- ity of (he ball after it has lett the muzzle, and equal charges of powder and equal weights of lead in the two gnns will, in my opinion, show greater cifech in the breech-loader, Time was, no divubet, when tis was not so, the chamber of the breechloader was not anything like gas-tight: but now I claim that itis much more so than is the muzele-loader with its touch-hole and cone depending upon the close-fitting cap and hard striling hammer to closé up this orifice for the escape of some considerable proportion of the élastié force of the ene Mechanical workis as yet by no means perfect, and these imperfec- tions affech all things—guns as well—the reaulis of mechanical labor, Variations in the sizes of bores supposed to be the same size. in cartridges supposed to be the same weight of powder and lead, and the same diameter in ball and shell; differences in the quality of the powder used in the same shells, or same lot of shells, all have their effect, but for a huniiny gun 1 claim for the breech-logder that these variations are as nearly eliminated a5 possible, and much move so than in the mmugale-loader, and this with mauufacin ed or store ammn- nition, The breech-londmg bullets ave carefully made by acgurate Inwwhinery, are more uniform in sige, in shape, in density and homogeniby than any home-made bullets can possibly be, and, as T understand it, this is one of the points claimed vor the muzzleloader; the breechloading bullet, bung already aedurately piuced in the mouth of its aocompanying shell, has simply to be inserted im the chamber, while the mugzle-loading bullet has to he forced down the bore with greater or less force by the ramvod, and is therefore more apt to be deformed in su doing, as well as having the elements of chance against it inits axis coincid- ing with the axis of the bore, éyen though it be loaded With false muzzle, slvaight starter, and all the muzzle-loading apparatus, which, by tha way, 1 my opinion of itselE excludes the muzzle-loader as a bunting weapon, for even the simplest of such wpparatus should be exeluded from the discussion of the merits of the two arms as hunt- ing weapons, and wilh the bare winzzle and simple ramrod, the ebances against the ball being truly seated seems to ine to be against the muzzld and in faver of the breech loader, especially when quick loading must be done, The same may be said concerumg weighing or gauguig the powder for each. In the breech-loader’s manufactured uminunition this is also done by accurate machinery, and in muzzle-loading target. Mifles may bedone by acchvate balances, and comeé nearer uniformity than the best breeclidoaders, But with hnoting conditaohs imposed, all the elements of chance appear to beinfayor of the breeeh-loader. Gold fingers, wet hands, high wind. quick loading or any of the thou- sani dnd One things that may turn up do not alter the amount of powder that the manufnachirer has already weighed ont with his cariviizes, but thy will seviously affect the amount that the muzzle- loader will pour into his rifle, and as a consequence, his shot tired therefrom, Thave before me the lective (lelivéred by Lt.-Gol. G, V. Wosbury, Y. C., upon the subject ofthe new arm being experimented with hy the Buitish Government, mentioned by “Bengal Sepoy" in your issue of April 19, and commented upon by Maj. Mervill in your issne of May 10, and § have vead the gaine with very much interest. As i take ib, itis an evidenee of the fact that breech-loading makers and users are fully aware of any demerits there may be in owt present breech- Touders, and ave striving thete utraesh—and successfully, Wo—lo pro- duce a weapon Taare deadly at all asi: than any wa now have, exdellantus such may be. So that—as Tf do not allow-even if the qmuzgle-loader does get away with the breech-loader at present, the lime willscon come when it will be awmyin the shade, it only need- ing the mechanical ingenuity, proper worlauatiship, and yeoeer adaptation to make the dorrect principle of frearnis to he fully de- veloped, and the muzzle-toader to be Jaid oneside by all,as& fond — taemury of what has been—what has Once done good work—but udw << Juny 5, 1883.7 FOREST AND STREAM. | 44AT like other ancient applionees, has become succeeded by a firearm better because more correct in principle. F IT purposely abstain from any comment, except that which heads this Jetter, upon the spirit of the letters you have so kindly published from various correspondents in their eriticisms of cach other. Leb us all acknowledge the right of each to his honest convictions, and not Consume time or space in useless questions. T respect what I con- sider the mistaken views of fhe muzzle-loaders, whéther Tagrea with all that is said by the breech-loaders Or not, and I certainly am en- ‘titled. and so are all the others, to a proper respect for the views expressed by us, mistaken as they may be, in fayor of onr hobby. As to “credentials.” let us all assume that each is a gentleman, and that: the sanction of publication m your columus is “credential” enough thut the views expressed are honestly believed and honestly intanded, and that, mistaken as we may be, we are all striving to benefit our selves by a friendly exchange of rival ideus, : “Unless a man finds out and remembers why he misses he will never know how to hit,’’ and unless we all learn how and why our Viyal guns do their work, and how and why we differ as to their vival merits, we will néver either of us he convineed but that each oue is right and the other wrong. C.D. WyoMING. ‘ P. S.—I would refer all interested to the chapter on B. L. Rifles, p, 725 to 185, and the following chapter on ‘Penetration of Rifle Bullets,’ 186-192, in Greener’s work, “The Gun and its Development,” which T have not hesitated to consult, as well as other works, in writing the above—particularly ordnance notes—and reports of Chief of Ord- nance of the U. 8., showing experiments and work done by our eountry. From them if will be seen that our country ts fully alive to the fact that high velocity and fiat trajectory is essential fo success at short ranges. Cn: Camp Fire Hlivkeyings. “phat reminds me." nes dusky duck, in dusky team, With his mallard cousins by me stream; And the airy pintail sails the sky With outstretched neck and watehful eye; The green-wing teal, with hehtning dart, Flies close to the water's face athwart; The blue-wing moyes at reckless pace, Nor sees the shooter's blinding place; The widgeon, with more wary care, Swells the procession, pair by pair. “Why don’t you shoot?’ “It was asin." “Oughter killed him too dead to skin, ~ My pard is right, but the gun won't £0, The shells aré swelled, the cuss words How; And as I break the gun on the side of the boat, Says my pard: “If you hit me in the nose again like that, I kick you oub of the boat, ef I don’t tm a goat.” M-H8IT-ABLE. Rey. J. J. Pearce, D. D,, of Pennsylvania, is in eminent minister of the gospel, a suecessful politician (he has been a member of Congress), a true sportsman, ind anoble specimen of a2 man. . While on a yisit to friends in Iowa 4 few years ago he ex- pressed a great desire to haye a chicken hunt, and to be able to say On his return that he had dined on the noble bird of the prairie, A hunt was organized and he put himself at its head; and after 4 hard day’s work and many miles trayel the shooters returned with a half dozen birds. These were given to the wife of one of the party to be prepared for sup- per, and the Elder was invited, Supper time came; there were pies, cakes, preserves, meats of every kind and yariaty. but no prairie chicken, The Elder was puzzled as well as disappointed. The woman being interviewed abont it after- ward, said that she had been better raised than to set the likes of a prairié chicken before a nice gentleman like Mr. Peareu. A young man in one of the rural towns in sonthern New York was passionately trond of athletic sports, and also had a love for natural history. He spent most of his time in running foot races, playing baseball, and in shooting and mounting or stuffing birds. One way a boy friend, just from college, said to him: apencet, T understand that you are becoming quite an athlete?” To which Spencer replied, “Yes, 1 do sipif a good many birds nowadays.” Qu. Answers to Correspondents. {=" No Notice Taken of Anonymons Correspondents. Mac, Harrisyille, Mich,—Theaddress is No, 408 Bleecker street, New York. ey _P,, San Francisco.—A reply was sent by mail advising the pur- chase. > CG. B.W., Conway, Mass.—The partyis a gunsmith in Cheyenne, Wyoming. J, W.—1. We have written for the law. will find the decoys. F. B. B,, Geneseo, N. ¥.—The New York law forbids sailing for ducks, also use of decoy- more than twenty rods from the shore. G, W. T., Waterbury. Conn.—There may be such a law with refer- ence to the trees on State lands. Write {o Verplanck Colyin, super- intendent Adirondack Survey, Albany, N.Y. J.B. A., Port Orange. Voluzia County.—The sharpie is a flat-bot- fom hoat amidships, with about 2to 3° flare to the sides. The chine {as itis called By barge builders) or hilge is, therefore, nearly square othe bottom, From the ‘midship section aft, the bottom turns up io the transome, which is regniatedin height by the depth fixed upon forthe boat. The transomé inshapeisa reduced midship section, reduced in breadth enough to give the boat the same taper at her deck Jing as an ordinary rowboat has to her gunwale. The transome can be rounded off on the lower part outside in the same fashion as avrowboat. The plank next the keel rabbets into the deadwood from the midship section att, finishing af the seating of the transome, Frown the midship section forward is given both at the sheer Ine height and to the chine, the rake of fhe stem and the extra fullness of the deck line above that Of the line at the chine, giving the usual flare to the how, The dimensions of these boats are of the propor- tion of four beams for their length. that is, if a boatis sixty feet long she has fifteen feet beam. For depth, some of them of the above di- Mménsions have as much as six feot headroom in their cabins, while (as set forth by Mr. Roosevelt ip our issue of April 5) they draw but two feehwater. Tharig is two masts, on which leg-oftoutton or thimble-headed sails are set, the sail area being regulated mainly by the depth of the boat, A spinnaker is a three-corneied sail, wilh thimbles (no yards of any kind) in each corner, The head hoists up to the shoulders of the topmast, the tack hauls down to a boom pro- jocting from the mash in es ae whatever is found convenient, and he sheet is led from the sail under the lee side if the wind is ‘before the beam, and to windward if running with the wind abaft the heaim. 2. Do not know where you PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. oGups to THE Muskoka Lares. Published gratuitously by the Northern and Northwestern Railway, Toronto, Canada, THOSE Prerry Sv. dporce Girps. A society novel, Philadelphia: 'y, B, Peterson & Bros. Live and Apverturis of Lewis Weraun, the renowned Virginia Tanger aud scout, By, R, 0, V, Meyers. Nsq. Philadelphia: Jno, B, Potter & Mo. Wetzel was a frontievsman and Indian fighter; and this book is full of scalping. tomahi awking, and other sanguinary deeds, Sea and River Sishing. To insure prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed fo the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, i whose absence from the office mutters of im- portance are liable to delay, ’ ANGLING RESORTS.—We shall be glad to have for publi- cation notes af gaad jishing locelities. Will not our corve- spondents favor us uth motes of desirable points for angling emcursions? ANGLING AT BEAR LAKE. ( N the morning of the 12th of June, our party of five . landed at) our annual fishing ground on Bear Lake, in Churlevoix county, Michigan. On our way up we agreed upon a prize, which should go to the one taking the largest fish during our stay. At noon of the first day, when we came into Camp, ib was discovered thal the prize belonged, for the first time being, to Sam, who brought in a black bass weighing three pounds. Durmg the afternoon, the writer landed a fiye-pound pickerel, which enabled him to own the prize for about an hour, when an unearthly yell from the other boat attracted our attention just im time to see the leap for life made by the largest pickerel I ever saw on a hook and line. My brother Will was master of ceremonies, and had the proud satisfaction of taking the fish into camp, 48 well as Garrying home the prize aforesaid, li is about this capture, which I consider a notable one nnder the circumstances, that I wish to write. The tackle used was @ oine-ounce split-bamboo rod; a small silk line; a 4-0 Carlisle Marby hook with gimp snell and alive minnow for bait. The fight lasted nearly two hours, with the chances all the \imein fayorof the fish, During the first hour he had things all his own way, and towed the boat around about as he pleased, He tried all the devices known to his tribe to get rid of the tie that bound him, but the hook was placed just where he could not loosen it. He would rise to the surface and shake himself with his terrible jaws wide open, and then make a bve-liue for the bottom of the lake at a vate of speed that burnt the fingers as the line passed through them, and threatened many times to empty the reel ofits 300 feet of line, Fortunately the old fellow would change his course just in time. Perhaps mosf of the honor is due to Mr. C. J. Wooden, whose knowledge of the lake, and skillful handling of the boat kept the fish in deep water so long as he wanted to ficht. When tired ont Wooden steered him into shallow water, and stepping out of the boat, in water up to his waist, affer a few passes got his thumb and finger in the victim’s vyes, and carrie! him ashore without the aid of gaff-hook or net, and without a scrateb, He weighed 2641bs., measured 44 inches Jong, 20 inches uround, and from what | could learn, wus the largest fish ever taken in Bear Lake. He is now in the bands of Prof. Velie, of the Academy of Science, who prononnces him a very fine specimen of Northern pike. L, B. B, CHreago, IL., June 28. THE SHRINKING OF THE TROUT. N your issue of May 24, 1888, receiyed by me this month, your suggestion that those who have fish items to tell would do well to send them in, struck me as an opening for afish fart that oseurred while I was stationed in New Mexico, at Santa Fe, as an officer in the army, about the year 1865 or ’66—time slides by in such a slippery way that one cannot fix dates accurately, nor would one wish to who 1s On the other side of the hill and ean only look back over it in memory—but I will youch for the accuracy of the story, which should be a warning to all who place a fine string: of fish in a side pool to keep them fresh, a process pretty well known to anglers as a softening process. ‘ About the time of which I speak, New Mexico was the home of many sporting men, L mean fishers of men, and not fishermen, and better, more law-abiding and true-hearted fellows never lived; as wild and as dangerous asa grizzly hear when aroused, bat with a true love for all that was honest, brave or beautiful among their own people; leaving the sidewalk when a party of American ladies passed over it and remaining in the street, with their hatsin their hands nntil they had left their immediate neighhorhood; ready to fight for them at 2 moment's notice, and use freely the pis- tols which hung in their belts at all hours, day or night; tiue gamblers in their instincts to win, while they sat at their games; but open-handed to the oppvessed or the poor, of whom there were many in that country at that time. Of this Glass of men I would now tell a fishing story that was piven to me by one of the actors, the night after their retnrn from the mountains, The Rio Chiyuito (little river), which runs through the city of Santa Pe, is a brawling mountain stream, which, for the greater part of the time is hut a few feet wide and run- ning through a channel cut for itself in the middle of the sand bed or arroyo some eighty or one hundred yards wide, that indicates the veul width of the stream when the deluging rains of the mountain sends if down as a torrent, witharush ind burst of water three or four fect high, rollmg the great boulders in its mighty flow, so that the noise of their grind- ing can be heard for miles. At such times, of course, there is no fishing, but the process tears out great holes in the river bed, that during the time ofits quietude are fairly well stocked with the true mountain trout. None of them are yery large, but many may be caught that can be called good pan fish; and for the capture of a mess of these one of the sportsmen, Tom Stevens by name, started up the stream ane morning, armed cap-a-pie, as an angler. The way was rough, the bushes were low and troublesome, the clauiber over the rocks and fallen timber was tiresome; but Tom's luck was good and he arriyed within a mile or two of the head of the Chiquito with quite a goodly number of fine fish strung on a willow stick. Their weight, added to that of the pole, began to be somewhat of a burden to him. Here, some yards from the edge of the stream, he found a pool which the rain water had formed in a depression of the rocks, and to this pool he consigned his string that they might be kept cool and fresh until his return from the further search to the head of the river. Some lime after Steyens had started from Santa Fé, and without his knowledge, Joe Cummings, a brother sports- man, was seized with a desire to fish the same stream, and knowing that Stevens had gone some time before, he bor- rowed a rod, «md was soon tramping over the same trail that the first angler had taken, His luck as to numbers was good, but as to size, his fish did not attain what could be dignified above that of fingerlings, still he cast and caught until he ur- rived at Steyens’s pool, where he espied the string in the water. Full of fun, and ready fora joke at any time and upon any one, he quietly pulled out the willow, and sirip- ping it of its spotted beauties, he replaced them, fish for fish, with his own diminutive ones, and put the string back in the pool; and then, Knowing that it could not be long before Stevens would return, hé concealed himself and Stevens's fish behind a huge moss-covered rock and awaited the ap- pearance of his ‘‘pard.” The crashing of bushes soon announced his approach, then his head and shoulders were seen at a little distance, strugeling through the undergrowth, and then, with a sigh of relief, he tore himself through to the little open space, and bent his sieps toward the pool to recover his fish, Cum- mings, from behind his rock, watching him, his eyes beam- ing wilh fun, and awaiting the denouement, Stevens stopped and stooped over the clear water and stretched out his hand for the willow, but caught sight of the trout just as he did so, when he resumed his perpendicularity with a jerk, as 4 knite blade flies to its open position, gazed intently at the fish, and then slowly bending his body until bis hands rested on his knees, he looked Jong and intently, with his eyes fairly popping out of their sockets. After a long-drawn, sonorous sigh, he said, ‘‘Well, you have shrunk the —— of any fish that I ever saw.” The attitude, the wonder and the exclamation were too much for Cummings; he fairly howled with laughter, when Stevens took the joke and ‘‘took after” him simultaneously, and then there was a foot race around that clearing that, of course, ended in the capture of Cummings, who was so convulsed with laughter that there was but little speed left inhim. A compromise was effected, and Cummings’s flask being reasonably fulland Stevens's empty, they were soon laughing together over the exchange of the trout; but Stevens made Cummings promise that he would not let the joke out. It was too good, however, to keep, and cham- pagne, paid for by Stevens, moistened the mortal clay of several fellows that night in Santa Fé who had not looked for anything better than the wheat whisky of Se THE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT. F the fly-casting tournament, the London Fishing Guzett says: ‘‘But that the affair was a most interesting and. successful one will not, we think, be questioned by anyone who was present; and of the hundreds who took up their places to view the commencement the majority remained until after seven o'clock, and many until past nint, when the proceedings were cut short by darkness. Undoubtedly the most interesting event was the casting by Mr. Reuben Wood, which was watched with the greatest interest, It will be seen that Mr, Wood took first prize in both the single-handed fly-rod competition and the salmon tly-casting competition, though in both competitions he was very closely pressed by Mr, Mallock, of Perth. “The wind was most trying to the fly-casters, now coming in a steady, strong gust, and then, after a rest, chopping round a point or two, so that it was impossible to make al- lowances for it. The chief difference in the American and English casting scems to be more in the rods and lines than in the method of using them. Mr. Wood used a powerful ‘casting’ split-cane rod and 2 very heavy winch lne—a much heavier winch line, in fact, than is used for anything but salmon fly-fishing in this country. Later on, Mr. Wood very kindly gave an exhibition of his skill with the doz. split-cane rod, which was very much appreciated. We had the pleasure, a few weeks ago, to take Mr. Wood to Hunger- ford to fish the Kennet, and had ample opportunity to see the wonderful manner in which he can make the slim little light-weight rod send a great, heavy winvh line out over the water. Mr, Wood was surprised at the fineness hoth of the gut and winch line generally used in trout fishing in this - country; in fact, he says that only on the Caledonia River was such tackle eyer used in the States. Hesays that a heavy winch line must be used to get the proper work out of the split-cane rod, The fly-casting this time took pluce from a platform raised about two feet from the water, and not from a punt, as was the case last time.” One of our London correspondents says, in a private let- ter: ‘You will see by the papers that Mr. Wood’s yictory is laid to the superiority of American rods and lines. This may be the case to some extent, and no doubt it will please Mr. Wood as well, as he has charge of the angling: imple- ments in the American Department of the Fisheries Exhi- bition, and this judgment will no doubt result in giving the first prizes ta American rods. Mr. Wood has offered to take part ina friendly cast with any one in England and to use their rods and lines, either with single-handed trout rods or salmon rods. Mr. Mallock, who came nearest to Mr, Wood, whipped the ground behind iim so that his fies were 7; much damaged, a thing that Mr. Wood did not do. ’ We thoroughly believe in the value of these tournaments as ameans of demonstrating the best methods of hand! > the rod, and therefore we gave the reports of the last one in full in our last issue, and will continue to give such com- ments a8 Our correspondents may send, or we may find in Pnglish journals. BLOOMING GROVE PARK. HE Blooming Grove Park Association has been improy- ing its grounds for the past two years, ind is now pro- posing to establish a hatchery for trout. The new club house is finished, and is both comfortable and commodious, and is well attended. We recently paid a yisit (o the club, and drove over to Lake Laura and took some bass. This lake is singular in being shallow in parts and yet free from vegetation, the bare rocks looking as clean as if washed by surf. The bass are plentiful in this lake, but asa rule are not very large. They take the fly readily, perhaps because food is scarce, which may account for their small size, Jn Lake Giles, near the club house, the bass are large and well fed, but will not take either fly or bait, although they can be plainly seen at times. his is thought to be on account of food being so plenty, and if so, the fish will eventually increase until food becomes scarcer when they will gladly accept a bait, even if a line be uttached to it. With a hatchery there the trout streams should be brought up to their former standard in a few years. The breeding park contains some deer and others will be purchased ; some fawnus were dropped this spring and will be turned ont. Bears are frequent, aud we siw where one had opened an ant-hillin the road, on the way fo Lake Laura. ‘The woods abound in game of many kinds, and the club is ona sound financial basis. Some years ago it seemed asif this organization was in a fecble state, but its membership is now OO 448 FOREST AND STREAM. Suny 5, 1843, eae full, and of good men, Some years ago it bought some thousands of acres in the wilds of Pike county, Pa., and | Palladium suys: now it has over 800 acres under fence as a breeding park for deer. SMALL FRY. Hiditor Horest and Streams In your issue of June 7, a vorrespondent gives a glowing aud euthusiastice recitul of his wonderful prowess as a trout. killer. IT shonld seareely have noticed the rhapsodical effir- sion, if the writer had not been so overcome by Ilind in- fatuation as to use the expression ‘‘speckled beauties," that terrible #ffe jefr to sportsmen, which he introduces with heart-sickening recklessness, and utter disregard for the finer feelings and tender sensibilities of yourreaders. I supposed it Was a priuciple well setfled and fully understood, through- oul the length and breadth of the territory which consti- tutes the geographical distribution of Fores anp Sprrmam, that if amy man should assunie to himself the garb and sem- hlunee of sportsman, and had the lardihood to foree that lauseous phrase upon the stomachs of your innocent and unsuspecting readers, he would, with common consent, be ignominiously ejected from the fraternity, and be meta- phorically drawn and quartered, for the warning and edi- fication of posterity. The correspondent and his compan- ions devoted five hours to the heroie exploit of killing one hundred and seventy-tive trout, of which five were one- pound fish, fifteen half-pounders, and thirty four-ounce specimens, leaving a hundred and twenty-five which weighed less than four Ounces, What & murderous as sault, to be sure, on the poor little innocents, Tam reminded of a story fold me by an attaché to a traveling dramatic company, a musician named Reynolds. He said he was fishing a trout stream in Massachusetts, and he had been engaged for sey- eral hours, when a farmer accosted him and asked, ‘*What luck?" Oh.” replied Reynolds, *‘I have caught twenty trout” **Where ure they?” usked the man. **l have them eve In my vest pocket,” said Reynolds. ‘How did you cateb them?” asked the farmer. “*That’s « secret of mine,” said Reynolds, *‘but 1 don’t mind telling you, only dont sive it away. | put u big grasshopper on my hook, and whenever a trout comes along the grasshopper swallows him, When be got full [look him off and put him in my pocket.” The sort of fish which constituted the bulk of Mr. Mure's eatch, are such as we commonly catch here when we drag With a mosquito bar for bait. A few days ago 4 friend of mine, Bob Osborne, caught in Bayou Danchiti, near the crossing of the Vicksburg, Shreye- port and Pacific Railroad, one hundred and forty-seven pounds of fish with a single rod, mostof them being black bass and white perch. His fish ranged from one to two and au halt pounds. One of the perch weighed five pounds, a yery unusual weight for this fish, Let Mr. Mure and his companions try our Southern waters. We will give him & hearty reception and good sport, but let him eschew “speckled beauties” in his future ebullitions of enthusiasm, OUACHITA. Lovrstana, FISHING AND LYING. Ediloy Fovest and Stream: Tt is a Singular fact that these two uccomplishments usu- ally zo hand in hand through the world, and doubtless ac- counts for the remark attributed to the blacktish, to wit, “7 don’t mind being hooked so much, but it worries me to think what lies will be told wbout my size and weight.” For nearly two thousand years this propeusity has been indulged by piscatorial sportsmen, and it is worthy of com- inent that in pursnit of that branch of moral culture the lower animals have generally been selected for illustration. Weare all familiar with the boy’s story of the thousand eats which he saw on his father’s woodpile, and which on inyes- figation was reduced to “‘our cat and another one,” “The periodical reappearance of that marvelous fish Known us ‘the great American sea serpent,” which id geen ever and anon hovering about our coast, seemingly in doubt whether to swallow an Atlantic steamer or pull Long Island away from ils moorings, is faithfully reported to the ayorld by the press. One of these ‘fish storius” has lately been hooked up out of Lake Michigan or elsewhere by a Chicago editor, and the editorial anglers east of that moral city have scooped it into their own columns, with an exaggeration which would astonish the blackfish spoken of had not the frying pan destroyed his powers of appreciation. The science of *‘fishoulture,” as represented by this tale, can hardly be expected to so much further, for what was a mere little ‘‘Kkilly fish” at Chicago has become a right whale on reaching the seabourd. But, without further preface, let the story be briefly given; The writer is charged with having said that our worth President Arthur is not fit to,be the Chief Magistrate of this ereat republic, although a gentleman and 4 scholar, because ‘he goes a-fishing.” Now, to deny such a silly story would he as silly as the story itself, and reminds the undersigned of the prudent remark of an old lady, who lived near where he was born, in reply to the assurance of her son’ that dis fun wis not Joaded, to wit, that “‘she had heard of guns that would go off without lock, stoek or barrel!” Henry BrERGir LARGE CVAVALLE OR Pompany.—Mo. George Gilbert, of Pilot Town, Fla., recently sent to a friend in Jacksonville a cavallé weighing 49 1bs. and measuring 3 ft 8in. The name of cavallé, or crevallé, for Dr. Gill spells it both ways, is apparently used to denote different fishes of the family Carangide, Gill gives it as a South Carolinian name for the fish known as pompano on the southern coast and in New York. In his ‘Catalogue of Fishes of the East Coast of North America” he records three pompanos—the Trachynotus eoralinus (the one we haye referred to), the 7. yloueus Oy smooth pompano, and the 7. exatus or short pompano. Within the past three years we have recorded the capture of largé specimens of 7. yoreéne’s weighing from eighieen to twenty-four pounds, a fish whose habitat is the west coast of Africa about the Canary Islands and in ihesame latitude as Florida, It has been suspected 1o be merely the adult form of our common pompano or cavallé. Tf so then our fish is not full grown, and in common on our coast only in its early life, Our yalued correspondent, Dr. Kenworthy. has been charged with drawing the long how in soying that he has caught one of these fishes in the Cal- loosshatchie River, Florida, which weighed sixteen pounds, 4 fact that we do not donbt, Brack Bass my Lake Ovy'tnio.—The Oswego, N. Y., ) “Just now, not only the péople of this city hut of the whole country along the south shore of Take Ontario, are having the rarest sort of sport in angling for black bass. Tt may be that this is an exceptional year— though we donbt it—and that (he bass have come to this shore in uusual numbers, about which, also, we are dubi ous; bat of one thing we ure ceria, and ihat is that some of the tinest sport of which we have knowledge is now being had by the fisherson the lake, Ina general away, and of a verily, it may be said that the whole south shore of Lake Ontario, from Pwineyyille to Cape Vincent, is one series of black bass fishing grounds. Of course there is much of this shore—the sandy and gravelly portions—which is not hannied by the black bass. But, wherever there are broken rock bottoms, tf from five to fifteen feet in depth, there the fisherman may swtely throw out his Jines, and there le sill get the most satisfactory resulis. The city of Osweeo seums to he most favorably situated with reference to the noted black bass haunts. Lewis's Bluff, some six miles up the lake, is one of the best points on the whole shore, and it can be easily reached either by hoal or carriage; by the former in an hour and a half, and by the latter in an hour, over x delightful lake shore drive. From this bluff a barof broken rocks runs out 4 mile and 4 half into the lake, with a depth of water ranging from five to fifteen tect, This ledee varies in width from a quarter of a mile to a mile, and it, and the bays near it, are now full of black bass—the smaller fish bemg in the shallow water, and the larger in the deep, This condition holds good on the ledges and surronnding bays all along the shore. Coming east from Lewis's Bluff, and about half way to the city, the fisherman runs upon Ford’s Shoals, and a better place for an afternoon and evening's sport is not. to be found. These shuals cover considerable ground and there are duys when the well equipped fisherman can have sport which he will not fail to remember with pleasure. Good boats, oarsmen, luncheon and minnows can be had at Lewis's Blnfi. Coming down the lake and passing east of the city the angler comes upon ledges marked by jutting points of land, all of which indicute rocky bottoms and bass beds. In any of these, if his lines are out, he willscon ‘have trouble.” Pour imiles down there are large areas of bass bottoms from which fabulous numbers of the gamy tribe have heen taken this seasoa, and of unusual size. Continu- ing east, wusttike Pleasant Point, one of ihe notable fishing grouuds of this shore. Here Capt. Sam Nichols has a com- fortuble hostelry, where the angler will find comfort and hospitality. The point is convenient to many famons ledges, and it is much favored by parties from the city and surroundiny owns for its pleasant scenery, as well as for its notable bass beds. Three miles further east is Mexieo Poimt, one of the loveliest spots on the south shore, Here is Mr. W. H. Wrizht’s hotel. Just now, aad probably until the latter part of July, the trolled, live minnow is the ‘kill- ingest’ bait. These, in from ten to fifteen feet of water. do wonderful execution now, Very large bass are taken with minnows—slill-ishiug—but this is no sport for an angler, lt you would have sport next to fly-casting, do this: Take a fly-rod—of say from ten to fourteen ounces in weight, with a good reel, und from seyentytive to one hundred feet of oiled silk line. Put on a twelye-foot leader and three flies— not large and clumsy clumps of feathers such us some im- agine are necessary, put a live minnow on the end fly; put a three quarter ounce sinker on the line about twofeet above the leader; troll slowly over the ledges in the vicinity of any of the points named aboye, and if you are an angler, you will have fun, the like of which you bhaye not had. We know « man—a Mr. Loomis of Syracuse—who within the last week, with this kind of ‘tackle’ and skilled manipula- lion, killed in one day near Mexico Point, one hundred and thirty-two black bass thal weighed two hundred «and sixty- eight pounds—and is wasn't much of a day for bass, either.” A Buack Sratus,—Capt. J. W. Collins, of the staff of the U. S. Fish Commission, now at the International Fish- eries Exhibition in London, tells the following story of how one of our eclored brethren came out ahead of an Indian from Canada in the way. of posing like « tobacconist’s sien. Capt. Collins says: “‘We have among our exhibits (at the London International Fisheries Exposition) several fine casts of colored fishermen. One of these had been placed near the display of whaling implements, and another close by the main entrance to our section, facing the broud aisle between the United States and Canada, down which passed the royal procession. A,shart time before noon the Indian brought over by the Canadians took up his position on their side. Gay with headdress of feathers, beaded leggins, etc., he made quite a sensation on his first appearance. Not to be outdone by “Mr. Lo,’ » North Carolina darkey, who has been employed as a laborer in our department, acting undur instructions, dressed himself eap-a-pie in asuil of oi] clothes, and took up his position, oar in hand, opposite the ‘noble red man’ from New Brunswick. Standing as erect and im- moyuble as 1 royal horse guard on duty, and scarcely dis- tinguishable from the cast of a negro near by, he became, as soon as the opening ceremonies were over, the center of attraction for a large crowd which gathered round, and by all the arts and devices which are usually resorted to on such occasions, tried to bring a smile to the stolid and statuesyue colored jndiyidual, But he displayed a most remurkable ccntrol over his features. Though he was pinched and pushed, and shillings were forced between his lips ynd pennies thrust between his fingers, nol a muscle quivered, and scarcely the wink of an eyelash told the gap- ing crowd that he was different from the plaster cast, Fone of the people were deceived info the bhehef that he was a cast, One lady exclaimed: ‘Well, I do declare, these Yankees are yery clever people; they are sure to get uhead of all the rest of the world, No one could tell but what that colored man was alive* A gentleman who had tried unsuecessfully 10 make the darkey show some sign of motion, broke out with; “That beats the horse cuurds all jo pieces. Inever saw anything like it, Ttis needless to say that this caused the crowd uftuch amusement during the entire afternoon. The Indian was forgotten, and after showing his approval of the negro’s solidity by an ‘ugh, left the scene, probably retiring to smoke his calumet out- side of the buildings, where no prohibiling notice stared him in the face.’ Buack Bass ty THE Povomac.—Dr. W. 8. Hoke, of Philadelphia, with his brother and party of friends from Chambersburg, Pa., will go into camp at Falling Waters. on the Potomac River, for a fortmight for the purpose of bass fishing. The bass at this point on the river are large and sport is anticipated, LTshall have daily accounts of the catch from the camp.—Tomo, Tun Carp sg 4 Game Fish. A correspondent of the London Hishiny Gazette writes of carp fishing at Wimbledon Lake, and says: When will certain clever anglers cease to fry and pull outeof the Wimbledon Luke carp wei hing from 4 Ths, to 201bs. without a reei? You will scarcely he- lieve if possible, hut many of these so-called carp fishers visiting this lake never think of using » reel. The canse- (uence 1s, as ‘“L. B., Hsq.,” says, ‘the breaks away, ag coni- pared to the captures, are most alurming,” Ishall not for- get in a hurry how one of these same gentlemen contradicted your hamble seryant because in answering a question, T ventured to suggest, in the most polite manner, what the result would be in the case of hooking a fish of 5, 6, ov 7 Ibs. In reply, he observed: ‘‘If appears to me you know very liltle about carp fishing, With a rod like this, I could play a carp 4 or 6 Ibs, as easily as playing a roach of 5 or 6 oz.” I should no more think of using the said rod for taking carp, Mr, Editor, than a barber's pole. ‘The rod used fox chub oy barbel fishing in the Trent is what I should use. Unless Tam yery much mistaken, I said: ‘‘You would not even haye the chance of playing him,” “Why not?” “Why not? because he would be gone before you could say “Jack Robinson.’” J here Jeft him, and within ten minutes of my doing so he ‘was literally smashed all to ribbons by a perfect beauty, The keeper afterward informed me that this yery agian was broken np no Jess than three times in one ay. _ Two or three years ago the Erie Game and Fish Associa tion secured a large nomber of German carp minnows, which were pliced in the bay here 40 improye the variety and abundance of the already excellent stock on our fishing grounds. Searcely anything hus been heard of them since they were placed in the water and theiv fate was a matter of conjecture for some time. It was not known whether the little fellows could manage to escape the hungry mavws of their lurger brethren, whose yoracious appetite would glory on such delicate food as the little carp, but the developments of this spring’s fishing season show that the experiment has proved a success, and that a number of the German carp have become full-grown, and are biting well, but of course it cannot be known yet whether the supply be large or small, From time to time small German carp have heen captured occasionally, but this spring quite a number haye been caught, and the prospects are that in addition to our gam black bass will he the attraction of hanling in a fish us full of fight and as exeellent eating. Mr. Fuchslocher was out yesterday with a friend, and during the afternoon they cap: tured two biy fellows weighing about five pounds each, Mr. Fuchslocher says that the carp die game and fight de- sperately for life, so that the sport of hauling them in is fully equal to that of 2 guod struggle for a lively black bass, with a disposition not to be exught if he can help it. The carp somewhat resembles a whitetish, but are more of a silver-gray in color, and ay soon 4s their fayorile haunts are well established they will be sought out with great ayidity —Friv (Pu.) Observer, THe JoRDAN.—To those who have visited the Jordan River it is unnecessary to say anything in praise of it as a troutstream, Few fishermen are ignorant of its qualities, but to those who are not acquainted with it, we say come and try it, and like others who have done ihe same, go away satistied thatit is one of the finest streams in the Northwest. We refer those wishing an extended description of its beauties to the little book entitled, ‘‘Detroitand the Pleasure Resorts of Northern Michigan,” issued and Cistributed gratu- itously by the passenger department of the Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad. Hxcellent catches are reported already, and sportsmen are turning their steps toward the Jordan in large numbers. First-class accommodations may be had atthe old hostelry, Webster’s. three miles up the river, and guides and boats may be procured at Charlevoix. The various waysof teaching Charlevoix are pretty well known to shooting men, Lake steamers may be taken from Bulfalo, Detroit, Cleve- Jand and Chicago direct to Charlevoix, or hy rail yia Detroit, Lansing & Northern, or Grand Rapids & Indiana to Boyne Falls, thence by narrow-gauge railroad to Boyne City, thence by steamer on Pine Lake to Charlevoix. Refreshed by food and rest, ind invigorated by the northern air, the fisherman can (having procured guide and boat) fake passage on either of the elegant passenger steamers, Clara Bell or Gazelle, for the river, or can procure a rig from the livery stable at hand and drive through the forest direct to Webster’s—H. L. J, A Larce ALLIGATOR GAR—Monroe, La, June 26,— Your Correspondent ‘“Echinus” wields a very facile pen and certainly writes 4 very entertaining epistle, bul IT ean turn him down on the weight of his fish. This morning Bill Hanna caught av alligator gar in fhe river at this place, which | (hink is the largest fish [ have ever seen a record of as having been taken with hook and line. Bill procured a colton line ‘‘ahout the size of a lead pencil,” and had three ordinary cattish hooks Jashed together with wire, so as to form a kind of “bob.” Armed with this tackle he went down to u fish dock near the ferry landing to have some fun with the gar, which assemble there in great numbers tu feed on the fish offal which is thrown into the river. Bill puta chunk of catfish on his hook for bait, and tossed it inlo the water. He yery svon had a bite, and then the fun began. The line was some hundred and fifty feet long. For some time it looked doubtful to the spectators whether the ar was coming out, or Bill going into the river, At last, however, he succeeded in setting the fish near enough to the fish dock to enable the tisherman to brain him with an axe, The gar was hauled up to our offiee on a dray, where, having procured a small block and fall, he was hoisted up to a limb of a tree and weighed in the presence of a large number of deeply interested spectators, He weigheil one hundred and seventy-six pounds, and measured six feet ten and a half inches in length.—Ovacuira, Wiirerinnh Take tam Hoon.—Hidilor ihrest and Stream? Do whitefish bite or take the baited hook? Yes, they do, Many years ago I was storm-hound forty-eight hours at Copper Harbor (old Fort Wilkins, Lake Superior). One after- noon while there, I tried for brook trout, knowing they were to he found there. T tried drop-fishing, baiting wit fresh beef. Several times the hook was taken, though very quietly, but I got no fish that afternoon. After dark, Capt. Wm, Watts and myself tried itagain, fishing on the bottom, over the bulwarks of the steamer, We caught six or eight fine whitefish in less than one hour's fishing. I was credibl informed that a few had heen taken with the fly at the Sault Ste. Marie, at the foot of the locks there. T cannot vouch for the truth of this, but I believe it, I used small pieces of fresh beef for bait, and fished on the bottom in Copper Harbor.—T, Gar.rek (Bedford, O., June 26, 1883). nal iin! ———— ll dui 9, 1883.4 FOREST AND STREAM. 449 Provrncrron tx Gueav Sourn Bay.—The Sawulh Side Siy- wi, of Babylon, L. L, says: “The South Side Association tor the Preservation of Fish atid Game has gone to work in earnest to break wp the drift netting of fish in Fire Island Tniet, Several parties have beeu urrested under that portion of the game law that probibits the hauling of nets at night, tind the setting of drifi nets in the channels, As a conse- yuenee the bay is fairly alive with bluefish, and those en- gaged jn legal netting are reaping a rich hatyest, On Mon- day morning last George Sammis, in company with Scott Millard, took over 5,000 bInefish from their nets The fish aversive about 24 pounds eich, and the entire catch will probably return ubout $600, All the other net fishermen (id nearly as well. So much for giving the fish a chance to come ap inte the bay,” We learn that ne less than five per- sons who were fishing with ‘fly nets’? were arrested last week, They were punished with from thirty days’ impris- oument to fifty dollars fine. Ti has long been » matter of surprise to anglers that the hotels and others permittee such Open yidlations of the Jaw as has been dove for the past ten years Oramore on this valuable fishing ground. Pound nets luive been set in Fire Island channel contrary to Jaw and to the destrnetion of fishing in this great natural fishing “round, Tt is time that something was done, and we hope That the association will continue the good work. Cononabo TrourmG,—Denver, Col., June 29.—The rifle- men ure Cloing yery little shooting here, as the extension of the city limiis compelled them to leaye their old range, and they have not as yet decided on anew one. The tishing sea- sun Opens here fhe first of Iuly, and ex-Posimaster Byers and lawyer Prance aro soiug to Middle Park about the 1oth on their annual tromting expedition. Tourists coming to Colorndo fov fishing and shooting, will do well to call on John P. Lower, the veteran dealer in sportsman’s goods, for information where to go, and if they stand in need of an outfit, Joln can supply it, He is every inch a gentleman, ond what he dont know about the game resorts of this State wouldnt fill a very large book,—Tuar Orrick Box. Back BAss ty Lakn Erre,—Brie, Pa., Junie 380,—The fishing for black bass lias heen good all spring, but of late has fallen off somewhat, and parties have heen fomg over to Long Point, Canada, twenty-eight miles distant, and re- furning nearly every time loaded. 1 believe the bass taken there at present are mostly of the large-mouth species. The Lena Knobloch fishing party returned from Long Point at midnight on Friday night. There were sixteen small boats with thirty-two occupants fishing all day and the total catch was o48 fish, mostly large black bass.—HRADLIGHT. PisninG Wren rae Foy.—We have reeeiyed proofs of plates of flies to illustrate the forthcoming hook on '‘Fishing With the Fly.” by Mr, C. F. Orvis, assisted by Mr. A, N. Cheney. We have before announced the fact that such 4 hook, with articles on different Kinds of fish by well-known writers, Wis in progress. The plates are exceedingly fine and sive promise of a yaluable work. It will probably be issticd in the course of u month, Biack BAss TS tHE ScuuyviEmi,—Bass fishing im the Schuylkill abont Reading isnot goon, Al, this ‘point the fsh take all bait early in the season better than in the months of July and August. Residents state that from the middle of July until September few will be takeu there, The heavy rains of this week have rendered the waters so muddy that Jitthe can be done until they become clear.— Teare, Lacn HWesron.—Monson, Me., June 30.—The Piseata- (nis Game and Fish Protective Society of Monson, Me., purchased 50,00 brook trout fry of the Mt. Kineo hatching works. and they were turned into Lake Hebron on the 28th inst. Muny large brook trout have been caught in Lake Hebron this spring, weighing from hwo fe four and thrée- quarter pounds.—J. F, SPRAGUE, WixcHenpdon, Mags,—Mr. H. 8, Merrill's party haye re- turned from the Canada woods und repert haying had excel- lent success in taking trout, both as to nunibers and size, taking Many ftom three to six pounds each, also one of ten and another of twenty-live pounds, the Jast taken by Mr. Myron W. Whitney, of Boston. SALMON oN THE Ruestreouume.—We understand that the salmon aré vuuuing in large quantities on the Restigouche, and iit several tons have been shipped from Campelton since Jime Lt. This j4 good news and will in part make amends for the wosatisfactory fishing of the past two years. MicHse4n.—Linden.—Good fishing in this part of Michi- van for bass, pickerel, etc. Linden is on D. G. H, & M. R. R., fifty-five miles west of Detroil. Anyone coming here cag pet accommodated with boats, etec.—W, H, G. SHEEPSHEAD AT BarinugaT,—June 30,—Shcepshead tish- ing at Barnegat was never better, Thomas M. Dickson, of Philadelphia, on June 29, between 9 A. M. and noon. took twelvé, weighing 108 Ihs.—lTomo. Laken Troot—George H, Comstock, of Ivoryton, Comn., last fall cuught with a Ay in the Kennebee River, below the dam, in one day, twelve trout, weighing forty pounds and one ounce —F F. | Sfisheulture. CALIFORNIA SALMON BRED IN CAPTIVITY \\ JE give below 4 translation of an oxtremely interesting peels by MM. Raveret-Wattel and Bartet, on the suc- cesshil hatehing of eegs obtained from salmon in the Troca- dero Aquarinm, Paris: “On the 25th of October, 1878, the aquarium of the Troca- devo received from the National Society of Acclimatation, ten thousand eges of the California salmon (Oneorhynchns quin- not), part of # shipment made by Mr. Spencer F, Baird, United States Commissioner of Fisheries, These eggs, in which the embryos were already well advanced, scon hatched. The try were yery vigorous and their development rapid, at least from the time (January 1, 1479) when, the aquarium having heing handed over to the Mumicipal Government, and given iu charge of an engineer of the service of the parks and walks ofthe city of Paris, cure was regularly given to the different fish Which occupied the tanks. The young: salmon, liberally fed upon the chopped-up flesh of the whitetish, attained in one year the weight of 250 grammes. At this time almost all lost the dress of the earliest life to assume the beautiful silver ons of the smolts, but they did net show the restlessness which is usually observed in the common silmon of the same age when kept in captivity. hey endured their continement perfectly well, and their losses wore relatively insignificant. Two years luter, the young salmon had hecome very beaiuti- fill fish, some of them weighing two kilogranones. In Oeto- ber, 1881, several individuals give evident sigus of spayn. Artificial fertilization was attempted, but the eggs taken appeared to be badly developed, and gaye no result. Then al, or nearly all males and females, which had appeared ready to spawn, died. The following year, IS82, again in the mouth of October, these fish once more manifested a desire to spawn, and on the 44th of October several females yielded about 1,500 eggs, which an attempt wus made to fertilize by the milk of a trout, as ripe male salmon were lacking at the time. The operation was unsuccessinl, Buta fewdays later individuals of both sexes being ready to spawn, itwas possible to take and fertil- ize in the space of five weeks nearly 30,000 eges.* Unfortunately the lack of a sufficient mmber of hatching troughs necessitated the keeping of the eggs for several days in # space toe confined. ‘And besides the work of repairing the water pipes which feed the aquarium, permitted for a while only the use of unfiltered water. Itisto these tyo causes that we must attribute the failure of the greater num- bor of the eggs, which, looking very healthy, almost all seemed as if they ought to hatch, About 1,500 very vigor- ous try were obtained, and are at present in perfect health. They are enourh to demonstrate the possibility of rearing and breeding the California salmon under entirely exceptional conditions of captivity, The fact appears still more interest- ing, because we have to do withaspecies which is foreign and is essentially migratory, and which has thus adapted itself at once to 1 néw climate and to a complete change in its habits. The acquisition of the species would scem therefore easily to be brought about, and it would be especially uset'w in consid- ering the restocking of those water Gourses which flow into the Mediterranean, in which the common salmon is unknown and probably would uot succeed, while the California salmon, which shows itself in America down to the thirty-fiftth paraliel of latitude (that isto say much further south than Salmo salar). could apparently be acelimatized in the Rhone, the Aude, and the Herault. *The individuals whieh lad spaayued svon died, THE AMERICAN FISHCULTURAL ASSOCIATION, [PROCEEDINGS continu ED.] SUNFISH: THEIR HABITS AND EXTERMINATION, _ BY FRED MATHER, A PEST which the fishculturist who has larve pods often t has to contend with is the little fish, er fishes, for there are several species, which are popularly callad sunfish, pondfish, pumpkin-seed, etc. These fish belong to the family Centrar- chide, and ure closely related to the black bass, both in struc ture and habits, an intermediate link being found in the “red eyes,” “rock bass” and the ‘‘war-smouth” of the South, Within the district east of the Mississippi aud north of North Carolina, Prof. Jordin, in his “Manual of the Vertebrates,” enumerates eleven genera and twenty-six species of swufishes, and this region would be several millions of dollars richer if there were none. The sunfishis amoug the first of the scaly acquaintances made by the boyish angler in his Saturday trips to the zill- pond; and although there is a feeling of sentiment in favor of a fish that is connected with early augling, and on whose account Iwas many times called into the wood-shed by a stern parent to account for absences from school, t now look upon the little fish as a great nuisance. Sentiment has no place in the struggle to produce food, and the sunfish con- sumes # vast amount and produces nothing. It does not even furnish food to other and better fishes to amy extent, for its strong spines, which are erected when in danger, make it a thorny mouthful, Eyen when these fins are trimmed off it is the poorest of buits, for the pike and bass know the fish by sight and do not seem to investigate its improyed condition and thus learn that the individual before them has been dis- armed, There are comparatively large species, which in some Waters grow to a,quarter of a pound in weight, but take the fish as they rum in the ponds, they seldom reach two ounces. The food of the sunfish is worms, flies, crustaceans, fish eges, and small fish, especially those which haye soft fins, for they do not relish their own spinous relatives. Consequently they are formidable competitors for the food of the young of valua- ble fishes, even it they did not devour them, hut when their redatory habits are added to their consumption of other ood, and their fecundity is also known, they at once become recognized as amolig the most injurious foes to fisheulture, My attention was strongly called to this fish this spring. Near the hatchery at (old Spring Harbor, Long Island, of which I have had charge this year, are the mill ponds belong- ing to the Messrs. Jones, by whose hherality the hatchery was leased for a nominal sum to the New York Fish Commission, I had some young land-locked salmon, and Mr, Townsend Jones wished to try some of them in the lower pond, which is deep and cold, butis infested with sunfish. I recommended placing the fish in the upper pond where the trout are more plentiful, and where the spring streams would afford food and protection to the fry nntil large enough to run down into the two lower ponds. Mr. Jones feared they would interfere with the trout, and we compromised the matter by placing some in each pond, In the lower pond, where the sunnsh are most plentiful, we placed $,500 young land-locked salmon, of wun inch or more in length, by setting them ont in the springs bordering the pond. We watched them, and saw the sunfish waiting for those which went down into deeper water. but could not see that any were caught. The next day Mr. Jones captured « sunfish which had thirty-five young salmon in its stomach, just one per cent. of the plant! Af this rate it would only require one hundred sunfish to consumethe entire lot in one day, and we estimated that there were tens of thousands of suntish in the large pond, About the middle of May, in this vicinity, the sunfish males its nest near the shores or on shallows, by sweeping a spot twelye or fifteen inchesin diameter in the gravel. The male and female occupy the nest and fight off all intruders. In the Bend mentioned there is a spot near the flume where a space wenty-tive feetlong by fifteen wide contains over two hun- dred nests, lying as thickly as itis possible flor circles to lie. On the first day of June Inoticed that they were spawning, the female slowly turning around inthe nest, and the male guing around outside of her, They would come together and lie upon their sides, with their venisin contact and their heads apart, and, by motion of their tails turn round on a point of which her dorsal tin was the pivot. Iincline to think that all the opes ave not laid at one time, but that altogether each female deposits from five to ten thousand eggs in the season. There ave probably ten thousand such nests in Mr. Jones's ond, as they can be seen all along the shores in from two to ‘our feet of water, seldom deeper than five feet. In the course of ny fishcultural lite, I have been applied to many times by persons who wished to stock ponds with valu- able fish, to know how to get rid of sunfish. They have often asked if explosion would not be effective, and I have told them that it would, but it would also kill every other livin; thing in the water, and that their pond would be barren of a such yaluable fish-food asinsect larya: and crustaceans, and that the remedy was 45 bad ax the disease, All that then sug- gested itself was persistent netting, and this entails much labor and seldom catches the last fish, This spring, while watching the nests, if occurred ta me that the young cro could be effeotualiy killed off by rowing around the ponds an dropping a piece of quicklims aslarge as a robin's egg upon each nest, perhaps through a tube, which would deliver it ex- actly. This plan would not interfere with the waters in the deeper parts, nor with the fishes, and if pursued until the original stock died out would apptar to be effectual, Ihaye recommended this plan to Mr. Jones, wad, if time pertnits, will assist him mn carrying it oul. LOBSTERS. Mk, PHittirs.—l haye here a paper on lobster culture, by My, §. M. Johnson, of the firm of Johnson & Young, the large lobster dealers of Warren Bridge, Boston, but think it hest to preface it by some extracts from a, report on the Collection of Eeonomie Crustaceans, Worms, Echinoderms, and Sponges, sent to the Great; International Fisheries Exhibition at Lon- don, by Mr, Richard Rathbun, Curator of the Department of Marine Invertebrates in the United States National Mnsenm, The report says: “The lobster is by fui the most important crustacean oceurr- ing upon the coasts of the United States, and gives rise to an extremely valuabie fishery, It is confined to the Atlantic side of the continent, and ranges from Delaware, in the south, to Labrador, in the north. The most southern fishery is a small one in the neighborhood of Atlantic City and Lone Branch, New Jersey. Lobsters were once moderately abundant in New York Bay, and were taken there for market, but the pollution ol the waters of the bay by numerous factories aud other causes haye combined to nearly exterminate the species, Afi mumnerous places through Long Island Sound, lobsters are sufficiently plentifil to permit of limited fisheries, which are mainly vontined tu supplying the local demand. Firther east, onthe southern New England coast, in the region of Bloak Island, Montauk Point, the Hlizabeth Islands, and Martha's Vineyard, they become much more abundant and afford a very profitable fishery, exieuding through the spring, summer, and early fall. The entive coast line of Massachusetts abounds in lobsters, whenever fhe character of the bottom is suitable for them, but overfishing has nearly depleted some of the shallow water areas, which were once prolific. as at Proyinee- town. The sandy shores of New Hampshire furnish only a tnoderate supply of lobsters. Lobsters aré very much more abundant on the Maine coast than auywhere tothe southward, and the yearly fishery exceeds in quantity aud value those of all the other States combined, ‘This State is, in fact, the main source of supply for all fhe principal markets in the United States. The fishery continues in some localities throughout the year, but is most active during the spring, swimmer, and fall, and especially from April 1 to August 1, when the came- ries are open, “The lobster tishery, as #@ distinet mdustry, commenced on the Massachusetts coush about the heginning of the present century, and on the Maine coasi about 1840. It has rapidly developed to the present time. At first, lobsters were frequently found, during the summer, in some fayorable logalities at or eur low-water mark, especially on the Maine coast, where they could be gatted out from under the protec- tion of overhanging rocks and seaweads, They rarely occur in such situations now, and the fishery is mainly carried on in depths of a few fathoms to 20 or 30 fathoms, but sometimes in depths of 40 to 60 fathoms. On the coast of Nova Scotia, lob- sters are about as conmmon as on the Maine coast, but further to the north they become less abundantagain. They have been taken on some of the outlying fishing banks, such as Creorge’s Bank, but are not fished for at any great distance from land, “The lobster fishery is regitarly carried on by means of wooden framework traps, or pots, generally constructed of common house-laths, hey are usually made semi-cylin- dvical m shape, being flat below, rounded at the sides and above, and with a net-work or wooden funnel-entrance at each end, or atone end only. The ordinary size is fonr feet long, and about Lsinehes broad and high, with two funnels; smaller sizes with one funnel, and larger sizes with four fun- nels are gecasionally used, as are also rectangular-shaped pots. The old style of lobster pot, employed when lobsters were more abundant and the fishery less important, consisted of n wooden or iron hoop, of variable size, up to 4 feet or more in diameter, carrying 4 net which sageed but little, and furnished above with a ¢ross-hoop arrangement, or with twine leaders, to which the line for lowering il, as well as the bait, was fastened, This style of pot has mow almost entirely disap- peared from the coast, as it required constant attention, and only #feweeould be tended by each fisherman. ‘The lath or eylindér pots are haited in the eenter with cheap or refuse fish, which are fastened on an upright, spearlike holder, They are weighted with stones, and lowered and raised by means of 4 rope attached to the end of the pot. The number of pots used by each fisherman varies in different. localities, ranging all the way from 8 or 10 to 100, The average number may be said to be about 50 or (0. The pots are set either singly or attached together in trawls, the character of the bottom, abundance of lobsters, and custom regulating this matter, When set trawl-fashion, the pots can be handled touch more easilythan otherwise, and this method is generally preferred on the coast of Maine, wherever lobsters are abmi- dant and the bottom nottoo rough, The pots are fastened together in strings of 10 ora dozen to 50 or 60, at distances apart of 15 to. 20 fathoms, and have a long buoy line at each end. The fisherman pays ont his lobster trawl ina straight line, beginning at one end, and marks the ends with kegs ar small wooden buoys, After remaining down asuticient length of time, generally twenty-four hours, he proceeds to examin his pots, beginning at one end of the trawl and underrunning it to the other. ‘The veneral srrangement of the tray is not, therefore, disturbed; but the. pots, after they have been examined, fall back again into nearly the same places which they previously occupied. In setting the pots singly, eavh lias a separate buoy line and buoy, and the fisherman passes im succession from oue to the other, Where lobsters are much scattered, this is the preferable way of setting the pots, as they are shifted slightly every time they are hauled, and are supposed thereby to fish much better, The latter method is probably the one most universally employed along the entire coast. It is customary to visit the pots early ayery niorning, or, otherwise, when the tide serves best. “The principal lobster markets in the country aie Portland, Boston, and New York, Three-fourths of all the lobsters dis- posed of to the fresh trade are carried by well-smacks or rail- roads fo one or_other of these three centers, where they are sold locally or distributed through the country, either aliye or boiled, but generally in the former state, Vhe dealers have large cars, in Which a considerable stock can be stored avwait- ing orders, Lobsters are in season during the entire year, but are much more abundant in the markets, and much more highly prized as food during the late spring, summer, and early fall For most lobster fishermen the season is of short duration, lasting only about two, three, or four months, after which time, and until the next season, they engage in other fisheries, or in farming, mining, or other pursuits, Their sea- son’s stock seldom exceeds a few hundred dollars, “The canning of lobsters in the United States is entirely eon- fined to the coast of Maine; and most of the provincial can- neries are controled by American capital. Without its can- ning interests the Maine lobster fishery would lose much of its prestige, as the majority of the lobsters canned ate helow the regulation size established by custom for the fresh mar- kets. The market-smacks will seldom buy lobsters measur- ing less than ten or ten and a half inchesin length, and those under this size are sold to the canneries. The canning industry was first started ahout 1840, at Eastport, Me., but several years elapsed before it was successtully introduced. In 188U there were twenty-three canneries in Maine, with a total cap- ital of $289,000, remaining open from about April 1 to August 1, and giving employment to about 650 factory hands and 4580 2,000 fishermen. The quantity of fresh lobsters used amounted to about 9,600,000 pounds, valued at $95,000 to the fishermen. The value ot the canned products was $238,000, an enhancement in value by the process of canning of $143,000. Seventeen pro- vineial canneries aro owned hy Americans, as follows: One each in New Foundland, the Magdalen Islands, and Prince Edward Island, three in New Brunswick, and eleven in Nova 2otin, The total umount of capital imyested in 1880 was $213,000; 10,000,000 pounds of fresh lobsters were consuined that year, and the value of the canned products was 524f,- 00, These produots ara all exported to Europe and other foreign countries, none passing into the United States, “Phe total catch of lobsters on the Maine coust for 1880 amounted fo 14,254,000 pounds, valued at §268,000, first cost, or fishermen’s prices. he cutch for Massachusetts was 4,814,- 000 pounds, vahied at $155,000, and that of the entire coast of the several Jobstar States was 20,128,000 pounds, worth $453,- O00, first price, “Tho quantity of lobsters handled by the sey- eral large fresh markets during 1880 was as follows; Port- land, 2,000,000 pounds; Boston, 3,637,000 pounds; New York, 3,500,000 pounds; a bofal of $8,137,000 pounds, The enhance- ment in value of these lobstersin passing through the large markets was $105,000, making the total value of the lobster products, is they entered the nands of the smaller wholesAle ind the ratail dealers, &782,000. The prices received by the fishermen for lobsters yary greatly, wccording to their size and the season. Canning lobsters, whichaverage about one pound euch, bring about one cent per pound, bub those ahove ten inches in length are worth from four to seven cents each. “Legislition relative to the lobster fishery is entirely under the control of the several interested States, all of which, ex- cepting New Jersey, have passed protectivelaws, The Maine law is the most lax of wll, permitting the capture and sale of lobsters of any size between the Istof April und the 1st of Avensh, and of lobsters above 1019 inches in length the bal- ance of the year, Thea remaining State laws prohibit the taking of lobsters at any season below « certain size (ranging from 5 to 1!) inches), and make other restrictions as to a close time, ete. “The propagation of the Amerivan lobster by artificial means has been attempted, but so far without much success. Wnsue- cess!ul attempts to transplant the same species to the Califor- nia coast have also heen Taade,” LOBSTER CULTURE, BY 8, M. JOHNSON. Your kind inyitation to prepare w short article on lobster culgure was duly received, and I hereby briefly comply with your request. The true sportsman angler when he carefully releases the finwerling trout and returns it to the streara, intuitively recog- nizes the true economy of fishculture. With an application of this same law to lobsters, we claim that great good might be done. By returning to the grounds all that are immature, and placing the limit so as to allow time for reproduction, u constant and sufficient supply would be insured, which mesuit, T think. can be accomplished in no other way. The merits of this plan seem te be very generally understood, but the great difficulty is in determining what good has been, or may he, accomplished, avises from the fact that the laws of the differ- ent States are not uniform, and that, moreover, they are often disregarded altogether; so that no satisfactory knowledge of the benefit derived is possible until these difficulties are ad- justed. : ‘There is a plan which, as far as I know, has neyer been tried a5 means of protection, and which, if adopted, would effectually accomplish this purpose, and it would often serve to overcome an objection often raised by the fisherman to the prasent law, namely, that by returning tothe grounds the Robarere below the required standard, they are obliged to re- take them again and again. For these, and other reasons, I would respectfully submit for the consideration of the associa- tion and all others interested, the following: That all traps of pots be so constructed that the laths or sticks shal! be sufficiently far apart te allow all small lobsters to escape, and that a funnel hoop shallbe nsed of pot less than five and one-half or sixinches in diameter. The adoption of this principle, which is used in many kinds of net fishing, to tbe lobster industry, would be perfectly just to all, and the chances for replenishing the grounds would be greatly aug- mented. I hope that whenever and wherever the subject of protection for lobsters is brought uider consideration. this plan may receive the attention its importance demands, The disposal of the spawn-bearing lobster is important and worthy of consideration also. My individual opinion, hoy- ever, is that if the limit fixed is large enough, a sufficient quantity would be included in the number returned to the grounds te provide tor breeding necessities, This is a matter of Ho small consequence, and should be carefully looked up. The plan of having 4 close time is frequently advanced, and 1 do not wish fo be understood as altogether opposed to it, but Tam unable to find azood and sufficiant reason for adopting it, [will briefly consider some of the difficulties that appear in selecting the tite, Suppose we take April, May and June, the months when lobsters are most vumerons, there seems to be no necessity for a Glose time then, because at this season the supply is equal to the demand, and any reasonable limit could be applied without hardship to either fishérman or consumers. @ find then no reason for a close time during these months. Now suppose we select the other extreme, January, February and March; the months when fewest lobsters are caught. Here they are a law unto themselves, and enough cannot be cap- turéd under the most favorable conditions to interfere with or in any way endanger fhe future supnly. The correctness of this statement seems to be contirined by the fact that although the time mentioned is when the consumption is least, froin lack of supply the price advances. So Ifail to find a reason for a close time during these months also. In the cases alluded to, the economic and coinmercial aspect appears prominent. We may seek for a scientific or natural reason, and find ourselves still undecided, being unable to say when the lobster spawus or when theeges are hatched, In fact, it is very generally conceded that these events—which are separate and distinc}—may, and do, occur at all seasons, So, if a close time be udvocated, it would be extremoly dithi- cult to choose such a time, as it is impossible to show that any hetter results would be obtained af one time than at an- other, Lleaye this part of the subject without further diseussion, except to say that 1 am open to vonyiction, The difficulty in the way of procuring reliable statistics in regard to the benefit derived from the laws we now have, arises from the fact that even were these laws strictly en- forced, the catch ig s0 much influenced by the weather and the uumber of men engaged im fishing at different seasons, that what aonmes t0 the inarket gives no real information as to their relative scarcity from one year to another, It is not u matter of conjecture, but itis a settled fact thatlobsters are becoming more and more scarce every yeur, and it is of the sreatest: importance that anew interest in the matter should be awaltened, and that continued and inéreased efforts for their protection should be made, Ma. Matuer,—tt seems to me that Mr, Johnson has solyed the problem of lobster protection, and the only wonder is that no one has thought of making the lobster pots with apertures lurge euough to permit the small ones to pass out before this time, Perlapssome of the men engaged inthe fishery may have thought. of this, but as they sell the small lobsters to the canneries, it is their present intercst to catch them. If the States will regulate the apertures in tle lobster pots as they do the meshes in fish nets, then the small ones will have a cliance to grow. FOREST AND STREAM. [Tuny §, 1888. Mr, PAge,—Mr, Johnson’slong experience as one of the larg- est lobster dealers in the country certainly gives great weight to his propositions, which seem tome to be eminently practi- cal. robably if this association brings this matter to the notice of the differenfi Mish Commissioners, some such laws repulatine the catching of lobsters may be enacted. Rn. BuAcKrorp moved that the election of officers bo pust- poned until the next day, on account of the small attendance, which he thought was caused by the heat and the change of the time of meeting, Carried. The meeting then adjourned until 2.30 P. M. [vO BH CONTINURD,] HABITS OF THE BLACK-HEADED MINNOW, Pinephules promelas Rar, T EAD almost globular and blackish in males, hody much elongated and strong, bit little cotmpressed on sides, scales small and crowded, eyes and mouth very small, the dor- sal fin showing a dark blotch, color of body dusty, Females sinaller, more delicate in structure, compressed on sides and of a lighter color, with an indistinct, black lateral band. _ This is one of the most common species of minnows found inthis country, and being only a minnow, this little fish has heretofore been yery little noticed, move particularly in_re- ard to the mefliod of its reproduction. T deem it of sufficient importance to the seientifie public, fisheuliurists especially, bo yaake Known the discoveries I haye made in that direction while studying the tish. As their breeding season approaches in the spring the head of the male turns jet black, and numerous prominent white and horny tubercles appear on the forehend, the entire hody be- coming blackish, darkest on the back, leaying two lighter vertical bars of a quarter of an inch in width on each side, one of these right back of the pills and the other immediately ynder the dorsal fm, The fins also undergo changes in their coloring; the dorsal, pectoral and caudal tins hecome shaded with black, and the dark spot in the dorsal tin becomes larger | and deep black. In addition to this shading on the fins the favo sinaller spines in front of the largest one im the dorsal ap- ear inflamed and arespread in a position pointing toward the head of the fish, which at casual examination makes this fin appear injured, The female keeps its customary appearance with perhaps the only difference that the lateral band is more distinct than usual and its belly larger, At this time the male selects a stand under a floating, broad leaf, for instance that of a pond-lily, and there induwes the females to come and deposit their eggs. The eggs are depos- ited on the lower side of this leat, one at the time. and being adhesive, remain there. To accomplish this the fish twists its body, and darting against the leat deposits the egg in the mo- nent of contact. After one female has deposited all her eggs, others are induced to do the same on the same leaf; thus leaves may be found containing in large patches deposits of different stages of maturity, some ready to hatch, while others may have been deposited only an hour before. The male remains below the leaf until the eggs are all hatched, allowing nothing to approach then. Te does that with so much energy that even goldfish fifty times his own size he will attack and drive away, and should a dragon-fly alight: on his leaf he will jump ont of the water and scare it off. As the minnow is very destructive to fish spawn himself he seems to judge others by his own character. and with good reason, as such (deposits deprived of his protection are inyari- ably soon deyoured by other fishes, The black-headed minnow begius tio spawn at the age of one yeat, beginning early in the spring and continuing throughout the summer, ‘Their eggs hatch after four to six days. accord- ing to the temperature. The male attains a size of three inches, while the female rarely measures more than two inches in length. When quite young minnows swim in shoals near the surface, Although minnows are not a worthless fish in one sense of the word, as they constitute the almost exclusive food of many of our table fish, they are a nuisance to the fsheultmrist, and may be ranked among fishes asthe Bnelish sparrow is among the birds, Its destructiveness knows wo limits; iN devours spawn and young of other fish, and continually wor- ries other more useful and peaceful varieties. The species aboye described frequent water of any quality, and it is often wondered how minnows ever came into certain water basins which had no connection whatever with creeks or springs. This, however, may be explained by considering the adhesive nature of their ezps and the fact that frogs and toads fre- quent the same waters and deposit theim spawn wpen similar objects and at thesametime as tle minnow. What would be more natural than to suspect that these amphibians trans- plant the eges from one locality to another on the moist skin of their backs? The practical aspect of this discoyery the pisciculturist will readily appreciate, for he can exclude the destructive minnow by excluding the frog and toad, or rid his pond when already resent by destroyiig their spawn or capturing the male rou under the leat. uéo0 MunErrn, Ciscoysant, O., June 23, THE FISHERIES EXHIBITION, i is seldom that marine patentees haye a chance to bring theit wonders before the world under such fayorable aus- pices. Bunt they have not been backward in taking advantage of the opportunity now offered, for here they can be found as thick as frogs aronnd a pond after a summer's evening shower. There are no croakers, howeyer, so far as their own in) entions are concerned, for each one is sure he can accomplish certain things which have never yet beendone, Here are 50 many inpenious devices for preventing: collisions wt sea, 4s well as to provide against the thousand an one accidents which shipping js liable to, that one wonders why ib is that the public rind is so frequently distracted by reading the accounts of some hor- rible disaster. Then, teo, so much has been done to provide against death by drowning that the guileless visitor is per- suaded that the tervors of such a taking off are among the things of the past, Heis assured that .o longeris there say risk from heing shipwrecked, so far as loss of life is concerned, and that the least experienced people need hesitate no longer ahout going in for a swim. It may however, be remarked that the equanimity of the would-be bather isconsidurably dis- turbed by beholding, high over head in the court of the United Stutes, a monster squid with arms twenty feet lon, armed with rows of formiable suckers, while & little distance from ib isa huge and wicked-looking octopus, its outstretching talita- eles reaching in every direction. The anxious manner in which the visitof asks abont these strange and eyil-looking ereatures—appropriately named “deyil fish”—and the il-con- cealed shudder with which the information is usually re- ceived, is proof positive that even tlic utmost eloquence of the average inyentor would scarcely suffice to bring on # hanker- ing desire for ocean bathing. ‘The possibility of being caught in the einbrace of such monsters, which heretoforn have been helieved to be only a creation of the fertile brain of Victor Hugo, is enough to discourage the timid from venturing on & swimming match, for here is a “collision at sea” to be thought of, which no inventor has made provision against, Royalty has not been beliind han in visiting the great fish show, and has had aueh good nature and amiability, so tar as bearimg the jostling of the crowd goes. On Monday, May 14, the Duke of Connaught, accompanied by yarious metn- hers of the royal household, aniong whom were several ladies, visited the exhibition and made a tour of the numerous de- artments, Onthe Thursday following the Duke of Mdin- nike paid his last visit to the exhibition before talking Mis departure for Russia, where he went to paruoipels iu thie ceremonies attendant upon the coronation of the Czar, A little after twa o’Glock af the same day, the Prince of Wales. drove up to the main entrance and was received by the Duke, the Marquis of Hamilton and Mr, Birbeck, M.P., who were waiting under the portico, The principal object of the Prince's visit was to preside as hos at the reception of the foreigirand colonial commissioners ab the royal pavilion, Uhe puests were as follows: Brom the Wnited States of America, Messrs, G, Brown Goode, Capt. J. W, Collins, W. V. Cox, and A, Howard Clark; Belgium, Mt Ff. H. Lenders: Canada, Hon, A. W. McLean, minister for fisheries for the Dominion. anf Mr. Wilmot; Chih, Maj. Sewell Gama and Count Santiago de Tovo y Herrera; China, Messrs. J. D. Canrpell and Jaiues H. Hart; France, M. KE. L, Cochelet; Germany, Herr M. yon dem Borne; India, Dr. Francis Day: Japan, Mr. Sonoda Kokichi; Holland, Baron P. FW. Van Hnerdt; Newtoundlind, Hon. Am- brose Shea; Norway, Dr. i. M. Wallen; New South Wales, Sir Saul Sanuel, E C. M. G.. and Mr. Ramsey; Russia, M. de Solsky; Spain, Admiral J. Polo de Bernali;and Sweden Prof. Smith and Mr, Osea Dickson, There were also preserrt Ms, Birbeck, M. P., the Marquis of Hamilton. the Harl of Ducie, Sir Alexander T, Galt, G. C. M. G,, and Sir Philip Cun- liffe Owen, K, C, M, G,, ©, B., GC, L. i, Tt.zoes without saying that the luncheon which was seryed consisted largely of fish, but disguised under such unfamiliar and bigh-sounding titles that their owt iWiothers would fail te know them, Who, for instance, would suspect that ‘Sandra i la Sote Major Swe” had the romotest allusion to the sport- ive pike-perch of northern Murope? The oldest fisherman who pulls the line or net in the North Sea, would scarcely recognize the Norway haddock by the name tt appearefl uoder on this occasion. Dut the suryiving members of this peeuliarly fayored fish must have blished red with envy when thinking of this meeting of their humble relative with royalty. ; After the repash wus over the Prince of Wales joined the Princess of Wales, who, with the Princes Albert Victor and George, and the Princesses Louise, Victoria and Mand, came to the exhibition tomake, with his royal highness, a tour ot the yarious departments, The royal lady, with her children, fot separated from the partys however. aud tor upward of a quarter of an hour strolled about like other visitors, jostled by the people who crowded around to get a closer view of these distinguished personages. The readers of the Herald are already familiar with the leading features of the great display of material, Ulustrative of American fish and fisheries, which the Government of the United States has sent to England, under the charge of Prof. G. Brown Goode, to compete for the honors with tha rest of the world. Nevertheless, it may interest, them to learn what is thought of our display here. At first many of the newspaper writers, who, by the way, are generally pretty sharp scented—gave a great deal of praise to China because of the effort which had baen- put forth in the direction of gorgeous decorations, The exhilbit ot the United State received little mention, tis heing due either to the fact that the average reporter was nnable to grasp its de- tails, or because there was less garishness and color in our court to strike the eye of the multitude, hut which, after all, teach nothing of fish or fisheries. The London Tites, how- ever, of May 16, led off with a yery complimentary article concerning the display of the United States, beginnine ju the following manner: ‘‘In variety and completeness of illustra- tion the ¢ollevtion sent to the Wisheries Exhibition at South Kensington, from the Uniced States of America, Is not sur- passed by that of any of the foreizm contributors, and, while the visitor whose concern with fish begins at the fishmonger’s and ceases ut the dinner table will find much to surprise and possibly some things to amuse him here, the fisherman will see a great deal to interest him and probably hob a few ex- hibits from which, if he takes the trouble to understand their purpose, be may gehuseful hints for the practice of his own calling.” This was succeeded in the Times of May 14, by the followitr letter from Sir A. Pitt Rivers, a gentleman distin- guiched for his learning and scientific attamments. To the Editor of the Times: Sirn—tin confirmation of the praise you justly bestow on the arrangement of the United States department in the Fisheries Exhibition, I hay to draw attention to the fact that in the whole exhibition itis the only one which is arranged histor- ically, In the Chinese, Japanese, Scandingyian, aud Dateh courts there are objects which the scientific student of the urts of Hie may pick out and arrangein their proper order in his own mind, but in that of the United States Mv. Brown Goode, following the method adopted in the National Museum at Washington, has attempted something more to bring his departinent into harmony with modern ideas. Motiels show- ing the development of the art of ship nid eeui have been ar Yanged in sequence, the various contrivances for citehiny lish have been shown in association with the rude appliances of savages (rom which they spring, and the improvements and varieties of recent times have been placed as far as possible in chronologic! order. : This gives to the exhibition a yalue which 1s apart from commerce, and an interest which is beyond the mere vequire- ments of fisheulture, and it may be regarded as one out of many indications of the way in which the enliglitened goyern- ment of the United States mark their appreciation of fhe de- qnands of science, Thave the honorto he, sir, yours obedi- ently, ‘A, Pirr Rivers, No. 4 Grosvenor GArnens, May 16, Tt need scarcely be said that commendation from such a source is in the highest desree satisfactory. As & matter of course, ofher papers followed the lead of the “Thunderer,” and commendatory notices of the United States exhibit have been abundant of Jate, Whiletiese have been both general and spoacific, itis, perhaps, a fact that more attention has been draw tothe purse seine than to any other object in our collection, A description of this effeetive piece of fishing apparalias (which hag never’ been yet used in Great Brivain) in the Hdinburgh Scotsman of May 17, brought several prominent Scotch fish dealers to out Aopaxmnctit to inquire particularly respecting fhe purse seine and the probability of its successtul introduc- tion into the herring fishéries, ‘There is reason to suppose that this matter will be thoroushly tested, and another year may see Americun sees and boats, as well as American fishermen smployed in the fisheries of Great Britain, There is every reason, too, to expect that the export of American fish pro- duets to Englaid may be hurgely increased in consequence of this exbibition, and the benetits derived by a Worthy cluss of our citizens may well repay the money which has so wisely been voted by Congress for this nudertaking. ; Tn this connection I will say that the display of American fish produits is a magnificent one. Prominent in this dapart- ment are several Bostou firms; that, however, of Potter & Wrightington makes the largest (lisplay, and ono thatcertainly does credit to our country andthe Old Bay State, Many of the readers of this article will, no doubt, reanember having seen fle exhibit of this ficm at; Mechanics’ fain in Boston lust year. Bul now decked with American flags, and vejiven- ated, as it were, ii presents even a more “taking” appearance than before, The exhibit of canned oysters. and salmon by A. Booth & @o.is alko a sttiking Leature, the, large pyvanud of éuns being surmounted by the cast of a huge oyster, Here, too, is thatnew and delicious article of food, ‘“Alden’s evap- orated eodfish,* beside several other kinds of aerere foods, such as oysters, clams, fish and potatoes for fish cake, ard not to be outdone by Boston baked beans, here are evapo- vated mince pies which require only the application of a Hivtle water wud évist, and Jo! the mass tulns into a pie fit for Christmas, ‘ime and space forbid my writing ab, preter Jength on*this interesting subject of fish products. Suffice it to say that all have doné well, and il is to be hoped fluut ther efforts may result in the obtaining ot liberal share of awards, and a bountiful supply of ovders for their productions—J, Ww Collins in Beston Herald, ,— — —————— * Tuny 5, 1883,] Che Aennel, To inswre prompt attention communications should. be ad- dressed ta the Forest and Stream Publishiny Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the affice matters of tm- portance care liable to dele. FIXTURES. FIELD TRIALS, November 19. 1884. Rastern Mield Trials Club, Fifth Annual Trials. at High Point, N.C. Entries for the Derby close July 1; for the Members’ Stake, Nov. 17; for the All-Agud Stike, Noy, 1. W. A. Coster. Secretury, Plaibush, Long Island, N. ¥. November 20, 1853.--Robin’s Island Club’s second Annnal Field pas at Robin's Island. L. 1., for members only, Bntriés close sept, 1. A, T. Plummer, Secretary, December, 1683.—Niational American Kennel Club, Fifth Annual a at Grand Juvetion, Tenn, D. Eryson, Seeretary, Memphis, enn. DOGS AT THE NEW YORK SHOW. Eititor Forest and Streain;: i [ shall endeayor to reply to Col. Taylor's effusion in your last issue at briefly as ossible, in so far as it relates to me, He challenges mie tofoint out the defects and deformities in the Newfoundland Mayor of Bingley’s head; aud I will begin by quoting from atew well-known amthorities their descrip- of a well-formed head, Jestone.—The head should belong, larga * * + * broad across the eyes; and these, though comparatiyely small, should be brizht, piercing and utterly tree from that red hay, char- acteristic of the bloodhound and the Thibet dog,” Stonehenge indorsed. by Dalziel,—“The head is yery broad and nearly flat on the top in each direction, exhibiting 4 well- marked occipital protuberance, and also a considerable brow over the eye, often rising three-quarters of an inch from the line of the nose, as is well shown in the case of my present iliustration, Mr. Mapplebeck's Leo, in which it exists to a preater extentthan usual. * * * * There is a slizht. fur- row down the middle of the top of the head, but nothing ap- proaching to a stop. * * * = The eyes of this dozare small, and rather deeply set; but there should be no display of the haw or third eyelid.” Dr. Gordon Stables—“The head is peculiarly grand and massive, the browis broad; * * ** the eyes are rather small in proportion, deeply set, net showing the hagy, of a very dark clear hazel color, and extremely intelligent expres- sion, : Mr, T. Loader Browne of Chard.—"Defects * * * thoeye showing the haw or under eyelid, leading in some cases to a suspicion of at. Bernard cross.” Vero Shaw.—“'The head should be large, broad and rather flaton the skull, with the occipital bone well pronounced. The forehead is bold but there is no decided stop.” Isend you with this the photograph of a Newfoundland, who bas what I call a good head, full of character and sym- metrical development. As I baye no interest in advertising dogs for anybody, [ withhold his name and that of his owner. No donbt you will gladly permit Col, Taylor, or any of your readers interested in the subject, to examine the picture. The dog referred to is quite as large, 1 believe considerably larger and heavier than Mayor of Bingley, and qnite as good in bedly, legs and coat, as he is in head. Mayor of Bingley’s measurements as given in Dalziel’s hook, to which Gol, Taylor proudly refers, are quite unreliable, as he is well aware. His height at shoulder is there put down at thirty-two and a quarter inches, whichis at least two and a half inches over bis actual height, Twill endeayor to describe the Mayor's head: A lump about the size of a medium-sized apple fills the center of his fore- head, from which the head slopes steeply toward the temples, and fives the skull a misshapen, narrow look, about as unlike as itis possible to imagine the broad, noble brow that should dicnify the breed, His eyes exhibit anite as much surface of haw as they do of pupil, and ere spoil the deeply gagacious and kindly look, without which a Newfoundland is only a big black dog, A ridge runs up the middle of his head instead of a furrow. rata Champion Leo has my admiration completely, and I have ictures of him by different artists. His head alongside of ayor's is Hyperion to a Satyr. If Col, Taylor will in- form me of the oceasion, and under whose judging, he had to play second fiddls to Mayor of Bingley, I will be much en- lightened, and. if true, | will assist him in praying for more’ qualified judses in Englandas well as America, As to the sixty prizes he is said to have won, a gentleman who, Dhe- lieve, at one time owned him, recently said fo me, “TT don't care that (snapping his fingers), for prizes wou in Dneland. He (naming a cértain exhibitor), neyer shows unless it! is all fixed beforehand,” Col. Taylor works himself into quite a small storm in 4. tea- pot at my giving a Norfolk spaniel second prize in a class for black, or black and white field spaniels. y glaring ineom- petency is severely conimented on. Great Scott (to quote Mr, Taylor)! “he calls a Norfolk spaniel a field spaniel!” To spanie] men this nust sound quite as amusing as though he said of a setter judge, ‘He calls.an Trish redsetter_a setter!” Tellus all you know about spaniels, Mr. Taylor. We will sit atthe feet of Gamaliel and get wise. Col. Taylor owned a spaniel and got a prize for him at New York, for which I did not give him dne credit, and he flings the Bible at my head in conseqnence. Lapologize. Benedict is a good black spaniel, barring his plain, weak head, short ears, and Jack of bone and feather, and has been FEru suc- cessful on the show bench in America, simply beaause he has been luck} enough not to meet a really good one. Some gentleman “who was present ati either Ottawa, Can- ada, or London, Ont,, not long ago” told Col, Taylor that I eontessed to knowing vury little about bullterriers. I have simply to say tliat Col, Taylor's informant did not speak the truth. No honest man world accept the task of judging 4 breed he knew very little about, and [ claim to be honest. As a matter of fact [have scrupulously refused te judge classes that hadnot the best means of studying, and felt compe- ten! to render a faithful, intelligent and impartial judgment upon. I may Dot, in my ownestimation, know so much about spaniels, bull-terries, Newfoundlands, masbiffs, deerhounds, greyhounds, setters, pointers, bulldogs, ete,, efc., as Col. Tay- Jor does in his, but I consele myself with the confident refiec- tion that no one ever did knowso much as that gentleman thinks he knows abiout dogs. ‘‘Great Scott! he calls a Nor- a a field spaniel!? My ignorance is summed up in that ase, z Thave noi the smallest personal feeling toward Col, Taylor. Spleen, of which he aceuses me, is, than God. far, far away from my character, defective as 1bisin many respects. He could not stand my oriticisms of his own dogs, and J knew it, Love me, loye niy dogs. Possession lends a hundred fold charms, and the cool critical eye is only possible toward the peaneaty of others, Human nature ever in fhe brilliant Col, ayler, His exeuse for the fraudulent manipulation (than may sound hetter or worse to Col. Taylor than ‘‘ftaking,” but it means the same thing) of the sterhs of his poor little bull- terriers, i5 quite touching. Hewallopped the Inbberly boys for doing it so chimsily. But he informs me that it is done in the ‘‘old vountry,” so “cawn’h possibly be wroig; you know,” Fraud is fraud wherever practiced, and disqualilica- tion of the exhibitor is the stern penalty. 1 would refer him to fhe vecent action of the British Kennel Association in dis- qualifying one of the best-known exhibitors for heing caught in pas such practices. — will probably survive Col, Taylor's loss of confidence in my EE — a FOREST AND STREAM. judgment on any breed of dogs, (“Great Scott! he calls a Nor- ‘olka field spaniel!”) and willbe proud to exhibit under him when he officiates as judge. J, F. EyRx, Toronto, Canada, June v3. Editor Forest and Stream. The readiness with which those interested in dogs en- page in battles with thepen has more than once impressed tie, And perhaps there never was a more remarkable ex amplification of this, than is shown by the flood of replies called forth hy Col, Stuart Taylor's recent letter about the New York Show. { have no intention of offering myself as an ally to this gen- tleman, whous abundantly able to take care of himself. His knowledge of the subject, and his command of the English language, fully qualify him to hold his own against his oppo- nents, and enable him to return each blow that is aimed at him with telling effect. It seems to me yery extraordinary, however; that so many people—instead of being glad to haya eur shows criticised, and our dogs’ faults pointed out—shotld ati once be up in arms at the suggestion that we haye not al- ready attained perfection in our efforts to breed dogs up to the proper standard. We all umderstand that those who own dogsand make eompanions of them, become so assured of their mental and moral excellences that they wholly overlook, and are even quiteignorant of their physical defects, and this bias is enough to make them feel indignant, and to cause them to take up the cudgels when the classes in which their roperty was exhibited are criticised, The manifest inabil- tty of many men to dissociate the mental and physical quali- ties of their dogs is plainly shown by some of your correspondents, who insist upon mixing up the field performances and bench show qualities of their dogs. It is a ilficuli matter for a great many people who are well satisfied with theirown knowledge of dogs and guns tio write even 4 short letter without exposing an ignorance that seerns most remarkable. Is it necessary for me to tell such gentlemen that a dog may be a perfect field performer, and yet wortnless for the show bench? Tt seems like dealing out yery elementary instruction, and yet some of Col, Taylor's eritics appear to be ignorant of this fact. [t has happened to me to have seen three dogs, a collie, a bulldog and a foxhound, each of which was to all appearance fairly well bred of his kind, stand birds, and do field work on quail and grouse in a manner that would put to shame the average pointer or sét- ter, Should these three be entered in those two classes at 4 dog show? T do not agree in all points with Col, Taylor’s criticisms, but ig it, therefore, proper—is it not even in the worst possible taste for me to attack him as though he had done me a per- sonal injury? The best authorities all agree that the pointers at the New York show were a disgracefully poor lot, and this quite coincides with my own judgment in the matter. Onthe other hand T regarded the English setters as a good class— good because there were but few wretchedly poor dogs in it— yet there was scarcely one among therit all, so far as T was able to examine them, which didnot haye some glaring de- fects, In other words, its excellence seemed to me to consist in rts evenness; no very poor dogs and not half a dozen very good ones, If thisisa fair judgment of this Class we surely cannot afford to boast very highly of it. We ara behind in dog breeding in this country for two very excellent reasons; First, we have only been at it a short time and do not know what kinds of dogs we wish to breed, and sec- ond, we have as yet no one to tell us what we want to breed. There are perhaps in this country, fifteen or twenty men, who are considered good jiidges of a setter. 1 should like to see these gentlemen brought together, furnished with score hooks, and placed in different rooms so that they could not consult with each other. [should like to have twenty good setters shown to these twenty men, and to have each judge thark each dog in detail, according to ‘Stonehenge’s” scale of points. wo weeks later I should like to have the same men judge the same dogs in thesame way. [think thatthe com- pane of the twenty score books of the first judging would He interesting, and that of the two score books of the same jndge on the two vccasions still more se. I believe that in the rst judging there would be at least half a dozen different dogs selected as the best, and further that scarcely any of the judges on the second occasion would select as best the same dog that he had previously chosen, and that the marks of the same dogs under the same judge would yary in the two in- spections from five to ten points. This simply means thatthe average judge has no picture in his mind of the perfect setter. A number of dogs are brought before him, aud he:selects as the best the one that to his ind has the fewest faults, but the next tite he has to judge he may ste a different lot of dogs, and this time fhe ona Which has the fewest taults may he entirely different in type fromthe animal that he had preyi- ously selected as a first prize winner, In this way the intelli- gent dog breeder is confused and perplexed, and is unable to earn what he shonld breed for. I have heard more than one experienced sportsman say since the publication of the letter above referred to, that “Col, Taylor is all right, of course, but he puts things too strongly, and he ought not to throw cold water on our shows as hehas done,” This appears to me a very short-sighted view to take of the matter, for itis only by agitating the sub- ject that we can rouse breeders to the importance of learning what kind of dogs we want to breed, and how to breed them, Unless this is done breeders will go on as they haye in the past, raising dogs and trusting to acvident to get those that aré good, or rather those that will take prizes. . Are our kennel clubsin such a feeble, stri paling condition that they mush be nursed along, and praised and petted sa that they may hays courage to give other shows néxt year? Tthink not, Itis far better that fearless criticism should be indulged in; lest we should become satistied with things as they are, and instead of improying, as, in the last eight years, we undoubtedly have doné, we should begin to retrograde. Instead, therefore, of finding fault with Col, Taylor for ex- pressing so frankly his opinions, doz owners ought to thank him tor haying the courage to speak the burning words which may suouse us to greater efforts toward improvement. But truly “a prophet is not without honor save in his own country and among his own people.” CouPLEs. New YORK, June 25, DOG AND WOODCOCE.—fFort Plain, N. Y.—About ten days ago a friend of mine found a full-grown woodcock in his yard, It had the appearance of being burt,’as it had a small scar on the back of its head. It seemed lively, but would not fly, although f could not see that anything wad the matier with its wings, T took the bird and put it ina box four feot long by two feet wide, and put wits nething on one side, and put in about three inches of dirt from the bottom of the river, and it is doiny very Hicely; indesd, is quite tame, will bore for worms when | am standing close to the box, and has on several occasions taken wortas from my hand. What I want to ask you is this: [have a subtler dog four years wld that LT have shot «goo many woodcock over. Since I have had this bird the dog stays by the box that itis in aboutall the time. Will point it aspell, aad then lie down and watch it. Occasionally he jumps up with his fore paws against the wire sloth on the s‘de of the box, und of course I have to tell him to yet down for fear he will tear it off. Do you think there is any danger of the dog getting so accustomed to seeing the hird that he will not hunt yoodcock next fall? If you do I shall let the bird po right away, butif you do not 1 should like to keep it until fal, as itis very interesting to me to sit and watch the bird boring about in his caze.—aA, W. B. [Your doz would probably come out ull right, but as there is a remote Chance that harm may ensue, we would advise that he be not allowed too close an acquaintance with your pet.) 451 A WONDERFUL DOG, a ee correspondent, Paul Devereux. in No, 17, present yolume, recalls to memory a dog my fortaer business partner, J, B. H. (then of Southold, Shelter Tstand, way down at the east end of Long Island), used to own about forty years ago. Having procured him whena puppy and trained lim himself, Bowze (us tame was Bowser, pronounced Bowwzer, but he-was called Bowze for short), was head and shoulders ahove any dog of which I haye ever heard or read. For intel- ligence, reason, sense and sagacity, his equal has never been found. He understood ordinary conversation as well as any- one, as will be related further on, Mr, H, at that time lived on a farm, and trained him if it could be called truining, from apup. The fact is, there was very little traming in this case, He seemed to grow up with an intuitive sense of knowing what was wanted of him, He was of good size, well propor- tioned, very active and quick, Of what particular breed he was, [do not know. One of his feats was ulo he counter- part of that performed by the dog mentioned by Mr. Deverenx. One day Mr. H, was at work in one of the back lots: Notic- ing the fence needed some repairs requiring the axe to do if the thought occurred to him of sendimg Bowze lo the wooc pile atthe house forit, So he called Bowze, and said te him: ‘Go the wood pile at the house, and get the axe; itis sticking in the chopping log.” Off went the dog on a dead run over the hill, out of sight, the house being ina valley nob in sight. After waiting a long time, the dog not appearing, Mr. H, went to see what was the matter, knowing trom former ex- periences that he would either bring fhe axe, or come back slowly looking very much ashamed, with head and tail (own, as mauch as to say, ‘Master, lcould not uo if.’ When Mr. 4. got-in sight of the fence around the door yard, he saw Bowse busy at) work digging under the fenee. On coming up. he found the dog had the hestle (made of hard wood, with heavy iron ring on each end, and handle in the middle, used tor split- ting logs), on the inside of the fence, On investigation he found the dog had been to the axe and had tried to loosen it from the log, but)could not, for there was tho prints of his teeth inthe handle, and it was all wet with his saliva, So, being unable to get the axe, the dog apparently reasoned, OWN aL, the beetle comes next the axe, VU take the beetle’ Having got te the fence with it, an unforeseen difiicully pre- sented itself, for on trying to jump the fence with the beetle, it would eatch in the fence, and prevent the dog getting over it. After inying it until he was satisfied he could not accom- abe the feat, the dog evidently said to himself, ‘Well, I will ig 4a hole under the fenee.” So he jumped over on the out- side and commenced, and was hard at work at it when Mp. H. came UH At another time, in haying, H, had resanded his ‘‘rifle,” (made of wood, smeared over with glue, then sprinkled with sand) used to sharpen scythes, In those days the farmers made them, now they ave generally manufactured andsold to them. Hawing sanded the rifle one morning before break- fast, and stood ition the handle against the wall on the ironing table in the kitchen, and after finishing his breakfast he forgot the rifle and went to the meadow, « long way from the house, and commenced mowing. Presently the scythe wanted sharpening, and then he remembered where he had leftit. So he called Bowsze, for the doz was always his comi- panion whenever he went on the farm or off of it, unless he told him to stay at home, and said, ‘I left my rifle om tha kitchen table, goand get it.” Off he goes like a shot; in a few minutes he broughtit. On going to dinner the hired girl told H. she was very monch frightened by the dog bafore she real- ized if was him, She had been busy ironing on the table when all af onee she heard a rushing noise, and in came the dog at full speed, jwnperdon thetable, grabbed the rifle, and was olf beforé she coultL understand what itmeant, H, always wore heavy boots or shoes at farm work, changing them for lighter ones at night, and the latter for the former on going to work. he former, when notin use, were hungip in an open shed. When wanted he would call Bowze to get the boots or shoes; the dog never made a mistake after having learned the names and difference between them, and always brought the respective pair ofeach, He knew enough not to fool away time by bringing one at a time, nor to fetch one boot and shoe. At another time in winter H. was cutting a road through the woods; the men would use fhe whetstone and leave itonastump. When wanted, H. would say to Eowze. “Go get the whetstone, it is.on one of those stumps somewhere back there,” pointing, It would invariably be brought. Some of the men tried to send him, after they saw what be did, but it was of no use. He would pay no attention to them. He would obey no one but his master, or some members of tha family. They used to hide the whetstone in all sorts of places, but he always found and brought rt, except once when ib was placed in the crotch of a tree about five feet up, and in such position he could not seize nor see if. He was sent after it by H., all hands heals him until he found thetree, Th Was a grand sight to see him hunting for that stone. He worked the ground over, much the same as the hunting doe does for birds, was very fast, quick in his movements, and Keen of scent. He was working away, gelling over the round very rapidly, and under full headway passed this tree. She went by, he was noticed to falter, or pause, as if were, for an instant, He threw his head up, seeming to sniff the air, but being under such headway he could not stop for quite f space. As soon as possible, round hecame on his back track to the tree, and immediately tried to jump and seize the stone. Round and round that tree he went, jumping in all sorts of ways, trying to reach that stone, but finally he gave it up and came back to his master slowly, head and tail down, looong like a culprit. H. said ‘“Bowze, what's the matter’ Could you not bring the stone?!’ The dog looked up sorrowtully and wageged his tail faintly, as much as to say, “No.” ‘Well, Bowze, did you find it?” The instant the question was asked he seemed a different dog. His head was erect, eyes spark- ling, tail nearly perpendicular, and wageing about 200 strokes per minute, saying as plain as dog could, “Yes. “Well, go and show me where itis.” Off he went, seenting much pleased that he could be oF some usé ugain, Coming to the tree, he raised himself on his hind legs against it, and reached up his liead as far as he could, saying no doubt, ‘Hereit is.” He was uw prey hunting dog, too, and loved it as wellas any dog ever did. But well as he loyed hunting, he would never go out by himself, nor with any hunter except lis master, un- less the latter told him to. Then he would go with neighbor or stranger, aud would hunt faithfully until oight, The hunter might feed him —be he acquaintance or stranger—but he allowed no familiarity, no wheedling, llattery and coaxing. In such eases he was right on his dignity, showing his teeth, accompanied with alow growl, When the hunt was over, he immediately started for hore. On the farm, if he loled a woodchuck he invanably dug him out, if the nature of the ground was such that it could be done. He neyor save upany- thing he undertook if it were possible to be accomplished by a dog. He was never whipped by any other dog, but always came off conqueror in his quarrels, arid he would not begin i Ca with another dog, but always acted on the defensive. eseemed to feel that fighting was derogatory and beneath his dignity. He would not notice a cat, nor chase nor worry them unless told to,. His master never allowed lim to come in the house, unless by special invitation, and as seen as he wn- derstood that he never oifered to. He alwave fed the dow and thé house cat after he was througl with his own meal, Ip would put Bowse’s food on one plate and the cat's ou another, take the cat’s plate first into the door-yard, the dog not offering to Gane near nor disturb the cat in the least. ‘Then H. would call the dog, hand him the plate, the dog taking it in his mouth, carrying it out in the yard and eating his meal at leisure. After finishing, he would bringin the plate. Bowze was a great fisherman, too, 7. é,, he would tale hold of the rope with his mouth and help pull in tha seine, In fact 452 EEE he was delighted, seemingly, whenever he could do anything useful, or help his master ia any way. Uf the boat got adrift and the painter hung ontside, or so as he could get hold of it, he would swim. after it, grab the painter and tow it ashore. People not aciainted with the dog sometimes doubted his towing the boat ashore. Vo gratify their curiosity, when the dog's attention was not on the boat, his master would tpuietly let the boat, with painter outside, ¢o ndrift; then tell the dog to goand fetch itin. He never failed, nor refused to go, no mutter how cold the water was. He understood conversation. At one time H. and an old sea captain, a neighbor who lived a couple of miles or so" ‘way, went to River Head or Jamesport to do some trading. The dog was left af home that dey- The family were out of tea, aud H. was instrmeted particularly not to forget it, as there was nome to muke tea for him when he should get back, unless he brought it home with him. The men went in a skiff, were delayed, und, owiug to the tide. could not land at the usual place. As it was about dark and some ways from home, the concluded to tie the boat up in some bushes pver night, and leave the groceries in her until morning tide next day. H. forgot the tea, and leffitiu the boat, Itowas dark when he got home, On asking for the tea. he regretted he had forgotten ib, stated how they were detained, that the tide was out, that they hac let the boat at suet a place, coneealed in the bushes; was appreheusive more or less of the things being missing in the morning, 6te,, ete. This conversation was hidin the presence anid hearine of Bowze, though at that time H, did not tiink of ib, but remem- bered it the following morning when he went after the boat, There was Bowse, in her, on guard. Now. taking into con- sideration the fact that the dog was left at home that day, did not know where he had heen nor what he had been about, it appears the dog must haye understood that conversation of the night previous, and must have reasoned, ‘Chose things might be missing. Iwill just take master’s track, go and watch the boat.” That he wentright there after hearing the conversation this incident proves, The Captuin, too, had for gotten some little nicknacks und left them in the boat, but as it Was tied up nearer his residence than HL.’s, he concluded he would return and get them, He did return, but on attempt- ing to get into the boat found Bowze there, who faced him und showed his teeth. The Captain, heing well acquainted with the dog, was surprised. and tiried coaxing, but when he tains too tear Bowze would show him his iyorlos, Then he tried seoliling amd bluffing, but without success, The Captain said to H. next mornitg, ‘I was afraid of my life. For the tivet, time Tovas stared by a beast. T haveliinted the lion and tiger in Africa, and wild beasts in other parts of the world, but never did see so ferocious a beast; his eyes blazed like diamonds. his hair on the back and on the tail stood erect, and such a savare growling ald gnashing of teeth I never heard before. My hair seemed to raise my hat up, it cama so unexpected, I was thoroughly frightened, and being sc- quainted with the dog too, makes it the more inexplicable, I was glad to back out and return empty handed, | tell you." Now as to his dignity, or cull it what you like. The fame of the dug got nosed abroad so much that people for miles around came to see him. Many a one had tried to steal him or coax him off. He wonld never allow anyone, except his mastef, toeoax or pet him, When this wus attempted he always showed thent his teeth. as ranch a= to swy, “You mind your business and I'll attend to mine.” He would take no food troina stranger, no matter how tumpting the morsel, This was not believed at Riverhead. so a bet was made there onit, and the uext time H. eame to town with him thay would ask H.'s permission to try hita. They tried « piece of nice rich cake, but it was of no use to offer it to the a If they did he wonld show them his teeth for their pains. So it was dropped io front of the dog: he did not act as if he saw it, paid no attention to ih whatever. Then the loser. to eoyer his first wager, wagered again that the dog would not eat it if bis master told him he miglt, because, as he argued, the dog was not hungry. and that was the reason he would not patil, So his master said, ‘‘Bowze, you may eat that piece of eake if you want to.” which the doy immediately did, to the diseust of the loser, A number of different showmen for years tried to buy him. Mr. H. was offered 5250 for him and refused to part with him at-any price. That was a tremen- dous price fora dog over forty yearsago. I read of dogs ut the present time valued at and which bring 31,000 each; but Ldoubtit the world has ever produced that dogs equal. 7 4m sure his superior will never be found. This may seem like a dog romance, but it is strictly true, nevertheless, The whole of Shelter Island and eastern end of Long Island knew all about this dog of that day, forty odd years since. My old triend is How deceased. God bless him and his. Were he alive he could write a history filling a large book of the famous deeds of his famous dog Bowser. TRUTE. San Francisco, June 3, 1888, NATIONAL AMERICAN BEAGLE CLUB, Kditoy Forest and Stream: In veply to the request of “Briar” in_ your issue of the 14th inst, and in order to be iu harmony with the newly awakened intarest in our worthy little hound, allow me to add my vote in fayor of any organization that will wmbody the majority of those interested, und give strength and permanency to a standard which they miay adopt for the benefit and guidance of breeders. I belieye the time has come when we should make ourselves known, Talk about ignorance concerning a breed of dogs, even those cyclopedias of general knowledge, fhe editors, do not Know what beagles are. In the Ohio Farmer of last week some inquirer wants toknow where he can buy a beagle dog. In reply the editor says: “Inquirer must be bet- ter posted in dogolozy than he, as he wever heard of that style of canine.” Our own home editoris some better, he called them ‘blooded bird dogs or beadles” in a recent issue. Let me say here that we have only to educate the general ublie as fo what they aré, and the genuine pleasure of tollow- Ing them in the field, the inexpensiveness of their keeping, and their intelligent and frjendly nature, together with the crowing scarcity of birds and ever plentiful supply of rabbits, will soon create a greater demand for heagles than we care for, Now. ‘brethren of the craft,” let us create the demand and then be reudy for it both in quantity and quality, This mat- ter has been left unnoticed too long already. | fear that if we were 10 meet now forthe purpose of agreeing on a scale of points to judge by we would find a considerable, task on our hands. Some breeders might be influeuced in their ideas of perfection by their stock on hand, others hy deep-rooted rejudice that has been their guide for years, which would be Rard to give np, and even the most conscientious could find nothing in our present authority (Stonehenge) definite enough to make up a standard from that source. Like the man who took eyerybody’s advice and then did as he pleased, Stone- henge describes several packs, all good and yet all different, But in order to make a long story short 1 will add to the sug- gestion that ‘tye editor” will kindly name through the col- umns of the FOREST AND STREAM an executive committe with orders “to go ahead and do good.” I believe we could organ- izh and do effective work through the mails. Come, *O. W. B.,” let upon the “Hackles and Gentles” long enough to make another trip to Elmore and wake him up. You will want another pap anyhow, for one doz may have “Kars that sweep away the morning dew,” Init not “voices juatchedl like bells.” . BERGOLD, Manan Pontus, 0. - iiloy Forest cud Strean> fj . Thave been yery much interested in the discussion being curried on in the Fonust anp StReAM in regard to the beagle hound, a dog which, in my opinion, is to be a strong rival in ' FOREST AND STREAM. fduny 5, 1ses, the hiture to all other breeds in the estimation of the sports-| ‘‘Bet the drinks he’s back before the hoatatarts:” Bnt no man or any lover of the dog. Tf the breeders of this dog ex-| one took iti up, : = rane pect to place him in his most favorable aspect—belore the) ‘Never knowved him to trouble the chickens before,” said publie—they must breed him to a standard, so that the pur-| another of the crowd, “but he’s death on cats. Had one on chaser taay hve some protection against the caprive of | that spile yonder two hours the other day, just laid there for breeders or judges at the bench shows. To illustrate, A few | her, and finally made a leap for her, and she was stared so she days ago T¢alled on A. D, Barber, who is breeding this hound | jumped into the river, and he afner her; hanged if he didw’t at his kennéls. Saw Ben Butler of the Ringwood strain; | set Wer, too.” : ; j Jessie, of Finte strain, and Namie, of still another strain, all of “Tallin’ abowl dogs,” said another, “you onglt to see the which he assured me were pure bloods, but each had different | puppy I took off theice this spring. Ti was right there in points of excellence. Now, if I purchase from either of these | that Terry slip, He'd come down the tiver on a cake of ice; strains, how, under existing circumstances, can Il be assnred | his rope was frozen toat, and he was pretty near froze him? thet I have a thoroughbred beagle, By all means let those | self. Iuamed him Drift, ‘cause he'd dritted in. Gaye him to interested jn breeding’ the ee form & beagle chib and erect | Jo Peters, and, do you know, sir', Jo wonlil't take $50 for that: a standard, and then the beagle will become ashe ought to | dog to-day; he’s three-fifths pure blood, and a pure blood dog be—a dog that will attract attention and assume his true | like that is worth $300, dang me if it ain't.” = position before the public, B. A. FESSENDEN. pee aE VS ee Townsenn, Mass., Jnne 24, 1883, ABOUT A GOOD DOG.—I haye been struck with the edi- —_ ~~ - ‘orial wisdom of your journal in the matter of getting po Kititor Forest and Stream: dogs. Like vous have long since lente: that a ate Mr. A. D. Barber, of Townsend, Mass., in last Forest Ann | greedy pup may eata great deal and raise high hopes. at con- : i : & i) StREAM says, “I purchased to-day a heals bitch that won Ist | siderable cost of money, temper and belief in the honesty of prize at last Lowell bench show,” Who did he buy off [| man. That, however, isnot what [meant to write about. 7 own Roxy, the bitch that wou Ist at afore-mentioned show, | Wished to tell you a piece of personal experience beariug on A Please give ns name of seller and his address. In my beagle | Man's estimate of value, caninely spedieing, A gootl may standard, as given in lash week’s FormstT AND STRBAM, in piy-| YCars ago, { was invited to shoot woodeock and Bob White in ing expression of eyes it should be “pleading” instead of s Southern Begiewoude county, My host, aes Pegs, a small “pleasing,” N. Bumorn, armer, was very fond of his gun, and had often asked me to Granby, Conn, go with him tothe White Oak Swamp, where it was reported i SOLD STUB oo Eielobiele ae not only SES, but positively fleree mt, pes ' - attacks on tho sportsman disturbing her October rest, hen H B was an enormous stub-tailed, crop-eared, heayy-jawed | W° met, Pegze brought with him a bob-tailed brown setter brute, of hadly-mixed breed, as nearly as the stranger that was a marvel for speed, staunchness, nose aud ranging: could guess, about 66 per cent, brindle pull, and the rest L per | | bave Known very few dogs his superior in those respects, cent, each of thirty-four other bloods, A tough customer, too, | Alter the manner of his kind, he would alwiys go off simul- judged by external appearances; not at all such a dog as one taneously with the gun, but he would come to his point heau- Would care to meet at night in an orchard. The loungers | “fully in going for the bird, or as he brought itin. “Mr. abont the hotel at the Point were ronghly playing with him, Pegge, Said T, “you would not like to part with Boss, would but_in a very guarded way, dexterously dodging when he|YOUS ‘That T wouldn't.” replied he. “But if some one made a. dash at their noses, and with some difficulty maintain- | SHould offer you a very high price? “Ob, well. Vd sell any- ing their foothold when he leaped npon them. thing I've got ‘cept my wife and baby if money enough was "should about as lief wrestle with a catamount, or box | PU DP a ute Doc., jess lemme tell you, the man ain’t-yit born with # buzz saw,” said the stranger, “Whom does he belong ae peaeanet eee ape tee eR. dollars on Ha a toe” WE Y ke as 1 a UiNs) Tine Ane oy purse was )w.— _ “Well, now, bis rightful owner is Dave West. But Dave is Orp Docror (New York), LCE fink he Ought to be.” said the stranger. TEN NESSEE.—Nashville, Tune 34,—Col. Wm. H. Johnson “But that’s nothin’ agin Old Stub,* continued the other. | 4 and killed a large number of foxes last winter and spring: ‘Now since Dave's zone to prison, the dog just belongs to ne bag ppnpanee eaonep fe excelled, if equaled, on the i arene odaen “hole t i . 4 is Pepe ea inent, ah ough not numbering over seven or eight coiples, Fee Stee neither Loan tall von. Pears ike avon | they can catch any fox that dares start before them, nnless body has an interest in the dog. He is a great ‘friend “of the his hole is close by when the alarm first comes, —J. D. Ht, children, Knows them all. Det him find a child alone in the street, and (ll be whipped if he don’t just take it in charge KENNEL. NOTES. and then you al wane ies fool around that: child much, i NOMOE TO CORRESPONDENTS. e hap eaenays Eve ve ve ds ar ost hanutiaher ne e pune Kennel notes as inserted in oe coli tree oF Bar re, IO Inguve =; settee et aa) : Saran v licati tes, correspondents MUSD GLY & lowing - lived. Makes me sad to think what that dog mnig. t 've been eee eT talents i op he he if he’d only had the training. There ain't no dog in the whole | 1. Color, f. Name and residsuce of myntn, town of Catskill, no, norin Greene county neither, that has | 2. Breed. » buyer or seller. more natural aufellizence than old Stub. Travel! Why that | # aor, is a ONEEE Or are Sas doy goes everywhere, Met him on the ferry, the other side | > pFe ir Santi iativtiartect here , of the river, didn't you? He's right here every time, and |” ao ae thy Of breeding ot a aR Ove PE Bla and dint. when that bell rings he’s aboard the boat, Many and many a! Allnames umst be plainly written. Comminivestion on one side of time he’s taken the train on the other side of the river, and | paper only, and signed with writer's name. just gone as fay as he’s wanted to, and then got off and took NAMES CLAIMED. the next train back, They all know himou the cars. Doves ee See lustructions ot head of this cohen, just as he pleases, too, you bet.” Forest Bat, Forest Mack uid Forest Dim. By Mr, &. AcSbone, “T should think that sonie of the Hudson dogs would get} Forest Kennel Glub, Loudon, Ont,, for black. white and ian Roelish away with him,” suggested the stranger. setter doe puppies, by Prince Royal (Koh Roy—Jnio) out of Pores! ‘No, sir; if don’t make no difference where he goes; there | Fly (Adam's Drake—Lathrops Luna). ; : don't no dog: interfere with him; never knew but one dog to} furest ya nut Bi x eras eS BY. ay HOPES! amas) Cima. onlay tackle him. Onet, when I was drivin’ a stage to Windham, I pate oA BOVE ae of rorest “Thy [Fdiuee, Doki ue ane was way top of the mountain; happened to look back, and eons ae ‘' + a hes inn aan! ie mapa FG) 5 > TU be hanged if there wasn't old Stub paddling along behind Monk, ‘By Mr, J. A. Gargiulo, New York, for black cocker apaniel the coach; twenty-three miles he’d come, After I'd pot my | doz, whelped Feb, 9, 1885, by Black Prinee (AR. 62) ont of Preuss horses put out, I took bin ‘round to the kitchen,but, bless you, | | Wildair—Dolly), By! r he'd been there before, Stub always knows the way to Snp 7. By Myr, W.B, Williains, Nyack, N, ¥., fav hale Cocker the kitehen and strikes it the first thing evel'y time, and don't Bpeuiel dom net es: 9, 1S83, by" Blagis Fela (et ISR Ge) oh tras you forgetit. Well, when bedtime come Ttook the dog out | “ayiired U. By Mx. W. B. Williains, Nyack, N. ¥.. for black cocker and shut him wp in the barn, He's a regular terror for 4) spaniel bitch, whelped Feb 9, 1883, by Black Prince(A.K.R. 62) ont of watch dog, Stub is; and when he is put in any place like that Prinwess (Wildair—Dolly,) _ 4 3 at night, he’s going to take’care of it. Ill bedinged if any of} Jet. By Mr. MePherson Kennedy, New York, tor black cocker us dared go into that barn; and there was iy team waitin’ to pene. Dire jvueiped ay 9, 1883, by Black Prince (A, IR, 88) out of be put onf, foo. Every timea man would go to the door | *5ROeSs ir, A. FLO ; , has Westie there was old Stub on the other side; and you can dash me if 4 ma bi ay ened Lome a stents MN ee Awa sel oe tee we didn’t haye to climb up a ladder into the mow and mmhook Hated’ (Wildair—Dolly), a vod another door before we could put them horses out. Well, as I Flirt. By Mr, ©. F. Browning, Jersey City, N. J., for liver eouker 5 1 A M was going to tell you, the next day, coming back, old Stub | spaniel bitch, whelped Feb. 9, 1883, by Black Prince (A.K,R. 2) out ot was padding along behind the coach, when one of them ‘ere | Princess (Wilaair—Dolly). aE) shepherd dogs comes 4 running out of a yard and makes for EA e J att by 8 him. I just happened to see it, Old Stub didn’t make a sound, ae eee cle ae a CEN duane (Outs) but he just took that smart Aleck by the back, tossed hin | ynglish setter bitch Forest Ida (Dick Laverack —Vorest Fly) to Mr. over ucainst the stone wall, and paddled on, looking nerther | 7, G, Dayey's Posh Boy (Cambridge—Cassie Lee) June to. to the right nor to theleft. he last Iseen of the shepherd | Mina—Mareo, Mr. Jess M. Whaile’s (Chester. 3. 0.) imported dog, he was laying right there where Stub had thrown hin, Teonbers Bich Ming (Marko Flora) to his intported Marco (Marky cea See ate : i Sree linka), June 16, . Neral Boge oe tage ses eee a petites ot the CRE OWS acueniee FEI: a lemon atl pasties Syl i 2 7 . ae ite pointer bit¢h Munsoo’s Queen to his Bow, June 24. erowd, “you oughter been down here at the Point one night} “pecn—Glencho. Mr Fi. 1. Martin's (Wilmington, Tel.) ved Irish lash winter to have seen the fun, Me and Bill Havens was] setrer biteh Reeta (Micho—Fire Ply) to Mr. W_ AL Pieeve’s Gloneho over there, in with Jerry Hull, Jerry was watchman here on | (Eleho—Rose), Jnne 15. 4 the Point. It was a fearful cold Dish! ioe about eleven eA She aE Boe i ade o’dlock me and Bill had turned in, an erry was setting. by | Ee Seedustivotions ce hetuc of tite con. Z . eet, the fire, when there came a scratching and pawing at the Nettle, Mr. W. A. Cookson = (Hudson, NY Jose terrier itch Net- 5 : ? ase ‘i ‘ | | tle (Gamester—Vixen), Jone 16, six (tires tlogs), by Mr, Henry Du- dovr. ‘Old Stub, by gum! said Jerry, and going to the door, 5 i "ted Spirot—t “tad Lally a Maes Hois's Trap (imported Spicot—importad Lilly). sure enough, there was the old rascal, Well, Jerry let him in, ; SALLS, . and he "peared mighty glad to get to the fire, too; and laid) pee see instructiuns ut head of this columns. down and was soon wagging that old stump and growling in Forest Pat. Black, white and tan Myglish setter dog puppy, by his sleep, Bymby tiwelve o’clock come, and Jerry wrapped | Prince Royal (Rob Roy—Juno) ont of Forest Ply (Drake—Luna), by himself up, took his denier and peered oui tS go ‘roun une the Forest Kennel (lub (London, Ont.) to Mr, P, BE. Stanley (Ghieago, buildings. Me and Bill was dozing off fo sleep again, when de - eS z ee, oe all of a suddent old Stub starts up from the floor and puts to |_, Forest Mack. Black, while and tan English setter dos puppy. by . y 3 ie a Prince Royal (Rob Roy—Juno) ont of Forest Ply (Drake—Lima), by the door, showing his teeth and taking on at a terrible rate, | ina Forest Kennel Club (Loudon, Wnt.) to Mr. John Oliver (Chi- Then some one on the outside lifted the latch and started to} payo. T.), eee the door, but Old Stnb made a spring and barked like} funo. Blaek, white and tan beagle doy. whelped. eb. 28, 1888 all let loose, and [tell you that door shut to mighty quick. | (Vietor—Bessie), by Mr. M. M. Nissly (iizahethtown, Pa.) no My 3. Et Then we heard some one call, and blame if if wasn’t Jerry Hominen ie ares ). sftite. nad nestylaastine Hats nol Atte vik fr is 1d trvi i is 1 anger and Otew. wk, 6 i sles, ass putes pera es ane a8 ne Orne at whetped Feb. 28, 1883 (Victor Bessie), by MM. ML. Nissly Blizabeth Rar) ne a - eet tae 4 ih , Pa.) to Mr, M. Oukter Hammunbon, N. 2). was a going to let anyone in, It was playingin and out, you OT oui, Orange and white Bglish setter bith, 4 years oll (Rhoderick see, and Jerry's turn out. Cold! Well, | guess so; enough | phy —atina), hy Mr. H. Pape (Hoboken, N. .J,) to Mr, Robevt, Bevty to freeze the door knobs off. Then old Jerry began to plead | (New York). . : . with the dog, ‘Stub, old boy! good dog, Stub! Good old| Mollie T. Orange and white English yetter biteh, at anuntas pid fellow, Stubby! There now, be still, sir. Down, Stub! | (Thunder—Lout), by Mr. H, Pape (Huboiren, N. J.) to Mr. Robert Stubby, old:chap, don't you know me? But [ll be whipped | Betty (New York). PRESENTATIONS: if Stub would down for a ceut., Not much, He was in charge, LE See instrnutions at heud of this cokunin: and the more Jerry talked he just took on worse thai eyer, Monk. Black cocker spaniel, whelped Feb, J. 1884. (Black Prince— Then Jerry hollered out to us, ‘O, Jim, hold Stub till I get in.” | Princess), by Mr. W. B. Williams (Nyack, N.Y.) to Mr, J. A. Garginlo ‘Bill, I say Bill, ave you awake! But me and Bill didn’t let} (New York) > i on to hear him; and then he'd try to coax the brute onthe| Jet. Black cocker spuniel bitch, isibed Feb, §, Se (Black Princes other side of the door, Well, we just let him stay out there Pe eae Be YSUNSTOS NTR Bye are Dera till he finally started to walk around again to keep from | “SUir 2) ‘hiver cnvker spaniel bitch. whelped Feu. 4, 1884 (Bladk freezing, and then we got up and held old Stub, both of us, | pyince—Princess), by Mr. W- By Williams (Nyack. N.Y.) to Mr, A. AL till he gotin, He was so put about, that I'm dashed if he | Gombs(Brooklyn. N.Y). didn't try to drive the dog out into the cold, but old Stub de-| — Fiirt. Liver covkes spaniel bitch, whelped Feb, i, 1882 (Blac cided to stay, and I'll just tell you he did, too, and would of | Prince—Princess), by Mr. we. B, Williams (Nyack. N_Y.}to Mr 0. FP. stayed if there’d been twenty Jerrys, Yes, sir, he’s a big one Browning (Jersey City, N. 1), F on watehing, and if he’d only had the training—” a asec dhioad tid ‘at ean Just here there was a tremendous cackling among the |’ (i, Fawn mati” dog, % years old (Crown ‘Prince—Sybili hens, and old Stub came flying over the fence followed by #) . 15) by by Mr. William P, Stevenson (New York) {tom iflamma- broom, All hands joined in the pursuit, aud the stranger no- | (on of the stomach. ho ticed that those who had been loudest in the hero's praise DOW | ~ Rip. Orange wnd white poigter dog, whelped Qe 4.1874 (Sabin's a eRare aie pigeest “rocks” at him as he disappeared in a Peaipreslyhs Gortoran’s Bess), owned by Mv. J. Murphy (Sprinetield cloud of dust up the causeway, 3) ——<—<— Jony 5, 1883.] ——— FOREST AND STREAM. Rifle and Crap Shooting. To insure prompt attention, communications shold be ca- tiressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- portance are liable to delay. THE TEAM STRENGTH. iv is, no doubt, with a very buoyant fecling of voming victory that the American team set sail on the afternoon of the 19th ult. The men have worked well together since their selection, and notwith- standing the fact that they cover the central point about which seemed to cluster no end of squabbling and wrangling, they have held up to range drill with a persistency which speaks well for a winning team at Wimbledon, r We present herewith a complete record of each man’s work since the competitions opened at Creedmoor for the choice of the team on May it. There isa certain irregularity about the scores which might fo to show thatthe men are notentirely sure in their strength, and that it may possibly be that the arms are not free from the tendency to the old-fime *Sinaccountabie” which were so annoying in years past to the small-bore men. Tt will be remembered that the plaves on the team were open to the National Guard of the whole country. and that but twenty-nine pos- sible candidates presented themselves. Out of these sixteen were chosen and taken over under the conmmand of Capt. Howard, a In the following tablés of scores the records made during the four, days of competitive work areshown as a sample of what the men were able to accomplish when firing each on his own judgement. The aver- ages shown are calculated on the work done after the team practice upened and indicate very fairly what may reasonably he expected from the men. F. J. Rabbeth leads the list with an average of 181g. He did not attend at each of the days set down for team work. and up to the close there was some doubt whether he would getaway or not. There are no bad breaks in his scores, and being an old civilian shot of ex- cellenve the donning of the uniform has not hurt his art, Dr. 8. I, Scott is close behind, and his score sheets show 4 very uni- form degree of excellence, andat one range he reached a perfect score, while his #4 at 900yds, is a specially fine effort. He, foo.is a long-range, small-bore man doing duty for the National Guard, George Joiner will rejoice a whole city full of people if he makes a specially fine effort, for he is the only Brooklyn representative on the team, His lower range work is, of course, very fine, but there is room for improvement along the upperregister. : M. W. Bull, the Springfield expert, seems to shoot about equally well all over the range, and arun of $4 at, 1.000yds. was not beaten at any other range. There is no reason why a marksman with the skill of Mr. Bull should not add a point to his average at each range. J. M, Pollard was handicapped by sickness during the early prac- tice. When in good health, however, he is a high scorer, and rns of 4100 out of 105 atthe lower ranges leaves little more to be desired there, The difference between the first and second stages is rather too marked, however. W. C. Cash is fully up to paras a marksman, though his 1,000yds, svores show some bad breaks, and bring dawn his ayerage yery much, He shoots above the usual run, and his Creedmoor average, if held al Wimbledon, ought to carry him to a good position ina winn- gui team. C@ W. Hinman, one of the Boston boys, is good enough to give no tause for grumbling at the short ranges. buthe is curiously irregular at the longer distances, often running higher in scores as he fell hack fo the extreme ranges. If he be in good shooting form on the match days he will be found among the leading half of the team. J. L, Paulding shows a complete slate of (pace, He was present on every day fixed by the team captain and never lost a shot, With an occasional spurt and now and then a provoking break, he manages to keep @ very even sort of figuring, and ought not to fall under his average in the final trial. John Smith, whoneyer seenis to tire of range work, 1s the English- man oftheteam, His average was pulled down hy a bad tumble or two in his scores; but with a team of as good reliable shots, there would be little difficulty in foreseeing a victory. T. J. Dolan improyed toward the end of the practice, and in this respect resembled many of the other marksmen of the team. (cca- sional high scores at 1,000yds., and a perfect score at 800yds,., show that the rifie used is an excellent one, but the lapses now and then econ to the tens are not pleasing either to the shooter or his many riends, A.B, Van Heusen is another one of the hard workers of the team, but his scores show too wide a range of variation, and one of those drops at the longest range onthe last match day might lose the con- test. Perhaps from excess of practice, but his scores after selection asateammando not come up fo fhe shooting done by him when working for a place on the team. : ; Walter Scott, from the interior of this State, has made a good fight for a place in the team, but he must show more stability hefore being aceorded a final shooting place. Le picked up finely toward the end of the practice, however, and 4 (otal of 180 on the last two days prac- tice shows that the drill of the several weeks’ ranze shooting had not heen wasted. A F. Stuart has the hopes vf a large contingent of our Irish-Ameri- can citizens centered apon him. His best long-range work was shown toward the end of the several weeks spent at. Creedmoor, and if he has caught the knack of fighting the wind, he is a safe man, for he is free from very bad breaks, and while he shoots in a prone posi- tion is avery steady holder. ; J, H. Brown will not, in all likelihood, shoot in the final match; but he is a useful nian from his knowledge of the rifle with which a ma- jority of theteam isarmed. Asa director of the National Rifle As- sociation he gives an official aspect to the delegation, While his first stage work is passable, at the second stage an average of 73 in @ possible 105 is ie up to the grade of an expert marksman able fo cape with such as the English council will pit against the visitors. Fred Alder, the last team man, has no record as a team man, When the practice was all over he was placed back on the traveling delegation, and his only record is that made in the shooting for places. This is given below for purposes of comparison: EJ Rabbeth—Broy n Rifle. eh a bi i a ae ee ie Aggre- yds. yds, yds, stage. yds, yds, yds. stage. gate. May 14.... 80 33 24 oF 2B) "ah al?! 72 159 May 15.... 32 al 31 94 25 22 20 Live 161 May 17.... 28 84 26 88 iy sek 66 1o4 May 18- 20 az a3 54 ap 82 21 88 71 June 7...,80 24 31 95 29 (36 Ki 72 167 June 8... 31 33 30 94 af 29 29 85 179 June 9... 34 29 2 86 f “p ee + ape Juneil.... ., m1 " 29 «629 ©9330 88 = dunel2, .. 81 33 a1 95 28 23 BL R2 177 Jonel8.... - ae a5 a oo RO ae Average. ccciiice-es ---y DA RY 6. I. Scott—Remington Rifle, May 14.... 28 33 29 90 31 630 0=— 20 81 May 15,... 29 ve 23 oo 80 31 29 90 May i7....27 34 29 90 a4 8408 ar May 18....20 38 32 94 30 «a3 90 May 23... 29 aa a1 08 a0 eit 29 86 May 25:.,,28 32 32 92 ab MN el 83 June 7.... 2% 38 38 03 33 28380 91 June & .., 30 3g 29 PJ 28 Crd 25 5) June 9..., .. ob ae 1 38 Bd 91 Juneli ... .. 2 pe me 29 Bl O88 85 Junei.,., 80 35 30 95 Ss an ar ‘ Juneis ... .. zt 7 “ 28 29 40 87 AWePAge ; csi... ei ee eer 98 83-7 178 3-7 George Joiner—Brown Rifle, May 14... 2 B40 BL 93 2g 23 22 vi) 168 May 15..., 81 80 BL 02 a 28. 1 feist 180 May 17..., 32 34 25 ot 31 19 18 68 168 May 18... 31 88 31 95 DS eS | 67 162 May 23.... 83 31 Bb} 86 be 29 40 87 183 May 24....33 33 29 95 82. 21H i Vi4 May 2h... 81 84 27 2 328889 89 181 May 31.... 30 Bz ae ae: 20 12 20 62 152 June 1..., 31 35 380 6 30 2B WO $1 178 June 2....29 38 31 93 a oe 28 7: 167 June @.,.,, 831 35 38 99 32 26 26 87 186 June 6... 80 33 Sa oT 2). 27 2b 81 178 THE: Pee ee | Ne 5 300 88. 78 i Juneli.., 1. -.. o nA 23 29 BH iB Junelz..-. 81 82 42 45 aoa “f SOL CEE aD bye ag dtd ag 4 2 (kB Si os Ayeraie. -. 86 AU Wh May 14.,..28 81 ~ 31 oH) a7” 125 ti May 15,.., 30 SL 29 it) Bi a Pa] May 16,,,. 27 3: ae N2 STR = 86 pe S488 93 Di ne et 82-80 i) SL 38 Re 26 Pay 78 29 a3 Pad By bd 95 28 ee 2th 2 ei) 89 32 26 Bt! pi) 28) aT a) » 38 Bit] ree ye 48 is 28 dz PAI Junell,. Ao “b Af RE Dive” ne Janei2.... 2 32 33 M4 oe a ve ne s3..., 34 “4 a3 RH BA SUVELBR AS ete ies ene. (On J. M. Pollard—Remington Rifle. May is 2a 30 sick May 15,..5°0 382 28 0 3 288 430 May i? ...28 st 27 Bb 30, Gan May 18.... 27 28 Re 82 sick . F May 23,,-. 30 32 2g fl 1 23 2 May 24, .- 31 be i i] 700 Sia 25 May 26 20 53 51 fd ag WA 2 June 7 ...27 83 3f 93 SO” Rt Rd June 8.... 31 30 32 us a8 26 2A dine #... .. 34 as is al 24 2 dunedt.74) 2. a AA a a 20 Od June 12 a 35 a0 5 t A; S, June13.... .. Be, fe -4 50 8%e BF AVELBERA ity. 27 6 2h 26 30 31 83 20 27 20 3a 31 4 80 22 26 al 33 o1 31 BO 80 52 % 86 bal 28 22 3) 31 89 im eng ‘et 82 pat $4 24. Ro 18 33 Ro 84 ae 27 13 300028 38 SI ad bs] 26 RH 28 a 26 : 14 et 30.0 RB As te at 25 26 bil) Junei2.... 28 32 A $1 + £ A June... - + te By BU 1 Pie gi tege eA RARER A) demerit HE Walter Seatt—Brown Rifle. May 14... 2 32 28 bis) Qf Bue May 15....29 30 81 90 30 2 2B May 17.... 26 24 30 80 Bs May 18... 32 30 27 89 By Bt 10 May 23. .. 27 2 27 80 8 22 va May 24.... 31 31 25 H0) 25 26 13 May 26.... 28 31 26 85 29 « «232k May 31,... 30 84 33 it 31038016 dune 15222529 2A (2h 7 27 | Oh 11 June 7.... 28 35 29 92 33° (RB dune... . “e “3 53 20) 2G "21, Junedi. .. .. ae i ea a1 at) ta) Jimei2...,80 82 30 89 e nd t Junel3.... .. i a a 33 2H 80) Average... 246. e cee. BB 4-9 M. W. Bull—Brown Rifle. ow 17324 801-1 171 1-11 73 6-11 89) 161 168 165 164 165 172 182 178 172 109 172 Jad 170 3-5 157 172 156 180 167 146 170 1538 164 152 181 186 16334 169 166 188 169 172 182 162 164 (51 151 150 168 lay 167 153 160 142 154 {67 Vit 151 171 10284 }. Stuart—Brewn Rifle. ~ ( May M..,29 gh 27 RR 2 26 7 106 May {f.... 28 82 28 #8 5) es) 1 179 7 30: 28 89 28 28 25 vi 165 30 31 2 ad 20 20 4 167 aS 30) 31 1 32 19 2) 76 We 24, 32 Rb 85 80 19 ae 71 1b6 May 31 al 29 a7 3 25 Bo 7 165 dime 1,... 2 at o0 28 2 | BD. 7 167 June 2... 29 2 28 61 v4 4619 «68 BYE 138 Jnne 7.,., 30 30) 28 inal 30 2B 21 74 alive June 4. 35 20 2h 83 aL P21) ae 82 165 dunes 9... 22 te as e 31 27 23 81 tc Junelt,... ., ‘ He v 28 29 24 BL June 12... 28 35 26 bit] nie + a he dnneds,... . ;: Te : Retired, AVOVAZO S61 sb aes S684 WaT 182 5-f . J. H. Brown—Brown Ritle. May 14.... 28 dd Pte §8 26 21 30 ri 165 May 15..., 31 34 29 94 ze 24 1) fifi 160) May 16,... 31 26 82 dd a 24 ap 137 May 1% 34 20 Al 26 20 27 82 178 May 23 32 28 88 32 20 a1 82 170 May 24 35029 00 28 38 fi we 178 May 2b! Ro 80 90 2h 27 16 65 158 May 21 30 30 12 i? 28 26 ws Lis June 1 Py 30 87 p> |, 3 5] 138 Jlne 2.... Pe eh 78 26. BF Ra it 155 June 7... 2 a2 ae 88 a a0) 25 88 176 une §,.. B20 ti ot 20 #3006 «14 O4 155 dune 9) 22 | ‘ ia 2 31 a1 21 a Junell.... " : i 29 RF a2 78 Juneiz.... 80 31 28 Bo i. na - i June ls.... -. 2 x . 28 1s a 62 AVOFERO oot ee ce eain ends 88 7-0 73 161 7-9 Fred. Alder—Remingtou Kitle. May 14.... 30 20 Rb RQ pH) a4 I r3 154 May 15.... 31 Bz 82 95. 26 23 21 69 184 May 16.... 31 38 RA 88 ab] 20) mM 63 151 May 18.... 30 33 23 St 26 at 20 Live 1538 RANGE AND GALLERY. HARTFORD, CONN.—The fifteenth annual shooling festrral of (he Connecticut Schuetzen Bund, held at Hartford, the 18th and 19th inst. Alarge number of marksmen were present, and the following are the scores made on the general prize target: Dudley Seymour, Hartford, 71: D. BE. Marsh, Bridgeport, 70; J.D, Marks, Collinsville, 69; W.W. Tucker, Hartford, 67; H. Andrus, Hartford, 67; Win. Talin, Hartford, 67; 8.8. Bumsted, Springfield, Mass., 66; J. Hale, Hartford, 66: H. MacEnroe, New Britain, 66; 11. H. Hubbert, Spring- field, Mass., 65: F. W. Green, Bridgeport, 63; J.C, Talbot, Springfield, Mass., 66; O. B, Hull, Collinsville, 65; E.H, Williams, Hartford, 64; WK. Cooley. Springfield, Mass., 63; J. Wilson, "Springfield, Mass., 63; FP. Engel, 63; H. Stocton, 62; A. Kron, Springfield, Mass., 61; C. Drechsler, 61, Wm, Hahn, of Hartford, made fhe most 24in, bulls- eyes during the two days on the bullseye target, and received the first prize, making one more than J.D, Marks, of Collinsyille, who received the second prize. MUZZLE-LOADER AND STAGE COACH,—-Editor Forest and Stream: Lhave been much interested in the “Muzzle vs. Breech- Loader” controversy, Wonder what jyould be thought of a man who should recommend the old-fashioned stage coach mode of trav- eling as better adopted to the wants of the public than our present railroad system,—G, B. W. THE TRAP. VICKSBURG, Miss., Pune 28.—Score of Vieksburg Gun Club at their weekly shoot on Tuesday lasn. Tt was out of a passible 20: Ralls. Pigeons, Total, Bookout,..;.5.. 0+. eet. o 18 Antara: 23 ce: 8 7 17 UAW Grrrisie hea beh BO ke ee a eo 10 ) 19 Rawerth Pe 10 LB Searles . ... 8 i ive Dorsey ..-. Bo Sry Pee Pore Ww 18 Loewenberg..... ade deM ag fo obeP Anis 3 i 10 GAINESVILLE, Ark., June 24.—There will be 4 shooting show at Paragould on the Fourth, Capt. E. E, Stubbs, in whose prowess with the rifle we Arkansas folks take great pride, is matched against G. Price, of St, Louis, in a shoot at 100 clay pigeons each. English rules. The stakes are alleged (for advertising purposes) to be $500; although as a matter of fact neither party have put up anything, Stubbs per- forms some really wonderful feats with the rifle—or feats that would have heen thought wonderful in ante-Carver days. He and Price have formed a Gombination and will give exhibitions, following in a humble manner and afar off the example of Carver and Bogardus. Price calls himself the ‘English champion wing-shot.*’ Is his claim correct?—GanpeEr, [No.] f MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGES.—Mr, Geo, D, Tidsbury. of the Ashland Club, has challenged Col, A. Bagg, of Springfield, Mass,, the holder of the Massachusetts Glass Ball association State champion badge. The match wilt be shot at Springfield about the iniddle of July, Mr, F, Il, Noble, of Malden, has challenged Mr. H, W. Hager, the holder of the clay pigeon State champion badge of Massachusetts, The match will be shot al Marlborough, Mass.. July 6. NASHVILLE, Tenn.—-Andy Meaders, Nashville’s champion trap shot, claims a record of 1,163 broken balls out of 1,200 shot at, an average of 93 per cent, His score for elay pigeons is 99 per cent. of those shot at. CHAMPION WING-SHOTS are turning up all over the country, particularly atthe South. Hach and every one of them has cizeany beaten the records of Carver and Bogarius, or will proceed to do so forthwith. The marksmanship of the country is improving, and by the time Bogardus reaches Australia his peers in this country will he counted by the score. BUTHERFORD, N, J., June 23.—Qluse balls, 2lyds. prize, dogskin coat. A Posh. +): a .. 00011001110001110011—10 mijeh TIP Uy oe eee) oes _~ 110001110017 141910011 WF Stéel.....--......-. _,..0111110111000011 100112 L Reed... --.11111010101011111111—16 od Blaiveligeee Be ony 2252 Le ~ . ,-L0000111111011911001 18 CE YVOGSy atten ds tbe Bo tee ous - -,11010010001010101011— 9 JN Mileham, ... 0.0.6.2 mie cee es ve 10101110001011911010—1 2 CEI COG Nae 9 Be Bed: zese p23 occas see: fas <2 2109111110111 101119 Messrs. Steel and Coe shot a match at 25yds., 5 halls, Coe 4, Steel 3 CINCINNATI, June 20,—A live pigeon shooting tournament, given by the Cincinnati Independent and Shooting Olnb, has just closed. any crack shots from all parts of the country were present, Among them were Meaders, of Tennessee, and champion of the South: Kimble, of Peoria, Il,; Tiepel, of Newport, Ky., and a number of crack shots from this and ofner States. Wild pigeons were used the first day, but as they were young and too weak to fly, tame ones were substituted, Prizes amounting to $5,000 were given. The tour nament lasted four days, and was the iargest ever held in this city. Ganaeing. FIXTURES. May 24—Torontu Canoe and Skiff Races, Aug, 20—American Canoe Association Meeting at Stoney Lake AUP, 21, i ahigg watt Canoe Association Regatta at Stoney ale. Aug. 4—American Canoe Association Meeting at Stoney Lake. SAILS FOR CANOES, N° question is so frequently asked by canoeists as the one “Huw much sail shall I carry?’ and none is so difficult to answer, off- hand, owing to the varying conditions of each case. The sail-carrying power of a canoe depends on many elements, and a number of these must be known in order to give the size of sail required. The skill and courage of the crew, the beam, model. amount of ballast, the water on which it is intended to sail, the purpose for whieh the boat Is nsed, the perfection of the reefing and stowing arrangements, all enter into the calculation. In so small aboat as a canoe, the per- sunal qualities of the crew are of more importance than model or even ballast. as a good sailor will carry af Jeast filty per cent, more sail than atyro. If the sailing is to be on broad, open waters, more sail can be carried than on rivers and lakes, where the winds are baffling and squalls violent and frequent, If raving or occasional sails are the objects sought, much larger sails are allowable, asin the AB4 former case speed is the solé object, even af the expense of hard work, discomfort and a possible capsize, and in the latter caso a sail may be carried safely for a short time that would require such con- stant care and watchfulness as would be yery trying if kept up all day. Asailthatis provided with a quick aud sure working reefing gear on two reefs, and means of lowermg in a hurry, can safely bu much lurger than one in whieh everything is sacrificed to “sim- pllvity,"’ an instance of the latter being found in the lateen, which - cannot be reefed, and if free cannot easily be lowered. If the boat is to be sparred for racing the sails may be as large as she can carry at any Cost Of extra labor or risk, but it should be borne in mind that a very lirge sail is not always desirable. as a boat may nob capsize, and yet have more sail than can be handled to the best advantage, and it must not be expected that the same sail will answer for racing and cruising, Tt as by no means true that the larger the sail, the greater the speed. as & baat may not capsize and yet May have more sail than tan be handled to the best advantage. For cruising the effor: should he male to giveas great an aren as can be curried comfortably in food sailing winds, with a reef quick, sure working, and large ecough, wd if desired a shift of sails, stowing mainsail, setting mizzen for- wards And setting storm mizzen for heavier weather. For “kites” the spinnaker is the only sail suitable, the various topsails, ringtails, éte., being too compheated. The plan is sometimes followed of using a very large sail for light winds and reefing it in fair sajling weather, but this is not desirable, asa reefed sail is never as effective and easily handled as a whole sail, and the canoe will be sailing most of the time with along boom end a clumsy bunch of cloth onit. As to choice of rig, canoeists haye, after trying every known sail, nar- rowed their choice to two kinds, the lateen and the lug, in one of two forms, The style of sail and the area heing determined on, the sails should be so proportioned as to make them as long and low as possible, fiving the least heeling with greatest propelling power, beariug in mind, however, that a long main boom 1s both troublesome and dan- gerous, and if once allowed te drag in the water, will probabiy cause a capsize. The increase in sail spread in this country has been very rapid. boats carrying 90ft, now that were sailed for years with half that amount, but the limit must be reached at thatfor the 14ff.x30in. boats, ubless of much greater displacement than is now customary. For criusing in such boats we would suggest 45ff. in mainsail, and 20ff. in mizzen, both lugs, the relative sizé varying with the posi- tion of the masts. Sailmaking is a business only acquired Beate study and practice, and the amateur cannot expect to tum out a first-class job, but as the materal 1s nof costly, he can well afford to make one or two suits himself. until by trial he has just what he desires, and then he can order from a sailmaker witha certainty of haying a snit of sails that will tit his boat. Canocists areoften iznor- ant of the size of their sails, but the measuring is so simple a matter that there isno exeust for neglecting it. Whereupon the alub's guess took to guessing ail pouted oan everyicing i the harbor, from a coul schooner to sume clorieapins on the hills ae Tovey's Tin Hot.” Wow this sutisfaction, the shoves) bit af she duy's racing Was OL Wiknessud, and we pre i the (lark as ho low Shadow elinched With bopwing aii cama ny to Li dinish with a dead, whother the sloop setewed higher, or wotbier Mie Culler oyersiaad, whether the hosis brought it sbent op bie crews wie Were ligndling thom, Viking, gue of Lhe deep, heavy keelshuaps of juidein style, pot in work wiieh shoald go op repo, Peron + Snie. oll, aad Prev kites weve sia, Shie bel stove pad erulisiie trash aboard without tnd, sowe wertinformed. ait yor she Kepo Shadow ct) bay off her weather qittr'ter Por nednly hall oe coe Here Wty bad the spec- ticle OF a (eep diate oF consilelable displacement anid with kel, Holding frien inlesing steady Sad inok “brecas ofre ol ie fastest denterboauids. of legs dis ranean) And Murti ier off in rogard to equip- men, AS compared with Mayeio. tie Shaytosy wea a badly beaben hoat Not tbat fide is Qoyching tor Mageirte beng alowl, le is mauch the larger of (ie two and uel be onialil phe Shadow ¢ ly euourh. We mention it merely bewaise pon other oecusions a erett erlo is Taide if Shadow sy! Sher fide out oF she edithel-ih Wins suising the small sloop in strenelh, bil loo ligtih fra s beshadvatitage, Last saturday bln yw i wecouhkb rey eee et Witt) t bat to show fo Lae Tein wind eost. Masuie than tly. Oon- ‘ het say Voip eie is Not at hor b Le wilds, bth ‘id a, kiek ip, And local eninge eres with ws Ola tie bey Vincn lost year fuels wis dieu agains the enliven, as shu fella will just thie wether She dalnot want od Viren dit, Oar wttieeie of Mageta ts fornel principally Tron Wher we saw herito lich Satuilay ancl that eon- thineiiee lithe tiirniies (eb diee qitilier ta windward romnia with ws fl open question. m= Thearreynrements Tor We wie Wie way of taking records, arid cls tee Of con Pusiy wats tor the spare, Lire tine matches wile upon tue Following trary 1o Ney Lohit could be ilesired imthe plenlitol, snd, therefore, ol old iy folr oriter: The sondibwas; Starting line /\ /) I Qurer PieR. @ if GRNES SAP OF TASTE from Marblehead Rock fo Stakes on Starboard hand. Whistling Tioy off the Gri around Mee Hoel mar This course is twenbystive Wiles aleny Inis known asthe No, 7 course, and 4 proportion of windward wouk. given, the wild yeered to aline were frustrated. The matehes we Atlantic 4nd New Bedtor tlass schooners, R150 and ave third class, and 32) for onrth cla and yawls $150 and S75, to sevond «4 The mateh for first clas nized club, ‘he schooners were + The wind Tad come ou Brome 1 Alice bore dow a for boat she wert on t vine Pig Rock ind, dow to nd. then pele in and home, by all classes. 41 to Ve ® reasonable wWimetmelions had been the wotnuitles’s plans New ¥ Seawarhalca,, ii wnd SM) bea first Yooners, a0) for 3h RlODpS, & cs} Wo tpi Gla its ol! auiy t a Ove moire iit, T Dip topssil shrene bh as hi piss butwoon Roel amlstaly- be iy) fovetupsnil stvot abaye the ine for another 2o, Phe stakeboat was o 4moall concern, while the club steamer smd comimiiied cue 4 vee in bunting. For home yachts thine ethell WlamGe th vi-it- ThuBLe (he marks, tiiay did upon this TOT Uhlie down, ani hauled her wind ave beret : 1 + liane qustaljng the judges’ tus far the merkooas, made a second py. In the meantiine Fortin liad bowlud surose i Bvenh Style wader {ibtopsail sud batlaon ingintopmier staysail. Alico soon fullowedt under plpin sail, holsting jibfopsails few ianneule daha, Alost a mile fa ovtuni’s Wake Giiane hush Gf fee ¢lash over and had 16 shoulder ® bindicuy. Bbeebowdls hig sub ever the main gart, a jib liander forward, jth i i, The small schooners Went across al quarter-mile hater Latlons sec ond and Sylpb third, all of thuin ude ti. P Calves alreatly spukeu of above. Wye ton one wa to keep ny) appearandee, for it would We f enstotn tu have sma instesd OF dreary boxing about above hie lime, amt now sl animation aboard the ciulisleatuar, | “OG Shjeelipg of the Achooners had heen sahnuited Vo patiently, at sue rewsarl bey in secing the scramble the aiuiter lob wus tion’ td make Por the ling, as they were to b@ spaeclad wit their bisimess ta one Jone whistle Smart yachts, smarbstarts, His dave soeli bo go toe=uilier, dnl am tint eood one did thoy mike. “he whisile tooferd, all aves were upon the flyers. Soe cate rushing lows, olbers led uw. Dowling sleet, close tO the line, andirimining aft, buel G ti was surpriking to how oui She fairly toolka j one OF two Kk hee with ; headway, rau bolting up on 1 match ensued, A chhellidoust buve Sedied. with # Pasihit : fe. Tierubters had been Jlenhy became bie sr, Of lengths later witb Shadow close why sail. ihe others content with workiug Heifis away anicluever fetched Wp im tie rage. Ol cleye oF Marpte- head Neols the yachts mils 1h A Le Win Not chee sloay of phe harhoy Vu6y bore wwyiy tor (ie Jigs! plate cuodeh to run out spine mukera whith was dove ta hiveioe fkehiun all along tie file the racers had formed, Vildiog wits slaw ji wiittng none sail. duc her spinnaker proved to be only of cruising propovtions, wiih clew aaverut fubtup the taast, |, tte lathes with a eli ip: Clyiie and Orest were Yot she held Shadow well down wind, while Lapwing rather ran them both to the turn. Shé sported quite a handsome fit, perhaps no wondeyv. bearing in mind who her designer was. Balloon foresail sheeting, well abaft the mast, was m use all day, but there was hurdly downward drag enough to thesheet to keep leech from shalk- ing. Ol! the Fig Rocks the big cutters bunched, Ornva still showing the way and Wenonah driving by on Maggie's weather, bul the “east” bets ie still one-quarter mile ahead of the three, All of them showel spinnakers and jibtopsails, Oriva wilii a jib header aver gall. Ou Pesper’s beam was the schoouer Sylph, with jibs in hrwils and balloon jibtopsail, an eighth mile whead the Tempest and Latona piloting her class with a quarter mile or more between her- sel’ and the black schooner. ...) S3-VINE ST! CINCINNATI.O.- [Extract from Fores? ano Stream, July 7 1881, p, 444.] This flight so nearly resembles the actual motion f birds thatthe Clay Pigeous afford excellent practice for wing shooting. We commend all sportsrien to test its merits, > ey * * + * ? 9 Schwatka’s Search. Sledging in the Arctic in quest of the FRANKLIN RECORDS, —pyr— WILLIAM H, GUILDER Second in Command, 1 Volume, #vo., with Maps and Tlustrations. Price, 3.00, Wor sale by the Forest and Stream Pub. 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THe Forest AND Srream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, mstruetion and information between American sportsmen, Communications upon the subjects to which its pages are devoted are respectfully invited. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded, No name will be published except with writer's consent. The Editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents, SUBSCRIPTIONS May begin at any time, Subscription price, $4 per year ; $2 for six months; to a club of three annua subscribers, three copies for $10; five comes for $16. Remit 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. On sale by the American Exchange, 449 Strand, W. C., London, England. Subscription agents for Great Britain—Messrs. Samson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 188 Fleet street, London, ADVERTISEMENTS. Only advertisements of an approved character inserted. 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PirscuLTureE, The American Fishceultural As- sociation, THE KENNEL. Dogs ut the New York Show. Training Beagles, Chasing Hares at Vield Trials. The Beagle Chib, Eastern Wield Trials Derby. Mastiffs, Kennel Management. Military Rifles. Loading. and Trajectory of Rifles Tilinois State Tournament. Range and Gallery. The Team Abroard, The Trap, CANOEING. Canoe Racing, | YACHTING. Marjorie’s Narrow Beam, What is the Use of Sandbags? The Old Theme Again. Eastern ¥Y. C Match. Sylvia—Gracie Match, Belle- ville, Ont. A Justifiable Move, Beverly Y. C. Larchmont Y, C. Boston City Regatta. Hull Y. C. Beverly Y. C. Matches. Cruise of the Chicago Y. C. From the Delaware. Time Limits. The Steamer Pilgrim, ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. a With its compact type and in its permanently enlarged form of twenty-eight pages this journal furnishes each week a larger amount of first-class matter relating to angling, shooting, the kennel, and kindred subjects, than is contained in all other American publications put together. Ten YEArs.—With the issue of July 26, the Fornsr anp SrREAM will haye completed its first ten years of publica- tion. JAPANESE PHEASANTS IN CALIFORNIA. i our issue of November 3, 1881, was published a letter from Lient. W. W. Folger, of the Nayy, then stationed at Shanghai, in which letter he told us of Consul-General Denny’s willingness to procure Japanese pheasants for im- portation into this country. An appeal was made to sportsmen’s associations to avail themselves of this kind of- fer by making provision for receiving and caring for the birds. Whether because discouraged by the fruitless mi- gratory quail importation or froma lack of public spirit, game societies appear to have given no attention to the sub- ject, save the California State Sportsmen’s Association. Something over a year ago that society received from Japan nine pheasants—they being all the survivors of a lot of seventy-five birds shipped. The pheasants were put in charge of a gentleman at San Mateo, and carefully provided for ina house specially constructed for them. We learn from the Pacifie Life that the birds have thrived. Eighteen young have been hatched and are now a month old, and sixty eggs were, at the time of writing, yet to be heard from, The association uppears to have demonstrated that it is practicable fo breed the birds in this country, and although it is as yet too early to predict the final outcome of their enterprise, it appears highly probable that the pheas- ant can be successfully acclimated, - The so-called English pheasant has been introduced on this side of the continent, one instance being that of Mr. Lorillard’s farm in New Jersey, where the bird furnishes sport after the regular English style. Af the individuals and clubs, who have a great deal to say and little to do in protecting game, would direct their intelli: | gent efforts to following these two examples of public and pri- vate enterprise, they would accomplish much more than can ever be attained by yiolent denunciations of ‘‘pot-hunters” and “‘monopolists.” Our State associations have abundant means and every opportunity to increase the supply of native game and to introduce foreign game, if they could only be induced to give some attention to the matter. If these socie- ties had begun ten years ago, fo labor in asystematic way for this inerease, they would have had a great deal toshow for itto-day, The next best thing is to begin now. THE BOTTLE JOKE. NE of the harmless institutions of the day is a Funny Paragraphers’ You-Tickle-Mc-And-I'll-Tickle-You Association. The membership is composed of the profes- sionally funny men of a- half dozen professionally funny papers. The duties of the members are simple; each is bound by a cast-iron oath to copy the jokes manufactured by the others, and there his obligations end. Hach member of the order makes an annual pilgrimage to the offices of the rest; on which occasions Brother Bill devotes # half column of gush to lauding the visiting Brother Bob’s brain, and Brother Bob m return pays in kind by communicating to his own paper an equal number of lines about Brother Bill’s capacious intellect. Thus each practices the golden rule and blows hard the other’s horn, even as he would that the other should blow his horn. A staple topic for these paragraphers and mutual admira- tionists at this season of the year is angling, They gener- ally let themselves loose on the topic of the city angler and the “barefoot boy;” or they try a big “fish story;’ or (and for some not wholly occult reason this is their favorite theme) they find their inspiration in the “‘whisky bottle,” It would be an interesting subject of inquiry to determine which of these themes is the most venerable as a joke, or in the para- graphers’ hands most dismal. The grandson of the original “harefoot boy” was killed by a British bullet at Ticon- deroga; the greatest “‘fish story” extant is some thousands of years old; and the whisky joke was current in Ireland when Raleigh and Spenser were fighting the Spanish inyaders there, and was eyen then thought by connoisseurs to be con- siderably mellowed by age. The latest distillation of this spirituous joke is a product of Iowa. We tind it credited by the other funny paragraph- ers to “Bob” Burdette, and it is therefore of the Burling- ton Hawkeye brand. It reads: Did we not go fishing it would not be summer.” Convers:ly, if it were not Summer we would not go a-fishing, “We are going fishing next week.’’ said Mr, Oldboy, ‘and I want to be sure we've got all our things together,” *Gota tent?” asked his partner, ‘Yes, [ve got a tent.” “And a boat?” ‘Wes; that’s engaged,’ “Whisky?” “Lots of it.” “Some pilot biscuit?” ‘Yes, a whole box.” “Five or six dozen of beer?” Meet “Cigars?” “Hundreds of *em.” “Plenty of whisky?” Soe Soe “Ham and canned meats?” Ey ey S ‘4 good lot of heer?” ‘¥es,"? “You'll want some ice.” “| have that, and I have lots of catined goods, plenty of beer and cigars, no end of whisky andbread, and everything I can possibly think of, and yet it seems to me I’ve left something out.” “Got your tackle, hayen’t you?” “By George!” shouted Mr. Oldboy, ‘tyon'ye hitit. That’s just it— fish hooks and lines, we'll need some of them, won't we? I knew I had forgotten something,” Ido not know why itis, but for some reason nearly every fishin & party carries with it a lot of hooks and lines which are only good to tangle up and catch in the drooping branches of the whispering trees. Now, as we have said, these paragraphers and their little jokes, even their whisky jokes, are for the most part harm- Jess. So isa dropof water. But it is the iteration that tells. The drop of water when it falls at regular intervals upon the head of the victim becomes the most refined torture and drives the sufferer into a maniacal frenzy, The angler’s whisky is passed around so frequently and so per- sistently by the funny men that respectable gentlemen, who go into the woods for recreation, are losing their patience, They are tired of haying the bottle continually fired at their heads by these inuddled punsters. We know some anglers —yery worthy, law-abiding citizens they are, too—who would like nothing better than to impale one of these sland- erous jokers on their hook, souse him into a cool stream o pure trout water and ‘‘play” him there until the whisky should be well washed out of his gigantic brain aforesaid, Again it has been plotted to inyite him out ona shooting trip, when ona preconcerted signal all hands should acci- dentally fillhim full of No. 8 shot. Less heroic than the water cure or the administering of leaden pills, and not so provocative of black lines in the bereaved funny paper, is the method proposed by others, namely to entice the whisky joker into the forest and there compel him to inhale the odor of balsam boughs and the woodsy fragrance until the fumes of the still are evaporated; but, however differ- ingin methods proposed, one and all are agreed that the angler’s whisky joke fiend should be squelched, even if it be necessary to disrupt and disband the whole mutual- tickling half dozen of them. The funny men are behind the times; this is the year of grace 1883, not 1888. If they ever go angling themselves they ought to know, as we now beg leave to tell thei, that it is not all of fishing, nor indeed any part of it whatever, to get gloriously drunk. An aneling trip is not, nowadays at least, an excuse to, swill whisky or beer. The profes- sional and business men, clerks, artisans and mechanics who annually by hundreds and thousands go into the woods with fly-rod or bait-hook do not go there to guzzle fire- water. These dismally humorous imputations that anglers think more of their jugs and kegs than of their tackle are standing insults—none the less obnoxious because flat, stale and unprofitable—to all pleasure tourists who in the God- made forests, as at home, are gentlemen and men, not beasts. When the Forest And SvReam’s machinery becomes so nicely adjusted that its editors can ‘‘get away” for a fort- night in the woods, nothing would please us better than to take along a trio of the whisky paragraphers to show them how to angle successfully without swilling demijohns of grog. Nor would it be an altogether thankless task to teach the paragrapher how to shoot without loading himself to the muzzle with rum. And yet the community asa rule understands these things better than does the funny man. There is no need then of enlightening him saye for his own individual benefit and that of his professional brethren; and the beauty of it is that if we can conyert one “Brother Bob” or ‘‘Brother Bill” he will, on his annual mutual-admiration tour among his fellows, help to convert them also, until the whole lump shall be leavened. HEnry Bere and ANGLING.—The story about Mr, Henry Bergh’s objection to President Arthur because of the latter’s angling proclivities turns out to bea fiction, or in short, a lie, concocted by the fertile brain of that mischiev- ous being, a “‘New York correspondent.” The denial from Mr. Bergh, with its good-natured but nevertheless telling Sarcasm, published in our last issue, has sufficiently yindi- cated that gentleman from the silly fabrications of the said gossip-loying penny-a-liner. Mr. Bergh might haye gone further had he thought it worth while, and have corrected the distorted personal portrait of himself as drawn by the same imaginative and more or less slanderous correspon- dent, who in all probability never heard Mr, Bergh say any- thing about angling or anything else, nor in short, ever saw him. A Summer Home ror Prrs.—When city people leave their homes for a summer in the country or by the seaside it sometimes becomes a perplexing problem how they shall provide for their house pets during this absence. In re- sponse to the “long felt want’’ of a caravansery where own- ers may leave their dogs and cats and birds, Miss Ellen M, Gifford, of Boston, has established a ‘home’ for the pur- pose in that city. The weekly rates of entertainment are seventy-five cents for small dogs, fifty cents for cats and thirty-five cents for birds. The institution ought to be a paying one, We shall probably now hear less about the leartlessness of Boston people wlio leave their cats to die. Anciine Incments.—A man out West in casting his hook caught if in one of his eyes, which was ruined. A man who was fishing from a Hoboken dock lost his hat overboard; according to one account he was drowned in try- ing to recover it; another says a bystander was the unfortu- nate victim; if both accounts are true, both men were drowned. A fisherman near the Highlands, the other day, fished up the body of a drowned man. These cheerful notes might be multiplied, were the catalogue pertinent; but we have no desire to dampen the afdor of any enthusiastic angler, 462 FOREST AND STREAM. [Jury 12 1888. THK WIMBLEDON TRAM. HE American team are now on the Wimbledon Com- mon, and within 4 fortnight the match will have be- come un fit accompli. The reports so far from the other side show that the men are in good condition, and the few scores made on several occasions show tbat the men have caught the secret of the air, light, etc., and are able to roll the records close to the highest possible, The fears that the team of visitors were to sit by, a mere idle squad, during the Wimbledon meeting, are not to be realized, if the meagre telegrams veceived speak aright. In place of allowing the rule prohibiting screw wind-gauges on the rear sight of military breechtoaders to be set uside in favor of the American sheoters, and others like them, who prefer a modern to an ancient style of firearm, the Council haye issued to the team complimentary score tickets to the several M, B, L. matches, This may Accomplish all that the riflemen and their friends here wished on behalf of the teszm—a chanée to practice freely and fully during the fortnight of the Wimbledon meeting, and if so, then the team will go into the match as fully prepared for the struggle as it was possible for them to be underthe circumstances, Still, it had been better if this concession or courtesy had Ween granted earlier in the seasou, and the vast amount of uncertainty which sur- rounded the reception of the team abroad had been avoided. Itis butu roundabout way at best of reaching a good result, and it would have been far better had the Council turned fairly about on the screw gauge question and confessed by an amendment to the rnle that the screw is a part of a seryicenble weapon and that in using it the Ameri- can teamis not guilty of employing a mere deyice for se- curing higher seores, fit only for range use, but not to be recommended for tliose who desire only a soldier's weapon, The work of the team will be watched with interest dur- ing the next few days, Already members have been the center of a great denl of attention on the part of their fel- low-marksmen in Great. Britain. Wétes and dinners of va- rious sorts are talked of, but to all the reply is made that a previous engagement will prevent acceptance until after the match has been fought. No date has been fixed for the re- turn of the team, but win or lose, Col. Howard is deter- mined to keep his men in good condition until after the meeting of the teams at the end of next week. He has placed them in iodgings away from the temptations of Wim- bledon camp, and when the afternoon for the opening runge comes, we hope to hear that tle men stepped to the shooting point with every factor of possible error as far as may be carefully removed. THe Onp “Bran Marner.”—The Washington Market, in this city, is to be rebuilt; and apropos of the ehange the Booning Post gites some interesting particulars of its early history. At the time of its estublishment, it was too far away from the thickly settled parts of the town to prosper, and the dealers who had taken stands there soon deserted them. *'In this uncommercial condition of the new market a fortuitous event occurred, One day a great fat bear came out of the New Jersey woods and started to swim the Hud- son for a visit to New York, Whien near the shore on this side he was observed by a young butcher named Jacob Finck, who had kept his almost deserted stand. Collecting a few assistanis, Finck boarded a small boat and prepared to receive Bruin in proper form, After a hard contest the butcher slew the bear and bore his carcass in triumph to Lis market stall. The fame of the encounter spread through the city; people came from all parts to see the dead beast, and the butcher improved the occasion to let it be known that the carcass was to be dressed and offered for sale, in parcels to suit, from his blocks. The meat was readily and profitably disposed of, and the place where it was sold came quickly to be known, in the absence of any other name, as the market where the bear’s meat was sold. Finck, with true business sagacity, procured other bears from any source they could be obtained, which he sold exclnsively from this market, and it thereby acquired the permanent name of the Bear Market,’ which it held until, after the Reyclution, its patriotic dealers gave it the name it now retains. “Srarners” is the only woid that will express it, and it is therefore just the term used by an Oregon paper to sig- nify {he amount of game in that favored lund, For the sake of certain titled zentlemen from abroad, who with ex- tensive armaments of express rifles, explosive bullets and bombshells, are scouring the Western game countries, we repeat the weird tale which comes to us of a valley near the headwaters of an Oregon River, where the “cougars haye for years herded deer, one or two keeping watch at the mouth to prevent the deer from escaping. Whenever a cougar of the band gets hungry he walks into the little yal- ley, like a butcher into s corral, and picks out the fattest deer he sves, and dines off his carcass, When the herd of deer grows small fhe cougars hold a ‘rodeo,’ and collect a few score more and drive them into the valley. Now all a man has to do is to kill off the cougars, and then go for the deer, and there is just fun alive.” Jf the artillery trains of the gore-thirsty band alluded to could only be diverted from the antelope and buffalo to the cougars, it were a consum- mation on the attaiiment of which true sportsmen might fajl upon each other's necks and weep for joy. “Tire Winip Wrst,”—Messrs. Carver and Bogardus have turned philanthropists, and are now “starring” for the bene- fit of the stnall boy who goes to the cireus, and his grand- father who goes to take care of him, The aggregation of wonders under their canyas is something to make the pro- puietors of the “only greatest show on earth” green with envy. Here is a list in cold type of the attractions, the show beme under the direction of ‘‘Buffalo Bill, the World- famed Prince of the Plains; the Hero of Thousand Thril- ling Scenes; the Most Romantic Character in American Tlistory, and Dr, W. FP. Carver, known as the ‘Iyil Spirit of the Plains,’ whose appalling Skill with the Rifle has won for liim a place among the Remarkable Productions of the Century: ‘‘One Hundred Indian Horses; 4 Herd of Wild Buffalo; a Werd of Mountain Elk; a Herd of Wild Texas Steers; a Camp of Sixty Indians; a Company of Famous Scouts; a Band of Genuine Cowhoys; a Group of Genuine Mexicans: the Original Deadwood Stage Coach; Bogardus, the American Shotgun Champion; Major North, the White Chief of the Pawnees; Tom Wilson, Hero of the Deadwoud Massacre; Buck Taylor, the Cowhoy King; Jim Lawson y a § 3 the Wonderful Lassoist; the Chiefs Standing Buffalo and Little Sitting Bull; Jobn Nelson and his Indian Family; the Comical Mexican Burros; the Only Baby Buffalo in Cap- tivity; the Squaw and her Pappoose; the Lonely Wagon Train; the Phantom of the Prairies.” A Requist FoR Worps.—The Century Company of this cily are preparing an American edition of the Imperial Dic- tionary, which they purpose to make the mos{ complete work of the kind in exisience. The editor of this journal, hiving undertaken the revision of the terms relating to angling, shooting, and kindred topics, would be grateful for the co-opération of those persons who may favor him with terms in local use. Tun Greetey Revrer Exprprrron,—At four o'clock P. M. on Friday, June 29, the vessels for the relief of the Greeley party left St. Johns, N. I°., for Lady Franklin Bay or the nuarest accessible point to if, The Proteus was the first to start and was soon followed by the Yantie. The wind was fair for them from the southwest, and the squad- ron moved off under most favorable circumstances. Tue Dunver Mintye Exposrrroy will be opened July 17. Yisitors to Colorad@ this summer may conbine a visit to the exposition with a yisif to the trout bonanza streams of the mountains. Tue FourtH oF Juny, as will be learned from our rifle and trap news Columns, was a great day for targets and clay pigeons, Che Sportsman Cawrist. ON THE VIRGINIA SHORE. UBT alittle to the southward of a line between Old Point and Cape Henry, about six miles from the former and twelve from the latter, with both in sight on a clear day, there is a very pleasant resort for the summer stayers in Norfolk, Portsmouth and vicinity, Reached by a half hour’s pleasant ride in open excursion cars, it gives as we emerge from the woodland a good view of the ocean, and with the wind in any of the quadrants, north of west or east, a breath of its salt air, a very welcome breath to suc- ceed those impregnated with the many odors due to combina- dions ‘of great quantities of Africans, truck, imperfect drainage and sewerage, hot sun, chloride of lime and other disinfectants which are liberally used in the main streets, and J wish I could say the back alleys, also. The resort is appropriately named Ocean View, and every evening that the thunder storms do not prevent, the place is crowded from 6to 8 P, M., or later, as there is one later train. Ocean View has several advantages over its rival, Old Point. People can goand return several times per day at an expeuse of not necessarily over thirty cents; while, ex- cept upon occasional es cursions, a trip to Old Pomt includes supper, lodging and breakfast at Higgen’s, when croakers do duty for spots, at one dollar per meal, said croukers being a drug in the market at tive cents per dozen, the spots rang- ine from twenty-five to seventy-five cents; and the spots are served up as “hogfish,” which are quoted at treble the price. Thus atrip to Old Point is nearly ten times as ex- pensive, and Ocean View reaps the harvest of people of mod- erate means, or who prefer sleeping at home to temporary lodging ata hotel, Old Point has the Fortress, the military band and the gay uniforms, and isa most delightful resort. But Ocean ‘View is not without its charms; the beach is clean, bathing facilities excellent—better than at Old Point, if the beach and surf are considered. There is a comfortable hotel, with spacions verandahs facing the sea, a band stand, a dancing pavilion, restaurant, bar, and good attendance. Last but not least to me, there is good fishing very near by; and if the hotel, which furnishes boats and boatmen, would but recognize the fact that as the good fishing depends upon the right vide (last of ebb and young flood), and that this phenomenon is bound to occur very often during the extreme heat cf the day, and that when this is the case the most ardent fisherman will think a dozen times before he will hire a boat once—and that the more he thinks the less chance there is of his hiring one at all—and that (to put it briefly) a boat without an awning is at such times a delusion and @ snare, a pain producer and a joy destroyer—and vy, ould in consequence proceed to fit out said boats in more comfortable shape, then this letter 1s nob written in yain, and ‘‘mine host” Kennedy will gather in increased store of shekels, trade dollars, ete. From one hundred to a thousand yards from the beach) there are many rocky patches, and here and there the sub- merged timbers of wrecks or casks, furnish resort. for the — sheepshead, while over the rocks must swim a countless host | of fish of many varieties. Leaving Norfolk one evening at 5:30 with. a compan- jon, I leff the beach at 6:15, and at 8 P. M., again landed to catch the 8:20 train up, and a preliminary sandwich. Dur- ing the interval we had, besides the row to and from the fish- ing patch, caught six or seven dozen fish, ranging from six ounces up lo a two-pounder; and I lost a good bit of my line twice; once a good-sized hluefish, which scooted off with the fifty yards on my réel, and then without pausing continued to scoot regardless of my feelings; and again when J hitched on to what at first 1 supposed to be a rock, but which while [ was worrying at il, coolly cot under way and shifted berth about six or cight yards in a slow deliber- ate style, that pronounced its character to William Henry (onr boatman) as a turile. These two fish I didn’t catch, and, as usual, in such mat- ters, they were the biggest of our day’s work. We did cateh croakers, ‘black wills” (a sort of perch), perch, spot, trout, roundhead, bluefish and hogfish, Only two of the latter, for it is comparatively rare, and to this Tact more than to any inherent virtue, owes its proud pre- eminence in price, for I'll defy any man, not thoroughly familiar with the Virginia fish, to tell which is which, when brought m contact with a well-cooked platter full of spots and hogfish, I cannot, and [ye tried a dozen’ times, guess- ing wrong quile as often as right. So, although not quite the fair thing to sell two-cent spot for a ten-cent hogfish, it’s not quite so bad as to try to pass off croakers as cither, The croaker is to a fisherman here what the chub is to to a trout fisherman, or the cuuner to a tautoger, and has hardly 2 marketable value. Of our fish, at least three-quarters were croakers, They are a very fair table fish, and when slightly corned can hardly be distinguished from the less plentiful, and T like them better than either the roundhead or trout, especi- ally as material for a chowder, 1 wonder if the corning process would hot prove a yery good way of preparing trout, bags, or otler fresh-water fish? lt is very simple. Split the fish open; remove back bone; sprinkle a little salt; expose to sun, inside up, for about fifteen to twenty minutes, and itis good for two days. Our bluefish were about half-pounders; the spots ranged from six to eight ounces; croakers ditto; trout and round- heads up to twopounds. Alter a little practice we could tell pretty well the fish that was biting by his method. Gen- tlest of all weve the spot and hogfish, just a minnow twitch; the croakers bitsayagely, pulled for all they were worth, and were quite gamy; the trout were lively, but uotso much so; when occasionally we felt a slight nibble, and on pulling in aheavy dead weight, it meant crab, of which “little red fish that walks backward’ we got lots. The bluefish was the gamicst of all. He didn’t wait as did all of the others for the bait to nearly reach bottom; any- where from the surface to a yard under, did for him. The ‘‘trout” puzzles me, In general appearance it strongly resembles a real trout, both im shape and markings. But lacking the second dorsal, peculiar to the salmon family, it is evidently not a member. The few spots where sheepshead can be procured are re- served for those who are willing to tip the boatmen, who depend largely upon said tips for their income; and those of them who fulfil fairly the duties expected of them fully carn their money, The oats are owned and rented by the hotel, and a ticket costing fifty cents entitles a person to boat, man, vear and bait. “I don’t know how much can be gotien for the fifty cents; parties of which I have been onc have always feed liberally; and we had all the fishing we wanted. The baits used are peeler crabs, soft crabs, clams and hard crabs, valuable in the order given, Although it is under- stood that everything is furnished, one is much surer of good fishing by taking one’s own gear, and carrying down a few peeler crabs or clams; the former are hard to get, the latter abundant and cheap. Unless you carry your own rod and gear, that provided may not suit, as it is of the coarsest sort. Take it all in all, a run down to Ocean View pays. Prsnco, Juny, 1883. [We presume that the “trout” is the fish known as weak- fish in New York, There are two species, the Southern form is blaek-spotted, | A STORY OF WAR TIMES. 4 BEING nothing of late from our old army friends who kK) wore the ‘blue and the gray” in our late family differ ences, | give you the outlines of a stirring jucident that took place while the writer was stationed at Goodriche’s Land- ig, La., during the summer of 1868, While the siexe of Vicksburg was progressing, and in fact after its termination, the darkies, in pairs, in squads and in droves, poured into our camp for protection, and formed 2 motley crowd of men, women and children seyeral thous- ands im number. ‘Phe able-bodied young men were enlisted into the several negro regiments then forming at that place. All these people had to be fed from our post commissary on the regular army rations, and the food told with fatal effect on these helpless creatures, who had been accustomed to nothing but cori meal and fat bacon; they were prostrated by hundreds and died by scores daily, ‘Phe fatality was not confined to ‘‘Africa,” as we designated the contraband camp, but invaded the colored regiments, until the hospital was full and the levee in front of the quartermaster’s depot one yast wraveyard, alarming in the extreme. Dr, Bruce, our medical purveyor, and his able assistants, had exhausted their skill to lessen the fearful death rate, but had utterly failed; not for the want of skill on their part, but owing to their want of knowledge of the Southern negro, and his for- mer mode of life. About the first of September the matter hecame so serious that the General called a council of his staff and field offi- cers to get their yiews, and if possible to devise some change for the better. After a two hours’ highly scientific discussion hy the medical staff on the causes, effects and cures of acute and chronic dysentery, which was amusing in the extreme, con- sidering their lack of practical success in arresting its fatal effects; and the General, observing a broad grin on my fea- tures, remarked, ‘Well, Quartermaster, you baye said noth- ing; let us hey> from you.” F Lremarkéd, ‘‘Why, Bruce, this is not 4 question of medi- cine; itis one of diet, Return to plantation fare, and my word for it all will be well, Corn and bacon are the things ——— << rl - -_ — iS. _ ee Jon 12, 1883.] ES to feed the coloved regiments on. Stop your rations of flour and fresh meat and you will lave no use for ileugs.” This settled the problem, the council was dismissed, und all returned to routine duty. The next morming [was viving Sergvant Charles Hatten, our chief of land transportation, some instructions, when an onderly rode up, handing me the following order: q ‘“TeADQUARTERS, HTC, ETC, “The quarterniaster will procure by foraging, and deliver daily to the post commissary, forty wagon loads of corn; and he shall male requisinion on (he Adjutant General for such troops as he may deem necesssiny for protection and tatigue duty, SJ. P. HAWKINS, Brig. Gen-* Lreaditand handed ib to Charley. Tt was a surprise to both of us, for al that time the whole country between the post anil the "Tensas was raided by Harrison's cavalry, a yeckless, daring set of men, led by their braye, enterprising colonel, whe was always watching for a brush with our men. While discussing tlie merits of the order, and the proba- lility of carrying i. into effect, an old darkey who lived on au abaudoued phiatation fiveor six milesSoulhwest of cainp, Cume shuffling wp, hal in hand, with his "sual salntation: “Morning, Massa Cap'n,” Forgetting the order for a inoinent, L queried, ““Auwy deer or turkey in the caue-brake, Nels!’ -No deer, but some turkey, saw them last evening Weal of the place.” Thi, uews stirred up the huntsman in ine, wil turnings to Hatten 1 said: “Charley, let's havew hunt, and perhaps we will tind some corn on the trip.” It was soon sebtled tal we two should start early next morning, and we went about our preparations, brushed up our Sharps carbines, that we lad trained to close shooting, each taking a package of ten cartridges, and providing one day’s rations cooked peady, Long before the sun rose on the following morning we were far beyoud the vedettes, cantering on our way to Nel- son's place. -We found the old man up; he pointed out the clump of woods where lic had seen the turkeys, and we slick aenoss the old cotton Geld tu find them, We searched for lows through tle woods, the cane-brake, around the fenees, ut no turkey was there. Tt was ten o'clock, and we hid durned our horses Campward, when Charley saw the flock about bulf a mile on ourvight scratching in the edge of the field. We, by careful driving, stole up on them, and shopping: to shoot, discovered ourcarbines were yetempty. To epen my packawe tind loud was the work of a moment, when Charley rernarked, “I lave lost my ammunition.” Not fo lose time, L banded him fiye of my cartridges; we tool deliberate wim, fived, and found one dead gobler. The flock made for the hrake, we in hot pursuit, over fallen logs, cane ten feel hieh, with thickets of yines (hrough which we had to Gul our way with our pocket-knives. The chase was a seyere one, bitwesucceeded in planting two more shots, kill- ing a large fal hen. By this time the sun was pouring down ou us, and telling with terrible effect upon our panting horses; bul we determined Lo have one more shot, and fol- lowed the Heeing same, which had tuken High across a large plantation. Spurring our horses we came in sight of the turkeys, which hud kept together and were then huddled will their winks ¢xtended, panting, under a wide-spreading tree at ihe fav side of the field, Dismountiug, we crept on then, ind, getting within @ hundred and fifty yards, fired, killing nothing, however; for when we reached the tree we suw Ue last of the gang across a wide and deep lagoon which completely barred our way. The Lunt being over, we took reckoning, judging we were ten or tivelve rniles from cump, in the midst of am unknown country, and tye rounds of ammunition in our pockets. On examination we found we had been hunting domestic tur- keys, which had reverted to « wild state. The country being abandoned, the plantation animals left alone, took (o the woods, and were hard to approach. Discovering the plurtation buildings a mile distant, we walked toward them leading our horses, and eating a check ne we weul, We advanced to the residence without liesita- tion; hitching to the horse rack, we tried the tront gate, which was fusiened—nailed fast. ‘The yard in front of the house was a thicket of rosebushes, flowers, vines, lilies, a hundred diferent kinds of annuals, «ll in full bloom, filling the air with a perfume so sweet, so delicate, that it fairly intoxicated the senses; while the walks and paths were choked up with tall, coarse weeds, showilg that no foster- ing care had been bestowed on the garden that season, Springing over the gate, we mounted the steps, found the door locked, and windows barred by shutters. Going to the back door, to our surprise we found it unlocked. En- tering we fonnd eyery room finely furnished, showing taste, lusty and refinement. The parlor hud the finest of car- pets, easy chairs, settees, oil paintings on the walls; a piano, flunked by a stand of select music, stood silent on one side, Opening the shutters we surveyed the scene. In one corner stood a stack of De Bow’s Feview, while on the luxuriant sofa, fuce down, luy one of the last numbers open as if just read_ 1 opened the piano and touched the silent keys; the wwakened sound startled us. Sitting down, Tsang “Annie Laurie,” which awakened sweet and tender memories of scenes long past in dear old Scotland, Then I played “Tlome, Sweet ffome.”’ How sad, how touching the thoughts started into life by its heart-searching notes. Then T sung to its bold accompaniment, Campbell's ‘‘Soldier’s Drea.” The last notes had scarcely died way when 1 sprany up, closed the beautiful instrument, shut the blinds, and told Charley, who was drinking in every note of the music, “This will noi do, Uarrison may be about.” We passed through the hall, and seeing a door ajar, entered. It was a young lady’s bedroom, witha large downy bed covered with dust, a wardrobe, with a number of dresses aud garments ob the hooks, and a dressing stand. We both felt that» we were trespassing, and withdrew, closed the door, and lef all as we found if, silent, sad, alone; bearing everywhere the imprint of war’s fearful desolation. Jlountiny cur horses, we passed on tothe quarters. There we found everything in disorder, showing plainly that the fight had heen made in haste, without thought as to the moe of (eparture. Passing’ on fo the ginhouse and stables, we found plows, cultivators, hoes, baskets and tools scat- teved about in the greatest confusion, and to ou surprise mud pleasure, every Rane full tothe top of corn in the sbuck, stored, packed and piled in eyery corner; also a humber of vail pens, full tu their tops, Thus we had found turkey and corn, and as the boy says, ‘‘felleood.” I dismounted, hunded my bridle to Charley, and exam- ined the cord, foupd it ul sound and in the best of order, and had retiimed to imy horse and placed my foot in the stimup, when Charley said, “What is that over in the stock when both barrels were discharged iv the fall. Tnissed, senger of death. his saddle. FOREST AND STREAM, 463 field? T have heen watching it but eannot make it out.” J had mounted while he Was speaking, and lookinp in the di- rection pointed out noticed 1 horse pass an opin spice in the tall cornstalks, and close after it man leading & second horse. “Chavey, we are trapped,” was my answer; and wheeling my borse to the left passing round the stibles, [saw a road flinked on both sides by firoad ditches, running, as | sup posed, cast toward the river, At this moment 4 shot rang Out, clear and sharp, and to my dismuy about fifty men mounted their horses, half on our right, hall on our lett, forming a letter V, the apex drawing in ou the road before us, The two troopers that we saw were on out right and considerably in advance of their followers, while those on the left were closer together, woud about two hundred yards from the road. No time for thought; I touched Black Tom wilh the spur; he knew ils meaning and fairly flew over the hard toad, while the two troopers on our tight were closing in on us, and threatening to har our way. When within about one hundred yards of us, coming tearing through the dead dry cornstalks, we saw them raise their guns, the leader empty- ing two birrels at us. ‘The report was followed by a shower of spent buckshot, which maddened our horses but did no damage, The second ont, dropping his bridle to shoot, relieving his horse from the pressure of the [sit, it stageered and fell, throwing the nderinu a half cirele over its head, Charley was by my side ins moment, and said, “We will haye to kill that fellow.” Without answering’ IT fired ab him, but Charley then stopped his horse, fired, and the noble animal that was preparing 16 spring the ditch in front, of us, reared and fell dead on its brink, and ut ive same time disabliny his rider, When he fell Gharley pulled off his hat, waved if over his head, and yelled at the top of his yoice, in which I joined most heartily, Now il was a race, with fifty shotguns Webind us to push uson. Our horses were good, and af first easily out dis- tanced our pursuers. The race was kept up for four or five tiles, during which time we had passed through a skirt. of timber. We gradually slackened our pace, chatting and laughing: at our narvow escape, and rejoicing at the fact that we each had one cartridge left, when, without the least warning, “crack” and ‘‘aip” gume a bullet right between us und very close. We touched our horses with the spur at the same in- stant, and looked at each other. “Zip,” came another mes- T said, “Charley, that is no shotgun,” Glanciny over tiny shoulder, I saw tyo new, fresh troopers coming after us af the top of their speed, gaining at every leap, the leader, an officer, albout forty yards in advance of his comrade, and about a hundred from us, shooting with deliberation at short intervals; while the whole troop was scattered along the road to the woods. “Charley, they will get ns yet,” T said. “No, sir,” was his answer; he drew rein, wheeled, fired, and was answered by a shot that shattered the pommel of My turn had come; our safety depended on my shot, which was our last, Staking all in my terve, | drew tein, jumped from the saddle, dropped on one knee, took deliberated sim and fired. The uoble horse gave two or three convulsive springs, then reared up and fell hack on the brave fellow that rode Lim. I was riveted {o the spot, and was still sifting when Charley returned with my horse which had gone some distance, He said, “Mount, Cap’, quick, they will be on us.” We were soon onthe way again, and finding that the chase had ended slackened our pace and reached camp in safety. And we had our turkeys. This story would be incomplete withont its sequel, The next day the officer of the day led up to my quarters a hand- some bay horse bearing a young lady, She wished to see the officer that had led the scout on the previous day. Capt. Ferguson knowing of no oue being ontside of the lines but myself and Tatten, sent her to me. She dismounted, entered the office, and being furnished a seat, T asked her kindly, “Madame, what can I do for you?” She blushed; fried to say something; failed; blushed again; and finally unwrapped a beautiful boquet of flowers, handed them to me as a peace offering, and haying gained her composure, said: ‘I haye come to ask a great favor of you, sir.” 1 told her fo name it, She answered, “You are the officer that wounded Willie yesterday. He sent meto you for help. There is no physician to dress his wounds, and I ask as a favor that you send one with me to take care of hima few days.” My visitor proved to be the wife of the brave fellow who came so near capturing us. Charley's shot lad struck him in the thigh, while my last shot had been planted square in his horse’s breast. The fall had broken his arm and bruised him otherwise, and they bad carried him to his home beyond the Tensas, and his brave young wife, daring the Jion in his den, had ridden some fifteen miles tothe Yankee cemp to procure 4 surgeon to dress her husband’s wounds, Tt is needless to add that when the request was made known to Gen, Hawkins it was cheerfully granted. A sur- eeon with the necessary appliances was sent to the wounded man’s relief, and after a few days’ absence returned and re- ported that the daring fellow was out of danger. Carr Rook, CArp GrrARpDHAD, Mo. A SEAFARING REMINISCENCE. BY FRANK H, CONVERSE, PPAHAT sailors are naturally superstitions, goes without. saying, And thisis not so much to he wondered at when one takes into consideration two facts—the ignorant and unlettered condition of many of them, and the strange, even mysterious, nature of certain sea phenomena which they are constantly encountering, A singular, and, J must confess, inexplicable, iustration of this Came into my experience when I was quite 1 young- ster, making my sécond or third yoyage before the mast, in a very old ship called the William and Mary. I had left (he ship Tonawanda, known to many Philadelphians, in Savan- nah, and with nine other ordinury snd able seamen gone on board the William and Mary, receiving fifteeu dollars (wages were low in those days) forthe ‘‘run’”’ to New York. The William and Mary wasasmall, full-rigged ship, whose antiquated appearance indicated that she must have been. built during the past century. Her masis, sails, spars pnd rigging were slone of modern make, while her hull was strangely old-fashioned. The stern, which was high and overhanging, was curved in a most fantastic manner, though the curvings were partly concealed by the many coats of coul-tar which had been liberally applied, voyage after yoyage. Her beam was full one-third the entire length of the box-like deck, with itsshoulder-high bulwarks, and the bows were as bluff and swelling og those of 1 Dutch galliot, The captain, Robert Thurber, was an Englishman from somewhere abont Deal, if I remember rightly. ITis' two officers belonged in the south of Hngland, They weve all quiet men, not given (0 bullying or blustering, and as the crew was avery food one (for in those days the merchant service wns not made up of the mixed foreign element com- posips our present-day crews) the yoyaze proceeded without any incident worthy of notice, until the little event that f fm about to relate, Ry the time we got up with Hatterns, the wind, which Tad been for the most part fron the south and southwest, hanled round into the norwest, aud besan to blow as i only can off that, stormy enape in the month of February said March, Being crank, and very deep with her heavy (orga, (he William and Mary was not # very marked success on 4 wind—indeed, I am inclined to think that she mrccde nearly as much leeway as headway, for the thirty-six hours thal the nor’ wester lasted. Tt was in the middle watch; the second night of the gale, im blowing harder than ever. Under three-reefed topsails, fore staysail, and reefed spunker, the old ship, with her yards braced sharp up against she backstiys, was staggering ions through, into, and under, a tremendous cross sex, nearly as fast as one could whip a crab through a barrel of soft far—to use a sailor’s simile. As she butted up against the tremendous billows, or sank into the great abysses that yawned beneath her keel, sea after sea broke over her con- tinuously, Keeping the waist so full of water, that Captain Thurber had the lookout stationed in the slings of the fore- yard, and called the rest of the watch up in the gangway on the lee side of the quarter, for il was almost impossible to stay on the main deck, without danger of being washed overboard. Lremeniber my watchmates, as being rather out of the ordinary rim of common sailors generally found on shipboard, Two, besides myself, were Americans, One of these was a middle-aged man only known to us as Tom. Not many years previous, he was Captain Thomas B, F., at oue time master of the ship Amethyst, built in Boston, in 1829—a ship which when commanded by Captain Jakey Howes, once made the passage between Liverpool and New York in sixteen days. Later, the Red Jackei made a like passage in thirteen days, one hour, and twenty-five minutes, andif I remember correetly, the formerly famous clipper ship Dreadnaught, is said to have done almost as well. The other Was a young man, formerly a Harvard graduate, with a wild streak penetrating his Boston blue blood, He had in the ten years of his seafaring life visited almost every mivi- gable port in the world, and it was his langhing boast, that during this time, he had also sailed under nearly every fag thit floats froma ship’s peak halyards—eyen haying once madé a voyage in » Chinese junk, from Whampoa to Mel- bourne, Austratia. now the oldest captain of one of the lnrgest ocean steumers afloat. U 1 mistake not, this erratic sailor is These two were crouched under the lee of the after house, while iny third watehmuate—a tall, reserved Russian, niclk- named ‘Silent Peter,’ by reusou of his peculiar reticence not only regarding himself, bul in general conyersation— took refuge by my side in the partial shelter of the long hoat which was secured on the top of the house. Now, fnoug sailors, for some reason whose origin I have never been able to discover, a Russian, or Russian Finn, is looked upon as possessed of certain powers closely verging upou the supernatural—all comprehended under the generic title of ‘wizard.’ Forecastle Jack asserts that some of them ean at will bring good or bad luck to a ship; that they have the cift of second sight, and can also see phantoms of their drowned shipmates. So L was not so very much surprised, whdn Peter, who had hardly spoken since we took our scat on the house, suddenly asked— “Sue, Harry, believes you of the supernatural, what you peoples call the ghost?” ‘As I never saw anything of the kind, I ¢an’t say I do. Seeing is believing, you know,” I answered carclessly, “Um’'_retorted Peter, who not only spoke Wnelish quite fluently, but two other languages besides— ‘well, look you. You may at me laugh,” he continued with an earnestness which impressed me strangely, “but last night wheel from eivht to ten, I did see one strange things, You knows how it was dark?” I nodded without speaking, “Wor all the dark,” Peter went on, ‘| see plainer than you now, a strange dress man who belongs not to the ship, stand for one, two hour in the weather ganevyay here, hold of the topmas' buckstay.” ‘A stowaway, perhaps,” I suggested, more for the sake of an answer than because I really believed anything of fhe kind. “The stowaway shall nol be a man thirty-three or four year old, dress in old-fashion soldier-coat and top-boot with tight breeches,” returned Peter with a quiet shake of the head. ‘‘He had to hima face that was some thin,” eon- tinued the speaker slowly, as though recalling the features of the mysterious stranger, ‘*but you would see him as one of a character determined, His hair was long, of color black, and tied at the back of his head with black ribbon, as in the times old. Wow Usee him so plain,” Peter went on after alittle, ‘Allround him was kind of light, like when you rub the match on your finger in the dark.” Of course, | affected to laugh at the whole thing as an idle fancy, though secretly, Peter’s singulir communication, told in a quiet matter-of-fact way, had really made quite an impression upon me, As may be imugined from his quaint, yet correct use of language, which I have given almost word for word, Peter was « man of more than ordinary education, He seemed less reserved with myself than with the others, and I had gathered from fragmentary bits of his half conti- dences, that at some time in his life, be had been an ofticer inthe Russian navy. This much, together with the fact that he had a twin sister in New York, who was the wife of a wealthy fur dealer on Broadway, was all I did know of him. Such anomalies as this singular shipmate of mine— men with past histories only known» to themselyes—are not unfrequently met at sea. There are few safer places for 2 man who wishes to lose sight of his past life and present identity, than ship's forecasile. Peter said but little nt reply to my rather flippant com- ments upon his narration, until the striking of four bells called him to relieve the wheel, ‘No one shall know what may to him happen," le quictly observed, us he prepared to obey (he summons, “and should it come to me any time, tell my sister that will come Aboard in New York, there is the letter for ber i my chest.”” And before T could answer this sinvulay request be had left my sicle. Two hours later, while we were stowing the mizzeu tap- sailin one of the fiercest nor’west squalls of sleet and hail FOREST AND STREAM, 464 that T ever experienced, Peter Tost his hold and fell, striking head first on the rail henéath and going overboard, The blow itself must haye stunned, ui not kied him ontright, and wilh tlhe terrible sea then ranning, it would have been worse than madness to have lowered the clumsy old tub which we called a long-boat, So the waves and storm sounded their requicin over the (drowned sailor, aud the old ship went wallowing on. Next day the wale abated; the wind came round to the south’ard and eastward and blew us fairly into port in rather less than aweek. As usual, the crew all left, bag and baggage, directly the ship was made fast, Disliking the surround- imgs of a sailor's boarding-house, I had olitained permission to remain on board until next day, when 1 was intending to start for home. After supper Caplaim Thurber went ashore, and i Tittle later both officers, leaving only fhe colored steward and myself in charge. As I stood leaning idly over the vail} a private corriage drawn by two stylish black horses drove rapidly down on the picr, from which a groom assisted 4 till, slender lady in deep mourning. As she ap- proachtd the yessel’s side and threw back a heavy crape veil, T could not repress a slight exclamation of astonish- ment, for thouh fax more delicate, her features were almost perfect counterpart of those of my drowned shinmate, und T at once knew that this must he the twin sister Hilda of whom he had once spoken, “You had a sailor—Peter Androvitch—on board,” she remarked in tones singularly like those of her brother, bnt speaking in giick, agitated tones. “We had,” I began hesitatingly, but the lady interrupted me. “Yes, 1 know; he was drowned the night of this day week; he fold nie himself,” she answered ina tone of re. pressed emotion, and as I stared at her in open-monthed amazement she stepped on board and entered the dingy forevastle. She remained there a moment or two, and when she came out I saw that she held a letter in her hand. “His chest and the things in it you may have, sailor,” she suid, and I saw thut ker eyes were full of tears. But before T could stammer my thanks she had entered her carriage and was driven away. The entire affair seemed so curious that when Captain Thurber came aboard 1 told him the whole story, and even his usually phleymatic nature seemed to he somewhat stirred, particularly when I narrated that part of it relating to the singular appearance which Peter had described to me. “Tt is strange, Harry,” he said after I had finished, ‘and IM tell you what to me is the strangest of all, This old ship, built a little more than u century ago, is the one that carried General Wolfe and his staff from Portsmouth, Eng- land, at the time when the British troaps were sent oyer to conquer Canada. And the description Putér gaye of the apparition, or whatever it was, closely resembles an old steel engraving of General Wolfe himself that hangs in my father’s house in Sheerness,” [ give the story exactly as it ocurred, without the slizlt- est embellishment, nor do | offer any comment uponit. The main faecs are copied from an old poeket diary, and I haye | written them out in detail as raerely lustrative of the time- honored and well-worn quotation: “There be more things in heaven and earth Than thy philosophy dreams cf, Horatio” dlatuyal History. THE COMMANDER ISLANDS. PROM the advance sheets of the proceedings of the United States National Museum just issued, we learn some- thing of the natural history of this eroup of islands, situated between Alaska and Kamtschatka, and of which Bering Island is the most important. This group has a great his- torical, as well as zoological, interest, for it was here that the explorer Bering met his death, Mr, Leouhard Stejnezer, who is known to many of our readers as an ornithologist and naturalist, has spent some lime among the Communder Islands, studying the zoolozy of the group, and as might be supposed, when the geograph- ical position of the reyion is considered, he has found this study full of interest, Bering Island, which was the first of the group to which he devoted much time, is the last of the Aleutian chain of islands, and is only about one hundred miles from the near est cape of Kamtschatka, and about twice that distance from Attu, the nearest of the Aleutian Islands. The character of the fauna of the island is, as has been supposed, palimarctic, ureeina more or Jess closely with that of Kamtschatka. This is due in part to the greater proximity to the coast of Asin, and also |o the fact that the prevailing winds and cur- rents are from the westward, and visitors are thos more easily carvied from that direction. Stejneger concludes, from several facts which he has not yet prepared to publish, that these islands, during the period previous to which they receiyed their present fauna, were wholly covered by the sea, and thal therefore the present inhabitants are immi- grants from two continents, those from the west coming more easily and regularly, while those from Arerica are accidental visitors, for our continent contributes but very little to the fauna of these islands. The notes from which we quote are contained in a letter to Prof. Spencer F. Baird, Seerctary of the Smithsonian Institute, and we make copt- ous extracis from them, for they are to the zoologist very, delightful reading: As announced in my letter from San Francisco, the steamer Alexander started on the 5th of April at noon. The wind was very unfavorable, most of the time blowing from the west, and yery often with a force of forty miles an hour or more. Up to the 24h nvy observations show twice only a direction of wind from a different quarter, As we were compelled to make tbout one thousand miles under sail, our progvess was necessarily slow, so that on the 23d of April we found ourselves only in longitude 145° west, and latitude 50° 35 north, about 500 miles southwest from Sitka, and as many miles southeast from Kodigk, On thé 30th of April we passed the Aleutian chain between Sezuam and Amilin, in fo and sleet, and Bering Sea received us with a veritable hurricane from the east-northeast, After having stopped at the village of Copper Island the anchor was dropped in the morning of the Tth of May at Gavan, the harbor of Bering Island, where I Janded with a& much of my baggage as could be taken on shore before the cargo hid been discharged in Petropaulski. Ere long I was comfortably lodged and begin my work. ‘At iret 1 was much confined to my station on account of [Suny 12, 1883. the meteorological observations. Not until the obliging agent of the Alaska Commercial Company, Mr. G. Chernick, had been instructed how to take and record these observations, conld I think of making longer excursions. Many thanks ‘ire due fo him for his kind assistance, Thus I was unable to cross the nothern part of the island, consisting chiefly of flat swamps and tundras, of lakes, a moderately hig platean, and « chain of interesting table mountains of about the same height, while the southern, mountainous and larger, two-thirds of the island remained o complete lena tieagnita.to me, J therefore planned an expedition with the purpose of exploring the seerets of this region, (he more as i was especially there that Steller had made his observations, But] had-to whit untilthe sealing season was over, for all hands vow were occupied in this, their chief, and one may safely say, only work. ; Meanwhile | resolyed to go to Petropaulski on the 16th of June to establish a meteorological station, and to hire and frain an observer. Hesides, if was my desire to study as much of the natural history of Kamtschatka as the sur- roundings and the limited time would permit. The season was unfavorable, as the vegetation was already so luxuriant as to make it difficult fo move outside of the roads, and the mosquitos were plentiful enough to make it extremely paintul to lay in wait for birds or to creep around searching for spiders, beetles and snails, However, if the Stay was not very profitable to the collection, it was not-en- tively without results, for I gamed a great deal of valuable experience which will be of use to me during my proposed visit to Kamtchatka next year. What. rendered my sojoum there so especially. attractive and instructive was the daily Intercourse with the experienced and meritorious explorer of Bastern Asia, Dr. Benedict Dybowski, who, of course, better than anyone élse, could give me all desirable informa- mow On the 15th of July I found myself arain on Bering Sino, The following wecks were occupied chiefly by observa- tions on the rookery, ahont 15 miles distant from the village, and I could noé begin to think about the expedition toward the South before the middle of August. Byery oue suggested that the most practicable way would be to fo around the island in a beat, as traveling overland with dogs would be difficult and expensive, and, on the other hand, several places of interest would be inaccessible by this route, which, besides, would offer little or no oppor- tunity for carrying the necessary outfif and the objects of natural history | might possibly collect during the journey, The prospect of finding a skeleton of a sea-cow at any one of these places, seldom or never visited by the natives, was a yery probable one, and as such a skeleton alone would be enough to load a boal even larger than ours, I resolved to hire six Aleuts, to man the boat of Mr. Grebnitzky, kindly placed at my disposal. Mr. Osche, in the service of the Alaska Company, who during a sojourn of seyeral years had ) traversed the island in all directions on his hunting expe- (litions, and had thereby gained an extensive knowledge of the island and its products, joined the expedition as a volun: teer: un assistance the more yaluable, as without it I should hardly have been able to realize my intention, The special object of the expedition was to study the veneral natural history of the southern part of the island, to collect specimens of all kinds, as far as circumstances would permit, but especially to search for remains of the sea-cow, Lalso proposed to survey the island for further explorations, and to collect material for a more correct and detailed map than the one in existence, Besides I wished to identify the places mentioned by Steller in his narrative, in order to com- pare his description with the localities as they present them- selves to-day, and to restore the original names. I also desired to visil the spots where Bering’s vessel was w.ecked, where the ill-fated expedition wintered, and where Steller made his observations on the sea-cow. The ‘‘circumnayigation” took place between August 21 and the Ist of September. Ji was attended by all the dis- agneeable consequences of fog and rain, of wind and surf, and the few skins which could be obtained under these ¢ir- cumstances were almost spoiled at our return. The per- sonal inconveniences during 4 twelve days’ journay on the ocean, along an open coast without harbors or anything like a shelter; of being kept wet by continuous fogs and rains; of sleeping under an old sail, are serious; but no naturalist would ever count thei should the result of his work be in inyerse proportion to his troubles. Unfortumately, I cannot so report, because the animal life, contrary to my expectations, was much poofer with regard to species {han in the northern part, although the mmber of individuals was considérably larger. In fact, the only addition 1o my list of birds obseryed on the island was 9 single species, Rise brevtrestris Brandt, a species strangely limited in its distribution on the island. J inspected a large colony of AYssa kotzebu’ Bp., situated on the western shore, about 18 miles from Cape Manati, the southwestern point of the islind, where thousands and thous- ands of this black-legged kittawake were now feeding their almost full-srown young ones. Among them a single redteg- eed bird, quite lonely, arid apparently without any youns, had placed itself on a narrow shelf of the rocky wall, Ib was the first and the only one that Isaw, and 1 was fortunate enough to shootit. 2. keteebut was observed in countless numbers along the western shore; but as soon as we had doubled Cape Manati we met as large or stil! larger flocks of R, brevirostris, among which not a single black-legeed indi- vidual could be detected. I minutely surveyed a breeding colony on this side, and the result was the same, not a sin- gle black-lezged one was seen. And thos the red-legged form completely excluded the oiher along the eastern shore, except at Cape Tonkoj, where the coast trends towards the northwest. Here on the cape a larger flock of kiltiwakes was silting on the shore so closely packed that only the legs of the outer row could be seen; they were allred. I shot, however, and of the ten lying on the ground, seven were red-leeged, while three belonged to the blick-legged species. The youn of Missa brevirostris also has dark legs, but 1 need not expressly state that I. did not make any mistake in this respect. On the other side of the last mentioned cape the old ac- quaintance received us as exclusively a8 along the western shore, Thus, the genus Rissa occupies the whole shore line of the island, of which ketzebu’, however, has usurped nine- tenths, leaving to brevirostris, as an exclusive possession, but one-tenth, or about twelve miles, We found, however, another animal, which T much re- eretted not to have been able to skin and to carry with me. But as it was a Bulanvpterd, fifty fect long, I was compelled to leave it where it was found. I spent a day on thie spot in order to lake the nécessary measurements, and to make such investizations as the far-advanced decomposilion of Une careass would allow, as a matter of course, * * * But now as to the sea-cow. We found the remains of one, and I at here vive an extract from my journal concerning this event, _ August 27, 1882, Cape Tolstgi—Mr. Osche went. out. hunt- ing, while I was occupied in searching for fossils, From the extreme point of the cape 1 took some bearings of the other capes visible from here, and was just looking over my collection of stones when Mr, Osche returned with the cheerful intelligence that he lad found what he thought to be a skeleton of a sea-cow. Immediately we seized the spades and set out for the place. Having removed some spades full of soil, | soon became convinced that his sup- position was right, but at the same time it was evident that the skeleton was in such a bad state of preservation that it would hardly he of any use, It was situated ina sand bank twelve feet high, about equally distant from the hase and from the top of the shore, close to 4 rivulet, which here had cut its bed through the bank and carried away the whole cfudal portion of the skeleton. The distance from the sea was 500 feet in a straight line, and the height above high tide not less than 10 or 12 feet, The head of the skeleton pointed toward the west. It was lying horizontally on the back, slightly bent toward the left; most. of ihe bones were in their natural position, The top of the sand bink was covered with thick sod, aud both above and below the skeleton the bank consisted of moist and rather fine sand, of the same kind daily washed up on the beach and deposited in horizontal and alternating blue and brown layers, the latter color greatly predominating, The color of the sand near tle bones was blackish, sometimes iridescent. In spite of the miserablecondition of ihe bones, I finished the exhumation in order to ascertain whether all parts were in their proper place, This caused us much pain and labor, not only because the sand had to be remoyed from the very top, but especially hecause the fine particles of the upper and dry Jayers were whirled by the strong breeze into our eyes, Altogether, fourteen dorsal yertebrse with their ribs, the cervical vertebrm, the skull and sternuni, two scapule, two humeri, aid one cubitus were dug out; the other cupivus could not be fotind, nor any trace of the metacarpal bone. While all the other paris were found 77 sim, the sternum was lying outside, close to the right extremity. while the left one, consisting of a scapula and humerus only, was placed within the throat, close to the spine. As stuted above, the bones were ina miserable state of preservation, being decomposed in a very high degree, and so. brittle as to be incapable of bearing their own weight, falhng into many pieces when lifted out even with the great: est care. Even the ribs, which are so hard that they present the appearance of ivory, were entirely rotten. Some hones had the consistency of flesh, while other parts would glide away between the fingers like soft soup. All the bones were of » dark reddish-brown color. The impossibility of securing anything of yalue under such circumstances is seli-eyident, 1 therefore selected only afew of the best preserved bones, namely, the first and seventh ribs of the right side, and the os occipitis, In order to show the state of preservation, They form No. 1,601 of my catalogue. We did not return, however, without haying our boat trimmed with boues of Rytina, mostly ribs, from the same skeleton, and two skulls, one being very fragmentary. Of plants I collected only those not met within the north- erm portion, which are only afew species. The topographi- ae part of my work was more successful (han the zuologi- cal, I had the opportunity of mapping this part of the island and can give a lolerably correet representation of this, the most western link of the Aleutian chain. [t differs consid- erably from the old charts, which show deep gulls where the coast line is actually straight, and land where we gaily sailed our boat. T also visited the place of Bering’s death, and the winter quarters of the ill-fated party, and spent twodaysin digging and suryeying. The ruins of the house were measured and described, but my intention of making a sketeh-map and some landstape sketches of the surroundings was com- pletely frustrated by the never-ceasing rain. The remains found were very scanty; some small glass beads gnd plates of mica, probably for trading purposes; a few iron grape shot, fragments of a brass plate with Russian armorial en- signs, bolts, and sheaves from the vessel, elc. I have kept these relics, as perhaps the National Museum will be in- tegested in receiving the only remains of this expedition, [vo BE CONTINUED, | Brrrtsu Symparuy.—The English press is beginning: to manifest » deep repentance for their share in sending us the sparrow. The London Telegraph closes a Jong editorial on the subject as follows: ‘‘¥ct, if the Americans cannot find jt in them to be amiable to the small bird, and are tired of sentiment, let them not take too political a view uf the injuries inflicted upon them by British enterprise and caleu- Jate thereon any fresh ‘claims.’ For it may be aa well said now and at once that this county is not prepared to go to Geneva to arbitrate upon the losses caused to American commerce py the spiriow. Weadmit that the small priva- teers were fiited out from English seaports, that the English authorities had full knowledge before they set sail, and that they went out with the connivance—and, indeed, ayowed sanction—of the local officials, whether of the Custom House or others, Nevertheless, we repeat it that the country bas made up its mind not fo. admit the thin end of the wedge in this matter, and that if the Americans do not like theirspar- rows alive they lad hetter ty them cooked. They intro- duced the sparrow under the impression that he was going to he some benefit to them. That hapréssion appears to haya proved incorrect. Let them now introduce another British novelty—and try sparvaw-pie.” - A Lares Toap Sroon.—Johnsontown, Va, July 3.—I found a few days since a toad stool that measured thirteen and three-sixteenth inches in diameter, It was about tyo inches thick, of & common ginger-bread coloron the lop, und a dirty blackish-yellow on the underside. The black ap- peared to he spores, which rubbed off and blackened my hands, 1 have never seen one so large.—Onp Foay. Tur August ‘Century’ will be the “Midsummer Holi- day Number.” It will open with a paper by Prof. Alfred M. Mayer, of the Stevens Institute, on ‘Bob White, the Game Bird of America,” The article will be illustrated by Beard. — ss t—S—~S SO g<« lrlrltt—‘i—O a Juny 12, 1893.] FOREST AND STREAM. 465 Game Bag and Gur. GAME RESORTS.—We are always glad to receive for pub- lication such notes of desirable game resoris as may be of help to the readers of FOREST AND STREAM. Wall not our corre- spondents favor us uith such advice? NOTES FROM CAPE COD. | WAVE been down here since the first of April, and have neyer before seen bay birds as scarce as they have been this spring. I will try to show how some of the shore birds haye deereased of Jate years. We will begin with the golden ployer, one of the handsomest and largest of the ploverfamily. My uncle isa close observer of birds, and has been a. sportsman many years. He says, “When [ was 2 boy and went to school, the golden ployer would come and alight in the fields around the schoolhouse in large flocks, and were so tame’that we could walk within a few yards of them before they would fy.” That was twenty- five years ago nud no person shot plover there then, Let us go there now when there is, not a flight, but the arrival of a smal] bungh, You will see a number of sportsmen lying in wait for them, and they are fortunate if they shoot a dozen *each. If they decrease in the next twenty-ive 5 cars, as fast as they have in the last, which they surely will, unless uo law is made to prohibit shooting them for a number of years, the whole year round, they will become an extinct specics only to. be seen in museums and colleges, The black-bellied ployer has also rapidly diminished within the lust few yeurs. On one marsh, where they were quite abundant in the spring migrations several seasons ago, only a fey dozen stopped this spring, The reason they did nol stop is not because they were shot there in springs be- fore, for only one man has gunted there at all, and he has not lately, [tis simply because they have decreased with such rapidity that there is no great number to stop. - A few turnetone or chicken plover stayed with us a short time this spring, and I suceeeded in obtaining several good specimens, While Iwas setting them up an old man, that has lived here al] his life, happened to bc in the room. He looked at the birds « few moments, und then said, “‘L haye seen a préaf many of them birds in my days,’ He called them rock birds, and said, when a young man, he anda companion with a stick and lantern used to kill as many as they could carry home. He also said, the firs! bird thut was heard in the spring was the killdeer plover, and they were plentiful, but for the last five years he had not heard a single one. iAnd bobolinks, wotil lately, were seen in small numbers on the reeds in the brooks here. This year I have nol seen or heard a one, The yellow-lee and humility are getting scareer and scarcerevery year, and this spring the winter yellowlegs wele very scarce, Thirty years ago the sickle-billed curlew was quite com- mono, but they are rarely seen here now. The tanks of fhese smaller shore birds, such as the ring- neck and piping ployer, peep and least peep, are growing smaller and smaller, and ten years hence will be as scarce as golden plover are now. Within the last day or two a few peeps and ringnecks have made their appcarance. We expect brown-backs by the twelfth, Quail are guile plentiful here, notwithstanding one hund- ted were shot within an area of a few miles this Jast fall. Byen os I write I hearthem calling in the fields near by. I saw beyeys as late as the tirstof June. Haye not seen any young quail yet, but linve seen two fine beveys of ruffed rouse. CrEstTHRr. Hast BREWSTER, Mass,, July 5, 1883, KYNOCH SHELLS. Editor Forest and Strean-: [have used one hundred of the Kynoch shells in four dif- ferent breech-loaders, When ihe advertisement first ap- peared in Forasr ayp Stream I thought they would be an excellent shell, so sentto New York for one Imdred, and the guns T have used them in are the Fox, James, semi-ham- micriess and Field; the last. two are single puns, Out of the oné hundred, using them the first time there were only two or three misfires, butafter being vecapped about one-halt of what were used in the Fox gan failed too. Lat first laid it to the primer, but tried two kinds with the same result, but I soon saw what the trouble was. The head of the shell wis so soft that when the plunger struck the cap the metal would not resist the blow but would drive away so far as to be out of reach of the plunger and that, being the large- headed Kind, could not follow it up, hence the misfire, ‘Tu the Jamies they seldom missed, asthe plunger was different, but J can not use them in it as the chambers are not perfect, and they can’t be used in a fun imperfectly chambered, In the Field they failed to go #fter heimg recapped, as this gun also has a large-headed plunger. In the semi hammerless they work toa charm, ‘This gun has a long ,firing-pin that follows up the cap, and they yey rarely miss, and heing mude by the same makers as the Wo sathe shells do not expand. Unlike “Medicus [1,7 I haye not had one burst. Uhavefirédsome of them half a dozen times. In regard to loading, Ido not like the mode they haye of scollopmy the shells, as itis apt to cause annoyance when one isin s hurry to get them into the gun. I made astick wilh a smnll gouge similar to the one advertised, but dis- earded it, My mode is to recap them with a Remington re- capper, and if the head of the shell is pressed in to put it on a bench ov lable and drive it ot again. Then I use the Parker loaderwith No. 10 wadsin 12-gauge shells, This seums to hold the shot in nicely, but unless one uses this kind of a loader the 10-gauge wads would expand the shells so aS to be unfit for use. They can be put in almost any shape, but when fired they are as perfect as ever. I- think the makers will miss it if they do not make the head of these shells a little more solid. It looks rather bad to have a man fo toa glass ball match and have wubout one-half of his shells misfire. - CO. B. Nay Hampron, N. Y-. iditer Forest and Streani: T have read with much interest the several communica- tions in regard to the Kynoch shells. 1 procured two hundred of them; haye used all once, and tome second aud third time. LTload with number of wad hat corresponds with that of shell, Make three dents just over tnd above wid With the loader. They work well and x 1s perfectly chambered, , stood the severe lest of duck and snipe shooting to my entire satisfaction, 7 bad none to split or stick in the gun, and no misfires. The complaint of, misfires, 1 think, comes from defective Iseks or faulty firing-pins. They are open, how- eyer, to the same objection as the heavy brass shells, namely, one must save them, When they can be made cheap enough to throw away, thay will, indeed, be “perfect.” : J am now trying the star brass wads. I haye used sixty shells loaded with them at target and glass balls. "They do not make any chunge in pattern or penetration, and do not scratch the barrels, TI fired one barre! five times with a shell in the other barrel, to test tieir holding properties. No very great loosening was noticed until the fifth shot, when the wad came entirely loose. * Whether they will stand the rough usage of field work or not, remains to be tested. From above experience I very tnuch doubt their doing so, I of course used the brass wads in paper shells, We will have plenty of quails this season. whistle can be heard in every stubble. . Bass fishing has proven an entire failure this season, the first time for many years. Dick. Brazin, Ind,, June, 1883, Their merry Editor Fovest and Stream: In your issue of June 28, “H. V. L.” Hoboken, N. J., ad- vances the idea that the difficulty I experienced with the Teynoch shells was due to imperfect chambers, I think not, for this reason: { have used Winchester’s shot shells for over tivo years, firing from some of them probably over fifty shots, and to-day I ean extract them from the gun with my fingers, without any effort whatever, and I beheve that if there were imperlections in the chambers such as he men- tions, the brass shells I have used would have expanded so as to be nearly immovable. Ihave seen others experience great difficulty in extracting their brass shells from their guns after lon usage, but happily 1 liaye not been troubled in this manner, and I come to the conclusion that my gun must be slightly smaller at the innermost end of the cham- bers. Iam not one to condemn, especially implements per- taining to the guu, unless facts warrant it, and 1 was as pleased as a boy with a new top when I read of the merits claimed for the Kynoch shells, but upon giying them 4 trial lwas greatly disappointed. I neglected, in my previous commiinication, to mention the gun and charge used, and will doso now: ‘Lhe gunn isa Clabrough, 10-gauge, double breech-loader, with all the modern improvements. TJ nsed 4 drs, Hazard ducking powder (Dixon gauge), with two pink- edge No. 8 wads on top,1} oz. No. 4 shot and one pink- edge wad, just such charges as Lalwaysuse for ducks. The sample shells T use were slightly defaced when received by mail, butnot apparently as much s0 as crimping would render them. I have ordered a new sample, and hope,to be able to make a more fayorable report. I should say that the breaking of these shells as reported by ‘‘Medicus IT.,” in your issue of June 28, was due to the shells being too small for the chambers, and the butt being of heayier metal than the rest of the shells, it~would not expand as readily and caused them to break apart. I consider this a subject of yast importance to sportsmen, and am pleased to see the reports coming in both pro and con. Tf the difficulty we experience in them is due to improper loading or a faulty gun, we want to know it, and if in the ‘“Kynoch Perfect,” sats Manrrowou, Wis, EBilitoy Forest and Stream: J notice in your issue of June 21, ashort article from ‘“D”’ on his experience with the ‘‘Kynoch perfect’ brass shells. Lhave been experimenting to a limited extent with these shells also, While the results were not as satisfactory as I could wish, yet they are not as bad as those of “D.” My experiments were with a W. & C. Scott & Son No, 12 gun, weight 8 pounds, choke bore. Shells loaded with 3, 34 and 4drams Hazard No. 4 powder, 1402. shot, 8 of each charge being fired, In two instances with 3 drams powder the shells cracked, one at the base and one about middle of shell. With the 3} and 4 dram charges the shells stood finely. I had no trouble in extracting empty shells after cach discharge, and the pattern and penetration was probably some better than with paper shells under the same circum- stances, Another party has also been experimenting with about the same results as myself, haying tired twenty charges of 3 drams Hazard No. 4 powder and itoz, shot, with one bursted shell at base. He uses a James gun, 12-gauge, and § pounds weight, and experienced considerable difficulty in extracting’ on account of expsnsion. The shells fit my gun nicely, and 1 think I could detect the least expansion. Tfind a very serious drawback in the crimping or fluting tool, When the shells are new it works perfect, and loaded shells are easily extracted, but when reloaded the crimper binds so it is im many cases impossible to extract the shells without removing the wooden head and driving them out with a stick; this Lattribute to the shells not being put in crimper in same position as first crimped and not to expan- sion of the shell, I lope to hear from othérs on this subject, who haye had a more yaried experience and can present the matter to better advantage. J. L. P. K1nesevry, Iowa. Editor Horest and Stream. As soon as the Kynoch shell was for sale, I procured sey- eral, and haye tested them thoroughly, and in my gun they are certainly a failure. I have forwarded to your address, a Kynoch shell that l have tired several times and also twa patterns, one made with the Kynoch shell, the other with a Winchester brass shell. You cannot fail to notice the great difference between the two. The one made with the Win- chester recording 224 No, 8 shot ina 30 inch circle at 40yds. , while the one made with the Kynoch only records 211 (the shot, circle. distance, ete., being the sume), and the pattern Lsend you is the best | can make with the Kynoch shell. On the other hand, with a Winchester or Parker brass shell or a Winchester, U. M. Co., Lowell, or Eley paper shell, 1 Gan itverage about 820 No. 8 shot, in & 80-inch circle at 4() yds. Why the ditference? Lhave loaded in every coneeiyable manner, and the best result you have hefore you. With a Winchester brass shell, at 40 yds., I use 3 drs, of powder, 2 Eley pm wads, 14 oz. shot, and one Eley or cardboard wad oyer shot, without crimping, My gun is a 12-gauge, 284nch barrel, Colt, and with brass shells I use No, 10 wads, with paper shells No. 12. My Winchester and Parker brags shells are the same length as the Kynoch. As the Kynoch is so much thinner than the Winchester, 1 fried a larger wad, and varied the quantity of powder and shol, but the result was no better, always « poor patern, The penetration was about the same as the other shells, The shéll that I send you seems to be perfect yet, with no splitting, ete., that others haye complained of, Now, where lies the trouble? It must be with the Kynoch shall, some- where. J think that I haye given them 4 fair, honest, trial, and the result is certainly not very satisfactory. A. 'T. 8. [ff there is an abrupt shoulder im the gun nsed by A, T. 8. it may be that the shot driven out of the thin Kynoch shell against it are jammed out of shape and so fly wild.] Fititen Forest nd Strean: T have noticed several articles in late numbers of FPorns'r AND SrREAM, in regard to ‘‘Kynoch Perfect Shell.” I had a sample package sent me, and my experiments haye been conducted with only two shells,12-gauge. I fired several shots from these shells, and in every case, pattern and penetration were both better than those made with paper shells, Charge used was 84 drs, powder and 1oz. shot. The gun was a heavy 12-gauge, full choke in both barrels, 1 could find no differ- ence inshells after a number of shots liad been fired, and considered the tests satisfactory. Although closed with the fingers, the charge was held tight in shell in left barrel when right barrel was fired. I shall use these shells this fall, and think them superior to paper shells. FATRFIELD. WALLACEVIEGE, 8. GC. Ducrrtive ADYERTISEMENTS.—It is yery amusing’ t0 read some of the advertisements for scaside resorts which are intended to draw the sportsman, The following isa sample; ‘‘Back of the island and along the sedgy channels which cnt off Atlantic City from the mainland are illimitable reedy meadows, fed with the salt sea, and a home for noum- berless snipe, plover and reed birds. About the middle of this month the snipe-shooting season will begin, and the half dozen varieties of the noble game will pipe sweet music to the sportsman’s ears.” Now the reed bird is never found near salt, water, and the reed upon which he feeds is a fresh water plant, ‘‘The ‘several varieties of noble game” are found on the Atlantic City meadows in numbers only during the spring migration. All that will be found at Atlantic City by the middle of July will be peeps or ox-eyes. The note of a clapper rail ormaud-hen will be heard often enough, but the bird will not be seen until September storm tides drive him to show himself, and then he will be potted in the water, Better it is for the sportsman to read up his weekly Forest ann Stream, select his grounds from the notes culled therefrom, than to be influenced by flaming adyer- tisements written by those who are not of the cloth.— flow. [Our correspondent is in error when he states that the reed bird is neyer found near salt water, We haye fre- quently seen and killed them among the beach-plum bushes between the salt meadows and the beach. ] A Femme Rerrmever.—Cooper’s Point, July 2, 1883.— Lhaye a cat, I call him Jerry, & name perpetuated from the great grandsire, the original boathouse pet. Hvery fall he takes his six weeks’ trip with mein the Delaware Bay on a duck shoot, and no one enjoys oysters, fish, and birds more than he. Heis my constant companion, whether tramping the marsh, or lying behind the blinds. He is the best swim- mer I ever saw, man or beast; answers to a dog call, and retrieves my birds when crippled on the marsh, and on one oceasion brought a dead black duck to blind from ontsiile of the decoys on the bay shore in quite a tumble of a sea. T could write pares and yet not do Jerry justice. A brute of an hostler at the hotel near by, threw a kitten in the water, and was pelting it with stones while it was struggling for life. Jerry was taking his usual afternoon siesta in the boat- house, and heard the cry of distress. In 4 moment he was in the water, and despite the stones thrown by the heathen- ish hostler and fiendish boys, he caught the drowning kitten by the nape of the neck, and brought it triumphantly to shore, depositing it in his own cosy cot. I promise you this is a fact, and the truth will be recognized by a good many Rue ee this. How the brute often pufs man to shame.— Woopcock In PennsyLyania.—Philadelphia, July 6.— There has been so much rain during the last week, our woodcock shooters have found the birds very muchsecattered and much tramping is necessary to start and kill a passable hag. During the two first opening days of the season quite good shooting has been had, however, in the neighborhood of Burlington and Bordentown, N.,J. All the woodcock killed in the cripples near these places were birds bred there, I learned that two gentlemen who worked these cripples last week brought in twenty. The weuther now is sweltering hot and but few will venture into the river side thickets while it continues so. Two pair of woodeock were killed on the morning of the 5th of July, on Darby Creek, near Potts; my informant stated to me he knew of the old birds settling there early in the spring to breed, and he ex- pected to find at least six, but bagged all he saw,—Homo, Spar Waps,—Aditor Horest and Stream:—Herewith I give you my experience with the star wat, as requested in your issue of the 21st ult. Loaded ten shells, put star wad over pasteboard wad ou top of shot, and after firing nine out of the vight barrel, | found that the shot im left barrel had uot started. With the star wad it is unnecessary to cut the sheli or to crimp it, thereby much time and labor is sayed; now add the advantage gained by filling the cham- ber of the gun up to the shoulder, thereby giving a better pattern, also the saving of the shell, and [ think we have something that fills a need Jong felt. Trusting that we will hear from others in regard to the star wad in your next issue—Rozsr. W. Horxrys (Secretary Agnebonga Gun Club, Staten Island). Woopcock In WoopLanD CEMETERY.—Philadelphia.— On the evening of July 6, two wvodcock were seen to fly across Woodland avenue, West Philadelphia, then over the road and into the cemetery. At the lower end of these grounds, near to the Blockly Almshouse enclosure, there is an excellent feeding place which remains wet the summer through; the birds doubtless were attracted thither. Years apo we knew of woodcock breeding there but of late years moré secure retreats have been chosen by the birds. —Homo. THNNESSEH.—Nuashville, July 6.—Squirrels are veported abundant, and a number are offered for sale every morniug at the market houses, though the weather has been too hot and wet for the town Nimrods to go abroad after the sport. Commodore Wuallmann and Bob Grubbs killed a few doves and a brace of summer ducks the other day, but both are ag yat out of season,.—J, D, H. 466 FOREST AND STREAM. i [Jony 12, 1883, Awnre.ore oy Trxas.—Martin County, June 25.—Ante- Jope are quite plenty in this section. 1 siw about sixty or seventy head this morning while traveling cight miles, They were within two miles of the railroad, Good sport eam be had here in the winter season, Last winter while lmnting here T often saw as many as 300 to T00 in a bunch, During # “norther" they will drift down on the plains as faras ihe railrond, and I have seen their trails along the side of the road as plain as it three or four thousand sheep had been driven alone, Being afraid of the track they would not cross it, and sellom do so except when they see other antelope ou the opposite side, or when the leader takes fi Hotion fo cross, then the rest of the bunch will follow.— W. A. OW, Tue “Bameror 1Ammuriess.”—Among the notable im- provements in the manufacture of fine gums is the ejecting mechanism recently added by Mr. W. W. Greener to his hammerless guns. By an ingenious device, which is exceed- ingly simple. ind we should judge durable, the fired shells fre ejected when fhe fan is opened; or if but one shell has been fired that is ejected, and the other simply extracted, We haye recently tested the working of the ejector and found it to be ns excellent in practice asin theory. In some of our Engiish exchanges we tind reports from those who have used the ejector lammerless, und the experiences there de- tailed appear to bear out in the fullest degree the claims made by the manufacturer in regard to the gun's durability. Dureness Cousry Assocrarion.—Poughkeepsie, N. ¥., July 9.—We organized on Saturday an association to be called the Dutehess County Association for the Protection of Game and Fish. The following officers were chosen: W. 5. Jolnson, President; James H. Dudley, Vice-Presi- dent, Peter B. Hayt, Secretary; James Lenox Banks, Cor- responding Secretary; Edward L. Morse, Treasurer; P. EB. Ackert, Counsel. Camp Hire Hlickerings. > “That reminds mc," OR two or more very long hours had we sat in a boat on the unruffed bosom of Maidstone Lake, our baits within a yard of the bottom, seventy-five feet below us, “holbing” for a bite. Three expectant fishermen, whose heaming counicnances, radiant with hope, might craze with mirth the most stoic “hypo” that ever darkenetl a commu- nity—Prol, 8., of Bangor, Capt. B., of Lancaster, and yours truly. Suddenly Prof. 8. jumps to his feet: “Dye gota bite.” "Yank, then,” from hoth his companions. He did yank. Two more hours of weary ‘‘bobbing,” during which the beaming countenauces changed to a somber hue, then a blue, then a homesick color, withont title, but expressive. ‘I’ve gol sick of this; let's go home.” Enough, We slowly wound in our lines. As the Prof.’s hook came from the water a quarter pound trout was seen impaled upon it, hooked through the brain, dead. Again his varying phiz changed to an expression of astonishment indescribable, and he made his companions scream with Inughter as he slowly asked, ‘What made my bait grow like that?” We assured him it was a peculiar property of the water, and that waa enough. Coos. In Formst AND SYRBAM of May 24, the writer of ‘Notes on the Birds of Alabama,” states that the local name of the ivory-billed woodpecker is ‘‘woodcock.” Ti isa fact, also, that to many dwellers in our land of eane-brakes and cotton fields, the true woodcock, Pliztohela minor, although at certam seasons quite numerous, is almost a Philohela ineoynite. The only bird that they réecog- nize by the name ‘woodeock” is the aforesaid ivory-bill. Thereby hangs my tale, One day, at a country crossroad, the writer was relating a story of what time he had hunted woodcock under the shadow of Muskonetkong and along the swales of \WWawa- yanda, where the foot prints of poor Herbert (Frank For- ester) had scarcely been obliterated by the changing’ sensong, when John B, remarked that, the woodeock was certainly the best of hirds when property served. Ilis words attracted the attention Of an individual who stood near us, an over- seer on a neighboring’ plantation, whom we will call FH. This person, believing that C, had reference to the afore- said ivory-bill, volunteered the remark that he “didn’t know them derned things were fit to eat,’ q “© yes,” said B., who saw an opening fora practical joke, in which he was never averse to indulge, **O yes, the tinest hird that flies when properly cooked. You just kill some and try them, H, and you'll agree with me, l’m certain.” Nothing more was said on the subject at that time. Ahout a week itterward we three happened to meet al the same place again, when B. asked H. if he bad tried any woodcock, . “D—n your woodcock!” said HW. “l killed a whole dozen and had “cm cooked, and I liad as lieve ent so much fried allizatar,” Whit!” ssid rightly.” “T cooked ‘em like everybody eooks birds,” said HH. “There you made a oreal mistake,” said PB. ‘But tell us exictly how you did cook ‘em.” “Why,” said H,, 1 just picked *em, and dressed ‘em, sind 1 think the old darkey suid she parboiled ‘em, but it didn’t, do ‘er a bit of good. They eat like they were» hundred years old.” “T thonglit,” said B., “you must have made some mistake in cooking ‘em.” “Well, how the devil do you cook’*em?” said H, “Well,” said 5,, “‘in the first place you ought not to have picked ‘erm, and in the second place you onghi not to have dressed ‘em, Al! you've got todo when you cook wood- cock is to tit a string avound their necks and hang them wp before a pretty hot fire—not foo hot, though, nor so near as foscorch the feathers, Some people,” he continued, ‘“‘like ‘em basted with salt and pepper; but they are good enough for me just dry so.” “The devil you say?” muttered H,, a8 he turned away, “mebbe Pll have mike cooked that way next time, and— have yuu oul 10 Gat ’em.” But whether the ivory-bill in H.’s ewdsinie was ever served acrording to B.'s recipe, [ do not Know, as H. never seemed disposed to tallk woodcock afterward, TUCEAHOE, BR. “) tlon’t expect you cooked ‘em Sea and River ishing. To insure prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to iadividuals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- portance are liable to delay. ANGLING RESORT'S.— We shall be glad to have for publi- cation notes of good fishing localities. Will not our corre- spondents faior us with notes of desirable points for angling excursions? THE SECRETS OF ANGLING.* HIS quaint and charming old poem has been faithfully and literally translated from the original edition, and we therefore have it as it was written, instead of the modern. ized edition of Arber, which has long been the only acces- sible one. The latter took great liberties with the original, both in punctuation, orthography, and syntax, and conse- quently robbed the book of its principal charms. The original edition had on its title page the following; *‘Secrets of Angling, Teaching the Choisest Tooles Baytes and Sea- sons, for the taking of any Fish, in Pond or Riuer: practiced and familiarly opened in three Bookes, By J. D. Esquire. Printed at London for Roger Jackson, and are to be sould at his shop neere Conduit, 1613." This appears on the tithe be- fore the reprint, “The first Booke containeth these 8, Heads. The Anti- quitie of Angling, with the art of Fishing, and of Fish in generall, The Jawfulnesse, pleasure and profit thereof, with all Objections answered, against it, To know the season, and times to prouide the Tooles, and how to choose the best, and the manner how to make them fit to take each séuerall Fish. “The second Booke, Containeth The Anglers Experience, how to vse his Tooles and Baytes, to make profit) by his game, What Fish is not taken with the Angle, and what is; and which is best for health. In what waters and Riuers to finde each Fish. “The Third Booke containeth, The 12 virtues and quali- ties which ought to be in euery Angler. What weather, seusous, and times of the yeere is best and worst; and what houres of the day is best for sport, To know each Fishes haunt and the times to take them, “Also, an obscure secret of an approyed Bait, tending thereunto,” We have read this volume with great pleasure, and com- inend it to all lovers of angling, It is so full of gems that it is difficult to select a few for illustration. In the ‘First Booke” we read: You Nyniphs that in the Springs and Waters sweet, Your dwelling haue, of Kuery Hill and Dale, And off amidst the Meadows greene doe meet To sport and play, and hear the Nightingale, And in the Riuers fresh doe wash your feet, While Prognes sister tels her wofull tale: : Such ayde and power vnto my verses lend, As muity suffice this little work to end. Even two hundred and seventy years ago it was known that an angler should be properly dressed for his work, for we ure told: And Jet your garments Kusset be or gray, Of colour dark, and hardest to desery, That with the Raine or weather will away, And least offend the fearfull fishes eye: For neither Skarlet nor rich cloth of ray Nor colours dipt in fresh Assyrian dye, Nor tender silkes, of Purple, Paule, or Golde, Will serue so well to keepe off wet or cold. The obscure secret of an approved bait we will give, not only to refresh the memories of the older anglers, who may have forgotten it, but also to inform a generation who may not have seen it, of the most perfect thing ever discovered to attract fish to the hook. The ingredients may be difficult to obtain in some places, but the author assures bisreaders that if they understand it it is perfect. Wouldst thou cateh Fish? Then here's thy wish; - Take this receipt, To annoynt thy Bayte. Thou that desir’st to fish with Line and Hooke, Be it in poole, in River or in Brooke, To blisse thy baite, and make the Wish to bite; Loe, here’s a meanes, if thou canst hit it right, Take Qum of life, fine beat, and laid in soalke. in Oyle, well drawn from that which kills the Oake, Fish where thou wilt, (hou shalt hane sport thy fill, When twenty faile, thou shalt be sure to kill, -Probatum. It’s perfect and good, Tf well understood; Hise not to be told For Siluer or Golde, —B.R. The work is neatly printed and gives us the first opportu- nity to read the author as he wrote, and Mr. Westbrook deserves thanks for Me We this book from extinction, or, what is as bad, the devastating hand of the “‘improver.” weoers Secrers or Anauina. By J [ohn] D lennys} Esquire, 16138, A reprint, with introduction, by Thomas Westwood, London: W. Sat- ehell & Co., 19 Tavistock street, Covent Garden, W.C., 1883. MOSSBUNKERS OR MENHADEN. 1 Fieeserel anya in the north sre complaining about the ” wholesale destruetion of mossbunkers, as bluefish and other fish are driven from the coast as a consequence of a lack of food. With us the opposite is the case, for in the lower St. Johns fishing is seriously injured as 2 result of too many bunkers, Food isso plenty that the fish will not take a hook. On the flood tide bunkers enter the stream Yn im- mense quantities; in fact it is a continuous stream of moss- bunkers for about four hours of the flood and five homes of the ebb tide, The supply is continuous from June until the latter part of November. Land, labor and firewood are cheap, and as the fish can be captured in immense quantities, it might prove advan- tageous for your bunker fishermen to investigate the suh- ject. Steamers would be unnecessary, as there is an almost nolimited demand for fertilizers in the State aud ice is cheap. An excellent market would be found in Jacksonville, Fla., and in Sayannah, Macon, Augusta and Atlanta, Ga., for the edible fish ¢aught. In this market the wholesale price paid by dealers for sea trout, small sheepshead and whiting, is fifteen cents per string. If the bunker men wished to in- dnlge in the ¢apture of larger and oily fish they could net all the tarpum and porpoise wanted. Near Mile Point is a small bay with sandy bottom where porpoise da most con- gregate during the copulating seasou, und if a net could be constructed to hold them tons Gould be captured at a haul. Willsome bunker man visit the lower river and investigate the resources of the St. Johns regarding the manufacture of oil and fish guano? AL rasco. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 7. . FISHING NEAR NEW YORK. 4 eee fishing season near the city has been an average one thus far, both in fresh and salt waters. The heisht of the season is from June to July in fresh waters, and from July until cold weuther in the salt waters new New York, There is not a place in the country from which such a yari- ety of fishing, and such excellent sport also, can be had as New York city. There are many places where more fish of any one or two species can be taken, and where larger fish may be captured, but take it all in all New York city is the best center for varied angling. In the fresh-water fishes there ure the trout streams of” Long Island, the Catskills, New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island, all within a few hours’ reach, while the Adi- rondacks are only from fifteen to thirty hours distaut, ‘The black bass fishing is not of the best, the fish being absent from such waters as have not been stocked with them, for it is not a native of this region, Still the New Jersey lakes and the Delaware River and its branches afford some sport. Pike are not found near the city, but small pickerel are pientiful, although not much esteemed by anglers. The salt, waters outside the harbor and up and down the coast swarm with gamy bluefish, often reaching ten pounds in weight, while the noble striped bass is taken about Staten Island up to three or four pounds, and from Montaul: Point to Newport of the largest size, Weaktish, kingfish and other species are more or less plentiful, aud are sought by anglers of all degrees of skill and with all grades of tackle, from the best to the cheapest. Hand-liners 0 down the bay in small boats and with shedder-crab and clam ' ‘twitch,’ at every indication of a bite, and baul their prey in hand over hand, and often come back with large strings, The “Fishing Banks,” just outside Sandy Hook, are visited by steamers which advertise for passengers, promising from four to six hours’ fishing, ‘‘bait and lines provided,” and carry down a motley crowd loaded with lunch—baskets, returning with the party well sunburned and usually sea- sick, with more or less porgies, toadfish, sculpins, and an occasional weakfish or other gume. The Long Island Rail- roid takes the angler to Great South Bay, where the fishing is often excellent, and now promises to be better since war on the iNegal netters has been declared. : Tn the brackish waters of New York and Newark bays and the Kills, small bass, weakfish, white perch, blackfish, founders, sea bass and eels are taken both from boats and off the bridges. This kind Of fishing is nol as good as formerly, on account of the pollution of the waters by the refuse products of petroleum which are dumped into them, and which have banished the lobsters and diszusted the crabs, 8: that all which cated to live cleanly haye left for more savory spots, Still in Newark Bay there is often good fishing, especially bebind the lighthouse at Bergen Point, and off the long bridge fron. the Point. to Elizabethport. Near the junction of the Passaic and Hackensack rivers small striped bass are taken, and up these rivers are found catfish and eels in abundance for such as care to take them. Further up the Passaié some black bass are found, after Paterson is passed, the best grounds lying between Two Bridges and Little Falls. With this variety all who love to fish, whether the scien- tific angler or humble brother of the hand-line and worm, can surely find sport suited to their tastes and their purses, and fish of all sizes, from the ponderous drum to the little sunfish, and from the royal striped bass to the slimy cel and the groveling catfish, If we have omitted the Hudson | River in our list of good fishing places, if is because there is no fishing worth the name in it near the city. The Hudson scems to be the poorest angling river in the United States, It still produces shad, eels and a few insignificant tishes, but nothing that the angler cares for—at least in any quantity. Hven the sturgeon, which were once so plenty, have nearly disappeared. Coos, New TAmpsatre.—A recent communication of mine in the Pores’ AND STREAM regarding the fishine in tlris vicinity having brought me a ‘theap” of letters replete with inquiries, ] take the same medium, with your consent, to reply. Coos, N. H., is the address of the village of North Stratford, N. H,, the most northerly railroad station in the State, on the Grand Trunk Railroad, where it crosses the Connecticut River into Vermont. It has two regular Bos- ton mails, and two regular Montreal mails, daily. There is a first-class Hotel called the Percy House near the depot, with which is connected a livery, and the roads i all diree- tions are uusurpassed, The trouting waters in the immedi- ate vicinity are Nulhegan River and its branches, Paul Stream, Lyman Brook, Bloomfield Brook, Bog Brook, Kim- ball Brook, West Pond, Turtle Pond, Notch Pond, Un- known Pond, South America Pond, North Pond and a score of other resorts, with pickerel and perch fishing in as many more places. I nearly forgot to mention Maidstone Lake, eight miles distant, with @ first-class road, where the fishing this summer has been unsurpassed. Very recently three men, after about ten hours’ fishing, caught about 900 trout, nor were they experts cither, Fishing will probably improve about here until September. The shooting is good, deer are very plenty and partridge ditto, Any communica- tions addressed to Cy, Tibbetts, or—Dr, A. I, Willard, at Coos, will be freely answered,—A, F. W. Prnorscor SAtMon.—The run of salmon in the Penoh- scot River has been a small one this year. Compuratiyely few haye been caught, but the individuals have been of good size, averiging over cighteen pounds. The absence of small fish is remarked, and had they been present m the usual number, the catch would have been np to or above the usual rug, Quenwe, Canada, July 5.—Throngh the enforcement of the fishery tuws, Lakes Beautort and St. Charles, nine miles respectively from this city, which had been almost com- pletely ‘fished out,” are now teeming with trout, and the Jatter lake well stocked with buss,—B. H. 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Bass Av Sv, CrarrR Frars.—Buttalo, N, Y, June 30,— ome two months ago I saw an article in Foresr 4np TREAM from *‘Deep Troller” speaking of black hass fishing at St. Clair Flats. He has evidently “been there’ and thor- oughly enjoyed the sport, bul even then does not extol it bighly enough. Last season Lsaw a black bass (not a “‘large- mouth” bass) that was caught there, and he weighed 7% Tbs, This is a fact that can be easily demonstrated, The fishing there now is good, bul not as goed as it will bein July and August. One afternoon last week, I caught thirty-nine black bass, averaging three pounds each, on light tackle, Pickerel are also biting well on a troll, and from this time out any one that enjoys perch fishing can have his fill. They are almost too plenty; can be caught two at a time, and will average over one-half pound. They abound where there is little or no current, and very light tackle can be used, The fishing grounds are about thirty miles above De- troit, and two steamers run from there daily. Joe Bedore keeps a first-rate house for hunters or fishermen to stop at, has good boats, und can furnish first-rate boatmen if de- sired. Among the best of these are George W. Cole, (in fact the best 1 have ever met) who, as a hunter or an oaxs- man, cannot be excelled, and has lived all his life on the Flats, James Slocum, at Star Island, also has quite a large hotel. The steamers from Detroit stop at his and Bedore’s docks. Any one going to the Flats should not fail to visit the Bassett Channel. There I have had the best black bass fishing I have ever known, and it is very eusy of access from Bedore’s house. I shall go again in July or August, and would be very glad to meet any of my brother fishermen there and then, Thereis ‘room for all,” and more than enough fish to go round. P. 8.—Joe Bedore has a big ice- house well filled.—Liaut TACKLE. SALMON IN THE Resticoucnn.—The fishing in the Resti- gouche River is better this season than for the past three years, Many salmon have heen taken, and the sizes run large. We were lately shown a letter from Mr. William Blair Lord to Harry Prichard, dated Fraser’s Hotel, Mata- pedin, Province of Quebec, July 4, in which he says: send you by express a salmon J killed to-day. I would havi sent you one sooner, but [ bave relatives and others who have prior claims on me, Besides, for two weeks, while the logs were running thickest, I caught just cnough to send to my brother and sister, I have had very good sport below fhe club grounds. My largest fish was 36 lhs,, and my whole catch averages over 20 lbs. I have caught 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, on different days. The four weighed 99 lIbs.; good for one day. I hope the fish will reach you in good order, and that you will enjoy eating it.” rT WRAKFISH AT BARNEGAT.—L. M. Auerbacher, of this city, with three friends, caught over 500 weakfish on Barne- gat Bay, one day last week. Largest fish 3 Ibs., average about 11 1bs. The small fish were yturned to the waters as au astaken, Party started from Parker’s Hotel, Forked River. ————— Pronsa atpmra Nores.—The Schuylkill River still con- finues muddy; the water is gradually clearing, however, but the heavy rains have rendered it more than usually turbid in the last ten days. Its tributaries are much clearer, and at this writing are in prime fishing order for bass. Bass fishing about Shawmont has been poor since the heavy rain- fall. The catch since the opening day, June 1, this year, taking it as a whole, will exceed that of any season for three or four years. We may expect a falling off during the hot weather. Weakfish, seabass, blackfish, etc., continue to bite well all along the New Jersey coast. Many sheepshead are taken, the fish measuring large. From Fish Warden Ore’s report to the Fish Commissioners of New Jersey, of the value of the fish caught in the Delaware, in Camden county, I take the following, which is very interesting: “The shad catch he values at $29,700; herring, $3,225; stur- geon, $300; and catfish, perch, black bass, etc., $240, mak- ing a total of $33,465. In trout run near Clemington, N, J., a trout was caught weighing one and a half pounds. The report asks that all herring nets and small meshes should strictly be prohibited after June 10, as thousands of small shad are destroyed hy them, The retail price of shad on an average was thirty cents; herring seventy-five cents a hun- dred, and other fish averaged eight cents a pound, except sturgeon, which brought one dollar each.” —Homo, New Brunswick Saumon Rivers. — Fredericton, June 20,—The sale of fishing leases on the ungranted water grants on the following rivers took place to-day, at. the Crown Land office, at noon: Restigouche River, from Toad Brook to Almon grant, at Indian Brook, upset price, A. 1. Light, Toronto, Ont., $825; from Almon grant, at Indian Brook, to Tracey Brook, upset price, A. A. Mason, New York, $500; from Tracey Brook to mouth of Kedgwick, upset price, I, R. Ranney, St. John, $600. The river Kedgwick from its mouth up to Quebee boundary, upset price, H. N. Habersham, Savannah, Georgia, $510. “Nepisi- quit River, from its mouth to Indian Reservoir, upset price, J. W. Nicholson, St. John, $360, Upsalquitch River, from the mouth to Great Falls, no bid; from the Great Falls up- ait, upset price, H. N. Habersham, Savannah, Georgia, pi). fain North West Miramichi, from the head of the tide up, nol... Patepedia, from its mouth up to Quebec boundary, no bid. Jacquet River, upset price, H. R. Ran- ney, St. John, $130. Total $3,435. SALMON IN THE Merrmmac.—Manchester, N. H., July 2. —Home small boys were observed pounding with clubs a large fish in a small pool on the Amoskeag Falls this morn- ing, On being areca what they had, replied they did not Know, but guessed that they had killed a young whale. Inyestigation proved it to be a salmon of twenty-one pounds weight.—_H, GRAvENHURST, Canada, July 5.—Owing to the beastly quantity of rain up here the fishing is rather poor, but just re soon se the weather settles we expect to haye grand mes. C. « * A Book sy tHe Late Lorenzo Prouty.—A memorial of the late Lorenzo Prouty will be published in a week by Cupples, Upham & Co., Boston. If is a book on ‘Fish their Habits, Haunts and the best methods of taking them, together with descriptions of trips made by Mr. Prouty in the woods of Maine and Nova Scotia. The work was in part written by Mr. Prouty himself, and in part compiled from his journal by his widow. Buack Bass.—A very interesting paper on the distribu- tion of the black hass, by Dr. James A, Henshall, read be- fore the American Fishcultural Association, ‘will be found in another column. By the way, we presume most of our readers have seen Dr. Henshall’s excellent paper on black bass fishing in the July Century, to which we called atten- tion some time ago, Hisheulture. THE AMERICAN FISHCULTUBAL ASSOCIATION. [PROCEEDINGS CONTINUED | On THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SLACK BASS. BY DR. J. A. HENSHALH, WN this brief paper the writer intends merely to give the facts, as they exist, relative to the distribution of the black bass species, without attempting to draw any conclusions therefore fromthe laws which govern the geographical dis- tribution of fresh-water fishes, or to offer any theory concern- ing the same. A study of the hubibat of the black bass, how- ever, will, no doubt, aid the biologist very materially in soly- ing the problem of the distribution of animals. The geographical distribution of the black bass is remarls- able for itsextent; the original habitat of one or other of the two species ranging from Virginia to Florida,and from Canada and the Red River on the north to Louisiana and Hast Mexico, In other words, it might be stated that the original geograph- ica] range of this representative American fish embraced the whole of North America, south of the British possessions and east of the Rocky Mountains, except the waters flowing into the Atlantic in New England andthe Middle States, thus far excelling any other fish of America in its distribution. Of the two species, the large-mouthed bass had the widest distribution. occurring all through the vast scope of territory mentioned above. The small-mouthed bass had a somewhat limited range In comparison, not extending east or south heyond the Alleghany Mountains, though occurring everywhere else with the large-mouthed species. At the present day the habitat of the black bass has been extended by transportation, and by means of artificial canals, so that it may be said to inhabit every State of the Union. {thas also been successsully introduced into England, Scotland and Germany, thus occupying a wider range than any fresh-water fish in the world. The fact that the original habitat of the black bass does not embrace New England and the Pacific slope is not remark- able, for the characteristically American forms of fishes, as has been observed by Prof. Jordan, are, generally speaking, rare or absent in the waters of these sections. This fact was 468 ———— el - FOREST AND STREAM. a. a Jour 12, 1888. noticed by Prof. Louis Agassiz, who called New England “a zoological island,” on account of its fannal peculiarities as compared with the rest of the United States, Thus, of more than a hundred genera of freshayvater fishes now known to occur in the waters east of the Mississippi River, only about one-fourth oceur in New England, and of these all except a half-dozen genera are represented by but a single species each; snd not more than thirty-five genera occur in the waters of the Pacitie slope, Almost any stream of any extent of the Ohio or Mississippi basins will furnish double the number of penera and species as the entire waters of either of the above pamed sections. Thus, as Prof.Jordan states, ‘In the little White River at Indianapolis, seventy species, representing forty-eight genera, are known to occur—twice as many fs ih- habit all the rivers of New England.” The distribution of the black bass does not seem to be much affected by geological formations, climatic influences, or the character of waters; for although one or both species may have been absent originally in certain localities, they readily adapt themselves to the waters of these sections when trans- planted, and rapidly increase, Originally both species were at home among the primordial rock ot the eozoic Pees of Lake Champlain, Nosthern Wis- consin, and alone the Appalachian chain in the Carelinas and Northern Georgia, ‘They flourished amid the paleozoie rocks of the Great Lake region and the Mississippi Valley, and in the coal rneasures of the Ohio. Illinois and Missouri river basins, While in the marie tertiary formations of the cenozole period, slong the Atlantic and Gulf slopes of the Southern States, the large-mouthed bass alone occurs. Thus, while the small-mouthed bass seems to be restricted naturally to the older formations, the large-mouthed bass roams abt his own sweet will through the regions of metamorphic and stratified rocks and placial drift, down to the recently formed coral rocks of the péninsula of Mlorida, Climatic influences do not seem fo affect the distribution of the larre-mouthed bass inany degree, in the United States, and of the small-mouthed bass only toa small extent. ‘The original habitat of the species extended through twenty-five degrees of latitude and thirty degrees of longitude, the small- mouthed bass alonenot occurring in the extrenie ten degrees of southern latitude, and the ten degrees of extreme western longitude of this range, Thus, while the small-mouthed bass is naturally restricted to cold and temperate waters, the large-mouthed bass bids defiance alike to the ice-hownd streams of Canada, the tropical lagoons of East Mexieo, and the sunny streams of Southern Florida. He flashes his bright armor under the firs and birches of the St. Lawrence basin, and erects his spiny crest.in the grateful shade of the palnis and liye oaks of the southern peninsula. To him it is piven “To bathe in fiery floods, or-to reside in thrilling regions of thigk-ribbed tee.” The character of waters has but little influence upon the dis- tribution of the species, less upon the large-mouthed bass than npon his smull-mouthed congener. If the water is reasonably pure, both species will thrive in it, but ashas just been inti- mated, the small-mouthed bass naturally seeks cooler und clearer waters. Thus, while he is found tn the headwaters of certain rivers flowing into the Atlantic (Hotably those of the Alleghany region of the Carolinas, Georgia anil Alabama), coexisting with the large-nouthed bass, the latter only occurs in the lower portions of the streams. (There are sey- eral rivers in Hernando county, on the Gulf coast of Florida, that burst out from the base of a sandy ridge running parallel with the coast and some twelve miles from it, whosé sdurces are large sprincs fifty or sixty feet deep, and of half an acre in extent. Their waters are remarkably clear and cool, with a strong current Until tide water is reached; and I have no doubt but thé small-mouthed would thrive wonderfully well in the upper portions of the streanis if introduced into them, as the conditions all seem fayorable, and the large-nonthed buss is very abundant in them). As we approach tidewater the small-mouthed bass disap- pears, The large-mouthed bass, however, true to his cosmo- politan nature, descends the streams to their mouths, where he seams to be as much at home in the brackish waters of the estuaries as in the pure and crystal rapids of the high- lands. The black bass being in a manner omnivorous, is probably not restricted m its range to any great extent by the supply of any one article of his fond; though it would he affected, of course, by an abundance or searcity of its food, as a whole. Crawfish and minhows are the principal food of adult black bass, and these are more or less plentiful throughout the Waters of the United States. In addition to these they feed npon insects, larvee, frogs, etc. Prof. 8. A. Forbes, in his studies of the food of fishes, ascertained that the food of young bass, when less than an inch in length, consisted entirely o minute crustacea (Entomoestraca). When from one to four inches long they-feed almost wholly upon insects; while eraw- fish and small fishes constituted the principal diet of adult bass, the small-mouthed species Showing an especial fondness for the former, The great prevalence of crawfish in clear rocky streams may throw some light upon the preference of small-mouthed bass for such waters. T wish to s#y a word in this connection in reference to ob- jections heretofore ured before this Association against the introduction of the black bass into easbern waters, upon the theory that the presence of the voracious bass would militate against the increase of shad or salmon, The objections are not valid or founded on fact, for the black -bass prefers a diet of crawtish, when he can get it, varying it with minnows, insects, larves and frogs, and im eastern waters he would not object, to young eels, ‘The pike, pickerel, pike-perch and gar- fish are almost entirely pisciyorous in their habits, which might be, expected trom the character of their teeth, and their sins have no doubt been charged tothe black bass. But while the bass will take in a -youny shad or siflmon if it comes his way when hungry, he will not make them special objects of pursuit, like the canine-teethed fishes aboye-named. The failure to resbock such streams, if any such failure exists, nust be attributed to other canses than the introduction of the black bass, prominent among which is the unrelenting pursuit of the young fry by the predatory fishes mentioned. They ara only exceeded in their destructiveness by the genus homo, with his miles of gill-nets at the mouths of the strearns, to prevent the return of the shad or salmon during the breeding season; and should a few run the gauntlet and succeed in depositing their spawnin the upper reaches of the rivers, the eels, bullhends and suckers take good care of it, All of which is truly deplorable, and deplorably true. But in your justand righteous indiguation do not make ascape-goat of'so good a fellow as the black bass. In Western waters where the bass exists with the usual varicties of fishes, there is no perceptible decrease in the num- hers of either. If amy species suffers itis always the black Bass on account of ovyer-fishing, spearing, ete. I know of isolated lakes in Wisconsin where the black bass has co- existed with tha cisco (one ofthe salmon family), longer than the wiemory of man runneth to the contrary, without a decrease of the latter fish, Ifthen the bass cannot “gel away with” the cisco in confined waters, hoy can he “clean out” the shad orsalmon in large flowing streams? Moreover, I know of a small stream that abounded in black bass and cranfish, into which breok tvout were introduced tothe discomfture of the former fish, for the trout imcreased while the numbers of the bass grew smaller by degrees and beautifully less. If then there are-waters in which the brook trout or the rainbow trout will not thrive, do not hesitate toaid in the further distribution of the black bass by introducing that desirable species. [t is dasily done, and success is already assured, You have only to look at the Petomac, the Susque- hannah, the Delaware and many other streams for evidence of its rapid increase in new waters, The black bass is excelled by no other fish that swims for fameness. and among tresh-waterspecies by but one, the white- fish, for the table. And furthermore, he will not eat the sbaown of his vhate, or that of his fellows’ mates, His natural food is the crayfish and the minnow; he prefers them, and they are easily procured, Qn them he will wax and grow fat, increase and multiply, The man who alleges that he depopulates the streams of valuable food fishes, or asserts that he ‘kills for the love of it”, has never looked into the mouth of the bass with his eyes open. aw Mr, Ennpicort—I hye listened with great attention bo the inferesting paper by Dr. Henshall, and I feel constrained to take issue with him on the subject of introducing the black bass into trout, waters. Dr, Henshall is well known as the Aine? of the black bass, and he therefore defends him against all charges of bad habits. Tt isa deplorable fact that the introduction of black bass into some of the Adirondack waters, notably in Racjuette Lake, has resulted in the thinning out of the trout, so that angling for bass is all that can be looked for with any certainty of sport. There is no doubt of the yalue of the bass in all waters that are not inhabited by trout, but the latter is so far the superior of the bass as a game fish that it is vandalism to place bassin trout streams or lakes. In regard to Jarge shad rivers I can agree with Dr, Henshall, for those rivers contain other predatory fish which may be kept in check by the bass, for it is well known that in many waters the bass have thinned out the sayage pickerel, The learned Doetor, living far from trout streams, and haying caught the bass for years, and learned to love them, docs not seem to place as high a value upon the trout as we do, for he evidentl considers the bass the equal, if not the superior, of the trout, This is an assumption which | cannot sssent to, nor will trout anglers generally. Years age while fishing in the Adirondacks for trout I was annoyed by the continued rise and captime of small black bass, and (urned to my companion and said: ‘The trout must go, for the black bass is more fatal to them than the suntish are.” Cot. McDonaLp—I agree with Mr. Endicott concerning black bassin trout waters, but do not think they haye any bad effect in shad rivers. Ma. Enpicorr—lI regard the black bass asthe bluefish of fresh waters, and Professor Baird has characterized the blue- fish as move ravenous than the shirk. Con. MeDonatp—The black bass is of great yalue to some rivers. Isent tothe Holston River for ass to stock New River, Virginia, 4nd the bass were so lively that they jumped the seine, but we caught some, and it was a great gain. They increased und made a summer resort of the river, where hun- dveds now gototish. The black buss are worth five dollars per pound to the people who keep hotels and boats, for they geb that, on an average, indirectly from the anglers, and others who resort there. Mr, MAtuer—l do not think that Dr. Menshall has adyo- cated the placing of black bass in trout waters. He is very enthusiastic on the bass as a game fish, and personally may prefer it to trout, but he is too well informed not to know that trout anglers do not agree with him, I know of a gentlemun in this city who has taken trout for years, and only fished for black bass for a limited time, who prefers the bass. Wor my- self I prefer trout fishing, but think very little of either trout or black bass for the table. For me a fresh codfish is far ahead of them. Iwounld never put black bass in good trout waters, but our large rivers are not trout waters, and the bass there will prove the most valuable of fishes to the angler. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE COMMISSION. — Plymouth, July 3.—Editor Forest. and Stream: There has been hatched and distributed from the joint hatchery here the past winter and spring, 425,000 Salmo salar, 200,000 whitefish, 125,00) tand- locked salmon (Salmo sebage), 150,000 brook trout. One hun- dred thousand of the Salmo salay eggs were taken from fish caught in the Pemigewasset River during the season of “82. The fish are taken in pound nets, and placed ina reservoir, kept until ripe, and after being relieved of their eges, are returned to the river. Tbhespring run of salmon are late this season. Two were taken this morning, which are the first that have reached here. They are reported plenty in the lower part of the river.—H. Answers ta Correspondents. t=" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. A, M., Boston, Mass.—Would advise you to clip the dog. Db. C, W,, Canaan, Ob —We know of no Skye terrier for sale, Reaper, Meyersdale,—Write to the West Jersey Game Protective Society, Caniden, N. J. X.Y. Z.—The postal card amounted to nothing under the cireum- stances a5 given by you. Old Reader, Boston, Mass.—1. Snips was by Colt's Sam, ani out of his Nellie. 2. No- Hi. G. W., Brainton, Mass.—Write to Dr. H. W, Downey, New Mar- ket, Prederick county, Md. Spiasnir, Ohio. We fear that the minnows packed in damp moss would not comeright, They should be sent in alevhol, in a sealed tin can or case, ‘ W., Springfield, Mass, —What cement or flue can I use to repair brolcen Hy-rods that have been saturated in ail? Ans, We know of no plue thay will unite articles thalare saturated with oil. If you can extract Lie oil with potash or other substanee, you can then use aglue. You willfind Le Page's Russian cement a good article. W. F.S., Woonsocket. 1. Has there been caught in the waters af Maine brook trout (Sulme fontinalis) weighing 1blbs.? 2, Is there at tho Mt. Kineo House a truthful record of a brook trout takendin that viginity weighing 14!41bs.7 4, Has there heen cancht a larger brook trout than that takén from Rangeley Like, in 1867, by Mr G. 5, Page, weighing 12lbs.? Ans, 1, We Have no knowledge of such a troub. 2, Notthatwe knowof, 3, The trout caught by Mr. Page weighed 10L6lbs, some two days ufter capture, and ibisclaimed that ib was w twelve-pounder, or over, Prof. Baird has o cust of a trout whieh welghed about iilethy., and which came from the Rangeleys, but who tool it we do not know: _ PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. Troun Poxps.—We call attention to advertisement of trout pond property for sale ov exchange in this week's issue. Like 4 beam from the sun Basson’s Cavorne Porous PuAstmrs go straight to fhe spot. Prompt, powerful, pure, they subdus pain at ones, All other externul remedies aré sluggish and weak in com- parison. Benson's are the latest product of the most careful study and experiment. Wor rheumatism, neuralgia and all painful affec- tions. All druggists, Price 2b cents,—Adv. Lust week's issue of Norms? AND SURHAM was 2 most excellent one, though this might be said of every number published, Forrsr snp SrreAM has been permanently enlarged to twenty-eight pages of three wide columns each, and vontains more first-class reading than uny aperin America on the same topivs. In its line Forest And StTRBAs asnoequal Its corps of correspondents furnish most excellent and readable letters on fishing, hunting wad kindred subjects, from all parts of the country. The editorialsare always bright and sparkling, —Ashland (Ky.) Independent, Tune 28, Che Hennel. To insure prompt attentaon communications should be ad- dressed tothe Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, im whose absence from the office matters of im- portance are liable to delay, FIXTURES. BRANCH SHOWS. Oct. 2,8, 4.and6, London Bench Show, London, Canada, Entries close Sept. 19, Charles Lincoln, superintendént; John Puddicambe, secretary; C, A. Stone, assistant secretary, FIELD TRIALS. November 1, 18#3.—Eastern Field Trials Club, Fifth Annual 'Trinls, at High Point, N. CG. Wntries for the Darby close July 1; for the Members’ Stake, Nov. 17; for the All-Aged Stake, Noy. 1. W. A, Coster, Secretary, Flatbush, Long Island, N. Y. November 20, 1853.—Robin’s Island Club's second Annual Wield Trials ak Robin's Island, L, 1., for menibers only. Entries close Sept.1, A. T. Plummer, Secretary, ecember, 1883.—National American Kennel Club, Fifth Annual re at Grand Junetion, Tenn, D, Eryson, Secretary, Memphis, ‘enn. THE DOGS AT THE NEW YORK SHOW. Editor Forest and Streani: By the way, one very pertinent question that no one has asked yet, and one for Mr. §. Taylor to ponder, is: When he was laughing so heartily of ‘‘tail-holding,” and quoting all the Englishmen he ever heard of, why does he not tell how his friend, Mr, Chas. Mason, held Friday Night (greyhound) up by collar and chain till his front feet barely touched, so his hind legs would spread wellin the judging ring. Is that the natura poston that Hnglishmen 4nd anglicized Americans are all the while talking of? Oh, if there only was a power that would enable us to see ourselves as others see us. But it could hardly be expected when Gurth’s “legginess” is made » poimt in his fayor by “adding to his magnificent height,” T am notseeking a controversy, but haying read Mr, Taylor's letters to FOREST AND STREAM, have wondered at his meaning ut times. He says the dogs at the New York show this spring were a ‘wretched lot.” Well, the best dogs in the country were there, and almost every one thought so, what more does he want! Dogsare born, not made to order, and because they are not born to suit Mr, Taylor he “thinks and thinks and thinks.” There are indeed a “great many disagreeable people in this world,” and it is greatly fo be feared that Mr. Taylor’s papers are apt to confirm, all who have read them, in seat Spee . LL, Provipencr, R. L., July 4, 1883. Editor Forest and Stream: Col. Stuart Taylor, in his eriticisms on the dogs and judges of the late New York show, has succeeded in bringing himself pretty prothinently into notice, andif he has wished to ad- yertise his dogs and kennel free, I think he has succeeded be- yond his utmost expectation; and Mr, Mason ought to pay im in part, as from what I can gather from their yery num- erous letters, they are the only ones who can possibly benetit. Tt is a little late in the day to try and improve the knowl- edze and character of one of the judges who has piven such general satisfaction to both the public and exhibitors—l refer to Mr. Kirk—whose judgment at every show at which he of- ficiates was fully indorsed by the press, and for the most part by the exhibitors. For myself, | haveshown under Mr, Kirk three times, and haye been sat upon by him as well as won under his judgments. YetIdonot at all think that in his eriticism of Col. Stuart Taylors dogs, he was in the least un- kind, although these dogs, as the Colonel admits, are not faultless, and besides he admits that, they were faked, even the paragon Mayor of Bingley is admitted faulty, both be- fore and behind, as he has a haw under bis eye and a yery suspicious lump at the end of his tail, which gave his owner, Mr, Mason, a very considerable deal of trouble in England, but has so far been passed over in this country. J have always understood that if a dog’s coat was clipped or in any way dressed other than by keeping clean and natu- ral, it was faking, and thatitwas the duty of the judge to disqualify at once, no matter how good the dog might be otherwise. Here I say Mr. Kirk made a mistake in awarding a prize to a dog whose tail was shaved. Tremember disquali- fying the best Yorkshire terrier in the New York show of 1881, because his oyer-careful master had oiled his otherwise perfect coat. Col, Taylor is too sweeping in his judgment of American dogs. Ihaye also seen many of the largest shows in Great, Britain, and I freely admit that in non-sporting dogs they were ahead of us, butin the sporting classes of setters and pointers, I defy Col. Taylor or any other mantosay that there are not more good representatives of these dogs at the New York show than at any show ever held in England, aud T hay the authority of one of the best judges of setters that 1 know of in England, to state that there are more good setters in America than there are in Bugland.” Gol. Taylor, don’t think that you aré stumping California when you are on the dog question, as everyone Knows that when a politician is on the stump, he cares very little for the truth, so jonz as he car- ries his audience along with him, The only possible apology 1 can imagine Col, Taylor has is, that he imagines he is stump- ing, and Consequently, he has allowed himself greater lati- tude than he would have done in codle! moments. I think the owners and exhibitors of dogs are, as a rule, pretty good judges as to what they should be, and if their ogs have been able to secure prizes under the judges which have been officiating lately, they may he satisfied that their dogs are pretty good, in spite of the adverse criticisms of Col. Taylor, who has only lately figured as an exhibitor of faked dogs. J. 5. Niven. Lonpon, Ontario. TRAINING BEAGLES. I HAVE have never seen a beugle except the one I have owned since last February, Let me tell you how I came to gethim, Town a gunani I like to hunt. As a strictly logical sequence [like a dog. What sportsman doesn’t? If | lived where quail were plenty I would keep a pointer, but Bob White is a rare avis within ten miles of Cincinnati, and I cat afford one of the enjoyable trips so oftel described in the columns of this paper, I wanted a deg that could be kept at small cost and maa much trouble, and that I conld use on such game 2s happened to be within the circle of a few miles about myhome, I lve ina village; have a small yard, and neighbors near by. {wanted 1 dog that would slay ab home without the persuasion of a chain, andone that wouldn't worry over rather close quarters, and Keep the neighbors and myown family awake o! nights by his howling. The common ‘ay rabbit flourishes hereabouts, and I am one who thinks that rabbit hunting needs no apology. Tt\hasa zest and fun peculiarto itself, and many a merry day have I pnt in ufter our little long-eared, long-legged, furry friend. For several seasons [ have hunted in company with a friend who lives just ont of town. He has an old double-barreled muzzle-jioader and he has a houmd. That) dog is a most: inter- estin epee of the canine race, A great, gaunt, long Jeggeil, Lollow-sided, cadayerous individual, “shi out ai over im “points” and knuckles, with 2 most melancholy tast of countenance that seems tosuggesta dog intellect constantly engaged in debating the great questions of canine philosophy . ——————— JOLY 12, 1888.] FOREST AND STREAM. 469 Without ever being able to arrive at any satistactory conclu- sion of aly one of them. He is kept chained at the end of a twentytoot section of a small-sized log chain,and makes both day and night fairly hideous with his howls, exectited in a carefully articulated style that would rejoice the ear op the proudest old member of the family of hounds. In the field he is pretty sure on the trauk, but as headstrong as an army mule, and the close of the day shows ai almost eyen score between the baying of the dog amd the yelling of his muster, He answers to the classic name of Royer; at least that is his name, butit is hardly in strict accordance with the truth to say that he answers to anything in the way of human language. Home trom the hunt, he is chained up and fed. The rabbit) heads and legs are cut off and put ina pile and tossed to him one ata time. Two or three bites and a great gulp, dnd down goes a head—fur, bones, teeth and all None of your dainty dopsis he. Another, and another, and another—heads and legs all gone, and still ha yelps and tugs | at the great chain and begs for more, His gastronomic feats | surpass anything T have ever seen, and itis as good as going to 4 shovy to seé him eat, Well, I thought I would get a dog, but 1 wanted no such “critter” as this, so vead up on rabbit dogs and decided to get a beagle, Tinterested my brother im the subject, watehed for adver- tisements, wrote a few letters, found a pup that thought would suit, my brother furnished the cash and sent for the | dog, and when he came made me a present of him, He is a regular blue blood dog, a Ringwood—Maida pup, aud he is 4 Tegular institution in our family pow. We all like him, and hot without reason. He isa wiost affectionate little fallow. and hasn't a mean or unpleasant trick about him, He is easily kept. Table scraps. with a little fresh meat occasion- ally, or a bone, or a bit of fresh raw beef liver, of which he is | very fond, keep him in tip top condition, He eats hardly any- thing and yet is fat—too fat. { suppose. He has never been sick for a day, and is always keen fora walkorrun, He sleéps in a barrel in « corner of the back porch, wodis as quiet atnight as if he were dumb. He never barks at the small boys no matter how they rattle the fence palings with a stick, He never snaps or snarls at my little hoy, even if he hap ETS te hurt him in his romps with him. But some one asks, “How does he hunt?” That is a part of his record that has yet to be made, Igothimin February. He was then eight months old, and i was so late in the season that I had no chance fo break him. He was rather young, too, 1 imagine. Now I Want Some kind friend to giye me a tew hints in the columns of this paper in regard to his training, i have never seen any- thing on this subject, and I know of no dog with which I can hunt mine for the purpose of teaching him. Ibelieve that) he will make a good hunter, and now that the fall months are approaching [ want to be prepared tn pive him lessons in an intelligent way. I belieye many a man would keep a beagle if he only knew how easily the little hunter can be keptin limited quarters, such as are afforded by the house-yards of most town and village residences, and with how very little trouble and insigniticant expense stich an agreeable companion and useful seryant in the fleld can be possessed. HAMSLTON, MASTIFFS., Editor Forest and Stream: I got a severe and well-deserved rap over the Enuckles trom my good friend, M. B. Wynn, Esq., of England, for a gross blunder I committed in my article on mastiff pedisrees in your's May 31. I wrote that “as far as my memory served me, Cantley’s Qnaker appeared in pedigrees only as the great- grandsire of Hilda, ete.” Now I ought to haye known better than this, and nry memory seryed me a scurvy trickin not calling a halt on me, Quaker was the sire of J. K Field’s Nell, who was the dam of E, Wield’s famous old champion King, and he is said to have contributed more to the development of the head of the modern mastiff than any other dog, and his claim seems disputed ouly in behalf of Bill George’s Tiper as being the grandsire of King, brings Quaker into pedigrees almost as frequently asGoyernor, My fine edifice about breeding to show dogs, etc,, is sadly damaged, but if that is not enough to utterly ruin it, still worse remains behind, and this brings up 4 eurious bit of mastift history. Mr. Cantley, 4 wealthy manufacturer, bought Quaker when a mere puppy of J. W. Thompson, Esq. Mr, Cantley must haye been bitten with the idea that he already was a full member of the fancy. Anyhow he entered Quaker at the Leeds show in 1861, and in the class’ for foreigm dops. As it happened, Guppy, the noted dog dealer, saw Quaker at the ‘show, and adyised Mr, Cantley to show his doz-at Birmingham, Mr. Cantley took the advice, and Quaker beat) Hunbury's Duchess, who had previously beaten Lukey'’s Countess, who always beat her son Governor: so Quaker was fairly the cham- ion dog of his day, all the breeders were desirous of having is service. Mr. Cantley had so profited by Guppy’s advice, that he gaye the latter BrLyeee of use of Quaker, Guppy bred his well-known Nell (generally written Garrett's Nell) to Quaker, and she had Raymond's Prince (sire of Nichol’s Quaker) J. K. Field’s Nell Il. (generally the IIL. is dropped) and Carter's Yorkshire Quaker (this Carter’s Qnaker has hothered me a dozen times, as Carter and Cantley get mixed), and Quaker never served another bitch. So my fine iustra- tion is not only overthrown, bub the riins are swept away. As Mr, Wynn says, I would be jumped on yery Rinnai in HngJand tor sich a bhinder, but confound all dog books, stud hooks, etc., why do not they note such facts? The slip about Field’s Nell was a piece of pure carelessness, and I will not be eaught again in a hurry writing about pedigrees without re- freshing my memory, but how in the world was any Yankee to know of Quaker’s early death? Quuker's death was caused by poison trom being dressed with sowie mange remedy. A. lesson to all of us, when so many nostrums are daily thrust under our noses for this disease, but why anybody shoulduse a oisonons remedy for true mange (j. ¢., scabies, or the equiva- ent of itch in man) when such innocent remedies as cide petroleum, whale oil, insect powder, etc., are equally etfac- tive, is hard to see, As for red mange, surfeit, blotch, or Whatever you choose to callit, excuse me from prescribing for it, 1 have had my full satisfaction with it. But by the way, let me say that Lhaye notived that when all my other ‘dogs hadit, Tiny, who is as robustand vigorousand as hearty a feeder as can be, has lever had asign of it. The lesson T draw from this is that specifics are of no use, bit that the remedy is in getting our dogs jn prime vigor and health, But [ have stayed a long ways off from Gantley's Quaker. Any one who has read ‘‘Webb’s Book of Dogs” will romember how triumphantly Mr. Kingdon quotes Mr. Cantley’s opinion of some of Mr. Kingdon’s original, Simon-pure mistifis, in the light of Mr. Cantley’s entering such a dog as Quaker ninst haye been in a miscellaneous class, his opinion rather shrinks in yalue. I havea photoyraph, from the life, of Hanbury’s Duchess, veferved to aliove as having beaten Lukey’s noted Countess, and itis surprising how far short she falls of our idea, of what 4 niastiff head should be. Mr, Nichols remarks the same of Donaldson’s Oscar, the sire of his Venus, and it occurs to me that we are in danger of running the head busi- hessinto the ground, I remember that at sone recent Hng- lish show ans: Cole made a great fight for firshbin-the puppy class, although he was very bad behind, and the owner of the Poppy, who won said he was beaten and would sell his puppy. Now, in the name of common sense, don’t let us putiall our 6gzsin one basket, If things keep on this way, a mastif vill win if he has no body at all, Ladmirea grand, sijuare head, bigger the better, but if the body in general is notin use of the dog? Tam a arta Beebe thit, whatis the note that two jidges—Mr. Watson at New Youk aud Mr. Mor- imer at Chicago—made a departure from this cast-iron rule decided on general principles. Hniglish mastiff fanciers a - : . ol. HAwtmr.—Arthur Duane, New York, liver and white dog, April (Croxteth—Lass). 52. Nep.—J, A, English, Mount Olive, N, ©,, lemon and white dog, July 25 (St. Valentine—Beaula). 53. DRAKE.—A, EH. Godefroy, Guymard. N. Y., liver and white dog, Aug. 18 (Croxteth—Lass.) 4. Jiu.—A, EB, Godettvoy, Guymard, N. Y., liverand white bitch, April 14 (Croxteth—tluass), 50, BrRyAn,—P. 8. Hitcheack, New York, tah and white dog, dune 21 (Sensation—W hite’s Grace). bb. DAsn,—O. Heath, Newark, N. J., lemon and white dog, Bab. 16 (Sensation—Lill, Of. Brug, —C, Heath, Newark, N. J., biteh, Feb. 16 (Sensation—Lill), 38, Don QurxoTer.—F, 0, Huntington, Memphis, Tenn,, liver and white dog, March 20 (Pat Cleoburne—Cockrill’s May). hf, STARTLA.—Elliot Smith, New York, lemon and white dog, Aug. 3 (Rab—Minnie}. 60, Nep,—David Scott, Bridgeport, Ot,, liver und white dog, May, pedigree not received. ; 1. Bnav Surrotk.—Dr, 8. Fleet Speir, Brooklyn, N. V_, liver and white dog, August, pedigrea not reesived. 62, Rusu, Ja.—Dr. 8. Fleet Speir, Brooklyn, N. Y., lemon and white dog, Sept, 22 (Rush—Nan). va (3, Loypon Bey,—R.T. Vandeyort, Pittsburgh, Pa., liver and white dog, April 3 (Don—Luels), (4, Luck’s BABy.—R. Tl, Vandevort, Pittshargh, Pa,, liver and white bitch, Oct. 2 (Don—Inek), 65. Pripe.—s. Worthington, Glenora, Miss., liver aud white dog (Croxteth—Royal Fan). 66. RotLo.—Louis C. Clark, New Work, liver and white dog, July 3. (Sensation—Mineola), . say that we are way behind in mastiffs, and they rather prove it by citing some of the importations that win here, still Tam not without hopes of equaling them yeti; butit is a lamentable fact that we lave néyer imported a really high-class mastitf, The nearest approach Tecan reeall was Mr. Barlow's Ruth, She so favorably impressed Mr. Wynn that he fried to bay her, and failing in this he bought her dam, old Brindle Nancy. This is noe small tribute tu Ruth. Whoin the world put the American Kennel Register on to that story about the pameness of Young Bill haying heen tested at our show? Iwonder if any secrets can ever be kept about doz shows, Of course lhad no hand im it; but I did hear a whisper that some holders of fence-top tickets saw somebody take two while dogs out in the yard at night and try them ata little fight, Inquiry seemed to show that it was while one of those “grand paraies’ was going on, and the performance was so quietly carried on that but for the gbserv- ers roosting onthe fenceitwould never haye been known. Young Bill certainly had marks that looked yery much like the results of a fight. W. WADE, PIrTssuRGH, July 3, 1883. lemon and white EBASTEN FIELD TRIALS DERBY. LLOWING is « list of the entries for the Eastern Field Trials Derby to be run at the meeting ati High Point, N, ovember 19. All were whelped in 1882: SETTERS. 1. Counr Nep,—C. Antoine, Hoboken, N, J., black, white and tan English setter dog, March (Count; Noble—Spark). 2. Rusn Guapstone:—J. M, Avant, Hickory Valley, Tenn.. black, white and tan English setter dog, July 18 (Gladstone— Donna J.). 3. Countess C,—J.M. Avant, Hickory Valley, Tenn., black. white and tan Hnglish setter bitch, March 24 (Dashing: Lion— Armida. ; 4. ProarEar.—J. M. Avant, Hickory Valley, Tenn,, black and white English setter biteh, Jume 4 (Gladstone—Ress). 5. Prince Hunrer.—J. M. Brown, Amberst ©. H., Vaz, black and white English setter dog, May 7 (Dashing Royer— Princess Rose). 6. BrimstonrE.—W. A. Coster, Wlatbush, L. LL, lamon and white English setter bitch, Dec, 22 (Gladstone—Swaze), 7. Princiss Beatrice.—R. C. Cornell, New York, orange ue white English setter bitch, Mareh {4 (Thonder—Donner’s Sie). 8. Princess Hrnen.—J, Oltta Donner, New York, lemon and white English setter bitch, March 28 (Thnnder—Bessie). 1, Moonstonn.—H, P. Dorteh, Goldsboro, N, C., black, white and tan English setter bitch, May 22 (Gladstone—Swaze). 10, Dick CHasze,—C. Pleming, Sewickley, Pu., bluck and white Nnglish setter dog, September (Chase—Alice). i, Due Crasn.—C. Kleming, Sewickley, Pa,, roan English setter dog, September (Chase—Alice). 12, Maup Cnasr,—, Pleming, Sewickley, Pa., black and blue English setter bitch, September (Chase—Alice), 13. Pawn GLADsToNE.—W. B, Gates; Memphis, Teun., black, white and tan English setter dog, June 19 (Gladstone—Lavel- Jette). I se dates Tae. H. Goodsell, New York, lenion belfon Bneglish setter dog, July 5 (Racket—Petrel Ii1.), 15. MorninG.—Jas. H. Goodsell, New York, black, white and tan English setter bitch, July 5 (Racket—Petrei IIT), 16, RoaNyoke.—Jas. B, Goodsell, New York, black, white and tan English setter dog, July 3 (Racket—Petrel I17.), 17,—Farry IfL—Jas. H. Goodsell, New York, lemon and white Hnuglish setter bitch, June 27 (Prince—Fairy IT). 18. Farry Lass.—Jas, H, Goodsell, New York, black and white English setter bitch, June 27 (Prince—Fairy Il.) 19, Jesste Guapsrons.—H, BE, Hamilton, New York, lemon and white Bngelish setter dog, May 22 (Gladstone—Swaze). 20. Dini H.—Howard Hartley, Pittsburgh, Pa., lemon and white Hnglish setter dog, Sept. (Royal Rock—Gaily). 21. THomas H.—Howard Hartley, Pittsburgh, Pa., black and white English setter dog, Septr (Royal Rock—Gaily). 22. Bei H,—Howard Hartley, Pittsburzh, Pu., lemon and white Hnelish setter bitch, (Royal Rock—Gaily). 23, CoRRINE.—Geo. T. Leach, New York, red Ivish setter bitch, June (Peter—Countess). 24, Cannon.—W, B. Mallory, Memphis, Tenn,, black, white and tan English setter dog, July (Coleman's London—Belle of Hatchie}. 25, Troste.—Thos. H. McCoy, Clinton, N. C., black and tan dog. June 2t (Frank—Widget). 20. SAN Roy,—H, H. Matlock, Riceville, Tenn., lemon and white English setter dog, March (Count Noble—Spark). 27. BuurREnu.—EHd. L. Mills, Washington, D. C.. blue belton English setter bitch, March 24 (Dashing Lion—Arniida). 28. PRINCE MesspnacuR.—H. Pape, Hoboken, N. J, black and white English setter dog, April (Thunder—Loui). 29, PrGasus.—N, Rowe, Chicago, Dl., black, white and tan Wnglish setter dog, June 15 (Pembroke—Pez Woffington). 30, Count Daw.—D, C, Sanborn, Dowling, Mich., blue belton Dnglish setter dog, August (Count Noble—Rosalind). 81. Kane D.—D, C. Sanborn, Dowling, Mich., black, white aid tan English setter bitch, May (Count Noble—Dashing: Novice), 32. Van Honn.—D. C, Sanborn, Dowling, Mich., white and black English setter dog, May (Count Noble—Dashing Noyice). ao, BripGrrort.—Geo, C. Sterling, New York, black, white and tan Dnglish setter dog, —— (Dashing Monarch—V annette). a4, Sr, Enmwo V.—Dr. 8. Fleet Speir, Brooklyn, N. Y., black, white and tan Huglish setter dog, Oct. 12 (St, Hlme TV.— Countess Louise). : 35. BLADE 0) GRASS.—Dr. 8. Fleet Speir, Brooklyn, N. Y,, orange and white Bnglish setter doz, Oct, 12 (At. Eimo TV.— Countess Louise), 56. CounrEss Housr.—J. H. Treseyant, Memphis, Tenn,, iad white and fan English setter bitch, Angust (Gladstone —dJ lino). 8¢, MAtpEN.—E. 5, Wanmaker, Elmwood, N. C., blue beltion English setter bitch, February (Darkie—Kosy Morn), 8, TARD.—Luke W. White, Bridgeport, Ct., red Irish setter dog, October (Spy Rose). 39, May Dawn.—Jess M. Whaite, Chester, 8. C., black and Rec English setter bitch, Neb. 19 (Coumt Noble—May Lay- erack). 40. Pride o¢ Dixir.—C, B, Wallin, Montgomery, Ala., blue halton Bnglish setter doz, May 3 (Gladstone—Countess rid, 41. Bor Warrr,—Lewis C. Clark, New York, lemon belton Enplish setter dog, apt (Young Laverack—Lady May. 42. Frtran Tuck.—Major G. BR. Watkins, Brooklyn, N. Y¥., probes and white Hnglish setter dog, June (Himperor Fred— irook, 43. Sim Kay.—Major G. R. Watkins, Brooklyn, NVY., orange and white Bnglish setrer dos dune (Einperor Fred—Crook). 44 LApy Exip,—Major G, R. Watkins, Brooklyn, N. ¥., eae and white English setter bitch, June (Emperor Fred— jrook). F° C,, commencing THE BEAGLE CLUB. Aditor Forest and Stream: 4m pleased to note through your yalued paper that the admirers of our little hound, the heagle, are besinning to give their views ou him and of forming a beagle club, and do Hope they will succeed before long in haying one. I fully agreu with your remarks about owners and others interested to send you their names, and should be much pleased to see you pub- lish a list in fe near future. T accept your invitation and send mine; hope others will follow, if they have tot done sa already, In answer to ‘Dorkin” (whom ! had the pleasure af meeting at N. Y. show this spring), would say [ am also fully aware, as he says, that, there are many things to be con- siflered jn the forming of achib. But as our friend “Razor Bitys, nothin & will start itsalt, Now | like to hear him say heis willing to join a club, and [also think with such willing hands and adyice as “Dorkin,” “Razor,” “QO. W, R.,” J. M. Bergold. “77 #..7 A, D, Barber and a, host of others I could name, there need he no fear about the ultimate success of a beagle club, Lthink “Dorkin” has hit the nail square on the head (and that, his, adyice ought to be taken) when he says the standard should be left to a very small committee consisting of Dr. Lh. H, Pwaddel, of Philadelphin, Pa., Gen, Rowett, of Quiney, lil., and N. Hhnore, of Granby, Conn. With such a commit- tee there can be no mistake in getting a proper standard, and Lam sure were the gentlemen xboye named asked to accept ot the work, they would do so willingly. I hope, Mr. Editor, you will write an open letter to the proposed committee, if after you can get the names of owners and admirers sent to you to be signed to such letter. Lalso hope those interested in the matter will forward their names and address to you, so you can help us 4s you so kindly offer to do, and I for one thank you for the interest taken and space allowed in your yalued journal, BRIAR. CHASING HARES AT FIELD TRIALS, A llow me to make afew remarks on a subject which seems to JX maof great interest te all breeders of setters and pointers and supportergof field trials. though I hope that gentlemen more competent in the matter will feel induced to discuss this point more thoroughly in your yaluable paper. It appears to be unquestionable that the only object of field trials should be the improvement of pointers and setters by finding out which dogs are the absolute best in a stake, and to make them known to the public as valuable dogs to breed * from, This certainly was the idea when field trials were first started, aud “‘Stonehenge’s” scale showed the best way to test the different essential qualities of a valuable sporting dog, Nose, point, backing, pace, and range should be considered the chief qualities, and, comparatively, these are the only essential qualities in the breeder's eye, Butin our days it has become more and. more the practice to make perfect breaking the chief point, and to put a dog out of competition who chases a hare or rabbit before having had a chance to show his merits in all really inxportant points, or even after having proved to be the best dog in the stake as to nose, pace, and style. ‘This practice may be yery useful to bring a stake down where a great many dogs compete, as many dogs, espe- cially puppies, will now and then chase a hare, Chasing 1s cer- tainly au offense in the eye or # breaker, hut shows high cour- age, and, unfortunately, yery often the best dogs in the stake will do it, and by this lose their right to win, although, in the eye of the practical breeder, the fest and most valuable doz. Puhlic opinion has become so much accustomed to see a dor put owt of #2 stakeif he chases a hare that any judge who would lét him win in spite of this would have to suifer a yery severe criticism, although the dog who chased may very often he much better than the winner, who was better broken, and did beat by this, and not by bis real merits, his less lueky opponent. But we all know that many dogs will a dozen times drop to a hare, and show that they are well broken, and at the next opportunity suddenly and yery unexpectedly ehase, and this makes winning at field trials to 4 certain ex- tent a matter of luck, whichit ought not to be, We have seen this at the Jast meetings, where Bribery, at Shrewsbury, behaved so well during the stake, and lost the chance of Winning the cup by chasing, and was bound to lose even il she had heen in the eyes of the juges the superior dog, Then, again, Little Bess, at the Blandford Trials. This wonderful bitch, who won the cup at Shrewsbury, lost all her chances in the Derby in one of the first rounds only by chasing a hare, although tie yery next day she won the All aged Stake. We clearly see by these facts that the best, and even the best broken, dog will now and then chase a hare, as the same thing happened to Brave Bijou when competiny: with dashing Clinker for the Derby, As, from the point of view of a breeder, the only object of field trials should be to find out the most hiphly gifted dogs in a stake, I think chasing a hare should never deprive a dog from the chance of showing his superiority in all other important points, and should certainly not be severely penalized ina dog who hasshown his great superiority during all the previous part of the stake, as to make him lose, If, on the contrary, a very moderate dog chases, he ought tobe put outat once, to make an end to it and save time. Ih my opinion, as a breeder, I should like to see those dogs win under all circumstances, eyenif they chase a hare once or so, who are the most valuable for breeding purposes. and show those qualities in the highest degree which they will transmit to their offspring, as speed, nose, style, and endurance, Ii seems tome thab flushing and false pointing: ava both less saverely penalized than chasing hares, and are far greater faullis; as uny breeder would ten times sooner bréed from a dog who chases now and then {hun from a dog who shows deticiency in nose by flushing and false pointing. In our days, unfortunately. a moderate doz who never chases a hare can easily beat adar murierion deg, but unsteady yet on POINTERS, 45, VERA.—E. §. Bradford, Springfield, Mass., black and white ticked bitch, June.T (Whitin’s Duke—Vinnie). 46. Vincoyra,—, 8. Bradford, Springfield, Muss,. liver and white bitch, June 7 (Whitin’s Duke—Vinnie). 47, Nuwom.—J, Heron Crosman, New York, lemon and white hitch, February (Sensation—lill), 4§ SPUNNER.—Westminster Kennel Club, New York, lemon and white dog. Aug. 22 (Sensation—Bellona). 49, QrAcEruL,—Westiminster Kennel Club, New York, liver and white bitch, June 25 (Sensation—White's Grace), 50, Bawcor,—E, B. Pane mes WiLaeELon, Del., liver and | hares. Th “Stonebetige’s” scale aighty pants were given for white dog, July 10 (Poynesr’s Bang—Jean), natural gifts and only twenty for breaking, and | think this 470 OSE FOREST AND STREAM, a gave a really good dog more chance to ywin, and rendered more justice to the point of view a breeder must takein the matter of field trials. To encourage good breaking, why not give extra prizes to the best breaker? But never let the better broken but inferior dog have an advantage over the dog who shows the superior natural gifts which alone are of valne to the breeder, Lam certain that many judges are often awfully vexed to sea fhe hest dozin astake lose suddenly all his chances by following a hureor rubbit, as they are almost obliged by the practice of the day to give the preference to an inferior dog who has the luck orowaswise enough to avoid chasing hares, But why must it he so? Why not let such insigniflcant offenses be ten times compensated for by the wonderful and really valuable qualities of the high bred poimter or setter?—Prince Albert Solms in Kennel Caselte. from the same journal, also treats upon the same su heside containing other matter that is well worthy the at tion of all who are interested in our field trials: Sir: Two or three things struck me at Blandford last roonth as requiring some alleration in our present system of conduct- ing field trials, Mr That sulficient credits not given for superior pace and slivle. @). That chasing hares by young puppies is too heavily pen- alized, (8). That the bye dog ought torun his bye to put him on terms of equulity with his next opponent. (4). That there should be no “guarding” of breeds in the All- aged Stake. As regards (i), I need scarcely ask any sportsman which he prefers, a dog that dashes away and tries to find game, even though he sometimes may commit a fault by being over zeal- ous, or one that creeps about his toes and trots after his heels, looking as scared as a bashful young man at an evening party. whose chief forte (if he have one) must be **backing,” and who, as things are now, we often see putting outa fast and good- all-round opponent by the negative qualification of doing nothing wrong. ; Tt gives an opening, too, to a clever breaker to “hold back” his dog, and let his adversary ‘‘cut his own throat,” a sanguin- ary proceeding very often accomplished by a bold ranger when matched against a pottering duffer. (2). As to “chasing hares” by young puppies. This may evoke some difference of opinion, but I must say I myself would forgive a young dog “moving” after a leveret that jumped up just in front of his nose (I do not mean an animal that one continually beholds at full ery on the sky line!) if | had seen him behaye better in all other respects than his oppo- nent, for instance. like little Bess at Blandford, who, like many others of her sex and Brave Bijou, yielded toa little tantaliz- ing temptation and fell. Of course, “‘rnles are rules” and it is wholesome to have them “hard and fast”, besides which judges are offen very glad to welcome, after a long, wearisome trial, a good whole- some chase to put them out of their diffienlty; but, unless judging by pointsis in vogue, I think our judges mighb be excused if they allowed a little license in this matter of “hare- ehssing” in young puppies (not all-aged dogs, mind you), and eave the erring juvenile who had previously shown superior merit “‘one more chance.” (8) As to “running off byes.” Ttlooks to meas opviously unfair to put down # fresh dog against one tliat has lad a two hour.’ “grueller,” simply because he has drawn abank. Let him fet the benetit of his bye by ramaining in for the second round, but let him be put on such terms of equality with fhe others he has to meet as circumstances willadmit of. I mean, by having a run fora quarter of an hour, twenty minntes, or for such a time as the judges may decide, either by himself, with a kennel companion, or with any other dog in either of the stakes who is also entitled toa bye, so that time may be aconomized. Itwould be an advantage all rofif. A resolute youngster, wanting a bit of steadying, would vet it, and an Opponent who had met with a “grueller’ in the preceding round would be more fairly handicapped when he has to meet the bye dog m the next, (4). “Guarding Breeds.” In the All-aged Stake this seems to me to be an anomaly, for why should a numerical supert- ority on the card be converted into a test of real merit in behavior? One of the objects in guarding in the Puppy Stake is to bring ont the pointer puppy and the best setter puppy of the year; butin the All-azed Stake, with a limited number of nominations, cranted singly, the object is to find the best dog ot the year, whether he be pointer or setter. As we'manage it: at present, a superiority in numbers of either breed gives a distinct advantage to that breed in the result. Merit should never be crowded ont by weight of nuinbers. Some may say “It can’t,” but let these look at the card and see if it may not be so. Leontend that inasmuch as the All-aged Stake somewhat differs from the Puppy Stake in that each nominator has but one nomination, so it behooves him to fill it with his best rep- resentative, and with that representative, whether pointer or setter, he must take his chance against whatever he may have the good or bad fortnne to meet during his journey through the stake. To winit, he must be the best all-round dog in it, and must meet all comers, pointers, setters, droppers, or, for the matter of that, ‘any other variety,” big or little, good, bad or indifferent, and not haye his way payed for him hy the advantage of running arainst nothing but opponents of his own breed until they are all out of the stake or the final course. He onght to take them as they come, that is, as they are drawn. We should then have the best dog (on the day) in the All-aged Stake, while, continuing to guard the two breeds in tha Produce Stake, we shall still have also the best pointer and the best setter of the season. {should like to hear what other field trial men have tio say to these suggestions, J. AH, SALTER. A VERY WET POINT.—Newark, N. J.—ditor Forest aad Stream: One day lash spring, taking my friend B, and my old red setter, whose blood had a strain of Rodman’s Dash, we went after Wnglish snipe. The old dog winded game, and putting his head wp, lead the way, closely followed by two uns at *‘present arms,” Coming to a deep and wide ditch full of water, the dog went down into it asif to cross, but aronper in the middle with only his nose and top of head out, aud held that position until one of us went forty yards to the Jeft and crossed on some fallen brush, and the other the same distance to right and crossed a one-rail fence, each returning along the ditch to line of march, when the dog slowly crawled np out of the water, and, getting bis bearings, continued his eourse. After proceeding about fifty yards he came to the game, whieh we flushed—one quartering to the left and two quartering to the right, My friend killed to the left, and I, woxions bo get in a quick double to right, was astonished to find. after firing my first barrel, no more birds to shoot at, having killed both with one barrel. It was hard to tell who enjoyed the result most, but the honors went to the old red dog,—REEBUCK, CORRECTION.—&ditor Forest and Stream: I-wish to eor- rect the stafeinent that I made in Forest anmb STREAM of June 28, “that I purchased the beagle bitch that won first prize at last Lowell bench show.” Mr, Elmore has shown conclusively that bis bitch Roxy is the rightfnl owner of that title. I had heard of this bitch for a long time as a prize winner by different gentlemen, and did noti at the time doubt the statement mades by ©. §. Dodge, No.5 Walker street, Lowell, Mass., of whom I purchased her,—A. D. BAREER (Townsend, Mass., July 6), 7 CHAMPIONS.—fditor Forest and Stream: Tn your issue of June 28, Lsee an article on champions, by Mr, T. B. Dorsey, and I consider the point very well taken by your correspon- dent, who has stated the case fully as regards champions, when he says a dog is entered in the champion class, wins often with no opposition, and immediately ie is trumpeted forth as such, erif there is any danger of his getting beat at the uvext show he is frequently not shown, Now I elaim, as does Mr. Dorsey, that this is all wrong. I think also that a dog ought to winat least three times in the open class before he gan be entered to compete in the champion class, and even there he ought to be able to win twice before he is trumpeted forth as the champion; then if a dog is sueeessfiil it won't be cheapening the honor, as is the cuse at present, I think Mr, Dorsey’s views should be held up, and I hope our bench show mabagers will well consider this matter, and that they will in the near fiihire adopt some such rule, then exhibitors can look with pride on their winning dog.—W. H. AsHBURNER. THE LONDON (CANADA) BENCH SITOW,—The date for holding the London Bench Show has been fixed for Octoher 2, 3, 4,and5, The entries will close September IY. Mr, Chas. Lincoln will superintend, Mr. Jobn Poddicombe, of London, is secretary, and Mr. ©, A. Stone assistant secretary. Mr. Lincoln informs us that nearly 31,500 will be offered in cash prizes and that quite a number of valuable specials will be given. KENNEL NOTES, NOTICE 'TO CORRESPONDENTS. _ Kennel nolies are inserted in this column free of es ublication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the ioulars of cach anineals To insure ollowing par- 1. Color. §. Name and residence of owner, 3. Breed. buyer or seller. 4, Sex, 7. Sire, with his sire and dam. 4. Age, or , 8. Owner of sire, 5. Date of birth, of breeding or 1), Dam, with her sire and dam, Of death. 10. Owner of dan. All names must be plaiily written, Communieation on one side of paper only, anil signed with writer's name. NAMES QLAIME)), CS See instructions at head of iis column Limerock, By Mr, A. MeDonald, Rockland, Me., for blagk and white ticked pointer dog, whelped March 19, 1883 (Brant—Pride), Kitty Wells. By Mr. A. McDonald, Rockland, Me., for black, while and tan pointer biteh, whelped Marck 19, 1883 (Brant—Pride). Himor. By Mr. A. McDonald, Rockland, Me., for liver, lemon and white tieked pointer dog. whelped March 12, 1883 (Gay--Blanche), Bennelerk. By Mr. A. McDonald, Rockland, Me,, for spaniel dog, wlelped March 24, 1885 (Beau—Chloa), Thorn, Siwanep, Daisey. Datsero, Hattie §. and Peogy A, By Mr. OW, Feickert, Denver, Col, forred Trish setters, one dog and five hitehes, whelped May 28, 1884, by Deacon (Ned Elcho—Bridget OMare) out of his Nellie, Denner Belle, By Mr. C. W, Peickert, Denyer, Col. for red Trish setber biteh, whelped May 22, 1888, by Deacon (Ned Elcho—Bridget O More) out of his Nellie. Mac. By Me. G. C, Sherman, Watertown, N. ¥., for red Trish setter dog, whelped March 3, 1883, by Rory O’Move, Jr, (Rory O'More —Norah ©'More) outof Anne Boleyn (Rory O'More—Queen Bess). NAMES CHANGED. te See diusteuctions il head of this colentin. Prank Lava Rock lo Tony Lava Rock, Blue bellon Wnglish settler dog, whelped Jun, 2, 1888, hy Lava Rock (Dash—Maio of Honor) out OF Lady Beaconsfield (Leicester—Orphina), owned by Mr. 1, M. Dewey, New Haven, Ct. BRED. Ce See instructions ot head of this colwnn, Blinche—Prant, Mr A. MeDonald’s (Rockland, Me. liver and write pointer bitch Blanche to Brant (champion Pete, Jr.—Kate), June 25. Bess—Glenoho. Mr, J. W. Waterman's (Hodson, N. Y.jred trish setter bitth Bess to Mr, W, H. Pierce's Glencho, June 4, Lassie—Glencho. Mr. T. D, Husted's (Peekskill, N. Y.) imported red Trish setter hiteh Lussie to Mr, Wm. H, Pierce's Glencho, June 16, Bullercup—Gleneho, Mr, W. B. Peet's (New York) red Trish setter pitcl Buttercup (Plonket—Jessie) io Mr, W. H. Pierce’s Glencho. une 18. Colleen Boawn—Glencho, Mr. 0. R. Sqnire’s (Troy, N. ¥.) red Irish setter bitch Collees Bawn to Mr. W. H, Pierte'’s Glencho, Jim 22. CriticObo IL. Mr. Winchester Johnson's (Boston, Mass,) black ppauel biteh Critic (Brush 11,—Blackie 11) to Mr, J, B. Welley’s Oba I. ihe ee Obo—Chiloe IL), July 2. Pera—Royat Ranger. Mr, MeLane’s imported English setter bite Pera to Mr. H. Hartley's Royal Ranger. Forest Ruby—Prince Keyl. Mae. J. Wal's (London, Ont.) Eugtlish setter bilch Worest Ruby (Dick Tavernuuk- Worest Fly) to Mr. A. G. Chisholm’'s Prince Royal (Roh Roy—Juno), June 26. Liudy Abbess—Priain. Mr. red W. Rothera’s (Simeo, Ont.) im- Berine. rough-cbated St, Bernard bitch Lady Abbdss to his Priam, July 3. . Noviee—Priam. Mr. Fred W. Rothera’s (Sitndoe, Ont,) St. Bernard hiteh Novice to bis Priam, July 3. Jolly Daisy—Duke of Calvert. Capt WP. Dor eh's (Goldsboro, N, C.) English Setter bitch Jolly Daisy (Druid—Jolly May) to Duke of Calvert (Belton—Belmore), June 10, Grace—Sensation. Mar, Jas. P. Swiine's (New York) lemon and Se SPOUSE biteh Grace (Rush-Nan) to champion Sensation, June t. Hellona—Sensution. The Westoiinster Kennel Clubs lemon and eats pointer biteh Bellona (Bow—Benlah) to champion Sensation, July 4. Grace—Tramp. Mr, Luke W, White's (Bridgeport, Ct.) liver and white pointer bitch champion Grace to Mr, H. Langdon Wilks’s cham- pion Tram, June 12. Dolly Vurden—Zuly, The Searboro Kennel's (Scarboro, N.Y.) mas- tiff bitch Dolly Varden (Young Prince—Merlin) to their Zuln (Colonel ~—Diuna), July 7, Sheilu—Pluck. Wir. Lawrenee Timpson's (Red Hook, N. ¥.) trish terrier bitch Sheila (A.K.R, 187) to his Pluck (A.K.R. 197), July 7. WHELPS. Le= See instructions at lead of this column. : Rila Crocteth. Mr, Geo. L, V. Tyler's (West Newton, Mass ) pointer bitch Rita Croxteth (Croxteth—Little Nell), June 29, nine (seven tlogs), by Dr. Plunkett’s Snoipe (Sensalion—Colburn’s Belle), 1 Tly, Mr. J, Suttertiowatte, Jr?s (Jenlanson, Pa.) beagle bitch Why (Petb—Beauty), May 2, five (three dogs), by Cameron’s Rackeli (Rally— Lonise). Ohie, Me. Hdward Dexter’s (Buzzard’s Bay, Mass.) liver and white olnter bite Chie (Croxteth—Vinnie), June 22, thirteen (eight dogs), ie Mr. A. B. Godelfroy's Croxteth), Claru R. Mr. Jas. K. Boyd's (Hempstead, L. I.) English setter bitch Cary R.(Roscoe—Armida), June 23, seven (four dogs), by Mr. B. A. Herzberge's Winperor Fred. r . Gladys. Capt. H. P, Dorteh‘s (Goldsboro, N.C.) English setter bitch (iadys (Prince Royal—Vick), June 13, eight (four dogs), by Duke of Calvert (Belton—Belmore). 4 Gypsy Quecn, Capt. H. P. Dortch’s (Goldsboro, N. 0.) English set- ter bitch Gypsy Queen (Gladstone—Clip), eleven, by Blue Drake. Two dugs and two bitches since dead. , c Swaze. Capt. H, P. Dorten'’s (Goldsboro, N. C.) English setter bitch Swaze (Rake—lanny), eight, by Bake. One dog and tivo bitches since dead, SALES, CS See tneteuctions at head of this calluak. Thorn, Red lrish setier dog, whelped May 22, 18834Deacon— Nel- lie), by Mr. C. W, Feickert (Denver, Col) to Mr, Ll. A, Shearer (idaho Springs, Col.) 7 : VDatoey. Red righ seth biteh, whelped May 22. 1883 (Deacon—Nel- lie), by Mr. C. W, Foiekert (Denver, Col) ta Mr, P. W, Reamio, same lace, P Prank Lave Rovk, Blae belton English setter dog, whelpad Jan. 2, 1483 (Liiva Rock—Luly Reacouslield), by Mr. 0, Skirying (London, Ont.) bo Mr. I, M, Dewey (New Haven, Ct): PRESENTATIONS. = See (nstevetions ut head af Mets coleman, Bum—Bess whelps, Lemon and and white pointers (two), whelped Qet, 123, 1882, by Mr. Edward Odell (New Orleans, La.) to Dr. E. S. Carr (Gallatin, Teou,). Dever Belle. Red Trish setter bitch, whelped May 23, 1885 (Deacon —Nellie), by Mr. 6, W, Meickert (Denver, Col) to Mr. Geo, W, Thomp- son, same place. DEATHS. (= See instyuctions mt head of this column. } Prince of Vernon wid Duke of Bastehester, While, black and tin English setter dogs, 2-years old (Blue Diek—Burlesque), owned by Mr, L. Gardner (Mount Vernon, N. Y.), from distemper. Mr. Gardner has also losttrom the same euuse his native setter Buck, [Juny $2, 1882. KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 2" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. x pts t York.—Groom your dog thoroughly avery day, using J. ¥. D., Taunton, Mass.—Give your dog fiwo grains of iodide of potassium three Himes daily. f ea 4 Reaver, Cedar Falls, Ind.—The trouble with your dog is undonbt- edly worms. Give on an empty stomach a dose of finely powdered areca nut—two grains for every pound of his weight—and follow in two hours with a dose of castor oil. _W. D. C., Boston, Mass.—The had breath is probably from indiges- tion, as he is foo young to have trouble with his teeth. Feed him light and often and keap his bowels open, Continue the vegetable diet and give him in addition thick sour milk. Serrer, Baltimore, Md.—Carefully examine your flops ear. may be some foreign substance inside, possibly a wart, use yinegar and water, equal parts, and dose of epsom Salts. : There S ‘ Vor his feet p | ceive lim fin occasional mild Teed plain food with no meat, Rifle and Trap Shooting. MUZZLE vs. Eilitor Forest and Stream: Tsend you for inspection a tatget made by Carlos Gove, now of Denver, Col,, of ten consecutive shots made afi 1yds.. at rest (bub 409 feet in fact), on June 12, 1°67, with his mugzletouding target rifle, poe forty-five pounds, eal. .50, ball conical and patched, telescope Sights, The target and bullet holes are fullsize, and its center is at the intersection of the cross lines. My authority for the above is derived through My. Goye anil Mr. H, Berg (in parts), both of whom are strangers tome. Mr Gove yet owns this rifle, and your well-cnown correspondent, ‘‘D.”, recently saw it, and Mr. Gove has sent me one of its bullets, Trecently received this target through the politeness of Mr. Gove, Whereupon, in the interest of your readers as wellas of historic record, [at once wrote to him and asked leave to have ih published. To this he kindly consented, and I feel sure your readers will thank him forit. As for myself, I cpend most of my leisure time in trying to benefit others, and with this object m yiew. 1 am plompted to most carefully report this nost excellent target to your readers. l entertain, after careful investigation, no doubt that the target is strictly correct, otherwise T would reject it, IT have carefully meas uved the Shots from center to center, and they stand in the order of merit ac follows; BREEGCH-LOADER, No, of shots ..%. ...--| 1 “7 ils 6) 7] 8 | 9) 40 ; ) Pr iicecleny wan | From Centers..-......,..| 20) 25) 27 2B | 41 | .42 AT) BO) 62 70 . Rae 0 ees. Sey 4,08in. | Average.........0-....410im. A half dollar nearly covers the whole ten shots, and each one of them at hoor 60yds, has his center of ball within the diameter of & twenhy-five cent piece, Here we ean plnioty see ten bullets starting (rom lhe same point the mugzle, and goime over the same route to the target Wiyds. away, and each traveling almost fn the exact pall of the ofhur Ts Anything more powerful and beautiful? 1 have neyer seen it in rifle shooting. Aud yet this is what the first-class of hunting roz#le- loaders will do when shot and handled with like care. [Excessive weight in the hunting rifle is not necessary for steady shooting, as may suppose, Question 1, Does the muzzle-loader shoot steady? liestion 2, Gan the breech-loader beat this targeh? Lanticipate your correspondents must answer yes (9 question 1, and no to question 2, I will exense Mr, N. B. Tyler, of Warren, Ohio, from answering either question. He has once broken me (lown With bis monosyllables ‘‘yes,” ‘tno,’ and being an *‘expert’’ with the rifle and at answering questions, | must beg to excuse him. Now, L will give the breech-loader the balance of the year 1883 to surpass this target. The rifle may be shot at_an ordinary rest, and use telesenpe sights. Butit must use its legitimate himbtiag ammu- nition, that whieh we buy at the stores, the same which has the coni- cal hall,and this must be shot naked from the shell. This kind of hunting ammunition is the counterpart of the hunting rifle. Buy one, buy both; use one.use both, Thus say the makers of these. else “owe cannot warrant you good shooting.’ My restriction, then. confines the breech-loader to its hest, and T may say, ouly amoruni- tion, Noone, then, has good reason to complain or acense ime oF “unfairness,'? as some of your correspondents have done, because of (his restriction, This course of theirs is evidently taken as a “hlin(!,” for is if notevident that those who make ita speedy for years fo put up this ammunition can do it better than the novice or “erein- horn’? ‘To put this question is to answer it in the affirmative, Tt may add much interest to this communication )6 inform your readers that this rifle of Mr. Gove's is the same one which Mr, Bur first introduced (see my veply in Forest AND SYREAM, February 22, 1885) to the public as a kind of big elephant, brought down and matle ‘to bite the dust’ hy the triumphant breech-loader. For a disproot of this triumph, see Tormst AND SrreAm of May 21, 1683.. Your readers will remember that it was he, and not T, who first aroused thig “antiquated muzzle-louader™ from its long and quiet slumber, Rip Van Witikle-like, from its present assigned place in the “corner of the room.” Jt was be, and not I, who has so recently caused the deep echoes of this young “cannon” to disturb the quiet dreams of a few, and not many, of your correspondents, That it is these young braves and valiant knights of Mars who have in your columns, though most unwittingly, jai this fault to me aud notto him, Buttheiy phantom shots have fallen harmless at my feet, while the recoil falls upon the writers, I admire the ardor of these volunteers in espousing the catise of Mr, Berg, but to be consistent, manly and brave, I think they should fight his proffered battles with his own carefully selected weapons. Failing in this, would it not be more atlyisablein them to throw down the tomahawk and scalping knife and to beat a retreat at once? Lrespectfully submit I think it would. It is these experts and critics who, in the absence of solid facts and sound ideas fo ad duce, have held the ‘old muzzle-loader” up to publie ridicule and awarded it a “fit place” in our public “museums,” where they, these men of so much “progress,” and I might say the intuitive iuheritars of “great moral ideas, may look down upon it with a smile of con- tempt. Truly the past generations of “‘old fogies "1must have all been born idiots. I don’t believe it, and hence this mild rebuke, T believe these young men and critics mean well enough, and that they really believe themselves to be 'texperts”’ with the ritle, and yet T can plainly see they have much to learn abontrifle- shooting, 1 can plainly tell them that 30, 40, 50, and more years ago. when game was more abundant than now, and when the muzzleloader only was used, that there were ten off-hand true marksmeén in the Gountry where there is onenow, This lying down and making, as it were, a yise of one’s self at matches, had no place withthem. They generally shot off-hand, and very quickly at that. This style of off-hand square shooting, and of shooting well, comes up to my ides of marksmun- ship, and none other does. It is, in fact, the only practical method for general usefulness, and I hope to see shooting at rest much less. racticed, 2 } B Asa military weapon the breech-loader is superior, buf as a hunt- ing rifle, and especially for small game, the muzzleloader is the best. 1. It makes the fattest curve, shoots the steadiest. and year in fuel year out, will secure the most large and small game. A flat curve is absolutely necessary for 4 hunting rifle, else ib will soot over anyall game along mid-range. We, the mass of the peopla who live 1 the country, und who shoot the most, have occasion th shoot, 1 | hink, forty-nine small animals to one as large as a deer,and wt want the rifle that is the surest for small game. Tf sure for these it is sure for all, 4 aac ' ‘ 2. Ibis simmle im its construction, as well as its ammunition, his simplicity constitutes a prime factor in the wants of the eounbiy people, No hunting rifle will ever give these genvval satisfachion, and find a ready sale among them, which is not simply, plain, strong and true. ifs ammunition must also be stinple, and such as they cap easily pubup if they wish to, They like he muzzleloader for its simplicity, and for its accurate shooting. : 8. It has great durability, will last a hfe time. for ordinary use, oud it is easily repaired and kept in order. Give il & seouring ont, now and then with wood ashes, and blow out the cobwebs {roi tts bore” before using it, and it is all right for the *‘squirrels’ head’* in the tall trees. If you haye a good one thereis no mistake in this, say eighth times in ten, and missing twice from bad am. “t 4, It and ifs ammunition are cheap. Thisisa great thing mdqer, with the mass of people, Any strong rifle, I! suitable bore and weight, that “varties true every time,’ no tmatter how plain th may be. meets with all the watts of the country shooters, and this is the kind of rifle th wit goueray buy ornone. As know the wants of the rural districts well, 1 now speak m their behalf. Almost daily La 2 ‘ Tony 13, 1883, receive leflersfrom these quirters, thanking me for whab little T have belore said for them in your coliimns, and asking me to say more in their hvhalf, Tuow doso with the greatest pleasure, for I lmoww their wishes anil wants, and this but too well from my own sad perience under like cireumstances, The breeeh loader is tricky, and it nowhere gives full satistaction, Aga hunting rifle it never has been satisfactory, though many use it. especially in the West, for large and dangerous game; and amid the hostile Indians. So would I under like circumstances, where self- reservation is ihe first objeot in view. And yetil- has been on trial or over forty years, Wor instance, see what your well-known cor- respondant, ~“., the proficient, T may say,and Mr. Van Dyke, author Of that most interesting hook, ‘The Stili-Hunter,” have to say about i. Ina word, they conderin {ts high curve and want, of steadiness in shooting, and yet they are among our most prominent hunters in the West Brave men ave these who dare thus fo come out and tell what they know. They have been sowing good seed, and if will spring up and bear food fruit. We want many more of just sugh men to come sqiianely to the front and to make khown the defects of this, rifle, for sneb il bas. Tsay, lel them rise from every bush and brake and pour in their usefil experie¢nes (nrough your columns, Until a complete revolution for the hetter is effected, Forty years of patience and hope ts a long time, and about,as long as the public ean well endure. And yet itis dissatisied, fwrite this with all kindness, and with a heart full of thanks for \yhat has been achieved for the rifeas a weapon of war. Wow let the makers of these “long-range” and mid-range” rifles, which are but Tittle wanted in ths cauntry, turn their atlention to nutking hunting vitles, Let phem strive to make them equal (if pos- sible) the muzzleloader for steady and close shooting, nol, for one Point only, but for all along the range. If they can succeed in this, and the rifie, with its ammunition, be simple, strong and durable, such one will please the people in general, and finda ready vale all over the wide world. Anything short of this will noel answer. Lwrite from the standpoint of a life-long practical and theoretical experience with the rifle. J have hunted nearly all the game animals of our country, from the chipmunk and squirrel un p to the bulfalo, and in all have spent many years in hunting, and killed more game than it is the lot of but few to do. In this respect I presume that no one who has ever written for your columns has been my equal. Tre- ferto these things more as a set-off to what some of your corres- vonlents have w itten than to thrust myself forward as’ a vain @zo- ist, My first, articles over the signature of “Old Sceout’' concealed my rt aed nor did T change this signamure except at the request of entlor, Thave omitted to say thatthe miizzle-loader has sometimes last to me the game for want of qni¢ker loading, or perhaps from a misfire, but, on the opher hand, this has heen more than balanced in game at other tines For its superior accuracy in shooting. : Take it all iy all, and forall kinds of game, my preferences are for the muzzleloader. But let every one suit his own wishes. New Rocamuue, N. Y., May 28, Maa. H, W. Murwrnn, MILITARY RIFLES. HFERRING (0 the article of “Bengal Sepoy,’’ in yon issue of Aprils, valled forth by my suggestions in regard to military rifles ina paper on “Nor-elegning Rifle Matches,’ the fr llowwing: Vejoinider is made, _A cursory reading OF my paper will show thal T did oot discuss the question of the best caliber for the military arm. This diseussion had heen ecommeneed in your columns soon after the defeat af the 4n ten ab Creedmoor in the international military math, the general yirdict being that vhs brominent canse of that resulb was from defects in ihe riflesused by onr team. This paper, among yatious others, was writen with such suggestions, as B the features of a Sapp ye avi beme built by the rifle makers, as appearcd desirable, but hased pon such features as had already been agrees] Upon hy the terms of the coming match, viz., the caliber, weight of fim and weight of projectile, The advigabiliny of these Inti fea- tures wer nol discussed at all, and the featrires as to ealibor, etc,, of the special arm for extrenu» aecuracy were of course supposed to Agree with the ordinary standard rifle, So that i had not indorsed the 45 caliber as the most suitable for the military arm, but on the vontrary | had expressed a doubt as to whether the Gernian ani Breneh ealiber, .433-inch was not fhe most suitable for ranges where infantry fire was the most ofective (within G00yds. ). , Tor several years wst Thaye had, and so expressed, a high ssli- ihate of the capabilities of the .400-bore for large game, and had based such opinion on iny own experience with such game, and upon The experience af the huifalo temters of the Yellowstone. This ox- perience has beer set; forth in communications to the sporting papers and had demonstrated haw the )0370er. cartridge of thal, caliber showed upin energy superior to much larger calibers with larger chatees, _Talso gave ita high charac er for express charge and halls vse on big game and ouly reserved my opinion on one print, viz, us to whetherif burned express charges as economically and with as little fouling 45 the Jange caliber, as the British viflemakers bad not here- tofore used more than Si-er, chanees For that bore, Since tnen, im their last cirenlars, such riflemakers as Rigby & Co, of Dublin and Mexanier Teury of Edinburgh advertise express rifles of that caliber, using charges of 90 td di0grs. So that my own subsequent experichce with that caliber, and the practice of these eminent rifle- makers have removed all donbts in regard to this caliber on that store. Jloreover, i have just had a rifle built on special lines of phat aa iiber or big eam, that 1 thin will perform well alongside of my 416 ealiher with the char and ball for which ifis designed. So that the foreroinge indicates a preny high appreciation of the 10 caliber, had never given an, y special thought as to the eapahihties of this bore for long-range shooting, as compared te the 450-bore. Our rifle makers haye never adopted a heavier ball for that caliber than 3ers. (14in,. or 44 valibers long), In the .450-bore, they had gone 80 fur as the oer. all, of 1éin. or 314 calibers length. Jt did not appenr why the 40)-bore ball night not he 314 calibers length, ct say ides. Weight, but the inference was, there were some practical (ifti- culties: Agus nsing such an extreme length, Tt was apparent to me the d0-370-2r. ball was inferior for long ranges to the 45-050, because the co-efficient of air resistance of the former was 3.02, against 2.58 OF the latter Thayé recently heen informed by Mr. Carlos Gove, the noted rifle expert of Denver, that just before their suspension the Sharps Rifle Oo. had in contemplation to substitute the .40 caliber for the .45 cali- ber for these long-range rifles, and had indnced him to make experi- nents, with that end in view, furnishing him a rifle. He had gotten so far tn these @xperiments as a thorough test at 50fyds., when the suspension of that company stopped his experiments. He informs me that at the W0vds. range he considered there was asligh! adyan- lage in [he smaller caliber, using Wers. of powder and sometimes over 4Wers, of lead, Until the appearance of ‘‘Bengal Sepoy’s” urticle, T believe the results of no experiments of this narure had hetu published, and the abstract of the experiments of the British Ordnance Department are exceedingly interestiig, and it is to be heped he will give us farther details. The first fael that attracted my attention was the attuinment of sucha high velocity as 1,600 f, s. with a charge of 45ers. powder and ders, of lea l, a powder pee tt of an tod.7, ‘This apperrs {0 me fo be an unprecedented high velocity for such a smell powder proportion, Muajar Sladen gives the muzzle velocity of the German military ville (ihe Mauser) as 1,526 fs, with a 882ers. projectile und ({L understand) S5grs. powder, or a proportion of 1 to 44. In Latdiey's “Rifle Tiring,.” the chargefor thatarm is however given as 38jgrs. of projectile and Tigers, ci powder, or 1 toh, with a muzzle velocity OF 1,391 fs. To that a powder proportion of 1 to 4.7 ought not to Produce a muzzle velocity of “about 1,600 f. s,* in the 40 caliber without some special feature in the arm or some specially stron, powder, as those hyo examples aboul agree with numerous experi- ments with such powder proportions. Since the publication of “Bengal Sepoy’s” article, Lhave taken oc- Gasion (a examine into the valative possibilities of the 400 and 450) bores in regard to aceuracy aid energy in the light of the latest seientifie researclies on the subject, and in the comparison below Riven will include to J05grs, United Stules Mililary projectile, tle 4Slegrs, British projectile, anit Whe 650 long-range projectile of 4°) hore, and the 40ers, projectile of .400 hore, now beng experimented with by the British Grdnance Department, First ag io accuracy: “fhe Bashforth experiments om “the resist- ance of the air to the motion of projectiles’ are of recognized high authority in the seientifie world, The deductions from these experi- ments were, that the resistance of the air (taking into account the elements of the weightand muliher of the projectile) variet dirvotly asthe square vf the diameter, and inversely as the weight of the 4 dz x projectile; or more concisely expressed as the— of each projectile, d= the aigmetenin inves, and we (theweight in pounds, So that (he produet of -represetted relatively the least air resistance of 6ach projectile, Evidentiy the Jeastair resistance’ is an index of the “greatest accuracy’ of ¢ach ball, Taking the element of veloc- Thy ito aveouul, the ai tesistance proved trom these experiments to be greatest between yelocilies from 1.100 fs, and 1850f)s, As up to ranges of 1,00yds,. cack of these balls with their known initial velocities pass through this zone of algst air resistance, this ele- ment of Shiaence can lia ouifited in the comparison. 80 that these several halls will Gomparé as follows as to accurac, - i FOREST AND STREAM, 471 Air resistance, 2.577 2.801 © 45—450 sr. projeetile. — 40400 er projectile, ...- 45—450 gr. projectile... acess _ Ssh—s0 er. projectiles... ye... --2 LS 3. So that the proposed 40 calihert00-grain projectile is ahead of all the military projectiles, but inferior to the long-range 550-grain ball inaccuracy. This agrees with the formation furnished by “Sepoy.” By invreasing the weight or the former projectile, (the 40-culiber), to 435 grains. this would increase its length to 146 inch approxi- mately, or to 3.95 calibers, compared to 34g calibers of the long 45-550 grain bolt. This will make the 435, 40-485 grain projectile equal in accuracy theoretically to the latter longer bolt, as their co-efficient Of air resistance will be each equal to 2.58, The only question to be considered is, Joes this extra length curtail any pravlical diffieulties? Tt may be that, by extt'a hardening, it will give satisfactory results, Tt is certamly worthy of a trial by the long-range experts. The dif- ference in recoil of the two bolts will certainly be considerable, and Will give the lighter pojectile a great advantage af fle butts. The punishment of the 59)-gram holt to the rifleman, even in the most favorable of “any position,” is very considerable, and it is only bo bu woudered that Richie results have been obtained. In fact, [have been informed that one of the most nated) of the Creedmoor experts remarked that hud he eontinued ab‘Jong-range’ praclice a year longer. if would have heen the cause of his death. Tn reget to the action Of wind, 1 think there will be little difference in the drift of the two balls From that cause. Using tuesmall charges of powder, the less cross-section and inereased velocity of thesmaller caliber will counteract its lesser weight. Lens now compare the two ealibers as regards the work or anergy in foot-pounds possible from each bere, The highest authovity on this subject are fhe researehes of Captain A. Noble, late R.A.,F.RS., and Prot, Abel, WLRS, Their deductions are based on a long series of experiments with all calibers in the British service, from the 3-inch gun to the 80 and 100- ton guns, and the results *‘are expressed by connecting the number of yolumes of expansion of the powder charge in the bore of the gun with the maximum work per pound of powder which the powder is tapable of realizing. The amount of work eapable of being done by the charge of powder in a fun depends principally upon the ratio of the cubic space ovcupied by the charge to the cubic capacity of the bore of the gun." This is modified in practice, for small arms, hy the nature of powder, as to size and shaptof grain, density, hardness and percentage of mois.ure, as also wpon the completeness of the combustion of the charge; upon the weight of the Projectile; as also upon the amonuyt of hoat absorbed by the arm, ‘The number of “volumes of expansion” ofa given charge is obfaimed by dividing the eel’ eapacity of the bore hy the cubic space actually occupied by the charge. The result of these experiments enabled thea to construct a table showing “the total work the powder is capable of realizing per ponud burned im foot-tons™ for “each volume of expansion in the bore, and by means of said table “Whe maximum work that can possibly be oh- tained in any gun by a viven charge of powder may be calculated.’ As ap example. tuke (he charge usualin the 45-valiber, long-range rifle, ers, powder, and AS0ers. lead; and talte. for example, the Ourtis & Harvey No. | powder, with which T am familiar, That powder occupies 48 cubic inch for each 1W0grs., taking upiu the 32 in, barrel, yin .and leaving 29°4in. for length of the hore, or 4.178 eubie inches of capacity. This latter quantity divided by .88 eubie inch, gives 1242 "volumes of expansion’ for that hore and charge, With the calculation extended by the above described table, this rifle is capable of ar enebey of 1.415 foot-Lotis, a 3,393 foot-pounds, Com- paring this with actial results realized from the above charye, and we have what bas heen ealled the ‘faetor of effeet’ of this arn. Assuming the milazle velocity as 1,39) f s..the tofal tiuazle energy actnally realized 1s %.558 foot-pounds, compared with a otal possible of 8,805 foot-pounds, or a “factor of effeet? of 09,5 per cent, As above outlined, the following titble has been prepared shuwing the capabilities of the fwe bores as compared with the netnal energy realized al the muvazle and at 1000yds., with the specified charges of powder antl weight of projectile, th “oo | 2 6 a oe co ay = | Number. i Gf | sess 4} Reet Sot || ‘ Racks Agee S| Culiber = gl] iT |) oy it Ss > tr | ‘ er sso = Dm ye | 7 egscs | mal a3 la ? y Fas Mie Weight of aS Soe apt Aol a=. SPT | Arto. lbs. oS yin | Hen 7 — 7 > a — & a = Length of = aq i a ee bo cow | Barrel, in- a4 || al = oy & tS a3 ches. “Fh tla oe . ‘Se = ws) | | | = 4 He Dye S oe 2 — | Powiler c end Pe ey = girs. = ls = ee F | § aye ae ee ef S&S % Bullet. 3 3 = = = = A Beis . ee oe gs. i] ne _ = a il | cr ee | 1 | 2 r=) Sy o = Q = = =| al ao Powder Pro- 2¢ portion, ce an i “= bee = a wr Pa) dass He 39/4) = oa. % st, + ial =| = | 2 = i | | 4 Fo ee St tf Vootlbs. | D eo be ane Go Dn | : ae D | = Ne CS bets ce aah || Boa ences ea 3 ya Bee COUTUCY ||| Eee et Boo 7 Eee {D =< et lard = mh OF wD 4 =o) Volumes of g 5 Sees eS Espansion, s a wm 8 oa oo Total work 2 Ne SS a = tit can be =. = 3 ‘esi; E = S) on realized, is # = = => r = a & | Velocity | > ree os = irae Ai z = — = L. Ss S i = | ay s - + we ww 3 c > ores Ss = E & Bnergy & ee Te err a BE RI ft.-Lhs. re ey! = B wipe, cs 8/2 & BS SB fF | Fattorot ur Bee lk a safe fect. | 5 i, Fy | a | — — ! tea oa ie eae re Ot Velocity | 5 ae 5 - 2 a z ae & 2 fs. = 2 8 2 Ge 3 oy Th Fi v3 = i ur [=r] ergy A 5 Y * z = Jt nm = me 4a) SEM ae Gr ftps.) 2 Ep | This table f& Caleulatud on a basis of a eravimiebric density of the roduects of couibustion of 80, 1-0) being the dAnsity of these oases rom powder 1 perfecl condition, free from nivisture, ete,. obe,, aud “exploded ina perfectly closed gslinder,” b= Taclided in the fistis No, 2of 40 culiber with Moers. powder and a 435¢r. hall, Thisisan experimental ball of extreme weight for that eali- her and of about 145m, of 3.8 calibers leneth, [tf shows wp wellwith the No. 1, betug eyualin accuracy and much superior in energy at L000vds, Kromifs miore rapid Mizht aid less exposure fo the wind T feel sure its dvift fiom wind willnotbe as much as in the cise of No, 1, the favorite long-range ball, By haying it yery “hard*’ it seems to me ft should sheot accurately. Itisto be hoped some of the rifle experts al the ranges will give ita tial, Experiments alone will du- tevinine the question of accuracy. The yelocity of 1,00 £, a, is as- sumed as usnal For charges with powder proportion. Tlie mugzle velocities of the tabls are such as have been taken by the chronograph, unless othenyvise specified, and the caloulations of remaining velovities at! 0U0yds. were calewlated by Bashforth's tables. ' Tt will be seen that the .40-ealiber with its S5grs, powder and 400er projectile and 82in. barrel, giving a muzzle velocity of 1,600 f, s, (about 1,600 fs," is his language), though if has a less (otal work that van be realized from its bore, has a much higher “factor of effect” than either of the three 45-caliber rifles. By factor of effect is meant the proportion of nctual energy at the muzzlu, lo whab is possible to he realized under the most favorable condition of powder, ele. This rifle, No, 5, of Al) caliber has a much higher factor of effeet than No. 1 of 45 caliber with its heavy projectile, or than either of the two military rifles of the same caliber, viz., the United States Springfield No. 4 and the British Martini-Henry No, 3, (he several rifles having, respectively, in the order named, factors of effect of 81.2, 69.5, 61 2 and .60. 2 It is inferior in energy to the 45-bb0-erain hall at the nivale as Well as at 1,000yds,. but superior (9 either of the other military rifles at LO00;yds.; though inferior to the SMELT) af the muzzle in this regard. Tis precedence over eithi of the military rifles at 3,000yds, also holds good, which is agreeable to “Bengal Sepoy’s™ information. What will attract atiention in this table was the much higher “fae for of effeut of the d0-caliber as Gompared with the larger 45-caliber, This is contrary to precedent, T before called attention to the fact that t,000 fs. muzale velocily for this rifle was much greater than has been ustally attained im other riflés of the same and different, ealibers with sinvilar powder proportions. This highe) ‘factor of ct" For Lhis special rifle is likewise contrary to precedent, both hh coincidene leads me (o suspect that your correspondent, in quoting from memory, may haye been im error as to the tnusale velovily, Anarm of 10 caliber having a so much greater factor of effect than the 45 caliberis contrary to the deduetions of Prof, Abel and Captain Noble, as obtained from the long series of exgpepimients, Here is their conclusions, as found on page 245 of “Fired Cipow- der: “In the finch gun, firing peblile powder of the normal quality. the factors of effeet vary from .75 fo .82: and asthe calibers of the guns ave increased, the factors of effect likewise gradually incrusse, notilin the 80 and 100-ton guns, factors of 89 and .96 have usually heen reached,” So that it will he exceedingly interesting if “Bengal Sepoy” will give us more details en this point, as well as all the details in regard to these experiments that can be consistently made public. Asto accuracy, the .40-caliber arm being experimented with. is superior to the Martini-Henry, as the co-efficient of air resistance in the former is 2,80, as compared with 2.95 of the latter, This agrees with “Sepoy’s” recollection of the results of experiment. This co- incidence, 4s also of his memory as fo the superior energy of the 40 caliber over the Martini-Henry at 1,000 and 8,000yds. Gvhich also agreus with the fable extended to the latter distance), seems to favor the correctness of his memory, and we must look for some cause for this high velocity, and high factor of effect from such a powder pro- portion and such a sinall caliber. Two causes sugeest themselves; either much stronger power than the usual muskel powder (which is impossible on account of greater recoil), or a more thorough consumption of the powder in and near the powder chamber (which woul naturally produce a preater muz- ale velocity, and consequently greater energy), caused by the quicker twist In the rifling of one in fifteen, heretofore unusual, Captain Noble's experiments demonstrate that, when from any cause (quick twist or any other retardation) the projectile was re- tained near its initial position, fhe powder was consumed earlier and in a more complete manner, and wonsequently a higher mugzle veloc- ify was realized, bul at (he expense of higher chamber pressure, For instande, if was shown thal a gun with a uniform twist gave a higher muzzle yilooiiy than one with a gain twist, or with a twist com- mepeing ab Oat the end ef chamber and gradually increasing until at the muzzle it had the same rate of (wistas the gun with miform twist, So, within the year past, | have noticed the account of an experj> nent tnade by Major Maitland, RA, (reported in one of the London dailies), by which a ronch higher velocity was obtained from a gun chambered so that ic requived a, pressure of three to four fons before the projectile moved fron its initial Ms tion, than from a, gun of same features and charge chambered in rdinary w Several years ago, in discussing the effect of “Tw s. Velocity” in Forest Anp Siruam. and before Thad read wp the subject, 7 advanced the theory that. instead of the rapid “twist” in the ¢reoving decreasing the yelociiy, there were eortain conditions where it would increase the velocity by a mare thorough consumption of the powder. Ihave heen gratified since. that experiment had already demonstrated the correctuess of the theory. Th will be of great interest to know if, by inereasing {he twist further than 1 in 18, an inerensed velocity can be attained. ‘The British ordnance officers doubtless increased the twist of fhe 400-bere, because a greater “energy of gyration” was nevessary in this caliber than in the .45-caliber, for the longer ranges, a eg of gyration” being less in the former than in the latter caliber, } Tam aware of the high powder charges used in modern artillery, “Sepoy" duvs not, however, go farenough, for during the Rashforth experiments charges were fired with as high powder praportion as W5lbs. of powder to 80lbs. m the projectile, producing a muzzle velocity of 2.680 fos. The tosh advanced gunof modern tines, how- ever, is the 100-ten Armstrong zim built for the Italian government, and lately experimented with by its artillery officers al Spezza, This monster gun has a length of 49ft. andis of 17in. caliber, has a powder chamber of 19in. diameter, and about 9ft, length, throwing a projectile of 2,00bIhs, Tt fired experimental charges of 771 pounds of powder, with the above projectile, producing a muzzle velovity of 1.830 fF. 5., ind with a chamber pressure of only 1646 tons yer square inch, ‘The most extraordinary circumstance connected with the experiment, ts the firing of such an immense charge of powder with its projectile, aud with a chamber pressure of only a lithle more than obtains in firing & military 45-caliber rifle. This has been accom plished hy allowing the wnusually large ‘air space’ of 43 cubic nches per Ib. of powder, when 24.6 cubic inches is the space actually ovcu- pied by the powder per pound, I am also fully aware of the excessive high powder proportions used in some of the latest “Express rifles.’ 1 am also aware that such excessive charges are at the expeuse of accuracy, whilé al the same time the higher yelocity and ight ballis only suitable for the sinaller Ceruidre and other soft-bodied animals, TI believe nothing is gained in de-tructiveness, while much is lost in aceuraey by using greater powder proportions than 1 to 2.5 tu 2.75, This opinion is formed in the face of the fact that in velocities freater than 1{,350 f. 5, the air resistauee decreases with merease of velocity, and the flight of the projectile should consequently be truer than at the lower yelocities, l account for it in two ways. First. unless the bullet has a high percent. of alloy. itis upset out of shape either in the bore ov iminediately afterward. The projectile conmmencing its fight ‘out of center,” files wild sooner than were the velocity less. Secondly, the comparatively greater and sharper recoil either causes a greater disturbance of the muzzle of the rifle in the interval between the fall of the hammer and the instant of the projectile leaving the mus- zie; or the punishment of the shoulder is so much greater thar the rifleman involuntarily and unconseiously ‘flinches” at the instant of pulling the trigger, which necessarily causes irregular results, The latter cause exists often when the rifleman is unaware of it, I under stand that among lhe experts of the eastern ranges even the 70-grs. rifle is being abaudoned on account of the recoil, and the 3f-grs. rifle of 34 ani 40 caliber is being substituted. This is for the shorter ranges where shooting from the shoulder sitherin the standing position or fromarest is required. In any position the recoil is hetter provided against, In this connection is recalled a communication im a late nomber of Fornst Ann Stream from Mr, Bailie-Groliman, author of “Life Amid the Rockies," in which he commends the English double express rifle of .500-bore, using five drams of powder and IT believe 480 grains of lead, for its aceuraey asa target rifle, based on his own suecess at, target shooting, against the ordinary type of Ameri¢an breech-load- ers. The fact of his excelling in target shooting with such an arm, riflemen using arms of smaller caliber and the usual Ainerican am munition, proves one of two things: either that he is an extradr- dipary good shot or that his opponents were very indifferent shots Ttis presumed no one will contend that the 500 bore with any ammu nition is the equal in aceuracy with rifles of aither 1 ene AB caliber, qnatified with approved ammunition, ab scarcely any range. J take it be will not disagree with the above opinion. He Aer ho faye been the first sportsman who wsed solid balls from an express rifle. lhaye been using sueb balls from an oxp rifle for several years push, anit have so recommenacd i) in the sporting paper certaiu shols at large game. TI have for several years push advovalud the varying of (he weight of express halls aucording Lo the sige ancl vitality of such game, and have not seen it acdyoonted elsewhere, taking the ground “thatas well expec! No. 8 shot to he suitable for ull the feathured tribe as expeo! mw light express hall fo he suitable for all and sizesof larve game.’ Ltake ne especial credit fo! Lis practice, asit must be apparent to all of close observation who have much nsud the express hall with express charees. Ttiust eaepress my doubts on the question a& to whefher ie repeat- me rifle will soon be adopted cenerally as a military arm, even if it iniproyes very much from the best of the present systems, Its rapidity of fire for long voutinued firing is not greater, if as ereab, as With the bést forms of singlt-loaders (a dozen shots may be fired Moverapidly dowbbless uncer faverable conditions), aid it seems to me there is no oveasion for them, with these necessarily greater complications of breech mechamsm, The single-loader cau’t be fired. 85 rapidly as any arm van be used, on account of the heating of the barrel, while the get of loading with the fincers tends to keep the soldier cooler in judgment, and his firé is consequently delivered more affectively, The rapidity of movement of a luvge army or corps, which usually decides canipaigns, is dependent tpon the size 472 FOREST AND STREAM. a 'Jony 12, i888. of its ordnance andsupply (rtins. Wo one Memiliar with the tse of the repoating riflo In the hands of even the expert hunter, can doubt that the Waste of the amimunition, both during atid betayeen actions, will he much gréater with (hal rifle, and that, consequently, he ord- malice trains would navessarily be much more cumbersome; this, with the repeating rifle greatly improved oyer the best of the present sys- terms, Tounnot close this communication without emphasising two points made by Major Merrill in one of his excellent papers ih & late, num- ber Of Fores? AND STRMAM On the “Muzzle vs. Breech-Londer, The first point alluded to is where he insists, ia any trial between the two systems us to aceuradgy, that the usual naked or canellused ammunition shonld he sed and without cleaning after nach shot, That, bemg the condition wheo shuts are fired at game. T indorae this view; for as Théve repeatedly stated thot, in my opinion, the American patched ammunition used io rifles, as ordinarily cham- “pered, were practically useless for hunting purposes, especially when iu the presence of dangeraus game, ou account of its babil. of jamming the patching, the cartridge sometimes getting fastse that tecould be neither forced in, or golten out. I have before so pficn enlarged on Ghis objection, 4s to make if unnecessary at this time to repeat at, Sq that [ Fully indorse Major Merrill on this point, and f think the majority of observant rifeman who have much experi- éncé with such dminunition, will do the same. The next point is calling attention tothe high curves made by the American breech-louder. and alluding to experiments made by my- self in corroboration of his position), published in these columns in Octoher, 1881, These eurvés are corredtly given and have bean gon- firmed by fear al expcrinrents fiadea vear since, The favorite sporting rifles of the Nat jiave a curve for 20yds. range of from ite té 14in., so thal it is not to be wondered at that Major Merrill should hold np to view this hané of the Amerivan breech-loadder, its high gurve. Itis to be hopeil that every rilleman in the country will join im with us and insist that this great defect of the American rifle should be corrected, and that our rifle-makers shall give us as good anarm inthis rekard, and capable of tiring the mos improved am- munition, a5 can be burlt in England or elsewhere. The high turiff of $1 per cent. nd valorem on arms and acimunition has been enacted for that very purpose. The curves made by two rifles of that table (chambered for patched ammunition and qualified by special ammunition), each of which has been used by me for several years, suggest how the improvye- mentin this regard ca be made, ‘Che one of -15 caliber, using a 110- Si0er. cartridge, and the other of 40 caliber, using 4 100-27b¢r. cart- ridge, have sacha rise in itécurve for the 200-yd. range of Tin. (the curve Pedneed slightly by subsequent experiments), The curve of the larger caliber can be still further reduced by & special shell burn- ing a few graing more powder. ‘The advantage of using such arms om giimé, especially if w little wild, can only be realized by those once sing thet, The corves of this table are for altitudes of 5,000fl, above sea level, andare bieter for the altitude of the Missinsippi valley and the Atlantic seaboard, The matter of the above was prepared to pass away the tedinm of a long trip by rail, and there may be some inaccvuracias in the figures, bnutitis believed there are no material errors, Th conclusion, if a velocity of “about 1,000 f. 5... can be attamed from the J0)-bore with au 8§-0er. charge, have no hesitation in helieving it to be the better bore for a military arm than the .45-cali- ber. Should this unusual yelocity be caused by the increased twist uf tin 1b, the 450-bore can, however, be improved by asimilar device, Juxt 10, 1883. P. LOADING AND TRAJECTORY OF RIFLES. Editor Forest and Stream: T wish to correct some statements in aformerarticle, T\Wwasunder the impression that the “Pacific rifle’ referred to, was the product of the Massachusetts F. A. See ao Throwgh the kindness of Mr. W. Milton Farrow, I have been furnished a catalogue of the Marlin #, A. Company, of New Haven, Conn., showing this arm to be a pro- duct of their company. T recommended a friend to purchase one for a mountain trip, and I find the gun handles and shoots well, I wish also to stile as regards open sights. Through the courtesy of the inventor, Mr. Wm, Lyman, I was furnished ane of hisvear sights for wing shooting. Tadjusted the sight to my long-range rifle and shot ata distance of 100yds,, making tyenty-four ont of a possible twenty- five. Lam owell pleased with the sight, and believe jt will do all that 15 claimed for it. Now, | design to give you my views about loading, In my former articles I stated what I believed to he the facts about breech-loaders, and ihe proper sights for general field work, All riflemen are aware of the one ereat drawhack to the modern long-range rifle, I refer to its trajectory. Bome eight years ago I purchased & long-range breech loading rifle, hut before Glosing the trade, the dealer and asuiall party of us went out to try it, T sug- ested that T shoot five shots, off-hand, one hundred yards, at fou inch bullseye. We fotind upon examination, that the balls had Fallon af least sixteen mehes below the mark. Hy elevating the sight to two hundred yards we barely reached the vicinity of the bullseye, still shooting low, I found that this trajectory maintained its curve up to three hundred yards, and as Major Merrill justly re- marks, by elevating to a thousand yards you would sheot one hun- dred ond fifty feetover a buffalo afsix hundred yards. This aim, then, must be practically worthless for these excessive long ranges, unless you have a different And more correct way of obtaining your triangulations than the natyral aye. To obviate this very objection- able feature, more powder and less lead was suggested, and we might say with a degree of stitcess in the modern express bullet. It must be borne in mind thatthe bearing surface of the projectile cannot be lesened. A round ball would not offer the necessary resistance to heavy powder changes, and hence the powder is simply blown out-of the gun beforeignition. I have experimented some with a view of obtaining. if possible, a flatter trajectory, and believe that [ haye suceceded to some extent, Lask riflemen, who may have the leisure, to help confirm these ex- periments or, probably, suggest. something better, I tool a.4% cal. ball, Win. long. and had a hole, t4in. in diameter, drilled throngh its entire length, and loaded with the usual (77grs.) of powder. At 2MHyds. J got a fat trajectory, that is! was on a liné with the bulls- eyo, the balls being about two Inches Apts one immediately over the other, 1 then tried the solid ball with same powder charge and sHiue elevation, and found that the ball was fromsixteen to eighteen inches below. I expect to extend these experiments when oppor- imnity affords 1 believe the theory to be correct—that by inereasing the bearing surface of projectile, we can imcrease the powder tharge, and by using the trbular bullet sensibly lessen the curye, T aim satisfied that, should the above data prove correct, that there will not he three inches variation in d0yds,, and then, contrary to my expectation, 1 find this ball did execution equal to the express bullet, or solid lead. The creat trouble with ma in this experiment, wasin petting a hole jn the center, If some of your excellent mechanies would supply us with some accurately made tubular bullets I believe that good reports can be had, ‘The air in this fube is rapidly expanded by the concussion and causes the Jead to swell and seat itself firmly in the rifles so that avery particle of the powder ia utilized. The ouly advantage in the express is the light- mess; no jncrease of hearing surface is obtained, as the hole is pueRed up. Again, I believe pneeter: accuracy is possible, One will nd, if T mistale nol, thatif windage affects the ilight, it will he to eause the tube to bear to, instead of, from the wind, | would have extended my experiments at the time, but in drilling the hole through the bullet the drill had swelled ib to such an extent that T had to leave off the patch, and not having any lubricutormy rifle he- tame badly luaded. | regret, Mr. Editor, the lack of sutisfactory ex- erimental knowledges upon this very important matter, and feel ike offering an upology to those who have the nghh to Byeak ax eq- thera upon rifle Matters, and hope that they and your great arniy of readers will pardon the nevessarily crude way in which T have been obliged, at this time, to presenti this subject. OccIDENT: Srpaura, Mo, RANGE AND GALLERY. ‘ THE TEAM ABROAD. LE doisgs of the team men of British soil, and their »xperiences, are given to the Américan public In pithy paragraphs from day to day. ‘They set sail on June 19, and were next heard from on Jute 27, as follaws: ; Queenstown, June 27.—The members of the American Rifle Team, which arrived here this morning on the steamer Alaska, are in excel- lent heallh and spirits. They will proceed by the Alaska to Liver- pool and will be accompanied by Sir Henry Halford and Mr, Waller, ofthe British Team, who met them here. A warm reception will be iven them on fheic arrival at Liverpool by a committee of citizens headed hy the Mayor. Their further progress was noted: Lonbon, June 28.—Owing to the late hour at whist the steamer Alaska arcived at Liverpool last night the reception which was to haya been given to the American Rifle Team, who were on board, did not take place. The team left.Liverpool this morning for Birm- ingharm, where they will remain for practice, the ranges ab Wimble- don not being available, The team arriyed at Birmingham at noon, They are the guests of the Midland Rifle Club, They will vemuin at Birmingham wit! Tuesday next. Lonnos, June 29,—The American rifle team bepui practidea to-day Al the Midland Range, ab Birminghain. The med haye tot perfectly recoyered yet from the effects of tif sea voyage, consequently their scores are below the average At 200yds, the best scores were made by Lieutenant Walter Seatt, J, M, Pollard and George Joiner, who are credited with 30 each, Aft s00yds, Jolin Smith, J. M. Pollard, Sergeant T. J. Dolau ond Dy. 5. 1. Seott oisde #8 each, At 6O0byds. J, M. Pollard and Sergeunt Dolan made 338 Gach, The highest possible agerepite at these ranges is 105. At S00yds5. Jolin Smith made 382, at H00yds, Serzeanh Dolan made 33, and ab 1000yds., at which only five shots were fired. J, M. Pollard made 4. Lospon, June 40,—A friendly rife inateh to take nlane ot Birming ham betweenthe American team and Woglish riflemen is being ar- Tanged, The eompetition for the selection of the British team will be held at Flounslow on July 7 The Molunteer Service Gazethe says it hopes that the restrictions of the use of the serew wind gauge will be relaxed in favor of the Americans. Loxnon, Jily 1.—The American Rifle Team prachced on Saturday at West Bromwich, shooting under the same aoniditious as those of forthcoming international match. The highest aggregates, outofa possible 20, were: Smith, 185; Seovt, 17H; Van Hensen, 172. Wrst Bromwier. July 2,—The American Ryle Team practiced here this morning and made good seores af the short ranges. Tn the afternoon they shot a competition Match with sixteen crack shots of the Midland Club. Arrangements were made to fire five shots each at 800, 900 and 1,000yds,, and prizes were offered to those making the best aggregates. The weather at the start was most favorable. On the American side, Sergéant Paulding, Sergeanp Dolan and Sergeant Van Heusen, at 80dyds. made 25 each, the highest possible seme: J. M. Pollard made 24, and Mejor Denman, F. Stuart and C. W, Hinman made 20 each. On the Midland Club side the highest scores were made by Messrs. Bates, Reading and Bird, who made 21 each, On account of the latevasa of the hour it was then arranged to fire only two shots each at (W0yds, and the full numberat 1,000yas. A violeut storm fArogé, bowever, and the de Hart had to be stopped, The English riflemen were much disappointed, as they had expected to recover their losses at the long ranges. Lonbon, July 5.—The Amerivan riflemen will be all owed to use the screw wind gauge only in the International match at Wimbledon. The Amerivan riflemen have as yeh made no entries for the Wim- blédon contests, probably hoping that the decision regarding the gauges will be relaxed. The News hopes that this will be done, Lospon, July 6—The American rifle team have been offered the use of tents during their stay at Wimbledon, butthey have declined the offer, saying that they would prefer to take private lodgings. The team left Hounslow to-day for Rainham, where they will prac- tise at long ranges. Lonpoy, July 3.—The Observer té-ay says: “It is clearly evident flat the coming rifle meeting at Wimbledon will be the mast suecess- ful one held for mamy years. The Canadian team took up their quar- ters at the camp yesterday evennig. Most of thé interest. centers in the American team, Iti much regretted that the Americans refused the offer of a camp similar te that taken by the Canadians, The nestion of the wind gauge has been considered and virtually settled, fhe principal shots have petitioned the Executive Committee to allow the use of the gauge. The ¢ommittee to five a banquet to the American team at the Criterion Restaurant includes the Duke of Teck, the Har] of Wemyss, Viscount Ranelagh, Sir Henry Wilmot and other promitent yolunteers. Awumber of marksmen conipeted at Hounslow on Saturday for pluces on the British rifle team, “he men wore allowed seyen shots each at 200, 500, 600, 800, 000 and 1,000 yards. ‘Phe following made the highest agerenates: Dods, of Berwitk..--....-.s20005 186 Hareretives, of Manchester. . 0.26... 1--2 tba e pet seensemesesstaetess 183 MacVittie, of Dumfries, -- AL Mullineatix, of Manchester... ..--.-.-.-... 178 Pearse, of Devon....... Nee dete! Sater eee, were oe eee 17 Lert eymcpe reels yn ly Moe oa PES SR RAGE eR Ae ease leek ae RES ERS TE | 175 Gouldsmiits OL GIOUCS Star era. oe eet) -lemterns freien s)-fteie oly tetetse ce 17H Gratwicke, of Deyon,.,,.-.- va ltd Wathewvortie of Laverpople yoy res-se om creieerere-e cements e sis 174 Parry ob GheshirGesk ip-:. ous e- nes “ae poh seep tel pacer celcspmier 178 Whitehead, of Bury... ----- oe Cute = bobacey torts 172 Oliver, of Kent... 0......-0, -+----tesstes re 72 The total score is thus 145 more than that made at Cresdmoor last year by the British team. Theteam has been made the object of many special attentions on the part of the yoliinteer officers here, and. a number of entertainments have heen projected. The officers of the team have been Chosen honorary members af the Military and Royal Nayy Glub, Albemarle street, Piecadilly, W. . Lonbon, July #,—The American team began practicing ar Wimble- don to-day. Two series of prizes will be mstifuled, whieh will be open only to the Americans, The Wimbledon Conimittee has de- cided not to allow the use OF wind-ganges, 45 it considers that the issue of complimentary tickets to all the military rifle competitions will insure the Americans 4 full ammount of practice. The Americans have entered themselves for all the matches for whith they are qualified, ‘he team practiced at the 1,000 yards’ range to-day. The wind was rather strong, unsteady and tricky, Out of a possible 35 OW. Hinmanand F, J. Rabbeth each scored 2), J, M. Pollard scored 24. W, L. Cash 22, and Mr. Bull 17. Lonpox, July i0.—The Daily News, commenting on the practice of the Americans yesterday, says the visitors did poorly at first, but when they had ouce got the range of the bullseye they clung to it with much tenaeity, On the British side the following scores nay be noticed: Lowe at S00yds. made 34 and Gratwicke 31. At 900yds. Moekerrell made $2, and Bates at the 1,0(iyds. made al, The follow- ing well-mown shots have been requested to vepister their scores, with a yiew to the selection of the best possfhle team to represent (reat Britain: Bates, of Warwiek; Caldwell, of Renfrew: Dous, of Berwick; Ferguson, of Inverness; Gibbs, of Gloucester; Goilsal, of Eton; Goodsear, of Lancashire; Gouldsmith, of Gloucester; Grat- wieke, of Deyon; Hargreaves, of Manchester; Hart, of Warwick; Humphrey and Kydd, of Augus; Lattery and Lowe, of Middlesex; MeVittie, of Dumfries; Mullineaux. of Manchester; Oliver, of Kent; Patry, of Cheshire; Pearse. of Devont Wattleworth, of Liverpool; Whitehead, of Bury; McKerrell, Masson, Mellish, Milner, Mitchell, Pullman, Walrond and Maj, Young. } The Executive Conimittee of the National Rifle Association are ar ranging ty allow the American tearp fhe use of the long ranges to themselves at certain hours of the day, im order to facilitate their ractice. The Americans yesterday were somewhat hampered atthe ongér ranges by being obliged to face sonth imstead of as at Creed- mour, and by the humid atmosphere, Correspondents presentat; the practice yesterday remiwk that the strangers showed skill in adapting theniselves in a few shots to these exceplional conditions, and their shooting at the Pool taygets, where they used British rifles, is de- scribed as very creditable. Loypon, July 10,—The Stindurd this aftermmoon says: “The score made by the American team to-day beats the score they male at Creedmoor, The coaching of Col, Howard is perfect and the wen work absolutely together, The Mnglishmen will not haye a walk- over in the fortheoming mutch.” | The American Rifle '’eam practiced at the 80yds, range at Wimble- don thia morbing. Out of a possible 89 Bull and Brown scored 33 auch, Lient, W- Scott 82, Joiner and Van Heusen 3) each, Stewart and Paulding 29 each, Hinmawand Cash 87 each. Pollard 25, Dr. Scoth and Smith 21 each, Rabbeth 22, Dolan 21, Col, Howard 18 and Alder 11, In the contest for ihe Molineux prize at 500yds. MajorShalespeare, of the Amenean team, tied the top scores, Making 43 oup of a possible 35. Thy the contest at Wimbledon to-day for the Walford prise at 1,000yds., Dr. Scont, of the American team, scored +4 outof a pos- sible 50. aed, In bhe seeond round at SiUyds, at Wimbledon to-day, Bull and Brown scared 30 each, Lieutenant Scott, 24; Joiner, 27; Van Heusen, 39: Stewart, 26; Vanlding, 98; Hinman, 32; Cash, 25; Pollard, 44; Dr. Scott, 29; Smith, 25: Rabboth, 24; Dolan, 25; Colonel Howard, 2&8, and Alder, 28, Major Shakspeare mude a total of 0 in the twa rounds, In the practice at i0yds. Stewart, of the American team, made 30 in seven shots. Sir Henry Walford, the Huglish marksman, who was shooting at the same butt with a match rifle, scored 31, GARDNER, Mass,, July 3.—The Gardner Rifle Chib had theirspring meeting last week at Hatkmatack Range. There was qiile a gather- ing of spectators, as well as the crack shots of the town, and Lumer- ous celebrities from abroad, ‘Two matuhes were in order; one using the American decimal off-hand ta.get, ahd one usine the Gardner Ving taryet with bhe privilege of resting. Representatives from the riile clubs im Worcester, Springteld, Bosjou Wakeflald, Ashburntam and Harvard were present and took a hand inthe sport, and letters of regretiand telegrams were received from Newport, R, 1, {rom parties who had intended to be present on Saturday, but who found upon investigation thal the vailroad connections were such 4s Lo allow them but little time at (he range and return the same day. The Atnerican devimal targeh is the invention of a well-known entlerman of this city, it is the result of patient study to find a uni- form target that will meet the requiréménts of this sport, and at the . same time be \mierstood in its reading in all parts of the eountny, Th honsists in combining with its own count thatof fhe Creedmoor and Massachusetts ea ay The entire target is included within the Creedmoor four ring, and the + outside of the bull's aye are équal subdivisions of the corresponding vings.m the Massachusetts target, The decimal countis claimed {6 be preferable for simplicity and ease of computation. and if preferable in the long run lhe advan- tage becomes decisive, On the target thera are two counts on the bullseye, 10 and 9; the numbers decreasing in regular order in the intervening spaces to the 26-inch ring, Tha full score being 100, any lower number is a percentage of this maximum. Pollowing are the scores of the prize winners, in the devimal match, distance 200 yas., off-hand, any number of Sens being allowed and counting the three hest, the Miler piiser Keer @ score being 70; i oo A0—1A8 A Matthews 2 5 fo—19) ep George...) -.__-- A © White...., 63 64-190 W Lewis_.---. oo 67 51h GY Elsworth (3 3-189 J Newton. a1 A159 IN Dodge _....... 0 68 61-184 F E Nichols. 48 45—150 Chester A Hinds, ..fil 59 bO—180 WH Knowltou. 4a A2—WS 8B Hildreth, .....60 60 f0—180 EH Clemmens 42 43-141 AL Burt. @ 68 oj—1l7¥> HT Farrar... 42 Aah—i28 IN rye 45 57—170 The second match, which was subject tothe same conditionsas the decimal match, using the Gardner ring targeb, ou which the largest possible score is M4, resulted as follows? V Farrar........ 7 77 81-233 HO Knowllon,.... 7) TS (227 TN Frye... ie tT 77-233 JB Pellows-....-. th 78 Td4—Re7 AS Haris ....... ‘T7 78 %—222 TN Dodge,,-,.-.--- GR 71 70-210 ALBANY, July 4.—It was yery warn to-day at Rensselaerwyek When the flags were lowered and the maiches commenced. The awniug which bad) been provided at the firing point, kept the hot rays Of the sun off the marksmen, but there was not 4 breath of air stirring, The first mateh was a short-range match at 200yds.. five shots, unlimited entides, and the best three scores of the da; to count. The note light and intense heat made sighting diffi- cult, and the opening rounds were not altogether satisfactory. Th jook some little time for the men to seb the panges to counteract the effect of the bright light. In the ineautime the storm was gathering, and wlen the drops began to fall thick aud fast the bullseyes were being recorded at all the flving points, in a monot- onous way, The storm, however, droye the marksmen into the holige, and during the heaviest tae of it the second competition of the record match was shot. Jt was hard work to distinguish the bullseye, but the scores were fair. The details of the match were as follows; Record Match—2W)yils. William Bi Fitch, Wes 8 ...12 12 10 11 11 di TW 7 B #§—-I08 James I Miles, BalS,...... ST) 1 aT 299 1 et eid a9s) Ren R Spelman, Jr, BalS.. 7 11 Wi 12 & B&B WM FF IW—98 Buel C Andrews, BalS...... G9 Pw HF 1 ti #8 10 HW Charles H. Guus, BalS......7 11 10 9 9 10 8 11 8 2 op Samuel B Ward,BalS.......6 8 10 11 9 10 1) 8 tt B91 James B Schuyler, BalS,...11 11 6 9 2 10 “9 10 10 It 83 When the rain had ceased the re-entries in the short-range match were made, anda lively fire was kephup all alony the firing points until a few moments before the train came in sight, when the score cards were hastily gathered wp, and the relative places of fhé con- testants decided on the way home. The scores and places were as follows: Short Range Mateh—200 Yards. Wim E Fitch, Wes 5... 6455455555956 0-7 Buel C Andrews, Bal 8 dAddd 5555456554 6-70 Samuel B Ward, Bal S$. Fhhod4454545455 5 §—f9 Benjamin Eres 4454545554545 5 5-09 Chas H Gaus. BalS .. 5564455484405 4 6-09 Jas I Miles, BalS,..... 455445445445 44 5-66 Jas B Schuyler, Bal 8.....,....... -... 884344443445 45 5—h8 Sixty-seven entries were made in this match. i UALIFORNIA V8, NEVADA—On September 17 there is to be a formal match between teams from the National Guards of the two States of California and Nevada at Carson City. Adjutant-General Qosby, of California, hus issned, under date of June 5, General Order No. 12, a5 follows: _ The following regulations, issued by the nspector-General of Rifle Practice, N. G. C., are hereby approved and promulgated for the in- formation of the National Guard of California: IysPector-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT OF RIFLE Practice, } STATE OF CALIFORNIA, - 116 MARKET S?.,S4n FRANcisuo, June2, — | Ragulations governing the selection of a team: from the National Gh uard, which is to conypete at Carson City, September 17, 1853, with alike team from the National Guard of Nevada for the Cali- fornia Rifle Association's Pacific slope trophy; Team to bé composed of ten men and tivo alfernates. _ Open to all members of the National Guard of California, who must. appear in either full dress or undress uniform, Distances—200yds., 10 shots, position standing; 50Gyds., ten shots, position lying down, head toward target, two sighting shots. Competitions at Shell Mound Park on June 17, 24, July 1,8 and 15, eotnmencing at 10 o'clock. Entrance fee for the fiye competitions, $2.50, which must be paid before the shooting commences; the amount so realized to be used in paying markers, etc., both at these competitions and the prawbices of the team selected, Competitions limited to one entry per day. J Arm—United States Spumenelt rifle, caliber .45, with any thilitary sight. Six pounds pullot trigger. The rules of the National Rifle Association to govern in all other re- spects. OHARLES Sonnvac, Colonel and Inspector-General Ritle Practice, By order of the Commander-in-Ohief. \ + Gerorce B. Gosay, Adjutaut-General. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., July 7.—Yesterday occurred our regivar rifle ractice for the club medal, which was won by F, K. Dowler, using @ Btevens rifle, 44 onl., distance 200yds., off-hand, possible 50, on the Creedmoortarget: Dowler, 44; Burns, 44; H, V. Perry, 41; BH. Perry, 41; HB OREYs 40; Ward, 88; Jones, 38; Vandegrift, 34; Warmer, 33.— RK. H, B. THE TRAP. ILLINOIS STATE TOURNAMENT, VHIGAGO, July 7,-The sportsmen are becoming agitated again / with the arrival of ea of wild pigeons, as was mentioned in the letter of last we The State Sportsmen’s Association. after many changes, haye finally decided to hold their fonrnament July 34 (0 28 inclusive. J} may be that this shoot will hold over que day more, makiug jive days of sportin all, The purses will be unusually large, aud the special prizes will draw great attention, The associa- tion convention will be held on the evening of the 25th, at the Palmer House. A meeting will be held Tuesday, July 14. to arrange the programme for the shoot, Teams are expected fram all over the State and country. The medals are all done, and are exceedingly beantifal. ‘A team of fifteen Members of the Chieazo Shooting Club left the city last night for St. Louis, where they shoot a matel with the St. Louis Gun Club, The gate money goes to the benefit of the sufferers in Iinois from the late overflow of the Mississippi River near St. Louis. Among those who went down were Messrs. Kal Organ, Charles Williard, fred Taylor, M. J, Wich, John Wiggins, G. N, Lyd- slan, Dr. Hutchinson, L. A. Pond, Fred Hoyt and others. The con- tas calls for wild birds, On the Fourth there was a grand sweepstakes shoot at Grand Crossing, at wild birds for entrance money, ‘The winners were Al. Price, G. N. Lydstan, John Gillespie, M. J. Mich, Charles Willigrd. Ed, Camp, J. Berghoffer, and several others who divided second and third moneys. Thére was also sharpshooting at. Washington Heights, a pigeon match at Pullman—L, J, Leake winning the medal—and & shoul at class balls out at Blue Island on Wednesday Altogether it was a good (uy for the sportsmen. NIGHOLS ys. VINCENT.—Brown's Driving Park, Brooklyn, N. ¥., July 6,—The pigeon match for $300, ani much satisfaction beliween the crack shots of the Philadelphia and New York Gun Clubs, was finally decided this morning, and MY. Nichols, ot the New York Club, won the mateh., At nine o'clock Mr. Harvey's coach pulled up at the club honss anil deposited sixteen very jolly looking [ellows, whose noisé (and good nature)scon draw to the park most of the residents of the neighborhood. When the shooting commented, some hundreds made wm attentive audience, ¥ The day was pleasantly cool, with scarcely any wind. Tu the middle of the shoot, an outsider, careless of the consequences, en deayered to bag a got-away bird, and dropped his gunload of shot among the group of reporters, ete., clustered near the stand; your correspondent sipped two shot with bis neck; the wounds were dressed by ‘Doc’ Morton and Pero no Pett not fatal. 4 Henry Meredith Cummings, President of the Uhiladelphia Glob, aud Wrank ‘Belmont, Vice-President New York Club, acted as referees, Gordon Gordon scored, ‘Time of shooting two “hours and ten min- utes. aps: Moran furnished the birds—as fast snd strong 2 lot as one would carefosee. . ; «™ q Me, Nichols, being out of form, it was thought, could not win; but, he proyed, by his exceptional shooting, that, out or in torm, the con: ee rr t—“‘i‘C;CrC~™ Jory 12, 1883.] FOREST AND STREAM. 473 fidence imposed jin him by his friends was nof misplaced, Brown's fine dog Brandy retrieved the birds, Mr. Nichols shot with Greener hafnmerless gun, with 444 drms. of wood powder, and igoz. of bo, 7 shot in each barrel, Mr, Vincent ised a Scott gun, Tlbs,, with Sijdrins. hlack powder, antl 11402. No. § shot, Vollowing is the score at 28yds,: Mr, Allan P, Nichols—111111111101101110 1110410 0001011 ta 0111 VIVIAN O01 ATT TIT TT LIOTL 1110111 1141—S) OF these birds there were; Drivers, 80; quarierers lo right, 20: quarterers to Leff, pan incomers, 7; towerers,7. Tie used his second barrel forty-nine ‘imes. Mr. Harold Vincent—1110111 1101101110111 1110110100011 WOOT DADLOU ATTA ATT 1.0111 10111111111001101—84 OF these there were: Drivers, 43; qharterers to right, 26; quarterers to left, 14: in- comers, 1%; towerers, 1, Mr. Vincent used his second barrel fifty- nine tines. _CHRONTOLER, Pell out of bounds. SAGADAHOG ASSOCIATION.—The glorious Fourth was céle- brated in a qniet way by soméfour or five hundred pacoplein front of the Sarmnoset House, Mouse Island, one of the most beautiful sea- side resorts on the coast, at which were o glass ball shoot by mem— bers of the Sagadahoc Association for the Protection of Fish and Game, and others; a base ball match, rifuning, ete. The following is the shooling score, the prizes bemeg a silver ee piteher, cake basket, and cup; TR GGT sll pS PEE -E ONES ~ _.10111119001111011411—15 MC. Hall. —__.... 11110 100001011111114—10 sine) 9s 314) ee ~001191111011910 111 —16 George A Gond.. -10919100110011110011—12 _ 01010710111000111010—11 vy AA01110.11411 11111 141 — 20 Salevia OU101111111110001710—14 --- -00110111111201001001—12 . -11491001101001001101—18 11000101011011010101—11 Sumner Strout..... George Clough......-- mes James Purington,...,..... James BH Fisit...,-.......-.+; A A Hateh, ate: -- 1100100101, 01101111118 Gyrus Keyes... eee eee eee eee 1010010119101 1011117 Lapis me y7-i2) cist 4 ah 5 eh AAS eae Ae eee W110i T111111—19. OLBAN, N. Y., July 5.—Scores made here in the clay pigeon tour- nament, held July 8. There were 36 entries, Our home club cap- tured half of the prizes, The day was dark and the traps very strong. Considering that this tournament was the first attempt of the ¢lub, if was decided by all fo have been 4 creditable one. Tirst contest for S50—Prizes: $25 to first, $15 to second, and $10 to third; at 10 clay pigeous at 2Wyds. rise. ©. A. Still, of Olean, took first money; Smedley and Davis divided second: Seeley, third, Score; FR Baton.,... --,...0000000001—1 W TrYelton .....,..- 0170000130—1 Cilats ey. vanes 11110100106 ~G BE Wilson. --- .-101111010—-F Ni Hancox ........-. O110000010—3 Pred Reide..... ca aya O110171100—6 W HSimpson.... --.000000100—2 J Meurer. . ,.0900057001—8 BS Spring-:...---,.. {0000010001 L Pavis,.,, -. 11001111118 J M George.....,..--. 0011111111—8 (C Breder,..... .. 0011110001 —5 A Smedley,...-..1.. sL11001111—8 ~W N Bradley. ..-.....0011111010—6 F A Soiitih,.. 2.2.2... 0100000010—2 AP Pope.....-. ...- 611710) 1111-4 W 4H Van Yieck....-- 1OMNNIOLHI—8 HS Pattan....,...... 0101011110—6 Frank Gifford... .... 11110101017 TJ Frye........ . A601 111100—§ DN Reley ly ey, Pe 11100110—7 L Balfour _- _.,..-- O010110100—4 JK Palmer..,,.....,.1000001100—3 H B Whitney. ........ 1011010011—6 HiCurtis-. os. cccy ek 1111110100—7 . OOL00L0101—4 JL Kerstater.... 22. 1011110100—6 OOL11TNN001—4 H Derby , ---1100101017—6 WR Page.,,,.-.. .- 1011111700—7 =f) ae gees SEE 1141111011—9 +H Wetherell_... ..., .1110000001—4 Ties of § at 26yds.: George, 10/0i—8: Smedley, 01111—4; Davis, 7: Seeley, 11101—4; Wilson, 10000—1; Page, ON00I—1, Second contest, 15 clay pigeons, 2vyds, rise, ties 2fyds. Prizes $100. $50 to ist. $25 to 2d, $15 to ad, $10 to 4th. Whitney and Davis divided Ist money, Pope of home club 2d, Gifford, Smedley and Covel divided 3d, Bradley toole 4th, Score; YVelton. -...--..010101001001000— 5 George._,., ..-.011111111101011-12 Derby. - O10110119111111—12 Pope..... ~ 101079101111111—12 Van Viecl A1O0G0O0G0ODIN— 2 Patton - - A 19111001110111—12. Gifford . 11070111101011—11 Davis... AL010111 111-18 Bradley 1111010111100i0—10 Simpson, 100111100001111— 9 Kerstater, . .101111110110111—42, Frye 0010117 1.101010— 9 Batz 1O1101L000101010— 7 01100010111 1011— 9 Howe. 000110701011010— 7 Still _._ - 111011110111110—12 Smedley ALOLLL011111100—11 Smith...., 11100 00101100— 6 Fish. Q10111001011110— 9 Hancox, A 01101101071 0101— 9 3 017000011 .00001— 4 Baton - .001Q0010100K110— 5 1111 00201000000— 5 AL1011111017000—10 -191101100100110— 8 .000110001011011— 7 -OOTLOLOTLON001— 6 WNOTOMTOLO01— 4 414111100011100—10 1100110011 10101— ~ 1191101010111 1—13_— Gs ~., 100001711111111—11 , Sbyds: Derby, 11010—3; Kerstatier, 10001—2; George, 01100—2; Pope, 1110i—4; Patton, 10001—2; Still, 01110—3. Ties of 10: Bradley, 11110—4; Curtis, 01011~ 3; Spring, 10010—2, Third contest.—Sweepstakes, 21 entries, Prizes, 50,80 and 20 per cent. Smedley and Derby, first money; Seely, Still and Frye divided second; Pope and Rorsiauar third. Score, five clay pigeons, Bradley 1 —2 Whitney 1044 1-4 i ea Ee 111014 ind 000704 101 1010 = 1iii 01010-2 -0101 10111 ali alk 0017 0-2 * 0110 10110-3 014 1% 100001 Guriisb 4! -: ,00101—-2 Brader,.......-: ..--- 0000 1—1 Stil, ..-.---. ..11110-4 LONG BRANCH CUP.—Deal Beach, N. J., July 4.—Match for the Long Branch Gun Globecup. Téams of d men, 25 birds eath, 30yds., 5 trips. : Staten Island Gun Club, MMISVIVSE A Say: sen crip tt! Wetn hee eed ae 711000990119101711011411—10 Mr Thompson. vee e pe eee ee eee ee yh DI1L001121101011101111—21 MY Browne... ee ees ee ~ O114111111000711711011111—20 Mr Minto .... 20-2... ee eye -4001011101.1111110010110—20—79 Philadelphia Gun Chib, Mr Biddle, .... tees pee eee yy O091110011191111111 0101019 Mi ROkers ty awee sks. tenets ~ ALL0197100100912011110110—15 Me'Strolid.... c.-:.,.. <1 ames 1049110110901 11011110110-19 Mr Meredith... wees = 222, ee =. -111477111011101110101017 120-7. Roekaway Hunt Clib. Mr La Montague .,--.-....,.-......--- 1017000711110111001111100—16 Mr Howard. ..._-..,.---__.--.. 2... ----110111011101971101111 001 — 27 Mr Work... a Oxi ai AD11191110011111110019 100-19 NG I SS Seer) roan pa een eae tae 1414001911999111011111101 —21 76 Long Branch Gun Club. DO ACUDET. nw - ant ~~ -01110000117491100711111001 16 Mr Moore..,. ~ 107011 1100111100101011001 15 Mr W J Murphy » WATT 1011 11111124 ~ Mr EG Murphy--_._--- we e222. --1011119111001910019111101 20-75 DUNKIRK, Ohio,—Fir-t grand shoot of the Dunkirk Sporting Chlibs July 4, at 10 glass balls, from three traps, 18yds. rise, 10yds, apart, 1402, shot: Forenoon, Afternoon. ~ W_XK Miller.......--.. MUM JH Opp......-....... T1M1171—9 A Hoffman.....,...di1111110—) A Hoffman, . _ O111111110—8 $ Delong...,.--. -_, -1111011101—8 -1101111110—8 F Wilcox.,,, ....,..-1111011101—-8 DL Marquis. . 1111 100—7 MEHAO Os (Saas sacs test W101 0—7_ A L Pore. . O011101111—7 Ed Punk ---........ 10010100I— W EK Miller ~-1111010001—4 PASTS ODGG 0), sales nthe M100011I—S «Ed Fuuk . ALOT NLO— 5 iD Fry.-.-.. .., 0100101100—4 JD Pry... 0111901010—5 JS Womes_,- _...1000100000—2 S$ Delong.s.. .....- _. 0110011001—5 HLonthan.... ...... 0001000001—2 HOOSICK FALLS, N. Y.. July 9.—fourth of July was celebrated here with a glass ball shoot between the Stillwater Gun Club, under thename of R. K. Fox, and the Central Gun Club of Hoosick Falls, The balls used were the composition bal] made at Lovkport, which gaye good satisfaction, and Card’s rotary trap. Fifteen halls each. Score as follows; R. K, Fox Gun Club, Hoosick Falls Central Gun Chib, VE Arnold ---.101110111110001—-10 @ H Palmer, ..101101011011101_10 8 Whitman .. .,011110001601011— § John Holton...101011011101110—10 EYVau be Carr.100111017111111—42 Chas H Young ,111101111010101—11 th, .....001010771177011-10 Wm Haley, ,..,101101111011110—12 CB Bro G B Whitman, .0000L0100110101— & Pat Carney, .11110111011111113° dt 56 {lf the **R. K, Tox Guu Clib” cannot find another name for tiself, it ought. in fhe interest of respectable glass ball shooting, to disband or fo nameless. ] A CHALLENGE.—Syracuse, July 12, 1883.—Editor Iravest aid Stream; Dr. Carver, when be was in this’ ci , said that he would wayer $1,000 to $500 that he could defeat mein a match at 100 birds, giving me five yards the advantage. I have deposited $100 as a for- feil in Wilkinson & Go.*s bank to shoot Dr. Garver this match ap 100 ‘wild ov tame pigeons, Naw York State rules to Bovern, plunge traps, ‘the use of one barrel, he to stand at Siyds, and ———— at 26yds, I will pay | his expenses to cols fo Syracuse and shoofthis mafch within three months. Thaye also deposited $1 additional at the same bank as a guarantee to shoot Capt. Bogardus 4 match at 100 single lass balls thrown from a Gard rotary trip, sereened, for $100 or $200 4, side, the match to take place this season in Syracuse and within ten days after his acceptance. T haye placed these forpoits of $2 to show I mean business. Card's rules for glass ball shooting to govern Lhe match.— Gro. C. Lurser. FRANKLIN, WN, ¥., July 2.—Enelosed find scores made in contest hetiveen the Ouleoul Sportsman’s Club, of Franklin oud the Sus- quehanns Gun Club; 18yds: Pranklin Club, Susquehanna Clon, T Buell %.,.-- AMM —15 LA Davenpork.114111111111111—14 L Hine_...__... WA1IM1TL1I—15 (Root... ........ WA M FP MeCoon....10111011710111011_ A Burdick... - 1014 70111101101 —11 GO Willig,........ TAM 1011 412 G Batchelder. .111111117111111—15 D Harris - - LIWIOTTTW01— § Dibble,,..... ..011111101111111—13 C Wuller..,.....411111101111111—14 A Martins,..... 17111111.1111111—15 SPOTL ay Ba es 75 POUALS. «deen pe NORWALK, Gonn., July 4.—Match shot on grounds of Fountain Gun Ohib; 10 glass balls per man: Bridgeport Club. Fountain Gun Club, TolsOm........ 0.2000 Wii01101I— 8 Ed Hoyt. .-...._...1111100Wi— 6 Armstrong -- W1N111—10 Williams -- 1111111101— 9 Beers,,.---. 1111131401— 9 Davis ws ., 011011 010i— 6 ROWe.-a.....5.. . 11H010MW— 4 Boughton, nai1i1—10 Hanson .... .: ,-1171111110— 9 Whillock____- -. 1111 107110— 8 Tousey...,,--.-.,,..01701011— 7 Green, --.. . 411971111116 Dongdon,,.........: Hiwuw1i— 9 Firtis,... --1101010119— 6 Witholels i: 2220) 1011111111— 9 Benedict.__,....-.-.00u1011111— 0 65 61 PROVIDENCE, R. 1., July 5.—We have two cups, one heing given by the elub and the other by a member of the Glob, Goth are shot for at 10 clay pigeons and 10 glass balls, Io the club cup match all members stand alike at the score. In the Valentine the members are handicapped according to their averages during the last six months, The cups inust he wou fiye times (not in succession) to become per- sonal property. June 21, 1884. Chih Cup. ° Bivds. Balls. GJ Crandall 1111911110 1711111011—i W 0 Sheldo: OO1110111 111110114116 E W Tinker. 1114101101 OL0T111111—15. J B Valentine, O1OT01 14 411110011115 GeB Potters 2225 Wis. 4 | Bers - 1402071110 110111000013 TURES RK ay ore) ictaictels]- ets eletn em - 2101110111 1141000001—13 Valentine Cup, GJ Crandal, idyds.-..,,..--- proce ge = ALOMM EL 111110001116 PH Baker TL EEO aN coeele - OODODO1110 410110111111 7B Valentine 2lyds.... 1100110101 010011111118 WHSheldon 2iyds 1110000110 0111110011—12 GP Butts 10yds, 1010010191 1114010001— 9 L Bennett l0yds.. 1410001111 0010000010— 9 OM Sheldon H¥ydsy...t.i 4 212.225 1201107100 0100001L000— 8 CJ Crandall wins both cups for first, time. Jime 28, 1883. Club bet we Bwvalentine,< 2.2.8: eT UH LLO1—19 WVPRCEDSIBODS: - ce- ee enneeoe . 1111 10111111411" GoW Garys... ec. nog 101i 111110011117 Gu Qrandall......-.....__- . 1910711101 1107011110—15 iO UBT ee ee PU MM ero Pech ah tin! 101114101045 Caesar: in sa Pee eae eed Lui 11100 007001 1000—11 WeGeGrandalte eco lagi eae 1LLOO00L 1001001110—10 Me eee: Pe 2 ee ee nes. dlal 0100011101 1041001000— 9 NPE OHA CL st Pes tobe se) ielelalol>|-fepteietee enolate ele 1010900010 1010010100— 8 eB Bother eee it aeiee.s aaa Gi wee te 0010000100 000910101— 5 FE Perkins and C M Sheldon withdrew. ‘Ties on 19, 5 balls. 5 birds. Birds. Falls. Ue VOMGIEG 15 cccc-sisen f:tsn ees: oye see, UID 1111-9 WW ahisteldon iret As beta, pean) sn, aR Sebo b aS 11011 1100L—7 J B Valentine wins club cup, first time, June 28, 1883 Valentine Cup. Birds. Balls. W HSheldon 2tyds 1101010711 111111110116 J B Valentine 2lyds O01 1111 040111114116 EWTinker i15yds - 1111110001 1101017 10114 GW Cary 2iyds . OLOONTATAL 011000111113 GJ Crandall 15yds 10110011000 011100111113 O Perkins, Jr. 14yds 1001071001 1111000110—12 0 B Potter 10¥ds.. . LOLTOLAOLO 111001001—11 W GCrandall 2iyds.......).0--c:ser-- eas 1010110000 0011010101— 9 Tics on 16, Birds. Balls. WEEE Sire tlonis a) a eset; ses “BES AARUB. atts ty 11004 11131—8 UE WVEETID ETO hel lacmclel te eciclins hi tasmcmedomett ace shel 11110 11110—8& Second tie. W HSheldon....-...... a> eee | eae O11 411119 UN Ca By 2 ee ee Who ele eee | 11101 11011—8 W HSheldon wins for the first time. July 5, 1883, irds, Balls. 2B Valentine.......,.---..... - a ale hobe tt Pare 1114171110 111111101017 Wal Sheldon, 1.6... - O10L000011 0111111113 GJ Crandall . . 0017100111 111001111113. C Baldwin... «ALLO 110 111111100115 Hi sPalmer NOLTLOOLNG, 0100100101— §& J & Valentine wins for the first time. July 5, 18838. Cli Cup, iolola) gf -lsicts POP ERRERE - 110000171 1110171110 1011101111—48 1111111110—18 011100111115 5D Greene, Jr., . (OMIT 1000111110—13 He eae y art ense as techie vote tc canal 1917001710 1100011100—11 Ties on 18, 5 birds, 5.balls. ards. Balls, Roe OLS UM Cae cite tan baie tele eeie ciel sie tet lcber/olnrctiicls niet 11111 11111—10 VPP spotter 210 sle\s)- Ase eee eieigeiticle nese 11000 11101— 6 igeon match yesterday, eae single rises, 2lyds, rise, 80yds. boundary, eS 7 a8 geet * « 11111111019 -—J Daczewitz..... --.1001000000— 2 | SIDE IRS AS RED AM Nas NiOMO1II—§§ ~L F Anderson... ___1110111101— 8 EM Parsons,......... HaMN01—7 9 JH Williams.....,. 111111111110 Wm Arts........ --- AMOHI0N—G WM Bilre....).1.... A1N1111101— 8 H Scharnweber...... 1011101411—8 W Marnette...,- 1011111111— 9 HT Hagernian. -111011111—-9 Geo Haskamp 1OMI11111— 8 T Huffart,.....-- 1110119110—8 ~DrEH T Emers . 1111000001 — & John Murphy.......<0001011110—6 OA Keniner.. -.11111011,L-— 9 James Murphy....... 0110111111—§ J R Whitner,. W0111111— 8 Second match, glass balls, Mole rotary trap sereened, single rises, i&yds., Iowa State rules. A Scharnweber ..... OMHOIN0O— Jas TL Williams...... O112001101—6 EM Parsotis.... ... O011111111—8 John Murphy.....--: 1100011111—7 JW Haggert..- ,.,.0000111111—fi Jas Murphy.....--- ,4101011010—6 DRESrpiss obs). awe 11011119 ~ A NDay —-..,,,..... 10011100015 L& Stoll Barret: 1011010110—6 -G@ HMaskainp.,........ 11111900110—7 G Gibson... ... .Q100001100—3 W Hike,......_,....-..111010011—6 HE Arff... -- 0010101110—5 'T Huffart....,-..... 0001010" PRRGSteIa ere sss .1111001711—8 LT Anderson.....,., 1111101101—8 H'T Hagerman...... 1141114110—9 Wm Arts. . ..-...., 101101110—7 Rain haying setin, Harris and Hagerman divided first prize; Par- sons, Poster and Anderson, second; Jolin Murphy and Haskamp, third.—W. Aue. Fonba, See'y- FALL RIVER, Mass., July 5.—The Fall River Gun Club held its third competition for silver cupt)-day, which was won for the second time by J. A. Negus. The collening ave the scores; 5 alls. ) Clay Pigeons. INGER US, os os oss cee ss ur eeeeas 111141111910110 -18 A111011111-—f— 22 Re-entry ..111117001111010—11 11000 2 - B- EA ee -, A0Te11110110—11 4201701311—8 , 19 PREFONTEY le enc olete 1111111111011 —14 O1O1101111— 7—AL W Braley.....---.... --.-,,,101111001171110—11 0000711911516 Re-entry —_...- perpen ss yey LL1100111177100—11 1100110001—5—16 H Braley eat aed »..111101411011000—10 01000w =—1—11 » 22 -200111111101010 12 1100w = =—8—15 Sie 1% TRAP AT CHICAGO.—Chicago, Nine 84.—Ib begins to look as though the boys will soon have plenty of trap skooting, as the wild birds dre coming in from Norther Mishizan, Missouri and) Wiseon- sin. A number of large nestings haye been fouul. and the Illinois State Sportsmen's Assdeiation has received 30,000 pigeons Lor the State fournament,so that it is nearly setpled that by July 15 the sheot tomes off. There will be more olubs represented than eyer befora, and it will be-a grand success, The médals are all made, and committees on soliciting donations from merchants, sportsmen, ete.. of Chicago, are appointed. There was a lively contest af wild pizeons for the Cumberland Gun Club medal nt Grand Crossing Thursday afiernoon. Abouh twenty men contested of handicap ferme, 10 binds each, tnd the mateh resulted in a tie between Joln Hiland, John Watson and G. N. Lydstan. The latter held the medal betore. In the shvot-off at 3 birds cach, 2hyds. rise, it took three times to decide, and then G, N. Lydstan, after killing 19 hirds straight, captured the emblem, WHITESTONE. GUN OLOB, July 4—Sweepstakes. Ten clay pigeons: 15yds. rise, One and one-quarter Gunces of shot Only one barrel allowed. ist, 2d and #d money. Wight men at the trap, ACG Wilmerding ....11/10111\1--9 H DeWitt Smith...,. 11100011 —8 PY Merritt, Jr....-2.. 10111101107 Brank Perry........ 4111017 000—6 CH Simonds. .,-....1010111101—7 William Wallace... 0111100001 —6 M Hoffman. _.-...,,1110110010—6 Kenneth White, Ji. 1100010Ww—4 Ties on seven for 2d and Sd prizes. 1, J, Merritt, Jr, 011—2; C. H. Simonds, 010-1; Wilmerding took 1st money; Merritt, 2d; Simonds, 3d. JAMESTOWN, N.¥., July 5,—Yesterday the Jamestown Shooting Olub arranged for and shot a match at twenty-five glass halls for the championship of Chautauqua county, open to all. Card's trap, ikyds. rise, trap set behind a sereen, A. i Walker, of this place, won fhe belt against nine others: Walker, ...2-4. Se mare eee “Ueto pts ke Pic: iL Shatituck.._......- ole Se 17 Carnahan... : PRAIODT St tid eels see gate cnet ae 17 Pennock. ,_. s- OUUAY Celis eng stedeieccsag ss: ate CRORE AA. ide oe ‘ Langworthy, _-..-.,,...-.,.--.d4 Jomes....-.....2... 6 CHARLTON, Mass., Jane 28.—The Charlton Gun Club invited the Southbridge Club to Charlton for a friendly shoot, and the foliowing scores were made, 10 glass balls per man: Southbridge Club, Charlton Club. Ole. WG .w- se -19 ¥ Pike. . ani) How 7 LE ste Bradford . 4 eo ‘att Williams, of: FE Deon .. Marble a) J Warren,, ..7—-# F Knights...,,,... --..<,..-.7—48 t fo Southbridge July 4, when fhe scores Charlton Club. Mite Rp re wh de Ff Pike. F Knights 4 5 H Brown, : a4) ‘Williams... ... zk r 1 Pitts 3 iene Marble... lO Brown... 8 Campbell ..... . Jo8e teil TOPSHAM, Me., July 5.—Regnlar shoot of Riverside Chih for badge, ten single balls, ten clay pigeons: . Pigeons, Balls. ALT ePariv, - ese S 8 ene O111000111 11171101110 1—14 0 O11111 111701011146 1 111101 001011011 1—15 1 111011 111100110 0—18 i. C. A. ROCHESTER, N. ¥.. July 4.—At Culyer Park to-day there was a shooting contest at five clay pigeons and five glassé balls, the former at 15 and the latter at 18yds. rise. The shoot was gotten up by the Rochester Gun Club, and the Monroe County and Genesee clubs were invited to participate. The teams were captained by H. L. En- sign, president of the Rochester Gun Cluh, and Geo. W-. Crouch, president of the Genesee Club. The score wasas follows! Crouch's Team. Hisign's Teatn. 1100101111 —7 Ensign, . 4. 000001007 0—2 r . e011 111—) Rigelow.. - 1100001111—4 : OTOH 111-7 Green... . AO — ba Woresy. 2. O1M1H1101—7 Babe . 10017140016 Sherny.--.... --..400111140i—7 Raid... . . 00001111116 Ressinger - -0001110011—5 Raymond.... ...1200011111—7 flooker... . 1110101001—6 AdaINS. ... 66. eae 10011111—8 W J Babcock... .00g000111I—4 Redmond... --1710000111—6 Richmond -_- - 1100007111—6 Wheeler 1111100000—5 Jeffreys ,,,---.,,.1110000011—5 Sawyer. . 0111-8 A Babeock,.......000011111—6 Harnessay. . .00n0000011—2 King, . 00000001 11—3 Chaffee. ._. ...., ,0011101001—5 Guernsey --0G00001TII—4 Gardner.... ..,-. 0600111111—6 Williams. . H00000G010—1 Moore,,..-...... 11111110007 Miller. .... -1000000111—4—81 Sommer. _--.,,1110000011—5—8S In sweepstakes shoot at cluy pigeons the result wat: Wheeler 4, Bigelow &, Sawyer J, Adams 3, Gardner 5, Sherry 6, La Force 4, Green 5, Ressinger 3, Riclimond4. On shooting off ties Gardner seored 5 and took first prize, Sherny 4, Green 1. Richmond got second prize and the third went to Ressinger, After a hot contest with Edmond Redmond, L, A, Amsien tools the first prize for fhe best individual score, MILFORD, Mass.. July 4.—The shoot of the Sportsman’s Clnb at Cunniigham's grove to-day, was well attended, some thirty mem- bers heing presént and shooting. After some preliminary shooting by individuals, a match was arranged between two teams of len men each, headed by FP. BH. Bailey and . E. Carr. Ten balls each was the » limit. The wind was very uneertain and the sun pretty bright, £0 that some of the best shots failed to inake as good scores as sual, The following is the score: ; F. E. Bailey, Captain. F. E. Carr, Captain. FE Bailey ........ OLL1000111 —6 PE Carr...., ...0101001100—1 W P Bowers. ...,,QU00201111—4 GA Sampson ...1111171011—9 J DiHayes.......- T1100 101016 AG Larkin....,. 10L0010001— 4 Bera Burton,..... 1700110100—5 GW Truell ._-_,, 014 1001001—4 WH Blword.....- MI0001911—5 AMSmith .,.,...110011100 —7 GA Giblis|,...... 10L0001011—5 MH Brewer..... 100001110—4 WH Gibbs....... 0011000010—3 Sa’pson Jehiins .1000001000—2 G LAvery......:: 10001 )000—2 (} M Livermore ..1100111000—5 D A Rogers., ...,.1010000020—2 CE Shaw .... ..0000100001—2 HA Lowe........ 0001000000—1—42 TD H Hayter..., .1000000000—1—4% After the match, the sun beitig hidden by clouds, and the wind having gone down somewhat, some fine scores were made, both on S1ASE bas and clay pigeons, The club wound up with a clam bake at 6 o’¢lock, MASSACHUSETTS SHOOTERS.—The warm wether of the past few days tended to drawa large number of sportsmen fo the cool quarters of the Maldto Gun Club on July 7, The leading event was the gold hadge match, the first prize being won by J. Hopkins and ihe spoon by J. Buffum. The summary of the afternoon's worl: is as Follows: Gold Badge Match. J Hopkins ~OL1T11117114 0117104 1101-16 J Buffum. -1T1VIL10GIL01111007111—-15 AW Adams. 21200021111111110100-14 LEO es ae OTOP 011101100104 110 1-18 First event (10 bird 1. KF, Morrill, first, silver card reeéiver; J. C Buffum, second, pearl-handled knite; A. Wield, third, pouketknife; J. Hopldns, fourth, parian vase Second eyent {five balls}—J, Hopkins and B, J. Brown, first; H. Field and C, Y. Morrill. second; A. Ff. Adams. third, Third event (five balls)—C. F. Morrill and A. F. Adams, first; H. Field, second: J. Hopkins and E. J. Brown, third. Fourth event (five pirds)—C, PF. Morrill, first; H. F, Adams, third, Firth event (five birds)—H. Field and C. F. Morrill, first; EB. J, Brown, second; A. P. Adams, third. Sivtit event) (miss and ouf)—H. Wield the winner. Seventh everct (miss and ont)—Won by A. F. Adams. Eighth event. (miss and. out}—Won by Adams, Mr, Tidsbury, of Ashland, has challenged Mr. Bagg, of Springtield, to shoot for the individual glass ball championship badge of the Massachusetts State Association, and the match will take place at Springtield grounds on July 18, HAY DUNVILLE, Mass., July 1—Enelosed tind our Jash two scores, shot at glass bulls from single revolving trap, Bogardus rules, 2lyds , rise: Field, second; A. ; June 20, Courtright... ......- 1010011106 June 27, Courtright... ,,.-.--.10011011— & Metealf......- TLOUII—9 Metealt .. LOLOL — 7 Larkin, .. .., -()10011111—9 ~Jyarkin.... 01010111— 6 Watling... O1MIL11—9 ~Watling.....-.....-. 1111117171—10 Nae ee ne Se 000010101 1—4 July 3,—Single rev Gus trap, 2iyds. rise, Borgardus rules: _ Courtright. ..,,..:.,.1111000111—7 “Neal... ....--)..----- 1001000010—3 Harkin __-.:.2 225: se )110111111—9_ McCaffery...:... -...(9117111111—9 Watling,.....-.. --.. M111111710—9 Metealf....----...... 0101011111 —7 Thatcher..........--.. O01L01N—5 NATICK, July 7.—The weekly shoot by the Natick Sportsmen's Club tool: placa this affernoon, The first was a contest ala string of teh glass balls (rom Holden trap at Isyds. tise. “There were ame eu- tries, and the results were as Follows: M. Brigham, 8; C. M, Smalley, W\ J. Mahard, 7; C. W. Ball, %; C. W)Gile, G; J. Blondin, 5; 1, N. Stevens, 5: A. F. Travis, 4; J. H. Wright, 2, This was followed wilh ten shooters ali ten Glay DigSons, at 1loyds. rise, with the following re- sult; M. Brigham, 6; Travis, 7; Smalley, 8; Stevens, 3; Gile, 8: Mae a 474 FOREST AND STREAM. hard, 5; Wright, 6; Hall, 5; Blondin, 2; Roberts, 4. Th another eon- testal five birds: Brigham, 2; Travis, 2; Smalley. 3; Stevens, 2; Gile, 4; Mahard, 2; Wright, 4; Blondin, 0, OSAGE CITY, Kus., July 4.—A pigéon shooting match look between Frederic V, Erb of St. Joseph, Mo., and J. M. MWers Osurs City for $200 4 side, fifty birds. Th was won by Hershy, the soare standings forty fo Bris thirty: eight. WATCHEMOKRRT GUN CLUB.—Rast Providence, R.1., July a.— The first competition for rold hadge, 15 clay pigeons: JW Miller... 11LO000000T0001 ~ 5 TW Penny... --TLOT1N1O0110001— 7 J Bourne... 0101110101000 — § TO Pierce. ... QOOLONTODTOONON— 3 ES bLubher, ..101111111901110 12 7B Valentine..1111 11171110011 —18 Geo Barney ., 11010013 100011— 8 1 Tingley -...-- (OVA ITOLOON — 1 Barney ....... LOMO ITN— 8 OG Wileox |... JOOTMOTOLOLNNLI— § This badge unist be won three fiines in suecession to become the properly of any member, Contest for silver DEAE, 20 elass halls, Holden trap: pipe hy of Dunswell.. 100100000 TOTO 1OLOL oT Barney. 10OLOLONMLOTOLON 1 1 Miller... 022 0000TON0TMI00010— 7 Penny... LOO 001 1141 Bourne... 10110101 00110—12 Pierce TOOT 00TH) 1000111 —10 Luther... OUO1100111011N111—16 G Barn TOLTOOHTOLOTINITT— 14 Ties, Yivds; J.B. Valentine, 111—5; 8. 8, Lither, 19101 —S; this badge to be won under same conditions us gold hudee, * During the day eleven sweepstakes were shot. Among thepartici- panis were Messrs. Crandall and Cary, of the Narragansett Gun Club, of Providence, and Mr. Adams, of Nrideeport, Conn,, and others. Mr, Adums is the only one that has been seon around these parts that shoots quicker than Carver, Owing to the splendid loca- lion of our grounds, the heat wasscarcely felt, and’ every one of the spectators, 1s wall as participants, enjoyed the sport with dnabated interest until nearly & P, M.-O. J. R, Valentine, VOU111111 1101000 15 Canoeing. To insure prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to tndividiuels, in whose absence from the office matlers of im- portance are liable to delay FIXTURES. Aug. 16, 17, 18—Towa, Canoe Chib Regatta, Spirit Lake, Towa, Aug. 20—Ameriean Canoe Assoviation Meeting ah Stoney Lake. Aug, 21, 82, 23—American Canoe Association Regatta at Stoney Luke. Aug. 4—Ameriean Canoe Association Meeting al Stoney Lake, CANOE RACING. Goes throughout the United States and Canada are making / every preparation for fhe meet next month, and there will, no doubt, he nuech friendly rivalry between the Canatians and their ruests, as to the supericrity of the two classes of canoes, open or decked. The committe have made all arrangements necessary for racing, ahd it now rests with the canoetsts to make the reratla a suecess, by entering in as many races as is possible, Canoeists, as 2, rule, are backward about entering, being deterred by the repntution of someone as a sailor, or somebody else as a paddler, reputations, by the way, that may be entirely undeserved, buf. thatare sufficient to scare off all the timid ones, although these who enter without fearing defeat, prepared to do all they can to pulla game race to the end, regardless of place, are oftan astonished at their success, It is due fo the men who haye worked for a yearin perfecting the details of the coming meet, that every canoelst present should take part in as niany races as he can enter, no shirking under the plea of “eruisi rig.” no backing out beeause Mr. — is “sure to win, anyhow.” u6 Jowfing on the bank with the givls, but at the line when the rave is called, bout in proper order, Hag in place, cool, ready, and resolved to do all possible, without thought or wrry as to fhe result. The great secret of success in racing is to have everytling, down to the smallest detail, in perfect working order, and to do one’s very best to the end, not giving up because some one else may have a femporery afvantage. The time trom now to the meeb is long enough for practice aud preparation, if begun atonce. Wirst, know yout boat thoroughly, try her in various weathers, take her out when bathing, remove all hatches and find what she will support, fasten the watertights and tesh them by an upset, learn to enter her quickly after a capsize, keeping paddle, etc., from going adrift, try a capsize under sail, and if possible with ballast, until you know exactly how she will act in any emergency, and have acquired perfect confidence in her ability to support you in the eyent of a capsize. Canocists seldom undertake such a course of training as is necessary with oars- men, a5 racing with them is nofsuch aserious business, dnd many cannot take the time, but all can find opportunity for some practice hoth in sailing and paddling, and can adhere to a plain diet, and ob- serve such rules as to sleep, bathing, clothing, etc., as are oheyed by OUrSmen. The practice for pein g should inchide starting, with a friend to give the signal, trial spurts from time lo time, varied by a lone, steady stroke for some distance. (the paddle entering the water cleanly, as far forward as possible, then pulled slowly and steadily aft, and outas soon asits work is done, without splashing or drag- ping), and turning marks, The rudder should always be used, if one is carried, as greater speed may be made with it, and: often a good lead may be established by a little calculation in rounding marks, huecess in upset races dapends only on the amount of practice; quickness in upsetting, a knack in turning the hoat,so usto ship the least amount of water, and agility im entering, are all éasily acquired by practice, # “ Of course, Sailing requires much more skill and experience than paddling, but the beginner can make up largely for a lack of these, By careful attention te every minor detail. To acquire that knowledge of winds and tides, the proper handlin of sails and of rudder, and the habits of constant watchfulness and readiness in all emergencies that ¢o fo make up the suecessfulsailor, reqnites yiars of experience; but even in the absence of all this, a litle pluck, judgment, and a season’s careful sailing will accomplish much, First let the proper trim ofthe canoe be found by trial, shift- ing stores and hallast until she works properly, and then mark- ing the draft plainly on stem and stern, and also finding what change in ballast is bestin heavy weather or light. Note the condition of the sails, spars and rigging, see that the sails are properly stretched. spars sound and smooth (if neecssary fo grease the masts, 1se yeteri- nary vaseline), and the rigging leading clear, ends of ropes pete lashings of colored thread on the halyards at the proper points for helaying in reefing, and that the mizzen sheet, downhauls, reef lines, etc., have their ends led through screw-eyes on deck and knotted to prevent their getting adrift, The steering gearisa vital point in a canoe, as if once out of order it cannot be repaired, and its proper working is indispensable to the successful handling of the boat, If shonld be carefully examined priory fio a race, and lashings put on any part that appears weal, and a litte oil im places may make it work more smoothly, Hatches, apron, oilcoatand all that is needed for closing in the well, in rough water or rain, should be arranged so as lo be readily reached and quickly adjusted, as they may be re- quired ala moment's notice, Tf a centerboard boat, the board should be brizhtened and cleaned, the gear all thoroughly overhauld, oiled and tested untilit works smoothly, Starting, turning marks, reefing, selling and talsing in spinnaker, ate points that can be practiced wloue until one is tolerably proficient, while at the same time the sailing rules should be carefully studied and committed to memory, asa thorough knowledge and understanding of them is indispensable fo suceess. On the day of the race everything should be ready in good time, the canoe washed out, turned over, and the bottom ribbed perfectly smooth, the mast stepped, suils sel properly, ballast and filfines mm ude seme time before the hour of starting. A carefil inspection of Tue Weather must determine how much sail and ballast is to he cor- ried, remembering that a boat's chances are much better wilh sails (hat she can carry easily than with larger ones that nust probably be teefed. Ifthe startishy two guns asin rule thirteen, the hoat should be ready in good time at the line, haying on board avchor, conipass, a cheap watch, drinking water, some Junch, if a long race. ani above wil a good bailer, with a lanyard by which itis made fast, A sheath lonfé, at the y i. or in reach in the well, sometimes useful, and should always be carried in racing or crdising, and twine, for re- pairs, should be kept close at hand. ‘ A Of course every endeavor will be made to obtain a weather posi- lion, and also to avoid crossing the line too soon and having lo re- eruss, or even getting too near it so 28 to have lo tack just as the signal is given, the object being te approauh the line with some way on, crossing it as the five minutes expires, but not before. thus se- cwing a goodstart, When once well away all will be made snug, lines coiled down, spinnaker ready in 4 ball with tack, head and claw projecting, each properly marked so As to be found ina hurry; boom ready to sebas soon as needed. : - A survey of the hoats will soon tell which are mose to be fearerd, ahs yh then the best course bo fake must be decided on, If the leading op- ponents aro well in hand and are losing ground, or gaining but litile, stick hy them, and use every endeavor te outfoot them, while net allowing then to get away from you; but if, on the contrary, you are elearly losing ground, then the best course is to break tacks, starting om and tristing t6 the chapter of accidents for a, shift of wind or 4 hetler set of tide, the chances being In one's favor, as he will in any j case ba no worse of than hefore, and any change must he for the better, No matler how batty things may look, do nol give up unless disabled ov unwell This no mall satisfaction to have sailed a game rice to the finish, even though not “placed: but apart from this, there is always a chance worth working for; the leading boat may be disabled, the wind may shift suddenly, adozen things tay happen to give the race to one who hangs on, working steadily and cheerfully and who is content with the thought that, in any case, he has done all that could be done, even though unsuccessful, * Alove all things, one should be cool, self-possessed, and keep one’s temper, difivalt things dometimes in the excitement of « close race, and the decision of the judges should be aveepted cheerfully, without erimbling or profesh, unless sure of good grounds for (helatter, Two or hhres disinterested partios, placed in the best possible position for seeing the race, are certainly mure competent to say who has finished first thon the racers themselves, all more or less excited and in posi- trons where ibis usually inpossible to see even a portion of the finish, and yet after avery rica there are always plenty to quarrel with the decision, and to insist on their Own version, While tha rave is in progress, know your rights and stand by the rules, but in all avoid any jockeying, such as is sometimes found in other sports, Canoeing and yachting ara, niore than all others, gentlemen's sports, and their admirers will always endeavor to protect them from the practices that have (disgraced rowing and Iéndred amusements. Keep ii mind thronghont, that the object aimed atis not only to carry off a certain prize, bith te da your part in such a manner, that even though unsuec- cessful, you will have credit from all of haying done bravely and thoroughly all that could be done, ' ABOUT THE WORST BURLESQUE on canoeing that has yet ap- peared, 15 contained in a page of sketchesin Frank Leslie's, for July ¢, 1883, Certainly no canveists will own the badly drawn and clumsy sketches as representations of their handsome and graceful ard while the tiflas annexed, impart novel ifiot accurate information: The hest pichure of the lot, a Shadow eanoe with a halance lug sail, is antitiod, “Shadow canoe, skiff vigged,’ un explanation that would Puzzle any canoeist, while uext to il, a Racine canoe figures as an “arrhight riciy canoe.” The drawing ol a canoeistin uniform issuf- ficient to inspire anyone with a (desire to imitate him, though why he grasps a baler’s peel, inshead of a double paddle, is a matter of con- jecture. ‘The worst! drawing of all. Fun fur the ladies.” prompts the hope that the owner of the legs, if he really ventured in such a tub as the artist has drawn, was not only ducked but drowned as 4 warn- ing to others. OF course it is not bo be expected that anyone not thoroughly posted will reproduces all minor details of rig with perfect accuracy, but at certainty is not too much to ask thal his drawings should havesome resemblance to the originals, and convey a fair Idea of their appearance. A.C. A. MBRT,—The customs officers at Rouse'’s Poiml, Montreal, Prescott, Gananoque, Kingston, Belleville, Cobourg, Porl Hope, Peter- boro, Lindsay. Toronto, Suspeusion Bridge, Windsor, Sarnia ane Mid- lund, will adinit canoes free of duty on production of a certificate of membership in the American Canoe Association, signed hy Dr. (. A, Neid6, Members intending fo eater Cauada at other points should write to N. D, Beck, Peterboro, Ontario, Canadu, and all should obtain a certificate Evorm an American customs officer, permitting the return of their canoes free of duty. All canoes shipped by freight will go ‘irect to Peterboro and be passed there. Gow, Edwards has also thade arrangements for the free transportation of twenty canoes tio Stouy Lake, if all shipped together, and those desiring to avail them- selves of this opportunity should addvess Mr, A, LoewenthalpCom, Knickerbocker Canoe Ol, THR OSWEGO RIVER.—Vheanix, Jily 8,—For the Information of I think the Oswego River would make a good route for necance trip. I could extend np the Oneida to Oneida Lake or up the Seneca Lo that chain of lakes as faras time would permit. The fishing and scenery of the Oswego are unsurpassed, Black bass, pike and plokerel with tly or troll Wrox Sucre, N, ¥.C, C. The summer races of the New York Canoe Club have been postponed for the present, owing to the absence of so muny of the members. Hachting. To insure prompl attention, conimunications should be «- dyessed to the Forest anit Stream Publishing Co., und not to individuals, i whose absence from the office matters of in- porlance cre liable to delay. FIXTURES, Jilly 12—Quiiey Y. C., Third Madah (4:80 PW). July 12—Hull Y, (., Ladies’ Day. July 12—New Bedford Y. ¢., Third Class Sloops, July sae sa) Soe Y. C., Sweepstakes, Secoud and Third Class, Mar Hehead. dnly 144—Toronto ¥.-C., Seven Tons and Under, Challenge Cimp. July 14—Hull ¥. O\. Ladies* Day, July 1d—Wastern ¥. C., Annual Cruise, Marblehead, Jnly 14—Larehmont Y. C., Ponnant Match, Classes |, 2, 3, July 18—Cottage Park ¥. 0,, Winthrop, Annual Mateh. July 19—Saleni Bay Y. C., Second Uhampion Match. July 20—Bunker Hill Y. a. Annual Mutehes. July 21—Raritan ¥. C. Corinthian Match, July 21—Larehmont ¥. C., Pennant Match, Classes 4, 5, July 2i—Bull ¥, O,, Second Club Match, July 23—Bay of Quinte Y. C., Corinthian Cup. July %—Provineetown Y, C., Chub Mateh, July 28—Hull Y. ©., Squadron Cruise, July 28—Larehmont ¥, (, Penmant Match, Classes 6, 7. July 25— Baverly Y-. C., First Special, Monument Beach. duly 29—Quaker City ¥. C., Review and Harbor Cruise, Aug, 1—Cleveland Y, A., Annual Cruise, Aug, 2—New Bedford Y. C., Second Class Sloops. Ang, 2and4—Chicago ¥. C., Annual Matches. —New York Y, C., Rendezvous at New Port, 4—Beverly ¥. (., Nahant, Second Championship. 4—New Haven Y. C., Annual Crnise. Ang, 4-19—Quaker City ¥. C., Annual Cruise to Chesapeake Bay, Aue. f—New Bedford Rendezvous at Now London. Aug. &8—New Bedford Aunnal Cruise, Ang, 10—Quiney Y. C., Pourth Match (8 P. M,). Ang. 11—Larehmont ¥. C,, Pennant Mateh, Classes 1, 2, Aug. 11—Lthull Y. G., Third Club Match, Aug. 11—Raritan Y. C., Open Matches. Aug. 15—Provineetown Y, C., Open Matches. Ang. 15—Bunier Hill, ¥. C., Club Mateh, Aug. 16—New Bedford Y. C., Third Class Sloops. Aug. 16—Silem Bay Y¥. C., Third Champion Match, Aug. 18—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Glasses 4 Aug. 18—Beverly ¥. G., Open Matches, Ave. 26—Beverly ¥Y. C., Second Open Mateh, Monument Beach, Aug. 25—Ravitan Y. C., Corinthian Match. Aug. 25—Larchmont Y, C., Pennant Mateh. Classes Aup. 25—Hull ¥. C., Open Mailch. : Sopt. 1Hull ¥. C., First Championship Match, Aug. Aug, Aug. Sept. 5—Provinuetown Y, C,. Cli Match. Sept. §8—Raritan Y. 0., Corinthian Match. Sept. &—Larchmont Y.C., Pennant Match, Glasses |, 2, 4. Sept, S—UullY. C., Third Championship Match, Sept. 8—Quinoy ¥- C,, Closing Mutat. Sep Sepi, Sept WHAT IS THE USE OF SANDBAGS? PPALOSE ells still encouraging the use of sandbags for shifting ballast in open boat sailmge, do so upon the plea that it contri butes to speed, und though a nuisance m every respect, and entail ing great expense. must be borne on that account, We question the correctness of any such repos iod, Examples without end might be cited where sandbaggers haye heen beaten by fixed ballast boats, but here we will refer ouly to oné notable cuse of recént occurrence, [Suny 12, 1883. Relating to the rece hey tity ¥. h i fee followings recent race of the Jersey City Y. C., we have received Editor Forest ind Stream. Th your brief account of the regatia of the Jersey City ¥, C., sailed on the 20th ilt., you characterize the hoats engaged, as skimming dishes, pendlhar are ote, ele. While this is true of the opeu honts of the a ade ly, T would like to call your attention to the faat, that the Naiad, modeled by Philip Elsworth though a centerboard, is Bearcely to other. Here is the desuription, ‘and winner in ¢lass W, al- ; be called aie ae one or ee 3 and you can judge for yourself. Length of loadline, 23ft.; extreme houny, 1. 8ft. : ah of hold, SEN § draft of water, without board, 3.3ft. Ballast, a trifle over two anc a half tons of nicely moulded iron, cast to fil; ter bottom. How is that foraskimmimg dish and « hag-tosser? The work of athletics and jovkeying, on board of her, was all performed by three very nimble TOREE SEDARIS of the species landlihber, whose hardest Inhor that day was to restrain themselves from eating sandwiches, anid drinking ginger ale, all round the course, Her competitions were the Columbia, sandbagger. about 25{t. line. and Alla, a veritable skimmer without doubt, haying a draft of about eighteen inches or so, on a loadline oF 27th, and provided with a professional skipper and crey, nol fo mention 4 good-sized jibtopsail aud gafftopsail. The Columbia, and Najad had jib and maiisail only, The wind was extreinely light much of the time, and westerly all of it, making a free wind both Ways, with smooth water, conditions yery much favoring the aoa boats, the Allain particular, as ib enabled her to use her topsails with immonse advantage, The skimmers were smact, the Alla especially, bit the genius of Phil Hlswerth was top much for them, and, in spite of the enormous odds in (heir favar, they came, saw, and were scouped. flaprpy Meprust. 5 HULL Y. C.—JULY 7. WECOND match was sailed July 7, off Hull pier, Four classes. 2 Conrse for second-class ten miles and for others seven mules, Wind strong from west, the cause of several accidents. Gretchen spring her tiller, Kismet was swamped and Fancy's “railway” came away fromthe mast. Sloop Lillie is reported to have Jost howsprit on the homeward passage off Toddy Rock. Start flying, time from the gun, no period of grace to the slow. Judges, W. A. Cary, FN, Griffin, C. B. Churchill, W. K. Miller. Prizes, second class, 310 and $7, same for cenferboards; fourth class, $7, $5 and $3: fifth class, $6, $4 and $2; sixth class, $3and $2. Also Corinthian prizes to hoats sailed wilh “amateur crews. No entries in first and ftnird classes, Sum- mary: SECOND CLASS KEELS—26 'ro d& FEET, Length, Actual, Correeted Lillie, P.M, Bond.,.,-...--.. Ai peeciip ry 206 13 143 09 Transit, 1, A, Ingalls... -....1.) 10... RH10 145 31 115 21 ’ SECOND CLASS—CENTERBOARDS, 26 'ro 35 PERT. Magic, B.C, Neali-- 2-21. B17 138 08 1 1243 Fanchon, §, Sthoff,..........--20.0., 26.3 1 df 42 119 57 No second prize was given in this class on account of there being only two entries. FOURTH CLASS—CATRIGS, 21 TO 26 FEET. Queen Mab, W. L, Phinney..,.. . .,, 22.07 1 00 38 4b 01g Amy, EB, W. Baxter, .2sy.).).ch2222 22s 24.06 114 52 49 2246 Gisela, D, Aborn —_. eee 1 17 26 51 27 Iris Ky Bouthenio-e ee menaeen eee 2006 1 21 22 S4 59 ; FIFTH CLASS—CATRIGS, 18 To 21 PHET, Corsair, A.J. and L. M. Clarke... ...18.11 1 22 21 55 1814 Myrtle, O. N. aud R. C. Poor..-.,,,,, 18.06 128 18 65 53 Id five, H, A. Kemp... .... 22.05... 48,00 1 29 08 1 00 0784 SIETH CLASS—CATRIGS, HOATS UNDER 18 FEET. Samaria, 8. G. King... ry eel 138 15 53 Sf Zip, G. W. Morton - _ 16.06 140 10 109 80b6 Gretchen, B. P, Sharpe, --. 16,11 BEVERLY Y. G.—JULY 7. HA first vlampionship race of the season was held at Marblehead, July 7%, and brought ont a good lofiof Ayers. The morning opened calm, but by ten o'clock the wind pring up from the W.5. W., rapidly ineréasiig in foree, till af the time of the start some of the boats looked as if they needed leets, and non-racing boats were reefed all round, Dourse for first class was, leaving black buoys cand 4 on starboard, Half Way Rock, stakeboatoff S. BE. Breaker, buoy on Gales Ledge, Bowditch’s Ledge beacon and red buoy 6 on port hand to jndges’ yacht, ten and one-half miles, The preparatory gun was Prompuy fired at12M , butastheseeond fun persistently refused to go off, a delay of fiye minutes occurred before first class understood they were to fo. Eugenia, c. b, eat, Irving §. Palmer, 28ft. 3in., was the first off ab 12:11, under mainsail and balloon jib; followed at 12:12:50 hy the new keel slog Countess, Geo, &. Chase, Jiff. 6in., with large gaff and jibtopsals drawing, while the rear was brought up by the cutter Beetle, Aug. Hemmen- way. 27ft. din., setting light sailsas she wentfor fhe line, Beetle was seriously handieapped by the fact that Mr. temuienway came over with only one man aboard besides himself, and EATS afl bhe lub house had been crafted aboard the boats arriving earlier. So he had to sail very short-handed; and was unavoidably slow will his light sails. Schooner Bessie was on hand, but having no competitor in that class, did not care to start against Countess and Beetle. Out to the Rock the wind was on starboard quarter; Countess sou took the lead, though the cathoat was sailing yery fast, From the Rock to stakehoat it was almost dead before the wind. At the boat, mainsails were jibed ovewand the yachts hauled up a little for ihe run on to Gale's Ledge. Countess and Beetle stowed spinnakers, Tugeénia changed hers to port, and, being a little bothered m doing so, was passed by Beetle, From Gale’s Ledge to Bowditchs Beacon it was alongand a short leg, with a dead heat home from the Bea- eon, Topsails were taken in, and the beat made under lower sail, Countess holding a food lead, crossing the line ab 2:35;15, Beetle, 2:43:40; Eugenia, 2:46;01. Eugenia lost u few minutes by praving w ledge, Five boats started in second class, oyer a 7}4-mile colirse, as fol- lows: Cairny buoy on Selman’s Berth, and blaek buoys 3, 5 and 7 on port; stakeboat off Curtis Point, and Bowditeh's Ledge Beaton on starboard, buoy fon port. They were the old rivals, Hoiden, P. 0, Severance, 23ft., and Peri, Vice-Com. Parkman, 20ft, 7in., the cham- pions for 1882.and 1881, Also, Mr, Burgess’s new 21ft, Herneh, the winner of thes. B. Y. C. open race; Spider, late Julia, 20ft., Walter Aly hott, avery fast boat, and Mr. C. H. W. Foster’s new keél wutter Car- mita, 21ft, 4in. Caprice, keel cat, entered but did not start, so all sailed for one prize. Carmita led off at 12:17:50; then Hornet,12:19:20; Peri,12:19:45; Spider, 12:20:03, and Hoiden ‘at, 12:20:25. It was almost before the wind to buoy 3, then wind on port quarter to buoy 5, the course grad- nally hauling up, till Curtis Point was reached. Here they jibed and te yery quickly down to the Beacon, whence it was u dead heat nome. Carmita easily held the lead till she fattened in sheets for the beat home, when the catboats began to gain, Hoiden going to thi fore, Hornet second with Peri steadily gaming, then Carmita. Spider seemed to be fairly drowned out, and after a while reefed down and started home, Hornet also found it tao hot for her, and had to harden down two reefs. Pert and Carmita going by her, they orossed the line as follows: Woiden,. 1:59:45; Peri, 2:08:25; Carmita, 2:04:32; Hornet, 2:09:06, 5 Just as the gun was fired for third class, Psyche's tiller snapped, and the others waited for anew one to be fitted, the wind rapidly increasing in force and setting stakeboat adrift. As soon as stakehoat was towed back to its place, Pulip, Gardon Dexter, 18.7ft. went off at 12:26:30 over same course as stcond class, Psyche, not being quife ready, the others waited and started as follows: Josephine, 18ft., J. P, Moore, at 12:31:22; Psyche, 19ft. din, Com, Searg, 12:33:20; Dandelion, 18ft. 8in., C. F. Adams, dd, 12:38:35 Atbuoy 3, Tulip, who had got a trifle to windward off the course, hore away a little, just as a heavy pull struck her. Th a second she was “gzoose-winged,” and, for the first. time in the history of the elith, a capsize had to he pnt on record. Her crew climbed onto her bottom and were soon taken off by dories from the shore. Psyche early tools thé bit between her teeth; her rudder head Beaeas to go und the peak Was limbered to ease her, At Bowditch’s Ledge she carried awa: io more tillers, and twisted rudder bead badly. She then anchored, put in two reefs and shipped # jury tiller, but even then would not work, aud had to pubin two more reefs, Then she kept on, made the course, bh was so lale as notto betimed. Dandelion came in at 2:29:32; Josephine at 2:44:10, SUMMARY. Actual, Corrected, Countéss.----.., anos at a Sseco Traes-4 piate Be Re 210 19 Beetle. . 2-29 00 S18 56 Hugenia., 2 do 07 225 57 Hoiden 1 BO 20 1 38 40 Por]. -)s 1 43 60 1.30 42 Carmita,-- 1 46 2 1 34 10 FWornet,,.,.- -1 49 46 137 9 Spider... 2.10. _Withdrawn. Dandelion... A 55 57 i 4b 49 Josephine —_ = 22-12 48 150 44 Psyche... os .., Not times. Tulip ...... oe ae p pos aes EN Ala, wtzae posted : Judges, W. HH. Aspinwall, W. Lloyd Jeffries Judges* yacht, Cycl Brey oie i) i aS poe tne ras Ca a ——— ———— Jury 12, 1883.) FOREST AND STREAM. ——— 475 WSS BOSTON CITY REGATTA.JULY 4. | paed racing for the fet a prizes was not what it ought to have heen. for two reasons. TWirst, there was too little windward work, the courses being rouid about, and second, the courses were loo short. This lastis a common complaint in American yachting, and takes from records much of their meaning. [n the Boston races, for example, Shadow was outlucked at the starc, and for want of dis- tance, was unable to make up what she ¢ertainly is capable of doing with time enough. She was beaten by a whole crowd of miscel- laneous uraft, decidedly not her equal on any point of sailing. Of what account can a result be, achieved really without even giving the opportunity for competition? The courses might all, with propriety, have heen doubled in length, and there is uo reason why a city regatta should degenerate into baby’s play any more than regular club matches. But beyond the fun a dash or seramble affords, the Boston city regatta does not deserve the dignity of being classed as Tracing. Hirst class was not open so much to this objection, and teally Maggie and Hesper made the best race of the day. Siren dropped in at the finish just in time to squeeze the prize from the eulter’s grasp by allowance. But she was so much smatler than the other two, that, finding just enough wind for herself, and not quite enough forthe others, she profited by the state of the weather and won on dispensation from Providence rather than ou her merits. As she has been handily béaten by Maggie upon previous occasions, the uth of our vemarks will be conceded, Had the course been longer, it would have give the big ones more Chauce to shake their smaller sister, which they came yery near doing asiftwas. Hesper and Maggie made fine sportall day, The eubter got off a little the best in her class, and down wind held Hes- per, On thé close Hanl and beat home, the two made it such bow and buw business that superiarity cannot be awarded to either. Measurement was against the cutter, however, as she was rated full foudline length withoul regard to her sail area, which is considerably smaller than the plaus supplied to sloops of like length. With the new measurement rules in force, Maggie would haye won with ample tospare, Racing between her and Hesper is always so close, how- ever, that the day is generally decided upon seamanship, or the faintest seniblance of tuck, In second class, things got topsy turyey, owing to Shadow following the big ones too far under the lee of Spectacle Island, while her class got fresh streaks making boards down the West Way. Of course the erack sloop picked them up one hy One as she got after them, but the course was tou short, and she finished low down in the list astern of some very ordinary boats. The “eye opener” of the day was decidedly the cutter Vayu, new frou Lawley & Son’s yard, last year, and as yet only a dark horse. In her class she won a smartly sailed race, slrictly upon merit. Starting down Thompson's Island shore, with lots of yachts in the lead, she showed so well to windward in the few boards down chan- nel until & course could be laid for the turning beacon, that she Weathered on the mnujority. She was third to round and second to finish, taking first prize on time from the redoubtable Lillie, She was stiff as a church, and went through yery clean, considering her beam, Altogether, we were much impressed with her excellent per- formance. Being, besides, a yacht of grand accommodation, with iron ballash only, absolutely sate, flush deck and smart in appearance, we think it quite certain that others of her kind will be built this winter. ‘the schoonevs were an odd lot, rather cheap looking in equipment and aloft. Vanitas is a bold little craft, however, a cut above the rest, but what a piby such small schooners are not rigged as yawls. They would be equally handy, faster and more economical to com- mission. Third class made a big bunch clear down, and only strung out toward the close. Queen Mab and Seabird proved the attraction, suid for once Seabird gave in by afew seconds and captured second _ money instead of her usual first. The cathoat class was so numerous and sailed away to itself that we could not follow their movements. We should recommend a unification of ceurses for next year to facil- itate recording the happenings during the race, for with nothing bat the times at the finish, the public is left in the dark altogether on the merits of the vontestauts. But for our chartering a special steamer, We should have séen nv more of the race than the judges aboard the tug at anchorat the line. % Courses for first class out Broad Sound, passing Grayes and Hard- ings to starbourd, thence returning by maim ship channel—distance, 20 miles, Course for second class down West Way, to and around Point Allerton buoy. thence returning through the main ship chan- nel—14 miles. The third class went to and around flagboat off Old Harbor point, thence to Buoy 7 off the fort, thence around Spectacle Island to lower middle Buoy 6, and returning direct—8 miles. Fourth class course around lower middle Buoy & and Slate-Jedge buoy, thence returning direct—h mniles. No restrictions to sails, excepting fourth class, where sloops were limited (0 jib and mamsail: catrigs, insinsai) only, Yachts in the first class were not allowed to carry more than fifteen hounds; second class eight hands; third class five hands; Tourth class four hands, Wind in morning 9,45 light and variable from eastward. Start was mide fying to a “one gun whistle,’ which would haye made it ex- #iting work but tor the ubsence of enough wind. Taght veins from the eust saw them clearof the line, the big ones gomg to the fore, Maggie and Hesperliad barely fetched Spectacle Island abeam on a aloge haul when the little fellows came down with spinnakers to star- hoard before a fresh southwest wind which now came off shore quite sharp. This made two or three boards necessary for second cluss, While Maggie, Hesper and Sirén had it on starboard quarter all the way onf Broad Sound, Th was during this windward work Lillie, Vayu aud Lapwing distinguished themselves, the latter, however, giving in fo superior tonnage and finding almost too much wind for her big squareheader. ‘The class held each other well down along Pedock’s Island and Nantasket Beach, the léaders rounding Allerton Mark as itary as we could time them as follows: Lillie at 11-10 with a half mile lead, cutter Lupwitg at 11:13, cubler Vayu 11:13:30, Gem 11:14, it was a close haul honie through wiain channel. Lapwing doused topsail, and nearing finish Vayu went by her weather in constantly Strengthening breeze, On the whole, the cubters proyed about as —_ MAGGIE, CUTTER, 89.64 ft. CORRCTED LENGTH. sli! as any yachts in the fleet, Lapwing utecasionally bending to a strong pull more than the rest. Schooners and sloops of the olher classes followed m crowds 80 fast in each other’s wake that it was impossible to cateh their doings lu a steamer of consumptive engine power, Maggie continued to tead Hesper by a few lengths on the close haul home through main chaunel, Wind having veered to the westward, they were oblised to make uw couple of hitches coming across the West Way and inder Spectacle Island to fetch to wind- ward of the markboat al the finish. This jas the prettiest and closest work imaginable. The couple tacked in to Spectacle, ihe eutter having weather berth and Hesper footing on her a trifle. When high enongh or finish, Flesper was first around on port tack again, crossing Qnder Magpie’s stern, ‘Then the cutter hove about and lead by two lengths along ‘Chomp son’s Island, The sloop tried for the other one’s weather, and Maggie could not help if, for want of water to Wit out. So Hesper crawled up and threatened to blanket Maggie und show the way ueross the line, Almost abreast they came tearing up the beach, when half mile below the finish the cutter ran from under Hesper’s lee and led over the line by a length. All by herself Siren came along five minutes later, when by profound ciphering. it was discovered that Maggie had not Eapeivelt the big prize, but that little Siren was the Winner by a minute and more upon Joadline lime Mlowanee. A sort of sip between the cup and the cutter. Summary and official times as follows: FIRST GLASS SLUOPS. Actual, Corrected, Syren, W. C. Dillingham .......,... 0.0 258 85 3 46 16 Maggie, George HW, Warren._., ..... 345 02 ® a7 39 Hesper, W. H. Porhes.-...... : 3 48 07 d 48 OF SECOND CLASS {BOARD SLOOPS, Magic, EC Neal ..., .... -80 02 2 22°20 Blt 2 Nimbus, 6, Jenney._- 3 08 2 23 06 218 4 Olytie, F. Cunningham. - 8 (0) 226 U5 B21 16 Frolic, A. J, Wright... 29 11 2 30 48 222 31 Shudow, John Bryant..., . 88 00 2 28 03 RB 45 Panchonu, W, 6. Clazhorn...- _ 25 06 2-49 4% 225 34 KEML SLOOPS, Vayu, C, A. Welsh, Jr....... .. 06 2 21 8b 215 09 Lillie, Gale & Bond... Bh 02 219 07 217 29 Gem, J. A. Osgood__.., ¥ OG 2 34 05 2 19 52 Lapwing, J. M, forbes... OU) 2 23 36 2191 (37 Aegir, William MeCormic 3 00 2 30 36 225 47 Viking, S. P. Preeman.- NU) Bat 14 2 31 27 Transit, A. K. Small... 2 44 28 % 31 42 Viona, Howard Gray,. 2 46 32 236 16 Eros, J. W. Hudson...-._-.___. - 2d 08 2 a9 48 SHOOND OLASS SUHUONERS, Vanitas. H, Hutchinson 27 06 2 a7 47 226 25. Bessie, C. P. Curtis .,..._., 27 02 2 40 05 2 28 15 Monarch, Henry Hussey . - 24 00 beet 2 36 29 Louella, J. B. Howe....... 23.00 250 19 2 45 80 THIRD GLASS —CENTEREOARD SLOOPS. Queen Mab, W. L. Phinney - ui 1 45 05 1 41 09 Seabird, George S. Worbush 2 1 45 32 1 41 47 Lizzie F. Daly, Wm. Daly. J 23 06 147 146 01 J.S. Poyen. Jr,, Pierce & 22 U6 149 24 1 47 02 Grete, i. W-.Hillgs 27 oe 0, OF 1 40 43 1 48 27 Rebie, J. P. Phinney. . 22 00 1 62 00 4 49 08 Maid, J, B, Farrell... 21 10 1 62 41 1 49 38 Posie, H. J. MeKee.-- 21 0 1 66 40 1 52 49 Expert, FH, Monks,,... 22 1H 1 1 55 55 Alda, W. H. Wilkinson, 241.. 23 02 1 65 00 1 43 18 Daintless, fT, H. Boardman. 21 4 1 56 80 1 5a 55 Pearly Pelee eine see Dats 1 ov £1 1 55 10 David Crocket, H. Putnam, yee 2008) 200 12 1 45 25 Herald. H, B. Smith.,....., BOY OU 2 0 Bb 1 55 81 Milen, BP. X. Kenting. - : 2 U7 AL 2 02 28 ager p OT es Sr tere ata ty eer 2 09 27 06 35 THIRD) ChA Banneret, A. GC. Allen..-......---, 1 48 38 1 4% 30 Nydia, J. Galvin, ...., 1 0 45 148 24 Raven, A. P. Friend... ago: { 68 00 1 52 5) Judith, E, T, Pigeon,....._., § 2.222206 1 At 03 1 53 41 Ibex, Knowlton & Williams 23 00 1 56 24 1 56 16 Fearless, A, Kidd..,........ -. 2010 2 00 35 1 46 28 Whitewing, Charnock Brus. +. 221 08 208 46 2 00 05 Macduff, J. L Garrick, --- B 80 08 205 04 2 00-22 Cimbria, W. H, Wedger..,..- - as, 2a 2 0G 57 2 (4 05 FOURTH CLASS—CENTRREUARDS, Ibis, J. K. Souther... .-.....,..,. 07 1 36 2 1 86 OL Miobe, J, F. Brown,, .,..-. . 19-08 1 36 20 1 36 07 FPloru Lee, G. H. Lincoln... 16 00 1 89 55 1 36 30 Fancy, Stone & Kddy,._.. 1) 06 1 36 8k 1 35 05 Jessie, W, B. Smith. _- AP OG 1 41 40 1 39 39 Corsair, A. J, Clark... AY 09 1 46 00 148 12 Wildfire, H. A, Keith... ty a L 46 55 143 41 Spider, Walter Abbott... 17 1 1 46 00 ddd 2y epray EPs art, ee yeh a ye 18 1 4 28 1 4458 Flight, C. A. Borden. 15 WW t 49 09 1 46 34 Parole, H. G. Bowe ww 1 60 87 1 48 09 Kismet, H, N. Curtis 17 10 1 Bl 23 1 48 Ah Roeket, B. F. Bugs,..-.,, 15 08 1 Sit 45 1 50 OU Joker, George Coffin......., 1) 05 4 BU 55 1 50 29 Gretehen, &. P. Sharpe. ___ 16 08 1 Bb O00 (58 d4 Minnette. Arthur Wolt_- 19 Oi 1 53 55 1 ba Be Aliee L., P. W_ Lynoh 1G 04 201 25 1 58 BU Sphinx, Fred. Dumn, Lu Ob 2 UY 19 | 50 BL Bijou, A. H, Jones, ___. (pec s6-< 16 Ud 2 5 64 2 1 27 Ripple, Belcher & Dunham, paetay 205 32 2 01 57 Lillie, E.G, Robinson............ --..,.. 16 0b SM 5g = 01 57 Dandelion, C.F. Adams, id. .,._,,,-.16 09 Withdrawn, Samaria, 8. G, BMg. 6 cys ence AP OO Withdraw, FPOURTH ChLASS—KEELS. Nonpareil, B. Larning.- 16 08 1 4h 50 1 42 40 Charlotte, Gurrowny & Ci 17 OF 1 46 50 1 44 36 Vesper. Benner Bros__- 1809 1 4% 55 1 46 57 Hard Times, H.W. Geyer... .... _.__-. 18 Of 1 44 35 1 48 14 Meteor, Willigin Partinson 16 U2 i 51 80 14815 Nigzie, S$) Porter, Ur. 2... so -. 1S 09 1 if 24 1 48 26 Dora. G, C. Tilson... : .... 16 W 1 43 20 1 50 44 Delle, P, M. and C. Ef. Gifford, .- 19 11 15 1 62 37 Kmimna Carter, F. Carter....,, 19 1% 1 fF 15 Inez, H, I. Goodrich, .. _18 06 1 1 57 27 Patience, A. A. Nieckerson..... ,,. -., 14 04 2 2 02 35 Glide, Smith & Paine... cc. . ee 15 OG 2 09 00 2 05 O04 Sophia, Philip Hiekey ................, 15 00 229 00 pep ee Prizes xo to the follawing: Wirst ¢lass—first prize, $50, Syren, Second class centerboard sloops—tirst prize, $40, Magic; second 325, Nimbus, - peeeny elass keel sloops—Pirst prize, $40, Vayu; second, $25, sillie, Second class schooners—First prize, $45, Vanitas;second, $20, Bes- se. Third class centerboard sloops Wirst prize, $40, Queen Mab; see- ond, $25, Seabird; third, $15, Lizzie; fourth, $10, J. 8, Poyen, Jr. Thi elass keel sloops—First prize, $40, Banneret; second, $25. Nydia; thin, $15, Raven; fourth, $10, Judith. Fourth class ceuterboards—lirst prize, $24, Ibis: second, 20, Niobe; third, $15, Flora Lee; fourth, $10, Paney; fifth, $5, Jessie, Fourth class keels—Wirst prize. $25, Nonpareil; second, $20, Char- lntte: third, $15, Vesper; for fourth and fitth prizes the Hard Times and Meteor tied, Money, $15, to be divided between the two. LARCHMONT Y. C.—JULY 4. OURTH annual matches of the club were sailed July 4, in good southwest breeze, which unfortunately afforded little windward work, Classes A and 8, for schooners over and under T5tt, mean length, Class ©, sloops over 55ft, Class 1, sloops over 42i't,; class 9, sloops over 80ft.; class 3,sloops under 30ft,; Glass 4, sandbageers uver 24ft,; class 5, same under 2311.; class 6, cats over 28ft.; class 7, eats under 238!t, Tl will be seen that the race was certain to be a sue cess in classification if nothing else, Fortunately this endless variety was condensed by the nonappearance of the alphabetival wlasses, Classes 4, 6 and 7 had one entry only. Prizes were as followst Class A, $100; class B, $100; class C, $75; class 1, $75: class 2, B75; class 8, 60; class 4, #50; class 5, $50; class 6, $35; class 7, $35, Also special prize in Class 0, a cup, value $750, presented by Mr, W, E, Conner, to be held until ten days prior tonext annual mateh, when it is to be again sailed for, Yachts winning three times to hold cup as property. Also a cup, value $550, presented by Mr. Geo, J, Gould, open to classes 1 and 2 under forégoing conditions, Larch- mont members only, Other club prizes open to New York, Seawan- haka, Atlantic, Hastern and New Bedford Y.C. Courses, for class C from point off Larchmont to and around buoy west of Execution Lighthouse; thence to Center Island buoy; thence back to Captain’s Island buoy; thence back to Exgcution and to place of departure, distance twenty-eight miles. For classes I. and Tl. samé course to Matinnicoek buoy, und thence ae via Captain’s Island and Execution buoys, distance twenty-two iniles, For all other classes same course, substituting Constable Point lmoy for Captain’s Island, distapee seventeen miles. Judges, Messrs. W, H. Jenkigs, W. Morgan Draper and Stevenson Tower. Steamer Crystal Stream went oyer the course wilh club guests. Tidefirst of the ebb. Owners to steer, except. in class C. Some good racing was expected, The old couple Faunie and Gracie were to haye it ‘out, and made such close work that in rounding Oap- fais Island buoy, Fanny crowded down on Gracie and fouling her, drew the bolts of Gracie’s backstay, whereupon her topmast went over the side. Gracle had inside berth at the time and claims Panny did not give her water enough to round. The Conner eup remains in abeyance till the foul is decided. Another account, however, is ta this effect; Gracie had been blanketed by Fanny, and the former's boom swung aweather so that backstay had to be comeup. Then as Fanny shot past, Gracie’s mainsail suddenly filled away again, and not bemy met with enough helm, she came to so sharp as ta foul Fanny's main boom with her topmast stay, pulling the topmast out of her. Panita led Rover with plenty to spare, bul Royer made a better match with Mr. Gould's sloop than in last years'trim, A&s for the next class, expectations were doomed to disappointment, Waye, it will be remembered, lorded if, in her class as the fagtest of her inches in America, until the cutter Madge came along one day and took the sloop’s vanity down a peg. Riely, enough, Wave was os- tensibly built for a cruiser. and with that bull luck always present in thumb rile inodeling, a faster form was hit than all the yachts built purposely for racing, When Madge went out of commissiun, her'skipper being called to Glusgow to look after Mr, Woats’s other yachts, Wave was once more cock-of-the-walk, especially as she had been much improyed and had condéescended to adopt several wrinkles from the Scotwh visitor. This year, however, the appearance of a new venture iu the way of the pretty buttreacherous Crocadile, bids fair to see Wave’s bright record brought toa close, Crocodile we think some two or three minutes faster than Waye, over a fwenbty-five mile course, as lone as shit can cavy her rig, whichis wot very long, ‘The race of the Atlan- tie Y, C. and the recént pennant match between the two settled noth- ing, 45 both days were too fluley to form any judgment. Conse- quently the Larchmont match was to be a sort of concluding rubber to settle the question, Tne rubber wound up rather dolefully for Crocodile, for she was kept well in hand all day by Waye and Schemer into the bargain, both winning from thé new boat with 476 r ——— re FOREST AND STREAM. {Suny 12, 1883, something to spare Hut weare still inelined to give Crocodile the reference, and leave it to those interested to explain away her defeat, In class’ the race lost some of ifs interest owing to the absence of the cutter Petrel, Tl was just her day, and she could have Janded the prize with ease. But she was off cruising about Green- port and had a mateh on hand with bigger game. The new Gleam ailed Lo show to advantage, as had been expected in some quarters, und she was easily beateu by the other two in her class—one a secondzrate boat and the other without even arecord. Gleam stenis « liitle too much of the washbowl order to make « going boat, except in yery light winds at low speeds, when form does not count for mimeli and sail area goes for a great deal. The Lavehmont rule is the olil-fashioned Jength affair, and under it Gleam receives great favor in the way of large rig. When made to pay for sail area under he new rule adopted by the leading clubs, her chances with her class na breeze do uot seem over bright. Por the rest, the classes were filled with shifting ballast boats and the best we an say of them is that all but one kept right side up for the day. The black sheep was Hornetagain, The poor thing tumbled over jibing around Mattinioock and spill her crew into the sea, whence they were fished out by boats atthe scene of collapse and set up wdry. All hands got off in fair order, though the usnal average of Slow coagher had to accept a handicap of their “wn making. It was about a dead beat to the Execution mark and the flaeh broke tacks working out. Gracie with Jibtopsail soaked up slowly on Panny, the latter with a ballooner stopped to the stay, being unable to follow suit, und tucking around, bore awny for Mattinicock in the lead, Croco- dile had shown herself a wood one to windward and came to the mark with the weather berth in hervlass. Varina and Amayon had left Gleam hopelessly iu the Short beat down. Orienta had worked up through the rest of the athletes of the small fry and waa first to toss her sandbags into the boat as she paid out sheet around Bxe- cution. Zoe, With Mr, Sanderson at the stick, followed a minute Jater nod Ada, ohe of the cracks among the bagtossers, brought up the rear for want of good skippering, Times at the mark. Gracie, 11:58:50; Fanny, 12:10:20; Rover, 12:00:55; Wanita, 12101145; Crocodile, 12:05:05; Schemer, 12:06:28; Wave, 12:07:24; Varuna, 8; Amazon, 12:17:39; Orienta, 12:19:45; Chemann, 10:19:55; Zoe, 12:20:46; Gleam, 12:21:85. The rest followed at short intervals, The bveexe tréshened. and spinnakers to starboard lifted the yachts sloug ata flying rate. The athletic division ahd Class $ were to round Mattinicock ae ry for Constable buoy, Horvet fell over, the rest of the epen bouts piled sand hie} on part sideand slid for the néxt mark. Times at Mattinicock;: Panita, 12700758; Rover, 12:56:02; Varuna, 1:03:30; Amazon, 1:06:08; Ohemaun, (1:05:45; Oriente, 1:08:14; Zoe, 1:08:35; Comfort, 1:11:00; Fairy, 1:12:00; Nymph, 1:12:10; Gleam, 1313305; others later. Gracie and Panny held their course for Centre Island, while Fanita, Rover, Crocodile, Wave, Schemer and Comfort with port tacks aboard made for Captain's [sland buoy. The saud-baggers fetched their turning pointas follows, in Company with the small cabin sloops: Chemaun, 1:48:23; Varina, 10:85; Zoe, 15125) Ori- enta, 1:59:13; Amazon, 1:52:20; Nymph, 1:56:00; Fairy, 1:56:82; Meteor, 1:59:20, Ada, 1:59:32, and Gleam, 2:01:10. Back to Execution they had to put in some more windward work. Chemaun squared around that buey for the run up to finish at 2:48:51; Fanita at 2:50:26; Orienta, 24216; Zoe, 2:50:45, and Rover at 2:57:00, The larger classes were not timed at their upper Girns. Spinnakers to port brought the fleet heme again, with the finish as under, Gracie running Wanny very close. though Imus balloon jibtopsail: OLASS C—CABIN SLOOPS. Start. Finish, Elapsed. Corrected, Wadi «sca 2 22 jedate 11 28 80 3.21 17 a 52 47 dH 52 47 FAanoy.....-. 2.0... ..2eeeee1T RB BO 3 20 3d S62 08 3 40 038 _ OLASS 1, i IEG gai sew 1 sages oes; 11 28 3) 3 07 05 3 38 45 488 35 PROMOS oo pecas sein oleqere? 11 Rf 08 4 13 56 244 51 # 46 20 CLASS 1, Orocodle.....- ---- 11 85 47 3 3410 4 08 23 4 08 2 Wave...... 11 26.07 3-34 13 + 08 00 407 35 Schemer ..... . 11 20 30 3.35 14 408 44 4 00 07 (omports ,.; e-2:--= At 25 41 Not timed. OLASS 111, VETUUD. cece wwee oe yee 25 00 3 24 23 $8 5) 28 259. 23 Aimapom.—.--)-.-- 1 459-01 28 05 3 2b a0 457 Ba 86 6 Gleain..... - . 1 25 10 3 38 o4 410 44 406 19 ] OLASS TY, Mheniann -__- li a7 3 208 10 430 39 330 a9 CLASS VY. Ada + ld 88 30 B 26 82 3 48 02 a 4k 02 2A a tea he 94-11 87 32 3 12 03 3.38 31 8.38 15 Hornet. ...,,.,....,--- -. 11 88 18 Capsized. Nytiipht.-.....,...---.... 1 a7 18 8 28 00 a 50 42 § 49 22 Orienta -....., eo AD BT 0S 3 15 00 337 fie + 86 35 ih ie aoe 11 20 45 3 42 33 3.47 48 3.46 Ui OLASS VI, Meteor. _. . 11 38 39 8°23 57 3.45 27 B45 27 LASS VLI Coquette. -...... 62 ns li 23 a0 3 3h al 4 57 00 3 57 00 Fanny wins in class ( subject to protest, and takes Conner cup for the year. Fanita wins in class I. and also takes Gould eup. Schemer wine club prize iii class I,, Amazon in class OT,, Orienta in class V.; Qhemann, Meteor and Cognette liad a sail over, FROM THE DELAWARE. Wor the Publie Ledaers Mr, Eprrorn—Heavy eigen is gaining ground rapidly, even With those who own shoal draft hosts. Although the angle of heel ig ereater in the deeper and nerrower boats, yet If is compénsuted by grester safety and power. A low center of frayity means stabil- ity, by addiug power tothe righting couples, and this may be lowered sufficiently to multe the hoa hucapsizahle. A shoal, wide boat presents a powerful resistance to a lateral pres- sure, She careona slowly at first, but, when the weather side is lifted out of water by the lueward buoyaney, then itis that her stability is snidenly overcome, and she upsets. Masy forms, low center of weight, wold low, broad bead sails are rapidly coming in yogue, even on jnland waters. Extremes of bewm ov narvowness, aboal draft or very great depth, are giving Away tomoderation. Tie now boats are a compromise, with the addition of freeboard, that 1 deem as hurtful, ‘Tre, it makes the boul more roomy, dryer, and with powerto carry 4 greater amount of canyas, bub déferiarites from spesd with greater risk by induving 2 desire to crowd the boat with sail ond bring her to u greater angle of heal before reaching the danger point, The extreme “lish” boatis never safe; 4 sndden flaw may, when leastbexpected, abriles her lofty suils and she Iz thrown over the ean— ter, deapite the lest management. Graceful, easy bottoms, with a regsonable ginount of depth, sacl sail Brea, are not only safest bot speediest when the wind gats ready to blow. There is no reason why such bouts should not be built here, although we are a hundred miles from the sea. Scows, ‘square toes,” “pocket-tlaps” and **pan- ¢akes"’ wil! do for duck ponds. I trust the time will s300n come when beanty of for'm and safety will supersede the death-traps and racing machines of the preseat day. As | am called the father of “dish” hoots, and, perhaps, truthfallyso, gbeg your indulgence for the present space to sliow where T was wrong. kh, G@, Witkins. MARJORIE’'S NARROW BEAM. WN some quarters the very narrow beam of this new English cutter has been cited against the probabilily of her tuking the America Cup irom our sloops. Tae want of beum on the parc of Marjorie is nothing azainst ler, if recent experience in this country Is to count for anything, for we have seen boats of narrow beam ontsail those of great width so often of late thut experts and practical men gen-. erally azree (hat Were is no fixed relation whateyer between beam and speed, but that the performance of 4 yesset will depend upon the excellence of her individual (esign and equipment, entirely apart from a question of dimensions, “Tht thifs view adinits of no contra- diction is suffléléntly proven in every-day experiences, Ons day we find a cutter of other style of boat of Barrow beam fairly and squarely outsuiling 4 fleet with almost twice the beam in proportion to fength, and the nest diay we find the order reversed and some wery wide boat oulsails one of cutter proportions, After making all allowunces and taking all foreign issues into consideranon, we hive (0 face the fact that narrow beam wins upon one occasion and Wide beam upon souie other, Now, if navrow beam and speed were incomp2tible; cutters could never outsail sloops except on fluke or extraneous influences, And the sameis to be said of great beam, Tf great beam were not admissible where speed is expected, no sloop could ever outsail a cutter on her merits. Yet we see these two things happening every week id the season, and the only rational eouelusion is a8 stated wbove, tliat uo relation exists between beam and speed within normal limits, When Forest Ano Siream first brought out the issie On type agitatme the community and gave eutters the prominence théy now occupy tn Americun waters, the universal ery was that cutters were “unsuitable for rhis country becanse too wlow in “our summer weather” on uccouut of their uarrow beam. We have how lived to the day tosee these vagaries upset wnd & very fair portion of prizes Captured in light wether by cutters, demonstrating our position that beam and speed are not corallary to oue another. but that speed depends altogether upon individual excellence of design without regard to the type selected. It is, therefore, always possible to beat a bad boat of one type with a good boat of another, and upon relative excellence the result will hinge independent of type This has long been ourcooviction where design and Sail power were considered asa whole, and the doings of the cutters in our waters,so much beyond the expectations aud dogmas of the old school, hear out the soundness of our conclusion. We are here, of course, considering speed without reference to sevondary influences. sich as rough water, hard weather. short sail arcas, uncertain winds, ate. in connection with which differences in type would come into play. Ib is but just here to mention Captain R, W, Wilkins. an expert of Philadelphia, as having come to the sume fundamental conclusions by independent observations ou the Delaware, as expressed two years ago in these columns: “Any good boat will go." A good cutter will beata sloop inferior in indi- vidual design, and vice versa, let beam be what it may. Se far as Marjorie is concerned, the terror thal cutter is inspiring in ‘“sloo citcles”’ is an unnecessary self-infliction. The euther will not chal- lenge this year for the America Qup, If she challenges at all, it will not he before next summer, Mr, Coats’ idea beiig to get the best trim of his yacht and a chance for alterations by testing her in all the races around the British coast. So far she hus proved herself an excellent craft lo windward, but judged by a high standard, as want- ing inrunnine free, Wer this shortcoming arémedy will be sought when laid by for the winter. In proportions, the following figures will show the Marjorie to be about as narrow as Madge and Maggie, now in our waters, Our figures are from Hise 's Register for 1853: Length, ef, Proportion. Mapgie........- ised dele ate'cicts oad 45.0 8.8 5.11 Madge J : 88.7 ye 6.08 Marjorie . 75.5 14.5 5.21 It will be seen that Marjorie is the narrowest of the three, having 51-5 beains to herlength by Lloyd's messurement, She represents the very latest ideas, as even in Euglish waters (here are few cutters with less beam, and hardly any with larger displacement. TIME LIMITS. HERE is inuch to be said in their fayor and something against them. If 1he purpose of yacht racing is afuir and just competi- tion, prizes tobe bestowed us strictly upon merit as the peculiar circumstances surrounding the sport will permit, then 4 time limit insuring reasonable speed over the course isa justifiable precaution. Tf the purpose ot racing is simply to get rid of certain prizes at certain times somehow or anyhow without regard to merit; if racing is looked npon as equivalent to throwing dice for a pot, then time limits should have no place in suiling regulations. These limits: contribute very materially to the honest value of records. But people naturally do not like bo see the labor and expense of a day thrown away with- out accomplishing tangible results. The subject resolves itself into this question: Are the interests of honest records to be maintained by time limits, or are the interests of a winner by fluke paramountin yachtsmen’s estimation? Ts the one winner by fluke to suffer disappointment through withholding the pe.2z2 on 4 time limit, or must the just protests of all the remaining yachts, that no fair race was made, and that they are entitled to a fresh trial, be héard? Inthe name of equity and the preservation of veal meaning to re- cards, it will not be difficult to answer the foregoing question, Example; Suppose a foreign cutter tries for the Aineriea cup and the day resolves itself into drifting. The cutter crosses first by dint of a most palpable fluke in the way of an air toward the clase. She takes the chp without 4 time limit. Has she proven any superiority intype? No, Then why give her the emblem Of a superiority che may not possess? Why confuse the public mind with laurels imply - Ine worth bestowed where worth inay not exist? SYLVIA-GRACIE MATCH, BELLEVILLE, ONT., JULY 3. Editor Morest wd Sireum: Another deep-keel heavy-weight cutter has gone to the fore and stayed there. Tia previous letter T told your readers that Mr. Wim. Pike, Treasurer BQ, Y. C., was altering the rig of his keel yacht Sylyia, from thit of the conventional sloop to the full cutter spyle, excepling thatthe lovesail would be placed further forward an usual, owing to the cabin trunk interfering with the proper stepping of the mast, Mr, Pike also slowed his ballast lower, and the result has been almost nagical. Under whole lower canvas Sylvia formerly sailed fairly well, but was remarkably slow in stays andl only fairly stiff, Now she sails yery much faster, and nof only carries her cauvas much better, but steers very easily. Her first appearance under thé nuw rig Was Inade yesterday in 4 race for a cup, offered bya local fire company, and the manner in which she acquitted lWerself nston- ished even the most experieuced yachtsmen, who Were well ac- quainted with her previous form, There were bot two entries, namely, Vice-Commodore R. M. Roy's fast eanterboarder Gracie, and Sylvia, the former rating eleven tons and the latter ten tons. Ten mimutes Pgs es to the start the wind wes yery light, but after the boats had prepared for the start—both carrying fill canvas—a heavy pull quickly followed by others, swept down the bay. Two reefs had been tied down on the Gravie, but the wind got under the sail and toreit badly. Two More reeis were taken in quickly, aud nuder this short calyvas and a mjefed jib the centerboarder followed the keel, which had crossed the line ut 2:47:55, only fifty-five seconds be- hind her. Both sped away for the first mark, which harl been placed near the upper wharf at Big Island, the Sylvia lugeing all her canyas and going away rapidly from her competitor, which. owing to the increasing fury of the wind, was obliged to settle away her jib and sail hnder her four-reefed mainsail, and thut alone was almost too much for her. The keel hud a very loug lead at thetirsh mark, and, snugging down three reefs, was off like aracehorse before the wind for the north shore buoy. The Gracie was, however, soon pub jiays de dambat, as hey boom broke in jibing, and she bore away for Salmon River, where she unchored. The Sylvia, sailing much faster than ever be- fore under her new vig, and ata pace which would have distanced any light draft boat of her tounuge in such a gale andsea, courpleted thé two rounds of the course in 8h, 15m. 40s,—a most exeallant par- formance, The cup was presented to the winner ab a meeting of Moira Hose Company in the evening, and Mr. Roy, whoarrived after the ceremony, Manfully acknowledged that he would nob haye won inso strong a wind against the SylVia, There can be no question that Mr. Pike, by placing his ballast lower and adopting the cutter rig, has yastly increased the speed of his yacht, aud when he hag fot her proper triin—which he hos not yet had time fodo—she will proye a worthy competitor for the cenlérboarders in any weather. Tke plain facet is, that the Gracie was overpowerell, as any obber ecenterboarder of her sizé would have been in so SIrONE & gale aud so heayy and choppy asea. That she was beaten—and heaten badly— on eyery point of sailing, was plain to the average contprebension, Qubter Stock is greatly up hereto-day, and it is quite possible that even in our landlocked waters, in which shoals abound to an uncom- fortable extent, the keel will be more generally adopted than hereto- fore, Port Tact THE OLD THEME AGAIN. Editor Forest and Streane: The following slip from your paper has been sent to me+ “New sloop,—John Mumm is building « deep sloop for Mr, John Dimond, of Brooklyn, Over all 4i)gft., water line 85ft., heam 1446ft., dépth SE. fin, Mr. Dimon was #« #reut admirer of the skiniming dish, and lost no opportunity to proclaim his failh. Wo are glad to find lus new sloop with bft. bin. depth, in place of the old orthodox 4rt,** While there may not be any material error in this apparently edi- torial statement, ‘we think if may be well to skim this dish @ little, to set the yachting fraterniby right, or af least prevent it going wrong on Mr. Dimon, Otherwise some new hands and possi'ly some old hands might be led astray, as John H. Dimou is the best rachtsman in this port, I ean searcely say more, except to add that he Makes his own models, and has had so many boats of various sizes built by them that heis naturally regarded as about as high authority as we cau get, J The néw sloop being about Lett, deeper, is not, howeyer, any abandonment of his decided preferences. These never were for the skimming dish model, as so positively asserted. He has, however, (for our waters) always preferred light draft to deep hoats on every account, ali the dimensions of his proposed) new sloop do not by any means indicate any such change as your article would intimate, You may call her a deap sloop, but he does nov, and the modesty of this expert in al] appertaining to yachts, would Aire him in any way intimating in advance, any sliperiority, or that,she was the “coming boat,’ Your cutter ivclinations. or those of your inform- ant, are so evidently griutined by Mr. Dimon’s supposed new depart- ure, as to have caused you to overlook his past life. Heis the mast. quiet, non-agressive champiou of the light weights in yachting circles. He never loudly proclaims anything whatever. He is 5 sailor by netire and early education, a yavhtsman by preference aida thorongh gentleman always, Nevertheless he calls the cutter style of boats by the originaland peculiar name of “plianib bobs,” When discussing with friends the difference inyachts. He does uot call them yachts, Hehas his peculiarities lika other mén, and his experience justifies him in plainly expressing his opinion. He has done with going to sea in deep water vessels, and taken to arab hens: in our shoal water, and he prefers, Iuilis, beeyes in, and recom- mends boats which he thinks are suited to (he purpose, for which nine times out of ten they are used, Yachting means pleasure-hoat sailing, nothing else. Not steam- boating on a small or large seale. Nor does if mean gong to sea generally, though onee in @ while itis done, under favorable circum- staneés of wind and weather. Bul is it best m building your resi- dence, to build if for your convenience, and use, aud pleasure, or only with reference to one or more of the contingencies of life, and which may or may not happen? Tf the former is hest, why not build your boat the same, and seek pleasure in Sailing, combining beauty of Form, neatness of rig, speed, comfort and everything for the pleasure of yachting lle, and not for the Geeasional rougher part only? Of course, with these can becormbined all things necessary for satety as Well, and &s for this, it emains tobe proved whether cutters are really safer than our centerboards generally. As for pleasure, there is no comparison betxreen going Over, as well as through the water, and going through it only, diving in every waye in merely a fresh breeze, and Juststayiug up long enough to take another breath before the next dive. The celebrated Madge would never race a fairrace with a center- board sloop of her own length or canvas, and declined all offers to try the Lizzie L, and obhers. ‘The English have few or no wide and long shoal waters ov bays, and no rivers or lakes worthy the names, compared wilh ours. Themo- ment they put theit noses out of their harbors, they are in rough watler—practically at sea, Their deep boats best suit their deep waters, Our shoal buats best suit our shoal witers. Let us agrae to disagree, and to stop comping the different styles which are no More properly to be compared than a catamaran with a steam yacht. CENTERBOARD. [We publish the foregoing because we value its source, It is neeil- less to say that the letter is only a repetition of what has been dis- cussed in Our columns ad nauseam and that it contains assertions and misconceptions long ago uvxpleded in practice. The reference to Madge refusing to race Lizzie L. gives cuprency afresh to a foolish issué and calls tor attention. Lizzie L. is 4241tx5.8-—3,935, and Madge is 38.9x7 9x7.U—2,334, That is to say, Lizzie L is much more than half as large again. Under the unfair ‘mean Jength™ rule, Madge Wiuld haye been obliged to pay for long overuang aft which contains next to no bulk and contributes next to nothijg to her power, while Lizzie L. would sail with her overhang forward not taxed and witha short, bobtail counter. Their 'tmean Jengtls” would be, for Madge, 42.5 and for Lizzie L, 44.5, Thatisto say, Lizzie L, ould pay only a nominal tax for being seventy per cent. larger th. the cutter. The refusal of Madge to sail on such terms was perfectly proper, and the proposal to race Lizzie L, aguinst the cutter ou alinust even terms a mosh unsportsmanilike and ridieulous conception. Cutter suilors are sportsmen, and it will be along time before they faillinto sucha barefaced trap. In. declining such an offer a pungent rebuk= was administered to one of the least equitable measurement rules in ex- istenue. So far as “ourshoal water’ is concerned it is yery much of amyth. Half of onryachting isdone around Cape Cod, and at sea. where sloops already draw more water than culters. The provin- cialism of the New Yorker who cunnof see 4 mile beywid his awn front, gate is amusing as well as narrow-minded, | A JUSTIFIABLE MOVE. Editor Forest and Stream: Iwas very glad to read your account of the astern race, 2 most important oné, and marking a new éra in yachting, The first time that boats haye gone from here around the Cape to take partin & race when not on a squadron cruise, And the account was of the boats and vot a lot of trash about what eapting this or capting that said, or the names of people on hoard the steamer, who would “set ‘em up” ab some future time. here is a movement on foot todo away with the old custom of taking certain “‘beery™ reporters slong every tine a yacht leaves her anchorage, Real sportsmen are gebling tired of it, andit shows that owners begin to feel that the custom of haying beats “written ay is growing stale, * uwtely Tread of one yacht ou the port tack forcing another on the starboard tack to go about by méans of a false tack, and then filling away again and thereby planting herself on the weather quarter of el that had the rigbtof way. This was mentioned asa smart rick. Now either the reporter did not know the rules of the road or he was so blinded by prejudice that he did not see the dilfe:ence, in his auxiely to slobber over somebody. Tam also much pleased to see that you showed up the Maggie for luffing out to try and foul the Wenonah and keep her from passing. This may be the English role, but they have not.got to that here as yet. These are the points that should be touched upon in a detailed acvtount of a race, for we haye so few races that the majority of ot aktippers don’t know what their tights are. I know thatsome of our in0st Ought after racing skippers think that the man who went about lost has the right of way, » PROGRESS. [The reference by our correspondent to the culpable iguoranve of certain reporters is unfortunately true. Much of our spaceis taken up in refuting their crudities, The move now on foot to preyent the presences at races of objectionable persons who deliberately misrepre- Sent and contradict themselvesin SH EL hywe will heartily sec- ond, Yachting literature must be rid of the hicubus of ignorance which informs the public that Fortuna’s center of effort was not calenlated, that Marjorie is 4 wide boat, and similar rubbish ad vauseant, We have hitherto ecnsidered ih our duty to the yachtmy community to take in hand for correction the class of reporters referred to by our correspondent, But of late their rubbish has. assumed the complexion of intentional fals¢éhood, and dancing attendance upon individuals to such an extent that we have preferred to abandon the field rather than lower our colunins 10 thé level of discussion with mdi- yiduals ignoring even the mnultiplication table, Our reliance has been upon the mniour propre of yachtsmen in general, and we are glad to find that unprincipled reporters are likely to be debarred the privi- leges of the vommittes steamers. The reporter who, after following yatht races for years, still glorifies inputting a yacht about without tie right of way, ought to be sent into Coventry as unfit for the work he undertakes. We have indisputable evidences of the forcing about of Crusader while on starboard tack in the Atlantic match by 8 pro- fessional skipper, and had the latter wou the race, if would have been made & subject of criticism. | EASTERN Y, MATCH—JUNE 30. Rditor Forest and Stream: Your report of the Eastern Y. C. has given great satisfaction, 1 hope you will make a point of the outrageous manner in which a couster ran into Gitana aud split her mainsail from center to the elew, Fortuna seemed to do very well; so did Wenonah, which is think a fast and good boat, and had her jibtopsail fitted she would have done hetter still. A : : Hesper did exceedingly well till she haved on the wind. T think she was inside her allowance at the Graves, last turn, Lapwing also did finely till she hauled onthe wind. Mageié was beautitully sailed; she did splendidly in holding Oriva so Close, x E The club was rather Wwken by surprise in getting entries of boats larger than usual. and so making the classification poor. Alice and Fortuna ard Maggiewnd Wenonah oaght to have been in different classes. The course would have bean better from Kee Rock to Half Way, twice over. This would haye given a déad beat. ‘ Wenonah is certainly a beanty, and very comfortable for any one who doesnot mind siting on a camp-stool on deck, ACLE, Cc, GRUISE OF THE CHICAGO ¥Y, C. Editor Povest and Stream: The Chicago ¥, C. sailed from theic home port Saturday, June 30, and arrived safely st Milwaukee the nexh morning. The sloop Wasp was the first to enter port, and then in quick suvcession the entire fleet came into the harbor. The Milwaukee Y. (, yas on hand to re- ceive them, and Sunday was spent in viewing the beantiful little city from carriuges, Monday, July 2, the annual! race was sailed In the bay and itwasafine sight, ‘The course was 10 miles to windward and return, and nine yachts started. The steam yacht Huntress was occupied as the judges’ anu stake boat. The starh wis excellent though the wind was light. The sloop Cora wou the club regatta. The Sosmile mate betiveen the sloops Cora and Wasp was also won by Cora. The Wasp, however, made the fasbest time for the distance on record, It was 1h, 55min. 25sec. Thetime of the Cora was 2h, 2see. The difference in méasurément of the boats awarded the prize to the Cora by lmin, 68sec. Phe Cora also received wailver cup Valued at $35, The annual review of the fleet took place Tues- day afternoon, and thousands of spectators witnessed ip, The fleet retuned to Chicago Wednesday morning The Wasp waa agiio the first to reach harbor, al ‘ a0, Tut 12, 1888. | FOREST AND STREAM. 4.7 7 Cc. MATCHES. THE BEVERLY Y. Kditor Forest and Stream: . Considerable fault having heen found with Sept.1 as the date of the Beverly Y. ©, open races, Ang. 18 has been selected, The ull yO, keeping Sept. 1, and giving’ up Aug. 18, The Beverly Y, C. races Stand now: fiith regatta, Aug. 4; Nahant, 2d champion. 60th régatta, Aug. 18; Marblehead, open matches. 68th regatta, Sept. 8: Siatipscott, dd champion. bath and 67th regattas at Monument Beaoh, dates not fixed, THE SECRETARY, SHADOW TO WINDWARD. Rdilor Forest und Streani: i Th your account of Hastern ¥, C. race you say you do not know how Shadow took the lead in the “fling off shore” near the finish, I saw that part of the race. The instant she eof onthe wud she eat up to windward of the keels. and fooled faster at the same apd OSTON, ONSET BAY RACING.—A match open to all regular yachts was given by the residents of Onset Bay, July 4. Wind moderate from southwest. Tivo classes, over and wider 22ff, Course 11 miles. Start flying. Zillah made the best start, followed by Scorpion, Mat- tie, Tantrum and Sirius. Mattie went into the lead and looked like keepingit; whe of Wing's Neck her tiller AE ge and Sirius went tothe fore. Mate was cleverly steered through the pese of the race by tending sheets. Wavorite burst headstay and Mamie's peak parted. Scorpion and Pointer failed tosailthe proper course. In, second lass Iris was firs away. but Wieanor quickly took the lead, With Doily 2 good second. Tris strained and leaked, and with Mas- cotand Gem withdrew, Winners were: Virst class. Sirius $20, Tan trum #15, Mattie $5. Second class, Wieanor $15. Dolly $8 and Conia #5. Judges, Capt, Alden Besse, G. 0. Tobey, C. EB. Paliner and Geo. Wing, aboard the sloop Hlossig. Summary as under: FIRST CLASS. Actual Corrected. SSSut Aly Ewe Ot Goeenoseeme ened 1 46 35 11119 Tantrum, Roberr Codman 1 53 11 113 58 Mattie, J. H. Avnold....... 1 49 53 1 15 20 Dawn, George Hiller, . 1 54 05 115 34 Miirt, GW, Lyman,....- 1 55 21 1 10 60 Zillar, A. E, Jenney 1 57 1 118 38 Tolunthe, G. H. bee_... 2 OS O09 1 23 06 Maud, Tobey Island Clu 2 1608 1 24 46 Marie, Joseph Whiton., Not taken Painter, C. T. Clifford... Not talcen, Fayorite. J. H, Burgess, -- Not taken. Eleanor, Richard Godman 1 53 41 1 12 87 Dolly, A. H. Hardy... ------ 2 04 13 1 21 58 Comala, @, Curry 7 2.18 11 1 31 01 Qlara B., Edward Bangs... 221 58 1 36 41 Tris. J. R. Lyman....,., .- Not taken. Gem, Isauc Thomas,.......- Not taken, Maseot, F, H, Bacon......-.. Not taken, THE BRITISH YACHT FLEDT,—The Heratd’s correspondent at Doyer sents the following statisties: There are this season around the coasts of the British Islands 2,219 yachts in commission, repre- resenting an aggregate tonnage of 111,424 tons, as follows: Tonnage, MOTGDEIS ie ate ebsites eictete. eed nen Clcnaderet ase a td 14,972 Schooners...... . $40 38,301 PUN S. op tee see s Pe oo Perla an ee 418 15,905 Tugerers ......- 45 307 BGG DRY etal aids sis pets hoe a msep tie 42 207 Brigs, _.- 1 Titi The vessels which comprise tliis fleel vary in size from 2 tons to 800, the great majority of the smaller yachts being entter rigzed. The yaw! has, howéver, come greathy into favor during the past few years, and a considerablenumber of the larger cutliers have been converted into yaiwls, as the latter rig does awity to & Gértain extent with the big and awkward mainboom, The schooner rig, as will be seen by the above figures. is not very popular except with the owners ofthe largest yachts, and as racing boats they have given place to the yawls, Building and equipping the entire fleet is calculated to have cost £1,1/4.200, the value of yachtsin proportion to their size hayiig been steadily increasing year by year. Employment is civen by these yachts during the summer season to over fourteen thous- and paid hands, These meu, aithough extremely smart seamen, are quite a distinct class from the ordinary sailor. They are principally recruited from the yarious fishing ports around the coasts. Some stay by the larger yachts for a winter cruise south, a few ship as quarlermasters on board merchant steamers for the *‘dead" season, but the ereat majority while away the winter doing a little Gshing and miinlaining a camfortable existence on the mohey they have managed to save during the summer. There are 56 yacht clubs in Great Britain, KNICKERBOCKER Y¥, C.—First pennant race was sailed June 28, Wind tresh from south; tide, last of flood. Course for first class, from cluh house, Port Morris, around Tom buoy and home, 15 miles. Other classes, around Thrdége’s Point buoy, 10 miles. Allowance, Im, 30s. per f4ot for first class, For rest, Im. per foot, mean leigth. Susie B, spruns mast and sive up, Peerless, Mystery and Musidora started wrong side of stake boat. Sutimary as under: FIRST CLASS—CABIN SLOOPS. Vt.In. Start. Finish, lapsed. Corrected Mystery, —_.-__ 80 1 24871 Ope} 6 ed 122 Be ORIG Peaulesstiwt-sso! -- 24256 fied? 2294 292 14 THIRD CLASS— OPIN SLOUPS, TizzTe Rosy ees toe 2.63 35 4 31 40 1 38 05 1 38 05 Musidor' 211 24878 43845 14530 14530 Why Nor.....-2.....- 19 9 24402 Disabled. MTRPH CLASS—CAT-RIGGED, 4 Mary B, Conant,...20 1 24547 «3578 1 49 31 1 45 574 Gilt Bdge... ... .--- 22 8 24443 4350 1.50 25 1.50 25 SIXTH CLASS—-GAT-RIGGED. Rex..... 19 4 2 47 OU 4 8940 1 Sy 21 1 52 21 Bon Von... 5 246 1h 4 40°36 1 54 20 1 52 5716 Naddie.... § 24085 423385 15800 155 10 Jessie May. ....----.- 7 6 2 4b 55 2 07 1 68 12 1 56 194g Susie B, , |, ..- 17 1 24623 Disabled, ROBBIN'S REEF LIGAT.—Notice is given by the Lighthonse Board that on aud after Joly 10, the light at Robbin’s Reef light station, New York Harbor, will be re-established in the lighthouse tower. Thelight will be of the fourth order, showing a while flash at intervals of six seconds. The fog signal is a bell struck by machinery every fifteen seconds, Upon the re-establishment of the above light the lightship now moored near the station will he with- SOUTHWARK Y. C.—Club sailed annual mateh June 25 on Dela- wule River. First and second class for double-enders of 42ft, holt rope or less, and third ¢lass for tiick-ups of (2ft. bolt rope or less, this sail restriction being on same prineiples as the old rule of the Penn» sylyania Y. C., the first in the country to establish measurement by sail. Forty entries with thirty starters, of which seven eapsized and others broke down, Summary: FIRST CLASS—DOUBLE*RNDERS, 42FT. BOLT ROPE. Start. Finish. TBlapsed. Bright =): =. 1 Ab 00 52 30 #66 30 Maid... , 5G 00 205 0 4 09 00 Mitehell 4 56 00 Broke cown. Brugam _.. 16 00 Capsized. SAIL UNLIMUPAD. pTarray. = 120i: iby ses ek ibes noceeceFnse 5 00 110 00 3 25 00 | Sturt... ...0 45 00 11100 4 36 00 Morgan... .. 1 45 00 1 12 00 8 27 00 +SATL UNLIMITED. | Boyle .......-. _..-1 60 00 1 44 00 a 5 00 | O, Flick, ...1 60 00 1 47 00 3 a7 OO G. Fick _. 4 50 00 1 4u 00 4 69 00 Ledyard. _..1-50 00 Capsized. PuNLGPSH Ot Sots ales oe aretnel jus ee nee 9 50 00 Broke down. FOURTH QLASS—TUCK-UPS, U2FT, BOLT ROPE. INOMEES S soln gh lofted cee ert ot gets ail eee u MIDHOD 1 44-00 348 00 IBGWGUES .iep aes crepe ch ieeciim dee . 8 55 00 1 44 00 3 49 00 Irvine __ 29 55 OD 1 45 00 3 50 00 Sturtler .f 55 00 T 46 00 3 51 00 WOR pee 1 55 00 1 48 00 8 13 00 SAVANNAH RACING,—An interesting race was sailed by the yichts of Savannah, Ga, July 4. Wind stiff from southeast. Course 20 miles as followk: Round a buoy placed in Green Island Sound, betiveen Donefal and Hell Gate, a distance of five statute miles, and, Yelirning rolmd the biloy opposite Gibbs’ bath house, and then again around The huoy in Green Island Sound and back to Mont- gomery, Maygotthrough first round in the lead and kept it through- out the race. Summary as follows. May taking $100: Length, Actual, Corrected, Birt. Vice-Com. H. N. Vuwker. 22... -,.-..29.7 4 26 27 4 26 27 Au Revoir; W.T. Porcher .... ts 417 15 412 OD May, T, P, Bond. ._..,.— 25.6 850 16 3 42 (1H) Zanoni, J. W. Schley, 249) 413 45 4 04 05 Jennie §,, Rh. M. Demerc, Nana ead, 4 00 31 4 SU al Zinga, J, BH. Dews 46 4 15 02 4 02 52 Wave. F_0, Wylly.-- 9110 420 55 41495 Idler, A. L. Hariridge. 18.9 Aten Baan Meta, 5. McA. Whiitie_. 2 18,9 436 42 4 15 02 Uncas, H.C. Claghiorn, ,....5¢-.- sey ¢---3: 1.2 :* i” THREE SCHOONERS COMPARED.—The following table of sail areas of three of the largest San Francisco schooners, we take from the San Francisco Morning Call; Mainsail. Foresail, Jib, ‘Total, Aggie ...1,790sq, ft. 1,108 sq. ft, 950 sq, ft. 3,848 Sq. ft. Lurline. ..1,424 sq. ft. 1,192 sq. £6. 060 sq. Et. 8,576 8q. ft, Halcyon, .1,864 sq. ft. 1,080 sq. ft. 910 sq. fb, 3,854 sq. ft, This shows the Halcyon to havé the largest mainsail and gréatest aggregate s@il avea, The Lurline hasthe biggest foresail and jib, The Haleyon’s flying jib 602 square feet, staysail 680, foregaft-topsail 387, and maingaff-topsail 302 feet. So her total sail area is 6,770 Square feet, The Lurline’s flying jib is 495 square feeb, staysail 518, and ringtail 560 square feet. Hertotal sail area, light sails and all, is 5,449 square feet, She isrigged for ocean cruising, and her sails are comparatively small. SUNNYSIDE Y. C.—¥irst mateh of this new organization was sailed July 7 off Cottage Park, Winthrop, Two classes 22 to 28ft. and under 22ft. Course from Cottage Park to Bird Island beacon, leaving it on port, down main channel to Goyernor's Island, passing Fort Independence on starboard, around Apple Island, leaving it on port, around Half Tide roek, to starting point ut Cottage Park. Distance ten miles. Wind fresh from southwest. Halloween won first prize, $75, in first class, in 1h. 11m. corrected time, beating cat- boats Davy Crockett, Sea Mew, Mascot, Gypsy and sloop Idler. Sea Mew takes second money, $80, in 1h. 14m, Im second class Ella won firet money in th, 39m., corrected time, heating catboats Glyde, Flora Belle, Plrt and Whittemore. Glyde takes second money in 1h, 41m, Crockett and Idler carried away mastheats, Judges, Commodore W.H, Tyler, Elander Belcher, and Capt. Parker. RARITAN ¥. C.—Juoly 4.—The club's open regatta of July4, brought outseven starters. Wirst class. 25ft, and over: Selena, 30ft.; Nettie, 25ft., and Waleon, 25ft. Second class, under 25ft.; Rambler, 24ft. Jin. ; Our Own, 24ft.; Nautilus, 22ft. Gin., and Ilda, 17ft. The wind blew fresh anc puffy from S8.W. Tide, ebb. Course, the regular club course, which is triangular and 12 miles in length. On turning the stakeboat, Malcon carried ayay her throat halliard block, and lost considerable ground while repairing. Nautilus and Ida withdrew, and Falcon again losing her throat block when near thé finish, was compelled to give up. The Nettie, on time allowance, wou in first class, beating Selena by 6m. 25s.. and Our Own took the prize from Rambler by 2m. 0s. in second elass. The fastest time made over the course was by Nettie, 1:27:10.—F. A. G. PETREL—SUSIE£ B,—Sailed a match July 3 from Thimble Island to Greenport. Wind southwest, fresh topsail breeze, making quarter- ing wirid to Plun) Gut and a beat up the harbor. Started off Pumpkin Tsland, beat out channel around Little Thimble, Susie Bsturted sm, 20s. ahead, passed Gut Spindle 14m, aliead, and reached finisn, olf sloop Roamer’s stern, railrodd dock, Greenport, 1244m. later than the cutter, ‘The Susie B is 33ft. loadline and Petrel 28ft. With time allowance Petrél wou by-nearly half an hour, YAWL hi¢é.—Commodore Ogden has in his possession a handsome sail plan for small yawl, desigued by Mr, Moody, a well-known raclitsman and artist of San Francisco. The plans are about the smartest we haye seen, Usually San Franeisco rigs are lacking in style, but this design really has beauty ana grace, as well as excel- leul proportions for practical work throughout. Sheets all work automatically on travelers for beating up narrow waters. BEVERLY Y¥. C.—Claims July 28 for special match off Monmouth Beach and Angust 25 for second open match. These dates will not interfere with Hull ¥Y.C.,as the racés aré north of the Cape, The club also annountes a sweepstakes for July 1d, open to second and third class cats, off Marblehead, The sloop Uycla, W. H. Aspinwall, has been added to the club, CAPR ANN ¥, C.—First match of the year was sailed July 4, in Tpswicth Bay, Th was a good westerly breeze and the followme Were the winuers: Fist class, Kitiwake. C. EB, Cunningham and Fatinitza, Norwood: second class, Druid, W. P. Fowler and Nancy Lee, Denmen; third class, Owl, Davis, and Tub, Williams. GITANA'S COLLISION.—The collision between this schooner and 4a coaster during Bastern Y. C. race, was due to gross negligence on the part of the coaster, the Gilana having right of way on the star- board tack, Only a small boy was on deck of the coaster at the time, MARJORIE,—This cutter was beaten in the Channel match from *Deyer to Boulogne and back, June 28. Said to bedue to experiments in trim, Itshoulil fot be overlooked that Marjorie is 68 toms only, and Samcena, her chief competitor, is 90 tons, which makes a lot of differtnee. Wuglish vrities like to get alick at a Scoteh-built craft when they Cin, and Conveniently forget the tonnage of the racers. DEATH-TRAPS.— Capt. Henry B. Hursford, of Edgartown, while blucfishing off south side of Marths’s Vineyard, in ‘‘one of the staunchest boats of the fleat,"*was drowned. His sloop was upset by asea. She was one Ot those traps of which we are told wonderful yarns about their seagoite qualities. Summer guests on the island should take heed- NEW YORK Y. C.—The new club book shows 32 honorary, 46 life and 480 regular members, a total of 548, The fleet comprises 51 schooters, 1 $iwl, 27 sloops, 6 Cutters, 29 steamers and 5 launchés; total sail, 119. Of the schooners 2tare keelssand of the sloops and cutters 8 are keels, ‘The new measurement rhle is given in the appéen- dix of the bool. i SOUTHERN Y, C.—For challenge cup, June 26, Silence was only starter, Tried to sail the course alone, But fellover. Race declared off till some boat can be found to stand on her legs for awhile. Yachting forscoth! Same day May anid Anita, open jib and main- coer sailed 15 miles, triangular course, for special prize. Won by ay. NEW STEAMER.—The Rosamond, built by Cuthbert, of Belleville, Ont., for Messrs. Campion and Burrell, was latinehed Juné29, The yacht is 52ff. keel, 58ft. over all, 10ft 2in. beam, and 5ft. depth of hold. Shé has a sted! boiler, and is expected to steam twelve miles ‘per hour. She will be enrolled in the Bay of Qumta Y, C, fieet. JEFFRIES Y. C—Phird championship mateh was sailed off Hast Boston July 7. Wind stroig from southwest. Course six miles, Won by sloop Judith, E. T. Pigeon, in 1:0:25, corrected time, beating Lizzie, Silas Portey, Jr.. after having dost topmast, Corrected time of Lizzie was1:0:36. Next match Saturday afternoon. MARJORIE.—We are asked to state that this new Scotch cutter was designed by G. L. Watson, of Glasgow, and that no one else had 4 hand in fixing her dimensions. It is not customary abroad to let skippers dictate out of their special province on matters they know little or nothing about, NOY SO FAST.—Aceording to the S.F. Chronicle. the two new keel schooners Lurline and Haleyon, of San Francisco, haye not turned out t6 be the flyers at first supposed, as they have often been beaten by the centerboards in the bay. One of them is also reported slow in Stays. * MORE TRAPS.—The sloop Minnie capsized in the Hudson, off Irv- ington, July 5. The party of three gentlemen and four ladies were rescued by boats. Why not capsize these things first, and start out paves up, since thatis the most natural way for light draft traps to oat CLEVELAND YACHTING ASSOCIATION.—In the races of July 4, the sloop Cvgnet, of Cobourg, Ont., won first prize in first.class, over a 20-mile Gourse, beating thé schooner Ives, of Detroit, by 50m, Fan- chon, of Put-in-Bay, won in second class. PROVINCETOWN Y. C,—Wirst championship mateh was sailed July 4in strong westerly wind and heavy sea, Third class did not show up in vousequenee. Winaiers were Lillie, Johnny B., Undine, Nellie, Mamie, Thor iund Atta; ” SANBBAG RACE.—Interested parties should toeet Mr. E. P. Miller, owner of the open boat Susie §,, at John M, Sawyers oft, & South atreet, Friday niorning, toulrange fora vace for open sandbag boats over the Cetitennial Course. DORCHESTER Y. C.—Balance on hand $171.76, Due commodore and others $183.67, Coolidge Barnard presented the club will two ey Nig be sailed for by catboats, Two members-were elected wh last meetiag. ADRIENNE.—Commodore Jacob Pfaff, Boston Y. C., has sold his first schooner Adrienne to Edgar Harding, of Cambriiige. Built by paeey & Son in 1879, Over all 48fc. din. beam 14ft. din,, draft @{t. in, MARBLEHEAD LIGHT.—A largespar, 100ft. high, has been eveeted by the Lighthouse Board, from which a white light will be shown, in addition to present lighthouse, obscured by summer residences. _ HULL Y. C.—'The series of hops of the season take place Thurs- day evenings. At last meeting eighteen new members were added. Total 482 members, with 150 yachts. Ladies’ day Saturday. ATLANTIC ¥, C.—Rendezvyous for annual eruise in Larehmout Harhor, Saturday, July 21. Weigh anchor at4 P. M. for Black Rock, thence eastward, as per orders from commodore. DEATH-TRAPS.—Schooner Agnes was knocked down off Faulk- ners Island, July 2, in a summer squall, had her decks swept of every- thing, and mainmast sprung. She barely righted. HAVERHILL Y. C.—In the matches July 4, the winners were as follows: Spray, Titeomb; Effie, Spofford; Enimu 8. Collins, Collins: Ripple, Harris; and Yemunille, Harris. LEHATHA,.—This schooner has been sojd by Hd B. MecQuestion, of East Boston, Gin., draft with keel 6ft. 6in, BEVERLY OPEN RACE,—Shadow and cutter Maggie are amongz the large entries for the race, Aug, 19, good chance for New York yaelts to try them on. WHNONAH,—A gentleman aboard this cutter during race of Hast- ern Y. C., pronounces her exceedingly comfortable, very fast and heautiful. ALBANY Y. @.—Has been off cruising to Catskill fortthree days, starting July 3. Among the fleet we note Artful Dodger, Psyche and Cynthia, ; ATALANTA,—We have received from Rockwood, photographer, Union Square, some handsome photos of Mr, Jay Gould's new steamer Atalanta, i _NEW BEDFORD Y. C.—Sails in, squadron for Newport, July 17. ieee to extend to New London, Stonington and Wastern Sound ports. NORNA.—This schooner, C, H ntoit, trom New York, is now in Halifax, and a cruisé in St, Lawréhce Guif is contemplated. VAY U,—"or the lines of this cutter,switner second class, Boston City Regatta, see Porust anp StReAM,-Nov. 9, 1882. _ EASTERN Y. C,—Rendezyous in Marblehead Harbor, July 12, for annual cruise lo eastward. > ARROW.—This famous sloop has been bought by Mr. W, P, Doug- lass, N, Y, Y. C. r Harding to G, Length over all 65ft., beam {Sft. UMPHREYS VETER IFICS FOR THE CURE OF ALL DISEASES OF Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs & Poultry. 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Subscription agents for Great Britain—Messrs. Samson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 188 Fleet street, London. ADVERTISEMENTS. Only advertisements of an approved character inserted. ‘Insid pages, nonpareil type, 25 cents per line, Special rates for three, six and twelve months. Reading notices $1.00 per line, Eight words to the line, twelve lines to oné inch, Adyertisements should be sent in by the Saturday previous to issue in which they are to be inserted. Transient advertisements must invariably be accompanied by the money or they will not be inserted. Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co, Nos. 39 Ann 40 PARK Row. New Yorr Crry, CONTENTS. EXDIrorrAaL, THE KENNEL. On the Eve of the Match, The Dogs’ Hospital, Porestry, ‘The Belfast Show, The Sportsman as a Gull. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Camp Henderson. Western North Carolina, The Adirondack Guides. In Bossier Parish. Natura History, '’he Commander Islands. New York Forestry Association, Camp FIRE FLICKERINGS. Gamer Bac AND Gun. Duck Shooting on the Maine Coast. The Beuele Club, London (Ontario) Dog Show. Friday Night, The Ulmer or Great Dane. Field Trial Celebrities of 1883. Training Beagles. Kennel Management. Kennel Notes. RI@LE AND 'TRAP SHOOTING. Muzzle vs. Breech Loader. The Team Abroard. Illinois State Tournament. Range and Gallery. Game in Colorado. The Trap, The President's Message, A New Target, Star Wads. CANOEING. SEA AND River FIsHINe, A Day's Sport at Cedar Stump. Black Bass in the Mohawk, Some Adirondack Resorts. Good Black Bass Wishing. The Fisheries Exhibition. WisHoubrore. The American Fishcultural As- sociation, Fisheulture in North Carolina. Changes in Sailing Rules. On to Canada, YACHTING. Beyerly Y. C. Chicago Y. C. The §. S. Namouna. Butiaio Yachts at Cleveland. Salem Bay Y. GC. New York Y, C, | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Withits compact type and in its permanently enlarged form af twenty-eight pages this joumal furnishes each week a larger amount of first-class matter relating to angling, shooting, the kennel, and kindred subjects, than is contained in alt other American publications put together, ON THE EVE Of THE MATCH. OM and the following day are the dates set for the match between the American and British teams at Wimbledon. Each team has been most carefully selected, and the two dozen men will enibrace the pick of ihe thousands of civilian marksmen on hoth sides of the At- lantic. The match promises, at this writing, to be a close one, for since the arrival of the American marksmen in Wngland they have been very diligent in their range work und the scores have been such as to lead Colonel Howard to express his opinion that the team under him isin good form and able to do its best on the match days, There certainly is little difference in the excellence of the weapons employed. If the Americans have not been able to make rifles in every respect equal to the English arms the odds are so little in favor of the British arm that they are hardly worth considering in anything but a careful bench test. The British riflemen are individually vastly superior to the Americans in experience oyer many ranges and under every possible condition of wind and weather, so that taking such a measuring unit as the average of each man’s shooting for a time past the British aggregate might run the hicher, but if Col. Howard's assertion that his men are working in good trim means anything, we understand that the men are -in a condition to help cach other in eyery way during the progress of the match. In this way, and in this way only, is the match to be won. That the men help each other is not of itself a warrantee of a victory, but it is yery certain that, taken from first to last, the individual members of the American team are not the equals of the British shooters, and only by a well organized system of co-operation can the Americans successfully cope with the home team, While the match and its results is in itself of compara- tively trifling importance, yet in its consequences, direct and remote, it is an event of more than passing moment, It would he a thing or vast value if the American public could Amounts fo, quired the throwing of a body of armed men into the field. thus far, possession by the United States of such a body of men would cost. THE SPORTSMAN AS A GULL. 4 this journal, to one of the growing abuses of the time, where there is neither game nor fish. landlord and the farmer, who takes ‘‘city boarders,” both “good fishing in the vicinity,” and “game abundant,” when, asa matter of fact, there may be no fish, save minnows, skunk or the burrowing woodchuck. Many sportsmen, misled by these lies, make long and expensive journeys, only to find themselves most abominably sold. We know of no sufficient course of action to remedy this evil, Itig little satisfaction to “show up” the unscrupulous “hosts;” that does not give one back the wasted money and time, A very good rule is to write personally to the adver- tisers of these rare fishing and shooting resorts, and obtain from them in writing an explicit statement of the case. Itis often the case that a man will lie in an advertisement to the general public, when he will hesitate to put the same deceptive statements on paper in black and white, over his own sig- nature, for which he may be held to a personal accounta- bility by the victim of his greed. The sportsman tourist is wise in his day and generation who thus provides himself with the documentary evidence which, in the event of disap- pointment, may serye ils useful purpose in fixing the blame where it belongs. FORHSTRY. WN another column we give a report of a meeting held to organize a society to preserve the Adirondack forests. It ig an organization much needed, and one which will com- mend itself to all who love out-door life, as wellasio those who look upon it from the utilitarian point of preserving a great water supply for our aquatic highways. In parts of Europe forestry is a science, and officers are appointed by the governments to supervise the forests; and only judicious thinning of young trees and the cutting of those which have attained their growth is allowed, and we understand that this law applies to tracts of woodland owned by individuals, the theory being that the individual will pass away, but the forest must remain forever. Such laws would be unpopular to many here, but they would work well for the people at large. A man who can only live a hundred years at most is allowed to buy a tract of land in the great water producing region of the State and for his own pecuniary benefit render it forever sterile. The State was too anxious to sell Adirondack lands at an early day, in order to get some one to pay taxes on them, Lands were sold in great tracts at a price often as low as five cents per acre; the timber was cut off, and then the lands were allowed to be sold for taxes and finally came back to the State. In consequence of this there are isolated tracts of State land scattered all through the wilderness; and in some cages the State has an individual third interest in lands on which the other two owners can cut the trees, but from which the State derives nothing, ‘These State lands are re- garded as free plunder by some lumbermen, and a sort of squatter sovereignty has been established in some cases where lumbering’ and bark-peeling have been carried on freely. The new ussociation deserves the support of all interested, and we lope that names of new members will flow in to the secretary from all who love the woods. His address is, Mr. Verplanck Colvin, Superintendent Adirondack Survey, Al- bany, N. Y. A meeting for further organization and action will be held this fall, when all who are likely to take an in- terest in it will he out of the woods, understand just what the Volunteer movement in England Tt can be studied to advantage by the authori- ties of every State, and the people of the United States would not regret the time and money spent in building up such a reservoir of passive power in case misfortune ever re- With such a force of semi-trained civilians to pick from there would not be that scrambling about for available men which has marked the formation of every American team But entirely apart from team formation, the be awonderfully effectual guarantee of peace and safety from invasion, and if the present match will in any way lead to the bringing into existence of such a body, it will be worth all the expenditure of time and money which it has TTENTION has frequently been called, in the pages of the luring of sportsmen by hotel proprietors into regions The summer resort put forth their mendacious and alluring advertisements of within ten miles, and the only game is the mal-odorous GREAT SoutrH Bay.—The waters of the Great South Bay of Long Island were formerly celebrated for their fine fishing. Hundreds of anglers went daily from New York and other places to capture bluefish, weakfish and other fishes in its waters, For years the people living near it received much money from the angling strangers who came to fish; and they waxed fat from summer boarders, boafi and horse hire, bait, etc. But they also allowed netters to take the fish, in open violation of the law, and failed to support those who protested against it. Mr. Roosevelt, of the New York Fish Commission, was one of those who protested some years ago, and the nef- ters convinced him that he wasin error by boring holes in his yacht and other arguments of a like character. Now the fishing is ruined, and the angler who goes there not know- ing this fact soon leaves for Barnegat Bay, or other good locality, and the hotel keepers are ia mourning, True, 4 society has been formed to correct the eyil, bul they are late, and it will take them years to repair the mischief which has been steadily exhausting the fisheries for the last decade, It seems to us that the Long Island Railroad, which has de- rived its share of benefits from the traveling anglers, should help this new association to preserve the fisheries of this great natural feeding and breeding ground. Amprican Woop PowprEr.—In reply to several inquirers respecting our opinion of the powder manufactured hy the American Wood Powder Co. of this city, we repeat what we have said before. The manufacturers of the powder, when they first brought it out, stated that they had sue- ceeded in overcoming, by the process of manufacture, the objection we urged against the Dittmar powder, namely, its liability to detonate. The strength of their claims could be tested only by a chemical analysis of the powder. This we at once instituted, putting samples of the powder into the hands of an eminent chemist for that purpose. Circum- stances have delayed his reporting to us, Pending this report we must decline to give advice in the matter. We prefer to treat such important subjects thoroughly, beliey- ing that the interests of all concerned—particuwlarly those of the consumer—demand intelligent consideration instead of a hasty and therefore premature passing of judgment. Tue U. 8. Firsa Commisston.—Prof. Baird is now at Wood's Holl for the summer, where the scientific portion of the commission is at work on sea-dredging and general marine investigation, ‘The menhaden investigation by the Senate committee, consisting of Senator Lapham, of New York, Senator J. F. Morgan, of Alabama, and Senator Call, of Florida, isat Cape May. Col. McDonald, one of the brightest and best fishculturists that this country has pro- duced, is with the commiltce, representing the commission, The question is a very vital one, and one that anglers take a great interest in, We will look for the report with much anticipation, Rarnpow.—Speckled beauties—trout. —snappers. Green beaulies—bullfrogs. woodcock. White beauties—polar bears. disappointed belles. Red beauties—Ivish setters. Black beauties—crows. Liver and white beauties—pointers, Crushed strawberry beauties—sunburnt anglers. Rusty beauties—gun barrels, Yaller beauties—Ki-yis. ‘White, black, and read all over’ beauties—Fornsr AND STREAM pages. THe GAME Prospects for the approaching shooting sea- son are very satisfactory. The birds are’ recovering from the decimation wrought by the severe winter weather of 1881-2, and where they have been fairly well protected from illegal shooting will afford good sport in the fall months. Crimson beauties Brown bheauties— Blue beanties— Loetc 1s Logre,—‘‘That Office Boy” says that 2 man who will kill game out of season will not scruple to kill his fel- low manas well. This is, we must confess, a pretty severe statement, but the suggestive point is that out in Colorado the ‘‘Boy” has found facts to sustain his proposition. Tue G. A. R.—Target practice, carefully conducted, is getting to be a feature of the many G. A. KR. pienics held. The “‘old uns” show considerable skill with the improved weapons of to-day, and always manage fo boast of much more than they accomplish, WILL CorresponDents PLEASE Osnien us by directing their communications to the Forest and Stream Publishing Go., and not to individuals. The annoyance catised by non- compliance with this request is constant, 482 FOREST AND STREAM. EE _—_ ———————————— [dvix 19, 1888. Che Sportsman Cowist. CAMP HENDERSON. SONG to the jolly old camp. The scene of Tull many a lark; Alone 1h the graye-solemn wood, The hte thekers weird in the dark, ‘The gofeepot sings in the coals, Above fits a shadowy owl, A frog hoareely eroalks in the pool, A chord to the wolf's distant howl. Some venison cooks.on a spit, The deep skillet savors of eels; Hark! yonder come ‘Rastus and John, The fruits of the day in their creels. The embers their yiands disgorge, With zest the attack is bezun; We eat as if famished for weeks, The forest resounding with fin. Sweet hemlocks we strew by the fire; On these our tired dinmhs find repose; With blankets drawn o'er us we sleep The slumber true weariness knows. Mosquitoes and punkies may swarm, And grandames may prate of the damp; We'll laugh all such terrors to scorn And sing to the jolly old camp. Lew VANDERPOEL, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. *%7O tourist can pass through fhe mountains of North Carolina without being impressed with the magnifi- cence of the climate and scenery, and made sensible of the justice of the boast of its inhabitants, that it is the “Switzer land of America.” I shall not attempt to describe any of the lovely spots which have called forth enthusiastic admira- tion, Those who desire to obtain uccnrate information of the climate, scenery and physical attractions of Western North Carolina, are referred to Miss Fisher's book entitled, “The Land of the Sky,” and to the sketches on the subject in Harper's Mayuzine, hy ‘‘Porte Crayon.” Tt is my design, by Unis article, simply to invite attention to this locality as eume resort. There are localities off from the beaten tracks, such as Watauga county, whiclt it is difficult for the tourist to reach, but which, it is said, present to the lover of nature and sport, attractions not to be found elsewhere east of the Rocky Mountains. The forests abound with game, and the clear cold streams are filled with trout, The most accessible spot in these mountains, which the sportsman can make his headquarters, is the Warm Springs, in Madison county, near the Tennessee line, and from which place | am now writing, Celebrated as a resort both for pleasure and health, it is beautifully located in the midst of the mountains onthe far-famed French Broad River, and is reached by the Western North Carolina Railroad which connects with the Richmond and Danvillesystem at Salisbury, ind with the Hast Tennessee, Georgia and Virginia systems of railroads at Morristown. The drawback consists in the exorbitant charges which a sojourner at the Warm Springs is sure to find on his bill. Niagarais no worse, But if satis- factory arrangements in this regard ean be made with the liotel proprietors, the sportsman will, in all otherrespects, be charmed, Accommodations are food. and the servants, like the eolored servants generally found at public places all over the South, are excellent. It is the greatest mistake in the world to suppose that white servants are superior to colored servants found in the South. When, in this great republic, a white person becomes menial, if seems to de- rade him in his own estimation, as it certainly does in the opinion of others. He even resents the ideaof being called i servant, but insists that he is only a “help.” The colored citizen upon the contrary, when he hecomes a servant does not object to being called one, provided you do not cali him i “nigger,” The latter term he regards as the greatest of in- sults. And so far from being lowered in his own, or the es- timation of hisfellows, by going into service, the reverse istrue, If his employment be one where he has some au- thority, confidence or trust reposed in him, he feels elevated, and seldom proves faithless. Hence there are no more thor- ourh aristocrats than are frequently met with among the col- ored menials of the South. Upon inquiry 1 was informed that| Tom Coulter was re- farded as the great authority upon all questions relating to (he chase in the neighborhood of the Springs. Tom is a colored man, and resides in Green county, Tennessee, about nine miles from the Springs. J rode over into Tennessee to see him, and fortunately found him at home, Like most of his race, he is polite and accommodating, and has far more than ordinary intelligence, Ife was formerly a slaye, and is now fifty-three years of age, and lives with his family on a comfortable little mountain farm, which he has bought and paid for since the war. He keeps a pack of hounds, and from and after the 15th of July of each year, haying secured his crops, he stays at the Springs during the season to hunt with and guide the guests, There is not a foot of ground in a radius of thirty miles around his house with which 'Tom is not familiar, and notwithstanding bis age, he can tramp over the mountains following his dogs from daybreak and until dark, and always keep within hearing, He exhibited 4 number of trophies of the chase, and gaye me afull account of al! game, and the haunts of the same, in fhe neighbor- hood. Gears are numerous, but owing to the lofty and precipi- tous mountains and the dense vrowth by which they are covered, it is almost impossible to catch them or bring them io bay with dogs. Started near the Springs, they often make for the Black Mountains, the highest mountains east uf the Rockies—Mount Mitchell being higher than Mount Washington in New Hampshire—a distance of yer thirty miles. Butlarge numbers of bears are caught in traps anc pens. Tom himself has caught since the war twenty-three bears in pens, These are built of hewed locust logs, about four feet deep, four feet wide and seven feet long, with a dcor of the same hard and heavy material, so constructed as to fall when the bear enters and takes the bait, If any other materials are used except the best locust, the bear will be certain to cut out, These pens are much better than steel (raps. There are a good many deer in the neighboring mountains, but there are more in the groups known as ‘‘Cow-Bell” and “Spring” mountains than inany other. When started on the north side of the French Broad River, the deer generally tun through Courtland’s farm, and cross the river at certain points betsveen two and four miles helow the springs. Hunters faking stands along the river at these places are almost sure to obtain a shot if vigilant. There are now on the mountains embraced in the Courtland farm a herd of fine bucks. The does have fawns at this senson, They fawn about the last of June, and hy the fifteenth of July the fawns are ableto shift for themgelyes, The Jaws of North Carolina afford the poor deer no protection whatever, as I am informed. Tennessee has game luws, but (hey give the game no protection near the North Carolina line for obvious TeAasous. Within a few hours’ ride from the Springs is the Clifty- fork range of mountains in Cocke county, Tennessee, This is a famous bear region, Jtis on the northwest side of the Fyench Broad River, and covered with dense thickets of laurel and briars, affording to bruin an almost inaccessible retreat. Brush Creek Mountains and flats, nine miles west of the Springs, isa fayorite resort for deer, When started in these Tiountsins they most invariably cross the river at the mouth of Brush Creek, which is therefore an excellent stand. Four miles above the Springs is Walnut Mountain, upon which there are a great many deer, Wheu started they cross Laurel Creek at two points, from which they may be easily killed. Laurel Creek is a large and beautiful stream emptying in the French Broad four miles above the Springs. Many of the streams flowing into and forming the Laurel are filled with trout, which, though small, seldom exceeding ten inches in length, afford excellent sport, On the south side of the river, and emptying into it at the springs, is 4 large clear stream called Spring Creek, which takes its rise in the Bluff Mountain range, some ten miles from the Springs. On the head waters of this stream and of Big Creek, which rises in the same locality, wolves, ns well as Wear, are plentiful. Itis the only locality I know of in these mountains where wolves are found. Not long ago five were killed in one day by a party of untsmen; and on another occasion four bears were killed in one day on this range, Since the railroad has been built along the river, the deer and other game have been driven further back into the in- terior; but are still within easy reach of the Springs, Wild turkeys, pheasants (ruffed grouse) and partridges are nbundant, Occvasicnally eagles may be seen, They build in the inaccessible cliffs near the rivers and creeks. Of course, there is other small game, such as rabbits, squirrels, etc. Owing to the splendid warm baths at the Springs, which are fayorable to the sportsman afflicted with rheumatism, no more delightful place can be found by him east of the Mississippi, during the autumn and winter months, proyided he cat obtain board on reasonable terms. From November until January is the time to come here to hunt, when the deciduous trees have shed their leaves, and the mountain «ir is crisp and bracing. The ‘sportsman tourist,” ly going only two miles from the hotel, may get into the hunt, and enjoy the loveliest of scenery on the Laurel. Wildeats and catamounts are nu- merous, and are often killed. The tributaries of the Laurel are the only streams near the Springs in which troul are now found; but black bass, redborse, eats and other fish abound in the French Broad and all of its large tributaries. Gray and red foxes are found in such numbers as to afford excellent sport. Tom Coulter and Mr. Surveyor have each a pack of hounds, and ave always ready and willing to lend their services to the sportsman, Indeed, every one aboutthe Springs is polite and accommodating, and outside of the hotel, charges are rea- sonable enough. Like most men of his habits, Tom Coulter is good-natured and amiable, and delights in all kinds of hunting, whether for rabbits or for bears, and has at his tongue’s end any number of incidents connected with his sporting experience wherewith to heguile away a tedions hour. J had the good fortune to meet at the Springs Col. Thomas Steele and his son, of Little Rock, Ark. All readers of the Forms? AnD STREAM are probably familiar with his nanieé, as [have often seen it mentioned in connection with his hunting tours in the Rocky Mountains. He isa large planter and an enthusiastic sportsman, and haying removed to Arkansas in 1853, remembers the day when Arkansas was truly a sportsmian’s paradise. Scarcely a season passes that he does not go ona camp hunt in the Rockies. Having, therefore, such varied expaticnces as a sportsman, and being a gentleman of fine sense and attractiye though plain con- yersational powers, it may be readily imagined what a treat it is to sit and Jisten to his relation of his sporting adven- tures, especially when giyen in his quaint and original style. We had hoped to meet ‘‘Wells” here, who we learn is somewhere inthe mountains. I trust he will be inspired thereby to giye us soon another of his entertaining letters. I desire here to return my thanks for the kimd invitation extended by him to me and others of the fraternity, through the medium of the Formst and Srream, to visit his home in Rockingham. Not only fromsome of bis numerous kins- Tolk (for he belonss toa family having probably a more extensive connection than any other in the South), but from others I haye learned of the hospitality to be mel with under his roof, and IT hope at no yery distant day to be able to find time to accept bis invitation. M, duty 7, 1888. THE ADIRONDACK GUIDES. AM no fighter—would rather walk round a block the wrong way to avoid a harsh word to or from anybody, eyen from my wife, But there are times when 1 will make a stand for my friends, and show fight in their behalf when, were the case my own, it would probably pass unnoticed. Now then for the provocation, which is in the following paragraph from a late number of The Mail and Bepress: “Adiroudack tourists are already on the march, and the guides haye all come to the front with customary rapidity. Tourists are most fortunate who do not haye to do with the guides.” You know that I have done a little traveling and camping in the Adirondacks—and your fishing editor has done a little of the same. Now, I know (excuse me for going in front, for it's my fight) and you know, that without the aid and assistance of these much-maligned guides, the Adirondacks to many would be an impossibility. There are some who can go olf into the wilderness, make pack horses, boatmen and cooks of themselves; can put up with any or no shelter, can digest food cooked poorly or well; can do many things that the guides do for us, and feel all the better for it, Wouldn't Ibe a proud manit 1 could do it and live? But 1 know that's too much for me, and not only for me, but for the reat majority of those who visit) and enjoy the grand old North Woods, and are the gainers thereby. What are we to do when this terrible army of cuides fas- ten their greedy, glistening, treacherous eyes upon us as we enter their tervitory? Heat a vetrest, and go somewhere else simply because of these miserable, mean, scurrilous innuen- does flung out in this style? or, will we be manly enough to do as the Children of Israel when Moses, acting: wider Divine instruction, issuvd his marching orders, Go for- ward"? I have been in the care and keeping of several dif- ferent guides in the years that have fled, and my aequaint- ance among them, especially in the Brown's Tract Revion, is pretty extensive, and 1 do not know of one solitary puide with whom 1 would not share my blanket ih any part of the wilderness, and feel just as safe in person and property as I would in the house of any friend in New York city. They work for pay. 80 do we all of us, only they give a preat deal more work for the money than any class of men I know of. Their’s is an intelligent service—they require brains, and good ones, too, Byery emergency ov crisis they must he prepared for; and Pyeseen some of thempet cauclit in tight places, but never inew one to fail or flinch; true as steel, and faithful as true, they do not deserve these sltirs and stabs in the dark. I know that around some of the lakes where large num- bers of fashionable people gather in the large hotels, there exists a class of “hotel guides,” who are not to be named in the same breath with the genuine guides. These men, or boys, are brought in from the settlements and farms on the borders of the wilderness, and are employed by the hotels at a certain sum per day for the busy season, The hotel hires them out to the genesis, and often the latter are sadly taken in, They may fet some one to row the hoat for them, but they have no guide; he knows nothing about where the fish or game are to be found; nothing about wooderaft, and is often simply a lazy, good -for-nothing beat, whose only ambition is to get through his day's work and bleed his patron of ail his spare change. ‘from all such deliver us,” They are not guides! In your issue of May 3, which I readin the jyoods, your correspondent, ‘‘Piseco,”” relates his grievances in this line at the expense of my good friend Robert Perrie, of Third Lake House, Knowing Mr, Perrieas I do, it would be very difficult to convince me that the story is as stated by ‘“‘Piseco.” And yet I don’t want to say, or even believe, that he would make « false statement, but will suppose that he got. a_had bargain, felt very much agerieyed, down on everybody, and had to “‘boil over or bust.” Mx. Perrie’s statement is briefly told. ‘‘Piseco” came to him at a season when all the guides were engaged, every man of them, He was so informed, and then told of a lad that he could set who was able to row ahoat, but knew nothing about guid- ing, and, it being Hobson’s choice, he had to take him or none, He was disappointed in his bargain, as he might have expected, but he would have been wiser and happier if he had passed it by without getting into print. So much for the guides, and it’s all gratis on my part. I love the honest faithful fellows for their merits, and could not hold my peace. I went into Brown's Tract, via Boonville, early in June, and spent a pleasant three weeks there with my son, and then turned back to my «laily round of work, better, fresher, and abler for my toil—brain clear, blood purified, liver cleansed, iron infused into my system and ‘“‘set up” in good shape, warranted torun, Ohanges have occurred since my last yisit; Georze A. May, the genial landlord of thé Hulbert Iouse, Boonville, has sold out to George H. Beck, who promises to do his hest for the sporigsmen and visilors to Brown's Tract who may give him a call, Death has made another change; Bart Halliday, one of the old time guides, died late in May und was buried at Boonville. He was well known, respected, and much sought after by sportsmen. He has dropped his paddle and woue oyer his last ‘‘carry,” and now he rests from his labors, One other change, and | don’t like it, a steambout has been put upon the Fulton Chain of Lakes. To he sure it is *‘only a little one,” and very slow at that, but, without wishing © John Meeker any injury in person or purse, | shall not ex- press my regrets if he finds it profitable to give up the job. The Adirondack boat is so0d enough for me yet, hotwith- standing my little tilt with *‘Nessmuk” last year—*‘‘he is wedded to his idols. let him alone,” you can apply lhat scripture to either or both of us. 1, oR. IN BOSSIER PARISH. BY GUO, D, ALEXANDER, O* Friday, June 30, 1888, in company with my esieemed young friend, William Mercer, I set ont to his hospit- able home, near Clark’s Bayou, some eighteen miles south- west of Minden; having prepared myself with everything necessary to enjoy several days of sport in both hunting and fishing, As me drove over the bridge across the bayou, Mv. Mer- cer remarked, “‘The water is in fine condition for catch- ing perch, and just right for using a good troll for black bass.” A mile beyond the bridge found us at his house. Mrs. Mercer, unfortunately, was on Red River visiting her sister, but he expected her to return before I should leave. Now he would have to do the honors of the house and act the part of the bachelor. : ‘At his store, near by, 1 met my old friends Dan Cole and Myr, Bodenheimer; not old in the sense of years, for both are young men and keen hunters and fishers, One of our Min- Uenites, young Mr, Sugden, was there also, who joimed us the next day in fishing. ap Early the next moming we were up, rigging poles, pro- curing bait, and saddling horses, though our spirits were considerably dampened by fears that the heayy rain which fell during the night would haye muddiei the water and destroyed the prospects of a very successful fish, However, Mx. Mercer said should it be the ease, he would return to the store, get some freedmen and his seine, and, by going down to the mouth of the bayou, where it empties into Lake Bisteneau, we should not be disappointed in having as many perch and bass as we desired toeat, On getting to the bayou, we found it just mucddied. syiti- cient to prevent the bass from striking the trolls, yet not preventing bank perch and the gogele-eye from biting, J. twied several varicties of trolls, but not a bass would strike. In huge disgust I laid those aside and tried the live minnows. It was as unsuccessful as the trolls, Then I gaye it up asa bad job, and turned my altention to fishing with red worms and sawyers for perch, which Mr. Sugden was rapidly pulling out and filling his sack, My, Mercer did the same. An hour's sport had filled ows ————— eC —_—S— er S—O —— ' FOREST AND STREAM. Jory 19, 1888.] Ne ee sacks, and we returned to the house to have them prepared for dinner. Tiis cook, wlio, by the way, is splendid in browning u fish just to suit my palate, and baking 4 corn dodger, which, next to in ash cake, T love above all sorts of bread, had cooked the fish to suit me to aT, aud I did en, joy my dinner, Mr. Mercer has the largest quantity of cat- tle of anyone in Bossier Parish, among them some of the best milk cows, and no end to fine utter and cool milk. Tow I a enjoy these atter being cooped up in a town for a car! . + That eyenmg a big chill caught me, and [ could not ae- company Cole and Sugden to wo higher np the bayou. where they thonghit the watet would be clear and the chances good for catching bass and gogel-eyes. They returned in time for haying the fish cooked for supper, with & Jarze number of each kind, reporting the fishing as superb, il, being almost impossible to Jet the troll strike the water before a tine, fat bass of some two or three pounds striking it. Gogele-eye bit as fast as the hook could he baited and thrown im thie water. This was all pleasant to them, but poor me! 1 had shaken the bed nearly down with & chill, and when they brouglt the fine fish into my room to show me, T wis Wurning up with high fever. Sunday, July 1.—I got up, dressed, and felt, better, bul staid in-doors all day, Mr. Mercer said, as it was now lawful lo hunt deer, we would go hunting varly Monday morning. Monday Morning, July 2.—Ate a hearty breakfust by sun- rise, and then mounting Dora, Mr. Mercer's tine saddle mare, with him, Cole and two freedmen, procéeded to our stands about a mile and a half from the store. The deer had been coming every night into his cotton field just hefore the house, and then laid up during the day in a large piece of woods nearly surrounded by fields, Cole drove, He had two good hounds. I went with Carey Porter, a freedman, to show me my stand, while Mercer and Adam Turner, a freedman, went to stands beyond ours. Carey had haruly lime to place me at the proper place, before I heard the hounds in full cry coming direct to my stand. In afew minntes | caught the outlie of a deer’s ears as he sprang into the path some seventy-five yards from me, and stopped, but behind some pine trees, and at the same instant, a plagued red cur bounded across the path between the deer and myself. It was done so quickly that L was in doulit whether it was a dog ora fawn, until in a moment it re- turned direct to the litle deey and drove it back into the drive. The two hounds came out, ran across the path, made a circuit coming up to me, and just then I heard the cur open afew times, not less than a quarter of amile ou the drive, taking the deer, as I thought, to Mr. Mercer. The cur was running il so close that the animal took a thicket, and though passing quite near Mr. Mercer, he did not see it, and then left on quick time for Red River bottom. To say I was mad would not express my feelings. I was furious, and I declared I would kill that dog as sure as I shonld lay eyes on him in the drive. Cole blew back the hounds, and went to stands inside of the same drive. Mercer told me this same cur had kept him over twenty times from killing deer, just as he did me, that he helonged to a worthy freediman who lived not far from his store, and when the dog heard the horn of the driver, he would come to him or the (rive, and act jst as he did this morning. 1 Mercer took me toa stand and then went on to one further down the road, the freedmen béing lefi at the stands [ and Carey Porter had filled, _ Not thirty minutes passed before I heard Cole halloing very lustily to his dogs, and then they broke into full ery. Soon he blew his horn many times and sueceeded in getting the dogs back to him, He was blowing, shouting, and making as much noise as the first locomofive makes on coming to a station out West for the first time, when two heavy shots in rapid succession broke the stillness, and then came an indistinct cry of a dog as in pain, and next the war of both dogs for half a minute. Then all ceased, and the three long blasts of the horn notified me that a deer was killed, and I shouldrideup. _ Cole was not over i quarter of a mile from me, when he shot, and as I came up both of the freedmen and Mercer rode up. I saw a beautiful fat young maiden doe lying dead, witli both hind legs broken in several places, aud several shot piercing both hams. He had made a splendid shot as the deer got up before him in very thick bushes, and he only caught a glimpse of it as he shot, He rather evaded a reply to my asking him ‘‘didhe kill it with the first or second shot?’ He was in fine spirits, more liyely than usual. It was nof over half 1 mile to the house, and while going along back home heinformed me, ‘that red cur would never bother me again, his second shot being at the cur that ran in before him as the deer jimiped up.” We had not been absent two honrs from the store. ‘The milt and liver being favorite parts of a deer with me, Mr Mercer sent them to the cook, to haye them prepared in the best manner, and did I not enjoy them? It had been eleven months since I had eaten any venison, and this was 4t Mr, Mercer's. Soon after dinner J was taken with a regular old fashion augue and chill, I have rarely suffered as much before with one as I did with this. Nevertheless I managed to eat a double portion of the delightful yenison. The cook had stewed the ribs until they were thoroughly done, Tate an enormous quantity for a sick man, The next day I laid up all day, swallowed not less than forty grains of quinine, sweated myself nearly to death, and rose the next, bright and refreshed, ready for another hunt. July 4.—Mercer could not go hunting, but) Cole was sent by him. He got several freedmen to accompany us. Among them were Carey Porter and Henry Johnson, This last was one of the best negroes, Mercer said, he ever knew. He certainly had one of the most pleasant and honest faces T eyer saw. Mercer told me, “he would helicye him as quickly as any white man in the country, and he would credif him as soon as any one the amount he asked for.” He was one of the tinest sperimens I ever saw of the negro race, about six feet fwoinches tall, black asa crow, well- “proportioned, and Daya a face that one does not tire in looking at, Honesty, fidelity and bravery were stamped on every limeament. He was the hody servant to young Jack Hodges, an older brother of my son-intaw, Lawson Ik, Hodges, and had accompanied his young master at the open- EE ing of the war, to the hattle-field of Manassas, There young Hodges was killed, and when it was told Henry, the poor negro nearly went crazy. Some of the company told him his young master wus left dead on the field of battle. The negro broke from camp, traversed the whole field, turning oyer and scanning every dead Body, until he found him, 483 Lifting him gently in his great. arms, he bore the body baek tocamp. He could gel no eofin ty pluce the body in, hut as he told me, “he botrowed 9 saw, and he stole some planks from 9 quartermaster, and made himself a ride coflin m which ue pliced the body, und then digwing a graye, he Duried by himsell the loved fon of him whom he loved as 4 brofher, and then be made his way back to his old master's home, near which place, on the same land, he now lives. He owns his own farm, has a good «in, plenty of horses and eaftle and logs, makes ood crops, ind owes no Than i dollar, Who will denie that a neero is nol faithful, and to be freatly praised under such ¢ireumstances? ~ Butto return 16 our bunt. Te made three drives in sue- Cession, withow) getting a ytart, “Ordinarily,’’ Cole said, “he could start twenty deer in the wouds we hunted.’ Tt was getling excessively hot, and we went to 2 spring to vet some water, While there, | was struck with a quaint re- mark of Carey Porter, Said he, alter swallowing nearly a vallon of water, “Li is too hot for white folks, too hot for hounils, hut is just right for nfepars.” Thaw (rue is this in such # latitude and al saci & season of the year! In no part have I seen the freedmen so well off usin this Bossier Point, and] am certain 1 have never seen a more quiet, orderly and respectful body of colored people, All ave doing well. You never hear of any fights ;nd quarrels, And J ym certain flat even in slave times one would not have found the negroes more respectful and law-abiding. After cooling al the spring, we proceeded to beat across an old field, belore taking another drive, Cole was riding a little in advance of me, to my left, Henry Johnson was in the center, but in adyance of me, We were passing a little cluster of sumac bushes, when I saw Henry lower himself on the neck of his horse to look at something, and then exclaim: “‘Daris a deer; shoot him." Up bounded « beautiful fawn, and then itstoppeda moment aud ranon my right I could not shoot, but rode a step or two to give Cole a chance to shoot, when he let fly both bar- rels from the left shoulder, buf did no damage, The terri- fied little creature ransome forty yards and stopped. By this time I had turned Dora to the left, which saye me a heantiful chance to shoot; and as I brought down the heavy Moore & Son gun, weighing some eight pounds, the mare’s head went up and down quicker than a die-dapper duck. The gun was so hard on trigger that I could not Keep it on the deer, and J fired at random, only frightening the beuuti- ful little terrified creature. It hounded off unharmed, and I was glad of it. The hounds ran it for a mile or more and thenlostit. On returning home, Henry told us ‘he could not die happy un- less he told the truth about this little deer, and that was, he wis so excited he forgot he hada gun, and wanted us to shoot it.” ; This ended our hunt. I did not haye a chill, and I did, indeed, enjoy the eating of the deer we killed the day before, After onr railroad is completed, the hunter who loves both fishine and hunting can haye as much of both as he wants by going down into Bossier Point, And should he he 80 fortunate as to mule the acquaintance of this most hospitable and genial gentleman, William Mercer, he will never regret a2 sojourn at his residence, The next day I returned to Minden, to find all my fine chickens dead with cholera or some other fatal disease, and my fine bitch, Princess Louise, the gift of Mx. J. O. Donner, of Brooklyn, so wild, that she would not come to me, and had left home fo take up with a neighbor. Minven, La. Batuyal History, THE COMMANDER [conTINvED. | I AM unable to send you at present a full description of the islands, as my sojourn here has scarcely exceeded three months. The following pages will contain merely some disconnected sketches of those things I consider to be new or of special interest. You will see, besides, that they are, with a few exceptions, limited to the land fauna, as this, of course, has been the main object of my studies and observa- tions. The collections of marine animals are as yet insig- nificant. My stay here has as yet been too short, of Course, to allow of exhaustive generalizations with regard to the zoological relations of the islands, the more as I haye been able to identity with certainty only a small portion of the animals which [I haye collected. But I do not hesitate to state that the character of the land fauna is palwarctic, as it has been supposed to be. Such being the cage, you will not find it surprising that the faunal character of the island agrees more or Jess with that of Kamtschatka, 1 * The islands during the period previous to which they re- ceived their present fauna and flora were totally covered by the sen, and that since that time they haye not been con- nected with the mainland on either side. From this it would follow that none of the species occurring here are true indigenes. They evidently immigrated, especially and more regularly from the west, from Asia, by means of pre- yailing winds, currents, and the driftwood varried by these, and more accidentally from the cast, from America, That the inhabitants, more independent of those circumstances, likewise show nearer relationship to the Asiatic fauna is partly due to the shorter distunce, this being only 100 miles from the nearest cape of Kamtschatka, Cape Kronotski (which by the Russian man-of-war Vestnik this year has been found to he situated twenty miles more to the west- ward than given in the charts), while the nearest island of the Aleutian chain, Attn, is twice as far off; und partly to the effort of the Asiatic fauna to extend beyond its own limits. It is a well-known fact thit the Asiatie fauna is in a continuous and comparatively rapid motion toward the west, especially in northern Europe, But it seems to me that a similar moyement takes place in the eastern part of Asia, only in an opposite direction, the proof et which I find in the nob inconsiderable number of exclusively palmartic forms in Alaska, especially among thabirds. I here enumer- ale only Cyancaula, Saatcata, Phyllapneuste, PyryTiuti, Panus obtectus, Cah,, etc, Tis true that the Zotgeographical regions overlap cach other ned their borders, but il is a remarkable fact that America contributes but very little to the fauna, ‘Thus it is probable that ere long we will detect still more Asiatic forms in Alaska, and that hereafter it will bo necessary to register as ISLANDS. residents such species which at present are known only as temporary or casual intruders. The oecumence of species peculiar to the islands (and T hive no doubt the fin revision of the material collected by ine will make known several new ones) will not invalidate What LT have stited above with rveard to the want of indi genous animils and plants. Thuir origin is due merely to variability in connection with isolation and time. As to the plants I shall be very brief, as lam not a bota- nist, I limit myself to the remark that 1 find the general chamtetler of the flora very much like that of the trecless re- gions of Northern Europe, the most discrepant features be- ing the splendid Rhedodendtrons (hamntschaticum and elnysan- thum) and the Baranna lilly (Aetivaria serunne), Svill closer, of course is the resemblance to the plants of Kamt- schatka, especially to those in greater altitudes, The plants of both islunds are, [ think, identical, but the manner of their immigration very likely has caused the occurrence of some species in one island which are absent in the other. Thus T have trom Copper Island a yery small but conspict- ous: Viol with yellow flowers (much resembling the yellow variety of I. trevelon), a plant which 1 found also in’ Petro- pitalski, nth not here on Bering Island The islands are completely destitute of trees, unless one might be tempted 10 term so the shrubs of Sudée, Sorbus and Betulie, trom six to eight feet high, some of which ubtain a proportionally great thickness close lo the ground. Thus, forinsiance, 1 haye a suction of jt birch with a diameter of two inches. The vegetation, especially in the yalluys, is very luxuriant, in most places of a man’s height or more. This exuberance is especially due to the rich soil in connection with the ex- treme moisture, for the temperature during the three months, during which the plants haye now been growing, was not high. My observations show a mean of 42°.7 F. for June, 48".2 for July, and 54° for August. The minimum temper- atures for the same months are 31°.3, 39°.4 and 44°.6, re- spectively. In higher latitudes the length of the day and the intensity of the light produce the same effect, but as we live here in latitude 55°, under a sky generally over- cast, we do not find the same conditions as we should there, Of land and fresh-water invertebrates [ have collected only some specimens of worms, mollusks, and arthropods, The worms are represented only by a species of Lwninzeus and by two Hirudinee. The mollusks are more numerous, including one bi- valve and two or three pond gnails, seven land snails, and one slug. Among the lund snails there are several ux- tremely stoall Welives, scarcely larger than a pin’s head, some of which I suspect to be new, They are surely not the young of the larger kinds, of which I possess young ones also of the same size, except a medium-sized Zimneus, and with the same exception they are not yery numerous. Of myriapods I haye found only a few species, while the spiders have yielded a richer harvest. As arule the winged insects seem to be more numerous, with regard to both indiynals and species, which is also the case near Petropnulski. In the first place, the mosquitos make themselyes very conspicuous, Althouzh not quite in such Jarge numbers as in Kamtschatka, where the furious attacks of their legions sometimes prohibited me from se: curing a bird I had shot, and usually a valuable one, even here on the island they seriously interfere with the duties of a collecting naturalist. The diurnal lepidoptera seem to be very scarce, I have seen only a single one, early in the spring, on the 21st of May; it was a butterfly, much like, if not identical with Vanessa wrtiew L., but unfortunately the chase was unsuccessful, My lookout for some species of Ajgynnis, Hrebia or Tieris has been completely in yain, The Nociuina are not very numerous either, while the Geame- tide and Microlepidoptera are more common. The beetles are not numerous, including up to date only one or two Curcilionide, one or two Hlateride, one Stipha, some Staphylinide, Dyliscide, Gyrinide, Carabieide, and a Cieindela, which I have seen at ouly x single place, although it is a Conspicuous species, Of crustaceans the fresh-water ponds have yielded a Branchipus, some Ganmaride, one Daphnia, and one or two other almost microscopical species, which, I think, belong to Cyelops. T can hardly write anything about the fishes inhabiting the rivers and lakes, If will be better to postpone this topic unti next year, and I shall limit myself to a mere enumera- tion of the species observed by me up to date, viz., Gusteres- teuspunyitius L,, and (r. cataphraectus (Pall), Sulme collarias (Pall. ), (called Golete hy the natives here), Oncorhynchus ly- cuoden (Pall,), (Russian Kiasnaje Riba), O. sanguinolentus (Pall.), (Russian, Atswic/), O. protens (Pall.), (Russian, Gor busch), and the “Bajdwrsik’ of the natives, which I have not yet been able to make out, ‘“*Si:" is the Russian name of Coregonus, but I do: not believe that it belongs to that venus, as the mouth extends beyond the eye, Probably it is the same species called Coregonus by Nordenskjéld (Vega Expedition, American edition, page 618), asI do not know amy other one to which to refer this name; the three other species of which he speaks are ¢tllavias, lycaodon, and pya- teus, Inmy next report I hope to be able to add another Sal- monoid to the list of the species Known (as I suspect the occurrence of such a one), Batrachians and reptiles are wanting altogether on the island, as might be expected. Dr. Dybowski and I have been searching very eagerly for a Salumandrillw, as we sus- pected the “Ayayani,” of which the uatives told us, to be such an animal, It turned out, however, to be a larze Dytis- Cus. The ornithologist starting for Bering Island will probably prepare himself beforehand for hunting and collecting two large, rare, and inturesting birds, yiz., Zhalassaétus pelayivns (Pall.) and Phalucrowrax per'spicillatus Pall., as Pallas, on Steller's authority, gives Bering Island as their habitat, where they occurred in abundanze, You will not be more disappointed than | tim in learning that there is no hope whatever of getting a specimen of the latter, and very little of obtaining any of the former from Bering Island. lt is not to be doubted that the Phalacrocarax perspioillatus (oes not occur on the islands at present, The natives, how- ever, remember yery well the time when it was plentiful on the rocks, especially on the outlying iglef Are Kamen, About thirty years ago, they say, the last ones were seen, and the reason they give why this bird has beconie exter- minated here on the island is that it was killed in great num- bers for food. They unanimously assert that it has not been seen since, ind they only laughed when I offered a very high reward for a specimen, When Pallas gives Bering Island as the habitat of —— —— FOREST AND STREAM. i [JoLy 19, 1883. boil the Thalessaétus L feel tolerably sure that he has misunder stood Steller's words, or that Stellev, if he really has reported its occurrence, met with only a straggler from Kamtachatka, The former supposition seems to nie to be more probable, for the reason that Steller, in his deseription of Bering Island, does not. mention this cagle.* He, how- ever, speaks of On eagle in the following terms: ‘*Yon selt- nero, an der sihitischen Kiiste nicht geschenen Vogeln habe ich dort [Bering [sla] einen besondern Secadler mit weissem Koplund Schwanz * * * angelrofien * * * jener nistet auf den héchsten Felsen, und sie haben im An- fung des Junius Junge, die ganz mit weisser Wolle bedeckt sind,” This is the same bird of which he speaks in his “Beschreibing von dem Lande Kamtschatka’ (1774), pp. 193—194 as follows: “‘Eine Art unbekannter und selir sehoner Adler, so aber in Kamtsehatka viel selisamer Vorkommen als in America und den Inseln tm Canal, dahero auch solche bis diese Stunde noch nicht erhalten kénnen. Ds ist devselbe so gross als der Halietus, ganz schwarz, fusgenomunen den Kopf, Urepygiwin, schwarze Wisse} und Schenkel, welche so weiss als Schnee sind. Er macht sein Nest auf hohen Felsen, nus Reisern im Diameter yon qinen Faden einen Schuh dicke, 1nd leet seine Eyer gezen den Anfang des Junii, swey an der Zah] Die Jungen sind ganz weiss, ohne cinige Plecken; und stiesen die beyde Hltern, da ich auf Bitrings Wilande das Nest besahe, derge: stall auf mich zu, dass ich mich kaum ihrer vit dem Stock erwehren konnte. Olinerachtetich den Pullo keinen Schaden augefiiget, verliesen die Alten dennoch dus Nest und bnueten sich ein wnderes an einen Felsen wohin niemand moelich za kommen,” I think there can be little doubt that the bird thus de- scribed isa Heliieelus leucoceplalus (Linn.) in spite of the white “thighs.” which perhaps is only a dapsus calamé of the person Copying the original mynustript, this being, as we koow, only a rough draught of Steller’s, in comuaon with | the “black feet.” The following are my special reasons; 1. The habitat given by Steller agrees exactly with that. of H. leticouophalus, while 7, peagieus is common in Kum- fxchatka, and doas not oceur at all in Amerien; 2. “White head” can only be said about fexcocephitus and not of pela- yiews, which hus merely the forelead white; 3. If Steller had intended ty describe the pelugicus he would not have overlooked the white shoulders. a much more conspicuous featine than the white forehead; 4. Byen if Steller’s manu scripts contained words “'thigls white’ it would be of little importance, as it seems that he did not kill the bird and only made the description from the living animal. Tn pelagicus the whole abdomen is white. The supposition here advanced seems the more plausible, as a pair certainly belonging to this species still breeds inthe neighborhood of the place where Steller and his comrades wintered. Besides, 7, pelayious in- habits exclusively the dense and lurge forests, and is not known to rear its young ones in such treeless localities as those of Bering Island. When it occurs here, it is, at, present at least, only as a lonely strageler from Kamtschatka, asually a young bird, and there is no reason why this should have been different during Steller’s time, Thaye seen such a young bird here, shot on the island, obtained by Mr, Greb- nitzky, and forwarded by him to the Academy in Sf. Petersburg. Jt was in the same plumage as the youre speci- menin the National Museum. The measurements are as follows: Total length 910mm; chord of culmen from fore- head tc tip 85mm, from cere to tip 68mm; radius of curya- ture of culmen from cere to tip 41; hill from tip to mouth 84, to hind angle of nostrils 62, and front this point to fore wngle of eye 40mm; height of upper mandible at wpper bor- der of cere 87, and its breadth at the lower border of core 27mm; gonys, 29; wing, 630; tail feathers, 340mm; from feathering on front of tarsus to base of middlé claw 142: chord of the latter 34, and of its hind claw 44mm. It will be seen from the above statement that the bald eavle isan inhabitant of the island, but I can affirm that it if very scarce at present in proportion to what it must haye heen only afew yeurs ago, judging from the many aban- doned nests and from reports of the residents, But it seems as if a third species of sea eagles should be adiled, not only to the fauna here, but even to the list of known birds, for I have never seen a young Hulietus with the whole lower surface almost white, and the upper side with dark tips and edgings on a whitish bottom, such as my No, 105%. This, a young female, still with black tail, was shot on the 15th of May, measuring if total length 590mm (35 inches), with a stretch of wings of 2.220m (87.40 inches); iris, faint yellowish white; bill, horny brown; cere, yellow, with horny brown shudings on the back; feet, bright golden yellow. Compared with the young of MW leueorephulus of the sume age, it bas, quite in Contrast with the color of the hordy, the tail feathers, under tail-coyerts, and axillaries still darker colored, The size is not incousiderably less than thal of the bald eagle, as the specimen in question represents the largest size of its kind, being no larger than an old male of the said species. The’ bill is fully equal in size to that of a young leneocephalus, and the feet Likewise; but the body, tail and wings are smaller, T have little doubt that this bird if more mature would haye assumed an almost uniform white plimage below, with white tail, a supposition corroborated by the statement of Mv, Grebnitaky, that he himself once has observed here, on the islind, an eagle with a white lower surface and tail. That we do not deal in our case with an albino is evident: not only from the color of the eyes, but the character of the whole plumage would also contradict such 4 theory. The white color does not appear as an irregularity, aud the dark colors are deep and distinut. Upon the whole, T reach the conclusion that the present hird is sufficiently distinet from HH. leuvorephatus, and, eon- sequently, also from 77, aliteilia (L.). There are two other species, however, of which I know only the names, yiz., H. lwueonyphun (Pall.) and H, leneoguster (Gm.): put Dy. Dyhowski, who is well acquainted with the former, asserts that this is quite « diferent bird, while Dr, Henry Guille- mird, who ns been collecting in Central Africa and is quite familiar with the latter, corroborated the same statement Npon seeing My bird during a day's visit here, Both re- eciyed the impression that the species is a new one. Did 1 not have the hope that Mr. Ridgway would take the trouble to compare this specimen with those in the National Museum, and describe it if he should come to the sume conclusion, 7 should not hesitate to pive it a name, But as the collection of )irds will be placed in such good hands as his, I think it advisable to watt for his decision, * Neueste nord. reiur , 1 (1793), p. 220. |} This is completely senseless, leonjecinre it to héa misprint for “Sch wanzfedern,”’ In this connection I will merely mention some other forms which I suspect to aye been hitherto more or less unknown, or wrongly known, likewise leaving to Mr. Ridg- way the labor of having them compared, described, and nained if he shonld find them to be actually new. In the first place [ call your attention 1o the four larks, Nos, 1020 and 1117 from Bering Island, and 1242 and 1249 from Pefropaulski, where I found this species, in one place at least, tolerably common. The lenpths are respectively 186, 187, 188 and 173mm: iris, dark brow; Dill, pale fles celor; culmen and tips of both maudibles, blackish brown; feet, light reddish brown; tarsal joint, dark svayish; toes below, livid; nails, blackish pray. It is much like the com- mon European Almada apvensis L., but it appears to me. to have lighter and clearer colors. The size agrees very well with that of birds from Northern Europe. No, 1251 is another passerine bird, thought to be new. Ttis kind of willow-warbler, common in Petropaulski, but not observed here on the islands. My only specimen is a male, shot on the 4th of July, 1882, Total length 149mm; iris, hazel; fect, cluar yellowish town, * The loud song, consisting of the syllables vwitshe-witshe- witshe-uitsh, and somewhat resembling the sound made by whétting a scythe, was heard, especially toward night, from all sides when walking through the high grass and willows covering the swampy slopes of the mountains witha thicket almost impenetrable both to foot and eye. You would very seldom get «1 slimpse of the watehful songster, when, cling- ing to the middle of the upright stalk of some high orchid or grass, he did his best in the singingy match with one of his own kind ov a Calliope Kamitschiudhensis or a Ownpodavus. Buf no sooner would you move your gun to secure the longed-for specimen than he silently disappears, as com- pletely and suddenly as if he possessed Dr, Fortunatus's cap. The only way to obtain 4 specimen is to watch patiently near one of his favorite bushes, with the gun ready, For hours Lhave thus sat in the wet swamp, almost desperate from the bites of the nuimberless bloodthirsty mosquitos, which I did not dare to wipe off, feuring to drive away the silent bird, who perhaps was watch- ing my immovable figure until he was satistied as to his safety. Curious, but atill cautious, he would come nearer, slipping between the stems and branclics néarest to the ground, uttering a very low, thrush-like tai, lik; tak, tak, and with the tail straight upright, very much like a long-tailed Toglodytes both in color and conduct. And if I kept absolutely quiet le sometimes would proceed close to my tect, looking curiously at me with his pretty dark eves. But before the challenge of « neighbor had at- tracted bis altention and provoked his reply, which he usually began with a short trill, it would not have been ad- visable to move a muscle. Then comes the time to lift your gun very slowly, stop- ping as often as he suspiciously stops his song, until the “crack” puts an end Lo it forever, and you hold in your hand a crushed specimen, unfit for preparation, when you have to shoot from too short a distance, or return without anything, while, after a longer shot, you cunnot find the plain-looking little bird amidst the immense yepetation in the dim light of the vanishing day and tortured by the intolerable mosquitoes, You will understand from your own rich experience how much pleasure it gaye me when I, at lust, obtained a toler- ably good specimen. Should it prove to be a valid species, I would be obliged if the name ofits first discoverer, Dy- bowski, be affixed to it. The family of sandpipers is very well-represented here on the island, and my collection therefore contains not less than nineteen species, or nearer one-third than one-fourth of the total number of species collected, a number liable to be not inconsiderably increased before the list embruces all the Species occuring here as residents or visitors, 1 must confess that there are several species stmong my birds which I have not been able to identify, although IT have no hope that all these will prove to be new, Thus the most common limicoline bird here is an Arquatella (Nos. 1031, 1089, 1044, 1048, 1085, 1107, 1108, 1262, 1344, 1845, 1465, etc.), about which I feel quite sure that it is a very well known species, but as to these, birds it is more difficult to determine the species from memory alone than ijn almost any other group that I know of, But there are in my collection two spreies, the common forms of which I haye been well acquamted with, showing some differences from these, if | am not quite mistaken. The one is the snipe, which, having only fourteen tail- feathers, comes nearer tothe European Gullinage yrallinarta (Miall.) than to the American G. wilson? (Temm,). But 1 do not think that the former has the crissum and the under tail-coyerts so dark brownish as my specimens, nor is the attern of their greater wing-coverts quite identical, Snipe- hunting without a dog is exceedingly difficult here. For this reason I have at present only five specimens to send of this bird, which, in suitable localities,is by no méans u- common, The other one is a form of Pelidna alpina, which seems remarkable for its pure colors and the absence of any dark spots on the lores. J cannot unite it with P, chinensis Swinh., which has been identified by Taczanowski with P. sehinet (Brm,), and consequently must be much smaller than my birds, Finally, I have referred five birds (Nos. 1637, 1641, 1646, 1642 and 1659), with much doubt, to the genus Trengites Cab., on account.of the yery short bill, this being consider- ably shorter than the head, and the long toes exceeding the tail by their whole length when stretched backward. The feathering of the bill seems fo me likewise to be moré pro- tracted thanin other 7yinging, although not to sucha degree as given forthe American 7. rufescens (Vieill.). Besides, there are no black mottlings on a white ground onthe wing, only some faint whitish mottlings at the base of the remigea as it isoftenseen in Jrinyo, A conspicuous feature ip the fine black bristles before and below the eyes, almost encir- cling them, and, wpon the whole. more developed than in other genera, The color, except the rusty crown, is to a cer- tain degree like {he plomage of the snipe, and the bill, being somewhat widened, erooyed, and furrowed at the tips, and having a very long nasal groove, also remotely resembles that of the bird mentioned. The total number of species collected during these months amount to sixty-one, without counting those collected in Petropaulski; and, besides these, | have observed about ten species of which no specimens haye yet been secured. Among the latter is Steynm longipennis Temm., of which 9 specimen wis shot during my stay in Petropaulski, bnt on my arrival | found it in such 4 state of decomposition that it was quite impossible to preserve it, This species bred on the island, but only in four pairs. I looked in vain for your Stoyna alention. We the whole, the poverty of representa- ‘ tives of the subfamilies Sterniéna and Lavine is very notice- able; thus, for instance, I have met with only one species of the genus Larus, L. glaucesens, Licht., being not so nu- merous, however, as one might expect.* * The species of Larus observed on 'Toporkof Island by Dr. Kjell- man and Dr Stuxberg belongs here, Krom the translation of a por- lion of Professor Nordenskjéld’s narrative of the Vera, expedition in Henry Elliott's monograph of the Seal Islands, p. 113, it would seem us if they also had found this bird there “by the millions.’ The American edition by Leslie, p. 17, shows, hcwever, that they ex- Dressly ceil this statement to Wratercula cirrhata in accordance with fac! + Sundeyall (Tent. meth. disp. Av., p. 145, 1872) has substituled for Branta Scop, Brenthus “Antig,,7 a name accepted by some later authors, for iustance Dr, Richenow (Orn, Centralbl,, 1882, p, a6), but Brenthus is preoceupied for a genus of Coleoptera since 1826, [TO BE CONTINUED. | NEW YORK FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. TE indiscriminate cutting of timber, the stealing of it and the pealing of bark in the Adirondacks has been a great evil for years. Ti has heen wrilten about by individ- uals who saw that unless it could be checked there would soon be no woods to speak of, and consequently no water for the canals and rivers. The attention of the Legislature of New York was called to it, and last winter the Senate appointed a. committee consisting of Senator Koch, Lynde and Frederick Lansing, to look into the matter and take such preliminary steps as would in their judgment seem just and proper for that purpose. Joseph Koch, its chair- man, ¢alled 4 meeting of the committee at Albany, July 12. The meeting was held at the office of Superintendent Colvin, of the Adirondack Suryey, at 11 o’clock on the 18th, Tn connection with this meeting Mr. Colvin invited several gentlemen known 1o be interested in the subjeet to meet the Senate committee and forma forestry association. In answer to this call the following gentlemen were present: Gen, Robert Lenox Banks, 0, P. Williams, Fred Mather, Judge Clinton of Buffalo, Hon. Neil Gilmour, Dr, 8. B. Ward, Hon, P. J. Rogers of Seneca, Hon. William P, Leitehworth, Chairman of the State Board of Charities, Mr, William Barnes and seyeral others. Superintendent Colvin explained the object of the meet- ing and read letters of commendation of the work to be undertaken from ex-Goy. Seymour, Hon. Erastus Breoks, Prof, Edward North, of Hamilton College, Dr. Franklin B. Hough, Judge Smith and Erastus Corning, all of whom gave words of encouragement to the undertaking, and ex- pressed regret at being unable to attend the meeting. Mr. Colyin stated that the fact that the Senate Committee on State Lands was to meet in this city on this date induced a movement by several who were interested in the formation of a State forestry association. THe said that on the 8th of August the American Forestry Congress would meet at St. Paul, Minn. Heretofore the State of New York had been represented at the yearly meetings of the national body only by the presence of volunteers interested in forestry, while most of the other States had sent regular delegates. In view of the fact that so much’ had been done by the last Legislature looking ,to the preservation of the forest lands of the State, it had seemed to those interested that this was a favorable time to organize a State association. Senator Lansing stated that there were 600,000 acres of forest land which the State now owned, haying acquired title through recurring tax sales, situated in the counties of Herkimer, Franklin and St. Lawrence, and dwelt at some , length npon the necessity of saving these lands from further spoliation, both as a sanitary measure and for the benefit of our streains, rivers and commerge generally. He was followed by Hon. William. Barnes, of thu Forest Commission, who gave A brief and interesting history of our forests, and explained the manner in which forests are pre- served in Germany and Russia, showing on a map the out- line of the Russian forests. Mr, Colyin showed new manuscript maps, prepared in his office, of Hamilton county and other counties, on which the forest lands were outlined in red. Mr, Lansing’ explained the characteristics of the lands shown on the map, and said that the question was as to whether the State should acquire more lands, with a view of preserving its forest possessions in one great tract, explained the great importance of the preservation of the vast forests in the Adirondack region, and urged that the Legislature in so important a matter could do little without the active sup- port and assistance of citizens generally, Discussion and a comparison of views would haye an educational inflnence and bring out the facts, and determine what it was neces- sary to do to accomplish the desired result. It was certain that along the Black River the rapid cutting away of the forest had so opened the woods to eysporation that the springs of the head-waters were drying up, and with his peop'e af Watertown it became a simple, practical question —shall the forests be destroyed and the streams cease to give the regular supply of water, or shaJl we study and guardagninst these dangers? f Mr. G, P. Williams believed that a forestry association might accomplish good results, and queried whether the interests of private owners in the forest region might not he made to contribute to the end aimed at—the preservation of the wooded lands and their scientific maintenunce. He knew. from personal experience, that the lands in lower Hamilton were almost worthless for agriculture, The climate 1n winter was substantially an arctic one, the snow falling to a depth of seven or eight feet. He had maintained a. tarm in the locality for ten or twelve years, by annual con- tribution to the family working il, not for any agricultural results, buf for the purpose of having a summer home and a trout fishing resort for himself and friends. Pasturage was fair in the district, but the ordinary crops of the farmer could not be prown. If the forests could be preserved, they would furnish to the State a very attractive resort, outside _ of the economical propositions inyolyed, ’ Mr. Fred Mather then spoke al some lengtli about the in- jury done to the different kinds of fish in the Woodland and other streams by the sawdust, and the odor of pine resulting from the destruction of the timber, He said that the practice of clearing up a tract of land on such thin soil rendered the land permanently barren, there was nothing to prevent, the hills from drying up. Wheu he was a boy there was plenty of water in the Hudson for sail vessels to tack anywhere from Castleton to Albany and now nothing but a steamboat chanvel remains in summer, ‘ After further discussion, Gen, Banks was chosen chair- man, and Mr, Colvin, secretary of an executive committee, which, on motion, was made to consist of those persons present who took an active interest in the matter, A resolu- tion, offered by Mr, Barnes, authorizing the executive com- iittee lo report a constitution and by-laws, and also to sug- a Juny 16, 1883.] a —— a — FOREST AND STREAM. 485 Pest nsines for representatives of the New York Association tthe meeting of the National Forestry Association at St. Paul, in Augiist, was adopted. The mecting then adjourned subject (o the call of the chairman, The Senate committee subsequently held iim executive meeting for the purpose of discussing the best method of examining Jands in the Adir- onducl region, A Bin» BATE,—Your notice in the last issue of Porasr AND Spream, of the fondness of birds for a bath in hot weather, reminds me of 2 scene very familivr to me during my rambles in search of specimens through the cedar groves of Bermuda, during the hot weather of the island summer, The peentiar Formation of the group affords in several places depressions of the earth's surface, which have evidently once heen the floors of so many small caverns, now minus (heir roofs. These miniature tanks after rainfalls fill to the brim, aud being watertight retain the liquid for seyeral days, if in a shady spot. To these welcome baths the gaudily-plumaged cardinal grosbeak (Oe7dinalis virginianus), losally termed “ved bird,’ hies during the hottest period of the day, and one of the prettiest ornithological sights I have ever beheld, was that of a small flock of males, in full searlet. livery, per forming their ablutions in one of the fairy pools situate in the midst of the dense lute scrub in some retired part of tle island. They generally jumped in about breast high, and stooping down, flapped their wings violently enough to Send the spray to a considerable distance. Having well wetted the feathers, they would hop on to the elevated rim of the tank and as violently vibrate their wings again, rub- bing their whole bodies with their beaks, and soon drying the whole plumage. ‘Then up into the branches of a neigh boring cedar, and with a lond ‘‘few, few, tew,” they were off to their daily duties. I very rarely observed any of the other common resident birds of the island, of which there are only four—blackbird (Jimus enrolincnsis), bluebird (Stalin siatis), chick of the village (Vireo naveburacensis), aud sround dove (Ghamepelia passering) indulemg in a bath, and this induces mé to believe that the Mringillide are of all other land birds proper, the greatest loyers of a bath,—J. Marrnrw Joxns (fern Lodge, Nova Scotin). Lecxep Derr TMorxs.—South Bend, Ark., July 10,—An old trapper found near here about three months since, a curiosity 1 the way of two pair of massive deer horns that were locked together by fighting, and in such a manner that it is impossible to pull them apart. He stated lo me that he supposed the two bucks had been dead probably three months or more when he found them, and from ihe size of their frames, that they must have been tremendous big deer. They will be in the Arkansas exhibit at the Louis- ville Exposttion,—E. T. B. {We have apairof such locked horne in this ottice. ] RECENT ARRIVALS AT THE PHILADELPHIA ZooLogicaL GARDEN.—Re- ecived by purchase—Two gray squirrels (Sciurws carolinensis), five beavers (Custor fib) r canadensis), one tamanana anteater (Tamandua. tefreudaciyla). two cassowaries (Casuarius galeatus), six mandarin ducks (Ane galericulata), one Peruvian thicknee (Gidienemus super- ciliaris), one Cuban parrot (Chrysotis leucovephulus), one diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus odumanteus), and one hooded seal (Cystophora cristata). Presen ed—Tyo minks (Putorius vison),one black bear cub (Uisusameritanus), one red fox (Vulpes fuluus), one woodchuek (Arctomys monax), one seveech owl (Scops asio), one long-eared owl (Otus vuigaris wilsoniarius), one robin (Turdus migratorius), three yellow-shafted woodpeckers (Colaptes auratus), one fish hawk (Pan- dion haliaetus). one indigo bird (Cyanospiza cyanea), one catbird (Turdus varalinensis), one barn owl (Strix flammea americanc), two banded rathlesnakes (Crotalus Lier ee one water snake irotae wotus sipedon), Ole snapping turile (Chelonara serpentina), one black snake (Bascanian covstyretor), and one pine snake (Pityophismenano- feweus), Born—Seven Virginia deer (Cervus viryinianus), one oryx (Orgy lewcory), one elk (Cervus canadensis), one fallow deer (Cervies ania), to beavers (Castor fiber canadensis), nine valley quail (Loph- _ ortye califorjicnus),four pea fowl (Pavo ertstata), and three mallard duels (Anes boscus), Answers to Correspondents, SALum, N. J—Can you let me know what you bait with to catch tarp iia pond, Ans. See reply to “R, M," A. MoK., New York.—What 1s the best bait tor black bass? Ans, ae dobson or helzramile, next crayfish, shrimp, minnows, aod rogs. DM W., New York.—Please inform me of the best and nearest: fish- ing place lo Sing Sing, N. Y., either salt or fresh water. Ans, Thére isa little fishisein the Tappan Zee, or Tappan Bay as that part of the Hudson opposite Sing Sing ts pow called, but it is not reliable. The ine andl nearest salt water fishing is in New York Bay, off Staten and, T. F. M., New York.—lI am desirous of stocking a small lake in Westchester gvounty, N. Y., with blavk bass. Can you tell me whether I could, by addressing Mr, Seth Green, secure that end? What is Mr. Green’s address, and what phanges, ifany, are made by him for seuding fry? Ans, His addressis Rovhester, N, ¥. Write directly to him. Ans. 1, Wecannot say whether there are fish there or not. Try trolling a heavily leaded spoon in the deepest water, put on two or more pounds of lead two feet above the spoon, row siowly. ‘Try also Holling with a minnow gang in the same way, 2. The guns aré so nearly equal in quality and durability that your decision must depend upon your individual choice. J, B., Augusta, Ga.— Will you please inform me if a small hand machine for making fishiug linés can be procured and from whom? Aus. Wedonot know of such a machine. Wishing lines are now made by machinery in lurge establishments. The makers deal en- tirely with houses in the Wholesale fishing tackle (rade and do not Advertise, consequently they are unknown. R, M.—!. What is the best way to killtrout when caught? 2, Are German carp vegetarians, and with what bait are they canght? Ans. 1. Put the seeond joint of the forefinger in the mouth, and the thumb on the back of the head, and bend upward until the neck is broken; or use & knife at the junction of the head and vertebrae. 2. Yes. They are taken with boiled peas, a paste made with mashed potato ani dough, and also with the worm. AMATBUR ANGLER,—1, Which is considered the strongest, most dur- ahle, and in fact most desirable, a twisted or a braided line? suppos- ing both to be of the same thickness, or diameter. 8. Which is the best, a braided or a hard braifled line? 3. What adyantage does a silk liné possess over almenlineéy Ans. 1. A braided line, because it doss notkink, 2 Itdepends on what use you wantit for. 8. A silk line is best for trout fishing because it is strong, smooth, and of small dia- meter. Ifyou had told us whut fish you fish for we could have given you more information. . _Vacatron.—Can you tell me whether the black bass fishing at Greenwood Lake. N. ¥., is of anyaccountin the latter part of ral or first of August,does the bass fishing amount to anything there at any time? Ishot the fishing for bass around that part of Pennsylvania near the western part of New York State much better? Ishould be Touch ee if you could enlighlen me ag to the above, and more so if you could tell me where, near this eity, leould get good bass fishing. Ans, The black bass fishing is often good at Greenwood Late, It is best in spring, and larger fish are canght then. We haye had fair fishing there at the time you mention, but have nol been thére this year. Why not try the Lacawaxen? W. @, @., Hast Douglas, Mass.—Will you be kind enough to inform the Mumford River Fishing Club what it will cost to stock Bad Luck Pond in this town with carp! ‘The pond is fed by springs, and covers one mile sqnare, mostly gravel bottom. Will average about ten feet deep, and cannot ba drawn off except three feet af the top. Please inform us y.bich yariety is best, how to obtain them,and what they will cost, and how to proceed to have the pond protected by the State, and any other information needed? Ans. Apply to. Prof. 5. i, Baird, Washington. D, O.. or to Mr. EB. G. Bluckford, Fulton Matket, New York. The fish wili cost you the transportation from New York, and the price of a can or pall. Opinions differ as to Whether the seme, lexther or mirror carp are best. The former is most prolific, For protection you must lool to State or local laws. Gane Bag and Gur. GAME RESORTS.—We are always glad to receive for pub- licution such notes of desirable game resorts as may be of help to the readers of ForEst AND STREAM, Wl net our corre- spondents faror us with sueh advice? DUCK SHOOTING ON THE MAINE COAST. “Down to thy waves the fish-hawk swoops, The wild duck floats wilhin thy bays.” ee, Mr, P., get up; it’s four o'clock, and we must | be off,” dimly in my dreams comes Tom R.’s voice, and the sound of his knuckles playing a devil's tattoo on ny chamber door. Suddenly I realize the full meaning of this éarly summons, and with a yank the bed clothes po fly- ing across the room, and out on the floor [ goin a search ufler those never-to-be-found matches, which finally, after thrashing around in the dark in a vain endeavor to encase our lower extremities in the sleeves of acanvas hunting coat, turn up on the wash stand. In five minutes I am down on the wharf in the quaint old seaport town of Kennebunk- port, and there find my trusty henchman making all ready for immediate departure, by the light of a lantern suspended from a ship’s spar over hisdory, In the how of thelight craft that is to bear our fortunes, are piled up the wooden decoys, und on these are placed our guns covered with a couple of old oil skin coats, bearing marks of age and seaworthincss, Mine is an American breech-loader of twelye-bore and eight anda half pounds weight, while Tom’sis a muzzle-loader of heayy caliber, much the worse for wear, for its owner folluws hunting and fishing for a Jiyelibood, furnishing, fur the modest sum of two dollars per diem, his decoys, boat, ana self, to wandering Nimrods like myself, and only too well fulfills his duties to the pleasuse of all concerned. The tide is falling fast and a short half-hour’s work at the oars brings us out on the bay, jusbas a faint streak of day- light begins to appear on the eastern horizon. ‘Chose who have been there can imngine the fun of sitting in the stern of a fisherman’s dory, on a cold, raw morning of late Octo- ber, when the chilly, salt air stiifens one’s fingers, and crawls down the spinal column with a persistence worthy of a better cause, while the rough, choppy waves make one’s interior department fecl like turning mside out, in the endeayor to make an offering to the sea. But it 1s no time for imagination to depict the pleasures of a lazy snooze under warm blankets, so changing places with ‘Tom at the oars, I start the blood circulating in quick time before reaching the shooting ground just north of the mouth of Wells River. Here the decoys are anchored, and ata distance of forty or fifty yards, we drop our grapnel overboard, and lie down on our oil-skin coasts in the bottom of the boat to await developments, and indulge in an inves- tigation of the contents of the big tin pail which mine good cook of the hostelry has provided. We ire right in the line of the sea duck and coot, as they fly from their feeding frounds to the marshes that line the river's bank, and a better morning for this sport could not he wished for. The sky is overcast with heavy clouds, foreboding a coming storm, and a light mist is falling fast. Not long are we destined to wail, for presently my ecompanion’s more ex- perienced eye discerns a long dark line oceanward coming directly for the boat. Nearer and nearer come the birds, but sweep by just beyond gunshot, while the sight of a aozen big black ducks just out of our reach causing asilent chorus of ‘‘confound the luck” trom one end of the dory at least, ‘‘Look out,” says Tom, snd now a batch of old squaws are whizzing over the decoys, showing no signs of stopping ou their way inshore. Quickly I pull the right barrel on them and “nary” a feather drops, bul desper- ately putting the left full four feet ahead of the line, T am made happy by séeing two dead and one wounded bird brought to the water. Tom soon has the dead ones on board, and ids good-bye fo the third, which isonly wing Ivoken, and is swimming and diving a half mile away. Making due note of the fact that IT must aim further abead of (he game, | mentally yow to pull ten feet atleast on the next, and presently have an opportunity to practice it ona solitary sheldrake going by at express-train speed, aud just clip his tail feathers neatly, without stopping him in his course. Now for a half hour or more all is quiet, save ever and anon the shrill ery of «loon away toward the south shore, or the honk of wild geese far overhead en route for a warmer clime, We are just filling our pipes for a quiet smoke, when a sudden splash! splash! splash! greets our ears, and as the water is splashed high in air alongside our stools, we see between twenty anc thirty gray coots that have ap- proached unseen, swimming slowly away from their stolid wooden brethren, Two charges of No, 4 shot scattered pro- miscuously among them cause a sudden panic, and again us they risein the air, another volley still further thins their number; and the retmnant seud out to sea as fast as their wings can carry them. We pick up nine dead, and have a tedious chase after four or five wounded ones, succeeding in gathering in only lwo, One of them, apparently lifeless, is thrown with the others in the hottonfof the dory, when to our surprisé with ashake of his wings he flops over the gunwale and dives for the bottom, escaping Tom’s out- stretched hand, Whenhe came tothe surtaceaftter his dive, an untimely charge of shot awaited him, and with a last stuugele, his fat but fishy corpus is once more brought to hag. For more than an hour we have good shooting until the moroiug flight is over, and with arms and shoulders aching from heayy gun charges we desist from firing, and picking up our traps start for home. None too soon are we, as the mist bas changed to heavy rain drops, aud they are patter- ine down in a way highly suggestive of wet jackets, Just a moment we wait, however, for thal old loon coming down the wind, and in spite of Tom't muttered, “You can’t geti him; too far away,” I fetch a him a clip inthe head with a four-dvachm charge of Dupont’s best, and an ounce of No. 2 chilled shot, With a ‘hip, hooray, boys,” we take in his lordship, and Tom Jays to the oars with a will. ‘‘Another loon, Tom, by all that’s gorgeous,” is my shout as we round x long point of rock and sand, seeing a northern diver far up the shallow bay, apparently an vasy capture, We reach the center of the inlet, and there is uo chance of his flying by oyer the water without being in Tinge, but to our discomfiture the loon proposes not to use his wings, but disappears under water and comes up to view away out at sea behind us, rising his full. height from the waves, while thatshrill; mocking laugh is thrown tauntingly after us as we row through the storm for the river, now near at hand. Close to the pier at the month of the river, a very upexpected gd welcome sound is heard—a-honkt! a-bonk! directly overhead. Tom yells at me to shoot, as five brant feese ave flying almost directly in the boat's course only fwenty-tive or thirty yards high, and evidently tired with their Jong flight. Hurriedly 1 haul my gun out of its rubber case, and raising if to my shoulder, pull the trigger, but no report follows, for the hatomers are at half cock, An im- stant suflices to remedy this, and hoth charges are plinged full into the flock. Then it is that we feel like having 3, Pawnee war-dance or an Irish jig, 48 a brace of fine geese come down “ker-splash,” one almost within reach of the ours, and the other scaling og two or three hundred yards and falling as dead as & slope, having flown as long as strength held out. Tom winks onee or twice as he thinks of the extra pay my good luck wall bring him, ard just as the clock strikes the dinner hour pulls up by the shipyards to the wharf, and » couple of wet, tired, and hungry chaps disembark with our game, ‘Tom gets his pay twice over tor treating his charge to the best duy’s sport if has ever licen his luck to eujoy, the one ‘big day” to offset the many wearysome tramps in field and wood, when, returning tired and gameless from the hunt, we feel just like forswearing the, gun and doz. But how often do we forget the bad nek and, with undiminished arilor, at the first opportunity are off for the field in quest of another ‘'skunk” or a fauly good bag. ~ “Allhail, ye Nimrods, sportsmen bold, May care’s nets ever shun, No woe or poverty e’er depress Our brothers of the dog and gun." . A. M. P. Poryam, Conn, p THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE, V HEN Mr. A. H. Mershon,ot Bast Saginaw, wasrte-elected presiding officer of the East Saginaw Game Protective Club, after the manner of other officials he prepared # “'mes- sage.” The club weré not favored withthe document, Init the manuscript was cast away into what threatened to bu oblivion, until one day the Forms? AND STRHAM, by usysterious ayen- cies of its own, gained possession of it, and herewith punts, Our readers will recognize in the message the same hnmor that marked Mr. Mershon’s communication on eels, pub- lished in our issue of January 15, 1883. The document is as tollows: Gentlemen. of the Hast Saginaw Gume Pyoteetive Clubs Having learned from this morning's paper that lam again re-elected President of the East Saginaw Game Protective Club, 1 hasten to prepare aud Jay before that useful, orna- mental, and influential body, my unusual annual message. Fellow citizens, honorable, hard-working and economical members of this distinguished orfanization: It uffords me & certain sort of pleasure to Lender my cordial greeting wpon the occasion of your assembling, and 1 beg you will allow me to congratulate you upon your happy choice of officers, as I learn the entire executive force, including myself, ure re-elected by a unanimous vote, and that without the techni- cality of a quorum being present, In this connection let me call your attention to the fact that if you should insist upon a quorum of members who have paid their duesio date, you would probably never hold.a meeting, hence the policy of your proinpt and comprebensiye action. FOREIGN RELATIONS. The duty deyolyes upon me of presenting to you the con- dition of the affairs of our club, and to propose such meas- ures as appenr to me to need your consideration and attention, 1 will state here that our foreign relations are generally friendly, in confirmation of which i refer tothe messages of my contréres, Chester Arthur, Benjamin Butler and Mr. Begole, who haye all noticed that tact, and bul recently mide the same obseryation, I think we need’ fear nothing from either Clure or Roscommon counties—if we let them alone. FINANCES, Tam glad to be able to assure you that our treasury is in its normal condition, and when some of our delinquent members shall find it convenient to pay in their ducs there may be some funds on hand, .In the meantime you will continue to ‘stave off,” so to speak, the liftle printing bill, etu,, as usual. As you are uware, Wis is noi a sordid affair of dollars and ¢ents; it is a matter of principle. Economy, if 1 am not misinformed, is one of the cardinal virtues, and should be strictly observed and carefully pursed. TJ respect- fully suggest the expediency of ringing in (excuse me)— soliciting—new members, who may, at a few dollars each, if obtained in sufficient numbers, replenish our exchequer. Yon may be able, in this way, to ullimately pension some of the older members who have worn themselves oul in the arduous labors of trymz to get a quorum together. Still, it is not quite clear to my mind that this subject should be approached, except with extreme caution, untilthe money is in sight, I recommend that trade dollars be taken at par, and until a sufficient sum shall accumulate, a “sinking fund” might he 2 good name to give it, GROWTH AND INCREASE. It is somewhat humiliating to contemplate the slow and unsatisfactory progress of our association, While other organizations have increased, under udverse circumstances, from 100 to 500 per cent, during the past decade, ours has scarcely more than held its own in numbers. I haye no figures at hand to illustrate these facts as to the State of Michizan, but presumiug Illinois to give about the same result, | give below figures’from the censuses of 1870 and 1880, showing the number and increase of certain classes in the latter State: STA SUE SS oes cee del tae ateenel vig ote vnefeenet CEA 14,121 Tt is an extremely humiliuting fact that the four unfortu- nate classes quoted above should increase over 800 per cent. , while the EB. §. G. P. Association should barely hold its own, although in the possession of all its faculties. AGRICULTURE. Although it may seem to you that agriculture does not come within the scope of your influence or control, I will endeavor to show you that 1o a certain extent, indirecily, it miy. We must all admit the policy of conciliating the farmer, and keeping the right side of the honvst granger. Many of them, through ignorance, are trapping quiils, turkeys, ruffed grouse, shooting zame out of siuson, nclling trout and taking U.em from their spawning beds. They are 486 even bringing up their hoys to trap, anare, and sell quails (ealled “colin,” when you don’t want them to know what you mean). taking them to market with only a pinched head, or broken neck, when a simple punch with an awl, ora jab with a fork would enable them to swear they shot them, Withoul much risk of perjury. An occasional small shot inserted in the hole would satisfy any petit juryman of modern times. ‘ You will see the expediency of educating the farmer and his family upto the standard, so that he muy be led to divide with you occasionally when you cannot, consistently, pro- vide your own table with the luxury of game in-season, or any other time, REVISION OF THE TARIFF, While some may doubt the policy of mixing our affairs with political questions to any great extent, I would ask your careful bul cautious attention to the protection of game, which, by a moderately elastic construction may come within the ‘tariff for revenue” side of the case. Game, if properly protected (from observation) can be made to pro- duce revenue at all seasons of the year. Your wise consider- wion of this fact is respectfully sugwested. Trout, erayling, and other protected pume fishes will come under this head: You must not consider that T recommend any interference with game, as understood by another branch of the sporting fraternity, I allude to poker, both straight, draw and tunk, keno, faro, croquet, polo, tennis, charades and base ball. The ‘various varicftes of pool properly belong to the Fish Commissioners, who would carp atauy officious intermeddling in that channel. The influence of these classes of game upon revenne is so uncertain, that T advise you to be very careful to look over your hands the second time previous to risking money upon their value. I may, however, be al- lowed to hint, as my individual opinion, the policy of re- forming the rules now in vogue as to the Jack pot, so called, which is a destructive modern inyention, and gives capital an undue adyantage over labor, Induces and encourages strikes, causes lock-outs until the demand so far exceeds the supply that production is stimulated to such extent that deeks are overloaded, holds are full in flush times, wheo many rash speculations are made, resulting in disaster in the call, I may safely leave these matters to your mature judgment, trusting you will deal fairly with them when it comes your turn, IN CONCLUSION. Thanking you, whoare still awake, for your kind indul- gence and the deep interest you seem to manifest in my re- marks, and trusting you will not disturb those wrapped in slumber, nor attract the attention of the police, by an edthu- ajastic applause, I ber to close by tendering my heartfelt gratitude 10 you all, for the honors so often conicrred upon me, only asking you to attend my funeral in a body should 1 die before a quorum shall be present, A. H. Mursnon, President BE, 8. G. P. Club. East Sacrnaw, Mich,, Jan. 7, 1883. STAR WADS. Fititor Forest and Stream: Under the above heading in your issue of June 21, one of your correspondents asks for some information from those who have used them. My experience hus not yet been very extensive, but as far as it goes is decidedly in favor of the slar wad, They haye held the charge firmly in place in every shell in which I haye used them, whether in new paper shells or in those which I have unloaded. My gun is a W. & CO. Scott Damascus barrel, 12-gauge, choked 10 14 at the muzzle, and I do not find that there has been the least Injury done to the barrels. I am convinced that these wads cuuse the gun to shoot closer than when a cartridge is crimped. As evidence of this fact, I was shoot- ing clay pigeons on the Fourth of July, and fonnd thut I must get directly on the object or I would miss it; and then, asa further test, ufter others had shot and missed several, I shot, and broke them at least 50 to 60yds. distance; all of the time Iwas using ddrms. of Dupont No. 2 powder, and itoz. No. 8 shot. The metal of which these wads are made is so soft that it would appear impossible to injure the barrels of a gun, and yet they do hold the paper wad down very perfectly, ‘ J.H. T. Nuw York, GAME IN COLORADO. 4 ise giume in Colorado is fast decreasing, owing to the non-cnforcement of a not very stringent game law. Your correspondent interviewed one of the oldest and best- informed sportsman in the State. He said that within the last fifteen years buffalo could be found within a few min- utes’ ide of Denver in immense herds of thousands, and ‘ntelope could be seen in the outskirts of the city; in fact, ithout six years ago one wandered into the city during a blinding snow storm, Some four yeurs ago, during the monthof January, when the snotelope made their appear ince, after a severe snow storm, hunting for food, 285 were killed by siag hounds, near the exposition grounds. This was during theclose seuson. It isonly x few years ago that the black-tail deer could be found within two hours’ ride of Denver; and also that famous animal the Rocky Mountain sheep could be found in large numbers in the neighborhood of Bear Creek and Clear Creck Caution, while the cinnamon, black and grizzly bears wert abundant enourh {o satisfy the most bloodthirsty tourist. With the adyent of the railroads into the mountains all this was changed: all the employes of the railroad com- panies, from the contractor to the train boy, considered the game their property and slanghtered indiscriminately, in season and out. In places where fhe railroads do not reach, the stoekmen and desperadocvs kill the game, blow up the fish with dynamite, and in many cases kill deer in the close season for their hides only. Hven the well-to-do stock raisers, men who would consider it an insult if you accused thent of breaking the law, kill a large amount of game in the close season, justifying themselves by a clause in the fame law which allows a man to kill game for his own use only. Buffalo caunot now be found within 600 miles of here, while only fifteen years ago there could be seen thou- sands of them, This may sound. exaggerated, but it is a bare fact and can be proyen. The Legislature here is not competent to enact 2 suitable game law, and unless the people will elect men that can appreciate the value of the game and fish to Colorado, things will get worse instead of better. It iga well-known fact that Eastern and foreign spo.tsmen baye convibuted in no small degree to the welfare of Colorada, and if the game is’ not protected, she will lose one of her greatest attractions to tourists, Wealthy men come here in search of health, rec- C—O ee FOREST AND STREAM. realion and good hunting, and in many cnses have located here and greatly inereased the prosperity of this State, If the game be exterminated, the attraction for the moneyed tourist is yone, and Wyoming or Montana will reap the bencfits that Colorado can and should have. There are in this city of Denver men who, if they would, could do 4 great deal to stop this illegal killing of game, and if they ean only be persuaded to set the ball rolling, will find plenty of sup- porters in the other towns throughout the State. In Grand county some prominent men who have epenly violated the game laws only a few daysago, shot cach other, which proves, in this State at Jeast, thal a man who will break the game laws will commit murder. When the citizens of Colorado awaken to the fact that she is fast losing one of her greatest attractions, then they will enact and enforce a law that will protect the game and fish, but unless they do this very soon it will be too late. THAT Orrion Boy. - Denys, Colorado, July, 1883. A Reyoiyer Srory.—ZHditey Horest and Stream: Your readers have undoubtedly all heard of the traditionary luna- lic, who, during the lieat of an engayement, loaded six charges of powder and shot in his musket, one above an- other, in order to gut six successive whacks at the enemy without stopping to reload; also, of the fellow who goes hunting once a year in the summer time and always manages to ram two big charges down one barrel of his gun at a criti- cal moment, when he sees a red squirrel smiling at him from the opposite side of a tree limb. What I want to chronicle is h newly-discovered method of compound loading, which certainly beats both the foregoing by a vast majority. Last summer my brother Walter, accompanied by several other boys, went down the Ohio River a few miles from town, and while in 4 grove tricd target shooting with a 7-shot, .22- caliber reyolyer. Strange to relate, after each discharge no bullet marks could be found anywhere. At length, when the shooter tried to cock the revolver for the sixth shot, he found the concern would not work. In the investigation which followed a remarkable discovery was made in the barrel, There, wedged tightly together, one behind the other, were the five lost bullets, jammed into one mass, with the tail end of the fifth bullet projecting into the eylinder and clogging its action, The cylinder was found to have been put into the revolver out of a true line with the barrel, and the bullets, moreover, being rather too large and tight for the weapon, they had lodged, one upon the other, in the barrel, as described. The mystery to me is why the tool didn’t blow up. As the Irishman would say, ‘The facts in this case are entirely true." —W. (Kentucky). . WresTeRN New York.—Mexico, N. Y., July 9.—I fear that the fall shooting in this vicinity will bea failure; at least will afford but little sport to local sportsmen, In talk- ing with a gentleman yesterday (who always keeps his eyes open) he said we would havea few woodcock as he had seen one or two broods in his rambles. Big and Little Sandy ponds have been mentioned in your paper frequently, and, IT needsay nothing of them, Oswego sportsmen control, in part, if not entirely, all the duck shooling at both ponds. The ruffed grouse is no longer seen in this locality, I don’t suppose there are twenty-five birdsin the county. In my early boyhood I used to find a covey in almost every piece of woods, Now there are none, ‘Tis the parasite or worm and not the hunter that has destroyed our best game bird, The bass fishing at Mexico Point continues good, though I understend that the best fishing is found at Captain Sam Nichol’s, up the lake and nearer to Oswego.—J, W. 8. THE CHarms or PLoRIDA.—There are hundreds of your readers, who like the writer, haye spent winters delightful and pleasant to remember among the lakes, the woods and marshes of Florida, Go there from the snow and ice, the slush, wind and rain of our northern winters; camp (not in the hotels nor among the ‘‘crackers,” but) in your own tent under the pines; sail in your own boat; leave the lines of tourists’ travel; go anywhere in South Florida and good sport with rod or gun can be had for those who seek it pa- tiently and do not expect too much. As for the climate, it can restore weak Jungs I know from experience. TI also know that in the southern end of the Peninsula it is usually dry, delightful weather from January to April, For fish- ing, where can it be equaled? Of game there is enough, ex- cept for those who wish to slay their thousands in a day, and all from the deck of a steamer.—C, Reep Brrps At THE SEAsmpx.—In stating that the reed bird was never found near salt water, I only intended to con- vey the idea that the bird was not abundant in such locali- ties, or in numbers that would warrant their being sought for, and thus e¢riticized the article referred to. They are plentiful in season, and in the best condition for the table only when they ure fveding on the seeds of the fresh-water reed, and then are not game. I have killed them in May for mounting in bobolitk plumage near the seaside, Those shot, as stated, among beach pluim bushes near the salt meadows could not have been in prime condition. Your correspondent has killed wild pigeons on the beach that skirts the New Jersey coast, but would not adyise such grounds to he selected by the sportsmen. He has also seen @ horse fly over the river.—Homo, Texas Prarrm Cuickens,—Indianola, Tex., July 9.— Have had nice showers these last few days, and look forward to good prairie chicken and plover shooting on the Ist of August. when the season opens,—G. A. PRAIRIE Onickens In Mrnnnsora,—Saulk Centre, Jul 10.—Present prospects are good for prairie chickens, as it is a dry season and has not been bad by flooding the marshes for any length of time.—Dru1, “Bares’s TRAVELS 1s Minonca.’—The editor of this journal wishes to procure a copy of *Bates’s Trayels in Minorca,’ and will thank any reader who may direct him to whére the bookcan be found, or who may send to him the full title page. A son of Mr. Henry Christison, living a few miles west of Winchester, Ill, met with a painful accident a short time ago which will cause him the loss of one of his eyes. While en- gaged in the sport of fishing the hook in some way or other caught in his eye, sinking in the pupil beyond the beard of the hook, aialking it necessary to hayea surgical operation per- oymed, i —_———— [Jury 19, 1898, Sea and River Hishing. To insure prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absenee from the office matters of im- portance cre liable to delay. ANGLING RESORTS.—We shall be glad ta have for publi- cation notes of good fishing localities. Will not our corre- spondents pve us with notes of desirable points for angling CXCUTSIONS? A DAY’S SPORT AT CEDAR STUMP. N June 26, 1883, tivo veteran anglers might haye been seen at Middle Dam Camp, on the Rangeley Lake, making preparations for a trip some distance away. Any one knowing the country and the men well would haye said, ““Thero is business ahead,” and as the buckboard was driven up in front of the camp, Judge P. and the Scribe stepped aboard, with lunch basket, landing-net, and two dont ty- rods. As the horses starled down the road toward Cedar Stump Landing, the boys in camp hegan to understand what was up, and soon one remarked, ‘“That means tront, for those two old coons know what they are about, and I haye nofles a mischievous look about their eyes for the lust half our. Three and one-half miles ride, and we left the buckhoard and walked down the old traila half mile to Cedar Stump Landing, As we parted the alders and stepped out on to the rocks by the riverside we looked down the stream on to the still water below the rapids. The trout could be seen breaking water in a half dozen places at a time, but entirely out of our reach. ¥ “A boat, my kingdom for a boat!” broke forth from the lips of the Scribe, but no boat was to be had, and the next best thing to do was to fish the “spring hole’ and the rapids, Carefully creeping ont on the rocks we hegan to cast; the instant the flies touched the water both rods made their bows, and with heavy tugs and plunges the fish swung down the stream. P “Tsay, Judge, this looks like husiness—both fast fo large fish at once,” ‘Vos, Mr. Scribe, we've struck it this time.” We carefully work our fish up near enough to see them, and, ‘‘Chuhs, by thunder,” when the Judge unhooks two chubs weighing nearly two pounds each, and they were whacked on to the rocks in a way that indicated great dis- pleasure. About this time the Neribe’sface took on such long dimensions that it is not necessary to say that he had duplicated the Judge’s catch of chubs. We kept at work, however, until this kind of game was well cleared out, when we concluded to wade back to the shore aud let the waterin the pools quiet down, then try again; for we were sure there were troul in them, and laree onesat that. Ton minutes’ rest and the Judge decides to go up stream some six or eight rods toa nice looking pool, while the Scribe leisurely walks about two-thirds the way across the river, clearing the flies for along cast toward the ‘‘spring hole,” The third time, and the flies came dancing over the very spotintended, ‘‘Great Scott! what a trout; heis two feet long if an inch"; but he just missed the stretcher fly and was gone like a flash. At that amstanta cry is heard from the Judge, above the roar of the waters, ‘Come with the landing net,” but the temptation was too strong, and the Seribe made another cast. O ye beanpole fishermen! Ye penurious stay-at-homes! Ye gingerly fellows that are afraid of a little far and oil and a few musquitoes, and ye who dig and delye from year to year, and will not take an outing and bask in the golden sunlight, and wander through the majestic forests and by the pearly streams, To you I do not address myself. It would be casting pearls before swine, but to the man who can wield the fly-rod well, and who understands the gentle art, and loves the woods and rills, and hears the sweet bird song ster as his gladsome notes float through the green yales and from the mountain sides, to you J would say: The ecstacy of the next moment cannot be deseribed, but you, and you only, can understand if well, The sun had struggled through a rift in the elouds, which gave the rippling water a bright golden tinge, through which the form of a monster trout shone with the brillianey of au vainbow ashe plowed onward and upward through the rushing water, and with 4 splash that would jaye given an amateur the “buck fever,” closed his huge jaws over the light-winged ‘‘Mentreal.” See instriictions at head of tis colunvic. Troubatour. Pointer dog, whelped Aug. 6, 1882 (Donild—Davon shire Lass), by Mr. U, M. Munhall (Qleyeland, 0.) to Mr, G. W. Short, Same city. Aa Donan aiie bass whelp. Pointer bitch, whelped March 17, 1883, by ae, ©. M, Munball (Cleveland, 0.) to Mi. H, ©. Graff Kensington, ©-). : ? : DEATHS. (== See tistructions at head of this volun. 4 Negress If. Black spantel bitch (A.K.R. 190), owned by Mr, J, ¥. Kirk (Toronto, Can.), parturition. | min /Audenreid. Pa, ). KENNEL MANAGEMENT. a {=> No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, Sse SxAp, New York.—See answer to F. I. C. this week. W. M. F., Annapolis, Md.—Give your dog three grains of indie of potassium thres times daily for ten days, and report result. J, M. P., New York.—For canker in_the ear take of bromo chloral- Jum and Jaudannm equal parts and dilute with six times their bull of water; fill the ear and gently knead the base. One or two wpplicae tions should effect a eure. A. P. H., Torrington, Conn.—Your dog has symptoms of mange. Wash thoroughly with ta soap suds, rinse off with ¢leau water and bathe her freely with sulphurous acid diluted with three parts water every day fora week, J. F. W., Brooklyn, N. ¥.—i. Give your bitch alittle lime water in milk with each meal; feed lightand often. 2. You do not state her age. Try her on game, and ff she shows uatural ability she is not too old to train. F.1, G., Hudson, N. ¥.—Give your dog a teaspoonful of cod liver oil three times daily. Wash bim thoroughly with soap suds, and ap- ply sulphurous acid diluted with three parts water and let it dry on: repeat in two days, For the film in the eye, drop on the balla small pinch of finely pulverized sugar once daily. Write again in one week. R., Brookline, Mass.—The puppy will probably outgrow the fits. Feed mostly on vegetable diet, and give frequent. but not long-con- tinned exercise when his stomach is empty. Keep his bowels open with an occasional small dose of aloes or syrup of buckthorn if neces- sary. Examine his teeth. and if any decayed stumps of his puppy teeth remain remove them. Doe's Tarn, Pearsall, Tex.—l have a bitch that pupped two of her whelps with broken (or crooked) tails. They are well-bred bird dogs, and I would like to remedy the malformation. 1. Can it be remedied? 2. What isthe cause of it? Ans. It 1s impossible to intelligently advise without an examination, Show them to 4 yet- erimary or to your family physician, or write again giving an aceur ate description of the trouble with sketch of tail. QusgistT, Hudson, N. ¥.—1. What book can you recommend as the best guide to an amateur dog-breeder? 2, What is the proper age for @ bitch to visit the dog? 3. What is the earliest age at which a biteh has heen known to breed? Ans, 1, “Hillon the Dog,” price, $2. Wecan send it. 2, It depends upon her growth. Some hreaders breed their bitchés at the first season, Wut unless they are strong and wellgrown we prefer to wait until the second season, 3. We once owned a bitch that had puppies beforeshe was ten months old. Professor Huxley holds that an acre of good fishing ground will yield more food in a week than an acre of the best land will producein ayear. It appears as if the professor had been listening to the statements of fishermen concerning what they caught.—Boston Post. *How old is that dog?” was asked of a colored man, “Ifhe liyes ter see the fifth ob naixt June, sah, he will be de oldest dog on de plantation.” ‘‘And if he don’t live until then 2 “Hell de dead, sah.”—Arkansaw Traveller. _ There are 7,000 species of fish known to men of science, The man of stience must be a blamed sight luckier than the ayer- age fisherman.—Burlington ree Press. - eee ——— ———————<—<——< tlt i — “a Jouy 19, 1883. | : FOREST AND STREAM. 495 * + haying compensates in a great measure for the exclusion of the wind | ship team badge of the Massachusetts State Association, team of Rifle and Grap Shooting. eaeee, ‘ fmen from each elub, at 20 balls per man, Holden ra took place : The Britsh feam and reserve selecied. to compete against the | July 11 at the grounds of the Massachusetts Rifle Club, af Walnut —— Amerivan rifleteam in the approaching international match are as | Hill. Below is the score: i : Tollows; ve TR Ste Foe oe Rifle Spt On, ee Sportsmen's ia r Corporal Bates, of the First, Warwick regiment, OTEIMIGE. 22 tats bs) gone RF Schaefer MUZZLE vs. BREECH, Corpnzal Caldwell, of the First Renfrew. CH De Rochmont W D Goach Editor Foreat did Stream In the last issue of your paper I find a continuation of the argu ment, on the ae or Major Merril, of the hunting rifle question. I had thought the Major would see the rather unfair proposition that he has pit before your readers, anil either change the conditions of competition or cease to argue from the standpoint he does. I dare suy [have hotread all the published articles on the subject, for I considered the argument as proposed likely to result in but little benefit to sportsmen séeking points on hunting rifles, but so far as T have road them the scores of the muzzle-loaders haye been made With similar miles and under conditions similar to the one given in your last issue “as being shot by Mr. Gove, which measured 4.02in, Hiring measure; the rifie used on the above mentioned oucasion was conféssedly a target rifla, mounted with telescopic sights, and shot from adead rest. Although this is an exceptionally fine target, the question arises. haw long did it take to makeit? Thave known of good shots who used such guns several years ago for target practice. and who have watehed clubs shooting all the afternoon, using telescopic sights, dead rests, wind flags, ete., efc., ta insuve accuracy of aim and steadiness of shooting; and the result! usnally the best target of 10 shots (shooting at40 rods) would measure about (un.. very rarely one us low as 12in. To counterbalance this, I have known of several instances where targets of J4in. and under, have been made over the same range by breech-loadens, using simply globe and peep sights and shot wilh naked bullet, but none of these fatgets were Hiade under cenditions comparable with hunting ex- perience, Theory agrees with practios, that the larger caliber, short vonical ball used in the muzzle-loading target rifles, such as Mr. Goye used, haye a very flat trajectory, but are very easily swerved from their intended line of fight by the least wind. This is not so in the case of the smaller caliber, elongated bullet of the breech-loader, which, although having a less favorable trajectory, has a more steady flight, nuder unfavoruble civcumstanves, by reason of its greater weight in proportion (0 thesurface exposed to the action of the wind, According to the proposition of Maj. Merrill. the hreech-loaders open +o compete with these muzzle-loading target rifles are only ‘such as ae soldi with special directions to uso factory ammunition to s2- eure the best results.” Is this a fair testy Why showd not the muzzle-loatder he restricted to ball cartridge as supplied to infantry during former wars? There are breechtoading hunting rifles made and sold with instructions to ‘use good clean powder. and the tools furnished by the manufacturer of the rifle in londing cartridges in order fo secure best resiilts,"’ why are these rifles barred out? What. is fair for the muzzleloader should be granted the breech-loader. Mr. Gove, or any man competent to mould and swage his own bul- lets, and who loads his muzzleloader carefully enough to make a fine target with 1b, is surely competent to make up his cartridges in what he has found to be the best manner for his breech-loader. If isolated instances of good shooting, isin the ease of Mr, Gove, go to prove everything, I will mention a couple of cases, A Tew years ago, while on a huntme trip, | was ina party, several of whom owned and shot Intzzle-loaders which they claimed could drive the cross every time, and were inlined to ridicule the shooting qualities of a hreech- loader belonging to one of the party, whichwas only twenty Inches long in the barrel, and .4é8 Gabber. Tall soon resulted ina shooting iafch, wherein the breechloader came ou yictorions, and on hwo different ovevasions, where the ability to repeata center shot was doubted, there were three Gansecutive bullets shot iyto the same hole so exactly, that they did notin any way enlarge the hole made by the firsh ball. and bo prove theirentrance they were chopped from the wood, the bullets beme found swaged one on top of the other in hoth instances, ‘Nhis shooting was done without wiping, the marks- Taan standing up and leaning the barrel of rifle agamst the trunk of a standing tres, and the target wasaspoton a piece of paper put upon etree as faraway as the spot (size of bullet) could be seen through the sights. Another instance; a Mr. Grove of of Stockton, Maine (if my mem- ory serves mie rightly), madé a target, which T saw, which nieasured Slgins., for 10 shots. at 2l0yds, off-hand, with a breech-leading rifle. This score is nearly, if nob quite, asfine as the one published by Ma- jor Merrill, and shot at double the distance; the particulars. of this target together with the original, or a copy of if, can probably be obtained by Major Merrill by writing to George Hadley, Chicopee Falls, Mass, Now. if the Major would open the subject to a more evenly balan- cel Tine of competition, and give us the targets made by muzzle- Jouders, not over i2lbs. weight, titted with either globe and peep, or open sizhts, as the shooter desires, the=um to ve shot from a no more confined position than vesting the barrel over a rail or log, and allow any breech-loader under same weight and sights, but with nuked bullet to compete, then he will et at the true merits of the case, and if the bréceh-loader does not come up to a proper standard, I believe there are enterprising firms eioughin the business to make one that will, ani that is what he is after, as well as all other sportsmen. Nnw HAmpsnine, A. B, Dope, THE TEAM ABROAD, S the iime draws near for the final eifortof the American team now on English soil, the prospect brightens, and every day tele- grams Wing a more hepeful yiew of the mateh from. the yisitors’ nae or Ney The following notes and news from the team tell of thelr work: Smith...... dod ees mee tert hes WEES Ge Shiipic:t: iy ne Oey Pe kerr, wll sc icky ase: -.. 108 Van Heusen : (hte Sige gee y= 07 Shakespeare. Rabbeth,,..... ...... .-104 DrScott .... ar(vilbsiailh se SR es 04 Lient W Scott WMD Sayers: 101 Dolan_...--.. Paulding. . iii Stewart,, - Brown .... SG) ged en estos ee Adde E Howard. ._ _ 15 The Am vontest among themselves to-morrow at S00yds., under conditions similar to those to be observed in the a Hinmas ..,, Shakespeare Brown... ... AR * eye 52” Reg Ree eee ee The weather was rainy and gusty. The shooting was watched with greabinterest. he wyeévagze scores were very high considering that Lie weathel was unfavorable. y Lonvor, Dily 18.—TDhe Naval and Military Club bas invited the captains of he American and Canailian rife tems to meet Lord Wolseley, sit Henry Halford and oter gentlemen ata dinnsr, Af Hounslow to-day the American riflemen fired seven shots each ab on 500, 600, 800 and 1,000 yards. ‘The following scores were made: WUUSTHBM 2505 get -es-2-* pennees 148 Rabbeth....... (ized iesese 14 Dolan... «148 W Scott Panlding 145 «Pollard Shawart -..- iid Howard 5 7. Suobh,...)--- 144 Alder... 4 rr ee ee ee J4t Bhakespeare,...-.,, Van Heusen ...-..,. 139 Brown Pigt) ee. Fees geese edd SOMSD cys ecstepen fate PSTTULOED A ae i te 24-188 Loxpon, July 16.—The riflemen at Wimbledon have subscribed £49, which will ba competed for by hemlers of the AmGrican feam, , Thé American team are saisfied with the result of thei practice to-day, ‘The Americans also express themselves as sai with heir reception in Hopland, and say that theample practice they are i ” Corporal Parry, of the Second Cheshire. Sergeant Dods, of the First Berwicl. Sergeant Gratwick, of the First Devon. Sergeant Hargreaves, of the Sixteenth Lancashire. Uapbain Godsal, of the Second Bucks. Quartermaster Gouldsmith, of the First Gloucester. Private Gibbs. of the First Gloucester, Private Goodear, of the Sixth Lancashire. Private Lowe, of the Thirteenth Middlesex. Private MeVittic, of the First Dumfries. Private Wattleworth, of the Fifth Lancashire. Major Humphry, of the Cambridge University Rifles. Major MeLerrel, of the First Ayrshire. Major Pearse, of the Fourth Devon, Major Young, of Twenty-first Middlesex. Lieutenant Whitehead, of the Hig¢hth Lancashire. . The National Challenge (ata sata competed for to-day by teams representing the Volunteers of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, Bach team consisted of twenty men, who fired seven shots each at 200, 500 and 600 yards. i Scotland won, making a total score of 1.80. England seored 1,769, Ireland scored 1,095. Wales scored 1,689. The following seores were made by members of the team which is to represent Great Britain in the international match; BArny, atte ee. eee 95 Wattleworth,...--. ..,.-......105 BREA Shs seceks tice: se-faghO) TRE WIOISEL. 5-4 o2- 00) bor - #0 Gouldsmith ........... Sot Caldwell ts. aren lt . o7 Lowe, ..-.22...-- 52-90 Dodge ii 2: .. & TRATgreaves.. 2-2... 2 ee eee eet 7g MeVittie .... . are att A picture of the camp common is given in the London Telegraph at the opening of the fortnight’s work. We extract the following: Wimbledon Camp has once again risen from its ashes in its old familiar form, modified or extended here and there as convenience and experience has suggested. The penerul idéa—to use a strictly military definition—of this tournament of sharpshooters is substan- tually that of previous years; but several material departmental changes, as they may be called, have been made, chief among which is the admission of the Martini-Henry to # larger sharein the fran- chise of weapons, Notably the Wimbledon and Kolapore cups, which have hitherto been restricted to Suiders, are this year open to the adopted ritie of the British army. Volunteers will be further delighted to learn that Major Humphreys and Mr, Hoey, the superintendent of works, by laying bheir skilful heads together have contrived a valu- able improvement in the warking mechanism of the targets, by which time will be sayed and accuracy made more certain in signal- ing hils. This has been done by simplifying the working gear,which in its old form was cumbrous and hard to work. ‘Taken elljround the entries are largely in excess of the totals of the late years. A fortnight ago no less than 2.3875 had seut in their names for the Queen’s, a8 against 2,228 last year; and it may safely be reckoned that when the Hay comes not less than2400 will face the targets in the great struggle for the premier prize of the meeting. The list for the St. George’s Vase, too, shows an increase of some- thing like 170 over 1882; and, taking the other principal competitions, such as the Alexandra, the Albert, the Windmill and the Wimbledon Cup, the results are proportionately gratifying. Second only in popu Tar interest to the competition in the Queen’s will be the international match between the British and American teams, Since their arrival the visitors, under Colonel Howard, their captain, haye been assidu- ously at practice, 5 ‘True to custom, the London Scottish were first in at the camp. As a rule this corps spends a week under ¢anyas before the commence- ment of the meeting, occupying their time in u-eful drill; but owing to the fractiousness of the conservators they were not permitted this ear to fo into quarters until Tuesday evening. They were followed y the Canadian team, which has smece been doing daily practice at ormiyood Scrubbs, The regimental cansps consist of the London Rifle Brigade, Ciyil Service, Nineteenth Middlesex, Third London, Victorias, South Middlesex and First Surry. The St. George's Rifles will this year be absent. The various buildings and offices ceeupy the same positions as hitherto, The refreshment pavilion, an imposing structure of its kind, bas been effectively redecorated and made gay with national and other flags, The arrangement of lust year, by which the bars will be open on Sunday only to those ‘ton business,’ will be con- tinued. ‘The offices of the staff, fhe postal telegraphs and the press tent are in their usual places, facing the pavilion, The little tram- way which plies between the umbrella tent and the furthermost range is in runhing order, and all the rest of the multifarious ma- ehinery for the working of the camp is to haset in motion, Earl Brownlow, as chairman of the Bxecutive Committee, will again be in supreme control, Capt. St, John Mildmay, as heretofore, discharging the duties of secretary. MW0yds. 6O00vds. Total, 4 oe 05 BA BL ls ot al f 82 30 o1 20 31 fi Walter Scott. . 31 30 tt) Stuart ...-...... az 28 83 Howard, .--.. -, 81 28 8s Brown ,..-.....-.. 30 27 86 Gash .... 30 20 86 Tate. aes oe 30 26 86 Shakespeare ... 27 31 86 Dr. Scott, 82 28 45 Dolan ,_...-- RU 28 82 Rabbeth.... 28 25 81 NSU eis. een ae 25 28 80 Alder i 5 17 6 SOSOLORH det ean comp Otte kee eae a Sete Ol 20 1 Denman retired ilafter shooting at h00yds, tn the shooting for the St. Leger prize at Wimbledon yesterday five of the contestants, inclidiug Hinman, of the Ameéricun team, and Young and Gibbs, of the Mnglish team, made equal scores—4d8 oul of a possible 50. In shooting off the ties Hinman, of the American teum, made the highest score and was awarded the prize, Three targets have been assigned to the American team for the international match and three to the British team. The names of the twelve men who will compose the American team will be an- neuneed on Friday morning, the day the match begins. RANGE AND GALLERY. CARSON CITY, Nevada, July 1.—The shooting at the Carson Guard range to-day was remarkably line, and leads the Carsonites to thinlc thai Carson bas the crack shooting team of the United States. Ten men scored 433 wt fhe 200yds. range and 440 at the 400, making a total of 875, which beats the scoré that carried away from California the bronze horse in the inter-State match at Shell Mound last fall (866) by seven points. The shootme was with Sharps military rifles at 6 pound pull: , . a00yds. H0yds, Geo O Thaxter...._....-.... 55445454455 5oid45455—47—Ou James Crawford... . 14460544 45 §455455545—17—03 RAM Gre Le hoetieg es tscen Hadd5adtt5—15 5654544355 —d5—H) W M Little ce ees Hod oD — 4. 4454555548—44—88 A A Borges, , vee ces ALDHSESA— 4d 5453544554—44 AS, HB Slocomb.... . ....,.., Giddd5415—13 §445545445—44-—b7 JB Cheney... ...-....... 444444436440 544355555 —4—86 Jas DLaing.... ..,---.,. --d444454554—42 45345353544 —42—B 4 TLG Parker. -._.....,......,d4445454d4—4 4544434554428 Captain A M Stariing.,.. .4044885554—-14 2adb45524 3983873 WORCESTER, Mass\, July 18—A few members of tha Worcester Ritle Association were Out to Pine Grove Range to-day. The wind was blowing from 5 to 7 o'clock, bullseyes were an uncériainty, The new Amerivan decimal was uged. Tne following are some of the vecords made: AMEN ECS aerial stm ee ntl toerg se ctigte ter te) Oe of DG. oe 075 OSCBtOUB sig gies ph cdceee ule 2:08 98 B98 7 6M FT ‘A Alien 4 e-<:2- —. 179 6 8 9 6 010 8-72 J WN Morse. ee Cee. -8 6897 9 6 7 5 TR J Gi Taylor. ...-...... .6 3% 49 510 6 4 9 8—fHd DS ins eed ee, WP ANd eid ricer Goer Bo ay) Ab dog MASSACHUSETTS CHAMPION TEAM.—Shoot for the champion. OF Belcher, ,.......---- BAY, Law cet ae Geo Baneroft_ ..._ __.. 45 GH Wurm. sa OR Dickey, ,,,.. peo ASW? Gore. caetsrns ts" The result being a tie, it was shot off at 5 Valls per man, resulting THE LEACH CUP.—I. H, Holton, with a score of 215 mit. of the possible 225 at 800, 100 and 1,000yds,, match rifles, is now the posses- sof of the Leach Cup, The match was fought on Jnly 4, at Creed- moor, under the auspices of the Amateur Rifle Club, BOSTON, July 14.—A new series of matches was vpened at the Walnut Hill range to-day by the members of the Massachnsetts Rifle Association, The attendance was nof large, as it is vacation season for many of themembers. aceetere ety 1110111119 111101110]—17 WH Sheldon 21yds ey = AITLO01101 111111200116 JB Valentine 2lyds,......+ oo. OLIO0TTTN 011111113—15 EW Tinker byls.... —. ~ pee LLOWOTO00 O10) 1111918 G W_ Cary SLVOB. ek eee ee cee OLOIOOTONT 111001110J—i2 I O Wehosky 10yds...... ~ ~». 1101700001 O1L0161001—10 QJ Crandall yds ............_..._.. . 10010001] (withdrawn C. B, Potter wins cup. The following match was shot after the oluly matches were over; 100 ¢luss balls. 18yds, rise, Holden rotary trap, between J, B. Valentine and Win. H. Sheldon, of the Narragansett Gun Club, T annex the score: JB Valentine t OULU ODT OUTTA LT OTL aid 711007 0400900110190011191011119019197111 1101110, Wm A Sheldoo—01111 100011 1110110001 111000111011.111101101 0000007 1100 41041110110011119110019009191110109110)917111 101—6,—.7, A. M, BURLINGTON, Iowa.—Tho Burlington Club beld a shooting tone- natent at the Fair Grounds on the afteraoon of the Pourth, of whieh a large audience was present. Pitteen hundred wild pigeons had heen provided for the sport, and nearly all the crack shots of the city participated. The seoves of the shoots are subjoimed as follows: Shoot No. 1,—Ten single birds; 2lyds. rise, Ties, three birds at 26, and three at Slyds, rise; 40, 30,20, 10 per cent. Peter Bonn 8, A, Goodenough 8, Chris, Samuelson & A, Miller 8, W_Scehrei8 A. Baker 8 C. J, Dollge 6, J. Schlampp 8, D. L. Tubbs 4, ©, Leopold 9, N, 8, Young f, Charles Schramm 9, L, Winders 9, Chaniberlin 8, Schlager 5, Sowden §, Leopold, Young, Schramm, Winders und Sowden shot olf for first money. anil it was divided between Leopoldand Winders, Bonn and Tubbs divided seeond, and 0, J, Dodze tool: third. Shoot No, 2.—Ten single birds; 2iyds, vise. Ties, three at 20. three at Blyds, rise; 50, 30, 20 per cent. W. Scehrei 8, C. Leopold 10, 1), Tubbs 9, F. Ebner 7, P. Bonn 10, €, Samuelson 8, N.S. Young 4, Cc. Schramm 10, H. Baker 10, L. Winders 9, C, Cheney §, A Miller & A, Goodenough 8, P. Laughlin 9 On the shoot off, Leopold took first inoney, Goodenough second, aid Miller third. Club Uhamipionship- Ten single birds, {1yis, rise. None but mean- bers of thé club cun win the match, although others can shoot in the sameimeatch Members can shoot for the medal by paying for the birds only, All shooters can put in 4 purse to shoot for. This xhook took plage at 2:20 P.M, Samuelson 10, Baker 7, Schrei 10, Schlampp 7, P, Bonn 10, Tubbs 10, Chamberlin 8, Young 7, Ebner 7, Wedertz, Wardan 10, Copp 3, C. Dodge 8, Shilinger 8, Thesnes 9, W. Dodge 7, 1. Parsons 4, C, Parsons 7 ecaDuBS 10, Leopold 10, Kreig 7. Miller 10. In the shoot off Tubbs of Indianapolis, who was the winner of the trophy at the State Tournament at Marshalltown, won The medal and first money, Theanas secuntl. Shoot No 4—Pive pairs dowble birds, 18yds. rise. Ties, two pair birds 21yds. rise, 50, 30, 50 per cent, Schrai 4, Young 6, Wedertz 8, Bonn 8, Sebrarum 7, Simyelson 5, Win- ders 7, Schlampp 4, Ward 5. Wederts and Bonn jlivided first Thoney, Schramm and Winders second, Young ail Saumelson aud Wardan third. CLINTON, Mass,, July 12.—The resultof tlw match to-day at Qun- ningham’s Grove resulted as follaws: Pigeons; ten perman. A. N-Smith’s side. A. WN. Smith 7, George A, Saurpson 10, A. Ti. Harriman §, B WK. Gallup t, A, G, Larkin 7, G. W. Goss4, M. H. Brewerd, W.H. Gibbs 5, G. L, Avery 1, G, W. Truell 6, D. A. Rogers 3, W. A, Elword 6, Total 67, F. B. Bailey'sside. F.1. Bailey 7, 2. 5. Knowles 6, W. P. Bowers 6, J, D, Hayes 7, G. A, Gibbs 2. Charles Frazer 2, G. M. Livermore 6, C. ©. Shuw6, D. H, Hauyrer 4, 8. Gibson 4, G. C. Fairvank 1, 5, G. Stevens 8, ‘Total 63. ? Glass balls; ten per man, A, N. Smith’sside. A. N_ Smith 4, Geo, A, Sampson 8 A. K. Harriman 6, B. KB. rere) 6, A, G. Larkin &, q. W. Goss 7, M. H, Brewer 5, W. H. Gibhs 1, G. L. Avery 0, G, W. Tri ell 8, D, A. Rogers 4 W. H, Elword 3, Lotal 56. F. E. Bailey's side, F. E. Bailey &, 5. Knowles 7, W. P. Bowers J.D. Hayes 6G. A. Gibbs 7, Charles Prazer 3, G. M. Livermora 1, E. Shaw 2, DH. Hayter §. GF. Gibson 5, G, C. Wairbank 1, Fh, @. Stevens 0, Total 63. BAST PROVIDINGKE, BR. 1., July 10.—At the regular weekly shoot of the Watchemoket Gun Olub. the following members entered to contest for the gold badge, 15 clay pigeons; (Festus cee ee ee Pe eee OOLO01010011010— 4 Entrunce $6, q, C, MeIOMBORTHES 495 oie aeete lat cis eee eee-e: ete Lene ALLONGT0117000— 8 Be OPI heh st = vale eel ey .. O01 OO1TNOO— 7 George Barney -- 10101 1001101 — 4 -. ,010110191711010—10 wees yy eee oy MOLT 10001701— 4 Holcten trays: i . 1107110911701 1010101 —14 IF Penny... VASA SS ae Fe Silver badge match at glass balls BE SMTGH eee t=) ea hte a ee T Penuy . -. ~~ -41911111111011110112—18 ES Luther,. - . ALMITIONNOOLINOID 18 GR MBALDSY hoochie re en Calne aaa ee ee tee et TOV 110011110111 111—15 JE Bourne_. cee ee eee ee ees JOLONDOTIONIT1001000—10 Among the visitors were Messrs. C. and J. Payne and Mr, Salsbury of Pawtucket Gun Club. F UNION GUN GLUB.—Spring Valley, N. Y., July 11.—Seore of clay pigeon match for club badge: y B Blackledge ....... 11110/1111— 9 CB Fisher W H Jersey. - . 0117110011 — 7 J Christopher. .... .191711)111—10 J Lydecker __- dnidn— 9 oT Miller. 2... 11014119011 —10 JD Yan Riper ....- 111111111110 Ties at three birds each; Millor, 111—8;, Wisher, 111—3; Christopher, 111—8; Vau Riper, 111—2. : \ Miss and out. Miller, 8; Fisher, 10; Ohristopher, 2; Van Riper, 9. ©. B. Visher declared the winner of the gold badge.—hL, R. B. HAYDENVILLE, Mass., July i1,—Seores shot at glass balls, from Bink le revolying trap, 2lyds. ris¢, Bogardus rules, by Haydenyille Club: July 11—Metcalf 10, Courtright 7, McCaffery 7, Larkin 5, Watling 8. July 14—Watling 5, Larkin 8, McCaffery §, Courtright 5, MALDEN GUN CLUB.—The grounds of tlie Maldén Gun Club, at Wellington, were the reserbof a number of sportsmen on July 14, The following matches were shot: First event, five birds—N, Long, first; J, 8. Adams, third. Second event, five birds—N. Lonz and J. 8. Sawyer, first; Taylor, second; R. Henry, third. Third event, five birds—J. 8. MeDonald, third. Fourth event, five birds—N, Adauis, second. Fitth event, five birds—). 8. GC. Willianos, third. Several miss and out matches were shot.as follows: Adams won first muteh; Sawyer, second and third; Adams, fourth wud fifth; Savw- yer, sixth, seventh and eighth; Adams, ninth, tenth and eleventh; MeDonall, twelfth, Adams, ant thirteenth, EXETER, N. H.—The fnnal tournament of the Exeter Sports- men's Club will be held at Exeter, N. F., Thursday, July 26, 1883. Shooting opens at 10 o’clouk A.M. No postponement. Events open toall, Class shooting, three prizes in all events. Dinner served on the grounds Tickets, 50cents. A cordial invitation extended te all sportsmen,—C. H, Gickronp, Sec'y. SHOOTING AND FEASTING, —The first of & series of threa glass ball contests between the Washington Heights and Algonquin Gun Clubs, took place on Monday, July 12, on the grounds of the former club, The terms agreed yoon were twenty-five balls for each con- testant, to be thrown fronia screened rotary trap, The vesult was 3 complete victory for the Washington Leights Club. The Alzonquins took their defeat with becoming erace, and cheered the victorious club, who returned the Compliment with a tiger, The refreshments, so bountifully provided, were charged upon by the defeated and hungry: Indians, and a splendid score was made on the chowder much better than onthe plags balls, The return mateh will be shot ahehohe beter vol 111111711110 Sawyer, second; A, F, Sawyer, first; N. Long, second; Ed, Long and Bd McDonald, first; A. F. Sawyer, first; Bd McDonald, second; 0 EE é : _ [duby 19, 1888, —= on the Algonquin Club grounds August 2%. In the meantime, the noble warriors will cettheir war paint ready to give their opponents 2 warm reception, in fact they promise to male it hob for themi? the day is not too cold, SPRINGPIDLD, Mass,, July 18.—Messrs, Tidsdale and Bagg met heré to-day to contest for the State championship badge in accord- ianee with # challenee growing out of the result of the late State meeting. The match was at fifty birds each, and while it wag a close contest, yet fortune seemed to be against the popular Colonel, and he fost by four birds. the score standing: Tidsdale ..-..22.- 111111110 “Bape... .. » . S001 6 Tidsdale.-._. , -- Ji11111110— 9 Bape -..0113111011— 8 Tidsdale.. --. 1OUI— F Bage, .,,,-.--.,,, 4411111110 Tidsdale.. .- THI Bare, eee MOTITITINI— 9 Pidetalen ve 1,44 M1OWII— ) Bage......,..... ivid— 9 df 43 The match drew together a large company of spectators, among them many crack shots, and the affermoon wis spout in a series OF shots. Tha most interesting was a team match madeup of the fallow- ing group: Titsbury...,_...0111711111-— 9 Bradford,..,,....0111010101—6 A Houghton, .-,, W1i1111—10 Moses.....,,. ....1101111011 —8 Smrith-2..s,.0.. 1111 ~ 8-27 Bape-.-., ....--- 11910/0001—5 19 Bligg At getet te} 11127003001—6 E Houghton... ,.. 1007110101—6 Parkar 1) 2.4019101101—8 CCiloughten 0001-7 Stilluan ~ 100111111 —8—22 Barreth.,.....-. 011010171 1—7#—20 REIGN raph areslel ntact eiotcltet ta deter ee 6 44 1-6 Maserott. .. arr ets} 104 1-7 AIRC AT eer Ss Pe ee ean dies dave ee ere O11 18-31 Canoecing. —— ——— To insure prompt attention, communications should be ad- dressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not ta individuals, in whose absence fron the- office matters of imn- portance are liable to deley, F FIXTURES. Ang. 16, 17, 1+—lowa Canoe Club Regatin, Spirit Lake, Iowa, Aug, 20—Anierioan Canoe Association Meeting at Stoney Lake, Ang, 21, Sachets sata Candé Association Regatta ut Stoney make, Aug. 24—American Canoe Association Meeting at Stoney Lake. CHANGES IN THE SAILING RULES, thee proposed changes in the sailing rules have been sent out to al - members, and at the meet next month they will he called on to vote for or against them. As they concern all who build or use canoes, they should he studied carefully and discussed as thorough! hie ossible before a final acceptance or rejection, as whatever is done ason should, to be of any yalue, he unaltered for some years, il canoatng hus changed materially from what it now is. The object of measurement mes is a double one; first, they are the authorized yorce of the association, saying what features are admiss- ible in cruising Canoes, and what should be prohibited. As the main object of the association is cruising. it is: perfectly fair that it shall exclude such boats from its races as are built with a view fo speed only, and untitted for traveling. The right of any man to build such a boat os he pleases is unquestioned, but if he would compete with the boats of tbe association he must conform to their roles. The second object of the rulesis to classify fairly, existing canoes enter- ing the association races, While rejecting the classification adopted Jast season without any more thorough trial than that of the Lake George meet of 1882, ihe commitiee have not stated the grounds of their objections to it, and it is impossible, thus far. to Say what part of the difficulties which arose last year—none, however, of serious im- patie ee due to the rules themselves, and whut part due to the facr hat this was the first attempt at anything of the kind in Ameri¢a, the men in charge ware new to the work, and there were present a greabnumber of odd-sised boats, which, with this season's enforce- ment of the rules, would have disappeared as racers, making a greater uniformity of size and legsemng greatly the labors of future regatta comunittees, From the above facts, it would certainly seem that an entire year has been thrown away, as this season, which would have tested pretty thoroughly the old rules, will be, a5 Tash year was, only a preliminary trial of another new set, the result of which will be far from conelu- sive. Heretofore there hag been great difficulty in inducing the great body of canocists to take an interest in the questionatall; they do not vare to five any time or trouble to it, but haye been content to leave all to 4 few who have worked hard to attaina satisfactory re- sult, only awaking to the importance of fhe subject when they find that they have probably built just outside the rules, and are, of course, excluded, in which case they blame the rules, and not their own earelessness. Whatever rules may be adopted this year, they should be pemnanent; they should be closely drawn and stwictly carried out, leaving all who refuse to coraply with them ontside of the races. If any satisfactory conclusion is reached, a clause should be added, ad- milting such eristing boats as mity be outside of the limits, m justice to their owners, who joined the associftion in guod faith, and who wre entitled to race; but forbidding the eutry of any boat, built after the rules are passed, which fs outside of the limits. This course svould, in a year or two, éliminate the odd sizes, 28in. for instance, of which there are comparatively few, and encourage the building of heats of approximately the samesizein each cliss, leaving, of course, full liberty in the choice of model, rix and fittings. The proposed classification is ingenious enough, the ofyisions being into four classes for paddiar: numbered from 1 to 4; and two classes for sailing, A and B, so that a canoe would be distinguished, for instance, as Class 1A or Class 4 B. : TE the past fifteen years haye proyed anything concerning canoes they have shown pretty conclusively thata length of fourteen feet is the best cize for a cruising canoe forone man, Canoes have been tried of all lengths from twelve to seventeen feet, and to-day prob- ably seventy fiye per cent, of the decked canoes in use are between fourteen and fourteen feet six inches long. Fourteen feet is the least length that will give the necessary fore and aft accommodations for An ayerage sized man, locker room, cockpit, ete., and fourteen feet is the greatest length toatcan be handled readily on carts, in cars and for general trausit; so that this length should, as far as practi- cable, be encouraged by the tules, With the rulesin question, how- ever, the inmaximum length is fixed af sixteen and éyen seventeen feat. As the tendency always isto build upto the greatest limit allowed, und as a boat sixteen feet long by twenty-six in beam will certainly be taster for racing than fourteen feet long and of the same beam, we may expect ut once an increase of length at the expense of portabihty, lightness. ease of handling, and also of safety, as a canoe sixteen or seventeen fect long is very difficult to keep head to sea in rough water, while the only gain isin speed, The majority of the bouts competing this season in classes 2, 3,4 and A will be handi- capped to the extent of two or three feetof length, to the same beam, vertainly no small odds agamst them, That a place should be given to the pumerous sixteén-foot cannes in use in Canada is very certain, but this could best he done by placing them in a separate class, as they 1eally have little in common wilh such boats asthe Rob Roy, Stella Maris gr other twenty-seven-inch canoes. The old limit of fifteen feet in class If. was too great, but was allowed to stand to accommodate a few boats, H desired races might be provided between the Rob Roy type of canoe and the Canadian, but the differ- ence is entirely too radical to admit both to one class without unfair- ness to one of them. . : The majority of canoes in America will be found in one of two classes—fourteen feet long and fHwenty-seven and thirty inches beam. ‘These tio sizes have stood the fest; the one as the most serviceable for shoal waters and rivers, and the other for more open waters, and should be encouraged, above all other sizes, as tho best cruising boats, There are many localities where larger and heavier canoes ave far superior to either of these, but for general cruising they must always he the fayorites, and whaleyer gener] scheme of classifica- tion aR be adopted, special rules should be added governing these two vlasses, The new rules as regards centerboards are essentially the same, and the added provision concerning fixed keels is 4 concession to 4 great number, while the notes as to crew and ownership of canoes were needed. Rule 1V. was framed carefully and after considerable discussion, and it is difficult to see why it has been practically nulli- fied by the amendment proposed. The youthful paddler in his first 540800 usually arruys himself in wonderful attire, displays a pistol ov knife at his waist, and decorates bis craft with o variety of flags that would excite envy in um excursion barge. A séason or so tames the exuberanee oF his costume and causes the reyolyer to disappear, but the flays remain, or are perhaps more numerous. Surely some legislation is no! only justifiable but meeessary to reduce all to uni- formity and system. The firsttwo meets at Lake George found some with no fags, some with half a dozen, large und small, hung all over. A aera signal, designating the name of the canoe, is all that is re- quired to be cried, except as noted heluw, and looks neat and achty, while so many colors give a boat a lubberly, longshore look. he question arose last year as to whether the rule prohibiteda small fiy or pennant at the masthead. To this there could be no objection, and an amendment permitting it would be advisable. The change ih Rule VITL is an improvement, and that in Rule Tx. does not affect the meanibg of tle ule: In Rule Xl.the change is unnecessary, as the old reading is in accordance with ull hoating precedent, and of the two, itis much less difficult to judge whether or no the boats lap, than to tell the (listance between them, Rule XTV. as amended gives increased rivileges to the keel hoats, putting them more nearly on 4 par with the heavy centerboard craft. The hmit of weight has very Properly beet replaced at 160 pounds as formerly, a weight that will just allow an ordinary ernising canoe to énier, but will exclnde the Péarls and heavily ballasted canoes, Tha limit of 120 pounds seems high in proportion to the relative sizes of the boats, The circular issued by the eommittes including the proposed changes and the programme for the meet, beara evidence of a careful consideration of the entire subject, and an earnest effort to better the present rules, and although we do not agree with the committee on some points we would again urge all canoaists ta inter- est themselves in the matter, study the new rules errofully, as the ideas of men who have givan much time and trouble to the work of eee Dy und to yote on them in August, according to their iS, ON TO CANADA. 8 the time for the meet approaches, canosists are hurrying from all parts to the camp grounds at Stony Lake, Matiy are already under Way, making the entire tp by water, ut thase less fortnnate ones whe cannot spare the time, but must travel by steamer or rail, will find the necessary information im regard tu routes in the map pub- lished by the A. U, A. The Grand Trunk Railway skirting the northern shores of Lake Ontario.and the St. Lawrence River connects with all the main roads from the South, West and East, and also with local roads running to all parts of the Province of Ontario, The most di- rect route to Stony Lake is yia Port Hope, which may be reached by the Grand Trunk Railway from ‘Voronto or Montréal, by the staamer Norseman from Rochester, leaying at 9 P.M. and arriviug at 10;2 A. M., in time for the morning train on the Midland Raihyay; or by the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company's steamers, which Tun daily between Montreal and Toronto. From Port Hope the Midland Railway runs to Peterboro, the rest of the way being by water. From Ogilensburg and Clayton the Ar- menia runs, on alternate days, to Belleville, whence a branch of the Midland rims to Lakefield, about Seventy-five miles distuit, of this portion of the journey may be made by water up the Trent River aud Riee Lake. From Coburg, on the Grand Trunk, a branch leads to Harwood ou Rice Lake, where connections may be made with Caleutt’s ling of steamers, from Hastings to Peterboro, ‘Two small Steamers will run between Lakefield and the camp every day, Mid- land City, on Georgian Bay, may be reached from Chicago by pro- ee or steamers, inquiries in regard to which may be male of ir. F. A, Howe, First National Bank Buildings, Chicago, Prom Mid- land City trains run daily to Peterboro and Lakefield. Members of the A. @. A. and their Families can obtain from Dr. C. A. Neid@ a certificate, on presentation of which any of the following railroads will sell return tickets at one and one-third single fares, and carry ecancesfree of charge: Grand Trunk Railway Company. Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Company. Tntercolonial Railway Company. Canada Pacific Railway Company. cutee eae Railway Company. Ceutral Vermont Railway Company. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, Chicago & Alton Railway Company. Delaware & Hudson Railway Company. Utica & Black River Railway Company. Ogdensburg & Lake Chaniplain. Midland Railway Company. 5 The latter will carry members and their families at one fare, canoes free. Caleutt’s line of steamers will carry members and their canoes free from Hastings to any point on the line, _The Norseman will carry members at one and one-third fares, the single fare being $2. The Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad haye refused to offer any concessions to canoeists, Canoes and kits willbe admitted free of duty on presentationot a member's certificate, signed by Dr. Neidé, at the following points; Rouse's Point, Montreal, Prescott. Gananoque, Kingston, Belleville, Oba eet Hope, Peterborough, Lindsay, Toronto, Suspension Bridge, Windsor, Sarnia and Midland City. ‘Those intending to enter at other points should notify N. D. Beck, Peterborough, Ont, To prevent any trouble on returning. canoséists should obtain a certificate from the cnstoms officer at an American port, covering canoss and kils, as being shipped t) mporarily to Canada. All canoes shipped by freight will go to Peterborough and be passed there, ; Commodore Hdwards reports that the fishing is very good this year, and also that the rivers and laltes are unusually high, giving plenty of water to run the rapids, The committee deserve much credit for the neat little hook they haye gotten up and distributed among canoeists. Copies may be ob- tained by applying to N. D, Beck. To the Members of the A. C. Aw: ; Will the members of the A, C. A., who intend going to Canada in August, please send theirnames to the sécretary at once, that he mnay issue the proper certificates to enable them to pass the customs authorities, aud to securé the reduced rates of fare on railroads and steamers, together with the free transportation of their canoes and kit, Those members who are intending to go to Stony Lake, who have not received the guide book, issuer by the local comuuttee, can do so by writing to Mr. N. D. Beck, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. As many of the members will go view Charlotte, I take the liberty of ublishing a portion of a letter just received from Mr. Matt. Angle A. 0. A.j,and would advise members going through Rochester to communicate with him. Cras. A, Nempr, See'y A, O,A. ScruyLenyiie, N. Y¥., July 16, 1883. RtocHestmr, N. ¥., July 1d, 1883. Dr. Charles A, Neidé, Sec'y 4. C, A. Schiylerville, N.¥.: Dear Sir—In the matter of railroad connections in Rochester and Charlotte, I van state the following: Parties arriving yia the New York Central Railroad will change cars in same depot fo! Charc- lotie. : Ee depart for Charlotte at 6:45 ande8:25 A, M., 1:20, 0:20, 6 antl The Canada boat, the Norseman, leaves Charlotteahout 10:30 P. I except Saturday, when departure is at 4 P. ML, on arrivalof the Rochester train, Does nofirun Sunday. The train from Rochester stops at the dock, leaving a carry of maybe 60 feet to the baal, Lf a large number of canoes are coming on the same day, i) would be well to notify me ahead, as the baggage car on the Charlotte train is small, and an extra car would have to be attached, This matter] would be glad to attend to, if necessary. ° For those arriving yia the Rome, Watertown & O. RK. R., there will be 4 portage of a little over 14 mile, and for that help can busecured, if notice is received ahead. Marr ANcup, ROYAL CANOE CLUB.—The seventeenth annual regatta, of this elub was held at Teddington on June 23, The first race. half mile, paddling, for novices, was won by Mr. Oliude Seott, the second, half mile, open to all, by Mr A. Ord Mackenzie, In the paddling und sailing race the Zoedone held a rood lead at the end of paddlin round, but lost in sailing, the Violet, Mr. W. Watney, being the first, and Imogen, Mr. H. Church, second. The mile paddlmg racé for Rob Roys was won easily by Mr. Glaude Scott. An interesting fea- ture was a double canoe race, with a che and lady ip each canoe. the crew commanded by Mr. FP. W. Farrar coming in first. The saiing race brought ont five canoes—Violet, Gladys, Merlin, Imogen, Wave. A‘fluky wind and strong cwrent interfered with the race. Violet crossed the line first, followed by Gladys and Mer- lin, In the paddling race for the challenge eup, £50, and £5 presen- tution, the holder, Mr. 4. Ord Mackenzie, had a walkover, Tne next eyent, a sailing race, running only brought out the five canoes taat entered for the first sailing race, Imoyen took thelead at the start and held it, Merlia being second. The course for the land and water race was over the river, then hand the canoe up the bank around a man stationed there, back over the river, and repeat. The winuer was My, Futcher, in alight Rob Roy. The final race was for scrateh fours, open to members and their friends. Two trial] heats were pad- dled, the final heal being won by Messrs, Futcher, B. Leeds, @ Por- ter and E, B. Tredwen, OSWEGO RIVER.—Oswego, N. ¥,, July 10.—Editor Morest one. Stream: For nturination of “F. A, W..’ or others regarding Oswego River, please find as follows: Jtempties into Lake Outario of the Oity of Oswego, About a mile back, opposite Kingsford's starch works, isa dam, snd some three rniles igher up another. Four miles further up another, at the beautiful village of Minetto; fonr miles further up another dam, at Battle island; four miles higher up- still to smull dams, above the town of Fulton, after which a clear stretch of unbroken water for tWenty miles, tothe junction of Seneca and Oneida rivers near Phoenix, which torms the sources of the Oswego, The Seneca leading off through. a. magnificent chain of duty 19, 1888.) lakes. and fhe Oneida to OQueida Lake, A canal runs the whole lensth of the Oswego River, so that the canoeist need not make any porlages, The Signe is delightful, and no better bass fishing any- where,—J_ W CAPTAIN, MATE AND PURSHR.—At a call of Commodore N, i. Bishop, of Lake George, » special meeting of the Lake George Canoe Club was held in the directors’ room of the First National Banl: of this place Wednesday afternoon, July 11. Officers for the ensuing Meee were chosen: Captain, Dr. Chas. A, Neidé of Schuyleryille; Mate, . W. West, Glens Falls; Purser, J, EB. MeDonald, Glens Falls. The old jitles of commodore, yice-commodore and secretary were “ban- doned, and captain, mate and purser adopted in their stead. The cluh hopes to havea food representation at Stony Lake.—J, 6, Mc- Dowarn, Purser (Glens Falls, July 16). Hachting. FIXTURES, July 19—Salem Bay ¥, 0., Second Champion Match. July 20—Bunker Hill Y_ C.. Annoal Matches. July 2i—Raritan Y, C , Corinthian Match. July 2i—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Mateh, Classes 4, 5. July 2i—Hull Y, C., Second Clnb Match. July 23—Bay of Quinte Y. O., Corinthian Cup. Joly 25—Provincetown ¥. CL, Club Match, July 28—Houll ¥. G., Squadron Cruise. July 23—Larebmont Y. C , Pennant Match, Classes 6, 7. duly 28—Heverly Y. C., First Special, Monument Beach. Jdly 29—Quaker City Y. C.. Review and Harbor Cruise, July 29—New York Open Boats, 20ft., Entrance $25. Aug, 1—Uleveland Y. A., Annual Cruse, Aug, 2—New Bedford Y, C., Second Class Sloops. Aug. 1—New York Y. G., Rendezvous at New Port. Aug. +—Beverly Y. C., Nahant, Second Championship, i 4—New Hayen Y. C., Annual Cruise. . 449—Quaker City ¥. G., Anunal Cruise to Chesapeake Bay. 4—19—Arlingion Y_C., Baltimore Annual Crilise. iNew Badford Rendezvous at New London, = 8—New Bedford Annual Cruise. Aug, 10—Quiney ¥. C., Fourth Mateh (4 P, M.), Aug. 10 and 11—Uhieugo Y, C,, Annua) Matehes Aug. 11—Larchmoent ¥, 0,, Pennant Match, Classes 1, 2, Aug, 11—Hull Y. C., Third Club Match. Aug. 1i—Raritan Y, U,, Open Matches. Aug. 15—Provinectown Y, C., Open Matches. Aug. 15—Bunker Hill, Y. C,, Club Mateh, Aug. 1i—New Bedford Y, C., Third Class Sloops. Aug. 16—Salem Bay Y. 0., Third Champion Match. SALEM BAY Y. C.—JULY 14. apres champion match was sailed in Salem Bay, July 14, Start was flying, time from the gun. Open to yachts over 8Sft., 26 to agft., 18 tc 26fL., and less than T&ft. Time limit 6h. for first and Second, and 4l¢h. for third and fourth, Courses: First class, from club house, through main ship channel, leaving black buoy 12 on Haste Shoal on starhoard, Bowditch Ledge on shur- board, then to red buoy on Bastern Point Ledge, leaving if on star- hoard, then to Halfavay Rock, leaving it on starboard; then to start- ing pont, leaying Lowell Island ou starbourd, and black buoys on Haste Ledge and Haste Shoal on port, Distance, 25 miles, Second class, from starting point, through main shi ehannel, leav- ing black buoy 13 on Haste shoal on starboard, Bowditch Ledge and Baker's Island on starboard; buoys on Searle’s Reck, middle and outer breakers on starboard; then to starting poi leaving Lowell Island on starboard and black buoys on Haste Ledgeand Haste Shoal on port. Distance, 12 miles. r Third class, from starting point, through main ship channel, leay- Bowditch Ledge on starboard; then to. Lowell Island, leaying black buoy on Cut Throat Ledge, and buet on the Brimbles, on port; then Meta point, leaving Lowell Island on starhoard, Distance, 7 miles, Fourth class, from starting point ont main ship channel, leaving Bowditch Ledge on sturboard; red buoy 6 on Hagle Tsland bar, on Port; thence to Gray’s Rock, leaying it on starboard, to starting Point. Distance, 5 miles. Wind was southeast, ight and petering out shortly aftar atart, re- ducing (he race to tedious drifting, first class failing to return within the time limit, sono prizes were awarded to the large yachts, Ex celsior, second ¢class, had a sail over, her competitor heing wwith- drawn. Comus won championship in her class, having gained tayo racés in theseries of three, In other classes another race is required to devide, Judges, E, H. Dodge, I". G. Preston and E. CG, Battis, Summary: FIRST CLASS, OVER BSFT, Name and Owner, Length. Actual. Correct. Siren, W..C. Dillingham. bee AD sees fulg!! Time expired, Niryana, N.S. Eaton, Jr_-_..... -,,...., 45,01 Time expired, SECOND CLASS, 26 To sSPrT. Excelsior, W. Winslow......:.-- sete 83 86.08 5.59.52 5.59.52 Pelican; ©; Murphy~:.:...----- e250... 40 i Withdrawn, THIRD CLASS, 18 To 26rr. Comus, J. Newcomb ...... . 2.27.26 3.20.16 Peri, H. Parkman,...... 2.2751 221.39 Coquette, IP A, Brown-- %.30,10 2.24.54 Wave Crest. 8, B, Rod, Withdraw. Withilrew. 2.37.02 2.86, 36 Time expired. CHICAGO Y. C.IJUNE SO TO JULY 4, Editor Forest and Stream: The Chicago ¥.C, hove up for the annual cruise to Milwaukee, June 30, and dropped anchor again at the customary moorings four days later. The cruise was a greal success, and lias brought the club into much-neede| prominence before the general public. The squadron, at the yeview in Milwaukee harbor, mustered twelve yachis, 4s follows: Schooner Idler, 96.0ft.loadliné, Vice-Com. A. J. Hisher, with Capt, Cooley for sailing master. Schooner Countess, i5.7it,, C. D, Rhodes, with Capt. Fish as sailing master, Sloop Cora, 62.10ft., Commoilore HW. J. Griswold, with Capt, Vallence as safling master. Sloop Wasp, 64ft., Capt, John Prindiville, with Capt, Jack- s0n as sailinginaster. Sloop Ariel, 83ft., Geo. Weir, with Capt. Rous- SOU a8 sailing master. £ Rogers, with Capt, George as sailing master, Cutter Pert, 27ft., B. W. Syer, who sailed his own boat. Gutter Louise, Mr. Goodrich, with Capt. Buséy to sail her. Cutter Norden, B. P. Seymour, suiling her himself. Beatrice, Mr, Goodrich, (joodrioh, Jr. as suling master, Sloop Mamie, 33.3ft., J. H, Kimball, and the eutter O. K., Oscar Krouse, with Captain Harrison as sailing master, The commodore fiew his pennant aboard the smart Cora, to racing fame not un- known. For the reyiew the signal **W. 8."* was hoisted, which inter- preted, meant: When ready to sail, repeat by flymg signal, we ure ready. After responding the commodore hoisted: Conunodore will lead, others follow. Then a little later he few: Squadron will ass in review to leeward of the flagship. Upon receiving this final instruction, all hands filled away and slowly sailed past the sloop Sera directed, cach yacht firing a gun, which was duly acknowl- ed. large company of guests had been invited aboard the differant yachts, but there was a heavy, cold wind and arolling sea and so, our public not being as yet in love with seafaring life, most of the guests staid at-home, and only those directly interested put in an A he anele The steam yacht Huntress steamed out with the fleet and kept company to Milwaukee. Among the passengers were ex- Gom, Munger, Col, Wheeler, George enabali erie and William Lyon aboard schooner Idler; W.M. Norton and C. V.Marsh aboard the Countess, and & large party on board the sloop Wasp in charge of Capt. Prindiville, one of our most active and experienced members. This sloop left an hour later than tha restof the fleet, but, as is her eustom, beat all hands into Milwaukee, 1t is suspected the captain's experience had something to do with this, The Wasp hugged the western shore during Saturday night’a calm and caught the early off-shore breeze first, lifting her into port un hour and a half ahead of all others, whereupon Capt. Prindivilie congratulated himself, as he is the modeller of hisown yacht, Idler hove in sight next, fol- lowed by Cora and Veri, and the others at longer intervals. Off ' Kenosha sloop Zephyr, 23ft., F. B. A. Bouter, fellin with the squad- ron, while little Beatrice pur back to Chicago owing to the nasty weathe,. Upon our arrival we were welcomed by the Milwankee Y. C., Capt. Houston, of the United States Engineers, and Mr, Jennings doing the honors for the club, entertaining our band of fifty-four in See aAeE Beatle manner, for which those gentlemen have our wartii- es The race for the Milwaukee cup was settled for Monday, July 2. _ Start wasmadeat10A,M. Many thousands of spectators conpre- gated to see the gailing, Our Visit had created general interest among all the inha)itants of the city aud surrounding country, Thé Sloop Harry Burke, §3.4ft,, Réar-Com, GW. ! FOREST AND STREAM. day opened partly overeast and a little threatening. There was a light wind from south, The only yachts coming fo the line were the two famous sloops Wasp aud Uora, but many others sailed over the course in their company, and &s their times were taken, I send you them as 4 matter of interest. The course was ten miles to windward and return, The schooner Countess was turned into stakeboat at the start, and another sent out uff shore, PRE puite Oal: Greek, Pifleen minutes were allowed to Cross the line. [twas close hauled work down, and free sheet comimg home; no revular windward work as that wonld have taken the yachts to closeinshore. Cora erossed at 10:54:59, and Wasp at 10:567d4, Wasp was sailed very high, whila Cora was kept right for the mark, which she rounded at 12:01, und the Wasp at 12:08. As the racers passed the steamer Huntyess the received some rousing cheers, As they conld round as acre 7 Cora prudently tacked, while Wasp came up on weather side and jibed all standing; It was thought her mast might goin the opera- tion, but no accident happened, Going home the wind was on port quarter, and Wasp being good down wind, soon had the race to her liking. She ran by Cera, and finished the race at 12:52:20, with Cora crossing the line at 1:00:85, Then o question about time allowancearose It had heen supposed a free-for-all race without time allowance, but the committee de- vided that being sailed under the Chicago Y. C. vules, allowance was in order, and the prize would go to the Cora. The cup ts valued at $350 and wes held lust year by the schooner Idler. Capt, Prindiville states that under the impresion (here was to beno time allowance he lef bis boat go under easy sail, while he would have hoisted light sails otherwise. The misunderstanding is regrelable, but the judges could only act as they did. The actual time of the Wasp was 1:50:36, that of the Cora 2;5;26, The times of Smaller yachts not in the race were as follows: Start. Tura. Finish. TRANG Bub es seh cae cape ete, as aes 10 54 Az 12 88 16 247 15 Zephyr .. 10 54 37 1k 14 21 2.95 07 SAIC Santer, the cece +410 68°24 io dist. Ariel =10 55 20 12 40 45 2 50 00 Adele... 10 56 04 12.37 29 2 51 O06 Barry Bur sell Aa 12 08 30 2,54 10. Norden, was 10 54 57 12 04 15 2 08 22 Mamie ___. 10 AY 29 dist, GRUB FOR A CRUISE. A reas heing so widely different, and the facilities for preparing a meal not the same aboard all yachts, we five herewith the reg ular navy ration allowed by Jaw as a guide to the amount of proyis ious required for supports leaving ii to individuals to substitute ac- cording lo purse and fancy, EXHIBIT OF RATIONS PER MAN, Pounds, Ounces Pints: 1 We in| <> : ie 1 a tb | | s}en) 0) - |e eh el ea eee Olalsia| m lala alta | 2 (BIS Py a 5 SEIS El2 18 2 (eles) 3 Ee FO AG fs (PSA Ae io} A JOJO IRI) py el AWM patce ie eiclelce oct'- 1), 46), /24)--]04) 2) Bg dy) tet] oct. MANE ie aA Arial 3) Sala] VS dah Tuesday....- De fe epee) [day 2) tg) a) 1) Bi 2) Wednesday .. ol To ]--],,44]14] 2) 44 1) 1)..}.-| 38 Thursday..... eed] Lede] -- ge 2) 4p ty dp) ae Friday... .---., Pavers fae 4 eed ab] ep ED 74 1) 1/2) 2 ; $| Saturday.... bes.s.s-5 wee{++] Uy, ]--]., Gla) 2) Sap at.) bal os Weekly, ..7.—--:-:-:-.|-4) 8} 1h4|¥6 98 14) 194] 4] 7] 4] 4) aagiseite Valuation per man of weekly quantity. 2d pounds pork siscieees vere. HGENtS per pound,,..-.. . 4 iY BE, Wei -tastee eas pakee om oes a wes bs BEE 1 oy flour. 2 yas HE as ne as ss 1 an TO Aa gt een Rea 44 8 ees ‘he PaSIOS sac ect ee lense Bae 2 ¥£ he, Spick les. Sam ese 14. . us 98 “ouncessbread.?.2 ..-2.j.;--- i iin ————— rt C—O Tony 19, 1888.] FLYING STARTS.—Starting to one gun with time taken trom the gun is now practiced by the Dorchester, Eastern, Hull and Beverly y. C., and also by the Boston City Regatta authorities as well as by some of the smaller clubs, As yachtsmen become accustomed to this smart way of starting if seams to be growing in popularity, UTOWANA.—The new steam yacht building at Chester, Pa., for Mr. W. 5. Gonnor. was launched Tuesday. Sheis 188ft. over all, 121ft. tin, loadline, 20ft. Gin. beam, 11ft. Tigin. hold, with Bt. 2in. draft. (ompound inverted cneinés, Two cylinders 15in, and 28inx1Sin. stroke, Horizontal tubular boiler §xt1tt. NEW MHASUREMENT.—The sail area und length rule has now Neen adopted by the three prmcipal clubs in the country, the New York, Bastern and Seawanhaka Corinthian. The Beverly will also sail Hie open race for first class under the rnié, and several other clubs are about to adopt the new system. BOSTON OITY REGATLA—Im fourth class Meteor aud Hard Times made a dead-heatofit to tenthaof seconds. Lfhey will divide the prize money for first and second yachts. ARLINGTON Y. O.—This Baltimore club, the only one of that city, leaves August 4 for an extended ernise down Chesupeake Bay. Fleet to be gone two weaks. FOREST AND STREAM. 497 ea VALKYR.—This compromise cutter is at the yard of Poillons, Brooklyn, receiving a new racing outfit, larger spars, 6ft. more gaft and 5ft. more bowsprit. With this rig she will, no doubt, give a good account of herself. We should like to see her shed the board and add § or 10in. Jead underneath the keel. OFF CRUISING,—There has neyer been a time when so many of our yachts were away on cruises as at present, It 1s supposed that they go early this year so as to get back for the great regattas of the Beverly and Hull yacht clubs, August 18 and September 1.—Basfon Courier. FINE CUYTTER.—D, J. Lawlor has just finished for Lynn owners 2 very hiandsome thorouehbred. She has been named Otter, Over all 4ft., beam 7ft. Outside iron 2,1001bs, Same builder has also finished the Cypress, 25x9ft. This yacht is varnished instead of painted. IRON LACQUER.—Three pounds asphaltum, half pound shellac, one gallon turpentine, Varnish for iron work may be made by dis- solying in two pounds of tar oil, one-half pound asphaltum, and one- half pound powdered rosin, Mix hot and apply cold. LARCHMONT MATCH.—In the race, July 4, the protest between Fanny and Gracie was decided in favor of the Fanny. She takes Connor tup, subject to conditions, also regular cash prize of the club, OPEN BOAT RACE,—The owners of the open boats, Mistake, Snoozer, Susie 5, and others met at John Sawyer's loft, 55 South street, last Friday, and settled upon a sweepstakes race for Monday, August 27, entrance money per boat $100. ARROW .—This ae recently bought by W, P, Douglass, N.Y. Y. C., has been overhauling at Mumm’s yard, Pifty-fifth street, South Brooklyn, and will go into commission in time to join the cruise of the New York Y.-C. DREADNAUGHT.—Mr. A. W. 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Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Nos. 39 anp 40 Park Row. New York Crry, CONTENTS. FISHCULTURE. The New York Fish Commission The American Fisheultural As- sociation. EDITORTAL. Seeing the Yellowstone Park. Defeat of the Team. New York Game Protectors. Ten Years, Carp Fail in Florida. DHE SPorTsMAN TourRIstT, THE KENNEL. Drifting for Shad. The Crystal Palace Dog Show, Cobh’s Island. Distemper. Natura. History. Champions. How to Kill the English Sparrow The Robin. The Black Racer. Gama Bac anv Gun, Some Experiments in Vision. Fir and Salad. Beagle Gossip. Kennel Management, Kennel Notes. RIBLE AND TRAP SHOOTING, The International Match, Range and Gallery. ‘The Reports of Shotguns, The Trap. Sra anp River Iisuive. CANOEING. Channel Bass. A Cruise on the Mokelumne, Ossipes Park. YACHTING Black Bass in Trout Waters. Hull ¥. C The Coming Tournament, lleen. The Ichthyophagous Dinner, Marjorie and Teen, A Day with the Trout, Wastern Y, C, New Hanipshire Trout Streams, | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. With its compact type and in its permanently enlarged form of twenty-eight pages this journal furnishes each week a larger amount of first-class matter relating to angling, shooting, the kennel, and kindred subjects, than is contained in all other American publications put together. THN YEARS. Vy ITH this issue the Forest AnD STREAM completes the first ten yeurs of publieation. Next weck, that be- ing the paper's eleventh birthday, we shall review some of the many changes which have taken place in those years. The number will be an interesting one, containing contributions, congratulatory and otherwise, from many familiar pens, among therm those of Al Fresco, Awahsoose, Balsam, Natha- niel H. Bishup, Didymus, Jolm Dean Caton, Cecil Clay, Elliott Coues, Forked Deer, Theodatus Garlick, J. A. Hen- shall. Hix, H. P. U., Jack,Jacobstaff, K. (of Worcester), King- fisher, M, (of Boston), Maj. H.W. Merrill, Wm. B. Mershon, Nessmuk, Penobscot, Piseco, Podgers, Reignolds, Robt. B. Roosevelt, §., Vou W., Corp. Lot Warfield, Wawayanda, Yell—thirty-one, witii others yet to be heard from, DEFEAT OF THE TEAM. . HE American team has suffered a defeat, and for the second time the English military shooters have estab- lished their superiority in a formal match test, Tt can hardly be said that this ontcome of the competition is 4 sur- prise, A year ago defeat was certain for the American team, this year there was a chance of yictory for the vis- itors, though the probabilities were against them, and after a good fight, with some very encouraging features about it, Colonel Howard and his men come home to impress upon American riflemen that, though much has been done for the development of rifle practice und the improvement of small arms in this country, yet our adyance has been irregu- lar, and that in certain’very essential lines of the art and science of rifle shooting we are still behind our British friends. To the story of the miitoh, we give ample space in our rifle columns. There itis told how a tempest of rain and wind came down upon the common while the match was in pro- gress, how these squalls and showers were broken by floods of bright sunlight, how the wind came from various quarters of the horizon, and in such a quick succession of changes ‘that it Appeared tothe bewildered Americans asif the cave of — a eee == - the winds had opened on all’sides. It was, in fact, such a day as Creedmoor never has and Wimbledon but seldom, The Britishers were somewhat used to such conditions of sky and aiz, and so the sooncr caught their bearings in the skirmish of the elements, and managed to get out of the match in advance of the strange team. There has been talk of inferior rifles in the hands of the American marksmen, and the cable dispatches, reflecting the opifion of the English ranges, have placed special stress upon this feature. If appears to us to be not well founded, for had there been a change of weapon, and the Metfords of the English team placed in American hands, and vice versa, we doubt not that the victory would still have been to the team whose members were best able to catch the real strength of that rush of crosswinds, and who could )est fix their elevations for the dark, moisture-laden atmosphere. No doubt the American rifles placed the bullets just where they were aimed, but bad judgment was shown in estimating the meteorological conditions and in formulating their influence in somany points on wind-gauge and elevation. The match passed off in good shape so far as freedom from any misunderstandings were concerned. It was, so far as the wire informs us, afair fight for the American militiamen not against their very friendly antagonists, the English team, but against that very uncertain and treacherous foe, the fickle weather. We are not informed wpon what basis Col. Howard made his selection of the final shooting twelve, but no doubt there were good and sufficient reasons for mak- ing such choice as he did. It is not likely that any other arrangement of the men would have brought about any dif- ferent result. The strength of the American squad was fairly set forth in the twelve men who went to the firing points. The match in its results is full of encouragement to the N. R. A. and to American rifle interests generally. As com- pared with the results of last year we have been able to show a positive advance. The lesson of last year has not been thrown away, and to-day we have a fund of information, of experience and practical knowledge on the points of the military breech-loader as known at Wimbledon, where two years or more ago we were entirely ignorant. At the lower and more distinctively military service 1anges the Ameri- cans proved that they were in rifles and ability not a whit behind their expert adversaries, but rather superior, yet the difference was slight, hardly more than the general luck of battle would leave between two well trained and evenly matched contestants. We have, indeed, in two years produced a gun which will shoot round after round without cleaning, and we have secured a body of men able to use that weapon with fine precision under all the conditions of weather to which we are accustomed here. The match days brought Colonel Howard and his men face to face with new conditions, to meet which they had no data in their score-books, and con- sequently they could only flounder about, making such efforts to reach the target as their general knowledge of rifle shooting suggested. The Englishmen may well note this significant fact, that our men are rapidly closing up the gap between our neglect for years and their two decades of most thorough and careful practice at Wimbledon and its many subsidiary ranges. There xre even in misty, muggy Eng- land days when the sun shines out so clear and bright that our boys might imagine themselves at home at Creedmoor, or Bennings, or Brinton, or Walnut Hill, and then perhaps the figures of the totals may tell a different story, It is, perhaps, too early yet to speak of the match in a eriti- cal way. The scores would seem to show that there was a lack of team system at the extreme range among the mem- bers of the defeated side, but until mail advices bring more full particulars, it would be well to leave this point of the match without discussion. There was the usual chapter of accidents, such as planting good shots on the wrong target, but these accidents did not change the final result. The Americans were whipped, not by any fluke or unaccount- able slip-up, but fairly and squarely because they were over- matched in pitting their brief experience against the shoot. ing drill which has been going on for so longa time abroad. They struck more weather to thesquare inch at Wimbledon, than Creedmoor ever dreamed of having. There is no talk yet of another match, This is right. Let us first get our team home, learn from them exactly what is to be done for improvement, and then during the winter there is ample time for such correspondence as may lead to & continuation of the series of competitions, but-with conditions so fully drawn that no misunderstanding may creep in. The defeated ones deserve a hearty welcome home, While they may not have accomplished all that was hoped, they * . : have surely done all that could be reasonably expected of them. They encountered tremendous odds with a natural consequence. We present fo our readers not only a full account of the match, but a series of diagrams showing where tach shot fired struck the target slab. The New York Herald, with its accustomed enterprise, gave its readers early representations of the targets in fac simile, and before the last shot had been fired on the English range the public in New York were looking at the targets made in the earlier part of the match. Our diagrams give the shots numbered in their order of hitting, reproducing, in fact, the record of each markgman’s score book, There is but one little gleam of consolation, and that is in the fact that while we are whipped in the International match, our old friends, the Irish small-bore men, seized the occasion to once more enjoy a victory in the Elcho Shield match. SHEING THE YELLOWSTONE PARK. HE completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad to Bozeman, has opened the National Park to the world- Men of all professions are hastening thither, urged on by the natural ambition to be among the first of the general public to behold those natural wenders, of which so much has been written since their discovery, and which, during the pro- gress of the fight against the attempt of a stotk company to capture the Park last winter, were again brought promi- nently before the people. The projectors of the scheme for seizing the Park have inaugurated a great excursion thither; another made up of prominent Northern Pacific people is in contemplation, and a host of smaller parties will scatter themselves about over the Park, and enjoy its beauties. More important than any of these, from the standpoint of the friends of the Park, and so of the people, is the party which is to enter the Park from the south. This will be under the command of Gen, P. H. Sheridan, and will in clude among its members President Arthur, Secretary Lin- coln, Senator George G. Vest, Surrogate Rollins of this city, and Governor J. Schuyler Crosby of Montana, arly in August they will leave Green River Station on the U. P. R. R., and proceed thence to Ft, Washakie, where they will take their pack train and go into the Park, and through it northward to Livingstone, Montana, whence the Northern Pacific R. R, will bear them eastward once more. No doubt they will have a good time, will catch a lot of fish, and, without the boundaries of the Park, kill some vame. But the important point of the excursion will be that members of the Government, whose influence should be strongest in shaping legislation on this important subject, will be able to see for themselves a part of the needs of the Nation in respect to the Yellowstone Park. 1t is impossible, of course, in a hasty trip across such a wide area, to appre- ciate all that is required in the way of provision for the protection of the Park and its interesting features, whether organic or inorganic, but intelligent men cannot fail to ac- quire much useful knowledge, especially when they go ac- companied by one who is so familiar with a considerable portion of the reservation as is Gen. Sheridan, We bave urged this subject on Congress because we know that it is something that ought to be done, and because the longer it is delayed the more difficult it will be to aceom- plish it, and the more if will cost, Those who oppose it are as a rule men who are quite ignorant of the subject, while all who are most familiar with the Park and its capabilities are agreed that itis a matter which demands the prompt attention of Congress, This year a greater number than ever before will feel its importance and be able to speak intelligently on the subject. We believe that the importance of enlarging the Park will at once impress itself upon these visitors, and we trust that the need of such enlargement will be so clearly seen, that a recommendation concerning it may form apart of the next message of the President to Congress, This extension of the Park’s boundaries should be made both on the east and the south. On both sides there are wonders which should be preserved to the people at large, and the setting aside of these additional tracts can be done now without in- terference with the rights of any citizen. There area few cattle men within the region referred to, but their claims van be bought out for a few thousand dollars, wn expense whichshould not be considered when the importance to the country at large is realized, We hope most earnestly that within a year the boundaries of the Park may be so extended as to include the territory ying east of it to the 109th meridian, and on the south to Jat, 48° 80’, We should then kaye u parks in which eyery 502 FOREST AND STREAM. American might take a just pride, and one which for beanty and interest is unparalleled, The wonderful lakes and mountains to the south of the Park, Jackson's Hole, the Tetons and a hundred other beautiful spots should be saved, and so too should the heads of the Stinking Water and a dozen other streams, each of which could put forward ils especial claim for protection from the touch of civilization’s hand. The eentlemen who are about to visil the Park are incur- ring responsibilities in the matter which we are glad to see them assume, for we are confident that this plensure-trip will, next winter, in Washington, bear abundant fruil, NEW YORK GAMHB PROTECTORS. S our readers are aware, from our reports of the pro- gress of the Game Protector pill in the Legislature of New York last winter, the Governor of the State was em- powered to appoint sixteen new protectors in place of the eight which held office last year, A clause in the new bill placed these men entirely under orders of the Fish Com mis- sioners of the State, from whom they are to receive instruc- tions and to whom they are to report in writing every month, Withont the proper certificate from the Fish Commission the game protectors can receive no pay. The men appoiuted are all new ones, except Jolin Liberty, of Essex county, and Geo. M. Schwartz, of Monroe county, and we hope that they will do their duties well. We have been importuned to make recommendations for this office, or to indorse them, but have steadily declined to do so, not caring to heeeme responsible for the performance of the duty in the case of any individual. Weare therefore free to ap- plaud or condemn, as the work done may seem good or bad, The protectors are appointed for certain districts this yeur, and not for the State at large, as Jast year. How this will work, unless they have full powers all over the State, we do not know, For instance, Oneida Lake, which hes wholly in Oswego county, where the Onondaga Club fishes a great deal, lics in the ninth district, und the protector of that district lives nearly forty miles east of it, while the pro- tector of the tenth district, » man whom the elub indorsed, lives within six miles of the lake, which is infested with poachers whom he has fought for years, If a protector has powers outside his district this will work well, but if he has not, then in this instance a mistake has been made, The appointments are: First District—Kings, Queens, Suffolk, and Richmond Counties—George A. Whittaker, Bouthampton, Second District—New York County—Joseph H. God- win, Jr., King’s Bridge, New York city. Third District—W esiichuster, Putnam, Dutchess,Columbia, Ulster, Greene, Rockland, and Orange—Matthew Kennedy, Hudson, to take effect August 1. Fourth District—Sullivan, Delaware, Otsexo—Francisco Wood, Schoharie. Fifth District—Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga, Rensse- laer, Washington, and Warren—Seymour C, Armstrong, Weavertown, Warren county. Sixth District—Besex, Clinton, and Franklin—John Lib- erty, Elizabethtown, Essex county- Seventh District—St, Lawrenee and Jeffersou—Albert M. Piffin, Fine, St Lawrence county. Bighth District—Fulion, Hamilton, Montgomery, and Herkimer—Thomas Bradley, Rockwood, Fulton county, Ninth District—Oneida, Lewis, and Oswego—Nathan CQ. Phelps, Remsen, Oneida county, Tenth District—Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Tioga, and Onondaga—William H. Lindsley, Canastota, Madison county. Bleventh District—Cayuga, Wayne, Ontario, Yates, Schuyler, Tompkins, Chemung, and Seneca—Aaron M, Parish, Reading, Schuyler county. Twelfth Districi— Monroe, Orleans, Livingston, Genessee, Steuben, Wyoming, and Alleghany—George M, Schwariz, Rochester, Thirteenth District—Chaulauqua, Cattaraugus, Hrie, and Niagara—Stephen A, Roberts, Buffalo. Mr, Lindsley, of the tenth district, has for rome years been a town game constable, and has acted with Mr. Dodge, a former State game protector, and has been repeatedly shot at by the persistent poachers of Oneida Lake, He has built a steamboat for the express purpose of clearing this lake of nets, on the promise of being appointed a State officer for the protection of fish and game in a region which was sup- posed would be in his district. Knowing these facts we hope that the Fish Commission will extend his authority over Oneida Lake. v2 Schoharie, and Tor Cunvory Macaztne is rendering good service to field sportsmanship in America by its admirable sketches of shooting ani fishing, The engrayingsin the July number accompanying Dr. Henshall’s paper on the black bass were not only artistic but excellent in their faithfulness to nature; and the same may be said of the beautiful illustrations, in the August number, of Prof. Alfred M. Mayer’s excellent de- scription of “Bab White, the Game Bird of America.” ‘The engravings and the letter-press combine to make a very charming study of this favorite bird. It is an open secret that fhe Century Co. will soon publish, in book form, a col- lection of their magazine articles on field sperts, Che Sportsman Caurist. DRIFTING FOR SHAD. 66 W HAT are you going to do to-night? Will you come out with me for shad?” Such was the compound question which my friend James, the impetuous, hurled at me as I came up the whart after having « cooling dip in the noble St. John, “Well, nothing particularly; and, yes, I should like to #0, very much!” [tis a curious fact, that while game birds and animals retreat before the advancing white tide of civilization, fish are more constant to hereditary haunts, and inhabit their ancient waters until driven therefrom by the defilement of the stream, or actually decimated by the improvident angler. But, while the defilement of streams drives away some fishes, others, such as the eel, thrive on the garbage and refuse of cities, This is scarcely an example of ‘‘the survival of the fittest.” Of course, the different elements in which beasts and fish live account somewhat for the coyness of the first, and the friendly constancy of the latter, As the land be- comes settled the animals have to retire to more secluded haunis, but the fishes, Jtying in an element whose domain cannot be so thoroughly invaded by man, are exempt from the necessity of beating an unqualified retreat, But while this is true, I hold that the fish, of its nature, is far ‘tamer than is the beast ofits. While our forests and plains for iniles round any considerable center of civilization are en- tirely deserted by their old time frequenters, our rivers and streams are still well stocked with the descendants of their primeval occupants, uhdismayed by the thunder of paddle wheels, the gliding, dark hulls of commerce, or the panting’ saw mills, which, like wrathful giants, hurl the spoils of depleted forests upon the uncomplaining tide. Thus it is that in the St. John River, at Fredericton, the capital of a populous Province, we still find the perch, chub, smelt, pickerel, shad, cusk, gizzard, bass, salmon, sturgeon, and many other fishes, and within a short distance of the city, the bouquet of the vintageable waters—the speckled beauty, the rainbow-hued trout. But let us drift back to our drift- ing, Ty as, Jim,’ I replied to the hydra-headed interrogatory, “T should like very much to go.” And so we went down behind the wharf where ihe boat lay ready to receive us, and where the entangling net hung over its saddle where it had been drying in the sun, After Jim had placed the net und a mysterious little basket on board, we seized the oars and pulled for our destination wbout a mile above the city, and almost abreast of that aristocratic mansion, Government House. Think of it! drifting for shad within a stone-throw of the gubernatorial residence! Is it possible that the humble shad is growing aristocratic? No, I scarcely think so, He is a Conservative, such a good Conservative that he will ever be a Liberal, for he will retain to his dying day the unaffected manners, the goodly customs, and the glorious liberties of his centennial forefathers. He frequents these waters merely because he has ever done so, and he cares not whether castle or cottage, court or crib, stands on the banks of the placid river. The St, John at Fredericton is not far from a mile wide, and this eyening its broad unruffied surface, which reaches far westward under a glorious sunset, bears many boats bent on errands similar to ours. Hach boat confines itself to a certain locality—its own domain, as it ;were—the same spot where perhaps for years and years the fisherman has cast his net, and the desertion of which he firmly be- lieves would be attended with disastrous results. He knows the old ground, just where the snags lie, and these he can locate as correctly as if they were visible above water. Per- haps he has spent many hours in removing sunken bushes from the bed of his favorite drifting ground; and when many boats are out all good fishermen will respect his claim. At times, when but few boats are out-diifting, a fisherman will desert his usual ground, if the fish are coy, and casting his net in waters new, make a long sweep of the river, his distances being curtailed only by the locality of his home, and the necessity of haying to breast the current in rowing back, But when he thus dips into strange waters, he is in danger of haying his net caught in sunken obstacles of the locality of which he may be ignorant. There are spots in the river here where no boat is ever seen to drift, not because there are snags lying darkly concealed to lear the net, but because, as the fishermen nver, the shad never run there. From some peculiarity in the locality, some formation of the bed of the river, or other oceult cause, the fish are never known to pass through those places in numbers sufficient to repay the trouble of casting the net. Here, off Government House, James, and his father be- fore him, have fished for years; here the shad, from some cause best known to themselves, run within well-defined limits, which said limits are well known to the honest James; and here the net may drift slowly, noiselessly as a shadow, without let or hindrance of any snags or hidden daugers of the deep. There is one large sunken log at the lower end of Jaies’s territory, but this monster is spotted, By the producing 6f many carefully studied lines springing from well-known corners, chimneys and trees in the distance, and from closer but less accurate points on the shore, by an instinct which would guide my friend’s course when these landmatks were invisible, this monster is spotted, His lair is as well known, and he is as carefully avoided as if he were a floating torpedo, ready, on impact, to blow us and all other little fishes, sky high, and transform us into veritable flying fishes. Here, oif Government House, James casts his net carefully into the water, while | row the boat athwart the tide, ‘‘go- ing on” or “holding on,” “up stream” or “down stream,” as James commands, and as the proper extending of the net requires. Our net now extends from the stern of the boat, in a.straight line of bobbing floats, thinty or forty yards across the current. James sits in the stern with his hand on the rope, He says he can tell by the motion of the net, which he feels in the rope, when a fish is entangled, even in the uttermost meshes, We float quietly down, talking in but subdued tones, and when near the end of our run, James haulsinthenet. Only eight, but they are beauties! We will cast again, and so while James overhauls the net, [row up to our usual start- ing point, Again the net is cast; again we drift over the accustomed ground, and again eagerly and in peat expecta- tion is the net hauled in, Fifteen this time! ‘That's better! And still we feel that other nets on the river this evening must he accomplishing more work than is ours. We will try one more cast, "Tt is getting to be qnite cold, and when ITmake an ob Ne a rn i —— Z aur bh —e ———————————l [Jim 26, 1883. vation to that effect, James produces his mysterious basket and takes therefrom a small flask, which he hands to me, “Whatis it?” T inquire. “Tt is one gill of Jamaica, one gill of water, and some lemon-juice.” ; “Good! a little of that will keep out the cold. Good health, James!” James has also some sandwiches, and pulling to shore, we mate fast to a raft and enjoy our collation, James is a great talker, and many and wonderful are the tales which he has related, both when out fishing, and also at divers other times and places. He is a firm believer in ihe powers of the mineral rod, and he hints darkly at having tested its capabilities on the Nashwaak, near the city, in search of hidden treasure supposed to have been buried in the dark ages by darker dyed pirates, The old French frigate which lies deeply imbedded in the sand, keel up, in its eternal dock-yard at the bottom of the river, opposite the city, has ever been a source of curiosily and regret to James. Tf he could only raise that hulk, what vast treasures he would discover! Why did no one ever make the at- tempt? Another sunken vessel lying in the Nashwaaksis in, us he says, a hole so deep that no one can find bottom, is also matter of wonderment and anxiety on James’s part. He is ever promising himself that some day he will, &c., but treas- ures and vessels remain undisturbed, and I cannot compel niyself to hope that the deserving James willever be enriched by sich phantom wealth, Having finished our lunch, we pulled again to our starting point, and casting the net drifted slowly down, and patiently awaited the result of this, our last yentare for the night. “How many ?” “ Hleven.” ‘** Not bad at all!’ And now we start back to our place at the wharf whence we came, As we proceed down river we meet or overtake other boats still plying their trade, and make inquiries as to their luck. When one lone fisherman acknowledges having secured a smaller number than fell to our share, we imme- diately become possessed of the idea that we are great fisher- men; but our exultation is short-lived, for the next man we greet informs us that he has caught forty-five | We pass away silently, and forbear making inquiries of any other boats. Arriving at our landing we hung the net on its rack, and James placed his shad in a wheelbarrow for transporta- tion homeward, 7 accepting six, which left twenty-eight at James's disposal. Probably hesold about twenty of them next day, at ten cents each. As we said good-night, I could not help thinking that casting the net for the treasures of the deep is somewhat more profitable than carrying mineral rods over the country in search of the shadowy treasures buried in unknown ages by phantom pirates. I did not say so, howeyer, for I would not offend James for the world, It was two o'clock when I got home, and placing my shad in a tub of fresh water I left them to await the tender offices of the cook. ERATO. VrepRicton, New Brunswick. COBB'S ISLAND. Be ee! many of your readers are now casting about them for a pleasant summer trip, and are anx- ious to find a place where good fishing and shooting can be had, and where a millionaire’s pocketbook is not required to pay expenses. Ihave just returned from such a place— Cobb’s {sland—and have had most excellent sport. On Friday last, with a friend, we shot. over stools eighty grayback snipe, and would haye killed more had we been in practice. This bird is now returning from the north, and within a week or ten days myriads of them will be found at the island mentioned, The fishing for weakfish or sea trout is superb, the writer and his friend having taken over 100 Ibs. in one tide, and: only desisted from yery weari- ness, Asan apology for catching so many, I would add that we fished for a boat’s crew of thirteen persons, Any person going to Cobb’s for fishing should take with him an ordinary rod and reel, with a fairly large braided silk line, as hand line fishing is an abomination, and does not afford half the sport a rod does. _ As to the comforts of the hotel I cannot speak, as I did not live there, but the guests appeared fairly satisfied. The surf bathing is good, and any one fond of the labor of hauling in sharks can have as much of that kind of sport as they want. To reach Cobb's Island take the bouts from Baltimore or Washington to Old Point; then the steamer Northampton to Cherryston, then by sailboat to destination. CosMOPOLITAN, Wasuinoton, D, C., July 21. Camp Sire Hlickeyings. “That reminds me,” L, our paper of July 5, “Ouachita” tells of the attaché of the dramatic company catching the twenty trout through the medium of the large grasshopper. ‘That re- minds me”: A number of the Panionkees were fishing in Spring River, Mo., some time ago. Wehad met with very good luck, capturing a number of channel catfish, white bass and perch, when one of the ‘‘natives” came along, He was quite talkative, and related his experience in fishing, Among the many stories he told was one wherein he had caught what he termed the “‘bellfish.” He said he had been fishin in the headwaters of Sprin River about two years ago; had fished nearly all day wit. indifferent success, when at last (he had about coneluded to give it up) he had a ‘*‘powerful bite.” .He worked for nearly an hour and landed the ‘‘bellfish,” and as he ex- pressed it—‘‘Stranger, you may not believe me, but as soon as that-ar fish was out of water, the fish—an’I never see the like—commenced to flop and jump out of the water to follow him, an’ with the help of my oldest boy, we just took a pole an’ an old net we had with us, an’ canght near two bar’l of fish,” We concluded that that was a large “fish story.” He explained by saying that fish always selected one of their number as a leader, and followed it, just as cattle, horses and sheep will follow one of their num- ber to which a bell is attached, SHAWONDASEE, Kansas, In next-to last line of ‘Me-hitable's" story:in issue July 5, 7 YP ows " ’ ai * va ft” xend had,”"Ashe wrote it, Jony 26, 1883.] — FOREST AND STREAM. dlatuyal History. HOW TO KILL THE ENGLISH SPARROW. Hiditoy Forest and Stream: 1 agree with your correspondent, “Homo,” in regard to the dangers attending the use of the gun or of poison for ex- ” tirpating this nuisance, I baye been much anueyed lately by sparrows that occupy » martin-liouse on my neighbor's remises. The marting lett itin disgust a few years since, or all our birds keep aloof from the filthy louse-sparrow. Tf the house had heen my property 1 shonld have removed. it long ayo. ‘The sparrows likewise had heaped their rub- bish upon forsaken birds’ nests, defacing: the trees and making something like a nest for their own offspring. 1 eleouraged the Woys in the neighborhood to destroy all fhese lumps. of rubbish, but this did not seem to diminish the sparrows or their demoniacal chirping. Our Massachusetts Legislature had repealed the ridiculous law that protected these pests, and (he inhabitants were now at liberty to use their common sense in the treatment of these birds. But while thousands were anxious to exterminate them (if possible from the face of the earth), all were averse fo using poison or the gun, Lvywould not like to use either, though in winter, when our summer graniyorous }irds are absent, poison might be used with safety. Being contined to the house by illness during the month of May, and amusing inyself by listening to the singing birds that were numerous around my house, I was greatly an- noyed by the demoniacal chirping of the sparrows, which often for an hour would render it impossible to hear the sylvan concert. While watching aman outside who was using the hose to wash the windows of an adjoining house a happy thought, as it seemed to me, entered my mind. I thought how quickly every sparraw in the martin-house might be destroyed by directing a stream of water into their filthy apartments after they had retired to rest, und drowning them. The same means might be used to drive them from every place they had appropriated. But this method of destroying them gould bensed only in certain neighborhoods. : Now, Mr. Editoy, Task leave to sugzest. 4 method by which the sparrows, however numerous, night be extirpated from any town in less than a week. This would he done by the use of asteam fire-engine. Let every town that is in earnest ap- propriate an engine and a sui of money, and hire a man to useit for this work. The drowning of the sparrows with cold water would be momentary, and there is indeed no ernclty at allin the act. The engine could be used most effectually in the winter, when a stream of water, by immediately freezing, would destroy the birds almost as quick as light- ning, Winson Fuaaa. Norte Camsama@n, Inly 13, THE ROBIN. Turdus Migratorius. EE hin throw out his chest and rear back! Oh, he ig }.) a proud fellow indeed, quite in contrast with his more modest mate, but afterall, lis is # pardonable pride. Puos- sessed of such a well-knit figure, fine head and erect carriage, who can blame him if he exhibits a trifilmg conceit, His is 4 familiar figure on ourlawns, now hopping quickly along and now running swiftly, pausing atter each dash, an rearing up to look around. See him as he makes ;nother swift run of a few feet, then bends eagerly forward, appear- ing to listen intently. Suddenly he darts his bill down, and with the aid of the #lasses, we see him drag a long earth- worn from out the grassroots. I haye never been able to determine with any satisfaction to myself whether it is his seusé of hearing or sight which guides himto his food; his attitude of intense attention for a moment before darting on his prey, would seem to indicate that the former was the case, but again, he may be only watching intently, as it is possible that the squirming of the worm as he pushes his way to the surface, may cause a tremor among the blades of grass, not visible to our coarser vision, but easily perceptible to our little lynx-eyed friend, At all events, there is a mo- ment’s pause each time hetore the final lunge, which almost invariably results ina capture. If the tender morsel lap- pens to be on extra large one, it is amusing to see him “freshen his grip,” as it were, and back off, until stretched to its utmost, out comes the worm, and its wriggling length appears for an instant only, as redbreast unceremoniously fulps him down. Our friend is fond of living near us, and builds almost anywhere, in maple, elm, spruce, on the lawn, in the orch- - ard, or infact, in the most convenient spot he may chance upon, The location, however, once selected for his nest, he will often occupy year after year. High or low seems to make little difference, As to materials for hi; nest, he is not over particular. Though formed chiefly of wisps of hay, and dry grasses, its make-up will often contain bits of paper, string, hair, aud always a quantity of mud, seemingly inténded to give it stability. The interior is carefully, lined with soft Wurm fibers oi bark, hair, and grass, and great attention is paid to this part of the work. is temper, I am sorry to say, is not altogether as loyely as bis appearance, When a family jar occurs among the feathered inhabitants in his vicinity, although they may not be of his own kind, you will see him streak off for the scene of the rumpus, to mingle his angry notes in the general roar, Heisu kind husband thongh, and tyver on the alert to protect his family. His shrill cry of distress will summon all his companions within hearing, and their united efforts wall often disconcert. aod drive away feline intruders, to say nothing of crows, blackbirds and other egg-scking, nest-destroying vermin. Should he hayethe good fortune to discover an owl, he is supremely happy, and will join with the sparrows it raising sucha dim about the poor thing’s ears as to put it ignomin- jously tu flight, A good songster, he is at his best during the breeding season, aid it is agurprise to many, wlio are familiar only witl his ordinary monotonous ery of bob! hoh! bob! to hear him lannech into such an ecstacy of song, often i pee ey he cannot be the performer. He is capable of i great deal in the musical line at this season, however. At thé bath le is inclined’ to domineer over others who may be in Beso on his arrival, and 1 have noticed with interest that the English sparrow moves off af once on his appearing, or is forced to leave often in spite of noigy expostulation, Hu ilwash ij company, provided he is not crowded, but if & wespee aul once clearsithe board, Jn the antumn his whole nature hs large floc] iy nh, 7 a] . ! anges; congregating: in e becomes. exceeding Be, “and dificult of id at ahi Season is 4 favorite object of pursuit Bens of powhunters.Wwho: infest our) usighbor- =. = lievers 20 when they leave New York for good? had the overcoat of a snake twenty years, tore it off myself, haye referred to it I don’t know how many times, and one of you say that his ¢xistenee is doubted, or rather that he did him, Iam surprised. set forth his merits to you a8 he did to me, and then see if you hail doubts. blue. belly a mottled brown. hood. A great deal has been said in regard to his destruction of fruit. True,he will eat the cherries, and by-the-by, he is a connosscur as regards the cherry, and we boys alway sused to select those that bore his mark as being the most luscious, He affects the strawberry also to some extent, and occasion- ally yaries his menw with a fine grape or two, but the dam- age he does is light, compared to that inilicted by others, the iroported nuisance for instance, It may be that he causes wholesale destruction in some sections, a8 is written of him, but I cannol believe all of it, and | am rather inclined to think that if pains were taken to carcfully observe, the greater part of the sins of which the pretty fellow isaccused, would be brought home to “some otlier man.” fime until the documents are produced, | shall stand for In the mean “Bob” apainst all comers. WIpMor, [‘*Wilmot” is the signature adopted by our contributor who under the xem dé plume “Dick” hasso often had a place in our columns. past, our readers will please transfer the credit to the new name. | For the many ‘‘good things’ sent in the THE BLACK RACER. Editor Forest anil Stream: I’m surprised, Do you know where doubters and unbe- Here I’ve exist before I killed him, or that there ever was another like T only wish Woodman was alive to “Don't know Woodman!’ Why, he’s the one that did not give the first unearthly screech when the city of Springfield was born, but he did the ericr-ing that in- variably follows birth, for two years beautifully. I wish you could have seen him march down Main street, swinging iu ponderous bell as though the championship of Ameria rested on his shoulders, and as le would bring up at the cor- ner of Court square, with the dignity of a judge deposit the hell on his left arm, and, with feet well braced, open on the subject in hand. It was not necessary to repent his message, for the whole city heard it. WLatterly, however, his voice produced some fearful results, One Sabbath moring, while engaged in his usual barer-ous occupation, and in the most difficult part of it, “twa dogs” attempted to settle a little uupleasaniness on thedoorstep, Opening the door under the extitement of the interrnplion, he *‘histed the gate clear np” with a ‘‘get-a-¢-0-u-t” exceeding even his usual powers. One dog disappeared over the fence and was not seen afterward; the other made 4 desperate leap for the street, but fell dead at the gate, undoubtedly strucl while crossine the line of some nolein that ‘‘music of the spears.” This conclusion was reached after full discussion over the remains. But there was earnestness in his description of the black racer, There was, to him, terror in the name, and this is, perhaps, not to be wondered at, for he was not swift of foot, and the ides of being choked in the racer’s coil was among the possibilities ub least. ‘‘One of my neighbors," said he, ‘vas riding: ou @ loud of hay, when he received a cut “cross his back as from a heayy whip, and hollosed, ‘Oh,’ He looked all round, but could sce nothing and drove along. Soon he receiyed another blow and again holloacd, ‘Oh.’ Tt was a black racer, hid in the hay, that had struck him.” Another case he related where thesnake ‘‘clicked” his tail like a whip lash round the legs of some children, hurting them awfully, and that one big snake was chased by men on horses clear to the Five Mile House on the Boston road, where they lost the track entirely, having beet distanced out of sight by the snake. But toreciurn. Itis hardly safe for parlor naturalists to ignore tradition, Few structures are without a base, and the wildest exaggerations in describing phenomena in organic life invariably haye some parts on which to build. The Indian tradition of the mastodon which graced one of our earliest school books was, to me, an unsolyed mystery, ‘until lo and behold, the skeleton entire stood before us, and I walked between the forelegs of one, ny head not touching the breast bone. And in like manner, after the accumu- lated tradition of the black racer, if was hardly proper for Goodrich and other writers to ignore his existence, because there must have been something from which fo build it. Now he stands out as one of the things that are, and although almost extinct in New Bngland, no reasonable person can doubt his existence, é The common Coluber of the United States is seldom even six feet in length, black above, while the whole belly is slaty Consirictor isto me a mistaken title. I have seen them in all ways and places for nearly half a century, and I never kill one, but give chase, slepping on the tail to see them turn upon me, striking with open mouth, seizing my clothing and shaking it likea puppy. i haye never been able to induce'an attempt at the Constrictor qualities repre- sented, I have seen them ascend a tree of thick branches with all the celerity of a squirrel. _ The black racer (@, ew%or) is slimmer built and from eight to twelve feet in length. Glossy black above, the The throat and two-thirds of the neck circuit white as polished ivory, while large blotches of white extend four feet down the belly, disappearing iu a broken line in the middle. At first sight- and on short ac- quaintance it is the most saucy, impudent snake in existence, and ready to follow anything that -willrun, One man said this; “he snake moved out from an old ferice directly in front of me, head two feet high, white throat and belly, thrusting out a long fiery tongue. Then, to get a better view probably, he came seyeral feet nearer, and evidently with ‘come now, start yourself’ in his eye. Ofcourse showed coat-fails across the field, with his snakeship close behind. On reaching a fence I seized a stake determined to fight while life lasted, but the snake stopped just beyond reach of the club, After regaining the breath which was most gone, [ demonstrated at the snake who retreated across the field and Latter him, Making 4 stroke at him which he dodged, my clib broke and fell from my hand. He instantly turned upon me, and without stopping to think T took ta my heels aevoss the field a third titie, thle snake close behind, Here ZT cried ‘quits,’ got over the fence and left him in possession ot the field.” Another man said 2 racer chased him whose head was as high as his own, and that le barely escaped with his lifs. Anotlier aid his companion, while hunting, cluve down the hillside with a racer at bis heels, calling for help at every jump, haying lost both hat and gun in lis flight, And yet another, ‘Tl was sauntering along, staff in a ' i and, when 1 heard a scream, and saw u woman coming down the road with ‘colors flying loose.” ‘There's a snake after me,” was 503s all she could utter. Asshe shot past me, I stepped in front of the snake, who instantly stopped. Stooping a little to get a horizontal stroke and cut his head off, I struck, but his head wasn’t there, Quick as a flash he dodged my blow, then turned and disappeared in the brush and bushes,” IT could repeat these stories indefinilely, They come trom, men of candor and yeracity; are whal they saw and what they did; so that, making all possible allowances for fright and exageveration, I feel that it is hardly necessary to extibit. ny Own specimen to substantiate the existence of a snake which, in all serpentine qualities, stands alone and at the head of his genus, Impudent, saucy, frolicsome, but harm- less, is my story of his life fill a better one is fold. B, Morsnorn. P.8.—L am happy to announce that after twenty years’ research I received to-day another Girsor, nol as lavge as the first, but bearing all the characteristics before described. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Game Bag and Gun. GAME RESORTS.—We wre always glad lo receive for pub- liention such notes of desirable game resorts as may be of help to the readers of FoREST AND STREAM. Wall nok ovr corre- spondents favor us with such advice? SOME EXPERIMENTS IN VISION. HAVE pursued my experiments, as ‘1. EH. T.” sug- fosts, with resulis as follows so far as my eyes are con- cerned; lf 1 bring the left edge of an object close at hand on & line with the right edge of an object at a distance, the right eye being closed at the time, and then open the right eye, the first object does move over and obscures, though it does not hide, the distant object; the distant object 1s seen dimly, and apparently as if through the near object, while other ob- jects nt a distance that were hidden by the near object when the rizht eye was closed, become visible when the right eye is opened, Tf the right edge of the near object is brought in line with the right edge of the distant object, the right eye shut, when the right eye is opened the near object again apparently moves over to the leff, and the distant object beconres visi- ble; but by looking intently with both eyes open, the head being steady, the same appearance of seeing the distant ob- ject through the near one becomes evident, though not so clearly marked as in the first case, That we see with both eycs, when both are opened, can be easily shown by trying to hide some distant object, as a flarpole, by some near object as the vertical har in a window sash, With either eye shut the head can be moved so as to hide the distant object; with both eyes open the distant ob- ject will be seen in all posifions of the head that keeps the orbits of the eyes on a horizontal line; looking intently it will appear us though there were two near objects, the dis- faut object being seen all the time, and 4 position can be found when it will appear as though the distant object was seen between the two near objects. . The moon was used us 4 distant object,and a yeranda post as the near object in verifying the above, so far as the near object's moving over to the left, and the moon and a flat ruler wide enough to cover her disk, when held at srm’s length, for the last experiment. The ruler was used for this, as the veranda post hid the moon even with Woth eyes open, on account of its width. The ruler, held at arm’s length, Sppeared double, the two images occupying the posi- tions shown when first one eye and then the other was closed; by closing first one cye and then the other, the ruler ean be given such a position that the moon can be scen ex- actly midway between the two images, ani! the image in position for the right eye (for my cye) was found to be much the stronger. : [have used the microscope, telescope, transit, d&c,, and have never shut the unused eye, nor does its being open bother me in the least. The most singular power, however, is that familiar to all who use the jeweler’s eye-glass; by the will power alone it is possible to see with either the eye looking through the glass-and be blind for the time being with the other, or to see with the eye not occupied by the class and to be blind with the one so occupied. Time and time again haye L so used my eyes, seeing through the glass when at work that needed it and seeing absolutely nothing’ with the other, but when a tool was needed, instantly changing to vision with this eye and looking for the tool, perhaps and more than probably not changing the position of the head while so doing, so as not to lose the position of the work through the glass when it became necessary to look at it again, “In shooting a rifle at target I always close one eye, al- though I can see the sights plainly with both eyes open. Tn snap rifle shooting I wever stop to think whether I shut one eye or not, and in shooting with a shotgun I keep both eyes open—with me, being a right-eyed and right-handed indi- yidual, | have no trouble; but I can readily see how a right- handed, left-eyed man, or vice versa, would be troubled to shoot well until he had accustomed himself to the circum- stunces by practice. ' T will not french on your patience longer, us I only in- tended to help “Snapshot” by the results of my observations, T thank “TI. H. T.” for his sugvestion, however, which has led me to confirm my idea by further observations. C.D. Wyoming, July 16, A PERTINENT Lyquiry.—‘‘The Rev, G. A. Cleveland, of Gloucester, Mass., in a letter to the Cape Ann Advertiser, says: ‘In hunting partridges before now, I have sometimes been a good dealamused with one of their tricks. On my coming near the flock the mule partridge would rush toward me with feathers stuck out like a frill, wings flapping, and making @ terrible fuss in every possible way, After a time, though, I found that this was only & trick, While my ut- tention was being drawn to the blosterer hetore me, the female with smooth feathers and drooped head was hurry- ing off with the brood toa place of safety. And when this had been accomplished there were no lonver any partridges in sight, male or female.” A Wariford correspondent, OW. FH. 1." who sends us the above clipping, sugvests the pertinent inquiry, at what season of the year was Nr. Cleve. land “hunting partridges before now?” Will that gentle- man haye (he courtesy to tell us? And if, as we presume may sometimes have happened, the shooter succeeded in killing the old birds, will he explain, as a contribution to natural history. what became of the brood? 504 FOREST AND STREAM. Juny 26, 1885. FIR AND SALAD. ET any one who wishes to enjoy this dangerous sport, where there is no scarcity of the raw material, and of a pretty savage quality, too, come to Washington Territory, where, if he does not get all he wants of it, the frilure will nol be for lick of opportunity. Extending from Gray's Harbor north to Puget Sound, a distance of about cighty miles, is a tract of country entirely tninhabited, and of which but little is known. On the Surveyor-General's map it is marked as mountainous, unfit for cultivation, and unsurveyed. It was on the borders of this wild region We pitched our camp in the sommer of 1582, From an old trapper we had learned that the report of the culntry was incorreet, and although somewhat rolling, there were a niimber of fine prairies, and not far from the head- whters of the Humptulips River, there was a large lake With a prairie several miles long sdjoining it, He stated that some years before, while prospecting, his ‘“pard’ and he had distovered it, and building themselyes a cabin, had laid in provisions enough before the rainy season set in to last then. six months. Here they passed the winter and re- turned in the spring laden down with furs. The lake abounded in fish and wild fowl, while large herds of elk were frequently seen on the adjoining prairie, Bears and cougars were very numerous, and seemed to have very little fenr of them, All this delighted us extremely, and we de- termined, should opportunity offer, to explore the promised land for ourselves. Our camp wis located on @ narrow strip of sand that extended some distance out into the bay, and covered with a stunted growth of pine. Between us and the heavy timber was a fat about a mile in width, which was covered with water at high tide. Here we had built our- selves a cabin, from which we made our daily excursions in seurch of new specimens, One rainy afternoon, as we were returming from a long tramp, and as we reached the cabin, some one exclaimed, “What's that?” and to our surprise we sawa bearsitting in front of the door, He was a little fellow, and seemed very curi- ons to know what kind of beings we were, for he raised himself up on his haunches and eyed us suspiciously. Our first impulse was to **bow] him over,” and I raised my gun to do so, when some one sugested to ‘‘catch him alive.” This met with the hearty approval of all, and laying our euns down, we started for him. He immediately took to his heels, and then followed one of the most exciting chases I ever remember. Around the cabin he went, the whole camp following, shouting at the top of our lungs, Then he dodged behind a pile of driftwood; and driven from there, back to the cabin he went. By this time we were pretty well winded, our heavy rubber boots and clumsy ‘‘Cape Ann” suits having proved too much for us; and notwith- standing our utmost efforts he hud succeeded iu keeping just out of our reach, and at last headed across the flat for the heayy timber. 1 prided myself not a little on my running (haying won several medals on the cinders at Mott Haven); and to huve a little cub get away from me in that style was not to be al- lowed without an additional effort on my part, so 1 con- tinued the chase alone. As long as the sand was firm I could hold my own; but I soon got into the mud and one of my boots came partialiy off, bringing me to a sudden stop. Silling down in the mud, 1 drew them off and also my waterproof coat and pants. The change was a decided im- provement, and I then gained on the bear very rapidly. A small creck ran Uirough tho center of the flat, and, haying reached it, the game seemed undecided what to do. I ex- erted myself to the utmost, and got within a few yards of him, when he scrambled into the creek and swam across, I foundered after, and on reaching the other side I had the greatest difficulty ia getting ont, often sinking up to my waist in the soft mud. But it did not scem to trouble him in the least; and by the time | had reached the hard sand he was fully 200 yards ahead, I now strained every nerve to overtake him; but it was of no use, and I was about twenty- five fect behind him as he disappeared jn the sulal brush. 1 dared ¢o no further, for if his respected mamma had discoy- ered me, she would haye made a meal of me withont re- tnonstrance on my part, for [had not even a club to defend myself with, and, moreover, was so exhausted that [could not hayerun a hundred yards to save my life. Covered with mud and slime, with my teet bleeding from numerous cuts, T limped back to camp, only to be received with shouts of Jaughter at my dilapidated condition, Salal aud salmon berrics were now getting ripe, und the Dears, descending from the mountains in large numbers, hbeeame decidedly familiar, their tracks being frequently seen around our cabin in the morning, and an occasional animul was seen along the edge of the timber, hut we could not obtain a shot, owing to the almost impenetrable charac- ter of the wndergrowth. In these yast forests, where the silence of the grave reigns, giant firsand spruces, frequently nine fevl in diameter, tower a hundred feet without a limb, aod generully beneath these giants is a dense growth of vine, maple and alder, and still lower the salal brush. It is almost impossible to make any headway through these thickets, and so thoroughly does this dense mass of vegeta- tion shut out the light that even at midday it puzzled me to read fine print. One of our patty, wandering off one day alone, met wilh an adventure that came neur being the end of him. On entering au open glade im the forest he came suddenly on an immense bear devouring a deer, The bear was hol more than ten yards off, and our trembling collector haying come after small birds was oot prepared for such a monster, fastily looking over his shell belt he found to his horror that he had neglected to bring any buckshot; nothing larger than No. 8 could he find. ‘The hear immediately rose to ite haunoghes and began to growl savagely; then dropping on all fours walked leisurely toward him, This was too much for our now thoroughly frightened collector, who ineonti- nently fled, Jeaving the bear master of the situation, and disappeared as fast as his legs could earry him. Arriving at camp be procured reinforcements and then returned to seitle matters wilh his majesty, but of course bruin was not to be found. We waited patiently until ten o’elock that nivht, but tinding that be did not return, we built a trap of lows in the shape of a letlen V, and putting the vemains of the deer in it, we attached a string to it and the trigger of a “an heavily charged with buckshot, and returned to camp. All hands turned out early the following morning, and hastily despateling our breakfast, returned fo the trap. We found the logs scattered in every direction; and to our de- lizht the bear was stretched out stark and stiff, with a hole in his breast large enough to put one’s hand in, He was an inimiense creature, and although we had uo means of defin- itely determining his weight, it required the united strength - a of four of us to get him hoisted over the limb of a tree. He certainly could not have weighed less than 500° pounds, and was in prime condition, the fat on lis hams measuring nearly three inches in depth. We now procured the services of a half-breed hunter and his dog, and whenever # bear made his appearance the dogs would be immediately put on the trail, and they generally suceccded in treeing him, when & shot from a rifle usually set- (led the )usiness. The dogs also occasionally treed a cougar in this way. Just here is concerned a subject that has beén of considerable interest Lome, and which Ihave not been able definitely to settle. In conversations with numorous trappers and In: dians, | found that they universally agree as to the existence of an animal differing from the cougar (Hvis concolor), which they call the panther. They describe it as of nearly the same color, hut longer aud more slender, with the head elongated, the chest narrower, and legs somewhat longer. Lt is much rarer than the cougar, and only an occasional one is killed. [ offered a considerable sum for the capture of one of the animals, but could only succeed in procuring a skull of one {hat was lalled some time before. It differed essentially from that of the cougar. Our Indian guide showed us the track of one of these animals and explained the difference between it and the track of the cougar. We then had a large stuel trap made which weighed nearly fifty pounds, to which we attached a log of about100 pounds’ weight. Plae- ing it neur where the tracks were seen, we baited it and left it. The result was a very large bear, who, notwith- standing the great weight, dragged it fully half a mile, and only stopped when the log got entangled insome trees. We caught several others in this way but no couars. Our supplies were very low, and the Indians we had en- gaged to procure more not having arrived, two of our party were detailed to get them at the nearest place, a sawmill situated on the opposite side of the bay and about fifteen milés off. Navigation at all times is extremely dangerous on this bay, but the tide, and a gentle breeze blowing in the right direction, we thought we could safely yenture. In erder to be safe, should we experience rough weather, we took a heavy salmon boat instead of our light kamin, This nearly cost us our lives. Everything went lovely for a while, and we skimmed over the water at a fine pace, but suddenly there came up one of those sudden squalls for which this country is noted, the wind blew a perfect gale, making a yery heayy sea, and jerking the sheet from my hand, and only with the greatest difticully was it secured and the sail lowered. We shipped a heayy sea which filled the boat nearly half full of water. Goiug with the tide rin- ning at fhe vate of six miles an hour, it did not seem to make much difference whether the sailwas set or nol, we fairly flew. We had now lost the channel, and narrowly escaped being dashed to pieces on a sunken log, of which there were dozens to be seen in all divections, and as ifto add to our danger a ) heavy mist came in from the sea, shutting out the shore line entirely. Heading her the best we knew for the nearest point of land, we soon had the satisfaction of seeing the dark timber line appear, and a moment after we struck a snag, smashing in the bow of the boat. Jumping overboard we dragged it on shore and then shouted for assistance, but the only reply was the veho of our own yoices, There was no help for it; camp we must. Dragging the sail on shore, we made a bed of it; and collecting a large supply of wood we luid down wet «md supperless, During the hight we were disturbed by some animal that came prowling around us; and as our only weapons consisted of a small hatchet and a revolver, we did not feel any great desire to secure the unknown iutruder, but a shot fired in the direction of the sound sent it off, and we were not further disturbed. In the morning the intruder proved to haye been a large bear, the tracks being plainly visible in the soft earth, Our real danger now commenced. The tide of the pre- vious night, being an unusually high one, had driven our boat far upon the beach, fully 100 feet from the present water line. It was so heavy that it was impossible to move it, and after tuzging away until we were completely tired out, we gave up and bethought ourselves of breakfast. It was a scanty aifair, consisting of a few salmon and sala) berries. Not a drop of fresh water could we find, although we searched for a hulta mile on either side. My *‘pard” considered himself quite a shot with a revolver, and, as squirrels were yery abundant, [meekly suggested that now was the time te show his skill, for I was nearlyefamished. Walking up within ten fect of a squirrel. he blazed away, but the little animal only ran away a few feet and chattered at him, as if very indignant at such treatment. He tried another shot with the lie result, and on my suggesting that they might be blank cartridges, he desisted entirely, Re- turning to the beach we collected some driftboards, and making a kind of roadway, using the boom for u roller, we succeeded just al night in getting the boat afloat, and then retired and slept until mornins, Abont noon the next day we arrived at the sasymill with our throats so parched from thirst tat we could hardly speak, Securing our supplies, we eugaged the mill steamer to take us back to camp, hiring an Indian to bring back our boat. Having ¢xhausted the game in the neighborhood of our camp, we packed our trapsin the boat and pulled up the Humptulips River for the Ihke the trapper had told us about, but after going about five miles we came to a bad “drift.” Tt was upward of half a mile long and utterly im- passable; as the boats were too heayy to make a portage we had to abandon the expedition and return to the harbor, At some tuture time IT will send yousome of our experiences in the new camp. Since writing the above I have learned that the Government has made an appropriation for clearing this river, and ere another yeur has passed this fertile region will be open for settlement. KAMAKALLA. Rrow LAake.—Port Hope, Ont , July 18.—So fer as I can yet judge the shooting prospects on Rice Lake for this autumn are good. A great many ducks which breed ss far south as this are with us; more [think than usual, The fall duck shooting is always more or less uncertain, but should be good this year, judging from the number of fall ducks which visited Rice Lake this spring on their way north, The fishing is’simply magnificent, not only a larger number of fish but fellows of greater weight than :sual having been already captured. The rice crop is a very large one, and [ have made arrangements which will insure my having'a very large quantity on hand.— Osarnus Grcmnrst, ViraeintA GAwe—Staunton, Va,, July 16.—The prospect for quiil and ruffed grouse in our country is good. The birds ave fast recovering from the destructive winter of 1880—81, and in another year we will again he Wlessed with plenty of them.—Jaox. THE REPORTS OF SHOTGUNS. Nt many days siee, as i Mr. Cole, one of the membars of the Board of Supervisors, Was returning io his home in the country from Vicksburg, Miss, about sundown, some one concealed near the roadside fired a load of buck- shot into his body with such ferrible and fatal effect that the man was dead when he fell from his horse to the ground. Several persons alony the road and in fhe yieinity of the tragedy heard the report of the gun; anda youn lady saw the dead man a minute or two ufter the shot was fired, The next day an inquest was held, and I haye read the evidence of the witnesses before the coruner taken on that occasion. Nearly every one who heard the report of the gun swore that they knew it was a Doctor Oook’s gun which had heen fired, as they were used to the sound of his gun and could distinguish it from any other. This line of testimony struck me as a shade peculiar, if not 2 litle careless. J haye been thinking the mutter over’ and J don’t think I could go so far as to identify any gun from merely hearing the report of it. Jt scems to me im- possible for the report of any gun to be uniform, There are so many conditions that may yary the sound, such as the charge, the distance, the topography of the country, the direction and velocity of the wind, the density of the timber in the yicinity, and perhaps even the direction the gun may be pointed at the time of discharge, T have always thought my brother has a gun with a more: peculiar report than that of any other gun I ever heard, 1 would say, as a guess, that 1 have heard him fire it no less. than three thousand times, at distances ranging from twenty inches from my car, to two miles or more away—in the woods, on the water, on saudbars, in the willows, in calm,. in storm, in sunshine, in fog, in snow, rain and hail, and! generally when I was listening for its music and could about. locate him in my mind if outof sight; and yet I could nol go before a jury and say upon oath that I knew a certain: shot was fired trom his gun unless] saw it with my owt eyes. I know that often in hunting with him I have mis- taken the report of other guns for his, and haye failed to recognize his at other times when he had fired within my hearing, especially if in a different direction from what [ supposed him to be at the time. Imagination was, perhaps, ‘large factor in the case cited above The witnesses were mostly colored people. Dr. Cook probably did more shooting in that yicinity Lhan any other man, and as jt developed on the investigation that fend existed between him and the deceased, and he had been seen with @ gun in hand a little while before the shooting: and not far from the scene of it, suspicion naturally felt upon him, and it was easy for an imaginative person to think the report was similar to all reports of the Doctor's gun on obher occasions. I would say, at a Wazard, that such testimony should be set aside as utterly worthless. Burr A. Porn. Linconn, Nebraska, July, 1883. Kynocw SHpuis.—Manitowoc, Wis., July 17.—Aihter Forest and Streams 1 ried a new sample of the Kynoch shells yesterday and met with the same difficulty as before, yiz., “too mucheestickee,” and I don’t know but that 1 shall bave to agree with ‘EH. V, L.,” that there are some imperfections (in the chambers or the shells); anyhow, they ave not adapted to my gun, so cannot use them, To sum up this whole matter, my version is that if the chambers of the gun are adapted to the Kynoch shells, itis policy to use them; hut this sportsmen will never know until they give them a per- sonal trial. Crimping should be done.by grooving the shells and not by bending them in at the end with the fingers, as great difficulty will be experienced in getting them into the gun if bent in at the end, while they go in readily when grooved in three or four places. Timadé no better patterns With the Kynoch than I did with paper shells,—D, : Baitor Forest und Stream: 1 have used the Kynoch. shells this season for glass ball and target shooting, I shoot a 12-gauge Colt gun. Have loaded shells with ddrs. black powder, two pink-edge wads, loz. of shot and one cardboard wad, The shells do not chamber close; never burst; anid retnin their shape, giying pattern and penetration equal to best brass shells,— WinniPisioGEr, (Lavonia, N, IL.) WorK FOR THE GAM" Provecror.—As fav as I can judge there is no protection fureven song birds here, Reck- less shooting may be heard any day, Sundays excepted, and Tamiled to believe that some youn men are shuoting for a, taxidermistin town. Quail never have been as plentiful and bold as they are since the five-year Jaw was up. They can be heard callmg everywhere. Yesterday a pair flew up- right in gront of the house, but I see no reason why the above-named young men should respect them or any other Lird, game or song. The law here seems to be a dead let- ter, and has been for years. And I know no better par. tridge, quail or woodcock country if only the birds are given: a chance. There was something of a flight of large snipe going east last Friday and Saturday. J haye only seen one English sparrow since I haye been.down, They do not seem to thrive down here. i sou bird we have, and meadow larks spend the winter here; but the farmers protect nothing; they go on the principle “after us the deluge.” Here is a splenditl opportunity for your “philornithy."—T, C. M. (Easthampton, L. I). [The above communication is respectfully referred to Mr. G. A. Whittaker, of Southampton, L.1,, who is the game protector for the counties ol Kings, Queens and Suffolk. | TENNESSEE Novrres,—Nashyille, July 23.—Bob Miller, of the Banner staft, shouldered his shotgun and strapped on his gamebag and ammunition belt for a few days after squirrels in Alabama, Bob isa dandy editor, and said to be a first class shot. He ought to have a good time, as he is oné of the best of fellows, and if he does haye, everybody near him will be made happy. Squirrels are very numer ous throughout the wooded districts, and as this is the season When they ave in their fattest forms squirrel barbe- cues, pics and stews are the luxuries enjoyed by their killers, { wish T could surprise you all witha red-hot pot of “Ten- nessee squirrel stew,” and if you did not faney yourselves in the promised land, then I would be very much mistaken, Doves will afford excellent shooting in about two more weeks.—J, D. H. - Rurrep Grouse ix New Hawesstre—Hnfield, N. 1, July 24,—In reply to your inqnity for good sporting Jocali- The robin is the commonest ~ ties, | would say that ruffed grouse are very plenty about — here, and would sfford good sport for any one who “shoots: on the wing, Gray squirrels are also yery plenty mong the oaks in this yicinity. Black bass fishing is very fain, — nothing extra.—P. ie = a Juny 26, 1883.] FOREST AND STREAM. 805 Onto Game Norgs.—Steubenyille, 0,, July —We have quite a number of gentlemen here who are liye to the en- joyment of sports in the forest and stream, It is true, zpme is not very plenty in this locality, Squirrels are he- ng killed in {air numbers round the wheat fields, and IT om happy to say that Bob Whites are whistling all around us again. Isaw & brood of little fellows last week just large enoush lo fly, and had the exquisite pleasure of putting 4 load of No. 7 shot ina hawk which was doing his best to destroy them. With a little care we will buve plenty of birds here again. Rabbits were never so plenty, The boys are training their dogs with the expectation of fine sport this fall. T have three good dogs, and about October we will make the fur fly,—A. 8. M. lows Prarkre Cxrexen—Decorah, July 18.—I must send you 2 few lines again this year, in regard to the pros- pects of the coming shooting season. From all accounts I have been able to obtam, I think we are likely to have some food chicken shooting; we have had some yery heayy rains, tut fortnnately the young hirds were strong enough to stand them before they came, and if (he birds ave only lefé alone (which 1 fear is dubious) until the season opens, there will be some good sport in this vicinily. There seems to be a mice lot of quail, which I am surprised at, owing to our having had so seyere a winter, Pheasants are almost as good as a bird af me pasiin this part of the world, why 1 cannot say.— Norra Canorina Gamwe.—Belvidere, N. C, —Have never seen old quail more abundant than at this time. Should the heayy rains not destroy the young, we will have excellent hunting next autumn, Our law protects {hem until Oct. 1, Deer are becoming more plentiful every year, and as we have protection for them from Jan. 1 to Ang. i, they will prob- ably get a rest.—A. FP. R. i TELEGRAPH SrRreRs,—Our Philadelphia correspondent reports July 21: Two or three dead woudcock have lately heen picked up under the telegraph wires near Norristown, one last evening by some children of the town. Examination proved them (ube telegraph strikers, bal {he blows in every case were disastrous and ended in dissolution, Sea and River ishing. Ta insure prompt atiention, communications should be ad- dvessed to the Foyest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- portance are liable to delay. ANGLING RESORTS.—We shall be glad tv have for publi- cation notes of good fishing localities. Will not our corre- spondents favor us with notes of desirable potats for angling L0Cursions? CHANNEL BASS. Hditor Forest dnd Stream: On several occasions I have referred to the royal sport in store for fishermen if they would visit Mayport, near the mouth of the St, John’s River. Inthe past our fishermen huve been in the habit of capturing these fish with a hand linc, and Lhave repeatedly pointed out to several of my fiiends the sport to be secnved in the capture of these noble fighters with rod and reel. About two weeks since Col. H., §. and H. made their first essay in rod and reel fishing for larze bass. §. hooked a large one, and after playing him for some time he coaxed him to the side of the boat. The fish disliked the appearance of the excited face of $., gave a flirt with his tail,ran under the boat, and in an instant the roc was converted into match wood. 4H. (an eminent civil engineer from Gotham), who had learnedly discussed with me the antics and gaminess of the “lordly salmon,” and ridiculed bass fishing, hooked a big fellow. The bass started on a two-forty gait, and H, thumbed his ree] until the enticle disappeared; and as a dernder yessort he compressed the line against the rod with his finger; but the pressure lasted but for a moment, for blood followed the line. H, let him run, and as soon as the last coil Jeft the reel, the line parted and the fish departed, Col. H. hooked one which the boatman estimated at fifty pounds; and ufter a fight of one hour and a half ihe snood was cut in twain. Gol. H. made a second attempt, and he called on me this morning in raptures over his success, Owing to the break- ing of his line and the hook tearing out he lost two large fish. He weighed his fish, and in order that I may not be accused of ‘drawing the long bow,” I append a printed statement from to-days Mvening Herald, regarding my friend’s second attempt at bass fishing: “Our genial and popular fellow citizen, Col. J. EB. Wart, is distinguishing himself as 4 disciple of old Izaak Walton, and bids fair to make as complete a success of himself in the delightful sport of fishing as he has made of his big grain elevator at the foot of Liberty street, He came up from the bar this morning, where he has been spending the last few days. bringing with him a twenty-five-pound channel bass as the trophy of the rod and reel, Saturday he caught four of these beauties in about an hour's time, the largest weigh- ing thirty-five and the other three twenty-five pounds each; and the rod and reel did it all.” The time has not arrived for the main run of these fish; but from the middle of August to the middle of September they will enter the river in quantity. In many years’ lish- ing in the neivhborhocd of Mayport, the smallest one T cap- tured weighed 19lbs. On one occasion with ajhand line I captured between daylight and 7:20 A. M. eleyen that aver- aged 45 lhs. My memory may fail me with verard to the fighting and staying qualities of the striped bass, but in my opinion channel bass are their equals. [tis fo be regretted that none of your Northern fishermen who are devotees of the red and reel, and who cai enjoy the capture of fish worthy of their steel, do not yisit. ihis section im the carly part of September. If bass rangiie from 25 to 40 Ibs. are considered unworthy of their daily notice, in the way of yariety Uiey cin hook on to from five to eight feet of ereased lightning—a. tarpon. The yoyage trom New York to Savannah in August aud September isa pleasant one; time about fifty tive hours. From Sayannah to Jacksonyi ile by train six hours, and from Jacksonville to Mayport by steamer less than (hree hours. At Mayport Burroughs kéepsa good hotel, where board can be obtained at $10 per week. The temperature is no higher than in the North, the nights are cool, insect pests are not so bad as on the Jersey coast, fhe healthiness err eee. | 3 | + & ot the | : R. Van Vleck, tehthyophagous Club, Hdward Weston, President Greenwood Lake Association. cea W. Winchester, President Restigouche Salmon ub, Louis B, Wright, Westminster Kennel Club. Rey, Henry L. Ziegenfuss, Poughkeepsic, N. Y. The committee will be divided into sub-committees on grounds, rules for the different contests, ete, locality is beyond question, and the sea bathing is Al. Fishing is done from a boat; and to those who can enjoy right royal sport we will say try channel bass fishing. Even friend “Didymus” might find something to interest him. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 10, 1888. An Fresco, OSSIPEE PARK. BY G, W. R. I.—Tue Heary or tH OssiPEEs. “The cedar and the mountain pine, The willow on the fountain’s brim, The tulip and the eglantine, Ti reverence bend to Him. The song birds pour the sweetest lays, From tower and tree and middle air; he rushing river murmurs praise— All Nature worships there!"’ WN the northern shore of Lake Winnepesaukee rise and extend from east fo west the range of mountains called the Ossipees. The highest peak, Mount Slaw, (named in honor of the owner of Ossipee Park) is 8,000 feet above the level of the sen, and from the observatory on its top (forty- five feet higher than the mountuin’s erest) an exceptionally fine view may be had in eyery direction, and the finest, any- Where obtainable, of the White and Franconia ranges. The park is, par excellence, a natural one, and the desire and purpose of the owner is to keep it so; to preserve and foster iis pristine beauty, and the hand of art (not always a soft or deft one, as associated with natural scen- ery) is only used to make accessible the rare loveliness of Nature’s handiwork so layishly spread throughout this lordly domain of 400 acres. ‘The Hall, situated on a plateau on the mountain side, surrounded by a lawn of about seven acres, is 800 feet above the leyel of the Jake, and for elegance of design and finish isa model. It is thoroughly built and not thrown together hap-hazard for the short *‘season,” but is comfortable for a long sojourn in the fall, when the moun- tains and meadows are ablaze with glory. It is well sup- plied with fire-places, and in their construction the useful and beautitul have joined hands, and the result is pleasant to more than one sense. I am sure that every sportsman will recall to mind the comfort of stretching before a blaz- ing fire on the hearth after a hard day’s tramp over the hills and by browling stream. With or without “accessories,” a wood-ire is a rare good thing of a rainy day or a chilly sloaming. Eyery modern convenience, and, thank God! seyeral ond, old-fashioned ones, are to be found within the Hall, so that pleasure and ¢omfort are not wholly dependent upon the state of the weather. Aside from the extensiye and incomparable views to be had from the Hall and from the observatory on Crow's Nest—a height near the lawn— there is a marvel of beauty in the shape of a brook running through the domain, the falls and cascades and rapids of which are notable for peerless and peaceful beauty and pic- turesqueness, The Park is reached via Center Harbor, thence by tally-he coach to Moultonborough Corner, where the Park carriage will meet expected guests. For the pres- ent season only a dozen guests can be comfortably accom- modated at a time, as the Hall was erected for its owner’s summer occupancy and not for a hotel. The whole prop- erty is owned by Mr. B. F. Shaw, of the Shaw Stocking Company of Lowell, and is fitted and managed yery like an Bnglishman’s lodge in the Scottish Highlands, which it re- sembles more than aught else American ever brought to my noticed, It isa place designed and eminently fitted for the cultured taste, for the refined and for those who love the beauty and peace of nature rather than the fashion and worry of “‘sociefy,” as found at most countryresorts. It has been called “the most beautiful place in New England,’ and I think it cannot be denied. For good and suflicient reasons shooting and fishing, within the domain, are strictly forbidden, but even the most ardent sportsman must forget, or hold in abeyance, hisfavorite pastime within the confines of this beautiful and peaceful spot—hung, as it were, be- tween earth and heaven and deluged with “loveliness de- void of art.¥ Those who love Nature, rest, freedom from turmoil and a free enjoyment of all creature comforts, will find here the neme of reasonable desire, and a revelation of wonderful beauty and magnificence. I purpose to note some rambles and views taken here- abouts, yet though written about the place can never be fitly described, Of it may it be truly writ— (‘And in some calm, sequestered spot, While listening to thy choral strain, Past griefs shall be awhile forgot And pleasures bloom again.” Tue Haun, July 17, 1883. BLACK BASS IN TROUT WATERS. BY DR, J. A, HENSHATLT, N the discussion following the reading of my paper “On the Distribution of the Black Bass” at the last mecting of the American Fishcultural Association, ind published in Forrst AND Srruam of July 12, [ am placed ina false position in regard to the introduction of black bass into trout waters, which I hasten to correct, 1 am utterly op posed to the introduction of black bass into waters in which there is the remotest chance for the brook trout or rainhow trout to thrive. I yield to no one in love and admiration for the brook tront, I was perfectly familiar wilh him before 1 éver saw a black bass, but Lam not so blinded by preju- dicé but that I can shave that love with the black bass, which for several reasons is desiined to become the favorite came fish of America. “My offending hath this extent, nov more.” Let us look this thing squarely in the face. I do not wish to disturb any one’s preference. but Ido want to disihuse the minds 6f anglers of all prejudice in the matter. The brook trout must go. It has already gone from many streams, and is fast disappearing from others, It is sad to contemplate the extinction of the ‘anglers’ pride” in public waters, but the stern fact remains that in this utilitarian age its days are numbered and its fate irreyovably svaled, As the red min disappears before the tread of the white min, the “living arrow” of the mountain streams goes with him. The trout is essentially a creature of the pine forests, Its natural home is in waters shaded by pine, balsam, spruce and hemlock, where the cold mountain brooks retain their low temperature, and the air is redolent with balsamic frag- rance; where the natural food of the trout is produced in (he greatest abundance, and where its breeding grounds are un- disturbed, i But the iron has entered its soul. As the buffalo disap- pears before the iron horse, the brook trout vanishes before the axe of the lumberman. As the giants of the forest are laid low, and the rank and file decimated, and the wooden walls of the streams battered down, the hot, fiery sun leaps through the breaches, disclosing the most secret recesses of forest and stream to the bright glare of mid-day. The mois- ture of the earth is dissipated, the mosses and ferns become shriveled and dry, the wintergreen and partridge berry, the ground pine and trailing arbutus struggle feebly for exis- tence; the waters decrease in size and increase in tempera- ture, the conditions of the food supply and of the breeding grounds of the brook trout are changed; it deteriorates in size and numbers and vitality, until finally, in accordance with the inmutable laws of nature and the great principle of the “‘surviyal of the fittest” (not the fittest from the angler’s point of view, but the fittest to survive the changes and mutations consequent on the march of civilization), it dis- appears altogether, Much has been said about the “trout hog" in connection with the decrease of the trout. But while he deserves all the odium and contempt heaped upon him by the honest angler, the resulf would he the same were the trout allowed undisturbed and peaceable possession of the streams, so far as the fish-hook is concerned, while the axe of the lumber- man continues to ring its death knell, Let us, then, cherish and foster and protect the crimson- spotted favorite of our youthful days as long as possible in public waters, and introduce the rainbow trout, or the Dolly Varden, or some of the Pacific black-spotted trout when he has disappeared; and when all these succumb, then, and not till then, introduce the black bass. But let us give these cousins of the brook trout a fair trial first, and without pre- judice, There are plenty of lakes, ponds and large streams in the Hastern States into which the bass can be introduced without interfering with trout waters, and this is what L meant by saying, ‘If, then, there are waters in which the brook trout or rainbow trout will not thrive, do not hesitate to aid in the.further distribution of the black bass by intro- ducing that desirable species.” For many years to come brook trout will be artificially cultivated, and the supply thus kept up in preserved waters by wealthy angling clubs; but by the alterations of the natural conditions of their existence they will vradually de- creasé in size and quality, until finally they will either cease to be or degenerate to such a degree as to forfeit even flits praiseworthy protection. IT must dissent from Mr, Endicott’s statement that the black bass is the bluefish of fresh waters. The black bass is yoracinus—so are all game fishes—but not more so than the brook trout. The character of a fish’s teeth determines the nature of its food and the manner of its feeding, The blue- fish has the most formidable array of teeth of any fish of its size—compressed, laucet-shaped, covered with enamel, and exceedingly strong und sharp, in fact, miniature shark teeth —while the black pass has soft, small, brushlike teeth, in- capable of wounding, and intended only for holding its prey, which is swallowed whole. The brook trout has longer, stronger snd sharper teeth than the bass, and a large, long: mouth, capable of swallowing a bigger fish than a black bass of equal weight. The mouth of the bass is very wide, for the ‘purpose of taking in crawfish with their long and aggressive clays, and not, as supposed by some, for the swallowing of large fishes, The black bass gets the best of other game fishes, not by devouring the fishes themselves, but. by devouring their food. For this reason, more than any other, they should not be introduced into the same Waters with brook trout, The pike or pickerel is the blue- fish of fresh waters, and in dental capacity wud destructive possibilities is not far behind him. 1 regret the placing of black bass in Raquette Lake fully fis natch as Mr. Mndicott, and although the trout were said to be nearly extiuet in that lake at that time, in does not excuse the act, Such watersshould be kept for the salmon trilie, until it is fully demonstrated thut they will no longer live in them, The vandal who planted black bass in the Raquette Lake should have been dumped in with them. thank My. Endicott very heartily for the stutement that he was annoyed by the continued rise and eapture of black bass when fishing for trout in that lake. Perhaps this state- THE COMING TOURNAMENT. | Ga accordance with a resolution passed at the last meeting of the National Rod and Reel Association, President Endicott has appointed the following gentlemen as a com- mittee of arrangements for the tournament to take place next October: Chairman, Mr. James Benkard, President South Side Club, Long Island. Francis Endicott, President National Rod and Reel Asso- ciation, en afficio. Eugene G. Blackford, Commissioner of Fisheries, New York. i Samuel M. Blatchford, Squibnocket Club. Dr, E. Bradley, President Bloomingdale Park Association, Pennsylvania. Martin B. Brown, Waywayanda Club, D. W. Cross, Audubon Club, Ohio, Chas, B. Evyaris, American Fishcultural Agsociation. Hon, James Geddes, Onondaga Club, Syracuse, Wm. ©, Marris, New York. Dr. James A, Henshall, Cynthiana, Ky, Dr, C. J, Kenworthy, Jacksonville, Pla. Robert B, Lawrence, Union Club, New York. William Blair Lord, Washington, D. C. ' Hon. Henry P. MeGown, Cuttyhunk Olub, ‘Thatcher Magoun, Jr,, Boston. Fred Mather, Adirondack Club. Prof. A, M, Mayer, Stevens Institute, Toboken. Barnet Phillips, Americao Fishcultural Association, ion. R. B. Roosevelt, President Game and Fish Pro- tective Ses d ment from one who calls the black bass the “blucfish of James L. Vallotton, President Pasque Island. Club, fresh waters,” will tend to. convince some of the doubting ’ GC. Van Brunt, Willewemoc Club, - | ones\that the black ass will rise to the fly. ; QynrEiand, Ky. July, 1883. — 506 FOREST AND STREAM. . [Suny 26, 1888, THE ICHTHYOPHAGOUS DINNER. ( UR Texas correspondent, ““N, A. T,,” who sat through _/ ull (he courses of the last Iechthyophagous Club next to Mr. F. Endicott, president of tho National Rod and Reel Associition, and still lives, we are happy to say, writes un sceount of the feist to the Galveston ews. We are sorry to note that at the elose of ‘N. A. T.’s" letter he casts a (loubt on the record of the members of this club, is given by the New York Sun, The Swr is nothing if not correct, and its snake stories ure received hy the naturalists of aH conn- tries as valuable additions to our knowledge of reptiles, while ils fishing truths, backed. us they are, by the nume of the learned Amos Cummings, will go down to a posterity Which will marvel at the former wealth of the fisheries of Ameticn. With this bit of preamble we give tho following extracts from the letter of Mr. Taylor: “Tmannged to get down a little of all on the sen, but found the horse-shoe eral wreichedly poor eating, It took At leash a halfpint of champagne to wash down a piece no bigger than the end of one’s inger. As someone remarked, it fasted like the pith of dried elderberry brushes. I have no idea that the lchthyophagoi will ever succeed in intro- ducing the horse-shoe cral) as a favorite article of food, 1 have the same opinion of the fresh-avater mussel, which tastes just like green moss. The alligator steak was good; at least if could be worried diwn without ano extra supply of wine, ‘The fillets of sea-cow were splendid, rich, tender, and earrying a mild flavor of banana. The animal is the manitee of the peninsula of Florida, and had never been tried as food before, so far as anyone knew. Itis a fine success, and it is to be hoped that somebody will start i manitee ranch in the swamps of that State, * * * * * * “The following are the names of Lhe members and guests, with the ‘fish record’ of each as given by the Sun, for no man.could be admitted without a ‘fish record? NAMES. Caugat, Jolin Foord, .,....22-—..:-::: Salmon in Loch Maree, Be Semler.... .......,,Carpin the Fichtel Naab. Otto Witte. ....-2..-- 6... Crabs in the Weser, SESSuraeOe General Ham- mond. _ _ ...-...,,,.Bullheuds in the District of Columbia. R. B, Roose Gudgeons in New York. Well, Chica unfish in Calumet Lake. Howard Oarroll,, A Tartar on Long Island. §. L. Woodford, , stinglaysin Washington, Gordon L, Ford,...........- Hels with Judge Lott. Moses P. Handy ...........2 Catfish in the Wissaltickon. Win. Geoxhegan Trish pike in Lough Derg, PAN DS LTE Sp ee Trout in Headley’s Lake, Saratoga, $1 a pound. Chas, B, Teland.....,<...-- . Perch in Cuyuhoga River, Fred, Mathér..— ...... Nothing everywhere. Bugene Blaokford,,,........ (Chas, R, Miller...........-.- Torn Barry, ...___ Dr. Prout, of Eroo John H. Mortimer, Prof, H, J. Rice... Geo, Werrenrath Gillam, of Puek...., “ Cornelius Van Brunt. ..... B, PF. Binstein,.._.._..____.. Shiners in the Conestoga, Bob Thatlon__--.,.,,.-...,.. Pickerel in Loch Nevis. Jules SIMON. 0... cee lev cey Flounders m the Neckar. fee sacs tease-285 Shad in a net, .. Plying-fish in Cyprus, aes Shad roes in eating houses. WN, A, Taylor......_.. ... Buffalo fish in the Rio Grande, Francis Endicott, ..____ -..-On at the dinner. Win. Drysdale, __... 1s waiting to catch something, Something every day. A sturgeon in New York, Himself in the Cave of Oork, Eels in Loch Carron. _ Herring in the Gut of Causo, Young oysters on a grigzly king, -Tomcods in the Skagerrack. .Kvery time, .Suckers in Kinderhook, G. L, Feuardent, --- Barnet Phillips Now, if this fish record, as given to other gentlemen, is no more Correct than that given to me, then I must say tliat the whole thing is a romance. TI never caught a ‘buffalo fish’ in the Rio Grande, nor did I ever catch one of that sort of fish eahers except in the fish markets at so much a pound,” Our correspondent is the first one that we have heard dis- pute the angling record of the members as giyen by the Sun. He denies the buifalo fish, and this, we fear, will tend to throw 4 doulit on what has been considered a truthful record. The eluh will be pained to learn thut some papers have inti- mated that their dinners are prepared more in a spirit of fun, than as leaned scientific seances, as all who have attended them know them to be. A DAY WITH THE TROUT. Y DID not arrive in season for the best fishing, It is only in the large spring-holes that one now meets with suc- cess, One such place I wot of and have recently enjoyed to the yery utmost. But though I have often tried it, this is the first success. It must be struck at just the right time, indthe time varies wilhthe season. As the water of the stream grows foo warm they school here, and yery soon ihereatler the otler and mink assemble to the feast, and it tikes them but a short time to deplete the water, Monday morning, the 9th inst,, fonnd me, with my euide, picking our way over heath and bog, through windfalls, (rush ancLover boulders, under a }urning sun, cach sucking a beivy load of gruband camp duffle. About twelve o'clock we reached the stream, and soon had the birch in the water. At ove o'clock we arrived at the pool, laid the canoe along- side the low bank and set it in place with the paddles. My rod wus alreatly together, and if was with much trepidation thut T unhooked from the yveel-bar the stretcher, a golden pleasant, and let it fall, with the dropper, a Jennie Lind, lighily into the pool. Tn a flash a two-pounder struck, and as Isent home the barb, another, his fellow, was hooked and both landed, Tt was well Thad previously soaked my leader, or one, or both, were lost, Ti would fill « page of your paper to tell of the rise, strike aud landing of all, and it would require the pen of a Daw- son or 4 Prime to do them justice. Every cast landed one or more, and of the 187, the limit of my Gatch, thirty pair were landed. J quit at four o’clock P. M., having fished jast three hours, J had improyised’a fish car from a packing cise, That was full to repletion; still the trout seemed to suf- fer no diminution in numbers, and if possible the sport would be better as the sun sank lower. But I had killed enough, ind more than I would have done were it not that they would soon fall » prey to their furred enemies. Bobby, my #uide, could not care for them as they were reeled in, The nowt he could do was to pass them from my hand to the car. 1 never saw trout take flies so deep in the maw, ind fis & consequence, being without finger-stulls, fingers and {Humbs were badly laceraterdl. One beantifill picture presented itself and should be re- produced ou einyas, only it would appear too extravagant Tor belief, Iliad hooked a large fish on the stretcher, and while reeling it in with the dropper a foot or more above the water, when four trout, apparently of asize and of about thvce-fourths pound weight, leaped simultaneously straight up all in a bunch and nearly their lungth out of the wuter to réieh the fy, It was simply beautiful. Tl was « tedious job towing the deeplytaden and square- ended car, and we had barely time to cut wood and put camp lo rights for the night, kill and dress the fish, before it was dark. As I lay on the fragant boughs drawing solace from my pipe, the problem of how to save and utilize my beautifol fish presented itself, and befcre I slept it was solyed, I had laid them on a large pine tree that lay prone beside the camp, to drain and cool off, At one o’clock I awoke, arose and turned them over, finding them doing well in the cool night air, I slept no more, not even lying down again, so preoccupied was my mind with its pleasures, Long betore daylight I had fifty of the largest fish packed with cool grass in a hamper, with the remuinder strung on two forked branches, All this was done in the morning by the bright light of the camp-tire. Bobby enjoyed the sleep of youth and innocence, so I got breakfast ready which was eaten in the first flush of dawn, We shouldered the fish, leaying all else for another party to fetch out. It wasa heavy load io sack out and we had many miles to go before 9 o'clock, in order to hit the Boston express. We were in time to flag the truin, All aboard then, for a sixteen miles ride to a station where a box and ice were obtained, and time enough to pack the fitty fish and start them on the way to dear friends in Boston, whom I trust enjoyed as much pleasure in receiving them as I did in—l was about to add taking, but as that could not be possible, will say sending, The remainder were eaten at the home camp and given to settlers on the line, Core. Lor WaAnFIeELD. Camp Stewart, York county, New Brunswick, July 19. NEW HAMPSHIRE TROUT STREAMS. \( HAYE just returned from a two weeks’ outing at and in the vicinity of Berlin Falls, N. H., where I haye had first class sport, haying caught over 500 trout, This place is ninety-nine miles from Portland, and is reached via the Grand Trunk R. R. Fare from Boston for round trip via Portland steamer is $7.80. The Cascade House, Mr. H. ¥. Marston, proprietor, is a well-kept hotel, and the charges are $1 per day. There are many good trout brooks within easy distance. The best are Blackstrap, Chickwallupy, Silver Stream, Chandler’s Horn, and Jericho brooks, There is excellent pickerel fishing in the Androscoggin River, which is but a rod or two from the hotel. : This river was formerly filled with trout, but the chemi- cals from a wood-pulp mill situated on the river at this place, have killed them nearly all. About half a mile below the hotel on the river, are the famous Berlin Falls. The scenery in this vicinity is very fine, Mt, Washington and the Sum- mit House, also Mt, Adams, can be seen from the piazza of the hotel. Ist. Mrg.$, A. Buges Alexander the Great. Opem Class: Ist, Mrs. B, Porder (Jumbo T1,); 2d, Mrs. J, A, Buges (Bend Or), Any Oram Variery.—ist, ©. Gar- wood (Dandy IT); 2d, Mrs. Heayan (Duke of Albany), ITALIAN GRPYHOUNDS.—4st, J. Royle (Bankside Daisy) 24, W. Bruce (Bankside Beauty). TOY TERRIERS.—Smoors-aamen—ist, withheld; 2d, Mrs. C, Walker (Mitnie I1L) 3d, Mrs. M. A. Foster (Dolly), Any Orn Varmry —1st, Mrs, E. M, Monek (Little Jumbo): 2d, Admiral Sir G. Giffard (Katte); 3d, Mts. M. A. Poster (Prince Arthir). CHAMPIONS. Aditor Forest and Stream: Tm the last number of the Kennel Register, my identity is qoixed up with that of Mr. Pottinger Dorsey, of Frederick eounty, Md., who is the beagle breeder. Ihaye never bred beagles, and know yery little ahout them. The Megister wants to hear from me what I think of the article on ‘‘Cham- pion Classes” in its first number. In reply I would say I approve of it, but it does not go far enough. Not only ought a doe to win in the open classes at least twice before being eligible to entry in the champion class, but after winning once he showd be reqnired to hold the title according to the true meaning of the word, He should have to win in the champion Class atat least three first-class shows before claiming the name asa fixed honor, In this way only can the title haye any real value, and the flooding of the dog world with a lot of cheap champions be avoided. ILcould cite numbeérless instances of dogs holdins the title that haye won by simple walk-over, but this might be construed into a personal attack on their owners, and J inight; have to play champion myself, a réle I am by no means ambitious of. It goes without saying that I consider the extra Baapipion class at Eee a@ piece of erroneous generosity onthe partotthe club, [ft eost them money, and certainly did more harm than ever in the ehampion business. There are Tiahy gentlemen of far more lnowledge and ex eriunee in these matters than I possess, and 1 really think they should give us their views on the subject, T. B. Dorsey. Exxidor Crry, July 18. J BENCH SHOW AT MANCHESTER, N, H.—The managers atthe New England Fatr,to be held in Manchester, N. H., the firs{ week in September, have desided to hold a bench show in connection therewith, There will be 104 classes with medals for prizesin all of the champion classes, and diplomas for the finst, second and third winners im the open classes. Dr. Wm. Jarvis, of Claremont, N. H., will judge the English and Gordon setters and pointers; Mr. William Fisher of Con- cord, N,. A. the Trish setbers and spaniels, Mr, George Walton of Boston, the non-s orting classes. Mr, Charles A. Andra\ws, of West Boxford, Mass., is the superintendent, A building } will he erected especially for the dogs, and no pains will be 7 spaved to make the show first-class in every respect. This will tndoubtedly prove 16 he a very attuactive featwre of the fair and we holieve that were the agricultural societies, who cou- template lol : arity 5 show as a part of their exhibition, that 1 add a eA —— r Sy would not only rs butte their bank accounte as well, —. eet — fairs the coming saasoh he adopt tho bench | BEAGLE GOSSIP. Editor Forest and Stream: It must he very satisfactory to the admirers of the beagle to know that at last they are in a fair way of haying their yalue recognized. Inthe pasta rabbitidog was looked on as only a fit companion for pot-hunters, boys and negroes. The advent of bench shows in this country started a craze for setters and pointers, the rising generation of sportsmen—and thousands of others, who had noclaim to the name—entered theranks, The gun makers seeing their harvest, pushed their wares to the front by judicious and timely advertisements, evary novice must forsooth have his breech-loader, because if was the thing, ‘you know,” Now, individually, such sports- men are not yery destructive to game, but when every city and town turns out its quota, the effect isseen in the steady diminution of game birds, thus the matter is simply one of demand and supply, Cold winters, hawks and other vermin, improved agricultural machinery, are all factors in the de- struction of birds and their nests, but the prime one is the in- crease in the number of shooters, Lovers of field sports have therefore to east around for something to take the place of the setter and partridge, hun- dreds of miles by rail to the shooting grounds, the fatigue and expense of the journey, the chance of bad weather, or of not finding: birds enough to give tolerable sport, makes that spovt problematical. This has gradually turned the attention of shooters to other varieties of sport, such as can be had witha reasonable cer- tainty near home, ight of cost, and allowing the participant to select time and weather, And justhereis where the beagle and hare come in to fillthe bill. Lepus syluaticusis a shifty fellow; he is very prolific; doesn’t care a bawbee for deep snows and ¢old; you can’t freeze and starye him out. Put one or two couples of beagles under your buggy seat, take a spin of a dozen miles from your home in a large city— a good horse will put you there in an honr—thereis your game always awaiting you, andif your pack is of the right sort, you can always count on fun alive, and plenty of it. Any kind of hound will do on a pinch to hunt hares, an old broken down foxhound that will run slow frequently makes a good rabbit-dog. Harriers, if to be had, would do well, but with the exception of the couple shown by Mr. Ahrens, of Baltimore, at the Centennial and Baltimore bench shows, we have never seen any in this country. Dachshunde are hardly suited for this kind of work. They are quarrelsome and do not pack well, aud are too much in- clined to go to earth after the game, and waiting for a dachs- hund who bas followed a hare down a ground-hog hole is rather slow sport. Besides he is yery headstrong, and when on 4 trailis oblivious to everything around, heeding neither rating or commands. His yoice, too, is nof musical, being particularly ear-splitting when he lets it out on sighting his game. Tt cannot be denied, however, that he is very cold- nosed, and as haruns low and follows the foot scent (witterung, the Germans call it), he is always dead on the trail, The basset or bench-logzed beagle is an excellent hound for hare hunting; in fact he will hunt fur of any kind, This breed is tolerably plenty in Maryland and Delaware, Gen, F, A. Bond, of Jéessups, Md., has a pack that is claimed to be yery superior. Gasset means low, snd bassel a janibes torsés, wlow dog with crooked legs, is the correct type. France is the home of the breed and Alsace and Lorraine its headquarters. The basset is very long-bodied, and his bone and muscle are immense; the forelegs are crooked at the Imee and feet splayed out, muzzle square cut, lips slightly flewed, skull omed at occiput, and ears low-hung, long and pendulous. The ayes are smaller than the English beagle, and Jack the pleading, wistful expression; color, same as English dog, coat the same, voice deep, sonorous and musical, great stickers to trail, enthusiastic hunters, obedient and companionable, They haye been classed by some writers in this country as being of dachshund origin, This is a mistake; there are striking points of variance. The voice is totally dissimilar, the coat differs entirely in texture and quality, the style of hunting, character and disposition aré utterly distinct, The only point held by them in commonislength of body and curvature of leg, There are beagles and beagles, but the beagle (referring to the English dog) is the next to consider, Any consideration of what should be the beagle standard and of the seale of points may for the present be post- poned. Sufficieutit is to say that more than one-half the dogs called English beagles are veritable mongrels, all the more showing the necessity of a standard for those who con- template getting beagles. Tn fact, little or no athention has been paid to breeding the dog systematically in this country, and with the exception of Gen. Rowett and Mr, Elmore, there appear to be none promi- nently before the public whose stock will bear out their claims. A few years ago the strain of Gen. Rowett was justly cele- brated, and swept the prize list at eyery bench show where exhibited. They are workmen as well—sweet-voiced, stannch and true runners. Mr. Himore has turned ont some yery excellent specimens. He has fixed in his mind an ideal dog and is sedulously work- ing to produce him in the flesh, and will I think succeed, if be does not allow himself to be discouraged from further effort by slipshod judging, Height in beagles is a yexed question, from twelveto fifteen inches, according to taste and the country you hunt in, is the useful range, Smaller than twelyeinches are unsuited for rough country and wear and tear work; oyer fifteen is—well, a shade taller than we fancy, and might incur the suspicion of a remote harrier or foxhound cross, Without touching on the coming standard, some points sapy be discussed that haye a bearing on the hunting qualities of the dog. First and foremost the feet and legs. No hound can run and Jast unless his underpinning is sound. The forelegs should be straight, an out-elhowed dog will soon get jammed and chest- sore if severely tried, neither should he knuckle oyer at the Imees; his feet should be close and firm, if open and paddy he will go lame on burnt ¢learing, stubby or stony grotmd. See that he has a good. stifle and tire on his hindlegs, if cow: hocked look on him with distrust, hody cobby-built; avoid the long lathy hound, besides nol being the correct type they won't stand the rubs. A shout ear with a pointed tip is accompanied with a shrill squeaking yoice. Do net hunt your youngs with a babbler, a tonguy dog is an unmitigated nuisance under any circum- stances, unsettling and fretting the others and eventually teaching the trick, Running the hack trail is often a fault in young dogs, they generally give it up as they get experience; if caught in flagrante delidtw a good thrashing will hasten the cure, “Hamilton” asks for instructions in training a young beagle, There is not much mystery about the matter, his education is not nearly so elaborate xs that of the setter or pointer. I give my method, which he can try until he finds a better, First teach the youngster obedience, but don’t cowe him, a timid benple 15 the meanest brute on earth; then say at ten months oll (yeunger if sufficiently precocious) take him out with an old true dog, The young doz if properly bred will soon chime in and learn all that is necessary from his teacher, but you must be sure that the old dog has no bad tricks, as the pup will be apt to ick them up eas well, Of course there are some points im unting that you must not expect your puppy to be a pro- ficient in the first season, such, for instance, as “working a double,” this is a question of experience and can only be looked tor in pertection in # three-person dog If you have no trained dog to work your puppies with take them to some thicket or slearing where you know there are hares, walk about leisurely looking for one in his “squat,” when found, rouse him, mark the direction he goes, then call the dogs to you, use as few words as possible, this to avoid exciting the youngsters. Try to lay them on by using the words “seek out,’ or something of similar import. stooping and directing their attention to the trail and walking in the course the hare ran. . If they fail to respond to scent after working them along the line, find another hare if possible, call up your dogs, jump him, let them sight and run him, they will probably lose him at oncein bushes and the sight of the game will likely make them run riot for the time, but it will give them an inkling of the business they are intended for; after that practice makes perfect, giye them plenty of work. Some advocate night hunting to expedite the training of young hounds, but it has its objections and serious ones, too. rue, hares are readily found at night, being on the feed, cloyer fields adjacent to thickets are their fayorite resorts, The hare when cropping its food rests its body prone on the ground, and thus the trail is saturated with its odor. On the approach of the dogs it seurries fo coyer, leaying only the fainter scent of its flying footsteps; the young dog strikes the hot body trail and is wrought up to a pitch of eo- Stacy; he challenges and the pack hark to him; they too open; one excites the othar, The puzzling labyrinth is beyond their experience to unravel; an old dog would circle, pick up the foot trail and ‘hit it olf,” hut the steaming body has greater attractions for the youngsters; they are loath to leave hunt- ing on # dinner-plate” and learning the grievous fault of being: too ‘lippy.” ounds are frequently made too tonguy by another injudicious method; many hunters have a habit of incessantly clucking to and urging their dogs when working on a cold trail, thus unduly exciting the neryous, high-strung ones. Keep cool and quiet, work your dogs methodically AG without noise, Many seem to think thatin handling a pack of beagles it is necessary to fill the woods with whooping and yelling—a perfect bedlam let loose. Gun-shyness is another fault common in heagles, and in them harder to cure than in any other breed of hunting dogs. Tt is generally hereditary; still, in many casés, if can be over- eome if properly managed, Obesity is an infirmity in some families of beagles, partiqulurly those that are inbred, feed lightly—meat only—avoiding milk and farinaceous food, and give them plenty of wark, Three couples well matched in size and yoive, makea perfect team. Two couples will answer well if properly mated; 4 less Number will hardly give the esthetic beauties nf the sport. USTICUS, DISTEMPER. Editor Forest and Stream: As one of the unfortunates who have suffered by the loss of valuable dogs from disteraper, contracted at the recent bench show in New York, | think ij would be desirable that you in- yite comniunications on the proper treatment of this disease, and the means to be used by exhibitors to prevent it. For a disease so common as dog distemper, one would sup- pose some rational plan of treatment would be thoroughly understood and scientifically followed. One writer says, ‘“Hyery man, of forty years of age should Know how to treat himself, and that dogs require nearly the same treatment as man.” undertook to follow the instructions giyen in ‘“The Dogs of Great Britain and America,” assisted by my family physician, who carefully examined the symptoms as indicated by the lungs and heart. None of the remedies seemed to check the disease in the slightest, but the dogs gradually grew worse, and all died in from three to four weeks from the time the symptoms were first observed, The physician yas so interested in the case that he made a post-mortem examina- tion of the last one that died. He found the hings full of tubercles, the heart badly clogged, and the liver, as well as the entire alimentary canal, in a horrible condition, Tt was an actual loss to me of over $250, [hear of similar cuses all over the country, even experienced breeders like Mr. Terry being sufferers, If this thing is to continue, if will be the end of dog shows, for no person will subject valuable animals to so great arisk. Please give us lighton me atbieye Pelsh Rarway, N. J- THE DOG OF THIBET,—In Forrest anp Stream of May $1, we published an article upon the Thibet dog stating that a pair of them were on their way to England, Through the kindness of Mr. A. A. Howlett, we have received a yery good photograph of the dogs and their owner, the Count Szechenyi, who is sitting with a dog at each side of him. They appear to be apoue the size of Newfoundlands, which dog they greatly resemble, SHEEP DOG TRIALS.—The Pennsylyania State Agricul- tural Society will hold their annual fair about the last of Sep- tember at Philadelphia. Im connection therewith they wi haye agrand trialof sheep dogs. Full particulars will be given as soon as the arrangements are completed, JACK RABBITS FOR COURSING,—Mr, H, W. Hunting- ton informs us that jack rabbits can be procured at small expense. Jfany pentlemen would like to join him in the yenture he would be pleased to hear from them, His address is 71 Division avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. WLMORE'S KENNEL.—Mz. N. Elmore, the noted breeder of beagles, has receiyed a draft of well-brad foxhounds, and will devote a portion of his kennels to their breeding. KENNEL MANAGEMENT, (= No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, ®. L,, Boston, Mass,_Show your dog to Dr, F. Billings, vefermary surgeon, Park Square, Misrarn, NeW York,—Breeding a bitch to her son is inbreeding too closely, although the progeny may turn ont all right. Surscripar, Fairfield, Conn,—Give your dog a little lime water in milk afterfeeding, Do not give very much feed at atime. Quusrion.—Give your bitch a Patna, of cod liver oil three timesa day. Feed a generous diet and give plenty of exercise. A. G.S., Ashtabula, O.—YLo get rid of lice on your dog, repeated applications of insect powder are necessary in order to lall those that hateh after getting rid of the first ones, Turek Fitcr, Hartford, Conn.—Dress the sore with simple corate, to whith add a little eee powdered charcoal. Muzzle bim, io keep nit from biting it, 4nd give him an occasional sinall dose of Rochella saliis, S., Catskill, N. Y.—Yon probably did not succeed in getting rid of all the worms, Give him onan empty stomach two grains tor each lind of his weight of finely pulverided Areca ont, following in twa ours with i dose of castor oil, Write result) ff. G, W,, Auburn, Me.— Your dog has external canker of the ear Wash the sore with warm water and touch with nitrate of silver: After the seab formed by the caustic comes off, apply the following with 4 camel “hair brush: Tinefure myrrh Co and tinctre arnica equal parts. An occasional dose of salts will he of benefit. T, G, M., Hast Hampton, lL. 7.—Your bitch has mange. Wash thoroughly with strong soapsuds, rinse off with clean water and bathe her freely with sulphurous acid diluted with threa parts walter and letitdry on; epeat ria for one week; Weed a generous bul unstimulaling diet, and give lice daily a fablespoouful of cod liver oil, Write again in aweek- TL. &. B:, New York.—1. What is good to correct, the bad breath of my dog 3. What aballt use forthe mange? Ans, 1, Bad breath may arise fvom decayed teeth or constipated condition of thehowels, examine his teeth, and if they are the cause of the trouble cleanse with a stiff brush, and use tincture of myrrh as a wash. Feed no nah, and keep his bowels open with au oetasional small dose of O88, — 510 a eee FOREST AND STREAM, 4 KENNEL NOTES. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Kennel notes are inserted m this wolumn free of ohurge, To insure publitation of notes. correspondants MUST GIVE the following par- ticulars of each animal: 1. Color. f, Name and residence of oyner, ®. Breed. buyer or seller. &. Sex, 7. Sire, with his sire and dam. 4. Aga, on 8. Owner of sire. 5. Date of bivth, of breading or 9, Dam, with her sire and dam, of death, 10, Owner of dam, All names must be plataly written. Communication ou one side of paper only, and signed will writer’s name. NAMES CLAIMED. eer Rée fAStHictions wt head of ids colkomn, Aut. By Mr. Ghas. B. Corbin, Hart's Falls, N. ¥., for black and white Hnelish setter bitch, whalped May 10, 1852, by Witchet’s Bante (Pale of the Bordur=Kirhy) out of Fitehet's Lonise (Pontiae Judivw), Chipps IL and Topsey. . by Mr. Geo, O. Geodhue, Danville, Can,, for liver pointers, doy and bitch, whelped June 22, 1888, by Chipps (Cre- ear—Moll) ont of his Nettie, Drvie, Bhony, Markos 1. and Nettie TI. By Mr. Geo, 0. Goodhue, Dunyille, Cin, for black pointers. two dogs and two bitches, whelped June 22. WRK, Dy: Chippy (Omsar—Moll) out of his Nettie. Mey (eon. By Mr 0. W, Rogers. The Hall, Ossipee Park, Moul- tonville, N. M., for white, biack ai tan English beagle bitch,whelped Marcel 5, 1888, by imported Plute (Ratiler—True) out of Collette (Chunter--Reauby), Croctethva Roavty. By the Detroit Kennel Club, Detroit, Mich., for liver and white pointer bitch, whelpe! March 20, 1888, by Mr. A- EB. Godlalfroy's Croxteth ont of Seltner's Lass (Sleaford—Dawn), Croateth's dbbice. By the Detroit Kennel Club. Detroit, Mich., for liver and white pointer bitch, whelped May 15, 1858, by Mr. A. BE, Gna Sog' | Croxteth ont of Countess Rival (Rival, Jr.—Queen ammleb) Tim, By Mr, G. W. Dubois, Mt, Washington, O., for blue mottled black and ton beagle dog, whelped .June 1H, 1889, by Ringwood (Ran- ter— Beauty) out of Maida. NAMES CHANGED. tS" Sed inatrvotions at heed of thie column. Shulte fron Queens Beauty, Liver and white pointer bitch, jeirelned May 21, 188d, by Clippar (Paust—Clytio) out of Bow Queen iSleaford—Dawn). owned by the Detroit Kennel Cluh, Detiron, Mich. BRED. R=" See instructions wt head of thia column. Oneen. May—Sensafion. The Westminsher Kennel Club's black and white ficked pointer biteh Queen May (Native—Gillespie’s Fan) to their ehampion Sensation, Pauly. Prisy Denie—Bang Borg. Mr. Wlhot Smith's (New York) imported liver and white pointer bituh Daiky Daang to the Westminster Kennel Club's Bang Banc, July 21, . Rileen—Dow. Mr, Elliot Sinitl’s (New York) pointer biteh Eileen sation—Taisy) to his Don (Sensation—Vsyche IL), July 17, wle—Lorne, Mr. Fred W. Rothera’s (Simede, Ont.) imported Sevtch collie hitch Lassie (Prince— Ross) to his Lorne (champion Rex —Lassie), July ih. Devonshive Liss—King Baw. Mr. C, M, Munhall's (Cleveland. 0.) Bointer bitch Deyonshiré Lass (Don—Lady) to the Detroit Kennel OInb’s King Bow (A.K-R. Aa), ily 18. Lass—Sensation. Mr. 8. !. seitmer’s (Dayton, 0.) lemon and white ointer biteh Lass (Sleaford—-Dawn) to the Westminster Kennel Prub's champion Sensation. July 10, WHBELPS. Fer See fnstrictions at head af this column, Nethe Mr Geo. O. Goodhue’s (Danville, Can.) black pointer bitch Nettie, June 22, six (three dogs), by his Chipps (Csesar—Moll), Four black and two liver color. Flea, Mr. Bdward Odeil’s (New Orleans, La.) liver and white pointer bitel Flora, July 15, aight (four dogs), by his champion Bow. Two hitehes lemon and white, the others liver and white, Heign, The Detroit Kennel Club's (Detroit, Mich.) Muglish setter hiteh Reign (A.K.R, 178), June 26, ten (seven dogs), by Count Rapier (Drnid—Magnoaliay, Roneine. Mr. Geo. T, Wells (Boston, Mass.) red Trish setter bitch Romaine (flcho—Rose), July 20, six (four dogs) by Mr. Nelson Tib- hitt's Watts. Victoria, Mr, Geo. B.Wentworth’s (Plymouth, Mass.) liver and white pointer biteh Vicloria (Sensation—May), May 30. seven (four logs). Rosa Bonheur. The Fleeifoot Keunel's (Delhi, N. Y,) black cocker spaniel biteh Rosa Bonheur, June 27, eight. by their imported Brah- Tain Rese. My, CG. Duioig Waorgstafl's (Babylon, L. 1) red Irish setter bitely Rose (Rangor—hose), July 18, twelye (six dogs), by Mr. John F. Lawrence's Talley, SALES. ES See instructions at head of this column, King Bow—Chess iwhelp, Liver and white ticked pointer dog, whelped May 21. 1883. by the Detroit Kennel Olnb (Detroit, Mich,) to Mr. L, Hunter (Lima, 0.) King Bow—Korner's Bell whelp, Lemon and white pointer bitch, whelped May 23, by the Detroit Kennel Club (Detroit, Mich.) to Mr. Ww, Hoyt (Cleveland, 0.), Moonatone. Liver and white imported pointer bitch, 4 years old (Price's champion Bang—Dayvey's Luna), hy Mr, Geo. de Forest Grant (New York) to the Westminster Kennel Club. Plunder. Byron foxhounddog. by Mr. 7. G. Tucker (Gaston, N.C.) to Ma. BH. D. Sappington (Arraw Rock, Mo.), Price, $100 Festive, Eyronfoxhonnd hitch puppy (Plinder—Fannie) by Mr. T. G, Tucker (Gaston, N. C.) to Mr. W. BH. Drake (Hackettstown, WN.) Kifeleh, Pickle, Lance ape Lightfoot, Byron foxhounds, by Mr. T. G. Tueieer (Gaston, N, G.) to Mr. Theodore Heyck (Abilene, Tex,), DEATHS, (a= See fnstructions at head of this colin. Doublesiot—Dorothec whelps, Mr, HW, W. Huntington (Brooklyn, N. Y.) has lost by death all but two of the abeye litter, whelped March 14, 168A, from distemper. EXCHANGED. Der See instructions at head of this colwnin. The Detroit Kennel Chib (Detroit, Mich,) has exchanged with Mr. A. E. Godeitroy (Guymard, N. ¥.) two pointer bitches, whelped May M1, I888, by their champion King Bow (A.K.R. 88) out of their Chess (A.K.R.), for a liver und white pointer bitch, whelped March 26, 1584, by Croxteth out of Lass (Sleaford—Dawn), and a liver and white pointer bileh, whelped May 16, 18838, by Croxteth ont of Countess Rival (Rival, Ja,—Countess Hamlet). Theyhave also exchanged with Mr. ©. 8, Shudiz (Danville, TU.) a pointer deg, whelped May 21, 1883 (Sing Bow—Chess), and their pointer bitch Venus (A.K.R. 87), for a ointer bitch, whelped May 21, 1883, by Clipper (faust—Clytie) out of ow (usen (Sleaford Dawn), and the pointer bitch Bow Queen. Mr, N. Elmore (Granby, Ct.) has exchanged with Hon, B. G. Mc- Kenney (Thomaston. Ga,) three baagles—a dof wialped. April 16, 1883 (Flute—Lucy). a bitch, whelped April 16, 1883 (Ringwood—Bun- nia), and a bitch, whetped March 13, 1883 (Ringwood—Roxy), for three foxhounds, two dogs and one bitch, whelped April 20, 1853. PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT. “They lay in beauty side by side’*— me hundred and forty-four perfeel pens in boxes pyt up by the Esterbrook Steel Pen Co.— Adu. “Thre is 10 ofher article so valuable for popular use in eases of lame back, local rheumatism, luinbago, neuralgia, congestion of the bronchial tubes, coughs, affections of the lings, and torpid liver as Tesaon’s Garom® Porous PLAstirs.”’ So writes Hl. H. Kane, M. D,, Physiviansin Chief of the De Quincy Tome, New York, Prompt, powerlul, clean, Pmee 25 oents.—dde. THE poruLAnctry of the old and well-known H. W. Collender Com- pany's billiard tables appears to be as ereatas aver, and wa have recently hear] that the hilliard rooms of a dozen or twenty of New York's et cilizens were to le furnished with new lables of this make. Acris wauted in every town in the United States tosell Rex Manus, an articlo indispensable in every family. Live grocery men Gud druggists preferred. as they need It in their own business. Grocers will not only male a good profitin supplying the large de- mated, bub can save a geal deal of Money by usiigitto keep meats, mk, ete., which wonld otherwise spoil. Address The nm Hood Prasarving (o., 72 Kilby street, Boston, Mass, See adyt. Rifle and Crap Shooting. THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH. Sehr. England, July 20.—The opening stage of the Tnter- nations! Milltary Mateh was shot to-day, Tho firing beran shortly after noon at the 200yds. butts. The men on both sides were in good (rin and Gach team was in capital form The Britisi? team consisted of the following riflemen: Private R, MeVittie, First Dumfries: Serreant J. H, Dods, Wirst Berwick; Uor- poral C. G, Party: Second Cheshire; Major G. Pearse, Fourth Devon: shire; Corporal H. Bates, Mirst Warwiek; Captain J, 2, Godsal, Sec- ond Bucks; Major A, P, Humphrey, Cambridge University Rifles; Major G. H, Young, Twenty-tirst Middlesex; Quartermaster §. 'S) Gouldsmith, Pirst Gloucester; Private G. CG, Gibbs, Virst Gloucester: Private F. Lowe, Thirteenth Middlesex; Private C, D. Wattleworch, Fitth Lancashire. seserve, Private J. Goodear, Sixth Lancashire; Sergeant. Har- traves, Bixteenth Lancashire; Major MeKerrell, iret Ayrshire; joutenant Whitehead, Bighth Lancashire. f The following constituted the American team: Lieutenant Walter Scott, Third Separate Company Tofantry, N. G. §. N, Y¥.; Sergeant T. J. Dolan, Twelfth Regiment, N. G. S. Ny ¥.; Sergeant W. L. Cash, Washington Light Infantry; Sergeant J. L, Paulding, Twelfth Regi- ment, N,G.8. N.Y; Sergeant _A. B, Van Heusen, Twelfth Regiment, N. G5. N. ¥.; Private 7. M, Pollard, Washington Light Infantry; Private George Joiner. Twenty-third Regiment, N. GS. N, ¥,; Pri- vate J. M. Brown, Seventh Regiment, N. G.S, N.¥.; Private C. Ww, Hinman, First Regiment, Massachusetts; Private M. W, Bull, Second Regiment, Massachiisetts} Private John Smith, Ninth Regiment, New Jersey; Private §. I. Scott, Washington Light Infantry. Reserve—Private FJ. Rabbeth, Virst Regiment, Massachusetts; Major EB. O. Shakespeare, First Division, staff, Pennsylvania N. G.; Private Frederick Alder, Seventh Regiment, N. G8, x. Y.; Private Vrank Stuart, Sixty-ninth Regiment, N, G. 8. N.Y. The general impression about the camp was that the British rifle- men weuld enjoy an easy victory; though the observing shooters on the common were free fo acknowledge the great advance which the Ameritans have matte tn military long-range shooting, The careful way in which the visitors conducted their practice also pleased the British shots, aud the best of feeling was indicated toward the “Yankees,” as they were persistently called, The morning brokedull and cloudy, with a slight driazle and un- certain light, but a strong breeze with a chopping tendency wus blowing aeross the range. Ab half-past 9 this morning the rival teams in the international match arrived on the range. Sir Henry Halford, the English captain, won the toss for choice of targets, and touk the targets to windward, In order to prevent any chnuce of disagree- Taént between the teams Atuerican and English cheuk-markers were sent into the butts. The attendance was rather small during the shootmy atthe first range, ladies not caring to face the Taine laden wind blowing across the common, The American targets at the off-hand range show a very steady style of shooting, and some weny prettily grouped ones are given, Joiner planted “his first shot plumb in the center of the bull, but failed after to find the bovine iris. Hinman, too, failed 4o get more than one bull, shooting generally too low. Smith was another single bull hitter, planting his first three shots above the bullseye, his next three below it, and winding up with avery fine central hit. Bull made a scattering target, actually getting out to an outer, but took two nipping four o'clock bulls as finishers, Dr, Seott had a tendene: to the right dumnge thisrange, and though hisfourth shot was aplum center, he did not stay there. Brown placed many dropping shots in his first range, and scemed to be taking very fibe sights. Paulding did well at this range, though his nipping centers are provokingly near the bullseye edge. Van Helisen managed to stay in the center circle and thatis about all, aud with but a single bull W, Scott fol- lowed suit with a very similar target, Pollard got up to 80 points, but his close centers show that he was holding well. Dolan gets one of the best targets at this range, but he, foo, shows a tendency toward low shots. Cash who was the low man on the first day for the Amer- icans, bad one of the poorest scores at200yds., paeee his firing has good line shots in it throughout, and with only one bull he bad four nipping centers, Wattleworth, of the British team, has a 200yds, target which is a “beauty” when looked atin its order of shots. Bates showed 4 scat- tering target, and seemed to have difficulty in keeping in the center. Gibbs failed to get a single bull, but cot a nipper on the target edge, Godsal drifted away to the left, while Pearsé struck at random over the targel and showed how the lack of standing practice hadaffected him. Parry followed the usual British practice of making a seatter- ing target at 200yds. Me'Vittie had a curious way of bunching his shots, with none of them very near the exuct center of the bullseye. Young cultivated nippers almost exclusiyely,and Gouldsmith did the same, Lowe, with a straight line of centrrs, had the rarest luck in keeping just out of the black Humphrey chased the bull most per- sistently, and his target shows much jumping about, but he fetched the white marking disk up on his last shot only. _Dods was another straight center scorer, and was rewarded with ‘fours! thronghout, The range shooting showed that the Americans at shoulder work were more at home than their opponents, and that they were shoot- ing well-balanced arms. The practice of many in leaping the left hand back of the trigger guard was commented upon by the Wim- bledonians as beimg an womilitary position. At twelve minutes past 12 o'clock the shooting commenced, Smith, of the American team, firing first, Atthis time il was rainingslightly, The light, however, remained good and the wind had dropped. By half-pasti2 the rain and the wind had both increased. The middle of the three squads of the Americans shot with Remington rifles, 'The otliers used Brown rifles, The Americans satd their firing was slow. Many of the British volunteers noticed that a number of the Americans shot with the thum)h under the trigger-guard, using a hip rest, The two teams finishedfiring at 200yds, within a few seconds of each other, Although the Americans were ahead, they expressed theopinion that they ought to haye done better. The English ac- counted for their Inferior scores by saying they were not accustomed to fire at 200y ds. standing, The men were willing to scurry off toa dry mess room and enjoy a hearty luncheon at the finish of the off-hand work. The Americans weréin good humor, while the British had experienced somewhat of 4 surprise, though they were not by any means distoncerted, The teams did not reassemble until haif-past 2 o°clock, Thenthere was a moderaia breeze blowing across the range, firm from the BOURNE H, but there wags not much objection ou the score of bad light. Major Young, of the English team, who was the pilot for his team, opened atthe second range witha ‘bullseye. Smith, who filled the same position for the Amerivans, followed with aninuer, Then came McVittie with a bullseye, The wind ceased and the rain fell sharply during the shooting at this range, which was a decided improvement on the marksmauship shown in the earlier stage of the contest. A sonsiderable portion of the spestators about this time abandoned the international range fo witness the Lloyd Lindsay competition, which is always & favorite af Wimbledon, It was half pastitwo when the fring opened at the S00yds, range. The ram was still falling, and notwithstanding this the crowd had inereased. At this range, Hinman, of the American team, and Laye, of the British team, made perfect scores, each counting thiltytive, the full possibility. The total suores at this distance was—Americans, 366; British, 376. ( The English ieam shot more steadily at o0yds, and succeeded in cutting down the American lwad ta two points. The English totals would have been still Reaer had not Dods made an inner on the wrong target, which, of covse, was counted aguinsh him a3 4 miss, The last English shot, which was a bullseye, Was bailed with cheers, Tinman's shooting was freuted with applause. “ad With the friendly supportofthe elbows in the prone position, the ecores at 5Wyds, showed an improvement, Joiner planted in several fine Wullseyes, @nd his target is a very smug one, Hinman, too, showed the effect of the head wind in low shots, though itis lardly fair to oriticise a perfect seore, Smith's targel at this range could have had little improvement. Once im the bullseye he stayed there, Bull's target is a wandering one. Dr. Scott must haye hadaslip or something to acount for that wandering outer, Brown, too, had difficulty in staying in the bull. though he reached it well on the opening shots. Paulding wasin and out of the bullseye in_a most annoying style, and could hardly have been himself. Van Heusen, exdeph for au farwway inner, had a fine target, while Walter Scott With a point or so more of elevation, ought fo have dona somewhi better. Pollard had a surprisingly bad opening, hut soon worked into the bullgaye and stayed there well, Dolan playad & see-saw game up and down with one of bis bulls planted iy) dead center, Cash did something very similar, aud appeared to be taking his points from Dolan, only with a much wilder result. The English targets at 500yds. are a fine set, Wattleworth soon got into the bull and put most of his shots there, Bates bunched his shots well, while Gibbs did not wander much from the hull, and Godsal slippad out of the bull only to close center. Pearse by a miscalenla- tion of sffhts surprised hiraself by opening with a high muer, but six | straight bulls made up for this error, Party got out of hie bull badly | but not often, and MeVitlie kept up his habit-of DINERO ip shiots, with that low onter bnoched ay itself down there. Young eRe away: | down to the 7 o'clock corner of the bull, and had some close shots on [Juny 26, 1888, the outside of the black, Gouldsmith scattered about badly at this range, but Lowe had « target whish, with that of Hinman, make n the gems of the mid-range shocting, Humphrey was on his hig horse and Henle Wellabove the cehterline. Elther a dirty rifle or & misplacement of sights (ughtio acconnt for those tive angle-iron nippers of Dods,; but it may he that bisshoton the wrong target dis concerted him, The final range for the day was begun in (he continued shower, but the rain ceased falling Soon after firing commenced on the 600 ya. range, but the shooting did not improye. MeVittie made a, poor start, scoring “magpies’ for is firsh two shots. Dolan at his Afbh shot made a bullseye on the wrong target and seored a miss. Van Henson's last shot al this range was also amiss, He challenged the decision declaring the shot a miss, but the decision was coufirmed. As compared with the scores made in the mateh at Creedmoor last oes American total was 3h better and the English total only yetter, The surprise of the UOyds. Tan ee was the falling away of ihe British seore. The Americans held up well to their nid-range ivork. Joiner scored finely, with but one shot from the bull, and that a nipping center, Hinman bobbed up an! down, but nae good line shots. Smith showed a tendency to scatter, Bull felt his way into the bullseye and stayed there. Dr, Scott had w capital opening, a carton bull, but his last three shots were affected by the weather or a dirty riflo and hashot wildly, Brown did more pulling off evidently at this range, else why those twa inners. Paulding jumped about the target a good deal, but managed Lo seore Up well. Van Heusen had a very compact target, and if looks as though lis protest against that final miss was a reasonable one. W, Scott madea bad lapse on one shot, but otherwise he basa well arranged target. Pollard got on the target every shot, aud cnly a lack of rounds prevented him hilting every part ofit. Dolun was in hard tuck, and haying oare- fully worked into the bullseye, found that it was the bullseye of anothertarget. Cash evidently got a wrong cue of his third shot, and with wrong elevation kept loo high on the target... The British targets at (00yds. may be best described us feeling for the bullseye all down the list. Wattleworth did not show as steady holding 45 usual, but Bates has a fine collection of half a dozen line shots. Gibbs also did very wellin this respect, Godsal has but one wild shot, and with that exception has an admirable target. Pearse had a drop shot, and as at 500yds,, felt his way on the target with a bad scoring shot, Parry should have done better at this range; he is capable of it. MeVittic, too, wandered too far from the bullseye on his opening shots, but settled down better later on. Young had one of those provoking drop shots, which are too frequent throughout the mateh, Gonldsmith avoided this error, hub otherwise jumped about the targetslab in lively style. Lowe, too, shows a scattering target, quite unlike himself, while Humphrey, desprte two far away shots, rolled up a fine score by food work at the other ranges. Dods, the Jow man for the day, was in bad duck, and after a fine opening broke what promised 10 be one of the big targets of the day. The closeness of the match created the liveliesh mterest. The rapid scoring of the Americaus, in the face of the nasty rain, was much commented upon, The greatest cordiality prevails hetween the officers of regular army and the yolunteers ani the Americans. During the match, when the competitors were not shooting, there was @ friendly talk between the range officers and the Americans. A large crowd cheered the Americans on their quitting the ground al the close of the shooting. The Americans are elated at their present success, and went to their lodgings at Putney, resolved on spending: 4 quiet night in preparation for the work of to-day. WIMBLEDON, July 21.—The final day of the match tuned the tables entirely on the Americans, and from being the Jeaders they fell back to final losers, There was the promise of as bad weather as on the first day, and it turned out to be much worse. In fact the second day of the International Military Rifle Match opened most inauspiciously as regards the weather. A hvayy shower fell about the time fixed for the commencement of the shooting. but passed over, only to return as the telephone bell to the bults wasrung to warn the markers, All themarksmen were huddled up in water-proof coats or military cloaks, . A very meagre crowd gathered at the ropes which marked off the International range. among whom the sye could not discern a single Jady. Amid thesé dismal surroundings the match recommenced, a heayy rain pelting pitilessly down as the officer in charge of the range gave the word tocommence firing. marksmen in ns a a FOREST AND STREAM. here, as the demoralization ran almost entirely through the Ameri- can team, while Englishmen, acting more on individual judgment, added to the information imparted to them by the first pairs of men who fired, and not led away by strict dictation as to what they should do, found the target'an) kept it. That this was so is shown by the fact that the first six men of England to tire—viz., Young, Pearse, MecVittie, Bates, Godsal and Lowe—only compiled 103, while the other six shooting in the next pairs put on 151 points, and fairly snatched the match out of the fire. It may be stated that the English team Imew nothing of one another's gums, as they were only selected the day hefore the match, and, therefore, deliberate coaching by a cap- tain was a matter of sheer impossibility, and individual judgment had to take # high place, That the Britons fired with pluck and nerve is undoubted, but that they know something more about long-range shooting under such peculiar conditions, fo which they are daily used and to which Americans are rarely if ever subject in their prac- tice, is almost as clear. The American team did their best, but they were clearly outweighted under the extraordinary conditions of the finish of the mateh. THE PERSONNEL OF THE WINNERS, Ju regard to the men whom the American team met it may be said that all of them haye won the highest honors on many a well-fought field. Out of the twelve no fewer than seven—Pearse. McVittie, Parry, Dods, Bates, Godsal and Humphrey—fired at Creedmoor last year, the first three named making the highest scores on that ocea- sion, Major Pearse, a Deyon man, won the Queen's prize in 1875, and has taken his county medal twice. He hus also tied for the silver medal, and has fired in the English twenty on six occasions. Major Seno ey Twenty-first Middlesex Rifles, is by birth an Irish- man, and in his volunteer career of twelve years has fired often for the Eleho shield; has been in the Queeu's sixty twice; won the Albert twice, the Cambridge Cup forlong range, the Snyder Association cup and many hundreds of other prizes. ; uartermaster Gouldsmith. of Bristol, a volunteer of old standing and member of the present English twenty, is a steady shot, but he has never won any remarkable event at Wimbledon, Private Gibbs, of the same corps, is only twenty-three years of age and the youngest of the team, is a son of the maker of the Met- ford rifle and has only heen a volunteer two years. In 1882 he was in the Queen’s sixty, and also won the Duke of Cambridge’s prize and the Albert Jewel, won in the three previous years by Farrow, Scott and Hyde, of America. This year he was selected both for the American match and for the Nnglish eight. MeVittie, of Dumfries, is the ony Seotchman and the yeteran of the team. He has absolutely won thonsands of prizes in all quarters, He is the only man who has ever taken seven Queen’s badges. He is a winner of the St. George Challenge Vase, the Grand Aggregate of Wimbledon twice, and has enough decorations to nearly cover him, Guptain Godsal has won most of the great small-bore contests at Wimbledon, and three times made the highest score in the Elcho match with an American gun, Private Lowe, of the Queen’s Westminster, is an old volunteer and was silyer medallist in 1878, and highest scorer in the national trophy match fired at the beginning of the week, Corporal Parry, Second Cheshire Volunteers, has for years been noted as one of the most reliable military shots in England. Wattleworth, of the Fifth Lancashire. has only shot within the past two years, during which he has taken his county medal and Otherwise made his mark, Major Humphrey, of Cambridge University, has taken nearly all the distinctions that rifle shooting can give. In 1871 he won the Queen's prize, and since then has taken the Duke of Cambridge's prize, Grand Aggregate of Wimbledon, Any Rifle, Cup and has fired in the English eight and ee twenty for years. Against such a team of celebrated men to carry off victory would haye been a triumph of the first order, and to be beaten by them im- plies no disgrace, Of the twelve men who represented America in the match, five shot in the contest at Creedmoor last year; in the British team seven riflemen had been among those who won the first military match. The scores of the Americans when compared with their shooting last year show a considerable improvement, The following tables give the reeords of each of the twice-tried men: AMERICANS—1582. 200 500 600 800 900 =: 1,000 Totals. 26 at 168 28 18 162 26 B 158 27 900 John Smith.. .....29 BL 82 27 17 10 149 J. M. Pollard......- 30 31 26 29 18 19 154 Cc, W. Hinman 29 35 32 27 26 19 168 T. J: Dolan... ,....31 20 23 28 26 18 15ti J.L. Paulding,,.. .31 29 30 ai 23 17 161 Total scores of the five members of the team of 1882,..-.., Saeko 781 Total scores of the five members of the team of 18$3.............-. 7 Increase in score of 1883.... ... 1). wearers geen ttareyside Ces + it BRITISH—1882. 200 600 600 #00 900 =«1,000 = Total. GQ Pearse........... 28 az 29 29 32 27 7 R MeVittie. a1 ad 30 2h a0 25 176 CJ Parry . 28 38 29 25 24 31 170 JW Dods . 31 Bi a2 26 26 20 166 H Bates ... 28 a 28 24 28 - 25 164 P'T Godsal... 29 20 30 ot) 24 22 161 AP Humphrey....27 32 24 2: 23 82 159 BRITISH—1883, 200 500 600 #00 900 =—«:1,000 = Total, G Pearse, .,-......- 27 33 30 RR 26 a1 169 RK MeVittie 29 31 29 24 80 20 163 C J Parry... 3 33 28 26 2 29 170 J W Dods 28 23 30 é 21 21 155 H Bates. 33 30 29 28 20 169 PJ Godsal...,-.... 33 Bz 28 28 16 164 AP Humphrey ---- 28 30 2 13 2 148 Total scores of ihe members of the team of {882 ........... 1,173 Total scores of the members of the team of 1883............ 1,138 Decrease in score Of 1883,..........0. ee eee eres ess rine eral Ted <1 4s 35 The match at Créedmoor was, so far as arrangements were con- cerned, the same as at Wimbledon, but that fhe Americans, by virtue of constant practice, increased their score by oyer one hunired points, the following tables will show: TOTAL SCORES FOR 1882, Team. 200 500 600 800 900 1,000 Total, British.._....- <.. 340) avs B44 293 313 307 1,976 American....... 381 369 343 255 RAL 236 1,805 British lead... 9 8 tf @ 4 Ht 370 TOTAL SCORES FoR 1883, Team. 200 500 600 800 900 1,000 -Total British............ 440 376 354 230 297 254 1,951 Anierican........ 852 866 860 346 263 219 1,91 British lead... 10 0, os, BABB 45 American lead... 12 ee 6 16 ch th Mh, THE BRITISH SCORF, THH AMERICAN SCORE. C. D, Wattlesworth, 5. T. Scott. 200¥ds....... 54455 4 5-88 200yds....... 443554429 B ES ae O0yds 642455 }—a0 663456 5—30 600F cL 66544 4—a1 54454 5455 4533 44456 2-27 45445 344455 268530 C, Gibbs, C. W, Hinman 44443 4—25 2007ds....... 44444 45455 5—88 B00yds 5555 555656 $ 4-84 A00yds 3556 852884 527 S00yds es548 86545 4-29 H00yds, . 4405 62433628176 1,00yds_...00452 arly, A. B. Van Heus 34445 4-28 200yds.. 44544 3556 5 4—a2 500yds 65465 345458 5-20 600y7ds H4555 453434 3-26 B00yds 64455 : a (pe me hOyds....,,.58558 26686 5 4—2—170 1000pds 1. Raan 1,0 Si e211 H, Bates, W. Scott, 200yds - 444445 4—21 20yds ....., 454 4—29 500yds 65455 5 6-34 5S00yds .. .. 35 43-27 600yd 4h465 4 4—30 600yds_____., 35 5—82 800yd 63853385 5-29 e00yds, . 5 4 4—32 NW0yd 3445543 28 D00¥ds...- 46 3—20 1,0yds.....4644002-20-170 1.0b0;ds. _ 5 2 d—o2 162 8. 5. Gouldsmith, . wn. 200yds 6444 5—81 20yds......, 44 4-30 500yds 4535 5-31 SWyds....... 35 3-39 H00yds 563 8 f-—27 H00yds....,. 6 5 5—Aél 800yds... 465 5 5—Al 3 4 3—25 900yds.._ 3453 427 30 2-19 1,00yds 08 § 2 5—22—169 24 b—a7/—i61 R, MeVittie. J, T.. Paulding. 200yds. 45445 8 429 200yds....,.. 45544 4-31 500yds, 2455554 31 HSN0VdS......- 435458 6—29 690yds . $8545 4 5-29 600yds_-_-_., 543645 4 8-80 §00yds...-.., 04844 9 6—24 800yds, ...,, 445446 6-31 900yds,......4543 4 6 530 DOyds.....,. 32223 6 5—2 1,000yds..... 25R 385 220-168 10Oyds. . 44482 00-17-16, J. P. Godsal, ' M. W. Bull. 20yds..... 8443 5 4 4-97 200yds.....,.44 244 5 5-28 500yds....... 455546 4-82 hOyds......, 5454354 5-0 600yds,. 2.2.4, 64556 8 5-82 600yds,. .,..3465 5 4 582 800yds......, 83445 § 428 800yds.......5445 55 44-382 Wyds......445464 828 s00vds -.... 45045 02-20 1,00yds,.....464000 5 216162 1,000yds.... 33 045 0 0—16—157 . Pearse. T. J. Dolan, 345345 3-27 200yds....... 445554 4—37 »8555 6 5 5-33 500yds. 445445 4-80 2264455 4-29 600yds. 454402 4% 3 6453 0 3-22 800yds .,... 344345 5-28 0565 34 4— N00yvds.......4 855 24 2-25 . 2084444 21-158 1,000yds...,, 033540419156 J. H. Dods. G, Joiner, RMOyds..-....44444 4428 20lyds,...... 54a44a444 20 500yds. 5043 624-23 S00yds,. ... 6565 64 538 h00yds. 655244 5-30 600yds_ . 0 5455 5 5-34 800yds. h4454 5 5-82 BO0yds,...... 254445 4-99 900yds... 054483 23-21 W0yds...,-..22503 3 5-20 1,000yds...... 042534220195 1,000yds,....000084 8-10-14 EB, Lowe. J. M, Pollard, 44444 4 4 28 200yds----,., $4544 54—309 65555 5 5—35 5O0VAS.... 4. 384556 5 4—81 4468424 3-26 600yds 2264443 4—26 045844 4-24 500yds 44553 8 5—29 -.034 23 5 5-22 H0yds ...,.268828 0-18 00645 0 2—16—151 1,000yds..... 024336 3—19—i63 A, P. Humphrey. J. Smith, 84443 3 5-26 4444445 29 855443 5-29 45555 6 6—34 6635 6 2 5—30 5644 5 4-82 85448 427 435448 4-97 032238 3-13 3R208 4517 465 05 3—-24—49 00404 2010-149 . Young. , L. Cash. 44454430 . 44346 4 4-28 645444 31 4435338 4-28 24455 4-28 555433 328 585 5 4 38—28 055443 3-24 44222420 +3853 3233-22 00203 510-147 +4 344 2 0 219-147 1,951 1,906 THE RUNNING RECORD. TWO HUNDRED YARDS. Highest Am, British Am. Br, Round Possible. Total. Total. Lead. Lead. 1 60 49 46 8 ies 5 —# 4 pe 8 = 9 = 13 — 12 — 15 = 15 a p} _ 9 = ve = 4 = t=] — 10 — 10 _— 12 — 17 _— 10 — 14 = 8 - 18 — 17 = 21 =s 22 = 22 — 26 = rd — of —_— 2 — 24 = 10 — 5 — = 3 li =— 15 = 24 — 20 — 25 — a1 — 388 = 45 British. 28) aL 28.56 274 21 11-12 2434 eee 1814 21 1-6 PU OUALES fet erie eiccled- tates EEA ts 158 5-6 162 7-12 AN ANALYSIS OF THE SUORES, AMERICAN 'DBAM, Bulls, Centers. Inners. Outers, Misses, - 61 2 1 0 Yards. 200. : 20 500 44 a7 3 1 a 48 20 12 2 3 32 36 ib i 1 a 18 a7 12 ii 13 18 ai 18 21 iii 193 90 29 5 BRITISH THAM, 16 bh {1 g Q 5 19 7 2 1 42 4 12 6 a 20 3 ag i 3 21 8 20 Ww 5 a 14 10 ii 17 183 168 BB ag 26 512 FOREST AND STREAM. [JuLY 26, 13s. FIRST STAGE TARGETS. BRITISH TEAM. WATTLEWORTH, . BATES. : 200 yards. 500 yards. 600 yards. 200 yards. 500 yards. 600 yards. 3 anak GODSAL. PEARSE 200 yards. 500 yards, 600 yards, 500 yards, 600 yards, ft Mc VITTIPE. eG ‘ YOUNG, 200 yards 500 yards. 200 yards, 500 yards. 600 yards. 7 f 3 S) © G.) 4 ys LOWE . HUMPHREY. 200 yards, 500 yards. 600 yards. 200 yards. 500 yards. 600 yards. © JOINER. ~ 500 yards. 200 yards. 600 yards, AMERICAN HINMAN. 200 yards, 500 yards. BULL. 200 yards. 500 yards. $ Ge PAULDING. 200 yards. 500 yards. 600 yards POLLARD. 500 yards. 600 yards. 8. I. SCOTT. 500 yards. VAN HEUSEN. 200 yards. 500 yards, 600 yards, GS) oe 6 DOLAN 200 yards. 500 yards. 600 yards. 6 GIBBS. 200 yards. 500 yards. 600 yards. @) ‘) ©) PARRY. 200 yards. 500 yards. 600 yards. Zz xz cS 6 GOULDSMITH. 200 yards 500 yards, 600 yards. Lu DODS. 200 yards. 500 yards. 200 yards. BROWN. 200 yards. 500 yards. W. SCOTT. 200 yards. 500 yards. 600 yards, 600 yards. AN OFFICIAL OPINION. Tur Nationa RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, Orrice, No. 112 WinuiAM SrREer, New Yor, July 22, 1883. To the Editor of the Forest and Stream: It is not a difficult task for non-experts to offer critical observations about the inferiority of our American team. Unmerited reflections from those ignorant of facts are pardonable, while those who are familiar with rifle practice regard our defeat from a very different line of rational argument. The National Rifle Association does not assume to become an apolo- gist for inexperienced sharpshooters, but when amateurs attempt to mislead or misjudge the situation it becomes a pleasant duty to de- fend and instate the American team in its proper position. The impression that these contests are shot under similar conditions and with similar rifles as in those matches which made American riflemen famous through consecutive victories does not seem to haye escaped the attention of our countrymen. The truth is that it was impossible to induce our English friends to meet us, as of yore, with our fine sighted and scientifically adjusted weapons, that super- induced the most accurate marksmanship; and lrepeat my former assertion that, with our fine rifles, America stands first and foremost, and it would be an exceedingly difficult undertaking to win the laurels that remain accredited to the United States. British sharpshooters, under the enthusiastic direction of that whole-souled, genial rifleman, Sir Henry Halford, smarting under repeated defeats, were extremely anxious to introduce a match that would enable Great Britain to win. After considerable correspond- ence the National Rifle Association concluded the terms and condi- tions, which were in every particular to their advantage. Instead of using the rifle with which our previous victories had been won, we agreed to use a strict ater weapon, with open front and primitive rear sights—appliances whic Americans have long since discarded as unprogressive and considered practically obsolete. The distances were divided into two stages—200, 500 aud 600 yards—the regular military distances, where we can hold our own with any country, even with inferior military arms; the second may was arranged at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards—distances where, it is safe to state, we never had any experience or practice. We expected to be beaten and never disguised our opinions; it was only a question of how many points, defeat naturally taking place at the long ranges. In the first competit on our team were armed with inferior military rifles, the English weapon being quite equal to our fine sporting rifles, so far as it referred to accurate rifling and skilful workmanship, a fact admitted by Sir Henry Halford and his team. On completion of the match our team were beaten under favorable conditions at all the distances, and submitted to it like soldiers and philosophers. The greatest gain made by our British friends was at the long ranges, where twenty years’ practice enabled them to become expert and msaters of all the Alm pe Dhaene: conditions, including shooting in “rain storm; What had we to show against such experience? Three months’ practice! Is it a wonder that we were beaten 170 points with such a combination of advantages? In addition to the enumerated ‘ forces, as a matter of fact Great Britain has over ,500 qualified marksmen in the firsc class to select fourteen men from; it was with the greatest difficulty that we could secure forty men to enter for competition for places on the team. What did the first defeat accomplish for the return match? Our answer is, one of the objects of the match. It led to the production of a superior military rifle and another season of practice, thus giy- ing us one and a half years’ experience to our competitors’ twenty at the longer ranges. Interested Peers have made an attack on the Brown rifle, with which more than one-half of the team were armed in, the return match, and attribute the defeat to its use. Let the ae draw their own conclusions from the following statement: he majority of the men in our team who used the other rifle are at the bottom Of the list; so defeat cannot fall on the Brown rifle. Too much praise eimnot be offered to Mr. Brown for his indefatigable at- tempts to produce a military arm equal to the English, calculated to assist in winning the Wimbledon competition; therefore, any attempt to payee it in our defeat is unjust und actuated by other than sound motives. To the general facts connected with the match we can add noth- ing until the captain of the team, Colonel G. E. P. Howard, makes his report. To state that the results of the shooting by our team at 200, 500, 600 and 800yds., with a lead at the latter distance of twenty-four points, was an unqualified surprise to every National Guardsman, and even to the British Volunteers, is simply to substantiate the truth. We had aperedy right to indulge [contINUED ON PAGE 514,] Juny 26, 1883] FOREST AND STREAM. 515 SECOND STAGE TARGETS. BRITISH 'THAM. WATTLEWORTH. 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. 800 yards, 1,000 yards. Hy) Cre) ’ ‘ : PARRY. GOULDSMITH. 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. 3 7 3 i 6 . > ; 6 “ m PEARSE. BATES. 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. C 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. 7 ey 7 y Y 1 : ie T S DODS. McVITTIE. 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. - “ ©) © - 2 2 a : 7 @ 6 - z GODSAL. HUMPHREY. 800 yards. 900 yards. : 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. a" ; e_% € beta oe ee ee eek, moths yay 8 es ee r ey, | | 7a | © pe ; ; 3 he “4 | | 1 aie i 6 4 4. av : 7 t : = | LOWE. YOUNG. 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. SUNGINON0S HOH TST. AMERICAN THAM. 8. I. SCOTT. W. SCOTT. ‘ 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. tI Pe ry ee : a ? u VAN HEUSEN. * DOLAN. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. 800 yards. 1,000 yards. u U me la x 3 Is HINMAN. ; BROWN. 800 yards. 900 yards. 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. 3 £ r 2 = P : PAULDING. 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. 7 1,000 yards. au 7 3 © ) 4 POLLARD. 1,000 yards. 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. JOINER. 900 yards. 514 FOREST AND STREAM, [Suny 26, 18838 the fond delusions of hope of a victory by the then recorded facts; and the fine score at 800yds,, showing an average of 295-6 per tan, pre sented conclusive evidence that the team had neither lost their minds nor their nerves, Ati the finish of the #00yds. distance a rain storm is introduced, coming down in torrents—an absolutely new dondition to our team, not only modifying the light, but obscuring the targets, and in such an atmosphere the men were allowed to continue the match,'tas they bad no orders to the dontrary from the British Council!” The scores on both sides indicate demoralization, and in the sense of a peaceful competition, while both reams shared equally in the storm, it eannot be considered the fair test under the circumstances. This observation is purely persoual in its application, but many will doubtless support this yiew. What we are most enthusi- aatic over is the fact of haying made such rapid improvement over our first matoh that we were able to surpass the efforts of the twelve best of all Great Britain af 200, 500, {00 and BOlyds,, with 24 points to our credit, which is indeed a great yietory in itself, and also of having reduced the loss of 170 to 45, under the most extraordma Oonditions. Tt is our firm belief that if fa weather had continued, With our lead of 24 points at S00yds,, we would have been victorious, We are nol dissatisfied with the result, but to impeach the capacity and ability of the sharpshooters on the team demanded a refutation and plain statement of facts, These competitions will undoubtedly be continued in the fubure he- tween our National Guardsinen and the British Volunteers. The in- ternational match was created for the wholesome purpose, in a milf- tary sense, of improving the military rifles and as astimulus to en- courage sharpshooting among oir National Guard and militia. The value of rifle practice has exhibited itself in the past, and we may have abundant opporfunities in the future, With scarcely an army large enough to protect us from the ravages of our Indian charges, we must in time of peril, when the civil powers fail, suppress revolu- tion and riot through our citizen soldiery. Our institutions and edu- cation abhor the idea of immense standing armies that deplete treas- uries and fasten excessive taxation on the sort lie With an eyer-in- creasing population, annually augmented by the exponents of eom- munisti¢ and socialistic tendencies, we must prépire ourselyes for emergencies and possibilties, and in the event of our National Guard being called upon it is highly necessary that they should have an ex- cellent knowledge of how to use their rifles. The State in its protec- tive capacity should encourage rifle practice to even a greater extent than it does at the present time, supported strongly by every citizen wilt, believes in the protection of life, property and the public welfare. Already our National Guardsmen realize necessities which defeat, inspires, and itis safe to prognosticate that a greater interest will in fulure be taken in rifle practice. We feel sauguine that a vietory oan be expected in our next competition with British Volunteers, Gerorep J. Sranury. A NEW TARGET. Extitor Forest and Stream: With much satisfaction T have for 4 long time used a target system for rifia pravtice of my own production. Tt has seemed to mein many particulars so much superior to either the Creedmoor or deci- mal systems that T venture to submit it for inspection, Tassumeé that a score from one tw five is sufficiently definite to rep- resent the merit of a performance and that the diameter of the bulls- eye represents the size of the target by always representing one-fifth the diameter of the target. To illustrate, take a 5in. bullseye, the target would be 25in. in diam- eter, and the Yemainder of the score, 4, 3,2and 1, would he repre- sented by circles, 1, 2,3 and din. in diameter respectively, being 1-5, 2-5, 3-5 and 4-5 of the diameter of the bullseye, making 5, 7, 11, 17 and 25. The sum of 1, 2, 3 and 4 being i}, we have also a ready computa- tion by taking tenths of the remainder of the trget, after deducting the diameter of the bullseye, for the different circles. An Sin, bullseye would call for a 40in. target divided as follows: 8, 11.3, 17.6, 27,2—40in. ’ It will be observed that in these divisions the scores and diameters sustain the same relations to the bullseye imder all circumstances, and the score represents more clearly the merit of the performance. Also that the divisions are sufficiently close and yet simple to fairly meet any demands by varying the size of the bullseye. T would like to hear the opinion of some of our experts on the tar- get of 5, 7, 11, 17 and 25, as noted above. Ls. WISCONSIN. RANGE AND GALLERY, CHICAGO, July 14—Match shet by the Englewood Rifle Clnb. Con- ditions, 200yds., off-hand, Creedinoor rules and target; copies of Farrow’s ‘How I Became a Crack Shot” as firstand second prizes. Weather stormy witha heavy wind veering from south. to west, making one of the worst of the many bad days of this season. 5 WANCRUNE YO ME sabe nae tees psbet-te te code 4545 6 45 4 445 Mulvyey..-.. 46556 4445 4 3-43 De Lamatter. m44446 4 4 4 4 yp Ricey. 1.2. 4535445 5 & 4-44 STARE eee title se Beso osnbel-l-fetelons «fate lcebale 635 4h & 4d 4 4 442 Thompson,..- ---.--++ 4 3845 44 98 5 8 5-40 Tellis, -.. ‘ -: no 445 48 4 8 5 4-41 PA in Gl ee te te eer g oe. lone see aks #3 4455 4 4 4 4-41 WORCESTER, Mass., July 1f.—There were but a few men that shot for & record at thea meeting to-day of the Worcester Rifle Asso- ciation at Piné Groye range, The 200yds, range was used, with the American decimal tatget, off-hand. The principal scores were as follows A © White ,...------ ------+4 118749 ,-81010 8 910 810 9 g—e ANWR. pense chice srs tet ede tas . 910 91010 910 910 4—50 Stedinan Clark. :---,0).2. ses tadeseee, 9790 R769 GY 7 Stedman Clark...-..--..- antes widens 1010 7 610 9 5 8 9 5—79 CAT YVNTLARULIARS clei la sia) clvds rt =ii- Blotalcicbe = intel frm 9996479 8 D9 547 Se cp Cele eR EE SO SER aah aa RRRR TE aS 4510 99 9 6 410 8-77 SWUNG GMIAM +0 dn oreo lobyee soe tee 9 8 6 2 8 6 1010-65 GARDNER. Mass,, July 19.—At the last meeting of the Gardner Rifle Club at Hackmatack range, there Was an Unusually large num- ber of guests present. The following are the principal totals on the 200yds. range, with Be American decimal target, off-hand: x, . ya; Q, IN Dodge, ------...--- 92 q FE Nichols... .... 46 GP Ellsworth, ..89 8647 GH Heyward . 43 GF Elsworth, 96 48 W © Loveland, 44 A Mathews ....-...... 86 AT MUZZLE ys. BRBECH.—Akron, Ohio, July 16.—Kditor Forest aud Stream: I had notintended to take a handin the Muzzle vs. Breech controversy; but Maj. Merrill has invited every one into the fight. I will rise toa point of order, It is all very well to publish a seore made fifteen years ago, under doubtful conditions, with u machine weighing forty-five pounds; but it does seem to me that it would be much more interesting to the readers of the Forest Ano Srrvam if we had some scores made with hunting rifles aud under known con- ditions, Will the Major head the multitude from the bush and brake and give us a score made with his squirrel rifle? Say twenty- five shots without cleanmg or using 4 ball starter. Opinions and ex- perience are good im their place, we like to have them, but itis high time we have some scores, thay would be yery conyincing.—R. S. [. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., July 21.—At the 200yds. range yesterday Mr. 8. N. Ayres won the club medal on 45 im the possible 450 onthe Creed- moor target. It was a fine day for shooting, no wind, and the light perfect, yet the scores ran low: Ayres 45, Dowler 43, Perry 42, Fen- ner42, Ward 41, Burns 41, Warner 40, Salisbury 33.—R, H. B. THE TRAP. CARROLL, Iowa, July 13.—At the monthly badge shoot of the Car- roll Gun Club held yesterdy, (glass balls, Mole rotary trap, 18yds., rise, single rises) the following scores were made: LT Anderson....... 1011100011 6 Geo 8 Nestle........ 1010001000— 4 A D Halleday._,...-1101011001— § WE Breekel . ., 1001110111— 7 Wm Arts,..-..--) -..1001101710— 6 Gus Haskamp..,,,..0100011011— 5 EM Parsons,....... W10OLN0I— ¥ O A Kentner.,....,.1010101100— Wui Marnette.......1110100110— § TF Barbee.... - 1O0ML0101— 4 Wm £ Folken... .- O10L000110— 4 Jno Murphy.2.....-- 1111111111—10 James Murphy...,.. TW0110101-- 6,Jas Thompson ..... 1111001111— 4 HW Hagamann....11110101J/1— 8 Dr F J Kréebs,,,.... Ho10000010— 2 Jobn Murphy holds badge for next month, There were several new Members shooting with the club, which accounts for the smull- ness of the individual scores. In the afternoon a pigeon match took place between W. H. Folken and Geo. Nestle, the former winning |” easily, killing nine birds to the latter's three, The club is making preparations for a fall Lournamehtsometime in September, at which they expect to haye present some of the best shots in Northyestem Towa. Our boys are feeling proud of the record male by their team al the State ghoot.—W. Aug. Monpa, Secretary Carroll Guo Club. STILLWATER, N. ¥_, July 16.—Theré was a friendly match to-day between the Hoosick Falls Central Gun Club and R, k. Fox Club, of this place, and in which return the Stillwater R. K. Fox @lub de-+ teated the Central Gun Club. ‘Whey shot from a Davenport trap and used plain ball. Score as follows, 8 ini each, and 15 balls: y __ stillivater Club. Hoosick Falls Club. G B Whitman..110001111101111—11 @ A Palmer....101100111101110—10 © B Brott -_, .,.001111001010011— 8 © H Young 101111010111001—10 Ww Pitney. -110001101111101—10 J Holton. 110000017110101— 7 5 Whitman. . 011100111111111—13. W Haley. 111101101111010—11 j VE Arnold, <...111111011111111—14 W Mills_. 101110011 1111—12 E Vandecarr.. 11101111 1i1—14_ Pat Carney, */x00001141111111—10 60 69 A return match will be shot at Hoosick Falls. FALL RIVER, Mass., July.19.—The fourth competition of tle Fall River Gua Cliib was held veaey and restilted in W. J. Braley winning the cup tor the secon time. Conditions, 15 glass balls and 10 clay pigeons. Two entries allowed before commencing to shoot, Clay Pigeons, ais, W Braley ...........-...111110100111011—41 10007111171—7-18 Re-entry. ..-. ~ econ eye elk 1000111100101 15 1100101119—f—21 HeBPAleyy. s coy ep tena 110419111111111—14 » 1111001011 721 Re-entry. eee ecg eee. 000191111101111—14 HOOLHLOLW—8—17 N@EUS oo ec cece eee IVT E10110111 18 1111011110—8—21 RG-enbrys. ss cselst sy, ee 11111911111110—14 0110111011—7— 21 ELAM tery. 020 Bh eo 111101111001111—12 1011111101—8 - 20 Re-entry. evens 099119191711111—14 00001101 w—38 17 hace eee ----O11100110011110— 9 0100101110—5—14 Wood.... +. +. J 10100001001010— f — 6 ee — w Ties on 21.—W. Braley 6, Negus 5, H. Braley 4.—T, §. H. PROVIDENCE, R. lL. July 21—linclose scores made at regular weekly shoot of the Narragansett Gun Club, July 19, 188), for the Valentina cup: 4 Birds, Balls, W_H Sheldon, 2tyds_..____, fraass-s9 verbo sptdu ladda 1114111111—20 G W Cary, 2lyds,.. sqibeeths = S034 «.- 1101911101 1111011111—17 KW Tinker, tiyds, .. 1117110710 1101111111—16 CB Potter, 10yds. ... , 0101111101 101111111015 J B Valentine, 2lyds. -- +... 0000101011 1111111110—13 FO Wehosky, 10yds..., -.- +. 0101001000 11010 withd'n W. H. Sheldon wins cup for the second time. Match for club cup: Birds, ls, GW Cary...... nis Citra re eHe hsb. 111111 111110110118 JB Valentine. . 1000110017 1111111111—18 W_& Sheldon. . aEaatated 1111011111 1111111101—18 FW Tinkerst| | pintshseesebals aamtck -- 1111711000 111101111116 F O Wehosky -. ATTOOOTT withdrawn, (OEM felt} oP BOAT AAS CHUAN Sh onne Ants 1OLOOOLLL withdrawn, “Ties on 18, Birds. COG ie we a ae ee ee 41111—10 J B Valentine. - nil 9 W HSheldon withdrawn. G, W. Cary wins club cup for first time. WASHINGTON, D. C,, July 22.—The following scores Were made by members of the Capital City Gun Club in the regular Saturday shoots for gold medals offered y the club for the season of 1888. 15 clay pigeons each, lyds. rise. June I—Mills 14, Laird 14, McLeod 14, Wagner 13, Farnsworth 12, Se Onae 11, Bailey 10, Blagroye 9, Wadsworth 9, De Bildt 8, Dufour 8, King 8, Armes 6, Charlton 6, Peck 6, Adams 5, Hart 3. pace 18yds.—-Mills 6, Laird 5, McLeod 3. Ties, 2lyds.—Mills 8, Aird 7. June 16—Mills 15, Blagroye13, Farnsworth 13, Wagner 13, Laird 12, McLeod 12, Young 12, Bailey 10, Hosford 10, Mldridge 9, Peek 9, Armes 7, Goodrich 4. Ties, 15yds.—Blagrove 4, Farnsworth 3. June 23—Blagroye 18, Laird 18, Farnsworth 11, Mills 10, McLeod 9, Morhous #, Bailey ), De Bildt 7, Peck 7, Young 7, Armes 6, Baker 4. Ties, 18yds.—Blagrove 5, Laird 4, June 480—Laird 14, Mills 1%, Parnsworth 18, McLeod 11, Wagner 11, Morhous , Peyton ), Adams 8, Hosford 8, Peck 8, Don Carlos 7, Armes 6, Bailey 6, Young 5. Ties, 1Syds.—Laird 4, Mills 8, Farnsworth 2. July 7—Mills 12, Wagner 12, McLeod 10, Bailey 10, Don Carlos 10, Eldridge 10, Adams #, Laird 9, Peck 9, Farnsworth 7, Hosford 7 Young 7, Armes 3, De Bildt 3. Ties, i8yd=.—Wagner 5, Mills Iw. Wagner wins championship, McLeod 5, Bailey 4, Eldridge 2, Don Carlos 0, July 14—RBailey 11, Don Carlos 11, Eldridge 9, Laird 9, Farnsworth 8, Vail §, De Bildt 7, Armes 6, Charlton 5, Taylor 3. Ties, 15yds.—Bailey 4, Don Carlos 2. July 2i—Farnsworth 14, Laird 13, Mills 18, Wagner 12, Blagrove 11, Don Carlos 9, Bldridge 1, Hosford 9, Bailey 8, Peyton 7, Vail 7, Young 0, Armes 5, Baker 3,—J. HE, H, Hachting. ———_+—____—_ To insure prompt attention, communications: should be aid- dressed fo the Forest und Stream Publishing Co,, and not to tndividuals, in whose absence from the office matters of %m- portance are liable to delay. FIXTURES. July 28—Hull Y. C., Squadron Crnise, duly 28—Larchmont Y, C., Pennant Match, Classes 6, 7. July 28—Beverly Y. C., First Special, Monument Beach. July ae Bee City ¥, C., Review and Harbor Cruise, July 29—New York Open Boats, 20ft., Entrance $25. Aug. 1—Cleveland Y, A,, Annual Cruise. Aug. 2—New Bedford Y. C., Second Class Sloops. Aug. 4—New York ¥. C., Rendezvons at New Port. Aug. 4—Beverly Y. C., Nahant, Second Championship, Aug. 4+—New Hayen Y, C., Annual Cruise, Aug. 4-19—Quaker City Y, C., Annual Cruise to Chesapeake Bay, Aug, 4—19—Arlington Y, C., Baltimore Annual Cruise, Aug. iNew Bedford Rendezvous at New London. Aug, 6—New York ¥. C., Goelet Cups, Newport. Aug. 8—New Bedford Annual Crise, Aug, §—Dorchester Y. C., Catboat Classes. Aug, 10—Quiney Y. C., Fourth Match (3 P. M.). Aug. 10 and 11—Chicago Y, 0,, Annua! Matches Aug. 1i—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 1, 2, Aug. 11—Hull Y. C., Third Glib Match, Aug. 11—Raritan Y. C,, Open Matches. Aug. 11—New York Y. C., Marblehead, open to BE. Y. C. Aug. 15—Proyincetown Y. 0., Open Matches, Aug. 15—Bunker Hill, Y. C., Club Match. Aug. 16—New Bedford Y, C., Third Class Sloops. Ang. 16—Salem Bay ¥. C., Third Champion Match, Aug, 18—Royal Nova Scotia Y. S., Harbor Cruise, Aug, 18—Larchmont Y. C., Pennant Match, Classes 4, Aug. 18—Beyerly Y. C., Open Matches, Aug. 20—Newark Y. C., Open Matches, 4 classes. Aug. 24—Dorehester Y.0., Cathoat Classes. Aug. 25—Beverly Y. C., Second Open Match, Monument Beach, Aug. 25—Raritan Y. C., Corinthian Match, Aug. 25—Larchmont Y, C., Pennant Match, Classes Aug. 25—Hull ¥. ©., Open Match. Aug, 27—New York Open Boats, 28ft., Entrance $100. EASTERN Y. Endlitor Forest and Stream. x The cruise of the club has been one full of interest on account of the variety of yachts in the squadron, The relator shipped aboard a small cutter 36}6ft. loadline and 8ft. beam, with a view to observin the behayior of the new style in rough water, Thongh she is sma for an extended cruise at sea in company with such large schooners as Fortuna and Halcyon, she is very comfortable, being quite stiff, dry and especially easy, She kept ahead of everything of her size we met, and often gave larger boats trouble. We were unfortunately troubled with so much fog that the movements of the yachts could not often he followed. The big schooners led the first day, and Win- some was first sloop to reach port, about 814m, ahead of the cutter Maggie, but Winsome sailed a short cut and gained that way, Our little cutter was third boat) in, only 244m. later than the pagic. Out of the Isles of Shoals there was a good sea and a dead beat, The eutteMdid yery well, but fog came on and no pilots were to be found, s0 we were driven into the nearest harbor, The squadron this year is larger than ever before, and includes the following: Schooners Latona, Fortuna, Wanderer, Haleyon, Ro- mance, Phantom, Gitana and Actea; sloops Winsome, Imperia, Clytie, Countess and Vixen; cutters Maggie, Huron and Mousa; steumers Vedette, Adelita and Marion, a total of 19 vessels. Fortuna and Haliyon took the honors in the beat: from the Isles to Portland. It was oyen said that Mortuna showed herself panels of outpointing the Halcyon, If so, she must bea wonder, as Haleyon counts for about our best schooner to windw: here, rina is certainly a yery fine schooner, and received much admiration wherever she Cc. went. Probably she was able to outpoint Halcyon on account of the fea. Butin the light, free wind of the first day, Haleyon and Phantom eppexred to have the lead, but both oyerran their reckoning in search- ing for the Tsles in the fog. Nothing can be said for certainty as our view was much obstructed with the for, The new cutter Huron beat all {he sloops, and mote than gave the New York Vixen her time allowance. The cutter Moua is sailing much better than last year, since alterations by Harvey. She beat allof her class, but was driven into Kennebunk by the fog, the rest of the fieet keeping on for Booth Bay, The more sea Sur cutter Zot, the hetter she acquitted herself, overhauling sloops much Jareer. The sloop Cotintess had dropped far astern on Tuesday when the for shnt down, She pluckily made for Portland, and rejoined the fleet in spite of her compass being ont of order. Burm Wree GoLup Casrne. HULL ¥. C—JULY 21. T meridian the wind was fresh from eastward, but fel] during the afternoon so that the racing wound up in driffing. Start was flying, time from gun. Course for second tlass_ 10 miles, fourth class 7 miles, fifth and sixth class same, Vixen started ii first class keels, but having 10 competitor. did not tale any prize, No third class entries were received, Toward the close of the race a light wind helped all hands over the finish. Zip protested Dandelion for sailing wrong course and prizé is not yet decided. Kismet parted throaf halliards. Summary: SECOND CLASS—KEELS, . Length, Actual, Corrected, Transit, ©. A, Ingals..:. ..,.2---s)90 0-28 27.00 2.4245 1/42)15 SECOND (CLAS§S—CENTERBOARDS, Magic, B.C, Neale... eccee bey byrne. 1. 8L07 2.08.35 1.87.40 Fanchon, A. Schoif, ..,-.-.--.,,-..-.. ,, R608 2.19.39 148.54 FOURTH CLASS. eel Mab, W.L, Phinney..........-.... 22,06 1.14.56 1.60.24 Ibis, J.K, Souther,...-......-.. P 2ATAS 141,20 Niobe, J. F. Brown__,, 2.18, 04 1,51,41 Gisela. H. Aborn._,. 2.48.54 2.22.06 Amy, EK, W. Baxter. by a te 2.17.22 1,51.62 Fancy, Stone & Eddy ......,... Wavyecrest, E, B. Rogers. ..; ts Joker, George Coffin....,.....-.-....,., .20.08 Wildfire. H, A, Keith. .... 0.005 2-2 eeuee 18. 2.07.52 Sheerwater, W. M. Merrill Hpks: 5 209.47 Spray, H. W. Faxon 2.2018 lyrtle, C, rR, C, Poor,.,... voce Lyre Kismet, H, M. Gurtis, ,;.....21.)-:---- -., p Withdrawa. SIXTH OLASS. Dandelion, C.F, Adams, 8d............... 17.06 2.33.24 2.03.42 Zip, GW. Morton........... i 2.54.10 2.23.51 Samaria, 5. G, Kine 8.08.38 2.39,09 Magic wins $10, Queen Mab $7, [bis $5, Niobe $3, and first Corin- thian $2, Gisela, second Covinthian 31, Wildfire $6, and first Corinth- ian $2, Sheerwater $1, and Spray $2. Club eruise fixed for July 28 Report Saturday 9 A. M., aboard Hagship for instructions, NEW STEERING GEAR. re trouble experienced with the steering gears now in use re- quires no specification. The unreliability of the Wells and other patterns are familiar to all yachismen. It 1s quite customary in critical moments to disown the wheel and gear altogether and sub- stitute a tiller, especially when running with a quartering wind anda press of sail in a race, The majority of gears in usé are little else than playthings, which give out just when service is most wanted, Like so many things about our yaehts, they are pretty to look af and nice to play with, but for work they ure not fitted nor even intended, We lost one international race through the giving out of the Colum- bia schooner’s steering apparatus, and the Schemer had to give Madge a sail-over for like reason. Our yachis with their wide stérns and clumsy quarters are too Lard to be steered by a filler, so any- thing looking to the improyement of wheels and gear is certain to at- tract attention. : ; The accompanying engraving represents the ‘Jumbo’ steerin, gear, made by Messrs, Thompson Eros., of Prada and whic! has a variety of yery valuable points to recommend it. As will be seen from the cut, it consists of a wheel and shaft carried on bear- ings and a hevel gear working a segmental rack attached to the rudder-head. The form is the outcome of many years of experi- menting, ind the result is exceedingly satisfactory. THE JUMBO"! STEERING GEAR,—PLATE BROKEN TO SHOW RUDDER-HMAD CONNECTIONS. The gear is both sensitive and powerful. The rudder is operated on through a tiller-head whieh ts fixed to the rudder-head, and has two ping which go up through eyes in a segmental gear, which is cen- tered and pivoted on a pin in a hed-plate which has cireular slots to permit the tiller pins to move backand forth, This bed-plate is fixed firmly to the deck of the vessel, and curries a shaft which has the hund-yheel at one end and at the othera bevel pinion feariig into the segment, They are made in three sizes, nud each one can be double or treble geared, sot1at while it isa very solid, compact ap- paratus, there can be any desired amount of leyerage obtained over the rudder for usé on larger or working boats. Another feature is the readiness.with which they can he adapted to rudders with a great amount of rake, working jush as wellis if the rmdder were perpen- dicular, and still leaving the hand-wheelin an ADHERE position. There aré many points of improved design in this stearing gear. The pin on the bed-plate centers the rtidder-post, which, instead of being jammed to either side of the hole in the deck in which it re- yolves, is kept in a central position; and thus much friction is ayoided which the steersinan does not haye to overcome, The tiler-head is made in two parts, which are clamped on the rudder-post, and if loosened by the shrinkage of the wood, can be tightened up without using wedges or risking the chafing away of the rupder-post by a loose fit. No matter what position the rudder may bein, whether straight astern or hard down to either port or starboard, the steersman always has with this wheel the same amount of leverage over the water, asthe segmental gear teeth are always the same distance from the center. When lymg at anchor and the rudder is free to move the wheel back and forth, it moves so easily that the absence of the noisy clatter usualto geared steering- Wheels is noticable. At the same time, any lifting of the rudder by action of a seaway can haye uo effect in disarranging any of tha parts. It never domes out of gear, and cannot unless the hearings that hold the shaft give way, and in case of accident the whole ap- paratus is so quickly unshipped to make room for a common filler as a temporary substitute that this feature of itself is a striking recom- mendation. The chief Cae in steering with this gear is that the helmsman can “feel his boat,” and can, by loosing bis hold on the wheel, let his boat run up into the wind’s eye out of danger from a sudden flaw or puff of wind, ¥ This gear has recently heen supplied to the yacht Caprice in New York, In the annual race of the Quaker City ¥. C., Capt, Krause of the Minerva, first class sloop, retained and used the Jumbo wheel, whilethe master of the Sunbeam could not use his Diamond Screw gear but had to ship a tiller instead, : “HARPER'S MONTHLY.”—The August number of Harper's con- tains an excellent article on the subject of yacht modeling from the en of Lieutenant J. D, J. iene U, 8: pear The article ia wrilten qn a fascinating aud fair-minded strain, thoroughly sound and logical, and exhibits a familiarity with detail we had hardly expected outside the cirele of specialists. Tb is a summary of the changes through which yacht sailing and building have been passing for thé last three or four yeurs, with inferences as to the future, earticle should be read by cyeryone, and we are tempted here to quote Gxten- Biel, but Harper's ‘onthiy is tobe found within the reach of all) and this reference will serve cur purpose as well, a te ' Juny 26, 1888.] FOREST AND STREAM, 515 a e— ILEEN. HE new cutter now building hy Piepgrass, at Greenpoint, for Mr. A Fadelford, promises to be the handsomest and best built work of the kind ever turned out in America. The design is one of Mr. John Harvey's best and is of extraordinary fairness and so well scthemed out and fully digested in its many details that we look for a most creditable record, should her owner put his new vessel to a test in the principal matches this fall. Although planned in direct opposition to the prejudices'and nonsensical dogmas of the fast dying school of old- fashioned light displacement hobbies, the extreme proportions of the Teen are not new nor untried, Mr. Harvey having previously put simi- lar principles through thorough and satisfactory tests in his long prac- tical ex peeencn in yacht building. We look forward with confidence to a complete realization of the intentions of both designer and ownerso far as the planning of the yacht is concerned. That she will be the hanudsomest, smartest and best buili and fitted vessel ever floated from a yard in America needs no assertion on our part, as 4 visit to the yard will afford ocular demonstration in confirmation, The chief dimensions of the Heen are as follows: SDI VEL sill wix, oy Been pene ye Te nL ry padre G8tt. Length on loadline. .. .65,5f¢. Beam extreme,...... Ba Wad isas Obras Velen guttein ct ¢ 11.5ft. Depth, top beams to top floor........ Léast freeboard to covering board. . Bai Waves hae ls B Greatest draft of water. ... of nf : Displacement,.... veers : ,..90 tons. Lead on keel........ Be eae wicearekt 80,5 tons. Lead inside. .... ..13,.5 tons, Total ballast............... oars ete see 44 tons Mast, deck to lower Cap... i... ci cee wee eee e sec e ne 44,6ft, Masthpad= SJ: pee 2 ASAE RA 8. Airey? A Ree OFt. Mast housed...... Se Set Selits eset esd Teh CNG Ce. 5) ae ea SHEE gre de tenner 53.6£6. Topmast, fid to pin. ...... Topmast, pin to shoulder.... .... .. .. - Topmast, pole. ........... 262s screenees . .5.3ft, Bowsprit outboard...........0..24..206 é Bowsprit housed Boon pss. ret Hoist of mainsail. 39: : Topsail yard........ Pick bi Pa ce inis siid siobeiee eidotoat tei cbides Spinnaker boom Rat, Diameter of bowsprit at stem, Diameter of boom......... gees Diameter of gaff... Diameter of topmast. Spread of crosstrees. . Area mainsail ....... + ay Avea POPVESAiL. on. eee eee eee MATOBIIU. Aa feed bled re Area three lower sails.,.,-.. .....-.-- Trvsail gaff, length.................... ak " Leki Hoye e900) iis in AAR Cas le es AA Ae ARGS 35ft. In construction the Ileen is without a peer in America, and far ahead of usual customs in material, fastenings and accuracy of work. She is building under the immediate superintendence of Mr, Harvey, which is & guarantee that she will sail alike on both tacks, and that the drawings will be accurately reproduced ‘in the flesh.”’ Theplan followed is a very superior one, similar to that which has given such satisfaction in Bedouin, and made Wenonah the crack of our single- stickers, Lightness, with great strength, long life and a dry hold, are secured by Haryey’s double-skin plan to a greater degree than any other work put in practice. The method consists essentially of a stout backbone anda light frame. with. two sheathings of plank wrought in the greatest lengths obtainable over the frame, theseams of the inner and outer skins overlapping, giving a surface to caulk against. and with a coating of white lead between the skins, render- ing aleakimpossible. Mechanics will at once appreciate the enor- mous addition to strength thus gained. The two skins being thor- oughly clinch-tastened with copper, and all butts and seams giving great shift to one another, virtually makes the bull a unit in con- struction throughout, whereas the usual method of building with heavy frame of Short piste! and single thickness of plank, is, by com- parison, & bungling job, unmechanieal in origin, and weak as well as leaky, aptly characterized asa bundle of sticks thrown together. Lightness and roominess of hull are secured inthe Ileen as well, the saving going to increased ballast and accommodation, The keel proper is of selected white oak, 4ft. wide and 8in. deep. Itis a “built™' keel, composed of three pieces in width, so securely bolted together as to make the whole stronger than a large and more or less faulty balk, even could one be obtained to dress to tne re- quired siding, The lead keel is 18in. deep, 2ft, wide across the bot- tom, and 34,6ft, long. Itis bolted up to the wood with 1!4in, copper, spaced 20in. apart, the bolts being driven diagonally to support the whole width of lead better than if driven in the middle line only, The lead was cast separately and allowed ta cool before being placed, so as to obviate all risk of splitting the wood keel by the con- traction of the metal. The rocker to keel is moderate, as is also the roundup to forefoot, aud but little istaken off the heel, the Harvey boats differmg from other recent designs in not being so extrava- gantly cut up at the ends, The stem is 74¢in. sided, and the stern post 12in, at he head and 4in. at heel.. Apron and knee forward and filling for deadwood aft with along knee over all. The framing con- sists of regular sets of double timbers spaced 5ft., with two steam bent timbers between, giving a general spacing of 20in, All have double floors, which are 5in. sided each, The two tloors of the regular frames fay close together with long and short arms on alternate sides of the middle line. To their heads the heels of the first futtocks of the double frames butt. The steamed frames, however, run down between two 5in., floors, the heels being nipped by the heads of the floors, all being bolted through, ‘These bent timbers are 3in., the first futtocks are 3lgin., second and third futtocks gin. Owing to the easy form of the boat, most of the frames are in one piece from head to heel, which in itself adds greatly to the strength ot the yacht. The steamed framing of course runs from coyering board to keel each side, A main keelson is worked clear fore and aft in one length over the floors,-the bolts of the lead and Iceel fastenings generally going up through the keelson, making a backbone which can never be hogged or broken by the weight hung to it, and giving the hull perfect rigidity, preventing working in a seaway withthe nuisance of opening seams as in yachts of ordinary construction. The keelson is of oak, S)gin. square. Dead- wood and bow fastenings are of* 7in. Muntz’s metal, There are besides sister keelsons 5i¢in. square. also worked in one length fore and aft, and floor-head strakes 244x8i4in. The counter timbering is 4in. sided, and the quarter timbers are hewn out solid cedar. Clamps are 2}4X8%6, tapering in thickness to lin, at the ends. An oak shelf is laid above these for the reception of the beam ends and is 544in, square. In ordinary practice this shelf is generally omitted, and the bearings of the beams seriously reduced, This fault is then made up in some cases, where builders are mechanics enough and possess some conscience, by resorting to a cumbersome system of kneeing, which in the end is more expensive and Tot as effective. The beams of the leen are 314 and din, sided. To prevent any presley distortion of the sheer by the pull of the rigging, a most excellent, simple and inexpensive expedient is resorted to, It is a comment upon the crude state of yacht building in America that something similar has not come into practice aboard our wide yachts, which are inherently weak structures, owing to their form and flat floor and the enormous rigs required to drive them. In the Ileen a bar-iron strap is worked acioss a number of frames in the shape of an inverted h, the ends reaching down to take two bolts through first futtock head and the crown passing up under the clamps. This iron strap is 216x1< iron, It is easily made and fastened in place at trifling cost, yet it would bein many cases the direct cause of preventing the sides being pulled up in wake of the rigging, thereby saying a material loss in market value to the boatin old age. Anothersimilar band is worked over the frames in wake of the backstays fora like purpose. These inverted girders are indicated in the accompanying profile by the dotted arches. For tying the yacht’s ends there are three large hooks in the bow and two aft, There are eight hangmg knees of wood, and the principal cabin beams Have also iron knees with four bolts clenched through frame and plank and also through the beams. Seven iron pillars serve as a vertical tie, They run from deck to keelson, and being located along- side the bulkheads do not interfere with the cabin arrangements, The inside sheathing of plank is 7gin. Georgia pine. The outer Sheathing is all 114in, best oak, so put on as to lap seams with the immer skin.