ee de | - raw wate - er , jew eA See rr eee nore > es = ee ean = re aie El ahah sept oe ee seer ae Ankit aN ; = Tanda oh rae aera pilex agrees nom we eee pi eeeterc Se 7 ae . ct "th “a ee i 3 ee Ab VER a iStORY, | OTING, THE KENNEL, PracticaL NatTuraL H ISHCULTURE, YACHTING AND (aNOEING: eee a EE oc eer ta a ; peeecan niece Sone ION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST _ ee AFOWDENED | KOGOVTL 1 oi ke oer a JANUARY, 1892—JUNE, 1892. moe ‘ hi ey) 2 ire mia sarah eo ts, bi ine te hee pla Bl Sarigitek yenlsesh + SENS a ten oe 1} INDEX---VOLUME XXXVIII. ge. Page. stkiad ths Page. | RanohitoMUMberecs.. s.ess41n ss }etsiavavecsds tet Central New York Association......... Stern pen cnt 101 Black Bass Protection..0-.........-::s.e0seees sess 200:) GRominiscent, PPPreEOnTel EEECE Ce Cae e AE eee 516 | Chicago and the West..30, 53, 70, 102, 126, 175, 226, ogee Blackford Removal...... ©... ...ssee0 cee eeee eee 1 | San Antonio Bass-Fishing...........0. cesses sees 418 j #74, 298, 322, 349, 872, 377, 520, 539, ee Blackford Tront Opening. .............5...--...224 B17 | Sea Otter Hunting .......¢.ccccccccccssecseeecsecs 561 |. Chicken Garden GUase essai te Cott ogg oO K! 273 SSOHTALLC DOS VOH yt cae, eric. ie Ae eee ss eee T2186 tStiver Kane We. co 37 poe ee cel oc ,....394 | Chickens Using Among Cattle) oy tine. owas ces «320 Bison m Russia... 2... ieee cee eee seine -73, 97 | Sportsmen of the Old School.............. ...ss-- 999 | Choke Bore Introduction Sue eine -- +43. Re ele “al is Ink ay #45, 269 | Butcher Birds and Hawks.....0..0... .0sescseeeos 5g9 | Hare Driving in GerMany.-.. 1. see seee eee Soup tc 148 May 195554: eae On a Ae Re Se A Bul a 441 California Quail. fy Cae nh) _ 2 Health and Moose in Maine..............-........- 54 Menhaden. . vies er tees ec ee sees eeee gee ceee etna eee 221 Catéhivg WildlAnimals eure, 173, 195, 224, 247, 971 | Hellgate or Deer Lakes, , 11.2270 5 en eee 348 Militia Shooting. ............- Settee tee e seer eeeees 2) GhipmunkeBlations ©.) ee eee S175 eds Lamimigee: 2 leech an sa Pants ne ee 589 pape yee BEC CCN cee Lose aeraiaanee es Sei! Cinglamiou Thal .3 2) Eke dsssb es afg | Hiram avd\the Bull. 2 2-8 se cea Anee sos s+» 150 National Patton ose tsetse ees st ee Be eRe a Fe 585 Class‘in Natural History .........c0s0s-+esec00-+s 538 Hoodlums, Word Bhat na ade 55h 18 ASA 3A 176, 250, 275 National Park Legislation... ¢.ce-r-v eee J \Gor Bird Thetinettr mye hes

| South African Reptiles at Home. bersAibternoon) a. see cee ante ier 29 ey ar an eee WS : : Southern Field Notes............ ie ates A Sc brtoptes Biron mrad ith Pepe gas i Heminisconce|of a Shap SEGteeserrmee Ga Ber Ae SR eee ee ) Game and Fish Report.............000.0:- 350 My first: Repeater..:-- 0. <-02. -2¢ho+ sesrvsses gf Serta ree tes Se Binds Stn ae TL cote MOND 7, MMA ite BES 396 A Boy’s TrOubIeS.........000c0008 veceeesees aes Uipsecaroe pence Maes OMT. Paper’... ..seasee scare IAS oun sup ROREER 446 Some Episodes in the Life of a Very Bad Boy (see : reek i Baxea S OMniENaTS x CoastiNotes......2. 12. sees cee reese 226 also NOD) cfeso ns ale oes ha ote t ers eect aj elf cs bas lathc gd boogie «| Wild East in Winter............ a \vania State Association BOS ci hpi BOG 874 Angling Annals oo cethigminteg Saeed bPeco HE tsateaee, Wildfowl at Cohasset.. _........, aphy Collection RSet OB) ante ual eee =e My first Shooting Lesson... .........,.....,.--- 8 TOCHCORR EN arin eee te: SPRINGING OLE, tate ee anaes eee 323, Calf on the Lawn (poetry) .., .. ..... wee Weruree 270 Side Wolf. Catching... ve-evianatieessn cue era SATO P MOCHA So eee sta neil nlite tics) acres 418 ; pg to Receive Cavalry, ................... 298 Camp Life Amid the Pines..............-.....-.-. 51 GAME BAG AND | Rhode Tanda fice) ates ade dele eelee aeee 177 Camps of the Kingfishers..........-....+..... 587, 608 . Pye RBOLING at HOMIe ose earailnaneuy serene 273 Child of the Forest (poetry)..........-1....+6 -....442 | Adirondack Guides’ Association. Island, President Shooting at.. .......... 227 Colorado, By the. .....-.... 1-2. s-ee eee ei eee ween 494 | Adirondacks, Syndicate........... SETS BOC IS ode ABSA yiaA (Secret 497, 519, 446 Diana’s Reminiscences -.............+...0.55 ..246 | Adirondacks, Wild Boars for..... IXTOHSE, WAYS "OL ir tir aecienlslesiey oe 7 eer 520 Farm, Mortgaged (poetry).......-................5 347, |-Aduminum. . S.a2s asa: df Guns.... ....0ee- Re Santee “539 arms, AGANGONEHY 522. evn sree ore elnelarisaiag, ale 347 | AMONG THE WILDFOWL: Sood Work..........-.. ENP A ah ays 2g MONIC ARS OL. eRe ew an cer ieee eens nee eine Brees 318 XVI.—An Exciting Moment. : v Game Protection Society ..........,..... 397 HVetT CEs ses POL UAM ¢e a ceeds]o\beled) Ue l=fereielt lnininle}e nt (oriole 560, 611 XVII.—The Alert Sprigtail.... .quin Market Hunters...................... 445 ETOYS Cie S AHN BRGn Gee ree ence ra 146 | XVIII.—A Prairie Pondhole.... pm Wild Boar. 0. .77t essere ca ars ls Greone, JudgeS, Hof ole ctaseeestwccsesets ress. 471 | Antelope Country................ Arm mete Wins a ley oe le 101 Hospitality Among Woodsmen..........,......... 172 | Arkansas Bear Hunt ... ..... as. PUA pele vase alee s tee eeee peeeeee 10, 127, 421 Hunt by Telegraph ...........000. 00. ceee este eee 394 | Arkansas Deer Scrape............ President JOHHsG-crrices, sve seen eee Hunter’s Horn in the Ozarks ........-............ AO) mate Ga 0s Pete eit ake taeda et celonel = mae Water HOwls..... 20+ scnt seen wonlaiels 562, 610 Hunter’s Song (Poetry)......2.2.. sese sce sees eee 194 | Bear and Two Men............... SHOOTS = sees ose tesa eee ae 372, 398, 475 Tayo Wir EAS een Seager S bop oe nad SLO: | Beam Untypesee) aceenes sees ae AiVEY VAL Pee eee a Oe a © ot We Lm ee 372 Tata Nae Dh tka Renn Age pao oe Sen epson cbt bon ur 74 | Big Bags of Game................ WU ICARITETMCe YS oy, Oho arate tui 200. | te 610 FGA CIM IM WAMOEL «0. co cyeace prose atnlcre wm aisicibis 7 vee 394 | Big Horn, How I Lost and Found fold with Sun and Compass. ............... 10 CVA iS yer eh ooshes RAaeROOEOracs -socmnns sa 98 | Blue Partridge of Arizona....... i r Tver EG C1 Dy Sees) Aenean elon Bate 298 King, John Dayle cc. . sek etek ein wes ne o> ooe-. 394] Boston Notes...6..2.:.-ctecece « : j Barme@y'stStory’ ... ce ee gee eens be he nee 228 Minnesota Bass Waters........ .. .... ee eae 560 | Brant at Monomoy...... ........ DMAECOMGE eter ote an ce ei bane ..473 Museallonge Country ........- ..222.2e eee 170, 194 | Buffalo Clase in 1892 ...........- mig" sont League........ Jee Eee nta eee Pst on gets Nessmuk’s Lost Story... ..-. ....--..--..... -. ..272 | Buffalo Extermination Foretold rf pie Coast: SUNG TU eae ba setey- Hacary lees 10 North Carolina Winter Sports.... ............. 26, 222 | But Got Him ...... ............. ; nia Hunting Ground.. ects aig, ape bier etal te eee 251 One Octobersmithe D080 x.y sees cefeice ns cm nes esas 470 | Caliber of the Hunting Rifles... .. > mia Shore. Bird Shooting eeanetete oe aise ba ee eats 520 Ozark Stories. ......2......-ee eee snes 295, 818, 346, 373 | California Bear Supply............ shing Them Arrive Eel Aes Po tes MCCS Ref . 78 Panthers of Entre Rios ..........-.--.-.2..eee eee 517 | California Notes ................. F COasta AN tine, cetce «Ri hh oles cas le ae 445 Podgers’ s Commentaries, 421, 446, 475, 494, 519, 588, | Camping Out Hints........ ..,... _t Your Grandfather Laughed at............ . 251 / 562, 609 | Canadian Duty on Guus and Rods. | fe KECDEUSE SOR Grane s Boa oee eb bocce EAARen peeeee Bel Raiding the Mill Pond...........+2c.eeceeesersers 586 | Camera Hints.............. ..--.0.s Se = > | | a aed tt I ea MO tape trizcstlelsie. Te. ae ne BR hy ays) Page. Wisconsin Hunt............ 02.22... ces aire viet tee W olfsHunting muRUsside esterases og eeu ae ene Wood Buffalo Country......................-...-. Woodcook and Restaurants.... ..,............... iM Worcester and its Sportsmen.............., oaee 220, Yellowstone (Panis hy. keep see. er ee Cee SEA AND RIVER FISHING. ASB OYsSwhrOnble sane eae an ene YN hath ae ty Adirondack Preserves.... ........cc-cceseeee cane 425 Adirondacks Erontum en se) cts erres eee ne 451, 594 Adirondack Trout, A Trip for...............++.-- 523 Adirondack Erouting on. ).<+ sale tee ene 426.1 Adirondack Waters................ .: 3 ae ie ».--.400 Adirondacks, Black Bass for..... Fetch ers dase 515 Adirondacks Fishing, Wane of.................... 593) Adirondacks, Flies for... ........... sates Aer eee 341 AttermBiack Bass Aes... oho Wess eens ae 449 After Two Wears: ...° |. tkvneis one ay nena 450 Aw Head Walter: 525.404, Sete. sen. cee ae 565 AllaskasDrouteWishin gna): eens Sana eee enn 423 Ws C-\ied Bt ONE BO eA 204 Alligator ati... ::45 ssa sce piece eee soee Bhuminum.% 0. grey. ek oes eee ee 198- Adutainwa Réelsick<.-oc .s Mee ee eae Mle Be 153 American Fisheries Society . .82, 401, 469, 478, 493, 501, 515, 524 Anglers’ Association of Onondaga........... 399, 447 Angler's DrOdiit ..: erie acdsee nee hey eee 374. ANEICY’S, SON: ak eo ee oe oa eee eee 499) Aneling Annals; J. .14/ se More pene Lin eae 8 Angling Notes. ..34, 81, 128, 151, 177, 199, 280, 251, 543, 567, 598, 614, 615 Angling Notes from Portland.... .............. ..354 Anflicy Times .; ,:. 5:8 sees 8.1. ee 299 A DLILCUPOUt. | ee aee ieee Cena eee on 0a eee 293 April Trout Fishing................-.,0...2. 2 2 229 A String of Trout and a Fox.......... Agee usctd AIS Asbury Park Striped Bass............... eee tbe es 594 Barbs on Chinese Fish Hooks.......... . Aree Be ficd 523 Batnnim's-Big Prout. nese cate cscs ieee ene 593: Bass, -After(Blacleie. shires eetteo te. ccd ee 449 Bass-Hishino™) * git Mei serene) Saee\ 5.57 ce eee 399. 423 Bass Fishing in the San Antonio... .......... ... 418 Bass Fishing in Warren County................... 567 Bass is Green Trout of the South ............... 557 ‘Bass,”’ Lake Bomaseen,...-........-se0eene ceese 614 Bass, Lake Champlain ....... widd,e. bac Se eee 543 Bass, Length and Weight of...................,...501 Bass) My. Best. .s:-7s seco een eee 593. ‘Bass\of Cédar Lake. bj. Sse hoec auinbecue eee 521 Bass of the Chagrin ................ Pay Aa eye. 252 Bass Boni dl int.:strcee te nee else oil ee 557 Bags, Potomac. rs. 17 cjaneee eo 375 Bass, Red-Hyed, Gray, coe he) Sele Peee cha «Sete oe 592 Bass, St. Lawrence River.. ........ ..,...... B44 Bassey Striped i. cee seeks sree eee ae Sosa ae eed deen 199: Bass, S'riped, at Havre de Gunes Strap! 3 Fos nee ..Bbt Bass, Striped, in Hudson... .................... + 500) Bags), Swat. ...4.:soccned oe beltlet eben ee eee 424. Bass, Vermonts.s: 2c i Setarpe eee as ee ee 425 Bass.and Buttentlys 2... deoeemeere nll lee ee 81 Bass Waters, Minnesota .. .. ..,... .... -.-- 560 Belle’s Pickerel... ........... nee OB ty sewer sch Adu 276. Bipsching ondce eee ae eee ng 5 alesily 252 Bisby Cluby 1.1.0 cheers nthie testa tee ate ee ope BlackiBassiHliés {2s 7 e-22) eee eee eee 465 Black Bass, Florida .....2...22.0.0..-seen00, netee SOOT) Black Bass for Ponds.... ............., . 93 Black Bass Increase ..... ._...-... ey Ae jiecon 2 179 Black Bass in Massachusetts ................. -..- 104 Black, Bassin Potomac 7,.!.s0shnsssse een 478 Black Basstine tale) se, en ree ec: Black Bass, North Carolina....................... 542 Black Bass of Ida Lake............ 22.2.2: .... 569, 607 Black BassProvechion=ic. carer tien aera ae 269: Blackford, Hugene G., Removal of.,...... seed, 25, 73 Blackford, EB. G., Tench Notes from............... 121 Bluefish, Dead, in Chesapeake............,...,.. 569 Boston and Maine... ................0. ono beet: 592 Boston Anglers. .....152, 280, 253, 277, 300, 324, 351, 399 Boston Anglers in Maine.......... FAA 55. Ah. bie 614 Boston Angling Parties.... 0.2.0.0... ccc cee eee cece 423 Boston Wishing Parties ............. PE Soh ie Buster 477 BostonsNotesice se 2a see Renee Re, 128. Bream, Red-Hyed........... CCE OR TING oi Aa aie ti Bi Brook-Tront; Blind. ca.) jchen secs eee eee eae 478 Brook Trout, Deformed................. Poleaelaeeae 31 Brook Trout in Ohio............. Slolelol3 mabAin = wre Baa 150 Brook Trout in Pennsylyania...................... 35- Brook Trout, Largest... ......25ccesececeeess Ores 465 Brook (front) bale}. daemon tcnecce i eee 425. Buffalo Fish in Pastures,........... Shoaib tare o91 California Fishing .......... BS eh ray ie Sc pee DOT California Trout Fishing............ POA rida ic 609 California Trout Stream.................. ... 448, 475 California Trout Streams... ........... OS ee be 592 Camps of the Kingfishers,... ...-.. ...... .... 587, 608 Canada Brook Trout, .............00.05 erertess 5 ash Canada, Grand Sportin...., ..-..2h..2 sec ee cease 544 Canada Salmon Fishing ..., ....... .....c2:..0.0. 34 Canada TroubSeasons.. . 2.1: a east Stee 478 Canada Angling Notes..... ........ Er . 615 Canadian Angling Season......:...........0e-.0-e BYWe Canadian Duty on Guns and Rods................ 612 Canadian Salmon Rivers..............sc0-s00- 301, 352 Canadian Salmon Petition..........2. ..,.....269, 398 Canadian Waters................ 0000. pars pee 424 Carp, Chinese: : 24.5.6. bose eens e582 HORE HOES 104 ‘Carp in Erie Canal....... bbopcr anna Rt ace oes ¥... 323 Garp in Niagara River ....... dae Senate UL Carpenter Brook Fishing Nesoutations ofc e lb bel obas- 301 Castalia Big Trout............. a aiehea EF eae A ets 354 Castalia Club Opening......... . Ninaeh ene a! Br chk: 276 Cast. NetpRerordee.. soa ae dence oes eee 545 Catfish for Stocking Pond............ Wiel capris oi tees 489 Catfish in Armor.... .. stephen tt Pets mop iheH ies nee rit! Catskill Mountain Trout.................. Cowra: on 477 Cedar Lake Bass....... Casto obtcefiternsssd oy Channel Bass at Cape Cod.................---- ope DIZ Channel Bass with Spots........-...--00..220025: nal ———— ll aA fs Ss ' Fa re ’ A a ii i > ‘ & : Fa / INDEX. 3 Px0¢. Page, | : Page Page. ial bygtRC Ware sy.) BELL we® 2Aieer) das-ee eee 591 Irish Deep-sea Fishes................ + ssrrreess. 328 Opah in California.........0....0.0...02202ece er 199) (Skaneateles Take... 22. . t2c¢222..00).+-24--.. --) UL Cheney, A. N., Proposed for Fish Commissioner.221 Jamaica Bay Sunday Fishing ....... _.».441, 469, 476 Quananiche> Habits oF. -.0..1..900-2---0, os. o, SHS | Skaneateles Lake Netting ... ... seb SEH entire: 230 Chesapeake Bay Fishes .... . Suna eee UG In IGACEIEH GReTL ss rms, |), )/i cael NOL | ORAS! (SFM Sea ye eR Ame unt dee Spr fie ahh 104°, Sider Terrapin Nest, ¢2-s.s1ascete Sep re es. .l te 562 Chicago and the West. ..57, 152, 253, 278, 302, Ber, 352 | Jewfish With Grains ia Head..... .. ............ 450 | Pacific Salmon and Trout...... .... ... ..... ..42¢| Small-Month, Red Eye Gray Bass ... ...827, 425, 477 374, 400, 425, 448, 478, bed, 543,593, G12 ; Juniata River Wishing................s0e0.2. 02... 616 | Page, George Shepard.............-..... .......-.293 | Smelt. are Candle-Fish .. ...,........ . ..0.. .. 255 WINN CSe RM ISTIES, Settee 2 Site ..@ } 50s, oats itis co 104 Kankakee Association Meeting.......... Oy ert 57 | Paugus Fish and Game Club...................,.. 322) Suiggering and Guddling........... ....,..., -... 38 Chittenden Fish and GamejLeague.... ........ 325 | Kansas Fishing ....... (oe el ee een Ke Pale eecleesiciandshishior, |" jpaaeeeay yee Seen n ny SI6i| Sule eEemand =5;t-5- its. Seen oe ee nee 179 Chubb Catalogue. v....:6. secsces cetenes nh ast: Waal esenEne bec ISAT mn One a aaa e eA eee 423 | Pennsylvanii Association....... ... ...........-6 150); Southern Mield Notes (a.. ..2s...028 5.) ke 370 Coal Mines and Fish ......, ate 4s pled Sel Hasty CATA ay UAVS iy al peg A Bede oe el eo 450 | Pennsylvania Fish Commission,................-.. 328 | Spearing on Lake St. Croix....... ............ ... 398 Coch archi eee emesis a. ota 255 | Kentucky Fish and Game. _......, ... ess 4d cise 393 | Pennsylvania Fish Protective Association ........ 317 | Sperm Whale Astray... ........ Picts Oise ee 76 Cod Hatching and Blahtins.. ses seeres+-----, 401 | Kentucky Fish and Game Club. .................. 302 | Pennsylvania Fishes, Reporton ... ..... ..... . %8 Spodgirg and Spodgers ........... s...--. .-- sss, 450 College Story . f.2.......... otis cet rrr . 615 | Kentucky Fish Legislation.................... 145, 559 | Pennsylvania Trout ....... ....... 0 oe eees ee 500 | Spring in-the Adirondacks .... ...... ..... ..... 324 Color Freaks in Lobsters ............... . .+..451 ] Kentucky Fish Preserye..... . ...... .. .. ...... 614 | Pennsylvania Trout Anglers .......... sete d 83h 521 | Steelhead Salmon SUAWNING = sa ea eye fast. 328 PS OOLAIOMErOlinee: ake sod, ee men, SP asan, 615 | Kentucky Fish Protection..... ..... ........... 469 | Pennsylvania Trout Waters........... .. ......., 567 | Striped Bags at ADUTY Vanier s. eee PCa en heees, |: 594 Connecticut Lakes..................- OS ies |rpcipse PUL NS GaN 2 TC far oe Fane eat ee ere a Laiy | 828 | Pennsylvania Trouting........ .......... .....<-- 401 | Striped Bass at Hayrede Grace.................... 354 Connecticut Lakes BUSH Beye fore ar ee ic iec Pe TSO TO. IED WOLD. fio MOGMaa SMe eae fetsiereees......092 | Perch Fishing, White ......... Rene hades. 129, 401, 568 | Striped Bass in Hudson,....... PCR grates aig: SER ate Rds 500 Connecticut Lakes Region... ..... ..... .. ... 126] King, John LS A ce es ye a ee 478 | Pere Marquette Fishing Club ........... ......... 424 | Striped Bass Tackle................... .:...... .-605 Connecticut Lakes Salmon: apo VAIS TE Pe ae e' 591 || Kingfisher Memories, 2.2.00... 0.000 1s -eee-cs... 229 | Pere Marquette Fishing Club Waters ........... .594 MOT Zeon Oa ching). Vsoa ed cst ee eee 265 Connecticut Trout ........2...... 222 <,. :..258, 425 | Kingfishers? @amps. . .,....<........ Pere sane CM G0o)| Nat aniconn Kish Wey. Sal... caer en ele 450 | Sucker, A Game ....... ... .............. da, ey 376 Connecticut Trout ane eee NaSen Bee Sore 37 | Lake Champlain Bass......... .......002-0-3,.2. 543 | Pickerel-Bass, Crystal Lake........-......., 004... HAE | SUCKED ay Sr ko es. Bis tone pe eee oe et realene nn 98 ' Connecticut Trout Streams’... ....... .. ....393, 421 | Lake Champlain Fish ......... .......,.. «++.401, 601 | Pickerel Fishermen of Boston....... ... Ba hier f0D | SUT a VaR ISHIL Es. supe rayee cto ene a EI 25, £00 Conroy’s Catalogue............2....-.. 2 peaolih Gaks-Ronkonkomas ss ine. oc... udnesdsgunce --\00ns 2508 Seickere RIS En eine oer tion sc eet Pee ae ese ea 81 | Sunday Fishing in Jamaica Bay ......... 441, 469, 476 Curious Plorida Fishes .............2-.¢0- 00.040. 377 | Lake Trout for Lake George, ... ... . ........,.,354 | Pickerel PAIS ISTE VW EICO Tas § PRE Rtas . nc) nee bey 447 | Trout Killed by Lime........ 20. <...2ceeceaeee B54 Florida Vacation. ..0.00600 -.e.eeeeccccse ae New Brunswick Fly-Fishing............ ...... Connecticut River ....... ........., 45) | Trout Law, Massachusetts ........ ..........-... 121 Ply-Oasting at Syracuse... .................... pte | ck nm: Ate lars s- 2 cz enace eye HE pebtand AMONB 2.53.5 cys. F504 128 | ‘trout Law of Vermont........... .ceecsee weeps 425 2 ATTEN an ayn lees gn avai Saal ne ee uDS BETO Camp ys cs -yy cesses iin ts i pe RDS eat oe 18} Trout Law, Six-ineh «0.2.2... ee. 32, 58, 79, 153 Fly-Fishing in New Brunswick 615 | New Hampshire Fisheulture........... sdrecnne uy SA Sinecticut Lakes: 2. ccs. cee pal Urout, Long islands ites. nang tye) os Seseeecns nc 450 Fly-Fishing on the Susquehanna... nA New Hampshire rE re eg tea 4 fi MBO 225 seen nee sate veer gs wee eee ee 278 | Trout, Massachusetts...........06 .eeces-ce. oes 230 Fly Fishing, West Coast................. abe ae New Hampshire NOtESE Ny) Sis Sad snrsd. oe 1 7 (© Hudson........ eee ee 616 | Trout Near New York .....secccessecccecescee vanes 401 Hy Ritch Ce a aka NOt Mee fe New Hampshire Waters oe At Ae PE Ny al ALOK A iepnale sierra er BOARS oe P| HTrout-Near-Toronto.: ..\ 2s )ca se ses co vse eee 568 Fly-rod and Landing-net...... on Newtempshire’s ColdiStresms,.-.o..... 1 ..y Gee | MERINO, 6 bees cca cetlowsceee Kbeetacsurecs. 84/ Trout, New Hampshire... .................. .. 230 Food for Fishes ................. sie New Jersey: Bish: Commission f..400 4225 vs 2). ME] MMMM he oP Ss eco e wcSe. Se tieweVE eed evee ce. os 568 | Trout of the Neversink ........... eetleetin eecieite : 541 Forusr Anp Stream Photographs... ban asl PenthoWeles Notes 22.22 ..rs Woda a. Aone sitter seen eene, 559,666; 891!) rout of the S002. ...2c...sse Gent Ports e tices ere peeeaete reer ewes ++--@41 | Trout, White Mountain ..........0002¢ see00- 0. 521 > il. Doctor, Return of,....... . ; _3T6 “Oh, Come With NEG eee aeteiraistes « Soares hee} 7 TRA Die oe ee 4 Oe a aT Trout with Primitive PACHIC ya alee noe ee oe 593 “Standard American Trout Flies”. “'980 Ohio Fish and Fishing. Stn toe bb te 515, help Sota NASA hae einer 607 | Trout with Two Heads........ «ee mrss 500 Bi eTrout:....... ae ee Cg 401 Ohio Fish and Game Bills................. ....... with Grasshoppers........ 500 Trouting in the Cascades...10, 32, 56, 80, 103, 127, 150, yap iish wo big el 5 Sain cle BRR ute see SCORE IME ROT 5 rc) nee OP | MMM ts or vorecea eee, +104 177, 198 OM ie ts Ra a 33 | Obio Fish Commission Repert........ LEER, Sy IDE eee 6 se jee see pte ee ees ats 178, 278 | Trouting, Maine May............ Be ah es aegis) 499 ee ed Game Country............. ‘56, 79, 321 pte ock aeg Bor rit ae CAR a Pe esters . See o- codstitgnd Aas sa neo BBE B41 Trouting on the Flokomon....... ........... ... 471 Genie re ek a 569, 607 eee = BIS Vs. AAS gee ys, ee .. San a Of Dg teicher eet eee 134 Pullibe ee TRO ayy 5 Sees oe es co. eae 317, 825 —— wm Allegaanies. oc. ps. ee. ae ose 51 Onond 8 ea eens aap Safatel oats we eee ife, T. ere nts ec Ey Weer ee See, 585 | United States Fish Commission......-............594 ct Lael Sees 57, 369, 375 nee glers’ Associat Ons eee 5; a st ‘ - ep tt tstecese ree geseeee..,02. 425 | Utica Fish and Game Protective Association +. 451 eS senses eeae04 | Ontario Fish and Game Commission......,... 145, DPR Ess ee ey se c+saees .... .600} Vermillion, An Experience at......,......... 346, 370 Pts. Bd. ig. p= ena 568 | Ontario Fish and Game Interests............ .345, it BDOUD)Mepe eters sasha, eB MEY ONINONTBARS, ong #28 Ns es ay Sorte trek Oy ee 425 oo ttiteeesseeyeess. £92 ' Ontario Fishing Seasons, ....2...........220000..01 > WO. ones oe ee eee eee sees 224-:2,-..594 Vermont Fish Commission.._...... bei, aE RR 82 4 Page Page 4 Page. Page. Vermont Fishing.......... YRS bi con Ae ae! «.,.615 | Gloversville Dog Show.....5. ..2.......cceeen-es 380. | Toronto Dog Show......-.... .... eee ceee eee 525, 546 | Seawanhaka Rules..............24 ee cseveesegeee 184 Vermont Fish Wardens .. .....-.ccceccecvevecees 301 | Gloversville Dog Show, Report of dat aS ast aes 11 | Toronto Kennel Club Show....,.....-.. risAe4615 5030 | SHAM EOCK see we. ASANES 8) OAtyo eee ch.s aan reeee 381 Wesmontuwbanchery: +) ..ss- es we Nsacet sesh ecu G14) | (Great DANCS canoer senceck ip syescsemee Sees srugecesucl ment pepeee 45 | Hudson River............... Reatee tes orc 573 Baiti : PA Sd pets. . 132 MSStHL Club vUde Os) eames setae eee eaters ie 184 | Genterboara Slo OR ee a ee See PEEL Mies cies 22 os eRe eee 2A, 593, 621 see ree, a ‘Shi etre hie Wa Nr ke 2 0 Pe iad 84 Mastiffs, Mr: Brunn’s 73) ..s. sete css foceee sas 234 Capsizes 359 621 dadian Baer afm crt BG segue oe one fe se ae eae "550, Ge altimore Show .......-.....-++ ete at CY dobro is - SILOS. ee eee eee eens ene eeee ett neeee settee ! ersey City ..-.------- ZY DRE SS RCA CMR ioe 5 Beagle, Rough-Haired (Picture) ...... epOonApOadee 333 ssi Pp STEER Ae EES on it 9 ea Orin Chay les te xe ce.s earls erelaieleeetcle te inciste ieee el | Kuickerbocker.... ,.... Bogs eres sere tortecBs oe 928 : i a Memnon, Champion, Death of. ........-......... 504 | Gorell Universit does sak Chinon te, .crasaesse nad ese anna Aue mat aa 549 Beagle Standard.....426, 480, 503, 524, 545, 570, 597, 616 | 1.» Gase and Mount Roval 569 | Come! University .....-.0. cose. ee viene ceeeees Dake litle; fcr evepwige aceon te 2°98 BeRzines Sale ofc ac ccc cmcisab sa veareree suerte 2257 Mercer Case and (. K. C! Be RI ESS ini CONE ES 501 CostrotsSnipseae cueniecrteleciih cas cca nee eee 110 Lyn eS ae el a rh, cre So eet 529, 5e9 B li Nye, Death of Beagle........ .......--.. 0... 333 .: ae ie hae yy eon | Coupe de France..... ...-.- tee eareeee. £35, 336, *549 Marine and Field... opel nics Once bade, 456 578 ihghamton Dog Show. ri Sey age hy new ae ae anny Eh Sige amae ea 307 | Grufgers wio.s.ecccceesevey ceseeees AW 2 x. g2 | Massachusetts. 200.2... .iteccccteceeee os “549, 598 Se ao pi ge ep taniee) mY ale it in ae Merle Grady, Irlsh Terrier, Importation of . ..... 404 ates NG WHUCISOY, tee tineihe a deca ada tena eas aeae 336, 619 Black and Tan Terriers (Letters).............. 303, 480 z , | CRUISES: New Rochelle............ vavesee pekaubng ts ihtaad STZ t Pittsbureh ....359, 401, 451 Middleton, Mr., and the ©, K.C.. ......, pats chet 617 Florid a a MMtew Work. « “69, 6) 133,457, 508, S73 574 Black and Tan TLS at Pi urg 359, 401, re Mortimer, Mr, James, and King of Kent... ...... 358 orida Cruising....... Detenseee fe Fone sree eee 382 New York Y. RA. 1S at 3 135) 236, 429, 574- PIEe La res (0) br Ree a aceedinntis Dern ior ltoor Ges hace Seb IES Mont Morcan.dmportahion cheers. en.de el 182 Lake Huron and Georgian Boy. .... .-..... r+ BOF PA aT Ce ese eee 573 Bloodhounds in America . eaanee ... 156 i m 35 Off Cape Plizabet cose... sas) peees eee nees me 45 | Philadelphia................. 135, 283, 458 il, W. E., Portr its of. 279 Mount Washington Kennels....,...... ......-..5. 355 Plymouth 548 Boggs. 8. L , and Litte ortraits of...... Me National Beagle Club Meeting. ...82, 133, 355, 426, 547 Deed of Git esto ea oe eats ix ioe 45, 134, 4 ce 260 ouincy. Se IGE mT gg at 529, 594 Bonz0is—Ps0vOis 2... seer were seeees ceeee --0e2:090 | Notional Wield Trials .....-...- oat 2 he ~,.481 | Deeigning (lecture)... 0-2... 1020 -veses- 260, 336, 458 | Rhode Island .......-se0rersteee eeretee tae cect 620 Borzoi Challenge ....... .2..5+++-+-22ee eee eee 61 | National Greyhound Club jue | Damensions-220~ -.¢s-s 2-5 =) 22s esamy ae eeeenieael Gialpochestenyet oii: sient sen oe ere 407, as 573, 590 Botton Dog. Show. ........2. .eeeeees 209, 283, 850, 356 | ee and Rete THESE Leslee lla 9 oaknata| MocUsila ws tees enna ath tenes pate eat 93, 236 Bosal cen adiay venpetee ss Pec ebee even ater ee 599, apoE ton Terri i PLN an Wa he a et cae Mee Oi Roce OT EOD Ses AGG ; AV SEA TLD eee eo ee Se pee ae Bi aoa ere Dae eras e2 se New England Field Trial Club Meeting. ...82, 333, 572 A ie ae at leh lam. lode tole inlet CT fetal Steel ae ea ee me Seawanhake Corinthian..... 69, 285, 457, 528, 548, ae rebeshe MENS BGA ERENT ENTE LE AOC AFET I GS RS : A izabe wane tare sy cee qj trees sss hme ae lPeie talon oiear MACKAMAXON..... 1... cee seces ces ces f terse yas BOR Ainaaeae Daath ofy vs) clie ds weno. ieee 182 ae EE | pak Meetings ae wa ISOC. este Set me ble 208 | South Boston soo. oa. ee see eer Bas, 572, 820 Sig eiahSiestan! ate is of etecs big weaish} erertin +h phat p ee ; ou oston Mosqut SGte A tins fee ees ep ead 4 Bulldog Club Meeting - gp --180 New Work Doe Show Intriess 00s BART 186. Fishing’ Fleet... Foy BAGO UE OO Spmee Ane Sab aan- NUE 3! Us PRs Bee att (on Lene yam ile AR mds ft. 45, 360 Bulldogs Peckham Lass and King Lud, mporta- New York Dog Show (Dr. Cryer) 233 Foreign-Built Yachts.............. 45,111,599; '619,,620)|iStaten Island: J... f2seeerpge pres 2a ees nses seyuitse 528 STEVI O yee ke Ri ge AVES ery ary pee eerste, esr a ee 85 Mu e 7 BD RNs cn oc poh eae Gardner ‘& Mosher: 6.4 -20- «545% \0405 es eel oe ls Mate 458 Williamsburg SHS of gent aed daa Ore, civecp ies stabs | Fed) of ome mle Copthal s/o eae ees 598 Bulldogs Suffovated 333 | New York Dog Show (Setters)-......... a hee 257, 282 Gloriana 5 ‘on I) ie WANtRTOD Tes ed teat eulrcine pant ..., 599, 621 aie Peroni Noreen pen 233 | New York Dog Show (Prize List).......-.. ..--.-. sod || sie iegiaee ece e EE Gcz ce 204, 429, #420) Yorkville. <.6.cce. cesse vee ene cereceetretnee ees 573 Bull Terrier ype dot Abacdhthect New York Dog Show (Report of and Illustrated). 201 (EVR REE S ae asace GCHAEE Gastro i nipn re “nats Atos Bo2 STEAM YACHTING. " Buli-Terrier White Wonder Again................ . 59] 0. 1 Death of Gracie-Volunteer, +: 1.054 @eketerees esa taeaek PAGe o ny WAL SYo Te ye peipg oso ence reer wate Ps #211, 621 Bute, Lord, Death of... .....005006 0) eee Pep Tessh |e cele MDE RUNDE Ceeaeg rer Rene aoe sggazenee Sek | epee Fou vere amebeneamerny tN werner ar 574 Beer eteeen icici SATIN ” 59g | Northwestern Field Trials ....-.......- Seek ste 504 ATES fc ones oicaracate mg Sate Seas anos oer * 74 | American... 158 Ca i erin ale Jee. teens ee Notewand NORDRS (cL. 14, 59, 132, 183, 209, 304, 427 (Gites A hbo Teeope Gooeoe ae cot ga joe 4 (orsair New psceencss tests no oe teeter th rae 483, 874 California Kennel Club’s Show..........---.----+- Bab | eeecr Deathlor Boda | PELSTOROL Lagureiet se doce sete se ranas apne Seeeees yay 549 | Conqueror....... -45, 110, #111, 599, 619, 620 Canada at the World’s Fair.............-:.0---0-6 tay | TS EASES GNI) Sonera on ors saa Tent OO)" ODS sae el Hargoon 184. 959 | Hlecuric Launches..-.........eeeceeee sence eens eee 550 @anadian Kennel Club Diploma ~4go | “Old Lamps for New"... 22. .e.2 ieee cued 107 ts es bpesS SN Les She asa aie tad arse igo | Feathering Propellers... F158 : : tur bees ca ai] Ornatus;-Accidentetosant ters. ocsio. 0. y Besar ade gag | Herreshofis.......0-+-+-+++srs-sees ee on eae Intrepid, New......- Serre, .. 807 Canadian Kennel Club Meeting........ .. ......« 133 F TD SERA chicka ga pier ind torr 110, 135, 260 CPE intr Pe oe eA i ESS B74 h Ice Yachts.. ; ; Ttuna .. Canadian Kennel Club Rules.............. Soileaetoye| Oruemee SLOMS RB-erns eR EAS 09 eh tome | tty 51. s05)| NORWOOUI Ses 52. sey ee Leeman veces BTR, BOS Ganine Pitdey. More 999 | Our Dog Show (St. Louis) ....... ‘ee 2 1258 11" Seen thee > Riad Re " 360 Propellers, Feathering....)....0.0+0seecoreeenss D3, “ee fe tated Ya sng | Pacific Coast Field Trials.... .. ..... Bie Ss 8571060) pel aeet aloe care De a at Ravine Ree col itp as rest ble teeta tee aimee oe 1st Carney, Sale of Bull-Terrier......-..... +... +++... 209 | F xo; | International Racing............... ....... 45, 235, 260 | Sagamore ... ..-.+..------++-.-20e Pee see : Pacific Fox-Terrier Club, The.... ........ .......526 Hy 574 OAbland, Lei. CPiGtUPe) nih. foseler Gace cin alen scloes.ce 502 folanthe 359. 574 | Tramqiilo ......--..--seccessestner ee sore Pee AAR ects i : se ‘ ; i Page, George Shepard, Death of........ .. . 305 or oa & Ser SONY a a I Oa POPs Wrnant ...s.0h06 Saka hee Store Metre EP SS a) Central Field Trial Club’s Derby Entries.......... 595 Pearl of Pekin Incident, The 5 545, 616 | ene. -..... eee este ee eee eee ees Fes ageeme - oes 407) rai ORO! bu Doula ba dseeceuews vee D7, oe TOUS. 2222s ere eeeereeee CS FON te aw u 305 ry She Pa ee ne aan si Bl] Wadena... cfc wees ear senee temnten cones at te, a Ba eee Lene osee 281, 1 | Pearl 0 f Pekin vs. Chicopee Lass. .......... ..... po | SiS .-------22ec2eee cette cee tere e en nee teens F es ae Wadena............ ae es ste Be ed Nee ne by 6 tA te Pedigree, My Kingdom for ....... f+ oe 480 asea 22. +<. eee ie 4 re ae A. tet Ae, winve- ste Tidigaie 37 a G catoat Hill ina Sale of TTL a | Betsy, Drs Declines Retlection 5... sss... ca 85 | DE AMCS TY: qiiane Ru Je, 184, 283, 284, 335, 361, 331 CANOFING: GRR enoek tema cee he 184, 159, 156 | Pailadelphia Dog Show. 108, 138, 208, 209, 281, 293, 937 | Length and Sail Area Rule, HE ea narees ee ee ee es £ 7 Dy y | Prince Albert, Death of........ ... .. ........... 61 | Model Experiments WACRANT Ae freee eee ne Sree BT ep jeidest Cli stien deme clckact agar ae ae eee 91 Coursing Club, National and Mr. Watson..........282 Model Yachting.........--. cles versseel85. 836, 549, 571 Vint este a ss ale 2, #44, A159 ; " Preyious Sire, Influence of ................ 427, 455 ap me Canoe Yawis...---- ws Cour-ing Rule, TaatTronclad --.+......... See Ws oe Psovoi—Borz)i. Sag | Morgan, E. D........-<-+--++ +=. neues pmpdes 92, £07 | Canvas Be GY Rat ted, eA eae sega ene Bie p AVA SEUES oe oats eaten hice 5 Peart. 58 ap ET Ti ei abe Rese 9.5 woe : ~ | Centerboard. .-.....-- 212+ eeteeee tee trreserse @owhocks ee = a Psovois, Correct Type Of. 61..ci--.sssseers ‘ore tL | |S STU ASE Sea RD ee ed: BS RN SRA iyo 1) Ginb Constitutlongine..s0 <>: Tease ia ae ia “2 LEE le Se a en ani ° Psovoi Importations,....:....06- -seceees dase 933, a7 | NamSbeen..-----.--se ees eee eee ee esses cress eccsens UG ln st tate Sayed ie MER aan goer Col Tap peioe see acres ; Dachshuad Imp rations ...:.....-... ..... ..... Ans Psovoi, Not Borzoi ’ 401 | Nautical Orthography..........-...-...02s.2+--45 381 CRereEs RD RaeReeTRaee 506. 548 Bh Alban a79 | - pared caeteee la eee een Poe? : be sg? rooklyn, “Ai. mi RS ict . Denver Doz Show, The (Report).... .....- : oie Psovoi vs. Borzoi, Ra the Name... .., 59, 84, 107, 13)! Naval Architecture, Instruction in ... .., a 19, 92 Maine Woods.....- Les Tana ea ie 259, 284 Derby Hotries.....22....8...0-e2e sees sense 598, 618 (Pappy Rule, Avie C ga | New Yachts....-... ce6. sereeeeee 19, 110, 158, 236, 284 Mississippi. gboway the. nie aeaniee ge 91, 109, ae eae Se) c) ee . 60 Dippne Pak patie kod ke GRES: ta P emE . SGUthABrAne ese een se Pie ae of Rowdee we, Mier baa 569. 6177 Queen Bendigo, Death of ................... 9 oe ae Np ae ee OE BS Te EOS ss 35 act aes a Tough Trip OE en cage, SCI ER “20s Dae Shan iasonte te jee Gin. = ale pee Queen’s Kennels, The....- ESR Fe ae 60 Nyse Pee VR eon Dye eee ohan Hdeeg uals Design by Walter Stewarh .. wcceseeee ees Sete es 5 9 5 SE CBr GOSS oe nF fis chore 2 9-Siaue fom D ea cater coals Binh Biota: Se UM ten Re er cen: oe 107 | Rabies or. What? ...... Donte estes bse ete eeee ese es 2 She es Ae gsi | Holdme’s Canoe Sen Se EES Tea ts Ere 159 Stories ’ 14 | Raby Palissy, Mr. Harris Buys -................ [SSS CAGCHINCIOSS HS anv occn ceieas seh eure see heim OeruAny! om Bee ae ape Folk Pa 5 ad Pe alee eats nl ke epee Os 454 | Rand, Club Secretary F. W. (picture)......... .... STO Babess Peek. C ates aes. nee elas aeneee ee ee rey es 484 FJ. Baxter A Z ET Atrios eee rea eee ee EEE AS eis pee gist Arcee yee Ulcer 2 i | Haight, Goda cs... ....csccee oF a rena A A 49| Gustave Lundberg. .......:2-.--++eeee tees eee + BE Duke Elcho and Edna IL, Sale of ...,,............ 62 | Read, wh Ag yo (P Mei Te) hes ep) te, Wee ae eet || Hgie 4 : = CG. P. Weekes .....---: freon! Goals cued ae ee A Duke of Dexter (picture) 35g | Retrieving at Field Trials........ 303, 377, 402 , 503, 570 | | Jaffray, d Lect EO HEP SLY eR MPS oe ret koh eternal Racing Rules.....--. --- s+-+-000 reeeeceeee eee SIEM hak Ne a wt, Death Of... c--veceseetereeveescgee (eels eee346 |) Lawlor, D.J...--eeesssceecccsescceeeeeseaneses © PL] Gail Plams...4.0---gonceterseneee cee neeee onc BOT, BRE Duke of Meteor and Lauacelot gee ToRGREEe ee es Arrival of Pointer 289 Gabor AU AE 2, 2 295).g 5582 ea eee .261 | Sam Boyd, Canoe Yaw! =... --- eee | ayer Dunrobin Kennels, Sale of .......-....... -. 22 233 | BUPY Yor Avy ee AMM os ake Py Bie M ia¢ | Shadow, Canoe Yawl Fee 7m t Field Trial Darby Entries. 505 San Francisco DOR SDOWA Em ellee than be 455, 478 | ? Whiting, R.M ....-2.- 6 -eeeeeee terest ee eee SiaE Soars 17935, 259, hea 385, » 20%, 800 Baastera BERN ashy 2 eee eG Ais 2 | Spaniel Club Dinner, ‘Uncle Dick” Reports...... OOK) CCAR TTAMADE 2 sige eo ee thes Sea Pelee deers oPaeOID Din Can Oo ce tiaa ten borane gt +o steeper , 207 nitimike DOR Show (Px PERO Syorn gs wee ae Spaniel Club Meeting. . - 203 | One Design” Craft 2.0... 00. jee cee eee seen en 7h CLUBS AND RACES. faglish Kennel Club Show ........ sche Sn 617, 596 Poneaitis Used for Field Sport. ee, ano Lana 4Orioda..-......- ren MEE Ee ee wee. 45 | Brooklyn. ....--..-02 22-2 cote ee eee 45, he: 505, we) Hinglish eet Pad ns gee Stl Soe ears ed Spaniel Club Judges... ... 2-2... cece eee cece he 4Oyster Bay ..-.-.. wih Letty Papers Play yess 20 ee eee pels aan a Mos ROR pe Hrolution of Dos JuaRee s TMeig: Maes abe 4 Spectre, the Ins and Outs of.................... | 1208 | SPApPOOSC. . 2. -s-oneee seve nee eee cron ee ese ee nes 45; 458 | Mahnawanke .« -....-essecstreerssose sercee goes 600 auleld Eptals ang ae Lane i eae pe pe “Spectroscopic” Judging.............. 325 Peck, Redicettecssd gs boct es epnsmeevrtiemte Mere eseroeishte 456 Bane, aud Field.. Te eee a 2 re Field Trials and Fie Oy a hegreiser aii eaten: Ae De ook aa ae a | RS Se nen i FG = F 360 | Miquononous.. ..------+--+-+ Peer ener eres creas See 5 og, | Spinaway. Greyhound........................ 5. 209 |) *Plamimeter..... 22. ees eee cece eee cee ee Wohin of ee eae es oh Bipidste al Grob ads, MANOR oa 219 2-3 Si Spotless Prince, Death Of 02.20. .00..26. cee veey ee 489i W Portand Starboard..,..,.........+.-. ----.--. «-- 93 | New York ... ....-- 67, 109, 381, 505, 548, 575, G60, 622 IEE LE sa Sean paseo RSE 135 731 | Social Club, A. K. C $80, 846/| *Problem....:.. cceeeesseeteeeeseee ereeees 1) 9a Puritan....--.s- Vescheeetar tens gt gals HO. 19 = 3 ‘ f .- =o E , io e, ptvjafet—|p |p lof elem » Spec mime wr © oem phate > ‘ i neh ehh > NN. Bee) sa ctrboetre H Buaps cron ate Beavers Cae je ya it al “eh Southern Field Trials...............: 107, 129, 130, 1 sont Pyxie ...... syetaennnt nisane cess tien cas eens «BBL Rochester coat ccik Sea, iueeoris ts Een : iMeeti Auaevican wae ” 904 Southern Field Trial Grounds........ ...... .....! Queen Mab..-...2..22-+42+ 210+ isteach ee sel ot 236 sensculeds ncondiedshipnas seek i24'ssnetsOlqnen ii he | arch 779g | Stardon’s King, Importation 0f-+..-.20.... 001010 95 | RIDDIe'S LOR, -onsacss ses ceses ee eee Go| Spring encores os gee LE ra ears ; aah Aa RAE le SPL 2H | St. Bernard Club Meeting .....-......-......... ,18}l | Rothschild, Baron....... AL orate tiene mate Eset | { Loronto. 32 wf Bien rh. eee Bre Se aie wise ee ie erfor ose StpoS) eee ' storm, Champion (picture).......... ............ 5g | Sailing Length. ...--.--s..55-2.-.0 200. .2 see. 110 rad aa BR Arar Say Res ‘SES SPE aR i ea ions a go i f °93 *seawanhaka Club House ,,,.......- ... ay 20 Western ©, A... ...ce-ee eee eee ee aeoy Giendyne, Death of Miss ............0.0000. cee. ae Temperature of the Dog, The.. _ ....... SGA eS ‘ FOREST AND STREA . A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. TurMs, $4 4 Yuar. 10 ©rs. A Copy, | Srx Monras, $2. \ CONTENTS, Fishcuiture. New York's Fish Planting. | The Kennel. Death of Mr, N. B, Thomas. Pointer Club Special Award Protested. Dog Stories. Antonio—Maid of Kent Heat. The Gloversville Show. : Spaniels Used tor Field Sports, Notes and Notions. Great Danes. Dog Chat, Kennel Notes. Answers to Correspondents, Rifle Range and Gallery. “Forest and Stream” Tourna- ment. | Trap Shooting. Fulford Captures Harrisburg. Chicago 'Traps. Editorial. ‘Our Boyhood Number. The New “Forest and Stream.” Mr. Blackford'’s Removal. Doe and Fawns. Snap Shots. In Boyhood Days. “Us Boys.” Cieaning the Old Gun. My First Repeater. Trout Cunnil g. The Big Trout I Lost. Long Wash, the Fisherman. Pennsylvania Days. Reminiscences of aSnsap-Shot. My First Deer Hunt. Angling Annals. My First Shooting Lesson. Some Episodes in the Life of a Very Bad Boy. Was It “Bewitched?” A Boy’s Troubles. Natural History. Matches and Meetings. Wildfowl at Cohasret. | Drivers and Twisters. Game Bag and Gun. ‘Yachting. Chicago and the West. | Seawanhaka Harbor. : About Coons. | Taser ion in Naval Archi- ecture. Sea and River Fishing. Trouting in the Cascades—1y. | Canoeing. Channel Bass with Spots. A Fisherman’s Canoe Yaw}. Angling Notes. Club Constitutions. Hints and Helps. . | Answers to Queries. For Prospectus and Advertising Rates see Page 21. MR. BLACKFORD’'S REMOVAL. Go: HILL signalized his going out of office by removing Fish Commissioner Kugene G. Black- ford; and to add to this arbitrary and ungracious act an element of grotesqueness and ridiculousness, he named for the place ex-Mayor David G. Hackney, of Fort Plain, By tastes, training, attainments, full information, ability, long service and well-known devotion to the work of fishculture, Mr. Blackford was the best equipped man for the place in the State. Whatever fitness Mayor Hackney may have for the office is purely a matter of conjecture; he is known only as a politician, Gov. Hill’s action, it is well understood, was political. The Fish Commissioners have the appointment of fifteen fish and game protectors; and strong efforts have been made to convert the protective system into a part of the political machine. The Commissioners have ignored politics; they have been governed im their appointments solely by an earnest desire to maintain an efficient ser- vice, Their only purpose has been to protect the game and the fish, and to inerease the supply. As public spir- jted officers, serving without pay, they have acknowl- edged allegiance to neither Democrat nor Republican; and they have never considered an employee’s politics, nor the political bearing of his employment in their service. This independent attitude they have maintained in the face of constant importunings by those in authority to appoint, for political reasons, unworthy applicants, One well known case where this was done was the Bradley affair, and it was presumably the one which pre- cipitated the removal of Mr. Blackford. In 1890 Game Protector Bradley, of Gloversville, was removed by the Commissioners for what they considered abundantly sufficient reasons. They dismissed the man because the interests of the service demanded it. But Bradley, if an inefficient game protector, had a certain influence as a political henchman; he could control a few votes in his district, and strenuous efforts were made to have him put back, Comptroller Wemple was specially clamorous for this, and Gov. Hill did not hesitate to exert his influ- ence to secure the reinstatement. At length the Com- mission yielded to the pressure; at a meeting of the board, three being present, two votes were cast for the reappointment of Bradley,Mr, Blackford voting against it. Still Mr, Comptroller Wemple was not satisfied. He demanded that Mr. Blackford, as president of the board, should withdraw his official notice of Bradley's dismissal, in order that Bradley might receive pay from the State for the two months during which he had been off the force. This Mr. Biackford refused to do, as any honest man would have refused. In the light of this bit of history. it is not in the least strange that Mr. Blackford’s removal should now have followed, nor that there should have been named for his place a man who is reputed to be a political co-worker with Comptroller Wemple. This step—the summary ousting of a faithful, upright and independent public servant from a position of trust, to make the office and its incumbent a subservient NEW YORK, JANUARY 7, 1892. | factor—is an unmistakable and shameless declaration that the fishculture interests of the State of New York are to be sacrificed to political ends, We are to have not game protectors but ward heelers; the increase of the food tish supply is to be subordinated to the satisfying of partisan greed. It is outrageous that an important economic depart- ment of the public service, such as the Fish Commission is, should not be absolutely exempt from the pestilent interference of scheming mayors, and wire-pulling comp- trollers, and intriguing governors; that a public trust which demands for its most efficient conduct the un- trammeled control of competent and conscientious officials, should be at the mercy of vindictive men high in office, There is no more earthly reason why President Blackford, of the New York Fish Commission, should act at the beck and call of party managers than there is that President Blackford, of the People’s Trust Co,, should be subject to political control. The result would be as surely disastrous in the one case as in the other. The handing over of the Fish Commission to the politi- cians cannot but mean its deterioration and ruin. One consoling feature of the case is to be found in the probability that in his last official act, dictatorial and un- worthy as it was, Gov. Hill over-reached himself. Mr. Blackford was appointed by Gov, Robinson, as a fifth commissioner to represent Long Island in the Board, The law provides that the commissioner must be a resi- dent of Long Island, For this reason it appears quite clear that Mr. Hackney cannot serve. And, beyond this, it is by no means certain that Goy. Hill had the power to remove Mr, Blackford. Whether legal or not, that re- moyal was a decided wrong to the taxpayers of the State, and good citizens should not fail to have it righted. THE NHW “FORHST AND STREAM,” HE FOREST AND STREAM is issued to-day in its en- larged size of thirty-two pages; is printed on a better quality of paper and is of uniform color through- out. Doubtless many will miss the green cover, with the appearance of which they have so long been familiar, and which has come to be regarded as a characteristic feature, but we are confident that our readers wilishortly be reconciled to the change, for they will find that though altered in dress their favorite journal is still the same in heart; that it is conducted in the same spirit as before; contends for the same principles; is marked by the same good qualities (and defects—for a newspaper is after all a human institution), and that, in short, it is pretty much the same FOREST AND STREAM as that which has won so firm a place in the regard of growing hosts of friends. : It is the ambition of those who have the conduct of this journal to make it in the future more truly than ever before representative of the field sportsman of America: its cohimns a record of sportsman’s experience on land and water, its pages a sportsman’s forum for discussion of all sides of questions of interest. To accomplish this, we gratefully acknowledge dependence upon the con- tinued codperation, support and sympathy of those who read the FOREST AND STREAM and contribute to its col- uning; for, after all is said, that is the best sportsman’s paper which most adequately refiects his life and voices his opinions and sentiments. DOE AND FAWNS, fe charming picture on another page exactly re- produves a photograph of a family of wild mule deer. taken by Mr. Fred Baker, who lives in Wyoming. Some of our readers: will recognize the characteristics of the great central plateau in the sagebrush-covered hill at the back and inthe ravine, one of whose sides is formed by hard baked rock, which weathers off with a cubical fracture. To this sheltered spot the old doe and her fawns have retired, and lying downin the hot sun- shine, are sleepily spending the midday hours. Here, by a piece of good fortune which might not come to a man once in a lifetime, Mr. Baker discovered the deer, and creeping up to the edge of the ravine focussed his camera on them without disturbing their siesta, Ths result we give to our readers. Certain of the more striking characteristics of the mule deer (Cariacus macrotis) are well shown in this picture, and are especially worthy the attention of those of our réaders who are not familiar with the species. Perhaps s) VOL. XXXVIIT.—No. 1. (No. 318 BROADWAY, New YORK — the most striking of these are the extremely large ears which give to this animal its proper English name, mule deer, and its specific name macrotis (great-eared). These are always extremely noticeable, whether the animal is undisturbed, as in the picture, or is startled and has its ears thrown forward, or is running away. Another peculiarity is the white patch, which marks the rump of the rule deer—as it does that of several other Western ruminants, the elk, the antelope and the mountain sheep —and the curious white rat-like tail with its black tip, looking like a white paint brush which has been dipped in a pot of black paint. This is well shown in the stand- ingfawn. This black tip has led residents of the coun- try which the mule deer inhabits to call it ‘‘blacktail” deer, a4 misnomer, since that name belongs to another species found only on the Pacific slope. The flesh of the mule deer is excellent eating, far better in the estimation of some people than that of the Virginia deer; but we think a man would have to be pretty hun- gry or quite without soul who would be willing to dis- turb the charming family group which is shown in our illustration, As we grow older we incline more and more to the opinion that a camera is sometimes a more satisfactory implement to hunt with than a gun. $< OUR “BOYHOOD NUMBER,” [* is a charming collection of boyhood reminiscences which we give to-day—a series of recollections by contributors who have shown themselves to be yet young in heart. So generous was the response to our note of invitation that we have been favored with more material than we could find room for in this issue, and a portion of the contributions intended for to-day have of necessity been deferred. The memory of one and another of those who have contributed to this charming collection of boybood re- J minscences runs back to the days of the flint-leck gun. Their reminiscences bridge over a period of marvelous developements in firearms and the various appurtenances of shooting and fishing. The advances in that time are hardly realized ; but just consider that to the boy of to- day, the actual use of the flint-lock is but a tradition ; in that weapon so full of possibilities in your early fancy, silver-haired reader, he sees nothing but a museum relic, as antiquated as Noah’s ark. Willa like antiquarian in- terest attach to the hammerless breechleader of 1892, when the contributors of the FOREST AND STREAM’S Boy- hood Number of 1950, shall relate their youthful experi- ence with that arm ? ; Does the boy in this press-the-button age, with his light-weight, double-barreled, breech-loading, shell-eject- ing product of the gunsmith’s art, and with cartridge belt full of store-bought loaded cartridges, ind with it all the fun, which he knew, who trudged beneath his ponderous flint-lock, and with laborious operation loaded the arm—powder poured from cow’s horn into palm, the charge wadded with hornet’s nest and rammed home until the ramrod bounded up again? In those good old times, the gun once loaded was pre- pared for whatever game might fall within range. The same charge of powder and shot did for woodchuck or partridge orrabbit or high-holder; it was equally pre- pared and equally efficacious to annihilate a tom-tit or give quietus to a pig-raiding bear. Not so now; in this more enlightened and finical age we must have a separate and distinct load for every beast and bird, with carefully weighed and counted and machine-wadded loading with scientific variations for every month in the season, and a change of formula every time the natural- ists change a game bird’s Latin name, Mir, W. TOWNSEND'S wildfowl illustrations haye been received with much favor. Their chief merit is truthful- ness: the wild ducks pictured are the wild ducks that we see from the blind. JItis not an easy task to draw ac- ceptable illustrations of hunting scenes and of wild life, the average artist evolves them as the German professor did his elephant—out of his head—and for that reason itis refreshing to look upon such intelligent and true work as that by Mr, Townsend. Others of the series will be published from time to time, In our news department for 1892, with the increased space at our command, and with an enlarged staff, the service will be better than in any previous years. The records of ail events in the several fields will be full, prompt and intelligent. FOREST AND STREAM. (TAN. 7, 1992, STORIES OF =—_ = BOY HOOD DA Sus SE, ce CLEANING THE OLD GUN. W BELL, the cleaning of the old gun must not be put off longer. I am ashamed when I even try to recall the length of time she has borne this charge in her vitals. Counting the months backward to the happy day when my dear friend Jack, of Michigan, went fox hunt- ing with me, they mount up twelve, to twenty-four, yea, and seven more, an army of ghosts that arise from their calendared tombs and condemn me for this neglect of my first loved gun. She, of all the guns my youthful eyes beheld, was the first who enchanted me; she, to my bashful touch, first responded with a roar of musical thunder and a kick that I was proud to receive, when I was permitted to fire her at a mark. Her I first loaded with trembling hands, doubtful when the heroic feat was accomplished whether powder or shot were uppermost, or the proper wad of tow between them or underneath them, It is humiliating, even now, that five and forty years have passed, to confess how was presently given proof of skillful loading by later unskillful handling, The thin copper cap, bright as a new cent, and worth more to me, was set upon the nipple, the striker drawn backward, the trigger pulled to ease it down to its proper place, for hammer down was the rule of safety in those days, and the half-cock arrangement was thought to be #4 useless survival of flintlock times, in whose declining years this old gun was born in a London gunshop. My nervous thumb slipped, down fell the hammer, the house was shaken with the discharge, the shot was driven like a bullet through the panel of the kitchen door and spat- tered upon the ceiling of the hall, Serene amid the uproar and its after hush, my grand- father turned from the window where he stood dreaming an old man’s dream of the past, and I believe he would have been little moved if the shot had scattered in his silver locks, “What is thee trying to do?” was all he asked, and I had no answer nor he any reproach. He was one of those rare old men who remember that they were once boys, and can forgive as they desired to be forgiven. ft cannot remember how many weary days or weeks or months went by before I dared to take this gun in hand again. Heayen knows they were long enough to count as years go now, when I wait and wait for what will never come, But still the old gun waits its cleaning. No wonder that one grown accustomed to the easily and readily ap- parent cleaning of the breechloader, dreads attacking the cavernous depths of the muzzleloader. How shall he know when he has pumped them with cold water, scalded them with hot, and wiped them with the last rag, that those hidden recesses are not entertaining rust that doth corrupt? Only the cunning hand of the gun- smith would reveal to them now and then the condition of that dark interior. Otherwise we could only hope for the best or fear the worst. Come down, old gun, from the hooks whereon in these idle hours thou hast hung since the days I first knew there were guns and began to covet their use and possession, Many changes and much rough usage she has under- gone since then when her igniting force slept in the cool flint of her comely lock, and its flash awakened fire and thunder that burst from her three feet and six inches of octagonal and round barrel of seyenteen guage. Longer ago than I can remember her lock was clumsily changed to the incoming percussion fashion by Seaver, of Ver- gennes, a gunsmith who scoffed at the idea of barrels eyer being twisted or made in any way but by longitudi- nal welding of the tube, How distinctly I remember the old man and his low- roofed shop, him, spectacled and so bent with years that heneed not stoop to his work, filing a stiff sear spring while he gossipped of his townsmen, one of whom was “jest a-dyin’ of reg lar ol’ fashioned rum consumption, poor ol’ creetur.” The grimy walls of his den were arrayed with guns of all sorts, repaired and awaiting re- pairs, and buriches of new steel traps, of which he was a famous makerin those days when the Newhouse trap was unknown and nine dollars a dozen was the regular price of good hand-made muskrat traps. I doubt not he was tinkering the militia men’s muskets, perhaps in this same shop, in the martial days of the last war with England, when ali the Champlain valley was alert for British in- vasion, and McDonough’s fleet was threatened with blockade or destruction where it lay at the Buttonwocds in Otter Creek, Well, it was not making or mending guns that I set about, but the cleaning of this one, and still she waits my tardy hand, Out with therusty charge. Mercy how she kicks, and how a gun always kicks more when fired at a targetthan at game, as if she resented such futile use, But the fact is, unless one’s cheek and shoulder are butted unmercifully one never notices a kick in the excitement of game shooting, while in cold blooded target shooting he feels the slightest recoil,and may sometimes detect hims Ji shutting both eyes in expectation of it as he pulls the trigger. a ray Now, ramrod and key are drawn, the barrel unhooked, the breech immersed in a half pailful of cold water, which with frequent changes is pumped through the barrels with a swab of tow or cloth on the cleaning rod, ull water and swab show no suspicion of filth, Then boiling water is poured into the muzzle till the barre! is too hot to hold in the naked hand, then drained muzzle down a few moments, and wiped with clean swabs, changed again and again. The first comes forth wet and red with rust that even so quickly has formed, the next stained with it but only moist, and by and by, after arm- tiring friction, the swab reappears at the muzzle as clean and dry as when it entered, and withal quite warm, Now an internal and external touch of oil, and the work is done conformably. to the instructions of Frank For- rester in his “‘Manual for Young Sportsmen.” Happy is it for you who now inherit the title and have entered the field since the general introduction of breechloaders that his prediction concerning the practicability of such arms was not fuifilled, and that you are spared the tedious and uncertain labor of cleaning muzzleloading shot- uns, If the old gun does not look as good as new now that she is made cleanly, she is at least seemly, and I would not if I could obliterate the scratches and bruises that mark stock and barrel, for they are reminders of half- forgotten incidents, and bring up visions of happy days of unreturning youth. Not one of us graybeards but looks backward with longing to those care-free days, but if we could recall one of them and live it again would it be wise to do so? Would not the heaviness of these present, inevitable days be increased and made less bearable by this brief lighten- ing of the burden? Seen through the mists of intervening years, how long and bright and full of unmixed happiness they appear to our regretful eyes, yet they were no better to us then than these are now—never quite perfect, always lacking something that was to come by and by, when we would be men and the world our oyster. Though they have drifted far away into the past, we have lived them and they are still ours to fondly love and remember. Then why should we regret them? Ah, why? But still wedo. Who can ever forget and not wish to feel again what he never can, the exalted thrill of his first successful shot at any kind of game, How the touch of this old gun with which the feat was accomplished, brings to mind the killing of my firstsquir- rel, brought down from the top of a tall hickory with a ball that unknown to me had been rammed atop of the powder for larger game, I remember, too, the scolding I got for shooting such a charge toward the house, a quarter of a mile away. But I was so proud of the feat that a scolding was nothing, only that it seemed to me I deserved rather a little praise for having knocked off a squirrel’s head with a single ball from a smooth bore. So comes back the memory of my first partridge, the indescribable aroma of the October woods, lumnious with gorgeous tints, the dusky form skulking through the undergrowth, the instantaneous aim, the sullen roar that broke the stillness of the woods, the moment so full of hope and heart-sickening uncertainty till the fluttering bird was seen and pounced upon and gloated over, Iam no more ashamed now than I was then that he was shot on the ground, and hold thai no man need be more ashamed of fairly stalking a rutfed grouse than a deer, Both feats call for wariness and woodcraft, though the last requires the more, while shooting grouse from 4 tree to which they have been put by a yelping dog needs but a keen eye and a target-shot aim, With us, there were no ruffed grouse then nor wing shooting —only ‘‘patridges,” and sitting or running shots. No one whom we knew ever shot birds on the wing but Pierpoint, of Vergennes, who made great bags of ducks and wocdeock on Great and Little Otter creeks and their borders, But that was something that only a lawyer could achieve and boys only dream of as a possibility of the future, that might bring all things, The result of my first attempt at wing-shooting sur- prised me as much as the bird I fired at, a pigeon that had repeatedly flown from one to the other of the barns, whereon I was trying toget a pot shot at him, At last, as he flew across me, I let fly at him in sheer desperation, and down he slanted in a long curve from his straight arrowy flight, stone dead when he struck the earth. From that day forth I was always ‘‘pulling trigger” on flying birds, oftener wasting than giving good account of precious ammunition; but in the beginning I had ac- quired the knack of aiming quickly and it was sometimes a bird and not I who got the worst of it in my frequent fusilades. This old gun gave me my first woodcock who went whistling out of the tasseled border of the cornfield seen for a flash, then whistling out of sight behind the top of a young apple tree, through which I blazed away in the direction of his flight. Impressed with a belief in his fall, I searched with a faith that was well rewarded when Ifound him a few rods further on belly up among the rank aftermath, Oh, long-past golden day of September, has thy like ever since shone on happier or prouder boy? This open confession compels the admission that for all the small thunder I have let loose from this and other guns in swamp and alder thicket, a few figures would compass the score of woodcock brought to pocket between that first and the last that I shall ever shoot; but those I so possessed I was proud of and duly thankful for. They must be growing scarce here, for in the last half dozen years of my shooting, which ended four years ago, I did not flush many birds in ail the good summer and fall cover that I beat. Too many guns and too little cover have almost accomplished the downfall of his goodly race. It was the great ambition of my generation of boys to shoot ducks, How many weary days have I haunted the banks of Little Otter and the Hast Slang, unsuccessful but still hopeful of a shot, and how my heart sickened when, after a long crawl through the unheeded thistles of a creekside pasture, the grand opportunity lay before me, a huddled flock within short range. The deadly aim was assured, the trigger pulled and—the gun miesed fire. With a torrent of epithets I reviled thee, though most in- nocent weapon, for the fault of some Gallic manufacturer of percussion caps, Who that knew them does not remember with bitter- ness of spitit those little cups of copper foil shedding unreluctantly their thin scale of fulminating powder as lifeless as the paper box that inclosed them, and labeled with effrontery more brazen than themselves ‘Qualité Superieur” and the maker’s initials blazoned in large capitals “G, D.,” which gave to the vexed Anglo-Saxon a hint of supplement in plain, if profane, English. Did we nol. arise and call blessed Hly and Cox and others of our own blood who gave us honest caps, vital with aspark that the hammev’s strike always awoke? Never a duck did I get till one October afternoon Jule Dop paddled me from Sile Baily’s landing to “Pint Judy Pint” in the East Slang. As well defined as then, open before me between their pale of brown and yellow sedge and rice, the blue black curves and reaches of quiet water, brightened here and there with the reflected glory of scarlet water maples, glints of sunshine and double of silver cloud. Were we moving, or were shores, trees and marsh filing past us? The sough of the breeze made them noisier than the progress of the boat, most apparent by the ripples that stirred rush and lilypad far astern. Forty years and more have flown since that incompara- ble wielder of the paddle drifted into the mystery of the unknown, Poor vagabond, wherever he sleep in his un- marked grave, peace to him, and eternally the rest which in his brief life he ever desired. Silently we rounded the bend below the reed bog and then, where the channel hugs the south shore of Horse Pasture Point, up sprang a great dusky duck with a pro- digious flutter of wings and a raucous quack of alarm that was cut short in mid-utterance by my sudden shot. Down she came with a resounding splash that drove a shower of glittering drops above the rice tops and sent circling wavelets out to greet us, If her weight and mine had been what they seemed to me as I lifted her from the water the voyage of that old scow would have pane then and there with a surging plunge to the oozy ottom. The horde of ducks that were wont to congregate in those marshes then had that day found business or pleas- ure elsewhere, for wesaw but one other; as we rounded the broad marsh that westwardly Worders Horse Pasture Point and drew near the mouth of the Hast Slang,up rose, a loug gunshot off, with a needless tumult of voice and pinion, and flew straight away. The long barrel was trained on her and the trigger pulled just as Jule pzo- tested under breath, ‘“Too far.” But down she plunged headlong into the quivering sedges, and never in my life was I prouder than ween Jule’s impressive lips gave me the commendation, ‘‘By gosh, you’re a cuss to shoot,” though in my heart I knew it was but a lucky chance that called it forth, Further than this my shot was not rewarded, for an hour’s search failed to disclose her in that unmarked ex- panse of sedges, weed and rushes, and my second duck was never but for a brief moment displayed as a trophy but went to the nourishment of some prowling mink or hungry hawk, Fortune favored me that day not only in what she Bev e spuk in withholding an opportunity of spoiling my record, . As soon as the ice was out of the Hast Slang the flooded marshes swarmed with muskrats, for whose sleek brown coats, worth fifteen cents apiece, we boys hungered, envying the trappers who took more in a night than we in a season, How persistently we patrolled the low shores in quest of a muskrat swimming within range, or resting on a half submerged log. Or, lying in ambush, we strove to lure the amorous voyagers to death by sim- ulating their mating call, and happy were we if in a day our frequent shots gained us‘one prize. Then, too, in those first days of open water the spawn- ing pickerel were playing and now and then a lucky shot paralyzed one, perhaps two or three, and in the roil our eager eyes would discover the gleam of shining white bellies upturned. to incite us to a splashing scramble for our prey. Iconfess that all this was unsportsmanlike, but it was fun, and whoever has hunted muskrats or shot pickerel cannot deny that skill cannot be lacking in the successful pursuit of thé one pastime nor that excitement attends the other. John Wadso, late of St. Francis, but now with his dusky fathers in the happy hunting grounds, told me that a British officer whom he accompanied on a moose hunt, became so enthusiastic over the sport of shooting muskrats with his rifle that he forgot the real object of his trip, and so devoted himself to this accidental one that he scared every moose out of sight and range, Fur- thermore in defense of the other practice there are real sportsmen who are not above pickerel shooting when the law does not prohibit it, How distinctly lies before me the scene of those small adventures of youth, as if nob forty years, but tomer days, linked the past to this present youth to crab- bed age. The broad water rippled by the wind, fiashing in the sun and beating with rapid pulse against the rustling drift of dead weeds, the crinkled reflection of tree and shere, and flash of the starling’s wings, an angler castin an early worm to the unready bullheads, a pickere shooter stalking heron like along a distant shore, a trap- a poling his cranky skiff along his marshy round, now alting to inspect a trap or gather its lifeless prey, or Jax. Y, 1892.) resting and then pass on, haunting the shores as silently as a ghost, save when he cast a trap and tally into his boat or chopped a new notch in a log or hailed a brother trapper to learn his lick, As the day waned and the wind died, the still water turned to gold with the reflections of the sunset sky, then in the twilight of shadows, turned toa black waste, save where the first stars were mirrored or a muskrai’s wake seamed it with a streak of silyer, Then as the shadow of the world crepi up the eastern sky. the farrastead lights began to twinkle along the distant highway, and our own chone out to guide us homeward. No feat performed with the old gun is more vividly re- membered than the killing of my first fox. I recall the even whiteness of the snow, shadowless under the dull December sky, the first burst of the hound’s music, how it came crashing nearer, while my throbbing heart beat time to it, the glimpse of reynard’s tawny fur flashing through the haze of underbrush, then disclosed for a moment after my hasty shot, writhing in the snow, then up and off, at first so slowly that I could almost lay hand on bim, gaining on me, till as the dogs came up and passed me he went outof sight beyond a ridge and left me breathless and lamenting. When my companion reached me the woods were silent Lut. for the voices of the chickadees that curiously attended us. Had the dogs stopped, or gone out of hearing under the mountain side? _ Getting first to the brink of the cliff my friend looked down, then shouted back to me, ‘‘They’ve got him!” and we with a triumphant cheer made the woods ring with wilder echoes than the hounds had awakened. How small and to what little purpose were these achievements of our youthful ambitions, and yet how we still glory in their accomplishment. I wonder if men who haye attained greatness do not look back to such with a completer satisfaction than to great and later triumphs, for success is most complete that brings most one’s Own approval, and to those was given this reward, And now, old gun, [ consign thee to thy old resting place where thou wast wont to hang in thy flint-lock days, when I was a bibbed and aproned toddler. ihaye grown garrulous over thee, as I recalled the pleasures thou hast given me, pleasures that I shall never taste again but in memory. . Often have I hoped to relieve them in some measure with my boy, and share with him the triumph of his first successful shot, but this is denied me, groping ina fog that beclouds aim. z Thee nor other gun shali Lever shoot again, nor if I might, could I find such sport as was to be had in the day of thy first use? “Nessmuk” spoke truly when he said, “The game must go.” There are too many shooters, too little cover, and yearly the horde of the one increases, the acres of the other become fewer, and the game laws, game preserves and game protectors cannot long avert the day of annihilation or such poverty of its once populous haunts as to make the pursuit of game a weariness to the flesh, a vexation to the spirit. Well, if lhave not had my share [have had my op- portunity, and should be satisfied. It is a wonder to me to find myself, without striving to reach this comfortable state of mind, so content to be deprived of almost all the pastimes that were once so dear to me, How few have the years been since I was looking for- ward with impatient longing to this opening day of the season, whose sports | was among the first to engage in and the last to relinquish, To-day T heat the continuous fusilade along the marshes, bub am not cast down because I cannot be there, nor enyious of those whom the day is all that it once was to me, FOREST AND STREAM. The inexorable hand of time is not altogether unkind; if wounds, but with a later touch it heals; it takes away, but in some way makes compensation. PERRISBURGH, Vt. ROWLAND H. ROBINSON, “US BOYS.” * FT) ACK in the 50s’ I lived in Muscatine, Ia, At that time, except in a thin belt along the Mississippi and some of the larger streams, settlements were few and far between, and, as a consequence, game of all kinds was abundant, Prairie chickens were so thick that they were a serious nuisance to the farmers, About the first money I ever earned was the munificent (so it seemed to me then) sti- pend of 10 cents a day, from my father’s and my friend, Mr. Kendrick, for keeping these birds away from his wheat shocks while the grain was waiting: to be flailed out. Wild pigeons were even a worse evil in thei annual migrations—scratching up the new-sown seed in the spring and devastating the cornfields in the fal]. I have seen them so thick in Ogilvie’s Woods, adjacent to the village corporation line, that myself and chums—Hal Paine, Charlie Ogilvie and George Warfield—have more than A FAMILY OF MULE DER. From a Photograph by Mr. Prel Baker. once brought home a grain sack full of them, captured by the prinvitive means of stones and clubs; for we were none of us then the happy possessor of a gun. Bob White, too, was omnipresent, and many a covey did ‘‘us boys” stone through the streets and into Hatch’s lumber yard, where we often made sad havoc of the orderly board pile under which they took refuge. (If the gallant cavalry general—as he afterward came to be in the *‘late unpleasantness”—had half as much trouble with his “boys in blue” as he did with “us boys* who made his lumber yard our rendezvous and playground, he had his hands full.) Im the fall ducks, geese and brant swarmed in the ponds on the island below town and in the sloughs of the “‘Illinoy bottom” across the river, Rabbits and squirrels, gray fox and black—the latter, however, comparatively scarce—were too plentiful to be considered. Deer were as ‘thick as hairs on a dog’s back,” and many a luckless farmer smashed the third commandment all to flinders as he gazed on his growing wheat, trampled and eaten as though a drove of Florida “razorbacks” had been in it, From October to May, game of all kinds was a drug in the market, for we had no railroads then; and during the winter, when the river was frozen and the boats were laid up, venison, quail and chickens could not be given away. I remember see- ing a wagonload of game, among which were three or four deer, dumped on a vacant lot next our place—we lived just outside the village limits—because the farmer who brought them in could not sell them, and did not consider them worth hauling home. Wolves were plenty ten or fifteen miles back from the river, and farmers found sheep raising impossible. Bear, I think, must have been scarce, as i remember seeing but one—in the fall of ‘64 I think it was—and he was brought into town, after being killed, as a curiosity, And the fish! The waters literally swarmed with them. Off the rafts in the river we caught “jack- salmon,” “‘white-bass,” ‘‘channel-eat,” and ‘‘apoonbills.” (I give the names as we knew them then)in Mad Creek, “gogele-eyes,” “punkies” and “‘yaller perch”—in the “slough” which encircled the island, ‘‘sunnies” and “‘gridirons —and in the sloughs and ponds of the IJinois bottom ‘‘yaller cats” and “pike.” These pike grew to an enormous size, and I have won- dered often since then if some of them might not have heen maskinonge, One remembrance especially inclines me to this belief. The fall that I was twelve years old 3 my brother, two years older, and myself caught one, i. e., he caught it, while [danced around on the log and yelled, which was so large that to bring it home we had to run a stick through its gills, and thus carry it suspended be- tween us. Hvyen then its tail dragged on the ground, as I recall distinctly, from the fact that, owing to the short- ness of the stick, and my being behind, I several times stepped on it, and once with such disastrous effect, owing to its slipperiness, as to throw me headlong in the sandy road with the big fish a-top of me, which caused my brother to call out,*Confound it, Hen, what do you want to climb fam for? He ain't got no bird’s nest in his head!” alluding to my propensity for “shinning” up every free which I thought might yield an addition to my col- lection of birds’ egg. When, after much toil and sweat, and boyish cuss-words, such as ‘‘dog-gone it” and ‘‘darn it all," we had safely conveyed our prize home, we of course had to show it to French Joe, a red-shirted demi- god from that far-off Olympus, “up the river,” who came down occasionally from his celestial abode in charge of a “run of logs,” and graciously condescended to accept from his boyish worshippers votive offerings of tobacco, cigars and “pop” (strange to say, he would not touch whisky), giving us in return strange tales of that en- chanted country whence he hailed. When that oracle saw the fish he declared, ‘Dat no pike: dat a as near as I can recollect, ‘‘dusky” was the term he used, which was probably my boyish rendition of ‘‘musky?— his own contraction for muskallonge, The next year, when I was 18, I took a trip, the recital of which would be of no particular interest, except as showing what a healthy youngster of that age can do when he’s had the proper training, My father was ab- sent on missionary work somewhere in the region of Des Moines, about 150 miles to the west, and my mother being dead, 1 was left in charge of an uncle. My boyish dig- nity received some affront, I do not now remember what it was, and Il made up my mind to leave him and seek the shelter of the paternalarms. My particular ‘“‘pard” at that time was an. Indian boy of about my own age— Hawkeye, we called him, though the literal translation of his cognomen was much less high sounding, being, I believe, ‘Jumping Boy,” whose family led a nomadic ex- istence in that vicinity, having in some way escaped the meshes of Uncle Sam's drag-net when their tribe, the Kioways, were gathered up and removed to the reserva- tion. Him I easily persuaded to be my companion in the adventure, and we set out. My armament consisted of a light double-barreled mugzleloading shotgun given me by my father a short time before, and a common butcher knife ‘‘sneaked” from the kitchen, Hawkeye clung to the primitive weapon of his ancestors, the bow and arrow, in the use of which he was wonderfully expert. A loaf of bread, a roast duck and a piece of salt pork obtained in the same manner as the butcher knife made up our commissariat. Iwas for lugging“along some blankets, but Hawkeye vetoed that luxury. ‘‘No needum blank— heap warm night (it was September); blank too much dam heavy (Hawkeye in learning our language had picked up certain “cuss words” which he used freely, tegarding them, I think, rather as intensive or descrip- tive adjectives, than as savoring of profanity); get cold, buildum fire.” I yielded to his superior wisdom, and though the organizer of the expedition, from that mo- ment meekly yielded the leadership and assumed the position or ‘high private in the rear rank:” Fortunately, there were no dime novels in those days, and my head was not stuffed with trash and romance. [I was merely a stout boy of 15 with a healthy body and mind, setting out on an expedition which I knew would have its fair share of discomforts, but which I did not then and do not now look upon as extra hazardous, I! knew by experience that I could trust Hawkeye’s wood- erafi and innate sense of direction to guide us, were it twice the distance, and I had no fear of my own power of endurance, Sleeping out of doors was a common thing for me—in fact, in decently warm weather I slept rather more out than in. Small game was so abundant that it would have been almost a miracle had we failed to kill enough to eat. Asa general thing we avoided the public roads—which. indeed, were ‘‘few and far between”—hbut occasionally we struck an outlying farmhouse, where we were always hospitably welcomed, piven a good rquare meal, and our rations of bread replenished by the kind-hearted women- folks, though sometimes they looked askance at the hue of my dusky companion. Our trip, which was made in about three weeks, was devoid of any startling incident, except being caught once ina small cyclone, when we had to crawl under an immense prostrate oak (which, fortunately, lay at right angeles to the storm) for shelter from the falling boughs. The Cedar and Skunk Rivers we crossed at ferries, Shaping our course to strike such points, while the smaller streams presented no obstacles, as we could swim like ducks, and, with the aid of Hawk- eye’s tomahawk alight raftiwas easily constructed, on whice we ferried over our arms and clothes. On the whole,when wetramped into Des Moines, then a straggling village of two or three hundred, I did not feel that we had accomplished any yery remarkable feat, and was somewhat astonished at the wonder and surprise with which the news of our journey was greeted. The lioniz- ing which we received was nob, perhaps, very great, but it was sufficiently so to disgust Hawkeye, who thesecond day suddenly disappeared and made his way back alone. There was one person, though, who took a different view of otir performance, and that was my father. He looked upon if merely as the perverse freak of a disobedi- ent boy, and in 4 private interview, through the medium of a stout. beech switch, impressed this point of view upon meso strongly that I was fain to yield to the force of his arguments and allow myself to be convinced. To cap the climax, instead of being allowed to remain and spend the winter in trapping and hunting, as I had fondly ex- pected, [ was shipped ignominiously back in charge of a farmer who was taking a load of wheat to the river, and was delivered to my uncle like a stray bale of goods, or a runaway apprentice. T suspect the good old man was none too glad to see me back, for, with my Gipsy instincts and Indian camarade- tie, | must have been a thorn in the side of one who had lived from the time of his birth till his hair was gray in the orderly bosom of New Hngland Puritanism and May fiower respectability. One other reminiscence of ‘“‘us boys,” and [am done, But first, [ must preface it by a little sketch, dating back but a few years. In the capital of one of our great central commonwealths, the State Bench and Bar Association are holding their annual banquet. In the city there happens to be at the time a certain person, “not unconnected with professional pursuits,” from another State, and who, hav- ing deyoted some of his time tothe study of toxicology, had been called as an expert witness not long before in a cage of suspected poisoning, tried inthat very city, Havy- ing been recognized by some of the bar who were enzaged in the trial, he has been inviled to the banquet, and is present in his Gapacity as guest. Afterthe regular toasts are over, this trial, which has become somewhat of a cause célébre, is mentioned, and the guest is called upon to give his views upon a certain mooted point in medical jurisprudence. Having done so, and about to take his seat, a portly form (unkuown to him until a kind friend at his left murmurs, ‘‘The Chief Justice”) arises at the head of the table, and with a courtly bow, says: ‘‘I have listened with much delight and satisfaction to the very able and lucid exposition of the point in question as given by our learned friend and distinguished guest; but there is one point which is not yet clear to me, and on which I Reale tax his courtesy for a clearer light.” The ‘distinguished guest” with an awkward attemptatreturn- ing the polished bow of the other, murmurs, ‘certainly, it will afford him great pleasure to answer, so far as may lie in his power, any question that his learned friend may feel inclined to ask.” Whereupon the C, J. continues: “Tt is a question which I ask pardon, in advance, for putting, and nothing but my own eager desire for in- formation, upon the one hand and the widespread repu- fation for learning and courtesy borne by our Gis- tinguished guest upon the other, could be plead in bar of the seeming intrusiveness, and, J fear you will add, mor- bid curiosity which I am about to exhibit. The question is this,” and here, leaning over the table, amid the hushed silence of the whole room, he asks, alowly and impres- sively, ‘Hen, what do you think of the Chinese method . of catching ducks by pumpkins?” What followed is not germane to our story; 1t only re- mains to explain the reason for such a question. We had been boys together in Muscatine, and on one occasion had gone down to the island duck hunting, The ducks were there, but alas! they had all congregated in the center of a big pond, so far from shoreas to be out of gun shot. Various plans were discussed for getting them, but none seemed feasible, till Dick, who wasa great reader, broached one which he had seen in some cyclopedize or missionary report, He told howihe Chinese would cut a hole in a pumpkin large enough to admit the head. scoop out the inside, cut a hole to see through, and don- ning the pumpkin like a helmet, made out into the pond, keeping the body under water. The unsuspecting ducks seeing no danger in so harmless a thing as a floating pumpkin, would remain quiescent till the ‘‘heathen Ghinee” could gather them by the legs and yank them under water, With the divine faith of boyhood, we deemed the scheme practicable, and as there were some pumpkins in a neighboring field, proceeded to act upon our belief, As Dick could not swim, I was chosen to do the “yanking” aet, for, though the pond was generally shallow, there might be unsuspected holes. Clad in nature's garb, plus the pumpkin, I waded out, but the ducks perversely refused to act their part as set. down in the play. They did not fiy, but warily kept such a dis- tance that I would have needed the arm of a Brohding- nag toreach them, After hour or so of futile effors, I waded ashore to find myself covered from head to foot with ravenous black leeches, and my back and shoulders burned raw by the sun, while Dick added insult to injury by answering that ‘nobody but a darned fool would be- lieve such a story anyhow.” NW ol ee ye FOREST AND STREAM. TROUT CUNNING. pee qualities which constitute the zest of the angler’s delight and of the sportsman generally, is but little known to the boy. The latter is essentially a pot-hunter and fishes for the frying pan. Wot that the exercise of his skill in taking his trophies from siream or wood affords him less intense pleasure than similar captures vive his father, but his pleasure has a more direct refer- ence to those of the table. Propose to the urchin a quest for quadruped or bird, root, bark or fruit, and the question that instinctively arises is, ‘‘Is it good to eat?” The savage man advances no further than this, and indeed a large proportion of civilized men occupy the same status. A farmer of my acquaintance destroyed one of the most prolific little trout streams I ever knew by diverting the ourrent for days ata time during successive years in order to get all the large fish. Hundreds of small trout were left unpro- tected m the shallow pools to become a feast for the kingfishers and their other enemies. A French physiolo- gist has remarked that “hunger and love are the powers that move the world.” All our motives of action, intri- cate and of infinite variety, as they seem, are but bifur- cations and subdivisions of the two. During boyhood and early youth the writer caught more trout with his hands, snare and spear than by means of hook and line. Through the long, narrow val- ley where those years were passed flows a considerable stréam, which during the spring and early summer months teemed with trout through all its course, From every transverse fold in the hills fowed down a small stream. Often duving the hot season beds of dry stones marked these smaller water" courses in their passage through the cleared field?, Winding around in the hol- low of the hills, in some cases for miles, under the dense forest shade, a small flow of water connected the pools, in some of which scores of trout subsisted, They were continually passing from one pool to another, and in doing so were often surprised by a solitary urchin who used to resort thither to Sela the savery food for which his palate yearned, These places were often the scenes of contests in which the trout were more fre- quently winners than almost any one at first sight would suppose, The brook trout is a creature of great intelligence. The ability with which he can navigate a water course in which there is water to speak of, is something truly won- derful to behold, If he is shy he is sly, as is shown by bis behavior when surprised in course of transit over a shallow place, Silently settling beside a stone he will remain immovable for seyeral minutes, but the instant one's eye rests upon him he darts away, almost invariably going down stream. Inhis shoots and plunges he rarely strands himself, and if a deep pool be near at hand it is folly to try to intercept hia, Two of the largest brook trout [ ever caught weretaken with a spear. In a former article I have described the rede tackle with which I was wont to tempt ‘‘a rise” in those days. It will readily be admitted that my success as an angler could not have been calculated to encourage that mode of catching fish. [ had almost incredible fondness for the savory trout, the red flaky flesh of which was perhaps the most familiar reminder of my early home on the Pacific Coast. As late as the early sixties the south fork of the Sacramento, the American River, contained plenty of salmon, Sometimes u Digger Indian would appear at the kitchen window with a splendid fish, almost before it had ceased to palpitate, for which, whether if weighed eight, twelve or fifteen pounds, he demanded the uniform price of fifty cents, Yery often mimers captured stray salmon in their race- ways, flumes and even smaller sluices, It was natural, therefore, that my favorite way of catching a brook trout was to enter his own proper elementand there do battle with him, One July morning, when I was supposed to be dili- gently spreading hay, the mowers being out of sight, I thought I would take a look at the trout in a deep rock- bottom hole in the large brook which flowed near at hand. Near the head of this deep pool a small stream of cold spring water entered the brook. Here, in the shade of an overhanging tree, trout delighted to pass their leisure hours, It had been a dry season; above and below the pool the flow of water was meagre, A few small trout may have been visible at the usual place but they did not interest me. EF was about te return to my jork when, in an opening: among the roots of the large tree, through which the spring water was flowing, I perceived what I then certainiy thoughtthe largesttrout I had ever seen. The head, with a portion of the back sufficient to exhibit the broad dorsal fin, was visible. The fish had partially turned, and I momentarily expected to see him dash for the deep water. However, he did not move and Tretreated and began industrionsly to erect a barricade across the large brook just above the point where pursuit was hopeless. I took pains that there should be no ac- commodating chinks in the wall, which I raised nearly a foot above the water before advancing on theenemy. I think he knew what I was about, for no sooner had I stepped aside than he darted forward and shot over the wall, landing in deep water four feet beyond. This Remus-like performance astounded as wel! as pro-' yoked me. I thought I had the trout, “A moment and he was gone.” I returned to my work disheartened and tried to make up for lost time. Just before noon it oc- curred tome thatif I should take down the barrier the trout would, at leash during the succeeding night, return to the colder water, Judge my astonishment at finding the trout in the original position between the roots, The sound of the dinner horn led to the resolution to bring my spear before disturbmg him. After hastily eating dinner I quickly returned. The trout was in the same position; cautiously advancing from behind I held the spear perpendicularly over his head. I trembled with excitement os I lunged downward, and instead of striking him fairly through the gills as | expected, one outer tine penetrated the extreme end of his snout. The tough cartilage held and T exhibited my trophy in triumph at the house before the others had risen from the table. On the route to school was the ubiquitous dugway, the brook having foreed the roadway into the base of the hill. Between the road and the brook several trees had grown, and the bank here was a mass of roots and drift- wood, among which trout had a cool retreat. I never pass the place on foot without peering into the water, One morning—it may have been later in the same season fTan, %, 1808: —I perceived a trout lyingin the most secluded spot among the roots. He was, if anything, larger than the one above deseribed. Mazy and forbidding as the place appeared there was not a stone, cranny or roost that [had not touched and probed. I would have that trout. The water was shallow, and any attempt for him to leave abe place would be to flop out of the frying-pan into ithe re, J kept secluded until the last of my school fellows had passed, and then set to work in dead earnest. No one can ever realize the gaminess of a large brook trout until he tries to catch him under such circumstances. Por at least four mortal hours that tront evaded me, I bumped my shins over the stones, tore my clothes among the roots, splashed headlong on my face in the water in my _ etforts to get him. By noon the place wore a new aspect. I had rolled innumerable stones out of the water and eleared out half the driftwood, At first he would secret himself and remain invisible for a half hour at a time; but this at length 1 made impossible. At the noon hour he remained a much-badgered but still unconquered fish. I was exhausted, and solaced myself with the contents of my dinner-pail. My clothes were as wet as a mop and about as tattered, I dared goneither home nor to school, so during most of the afternoon I sat eyeing that trout with hostile interest and rueful aspect. I schemed and devised unavailingly, since I could not come at him. As the day wore on I determined to go home and get my spear, I putin an appearance as soon after 4 o'clock as permissible, and concealing my soaked and bedraggled condition as well as I could, I explained that there was a monster trout down at the dugway which I could cap- ture in just about a minute, I hastened back fearful lest any one else might appear on the scene. When I returned the trout was not in sight. I walked up and down in the water in tearful disappointment. Atlength, the sobs choking in my throat, Isat on a stone and be- gan looking wistfully among the roots. To my exceed- ing joy I caught a glimpse of scarlet and gold and droye my spear into the victim's side as he lay behind a root. SULLIVAN County, New York, B, F, Henny. PENNSYLVANIA DAYS. / HEN I was a bo—. (No! I don’t mean that, for though I have seen a few rare samples of noble, manly boys in my life, about nineteen out of ten are the concentration of all manner of cunning and meanness. The people of China drown the girl babies, but I’d re- verse that order of things and drown all the other kind before they had time to be boys.) I should scorn the in- sinuation that | ever was a boy; but when I was a young mani—from 5 to 15—and ran loose around the Pennsylva- nia hills along the banks of the Delawate River, life was as bubbling as a bottle of bock beer, and though there has been but liftle of my life that I wish to repeat, I have often wished that I could be placed where T was then, with everything precisely as it was in those early days. like Agar,“ once was young but now am old,” and ny memory for present things is failing, but every atom of the scenery along that lovely river is as fresh in iny memory as if I'd seen it but an hour ago. The crystal river, with its clear and pebbly share fringed with trees from its sources to the bay, was as full of fish as Fulton Market, and as the country then was comparatively wild, great flocks of ducks were constantly fiying or feedingalong the shore, with but few te molest them or make them afraid. That beautiful little black amd white duck, the “butter ball,” came up the river in swarms in stormy weather, but where are they now? I have not seen one for more than thirty years. Almost every kind of duck was sume- times seen, and it did not even occur to meé that such a state of things would ever change, Those were heavenly days, that I did not then appreciate, but which IT would now enjoy as the noble red man of the past is probably now enjoying the pleasures of his happy hunting erounds. Then were the woods alive with partridges and quail, and woodcock were scattered about in promiscuous multi- tudes through every piecé of woodland, while every fuot of soil that was damp enongh for an alder bush or a wil- low tree was a breeding ground, I remember one day killing a fine old cock with the same sort of ammunition that David used on that big bully of Gath, Few and lucky were the sportsmen there who thought of firing at a moving mark, and when in my rabbit rambles I Hushed a woodcock he coolly whistled a de- fiance and dropped again a few yards off. The farms at that time were never nicely kept, nearly every fence and old stone wall being hedged with bushes and briers, that harbored myriads of quail, while partridges could be flushed by the score in every thicket. Then the farmers eared but little what or where we hunted, for game that they could not kill was of little value to them; and when Thad reached the age of sweet fifteen and bagged a feathered trophy now and then, ! felt as proud as.a darky with a 10lb, possum, There was a famous breeding ground for woodcock afew miles from our place, and once on a time two sportsmen froma neighboring village paid a visit to the ground, and when they returned in the even- ing they were almost hidden with strings of woodcock thrown across their shoulders, Even after I had grown from bo— young manhood to maturer age the country swarmed with game, and once when traveling in the western part of the State I and a chance acquaintance named Stockton picked up our guns and in a little while came back with a fine lot of birds, without the assistance ofadog. On our way home, carrying our birds by a string, an old farmer stopped his team and, looking in- tently at our game, he asked, “‘What on airth are you goin’ to do with all them mud duck?" “Going to eat them,” I replied; and, with disgust oozing out of his face, he drove off, evidently thinking that if there was such a thing as civilization, we were not in it, Not only did I lose the glorious shooting of those days, but [have to regret the loss of the finest fishing that a modest man could wish for. It was sparsely settled in that region then, and the river was alive with striped hass, but scientific ishing was unknown and no one was ingenious enough to devise the ways and means of catch- ing them, I'd give the world, and something over, to see that old place as I still can seeitin my memory. Scarcely a tree had been cut along its banks, and the shore was lined with smooth, clear pebbles—nature’s beautiful arrange- mént wndisturbed. I have been cn the Juniata and other lovely streams, but 1 have never seen a more beau- tiful river than the Delaware before the march of civili- Jan. 7, 1892.) FOREST AND STREAM. zation with its railroads and canals took every vestige o; its beanty away forever, J remember when | used to si on our piazza.on a quiet summer evening, watching the striped bass as they made the water fly in chasing chubs ou @ shallow bar ou the opposite side of the river, and wishing I could catch them, bub I did not know and nobody could tell me how it coultlbedone, I knew they took live hait,so I would take a stone a few feet from the hook, then put on a live minnow and throw it out with one end fastened to a stone on shore. Two or three lines were sometimes out, and when they were pulled in the chith was almost always scaled from head to tail. They seldom hooked themselves, because when they strike the bait they always run afew feet before they attempt to swallow it, and the anchoring stone will jerk it from their mouths. On cloudy days they would bite so fast that ib kept me busy putting on fresh bait, but few of them were brought to land. Had I known the art of trolling, even, I might have had rare sport, and it almost makes me weep to think of whatTI lost through ignorance, The largest one 1 ever caught was an eight. pounder, though very large ones were often caught in the shad nets. _ Well, the milk is spilled and there’s no use in crying overit, Like love’s young dream, - “"Tis lizht that ne’er shall shine again, On life's dull stream.” Oh what a beastly change has come over our glorious land of liberty since that time! i A few years ago i made a yisit to my native place, Like the author of ‘‘Lines to a Trespass Sign,” I felt like wandering over my old stamping ground, merely to stir up some old-time sentiment in my sluggish blood and wake up old associations; but alas! when I wandered out with my gun I could scarcely find a trace of the old-time scenery, for the woods had been cleared away and the fields cleaned up to such an extent that I scarcely re- cognized the place; and when, after a diligent search, my dog came on a coyey of quail the sound had scarcely got away from my first shot before I heard a loud voice saying unto me, **We don’t allow no shootin’ here, now you zit!” IT got. And has our boasted land of liberty come to this? Isour new country already worn oui? Are we to submit to the kicks and cuffs of wealth and selfish- néss that the trampled-on masses ate subjected to in aristocratic England? Go to! A few yeara ago the sel- tishness of a few wealthy men, who would buy up nearly a county so that they could monopolize all sport, excited my disgust so that I ‘‘up and at*em.” I roused their ire to such a pitch that nothing would have delighted them more than fo see my carcass chop’d up into catfish bait; no one raised a finger to save me from their furious wrath, but now, after dove-eyed peace has reigned so long, I pick up a stray number of FOREST AND STREAM and find such sentiments as these: ‘‘We must have more and better legislation or soon we shall bave our- selves to blame for the loss of nature’s gifts in mountain, stream and field—all gone to the till of avaricious specu- lators or to the keeping of men whose wealth gives them advantages over the poor, which makes nature herself weep.” The author of ‘'Lines toa Trespass Sign” now adds his strong testimony to the principles that I con- tended tor. Yetin the day of my direst need, when the weight of the wrath of mine enemies fell on me and crushed me as the fall of an eider down bed from the top _of a ten-story house would crush an elephant, he smote ime not, seeming not to realize the fact that “A friend in need Is a friend to —.” 87, AUGUSTINE, Fla, THE BIG TROUT | LOST. A‘ ten years of age I was ‘“‘bound out” to a farmer away up in the Green Mountains of Vermont, far away from large settlements, where the woods and waters were well stocked with game and fish. From my earliest recollection I had been eager for hunting and fishing; but at my new home no time was allowed for such indulg- ences, except it was gained on a stint. In fact, both master and mistress were constantly scolding me for my penchant, always asserting that such pursuits were a mark of a ne’er-do-well. Just the same, however, they would eat the game and fish, On day, before I was out of my teens, I had finished a hard stint at about 2 o'clock, and was soon on a stream that ran through the farm, and while the sun was yet well aboye the horizon was back to my starting place with ail the trout I wanted to lug; and no fingerlings, for the stream wag literally swarming with weil-grown fish, irarely went that I did not get one or more of 2ibs. and upward, On this occasion | had two such on my string. Just above where [was to leave the stream was a fine hole at a big boulder which jutted out from the bank, Here [ had often found a,solitary big trout, so I went to iry for another. Sure enough, as I peered over there was one, and the largest’ had ever seen. The largest on my string’ were babies to it. Putting two big worms on my hook, I let it down from the quick water above, wide of him at first, but as he did not notice it Lat last let it down plump to his mouth, when he lazily took it. Then with all my strength T gave him the grand ‘‘yank,” and away up and backward he went, free from the hook, the last glimpse I had of him he was still going out overa field of grain and I was tumbling backward off the reck. Iremember how J chanted. with exultation asl gotupand started for my _ big trout; but for all my seeking he was not to be found; and when this was realized I cried as if my heart would break, Then I comforted myself with the thought that p*thaps my master would come with me in the morning and help search. it was sucha big one. But notso; he jeered me for telling a fish lie, and when I cried at his refusal he threatened me with a strapping. That night, and for many thereafter, I cried myself to sleep over my loss; and even new, after the lapse of more than half a century, | keenly regret it, The time came in three or four weeks to cut the grain where my prize was lost; and there, where a large clump of grain stood many inches taller than the rest, still dark greon and growing, lay the skeleton of my big trout almost intact. I reviewed it with mingled feeling of pride and sorrow, and burst into tears. My master gazed spellbound and speechless. His face was.a study as he realized its enormous size; thus Iconstrued it. At length I ventured, timidly to be sure, to ask if he then thought 1 had told hima fish lie; when he found speech and enorted out, “Huh! I should think any blank fool could have found him,” HUNTER. DipyMuUs. was understood that every other grown person had sets tled habits, family bonds and various unbreakable servi- tudes. But Wash had never put his head under any yoke: he always seemed nearly as independent as a boy who had a dollar of pocket money every week of his life: Then, too, he could teach anything and everything to a boy—that is, if he chose todoso. Of course, as we all knew, he would never, never teach any fellow all of the ins and outs of his trout craft. That was too much to expect; if we were in his place we would not do it our- selves. Yes, give us Wash and a desert island—a large one with real savages—and we would never care to come LONG WASH, THE FISHERMAN, esate April 1 to Noy, 1 is the trout season in Califor- nia. When [ was a boy in a country neighborhood | within 50 miles of San Francisco there were large trout | in the stream that crossed the farm, and any boy who had a little patience could earry them home—a dozen or 80, at least, for every Saturday morning. No one ever dreamed of taking trout out of season; it was a quiet and | intensely rural community, game and fish were very abundant, and, what was of more importance, the habits | of the growing boys upon questions of sport were more or less formed upon excellent models, | back. Ii was our good fortune to have a large number of || That was more years ago than one likes tosay. The genuine old sportsmen among the American settlers of | boys are as widely scattered over the world as if they had the valley, They and their sons did much to form pub-| indeed floated off on separate ships, If they think of lic opinion, Whenthe trout season came in, the small | Wash itis as frequenting the old haunts. But I often and well-stocked streams in the mountains and within a | picture him to myself as enjoying his siesta—for that few hours’ drive were nearly always fished over by the | was his weakness—his noontime hours under some ereat same groups or families of anglers. The Tysons went | pine of the high Sierras, He is smoking his brierwood to Stony Brook, while the Overackers preferred the Arroyo Mucho, Some went to the Calaveras and others to La Honda, There was room for all and within easy reach, Long Wash Hardy was one of the best fishérmen of his day. He was a Missourian of varied aptitudes, as good a sharpshooter in 1861-62 as the township afforded, a natural inventor and,in point of dry humor, a Western | ene! pies ; | fashioning some wonderful thing in the cool mornings or Sam Laayson, somewhat mingled with a Fishin’ Jimmie. When [ was a boy of 12, following him up a Coast Range canon, the easy grace with which his long, lean figure slipped silently over rocks and through all sorts of brush and undergrowth was my constant delight and hopeless admiration. He could fairly float his loose, ill- jointed anatomy oyer any conceivable obstacle and into the exact spot from which to make a cast intoa pool, I have long since learned that his fishing was pure genius, even better worth emulation than I used to think. Two | hours of the early morning was all he would ever use, and often he would hardly be gone from the camp for an | hour before he came back with what he would gravely announce to be ‘all the trout that a Christian ought to | gather in,’ On one cccasion he asked me to go along, as he “only had one fish to catch, but that was a hard one,” and he ‘‘wanted a witness.” We slipped into the bushes trout streana, Here, as Wash told me, he had labored for two seasons with a giant of the trout family, and here { watched him try every wile of the art with all- conquering skill and patience, until the darl cold waters were Cleft by the shining, leaping beauty, and he carried | back the largest trout of the year in all that trout-loving country side. In those days no one took baby trout; the dear little | “fingerlings” were always left to supply the streams. One young fellow made a catch of more than a hundred mountain trout in one day’s fishing. As he came back he meta party of four of the oldest | They stopped to compare notes, | anglers in the district. and none of the oldsters had more than twenty-five, They had taken all they wished and had then loafed about in the shade until it was time to start for home. “Now, see here,” quoth one of them to the young man, “don’t you feel sorter as if you had been pluggin’ green watermelons and wastin’ things generally? Three whole | days outdoors up in the cafion that ye might have had out of Wild Cat Creek, all gone to smash because ye wanted to get yer name in the county newspaper!” Long Wash Hardy knew every trout stream of the Coast Range throughout the central counties—the San Pablo, Pinole, San Lorenzo, Alameda and their tributa- ties in Alameda: the Guadalupe Arroyo Seco, Carnadero, | Las Lagas and others in Santa Clara; Corte Medera, Lag- unitas, Nicasio and San Geronimo in Marin; the San Francisquito, Ynagas, Cupertino, and Redondo in San Mateo, and the innumerable mountain waters of Santa | Oruz, Wealthy men used to write to him asking that he would go with them on long camping expeditions, but he never sold his fishing lore. As the streams near his home began to fail because they were so hardly treated by the careless horde of ‘‘anyhow” fishermen Wash grew | melancholy over the impending desolation. He occa- sionally amused himself by taking a large speckled trout out of some pool from which no trout had been caught for a decade, but when summer campers filled the Ala- | meda canon and quarry men spoiled Stony Brook he “nulled up stakes” and went back into the Sierras, is still in the land of the living he is among the glacier- fed streams in the land of the sequoias on some settler’s claim twenty niles from tourists and them who slaughter the gentle ‘‘fingerlings,” But it the shrewd, kindly fisherman is in such a wild- | erness, it may be that he is a dangerous man for the un- sportsmanlike amateur to come across, IT rememberthat his growing wvath against such always seemed to con- tain certain dire possibilities, and every year when the tide of travel flows from the cities to the higher moun- tains I somewhat expect to hear of a catastrophe, pice to a higher level of a stream, he slipped into the water, He was carried over a waterfall of considerable height and only escaped alive because the pool below was of unusual depth. Atter that experience he often alluded to the much-despised ‘‘pot-fishers” ag ‘‘fellers that ort ter be dropped down a waterfall.” I should hate to be guilty of unprofessional fishing behavior above the Yosemite Falls if Wash were to be a witness of the affair, for our ancient alliances on long-forgotten trout streams would only prove to be an aggravation of the original offense, and I make no doubt the saucy water-ouzels darting through the eddies of the river 2,000ft. below would presently be astonished by the flash of a descending angler. ’ Wash, as [remember him, was far removed from the ‘me"er-do-weel” tribe. His endless contrivances kept hini im sufficient funds and even gave him some capital to invest, He could bud and graft with the best profes- sionals, he was a tamer of colts, a rare one to work with the tools of carpenter and blacksmith, and he could | superintend any sort of outdoor work. The boys in the old-fashioned neighborhood used to plan out Crusoe islands, vast, undefined, overflowing with animal and vegetable live; but when it came to the culmination of the ideal, room was always made for Wash in the boat of dis- covery. Jt waa felt thatisland life would otherwise lose all its zest, and that most of the arts of life could thus be fransported in one complete and universal bundle, It | tures beside San Francisco Bay. If he | It | once happened to Wash that, while climbing up a preci- | pipe and reading for the hundredth time his well-beloved “Universal History, in three volumes, with colored plates;’ that and Byron’s poems and an illustrated Shakespeare were the only books he used to own, and I cannot imas- ine bim as reading any others. There is venison in his cabin and trout for the pan (if it is in the season); there is | 2 garden on the hillside; the mountain children go a mile out of their way to ask him questions, and watch him quiet afternoons. The wind moves in the pine tops; the squirrels shake the small cedar cones to the ground; the sweet freedom of the unfenced forest is about him as he reads, and if helooks up, the gleam of the snow range shines between the trees. He hardly remembers that he ever lived in the little valley of farms and lowland pas- CHas, H, SHINN, Saw FRANCISCO, Cal. WAS IT “BEWITCHED?” ae Editor’s suggestion, in regard to a collection of reminiscences of the old days and times, recalls the strange old flint-lock companion of my early days, the | unaccountable perversity of which, upon occasions of the | most intense interest, seemed to my young mind posi- and took a path over the hill to the bend of a famous | tively uncanny and bewildering, Little wonder to me that there was among the old hunters of the primitive times lone gone, an occasional | one, uneducated save in the lore of the wilderness, who became firmly grounded in the old Enropean belief in witchcraft; and still less is it a matter of surprise if any were occasionally ‘* pestered ” with a gun of such sinpu- lar antics as at times cropped out with that same old flint-lock shotgun. A well made gun was this old single barrel, and one | which threw small shot well, and after weeks and months of sport developed but one peculiarity objectionable to the eager boy who carried it, for while in almost num- berless instances it has proved its perfect readiness to “go off” ati any small game which persistent hunting | brought into sight, no amount of ‘‘ monkeying ” ever did | or ever could induce the disappointing old thing to shoot at deer. It wasn’t a deer gun, and it simply would not by any hocus-pocus bs induced to fire while a deer was looking down its muzzle. To be sure, I had upon several occasions when no flints were procurable at the village store, successfully hunted rabbits with it when I was obliged toaim at bunny sit- ting in her form and then striking a match upon the le¢ of my trousers, stir the powder in the pan with the burn- ing stick until an explosion occurred ; it apparently had no intention of disappointing the excited young sports- man whose beating heart shook the long barrel until an accurate aim seemed impossible, but reserved all its stubborn perversity for the supreme moment when a graceiul deer stepped out into an opening and fora few almost breathless moments faced the half-crazy boy, who | would gladly have given all his small possessions in ex- change for one sounding report just when he wished it with all the eager desire of a heart which had for the moment forgot to beat. Once while hunting partridges (not quail) I had seated myself by a stump in an old abandoned clearing to eat my noonday lunch, when, hearing a slight rustling near by, I glanced over the top of the stump and there, not four rods distant, above the top of another stump, rose a graceful head surmounted by a glorious pair of antlers, and nearly a dozen times did I pull trigger on those great liquid eyes, staring wonderingly into mine, and as many times did the faithless flint fail to send a spark of fire where it was needed 80 sadly. Again, upon finding that deer were beginning to come out.of the great tamarack swamp into the oak grove | along the river: apparently in quest of acerns, I loaded the old gun with a ball just small enough to roll down | the barrel, with fifteen small buckshot on top of it, (what a marvel that the average boy does not blow out his small brains on numberless occasions) and with the sun within half an hour of setting, seated myself at the foot of a small oak at the edge of the grove on the side of the tree next the swamp where I could overlook the open ground in front of me, Not five minutes had passed | when a little yearling doe was seen directly in front, three hundred yards distant, walking directly toward me, Tripping gracefully forward, straight as a line, she came on, Directly in line between us, about thirty yards distant from me, grew asmall oak shrub, and through the openings in its frost-bitten leaves I watched her with gun cocked and presented. As she reached the bush and stepped out to goaround it she caught sight of me and stopped instantly. With elbow resting on my knee and with aim as true as for target work I pulled the ‘faithless trigger. Ch-whil-lick! responded the wretched gun, Fire fiew from the flint in all directions—except the right one. Reaching forward my forefinger I drew back the hammer and pan-cover, while the pretty creature in front cocked her little head to one side and stared more fixedly than before. Again and again for more than a dozen times was the interesting pantomime repeated un- til (it being her supper time, she couldn’t wait forever), she threw her little flag into the air and galloped slowly around to my right until the evening breeze gave her the scent, and again, in plain view, and not fifty yards dis- tant, she stopped and snuffed the tainted air, I watched her delicate nostrils dilate with the scent 6 of danger, anda half dozen times more did I ply that contemptible flint. Away she went, unharmed, at last. O, the agony of boyish disappointment ! Had I been on my feet I should have flung the faith- less gun in a vain attempt to break those graceful little legs which carried her so swiftly from sight. Moodily enough and with a heart of lead I strolled homeward, set the wretched gun in the corner, and when morning came aud showed the treesaround the cabin alive with pinnated grouse I stepped to the door and drew up the old shotgun ; she ‘‘ went” at the first pull, Will some philosopher who may. perchance, idle away afew moments in reading this perfectly true narrative, please tell me about this singular gun—Was she ** be- witched ?” ORIN BELKNAP, Vatuey, Washington. MY FiRST DEER HUNT, O you want to know all about the first deer I ever killed, do you, and how I came to be so passionately fond of outings and the sports connected therewith? The love of out-door life in the wocds, along the streams and on the lakes was born in me. I sometimes think there must be a strain of wild blood in the family somewhere and it has cropped outin me. The first real excitement about deer that I remember was when I was 11 years old; father came in the house one evening and remarked, “Tm going deer hunting to-morrow.” My, what an ex- citement, Father going deer hunting! It was in Steuben county, N. Y., and it appeared that for several days they had been running deer on the pine-covered hills above Campbelltown. None had been kilied, but some were seen every day, and two of my uncles hearing of it had become excited and they and father had planned to go on the morrow. Father ran some bullets, tilled the powder horn—we were asimple folk in those days—cleaned out the long-barreled smioothbore and was all ready for an early startin the morning. After breakfast, eaten by candlelight, we, father, mother, brother, sister and self, were off. Were we all going? alas, no. We were to be left along the way atone of my uncle’s, while father went and shot the deer. Of course ke would bring a deer back. Ino more doubted that than I doubted my existence. How long that day was. It was really a short dark winter day and cold too for that locality. Night came on and about 8 o'clock the hunters returned. Did they have a deer? Not much, had not even seen one. Tae only person of the fifty or more men out that day who had seen a deer was the negro who with a cow bell did the tracking, The hunters were nearly frozen and ravenously hungry. After warming up and eating the belated supper, we loaded ourselves into the sleigh and went home. We made father rehearse again and again every detail of the hunt. The negro with the bell and the deer track he actually saw deeply interested us. The years went by and one lovely fall morning a party of four boarded the early freight train at Battle Lake, Minn., for a ten days’ outing on the Leaf and Crow Wing rivers. Jim, Jeff, Georgeand myself were thefour. We had two good boats, two mess chests, tent, bedding and other dunnagefora comfortable time. Jim was a veteran in deer hunting, having taken many trips from Chicago into fnorthern Michigan and Wisconsin, and done some tall killing. Jeff also had shot deer in Michigan and out on the plains. George and I had not only never shota deer, but I had never seen a wild deer in the woods, Reaching Wadena we procured teams to carry us and our baggage to the crossing oi the Leaf River, about three miles distant. There was afull moon, and as its silver sheen fell over river and meadow and wovded bluff crowned by sombre pines, it was almost too beautiful to be of earth. Early the next morning we were off. The same glori- ous weather, the same beautiful river and scenery, clear- ings being less and less frequent, the pine trees growing thicker and nearer the river, The only stop we made was for dinner, although we halted once or twice at places where Jim or Jeff thought they saw ‘‘signs” on the shore. During the afiernoon Jeff shob four ducks which he started up from the river ahead of the boat, ‘We'll have them baked for our Sunday dinner,’ said Jim, Both Jim and Jeff began to grumble about the weather. ‘‘If it keeps dry and warm like this we'll get no deer,” In fact, the newly fallen leaves made stillness impossible in the woods, As night drew on we looked for a good place ia the pines for our Sunday camp, but could find none. At length we found a nice place among the hard wood and pitched our tent. We had taken the precaution as we came by some hay stacks in the afternoon to secure enough for our beds. After fixing our camp we crossed the river into some pine “slashings” hoping to start a deer, but none were to be found. Sunday seemed more like a midsummer day than a{ late fall one in northern Minnesota, and Monday was a repetition of the same, only we had the excitement of following a wounded deer for awhile, Jeff had been absent from camp quite a while, Suddenly we heard his heavy Marlin ring out, once, twice, three times, then all was still for a long time, At length Jeff appeared, all ex- citement, ‘Boys, ’ve shot and wounded the largest buck I ever saw!” he exclaimed. Seeing how incredulous we looked, he continued, ‘‘Look there, see that.” That, was a tuft of grass wet with blood. ‘Come help me track him.” So wewent. Wereadily found the place where Jeti was when he shot, ‘‘l was lying here under these trees half asleep and wondering if the weather would change, when I looked up and saw the deer right yonder; as I threw up my rifle he saw me and wheeled off. I shot and he stumbled, but he recovered himself and went on, while I sent two more bullets after him.” Traces of blood were found here and there, but we finally lost the trail in a great marsh, and returned to camp without the deer. We now decided to move on down into ‘‘better country,” as Jim phrased it. We wenton a few miles to where the Laaf joins the Crow Wing, and here we established our camp again. The next morning we started out, separating and beating the low ground that formed the peninsula between the two rivers. Jim and George went along near the Leaf, I was near the Crow Wing, and Jeff some- where between. I sauntered along, stepping now and then, wondered where the others were, and if there were any deer in the woods. [came toarise in the ground and went up the slope into the grand pme woods. Just aa I did so I heard a rifle ring out again and again. I looked quickly to my left and saw George shooting at a deer running along through the open pine woods. I then saw my first deer in the woods, How it did run as George FOREST AND STREAM. was emptying the magazine of his rifle at it. Just then I heard a crashing behind me, and turned just as two deer broke from the low ground and came dashing up the slope. They saw meas I turned and at once separated, one going to the right and one to the left. I threw up my gun and fired at the one on the right, and great was my astonishment to see the deer jump high in the air, turn a complete summersault, ond then lie stili on the ground, I had killed my first deer. There was no mis- take about it. Iran to where he lay, and if ever I felt mean in my life, it was then as I stood by that beautiful animal stretched out there with its legs slightly quivering and its wide-open eyes looking so reproachfully at me, Just then I heard a shot on the other side of the slope, followed quickly by a second, and knew that Jim had sighted a deer, George had now joined me and, leaving my deer lying there, we went over the ridge and found Jim standing by a deer he had just shot. Jeff now Game up, and there was general congratulation and a triumphal march back to camp, Jeff had started the deer from a willow thicket on the low ground, ‘‘But,” he said, ‘I’m going home if Ive only come out here to be beaten by a fellow who was never on a bunt before and never saw a live deer in his life.” Hedid not carry out his threat, however. We put in two more days there, but the weather grew continu- ally warmer and the woods drier, Finer weather tor camping could not be desived, but it spoiled the deer hunting entirely, We concluded to break camp and move on down the Crow Wing. This is quite a large stream and yery picturesque. In some places there are rapids over which it reqiured considerable skill to run our heavily loaded boats. Weran them all in safety, only Jim and I were hung up once in midstream on a boulder, Fortunately we ran square on, so did not capsize. The day was very warm. While we were resting at noon, Jeff and I proceeded to investigate the river for speci- mens of agates and shells. In our enthusiasm we parti- ally undressed, and I shall ever remember the look on Jefi’s face as, having waded out to a large boulder, he stood upon it calling to me to come, and as I started his feet slipped and down he sat in the water up to his chin. There being no promise of change of weather, we de- cided to go on down the river until we came to where there was a railroad station, when we would start for home, The dusk of the following evening found us haul- ing our boats from the river, and at midnight we boarded the westbound express and were home in time for break- fast. And I had killed my first deer, Jim is now the popular landlord of the far-famed Pros- pect House, Battle Lake, Minnesota; George is proprietor of the boat housesand fleet of boats on the same lake, He has not killed a deer yet, although he has gone after one every fall since. Jeff and I are here in Detroit City; he is the county attorney now and lam pastor of one of the churches. The world is not so very big afterall, A year ago last fall, while Stephens and I were at Cushing, a siding on the Little Falls cut off of the N. P. R. R., for a week after deer, the evening we broke camp to come home it was bitter cold and the snow coming down thick and fast. We not wishing to remain out in the storm until the train came along, took refuge in a logging cimp, and here we found George, who with two other gentlemen, had been out for ten days. Last fall Stephens and I went on the same cut off at Curtis’s siding for a week, and while in camp learned of a large party camped about three miles from us, One forenoon we walked over where we judged the camp tobe. After a rough walk we found it, and who should be there but Jim with six of his friends. They had been there nearly two weeks, but had poor success, only one deer haying been killed. We took dinner with them, and Jim rehearsed ‘‘The killing of my first deer” for their benefit, Ibelieve Jeff and Jim are planning to get off together this fall, going upin the Red Lake coun- try somewhere, while I shall probably go some place where the deer abound with my outing chum and all- around friend Stephens, And by the way, before I had ever met Stephens he had met Jeff, and Jeff had told him of our trip down the Leaf and Crow Wing, and how “J killed my first deer,” so when Stephens and I became acquainted one of the first things he said was, ‘‘I’ve heard of you before, and how you Jnolled the first deer you ever saw at the first shot.” Myron CooLey, ’ Derrorr Crry, Minnesota. REMINISCENCES OF A SNAP-SHOT. eae boy of 12. Small sawed-off muzzleloader of unknown caliber, weight ‘steen lbs. Dime’s worth of powder, pound of shot, an old newspaper for wads, and Saturday when school kept not, and pocket full of caps, at 5 cents a box, Two hard-boiled eggs—salt and pepper forgotten, of conrse—two slices of bread (hard as bricks at lunch time), a black-handled jack-knife, a piece of string—also left at home with thesalt and pepper—and a determination to bring back a bear or two with No, 8 shot. A dozen instructions from mother to be careful, a howl from younger brother at not being taken along, a hole in toe of one shoe, ditto in trousers, three matches in pocket (wet withsweat when called to be used), a 5-cent fish line—also forgotten and left behind— a pair of cloth suspenders sewed on, and a determination to take a swim before coming home. A creek, with a little slough filled with cat-tails and lots of things a boy don’t know the name nor use of, but also contained a few woodducks; a little path to it, and the boy crawling snakewise along it;ashot ahead of him, and an antiquated German returning up the path with a couple of ducks and a muzzleloader 10ft. long. Disgusted child and happy German. A pond a mile above, frequented by one solitary crane; another sneak, mindless of clothing; Mr. Crane surprised in act of impaling a frog or some such creature; a shot point blank; Craney gives a yell, or something sounding like it, and quietly sails away; boy can’t sail, so he goes to the meadows, shoots at afew small fry, without suc- cess, looks for his fish line with ditto, goes down the creek to his old swimming hole, gets some of the mud off his skin, dips his scanty clothing and hangs i to dry, while he sits in the sun and gets burned from head to foot, puts it on and goes home the back way, with noth- ing to show but an empty gun and a wet jacket. Finale: A spanked kid. A SENIOR SNAPPER, KANSAS. THE Vetver TRAIN of the Monon Route between Chicago and Cincinnati offers the best and most luxurious service obtainahle between those points—Adv, (JAN, 7, 1892, MY FIRST REPEATER, te was in the old Nutmeg State, and back in the forties, . say forty-six. My father and mother were making a journey in the ‘‘far West,” supposed at that time to be located in the neighborhood of Ashtabula, or somewhere on the ‘‘Connecticut Reserve,” We children had been left in the care of Patience, one of the best of old New England housekeepers, a class of whom the present day sees only now and thena type. My father had a double- barreled shotgun and numerous samples of smaller arias, and [had early developed a passionate fondness for such tools; that was before the days of revolvers, even of the ‘“‘pepper-box” style. Rummaging about the cabin of the old ship Meteor I had found in an arm-chest a rusty boarding pistol, originally flint-locked, but at this time minus lock and pan; and as it had been deemed harmless and a safe play- thing for a seven-year-old boy I had been permitted to use it for my own pleasure. The morning of the glorious Fourth awoke the old hill- sides and the sound shore with the echoes of booming signal cannon, guns and small arms, accompanied by a boy chorus of crackers, and aroused the sprouting patriotism in my breast. Before the sun I had risen and, escaping from the vigilance of Patience, was early out among the boys in all the glory of my empty pistol, and yet I was not happy after the first few minutes: crackers were tame and quiet and J longed to fill a larger place and have a larger share in the din of the dawn cf Independence Day. Taking a hint from some observations of the process of blasting rocks, and getting surreptitious possession of a horn of powder, I put a load in my pistol, and lightin it off with the main fuse of a pack of firecrackers nd holding it above my head, ‘‘just like the big boys,” off it went with as much noise as if it had lock and all things complete. I experimented with two loads, one above the other, separated by a good oakum wad and with my cracker fuse leading to the lower charge, and got two successive reports, ‘‘for all the world like a regular double-barrel”. Hlated with my success, I tried four charges, and with military promptness and regularity they went one, two, three, but No. 4 seemed to hang tire for a long time (two or three seconds are a long waiting time to a seven-year-old), and I was just bringing the pistol into position for examination, perhaps I blew in it or at it, when, well, if I remember rightly, that harm- less plaything went off the wharf and into the river and Iran bellowing home. It was still early; a small boy can get into a good deal of mischief in a very short time. Breakfast was just ready, the morning’s milk had just been brought in and the big bright tin pail stood warra and foaming on the kitchen table, Patience, sond soul, foregoing her usual privilege of scolding, took me in hand, washed my burnt cheek and closed eye with new milk and with a cambric needle carefully removed the last speck from my face and sent me off to my grand- father, who was a physician. There I spent three weeks of that glorious summer weather in a darkened room, miserably trying to console myself with imaginary cruises along the shores and over the fields until I was released from duress; and if the old doctor could speak out from his long vest we would doubtless hear the oft- repeated warning, “That a gun is dangerous without even a lock, stock or barrel.” NUTMEG. Sr. Louts. A BOY’S TROUBLES. O BE horn of ‘* poor but respectable parents ” is noth- ing of which one should boast. Most writers of autobicgraphy have had that experience. The being poor is at tumes very inconvenient and hard to bear, but to be poor and without fishing tackle is more than a boy of spirit can endure patiently. The question to be solved is a weighty one and the writer has his manner of solving it indelibly imprinted upon his memory. Nearly seventy years ago, a descendant of ‘* poor but respectable parents,’ I found myself old enough to go a fishing, but without tackle. One cent would buy a hook and a small piece of licorice at the country store; thab matter was easily arranged, now fora line. We had a good crop of flax and small as 1 was 1 had assisted to bleach and prepare the lint and sister Fannie would, in consideration of my services in passing the warp ends so she could take them through the reed, spin for me a double and twisted line, All ready now except the bait, You may think lam going to dig worms; nota worm ; the white grub fromthe decaying wood was the only bait we knew: and being fully equipped with alder pole this youthful ‘‘ Ivaak” went forth to capture his first trout. It was not necessary to go out of my mother’s sight, for in front of our house @ bridge crossed the East Oswe- go creek, ten miles from its entrance into the Susque- hanna river, and that was the place where I was to cast the “ line.” Between the planks of the bridge I could suryey the stream underneath and to my great delight I saw among the number of fish, enjoying the shade of the bridge, one really noble trout. Then dvopping novy hook over the upper railing and watching itthrough the crack I soon drifted it near the place where it should be, and to my great delight the trout seized it, when, sans ceremony, he came to the surface, but not to stop, for never since the days of Tenbrook has there been such speed made as with pole over shoulder, I covered the space between the bridge and house, to find a happy mother. More than sixty-five years ago I left the scene of my outhful pleasures. Sometimes I visit friends and re- atives that remain there, but never do I see the old bridge without thinking of my first trout. G. L, Jt is sometimes difficult to select an decentable present, something that will gine real pleasure. Kor the sportsinan there is nothing more pleasing than «@ book which deals with hia Sasorttelopic. He enjoys vis perusal, and the satisfaction i yives him is a lusting one. FOREST AND STREBAM’S free tilustrated catalogue gives the intending purchaser a wide range. of selec tion and offers many suggestions which at this season of the year are very timely. NaMEs AND PorrRArrs oF Brrps, by Gurdon Trumbull. A back Asatte interesting to guoners, for by its use they can identify without question ali the American game birds which they may kill. Oloth, 20 pages. price $2.50, For sale by Forney AnD STRBAM, : Jan, 7, 1892.) FP I SE SS SOME EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF A| failing in that rum down the bank to the bridge and VERY BAD BOY. ihe: quiet little village of —— of this State waa hon- ored hy my appearance on the morning of Sept. 18, eighteen hundred and never mind. . Tye honor [fear was never fully appreciated by the denizens of the hamlet, : My first recollection of myself was upon the occasion of my putting the kitten into the tea kettle just prepared to he hung upon the hook of an old-fashioned crane in ihe large opsn fire-place of the kitchen. The peculiar flavor of the tea led to an investigation aod detection of my part of the business. If is needless to say that the warning | received on that occasion was 86 impressed on my mind and body that ib took root— served as a data of introduction to a succession of similax attentions to my early education which failed to eradi- cate the hightest ambition of my juvenile mind to destroy infant cats; and regardless of the many similar applications of slippers and small birchen rods 1 con- tinued to disccurage the efforts of our old white Tabby to raise a family of mousers. The well and the rain water barrel afforded excellent facilities for disposing of them, lLalways felt sorry for the kittens, and invariably shed tears over them when cConsigning them to their watery graves, but the mania for destruction prevailed, in spite of ny sympathies, and they had to go. The cat- astrophe being followed by the usual application and practical illuztration of the proverb that to spare the rod is to spoil the child, It is but justice to my honored father tosay that if I was spoiled it was from no neglect on his part. He did his duty honestly, and with a vigor worthy of a better cause. On looking back through the long vista of years and bringing to my mind the recollection of my early days, T cannot but believe I must have been a trial to my re- spected parents, and I think it must have been very near the irutn when it was asserted that I was the worst boy in the village, and especially was it so stated with great emphasis when one Sunday morning it was discovered that there was not a whole pane of glass remaining in the school-house windows. A trial of skill on the afternoon previous between another young gentleman and myself as to who could hit the greatest number of panes with the fewest number of apples from the adjoining orchard, resulting in my favor, as well as a subsequent reward of merit. As the young gentleman aforesaid, with a view to shirking his share of the responsibility, had hied him homeward, and ‘“ blabbed” on ime,as the culprit, disclaiming any participation on his part. The conse- quences were of a serious character, involving a heavy bill ior my governor to pay for damages. The result to my- s lf I pass over. Imagination can supply description, but there was a little personal matter to be settled between that young gentleman and myseif for his having “peached.” Hor a whole week I had to nurse my wrath, as he kept very shy of me, Lut on the following Sunday niorning as he was coming out of Sunday-school, conyeyed by a spinster aunt, and dressed in an immacu- late white linen suit, I seized him on the very portals of thesanctuary. It had rained the night previous and lft acharming mud puddle just in front of the church, aud despite the rush of the spinster aunt to the rescue, her darling was treated to a bath, remorselessly rolled over and soused until there was little left of his magnifi- vence; and when hauled ashore by the aunt and the beadle, he was a sight to behold, 1 will pass over the excitement this little episode caused. The minister preached a sermon on the growing tendency of the young to iniquity and the duty of parents. A convention of the old village gossips was held, and it was universally resolved that my future life would be a series of desperate crimes winding up with an ignominious end, the scaffold or the prison, with expressions of sympathy for my poor parents. Ifound myself tabooed and out- cast, shunned by all the boys, who were forbidden to associate with me, whereupon | thrashed them in succes- rion, as I caught them, by way of keeping up my character for ferocity. I was the terror of the village, everything thereafter being laid at my door, and I think | rather enjoyed it. My mother was sorely grieved and shed many bitter tears over my greab demoralization, buf the governor, mucn to my surprise, sided with me, as lafterward learned, for the manner of my punish- ment, of the treachery of the embyro midshipman, whose father was a superannuated old commodore of the nivy. Yearsafter-] met this same young gentleman, then in command of a gunboat, and reminded him over wut after-dinner cigars, of our boyish days and his Sun- day morning bath, About this time, when my social standing in the village was ab very low ebb, I conceived the idea of pay- ing off an old village doctor for sundry old scores. He wae a portly, heavy man, but could run like a deer, He had an office ina two-story building with a piazz. in front on the second story ; and he never seemed ic go ito bed, but would sit in front of the fire smoking a long pipe mto the small hours, and his boys could never slip out late inthe evening to have a little lark, such as changing gates, and tying long strings to knockers to ting them furiously at midnight, but what that old ds5etor would he on the alert, and give chase, One evening in passing quite late I saw him through the window smoking as usual, I had noticed that day that there was a long ladder in the rear reaching to the roof; it had been left by the carpenters who were mak- jing some repairs. The idea occurred to me that my ehance had come ; so slipping home and up tomy room, 1 took a package contaming about half a pound of powder I had traded eggs for, a few days before at the village store, and going behind the building crawled up the ladder on to the roof and to the chimney, dropped my package down, and made a lively retreat for the jadider, Justas I reached it | heard the explosion. Sliding down as rapidly as possible, I struck out, know- ing he would scon ha after me, but I thought I could get + cross the street into my house and t0 my room before he could get on my track, But failed in my calcula- iiions, for before I had got half way I saw him after me. There was just moonlight enough to enable him to keep ume ta sight. There was a cornfield at hand, extending tu the bank of the river. I broke for it, and over the frnes. ] went, and none too soon, for he was uncomfort- ably close to my heele. As I ran the rustling of the corn seve him the direction. I thought that if I could make tie river bank I could either hide in the willows, or, ry , divined my plan and cut me off, f FOREST AND STREAM. cross or in the darkness flatten myself against the side and let him pass. But as I emerged from the corn he appearrd a little distance down the bank. He had There was but one hing to do; take water, and in I plunged, thinking as it was rather a cool night he would notfollow. Wain hope. Theard his heavy splash behind me, and his porpoise- like puffing. But I could beat him swimming, and landed on the opposite bank considerably ahead ; took the read and “streaked it;” and he after me. Com- ing to a dense thicket that darkened the road I dodged into it, and had the satisfaction to see him pass. There was another bridge halfa mile further on, and Enowing he could reach the village and my house as quickly or sooner than I could by amblinge back to the orner one, I made forthe river bank again and plunged in, swam over and made a bee-line for home; crawled tn at the kitchen wintow, shed may clothes, wet to the skin, hid them behind the door, tip-toed up te my room, hurriedly put ona dry shirt and hang another suit of clothes over a chair, and set a pair of dry shoes by ib, and jumped into bed, I had not been there five minutes before there was a thundering knock at the door; and the hubbub wasrepeated until my mother being awakened put her head out of the window and asked who was there, {The governor was absent.) The Doctor answered, and said, ‘I want to comein.” Wondering what could have caused such a request on his part, ab such an hour she went down and lebhimin, The first inquiry was if I was at bome. My mother answered, ‘‘ Certainly.” The Doctor was incredulous and wanted to see, explaining that he had been blown up, and he believed I was the culprit. My mother indignantly led the way to my room, where I was sleeping the sleep of innocence and was with diftiiculty aroused, and much astonished at the spectacle of the old doctor in his dripping habiliments, and my mother in a wrapper. The Doctor eyed me sharply and then proceeded to examine my clothes. Saw they were dry, picked up my shoes and Jooked at them, then at me and shook his head doubtingly as my mother said, ‘‘ Now, Doctor, I hope you are satisfied.” THe de- parted gloomily, went back to his office, cleaned up the wreck, and went to bed. It was lucky for me that he had to stop long enough to grab a broom and hastily sweep the coalsand ashes back into the fire place, or the building would have been burned, At the moment of the explosion he was sitting in his favorite position with his feet on the mantel, and was thrown over backward amid the coal and ashes, but fortunately the bottom of the chair protected that portion of his body from damage, but his eyebrows and long whiskers were singed, and his stock of medicine bottles and drugs a wreck. Twelve years later I chanced to revisit my native town. I found the old Doctor sitting in front of the fire at the old hotel. tavern as it was called, with his back as usual, at an elevation, smoking his pipe. The evening before I left, after a long chat about old times, the Doctor after a pause said, ‘‘ 1 want to ask you one ques- tion.” Ireplied, ‘‘Go ahead.” ‘* Was it you that threw that powder down my chimney?” I had to laugh and confess my crime. The Doctor drew a long sigh, ap- parently of relief, saying, ‘‘ Now, [can die happy, For twelve years [have had iton my mind. I knew weil it was you all the time, for I knew you were the only hoy in town that could outrun me, but didn’t you play it fine though?” * % * mS * & The sexton of our church was as disagreeable an old curmudgeon as could be found in the whole county and it was our dehght to annoy him. He was toll collector of the bridge, and at nine o’eleck the gate was always lowered as a precaution against free crossing after he had retired, Selecting the coldest night, we would hammer on his door and rout him out to raise the gate, but be- fore he came out grumbling and shivering, we were at a safe distance : and then, although a deacon in the church as wellas sexton, how he would swear, On one cold winter night, the evening previous to Christmas, we planned and executed the very laborious feat of turning the church bell bottom up, propping it in the reversed position by sundry sticks of wood; and climbed the ladder to the belfry with buckets of water, knowing that it would freeze solid before morning, and that when the old sexton came to ting if, as customary, it would give forth no responsive sound, We had lugged up nearly a dozen buckets, and were on our way down the Jadder for one more round to complete the job, when the supports gave way, and down came the whole con- tents on our heads, giving us a shock and an icy shower bath that we had not calculated on. Tortunately we had wrapped the clapper with a grain sack as our first idea of silencing if: but fearing that that would be removed andthe job fail, on second thoughts we had adopted the water treatment. We scrambled down and stood shivering, holding a consultation. The other two boys were for giving itup, heir ardor was effectually cooled, and despite my indignant protest they were for sneaking off home, ! determined that the enterprise should not fail; and after obiaining their help to prop up the bell again, this time securely, by the aid of the bright moonlight shining in the belfry. Then they went home half frozen, while f, resuming my bucket, began the laborious work of going to the creek back of the eburch, and lugged nearly a dozen buckets of water up to the bell and pretty nearly filled if. JI did not feel the cold, the exertion kept up circulation. Having finished my job I scuddled home, only a few doors distant, and cautious!y crawling up tomy room got on a dry shirt, jumped into bed, and was soon sound asleep. The next evening, Obristmas Eve, the church was brilliantly lighted and at seven o’clock the old sexton seized the rope to ring out the Christmas peal. The first pull on the rope of course disturbed the props and over went the belt weighted with a tundred pounds of ice, with a suddenness that jerked the old sexton nearly to the ceiling. Great was the wonder that the bell did not ring out its Christmas carol and summons to evening services, People began to arrive stragglinely, curious to know what the trouble was ; was the parson sick ? What was the matter? Sone of the young inembers secured a lantern and climbed the ladder which was now ice (the capsized -water having frozen), making it rather a tickiigh business, The reason why that bell would not ring was then discovered, and dire wag the punishment promised to the culprits guilty of such a scandalous trick, Suspi- z ey cion would have at once pointed to ma, on general principles, as being the author of all the deviltry going on, but it was universally decided to be the work: of full- grown men, as no boys could have turned that heavy bell bottom up and held it there long enough to get props under its rim, Ib neyer occurred to them that we three boys had solved that problem, by hauling down on the rope, and by the leverage reversed it, and then taken a turn on the cleat where the rope was always hung to get it out of the way. Thus secured it was comparatively an easy job to prop it up: our first failure had resulted from our carelessness in not securely fastening the rope to the cleat, When it was decided to be the work of men, it was laid to some of the members of the Presbyterian Church at the lower end of the village, between which and our church great rivalry prevailed, and a bitter feud existed characteristic of the different creeds while all the time preaching peace and good will toward all men—good Christians, but just ready to fear each other’s eyes out. It was a great comfort to iny good mother to be able to say : “* Well, for once they can’t lay this mischief to my eon,” The aforesaid son held his own counsel and did a large amount of inward chuckling, knowing it was all safe as the other boys were too scared and afraid of consequences ever fo “‘ blab,” and to this day that innocent Presbyter- ian Church down the street rests under the odium of such a contemptible manifestation of jealousy of the real and only respectable church, the Episcopal. Of course, it will be said by all good people that boys showing such traits and want of reverence must neces- sarily come toa bad end, theory requiring it—and for once there is pretty fair grounds for its correctness, for, of the three, one brought up in the penitentiary for crookedness as,cashier of a bank; another went to Con- gress, and the third, your humble servant, has, as you see, taken to writing for newspapers, Take your choice as to which has fallen lowest, Apples and melons, it is my firm conviction, were the (not weak) inventions of the enemy, 7. e., his majesty, the devil. Much juvenile demoralization can be traced to the enterprising pursuits of these contributions, or rather temptations, in the path of youth—it being a singular coincidence that the path of youth with much proneness leads through a prolitic orchard or melon patch, presuni- ably as a short cut to a given point. Rarly apples and enterprising and ambitious melons ripening prematurely were in our boyhood days closely associated with mean and irascible old grangers, and very stub-tailed bulldogs—the governor ever ambitious to tan our jackets, and the latter to do violent damage to the seats of our trousers, in cases of an absence of bull dog, resource was often had to nice little doses of calomel and jalap, cleverly introduced into a watermelon left temptingly exposed to the longing eyes of the small boy. Such cases were often yery fetching (it vaight be spelled with an r), and the village school was not honored with the presence next day of little Johnny and his big brother. A very scrawly note from the mother, more accustomed to domestic duties than correspondence, generally read : Schoolmarm: You will please to scoose Johnny and Wiltie to-day as they is took bad and can’t come.—MRs, DOOZENBURY,. The undersigned was caught but once, and in that in- stance fell heir to a dose probably intended for impartial distribution among a joint concern with several partners in the watermelon line—but in the case in point I was doing business solely on my own hook—realizing all pro- fits personally and shouldering all disasters. The one shouldered in this instance weighed about four pounds, but in effect might have weighed a ton. After partak-- ing of that vegetable, or most of it, behind the wood shed, I experienced internal premonitions of an earth- quake, with a vesuvious termination, which premonition was successful to adegree that would have filled the soul of Wiggins with envy. It tilled mine with alarm. The balance of my construction was not filled again for several days. As they say in stage plays, ‘‘an interval is supposed to have elapsed.” One did in my case, during which my absence from school was noied, and when the rumor reached the owner of that watermelon he grinned sardonically. It was scarcely a week later that my special chum, in- rocently straying through this man’s orchard, with eyes thoughtfully bent upon the ground under an apple tree, was suddenly set upon by the stub-tailed bulldog pre- viously mentioned. Scorning any personal argument with the dog, the boy scaled upinto the appie tree, where he was comparatively safe. The owner who bad insti- galed the attack from the other side of the fence, gave the dog the injunction to ‘* Watch him, Tige,” a pleas- ure Tige seemed greatly to enjoy. Happening along myself, possibly influenced by a fancy for watching the progress of Pomona’s efforts to bring the June apple to a toothsome concition, 1 was hailed by my chum, When I looked over the fence the condition of things was ex- plained. I pondered how a rescue could be made, The tree was not over ten feet from the fence, not much ground to cover in the absence of that blear-eyed quadruped, tut afeat attended with certain risks as the case stood. An idea struck me, and bidding Jim be of good cheer, | broke for home and raided the kitchen yard for about twenty feet of clothes-line. Making a slip noose at one end and taking my fishing pole from its rack, £ returned to the orchard. A reconnoissance showed that old Brown had gone to his dinner, and the coast was all clear. I made fast my line to the rod and passed if to dim, ‘‘ Now,” I said, ‘Jim, you watch your chance, drop that noose over that dog’s head and pull.” Hividently that miserable dog had his suspicions, and eyed our preparations very curiously ; and several times successfully dodged the rope, but at last I attracted his attention and the noose went over his head, followed by atightening jerk. Jim held on, ending the dog up on his hindlegs, and passing the rope over a limb threw the end down tome. The dog was safe; he was too busy snorting and trying to breathe to pay auy attention to me; moreover, he couldn’t if he wanted to. Seizmg the rope and pulling on it, np went the dog, and down came Jim, a released and free man or boy. We secured the rope to a limb, sealed the fence, and were off. ‘There was a changed condition of things, and by no means a happy one for the dog. He never troubled us boys after | that ; and that farmer later was inquiring who had a dog to give away, 00 ‘There were now two grievances to be settled ; and Jim and I entered into a treaty offensive and defensive. I procured several ounces of rhubarb and jalap, and bided my time, We knew that about once a week of a Satur- day old Brown came into town from his farm a mile away, and as regulariy got drunk, previously to which he laid in a gallon jug of whisky for his week’s supply. lt was the usual custom along late in the evening, if Brown was too drunk to get into his wagon, as was generally the case, for some one to end him in, and start the old horses for home, as they were a steady old pair, and sure to take him home safely, where his farm-hand received him and left him in the wagon to recoyer at his leisure, One Saturday, soon after our little dog episode, Jim reported Brown in town and very drunk, Watching until he was started home, we followed cautiously, and when well out of town, we stopped the team, took the old tar bucket, which in those days hung under every farm wagon, and with an old paint brush, which Jim had provided, we proceeded to lather his face and beard and hair and every reachable part of his body, Mean- while, as Jim was putting on the artistic touches, I was charging the whisky with my little dose. When all was finished we started the team homeward. Brown did not do much farming the subsequent two weeks, He did not feel well Sunday morning ; scraping tar made him sick, and whisky being his universal panacea for all ills, while his man and wife scraped away on tar, he pulled away at the jug, Contrary to his theory, the more he drank the sicker he got, until there ‘was hardly enough left of him to be worth saving. As he persisted in turning te the jug between each spasm, Brown and the jug were both exhausted about the same time. If there had been one more pint the jug would probably have won, As it was, Brown was laid up two weeks for repairs, but the best of it was (which Brown declared was the meanest) that from that time out he could not bear even the smell of whisky. We had un- wittingly reformed Brown. One day, a few months later, as I was going past Brown’s house, he was leaning on the gate thoughtfully chewing a straw. We passed the salutations, Brown’s good morning being unusually cordial. As I had nearly passed he hailed me again, saying, *‘ Hold on, I want to ask your opinion on a question.” ‘“ Well, what is it?” ** Do you think watermelons are going to be healthy this season?” isaid I could not say about watermelons, but I thought it would be a poor season for bulldogs, and the quality of whisky was said to be very bad this year. As | passed on Brown shook his hand after meand re- marked, ‘‘ Ta-ta, you consairned little eur,” 1 think Brown could have forgiven the jalap and the bulldog, but never his involuntary reformation. Such is the ingratitude of this world ; we do good by stealth, and our good intentions are never properly appreciated, but there is a moral in the system that is worth the at- tention of the prohibitionists, and no charge for the recipe. At the lower end of our village there lived in an old tumble down house a Mysterious personage, generally known as the Bashaw—the name arising from the fact of his seldom being seen except when dressed in a long bag- like garment of foreign cut, supposed to be such as Orientals wear, and also from a legend that he had had seven wives, all of whom had disappeared mysteriously ; and we boys believed they were buried in the cellar, No one ever visited him, and he never left the prentises, and save a foreign looking serving man no one was ever seen about the place. There was a fine orchard back of the house, but as the old fellow sat the entire day on his back piazza overlook- ing the orchard, no boy dared to sample this forbidden fruit. But one day in passing I peered through the fence and saw the dark-visaged servant digging a deep pit and at once surmised that another wite had fallen a victim to old Bluebeard and that this was a grave intended for her reception. Hiding myself in the hedge I awaited developments, The pit being finally finished the man brought a bundle of straw and lined it carefully and de- parted, I was firmly convinced that he had gone for the body, but instead he returned with a bushel basket of fine large apples and dumped them in. Again he left and returned with more apples and finally covering the whole with straw proceeded to fill up and carefully cover the “cache,” and departed. I carefully marked the spot and slipped away unnoticed, making a mental note of some futnre occasion when apples became scarce. A few months later, one snowy winter evening when half a dozen of us boys were surreptitiously gathered in the counting house of the village store, near at hand to the old Bashaw’s house, with a pitcher of cider and nuts and raisins, a general lament went forth that we had no apples. I at once bethought me of the old chap’s “cache,” and imparted my knowledge of a supply close at hand ; and called for pick and shovels and yolunteers. This was responded to enthusiastically ; all went with baskets and mining tools, and we were soon silently at work and speedily reached the apples, filled the baskets and carefully filling up the hole departed, having first acted on the proposition of one of the boys to bury a large dog that had been accidentally run over and killed and lay in the eireet. The dog was duly consigned to the hole to help fill the space left vacant and carefully eradi- cating all signs of our work we returned to our den and made merry well into the small hours. Fortunately it snowed and covered our tracks entirely. After stuffing ourselves to bursting, we hid our surplus in barrels in the cellar and every Saturday night with shutters care- fully closed we reveled in cider and apples, ne day, in early spring, one of the boys came to me hurriedly and reported a something going on in the old Bashaw’s orchard, We reconnoitred and saw the old chap out there in his long Turkish robe superintending the opening of the cache. We hid ourselves and waited for developments, The man dug away until finally reaching the straw, which caretully removing he uttered an exclamation and started back, The old man said something angrily, and stooping down bent over to look in, The ground being soft gave way, and into the hole he went, head foremost, heels in the air, kicking and yelling, the man struggling to pull him out; when he finally did, the old fellow grabbed a pick ax and made forthe man, who ran, and after him, with the pick raised, bareheaded and the long robe streaming after him, the cld man pursued. Around and around the | orchard they went until the old chap caught his foot FOREST AN D STREAM, and fell sprawling, while the man escaped. A passing farmer climbed over the fence and assisted the Bashaw into the house and the doctor was sent for. We never saw the old chap out again and 4 couple of months after he was found dead in his chair. Hyvery one of uz, firmly believing in his own mind that we were the cause of his death, and felt properly conscience-stricken and never dared whisper a word of our midnight raid on the apples, Fortunately they had all been eaten or the attempt to eat one would have choked us, We mutually vowed to re- form and steal no more apples (it being early summer when there were none), and we kept our good resciutions faithfully until the fali crop came in, PODGERS. ANGLING ANNALS. FROM THE NOTE BOOKS OF AN OLD FISHERMAN, Pema ee 6, in Newton, Maas., began to fish for min- nows, sunfish and shiners. 1814.—Catch perch, pickerel and pout cr catfish in Charles River and various ponds, thus far with worm bait. Took my first trout inSmelt Brook, Newton, Wels and catfish at night in ponds, 1#18,—In Boston, Flounders, tomcod and eels from the bridges in summer; also an occasional smal! codfish; these with clam bait. In the fall we took smelts from the wharves with minnow bait; sometimes three or four dozen in a tide, At that time there were no fishing tackle shops, the bardware stores sold hooks and lines for hand Jine fishing, but no rods, reels, flies or the hundred kinds of. tackle which now tempt the angler. WhenTI aspired to the use of a rod it was a cane pole, and my reel was of wood, made by myself. Anglers who wanted fine tackle had to import it from England, 1819.—Leave school and go to work in a store, so had no time for fishing for years. 1825,—Took my vacation in a fishing trip to Barnsta- ble, Cape Cod. Found plenty of trout in streams and ponds—got twenty to thirty pounds in a day,with worms, average sizo half a pound, This year my last catch of trout in Newton, the stream being nearly fished out; I got a handsome brace of trout weighing two pounds, After this no fishing for many years, spent in business at home and abroad, 1839.—Remove to Chicago, then a small town on the verge of the wilderness, but with abundance of game and fish. In the Chicago River, now an open sewer, we found pike, pickerel, black hass, catfish and dogfish; from the lake pier we took lake trout, two to five pounds, pick- erel, pike-perch, perch and catfish, these last sometimes up to twenty pounds in weight, In the Calumet River,muscalonge, pike-perch, pickerel, black bass, large-mouth, and catfish. All these taken with minnows, for the spoon was not then in use; the first that I saw were in use in the lake schooners about 1845, and were used in trolling for lake trout. In 1840 there were but two houses on the Calumet River from its mouth to the bridge, about four miles up; these were log taverns. Fish were very abundant, 1001bs. to a rod of pickeral and bass were often taken in a dav, pickerel from two to five pounds, bass from one to six pounds, a few muscalonge: one I saw at the mouth of the river, which was taken in a seme in the lake, was six feet long and estimated to weigh eighty ponnds, and, Tt think, correctly. About this time the effects of an English immigrant were sold at auction in Chicago, among them a box of fishing tackle, which I bought for a trifling sum, and found in it hooks, lines, gut, trout flies, reels, and an Haglish trout rod; a clumsy affair, compared with the American fiy-rod of to-day, built of hickory and ash, and weighing at least a pound, but if proved a useful weapon for the heavy fish of that region. 1841,—Made a trip to the Sault St. Mary, outlet of Lake Superior, Fished in the rapids in bark canoe with Indians, also in the adjacent streams, and got many trout up to 2lbs, in weight, with Hy, usually 20 to 80lbs, a, day. 1842.—I investigate the lakes in Waukesha county, ‘Wis.—Pewaukee, Pine Lake, Okauchee and Oconomowoc —tind black and roclz bass, pike and pike-perch in abund- anee; some pike weighing 18lbs, I have seen taken there. In Bick River I take my first black bass with a ily. 1843.—I place a boat in Crystal Lake, in McKenny county, I!l., where no boat had been, In our first day’s fishing two rods killed 100 fish, one-half black bass from 2to 4lbs,, the balance rock bass and pickerel. Im one day at the Calumet River two rods take, trolling from the mouth of the river to the bridge, 250ibs. of pike and base, 1845.—Fish the Fox River from Geneva to Batavia, with minnows and fly. Twenty-five to thirty bass, 2 to dlbs, weight; this in July. 1846, May.—At Ottawa, at mouth of Fox River, fished three days with Delano, of the Fox River House, Got in that time 400Ibs, of black bass. 1866, June and July.—At Newport, R. 1, Going out With a fisherman in his boat I take tautog, sea bass, weakfish, founders and striped bass, 40 or 50lbs. in a day. We fish from Fort Dumpling to Point Judith, and round the island to West River, 1868.—To the Adirondacks in July. Camp out for three weeks, Brook trout from 4lb. to 2lbs,; about 50)bs, while out. 1470, August.—St, Lawrence River, at Alexandria Bay, in five days’ fishing got 105 pike, 22 bass, 2 pike-perch, 2 chub, 6 perch, 1 eel—about 8001bs, of fish, 1871. July.—To the Restigouche for salmon. Fished five days, got four salmon—?24, 22, 12, 3—and about fifty trout, average foz. in weight. In that river trout were found as abundant as chubs or shiners in New Hagland waters, bub were treated with equal contempt by the salmon fishers. From the Restigouche to the Nouvelle, another tributary of the Bay of Chaleurs, where sea trout are abundant and large, With two Indians in a canos camped out two days and brought home fifteen trout weighing 3574lbs., besides those that we ate, all taken with the fly. Coming directly from a salmon river, I noticed the similarity of habits and action of these trout to the salmon, differing in these respects much from the brook trout, which are found in the same waters. 1871, Vebruary.—Yo Hast Florida, three months at New Smyrna and the Indian River. Found sheepshead, ved bass, salt-water trout, whiting, blackfish, groupers, snappers, etc., in abundance, so that with hand line or rod one could get 50lbs. of fish in about an hour, [JAN 7, 1892, 1872, July.—To Prince Eiward’s Island, one day’s fish- ing with mine host at Charlottetown. Tsok about 25ths. of trout, + to 2lbs. Thence to the Tabusintae in the Province of New Brunswick, Fished this river one day with a guide, using flies, We filled a champagne basket with sex trout from 407, to 2lbs. in weight, returning to the water all under 452; and it was a poor day for trout, the guide said, being very hot and calm, with a great thunderstorm in the air, which came the next day. 1872. September.—To Plymouth, Mass, Fished two ponds for black bass with mine host, Mr, Perry, but Been much success, getting about haif a dozen small sh. 1872, February,—Tosouth Florida for three months, took rods and reels and good tackle with me, and killed some hundred weight of sheepshead, red bass, ete., largest bass 2blbs., largest shéepshead 6lbs., also sharks and sting raysup to 50lbs, weight, 1873, July.—To Moosehead Lake and upper Penobscot: camped out two weeks. Plenty of trout 402. to 2lbs. to feed party of six men, Insects so bad that we shortened our stay in the woods, 1873, February.—To south Florida, three months at New Smyrna, Fishing good, largest red bass 3%ibs., largest sheepshead 6lbs, Had a day on Spruce Creek with black bass—large-mouth; got forty, from 2 to 4\bs, in weighi, trolling with spoons. 1874, July.—To Pine Lake and Jordan River in Michi- gan. Pike and black bass (smali-mouth) in lake; 2 te 4lbs. for bass and up to Glbs, for pike. In Jordan River many small trout and few grayling were caught, February.—To Mosquito Inlet, Hast Florida, where the fishing was as good as ever, Red or channel bass of 30lbz, and sheepshead of 5lbs. were taken, 1875, July,—To lakes in Waukesha, county, Wis., and to Green Lake, Wis. Small-mouth black bass, pike-perch ani pike, latter up to 10lbs, Mareh.—To Mosquito Lake, Hast Florida, for two months, Many anglers there, but fish enough for all. 1876, August.—To Cohasset Narrows, Mass., for blue- fish; got a few by trolling up to 4lbs. weight. March.—To Mosquito Inlet, Hist Florida, for two months. Find the ishing the same as usual: on most days 80 or 40lbs, of bass or sheepshead can be got in a few hours, Return from the Inlet to Boston in a schooner loaded with live oak timber. 1s77, August,—To the Magalloway Riverin New Hamyp- shire; fish the river and Sturteyant’s Lake one day with flies; trout do not rise well, largest taken 141bs, 1878, February.—To Mosquito Lake, Hast Florida, for three months, Fishing good; largest bass, 20lbs,; sheeps- head abundant; largest, lbs. 1880.—Remove to Marietta, Ga. 7 » aa is ar - 5 J 4 "me co a ‘A 4 x = ae : u +, a = . i ~ » - , o> ; i -- C J \s a oo ae u- 2 ; ov 2 At a nt a = / ur ' \ 2 ot ‘ * rhe be on . . i" = be * o Se, nantes ; ast my) oe ” = m ree os a J s Me P Sahat RS a ue : ah > 4 Aron é Tarehoodth ~ / mL + , at, ire taunt , =e CHART OF OYSTER 7 fee a (7) n eh \ -~ 7 a nm elles) a tT = - in Fo Bethea es 4 PF, - » erernees a Pa “3 La = a » be, uw = =a a . t Cs - oe * a iy ~ ’ - oF at a” Pon ' * . a ral ” my Cages eee 2 + 5 > — Dterrns Tack wi he a oh < 4 4 ete — my nce Pa ad - st r oe ot ’ ao © vw Re" as 1) as z . 5a 7h Bs os 2 WI ey ~ < as tyl¢ i=) +s f TA Sey. fp? Loch eer an s Tho Gove BAY AND YICINITY, Jax. 7, 1892.] < j } — =~ i : 2 : ee ee ra [ eg Ta Mi — | i/ / fi =} =] ae 3 > te oa a }} a 2 } / fr 5 a - \ 2 i] je eh ae val / / 3 rN a i / - ae SS ea. = \e a { I * Ne yal SSS 5 | ea * al } / ea Se eet ae a es PLAN oF PROPERTY OF SHAWANHAKA CORINTHIAN Y. C. CENTER ISLAND, OysTER BAY HARBOR. and boast house, with facilities for the care of small craft keeping no paid crew. , I : While the facilities for carrying on races in the lerger classes will be vastly better than in the past. what is of still more im- portance to the prosperity and personnel of the club is that the racing of small craft, for which sport tue club was founded, and which contributed so much to its success at ome time on New York Bay, will be revived on a far larger scale than of old. A move in this direction has already been made by the ordering of four catboats, designed by Mr. A. Cary Smith and now building hy Wallen & Gorman, all of the same model, for the use of mem- bers, There is already a fine fleet of small racing craft at Ovster Bay,in part a remnant of the first fleet of the club, and this is likely to be largely increas¢d as other owners of such yachts real- ze the facilities for keeping and racing them which the club now offers. Since the publication of the notice of the first race under Corin- thian rules in 1873, many great and important changes have taken place in yachting, and the different conditions existing to- day are likely to lead to a modification of the strict Corinthian yule in the larger classes of racing boats, but the truth of the principles of Corinthian sailing first laid down in this conntry by the Seawanhaka Y.C. has been so generally recognized that they haye become a part of the policy of the majority of the clubs. With these principles still for its guide, and installed at last in a fitting home, the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, once more of Oyster Bay, begins its third decade with unequalled possibili- ties before it of benefit to itself and to American yachting. RACING IN STANDARD ORAF?T.—The Secawanhaka Corin- thian Y, C.isaboutto inaugurate at its new home a variety ot racing which iz, with one exception, a novelty to this country? though the scheme has worked successfully in several English and Irish clubs, Theclub has commissioned Mr, A. Cary Smith fo prepare the lines, sail plan and specifications for a standard club catboat, and 4 contract has been made for four boats, to be owned by the club; while it is expected that others will be built by members. Of course all the boats will be identicalin model and tig, making the winning purely a question of indiyidtial skill. Regular weekly races will be held through the season, any mem- ber of the club being at liberty to enter one of the boats; while members may sail special races at any time. A record of all races and winners will be kept, prizes being given at the end of the season for the best records. Besides its novelty, the scheme has several valuable features to commend it—while from the equality of all the yachts, and the resulting personal rivalry between the crews, the interest in the racing is likely to be keen and sus- tained; at the same time all considerations of expense, together with the discouragement which follows out-building, are entirely removed. The new class is likely to prove a most popular one with non-yacht owners especially: while even those who are happy in the possession of large craft need net hesitate over tak- ing the tiller of one of the club cats against a fieid of rivals, This system of racing in small craft all of the same model is specially adapted to a large number of yacht clubs where racing is at a low ebb through continued out-building and the increasing work and expense of racing. Of course undex it there can be no improve- ment in the boats, but there can be plenty of good racing, with all the resulting benefits which racing brings to a yaeht club. AN AMATEUR DESIGNER.--Mr. Henry Bryant, of the East- ern Y. C., the designer of Thetis and Alert, whose lines have appeared in the FOREST AND SrREAM, is now in Glasgow, attend - ing the regular course of study in the College of Naval Architec- ture. and also working in one of theClydechipyards- Mr. Bryant is fortnnately the possessor of ample means, and consequently able to command such advantages abroad as cannot be had in this country. A GENEROUS YACHTSMAN.—Moved by the serious disasters caused by the recent seyere gales on the French coast, Baron Arthur de Rothschild, vice-president of the Union of French Yachts, aud owner of the steam yacht Hros, has presented the aum of 20,000 francs to an institution which cares fer the orphans of Wrench sailors, of the navy and merchant marine. In addition he has promised the sum of 10,000 franes annually for five years.’ KEMPING UP WITH THE PROCESSION.—The Hull Y¥.C. is one of the active and pushing clubs which as been content tu doa good deal of racing under poor rules; but it has awakened to the needs of the times, and at its next meeting, on Saturday, some important changes will be acted on, the following amend- meuts in all probability being adopted: “In all races of the fifth and sixth classes the wheel or tiller shall be held only by an ama- teur. Anti amateur for the purposes of this rule shall be cefined as one whose business is not in or avout boats, and who has never received money or equivalent compensation tor sailing or assist~ ing to sail a boat since this club was organized.”? Adding to Article 5 the words, “before the owner of a winning yacht shall receive the prize, he, or, in his absence, the club Member repre- senting him on the yacht, shall sign a declaration that all the racing rules were complied with on such yacht during the race.’ The committes on “standard of measurement” will present its report recommending a2 combined waterline length and sail area rule. D. J. LAWLOR.—Mr. Lawlor, published, died at Boston, Jan. birth. a sketch of whose life we recently 1, the 68th anniversary of bis FOREST AND STREAM. 21 OYSTER SAY HARBOH JLDERIM, the Vanderbilt 46-footer, a new yacht last year, but Tats: fitted out, will haye a new sail plan, designed by Stewart & inuey, ISIS, cutter, has been sold by C. A, Stevens to C. G, Miller. Canaging. Canvas Canoes ond how to Build Them. By Parker B. Field. Price 50 cents. Oanoe and Boat uaa: By W. P. Stephens. Price $2.00. Canoe Handling. By C. B. Vaux. Price 1. Canoe and Camera. By T.S. Steele. Pricei.60. Four Months in a Sneak- bow. By N. H, Bishop. Price $1.50. Bu ‘Seneca. Price $1. Canoe and Gamp Cockery. Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to ForRES® AND SrREAM their addresses, with name, membership, signal, ete., of their clubs, and also notices in adyance of meetings and raves, and report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested toforward to FOREST AND STREAM their addresses, with logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning tneir local waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all tems relating to the sport, A FISHERMAN’S CANOE YAWL. HING a constant reader of your valuable paper, and noticing the atiention that is being paid to ali kinds of cances, it bas occurred to mv fellow-sportsman Mr. W. J. Comerford and to ms that you might like a description of the combination canos Sam Boyd, the best boat, for the purpose used, afloat to-day (our opimion), and a boat that cannot be duplicated without a great deal of trouble. owing to her being of one solid tree “dug out,” The Boyd is 2 canoe dug out of a cypress log, 20ft. din. long, 4ft. beam, 20in. freeboard, 3i4in, draft light, bottom nearly fiat, has steel centerboard 44in. thick, 2ft. 104in. long and 26in. high in a “stu heen | widest place, weighing 105lbs, You wiil see from ‘‘cut” what splendid ballast and great resistance the board offers when work- ing to windward. Has housetop well each side of centerboard ease, water-tight, with brass valves through bottom for keeping fish alive, also bait, such as minnows, shrimpand crawfish; well and centerboard placed so as to allow for rowing two pairs of sculls when wind fails, and room at each eud for comfortable fishing, for which purpose we use the hoat altogether. The Boyd is a most remarkable boat in any and all kinds of weather, being very fast under sail and pulling very easy, with two pairs of 8fr. spruce oars Mr, Comerford and myself can row about tive miles per hour in slack water. She carries no baliast but water in the wells, aud the crew hardly ever require to sit on windward rail unless blowing yery hard. The masts. booms, sprit. etc., all of | lightest spruce, and yery easily handled, the masts are just the length of cockpit, and when unshipped all fit on each side of housetop well, entirely out of the way when rowing. The center- board is of Min. steel,.and works in the case through a piece of gas pipe the width of the case, and is held io position by an iron bolt running through the gas pipe and screwed up insids well on each side of the case, thereby giving board plenty of play and all the wear coming on gas pipe and bolt and making the centercase perfectly water tight. The board is raised and lowered by a line running to an iron band riveted loose on the board, thereby keep- ing the rope perpendicular in every position of the board in its passage up and down the case. The tiller works with double yoke, one on the rudderhead and ene under the deck. The sail pian is just the thing for us, as we use the sprit for staking the boat when fishing, and we reef the foresail when blowing toc hard. By stowing the jib, which gets fiying, and removing tha sprit we have two leg-oi-mutton sails, which we can carry in halé agale in nearly any kind of sea. [hope that my very poor de- gseription of & very good boat will be of some interest to you. New Onurans, Dec. 24. TAatny Ho, x rc a ee : CLUB CONSTITUTIONS. Hiditor Forest and Stream: A. reprint of the N.Y. C. C. constitution which appears(with some slight errors) in your number of Dec. 31 gives the writer too much credit for this compilation, which is really due to a commit- tee of the club and to Mr, Delavan, the chairman. As matter of fact, the committee to revise the former constitution accepted written suggestions from several members. and its final report; was adopted at the annual meeting of the club, 1890. With this and other club constitutions for material, the writer subsequently drafted one intended to be brief, yet comprehensive. The draft endeavors to give full powers to a small, respoosible governing committee to bea elected annually by the active membors of the eluhb to hold office (each member thersoz) for a term of one year, and have power to elect its own officers, who shali also b> the officers oftheclub, This draft for a constitution was duly printed and published in the August number of Sail and Paddle. Its merits or defects must be d ‘termined by carerul comparison and by actual service; at all events, new material is added for the Sera UAUOD of dry and unattractive reading to be fouad in club ooks. The present tendency to incorporate voluvtary associations under the laws of the several States, in reality does away with the necessity for any constitu’ ion other than the articles of incorpo- ration; the better view seems to regard the charter itself as the constitution proper, under which ail necessary by-laws are mada and subject to the laws regulating such incorporated associations, A, H. Spxton,. Nuw YORK, Jan, 3, [The tynogravhieal errors alluded to are the substitution of the word “the” for.*tand’’ io the second line cf the Sth section of Article V.; the substitution of “expire” for “occur” in the twenty-fourth line of the same section. and the omission of the words “dus notice” after “club” in Art. VI,, Section 2, line 5. | PURITAN GC. C.—The annual meeting of the Puritan ©, 0. was hela on Jan. 2, the following being elected officers for 1892; Com., Edw. 8. Gilmore; Vice-Com., J. 8S, Daan; Rear Com., Jos. BE. Hill; Sec’y, Jas. W. Cartwright. Jr.; Treas., Lothrop Hedge. Board of Directors: The above officers and F. J. Baxter and Geo, R. Under- wood, Measurer, J. R. Robertson. Membership Com.: Messrs. Hill, Underwood and Dean. House Com.: Messrs. Gilmore, Hedge aud Jepson. The year 1891 has been a very successful one for the Puritan C. C.. there being noted a gain in all directions, Total membership 36, total fleet 45 boats, financial condition sound, average daily attendance at club house? men. The club fleet has been increased by the purchase of the 20ft. paddling eanoe Goo-goo-zenia, which accommodates ton men.—JamMes W CARTWRIGHT. JR., Sec’y. — Answers to Qarrespandents. =" No Notice Taker of Anonymotcs Correspondents, W. 4H. M., Scotch Lake, N. B.—l. Can you tell me what kind of bird this is, of which I send a rude drawing and description, and what would be the yalue of a mounted specimen? 2%, What spe- cies of woodpecker is entirely black excepting white marks on wings? It has four toes on each foot. 3. Would the habits of hirds of this locality be of interest to the readers of FOREST AND SrrEeam? LThave dates of the arrival of quite a number of birds for two or three seasons, and of the departure of some which are yery late. Ans. 1. The bird is the American sparrowhawk (Falco sparverius). It is quite common, and psrhaps a mounted speci- men may be worth $1.50 to $2,if any one wantedit, 2. Cannot identify bird from this description 3. Should be glad to hear from eas but cannot answer definitely without seeing manu- seript. Some prospectors, while digging for gold im an old spring at the head of Trout Creek, last week, unearthed a iairly well-preserved buffalo head. It was some fotr or five fcet underground, aud one horu was stillon the skell intaet. This find is of some interest, as it has been pretty generally believed that there were never any buffalo on this side of the Rocky Mountains. An old Piute Indian, who was over at Crow Camp last summer, who was doubtiess over oue hundred years ot age, has told of seeing herds of buffalo roaming over this valleyin his early boyhood days, and his story, which was considered thena cummon every-day In- dian lie, is confirmed by the finding of this numistakable peoes of the animal’s having been here,--Harney (Ore,) ows. It is said that there are yet a few beayers along the Umatilla River to remind old-timers of the days when these little animals frequented Oregon streams in large numbers, An immense beayer dam was discovered several miles below Pendleton the other day by a couple cf hunters, whosaw a number of the animals and succeeded in shoot- ing one.—San Francisco Call. 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An Nndatraced Treatise on the Art of Shooting. FOR SALE BY astlings in the Rockies.) With extracts from the best authorities. Hunting and Wishing Sketches by Mountain FOREST AND STREAM Pie. C0 and Stream. By G.O.SuHrenps. 12mo., cloth, 300 "9 | pages ast enteny Price 75 cts. For sale by 818 Broadway, New York, , TOREST AND, STREAM PUBLISHING CD.. By CHARLES LAN CASTER. aS che eo ee ee ee ee eg LONDON, 1891. PRICE $3 00. | AUTHOR’S PREFACE. At the special request of many gentlemen who have placed themselves in my hands for instruction in the Art of Shooting, I have written this treatise. I have endeavored to meet the special requirements of those who are anxious to become proficient in the art, and who have hitherto been unable to obtain, in a precise form, the information necessary for study- Was one of a party of Washington men who used to gather in even- ing the first principles of shooting at moving objects. ing session, when the Foresr AND STREAM reached that city, to hear I have had the honor of coaching many gentlemen, and have carefully studied the read from its columns the weekly chapters of “Uncle Lisha’s Shop” points especially requiring attention that have cropped up from time to time while giving and ‘Sam Lovel’s Camys,” by Rowland B. Robinson, instruction. I hope that those who favor me by studying this treatise may quickly gain Of the “Shop,” the Boston Advertiser says: “A more graphic, the knowledge so essential for the making of an average if not brilliant shot. kindlier, funnier and more touching picture of old back-country life I have purposely refrained from touching on the several merits of any class of gun— it would be bard to find.” : being a gun-maker myself; and, indeed, so many good works on the subject have been The Rutland Herald says: ‘There is not a Vermonter in middle written, that it is really unnecessary. life, especially if he now lives at a distance from the old home nest, I trust that authors from whose writings I have made extracts will pardon me when who will not continually lauch and cry over this picture of the past.” they reco'lect that I have at heart one object, viz., the advancement of a manly sport “Sam Lovel’s Camps,” by Rowland E. Robinson, isa sequel to which gives p'easure, health and occupation to many, and to the patronage ot whose fol- “Unele Lisha’s Shop,” of the shrewd Yankee humor and varied pic- lowers I am indebted for many pleasant days. tures of old-time country life of which we spoke in praise some time : : since, The present collections of sketches has the same entertaining Forest and stream Publishing Co., 318 Broadway, N.Y. qualities, and carries most of the old characters of its predecessor into intere-ting fishing and camping excursions on river and lake. There C a a, is a decidedly wholesome, outdoor air, and a kindly, hearty fun about the tales which makes them eminently entertaining reading. — i Christian Union. By Cc. B. VAUX (*DO*.,?’) 7 A complete ee ase the management of a Cano athe gue re begins at the very eginydng, describes and explains the rudiments in the simplest and plainest way possible lave you read these books? Everything is made eetiaibie for beginners and besides this A B C teaching there are so any, es and were th that the dest cenOPEst, afloat awit fag eeure and profit in the . study cf these. e book is complete and concise—no useless duffle between its covers. The Post paid ; ONE dol lar each « | subjects treated are the choice of a canoe, paddling, sailing, care of the canoe, recipes and rules. The text is further elucidated by numerous practical drawings, and the beauty of the book is enhanced by the many ornamental vignettes. Pages 168; uniform with ‘‘Canoe FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., Building. Price, postpaid, $1.00. NEW YORE: ¥Worest anp StReAM PUBLISHING Co., 318 Broadway. 318 Broadway, New York. LONDON: Davies & Co., 1 Finch Lane, Cornhill, FOREST AND STREAM. fan. 7, 1882, SPO RTSMAN’S LIBRARY. Forest and Stream Pub. Oo, forward any of these Books by mati, postpaid, on cent oF Registration 10 cents extra, Ouwr responsibility ceases after goods aré mas NO BOOKS EXCHANGED. 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Winner of over forty prizes, inelnding the medal fe Ms Maynard's Butterities, colored plates EMIS: 7 00 ioe ie st ee dog, Agcicultural Hall, London, ou nual of North American Ww ig 1 50 eis the sir 4 « Rud- {2 | Manual of Taxidermy, MAT ANEAE oe e ae nck j 25} yard Lary, Young Ref ge, Highland “Ghicrtain, £3 | Manual of Vertebrates, Jordan.............. 250, Baron Clevedon and many other prize winners. 3 gp | Naturalists’ Guide, Maynard... ... .....+- 2 G0 | He is the best-headed and heaviest-boned dog 8.00. | coed Int tADM ee Lae ee eM et eee meee 2 1ogzraphie plate. arge 4to int A Nests and Hggs of N, A. Birds, Davies. illus 17 Fee, $60.00. 3 50) Oe each Birdsanud Howto Know Them i 50 Ki ¢ R t we WTI ES atie eh a ae Saye ae eee ie cote 1 50 nat of eet Tabb ws Amateurs, illus....... " ai ins = ies) ; ce = . z FH 3} VV) Kat 5) 012) eee en We eee 1 5v ince hezent ex Lady othar Pal Shore Binds new. cs ene. 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N EW YORK, JANUARY 14 5 18 9 2. No. 318 BROADWAY, NEw YoRK. CONTENTS. Editorial. Sea and River Fishing. Frostfish. Salmon Fishing in Canada, Snap Shots. The Sportsman Tourist. Winter Sportein North Cara- Fishculture. Maryland Pond Culture. wlina.—Ty. The Diane 4 og Dosing. Natural History. That Iron-Clad Coursing Rule Gambel’s Partridge, Canadian Kennel Club Rules. Field Spaniels and Cocker Heads. Charleston Dog Show. Albany Dog Show. ' National Beagle Club Meeting Brunswick Fur Club Meet. Dog Ohat. Kennel Notes. Answers to Correspondents. Rifle Range and Gallery. “Horest and Stream” Tourna- ment. | Trap Shooting. Drivers and Twisters. Matches and Meetings. Yachting. The Corinthian Sweepstakes. Yachts ys. Sailing Boats. Cannibal Snakes, Game Bag and Gun. Two Remarkable Capturss. Two Men and a Bear. A Gun Camere. North Wocds Game. About Buffalo Grass. A November Afternoon. Old Sank’s Good Work, Maine Game. Again the Jack Rabbits, Chicago and the West. Quail in Florida. New York State Convention. A Venerable Bear Hunter, Sea and River Fishing. Frostfish. ; Sniggering and Guddling. The Six-Inch Trout Law. Trouting in the Cascades.—v. Off Cape Elizabeth. Augling Notes. : Chesapeake Bay Fishes. Canoeing. Small Cruisers. A Genterboard for Canoes. Racing Canoe-Yawils. Answers to Queries. Virginia Trout and Bass. Minnesota Ice Fishing. International Fish Laws. Southern Massachusetts Wish and Gamo League. For Prospectus and Advertising Rates see Page 45. SS a FROST-FISH. rPHB interesting article on this small whitefish by “A. N, C.," which we publish this week, contains a record of the first observations known to us upon the movements and spawning habits of a widely-distributed but littlestudied fish. In our brief references to the species we have purposely avoided the use of the name frostfish, hecause of its intimate association with a small marine fish of the cod family and, also, on account of the many older common names which have been applied to this Coregonus. In Forust AND STREAM of March 7, 1889, will be found, in ‘Answers to Correspondents,” page 145, a short survey of its names and distribution. The state- ment as to its occurrence at Kadiak was based on a mis- understanding of the collector’s notes; the fish was found on the peninsula of Alaska, and not on the island. The specimen mentioned by our correspondent was caught ‘with bait in Roach River, a tributary of Moosehead Lake, about seven miles from the lake.” Among the names applied to Coregonus quadrilateralis are the fol- lowing: Round whitefish, Menomonee whitefish, shad- waiter, pilot-fish, chivey, billfish (Connecticut Lakes, N. H.), mackerel, (Newfound Lake, N. H.), cucumber fish (Megantic Lake), clearfish (New Hampshire), Ac- cording to Col, Hodge, Chesterfield Lake appears to be its southern limit in New Hampshire. In addition to its value as food for man the reund whitefish (or frost-fish) furnishes abundant and wholesome food for the lake trout. . By reference to the figure of Hoy’s whitefish in ‘Fish ery Industries,” plate 1978, it will be observed that the round whitefish belongs to a very different group of -whitefishes, namely, the one typified by the lake herring (Coregonus artedi). One of the most striking character- isties of the quadrilateralis is the small number of its giil-rakers; there are only seventeen on the first gill arch, If ‘A, N. GC.” noticed parr marks on the fry of this species it would be interesting to record the observation; we have seen them in the young of a closely related whitefish and in the grayling. SNAP SHOTS. REEE is this peculiarity of a dead-letter law that, though it lie long forgotten, it nevertheless is a potentiality, and is tolerably certain on occasions to be raked up and called into play as a means of gratifying somebody’s pérsonal spite. There is in New York a law forbidding fishing on Sunday, But as a matter of fact, taking the State, probably 10,000 fishermen do fish on every Sunday throughout the fishing season; and no official ever dreams of enforcing the law. Last season, however, the netters of Jamaica Bay, Long Island, caused the arrest and fining of several Sunday fishermen, to “get square” with them for having interfered with illegal net fishing. Now the Sunday fishermen are pre- paring a huge petition to be sent to Albany praying for a vepeal of the Sunday fishing prohibition. ; Private advices from Montana tell us of a terrible butchery of elk just north of the line of the Yellowstone Park. It is said that the slaughter is carried on in pure wantonness, not having even the miserable excuse that hides or meat are to be sold. It is stated that men have been seen to shoot elk down and not even take the trouble to go near the carcass, which they could not use as they already had ali the meat they could carry, Itis an extraordinary thing that no notice is taken of these bold violations of the law in Montana and Wyoming, the two best game sections left in the West. Both States have laws which are good, if enforced, and both have gun clubs and game protective clubs, whose purpose as announced by themselves is the enforcement of these laws. Wyoming has done more in this respect than Montana, and yet the latter State has always before her eyes an impressive object lesson in the shocking destruc- tion of big game which every now and then takes place on the borders of the National Park. Montana enjoys the bad eminence of having exterminated the last of the buffalo. Does she want to repeat that process with the elk? At a monthly meeting of the New York Fish Commis- sion, at Albany, last Tuesday, Mr. Huntington was made President to fill the place made vacant by Gov. Hill’s ousting of Mr. Blackford. Mr, Hackney, the new com- missioner, is disposed to recognize the grotesqueness of his appointment; declares that he did not seek the oifice, and good-naturedly admits that he does not know the dif- ference between an eel and a clam, has no interest in fish, and cannot imagine why he was given the office. If Mr, Hackney does not know what he is put into the Commis- sion for, he may learn from an interview with Gov. Hill, printed in the Brooklyn Hagle, that he is expected to blow a political fish horn for the Democratic candidates in campaign times, The Governor told the reporter that he believed Mr. Blackford to be a good man for the place; but Mr. Blackford had voted for Mr. Fassett, the Repub- lican candidate; and this was a Democratic State; and he did not propose to keep Mugwumps in office. We recall no recent instance of a more shameless declaration of pernicious political principles than this. The Prince of Wales and eight companions put in less than five hours of pheasant shooting on a recent occasion and secured a bag of 2,236. So much for the incubator system of hatching game birds and the battue system of securing them for market. But one well-educated shot- proof American partridge has more game wrapped up in his feathers than a barnyard full of such English pheae- ants: and when aman has chased around through the brush for hours after the old bird and finally laid hands on it, he trudges home with a vastly richer store of satis- faction than an average of 49.933 pheasants per hour can ever give the participant in a battue. A Capt. DeHaas just back from a gold-hunting trip in Alaska suggests that somebody might make a fortune by starting a cannery for wild geeseand ducks at the mouth of the Yukon River, where the fowl congregate in im- mense numbers in the spring of the year. We print this for the edification of the esteemed correspondent who wrote from Paris the other day that he would be glad to see sport with the gun put an end to in America. A few of Capt. De Haas’s springtime duck canneries, judiciously established at the right points in the far North, would solve once and forever the spring shooting question. The most enthusiastic gun man we have heard recently in praise of his “trusty” was the possessor of a 10-bore, originally of 32 inch barrels, but gradually cut off until with 24inches it was found to bea perfect wonder for duck shooting. We would like to have for publication in our gun column some notes of practical experience with short-barreled guns, One need not go far from New York city for wildfowl when the flight ison. At Bellport, Long Island, sixty- three miles from New York, three shooters from the city, in ten days last fall, killed 509 ducks. One day’s score reached 140. -We-take pleasure in presenting this week a foretaste of the good things in store for those interested in American birds, The delightful article on Gambel’s quail published in our Natural History columns is from advance sheets of the first volume of Captain Bendire’s “‘ Life Histories of North American Birds,” referred to in these columns some time since. This is the typical game bird of Arizona, where it is extremely abundant, Captain Bendire writes from a very full personal knowledge of the habits of this species, derived from his long service in; the Territory, and his story of the life of the beautiful bird is charm- ingly told. On more than one occasion we have seen birds of this species in captivity here in the East, the examples having been sent on by our friend, Mr, Herbert Brown. The birds did well in a wire-screened pen ten or twelve feet square, and were beautiful and interesting objects. Kennel interests are advancing so rapidly that their adequate presentation calls fora more generous provision to-day than ever before. In our Kennel department we propose to give all the news, and to give it promptly on the dot while itis news. To further this end we have added to our staff Mr. B. Waters of Chicago, whose long experience with field dogs and familiarity with field trials have given him peculiar qualifications. The acquisition of Mr. Waters will be recognized as an accession of strength. Mr, Waters will remain in Chicago, where he will céoperate with Mr. Hough, and will represent not only the West, but the South and Southwest. While as a watter of fact the FOREST AND STREAM is the most popular sportsman’s journal in the West to-day, we do not claim it to be a “*Western” paper nor an ‘‘Hastern” paper; we are quite content to have it recognized as an unsectional, national, American FOREST AND STRHAM, Immediately following the last shooting tournament of the New York Association for the Protection of Fish and Game, Gen. D. H. Bruce of Syracuse suggested through our columns a convention of the Association to discuss measures for securing desired legislation. The proposal was seconded by Mr, Horace White, President of the Assoziation; and it is a pleasure to record, as we do on another page, that the project has taken practical shape. A meeting will be held next month, and the names of those who have the matter in charge warrant confidence in the result. b “ Well, the fellow that made that knew what he was. about.” was the comment which an experienced cow- puncher made as he passed along Broadway and noticed the Winans trophy in the window of Hartley & Graham, opposite the FOREST AND STREAM office. ‘It’s areal cow- boy on a real pony; and he’s got all the fixings right, too. He sits on his broncho as he should and not with his knees drawn up like an Hnglish jockey. His gunseemsa trifle long, but he’s got the drop on his man sure enough,” An Austrian chemist has devised an instrument of defense and offense for wild-beast tamers. Tle invention consists of a syringe charged with caustic ammonia; ons strong squirt of this into the nostrils of any wild beast would, he says, half asphyxiate the animal and render it powerless for sufficient time to enable the tamer to escape from the cage. Supplied with a powerful syringe of this sort, some of our grizzly bear hunters would no longer find it necessary to trap and clog their bears before venturing within range. ; Dr. James A. Henshall has gone to Florida fer a six weeks’ collecting tour to gather specimens of fishes and other objects for the World's Fair exhibit of the U.§, Fish Commission. : It all depends upon where you see it, The heading «© Woodcock’s Puzzling Curves,” would mean one thing in a sportman’s journal, but in the daily paper it refers to a baseball pitcher. “Great Slaughter” in our gun col- umns would imply big shooting, in the daily it means that dry goods are going ‘‘ below cost.” Sports Ajield has taken on a magazine form, and now adds convenience of handling to its other attractions. Our bright Denver contemporary is a true child of the West; it brings with it the breezy spirit of Colorado and the Rockies, and is in every way a credit to sportsman’s journalism. - 2 The annual dinner of the Megantic Fish and Game Club will be held in Boston, Hotel Brunswick, Jan. 28. 26 FOREST AND STREAM. [Jan, 14, 1892. Sportsman Conrist, WINTER SPORTS IN NORTH CAROLINA. LETTER IV. On Roanoke Island. - all my life I never saw such a congregation of geese, ducks and swans as gathered on the edges of mid-channel in Roanoke Sound during the mild warm days of Christmas week. Sometimes the fowl were down at the south end of the island, off Spence Daniells’s place, and anon along the ‘‘Reef,” near the north end. But wherever they were there was a hubbub, and for several consecutive days they picked and plumed them- selyes until their discarded down and feathers appeared in little windrows of flotsam all along the landwash on the shore. Beet tact with something cold which T at first supposed to be a snake; and being curious to see what it really was and not able to dislodge it, I raised the sod with a stick and found a land terrapin tating its ease in the nest. Not the sign of an egg remained, neither were any shells vis- ible. Whether the reptile had eaten the eggs or not I was unable to decide, as 1 found no remains of them in the stomach. That reptiles of various kinds are not ad- verse to an egg diet is shown by the following instance kindly furnished hy Mr. Herbert Brown. A Gila mon- ster (Aeloderma, suspectum) had been caught alive near Tueson, Arizona, on April 14, 1890, and was placed in a packing box for safe keeping over night. Next morning five eggs were found in the box with the occupant. Two of these were forwarded to me for identification by Mr. Brown, who wished to know iif they were the eggs of this reptile or Gambel’s partridge, he surmised the latter. There was no difficulty in solving this problem, for the shells of the eggs, although considerably injured, plainly showed. the peculiar markings of the egg of Gambel’s partridge, and even the shape, leaving no possible doubt that they were the product of one of these birds and not of the Gila monster, which had probably swallowed them whole on the day it was caught and thrown them up during the night. ; The nests of Gambel’s partridge are lined usually, but very slightly, with bits of dry grasses or leaves, and often Contain no lining whatever, the eggs lying on the dry, sandy soil. These usually number from ten to twelvein a set, but occasionally double these numbers are found, which are unquestionably the product ef more than one hen. I have several times fgund ordinary-sized sets placed in two layers, one egg on top of the other, the cavity being in such cases deep and narrow and not rounded, A set found by me June 20, 1872, contained nineteen fresh eggs, evidently laid by two different birds, as the eggs showed two radically different and distinct types of markings, These were likewise placed in two layers. In the hot Gila River Valley in southern Arizona nidification commences in some seasons by the middle of March. Mr. John Swinburne informs me of finding a full set of eggs on March 19, near Phoenix, in Maricopa county. In the vicinity of Tucson they lay somewhat later. The earliest date at which eggs of this species have been found there, according to the observations of Mr. Brown, is April 4, usually about the latter part of this month and the beginning of May, the nesting season continuing into August and sometimes even to September. The eggs of Gambel’s partridge are short ovate in form, and the ground color varies froma dull white to a creamy white and pale buif color. The eggs are spotted, clouded, and blotched, sometimes very heavily, with irregular markings or blotches, and again with well-defined and rounded spots of dark seal-brown and écru drab, Dif- fused over these botches is found a peculiar purplish or pinkish bloom, difficult to describe, resembling somewhat the rich bloom found on blue grapes and various kinds of plums when first picked. These markings, when touched by water or moisture of any kind, change radically, be- coming seal brown, or chestnut brown of different shades, according to the variable amount of pigment on the shel] of the egg. Carefully blown specimens will retain this peculiar bloom for years, and some eggs col- lected by me and now deposited in the U. S. National Museum, one of which is figured, show this as plainly to- day as when they were first taken, fully eighteen years ago. Eggs of Callipepla gambeli are, as a rule, more heavily spotted than those of the two California par- tridges, and the color of the markings in the majority of specimens is decidedly different. The peculiar golden russet shade so often present in the esgs of the latter.is almost entirely wanting here, and is replaced by darker and more bluish brown tints. The average measurement of ninety-seven specimens in the U. &, National Museum collection is 31.5 by 24 millimetres, the largest egg of the series measuring 34 by 26, the smallest 285 by 24 millimetres. The type specimens, No, 16480 (Pl. 1, Fig, 11), selected from a set of ten eggs, taken June 14, 1872, and No, 21116, two egas selected from a set of nineteen (Pl. 1, Figs. 13 and 14), one showing the peculiar bloom before mentioned, and the other a decided difference in the style of markings, taken June 20, 1872, near Rillitto Creek, Arizona,(Bendire collection), were found by the writer. No, 23938 (PI. 1, Fig, 12), from a set of ten eggs, was taken by Mr. Her- bert Brown at the Laguna, near Tucson, Arizona, May 19, 1889, [The illustration which accompanies this paper is 4 portrait of the California quail (Lophortys californica), from ‘“‘North American Birds, by Baird, Brewer and Ridgway,” Little, Brown & Co., Boston, through whose courtesy we use it. The figure is, as stated, the California quail, In form and markings the two species are almost exactly alike, but their colors are not the same, Still in a figure showing only black and white, a drawing of one species represents both. | ORNITHOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION, — At the December monthly meeting of the Association the following per- sons were elected corresponding members of the Associ- ation: Edmund Heller, Riverside, Cal., and W. 5: Strode, M.D., Bernadotte, Il. President Langille made some remarks on the nomenclature and differentiation of Ortyx virginiana, Lagopus albus and Bonasa wmbellus. Mr. S. R. Ingersol!, of Ballston Spa, N. Y., gave a list of the birds which he had observed in the county of Sara- toga. The list includes 127 species and is scarcely an- notated, CarRRink Prgnon AsTRAY.—New Haven, Conn., Jan, d. —Hditor Forest and Stream: Early in the evening of Dec, 21 a pigeon alighted at the house of Wm. Splaman, Mi. Carmel, Conn. It has a yving on one leg and is very tame, and has refused to goaway. They think it is a carrier pigeon. Ihave made some inquiries in this city. but do not find any one who knows anything about it. | write to you thinking that perhaps that will be the short- est and quickest way of finding the owner.—G. T. Hrw- LETT, A Book Asoo Trprans,—The FOREST AND Swiktan will maj] free On application a descriptive circular of Mr, Grinnell’s book, “Pawnee Hero Stories and folk-tales,” giving a table of contents | and-spesimen illustrations from the yolums.—A dy, FOREST AND STREAM. TP \ENVER, Col., Jan. 4 —Hditor Forest and Stream: In your issue of Dec, 31, you editorially quoted Prof, A. RK. Wallace as announcing that since the extermi- nation of the buffalo the buffalo grass 1s disappearing— giving place to coarser plants—because “the uniform hardening of the surface by the tread of bison, together with the equally regular manuring, favored the growth of this particular form of grasses,” I desire to Bay, not from any theoretical conclusions or brief superficial ob- servations, but from forty years’ experience in the butialo country, that the buffalo grass is not running out from any such causes as are stated by the learned professor. The buffalo grass is a plain, practical plant. It can endure adversity: hence it grew on the plains when few other plants could live. Butitcan also stand prosperity, and if flourishes the more proportionately. Buffalo grass is now an element in our native upland hay, which many of us feed in preferences to timothy or clover. This shows that it grows in the more or less irrigated meadows to a height sufficient to be caught by the sickle. On the dry plains it did not, but in early days of travel and traflic on the plains it was always observed that the rankest growth of that grass was along the sides of the roads where the wind blew the dust from the road upon and around it and thereby gave it a measure of cultivation, and in the swales or depressions where the water followed after rains. As for the *‘treadine” of the ground and the ‘‘manur- ing” by the bison, assumed by the professor to be the two essentials necessary to perpetuate the buffalo grass, it is a fact that the entire buffalo region is now trampled more and manured more, by domestic cattle (meluding sheep, horses and other animals) than it ever was by the buffalo, The country is now pastured as nearly as is safely practi- cable to its full capacity, whereas in the days of the buffalo i¢ was not pastured to one-half whatit was capable of, Why didn't the professor attribute its disappearance to sentiment—the huffalo gone, why should the prass remain? I assure you that wherever it has given place to coarser plants there is some other obvious and common- sense reason why it has so happened. Ican point out plenty of places where, to my own knowledge, a butfalo has-not been for more than thirty years where buffalo grass still grows luxuriantly every year—much more luxuriantly than it grew thirty years ago, The common, every-day public is often shamefully humbugged by the learned logic of professed professors, who ought to confine their erratic speculations to de- scriptions of the flora of the moon. Wm. N. BYERS, CANNIBAL SNAKES. — \ R. HENRY HORAN, Superintendent of the U, 8. ih National Museum, who has had considerable ex- perience in the care of living reptiles while contined at the Smithsonian Institution, cites a case illustrative of the cannibalistic tendencies of certain snakes. At one time he had in a cage two king snakes, the largest of which was about 2ft, long, and the smaller 18in. The kind and affectionate nature of these snakes soon won for them the best attention from Mr. Horan, who fed them upon ‘‘all the delicacies of the season,” The snakes were particularly fond of the eggs of other snakes, and through their weakness for these tid-bits Mr, H, discov- ered his king snakeship’s inclination to a trait character- istic of the Fijiislanders. Upon this occasion a goodly number of blacksnake eggs were being fed the pets, and for the last round but one egg was left for the two snakes. It was given to the smaller one, which took it from the hand from which all the rest of the eggs had been taken. and the larger snake, seeing no other egg, tried to take the last one from the mouth of thesmall snake. But the smaller reptile had a firm hold and kept the egg, where- upon the larger snake commenced to swallow the egs and its possessor, When the snake had disappeared, leay- ing only 3 few inches of its tail protruding from the mouth of the Jarger snake. Mr. Horan took hold of the member and rescued its owner from the living tomb, He was much surprised to find that the small snake still held the egg in its mouth and says it lost no time in swal- lowing the morsel, Auother case illustrative of how we are not overrun by snakes was scen in the National Museum in 1881. when a large watersnake gaye birth to 104 young, and the male snake hearing of it went over and swallowed the whole batch, He was playing ‘for keeps,” too. Bon. W Asainton, D, ©. BIOLOGICAL SOCLETY OF WASHINGTON,—At the meet- ing of the Biological Society at the Cosmos Club last night the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. C, Hart Merriam; Vice-Presidents, Prof, ©. V. Riley, C. D, Walcott, Richard Rathbun and Dr. Frank Baker; Corresponding Secretary, F. A. Lucas; Recording Secretary, F. V, Coville; Treasurer, F, H, Knowlton, and 2 Council comprising Dr. T, H, Bean, L. O, Howard, T. I. Palmer, F, W, True and Dr, Theobald Smith, Words of Appreciation. 1 most heartily congratulate you on the changed appearance aud greatly increased value of WoREST AND SirRHAM, [1 Was a superior paper of its kind before—cleav, comprehensive, relialle, May its prosperity increase in proportion tothe spirit of enter- prise it shows in abundantly filling ‘the field it occupies. Dear FoREST AND STREAM. I have read every nuniber of it from its beginning. D. H. Bruen, SYRAOUSE, N: ¥. - The new Forest AND SvReAM,I can truly say. is “immense. The paper has been growing in interest and yalue for the year past, and is now quite up to the highest demands of sportsmen. Nw HARTFORD, N, Y. R. U. SHPEMAN, Congratulations are in order, therefore allow me to offer mine to FOREST AND SHREAM on the occasion of ‘its new issue as a long time correspondent and reader of Forusr Anp STREAM. I have enjoyed the evenness of ifs gait and consequently I am not sur- prised to find that with comparatiyely little effort its claim to Jead the entire field has been so indisputably asserted. Its record is without blot, and it has not,and I am sure will not, belie its character. Whiteithas been and white itshould ke. May you continue to show ths lead, in expounding to the public, in the old manly way. all that is best in nature as wa know her. a Lone Isuann, W. TOWNSEND, Game Bag and Guy. Antelope and Deer of America. By J. D, Caton. Price $2.50. Wing and Glass Ball Shooting with the Rifle. By W.C. Bliss, Price 50 cents, Rifle, Rod and Gun in California. By T. S. Van Dyke. Price $1.50. Shore Birds, Price 15 cents. Wooderaft. By “Ness- muk. Price $1. Trajectories of Hunting Rifles. Price 50 cents Wed Fowl Shooting: see advertisement, THE FULL TEXTS of the game laws of all the States, lerri- tories and British Provinces are given in the Book ot the Game Laws. A GUN CAMERA. ERLIN,Germany,—Hditor Forest and Stream: Baron Victor Kalchberg (Austria) has successfully solved the problem of obtaining photographic views in such a short period as is represented by the difference of time between pulling the trigger of a gun and exploding the cartridge, and by this means securing an absolutely re- liable control of a correct aiming at moving game. The apparatus is made to fit any hunting gun or mili- tary rifle, and is so constructed that the pulling of the trig- ger will open and close it before the effect of the explo- sion takes place, The smal! attachment is made out of aluminum and 15 fastened to the lower side of the barrels in such a man- ner that its optical axis stands in a straight line with the It therefore fellows that when a shot is fired at a distance below sixty yards the center of the picture thus obtained will show a distinct spot, repre- senting the true point of aiming at the moment of the pulling of the trigger. Thirty such views, each in size a trifle smaller than a aiming point. silver dollar, can be taken in succession, Even at a dis- tance of eighty yards the view will be plain enough to show that part of a deer very distinctly at which the gun has been aimed in the moment of firing, The same pic- ture will display the surroundings of the main object within a cirele of thirty yards. At longer distances, however, the aid of a magnifying glass is necessary in order to locate the aiming point on the picture. The attachment can be readily fastened to and re- moved from the gun, thus enabling the sunner to use his gun with or without the attachment. ARMIN TENNER. A VENERABLE BEAR HUNTER. AVING for some time been a constant reader of the -A. FOREST AND STRHAM, the oldest, ablest and most reliable sportsman’s paper in the world, I naturally take an interest in its varied contents, and if it would not be too niuch of an intrusion I should like to say a few words concerning my old and valued friend, Elijah Simonds, the venerable hunter and trapper of the Adirondacks, who, by the way, is probably personally acquainted with more of the old readers of the FoREST AND StRHAM than any other man living in northern New York. This truly remarkable man, now on the further side of seyenty, is passing the happy evening of a hunter’s life under the shadow of Mt. Raven, whose towering summit lookgdown with stately and steady gaze upon the lovely Bouquet Val- ley, in the bosom of which nestles the romantic little village of Elizabethtown. He is the last surviving mem- ber of a large family of brothers, allof whom were pas- sionately fond of hunting. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Simonds is living on ‘“‘borrowed time,” he is still able to roam the deepest recesses of the forests unattended save by that trusty fowling piece, a Lewis double-barrel muzzleloading weapon, one barrel for bullet and the other for shot. Hehas caught the usual number of foxes, mink, skunk, ete., this fall, and has also taken three black bears, capturing the last one just west of Blizabeth- town village on Tuesday, Dec. 8. All these bears were caught within a few miles of the Hssex county court house, which fact, besides proving the prowess of Mr, Simonds, goes to show that bears are still fairly plenty in and around Elizabethtown, I venture to assert (ir. Simonds would never voluntarily speak of his own ex- ploits, as he is a very modest man) thab no other hunter iying within the entire limits of the Empire State, who bears the weizht of three score and ten years, can point to a similar record made during the past three months, G. L, Brows. AGAIN THE JACK RABBITS. i HAVE just landed here and shall stay till April or - May, As I have before had occasion to say, this re- gion is afflicted with jack rabbits. Lhave brought along both a .82 anda .22 Winchester, with 1,000 cartridges for each, and hope to thin out the long-eared pests some. I wish some of your readers who like to shoot and who are jolly good fellows would come out and help me. I will guarantee them a shot every ten minutes as long as they care to hunt. And for a change I will agree to show them 200 to 400 quail a day for any number of days in succession. I can show them 20 to 50 antelope a day within 20 miles of town, 5 to 15 deer a day by going 30 miles out, and plenty of peccaries, or wild hogs, within the same distance. The open season lasts until March on deer, antelope, quail, etc., and all the year round on the other varmints, I ap not in hotel or livery business and have no axe to grind, Two brothers of the name of Witt recently went into the foothills of the Guadaloupe Mountains, 40 miles west of here, hunted two days, saw over 40 deer and brought in seven, 4 A few weeks ago I was driving down the valley with my wife. Two antelope, a buck and a doe, stood near the road. When within 200yds, of them I handed the [Tan, 14, 1892 —— lines to Mrs. §,, took the rifle, hopped out of the buggy, | and took a hasty shot at the buck, I failed to score, and the pair sailed away over the prairie, They ran to the top of the ridge and stopped. The distance was great, ° but accidents are always liable to happen im this glori- ous climate of New Mexico, J estimated the distance at 3d0yds., turned the Lyman sight up until if showed the proper number of points, knelt down, took a careful aim at the buck—holding well up to allow for any possible underrating of distance—and when the smoke cleared away the buck was down and kicking, “Oh, George,” screamed my wife, ‘‘you’ve killed the poor thing.” And then she wept just as any other ten- der-hearted, sympathetic woman would have done, and as I felt inclined to do myself. I stepped the distance to the buck and it was a good honest 379yds. The bullet severed his spine. I would never have told of the shot had I not had a witness toit, and one whose word no one who knows her would ever doubt. By the way, why don't some of you sportsmen come here and take up homesteads and go to farming and growing fruit? There are thousands of acres of Govern- ment land here, under the irrigating canals, that in two years will be worth $50 an acre. Meantime you can live on quail, wild turkey and yenison. Write me any of you who are interested, G, O, SHIELDS. Eppy, New Mex'co. TWO REMARKABLE CAPTURES. te fall, while on a quail shoot at Kelloge, W. Va., I lodged with my friend Robert Arms, with whom Thave been acquainted for many years, and who, I will say, has not a constitutional proclivity for telling wonder- ful things for wonder’s gratification. Before the Jurid glare of the great fire-place in the old log cabin he ventured upon my credulity at least for once, and, in all honor to his veracity, I will say I doubt not his story, Said he: ‘‘Now, it may seem a thing impossible to you, but what Tm going to tell you is a fact. I was standing on the side of a hill, when some one started a pheasant (ruffed grouse) which came directly toward me. I stood near a tree, and the bird apparently aimed to pass between me and it, and as it did so I made a grab forit and caught it.” Now, when we consider the strange vagaries of the grouse, the account does not seem at allineredible, T know one instance of the bird flying from the woods into the village in daylight, and striking the door of the drug store, where it felland was caught. At another time was hunting in Ulster county, N. ¥., when my beater drove a grouse out of the thicket into the open field where I was stationed in expectation of his flight toward me. I was a considerable number of yards from the thicket, but he came straizbt toward me and did not seem to realiz3 his danger until yery near my head, when he seemed to struggle to check his speed, as it were, finttered, but he did not change his course. Ashe passed by I wheeled and dropped bim, IthinkI might have reached him with my hand, KX The other singular “catch” was made by a dig, nota greyhound, but one of remarkable ability for leaping, and formed somewhat after the mould of that fleet-footed dog, The deg had a peculiar propensity for running after and barking at all birds that few overhead. One day 4 hawk swooped down and bore off a fowl: but the load wasa heavy one, and in getting to the woods he had to pass over ascending ground, The dog seeing the thief, started in full pursuit, and, making one leap, brought the marauder to the ground and tore him to pieces, The chicken survived, This was told me by Mrs, Frances Strupe, who saw if, and who is above making a false statement, . N, D. Evrine, OLD SANK’S GOCD WORK. Editor Forest and Stream: ; How largely does a guuner's pleasure in the field de- pend on the good work of his dog. Ihave been outtwice with my gun this week, Sank did some fine work on quail. They got up and I missed with both barrols, ‘hen I hunted an hour for them and Sank took the trail aud followed back over the first trail down to the very spot where they first rose, I thought he was on the old tail and tried to call him off, but could not. He started on and up a hill and came toa point, When gotto him he was pointing directly at three white hens in a trea near the ground. When the hens began to cackle he looked sheepish, dropped his tail for an instant and turned a quarter round and straightened out again, The hens began to fly and ten or a dozen quail rosé, 1 was off my guard and rattled. I fired twice and got nothing, A’ woman came up and accused me of firing at her hens, I made that all right and came home, haying seen the beat piece of nose work | ever expect to see in that line, It was one trail doubled on to one a half hour old, and the old fellow knew it and wouldn’t be called off nor bluffed by me nor by the hens. I resulved that I would never pub my judgment of appearances ahead of Sank’s nose again. “To-day I went cut again till noon, Sank took a dim scent over in a valley. The birds had evidently been feeding and running about everywhere and I sat on the rocks and waited, At last he started off, Every few rods he would circle a while, find the trail, then go on, We wentover rocks, brush, fences and af last down into the open swamp. I had no rubber boots on, but my faith did not falter and I followed along the borders of the swamp through tall grass, weeds and briers and cut on some poles over a stream into some plowed land, where Sank halted for the first time. There was no cover and I was confident now that I would see my birds. Man pro- poses but the quail disposes. When I saw them they were in the air as usual, but I wasnot“left.” T gob dawn one with each barrel and Sank smiled. SodidI. It was the triumph of faith. We had followed them almost a mile, Soon after T added an old partridge to my bag, but could not find the quail again in the time T had. They wiil keep for another day. Sank and 1 have a pretty clear understanding now. He leads and I follow if [ know myself, A. G. W. NAMES AND PORDRAICS OF Brrps, by Gurdon Trumbull. A book particularly interesting to gunners, for by its use they can identify without question all the Amorican game birds which Ee may kill. Cloth, 20 pages. priee 22.50, Hor saleby Forrgr Fo STREAM. r Jan, 14, 1899. AN ARKANSAS BEAR HUNT. T I B, Derrick, Dewitt Anderson, J. H. Hill, W. R. Hampton, F, B, Maton, Dr. C. W. Taylor and Longfield Lofton, left Marianna, Ark,, for a bear bunt in the cane brakes of White and Cache river bottoms. This section I had small black animal that was making such a noise. not stood half a minute before the bird left the tree and was early in last December when H. H. B, Dupuy, H. | flew straight up the path toward me, presenting a beauti- ful shot, which I was not slow to take advantage of, dropping the bird almost at my fect, Proceeding a short distance further, the dog started a hare (what a pity it is that spaniels will chase hares; it is is said to be the best hunting grounds in the State for} the only bad habit my dogs have, and I cannot break large game, such as bear, deer, wolves, panthers, etc. It them of it, they alldo so), Idecided to kill the hare, requires men of courage and endurance to undertake a | for the days being short, I did not care to wait half an hunting campaign in such a wilderness, hemmed in on all sides by massive cane brakes and primitive forests, wherein abound these vicious wild animals. The party pushed bravely on through the dense wilderness to the bank of Clear Lake, a small sheet of water afew miles east of White River. It was here they struck camp. The paraphernalia consisted of the usual camp equip- ments, Winchesters, cane knives, and a pack of twenty- six dogs of many designs, Long before the sun had lifted his head from his Atlantic pillow, Col. Dupuy, the commander-in-chief, sounded the signal to move, and accordingly the party gathered around him for orders, ‘‘Take a northern course 2nd move slowly,” was the order. Proceeding about a mile as di- rected, the welcome notes of old Cham- pion rang forth on the still morning air, and ina twinkling the entire pack chimed in melodiously. All knew a trail was struck, and “tones of rapturous joy” came from the boys. It was not long, how- ever, until his bear- ship was at bay by the side of a large gum tree which served as a barricade to ward off an attack from the rear. When seen bruin was sitting up in all his majesty, slapping at the dogs with terrific force. A rifle shot had a tend- ency to stimulate him to greater activity until hard pressed by the pack, when he again stood at bay with a huge log to his back, The cane was exceedingly thick and heavy here, but it fell before his strong paw like grain before a areaper. Fortunately the dogs were gradu- ates of the school of beardom, but for this many of the dogs would certainly have been without a head, a shoulder, or probably an existence. While entertaining the pack with his sledge-hammer blows, another ball pierced his thick woolly skin, and he plunged into the cane, making it crack and snap like a volley of musketry. A long and exciting chase followed. Coming to a temporary stand he was welcomed by a stinging ball from one of the boys who happened to be in his way. The final retreat was in the shales of a cane cavern, under which was scarcely twilight. The cane was tall, and over its tops was a network of vines which served to bend the canetops within afew feet of the ground. It was beneath this dark retreat that bruin took his last refuge. While he was fighting the dogs with all his mad fury the hunter crept cautiously within a few rods of his game and fired. the fatal shot. It is unnecessary to mention the hero lest it make him vain, but it may be added that each of the previous shots were very effectual in causing death. It was decided to call her the old she bear of White River bottoms. She weighed 605lbs. undressed, and 482\bs. net, A pretty good bear to say the least, Fourteen bears and two deer were killed. The bears weighed from 605 to 200\bs. each. After spending ten days on our bear hunt the party returned to their homes brimful of a ten days’ outing on Clear Lake, with firm resolves for a future return. WALTER D, CHILDRESS. Corroy PLANT, Ark. A NOVEMBER AFTERNOON. 4 VERY season as it passes away leaves behind it in the minds of many sportsmen the remembrance of one day, or one afternoon, in particular as more enjoyable than any of his other outings during the same season, not so much for the number of game bagged as for the ease in which the game was got and good shooting made, the weather having been just so. Suchanafternoon was the 27th of November last tome, I left home on the after- noon of that day a few minutes before 2 o’clock, accom- panied by my black spaniel, and drove three miles to the covert, which was composed of poplar, red and white birch and cedar, with numerous narrow roads cut through it. The day was a lovely still day, with a few flakes of snow falling. Having tied my horse to a fence and thrown over her two heavy warm blankets, I started into the covert, and had proceeded but a short distance when the bitch gave a yelp, and up got a partridge with a roar, as only a partridge can. It rose straight up. I missed with the right barrel, shooting under the bird, It straightened out and made for a hardwood bush a quar- ter of a mile away; but when about sixty yards on his journey, the left barrel plucked a handful of feathers out of the bird and down it came, Gathering it in, I pro- ceeded gently along the same path. It was only a few minutes until the spaniel gave tongue again. I gnessed from her eager, quick, sharp bark that she had a bird in a tree, Moving a few steps forward I saw a fine peu sitting on the limb of a small birch alongside of an old fence, and only a few feet up over the dog, watching with head down and topknot erect the hour or more on the spaniel; so taking up a position where the hare crossed the path, upon her return I shot her, , I now went over to the north of the concession, into a covert similar to the one I had been shooting in, On my stepping over a log a partridge flushed right from under my feet, J fired after the bird, when it turned around and fisw a short way toward where [ was standing, fail- ing to the ground with wings extended, and when on the ground drumming ata great rate, THE FOX LAKE REGION. OX LAKE, Wis., Dec. 13.—Editor Forest and Stream: The shooting and fishing, although good in this locality, is not what might be called great, and we have disliked to call attention to it as there have always been hunters enough for the amount of game; but “‘the jig’s up’ now. The real estate dealer in lots, the summer girl, the boy with the target rifle, and the ‘thog,” whose only glory is in the size of the bag he makes, have nearly ruined the sport. If I were going to formulate a set of rules for sportsmen, | would be tempted to bunch them all in this one, ‘Don’t be a hog.” Tbe able pen of your Chicago correspondent has left little to be told of Horicon Marsh. About eight miles west of Horicon Marsh is Beaver Dam Lake, a fine sheet of water eight miles long, but nothing extra for ducks, as there is comparatively little of marsh and feed- ing ground, Two miles north of Beaver Dam Lake lies This bird drummed ! Fox Lake, which is about three miles by one and a half, as loud as any partridge I have heard drum; it was a | and has plenty of marsh and feeding ground, and for the large old hen and had received but one grain of shot, and | size of the lake has always been a good one for ducks. that through its head, I would be of opinion after hear- ing and seeing this bird drum that a partridge can drum Cai i ota TU es Cg 6 Se Ne Eee a ee Se a nt at tanh ioe Ae | It is cut over half in two by three islands, now dotted by cottages; and as I intimated before, the shooting here will soon be a thing of the past. Northwest of Fox Lake about four miles is the beautiful little Lake Emily, north- west of that another fine little sheet of water called Lake Maria, and still north- west of that a mud hole, formerly called Lake Marietta —an early French settler had three daughters, named Emily, Maria, and Marietta. A little fishing and shooting may be had on these lakes, but none of them equal to Fox Lake. About ten or twelve miles north- AR OS <3 see = 28 weat of these lakes are WA \ = phase the wonderful Puca- Din i “ Wii ti yee a4 rary a wa lakes and marshes, i NW Gn fe Fer SF aes ee but this place is fa- = oe Ey LE Et miliar to many of i = 2 Te genip your readers and I = 7 ee tar will not attempt. a = = wes a. Sr description. The AMONG THE WILDFOWL.—XVI. AN HXCITING MOMENT. in any place and on anything, be it a log, rock or earth. This partridge, although dead to sensation, was as strong if not stronger than any living bird in the neryes of mo- tion from reflect action. A short distance further on the dog flushed another partridge out of a pile of brush; the bird flew across me, giving me a very pretty shot; 1 bagged him, and another immediately afterward, making five partridges for five seen, and all killed on the wing. Ihave killed numbers of partridge in my day, but do not remember ever to have killed five in succession on the wing, without a miss. It is seldom this bird affords to the sportsman a clear, open shot, generally managing to place a tree, bush or some- thing between itself and the shooter. The dog now started another hare; she had run it buta few minutes before it came and squatted under some brush not fifty yards from me; I fired and asthe hare did not stir I knew that it must be wounded badly; the dog coming on the scent caught and killed her. Immediately after killing the hare the dog flushed a partridge some distance away; I watched the bird fly into a small cluster of standing trees and heard it light. I am the worst hand living for seeing a partridge in a tree, but I knew this one could hardly escape, as I had but a few trees to look into. After looking over and over again into each tree, Isaw the bird sitting close up against the trunk in a red birch within 30yds. of where I was standing, I shot it without the slightest compunction, The most of the partridges I kill I kill on the wing, but am not above shooting a partridge on a tree or on the ground, These birds are, in this neighborhood, much hunted, and are therefore pretty wild. This season has been, in this locality, an exceptionally good one for partridge. There was a good crop of but- ternuts. Why is it that in a year when there is a good crop of butternuts there is also a good crop of partridges? What butternuts should have to do with this bird I do not know, but I have noticed that a fall when butternuts are plentiful, partridges are also plentiful. I had now six partridges and two hares, about as much as IT cared tocarry. Being about one mile and a half from where I had left the horge and buggy, with evening fast approaching, I retraced my steps, Thedog, on our way to the horse, put two partridges into a pop- lar, but they did not let mse get near enough for a shot. Coming on dusk, and just as I got to the concession road, the spaniel fiushed another bird, a nice shot, but I made a clean miss. However, I did not care to get any more; T had plenty, and had had a very pleasant afternoon; the weather was perfect, the walking good, and I never had gone from the roads, Getting to where I had left the horse and buggy, it was but a few minutes until I was at home. Saw the dog fed and horse attended to, and en- joyed a good tea, as I generally can after a tramp in the bush with gun and dog. HH. B, N Cookstown, Can. Tae VELver TRAtN of the Monon Routes between Chicago and Gincinnati offers the best and most Iuxurious service obtainable between those points.—Adv. . shooting here on Fox Lake, owing to low - water, would have ° = been the best in years : the past season, but as soon as the blue- bills came, the sports- men of Milwaukee fiocked out, and by continual chasing in small skiffs by part of them and shooting by others in blinds built in the open water, the ducks were soon driven off. It’s a small lake, and with steady cannonading fifteen hours a day the poor ducks had to leave. After a day or two, when they began to work back in, they found so many gunners awaiting them that they soon left. After the bluebills were gone that idiot among ducks, the rhoda or bullnecks, had to take it, and they were chased till so wild that nothing short of a cannon could reach them. We have a beautiful little lake, and might have more or less shooting every fall, if any reason were shown by the sportsmen, but seven fifteen-hour days of cannonading a week are more than most any kind of game will stand. Our lake froze over very suddenly about the 15th of November, and the boys had great sport catching crippled ducks on the ice. Georgie Morrison, of Fox Lake, cap- tured forty-six in one day. Thisis better than to leave them starve or to be caught by foxes.. Wm. Williams, a big Welshman, living north of the lake, skated across the next day to do some trading. On his way over he caught a crippled duck, and leaving it on the island came into town, Starting back about 4 P. M., he got his duck, and had only gone about 50yds. when he skated into an air hole and was drowned. He was an im- mensely strong man, but did not or could not struggle a particle for life, for when he was found the duck was still under his arm. We are having a little sport with rabbits and anxiously waited for a good tracking snow, when fun with the foxes will commence. We have no regular club, but every one who owns a hound joins in, and we manage to get nota little sport out of it. I have a big greyhound that is affording us some little sport when rabbit hunt- ing; he will follow my old foxhound Duster till she starts a rabbit; then he takes the lead, and when he has any show at all picks up the game. We are hoping he will do the same trick on foxes, and if-he will we'll gather in the brushes in great shape. W. H.W. ALUMINUM.—Charlestown, N. H.—Hditor Forest and Stream: “I want a match box, no uncommon want;” to parody the opening lines of Don Juan, and make it an excuse to ask through your columns why some of the manufacturers of, and dealers in, sportsmen’s appurte- nances do not advertise sundry articles, such as match boxes, dog collars, drinking cups, whistles, ete., made of the new metal, aluminum. : : the Governor of Massachusetts and his military staff, the AJ ORTH WOOD, N.Y, Jan. 4.—Several bears bave other day, there was a very happy prize in store for his been killed near here during the fall, A bounty of | Excellency, Gov. William H. Russell, Once a year the 310 each was paid for five of them, then bounty paying | Governor and his staff draw upon the State for this was stopped. Not, long HRC E gay TOeuayen pean ue the | dinner, This tirne it was rather informal, till well in the treasurer with proof that a bear had been killed, but the | .. ening, when Commissary-General Charles H, Taylor, bounty was not forthcoming. A few days ater oye eae manager of the Boston Globe, arose, and in a few most killers, who had got a check on the county, received let- | yiaiy remarks, presented the Governor with as hand- ters asking the return of the money; but the money had | (4's Scott gun as one often sees, Then he told of the been spent or paid out, so they sent answers back to that Governor's wonderful skill with the shotgun, and in effect, es Bree ‘ ..| hehalf of the other members of the military staff, he Deer bave visibly increased around the clearings, while wished him much joy in the use of his new weapon. sronnd Moose River they are not so numerous as form- Tpiiecpal miahtenielief-aaaceompletely: taken ibir sui erly. No trouble was had in starting them, however. | 1 i.. but managed to express his thane for this. most Ey ees ORB, feist ae duc ies ere Ug eS eat LS | kindly remembrance in a few well-chosen words. The ae eae : sapllerct es A aa killed oyer a hundred Governor will now have a better reason than ever for the D is Behe . ¥ ache : 2 ‘J =F —__ Spr deer for ides in the vicinity of Seeberry, Stillwater and little outings that he is so fond of taking.—SPECTAL. | Jock’s Lake outlet. Their principal assistant was an innocent-looking setter, Tie men would go out to some favorable spot and go up wind in a line, with the setter ranging back and forth before them, When one of the men found a fresh track he would call the dog, and the dog would road the deer much as if it were a partridge, When within fifty or a hundred yards the dog would straighten out in a point, the men would then surround the deer, and when it sprang from the cover the men nearest would shoot it. Very few deer escaped the hail of buckshot. The deer in that region are increasing slowly. More foxes have been killed here during the fal} and winter than fox years before. Rabbits are plenty, but New York Association.—New York, Jan, 12.—The forty-eis=hth annual meeting of the New York Associa- tion for the Protection of Game of this city was held at the Hotel Martin Jan. 11, Hon. Robt, B. Roosevelt in the chair, After dinner an election of officers was held with the following result: President, Hon. Robt. B. Roose- velt; Vice-President, Col, Alfred Wagstaff; Treasurer snd Counsel, Thos, N. Cuthbert: Secretary, Wakeman Hoiberton, The affairs of the club were reported to be in excellent condition, and two new members were pro- posed, The counsel stated that the suits against Morillo and Kaiser were Progressing. Geroreae aud seat he ae r i received the amount due from the Hotel Brunswick. few pats ree ee Hecanee a ae been ae eee Resolutions were passed expressing the great regret of snow to huat them, Very few partridges (rutied gro 4 | the Association that Mr. Hagene Blackford had been re- weraasiiee during the fall, for they were very scarce an , moved from the Fish Commission, where he had worked wild. ' : so long and faithfully, and had accomplished such ex- Guides and sportsmen who are acquainted with the | vellent work.—-W. n.’ ai Moose River country say that wolves can be heard on quiet cyenings during the spring and summer months. RAY SPEARS. QUAIL IN FLORIDA. AKE COMO, Fla., Jan. 4.—While riding from Palatka, to my home at Como on the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway a few days ago, I over- heard a conversation between three gentlemen from New York city, who were on their way to South Florida for quail shooting. I was very much amused at their con- yersation, for they seemed to entertain the idea that the further south they went and the wildest country they could find was just the spot for No. 1 quail shooting, Now, this is a mistake as far as quail shooting in Florida is concerned, and those who anticipate coming to Florida for this sport should not go too far south, norselect a wild and uninhabited section of our country, but to go to some thickly settled country district where there are plenty of ; orange groves and cultivated fields, where quail are to be found in abundance and where they feed upon cow peas, partridge peas and crab grass seed, November, Decem- ber and January are the best months for shooting in the pine woods; later than that, they are to be found more in the flat woods and swamps of cur large Jakes, return- ing again in March, when they pair off and raise their young. To give you an idea how numerous quail are at Como, let me cite two cases of this season. On Dec. 19 1 went oub with my dog Sport (a Laverack setter), did not walk over 14 miles; was gone two hours from the time I left my house until my return and bagged 16 quail. The other ease is of a friend who came into my store with his bag full. I asked him what luck, and he dumped 49 guail on the counter and said he was after one more to make if 50; and lam told he gotit. He ieft his house at 8 o'clock in the morning and if was 2 when he reached my store, which was a pretty good day’s sport, Those who are fond of this sport will find good accom- modations at Como and a good clean woods to shoot in, but they must fetch their dogs with them and know how ‘to point their guns in order to get the birds, Those who are fond of fishing for black bass will find that our lake jis full of these fish; and they have been caught weighing as mich as 144}bs. D. BH, D. TWO MEN AND A BEAR, J WAS a boy of 10 years. My father and family resided # in New Brinswick, where the Digdigquash River met the ocean. But few settlers were there, and the forest primeval stood around the dwellings of those few, Bears were plenty, and, like all bears, fond of mutton, some- times chasing the sheep even to the doors of the in- habitants. Many had been victims of the hunter’s gun, yet their number apparently bad not diminished, One day my father and a neighbor of the name of Mc- Lean were crossing the river in a log canoe, when they discovered a bear swimming in the same direction. Dexterously plying their paddles, they came between him and the place where he intended landing, This cut off enraged the animal, which immediately made for the canoe, putting one pawon its low gunwale. A smart blow with the edge of a hardwood paddle made the fellow relinquish his grasp. After a good deal of hustling Me- Lean managed to get hold of the bear’s hind legs, holding one on each side of the stern of canoe, father, at the same ‘time, with his paddle keeping the craft upright until the creature was drowned, and thus the game was secured, He was a large brute and an old offender. J. H. Sumner HARBOR, N.S. GAME IN THE MACKENZIE RIVER CoUNTRY.—Dominion Land Surveyor William Ogilvie, who has been surveying in the Mackenzie River country, reports as to game: «“Mrom Athabasca to Edmonton the journey was made by horse, team and sleigh. The distance covered from the time of leaving Calgary was about 2,900 miles, of which about 1,900 was made in our canoe, Numerous signs of moose, deer and bear were seen on the Liard and Nelson rivers, but none of ,the animals were seen. Through this country the wood buffalo roams, but none of the animals came into view. Several bear tracks were crossed, but no bears were seen, A few fur-bearing animals were seen at a distance, but none was killed.” A Mrioutgan Looan Law DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL, Holland, Mich., Jan. 4,—Hditor Forest and Stream ; Deputy Game Warden M. T. Ryan, of Allegan, arrested C, M, Cook, of Saugatuck, Nov, 21, for shooting a deer in Allegan county. Justice Fuller fined him $25 and costs, amounting to #90. Cook appealed to the Circuit court, and Judge Palmer, after hearing the facts, knocked ous the case on the ground that the special act passed by i the last Legislature providing that it shall be unlawful to kill deer in Allegan and Van Buren counties for three years was unconstitutional. What is your opinion as to this?—A., G. B ANTELOPE IN NEW YORK STREETS.—On the night of Jan. 10 the police of the 30th Precinct, this city, picked up in 128:h street, near Manhattan street, a dead buck antelope. On the following morning an alarot was sent out calling for an owner for the “deer,” The animal was apparevily in good order and fat, but the condition of the hoofs on the hind feet lead to the conclusion that it had been kept for some time in captivity, since the hoofs were a good deal grown out, Oathe left side was a slight abrasion, and there was some reason to think that the left thigh was broken, high up. As the body was frozen, ‘this coulda not be determined with certainty. Sea and River ishing. Angling Talks. By George Dawson. Price 50 cents, Fly- Rods und Fly-Tackle. By A. P. Wells. Price $2.50. Fly- Fishing and Ely-Making for Trout. By J. H. Keene, Price $1.50, American Angler's Book. By Thad. Norris. Price $5.50, 3 THE FULL TEXTS of the game fish laws of all the States, Territories and British Provinces are given in the Book of the Game Laws. CHESAPEAKE BAY FISHES, BOUT the middle of September, 1890, the writer, accompanied by L. G. Harron and U. W, Kenley of the U_S. Fish Commission, located at Cape Charles city for the purpose of making collections for the marine aquaria, at Washington, D,C, They were well equipped with tents and all things necessary for camp life, For several days Mr. Barton A. Bean, Assistant Curator of the Department of Fishes of the U.S, National Museum, made one of the party, making collections of fishes, birds, etc., for the museum. The purpose of this article, however, is not to burden the readers of FOREST AND STREAM with the incidents of the trip, which lasted about three weeks, but simply to record a few observa- tions concerning fishes in that locality, and especially on the “red drum” or ‘‘channel bass” (Scicenops ocellatus), as an addition to what has recently been noted concern- ing them in FOREST AND STRHAM by several observers. Mr. Bean has published in the Proceedings of the National Museum (Vol, XIV, pp. 83-94) a brief account of the trip with notes on the sixty-four species collected, taken from his own observations supplemented by the writer's field notes. I quote as follows from his paper: "39. Sciceenops ocellatus, L. Red Drum. U.S. N. M., 43,150. One specimen, 16in, long; weight, about 24lbs. This species was seined in a quiet cove of the bay, near Cape Charles City, at night. Quite a number about 16in, long were obtained and brought to Washington, where they do wellin the marine aquaria, Mr, Seal observed uaa as large as 30in, or more taken from the pound- nes, ‘Sr. Louis Norrs.—Jan. 2.—Pistol shooting is at a very Jow ebb at present. The St, Louis Pistol Cinb is practi- eally dead, most of the members having taken to long zange rifle shooting. Quail shooting ended on Thursday and some heavy bags were made during the closing days. Mr. J. B, Mattocks and Wm, Horner bagged 114 birds in ' three days shooting in Crawford county, The birds were all found in the timber. Hunters report an abundance of quail still left, which insures a beautiful supply for next year. A drummer who travels through Southwest Missouri confirms the report of the treachery of so-called euides. He says he has often heard the local hunters brag about doing up city visitors by putting them where fame was scarce and making way with their camp sup- plies. He says emphatically that the local guides are not to be depended on. There was to have bean some _ trap-shooting yesterday but the blizzard snowstorm pre- -yented,—ABERDBEN, rar Goy. Russsitu.—At the annual dinner of “T was very much surprised at the great abundance of red drum in the Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., markets on Sept. 20, 1890. Cart loads of this species were to be Been, especially in Portsmouth, The fish ranged in weirzht from 1 to 3lbs., and were packed into the carts as thickly as they could be placed, standing on their heads or tails. No ice was used on them. “Tn November, 1890, Mz, Joseph Ragan, of the Wash- ington Market, called my attention to a red drum, which had, besides the two black spots on the caudal! fin, three similar marks on either side of the body, those of the tight side being very close together, while the ones of the left side were further apart; the body spots being the same, white-edged, as the oné at the rcot of the tail, which is seldom, if ever, absent.” The interesting faci concerning these fish is that they were invariably taken during the night seining and not in a single instance during the day. They were taken close to shore with a forty-yard Baird seine, in sheltered coves only, where the water was not over 3ft. deep at the deepest part. Thus they seem to run in close to shore in the night to feed. On the nightsemings, also, we took the only skates and rays caught during the trip. There were also secured at night two specimens of that curious fish the naked star gazer (Astrocopus anoplus), To the marine collector, therefore, it would seem that night seining is quite as important as that of the day, and the chance of securing species not encountered during the day very great, In seining alone a long strip of beach the writer has often had his patience rewarded by the taking of rare Species—sometimes in goodly number—only after per- sistent hauling with meager results, beginning each haul where the previous one ended and thus driving the more active fish ahead. On one occasion on Vineyard Sound, after taking a long stretch of beach and getting nothing but common stock , about fifty young pompano 1+ to 2in. in length and of two species, and three other species very much desired, were taken at one haul. They had possi- bly run out and ahead of the seine for a considerable dis- tance and finally stopped in a patch of plant or had started torun back, One never knows just how far oif luck may be and the finding of a rare specimen is ample reward for an exhausting day’s work on blistering sands, exposed to old Sol’s fervid embrace, with nothing better than luke warm water to drink, One of the most remarkable sights at Cape Charles at this time was the enormous schools of mullet lining the shores, The mullet ranged in length from 4 to 12in The water from the edges where it would hardly cover them to 100yds. or more out, and along the entire shores, was one seething mass of mullet. The schools were com- posed of both species,‘‘gray” and ‘‘striped,” intermingled. So thick were they for several days that seining had to be suspended, Once only was it attempted. There seemed at no time to be a spot where they were not very thick, and from the way they were jumping if was sur- mised that there were larger fish feeding on them, So a haul was attempted to see what they might be. When the seine was drawn close to shore the weight was so great that it was impossible to moveit further. They jumped over it in thousands, and still the mass was so great that ib could not be hauled. The only resource was to lift it and let them run ont. Then it was found that almost every mesh in the coarse part ef the seine held a fish, and it was a big job to remove them. Care was taken to extricate them without injury if possible, and this made it avery tedious proceeding. That was the last haul where there were large schools of mullet. 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Fee fla. PUPPIES FOR SALE. H. NORTHWOOD, Martin’s Ferry, ee TES SE Be et ce se ae at BLUE “Rene! J Mn the Stud. REFUGE IL. (Plinlimmon ex Recluse,) Winner of ae forty prizes, including the medal for the best stud dog, Agricultural Hall, London, ‘1891. Heis the sire ot Refugee, Recluse I., Rud- yard Lady, Young Refuge, Highland Chieftain, Baron Clevedon and many other prizs winners. He is tha best-headed and heaviest-boned dog ever sired by Plinlimmon. Fee, $60.00. Kingston Regent. (Prince Regent ex Lady St. Gothard,) Winner of first prizes at Kingstou, Hamilton, Toronto and Montreal, 1291. Fee, $50.00. Marquis of Ripon. (Prince Regent ex Lady St. Gothard.) Fee, $49.00. NEW YORK ST. BERNARD KENNELS, 138TH ST. AND THE HUDSON RIVER. HENRY JENNINGS, Manager. ST. BERNARDS AT STUD. Ch. Sir Bedivere, Fee $150 Jim Blaine, =e 50 Ch. Plinlimmon, Jr.‘ 40 Lord Dante, of 25 Lothario, vi 20 ae BY ABOVE DOGS USUALLY ON ae WYOMING KENNELS, MELROSE, MASS, MENTHON KENNELS’ ST. BERNARDS, PHGINIXVILUB, PA., AT STUD. The Giant Rough-Coated St. Bernard LORD BUTE, **su"" Asa stud ee pore eae hae no equal, The Handsome pig Ras oR St. Bernard Lord Thorndale, “3% 3" A son of Champ. Hever. a sure ebogl: getter. FEE &3 Stud Card#and avahorien ou application. FOX-TERRIERS | IN STUD. Champion Raby Mixer.....,.-®15 Reckoner... .,.2-:---ssceseerese LS Brockenhurst hes esate < seven Ee Pitcher... 2... tebe eae tuiges BE Puppies for sale from these celebrated dogs ont of famous matrons. HILLSIDE KENNELS, LANCASTER, MASS, AT STUD. THE BEAGLES Ch. BANNERMAN, Ch. FITZHUGH LEE, RING. vt es Sao Practically,........- Pree. For stud cards and circulars address GLENROSE BEAGLE KENNELS, Melrose, Mass. AT STUD. FEE $50 KING OF KENT (A.K.C.S.B, 6264), Sire of the phenomenal field trial winners, Kip Rap, Zig-Aag, Tapster sud Maid of Kent, pots Puppies for sale. — Apply to JAS. MORTIMER, Supt. Westminster Kennel Club, Babylon, L. 1. At Stud. Fee £50. ANTONIO. Black, white and tan English setter, by Roder- igo ex Bo PERE Field trials winnings: Divided third, Gentral all-age stake, 1890; first, all-age stake, La. Interstate trials, 1890; first, all-age stake, Southern trials, 1890; champion stake, Hast- ern trials, 1891; free- for-all four hour race, Cen- tral trials, 1891. For particulars address D. E. ROSH, Lawrenceburg, Tenn, BLUE RIDGE KENNELS. IT TEE STUD. : The celebrated champion stake winner GATH’S MARK, GATH'’S HOPE and DAN GLADSTONE. The Blue Ridge Kennel has now opened its book for the fall season of 1891 and spring of 1892 for Gath’s Mark and Dan Gladstone, limited to fifty services each. $2,000 is given away in prermiums to the get of the above dogs, which win different Derby Stakes in 1892 or after. Particulars on application, + THE BLUE RIDGE KENNELS, Sperryville, Va, FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. THRMS, ae A Ywar. 10 ©rp. A Cory. ; Six Montes, $2. j VOL. XXXVIII.—No NEW YO RK, JANUARY 21, 18 S) 2 . , No. 318 BROADWAY, New York. CONTENTS. Fisheulture- A Montana Fish Hatchery. Editorial. Guides Dees tides an unting. Buffalo in Yellowstone Park. | The Kennel. : ; Snap Shots. Re the Name Psovoi vs. Barzoi . i i . 0, ing. The Sportsman Tourist. Philadelphia K. C, Meeting Chorea in Dogs. ‘Episodes in the Life of a Very | Dog Dosing. Bad Boy.—tr. Notes and Notions. ~ Camp Life Amid the Pines. Points and Flushes, : K i fora Single Dog. Natural History. or a 8 Dog Chat. Northern Bird List, Kennel Notes. ’ The Summer Roosts of Birds.| Answers to Correspondents, The Deer-Lick Bird. Rifle Range and Gallery. Game Bag and Gun. “Forest and Stream” Tourna- cone an See ment, ne of the Coons of Memory-.= About Big Bags of Game, Trap Shooting. 1792—1892 —1950. Chicago Traps. Drivers and Twisters, bo Fish d Game An Idabo Fish an Matches and Meetings. Couniry. Massachusetts Association. Chicago and the West. Yachting. Health and a Moosein Maine.| Tacking Ship. Catboat Racing in neag ed's Sea and River Fishing. Bay in 1891, Pulp Mills vs. Fish. The Six-Inch Trout Law. Canoeing. Trouting in the Caseades.—yi.| Royal C.C. Tilegal Fishing in the Alle- ghanies, The Tilefish. Chicago and the West. Western ©. A. New York C, C. | Answers to Queries. For Prospectus and Advertising Rates see Page 69. JANUARY ) ie these mid-winter days, how mufiied is the earth in iis immaculate raiment, so disguised in whiteness that familiar places are strange, rough hollows smoothed to mere undulations, deceitful to the eye and feet, and level fields so piled with heaps and ridges that their owners scarcely recognize them. The hovel is as regally roofed as the palace, the rudest fence is a hedge of pearl, finer than a wall of marble, and the meanest wayside weed is a white flower of fairy- land, The woods, that frost and November winds stripped of their leafy thatch, are roofed again, now with an arabesque of alabaster more delicate than the green canopy that summer unfolded, and all the floor is set in noiseless pave- ment, traced with a shifting pattern of blue shadows. In these silent aisles the echoes are smothered at their birth. There is no response of airy voices to the faint call of the winter birds. The sound of the axe-stroke flies no faster than the pungent fragrance of the smoke that drifts in a blue haze from the chopper’s fire. The report of the gun awakes no answering report, and each mellow note of the hound comes separate to the ear, with no jangle of reverberations. Fox and hound wallow through the snow a crumbling furrow that obliterates identity of either trail, but there are yet tracks that tell as plain as written words who made them, Here have fallen, lightly as snowflakes, the broad pads of the hare, white as the snow he trod; there, the parallel pairs of another winter masker, the weasel’s tracks and the squirrel’s, linking tree to tree. There the leaps of a tiny wood-mouse are lightly marked upon the feathery surface to where there is the imprint of a light, swift pinion on either side, and the little story of his wandering ends—one crimson blood drop, the period that marks the finis. Tn the blue shadow at the bottom of that winding fur- row are the dainty footprints of a grouse, and you won- der why, he so strong of wing, should choose to wade laboriously the clogging snow even in his briefest trip, rather than make his easy way through the unresisting air, but the snow-written record of his wayward wander- ings tells not why. Suddenly, as if a mine had been sprung where your next footstep should fall and with almost as startling, though harmless effect, another of his wild tribe bursts upward through the unmarked white floor and goes whirring and clattering away, scat- tering in powdery ruin the maze of delicate tracery the snowfall wrought; and vanishes, leaving only an aerial pathway of naked twigs to mark his impetuous passage. In the twilight of an evergreen thicket sits a great horned ow] like a hermit in his cell in pious contemplation of his own holiness and the world’s wickedness. Butthis recluse hates not sin, only daylightand mankind, Out in the fields you may find the white-robed brother of this gray friar, a pilgrim from the far north, brooding in the very face of the sun, on some stack or outlying barn, but he will not sufier you to come so near to him as will this solemn anchorite who stares at you unmoved as a graven image till you come within the very shadows of his roof, Marsh and channel are scarcely distinguishable now DAYS. but by the white domes of the muskrats’ winter homes and here and there a sprawling thicket of button bush, for the rank growth of weeds is beaten flat and the deep snow covers it and the channel ice is one unbroken sheet, The lake’s sheltered bays and coves are frozen and white with snow or frost, and the open water, whether still or storm-tossed, black beneath clouds or bluer than the blue dome that arches it, looks as cold as ice and snow. Sometimes its steaming breath lies close above it, sometimes mounts in swaying, lofty columns to the sky, but always cold and ghostly, without expression of warmth or life, So far away to hoary peaks that/shine with a glittering gleam against the blue rim of the sky, or to the furthest blue-gray line of woodland that borders the horizon, stretches the universal whiteness, so coldly shines the sun from the low curve of his course, and so chilly comes the lightest waft of wind from wheresoever it listeth, that it tasks the imagination to picture any land on all the earth where summer dwells amid green leaves and bright flowers, the music of birds and running waters, and of warm waves on pleasant shores, or that anywhere spring is just awakening fresh life or autumn yet lingers in the gorgeousness of many hues. How far off beyond this world seems the possibility of such seasons, how enduring and relentless this which en- compasses Us. And then, at the close of the brief white day, the sunset paints a promise and a prophecy in a blaze of color on the sky. The gray clouds kindle with red and yellow fire that burns about their purple hearts in tints of infinite variety, while behind them and the dark blue rampart of the mountains flames the last glory of the departing sun, fading in a tint of tender green to the upper blue. Even the cold snow at our feet flushes with warm color and the eastern hills blush roseate against the climbing, darkening shadow of the earth. It ig as if some land of summer whose brightness has never been told lay unveiled before us, its delectable mountains splendid with innumerable hues, its lakes and streams of gold rippling to purple shores seeming not so far befere us but that we might, by a little jour- ney, come to them. GUIDES AND HUNTING. Thor tearful protestations of a correspondent who writes from Bald Knob, Ark., in his own defense, arouse our sincere sympathy, and our own experience in somewhat similar cases moves us to say a word in regard to it. The facts appear to be these. Some time ago certain gentlemen of St. Louis went down into Arkansas on a shooting trip. There they hired the above-mentioned protestant as guide. The success of their hunt did not equal their expectations, and on their return they complained vigorously about this, throwing the blame of their failure on the incompe- tence of their guides. This complaint was transmitted to us by our correspondent ‘‘Aberdeen,” and we published it. Of the exact facts in this case we have of course no knowledge. Perhaps on both sides their statements may be a little colored by the feelings of the persons interested. There are few thing in life that are more touching than the absolute confidence in himself felt by the novice in big game hunting. It does not occur to him that any- thing more is needed fora successful hunting trip than a good weapon and good ammunition, Given these, and the ability to walk or ride about, and he regards success in killing game as assured, provided there exists any in the region which he chooses as his hunting ground. He starts out with or without a guide, and wanders about. He does not know where to look for game nor how to approach it. If heis alone, perhaps he whistles a merry tune as he walks along or hums an air; at all events he steps on sticks and breaks them, or noisily pushes his way through the crackling underbrush; he walks rapidly, for he desires to cover as much ground as possible before returning to camp. If he is in company with a guide he very likely keeps up an animated con- yversation with the latter, asking questions about the strange things that he sees, or trying to learn something about the habits of the animals that he is pursuing. If there is much game in the country, and it is pretty open, perhaps he sees some, but much more likely he does not, However, if game is abundant he very likely sees tracks that look to him quite fresh, and possibly even a.running deer, or elk, or a mountain sheep, far above him, just disappearing over the crest of some bluff, or perhaps standing statue-like outlined against the sky on some lofty crag, watching him for a moment before it seeks safety in some situation which is still more inaccessible. All this perplexes our young friend, and he wonders why all these animals appear to be alarmed, and what can have frightened them. When he returns to camp after a day of fruitless hunt- ing, he thinks that now at all events he will have some fun and try his gun, and so he sets upa tin can ora bottle on a stick, and amuses himself by shooting at it, making the echoes ring for miles around, and arousing to unusual alertness and suspicion every wild creature within hearing, As may be readily imagined, the young man whom we have described is not popular with old hunters in whose company he may find himself in camp. He is a veritable thorn in their sides, and withal so entirely innocent and well intentioned, that one cannot get angry with him except in the inmost recesses of one’s own heart, It is better to have the hunt a failure than to hurt your companion’s feelings. In the midst of our rage at losing a good chance to kill a deer, when the camp really needed meat, we have been obliged to laugh at the delicate attempts of an experienced companion to hint to such a novice that it would perhaps be better not to shoot at a rabbit or a grouse, when it was quite likely that within’a hundred yards there was another deer that might be secured. It is often to be noted that the novice, no matter how little he really knows, imagines his knowledge of wood- cratt, of the habits of wild animals and of hunting to be great. Having read and digested many books on the subject, he has a theoretical knowledge, and desires to apply his theories on all occasions. He will even make suggestions to old hunters, and try to demonstrate that he is right! He does not know —what experi- ence alone could teach him—that in hunting no two sets of conditions are exactly alike, and that hard and fast rules are of no use in the pursuit of big game, The hunter must adapt himself to circumstances; what he wishes to dois to approach within shot of his game, not to follow out the unbending rules laid down by some individual who, perhaps, never in his life killed any thing except by the help of a guide, although he could write learnedly enough about stalking. Books are good things in their way, but it is very cer- tain that no man ever learned to hunt by reading books. Experience and observation are the only teachers—or perhaps if would be better to say imitation and experi- ence. We believe that no one can learn to hunt so easily and so well as by going out with and following about an old and skillful hunter. When doing this, the novice should make up his mind to occupy asubordinate position throughout, and should feel that his day is to be devoted to learning something, not to finding hisown game. He can easily make some arrangement with his companion by which the latter shall give him all the shots, for in hunting—as all true hunters know—the pleasure is not in killing the game, but in cireumyenting it; not in shed- ding blood, but in proving that, notwithstanding the possession by this wild animal of senses trained and made acute by the accumulated experience of hundreds of generations, you have been able to creep up near enough to it to make it—if you wish to—your prey. When the novice goes out, therefore, he should follow kehind his companion, and strive in all ways to imitate him, Heshould not speak, unless addressed, and then must answer in the same low tone, If he sees anything of interest, which he imagines has escaped his companion’s eye, he may call his attention to it, but not by speaking: a low whistle or hiss will be enough. The human voice has a very penetrating quality, and is, moreover, an un- usual sound in the solitudes. Imitate your companion, If he does anything that you do not comprehend, make a mental note of it, and after you have finished hunting— when the necessity for silence is over—ask him about it. Any one who has patience, good powers of observation and opportunities, will during a few hunts of this kind learn ten thousand times more than he could from a life- time devoted to book reading, A convention of the New York State Association for Protection of Fish and Game has been called to meet in Syracuse Feb, 12, for the purpose of discussing the codli- fication bill, 50 FOREST AND STREAM. [Jan, 21, 1802. BUFFALO IN YELLOWSTONE PARK, OT very long ago Captain Anderson sent out Bur- gess, the civilian scout attached to the post in the National Park, to make a journey south to the Hayden Valley. The purpose of the trip was to see whether any signs of poachers could be found and also incidentally to discover what could be learned as to game in the open country to the south, The scout has recently returned and made his report, which announces that there is an abundance of elk in the Hayden Valley; butit is in respect to the buffalo his discoveries are most encouraging. In the Hayden Valley he saw and approached quite close to several herds of bison, which he counted. One of these contained 78 individuals, a second 50, a third 110 and a fourth 15, Besides these, several single buffalo were seen and, at quite a distance, some other scattering groups which could not be counted. Mr. Burgess does not hesitate to say that he saw fully 300 buffalo. It is not to be supposed that at the time of this visit anywhere near all the bison in the Park were collected in the Hayden Valley, and it is altogether reasonable to believe that there are 100, and perhaps 300, other buffalo in the Park besides those which Mr. Burgess saw. Tak- ing, however, the lowest number, we would have 400 buffalo in the National Park at the present time. ‘This we believe to be a conseryative estimate and to be con- siderably under the truth, These bison are to be divided into six classes, calves, yearlings, two-year-olds, three- year-olds, bulls and cows. This would give us at the lowest estimate from 50 to 70 breeding cows. While ail these cows may not produce calves each year they must represent an annual increase of at least from 36 to 40 head. This is taking the most unfavorable view of the number of cows and the rate at which they breed. We are entirely disposed to think that the calf crop among the bison of tne National Park will this year be from 75 to 100 animals, However this may be, it is quite clear that there is in the National Park living under entirely natural condi- tions, and yet protected from attacks by man, a breeding stock of buffalo sufficiently large to keep that reservation fully stocked for all time, SNAP SHOTS, ee game bill prepared by the New York codifi- cation committee has been introduced into the Assembly at Albany. No very material changes have been made in the text as submitted last year. The close seasons are: Deer, Noy. 1—/Aug. 15 (does not to be killed). Hounding forbidden; Oct. 11-Sept. 10. Hares, rabbits, March i-Sept. 1. Black and gray squirrels, Jan. 1— Sept. 15, Wildfowl, March 1-Sept. 1. Quail, Jan, 1- Noy, 10, Woodcock, Jan. 1-Sept. 1. Plover, mud hen, gallinule, grebe, bittern, surf bird, curlew, water chicken, bay snipe, shore birds, Jan. 1-Sept. 1. Robin, blackbird, meadow lark, Jan. 1-Oct. 1. Trout, Sept. 1-May 1, Salmon trout, landlocked salmon, Oct. 1-May 1. Black bass, Jan, 1-May 30. Muskallonge, Jan. 1-May 29, Salmon, Aug. 15-March 1, There are numerous local exceptions. : In the U. 8. Senate, Jan. 13, Mr. Morgan. chairman of Committee on Foreign Relations, introduced a resolution which was agreed to calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish a copy of the report of Mr. H. W, Elliott on the condition of the Seal Islands of Alaska, made in obedience to an Act of Congress approved April 5, 1890, Mr, Hlliott’s report was submitted to the Secretary Nov. 17, 1890. The publication of this important docu- ment which will contain about 250 printed pages, besides numerous illustrations, will be awaited with interest, for it must doubtless show clearly that the fur seal is not to be saved by arbitration, but by agreeing upon and enforc- ing an adequate close time, A marked change during late years,which is likewise to be recorded as an advance of commonsense, has been the growing recognition of the reasonableness, value and dignity of field sports. ‘‘In my young days,” writes Mr. Clarke, ‘angling was generally regarded as an idle and - almost disreputable pursuit.” Eyen more notable than the development and perfection of appliances is the change which has been wrought in this respect. The beneficent qualities of care-free recreation are better recognized than ever before, and the world’s workers are discovering that there is no other care-free recreation which can compare with that of the field and the stream, Notwithstanding. that a large number of extras of the issue of Jan. 7 was provided, the edition was exhausted the week of publication, and we have been unable to fur- nish that issue to new subscribers. Provision has been made fora new supply, however, and all demands will be filled. Yates county, N. Y., has just adopted a Supervisors’ ordinance which requires a license fee of $10 to be paid by non-residents who shoot game in the county. It is an interesting question whether such laws as this are con- stitutional. Che Sportsman Canrist. EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF A VERY BAD BOY. Continued from Page &. Tl, Ageee the period when my social standing was at a very low ebb, in consequence of a variety of enter- prises entered into of a character that by no means met the approbation of the more straight-laced portion of the community, I began to feel a growing disgust for such an unappreciative lot. They even refused to see the hand of retributive justice in the very great change that took place in the general appearance of the white horse of a crabbed old chap, who had set his dogs on us one Saturday afternoon, and ran us out of a blackberry patch on his land, which was profitless to him, The natural color of that old horse had been white, and when it was discovered one day that his tail had been shorn and his color had changed to jet black, there was much wonder- ment, Some gaid it was a miracle or climatic effect, and some said it was black paint—which latter opinion gen- erally prevailed. But who the artist was remained a mystery; Rosa Bonheur had not made the town a visit. It was noticeable, however, that many who had no love for the old farmer who owned the animal, iooked knowing, and smiled as I passed; while other people severely virtuous and proper laid it at my door, The owner of the chameleon quadruped lodged his complaint with my governor, who heing a lawyer naturally de- manded proofs to substantiate the charge; and being as it were retained for the defense, was politic enough not to ask his client if he was guilty, the natural.inference being that he was innocent. No doubt that it was to strengthen his opinion in that belief that he made a care- ful inspection of the contents of our little kitchen closet, where paint pots were kept. He did not, however, carry his researches as far as the village wagon shop, nor ques- tion an apprentice thereof, who was frequently accused of being my ally, Indignation at the injustice (?) of the accusation to- gether with a long series of charges of similar imputa- tions brought the determination to get away from such a country at the earliest possible moment, and a passing circus company gaye direction to my thoughts. The preyious year a circus had made our village a visit, and fired my ambition to emulate the brilliant performance of its artists. With this view I had improvised a circus ring in the cornfield a short distance from the house, and pressing our old mare into service, organized my company among the most promising of the boys. Prac- tice was carried on with great industry and earnestness. There was one feat I was particularly ambitious to accomplish, and that was to turn a back-somersault through a paper-covered hoop. I had overheard a circus man say that it was easy to turn forward with the mo- tion of the horse, but turning backward, reversing the motion, had never been done, and would result in break- ing the neck of the performer who undertook it. With a proper appreciation of the value in which my neck was generally held by the community, I resolved to accom- plish the feat, neck or nothing. It was my ambition to shine in the profession I had secretly chosen as the road to distinction. Practice demonstrated very nearly the prophecy of the circus man, and how I did escape breaking my neck was a wonder; it was owing to the kind influence of some guardian angel or the softness of the ground—one or both, for 1 must have landed on my head several hun- dred times, and left the cast of my craniuni in every equare foot of ground in the ring. But I persevered, and we all know the results of perseverance. The day came when I could say I was an artist. One day I announced that my benefit would take place; a grand performance would celebrate the closing of the season, as that corn would soon be harvested. There was great excitement among the boys as to the prices of ad- mission, and whether their financial condition would per- mit their witnessing the performance. A scale of prices was finally arranged. There was no reserved section for aristocrats, and the management scorned to enter into secret compacts with ticket scalpers to give them all the best seats on a divy of profis, and then to publish a card lamenting the impossibility of preventing the scalpers from obtaining all the front seats, and robbing the public (and by a singular coincidence to have the public see the managér’s wife and daughters appear a few days later in brand new seal skin sacks), There was no such monkey- shining in this instance; everything was fair and above board. Boys from 8 to 12 paid full price, ranging from a one-bladed Barlow knife to so many red apples; they must be red to be current at the door. Boysunder 8 half price, or an elderberry box of not less than two dozen pins; or, if preferred, so many yards of kite string. Riggs were currency also, six for the small boy, a dozen for the large one, Great was the preparation for the event. Corn stalks were cut and a stockade formed to prevent outsiders from obtaining free sight. The old white mare was converted into the proverbial circus horse by being decorated in spots and colors with elderberry juice; and as for myself, I lay awake all night studying up a befitting costume, Inasmuch as the first act was the wild Indian scalping business, I concluded it would do to continue in the same dress minus the tomahawk and feathers. Immediately after breakfast I proceeded to gather materials for my make up. . Pointers are in Demand. _Mr. Sam, Berry, of 1S2 Bridge street, Brooklyn, ran a 4-line advertisement of Pointers, in the “Forest and Stream,’ three times, and got 75 answers. The advertisement went in two other times with wrong address (our fault), and pre- sumably ancther 75 answers went astray. Nir. Berry did not sell 75 Pointers, but he sold all he had. The market is evidently good; and the surest way to reach it is througn our advertis- Ing columns: Have you Pointers to seil? NOTES AND NOTIONS. A SINGULAR illustration of the diseased state of mind ‘“h that grows up in connection with canine matters is shown in the recent letter of Mr. Tracy on the ‘‘Antonio— Maid of Kent’ matter, in Myr, Tracy’s solemn production as part of his case, of the statement that the handler of one dog knew where birds were located, and but for his inability to handle his dog, he would Haye directed his dog to this spot. Now when the only use of field dogs is to show the hunter where the game is, the reversal of the respective functions of the two is most amusing, aud a continuation of this train of reasoning would result in 4 race of field dogs whose merit would be the comprehension of the handler’s instructions as to location of birds. Mr. L. P. C. Astley is quoted in the Christmas number of the Fanciers’ Jowrnal to the effect that ‘‘ character’’ is limpossible of definition in its application to dogs. Some- time since [ came across the following definition, which seems to me, very clear and comprehensive; ‘' Character is the possession of the marked features of a breed to a high degree and in harmonious proportions’’—which might be improved by the qualification, ‘tor if there isa departure from any marked characteristic of the breed, this departure must not affect the general harmony of the animal’s propor- tions.”” Hxamples to which this definition applies well, may be found in the greyhound Memnon, the collie Roslyn Dolly, the fox-terrier Richmond Olive and the mastitf Cau- tion’s Own Daughter, either looks thoroughly ‘‘the * * #* all over,” the qualification [append to original definition covering the lack of size in the mastiff named. he oS In a Western paper appears an article charging that cer- tain judges were in bad form in judging dogs they had either bred or sold, and to this, an editorial comment is ap- pended, saying, among other things, that the judge who would decline to judge dogs on such grounds would be writing himself down a moral coward! This astonishins declaration strikingly illustrates the deformity of mind many dog men exhinit. I by no means say thata judge is censurable for judging dogs he has had an interest in; in these days of rapid and frequent dog ownership, such principle would seriously cut down our list of judges; but when our jurisprudence has established it, that a judge of our courts ought not to sit as judge on a case that he is or has been interested in, even if only as previous counsel, the statement that our law judges constitute themselves moral cowards every day is hoth astounding and silly, ‘“‘not the less astounding for being silly, nor the less silly for heing astounding ’’? (yide ‘‘ Major Brandrum’’), I presume that the weight of the London Ficld as an anthority of ‘‘ sports- manship *’ will not be denied anywhere, and while I think it sets the mark a little too high as regards the propriety of judges passing on dogs that they have had interests in, still the moral soundness of its views cannot be disputed, whether the staf of that paper be “ moral cowards ” of not, The suggestion by ‘The Onlooker” that plain facts would form an appropriate finis to the pyrotechnies of the Lord Clover matter, has certainly received die attention. May the writer congratulate the parties to this encounter for hav- ing done, at thelast, what I trust they will pardon my say- ing would have best been done at first? for I take it for granted that no ove now has any doubts as to which side of the dispute was in the right. THE ONLOOKER, PHILADELPHIA KENNEL CLUB MEETING. Aditor Forest and Stream: The annual meeting of the Philadelphia Kennel Club was held Jan. 6, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing vear: President, Prancis 8. Brown; Vice-President, Col. B. Ridgway: Secretary, Francis G. Taylor; Treasurer, 5S. Murray Mitchell, After the election of the board of trustees and the officers named, the question was brought before the club whether or not a bench show should be held. In yiew of the finan- cial loss sustained by the members from previous shows it was deemed inadvisable to hold one this year, The difficulty encountered was not in the obtaining of a sufficient number of entries to insure the success of the show, but rather from the lack of opportunity of those -in- terested to devote the fime necessary to its management. There did not seem to bea sufficient number of peaple in- terested in the show to warrant the holding of one. The subject of field trials was next taken up. Thi was pro- posed that.ihe Philadelphia Kennel Club throw open its trials to the world, it bemg the desire of the members of the club that its field trials be a credit to its organization and compare favorably with the other trials in the estima- tion of the sportsmen of this country. The proposal awoke the liveliest interesb even im the non- sporting or bench-show members, and it was unanimously decided to throw the field trials open to the world, making such special inducements to the members as fo secure their presence at the trials, and thereby retain that good fellow- ship which has always made their meetings so attractive in the past. Tt was decided that two open stakes shovld be given, yiz., an All-Age and a Derby, with generous purses and such inducements as will induce the owners and handlers to en- ter their dogs in the field trials of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, and the assurance of a jolly good time such as is not to be had at any other trials held im this country. There have been received the most encouraging expressions of ap- proval and support from many of the most influential own- ers and handlers in the country; and the financial support guaranteed by the members of the clubis amply sufficient to insure the success of the undertaking. We make our start with lots of friends and, we trust, no enemies, and to the owners and handlers who are not ac- quainted with theclub, we make an earnest appeal likewise for support, assuring them that the trials, in quality, will be second to none, with the certainty of a jolly good time in addition, The money value of the purses and more specific informa- tion and details will be announced later on. FRANCIS G. TAYLOR, Secretary. IRISH SETTER CLUB MEERTING.—Philadelphia, Pa. —fditor Forest and Stream: The Irish Setter Club will hold its annual meeting in New York on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 3 o’clock P. M., on the second day of the Westnunsler Kennel Clib’s show, in the show building. Election ef officers, appointment of committees, and other matters of interest wiil require attention, The treasurer also begs to announce that the following additional contributions to the field trial fand were received after his Jast s!atement; $25 trom Dr. Rowe and $25 from the Seminole Kennels.—G. G. DAYIs, See’y and Treas. BULL TERRIER WHITE WONDER AGAIN —Boston, Mass.— Hiditor Forest and Stream: Some time ago a man in Canada wrote to your paper and had published in the same an article stating that he had bought the bull-terrier White Wonder (A.K C§.B. 17,028) from me, ete. [ wish to say the articie is false, as White Wonder is still in my pos- session and has never been owt of it since 1 imported him from HMegland two years ago, It Jooks to me very much like an advertising scheme, and if so, 1 is a. small way for a man to advertise —-H, H, HARRIS. 60 (a FOREST AND STREAM. [TAN 21, 1882. - KENNEL FOR A SINGLE DOG. Editor Forest and Siream: 4 What shall Ido with my pointer dog? He was a year old on Christmas Day, was a present to mein August last, and is of gilt-edge breeding, When I got him limmediately or dered from FOREST AND STRHAM “Training vs. Breaking,” by Hammond, and worked him all fall according to that code. Iam very proud of my success, or else have gotten an exceptionally smart dog. Ihave not missed an opportunity to take him out in company with all the well bred and well broken setters and pointers that came in my way and money would not exchange him for all the dogs I’ve seen (thanks to Hammond); but now that the season is over I am all at sea as to what to.do with him and best to care for him during the winter. Hammond says to have a dog house and yard broken and always keep your dogin his yard, only when out for exercise, butthere he stops, does not say how large the yard should be nor how best to inclose same, nor does he say how the house should be built, nor what size for a single dog. Our winter weather is winter and no fooling either, anywhere from ten to eighteen below zero for the major part of December, January and February, while our summers are just as much on the other extreme, being for weeks at a time, during June, July and August, ninety and more in the shade. I put inthe most of last Sunday (atter meetin’) looking over back numbers of FOREST AND STRHAM, but failed to find any cuts of a dog house or any hints in regard to same. I found some for kennels that would housea dozen dogs, but they do not fill the bill, so you see Iam still onthe fenee. I do not want him in the house nor in the barn, as he would spoil the hay for horses’ use, nor do I want him to run at Jarge, and think it cruel to keep a dog tied. Now if you or any of your many correspondents can and will give me any pointers on theabove they will be very thank- fully received. Ww, H. ATLEE Fore MaApison, Ia. DOG DOSING. Editor Forest anu. Siream: Ido not propose to setup asarival of ‘*Ashmont,’? but there is one piece of dog doctoring that is overlooked, and in many cases might work great things. Did you eversee a dog “gone all wrong’? Weed him, groom him, exercise him and doctor him your best, and go wrong and wronger he will in spite of you. Nothing seems to agrees with him, and you might as well undertake to put flesh on a telegraph pole. Of course the average dogman says, ‘‘His blood is all wrong’’—there must be something to blame the condition on, and the poor blood is made to suffer for everything. Now, I was “all wrong” myself once, and the old-fashioned country doctor in whose hands I happened to be gaid that I needed a general stirring up. He had some pet name for it, I do not remember what; but anyhow, that was the nub of it—I needed a general overhauling to get a fresh start, and he said calomel was the thing for that. Now, I don’t like dosing, particularly with such strong stuff as calomel, but as I had consulted the doctor, I reasoned that it would be insulting him not to do as he bid me; sol got my dose. Well, it certainly did kick upa revolution, but the result was that I started on the up grade and have never been that way since. Now, about a year since, my good friend, Mr. Bunn, of Peoria, Ull., was worried about his recently-imported mas- tiff Ormonde, who was ‘‘all wreng,”? would not thrive, and a less sensible man than Mr. Bunn would have concluded “his blood was all wrong’’ and wanted some fixing up. I suggested to Mr. Bunn to consult with his physician whether calomel would not be useful, and the doctor decided that it certainly would not hurt the dog and was worth try- ing; so Ormonde got his dose, and the ultimate result was his present vigorous, healthy condition, not fatness, but hardness, just what a stud dog should show. Now if some lunatic goes off half cock at this suggestion of mine, puts a lot of calomel into his dog, and the dog dies, all 1 can say is that it isa pity that the owner didn’t take the dose himself, it might have helped his gall: but I do say, that if your dog is ‘‘out of sorts’? you ask your family physician about it, and whether it seems a case where calomel might do good, and follow his advice. W. WADE. Huron, Pa., Dec. 19. POINTS AND FLUSHES. |From a Stat? Correspondent.) Reser Ill., Jan. 16.—There is not much kennel néws about Chicago or vicinity this week. The Mascoutah Kennel Club’s forthcoming bench show is most promising, the entries at this time being far in excess of those last year at the same length of time prior to the closing of the entries, Valuable cash special prizes are being added where encour- agement is needed. This week theclub offers a kennel prize of $15 for best four bull-terriers and best four dachshunde respectively, and #15 for the best brace of English setters nuder 12 months. The bench show features of the World’s Fair have nothing new, and probably will not have much that will be of inter- est during several months in the future; it being too early phe aes other than preparatory arrangements to be consid- ered. From several letters received, I find that there is a great deal of interest in field trial rules, and that there is a desire to have them more fully elaborated and improved. My opinion is that the rules now in foree and which are nearly uniformly alike, as adopted by all the prominent clubs in this country, are about as near perfect as they will be for a number of years to come. Great improvements haye been madein the rules in the last two years. A great advance was made when the scale of points was abolished. There never was a more plausible fallacy, nor one which survived longer in field trial compe- titions, than the theory of a score card, based on a scale of points, and its accuracy and value in practice. It required a number of years in actual practice and a great deal of wiiting to demonstrate the simple fact that it was an im- possibility to present such complex qualities as the degree of excellence of a dog’s nose, his speed, style, range, obedi- ence, disposition, pointing, backing, etc., in a column of figures. After the score card was abolished in practice, the fallacy of a scale of points was still retained. The scale of points was quite as absurd as the score card, since it is an impossi- bility to represent the values or relative values of a dog’s qualities in figure. The tendency, up to within a year ago, was to multiply rules. The great trouble has been that there were and sare too many rules. The present rules could be cut down about one-half without injury and with positive benefit, But this is digressing from what I started to write, namely about some fallacies which still exist and ate quoted as fieid trial axioms. Jn a copy of the National American Kennel Clib’s Rules of 1879,8a copy of which I have, and which for crudeness and obscurity of ideas, bad construction and ignorance of the true principles of a competition, are a lasting monument to the compilers, who were the anthori- ties of that day, I find the following sentence under the somewhat irrelevant heading of Pointing: “The dogs are to be hunted in all respects asin an ordi nary day's shooting,”’ As Hew associations came into existence and adopted rules, they never failed to adopt that rile as one of the fundamen- tal qnalities of a field trial competition. Writers deeply learned in theory and exhaustive in argument, always had that phrase as a measnrement of the correctness of any part of a competition. It was demonstrated in field trial work that “an ordinary day’s shooting”’ was difficult to follow and was often ignored, but such was considered a departure from the true theory, Itis only a few days ago that I saw this same grave refer- ence to “an ordinary day’s shooting” in respect to the true lines of conducting a field trial. An ordinary day’s shoot ing in the sense in which it is applied, or a day’s shooting in any other sense, is no condition or part of a condition under which to run a properly conducted field trial. Ta a day’s shooting the hunter goes forth to kill birds, the efforts of the dog being a secondary consideration, and are of no value except as a means toattain an object, namely, to furnish the hunter with opportunities to shoot at birds. In the field trials the qualities of the dogs are of first im- portance in the competition. The aim is, .or should be, to display the natural capabilities of the dogs to the highest adyautage, The purpose is not to go out for a day’s shoot- ing nor to handle adog asin aday’s shooting, With the purpose of showing the dog’s native capabilities in the treest possible manner, which is entirely outside of the pur- pose of an ordinary day’s shooting, there is a new element introduced, thatis, a competition. Two handlers and two dogs, all striving to attain a certain end, are unknown ele- ments in an ordinary day’s shooting, and ones which can not be reconciled toit. With the purposes of field trial com- petition so distinct from the purposes of an ordinary day’s shooting, and the manner of conducting a competition so wholly unlike that of actual shooting, it is strange that this fallacy has such a wide hold and such profound believers, It should be entirely eliminated from field trial considera- tion. This, entirely aside from the considerations that there is nothing in common in the details of the actual competi- tions mentioned hereafter, is one of the natural laws which governs all competitions. For instance, in horse races, the horses have the lightest of riders and the best of carefully prepared courses for them to show their natural capabilities; or there are the lightest of harnesses and wagons or sulkies, so that the horse’s movements are unhampered either by weight or harness. Yet it would be no more absurd to re- quire that the horse race should be conducted as in an ordi- nary day’s driving, than itis to apply a similar restriction to the dog race. Nordoesthisimply the entire absence of training as some seem to think. On the contrary it requires the most expert and finished training if doue in a proper manner. The training is indispensable if the dog’s qualities are exhibited in their highest form. It is true that there is room to improve field trial rules, but, in my opinion, not so much by adding new rules as by eliminating some old rulesand fallacies, All the improve- meuts were not met by any difficulties in the way of heing accepted and adopted, but there has always been a dis- inclination to cast ont any feature, however fallacious, if it has the sanction of long usage. B. WATERS, CHOREA IN DOGS. BY DR. W. MOLE, M.R,G.V.8. HIS is no doubt the most troublesome disease that the dog is affected with, and like the same disease in chil- dren, does not readily yield itself to treatment; indeed many cases'take on a chronic character and seem to persist in spite of all treatment. It is a general affection of the neryous system, and is found mostly to supervene an attack of distemper, although many cases have come under my notice aftera severe at- tack of catarrh or common cold, It maybe general or local, and if allowed to progress without treatment generally terminates in the general form, when death takes place. One limb may be affected, one side or both, fore and both hind; sometimes the muscles of the lower jaw and throat. When the neck and throat are affected the muscular move- ments are extremely violent and incessant; the head is jerked up and down or from side to side, as though he would shake his head off. There is little or no sleep, and if the patient does sleep it affords no permanet relief, various parts of the body become bruised and abraided, sores forming which are difficult to heal. In one Pare case the symptoms could scarcely be distinguished from true mania, the dog would bite and tear all woodwork within reach, and seem to delight in throwing himself about tomy horror until death put an end to his sufferings. Just priorto his death he became quiet and died apparently in a comatose state. In some cases one forelee or one hindleg is alone affected, in others both fore and both hind may suffer, while again the lower jaw and muscles of the ear are attacked. The chief constitutional symptoms are generally those of extreme debility and lack of nutrition, The duration of an attack of chorea is uncertain, but from 10 to 12 weeks seems to be the average period and there are many cases that make no attempt at improvement until four months elapse. I have often noticed that improvement seems to be very rapid when first undergoing treatment and every change of weather seems to affect the animal. This has led me to be- lieve that the disease is of a rheumatic type. ANATOMICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL CHARACTER. It has been a matter of dispute among yeterinary sur- geonus who have given any attention to the subject whether chorea has its seat in the brain or spinal cord, and the result of numerous investigation seems to favor that the spinal cord is the seat of the disease, and for the following reasons I am of that opinion: 1. That persistent spasm is characteristic of spinal ir- ritation. 2. Some degree of control of the movements is stil] main- tained by an effort of will or voluntary motion. 8. The increased movements as the result of excitement or fear. 4, Their cessation during sleep or enforced quietude. The most important thing to consider next to the question of its seat is that of its close connection with rheumatism, We have no means of estimating the amount of pain that is present, and can only look to the general results of rhenma- tism and so be enabled te trace a very close connection be- tween the two diseases. Irish setters are notoriously delicate, nervous organiza- tions and I have been able to establish clearly the result of cold winds and wet, damp atmospheric conditions, to an in- creased exhibition of the symptoms, for whenever the dog experienced the least change of weather from a dry state to a damp one the spasms were more acute and persistent, As soon as the weather cleared he recovered his good spirits and progressed toward recovery. From a record of a great number of cases I cannot doubt but that rheumatism and chorea stand in some close affinity to each other and that under favorable circumstances most cases recoverif suf- ficient time is allowed, even without the employment of drugs, and for this reason if may be described as a func- tional disease due to neryous derangement, Treatment: From what has been said above, should my ideas and observations be correct, treatment must essen- tially be directed toward supporting the system and deter- mining the flow of blood toward the brain and spinal cord. In acute cases brought before the surgeon a smart and energetic blister on the head and poll will very often cut short and cure the disease at once and will as often fail. A. seton through the poll will prove beneficial if it is not kept in too long to deplete the animal. A pill containing five grains of assaivetida thrice a day may be given with benefit in these stages. Iron salts and cod liver oi] may be given as a nutrient tonic, Arsenic and iron will prove in most cases beneficial. Chorea is chiefly and emphatically the result of neglect in the treatment of distemper, and very few cases hayé come under my notice that have not arisen from a very slight at- tack of distemper when the dog recovered, as their owners always say, of itself. Therefore, good nursing and the best of attention to this specific complaint must always be the first factor in prevention. For my part, I believe that both the duration and severity of the disease may be controlled by the judicious administration of drugs, with due atten- tion to the diet and warm housing of the animal. In connec- tion with food I can specially recommend Spratts Patent cod liver oil biscuits as being the best food for the prevention of this complaint. In bringing these remarks to a close, there is one matter to which I wish to particularly draw the attention of the owners of valuable dogs. Do not delay a single moment in commencing the treatment to build up the system, by a due administration of nervine tonics, after distemper, and the best combination that I have had good results from is by the administration of quinine and iron combined with some laxative. There is always a great difficulty in giving the proper dose to varying sizes of animals, such as the dog kind, and some little judgment must be exercised. As a general rule, that may be safely followed within certain limits, a5er. pill to a 101b. dog; 10gr. pill to a dog up to 80lbs., is perhaps as good a guide as can be given without inspection of the animal, Age, breed, condition, etc., ought always to he con- sidered, as bulldogs and St. Bernards are large dogs but of yery poor constitution under disease. DOG CHAT, hee Binghamton premium list arrived late, and we find that in liew of regular prizes the pooling system is adopted, he entry fee is $1.50 and all fees will be pooled and fifty per cent. thereof be diyided by number of first prizes and awarded for first prize. Second prize shall be one- half of first prize and third prize vhe. In view of the fact that the show is held under A. K, C. rules we draw the at- tention of that club to the fact that there is no classification of dogs stated in the schedule, which is altogether too happy- go-lucky a style fora show held under these rules. Mr, Chapman, of the Glenrose Kennels, now that he is re- lieved from the anxiety and tronbles connected with the po- sition of secretary to the N. B. C., will have more time to devote to his beagle Kennel, and has just issued some neat stud cards and a price list for 1892, containing what seem to be yeritable bargains for any one who wants one of those merry little hounds, By the way we, and all the beavle men with whom we haye come in coutact, are exceedingly pleased that this gentleman has just been elected President — of the National Beagle Club, As the club’s first secretary he has deyoted both time and money to its advancement and. itis not saying too much when we remark that had ib not been for Mr. Chapman the club would not have held the high position among specialty clubs it does at the present day. A word of praise must also be giyen to Mr. Brookin the retiring president, who has also done so much for theclu So many dogs have lately been poisoned around Boston that Mr. Geo. 7’. Angell, who is so active as President of the Massachusetts 5.P.0, A. in redressing the wrongs and abuses to which animals are subject, has ow oftered twenty-five dollars reward for evidence that will enabl4 the society to convict amy person in Boston and its vicinity of violating the laws of Massachusetts by poisoning dogs. Mr. Booth, manager for Col. Ruppert’s Duchess Kennels, called upon us the other day with the news that the Colonel has just purchased Lady Gladwin from Mr. Booth’s brother, of Hull, Hngland. This biteh is a litter sister of Kingston Regent,who has done considerable winning lately, and Mar- quis of Ripon, and is said to be a capital specimen. Judging trom her photograph she looks as if she would do well in this country; haslots of bone, sizeand a very taking head, and stands 32in. high. Col. Ruppert is evidently giving proper attention to the most important part of a kennel in thus securing a number of high class bitches. “T am not versed in dog lore,’’ says a writer in the London Spectator, ‘and it may be that my love for the animal makes me an ill judge of the importance.of the following story; but a friend vouches for its truth, and to my mind it has its importance, not from its display of jealousy, but from the dog’s deliberate acceptance of the undoubtedly changed condition, and the clearly metaphysical character of his motive. The story isthis: A young man had owned . for some years a dog who was his constant companion, Re- cently the young man married, and moved with his bride and his dog into a house on the opposite side of the street from his father’s house, his own former home. The dog was not happy, for the time and attentions that had formerly been his were now given to the young wife. In many ways he showed his unhappiness and displeasure, in spite of the fact that the master tried to reconcile him and the bride to win him. One day when the master came home his wife sat on his knee while Jack was lying by the fre. Herose ftom his place, came over tothe couple, and expressed his dis- approyal, hy, Jack,’ said the master, ‘this is all right, she’s a good girl,’ and as he spoke he patfed herarm. Jack looked up at him, turned around und left the room. In a moment they heard anoise, and going into the hall they found Jack dragging his bed down stairs. When he reached the front door he whined to be let out, and when the door was opened he dragged his bed down the steps across the street to his old home, where he scratched for admittance. Since then he has never been back to his master, refusing all overtures.” The supplement to the Wnglish Stock-Keeper giving an account of the Queen’s kennels at Windsor is an enter- prising achievement in journalism. When we say that Mr, Krehl himself tells the story and the noted animal photog- rapher, Gambier Bolton, ‘‘touches the button” the result is easily imagined. That the dogs are superbly housed goes without saying, and lucky is the dog that basks in the royal fayor. Among the dogs we notice that one of the pugs is sired by Penrice, that smart little pug belonging to Howard Bros., of Columbus, O In describing the kennels, Mr. Krehl says: ‘‘Over the entrance to the kennels, carved in the stone, is the date 1841. The pretty cottage stands close to the road, and bebind it extends the range of kennels, wherein are housed some five- and-fifty dogs. Every part of the building is so bright and fresh that a visitor would be inclined to think it was newly erected, Along the front of the principal kennels is a tiled portico, and this covered pathway is called the ‘Queen’s verandah,’ for Her Majesty pleases to walk here very fre- quently to inspect her kennels, inquiring minutely into everything afiectipg the health and comfort of the inmates, and giving each animal a caressing pat and kindly word of yecognition, This range ig divided off mto spacious fore- yards and roomy sleeping quarters, the former measuting 10ft. by 12ft., and the latter i0ft. by 10ft. A wall 3fbt. high runs along the front of the kennels, the wall being sur- mounted by arailing. Entrance doors are also boarded up to the same height, consequently the small dogs cannot look out; the collies of course can do so by standing on their hind legs. The yards are paved with ved and blue tiles, and are supplied with self-filling water troughs. The sleeping com- artments are ventilated by two large, barred windows, and ik Warm weather the massive iron doors are left. wide open; when they are closed the dogs can run in and out through a Tan, 21, 1892,] FOREST AND STREAM. len | | 61 Many exhibitors will be sorry to hear that their projected bench show has fallen to the ground. The reasons for this ‘are given in Mr, Taylor's letter in another column. We re- gret the circumstance more from the fact that, there are many exbibitors who would like to see some shows given outside of the A. K, C, The men who wish to rush their dogs into the challenge class are not in the maj ority, and a few wins that did not count, but won at shows given by clubs of standing like the P. K. C, would be just as accept- able, and they could haye counted upon a good entry. Some exhibitors are apt to think rather hardly of a club that does not fallin line and give a show willy-nilly, but they seem te forget that there are certain hard, cold facts to be met in the shape of bills that areas arule liquidated by a Tew members who, however they may wish to see kennel inter- ests advanced, object after a while to putting their hands in their pockets to pay for somebody else’s fun, when these “somebodies’”’ hardly give them a second thought after they have secured their prize money. We must remember that the clubs who give shows do as much if not more for breed - ing interests than owners of dogs, and too little thought is given to the men who risk their dollars and devote valuable time to organizing and giving a dog show. collies—“it may fairly be said of them that as their num- bers extend so does the enthusiasm with which their friends regard their increase,””_ Dachshunde and Bassets hold their ground. In sporting dogs—pointers and setters—thouch there has been no improvement, there has been no falling off in quality, and the old exhihitors and breeders still win most of the prizes. Dalmatians are holding their ground splendidly. There has been no perceptible change in the direction of the bulldogs, the classes have heen well filled upon the whoie. Some old favorites may, however, be ex- pected to take a back seat during the forthcoming twelve months, for such young dogs as Guido and Outsider are bound to do better in the futurethan in the past; and the advent of one or two puppies of great excellence is already heralded. In bull-terriers, the début of the year has been that of Messrs. Lea’s Greenhill Empress (this bitch may find a home in America shortly), whose appearance was warmly welcomed by the fancy, she being a decided return to the old-fashioned type. Remarks on fox-terriers show that nothing has been pro- duced capable of beating the 1890 champions during the past year. The general improvement of the breed is, however, strongly marked, In Irish terriers no good erack has come out, and the breeders are mainly troubled as to the position and carriage of the ear, which ig now being discussed in print. Scottish terriers, Bedlingtons and Airedales are said to be neither better nor worse, but Dandie Dinmonts do not seem to increase in popularity, Skyes, however, showed an improvement in quality at many of the shows in 1891 Black and tan terriers are by no means in a forward state, and Morning Star is still facile princeps in the English terrier ranks. Welsh terriers are steadily coming to the front. Toy dogs are to be congratulated upon the result of the season’s efforts, and the recent purchase of a pug for $550 has given a fillip to this once popular breed. Black pugs, thanks to Miss Mortival, are becoming familiar objects at English shows. With the exception of rubyspaniels, the beantiful Kohinoor being considered worthy of being mentioned as a probable toy spaniel of the century, the other classes of toy. spaniels have not improved. Italian greyhounds are still well represented. Though Mrs. Foster js still the monopolizer of most of the Yorkshire terrier classes, she has brought out nothing to beat ber old champions. Mr. Alfred George’s smooth toy Perfection is well named, and has been welcomed by the fanciers of this difficult breed. In con- clusion, not unlike our American experiences, the year has been marked by periods of disaster and disappointment, but still breeders have good material to work upon, and the out- Bue veri perhaps be brighter when 1892 has stepped down and out. small opening in the right-hand-side corner of the wall. In the SEA BRAT GBT, which are mayen with white bricks, there are sleeping benches covered with straw, and hot-water pipes run through the length of the building. From some of the kennels the occupants have an outlet into yards on the other side, so that they can liein one or the other, ac- cording to the heat and position of the sun; across the yerandah and facing the kennels are two large grass plots called courts, where dogs are turned out for a scamper. Mr. Brown (the kennel manager) told us_ that one is known as the ‘Collie Court’ and the other the ‘Umbrella Court,’ which rather strange title explains itself to any one who has seen the place. In the middle is a large bath, which is probably fed by a spring; the sides and bottom are stone-lined, and it slopes down from the level of the earth, so that the dogs can walk into it and swim through. At the far end where the animals emerge is a large umbrella-shaped wooden fixture, under which the dogs can reclinein the coolshade. The spacious court in front of the “Apron Piece’ is an open grass plot, railed in on all sides. The ‘Apron Piece’ is a rustic erection forming a covered seat where Her Majesty, having driven down in her pony chaise and inspected the kennels, will often rest while all her favorites are let loose in the court, and can romp about before her, bu‘ are prevented {rom jumping up at their royal mistress by the railing which pro- tects the seat.”? The writer also adds: ‘‘We remarked the ab- sence of sawdust in all the kennels, and Hill told us that he never uses it. This iact speaks worlds for the amount of labor and constant attention bestowed on these kennels, which were as clean and sweet as the deck of a man-of-war. The swilling down is done with a disinfectant added to the water.”” Among the dogs inthe kennels are Pomerapians, collies, fox-terriers, dachshunde and pugs, and many of them have been hred by English breeders whose names are familiar tousall, The word “swilling’’ is a term used in England, signifying ‘flushing’ or ‘washing out.’ We publish this week 4 picture of the Westminster Chal- lenge Cup, which we have already casually alluded to in these columns as having been subseribed for by Mr, W, C. Reick, Col, Jacob Ruppert, Jr., and the Westminster Kennel Club. It is to be competed for by dogs sired and bred in America on or after March, 1890. It will be competed for annually at the New York show and will remain the prop- Among the additional specials and items of interest cou- nected with the W. K. C. show, Mr. Mortimer tells us that the Old English Mastiff Club offers a second challenge cup for the best mastiff opposite in sex to that winning the forty gninea cup, 8ame conditions to govern, The German Mas- tiff or Great Dane Club offers its challenge trophy for the best German mastiff or Great Dane owned by a member of the club, to be judged by the club standard. Mr. John &#. Thayer, Lancaster, Mass., offers 100 cash for the best fox- terrier born in 1891, sired by either of his stud dogs, namely, Pitcher, Raby Mixer, Russley Joker, Suffolk Risk, Reck- over and Hillside Regent, Mr. A.W. Smith, Buffalo, N Ere, offers $5 for the best black and tan terrier bred in America. Class 62 in premium list, which reads for the best. Hnglish setter that has been placed ina public field trial in America, also includes Canada. All express companies will return dogs free from show on which their regular rates have been prepaid one way. Arrangements are being made with the Trunk Line Association and all other railways by which a reasonable number of dogs may be carried free of charge when accompanied by owners or caretakers. Mr. J. P. Willey has recently purchased the black and white cocker spaniel Othello from Mr. ©. A. MeHaffie, Cornwall, Ont., for $100 and a champion Oho JT. pup. There seems to be a run on white dogs just now: first we hear of a white Scottish terrier and now Mr, H, Parker Thomas, of Belleville, Ont., has an all-white cocker spaniel ono 3 of good formation, Al Ls New England elubs that pertain to sport must round everything off with a dinner, The Kennel Club gives quite a pretentious dinner the first day of tbe show, the National Beagle Club has had its “‘banquet” and the New England Field Trial Club is no exception, for on Jan. 20, when they hold their annual meeting, they intend to celebrate it with a dinner at the Hotel Thorndike, Boston. The club has a surplus in the treasury, but they are not going to “eat” its this must be put to more legitimate uses in preparation for the trials next fall: purchase of quail, leasing grounds and providing for its due protecticn. To this end the tickets for the feast were put on sale and cost $1 25. From the Canadian Kennel Gazette, which generally has some news-nihs though it is a monthly publication, we learn that Mr. C, H. Smith, of St. Stephen, N. B., is im- porting two_good Skye terriers. One is a bitch sired by champion Old Burgundy and the other is said to he one of the best in Hngland: no names are given, however. They will be bred to a good dog, probably Port, before coming over, We do not think enough notice has been taken of the re- cent rule of the A. K. C., that no puppies under six months old shall be shown henceforth at shows under their Juris- diction. This is'a great step forward and we suppose as much as we can expect forsometime. That hateful sight, a bitch suckling a litter of puppies, and a cage full of gam- boling two-months-old St. Bernards or fox-terriers plaster- ing the sides of the kennel and themselves with the accu- mulation of a day’s filth, will now, we are glad to say, be but unpleasant memories of the past, andthe general health of our show dogs will benefit thereby. Small breeders who depend on large shows to sell their young pups at their most fascinating age will suffer no doubt, but in legislating, the greatest good to the greatest number must be the first and only thought. We as well as others have fought against this puppy showing evil for several years and the drip, drip on the stone of common sense hasat last had effect. The Hnglish Setter Club held a meeting at Mr, Fiske’s office, 102 Chambers street, New York city, Jan. 12. Among other things decided it was resolved that in future competi- tion for club specials shall be confined to themembers. The club is getting out a superb medal. The die alone will cost $500 and one side will be finished so that it can be exhibited at New York, and the other side will be shown by a photo- graph. It is expected to have the medals ready by March. ale medals will be given by the club at the World’s Fair show. Though we do not believe all that is claimed for the “Bos- ten terrier” by its admirers, one cannot help admiring the persistent push of the fanciers of this sort of dog in bring- ing it into a more extended notice. Liberal prizes are given at the Chicago show for them and Mr. Newman will journey out to the Windy City expressly to judge them, and if any one can be expected to pick out the right ones in such a mixed class, he is the man, | vg mo THE WESTMINSTER CHALLENGE CUP, erty of the Westminster Kennel Club until won by the same owner three times, when it will become the property of the latter. This is a wise restriction, and outside of its intrinsic value as a tropby, it should be an incentive to St. Bernard breeders to persevere in the efforts to breed noteworthy dogs and will exclude those who by a large bank account are en- abled to import the best from the other side and so scoop in valuable prizes simply aided by the weight of the dollars. The cup is Truscan-shaped, with renaissance ornamentation. lt weighs nearly two hundred ounces of sterling silver and stands nearly three feet high. The figure of the dog on the top is Scottish Prince, and the figures on the sides are models of Princess Florence and Prince Regent. Its total cast is 4000 and was made and designed by Bartens & Rice, of John street, New York, and is certainly about the handsomest trophy that has yet been competed for in any breed. Tne Fanciers’ Gazette, in its American Notes, Dec. 25, mImanages to get about as many mistakes together as is pos- sible in the half-column resumé of recent American hap- penings, principally about the Gallup case. Among other things we are told that each club showing under A, K. CG, tules must ‘give a legal bond to the American Kennel Club guaranteeing due payment of all prizes, ete,, within a speci- fied time,’ It is pot unlikely that the ‘‘Irish Ambassador’ will be Seen in this country ’ere another moon has waned. Of course he will have some terriers in his kit. Our esteemed Philadelphia contemporary says: “The New York Herald has been furnished with exclusive infor. mation regarding the premium list of the Westminster Kennel Clib’s forthcoming show. We suppose one of the clerks gave out this news without Mr. Mortimer’s knowl- edge.”’ It should not have required any great powers of perception to have made a better guess than that, Mr. James Black has just met with a reverse that all breeders, at one time or another, must expect to experience. His greyhound Prince Albert was choked to death last Wednesday. It seems he, in his eagerness to gobble up as much or more of his share of food as the others, he bolted a “grizzled” bone which lodged in his throat, and though his owner heard him coughing in his kennel he paid little atten- tion, but finally thinking something was the matter went to him and found the dog in hislast struggles. Prince Albert was one of the best bred greyhounds in the country. He was by MePherson out of Brighton Lady, running back to Bab at the Bowster, Contango, Cardinal York, etc. He has left, however, several good puppies behind him, two of which, out of his bitch Grace Briant, Mr. Black expects to catch the judge’s eye with at the W. K,C. show. Prince Albert was half brother to Hershel and the Greater Scot, who divided the Waterloo Cup in 1887, The Adyisory Committee of the A. K. C. met on Monday last in the rooms of the club and a good deal of important business was transacted at the meeting. Though we cannot learn all that transpired, as it must be published simul- taneously in the kennel papers, we understand, not from Mr, Vredenburgh, that Mr. John Hawkes’ disqualifi- cation has been removed and that the Rockford show will probably resign from the A. K. C. The cloud over the pug Cashier has cleared away and he will be seen at Chicago, and so will Mr. Hawkes’ two collies, We also learn that Dr. C, M. Nelles has been disqualified for some dog trans- action that occurred some time since. What has become of the projected New J ersey Kennel Club show? Surely some marplot has not been hunting up the old blue laws of Jersey and found that dog shows on Sunday must not be held. It does not look as if the Irish setter will want for active admirers, though there is no breed that has experienced so much “shifting” as this has during the past year. N ow, & new deal has been consumniated and it looks asif Dr. Jarvis had pocketed bis $1,000 after all. This is the price that Mr. F.C, Fowler offered him for Duke Blcho and Edna H. dur- ing the late trials. The doctor did not feel tempted just then but has since reconsidered, and now these dogs, already known both in the field and on the bench, will, under B. #, Lewis’s skillful handling, travel through the cireuit this spring, and with the dogs purchased from Mr. Washington this team will no doubt pick up some of the plums. Owing to the crowded state of our columns a number of queries under “‘Kennel Answers” have been answered by Another celebrated greyhound, and from the Way she Feel ran at the Mastern Coursing Ciub’s second meeting, one of the cleverest greyhounds in the country, Mr. Belmont’s Minnie Staton, has joined the majority. This bitch’s death is quite a lassto the coursing fraternity, as those who saw ber run at Hicksville, L. I., and Great Bend, Kas., were im- pressed with the fact at once that she was a good one. She was by Pinkerton out of Lady Madeleine and was imported December, 1889. Mr. Hacke, of Pittsburgh, Pa., in order to demonstrate the superiority of the ““Borzois’’ over all other dogs as wolf killers, is willing to match his kennel of this breed against any other kennel of dogs, breed not Testricted, in a wolf coursing contest on the open prairie on found wolves. dogs to be slipped as judges may order. The contest shall be for a cup, value $100, and a stake, each contestant to deposit $100 for expense of cup and the judges. Three judges to de- cide the contest on speed, courage and killing. The chal- lenge is open for thirty days from Jan. 15. Dr, Cryer makes a very good suggestion in another journal about the judging ring for toy dogs. There is little doubt but that the soiled condition of the ring by the time these classes are usually judged interferes considerably with the showing of a dainty pug ortoy. Hither have asmall bare floor inclosure reserved for these dogs to be judged in or have the sawdust swept to the corners in the regular rings, There is little doubt but that the Philadelphia Kennel Club by throwing their stakes open to all comers will gain for themselves the suffrage of the field trialmen. The field trial element in the club are thorough going sportsmen, and under proper conditions they are apt to throw a glamor of good fellowship round their trials that is absent from any other trials. Next fall they will have better grounds and of course cater to the ‘‘professionals” in an acceptable manner, In reviewing the past year Stock-Keeper (Eng.,) takes occa- sion to remark upon the standing of the different breeds, their progress or reverse during 1891. From this we learn that mastiffs and Newfoundlands are ata standstill, and but for the support of two breeders of mastiffs the outlook forthat breed would be black indeed. Beagle quality is well maintained, although not so many are shown as in former years. In great Danes the importation of the noted dog Hannibal is the only noteworthy event. Greyhounds are not considered in this connection, as they are not much of a factorin English shows, The “Psoyois” remain in statu quo, having got into a few hands, and until more equally distributed cannot hope to become as popular as they deserve to be, Deerhound classes, we are told, were better filled than they have been for many years. Regarding The spaniel club specials at the N. Y. show will in value amount to about $700, and many of them are given by indi- yidual members of the club. The Murray Hill Hotel gives $20 for the best brace of field spaniels. The annual meeting of the club will be held during the W, K, ©. show, and will be followed by a dinner at the Murray Hill Hotel. Those who know the standing among field trial men, both owners and handlers, that Mr. Bernard Waters has, will Business. MELROSE, Mass., Jan, 16.—Aditor Forest und Stream: Please kill all of my ads. and send bill. Tam suffering from a deluge. of let- Lers and can’t find time to answer them all. My mail will aver. age £5 letters per day and has for several weeks, so I think you will agree with ma thafin is time to calla half until I catch up: _ Isee the FoRest and STREAM is still advancing, and think it iwice the paper it was two yéars ago,—F’. W, CHAPMAN, Business, Orrice or H. B. Goupsurra, Custom House and Horwarding Agent, 48 Wall street, New York, Jan. 6 —Hditor Forest and Stream: Lthink the enterprise which you display in enlarging your paper to 32 pages will meat with a deserved reward in greatly i : a : “ong | eulareing your circulation. The FoRaST AND STREA« is the only going to ship two Chesapeake Bay dogs to San Francisco Journal that ever brought me any business, although I have ad- on Monday through your valuable paper. I consider your | vertised in'seyeral other journals of like character, paper the best of all advertising mediums.—J, Hope, KE, B, Goupsm rH, Business, PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Editor Forest and Stream: I am 62 FOREST AND STREAM. [JAN, 21, 1892. "| 15°97 0 7777 Ui. Tt Lt tt ttt $< —————————— SSS == SS ee eae appreciate the enterprise which the FOREST AND STREAM displays in securing his services to represent this paper, more pana cuaely tn that branch of sport. Mr. Waters’s re- ports of field work are always read with interest by sports- men, becatise they know that his long acquaintance with field trials has given him perhaps a greater insight into the intricacies of field trial work than any other man in the country, and what is more to the point, he has the courage of his convictions and does not hesitate to state them when necessary. Mr, Waters will represent the FOREST AND STREAM at the coming Southern field trials, The Gordon Setter Club of America at its last meeting appropriated #40 in cash for the coming Westminster Kennel Club dog show at Madison Square Garden in this city: $5 to the dog and bitch winning first, second, third and fourth in open classes. This, with the $225 cash prizes offered by the Westminster Kennel Club, makes $295 in cash, heside the Herald brouze medal for the best Gordon setter in the show, to be competed for by any Gordon setter, Besides, there is the American Field silver vase for the best Gordon setter, value $100, to be won three times (not necessarily in succession) by a member of the Gordon Setter Club, dog to have been the property of the winner for six months prior to closing of entries. Other specials are promised. The annual meeting of the Gordon Setter Club will be held at the Madison Square Garden on Thursday evening, Feb. 25, 1892, at 7:30 o’clock (third night of the show), for the election of officers and members, and the transaction of such other business as may come up. Members are requested to send their eulual dues to the secretary, L, A, Van Zandt, Youk- ers, N. Y. Among the new kennel advertisements we notice that Geo. W. Glazier has bloodhound pups for sale; J. Gordon, mastift pups; Mount Royal Kennels, Mnglish setters: Chas, H. Carr, fox-terrier bitch; B.S. Dering, deerhound bitch Nora; F. EH. Atkins, pointer dog pup; J. W. Wood, two Hnvlish setter dogs; L. A. Parkhurst, fine pointers; J. Hope, several breeds. At stud, Kicho Kennels offers the Irish setter Blue Rock, and J. H. and J. A Hunter the pointer Black Wonder. We also draw attention to the notice of the Westminster Kennel Club’s show, the “Dog Fanciers’ Directory and Medical Guide,” and B. Waters’ book on “Dog Training and Kennel Management.” SALE OF DUKE ELCHO AND WDNA F.—Claremont, N. H.—Hditor Forest and Stream: I have sold to Mr. F. L, Fowler the Irish setters Duke Hlcho and Edna H., and ex- pect that he will be successful with them on the bench and in the field. The former is by Hicho, Jr.—Maid, and full brother to Hicho Maid, winner of third in [rish Setter Derby. He competed in the All-Age Stakes and received favorable mention for his work. Hdna H. is by Elcho, Jr.—Romaine, and won third in All-Age Stakes, Irish Setter Trials. She is also a show winner, having won first in open classes at Chicago and Cleveland, 1891.—Wwm. JARVIS. [Mr. Fowler has also purchased from Mr, W, lL, Washington the Irish setters Ileen, Rose Boroimhe and Kildare Doris. | BINGHAMTON DOG SHOW.—Binghamton, N. Y., Jan. 19.—This show opened to-day in bad weather. There are only about seventy-five dogs benched and nothing ready. No superintendent. Mr, 7. J. Farley appointed. Mr. Kreu- der and all the boys are helping, and all is going right now. Judging will start in the morning.—J. OTIS FELLOWS. KENNEL NOTES. Kernel Notes are inserted without charge; snd biszke (furnished free) will be sent to any address. WAMES CLAIMED. (ys Prepared Blanks sent fires on application. Prince Arthur. By Mrs. Pauline W. Link, New York, for black and white greyhound dog, whelped May 3, 1891, by Prince Albert (M»cpherson—Brighton Lady) out of Cheerful Girl, Charming May. By Mrs. Msdge Baron, Breoklyn, N.Y., for blue greyhound bitch, whelped May 28, 1891, by Prince Albert (Macpherson—Brighton Lady) out of Grace Briant (Aberbriant— Grace Ridley). 4 National Beagle Kennels, By W. A. Small, Waltham, Mass.,, BRED. for his kennels of beagles. eS" Prepared Blanks sent free on application, Modjeska—Philos TX, H. W. Huntingeton’s (Brooklyn, N. Y.) Russian wolfhound bitch Modjeska (Krilutt—Hlsie) to A. W. Pur- beck’s Philos }& (Ivan—Ozarmia), Dec, 29. Grouse— Dick Swiveller. Thos. Igoe’s Irish setter bitch Greuse to W. L. Washington’s champion Dick Swiveller, Dec. 18. Fanny—Dick Swiveller, BP. G, Heing’s Irish setter bitch Fanny to W. L. Washington's champion Dick Swiveller, Dec. 16. Tleene—Dick Swiveller. §. C. Fowler’s (Moodus, Conn.) Irish set- ter bitch lleene (Ponto—Drenagh) to W. L. Washington’s cham- pion Dick Swiveller, Dec. 8. Hazel. Tearaway—Dich Swiveller. A. Krebs’s Trish setter bitch Hazel Tearaway to W. lL. Washington’s champion Dick Swivelier, ac. 19. Snowball—Norwegian. D. N. Heizer’s greyhound bitch Snoy- ball to American Coursing Kennels’ Norwegian (Jester—Bit of Fashion), Dee. 21. : Black Bess—Lord MePherson, A. C. Jordan's greyhound hitch Black Bess to American Coursing Kennels’ Lord M«Pierson (Trales—Dick’s Darling), Dec. 12. Dolly Dotlar—Prince Albert. Jas. Black*s (Sheepshead Bay, N. Y.) greyhound bitch Dolly Dollar (Pinkerton—Mrs, Goldfield) to his Prince Albert (Macpherson—Brighton Lady), Jan, 4. Guynnie—Soudan, Kk. A. Alberts, Jr.’s (Hoboken, N. J.) English setter bitch Gwynnie (Reltbus—Wonna Gladstone) to L. L. In- gram’s Soudan (Druid—Ruby), Dec. 3. Rural Neva—Belthus. KR. H. Alberis, Jr.’s (Hoboken. N. J.) Eng- lish setter bitch Rural Neva (Pride of Dixie—Fairy Belle) to his Belthus (champion Rock—Cockerton’s Meg), Dee. 18. Juno—spot Dash McHenry Robinson’s (Dorchester, Mass.) pointer bitch Juno (Tempest—Naso’s Belle) to Fleet View & Read- ing Kennels’ Spot Dash. Ossining’s Flash—Spot Dash. A. L. Brackett’s (Brookline,Mass.) pointer birch O-sining’s Plash (Ossining—Graphie’s Lady) to Fleet View & Reading Kennels’ Spot Dash. Bess—Spot Dash. G. W. Lovell’s (Middleboro. Mass.) pointer bitch Bess (champion Beaufort—Portland Lily) to Pleet View & Reading Kennels’ Spot Dash. Beauty—Spot. Dash. O. G. Stoddard’s (liynn, Mass.) pointer bitch pe euly (Bonnie—Bess) to Fleet View & Reading Kennels’ Spot Dash. , Nadjy of Naso—Spot Dash. G. H. Holtham’s (Bangor, Me.) pointer bitch Nadiy of Naso (Nick of Naso—Temptation) to Flest View & Reading Kennels’ Snot Dash. Beezy—Spot Dash, Fleet View & Reading Kennels’ (Reading, Msss,) pointer bitch Bsezy (Graphic—Say) to their Spot Dash. Say—Spot Dash, Fleet View & Reading Iennels’ (Reading, eee DeBIEE bitch Say (imported Bang—Belle Rita) to their Spot Dash. —— —HLeslie, W. B. McCloud’s pointer bitch ——— to G. H. Bargen’s Leslie (Spot Dash= Belle Randojph), Jan. 4. WHEULPS. (= Prepared Bianks sent free on application, Clara. Amertican Coursing Kennels’ (Great Bend, Kan.) grey- hound biteh Clara (Greentick—Hnone), Dec. 24, six (three dogs), by their Norwegian (Jester—Bit of Fashion), Queen Lucifer, HV. B. Farnsworth’s (Washington, D. C.) English setter biteh Queen Lucifer, Jan. 1, nine (five dogs), by his Count Ror; two since dead. Hunters Nellie Bly. J. AH. Hunter's (Washington, D. 0.) Wnglish setter bitch Hunter’s Nellie Bly (Ben Hill—Daisy Hunter), Jan. 12, eight (four dogs), by EF. R. Hitchcock’s Roi d’Or (Roderigo— Bo Beep). SALES. ES" Frepared Blanks sent free on application, Rod, iver and white pointer dog, whelped July 28, 1591, by ord Graphic out of Winning Ways, by Matern Pointer and Set- tar Kennels, Sandusky. G.. to L. B. Morgan, Clinton, Da, iy = “Lecempte, Liver and white pointer dog, whelped July 23, 1291, . nT I by Lord Graphic out. of Winning Ways, by Matern Pointer and Setier Kennels, Sandusky, O., to R, A. Gayle, Clinton, La. Rose Boroimhe. Red Irish setter bitch, whelped June 20, 1889, by Brian Boroimhe, Jr. out of Biddy, by W. L. Washington, Pibtts- burgh, Pa,, to F. C. Fowler, Moodus, Conn., and a litter of puppies by champion Elcho. Jr. out of Rose Boroimhe to same party. Kildare Doris. Red Irish setter bitch, whelped June 1890, by champion Hlcho, Jr. out of champion Ruby Glenmore, by W. L. Washington, Pittsburgh, Pa., to F. C. Fowler, Moodus, Conn. Jleene. Red Irish setter bitch, whelped July 15, 1889, by cham- pion Ponto out of champion Drenagh, by W. L. Washington, Pittsburgh, Pa., to F.C. Fowler, Moodus, Conn. Blue. Blue greyhound dog, whelped May 2, 1891, by Ring out of Jessamine, by American Coursing Kennels, Great Bend, Kan , to C. ©. Coffman, Sullivan, ind. Toney. Brindle and white greyhound bitch, whelped March 20, 1891, by Roy out of Clara, by American Coursing Kennels, Great, Bend, IXan., to C, H. Coffman, Sullivan, Ind. Lights 0? London. White and black greyhound dog, whelped May /, 1890, by Trales out of Dick’s. Darling, by American Cours- ing Kennels. Great Bend, Kan,, to F. B. Cogue, Huron. 8. D. Little Thought Of. Brindle greyhound bitch, whelped Sept. 24, 1888, by Trales cut of Dick’s Darling. by American Coursing Ken- nels, Great Bend, Kan., to G. H. McDougall, Butte City, Mont. Lightfoot. White and black greyhound dog, whelped May 7, 1890, by Trales out of Dick's Darling, hy American Coursing Ken- nels, Great Bend, Kan., to J. R, Smith, Mitchell, $. D. Lord Graphic—Winning Ways whelps. liver and white point- ers, whelped July 23, 1891, by Matern Pointer and Setter Kennels, Sandusky, O.,a bitch to B, F. Rice, Newton Falls, 0.; a dog each to Dr. J. 8. Tinaberry, Bloomsburg, N. J; Dr. Wm. A. Campbell, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Chas. Teall, Ottumwa, Ia.,and a lemon and white bitch to Dr. Harry Parker, Cleveland, O. * ->- Atifle Range and Gallery. “FOREST AND STREAM” TOURNAMENT FOR NEW JERSHY RIFLE CLUBS, SCORES made during the past week are as follows: The Palisade Rifle Club vs. Miller Rifle G.ub, shot on Palisade Rifia Club home range Jan. [1. distance 75 ft.; PALISADE R. C. (CR PREM itihys oy yinkeoa sales 22 22 22 21 21 20 20 20 10 13—197 GUAR ae seer nena 24 24 22 22 22 21 19 19 18 24—215 DSTA TC tayo deletes aules RA 28 23 23 22 21 21 10 17 22—216 De BLS BST US Gt. eee tenn ees -.-2e3 24 28 23 23 23 23 22 BY 24—228 GW Graf,...... eee rose 24, 24 28 23°23 23 22 22 21 20—225—1081 Captaiu, J. Reinhardt. Scorer, G. A. Pinger. Judge, A. Rossy. MILUGR R. C, DgVitllareeeeeye: eure none cae 2h 25 2% 25 24 23°23 22 21 20—238 GSchleicht,<......-....:.....-20 20 25 24 24 24 23 23 22 91926 E Fisher....... j.u26 24 24 24 23 28 28 22 22 222939 HW Theills ies. cose ean ea 24 ded 23-22 2227 18 24997 (Geipislfoyat eae EAE bosssse AAS +20, 2D 24 24 24 22 22 22 22 22—232 1160 Captain, Richard H. Dewey. Scorer, Aug. Meyers. Judge, Ff. Kaunnel, Puritan Rifle Club ys. Greenville Rifle Club, shot on Puritan range, Jan. 14, distance 2ayds.: , PURITAN R. OC. YY STL TG wey evapscoicons Sree Sr tho ser ooh 25 23 28 23 22 22 20 20 16 28—220 G@ Garpenter......... cones. 2h 26 25 22 24 23 22 19 22 23-294 NSS NRA AAs Soap oso ae mre ciare 2 24 22 24 17 24 2) 25 28 22 22—228 PROT ie ely talte Aeeteces Meteo 1. ..22 24 2h 24 24 20 22 22 18 24 995, ERnsedoriamivew ences tuners 24 25 22 24 25) 28 2L 22 25 23—2338—1125 Scorer, Mr. Clark. GREENVIULE R. C. Captain, F. Danger. Judge, J. Doherty. Co Biso Sess 5) Ase ree? 25 PA Zt PP 22 21 RL 21 12 20-—221 WOR G bid OW vee eee: bee 21 19 22 21 24 24 25 22 22 24-293 (OP=(eled Pub Toya NTS oie -22 22.28 21 24 24 2H 25 24 22—232 PIE AVA peda gis epelers were ngs beets 18 23 23 22 2] 24 23 24 2 23—226 aN rysist yh Se yr So sere st ee 22 21 20.19 19 21 18 24 24 23—210—1112 Captain, H, H. Robidoux. Scorer, W. ©, Collins. Miller Rifle Club vs, Howard Rifle Club, shot Thursday, Jan. ld: MILLER R. C. Judge, J. Dodds. on Miller range, DAVES. caves Dates ee rater 23 28 23.22 22 22 24 22 21 22—226 VO RE petra elie tame de te er to at 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 22—2Bd , G Schlicht............. .......20 20 25 24 24 24 28 28 23 22—238 Ef Brandt....-. Relic te errertiees a) 2+ 23 23 21 21 21 19 19 15-212 AGS SUBD ba cast tieebsve dit retne te 25 25 25 2b 24 2b 24 24 25 YB—B42—1142 _ Captain, Riehard W. Dewey. Seorer, Louis Sobl. Judge, J. H. Kruse. : i HOWARD R. C, DSBUTCEVEL. Ts ts keh eee teres kines 25 24 24 24 25 24 21 20 20 21—225 A Aurnhammuier....... Lies One 25 2% 25 24 24 28 28-22 22 19-229 O}Daracreans ee oe ee 25 25 28 23 28 22 22 22 19 17—221 24 28 23.28 25 23 22 22 22 21—226 25 25 26 24 24 28 23 22 19 19—229—1130 Captain, C. Derivaux. Judge, P. Nichols. Essex Indian Rifle Club ys. Hudson Rifle Club, shol on Essex Indian range, Jan. 11, distanes 25yds: HSSEX INDIAN R. C. POV GTA ena g et tered see et ead ae eh 22d 98 2302492324 g DVVEL CUS 1-4-4 ah to Ss 28 24 21 22 21 23 24 21 22 20—221 MeoCraith,.......-. ses teey css ine? 20 24 25 Ph Rb 25-242? 23—236 SO VEEAS Bu eee kt eres 22 22 24 24 22 28 24-24 23 24—232 PSL BI rng ape or A Arete series 22 25 22-22 25 25 21 238 22 28—230—1148 Captain, Prauk Helms. Scorer, G. Freitag. HUDSON R. ©. ED TAGRINS ONY 5 egies Merete tee 25 28 23 26 23 23 25 23 25 25240 TRG dea years Bi, Sse ots 2) 21 18 26 20 24 22 22 18 25—217 APMIS PAU iets sete 238 22 25 25 24 2b 28 22 23 25—287 fat TYE] 7 a elect eee 21 21 23) 24 25 24 2h 24 24 23—234 TERRY ates ise g eters nn st alee ere seve er ek 28 24 23 2s 20 23 25 22 23—232—1160 Cuptain, H. Lb. Hansen. Seorer, C. BE. Bird, Judge, N. Brower. Jefzen Rifle Club vs. Voluateer Rifle Club, shot on Jefsen Club tange, Jan. 12, distance 2ayds.: JEPSEN R. C. Job Plump o..-.2....,..00.. 24 24-28 22°21 21-20 18) 0 0—1'7s Woi Jetseme.. 0.0... lee oe 24 24 23 22 22 22 21 18 1% 21—214 ACS TOU BIE llekilelecncs)-hebrcns Oe 26 25 24 24 24 28 22 22 21 19—229 @hassPrien. 00.2.0... 28: 26.24 24 22 21 20 1917 15 19—206 DV DU OT elect de eet aces 20 24 24 28 28 23 22 22 22 21—229—1051 Captain, Wm. Jefsen. Scorer, J, H. Kruse. Judge, Wréd Kloep- piug, VOLUNTEER R. ©. J Blewitt.......04s.220....2-.02 24 25 23 28'-22 22 22 91 B1—979G NEL End FeV Osh e nEebDn miso pbaboest 24 21 2| 20 18°15 15 14 12 18—178 Grist Ee sa 0 es ve eee eel 23 23 22 21 21 20 16 16 14 0—175 FUSE BITTELCH.. bere cect nee eee ees 24 24 21 40 2019 18 17 16 18—192 J Doweherty......:....8 2.08 2. 24 24 22 22 22 20 17 16 12 12—230— 961 Captain, J. Blewitt. Scorer, J. Dougherty. Volunteer Rifle Club vs. Essex Indian Rifle Club, shot on Vol- unteer range, Newark, Jan, 19, distance 25yds.: VOLUNTEER R. C,. IPAS SUES O POM AS SSE BALOMOD AS ooE 22 20 18. 24 24 24 28 23 17 18—214 JME AL VLG Ls atta) plseral tet tele ice cogent 25 22.22 25-20) 25 22) 2422 B1—va7 GET OT ce nde oe so og euote ere 23 18-22 17 18 17 20 21 23 18—207 AUS BYCTIGS ince LIMA ROA LE es 20 19 17 21 19 24 19 19 20 17—195 Gam ee pres ce ep ae cee. 18 25 22 21 21 20 19 19 28 22—221—1064 Captain, John Bluntt. Judge, J. McCandless. ESSEX INDIAN R. C, Helms ......... Pe ee, es B54 22.25 22 2528 22°21 28 24 25—294. Wadimams, oo WoL ee oes Leek ve 24°23 24 2520 24 25 17 24 25-234 TOOK rh res Ra a meee rete here 24 28 25 25 2b 23 24 21 25 25—238 — MCA Lee el mel neh) actrees 24°23 23 24 24 22 24 24 22 23954 © MeCullem ... . 1.0... 2... 2b 82 24 22-25 24 24 22 24 23—235—J175 Captain, Prank Helms: Scorar, G. Freitag. Miller Rifle Club vs. Puritan Rifls Club, shot on Miller Rifle Club range, Jan. 18: MILLER R C. BE Plack......- Ledtnnceerne see amdied ap eb et 24 23 23-23 22-238 LVR VDSS see ee ee Ges 2h 25 24 24 24 24 Bt 2d ZI 2B—BAO VCORE Mi cone nC k ne er naees 25 24 24 23 28 28 22 22 22 2Z1—229 GA CAM ENA pers ales ele irae 25 25 Bt 24 BL 25 23 22 22 2O—282 CG Judson... steals 25. 25 25 24 23 23 22 22 21 21—231—1170 Capiain, Richard W, Dawey. Judge, Aug, Meyns, PURITAN R. C. SUD Fenn fe) pee TO ote au! 24 23 25 28 23 28 22 22 21 21—225 HigEEGT Here) encanta aera: 26 24 24 24 23 28 22 22 20 19226 C Carpenter......... Bey ee ~2d 24 24 24 23 23 23 22 22 20 930 CRONE eee ee ek 24 24 24 24 23 23 22 22 21-231 W Hanselman.........-........ 23 28 28 22 21 21 21 21 20 20—215—1127 Captain, Adam Sauer. Scorer, M. Clark. Judge, L. Sohl. Hudson Rifie Club vs. Excelsior Rifle Club, shot Hud Rifle Club rauge, Jan. 18, distance 25yds.: i amie? HUDSON R, C. POE BMS@ Tite a jens. one es eee 25 24 24 23 23 25 24 25 25 2h—241 DINGS ORT tia AREA cer Are, oon 24 259 22 21) 28°24 25 2d 23 22—995 NAL EY 22 18H pte) BA Ace Neal IraleaL a2 22 29 28 25 28 24 24 24 23993 A Maz... 0 2 oho. ge sc. 22 Re Bh 2h 22024 93.03 oul oa age BLS Che xvid cy a ese ee ene ae 21 28 20 20 20 24 25 23 21 21—218—1161 Oaptain, H. Ll. Hangen. Scorer, C. &, Bird. Judge, J. J. Pfiffen- berger, Jr. EXCELSIOR R. GC. eRe A amisegyy 30 toes ne 28 25 28 28 22 24 28 24 BZ BB —o98 W Ghanning....... ........,,,21 25 25 2h 23 23 24 24 93 24 997 Weert oo ee anne ene: 22 24 24 20 24 Vd 24 24 VR 24997 WJ Wentessey.....2.. 242.225. 22 24 22 Bd 22 25 25 22 22 30 - 228 EG Kittredge dono: Peete ey: 28 29 21 25 26 25 20 2h 25 21—231—1160 ae L. P, Hansen. Scorer, James Hughes. Judge, ©. 1. mney. Our own Rifle Glib ys. Jefsen Rifle Club. Shot on Our Ow range Jan. 19, 1892. Distance 2iyds. ih OUR OWN R, R. @ Wiegman.....,...... ......25 24 25 24 21 98 29 91 BR Bd-—93h (ox GObKH el alee gees we «20 2 20 21 24 28 2b 28 Be o4- p97 MP Sy igh shee e ter: 8 Ore nn pont ald 26.28 24 28 25 25 24 22 24 238-298 Vi WW ubiS 4+ te ee 2428 24 25 22 24 22 02 94 v4—-994 COWVACUNT ST: ea pete ae a ee 20 25 Bt 2322 25 Bh Bt 24-990 4778 eens EE Wm. Watts. Scorer, Chas. Roh, Jr. Judge, J, Don- aly, JERSHN R, C. TAO Wi OED oe tee ge oe see. .c0 et 20 20 23 25 23 24 24 29-999 OudIPa FA pune heen to) Se 23°25 21 20 21 22 24 24 23 22 995 TW Sessmiat, .......0.22.05 18 14 24 22.24 22°24 25 94 B4— 99a Wa Dilger >> cee ee .29: 22 2b 22-20 22 21 28.24 [4 — 21g FE IAP ping Hes ew ei edt aa 22 24 22 Pl 22 2d 23 22 17-223 1490) GSaplain, Wm. Jefsen. Scorer, A. \W. Steuhsr. Joadge, John Sehmer. “Vogel is Getting Old.” Louts Vocun, of the Zettler and Miller Rifle clubs, has not lost his holding power, although he says his years are bearing very heavily upon him, and his eyesight is “not as voo as itused to ouce was!” Below will be found a full-size fac-simile of a tarvet shot by “The Bird” on the Miller range, Hoboken, on Dee. 30, 1891- The score foots up a totel of 247 out of a possible 250 points, for 10 shots. There are eight 25s, one 24 and one 2a, Albany Against Troy. ALBANY, N. ¥., Jan, 14.—The return match between the Albany and Troy rifle teams was shotthis aftevxnoon. Ove interesting feature was the shooting of Mr, Gemmell, of Troy, he making score of 84 on the American standard target, which we ecnsider « fine score in a team match; otherwise the Troy boas were not in it. Following are the scores; Albany Team, ColeWan Hitech oes. ess ysssenes eo ee i ote ot) ute Gels 4 —— he arin aid’ GS ihrc rau eels eee 4810 5 9 6 5 5 b 9—66 BIO -ATIGTE WE ent! bie top teet seeds 4 $5 £ 6 7 A410 % 9 5—f2 Via GTS, ars (cs ety ieee eee #8 89 9 6 4 7 4 6—74 Win © Gomphee.: 2. s.khe. 8 7e B 17 Be OIG) BY E74 PB SEUNG Gy BAe Mek egy, HUNTER ES a: ct 4 9 FT 162-9 10) 9, “8 978 George ZAaupmer ...........--.. 40 +09 8 ¥ & 9 8 G&G & 41449 Troy Team. GEMM Fak sccct set lb i bass teeta OS: SU SOUT <00 3G) ea =a Woolf 5: shes bi pabtoe tate sea ereeene 1 THT hoa Te SO ee Rais WSN ICR. Sockcpar ated ecedenl ees $ 6 5 @ 2-8 7-8 & tH PISCE tis bdee bedee $k shen tat ae OF 5909) sai 8? 2°78 5) or co — be STL DIG Tic tas dstertss ac tot sree tse 3 65 447 7 7 & 9 Uae DEM cs care pene aes sens 396 8 4 § 4 f 6 B—he IStTiiGeret thas Ontos meee 10 8 8 4 510 61) 7 3—Ti—dha Turtle Bay Scores, New Yorr Jan, 13.—The following are the scores made in the weekly prize-shoot handican of the Turtle Bay Rifle Clio to date, best three scores to count, 25-ring target: Geo H Jantzer....246 246 247—729 W Lubeck........224 227 22778 Otto G Fuchs..... 241 243 244—728 CO Nulandherm...207 214 219—0320 CH Plate..... ..256 236 242-714 W Glaccum...... 224 231—455 HW Tamm......232 287 242-711 HJ Draddy.. 221 22R—44) A Frank... .......231 224 288-703 F Wrederieks 219 226—445 Hi Lingelbach....224 230 232—686 fl W Steffan... .. BRI — 227 H, W, FREDERLCKS, Sec’y. The regular weekly shoot of Turtle Bay Rifle Club, held at their quarters, 146 B, 42d street, New York: Geert cee saeennes 243 243 239 CH Plate............ 280 221 227 OG Puebs..........-.- 240 256 284 © Henesler. .......... 229) 211 217 IGS CG ahik > seen een = uae 226 281 240 W Lubeck............. 223) 222 210 EL Panis vo ens mr aaee 230 227 231 T Fitgpatrick...,.... 2179 202 192 Garden City Rifle Team, The Garden City Rifle Team met for their weekly contest Tuesday evening, Jan. 12, at George McCune’s shooting gallery, 146 South Halsted street. Chicago. Gonditians were 25yds., 25 shots each, epen sights, free off-hand position, Massachusetts paper targets, possible 300 points. Scores as follows: W=oJ Gibbs.... ....265 © A Hankle...... 2200) RK. Taylor... 2..25..252 W J Myers........ 269 Os Hon. ......02 eos H A Parker. .o.,-.250 HS Busby... ....265 1 Word ....... -++ 250 Im shoot off of tie Gibbs won by three points with Myers second | N. ¥. Pistol Club, Tus following scores were made by the members of the New York Revolver and Pistol Club at thei last weekly shool, held at their ranges, 12 St, Marks place, on ths 16th inst, six shots on Standard American target. distance 20yds.. 5. & W-. reyolyers: A Stein, d4cal . ......... rns! Hecking, .aSeal.... 2..42....8 B Waliher, 44cal.. .......0.. 2 G L, Hofforan, Beal... _...)52 BA Qehil, d4cal 0. 4. 42 2. DL GE Jantyer, 88 cal... 1.2... 52 W Koch, .4¢eal i... 5 : Srl eoyd The cluh has shacting caoh Saturdey evening atits rooms, Jan, 21, 1892.] FOREST AND STREAM. 63 eS ee ee ne ee ee The battle for the weekly class medal still rages at the weekly executive committee. Under the new by-laws just adopted, the New Jersey Rifle Shooting. [Specially Reported for Forest and Stream.) EXOETSIOR Rien’ Crue —Jersey City, Tuesday, Jan. 12, —Capt. ib. P. Hansen. The following seores were made in the medal competition, 10 shots off-hand, 25-ring target, possible 250: ; AE 80 ey ee ees eee recs see BH Em BA PH 25 25 24 23.25 2d—243 WW OT arn se cays oe fee tase 95 25 2h Bh Bd Bd 2d 28 2S 22—240 UL ethiltirste ls epee oo Paes Fe eee pa eS 25 25 2h 2d 24 24 Bd 23 23 22—259 LSP Hansen... .....-.+.- Pik Sheet 25 25 25 24 24 2d 28 28 23 22 238 Woo Hennessy... -.-is--20-2 foe. oie. D5 2h Bd O4 24 24 Bk 23 28 2Z1—256 PVH DIC Oe nese eet seat 35 BA PA 24 24 23°23) 23 21 21—234 @L Penney....-. ....-.---s2eee+ = 125 25 2H 24 24 28 23 22. 2h 21— 233 (OUTS RCo nit: Cada Peres cane. Wn otra = 9h 95 95 24 Bt 2B 22 22 22 21—233 APP ERED CE a Se Andoooo DpopuEdeore ld 25 25 2h 24 24 2B RS Bd 22 22—282 PHO UC HES. op ehh eee er ens at Dh 2h 2h 24 23. 23 22 22 21 20—230 BORG ere adele hemes 2b 25 24 BL 4 23 22 22 22 10—230 The winners in their respective classes were: First, William Weber, 243: second, C. Bauchle, 233; third, Colin Boag, 230, The scores Made abnve give the club an average of a trifle over 235 for the eleven men. If they keep up this shooting streak it ought to bring thei well up in the tournament. MouweR Rirer Cit, Hoboken.—Capt. Richard W. Dewey. Wednesday evenings, Jan. 13, The following scores were made in the shoot for weekly class medals. Ton shots, off-hand, 75-ring target, possible 240: , Pirat Class. D Miller... ..--s02.5+ Yaad han site ha 5 25 25 24 Pt 24 23 28 23 22—238 DiSobk. 2.0.02. 5 Tied eect opts pepe erecum ed 20 2424 28.28 2d ea.ee 22— Bod GSSCHGh tos) F) tase essa aed eee eee 125 25 2b 24 24 2d 28 22 22.22 —236 A Meyns............---+ baa serees sya 20-20 2B 2d 24 28 22 22 22 21— 23a HD Hencken....-.0. eee ete seen c see eh ep cb Bh 24 23 22 22 21 Z1—231 1H Oeil PMS TS yids dos oa ape 2B 25 25 26 24 23 22 22 22 22285 Gapt Dewey,...... .... ges at tae 25 2A 24 24 2a 23°22 21 20 20—227 First Glass medal was wou by Dave Miller with a score of 238, Second Class. PRO HATA GTOTSS 5 bans p etsy cen PHT ‘fay 2h 2h 25 24 24 22 20 20 20 20—225 (UBD a eee gee reer. nrg eee: Ah 25 24 24 2424 23 23 21-20 - 233 Eezi0Giissen deh saets eo tetas oy Wwwnes Ob 2h 24. 24 28 2a 22 20 20 1i—225 TOS Oye sp ohop dre ts ee a rine pd 2b 24 28 22.22 21 21 21 18 18—215 Second Class medal was won by J. H. Kruse with a score of 233. : Third Class. PP SRHENTCICUR 5 0. cles sence n heer ton 25 2h 24 24 23 22 22 20 20 14—219 IN PVE NG Oe, Pe pene sen eOuceeppoce 2b 24 23 28 22 22 21 20 20 18-218 HE Meyer... tise... eh 24 23 23°20 20 20 18. 16 14 - 203 F Dunsteadt.. .. .2b 24 £23 22 2019 19 18 18 14—202 F Kammel..... Ween e PAP SS RCo wk 23 22 2221 21 20 18 16 18—202 Third Class medal was won by H. Seltenreich with a score of 216, The Greenville Rifie Clib elected these officers for 1892: Pres., H.W. Gotthardt; Capt., W. H. Robidoux; Sec’y, W. C. Collins; Treas., ©. Scheelein; Sergt.-at-Aros, J.J. Hill, Treasurer Schee- Tein reported the club to be in a sound financial condition. A merry social session followed, during which speeches were made by Presideut Gotthardt and Captain Robidoux, PanisapH Rirne Crur, Capt. John Reinhardt, Jersey City Heights, Thursday, Jan. 14,10 shots off-hand, American 25-ring target, possible 250: A. Masla...... .-- t oeee eee 2D 25 26 24 24-25 22-21 21 20—220 PR VVC TA Meee eta Cbd bots tte Oh Bh Bb 24 23 25 22 21 21 2l1—229 Capt Reinhardt...-......20... su. 2H 2h 25 24 23 22.21 Ql 21 2i—228 Gil Gate fea Pee bra ek ,.. 25 25 24 24 2d 22 22 22 19 19—295 G A Finger....- es eee Erte eee Bh Qh. 24 23 28°22 22 2) 20 20—P25 J Kebrwald.... .....-.-s2-+--2+ -20)80 24 24 23 23.23 22 21.20 20—225 WHSSIB UGE Bel cceee mies eo eae ee 120. 24 RB 22 22 21 20 20 19 19—215 A ROSSY 000 cee cece eee eee eee teeeanQ0 2 22-22 2) 21 20-20 20 20—2i4 BD Anes haysyienale eee ABE oes -2) ie . Ro RH 24 28 22 21.20 18 18 14-210 TSB Sais cea Wbic hs 2) AA Me eh hee one a) 25. 24 23 22 22 20 19 18 17 14-204 W- Harding.. HSE a opis ieee ce eee hee ea clae Laem Adolphts Rossy. H. Rosenthal recited a non-touching piece of poetry “Mother's Billy Goat.” Te say that he made a hit would be putting it mild. The assemblage broke up late, NOTES. Secretary Bird is what his fellaw members of the Hudson Hifle @lnb call a ‘* cold water man.” He has fine oratorical powers, and before he gets throuch his hearers are hearly driven to temper- ance. W. Boddy is ose of his converts, Recently while return- ing from Newark after shooting a tournament match, they were nearly desperate for a drink of some sort. Adolph Malz, he with the entrancing story regarding “* Kase,” wasin favor of heading 2 committees to notify the conductor to stop the train. The idea was sat upon however and was invited to jumpoff, Secretary Bird now reyiewed the situation and decided that this was an elegant chance to exhort his hearers to become followers in the cause of temperance, He was at last prevailed upon to give up a bottle of what be thought was ginger ale which he carried with him, to slake the thirst of the thirsty crowd: He was surprised at the way Capt. H. Hensen downed the ginger ale, he seeming to be delighted with 1b. Boddy, Braun, Malz and Rebhan followed suit. At last it came to the club's temperance orator, all the lat- ter needed was one swallow, when he discovered that he had brought forth the wrong bottle. He had given the bottle contain- ing old rye to his club mates by mistake. There will be ro more {emperance lec! ures hereafter. Greenville Rifle Club at its last meeting presented the follow- ing gentlemen with the customary class medals, as they had won the prizes the most times in their respective classes ; Hirst class, W. Robidoux, with an average of 257 ; second class, C. Scheelein, who averaged 229; third clase, F. Collier, with _au average of 218, and fourth class J. Hill, who averaged 214, It was decided to haye two medals in every class, to go to the men making the high- est and second highest ecores in 1he respective classes. The win- ners at the last shoot were: Wirst class, ©. Boag, 236; W. Robi- doux, 235; second class, J. Chavant, 242; Gotthardt, 234; third class, J. Purkess, 236; J. Hill, 227. “ Jerry Steuber and Capt. Jefsen of the Jefsen Rifle Club are capital entertainers. At this sort of thing they can’t be beat. Tt is said that arrangements have been made for a 40-shot mateh between Frank Kammel and Fred Duusteadt, both of the Millers, and that the winner will be challenged by H. Fred Meyer. The latter knows hell have to shoot to win in case the match is made. A match hetween the trio of rifie shots would determine who the superior is among them, as they all claim ihe champion- ship of the fcurth class. The Friday Night Club, of Hoboken, did not enter, as they say they are only a social and not a rifie club, and their members would not care to travel around,anyway, This will no douhi Cause surprise, as ihe club could produce a fine fiye-men team. The Herman Rifie Club, Capt. Herman Newmana, of J. GC. Heights, ave fixing up their range in fine style. But of its bsing father out of the way, they would bave double the membership they now possess. The Palisade Rifle Club is jubilant over having reached the 1,100 mark in the Forest and Stream tournament shoot, ihey mak- ing 1,103 azainst the Essex Amateurs, last Monday evening. But for Finger they would have reached considerable over it, he mak- ing 193. His shots with one exception were all low, the gun is sighted wroug for him, Butitseems that he should have held it higher when he had these 15 “iows” bunched. The next time this happens Gus, you'll go home a'one. A surprise in the aboye match was the shootine of Rosenthal of the Palisades he making 230. His highest previous score being 215, The newly organized Schuetzen Club “ Hansa’ of Hoboken are now putting up fine scores. Tne members are under the care- ful tuition of L. Schmidt and L. Wangersheim. Shad Russell of the Standard Rifie Club is, to use the words of Gapt Henry L. Hansen of the Hudsons, a cuckoo. Anything from singing asong¢ to dancing ths hornpips is in Shad’s tine. His specialty is a song and dance entitled '* Doesshe expect me to-night?” He does this with mneh fervor, as the sone is so touching and original. The Union Rifle Club of Hoboken has disbanded. Its head- quarters were at 223 First Street. ‘There is some effort now being made to rejuvenate tbe Standards, who witndrew from the FOREST AND STREAM ftollrnament without shooting a single match. , Charlie Judson, of the Miller Rifle Club, is trying hard to win the Forssr AND STREAM average medal. His two best scores now are #tland 242. Godfrey Snellen, of the Hssex Amateurs, how- evel, is # point ahead of Him, having a 241 and 243. The latter is contident, he saye, of making an average of 244 for the medal. Godfrey Snellen said last Monday evening that if was trues that he and John Coppersmith were ready to meet any two gallery shots in New York city. Thisis 2 good opportunity for Michael Dorvier and Lonis Flach, as the latter would make them hustle, shoots of the Miller Rifle Club, Hoboken, every Wednesday even- ing. Daye Miller leads in the first with five wins, Tom Witzsim- mous two, and Charlie Judson, Louis Vogel, George Schlicht and Louis Sohlabout one or twoeach. In the second J. H. Kruse has won it ten times, J. Carragher three and G. OC. Varick one. Inthe third H, Seltenreich has pasted A. Stadler for the lead, be having won it seyen times, Stadler six and H. Katenkamponue. The win- ner ofthe medals when the twenty-six weeks are ended will bs promoted a class ahead; this rule, however, pertains only to the winners of the second and third class medals, The tournament shoot is attracting unusual attention to rifls shooting this winter, It has virtually put an end for a while +o the weekly shoots of the Hudson Rifle Club, as about all these matches are scheduled for Monday, the night they hold their weekly shoots, JAy H. Kay. Godfrey Suellen’s Fine Work. On Friday evening, January 15, Godfrey Snellen of the Hssex Amateur Rifle Club and Gustay Widman of the Our Own Olub, shot a 100-shot match on the Essex Ranges, corner Bank and Rut- ger gireets, Newark, N. J. The Zetter 25-ring target was used, Snellen allawing bis opponent fifty points on the 100 shots, Snel- Jen, who is undouhtedly the finest gallery shotin New Jersey, did not pull himself together until after his fourth string, but after ee he settled down to pretty work, his last six strings averaging 2455, points. The full score of the match is given below, it being shown that Snellen’s total is but three points below the world's record made 29 by ‘Mr. Dorrler a couple of years ago in a 100-shot match onthe Our Own Rangesin Newark. Mr. Snellen intents to make an at- tempt in a short time te beat Mr. Dorrler’s record. _ Apended is given a full size fac-simile of his ninth target, show- ing 4, total 249 out of a possible 250 poiuts, his seventh shot being a24. The entire string of 100 shots were in the hlack. Godfrey Snellen........ eens. pad 24 25 BA Oda 2h OF BR 2A 2241 25 Yh 25 24 24°22 24 83 2h 25— 245 24.24°2F 25 2a Be BA BA 25 3A—o4t 2h Yh 25 Bt Bh Be BI 23 25—24], 25 25 25 24 25 25 24 24 25 25247 3 2H 25 25 23 24 24 23 25—24h 25 24 25 24 24 24 24 B4A—2dd 2 24 24 2d 25 25 25 Ra—246 5 25 25 25 25 24 25 2h 25—249 . 25 v4 Bd 25 25 25 25 22 2f4—2d4a Gus Widman ......... He tact pals 23 26°22 21 24 25—236 4°25 23 28 22 24—235 25 Rd 22 24 21—236 24 24 25 21 23 24—234 35 24 23 24 24 25 25H—2AT 23 25 23 82 28 20—234 2h 25 28.22 23 21—238 2 24 24 24 23 22 2—239 Dd R008 2h 28 28 2b 25 2ech—2ah i 85 23 23 25 24 23 26 23°22 26h—P239—2388 Allowance DOOM ie ewes eee eye e nee) Tee oe psec 2418 Andrew Welters was judge, Benj. Cohn and l A, Runt scorers. 24 25 24 24 Newark Rifle Notes: Tue gallery shooters of this section are fairly active just now: with the werk entailed by the FOREST AND £TREAM tournament and the numerous privale contests between teams and indiyidu- als. Itis to be deplored, by the way, that more of the local clubs did not enter the tournament above mentioned, but they prob- ably had good reasons for not doing so. It was thought that the North Wards, Warrens and Independents would surely enter, but they failed to do so. Our Newark riflemen are smiling quietly at the assirance of the Jersey City papers in asserting that first place lies between the Millers and Excelsiors. Our boys are of the opinion that both the Hssex Amateur and Our Own teams will be “in at the linish.” On Thursday evening, Jan. 14,7. Bander and C. Halsey of the Our Own club shot a match against D. Erskine and J. Phillips of the North Wards, the contest taking placs on the latte1’s range. The conditions were 50 shots per man onthe Zettler 25-ring tar- get, distance 75't. The scores follow: Our Own Team. J Bander. .....-.422. 22, eee es 2) 2A Bh Bh 2d 23°22 21 28 BR—234 : 23—239 22 23 35 8 Dg 934 24 23 25 24 PA 24—P41 2 24 25 23 25 23 282—240--1,188 {USEPA YD lees eden aes ae hat 22 B2 28 21 22 19-22 20 25 25—219 23 24 25 21 28 23 22 2 24—236 28 19 24 25 22 22 23 25 2e 23—230 24,22. 25 2h 25-21 35233 23 24 25 24 21 2o 24 2i—236—1 154 TEAMEAV OTC ATO, ens sek t-Lce hoki bei ieipioibiierccde sess: Rye North Wards Team. T) Wrskinew os)... 28 RL 25 2h 25 25 24 24 22 23 20 fy 28 25—237 22 21 24 2) 22 21—230 ai Zz 2h 23 25 24—234 23°21 25 14 23 24 24 v4 24 22—BOd 25 25 25 25 24 23 24 25 24-24d—1, 14 ANTE a Seer tnonc: porate Seba sees oo ke cee Aes 2,380 The return match will be shot on the Our Own range on Jan. 28, when it is hoped that the scores all around will be better, During the recent match in Jersey City between the Excelsiors and the Our Owns, of this city, some of the latter’s members were obliged to sboot with a strange rifle, owing to the fact that the member who was deputized to carry the clubrifies picked up one which had not been used for months, instead of taking along the ane with which said members had been shooting for weeks, The Puritan and Warren Rifis clubs shot a match on the lat- ter’s rangs on Jan. 13, the 12 ring target being used. The result was a victory for the Puritans by a score of 1.026 to their oppo- nent’s 1,012. Hanselman made 116 and Carpenter 114 for the Puri- lang, the Warren's high score being 103 by T, Nunley, The return mate will take place on the Puritan’s range on Jan, 2%. The following is the complete list of officers elected by the Our Own Clnob at its annual meeting: President, Andrew Mihlon; Vier-President, J. M. Kiefer; Recording Secretary. Albert Wolfe; Financial Secretary; Jas. Donaly; Captain, John Bander: Statisti- cal Officer, C. H. Townsend; Pxecutive Committee—F. A. Freien- sehner, chairman; H. D. Uhl, Gus Goerk, W. H. Watts, Gus Wid- man; Finance Committe—Chas, Miller, chairman; Wm. Kroeplin, Ferd. Fretensehner; Shooting Committes, W- H. Watts, chair- man; Bowling Committee, J. M, Kiefer, chairman: Athistie Come mities, BH. W. Herting: Hntertainment Committers, B. D, Uhl, chairman. The chairman of each of ths committees hag the priv. eerie sway v pew on roe. sSumtiertone jlegs of apnointing twoassigtante, and each committee has full } charge of its own department, sublect tq the instrystions of the captain, who has a general supervision over all reports, is ex-officio a member of the several committees. Y. RATILIM. The Miller Rifle Club Victorious. Tum second of a series of best two out of three 10-men team matches between the Miller Rifle Club, Hoboken, and the Man- hattan Shooting Club, of Harlem, took place at the Miller Club‘s headquarters, 89 Hudson street, Hoboken, Wednesday evening, Jan. 13, The Millers had previously won the first match by a score of 2,356 fo 2.225, winning by 181 points. The second match was a repetition of the first, the Millers winning in a canter by 183 points, The scores of the deciding match were: Millers, 2.334; Manhattans, 2,151. Dave Miller led the contestants, he making the hich score of 244. Wm. Lappe led his team in with the score of 235. The prizais an excellent piece of silverware, anurn. Rr- freshments were served to all present after the match. Captains Wellbrock and Dewey made speeches. Below will be found the scores made: ; ; Miller Rifle Club, Capt. Dewey. Ly SVoee eer eneh igs ory y oe 2h 25 2h 24 24 23 22 21 20 19—228 TMT etek ey es SS elie: 25 25 Ph 25 2A BS 24 B4 24 VE—244 G@ Schlicht: .-..c2.45.--..: saeeie 25 BH 24 24 24 23 2B 23 22 21—234 Pe rileghisectas sateen. ae ecceos od D5 25 24 24 28 25 23 22 22 22—233 EL RUS CHET: oe ite ciee bdedeecrs 25 2A 4d Bd 2d Bi 2B 2% 21 20—230 BE’ BYrandtee tease ctss tes .. 2h 24 24 Bt BA 2d PB BR 22 22-285 TaD hea es eei@uestesecene terctered 2h 24 24 24 23 23 23 22 21 21—230 10 re ee aoe et ee eas 25 2b 2b 25 25 24 23 28 21 21—237 AenVIPVIRSunit: ees toe Beate rut 25 24 24 24 24 24 Bd 22 22 22—0RA (Qi h its top ge eee ee ares Hare oat ee 2b 24 2h 24 28 22 22 22 Bl 21—228—2384 Manhattan Shooting Clab, Capt. G. Wellbrock. GaVWellbrick, 2 lire 2 f2tneee 23 23 28 22 22-21 21 2019 19—213 W [ba pie... ... ene 2k tees eee 2h 25 24 24 24 24 28.23 22 21—235. . W Schlemme.... .....-..-:-.. 25 25 24 23 23 23 22 22-22 19—228 HG Kirittee 0.020. ete ees 25 2a 2a 24 24 23 21 20 19 15—221 A Monseées.-.. 2.26.0. . eee 23 22 21 21 21 20 17 17 16—201 W Garbade..........-.- nuvi: 3 24 24 23 23 23 22 20 20—229 25 23 28 22 21 21 21 20—226 WHER er Sn ECRRpe ape sees 2B 2 D Wellbrock.. pec seuss 2025 28 22°21 20 20 19 17 16—208 H Butthaupt.... . a4 24 23 21 21 19 16 14—211 TIP MG Vea: bee co at seein sa ctriht 24 21 21 21 19 18 16 14 138 12—179—2151 The Wurfileins. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.—The usuual weekly competition for top scores by niembers of the Wurfilein Rifle and Pistol Associa- tion at their private rooms, 227. North Eighth street, was com- pleted on Friday evening, Jan. 15. with the following official scores, at 25yds., off-hand, using Wurfilein rifles, 10 shots, possible 250, ring targets: OMIM IVEG UNE Oy netics be fore Oe epee ee oe 25 25 25 28.238 25 24 28 24. 24-241 NT Vinees teen Se nS eee ee 2h 25 22 24 25 24.25 22 25 22—239 TEU Cb ae sa Ee E Fa e eecn a eran! 20 22 24 23 24 24 25 21 21 25-2384 THAGaTOTMER enn s 2 eek eee 23 23 23 24 20 21 23 24 25 23—229 Let Bp Latha sere eg 4 pe Soo orrry Ql sOeue oi 20.43 21 25 24 21 24 25 21 25—229 NVARYA LIDS TL rien on estpeeane se ceeaemte foarie 23 22 25 21 20 28 25 22 22 21—224 MU LN Weld hae ei apes Gateere ote ag 20-21 22 24 22 24 19 24 25 238—224 Ei OC Goddard: coes clay cone ee eens 20 20 21 22 22 22 23 24 22 25—22% BW Shonert...-2:-+eeeeee ae ra 25 20 21 22 28 24 22 22 23 18—220 oO Wuritleim 2.2 .:c..pseeee cere eee 21 22 25 17 23 21 22 24 28 20—220 fheslie WOO0dS...-:..2. ee rete ae ones 24 21 17 25 21 21 24 18 24 22—217 RDG TASAB. 0). - cul teraaates es ces = ws 22 18 22 1% 22 16 22 21 25 20—206 The Shooting Eye. “WHat remarkable blueeyes von baye!” The remark was ad- dressed by a writer to an ex-oflicer in the regular army, whose life has contained more thanao ordinary share of adventures and vicissitudes. “That is what they call in Hugland the ‘Wimbledon eye,’ was the reply, “because itis meant to shoot with. Scien- tific men will tell you that there is no such eye for marksmanship as the blue one of the color which has excited your attention. Black eyes and brown eyes aren’s in it with the blue, any way, when it comes to shooting or fighting. Thatis why the Northern people have always wiped the Southern races out whenit came to war.” — Washington Star. The Exceisiors. SooRESs made by Excelsior Rifle Club at their weekly shoot, Tuesday, Jan- 12, 25-ring target, distance 75{t.: W Webber ....... 243 W Robidoux......234 Thos Hughes......230 W J Channing....240 G Bauchle........288 W J Hennessey...236 PY G Kittredge ...280 C Boag............ 232 © lL Pinney........ 2383 L P Hansen...... ao Jas Hughes. ...23 F. R, KirrrReDGeE, Prest. Crap Shoating. publication should be made out on the printed blanka prepared by the Forest and Stream, and Furnished gratis to club secretaries. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are par- ticularly requested to write on one side of the paper only, : FIXTURES. if you want your shoot to be announced here send in notice like the following: Jan. 21.—Willimantice Rod and Gun Club, all-day’s tournament, at artificial targets, Willimantic, Conn. , A Jan. 21.—Eesex Gun Club, monthly shoot, at live birds, for club members only, at Marion, N. d. Jan. 23.—John Erb’s Old Stone House grounds, Newark, N. J., match and sweepstake shooting, at live pigeons, Jau. 23.—South Side Gun Club, weekly shoot at artificials, Newark. N. J. att Jan. 23. — Amateur Gun Club, weekly shoot at artificials, Newark. N. J. Ke Jan. 23.—Sewaren Lard and Water Club, teamand individual contests at artificials, at Sewaren, N. J. Jan. 23.—Union Gun Club vs. Boiling Springs Gun_ Club, team match at artificial targets, on Union grounds, Springfield, N. J. Jan. 26-28.—H4milton Gun Club, grand live pigeon and artificial hird tournament; $1,100 guaranteed. A. Smyth, Sec’y-Treas., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 28.—Atlantic Rod and Gun Club, team of two match, 50 birds per man for $100 a team, West End, Coney Island. Jan. 28.—Atlantic Rod and Gun Ciub, semi-monthly shoot, at West End, Coney Island. Jan. 28.—P red. Lumbreyer vs. Frank Class, first of a series of 100-bird matches, at Marion, N. J. Jan. 28.—Jersey City Heights Gun Club grounds, open sweep stake shooting at live pigeons, beginning at 10 A M., Marion, N. J. Jan. 29-30 —Boiling Springs Gun Club, two days’ tournament at artificials, Rutherford, N. J. ; Jan, 30.—Brunswick Gun Club, monthly shoot, New Brunswick, Beores for aly Jan, 3¢.—John Erb’s ground, match at 25 live birds, $20 entry, open to all, begin at 1 P. M., Newark, N. J. roy 9-11.—Reading Shooting Association’s tournament, Read- ing, Pa. Feb, 10-12,Forester Gun Club’s tournament, Dayenport, Ia. Feb. 25-28.—Louisiana Gun Clib’s tournament, New Orleans, La. Feh, —.—Sorocco Gun Club’s tournament, Sorocco, N. M. April 19-21,—Hlk Park Shooting Tournament, two days at arti- ficials, third day at live birds, Royersford, Pa. Address H. E. Buckwalter, Royersford, Pa., or Harry Thurman, Germantown, a. April —.—Ridgewood Gun Club tournament, at Ridgewood, May 10 12.The Ohio trap-shooters’ annual tournament, Colum- bug, O. May —.— Capital City Gun Club’s tournament, Washington, D.C. May 17-20.—Annual tournament of Kansas City State Sports- men's Association, at Council Grove. G. W. Cleck, See’y. May 27.—Filteenth annual tournament of the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective Association, Kansas City, Mo. W. V. Reiger, See’y. oe June 6-11.Highteenth anuual tourrament of Lllinois State Sportsmen’s Association, at Chicago. W. Ul. Shepherd, Sec’y. June 13-18.—New York State Association’s Thirty-fourth Annual Convention, at Syracuse, N. Y. Onas. H. Mowry, Set’y.. Aug. 9-12 —Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association’s an- nual tournament. Reading, Pa. Walter D. Eller, Sec’y. Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ Association tournaments; Baltimore, Md, Serond week in March. Staunton, Va.-Second week in Aprii. Savannah, Ga.—Wirst week in May. Pittsburgh, Pa. Seo hee = mas aie RCL Sr ee Ties. | Beata so, oe cto: 1110110001— & ~Whitehead......... 110111100— 7 TEST CSTE eh Ng loners Sader CE 2. L220 —7 21111 | Event No. + . eee WA MAE OMNES ca 4c sgnasdeddae 3 SL? Piped [ae SC Aa 1111010110— 7 Whitehead......... 111111410 TGS Yooh HGP Sok MINNA ae Li gene (2211121 —7 111220 | Brientnall.......... 1010011111— 7 Thomas........-.. 11111 1101I— 9 Drvan Ord (Si).c0--- 1 TONE Creare . 2192211 —7 11210 | Beam.....-.......- 1110011— § Van Dyke... ...... 1nunii—10 LT Davenport (28)........0.0- 020. eee eeeeeeee 2111121—7 110 | Phillips... ........ 11001110— 7 Venrill............, 1lulloN— % C Engelbrecht (24).....--. SEES eRe eee 1122121—7 120 Qsterhout,......... 1111111101— 9 T Schliemann (26). ..ccc00 ce genset eee eeteeeeece es T9212 7 10 Event No. 5: = L BEppig (25)... 2.25 seen ee cess ee eeten hyd 12211 11—7 10 Brientnall... ...... OMIM1OMI— § Thomas..., -.......011011011— cs T Gollims (28) 2... ccse+0+ baht Me's aa so goon , 11221227 10 SSAN sae swe + a> LIM01101I— 8 Osterhont..-....:..01111001— ¢ O Jericho (28). ....c..0+ i eae Ue yreesbr clog 0 Hobart, cscs pene 111110111110 Terrill........ oe... L011 100— 7 CG 1D Morris (20)... . ..,2101121—6 Dr Norton (BA) .....,...1221010—5 | Phillips...........,.100N1111I—& Whitebead..-. ....11J1101110— & IE Take (2b)s--. 2-2-2 0111121—6 MM Hilssasser ) ete ven re Oe co . LOUITII—-10 MeCnilen..,...-.. ULOLOOILLO— & 25) 00s. 211—$ W Schelge (25) .. 12101025 vent No. 6: , H Platimachen(2)-.--(ne6 J Perry Gs)... OUBIZ—5 | Brientuall,.,,....,O1M0I0—7 "Thomas... ........10IM01— 8 JG DeFraine (25)...--.. 21111026 © Plate (28) ....0.....- 101100—4 | Beam ... ......... ALMNI— 4 Osterhout.....-. .. 111000 1011— 6 J H Schmadeke (25)....0122121—6 Hf McHhauehlin (25)... .1020011—4 Hobart...-..- eee LIAO) Rerriliy yu) 2 2.2: 111111111110 I Hyde (a0).... «..--- .. 2000NI—5 HA Claus (24).........4.. 0120102—4 | Phillips...,.-.;.... J0U01l0.— 7 Whitehead. ,-...., 1L111010l— 7 # Madison (25)..........1110021—6 } Van Dyke,,....,.-.1111101011— 6 JAN, B1, 1882.] _ Event No, 7: — é | Brientnall,... .... JUUIWII— & ~Phillips.,,..........10NU1I— 8 PUM b hee vy veresausale OHIMNDII— 7 Van Dyke......,... 1111114111—10 JEG y ARRAN Gene ~ll110iI— 9 ~Thomas........ ...J 0011111101— 7 Hyent No. &: , Brientnall.... ..,..011110i010— 6 Phillips.... ....... .O101010010— 4 Bsam.,..............100101011— 6 Terrill.. ..-........TI1011101— 8 Hobart.............117117101—10 Osterhonut......... 1J01101100— 6 Thpiirys. 22722 JI111111—10 Whitehead ........ 1111111111—10 Van Dyke.......... 1M I— § MeCullen........... 111 001L0101— 6 Samuel Castle, dr. Can Shoot. HH expectation of a half-dozen matches being shot on Jobn Erb’s Old Stone House grounds in Newark on Saturday drew quite a party to that popular resort, and as some of the principals failed to appear the majority were disappointed. The mutch between Gus Li, Freche and Chris. Reinhards, announced to begin at 12 o’¢lock was declared off, Mr, Preche not being able to be on band. Samuel Cole and Caleh Wells were also to have shota match at 25 live birds each, but this also went by default, Wells being on hand with his shootin’ iron and the “dust,” but Cole’s backer failing toappear. The party has something in the way of shooting. however, tocompensate them for their disappointments, Samuel Castle, Jr., a son of the old Newark veteran field and trap shot, shooting against Joseph Oschwald,and Albert Whatton ot ihe Roseville Gon Club haying alittle “go™ with Mr, Myers. In the former match the conditions were 15 liye birds per man, $10 per man being the stake, loser to pay for the birds, modified Hurl- Ingham rules to govern, Young Castle proved to possess bis iull share of the family skill by winning with the below score, he standing 30 and Oschwald af 28yds,; Castle, Jr......222226112112201—15 Oschwald .202021102002010— 8 Castle's fourth bird went aliwwost to the fence before it gave up the ghost, His seventh and eleventh birds were very fast and called for a quick first. Oschwald’s eighth bird was shot on the ground and he missed his extra bird. His ninth carried two charges of shot to the front boundary line, and when ‘‘Lem”’ went after it tried to scale the fence. This it was not able to do, and finally, after chasing fully a hundred yards, “Lem” made one of his famous jumps and made it a “dead bird.” . Whatton and Myers shot at 10 birds each, for $10 a side, loser to pay for the birds, each mam standing at the 28-yard mark. The Cores: Whatton..... ee ee, 1220111102—8 Myers...... Uae 0100020022—4 Whatton shot a quick and accurate first, but was unable to use his second efficiently. ; The rest of the day was filled in by shooting Jersey” sweeps, the conditions being 4 birds per man, fa entry, two moneys. The results of the yarious eyents, in order, are shown below: YO. 0,2, No.d. o. 4, Hedden ...... ..-. ey eal Lge 121 Wii 2111-16 CIMA Ti sset isok sacs ees foe es . 2112 1221 1212 1101—15 Oastle, Sr....... Sa esse DB Aa cane CPral 0012 2111 2111—14 TOURS ee eer ea ee yl ee 1101 1121 1221—15 SINT Reet tee ee ton saa tede der tee 11 1211 211—i 2, Castle) Jr to... ! 2110 et ln Byent No.1 first “money was shot off. mias and out, ‘Hollis straight, the money was carried over to No. 4, in which Castle, Hedden,. Sinclair and Hollis again tied. The two first moneys were put together, Hollis drew his pro rata and the others started to shoot off, miss and ont; but after the second round, when each man had killed straight, they sensibly concluded to divide what was lef or the pot, A \ Castle, Sr. and Smith then shota series of 4-bird matches, $3 entry in each, these resulting in the following scores: Tie, ITM eee eas nes tem bt sad nae ecw oe oe: 1108 1112 W0L o 14 CARtlGr ieee nee kaes Glee 0110 8 §©gli0 TOM A625 32. Bienen, Svtapremesess so wees stom “stee re a, ee Chicago Shooters. Watson's PARE.—Burnside, IL, Jan. 18.—South Chicago Gun Club, 20 live birds for medsl, American Association rules: BW Willard 2100121201211222222117 Reeves... .00101110221211002102—13 Same day, 4 lye birds, $2 entrance: Geo Kleinman.... . .12222—5 HA McMurchy............. 11121—5 J oF Pric&.— . . 12010—3 B White weeeee PLLIO—4 L Harrison...............2201]—4 A W Reeyes.............. 12010—3 Oant A C Anson...,..... 21022—4 MJ Hich 11101—4 (AUD Atwater. cool.) Selb, Ay Pigde®. 2 ae 22002—3 Q) M Harline.............22212—5 O Von Lengerke.... ....12220—4 aw ie Wailera sess eee: 01102—38 . U First and third divided. Ln shoot-off L, Harrison and B. White divided second. ’ ’ , Sweewstake shooting, 7 live birds, $5 entrance, American Asso- ciation rules: : Rt OcheTbes io. eas 11112—7—_ ~ EM Steck,.............2121212—7 A! EABYRIEOW see be es 2110122—6 MJ Wich.......-....+..- 2121120—6 AUB hs 24 ite ee Se 221122i—7 LM Hamiline...........2010221—5 Geo Kleinman......... 1110220—5 KB White............... 2212217 H MeMurchy...2... 202: 20122126 Ed Marsh _-......-. ..- 0111001—4 AJ Atwater ......--... Wil1e—7F 1. C Willard,.........-. 1211010—5 Capt AC Anson... ....2111211—/ A W Reeves ........... In Shoot-off Heikes, Atwater, Anson and White divided first. Other ties divided. . ‘ ’ . Twenty-five live birds, $25a side, American Association rules: (DQMIPTE Eis fla tees Se ee er 2111021001021110122222101 —19 BWA PIACA. see ek cet eet eee © + 0 220222022012012022020122—18 Twenty Peoria blackbirile,$2 entrance, ties divided; R.O. Heikes 18, A. J. Atwater 14, A. C. Anson 18, H, McMurchy 19, Geo. Klein~ man 15, L, M. damiline 9, fh A Place 8 O Von Leogerke 19. Same day, 1) Peoria blackbirds, $1.50 eutrance: R. O. Heikes 12, H MeMnurehy 11, A.C, Anson i1, aA. J. Atwater 10, Geo. Kleinman 12, FE. E. Willard 11, B. White 8. Twenty-five Peoria blackbirds for the birds: R. Q, Heilkes 22, H. MeMaureliy 18. Same thing: Geo. Kleinman 21, & O. Heikes 20, Ten Peoria blackbirds for the birds: RK. O. Heikes 10, 0. Von Lengerke 10. . : South Chicago Gun Olah, 50 Peoria blackbirds for club medal: A. W. Reeves 24, FP. BE. Willard 24, Ban Fogii 15, L. C. Willard 24, Tn shoot-olf L. ©. Willard wins. Jan. 1:.—The Prairie Shooting Club, of Chicago, for Johnson medal, 15 live pigeons each. American Association rules: H Eblers. ..... 021001121112110-11 CGC D Gammon .21112211002120 7. A Stafford... .2210727200111270-11 H B Meyers. . .000001211222020— § J Hutebioson.1121111172010111—13 A Kleinman...112111120120111-138 H W Loveday.101112211112101_18 G Kleinman... .111121112112011—14 Al Hofman. ...221212222122121I 15 A W Reeves...111101122012022—1» GCobarrisn en. 24102211101012—12 Same things over for County Democracy cup: Ehlerg,.....2.. .220220201212110—1 Hofman.... ....012122111101132—15 112222012221110—13 Harris... .. -191212111212222—15 02211 121122112114 Gammon....... 0122212220 w- Loveday..._...101112111112111—14 _Meyers........ 211201220000222—10 RAVELRIGG. Canaving. Canvas Canoes ond how ta Bild Them. By Parker B. Field. Price 6&0 cents. Canoe and Boat. See EE By W. P. Stephens. Price. $2.00. Canoe Handling. By C. B. Vaux. Price $1. Canoe and Odmerd. By T. 8. Steele. Pricei.50. Four Months in aSneak- box. By N. H. Bishop. Price $1.40, Canoe and Camp Cookery. By “Seneca.” Price $1. Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to FoREST AND SrrRmam their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of their chihs, and also notices in advance of meetings and raves, and report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested to forward to FOREST AND STREAM their addresses, with logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local waters, drawings or descriptions of toats and fittings, and all items relatin & to the sport. BOW DISH MEG. CO.—This firm is now very busy with skiffs and pleasure boats of various models, one of their novelties being acombiration rowing and sailing boat with roller seats which may he quickly removed and replaced by chairs or ordinary fixed seats. The boat may be quickly rigged for sailing. The firm is also busy with several large orders for boats for summer resorts, thirty-five boats going to one place in the Green Mountains. | near Tompkinsvilie. a mile or more below the old site. FOREST AND STREAM. _ ‘. | { ot NEW YORK C. C. HH New York €. C. ata meeting on Jan. 14 made two important moyes which ure interesting to the canoeing fraternity as well as to the elub itself, After a long consideration of the question, for over a month, and a thoreugh discussion at the meeting, the club de- cided to move its house from Staten Island and take up a permauent anchorage at Bensonhurst, on Gravesend Bay. At the same time Mr, Whitlock, the incoming commodore, offered a motion to amend the constitution so as to change the titles of the officers from com- modore, vice-commiodore and seeretary-treasurer to captain, mate and purser. The motion was seconded by Sec.-Treas, Stevens, and carried with but one dissenting vote, and it is certain to bea confirmed at the next meeting, ; When the New Yori C. C, was founded, in 1871, a number of its members were residents of Staten Island, and nearly all of the early races were sailed about the mouth of the Kill von Kull. The first permanent home of the club was the club house built at New Brigh- ton, on the site how vovered by the ferry slips and depot, in 1979. Here a humber of races were sailed, and the cinb fleet was seen about tls Upper and Lower Bay and the Mills, the brightest part of the club’s history being included in the years 1880 to 86. Tx the latter year the club was driven out by the new railroad which has ruined the once beantiful water front of Staten Island, and the house was rebuilt on a scow, which was moored near the old site. Since 1885 this house and the new one built in 1890 have been moored at or The increase of piers and docks has male it 4, difficult matter to obtain a suitable anchorage, the present ons being very difficult of access from the Street, W nile the members of the club have remained loyal to their old sailing and racing waters on the Upper Bay, maintaining that the course was all that could be desired, the visitors, both home and foreign, have objected to the strong tides, the numerous obstructions along the shore, the many anchored vessels, and the flawy winds over the high hills; and the strongest objections bave been mae Within the past two years, At tne same time the adyantages of Gravesend Bay for canoe sailing have been clearly demonstrated, and the club went so far last fall as to sail the international races off the pier of the Bensonhurst club. Since then tho feeling in fayur of a move has been growing steadily, with the resuli that all arrange- mejzits haye now been completed, and by an agreement with the Ben- sonhurst club the house will be moyed just inside the pier. While many of the members have felta natural reluctance at leaving the vid Lome, the two facts, that they would be driven out sooner or later by commerce, and that Gravesend Bay is the natural center of canoe sailing about New York, have been clearly recognized, The first result of the move will be a large accession of now mem- bers, a number of prominent cunoeists, Messrs. Paul Butler; H. G, Ward and others, having applied for associate membership. When fully installecl in its new quarters, the New York ©. C. will offer by far the best facilities for canoeing of all suburban clubs. Among the founders of the club were a numoer of yach'smen and naval men, and yery naturally the offisers* titles were made to con: form to yachting usage. How the title of commodore has become a byword is well known to all canoeists, and the question of a change of title has been debated in the club since the international race last Tuli, ‘Che change just made is an admirable one, and other clubs will do well to follow it as they once followed the New York C. 0, in adopting the title of commodore, THE ROYAL C. C. RULES. 7H have already mentioned the changes of rules made at the recent aunnal meeting of the Royal OC. C.,the three years limit haying expired, ‘The full text of the rules is as follows: Classification,—Sailing Canoes, 27. Decked Canoes, ist Class. 28. Decked Canoes, 2d Class. 29, Open Canoes, 3d Class. 30, Sailing Challenge Cup Competition, 31, Paddling Canoes. 27. Decked Canoés, ist Class.—Greatest length from fore side of stem to aft side of sternposi shall not exceed 16ft., with a maximum beam of 30in. for that length (a beading not exceeding I1}4in. in depth and 34in. in thickness shall be allowed without being measured in the beam). The beam may be increased by 1¢in. for each inch of length decreased. Minimum length 12ft. and minimum beam 28in. Depth inside from center of deck to garboards (alongside keel) at fore end of well, maximum 16in,, minimum 12in, Depth outside from top of crown of deck to lower edge of garboard not less than 12in., taken anywhere along up to 2£t. from ends of canoe. well to level of lower edge of garboard at keel not less than izgin. A. fixed keel of wood not more than 2in. deep, including metal band (if any) allowed. All ballast (except keel band of not over 14in, deep and center- plates, bilge plaies and metal deck fittings) shail, if carried, be within the canoe and aboye the garboards. Ballast may be shifted during a race, but all ballast on board at starting must be carried throughout the race. Centerplates, drop keels or bilge plates, must house within the cance when they are hauled up, aud must not excsed 5gin. in thiel- ness and isin. drop below the keel band. No deck seat shall be extended beyond the perpendicular on the sides of the canoe, The total sail area shall not exceed 112sq. ft,, exclusive of spinaker, which shall not exceed 50 sq. ft. 28, Decked Canoes, 2d Class—Limitations as in Ist Class, and to be clinch built (plank edges overlapping and forming lands). The mini- mum beam shall not be less than 26in. Sail Area, —The area of largest sail shall not exceed G0sq. ft,, and the total area shall not exceed 75 sq, ft., exclusive of spinaker, which shall not exceed 25 sq. ft. ’ . 29. Open Canoes, 38d Class,—Any material and build; other limita- tions as im 2d Class, and end decks allowed, each not exceeding 2ft. Gin. in length; remainuer of canoe not decked and not covered in. WNote.—The above limitations shall not affect adversely any canoe buils prior to November, 1885, which might haye been eligible to sail in R G.C. matches under the rules of 1888. 30. Ths Saving Challenge Cap shall be subject to competition once each year, and if the race is nut finished by the winning canoe within four hours from the start, it shall ba re-sailed. The cup to be held for one year by the winuer, Paddting Canoes. 31. Por paddling races, a canoe shall not exceed 16ft. in lensth, and her greatest beam shall not be less than 26in. No other limitations. Yawl Definition. Length over all not exceeding 20ft. Beam not less than 3ft, Depth, from upper side of deck to under side of keel (measured at any point) not exceeding 3ft. Rating (length multiplied by sail area, divided by 6000) not to exceed 0.5, No ballast outside or velow the garboards, excepting centerplate or drop keels, No transom or counter stern, WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. ESS annual meeting of the executive committee of the Western G, A. was held at Gléyeland, Ohio, on Jau. 9. We are indebted to the Leader ond Herald for the following report: Those present were Messrs..O. A, Woodruff, Dayton; ©. F, Penne- well, Detroit; G. G, Case, Jackson, Mich.; George B, Ellard of Gin. cinnali, and G. H. Gardner of Cleveland. In deference to a request from Western members, the races which haye always occurred at Ballast Island, the headquarters of the club, will be this year at Lake Winnebago, near Oshkosh, Wis. The date of the meeting was tixed for July 9 to 23, the races to occur during the week of the 1lith. Vhs following programme, submitted by the regaita committee, Messrs, J. R. Bartlett, J. O. Shiras, C. J. Stedman and C. W. Lee, was adopted: ria No, 1. Paddling, Class 1—One-half mile, No, 2. Paddling, Class 2—One-half mile; Record. No. 3. Paddling, Class 3—One-half mile; Record, No. 4, Paddling, Tandem, . No, 4, Sailing and Paddling, Classes A and B. ele 6, Paddling. Upset—One and one-half miles. Sail first half mile, No. 7, Hurry-securry—Paddle second and sail third. No, 8. Sailing (Gardner Cup), Free-for-all—Best two heats in three ay ean tyo turns of the course, or three miles. For Classes A and B; Record. No. 9. Sailmg (Trophy Cup), Classes A and B—Best two heats in three, each heat two turns of the course, or three miles, No. 10, Sailing (Longworth Cup), Class C—Best two heats in three, each heat two turns of the course. No. 11. Sailing (Man Overboard), Free for-all—At a piven signal erew to throw a paddie to leeward, pick it up, and continue on the course across the line. No. 12. Sailing Passenger Race, Wree-for-all—Three miles, or two turns of the course. No. 13. Sailing (Maneuvering), Free-for-al—At the minute gun all Sails will be lowered; at the Starting signal sails will be hoisted and canoes gob under way, sailing to first buvy; after turning first buoy all sails will be reefed, canoes contianuing to sécond buoy under reef; after turning second buoy reefs will be shaken out, canoes con- tinuing under full sail across the line. Distance, one turn of the: course, S Depth from upper side of deck at ift, out from middle line abreast of fore end of All faces will be governed by the rules of the W, 0. A. The cup iaces will be called and sailed in the order above stated. Upon the suggestion of the regatta cormmitbee Rule 25, Sec. 5, was amended to reat as follows: _ A canoes must start and continue to the finish of each heat (except in case of accident), and, winning two héats, shall be entitled to the cup. The same canoe shall not be eligible to win more than oné cup at amy one meet.” This has the effect of making each canoe participate in the first Trace, and is intended to debar canoes from remaining out of the early races in order to win a more desirable cup. At9 o'clock in the evening the Ganoemen sat down in the great dining-room of the Stillman toa banquet tendered by the Cleveland C.C, Atter justice had been done to the elaborate feast, ex-Commo- dore bartlett asked all to drink to the memory of one who had passect away, and all rose and drank to ‘The Skipper,” this being the name by which the late Judge Longworth of Cincinnati was always known inthe club, Commotlore fF. Ff. Prentiss, of Oleveland C.C., greeted the guests, and said that he regretted that the Cleveland club had not a fine large club house in which to entertain their friends. He re- gretted his limited acquaintance with the members of the committee, but on behalf of the club offered freely any assistance in any form that could be of usetothe W. C..A. Hx-Commodore Geo. B. Ellard, of Cincinnati, responded to the toast ‘‘Reminiscences.’’? He recalied the organization at Ballast Island, July 24, 1885, the struggles and triumphs of the races, and indulged in several personal hits. T. J, Kirkpatrick, of Springfield, was called upon to speak to the sentiment “Canoe Cranks,” which he did ina very pleasant manner, Vice- President F, W. Dickens, in respondine to the toast “Our Western Contment,”’ spoke highly of the special facilities of the West for re- gattas, owing to the number of small inland lakes. “The W, GC, A, brougaot ex-Commodore J, R. Bartlett, of Freemont, to his feet. He said he felt his utter inability to do anything like justice to the Western Canoe Association, but his hearers thought otherwise before he had ceased speaking. W..N. Gates closed the evening's programme by reponding to “The Press.” ‘The enjoyment then became informal, and social greeting and chaff were exchanged until the hour of midnight, Commodore G, H. Gardner of the W. C. A, presided at the banquet, and among those present were Hon. J. R, Bartlett of Kremonc; FP. W. Dickens, EH. H, Holmes, Hmil J. Warrison, Charles Rogers and A. P, Chapman of Milwaukee; O. A. Woodrufi and W. H. Crawford of Dayton; T. J. Kirkpatrick of Springfield; C.F, Pennewell and William ©. Jupp of Detroit; H C.G. Hilard of Cincinnati; Nat. H. Cook of Chicago; F. H. Gary of Oshkosh, Wis.; G. G. Case of Jackson, Mich,, and Hon, Geo. W. Garduer, W. H, Huntington, A. G. Hathaway, W.N. Gates, F, F, Prentiss, A. W. Van Gorder, B. W. King, J. O. Gardner, R, N. Lowe and B. M. Gardner of Cleveland, A NEW CANOE CLUB iN TORONTO, “\HH Corinthian C.C. was recently organized in Toronto with _ thirteen charter members, many of whom are ex-members of the Toronte C.C. The executive committee of the new club consists of Com. Colin Fraser, Vice-Com. Robert Tyson, Purser W, C, Lee, Committesemsn D. B. Jacques, Vice-Com. N. D. A. C. A.,and H.C. McLean. The other charter members are W. H. P, Weston, Purser N. D, A.C. A.; W. C, Jephcott, J. L. Kerr, J. D. Kelly, H. C, Fortier, A. Jepheott, J. Jepneott and W. A. Fraser, The membership is limited by the constitution to25. Several new mmbers have been recently elected and a number of applications are betore the club, and there is a probability that the limit will be reached before the opening of navigation. The Corinthians appreciate the deep obligation all canosists are under to the American Canoe Association and they have provided in their constitution that every member of the elub who is not already a member of the A, C. A. shall immediately ou his election to the club be proposed by the purser for membership in the Association, and that the purser shall each year, out of the elnb’s funds, pay the A. C. A. fees for all the members of the club. Unpretentious but comfortable quarters have been secured on, the water front opposite the Union Station. Increased enthusiasm for canoeing is confidently anticipated AB pa result of the friendly rivaly of the Corinthians and the orontos, A WAR CANOE RACE.—The Brooklyn ©. C. will open the Season on Saturday, May 21, with a race for war canoes, with crews of fifteen men each, including steersman. Individual and crew prizes will be giyen to the winners. Particulars of detail will be published later. A.C, A. MEMBERSHIP.—Hastern Division: Chas. H.Worthen, Tannton, Mass.; Howard EH, Metcalf, Holyoke, Mass; li. 0. Sar- gent, Boston, Mass. Central Division: Wim.L. Miller, New York. Atlantic Division: Chas. W. Buckelew, Plainfield, N. J. aachting. Small Yachts. By C.P. Kunhardt. Price $10. Steam Yachis ana Launches. By C. P. Evinhardt. Price $3. Yachts, Boats and Canoes. By C. Stansfield-Hicks. Prive $3.50. Steam Machinery. By Donaidsoen, Price $1.40. Yachtsmen who do not see what they want under this heading will please lookunder the hatches of the Canoe, peep into the Kennel, squint down the barrel of the Rifle, open the Fish Car and Game Bag, mquire of the Sportsman Tourist, and if their yearn- ings are still unsatisfied, push their explorations into the Mditorial and Advertising Departments. DIMENSIONS AND TONNAGEH,—Of the many inquiries which come to us concerning yachts, not a few refer to craft of certain tonnage, tonnage length, or length on keel. We would easll ta the attention of our correspondents that so far as yachts are con. cerned, theseterms areoutof date and obsolete, and conyey no definite idea of the size or length of a yacht. In describing « yacht or asking questions about one, the important measurements are the length on the waterline, the extreme beam, and the greatest draft of water. From these three a definite idea of the size and general type of the boat can be had, and if the extreme length on deck be given, the general dimensions may he considered as complete. We called attention some time since to the fact that the over all or deck measurement, as taken for many years and printed in all yacht liste, is not of the least yalue, the poinig of measurement depending on the construction and not on the model, the same yacht measuring differently when built in steel from what she would ifof wocd. This length also is taken in different ways by different rules. For all purposes of the yachtsman, the proper Jength is from the fore side of the stem at the deck height, or of the trail-boards or other ornamentation forming the stem, to the after side of the arch-board or continuation of the planksheer, at the mid- dle of the stern, just under the rail, This measurement gives a correct idea of the tolal overhang, which the others fail todo. It would be an excellent thing if the clubs would incorporate in their books a lobe concerning this measurement, and also if they would, in all cases where it can be obtained, substitute it for the figures now printed under the head of length over all, Arter knowing the waterline of a new yacht, the next question to-day is the length on deck; and itis tims that soms accurate and uni- form system of measuring it was adopted. As for tonnage, thera is no longer any use in using such on indefinite and ambiguous term in connection with yachts save when required by the Cus- toms authorities. TACKING SHIP,.—There are many good fore-and-aft sailors, and not a few cleyer yachtsmen among them, to whom the hand- ling of 4 squate-rigger isa mystery, and who will be able to learn something from the interesting description of the work of tack- . ing a ship, on another page. Our readers will doubtless remem- ber the stirring poem on the same subject, by Walter Mitchell, published in the Forest AND SuReAM. The description here given will make clear the technical accuracy of the poem, one of its notable features. FOREST AND STREAM. CATBOAT RACING ON BUZZARD’S BAY IN 1891. (Jan. 21, 1892, pet ewW| ‘Second Class, 20 to 24ft. L.W.L. Third Class, 17 to 20ft. L.W.L. Mourth Class, 14 to WEt.) airth Class, dft. and under. | a | . Date. Club, | | E « d cj 2 : s “ 3 8 | E 3 = . : a , . 5 . . ‘ x j , s : F Sie) PF) <) Se) nl Fl a) a) 6) a) ea) a) es) 8) Ale] a) a] a] S| é| S| &) S| &| &| é/ oe) 2) sl | = | |] J = = a a a a ee ee | Junely...,. Beverly:.. ... POs | 2 Ah lhejepaee | | 3 1 4 im |RLeS | a 1 w) 3 Ww | UD | 2: LENIN ones Bas blomt> E ae: fl asus ocean dea Shoo ba Wears July 4.00... Beverly.......0s0200. rh econ. Pegi 2 | || Bee ee ee llhenk ) ap | 5} ee Joa, 7 | | £1 |... F dleeret Bs Te a ie | Ya a et a: Rete July 1..... Sippican........ 0... ee WT arab S20 EGl abe ty. # feo... Bi leseseleeese] Ql) ol Bey os TB ste, ol ok HP 91 8 Neal) sae amet a as dew eee 4 July 18..... BG VER]. cies aensce y= BOA. 2 Th \lettesst: 3 oo 4 |, iN | om aha |Peeacda see Ww Be bateLaeell eee : a Le) a2 3 Be BCS) eee! Se eet he Ser! et SEAL ates July 25. ...| Sippican............. rile see ies aL, | Serr: AY Enno d he ae df Poa Nee | Peto El Jn ae lee OY | reas Sk Seen eerie eee jee on Cn a eee emeel sue e ac oleae Aug. 1..... Mattapoisett......... Pom) Peelecrec Clay) * Red Wing third in fourth « lass. w, withdrew; $s 0.,sail over; ¢, disabled. SPOONBILLS AND WHALEBACKS.—The ideas exemplified in Gioriana and the new whaleback steamers and barges, of full, round lines in both, with a dome-shaped deck in the whalebacks, are likely to produce some curious craft in the near future. Some three months ago, at the suggestion of a friend, we sketched out over the lines of a Cape cat with a cabin house, a craft of similar underwater body, but with extended ends; while the cabin house was replaced by a little more freeboard and an excessive crown to the deck, giving the same headrcom as the cabin house. The result was a curious-looking craft, but one that would be able» seaworthy, and superior to the original catboat in most respecte. This week we were shown a rough sketch of a similar craft, and now the fertile Mr. Ciapham is out with an original nondescript having some peculiar features, but of the same general type: spoonbilled and iurtlebacked. CATBOAT RACING ON BUZZARD’S BAY IN ‘91. Tae racing of the past season in Bugzard’s Bay showed plainly the tendency of modern racing to confine itself to one or two of the smaller classes. There were but three boats in the first class—one new one. There was but one new boat in the second class. In the third and fourth classes, on the other hand, there were many new boats as well as many old ones. : In the first class Jenney had built a new boat, Hector; her only rival wastheold Mattie. Mist. Widgeou, Surprise and Anonyma were the only ones raced to any extent inthesecondclass. Inthe third class the olf champions Fina and Puzzle, with Parole and occasionally Daisy, Cayuse and Hermione were in the field. There were also four new ones: Tycnon and Ashantee. built by A. M. Jenney; Buzzard, by Dunn; and Phenomenon, by Hucking. KINA. Edith was the only fourth class racer to keep up her reputation. There were three new ones: Cat, built by Holmes; Squall, by Dunn, and Charmion, by her owner. Mr. J. Crane, Jr. ‘There was hardly any activity in the little fifth class. Worry, Trana and Wideawake did some racing. Rana, a new boat built by C. A. Clark promised well but only raced once. The sneak-boat Bessie J. surprised every one by taking one first prize. The first race of the season was on June 17, the 170th regatta of the Beverly Y.C.,at Monument Beach. There wasa heavy north- east gale blowing. Im this race Surprise made her first appear- ance for several years, having been replanked and altered. The old Mattie easily handled her new rival, while Mist had little trouble in leading the second class. Widgeon was doing well when forced to reef, and then she made a mess of it, In the third class Tycoon and Phenomenon did well considering it was their maiden race. Phenomenon should have won, but she forgot there was a second round and waited three minutes before she started off the second time, Edith was the only fourth class boat to ap- pear and so did not race. The next Trace was the second open sweepstakes race of the Beverly Y.C. It was eailed on July 4ina strong southwest wind. Hector sailed with more ballast and turned the tables on Mattie. Anonyma, beat not only the second but the first class, while Sur- prise’s sailing showed improvement. The old Molliesailed as fast as ever. Moccasin made her first appearance, but was over- matched. She was built for the third class, but her builder, Crosby. made her 10in. too long—with disastrous results. Parol: led the third class on the first round, but was passed by Puzzle at the last turn. Buzzard showed great speed running, but seemed unable to go to windward. In the fourth class Cat began her really wonderful career by defeating Squall by good five minutes. The next race was the first open sweepstakes of the Sippican Y. C,, the best race of the season, There was a moderate southwest breeze. Hector was delayed by aslight accident and was beaten py Mattie, She protested Mattie for cutting a buoy, but the weight of evidence seemed to show that Hector had mistaken 2 hoat rot in the race for Mattie, and the protest was not allowed. Mist won easily in the second, and Widgeon lost third place to the little Bonita on corrected time. Eina sailed beautifully, but ! CAT. Buzzard’s performance was a disappointment. Cat continued her victorious career, and Squall showed some speed by handily beating Edith. Wideawake in the fifth easily defeated the smaller boats, but Rana was a good second. On July 18 was sailed the first race of the Beverly Y. C. for the Buzzard’s Bay championships, in a light and variable southeast breeze. Mattie had a walkover. Mist again had the heels in the second. Puzzle was beautifully sailed and earned her decisive victory in the third. Cat was still to be beaten, and Edith could dono better than second, Squall’s sail was small and set hor- ribly, The result was that she was last. The Sippican Y. C. held its annual club regatta on July 26. There was a single-reef breeze from W.S,.W. This time Hector had a walkover. Anonyma showed her speed by beating Hector as well as Widgeon and Success on actual times. Success found things too hot for herand withdrew. Parole was at her best. Hina came nearest to her and was second. But Ashantee, a cruising boat with a small sail, would have beaten Hina if she had not been handicapped. Cat was missed in the fourth class ANONYMA. but Edith and Squall promised to make a close race.’ Squall’s sail, however, had gone from bad to worse and she simply could not go to windward, and in gybing round the last mark she came near tearing her sail and lost three minutes; so she crossed the paish line, a badly beaten boat. Worry had a walkover in her class. The next race was an open race at Mattapoise‘t. It was es- pecially noteworthy from the fact that Iris raced m the second class. Iris is a Herreshoff boat, and was supposed tobe invincible in heavy weather. Here was just her time, a gale from the southwest with a heavy sea. But when Anonyma finished Iris was two miles in the rear. Tycoon wason her own ground and easily beat the third class. The fourth class race was a close contest for first place between Cat and Squall. Squall’s sail had been cut over, and, though not perfect, set better than before; and since it was reefed the smal] size was nota drawback. On the first round Cat gained about 2m. Then both shook out reefs and Squall began very slowly to creep up. It was ton late, however, and Cat finally won by abont a minute. In the fifth class Worry was badly beaten, and Reba took first prize. The third open sweepstakes race of the Beverly Y. C. wassailed on Aug. 8,in light northerly wind. It was a bad day for the. heavy weather boats, such as Parole, Ashantee and Squall. Mattie withdrew, leaving Hector a walkover in the first class. In the second "he race was for second place, for Survrise ran out a long lead. Grampus, just built by Crosby, made her first appearance, but did poorly. Hina, Puzzle and Phenomenon made a good race in the third. In the fourth class Charmion, just built by her owner, sailed her first race. She had been strained and leaked badly, so she did fairly well considering. She was beaten by the pol eee but gained by a fiuke just before the finish and passed quall, The next race was set for Aug. 22, the open race of the Sippican Y.C., but on that day a yerv heavy southwest gale was blowing and no boats appeared. Squall, Edith and Red Wing, however, had a brush over the course, Squall winning by 203,, Edith second. The race was sailed off on Aug. 26. It was the worst kind of day possible, The start wasin a very light southeast breeze. Sur- prise beat her rivals so badly that they withdréw. Puzzle had things her own way in the third class, Buzzard started out well, bnt wben the wind fell was out of it. Charmion, with her enorni- ous sail, had no diffivulty in disposing of the fourth class. The wind came in very light from the northeast just before the finish and gave the boats a beat home. While the leaders of the fourth class were beating up to the line Red Wing was coming on with a good southeast breeze, and so, with the aid of allowance, she beat the Squall, Worry bad a long lead in the fifth class, but Bessie J. got Red Wing's puff and took the prize. q MIST. The second championship race of the Beverly Y.C. was sailed on Aug. 29, another light-weather race, Mattie, that had raced so long in the bay, and had won so many championships, had at last been sold out of the club and so there were no entries in the tirstclass. Surprise again beat everything in her class and tied Mist for the championship. Puzzle by winning in the third class for the second time secured the pennant. Buzzard did better than usual, runing very fast and beating Kina on actual time. In the fourth class there were so many flukes that the race soon lost allitsinterest. Edith got the benefit of a finke and won the race by five minutes after she had really been beaten by the Cat. When it breezed up about half way through the race, Charmion had to reef andgo home. The ex-champion, Kitten, withdrew after she had been badly beaten by Squall. On Sept. 5 the second sweepstake race of the Sippican Y. C. was sailed. There was a steady reefing breeze blowing from N.E. Again Anonyma proved that she was a wonderfully good heavy weather boat. Tycoon won handilv in the third class. Daisy heat the fleet in the windward work but was ow : Hina sailed her usual good race and wassecond. Parole should have done better, but she had some trouble with her sail and it did notsit properly. Cat resumed her victorious career in the fourth class, while Edith and Squall took their revenge upon Charmion for the heating she gave them on Aug, 25, Worry beat Trana badly on the first round, and after that held her own enough to win by a good margin, The Beverly Y. O. was unfortunate in the day for its open race. All through the morning of Sept. 7there wasa calm and a blinding rain, Just before the start it began to blow a gale from the north- east. Anonyma was far ahead in the second class, but was over confident and wasted a deal of time, and did not realize that De- fiance was in the race until it was toolate. In the third class Parole gave a marvelous exhibition of lugging sail, Puzzle, Daisy and Hina each had to stop and reef at least twice during the race, and Eina was forced to withdraw, But Parole cracked on her Jan, 21, 1802,] FOREST AND STREAM. single-reefed sail from start to finish, and won handily. Daisy came yery near beating Puzzle. y The fourth open Sweepstakes race of the resi ¥. C. ‘was sailed Sept. 12 in a moderate southwest breeze, Surprise and Anonyma, making a very close race. Although beaten on actual time, Anonyma won by Js. Wina sailed a close race with Tycoon, Winning by about 20s. Daisy didn’t find things to suit her and withdrew. Cat, as usual, won in the fourth class, with Hdith an easy second. ; The third race for the Buzzard’s Bay championsiip came off Sept. 26 ina good whole-sail northeast breeze, which lightened toward the finish. The old Violet appeared in the first class, and she had a walkover, tieing Mattie for the championship. Anonyma sailed another close race with Surprise, and won by 22s.;80 Mist, Surprise aud Anonyma were now tied, In the third class Hina, with double-reefed sail tried to beat Daisy. But she found it would not work, and shook out her reefs in time to win therace. Puzzle had already won the championship in this class, and so did not tace. Inthe fourth class Cat and Hdith madea hard fight for the pennant, and Cat gotit. Kitten beat Charmion on actual time but lost third place on corrected time. = The season ended with the sail-off for the championships in the first and second classes, sailed on Oct. 5, with a fresh southwester blowing. Violet had a walkover in the first class, since Mattie had been sold out of the club, Surprise, Mist and Anonyma sailed ‘avery exciting race. Anonyma had the race weil in hand until the wind lightened, and she shook out aveet. This operation she made a mess of, getting in irons and losing overa minute. To spite of this she rounded the outer mark first. But Surprise out- tan her, and in the luffing match between them Mist almost passed them. They all crossed the line close together, Surprise in the lead. So Surprise was champion, having beaten Mist by 2s" and Anonyma by js. : The seqson’s racing has settled the relative merits of a number of boats. but it has left some with their speed undecided. Mattie aud Hector were yuite evenly matched, Mattie perhaps haying a He tet UL ofit. Bothof them are vastly superior to the ni) iolet. Tn the second class Anonyma was the ablest boat, but in light weather Surprise usually won. Mist began the season well, but was not so successful toward the end of it. Widgeon did not do nearly so well as in the year before. The old Defiance did well in the two races shé sailed in, but she was no match for the newer boats. The new Grampus was not a success, although sheenever had a chance to show what she could doin heavy weather. Mol- lie should have vaced more, for she was sailing as well as ever. In the third class Puzzle and Hina were very closely matched. Puzzle won the championship, but Hina did perhaps the best all- round work. If we take all things into consideration, Hina seems ta be, for this season at least, the fastest boat in her class. Tycoon did well for a new boat and great things may be expected oi her. Ashantee sailed well in heavy weather; but most of the races were in light weather and the heavy-weather boats did not pet much chance, Parole was probably the best beat in the class inagale, Daisy appeared in a small rig and sailed well occasion- ally, but as a rule the larger boats were too much for her, Phenomenon was a very fast boat, but was sold to Boston early in the season before she had time to make much of a record in the bay. No amount of handling could persuade Hermione to sail any better than the season before. Cayuse was seldom raced, ene yeien she did race she showed that she had not fallen off in e leas In the fourth class Cat was champion bayond any doubt. She was only beaten once, and that was bya mere fluke. Her record of eight firsts and one second out of nine starts is an enviable oue, and her designer and builder, Eben Holmes, has good reason to be proud of her. Next to her was Edith, Charmion. with her enormous sail, did well ina light breeae and smooth water; but she was useless going to windward in any sea. Kitten raced only when there happened to bea light wind, and with her small sail could do little. The two new Dunn boats, Buzzard in the third class and Squall in the fourth, did not come up to expectations. Buzzard seemed unable to goto windward. But she had great trouble with her sail and never in all the season got it to sit well. It is probable that she would have done better if trimmed differ- ently. Squall showed more speed than Buzzard. Im her second race, before her sail had stretched out of shape so much as it did later, she defeated the Edith yery handily. But soon the sail set ao badly that it had to be recut, and then it was made much smaller and the shape was changed, Her best race was on Aug, 1, when she came within one minute of Cat. With a new sail she may yet prove a prize winner, and Buzzard may also. Tn the fifth class Wide Awake had things all ber own way when the class limit was lft. But when the limit was 14ft. she could not race,and Rana was the best boat, Worry did notsail as well as usual, although it was only by a flake that she lost the race of Aug, 26. Reba did very well in smooth water. The appended table tells all that has nof here been told. It is not pretended that this table gives the complete records of the yachts for the season; itis simply an outline of the races sailed in 1891 strictly in Buzzard’s Bay. For years these races have been held in the bay; for years the leading builders—Hanley, Duun, Holmes and Jenney—haye been steadily improving the racing boats, until now, in Anonyma, Hina and Cat, catboats have reached 2 degree of psrfection known nowhere else in the world. The following details of some of the leading boats will be of in- terest in connection witb the snmmary: Mattie, length over all, 2oft. 1lin.: Lw.l., 26ft. 10in.; beam, 11ft, #in.; draft. 3ft. Built by R. Youmans, Newport. Annnyma, owned by F.L Dabney. Over all, 28ft. 2in.; l.w.l., #3ft. 6in,; berm, Iift. Zin.; draft, 2ff. 2in. Built by F. L. Dunn, Monument Beach, 1890. Record: 1890, 10 starts, 4 first 1 second,. 8 third; i891, 14 starts, 6 first, 6 second, 4 third. Mist, owned by George H, Lyman, Jr. Overall, 23ft. 3in.; lw.l., 22fu 9in.; beam, litt. 6in, Built by A. M. Jenney, Mattapoisett, 1888. Record: 1889, 9 starts, 6 first, 2 second, | third; 1890, 10 starts, 8 first, dsecond, 2 third; 1891, 10 starts, 3 first, 4 second, | third. Hina, owned by John Parkinson. Overall, 20ft. bin.; l-w.l., 19ft. jlin.; beam, 9ft, Gin.; draft, 2ft.2in. Built by ©. ©. Hanley, Mon- ument Beach. 1889. Record: 1889, 14 starts, 6 first, 6 second, 2 fourth; 1890, 10 starts, 2 first,4 second, 2 third. 2 fourth; 1891, 12 starts, 4 first, 3second, third. Winner of Buzzard’s Bay cham- Dionsbip 1889. : Puzzle, George G. Amory owner, Over all, 20ft. din: I.w.l., 19ft. 9in.: beam, 9ft. 7im.; draft, 2ft. 2in. Built by C. C. Hanley 1890. Kecérd: 1890, 10 starts, 6 first, 4 second; 1891, 10 starts, ri tirst,2 second, 3 third. Winner of Buzzard’s Bay championship 1890 and 1891. Parole, owned by W. H. Davis. Over all, 20. din.; Lw.l., 19ft. din; beam, 9ft. 7in.; draft, 2ft. 2in. Built by Hben Holmes. Marion. 1890. Record: 1890,9 starts, 2 first, 2 second,2 third, 1 fourth; 1891, 7 staris, 2 first, 1 second, 2 fourth. Oat, owned by Bruce Clark. Over all. 19ft. 6iu.; l.w-l., 16ft. 4in.; beam, 8fr.5in. Built by Eben Holmes, Marion, 1891. Record: 1891, Beret first, 1 second. Winner of Buzzard’s Bay champion- ship, 5 SEAWANHAEKA CORINTHIAN Y¥, 0,—The annual meeting of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. was held at the club honse on Jan, 12. In the absence of the flag officers, Mr. J. W, Beekman, the senior yacht owner, wasin the chair, The regular reports of the officers and committee were read, atter which the following officers were elected: Trustees—J. Langdon Ward and Charles A. Post; Com. Geo. H. B, Hill, schooner Miranda: Vice-Com., Henry Stanton, sloop Vandal; Rear-Com., J, William Beekman, sloop Mirth; Sec., Leon F. d’Oremieniz; Treas., Walter C. Hubbard; Meas., John Hyslop; Wleet Surgeon, J. West Roosevelt, M.D.; Fleet Chaplain, Geo. KR. Vandewater, D.D., Race Committee— Walter C. Kerr, Wm. A. Haines, Wm. H. Plummer, Walter C. Tuckerman and Roberti Coopsr Townsend; House Committee— Ashton Lemoine, Auguste P. Montant, Herbert L. Satterlee, Fred- eric D. Weekes and Theodore C. Zerega; Committee on Lectures and HMntertainment—A, Cass Canfield, Lieut.-Com. Leonard Chen- ery, U-S.N., and Chas. A. Post; Committee on Lines and Modelse— Jobn Hyslop, A. Cary Smith and Wm. P, Stephens; Library Com- mittee—John T. Horne, Wm. Trotter and Edward M. Townsend, Jr.: Committee on Exhibits—Wm. Gardner, John EF. Lovejoy and Wm. Whitlock; Law Committee—Sidney Chubb, Ohas. W. Wet- moreand Arthur Delano Weekes. Several amendmenis relating to erews and lines of winning yachts were adopted, the rule relating to crews being: “Rule X. There shall be no restrictions as ta crews, eRCEBune that in all classes below the 40ft. class but one professional shall be carried.” In regard to lines and models, it is proyided that the depositing of the lines of all winners shall not be compulsory, but that the club shall be entitled to the privilege of taking off thelines and making drawings and models of any winning yacht. The annual dinner will be given very shortly, and the opening of the club house at Oyster Bay will take place early in May. BISCAYNE BAY Y. C—At a meeting of the Biscayne Y. C. on Jan. 2 the following officers were elected: Com,, Rh, M, Mun- roe; Vice Com,,T. A, Hine; Sec’y., Kirk Munroe; Treas., Ha- ward Hine; Meas., Richard Carney. The annual regatta will be held on Feb. 22, The lietech Micco reached Biscayne Bay on Dee. 1, after handsomely weathering a gale off the Florida coast. A number of new entries are expected for the regatta, TACKING SHIP. A WESTESN youth who had come to the metropolis to see the : sights carried his investigations to Fort Hamilton, where a view of the océan can be obtained. He gazed with absorbed interest at the mighty expans6 of waters, and after becoming sated with the spectacie, timed his attention to other objects. To the right 2 big steamship was breasting the Hudson’s mile-wide tide, and a fiutter of handkerchiets from her deck inficated that the vessel was a passenger ship bringing home yoyagers from foreign lands, Outin the bay a full-rigzed sailing ship was beating her way up the channél, making short reaches against the adverse wind, On the hotel pavilion near the Westerner stood a man with a teles- cape under his arm conversing with an aged boatinan. The couple had lieen watching the movements of the big ship and making fuesses a8 to her nationality. The youth listened to the conversation, and looking at the object of it, saw what was toa him a very strange thing. First one set of yards on the vessel were swung around, then another pyramid of canvas braced anew way, and finally, when the courze of the ship was altered to an almost opposite direction to the course she had been Sailing, the young man’s curiosity got the better of him and he asked what it meant. The boatman gave the inquirer a pitying glance and ejaculated the single word, “Tacking!"’ “But I don’t know what that means,’ protested the seeker atter information, The man with the glass laughed aud said the majority of people didn’t, He then drew up a chair and explained why the evolution is performed and the methed by which itis done. For the benefit of the mauy who have never given the subject a thought, as well as those who in a dim way realize that winds are not always fair, without understanding what seameén do on such oceasions, his explanation is here given. When asquare-rigged vessel is headed off from her course—fhat is when the wind blows from the point in which her destination lies— the nearest she can steer to her true course is from five and a half to six Compass points. Thus, if a ship’s port lies due north and the wind is from that direction, the vessel braces her yards sharp up and sails as close to the wind as her rig will permit. Wnder these condi- tions, her course will be alternately east-northeast and west-north- west, and the ship will obliquely approach her destination, nearing if continually iu the proportion of about one-third of the distance traversed. If slanting toward her destination on the easterly course the yessel will be what is technically known as on the port tack. There are several methods by which it can be altered to the opposite side, bub the operation known as “tacking” is usually resorted to .. To tack successfully requires considerable judgment and skill, as well as a thorough knowledge of the qualities of the vessel, as some work quicker and some slower than others. Some will gain several times their length directly to windward while in stays, while others will gather sternboard and lose ground before standing away on either tack. When the vessel is headed off her course by an adverse wind, the compass is ignored by the helmsmian, who watches the leech of the mainsail instead, that being furthest to windward and the firsi to shiver when the ship comes too near the wind. The boatswain'’s eall, ‘Ready, about! Stations for stays!’ sum- mons every one on deck when itis thought necessary to go about on the opposite tack, At the call every one repairs to his allotted sta tion, some aloft to overhaui the lifts and some to the gear for clew- ing up the mainsail. The majority of the force is distributed upon the weather main and lee cross jack braces. The best helmsman is sent.to the wheel, and when he takes it, the previons order, ‘Full and by!" is changed to ‘‘Keep full for stays!” Tu obedience to it the helm is put. up, and as the ship lays her broad- side to the wind and springs forward with increased speed, the officer in charge gives the command. ‘*Helm’s a-lee!” Answering her helm the ship sweeps up into the wind, and as the sails begin to shiver the order, ‘Rise tacks and sheets!’ is given, fol- lowed by the tramp of feet on deck as the men walk away with the clew garnets. As Soon as the heavy mainsail is clewed up to the yard. the meu spring to the weather braces. The ship continues to Swine until she brings the wind directly ahead, and eyery sail is flat aback. . This 1s the critical moment, and very frequently a vessel misses stays, owing to the after yards being swung too soon or too late. Watching the weather vane, the officer gives the command, ‘‘Main- sail haul!” and the pyramids of canvas are swung around until the yards are pointed at an bese angle to that to which they previ- ously pointed. The ship’s head pays off rapidly under the pressure upon the foremast sails, which, with the head sails, are still aback. As the after sails fill, the last command, ‘Haul well taut! Let go and haul!’ is given. The head yards are braced smartly about, and if the operation has been successful the vessel stands away on the other tack. “Weating ship’? is another method of going from one tack to an- other, and is usually resorted to when the wind ts too heayy to make the operation of tacking practicable. Itis the exach reverse of tacl- ing. inasmuch as the ship js allowed to run off from her Gourse and make a sweep of the horizon before coming back to the wind again on the opposite tack. It sometimes becomes necessary for a ship to go on another tack when the wind is blowing with such force that no sail whatever can be carried, Under such circumstances the vessel has to wear under “bare poles,” and to accomplish it in safety taxes every resource of the séaman and requires all his skill, To make the ship’s head pay off when no canvas can be shown, tarpaulins are spread on the for- ward rigging, Should those blow into ribbons, as they sometimes do in very heavy gales, a body of seamen are ordered into the forward Shrouds, If all else fails and the necessities of the case warrant it, the mizzsnmast is cut away as a last resort and used as a drag. Frequently the result of all efforts to save an imperilled ship is summed up in the brief annouucementia some maritime journal: “Foundered at sea.**—New York Times, NEW YORK Y. C.—The Nominating Committee of the New York Y. GO. posted the following nominations on January 11: Com, Elbridge T. Gerry ; Vice-Com. H. C. Sturges ; Rear Com. Archi- bald Rogers; Sec. J, V.S. Oddie; Treas. #. W. J. Hurst ; Meas. John Hyslop; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. Morris J. Asch; Regatta Com- mitte—S, Nicholson Kane, Irving Grinnell, and Chester Griswold. Committee on Admissions—H, M. Brown, F. T. Robinson, D. T. Worden, J. ©. Bergen, and W. 4. Brooks. House Committee—R. P. Lounsbery, R. 8. Bowne, J. M. Wilson, and BH. 8. Stanton, Li- brary Committee—J. M. Woodbury, J. S. Grosby, and S. B. Pome- roy. Mr. H. ©. Sturges, part owner of the schooner Varuna, is nominated in place of Vice-Com. Morgan ; the owner of Gloriana having sold his big schooner Constellation, which, as reports gives, renders him ineligible for the office of Vice-Commodaore, ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS.—Audson River ¥. CU.—Com., H. FH. Allen; Vice Com., E. Langerteld: See’y, A. G. Buckholtz; Treas., BR. V. Freeman; Meas., John McCabe; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. William Geoghan; Steward. J. T. Hutnagel. Trustees—M, J. Koplik, John Kelly, Rh. V. Freeman, Joseph Stilger, J. Hamil, J. R. Pringle. John F. Dougherty, 5. E. Burns and John MeCarthy. Brookljn ¥. C.—Com., B. F. Sutton; Vice-Com., John Cottier; Rear-Com., fF. L. Townsend; Sec’y, Wm. Cagger; Treas , Willard Graham: Meas., BH. W. Kilburn; Pres., Daniel O'Reilly. Trustees —BH, H. Chandler, A. Chioman, C. J. Bergen, H. Clark, J. H. Cole- man, John H. McCrae and G. B. Lyons. Regatta Committee—W. A. Taylor, P. W. Kearney and VW. F. Miller. Membership Com- mittee—A. G. Walden, Wm. Dodman and C. H. Frost. THE GARDNER 18-FOOTERS.—We have received the follow- ing letter from the St. Lawrence River S.,C. & S,L.Co. “JAN. 15.—Bditor Forest and Stream: At the request of two boat clubs we have extended the time from Feb. 1 to Feb. 10 for the latest date we will receive orders to build the new Gardner 18-footers at present advertised prices. You will conter a favor by making this intimation in yourcolumns, You will beglad to know that this little craft has created great and favorable interest among boating men all over the States, and they are sure to be ‘heard Paes ns es of next season’s races,_S@, LAWRENCE Rrvur §., Cc. . L. Co,’ ’ ATALANTA—Belleyille, Ont., Jan. 14,—The unfortunate sloop Atalanta, the unsuccessful competitor for the America’s Cup in 1851, may atlast be given a chance to prove her abilities, un- fettered by financial considerations, which have been her bane aince the laying of her keel. She has been purchased by a Mr. Ward, of Chicago, and will doubtless be heard of, however, in 1893, if not before. Before leaying Canadian waters, however, she will be rebuilt. an operation of which she stands much in need.— Port TACK. “CHIPS FROM RIPPLE’S LOG.’—We have received from ex- Com, George H. Newell, ot the Rochester V. C., a volume with the above title, containing a Dumber of stories of cruises about Lake Ontarioin the yacht Ripple, between 1878 and 1886. The book is interesting, especially to those familiar with the lake. LAKH BRIG YACHTING.—The work of organizing a yachting association on Lake Hrie isnow being pushed, and a meeting of delegates will be held this week. HARLEM Y, C.—On Jan. 11 Mr. C.J. Fagan, of the Harlem Y. O., delivered a lecture to the club on measurement and classifica- Tien. > 69 YACHTING FIXTURES.—Dorchester Y.C.: June 18, July 16, July 30, Aug. 18 and Aug. 27, Hull ¥.C.: June 17, for boats of the fourth, fifth and sixth classes; July 2, class race; July 9, for boats of first and second elasses: July 16, for third, fourth, fifth and sixth classes; July 30, for third, fourth and fifth classes; Aug. 6, for first and second Classes, outside course; Aug. 1/, ladies’ day; Aug, 27, cup race for small boats; Sept. 3, open race for large-class boats only, to be sailed over the outside course. CORINTHIAN NAVY,—-The general annual meeting of the Corinthian Navy will be held ati the Hotel Marlborough, corner Thirty-sixth street and Broadway, New York city, on Tuesday evening, January 26th, a6 8 o’clock. The election of officers for the coming year will be held and seyeral important amendments to the constitution will be proposed for adoption. Answers ta Qarrespondents, Es" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspendents. _. A, Pawurcker, R.1.—Vhe National Review is published at 698 Broadway ; Hatter and Furrier at ¢ Washington Place, New York. Wedo not know the paper you name, E. 5., Harrisburg, Pa.—Will you kindlv name the Jast yolume published of the U.S. Fish Commission Report, and also the last volume of the U.S, Wish Commission Bulletin? Ans. The Report, 1887, is last one published; Bulletin, 1889. is in bindery. SHINNUECOCK.— Have just passed 270 Columbus avenue, buteher and game shop between 72d and 73d street, and see quantity quails exposed, Please turn this card over to warden. Ants. If you know of violations of the game law you should write to us or to the game protector and sign yourname. 2. The law permits sale of anail in New York during this month. W. H. M., Montreal,—l haye a gun made by F, A. Loomis. It is nicely finished and a gocd shooter. Could you inform me where it was made, aud something as to the reputation of the maker? Ans, The gun you inquire about was made in Hugland for Her- man Boker & Co., of New York, wholesale gun dealers. The name “FW. A. Loomis” is simply a trade mark, Messrs. Prothingham & Workman, or Coverhill, Learmont & Co., of Montreal, are agents for this gun and can give you all the information you want, J. R. M., Morgantown, W. Va.—On December 23d, 1891, Mel- ville Post and Geo. Schoonmaker of the West Virginia_ Univer- sity Gun_Club of this placs engaged in a contest at 25 Keystones each, Schoonmaker pulverizing them all. Post missed (as we thought) his 16th shot. Both used same gun, The two men at the trap declared all targets broken, and upon examination the target wastound in the tall grass, with small pieces out of the ceutre 1nd two shot holes throug it. They left it to the rornsr AND S@TRHAM. Ans. The bird should certainly have been scored a" broken bird.’ . A. G, B., Holland. Mich.—Would you kindly let me know what gauge a muzzleloading shotgun which I have is? Its diameter at the muzzle, inside, is .52in. Ans, The standard tables give the fol- Bore, nglish. American, Bore. English, American. El 1.052in. 1.08in. 12 -729in. 73in. 8 -8s5in. .85in, 16 .652in. .6din. 10 “%5in. 79in. 20 Aili Sean _ The nearest gauge to .42in, is the 33-gauge, which is exactly .020. Your weapon may be a rifle bored out to a smooth-bore. BOOKS RECEIVED. Wh have received a copy of the twenty-ninth edition of Jobn Wisden’s “Cricketers’ Almanack,”” which we have found to com- pare favorably with its predecessors. Itis a mine of information for cricketers, _THE SUPREME PASSIONS OF MAN, by Paul Paquin, is an exposi- tion chiefiy of the evil effects of over-eativg and of eating wrong foods. Its wids alent will not fail to do good. (Little Blue Book Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Price 50 cents.) A. Paducah clergyman tells this: “‘I married a couple u in Allen County, and after I had pronounced them man an wife the groom took me to one side and asked me what the damage was. I told him that there was no fixed price, He might give me whatever he chose. ‘Parson,’ said he, ‘I’ve got five hound pups down home for which Lam asking $5 apiece, and I’ll let you have one for #3!’ Of course I declined so ridiculous a fee, as I had no use for the hound pups. When he got home he must have found his wite better than he expected, for he sent me one of the hound pups, accom- panied with a letter saying that he was so happy with Maria that he would give me a dog for nothing.’’—Lowisville Courier-Journal. _It is said that there are yet a few beayers along the Uma- tilla River to remind oldtimers of the days when these little animals frequented Oregon streams in large numbers. An immense beaver dam was discovered several miles below Pendleton the other day by a couple of hunters, who saw a number of the animals and succeeded in shooting one.— San Francisco Calt. CORRESPONDENCE, THE WHORES? AND StRHAM is the recognized medium ef entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The Editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages are devoted, Anonymous communications will not be regarded. The Editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents, SUBSCRIPTIONS. Subseriptions may begin ab any time, Terms: Por single copy $4 per year, $2torsix months. Rates for clubs of annual subseribers: Three Copies. $10. Five Copies, $16. Remit by express money-order, registered latter, money-order, or dratt, payable to the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. 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A book for people who love outdoor life; for the hunter; the angler and the canoeist, The work has been of service to thousands of is full of practical advice and information from one who has spent his life in learning by hard experience what he now tells his it. Cloth, 160 pages, illustrated. Price $1.00 FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., New York. FOR THE GUN. A new work by an English writer, The instructions here given are the result of the author’s amateur practical experience of thirty-seven years. A review in ForEstT “This work is a very well written treatise upon the subject, containing some new ideas and much that is interesting and instructive to the new be- to even old hands to study. The chapter devoted to kennel management is & short one, but itis very nearly complete, and is alone worth many pole, duck cover and pack straps for carrying on =e EE notes and fancy trills. about food and care, by mail for 25 cents stamps. By “NESSMUK.” outers, and will help thousands of others. It readers. No camper can afford to be without Davies & Co.,1 Finch Lane. London. Eng 46 H H 39 ° AND STREAM says: ginner as well as not a little that will be beneficial times the price of the work to any one that will heed its teachings.” Price $2.50, postpaid, by the FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., | — a MOTT'S SPARKLING (IDERS In Quart and Pint Champagne Bottles. Moderate cost, exquisite quality. GOLD LABEL. DRY AND SLIGHTLY STIMULATING, WHITE LABEL. SWEET AND NON-ALCOHOLIC, AVSO Choicest Quality Cider Vinegar. ol . . Order of your Grocer, or write for pint sample, enclosing ten two cent stamps, - We pay expressage, GENESEE FRUIT CO., _NEW YORK and ROCHESTER. N. ¥. THE ART OF An Illustrated Treatise on the Art of Shooting. With extracts from the best authorities- By CHARLES LANCASTER. LONDON, 1891. PRICH $3 00. AUTHOR’S PREFACE. At the special request of many gentlemen who have placed themselves in my hands for instruction in the Art of Shooting, I have written this treatise. I have endeavored to mez the special requirements of those who are anxious to become proficient in the art, and wha have hitherto been unable to obtain, in a precise form, the information necessary for study- ing the first principles of shoo‘ing at moving objects. , I have had the honor of coaching many gentlemen, and have carefully studied the — points especially requiring attention that have cropped up from time to time while giving instruction. I hope that those who favor me by studying this treatise may quickly gain the knowledge so essential for the making of an average if not brilliant shot. I have purposely refrained from touching on the several merits of any class of gun— being a gun-maker myself; and, indeed, so many good works on the subject have been written, that it is really unnecessary. I trust that authors from whose writings I have made extracts will pardon me when they recollect that I have at heart one object, viz., the advancement of a manly sport which gives p'easure, health and occupation to many, and to the patronage ot whose fol- lowers I am indebted for many pleasant days. Forest and Stream Publishing Co.,318 Broadway, N.Y. Book and Boy, The visitor from New Jersey came in and said his wife wanted to give a book to a boy friend—a manly boy, blessed with a taste for Forest and Stream subjects; the book must be a manly book, and one to encourage these tastes. We named it—‘'Nessmuk’s W ooderaft;” and the suggestion carried conviction. The boy has doubtless by this time read his book through three times at least, and has found something in the third reading that he missed in the frst. And if he retains his sportsman’s tastes he will read the book when he shall be old. The Man and the Book, For Read this note from Gen. D. H. Bruce, of Syracuse, in praise of “Wooderaft:” ‘'Good old Nessmuk. I could have known him for years. What a delightful book. How every page rivets the attention of the woodsman, by its happy language in dealing with practical, eyery day things, and imparting hints of originality in respect to many things. I took up the book one evening, and could not sleep until I had read every page and looked several times at the quaint portrait of the veteran. J likesuch men.” FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., — S18 Broadway, New, York, 72 FOREST AND STREAM. fFan, 21, 1892. SPORTSMAN’S Forest and Stream Pub. Oo, forward any of these Books by matl, postpaid, on receipt of price. Registration 10 cents extra, Our responsibility ceases after goods are matled, NO BOOKS EXCHANGED. ANGLING. elo Angler's Book, Memorial Edition, Gridsie. ceeceelneske NT APR Reed tiaee door) American Fish and How to Catch Them... 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Victoria Kennels’ (Plainfield, N. J.) Enelish setter birch Victoria Nanna (Buckellew—Minnetonka) to Rosecrofs Kennels’ Domingo (Rockingham—Doanna), Jan. 2. Grange WNellic—Sir Walter Scotti IT. John Hawkes’s (Cincin- a {iy oe) collis biteh Grange Nellie to his Sir Walter Scott IL, dan. 2), Bonnie—Bradford Ruby lI. J._E. MeDonald’s (Ligonier, Ind.) png bitch Bonnie to Hberhart Pug Kennels’ Bradford Ruby II. (champion Bradford Ruby—Puss B.), Jan. 12. Columbia Venus—Jim Blaine. G. W. Patterson's (Worcester, Mass.) St. Bernard bitch Columbia Venus (champion Keeper— Baa eee HK. B, Sears’s Jim Blaine (Bryan—Martha Washing- ton), Nog, 12. Gretchen—Blue Rock. W.D. Pugh’s (Grand Rapids, Mich.) Irish setter bitch Gretchen (Hlcho, Jr.-Fanchette) to Dr. Wm. Jaryis’s Blue Rock, Jan, 15. WHELPS. Es Prepared Blanks sent free on application. Smoky. Carlowrie Collie Kennels’ (Denver, Col.) collie bitch Smoky. Dec. 27, eight (three dogs), by their Maney Trefoil. Mermaid. Carlowrie Collie Kennels’ (Denver, Col.) collie bitch Mermaid, Oct. 3, six (three dogs), by Senator HK. O. Walcott’s Ros- lyn. - Columbia Venus. G, W. Patterson's (Worcester, Mass ) St. Ber- nard bitch Columbia Venus (champion Keeper—Bayadere), Jan- 18. four (two dogs), by EK. B. Sears’s Jim Blaine (Bryan—Martha Washing:on), SALES. {= Prepared Blanks sent free on application. Fred Douglas Collie dog, by Roslyn out of OFie O'Shanter, by cae wrie Collie Kennels, Denver, Col., to F, Zimmerer, Oconto, t eh. Roslyn. Collie dog, by champion Dublin Scot out of Madge, hy Carlowrie Collie Kennels, Denver, Col., to Senator BE. 0. Walcott. same place. : Kitty. Collie bitch, by Clydesdale Hero out of Hermia. by Car- lorie Collie Kennels, Denver, Col., to Senator E. O. Walcott, same place. ; Miss Gilderoy. Collie bilch, by Gilderoy ont of Psyche, by Car- dower Collie Kennels Denver, Col., to F. Zimmerer, Oconto, NEG, Alexander—Bessie whelp. Orange and white St, Bernard dog, whelped Sept. 13, 1891, by G. W. Patterson, Worcester, Mass., to Miss Anna H. Whitney, Lancaster, Mass. Lady Limond. Orange, white markings, rough St. Bernard bireh. May 29, 1891, by Plinlimmon, Jr.. out of Lady Teazel, by G. MWe Patterson. Worceszer, Mass., to Thos. B. C. Jones, Detroit, Meh. Wanette, Silver fawn pug hitch, whelped Oct. 1.1891, by Spn- kane out of Topsy K., by Eberhart Pug Kennels, Cincinnati, O., to Dr, H. H. McLellan, St. Mary’s, Kan. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. There 1s no charge for answering questions under this head. All questions relating to ailments of dogs will be answered by Dr, T. G. Sherwood. a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Communications referring to other matters connected with Kennel Management and dogs will receive careful attention. M, R. R., Rochester, N. Y.—We cannot find any record of the extended pedigree of your Great Danes. W. D. B—1. We cannot give you the breeding of the greyhound you mention. She is not registered. 2, She ia not in the first or second Glass. 3. Not registered. J. D., Toronto, Gan.—Would you be kind enough to tell me the name of the sire of Garry Owen, Jr., Irish setter? Ans. We do not know of a dog Garry Owen, Jr. Garry Owen II. is by imp. Sarsiield out of Neil, L. G,, Mount Vernon, N. Y.—Please give extended pedigree of Molton Baron, W. K. C. 8. RB. 2018. Ans. By Bang II. out of R.S. Bryan’s Beta, by Croase’s Rap out of Princess, by Ricbard’s Bang outofduno, Bang Il. by Bang out of Bell, by Lance out of Fan. G. G., Citra, Pla.—I should like to know the best feed for pointer dogs in hunting seasmm—south? Also how much be should have? Dog weighs 65lbs. How are Spratts or Austin dog biscuits? Ans. You will find any of the dog biscuits advertised a very handy food for dogsin the field. If the dog will not eat them dry, soak them in either broth or warm water. About three biscuits aday should be enough. P. O., New Haven, Conn.—Will you please let me know the weight of the heaviest St. Bernard dog or bitch there has been in this country for the last few years, also the record. if known, of the heaviest dog of any breed in thiscountry? Ans. We do not know which is the heaviest St. Bernard, Sir Bedivere or Princess Florence. The latter has weighed 216lbs. and at present scales 210lbs., and we believe Sir Bedivere weighed at one time about 2 Olbs. These are the heaviest dogs weknowof. Champion Mint- ing was one of the heaviest dogs known in this country. FrRep.—I am told Hicho Jr. is dead; if so, please state when he died and particulars. If noticed already in PORHST AND STREAM, in what issue, asI haye failed to find any account of his death, also who owns Sarsfield at present? Ans. Champion Hicho Jr. died Noy. 9, 1891, while in the care of Mr. H. L, Goodman, Jr., Auburn, lll, You will find a record of the death in FOREST AND SrREAM, Nov. 12. Wa believe that Sarsfield is now owned by the Oak Grove Kennel, Moodus, Conn. A letter to Mr. W. L, Wash- ington, Pittsburgh, Pa., his late owner, will elicit the informa- tion you desire. R. A. M,, Omaha, Neb —Kindly give me the pedigrees of the fol- lowing cockers: Champion Bene, Darkie, Champion Hornell Silk, Champion Brahmin and Tippoo,adog imported into Canada. do not wisk to trouble you tor a fuil pedigree, just a faw genera- tions back. Ans, Oh, Bene, by Bob II. out of Black Bess, by Brush out of Rhea, by Captain out of Rose; Brush by Rolf out of Nellie: Bob IIL. by Buccleugh out of Nell, by Yonug Bebb out of Lort’s Dunce; Buccleugh hy Bruce out of Nell. Darkie, by imp. Beau out of imp. Blackie, by Rolf out of Belle; Rolf by Beaver out ot Runic; Beau by Bob out of Nelli, Ch. Hornell Silk, by ch. Obo out of Pitcher’s Chloe f1,, by Bullock’s Dash out of bis Nellie; ch. pea id Farrow’'s Fred out of his Betty. Ch. Brahmin, by Bob out of Clew. J, H., Fort Sherman, Idaho.—What is the matter with my dog, a, setter bitch? There appears to be something in her ear, and although I have examined it several times am unable to see any- thing mit. She is continually shaking her head and inclining if to the left, and the inside of her ear is seratched aud bieeding from her efforts to dislodge whatever there is in it; this last week she can scarcely bear even to shake her head. I have beev told that it is a wood-tick far down in herear. Ifiso, whatcan I get totakeit out? She is evidently at times in considerable pain. Ans. There isa form of mange which attacks the eare, The para- sites (littla white bodies) are to be found in the aural canal. Use. the following: Nitrate of mercury ointment, ldr.; almond oil, loz. tow drops to bs poured into the ears twiceaday. VFirst warm thé drops. All communications must reach us by Tuesday of the week they are to be published; and should be sent as much earlier as may be cenvenient: Li Vogel........ .. Rifle Range and Gallery. | “FOREST AND STREAM” TOURNAMENT FOR NEW JERSEY RIFLE CLUBS. ScoRES made during the past week are as follows: Essex A. C. ve. Palisade R. C., shot on Hssex range Jan. 18, dis- tance 25yds.: HSSEX R. C. “(90 21 18 20 25 23 23 2L 20 25-216 ‘19 24 25 35 24 91 93 35 23 25237 PALISADE R. CG. REL PIGUILBENS. etseacleen atv eistoins 25 20 24 23 22 24 2% 23 24 2d—2H2 J Reinhardy..-..-.5:.-6--++--..20 0 el 2D 22 24 20 24 23 23—228 Bac WY BAe Nicene Ceara teeta ee 20 22 20 20 23: 24 23 23 22 238—220 G A Winger... ..............-22.19 18 16 181816 21 23 22—215 Basethal 0.0... ecesets secs. eee BO 222d 20 20 et BL oe Ro—Ld0—1108 Captain, J. Reinhardt. Scorer, A. Rossy. Howard R. C. vs. Hudson R. C.. shot on Howard rang3, Jan, 22, distance 25yds.: HOWARD R. CG, EF Swing... ... ..-24 25 25 28-24 25 23 22 25 23 —234 A Aurnhamer. .24 28 23 22 2% 24 25-24 22 271 —232 G Chapman.. .20 2a 28 23 24 23 25 25 25 25—239 A Graef....,. . 24 2) 25 2% 22 25 24 23 25 24—235 J Burgers .in.--2e22.. ~.n 2k 24 23 24 24 22 24 25 25 28B—268—1178 ‘ Depiein; John Mayer. Scorer, Paul Nichols. Judge, Alex Koer- er, Jr. i ‘ HUDSON R. C. AL IBPAMBY arog cewagee secs eae 22 21 21 24 24 22 21 19 20 21—215 QU Zi hrs ops pee eee et eps 19 22 18 24 22 23 22 20 22 24218 N Mussehl,.. ..1... .... ...,22 21 22 21 24 22 25 23 23:23 —226 ATISGTIG y Wratten, | a= te ese vie 24 2h 22 24 25 23 17 23 22 25—230 AVE DN Abe. hatte acne eek eters 25 22 22 24 25 24 24 24 25 23—236—-1122 Captain, H. L. Hansen. Scorer, C. E. Bird, Judge, J. J. Pfef- fenberger, Jr. Essex Indian Rifle Glub vs. Miller Rifle Club, shot on Hssex range, Jan, id, distance 25yds.: ESSEX INDIAN R. C, IW Glark fe wena s ses PSAs ae 25 24 25 24 25 28 24 2d 2d 25—243 E Mc@raith....................28 24 24 23 24 25 28 22 24 24—236 G BrPIbag «on. cite cee seep ones sen 28 24 2225 BL 2222 18 24—226 WEAR INS vere awe ee» = 4's sae 23 14 22) 24 22 25 28 22 28 15—213 J M ewes -rongerte ote 0001100119311111111100111—18 PUT CTS ick set cia erastbelace Matar ala eee 101141101110131100011110i—18 (PEO LUMO O Vee Pater mot os sees 0100111110101011060011010—13 f D Millers... ........ce0eee08 ees 2LV0000I1TI19199911110111 — 24 Nene AD Ze Pe yee s 1101111011941191111111111—23 HOV! Via vice ns pees meee ne phi nec. 1001911111411191011111111—23 Dan Verny | bh) petye ssn ae 1011011111010101101101110—17 Bob Williams............ cee. es. eee 0101001011010110101101011—14 | Warsscien: yey te ee 1911.11010111111110111111—23 989, Following the team contest came a match at 25 bluerocks each, unknown angles, between HE. D. Millerand Neat Apgar, the result being #8 beloy: wm Ue eee esedeee start eee s sO LOL IITA TT OT — oF TSHid Dea are sro yaa Arey Perma Ete O%111 11117 OL011 11111 11010—20 Sweepstake shooting was then indulged in until darkness cast its mantle oyer the scene, when the shooters dispersed for their homes, but not until they had expressed their pleastre at the Toyal reception accorded them by the Union boys. A bountiful lunch was on hand during the day, and this was well looked after by the hungry army. The sweeps were well patronized, some of them having a8 many as 26 entries. The scores in detail follow: Event No. i, 10 bluerocks, $1 entry, 2 moneys: Apgar..... ret unre 1011011110— 7 M Klees.....-..... 0100111111— 7 Breintnall.......... 1111110011— & H Lightipe......... 1311110101— 8 W Sigler....... .... 1111110011 § ED Miller. ....... 1111111111—10 Sten this oy eee nee OOWIVII— ¥ Clark....-:s.-....... 1113111110— 9 E Collins........... 1031131i11— § No 2, same, 4 moneys; P ALD tee ces sa aes T10N11— 9 BJames............ 1OOLI01II— 7 Breintnall.......... TONIOIIIO— 6 L Lane.............. 111001011— 7 (Dp e0%| be Ae a I OUM01II— 8 ~Panl............00. 1001110001— 5 O Friedman........ 1010131000— 6 JL Smith.........- 1110111011— 8 Oolling. ... =. ..10110/101J— 7 Al Heritege........ 0010000100— 2 M Hoff.. ---. LION0CON0I— 2 Ri Chaffee...,..-.... 1111111100— 8 Sigler... H Lightipe......... 1000011100— 4 FV Van Dyke Wisi tle Steno et 1111010100— 6 Wm: Ely. =)... ..111001011— 7 EF Krehs,.... . .0001100001— 8 Meyer..... . .0111111/70— 8 E D Miller.. . 1011111111— 9 M Klees . OINT— § RH Peck..... ~1110111100— 7 No. 4, same, four monevs; 3 THON wl Seabee ones 11001110117 Chaffee............ 8. 100001011—45 - AQIIIMIIII—9 ~Sigler,........0....2. 1000110111—6 .0N1110011—7 Ely.....-. -1101111001—7 .0111101110—7 Klees.. -1011111111—9 ...1111101011—8 Miller -1110110111—8& Collins.... .- 1J01001L11—7 Peck -. .1010100001—4 Van Dyke .. OLIIIITI0I—8 ~—-Auck........ .2....2. 1011001110—6 Rosteeere . .0011101101—6-—-Krebs..... ..... ..,.1000010701—4 Heritage...... aes LULOONIIO—6 Miyer.. co .3 ee. eevee 1100111101—7 Friedmann,...... .. 0010011101—5 No, 4, 10 birds, pee tour moneys: Breintnall.... , 1OINLUII— 7 HWriedmann....... -1011011001-- 6 J Smith..... LLINIOINI— 8 Post......... :.1001011110— 6 A OATS Cen ere eae W100MII— 8 Peck,..... , 000111110— 6 B Colling.... ...... 111101J711—10 James...:.......... .0901011111— 6 ©-Colling....=...... 1010011001— 5 Van Dyke.......... 1101011010— 6 FGIGGR fe nce wen nee 101010101iI— 6 -Pam) ........ 2... 1101011110— 7 Le eee. poeeNCeoM to 1101011101I— 7 _Huff.......... .....0010001001— 8 HSmith........... WMIMII— 9 Heritage............ 0111100010— 4 Wiry eit. e- nee oe ent 1011000011— 5s Sigler... oe... 7101111011— 8 Chaffee............. QOLINILOIO— 5 Miller........ eee ees LLINNIIII—10 Ci Aime RS REL AA 1110101001— 6 No. 5, 10 bluerocks. $1 entry, four moneys; Appani wy. lkee ao: 1111111010— 8 Klees.... 2.2... p+ LO00TTOION—. 4. Breintnall,......... 1OM1111i— 9 ~Tane....:. mat enh O0101011— & 10) Stan 5 sr ACK NIM 1111- 10. © Collins........... OOMIOlI— F Regeen Rye cere: 117100011'— 6 Chaffee........,.. .1010001101— 5 Vem Dykes a: TATTLE —100 “Post, 82,242 dec. Fr 0111011111— 8 WSmith!......54,, 4)20°10101— 7 ~Paul...., — .........1110101001— 6 NIPESTILLE sos cans eens ALNMI111—1) Heritage.......... ..1101000110— 5 Sika eae SS 100M Parry tee oe Were: IN ONO 1— 5 Huft......,,--.....-.00]1100111— 6 BRriedman..,....... IO11011I010— & EF Collins.......- » AIITIIO— 9 Mallerse.o.) elias. 1111111100— § Lindslev....... ... 10L0IN0LII— 6 No. 6, 10 birds $1 entry, four moneys: APS. es. (egbi8 LA" RS GEDR ay aeecns: bet 1010100101— 4 Breintnall........5. 1111110N— 9 EF Collins........... 112001171— § JT TE a ea OWIMMII— 9 Kilses, 2.0... ec... 1111011141— 9 Pale fete are ... C111001N10— 6 J DL Smith.......... OI 9 Meyers oiacte. WOW - 6 Hutt ........ ee... -.1110101010— 6 W Smith,.......... W01— 9 ~Linasley......2..... 1011 101111— & Dan Terry.........- WJ110011— 6 Huck .......2.02.255 d011111111—8 Bostie wae Wve e sALLIDI—10«~Sigiler........ 2.2, 1011110011— 7 Van Dyke.... -..-.201010011— ¥ Heritage..;..... .;,J1U000111iI— 6 DADs tacanee ane WI1100009 —- 4 uane.:.. oc... sss... LOOLOLOUOI— 4 Olark......-.. a A LLI100101— t WEY soccts Aol ecar es 0111111101— & IRE) se dost oy epson QOOLLIOIN— 5 Chaffee........6.... O110N1111— 7 Wye cpoee: 1O1UINIWI— 6 CO Collins......,... 1100110010 — & No. 7, 15 birds. $1.50 entrance: Collims......... 1I11110111—14_ Lindsley....... 111011001301111—11 W Smith ...... 1f0I0WANII1I—48_- Miller. ......., 110011111191111—-13, Sigler..........U)1110111111i—15 Post ,.... ay Sabi 101110111011111—-12 Yan Dyke..... 1011101112100LiI-12, - Breintnall.....111111111:10111—14. Wikis snes say O0L01TNI1111—11 J UL Smith...-.11111111010110—-13 Apgar...... ..1IL111171110111—14 Blees ...,... ..111100111010110—10 No, 8, 10 birds, $1 entrance, 2 moneyer: Apgar,..-,,<:-:-:-elJ1IMI1—10 ~ J trSmith.......;... 0110001111—6 Sigler...,.... teres. 11j011111— 9 W Smith ........... 1101110100—6 Van Dyke,...,,....101110111— 7 Breintnall......... -1011111011—8 Oollins....,-..:;.-,.0117111110— 8 Posr....... ote tke 1111011071—9 Chaffee. ..icssenciis 1O10011110— 6 Miller ......2........ 0111011110—7 Lindsley. ssi iis. 1010111011 — 7 The Boiling Springs Tournament. Tar following programme has been received for the tourna- mentto he given by the above club at Rutherford to-morrow and. Saturday. The events are as follows: Friday.—l0 bluerocks, $1 entry; 15 bluerocks, $1.50; 10 bluerocks, $1; 26 bluerocks, $2 80; 10 hluerocks, #1; 10 blnerocks (expert rules at unknown angles), $1.80; 60 bluerocks, #5; 10 bluerocks, $1; 15 bluerocks, $1./0; 10 binerocrs, #1. Saturday’s programme i3 identical with the ahove excepting that the last event will be at 20 bluerocks, f2 entry, Shooting will begin at 10 A. M. each day and the events are open to all. AS & Special inducement the club offers a handsome gold badge to the shooter who breaks the greatest number of targets in the regular events each day. Purses divided as follows: 6 or less entries, two moneys; 7 to 11 (inclusive) entries, three moneys; 12 or more entries, four moneys, All events to be shot atrapid firing from five traps. American Association rules to govern all theeyents. The management re- serves the right to change events on the programme with consent of shooters. FOREST AND STREAM. fian, 28, 1882, The East Side—Mutual Gun Club. AWAY back in 1868-9, when the writer was obliged to walk over a nile from his home to attend school, the route led him through an old chestnut prove located ina part of Newark that is now built up with houses, stores aud factories and is considered one of the most thriving portions of the town. Between his house and the aforesaid grove was a blackberry and huckleberry swamp, covering several acres and extending along what is still called Old Elm Road. Onthe square now bounded by Ferry, Adam, Jackson and Lafayetie streets was the old baseball grounds, whereon the Eureka Baseball Club nsed to hold forth. On this club in those days was Major R. Heber Breintnall, considered one of the most expert of the local players, but who in Jater years has forsaken the diamond tor the smooth-bore and rifie. Abont half a mile below the before-mentioned chestnut grove on Ham- hure place was old Wiedenmayer’s Park, a place to which “us boys” delighted to meander in these days of long ago. The gate of the park was not always open, but we were spry and the fences were not covered with barbed wire, This park was a great place for p'cnics, and was supplied with rifle ranges,“*merry-go-rounds,” **scups”’ and other Coney Island attractions. Of late years, how- ever, picnics at this place have been few and far between, and until a counle of years ago the park had almost been forgotten. Now, however, itis again coming into prominence, not s0 much perhaps on acconnt of the improvements in the picnic accessories as from the fact that it is the holding-forth place of one of the strongest irap-shooting clubs in New Jersey, namely the Hast Side-Mutual Gun Club. Tha club house of this prosperous or- ganization is situated on the southwestern edge of the grove proper. being a neat frame structure, 40x20 and one story in height. The grounds. which allow a full 80yds, boundary, are in- closed with a l0ft. fence. The grounds, with the exception of a few swampy spots, are admirably adapted to the shooting of either live birds or artificials, the background being perfectly clear. The club is a consolidation of the Hast Side Gun Club, which formerly held ita shoots at Fischer's Woods, 2 good quarter-mile from these grounds, and the Mutual Guu Club, which held its shoots where the consolidation is now located. Bota of the clubs were fairly strong numerically, but as a large number of the expert men were members of both clubs, and consequently held divided interests. it wes sensibly decided to combine their strength, the result heing that the Hast Side—Mutual Gun Club has about sixty-five active shooting members, comprising some of the most expert live bird and target shots in Newark. Gustay L. Freche, Robert Baar, Chris, Reinhardt. Henry Reinhardt, Robert Schraft, Frank Perment, Henry C, Koegel, William Has- singer, William Ostrander aud Perdinand Hilfers, all well-known as expert crockery or live bird shots, ave included in the member- ship, as are Edward Hague, William Kraemer, Carl Von Len- ferke, Charles M, Hedden, Thomas Richards, senior and junior, R. Young, Ernest Fischer and many others whose names I can not now recall. Once each month the members have a club shoot at 2h artificial targets per man, the club offering several valuable prizes for the best averages during the season, On nearly every Thursday and Saturday afternoon also tha members get together for a number of sweeps'ake contests, sometimes using artificials, but oftener live birds, which they much prefer, ‘ On Saturday, Jan. 23, the grounds were yisited by quite anum- ber of shooters, and as usual some lively work was done, live birds being used. Tne main attraction was a trial shoot for a wager of $50, which amount had been risked by ruddy-faced Chris, Rein- hardt of the cpance of his killing 80 birds out of 100 shot at, Wm, Kvaemer to furnish the birds, which he backed for the aboye amount against Reinhardt’s pun, Theday was a decidedly dis- agreeable one during the afternoon. Until noon the sun shone brightly, the air was cool and crisp, and everything pointed to a good shooting dsy. Soon after dinner the wind switched around, the clouds grew heavy and threatening, the air damp and raw, and along toward 3 o’clack came a light snow squall. Later in the afternoon these squalls became frequent and the shooters be- came uncomfortable. The trial shoot by Reinhardt was a dis- appointment to that gentleman, as he suceseded in killing only 72 out of his 100 birds. The pig-ons were a fine lot of flyers, and a large number of them being of the vicious, twisting and zigzag- ging style that anyone is likely to lose. Kraemer proved his ability as a purveyor by the quality of the above birds. By the time Chris had completed his trial tha rest of the crowd Was anxious to shoot, and an 8-bird sweep, $5 entry, with three moneys, was arranged, The ecyres were as below: Tiel ela) 2958 5 BO Sobers 221112118 Reinhardt., .......... 01012221—6 {EAT K ek 8 Bee eS re 21111012—7 Ailfers..............055 01210221—6 Geli e a bse nets 10111210—8 Perment.........-00... 01201101—5 Hassinger. ......-.-» AZIOIOI2Z—G6 Perb ys: sees os teense 12002100—4 Wo, 2, same conditions as above: Reinhardt.... ..~...0: 1U111212—8 Perment...............11111020—6 Aglare esol et ietel es 22091121—7_ Koegel....-c0.. ....0-- 11020111—6 TAC OS ACSincoLe 202112117 Hassinger,.... ....... 11120110—6 TEEN ope 5s SARRGS BAe 11110110—6 (ith (etal Pepe Ae ern 1lil1 Reinhardt,..... CP eerianc: | 110 Hassinger............--- SAY MP ETS ING foe ea iecieteeem nthe erect 110 Trine 5) ASS REPRE seas he Tlj1 Freche......., .., Fayre eel!) TIPE MRGN cere eee ad's arnt eL10 supper. CG Hat: A Wet Day at Frankferd. Ox Tuesday, Jan. 19, about a dozen live-bird experts braved the pouring rain and journeyed to Frankford, Pa., to take part in the shoot arranged jointly by W, H.and Jas. Wolstencroft, Al, Rust and Harry Thurman. Had the day been at all favorable at least a seore of shooiers from New York and New Jersey would have beenon the scene prepared to measure skill with the Pennsyl- vaniane, butthe prospect of haying tofacea driving rain kept them from risking the trip, the only ones on hand from this sec- tion being M. F. Lindsley and Eddy Collins, who took a supply of ttfamily powder” from Hoboken and held up their end in great style. The firat event wasashoot at 10 live birds, $10 entry, 3 moneys, Hurlinghum rules to govern, Tbe results are appended: Raker: et sr. 2112311121—10 M F Lindsley...... +2120222202— 8 J Walstencroft ....1011211112— 9 J Treadway........ 1120121102— 8 W Wolstencroft....1110111212— 9 H Oollins............ 1222011220 — 8 J Rothaker........-. 2110111212— 9 H Thurman.......-. 2021220110— 4 R Welch....++-...- 1011212212— 9 Muensch.,...,......0000222112— 6 Siesets. ws. see > 1211121210— 9 Davis.. .... seeeutee OLOUIT1101— 6 All ties were diy. Byvent No. 2, miss and out, $2 entry: “Wiel fa gee cel eee ee renin 7-7/9 Toikel a eo, apres eer ria 12120 J Wolstencroft......-.... PAPI, MATHS bine ow cee tee paces cate oe 1120 W Wolstencrott ...........221222 Thurman..........0. see. EA) OU MAIOTE mel Dele pe eegen tetas Pr CAL MUIMASIE Verse cose Dae she ese “BATUN TIE nes an eee en eres. 21112 SD readiaienn oa es sac 20 a AEs ae ee bese 212111 Ti LEV ad aes oes) oes Beeee WOVCUI Zee cscs ot ers oss aves ets 210 J Wolstencroft......--....+5 LEP AN, AVG TIRGIS one teen thease cctv torts desten 10 Lohan Ge Ton asigels-)-\blaneeras 11122 W Wolstencroft -.,..., Foy y's Subpriern hit Seer taee -Ceottod 11112 Treadway..:.:- -22s,a.ee45 10 Gollinser s. 228, 2 ed eebteenlolit: Wielabsoe ie cer te ee 0 SI SACER eet eolieiect ee rstoee ae 4-7 12112 Lawrence ..,....:-:. ssia.4. An overplus of dampness and a failing light prompted the straight men to diy., which they did with good grace, after which guns were packed and the party dispersed im various directions, but not until they had expressed a wish for another shoot on the same grounds on some date in the near future. Auburn Defeats Syracuse. Rditor Forest and Stream: The second match with the Onondaga Couaty Sportsmen’s @lnb has been shot. The date originally intended was Jan. 14, but the race was postponed to Jan. 19 on account of the death of one of our members, Geo. M. Reed, Onthe last named date 25 of our men boarded the morning train for the Salt City and were met at the station by a delegation of the Syracuse men, who piloted us to a waiting train on the D. L. & W., which soon landed us al the club grounds, The snow wasabout afoot deep, and still falling, and the mercury made a seore of 18 to 20 dee. throughout the day. The warm and elegant club house of the Syracusians was duly appreciated by our men. W.8. Barnum served a delicious lunch, consisting of coffee, pie, doughnuts and sandwiches. After the race we were inyited to take dinner at Mr. Barnum’s house—the Maple Bay House—and a most excellent dinner it was. The shooter who takes dinner with Mr. Barnum while attending the State shoot next summer will have nothing to be sorry for, if our treatment. there be a sample of his hospitality. But to shooting. A few sweeps were shot off before the event of the day was called, and honors were about equal between the members of both clubs, the first sweep had 40 ofd entries. The race was called ut 1:30. B. J. Hoyt, of Weedsport, was chosen referee; and Messrs, Dakin, of Syracu=e, and Goodrich, of Auburn, acted as scorers. The race was 20 singles, unknown angles. score was as follows: Syracuse Gun Club, : Mowry. ..11111111111911111101—19 Lefever...11101011101111111111—17 Holden... .1111110111011010011) —15 Ayers ....011U1111101111101101—15 M Smith ..11111111111111111111—20 Strvange...10111101011111110110 —15 M’gomery0111111111011110011—15 D Walters10110101111111001100—13 Hook way.10101131111010111111—15 Holloway.11111110011100011111—15 © Walrersi1111000111111111101—_16 B Smith. .10011000111001111110—1.2 Courtney.1101 1011110110111111—16 Dennison .11111111111110101110—17 Weidman 11111101111111110111—-18 Kine ee 11100000000110101100— 8 Prettie.. ..11110111011110010001—18 Lansing. ..11111101111011111101—17 Agling. ...00111010101010111001—11 Ginty. .-..11110111101101001111—15 507 The Auburn Gun Club. Corning. .17111111111011111111 —19 Devitt... .11101111011111011101—16 Era ts 11011011111111111110—17 W neaton.11110010911010111111—14 Fenes..... 10901111111101101100—13 Chureh.. .1001111011101111111) —16 Sinclair. .01011110011101101110—138 Hebert... ..10171111010111111101—16 Brister. . .10111111111000111111—16 BYV"derloo10111111110100111111—16 Doan...... 1101111 1L077001010101—12 J V'derloo11101100111111011110 —15 Stewart. ..11000111110110111111—14 Wright.. .1101101101000101L011—12 Garrett. ..17111111100111111010—156 Brigdén...11031111111011111010—16 Tuttle. ....11(11011111110011110—16 Wohyte....01011101011111111111—17 Carry. 0 11110101111011111111—17 W hitney..10011111111111111111—18 310 The Auburn clib has now won four consecutive victories (two over Lyons and two over Syracuse) and they justly feel proud of the record. shooting and our challenge badge live-bird sport. Next week I will give you somethin? about our local C. W. B. Watson’s Park Scores, BURNSIDE, IIL, Jan. 20.—EHditor Forest and Stream: The follow- ing isthe score made here to-day by the Audubon Club for the Kerr trophy, 20 live pigeons each under the (proposed) revised Illinois State rules: Kleinmanl1220212212112002111—17 Kern......1120228010002000200— 9 Sheperd. 01222112101212020022—15 Wadsw’th2110022001221 222 2212 —16 Felton... .02102102011021111122—15 ‘ Torking’n10122122102102112211—12 Price .....21221121222020122111—18 Malcolm,.22112120202012020221—_15 Morris., ..10222220002022220000—11 *Reevyes. ..1111122221111112 *Not a. member. Jon. 21.—Score made to-day by Fort Dearborn Club for the Gammon medal won by them in their contest here with the Mil- waukee Field and Trap Association, eau Association rules: A Kleinm’ 2002002221 2010212210—13 Hofman. .02022102222200211202—14 Anson....12212220221111121102—18 GE leinm 122210212011 11112211—18 Griffin. . ..21110202202021202222—1 4 Price:2s.4 11021121012011212112—17 Felton... 12110122101110121111—17 Loveday. .01211102211010110121—15 Bissell. . . 2022020201222 1010200—12 20 live pigeons each, Ameri- Sheperd, ,02112212211221021221—18 Wetschke01100201210000010001— 8 HK leinm’22110001211000010201—11 *Dakes. ..21212122111212121122—20 Airey,...5 0221(1022202201120012—13 Gammon .12121211111011222210—18 Hut’ ain’ o11122112121112222021—19 Wills... -..21112000111211221Lw *Heikes.. 11122011120112201121—17 *Not members. The medal it now the personal property of Dr, Hufehinson. Jan. 22.—Seore made to-day by the Chicago Shooting Club for the Lllinois State Championship, four teams, gold badge of 1887, won by the club’s team. 20 live pigeons each, Illinois State rules: Mussey.. .22122021111102121221—18 Cox 21121212220002222122—17 W adsw7th22 120002102222 w BHide.... .-21122002121222211123 —19 Atwater. .122211122222222 12221—20 Reves ....10201100200121221211—14 Hamlin. ..01221101122112122222—18 Kleinmani1101200110012222022—14 Rock....,-02211121212011220121 17 Bblers, .. .21022121002111122102—16 Steck..... 22211021110111012021—16 *Dukes, ...22120202222122722212 18 *Price..-. 1110100112212w * Willard. .21121212012120122011]—_17 *Not members. Eide being allowed one bird and Hamlin two added to their scores are tied with Atwater for the badge and will be decided next shoot. Same day, Peoria blackbirds, medal, 25 birds each: RECVES... 222-2 s acces ee eens 220 Bre heri eb on Ney ee eee A to ee 22 teck Score made to-day by W. P. Mussey and R.S. Cox in shooting off the tie for the Chicago Shooting Club’s medal at last club shoot, 5 live pigeons each: W P Mussey.........----. 20120—3 Same day, sweep, 5 live pigeons, entrance $3, 60 and 40 per cent., A. A. rules: AG WALDO Reger eee an see 01210—3 G Kleinman.............. 12212—5 IMIMSSGV a cnet csnegins acy e ses 12122—5 Hamlin a a teee se lO210—3 aes to his score: G Burns. Fea ae Rava atelaceh Ato ate otal 20222—4 Reeves... ,..0s-...+. .--+-02012—3 GOR easing pelt ees »21010—3 Sheckan ten pa pasting ie .01202—3 HTGBe eet caste Satta She l21L2—5 e: Rock... . 2. «1121222121011 22212122022021221212102222222()222222—45 .. ,, 021121111:20111211012222122222202020201000221122002--3 —41 Same day, U. Yan Lengerke ys. Bob White, 50 Peoria black- birdseach: ~ O Van Lengerke....... Mra iape 7 43 Bob Vn tase sacs a leakal es 40 RAVELRIGG. Down Mamaroneck Way. Eyery week or so, or as often as the whim seizes them, a num- ber of well-known business men of New York city shoulder their smoothbores, and with ammunition case in hand, flit away fora day’s sportat the traps at Mamaroneck, Westchester county, Their shooting is done at live birds, solely for sport, each man paying for his own birds, and the entry fea being nominal. On Wednes- day. Jan. 18, a little knot of these sportsmen gathered ahout the comfortable fire in Arickson’s Hotel, and after discussing the weather fora while, concluded thar they wanted a little recreation and a number of sweepstakes was theresult. The shooting was done modified Hurlingham rules, and the results are given below. Event No. 1,5 live ergs riteit money, S0yds. rise: ¥ Lawrence.,............ 11— Kolter:.-> 2.22.12 Ide S Arickson. ....-........ W0li—4 J Arickson. ...........,. 00110 —2 D Stuber .....-.....-,225. 11110—4 OC Uroltz.......-......, », GOOLI—2 Event No, 2, same conditions: LBWLelCO.. ec .eee peer ees 10111—4 J Arickson...,........... 01100 —2 (AGE Ze ein slerccrosire eestra the 11100—8 Kolter... ........... .-.. LO00I—2 S Arickson......-+..-.-.- 1001-8 Stuber..........-.......-. 01100 —2 Event No, 3, same conditions: S ATIcksOD......- 62215 - AVI — a> Stolen ee seer cess acacne 10110—3 T@WIPNCE....--000s0eer-- eA LIO—4 Geoltz....2....2-. 0... 11000—2 PATIC KR ROT ae tye tea igen 10101—3 Stuwber.................. .00900—0 A question now arose a3 to the individual superiority as marks- men of Messrs. Lawrence and 8. Arickson, in order to decide which the following match was shot; _ Lawrence......--:-++ 11101001N)—7 § Arickson.......... 1111110111—9 By this time darkness had settled upon the scene and further operations had to be postponed. Neither man was satisfied to yield the palm, however, and in a subsequent issue FOREST AND STREAM will give the result of a match at 25 live birds each, “for blood.” In the Rain at Frenchtown. QurrE a party of enthusiastic liye bird shooters braved the ele- ments on Jan. 19 and went to Frenchtown, N. J., to indulge in their favorite pastime, on invitation of William Apgar, of Apgar’s Hotel. Tie rain came down in torrents nearly all day, but this did not deter the boys from cracking away until the supply of birds was exhausted. The shooting was done from one ground trap. The scores: Hivent No. 1 was at 4 live birds, $3 entry, 7 moneys: an ie. ie. WE Waee....:: +e-s w2112--4 A H Brinker.....-.... 21M—3 O Wm Holjes....--.-:-.. MMoz—3 «21 SGLObt sae. Wee o200—1 James Garner........ aJ20l—8 11 CGC Moore...,.......... .0200—1 Wm Apgar.....--..... 1201-3 20 secon, ; We Hvent No. 2, same eoudi nes except 3 moneys: a, Tie. J Warford..........2111—4 1112) H Stout.,........... 2211—4 11210 Abe Case .....-...-. 2111—4 31121 J Garner........... -1102—3 H Millburn... .--.. 1122—4 11221 W Holjes........... 2101—3 W E Wage.... .---1122—4 21121 Moore....... «+ 2201—3 Wm Aprar.......-- 2lI—4 2llle Hi Hoffman ........ .O110—2 AH Brinker ..,.. 1221—4 Tilo Oo shoot-oif Warford, Cise, Millburn and Wage diy. first; gecond went to Garner, Holjes and Moore; third went to Hoff- man alone. Event No. 8, miss and out, $l entry: FIOVFESs. coe cece ves lollRIZ—8 5 Weare. seis =<: s4 +s 21112212—8 Brinker.... . ..-..-.-11112112—8 Millburn........:.:....11121222—8 Zul2iii-8 Warford. ..... ......21111210—-7 Oas6sces sss sico vores QllT2—8. Garner. 2)... 24. and 7 At this point the birds were gone and the pot was diy. bere “= Saturday at John Erb’s. A GOLD, raw wind, bringing along frequent sanalls of snow, caused a sort of a chilly sensation to creep up and down thespinal columns of those intrepid spottsmen who wended their way to the Old Stone House grounds in Newark on Jan, 23. Among those who braved the elements were Frank Lawrence, one of New York well-known billiard caterers and a man by no means behind the timesin the use of the smooth-bore; Vane Cockefair, the well- known exvert from Bloomfield, and Mr. Vermoral, one of the cracks from Paterson, the city of silk mills and sportsmen, First in order came alittle team race at 15 live birds per man, for the price of the birds, Sam Castle, Sr. and John Erh pitting themselyes against Sam Castle, Jr. and Vane Cockefair. The scores were as appended: : Ties, Gastleymrr(ecviadel ewes c-Wie a tice renee 112110112101221—13 O11 Hs (ZOKGS, oes ce COCO GhBeUeer yn cs Colm 711111120101121—13 111 26 5 Cockefair (B0VGS.). 05.25.0006 6 .ehades seas 12111 2212122212—15 111 Obst ahr (BO yaEs) oT ae, Boe 201202121111010—11 101 26 5 As there seemed no prospect of either team recuring a victory, and other shooters wished to take a hand in the sport. the game was called at the above stage. Chas, M. Hedden was referee and official scorer, and he received a yote of thanks for the faithful performance of his arduous duties. _Next in order came fhe usual run of *Jersey” sweeps, the condi- tions in each being 4 live birds per man, $3 entry, two moneys. modified Hurlingham rules togovern. The results of the first two are here given: No.l. Tie. No. 2: LU ad Pee eee EER bee A ee meted GEE anaes 1111 11 ii Hedden...... Ses res weet Chas tucasanctiges LF eed 12 0222 Cocker S57. aphri tid: even tach eas 111 0 een KO ATE (Sew bre Se Se Deh eee See ia ell 0 1211 Vermoral.....:..:.... Hee eee. . 2 0 1011 CHB He ese Cais nny ioe prepeeoeres TS , 1011 is 2110 Wa WEUCE 437) ee ie ie, cree eee 3 1011 Erb and Hedden divided first on shoot-sff in first event, Castle, Sr., taking second alone. In No.2, Ero and Castle, Jr., divided first; secoud carried over to the next event. Event No. 3, same conditions: : Ties for second. TCR ART estas Seales meeenteey eel eathice F Frashe 1121—¢ CAaSTIG SY: ects baees op Hota ny ene Pane eae (1i1—3 11011 22700111112 LAWEO ICG), Lh. 2.) Sore ad tat gaeeten see Pee 1110—3 111111111121120 JOA Cea are t hp ee ines epee Fry Ae ree) 0111 -3 1111110 Viermoral is eis Aspe ease 2022—3 1110 GCHATION Ui ts) ceed, Ee ee al Sie 1001 —2 This was a hard-fought contest hetween Castle, Sr. and Law- rence, and although the former igs a yeteran at the trade, he found almost his match in the New Yorker, In fact, bad the lat- ter not made the mistake of using his second barrel on his fif- teenth tie bird,a hard driver, after his first barre] had missed fire, the contest might haye been carried on by candle light. As it was, Castle scooped the two pots. The final event, Same conditions. resulted as below: Ties. Erb..... SBA paees 11i—4 Vermoral..... ..:..1012—8 1210 Hedden..........:. O12I—3 «2112 Lawrence.........J0Ul—2 2 Castle, Jr,......... Q222—38 21721 C. H. T. The Essex Gun Club Shoot. JAW. 21 was the date for the regular monthly shoot of the staunch old Essex Gun Club, of Newark, N.J., and a dozen mem- bers waded throngh the mud from the Marion depot to the Jersey City Heights Gun Club grounds, soon after dinner, carrying their shooting irons and things, all ready for hot work. This was the initial shoot of the season, Previous jo the regular club affair Harry E. Smith and Chris Reinhardt had a sociable little “zo,” each shooting at 38 live birds, The match was to have been at 40 birds each, but Curis was shot out on the thirty-eighth round, so jhe match ended there. The scores: Syeit} hile SAR DEBE Abbens Sag barn 11.1212711212211 2001 2221120101121111212—3 Roiphard tee odkeee eee -01111011011011112122121210212100211121 —31 Next in order came a litile ““J+rsaey” sweep, at 4 birds per man, $3 entry, three moneys, the results being as appended; RH Breintnall.... ....... 1221-4 F Van Dyke....-.. Newiew . L012—S Cubeinibardr ceer been 2111—4 L Thomas. .. ...,.,...... 2171-3 TRE WRECHE. be esteem 2221—4 © M Hedden....... i naiemalyx 2010—2 HE Smith........ -.......1220—3 WH Green....... ee 1020—2 Ties were divided. Next came the club shoot for three prizes, 10 liye birds per man, club rules, handic+p rises, the scores.of which are given helaw— Class A shooting at 30vds., B at 23yda. and C at 26yds.; R Breintnall (80)....2211211110-9 H Leddy (28) .....,.. 0121011212 —8 W 4H Green (#0)......2121101921-9 GL Freche (80)...... o121202110—7 G Reinhardt, (80)....0122221211—9 L Schortemeier (80).1112092015o—7 HE Smith (28)...... 11171011219 _D_D Terrill (26)...... 100111221 11—7 OM Hedden (30)..... 2102210112—8 W Hughes (28)...... 0221 109112—7 D Morse (28).... ....2101221102—8 Thomas (28)...._.. 1002100211—6 The rest of the light was utilized by shooting “Jersey” sweepa, with the usual conditions, the scores being as shown, all ties being divided. Sweep No. 2: i : EVEIL SR Teco, ce omi ee pines 2121—4 Breinttall......... yee 2L11—4 Tere als) ee eee apie he Ble 1211-4 TEEN Cea acc eS at mee 1111—4 SOVAT NT EIa S$ sepessteaateieabelign te ¢ wihhi—4 WDeddy............ .-..0...-.01F—8 PTB GST oe tecs cee sasiesuee cao onee 2112—4 Freche.........-.........48 Poll—3 MVE RG als eal teats weep detest 1112—4 Van Dyke............ ....loli—2 Sweep No, 3: ¥ Breintnall..... ......,».-.l121—4 Reinhardt............... . 11284 Theyre pets ee AV Hs. Oree@ne) ose pecusacee neon 1011—3 Lirptit hy eet ee, Ree ela =i 12 Lee! eal & bb t=q p¥ (= pia a SI SR Ee 2011—6 (Elis) fe aber renee Toe I2ZI—4 MOTSG hos snc avecesecnscs OL20-—2 Ae: hoye Odd: ree iil—4 The Emeralds Shoot Well. Tsar monthly medal shoot of the Hmerald Gun Club, which took place at Dexter Park on Jan. 21, called out a big party of members, and the contest was avery close one. The conditions were ten liye birds per man, modified Hurlingham rules, with a medal for A class and one for B and Cclasses. Themenin A class shoot at 28 to 20yds. rise, Band © class men beige handi- paneed lee 27ydsdown, The scores of the shoot are appended in detail: A Clags. G BR Enowlton (28)..1211101211—9 Dr Allen (28)........ .2020101011—# HE Doenick (28)....... 11002222118 G Nowak (28)........ 1100320101—6 GV Hudson (28)....-1110011202—7 J H Voss (30).... ... 1120120901—6 L Schortemeier (80).0011122022—7 P Butz (28)........... 0001111100—4 LG Goehring (30)...0021121010—6 J Maedel (28)..... .. 14)1021100—4 Classes B and C. N Maesel (25).... ... 1101112111—9 W Thompson (25)... .0000102211—5 W Hartye (25)....... 1110001221—7 H Than (25)...... ...0102120100-—5 BR Regan (21)........- Q211011021—7 J Say (25)............ 0 111100200—4 S P Leveridge (238)..2221001002—6 T Cody (25) .-....... 0001100210—4 M Quinn (21) .......,1012100120—6 O Horth (2) ......... 1002100010—4 W Klein (2a).... . ..2110102200—6 LE Ryan (2])........0001022U10—4 Knowlton won the A Class medal and the B and OC class medal went to Maesel. A Pleasant Letter. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Jan. 18.—Hditor Forest and Stream: I haye been a constant reader of the FOREST AND STREAM for about one year, and I find it to tbe the leading sporting paper of the United States. Allow me to congratulate you on the able-bodied way you pub- lish your paper, especially the scores. Any one can understand them. I wish you much success, and may all the clubs of the United States send you their scores, s0 you will still have to en- large your paper. Ags soon as the Conshohocken Gun Club opens their season for trap-shooting you can count on Us a8 sending you our scores, May all other clubs do the same, Weare strangers but will be friends. Yours fraternally, Gro. H. KRIEBED, Sec, C. G. C. and M. @ OC.. and Cor. Sec. W. C, G. C, The Erie Gun Club. THE monthly prize shoot of this organization was held at Morris > Park on Jan. 20. the conditions neing 7 liye birds per man handicap rises. The results follow: © Plate (@8yds.) ........ 1122711—7 A Still @6)!,...... ..... 21001215 M Hayd D Lynch (21) .......4.. 1221120—6 J Plate (25) Ee ees \ CG Tericho (28)..........-A111210-6 W = Sehnitze (25).... ...1021100—4 O Leehrgon (71) ....- ..101J011—5 W Alesson (26)....... ..1020000—2 First prize went to Plate, second to Greeters and third to Leehrs son, T. Doyle was official scorer. JAN. 38, 1892. ] FOREST AND STREAM. O41 Way up in Vermont. Putney, Vb., Jan. 23.—Inclosed you will find a report of the last shoot of the Putney-Rod and Gun Cinb held Jan, 23. We expect to open the season about April 1 with an increased attendance, Will pant Brores aren ty, BE we get eee if” in good apes Tt am yery much pleased with FOREST AND STREAM in . Ww zB Sy eri IMIOLIL1011111-—18 CG Willard11!01110001001000111—11 L Crosby. 1011011 1001N11i—16 Paki ber NOLO OOOO 10 Ganoging. OLUB REPRESENTATION AT THE MHET.—The early weeks of the year are always marked by a renewed activily in canoeing circles, the dull season of the early winter being broken by the club meetings, annual dinners and similar gatherings, Just now, when plans are being made for the coming season, is the time for the A. G. A. members in the various clubs to take up the matter ot attendance at the meet. Itisaduty which every club owes to itself to make a creditable showing at the great annual gather- ing; nothing does so much to increase the interest and spirit of the members, or to establish the reputation and standing of a club among canoeists, as a creditable showing at the meer. This may be made in various ways; three or four energetic racing men, even though none of them are cracks, may by energy, caretul practice and good boats properly fitted, place their club in the front from % racing standpoint; those of the cruising men who can spare the time can makea fine showing by a cruise to the camp, living in the real olc-lashioned j1880 cruising style with a good cruising outfit, Any club which can muster half a dozen members in camp can make a name for itself by a neat uniform, a well arranged club encampment, a yocal or instrumental quar- tette with a few good sougs for the camp-fires, or any other means of contributing to the general enjoyment. Members who are planning to be present will find it far pleasanter, especially if they are new comers, to bea part of a well organized club dele- gation rather than to camp alone; and they should urge their friends and associates to join them. Of course the labor and ex- pense of transportation, especially of cances and outfit, are but little greater for half a dozen or a dozen than for one. lf anything is ta be done, now is the time for ec'ion, before other plans are made. The Mohican C. C. has already taken the matter in hand; now what is the New York OC. 0. doing, the Knickerbocker, the Rochester, the Ianthe, the Toronto, the Springtield, the Vesper, the Puritan? Itis time that all were at work, and that as soon as plans were made they should be an- nounced in order to encourage others. Enough is known now about Willsboro Point to give every assurance of a most succese- ful meet; the expertence of last year has shown where great im- provements can be made, which, with the recognized advantages of the location, will insure convenient transportation. good mesls and @ fine camp ground. The meet of 1892 should and probably will be the largest and most successful ever held. WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION.—In spite of the manifest advantages of Ballast Island in many ways, there has been a strong feeling for some time that the interests of the W.C. A. de- manded a change of site, and this year the movement has been successful, the decision of the executive committee being in favor ot ameet at Oshkosh, Wis. The move has been made none too soon, a5 the cramping influences of a fixed camp with all the at- tractions and surroundings of a summer resort have been strongly felt inthe W.C. A. Inspite of the expense and labor attending a frequent change of location, it is only by such moyes to each part of its territory in turn that an association can preserve its essential characteristics and ayoid the danger of becoming a Jarge local club. MORE BEAM IN CANOES.—A few weeks ago we quoted and commented on # proposal made by the Field to enlarge the limits of beaminacanoe. We quote this week the same suggestion in filler detail, from which it appears that the interests of the 20in, canoes are to be fully conserved. Whileit is possible that little harm may result, if seems to us best for the good of canoeing that the admission of a totally different type of craft to all canoe uses should be discouraged. THE CANOEISTS’ CLUB OF NEW YORK. Slong ago as 1883 the canoeists of New York arranged and A carried out a very pleasant and interesting series of winter meetings or campfires, as they were then called; social gatherings at which many practical matters connected with canoeing and club ol ganization were discussed; the result being that many new recruits were added to the exisLing clubs, while new clubs were organized in various places. The meetings were mostly held at the rooms of the Kit Kat Club, a lecture being given by one of ibose interested. Last yeara similar scheme was inaugurated and succe-sfolly carried under the management of the New York C.c. This season a new attempt bas been made on a still larger scale by the canoeists of New York city and vicinity, all or nearly ali memhers of the Atlantic Division of the A. C. A. Very com- fortable quarters have been leased in the old Raquet Club Buila- ing,No. 65 W.26'h street. which are open every evening,and the fol- lowing officers have been elected: Pres,, L W. Seavey, Knicker- bocker C. C.; Vice-Pres.. William 8. Elliott, Marine and Field Club: Secty, James K. Hand, Knickerbocker C. C.; Treas , Frank OL. Dunuell, Brooklyn C. C.: Conucil: The officers ¢2 officio, end William Whitlock, New YorE ©. C.; Robert H. Peebles. Unat- tached Canoeista; William R. Haviland, Yonkers C. C.; J. Herbert Bage. Crescent Athletic Clnb; Lincoln B. Palmer, fantbe CO, C. The rooms were opened early this month and will remain open until May, the dues being $6. Monday night is the special meet- ing night. On Jan, 18 Mr. W.T. Wintringham gave an exhibi- tion of canoeing views froma large enllection of lantern slides which he hasmade. On Jan. 24 Mr. Poultney Biglow descmbed to an interested audience his recent cruise down ihe Danube, his companions, Messrs Willet and Parsors being present. SUGGESTIONS FOR A CENTERBOARD. Editor Forest and Stream: . ; : n Ti Mr, Silsbee, who has giyen an iJlustration of his proposed centerboard (and which by the way is very cleve1)in your issue of Jan. 14, wishes to carry his experiments further let him make the board Darrower aud im two sections, that is rivet togethertwo similar plates side by side, but far enough apart to inclose a thin space, and {hen puta stop ar each end to Jimit the extent of drop, Let the inclosed space be sufficient for another plate to work in and tasten the lifting and lowering deyice to the short arms of the central plate by passing through the arms of the main hoard. He willthus be enabled to nearly double the area of his board when down, use Jess keel. and thinner material] if desirable, or by using heavy plate get good low down ballast, and also reduce the height of the trunk and gain more room ilhereby, CAYUGA, KNICKERBOCKER Y. C.—The following officers have been elected for 1892: Mr. Alired Vsrian, who has heen the secretary of the club tor 12 years, declined a re-election, his present home being too far distant from the club station, Com.—A. N. Holden, sloop Alice, Vice Com.—H#. B, Clark, launch Vida. Rear Com.— H. Stephenson, cuiter Nanita. Sec.—O. H. Cheljborg, Treas— Charles Coughtry, Mear.—E. P. Mowton. Plest Surgeon—Dr. B. Ringer. Board of Directors—H. M, Macdonald, ©, R. Smith, Jr., G. K. Rosenquest, George Gage and W. H. Ward. SEAWANHAKA C. Y.C.—A steam launch, 42ft, over ail, 8ft, berm and sit, drait, is now building by Seabury &} Co,, of ane) Nyack THE MISSISSIPPI. in 188s. BY COMMODORE GEO. W. GARDNER AND WM, H. ECKMAN. Wee Tabout to spin the yarn of our cruise to an audience of or- dinary Jand libbers, Ishould proeeed at onee to enter upon the story of peril, hardship and adventures; but as I find myself be- fore a congrégation of intelligent, learned and experienced old sea dogs, afew preliminary remarks of a scientific nature seem neces- sary. Gur eruise extended from Pork to Banana, that is to say, from Cin- cinnati to New Orleans, through boundless areas of corn, cotton and sugar; and ibis to be understood that these several vegetable growths do not affiliate. Where it’s corn it’s all corn, where it’s cotton it’s all eotton; and neilher corn nor cotton invade the domain of -ugar cane. There’s no option—it’s corn, cotton, sugar, or nothing—that is so far as the raw material is concerned. Corn juice has been found in the cotton belt, and there are several well-authenticated cases where it has got down as low as the sugar belt—indecd it has gone down below many other belts, sometimes straight, sometimes in the seductive form of a cocktail, My experience, however, is limited, Cotton has gone up and down, and it’s a singular fact that we found numerous aboriginal savages as low down as Honduras and Guatemala wearing cotton shirts and nothing else, others were clothed in the same man- ner without the shirts. The waterway passing through these broad areas of corn, cotton and sugar, is a lawless, relentless, resistless surge of. liquid mud, con- tributing nothing in itself to the enjoyment or pleasure of the yoyager upon its broad yellow bosom, The lower Mississippiis a monster, which has ever defied, and probably always will defy, man’s elforts te restrain it and keep it wifbin bounds, Its channel is con- stantly shifting, invariably tending westward. In time—if time lasts long enough—the Mississippi Valley will be somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, and the future canoer will then niiss the corn, cotton and sugar fringe of the river banks, The winds in the Mississippi Valley are as regular as grandfather's clock, They have no oceasion for weather vanes in that section, as it always blows one way—up stream (bear in mind we were going down). Theriver is yery crooked, at times doubline upon itself for miles, but it’s a fact, and Vl produce our log to substantiate it, that the wind was always dead ahead regardless of bends, crooks, turns, angles ar sinuosities. Jhis wind usually sets outin the Gulf of Mexico as an innocent zephyr, treighted with the trazrance of the tropics; as it apploaches the confines of civilization it grows as formal and stifi as a Presbyterian elder; later on, that is to say higher up, it de- velops into masses of frigid ozone, and finally terminates in that exclusively northern production known as 4 cyclone. On the ocea- sion of our cruise, however, a special dispensation seems to have been ordered, and we had more cyclone than zephyr—by a yery large majority. With these few scientific preliminaries I will proceed to unfold the tale of our midwinter cruise. Yhere were two of us, a pair, not a very good pair to draw to, as each one of rhe pair had a skin full of aches and pains, a choice col- lection of rheumalics and neuralgia, and the diversity of opmion— medical, expert and otherwise—as to the result of our yenture was contusing; but we lefo the croakers and our good clothes behind, donned a suit of butternut duck, stepped into our i4ft. craft, 30in. beam, af Cincinnati on a raw ‘Thanksgiving morning, paddled out into the swift ugly stream, with the dull November clouds and a dense veil of black smoke overhead, waved a last farewell to our friends On shore, and drifted under the great bridge with New Or- Jeans 1500 miles away. Tbhirsy-four days atter, on New Years morn- ing, we landed cold, wet, muddy, and hungry at the Crescent City, We left Cincinnati as Lsaid on Thanksgiving morning, and not being innured to work, nor quite free from bone aches, made short runs and early camps. averaging about 30 miles between 8 A. M. and 4 to 4:30 P,M. Later oo a steady puil of 50 miles and evea more in 10 hours was al) easy rio, made without great exertion or weariness; and as our canoes were Sharp fore and att, and drew but four inches, it Gam be seen thab the current was of but little assistance. It was in fact a steady paddls, as in all the distance we did not have to exceed 24 hours of rair sailing’ breeze. The constant raising and falling of the waters of the two great rivers renders the shore in many places entirely inaccessible, and we invariably experienced difficulty in finding a camping ground, On this account aud for other reasons, these streams are not desirable to cruise upon; to this tact may, at least in a measure, be attributed the entire aoseuce of craft devoted to reereation or pleasure. To follow the log closely would consums more time than is allotted and I will therefore select a few pages ab random—reserying the balance, together with wise deductions and philosophical moralizing, for some possible future occasion. At the outset, by an implied understanding, the ight weight assumed charge of the culinary de- partment, while the other discharged the onerous duties Lf chamber- maid, and ina few days our respecbive duties were so evenly balanced that the evening meal, (we had but two) would be served at the same moment that the pitching of the tent and making of the bed was completed—the sainerule neld good at the breakfast. This had its disadvantages as well as its advantages, as on at least one notable occasion & simultaneous demand tor the single hatchet in the ontfit bred an incipient riot in the camp. The cook had hacked out a section of cuticle while chopping drift wood; had raised a liyely blister in a vain endeavor to rescue a toppling coffee pot—the con- tents of whica had extinguished the fire; had upset the lantern, leaving all thiogs in darkness, and set his rubber clad foot in a skillet of frying bacon. The chambermaid had been equally as enterpris- ing—tent cords were in 4 Suarl, tent pins were refractory, blankets were mislaid and—* Where’s that hatchet”? came like an angel whisper simultaneously from both sides of the camp, The elements seemed to grasp the situation and a hush fellon allthings. ‘ Where's that hatchet?*? This occurred near Posey county, Indiana, and as one of its citizens had informed us that Posey county was the wickedest corner of the American Union we felt somewhat relieved, hoping that our httle outbreak woul be overlooked in the general and universal wickedness. Our first bill of fare may be taken as an example of all, there being an occasional yariation of fresh meat, devilled ham, lobster, and other Ganned edibles—it was this—fried bacon, poratoes and hard tack fried in the bacon fat, baked beans, pickled onions, coffee, toothpicks, and a pipe. For our stomacn’s sake a hot punch on retiring, and for several evenings at the ontset, of earnst recom- Mendation, three grains of quinine. Writing up the log tinished the day and by 8 o’clock (rarely jater) we had turned in, We were at firstiuclined to bea trifle fresh with the homespun, butternut clad natives, but that soon wore off, as we began to tully realize that our ratber unique costume gave us at least an appearance of being no beiter than we shouid be, The first stab was admin- istered the second day out at Sugar Creek, 62 miles below CUmcinnati —we had pulled into the creek, made a landing, and were preparing to go into camp; when there appeared on the bridge spauning the ereek a frowsy headed damsel, a sort of symphony in red hair, red face and red dress, This fizure silhouetted against the setiing sun, which was ablaze ina glory of red clouds, stirred ihe poetic young- ster andin his mildest voice he said, *- Pair maid, can you give us our bearings, indicate tous Fhe particular section of fairyland we are in?’? The maid replied, ‘‘ You must think you’re smart, don’t you, but you aint.” ‘No, but tell us wheres we are,” ma milder fone. ‘“ Yes, but [shan’t, and if you don’t get out ’U set dad’s dog on you.” The conversation was dropped, as dad’s dog was an un- known quanity that we had no use for just then, : Some days after we had an experience somewhat similar, but with amore agreeable sequence; there wasa’t any prospective dog this time, We had pulled out of Louisville at 2 o’clock. made the dash over the falls of the Ohio, of which more anen, and having caught some dampness in the operation, concluded to go into camp under a roof, and the town of Bridgeport, Ind., 12 miles below Louisville, was determined on. Our guide-book informed us that Bridgeport was a town of 200 inhabitants, where boat building was carried on quite extensively, We were skiriing along the Kentucky shore, wito an eye to windward to discover this enterprising town when a nondescript craft, 4 cross bebween a Chinese junk and a threshing machine, hove in sight near the other shore; a ferryboat propelled by two horses— that is to say an assorbment of ponv and horse hide, tramping ma circle on the main deck and thus turning two spavined wheels, ‘The erew corsi-ted of father and son, both fitted to their vocation and surroundings, F i Haying sized up the craft we hailed the master—‘' Ahoy stranger, where’s Bridgeport?” “If you were here you would be there,’’ came the somewhat par- adoxical answer. We got there. ‘Can we finda place here to put up over night?” was ole hexu query as we clambered on deck, The modern Charon eyed us closely for a moment, sized up our brown physiognomies and onr butternut iogs and then knocked us oyer with, ‘* Wall, I don’t know aboutthat. What be you any way—chicken thieves?” Slipping out of our wniformes, our shore clothes being underneath, we had no difficulty in sati-fying his scruples and Mr. Ned Smith, the ferry-man, housed us in his saug little cottage, half a mile back from the landing, gave us a supper and a breakfast, and in company with the entire family escocted us to the canoes in the morning and waved us bon jour. ‘ P " Our host’s family consisted of himself, his wife, four strapping a buxom daughter and a pretty visiting niece from Cunada, he most enjoyable feature of a pleasant evening in this goodly DOWN A Canoe Cruise company was the Host’s account of himself. An Irish immigrant, married soon atter arriving, drifted to Ney Orleans, got scared ap sin and wickedness of the city, declared his conviction that the thin erust of dirt of which the city was built would some day break up, started north on a steamboat, froze in at Bridgeport, disembarked (this was in 1850), found the whiskey was good, cheap and plenty, and stayed. Iwould like, had I time, to pay a tribute to this good- natured, jolly, happy-go-lucky son of the old sod for his hospitality, but may ony say that the memory of our sojourn under his roof is an abiding one, even though he did injeet bitterness into our souls by suggesting chicken thievery. Faith in our guide book was rudely shaken by Smith’s assertion that the town never had over £0 inhab- itants, he never knew of a boat having been built there, and as to Blakesville, 6 miles below, as the guidé book had it, he never heard of the place. We pulled into Louisville on Dec. 2, the last 8 miles of a long day's paddle being made in the darkness. Ican dono better than quote literally from the log. _ “Sun had set in a crimson glory flecked with shimmering gold, and the pale crescent moon gazed down coldly and calmly on our struggles with the paddles, the evening star gleamed brightly in the lingering streak of color in the west, and a thin yeil of murky smoke floated across the horizon from the chimneys of Louisville. The eolor faded from the sky, giving place to the cold blue of night, with it went the many ever changing hues of the water; deep shadows gathered on all sides, taking upon themselves weird and ghostlike forms. The tower and twin smokestacks of the water works stood as tall, grim, silent sentinels over the waste of waters; the sound of the flood tumbjing over the falls came floating up from below like fhe echo of an endless chant. It was a lonesome stretch with, how- ever, €nough of peetic charm to kill monotomy, while the uncer- tainty as to our proximity to tne falls gave some zest to the situation. We passed through a shute behind an island. encountered a forest of snags and amaze of coal barges; edged up near shore, not knowing but that we might af any moment be caught in the rapids and hur- ried into the falls. A blue light ahead became an unknown but wel- come beacon.”’ “Hello! Boat ahoy! Will you please show us 4 light and give us a hand to make a landing?” ‘Aye, aye. Are you the canoers from Cleyeland?" came the unex- pected bul. welcome reply. That night and the next day we were the euests of Captain Wm, M. Devan, of the Louisville Lite Saving Station, and right royally did ha entertain us,” Among the mail received at this point was a letter from Dr. Neide, Secretary of the American Canoe Association, who had gone oyer the falls in a much larger boat than ours the year previous, advising us notto attempt it. Captain Devan also urged our going through thé canal, Butit was not to be thought of. Ours were the smallest craft in which the jump had been attempted. The stage of the river was 6ft. lin., giving a fall of 28£t. in about a mile and a half, through a tortuous channel flanked by great masses of rock, against and around which the water dashed and eddied and swirled in a wild and boister on fury. We started from the Life Saving Station ab? o'clock in the afternoon, with a lowering sy overhead and a cold raw breeze ahead, Captain Devan preceded us in his large lifeboat, manned ty four lusty oarsmen. We followed in his wake, with instructions to obey bis word or motion after getting into the whirl. Paddling out mto the stream we got our first view of the falls. It had a ticklish look, but we werein for it and with a swish we were into it, This is what the log says: * Hatches were bavtened tight, every nerve was at concert pitch, the trusty paddle was tightly held, prepared for any possible emer- geucy that flood or rock might bring. With a rush the Cuyahoga plunged into the surge, the spray tumbling oyer the forward deck aud into my face. On the starboard quarter twenty feet away the City of Cleveland was dashing ahead in gallant style, and beyond was the life-boat with Captain Devan standing up shouting his quick commands. ‘* Starboard—Port—Steady,”' Then there came a moment when neither the Commodore nor the Captain had any interestfor me. Hither Captain Devan had given his command too late, or [had been too slow to obey, and, eaught in the eddy, I was being carried up stream at the rate of about 7,000 kuots a minute, so far as I was able to calculate the time. *“Come about, come about;’’ shouted the Captain,in a voice to resurrect the dead. Welll was working the lee end of my paddle over the port rail of that obstinate, self willed, measly Racine canoe with a zeal that was simply frantic. but the brass bound nosecf the crazy craft kept a point up stream and sizzled and cavorted over the foam as though seven devils were after her. NowTI leayeit fo any reasonable man if, under such circumstances, the innocent victim was called upon to Submit to being yelled at to ‘‘ Come about,” “T recalled a large and choice collection of miscellaneous profanity which would have fitted the occasion, but had neither time nor energy t3 spare to fire it off. Had Idoneso I think that good-natured but unreasonable life-saver would have shrivelled away into some diaphanous nowhere and been heard of no more, “T never brought that canoe about atall, and ITsuppose if it had not been for an accommodating back action eddy, I should still be going up stream tothe music of a loud and sonvrous *‘ Come about.” it makes me tired to think of that pull. After I got about and went scurrying down stream again 1 diseoy- ered the City of Cleviand had also yone on a tangent, making Dexter time towards a breaker, big enough and hungry enough to swallow an entire Anierican navy. Holy Smoke! how that cédar shell did plow through the water. but there was a bunch or so of iron muscle in that cockpit, and the muscle conquered, not however without catching a tub full of that breaker.” Days followed days, some cold, some warm, some dry, some wet, aud each day brought its incidents of pleasure or hardship. The canoer cannot be sociable en route, as it is impossible for any two addlers te remain for any length of time within speaking distance, or hours we were not only ont of speaking distance but out of sight, and yet at no time was there a sense of lynesomeness, Dull and un- interesting as the river and country is, there was always some feat- ure or circumstance to relieve the monotony. Probably the nearest approach to the lonesome feeling during the crnise was experienced mm the 50 miles run from Paducah to Cairo made Dec. 13. We had been most hospitably entertained at the for- mer place by Captain Godey and other gentlemen, all of whom and the usual complement of small boys escorted us to the landing to see us embark, The morning was raw and ecld, and very soon a drizzling rain set in which continued uninterruptedly. Before noon a, semi-darkness followed, which shnt out from yiew eyery animate and inanimate thing beyond a radius of ten feet, We had agreed to make Cairo. We mada if, bub despite tight fitting hatches, rubber eoats, hats, boots and gloves we were soused to the skin, soaked to the marrow, but as dry as tinder inside. It was a long, dreary, solitary. moist, uncomfortable, never to be forgotten day of dip and paddle, drip aud drizzle. Even the consolation of a pipe or cheroot was denied us as nut a spark would live in the aul permeating moisture. If will forever remain a question as to which of us arriyed at Cairo first, but there never can be any question as to who was the most thoroughly soaked, as n0 mortal could be more soaked than either or both, not barring the chap who on another notable occasion ob- seryed to Noah that he didn’t believe ‘twould be much of a shower anyway. It may not be entirely uninteresting at this point, where we leave the Ohio and dip into the Mississippi, to introauce you to captain and crew and describe the outfit, It will hardly be worth while to fo into the details of size, features. weight and antecedents of the two individuals, who constituted all hands; but a word about their twin make up is worth handing down to prosterity. It was simple— a baggy roundabout buttoned toa pair of baggier pantaloons, both made of butternut duck; simple in material and construction, but, my sympathetic friends, those roundabouts and pants developed such improbable possibilities, suggested such thoughts, aroused such fears and hopes, and created such divergent and irreconcilable moods of hilarity and despondency, as to kKeeep our minds in a constantly un- settled state, We could never be certain as to what new and unsus- pected shape those garments might take upon themselyes. The wrinkles and kioks were a sigit to behold in their calmest moments, but when they took a notion it wasa picnic. McGinty was nowhere in kis best suit, There were hills and valleys, yes, mountain tops and canyons, of butternut duck, not always in the same place, butin any place, and in Lhe most unlikely places, The seribe in his Jog says, “A great fear took possession of us, that we might grow to fit those duck suits. That as the suit would not conform to our bodies, our bodies might in an unguarded mo- ment mould themselves to the suit. These suits, besides winning for us the title of chicken thieves at Bridgeport, caused us to be mistaken for raftsmen at Paducah, where wé could get no civil treat- ment from the wharfmaster until the togs were shed, and at Cairo ‘*No river pirates could pull their skiffs on to the wharfboat,”’ but the gentlemen canoers from Cleveland were accorded every court- esy.” [ro BE CONTINUED,] AMERICAN Y, C.—Arrangements haye been made by Com, Watt for a steamer between Milton Point and New York, East 24th St, She willleave Milton Point at 8 A. M., reaching New York at 9:30, returning in the afternoon, FOREST AND STREAM. (JAN. 28, 1882. === re = = - et = ee eee SAIL PLAN—RACING CANOE. A NEW RACING CANOE. Ww: reproduce from the Yachisman the accompanying design for a racing Canoe, the sail plan being disno3zed of according to the rule and practice in England, the mainsail much larger than the mizen. The hull which is to carry this sail plan is cut away aft accordingly. HARTFORD C. C. HE annual reunion and dinner of the H. C. C. took place at The Heublein on Jan, 23, The tables were handsomely deco- rated with the colors of the A.C. A. and the Hartford, Mohican and Springfield clubs. By the side of each plate was a small, miniature white satin flag, bearing the sailing totem of the club— ared star and cre cent. The menu was printed on white satin, headed by the club totem. The banquet was served at 8 P, M., and thirty six members and guests sat down to one of the app-- tizing spreads for which this hostelryis famous, The following rominent cancemen were guests nf the club: Com. Winne and W. Howard Brown. of Albany: F. A. Nickerson, A, R, Patterron, E. ©. Knappe and Mr. Parsons, of the Springfield club were also present. Patterson’s Submarine Band, consisting of banjos, guitars and mandolins, did gond work duving the evening in en- -Iivening the assembly Pres. Parnell, in a neat and pilhy speech, introduced Com. Winne,vho did his duty by the Association ina very effective speech, at the same time expressing his pleasure at being present. By special request the * Controlling Tufinences of Drink” and “*McPluffy’s Canoe” were delightfully rendered. The Com. was elected an honorary member of the H.C. C, and presented with a silk flag of this club. Mr, Nickerson gave some ideas ef canoeing and camping at the annual meets; the same “Old Nick.” Mr. Brown was called upon, and as usual was most jnteresting in his remarks, The dinner was a great success throughout, and will be long remembered as a most pleasant affair. Though the Commodore’s stay in Hartford was necessa- rily short, it is very apparent already that his visit did much to strengthen and enlarge the firm hold which the Association has in this vicinity. NARRAGANSETT BOAT CLUB.—Proyidence, KR. I,, Jan. 20.— Editor Forest and Stream: At the annual meeting of this club on Jan. 12 the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Board of Governors: Pres., Hiram Kendall; Vice-Pres., John Shepard, Jr,; Sec’y, Chas. E. Hudson; Treas., Chas. W. Rhodes; Capt., Chas. H. Gurnes: Lieut.. Frank A. Sheldon; G vernors, James S. Aborn, Alonzo E, Flint, Stephen Waterman; Auditor, Frauk Bowen. The vast year nas becn one of unequaled success not- withstanding the boating season has been short owing to the late- ness in completing our new boat house (vuilt to replace the old one destroyed by fire on Dec. 6, 1890). Our membership has in- creased very much, owing greatiy to the new house and elegantly equipped navy; also to the easy accommodations for reaching there, only ten minutes ride from the venter of the city. Our prospects are of the brightest for ihe next season. Assuripg you of the high appreciation we have of your valued paper, I am, Cnas. E. Hupson, Sec’y. MOHICAN ©. © —The annual meeting of the Mohican C. C. formed the first part Of avery pleasant camptire of the club on Jan. 15 at the residence of Mr. Howard Brown, The following officers were elected: Capt.,C. W. Winné; Mate, Wm, Martin; Purser, W. H. Hackett; member of Executive Com., Harry Miller. The year has been a very successful one ior the Turtles, the mem- bership of the club has increased, the finances are in a very satis- factory condition, the purser’s report showing an income of $1,- 368.04 and an expenditure of $1,211.37, leaving a good balance, and the club made a most ¢reditabe showing at the A. C. A. meet. The members are already at work in preparation for a large rep- Tesentaiion next August,and they are determined that the club shall do credit to its captain, Commodore Winné. WESTERN ©. A.—The Secretary-Treasurer of the W.C.A., Mr. 0. A. Woodruff, Dayton, O., will be glad to hear of canoeists not members of the W.C.A., or who have not attended the meets; especially those in the vicinity of the coming campin Wisconsin. He will furnish all information in regard to mem- bership, transportation, etc. : AN ANCIENT BRITISH CANGE.—A boatman named Swabey, living at Hust M Jesey, has just found in the bed of the Thames at Hampton Court what appears to be a relic of early British times—an ancient British canoes, made of the trunk of a tree, the interior having been burned or scooped out, A.C. A, MEMBERSHIP.—Atlantic Division; Butler, M.D.; O, R, Richards, Glentworth R. DESIGN FOR RACING CANOK UNDER ROYAL C. C. RULES. GOSSOON, cutter, Messrs. Adams’ 40-footer, has been sold by Stewart & Binney to C, A. Morse, owner of the 30-footer Saracen. Wo. 2, who will use her for cruising. PURITAN C. ©.—We have received a very tempting invitation to the annual dinner of the Puritan C. C. on Jan. 30. ddachting. Small Yachis. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $10. Steam Yachts and Caunches. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $8. Yachts, Boats and Canoes. By C. Stansfield-Hicks. Price $3.59. Steam Machinery. Bi Donaldson. Price $1.50. SIZE VS. QUALITY.—A striking instance of that worship of mere size, which has worked such injury to yachting in the past, is found in the recent action of the Nominating Committee of the New York ¥.C.in omitting the name of Vice-Commodore E. D. Morgan from the list of nominees. Mr, Morgan is to-day one of the most conspicuous figures in American yachting, not merely as the owner of the most noted yacht since the days of the America, but as the best representative of the younger and more active racing element in the club. He has done more within the past five years to promote the designing, building and racing of yachts than any three other yachtsmen in the world, having in commis- sion through the whole of each season a large private fleet of steam craft and sailing yachts. To him is due at least a part of the credit for the production of Gloriana, a yacht whose fame exceeds even the famous Burgess trio of cup defenders, and which is probably the fastest yacht for her size afloat to-day. The omis- sion of Vice-Commodora Morgan’s name after he has filled the office creditably for a year, and with most of the old officers re- nominated, is emphasized by the fact that his proposed successor, theugh an old and popular member of the club,is in no way prominent as a representative of racing, cruising or other inter- ests, but was chosen because he is a part owner of one of the older schooners. The reason given for the change is that ‘by an un- written law of the club” the commodore must beasteam yacht owner and the vice-commodore a schooner ewner. When elected last year Mr. Morgan was the owner of the huge schooner Constel- lation, a yacht noted chiefly if not entirely for her size, and it now appears that by the sale of this craft he has rendered himself in- eligible for re-election, in spite of his present ownership of Glori- ana. Two logical conclusions may be drawn from these facis, that the club elects flagships rather than flag officers, and that its uuwritten laws are as badly in need of amendment as some of the written ones. The sequel to the action of the Nominating Committee will not be known untilthe election on Feh. 4, as an opposition ticket, containing the names of Vice-Commoadore Mor- gan and Rear Commodore W. Butler Duncan, Jr., ha# been posted in the club house. MINIMUM LIMITS TO BALLAST.—Among the many odd proposals for the regulation of building and racing that have been made within the past year in England, one of the most unreason- able, as well as one af the latest, is to the effect that every yacht must carry a weight of metal ballast equal to one ton for each half unit of rating; thus a 20-rater, such as Jessica, would be com- pelled to carry 10 fons, a 244-rater, such as Smuggler or Needle, would be compelled to carry at Jeast 144 tons of lead. While, in the event of the proposal being adopted, the limit might be placed so low as to work no harm, the principle involved is a wrong one; as it can hardly be disputed that the ideal yacht is the one which carries the least possible weight of ballast consistent with safety and speed. While we would never advocate the taxing of ballast» at the same time the designer should be left perfectly free to pro- duce the best possible craft with the least possible ballast. It is possible that some limitations may be necessary to meet the case which has given rise to this curious proposal, but, whatever form they may take, nothing but harm can come from a rule compell- ing the general use of large proprrtions of ballast, : MR, BURGESS AND SIS WORK.—On Jan, 12 Mr. W. EL Waterhouse was present at a meeting of the Philadelphia Y. C. and delivered a yery interesting talk on the subject of Mr. Bur- sess and his work as a designer, including in his remarks much of a practical nature concerning designing and construction. INSTRUCTION IN NAVAL ARCHITECTURE,—A correspon- dent informs us that the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has this year added am elective course in naval architecture to the fourth year studies in the mechanical course. THE “GLORIANA FISHERMAN.”—From all accounts, the new fisherman Jas. S Steele, known as the “Gloriana Fisherman” from her peculiar model, has proved a great success, although not ballasted in a way to do justice to her model. Her amateur de- signer, Mr. T, F. McManus, has every reason to feel proud of her, MODERN SHEERPLANS. Wills the midship is pow, as it always has been, the moat important factor in yacht desigaing,it has been thrown somewhat into the shade of late, while fashion at least, and let us hope something more substantial in the way of science and com- mon cense, has been busy with the sheer plan and lateral plane. Wor many years under the influence of the tonnage rule in Eng- land and various Jength or bulk rules in America, the lateral plane, and in fact the entire sheer plan, remained almost un- changed, while the moditications of the midship sections were in- numerable, From Musquito of 1848 to Vanessa in 1873 and Maggie in 1878, and even Jater boats up to 1885, the sheer, overhang and keel contour showed no marked diffsreices; and in the same way on this side the sloops and schooners of 1880 had the identical snub ends, rank sheer, Straight keel and plumb sternpost of 1870 or even 1860, The changes that were but gradual between 1880 and 1885, on both sides of the Atlantic, haye become rapid and extreme Lo a startling degree within three vears, the triangular ouiline in- dicated in Thistle and realized in Minerva and Yama haying been followed by the abnormal ourlines of Gloriana, the Rogers boat, Dilemma and the British yachts of smali rating; while even more fantastic shapes are Dow on papar and may beseen in wood and lead by next June. We take from the Field the following inter- esting summary of the history oi the changes of sheer plan within the last fifty years: : “The attempts to introduce a very raking stem or keel forty years ago did not generally succeed, although we had such notable successes as America, Kitten and Lulworth. Indeed, the deep gripe or fore-foot seemed to hayé so many advantages that the square toe was fashionable until about a decade ago. The great depth given to the new style of length-class boat about 188i, and the now familiar teachings on surface friction and the repeated enunciation of the fact that, if a vessel’s head can quickly fall off the wind, it can as quickly come to, had a great deal todo with the gradual merging of the keel and stem into a straight line. It is curious, however, to refiect that the notion of this ex- isted in the inventive brain of the late Lieutenant Dempster, of the Indian Navy, and in 1846 he actually built himself a yacht 21 Tt. on the water-line which literally had no keel, as keels were then understood. He said he took the idea from the ‘grabs’ and dhows of the Gulf of Arabia and Indian Archipelago, the only difference between his vessel, the Problem, and ths eastern craft, being that he ‘madethe sternposi rake at exactly the same angle asthe stem.’ The yacht was built of iron, and had lead Tun into the lower_part of her hull. Her mid-section was much the same as that of a modern 2.5-rater, and she was 2lft. on the “LEZARD™ from “Le Yacer * Decte 89) ae a Bae Yj pp = Desron by Vow SaeFeaw 1862 >= 5 eg water-line, with a beam of 6ft. Sin, Lieut. Dempster’s leading idea in making his yacht’s profile of this particular shape was thus deseribed by himself: * Suppose that the angular hnll is lying over at an adele of 30Jeg., then there is more length and body of the vessel immersed to leeward than there is to windward, and the fluid acting powerfully upon a weather helm has a tendency to press her bodily to windward.’ Lieutenant Demoster had thns something more than a mere glimmering of what actually takes plac6é when a yessel is by the wind and heeled ata consifer- able angles and we might say that the subject is worked out with more exactness in‘ Yucht Architecture,’ pages 72 and 76. ‘The latest form of the triangular profile is shown by the 25 rater and the French yacht Lezard. “The raking stem and horizontal keel are very ancient arranze- ments. They are to be met with in old Scandinavian vessels and in men-of-war of the fifteenth and sixteeuth centuries. Yon Saefkow, of the German navy, adopted it for the numerous yachts he designed between 1875 and 1883, and we republish the profile of a yacht he sent usin 1882. This profile isnow being reproduced by American designers, and it may ba said that the 30 foater Bo- nina had a similar sort of keel in 18l—much modified in form, but witha horizontal lead in yiew. The American 46 footer building for Mr. Archibald Rrgers by Herreshoff & Co., of Bristol. Rhode Island, is the most advanced typeof the horizontal keel and raking stem, and a career 1s anticipated for her equal to that of the Gioriana. The main advantages of this form of profile are that the weight of metal keel can bs got very much lower than it ean with a longitudinal section, shaped like that of the modern British ‘rarer.’ Also,in a disturbed sea, vessels with a straight length of keel are much steadier on their helm, and at the same time are Smart enough to work short tacks,even with a Prob- Jem, inasmuch as what they lo:ein actual quickness in flying round they gain by not haying their way 80 much deadened—dus to the less sudden gyration. E : : ‘-A eurious fact in connection with the very raking stem is that yessels which have them are less prone to run off théir helm than yessels with a deep fore-feot or gripe. “The overhanging stem came in soon after measuring length om deck was abolisned, and it now pretty well equals the amount of overhang given to the Bombay boats aud to the Problem, This: excessive overhang fore and aft is, we are afraid, credited with virtues beyond what it possesses; but thereisnodonbs whatever that it may, under certain conditions, add to the power of the vessel which hasit. In still water and at low speeds, the water- line would not be lengthened; butat high speeds it would he. as the quarter wave crest would pretty nearly take in the whole counter, As thiswave crest is a “follower” it exerts some for- ward pressure on the counter which the veasel would not experi- ence if she were cut off short at the sterupost, and thiscan be taken as equivalent to areduction oi head resistance. The ovyer- hanging counter and bow (the latter in a smaller degree) may also assist stability under certain conditions, but not quite in the manner sometimes claimed forit. Ii a yacht is much heeled and sailing ata high rate of speed, a wave hollow is formed both toa windward a) d to leeward atahout amidships. The one to lesward more serionsly affects stabuity; and no doubt a large portion of the diminished power is given back by the wave crest under the counter and on the lee how; and this rectiperation does not exist to the Same extent in a plumb-stemmed and square-sterned vessel. The other advantages justly claimed for the oyeriiangs are greater deck room and dryness ina sea way. The disadvantages for the racing yacht »re the great weight of the counter and the overhanging bow. This adds to the weight or displacement of the vessel, and also raises ber centre of gravity, or, what is the same thing, diminishes her stability. Whether the adyantages out- wei th the disadvantages is a moot point with many; hut we are inclined to regard the overhangs, if untaxed, with most favor, JAN. 28, 1892,] FOREST AND STREAM. 93 Also a yacht with heavy overhangs will be generally more strongly built, and will necessarily be of greater weight—two qualities which are getting rather deficient in the modern racing boat with plumb stem and square stern. As aset-oif against this appreciation it can be stated with unerring certainty that, if the overhangs were included in the length for rating, they would in- stantly disappear, as not worth the tax. It wasthe same under the old tonnage rules, and would be the same again.” CRUISING SPOONBILLS. Ei@itor Forest dnd Streani: ; ; Mr. Wicksteed’s letter on small cruisers in your issue of Jan. 14, eontains some interesting suggestions relative to single-handers, but his comments on my letter relating to the spoonbills, which you published on Dee, 31, shows that he mistakes my position. I endeavored to make it clear that I was writing ahont a small and compact sportsman’s cruiser, and deeply regret that he shonld have construed my writing asa criticism on the admirable little single-hander whose lines he has givenin your issue of Dec, 1%. Tf Mr. Wicksteed is as handy with rod and gun and as well versed in camperaft as be is with the designer’s and builder’s tools, he surely musi appreciate my discrimmation. Itis more pleasutable for me to indorse the work of brother eruisers than to hunt for defects, and let me say that [believe the boat he has designed will proye a source of pleasure, for I recall a delightful vacation spent some four yeats agoin & yawl rigged craft built on lines similar to those of the boat heis building. The difficulty in writing about small cruisers and single— handers is enhanced by the variety of types and uses which the terms involve. I had selected a typa of éraft for the use of those who delight to hunt, fish and travel through the bays along our coast and over the Inland lakes and waterways where both oars and sails can be nsed and rough water encountered as well as havigating shallows. For nearlya score of years Ihave an- nually spent a portion of the open season with rad and gun cruis- ing and exploring in some sort of craft, while many winter even- ings were devoted to the fascinations of designing and building, although maybe in an imperfect and amateurish manner. [may have neglected opportunities for observation and improvement, so that among my idiosyncrasies crops out a partiality for the type of boat exemplified in Moccasin for the purposes indicated. According to my lights. however, I find sucha craft should em- body: 1. Stiicient size to carry the cruiserand his camp duffle, 2. Ease and speed under both oars and sails. 3. Handiness on shore. 4. Handiness atloat. 5, Considerable initial stability. 6. ae in any water whereit will oat. 7. Facility for trans- portation. To better comprehend these requirements I have usually changed the common way of estimating s‘ze on the water-line to the over-all measurement method, which is another heresy in the manual of the single-hander. Moccasin represents oneof three different models of the spconhi!l family that I have designed, and although larger than the requirements of one person demand, still while it will accommodate two persons and a dog with all the camp and cruising outfit, it can be easily handled on shore by one person. Dismantied it can be rowed or poled over grass clogged marsh, or its nose poked up narrow and winding streams tributary to more open water, while under sailit willride a rough sea, and along smooth waterskim like a bird. To addon the long taper overhang will increase its weight and size, and which re- verses the rule in a oralt where you do not restrict dimensions, Tt also reduces handiness on shore, prevents the drop rudder being hung on a well rockered skag, 50 essential in beaching, and serves no truly necessary purpose beyond the fashionable one of looks, It will to some extent diminish the spoonbill’s ability and safety in taking the beach on the crest of a sea, by inducing too great ardency, and hamper the rudderin working clear from the bottom as the stern drops. It also prevents access to the rudder in many unpleasant or critical situations when speedily necessary during a voyage or hunting trip. Inrnnning before a strong wind and a high crested sea with a liberal sail spread, there issome care re- quired in a boat having the beam and perpendicular bow of the spoonbill, to prevent taking a header; and may not the overhang jnerease the liability 10 some extent from asharpor sudden litt at the stern which helps depress the bow already crowded by the sail pressure? A properly designed elliptical stern will rise easily ts a following sea and escape danger from being seriously pooped or fiooded in this craft and from which less danger is to be appre- hended than getting lifted over endwise. While the production of the overhang is a small matter to the experienced builder, yet it increases the cost and difficulty of con- struction over the narrow, elliptical transom, which is an item to the novice who essays to try his hand at building. Hence, from the reasons I have set forth and others not essential to enumerate at present, I am inclined to consider the cruising spoonbill handier without the addition of the overhang, and to favor its uss on craft of differant model and purposes. Two prominent builders, one of New York and the other of Illi- nois, recognizing the ability of a drop rudder in small craft, have attempted to combine its use with the overhang. One has carried the skag to the end of the stern, while the other has left a recess or slit in the overhang for the rudder to house in. But neither has made the boat of a given capacity »ny handier on shore, which I consider important. [am obliged tosay that Mr. Wick- steed's solution of the weed and rudder difficulty does not cover my view fully, as one who has got tangledin a grass patch will comprehend. The drop rudder properly hung on a rockered skag will perform wonders of its own accord, but I have seen Gritt rubbish and grass so choke up under the stern of the little cruiser as to interfere with the working of the blade, and had to goover the transom with my sleeve rolled up, While recognizing the serviceability of the yawl and cat yawl 1igs. on comparatively longer and narrower boats, yet I have tried about every variety and form of rigging known to small craft on the spocnbills, and I still maintain the desirability of putting the canvasdn some form of a single sail, but give prefer- ence to the balance lug as an easy sail in running and readily de- tachable from the mast. If is nodisparagement to Mr. Wick- steed’s craft to say it will not fillthe requirements I have men- tioned, no more than to compare a yacht or canos or other famous type, for they have their proper uses and fill them satisfactorily. Lam also frank to say that for a craft like his [ believe the over- hang to be extremely useful as well as ornamental, and well adapted tothe purposes for which it is designed. For a short, light boat that can be readily handled on shore, it isnot neces-ary nor desirable to have it riding at anchorinaheavysea. As it is easily andisneedily hauled up aboye the waves, your outfit can he kept dry and ig more readily accessible than when tossing at moorings, and it can be mors readily launched and hoarded from the shore, thus doing away with a tender. How often does the sportsman cruiser appreciate this when he builds his campfire on shore or desires to take a run up the bank fora shot orto visit a neighboring locality. Hanled up thus with everything stored in- side and hatch closed, and perhaps belayed to a tree to keep some vandal from casting if adrift, it is assafeand sure as a big Sara- toga, and as ready for shipment by its own element as well as by wagon or rail. } Tf Mr. Wicksteed has never cruised in a spoonbill [ trust he may some time enjoy an opportunity on the inland lakes of New York, where he can interview the lake trout, the bass and pike, and have a broil over hardwood coals; or else skim over the waters of Barnegat Bay; take a shot at duck, go crabbing or angle for salt water fish; or perchance cruise, shoot and fish for a few weeks in the bays and bayous of Florida or Louisiana in one of the handy little craft. Since [ built Moccasin, business demands have neces= sitated my removalfrom old haunts in the Hast, and upin ihe BRorthwest my cruising is confined to deep water craft or in a tiver cance. But I know of a stretch of water where the fishing is good and shooting ditto, where [hope the coming summer to launch a new spoonhill which, while differing somewhat in minor matters from Moccasin, yet will embrace most of her best features. CAYUG, COM, CROW NINSHIELD.—The death is announced by cable of Mr. B. W. Crowninshield, Commodore of ths Corinthian Y. C., | of Marblehead, and one of the leadersin yachting about Boston and Marblehead. Com, Crowninshield, who has always been a warm friend of the smaller yachts and of Coriuthian sailing, has been traveling for some time in Europe for his health. He has owned the 40-footer Tomahawk for two years. SIPPIGAN Y. C.. Marion, Mass.—Officers for 1892: Com.,, J. Gorham Palfrey; Vice-Com., Bruce Clark; Sec.-Treas., G. Grie- wold Van Rensselaer; Meas.,Wm. H. Davis; Auditor, J. S: Whiting. Board of Directors, J. Gorham Paltrev, Bruce Clark, J. Henry Clark. Jr, G. G. Van Rensselaer, Royal S. Ryder, Eben Holmes. Regatta, Committee, J. Gorham Palfrey, G. G. Van Rensselaer, Wm. H. Davis. JACK O'LANTHORNE.—This 214-rater, whose lines were pnb- lished in the FOREST AND STREAM of July 29, owned by Capt. Henry E. Bayly, made five starts last season, winning four firsts and one second prizes, the yalue being £235, WADENA.—The newsteam yacht Wadena, which sailed from New York on Jan, } for Nassan, has not yet heen reported, BUILDING AT BRISTOL. HOUGH the Herreshoff shops are by no means taxed to their full capacity, the floors of the building shops are well covered with racing eraft of novel form and more, than usual interest. The Rogers 46-footer, not yet named, is practically completed, the outside being ready for the final coat of paint, the deck laid, caulked and seams payed, the bulwarks on, and the interior work well advanced. The exact dimensions have not been made public; in faucet, but few authentic figures concerning Gloriana are avail- able, 80 that it is difficult to compare the two, but the new boat has abont the same beam and probably about ltt. draft, or a little more than Gloriana, while her designed waterline will be nearer 46ft. than 45ft,; Gloriana. by accident or design, having measured exacily 45ft. under the official tape line, On this length, the forward sections and waterlines are even fuller and rounder than in Gloriana, and suggest strongly the Ls e outline of the stem aboye water is also different from Gloriana, hers heing almost a.straight line with just a suggestion of a hol- low, while in the new boat the whole line, from the waterline up, part in particilar showing quite a e effect conveyed to the eye is that the whole bow is fuller, and that while the actual length of over- hang is about the came, the boat is still larger than Gloriana about and above the forward quarter of the waterline. Tho stern also shows & very round and full waterline, though the frames about of the new fin kee! craft for Mr. Morgan and for the Clyde. is slightly convex, the upper Btrong upward curvature. Th the tuck are well hollowed out. The massive and heavy lead keel, a fine piece of solid casting, has been re-inforced by nine straps of 2in. brass on each side, let into the lead and the lower planking and well bolted, each strap being about S0in. long, The main keel bolts are heavy and of Tobin bronze, the straps being supple- mentary to the usual keel construction. ie . The deck is, both in appearance and for practical use. an im- club fee was fixed at $25 annually and assessments were prohibited except by unanimous consent of all clubs in the organization. The places or places for the anntial meet will be determined by the managing board of the association, and no one city can be named for two successive regattas. It was decided to give money prizes and to have noentrancefee, These matters will be reported to the several clubs for ratification, and a constitution snd by-laws drawn up accordingly. The new organization starts out with eyery prospect of success. EXPERIMENTS WITH SHIP MODELS.—Messrs. Kelso & Co., of Glaegow, are at present engaged with scientific apparatus for an experimental tank for the Russian Government, pointing to the conelusion that the yalue and importance of results ob- tained from experiment with ship models are becoming to be more appreciated. The same firm, a number of years ago, sup- plied Messrs, Wm. Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, with a similar apparatus. The Admiralty had previously adopted Mr. Wroude’s method and Messrs. Denny followed their example. Leading up to a_similar order for the Italian Government, Messrs. Kelso fitted up one in the royal arsenal at Spezia. The dynamometer truck and the screw propeller truck apparatus now being made will be fitted up in St. Petersburg next year.—Field. FALL RIVER Y. C, OFFICERS, 1892.—Com., D. J. Burdick; Vice-Com,. Isaac H. Lawton, Rear Com., Charles L. Cummings; Sec’y, W. EK. Blossom; Treas., ©. EB. D, Pierce; Meas,, P. H. Borden. Directors: D. J, Burdick, Edward Shove, H. W.Tinkham, Hale Remington. Irving Cook. Committee on Membership: George B. Pierce, T. Haggerty, Andrew Borden, James F. Davenport, D. J. Burdick. Regatta Committee: Benjamin D. Briggs, Horch Hors- field, Fred. B. Durfee, Fred. Waterman, Thomas W. Holbrook. Auditing Committee: D. J. Burdick, H. M. Tinkham, Edward Shove. The total membership of the club is 362, A NEW 21-FOOTHR.—Mr. W. P. Fowles. owner of Saledin and provement on the canvas-coyered deck of Gloriana, being of 2l4in. pine, laid fore and aft in the usual way, the seams being paid with Jeffreys marine glue, which is used liberally on all the new yachts in theshop. The rudder is of oak, with a bronzestock about 2in.in diameter through the rudder trunk. The chain- plates are on the frames inside the planking, there being no chan- nels. The mast partner is a circle of angle steel, riveted to a steel plate, from which the deck diagonals radiate, The scant- ling is light throughout, but the workmanship and fastenings, as well as the disposition of the various members, is such as to secure the two Saracens, will build a 21-footer, of 30ft. over all, 8ft. beam and 6ff. draft, for racing at Marblehead. answers ta Correspondents, lL. W. W.—The rifle you name will suit the purpose; it has a reputation for accuracy. ample strength. The interior is handsomely finished in_ butternut, the planning With moderate beam, full fore and aft lines above water and the steel framing, there is a very large amount of space compared with the other boats of the being much the same as in Gloriana,. 46ft. classs. The forecastie is long, light and roomy, extending a couple of fest abaft the mast; abaft it on the starboard side is the captain’s room, about 6ft. din. long and of good size, Opposite to this is the pantry on the port side, with space for a parsage, and adjoining the main saloon isa toilet room and w.c. The main saloon is a fine large room for such a crait, about 5ft. long, the next 3ft. being given up to the steerage, with companion ladder in the center, a second toilet room to starboard, and wardrobe to port, besides the latter being the passage to the after stateroom, Below the floor is a depth of arranged with the usual two berths. about 4ft, for water tanks, spare gear, ete. The yacht can be finished in a short time, and will be ready for launching long beforeshe is reeded. Builtin a warm shop, and of dry and seasoned wood, with no cailking in the closs seams of the double planking, the bottom can be made reaty for racing without the usual scraping which is necessary with puttied seams. The new Morgan 35-footer is well advanced, the decks being laid and the joiner work partly in. The accompanying sketch we The yacht will be S52ft. over all, 35ft. |.w.1., about 8ft. beam, and abont 2ft. depth of hull, with nearly 6ft. of steel fin, or over 7ft. Gin. total draft. The frames are all steamed and bent, of oak: the deck beams ara also of oak, nar- row and deep, and spaced but Yin. They amd the frames are take from the Providence Journal. crossed by galvanized steel straps running diagonally. The deck is of tein. pine, 2igin. wide, laid with a new ship lap, the two edges riveted together, leaving a seam for marine glue. The out- side planking is @ fine piece of work, aJl of mahogany, and will be The fin is a plate of °,,in. steel, about 16ft. bin. on the upper and $ft. fin. on the lower edge, the lead cylinder being in two halves bolted tothe plate. The head- room is ef course limited, being about 4ft. onder the flush deck, varnished aboye the waterline. hut fore and aff thera is plenty of room for berths, galley, etc. The yacht will be rigged with a pole mast, bowsprit, staysall and jib. The rudder is of the peculiar shape shown, The 2}4-rater for the Clydeis very similar. but only 2aft. on waterline and about a6it. over all. The fin in this case will te of Tobin bronze, The new steamer for the St. Lawrence River, the duplicate of the Katrina, is now nearly planked, the boat being built keel up- ward. The cruising steam yacht before described is still in the shop, a8 is the 25ft, cat for the Jersey coast, No other keels baye been laid yet, though in addition to the 25-footer for Mr. H. Mait- land Kersey, of New York, there is talk of one or two more of the 20 oY 35-footers, aud also of a 20-rater for England and possibly of anew high-speed steamer. In the machine shops a number of engines are under way, mostly for stock. “PORT” AND “STARBOARD.” Since July 1, 1891, the ol words of command for altering the N helm, viz.. “‘starboard” or “‘port,’’ have been given up on board the ships of the North German Lioyds and the Hamburg-American Line, and the order ‘‘right”* or “‘left"' substituted. It is difficult to break with old customs, aid seamen in esocecia! are conservative: itis therefore not a matter of wonder that many old sailors look with great disfayor upon this latest mnovation. On board the steamers of ihe two great lines mentioned aboye; however, the change has heen mads obligatory, aud, according to a report forwarded to the directors by one of their oldest captains, who was ae opposed to the idea, has heen attended with the happiest results. Assoon asthe order ‘‘right"’ is given, the telesvaph is moved to the right, the wheel isrevolyed to the right, the ship turms to the right, the rndder-indicator points right, the rudder itself moves right, and the steering-mark on the compass as well; and so vice versa. when the order “‘left’"is given. Nothing can be simpler, and no possibility of mistake can arise. The objection has been raised that the new words of commani are not international and therefore illegal. This statement, however, will not hold goad, as both English and American pilots, in whom every one has confidence, have made no difficulties in using the new words of command when piloting the ships of the two before-men- tioned companies. Such special words of command as “luff” and “keep away” will naturally be retained when ships ave under sail: but otherwise it is pretty certain that before long in the whole German merchant ser- vice “right” and “left will be substituted for “starboard” and “port,’’ as has already been donein the German Navy; and men returning from the latter will no longer baye to unlearn what they have been taught on board the men-of-war.— Nautical Magazine. _LAKE ERIP.—On Jan. 19 a meeting of yachtsmen from Jakes Brie and Huron was held at Detroit, the following yachtsmen being present: George VW. Bills, Charles P. Onrhan taney Tracy and Wrank Lee, Obio Y. C,, of Toledo; 8. L.. Matthias. Joseph Hechburn. Toledo Y. C., George W. Gardner, Cleveland V. . CE. | D. Miller, F. D. Whitney and Alex. McLeod, Michigan Y. C.; E. A, Dayis, Ed. Bedigere, George Newberry and H. C. Kendall, Citizens’ Yachting Ass'n, of Detroit; and lL. G. Northrup and F, &, Bennett, Buffalo ¥.C. George Ww. Bills was made chairman. Commodore Gardner moved that aclub be formed to be called the “Lake Hrie Yachting and Racing Association.” Mr. Tracy Moved to amend by ralling it the “Inter-Lake Yachting and Rac- ing Association.” Mr, Miller moved that it be called the ‘Lake Corinthian Yachting Association,” and that its membership bs limited to amateurs. Commodore Gardner earnestly protested against excluding professionals. The Toledo people favored Detroit’s idea of confining the organization to amatenrs. Alex. McLeod moved as a subs!inte for ajl the pame “The Lake and Straits Yachting Association.” This substitute was supported by Commodore Gardner, and it was adopted unanimously. Tha WV. H. B., Meriden, Conn.—Vor glass to inspect target address E. B, Meyrowitz, 205 Fourth avenue, New York. Rifle telescopes are made by L. M. Mugg, Marcellus, N. Y. H. G. W., New Haven.—Bird lime is made of linseed oil boiled down until it becomes thick and glutinous. Boil it in an earthen wa and outdours. Be sure that cover of pot is tight while the oil oils. a J. G.S,, Brooklyn,—l. Who is considered the best all-round off- hand pistol shotin the world? 2% How long has the FOREST AnD STREAM been published? Ans. 1, Walter Winans, of Brighton, England. 2% Since 1873, “Huad OF THE STURGHON RiverR."'—Will soms reader who is familiar with the fishing and hunting at the head of Sturzeon River. Alger county, Mich., give us information through the FOREST AND STREAM columns or send me their address.—C. H. Bares, Manistee Junction, Mich. J, H. F., North Adams, Mass.—I note your reply to Jetter about the waters of Haystack Pond in Wilmington, Vt. You say that pickerel or pike would destroy trout, which is correct: but no fish of any kind are known to inhabit this pond. Ans. If there are ne fish in the pond perhaps the trout and bass haye starved. Why not introduce some minnows and landlocked smelt as food for the game fishes? SUBSCRIBER, Watertown, N. Y.—Will some persons familiar with the matter please advise when, where and how to deposit trout fry to bring about best resulte? I understand the State Commissioners issue no instructions. Ans, Assuming that you have secured trout adapted to the waters of your region we note that brook trout have been distributed from February to May, though chiefly in March and April: lake trout from March te August; rainbows and brown trout in Apriland May. Lake trout are suitable only for deep, cold Jakes of large size and well sup- plied with fish for theirfood. Applicants are usually advised to deposit all fish as near as possible to the head of thelake or stream, and liberate fry at night in order that they may find hiding places before most of their enemies begin to feed. Itis now generally believed that yearlings are best suited for stock- ing because they are less liable to destruction than young fry and yield results more quickly. _P., Frederickshall,Va.—l, I have constructed a pond of 284 acres in which I propose to place large-mouthed black bass. The pond ig 10ft. deep in places, and contains no other fish except many thousands of minnows. I have procured with much difficulty ten bass from § to Jin. in length, and have put them in the pond. Can I hope with so few fish for a proper proportion of the sexes, and can 1 expect them to spawn next spring? The pond is fed with pure spring water. 2. Can you tell me where I can procure large- mouthed base? Ans. 1, The probability is that a sufficient Tumber of the two sexes are included among the bags you now have and we should expect to find seme of them spawning next spring. say about the middle of May. The young fry will eat one another, and old fish devour the young, especially the large- mouthed bass. You must protect the young by partitioning «it a small part of the pond with screens through which the young, but not the adults, can pass freely. 2. Perhaps Hon. W.J. Green, of Fayetteville, N. C., would send you some young bass from his preseryes. Dr. §&, P. Bartlett, Secretary Dlinois Fish Commission, Quinev, Ill., can probably give vou aid. The U.S. Fish Commis- sion, Washington, has recently begun the distribution of this fish in the summer months. Henry Huddleston, Remington, Ohio, furnished some fair ones for the Cincinnati Exposition. TRE POREST AND SPRHAM is the recognized Medium of éntertain- ment, instruction and information between American Sportsmen. The Editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages ave devoted, Anonymous communications will not be regarded. The Editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. SUBSCRIPTIONS. Subscriptions may begin at any time. 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By CHARLES LANCASTER. LONDON, 1891. PRICH $3.00. AUTHOR’S PREFACE. At the special request of many gentlemen who have placed themselves in my hands for instruction in the Art of Shooting, I have written this treatise. I have endeavored to mee the special requirements of those who are anxious to become proficient in the art, and who have hitherto been unable to obtain, in a precise form, the information necessary for study- ing the first principles of shooting at moving objects. I have had the honor of coaching many gentlemen, and have carefully studied the points especially requiring attention that haye cropped up from time to time while giving instruction. I hope that those who favor me by studying this treatise may quickly gain the knowledge so essential for the making of an average if not brilliant shot. I have purposely refrained from touching on the several merits of any class of gun— being a gun-maker myself; and, indeed, so many good aise on the subject have been written, that it is really unnecessary. I trust that authors from whose writings I have made extracts will pardon me when they recollect that I have at heart one object, yiz., the advancement of a manly sport: which gives pleasure, health and occupation to many, and to the patronage ot whose fol- lowers I am indebted for many pleasant days. Forest and ptream Publishing Co., 318 Broadway, N.Y. Book and Boy, The visitor from New Jersey came in and said his wife wanted to give a book to a boy friend—a manly boy, blessed with a taste for Forest and Stream subjects; the book must be a manly book, and one to encourage these tastes. We named it—‘‘Nessmuk’s Woodcraft;” and the suggestion carried conviction. The boy has doubtless by this time read his book through three times at least, and has found something in the third reading that he missed in the first, And if he retains bis sporisman’s tastes he will read the book when he shall be old. The Man and the 8 i DOOK: ¥or Read this note from Gen. D. H. Bruce, of Syracuse, in praise of “Woodcraft:’ ‘Good old Nessmuk. I could have known him for years. What a delightful book. How every page rivets the attention of the woodsman, by its happy language in dealing with practical, every-day things, and imparting hints of originality in respect to many things. I took up the book one evening, and could not sleep until I had read eyery page and looked several times at the quaint portrait of the veteran, I likesuch men.” FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., SAL SSEOR WAN. Naw York. By WILLIAM 8. WICKS, FOREST AND STREAM PUB, C0., 318 Broadway, WN. Y. DAYVIHS & CO, London, England. 96 Forest and Stream Pub. 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