+ pa aaa : : aa, ei PTA. ears eee Seen a ae eee Pp Tene daraeke he _ S oa aA nae Pa ye EA aon bt he emg Be Ae EOE OnE ane cee or A> se ee Binds Se A A Fe eee ai Ms were oP eon Lea} fh aot Se fpr t o Wate Bm ~ ow wy es lee ue : - FOREST AND STREAM. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun, PiGeiNG, SHOOTING. THE KENNEL. PRACTICAL NATURAL HISTORY, PISHCULTURE, PROTECTION OF GAME, --AND THE— | INCULCATION IN. MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST =IN— OD T-DOOR RECREATION AND STUDY. VOLUME XXII. } Nox t\ rts February, i884—July, 1884. PAP Shep BYoTHE FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK. 1884. FOREST AND STREAM. ° INDEX---VOLUME XXII | = oa s . EDITORIAL. Page agtPage. eae Raw Page. Wibod saeuben- apm) Se hil) Bete keer en eter 3 6x CouesiindPeriod SF) wee ses tee ees 323, 343, 302, 404, 423 ‘Luntles, Denacity of loiter. An). ask. soem aie «465 (Adirondack Forests. .... 0 .4.-- 2.65 I, 121, 221, 281, 401 Yacht. Launching Stupidity (..5.00..5..0-,7..2 25. 281 Gfossbillsyg Meee center tel Geechee AS Bok tT K wae 244 Uplatrt Je konidern hotly Galeqabietole oe, OO se «284. Amateur Photography... ae Se? ea” ae 162 Yacht Measurement..... ... he dried ich tea 22, 261 Grossbillsuns New Jerse ya jonas ce 5 ee ee et ote 302 Weapons found in Game..... .... ...... 184, 228, 285 ‘American Kennel Register”’,.........+-.---.-+5- 20 WAGHESea SIRIctlle Meson «oun trier: tees frosrtr ent od ohne 441 Cros Peri Bi, SN eet eke ae oe aie ia abt 143 Wald GAtES ei efp eto Ae apie. ee oer tal ese ee 25 Angling ett CLG ates caiman gt Sen ea 36 Zoplorical/ Gardens sy aves wns Mensa 2s apts 2 os oe 181 row saliitelits: Pe net open as a mete y se eee se we erg an Wallewin DeldWwate Bavienaun 2: aiesdetat say metins 364. Angling SEG Ges op tt cere Seat er ge oe ee te I @rowsiramesvte. tc oseus afy- nets ee Senne eLearn 46 Woodcock Early Migration... ............ ..+-- . 46 PAIL reine ste rt ee yy EES we ew oe eine ha mieine = He camels 18r 4 5 Deer in the Adirondacks...,.... 243, 264, 286, 307, 363 WY Gon coGksint su mre tintaee ae ierte se enreee eeenen 402 APGricebaeploratlOmee secon + s.ts cree islalere=|-1= Seis 241, 50 Deer of Ottawa Valley........:.-... .-. +723, 143, 164 Woodpeckerstitmtites@ity= see se ee eee 184. Army Mites EACH CON MO mutta s cassie cele cer tet 8x Deer Superfetation ........ AE SH tid dee Ube toe 181, 303 Zoogenic Paradox, 1 .s+..serleesass 22 cose 224, 303 Bare=Poot, Wse for the.4. yes... .cb-ese-, 22-0 421 SPORTSMAN TOURIST. IB hoe Sookie bine Wea net ea oA tea Ate 44 Zoological Garden.... ..... Ae et ae een Bere $7.1 Bench Sh Orta oy Uke Wh eats ac ao SOG : F i } wae ow Judging 281 Pree py hearts ees cee ey ly We wh ste Le Electric. spare) SBOEES EAE being bee eae 424 Tstewdish UPajeyal 4, 7 ay Hae RRR Rte ASE 8 501 A disondack ur Gresko waste 6 flectriceAmphibiate mapas yea eeam eons Ben ys 5 443 Boston Game Market... ..----:sesdsedseeaetns Ior " Ri ieee y SU ae Ot : IDI sles Ged MehzRaval IBNUE ES yy yo bons oA GR ee 5 26 Seta’ ‘Brooklyn Water Supply 22 BEBE MDIES cE QECLY ons 2 PIT Se. Ue ace aa a English Sparrow Investigation 66 I » Shits ‘ . } See na on i BA kerr (ate DE ee Sar oat 3, 24, 42, 93, 102, 142, 162 A $8 ‘i a eee ZatloOn .-- 2... Lee eee ees peas ; mS on iit jee iba pe a8 4 Cascade Mountains......- RS cee Nias Sole 422 Nas FOS ae BECP EEE 9. BSG SOAUER FO aGtiG2¢% aoe GAME BAG AND GUN. Camp-Fire Flickerings:. ......+-2. s:++ -+-++- 21, 42 HueldnGiass#Uittlitye. eo sec aie gee agen ane 443 Charleston to Cape Roman:....5..:.....+.-.+-+-- 262 £ . poh \Canoe Ciattithunats. Doo ae RASA AA og 45 foc cens: 22 ealanaaaeeect AE ishvand! Snakescssse ene cst eestne ennai 404, 424 Adirondack Deer Complications.....-. .......... 467 | Ciera uelicttyes at Sones ASE ee ee hy EEao = CODD ore shat oe - Cag» Sa ee So ey ae ee lace aWalsone east debies te: sso estantatel ec srer fate race Adirondack: Wores trys Hil 7) aie enn eae eee 325 Court of Arctomys Monax...........2-+--++seseee-+ 5 A x i [Dyas (Ouse Shmme Sebaaure tease sac ee or See ee as 42 Bloridan Petsi rhea cee odie as Maes eect tate aat 203 AIT MESSAGE | NA epstas 3 ol solne selene ci eae rane Decorations ay.SloLy tesa eee ee EEE 342 : 2 2 | WtgearanndOsheepea. Genes. deen Sheet tals amie 8x ase SHEptS a lying wsyeiiinre Aepye. a see ee Ss = eee «4 65 Ammateta)) Ger Shootitien ) oak mer see ene 385 ‘Dogs STM TriTle Seances ee oe. Pea Ki Se cies oak an aang Ms 36 wk oe ie cat ee ee ig eb ta a iS HoseRainbowaeler ese aeis «eee eases are 26, 104 PeNyatyskor na vide Over Bl S40) Soa 225, 285, 344 | Down the Madawasca ........--s-...20e0-2s0eee- 222 z . . beers 3) N Dogs, Worth of...-....2:- teens te eeee cre eeee ee 321 EJk Hunt (Poetry) Gs Mores tran eh oG See antennae ot. Seite eee re eeene 83 Bear Hunting Device............ Steerer enalee a++ +87 | ‘Dog Tax and Game Law.... .---+--+ssseees sees 61 Peers eal Ba Me ah heise pe ee” SoC” SN 8 HORST Geen ect ins clears, Otel e = Paste 424 Bears in Pennsylvania............ tttteees tee tees 486 Tey cle 4 SN ee yok Ee RAS OBE ose 61 Henig MP oaey Sabena oy OLS Wow Meh bhava dyer POE ha nie se coud becDesn » 224 Birds Tanke). SA oeg maya eas ie ete ee we es 168, | 2 Broe e@archers; she hye etre tee tte te meee -. 202 Pandas aye yt k Hi Dynamite Guns... . 1.0... .cce eet e eee ees e eens 26 M2 : Gorillamine Captivity. oe sees nee ents 444 Black Halls:Chibes2 2) eaaeres = ey ot ee ee a Te GamesBirdsaniwanten.. senses sect e re eer eee 22 : y Firearm Interchangeability ...........-.+-eee- ees 381 G ; ; GrizzlysBearindeabrador a. aejsseye js eee een 324 Black-tailed Deer Antlers.... .......... .. Stn c =e uagus Angling Trips. A 9 11.6. sec e eee gteeeee 464 > \Fishcultural Association ........2...0-.0-2000e0: .321 ; Grizzly, Early Accounts of.......... -. -..----.+- 364 Hranteat Cha thamie wats ssi eeee eee ce een ae eee Greely’s (ReScie ss. oie ne ete te na ollie ot 503 a lWishing for Bass...6---..02. 022 «+ ser sees nes 0222 ios Sie Grouhdsblag eDiaye a: aeaeee ses ea eee eee 26 British Columbia Game.. ... ..... --......- | ; How. Old Mistis Kalter Bars.....;-..:.7-- 2235. 382 G d Snak 6 Bulletwse Buckshor FORESTRY: ye TERIA ie aS eee tee ee eee ie round Snake. ..5 s. 0s. er erence ere ecse cheane etree 50 SOU CRSIOR 535-13 is ears aoa ene Adirondack Forest Preservation (which see). v fe SAAS r (SFoUSe sOOU Mer te FTN te seen eee iare Sanaa) aE 224, 24 Camp Covkery...... ph Sch SEES. Min Maat agthat tds 4, 243 Jimmy O’Brien’s Bear............ ee re cp 82, 223 a7 A \ WWorest. Wealth)... ....¢sturseceer capes et erent 2, 41 i ‘ TalSwop baie NAR NIKE Subbed Ma ele sauces Boece: AAAS: 506 Camp mM Ware wacclaas tel aerise «tee sean tee haters 305 Ioan tennis (Crbaego) # og h ss ded soutien eee sac 322 i E Forestry Officer... . 25 544 ester et eect eer renee 301 K:. ‘ackson’s Mule cj HoopeSnalken. essai: 1e- aee ce Maher deen anaes 26, 484 Cartridge Loading Machine... .... We oh Sakata nae WET web esWV ater GrOCS. .. 0)... ciles Feet 42a etueawes 221 Pt Grea"? SY pat? gow in ait meine oes Rea Horned Lark Early Breeding................ ..-- I44 Gate Storiessee ete. -eyet nee heel cite sate See nee 475 LOA | : Whancrofethe:aGotleGrul cs sacle ee alee ee cepa rat cece & 62 i * Z |\Game Bird Preserves. 2... .. se: cceeeeee cree tees 16 Teabradopesteains:sah see vn canneries apne 184, 223 Chatham County (N.C. ) Sra pier ee AAR REP e, . % TC ayavaleepiiel soul PANE eto) shy on eee th aarti Ghia asta i B On, +82 3 Game Law Uniformity.......0..00..2.0eee seen ee ee 6x : Hieasts Bitteriiwe ear. cu ctetgne tae aaa tie epnteee sonore 25 Chill Days in North Carolina .....--..-.4.+-.+... E Lassoing a Man-Mater...........-..----:-.2-eie 382 é 5 ps Game Protection.........-0.:seesereee te cee ec ees r8r . INSP RS) tA koe WARREN po Lope ticas ticbatstersy 46 Cimarron to Cimarron Canyon.....--..... .-..--. : Life Among the Blackfeet........... 4, 24, 63, 122, 143 3 ; ; : = |\Game Protection Fund........ ...---. seeee---s: 5ol - Mink as Mow] Destroyer. ..........0.-.. +005 5-+ ee 184 Coons and ’Coon Hunting,....... Pe RA senso aA : TosHunt.onsstaked! Plains: .0 Sass ce eee 502 ‘4 tar Greely Rescue .... 02.622. ee erences eens 241, 501 ; 2 Muskrat as Fish-eater... ....--...-.---. 163, 285, 404 Guba /Shootitig. ti ory aces ep eters meron eee Aap ; : Major Joseph Verity........-..--.---- 42-44, 143,182 : 2 : i Cea erconisexb itl: © .< icte acy Geet | aaleleG Win. aefree 201 4 NS Natuesshll calimpusA rbseeer vrs aeeeny aoe oa lehae estate lott 444 Deer Family, American............ ----.-.+--s. mae Major Verity’s Steam Cat... ..,.....-5-.+.-----, 283 , a ee 3 . UESILOHS Wea SSE AB ODE ODE OL. Settee gate weeb aed .I4I “Monty” a ‘tNorth American Birds’”............-s+0++-+s008 403 Deer Floating Incidents............ SAL pyc eC ie ae ee bn eet Sa al a ae en bik ar K S mere a eat peat Gilat cdela bye Deer ina Tree... i 0 sc. sce eeccccsec semen ecwenses A ea ae ai ad Ce its Moosehead Lake Notes......-.2-2. 0222-500 -ese 483 Rees shape ua af = Sa Intercollegiate ; Slenieletattar sth cj agti eb eoecnan 24 NES Gari cuns 2, Mn obtcrt, cc. eeereeraiee a PHidianay e.g sth esd San epee: Bom Rie slnte ee merce 5 | Deerin Vermont.............-+-+- Ress lait eitene ale International Rifle Match...........5....---.--+->s 6 A OPOSSHLW as bas iatears emse ree eee ee ieee tues eee Slee 204 Deer, Sunday......-........ sh ateed eePt yd esity i : soma Vives Wars tats Gates ara cere sateen aoe, Ga te Pare eS eee 45 i D ; oa Lake Yachting Association............0+-.+-ese++ 182 Fi td O@possyimss Wate ee ec ae ee ee tine ne eee To4 estruction of Arctic Game...........+.+. ++..+.466! INESSINIK S) MPOEIISE « -oin as rests hale a antes nies 453 2 a 3 { Lawyers’ Fees ys. Champagne.......-.-- ++----- IO Olevadnoianae _ Orioles in Masssachusetts....... ...-.------+---- 444 Detective Fund Needed)... -2.-.....-.. 208 Spouses Gis | Leading at the Score .-..--..++++++4++-+ +++ rr cote 4I ieune RS ac kre at ae Pek et Sagat “Cir he iy Ornithophilologicalities.............22-....4-5. ... 26 Detroit Notes... ....-..+..-- he pees Sistaberdlgssterong gE Long Island Game Protection......-.++++++-+++- 261 rag Matte 3 aa ke OS SMM Ne “E50 rg * Ortyx Virginianus in Arizona............ .---++. 104 Dorchester Bay Ducking......................45 327 Roping the! Blacktatlsot4c. se.dde onesies oye = 142 Ducking L : EAT a aa nested ich, Mois Siri act Peiraea, eso ert 342 . Owl and Steel raphaes sei. ee ves pees ee 424 weking: aw. - 26. ewe ener s sien ctens aprplateaiae slap Genachwatser lealkcezey nit seep d,s a yee taee met yl eol 482, 502 b |Lundborg’s Revolution......-- ees AOU MOE oo I, 42 Z eat Owl Gramniyoroust 524. 2. sas asters re sees 2 144 Ducks on Delta Bar........ .... te MOS sosgca shay Shanghai Reminiscences. -..,.---.----+-++++++++-+> 463 , i : x - Maine Wild Dogs.... -.+-++--205 eerreeterestees 36x : - : = Owl's Strange Antics: aries ont eee eeonee 507 TDR PGK, bed oye ce ooo sos PP EC Ae | Spence Pitcher’s Bear. ,~ , . 202 ‘ . > Maine Wolves...-....- 0 ceeeeteee ees sect ee es 82, 142 toh Painted Finch on Long Island.......-.....-+-.+.- 424 Fisher's Island 23024. pas - wale e a0 pet solace 67, 128, 187 ; SummerG@antp Ground yale. seeesate sees ele pe: 402 ers ‘ ves N ae \Migratory Quail.......-.+-:4ee+ ven ree eens tees es I4L MPacderinat emirstDece ait Picoides Arcticus in New England.... ........... 25 Flickerings;”” Hint About... .2./.7. <0. essees avs 147i iati ; a eng ie goad atk tae ehh | in ini 2 SAR Hloridaibird Weerease 2 sopaas oad sae mae ss ee National Bench Show Association.....--..----+- 341 (Hagin ashes Sinha. yee Ni Aiiny viet epi IMG a Pin in Hawk's Maw test tenlnetie vroessertee fenees 65 OTIC ERD HAS ekeas: ‘National Sportsmen’s Association..-...-.+-+- 302, 322 Prairie Seasons and Birds..............2+00+-00-- 403 Florida Cruising......-.-.-.---+--+++.. PRS ee Where the Bung Tree Grows........ ..-.-+- 242, 263 $ sack Florida G e |National Yellowstone Rarleuiies =< 21, 121, 16, 201, 347 3 5g @Opail=Domestieation. 7... ee eevee 7, 65, 224, 500 Onda name wee anata eae oe es Pearl Orme 326) Winter Fireside Thoughts........ ...-+-+++----- ~44 wi. r 3 , 3 |New England States Game Laws --rnene---- 61, 261 uNitoodenati? Ae Quail’s Flight against House..........-+.--.+.++- 507 Florida, Game in Southwestern......-.-..-......+5 New York Game Law... .veeesseerttper eee 4x, 282 Yukon Te ee Sao Te rt se eee pas as )) Ouail/sibarenacuty meee ee ee Raheem alnee fence 408 Forty Years in the Vield......-..... PPR ACOR RA 'New Vork Non-Sporting Dog Show ..... he. 241, 3 rt ee ee ee, ee ee Quail New to United States.... 22. .....0..45--2 +243 Nase Leven tates oe cetera einige, Unis aay a Att Ohio Floods ....... * et ROY: tbe ete ne ae — at (OEMS Che tba ooh Soo eo i nosy Baas AAs 103 Great Lone Land....... Pe re rete ye QOuters and Shut-Ins.... .....-.. Se Sun nineties es rans +441 oe Quail, Southern Limit. .2..4..-.-.;-.35-+5- 224, 243 Grizzly, Death of the....-.--.,... +9. <..-- oo oa OG Oyster Cultivation. /.......0.5s2se ete veee ee rte 401 (OWE MP ton ARE BA See gecconendies Pa io re oe 46, 202 Vr o0se AS HOO PIN Eee see eS ge oy teers oleae eee aecrem eae Eee 12 . 'Piegan Indians Starving... .-++0+-+2+-- serene 442 | NATURAL HISTORY. Ramble of a Naturalist.....,.,---..+2.2..65 ara 6 Guns, Cost of .. treetes pereenererees ort ey oe . |Pilotage Compulsory ..2...---- Bate eo 34-8 «1 221 ’ Tern d eee a eyelash. Sno pabs Moher ans ase Bee 124 Home-made Hunting Suit........... elatelel ene ine eae | Pistols and Children ....2ig.-..-++---- +0 fe Ae Adirondack Winter Notes.........+--+--+-+++ Os Piabtlesivalceammns ch clscetete ake teak a eet eee teresa 203 funter, Ami@id Scncc2 sors eoacrear stale eo | |Pointers at New York.......-- FooeRsa ener 362, 401 jlostaroy| Cee tyem ene As) AS SOAS Gn eee seek 7 Robins Perseyering.. 2. ..oskssa. os caes theese +4404. Hunter’s Camp .........- 3 alee ies So haps Sechelt 3 Prairie Fires and Prairie Chickens..........-..+.. 422 TMoyitlons SAU gs) Ro ORE Cette? Aran donee 1 ak: 465 Og SES iS: CATHIV.OLES? Pes aenen yr eentere sien gates 404 Tdtho Games). 2c jp-eleneede Anse eantee sine tee Pseudonyms,,...---+---- bad Sy AP na oh eee I4I PA Windy WOO COCK athe tna etete: ops ease iain wie ace 466 Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Abundant............... 444 Idaho Snow Slide. 2.05. cscs s- seen eee e res ele ate | Quail in Confinement ..- 1.111.544 sees ereeess ce .I3E Amphibious Insect .,- 9 ..+-+--+++++++0tere +++ +507 Rough-Legged Hawk. ..2....0+----ss ese rece eeee 7, 44 Ina Cold Water Hole...... Soentet hkl 4 Sade So ae VReambow Shrout,..9 2 ctacsse sees meee ert ce ea eo “ Antelope and Deer of America’’,......-..--..-.. 45 “St. Nicholas’? Agassiz Association.... .......... 444 ithe: Backes Goumtrye: aes sre wre ana araleievotalelolal cee clege 44 | Rattlers and Rattling -.22..-...-+++ sere cers eee +341 Arizona Quails::. ...-5+.4. ee Sha dclette ee 104, 245, 484 ISxolayereteilop hia cameyr ety woyyrrtys init Sh eo oe ee 404, Tower (Gaiters eye aes ieee ve teeter erer eens e 22 | Rifle and Shotgun....2... 2.1. .e esse eee e eet rere es 381 Baltimore Orioles s.cpc a nles cseeeee tee ge aaellaree 342 Screech Owl in Chine’ SOY ac, MOC Ree 46 Towa Notes .....2++-+ es: hoor Gott wa sSacp bone 2 Rifle Improvement ...-...--+.ss0-5 + revere tees 22 Beaver’s Range... .- ees sree ctw peeesewee Seats 444 ee OLOT 4 o4+1< sia: | gn olf Oe ee ee 103 Towa Prairie Chickens........... aU oie | Rifle Practice in Army....-.-..-:se--+4 ceeeeee es 282 Bird Arrivals. . 103, 124, 143, 163, 184, 203, 224, 245, 205 Sealtinslake @ntanlo sxameeeis ae We airs eee oat 303, 324 Kentucky Game Law.........++-++20+--++--+--- Rifle Range, Afternoon 0n....-...+sseeeer cress 481 Bird Migration......-...++0+easeen cesesererc es 21324 Seals in Hudson River..,.,.-..:2+---6.+++-5+4s- 203 Long Island Poaching.....- 106, ey 168, 188, 225, Rifle Shooting not Declining ...... .....--.sss. 0s 442 Bird Prorecrloms «2. sdeos gant ee eet eee 8 63, 183, 203 Seals of Upper St, Lawrence....,<.-++-+-++++-+-- I24 Thong Shob 22 Sete een Fain bie ace pee mey inn peas -» 48) Get. Clair Plats in Congress... 25: eerss seteene ee 321 Birds, Feeding in Nest -...---.-.-.+-+++--+++-- 484 Sheep bbybrids (05 seen tges osbies cpletters wet ease Sas 423 Maine: Deer’ Case, -fptn, 250 ensk eaenotiase cere 4 Galt-Water Fishing ...20. 0.060020 cee cee eae ,. 46 Birds in Confinement.......-.-.s4see0eeeees teens 244 ShoresBirdeN ores hance ys hen eres iwe Urckia- 0 -bebts -483 Maine Deer Transportation........ ....-+ mete | Sanborn, SDnEG, S.A Be Re eee... areas 42 Birds in Winter. .... 0-5. s esate cope eee sete tes os 7 Snake Gossipy...... -- fates trey cesueyker se se 65 Maine qyarce tines © gear es psn Gant tafe tate WSeieliets (Wiel Teac Re Se Seco 6 Oe AC EAN s 6.542 44 Birds of Gulf of St, Lawrence.....-.,.--++---++++5 465 | Song’Bird Protection........5.-. «++ +: 183, 203, 300 Maine WolveSaa.aa cis2 -fonh slslelests ots cta ap teint Seafowl D4@Struction. 25.0 cect e nee echt cere ce aee 461 Brown Thrush......... OPERA RL She gets A 323 Spikehorrw Gel sot Meee pee ee eel den oes huene 363 Mayor Wenibysa lees is oe erat Peay ee tet E Shotgun Philosophy.....--...-.2seeseereeee eens. ror Buffalo Hybrids......-.6++ -ssee ese ere reer etee ro4 © Spotted’ Sandpiper under Water Te ae 8 444 Major Verity’s Steam Cat...........5 ..- «2+... 4 | Sports Defense Society... ...-.--4 sesecsseeeeeee 50r Butcher Bird and Mice........---. --+------ pe nee zon Squirrel Breeding 22... ase. anes eae eee =. MOS Manitoba Game...........- .--.-- Boge Sede p de Slimmer Shootime:. 6. .-< cept iae ee cee weer nie re 442 Buletersthra Sev Oke vee, jyese ae ce a ane ema 65 Squirrels, Friendly........ -..-.. Set poate era 484 Maniteba Game daw. 943 442%4s22eeeioe eS ake 3 | Swamp, The Old..... 25... sess eeee cesses esses 44 California Quail in Confinement.......-...-++---- 7 Squirrels in Confinement....-...-. ep OD ae eka 45 Massachusetts Bill........----..--+ past =U pce d Tricks upon Travelers... ..--+s--stses sete teers 48x Caribou, Horns of Female.....--..+...+--++-++055 65 Squirrels, Tames... hes teee fear oes tp weer to +444 Massachusetts Game.........--.0.2.0.-4. 84, 227, 39 Trout, Large... 22.1. .e ewer eee ence ees ‘ h) gheceyii Caribou, Woodland and Barren Ground ....-. ++ +103 Stearne’s Labrador.........--..+-.-++ ee aren 184, 223 Massachusetts Game Law..........-- 4, 3 tees a Yrout Opening Day.....-...--seseee seen reese eee r6r ‘Gathicd <5 Rae ee oe eta oan Recerictocencaieg Ol 302 Swallows and Bluebirds..... 5A +a Eee aCe = 324 Michigan Deer Skins........ 20: ts-+e:- bene Weapons Found in Game .....+4-.000-+ sees sees 241 Chimney SwallowS..........24002¢s+s0eeesee+ 171303 Swallowsan Mud) 120.22. 00-4. .0..+- +20 Sas Lane 203 Michigan Notes.....:..---....- potest Rees cor ISA tee Eti) hen -cot Reae PO DOADD Soros easctnn Fc 501 Coachwhip Snake. ....-0.se-escee eee ener tee 244203 Mele rahi nWaresa tel ods sists dus aay: he oe he esos 444 Michigan Proposed Preserve........--+rreee-+e++004 DAWildfowl Shooting 22.5.0: sccrceves wraer ence eee tes a Congratulations and Speculations.... --...--.---. 244 PoadandsSnake cc, ee. ee ae adroit eerie it 424 Michigan Shooting. ae ens Reet ers ab ees | Wolf Cry in Maine. .....-1.--.++++ eee ds eae 82, I4I Coopersiblawhke 20+ so eee a eer coe see tk +443 Toad’s Voracity........... Somer. Osseo oe ea eh 465 Michigan Winter Notes........... mo Byegpbien eescive bee sss, Woodcock in June sees pees eee cee e eee eee ress 401 Cormorant Nesting Ground........ DPS hae h od. Trinomial Nomenclature. Reda anand Sipe ae ie 264 | Midnight Melody of Wildfowl... secon 14s ase ote Pear att Re Aitr ans Aeration eg asthe aaey Bee SLOT Corn Crake in New York........ Seats nodes 44, 303 Parts p Holes... ; 1 eee 2s even aes tee + 507 Migratory Quail.......... Saletih sine plenr piste Giron geo andy - oy - on * a ; = pal _— eo . | *~ 25 i, ? Py 7 = vw, a = —— la oe ol fe < : Page. IMGSSISSIP PI Cee MEs sfc avecd os eyes eee es SAU Soo Wt pes SIS — “Mucilaged Wads,........0c0008. ceeeeees 4% 106, 187 PRICGSCHITNTEItODAN SG ons pean ieee beeen 3454445 Mountain Sheep and Grizzly Bear...... beh sade 168 PP SCIMTOSE REVEMUVEN atic vlelbc eRe © ees nek 6 Pe enw UT SN ine Gites Ghee chs es BE A eB 324 New England Game Laws.,... . -...... 66, 104 New Hampshire League..............--0...0 227 ING we Mork ASSGClatiorty fc 50 5.5 phot eeett, eet 67, 463 Wew York Bill .:.....5.. stitutes jee ee 346 New York Game Protectors..... ....../....+.- = ye 85 Old Gutsy THE. wu... Cay Ne cra 145, 507 Gldwilinme Griditiesteis ge -.uris cee e {et ae aes 146 Onlya Brace. .......... pais ono ea eee: ert any. Open Seasons......-. 4 PAAR? cabo cae CAA OO es 485 Grepon Dter Biitelierye: . 2.22) she oe eyed ee ec 500 Passaic ASsaGiatioh 22¥ateatest once cts ceed ese 228 Hen anicalnieoiGrchingh! «atteee breasts cto nS th 406 Philadelphia Notes. ........ 325, 167, 187, 227, 247, 305 Powder Measures........ A Ae rh Ba oat f 206 IPC Me NIGKBMSIOG, Made) deuce hid earn se ash ea +466 Quail Distribution in New Jersey............. 5. 128 Quail Transportation. ...... Se Meet per tere h ttt 247 RESO TISESALLE Mes piensa. of-teltuens) olare’ etal ces eto chet of Bohs BAAS Reloading Ammunition... ..-..-., a etgarey tr 507 Revolvers for Game........ EL aL PARR SSet Bape MONEE 87 en Ces Saha AIe cle sen ae Mets Pe) alee 0 I4. Rifles, Choice of.8, 29, 46, 67, 85, 106, 125, 145, 163, 185, 205, 226, 246, 287, 306, 326, 345, 365, 385, 425, 467 Robin Shooting ..... Pe scott eee hia ok ee here ak 266 Sausthed BG a Aaa iio hee | a ee ae 386 iE Fy cel D1 tet Sy Sy Re Be Je a 324 St, Clair Flats Spring Shooting................... 147 Stilawrence:Game- Clip 4c. ge tpe send teat +205 Sagadahoc Association, 005 .0......e.. ees eees eee 30 Gem ECEINGHOGUIMEN whit as Peeanec URC OPP Sea cee ban « 325 Shotguns, Performance of...,30, 66, 105, 125, 145, 163, 185, 204, 225, 246, 266, 286, 306, 327, 345, 365, 425, 446 Smallirdaestruction;--0---8 0. eet yeye ces oe I45 RTO PEM LENIOLIES Lycee ile we wae ove Si - 425, 445 Snapping Turtles and Santee Bod sere beta teers 344 Snaring on Long Island (see Long Island). ,.......148 Sri egestas on See SE Ms ILLS” Ug erat etal or He 167 Snipe PivmesttomsWatere.. jg... e+ ntess os 9842300 Snipe stiuntine: G riGhkc2.55% 5.2.75) ssttene vers 385 MIME E SSUOOUNTS. 2 cee mrs SE RE a htt ta pete heehee 27 SerrEhear Glau AVS ey clay oa sd alalllele da cajae vye wide 168 Southern Game Grounds.... . ........ ee OG 28 Southern Shooting Grounds ...........-...--25-- 286. Portleriie ce MGmaireat te cdc Uae e tenes ns te © 509 Spring Shooting......+....- Sel pigis athe ae ORs DOT, Spring Shooting Advocated.................. 127, 147 Squmbop ear Merhiness fees. heer cele acces 106 Squirrels and Rifle Shooting.... . epee it ye 85 Sammenr Shooting... ¢ hee eng bey oes cob cen 206, 226 Summer Woodcock Shooting (Poetry)....... ..... 507 > SRE NT To] s1e]0101 1 25 OO REG er ne Relate ee eee ee 128 Swamp, The Old .. ......... Pai Bay be seb ne: 444. PentesStarGOnMentiOl fra veaiyeenle) ciclelemia «melee el-'s 227 Texas Duck Shooting.....-... Ca te tbe a 204 plexes sae. Saath, (SPH Aha tusiberoaitoraen y Guts 11, 206 PER ASMOMAN I Beitr on, es 5. a sie BO asia tis ele sabi o¥ 327 Pippa CAVeL entra wage: to Petters ates cat 366 “LS ite pe ea ee OE ene ae, he 8 Two-Eyed Shooting........ PRS EER ee oe 466, 485 Leng alileye inserts V2 eas ar anes Bee oom aeees 167 Atte AED Pha Hees tires oe wagaee leas Atos 425 MORES Hii retin alae vier ts a pe et gS ea tprat 978-300 MOC a LEMME Witt IE ts ects fat cestode [at Satat AS.) al uy staat aaka at ...186 Wads, Mucilage-Edged ...........--.... 47, 106, 187 Washington Territory Game Law.............-...-. 30 Weapons in Game (see Natural History).......... 228 \AESes reehiteyecalel Etta Se ea ag 148 PYelCammepELonie sea cr nts tea sdf oct uae tone coho 6 444 AVeSIAVATSIMISESRUOUDE .0 fuvteeede. oo oa operas’, 47 (WigenywesIOXSer 522 oe Sah ona Tee te ite abet en 80 128 WiltiresPP eet: CE OCELY ised asd yak eit bics vielen aaa eythane te 404 White Elephant Shooting in New York be sah! 458 . 287 “— Wildfowl Arrivals............ Pan Res ee ede 167 WildidwAlPoniesticationy.s 4.0.05 wad s-scche anes 346 Wildfowl in New Brunswick................... .. 425 WatloltOw ons Pacitic GOASt cae. co) co te herrcentis x e0cs 67 - Wild Turkey Shooting, New Style ................. 49 ByGr cele eons aie Sree crararg ety ins oie aren Ghana 12 84 ZL COG Ka Tw cee MOTTON Tre lob Pol. 2 9s, Phage, e 265 Woodcock Covers near New York,..........-....-. 84 Woodcock in Ohio.................22. A nes Seah eee 486 Wolves in Michigan............ .... hing #0 Maan 128 NVicodcopk sine simier jaa pia. wec cete sno poe hee 147 AN crea lero retical DETeh Wl tga ap don ee Meee PU OP poten LOT : Woodcock Migration........ Ae 37 Omega RS 167 Be WOOD C TALE re oe oct g Pecos eth kt Ai ne 425 iMellowstoneharins.. p25. -vintictasae. vases. 124, 204 oe ANGLING AND FISHCULTURE. Pxdrnondacebtat el eryen sas deflect. ape,-tejeleton ele dites “tae Sr African Pompano...... Astnitee seis AA Seca GAM eh Cece eee 388 Alaskan Fish and Fishing............... . mit bot 488 Mmapeun Rodan ay yee elec «leis ev eres clales 368 American Fishcultural..... 269, 329. 350, 368, 409, 428, i? i : 449, 469, 488, srr Androscoggins Drainage... +...s.ccsceeeeseseees 268 Androscoggin Salmon............ a narns ss ae peyed4y Angler's Wife in Camp....... bea SBR ys 308 : Aneline tore Charityy yu yeett. ebb fees eeee dre susie . 69 ’ ~SESTTEAE TASTE za Ee ance AP Ree AA Cae Sap pee 32 Anti-Fingerling Law........... eH See 130 - Bad Luck...... Lah a RES iment. WE, . 488 — Ps ISSeaTi hI CoS LET Sates en Hale etd cee Apo Orey eeeear (3) Bass at St. Clair Lakes........... Sirk inant be ee 409 HoaSSe MMV SIUM aah ededrs tds ae eso Poe pee WY 448 } JAIgS dpe dveee Be REE Geese oben Ne Bette as Pelee ee 288 Bassatly Wishing elon sib anas pets 2 oes ccs hn de 24488 Bass in Central New York.............-.. ic eater 247 -: Bass in Maine .......... 9 aN An 9 Anno a erg Pee | Bass in Massachusetts ............-- Meee tee ee 2) q Passi InGniessecte sre tet Soi AP. ee 367 k Bass Shaking Free. Seales weet cern caters s 4s LO7y 150 Bass, Size and Weight................+- Bette nes 5 TO eB ips bass. a ete: ee ee eee eee sy thes eae Birch Like Perch 34 tiie Pek 8 0 Ts cr 229 * Page, Page Page. Bisby Club.....-.. +++. ++: test rres serene eres . 170 Prncebaward ISlandesnpuslse vars cue, poet acter 469 Let OR eee © eRe eee eae 120473 Bindderwhtiawwesdsh sicerr. strrtseeeessca eer SLO Private Ponds out of Season.... ... ey. ee ng 8 German WOble. wis, ppancs sien Diaatcesi cetera ast 13 Blooming-Grove Parks 9.4.0. ccc. .ckieatalsta 388 IPS Keane Den a en oe ne eee ie ee 169 Grkoy i sials. Geto teak onan ado bole n teem g ees gs 13 Bluefish in Great South Bay.... ...............05 349 Rainbow Trout.... ........ i pete tog, 386, 409 CrOrdon SATORU esate cleletie rath Mea eary eel $06 LES Bow River Trout..... i halat's semed be Heda slawien ow +448 Rainbow Trout in Greenwood Lake ............. 368 Home for Dopss... = :saeereds ak oe peal Sasol et 12 Bread for Camp....... eS ny 487 Rainbow Trout in Salt Water... ......... ce. eeeee 249 International Cocker Spaniel Club............... 189 Pe TotieratGess sak tale ir «nico cee RTA 2, eee 51r Riagivelensq amar ry's meubite «ihre de fo kool y @ivteetes 407 {iPS Disduilification: (00. eene ees se 170 BMigearc. Sebray WASHING. sn: sane cp hmeedey sod ses +388 AEE hE ene, en IH Oc IH Ore, Jay tee tt 448 KenNeEL Hosprrau: RU ATatIATOMISMOMLhIne, .c, see ce etee cee te eee 369 Reardon. Joy aesnss ons NPs Re EW ihteness wiacs 4s +139 thielersncistvten Mpa ey te eee oo oh AAR rl QI Canadian Riparian Rights.....0.0..0..saeceseeeens 170 Rhyme of a Bass (Poetry).......... wit: 6 nie 386 Results of Inflammation.........-....-.-.-.+55 250 Gafdenas Bay Fishing. .o.. ceesns siete dee cee aes 129 PRIN ETON COs. c4 | 5 copes Lew Oy cacy ¢ ORs 169 WOUTSs w/o oo ao dlok 6 seta sip 7s) Ee Peter oe + 457 Carp Hibernating............ oddities I50, 170 Rod and Reel Association......2...2s-+e00000-00- 448 P -rfietlar Practiiness ss. neve ae cecet one cane 2+ 40 Catp Cooleing seri prime oe se coms aay oparesd 89 Rod, Hints About Making...... . ........---.+- 348 WOUNGB se. «cule rami e te cle nt heey Lente Enemies 492 Warp sliGod Guat teann no ae ewy Ay cen) ees 5t Rod Joints and Reel Seats.... ....-...--+++-+- ,.. 408 Knickerbocker (with portrait)............ .++0-0+.17 Carp Hatching ,...........- eee e eee cee eee enee 5r AeaES RAS GA PAN Esso eee Omee ce Geren y 49, 208 TsaiverackeHunitys.2 sr nes + note yecs ¢ereld = ae ttean a per 292 Carp in South Carolina... .., yh this ey apy Tt PGt Past ance Tesen ta d-kfaices «eels aa sus base ae mee 228 TeAVGPHURS «spe tree Pore eon che 6+ 4Q04 512 Catfish Culture...... hau pth bleu Ae nlsfeledias bala tak 389 Rods one andro Otbae «ecw racer rit tna aeye aaa ens 248 I bray et 1 OFT) oO ee ERS eek rats 333 LOVE TraRs5 18 Kayne SRLS oe eS ey ye rebar 348 Salmon and Trout of New England ............... 290 Llewellin, Letter from.........,.-..-- eile tetn hie 491 Chronicle of the ‘Compleat Angler’. ........... =. 70 Salmon Casting’in England.................--.< +408 Dam «RS fhe Seo te ee ee ee eee ei RE oon go Cold Spring Harbor Hatchery.................... 350 Salmon in New Brunswick,... ... :--seseieese -: 5ir Maine, Dogs thv.csan csp 4 aeceee anes eae tare +370, 431 SOIT eN IIIT ates os tec tys ec Fee As Cie erat 488 Salmon on Massachusetts Coast.........--.+-++.+s 368 Mangesity pi ainccas ice imaea eat RRS ah rts 131 Colorado Fishculture........ Oop oa ines: peace. 270 Salmunekivena ers eeeddant advises at poe eee ee 130 Massachusetts Dog Law.....2...0....00+-:euess +. 12 Columbia River Salmon Hatching................ 368 SONMION ge POLSON opis ee sls ye wes s+ ome sae samt ais 367 Mastiff Temperament... s4..----) sssccees Vruian D5 Connecticut Commission. .....-2..+-seeeeeee ee II, 109 Saltefor Wishes Munpuse. teas. estes abrasions aye n whe 409 Meteor Cwith, portrait) or. dee ace ene eat eae 3IL Connecticut Shad Hatching...........5 .++---4-- 489 Salt-Water Fishing...................005 328, 487, 510 Mari tel ea. be te oe eens AG ie, ett we OPI 41k. Connecticut Shellfish Commission................ 150 Sawdust amdeMalariaiverceesenes «udetie ch pad4 488 Ny ti KG: “Stud BaGhy vg gas s ik he Awppee iin ates +e RSR COpOUG Dallse ce erie resets Mg eres. fap cla to a bn 511 SBHOOCIGAIREEC Sets ub odoin he hee cours ware exicicriore mers 5I1I Nia Ay she, 00 Olcott ane eae ne oe Ce 352 Waoeshoshinoy a. ese fase c Lite cee state 249 GCHIOUMMINa ROMMEL eet edo, Sawn, ENG Ie UE Stee 349 New England Kennel Club.....--...-... I7I, 390, 430. Delaware River Fish Baskets...................-: 469 SOOEHSNMPASE WANS 005 0 WopumevieW rte aiie sa nscale 2 290 Net Paver SHo was ona. poice be ot date cde >» bse aerapeet 151 DowellPin: ..0425--45.- 79, 107; 129, 149, 169, 189, 207 Bearmass dr ceanaday pacieecnadas cle pilots! dere ae itatas 169 eo avi SILO se ~o' 20g aicietcia, Fotewiell sitet 292, 310, 371 Draining and the Floods; .... 656 tescceceses sens +130 MQ HLrOTIES eee ae pees ela tension vice Shee tees 469 Won-Sporting Show........ 50 -0+ een ees cect ees 472: Pu IneOned: erates dates cp as.) bays 130, 170, 229 Heaslrotiociug Canadas mon saila. wc econ etre +428 Nimrod (with portrait)........0...seeeseee sees eee 250 PIAPICURIVET WVLICH an aiectarsneke ot bail ojaieertilbanielstasya e's 388 Seven™ Ponds. se fi hans pias hadnt. add Tee 340, 426 Philadelphia Kennelsys.2% tr esses ss entrant 431 RelseWatenby Meouth sit .c.5sFep ay ce teres ee It haw Ly High noo sane ts sidpacger lee ts carver re 308, 309 Pilkington Pointer Sales......i2+erecerecns eerie 514 English Fishcultural Farm,.......... fesse +4 6209 Shad Hatching in Spring Water.... ....-..+---.. 450 PrOtisul GimteT ale uae W Heise ice cee Pepe ie alae iecaare +231. English Trout for America_.................. tog, 428 Shute CONNECTIGMtr. capa aes es swt eapae ram me 428 Pointer PYOtest: sacs oopckan es orto ee eee Auer emes Hee 4it Ui TS Te oe Se oc tee loc bulr SRO bee Ne aero Smelt Fishing Through Ice.............-.----+ 31, 89 Pointers: at Cincinnaty,. 00.0... =a + con ceueaaee 189 RIS GtT CEA ORM Cane ps yas en RU A oe he oe 489 Snapping Turtle Experience.........-.-.----.---. 1go Pointers at New York...... 330, 351, 371; 389, 410, 429,, PASI GUI DINE OL KO Gah are eed CE hi epee 89 PSH EeaTIPO GME MUI eiads wag cite cams of bes Gkrvieris) axe 88 450, 472, 489, 512 UIMSHCIBY Sar 3d taco eek aed dat Rob iehe « 486 State Senator Nabbed..........-. cece cecbeaeeeees 408 Pointers ys. Setters... cse cess seceeteseewraes funed 130 (as Des Erailin bela Sie ee pea pects ee) ae 7510 Staeleacn ses Ree ee een © Ao 356 Prince Phaebus (with portrait), . wastes ereeneesanes 33 IRS eNO Usrerestry sreeete do foe Soven fnaiene SMa eeL Toone Ae Ee 289 SUS TOP EES Gye two PASI Seyi a bte wn oneg sewers +11 rere 109 PHZeS VV LED GIG. wy a ur vt date cia Dials olota cleteibepeearue Fras 272. Fishing and Fishermen,,...... :...--.++--.- 107, 208 Strickens’irout, The (Poetry)... 22-25 a: 5 -bias Be: 2} Rabies, Ancient Testi... ..2-0..tsc0e yeepesgerens 514 ION AE BIE sates Seam OR BEAN CCS OOOe arr Ay Cer fal Stitreeomeb yshinp. cesta 0 a4 un oes 0 eo epee 129, 290 Raibronds atic oes. ise 4s. sss ys Hee ste ae ieneeny © miata 431 LOS Clibistegs Corn L Oo) Ce RPE, PORT et eae ek es 309 Shuppeome rarest Bee ace SORA a eens ooh es 89 TOR, eee Si ey 7) Anes tz Fishways in Nova Scotia. 2... ..0..5 ose eee eee eee 170 Sword Swallower Choked .........2..2+---2222-. 394. Registration in the A. K. R........ epee eee ee eee poe DIN OOKS oe iene dete nies ne ratne names oer 268, 289 Maker gt pbs (ROGtrW)oeete tials « «seme se ls.- cle/lbasions 487 Retriever Challenge. ss asc dsss cc dees seayeae dance 413 1G otal Dicey ge Was R Se ie Sen i a 129. 169 WPAUEOR ANON acta cate t rales sve car aaesipes gee 428 RELIG GTS Oe aig ee Ks ali ne 2 * Spel aah teste ree Pen partons 270 BilyaRod katemalss 0. 0S) acted Deane Ee oO: ETGMNGSSEGH weet capa ayes ores sap buys oops an eiae) Vein acs Bere» 229 Wobing Lsland Clinic. 2 iis. htelelgjenn t)sleleisietse ie aia eh FE Ib patetr say DER eo aS ala eo 89 Eire ASIN A LETS Sk Bera cicre sea due a ecmrng Ble See ieee Ras Eee 427 SPS GUIs SHOW o. we cies « Hee bert caw oly tort nl Aabanda nate 27 Food Fishes, Excellence of... 1... -cecescaess ose 488 Aree tS EPO T eS Pe On Ee Ge, ne NCC or, Lea yee 349, 426 Geinbdyasebys Oh. ody faite Ase ote Doe ee es ae 133) 153 (Srey Nnge COLA to eerie «eo Ge es avr as 107 Trout and Blectrictty. Ora ede g AAR St hdd oe 209 SpantelbGlassification. .. oc).-+c-seaceese te ot steam 212 Gaffing a Sturgeon...... PERE 8 oS MOE Bon aS 48 rout ane abens ond Ke Sebi) tains adie ih thes es 388 Spaniels’ Intelligence. 1scs: 05.2 eecceecnenenees 293 German Trout for America..... Rote tee erase Pe hone Tog Oyo ried hoje p Bon So pwMe oo woce str ne lor ges Sear et SOESE SCENE, eres eee eke s | ier plaee Mas rAnEeS 430 (GioiistSna alah: i AR Ban RAHA AA Beran Sie 200 Trouting on the Bigosh.,.31, 46, 69, 108, 149, 150, 188, Pekaslors, tet. l ieee sh en ahecr eee eae aes 1r (onanal ints aes Dpitees tis metcnicen ciriel icers.a'm sm cheers ean a3 228 Taranto ShOWs.., ¢ - oc atevie es ons agaete sah aale es etal: 190 GreatallswEshyay noes ys co.st cite Me os ed Seal 472 Trot caw tina’ WiOrtias 24h senedeisote.b sree ee ceria -447 Peseta yt Oo RA ear 8 Sr se oe loo 252 Greenwood Weaker! a iia dees eaghid sore ateacece 368 ARCOM EAL es ous) lara Peed wich Ee eae Goatees se ts 449 Vicar's Testimonial. sks nds nee cone nresieg 270 Greenwood Bond (Mes) ic cece ete vies oe rin win oat ne bee 51I AD oye Gath ahs As Soe eS ASA oboe oo Sere 183 SABC 2 RAT ESR Se cece scobpeetaccre io SA 173 take berg hOrtASy 4 lec okt ore, om see Rn hee a oe ae 170 MoU baton em) OMLESTIG Ta sto oes Naveen tate cee ye ro08, 149 Wrarts: sl a0 ule aces elat biotin mtn eecraans we deii reins Tene 133 HermaphroditesShads sq. ess -seasiessanges ds «+4269 Trout Streams near New York......-..--+-.++000+ 268 WraryiC SHOW cee terctate-caie)eierdoleteimelartacs tie 29%, 412, 473. - Lenning AV eIatl Only ss yp seb eee oe OER sielelclaclatstels 249 Trout Streams, Restocking. ........,.0..2. ..i 20. 32 Wasbingtonsohows oer -ve. s.90 teen terse aera! ratte MUEIGROIy SA | Bile. sis certien tamed Hes ace Soe ok 350 United States Commission in Michigan rien ioe go Waterloo Cup......-.- 7 CASAS en ft ee ai Boke 153 erseH irs tts ASS tse, taeelaia sishe esl « MSL irc ores aNd 487 Metmornt tittese etean aut ene gls hrs bo ktee yougtenseee 309 Woodcock, Working the Dogs on........ .-.++,-- fo EL OO KS eu NWUIE De Ess Ol tec 2 erent sr tes erie Pleo els faieict= Ir Vermont Bass Grounds.... 2.2.5 .....eceeeeeees 469 Worms) Clirestiorin . «csc s.c6a eteiiee scent eats ITI, 133. Tee ishing. 25 obese AG en EN Cd ge EOD 229 Werriron tla WSriivd sie csere on oetoteme he rare Cue 1s eee be egos ane 169 Mork Royal SHOW. «jo. 9p cane seas aeeneian ate lte 430 UrGriGlade athe tira aes hod. cics an ostbelaiy sueehels oh 329 Wiatersnaketand Ganiie sccm ayipnalnsieme prlelca tse laiels 51 RA PAish eri OU ie peti s Me cst ieb leielerstiis) emis. we « 89 West Virginia Grounds.......... Peed test ieee 428 ‘“\Kingfishers,’’ Camps of...307, 347, 366, 386, 407, 426, White Perch in Lake George..... .........-- 309, 329 446, 468, 486, 509 Whitefish in Confinement..........-.... -22.00-05 249 Weaicea Vito Soa ee eee Oe emmy CIN. Eas = ee 449 AWETNG Leith Ae WER SRA AG Ge Ree Sore COL 409, 428 RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING, Lake Ontario ES epcond et [eyes Wine > stl ye 449 Woodmont Club Boda n ee potent Loar sBAABsecs 350 i en Pw ey alter OntariotsalniOtssbeeenien Athan ite ee: ee ne 328 \Wifoyeeeradey ail ly DF ire ey eh eile brah Senet Ee 349 i L k T t it, 2 Cc Set mA Army Practice cower ee cee ee gees 92, II2, 293, 313, 393 Biles: Dhiohige Ite Ao AERA MEO S Switew Goce eee 449 Wyoming Commission.........----++-s.s-e.seseee 3 FRC eh dhl Bead Dann cool digcateties Mand-Logked= Salmon... :e25+ecenenetlss aeesee 49 : BullardeRtfe itn nn ct ihets i e-teenhedeeacte hh 154 Land-Locked Salmon’s Name.......,........-..0. 130 : ae ae Calibers Sinalle as eeetek cclenes cite, atta eel alate lece Ae 14 « Land-Locked Salmon in Sebago ... .. .......... 328 F ia RG ia Jmiiths California Rifle Association. ......-.-2+.sseeeseee 372 LeaWWOVAG la TRON Sts yr hasseh See OEE ay stan ater fe 208 . = “4s Tico dtheeuiets Berk Carolinas Association............-s2+4+-4s-- Aare Ge: Ha asia hike he eine REE Ce a oi Mahe Oe ag rete THE KENNEL. Clay-Pigeon, International Tournament. .74, 353, 373, Dtlettin As bie ester. Coon ok MD LAA SPB 49 é 513 Leaders, Color ae eo dtedd ger Ree Nek ns 31, 88, 128, 387 Ne AS Pe Ae ob Oma COted Gn SAAS GARR Saat Ge 192 CGcBta SuiaParntera ats SAN Lasieer lees See aoe FLERE MRO KS prck ee esl aiid ne ocpirn och canine esersigranecce et 248 AlMmOSteaeDOUDIE® sale eee ens Lal eee et A 71 3 : a (CTay=Pigeons Pugzleges, -opnld aneun odie oe oaks 392; 433 Lobster Protection............ I eee SB aa aaees +449 American Kenne ub, New.............--.+-. .190 : t £ oe ee Connecticut State Shoot............ hae eee os 255, 414 Monge islandsb reserves cee sah es Uy streak Sciae 306 ‘‘American Kennei Register’? Collar Dog.......... 251 : : Son J CreedHOG, «2 J. Here etete enFusatete ea 372 Pitrckawith, Gaesuorenosess weet so pean so Serio ces 69 ears hrsttioniie Asap Enel, Pes eee tps = woe 1it 3 my j . (Pectin al “Rare tes ists «sole tte nes gine neues Sct acalt ERO Maines Pits rusty ate 5 .0e execs aes Se a Se ot BOCA 469 Bang Bang (with portrait)... .....6.eesesa+-sseeeeeee 53 fo ; eit ‘ : Dominion Rifle Association...............+.20+0- . 92 Mictiitea tits trey arc nies lop itetl-(e Sento eee sehr: © lla, 129 Beagle Club.......... BATE AAR POR OPER GI 12, 72, 153 Dufter Club aS . ‘ UMEY CLUD, 2c cee ewww ee eet eee eee vee eee ee iwe Maine Sal monelatChingue eee es ee eselnevis Larsen 329 Beagles....72, 90, 133, 189, 212, 213, 270, 351, 371, 399, Fy cen EBT Recevtion ae aatgitt ekg ab Maine Season Opened...,..5... 22. cee. cess ees 268, 308 430, 451 . : : Kennedy Rie. Ger atvoagecdacdsrcceyercemrewsn ns 402th MicinemoLcin teh cers\ seed eee es eiceen eee syne es 32 Bearles taney VOuee tea ses oo toc owdh sh eon ee 330 : = - F Knoxville Tournament. ....... teen eet ae ese AER NIA IEG OTIE Meets phobias» SmPesrmene te tee ele ares Une see 427 Beagles, Shooting Over... fo. ee ees cee eee es 490 A < i Meir lin Rites eae aes oie Ona oe ne Se Ot Cee SMa +1252 ManitobatAmeling 2 202.0. seek tte cs cerecce os 305 Beas thyaiotSINesse pens pet tse meee tints tate cere § 12 «os , Massachusetts Daa stvamtent B32 SC BRC REY hacen 296434 Mies calompestasittiioy pp tntess hyn niee odes Sus Sel 107 Beaufort (see Pointers at New York), WMirliterrymiR ies: giles pl a ebssiawerties baremin aye nlern trate Ree 34 Massachusetts Changes Proposed............ ...- 189 Benefit ofthe Doubts oer. ee ove ers seeing 390 Militia Shootin AM Massachusetts Fish Commission................... 32 leybtsy 4 ACleeveay ew tele 9 oo oe Mie nnesnoneortcont sing 402 a SNe ety Riis (ar ek oe : i National Trap-Shooting Association........ 74, 93, 314 Menhaden @uestionin. oi... c0044<50-. 5 32, 71, 309 Garcer oftth exh al terse aor co iahietele fafoderesteiee oe 73, 131 i e, Roan Le % c Newark il cuonainientercy san ce sacne wore. we cies Mee Shi Michigan Fishing....... sey AEP SE Ben abit techs Ee 32, 349 (CUT EEIZO SOM PRL Cert gine acocesn. ee orcnortc ake AIT y, Rane oie z Tt. : New England Association ...........0..0200.0005 492 Michigan Grayling...........2--..0. shderdentcd tie aieie 428 ‘Cincinnaty sShowrases set eet RNs Suet te tel) te 13I 2 s aS eeaNS Fr ; New York Clay-Pigeon Tournament.... . ntigmte 493 WhithivanWakess a-8 5p sautite toils ek tel canons ct 188 Cr VaDOP SELIG er ferstntete eisintctgepielel eros si eters see 12 Ee * Non-Cleaning Scores ....... --.¢++-4-0. Bete ts. 173 Midsummer Lake Scene.... 2.0.0... ..euecse cases 468 Glevelmncde Shows. weer steed cote ches, Univ nee ee 210, 231 aa f Exes yrstare WenyN GON Me eee AO GALA Yu Aono Boe IO2, 252 Minnetonka, Day at.... . ....... Poem AL Daa A Ah 447 BG lOverebelle i tnusieresdene steals eah bs eee ioa 173, 272, 390 : A : Queries about Rifles: ...... ess sos oe 73, 112, 133; 252 Wibiimyatenypsiatene UstOne eer as oe oy ognoean 1 Ne ee 309 (hiram Soba ees, se Ae hotdog ands Goose uaz e 33, 72 cs : 4 re - + Ratton)! Irarset ractice- = waned: 0d ccm semen -293 Missisquoi Marshes....... asthe Satyt «sagt en Oo AS 388 Cocker Spaniel Produce Stakes,...........---+ +++: 52 = z - «yg. Pah? A : RerninZFOTIREC ie... Linnie a nstesette tates, «a eee hats 433 Wa Bos ents vee tsa UTES CBHEEENA POE on oh Wek ti Sahay A 510 Crab etslavai yc eetel Tire et Se Ped ee es oe peer 512 Sei f Rifle Shootin Lp: {igen | Movements of Fish in Rivers.................2.-.. 51z Golpmioreedin encores bas Manas geen eeeRiee yaaa. 272 cash tey Sears fet re . Y Mearoet, Close ae bern 2 <3 sor Steere lee et tans 54 Muddy Flavor of Fish...-........... Slag cae ee 109 FE OULESITAG a | Nag tye ee ga tans alee eiatenchh ychileerires 51 : i r Wrheelimestpsee en es = sete rr ahah e. oe nts. gat NetSiislaakeGhanrplaia™, 1. ehteberianra |). se... 329 nystaleBalage DOs SMO Won ec4oslouls'eslaitsbnn> oe 52, 512 3 F " 2 ae, Wren ciaes erteemarp te eee eee to we 293 Newfoundland Codfishery........ ........0. .2. 427 Current Dog Stories......... A nea a, I2, III, 352, 452 Winchester Rifle ak NemebernanS bine: . ded. oc. 0 eee ws pee el, 209 Duchshumde fa ee ed « shir tees, aie I3I, 251 Wonchossdtictttiece |, 92 ee nana aaah, ? New Jersey Commission ....... ak cht Sees +230 Dil cane Tee heat Pere PEPE hiner here: el. - 12 New York Commission........-...22...... -..005 269 Eastern Field Tiials Club.......... SA posse T3, 230 pa Bi Ocean Fisheries Protection ......., bcd eee Aa 428, 449 English Kennel Notes...... IgQ0, 230, 271, 331, 371, 413, Ohio Bass... ante tng geet Me nr 2a 1 329 ; 451, 401 YACHTING. Ohio Commission.........-...--.-++- (te SEARS 409 CHericnce: WIteb oes ql aan sages ee 3 ele 5, 212 ; Mawoss&GcHARe= 24 alee. ae ee hele eh eee Joh +388 Pantyrs Pedigree. sa san, o2 a. - 20 QT, 452, 473, 514 PATHALCTUTIMOP ION, piercer bee ure tiyeite sterile Oedretetet tie pe 38 Oswego Pishways: .-.<.¢-2 cst sep teee cece wee 309 Freip TRIAtLs: ATHELICANe Vo Oa aeaghs 2 pte ees ST aeeR clink ARES ge +496 Oystershgeniest |. is c.p)a ssa Reee are ee eee 389 Re rb yan teleSea ed. seis nos 2S 133, 171, 213, 292 AmericaurwachtsBist 0; wrote orate ee ass) areats 435 Pennsylvania Association...... PAP cen asp 49, 367 Bee fa Mle A Ca ee pe iS we>-332, 352 Atlantic Wt Gat two beep anees ea pave 2 eran we SO ceed ecg Pennsylvania Seining Case..... SGI ED. Eos tanae ye: .88 ere Sheet bests clea etsy =n oat aise Fires Se ot 0249 8) Ere Neh heey oa eee AP -ecirticcae toh thera oe Sera sh 234 Philadelphia........ Ratals tetas, ated bed, 289, 448, 468 AE Tai yext Dee ope ater iat cael s cea eet EERE ice ys 330 TET kM eens sec Se oconeeedcut ots lo Acs se 315 _Pickerel Fishing...,....... eee aia an tate? aos STOO TONER GSS Ud atrefoptye EE Son eog pene) UE Oth) os aoa Ge 411 Beverly Yo C......2+i +) ow ples bw os 455A 70) AO, SER Pike Fishing ... ..... hiepietiens sae h Set eae) AC, Foxhounds... 20 tenons (ean gedeis pany HE ee +0233 SFO AeI eR Rots Asche eee vere k Porine th eden fe +1475 Pompano, Large..... tenet eens ARIAAS SA! tS Ae +290 Fox Hunting., ra 72, 90, L7I, 212, 250, 450, 452 THRO Syeo 5 bee SOOrobn cm Sie io hs. So aaa es ee ope ease LER opted “Sirens sean, ty hers eum eet Asie ZAG TROFEO Brera Gr poe Ci obs Re Pee ee ore +17 Chesapeake Craft........ sca RES Bille vale ete egies og - ; St en a = Te SE gee ONE ee | = | 4 INDEX Page. Page. | Page. Page. MOMs Oh tarinelu bie rece staat autsasttyy salen toed erase 58 EN Ow. sb Lavienben Cx rte Suge net tect ateNsrcie Seas sh 0 376, 435 Amateur Canoe Building. .14, 55, 77, 97, 116, 136, 155, Merrimack @rilise. 4. vcviesswiisrene eaters aera 516 NSOStiOl ACM tn. pose secs tiesto tthe erage ...-16, 36 New Jersey Y.C..... OAS meets easier 434, 455 196, 234, 276 Mermina ckeMee ten eet tieiva deere wit arene 376, 436 Daisy cits cokes A een Ora eel tet le magic, 751 95 INTE Wa) NOK Matfer © spressse ern ervsegeicatt gs Weed hehe ats +.295, 415 American Canoe Association Badge.. ..... ...16, 474 IMISSISGUOIURIVe reset! (Aalst a kr bee womens 377 Delaware Notes... ..25.5..00: 2 eee ers) 57) 205 IN IGE ARE Battarwenay aintecbeecitee waa weare cine 295, 315 American Canoe Association Book ........... ..-355 MissiSsippise Own thei. 2 eee ot oss oe net ree 35, 56, 77 Displacement ano ee Dec ee fad meee 295 EN OLIM Ate ay euleu c eirye ote bata eee tne 176 American Canoe Association Meet... .....436, 454, 474, MiohicaniG' © 20 vee ss eae <1 275.02004.31 75h 4d 7S MBorchester ViGieses mlbioveyieverss pees icles 435, 515 INGvemibereDashmete ties. cotcn cs eet tee ae tere 17 ¥4949:5810° | 0 Mlontrealy CC tare sre ae sees 2 et ok eee fee 495 eth eR a, Me coe a IeePricry sare Sitale aepalett ie nda oios 136, 194 Niimbersiewelvey is te s.t2 oh obhis, oS uct cen ease AS JaGuks io qatsnot (G7 KOp ee AGN EAA! | Wao pote M6! 97, 217 Mosquitoes! Aetieteeccrt on) thes nee ee 96, 226 Eastern Cla Sica, iro atoge silty} aeeme 395, 455 ING SSAGS cscs aan tetra aot nctate Clot foes Mr eb derma 275 PATIGIOEEME CUSED Ae Sa A age ee mane pst we Bt 494 Naititilus; Newark Atgee iim hy eae eee 517 WE etc tart Cte Eger ME es vel eerie na. Tbe ee 236 Olds Hand ond eck! -o.07 2 koe a ee eee eee 254 Bary Ontie, Cas) rye ink Dial, ne Nee On er 436, 475 Newburgh Meet. so... 2. .a..--s 316, 356, 376, 394 \English J REVS Nee Seng Je SEO SOO CE eae MOREE IE ne 205 PACT CSV. PTCE cge oe spt 3 Sa ace ail, Ort seni reefs Peysee 496 BOGS aaa op Bet alee cae en es AANA cele eae ..96 New. England! Canoeing weamer see ur neta ee ce 355 florida. 232.420) Phone ate bhai aoe kt oet 295 PySoy aed aOR am sn 8 BN 156, 157, 175 Wander Boge JIS fea et cles 296, 316, 337, 350 New: Vork:Gi Gi. cyan | aie ee eee Oe a 138, 436 ‘Food aboeauier os ey ates GE ee ais Baa ee 355 Petrelts; Cruse 204 ee, ee eae eee ees oe 194 CaloosahatchecsRiuyc tracey ety er eee oie ere a 276 OR SeChoObee cry «, 120 (oi: lols Aa a ern ee PETE sa 276 HOE IMAP SAGKUISE sr. speak ore tte a tna i tle ane yrase a tsare 274 Port. Mornis tomea kes Georg came ren ne nee 495 Camp Outs ae Wns Eee ee ene eee 56 Old! Tinie: Cruisés....4)..09 12 Sate ee eee 337 NGMETINAS EM en elas he Hila gai nicst ary as puselecels was 255 Port, Oranges siesa-te. eyace eet tee fair ee eee ere = 496 Canvas Boats..... BPD Dent Phe Rtg se web. 336, 394 @shkoshtGs Cea apae ee aaa ter wanes 4545 495» 527 EAST 5.5 a Sale dou Oot Ae ORG po ot ete pee ee 16 Quaker Cittyavy Ge eeas coat Gere -76, 396, 515 Ganvas Canoe batching se. ie ben tece nee 436 Pelican: Ga@\ 2. Dah i sdes ie ee 257, 454 KGiteanieen, 22 pce taeee ds, Bis aresaravecehe ake oe playa to 195, 215 RATA cep as eer eee. Bers Meee agent Perea eee tates 274 Centerboards) | Movs a: semetaty et de aetna aes Sere 516 PilObS ie cst gle ceed oe cee PAE aati (oh Chae ee 336 2 ELGTR ANS, Dy ges Mic cull CAN ice als ge et et Perec 136 REMINISCENCES oh tear ens ceeer et eaters ena ce opel ees 36 @hicagos©mGr nln oe povere en Ce 16, 296 Vests esa) boifed rt (ORM Cs ei Des iA oe rc cs 36, 78, 377, 494 TBE STS SS Cha TS Se res ar re 336 ROM CT Ta ees -s Bh spe cP RCo I Vom ore ee ees 16 Cléveland: Ci Cy eke Punt i, ee even ee a tne 296 Po fowono le. Gu Grates eras seh eee igh are 414 TBE GENT Coie aNd a a a el ee 4355 4755 495, 496 alse kee Lalas Et cretion bel haae TEE Se dea aE ese ed 57, 96 Club @onstitutionse ermeran eee yeh en rere 356 RivermandWoast-Oritises voinessceki Pema bam ee eeents 454 \International Amateur Match..............-...- +274 Sand bageersy, u.n cation swirls yar eee eee ae ele 374 Connecticut River Meet.... ................ 356, 414 ROb WRGyC oC eee ut dae pte eet as (Wee sees 177 Tiss { could eite cause and instance after instance in this connec- tion, but will not try your patience or weary your readers further than to say that it is time that more attention is glyen to the diminution of fish by steam fishing gangs, pounds and FISHING IN MICHIGAN. HE past season here has been good for fishing, and has been thoroughly enjoyed by ye local fisherman and by some from outside, one party coming from Kentucky and stopping at Bear Lake Village, on the shore of Bear Lake, one of the most beautiful Jakes 1 ever saw, being alive with game fish. Five miles from there is the head waters of Bear Oreek, and it iseleven miles to the Betsy River; the latter has grayling and the river trout. Bear Lake is eighteen miles north ofhere; two daily lines of boats leave here and connect at Pierport with the narrow-gauge Bear Lake & Hastern Railroad to Bear Lake, five miles. We also have «daily linu of boats from Chicago. Southern and Eastern routesare via I, & P.M. &. and C. W. M. R. R. Finer fishing cannot be found in any State or county. Au Sable Lake, thirteen miles south of here, is the largest one we have of the chain; tt is twelve roiles long, with au average width of one and a hali miles. Partage Lake, eleven miles north; boats” stop here daily af the Anickema Mineral Springs. Messrs. Jolin Higgins, Bidleman, Cox and Caraton caught in Pattage Lake in three hours twenty-eight black bass, weighing 183 pounds. All were taken with flies on June 25, 1882. Jolm Higgins, by the way, is .a thorough sportsman and a gentleman that many are indebted to for favors shown heing*"always teady and willing to help and assist others. He hastished all of the streams and lakes in this country. Should any of the readers of Forest AND SrRHAM Come this way, | willassure them of cordial treatment if they are lucky enough to fall into genial John’s hands, I wish to say to my readers that this is no scheme to advertise any hotel (and we have good ones), railvoad or corporation. Trout hogs and counters are not wanted, but gentlemen will find friends and well-wishers. Any information I can wive to your readers will be cheerfully furnished, 8. EK. B. Manisrix, Mich, Jan. 12: LAw Brearers ty MArwe.—Oxtord, Me., Jan. 27.—iditer Forest and Streain: There have been many eomplaints from ihis State concerning the persistent breaking of the game laws, but Ido not think there have been many instances wliere these laws have been broken so boldly and defiantly ay is being done now on Thompson's Pond, in Oxford. Since abeutthe 26th of October our trout and tegue with which these waters teem have known no peace. The torchlights of a dozen boats engaged in spearing these fish could be plainty seeu [rom the streets of the village, any still night last fall, Oue boat brought in sixty-five trout, weighing from two to three pounds cach, one night last fall, from off the spawning beds, and how many more were destroyed by killing these fish Iwill Jeave to the public to decide. Over 800 trout have been caught through the ice since it first froze, The fishermen boldly declare that, they will catch what they want for their own usé and the surplus they will sell, These trout are being sold at Norway and McFalls, and strings of them ure being carried in plain sight daily through the streets of Oxford. Now for my part I can’t see where the harm comes in catching the trout through the ice, but if one can’t do it stop all. lam strongly against spearing and think that a stop had ouglit to be put to it at any cost in this paradise for thé angler. Our local papers have an account nearly every week of some one making an wnusyal catch, 80 you see how badly these laws are broken.—Josu JEEMS. AneitaG Suanc.—New York, Feb, 4.—Hditor Horest und Stream: The editorial note on ‘Angling Slang,” in your last issue, struck hard at the us¢ of certain low phrases which pass for wit amoug a certain class, who either do not write for Forms’ AND Srrpam, or, if they do, their obnoxious pet words are stricken out. Some lime ago Tl read in a paper (casually picked up at a country hotel) an article containing all the vile words mentioned hy you, as ‘‘rodster,” ‘‘chuck- ing 4 bug,” etc., and which wound up by speaking of agen- seines, I heartily wish there could be interest enough aroused among the disciples of the hook to imaugurate a movement that would in time suppress the above causes of wholesale de- struction of our fish. If no such move is made it will soon he a thing of the past to catch with the hoot one of those noblest of game fish, the striped bass. We shall not only be deprived of out sport, but what is far more important, we shall be de- prived of all kinds of salt water fish as a staple food, and ina short time they will only be found on our tables as an article of luxury. To close this humble effort to express the ideas of afisherman against the monopoly by capital, we would say that we fully agree with your correspondent, ‘‘Fisherman,” in We have followed bass fishing for pleasure his points advanced in your issue of Jan, 10, and would alsa say if we cannot arouse interest enough to secure a law to protect the fishing interest, letus have the appropriation he speaks of. : _We also respectfully ask the United States Nish Commis- sion (o inyestigate this matter fully, not from our standpoint alone, but let them take both sides of the question, and they will soon discover that there is urgent need of the protection, as well as the propagation of our salt water tish. W. M, H. Soura Porismourn, R. I., Jan, 31, 1884. STOCKING STREAMS WITH TROUT. HE following on this subject is taken from the last report _ of the Fish Commission of Connecticut, and shows the working of stocking private waters by the State: Very great interest has been manifested in the efforts of your Commissioners to stock the depleted brooks and streams of the State withirout. Though the supply was greater than in any preceding year, the demand last year was so great, that only 3,000 could be allotted to each applicant. All those who applied preyious to March 1 received their quota. Itis very gratifying to receive such favorable reports from the streams stocked during the two previous years, The young trout are thriving, and in maby cases reports come to your Commis- sioners of their reappearance in streams where none had been seen for several years. The prospect seems good for a return of their former abundance, especially as the farmers are mak- ing efforts to protect them during their infancy. Occasionally some one complains that he is not allowed to capture the fin- gerlings as usual. As a specimen, a clipping trom a Hartford letter to the Springfield Republican is here given: “They go out for trout, and the number of large catches of trout reported this year is well above the average. The ex- planation is simple. Many people have taken advantage of the offer of recent years of the ish Commissioners to pive 5,000 young trout to whoever would come and pet them, With these they have stocked wild brooks and then they have hired from the land-owning farmers the soleright to fish in the streams. In other words, we are developing alot of preserves. It is impossible to see the harm of it. Fish are bigger and plentier, farmers get a little something for what they used to get nothing for; their fences are safer and crops less disturbed, And yet it is said that the effect of these preserves, with the warning notice against fishing, hag been to create a hostile feeling against the Fish Commissioners, People will go to fish in a brook and find it preserved, say it is all due to the Fish Commissioners, and get mad accordingly. But these same people do not think of going to the farmer's barn-yard for chickens and then condemning the Legislature at the thought that they can’t carry off the broilers without being punished.” ‘he facts, so far as reported, are that the farmers, finding that certain persons were in the habit of visiting the recently stocked brooks, and catching the young trout deposited only the previous year, haye posted their lands for the purpose of giving the young trout a chance to grow to a sufficient size to propagate their species. In this way aione can the experitnent. receive a fair trial, for there is inevery State a class of per- sons, generally known as poachers or pot-hunters. whose only idea is to capture the last bird or the last fish possible, pro- vided only it serves to supply by its sale, their craving for whiskey. The March woodcock, the July partridge, and the yearling trout are all equally welcome, if they can be sold, and it is well known that even in Hartford woodeock have been served at dinner parties in May and partridgesin Angust, and trout can be bought at any season, The young trout for the year’s distribution were provided by Mr, Henry J. Fenton of Poquonoék, at a cost to the State of three dollars per thousand. Mr. Fenten’s system of delivery has been so perfect that no complaints have yet reached your Commissioners from any quarter. Tn their report of Jast year your Commissioners recom- mended that an Act should be passed forbidding the exposure for sale of any trout less than six inches in length. See instructions at head of this column. Lady Leicester. By Mr. John A. Doolittle, New Haven, Ct., for orauge and white English setter hitch. whelped Nov. 8, 1883, by Blue Blood (Leicester—Doll), out of Coin (France—Fanny). : Rye. By Mr. Geo. Laick, North Tarrytown, N. Y., for white, black and tau mottled beagle bitch, whelped Sept. 17, 1888, by Ringwood out of Roxy. Mcucte By Mr, John W. Trautum, Middletown, Ct., for red Irish setter bitch, whelped July 21, 1883, by champion Elcho out of Meg (Elecho—Rose). q ‘ Miss Ranger. By Mr. W. F. Gould, Menomonee, Wis., for liver and white pointer bitch, whelped Nov. 3, 1883 (Dilley’s Ranger—White Lilly). ice Ranger, Dime Ranger and Lass o° Ranger. By Mr. &. B. Dilley, Rosendale, Wis., for pointers, two dogs and one bitch,whelped Novy, 3, 1883. by his Ranger out of his White Lilly, , j Mona, By Mr. F. Pendergast, Boston, Mass., for red Trish setter bitch, by Dr. Wm. Jarvis's champion Elcho out of Meg. Essex and Bernardo. By the Essex Kennel, Andover, Mass., for tawny, brindle and white smooth-coated St. Bernard dogs, whelped Jan. 30, 1884, by Alp Il. (A.K.R. 705) ont of Daphne II. (A.K.R. 489). Avis, Alpina, Lotta and Quenn. By the Essex Kennel, Andover, Mass,, for white, with orange tawny markings, smooth-coated St. Bernard bitches, whelped Jan, 30, 1884, by Alp If. (A.K,R. 705) out of Daphne II. (A.K.R. 489), ; ‘ose Marie and Red Kate. By Capt. F. G. Bixby, Boston, Mass., for red Irish setter bitches, whelped June 17, 1883, by his Ruby (Elcho —Rose) out of Red Maggie (Chief—Gussie). Dush Boy and Duck, By Capt. F.G. Bixby, Boston, Mass., for black, white and ticked Euglish setters, dog and bitch, whelped Oct. 19, 1883, by Dash IIT. out of Rhaebe (Rook—Dora). : A Black Bess I. By Mr. Louis Melchor, Battle Creek, Mich., for black coeker spaniel bitch, wiles ug. 28, 1883. by imported Tippo out of Woodstock Queen (Beau—Black Bess), Blue ti By Mr. Louis Melchor, Battle Creek, Mich., for blue belton Eunglish setter bitch, whelped Aug. 28, 1883, by Count Noble out of Rosalind (Leicester—Sanborn’s Nellie). Jolly Nell, By Mr. H.W. Durgin, Bangor, Me., for white, black and tan English setter bitch, by Mr. J. H. Goodsell’s Prince out of Jolly ee ‘ally June. By Mr. H. W. Durgin. Bangor, Me., for black and white fnglish poder bitch. by Mr. Jas. H, Goodsell’s Prince out of Jolly May . : Marvel. By Mr. J. W. Munson, St. Louis, Mo., for liver and white pointer bitch, whelped Feb. 22, 1882, by Croxteth out of Trinket (Tory aunty). Tae yf. By Mr, J.W. Munson, St. Louis, Mo., for liver and white pointer dog, whelped June, 1683, by Oroxteth out of Spinaway (Gar- et—Keswick). Pe Mack M. and Majesty. By Mr. J.W. Munson, St. Louis, Mo , for liver and white and ae and white pointer dogs, whelped October, 83, aust out of Musette. . ¥ ips ete a By Mr. J. W. Munson, St. Louis, Me., for black, white and tan English setter bitch, whelped December, 1881, by Fritz (Rod- érick—Norna) out of Duff (Carlowitz—Rose). ; Dimple Baker. By Mr, J. W. Munson, $t. Louis, Mo., for black, white and tau English setter bitch, whelped April, 1880, by Sanborn'’s Dan out of Sanborn’s Koxey-. : Jule, By Mr. James L, Semon, New York, for lemon and mate English setter bitch, whelped April 10, 1883, by Dr, 5. Fleet Speir’s St. Elmo IV. (champion St. Elmo—Clio) outof Diamond Duchess (Bailey’s Victor—Blne Nellie). . ‘ Beaumont. By Mr.W.W. Nixon, Leesburg, Va., for liver and white by Beaufort (A.K.R. 694) annie Turner (Sensation--Queen Tr.), . NAMES CHANGED. => See instructions at head of this column. : Black Silk to Hornell Silk. Black cocker BS eae dog, whelped Aug. 7, 1882 (Obo—Chloe TI.), owned by the Hernefl Spaniel Club, Hornelisyille, N. Y. BRED =~ See instructions at head of this column. Bess—Glencho. Mr, ¥, Waterman’s (Hudson, N. Y.) red Irish setter bitch Bess (Chief—Tilly) to Mr. W-. H. Pierce’s Glencho, Noy. 22. Fuust Fan—Ranger Croxteth. Mr. 8. B. Dilley’s (Rosendale. Wis.) pointer bitch Faust Fan (Faust—Minnetonka) to his Ranger Croxteth (Croxteth—Royal Fan), Jan. 27. Critic—Obo II. Mr. Winchester Johnson’s (Boston, Mass.) black cocker pee! biteh Critic (A.K.R. 303) to Mr. J. P. Willey’s Obo IL. (A.K.R. 432), Jan. 1. Nellie—Dash TI, Mr. Taylor’s (Woburn, Mass.) English setter bitch Nellie to Mr. A. M. Tucker’s Dash JIL, Dec. 7. Motchless—Dash OT. Mr. ¥. Thurls’s (Newburyport, Mass.) English setter bitch Matchless to Dash III., Dec. 12. Model Blue—Dash TTT, Mr. A. §. Garland’s English setter bitch Model Blue (Druid—Gussie) to Dash III., Dec. 29. Maida—Dash II], Messrs. Mason & Monse’s (Providence, R. I.) English setter bitch Maida (Blue Dan—Clip) to Dash IIL, Jan. 24. —Dash I], Mr. Elmer A. Hight’s (yon. Mass.) English set- ter bitch to Mr. A. M, Tucker's Dash III, Jan, 31. Nellie—Count Best, Mr, J. F. Lawrence’s (Ann Arbor, Mich.) Eng- lish setter bitch Nellie to the Detroit Kennel Club’s Count Best (Dick Laverack—Kelp), Jan. 21, Hornell Ruby—Obo TI. The Hornell Spaniel Club's (Hornellsville, N. Y.) coeker spaniel bitch Hornell Ruby (A.K.R. 67) to Mr, J, P. Willey’s Obo IT. (A.K.R, 432), Dec. 4. Skip—Belton IT, . J. R. Henricks’s ( Sy eluete Pa.) English setter bitch Skip (Dog Whip—Daisy Dean) to Belton IIT. Barly Daun—Count Best. The Detroit Kennel Club’s English set- ter bitch Early Dawn (Nixey—Princess) to their Count Best (Dick Laverack—Kelp). Reign—Leaxington, The Detroit Kennel] Club’s English setter bitch Reign (A.K.R. 178) to their Lexington (Nixey—Princess Louise), Dec. 25, Mr. ©. A. Johnston’s pointer bitch Phoebe to Mr. ticked pan oie dog, whelped June 19, 1853 out of Phabe—Bow. Edward Odell’s Bow. Clio—Lord Sefton. Mr. J.8. Brown’s (Montelair, N. J.) pointer bitch Clio (Sensation— ) to Mr, A. EB. Godeffroy’s Lord Sefton (Crox- teth—Vinnie), Dec. 18. Countess—Belton I, Mr. J. R. Henricks’s (Pittsburgh, Pa.) English setter bitch Countess (Leicester—Pocahontas) to Belton ITt. Molly Druid—Royal Gladstone. Mr. J. R. Henricks’s (Pittsburgh, Pa.) English setter bitch Molly Druid (Druid—Jolly May) to» Royal Gladstone (Gladstone—Mersey). Crook—Emperor Fred. Dr. H. F. Aten’s (Brooklyn, N. Y.) English setter bitch Crook (A.K.R. 281) to Mr. E. A, Herzberg’s Emperor Fred (A.K.R. 33), Jan, 31. Daisy Starlight—Dashing Dan, Mr, H. W. Durgin’s (Bangor. Me.) English setter bitch Daisy Starlight (Lelaps—Starlight) to Mr. F. T. Hall’s Dashing Dan (Lofty—Maud. Muller), Oct. 29, Spinaway—Bang. Mr. J. W. Munson’s (St. Louis, Mo.) liver and white pomter bitch Spinaway (Garnet—Keswick) to Poyneer’s Bang (Bang—Luna), Noy. 9. Tee WHELPS. =" See instructions at head of this columa. Belgrave Bess. Mr, H. P, McKean, Jr.’s (Philadelphia, Pa.) imported fox-terrier bitch Belgrave Bess (Akely Joe—Hebe). Jan.8, three dogs. by Tom (champion Monitor—Faney), , Rita Crozteth. Mr. Geo. 8. Tucker’s (Peterborough, N. H.) pointer bitch Rita Croxteth (A.K.R. 163), Dec, 22, six (three dogs), by his Bar- onet (A.K.R, 264), Bess. Mr, F. Waterman’s (Hudson, N.Y.) red Irish setter bitch Be:s (Chief—Hill’s Tilley), Jan, 21, ten, all bitches, by Mr. Wm. H. Pierce’s Glencho (Kleho— Noreen). Nina. Mr. Arthur Brookhouse’s (Wellington, Mass.) Bnglish setter bitch Nina (Lelaps—Belle), Nov. 8, nine (seven dogs), by Mr. A. M. Tucker’s Dash Il. Kelp. The Detroit. Kennel Club’s (Detroit, Mich.) Buglish setter ae ee ea 110), Dec. 29, eleven (seven dogs), by their Nixey A,K.LR, ). : Chess. The Detroit Kennel Club’s pointer bitch Chess (A.K.R. 77), spe twelve (six dogs), by their King Bow (A.K.R, 83). Seven since ead. Ruby. Dr. S. H. Green’s (Newmarket, N. H.) liver spaniel bitch Ruby, Dec, 19, ten (six dogs), by Mr. J. P. Willey’s Obo IT. (A.K.R. 432). Hight black and two liver. Betty. Mr, Wm, B. Mershon’s (East Saginaw, Mich.) Gordon setter bitch Betty, Dec. 17, seventeen (eleven dogs) by Dick (Rupert— i Beity threw thirteen last spring and her owner was very much elated thereat. Madge. Capt. F. G. Bixby’s (Boston, Mass.) red Irish setter bitch Made (Berkley—Ruby), Jan. 21, eight (four dogs), by his Ruby (Elcho —Rose). Trix, Glencho Kennel’s (Peekskill, N.Y.) red Irish setter bitch Trix (A.K.R. 187), Jan. 27, eleven (six dogs), by their Glencho (Elecho— Noreen). None for sale. Ace of Spades. Mr. George H. Gilbert’s (Boston, Mass.) black spaniel bitch Ace of Spades, Jan. 28, eight (five dogs), by Obo IL (A.K.R. 482), SALES, Le See instructions at head of this column, Miter. English terrier dog, whelped Sept, 7, 1883 (Dandy—Fanny), by Miss Ida F. Warren, Leicester, Mass., to Dr. Geo. O. Warner, same” ace. i Wycliffe. Red Irish setter dog, whelped Aug. 25, 1883 (Ruby—Lyda Belle), by Dr. J. Frank Perry, Leicester, Mass. j Lucretia. Liver,with white on breast, cocker spaniel bitch, whelped May 1, 1883, by Suipe (Captain—Nellie) eut of Cute (Sam—Flora), by Mr. Forest W. Forbes, Westboro, Mass., to Mr, Geo. M. Hour, same lace. “i Primer. Black and white ing hsh setter dog, age not given (Dash- ing Dan—Daisy Starlight), by .C, N, Wade, Hackettstown, N. J., to Mr. Geo. Shaw, Minshell, N. J. j Lady Leicester. Orange and white English setter bitch, whelped Nov. 10, 1843, by Blue Blood (Leicester—Dolly out of Coin (France— Fanny), by Mr. W. E. Miller, Meriden, Ct., to Mr. John A, Doolittle, New Haven, Ct. ; Chief—Biddy whelp. Red Irish setter dog, whelped Feb, 2, 1883, by Mr. Geo. Laick, North Tarrytown, N, Y., tu Mr. Chas, P, Williams, New York. Donna. Red Irish setter biteh,whelped Feb. 2, 1883 (Chief—Biddy), by Mr. Geer re Lei. North Tarrytown, N. Y,, to Mr. Frederick Com- wee oston, Mass,, to Miss Ida F. Warren, fort, Catskil Vlora, Liver, with white on breast and feet, cocker spaniel bitch, whelped Oct. 20, 1882 (Joe—Beauty), by Mr. Jas. W. Rushforth, Yon- kers, N.Y., to Mr. A.D. Wilbur, Catskill, N,Y. Spry. Lemon and white pointer dog, wiheined July 16, 1882, by Quest (Sensalion—May) ont of Topsy (Ned—Flora), by Mr, J, H. Mc- Cann, Colebrook River, Ct., to Mr, J. W. Trantum, Middletown, Ct. Miss Ranger. Liver and white pointer bitch, whelped Nov. 3, 1583 (Ranger—White Lilly), by Mr. 8. B, Dilley, Rosendale, Wis., to Mr, W, F, Gould, Menomonee, Wis. Black Pearl. Black cocker spaniel bitch (A.K.R, 647), by Mr. Geo. 5. ces Peterborough, N. H,, to Mr. J. P. Willey, Salmon Falls, N King Bow—Bow Queen whelp. Pointer bitch.whelped Nov. 14, 1883 by the Detroit Kennel Club, Detroit, Mich., to Mr. Geo. Hoover,Canal Fulton, O. Crook. Blue belton English setter bitch (A.K.R. 271), by Major G. R. Watkins, Brooklyn, N.Y., to Dr. H. F. Aten, same place. Flash. Black and white cocker- spaniel dog (A.K.R. 652), by Mr. Forest W. Forbes, Westboro, Mass., to Mr. George M. Hour, same lace. ad iy Port Wine. Pointer dog, 3 years old (Shot—Taylor), by Mr. J. §, Brown, Montclair, N. J., to Mr, Isaac Eckert, Reading, Pa. Beaut—Bell Mahone whelps. Black, white and tan English setters, whelped November, 1863, by Mr. J. O. Watts, Lineville, Ia., one to Mr. J.§. Brown, Montclair, N, J., and one to Mr. J. R. Beny, Jr., same place. J Flora. Fawn, with white toes and tip of tail, rough-coated St. Ber- nard bitch, whelped Oct. 18, 1883 (Carliste—Moya), by Mr. James Mc- Namee, Stapleton, 8. L., N. Y., to Mr. Henry Muller, Clifton, 8. L., its Xs Jolly Nell and 1c June. Blue belton English setter bitches, whel June 25, 1883 (Goodsell’s Prince—Jolly May) by Mr. H. G. MeMillan, Rock Rapids, la.. to Mr. H. W. Durgin, Bangor, Me. Jolly June. Blue belton English setter bitch, whelped June 25, 1883 (Goodsell’s Prince—Jolly May), by Mr. H. W. Durgin, Bangor, Me., to Mr. CG. F, Danforth, same place. PRESENTATIONS, [== See instructions at head of this column. Ponto. Lemon and white pointer dog, whelped Dec, 25, 1882 (Bow —Julia), by Mr. Edward Odell, New Orleans, La., to Mr. P. Muspero, same city. Sir Fup. Orange and white English setter dog (A.K.R, 288) by Vesey G. R. Watkins, Brooklyn, N. Y.. to Commander James E, triar Tuck, Orange and white English setter dog (A.K.R_ 228), by Major G. R. Watkins, Brooklyn, N. Y., to Mr. F.D. Watkins. Ruby S. Red Irish setter bitch (A.K.R. 514), by Dr. C. E. Nichols, Troy, N. Y., to Mr. Chas. R, Squire, same place. Elcho—Ruby S. whelp. Red Trish setter bitch, whelped Dec. 2, 1883, by Dr. C. E. Nichols, Troy, N.¥., to Mr. Charles R, Squire, same place. DEATHS, [== See instructions at head of this celumn. Beile. Black and tan Gordon setter Belle, 10 years old (Ruby— Juno), owned by Mr. Wm. H, Moller, New York, from paralysis. . Kate. Black and tan terrier bitch (A.K.R. 192), owned by Mr, Henry Muss, Champaign, Tl Hifle and Crap Sheating. FIXT URES. First International Ae Rae oo Tournament, at_ Chicago, Ill., May 26 to 31._ Managers, Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Co., P. 0. Box 1292, Cin- cinnati, Ohio. RIFLES IN THE FIELD. f (cee English rifla makers and shooters are indulgiug in flooding the hewspapers with letters upon the re-arming of the infantry of the regular forces. One of the more recent and interesting of the series of letters is from J. D. Dougall, the well-known gunmaker, of Bennett street, London, who in the Times says: “‘For many years references haye been made in the public press to the inaccurate shooting of our soldiers on the battlefield. In former times this was attributed to the smoothbore musket, the familiar ‘Brown Bess’ of our foreimtbers, and it was a favorite estimate that at the battle of Waterloo there war only one casualty for every hun- dredweight or so of lead expended in bullets. The rifle system was to remedy all this; but the question now is, has there Ween such im- rovement as expected? and I believe that it is a yery common opin- ion that there has not. This disbelief has been greatly strengthened by the result of the affair of some of our best infantry with the Boers in South Africa some year or two ago, when our cent trained and disciplined men had no chance, although armed with the most seien- tific Weapons, against those rough Africanders, all sportsmen from boyhood. In short, our men were picked off one by one, and could deliver no effective fire in return, Why wasthis? Let megivean auswer to this question, not dogmatically, but for the due consider- ation of all concerned. If my words may appear somewhat dog- matic, it is because they are founded on knowledge and experience, “It may appear a bold assertion, but I hold all high ‘vernier’ sights on military rifles, for use in actual battle, to be a mistake. Let them be applid to long-range and target rifles if you will; but target prac- tice will never make a man a good shot in the field, whether he be a soldier or a sportsman—nay, I go further, and say. with all the confi- dence that is founded on experience, that it will make a bad shot of either. To explain. All good shooting is founded on keeping both eyes open in the act of aiming and firing. It is by this that, uncon- sciously, we have a sense of distance, and that we also command the ability to aim correctly at objects parly concealed (as the Boers were) orin motion. Soldiers are not taught this, and 1 have read some- where that they are eyen enforced, under strict orders, to close the left eye in taking aim. To use one eye only, however effective it may appear at target shooting, is to throw away our natural endowment ot binocular vision, and all the fine ‘rifle sights’ m the world will not restore the loss. This is now being recognized by sportsmen, and hardly a man among them is now to be found who closes his left eye in game shooting. Yet when I first began to ventilate the subject (but by no means claiming that I had invented the ‘two-eye’ system) in the London press, about the years 1855-56, I was received with a shout of derision. But the derision has passed away, and all the best shots whom I have had the opportunity of consulting tell me that they now never think of closing one eye. This is not done in driving a nail, in playing at cricket or billiards, and why is it done im rifle shooting? Because we have got into a wrong groove and think it is the proper thing to do, not knowing that,as the cookery books say, there 1s ‘another way,’ and a better one. “The eulege is too serious to be briefly discussed, and I fear to in- trude unduly upon your space. To enter upon the whole question is not beyond my ability; but Ishould prefer, before doing so, tharsome experienced military men would give this short letter their consider- ation. In the first place, I would suggest that military rifles be fitted with plain folding ‘leaf sights,’ say, for 100, 200, 300 and 400 yards. and without complications. Beyond 400yds, I fearlessly assert that much more deadly fire would be delivered upon a moving or shifting enemy by the judgment and common sense of the soldier, trained to keep both his eyes open and to exercise his faculties, than by the use of fine mechanical adjustments, which (he being taught to depend on them) can only puzzle and bewilder him when there comes the real tug of war. ‘Our grandsires drew a good bow aft Hastings,’ but I neyer heard of any bowman, from Robin Hood down to the still ex- isting and highly expert Royal Scots Archers, voluntarily depriving themselves of one-half of the ocular powers granted them by nature, RANGE AND GALLERY. BOSTON, Feb. 2.—The regular matches were continued at the range at Walnut Hill to-day. The attendance was large, including several visitors, among whom were Mr. W. D. Palmer of the Merrimac Club, and members of the Press Association. During the morning the weather conditions were excellent, a light south wind prevailing; in the afternoon it increased, but not enough to make good shooting difficult. The results of the different matches are appended: Combination Match.—Decimal Target. POM Tibial Pa yee tes Se etic 7 8&8 910 6101010 9-87 BAAN SMEIIs Wwe oq pe os becae ess 2 910 7 & 8 41010 B 8—381 CB ld warts 8s 56 62) 5 pone een 10610 6555 9 7 9—72 SA Writ ee GaSe a os Nee ects ve 85 4 49377 9 6 B68 BIA Map PET we eece te untae ae ees aed (77549 9 4 5 259 Combination Match—Creedmoor Target. BR Daviess en loowse tee hed eee whan ae 555445 4 5 4 546 BoA AmBpdem),. ease of bs SU AL aos ane 4545465 5 5 5 4—46§ BALA DE eaves ot Loom ce Silas ie 445445 5 4 4 444 Victory Match. Riis uislt ec eeht Pye eee ewes peers | 7 5 710 6 710 710 9—8 HOC TE ular ay Sclad bens an fees 98 68 7 9 7-98 5-16 OAT ON tet pie ee eve Se es aha 94710 6 9 8 6 5 5-69 Creedmoor Practice Mateh. GE Berry.+....+--:- 544554455445 H A Lewis oat Sree 354354545441 BB Bdawards...,....4545554454 45 J R Carmichael, ....3135554443—40 W D Palmer........- 545445554445 G Welsh.......... 434444544339 H D Hubbard....... 454445504444 5S Burns (mil) dddd ddd 339 IBA CANT Sh ieee oo 544545544444 J Payson (mil)...... 44445,42353—36 ¥ Chauncy (mil)... .4444445444-41 J E Kemp.......,... 554242493436 ‘A Keachi>...:.....) 54454434444 Creedmoor Prize Match, H-Cushing.......... 454445545545 J B Thomas (mil), . 4454445445—43 H Withington....... 544455454545 C J ACobb,,..,..... 4555435444—43 J P Bates........--.-. 445554454545 JALOook...... .. dasdo4d44—4g" AO OABD. pastes ane 4554444545—44 A Darling (mil)..... 444445444441 B A Lappen......... 544454544544 CH Best............ 449554 4543—41 F Chauncy (mil). ...4444545554—44 LA Barr.....,- -.-- B444444544—40 Capt. John C, Mallory, of the Civil Engineer Corps, United States steur Club of New York. Ata meeting of the directors of the Massachusetts Ritie Associa- tion, held at the office of the secretary, the following committees were chosen for the ensuing year; Executive committee, Messrs, Rockwell, Baker, Fellows, J. A. Frye, Gerrish; membership, Leach, Rockwell, Russell; range, Fellows, Bullard and Hinman; glass ball, Sawyer, Frye, Leach; team, Rabbeth, Russell, Perkins; long range, Hinman, Gerrish, Washburn, SWISS GUN TRIALS.—The St. James Gazette reports progress on the series of trials now going on in Switzerland between the new and old systems of military arms. The trials arenotyet concluded. But enough has been done in 1883 to demonstrate pretty clearly the su- eriority of the Rubin system over thatnow employed for arming he troops. A report by Colonel Feiss, presented to a military society at Berne, declares that the new arm is superior both in accuracy of aim, power of penetration, and flatness of th hae aia to the older weapon patented by Vetterli. Mr. Rubin, who is director of the Federal Laboratory at Thun, reduces the caliber of the barrel by one- tenth of an inch, or even more; that is to say, from 10,4 millimetres to8.0 and 7.5. The cartridge he uses hasa metallic case, and contains # little bullet nearly 144 inches in length, inclosed ina coyerigg of galvanized copper, requiring no grease. In orderto keep the length of the whole cartridge within reasonable bounds, compressed powder is used, and it is exploded by central-fire action. The initial yelo of the ballis found to be 640 metres for the rifle of #.0 bore, and for that of 7.5 bore, whereas the Vetterli system gives a velocity of only 403. Thej penetrative force of the projectsi carries it at 10 oo ——~ metres through a plate of zinc more thai: inch thick; and at 300 metres it nae still a velocity of 305 against 292 ofthe old bullet. Its curacy of aim is said to be 33 percent. greater than the Vetterli, aud it makes 2 pattern on the target up to 2,000 metres. whereas the other cannot be depended upon to do so over 1,600 metres, In the matter of trajectory the Rubin weapon is equally superior. With the Vetterli rife the ground covered by its range, and called the “‘dan- gferous space,” is about 860 yards; with the Rubin 8.0 bore it is in- creased to 460 yards. and with the 7.5 bore tonearly 500 yards. The new rifie has four shallow grooves, equal in width to the space sep~ arating them, and thesehave a twist more than twice as rapid asthat of the Vetterli grooves. The next experiments are to be conducted with a view to establishing the relative merits of the Rubin system and that of M. Heller, a professor of Zurich, who has also invented a new smaill-bore rifle. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., Feb, 4, 1884.—Club medal shoot of yesterday afternoon, 200yds., Greedmoor target, 10 rounds; wind at 8 o'clock, medium, light, bright. SN Avres, Stevens .38-cal_..... 45 Geo Shattuck, muzzleloader. ..42 O Hf Lilly YY hi EY a 44 RH Burns. Bal, .38-cal......... 42 A-F Warner, ‘ ee 44 F R Dowler, muzzleloader... .. 41 HV Perry, muzzleloader....... a4 E Perry, Bal. .48-cal...........- 89 N J Fenner, a _.....44 WN Goky, Win. .44-cal.......-. 38 J R Moore, Bal. 44-cal..:.... 43 A FP Ward, muzzleloader.... _-38 W H Sprague, Rem, .38-cal..... 43 R, H. B, BULLSHEAD RIFLE CLUB.—Thursday, Jan. 31.—Twelve-ring tar- geb; possible 120. G Zimmermann................ Wek SEC Weber............... .-- A0e Me Ouro. Met Ent kee ee one I litwie Eb hae IPA TGs agers stetd- amtete diye <8 103 opiate lk iT) aad CURRAN el, pas as The SeMehtBaehee. fy 05.5.5 ot ee ee 108 Beeroleoianrn. . eek eS): At GD Johnson... As eee chess 100 MMO HED ss tel.” ae whiner eet) Campbelivicne ts Ds. 96 A Flacliniang:. ... ohtenss 2S ¥ee 118 G Wendelken................:. o6 (OSPOINUAGHS. ue. .seeeasgs) jas, 108 HD A. Wasmuth...2<.2..-......- 95 GF Schroeder... ..-.......... 106 H. Loner, Secretary. SARATOGA SPRINGS, Feb. 2, 1884.—The following are the high est scores shot by each member during the week: TACEFAE LTR Se ie ee ee Sey pee ae 10 12 10 12 10 12 12 12 10 12—112 JURE? Ss, a lg es a 10 12 11 11 10 12 1211 11 11—111 SSW YATES So Dye A RT SE ey oe 1211 11 1210 9 10 11 10 11—107 ‘ache, Ce Ee eee ey ee 10 10 10 11 11 12 10 10 12 0—105 BVehiM GOO S2 0) hone Se eiem dat ene 411i 911111011 9 9 8—100 A a VVAIDIS ft tinued ee eactnntoe Pinas ecto h ter pabiok 10 8 812101012 911 9- 99 VELEN GEIS bere ea eared me ¢ as RU fh ae 9 8 81210 81011 8 11— 93 ee ee NATIONAL GUARDSMEN,—A piey ine 1 1 Association of the United States will be held at Cincinnati, O. on Wednesday and Thursday, March 26 and 27. The association held its first meeting in New York, its second in St. Louis, and the last in Philadelphia. The association aims to promote military efficiency throughout the active militia of the United States, and to secure united representation before Congress for such legislation as it may deem necessary for this purpose. The Secretary of War will be requested to honar the arpposed meeting at Cincinnati with such a representation from the United States Army as he maydeem ex- peurears Information @s to all subjects which it is proposed to bring efore this meeting should be sent to the secretary of the association. —W. L. AnmExaNnpDER, Des Moines, Iowa. NEWARK, N. J.. Jan. 30,—The annual meeting of the Newark Rifle Association was held this evening, at the Frelinghuysen range, 189 Market street. The Secretary’s report Shows an increase in member- ship over last year. The Treasurer's report showed a balance on hand of $25.12. Tee following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Alfred Hust; Vice President. J. K. Walsh; Secre- tary, A, C; Neumann; Treasurer, C. F. Jackson; Association Scorer, J. EB. Pollard; Financial Committee, President, Secretary, Treasurer, J. Huegel and J, Velsor, THE TRAP. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re- quested to write on oné side of the paper only, FALL RIVER, Mass.—The Fall River Gun Club held an all day tournament Jan. 11, which was well attended by shooters from Provi- dence, Hast Providence, Pawtueket, Brockton and other places, It was expected that Mr, W.S. Perry, of Worcester, woud! shoot a match with Mr. J. A. Negus, of Fall River, for the Massachusetts champion clay-pigeon badge, but owing to sickness Mr, Perry did not appear and the match was postponed. The day was.spentin sweep- stake shooting with the following results: First match, 7 glass balls—Wilbur of Brockton and Valentine of Providence divided first, Nezus of Fall River and Palmer of Provi- dence second. Braley and Hall of Fall River third. Second match, 7 clay-pigeons—Sheldon and Bourne of Providence divided first, Luther and Paine of East Providence divided second, Wilbur and Braley third. Third match, 7 glass balls—Hall first, Wilbur and Valentine second. Palmer third. Fourth match, 7 clay-pigeons—Paine first, Bradley second, Tinker third. Fifth match, 7 glass balls—Braley and Palmer first, Wilbur and Luther second, Tinker third. Sixth match, 7 clay-pigeons—Wilbur first, Luther and Tinker second, Sheldon third. Seventh match, 5 clay-pigeons—Wilbur and Valentine first, Sheldon and Luther second, Braley third. en mateh, 6 clay-pigeons—Sheldon and Luther first, Braley second. Ninth match, 5 clay-pigeons—Braley first, Sheldon second. ’ The Fall River Gun Club held a shoot on the 30th, Mr. W.S. Perry. of Worcester, and Mr, J. A. Negus. of Fall River, contesting for the Massachusetts Champion Clay-Pigeon Badge at 50 clay-pigeons each, Mr. Perry winning by a:core of 43 against Mr. Negus’s 36. A num- ber of sweepstakes were then shot, with the following results: Badge Match—50 Clay-Pigeons Each. 1111001110111111011111111 ¢ 12111111191111101111101110—43 { 1110111161101110101101110 Vat a ea ee srereeneees £ Q101110011011011111111101—36 First match, 7 glass balls—Wilbur and Negus first, Hall and Pal- mer second, White third. Second match, 7 clay-pigeons—Wilbur and While first, Hall second, R. Perry third. Third match, 7 glass balls—Hall and Wood "first, R. Perry second, White third. Fourth match, 7 Clayenipsons= Wr S. Perry and Shepard first, R. Perry and White second, Palmer third. Fitth match, 7 glass balls—W. §. Perry first, Wilbur and White second, Palmer third. Sixth match, 7 clay-pigeons—W. §. Perry and G. Barney first, Wil- bur and White second, Palmer third. jon match, 3 glass balis—H. C, Braley first, Hall second, White ird. Eighth match, 7 Wilbur third, Minth match, 7 glass balls—Wilbur first, Palmer second, Rounse- velle third. Tenth match, 7 ciay-pigeons—Wilbur first, H. C. Braley second.— . BOSTON GUN CLUB.—Jan. 30,—A large number of trap-shooters occupied the range at Walnut Hill to-day to enjoy their favorite sport. Fourteen events were shot, with the following result: First event, 5 clay birds.—Severence first, Curtis and Barnard sec- ond, De Rochemont third, Eddy fourth. Second event, 5 glass balls,—Lewis and Sawyer first, De Rochemont, Paw ae Curtis second, Eddy and Nichels third, Saunders and Field ourth, Third event, 5 clay_birds.—De Rochemont and Field first, Curtis aud Dickey second, Law third, Adams fourth. Fourth event, 3 peas _giass balls.—Tinker and Law first, Nichols second, Curtis third, Lewis and Eddy fourth. Fifth event. 5 clay birds.—Tinker first, De Rochemont, Draper and Law second, Curtis and Adams third, Shumway fourth. Sixth event. 5 glass balls,—Decker first, De HKochmont second, Tinker third, Eddy fourth. : Seventh event, 3 pains clay birds.—Law first, Barnard and Sawyer second, Draper and Decker third, Eddy fourth. , oe event, 5 giass balls.—Lewis and De Rochemont first, Nichols and Sawyer second, Sampson third, Short fourth. Ninth event. 5 clay birds.—De Rochemont, Curtis, Short and Eddy first, Sawyer and Barnard second, Decker and Field third, Saunders and Goyefourth, _ Tenth eyent, 3 pairs glass balls.—Decker first, Law second, Tinker and Curtis third, De Rochemont fourth. Eleventh event, 5 glass balls.—De Rochemont first, Decker second, Barnard third. and Sampson first, ‘clay-pigeons—Hall first, H. O. Braley second. Twelfth event, 7 clay birds.—Field, Sawyer Decker and Draper second, Barnard third, Law and Eddy fourth, _ Thirteenth event, 5 clay birds.—Law, Field and Decker first, Gove _ -and Draperseecond, De Rochemont third, Hddy fourth. Fourteenth event, 5 clay birds.—Law and Sainpson first, De Roche- mont and Decker second, Gove third, Sawyer fourth, - FOREST AND STREAM. TORONTO. Ontario, Jan. 31.—To-day C, Cockburn, of this city, and George Grant, of Woodstock, shot a match of 25 birds each, 2lyds. Sor $300 a side, at Oulcott’s Hotel, Yonge street. There was 4 George Grant... . : A second match will be shot at Woodstock during the coming week, also under the Dominion rules. ‘ : Subsequently, James Douglas, of this city, and John Forhes, of Woodstock, shot five birds each at $1 a bird. The result was as follows: James Douglas 111115 John Forbes..............- 1111 0-4 LOADING FOR CLAY-PIGEONS—Phelps, New York, Feb. 4,— Editor Forest and Stream: I use a Lefever hammerless gun, 10- bore, full choked. weight 9talbs. I always use paper shells. For glass balls I use 484dr. of FF Hazard or No, 3 ducking powder, two No. 9 pink edge wads over powder, 14402. No, 9 chilled shot, card wad over shot. For clay-pigeons I use 5dr. No. 3 ducking powder, two poe wads, 11402. No. 5 chilled shot, card wad over shot. If “Clay- igeon’’ will foad in the above manner and hold his gun right when the hammer falls he will have good results. If he tries it would be pleased to hear from him.—H. B. W. Canoeing. FIXTURES. Winter Camp-fire.—Tuesday, Feb, 19,8 P. M., No. 23 Hast Fourteenth street, aoom 16. Subject—Tents and Camp Outfit.” Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Formsr Anp Stream their addresses, with name, mémbership, siguals, etc., of their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and reports of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested to forward to Formst AND STREAM their addresses, with logs of cruises, maps and information concerning their local waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the sport. IRRAWADDI |B eee lowa.—Organized April 27, 1883. M. C. Smith, Com- CANOE CLUB. modore; St. Clair Putnam, Secretary. Eight active members. Signal, blue gronnd with white letters. NEW YORK C. C. EVERAL of the members have been afloat this week. On Wed- nesday last one of the members in company with a friend visited the club house, and on entering discovered two young men packing up the clothing of the canoeists inrubber bags. Hach seized a man, butafter a strugele ene escaped.-The other was taken before Justice Carey and committed for examination. The second man was after- ward arrested by officer Hall and identified. The house had been en- tered through a rear window which was broken open. Mr. Coudert is haying a 14x30 cruising canoe built by Stephens of West Brighton. She will be lug rigged, with light iron board. The Red Rover has been sold to Mr. Wm. Chiids, who will fit her with his new centerboard and make a practical test of itonacanoe. It has already been tried successfully on an oyster skiff. The board has been much spt ena during this winter. Marmalade Lodge, Staten Island.—On Feb. 3, wind southwest, light, sun shining brightly, McMurray and Cooke, of N.Y. C.C., launched Jersey Blue, and started for a tandem paddle. The heavy ice had gone out with the ebb tide, and the paddlers encountered noth- ing worse than an occasional floating cake anda thin coating, newly formed, which was easily broken. The trip, though uneventful, proved eminently satisfactory to the participants, judging at least from their later actions. LARGE vs. SMALL CANOES. I HAVE just seen for the first time Outing, for last October. From the article on the canoe meet at Stony Lake, written by Kirk Munroe, I extract the following: ? “Tn striking contrast to these airy skiffs, floating like egg shells on the very surface of the water, were the big Pearl canoes, exhibited by the members of another Canadian club, the Toronto. They are the largest and heaviest canoes built, and are best fitted for use in the rough waters of the British Isles, where they originated. They carry animmense spread of canvas, have iron centerboards, are heavily bullasted, and partake more of the nature of small yachts than canoes.” The “airy skiffs’ he refers to are the open Peterboro canoes. Mr, Munroe then goes on to state that the American crusing canoes offer a happy mean between these two extrenies. From the foregomg, canoeists may infer that Canadian sailing canoes are all Pearls, or small yachts, and that the canoeists in the States would not use such heayy craft. In a late number of your paper a canoeist signing himself ‘‘Widgeon’’ also makes an attack on large canoes, I desire to reply to Mr. Munroe and ‘‘Widgéon.”’ Mr. Munroe has been a member of the New York Uanoe Club for some years. Is he aware that the first Pearl built in North Am- erica was for Dr. Bronson of the sameclub? Mr. Oudin, owner of the Pearl Tramp, and Mr. Whitlock, of the No.3 Pearl Ripple (since destroyed) are also members of that club. The latter craft carried more ballast and had a larger mast and sail area than was ever used on either of the Torento Pearls. As a striking commentary on Mr. Munroe’s remarks,I give a report of a raceof the N.Y. C. C. on Sept, 29, just about the time Mr. Munroe must have written his article for Outing. _ Ballast carried Sail area, including board. Canoe feet. pounds, DOA Solel slap pares ee ep De eee wena eee 95 75 eres aisiy vada voces Ota Kad tee hare 105 110 SUPE Gs BANE soa eee Of Sh Ss ae 73 125 CRAM soa Ca hs gigs aS OUUEE eR ot oe ase as 1385 150 Memeraltia cs yy cis eek aka stun. om . 85 60 Won by the Dot. The Tramp is a Pearl, and the Freak as large as any Pearl. At least she is in class B, as a 16x30 should. The Pearl and Nautilus models are English, but there are other models used in that country. Ido not think I am mistaken in assert- ing that seventy-five per cent. ofthe thousands of canoes in use in Great Britain are Rob Roys and similar craft, while Pearls and other heavy ballasted canoes are not five per cent. of the whole. Ido not believe that Mr. Munroe meant to say anything against the Toronto Club, but I suppose he thought that in writing an article for the general public it was not necessary to be very particular, I feel all the more inclined to pardon him, for apparently he has seen the error of his ways and is going in for something larger than Pearls, and which is even outside of the liberal A. C, A. definition of a canoe. E SED his Alligator will weigh more than a Pearl, heavy board included. The Cincinnati club use large eraft. Dr. Heighway and I think also Commotiore Longworth use the Princess model, 15x31 at bottom of top streak, Rushton advertises three sizes of that model—14x31, 16x81 and 15x36; Stephens advertises, and has built, more Pearls than any other builder in America; the Racine Co, advertise double canoes 16x38 and 18x40, weighing 150 and 170 pounds respectively; Joyner, of Glens Falls, 16x36, and soon. And yet with all this I do BO ie that all future canoes will belarge and heavy with iron ards, ; ““Widgeon” need not fear that all canoeists will wish to be racers, they never number more than a small percentage of the whole. In all regattas there are always more races for the medium than for 35 the extremes in either paddling or sailing. At Stony Lake a medium canoe, the Snake, entered for five races, and won four. Inmy Boreas ITcould only enter in one sailing race. In paddling canoes it is the ~same; the 28 or 30in. craft has a far better chance for prizes than the Qin, The A. C. A. regatta rules will—no doubt justly—always favor the all-round canoe. F “Widgeon” mentions the Stella Maris as a compromise type. Surely the Jersey Blue. the Ellard or the Lansingburgh models like Mr. W. Wackerhagen’s Henrietta, are much more of a compromise than the Stella Maris. The Stella Marisis a Rob Roy with a little sheer, and is nearer the extreme in the way of small size than a compromise. At the risk of being considered egotistical I give some particulars about my Pearl Boreas as a cruising craft. she is 1432; board weighs 45lbs.; only one carried; carry no ballast; sails balance lug, mainsail Jess than 60ft.; dandy, a Racine lateen of 10ft; lines on deck oue halliard, one reef line and the two sheets; can reef mainsail to 36ft. in any wind or in any position, running, reaching or closehauled, in five seconds; can shake reef out in one second; the hull weighs 100lbs; centerboard is removable at pleasure. I only weigh 120lbs. and am not as strong as a team of horses, yet I can take the Boreas out and in boathouse without assistance even when board isin. Let ‘*Widgeon’’ once use a balance lug amply rigged and I think he will admit it is the safest sail he ever tried. aye used all kinds— leg of mubtons, standing lugs, lateens and balance lugs—and 1 swear by the latter. p : ““Widgeon’’is unfortunate in his reference to the eruise of the Maria Theresa. Mr, Bishop used oars on the greater portion of that trip, and when he afterwards made the journey in comparatively smooth water down the Mississippi he used a sneakbox with oars, Let ““Widgeon’’ read Mr. Bishop’s reasons for making the change before he condemns all large canoes. And now to close, will ‘‘Widgeon”’ come to Grindstone Island next August, and some day when a strong southwester is blowing and a good sea is being kicked up, I shall be happy to try a race with him, three or four miles dead to windward and return, he to paddle and I to sail. Hues Netuson (Canoe Boreas). CANOE OR SNEAKBOX. Editor Forest and Stream: I met a drummer on the Lake Shore train a day or two ago who was loudly arguing with his neighbor in the next seat on the question of the sailing qualities and general cruising efficiency of a sneakbox as oapEced tothe modern canoe. The drummer maintained that upon large rivers and open waters, where portages are unnecessary, the canoe has no right to exist; that the sneakbox, when fitted with centerboard and balance lug sail, is a perfect little yacht, possessing ample cabin accommodations for crew, large stowage space and bal- last enough to go to windward in a stiff breeze and sea. Being interested in boats in pages and canoes in particular, I took a seat nearer the pair, and under cover of a newspaper took it all in. The longer the cruise, continued the commercial man, the more marked the superiority of the sneakbox; take your proposed Florida trip via Ohio and Mississippi rivers, for instance. No canoe can be slept in many nights in succession without becoming strained, and consequently leaky, and before you reach Cairo you and the bailing ean will be well acquainted. ‘Dunkirk,’ yelled the brakeman, and as I made my way tothe door I caught the words, ‘Heavy, clumsy canal boat’’—‘'Oars, too”’—evidently from the other fellow. Now, Mr. Editor, up to last Saturday 1 had intended to buy a canoe and cruise up the lake to. Long Point this coming summer, but at present writing am somewhat undecided as to the proper craft, and would like to ask you in all confidence your opinion on the two ques- tions following: First. Willa canve compare favorably in sailing qualities with a sneakbox, each having centerboard and balance lug sail? Second. Isa canoe liable to become leaky after a fortnight’s cruise, the crew (150 lbs.) sleeping on board every night? Mr. Bishop, in his ‘Four Monthsin a Sneakbox,’’ seems to agree with the drummer when he says: “Light indeed must be the weight and slender and elastic the form of the man who can sleep many nights comfortably in a 70-lb. canoe without injuring it. Cedar ca- noes, after being subjected to such use for some time, generally be- come leaky; so to avoid this disaster the canoeist, when threatened with wet weather, is forced to the disagreeable task of troubling some private householder for a shelter, or run the risk of injuring his boat by packing himself away in its narrow, coffin-like quarters and dreaming that he is a sardine, while his restless weight is every mo- ment straining his delicate canoe and visions of future leaks arise to disturb his tranquillity.” My ideal canoe is a Racine Shadow, 33in, beam instead of 28in., built - with more crown to deck and a trifle less freeboard, and provided with the pointed cockpit combing now in fashion. By answering the above questions you will greatly oblige a ‘‘pros- pective canoeist.” H, A. [The canoe is superior to the sneakbox for general cruising on open waters, as it is fully equal to the latter in sailing and sea-going quali- ties; itis much more comfortably propelled, weighs much less, and can be much more easily handled on shore by oné man and trans- ported, as is necessary on almostall waters at times. It can beslept In comfortably and without any more danger of leakage than with the sneakbox, if reasonable care is used in placing the boat ona smooth surface and blocking the bilges. Mr. Bishop’s remarks, writ- ten some years since, certainly do not apply to the canoes in use now, as many of them have records of thousands of miles as cruisers and are still dry. We would advise A. H. A. totry a canoe of 14530 or 15x8114in.,and shall shortly publish the designs of such a cruiser,] THE LOG BOOK. V.—DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI. [Continued from Oct. 25, 1883.] Editor Forest and Stream: I believe that I promised you from Vieksburg a complete narrative of our trip down the Mississippi to New Orleans when it sheuld be accomplished. I gave the account of the trip from Chicago to St. Louis, so the present one will consist entirely of our experiences canoeing on the Mississippi. We left St. Louis Wednesday, Oct. 17, with a strong head wind, and enjoyed(}) our first altempt at beating to windward, It was, to say the least, not pleasant, for the wind blowing directly against the strong current, raised waves which for ugliness are uu- surpassed. They are short, high rollers, just like the stern wash of a “stern-wheeler,” and a boat has no timeto recover after diving into one before the following one has washed the deck. Added to this, the river is filled with ‘‘eddies’’ which sometimes fairly threw the boat at right angles to our course; and to have one of these catch us and “‘head us off,” when a strong pnff necessitated “heading up,” we found not conducive to any very great confidence in our own ability to remain “right side up.” We had no mishap, however, although a capsize was narrowly escaped in several instances, and camped opposite Kimswick, where we remained over the next day, and gave the boat a much needed coat of paint. We found that, not- withstanding her hard treatment on the Illinois, her injuries were confined to a few scratches and ‘digs,’ none of which amounted to anything. She also was perfectly dry, in fact, she didn’t leak a drop all the way down the river. Friday morning we centinued our journey, making about twenty miles, a very good run, considering that we didn’t get away from camp until about noon. Being noyices in Mississippi trayeling, we were for a long time under the impression that our camping places must be situated upon the banks, although their steepness made them far from pleasant. They average about thirty feet high, and hare become terraced from the different stages of water, se that carrying our ‘“‘camp truck”’ up these rude steps was quife a tiresome occupa- tion. Even after reaching the top the ground was not as inviting as it seemed from the river, being usually ‘hardened mueck,’’ so that one night, being forced to_take to a sand bar on account of the inac- cessibility of the banks, we found it so handy, clean and comfortable that we resolved to make the bars our camping places in the future ae wath but one on two SRecn Hons we did. , course every bar would not serve as a fit campin round, some of them being entirely destitute of fire wood, but us herd isa bar for every bend, and also for every island, not counting the ones that are “just bars’’ on their own hook, there are plenty of chances to pick out one with a drift pile on it. To the man who has done his canoe- ing on open water or small streams these drift piles are indeed a revelation. The river banks from St. Louis to Vicksburg we found to be fairly covered with logs, fence rails, slabs, tree trunks and gen- eral debris, in some places piled so high as to render futile any attempt to get back into the woods; and as most of the stuff was thoroughly seasoned, it was like having a woodpile in your back yard, Aiter passing Vicksburg we found the wood not so plentiful, as the banks were more thickly pas and the ‘“niggers’’ burnt it up, but enough can always be found to make a fire for a regiment, But to return to oursubject. We had fair winds the next few days, with the exception of one or two when it was dead calm, and reached Cairo Oct. 26, The distance from St. Lonis to Cairo is 215 miles, and was made in ten days; but our record will show up better when allowance is made for three full days used up in painting and trying to keep oub.of the rain. An evil spirit seemed to pursue us in this form, for we were treated torain storms about three times a week, and finally ‘‘knocked out’’ entirely by it. The night before reaching Cairo we camped about nine miles above it, and the nemt morning FOREST AND STREAM, started out about 10:3) with the expectation of reaching the city by 12 o'clock at the furthest. However, as we approached the city, itseamed to recede, and in- stead of finding it on the Mississippi as we supposed, we were surprised to find on arvivyinge at the mouth of the Ohio that 4 twoanile pull upainst the cuirent at that stream was necessary before reaehing thetown. ‘Uhe Mississippi was rising and set back into the Ohio, SO ont row was not as hard as it might have been. About 4 o'clock, just as we had finished siocking up with provisions, we were fay bred with our customary rain storm, and things soon began to as- sume a (lecidedly moist appearance, Tor some time we were undecided whether to “sitit ont’! all night on the wharf beat undera sort of projecting roof, or make for a camp. We finally determined to row down to the mouth of the Ohio, where we had seen a stranded barge, and see if we could find shelter inher. Onresehing the bar, we commenced to unload our truck after haying pitched the tent, and were soon visited by a man who told us ne lived in the shanty on the barge, and mvited us to come up and get dry by his stove, Weaccep-ed the inyitation, and proposed that he join us in our vepast which I proceeded to prepare, He joined Us, or perhaps I Should say we joined lim, for the way he did stow erih was a caution. Meat, potatoes, bread, coffee, all disappeared with lightning rapidity, ~ After eating until the visible supply was exhausted, he informed 1s that it was the best supper he fad eaten for months, and Iwas almost imelined to think the ouly one. He tlen went on to tell us about his affaire—how he had been laid up with fever and arue all the Summer, and was. just beginning to be around—and got us so miuich interested that we resolyed to fill him up tight in the morning, and Tgness we did, but there was a very perceptible hole made in our supplies. We left him and his barge that morning about 11 o'clock with a sift northwest wind, and had good sailing all day. We passed a place in the river near Wolf Island, below Colunibus. Ky., where the river runs like a mill rate, Ir was by all odds the wililést water in the whole length of the river, The eddies became veritable whirlpools, strong enough to have ren- dered sailing in a head wind quite dangerous. We now began to meet any quantity of ducks and geese, and spent a good part of the time anathematizinge the hard luck that caused up to neglect to bring guns. We thought we had seen some game on the Dlinois, but we quickly came to the conclusion thatwe had been mistaken. For every dnek on the Tlinoiswe saw fifty on the Mississippi, and the eeese of course were extra, Ducks were as Plentiful as blackbirds, and the gecse went in flodks of from ten to one hundred. On one oc- casion I saw a bar fairly covered with them, and think that there must have been fnlly one thousand. This may seem an exaggeration, but when the fact is considered that the bar was abont two miles Jong, and that the geese were stretched out in Jine over its full length like a regiment in teview, 1 don’t think my figures will look so large. The birds were very wary, however, ant ould be bagged with nothing but. a rifle. ? We got in revolver range several times, but the unstexdiness of the boat destroyed our chances. A man with a good rifle zomg down the rivet'as we did could not only have lots of sport but could also pay his expenses. as each wild goose brought to a landing is worth fiom $1 to $1.50, and T thine we could have got ten a day at least. The landing stores are filled with canned goods of all sorts, so that the geese would act the part of a wellfilled purse. This would not be pot-hunting, I think, and so could not be objected to as being un- sportsnmianiike, , We reached Memphis Nov. 3. fhe distance from Cairo being 250 miles in round numbers. We were laid up about three days by rain and head winds on the way, but made a fair average notwithstand- ing, The viyer between Uairo and Memphis hus a great many “@hultes,’? which may be described as one of the passages around an island, an@ so called to cistinguish ib from the other passage called the channel. f believe that by taking the chutes between Cairo and Memphis ve saved about twenty-five miles, and even more between Memphis and Arkansas City. ; Below Arkansas City, which is abeut 130 miles above Vicksburg, there are few short cuts, aluhough the river is full of bends. It is very encouraging, | assure you, to come upon a streteh of ten or fif- teen miles aud then see away off to the right, abreast of you, the smoke of some steainer and realize the painful fact that you will have fo go twenty or twenty-five miles by river when a straight line would probably bring you to the same point in abeut eight. The current, howeéyer, is always on hand, and one is not very long taking twenty-five miles. [think the average current was about four miles an hour, and this, together with a pair of oars, would send us along aboutsvyen or eight milesan hour steadily, At first we were disposed to take short cuts, hugging the points, skirting the hars, etc., instead of taking the full curye: but we soon learned that the longest way round was in fact the shorest; for the swiftest cur- rent takes the jongest sweep. and morethan males up for the dis- tance gained in the ‘cut.’ The “chutes” for this reason are to be avoided below Arkansas City, but aboye the current is about as strong in the “chute” asin the chammel. In going around Island 35, web is just below Randolph. Tenn., we had a smashing breeze over the stavbonrd quarter and took the ‘“climte,’' which saved four miles, The current Yan like a mill-race full six miles an hour, and this together with the wind. sent us along faster than Thad ever gone before ina small boat, We just “buzzed” by the snags, and I estimate our speed to have been nt less than twelve miles an hour. J. W. Kroes, THE WINTER CAMP-FIRE,. FOURTH MEETING. MONG. the inventions that have been perfected to a point of prac- tical utility within the lash ten years, three stand oub promi- nently ftom all the others, namely, the telephone, the electric hgh and dry-plate photography, - The Jast of these. while perhaps the least valuable to mankind in general. is of the greatest importance to the trayéler. the explorer, and, above all, to the canoéist, as while in his case it may be carried without the least extra trouble, itis a com- panion for his leisure moments, it records faithfully his cruises, and enriches and verifies his loz book. : Phe last Winter Camp-Fire,” held on Jan. 29, at 238 Hast Fourteenth street. was devoved eutirely to this subject, and proved by far the most interesting meeting yet held. The Kit Kat club room was orna- mented with canoe pictures of all kinds, On the walls were a large number of very fine photographs by Mr. L. W. Seavey, mostly taken @n cimoe eruises, while on the easels were several fine oil and water- color pictures of Scotch canoes and scenery, ab w ell as large photos of the Mersey and Clyde canoe clubs, loaned by Mr. Ising. Among the pictures sent in were two very wice ones, a trophy of fish, rods, ete,, and a show scene, bringing home a deer, by Mr. J.G. Walton, of Sherbrooke. Can.; some small views taken on cruises, by Mr. Van Deusen, of Rondout, and ino pictures sent by Mr. Shedd, of the Sprinpfield C. C. The latter, taken by Mr. Lazelle, a photographer of Springfield, are very fiue pictures, and were greatly admired. Mr. L. W, Seavey, an artist who uses both thé canoe and camera to assist him in his work, the painting of photegraphic backgrounds, in- troduced the subject, comparing the work of the painter when out- floors, as in summer, requiring time and inore or less bulky materials hesides much skill, wilh that of the photographer, with a compact camera avd packages of plates, requiring but little time, and giving very valuable results. Touching on the discoveries of Daguerre and Talbot, Mr. Seavey deseriped briefly the old process, and then passed to the modern one. Iirst comes the question, ‘What to photograph ou a cruise,’ The speaker suzgested first aview of the canoe, its sails, gear, etr., and also the crew, then when ouce started. the camp each day, natural scenery, characters, and on the return, ¢rew and boat again, making, with brief notes, a full and accurate record of the epuise. “ f As an example of the value of photography, Mr, Seavey exhibited a sketch and photograph of the same object, one the worlc of an hour or so, the other, more accurate in every Way, the work of A moment, After deseribin in detail the pictures of his cruises, Mr. Seavey ex- hibited and explained the necessary apparatus, first showing several holders for containing the prepared plate, and keeping it perfectly dari, also the manner of keeping a record of exposures on each holder. : : ‘An 8x10 camera was then shown, aud the yarious parts explained, This camera was arranged with one large lense and two small ones for stereoscopic work, on one front, either the single one or the pair sliding into position at will, The drop shutter was also shown and explained. Another camera, a Pearsall, Hi4x8le, Was arranged very conipactly, dispensing with an outside carrying box, Two novelties m this apparatus were a small roller curtain of tracing cloth ta re- eeive the image in focusing, instead of the ground glass commonly need, ani a second bellows hinged to the back, aiso used in focusing in place of the focusing cioth. One of the latest novelties in camerasis the gun camera, a box for 4x6 plates, fitted with an instantaneous shutter, worked by a trigger, the whole being carried o & Common gun stock. dh ev Oly Sees vowel Py aoe a a a Depth of hold....,........ Dratt extreme. DAT ROMEO Bales Least freeboard : : IDISPIACOMICMG se geet mets irlsiasie. «tte Sere AP Displacement in tons, 2,000lbs.................... 3.75 tons. Coefficient of fineness....................c.000 05 x 0,824- SLLOULOTI NCCI erat Are Pettus ee eel tet tusk: 1,5001bs, TRON ETS OM ae, men nnn URE Fe REE & 2,0001bs, Ratio of ballast to displacement.... ....... .... 0.5 ATCANGAALNE PIANC Sa. 5. fee es. Sen) eden es 69 sq. ft Areaamidship SECON. yo... se Dee eve oven 1.2sq. fb Area longitudinal section, no rudder 65.6sq. ft Area wet surface, no rudder..................... 173 sq. ft, Area of rudder, both sides.............. .... 1i.6sq. ft. M.S. abaft center of L.W.L.... Jee DBI Genter of buoyancy. ditto. p00 eee coe ue 72£t Center of lateral resistance ditto, with rudder... 1.48ft Center of buoyancy below L.W.L..............- 1,16ft, Meta center above center aaa 5 Ake Wes sis ee 1.32ft. Center buoyancy forward of M.S........... Soeenn OeroL te Center lateral resistance ditto................... 0,07ft. Avea lower cruising sails..............-2.0005 ..--450,09sq. fb, Sail per square foot wet surface........... reeee 2.068q. ft, Total wet surface per ton displacement......... 49.2 sq. ft, 7 = = _ = a FOREST AND STREAM. 37 _— a Yi Li \, Lower £Akos o, Wi ce BB j-—--- foe oF WINDWARD — CUTTER. 88 THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE. HE service embraced at the close of the last fiscal year 194 sta- tions, 149 being on the Atlantic, 37 on the lakes, 7 on the Pacific, and 1 atthe falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Ky. The number of disasters to documented vessels within the field of station operations during the fear was 300. There were 8,792 persons on board these vessels, of whom 3,777 were saved and only 15 lost. The number of the shipwrecked who received succor at the stations was 651, and to these 1,879 days’ relief were afforded. The estimated value of the vessels involved in these disasters was $5,100,925, and that of their cargoes $2,075,515, making the total yalue of property imperilied $7,176,540. Of this amount $5,611,800 was saved, and $1,564,740 lost. The number cf yessels totally lost, was 68. In addi- tion to the foregoing there have been 116 disasters to smaller craft. such as sailboats, rowboats, ete., on which were 244 persons, 240 0: whom were saved and 4 lost. The property involved in the latter disasters was $66,180, of which $59,900 was saved and $6,280 lost, In addition to those saved from vessels there were twenty-two persons rescued who had fallen from wharves, piers, ete, Of nine- teen persons lost nine were drowned by the sudden capsizing of yessels before ussistance could reach them; seven were lost in endeayoring to get ashore by their own efforts, one perishe. from being thrown overboard and one died as soon as landed, The number of disasters last year exceeds by seventy-one the num- ber of disasters of the year preceding, which was considerably nae than that of any previous year in the history of the service. The amount of property inyolved was $2,476,493 preater than in the pre- ceding year, but the amount lost $88,750 less than that of the preced- ing year. The assistance rendered during last year in saving vessels and cargoes has been much larger than in any previous year, 337 vessels having been worked off when stranded, repaired when damaged, piloted out of dangerous places, or assisted by the station crews. There were besides 125 instances where vessels running into danger of stranding were warned off by the night signals of the patrols. Since the last report seven additional stations have been completed —one at Hunniwell’s Beach, Me,: one at Muskeget Island and one at Coskata. Nantucket, Mass.; one at Brigantine Beach, N. J.; one at New Inlet, one at Cape Hatteras, and oneat Ocracoke, coast of North Carolina. Four other stations are in process of construction and ap- proaching compietion—one at Lewes, Del-; one at North Beach, Md.; one at Waillop’s Beach, and one at Parramore’s Beach, Wa. There have been nine sites selected for new stations which it is proposed to erect soon—one at Brenton’s Point, L. I.; one at Grand Marais, Lake Superior: one at Frankfort, one at Pentwater, one at White River, one at Holland, and one at South Haven, Mich.; one at Michigan City, Ind,,and one at Sturgeon Bay Canal, Wis. N° long ago Mr. N. D, Lawton undertook to enlighten the public a in the matter of measurement through the columns of the Herald. Mr, Lawton ayerred that experience had shown the narrow five and three ton cutters unable to compete with the beamier Itchen boats of same length. If a broad boat is faster than a narrow one of same length, it must be evident that a length rule places a premium upon the coustruction of beamy boats, and exhibits in its Trenkines a prejudice in favor of oe style at the expense of another, which no equitable rule ought 0 do. ; Again, if the broader boat is the faster-of the two, by virtue of her enjoyment of beam, then how can a comparison by length alone be logical or fair with another which does not enjoy like possibilities for the production of speed? By Mr. Lawton’s own argument the fallacy and deleterious work- ing of ‘simple length”’ are shown up in all their nakedness. Length rules are well enough as long as boats are all of one type. But in that case the diameter of the galley stove pipe will serve just as well. Itisin the competition between different types that the prejudices of ‘‘simple length” are quickly discerned. As deep boats of great beam are the most expensive to build and sail and dip to the greatest draft of water without returning in proportion anything worth having, unless if be accommodation for a party of picknickers in a cockpit, the simple iength rule will never receive the indorsement of persons who appreciate the economics of design and cruising. Moreover, any rule which frowns down free choice of forms but art- ficially stereotypes particular proportions, brings progress to a standstill. If Mr. Lawton is correct in his statement that the greater beam of the Itchen boats has been shown to give them greater possi- bilities for speed, it follows that beams should pay upon exactly the same ground which is advanced for the taxation of length. This is in the main accomplished by the sailarea and length rule, as, broadly considered, every addition to beam as well as to depth inereases stability and the canvas carried in consequence. While we are un- able to concede any sound theoretic basis or accurate application to that rule, inasmuch as it supplies in most cases a crude comparison of the actual sizes of boats, it is certainly far preferable to. that simple length, the equity of which Mr, Lawton has so effectively if nuwittingly impeached in citing the supposed performance of narrow cutters in comparison with beamier boats. But Mr. Lawton ownsa nice little round bowl as broad as she is long, and being no great sailer except in light weather through the aid of an extravagant area of sail, the key to prejudice is easy to find. Eyery man for his own boat and te the devil with equity. AMATEUR LOGIC. CONCLUSIONS OF Y. R. A. ON MEASUREMENT. pas committee appointed by the Council of the British Y. R. A. to report on the lengths which should be recommended for adoption in the length classes met on Monday last. The members of the com- inittee were Mr. Frank Willan (chairman), Col. Dugmore, Mr, W. Baden-Powell, Mr. Henry Crawford, and Mr. G. B. Thompson. The committee haying heard various letters read from different clubs which had been asked to express their views, unanimously decided to recommend that the classes should be 21ft., 25ft., and zOft , and that boats exceeding a class length must go into the class next aboye if raced, The committee also decided to recommend that for time allowance in the different classes the sail area rule of the Y. R. A. should be used with the Y. R. A. time scale by tons. The rule is as fcllows: sail area x length Tons=—___ g000 es The committee came to this decision because the types of boats around the-coast vary to a large extent, and, even in any particular locality, theré is considerable variation of type. A simple length rule would not therefore enable these boats to compete together in asatis- factory manner, and, moreover, the old boats which have been out- elassed owing to the greater weight of lead keels and larger sailareas of the newer boats required to be considered, and it is hoped that they will be able to compete with some chance of success under the sail area rule. Beyond this the cost of producing boats in the length classes year by year increases just asit has in the tonnage classes, and the committee thought that this growth of the expense should be controlled if possible, as it tended to limit the sport to « few.— London Field, a a ee EE eee ee es FOREST AND STREAM. _ in full the conclusion of the British Y. R. A, committee that hoats of varying type cannot fairly be classed by simple length, and that such @ system of comparison leads to the largest and most expensive boats on the length, driving all moderate sizes with moderate rigs out of existence through the failure to measure size sufficiently near the truth. While the sail area and length rule does not accomplish this in all cases, it comes so much nearer to a relative estimate of size in the majority of mstances and extends proper consideration to rea- sonable forms and rigs that it is to be preferred to siniple length. After a reasonable size has been reached on a given length, a further increase, whether in the depth and displacement of cutters or in the beam and above water bulk of a sloop, adds nothing in the economics of a yacht worth having, but increases the expense of build and commission. The additional size, however, supplies further power and ability to the boat and, escaping taxation under a length rule, compels building up to an undesirable extreme in cutter as well as in sloop whether you like it ornot. When taxed through the sail rule, the compensation granted to smaller boats permits the choice of a moderate form and equity inracing against larger and more power- ful yachts of the same length, which is as it should be in justice to all and with regard to latitude of model, allowing every one to settle upon size and rig he prefers without prejudice to any style. The log- ical derivation of sail area and length is open to question, but in tis practical workings it is much more rationai and less proscriptive than comparison by simple length, - THE NEWPORT MATCH LAST YEAR. Editor Forest and Stream: Iam not surprised that Fortuna should be the favorite of Forzst AND STREAM Over schooners of the American idea. Sound Fortuna’s trumpet all you please. but don’t make assertions about other boats that you cannot proye. You state that in the Newport race last summer Montauk, ‘on edge and battened down,” barely beat For- tuna fiye minutes, when the fact is, there was not a hatch or skylight closed on Montauk in the race, and so far trom being “on edge," there was no time during the race when she was down to her scup- pers. At the finish Fortuna just weathered the lower end of line, while Montauk had to bear away to cross. Fortuna could not have reached the windward position in which Montauk crossed in fifteen minutes. The apparent better time of Fortuna down the wind was simply the result of adyantages and by Fortuna holding on to her kites longer than Montauk. The fact that Montauk beat Fortuna easily down the wind when the squadron left Newport proves the boasted superiority of Fortuna down the wind ig pure fiction. Mon- tauk stands upon her merits, and, though losing two drift races, she has never yet been fairly. beaten, GuEsT, [Concerning hatches being battened down and sailing on edge, our information was derived from several sources. As but little of the Match could be seen, we, of course, accept the correction made by a “Guest”? on board the Montank during the race. We have likewise reports from different sources that Fortuna was found the better of the two whenever sheets were lifted. As to Montauk’s finishing higher up than Fortuna, it was due to making a hitch to sea after the turn and the subsequent veering of the wind favoring the weather- most yachts and forcing the others to pinch. This also accounts for the difference at the finish. We do not ‘‘fayor’’ Fortuna in particu- lar, but simply desire to see a just record to both sides. As the ‘patriotic’? division of critics took care of Montauk’s case, we seught to arrive at conclusions upon the technical issues of the day, and they are not weakened by our correspondent’s letter. That it is not a difficult thing to press Montauk to a capsizing point was made very clear early last spring.] NUMBER TWELVE. (ES twelfth eutter underway for next season is a very handsome boat building by Lennox, of South Brooklyn, for Mr. Ripley. She will be 30ft. over all, 25ft. water line, $ft. beam, and 5)4ft. draft, with two tons lead on the keel. The wood keel is 8xhinches. Single steam-bent frames all through, flush deck, and full cutter rig. This new yacht will make a splendid match for the Daisy, to be imperted. The backbone and frame is all out, and the work is now being put together. This cutter is from designs by her owner. PRESENTATION.—‘‘Old Wul Fife,” the famous builder of a long string of crack vessels hailing from Fairlie, Scotland. was recently presented with a lifelike portrait of himself by a host of admirers. Mr. Fife is not only one of the most successful builders of modern times, but also a highly respected citizen of the town of Fairlie, in which he holds many responsible positions. Among his famous racers with their biggest winnings we may name; Fiona, 78 tons, Mr. Boutcher, who won $3,800 in 1870. Neva, 60. tons, Mr, R. K. Holms Kerr, $6,700 in 1877. Annasona, 40 tons, Mr. Hedderwick, $7,800 in 1882. Ulidia, the smartest 10-tonner afloat, Mr, Corry, 31,100 im 1883, and Camelia, 5 tons, Mr. Lawson, who won $1,000 in 1877, or nearly half her first cost. “Mr, Fife has a promising son, who designed An- nasona, Ulidia and others and upon whom the talent of the father has descended. ‘Young Fife” is now superintendent of the Culzean Launch and Yacht Werks, of which the Marquis of Ailsa is owner. He has now in hand some new racers for this season which will no doubt show a long string of flags at the close of the match sailing next fall. NEW SCHOONER.—The Palmers of Noank are putting up a large schooner of their customary style and build for Mr. H. D, Burnham of Boston. Length over all, 115ft.; beam, 23ft.; hold, 16ft. A keel boat with a back bone 36x12in.; stem and post, 10xi4in.; frame of oak; locust stanchions; 8-in. oak plank; pine ceiling; 234m, square white pine decks; rail cap of oak 9x3in.; copper and galvanized fastenings; maimmast, 87tt.; foremast, 85ft. bin.; maimboom, TOft. ; gaff, 38ft.; foreboom, 30ft.; gaff, 29ft.; topmast, 41 and d0ft.; bow- sprit knightheads to cap, 24{t.; Jibboom, 25ft. beyond cap; spinna- ker boom, 7aft.; sails by Sawyer. COMPROMISE SLOOP.—the little sloop, already mentioned in our issue for Jan. 10, building for Mx, Forbes’ sons, is of the compromise type, haying good depth of body anda small board, which could be done away with by the addition of 8in. keel. She will have 4.0U0Ibs. lead outside and 744sq.ft. of sail with housing topmast, mast deck to hounds 30ft. with 314ft. masthead. Topmast, 15ft.; boom, 26ft.; lon gaff of 17ft. and bowsprit 12ft. outboard. She is 28ft. loadline, wit 5ft. cutter overhang, and 8ft. 9in. draft without board. BUNKER HILL Y.C.—Membership is now 51, owning 4 schooners, 13 sloops and 6 eats. Present rooms of the club are on Wellington's Whart, East Boston. Officers elected for the year: Commodore, P. M. Bond: Vice-Commodore, D.C. Musgrave; Fleet Captain, W. H. Hodgkinson; Secretary and Treasurer, B. F. Underhill, Jr. ; Financial Secretary, George W. Abbott; Trustees, William H. Tolman, George T. D. Williams, T. B. Rich; Measurer, Harry L. Johnson. NEW SCHOONER.—Mr, A. Cary Smith is at work on a new four beam keel schooner of 65ft, loadline and 9ft. water, for San Francisco owners. Moderate beam and good draft is carrying the day all the ceuntry over. ABANDONED.—The collapse of length measurement in England is noticed on the editorial page. ee nee SE SS eee [Fre 7, 1884. A COMPLIMENT DESERVED.—Marine Engineer Saefkew, of the Imperial German Navy, has been elected an honorary member of the Rhe Y.C, of Stettin, in consideration of the yaluable aid and ime pulse he has given to yachting on the Baltic. This election has b conveyed through an elegantly illuminated diploma composed yachting and nautical subjects grouped in a water-color painting with appropriate resolutions attached. THETIS.—According to the Boston Herald, April 28 has beet selected for the launching of Mr. Henry RBryant’s new yacht from W. B. Smith’s yard at South Boston. She is now about planked up and laying the decks has commenced. Her tender will be of the whaleboat pattern, 18ft. by 4446ft., built of cedar and mahogany, CORRESPONDENCE,—We answer nearly all inquiries by letter. It is necessary that proper address should be given in all cases. § cifie data where alterations are contemplated are required to form al Opinion. GOOD-BYE STUB-TAIL STERNS.—The sloop Thistle, originally oF © Boston, now the property of Mr. Wm, Ziegler, is to bs spun out aft by the addition of a cutter’s fantail. ; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. BE. C.F,, Cornwall, Pa.—The owner of Dash III. is Mr. A. M, Tucker 85 Main street, Charlestown, Mass. H. D,, Baltimore, Md.—The dam of Snapis Hill's Tillery. She was by Scout (Plunket—Carrie) and out of Beauty (Plunket—Nell)_ AMATEUR, Augusta, Ga.—The rules of the Eastern Field Trialé Club require that the sire and dam of entries be given, The Na tional rules do not. RAMBLER, Waynesburg, Pa.—Rose and Noreen are owned by Diy Ww. Jarvis, Clairmont, N. H,; Lady Clare by Mr. J. 8, McIntosh Pittsburgh, Pa., and Trix by the Glencho Kennels, Peelsslill, N. ¥ Allare first-class animals, A FEROCIOUS BUCK.—An Adirondack guide, whet arrested and brought to trial for killing a deer out of season pleaded not guilty, and axplained that he was afraid the d was going to bite him, If that man reads the New York Sum he has doubtless seen this bit of correspondence from Rolland= ville, Pa., Jan. 29: The game law of Pennsylyania prohibits ¢hi killing of deer after Jan. 1, and consequently something of sensation was created in this village when Jordan Mapes ang Frank Grover, two well-known citizens, drove in on Saturday with the body of a large buck in their sleigh. They drew up in front of Crane’s store, and the entire village soon surround the sleigh, and questions poured in thick and fast on Mapes and Grover, Such a bold and open violation of the law had) not been known in years. John Rollands, a well-to-do citizen, took the men to task, and declared he would have them arrested. They told him that he had better not haye them arrested until he had heard how they came by the deer, and Grover made the following statement, which Mapes corrobor ated; ‘‘We were driving through the piece of woods heyond Fairland’s mill,” said he, ‘‘when suddenly the buck jumped out into the road and attacked our horse. It tried to strike the horse with its fore feet. We whipped up and yelled at the deer to frighten it away, butit then turned on us and tried % jump into the sleigh. Frank foughtit with an axe helve happened to have with us, while | plied the whip on the horsey But the more Frank battered it over the head the madder Thy got, and it finally ran off to the edge of the woods, and, giving) one leap, landed plump in the sleigh right across ourfeet. Wé both jumped out and made for the woods. ‘he horse went on, with the buck lying clear across the sleigh, its hind leggy hanging over on one side and its fore legs on the other, took the deer quite a while to get out of the sleigh, and them, it came tearing back after us. e were seared half to deathy Frank succeeded in getting up a tree out of reach, but 7 couldn’t climb, and, seeing I wasin for a fight, 1 grabbed a) rail from a lot that happened to be cut and piled there, amd when the buck came rushing at me I let him have it squary in the forehead, and downed him, Before he could get up hammered the life out of him. Frank then got down out ¢ the tree and ran down the road after the horse, He found by the side of the road all right, a mile away. He brough the sleigh back, and we loaded the buck in and brougat | home. We couldn’t see any particular point in leaving it m# the woods for wildeats to feed on. The deer must have b driven by dogs until it was crazy, and didn’t know what was doing. if you take us up, Mr. Rollands, I don’t beli you will be able to make us out guilty.” Justice Wilson, wht was present, was positive that there was nothing in the law forbidding peaceful citizens to defend themselves against attacks of wild beasts known to be so fierce and bloodthirsty as deer. Mr. Rollands concluded, under the circumstancesy not to make an arrest. Mapes and Grover offered to raffle the deer off for $25, and to give $10 of the proceeds to the poom fund. The offer was accepted, and twenty-five chances, at a8 a chance, were soon disposed of. Justice Wilson took ty chances, John Rollands took two chances. Justice Wi ilsoy wonthe deer. It was lifted out of the sleigh and placed @ the stone stoop. Inthe afternoon the ’Squire drove down ang loaded it in his sleigh. On his way home he was stopped hy Constable Winans. ‘“Squire,” said the constable, ‘I’ve got @ } | | ' | ' leetle war’nt fur ye!” ‘A warrant!” exclaimed Justice Wilsou “What for.” ‘To rest ye fur havin’ ven’son in yer p’sessiox 'ginst the law.” ‘The constable served his warrant. It hag been sworn out by John Rollands before Justice Clark Squire Wilson was taken before Justice Clark, where Ti waived examination and gave $100 bail to appear and answel the charge at the next term of court. : Three boys in Moultonborough, N. H., have this season sht 285 partridges, for which they obtained forty cents each, te foxes, besides several mink and other game. 4 A Germany writer says one should every day read a fine poem, 160 upon an excellent picture, hear a jittle good music and speak a fe sensible words. Esterbrook adds use his steel pens.—Adv. 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The Choice of Hunting Rifles, The Birds in West Virginia. Another Cat Tale. Mucilage Hdge Wads. The Performance of Shotguns. Camp-Firr FLICKERINGS. SEA AND RIVER FISHING. Trouting on the Bigosh. Gaffing a Sturgeon. Land-Locked Salmon. The Best Color for Leaders. Pennsylvania Anglers’ Associ- ation. FISHCULTURE. The Edible Qualities of Carp. Propesed Adirondack Hatchery THE KENNEL. Bang Bang. Toronto Dog Show. The Cincinnati Dog Show. The Beagle Club. Camp Outfits. Practical Cookery — Griddle Cakes. The Chart Locker. Inland Waters of Maine. The Log Book. Down the Mississippi. Canoeing on the West Coast of Florida. . A Canoeist’s Wiater Sport. Canoe and Sneakbox, YACHTING. The Corinthian. Club, Chesapeake Craft. Patriotism with a Patent to the Rescue. Number Twelve. The Measurement Conundrum. Concerning Sails. Steam Yachts. Notes from the Delaware. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. With its compact type and i its permanently enlarged form of twenty-eight pages this journal furnishes each week a larger amount of jirst-elass matter relating to angling, shooting, the kennel, and kindred subjects, than is contained in all other American publications put together. LOADING AT THE SCORE, A’ several recent shooting contests we have noticed a . careless disregard of the rule which requires that guns should be loaded only after the shooter has stepped to the score and is ready to take his chances at the trap. The marksmen instead put in the cartridge and then stand about with their weapons over the shoulders, or tucked away under their arms, or perhaps standing butt on the ground as the contestant sits waiting Tor his turn at the trap. No habit can be more reprehensible than this. There is absolutely no excuse for it. The saving in time is insignifi- cant, if there is any at all, while the chance of a mishap is so great that no one but the most reckless marksman would take it. There issome reason for carrying a loaded gun in the field where a snap shot may be called for at any moment, but even then the charge should always be with- drawn when there is a long tramp to be taken, a boat ride, or a wagon trip. The man who is careless of these minor points of safety on the trap grounds is generally a tyro. He is.the greenhorn who thinksit clever to take risks, imagines it isa mark of experience when he puts himself above the rules of safety, and resents as an imputation on. his ability to take care of himself any warning which may be offered In rifle shooting the same difficulty presents itseli—marks- men will parade about under arms. They seem to imagine themselves on the picket line in active warfare, or on the skirmish line with the enemy in view, and really careful shooters are put to no small nervous strain in watching the eomings and goings of these dangerous fools. Often in shifting from range to range and from one firing point to another, the nonsensical freak of keeping a ball cartridge in the weapon is indulged in and frequently passes unrebuked. There is but one way to meet this difficulty. It deserves asevere penalty and should receive it. It will not do to have a rule on the printed card and expect careless fellows to take the hint. They won’t doit. They need instructions by object lessons, and the most effective one is to have a heavy fine imposed, or better still to havea clear and marked case of this fault drummed off the range for his act. The rule should carry with it its own warning. There should be no second or third trials for such an offense. The first act of omission should bring an emphatic rebuke from which there should be no appeal. : THE OHIO FLOODS. {RASS winter and spring we hear the same news from +4 the Western rivers. The Ohio and the Mississippi, with their tributaries, are swollen by the melting snow within their watersheds, overflow their banks and cause the destruc- tion of millions of property and scores of liyes. The floods come with regularity, and appear to;be each year a little more destructive than they were the year before. The people who live upon the river banks, undergo their usual drowning, or washing out, as the case may be, and then after the floods have subsided, go about their vocations as usual. Subacrip- tions are taken up for the relief of the sufferers, the general government makes appropriations for their relief and spends money in building damsand dykes, which shall restrain the mighty streams and keep them within their banks. The annual lesson seems to teach nothing, however, to the peo- ple of the United States. These people are not usually re- garded as fools, but how slow they are in appreciating the palpable facts that these damaging floods are a direct result of their destruction of our forest lands. The snow falls now upon the land as of old, and the hills and fields lie beneath the pure white mantle for months. Then comes a warm rain. All at once the snow melts. Hach trickling spring becomes a roaring brook, each brook a torrent, and the entire precipitation of a month ar two is thrown, almost in a day, into the stream. This is large enough to carry off the water had it been gradually supplied, but when it comes all at once, the task is beyond its capacity, and the choked up waters rise, carrrying devastation and death to the surrounding country. When the forests covered our land, it was different. The snow came then and lay among the great forest trees, beneath the spreading pine and hemlcck, and the naked branches of oak and hickory. When the warm rain came the snow melted, but much more gradually. The freed drops did not then as now hurry down the hillside as if they hoped by a single impetuous bound to reach the sea. They trickled here and there by devious ways, and stopped among the mosses, and dived down into the crevices of the rock, loitered among the grass roots and soaked into the ground, for there were not then a million of their fellows behind them pushing them on with an impatience that knows no curbing. : Then they could take their time, and they did so. ‘This week it is stated that Congress has reported a bill providing the appropriation of $800,000 for the aid of the sufferers by the Ohio floods. This is well. \lt is right to pay for damage done. But Congress ought not to stop here. Annual appropriations of hundreds of thousands of dollars for cure, and not a penny for prevention, is the height of improvident folly. How much wiser and more economical it would be to enact some intelligent legislation to provide the United States with a competent forestry com- mission, and then to give it money enough to carry on its work intelligently, wisely and liberally. Should we alone of civilized nations be-behind hand in a matter which so deeply concerns the material prosperity of our country? The fact that our country is a comparatively new one, and that until recently its forests have appeared to the short- sighted and superficial eyes of our lumbermen inexhaustible, seems to be the only excuse for the criminal laxity of legis- lators, State and Federal, in this important matter. It is time this supimeness ceased. Itis time that measures be taken to protect our citizens against Josses such as are now occurring in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, and such as will a little later take place in those States which lie along the Mississippi River. The press and the people should take the matter in hand, and urge upon their representatives the needs of the country in this respect. We have preached the sermon so often and from so many points of view that it seems needless to urge it further. Just at this time, however, we should think that the need of forest preservation would have presented itself very forci- bly to those who have suffered in Pennsylvania, West Vir- ginia, Ohio and Kextucky. Surely there ought to be some converts made from those States. Surely the representatives at Washington of these unfortunate people ought to be able to tella moving tale, and to urge, from their own experi- ence, the needs for forest preservation of at least one section of our country. More important than the hardship which will result from the absence of timber for commercial purposes, and prior to it in time, comes the danger from floods, We are just beginning to experience this danger, and before the need for action is fully appreciated, no doubt we shall have to pass through a severe school of suffering. The dwellers in the fertile Ohio and Mississippi valleys will be the first to sustain loss, they should be the first to ery for forest preservation everywhere throughout the land. A Bru Intrropeccep into the New York Legislature this week, and-passed by the Senate, deserves the support of all sportsmen. Its provisions forbid the use of batteries in the pursuit of wildfowl on any waters within the State. Here- tefore it has been lawful, in certain Long Island waters, to shoot from batteries, a practice which we now hope to see stopped. Really, itseems at lasta if the legislators in cer- tain States were beginning to have some appreciation of the necessity fer game protection. The passage by the Penn- sylvania Legislature of a law forbidding fowl! shooting after Jan, 1, is certainly a movement which is as encouraging as it was unexpected. And, now that Pennsylvania has set the example, we may hope that New Jersey, New York, Delaware and the New England States will sooner or later, for very shame, follow the good example set them. The abolition of spring shooting is the first step toward the preservation of our wildfowl and shore birds, and when the importance of this change in the law has made itself felt, a long step will have been taken in the right direction. Let every sportsman do what he can to agitate this subject, and impress its importance upon his neighbors. SkarES AND Rirites.—The latest thing in target shosting is the skating rifle match, > ‘tand 127 Av use is 7! +: Wy wah a SS Sa ANE CNC “ANTELOPE AND DEER OF AMERICA.” N O study is more delightful than that of the habits of our large game, and yet the lack of knowledge about these animals, even among the most intelligent of sportsmen, is re- markable. Although the sources of information at their hands are considerable, there are but few men who are at all well acquainted with the habits of these large species. This is the more deplorable because this large game is so rapidly passing out of existence, that it will soon be only a memory, except to the most ardent of hunters, and because, owing to the rapid settling up of the country, the conditions of the life, and so the habits of these animals are continually chang- ing. It is true that in many sections of the United States the Virginia deer clings to its haunts with surprising tenacity, but it is equally true that most of our other large game ani- mals are becoming extinct with a rapidity that is most sad- | dening to those who for years have taken pleasure in , living with them in regions where they were at home, — and in observing their habits. How swiftly and surely this extermination is taking place is realized by but few people. | To many men the memories of the days, weeks and | months spent in the forests, on the prairies, or among the | mountains, in the companionship of God’s wild creatures, are the most satisfying and pleasing of their lives, and these | recollections come back more vividly in the after years and give rise to more delight than do the thoughts of their tri- umphs of pen, of oratory, or of statesmanship. And yet , there are hundreds of men who, in one way or another, have | hunted Jarge game, haye spent months in its pursuit in a_ Male Cowumbtan biackiail Dee-, country where it was perhaps abundant, and who know but little about it. They have had guides who were hunters, and they have depended wholly.cn them. These guides have taken theia about over the country, have found the game, have brought them up within shuoting distance, and have told them when and where to shoot. The employers— the ‘‘gentlemen,” as they are called in some regions—simply held the gun and pulled the trigger. : , Men who thus depend entirely on others, travel with their eyesshut They have no idea of finding their way about with- out a guide. Take them over the first hills behind camp, and turn them around once or twice, and they are lost. They take no note of the habits of game, and even after a long expericnce in hunting, do not know where to look for it. They cannot tell a deer’s track from an antelope’s or a sheep’s. Their powers of observation have not been trained; they do not see what goes on about them. Happily all men are nof so, There are others who, from a week’s hunt, will bring back a note book full of interesting facts and incidents concerning the game which they have been in search of. Within a day or two they will have learned so much of the country that they can hunt through it alone. They observe the salient features of the landscape, and mountains, streams and trees become to them so many plainly marked guide boards, by which their steps are directed through a country hitherto perfectly unknown, With men such as these, if is a pleasure to converse after their return from a hunt, for their conversation fairly bristles with facts. On the _ other hand, one hears constantly from people of the former _ class, who have had abundant opportunities for observation, = SSS maNnz-cHl ————— statements which are so wide of the truth, and which betray such groping ignorance of the commonest facts in the nat- ural history of all wild animals, that we are constantly sur- prised at the want of information concerning them, And yet there is no bunter—no one, we should perhaps say, who imagines himself a hunter—who would not be glad to know all about this game if he knew how and where such knowl- edge was to be obtained. Although it is very true that about some species of our large game the literature is scanty, fragmentary and widely dispersed, there are others about which a great dea] has been written, and the most familiar Young Woodland Caribou, group, that which includes our deer, has been quite fully treated by a most competent authority. When Judge J. D. Caton’s valuable work on ‘‘The Ante- lope and Deer of America” first appeared, we called attention to it as the most important work on the subject which had yet appeared, and this pre-eminent position it stil] occupies. The wide dissemination of this most excellent volume would do much to diminish the prevailing ignorance on this subject. — The opportunities which Judge Caton has enjoyed for observ- ing the habits of the antelope and most of the species of North | American deer, have been remarkably good, and to this study he has devoted years, His work is not tie unconsidered pro: duction of an individual seeking fame, but the careful and painstaking work ofa conscientious naturalist, And yet it is written with the enthusiasm of a man who is devoted to his subject, and who has omitted no detail, however slight, which might throw: light upon the habits of physical charac- teristics of the animals which he was studying. ‘| On all points which concern the mode of life of our more familiar species of deer, Judge Caton is the highest living au- thority. For many years he has kept in confinement large numbers of elk and deer of various species, and has thus been able to ebserve them closely at all seasons of the year, while they were to all intents and purposes in a state of nature. Having them thus constantly before his eyes, being keenly alive to the importance of observing them, and of recording his observations, he has accumulated, and given to the world in a very attractive form, a vast mass of facts of the very highest value. In all, Judge Caton has had over one hundred elk in con- finement in his park at Ottawa, Illinois, and he has had no less than fifty-four living individuals there at onetime. Of other temperate zone species he has had the Virginia, Aca- puleo, mule, and Columbian blacktail deer, and the pronghorn antelope. Nine species are treated of in his work: The antelope, moose, barren ground and woodland caribou, elk, mule, Columbian, Virginia and Acapulco deer, To each of these separately considerable space is devoted. The synonomy, de- scriptior, geographical range and habits are treated of in the articles devoted to each species, and after all have been thus discussed, we come to chapters on the Cervide taken together, The titles of these chapters are Comparisons, Groupings, Habit and Domestication, Hybridity, Aliment, Congeners, Diseases of the Deer, The Chase, The Skins, with an Appen- dix treating of the glands and the tubes in the feet of the Cervida. Perhaps there is no better way of illustrating the breadth of the field which the book covers, than by showing, as above, what it contains. Its 425 pages are full of infor- mation of just the kind that is desired hy the hunter who is something more than a mere killer of meat. One of the most interesting subjects connected with the group, and one to which the author has given great atten- tion, is the antlers of the deer, a topic about which few men . Female Woodland Caribou, have any intelligent knowledge. pages are devoted. A very interesting point relative to these osseous out- erowths is the curious relation which exists between them. and the reproductive organs of the deer. On this point Judge Caton bas made many interesting observations, the great number of individuals at his command enabling bim to experiment very fully, and he has tho:oughly established the fact of an intimate connection between these organs and the antlers. ' Judge Oaton’s work is profusely illustrated, figures of all the species described, and of several exotic forms, being given. Besides these there area vast number of illustra- tions of antlers, feet, glands, etc., from each of which some- thing may be Jearned. One of the most instructive of all the figures is that of the tails of the different species, and it would be well worth the while of the yery large number of individuals, who, from the confusion arising from the mis- leading name of one of the commonest species of our west- ern Ceroide, are in doubt as to what the true blacktail deer is, to study this very interesting woodcut. There are some points on which we do not altogether agree wilh Juége Cation. Thus we cannot subscribe to his system of nomenclature, nor do we regard the woodland as a species distinct from fhe barren ground caribou, nor, as we have elsewhere written, do we believe that the vision To this subject over sixty Mule Deer, of several species of our deer is ‘‘defcctive.’ But on all that is essential—on all matters of fact—we may unhesi- tatingly accept Judge Caton’s views as sourd and wholly free from prejudice, SQUIRRELS IN CoNFINEMEN'T.—Lockport, N. Y., Jan. 30. —Probably the largest private collection of squirrels in con- finement in the State is kept by Mr. Charles Shaler, of this cily. Thad the pleasure of paying them a visit to day, and was surprised at the number, To the question put to Mr, 5., ‘‘How many are there of them?” he answered, ‘‘I will give you $50 to count them correctly.” I did not undertake the task. Mr, §. finally said there were about forty of all kinds—black, red and fox squirrels, I think there were four of the latter. He has nine of the gray at present. Mr, 5. said he commenced keeping them about fifteen years ago, and that they breed. every year, commencing in February. To the question, ‘‘Do they ever breed in the fall?” he said that they had done so in one or twoinstances. Mr. S. claims that the young do not see until they are forty days old. He keeps them in a room built out cn the east side of his house, inclosed with coarse wire netting, Here there isa labyrinth of dead trees and branches for them to run among; also wheels for them to turn. Attached to one of the latter he has a miniature train of cars, which is kept in motion a good share of the time; and I noticed that the festive little red did a good share of the work, although this species is in the minority in number as well as in size. Mr. 8. promised to let me know when there were some young squirrels, and to convince me that they do not see until they are forty days old.—J. L. D. 46 Birp MicRration,—In the number of Forest AND STREAM for Jan, 24 was printed the general circular on migration of the committee of the American Ornithological Union, As superintendent of the ‘‘Mississippi Valley District” I wish to supplement it by a special appeal to the sportsmen of that portion of the United States. Exact reports on the migra- tions of ihe water birds in the Mississippi Valley are yet to be written. We have plenty of notes on ‘“‘Ducks and Geese,” “Snipe and Plover,” but for the accurate study of migra- tion, such notes are, to say the least, unsatisfactory, because the several species are not separated, The observers are not to blame for this; they have done the best they could, Like the most of mankind, they cannot distinguish the different kinds at a distance, What we want, in addition to the gen- eral reports on all birds, which we are glad to get from any- body, is special reports from those who from profession or by practice have learned to recognize the various species of water and shore birds, both in the band and on the wing, The Mississippi Valley contains many who are eminently fitted to aid in this wok, There is hardly a lake in that broad territory where some onc is not now anxiously awaiting the disappearance of its ice and the appearance of the water fowl; hardly a marsh that some one will not later be watch- ing for the first signs of the birds that are to give him sueh glorious sport. These are the persons whose help we want. But the professional hunter is the man par excellence whom we areatter, He is the one who is at home with the birds, whose business it is to watch and note accurately their com- ings and goings, and if he will contribute his observations, the spring of 1584 will see for the first time an extended series of exact observations on the migration of our water buds, Let all, then, who are willing to give us the benefit of their notes send in their names and I will furnish a fuller pata of plans and wishes.—W. W. Cooxn (Caddo, Ind. er.) ScREECH OWLs IN 4 CuImney.—Lockport, N. Y., Jan. 29.—The inclosed was taken from the Lockport Journal of yesterday: ‘‘About two weeks ago 4 stove was put up in a room in the residence of J. H. H. Clark, on Chestnut street. which had not been occupied for some time, and every night a rattling and scratching noise would be-heard in the previ- opsly unused chimney. Occupants of the room endeavored to get the uneasy visitors out of their quarters, but without success until Jast night, when the fire became too hot and two full fledged screech owls, who had lodged in the chim- hey, came tumbling down into the fire place, overcome by heat. It is very seldom that screech owls make their homés in chimneys.” The birds were brought tomy son to be stuffed and mounted, and were male and female, and I think last season’s birds; they were in good shape, but yery poor, and I think they could have had but little to eat during the two nights they have ocewpied the chimney. My son has stuffed a number within the past month, and with this ex- ception they have all been very fat.—J. L. D, TAME Qvar.—Monroe, La.—A lady friend of niine, Miss Slaughter, has a tame quail of our small variety, which domesticated itself. Miss 8. lives on the bank of the Ouachita, near Monroe, the premises being surrounded by corn and cotton fields. The bird, a female, came volun- tarily into the yard and associated itself with the domestic fowls. It has been in the poultry yard about a year, and rarely Jeaves its domestic companions. 1t takes an active interest in matters at feeding time, and by its extraordinary pugnacity secures for itself a fair chare of the food thrown to the chickens. Miss Lou says it will ruffle up its feathers and boldly attack a hen of erdinary size. A very curious feature about this case is that the bird built a nest in the garden last spring and laid some dozen of eggs, having no contact with any other member of its tribe. Part of the ees were placed under a sctting hen, and IJ believe the bird itself sat on the others, but none of them were hatched, owing, 1 suppose to want of impregnation.—OvAcuiTa. ANoTHER Tame Crow.—Referring to Mr. Sprague’s tame crow, I am reminded of one formerly owned by a family in a village one and a half miles from my residence, This family ran a hack several times a day to the railroad station, one mile distant. For several weeks this young crow at- tempted to accompany the hack to the station but was in- variably attacked at the outskirts of the village by some kingbirds who quickly drove him back to the house in which he at once took refuge. This crow became such an inveterate thief that the family gave him away to a young Iawyer in the-neighborhood. He kept him confined in his office till he became attached to his new home, when he al- lowed him to fly about the, neighborhood. Although this young lawyer was fairly itching for business he soon had more “petty larceny” cases than he could attend to and was compelled to dispose of his crow, which soon went where all bad crows go.—M. P. P. Harty Micration or Woopcocxk.—On Thursday morn-. ing, Feb. 7, while out with my beagles, I flushed a wood- cock. The bird was evidently a fresh arrival, as he seemed tired and loath to rise, being sprung several times, and al- ways taking short flights, The weather had been mild for several days, and the morning in question was murky with drizzling rain. He was found ina low piece of woodland on the very verge of West Philadelphia, a spot that thirty years ago was a favorite haunt of these birds, but the steady growth of the city westward has trenched on this territory until now the houses are built up in solid blocks to within one hundred yards of whcre this bird was found. In along experience J never reinember to have seen woodcock so early in the season, and the case is especially remarkable, as up to within a week the weather has been very cold and the ground covered with snow and slect.—Rustricus (Philadelphia, Pa.), REcgENT ARRIVALS AT THE PHILADELPHIA ZoOLoGicAL GARDEN.—One grizzly bear (Ursus horribilis), two raccoons (Procyon lotor), twogray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis), one opossum (Didelphys virginiana), one great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), one herring guil (Larus argentatus), one broad-winged hawk (Buteo pennsylvanicum), two yollowsseasted woodpeckers (Colaptes auratus), one Ambherst’s pheasant (Thawmalea amherstiw), two muscovy ducks, one diamond rattlesnake(Crotalus adamantews), five alligators (Alligator missis- adppiensis.) ~ N. B.—In our notiee of pictures received from Mr. G. Hill, Hudson, N. Y. (page 33), that gentleman's name was inadver- tently printed Mills. Find in angwer to ‘‘N. D.” (same issue), dam of Snop should read Hill’s Tilley. FOREST AND STREAM. Game Bag and Gun. THE CHOICE OF HUNTING RIFLES. [Continued from page 30.) Editor Forest and Stream: The man who asserts that he can remedy the defect of too much curve in the trajectory, either by high sighting, by taking “‘coarse Jead’”on the front sight, by holding over or high upon the game, or by elevating sights, or by any other plan, simply asserts that he is a quick and accurate judge of distance under the ever-changing conditions of ground and light; and that, too, in the yery face of game that is generally ready to leave on the instant, and is often in motion. Eyery method of remedying this defect in the field involves the calculation of distance. There is posi- tively no escape from it. With any man who makes such an assertion I have nothing to argue. Our experience is antipodal; there is no common ground upon which we can meet; no premises that we can use as a common starting point. The man who asserts that a .40-caliber solid ball is largie enough for deer, antelope, etc., simply asserts one of these three propositions: First—That he can hit his game just where he chooses; or, Second—That a ball is just as effective in one part of an animal as in any other part; or, ‘Third—That the crippling and torturing of game is a matter of no consequence, I challenge the world to point out any way of escape from impalement upon the point of one or the other of these propositions. With such a man also I have nothing to argue, There is no commen ground between us, He is a being from a loftier sphere from that in which I live and for which I write. For years I have known that genius of the field who is never troubled with the eccentricities of lead. I have seen him perform, Fora mere ‘'duffer,”’ a blockhead who has not sense enough to place every ball in the heart of a bounding deer to offer advice to such a demigod, requires more cour- age than this ‘‘duffer” happens to possess just at present. There are, however, many clods of commen clay who, like myself, feel compelled to how to the vagaries of lead. Especially so when it is traveling upon a high curve, and the game is traveling upon a still higher curye. And we are weak enough to prefer a bullet that may take effect when accidently planted at .87.906 of an inch from the precise point where our aforesaid friend would plant it, And so weak are we in this respeet, that we are hopelessly blind to the loss of an extra square inch of ‘*pelt,” and can even endure with composure the loss of fifteen and a half ounces of meat irretrievably ‘“‘mussed” and ruined by an expansive bullet. : Such persons now prefer a bullet made expansive, and some prefer it even larger than .40. By some it is objected that expansive bullets are not sufficiently killing for want of penetration. The effect of expansive balls has been immensely over- trated, A large amouut of twaddle has been written about “‘express shock,” etc , tigers wilting Jike wet rags under a single bullet, and grizzlies’ heads pulverized like puff balls, etc., etc. One who has never tried one of these balls but had only read of them, could conceive nothing less than a bottled up thunderbolt suddenly let loose in an animal’s bedy. Thereis nothing to be done but to make the contact. The instantaneous paralyzation of every nerve and muscle in the victim resultsas a matter of course. Stop now, my friend, you need not give mearecord of so many tigers or bears killed with a single shot each. J can find you a single muz- zleloader of .45-caliber in this county that has killed fifteen grizzlies in just fifteen shots, all solid balls, 1 know. too, how it was done. By following the bear hunter’s rule, viz., “Jet a bear alone unless you can get a dead sure shot.” Any good hunter with any kind of a rifle that is accurate, will make runs of six, or seven, or eight deer killed in succession with the single ball, and all falling within sight. And it is probable that more deer have been killed at a single shot from small-bored muzzleloaders with round ball than have ever been killed or ever will be killed with all other ritles put together. Allsuch things prove exactly nothing exdept that the ani- mal happened to be hit in theright place. Give me the formula for reaching the right spot and I want nothing bet- ter than a .388 or .40 solid ball. On what are known as the vital points of deer and antelope the difference between the most destructive express balls and the small solid ball amounts to little. For dangerous game it may be different, and even very little of course amounts to something. But I believe that even there the effect is immensely exaggerated. I bave often seen deer, struckat the point of the shoulder, run fifty or sixty yards with 400 grains of leaden ‘‘splash” driven almost to the skin on the opposite side and tearing lungs and heart completely into shreds. The majority so struck wil] run some distance precisely as when struck with a solid ball; and the latter will bring many down in their tracks as quickly as the expansive one wall. Nor can I dis- cover any material advantage (in this respect) from increase of powder. And the principles of so much ‘‘force ex- pended in an animal’s body,” ‘‘express shock,” etc., I can tind little or nothing in—so far as the vital spots are con- cerned. And I doubt if any one living shvuots as large a powder proportien as I do, or has cut the hole of expansion bullets into more varied sizes. But when we come to shots not on the vitals, the differ- ence between the solid and the expansive ball becomes im- rmense. And the place where common mortality is liable to plant a bulletin an animal running, or onea little too far off, or in bad light, or in brush, ete., ete., and which are not immediately vital, comprise almost two-thirds of the body. While few ornone will dispute this last statement, there are still many who claim that the solid ball, defective as it is, is still better than the expansive one, because of its better penetration, + pay There is some truth in this, Seven years ago I said in these columns that. in the long run penetration was about as essential as expansion. Ever since then I have been using expansive balls of various sizesgand shapes, and ain fully, satisfied that for 100 shots taken as they yvenerally run a solid ball is better than an expansive ball that opens toc quickly or that goes into splash upon flesh. I said then that the expansive hole in the bullet should be smal] and tapering to a point at the bottom, The more I use them the smaller I make the hole, and the more I am conyinced of the ne@zs- sity of making it small, _ ' it the ball opens too quickly no amount of powder will ia |Fus, 14, 1884. give it sufficient penetration for those shots in which ‘pene- tration is needed, It simply makes a wider flesh wound but withont sufficient increase of depth to be of practical use, For such shots as a little too far back of the shoulder, or in the brisket, it will still be far better than the solid ball, but it will be inferior for nearly all the raking or quartering: shois, where a ham must be shot through before the ball can enter the body. The expansive ball uust in any event have a very heavy powder charge behind it, as even slight expan- sion checks if, immensely, and no 8M0he Mf powder will quire for good penetration 88 the, on {hole to open slowly. - Aan ha 1 think all the objections aged 4 of expansive balls are caused either— rid all First—By too much expansion; or, Seeond—By too little powder. Both of these are combined in the Winchester express, The ball goes to pieces n flesh alone without touching bone; and though far superior for shots on the stomach, too high or too low in the shoulder, etc., of a deer, it is not equal in efficiency on some raking shots from behind to the .45-60 of the same company. The copper tube adds little or no strength to the ball; it is needless for accuracy or any other purpose whatever, except to catch gulls who think it has some marvelous virtue. If the hole were made narrower, shallower and tapering to the bottom, it would .be far more effective, in the long run, though for some shots it would be less quickly fatal than as at present made. It also needs more powder, fully fifteen graius being necded to balance the increase caliber over the .44, the larger tube requiring always a little more powder for the same weight of lead. The ballis heayy enough, and if made to simply expand to about four-fifths of an inch, and backed by 120 or 130 grains of the very best powder, the gun ought to be the most effec- tive of all rifles tbat can be held to the shoulder, its repeat- ing power overbalaneing all else, The expansion of a ball can be tested only upon flesh. Soft clay may possibly do, but tests made upon wood, ete., are worthless. I bave seen bullets with copper tubes hold together on wood and make good penetration, while the same bullet would invariably go to flinders upon flesh. If the makers of repeaters or rather express rifles will listen a mo- ment 1 can give them some good advice that will tend to reconcile and unite all the conflicting opinions upon this oint. fi First—Make the ball light enough and the rifle heayy enough to prevent much recoil, so that a difference of twenty- five grains in the weight of the ball will not require any change of sights at ordinary range. Second—In every box of cartridges Jet one-half the balls be solid ones, so that those who do not like expansive balls or want some solid ones can be accommodated. Third—Make in the point of the rest a hole only half the length of the ball, tapering to the bottom and not over one- tenth of an inch wide at the top, and leave it open. Fourth—Upon the box cover inform the purchaser that the latter balls can in a moment be made expansive to any extent desired with a gimlet, reamer or point of a penknife. Also that if he thinks the hole will affect the balPs accuracy that he may close it with wax or tallow, but that there is no need of anything. | Fifth—The last and best. Throw the copper tube to the dogs, stiffen the ball with tin and put behind it the last grain of powder that the repeater action will bear. Quite an effective rifle may be made of a .40-caliber, with 100 grains of powder and 200 of lead, And [ see no reason why such a rifle gould n6t be made to take a cartridge of 120 of powder and 250 of lead. If the latter could not be worked through the magazine, it might be inserted in the barrel by hand when the carrier block is down and there is no haste in loading. I think, however, if any one can only overcome the un- manly fears of a little recoili—entirely unfounded—and en- dure the sacrifice of a few ounces of meat, he will find no trouble with the .50-caliber of the Winchester, remedied as above suggested. For all-around work, for penetration, expansion and retention of velecity, a ball must_have actual weight. Without weight, momentum or force is impossible, and without solid walls around the hole in a bullet slow ex- pansion is impossible. Make the hole too small in a narrow ball and it does net expand enough. Make it large enough and it may goto pieces too quickly. Put weight enough is a .40-caliber ball to force its expanding front very far through flesh and you must make it too long to have good initial velocity. How, then, shall we strike a compromise between the three conflicting elements of high velocity, weight, and sufficient striking surface? There is but one possible way to give a ball weight without cutting down its velocity. And that is by wideningit. Of course it will need more powder, but give it that and you may get as high a velocity from the larger caliber as from anything. The late rifle trials in Hng- land show 1,946 feet a second velocity for a .50-caliber; powder 188, lead 342; while the .40, with the same propor- tion, 82-209, gave 1,873, and the .45, with 110-322, gave 1,776 feet. From the smaller caliber-you may get the higher velocity from the same amount of powder, the tube being smaller, But it is only in the larger bore that you can unite comparative lightness of the bullet with sufficient actual weight for good penetration and crushing power. 5. T. Van Dyxe. CALIFORNIA. Exditor Forest and Stream: ‘ So long as there are different patterned rifles and men of different patterned ideas to handle them, and each handling atteuded by different circumstances, into which the merits of tne handler enter as largely as the merits of the weapon handled, so long will different ideas be entertained relative to the efficiency of the various makes, each advocate in- variably standing by the bridge that carried him safely Over. In the discussion now carried on in the Forest anpD STREAM on the “choice in hunting rifles,” I joi in favor of Sharps army carbine, for frontier use, against all comers. I, for reasons strong as life, believe them unexcelled and far superior to any magazine rifle that has yet come into notice. For close and rapid shooting the magazine rifle may be without a peer, but sucha happening comes but once in a hundred times, and when it does come the man ~ that handles it must be its master, or nine shots out of ten go wide of the mark, Few men there are that can hold such a rifle to their shoulders and manipulate it effectually on objects distant fifty to one hundred yards. Looking back oyera long and varied experience in the use of rifles against both man and beast, I have yet to see it done. At long or short range, the carbine referred to is 3 { Fun. 14, 1884,] ee oe - i - FOREST AND STREAM. 4.7 ee eee oe Oeeeeeeaoeoqoqoq®<«=S$$Sq0S$S0S0909@0. 0 SSa>@—0——_—— wv—c9800C—_oaaaoamq>nmq—m—"0"—: hard and deadly hitter. Its simple mechanism is always in order and ihey are as readily loaded as any rifle nota magazine-made, nor will I except the magazine variety if the user must needs take it from his shoulder to cast and replace the empty shell, for in that case a practiced hand will, with a Sharps fully hold his own. The latter, moreover, 18 ex- eéedingly short and light, a matter of no small consideration, where constant use is required, The short, light barrel will, I know, be pooh-poohed by target ring hunters, but to the man that can hold them down they are kings. ’ Some time during the early part of the seventies I, with several others, was prospecting for placer ground on the headwaters of the Sauta Domingo River, in Sonora, At that time the Apache Indians left the San Carlos Reservation, in Arizona, and raided as far south as Uies, The main body of them passed us on the west, as we afterward learned, but a party of probably 1 dozen happened our way, and the trouble began by the Indians ambushing myself and a com- panion as we were riding through one of the most beautiful oak parks it has ever been my good fortune to see, At the first fire they put us both on foot, but fortunately without bodily injury to outselves. My animal, a full-blooded bronco mare, was also uninjured, but the surprise was so sudden to both that she had me off in a jiffy. Although somewhat dazed, we up and treed instanter, and then the fun com- menced, My mare, for a minute or so, galloped wildly about her struggling companion, and then made a bee line back the way we had come. The Indians in the meantime yelling their best, but not till we broke cover did they dare attempt to close in, and only then by individual spurts from treé to tree, as we made like moves, each one covering the other’s retreat in turn, Finally, by a hard run we reached a deep arroya that cut across the bottom at right angles and made us masters of the situation, and gave us comparatively smooth sailing into camp, which we found thoroughly alarmed by the mare which had preceded us, and prepared for the worst. We were at this time five strong—three Americans and two Mexicans (an old man and a boy). Our arms consisted of one Winchester rifle, {wo Sharps carbines and two old army muskets, with the barrels sawed short. The old man gave good counsel, and under his directions we hastily pre- pared for the attack that we kuew was suretocome. AI- though the site of our camp was well chosen and watch con- stantly Kept, those off guard slept but little that night. Shortly after sun-up next morning, when we were con- gratulating ourselyes on our security, a rifle cracked as a bullet piuged across our camp and broke ground a short dis- tance beyond, ‘To our surprise it came froma direction un- expected, but hugging the zround closely we rolled our blankets into temporary breastworks, and with ready rifles waited the issue, which we purposed should not be one- sided, Not Knowing from which way the next shot would come we facedin the most probable direction. Presently a second shot, followed closely by a third fromthe same direc- ' tion as the first, told us that our foe was reaching for us from one side only, We therefore gave it our united atten- tion. A wreath of smoke hanging to the top of the grass localized ourman. ‘The only Winchester in camp was fired at him repeatedly without effect, other than to bring back answering bullets, one of which took the side out of a can- teen that was standing by a stone previously used as @ seat. With us bullets were bullets, as none could be bought nearer than Tueson, distant nearly three hundred miles, and as each cartridge fired by the Winchester was one more wasted, it was decided to try him with a Sharps,.and the duty assigned to the writer of this, who, hastily rising to a half knechne position, fired two shotsin rapid succession. A conyulsive jump told us that something had gone wrong in the Apache camp. Fearing a ruse, we awaited further developments, but as none came, we investigated, and found the gentleman doubled up with a bullet hole through him from his left shoulder inside of right hip. He had gained his vantage point by climbing up the side of an almost perpendicular box canyon, and then crawled fully three buadred yards on his belly before firing a shot. He was armed with a needle gun, old army pattern, They undoubtedly shoot #s hard and carry as far as a Sharps, but because of their weight and length, are too cumbersome for a prospector to carry, We had, previous to this little inci- dent, an exalted opinion of the magazine rifle, but after that we stood by the Sharps, and subsequent events justified our faith. I could give many illustrations in point, and may, perhaps, later on, if this is found worthy of publication. Now, however, I give but cne which came under my notice when prospecting in the Sun Simon range with W. E. Cook of, I believe, Rochester, New York. We were following up.a dry path leading our horges, when we struck a bear trail that crossed the path we were in, to the opposite hank. As near as we could determine it had been made by not less than five animals. We mounted and followed the trail till it broke up, and was lost on the hard mesa. but off in the distance we noticed what appeared to be a cow and calf. Surprised that they should have strayed. so far from any settlement, we rode carelessly toward them with a view of examining the ‘brand if any they had. Greater, however, was our astonishment, when up~-with a snort raised an enormous shé grizzly andl a gnod sized cub. We had with usa crop-eared Mexican cur vog that stood probably about eighteen inches high at the shoulders. We had always regarded him as a good watch dog and a keen firhter, but at the sight of the bear he developed qualities that made him dear to us afterward, for with a vicious bound he sprang at. bruin’s throat, but being instantly knocked down we thought bim killed, The next moment, however, he had her by the hams, and so quick was he that she could neither bite nor strike him, Several times she essayed a dash at us, who, on foot, were vainly endeavoring to lead our terrified horses closer up, but each time she gave us her attentions the dog gave her his. : As oxr horses refused to approach, it was decided that I held them while Cook advanecd with his Winchester to shoot her, He aia distance of not more than twenty steps tired at her four or five times. As each bullet struck her she would lie dowa, roll over and cry, then jump up and rush toward him, but as she did so the dog invariably bit her on the hams, and that annoyed her worse than the Win- chester. In Ccok’s haste to ‘cast an empty shell it fouled in the extractor, and he could neither get his lever up nor down. Throwing downhis gun he ran to get my Sharps; but as Thad too long stood a quiet spectator to one of the most exciting scenes | had ever witnessed, I left the horses with him, ran up, shot her through the brains, and the battle was over. She was thin % flesh, but her hide was equal in size to that of alarge ox, The cub was very fat, and when dressed weighed about thirty or forty pounds, | Before killing it we fought it with the dog, but as the latter -_ / i‘ a) a was jaded in his fight with the old one, the cub on a square tussle was more than his match; but every time 1t got loose from the dog it would climb on the dead body of its mother and cry piteously. The fouling of the shell, as stated, created with me a dis- trust in all magazine rifles of like make. Although I must confess that 1 afterward sent to San Francisco for one, and, through the excellent judgment of a friend, secured a very good one, but the caliber being too small for my use, I traded it off and fell back on my true but time-worn car- bine. Later on it was stolen from me by a Mexican, and as he hied himself to the land of tortillas and beans, 1 never saw it afterward. A friend, knowing my admiration for the gun, presented me with a new one of the same make, It shoots as wicked as its predecessor, In conclusion, I can safely assert that, if properly han- dled, there is no animal in the Southwest that can stand against them. J once shot a cinnamon hear that was walk- ing on the side of a hill above and from me. The bullet struck and shattered the left ham bone, passed through the ham and ran under the skin along the entire length of the animal and effected a lodgment at the base of the upper jaw. Again, I shot at a bear that stood quartering tome. I saw the bullet strike the ground beyond him, and as he turned and headed down the canyon I believed that I had overshot him. Suddenly he stopped as if considering what was best to do, then staggered forward and fell dead. The bullet had gone entirely through him. In one winter alone, in the Santa Ritas, I killed fifty-four deer, and with but one excep- tion, 1 never found a bullet in any of their carcasses, ADIOS. Tucson, A. T., Jan. 28. THE BIRDS IN WEST VIRGINIA. SITTING by a large open fire, with my two dogs on the s floor near me, for | have not as yet a better balf, and having just finished overlooking gun and fishing tackle, I have picked up several of your last issues, and the first thing I see is your call to ‘‘feed the birds.” Thinking you would like to hear from this part of the country, I send you this. We had better partridge shooting in this county last fall than we have had for years, though the best that was done was thirty-eight to two guns. Our birds are wild, very strong, and feed close to woods and thickets, into which they go when first gotten up. We think thirty-eight good, very good, the rough country and all things considered. The gentleman shooting with me, Mr. 8. W. M. P., of Phil- adelphia, is a much better shot than I am, and _ should this meet the eye of any of his Philadelphia Gun Club friends they will know what he killed and what fell to my share. Take him all in all, [think him the best all-around field shot I know. lam taking care of and feeding at my own place about fifty birds, and have induced some six or eight of my farmer friends to feed any birds that may come about their barns and outbuildings. I furnish the feed; they do the feeding, and I have just returned from a “‘round trip.” I find they have upward of 200 partridges feeding, and hope to get, them safely over this hard, cold winter. I hear of others tak- ing care of a covey or so, and knowing the country here as I do, I feel assured many birds will take care of themselves. The farmers last fall left much corn outstanding, and it has proved of great advantage to our game, Jn the proper season, when our black bass fishing begirs, I shall be glad to give any information I can to any of your many readers who may wish it. J use the fly entirely and know the Potomac and Cacapon rivers for miles as thor- oughly as I do the road over which I drive t get to them. rch Oak Fas BERKELEY Sprines,’ W, Va., Feb. 1, 1884. ANOTHER CAT TALE. 667 > EIGNOLDS’S” catreminds me of a tough specimen that I had some experience with some thirty-five or more years ago. [was boarding ata large farmhouse, where they kept a fine flock of poultry. Late in the spring theege- gathering members of the family found fresh-laid shells emptied of their contents. The mischief was charged upon skunks, but one day a large semi-wild, yellow and white cat of the Thomas persuasion was caught in the act. This cat had recently taken up his abode at the large barns upon the place and was remarked a fine specimen, but this egg-suck- ing development caused an immediate proclamation of out- lawry from the household department. At that time I kept an excellent hunting rifle and practiced with it almost daily. - One afternoon alittle girl of the household who had been out gathering eggs, came running in flushed with excitement, hold ing a broken egg, saying she had just driven the ole yellow cat from the nest and he was then out back of the further barn. Hastily loading my rifle, Iran across the road where I could look down back of the long line of barns. Just as I reached the corner of the nearest barn, I met the cat, which instantly beat a rapid retreat and the intervening fence pre- vented a snap shot on the run. The cat passed the barns and turned under the long shed beyond, stepping behind a large, flat stone, upon which one of the shed posts rested, and looked back. I could just see his left eye by the edge of the post and over the stone. The distanee was about thirty-five yards, and in those days I rarely missed the size of a dime at that distance when firing at.a rest, as I deliberately did in this instance, of course drawing a fine bead upon the Cat’s eye. The first thought was to set the rifle in the barn and get a shovel to bury the cat, but-these animals perform ground and lofty tumbling when shot through the head with a bul- let, and as 1 could see no demonstrations of the kind, I omitted the shoyel. Repairing to the shed-post, I found no cat, but did find a surprising quantity of yellow hair and some clots of gore, showing that the bullet done someexecution. Noth- ing more was hexrd from the cat and po more empty egg shells werefound. The family were certain they smelled the dead cat under the barn, About the middle of the following January we had a fall of some twelve or fifteen inches of snow in one night, which had not yet drifted. Thé next morning was all that.could be desired for fox hunting, the locality being in the Green Mountains, I had an excellent old foxhound, and started early for a large pasture about a mile away, between two large swamps, a famous crossway for foxes, As I was get- ting well between the swamps the sagacious eld hound was ranging well ahead, when he suddenly tured from his course and the wag of his tail showed that he was on atrack which, of course, must be fresh. It lead in the direction of the nearest swamp, and «a few yards further on the hound disap- peared down in a gulley and commenced his peculiar stand- ing bark, showing that he had game at bay. I knew there was no hiding place in the vivinity, and as the hound never hesitated clinching any game found in that region, I was puzzled and hastened forward. Coming suddenly upon the hound not fifteen feet distant, I found him confronted by an enormous yellow and white cat. I had never known him to , take the least notice of a cat before, and the peculiar alter- nation of glances first to me and then to the cat, was clearly an inquiry for orders. I gave the word, ‘Take him,” and in about three seconds the air for some feet around was filled with a mixture of snow and hair, and the hound was utter- ing muffled yells of pain, which, however, soon ceased, to be supplanted by a long-drawn ‘‘yaul” from the cat, who a few seconds later lay limp and dead on the hair-carpeted snow. As he lay with his left side up, I diseovered that his left eye was gone. An examination disclosed an unhealed wound nearly in the center of the back of the head. It was the old egg-sucker that I had omitted to bury eight months before. Moral: Always plant cats as soon as you shoot them. Right here 1 wish to add that this particular style of cats destroy more small same and insectivorous birds than all the gunners in the land, including pot-hunters, iDEA ee MUCILAGE-EDGE WADS. Hditur Forest und Stream: Itisto your columns that sportsmen must look for in- formation concerning anything new which pertains to sport- ing matters, and for that reason I beg a short space to herald a new and, I think, important device for loading shells, All the present methods of securing wads over the shot are ug- satisfactory. Crimping is not only a great nuisance, but fails to meet the desired end. Ona recent shooting trip L was shown something new in this line, the invention of Mr. M, 8. Alexander, of Moorefield, W. Ya. The powder and shet are put in the shell in the ordinary way. After the shot are put in, a loader, into which a narrow circle of sponge projects from the outside, is set over the shell, A wad hay- ing small strips of muslin, covered with mucilage, is now dropped into the loader and pushed home in the usual way. As it passes through the sponge the mucilage is moistened, and the wad held securely in place by the strips sticking Fast to the sides of the shell. Crimping is entirely done away with, and the shells remain almost perfect after being fired. Shells can be loaded more rapidly than by the ordinary method. These wads work splendidly in brass shells, and are far ahead of the patent mucilage-edge wads. I have car- ried shells Joaded in this way for days without the wads starting. This new device, if ever brought on the market, will prove a boon to upland sportsmen, SYCAMORE, BALTIMORE. THE PERFORMANCE OF SHOTGUNS. Editor Forest and Stream: I see many things from the fertile imaginations of sports- men on practical matters that are not, governed by human agency. Marvelonsly long shots, clean kills at unreasonable distances, and wonderful scores, in one instance forty-eight out of fifty grouse (perhaps it was only thirty-eight out of forty). Now, the natura] and uncontrollable inclination of shot is to scatter. This deflection commences the moment the charge leaves the gun. At a certain distance the spaces between pellets are larger than the object aimed at, This marks the killing range of any gun. Forty yards is taken as a standard limit, and most guns are targeted at this dis- tance. Where one gun shows a killing circle at this range, twenty will fail to make a pattern that would be sure to stop the bird if held ‘‘straight on.” Sometimes a very long hit is made, as occasionally the foolish bird, instead of keep- ing straight for the woods, tries some fancy flying and comes to grief. Often I have made what I thought a splendid long shot, fifty yards at least. “T say, Bill, where did you stand?” “Right there by that patch of briers,”’ ‘Where did the bird fall?” “OQ, way down the fence, fifty or sixty yards.” | don’t see if nor any feathers near here.” “Well, he fell right about where you stand. Look a little further down.” ” “Can't find him. “Well, come this way a little. dead.” ‘How are twenty-five.” ‘Well, [ killed him anyhow, and he looked as if he were a hundred yards,” : This little scene is quite familiar to us all. Iam in favor of some margin. But when we get out of bounds, it don’t count. ‘‘Dead out of bounds,” you see. ; a Manton, Ind. THIRTY-EIGHT Lone, i Rhow ft killed: time you ‘fifty yards!’ Here’s the bird, not over A New Soyue or ‘‘Turney SHoor.”—Marcellus, N. Y., Jan. 80.—Hditer Forest and Stream: In your last issue you refer to the decadence of the old-fashioned ‘'turkey shoot.” We have had several matches in this vicinity this winter, conducted on principles in harmony with those of the 8. F. P. OC. A. Ten or twelve shooters paid for a turkey and de- cided who should have it by shooting at a small paper tar- get, the shooter winning who drove a pellet nearest the cen- ter. While there was much chance in the game, yet a good shooting gun would win in the majority of cases. The dis- tance was 35 yards, 14 ounce, No. 8; target, 54x6 inches. One gun was fired five times, with an average of fifteen pellets in the paper. Three other guns fired four shots in all and made an average of seventeen. At another match, same condi- tions, distance 85 yards, target 5x6 inches, four guns were fired twenty-four times with an average of 302 pellets in the target. One gun an equal number of times, averaged 26;t. All conditions were as favorable as could be made; rest, cleaning between shots.—MARCELLUS. SoutHwest Frorripa,—Myakka River, Fla., Jan. 25.— Thinking that some of the readers of your valuable journal would like to know of some locality on the southwest coash of Florida where good hunting could be found, I can safely say this isthe best game country I have seen along this coast as yet. The country I speak of is along the banks of this river, Which extends from Charlotte Harbor into the main- land about thirty or forty miles, Along this river deer are very abundant, also turkeys and wild hogs. Although I have seen but one covey of quail, I think thev are more plentiful up the river. Wildcats and panthers are quite cemmon around here, and if one has dogs a bear can be found in a short time. One party of eight men, that went up the river «a short time ago, killed in a day and a half eight deer and seven turkeys, using dogs. This river could be reached by taking passage on a schooner at Cedar Keys that runs to Hickory Blaff. At the last-named place a sail- 48 FOREST AND STREAM. —— in [Frs. 14, 1984. boat could be purchased at the store there, also provisions, ete. The river is only ten miles from the Bluff, and with fair wind a person could run up the river for ten or fifteen miles, or, if desired, a man could be engaged at the store for pilot,—CHEstTErR, InpiIaANA QvuAtb.—Fairland, Ind., Jan. 18.—Reports so far, notwithstanding the heavy fall of snow, are favorable for quail and ‘'ground game” in this part of the State. An unusual number of large bevies are reported left over, and are now in good condition.—O. H. W. PAPER SHELLS.—The problem of making a paper shell which should possess in many respects the staple qualities of a metal shell, has engaged much of the attention of the cartridge companies, aud the claim has frequently been made that success was achieved; but experience developed objections to the new patents, The U. §. Cartridge Com- pany has put out a shell which, it is claimed, is superior to anything of former make. The paper is subjected to a process that renders it water-proof, reliable, and capable of withstanding large charges of powder and repeated reload- ing. Its smooth, stiff shape—inside and out—is retained after recrimping and firing, and it is not easily bent out of ‘shape by rough usage, They are primed with the new No. 2 Lowell primér, and with s good lock are not liable to miss. ang Sire Hlickerings. PB Mite & jung “That reminds me,” The writer of story No. 386 will please send name and address to thes office. 162. HE “Spoon Hili” gang were sleepily lolling about the waning camp-fire. Talk b&drun low for some time when all of a sudden some one asked, *‘Dad, did you ever shoot a deer by the light of a jack lamp?” (“Dad” Is the dyspeptic, asthmatic member, and when the fit is on is as gloomy and cross as two sticks.) ‘“‘Never but once; and I have always regretted it.’ “Why so?’ yelled several at once. ‘‘Because it was the means of prolonging this miser- able existence,” “Out with it, old man, tell us ali about it,” screamed the entire crowd, asyawns gave way to glaring eyes and anxious faces, “It happened several years ago. A small party were camped on the bank of Crooked Lake, away up in Clare county, more for fishing and idleness than anything else. This was previous to the building of the F. & P. M, road and deer were quite plenty at that time. The question whether a deer could be captured by jacking or not had been hotly discussed, soit was decided to try the experiment, and I was successful in shooting the finest buck that ever felltomy gun, It was something irregular in regard to season; but the meat was very aceeptable in camp, as we were getting tired of fish and salt pork.” “Oh yes, that may all be, but how in the name of ail the saints did the shooting of that deer, ‘prolong that miserable existence’ you just mentioned?” “Steady now, youngster; don’t pull in your fish until you have him hooked. The day before, | had accidentally dis- coyered asmall stream in one of my rambles, which L was anxious to fish alone and unbeknown to any one in camp. The day after shooting the deer, while the rest were enjoy- ing their after dinner nap, I sneaked up alone, and whipp.d the stream with tolerable success, when a gathering of the clouds warned me to either:g@ quickly to camp or to take thorough Wetting. You all. know that water agrces with me inwardly, but when applied outwardly it is a promoter of culds, asthma and rheumutism; therefore, I reluctantly started for camp, but the shower was too quick for me, and the pattering rain drops plaiuly indicated that nnless 1 soon fouxd shelter, 4 downright drenching was in store for me. On looking about I found a fallen tree, the butt of which was hollow; into this I crawled as quickly as possible. ‘The rain came down in torrents, the lightning flashed, the thunder rattled, the wind howled and tore around fearfully, but there I Jay dry and comfortable, as snug as a bug in a tug. Blow, blow, ye winds; rain rivers, cataracts, aye, whole lakes if it pleases you; what care lin this dry, cozy shelter? I kicked up my heels, whistled with the wind, laughed at the rain and bellowed with the thuader. 1 eyen began to sing— i * “When the humid shadows hover Over atl the starry spheres, And the melancholy dai kness Gently weepsin rainy tears.’ when there came a furious blast of wind teariag through the forest, uprooting and dashing to the ground nearly every tree in its pathway. One fell directly across the end of my cosy retreat, smashing and closing up my entrance in the most effectual manner. Vainly | kicked against this sum- mary proceeding. Yelling was useless, as I soon concluded. Isaw that the only way out was to cut for it, and at it I went. Thad a good knife; the upper part of the log was ‘badly damaged; and Isoon had daylight shining through. ‘Bah!’ said I, ‘sicker children have been cured; and I worked away witha wiil;aud presently had a hole large enough to thrust my arm through, and I was glad to straighten it out, as working in such narrow and restricw:d quarters had be- numbed and almost paralized it, In drawing back my arm my hand was badly scratched on the ragged edge of the log, my fingers loosened their hold on the knife; it fell and slid down on the outside! “No, it could not be reached. I tried until nearly ex- hausted. My clothing was as wet from perspiration us though I had stayed out in the shower. A storm of kick- ing, twisting and screaming followed. All vain and useless. Then a calm; and I arrived at the conclusion that my earthly troubles were nearly over, and that my relulives would be denied the privilege of paying the undertaker for an ex- travagant and useless show. lL began to look away back to my earliest recollection and thought over my entire past life; and as each sin of omission and commission passed before my eyes [ humbly begved for mercy and asked forgivencss from that Supreme Being into whose august presence I soon expected to be ushered. Tranquilly, thoughtfully and kope- fully I traveled over my entire existence down to the hour £ shot that deer, when presto! change, I collapsed, dwindled _ and shrunk into such utter littleness as without any difficulty to crawl through the small hole | had made in the log; and securing my knife [made my way 10 camp, arriving in time to gorge myself at the evening meal with lhe broiled Hesh- of the deer, which had been the means of prolooging this mis- erable existence.” Granp Rapips, Mich. cf - Sea and River Fishing. TROUTING ON THE BIGOSH. SCALY SUBJECTS. N the morning Jack brought the fish, over which the Colonel and the Doctor had disputed as to their identity, into camp with the remark, ‘‘Here they are; father says they are all suckers, while the Doctor claims that only one is a sucker ard the other two are some kind of perch,” ‘There is more than one kind of sucker,” said the Colonel, “and when 1 called them suckers 1 did not mean that they were all of one kind; any one can see that they are different. This one I eall a black sucker, while the others are silver suckers. There is another kind, I believe, isn’t there?” “Forty, at least,” I answered, ‘‘not counting many closely related forms as the buffelo fish of Western waters, and others. This fish, which the Colomel calls the ‘black sucker,’ is the only one of the three which belongs tothe family of suckers; and it isa common species. I will tell you something of it after we get through with the fish which the Doctor thinks are ‘some kind of perch,’ ” “Give us some double-jointed, nickle-plated, waterproof, cable-laid and hard-twisted Greek and Latin names,” sug- gested Jack, ‘it makes the fish tast: better when it is cooked, to know that it has two names with seyen syllables in cach, and, as the showman says of the zebra’s stripes, ‘nary two alike.’ ” “‘Jack’s theory that scientific names are used merely to amuse or confound those who_may not be familiar with them,” I replied, “‘is not confined to him alone, but is one that I have often heard in different ways before. As a rule, Jack, the names are not hard when you know them, and many fishes have no other names. For instance, take the name ‘pickerel; out of a family of fishes which has five sharply defined and plainly marked species in America, one of the five is called by anglers ‘mascalonge,’ and the other four are all called pickere| in some parts, and pike in others. As i1wo of these four grow to a size to be angled for, it is a matter of wonder that our anglers, who are observant and more inclined to make distinctions where no structural dif- ferences exist than to overlook them, should confound the large lake pike, soa luctus, with the smaller species, #, re- ticulatus. The fishes not only differ in structure, but in color as well, and the angler takes more note of color and atlaches more importance to it than the naturalist does. The first of these fishes is marked by oval white spots on a dark ground, and the latter by a black network more or less plain on a ground varying from green to greenish-yel- low. There is actually no other way to make it plain which fish is meant than by using the scientific name, There are atew anglers who, while knowing the scientific names of the fishes they take, hesitate fo use them for fear of being thought pedantic. They never hesitate tospeak of a rhin- oceros or a hippopotamus, both of which are the Greek numes of animals as used in zodlogy, nor in speaking of planis do they fear to mention the heliotrope, clirysan- themum, coleus, ailanthus, verbena and other systematic names, for the reason that they are more commonly used, and because the names were introduced with the things to which they belonged, and they have become familiar.” “Jack,” said the Doctor, ‘while 1 know nothing of ichthy- ology, L recognize the fact that the language of all sciences must bein what are called the dead languaves, because they never change, and are therefore employed as a common no- menclature for all scientific purposes by all civilized nations, or rather by all those which have derived portions of their languages Trom these older ones, for I deny that the Japan- ese and Chinese are not to be classed as ‘civilized.’ In anat- omy und medicine we have the dead languages as a common medium in both structure, diseases and remedies. Jack only needs to be reminded that when he speaks of an asphalt road, cellar, or other surface, he is using one of those horrid latin words which, when he goes to cullege, as his father in- tends he shall in a couple of years, he will learn is the pons asinorum of the angler,” “Tl tell you how Jack is,” said his father, ‘‘he thinks thal what he understands everybody else should know. A few days before we left home he was tryiag to explain to a maiden aunt of his, who never went further in mathématies than the multiplication table, how, by triangulation, the distance’ to the sun was made out. He stated 1t at ninety- two million miles, but-«as he knew thal the astronomers dit- fered to the extent of two millions of miles more, he did nut care to go into astronomival science further, and yet this is oue ol the most exact of sciences. Certainly,ichthyology cannot claim to be an exact science, for it is well ean that it is not as far advanced toward a solid foundation as some other departments in zod_gy.” “No,” answered I, for the Colonel looked toward my side of the shauty for a reply, ‘there are several authorities at present and they do not agree im all things, but while they differ, their works usually give as synonyms fhe nomen- clature of other writers. 1t is only within a few years that auglers have taken much notice of classification, because the means of information were not at their hands and the older angling writers made a muddle of describing fishes. My first attempt to determine fishes by aid of a book wus made with a pike and Frank Forester’s **Fish and Fishing.” 1 looked at bis plates of that fish and mascalonge and thought the fault was miné infailing to determine which fish was before me, It neyer occurred to me that the author did not know the difference, as I believe now. These two fishes now before us, which the Doctor calls ‘some kind of perch,’ are very far from that family, All fish which may properly be called perch or bass have hard rays in the dorsal fin and one or more in the anal, and they are stiff and sharp and will wound the hand, These, on the contrary, have no spinous rays at ywhere, the first ray of the dorsal being hard but not sharp, and having a single dorsal fin and no teeth on the jaws, are members of the great family of Cyprinids, to which belong most of our so-called ‘minnows’. This family in Europe contains many species large enough to atiract the angler, while in America only two o1 its mem- bers grow to any size, and these are before us. ‘The smaller of the two, with the black spot at the base of the do.sal fin and the horny tubercles on its head, which are shed in sum- mer, is variuusly called chub and horned dace, and is the Semotilus corporalis, It is, as you see, nearly a foot long, and is a greedy fish and fair fighter, In many countries It would be esteemed as an angler’s fish, but in America only three ur four fishes are deemed woithy of our steel, and the rest are left to the boys. This is a splendid specimen, and about as large as it ever grows. ‘The larger one is also called chub and also fallfish (Semotdlus bullaris). Itlacks the dorsal : spot, and has larger scales than the other. This fish is fully thirteen inches long, and I think it grows to be sixteen. I have taken it with the fly in Virginia and found it fine sport. There are other differences than those mentioned, but it is not necessary to go into them here, This last fish carries stones to make its nest, and piles up quile a mound of them,””* “Well, how about the sucker?” asked Jack, ‘give us a lecture on him.” “This sucker is the most common of all its famiiy, and there is not much to say of it. 1t is called ‘common sucker,’ ‘white sucker,’ etc., and is Catostomus teres, How did you take these fish?” “The chubs were taken on one of the Doctor's small hooks,” said the Colonol, ‘‘baited with a small minnow, while the sucker took in the tail of one of those crawfish which you brought in yesterday. There must be other fish in this Jake, and some day I intend to try that bunch of lily- pads, near the north shore, for perch or pickerel. So far we have only fished in deep water for luke trout.” “Did you find your place by the ranges given?” Yes; no trouble about it. I wonder now how 1 was so stupid as to doubt it; but it was a new thing that never occurred to me before.” “Tell us about the stream,” said the Doctor; ‘I want to learn if there is a chance to wade and fish, for I am tired of boat fishing.” “Doctor,” said I, “the stream is wadeable, as far as we saw it, and I may try it with you some day just for a change, but when you get to be as old and as lazy as I you may think as I do, that boat fishing is the best of all fishing. 1 can sit in a boat and cast my fly, and when tired can stand ~ up and cast, but while always ready to work with my arms I can say that I hate walking of any kind, in water or out. This may be owing to my build, which is better adapted to sitting down than to fovt-racing, but I can truly say that it never hurts my feet to sit down.” “And I,” said the Doctor, ‘can as truly say that 1 would rather walk twenty miles than to row five, as I have seen you do. It is my legs that are industrious, but my arms too lazy for all exercise except fly-casting, and when I begin it in the spring my bicevs gets dreadfully sore. However, we * will try it some day.” ‘All right, gentlemen,” chirped the Colonel; ‘*you may wade if you like, but none of it for me. Iam quite an enthusiast on the subject of fishing, but to enjoy anything, whether it be fishing, the opera, or a dinner, I must be eom- fortable both in mind and body; and to have my {vet in icy water and the sun broiling down on my head at the same time would be like listening to a prima donna when, like Tago, 1 had & ‘raging tooth.’ ” “agree with you, Colonel,” said I, ‘and the only alter- native is to use wading boots, which may be the lesser of two evilsif one only thinks so, Whether ittis best to cut slits in the toes of our shoes to let the water out, or to wear rubber boots which come to the hip and retain the perspira- tion, isa question. In one case it means rheumatism and in the other a train of minor ills that, like Byron’s shaving, balances the account.” Prep Marup. *S3eo PormsT AND STRUAM, VOl. XVI.. p. 410; XVIL., p. 412. GAFFING A STURGEON. “Acti labores jueundi,’—Latin proverb. i ‘Labor done is pleasure won.’’—New Translation. UR two small yachts, out for a couple of weeks’ cruise, were stormbound, haying found w lee in one of the many bays of Long Point which are sheltered from the lake (Brie) by either a bar or marsh. Going on shore for a con- stitutional in the evening, we happened to find a fishing shanty during our walk. We found that its occupant in- tended going out to his sturgeon lines as soon as the sea went down. The gale had blown for twenty hours right on shore, and raised a nasty sea, which prevented any one visiting the lines during that period. We at once voluntered to man his yawlboat and take the fisherman out, but, although very de- sirous of going, he declared it almost impossible to gaff any large fish with so much seaon. 1, half jokingly, yet half in earnest, volunteered to gaff all the sturgeon on his line it he would take my oar. I fancy the man anticipated some fun, and thus acquiesced. After a thorough drenching in the surf, which, however, had gone down considerably by this, we launched the boat, took our places in her, got clear of the breakers, were into the swell and riding easy. I felt quite important as 1 stood in the bow, knowing that so much deperded upon my skill, nerve, and strength (although 1 did not realize the quantity of cach required), in capturing something I had never at- tempted or seen done before. I believe | quailed a little, just when a larger wave than ustal threw our bark almost out of the water and myself almost into it, because I thought wiih philosophic truth that if such a thing should happen while { was leaning over the side with about a hundred poundsof extra inducement beckoning me to come vut, I should have to obey. However, while I was grazing my shins against the forethwart, in my descent to the bottom of the sippery boat, I noticed a few smiles from as many half- turned faces, and from that moment determined to make a fool of myself no more. The leemost fishline buoy is reached. I grabbed it and followed the line hand over hand. Yery +oon it began to come heavy and rise perpendicular. I thought at firsi I had ot bold of the anchor end, but was assured by our ‘‘wiser head” that twas a fish. Pulling very slowly und cautiously, as if afraid of frightening the poor thing, but not so much so as not to disturb him, tor he commenced to act like a small Georgia mule, which started me thinking and wonder- ing, ‘lf this is what he can doin twenty feet of water what will he accomplish when I get him at aim’s length.” I allowed no intimation of my thoughts to escupe me, so none knew how tukeu aback I was on sccing this whale hove to right under my nose. When within easy reach I seized the gaif hook and began picking at it, without any effect, for the hovk just slid over him, ‘Hit him hard,” sung out the fisherman, I did so, but at that moment my antagonist had placed two or three feet of water between us, and so my en- deavor was merely sufficient to prick him, as a spur woulda mustang, and cause him to move round rather lively for 4 while. Chagrin is a powerful incentive, and caused my ire and muscle to rise, so that when my friend showed his face again on the surface, Llet drive. It would have been all right that time, only the hook was the wrong way, and I fear the poor fish had a termble sore eye and nose after it. This was sufficient to stun most things, but not him; it was merely the signature to a new lease of life, and he nade the most of it, 7 — * Fen, 14, 1884.) FOREST AND STREAM. *. 49 The next time I was successful, and buried the hook well into his waist, just a little abaft of midships, and held on. I pulled and so did he, and I found we were well matched, I did not know how this novel ‘‘tug of war’ was going to end, nor when exactly. In about ten minutes I felt sure he would turn the scales at a ton, and I was about to ask the erew to clap on a watch tackle, or make some other absurd request, when I came to my senses. My position is worthy of notice. My knees were braced against the planking till L thought {should start them. My back got such a kink in itasto bea tit, subject for carrying ina sling, my arms were fearfully strained by reason of pulling with that out- ward tendency so much harder to endure than a straight up and down haul. My eyes, being so intent on watching my captive, had necessarily at the same time to watch the com- ing and going, the rising and lowering of every wave, which began to act like a pump in my nausea box, and would for- “ever lower nie in the estimation of the crew, ; Lam proud to say I neither gaye in nor let on, I just let the perspiration run, the fingers cramp, the back gripe, the knees grind, and attended to the solid avoirdupois outside. I succeeded at last; he came in, although he had his revenge in doing so, for as he slid into the bottom of the boat he made a skating rink of it, with material more slippery than greased ice, down which I went as if determined to follow bim to the bitter end. This was my first as well as my worst, I gafied ten more that evening, but L hooked the others nearer the bows of the fish than the stern; and if ever you have occasion to educate greenhorns who wish to go sturgeon fishing in a heavy sea, lay down, as a first principle, the rule “gaff as previous as you can behind the head,” : Lihink I was deserving of the congratulations I received, for 1 did not make a miss with eleven fish, which totaled more than as muny hundred pounds in weight. VERAX. Port Rowan, Ont,, Feb. 5, LAND-LOCKED SALMON. [From Report of the Maine Fish Commission. ] E have exjeuded more of our slender means for tbe last two or three years, in trying to protect this magnifi- cent fish of Sebago Lake from the organized gang of poachers that destroy them ou their spawning beds on Crooked River and other tributaries, than we couid well afford. Were these fish better known, this lake would be more visited than even Dominion waters, and with the same outlay of time and less money, with as great success. Scbago Lake is worthy a special appropriation from the city of Portland or the rail- roads running into it for its protection from the vandals that line its shores, as 2n investment that would repay a hundred fold in attracting travel. The habits of the fish have not been carefully studied by the local anglers. Weédo not deem them niore shy than are salmon always in dead waters, even on the best salmon river, We do not believe they have been fairly and persistently tried withthefly. We ourselves have never had iime to devote to it of more than one indivelual day. On the best salmon rivers we have known of successive blank days, without a rise to the most tempting flies the angler’s book would aiford, Experienced anglers would at- tribute the inertness of the fish to climatic causes, the pre- monition of approaching storm and in most cases with cor- rectness. Sebago Lake is worthy the persevering study of any good angler, and we think wilh surety of reward. Troll- ing, always in 4 light wind to ripple the water; trolling by ticht should also be tried; casting the fly by night; deep fishing with fine tackle and live bait. 1t1s worthy of a sea- son’s study and trial. Beautiful as Lake Como fora cottage home. Some very large land-locked salmon huve been taken in the spring at the mouth of Songo River. A poacher was last year arrested and convicted for spearing a salmon of twenty- four pounds weight on Crooked River. An account comes to us to-day of a salmon found stranded on the banks of Roger’s Brook, which measures thirty-seven inches in length and weighed tweuty-two and one-half pounds; as it was somewhat shrunken from long exposure, it was estimated that when first oul of water it would have weighed thirty pounds, ‘The Granc Lake or Schoodic salmon is very much snialler than that of Sebago Lake, four and one-half pounds being deemed a monster fish, while the average would not exeecd one and one-half pounds, Both the Schoodic salmon and the Sebago salmon have tree access to the ocean, and in both Jakes have Salmo salar, or sea salmon fry been freely introduced for some six years past. In this connection we here publish a copy of an old document for which we are in- debied to J. F. Pratt, M.D.,of Chelsea. To Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of’ the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in General Court as- sembied : The petition of the subscribers inhabiting near Crooked River humbly showeth that in said river isa kind of trouts of an uncommon size, weighing from three to fourteen pounds. Some have been caught which weighed seventeen pounds, hese fish run up the river in ths months of September and October, but are scarce at all other times of the vear. They have been, and might continue to be, very beneficial to all who inhabit near said river, which runs from a pond,in Ox- ford, near Bethel southerly line; from thence it runs through said Oxtord and through Waterford, a part of Nor- way and of Philip’s Gore, Otisfield, and a part of Raymondtown into a gore between Raymondtown and Flintston, where it falls into Songo River, and with it intothe Great Sebago pond, These fish have for several years been prevented from passing up said river by wares built wholly across the water by the inhabitants near the mouth thereof, and as there is no law to prevent them, they not only boast of haying ayailed themselves of all the benefit of the fishin years past, but declare they are determined to do it in future, tothe preat injury of the other inhabitants above them, who nave (or ought to have) equai right to the benefit of the fish. We therefore humbly request your honors to take the case into your consideration, and to make a law tor preventing the ob- struction of these fish in said river and its connections in the months of September and October, and asin duty bound will ever pray. (1800), : Both at Grand Lake stream and#ebago these fish have been always called trout, indeed at the latter are known by no other name, black spot and red spot indicating land- locked salmon and brook trout. These fish have proved a great success in Moosehead Lake and in Rangeley waters. In the former they are taken more or less every season; one of four and one-half pounds and some of smaller size have been taken the present year. As in Moosehead none but Schoodic fish have been planted, four and one-half pounds, if correctly reported, would indicate increase of size }rom the present stock, In Rangeley, salmon of four and cne- half pounds have been taken, and on the spawning grounds | in 1882 a number of very large fish were observed that were estimated at much greater weight, Here we are in doubt as ea as i a to the increase of weight from present stock, as some fry from Sebago were planted in Rangeley waters several years since, How to class these fish, amid all this conflicting matter, we are still in doubt, but as none but Schoodie fry have been introduced into Moosehead Lake, we must look there for evidence as to increase of weight in new waters. We shall continue to introduce these fish into both Moosehead and Rangeley in as large numbers as our restricted means will allow, until we have established a sufficiently strong breed- ing stock to afford the yearly supply of young fish fo con- stitute their future breeding home. The rule then should be rigid enforcement of the laws, for the most skillful and per- sistent angling with baited hook er flies, will never exhaust the fish of any waters. Rigid laws enforced, will always preserve a sufficient stoek. ‘The cunning of fishes is coeval with fhe angler, and the education of experience will preserve its ratio with each. A strict observance of close time, and fair honest angling, is only requisite. We planted this year 225,000 fry in the follow- ing waters; At Moosehead Lake, 100,000, hatched at the excellent hatchery of O. A. Dennen, near the Kineo House, in charge of Capt. Brown. At Rangeley, 100,000 at the Oquossac hatchery, in charge of T. C. Hewey. At Entield, 25,000, in charge of A. J. Darling, These last were divided between Island Pond, Molunkus Pond and Cold Stream Pond. It is a subject of common observation, that these beautiful fish do not now frequent in accustomed num- bers certain favorite localities on Grand Lake stream, where they formerly abounded, This has led tothe hasty conclusion that they are lessening in numbers, and the cause attributed to artificial spawn taking. The region of Grand Lake, so near the boundary of two distinct governments, would naturally make its wild recesses of forest the favorite resort of questionable, or rather unquestionable, characters from all sources. The poachers of every possible grade exist in numbers only equaled by black flies, and as deserving of extermination, Again, angling is now a mania, a fashion, and five hundred fish where formerly but one cast his fly. Fish have their pastures, their feeding grounds, the same as our domestic stock. Destroy the feed of a pasture and its stock will abandon it and go elsewhcre or starve. flies are bred on ihe. bottoms of rivers amid the gravel and earth. Cover this bottom with 1an-bark or shingle waste or sawdust and the bottom of the river no longer produces food for fishes; the fly bred from the egg or worm that the bottom of the river supplied with the congenial element no longer rises there; the fly that hovered over its surface to deposit its eggs that begat the worm and in turn the fly, no longer tempts the fish. Streams that formerly bred shud by millions, cannot now feed one, even if millions were there planted, for the riyer, now bottomed by poisonous sawdust, produces no food for the baby shad to support if on its way down to the ocean. A faetory on the river’s source hay make a tertune for its owner, even if not allowed to destroy allthe fish in the water that runs below his mill. He may not make it at so little trouble, but has he a right to do it if he deprive a family even of one meal of food a week? In response to many letters from Aroostook and other sources, asking relief and redress,, which we are unable to afford, we will propound to our legislators the question, “Tf a stream running through a section of coantry supplies both food and recreation to the inhabitants, has any one a right, by establishing a factory upon its sources or its shores, to so poison its waters as to destroy the fish and thus de- prive others of the value of the food destroyed?” Is not even the beauty of a stream running through one’s land’a consideration of price aud value? Has as any one a right, by establishing a factory above one’s property, to destroy its beauty by throwmg waste into it, or its fish by empty- ing the washings of a starch or other factory into it? Indus- try and ingenuity haye a-right to their reward, but not at the price of the food, or the value of the beauty of the hum- blest homestead. THE BEST COLOR FOR LEADERS. Hiitor Forest and Stream: T have been greatly interested in Mr. Wells’s able article ou the color of leaders. His suggestions appeal to all anglers, and I feel confident that there are very many among your readers who could, ‘‘an’ if they would,” give other bits of experience, which would be extremely useful to them. I notice that in your Game Bag and Gun and your Canoe- ing columns, especially, your correspondents are constantly yolunteering hints and advice to others, while in the angling column I see nothing of the kind. Can it be that anglers are less generous than other sportsmen, and are unwilling to aid their brethren by their own experience and experiments? Jt looks a little like this, and I cannot believe that this is true, Yet, my purpose in sending you this note is to inquire of Mr. Wells, whether his experiments were conducted quite in the way to acquire the best knowledge as to how dif- ferently colored leaders appear to the trout in the water. What I mean is this, The fish and the leader are both in the water, and only this medium intervenes between them. The former sees the gut through only the water. In Mr. Wellss experiments, however, he saw the leaders in the first case through air, glass and water, and in the other through air and water. Might not these different media through which the visual rays passed, make a differ- ence in the color appearance of the gut? I put forward this opinion rather timidly, for I feel that I do not know enough about the subject to discuss it intelligently, but 1 have vague recollections of college text books, which spoke about these matters. The rays from the eye would pass directly toward the object through the air, but when they impinged upon the water, would be deflected so that the object would appear to occupy a position which itdid not have. Whether or no the fact that the eye looked into the water from the outside air would make any difference in the apparent color of the gut, 1 do not know, but would it not be worth while to look at it merely through the water, that is with the eye immersed ? . In order to acquire tlie best possible notion of how the leader looks to the trout or salmon, we. should, it appears to me, try to make all the conditions under which we look at it, as neatly as possible, like those to which the fish is subjected. I should be glad to see this subject further discussed by Mr. Wells, and others as able as he. If this be done, anglers everywhere will be benefited. The points I have mentioned are no more than suggestions, and as such, I submit them to those who are wiser than I, New York, Feb. 7. CourPrLEes. 1, OnE ty S8ven of those insured under the Accident Policies of The Travelers, of Hartford, Conn., in 1883, was killed or injured by accident, and receiVéd cash benefits — 4d, Certain | TE Sagactous Carrisn of Wasnon.—The catfish of Washoe Lake having all buried themselves in the nud atthe bottom, therein holding themselves in a semi-dormant state, refusing to heed the beguilements of the angler, some miners the other day coneluded to play them a trick. The men, at the suggestion of one of their number, who said that in win- ter catfish always remained buried in the mud until they heard the first thunder in the spring, exploded a siant-pow- der cartridge on the shore. Sure enough, the fish thought they had heard if thunder, and swarmed to the surface. The men were delighted with the success of their experiment, and were about preparing their hooks and lines when a new movement among the fish attracted their attention. As though some signal had been given or word passed, every catfish, great and small, turned toward the Sierras, stuck his head out of the water an inch or two, took along look, then disappeared beneath the waters of the lake—went down into the mud agaiu. The miners now fired half a dozen ecartrid- ges—all they had with them—at various points around the lake, but not a fish showed itself. They had all taken a good square look at the Sierra Nevada range, and had seen that it was still white with snow, — Virginia (Nev,) Baterprise. Fish AND GAME in VYrrernta.—Norfoll, Feb. 5.—During the last week of spring-like weather, the rockfish (Raccus lineatus and not ¢hrysops) have begun to run up the Hliza- beth River, and a few are caught daily m purse nets, all in excellent condition, hard and fat. The runis of much larger fish than those of last fall and early winter, when they were abundant, but seldom heavier than two pounds, the great majority falling far short of one pound. We are getting them now up to nine pounds weight, a female of seven and a half pounds having roe developed about as largce as a man’s finger, Nosalt-water fish in the market; of fresh- water kinds none but inferior sorts, viz., perch, brown, speckled and yellow, black bass, called chub here, and smail pond pickerel, «These fish are all caught in ponds, and are very inferior to the same fish of the North. Of game, the market is well supplied during this warm weather with can- vas- backs, mallard, widgeon and black ducks, none, how- ever, in very good condition. With thermometer down to freezing, all of the best ducks go to New York. A few rab- bits and squirrels make up the Jist.—Pysnco. Bass INJURED BY ’REsHETsS.—Mechanicsburg, Pa., Feb, 9.—Owing to the high water in the Connoduguinet Creek, and the consequent breaking of the ice, quite a number of large bass have been washed ashore, the majority of them being more or less injured. Some of our fishermen have taken advantage of this opportunity to secure said injured fish, and it is a question with our game protection sportsmen whether the gentlemen are legally allowed, under existing Pennsylvania State laws, so to do. I await your answer.— R. 8. [As the laws of Pennsylvania forbid the taking of bass at this season and only aliows them to be taken with hook and line at any time, we think their capture in the manner stated is illegal. Atthe same time, it seems to mifi- gate the offense if the fish are injured so badly as to be strewn on the shore. A Fisamyg Docg.—Oxford, Feb. 2,—Hiiter Forest and Stream: This is too good a story to keep. While Fish Warden Pettingill was at Oxford, investigating the recent violation of the fish laws, he wished to buy a foxhound of Louis Edwards, a well-known fox hunter of this place, The hound was Jet loose from his kennel for inspection. He immediately got over the fence and returned with a good- sized trout, which he laid at the fish warden’s feet. You can imagine the feclings of his owner, especially as he is ot a fisherman, nor has he been fishing this winter. The fox hunter has not been near the village since.—Josn Jemus. F1iy-Rops Lone vs. Suort.—In ten years’ bass fishing I have found that a rod of 16 feet would catch more fish than one of 11 or 12 feet; it has proved so wilh both rods in the same boat, the long rod in stern, casting on same side o! the boat, aud consequently fishing over water partly worked, also in following boats using short rods. Therefore T am in favor of long rods, and would be pleased if your readers having two-handed rods would give weight, dimensions and timber, dimensions at ferules and also between joints,—R. H. Drxown. GRAYLING AND TRour Eeas.—At a recent meeting of the London Piscatorial Society, Dr. Brunton read a paper, which tended to prove that if the grayling fed on the eggs of the trout at all, it was to a very small extent. He had on the previous Saturday taken several grayling from immedi- ately below the scours on which trout were spawning, and had carefully dissected them immediately after capture, without finding any trout eg s. Saumon Fiseine WantTEeD.—‘* West Chester’ asks: Can any of your readers inform me where a noyice can find gnod salmon fishing for ten days or two weeks at not too great cost, and what will be the Jicense fee, the route, approximate expense of the trip and the time necessary, allowing two weeks on the stream? PENNSYLVANIA ANGLERS’ ASSOCIATION. |An address read before the Anglers’ Association of Eastern Penn- sylvania at its annual meeting by A. M. Spangler, President. ] N accordance with the request of the Association at its last meeting, [have prepared some remarks in regard to the operations and obligations of the Anglers’ Association during its single year’s existence, though I have not attempted any- thing like a detailed statement. That duty properly belongs to the Executive Committee, whose first annual report will be submitted to-night, and which will contain full information on those points. My special object in the preparation of this paper has been to present for your consideration a few plain suggestions in regard to the course, which, in my judgment, the Association should pursue in order to more effectually secure its primary purposes, uamely, “The preservation, protection and increase of edible fish, and the enforcement of the laws concerning the same.” If these suggestions, or others of equal or greater value, are adopted, salutary results must inevitably follow, and a great public good be achieved. Ttis only a few years sinee the importance of fishculture and fish protection first began to be thoroughly impressed upon the public mind of this country. European nations had long before recognized and. appreciated their tiue value, and ° with commendable prudence made adequate wholesome pro- vision for.checking the improyicdence that bad so nearly de- pleted their waters. This was accomplished by the only two seemingly possible methods—the enactment and enforcement of stringent protective laws and liberal appropriations for rapagating purposes, Ineed not state that those nations are -day reaping a rich return for their investments. Jt was not untilthe veteran Seth Green and a few others, BO . FOREST AND STREAM. (Fos. 14, 18684. ee ___ ee Ee eee a a a ee ee by vigorous writing and repeated successful practical experi ments, satisfactmily demonstrated the entire feasibility of artificial fish propagation, the restocking of exhausted streanis, and the imperative necessity for such legislation as had been found needful and wholesomein Europe, that the generally prevalent apathy on these important subjects gave way to a marked feeling of interest. Up to thatperiod the whole coun- try appeared to have imbibed the idea that either our edible fish supply was inexhaustible or that fish propagation and fish protection were matters too trivialin importance to merit public attention—subjects fitted only to interest and amuse the few earnest and sanguine men who had been giving them so large a share of their time and attention. But such indifference could not last forever. In the very nature of things, it was certain, sooner or later to find its limit, unless the peaple and their legislative representatives were willfully determined to bind themselves tothe cogent facts which were sa persistently forcing themselves into con- spicuoeus notice, and thelogic of which was almost irresistible, sradually, but surely, the conviction that something must be done and that speedily, asserted itself. It needed no argument to convince those disposed to give the subject thoughtful con- sideration, that almost without exception, the waters within the limits of the then settled portions of the country, had been improyidently drained of their finny inhabitants, and that unless prompt and decisive measures were adopted, the day was not distant when our indigenous edible fishes, once so abundant and so nutritious, would, from fheir scarcity, become yeritable curiosities. Hminently successiul experiments in artificial progagation and the clearly demonstrated fact that the streams exhausted of theirtish could readily be re-stocked, and at a compara- tively trifling outlay of money, gave additional healthful im- petus to this conviction. Social economists became earnest advocates, and the need for prompt action almost imperative. Demands for the appointment of fish commissions, the arti- ficial propagation of edible fish, and the stocking of streams with such as would afiord, in proper season, remunerative employment to the professional fisherman, sport to the angler and wholesome food for the table, came up from every sec- tion, These were supplemented by others for the enactment ot laws that would give protection to the ereati interests which were about to be re-established. The responses to these demands were in the highest degree encouraging. Beginning in 1806 with Massachusetts and Con- necticut, closely followed by Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine; these in turn by Rhode Island, California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and finally by allthe States except Ala- bama, Tennessee and Oregon, with nearly the whole of the Territories, fishculture appeared to enjoy almost universal popular fayor. a Pennsylyania’s first commissioners were appointed April 15, 1866, and the first appropriation for general purposes amounting to $18,080, made in 1575. Appropriations in vary- ing amounts, were continued from that time up to 1582, when the sum of only $7,500 was granted. Theaggregate was $114,000; but in addition, several special appropriations for fishways, amounting to 430,000, were granted; but only $20,000 was ex- pended, as some of the later appropriations depended upon the nuqualified success of the fishways that had heen previously constructed. The belief in the entire success of these passage- ways fot shad, is not entirely unanimous, though those erected under the direction of our State Fish Commissioners, haye as nearly met expectation as any constructed elsewhere, either in this country or abrpad. Adding these fishway ex- penditures tp those for general purposes, and we have an aggregate of about $154,000, placing the Keystone second on the list of States,in the matter of encouragement to fish propagation and protection, New York being entitled to the first, her appropriations for like purposes amounting to $240,- 000. The sum total of the various State and Territorial appro- priations from 1866 to 1882, inclusive, was $1,110,096, In 1873 the United States Fishery Commission was estab- lished by Consress. The sum set apart for its use in the be- ginning was ridiculously small, amounting to ouly $8,500, but it was annually increased thereafter, until in 1882-83. it amounted to $229,000: the aggregate for the ten years being $1,190,955.45, This sum represents investments in the form of hatching houses, apparatus, ponds, salaries, etc., together with the purchase of three steamers for the special use of the Commission, and préparations for the national exhibit at the Loudon Exhibition in 1583. The sum total appropriated by the National, State and Ter- ritorial governments, during the period named, was $2,292,- 051.45. When this large amount—an exceedingly small portion of which was expended in salaries—is considered, and in connection with it the restrictive and protective enactments of Congress and the seyeral States and Territories, a natural inference would be, that the country was in a fair way to have its stréams and lakes literally teeming with the choicest of food fishes. It needs not the telling that such is not the case, or, that with a few exceptions, the United States are not sreatly better off, as far as the supply of food fishes is con- cerned, than in L866. These facts, thus concisely presented, bring us fairly face to face with the question; With such ample facilities, why have we such meager results? As has been stown, millions have been appropriated and expended for fish propagation within the past ten years, and we should have valuable results, i0 some unmistakably tangible form. We have results. but they are not commensurate with these large outlays of money and labor. ; Fish have been artificially propagated by hundreds of mill- ions, and protective laws of the most stringent character en- acted, but the waters yieldno adequate return. Why not? Simyly because the protective laws have not been enforced. There are several reasons for this non-enforcement. Officials sworn to support those statutes, have not only foresworn themselves by neglecting that duty, but worse, in many well- athested instances, have been proven comparceners with those engaged in open violation of them. The fishery laws, save in some exceptional cases, have therefore been mere nullities, They are practically So to-day. - ‘ Private vitizens are not willing to play the ungracious and unpopular part of informers upon their lawless neighbors, and many county officials wink at proceedings which may appropriately be designated as great public wrongs. The fault is not in the laws, but with the people and the officials. ‘ The aversion to becoming informers appears to be insuper- able. Men who haye volunteered to give evidence in cases of poaching, have been boycotted or threatened with personal injury, and in consequence, few are found willing to mecur such penalties for the mere sake of having laws in which they are no more interested than their neighbors, respected. How then are these difficulties to be surmounted! I officials are faithless te duty, and private citizens refuse to interfere, then ofganized associations must assume the task, or the admission be made that fish protection, through the intervention of law, is ab impossibility. {was in view of such « conclusion that ‘The Anglers’ Asso- ciation of Hastern Pennsylvania” was formed, A dozen gen- tlemen imet a twelve-month ago, organized, and adopted a constitution and by-laws. The purpose of the association is clearly defined in the first article of the constitution, which declares that ‘the primary objectshall be the protection and jnereasge of edible fish in the waters of Pennsylvania, and the enforcement of the laws concerning the same.” Wecessarily, the operations of the association have been limited. Starting with a mere handful of members, and with we treasury as empty of money as the streams of fish, it was not to be expected that much would be accomplished until the organization had “lengthened its cords and strengthened its stakes,” But notwithstanding this primitive weakness, the members have pressed the good work with untiring zeal and energy, and it aifords me great pleasure to state, with pros- pects of eminent success. The membership during the year has increased to more than two hundred, and is still growing, comfortable headquarters have been secured and nicely furnished, and as the report of the Executive Committee shows, a number of streams iu the vicinity of the city, and in some of the northern counties, haye been stocked with trout; detectives have been employed to secure the capture and conviction of persons edo in illegal fishing, and rewards offered for such information as will lead to the exposure and arrest of offenders of all kinds against the fishing laws. Although none of the lawless parties have yet been brought to justice, the effect of these measures has been very salutary. In anunvber of sections of the State, where fishing with seines, fyke-mnets, fish baskets, weirs and other unlawinl devices, as well as with hook and line during the close season, was openly practiced; the posting of the Asso¢ia- tion’s placard, and the suspected presence of detectives haye had the effect’ of intimidating the wrong doers, an greatly lessening the amount of illicib fishing, This is encouraging. _ But much yet remains tobe done. We have only made a fair beginning, but with reasonable prospects of ultimate suc- cess, if we diligently persevere. If violators of the fishing laqys are taught to understand, by practical demonstration, that the association isin live earnest, and that it means to press the good work in which it is engaged until the authority of the Statelaws is fully acknowledged by a respectful ob- servance of them, the men who haye hitherto been setting them at defiance will pause and refiect upon the possible con- sequences before indulging in further infractions. That will be a greati naan gained, for the association, through its corre- spondents, has reliable information to the effect that in the upper waters of the Delaware, throughout the almost entire length of the Susquehanna, in the Schuylall, Perkiomen, Le- high, Brandywine, Juniata, and in fact in nearly all the bass and trout streams of the State, the fishing Jaws are defiantly violated. It has directed official and general public attention to such pregnant truths, and has energetically labored, with the limited means at its command, to counteract these most reprehensible practices. : “Rome was not built in a day,” nor can we reasonably hope to accomplish the reforms at which we are aiming in a twelve- month. They amount almost to a revolution, for attempt to disguise it as we may, there is no such thing as getting away from the fact that publie opinion in the rural districts has undergone a marked change for the worse, in regard to the fishing interests of the State. When the subject of fish propagation was first introduced, it was received with general favor. The successful practical ex- periments of Seth Green and his coadjutors, had satisfied even those who had been most incredulous, that the artificial breeding of food fishes was feasible. Public expectation was therefore largely excitod. When hundreds of thousands of small fry were placed in the streams of the State, the coni- dent expectation and belief was, that in the course of four or five years, the re-stocked waters would teem with edible fish, and that all who so desired, could haye them in abundance, atthe mere cost of catching. So they would, had the wise provisions of the fishery laws been observed. But they were not, and are not. In most instances, they are as completely disregarded 2s though they had never been enacted. Worse than that, as already stated, in a number of well authenti- cated cases, county officers who atterapted the destruction of dams and other illegal devices for capturing and killing fish, were openly resisted and their lives threatened. This warfare upon, and overturning of the work done by the Fish Comumis- sioners, began as soon as the young fish had attamed finger- ling size, and this discreditable spirit is asserting itself as boldly to-day as at any former period since the re-stocking of the streams of the State was begun. Is it surprising, then, that there should be a revolution in public sentiment, that tax payers disheartened by this decade of virtually fruitless experiment and waiting, haye become weary and disgusted, and that there is sturdy opposition to further appropriations? And yet thereis no real cause for despondency. True, the anticipations of the great mass of the people have been disappointed; but the fact remains, that although the increase of edible fish has not met expectation, there has heen a practical re-stocking of all the waters of the State, and, that it it be possible, either by enforcing exist- ing protective laws, or by procuring such additional legisla- tion as will make tish-poaching a misdemeanor, punishable with imprisonment as well as fine, the desired result will ulti- mately be attained, Ten years of freedem to the fish now in the streams of the State to multiply without let or hindrance, is all that is needed to fill those waters with the finest edible fish in the world. If all the fish dams or baskets now in the headwaters of the Delaware were destroyed, and unrestricted freedom given to the shad to spawn, and to the young shad to migrate to the south in their season, the supply would be equal to almost any conceivable demand that would be made uponit. Instead of being compelled to pay, as the people of Philadelphia haye been doing for many years, from forty to sixty cents for a fair-sized shad, it is hazarding nothing to assert, that fish of equal size and quality would be profitably sold for less than haif the price named. . The question for the thoughtful consideration of the Associ- ation, 1s, what remedy, if any, haye we at command? A specific is provided in existing laws. could they be rendered practically operative. When it was pronpast to the rats in council assembled, to put a bell on their mortal enemy, the eat, the proposition was received with tumultuous joy, but the old aaa revived when a venerable member of the assembly gravely inquired, ‘Pray, who is to bell the cat?” That is the roblem, we, in common with all the friends of the fishing interests of the State, are now called upon to solve. If, as past experience has.so clearly demonstrated, private citizens will not become informers, and officials will not perform their sworn duties in regard to violations of the law, we must seek for other aid, : The education of public sentiment is one of the remedies I would suggest, Not many years ago, insectivorous birds were generally regarded, either as nuisances, or at best, worthless, except for food. Instead of protecting them, farmers, In many cases, encouraged their destruction—irequently by lending 2 helping hand, But when theirgraincrops were devastated by vermin, their fruits destroyed, and their incomes, in conse- quence, seriously lessened, they began to look around for the cause and itsremedy. Science assisted in the search, and very soon demonstrated that the immense multiplication of erop- was the result? Laws for the protection of the badly used little friends were enacted, and as farmers had learned, by costly eX- perience, that they had a direct pecuniary interest in having those laws observed, their own guns were laid aside; the pot- hunters who traversed the country, invading private property and slaughtering birds of every description, were driven away; respect for the close seasons was every where manifested, and they are receiving their reward in the form of improved crops and the preseace and songs of the unselfish feathered friends, who, only a little while before, they were endeavoring to de- stroy. It wasthe argumentum ad crumenam, the potency of the mighty dollar, that wrought the change. Now, to my mind, the money value of the fish interests of the State is as readily susceptible of convincing demonstra- tion, Fish food, instead of being a staple article of daily con- sumption, is little less than a luxury to those of hurnble fieans, The workingman cannot afford to place it on his table except at occasional intervals. It is more costly than beet, and in addition, were the demand very materially in- creased, the supply would be inadequate, for itis a rave Thing that fresh fish are 80 abundant in the Philadelphia market or enemies was due to the wanton destruction of thehirds. What Seen, us to cause a glut, or even any marked decline in rices. Though without positive data, I do not hesitate to assert as my confident belief, that ifthe edible fish now in the waters of the State, were allowed to propagate unmolested for ten years, or even five, and that, if thereafter, the protective laws were enforced as they should be, the annual gain m the form of wholesome and nutritious food would exceed a million of dollars. Jfmy conjecture is even approximately correct, has not every citizen a direct pecuniary interest in the matter of fish protection? and if this were clearly demonstrated, as it so readily can he; would not each one instinctively teel that he had an indisputable right to a share in the products of the State’s waters, and that those who iniringed the protective laws were defrauding him of a portion or perhaps the whole of his rightful dividend? Therefore, one of the first and most important steps to be taken is the education of public senti- ment in the direction indicated. Letit be shown that this immense annual addition to our animal food supply, can he had almost without cost, The investment has already been made, The stream are sufficiently stocked now. Give the fish fair play. Let them alone fora few years, and the increase wil come as certainly as that day follows night. Impress upox the popular mind another simple truth, namely, that in order to maintain this abundance, the only requisite will be the adoption of the course so successfully and profitably prac- ticed towards the birds—protect them, But where shall this educational process begin? With the printing press of course—with the newspaper, the magazine, = and statistical facts in form of printed documents liberally distributed. The people must be taught that the ‘‘the gods help those who strive to help themselves,” that if they would have fresh fish in abundance they must unitedly assist in pro- tecting them against both open and secret enemies, They must be taught to regard every man who kills edible fish out of season, or by illicit means at any time, as a public enemy. They must be confronted with such startling truths, as that a single fish-basket in the spawning waters of the Upper Dela- ware, causes the destruction of a great number of young shad than are taken full grownin an entire season, by one-half of all the fishermen on the Delaware River. It may sound im- probable, but I give it on no Jess authority than that of one of the State Fishery Commissioners, that drowned shad, of a finger’siength, have been hauled away from such traps by the wagon load, to be converted into manure by farmers in the vicinity. Lhave personal knowledge of the fact that nearly every paper, daily er weekly, published in Philadelphia, has pledged the full weight of its influence in behalf of this valuable in- terest. I doubt whether there is asingle one that is not ready and willing to co-operate heartily in the work proposed to be done by the Anglers’ Association. With such powerful aux- iliaries, the educational process will be beguu wnder the most favorable auspices. hat has been said of the readiness of the city press to assist, willas fully and properly’ apply to the newspapers of the State. Let us begin with them all and begm now. Again, public sentiment must be educated up to the point of believing that our association was not organized for mere sporting purposes. Sport is one of its cardinal features, but it has others of still higher importance; for, if we would have angling sport, we must have fish and. can haye fish only by protecting them, as the law proyides. It should therefore be oyr earnest endeayor to conyince every one, that while we are striving to enlarge the means of fishing recreation, we are at the same time laboring to build up a most valuable State in- terest. There are few men in Philadelphia or the State, who, if made thoroughly acquainted with the character and object of the association, will not cheerfully become members, eyen though they never caught a fish orexpect to doso. They will recognize and appreciate the fact that the organization is purely unselfish, and thatif successful, a great boon will be conferred upen the whole people. Some of these will be in- fluenced by the voicings of the press, but the most effectual method is the personal presentation of the association’s claims, by the members themselves, All business men know that such an organization cannot be ellective in its operations without funds, and all who are possessed of the right kind of public spirit, will regard it as a privilege, or at least a duty, to join our ranks. If they find that there are those ready and willing to give time and effort to the good work indicated, and without other remuneration, either present or prospec- tive, than the consciousness of being in the discharge of a pub- lie duty, I shall be greatly disappointed if hundreds who now stand aloof because they have had no proper conception of the real objects of the Anglers’ Association, do not rally to its support. , : ; ‘As already stated, the membership has increased greatly in numbers and influence. It is composed of gentlemen of wealth and respectability, and I am pleased to note the watch- ful care exercised in regard to the admission of membvrs, 1m order to prevent the introduction of any mischievous element, We want more of this influential material, and we shall fail in duty if we neglect to make the eifort necessary tosecure it. There ares special reasons why the organization should number its membership by thousands instead of hundreds. First. the funds that would accrue from such acoessious are needed: second, necessary and important legislation will have to be applied for. If such ape aeven is backed up by a thousand or two of the best namesin Philadelphia and vicinity, the granting of it will be at once almost assured. For these and other reasons that could readily be advanced, we need a great many more members; we should and can haye thein, it fhose uow connected with the Association will act promptly and energetically. , Tt isan axiom asold as humanity that if we would haye others respect us we must respect ourselves. If we preach fish protection and practice fish destruction. our false preten- sions will naturally and rightfully earn for us distrust and contempt. It therefore behooves every anzler to frawn upon sractices of every kind that tend to the wanton killing of fish. o some who wield the rod and reel it may seem something noteworthy to be able to boast the taking of a hundred trout, but how conutemptiblethe boast,whenp, if the entire catch were put in the seales, it would not draw five pounds. There are such pot-hunters—unfortunately too many of them—who would have the world believe them sportsmen. They haye not a vestige of claim to the title. No true angler can possibly entertain for them any other than q feeling of profound con- tempt, and I am ES a in being ableto say that the Anglers’ Agsociation of Pennsylvania is free from all such trayesties upon sportsmanship. : e The Governor must be urced to make pointed allusion to the importance of the subject in his next message, and itis not hazarding anything to say that the request will be cheerfully complied with ; The forroation of auxiliary societies throughout the State,, orat least ta the vicinity of large streams, should be en- couraged. E ; The names of sherfifs and other public officers, who either neglect or refuse to perform their sworn duty in regard to the. Fishing laws, should be reported to the proper authorities. Regular correspondence should be kept up with kindred associations in other States. ’ There should be a library composed of all procurable publi- cations bearing upon the commercial and sporting fishery of our pec gh wod of the world, Measures looking to such a result have already been taken, und can hardly fail of success. But our efforts at fish protection must not be confined to the — waters of our own State. Those of New Jersey, especially the sea coast, have strong claims upon the attention of the - ciation, The Legislature of that State being peep its well- meant endeavors to abolish illicit fishing along its coast, : because of lack of jurisdiction, the important aubjeet was im- a ~~ : —— ee ~ ‘Fun. 14, 1884,] eS 004>qckwwwmn am mediately and energetically taken up by the State’s repre- sentatives in Congress, aud Senator Sewell has been untiring 4m bis endeavors to have this alarming evil corrected, and with every reasonable prospect of success. The hands of these sud: ] yoeates of fish protection should be held up and strengthened’ lay whatever influence thé Anglers’ Association of Eastern Pennsylvania can bring to bear upon the subject. Tt is not necessary to recite the reasons that should prompt to such action, They are patent to all who have given the subject even dasual consideration. To permit the further wholesale destruction of the menhaden fish on the coast, is simply an invitation to those py in such wrong to com- letely destroy the supply of salt water food fishes which has itherto found its way to our markets. How seriously that supply has been diminished since menhaden fishing has been. tolerated, need not be told. What will be its ultimate effect, unless it is speedily abolished by law, may readily be inferred from what has already been realized. I feel that I cannot too strongly impress this matter upon the attention of the Association. Action should be prompt, enegetic and decisive. Our protest should be made now, and in Janguage that will admit of no misconstruction. If it be urged that we are transcending our sphere of duty, the answer is that the wrong is not limited by State law or State boundaries. It is national in character, and hence pro- tests by this Association are not only admissible but should be made by citizens of every State, ‘ : Raving thus, in a desultory way, complied with the request of the Association, allow mein my conclusion to tender my congratulations to the members for the encouragement they have thus far received. That the most sanguine anticipations of the founders of the Association have been more than realized, need not be said. ‘he future holds out still stronger inducements than the past, for the reason that we are gradually becoming more familiar with the proper methods of dealing with those who have hitherto displayed such total want of respect for statute law, Perseverance works wonders, and if the energy and determination that have thus far characterized the proceedings of the Association are maintained, there are some of us at least, who’ may live to see the day when the streams, not only of our State, but of the whole country, will yield their harvests of food fishes as abundantly as they did years ago, before the spirit of extermination, now so rife, had attained formidabie proportions. This hope is strengthened, _ as far as Pennsylvania is concerned, by the fact that we are assured that in the future, asin the past, we shall have the hearty co-operation of our own Fish Commissioners, to whom we have been indebted for many courtesies and whose labors in behalf of fishculture and protection have been so damag- ingly interfered with by the parties to whom frequent and special allusion has been made in these pages. A communica- tion from their Secretary, Mr. McCullough, informs me that they are constantly in receipt of encouraging communications from every part of the State, and that notwithstanding the marked disregard of the fishing laws there is a steady and sure increase. Hisheuliure. ———+ PROPOSED ADIRONDACK HATCHERY. Hi foliowing bill has been drafted, and will soon be intro- duced into the Legislature of New York, by Mr, O'Neil, of Franklin Co. There are many good sites for a hatehery in the Adirondacks, and the eggs of native fishes could there be hatehed and distributed without much trouble or expense. The following is the proposed bill: An Act to establish a fish hatchery in the Adirondack forest: Section 1, ‘The Treasurer shall pay upon the warrant of the Comptroller to the Commissioners of Fisheries out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars for the purpose of establishing a fish hatchery at some convenient pols in the Adirondack forest, for the purpose of restocking the lakes and streams of said forest with trout _ and other fish natural to that locality. Sec. 2, This act shall take effect immediately. THE EDIBLE QUALITIES OF CARP. WN his forthcoming book entitled ‘Carp in American Waters” the treatment of the above mooted question is probably foreshadowed by Capt. Peirce, in the following communication to this paper: The question is indeed a much mooted one. I have given it all practicable investigation. However divergent the views of fisheulturists upon other points, all agree to the unequalled edible qualities of the brook trout when taken from its native habitat. Most fisheulturists now also agree to its marked deterioration in flavor when artificially cultivated and fed (as is practically compulsory) on slaughter house refuse. I was in Boston a few days before last Thanksgiving, which is the “national New England holiday,” and was noticing the accumulations of poultry. Of course, the national bird of New Bagiland is the turkey, and, it will be remembered by the way, that Franklin maintained it should have been the national bird of the country; however, a more gamy one was selected. Well, asI said : J was noticing the poultry. The turkey had all the ‘‘posts” of honor, though a large number “wore put to the rack,” but the Jersey chicken was next. I was repeatedly informed that New Jersey poultry commanded from three to five cents per pound more than any other in Boston markets. Now, Mr. Editor, [have been spending a large portion of the time since the war, in the leading poultry-raising section of New Jersey. Although the matchless climate of that region may have some effect upon the poultry, its chief superiority is attained by the intelligent culture which obtams there (I do not refer to ‘‘culchah” but to the treatment of poultry). The Jersey women have entire charge of the poultry, and “what they don’t know about the business, is not worth knowing.” The secret of the superior flavor is no secret there. lt simply consists in confining the poultry in coops, with slatted floors, raised a foot or two above the earth so that no filth can accumulate. This is done two or three weeks before marketing, and in the meantime they are given only pure, clean food and drink. This changes the entire flayor of the fowl. Of course the dressing of the fowl has also some effect upon the flavor, but the principal factor is its treatment a few weeks previous to marketing. Now asto carp. Some of my editorial friends seem to think me an enthusiastic old crank, because I maintain that good, edible fish can be raised in warm and even filthy waters. have told you how poultry, raised even in the filthiest barn pads, is, In & comparatively short time, transformed into ealthy and exquisitly flayored food. The same poultr fattened in barn yards and at once killed is not only ill- flavored but positively unhealthy, sometimes fatally so, the same as the ruffed grouse is known to be when it has been feeding upon poisonous birds or berries in winter. Now I pro- hae to apply the same system to carp that the Jersey women oto poultry, even to their slaughter. The Jersey women would not have their poultry slanghtered by drowning or otherwise smothering them, nor would I take fish from the water and allow them to smother and die as is generally done with the fish we eatin this country. But, for obvious reasons I must tell part of the story in my forthcoming book. Mitrow P, PriRce, PRILADELPHIA, Pay “‘PHE AMERICAN CARPCULTURAL ASSOCIATION — An organization with the above title was formed in Philadel- “he - is ‘ a UMUC _ phia,on Feb. 5, The following officers were elected: Presi- FOREST AND STREAM. dent, William Parry, Parry P. O., Burlington, N. J.; Vice- President, Henry P. DeGraaf, Bowery National Bank, New York city; Treasurer, Samuel Wilkins, 829 Market street, Philadelphia, Pa.; Secretary, Milton P. Peirce, 623 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. Directors—Dr, 8. T. Davis, Laneas- ter county, Pa.; J ee eye. West Grove, Chester county, les Pa.; George Hamel, eldon, Montgomery county, Pa. ; Jeremiah Comfort, Wm. Penn, Maentgomery county, Pa.; Bdwin Tomlinson, Byberry, Philad@lphia, Pa.; William A. Wood, Pittsgrove, Salem county, N. J,; Amos Ebert, Kirk- wood, Camden county, N. J.: Rev. J. H. Brakeley, Borden- town, Burlington county, N, J .; BE. G. Shortlidge. M. D., Wil- mington, Del.; Bees W. Hill, Clayton, Del. The office of the Association is 323 Walnutstreet. It aims to embrace directly and indirectly within its organization every carpculturist in the country, and desires States and local branches organized throughout the country. Its principal object is the dissemin- ation of useful and reliable information among its members. It will cheerfully co-operate with fish commissions, boards of agriculture, agricultural societies, granges, etc. Wishing to respond, as far. as is practicable, to the wauts or desires of all engaging in carpeulture, it mvites all interested to corre- spond freely. TIME OF HATCHING CARP EGGS.—In the Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission the following extract from a letter written by Dr. H. H. Cary, Superintendent of Fisheries of Georgia, to Professor Baird, appears: “I have been taking some pains for the past two years to ascertain the period of incubation of the eggs of German carp. See instructions at head of this column. Cona. Blue belton English setter dog, 5 years old (Rhoderick Dhu —Mina), by Mr. Walter H. Beebe, New York, to Mr, Clifford M.Gates, Galveston, Tex. Sensation's Lad. \uemon and white pointer dog, whelped Sept. 11, 1883, by champion Sensation (A.K.R. 217) out of Seitner’s Lass (Slea- ford—Dawn), by Mr. Louis B. Wright, New York, to Mr, A. P. Vre- denburgh, Bergen Point, N. J. DEATHS. (28> See instructions at head of this column. Washington. Liver and white pointer dog, 24 years old (champion vara —Gip), owned by Mr, H. Hedeman, Brooklyn, N, Y., Feb, 5,from aundice. ; Lady Black. Black spaniel bitch (A,K.R. 731), owned by Mr. Andrew Laidlaw, Woodstock, Ont., Feb, 7; cause unknown. Aifle and Gray Sheasting. FIXTURES. First International Clay-Pigeon Tournament, at Chicago, Il., May 26 to 81, Managers, Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Co., P. O. Box 1292, Cin- cinnati, Ohio. ah eee RANGE AND GALLERY. A CLOSE TARGET. HE following target .of fifteen consecutive shots was made at Brattleborough, Vt., by A. E. Knight, in presence of H. C. French, ©, L. Cobb and H. M. Wood as witnesses. The distance was 0yds., with muzzle rest, globe and_peep sights. The rifie was a 32-cal. rifle, chambered for Farrow’s 32-cal. express shell. The target is yery fine for fifteen shots, fourteen of which are inside a 3in, circle; os the most remarkable feature is that thirteen of the bullets are inside an inch and one-half for “‘up and down,” from 2109. When we con- sider that this clusteris hard to beat with an ordinary 32-cal. at 5Oyds., the advantages of the express shell is readily seen, and proves the fact that .82-cal. is large enough for 200yds., 0 pe a ee : [Fms. 14, 1884, « ——— ee rr English. Champion black and tan setters $20, open dogs same as the English, bitches the same, puppies 310. Champion pointers $20, open dogs same as setters, bitches the same, pup- pies $10 and $5. Champion Irish water spaniels $15, open $15, GARDNER, Mass., Feb, 5,—There was a contest last week between the Brattleborough Rifle Club, of Brattleborough. Vt., shotat their — range and the Gardner Rifle Club at Hackmatack Range in this town. The shots were exchanged by telegraph, The old Massachusetts | target was used, with a sible score of 120 per man, The detail | score has since been receivad, and is as follows: sty HoeaD a as a 1 obama eee a 12 «11 72 11 12 «#9 10—108 G B Read SS EE, Wt at 10° 1d ii «10> 12: 10. ti—t0¢ AE Knight.,.... .: 12 10 12 10 9 11 10 8 11 10—103 HiNewWoons)., Mo. 10°40 39: S18 12710. Jo 12" BF 102 CH Howe...) 0k 9 10 11 10 10 14 12 «9 «10 «9101 4 CECobbi. 2.02: eo dL 10) AOA 1G? Se a B00 Wye H. Tati as) a eee 10° °9) A A 9) a as Ata AW _Nichols,.......... 7 10 10 10 9 11 10 10 10 10— 97 j AMPS Wichols) oye a) SE ea eS ea ett i TIME TOT See lee es sen 10 610 6 8 9 9 Li 1 9=— 89—DoD ; Gardner Team GF Ellsworth......... ete LO dg) It ait 4a) oh=f05 S B Hildreth... .9.0.).... Bett 0. We: AP alo as si ee — ee GC Goodale.... speed ae dO 10) (addi a “10a ies : Ohes\Hindsi: 12228. ..20 10 10 11 10 12 11 9 10 10 i0—1C8 A Mathews.../,.....4! be 3) er des Mis Ys CO es C9) eC es (08) CS Walker ... Boe tht oy i Ee rei ih eter 9 ere Si H C Knowlton......... lt 8 10 10 10 10 10 11 8 10— 98 WoDodee: ere ay ee In ae 69) M9 a2 o° 12 a ie OF : F H Knowlion......... TG AO M2) 10S Bo ES, Ede “ba 9e W C Loveland......... 10 6 10 9 9 10 10 0 85—987 BOSTON, Feb. 10.—When the 11 o’clock train from Boston reached Walnut Hill to-day, with a few shooters on board, they found the weather condition anything but conducive to comfort. A light — drizzling ram was falling, but there was no wind to trouble the shooters, and some good scores were the result. Later in the day the rain ceased, and the light improved wonderfully. The feature of the day was the achievement of Mr. Charles, who, in the combination match, Creedmoor target, made nine consecutive bulls, finishing — withad, Onasecond score he madead and finished with nine bulls, making two scores of 49. The other scores are as follows: Creedmoor Practice Mateh, D Kirkwood...... ,..95944545 15-46 H Cushing.......... 444454444447} J eee (mil) 445444554448 C Pierce (mil) ...... 3243444538537 AL Brackett....... 444455345442 § J Burns (mil)..... 5483425343 —34 P Creedmoor Prize Match. H Cushing.......... 455454445545 A LBrackett........ 4545554443 —43 J PBates Bee el 4454555544 45 LB Atkins........_, 4454445444 49 RAD EVIS ore oe ane 545445554445 BA Lappen....... 4444444454 4d J ACobb..., ... . 4555445444 44 A J Look........... 4435444444 40) AC Cash. 2. p55. eb ole 545445554344 CH Best..........., 5444344444 40) Rest Match. PeSsverence, Disrcs ¢ xi be oases 9 91010161010 9 10 10—97 W_ Charles, i, .+......... ah es ee 1010 910 9 91010 9 10—96 Dawson nah eke he fs 10 9 5101010 § 9 9 10—94 AN CsA dani Wi con~ t,o. cris ae eee 101010 98 99 8 9 891 COASGIARS, ASA, intnaetans oe aoe inee aces § 810 8 9101010 9 9—91 Beas pen Any, 4. ate ee 8 910 7 9101010 9 8—90 ABSWLUSOT. Gets se sos eer eer ete er eee eee eee a 43 43 44 46-176 RE Bellows. ........4;- epee nr pre vay eee cen tet ae 43 43 43 44 173 AO BOETIR ra tra ed eee eee re eee eee 42 43 43 45-173 SRT OT US tall eee eee eee Tete cog oe ta ree eee AZ 42 43 45—172 SONGGED lela ohsbecg~ aA fatew pees 2 Caw eka ne pe wis ANS, gS 40 40 42 44166 RWIS LEESON GRY uk Ne atte ttl ome te mt ence Senin a 40 41 42 483166 Pelee Een Rens SUNS AGUNG dose A ee Natt Saag ae 40 40 41 44165 CABSORARIMIGHVER a Safes ae tae ase eicat ea ne On re ne 40 40 41 43—164 sD PEL SIO R TLS IO eoeice ie ie hee helen, Ry pene oe ene er ee See 40 41 41 41—163 Pets a Ces if g A te a i Mg fae hae a4 40 40 46 41—161 WORCESTER, Mass., Feb. 7.—Members of the Worcester Rifle As- sociation went out to Pine Grove Range to-day. There was shooting for the record match and also for practice, Ths distance was 20yds., off-hand, with a possible 100, on the American decimal tar- get. The following is the score of each: Record Match. . Ae CO White= > eeen rater ciacee ees 9 710 8 51010 9 § ~79 Re-ENLye ley wey eae pas Ree ree 8 6 8 810 91010 6 8—83 A Willig tig atee tee rrereen etnt Brant 9969 9 9 410 6 B—T7 Re-SDtLyk SI yer ee eee ee 9 4 8 6 6 0 6 4 9 10-62 WMoOSeS Garter) tacos fave esos cap tee 6 0 8 810 610 5 2 5—fd [Fiscal Ng Zee peer pee pee Sees 93 709 49 8 4 9-62 ARICA se. Fee et octet eee 995656268 56 5 2-57 FREON ESY, 5 ee as tees oe ee nae Stee ote 8 914810 4 7 5 88 Practice Match. IAS Ch WIIG: oh prev t eae en ems 910 9 9 4 91010 8 10—8§ ‘A Williams, 2.302.025 Pooh esi tas 04779 9 6 6 8 466 IRB -OTLN es Slava! Udo cyeen eer merce TRO? P47 F 6 9 MANSON Ger sesh 1 sete ee fe tea #6 810 309 6 7 9—65 Rp enh tor coe tap oon lsalie Ree oe 9 5 810 5 9 410 7 4-71 SARATOGA RIFLE CLUB.—Saturday, Feb. 9.—The following age the highest scores of each member for the past week: Davis: 4. Fos chy eee ee sar cede -11 12 12 11 10 11 1212 12 17—114 AL Wc VT en rg Me Pee Pe TAA 11 11 11 12 12 12 10 10 12 10—111 Ar Oe Fre Nanci ni eo eens eat acta ce 11 12111112 910 11 10 12—109 ETE CHOIU SS ie: ca forercda ore ee fae Dice 9 11 10 11 16 11 12 11 11 11—107 WP DSWiHeeler i topes cae ctetoan 1211 912 8 8 11 12 12 10—105 Gibbs .,.....- Seg fhe ade nate hae te 121112111111 711 8 10—104 White...... Bi > ARR epson 34454 11 810 911 10 11 11 10 10-101 igh rah 025 RRR erie bk = feces 9 9101012101012 8 5 9B , A. G. Hun, Adjutant. NEWARK, WN. J.—At a meeting of the Newark Shooting Society on Tuesday, Feb. 5, it was decided to hold their annual Spring Shooting Festival in June. It will commence on Monday, the 16th, and last four days. Moxey amounting to over $1,500 will be distributed in addition to other valuable prizes. BULLSHEAD RIFLE CLUB.—322 Third avenue.—Twelve-ring tar- get; possible 120. G Zimmermann............--+. HG Ee ackmann. 3.7400 oes 109 Raita ree Wty t-sys 115 S Mebrbach,...0.2......22122. Hi UDornler sayy ce ne wees + ee -..-114 J F Campbell A NLODEr ly cee eMac rete 118) DD Holland: 27ers Jelehneiders 262s tesa tees dd SILOrdan is. shay tos ps GE: JOWNBOD pe. cori ets to se 110 H A Wasmuth THE TRAP. Correspondents who favor us with cheb scores aréarticularly re- quested to write on one side of the paper only. THE CLAY-PIGEON TOURNAMENT. E are in receipt of the official programmeof the First Inter ; ations Clay-Pigeon Tournament, to be held at Chicago, May 27 to 31. First Day.—International Championship Match, t@.A. M. to 2. P. M. Match No. 2: The Chicago sweepstakes, 2P, M.; entrance $7; 5 single birds, 15yds. rise; fourth notch. : Match No.3: Entrance $7, including cost of birds 8 live pigeons, 26yds. rise; use of one barrel; Illinois State Rules to govern. atch No. 4: The “miss and out’? sweepstake; entrance $3; fourth notch; 18yds. rise; single bird, : Second ‘Day.—International Championship Match, 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. Match No. 5: The Ligowsky sweepstake; entrance $5; double birds; fourth notch. Five traps screened, to be placed at irregular oints in front of the score, which must be placed ds, from rthest trap. The trap judge will prepare thirteen fo slips of paper containing each a number from 8 to 15 respectively ‘om which the abobtee will draw one slip, which the judge will vately examine. and allow the puller only tosee. The shooter is ta walk in a general right line, from the score toward the traps, upon receiving the reply “tyes” from the puller to his query, ‘‘are you ready?’ When the sh: oter is under way the number of steps indicated on the draw slip, the puller will pull any two traps, one after the o : Match Ne. 6: The miss and out sweepstake; entrance $3; fourth notch; double birds, 15yds. rise. J Sweepstakes.—In order to make the tournament attractive for all sportsmen, whether members of teams or not, the International Championship Match will, until finished, be commenced daily at 10 A. M., and continued wntil2 P. M., after which there will be a dail programme of sweepstakes with 5 traps, as indicated. The executive committee reserve the right of adding to, omitting or chaz ig any of the sweepstakes. All sweepstake (excepting the miss and be divided into three, 50, 80and 20 percent. Pri urses 8 Bird clay-pigeon ree cents each. The Ligowsky To’ Rules e Ae eereas as the executive committ : — _ _ _— ia — a: — mi ¥ ‘[Fs. 14, 1884. —- * Sa }. akes open to all excepting professionals and such by the executive committee. bee 10; irds (clay-pigeons), 2lyds. rise; fourth notch: 2d e. Seventy-five per cent. of the gate money for the day, puarantee hereby given by the Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Com- my that the same shall not be less than $250, will be added to the ance purses, to be divided into three prizes—50, 30 and 20 per ent. faich No. 8: Entrance $7, including birds; live pigeons, 2 double as poe risé; four moneys—40, 30, 20 and 10 per eent.; Illinois rules. a ourth Day,—International Championship Match, 10 A. M. to® _ Match No.9: The ‘twins’ sweepstake team shoot. Any two per- Gan form a team; entrance $6 per team; 5 single birds, 18yds. rise; urth notch, Match No, 10: Miss and out" sweepstake, same as Match No, 4, Fifth Day.—International Rion satD Match, 10 A, M, to2P, M. Match No. 11; Entrance $10, mclading birds; live pigeons; 6 single. poy as rise, and 2 double rises, 18yds. rise; four moneys; Illinois State tules, d _ Match No. 12: “Home sweet home’? sweepstake; entrance $7; 7 single birds, 18yds. rise; fourth notch; 8 traps. 10yds. apart, _ INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, : Conditions —Club team shooting (5 to a team); 10 single birds, 18yds. rise; 5 double birds, i5yds. rise; Ligowsky tournament rules to Pe SE CeDRNE. as herein modified, and such minor changes as the ecutive Committee may announce. Ten-bore and 12-bore guns allowed, Charge of powder unlimited; charge of shot, 444drs. Five traps, screened 8yds. apart. Ties between teams to be shot at 5 gles, 2lyds. rise, and 2 doubles, 18yds. rise, Special prize donated by the Ligowsky Cla: -Pigeon Company: To the winning team, $750 anteed; te the best individual score, $250 diamond badge, cost uaranteed. The said badge shail be the absolute property of the Winner, bubit shall be optional with the latter to present same at the ensuing international tournament, when it shall be redeemed for $250 eash, to be deducted from the entrance fees, etc., in a match similar to this, to be again contested for in said match, and awarded to the best indiyidual score. If said badge be not presented for redemption the Executive Committee will set aside’the $250 cash as a purse for hid best individual score in a similar championship team match. The Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Company desires it to be distinctly un- derstood that they donate $1,000 over and above all receipts, out of their private treasury, for the above prizes. Entrance fees $25 per team. Entrance fees and gate money, with the exception indicated in Mateh No. 7, (ess cost of birds, grounds and advertising, not exceeding 25 per cent. of same), to be distrib- uted as second, third, fourth and fifth team prizes—40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. In other words, should said cost exceed the 25 per cent. of said monies, the Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Company will pay the same. ‘Should less than 50 clubs enter this match, then a club may enter as ‘many teams of 5 as in may see fit. - Clubs entering mustbe known as regularly organized gun clubs at, jeast two months previous to this tournament; members of entered teams must bein good standing the same length of time, indorsed by the president and secretary of the respective clubs. Contestants belonging to two or more clubs must shoot with their home clubs. Contestants can shoot with one team only, and must be residents of the county from which the team is entered. If any attempt to evade this rule be discovered during tournament, entrance money will be beet if discovered after, offenders will be prosecuted accord- ing to law. ; Clubs should enter at once, by remitting $1 (balance of entrance money payable at Chicago, on or before first day of shoot), to the eneral manager and representative of the Ligewsiy Clay Pigeon ompany, care P. O. Box 1,292, Cincinnati, O. Copies of the rules an be obtained by applying to the latter, to whom all communica- tions on the subject should be addressed. _ The club teams will be called to the score in the order designated bythe executive committee; said order willbe determined by the dates of original entry, teams being allowed to choose accordingly; each team will remain at the score until it has finished; the mem- bers of the teams will be called to the score in the order designated by their respective captains, each member shooting at ten single birds in succession, and then (when the entire team has finished shooting at single birds) the members will, in similar manner, finish their scores at the double birds. Arrangements will be made for reduced railread rates; this will be easily effected, as the National Republican Conyention meets in Chicago June 3, with reduced rail- road rates from all parts of the country. : ’ BARRIER, Ontario,—The tournament at this place on the 5th and 6th inst. brought a large collection of marksmen together. Tke contestants shotat 12birds each, 2lyds. rise, for $200, divided into ‘Six prizes, Toronto Gun Club rules, miss two and go out: » First Squad, J B Forbes, Woodstock,,.......-..+s02+-000 talib thadei tt) Ths O3l sbi POPES OATICON. 0 lls. ys cetwhew loa pele neces ob Tals bob obrpabal (pat shee She Pasco, Woodstock................... vena. 1101111111111 € Pickering Toronto..............-... otis lalate dete 1s 1a 0-10) Hardwood, Woodstock.......... 11111111101 0-10 J Douglass, Toronto........... pilose) Sb Glen tnt) = J Wilson, Newmarket. 1111100 =A GH Briggs, Toronto... 0011101 yt G Grant, Woodstock. ....... 2.02... ¢.02- ese ee dead: —1 econd Squad VANDEL, Cuello otc es sey he ..---10101010111010101110—12 There were fiye more contestants for this badge who withdrew be- fore completing their scores. Same day, mateh tor eee. State badge, 25 clay-birds, 5 traps GAP Barney. ei te CH Perkins. . Ae 5yds. apart, 18yds. rise, 4th notch: LORS a NS AS sls Salk gee te aa Ona 1444110111111111111111101—23 Gry Ad Tce te Cree EL ote, oe 001111011111111111111011i—21 CRBSPGERKIDS aqui oddtany edd. Gloucs deled 1111110011100110011111111—19 PERIL uta retell sine hn yt el ee edie, 1010111011111110111010111—19 EL CLORNAVEr re PUP L nun onuonn Ue Clete 1101001110111014111111110--19 CRMESHEIGI epee trol bel beck ecit hunter in 1111001011110101011111110—18 Cane NUH y ae era tlt) lsgaddencdelsal [eats 0101011101111011101110111—18 Eat here eller uml lowe 01111100110310100001w HeliPalmeremnmt@eres fos. sp terien chet 011.11111010101110100w G. W. Cary won badge for the sixth time.—W. H. SHEenpon. WORCESTER, Mass., Feb. 7._There was a contest here to-day for the individual championship badye for glass-ball shooting. It was at Coal Mine Brook Range of the Worcester Spertsmen’s Club. Among those present were Messrs. Bradford Moses, 8. 8. Ford, 8.H. Barrett, Aaron Bragg and 8. H. Moyott, of Springfield, ano J. Cole and George 8S. Tidsbury, of Askland. The judges were Ford, of ep mecelds Tidsbury, otf Ashland, and John Goodale, of this city. mn af match was for a possible 50, and were shotin strings of five as ollows: Mosehay. sai kt go: VYLLL1L1011101099 1191101111111 11011111111111146 141101111111111017101101110199111191111111 1111111145 WELLINGTON, Feb. 10.—The Malden Gun Club held its regular weekly shoot at Wellington this afternoon, when a sufficient number of gunners were present to make the sport interesting. In the match for the gold medal prize, F. Loring won the first with a score of 20, while Fielding and Buffum followéd with scores of 17 and 15, respee- tively, out of a possible 20. E. J. Brown won the second medal, with a score of 12, and FP. J. Scott the third, with a score of 12 out of a pos- sible 20. E. J, Brown was the winner in the matches for a keg of powder and a box of wads, the score in each instance bemg 8 out of 10. T.C. Fielding was the winner in the match for a bag of shot. The club will hold a tournament on Washington’s Birthday. Canoeing. FIXTURES. Winter Camp-fire.—Tuesday, Feb. 19, 8 P. M., No, 23 East Fourteenth street, Room 16. Subject—Tents and Camp Outfit.” Secretaries ef canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest Anp STREAM their addresses, w&h name, membership, signals, ete., of their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and reports of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested to forward to Forest AND STREAM their addresses, with legs of cruises, maps and informatien concerning their local waters drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the sport. | FULTON C. C. ULTON, New York. Organized December, 1883. Commander, V. W.Poole; Lieutenant-Commander, Dr, H. L, Lake;Secretary and Treasurer, F,S. Van Wagnen, Jr. Hight active members. AMATEUR CANOE BUILDING. Sixth Paper. METHODS OF BUTLDING—CONTINUED. Bese and canoes are sometimes built of tin, copper or galvanized iron, soldered and riveted together, a method usually confined to ships’ boats and lifeboats) Two tin canoes were present at the first meet in 1880, and seemed strong, light and serviceable, though of poor shape. No doubt an excellent canoe could be built of sheet copper, that would not leak, and would be indestructible; but the cost | and weight would be considerable, -In order to obtain a smooth skin with the advantage of the lapstreak, the planks are sometimes rabbetted on their ad- joining edges, half the thickness being taken from each plank, leaving smooth surfaces, inside and out, but thicker plank must be used than in the lapstreak, and the working. is more difficult. In anothermode the planking is in narrow strips, perhaps 1xgin. One of these-is laid in place and nailed through from edge to edge, into the keel, then another is laid alongside of it and nailed to it, and so in succession until the boat is completed. A few frames are needed to stiffen the boat near the masts. In the boats made by the Ontario Boat Company these strips are tongued and grooved, then steamed and forced together, the strips In some boats running fore and aft, and in others running around the boat, from gunwale to gun- wale. In shell boats, where a very fine surface is of much greater importance than in canoes, the skin is made of Span- ish cedar, about 4in. thick, laid in four or six pieces, join- ing on the keel, and once or twice in the length of the boat, making one longitudinal seam and one or two transverse ones; but this method is not strony enough for canoes. Paper has been used for the past thirteen years as a ma- terial for canoes, but although the boats are strong, tight, and but little heavier than the lapstreak, they have not become popular, and are but little used. The process of censtruction is patented, and requires both to@ls and expe a a a. —. 55 rience beyond the reach of the amateur. Canocs haye been built during the last five years ona similar system, using thin veneer in three thicknesses instead of paper, but, besides their great weight, no glue or cement can be depended on when long immersed in water; and they are open to the same objections as all double-skinned bouts, it is only a matter of time before leakage begins, after which they are practically ruined. One of the oldest modes cf boat building was to make a frame of wickerwork or similar material, covering tt with leather, a method still followed, except that canvas is sub- stituted for the leather. This mode of building is perhaps the easiest of all for the amateur, and we shall devote a chap- ter specially to it further on. MATERIALS USED IN BOAT BUILDING. In smal] boats, where lightness and strength are of first importance, it is necessary that the material should be very carefully selected, both as to quality and as to the fitness of each kind for the required purpose. Beginning with the keel, the best wood is white oak, with a clear, straight grain. In planing it will be found that the grain of the wood in one direction splinters and roughs up, while in the other it lies smooth, and the keel should be so placed in the boat that the splinters or rough ends point aft, otherwise it will be torn in dragging over rocks and rough ground. In looking at the end of the wood, a series of concentric layers will be noticed. The piece should, if possible, be placed in such a position that the nails in it will pass iirough the layers, and not between two of them, for instance, in a keel the nails will be mostly vertical, so the layers of the wood should lie horizontally, and the same is true of the ribs, the nails through them being at right angles to the length of the boat, and the layers in each rib running fore and aft, thus avoiding any liability to split. Next to oak, either ash or yellow pine will make a good keel, but hickory should never be used in a boat, as it deenys rapidly. For the stem and stern, which are usually curved, the best material by far is hackmatack, or as it is sometimes called, tamarack, which may be had in knees.of almost any curvature, from three to teninchesthick, orlarger. For canoes a three-inch knee is the best, as if of full thickness, it may be sawn into three slabs, each of which will make a stem and stern. Oak knees are also used, and are very good, but heavier. If knees cannot be had, the stem and stern may be cut out of straight plank. * For the sides of a centerboard trunk, elear, dry white pine is good, but mahogany is better, though much more costly. The timbers or ribs are usually of oak, though elm is excel- lent for this purpose. The wood must be clear and of the best quality in order to bend easily. The best oak for this purpose is found in the shape of stave timber used by coopers for the stayes of barrels. These pieces ure from three to five feet long, and about two by five inches square, one being sufficient for an ordinary lapstreak boat. For planking, the very best material is white cedar, varie- ties of which are found along the entire length of the Atlantic seaboard. It is usually sold im boards 2,1 and 1iin. thick for boat work, and from 12 to 20 feet long. For small boats it should be clear from sap and knots, but for larger work that is painted, the latter, if hard and sonnd, do not matter much, in fact, the knotty cedar is considered teugher and stronger than the ciear. Where cedar cannot be had, white pine can be used to advantage; in fact, the amateur will often find it much easier to buy pine of jin. already planed than to work up the thick cedar himself, while pine is not so apt to change its shape in working, a source of much trouble with cedar. Where neither of these can be had spruce may be used, but it isinferior. Mahogany and Spanish cedar make excellent planking, but they are no better than white cedar and cost much more. Most of the English books on canoeing recom- mene oak for planking, but it is never used here, being too eavy. For the bulkheads, floor beards and inside work white pine is the best; for decks, rudder and upper streak uf plank- ing, mahogany, and for deek beams and Carlings, spruce. The gunwale may be of spruce or pine, or, if outside, as will be shown, of mahogany, oak or yellew pine, the coamings of the cockpit being of oak. Paddles and spars are made either of white pine or spruce, the latter being stiffer and stronger, but a little heavier. i + The other necessary materials—nails, screws, metal work, etc,—will be mentioned in detail as are required. DOUBLE vs, SINGLE. 667 OREAS” hasan article in your issue of Jan. 24, concerni E . 24, nin, B single ys. double paddles. It is well written, and his aomnin are well taken. Wherefore, I get on my old rheumatic pins for an Papi aAeON. ark ‘ : “Boreas” refers to my canoe race against a guide, with a sin paddle in a double-ended Long-laker, a race which came off in me 1880, There was fun in that race. I did not paddle a ‘10 or 12Ib. canoe,’’ but the original ‘‘“Nessmuk canoe,” 17lbs. 18340z. She was at that time, so far as [ know, the lightest clinker built cedar canoe that was in use anywhere. I had paddled her against a four-oared skiff and came out ahead. I had used thé double blade years before I ever heard of Mr, McGregor and his Rob Roy. Ino more believed that a lee-making, one-sided single blade could beat the double than I believed that a catboat could beat a Cunarder in an ocean race I spoke as I thought, and I backed my opinion—to a modest extent— with coin of the realm, There is a general disposition among the guides of the North Woods to sit down heayily on any man who presumes to invade their domain anb cheat the fraternity eut of $3 per day by guiding himself. There were thirteen guides at the old Forge House on the mornmg of the race; I was alone, so to speak. Jim Barrett, the landlord,was friendly and sympathetic. Also Sam Dunakin, who held the stakes and was umpire, My opponent was Fred Hess, a muscular young guide of i7Ulbs., and a fine paddler. But as he paddled a canoe-built. Long- laker, six feet longer than mine, and as 1 had 30 years the ad vantage of him in age with only 105lbs. of weight to carry, why, I was safe to win, The course was from the Forge House landing to Bull Head Rock, two hundred rods. Bull Head Rockis crowned with a nail keg filled with stones to mark it in high water. It is always a land mark for the frequenters of the Fulton Chain, Jim Barrett gaye the wofd “Go” and we went. I cut straight across the lily pads with an eye single to ee sie keg. Fred in the Nellie took the open. but more circuitous channel. About seventy rods frem the landing the open channel cuts the pee of the lily-pads, and at this point Fred eye fifty yards ahead. herace was virtually lost tome. Ail the same, paddled right along. . low-waisted Omises, Entures, Ulies, Urlines, Ajahs and like contrivances which, though 100ft long, darenotfollow a match round the Sandy Hook lightshih in moderate weather? Or to the clumsy Stranglers, Horsehuirs and Appleantas, which differ from coasters and carriers chiefiy in gilding and paint? Oh, no; Llike a steam yacht, but not the awful ghosis We see in these waters. I might mention one building concern who mapage to get a flush deck and good seagoimg qualities on a light drattior Florida waters, and highspeed on small consumption with light weight of machinery occupying small space. And I might mention a sting of good serviceable flush-deckers abroad, no longer than 50ft., all of which challenge respect in their modelling and fit- tings, as well as in engine efficiency. And I might mention good little latmches at home and abroad combining safety, simplicity, and even high speed. And aslong as I can do this, I propose to be ex- cused “from chanting praise to hybrids half awash, loaded with boilers and tug engines wh.ch are failures as high speeds, and cari- atures as cruisers. I can appreciate the steam yachtsman, but tum up my nose at the lazy steam dawdler, who is a cipher in the Sporting and intellectual world as much as the feeble drifter in the cockpit, of a craft prepelled by sails, For the amateur tar on deck and the amateur mechanic in the engine room I have sympathy to the extent of admiration. The best tools for their purposes is what L amafier. It is not steam yachting I condemn, but the shams of sane a real article, whether in men or in the boats they own. THE MEASUREMENT CONUNDRUM. Editor Forest and Stream: _ Many like myself—my remarks are purely local—have been forced into the ungainly ‘‘spread-outs’* because symmetrical forms were not protected. We have been groping about under a length measure- ment cloud all our lives. Is it strange, then, that we haye run into excess of beam, even to the extent of two-thirds the length in width? Builders and owners alike are tired of the strain. Reduction of sail 1s conducive to easy forms, and leads upto better models and rig, And yet if you tax sail area, do you not tax shape as well? Icannot sce thy way out of the fog. When two boats are of the same size (equity), and one by her superior shape is enabled to carry more sail than the other, is she not in all fairness entitled to it?’ Otherwise you put a veto on progress, Most of out yachts have been built under aprotest. The unfortunate designer had no alternative under the old regime but to line out his boat with as little resistance as possible with the greatest bulkand keep out of gaol. The smooth-water erafts have had their day even with us onthe Delaware. Big hulls, heavy Spars and badly shaped sails towering skyward, will no longer tyrannize over the modest, honest little craft which fearlessly fights a way in bad weather in our bay or along the coast, where expensive racing machines twice as large dare not yenture. Small seagoing boats are coming into favor, and the new boats. regardless ot the Pesce rule, are being built with an eye to safety as well as speed, our Quaker City Yacht Club still persists in measuring by length, then these boats will form a class of their own and sail under their ownrules. Asa member of the club I hope something definite will be done this season to emancipate intelligent builuers trom the thralldom of coercion. The London Times has been pleased to ad- - mit that **thiladelphians can build boats.” So they can, and did, 6ven as remote as 1776, andin later days produced a Vixen, That? Dr. Valette, the prospective commodore of the Q, C.¥, C., inthis _ judgment saw fit to ihrow his Hsculapian eye eastward for a 70-ft, AS 1, 1SnO guarantee that the flagship will be better than a home- uilt vessel. The club will elect officers this month for the present year. R.G. W. PHILADELPHIA. [tue objection to sail area rule raised by our correspondent is a perfectly proper one, [tis the weak spot in the equity of the rule, To a certain extent and in certain cases it isa direct lax upon form which canyuot be equitable. But between two evils choose the lesser. The length rule prescribes all but the most extravagant forms and sizes. ‘The sail area rule bears hard on extravagant forms and sizes and encourages a more moderate average. A fair rule ought not to weigh upon any style more than another. A bulk rule bears upon Size ind not upon tiie form that size assumes, hence it is the only rule ever devised which can apply to every form under the sun with- out prejuuice to any particular shape. A tax upon ten tons or a hundred cubic feet leaves the builder absolutely free to mould such yolumes as he pleases in all directions. Neither the length nor the sail area rule can be defended upon logical or equitable grounds. Both are purely empyrical standards. As the sail area rule avoids extremes. as tar asits workings are at present nderstood, it seems to “us a preferable standard of comparison than simple length, as a makeshift, however. until the public is read y to grapple with the question more thoroughly than at present. Objections have been miatle to the sail rule on the score of complexity. But such persons are in need of fresh schooling and have no business to assume leader- ship in anything. The man who cannot read off # tapeline, then per- form a simple sum in arithmetic, should wear a dunce’s cap instead of putting in his oar on the question.] NOTES FROM THE DELAWARE. | Editor Forest and Stream: The yavht Nohma, formerly the O7Donnell, has been sold to Mr. Perty and others of Trenton, N. J., and is now at the builders’ yard undergoing the ne essary alterations for a cabin, etc. She is 28ft. Jong, of large displacenient; 2.800lbs. of ron will be placed on keel, eenterboard trunk will be eut down one-half, she will have two iron boards, one working within the other with independent pivots. When completed she will be non-capsizable and fit for sea, 1b wil be seen the ‘'renton panic reads Pores? AND StReAM, and don’t forget what they read. he O*Donnell last year entered in two races, winning ‘third prize in her class in the Q. G. Y. 0. regatta, and first prize in Klutz regatta in which the @. (. Y. C. participated. She on this occa- 'si0n beat the fleet big aud ttle, and is one of Mr, Collins’s best pro- Becious: Mr, Ferry was not asleep when he bought hier, and is now Wide awake to the improvements now being made. He and the der are in perfect accord, believing a safe boat is not necessarily low, which they hope to prove. x. ah * | fer heavy duck for lower FOREST AND STREAM. 57 Totton iene CHESAPEAKE Editor Forest and Stream: Mention has been madé several times recently of the Chesapeake Bug-eye. The etymology of the term makes it *‘Buck-eye.”’ These boats are an exaggeration of the*‘dugout’’ canoe, and were developed gradually by the bay shore people, as the necessity for larger boats became apparent. It was easy te get almost any desired length ina single log, but not so as to beam and depth, Very natural it was to add to beam and depth by building up and ont with logs bolted to the sides of the long, narrow and shallow dugout. This was done, and masts and sails added to+uit the inereased size. A large boat re- quired anchors and cables instead of beittg dragged up on the heach, a8 with the small canoe. The primitive builder bored two holes, one on each side of the stem, through which to pay out his cables. These were simply two round holes, bored with a large augur. and when the boat was coming head on, resembled, to the faney of the negroes, the eyes of a buck. The illusion was somewhat increased by the addition of a bowsprit and its attendant gear. The leg-of- mutton sail—the primitive sail of all nations—was adopted, with two masts; the bowsprit and jib being a later avcession. This is yet the favorite rig of canoes of thirty feet in length and under. As before observed, length being the dimension most easily attain- able, the Buck-eye was built long and narrow, and being heayy in body but easily driven through the water, with a low center of effort forits sails, it proved a fast and stiff boat. [i was sharp at each end; the greatest beam was about one-third the distance from stem to stern, thence sloping by easy lines tore and aft, giving a clear en- tranceand good clearance. Asto deadrise, it was a matter of choice or conveniehce. Generally the deadrise was slight. Its entire con- struction depended on convenience and economy. ft had no oyer- hang, because it was easier and cheaper not tohaveany. It had no stays to the masts, because it was cheaper not to have any, and besides a “‘springiness’’ to the masts was considered desirable, be- cause sudden flaws were not so likely to knock down, The center- board was always inserted, because the Buckeye was intended for the shallow waters of creeks and inlets as well as for the waters of the bay. One peculiarity was the manner of stepping the masts. The foremast was longer than the mainmast and did not rake so much, To the mainmast was given arake aff, The negroes say it miInakes them sail fasier on the wind. In small canoes the mainmast is shifted, so as to stand upright when sailing before the wind. The accompanying sketch indicates the rig and position of the masts. Of late years imitations of the old-fashioned Buck-eye haye been regularly built, timbered and planked, and the beam has been in- creased. This has necessitated an area of sail. and the schooner rig has been used. Sometimes only the foresail has a gaff. The genuine Bucl-eye rarely has less than five beams to the length. The modem imitations sometimes haye less than four. ‘This puts them on a par with other broad, shallow boats. The Buckeye has a well-deserved reputation for speed and sea- worthiness. It pounds somewhat in a heavy sea, but its weight forces in through, if not over, {he combers. This makes it a rather wet boat, but the exhilarating sensation produced by great speed, and a sense of security at the same time, makes amends for the in- convenience of flying spray and a wet jacket, Last summer I cruised in company with a Buck-eye. 42ft. long, mauned by two gentlemen of Baltimore city. She drew tweaty inches without the board. In sudden and heavy flaws she was rarely luffed. She would lie over and appear to spill the wind out of her tall sharp sails, and then right again, Her crew took pleasure in tackling every sailing craft for a race; nothing under 70ft. in length ever beat her. She steered minder any two of her three sails. On one occasion this craft, on her way from Cape May to Cape Charles, was driven out to sea before a heavy northwest blow, Her crew, the aforesaid gentlemen, worn out by fatigue, hove her to and went tosleep. She broke her tiller lashing during the night, and when they awoke, she was pefging away on a southeast course under her jib. They put her about, and in twenty hours were inside Cape Henry, pretty well tired out. Buck-eyes fre quently run from Norfolk to New York with fruit. For shallow waters, I am satisfied there is no better craft atloat. with a loaded keel, they would rival the English cutter in ness and speed. We haye another style of boat in the Chesapeake, the American rival of the English deep boats. It 1s here styled a pungey. The pungey is rezularly built. that is, timbered and planked and is narrow and deep, with no waist to obstruct the seas that may sweep over her. This is & remarkably fast and able sea boat, much used for 0) ster dredging’ in winter. It is a saying here that ‘when 2 pungey reefs, a steamship had better make harbor,'’ I beg leave to com- mend our Buck-eye to shallow-water sailors and our pungey to deep- water sailors, suspecting that either would be an improvement on some of the fancy yachts of our Northern brothers. Buck-Hve. BALTmore, Feb. 8, 1884, [The *‘pungies’’ of the Chesapeake are smart, handsome craft with many of the elements of a good vessel, The best of then) have moderate beam, considerable depth and great deadrise with a V bot- tom. Also keel with mucn drag, well rounded wp forward and great rake to sternpost. With the necessary refinement of lines, outside weight and corresponding increase of rig, they would rank high in all respects. They can be classed about half way between the New York pilof boat and the racing cutter. | CRAFT, Built deep, sea worthi- CONCERNING SAILS. Rditoy Forest dnd Stream; Let me say through your paper a few words concerning sails for yachis. Most owners insist upon too light duck. This is a mistake, and a great pointinfavor of small Mnglish yachts. which nse duel almost double the weight we are accustomed to. Where T have my own way | always advise heavy duck. 1t is betler for light winds, at least in the lower sails. They sit flatter and can be kept in better shape, Ballooners should of course be light, The speed of cutters in light airs Iascribe to some extent to the weight of their lower sails and large topsails, and jibs for catching the fitful breaths. I ean see no olject to a.loose foot, however, when a laced sail is prop- erly ‘cut to sit fat. MAKER, [There is much about sails difficult to explain in words. We pre- sails, in light winds according to English experience. We offer this reason, Light sails not only bag, but give locally to the puffs. The force of the wind isexpended in creat- ing the bag or pucker im aspot, and nothing remains to slide along the surface of the sail, and transmit its energy to driving the boat. The local pucker imprisons and kills the light breath. Butin «a heay- ier sail, after striking, no local cul-de-sac or give cushions the hreeze out of its strength, but the sail has enough stiffness to resist without being deyoid of enough elasticity or spring as a whole. The wind caroms along and escapes around the leech, the time and means being st pplied for transferriug its impulse tothe boat. A loose foot aids in the same way. The sail gives as a whole, as one surface to the puffs. When laced. the puff is more likely to be bagged in the middle. A loose foot allows the sail to adapt its surface more readily to the impulses ef the wind, while a laced sail is sigid along the fuot. Further, the vertical bagging of a sail is reduced by allowing play to the foot, and there is less back sail atthe clew. The surface is niore effective. In hard boats of the beamy style, so much sail ean be car- ried that the smalladvantage of a loose foot need not be considered. In sensitive boots, whose sail poweris limited. and which must be utilized to the utmost, experience seems to point to positive advan- tage in the loose foot. Laeed sails were tried in English waters after the advent of America, but have again been discarded. Apart from all this there are solid reasons for a loose foot from the sailorizing standpoint. You are ajways able to control the sit of the sail by a pull or slacking on the outhaul. Im light winds a sail should not sit too (lat, and a cutter mainsail gives you the choice. Wor a hasty reef to meet asquall the tack can be triced up and foresail lowered, re- ducing canvas to one-halfim an instant. Por knocking about, for half speed when trolling or fishing and for making a erowded road- stead, tricing up the tackis a useful and handy arrangement. For sea work ma small boat, it prevents a weight of water lodging in the sail when boarded or sailing wide. For racing in beamy boats, a loose foot may be of no special benefit, though thatis a’ question subject to more thorough experiment. but for general purposes the loose footisa useful and convenient arrangement for any boat Heavy lower sails have, been tried on many yachts in recent years with acknowledged benefit to speed in light winds, and the practice will no doubt become general. This is one of the many minor im- provements for which we haye to thank the “cutter agitation.”] PATRIOTISM WITH A PATENT TO THE RES- CUE, ditoy Forest and Stream: . I have read the FoREST AND STREAM with pleasure and profit almost from its first issue, and I bave long ago learned to respect its opin- ions upon its specialty, the rod and gun. In your issue of Jan, 31 appears an article entitled ‘No Money for Revolutions,”’ upon which I am sorry to join issue with you. It con- tains so much error and ignorance that I am constrained to violate an almost inflexible rule of my life in an attempt to set youright. This effort, however, may be consi¢ered a work of supererogation, in view of the fact that the adverse opinions of a journal devoted to the dis- semination of knowledge on fishing and gunning will not have much weight among sensible men, when compared with the favorable opinions which have been expressed by such standard technical authorities as the London Angineer and Scientific American, You evidently know nothing about scientific naval architecture, and, therefore, you are wholly disqualified to write upon the subject of the important invention of Captain Lundborg for improvements in steamships, which are based entirely upon such principles. I have known Captain Lundborg intimately tor nearly two years, Heis aman of the highest attainments in his profession as a scien- tific naval architect. His inventions are the result of many years of scientific research, aided by long experience in practical Seamanship and by innumerable rank See Teas upon the system of the late Professor Froude. I have submitted the drawings, designs, models and mathematical calculations of the Lundborg ship to the ablest shipbuilders and scientific naval architects of this country for their examination and criticism, allof whomconcur in the opinion that the invention is important and of great public utility; and that a ship constructed upon his model will insure greater speed, greater safety, greater carrying capacity and greater comfort to passengers than has hitherto been given to the traveling ;,ublic. [have confidence in the judgment of those persons who haye ex- amined and approved of the invention, for the reason that they are competent to judge of its merits and their judgment is unprejudiced, Captain Lundborg courts and challenges the most searching inyesti- gation, aud he invites intelligent criticism from all persons who are qualified and competent to treat upon the subject. 1 realize the diffi- culty in making innovations upon an old order of things. All the old fogies in creation claim the right to ery out against inventors, not- withstanding the fact that by their genius and energy they have revolu- tionized the industries of the world. I recollect yery distinctly when Captam Ericsson came to this country with his invention for war ships, and attempted toinduce our government to utilize it for the publie good in preserving the union, all the fools and eranks in Ghns- tendom decried and ridiculed the pro: osition much after the tone and spirit of your article on Captain Lundborg, and after repeated failures to induce the government to adopt his invention, some patriotic citi- zens of Boston aided and encouraged him in the #onstruction of the Monitor. which saved the nation and revolutionized the navies et the world—a fact recently acknowledged and testified to in terms of eulogium by an honorable Senator upon the floor of the American Senate. Captain Lundborg isa countryman of Briesson’s, educated in the same scientific schools in Europe, a man of genius and ability, and Tam impressed with the belief that your criticism pon his inven- tion is as unwise and unjust as were the foolish and crazy strietures upon Captain Ericsson and his invention. when he first attempted to introduce it in this country. Ibelicye thatthe Lundborg invention will effect a greater revolution in the merchant marine than did Cap- tain Kricsson’s in the navies of the world, and if if can be utilized toward the restoration of the Amevican flag upon the ocean, for re- gaining to American citizens their share ef the ocean carr rine trade, and to giveto them an equal chance in the proceeds of a business amounting to over $200,000,000 a year, which is now wholly monopo- lized by aliens, I think itis worthy of a fair trial, even at the public expense, and upon that issue, assuming that you are a true American, your encouragement and support will not be wanting. This letter is runing to much greater length than 1 had intended, ” 58 FOREST AND STREAM. [Fie, 14, 1884. and in conelusion permit me to make a few corrections of the meny Misstatemants contained in your article. Captain Lundborg is not ‘tattached to the Swedish Legation.”’ He § a revired officer of the Swedish navy. He is not “a petiticner for national alms,** as you assert, which his memorial, herewith inclosed, will prove. He has never offered his invention 10 any parties, much less “hawked it about for several years.”’ And he now simply invites the attention of the American people to the importance of his discoveries ee tell ei in the hope that they may he utilized for the public gZood, _ Captain Lundberg is not “an alien,” as you allege, he is a natural- ized American citizen, filled with patriotic motive, and impressed With the conviction that among the pressing needs of his adopted country are um eflicientnayy, and an adequate merchant marine, to secure which, he is ready and willing to labor to the best of his ability. Are you good enough an American to help in this noble work? WASHINGTON D, C J. H. SYPHER. [Mr Sypher has not keptthe run of events or he would hardly Aestipn the *‘good authority” of this journalon matters of naval esizn. His adverse estimate we pass over as not worth notice, because incapable of offering am opinion on affairs he knows nothing of. We suspect his letter is an effort to adyertise a yenture in which heis interested as a lobbyist. another canal scheme from the Mississippi to the Gulf, with a liberal profit to the promoters, Itis very kind that any one should wish to reyiye the skeleton of our commercial marine by a patent. But we do not care to haye the government funds diverted to assisting half-hatched patent specifi- cations. We trust ourremarks will aid in closing the doers of the Treasury tight to any raid in the interests of private persons. The notion that the Lumborg ship can have any influence upon the destiny of our merchant marine is silly. The notion that it will build up an efficient navy which is purely a question of congressional appropria- fions, is even more ridiculous. We credit Captain Lundborg with much better sense. Our maritime interests should be revived upon common sense business principles and not by spread-eagle declama- tion or governmental pap. Itisnotadifficultproblemtosolve. Itisa simiple piéce of arithmetic. Buy ships where you #an get them cheap- est, sail them with no greater restrictions than foreigners; and that is all there istoit. If we have to pay higher wages to officers and créw, the difference will be offset by the well-known tact, energy and adap- tability of the American. Wipe outat one stroke the cormorants and hordes of officials with their fees, fines and dues, exorbitant and jntricate charges, and half the reform is accomplished. Buy your implement of trade in the cheapest market; and the other half is achieved, If capitalis too dear, if it finds more lucrative employ- ment on shore, nothing under the sim can help us. We must be con- tent to twirl our thumbs till a day when the economic conditions on on this side of the Atlantic will be favorable enough to give tis a chance in the race, Why Captain Lundborg’s appeal to Congress is out of order is noted elsewhere.] THE CORINTHIAN CLUB. Editor Forest and Stream: Tt was not exactly the time of year that any one would havo thought of organizing a yacht club, for the snow lay thick and white outside the greenhouse windows, and the wild Channel wayes rushed up and spattered over cosvy little Sea Cliff, at Bangor, Belfast Lough, Ireland. The den was pretty full for all that. Arthur, secretary of the Royal Ulster Y. C., one of the mighty men who go down to the sea in ships, was doubled up in a wicker chair, while her ladyship, one of the hest who eyer held tiller and made a boat do just what she could, was perched on an old chair which had descended from her freat grandparents. John, most practical of all architects, was hid- den behind a cloud of smoke, and Ally, just back from America, did his best to help out harmony with a long cigar. The boats were all laid up in winter quarters; but they were present on the wall in pho- tographs, in spar drafts and in models, while along the bookcase was a long lime of gracefully-draped winning flags, fourteen in number, which marked the prowess of the yawl Glide. We had had a pleasant season's sailing, though in those waters the summer starts late and is soon over, and this winter eyening all were gathered around. chat- ting about the past. Then somebody suggested we should institute a practical Corinthian clib, and we did. -The club has lasted, taking im new members and doing its work thoroughly and well, year after year, until it commands almost as much interest as its chartered brother, the Royal Ulster. on : Every one knows what a ‘‘Corinthian” club is, but even in such or- ganizations as the Seawanhaka of New York, there is a good deal of work done for and not by the amateur, while the chief feature of the Bangor (lub is that its members shall do all their sailing work, and at any rate. know how to attend when required to therigging., Kvery- 6nue who joins (ladies are eligible for membership as well as the sterner sex) is bailoted in, and thereby entitled to the hotorable posi- tion of “boy.” Boys may second candidates, vote at general or special meetings, form partof acrew, but may not own or steera poatinaclub race. The “‘boy’’ remains such until he has learned enough practical seamanship to answer correetly every one of the following questions: 1. Make a sheet bend. - ®, Make an anchor bend. 3. Make a rolling hitch. 4, Make a blackwall hitch. 5. Makea timber hitch. 6, Make a clove hitch. tn ’ 7. Make two half hitches on a belaying pin. 8. Make areef knot. 9, Make a bowline, . Make a cat's paw, , Make a short and long splice. . Make an eye splice. . Put a whipping on the eud of a rope. Belay a sheet on a half pin. 15. Sheepshank a rope. F a 16. Namethe standing and running rigging in a sloop, cutter and hooner. ae This exainination must be passed practically, the work being done with ropesends in presence of the examiner. The “boy’’ then takes rapk as ‘ordinary seaman.” : , ; In the early days of the club, Sea Cliff was fairly populated with boys and girls educating one another how to splice and go through the seaman’s manual. F 7 An “ordinary seaman"’ receives a plain paper certificate to that effect. and is entitled to steer a boat but cannot own one. When he has passed for A. B., haying fulfilled the following questions, he can propose a member, own a boat, and is eligible for election as a com- mitteenan, He must haye conquered the questions 1 to 16, and also the following; ; 17. Make a studdingsail bend, . Make a running bowline. . Make a bowline on a bight. . Make a grummet. 91, Make a 'Turk’s head- : 2. Make a double wall and double crown, . Herringbone a split sail. . Name the points of the compass. . State the rule of the road. . What are the different fog signals? . What lights are carried by vessels? 38. Describe the method of restoring apparently drowned persons. “9, How would you note the position of an anchor or moorings in vase you had to slip? : 30. Sow can oil he used in broken water to save the sea breaking aboard of a boat? ; ‘ear, Next in ofder comes the star to the certificate, which is given when the yachtsman has further satisfied the examiner on the following, this examination being had in a boat under way: Si. Set sails and get under way from moorings. 32. Gybe. 38, Reef. ; ‘ 34, What would be done in case of a sudden squall, the direction being stated by the examiner? 35, Make a floating or sea anchor. , ; ‘ 36, Bend a rapeto an anchorso that you can clear it should it cateh in rocks. » The examiner should also test applicant as to what he would do if halliards or fear carry away. P An “A, B,” witha star is entitled to a parchment certificate, and may present himself for further examination for mate's papers, after whieh he is eligible for election as a flag officer of the club, Dur- ing last year the club raced nearly every Saturday afternoon, and as many as twelve boats were entered at one time, there seldom being less than five. The boats were measured asfollows: Multiply the sail area by the length of loadline, and divide by4,000, the quotient to be “gail tonnage,’ one-fifth of overhang to be added # length of load- line. The scale for time allowance was the ordmary Y. R, A. table. Tn the case of peculiarly constructed boats the carpenter was author- ized to report to the committee, who had power toaward special cer- tificates of measurement, Hyery boat and her gear were necessarily the property of members of the club. Every boat in a race was obliged to carry a life-buoy. Five minutes before the start the blue Peter was hoisted and gun fired, after which the boats were consid- ered under the rujes, At the expiration of Hve minutes the blue Peter was kavled down and the starting gun fired. Any boat across the line before that gun was sent back by showing her number from the battery. The following are the rules of the road: “A boat which is running free shall keep out of the way of a boat which is close-hauled, “A hoat which is close-hauled on the port tack shall keep out of the way of a boat which is close-hauled on the starboard tack, “When both are running free with the wind on different sides, the boat which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other, ~ ““When both are running free with the wind on the same side, the boat which is to windward shall keep out. of the way of the boat which is to leeward, “A boat which has the wind aft shall keep out of the way of boats on the wind.” Hach boat to go fairly round the course and not to touch any flag- boat. A question arose in one race where a boat put her nose over the winning line, and having done so fouled the flag-boat. She claimed the race and, after consultation with the yachting authori- ties of Great Britain, it was decided that the instant the end of her bowsprit_ crossed the line she must be held to have completed her course: that the race was over, and that no subsequent fouling, on her part, could deprive her of the prize, After this decision provision will. probably, be made to prevent a recurrence of such an incident. Only sailing is allowed. A boat might anchor durmga race, but must weigh anchor and not Slip. In ease of an accident or assistance rendered by a racing boat, if the committees deem that such a boat was prevented from winning a race, they have power to erder a resail between the boats so prevented and the actual winner, Pro- tests had to be filed within an hour after the arrival at the finish. Such are some of the leading rules and regulations of the Bangor Corinthian Sailing Club. They are the result of considerable study by competent authorities, and ought to be useful as precedents. par- ticularly at this time when Corinthian yacht elubs are becoming so popular both on the sea coast and the lakes of America, BANGORIAN. [Practical seamanship and competitive interest among the owners and sailers of small boats would be greatly benefiled by the estab- lishment of similar clubsin American waters. Pride and emulation in the race for the highest certificate would lead to study and pro- ficiency in practice. To be an A. B., or eligible to a flag officer's berth in a club, founded upon an aristocracy of learning and experi- ence, would not fail to receive proper recognition, The public weuld quickly bestow its approval and support to a clubin which brains rank ahead of wealth, no matter how small the tonnage of the boats, To sport a flag which is a trade mark of capacity in yachting attain- ments has a meaning and dignity which commands respect for merit from all sides, and though flown from a two-tonner only, outranks the empty emblem ofa ‘society leader” aboard a huge white ele- phant, or a picnicking dawdler afraid of an occasional wet jacket.] THE PROPOSED ASSOCIATION.—Commenting upgn the proposi- tion to form a national association in America, Le Yacht, of Paris. remarks: ‘‘Gertainly the programme of ForEsT AnD STREAM is an excellent one, the realization of which would be of wide utility; un- fortunately, we think it will for a long time remain in the realm of Utopia in the United States, no matter how great progress yachting may have made in that country, First, there is a material obstacle whick will interpose against the establishment of a central society, This is the distance between the clubs, extending along the immense length of the coasts of America. Besides the local conditions which influence the form and nature of construction will hinder the adop- tion of a commonrule of measurement. In England, where yachting has prospered more than half a century, where the race courses are found over a relatively confined coast compared to that of the United States, the Y. R. A. has been able to establish, after a fashion, almost general uniformity of its rules, because the conditions surrounding construction are almost the same everywhere. But we cannot hope to see this uniformity in the United States, where so much difference exists in the boats, and where every club claims its own rules the best. For example, in the single city of New York the two largest clubs, the New York ¥.C, and the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., can- not agree on the application of a system of measurement by length and sail area cémbined, although they both accept the same prin- ciples in their rules. Nevertheless the proposition of Forrst anp STREAM will recommend itself to all sincere friends of yachting, who can draw from it great profit. The questions which it puts merit and challenge attention, and for that reason we have thought its proposi- tion worth discussing.” A VARIED EXPERIENCE.—Marine Architect Saefkow, of the Imperal German Navy, writes us that in the past ten years he has designed and built for his own use fourteen yachts of all kinds, from the widest centerboard to the narrowest of cutters. One of his last designs was the cutter Rhe, 30ft, loadline, 9ft. beam and 5ft. draft, with 8,000 pounds en the keel. She sailed from the city of Kiel to Konigsberg on the Baltic, a distance of 400 miles, passing through a severe gale in comfort and safety, Sheis notably fast in light winds, being more than a match for the best centerboards of local renown. The five-beam cutter Anna, we are informed, is the driest boat of all Lieut. Saefkow ever sailed, and as ‘‘quiet asa girl’ in a sea, no one being seasick on board in heavy weather, as was always the case with the wide boats he owned. The Anna isa great success, and will appear inthe English races next summer. Lieut. Saeskow has _con- structed the curve of stability for a sandbagger like the New York Parole, and found she attained her maximum at twenty-seven degrees, and her vanishing point at sixty. THE JANUARY NUMBER.—The London Nautical Magaz ne for January has reached us, ‘freighted as usual with mstiuction and in- terest to sea-polne people. The contents for this month include “The Stability of Merchant Ships,” ‘‘Insubordination of Seamen,”) and ‘The Panama Canal,” a timely article for all Americans to read. While we are iuly dreaming of cutting across Nicaragua and indulg- ingin threatening bluster about our rights and prestige in the case, foreigners have goue to work with energy and capital, and in spite of all difficulties, the Panama canal will become an accomplished fact before we finish blowing off laudable but futile patriotic steam. The magazine also contains the usual notes on navigation, correspondence from ship masters and similar matter, which is the only literature the handful of American seamen can reach in the total absence of any nautical periodical of our own. REAL YACHTING.—A gentleman writes from Liverpool, Eng- land, that he has bought a regular ‘‘nailer’’ in Southampton, and expects to sail her round to her new hailing port in February. Sheis 31ft. bin. over all, 26ft. bin. loadline, and 6ft. bin, beam, with 65ft. Gin, draft, and tiush deck. WForecastle with cot for one hand, main cabin with sofas, and .after cabin with two standing berths. washstand, ete. Polished pine cabins and teak deck fittings. This cutter is nearly same loadline as the little Yolande lying in Seawanbaka Basin, Staten Island, with fin, less beam. The voyage round the Land’s End to Liverpool is six hundred miles. Englishmen think nothing of such ventures, but here a man’s soundness of mind is stall questioned in many quarters if he moots going to sea in a bi schooner, or has ambitions which take him beyoudethe confines of one day’s run in the Sound, CRUISE OF THE FALCON.—Sampson, Low & Co,, of London, have published a new yachting yolume in which is detailed the cruise of the little yaw] Falcon, from Southampton to the coast of Brazil and the South Atlantic, made by the owner, Mr, Knight, and two friends as the amateur crew. The Falcon is only 42ft. long, yet the extensive yoyage was accomplished in safety and comfort and hugely enjoyed. The volume is full of instruction, useful to the mercantile service, as any unchartered ports and islands were visited and notes made upon their hydrography, best approaches, ete. The owner left the yacht at Barbadoes, intending soon to return and continue the voyage through the West Indies and home. We may recur to this volume at greater length when chance offers. Itiseommended to those in search ef real yachting without the expense attached to ‘Juxuriant’’ palaces afloat, *S FLEET,.—The sloop yacht Petrel, built in July, 1883, at Sena brought through the reat lakes to Detroit, has been urchased at the latter place by Messrs, Aug. Marshausen, Jr., W. FP. Baisch, H. Kees and George Boehnlein, for the sum of $800, She is a cabin yachtof fine lines, being 8/ft. over all; and haying a beam of 10ft, 3in., deep draft, and carries five sails, viz., main, top, and storm staysails, jib and flying jib. Although she is not rigged for racing, having been used for cruising only, her owners intend entering her in all regattasand private races which may take place on the lakes. Yachting has been very quietin and around Detroit, but th rough the efforts of these and other gentlemen there wil! be quite a boom in if this seoson, BIG CUTTERS.—The prospect for some live racing in the 80-ton class in English waters is exceedingly good. Way & Co., of South- ampton, are building two new flyers of about 85 tons, from lines by” Mr. Joseph M. Soper, the superintendent of the fica They arealso overhauling the Erycina of 90 tons, in view of the coming contest. Mr. Soper is the designer of many fine vessels. The Daisy, soon to be in our waters, is from hishands. The same builders have under- way somenew cutters to sailim the length and sail area classes in southampton waters, One of these will be much like the Daisy, Q5x8x6)sib. and 85ft, over all, with a Butbercup stem, ' KNICKERBOCKER Y. C.—Officers for the years: Commadore, Geo. R. Hobby; Vice-Com., W. T. Onderdonk; Secretary. William R. Morse; Treasurer, Chas, Lamb; Measurer, John Hyslop. Spring match fixed for May 80, op2n to five classes. Sixtytive yachts in the fleet, and 180 members. The lectures delivered before the cllib by Mr. Hyslop have been well att-niled and appreciated. They have so far covered the methods ef designing boats, and others are promised detailing the planning of rigs and Mr. Hyslop’s original wave area ex pebiaeuts which antedate the investigations of Collin Archer in urope. NEW YORK Y. C.—Annual matches fixed for June 12, Mr, Ogden Goelet, Norseman schooner, has offered two cups, vale $1.000 and $500, for schooners and sloops and cutters to be sailed for off Newport next season. Officers of the club for the year: Commodore, James Gordon Bennett, Namounasteamer; Vice-Commodore, W, P, Doulas, Arrow cutter and Aida steamer: Rear-Commodore, Samuel R. Platt, Montaulr schooner; Secretary, Chas, A. Minton: Treasurer, Jas. O. Proudfit; Measurer, John M, Wilson; Raciie Committee, J. Fred. Tams, Chas, H. Stebbins and Jules A, Montant, RIGHT MOVE,—Itis buta very short time since that any one counselling outside cruising and racing was considered more or less demented. People have learned better by this time. Bxtended cruises are the order of the day, and a yacht not fit for such work no longer ranks high in esteem, The New Maven Yacht Club, though starting in life as a local Sound organization, are up to the enterprise of the day and propose an ocean match from cltib-honse around Block Island and home, The Sound is fast loosing its mesmeric hold iipon progressive men. . THE LOWELL CUTTER.—A entter yacht which Williams & Stevens, of Lowell, are biilding is about half planked. Wer bilge dis straight from rabbel to bilze of garboard, and the dimensions are as follows: Length over all, 25ft. Gin.; Inadline, 20ft. Gin : 6ft. moulded beam: depth of middle section, 5ft, 8in.; draft, 4ft.1lin. Theréisa small coekpit on deck, ard a wash board on the outside, The cabin has two berths and room for a hammock, and there are lockers, wales fee, ete, The cutter will readily find an owner.—Foston Cratd, A GOOD BXAMPLE.—Mr. Wm. Gardner has left for Wagland to enter the Royal School of Naval Architecture and pass through a regular course of study, with the object of mastering the theory and practice of shipbuilding, Mr. Gardner has already been under - the tnition of Mr. Harvey in this city, and has spent some time in the yard of John Roach & Sonat Chester. Hehas voluntarily entered upon his self-education from, enthusiasm for the science, a wérthy example for others of independent means. to follow. BOSTON Y. C.—The following fixtures have heen settled upon: Regular club cruise every Saturday, returning Sunday, during the summer months, Also, May 24, reyiew and cruise, commodore in charge, May 31--First club match. Connor and commodore's chal lenge cups and regular prizes. June 28—Ladies’ day. July 12— Second club match for reg@jar prizes. Aug, 9—Upen match; entries from all clubs. Aug. 282—Third club match: regular prizes. Sept. 18—Second ladies’ day. “HUNT'S MAGAZINE,’’—This London publication for January contains a number of readable yachting cruises, the lines of a small 3-ton cutter, and general yachting notes. Published by Hunt & Co., 119 Church street, London. Subdseription $44 year. ORUISING.—Schooner Gitana, W. F. Weld, Jr., arrived off Gibral- tar Rock, Feb. 4, and the Dauntless, C. H. Colt, was heard trem about the same time at St. Michael, Azore Islands. 1t is expected they will race in the great-Nice International. PHOTOS.—We have received from a gentleman in Hoagland, some handsome photos of the crack schooner Miranda, the cutter Silver Star, and the tiny three-ton Chittywee, all under way in live breezes. IMPORTED FROM THE HAST.—Several gentlemen of Brooklyn have houghta cutter 32ft. loadline from Mr. Decator, of Portsmouth. This boat will appear in New York waters early m spring. SAIL AREA,—In the table of elements of small cruiser last week, the area of sail per sq. ft. of wet surface should read 2.45sq. ft., including surface of rudder, or 2.60sq. ft. without it, NEW ENGLAND YACHTING ASSOCIATION—Has been organized and will hold next meeting Feb. 20, Parker House,Boston. Report of proceedings next week. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN YACHTS,—The introductory to an article under this head by Dixon Kemp. appears in the London Ship- ping World for January, ILEEN,—We are able to state that so far as the Ileen is concerned there is uo foundation for the rumors of a proposed race with the Hildegard. HULL Y. C.—Will ho!ld meetings each second Saturday in June, July, August and September. FORTUNA—Left St. Thomas Feb, 3. bound fer St. Croix. guswers to Correspondents. (= No Notice Taken of Alionymous Correspondents, A. J. H., Pontiac, Mich.—Try Glover's mange cure. R.M , Youngstown, O.—Write to Gen, F, A, Bond, Jessiyp, Md. F. G. B., Boston, Mass.—We know of no well-bred retriever for sale. Hupson, Hudson, N, ¥Y.—Write to Dr. M. H. Cryer, 1,111 Girard street, Philadelphia, Pa. Accomao,—A mixture for whitening sails was givenin Tors, AND Srream Sept. 13, 1888. No preparation will prevent mildew, unless the sail is well cared for, Snow SHors, Dunbarton. N. H.—Por snow shoes writs to John Henderson & (o., Montreal, or to Renfrew & Co., Quebee. Describe to them the style you want, FT. M. L., Summit Station, Ohio.—l. The rifle will be ready abont Mareh 1, 2. For descriptions of the other arms named send for eata - logue to the manufacturers of them, who advertise in our columns. CG, B. T.—Are split-bamboo rods worth the price asked for them as compared with the best wooden rods? Ans. Split-bambow rods are, like wooden ones, of all degrees of excellence. Phe bast wooden rods are nearly as expensive as the bamboo. We think thar a good rod of split bamboo is well worth the price usually asked. St. Paul's School, Concord, §, H,—Will you have the kindness to tell me where I can get a pair of live grouse of any kind, ruffed especially desired? Ans. Wethink ib very doubttnlif you can obtain them. Once in a while Reiche Bros.,of Chatham siraet. New York.have them. Possibly some of our corresp2adents may be able to help you. NicHtr Hawk J. W. L., Gildersleeve, Conn.—Will you tellus about the habits of the great Northern hare? 1. Do they frequent hilly or swampy localities? 2. What kind of woods do they preter tolivein? 3. How fast do they breed young, andhow many ata litter? Ans. 1. Are usually found in dense swamps, thongh sometimes atnong the thi¢k ine woods on the hills. 2, Cedar, hemlock and pine, 3. Probably Breeds twice a year, having from four to six young at a litter. HB Glasco, N. Y.—Several days az0, a boy brought to me, for mounting, an owl which I haye uever seen before. In size itis be- tween the screech ow! and barred owl. Wimes long and pointed, breast and stomach buff, with dark browt or black markings, feathers on legs and feet buff, claws black. ander purface of wings nearl white, except the points which are black; back, wigs, and tail dark buff, with dark brown or black bars, beak black, eyes yellow, pupil blue black. What is it? Ans. Very likely a skort-eared owl (sto accipitrinus), i B. H., Norman Co,, Minn.—i, What baits are best for pisksrel, pike, rock bass, sun bags, redhorse. whitefish and catfish? 2 Cas any of these betaken with the artificial fly, and if so, what kinds? There are no angle worms inthis part. Ans. 1. Small fish are best for all the fish named except whitefish and redborse. The whitefish does not often take bait, and the redhorse is one of the sucker family and ean be taken with small strips of tough beafeut in the shape of worms, Pickerel and pike can be taken with pe ges spoons, 2, Bass can be taken with the fiy, Write to any of our ad- ea for an assortment of good bass flies, Fer, 14, 1884.) -CIFICS. Tn use 30 years.—Each number the special pre- seription ef an eminent physician.—The only Simple, Sofeand Sure Med cines for the p»ovle LIST PRINCIPAL NOS, CURES, PRICE, 1. Fevers, Congestion, Inflamations,.... .25 3: Worms, Worm lever, Worm Colic,.. .25 8. Crying Colic, or Teething of Infants .25 4, Diarrhea of Vhildren or Adults...... Pvysentary, Griping, Billious Colic,.. Chole*a Morbua, Vomiting,...... WY. Coughs, Cold, Bronchitis,........-...- &. Neuralgix, Toothache, l'aceuche,.... 9) Headaches, Sick Headaches, Vertig 10. Dyspensia, Liliious Stomach,.. .... 11. 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Trout, Etc., Ete. mended by expert Florida anglers: Keeping fully abreast with the times, we have the last few seasons given particular attention to the manufac- ture and introduction of a large variety of tackle specially adapted to the needs of Florida anglers. The difficulty of obtaining natural bait at some of the best fishing grounds renders it very desirable for anglers to provide them- selves with proper artificial baits. We have an unusually fine assortment of the following goods, used and recom- Pearl Florida Spinners, Mottled Pearl Spoons, Pearl Squids, Pearl Mullet, Fiorida Bass Flies, Tackle for Channel Bass, Red Snappers, Sheepshead, Salt Water Also a New and Special Hook for Tarpum. ABBEY ,& IMBRIE, 48 and 50 Maiden Lane, New York City. JAS. F. MARSTERS, 55 Court Street, Brooklyn. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER OF Fine Fishing Tackle. First Quality Goods at lower prices than any other house in America. Brass Multiplying Reels with Balance Handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; 186ft., $1.50; Dunte., S175: 300ft., $2.00; 450ft., $2.25; 600ft., $2.50, Any of the above Reels with Drags, 25 cts. extra; nickel plated; 50 cts. extra, Brass Click Reels, 20yds., 50 cts.; 30yds., 75 cts.; 60yds., $1.00; nickel plated, 50 cts, extra. Marster’s celebrated Hooks snelled on gut, Limerick, Kirby Limerick, Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, O'Shaughnessy, Kinsey, Aberdeeen, Sneak Bent, and all other hooks. Single gut. 12 cts, per doz.; double, 20 cts. per doz.; treble, 30 cts. Peg: put up one-half dozen in a pacer Single Gut Trout and Black Bass Leaders. lyd., 5 cts.} ds., 10 cts.; 8yds., 15 cts. Double wisted Leaders, 3 leugth, 5 cts.; treble twisted, 3 length,10 cts. Trout Flies, 60 cts. per doz, Black Bass Flies, $1.00 per doz. Trout and Black Bass Bait Rods, 9ft, long, $1.25 to $5.00. Trout and Black Bass Fly Rods, 10ft long, $1.50 to $10.00. Also forty-eight different styles of rods for all kinds of fishing. Samples of hooks, leaders, etc., sent by mail on receipt of price in money or stamp. Send stamp for eatalogue, Established 20 years. Open Evenings. Je F. MARSTERS, 55 Court St., Brooklyn. mY NOCED’S Patent “Perfect” Brass Shells, MANUFACTURED BY KYNOCH & CO., Birmingham, Eng. These shells are made of extra fine thin pliable metal, with reinforced base; are adapted to either Winehester or Wesson No. 2 primers. only about half as much. Can he reloaded as often as any of the thicker makes, Weight less than paper shells. Cost They shoot stronger and closer, and admit of a heavier charge, as owing to the thin metal. inside diameter is nearly two gauges larger. Load same as any brass shells, using wads say two sizes larger than gauge of shells. Or can be effectually crimped with tool and straighten out to original shape when discharged. The crimping tool also acts as a reducer, an advantage which will be appreciated by all experienced sportsmen. Sample shells will be mailed (without charge) to any sportsmen’s club or dealer, and prices quoted to the'trade only. Fer sale in any gnantity by gun dealers generally, or shells in case lots only, (2,000), and crimpers not less than one dozen, by HERMANN BOKER & CO., Sole American Agents, 101 & 108 Duane Street, New York. CHEAP TRAP SHOOTING. ——)o (—— bBelicher’s Pat. Paper KBird. Attached to a suitable wire ball, thrown from any glass ball trap in the same way as glass balls, is the cheapest and most satisfactory trap shooting. These birds may be re-used after marking the shot perfor- ations with pencil. No disputes whether a bird is hit or missed; no broken glass or clay to injure grounds. Balls everlasting. Fifty birds and one ball sent by mail on receipt of $1. Additional birds $1 per hundred Additional balls 50 cents each. Address, Buy or use no Clay Pigeons or Clay Pigeon Traps excepting those made or licensed by - The Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Co., Cincinnati, 0. This company owns the original patents on ‘Clay Pigeons” and “Clay Pigeon*® Traps. Others are manufacturing in infringement of these patents; and all who use or sell such infringing Clay Pigeons or Clay Pigeon Traps will be prosecuted. The Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Go. furnishes traps at $7.00, with all the latest improvements and guaranteed against any liability for infringement. Send fer circulars of the 5-days programme of the First International Clay Pigeon Tournament, Chicago, May 26 to 31, Over $5,000 in prizes and sweepstakes. READY NEXT MONDAY. Antelope and Deer of America. —BY— Hon. J. D. CATON. A New Edition of this important work will be published February 18th. This volume is one which should be in the hands of every deer hunter. 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The paper may be obtained of newsdealers throughout the ited States and anadas. On sale by the American Exchange, 449 Strand, W. C., London, England. Subscription agents for Great Britain—Messrs. Samson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 188 Fleet street, London. 5 ADVERTISEMENTS. @uly advertisements of an approved character inserted. Inside bagzes, nonpareil type, 25 cents perline. Special rates for three, six nd twelye months. Reading notices $1.00 per line. Eight words ) the line, twelve lines to one inch. Advertisements should be sent by the Saturday previous to issue in which they are to be inserted. Transient advertisements must inyariably be accompanied by the noney or they will not be inserted. _ Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co. New Yor«k Crry. os. 389 AnD 40 Park Row. CONTENTS. THE KENNEL. The Dog Tax and the Game Laws Beagles for Fox Hunting. The Clumber Spaniel, The Cincinnati Bench Show. The Pointing Instinct Fox Hunting on Cape Cod in 1884 The Beagle Club, Cleveland Dog Show. Kennel Management. Kennel Notes, RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. UDYPORTAL, Dog Tax and Game Law. The Fight in New England. International Match Conditions. Uniform Game Laws. | Death of Reuben Wood. HE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. ~The Land of the Gou-Gou. Between the Lakes.—-y. _ Down the Youkon ona Raft.—y1, | Life Among the Blackfeet,—xm, Adirondack Forest Waste. Waturan History. Some Rifle Queries, ] eee ot the Female Caribou. Range ty allery. Ophidiana, or Snake Gossip. The Tra The English Sparrow, Game BAG AND Gun. The Choice of Aina gthoet Rifles, The Clay: -Pigeon Tournament. CANOEING. t eee Canoe Building.—vyi. | Law Against Spring Shooting, Club Notes. Uniform New England Laws. The Log Book. The Performance of Shotguns, Down the Caer. Canoe or Sneakbox. Large or Small Canoes. Camp-FIRE F'LIGKERINGS, HA AND River FISHING. Trouting on the Bigosh. | YACHTING. Luck with the Longnoses. Fixtures, mbgling for Charity, The Daisy, Small Yachts. * New England Yachting Associ- ation. Sharpie Rudders. Around Lake Ontario in the Katie Gray. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Dowel Pin in F'ly-rods The Chronicle of the “Compleat Angler.” FISHCULTUR i The Menhaden Question. NNE. Almost a, Double, With tts compact type and in its permanently enlarged form of twenty-eight pages this journal furnishes each week a larger amount of first-class matter relating to angling, shooting, the kennel, and kindred subjects, than is centained in all other American publications put together, UNIFORM GAMH LAWS. HIS is a very old topic. Possibly it may be comsidered hackneyed. To suggest anything new in relation to it is quite impossible. We are assured, however, that the subject is not one to be put aside and lost sight of. It has been often discussed. It ought to be discussed more. We are making progress in the field of game legislation. The country is too large for a uniform game law applying to its entire extent. To talk of a national law, prescribing the same season for Maine and Florida, is folly. But it is highly desirable, and we have faith to believe that it may some time be entirely practicable, to secure uniform laws for contigu- ous States which lie in the same isothermal bells. Such ‘laws would be based en the soundest common sense, The one obstacle in the way of securing such a system is the wide and almost hopelessly irreconcilable difterenges of opinion prevailing among sportsmen respecting the proper seasons for killing and not killing game. In each individual ‘State this diversity of sentiment is strongly marked, and so aggressive that it stands in the way of enacting laws that would secure the greatest good to the greatest nunaber. There is one point, however, upon which all might agree: That is the season for marketing game. If the sportsmen ef New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania cannot agree upon an uniform open season for game killing they might agree upon the date when game selling should be stopped by law. This agreement might extend further than this. Why should not Massachusetts and New York and Pennsylvania regulate their game-selling seasons by an uniform law, which should have contol of the game of these three States and the game of the West as well? Why should not the game A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE Rop aND Gun. NEW YOnkK, breonUARY 21, 1884. market regulations of Mlinois be identical with those of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota? The right way to secure such laws is to unite for action, A national association for such a purpose has been tried. It was too big. It fell to pieces. If another one be organized that too will fall to pieces. What is needed is the associa- tion together of a restricted number of States. Such a meeting was held in Boston the other day, The New Eng- land States were represented. The interests of the several sections were identical.. A law was drafted, which will be presented to the legislatures of the several States. A uni- form law for New England will be a great step in advance. FOOLISHNESS IN THE WOODS. OREST lands. The lumbermoii’s axe. One tree cut for lumber. Twenty others destroyed in getting the one out, The ground littered up with brush, Fire. Deso- lation, Thatis the way our forests in this country have gone and are going. And that is the way they will go unless some wise and sufficient action be taken to call a halt in the work of destruction. The New York Legislature is asked to provide a remedy for the vandalism of Adirondack forest destroyers. The welfare of the whole nation is directly concerned in thisissue. The members of the Senate and Assembly at Albany cannot afford to shirk the responsibility of providing some measure to avert the calamities which will most surely follow if the present system of forest waste is persisted in. THE FIGHT IN NAW E INGLAND, A SPECIAL meeting of the Boston Produce Exchange L was called on Monday, and resolutions were passed protesting against the proposed alterations in the game laws of Massachusetts. A committee of five was appointed to take measures to protect the interests of the marketmen as against the ideas of those who would so adjust the present statutes as to prevent the possession and exposure for sale of game and game birds when out of seasen in this and other States. The present law permits the sale of frozen quail, prairie chickens and deer after the close time in that and the other New England States, as well as the West. What has been the result? Simply that the Boston market has become noted as the dumping ground of game out of season. It is the shutting off in this traffic which the Boston market- men fear, and it is here that the fight will begin, for ‘‘there is going to be a fight.” The marketmen resolved to oppose ‘any change in the luw by all proper means,” which means to rsise thousands of doliars and employ able counsel to fivht their case before the Legislature now in session. The marketmen say that it is a fight between kid-¢loved sportsmen and business men; that a great business interest will be sacrificed, if the proposed game law passes, to the whims of an association of dandy sportsmen—meaning the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association—‘‘a crowd of swell-front and swallow-tail wine guzzlers, who want all the game protected by law for their own private shooting.” Such is about the size the Boston marketmen give the question of uniform game laws throughout New England, as proposed by the late convention of Fish and Game Commissioners from six New. England States lately held in that city. But these marketmen have counted without their host this time. They suppose that they are crossing swords with the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association only, as on former occasions, when, in fact, they have got to fight a stropgly-planted, fast-growing public sentiment, engrafted all over New England, for the better protection of the little there is left of fish and game. Perhaps they do not know, or at least would like to hide the fact, that their miserable traffic in game out of season has caused. the true laborers for game protection more trouble than anything under the sun. Maine has been obliged to frame a non-exportation law to keep her fish and game out of the Boston market, even in close time. More than 1,500 deer went from that State last year to the Boston market—this year hardly fifty. But there are chances that the non-exportation law may be lost at the next session of its biennial Legislature in 1885, because of its non-popu- larity With market-hunters. This general law of close time and shutting of the Boston market to fish and game after close time will shut the doors to market-hunting just as firmly. The Boston marketmen see it. They see the end of grouse from Maine, purchased at 20 cents a piece and sold in close time at $2 per pair; the end of deer bought at 5 cents per pound and sold out after close time in saddles at 200 per cent. profit. This is ‘‘kid glove” against ‘‘business man.” Js VOL. XX1T.—No. 4 1 Nos. 89 & 40 Park Row, New YORE. No matter how long the game lasts; there is more money in it for the marketman unprotected than protected. “Kid gloves,” Mr. Marketman, cover up too many claws for youthis time. You have had your share. You have flaunted frozen quail, prairie chickens and deer in the face of honest game protection till all New England ie awakened and each State proposes to put a universal game law upon her statute books; and no back tracks will be taken to please fifty game dealers in Boston. ‘‘Kid gloves,” as you call them, include some of the best business and professional men in Massachusetts, and such men as Augustus Hem- mingway, Datius Forbes, Governor Robinson and Senator Bruce are backing up honest and earnest tish and game pro- tection with their money and their influence, Such protec- tion is the belief and nearest the hearts of the prime movers for the suppression of an open market for game in Boston, out of season everywhere else. ) eS ee er ee. DHATH OF REUBEN WOOD. ‘ee very sudden death of Mr. Reuben Wood on Saturday last was a shock to bis many friends. He dropped dead of heart disease. Widely Known and as widely respected for his sterling honesty and simplicity, he was always the center of a party of anglers at the tournaments at which he had taken more prizes for his beautiful fly-casting than any other man. Mr. Wood was born in Greenbush, Rensselear county, N. Y., in 1822, and was therefore sixty-two years old. Atan early age he moved to Syracuse, where he has since lived and been in business, He was a trustee of the First Baptist Church. He was president of the Onondaga Fishing Association, and a member of the’ Sumner Corps. He leaves a wife, and the children who survive him are Mrs. C. C. Francis, of Pitts- field, Mass.; George B. Wood, of Syracuse; Charles W. Wood, who is attending Williams College, and Miss Mabel L. Wood. We have personally known Mr. Wood for over forty-five years, and both as schoolboy and man he bore the same open hearted, sympathetic disposition which has made him respected wherever he was known. Always enthusiastic on angling, he was particularly fond of trips to the Adirondacks, where he could enjoy wilderness life, and a short time ago he told us of his intended trip to Meacham Lake next May. Last year Mr. Wood was one of the staff of the American Com- mission to the International Fisheries Exhibition at London, in charge of the display of angling implements, and made many friends on the other side, His singularly open char- acter and cheerfulness brought him friends everywhere, and “Uncle Reub.,” as he was familiarly known, was very popular among all classes. Many willimiss his kindly face at the tournaments and on the streams, THH DOWEL QUESTION. tie utility of dowels on the ferrules of fishing rods forms the subject ofa very able article in another column, by Mr. Henry P. Wells. This is one of the live questions which should be fully and fairly discussed from both sides, That there is another side may be inferred.from the fact that most rod makers use the dowels; and we would he glad to have those who believe in their utility give reasons for the faith thatis in them. Mr. Wells insists that the dowel must go; that it is a relict of an old method of making jointed rods which once had a reason for existence, but that its day of usefulness is past and that it is now not only useless, but in- jurious to the strength of a rod. Wecommend the article by Mr. Wells to the careful consideration of both anglers and rod makers. DOG TAX AND GAME LAW, | ie another column will be found a communication in which the writer proposes that the income derived from the tax on dogs should be devoted to the exeeution of the game laws. This is a very sensible suggestion. The plan includes the rigid enforcement of the dog law, and the col- lection of the dog tax. That means the weeding out (or drowning out) of the worthless curs; that, in tur, means that the sheep killers will be decimated. The sheep will not suffer; the sheep owner will have no claim for damages. The dog tax fund can then be utilized for game protection. Why should it not be? No. 36.—The authorship of No. 36 has been determined. The several claimants who are busy writing postal cards and requesting that we forward the prize without delay, may therefore cease from their labors, sooo eaenaelneleneeeemeeeeee eed — 62 . INTERNATIONAL MATCH CONDITIONS. | ig is-pretty certain now that there will be uo international | rifle match during the present season. The old feud between the Amateur Rifle Club of this city and the small- bore men of Ireland seems te have died away. The Palma emblem of tie small-bore long-range championship rests rust- ingly in the rooms of the Military Service Institution at Governor’s Island, and with the defeat in July last of an American team at Wimbledon ended the series of two matches whieh the British Association had so cleverly az- ranged to catch the Americans on their weak point of long- range military shooting, There is, therefore, no match now on the slate, and there are no notes of preparation on either side the Atlantic. Thus far not a single official letter has passed on the subject of a match in 1884. During the visit of Col, Howard to England last year there Was some talk of a match in the following season, The American team captain had, however, no authority 1o make any arrangements for a contest beyond the one which he was sent over to conduct, and this fact was known generally. The English riflemen, elated by their success in downing the Americans, talked much of following up their victory by giving the Americans another lesson, and we believe that a sum of money toward the expenses of the team was either collected or guaranteed. The British Council, in whom alone the power exists to bind the Association, did nothing, nor did the American Directors take any step in the matter. The seeming apathy of the Americans was in part due to the fact that there was a change of directors by the election of January, when the annual meeting of the Association was held, and the outgving directors did not care to do anything which might bind the incoming board or leave them a legacy of work in the shape of a match, The new directors have not thus far thought it wise to take any steps toward start- ing a competition, and so the matter lies quiescent at a time when a brisk pushing of preparation would be the rule if there is to be a meeting of the British and American teams in 1884. There is much diversity of opinion as to the expediency of having a match in any such frequency as to require the crossing of the Atlantic by a team each year, Some of the younger and more enthusiastic spirits are in favor of a fight with each recurring seasen, but the older heads among the managers ate shaken cautiously, and the question asked why it is necessary to make the international match an annual occurrence. Euch match entails a great deal of work and responsibility upon a few, and it is not always easy to raise the considerable sums of money needed cqually, whether the competition is held on our own or foreign soil. There is no liberal fund from which to draw, no Govern- ment appropriation to be depended upon, and those who can shoot well, and whom it is proper to send to the front as representative marksmen, are not always able to pay their own way iu addition to the loss of time which must be al- lowed in each individual case. Apart from the financial aspect, it is doubtful whether there is much gain in the way of increased knowledge of firearms by having annual meetings. A defeat to be profit- able needs to be studied. If the arms used were found in- ferior it would seem to be a sensible thing to take an off-year for the purpose of private practice and improvement, and even for the men it may be found necessary to devote a season to careful drill] and record-making on the home tanges before a formal match is entered upon. There is no sepsivle reason why a match should not be made a biennial or even a triennial matter, There is no time lost, the science of small arms shooting goes on advancing just the same, and then a renewed zest is given the competitions when they do come off. Rifle manufacturers and those in- terested in the gate money which comes in connection with the matches, may seek to bring about annual gatherings and stir up the popular interest which comes with each interna- tional contest, but even these individuals may find that they have killed the goose which laid the golden egg if they push matters too far or too rapidly, Just at present America may, with a good grace, seek to - introduce the idea of matches at longer intervals. We have been defeated and naturally feel anxious for sueh return matches as shall enable us to demonstrate the fact that our present make of long-range military arms are fully equal to those of English make. That is the general conviction here, and with anything short of that execrable and super English weather which met the American team at Wimbledon in July, we think that the chances ate more than cven for a yictory to our team, Under these circumstances our man- agers may very properly make such advances and suggest such steps to our English friends as shall give us 4 match of | importance under certain definite conditivns and occurring not more often than once in two years, and which shall then be regarded as the championship match in the style of shooting covered by the rules of the competition, Sucha match we should be glad to see inaugurated, but against this aunual infliction of spasmodic contests we wish a relief. CunaP QuaAii.—Quail is » favorite dish on New York bills of fare. Landladies of boarding houses serve quail for dinner because itis cheap. Dishunestly sold contraband quail is not so expensive as honestly bred barn yard capon. The game protector in this city is not smart enough to stop this unlawful game trafic. formations. places the common cables of the fishermen are unable to reach bottom close under the shore, and backed by high mountains; in other parts low with long sandy points run- ning out into the sea, and with outlying banks of sand, affording breeding grounds for the cod, haddock and hake which love the clear cold waters and the abundant food of a FOREST AND STREAM. Che Sportsman Courist. ‘THE LAND OF THE GOU-GOU. A TRUE TALE, *‘And frem out the heavy fog gradually appeared the figure of a woman of beautiful form and majestic appearance, with long, flow_ ing drapery extending indefinitely back into the dense sea mist. From her girdle hung a bag, and, stretching out her arms, she seized the rapacious fishermen, ard, depositing them therein, slowly faded from view. And they told us it was the Gou-gou who frequented those coasts.’’—Legend of the Micmacs, se shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence offer a great variety of scenery and many interesting geological In parts bold, so bold in fact that in many this region. Centuries ago, ages before the hardy and adventurous fishermen from the channel islands had found their way to these waters, off oneof the outermost points of the main- land, old ocean, under the influence of the wintry winds from the east, began throwing up a sandbank, which by slow accretions rose above the surface. Here a sparse vege- tation sprang up, probably of the coarser beach grasses, and this, im the course of years, by growth and decay, formed a soil capable of nourishing some of the hardier scrubs sown by the winds from the mainland or deposited by the birds in their southern flights from the bleak barrens of Labrador. These again by their death furnished new life to still other plants, till finally the bare sandbank became covered with a vegetation, not luxuriant to be sure, but sufficient to change the yellow mat of sand into a green carpet; and eventually, by some of the many mysterious ways which nature adopts for such processes, trees sprang up in some places and covered large tracts with « forest of white and yellow birch, spruce and fir. In other parts, and those more directly exposed to the fierce gales of those latitudes, any extended growth of trees was impossible, and the annual deposits of each year only served to raise the island higher by a layer of peat, and the best efforts of nature only succeeded in planting here the ocean blasts, were unable to attain more than a stunted and gnarled growth. The intervening spaces were, how- ever, filled with abundance of scrubs and moss, whortle- berry, blackberry, and afew other varieties of low bushes; the black bankberries, bake apples, upland cranberries; the dry, crisp gray moss so common in the haunts of the caribou, and which, more than any other one thing, is characteristic of the so-called caribou barrens of the Eastern States and Provinces; and finally the wet, green moss, such a favorite with the trout fisherman for filling his creel and thus keep- ing his fish fresh, As the height of the island increased, a natural system of drainage was established, the loftier portions of the peat sunk under the weight of snow and rain, and toward these low spots the drainage of the surrounding plain naturally gravitated till the water rose above the suriace of vegetation with the result of destroying it, and thus increasing the depth of the pool, while at the same time the recurring seasons raised the general surface higher and higher, and increased the amount of refuse water, and the soft spot of peat at first converted into a bog-hole, became slowly a pond of consider- able depth. Many of these ponds thus cormed over the bar- rens at slightly variable heights by the laws of gravitation, sought communication with each other, and the trickling water wearmg away the soil, established brooks or rather ditches, often through three or four ponds before the water finally reached its level. Some of these ponds, from their proximity to the sea, started their drainage in that direction with the result of forming brooks of perpetual fowing water. Again, in some of the larger ponds, a new factor appeared, for, exposed as they were to the winds from every direction, and with low banks affording no shelter, the action of their waves was sufficient often to tear away or at least undermine the banks, thus enlarging the water surface, and each in- crease in size still further favored the process of growth till in several places large lakes were formed. The dry moss and the resinous scrubs furnished favorable tinder for a conflagration, and after man appeared upon the scene, fire began to play a not unimportant part in the devel- opment of eur island, filling the peat with a layer of ashes which increased its solidity and enriched its soil, and to this agent, probably, more than anything else, 1s due the rich growth of berries of all kinds. Pa But while old gray-bearded Neptune was diligently shovel- ing the sand into a heap to get it out of water, even his long arms were insuflicient to land each tridentful directly on top of the previous one, or it may be Boreas was loafing about and chafting him, for, toward the sea, certain irregularities in the deposit existed, and when some of the fresh-water lakes began to drain toward the sea the water accumulated in some of the depressions just within the outer beach, forming again lakes of considerable size till their water's, rising more and more, found a path over the ridge and kissed the ocean. A short time now sufficed to wash away the soft sea sand and establish a brook, and at the next full moon the spring tide tuok up the work of excavation in the opposite direction, and the large fresh-water pond became brackish and began to rise and jall with the outer tides. A new soil thus intro- duced brought anew and different vegetation, and the brack- ish bay became filled with the succulent eel-grass in many places, while the action of the waves outside sent in with each high tide an abundance of sand which, being pre- cipitated in the still water of the bay, formed in places low and bare sandbars and kept the depth of the whole bay shallow, : 7 . Imugine then an island composed of six to eight feet of peat resting ona sandbank with sloping sandy shores, the highest point not more than fifteen ievt above high water. Several square miles of this covered with a dense forest com- posed largely of evergreens (Addes and Laraa), bat with a fair splinkling of birches, the remainder of the island covered with a growth of low scrubs and vines and moss, and dotted with ponds of from six inches to as many feet in depth im every direction, the size of the ponds varying froma couple: of rods to a mile in diameter; they number nearly two hun- dred, Their surfaces oftea covered with the leaves of the pond lily, the#r banks usually lined:with the rich green moss raised but a few inches above the level of the water, and and there a few junipers which, exposed to the full force of. almopt all of them having one or twosmall clumps of dwarf hackmatacks only a few feet high, and twisted by the winds into every conceivable shape, Add to this, miles upon tniles of blueberries, whortleberries, bankberries, balee- apples, cranberries, and occasionally, blackberries. Remem- ber the shallow bays of brackish water one to two miles in diameter filled with young short eel grass, the sandbars barely covered at high tide, the isolated situation, and is there any doubt what you wii] find there? What better place can the dusky duck find to rear her brood than the thick cluster of bushes on the edge of that little pond, whence as the wandering instinct is developed, they may find easy access to the next and larger pond through the connecting brook. As September approaches, can you not hear the cooing of that flock of dough-birds among the blueberries, and their whistle as they rise from sheer exuberance of spirits to cirele about and again alight? Do you not notice the louder whistle of the jacks occasionally with the others? Would you not expect that the golden plover in leading its young from the northern wilderness would find such a spot a congenial halting place? As you approach that pond with the mossy banks, can you not see a flock of teal preening themselves in the bright sun, and while you are gazing at them are you startled or not wy the Joud ongehk trom the old goose at the head of her clutch who, recognizing while still in mid-air, all the elements of an anserian puradise, young eel-crass, fresh water and convenient sandbars, announces her determination, not, however, without consid- able discussion on the part of the youngsters, of staying till cold weather? Here formerly the caribou in large numbers ranged freely over the whole#island, cutting the moss inte deep, narrow and meandering paths as they followed each other in single file from one pond to another, and many of the paths over the barrens, now used by the few inhabitants, are asserted to be the original caribou trails. The animals themselves disappeared trom the island, from eighty to one hundred years ago, On the sandy shores of the island in former days the walrus was accustomed to land, and must have afforded noble and successful sport to the hunters of those times, for large heaps of their bones were still in existence, and seen some sixty years ago, rapidly being ‘buried by the accumnlating soil. At the present time these evidences of a fauna long since extinct are lost to view, and their place of burial even is unknown; tradition merely asserting that it was somewhere in the dense forest. On the open and quak- ing bogs the Canada geese formerly built their nests and reared their young, content with this bleak and desolate plain without pursuing their further journey toward the Arctic circle, and there they were annually slaughtered in large numbers by the Micmaes with simple clubs during their moulting season till, after one raid, more determined than usual, goose patience became cxhausted and the whole colony migrated, and has never returned for breeding pur- poses, although the Indians have long since given up fre- quenting the island, and the knowledge of its topography is rapidly becoming a mere tradition of the tribe. Here, some two centuries or more ago, Charles, afterward the Sainted, honorably connected with the early history of Canada, is known to haye established a mission, which implies a con- siderable number of inhabitants, but all traces of them and their works have so completely disappeared that no tradition even exists of the seat of their settlement. Early im the present century afew families of Scotch and French settled in some of the less exposed situations, and their descendunts still remain, combining the occupation of farming, fishing, shooting and, as opportunity occurred, honest wrecking; a hardy, hospitable race, many of them with the intelligence’ which is begotten of intimate association with the wild aspects of nature, and especially with the ocean, and all of them with what we are given to calling thriftlessness, an outward expression'of the inward despair produced by the continual contention with the elements. Here for many years a friend and niyself have found a resting place when on our annual pilgrimage from the heat and worry and rush of the city, till we have got to love the bleak barrens, the roaring sea and the howling winds. Every nook and corner is known to us; there is scarcely a pond at which we have not shot ducks or geese, a sandbar upon which we have not grounded our canoe, a gully or brook which we have not explored, On the banks of one of the salt-water bays stands a group of about a dozen hack- matacks which have attained the unusttl height of twenty feet, a veritable oasis in a desert of whortleberry bushes and moss. Among the treesrunsasmall brook of clear, fresh water, taking its head from a couple of small ponds a few rods back in the moss, having worked for itself a channel into the peat some five feet deep. Beneath these evergreens: we haye for many years pitched our tents as the summer approaches its end, ourselves and our faithful French canoe- men, who have piloted us up and down many a noble stream in other portions of the Provinces when we were casting the. fly for salmon and trout. Our youthful enthusiasm is somewhat abated; the cold, gray dawn has lost much of its early charm, and séveral hours in the bushes wet with dew before breakfast has ceased to have their oldfascination. Ifear we should becalled but lazy sportsmen. ‘Porty times o’er leb Michaelmag pass, Grizzling hair the brain doth clear; Then you know a boy is an ass, Then you know the worth of a lass, Once you have come-to forty year.” A bright day, with the ever changing light and shade on the barrens, the views on the mountains twenty miles away over the sea, the ripple or the surf of the ocean, the wonder ful cloud effects, these, with a very moderate amount of sport, constitute our true enjoyment, and we could justly say with the Duke in ‘’As you Like it:” “Who would ambition shun And loves to live i’ the sun, Seeking the bread heeats, Content with what he gets, Come hither, come hither, come hither, Here shall he find no enemy But winter and rough weather.” The pursuit of the game possesses all the elements of true sport, in intimate knowledge of the habits of the birds, a study of the wind, weather and tides, familiarity with the- country, the use of dogs for retrieving, a quick eye, a steady, hand and a hard shot, The dusky ducks breed upon the island in large numbers; all other game visits it only in the course of migrations north and south, One of the earliest to arrive in the latter part of ws UIECEES ye == ae bail one of the many enthusiastic Jesuits so intimately and ~ - —— al Brn, 21, 1984] August is the dough-bird, soon followed by the jack curlew, and by a large variety of the different sorts of shore birds, lover and sandpipers. The first northerly winds after the Poth of September bring afew geese, often in clutches of from tivo to ten, but occasionally in flocks of from thirty to fifiy, and as the weather becomes colder they arrive in larger numbers and remain till driven away by ice. With the geese fresh ducks come, dusky ducks, gadwalls, blue and green- winged teal, scaup, and the non-edible and therefore not me birds, cormorants, loons, shelldrakes and grebes. Large ocks of golden plover are early mixed with the curlews, al- though they always seem to be a little later inarriving. With the first real cold of October the brant appear, and by this time the curlew and plover have mostly departed south. Come and visit us for a few days’ sport, but, as you Jand from your boat be a little careful in entering the precincts of our oasis, for the two Chesapeake Bays, stretched in the sun in front of our tent, have quick ears and sharp eyes, and, al- though perfectly sood-natured at home, when they get away into the wilderness seem to~ think it their duty to guard us against all intrusion. Down Ripple! Down Rogue! Now come in and go throngh the canine introduction of being smelt, and you are all right, only do not touch anything. It is a bright sunny day, with a moderate breeze from the west- ward. Atsunrise we saw several hundred ducks come down from the ponds into the next bay, where they are still feed- ing on the seeds of the eel-grass, but in a couple of hours the tide will begin fo make there, and when the water becomes too deep for comfortable feeding they will go up to drink and preen themselves at the same pond from which they came inthe morning. Meantime John will get us an early dimer. The walking is very heavy; at every step the foot sinks several inches, but fortunately our destination to-day enables us to use boats. We row about a mile, then cross on foot from the bay to the shores of a large lake, and launch- ing a birch canoe which was hidden in the bushes, paddle to the opposite shore. As we g@ you see at a glance the whole geology of the island; the banks, almost perpendicular, show each successive layer of peat, and the traces of fire are dis- tinctly visible in many of them. Having crossed the lake, about a mile, we walk some forty rods and come to the sus- pected pond. An examination of ifs shores proves that we were righi; the wet moss on the edges shows many little oval depressions where the ducks have rested, and the edges of the water are covered with dry feathers, the refuse of the toilets of many birds which slept here the night before. In those two clusters of dwarfed junipers we conceal ourselves, and soon see a host of birds arise from the bay two miles awiy, but after circling once or twice they all pitch again; no, not all either, for a half dozen separate and start straight for their drinking place. As they get over the Big Lake they leave and are lost to view, but suddenly appear over the bank and pitch into our pound, where, just as they are touching the water, we drop two and wound athird, The two dead are readily retrieved, but the wounded one disap- pears beneath the surface and does not again show himself. With the dog we begin the circuit of the pond, he is still a puppy and has not Iearned to do it himself, when suddenly with a single ‘‘quack” the duck springs from the bushes on the bank into the wafer and immediately dives, but the dog saw him, and springing with his whole strength on to the spot where the last bubbles appear, he vanishes for an instant as completely as the Guck had done, and emerges with the bird in his mouth. Tor the next two hours the ducks are continually leaving the bay, some come our way, some go to olher ponds, By the time it is high tide in the bays all will have lett their feeding grounds and have settled in fresh water. We shoot with variable success; some are easy shots, many are difficult, for the birds may appear on the right, left or directly overhead, and the misses are frequent enough to take all the conceit out of us. As the sun is sinking be- hind the forest we start for camp. Our bag is not large, a dozen black ducks’only, whieh would make a Long Pointer or Chesapeake Bay gunner smile with contempt, but it will feed the camp for two or three days, and as we set the sail of our canoe and dance across the lake with a fair wind we think we have had our fill of enjoyment in the scenery, the air, the dogs and the game. To-morrow with favorable weather we will try for a goose. They are in fair numbers, have not yet been dis- turbed and have got into their regular courses, feeding at night in the small bays on the roots of the young eel-grass, aud as the tides rise in the morning, they go to the Great Lake to drink, thence to the large outside bays for the forenoon low tide, and as the next flood comes return te the lake to drink and then again 10 the small bays for the night. A strong head wind is necessary to bring them down within gunshot, the stronger the better, up to half a gale. If it is trom the westward we will try to meet them as they enter the lake in the morning; if from the eastward we must meet them on their return in the afternoon. The pocket aneroid shows a fall of thirty-hundredths since noon and a small bank of clouds is visible on the sea horizon, but considerable changes of the barometer often occur here without much meaning, and the glorious, clear sunset looks like fair weather. The geese also do not believe there is to be a change. for although feeding in hundreds, not a quarter of a mile from*camp, there is a general conversation among ae but only an occasional slight quarrel between two young ganders. John’s axe wakes us the next morning, and untying the flap of the tent we look out. It is adead calm; the bay in front of the camp and the ocean beyond are absolutely without a ripple, and the fiery rays of the rising sun are shooting far up toward the zenith from behind the bank of clouds which has not risen perceptibly since last night. On the further side of the bay the geese and ducks seem twice their natural size through the almost imperceptible mist over the water, There isno need of hurry this morning; the birds will not move till forced by the tide, and when they do they will fly sky high. A luxurious bath in an excavation of the brook with just a suspicion of smudge from a couple of brands from the camp-fire to keep off the mosquitoes, and a leisurely breakfast of boiled teal, ‘‘whack,” eggs, coffee and toast fill up two hours without giving any im- provement in the weather. But the off-shore wind of yester- day and the calm this morning have given the striped bass a chance to cross the bars and get at the sand eels, smelt and other sinall fish which abound among the eel-grass of the bays; the water in the bays is just right, turbid enough from the intermixture of sand to prevent the fish seeing us even though thesun is bright, and yet not so roily as to prevent their seeing the bait, Taking our rods and light guns we walk across the neck to the next bay where we have another canoe, and in twenty minutes are at the gully, picking up a few redbreasts and sanderlings from the flats on each side of the channel as we — — —- ~ FOREST AND STREAM. go. The fish here, with this slightly turbid water, are not fastidious; a single shrimp on a five-gut snell, even if the shrimp could be obtained, would get you but small fish. We rig our two hundred yards of braided linen line with a double gut leader, and a large hook with deuble snell, so as to use a sliver of fresh herring three inches long. If the water is sluggish a small sinker and float are advisable, but as the current increases with the tide, the float can be dis- pensed with. We take a few fish at the gully, bnt succes- sive swirls up the channel above us show that the fish ure rapidly passing, and we hasten to get to the forks of the channel half a mile above, where every fish must pass within sight of our bait. Anchored here, we have our hands busy for the last two hours of flood tide, each rod with a fish on almost all the time, and sometimes eighty yards of line out on each side of the canoe at once. Twenty-four fish to two rods is a fair morning’s work; the largest is sixteen pounds, the smallest three. HKxceptional states of weather and tide, however, only give such full scores. On our way home we get acrack ata flock of golden plover, and of the four | brought to bag three are young birds as shown by the plum- age, about fhe same preportion which we have generally found here, Meantime a southeast wind has sprung up, the bank of clouds to the eastward bas risen so as'to obscure the noonday sun, the barometer is down another half inch, and we are evidently in for a storm. Rain keeps upin camp the rest of the day, and by night we have a southeast gale and aperfect flood of rain, but our tents are absolutely waterproof from a soaking with parafine wax, und our only risk is from the wind, in some of its sudden gusts, ‘blowing everything out of the gaskets,” However, we make a fair night of it, and look out the next morning on leaden skies filled with low- flying scud, heayy rain and no abatement of the gale; the outer shore lined with foaming breakers, and the air filled with their roar. Nota bird is to be seen, but we know they are gathered under the lee of the high banks and will not stir in such weather, the whole ocean becomes a fresh-water pond in such rain, and if we could get near enough we should see the geese twisting their long necks till they could seize the feathers between the shoulders in their bills and then run- ning their bills along the whole back scoop the fresh water off the feathers by the mouthful, while others, more dainty, take their drink by skimming the fresh water from the sur- face of the bay as the housewife skims off cream from the milk, After noon the seud begins to fly higher, the clouds are to be seen through it, the rain ceases, the wind hauls into the east and becomes only a stiff breeze, Toward sun- set the clouds partially break up, and a streak of sunshine appears, but beneath the clear sky in the west is a dense, leaden cloud, and the baremeter sticks at 29.30. Having finished supper and congratulated ourselves on the stars which are appearing through the clouds, we look again at the aneroid to find 29.20; facilis est descensus Averni, in ten minutes more we have 29.12. We call all hands, and, not- withstanding the loudly expressed willingness of John to take the aneroid for his share of breakfast if the storm is not over, we settle the tent pins and posts more firmly, and stretch every rope taut. Not a useless precaution, for in half an hour, as suddenly as though discharged from some im- mense cannon, a gale from the north is upon us, in compari- son with which that of the previous night seems a zephyr, We turn in, but you might as welliry to sleep in Bedlam; the creaking of the trees, the hissing of the wind through the branches, and the flapping of the fiy and back of the tent render it impossible, but thanks to thorough workmanship and new ropes, everything holds, and as the gale abates toward morning we get a nap. The rising sun gives us clear skies, and 29.90 on the aneroid insures us a heavy northwest wind. Tt is such a perfect gonse day we will take all the chances and, sending canoes into each bay, we turn out every goose there, know- ing they will go outside and return to the lake at the next flood tide with ihe wind in their teeth, The wind has raised such a swell on the lake that we must walk to-day, and the three miles we have to cover is equal to ten of ordinary travel so far as fatigue is concerned, for the footing is very soft. We make the circuit of the Great Lake and take our stands onasand beach of the lake toward which a little “sag” in the plain leads, with a bank five feet high in front of us. The beach is in a little bay which projects a few rods toward, the spot at which the geese are feeding two miles away, but lies a considerable distance to leeward of their direct course to the lake. Your goose, or at least our geese, when pressed by head wind, and flying low, prefer the lowest land and make for the nearest bit of water, recognizing that their enemies are all terrestrial, One old gunner who has studied them for fifty years, is confident we are within forty rods of the place where every goose will pass into the lake if the wind only holds steady, and by crouching under the bank we can shift our pesition by ten rods in cither direc- tion. This ought to give us some good chances. Peeping over the bank we see the first flock rise and head far up-wind, but as they approach nearer they fall off, then again head up; thus bya sort of tacking they get near, and as they recognize the vicinity of the lake, lower till they are not more than ten feet above the plain, and head directly for us. Wait till they are abreast of you, aim about the end of the beak, and a little above if they are to windward, a little below if they are to leeward, old W, says, for they will swerve when you put up the gun. We try it and one drops; [make a clean miss at the leader, not having calculated the swerve properly, but as he is rising almost perpendicularly. the second barrel, thrown fully three feet above him, brings him into the lake with « splash, and Rogue with a yelp of enthusiasm carries him into the long grass. No command or coaxing will make him bring the bird in; it is the puppy's first goose, and, laying it dowu, with long-drawn breatii he revels in the (to him) delicious aroma, and mouths and noses it. till the feathers stand out in every shape, and I, dreading what I shall find, hasten to get it from him; but the skin is not eyen broken. Soon another fiock rises in the distance, then another and another till a dozen or more are headed forus. The first of these is a little high, and W. whispers to us to let them pass, for just behind are two or three flncks which are lowering every minute. They pass over our heads, and getting above the lake set their wings and begin tum- bling, using their ontstretched pinions as a parachute. The nexttwo flocks give us some good shots, but those behind see the smoke and rise beyond our range. Once over the lake, however, they tumble like the others with a sense of perfect security. Ripple is off in the stormy lake after a wounded poose a quarter of a mile out, which she secures; Rogue is sent for another in the calm water under the bank; it is good prac- tice for him, as the goose is only wing-tipped and will prob- ably dive, but as he approaches the true goose nuture is 63 seen, for instead of disappearing, she contents herself with stretching her head and neck along the surface of the water, and keeps still till he seizes her by the rump and tows her ashore, where he lays her downto shake himself. But if goose stupidity was shown before, we now see goose slyness, for as soon asthe dog’s eye is off -her she slides into the water and disappears with the dog after her, who in an instant has her again on the bank, and a pin inserted at the base of the skull severs the cerebellum and ends the ‘‘cir- cus, The next flock passes to windward about two hundred yards, and it is evident the wind is falling. We shift our places also to windward and get two or three more shots. Then as the wind dies out the birds fly high, and their course cannot be calculated; we give it up, and sending a man for the canoe, ferry ourselves and bag across the lake, thus saving two-thirds of the walk back, no inconsiderable saving with a load of eight geese. Two wounded geese in the lake will undoubtedly climb the bank, be caught and devoured by foxes before morning. With the canoe we might even now find them, but with an eye to the future, we prefer not to disturb the hundreds of geese yet in the lake. Jet us hope the foxes are grateful. Such are afew samples of our days; the bags are never large; our best day yet is thirfy ducks, bul the variety of the game and the uncertainty of what is coming next, makes the sport interesting, and nature iu her milder and in some of her sternest moods is seen here to great advantage. ToOoToogusE. BETWEEN THE LAKES. Fifth Paper. THE ROTURN TO CIVILIZATION, Eee morning following our arrival of our young friends, Cox and Weller, it was proposed by them to go in search of a trouf stream, of which they had ‘heard from the lips of an old land-looker, who had gone through the country some time before, in the interest of some one of the numer- ous Jumber companies that operate in the pine woods. The Greek Professor declined to go, as he purposed jerking a part of his deer killed the day before, in order that he might carry it home and show to his friends and especially to the president and faculty of his college that he had killed a deer. And, I may add in this connection, that he not only took the jerked meat home with him, but the skin of the deer also; and [have it on good authority, that his ‘‘Liddell and Scott,” the very one he uses in his recitation room, is covered with that identical skin; and it is further reported, that whenever a rascally student slips up on a particularly difficult rendering of a passage in Homer or Xenophon, and the patience of the preceptor is put to the strain in con- sequence, that student adroitly manages in some way to in- troduce the lexicon cover, when the professional frowns are removed and the delinquency is overlooked. I do not youch for this, howeyer. The particular place we set out for that morning was a widening in a stream constituting a small lake in the woods about three miles from our camp, and I was much impressed with the skill in-wooderaft displayed by our friends. We went in the Wawa to the east end of Beaver Lake, where, after inspecting the map, young Weller went ahead with compass in hand for the new trouting grounds. 1 do not think Lever had quite so ugly a tramp as that morning’s. The compass bearer started on a line, and the success of his leadership depending on keeping that line, he swerved from his course for nothing. No matter what the obstacle, it must he surmounted. Nor did he dally 6n his way. He had been connected with the lumbering interests from his youth up, and locating pine lands was a familiar business to him, and he had been trained to celerity of movement. Down tree tops were climbed over or crawled under; swampy places were waded; brush thickets were squeezed through. The Judge, who went in advance of me, found his 220 pounds a greater inconvenience than ever before, and he went crashing his way through tree top and brush thicket, and floundering oyer logs and swampy places like a wounded buck. w? . What is the principal food it carries to its young’? . What insects, if any, are carrietl by it to its young? . Does the food of the old bird vary with the seasons, and if so, n what way? 18. Does the food of its young vary, and if so, how? 19, If any insects are eaten, are they beneficial or injurious species? 20. Does this sparrow eat the larvee of the vapourer moth (Orzyia leucostigma) ? 21. Does it eat ichneumon flies? 22. Do you determine the nature of this bird’s food and that fur- nished by it to its young by inference, direct observation or dissec- tion? 23. Have any injurious insects been exterminated or materially lessened in numbers by this sparrow? 24. Have any injurious insects increased in numbers, or appeared where unknown before, in consequeuce of the destruction of other insects by this sparrow? 25. faye these sparrows in your neighborhood been destroyed systematically or otherwise, and if so, by what means? 26. What bounty, if any, bas been offered tor their destruction? 27. What is the general sentiment or balance of public opinion re- specting the European house sparrow in your locality? 28. On the whole, in your judgment, is this sparrow an eligible or ineligible species in this country? Co-lo ore oo FUR QUOTATIONS, i bie = following prices, for prime skins only, according to size, color and quality, as realized by the New York commission mer- chants, have been furnished by Messrs. Wm. Macnaughtan’s Sons, commission merchants, No. 8 Howard street, New York: Antelope—North America, raw, # Ib...... .-...-----0e ee $ 80@ 25 Dressed, as to. quality, # Th.................. Nie aii oh 1 00@ 1 25 Deer—Plorida,wWawy i Wc. ee ke Pb i nade bes 30G@ 40 Rocky Mountain, raw, 92 To... . 22... ee eee eee cee eee es B0@ 35 PAC CORSON TN, HAUI. samen ctea sets. cccouenbe? ance 25@ 380 Blk—Pacific Coast hides, #2 Th ............-. een eee 20@ 380 VIGEROPI SIGNS. Gaeilge tetestab ly ms ulglajaleieigiee 4) aidatemres $75 25@ 30 uw Dressed, as to quality, 92 Tb ...... 2.2.22 kee eee ts B0@, 1 00 ‘ Mountain Deer—Western, 42 Th ..... 22.0.0. eee eee eee nes 20G 2% Reindeer—American, raw, P WD... 0... ce eee es 80@ 35 Dressed, as to quality ............. Baas Wek, rete shen 80@ 1 00 Beaver—Labrador, large...............200202 cess eee e ee 8 00@10 00 Lake Superior and Canada, large.... ... .-...6. coer eee 6 010@ 8 00 Upper MIss Oni Taree, Cos os ltl) cha tee Ota wals ener 5 W@ 7 60 Soutpern TAPCO. SOs Gd. Parco be mele ae ¥ obs ieis,e nolan 3 00@ 5 00 Badger—American, large and full furred, each ..,...,.... S0@ 1 00 Bear—Hudson’s Bay, black, large; Qa) i355... sa: searceies 15 00@30 00 United States, brown, large, encb.... -.....-. 2. eee eee 7 0010 00 Southern U.8., black, large, 6ach...............5---+.-++ 7 00@10 00 Cubs from 14 to 44 of the above. Baralovobesd Willen. Seo eerie. eed ee eer eke 8 00@10 00 Buckskin—Western, @ 10 ..--....-..2.--ce cece eee gesseaseen 1 00@ 1 25 POLE CAS ie te Oia: pment ries nin'any velo w/etamtale’s ipvela warRe Visions ems 1 25@ 1 75 late WViltls BACON iwienn simnnn fm< enrages ani mnie cco hin sws aes 40@ 60 PAGUSE<-COGIL os kale. not etade tery mur hae Cette ts waar 10@ 30 Ermine and whiterweasel (y4.... ccc ge ness eee cert we neees 5@ 10 BUSBOP RD BTIC-CASEO aq wecedpuvi as swend areas wea aser Ss 9 00@12 00 AY oe Spe Shy | es ed en 7 00@10 00 FROCUISI BS. seleciis'stnissa Sender timer Ana Tan tne 5 00@ 8 00 Fox—Red, United States, each .. cy... ...- .22. 0. eee eens 1 40@ 1 60 RR Gt oD OLPALOTIGS Joa a4 Waal sinauenahi = Soiree eeleiena ceca 1 60@ 1 80 JEIPOSS SOCAN LICT 5 (cn ur ho et Stiefel tds /eatpeda a eee 3 00@ 6 OD Gray, United States 2.2.2... iu eee tee ee eee ees terse 1 00@ 1 10 Teal oeel y liber 0 (Cf eee a 5 ADR AS Aas Se ara tae — 50@ 60 Sith tri ele Civ Homey tt CeO Sa) AP AA aes So es tgs 25 00@50 00 Viva ANAC G ee as eet Gentle Shah al (Ghnmeh ah showtss§ 4 00@ 5 v0 METRES Ely serrate tes etsin eter elie Views Fs ben Se 3 00@ 4 00 AV ETCH CUE Wn ae VEY UE FOS Bt AR toe cere es 2 00@ 38 00 Bia OA Pew nh Me SEE Eee LAE RI, Lee ict cae Pas et eT Lag os 1 25@ 1 75 Mink—Paile; Southern WS. .5.52.- 1.0. leeds ee eet estate eee 40@ 50 Pale, Western United States -.................+ssss.seaee 5O@ 70 Darks; MANNGROTH ces gece Fee ee teense ee ees a eee bute 75@ 1 00 Dark, New England ..........-:-. aan aoe PA es a 1 00@ 1 25 Dark, Quebec and Halifax, 0.20... . ee cee pone een tee oes 1 25@ 1 76 Musquash—Spring, Canada and Eastern........--+--s+++. 20@ 22 Spring, Western United States, .....-.- 1.2... sseeee tenes 144@ «18 Spring, Southern United States..-......... .-..+.s+-s+5- 10@ «12 Fall, Canada and Hastern. .....-+-ccpeeee cece eeeenes ths 16@ 18 Fall, Western United States .........-e rere cece eee ees . 10m 14 Fall, Southern United States. ...-....:..ck sees eens ee 8@ 10 Opossum—Cased, Ohi0.........5--- ee eee ee eee eters tees 380@ 40 Southern United States and common,.......... ... .... 10@ = =15 Otter—Labrador, CASed oi .ccccs eee cee tes paigeenceeeee saws 10 00@12 00 Worthéern United States: .o- sis .5 lees sae maeeiieniasins 00@10 00 Western United States . 00@ 7 00 Southern United States 2 00@ 5 00 Raccoon—Michigan .... 90@ 1 10 Western United States ... 90 Southern United States.............- 60 Rabbit—Raw, AMerICa. ... 2... eeeeeerereereee: 2@ 3 Skunk—Black cased, America 1 20@ 1 30 Short Stripes; AMGLICH 5. ee etn cee tees seep teen ett est T0@ 80 Long stripe, AMeViCa . «1+... ..- 2+ eee eee tena nee sees a ees 80@ 40 White, America, ...6 60s ceeeee reer esse e teen erence es 10@ 20 Territory, long SbPIPG:.< 2.6 se eeyeess cess eres: nec eae 80@ 40 Wolf—Large, Cheb .. 22.00 s esse eter eeen yes B cine kT ee Ra 8 00@ 5 00 Mim ber sistas sch aon er RAS a dh RAs 1 50@ 2 00 APrainie ns! iccericeney phe eescesteuneerer atteretreseeeyet 1 25@ 1 50 Wolverine—North America,...-.) cpeeces cecee reese ee 8 00@ 5 00 FOREST AND STREAM. Game Bag and Gun. THE LAW AGAINST SPRING SHOOTING. Haitor Forest and Stream: The long period of murky weather we have lately had started the woodcock and snipe to migrate from the south, and T have heard of quite a numher having dropped in about Philadelphia and the near counties of New Jersey. ‘The cold snap coming on us at the present time, although not severe, will cause our early visitors to seek springy spots as the ground has hardened again, and in ordinary places can- not. be punctured by the bill of either woodcock or snipe. Friends who were near Absecom, N. J., fitting up a new club house, last week, told me they started a few Wilson’s snipe on the fresh meadows berdering the salt. marshes near that place, and I have every reason to believe their report. Of course the bulk of birds will delay their coming until the weather is fairly settled and the frost is entirely out of the ground, but I think we will have poor snipe shooting this spring with us, for the reason that the birds will not in any great numbers migrate our way, but be attracted west of us. The vast extent of country inundated by the late overflow of western rivers will create most excellent feeding grounds when the waters have subsided to their normal condition, and the snipe will most surely seek them, and the migrations of the great body of birds will he to the west of the Alle- gheny Mountains on their way north. These inundated and, as it were, irrigated regions, will produce during the coming summer arank and heavy growth of vegetation, and cause the grounds to be unfavorable for snipe, and we no doubt will be benefited by the birds returning to the south more directly passing our way on the Atlantic coast, thusallowing us the better to make their acquaintance. Sprigtail ducks are plentiful in our bay and river. Mr, Milburn has returned from a trip to-day with an excellent showing. On both the New Jersey and Delaware State shores of the Delaware, the flats and marshes at low water are thronged with marsh ducks of all the varieties. The snow geese still remain in their favorite locality below Bom- bay Hook, and use the marshes there regularly. A few have been seen as high up as Port Penn, and a pair killed there. An albino mallard, or black duck—it is difficult to decide which—was shot near Chester, Pa., by a local gun- ner, who has brought it to John ‘Krider, Philadelphia, for mounting. Weare all hoping the States of New York, New Jersey and Delaware will pass a similar law relative to the web- footed game as our State did at the last session of its Legis- lature, and that we will soon have throughout the entire land the protection of all game inthe spring. As yet the law applying to duck shooting in our State does not go into effect on the Delawnre, but applies only to inland waters, owing to the fact that our neighboring State across the river has pot adopted a similar one. As soon as New Jersey passes such an act there will be perfect protection for fowl in the spring; or, I should say, there will be a law providing for the protection of wildfowl, if it is ever carried into effect, We have, however, enough faith in the West Jersey Game Protective Association to believe it will see to the en- forcement of all laws which come under its jurisdiction. Spring appears to be near upon us, already shad fishermen are overhauling their gilling nets, and from talks with the weatherwise ones among them we are expected to have an early opening; but ‘‘one swallow does not make a summer.” PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16. Homo. — UNIFORM NEW ENGLAND LAWS. E give below the draft of the proposed uniform game law, which was adopted at Boston by a convention of representatives from the New England States. The move- ment is due to the efforts of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, and at the meeting the follow- ing Commissiohers were present: Maine—Hon. KE. M. Still- well, Henry O. Stanley, J. H. Kimball; New Hampshire— BP, B. Hodges, Edward Spaulding, Luther Hayes; Vermont— Hiram Cutting, Herbert Brainerd; Massachusetts—E. A. Brackett, Hon. E. A. Lathrop, Prof. H. W. Putnam; Rhode TIsland—Alfred A. Reed, John H. Borden, Newton Dexter; Connecticut—Dr. W. M. Hudson, Robert G. Pike, George N. Woodruff. Among the invited guests were His Excel- lency Gov. Robinson, Hon. George A. Bruce, president of the Senate; Charles V. Whitten, chairman of the Board of Aldermen; Rev. E. A. Horton, Hon. Chas. Levi Woodbury, Augustus Whittemore, president Boston Merchants’ Asso- ciation, and Wallace F. Robinson, president Produce Ex- change, : The provisions ndopted were as follows: Section1. It shall be unlawful to wilfully take or kill any woodcock, or ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge, or any quail, between Jan. 1 and Sept. 15 following, within the limits of this commonwealth, Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful to buy, sell, offer for sale or have in possession any woodcock, or any ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge, or any quail, between Jan. 1 and Sept. 15 following, wherever or whenever the birds aforesaid may have been taken or killed. Sec, 8. It shall be unlawful to wilfully take or kill any wood or summer duck, black-duck or teal between April 1 and Sept. 1 following. Sec. 4, It shall be unlawful to take or kill any plover, snipe, sandpiper, rail or any of the so-called marsh, beach or shoxe birds, except Wilson snipe, between April 1 and July 1 following. Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful to wilfully take er killany pin- nated grouse, commonly called prairie chicken or heath hen, between Jan. 1 and Sept. 15 following. Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful to wilfully take or kill any wild or passenger pigeon, Carolina or turtle dove, herring gull, tern, sea swallow, or mackerel gull, between April 1 and Sept. 1. +4 Sec. 7. Any person violating any of the provisions of the preceding sections of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of $20 tor every bird taken, killed, bought, sold, had in possession or offered for sale in violation of the provisions of this act, ' Sec. 8. Whoever takes or kills any domesticated bird not named in the preceding sections, except birds of prey, crows, crow blackbirds, English sparrows, jays, wild geese, herons, bitterns, and such fresh water and sea fowl as are not named in the preceding sections, or wilfully destroys, disturbs, or takes a nest of eggs of any undomesticated birds, except birds of prey, crows, crow blackbirds, English spar- rows and jays, shall be punished by a fine of $10 for every [Frs. 21, 18 such offense; provided any person above the age of sixte years having a certificate from the board of commissioners Inland fisheries and game, to the effect that said person engaged in the scientific study of ornithology, may take 4 nest or eggs of, or at any season of the year may take o any undomesticated birds, except those named in section } Sec. 9. Whoever hunts, chases or kills a deer within counties of Plymouth or Barnstable between Dec. 1 am Noy, 1 following, shall he punished by a fine of $100 f every such offense; and whoever in said counties at @ times hunts or chases a deer with a hound or with any d weighing more than 25 pounds, or hunts or kills a deer in a pond or river or within’ 100 yards thereof, shall be punish by a fine of #100 for every such offense. See, 10. Whoever takes or kills a gray squirrel, hare rabbit between March t and Sept. 15 following, shall } punished ene fine of $10 for every such offense. Sec. 11. Whoever at any season of the year takes, kills destroys a game bird, hare or rabbit by means of a tra snare, net or springs, or by the use of a ferret, or whoey for the purpose of taking or killing a game bird, hare 6 rabbit, constructs or sets any trap, snare, net or springs, 4 uses a ferret, or whoever shoots at or kills any wild fowl any of the so-called shore, marsh or beach birds, with or }} the use of a battery, swivel or pivot gun, or by the use of torch, jack or artificial light, shall be punished by a fine 4 20 for every such offense. Sec. 12. The possession of any deer, or of any of the bird or animals mentioned as protected in sections 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10 of this chapter, during the time in which the killi or taking of the same is forbidden, shall be prima fag evidence of the unlawful killing of the same. Sec. 18. The commissioners of inland fisheries shall ha authority to act as game commissioners also and ft authority shall extend to the protection and preservation | game birds and animals in like manner as to fishes. Sec, 14. It shall be the duty of every officer qualified | serve criminal processes to arrest without warrant any pe son whom they shall find violating any of the provisions ¢ this act. and bring such offender before 2 magistrate. officer neglecting or refusing diligently to enforce the pi visions of this act, upon proper information and complail shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both. Sec. 15. Any justice or magistrate on receiving proof, having reasonable cause for believing in the concealment any game mentioned in this act during the time the poss sion of such game is prohibited, shall issuc his search we rant, and cause search to be made in any market, store other building, except dwelling houses, or in any boat, ¢ or vehicle of any description whatever; and for that end m cause any apartment, chest, locker, bex, crate, basket package of whatever nature to be broken open and the co tents examined. Sec. 16. All fines accruing under this act shall be pa one-half to the complainant and one-half to the city or town wherein the offense is committed. Sec. 17. Chap. 92 of the Public Statutes, chap. 199 of 1 acts of 1882, chap, 169 of the acts of 1883, and all acts # parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed, Secs. 4, 7, 9 and 138 were recommitied to the Massachusel Fish and Game Association for amendment; the rest we adopted for presenting to the Legislatures of the New Hr land States as early as possible. The matter of fish laws was taken up, and if was voted that the closed time for lobsters should be from Aug, 15% Sept. 15, and no lobster less than twelve inches should sold. THE PERFORMANCE OF SHOTGUNS Liditor Forest and Stream: ‘he, L notice, in your issue of Jan, 24, an article on the “Pe formance of Shotguns,” signed **Backwoods,” and wha says in relation to the effectiveness of the “‘muzzleloadt over the new fangled “breechloader,” corresponds witht experience exactly. I own a muzzleloader that was bought in New York é in 1849, for the sum of $60, and a better shooter no m ever carried, 1 have killed a single dove seventy yards Wi No. 7 shot, and many squirrels in the tops of the tall cypress trees in our swamps, have fallen victims of its® failing power. The gentleman from whom my father boug it (in 1855) told me that he had killed a buck with it yards, using common buckshot for his load, The chamgy was one dram of powder and thirteen buckshot. Nowy where is the breechloader that can make such a record this? The barrels are worn as thin as a knife-blade at” muzzle, and within the past year it has, for the first tim shown signs of failing. [tis a 18-bore, 32-inch, weighs pounds, Can you suggest a plan whereby I can thoroug) clean and resmooth the barrels? If this could be done think it will shoot as good as ever. What I want, is a gun that I can kill a quail or dove w No. 8 shot, sixty yards, or seventy if need be, and a bree loader, chokebored or not, will not do it. At least 1h never seen one that would, although my experience limited. OGERCHEB Wanuey, Ga. Editor Forest and Strewm: a. I notice in your issue of Jan, 24 an inquiry as to the spective shooting qualities of the muzzle and breechload gun. 1 thought that question had been unanimously, s0- as shotguns were conccrned, settled in favor of the bree loader, but I see that away down in Virginia there is y “doubting Thomas” on this subject. In answer to hiss uiry as to the proper performance of a good breechload i would say that at forty yards, with 1} ounces of Ne shot (Tatham’s 400 to the ounce) and 6 drams of powdé good 10-gauge gun should put from 875 to 440 pellets: 30-inch circle, with penetration equal, if not superior, any muzzleloader it has ever been my fortune to experim with. I donot believe that there ever was a muzzleloal made, no matter how carefully bored, that would give | same pattern and penetration as a chokebored breechloac I do believe, however, that a greater quantity of pow must be used in the breechloader to get equal results in etration with a muzzleloader, in guns of equal bore and same weight of shot, Oo Editor Forest and Stream: I have made some tests and trials that have been bott isfactory and beneficiul to myself. Last fall, before opening of the season, I purchased an entire new outfit gun was the latest improved arm of one of our most p nent American makers; a .12-30-74 modified choke. The pattern of this gun, as it came from the maker, Pian, 21, 1884, } ary good, but did not quite suit me, sol set me about to Nprove it, As eyery one knows, the only means of securing 90d pattern is by repeated trials at target, at different dis- mees, different amounts and kinds of ammunition and difter- if manners of Ioading shells, Never having seen a target ‘such practice I made my own. In the center of a large ect of paper, I drew a two-inch circle and colored it, then ‘cle after circle, an inch between, until the diameter of the ide circle reached 24 inches. The distances shot at the above target were 45, 50 and 60 yards. P ‘ After repeated trials, I found the proper charge to be 34 trams Orange ducking powder to 14 ounces of No. 8 Le Roy ot, with two best pink-edge wads resting firmly on powder, and a light cardboard wad on shat. i= With the aboye charge, my best patterns at 45 yards/strict measurement) were 163, 165 and 167 pellets within the 24- inch circle, placing 2. 3 and 4 pellets within the 2-inch center, My experiments with greater charges at same target, but ‘at preater distances, were equally as good. _ Talso find that this gun will shoot B, 8B and buckshot B sufficiently well for any purpose. I should he pleased to hear he result of such trials as others may have made. Pennsylvania; FARMDR. Hiditor Forest and Stream: ‘ - Tn Fornar AnD S1ReAM of Feb, 7, a correspondent from Vermont says, that in lis experience the muzzleloader makes etter pattern and penetration at long range than the breech- loader, My experience is just the opposite, and decidedly in favor of the breecbloader, Ihave not owned one of the former for a number of years, but of the latter, L have had nd tried at targets as many, probably, as any one in this ate, and in every instance I haye beaten the muzzZle- puders. There is a heavy muzzleloader of 6-gauge and 12 pounds Weight owned near here; this gun was said to be a wonder- Tal shooter. One day I shot a 94 pounds, 10-gauge Daly hreechloader against it, each gun being loaded with 14 ounces ‘shiot, The big gun was so badly beaten at the first trial that ils owner refused to continue shooting, sayjng that his gun had fallen off very much ip its shooting qualities, although before the trial he was very confident of success. _ Nearly all the guns in this vicinity are muzzleloaders, and if the statements ef the owners can be relied upon, they (like the wonderful Zulu gun advertised in some of the ounlry papers, and sold for the high price of 0.00) will Kill at any distance from 5 to 150 yards. The shooters about fere, wilh few exceptions, use very large shot for all kinds of game, and occasionally kill a hawk or crow at 80 or 90 yards, and without measuring the distance, they alterward clare that their guns are good for twenty-five rods every / time. I saw the owner of one of these guns shoota squirrel not over forty yards distant, and he afterward insisted that he killed it-at fifteen rods, Your correspondent speaks of shooting foxes. I think I kill as many of them as any one, considering the number of hots, so far this winter, using a 10-gauge 9-pound 10-ounce | Scott premier hammerless. 1 haye killed nine foxes—every | one I have shot at—and in only one instance liave used the | second barrel. The distances have been from twenty-five to | seventy yards. This gun, however, is the best shooting breechloader, for pattern and penetration, that I have ever owned. Af forty yards, with 44 drams powder and 12 ounces Tatham’s- No. 3 chilled shot, it puts from sixty-five _ to seventy-two pellcts in a 12-inch square. If your correspondent ever indulges in trap-shooting, and will attend one of the shooting matches of the Boston Gun Club, on their grounds at Welliugton, Mass,, I will meet im there and shoot my hammerless Scott breechloader against the best muzzleloader he can find in the Green ountam State, at any veasonuble number of straight away tlay-pigeons, at distances from twenty to forty yards rise, | for fun or money, each gun to be limited to 14 ounces shot. Should be not wish to shoot himself, this is open to any . Yesident of his or this State, barring professionals. i O. M. Srarx. Dounsanrton, N. H., Feb. 11, 1884, Editor Forest and Stream: Tam glad to see in your last issue, of the 7th inst., that several of your correspondents are as anxious as myself to know practically what our modern breechloading shotguns will do. Now, Lam well aware that there are published tables of records of some guns of particular manufacture, and am equally aware of like tables published by some former “writers on such subjects, “Frank Forester” for instance. Yet of all the guns | have handled (and they have been no dnconsiderable number) I have shot very few indeed that came up to this theoretical scratch, so to speak, and of breechloaders, in uy experience, not one in twenty will do it. Like your correspondent, ‘Buckeye,’ I have been much interested in the discussion of hunting rifles (I do not claim jo be arifieman, yet I haye used them just enough, as ‘‘the boys” say, ‘‘to keep my hand in”). My favorite weapon from my boyhood up has been the shotgun. I may here re- mark that the rapid extermination of all the larger carn-vora and dangerous avimals, except in the remotest 1écalities, renders the pursuit of field sports one confined almost ex- clusiyely to that commonly pursued with the shoteun. Now, while we are all striving to attain the same end— the obtaining of the best and most suitable arm for a given purpose—let us by all means have the record and testimony ‘of practical performance. lcan add my mite and affirmation to the truth of a re- mark made in that admirable work, ‘The Sportsmen’s Gazetteer” by Mr. Hallock, ‘‘that, after a most crucial test, the advocates of the chokebore are not satisfied as to re- sults.” No, gentlemen; many of the acquaintances of your correspondent are not satisfied. It may he advocated as an advancement to trade and the demands of fashion, and, 1 may add, that unexplainable feature in human character that is constantly demanding something new; but many of us demand also a mixture of practical utility with the new, at least in the Backwoops, BEVERLY, West Virginia, [The comparison of the muzzleloader and the breech- loader is a dead issue, The muzzléloader is the gun of the ast; the breechloader the arm of the present and future. ore to the point than a discussion of muzzle vs. breech would be relations of experiments and tests in loading to se- cure pattern and penetration, There is no question of the preechloader’s good qualities. Ineifectual vesults very robably follow from incorrect loading, We think that some hints ou this point would prove of real seryice toa Vast number ef sportsmen, and shall be glad to have com- nunications on the subject. | FOREST AND STREAM. 0 8 Sr a a New Yore Assocratron.—The parlor at Pinard's was occupied last Monday evening by the members of the New York Association for the Protection of Game. There wasja large attendance, among others Vice-President B, T, Lud- ington, Fayette 8. Giles, Wisner H. Townsend, Wakeman Holberton, J. Harson Rhoades, Henry T, Carey, Thomas N. Cuthbert and Henry N. Munn. Messrs. David W. Judd, W. W. tleaton and W. B. Dickerman were elected to mem- bership and the resignation of Bugene Schieflelin was accepted. A letter from Seth Green instructed the mem- bers of the association to distinguish the sex of brook trout, Mr. Fayette 8. Giles was directed, by vote of the association, lo attend the meeting at Delmorico’s on the subject of pro- tecting the Adirondack forests. Mr. J. H. Goodwin, Jr., the official game protector for this city, reported upon his doings in repressing the violations of the game laws. One member said that to his knowledge quail and part- ridge liad been served at the Manhattan Club within the past few days. Another member said he had seen quail served at a Fulton street restaurant recently and within the close season. A sentence inthe letter of your West Virginia correspon- dent, in Jan. 17 issue, recalls a little incident in my own eepercy ce that, if not unusual, at least serves to point a moral. “\ don’t like to hear a sportsman say that he shot-a quail and partridge at one rise,” and yet I came very near accom- plishing that feat some years ago, and only failed through a severe attack of the quail ‘‘ague,” My old slow setter and I (heis mentioned first because he had more hunting sense than I shall eyer be able to acquire) had been hunting for an hour or two in the afternoon, anxiously looking for quail and partridge, with fairly good success on his part, and the usual indifferent results on mine, when we came upon a small clump of trees and undergrowth, in the middle of a large salt meadow, which we had never explored, and as.a forlorn hope I whistled to ‘old high head” and waved him toward it. Hardly had we stepped inside the fringe of shrubbery surrounding it, when the old dog “froze” with his head well twisted to the right, but as IT neared him, his tail trembled a little and he very cautiously turned his head equally as far around to the left, and solidified again, re- maining so for perhaps a quarter of a minute, he as carefully returned his head to its first position, and remained steadfast, true to his first love. As po amount -of coaxing or force could ever make the Fae staunch old fellow go on, I stepped a few yards ahead of his nose, and up boomed an old cock partridge, which I surprised myself and the dog by stopping with the first barrel, and at the first boom of his wings away went a big bevy of quail at my left, startling me so that 1 shot the remaining barrel at the bunch aud killed —— the usual number. Perhaps many sportsmen can recall just such jnstances, but I pen this simply to call attention to what my old (dog) friend said to me at that time as plain as doz could speak: ‘'T was broken on partridge and learned to love them when [ was a little fellow, and although a bie buneh of quail smell very nice to me J still like my oldest friends the best.” We atterward worked the place thoroughly, and got ten or eleven of the quails, so the bunch in the meadow proved quite a corral. F Moral; First. stick fast to your old friends; second, always break your dog on the game you most desire to hunt, as ‘Old Tom Buekley,” once a noted duck and woodeock shooter of this city, used to say; “You gitde woodeock snuff in his nose de fust bird he smells, and he'll neber forgit it if he lives a hundred years.” Stow Doe. New fiAven, Conn. THE DOG TAX AND THE GAME LAWS, Editor Forest and Stream: [have long observed that while thousands of sportsmen are calling aloud for efficient game laws, and equitable dog laws, none seem to advance any practical plan for their execution were they enacted. Eyen the laws we have would do pretty well if enforced. I beg leave to submit a plan tor the enforce- ment of such laws in the hope that a discussion may be aroused and the sportsmen led to fix on some one good plan and work together to carry it out. The only way to get laws enforced is to pay somebody for doing it. Now, where is the money to come from? I say from ourselves mainly. Let the taxation of sportsmen pay for their protection. Let all money obtained from the taxation of dogs be devoted to the execution of dog and game laws. Dog laws should provide for the taxation ofall dogs over six months old, ata given sum per head, Itis improper to tax the bitches at a higher rate, because it is not right to legislate against dog breeding. Counties should be divided into districts of con- venient, size and in each district a dog constable appointed who should also be game and fish warden. This constable should agsess and collect the dog tax, and destroy all dogs for which no tax is paid, or in case such dogs are valuable, he might be permitted to sell them, in a manner to be prescribed by law, and turn in the proceeds to the dog tax fund. in case persons harbor dogs of which they deny the ownership, the constable should be required to procure from the justice of the peace or other judicial authority, a warrant empowering him to enter the premises of such person for the purpose of securing’ any untaxed dogs. The constable would, inthe execution of the dog law, be enabled to have an eye on all persons who would be probable violators of the game law and thus be all the more efficient as a game warden. The money arising from the rigid collection of the dog tax would be ample for the purpose in view. At present | do not believe that one-fifth of the possible yield of the dog tax is collected. Iam aware that the claim of sheep-owners to pay- ment from this fund for sheep destroyed by-dogs isa difficulty to be overcome. But, in my opinion, the sportsmen will do best to admit that claim as the first to be paid from the fund, and avoid arousing opposition in that quarter, In the practi- eal working of my plan it would be found that the horde of ill-bred curs owned by irresponsible parties, and who do more than nine-tenths of the sheep killing, would be exterminated, and dog owners paying taxes would be more careful to look after them. Again, the constable, in the course of his duties, would come to know which dogs were addicted to sheep kill- ing, and would generally be able to fix the damages on their owners. : On the whole, we may conclude that the sheep damages would make but a slight inroad on thefund, I believe such a law could be ‘passed in any State if sportsmen were to press it earnestly, and if passed it would put a different complexion on their interests. I hope my seheme will be carefully con- sidered and amended in every desirable way. That my fun- damental idea is the right one I do not believe can be denied. In urging the passage of such laws we always meet the objection of the uninterested. ‘‘Why,” say they, ‘‘should the class of sportsmen be allowed to burden us with Jaws for their benefit.” Never have I seen or heard a satisfactory an- swer to this question, but I shall endeavor to give one. ‘*With- out game there would be no sportsmen, and sportsmen are absolutely necessary to the national defense. The introduc- tion of breechloading and repeating long-range rifles has changed the art of war. The lines of battle and the massive columns, and the field artillery of afew years ago are no longer tobe used. The rapid fire and long range of the rifle forbids it. Dynamite torpedoes with electric batteries are coming in to augment the difficulty of maneuvering soldiers in any sort of approach to a close formation when in the vicinity of the enemy. It will become well nigh impossible to maneuver a large forceatall. As Skobeleff said: ‘Batteries must now be fought by skirmish lines, and the reserves must be a tremendous distance to the rear to avoid destruction, by reason of the target they present.” Now the skiymish line is nearly impessible to control, as the men are so far apart; therefore, men of intelligence, nerve and skill enofigh to act a good deal for themselves are necessary for this work, What isthe difference in efficiency between a thorougly skillful and courageous man, and an average man, both armed with repeating rifles? The Histor, of the James boys, ‘‘Wild Bill,” ‘Billy the Kid,” Rande, and a good many similar char- acters, is most instructive on this point, as also the yarious recent Indian wars. It appears thata man who is a crack shot and is versed in field craft, 7. e., can find his way any- where, and take advantage of the natureof the ground he is passing over, if courageous and well supplied with ammuni- tion, can defy almost any number of ordinary men similarly armed. Itis not for nothing that the hardy people of our frontier towns often submit to the rule of a mere handful of desperadoes, The power of a Sladeor “Billy the Kid,” or other such worthy is as real as any that ever was, and people stbmit because they must. The disparity between the power of the desperado to kill and that of the citizen, isas great as was that between the mail-clad knight of the Middle Ages and the burghers he was wont to plunder. We have got back to something very like the conditions that existed in the days of Hector and Achilles. Battles will be dt cided by the sldll and courage of individual soldiers, Weshall see armies of ten to thirty thousand men instead of hundreds of thousands. _ A small army of intelligent, highly skilied men, to whom handsome salaries will be paid, and whose social position will be so good as to make the service an object of ambition, such is what we will see in the future. To-day, by reason of the prevalent interests in field sports, the United States could raise such ai atiny more easily than any other nation. But twenty years hence, when the game shal] have been exterminated, we shall be at the mercy of any nation wise enough to preserve its game and encourage field sports. Our isolated position will not save us, for with the small armies required and steam navigation the transportation of troops will be a bagatelle. Let nobody imagine that military drill of any kind can educate men to the proper degree, Shooting quail and woodcock, still-hunting deer, etc., give one an alert- ness, the power to take advantage of the unexpected, and the great art of finding one’s way and a close habit of observa- tion, aliof which ave to the full as necessary as marksman- ship tor the soldier of the future, and these can only be ob- tained by field sports, Again, were it even possible for this to 12 FOREST AND STREAM, SoS be effeeted by military drill, is it not better to get it done with- out cost to government? I hope none of the readers of Formst AND STREAM are so foolish as to think war is seon to be abolished, or that the habit of nations conquering others whenever they are able has fallen into the least disuse. We have but to look at the changes in the map ot the world wrought within the last twenty years to show us that the only way to get or keep liberty is by force of arms, r Oh! But some one will say, ‘This is oniy an artist, a dreamer.” True enough, but the artist has heard the whistle and felt the sting of bullets, and the vision is inspired by the haunting memory of battlefields where, with his own eyes, he has secn the breechloader do its awful work, J. M. TRACY. FOX HUNTING ON CAPE COD Editor lorest and Stream: Titake the liberty of sending to you herewith an account of a fox hunt which took place at the close of last month within the limits of the old Bay State. Of course [ would not compare our sport here with the more delightful method of enjoying this pastime in ‘‘merrie” Eng- land. Iam too familiar with the music of the Warwickshire and North Warwickshire hounds, and with the top and width respectively, of the hedges and ditches which skirt the hunting grounds about Leamington to draw the comparison, albeit ten years have passed since I joined with the members of the hunt there in the run ‘cross country. Now the scene is changed, and the beautiful pasture lands of Warwick give place to the sandy pine-growing hills of Cape Cod, with acres of scrub oak, dotted with ponds and inter- sected by little streams. Here asporisman could not follow on horseback, and we who love to hear our foxhounds “sing the news” must enjoy the sport on foot. It happened that ona day peculiarly adapted to fox hunting a party consisting of Mr, C, H. Nye, the agreeable superintendent of the Cape Cod diyison of the Old Colony Railroad, Mr. James Taylor, an old fox hunter of West Barnstable, Mz. G. L. Bas- set, of Hyannis, and others, together with Mr, Wim. D. King, ot Newport, R. L. (who took with him to the cape Mr. George A. Strange, of Berkley, Mass.) assembled for a New England fox hunt. So motionless was every tree and shrub, that but for the hunt, nothing would have broken the stillnes of nature, save the shrill whistle of the passing locomotive. the noise of the wood-carts, the song of the woodman or the sound of his laboring axe. A thin sheet of snow which covered the eround made the scent of the fox most favorable for the sagacious dogs. After driving two miles to the scene of our sport, we hastily tied our horses in woody Janes, and took our stands at points properly distant from one another, leaving our dogs to do their work. Nor did they betray this trust. In afew moments we heard them, and their first occasional notes were very soon followed by that thrilling burst, which always greets our ears when reynard is up and away, Probably each one of the party, when, in the early morning hour, he heard the dogs give out their measured and unbroken tongue, mentally ejaculated, ‘that is a start,” for soit proyed. In the language of our fox hunters, reynard ‘played well,” and we listened for two hours to the entrancing sounds which came from the lips of each of our ‘‘fayorites.” happy when they were far away, carrying the responsibility of the shot elsewhere, still and almost breathless when they were near, lest a chance move- ment of ours should turn the quarry, and forfeit the brush. At about half past 9 o’clock the fox crossed within thirty yards of Mr. King’s view, when a shot from his Parker gun ended the run, and for a short time silenced the music in the air. It was the work of but a few moments to place fox No. 1 in & wagon, divide into two parties within good hearing distance of one another, and attempt another ‘‘start.” Mr. Bassett soon discovered the track of an old “settler,” and at once placed his splendid animal Alto upon the trail. Ina few moments she drove the veteran upon his feet, and away she went alone aid unattended to wait upon this fox which had so long baffled the hunters of the locality, One of the party now sought the railroad near by, having learned that it was the custom of this particular fox to go and run the rail, thus throwing the dogs off the scent. Though he failed to place himself in a pos,tion to get ashot, Mr. Bumpus, however, saw the fox come upon the track, witnessed the running of the iron for some distance, and watched the anitmal as he slipped oft the rail and hopped up the hill, pausing there for a moment to losk behind. Soon along came Alto, in full cry until she reached the iron rail, there allscent was lost, of course, and so running over, and back and forth, the intelligent beast, un- able to rectify the fault, submitted to the callof Mr. Bumpus, who placed her where the fox had left the iron, when away she flew carrying her beautiful head well in the air and utter- ing the lancuage, ‘this time you are mine,” clothed with all the melody of a fox hound’stongue, At noonday Mr. Strange succeeded iu crippling, at long range, the sly old fox, which Alto finally brought to bay, and then it was that a charge from Mr. Taylor’s 10-bore relieved the dog of any further duty in that direction, and stretched a handsome twelye-pound fox at his feet. About the time that Alto had started the second fox, and but a short distance away, Mr. Nye’s beautiful spotted dog aroused another from his morning nap, and began a run which lasted nearly the remainder of the day, through a partially burned district, the scene of our hunt. She was at once joined by Mr. Taylor’s pet (the hero of many a day’s sport) and by Mr. King’s white dog Dick (celebrated im Sullivan county, N. H., especially in the vicinity of Newport, and who to-day was hunting away from his native hills for the first time). The second fox having been dispatched, Alto entered with the others upon the race forthe third, and now came the grandest chorus of the day. Brother fox hunters, old and young, who love the woad- lands and the ery of hounds, listen, with your ears of memory and experience, to the music of those hours which were pass- ing, alas all too quickly, by; Until late in the afternoon the dulcet tones of Alto, mingling in glorious harmony with the clarion voice of Dick (ever in the van of the chase),were echoed baci by the combined mel- ody of the slower but none the less true four-footed followers belonging to Mr. Nyeand Mr. Taylor. Once I caughta glimpse of them. and again [saw them them as they crossed the lane in the distance; firstthe flash of yellow fur, then, with superb dash and ringing chorus, Alto with the white dog, followed by the rest, and all pointing to the fleeing fox with the accu- racy of the needle to the pole. ; This was rapture itself, and could the English bard have been in the midst of us perhans hemight have qualified his verse: IN 1884. ‘Tn thee alone, fair land of liberty, ~ Ts bred the perfect hound, in scent and speed As yeb unrivalled; while in other climes ‘Their virtues fail a weak degenerate race.” With the declining day, the crack of Mr. King’s breech- loader secured to him a second brush, and ended the Bone, notes which had so long marked the devious path over whic the fox had been leading. The fatal shots alone had inter- rupted the incessant cry of the hounds from morning until nightfall. On our way to the wagons the indefatigable Alto, familiar as she wag with every part of the hunting ground, stole away from us and started another fox, which we were reluctantly obliged toleaye. Thus we had secured three foxes, in runs occupying nearly the entire day, and had started a fourth fox, and these were full grown foxes and uot early cubs. By the participants in this fox hunt the 30th of January, columns, their views on the points referred to? beyond our most sanguine expectations. growing from day to day, and I hope, at no distant day, to be enabled to report a membership of five hundred, as you, dear editor, think we ought to have. 1884, will be counted asa red-letter day in the annals of their fox hunting, and such, I think, ib will be considered by your readers, who may be interested in this kind of sport. K. Brrkiiy, Mass., Web. 11, 1884. CINCINNATI BENCH SHOW. Editar Forest and Stream: Numerous have been the inquiries as to whether the flood here would stop the holding of the bench show. Iam glad to be able to state that tie river is receding fast, so that by next week the railroads will be all right and the show will be given as advertised, 4th, 5th, fith and 7th of March. The entries close Feb. 25, CHAS, LincoLN, Supt. Cincinnant, Feb. 16. BEAGLES FOR FOX HUNTING. Editor Forest and Stream: _ Tam a New England man, and fond of fox hunting. To me itseems that the foxhound of to-day isa degenerated dog, Am T right, or isit only that] am growing old, and the notes of the old-time dogs came to me more mellow and musical in memory than they really were? Whatever be the true cause of my discontent, one thing is certain, 1 am looking about for a suecessor worthy of the hound I knew whea a couple of decades younger than I am now. our columns haye recently had much about the beagle. Is he the coming dog? And how would the beagle do for fox hunting? Is he too slow? Will some of your readers who are conversant with the qualities of the beagle give, through your BUGLE, VERMONT, THE BEAGLE CLUB. Pp RESS of business has prevented me from expressing sooner my thanks for the honors conferred upon me and the confidence shown in me, by members of this club, to most of whom I am a stranger. its interests, and do allin my power to make it a successful and strong organization. I shall faithfully serve the club and The present condition of our club is flattering indeed, and Its membership is Let me once more call upon all, not only breeders and owners of beagles, but all those who take an interest in the beautiful and useful little hounds, to enroll themselves with us, in this, our mutual cause, and send in their name at an early date. A. C, KrurGeEr, Sec’y and Treas. WRIGHTSVILLE; Pa. THE POINTING INSTINCT. Hditor Forest and Stream: Tam the possessor of a dachshund puppy now some four months old, the mother of which was imported last summer from the celebrated kennel of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, in Germany, said to be the finest strain of black and tan dachs- hunde in that country, she giving birth soon after her arrival here to four puppies, all of which, except one, have since died, Iam told in olden times they were used for birds as well as rabbits, badgers, foxes, etc. across a bevy of quail and stood them as staunch as any old setter or pointer. is a perfect beauty and house pet, and quick as lightning and very intelligent. The mother this last fall came Ts it in the blood or an exception? My dog YORICE. [It is not uncommon for individuals of many of the different breeds of sporting dogs to imitate the point of the setter and pointer. pointed it as staunchly as a setter. bred rough-haired terrier frequently point sparrows in the street, remaining perfectly rigid until the bird few. ] We haye shot a ruffed grouse over a foxhound, who We have also seen a half- THE CLUMBER SPANIEL. [Cancluded from page 34,] HB Earl of Arundel, at Wardour Castle, has or had some ten years ago a nice strain of the breed; but those [I have seen haye been rather on the small side, and resembled very much in appearance Prince Albert’s strain, I have seen sey- eral of thém at work, and nothing certainly could be better; and although the Clumber pity, should be large and heavy, I think, if this strain is pure ; whatever to doubt, though, as I have stated before, of a dif- ferent character to the Duke of Neweastle’s, his lordship’s keeper, Adams, who took great pains in breeding them, erred on the right side, as far as a sporting spaniel is concerned, in encouraging the stamp of dog which I have seen there and at Mr. Bevyan’s, at Weston Grove, Southampton, who was par- y bred, which there is no reason ticularly partial to them; and he is no mean judge of what is required in the field, whether it besetter, spaniel, or retriever. The Harl Spencer has long cultivated the genuine breed of Clumber spaniels at Apethorpe, Northamptonshire; and so thorough a sportsman is likely to have the best, though Ihave never had the d leasure of seeing his kennel. Mr, Foljambe’s breed was long held in high and just repute, but whether it is still kept up I do not know; his blood is justly prized in most of the best: Clumber kennels of the day. “Stonehenge” says the Clumber is invariably long, low, and heavy; but I have, I believe, shown that this is not so, and that a slight divergence from this rule in the Prince Consort's and Lord Arundel’s breed seems to point very strongly to the theory which I have propounded that there may have becnan oviginal breed of Clumbersin this country beforethatimported by the Duke of Neweastle from France. The weight of the Clumber varies, but he averages about 40 Ibs, or 45 1bs,, though many dogs will weigh from 60 Ibs. to 68Ibs. I think the prize dog, Duke, which I sold to Mr, Sam Lang, of Baldwin street, Bristol, for fifty guineas, was over 56 lbs. ; he was a fine dog, and had beautiful feather, coat, and color, buthe was too shortin the back, and carried his stern high, two yery bad faults in a Clumber, and when I took him to Mr. Holford’s kennel and compared him with his team these faults were very manifest. The Clumber spaniel must be white and lemon; for many yearsthe judges wavered about orange markings, which are decidealy wrong, and the less color about him the better. He should have great bone and very shortlegs, and they should be straight; he should be well feathered, and his coat should be prory straight and silky in texture, and it can hardly be too thick. The eyes should not be large, and should be deeply set in the head, and in mature dogs the haw is often shown as in the bloodhound; a cherry-colored nose is, in my opinion, fatal to any chance of being considered of pure blood. The ears should not be lobe-shaped or long, and t ih should have little fringe to them and lie close to the head. The loin shonld not be arched, but the back must be straight; above all the stern must be set and carried low when in work, though he enerally carries it gaily when he is not, and should not he docked too short, and be well covered with hair, having a good flag. Jock, the dog whose dimensions were piven in ‘Dogs of the British Islands,” and which were taken by myself, was perhaps the best Clumber spamiel ever seen, and he was con- sidered so by Garland, who sent him to Birmingham Show in my Dame as an experiment. I told him he would be beaten by Duke, who was then in my possession; and so he yas, though Duke was not to be mentioned in the same twelve- month with Jock. The worst fault a Clumber can have is to give tongue, and no one who values his keanel would keep one who did. There are very few really good Clumbers now being exhibited, and (Fes. 21, 1884, the champion, Looby, is, in my opinion, not worthy of his position; he is too leggy, his eye is wrong, and he has not a Clumber head, The dog Bruce, which is the dog given to illustrate the breed in “Dogs of the British Islands,” was not a Clumber spaniel; he was admittedly cross-bred; he was avery fine dog, and had, perhaps, the best feather eyer seen. I measured it on his forelegs at over eight inches, but his head was far too long and pointed, his forelegs yery crooked, his color too deep, and his eye large and full. How so astute a judge as Stonehenge could haye selected him to illustrate such an important work, I am ata loss to conceive; he was, moreover, pig-mouthed; that is to say, his under jaw was very short, and receded from the upper. Bruce was largely bred from at the time, and, in my opinion, did more harm to the breed of Clumber spaniels than any other dog I haye ever known, As I have before said, the Clumberspaniel is an aristocratic dog, and requires to be treated as such; he is a difficult dog to rear to begin with; but, when once reared, he is very hardy, and will stand a good deal of work, and when once broken is avery valuable dog; but, although he is hardy, and will last for many years, I do not think he is the dog to stand the sen- eral wear and tear we require of a spanicl. He is not tit for every kind of coyert; and when you haye to work all day in a rough, wild country, thinly stocked with game, the Clumber spaniel is not the dog; the kind of ground he should be worked over is that, where game is tolerably plentiful, and not too rough, and he should be always worked ina team. ‘ake, for example, hedgerow shooting where you expect to meet with a few brace of pheasants, a hare or two, and plenty of rab- bits. He is decidedly not cut out for that kind of thing. He is too big for the rough woodcock shooting in the large, strag- gling coverts of Wales and Deyon. He ig not at home there, as amore active and quicker working dogisrequired, In a recent book on the dog I was rather amused in the article on this dog by its being laid down that ateam of Clumbers should consist ofnine. I donot knuw what magic there is in this number, or why it should be neither more norless. At all events, a couple of Clumbers is of very little tise tor ordin- ary shooting, They are too heavy, and cannot force them- selves into places where a sinaller and more active dog can, though they are by no means deficientin pluck, as I have seen a team of Clumbers come out after working a thicic piece of gorse with their eyes all torn and their ears covered with blood. Nobody ever thinks of shootin to spaniels of any kind in covert now where game is heavily preserved, as the pheas- ants and hares are all reserved for a grand day or two near Christmas; but I prefer a team of good, well-broken Clumbers, and a brush through the coyerts half a dozen times in the season for sport before all the battuesin the world. I know well that this is impossible where a large head of game is to be kept up; I onlysay whatIlike best; but it is only in outside coverts or where game is not yery thick that the Clumber is made useof. In commenting on the Islington dog show of 1862. the writer of the article called ‘‘The . Omnibus” in the new Sporting Magazine of that date says: “The eyes and general style of Harl Spencer's Clumbers place them quite beyond Mr, Holford’s, and in both classes Western Birt bowed to Althorp.” Just before this he says: ‘‘The sweet dish heads of the [rish setters attracted many a visitor.” Now, with all due deference to such an authority, if in nothing'else, this was a point in which Mr. Holford’s dogs were certainly a long way superior to Lord Spencer’s. L[remember examining all the dogs thoroughly, and have no hesitation in declaring the award a mistake. Mr. Holford’s dogs had the correct eye, whereas those of Lord Spencer’s were too full. Mr.A.W.Langdale, who has bred and shown many Clumber spaniels, thinks the weight of dogs should be from 60lbs. to 70lbs, I cannot help thinking this latter weight excessive, and do not recollect seeing more than one or two dogs of the latter weight, though have not known many over 60lbs. Mrs. Smale’s dog Wynn, of Lyonsdown, New Barnet, weighs 601bs. or over, I have not seen him, bui Leatherhead spoke highly of him when he won first over John o’ Gaunt, Tower and other good ones at Alexandra Palace last year. Mr. Langdale’s bitch Libnah, weighed 50Ibs. I neyer remember seeing this bitch, but she must haye been a large one, I never saw a Clumber bitch whoreached that weight; they are generally much lighter than the dogs. The champion Psycho, belonging to Mr. Charles Fruen, is a very good stamp of Chimber, but much too dark in color, and I should not care to breed from him. Mr. Homes’s John 0’ Gaunt is a good doy, showing many good points of the Clumber in perfection; but unfortunately his pedigree is unknown. Notwithstanding this I should not fear to breed from him, as I feel convinced that he is a really well bred one. : Mr, Herbert Moser’s Bachelor is a fine dog, but bad in his hind quarters, His young dog Baronet I liked touch, and I think must have grown into a fine dog when he finished. The same gentleman’s bitches, Lance and Loll, have heen frequent winners at most of the leading shows. haye not had an opportunity of attending any show for over a year, but I believe there are several good candidates for fame. The breed of Clumbers is still kept at Clumber Park, where they have some remarkably good bitches; and the kennel would have been much strengthened and improved Jast season if they had succeeded in breeding from them, but uufortun- ately they, strange to say, all failed to produce whelps. I do not know what dog was used, but i should say most decidedly that the fault was on the side of the sire. ~ The Karl of Cawdor has a strong kennel of Clumbers, and shoots a great deal to them. He has a good deal of Mr. Fol- jamb’s and Sir Vineent Corbett’s blood in the kennel, His bitches perhaps are rather lighter in the head than is exactly in accordance with the accepted form of the Clumber, but are a rare working sort, with capital coats and good legs and ~ fect. I do not think they are ever exhibited. His lordship's keeper told me that, contrary to what is uswally the case, he finds no difficulty in rearing the puppies, rarely losing one from distemper, The Climber when once raved is not at all a delicate dog, and will last and keep fresh for many years. This is perhaps to be occounted for by the slowness of his pace. This spaniel does notshow to fulladvantage when tied up ou the show bench, and they should always be shown as a team, which is certainly an attractive sight at a show to sportsmen, and the dogs haying more room and liberty show iheiAselyres off to the best advantage, The well-Enown spanie breeder, Mr. P. Bullock, exhibited a _yery good ‘limber, Nabob, for many year's. He was by Foljambe’s Beau, and was own brother to his Duke by Bang, out of Lord Foley's Van. I think this dog must have been a bad stock-getter, as 1 have no recollection of seeing any of his progeny, though he was at the stud for years. . Lord Foley was at one time celebrated for his kennel of Clumbers, and his blood was much sought; but Iam not aware whether the kennel is still kept up or not, Clumbers always have and always will command a good price, as they are com- paratively scarce, and likely to remain so. T came across, the other day, an original engraving from the icture of the Duke of Newcastle and his spaniels, which 1 Fe before referred to. A part of this picture appeared in an engraving in the old Sporting Magazine many years azo, but this contained the keeper and the spaniels only. This ~ original engraving represents the Duke of Neweastle aud a friend returning from shooting, both on horseback; and Man- sell, the keeper is examining a woodcock, several others with pheasants and other gamé are lying about, and three spaniels are surrounding him, If this is a correct representation of the duke’s spaniels; I think we haye improved them; the char- acter of the head is slightly different, being short, hut not so square as the modern dictum requires; they do nob appear 40 beso large as the modern dog, in fact I should say they are about 35 to 40-pound dogs; they are not quite so low on the ad ————— Fes. 21, 1884.] FOREST AND STREAM. 73 eg, or so long in the body, and, although their coats are flat, there is more cul in the feather, particularly on the stern, than is now BEY eu of. ‘The dogs altogether resemble very much the breeds 1 haye referred to as belonging to Prince Albert, the Harl of Arundel and Mr, Beyan; but they look like workmen all over, One great characteristic of the Climber spaniel when pure is his fondness for tle scent of feather in preference to fur; in fact, he seems fo despise the latter, and takes very little notice of hares and rabbits when winged game is prosont. Thisis a faculty to be cultivated in all spaniels, as most of them take to fur fast enough when allowed: and Ihave, I believe, before advocated entering young spaniels to winged game, instead, as is generally the case, of their being tirst entered to rabbits. —An Old Judge of Spaniels in Land and Water, CLEVELAND DOG SHOW. OLLOWING- is the premium list of the bench show to be held at Cleveland, O., April2?,4and 5; Champion Eng- lish setter dogs $20, bitches the same; open, dogs 320, $10 and silver medal, bitches the same; puppies, dogs #7 and $3, bitches the same. Champion Trish setter dogs 520), bitches the same; open, dogs $20 and $10, bitches the same; puppies 87 and $3. Black and tan setters, same as Irish setters, Chaim- pion pointer dogs, over d5lbs., 420, bitches, over 50lbs. the Same; open, dogs $20 and $10, small pointers the same; puppies, Jogs, #7 and $3, bitches the same. Champion Irish water spaniels $10, open $10 and $5. Champion field spaniels (amy color) $10; open, $10 and #4. Champion cocker spaniels (any color) $10; open (other than black) 510 and $5, black the same; puppies (any color) $5 and silver medal, ( hampion toxhounds, silver medal; open, dogs 810 and #5, Champion beagles, silver medal; open, dogs $10) and $5, bitches the same; puppies, silver medal, Dachshunde $11) and ‘silver medal. Champion fox-terriers, dogs silver medal, bitches the same; open, dogs 510 and 5, bitches the same; puppies 47 and $5. Greyhounds $10 and $5, Deerhounds, $10. Champion mastiis, dogs champion medal, bitches the sanie; open, dogs $14 and $5. bitches the same: puppies t> and silver medal. Champion vough-coated St. Bernards, dogs, champion medal, bitches the same; open, dogs $15 and $5, bitehes the same: smooth-coated St, Bernards the same. Newfoundlands, $10 and silver medal. Champion coliie dogs,chanipion inedal, bitchesthe same; open, dogs $15 and 45, bitches the same; puppies, dogs silyer medal, bitches the same, Champion bull, champion medal; open, dogs $10 and $5, bitches the same, Chanrpion bull-terriers over 25lbs., champion medal; open $10 and $5; under 25lbs., the same, Wire-haired or Scotch terriers $10 and silver medal; black and tan terriers oyer 7ibs,, Dandy Dinmont and Irish terriers the same; champion Skye terriers (drop-eared) champion medal, open $10 and 45; prick-cared the same. Champion pug degs, champion medal; bitches the same; open, dogs $10 and $5, bitches the same, puppies silyer medal. Champion Yorkshire terriers, silver medal, open (over 5lbs,) $10 and $5; under 5lbs. the same. Tov terriers under dlbs., $10 and silver medal; Kine Charles or Blenheim spaniels, Japanese spaniels and Italian greyhounds the same. Poodles $10 and $5. Miscel- laneous 510,55 and silver medal. In addition to the above there will be a lavee number of specials given which will be duly announced, Major J. M. Taylor will judge the setters, Mv. J. M. Munson the pointers, and Mr, J, ¥, Kirk the remaining classes, KENNEL NOTES. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS, Kennej notes are inserted in this column free of charge. ‘To lusure publication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the following par- iculars or each aninel: 1. Color. G, Name and residence of owner, 2. Breed. buyer or seller. 3, Sex. 7, Sire, with his sire and dam. 4, Age, or 3. Owner of sire. 5. Dale of hi th, o breeding or 9. Dam, with her sire and‘Gam, of death. 10, Owner of dam. Allnames must be plainly written. Communication on one side of japer only, and sigved with writer’s nante. NAMES CLAIMED, (es— See instructions at head of this column. : Bang. By Mr. J. R. Oughton. Dwight, Tll., for bhie belton English setier dog whelped November, 1883, by Dashing Lion (Dash I17,—Leda) out of Queen Anna (Zanzibar—Lady Higin). Chiefiey. By Mr. BH. C. Miller, Hudson, N. Y.. forved Irish setter doz, whelped Nov. 13, 1883, by Chief (A 1. R. 231) out of Doe, Adom and Eve. By Mr. H, C, Miller, Hudson, N. ¥..for black and white pointers, dog and bitch. whelped Sept. 26, 1853, by St. John (Snapshoi— Belle) out of Wolly (Rock—S&leaford'’s Pan). Carter, Dan, Pint, nish Dan, Irish Dick, Mike Carter, Nelly Carter and Kannie Carter. By Major Lovejoy, Bethel, Me., for red Trish setters, whelped Jan, 1, 1884, by his Trim (Ned Wicho—Ruby) out of his Roxie (Ned Wlcho—Bridget O‘More). Countess Ringwood and Duchess Ringwood, By Mr, . 8. Hawks, Ashfield, Mass., for black, white and tan beagle hitches, whelped Nov. 21, 1883, by imported Ringwood (Ranter—Beauty) out of Music Til, (Flute—Vittress), _ Burt, Seott, Crisp, Bro nie, Dun, Aberdeen, Lassie and Jennie. By Major Loyejoy, Bethel, Me., for Trish water spaniels, six dogsand two bitches, whelped Jan. 11, by Irish Bob ont of his Irish Bess. NAMES CHANGED, ES" See instructions at head of this column. Peg to Peg Peg. Liver pointer bitch, whelped Sept, 12, 1882 (Snipe —Ruby), owned by Mr. H. C, Miller, Hudson, N, Y. BRED, =~ See instructions at head ef this column. Jolly Daisy—Buckellew. Mr, W. A, Coster’s (Flatbush, L. I.) Eng- jish setter bitch Jolly Daisy (Gruid—Jolly May) to his Buckellew (ALK. R. 30), Jam, 6, Jolie—Buckellew. My. Theo, A. Gill's (West Park, N. ¥.) English Setter bitch Jolie (Lathrop’s Dick—Gen, Bly’s Sylph) te Mr. W. A Coster’s Buckellew (A.K.R. 30), Feb. 3, Dinah I.—Masier Wade. Wor. W. Wade's (Pittsburgh, Pa.) mastift bitch Dinah TY. (A... R.18) to Mr, W. L. Jones's Master Wade (A.K.R: 757), Feb. 5. ; Fey Peg—kKnickerhocker, Mar, A. C. Miiler’s (Hudson, N. ¥.) liver poinier bitch Pez Peg (anipe—Ruby) to the Knickerbocker Kennel Club’s Knickerbocker (A.K.R, 19), Feb. 18. ‘ Sai—Bob. Mr. G. W. Awory’s (Boston, Mass.) imported pointer bitch Sal to his mperted Bob (Price’s Bang—Princess Kate), Jan. 2, Shao fiyj—Hector, Mr. Dan Storrs’s (Lebanon, N. 4.) beagle bitch Shoo Fly (Victeor—Bess) to Heetor (Victor— Beauty). Syren TL—4rlingion. Mr. A. S. Guild's (Lowell, Mass.) red Irish setter bitch Syren IT. (Hicho Til.—Mag) to Wir. C. Fred. Crawford's Arlington (Sam—Ruby), Feb. 14. Red Lassie—Clencho. Mv, Thos. D. Husted's (Peekskill, N.Y.) im- ported red Trish setter bitch Red Lassie (Rory O’More—Queen Eliie) to Glercho (Hlchu—Norcen), Feb. 13. Hranselle—Hritz, Wir. Samuel Seranton’s (Olney ville, R. I.) dachs- hund bitch Franzelle to Major Lovejoy’s Fritz, Dec, 20, 1883. Bridget O' More—WNed. Hlcho. Major Lovejoy's (Bethel, Me.) red Trish setter bitch Bridget O’More (Rory O?More—Lotta) to his Ned Elcho (Elcho—Stella), Jan. 1. Loria Poone—Prinee. Dr. Spencer M. Nash’s (New York) English setter bitch Lorna Doone (A.K.R, 39) to Mr, J. Hi, Goodsell’s Prince (Pride of the Border—Petirel), Jan, 29, - WHELPS. ES" See instructions wt head of this column. Gipsy Queen. Myr. Hi. P, Dorteh’s (Goldsboro, N. (.) Hnelish setter bitch Gipsy Queen (Gladstone—Clip). Feb. 11, fourteen (nine dogs), by Mr. J. C. Higgins’s Dashing Monarch; eight dogs livine. Hornell Ruby, The Hornell Spaniel Club's (Hornelisville, N. ¥.) cocker Spa bitch Hornell Ruby (A.K.R. 67), Feb. 4, eight, by Obo TL, (A.B. 482), trish Bess, Major Loyejoy’s (Bethel, Me.) imported Trish water spaniel Irish Bess, Jan, 11, eight (six dogs), by Irish Bob. Roxie, Major Lovejoy’s (Bethel. Me.) red Irish setter bitch Roxie, Jan. 1, eight (six dogs), Ly his Trim (Ned Eleho—Ruby). » kitty Mac. Mr, Jas. Lindsay's (Jersey City, N. J.) collie bitch Icitty Mac (A.K.R. 539), Jan. 2, seven (six dogs), by his Rex (A.IK.R, 149). Josephine, Mr. John B, Thayer's (Lancaster, Mass.) bull-biteh arrival, dpeebiiine (AI, R, 888), Feb, ¥, six (three dogs), by his Tippoo (A.K.R. Bellissima, Mr, John B, Thayer's (Lancaster, Mass.) imported bull-hitch Bellissima (H.K.C.S.B. 11,9381), Feb, 4, two dogs, by Slen- derman (H,1,078.B. 6,553), SALES, tas" See instructions at head of this column. Dashing Lion—Jessie Turner whelps. English setters, whelped November, 1883, by Mr, G. W. Ballantine, Washingtonville, O., a black and whife dog to Mr. T. C. Eldridge, Knoxville, Tenn.; a black and white dog to Mr, J. W. Slocum, Knoxville, Tenn.; ablack, white and tan dog to Mr. J. H, Campbell, Knoxville, Tenn,: a black and white dog to Mr. A, W, Burche, Washington, D. C.; a black and white biteh to My. R. B, Johnston, Bellefontame, O., and an orange and white bitch to Mr. Russell West, Washington, D. GC. Dashing Lion—Queen Anna whelps, English setters, whelped No- yember, 1888, by Mx, G. W. Ballantine, Washingtonville, O., a black and white dog to Mr. J. R. Oughton, Dwight, Iil.; a black, white and tan bitch to Mr, GC. Valentine, Edinburg, Ind.; a black, white and tan bitch to Mr. J. 8. Vannatta, Shelbyville, Ind., and an orange and white bitch to Mr. B. i. Jones, Akron, O. Maud Muller, Black and white English setter bitch (Rob Roy— Pocahontas), by Mr. G. W. Ballantine, Washingtonville, 0., to Mr, Hugh Hill, New York. Duke. Black and tan Gordon setter dog, whelped Oct, 22, 1883, by Dinks (Nat—-Bess) out of Flirt (Cap—Gipsy), by Mr. J. F. Hartwell, Providence, R. I., to Mr. G. H. Dean, Jr,, same place. Doan, Black and tan Gordon setter dog, whelped Oct. 22, 1883, by Dinks (Nat—Bess) out of Wirt (Cap—Gipsy), by Mr. Geo. A. Ayers, Pawtucket, R. I., to Mr. H, B, Whitman, Providence, R. T. Rad, Black and tan Gordon setter dog,whelped Oct, 22, 1683 (Dinks —Flirt), by Mr. Geo. A. Ayers, Pawtucket, R.1., to Mr. Wm. Ayers, Proyidenee, R, I. : Guess. Black and tan Gordon setter dog, whelped Oct. 22, 1883 (Dinks—Fiirt), by Mr, Geo. A. Ayers, Pawtucket, R. i., to Mr C. N, Radborn, Bloomington, Il. Jennie, Black and tan Gordon setter bitch, whelped Oct. 22, 1883 (Dinks—Flirt), by Mr. Geo, A, Ayers, Pawtucket, R. I., to Mr. ¥.Quin- tard, New Hayen, Cb. Jessie, Black and tan Gordon setter bitch, whelped Oct, 22, 1883 (Dinks—Flirt), by Mr. Geo, A. Ayers, Pawtucket, R. I., to Mr. H. L. Hartwell, Providence, R, I. Trim, Black and tan Gordon setter dog, whelped Oct. 22, 1883 (Dinks—Flirt), by Mr. Geo. A, Ayers, Pawtucket, R. I., to Mr, KE. H. Simmons, Hiie, Pa, Dexter. Black and tan Gordon setter dog, whelped Oct. 22, 1888 (Dinks—Flirt), by Mr. Geo. A, Ayers, Pawtucket, R, L, to Mr. J. Me- Gee, Worcester, Mass. Dash. Black and tan Gordon setter dog, whelped Oct. 22, 1688 (Dinks—Flirt), by Mr. Geo. A, Ayers, Pawtucket, Rk. 1, to Mr. M. J. Wlaherty, Boston, Mass. Welancd Dick. Red Itish setter dog, whelped March 29, 1888 (Ned Hicho—Bridget O’More), by Major Lovejoy, Bethel, Me., to Mr, Clas. &. Lancaster, Boston, Mass. Jack. Imported liver and white field ‘spaniel dog, 244 years old, by Major Lovejoy, Bethel, Me., to Mr. Ehner Brady, New York, Diek. imported liver field spaniel dog, 38-years old, by Major Love- joy, Bethel Me., to Mv. Chas, Wing, Philadelphia, Pa. ~ Nick. Brown setter dog, age and pedigree not given, by Major Lovejoy, Bethel, Me,, to Mr, Chas. Thomas, Brooklyn. N. Y. Jim, English setter dog, age and pedigree not given, by Major Lovejoy, Bethel, Me., to Mr. W. White, St. Louis, Mo. Ringwood—Musie II, whelps, Black, white and tan beagies, whelped Noy, 21, 1883, by Mr. EK. 8. Hawks, Ashfield, Mass., a dog to Mr. Joseph Brady, Fall River, Mass.; a dog to Mr. L. 5. Farrer, Bath, Me.; a dog and bitch to Max. N. Elmore, Granby, Ct.; a bitch to Mr. Haven Doe, Salmon Falls, N, H., and a bitch to Mr. C, P. Ferguson, Springvale, Me. : Skipper. Liver spaniel dog, 2 years old (Dash—Bess), by Major Lovejoy, Bethel, Me., to Mr. Geo. Blanchard, Waterville, Me. Wycelije. Red Irish setter dog (A. K.R. 724), by Miss Ida I’. Warren, Leicester, Mass., to Mr. Hwin Brown, Worcester, Mass. Rleho—Meg whelp. Red Irish setter bitch, whelped July 21, 1283, by Hicho (A. K.R. 22) out of Meg (A.K.K. 425), by Mr. Benj. F. Clark, Manchester, N. H., to Mr. Frank Prendergast, Boston, Mass. Wiyyer Tom. Black greyhound dog,whelped Aug. 5, 1883 (Charcoal —Queen Bess), by Major Lovejoy, Bethel, Me., to Mr. H. Savage, Brocton, Mass. ; Joe. Yawn English pug dog,4 years old (Jumbo—Topsy), by Mr. Jas. Mortimer, New York, to Mr. Geo. H, Hill, Cincinnati, O. Hecho. Red Trish setter dog, age not given (Eicho—Stella), by Mr. H. D. Ogden, Chatham, N, J., to Mr. Wm. DeLand, Fairport, N.Y. Wallace. Red Irish setter dog, whelped June 5, 1883 (Kit—Bixby’'s Ruby), by Mr. J. H. Grimes, Somerville, Mass., to Miss Ida F. Warren, Leicester, Mass. PRESENTATIONS. be See instructions at head of this colum. Annie Laurie. Black, fan and white collie bitch, whelped Aug, 28, 1852 (champion Marcus—isle), by Mr. J. C. Faxon, Boston, Mass., to Mr. Wm. A. f#axon, same place. DHATHS. (eS > See instructions at head of this column. Chipps. Liver pointer dog,7 years old (Casar—Moll), owned by Mr, Geo. Goodhue, Danville, Canada, Jan. 15. Blackie. imported black spaniel biteh, whelped Oct. 1, 1877 (H.K.C.8.B, 9,288), owned by Mr. F. F. Pitcher, Claremont, N. H., Feb. 15, n parturition, NEW HAVEN DOG SHOW.—A large number of special prizes have already been offered for the New Haven dog show, and more are promised. Many of them are cash prizes vary- ingin amount from $5 to $15, and inelude nearly allof the dif- ferent breeds. There will undoubtedly be a large entry, and we would suggest to the management that many of the classes in which no distinction as to sex is now made, be diyided into dog and bitch classes, or at least that they announce'that this will be done in all cases where the number of entries will warrant, ST. LOUIS DOG SHOW.—It is rumored that there will be a bench show at St. Louis this spring. KENNEL MANAGEMENT. =" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. C. R. H., Manchester.—Select the one with the most courage. G. M. S., Bethel, Conn.—From your description we should say that the ball willdono harm, Show him to your family physician, he will probably be able to inform you. C.F. EL, Clarksville, Mich. —Your dog has canker of the ear. Care- fully wash out the ears and fill with the following mixture, gently kneading the base of the ear fora short time: Bromo chloralum and laudanum, equal parts, dilated with six times their bulk of water,- Tf the case is not of too long standing one or two applications of this will effect a cure. Weshould not advise the use of kerosene. Tuirey Cents A WEEK, al age 25, buys a life policy for $1,000 in the Travelers, of Hartford, Conn. Cheapest first class goods in the market! Apply to any agent, or the home office at Hartford.—4dv, MONTHLY LIST OF PATENTS. For Inventions Relating to Sporting Interests, Bearing Date Jan, 22, 1884. Reported expressly for this paper by Louis Bagger & Co., Mechanical Experts and Solicitors of Patents, Washington, D. C. 291,533. Manufacture of Boats from Celluloid, ete.—C. P. Pitman, of Freehold, and H. Allaire, Allaire, N. J 291,048, Ball Trap,—J. C, Parmalee, Sedalia, Mo. 291,891, Metallic Pateh for Bullets.—G. V. Fosbery and Ienry Pieper, Liege, Belgium, 291,128, Live-box for Pish,—Richard A. Lindsay, Baitimore, Md. PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT. Farnaam’s Automatic TRoMBONE WHISTLE isa handy little knick- knack which is growing in favor among sportsmen. Bertor late than never geta box of Usterbrook’s superior and standard steel pens. Ave furnished in all the popular styles. Station- ers have them.—ddv, The ostriches of the Anaheim farm in California laid 505 eggs during the season from the Ist of May last until the 1st of October. The birds haye been plucked twice since their The first clip in May last yielded $500. The clip in December yielded 2,500 quills of all kinds from eighteen birds, and is valued ab $1,000, } Aifle and Crap Shooting. FIXTURES. First International Clay-Pizeon Tournament, at Chicago, Il., May 26 to 31. Managers, Ligowsly Clay-Pigeon Co., P. O. Box 1292, Cin- einnati, Ohio, SOME RIFLE QUERIES. Eqitor Forest and Stream: With your consent, I would propound a few questions for the con- sideration ot the many amateurs and professionals, who eagerly scan all intelligent discussions in your columns of whatever relates to nice points of rifle manufacture and shooting. My object is to d!aw forth opinions and explanations, all the more stimulating to further inves- tization if they should be conflicting. J. Who of your readers will furnish the most lucid and convincing answer to the question which may be putin thisform, Shooting at 200yds., if the moving of ‘the wind-gauge sight one-one-hundreth of an ineh will vary the striking of the bullet in the target two and one- half inches, how much elevation or depression of the bullet will be caused by the raising or lowering of the peep-sight an equal distance? If the variation in shorts, under the supposed conditions, would not be the same, up, down or lateral, levib be explained why. No off- hand, random speculation will solve this enigmatical problem, The rear sizht is believed, from some cause, change of trajectory or other, to be the most sensitive in actual practice. 2, What reason for a positive opinion can be furnished, that the pushing of a bullet ahead of a cartridge, say one-eighth of an inch, will increase or lessen its upset when fired? Or, in other words, what effect on the expansion of a bullet into the grooyes in the rifle, and its course after it leaves the barrel, may be attributed to a small air- space between the powder charge and the bullet? 3. Can the maximum and most uniform power of a 50-grain cart- ridge be obtained from the use of a No.1 Winchester primer, or others of like size and force? Is not more fulminate required to pene- trate and fully ignite the charge? Using a paper-patched bullet, what condition of the barrel is more uniform and favorable to close shooting than that it be clean anddry? Is not lubrieution unnecessary and objectionable because extremely liable to be variable, with however much painstaking? 5. Why are short and mid-range target rifles better or more easily manipulated with the wind-gauge sight at the muzzle rather than at the breech? 6. On the supposition that a paper-patched bullet should fit the rifling so thatit can be pushed through with a geniie pressure, and not be deformed by the upsetting, how can it be placed beyond the shoulder of the chamber so its axis shall be exactly the same as that of the bore of the rifle? Or will the Gordian knot be cut hy the authoritative assertion that the position of the builet does not call as any such nice adjustment, but will right itself on the discharge of the gun? “ ee Of the two,is notthe sure and instantaneous shedding of a paper patch when a ritleis firad of more consequence than the exact proportion of tin to lead in the composition of bullets, never varying much from a medium standard? Patched bullets, I think, are largely cf home manufacture, for economical considerations, if no other. But the saying will not be justified unless a process is fol- lowed which will insure accurate shooting. Stripping, and adhesion of paper beyond the muzzle, itis of the first importance to avoid. But by what precautions? When the bulletisin direct contact with the powder, no wad being used, is it not morecertam to be discharged from the confining twist of the patch atits base? 8. Change of light being regarded as the most deceptive adverse condition with which the marksman has to contend, what concise practical directions can be given for mastering it? Careful obser- vation would be safe general advice; but who that has profited by long and sharp watching will volunteer to part with any precious secret he has discovered, and lay down some simple rules for novices? 9, Is there no dissent in the high court of experts from what gen- eral use shows to be the prevailing opinion, that for short and mid- range target-shootimg, with rifles of .28-caliber or upward. the most desirable powder is of the grade of Hazard’s or Oriental FG, or Laflin & Rand’s Cregdmoor No. 5, these being of suitable grain, slow- burning, sufficiently strong, and of moderate cost? Leaving the cost out of the question, and balancing remaining advantages and disad- vantages, is there no valid plea to be urged forthe use of higher grades of powder for increased accuracy in rifle pract:ce, such, for instance, as Hazard’s No. 3, duck shooting? It may lhe that the final word has not been said on this matter, and that time will change the popular choice. There are readers of the Forest AnD STREAM who are competent to handle the foregoing topics with skillful familiarity. and let it be hoped that they will respond to this call to elucidate what is too dimly apprehended by the great body of the rifle-shooting fraternity. If the oracles should be found to disagree, the fact may justify this communication as not haying been dictated by stupidity. Something is reserved for a later day, wheu the result of this venture will have been disclosed. TD des Worcustrier, Mass., February, 1884, Hditor Forest and Strean: ° From all these discussions does it not seem that the choice of a hunting rifle cannot be limited to one style of arm? To build a rifle for all round work is like building a yacht on alike plan. You can’t do it for all conditions and uses. So let us have as great a variety as mInay be, and then every one can take his choice and blame himself if not satisfied. But willsome expert tell us which is best in loading a cartridge, to compress the powder or to leave it loose as possible? Another thing, and more important it seeins to me, is this: Place a sheet of paper close to the muzzle of a gun and fire through it, and the paper will show the marks +f powder grains unburnt before they leavethe gun, Light as wellas heavy charges of powder will show this, Or, if fired in the dark the flame bursting in sight is a sign of powder burning outside the gun. What causes this? The powder is ignited at the bottom of the shell and, before all is burned, the ex- pansion of part of it has forced the ball and some unburned powder out of the gun. Power is lost, you may get more power by putting in more powder, because mure proportionately will be burned; but you wonky get all the power of the powder. Is there any remedy for his? " Suppose you could ignite the powder just at the base of the ball, on the top of the cartridge, what would bethe effect? G. F. W. - RANGE AND GALLERY. THE ZETTLER RIFLE CLUB held its regular shoot on Feb. 12, 12- ring target, possible 120; P. Wenning 116, 0. G. Zettier 116, V, Stein- back 115, A. Lober1i4, M. Dorrler 118, M. B. Mngel, 112, D. Miller 111, C. Judson 111, A. Holges 110, B. Zettler 109, R. Zimmerman 108, T. C, Noone 103, H. Schutt 102, H. Puckhaber 98, J. Adrian 92, Feb. 5., 12- ving target: M. B, Wngel 115, J. WH. Brown 115, M. Dorvier 113, T, Fila 106, H. Holges 115, B. Zettler 107, C. Judson 115, A, Lober 112, C. G, Zettler 111, T. C. Noone 104, R,. Zimmerman 110, H, Schutt 100, J. Ad- rian 104.—A. D. Warp, Sec. NEWARK.—The match between the Zettler Rifle Club, of New York city, and the Frelinghuysen Club, of Newark, will take place on Monday evening, Feb. 25, at the range of the former. The condi- tions are: Ballard rifle, ,22-caliber, 3lbs. pull, 10 men per team, 10 shots to a man, distance S5ft., Massachusetts ring target, possible 120 points, The return match will be shot on the Frelinghuysen range. The fourth match of the Newark Rifle Association commenced on Monday evening, Feb. 11, at the Domestic range, Thenext match fo be shot will be decided at the meeting of the N, R. A., the Warren and Plymouth Clubs having tied on score—420. Thescores made last weelc were as follows: , . Cajluloid-—W. A. Vreeland 42, C, H, Coe 42, H. Babbit 44,5. T. Sim- monds 43, Wilzey 44, Brant 44, A. Hrhard 47, Jackson 43, Puder 41, W, Coe 43—483, Frelinghuysen—G. Williams 49, William McLeod 49, A. C. Neumann 49,5. Shackelford 48, R. Westerman 45, G, Zimmer 47, FP. W. Lynn 47, G. Weigman 47, H. O. Chase 44, J. LL. Tobin 483—468, Warren—G, L. Freche 48, Theo. Miller 44, Wm. Nunley 48, Charles Waag 42, J. Sehacifer 38, Wm. Alexander 44, J. Wolf 44, L. Meyer 39, P. Keenan 38. Ed. Burns 45—420, Domestic—J. E. Velsor 45, 1, Porter 43, F. A, Valentine 41, J. Long 48, Wadams 43, Reynolds 44, Dainty 48, Wm. Connell 42, Jeifreys 43, Leitz 46—446. Plymouth—J. L. Sommers 44, A. A. Baldwin 45, J. A. Wosters 38, H. L. Letbe 68, P. L. Sommers 44, C. A. Townsend 47, H. Grewe 42, G. M. Townsend 4), H, Pollard 44, J. B. MeCullum 88—420, The National Shooting Hestival will be held in this city from June § to June 12 of this year, BOSTON, Feb. 16,—There was tlie best attendance of shooters at Walnut Ell tor along time past, and the shooting was fine. In the early part of the day the fags hung motionless and limp, but about | noon a light air sprung up from the east, bub not enough of it to spo 74 FOREST AND STREAM. [Fex. 21, 1884. the shooting. All that was necessary to get a bull was to hold on and the white dise was sure to be shown. On Friday next, Feb. 22, there will be shooting all day, and if the conditions are ab all favor- able there is sure to be a good crowd. Allthe eurrent matches will be on, and as there are so many all can be sura of being satisfied. The following are to-day’s scores: - Creedmoor Practice Match. D Kirkwood,........ 555554644547 J Payson (mil)...... 5445444544 —43 GOP BEY Ryn. Ness ess. R455445545—46 CO Reed.........-.) 444454354442 K A Davidson....... §445555544—46 G Welch..........-.. 45444543 1441 CA Ailen 445554545445 Dr Langmaid ...,...5448445452—40 J A Carr 5554544545 45 A J Louk (mil). ..... 4444434444 —39 CE IGLE Pts. ses §445544454—44 BI Barnum (mil). . 5448353344—35 i SE EG lee pe Se 454455454444 § F Burns {mil)..,. .3124333444—34 CB Edwards........ 4545444445—43 Creedmoor Prize Match. LB Thomas....,.... abodbdh455—4ay Oo Tarr........: 4594584455—44 Re-entry............. 544455558446 A J Look.../.,..., .445444445—43 H Withington ...... 451545455445 B A Lappen 454544444442 H Cnshing.......... 5545645444—45 EF Chauncey (mil,). .d444454444—41 K A Davidson .. ...5545544444 44 Combination Match—Creedmoor Target. W Gardner....... ..5554454545—46 OB Berry.......... 5455444545—45 © B Edwards........ 4455455544—45 d Combination Match—Decimal Target, eB RESETS ig Ft Bekisies ese eee ensicors 56 91010 510 4 6 9 9-77 aE WE O Ss he ek OR aon sd 8-6 8.9 39 8 7 9 4—71 ub Bahes: <= Fhe cess ee oe dce cases e 7 8 8-510 4 7 6 9 5-64 “EEA T Ch aa ee a ae 56 564148 810 9 7-61 SETAE Os AE VN ie tnt Raed rife earetaek tee 4 8 8 510 5 4 4 6 5—5S Vietory Medal. al ES MOH OWS te oes HE did dvds s 8466 ee tbad 10 9 710 610 9 5 6 10—82 GRAORANG el ale. sbatess 710 510 6 8 G6 6 10—%5 Arg SGI © 5. Sch teehee 9 910 7 7 6 4 7 8—T5 J A Hattield 7 9 5101010 6 6 3-75 BRATTLEBORO, Feb. 17,—Following are the record scores made first ten shots, 200yds., off- BUCH OMS ios cece Pean eet eve eee seme ren: 12:10 12 12 912 9 10 11 11—109 1130101211 91111 9 12—i06 10 101112 9 9 11 12 12 10—106 1211101211 11 122 910 8—106 101210 $11 8 11 J1 11 10—103 , 10 1111 1011 12 912 9 8—108 LSCOVF ELE trie 2 Canyon te St ye 910121111 81011 10 y—101 [Fisitl) oat ee eee eee teeta ee 1010 8111010 8 9 10 11— 97 Pentland ../.....-. Seewteancvayec. 2 DLO Oe Oey tld pales ob oF POwWreilee,f.uo wien. ptise prey WW 910 9 8 910 10 11 10— 96 TYPOS AT THE SCORE—Jamestown, N. Y., Feb. 16.- Last even- ing, at Burns’s gallery, occurred the third annual Printers’ Rifle Match. Three offices were represented by three men from each office, the ouher three offices having failed to comply with the terms of the match. ~ Jamestown Journal. Jamestown Standard. PM Dean.,.44445-.21 EA Brooks. ..54545—28 CO B Potter,.45444—21 M B Thomas, .44454—21 J Clary.,,.,54444—21 OF Dean..... 53044—16 C White...... 04344 —15 63 60 55 SPLITTING CARDS turned edgewise to the shooter is considered one of the most difficult feats in pistol shooting, The mark presented is a hair line, and if the card is placed perfectly true the bullet cuts it into two pieces as cleanly as if the shears had been used. In some instances when the bullet just grazes the card, its path is marked by a lead line. At Conlin’s Rifle, Pistol and Record Gallery. Broadway and Thirty-first street, this city, a playing card is exhibited in the record room, which has been grazed by two consecutive shots, show- ing the leaden lines in bota cases running entirely across the card. This isa good illustration of the accuracy requisite for cutting the card. The bullet must not deviate either to the right orto the left the thickness of the playing card—but a ‘“‘line’’ shot has more boundary, as a hit at any point counts equally well, The follewing area few of the records kept at Conlin’s gallery: Splitting cards, with rite—E. HK, Tiffany, 7 in 10 shots; George Bird, 7 in 10; Frederick Sands, 4in 10; Geo. E. Rogers,5in 10; Maynard Bixby,5in7; J. B. Blydenburgh, 6 in 10; H. H. Bishop, 4in7; W. B. Young, 2in 3. With pistol—H. W,. Wickham, 5 in, 6 shots; W, M. Chase, 4 in 5; E. ¥. T. Marsh, 7in 10; J. B. Miller,5in10;H, W. Wickham, 3 in 5 shots at the word; Col, J. J. Dunne, 3in 5; A. L. Caldwel, 2 in 4; Dr. E, T. T. Marsh, one card on second shotatrifie range. Dr, Marsh, 2 cards in 4 shots vith ducking pistol; Mr. Wickham, 2in5. Dr. Marsk and Mr. Wickham both split 3 cards in 5shots with .32-cal., Smith & Wesson revolver. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., Feb. 16—Score of C. 5. A. medal match, Creedmoor target, 200yds., possible 50; wind Jight at 7 o’clock; light, very bright.. §. N. Ayres 45, N, J. Fonner 43, A. F. Ward 43, W. H. Sprague 43, A. F. Warner 42. J. Haycook 41, R. H. Burns 41, J. R. Moore 40, O. H. Lilly 40, E. Mayhew 35, C. Salisbury w.—R. H. B. A BIG PRIZE—Carlisle, Pa.—The Cumberland Valley Rifle Asso- ciation of this place have decided on a contest in which they will offer as first prize a Steinway piano, H style 1, 714 octave, price $700. Seven additional prizes will be offered amounting to $150, The shooting is to be at 100yds., the date in the near future not yet de- termined. The match be open to all,—W. E. M. Morning Dispatch. FJ Budget. ..45444—21 5S Burnham. .34354—1¢ THE TRAP. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re- quested to :ertte on one side of the paper only. THE CLAY-PIGEON TOURNAMENT. Hditor Forest and. Stream: Any changes in or excepvions to the prograimme as printed and rules indicated thereon can hereafter only be made by the Executive Committee when they meetin Chicago. In answer to a few specific qugstions we desire'now to explain existing rules as follows: irst--The traps must all be loaded after each shot. Sevond—To determine which trap shall be pulled the trap judge or assistant will use #he ordinary pool balls and bottle, drawing one ball for single and two balls for doubles, which he will show to the puller only, era patent automatic pulling apparatus will be.used. In double-bird shooting. therefore, any two of the five traps may be sprung, YPhird—The direction (horizontal angle) of each trap shall be changea whenever it is reloaded, Fourth— Ties between teams to be shot at 5 singles, 2lyds, rise, and 2 doubles. i8yds. rise, allfrom 5 traps. j , Fifth—A sportsman residing in a county in which there is no club, and desiring to shoot in the championship match witha club from some other county of which he is a member, can apply to the Exe- cutive Committee through us for authority to do so. Sixth—Note this error in programme: Charge of shot ‘414 drams” should be *'114 ounces ™ » ‘ THE Licowsky C. P. Co. PROPOSED NEW ENGLAND ASSOCTIATION.—Provicence, Heb.1, —Editor Forest and Stream: At a meeting of the Narraganset Gun Club it was voted to issue a challenge to any or all gun clubs in New England, to shoot a friendly match at clay-pigeons, our object being to create a friendly rivalry between the shooters of the different States, and if possible to result in the forming of a New England ‘Association. We should be pleased to join with other clubs in procur- ing a medal or trophy emblematic of the New England championship, aud would prefer to shoot for some such prize. The conditions of the present match to be a team shoot, five or tem men on a side, at twenty clay-pigeons each man, the birds to be sprung from five traps, placed five yards apart, traps set on fourth notch, and the rise to be either 15 or 18yds., use of one barrel only. We would be pleased to have the first match take place on our grounds, when we shall hold ourselves in readiness to shoot a return match, if desired, at as early a date as possible, I hope some of the many clubs in New England will accept the above challenge in the spirit in which it is given, that of increasing the interest of trap-shooting in the New England States, an‘] if we are defeated we shall have accomplished this, equally as well aS if victorious. We are now enlarging our club house by raising it another story, making two comfortable rooms 24x12 with a balcony 6ft. wide extending the length of the building, so we shall not lack for accommodations for our visitors. Our grounds are very pleasantly ‘lor ted on Broard street, and the horse cars pass the building every jwour \nalf hourly in the summer) it being about a half lour’s ride from the center of the city. All challenges or acceptances may be addressed to C. ¥,. Baldwin, Secretary Narraganset Gun Club, No. 2 College -treet, Providence, R. 1., or to that best of all mediums for sportsmen, the ForEsT AND Srkram.—W. H. SHELDON. A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.—Mr. J, E, Bloomrecently said to 4 reporter of the Evansville (Ind.) Argus, speaking of the diversity of trap-shooting rules; “This is a subject that has given us great annoyance and labor, We hayeno national association in"this coun- try, to whose standard we might have reference, To-day Illinois shoots under one set of rules, New York another, Massachusetts a third, and so on, ‘It has been our endeavor to establish a set of rules which would please all; rather, a majority—for there are always a series of chronic grumblers whom it would be impossible to satisfy under any circumstances. We announced this tournament last Aug- ust, since which time we have been receiving suggestions from num- erous clubs and individuals, many of which have been adopted. It will be our endeaver during the tournament to ore a national sportstnen’s association, whose main functions shall be the framing of national sporting rules for each species of shooting. and the or- ganizing of future annual tournaments. The rule ‘that members of a, team entered for the principal champion contest must be residents of the county from which the team is entered,’ was adopted at the suggestion of a Cleveland sportsman, and is intended to prevent the combination of the best shots of a State or section, in one team (which must be composed of five members of at least two montbs’ good standing as such), Take the State of Illinois for example; it would be an easy matter to pick out five of her best shots from all parts of the State, and form a team which would be practically invincible, this would deter dozens of teams from coun- try towns or local clubs from participating in the tournament. The rule is adopted to ayoid this contingency. We organized this tournament not for the benefit of the few best shots of the several States, hut for the delectation of hundreds of local amateurs through- out the country. We do not wish this to be a tournament for a dozen clubs—but rather for a hundred, Iam confident that with this rule there will be over one hundred teams entered for this match. Weal- ready have entries from Florida, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Wis- consin, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New York, ete. Let the ‘kickers’ organize a club in their respective counties. How much more pleasure will result to all sportsmen, if local gun clubs were started in every county in the Union. There is a certain bon comrade- ship between devotees of the gun which only needs a feature of this kind. joined to a national orgamization to fully develop same, and which would result in establishing a ‘body of men’ scattered through- out the country, with whom thousands would take pride in ce oper- ating for any worthy purpose or emergency which might arise. A number of parties have endeavored to infringe upon our patents, but thus far unsuccessfully, By means of our patent process we are selling clay-pigeons cheaper at retail, than ordinary potters could manufacture them at wholesale. ‘rue, we sank $20,000 in devising this process and we have the same amount on hand with which to fight any parties who might try to infringe our patents. Moreover, we have the good wiilof the sportsmen of the country who now realize that while working for ourselves we at the same time cater to their sport—that we are doing more to foster tournaments than any set_of men have ever done—or would do, were our patents over- thrown.”’ . FOUNTAIN GUN CL°)B.—Vhere was a fair atsendanceat the Pros- pect Park Fair Grounds, Brooklyn, at the monthly club contest. The birds were the strongest fiers we have had for a year, and it was quick work to stop them. The weather was fine and the shooting, with a few exceptions, remarkably good. Appended is the score: Regular Monthly Badge, 7 birds. 5 traps, both barrels. Class. _ B—John Rathgen, 25yds, 2.5 esc. ccs secs ccee cies FE SE ge Dey A—W. McLaughlin, 27yds -........... Pie ome terters 1 Ad ee B—O, RoWeeds 26yd8.0 26-5 sie ses4 chee sores 1ii11* 1 1-8 ‘B—ChWieher, 26y ds) ees et Se i ds ca eta by tarts fd 1 tat s0—6 BW. Cherry 26708. 02s p52 koe 5 2 et ers 111101 146 A—H, Hoermans, 27yds..,--...-.2..2.: 20s seer eee Of ft ACW 130-5 B—T. Livington, 26yd8., 2.0. cc. sceeecee esse nese ee O el) ef a0) I —5 AS A Oy BOY Osea cristata treatin eles seers =e pie ak Ree Ss; OOo Sarory; Zayas fuentes samt Peel ooo see Ti Lee ap, Bo), Duryea, -26yd8.2-.— 22 -ecrase,+-ceenerec wes 010111 1-4 A—W. Hughes, 30yds.........,.. ee a 10211 * Lt 0-4 C—E., Domrtell ys, 21.08, cites vets ye eed es O #0 1°01 I—s3 C—O PA ILen YANG) Bea VES jets etwas b-ofare cota neme eles pie ee Ge es Me | cs Oa eriede 217 dss 32h ehh han te Peel OO On ae: Winners: Class A, Mr. McLaughlin. 7; E, Mr. J. Rathgen, 7; C, Mr, O, Sarony, 5, *Dead out of bounds. Sweepstakes, 25yds. rise, 3 birds CR Weed.... 1.22... ROR > eRe ee et tbe Ns ns pe We ot Ra thee Se ae oe haemo eh alates ele are ate site gee Some) SU aety SAR Tegel eh ee ey Ad PANO Opi, aaa or Sos tTidzido 16 TOTHHALSO A eeicn san tate dee ote ee he ek lew rae We Gite cl Th UR Ser TACO a EN reine: silent sre-k cote or reer eae ee Tsai he thy AU) —3 WOH E ET ts ber see Bet tas ae Sere BT A. ae mater tert Cte be at —3 DO Ag Oe eeeane ae Pee eegar Une canciy ya ot 0 —2 Beer mans soos ne ete os Hee coe Ae ie rier a aa 12 80) 7 10 —2 0 —1 0 1 B. McVaughlin, ©, Fisher and H. Altenbrand missed first, Weed and John Rathgen divided; Mr. Ditifson won 3d mee AMBLER. BLACK VS. WHITE,—I must record a great event in the sporting annals of 1884, being no less than a match for the championship of Flatbush and a sister burg—Flatlands Neck. The former was rep- resented py four white gentlemen, and the latter by four colored gentlemen, the arrangements being to shoot with four men on a side, 20 glass balls apiece, 18yds. rise, Bogardus trap, one colored and one white judge, disto scorers. Stakes—Championship and a keg of lager. Below I give the detailed summary: Flatlands Neck Team. IT" Powers; Sibi cuyg tecsateee asses 101001001010101101010011109101—15 John Powells e il San 1110100010011011111111011 11101—21 My lack sop yi, it oe et oe 10101011011000080 1110010110101 —15 S Anderson, ML.. .............- 011000110011011001010011111100—16—67 Flatbush Team, Skidmore, We oo oo-5 prea 6111000000 0111011011111000110—15 121K 6 oye) feel SU a Ae Ae 5 01110010011111011011011 1110010—20 DRRapiph. Niele ee en ements 0001110001111 01011010101001100—15 Bagamany Mae iiscgsecens pee 001001 010111010101110100011010—15—65 anearly day. Will report. -SHAWANHAKA. KNOXVILLE GUN OLUB, Feb. 15.—The first regular match for the Ligowsky Champion Mudalthis season, resulted as follows. There was 2 strong wind and the birds flew with unusual velocmy from the fourth notch at 18yus. rise: C Hebbard.. ...11010111111110i—12 A E Mead...... 011000101001110— 7 T Armstrong... 111110190111010—10 ... 001100011000111— -7 J W Slocum. ..001100111100001— 7 J C Duncan. ....611101111101010- 16 J 7 T © Bldridge....111111001101010—10 C Deaderick. ..101111000000001— 6 8 B Dow-:..... 011111010101001— 9 C Woodbury. ..000000100010101— 4 W Jenkins...... 110111110100010— 9 M McClung... .110000100000000— 3 H Worsham... ._010100001111110— § BEAST PROVIDENCH, R. I.. Feb. 12.—There was a very large at- tendence at the meeting of the Watchemoket Gun Club, many being present from Providence, Pawtucket and other places. The follow- ing was the score for the clay-pigeon cup, Lest out of a possible 20, from five traps: ES Luther. -.......-..-.-. wreck tes 1110011101 10 «10 «10 11 O01—18 Wy Rinker. oe ae eee teen 141111111 10 11 11 10 11—18 Tt ele ara Ce ye 2 A a ae eR PA rye ine 1111111470 «11 10 11 10 00—15 George Bamey.......-....-----..---- 1101111000 10 10 00 00 11—16 Mr Sia iigbnbyeee seer ore ecol ter ias 1101110100 10 10 10 10 10—11 Isaiah Barney... 02222222. ses Set 0111110001 :10 O01 T1 11 10—18 PT VWilhenner, curiae ne seeed ne®s cheese 1001000100 withdrawn. The cup goesto Mr. Tinker fer the first time. This cup has been won by Mr. Luther four times in succession, and as it is almost impossible tor any one member to win it five times in succession, it is thought advisable at the next regular meeting of the club to have it shot for in the same manner as the Ligowsky State badge, now held by the Narragansett Gun Club of Providence. For the glass-bail cup the following was the score, best out of a possible 20: » HW Silubhet 4. euevkeeee ed Ot tO PhO eer OI 10 Georee Barney... ...-.....-. 11101011011211110T 0 1—15 Isaiah Barney, wos sess: ss-s4 0011110101011100011 0-11 TW Penney 4.2.2 .asrer a BLO Ui Las aK Og tes Us bs is Pa og Ua fr a E053 HAWeRinker en ce heee soos 01111 withdrawn. CVPayne 22. 9s dtp toe 11011 withdrawn. ' This being for resident members only, it was awarded to George favorable for the practice.—O. J. R. YONKERS, N. Y.—Following ave the officers of the Terrace City Sportsmnau’s Club: John E, Rockwell, President; Jul Hien, Vice- President; John L. O’Brien, Secretary; Simon Deitzel, Treasurer. Executive Committee—John Dearman, Wilham Gormley, James Thompson, SHOT FOR CLAY-PIGEONS,—Buifalo, O., Jan. 26.—In this week's your readers to send their opinions as to the best size shot to use in clay-pigeon shooting, I haveshot at them con- L results can be obtained by using either 6s, 7s, or 8s. Itdepends something as to when they are shot at, teo, The shooter who catches them quick can safely shoct issue you imvite siderably, and I should say that gd smaller shot than he whp lets them get further off before shooting. My experience with my gun (an &4 chokebore) is that with 4drams e betterscores than good powder and au ousce of No, 6 shot, T when loaded any other way. In our opinions here the clay-pigeons make the best trap-shooting, far surpassing glass or puff balls, and fully as hard to hit as live pigeons, without being open to the objections against live pigeon shooting.—F. S. THE NARRAGANSETT GUN CLUB, of Providence, R. L, will raise their club house one story, making a spacious dining hall above, while the lower part of the house will be used as before for the ac- commodation of the shooters. The club intends holding a series of tournaments as soon as itis Conpiemas The treasurer's report shows © a flourishing condition of the club as we are out of all debt, besides having quite a handsome balance in the treasury. There is also Tauch enthusiasm among the members, and the season of 1884 prom- ises to be the liveliest we have had here fora long number of years. The club will be pleased to arrange a friendly match with any New ae ead elub, five or ten men on a side, to shoot clay-pigeons.—W- Hachting. FIXTURES. May 24.—Boston Y, C., Opening Cruise. May 30.—Knieckerbocker Y. GC., Spring Matches. May 31.—Boston Y.C., First Match,Connor and Commodore's cups. June 10.—Atlantie Y. C., Annuai Match. June 12,—New York Y, C., Annual Matches, June 14.—Hull Y.., Club Meet. ; June 28.—Boston Y. C., Ladies’ Day, July 12,—Hull Y. C., Club Meet. July 12.—Boston Y. C., Second Club Match. Aug. 9.—Hull Y. C., Club Meet. Aug. 9.—Boston Y. C., Open Matches, all clubs. Aug. 23.—Bosten Y. C., Third Club Match. Sept. 18 —Hull Y. C., Club Meet. Sept. 18.—Boston Y. C., Second Ladies’ Day. SHARPIE RUDDERS. Editor Forest and Stream: : It seems to me plain why sharpies carry their peculiar rudders. A shoal boat, not being able to have its rudder go deep down in the water, in order to get a grip, must haveit reach out aft. Now any one who has handled a shoalskiff boat, with a big wide rudder, and has afterward handled the tiller to a balance rudder, can testify to the ease with which the latter worlrs in comparison. The strain on the rudder stock and tiller head is also less, and consequently allows a smaller and neater rudder stock, Many also claim that a boat works quicker with a balance rudder; in giving a cantto a boat which has sternway on it is very effective. and it also will almost instantl stop a boat when shooting up to a wharf or buoy, with toomuch head- way on, On one boat at least, that 1 know of, the dropping the rudder down lower, as allowed by pins through the stock, helps greatly ina light breeze. I think these qualities explain why “‘sharpies have always’ used them. It is not the abseuce of a skag, for I know ° three sharpies which have skags and stili use the balance rudder hecause of its good points, and with a skag there is no hittin bettom, catching snags, etc, L, NEW ENGLAND YACHTING ASSOCIATION. A T apreliminary general meeting, Feb. 7, Parker House, Boston, tX&X organization was effected as follows: Clubs represented—Bunker Hill, Beverly, Boston. Dorchester, Eastern, Jeffries, Hull, Lynn, Portland, Salem Bay, South Boston und West Lynn. Mr. Charles F. Loring, Boston Y, C., was elected. chairman and Mr. Peleg Aborn, Hull Y. C.. secretary. The committee on plans reported as under: First. The name shall be the New England Yachting Association, Second. That the association be governed by suitable by-laws providing for its permanent officers and their election. Third. That asystem of uniform measureinents and time allowances for yachts belonging to the several clubs represented in the association shall be adopted, such rules to apply only to union regattas. Fourth. Recommending a uniform code of signals for the use of the yachts of the clubs be- longmg tothe association. fifth. Providing for the continued mem- bership of clubs in the association and the admission of new clubs to membership therein. Officers were selected for the present as follows: President, Chas, F. Loring, Boston, Y, C.; Vice;Presideut, J. P, Phinney, Boston Y. C.; Treasurer, B. W. Rowell. West Lynn ¥. C. A committee to draw up by-laws was appointed, comprising the following gentlemen: W. Lloyd Jeffries, Bey. Y. C.;_C. A. Perkins, H. Y. C.; L M. Clark, D. Y. C.; Parkman Dexter, D. Y. C., and Dr, John Bryant, E. Y. C., to which the’ chairman, OC. F. Loring, B. Y. C., was added ex-officio. Another committee to recommend sailing rules and time allowance was selected by the chairman, to report at next meeting, Feb. 21, at same place, This committee is composed of: D. H. Rice, S. B, Y. C.; P. M. Bond, B. H. ¥. C.; Sidney Burgess, E., Y. C.; Thomas Dean B. Y.C,; E. C. Neal, L. ¥. C.; C. ¥. Loring, B. Y. C., ex-officio. SMALL YACHTS. Editor Forest and Stream: J read with great interest your advice to single-handéd yacbtsmen- and will give you the figures of a 28ft. catboat 1 now sail, and which has proved in three years* actual experience to be what I consider the kind of a craft needed for comfort and orate She is 3£6. in. deep and draws 3ft. 3in. without centerboard, will work well in a heayy sea without board. 1 use it only in racing. The box makes e the table, leaves to turn up when used assuch. Cabin is &ft. long, 6ft. wide, 4ft. in. high. Transoms 7X2ft.; lockers for stores and dunnage; cockpit, 6xoft., tight and with seuppers. Doors to cabin made to shut watertight. House is 14in, high and 6ft. wide, leaving 2ft. gaugway each side. One thousand pounds lead are fitted to the skin and 2,000 trim on top, all being well below water line. Spars for eruising are mast 22ft. deck to hounds, 15ft. gaff and 26ft. boom. Head of sail peaks to an angle of 75 degrees, For reefing the tack earing reeves through a sheaye on the goose neck of the boom and leads to a cleat. The clue pennant reeves throurh the cringle on leach and down again through cheek sheave on boom, so that the sail can be hauled down to first or second reef while the boat is in stays. Her floor is quite sharp, which makes her easy in a seaway. At anchor an awning is stretched over the boom and stopped tent fashion to sides of cockpit, making a space for berthing twe in mod- erate weather. She is much the same style of boat I commenced my yachting with some fifty years ago, and although | have built many large yachts during that time I am now more than ever satisfied that there is more pleasure and sport in being actual master of a small boat than being under the guardianship of a professional skipper and steward. I would recommend all young persons who wish to en- joy a week’s cruise on their own hook to build a staunch, deep-draft and well-ballasted boat with snug rig and take comfort. The danger of driving your boom under water in a cat can be obviated by mak- ing the topping lift fast to the outer end of boom, reeving it through a block at masthead and leading it through a sheave on deck te cock- pit. You then can set taut without trouble and lift the boon as de- sired. BALLAST. Editor Forest and Stream: J My idea of a single-hand yacht is a cabin large nough to eat, sleep, eook and dress in comfortably, in a hull which combine the greatest possible speed and safety. The question is, What is the best form of hull? Is thissmali yacht of the future to be a cutter ora catamaran, or what moilification of these extreme types? SERANG. [We kuow of no boat which meets the wants of the single hand for best average work and regular yachting purposes better than the small cutter or yaw] of 18, 20 or 22ft. loadline, with about uft. beam. with nearly all the ballast on the keel, Such boats combine the most room, safety and greatest ability on a small draft from 4to5ft. At- tempts are seoueny, made to save some of the draft and displace- | ment. All such attempts only rob the boat of just what you seek, and it is not good policy to saye afew dollars at the spiggot and lose | at the bung what is most worth having in a small boat, power and ability with permanent habitation on board. We have published a number of suitable designs, not to be followed strictly, but to afford a cue to the chieé points which should be given promiucnce in such boats. Catamarans on a small scale are of no account, being thrown out of trim and lacking in power, as well as without accommodation). Bo eS Se es ANNA.—This Baltie cutter, hailing from Kiel, designed by Con- structor Saefkow, of the German navy, has already been noticed in this journal. Her lines appear in the London Field for Feb. 5. She is a handsome, fair yacht all through. and although but 7.48fb. beara on 4ift, loadline, is described as a specially stiff, able and dry boat of superb seagoing qualities. Displacement 18.7 tons, of which 0.620 is represented by 11.5 tens of lead “ballast, 10 tons thereof being on the keel. Draft 8.2ft. Lower sail area 1,530ft., which is considered rather snug. Center of gravity of boat and equipment 1,76ft, below centér of buoyancy, and meta-center 1.1 above O:B. Statical stability at 35 degrees is. 208 foot-tons. Maximum stability at 10) degrees, Ballast on kee} A 18in. thick, 28in. deep and 1dfv. long, or say one third fo is concentration aecounts for her extreme dry- ness inasea, Least freeboard to planksheer is 2ft, 9in, ey a SS Eee a a a EEE EE ee ee eee 78 THE DAISY. 40 HE lines of this English-built yacht, soon to show her number on this side of the Atlantic, will prove of great interest in com- parison with the keel sloops which have of late come into such gen- eral favor in our own waters. The Daisy wis built to sail under the loadline rule temporarily enforced in Southampton waters and im- mediate. neighborhood. The influence which that rule has upon modelling is at once detected in the close resemblance existing be- tween the cutter Daisy and the most approved keel sloops of the East. Considerable beam and depth, ‘with a deep keel and great dis- placement to act as a counterpoise to the beam and a large rig to correspond, are the principal features of all such boats, The Daisy has, howeyer, much the advantage in point of style, as appears from her graceful sheer, straightish topsides and long fantail. With her rocker keel, flush deck, free from encumbering house and full eutter rig, she isa much smarter and more ship-shape craft than the round- ish sloops of the Kast, which are all of a heap and stubby, as wellas cheap in rig and equipment. ie, The fact that small boats ona given length are at a disadvantage with large boats in respect to power and general ability, quickly forced itself upon the conviction of builders abroad, and they were not slow to take advantage of the weak spot in the rule by adding to the size, weight, draft and rig of boats in suceession until the maximum bulk on the length was attained by experiment. Up to this maximum every racer must be built and in face of the prejuaige for bulky boats shown by the length rule, all forms of more moder- ate proportions are driven out of existence. To meet the peculiar exigencies of the length rule the Daisy was designed by Mr. Joseph M. Soper, whose artistic eye and practical proficiency materially promote the good fortunes of the famous yard of John G, Fay & Co., of Southampton, where scores of handseme yachts have risen in frame to Rive excellent accounts of themselves in later days, Daisy was built in 1882, and in the Solent matches won fer herself an enviable recerd. She is certain to receive popular indorsement on this side of the pond,for she has all any one can ask on 25it. loadline. It is possible she will be raced now and then in the Seawanhaka Cor- inthian matches and we also hope to see her voyage Hast and try on some of her own breed of American origin. Her principal occupation, however, will be knocking about the coastanywhere between Halifax and the West Indies. The spars of the Daisy are necessarily of the most liberal proportion, so that to mitigate their influencein pitching, the mast has been stepped well amidships. As we propose to publish cabin plans, building section and rig, it will he enough here to add the chief dimensions and elements, : ABevorsanpWonde\ 2) | Aen SA ere RON Te ee Ol ‘Lene chron loadine 2 ace canoe en eee ts Ben IGAGIii Grats yr .tratenidse aiaeine Bae is cae ete Least freeboard te planksheer...... RL Ee ee ta SADR LOST Geet tate Jicle beers eset, Sonal, Suan hoesyd | ade iy Displacement, lone tons .2. 2... 6... cece eee eeceee Coefficientfineness to rabbet...........2..-200:-, Ballasnom keel, leads ae b.-sh- sau es eee delete x Ballasteinside; lead co: Sab ee ey oe eel . Ratio of ballast to displacement.,.. ..... Area loadline plane 20. ..2s.c.scstecenensce : ATER NIOSH Ip SCCHOULE asd ce Bene reene ee Area longitudinal section, with rudder Area wet surface, withrudder................... 5 Area three lower sails. Gec.s pene bss eee ens Center of lateral resistance ditto, ........... ve. ft, 5in, Lower sail per sq. ft. wet surface............... 2.69sq. ft, Wet surface per long ton displacement......... 40.7sq. ft. AROUND LAKE ONTARIO IN THE KATIE GRAY. pas first celd winds of fall bring to the yachtsman’s mind the many pleasing memories of summer’s visit, and hasten him to his pen, that in the savage blows of winter and in the seasons to come the cruise may lose none of its happy recolleetions. Cruises in all kinds of yachts are composed of incidents and day to day life. similar one to the other, but as we think we had about the jolliest erew afloat, harmonious in all things, and the famous record of our sloop for speed, our trip around Lake Ontario and down the St. Law rence River may interest some of our salt-water brother yachtsmen as well. A four days’ blow, commencing on the night of the 2d of August, drove us back pell mell from about eight miles up the lake, G. D. and the Major, strong fellows constitutionally, “went over the side of the ship and heaved their lives away.” For three days our only communication with the shore was by signal code. At daylight, Aug. 7, we were off, and -with a heavy sea and wind dead ahead, we made Fair Haven, fifteen miles, in one stretch. We could have fetched ten miles further, but we were hungry, so we ran in and cooked a square dinner. At daylight next morning we were still working to windward, having thrashed fifty- one miles, All night we were just able to keep a tow abreast of us, which we found in the morning to consist of the tug C, P. Morey, Capt. Fred. Papa, drawing three coal barges. The wheelman on the last barge caught our towline, and at7 A. M, we were in Charlotte, seven miles from where we lowered our canvas. Aug. 8.—A hasty change from our heavy clothing into our yachting uniforms, a rush for the train, and with the first mate missing, Rochester was soon reached. Dined at the Powers Hotel. » The evening paper mailed tous at Toronto read, The Rochester Post- Express contained the following: ‘‘The yacht Katie Gray, of the Oswego Y. C., arrived at Charlotte this morning at 7 o’clock from Oswego. Thecaptain of the Katie Gray is Vice-Com. W. B. Phelps, Jr., and the crew is composed of G, D. Hart, J.D. Henderson, R. G. Majorossy, and J. P. Phelps. They are passing the day in Rochester, calling on their friends and making hosts of new acquaintances, Their yachtis a very fine and handsome craft, and manned by genial, pleasant gentlemen.’ At3 P.M, we were standing out into the lake; dropped Capt. John Parsons af the lighthouse. Wind fell when a few miles out. Becalmed all night, not a breath of air. Our little clock rang the bells through four watches before our bow cut the water, Ave. 9.—A more beautiful day or favorable breeze could not be wished. As the dishes were being cleared away a N. E. breeze set in, and steadily increased to a lively air, and held its own all day. We were heading W.by S.; spinnaker did good service. Passed Oak Orchard 9 A. M.; Thirty Mile Point 11:45 A. M.:; Olcott 1:35 P, M.: Wilson 2:25; Niagara River at 4, After passing Niagara the wind gradually fell until it reached a calm, leaving us unmanageable half a mile from Port Dalhousie, This was quite a disappoimtment, as we had “slicked up’”’ and blacked our boots, ete., and it looked as though the night was to be spent afloat. In the course of an hour all hands gave a slue to their trousers, and the Major skipped a tralaloo on the cabin top as a light air swept us into the piers at 7:30, Two hours Jater the schooner Preston came in. We beat her eight hours inthe 140 miles. Chartered an old springless democrat and drove three miles to St. Catherine’s. The firemen were having a big cele- bration. Companies from both sides were in the long torehlight pro- cession. The “ohs” of the country folk and the ‘tahs” of the city fry were intermingled with howling brass bands as the rockets bursted in air, and flaming Niagara spread her yolume of colored fire. Wewere taken for firemen by the uninitiated,and had the freedom of the grounds. As we drove back, the colored lights on the bridges and banks of the new Welland Canal presented a very strik ing picture. Aue. 10.—Under way at eight bells; wind S.W. We could just squeeze on our course. Breaktast was scarcely partaken of when the breeze hauled a little more southerly, so that our jibtepsail pulled nicely. Met steamer Hastings with large party aboard. The day was warm and the wind very fickle, leaving us entirely when a few miles from Burlington Piers. The skipper pulled away a mile ahead in the dingey. The Major slept. J.D. took the polish and scoured the brass work: It was 5 o’clock as the great railroad bridge swung to let us through, and 6 as Capt. Monck, of the yacht Coquette, rowed out and boarded us and piloted us into moorings. Our snug uniforms were speedily rifled out of onr satchels, the yacht was put in complete order,and under the wings of Capt. Monck and Mr, Charles Goodeve the Hotel Royal dining room was taken possession of, and right royally we enjoyed our meal. At this hotel we found everybody obliging and alive to the wants of the visiting strangers. A merry time we had ashore, and we feel under obligations to Messrs. Monek and Goodeve for their kind attention. Aue. 11,—Market day. If you have been up early in the morning in a Canadian city, and witnessed the uncoyering and locating of the thousand and one articles, you haveseen something that will enhance the flavor of your morning coffee. Itis Fulton and Washington Mar- ket on wheels. The plump little cackling chickens, the big fresh eggs, the rosy complexions of the pretty farmers’ daughters proved such an interesting scene that cold breakfasts awaited twe of our crew. Our skipper had a narrow shave from total annihilation. He was presented to Hamilton's fairest belle, and for many miles at sea he could be discovered gazing into Ontario’s blue depths, silent and sad. After dinner atthe hotel, we took the streetcar to the vacht, bade our friends good bye, and with a head wind, 6 o’clock found us going through the draw at Buon Beach. In the evening we gave a display of fireworks in front of the hotel. Midnight we let go with three Hamilton gentlemen aboard, who were to join usin the run to Toronto. A light air carried us about six miles and there dropped us for the night, a repetition of our previous experience off Charlotte. Aug, 12.—At eight bells a light breeze sprang up from the eastward ye & FOREST AND STREAM. (Fan, 21, 1884. a ee ee dead ahead, and held allday. to me shtummuck, ay ’'d had « could pratie or two alang wid me. ‘Howiver,’ thinks I to mesilf, ‘whin he’s through atin’, he'll go aff quiet an’ dacint like, an’ the ould man’ll git back to camp in time to git a good shquare male for himsilf yit.’ But, diyil claw the oogly hide av ‘im, phwat does he do, ~when he'd got hiz own dirthy shtummuck full, but coom _back to the three, walk round it wanst or twicet, and thin lie down about tin yarruds from the fut av it. ** “Ah ha!’ sez I, ‘’tis that ye’re up to, is it? Goin’ to -shtarve me out, are ye? Will, will, av I kape whisht, may- | be ye'll be taking a gintale afther-dinzer nap, afther a while, an’ thin Ill deludher ye, an’ slip down off the three onbe- . knownst to ye, an’ av I can git back to camp an’ git hould of ould Betsey, I'll be afther poompin the could lead into the ongrateful carcass of ye, till yez are as ded as Paddy Burns’s pig, and then yez'll haye rayson to regrit that ye caused a - dacint man to make a shpecfacéle av himself, shquattin’ oop _ a three in this style, like a haythin moonkey on a limb.’ So afther a bit, whin | thought the fine shupper he’d been atin - had put him to shlape, I begins to lit mesilf down aizy, but _ afore I’d shlipped down a fut, oop gits the murtherin” blag- ard, an’ shtarts towards me. "T'was wonderful how quick I changed me mind, an’ concluded ’twasn’t so very uncom- fortable in the three afther all. *Twas only playin’ possum he waz, or maybe I'd been too precipitous like, so, whin he lay down agin, I made up me mind [’d give ’im plenty of _, time this time, afore I thryed ‘im agin. So I waited an’ waited, till my whole back was that sore wid the limbs a cuttin’ into it, that I cudn’t shtand it no longer, so I re- payted the exshperiment, but ‘twas not the laste use in the -worruld, he was at the fut ay the three agin, afore I’d shlid ;down a yarrud. So lmakes up me mind to ‘accipt the in- ivitayble,’ as l hear ye say wanst, an’ so I reshoomed me ‘original position, trustin’ that, when daylight came, and ihe saw how lane an’ tough I waz, he’d abandon the sayge an’ Jayve me in payce. So there I sits asthraddle av that limb all that blissid night, till the ligs ay me was so cramped they had no faylins lift, an’ the teeth av me was broke, be raison ay me jaws chatterin’ so wid the could, an’ I was that shtiff wid the frosht I was afraid I’d shnap in two like an ishickle, an’ I was gittin’ so hungry I could almost ate me boots; an’ was thinkin’ sayriously of takin’ an early breakfast on could grouse. Will, whin 1 was almosht ready to dhrop aff me perch wid fatigue, an’ hunger, an’ could, it began to lighten a little in the ayste, an pretty soon ’twas light enough for me to see the forrum of me oogler jailer, plainly, lyin’ close to the fut av the three.” Here he paused, Te-lit his pipe, which had gone out in the heat of his narra- tion, and puffed away quietly with the air of one who has just finished a good story. “Well, how did you get away?’ “On me liga, ay coorse.” “Did the hear leave you, when day came?” “Not a bit av it.” “You don’t mean to say you came down the tree and wilked off. while the bear stood and looked at you?” ‘Ay coorse not.” “You certainly didn’t kill him?” “Wida.38? Har-rdly!” “Well, how did you do it?” _ “Will yez shware, by the blissid bones of the howly St. Pathrick, that yez'll nivir till, av I disclose to you the saycret av me escape?” L _* What secret: can there bé about it?” _ __ “Nivir you moind; not anither worrud do yez get from _ Jimmy O’Brien, till ye promise yez'll niver say a worrud to the byes, concarnin’ the houl thransaction.” ‘Well, well, all right; drive on.” — Will thin, tw; ; of a burro, Micky ti, might as well drop in on the old man and get a cold biscuit to stay my bunger till I reached I took it for granted he would be at work in the | woodcock. ey ___ | usual thing for them to doin these parts. no bear afall, at all, but that divil’s FOREST AND STREAM. Alatiyal History. PROTECT THE SMALL BIRDS. fiditor Forest and Stream: For several years I haye watched the decrease in numbers of our singing birds, and haye wondered what our energetic collectors will find to prey upon a hundred years hence. An interesting account of a day’s birds’ nesting in your issue of Jan. 31, has attracted my attention, and I think illustrates the mania now raging among ornithologists for the possession of immense series of birds’ eggs and skins. I quote a few sentences from the above mentioned article: “We have already taken six eggs from this nest (that of Ardea virescens) four on the 7th day of May, two more on May 25, and to-day, June 4, we find three more. The nest we carefully leave, expecting to get a dozen more eggs from it at least, and then add both nest and bird to our collec- tion.” Again, ‘We take the first, containing four as pretty egos as ever eladdened the eye of an odlogist, and then an- other and another, until our arms are full, Riding ashore we deposit our treasures, and wading in, we collect more, until want of carrying space cries hold! enough!’ It seems to me that such wholesale collecting cannot but eventually seriously diminish the number ot our birds. T see no necessity for killing the birds during nesting time, save for the purpose of absolute identification, for if killed during migration or before nesting time, it allows time for the mate to remate and rear a brood before the season is too far advanced. It seems to me that the protection of our, insect-eating friends is a serious necessity, and a line should be drawn somewhere 'to limit the inroads made upon them. Of course the number of birds sacrificed for scientific pur- poses is small compared with the slaughter for millinery purposes, which is assuming vast proportions, The beauti- ful cedar bird (Ampelis cedrorum), formerly abundant in the vicinity of Boston, has become comparatively rare. The Baltimore oriole (/eterus galbula), whose gorgeous plumage contrasts so beautifully with the rich green of the elms in our suburbs, has of late visibly decreased in numbers. No mansion now is considered fashionably furnished if not possessed of several owls usually mounted in horrible atti- tudes upon a half moon or with wings painfully distended high over the back. This robs the farmer of his best mouser. While visiting the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy, at Cambridge, one afternoon, I heard a young lady remark while examining the birds, ‘“What a horrid shame it is to kill these poor little dears,” Glancing at her dainty hat I beheld thereto attached a bird most wonderfully constructed and composed of portions of at least two or three lovely denizens of the tropics. 1 thought at the time that there was a chance for missionary work among the fair sex. If the Jadies could be induced to take interest in the matter and re- fuse to wear birds or feathers it would be an immense step in the right direction, The State of Maine has made vigorous movements toward the protection of insectivorous birds. In Massachuseits it is proposed to put into the hands of the fish and game protec- tive associations the matter of licenses and to impose a bond so heavy as to confine the permit to responsible parties. That this plan may succeed is the devout prayer of MERrin. WINTER BIRD NOTES. Te signs of the birds seem to point to an early spring; and now that this season is at hand we hope that col- lectors and observers all over the country will give us the benefit of their notes, and will tell us of the arrival of the birds. If this were done systematically the amount of valu- able information accumulated would be very great. We shall hope to hear from many of our readers, and shall pub- lish from week to week the observations which are sent in, Hornellsville, N. Y., Feb. 3—Kinefishers, blackbirds and meadow larks have been here all the winter. Cannot well understand how they ean live, as it has been a severe winter. Ice sixteen inches thick in the river, snow two feet deep on the level, good sleighing since Dec. 18, and the temperature often 20° below zero. Bluejays, many of them are seen around the farmhouses. I saw two large owls trying to catch English sparrows one evening last week, right in the outskirts of the city. On Saturday, Jan. 26, L saw about a dozen robins, which we all think here is a very strange cir- cumstance, as Friday night at 11 o’clock it was 28° below, On Saturday and Sunday it was quite cold, but the robins were singing. Haye seen none since the 28th. Heavy rains and thawing to-day.—J. Oris Fenitows. Washington, Litchfield County, Conn., Feb. 4.—A. robin was noticed at this place on the morning of the 8d inst. Is it not rather early for them in New England, even in this a locality? Pine grosbeaks are abundant here.— Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 5.—On the 2d of February a man, living near a spring brook, saw a bird on the bank, which he thought was a woodcock. He killed it, and it proved to be an English snipe. When he fired only one bird was in sight, but at the report of his gun eleven more rose and flew. Most of them have been killed since. I also saw the same evening arobin. Wehave had an unusually severe winter. The ground has been covered with snow from six to ten inches deep, since the 25th of December, and cold all the time, which makes the accurrence something unusual.—W. H. W. [The occurrence of snipe near Ithaca at this season is quite unusual, though not without precedent. As we have fre- quently remarked, the cold does not appear to be always the moying cause of the southward joumeying of snipe and So long as the feeding grounds of these birds remain open a few of them will remain with us and brave even the severest weather. ] Perth Amboy, N. J., Feb. 15.—St. Valentine’s Day was signalized here by a thunder shower, during which a tree toad chirruped merrily. And when it was over,.a bluebird, on the top of the old pear tree, gave us a snatch of a spring song, while the mercury touched 62°. To-day it indicated but 27°, and the toad and bluebird—where are they? Two immense flocks of bluebirds were also seen, flying south- west. Could they have foreseen the cold wave?—J. L. K. Ferrisburgh, Vt,, Feb, 14.—We are just at the tail end of a big thaw which has nearly spoiled the sleighing and set the brooks a-roaring. A few crows have been hanging about here all winter in spite of deep snow and severe cold, an un- I think I told you of the grosbeaks beimg here,—R. E. R, Irvington, N. J,—While walking in the woods on Jan, 20 | Arkansas or the Red River, though not as lon ‘ 8&3 I was surprised to hear what sounded like a robin, and while looking for it another one flew into a tree near by. I have seen them here in New Jersey in the latter part cf February, but never in midwinter. The thermomefer registered 15°, and the earth was covered with six inches of snow, yet tle bird was in no way affected by it. J have known them to be so benumbed with the same degree of cold as to be casily caughf in the hand, Like the late breeding of squirrels, it’s another sign of a mild winter.—F. H. B. New York, Jan. 18.—While out the other day in New Jersey on @ snow-shoe tramp for the purpose of féeding quail, we came across a flock of a dozen wild pigeons, It is very unusual to see them at this time of the year, and dur- ing so severe a storm.—W. HoLBERTON. Manton, R. L., Jan. 21.—A friend and myself went out without guns the other day and found the remains of two covevs of quail within a half-mile, seven birds in one and five in the other. They seemed strong and in good feed ground. On our trip L saw quite a large flock of robins and about a dozen pine grosbeaks and some gray linnets, Tak- ing the weather as we haye had it so far this winter, I thought it strange to see so many robins; they all looked fat and strong. They have been seen a number of times this winter in cedar trees near my house. We haye a good lot of partridges (ruffed grouse) left over, but gunners are hunting them every day that the weather will allow them to get out, and they go some very bad days at that. The law is wrong to allow them to kill partridge up to the first of February.—T. M, Atpricu. Barrie, Ont., Feb. 7.—In your last number for January I read an article on late snipe, 1 Wilson snipe that was shot on Dec, 23, 1883, at Cleveland, O. Allow me to tell you about a Wilson snipe shot here on Jan. 23, 1884, by a Mr. Vair on his stream, Barrie, Ontario, and where we have three feet of snow and the thermometer 36 degrees below zero. A. more perfect bird I never saw; it was in good plumage and as fat as butter. I may still say it was in such good condi- tion thet we have decided to have it put up by our taxider. mist, Mr. Wright.—S. D,. Brarry, FORESTS AND FLOODS. ok many years thereafter the flood in the Ohio River of 1882 was called by the settlers along its banks the “‘ereat flood.” Its like was unknown to the oldest inhabitant. It was fifteen years till another comparable with it occurred, and the flood of 1847 was not as high as that of 1882. But within the last three years there have been two surpassing that of fifty-two years ago—the one now on being the most destructive of all, And yet the news gives no reason to believe that the water discharged from the clouds this year equals the discharges of 1832 and 1847, In 1832 the rains continued in torrents for seyeral weeks; this year for not more than half or a third of that time. There is an apparent mystery in this which will set millions of people to thinking, more especially those who inhabit the banks and rich ‘‘bottoms” of that most beautiful river, and whose property is in peril of periodical destruction from these rapidly increasing occurrences. The Ohio in its length—1,000 miles—is a river of the third class for America, and of the second class compared with Kuropean rivers. After the Missouri it is the chief tributary of the Mississippi, discharging more water than either the as either of these. It is formed by the Alleghany and Monongahela, both rising in the Alleghany Mountains, and fed by snows till as late as the middle of May. Below the junction of these two mountain streams, which is at Pittsburgh, the prin- cipal affluents of the Ohio are the Scioto, Kanawha, Big and Little Miami, Kentucky, Wabash, Cumberland, and Tennes- see. These affluents drain three-fourths of the State of Ohio, more than half of Indiana and Kentucky, nearly all of Ten- nessee and West Virginia, and, including the Alleghany and Monongahela, half of Pennsylvania and a considerable part of Virginia. The area of drainage into the Ohio can hardly be less than 100,000 square miles, and of this at least six- sevenths, probably nine-tenths, was sixty years ago covered by dense forest. The original prairie lands of the Ohio were insignificant. Forest was the prevailing quality of the land along the Scioto, the two Miamis, all through Ken- tucky, Tennessee, Western Pennsylvania, and Virginia, and Indiana from the old National Road southward was covered by beech, walnut, poplar, and oak, with but here and there asmall “clearing.” The rain that fell wpon these forests sunk into a thick stratum of leaves, the deposit of ages, and was there retained for weeks aiter it fell, finding its way slowly into creeks and rivers, which accordingly rose slowly, Within the present generation the whole region from the Little Miami to far west of Indianapolis and thence south to the Ohio was comparatively a swamp from the beginning of the spring rains till as late as the middle of June, The rule, with some modification, extended to the whole area drained by the Ohio. Now allis changed, It is safe to say that four-fifths of the primeval forests that covered the Ohio val- as far back as 1820 have been cut away—for railway ties, fences, fuel, lumber, and timber for houses and barns—con- verted, so to speak, into railways, farms, villages and towns. These are, to be sure, not inconsiderable compensations for the losses by floods, but they are the cause of them all the same, We search in vain for any other cause. The Ohio is not filled up in its bed, asare the Sacramento and San Joaquin, by detritus, It is navigable now from its head to its mouth by boats of as deep a draft as plied upon it thirty years ago, Its banks are as high as ever and as far apart. It is as capable of carrying as much water now as when the Indians hunted in its woods, The difference is that it is now called on to discharge in a week the same quantity of water that it formerly received in a month or six weeks. The leafy forest reservoirs are cut away. When an eight or ten inch rain fell half a century ago, more than half of it was held back from the rivulets and rivers by these reservoirs. Now all goes at once, and if the rivers cannot contain the influx, of course their banks are overflowed, and farms, villages, and towns swept away. : This is the common-sense explanation of the mystery. The compensation of the flood calamities is found im the exchange of the primitive unproductive forests for farms, orchards, meadows, flocks, and herds, and the other con- comitants of the thing we name “progress.” The partial remedy against these wholesale destructions by flood lies in the restoration of the denuded ferests as far as is consistent with that cultivation of the soil which the increasing popu: lation of the country demands. It isaremedy which might be more practically and profitably enforced m the valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaq@¥in than in the States drained by the Ohio. Tree culture in ow valleys, while contributing toward the prevention of sudden overflows of the rivers, would not curtail the area of prolitable sgricul- tural production, for an acre of well-shaded Jand is worth “more for pasture than for grain, and we are shorter of beef, if the butchers may be believed, than we are eyer Jikely to he of bread.—San Francisco Chronicle, Game Bag and Gun. WOODCOCK COVERS NEAR NEW YORK. HIRTY years ago last summer, within one hundred yards of where I am now writing, I killed my first 9 tirely arrested. Inflammation of the nose, eye, or ear is accompanied by more or less impairment of the senses of smelling, seeing, or hearing. When the inflammatory process takes place in any of these organs most immediately con- cerned in the maintenance of life, such as the brain, lungs, or héart, it is always dangerous, owing to the effect upon their Tunctions., Although the pathologist tells us that the essential conditions of inflammation are always the same—viz., perverted nutrition ina part, the practical surgeon takes cognizance of many variations, if not varieties, of the process, dependent upon the seat of the disease, the stage to which itrises, and the probable pees and complications.—William Hunting in Land and Veter, WORKING THE DOGS ON WOODCOCK. I HAVE spent two pleasant days hunting woodcock with one of your correspondents, whose non de plume is “Vitus,” and we have made remarkable bags for this section. One or two of your correspondents in their replies to ‘‘Vitus” stated that if he had had experience in the field and did not refer so much to books, he would know more of the Gordon and their good qualities. I will say this much for the benefit ot those correspondents, that if either one of them could travel over our woodcock grounds with him for one day, he would feel perfectly satisfied with his walking and shooting, and with the good actions of his dogs, if not with his opinions on the Gordon. As for his walking, he can tire a mule; he is a good shot, and his dog Echo isthe best in this section for snipe, woodcock or partridge. But back to the point. At half past 5 A. M. we started for the swamp, ‘*Vitus” with Echo, and I with my dropper Spot. Reaching the swamp both dogs were east off, Echo to the left, Spot to the right. Soon I heard ‘Vitus’s” gun. He had flushed a cock and made a clean miss. The bird lit close to me, I flushed, and scored a splendid miss also. The laugh which I had over ‘‘Vitus” was now turned. Ithen passed to the left of V. and Spot made a good point, but before I could call up V., up jumped twe birds; I made a right and left, and brought both birds to bag, which were re- trieved by Echo. We then took down a bunch of canes, V, on the right and I on the left. Echo drops on pointand V. calls me to come up; I took a good position and told him to flush, which he did. He scored amiss with his right barrel, but brought the bird to bag with the left. We then passed on for the space of about fifty yards when both dogs dropped on point; this was a beautiful sight, Echo a little behind Spot, the two making a perfect picture. V, told me tofiush. I didso, and up jumped four birds; I bagged two and V. one and passed on. Down came Echo, VY. flushed and I brought the bird to bag. About ere yards further; and down again came Echo. YV. flushed and I bagged again. This gave me six to his two, which looked as if] were going to have the best of the old man. We then started for the next run in theswamp, On arrivin Spot began to draw; the bird flushed, I fired and missed, an VY. bagged. Down came Echo. V. called, but being some distance from him I did not hear him; he came after me, and when we got back to where the dog was on point, we found him at a down charge with his head to one side on the bird; he had stood so long that he had got tired, and had dropped to charge. YV. flushed and brought the bird to bag. We passed on and Spot dropped to point,.and as the place was open I started to flush without aa V., when up jumped a covey of partridges, of which I bagged one; we did not follow them up, however, as we were bent on woodeock. On swept the dogs; down dropped Spot. I jumped and bagged a cock, and passed on to the next run, ese runs are springy sloughs which run from the high land down to the swamp, the best points for woodcock. Echo dropped hed, Fai up feraped another covey of part- Echo. apbes again; V. flushed and I ho.drops; V. flushes and I bag. 91 At the next run we found the birds very wild. There were several parties in the swamp, and though they killed but few, they chased the others so much that they would flush at the approach of a dog, which made it hard work for both man and dog. Still, however, we kept up courage and banged away, determined to make the best bag of the season, which we finally did. I thought at first that I would leave the old man behind, but at the close of the day when we counted our game he had bird for bird, in all twenty-eight woodcock and six partridges. This is considered an extraordinary bag for this section for two guns, ten or twelve being considered ex- cellent. The second day we started for the same swamp, and, like the first day, I got the better of ‘‘Vitus” af the start, but he: soon caught up, and inthe end wasinthe lead. This time we bagged twenty-three woodcock, two partridges and a snipe. making in the two daysin all fifty-seven woodcock flushed and fifty-one bagged. The first day two were killed by V. which could not be: found, and which must have been caught in the bruslt, as it was very thick. It seems to me that this was pretty fair shooting, fifty-three out of fifty-seven, especially since ‘*Vitus’ has so little experience in the field.” Your corre- spondents and lovers of the Gordon would have us believe: that he shoots the most of his birds out of books, but I think he will do in the field. BALDIA- Savanna, Ga. FOREST AND STREAM DOG PICTURES.—We have: issued 4uew series of eas of winning dogs at field trials,- The ready sale which these pictures have had show that. sportsmen very generally are anxious to learn something about how these winning dogs look. We cannot all of us visit - the trials held at points far distant from our homes, and if we could do this, we should still be unable by looking a few times at a dog to carry away with us a complete and permanent mental picture of the best animals. Any one who has ever tried to form an idea of the appearance of some breed of dog that he has never seen, from a written description, Knows that this is something that cannot be done. The books imagine a standard and then describe it, but » man who had neyer seen the strain spoken of could learn nothing from the descrip- tion, A oe is first needed, The engravings which we haye published include twenty-six of the most celebrated pointers and setters of the day, and they cannot fail to be of value to all interested in these dogs, They are the work of several of our best artists, and they are striking and life-like. In our advertising columns will be found a list of the animals portrayed. WASHINGTON SHOW.—Cincinnati, O., Feb. 23,—Editor Forest and Stream: I am glad to say to you, that the Masonic Hall, in Washington, has been secured for the second annual bench show, to be given on the 18th,19th,20th and 21st of March next. Entries close on March 10. The prize lists will be sent out as early as possible, and a number of them mailed to you, so that parties desirous of obtaining them can get them at your office, or by addressing me at Washington, D.C. The show will undoubtedly be a good one, judging from the - numerous inquiries I have received, wanting to know if a bench show would be given this year, and as you know every one wants to go to the capital city of the nation, so the bench show will afford the sportsmen and loyers of dogs a good opportunity. The judges so far appointed are Hon. John, S. Vise and Major Taylor, for English setters and pointers: Mr. James Mortimer, for non-sporting dogs; for Gordon and Irish setters, not decided on; for spaniels, beagles and foxhounds, not decided on,—CuHaAs, LINCOLN, Superintendent. SHALL ST. LOUIS HAVE A SHOW?—St. Louis, Mo., Feb, 24.—Editor Forest and Stream: I want to find out, as far as possible, what the '‘dog men” think of having us give @ grand bench show in St. Louis, in April. say the 15th. The St. Louis Gun Club will give it if sufficiently encouraged by doz owners, to look fora good number of entries’ May ask them, through the medium of this notice, to write to me what they think of it, and what number of entries they will be likely to make if we offer an attractive prize list in cash and specials, and J will announce at once if the show will be given. The shows already announced are Cincinnati, March 4; New Haven, March 12; Washington, March 18; Toronto, March 25; Cleveland, April 4; New York, May 6. I see no reason why we can’t slip in with ours between Cleveland and New York, and catch the best dogs in the country, as they are then sup- posed to be in show form. Gentlemen, let me hear from you at onee.—JoHN W. Munson (517 Chestnut street). NEW ENGLAND KENNEL.—There is a movement on foot in this city to organize a New England Kennel Club for the importation and breeding of thoroughbred dogs fur sporting and domestic purposes. Several well known gentlemcu of this city and vicinity with this purpose in view met at the Parker House on Friday, and after discussing the subject appointed a committee to take the matter under consideration, wih in- structions to report at a meeting to be announced for some day during the present week at the same hotel. The programme proposed embraces the establishment of a large kennel, some- thing after that of the old Harvard kennel of Cambridge. It appears that during the past few years many of the best strains of breeding dogs have been removed from this section of the country, among them the celebrated Dash and mate, which ae gone to the Nesbeth Kennels in lowa.—Boston Herald, eb. 24, NEW HAVEN SHOW.—Zditor Forest and Stream; The first thing I noticed on receiving the New Haven Kennel Club’s schedule for their first annual, to be held the 12th, 13th and 14th of next March, was the total absence of cash prizes. That is a grave mistake. Medals, with the majority of exhib- itors, especially those from afar, do not give the satisfaction that is obtained by giving cash prizes. This system of awards keep away a good many people who otherwise would exhibit. People do not feel like paying $2 to enter their dogs, and, if lucky enough to win first prize, receive nothing but a silver medal. lsee that the bull-terriers are well provided for, but the bulldogs do not fareso well; the sexes are not even divided, I am astonished at this, as there have been so many good bulldogs imported this fall.—BuLLpoc. CINCINNATI SHOW.—Cincinnati, O., Feb. 23.—2Rditor Forest and Stream; Messrs. W. B. Shattuc and A. A. Bennett have consented to act as board of arbitration for this show, in case any protests should be made from the-judges’ de- cisions. Iam requested to state that the judges will be in- structed to make due allowance for want of coat and feather, from any cause they may think justifiable.—CnHas. Lrycotn, Superintendent. ; TORONTO DOG SHOW.—It is possible that a trial of col- les may be held in connection with the Toronto Bench Show, if suitable grounds can be obtained for it. A large number of special prizes will be given in the different classes, among them the Dominion Club offers a $75 cup for best six dogs of any breed, owned and breed in the Dominion; and there will be a $25 cup for best setter in show, NEW HAVEN BENCH SHOW.—New Haven, Conn.— Editor Forest and Stream: Will yow be kind enough to announce in this week’s issue that classes will be formed for greyhounds and collies, for dogs, bitches, champions and puppies, and also for other breeds where the division is neces- ae S jihere will be many specials.—E. 8. PorTER, Secretary, SANTA CRUZ, Cal., boasts a litter of eight Gordon setter pups with no ears. : = 92 FOREST AND STREAM. NEWARK DOG THIEVES.—Dog thieves are on the ram- page in Newark, as usual. The last case reported is that of a pure liver-colored setter dog, Sam. white spot on chest, white toe on left fore and right hind legs, also white nails on other feet, not noticeable except when dog’s feet are washed. He- ward for information leading to recovery. All communica- tions will be considered strictly private, by F. Sartzr- THW ArH (2 West Park street, Newark, N, J.). POINTERS AND SETTHRS.—Attention is called to the advertisement of pointers and setters for sale by Mr. FP. Sat- terthwaite, published in another column, Mr, Satterthwaite knows what a good dog is, and we presume those he adver- tikes are Worth inspecting. KENNEL NOTES. NOTICH TO CORRESPONDENTS. Kennel notes are inserted in this column free of charge. To mesure publication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the following par- hiculars of each animal: i. olor. 6. Name and residence of owner, v. Breed. buyer or seller. 3. Bex. 7, Sire, with his sire and dam. 4. Age, or 8. Owner of sire. a. Date of bi th, 0° breeding or 9. Dam, with her sire and dam. of death. 10, Owner of dam, All names must be plainly written, Communication on one side of Taper only, and signed with writer’s name. NAMES CLAIMED, i= ~ See instructions at head of this column. Sam, Jr. Wy Mr. E.G, Babcock, New Britain, Ct., for dark liver, white markings, cocker spaniel, whelped Dec. 6, 1883, by Cul, Stubbs out of Diamond, Hancy. By Mr, E, G. Babcock, New Britain. Ct., for dark liver, white breast, cocker spaniel ‘hitch, whelpet Ang. 10, 1883, by Quand out of Piper. Modesty, By Mr. John W, Munson, St. Louis, Mo., for liver and White pointer bitch, 2 years old, by Croxteth out of Trinket. Brimstone, Madstone. Touchstune, Luckystone and Clingstone, -By the Westminster Kennel Ciub, for liverand white pointers, one Gog and four bitches, whelped Aug. 24, 1883, by ‘Tory out of Moon- stone. Inrported in utero. Queen Dido, Ky Dr. 8. H, Greene, Newmarket. N. H., for black spaniel bitch, whelped Dec. 15, 1888, by Obo IT, (A.JS.R. 432) out of Rubie (A.K.R 734). Floss Ii, By Mr. &. C. Andrus, Malone, N, Y., for liver and white cocker spaniel bitch. whelped July 20, 1883, by Handy (Racer—Ruth) out of Nellie Cohern (Sport—Curiey), 2 Vixen. By Mr. F. L. Stebbins, Geneya, N. Y¥., for liver and white cocker spaniel bitch, whelped April 20, 1883, by Dick (Ringola— Dot) out of Little Flirt (Snip— Frolic). NAMES CHANGED. RE— See instructions at fread of this colunrn. Jessie to Lady Bub, Black cocker spaniel bitch, whelped March 12, 1880, by imported Bub(A.K_R. 131‘ out of imported Jennie, owned by Mr. Herman FP. Schellhass, Brooklyn, N. Y. BRED. PS" see instructions at head of this column, Modesty—Bang. Mr, John W. Munson’s (St. Louis, Mo.) liver and white pointer bitch Modesty to imported Bang (champion Bang— Luna), Jan. 1% and 14. Polly—Bang Bang. Mr. W. Tallman’s bitch Polly (Beaufort— )to the Westminster Kennel Clib’s pointer Bang Bang, Feb. 15. Rue—Bang Bang. Mr, Bayard Thayer’s bitch Rue (Snapshot— Ruby) to the Westminster Kennel Club’s pointer Bang Bang, Peb. 18. Lotia—Sensation, Mr. A, B Conger’s bitch Lotta (Faust—Clarg) to the Westminster Kennel Club's pointer Sensation. Fiy—Croxteth, Mr. Fullerton’s pointer bitch Fly to Mr. A. Godeffroy’s Croxteth, Jan, 15. Fally—Crorteth, Mr Walker's pointer bitch Folly to Mr. A. B, Godeffroy’s Croxteth, Feb, 14. Daisy—Glencho. Mr. G. Hills’s (Hudson, N-Y.) red Trish setter bitch Daisy (Chief—Tilley) to Glencho (Elcho—Noreen), Jan. 31. Lady Bub—Benedict’s Boy, Mr. Herman YF. Schellhass’s (Brook- lyn, N. Y.) black cocker spaniel bitch Lady Bub (A.K.R. —) to his enedict’s Boy (A.IS.R, 180), Feb. 10, WHELPS. fee" See instructions at head of thay column. Lofty. Mr. J, P-Willey’s (Salmon Falls, N, H.) cocker spaniel bitch Lofty (A.K.K, 431), Feb. 18, four (one dog), by Obo IT. (A, K.R. 432); all black. SALES, (=~ See instructions at head of thts column. Beduchief. Collie dog,whelped April 25, 1883 (Gyp—Buttercup), by Mr, Arthur L. Kelley, Lawrence, Mass., to Miss Ida F, Warren, Leicester, Mass. Blcho—Meg whelp, Red Trish setter bitch, whelped July 21, 1883, by Elcho (Charlie—Nell) ont of Meg (Elcho—Rose), by Mr. Benj. F. Olark, Manchester, N. H., to Mr. Frank Prendergast, Boston, Mass, Don Juan. White, black and ticked English setter dog, whetped April 16, 1883 (champion Dash III.—Katydid), by Mr. B. A. Fisher, Jt., New Bedford, Mass.. to Mr, F. C. Snow, Dover, N. H. Ceesur. Mulberry fawn mastiff deg (A.K,K. 12), by Mr. Wm. Wade, Pittsburg, Pa.. to Mr. C. F. Wilson, Palmyra, O, ; Jessie, Black cocker spaniel bitch, whelped March 12, 1880, by im- orted Bub (A.K.R. 131) out of imported Jennie (champion Brush, BC.8.B. 7,871—champion Rhea, B.K.C.S.B, 2,228:, by Mr. D.C, rank, Tremont, N. Y., to Mr. Herman PF. Schellhass, Brooklyn, NL ¥ My au. aN. . Rose. Red Irish setter biteh,whelped Aug. 22, 1583, by Glencho out of Colleen Bawn (A.K.R, 507), by Mr. Chas. R. Squire, Troy, N. ¥., to Mr. John H. Nesbitt, W st Troy. N. Y. ; Drouse. Liver and white aud liver ticked Euelish pointer dog’, whelped Oct. 30, 1883, by Beacher out of Vinnie IT. (A.K R, 466), by Mr. Mr. Charles R. Squire, Troy, N. Y., to Mv. John H. Nesb.tt, West Troy, N.Y. Modesty. Red Trish setter bitch, whelped Sept. 10, 1882, by Scout (Plunket —Carrie) out of Grace (Hill—Denna), by Mr. A, W. Pearson, Huntington, N. Y., to Mr. P. Mahony, Brooklyn, N.Y. Wellia, Blick aad tan foxhound bites, by Mr. D.C. Paulding, White Plains, N. ¥., to Mr. C. H, Kent, Monricello, N. Y- Barvnet—Rita Croxteth whelps, Pointers, whelped Dec. 22, 1888 (champion Baronet—champion rita Croxteth), hy Mr, Geo, 8.Tucker, Peterborough, N. H., a liver and white bitch aud lemon and white dog to Mr. Geo, L. V. Tyler, West Newton, Mass. PRESENTATIONS. (P=— See instructions at head. of this colunin. i Bessie Case. Bl’ ck, white and tan setter bitch, by Fr tz (Roderick —Norna) out of Duff (Cariowitz—Kose), by Mr. John W. Munson, St, Louis. Mo., to Mr. Geo. A. Castleman, same place. Answers to Correspondents, {== No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, V, M, L.. Summit Station, O.—1. About March 1. manufac.urers. R. W. M., Alexandria, Va.-We know nothing o! the new English rifle referred to, } - B,, Toledo, 0.—¥For some hints on care cf quail in confinement see editorial columns, : aa New Susscorisex, New Hampshire.—A 12-bore will do for your shooting, See page 86 of this issue. L. B., Jr , Bos!on.—For government charts, apply to I. Thaxter & Sun, No. 125 State street, in your city. W. D. D., Ottawa.—For information respecting English hurdle rae- ing, consulesome of the horse papers. J. M, H., Brooklyn.—You can get areca nutof druggists, or send to the firms which advertice it in our columns. 8B, H.—¥for instructions in trapping consult Gibson’s “Complete American Trapper,” price $1, Wecan supply it, ®. Write to the Longs AnecLer,—J. The index to Vol. XXI. will probably be printed | next week, 2 The vod is worth the price asked for it. W. ., New York.—Aderess of Secretary New Jersey Fish and Gamie Protective Society is Wm. L. Force, Plainfield, N. J, BRoogLYNITE.—1. The .20 long will carry further than the .22 short. 9, Clean the gunstock thoroughly, apply sweep oil aad rub it briskly. Hentinc Hory.—Haye lost your address or would send the issue containing directions Low to make a hunting horn. It was the paper of April 19, 1883. ee L. L. B.. Washingtun Ter.—Cones's “Fur-Bearing Animals” relates to those of this country; Van Dyke’s Rui antee gives directions for deer hunting in America. Mr, Van Paks lives in California, Dealers in wild animals are Chas. Reiche Bro., Chatham street, New York. C. A. R., Pittsburgh, Pa.—The best material for a canoe deck is mahogany or Spanish cedar 14in, thick, as it will stand both sun and water without checking, G. C. B., North Granville, N.¥.—How far will a using long cartridges, shoot with accuracy? tmay be relied on af 100 yards. W, R., Philadelphia.—The charges you name are not excessive. As to diff, rence of reco, that is something that would be determined only by actual comparative test. _W_F. K,, Tioga County, N. Y.—We can send you the digest of New York game laws compiled under direction of the Commissioners of Fisheries. Price twenty-five cents, W.G.V., Bailardvale, Mass._1. You can shoot squirrels, rabbits and quail with your 16-bore gun, 2, Dr. Carver isthe champion wing- shot of the world, so far as there is any such championship, _N. W,, Hudson Centre, N. H.—1, Would parties trapping be respon- sible for damage done to dogs caught in traps? 2. Is there any dif- nce ag ua Srp panig: qualities of Damascus, or laminated Steel? 4ns5. 1. No. 2. No. W.H M., Massachusetis.—1. We have refused the advertisement of the gun dealers named, because we do not consider them re- liable. 2. Minks and muskrats are found on salt marshes as well as on fresh water streams, W. F., Greece, N. Y.—We have never been able to learn anything thing more about the “‘anti-bow’ machine than was printed in our issue of Orb. 4, 1883. Perhaps that item should have gone among the “Camp-Fire Plickerings.”’ . J. B, D., North Granville, N. Y.—Give me dimensions of 4 regulation Creedmoor target reduced fora gallery. Ans. Write to Dennison & Co, New York, orto J. 8. Conlin, Broadway and Thirty-first sureet, New York, for sample targets. _ 8. C., Troy, New York.—For the articles on left-eyed shooting see issues of Sept. 29 and Oct, 6, 1881, As 10 the use of one eye or two eyes in shooting, there is a wide diversity of opinion. Some of the crack spots shut one eye, others keep both open. G. H.H,., Maine.—There is little difference between the shooting of a 28-inch barrel and that of a 30-inch barrel, The latter will burn a little more powder than the former; and some say that the extra length is of service in aiming, though we have not found it so, W. #. C.. Menlo, lowa.—There is no special hunter’s map of Michi- gan that we know of. Any standard map will probably answer your purpose. You might find what you want in the numerous railroad guide book maps that are published by the Michigan railroads. T. L., Philadelphia.—Guns are usually targeted at 30in. circle, 40yds. These targets are easily prepared, or you may obtain them already psinted at the gun stores. A modified chokebore will prob- ably give you the best satisfaction on the game and clay-pigeons. W. N. L., Good Ground, Long Island.—They are netting ducks by the hundreds here. Is there no way to stopit? Ans, Netting ducks is against the law. You may stop it by informing tie game protector of ) our district, Geo. A. Whittaker, Southampton, and calling on him to prosecute the guilty parties. J. J. T., Mansfield, Ohio.—I€ you cut the gun off back of the “pocket’’ it will not shoot so closely as it does now; but you do not state length of barrel, so we cannot advise you, Try varying pro- portions of powder and shot charges. You may inthis way-alter the shooting to a satisfactory result. Buoreys, Ohio.—What is the difference between the muzzle diame- ter of a 10-zauge full choke and a 12-gauge cylinder bore? Ans, It depends upon the degree and style of choke. If both were cylinder bores. the difference would be that between .775in. for the 10-cauge and .729in. for the 12-gauge, or .04tin. W.A.R., New Haven, Conn,—The Wish Commissioners of Massa- chusetts are: EB. A. Brackett, Winchester; EH. H. Lathrop, Springfield, and F. W. Putnam, Cambridge. New Hampshire: G. W. Riddle, Manchester; Luther Hayes, South Milton; #. B. Hodge, Plymouth. Maine: E. M. Stilwell, Gangor; H. O. Stanley, Dixfield. Connecticut: br. W. M. Hudson, Hartford; R. G. Pike, Middletown. Nep, Allegany, N. ¥.—1. Whatis the regular price for mounting deer heads upon black walnut shields? 2. Who publishes a relinble hardware trade journal in New York, Ans. i. Theré is no regular price, Much depends on the jength of neck and otkermatters. Hight dollars for a short-necked head and twelve for a long is about the figure, 2. Try uhe tron Age, David Williams, publisher, Chambers street, New York. . J, H., Guilford, Me.—Dr. Coues’s book on the “Fur-Bearing Ani- mals’ treats of the natural history of the subject, Gibson’s book (mentioned elsewhere in this column) tells how to trap. We know of no book treating specially of fur buying. If you want to keep posted, in fur prices Communicate with the commission firms, as Wm. Mac- naughtan’s] Sons, New York, who, we believe, are successors of the great fur millionaire, John Jacob Astor. Sport, Brooklyn.—1, Bird lime ismadeas follows: Boil down lin- seed oil of the best quality until it becomes thick and glutinous. Boil in earthen pot, in open air, fortwo or three hours, and be sure that the cover of the poi fits tightly, sothat the oil will not catch fire. When boiled, set away in tin vessels with tight fitting covers. Touse it; Setectsmall, dry sticks, as thick as a straw and eight inches long. Sharpen the edges, smear them with the lime. and fasten the sticks into grooves cul in astake stuck into the ground. Placea “call bird” as alure. When the birds alight upon the sticks they pull them out from the main stake, and when flyimg the wings; coming in contact with ike lime, are pinioned to the sides. 2. We willreceiye two-cent stamps for the dog pictures, H. &.S., Brooklyn.—For trapping book see answer to B. H. Wor huntisg rifle and its use you cannot do better than to look through the files of the Forrest AND Stream; for hints on target shooting especially, see review of Farrow’s book in our issue of March 22, 1883, or buy the bookitself ($1), There are a number of good books on the shotgun, adapted to your purpose, among them Bogardus’s “Wield, Cover and Trap Shooting” ($2). ‘‘Wing-Shooting,” by “Chipmunk” (50 cents). Fora book on cumping out weadvise you to wait until the publication ot ‘‘Woodcratt,” by our wellknown contributor “Nessmuk,’’ lt willbe ready inabouta month, Perhaps the work best adapted to meet your needs is Hallock's “Sportsman’s Gazet- teer’’ ($3), which treats of game, guns, rifles, ete. W. H. A.. Canada.—The maximum weights of different members of the deer family are given by Judge Caton as follows: Monse, more than 1,209lbs. Elk, or wapiti deer, exceeding 1 000Ibs. Woodland caribou, 4001 bs. (probably more, though record of none heavier known to author), Mule deer, 250ibs.; average much lower. Columbia black-tailed deer (rare sprcimens), 15tlbs : average much lower. Comum.on deer (Cervus virginianus), largest of which author has au- thentic record, killed in \iichigan, weighed before dressing 246lbs,; “ayerage weight may be set down as not more than one hundred ounds. The guesses of hunters often give much larger weights.” enerally larger on Northern than Southern ranges. Mexican deer (which author says is but a yariety of CG. virginianis) 1s much smnaller than his Northern brother. Barren ground caribou, or Arc- tie remdeer, 150lbs. (average much lower). Acapulco deer (speci- mens in possession of author), 80 to 40Ibs. . TanneR.—For tanning, Mr.Gibson in his ‘‘Complete American Trap- per” recommends the following: *‘For tanning with the hair on, the skin shwuld first be cleaned, every particle of loose fat or flesb being removed, and the useless parts cut away. When this is done, it should be soaked for an hour or two in warm water. The following mixture should then be prepared: Take equal parts of borax, salt- pétre and sulphate of soda, and with them mix water sufficient to produce the consistency of thin batter. This preparation should be painted thickly on the flesh side of the skin, after which these sides shonld be doubled together and the pelt left in an airy place, A sec- ond mixture should next be prepared. This should consist of two parts sal soda, three parts borax, four parts castile or other hard soap, all to be melted together over a slow fire. At the end of twenty - four bours after the application of the first mixture, the second should be applied in a similar manuer, and the fur again left for the same length of fime. Next make a mixture equal parts of salt and alum, dissolved in warm water and thickened with coarse flour to the con- sistency of thin paste. Spread this thickly over the skin and allow it to dry, after which it should be scraped off with the bowl of a spoon. The skin should be eubly. stretched during the operation, in order to prevent too great shrinkage. A single application of the last named dressing is generally sufficient for small skins; bub a sec- ond or third treatment may be resorted to if required, tomake theskin soft and pliable, after which it should be finished off with sand-paper and pumice stone. A skin may be thus dressed as soft as velvet, and the alum and salt willl set the hair securely.” INFORMATION WANTED. F. M. P. (of New York) wants to know of desirable quail locality in Virginia, in season. , ; _H.R. (of Boston) and five companions wish to go fishing in a yacht in Ju Ys two weeks, expenses not to exceed $50 for the entire party; and they want to know where oy shall go “Lone ANGLER’' wishes to know of a place to Spe d the spring and summer in the western part of Maine or in New Hampshire, away from the'railroads, where the woods are well preserved, with good fly- fishing and fair accommodations, a: ee =. .22-raliber rifle, Ans. Excellent work i ’ J ‘ [Fun 28, 1884, Rifle and rap Shaat FIXTURES. First International Clay-Pigeon Tou rnament, at Chicago, 26 to 31. Managers, Ligowsky Clay-Pi ' GEE ert gers, Lig y Clay-Pigeon Go., P, 0, Box * ng. Tll., May 1292, Cin- ARMY PRACTICE IN 1884, IEUTENANT-GENBRAL SHERIDAN is determined that the : modern idea of long-range military practice shall be introduced into the regular army, and besides hé has given the whole subject of army practice an overhauling, in preparation for the worl: @ 1884. He directs in a recent order that wherever necessary ranges can be ob- tained, marksmen will be adyanced in regular target practice to dis- tances of 800,900 and 1,000yds., using service Tifles and service ammunition. _The grade of sharp shooter is established. To enter this class the following percentages will be hak dred: 88 per cent. at 200, 200 and 600yds. each, and 76 per cent, ar 800, 900 and 1.000yds, each, Division and department cominay ders in their discretion willextend to sharp- shooters such privileges as interests of the service will permit. In view of the greater amount of ammunition now authorized. and the increased skill attained under systematic training in rifle firing, requirements heretofore adonted are raised. Hereafter the hest three scores made (each having the required percentage) will deter- mine annual classifications, In calculating the figure of merit all company ofticers and regimental statf will bé included; sharpshoot- ers will each be given a multiplier of 200. Besides those now excluded from consideration, all who desert or are transferred or discharged during the first month, and all who are prevented by sickness from firme during the whole practice season, will also be disregarded . Medical certificates will be required to accompany exceptions claimed on account of siékmess. _ When supplied, the following insignia will be worn fo indicate skill in markmeuship. Marksmen qualifying during the current year vill always wear one pair of marksman’s buitons. Those qualifying for the second time may wear two pairs. After qualifyine three times (not necessarily in consecutive years), a marksman’s pin will be worn on the left breast. These wearing marksinan's pins will not wear more than the smpele pair of marksman’s buttons. indicating renewed qualification during the year. A sharpshooter will be imdi- cated by # small bronze cross worn below the opening of the coat ccllar while he continues to qnalify annually in that class, The cross and the pin will be the property of the winners, and they ma be worn upon the breast after ceasing to qualify in the corresponud- ing classes. They will be issued aud sold according to present reeu- lations concerning marksmen’s buttons. ' When, through no fault of his own (either through detached Ser- yice or sickness through the shooting season), a marksman or a sharpshooter has no opportunity to quality the next succeeding year, he may continue to wear the insignia of his class for another year. Certificates for marksmen and sharpshooters will be supplied by the Adjutant-General of the army, and will be issued from departinent headquarters, with qualifying scores entered upon them, te those entitled to receive them. Hereafter, all duly qualified marksmenin the army will be con- sidered eligible for selection to attend annual department corpeti- tions; but whenever any marksman has been three times member of adepartmentteam or has won any three of the authorized prize medals, he willbe announeed m general orders from these head- quarters as belonging to a distingiished class no longer eligible to compete for these honors without special permission from the com- manding general of the army. Post commanders willsend only enlisted men to represent com- panies at contests for places upon department teams, but department commanders may select (upon recommendations by post command- ers) two commissioned officers from each regiment in the commands, focompete. Staff cfficers may be allowed to enter department com- petitions in the discretion of department commanders, At all annual competitions for prizes and places upon teams, distances will reniain as heretofore, but the total of the two days’ score of the three fired will determine compositian of teams, Pre- liminary practice will not exceed five days for department contests or three days for division and army competitions. Individual skirmish matches will always be held at these meetings, and scores will be carefully recorded and announced. This very important kind of target practice will nut be neglected, A medal will be awarded to the skirmisher making the best individual score at each of the annual competitions for department, division and army prizes, DOMINION RIFLE ASSOCIATION. Oe Feb. 13—The aunual meeting of the Dominion Rifle Association was held this morning in the Railway Committee room of the House of Commons. There was a large attendance. The annual report of the association was sub- mitted in printed form and accepted as read. This report speaks of the sending to England of the Wimbledon team last year under Lientenant-Colonel Otter. The Kolapore Cup was lost by the team by eighteen points, the competition having been with tne Martini- Henri rifle, to the use of which Canadians were not accustomed. One hundred Martini-Henri rifles has been secured on loan from the Home Government through intervention of Lieutenant Colonel Otter, and would be given out to the Provincial Associations to be used by the members. OnE the prizes offered at the last meeting of the association was **The British Challenge Shield,” which was presented through the Marquis of Lorne by the ‘auxiliary fortes of Great Britain. The changesin the ownership of pirt of the prounds on which the rauges at Ottawa are make it necessary, in the opinion of the Council, to throw the butt back 100 yards, so that allfiring points may be brought within ground leased by the Government, Toe question of funds was touched upon, the Council reporting that there there was no certainty of Income, and therefore no basis on which can be determined the amount that may be prudently offered in the prize list. The costof working the annual’ meeting is about 38,500. The balance of the Govornment grant over the expenses of the Wimble'on team 1s only $2,250, and this isall that can be de- prnded upon with any degree of certainty. ' Tn view of these facts the Council feel much anxiety as to the gen- eral future of the association, but trust that the Government may be induced to r-stere the grant to its original sum of $10,000, and thus render possible the continuance of tle work in which they are en- gaged, asthey believe,with no slight benefit to the militia force of the country. ‘ ‘ ‘ Lord Lansdowne, responding to a vote of welcome, said; My, President and gentlemen—It isa source of the greatest satisfaction to me to know that your mem@ers were anxious that I should suc- ceed to the place in this association which was occupied by my pre- decessor, Lord Lorne. Iregarditasarecognition of the fact that this association is doing a work not only of gveat material interrst from the pomt of view of the Dominion, but of great imperial im- portance as well, IwishI could say that [felt that 1 could bring to the performance of these duties somethimg of Lord Lorne’s ability to perform ti:em, Lord Lorne was vot only a generous and vousistent supporter of the association, he was not only a strenuous adyocate olics claims upon all occasions. but he was 4 practiced and ex- peienced rifleman, thoroughly conversant with all matters of busi- ness with which you are concerned, and able to bring to your council a great deal of Mee. thoughtfulness and sagacily. My own acquaintance with rifle shooting goes back to, lam afraid, a rather distant date. I was one of the school boys who shut in the first Hion eleven at Wimbledon the first year that the prize was given there; andIlam ashamed to say that after that my military ardor some- what evaporated, and will require a good deal of te- suscitation n.w. Iam very glad to see, sir, from the report which lies upon the table that I am called to the office of patron at a moment when, upon the whole, the position and pros- pects of the association are such as to give us cause for cougratula- lation. I believe it is taking more and more hold upon the people of the Dominion, and I have uo fear that during my connestion with it it will contmue to hold its own. but there isone respect, and J think one only, in which, perhaps. the position of the association is not copes satisfactory as we all of us desire, and that is the paragraph je report which touches upon the delicate and important ques- tion of finances. Now, as to that, we know, of course, that the in- come of the association is derived partly from private sources and rtly from the support which the Dominion Governinent has frought fib to extend to it. As to those private sources ot income, it seems to me that our efforts shuuld he directed mainly to this, to secure for the association from as many quarters as possible nut so much avery large measure of support as a constant source of in- come. (Applause). If we could pu. éwailupou our friends to give us nol a very Magnificent subvention upon one or two occasions, but to promise us fora term of years such av amount of assistance as will give us something like anassured income. | think we should stand upon a figaucial basis more solid than that which we,occupy at the Een With regard to the other source of mcome, namely, that which ! crime observe that SECEDE Sa roaes the highest hope tha sul bi in may be somewhat increased. I can only say this, that the fame ee ng one in which I observe gheve 14 in the vaire .f | at > we derivefrom the kind assistance of ce aes r pal of - tion of what is spoken of as “better terms,” if the asso- ation is not, very extravagantin ils proposals under that head we should be very much gratified if it should be wilhin the power of the government to meet those very moderate requireme its, (Applause). - The new president, Hon. Mr Kirkpatrick, made the pleasing an- nounvement that his Bxeellency. the Governor-General, had coutrib- uted #500 to the funds of the association, The announcement was reecrived with applause. The following gentlemen were elected vice-presidents; ; For Ottawa. Lieut.-Col. Allen Gilmour, Ottawa;/or Quebec. Livut.- Gol. Onuimet. Montreal: New Brunswick, Lient.-C:\ 1. Hoi, A, ©. Bots- ford, Sackville; for Nova Scotia, Lieut,-Col. A. K. Mackinlay, Halifax; for Manitoba, Hon. M. A. Girard, Winnipeg; for British Columbia, Hon, W. J, Macdonald, Victoria; for Prince Edward Island; Hon. R. H. Haythorne, Charlottete wn, : wus) lection of some members of the council brought the meeting oa close, 3 The new council met this afternoon at 3 o'clock, and the following members of the staff wers appointed; Chairman of the Council, T.ieut,-Gol. Hon. M.R. Masson. of Terrebonne. Executive Committ: e of Council: Major Tilton, Liert.-Cols. Panet,Ross Bacon and White, Ot- tawa:D, P, Fraser. Montreal; Lient Macnaechtan, Cobourg ; Lieut -Col. Macdonald, Ottawa; Capt. Mason, Hamilton; Major Blaicklock, Mon- treal; Lient.-Col, Worsley, Kingston; Lient -Col. Gihson. Hamilton. Qapt, Perley, Secretary; Capt. Costin, Ottawa, Treasurer. Finance Dommittee: Major Tilton, Lieut. @ul. Ross, Ottawa; Capt. Perley. The council is composed as follows: : Ontario—Col. Gzowski, Major Mason. Lieut.-Col, Macdonald. Lieut, Macnachtan, Lieut.-Col. Otter, Lieut. Gourdeau, Lieut. Col. White, Lieut,-Gol, Panet, Lieut.-Col, Williams, Lieut.-Col. Bacon, Lieut.-Col, Pace Graveley, Lieut.-Col. Gibson, Capt. Casey, and Major Mac- erson. . Quebec—Major Blaikloek, Lieut.-Col. D, T. Wraser, Capt, Prevost, Capt. Hood, Capt. Baifour, Lieut.-Col. Masson, Lieut.-Col. Me- Pachern. Major E. Bond, Mr. Hall, M, P., and Lieut.-Col, Worsiey, New Brunswick—Major ‘Tilton, Capt. Perley, Lieut.-Gol, Beer, Capt. Toller, Hon. John Boyd, and Josiah Wood, M, P._ Nova Scotia—M.j.-Gen. Laurie, Mr, Stairs. M. P., D. B. Wood- worth, M. P:, Lieut.-Ool. Bradley, Lieut.-Col. Bremner, and W, Mac- donald, M, P, Manitoba—t ieut.-Col. Scott, Hon, Mr, Royal, Lieut,-Col. Macdonald, and A. W. Ross, M. P. British Columbia—Hon. My. Nelson, D. E. C. Baker, M, P., Hon. Dr, Metnnis, and Lieut. Col. Ross. _ Priuce Edward Island—Major Dogherty, Capt. D. Stewvrt, Capt. Brecten, M, P., and Surgeon Malloch, RANGE AND GALLERY. BOSTON. Feb, 22.—Walnut Hill Rite Range was crowded to-day by deyotees of the rific, all anxious to improve the beautiful weather. W hile the conditions were partioiarly pleasant for outdoor sports generally, the riflemen compléined of alroublesome wind. A feature of the slioot was the presence of many gentlemen shooting military rifles, and rolling up excellent scores therewith. The best records of the day are appended; Creedmoor Prize Match, G F Elisworth,...-... 55555455448 W iirkwood....... 646443 1 i5—42 A Matthews, __...-.5465554555—de W .! Meadows (mil) 44554493154 42 Bdtram. __...-_, 445455545546 © Partridge..... ._. 043544343435 WB EROMaS. -.; 2:52 5454655454 46 I R Blake (mil),.. ..23348844dd —34 JL Brackett, .....-- 494155051 45 IS Hall (mil) -..... 3844422343—382 W Gardner... ...4544454551-44 EP Dow (mil).. -... 4435242408—29 JL Fowle (mil). -.. 544455444448 jreedmoor Practice Match. D Wirkwood.. ......4555555555—49 A W Webb... ..--.. 4545535444444 JeBi Wellows..... --- 454655545446 WoL Coon.... ......4444444543—40 CB Edwards,...-.-. 4445545545—45 JW Darmoddy (mil).4443845344—39 H Mor‘imer...._...- 45odhddd5d 45 OW EE Morton .. ...- S5ssd44431—39 F Wallace. ......- _. 64554454 —45 F OC Shepard (mil). 444344444339 A Gushing....,....,4554555453—45 F W Mowle (mil)....4844454343— 38 Samuel Meryill.,....4545544545—44 RS Winsby (wil)... 344244449357 Rest Mateh. FEWSERGCUL Tey naps aoc oe yee oe te enn 10 9 01010 9 81010 994 T Everett 91070 910101019 7 9~54 W (Gardner S$ yihet bebe AB oes WW 9 Bi) 8 B 71015 10—90 R Davis?) sy. 10 8 9 910 610 8 10 x—s8s A Law % 7 910 810 9 ¥ 910—86 ADP Sy tb i he G8 eee ees re See 5 810 9 910 910 9 6—86 Combination Match—Decimal Target. GUBAB eyo were cess eee es 9) 960797, 89) 10" 8" “8: (6) b= 76 TEPER Us ha\o te oy ee Oe Mie ar AE ee a 5 9.8 6 6 7 8 8 & 772 AJ Look ....- S35 See eam Lien 4 Depa Copa Ot bebe Combination Match—Creedmoor Target. © I Berry...-.- ; oh 495 4 5 684 5 56 4 546 FR DBAS) pis pare =- 1545 5 45 5 4 4 5-36 AJ Look..... A eb be b> S544 Victory Medal Match, FOORICS EDI Sree ee eee one cee on ee ace nee 3049 5 9 8 610 9 6-88 | CBT Da) Fy 20) ee 200 799705 O04 8 67s Wed) Chguat eis REE 295544585 4ds SRA! 9 6 8 3 46 910 9 877 ited Bic] Se A555 oe Paes Gh fei aku) Ey ve sre al greats former oceasions, The prize winners and their scores were as follows: The first event was the Creedmoor match, each mrn had five scores of seven shots with a possible 175. UCR tee er ener AE AAMERED Ani Wun 82 82 33 34 81 162 S edman Olark..........--......-...--..d1 82 82 21 32—158+3—161 Viet POKCOtan aes Scene aca) Solaray «h 31 8) 29 88 38216513158 PMT icone tS Nien crys Prawn 31 3) 30 30—152+6—156 JN Freemon.,... 30 80 81 30—152+-6—158 OSA AGNI yi gee, «ce a 29 30 31 29—i14813—151 29 The next was the American Decimal Match with 5 scores, 9 shots, and a possible 350. SUOUWOIPET ewer cy rose kds ladajsssens re) gos 8G SOL. Ga— 297 Pe ACANGM 27.5. .58 58 54 64 56—285-+10—295 MEN TOyee: ~.- ..<- i 09 57 48 50 S4—268-10—278 M Ferguson... Je ae abn bsee BEE ee 43 41 42 36 S4—216+-15 -201 Thethird event was the American Decimal Rest Match, with 5 scores, 7 shots, and a possible 850. Aide rnthspeneioe ps eee we aOR re bbe Mobb ROC ESD orm 5s G1 57 61 G4—208 Ju nday 52 60 63 65—295 NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 22.—in a 200yds, rifle match to-day, besween teams of the New Bedford City Guards. Company B, 1st Regiment, and the Cunningham Rifles, cf Brockton. Company |, 1st Regiment, tue former won by four points. The score stood,in a possiole 10): * New Bedford City Guards, es eet Cunningham Rifles. Segt Greene.......-.......-.., ; OS SerginBabtlés 72 ee aye Serget Howland........ Pere erryane wed ae 5 Bene vsle Opin aes eslen 7 yes eylobe ETivare al Um. :en.el. dee 70 Rory Aniieeveleye== aoe esd) SRMINAUGT EPID ys a. vieweleh so se 53 Private Barnum ..-..,......... 2 Fiivate Packard. ......3......% ue raya bes einen. faces sede: 61 Private Winslow,...-....-... 5S Private Jennings....,.0-..---.. bb’ Ghrivate Potler.c2s...2 @é2.. 68 404 400 NORRISIOWN, Pa.—Match shot on Washington’s Birthday, weather coniitions favorable, although a moderate Ureeze was blow- ing ac oss the range almost at right angle~, anc’ making it very dif ficult for some of the iwarksmen tu keep o» the target. The distance was 100yds. The majority of the ma:ksmen shot lying on their backs, no artificial rest. being allowed, A.B. Parker was very un fortunate, his rifie breaking in tue first match, EH. A. Leopold won first prizein every mutch, as the following summary will show. Hath marksnien fired five shutsin each match, and each shot was measured froin the center of the bullet hole to the center of the bullseye. The total distance of the five shots being the shooters’ string. and the shortest string to wit: First Mateh,—E, A. Leopold 7.01 inches, J. 8S. Pennypacker 11,04 inches, Mr, Johnson 23.91 inches. - Second Mutch.—E. A. Leopold 3.69 inches, J. 5. Pennypacker 11,41 inches, “r. Johnson 18.51 inches. / 4 Se Match.—B. A. Leupold 4.48 inches, J. 5, Pennypacker, 10,06 jnches, ; _ Fourth Match.—B, A, Leopold 5.06 inches, J. 5, Pennypacker, 6,41 es. Mr. Leopold used a Maynard Creedmoer ritie, and put 15 out of 20 Shots in a four-inch bullseye. Mr. Pennyp cker used a Winchester Tepraving rifle 45-60, wilh peep and globe sights and spirit level, and was given an allowance of hulf an ineth per shot in the second match, and one inch per shot in the third. Mr. Johnson used a muzzleloader with perp and globe sights and hair trigger, and re- ceived an allowan¢e of one ivch per thot in the second ma ch, and one andl one-half inches per shot inthe third match. The shooting _of the winner iu the secend and third matches is said to be the best nu record for this style or shooting in this section of the State. i _SEBINGRISLD ibe Spiineteld Rod and Gun Rifle Club went down to Slits ei ee is Aetna ke shoot the first of a series of team matehes with the Canton tub, of 495 to 480. The sisied and came off victors by a score . The teams co of five men each, and the con- itions of uhe uate FS tee: each on the Maseacnudotta target = ’ ’ tna - - FOREST AND STREAM. with 3. possible record o£120. The Canton Club are said to have been een ahh pilted agi inst them, not knowmeg that that remarkable shot had taken up his home in this city. The boys were treated very handsomely by the Collinsville people, being met at the depot by a committee and escorted to the Valley House, where a first-rate din- ner was provided forboth clubs. Thenext match will be shot about Fast Day, The secod.e: The Springfield Club, INVES oe. aa aeebe Mee boleaiica--y's2s 710 912 91010 9 9 10— 9 HP USS GOOCY-. taveaeyta= toes cee yee, 20 12 101010 T1 9 9 It B—100 PARNCIIGOTiactetrstiae: ol atuasewiesaectio 00. k0) be “Gd “8100 tf=—95 AW USMC S es, es csie ts ts at aeetide ee 12111010 9 512 8 17 10— 98 W M Farrow.. a ceesnee waeeceld 11 10° 9 12°12°12°10 10 10—107 The Canton Club. AEB ellaahaeeedesti hie sie kas cea kas 7 912 810 9101010 9— 94 d Lauberstein,......,..4 ra dewastecces 10910 Bil1i1il1 9 9 B— 96 by Oey Gite ene WSS SSEE LS Sa S25. 05 ~ S12 8 91012 7 911 10—96 OD) AN OTE Wate eee eset ee ny . 9 91010 9121211 9 8— 959 GMB HOT En Wee core CARGAEORGl tLe ys .n WW 7 91110 91010 9 9— 95 Mr. Farrow shot one of the new Bullard repeating rifles, They were very bountilully entertained with a substantial lunch, and a very fme dinnér.—Mrs. W. Minton Farrow. ZB\TLER'S GALLERY.—Ten shots per man, possible 120, Capt. Titz’s Side—T. Fitz, 116; A. Lober, 116; D. Miller, 112; H. Oehl, 114; C, Judson. i117; H. Holges, 116; T. C. Noone, 111; total,»s02. Capt. Zet- tler’s Side—B. Zettler, 114; M. Dorrler, 117; CG. Zettler, 114: J, T, Norris, 18; J. Levy, 114; J. H. Brown, 116; V. Steinbach, 116; total, 799, Regular shoot, Feb.19, 12 ring target. 10 snots per man, pussible 120: A. Lober, 116: C, Judson. 115; D. Miller, 110; T. C. Noone, 105; M, Dorrler, 117; M. B. Hngler, 118; P, Feoning, 114; H. Holges, 118; V. Steinbach, 166; GC G. Zettier, 118; B. Zettler, 109; H. Oehl, 114. N, D, Ward, 108; H. Puekhaber, 99,—N, D, Warp, Secretary. GARDNER, Mass , Feb. 20.—The Brattleboro Rifle Club of Brattle- boro, Vti.. are expected here soon, when a match will be shot with the Gardner Club at Hackmatack Range. Atthe last meet at the range the attendance was light. The American decimal target was used; distance, 200yds.; shooting off hand. Out of a possible 10) the following is the svore; GY B)lsworth,...,..........., 9 8 910 9 i MN Dou pGiasssesessy sas loa see+aad 9 910 710 9 610 9 7—86 Géoree Pordyce. |. .-ssz-2s011- 226-2 , 910 9 9 9 4 9 D FB D TONGWMAN ee fee rte sate ,910 ¢ 6 T 7 9 9 9 10—B83 SB Hildreth. .::......: bee ava saves o.699 9 8 7 9 6 6 OSI WoRGWIS 5.22: -7442s2282 (it cee essrHe 9 6 8 710 410 8 6 5-7 BROOKLYN, Feb. 20.—The followmg gentlemen were elected officers of the Brooklyn Amateur Rifle Club for the year 1s84: President, 0, E. Tayntor; Vice-President, M, B. Hull; Secretary, J. 5. Case; Captain, G. Joiner.—J 5. CAsn, Secretary, BULL’S HEAD RIFLE GLUB.—Thursday, Web. 14.—12-ring target, possivie 120; M. Dorrler, 117; A. Lober, 117: G. Zimmermann, 113; O, Rein, 118; H. Gunther, 118; H. Kruger, 112; V. Steimbach, 111; H. Haeclamann, 106; EH. Zubiller, 102; 8, Mehrbach, 100; J, F. Campbell, 99; G, Brueck, 93, Thursday, Web. 21, 12 ring target, possible 120: C, Rein 118, A. Lober 117, 5. Mehrbach 115, G. Zimmermann 115, M, Dorrler 116, J, I. Schroeder 112, J. F. Campbell 111, J, Schneider 111,G. D Johnson 105, L, Walters 94, A QUBRY AND SOME FACTS.—Milford, Mass., Peb. 11.—! have a Sharps long-range rite in perfect order and condilion and an extra, fine shovter, but huve no time nor range for practice, and wouid like to know from some readers of ForEST AND STREAM what effect it will have to take four inches off the end of the barrel. It is now 34 inches long, and I would like it better for general shooting if it was only 30, but dislike to run the risk of spoiling its shooting by cutting it off. Have any readers ever done this with this kind of rifle, and what was the result? While I am writing of rifles let me say a word about bul- lets. In moulding some .32-ealiber Winchester bullets a short time smee, [ was troubled to get perfect ones, and as an experiment, IT melted with the lead a silver ten cent piece in enough lead to make about two hundred balls, and a handsomer lot of bullets 1 neversaw, except nicely swaged ones, aud upon testing them for weight I took some twenty five from the low hap hazard, and the extreme yariation was ouly one grain by very careful testing, 1 kept the moulas clean and very hou. Let some one else try this and report. I believe tuese balls will shoot as accurate as Swaged ones. At sixty yards, using 4 Maynird 24inch barrel, open sights, Winchester .32 caliber shell, 20 ¢rains Latin & Rand No 6 powder and this bullet, I fired five shots, and four of them broke into the same holes, much to my surprise, as Thad little expected it from moulded bullets.—C,. A. 5. . THE TRAP. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re- guested to write on one side of the paper only. HISTORY OF THE WORCESTER CLUB, EN years ago the present month afew of the more prominent and enthusiastic sportsmen of this city began to agitate the formation of a sportsmen’s club. The project met with fayor from the very outset, and after being discussed informally for a lew days as one and another of the inteuded parties happened to meet, a pre- liminary meeting was called at the office of oue of our business men, wiose whole soul was in the scheme, ‘he meeting was largely at- tended, and was composed of our prominent business men. The yeteran sportsman and honored citizen, John Buyden, Esq., was called to the chair, and well do [remember his characteristic speech on tbat ovcasion. He had been in delicate health for a longtime, and it was probably the first evening he had spent away from his home in many months. His whole soul se md fired anew on meeting the large company of his fellow citizens who had come together to tall of the subject that had béex the ruling passion of his life. The formation of a club and w atshoult be its principal objects was fully discussed, a commictee on constitution and by-laws was chosen, and a Jiberal amount sub- sciibed by those present to defray the expense of printing, etc, Success was assured from the beginning, and when on the first Wed- nésd«y evening of the following month we met and chose officers and adopted our constitution and by-laws. we were able to presenta. meinbership roll of genilemen that no one ueed feel ashamed to be identified with. We have, and have always had, a large number of members who never shoot a gun either at the trap or in the field. They are promi.en? business men who feel a local pride in the or- ganization, and who are quite willing to pay their annual dues for lhe social privileges which the clubaffords, As soon as the club was faitly organized we opened the commodi- ous elnb room, over the First National Bank. It was a well-furnished aud attractive room, supplied with all the sportsmen's papers besides other reading matter, was always comtortable and neatly kept, and open day and evening for the use of the members. But somehow it neyer seemed to take yery well, and it proved a very expensive lux ury. After keeping it open three or four years it was decided that the money expt nded coud be better enjoyed in some other way, and the room was given up and the furnitur sold atanction, Since then the club has held quart rly meetings at the Bay State House, Ours has always been aiive club, While we have neyer-been un- thindful of the all] important matter of game protection, we have also provided plenty of amusement for the members. When our club was searcely a month old we held our first field day, using the old gyro pigeon. Wepurehased seyeral traps and a large stock of the tin birds, but after using them a few tines the members grew tired of them. and we were glad to sell our stock ata large discount to a youu clubin a neighboring town. Wehad not secured permanent shooling grounds when we made arrangements for our first pigeon- thooting tournament, which was held at Barber’s Grossing. This shoot was a grand success and was followed by another, which was held on the Full Moon Trotting Pail, and this closed our first year’s out-of-doar festivities. As =pring opened and we commenced our second year we secured ermanent shochne Boyan onthe Harringtoa place near Jordan ond, and erected thereon a club house and pigeon coops at an ex- pense of over three hundred dollars. Here we enjoyed many a pleasant field day till finally compelled by Staite legislataon to cease izeon shooting. ; Next we gave our attention to glass balls. using the old Bogardus ball and swaight.away trap, Then came the Card rotary which had along run, but after a whileit was considered too easy, and one of our members, Mr. C B. Holden, invented a trap which came into general use in New England and which J think hee never been ex- celled for glass ball shooting. The members of our club have shot agreat many team matches, a large majority of which they have wou, ‘The first of these matches was a series of three with the Marl- boro Club, ‘The first PACE was In Marlboro, and when the Wor- ecesters walked to the seore they had never before seen a ball thrown froma rotary trap. We lost this race but won the next two. After- ward we generally met the Marlboros in a friendly contest once a ear as long as that club exist-d. We challenged the New Haven aan Club aud met them in that city, the match resultingina tie. The return match was shot in Springfield and won by the Worcesters. When the State Glass Ball Association was formed ours was oue of the first clubs to move in the matter. Previous to the last annualtourua- ment the State Association has each year offered two champion badges for glass ball shooting, one for teams of five men, the other — a 93 for the individual championship, these badges ta be held by the surprised to find Assistant Manager arrow ot the Bullard Arnis | d winners through the year previded they were able to detend them successfully, cach being subject to challenge once a month, The Worcester Clnb furned in both these badges last year. The Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Company forwarded a beautiful badge for the individual championship to be contested for at the last annual tournament, and the assoviation provided a yery handsome team badge for the clay-pigeon championship, The Worcesters won the team clay-pigeon badge, and the LigowsBeware of base imitations. $1,000 reward for arrest and proof of any one selling the same. STEEL PENS PURIFIES ity in writing. Leading Nos: 14, 048, 130, 333, 161. For Sale by all Stationers. . THE ESTERBROOK STEEL PEN CO., Works, Camden, N. J. 26 John St., New York, yo S \ Harrison's Celebrated Fish Hook. Registered. ‘Whereas, It haying come to our notice that some unprincipled house, to gain their own unworthy ends, and to attempt damage our good name having spread reports to the effect that the manu- facturers of the above hooks are defunct, we now nd British public that such reports are utter] false. The Penis efficient staff of workpeople is employed as heretofore, and we challenge the world to produce a fish hook for excellence of temper, beauty and finish in coe way to approach ours, which are to be obtained from the most respectable wholesale houses in the trade. igned, R. HARRISON BARTLEET & 49 Se alticanurers of Harrison’s Celebrated Fish ; 8 Hooks, Redditch, Rugland. (December, 1882,) minute. Price $1, Manufacturers also of Fishing Tackle of eyery description. 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ALLEN, Monmouth, Ul, ; First Quality Goods WEG OPTICIANS, PERFECTED GLASSES, Tourists’ & Rifle Range TELESCOPES. Pocket Compasses, Pedom- catalogue. : 192-page illustrated cata- KYNOCH Can be carried not less than one dozen, A luxury by - TODD & BARD, Fucite the appetite, moderately increase the temperature of the body and force of the circulation, and give tone and strengih te the system, They are ihe best for Cocktails. WM. M. LESLIE, 87 Waiter Street, N.Y. Chicago, May 26 to 31. ence more than numbers. sip This company owns the original patents on ‘‘Clay Pigeons” and ‘‘Clay Pigeon” Traps. manufacturing in infringement of these patents; and all who use or sell such infringing Clay or Clay Pigeon Traps will be prosecuted. The Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Co. furnishes traps at $7.00, with all the latest improvements and guaranteed against any liability for infringement. __ Send for circulars of the 5-days programme of the First International Clay Pigeon Tournament, - Over $5,000 in prizes and sweepstakes. AT THE LONDON FISHERIES TEE WIiCrHoLsS Hexagonal Sp Were awarded Three Silver Medals and the highest special prize—10 Sovereigns. This is the highest prize awarded to any American for Split Bamboo Rods. Manufactured by B. F. NICHOLS, 153 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. Send for list with Massachusetts Fish and Game Laws. JAS. F. MARSTERS, 85 Court Street, Brooklyn. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER OF Eine EF"ishinge Tacixle. at lower prices than any other house in America. Brass Multiplying Reels with Balance Handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; 180ft., $1.50; 240ft., $1.75; B00ft., $2.00; 450ft., $2.25; G00ft., $2.50. Any of the above Reels with Drags, 25.cts, extra; nickel plated; 50 cts. extra. Brass Click Reels, 20yds., 50 cts.; 30yds., 75 cts,; 60yds., $1.00; nickel plated, 50 cts. extra. Marster’s celebrated Hooks snelled on gut, Limerick, Kirby Limerick, Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, O’Shaughnessy, Kinsey, Aberdeeen, Sneak Bent, and all other hooks. Single gut. 12 cts. per dez.; double, 20 cts. per doz.; treble, 30 cis. per doz.; put up one-half dozen in a package. Single Gut Trout and Black Bass Leaders. lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds., 10 cts.; 3yds., 15 ets. Double Twisted Leaders, 8 length, 5 cts.; treble twisted, 3 length, 10 cts. Trout Flies, 60 cts. per doz. Black Bass Flies, $1.00 per doz. ‘Trout and Black Bass Bait Rods, 9ft. long, $1.25 to $5.00. Trout and Black Bass Fly Rods, 10ft. long, $1.50 to $10.00. Also forty-eight different styles of rods for all kinds of fishing. Samples of hooks, leaders, etc., sent by mail on receipt of price in money or stamp. Send stamp for Established 20 years. Open Evenings, J. KF. MARSTERS, 55 Court St., Brooklyn. mY NWOCEH'S Patent ~Perfect” Brass Shells,- MANUFACTURED BY & CO., Birmingham, Eng. These shells are made of extra fine thin pliable metal, with reinforced base; are adapted to either’ Winchester or Wesson No. 2 primers. only about half as much. Weight less than paper shells, L , of a heavier charge, as owing to the thin metal, inside diameter is nearly two gauges larger. Load same as any brass shells, using wads say two sizes larger than gauge of shells. : 7 crimped with tool and straighten out to original shape when discharged. The crimping tool also: acts as a reducer, an adyantage which will be appreeiated by all experienced sportsmen. shells will be mailed (without charge) to any sportsmen’s club or dealer, and prices quoted to the trade only. For sale in any quantity by gun dealers generally, or shells in case lots only, (2,000), and crimpers: Can be reloaded as often as any of the thicker makes. Cost They shoot stronger and closer, and admit- Or can be effectually Sample HERMANN BOKER & CO., Sole American Agents,, 101 & 103 Duane Street, New York. WA7 A Fem TIel G = , 0¢ Buy or use no Clay Pigeons or Clay Pigeon Traps excepting those made or licensed by The Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Co., Cincinnati, 0. Others are” Pigeons: EXHIBITION lit Bamboo Fishing Rods' Noted for excel- NEW PATENT BREEAH-LCADING No more tight shells. No more Be: Yacht Cannon,. Sizes, 17, 24, 28 and 32 inches in length. - MANUFACTURED BY pM STRONG CARTRIDGE CO., New Haven, Ct. ° Also Mfrs. of Paper Shot Shell, Round Boxes and Mailing Tubes, Send for Catalogue and Price List. ‘“ i te -} ST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JoURNAL OF THE RoD AND GuN. Terms, $44 Year. 10.Crs. a Cory, ' Six Montus, $2. NEW YORK, MARCH 6, 1884. | VOL, XXII,—No, 6, Nos. 39 & 40 Park Row, New York, CORRESPONDENCE. Tue Fores anp Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications upon the subjects to which its pages are devoted are respectfully invited. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. No name will be published except with writer’s consent. The Editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. SUBSORIPTIONS May begin at any time. Subscription price, #4 per year; $2 for six months; to a club of three annual subscribers, three copies for $10; five copies for $16, Remit by registered letter, money-order, or draft, payable to the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, The paper may be obtained of newsdealers throughout the United States and Canadas. On salé by the American Exchange, 449 Strand, W.C., London, England. Subscription agents for Great Britain—Messrs. Samson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 188 Fleet street, London. ADVERTISHMENTS. Only advertisements of an approved character inserted. Inside pages, nonpareil type, 25 cents per line. Special rates for three, six and twelye months. Reading, notices $1.00 per line, Hight words to the line, twelve lines to oneinch. Advertisements should be sent in by the Saturday previous to issue in which they are to be inserted. Transient advertisements must invariably be accompanied by the money or they will not be inserted. Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co. ‘ Nos. 39 anp 40 Park Row. New York Cty. CONTENTS. EDITORTAL. TenES. Fees versus Cham- Shoteun Philanthropy. The Boston Game Market. Tue SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Between the Lakes. —vr. The Tenderfoot’s First Deer. NATURAL History. Woodland and Barren Ground Caribou. Some Arizona Quail, Color of the Sea. Bird Notes. CAMP-HIRE PLICKERINGS. Gamm Bae anp Gun. New Hngland Game Laws. = Our Detroit Letter. ~ The Performance of Shotguns. Mucilage-Edged Wads. The Choice of Hunting Rifles. Tennessee Notes. The Squibob Bear Machine. SEA AND RIVER FISHING. Dowels and Ferrules. A Mascalonge. Hints and Wrinkles. Wishing and and Fishermen, A Domestic Trout Pond. Trouting on the Bigosh, FISHCULTURE, More German Trout Eggs. Eges Shipped Abroard. English Trout in America, THE KENNEL. Washington Dog Skow. New York Dog Show. Importation of Beagles. Beagles and _ Wildcats, Beagles for Foxes. Duke. Lice on Dogs, The National Stud Book. What Do gee Shall be Registered? Current Dog Stories. Kennel Management. Kennel Notes. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Science of Rifle Shooting. Militia Shooting Hast and West. Range and Gallery. The Trap. CANOEING, Rochester (N. Y¥.) C. C Amateur Canoe Building. —Ix. Large versus Small Cances. The Galley Fire. Canoe and Camp Cookery. Canoe versus Snealcbox, YACHTING. The Rational View ae as The New England Y. A Fine Piece of Work Mignonette, Cutter, A General Topic. Small Yachts in the Chicago ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Withits compact type and in its permanently enlarged form of twenty-eight pages this journal furnishes each week a larger amount of first-class matter relating to angling, shooting, the kennel, and kindred subjects, than is contained in all cther American publications put together. LAWYERS’ FEES VERSUS CHAMPAGNE. i hu IS an old story, repeated year after year. A game protective society is established; and enters with won- derful vim and zeal upon the momentous work of protecting the game. After a little while it gets tired and fizzles out. The active work is left for two or three uf the most enthusi- astic Inembers. The rest do the talking. And they doa great deal of it. Talk is cheap. We know men who will talk game protection by the hour, day or week, Then they go into the field or the woods and kill all they can. We could name individuals who talk game protection so earn- estly at home that they have completely exhausted their feeling on the subject by the time they get a chance at big game out of season. Game protection talk inyolves semi-oecasional meetings of the society. These in turn call fora copious flow of cham- pague of approved brands. The champagne is usually ac- companied by a flood of genuine eloquence. Denunciations of the work of market shooters and ‘‘trout hogs” are fol- lowed by suggestions of what some one else, other than the speaker, ought to do about it. Indignation and enthusiasm glow in the breasts of the orators and suffuse their counte- nances, The fire rages so furiously that by the next morning it will be found to have burned itself out, and the game pro- tector's ardor will then be as cold as the ashes of the cigars he smoked at the meeting, — It is a truth, susceptible of demonstration, that money devoted to paying lawyers’ fees for the prosecution of game law breakers will accomplish more for game protection than the same money expended for champagne dinners. A bill of fare is an excellent thing in. its Ways but there,are occa: sions when a lawyer’s brief would be more to the point; post-prandial heated oratory rounds off the dinner, but the cold, convincing logic of a lawyer before a jury of twelve men will do more to discourage the sale of snared game. SHOTGUN PHILANTHROPY, EF a flourishing city of Western New York dwells a physi- cian who, by means of a judicious use of printer's ink, is well known beyond the bounds of the Empire State. In addition to the arduous toils of a,dispenser (on a wholesale scale) of patent medicines and an author(also on a wholsale scale) of medical works, this gentleman has devoted lavish sums of money to secure the protection of game and to en- courage the art of wing-shooting, His ardor asa game pro- tector led him some years ago to present to the New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game, of which he was at the time president, an $850 diamond badge, asa prize for the game protector who would under given conditions kill the most pigeons. That plan having doubt- less secured the desired result, and game in consequence being abundant, the benevolent physician has set now. out to pro- vide the populace with weapons to slay it. He appears in the guise of a cheap shotgun philanthropist. proposition (though we are obliged to omit the beautiful delineation of the renowned Zulu gun which embellishes the original), It reads: A GOOD BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN FOR $4.00, AND THE MEDICAL ADVISER THROWN IN AS A PRESENT. Price $5.50 without the Present. A Strona, DURABLE AND CLosE SHOOTER. 12 Gauge, Uses either Metal or Paper Shells, Having made special arrangements with the manufacturers, we are enabied to sell these guns at the remarkable low figure of $4.00 and give a copy of the Medical Adviser to each purchaser as a present. The gun willbe packed and delivered at the express office in Buffalo without charge. We will also furnish, if ordered with gun, 100. good paper shells for 80 cents; and a set of re-loading imple- ments, consisting of rammer with cap-expelling pin and tool for recapping shells, for 50 cents. We guarantee the gun to be a strong and cloge shooting one.. We will-send the gun as a premium for a club order for 10 copies of the Medical Adviser, with the money, $15.00, giving also to each member of club a present of any $1.00 article in this circular. Send in your club order, Here is the “Thus it may be seen that in the person of this energetic game protector and enthusiastic promoter of wing-shooting has arisen a dealer in cheap guns who has a conscience as well as a possible eye to the main chance. For the paltry sum of four dollars he will outfit you with a ‘‘good breech- loading shotgun,” and; man of kindly forethought that he is, a ‘‘Medical Adviser” to go with it. Whata ‘‘filling of a long-felt want” it is when one takes the field with such a weapon to have at one’s elbow a Medical Adviser with a supply of lint, bandages, and a full and suggestive kit of surgical tools ready for any accident, and who, if you should happen to go off with your gun, might carry to your friends an exact and scientific report of the cause and manner of your taking off. But better than all these, if he were a proper Medical Adviser, when he saw the game: start before you and you raising your four-dollar shotgun for the almost inevitable deadly shot, he would stop you with the. brief advice, or command perhaps, ‘‘Don’t shoot!” But let us read the advertisement over again, Ah, the Medical Adviser is only a book, after all. That is not so well, for though one might carry the volume under his arm, or in his pocket if of convenient size, to get it out and hunt up the chapter on gun-shot wounds after one had a finger or a hand blown off, would be awkward and apt to consume valuable time; and then the appliances to be used in such eases might not be at hand, and one might uot be able to treat himself by book, especially if he had lost his head, as sometimes happens to those who shoot four-dollar breech- loading shotguns, and even muzzleloading ones of that ex- travagant price. , And so, upon the whole, while we duly appreciate the benevolence of this advertiser, we cannot. advise our readers to buy his gun, even-with-the ‘‘Medical Adviser thrown in;” in fact we should feel easier in our mind to recommend as a safe investment the buying of the Medical Adviser. itself, with the four-dollar breechloading shotgun thrown out, Tue Brrps, the song birds, the bright-plumaged birds, the birds that chirp about the doorway, the birds that sing in the orchard, and twitter under the eaves of the old barn, the birds that circle in the meadow, the birds that cheer one’s spirit by their vivacity and melody—these are the birds that the New England farmers are now devising measures to pro- tect, The cause is a most excellent one, and the farmers are more interested in it than any one: else, . THE BOSTON GAME MARKEE. HE matter of a uniform code of game laws in New Eng- land, so far as Massachusetts is concerned, is now in the hands of the Committee on Agriculture, lis many friends believe that the committee will report a bill to the Legisla- ture indorsing the measure in the main, though the game dealers have ‘‘dined and wined” the members of the com- mittee, The hearing before the committee was exhaustive, occupying two days, and drew out facts showing that the Boston market is even a worse institution for the harboring of game out of season in other States than it has the name of being. Game dealers, who know whereof they speak, testi- fied that the business—all in the hands of twenty or thirty men—amounts to from $200,000 to $300,000 anraally. It also appeared that there are now actually in Bosten, in cold storage, at least 100,000 quail, It was proved beforethe committee that freshiy killed quail had been repeatedly seen in the market since Jan. 1, the legal close time for killing in this and many other States. Tt was also shown that the markeitman, being allowed to sell pinnated grouse, takes advantage and sells ruffed grouse illegally. In consequence of this laxity of law in permitting the selling of game out of season, it is next to impossible to prevent the sale of- illegaily killed birds... It was. clearly shown that the game of the West was fast being depleted by the enormous demand for it in Europe, and Boston is the center for its shipment, American deer, grouse and quail are cheaper in Liverpool to-day than in Boston or New York. The refrigerator business of Bosion has dug the graye of the game of the northwestern country, unless Massachusetts puts a stop to it. ° The chances that the waiform game bill will pass, if re- ported by the committee, arc net doubted by its friends, The enemies, the marketmen, haye been out in full force, but they could show at the hearing only that an extensive busi- ness would be stopped: They laid claims to class legislation. being proposed, and would have cther States look out for . their own game Without hep from Massachusetts. But the narrowness and selfishness of their ideas was so apparent ag to plainly show that class legislation was long ago granted to them when the law was made allowing them to have in pos- session and sell game when sportsmen and_ other people would be arrested for it. THe PENNSYLVANIA CASE reported in our last issue (page 88) is worthy of notice. The Lycoming Sportsmen’s Club sought to secure the indictment of certain men who had drawn a seine in a millpond (public water). The judge, in charging the Grand Jury, is reported to have asserted that the seiners had the same right to take fish from the pond that a farmer would have to take his cattle from the pasture. Tf the circumstances were as our informant has given them in the communication referred to, this ruling of the judge was clearly wrong. We do not wonder that the members of the club were disceuraged by the adverse influence of the judge. There can be no question, we venture to opine, that the society was perfectly right in its position. If the prin- ciple stated by the judge in his charge to the jury holds good with regard to the Williamsport millpond, where shall the limit between public and private waters be drawn, and how may the fishin any of the waters of Pennsylvania be pro- tected from improyident netting? When a game protective society undertakes a case of this kind,‘the least it can ask is a proper and fair administration of the law. When men who ply their unlawfui fishing find judges and juries ready and willing to acquit them, in the face of the clearest laws, it-is indeed time for societies to organize for the protection of the public. We hope that, for the good of Pennsylvania fishing interests, the Lycoming Sportsmen’s Club will not let the case drop here. A Sports Derense AssocraTion.—Eneglishmen are or- ganizing a Sports Defense Association to combat the efforts of those who are attempting to secure a Jaw to forbid pigeon shooting. It is urged that the abolition of trap-shooting will mean the ultimate suppression of all pursuit of game and fish, and the pigeon shooters are calling on the anglers and the fox hunters to join their rally, The bill to suppress pigeon shooting, it is probable, will be urged again this year, *Woopcerarr.”’—A book on “Woodcraft” has been written by ‘‘Nessmuk.” It is designed to give practical help te amateurs. It will do more than this, it will open the eyes of the veterans. ‘‘Wooderaft” will differ from the average book on camping, for as we have said it is written by ’*Ness- muk.”’ The Forest and. Stream, Publishing Company will publish the book, in. April, Che Sportsman Tourist, BETWEEN THE LAKES. Sixth Paper, WHERE TO GO A-FISHTNG, HE summer wanderer who finds himself in the Upper .. Peninsula, will hardly be willing to return to his home without first visiting the city of Marquette, the chief city of the region, between the lakes, Most persons will, doubtless, go a hundred miles by rail or steamer further up and take a look at the great copper mining interests on the Kewena Peninsula, and mayhap some will take a run along the coast up toward the Ontonagon Lighthouse and Union Bay, where there is, I am assured, little difficulty in striking first- class trout streams that have seldom or never been fished. I do not speak by the card, however, having never been there inyself; but ere another summer’s sun runs its annual course I hope to see and know something of that region, for I have faith in what I have heard of it. If the yisitor does not go up to the copper region, he will be quite sure to take a run out to the iron mines, an hour’s tide from Maiquette—mines that, in some respects, have not their equal in the world. At any rate, he will go to Marquette, This isa city of nearly five thousand inhabitants, beautifully situated on the igneous rocks that crop out along-the head of the Marquette Bay. The town is fast coming into notice as a summer re- sort. During the hot months it is so delightfully cool, and the lake views are so charming, and the fishing in the yicin- ity has been and is so good, that those who try the dog-days there once are sure to try them again, Marquette is the western terminus of the Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette Railroad and the eastern of the Marquette, Negaunece & Houghton which taps the Northwestern leading to Chicago. Besides its railroad connections, lake steamers stop at its wharves at stated intervals, and so it is plain to be seen that ates uate is a town easy to go lo and easy to got uway rom. Idid not go a-fishing while stopping in Marquette. I spent my time looking at the houses of the iron aristocracy, some of which are rather tawdry-looking; I went through the sawmill where lumber retails for about the same it does after being shipped by water and rail five hundred miles southward, J saw long trains of hopper-built ore cars thundering out upon the stilted piers where they dumped their loads into barges and vessels anchored to receive them, T enjoyed the lake breezes and the clear, cool-looking waters; I mentally inventoried the contents in the show windows— the specimens of iron and copper ores, the toy bark canoes, and other supposed evidences of Indian handicraft—and I looked at the people as they tramped cheerfully and busily up and down their principal street—and so I did not go a-tishing, : Fifteen to thirty miles up the fike shore, i am told, there is good fishing. to be hadin the Garlic, Yellow Dog and Salmon Trout and other streams. Sportsmen row or sail up the shore, and not only visit the streams, but fish off the rocks, and capital times they occasionally have. - But one need not go so far, Two miles south of town the Carp River. enters the lake, and at favorable seasons the trout fisherman who knows the pools, the sunken logs and shelying rocks wherein and underneath which the trout love to lurk, may take them in such size'and numbers asin some reputed trout regions of our country would claim the ad- miration of all who saw them. . But a member of the Forest anp Srream family will hardly stop at the Carp. He will go further, and if he will follow me I will lead him to some places along the line of the D., M. & M, Railroad, where he will not fare worse, Going from Marquette the railroad track curves around the bay, and for thirty miles occasional views of bay and lake may be had, so near to the shore does the road run, The first trout stream after passing the Carp is the Choco- late, four miles from Marquette. Here is a station, but we will not stop, It is curious to note, however, that the Choco- Jate runs parallel with the lake shore for a distance of four miles, and the engineers took advantage of the sand ridge piled up’ between and laid their track upon it, and at no point within the four miles is the road over half a mile from the creek, or river, as all creeks discharging their waters into the lake are here called. Eleven miles further on and we come to Sand River, which we cross within a few rodsof the lake shore, Here is a sta- tion and here trout may be taken, but it would hardly be wise in us,to stop for them, and so we go on four miles further to Whitefish Station on the Sable River, as itis named on the map. As Sable means sand, aud we have so recently crossed a Sand River, we conclude that we must he in a sandy region, and so we.are.. Thus far we have been running over ridges of sand that have been piled up in some distant bygone age when the Lake Superior level stood at an altitude of from forty to sixty: feet higher than it does now, But we will pass the Sable River by, although trout may be caught in its waters, - Two miles further, which is twenty-one miies from Mar- quette, brings us to Onota, and a mile therefromis Deer Lake. Now, I never fished in that lake, but a Mr. Wardle, an Ohio man, and an intelligent Ohio man at that, and one who has evidently done a good deal of fishing during his time, visited us at our camp at Jeromeyille and he told us of two visits he had made to Deer Lake. On the first he and his brother sportsman met with marvelous success. Notwithstanding the boat they found on the lake was leaky and tnwieldy, they caught with a spoon more bass than they could con- yeniently handle, besides two or three mascalonge. These bass, Mr. W. said, rose to the fly, and one gallant fellow wrecked the gentleman’s trout rod badly. Shortly after that Mr. W. returned to Deer Lake, but not a fish did he take, Right here it may not be amiss to say that the sportsman who expects inland lake fishing in the Upper Peninsula had better provide himself with a boat. He may occasionally find boats kept for hire, as at Au Train, but generally he must either have his own boat, or put up with a vessel so old and worthless that it is not worth owning: But Jet us move along. Three miles east of Onota we come to Rock River, so named because of the numerous and immense rocks lying at its mouth in the lake, and which afford capital fishing in season, Here trout running from two to three pounds are taken. From the railroad crossing to the mouth of the river is almost one mile, and the lower half gives good stream fishing. The evening we went up to Marquette, a couple of eldérly gentlemen boarded the train at the Kock River station, who had been stream-fishing below,. and each had a nice basket of trout. The top ones weighed notless than three-quarters of a pound; the under ones I did not see, but it would have been in accord with an ancient angler’s custom to have had the little ones at the bottom, Au Train is the next place tobe mentioned, The railroad skirts the Au Train Bay for four miles, and at the end of three-quarters of the way, as we go eastward, the Au Train River discharges its waters. The railroad crosses this little river within a sling-stone’s throw of the bay, where there is astation. A littleover a mile from the river’s mouth, as the crow flies, is the Au Train Lake, a reservoir left, doubtless, by the receding waters of the great lake in the remote past; but by the river (which runs through the lake) the distance is all of four miles. The Au Train River, between the two lakes, makes # marvelously big bend, and from this eircum- stance the name Au Train springs, John Clark, an educated Indian, told me that the name was suggested by the long, sleigh-runner-like bend in the stream. It is French, - Be this as it may, Au Train enjoys quite a celehity asa camping, hunting and fishing post. A beautiful grove of pine saplings grows on a high level parcel of land a few rods from the station, in the edge of which an enterprising land- lord has erected a frame hotel. The wonder is that some vandal has not cut downevery sapling of the grove, and one’s respect for the place grows in consequence of this uncom- mon evidence’ of the existence of a little common sense. The grove actually seems to be cared for, and while campers are permitted to set their tents amid the saplings, chopping them is prohibited. Aw Train Lake is famed as a deer resort during the sum- mer months, and large numbers have been killed here regard- less of the Jaw. Ihave heard some marvelous stories told of deer shooting on this lake. ‘‘Tenderfeet,” who can’t kill deer elsewhere, come to Au Train, and by the aid of a light and a boatman, find it an easy job. | beard one man say that at certain seasons the air was so offensive along the lake shore from the carcasses of slaughtered deer that hunt- ers were often incommoded thereby. No doubt the state- ment was highly colored, but it was a significant one never- theless. The fact is, summer shooting on the Au Train has been extensively practiced. Beyond the lake, within a reasonable walking distance, is the Au Train Falls, which is said to be well worth a visit. Below the falls is good trout fishing. But let us leave Au Train. A run of fourteen miles, much of which is up grade, brings us to. Munising Station, 316 feet above the level of the great lake, and forty miles from Marquette. Hereis where one leaves the cars to go and see the Pictured Rocks and get ataste of the lake and stream fish- ing in their neighborhood. A short distance -west of fhe station the railroad crosses a narrow, rapid, log-filled: stream with high banks, known as Anna River, and so named after the first white woman to settle in itsnear neighborhood. The Anna is no inconsiderable trout stream, but it is so easily reached by the Indians and other Munising people, that one would scarcely expect much success fishing in its waters, Still, if one should from any cause have to stop over at Mu- nising, it would be well to try it; and there are worse places in which to be left than in Munising. Alice lives there, and her cookery is famed the region over. Alice cannot be said to keep a hotel, for her establishment is the veriest shanty, 80 I can’t be charged with writing this as a hotel puff; but if the angler, hunter, camper, traveler, be hungry for a first- class dinner, let him signify the same to Alice, and if she is well enough to undertake it, he will, when he reluctantly. turns from her shanty, go away. sounding her praise. He will no doubt see old Earley, Alice’s husband, hobbling around while there., Old Charley is an oily-looking old gray- beard, and if the guest’s wife or daughter is with him, she must not be shocked if old Charley swears alittle inher pres- ence; but the apology of Alice, should she hear him—and she generally does—will make all amends. ‘Il am surprised at you, Charley!” she will say, “to think that a gentleman of your excellent sense should swear in the presence of 2 lady! tt is unaccountable!’ And turning to the lady she will say, “Really! you must excuse him. He always would swear before ladies, but it is the only fault he has,” The Anna is the last stream flowing into Lake Superior that we cross. Munising is on the comb of the great sand- stone roof lying between the two great lakes. The Anna River flows north into Lake Superior, and south of the sta- tion less than a mile may be found the headwaters of the West Branch or Stuch’s Creek, a tributary of the Manistique, From Munising on, the streams run southward into Lake Michigan until we have passed beyond the Manistique slope. South and southwest.of Munising is an extensive area containing many small lakes, some of which are land- locked, but most are not. All as far as visited have heen found to be well stocked with bass, and some with pike and occasionally one with trout, and all are accessible to a deter- mined sportsman ‘with a guide. About six miles south of Munising a chain of small lakes is met with, leading out into the west branch of the Manis- tique, or Indian River. An old lumber road leads into the lakes, and boats can be lugged over the portages and the descent of the Indian River be made; but the trip would not be a holiday affair. I talked with one who made the trip as guide, and he told an extravagant story of the trout fishing enjoyed by the party on the way. Mr, William Gunton, a land-looker and lumberman, wlio has wet his line in nearly every trout stream of importance in that region, assured me that the trout ran Jarger in the Indian Jiver than in any other stream he had fished. Another year the writer hopes to make his way into the upper waters of the Indian River and settle for himself the question of its trout-bearing quali- ties, He will carry rod, shotgun and camera. As he de- scends he will expect the scenery to become quite rugged and picturesque, and around the shores of Indian Lake, a sheet of water coyering fifteen or twenty square miles, he will see hills and rocks that will give quite an assortment of photographic views. ' But we must goon. It is eight miles to Jeromeyille, and there we will go into camp. As we thunder along through a sylvan cafion, a hundred feet in width, with walls as high us the tall, compactly growing trees, the Judge suddenly thrusts his head out of a window, and yells at the top of his voice. His conduct seems so extraordinary that for a moment we think sometbing is wrong with him. Some of the passengers evidenty think so too. Listen at that fish- eyed chap who works his jaws languidly over an enormous ‘quid of tobacco. ‘'I say,” says he tothe Greek Professor, “that ’ere feller’s seen a bear or else he has’em!” But the Greek Professor does not comprehend, He knows when a fish is biting at his hook as well as any man, but what is meant by the Judge ‘haying ’em” passeth his comprehension. He does not understand the language of slang. bons a HS TF II Ii III Seat. : Now, Oscar is one of the young men who was with the Judge last year in these yery woods, and this year Oscar had stopped in the Lower Peninsula. But not long since we got a letter from him, and he wanted to join us, and as he was « good fellow we wrote, “Meet us in Jeromeville.” Oscar must be trying to meet us. : _ Bad news! Bad news! On our arrival at Jeromeville, Louis, a young man belonging to the section boss’s family, tells us that ‘“‘two tileegrams had been sint down for the Jidge, one of which said how one of his factories was burnt up, so if, was, and the other how some one was sick.’’ But Mr. Oscar had taken them and was gone no one knew where, We know, however. He is off to meet us with the telegrams—to meet us at Munising. Lucky the Judge hap- pened to look out and make himself known to Osear, Oscar will seon come back. But in the meantime, how must the Judge feel? He has no factory to burn, but he has a home, and more than that—he has loved ones at home to grow sick, ‘This is my eleventh year,” says he, as he paces up and down the railroad in front of the Jeromevyille station, pene never did I receive a word of bad news from home vefore,”” At last Osear comes and produces the two messages, one states that a certain educational institution (not the Greck Professor’s) with which the Judge held some sort of oficial connection, had been destroyed by fire. This, then, was Louis’s “factory,” and but for the other message much laughter would Louis’s ‘factory’ have occasioned. But, alas! the other; ‘‘The doctor says that neither Lillie nor the baby can last long,” and the Judge must go. These be- long to his household—daughter-in-law and grandchild— and the next train he leayes for home, nearly six hundred miles southward, and I go, too, while the Greek Professor and Oscar stay behind, When we left we did not expect fo return, but we did nevertheless. Poor Lillie! After a valiant strugele for her life she had rapidly declined, and within a few days after ow arrival she succumbed to the inevitable, as must we all sooner or later; but the baby recovered and, the grand- mother being across the sea, he was put out to nurse. George and Mabel, worn out with watching and care and toil, could ill-endure the depressing heats of the Indiana doz days, and the doctor advised a change of climate, and so the Judge resolved to go back to his camp in the woods and take the tired ones with him, and I returned also, D. D, Banta. THE TENDERFOOT’S FIRST DEER. pee Tenderfoot had been with us just one week. It was quiet times at the ranch, for the round-ups were over, the winter's wood nad been hauled and split, the cattle had drifted with the early November storms toward the South and none remained on the range save here and there bunches of a dozen or more which were trying to rustle through the winter by loafing around the meadow fence or at the corrals and picking up stray morsels which were pitched from the stables, seldom going out on the flats where the feed was good except when they were driven there, The boys hugged the great box stove in the bunk-house, some busy day after day making quirls, others plaiting raw- hide reatas or making hackamores, varying their labors with an occasional game of California Jack or Blue Pete. Tenderfoot was, in relation to actual experience‘on a cow ranch, of the tenderfeet a superlative specimen, but he was endowed with a great deal of tact which covered a multitude of harmless errors, He was a man who had had a great deal of experience in both town and country, und had always managed to be at peace with eyery one, and yet he had the outward appearance of being aman who did not careto have his toes trampled upon without demanding satisfactory ex- planations. He only looked this as we ‘‘sized him up” when he first came among us. He was a modest looking fellow and pleasant spoken, and in the week he had been with us had easily glided into our ways, grown well acquainted and be- come thoroughly at home. He acknowledged his ignorance of everything connected with his new life, asked questions when he wanted any information igsuch a way that the boys were all glad to post him or help him, and in the week he was inaking good quirls and good friends, for the old hands always take kindly to the tenderfoot who gives him- self no airs. Nothing they hold in such utter contempt as pretense, The eighth day came pleasant, and Nervous, who was so nicknamed because he was neither nervous nor fidgety, who had been waiting for the right kind of day, prepared early in the morning for a deer hunt among the canyons below the ranch on the north side of the creek. It was a pleasant morning, though the snow was several inches deep, a twelve- mile breeze blowing from the northwest and the fhermom- eter at least 15° below zero. Neryous was about ready to start when Tenderfoot asked to accompany him, a request readily granted with the offer to loan him the only spare rifle on the ranch, an old goverm- ment needle gun, Nervous carried a repeating nfle. Down the creek and across the lower meadow, through the dense boxelder woods covering the flats through which ran the creek, they went, the crisp, frosty snow sounding beneath their tramping feet—well, sounding, eh—eh—well, sounding like the noise made by an awkwurd man eating hot soup. ‘Rather too much noise forsuccessful deer hunting,” thought and said Nervous, ‘‘but as soon as we cross the creek and get into the canyons and commence climbing among the rocks and around the hillsides we will have to move more care- fully, but there is not so much snow there and we can get along quietly enough with a little extra care. This wind is a great belp to us hunting this direction,” Tenderfoot had never aropped a deer; in fact, had never. seen one running wild. He had heard of buck ague, but believed he was in no immediate danger of contracting the disease and, indeed, he looked like a man who could and would keep cool as an iceberg under any deer hunting con- ditions. He was, and no wonder, anxious to put his nerves to the test to decide which would display the most fear, he or some hlack-tailed buck. — In the canyons the force of the wind was not feltsomuch, ~ but above, on top of the ragged bluffs, it played its cool tricks on the loose snow. which it lifted and carried across country or packed away, in. every gulch and gully, and dropped onthe hunters’ heads in showers the frosty flakes. Not a sound but the whistling of the fierce, cold wind, which was eyidently trying to keep itself warm by spinning at a twelve-knot gait. lt wasa cool proceeding but very thin withal, With searching eyes and careful steps they slowly climbed among the hills, now crawling on hands and knees , ——— ———— ° up almost perpendicular inclines, peering cautiously over them, and then descending feet first on the opposite sides among sage brush and grease wood, across washouts and over pitch-pine logs and wind-battered cedars, thathad given. up trying to eke out an uncertain living among the rocks, For a couple of miles of theroughest walking and climbing and walking imaginable went Nervons and his companion. Several jack rabbits had been disturbed from their slum- bers behind protecting sage brush, and kicking up little clouds of snow they scampered away with their lives, but bless ‘em, they were safe enough this morning. These storm- beaten old canyons are not going to ring with echoes from any rifles pointed at smaller game than blacktails. There was no time consumed for Tenderfoot to admire the scenery, and though he did not say it, he perhaps thought this road Was a near relative to Jordan’s hard road, but he ‘‘stayed with it” like a little man, until just as he had slid down six feet froraa rock he eamein sight of two bucks and a doe not above a hundred yards distant. The doe seemed as though she would like to say— “How happy could £ be with either Were t’other dear charmer away,” and both the “dear charmers” were so engrossed in their attentions that they had net seen our friend from the States. No doubt that love is blind. Quickly tarning to Nervous, he told him, and then clap- ping his rifle to lis shoulder, he fired, and one of the bucks dropped and rolled down into a gully, thirty feet below. The others, as mue¢h surprised as the mysterious wedding guest was by the Aucient Mariner, started back out of Tenderfoot's sight, but now in full view of Nervous, who made the moye- ments of “turning loose” his repeater, but it refused to ’ ‘pump. ” “Can you see them, Tenderfoot?” “No, they are out of my sight.” “Well, ihey have stopped over there, not more than a hun- dred and fifty yards away. My rifle won't work. Hand me yours.” a Tenderfoot could not have got a shoi in five minutes, and there was no telling where they would be before he could again sight them; so lhe handed his rifle over the rock duwn which he had just slid, and Nervous fired. Down came the second buck, and the doe was just disap en ing over a high ridge opposite, when a third time spuxc me old-fashioned rifle and the last of the little bunch was one for, She carried the ball about twenty feet, then suddenly dropped it and went. with it. “Tender, l think that will do for a morning hunt, thanks fo you for helping me out. Ama little sorry I downed the doc. Now we'll bleed them and go back to the ranch for a team snd hang our ‘mutton’ up a tree,” By following the canyons further down they would have been able'to have killed more deer, but present necessities had been bountifully supplied and what was left will furnish work and sport for many another day. Nervous had placed his shots in the shoulders and Tender- foot had sent his crushing through the head, In the middle of the afternoon the three were hanging up between the fbunk-house and the kitchen. Tendeifoot was complimented on his skill as a rifle shot, buf with his usual modesty clis- claimed any credit for skill and insisted that he had aimed for the shoulders with a vague idea of hitting somewhere, and his winning shot was nothing but a scratch the likes of which he never expected to repeat. Could he have had a slight attack of the buck ague? Are not the yictims’ of that disease supposed to make clean misses? “At any rate,” said Nervous, refilling his pipe, ‘‘you must know, boys, there ain’t any tenderfeet on this ranch.” MILLARD. BEAR Crepk, Wyo. Blatuyal History. WOODLAND AND BARREN GROUND CARIBOU. Editor Forest and Stream: j notice in the Formst anp StrmAm of February 14, that the editor does not agree with Judge Caton, author of ‘‘An- telope ahd Deer in America,” in regard to the woodland being 2 distinct species from the barren ground caribou. I have had no personal experience with the latter animal -(myinformation is obtained from those who have hunted i it, also From natural histories), but I-have always thought that they belonged to separate and distinct species. The barren ground caribouis one of the smallest of the deer family, and it is seldom that a buck is killed weighing over one hundred pounds. As its name implies, its habitat isthe barren grounds between latitude 62° and the Arctic Sea. In winter it seeks the shelter of wooded tracts on the southern boundary of its range. Its favorite food is the osses and lichens so abundant in that section. This animal of great value to the Indians and othersin the frozen north; they make some use of every part of the body. Large herds ot the barren ground caribou roam over the couutry, and are easily approached and killed, The woodland caribou, on the other hand, is a larger animal, the doe being equal in size to a barren ground buck, ilchough the horns are smaller and less branching. They frequent the wooued shores of Hudson’s Bay, and tracts further south where the. other are never seen. A most sin- vular difference in the habits of the two, And one that, with the difference of size, form, ete., surely entitles them to be tanked as separate species, is that the woodland migrates to -the southward every spring, while the barren ground cari- ~ bou is at the same time on its way to the Arctic Sea. The flesh of the woodland caribou is inferior 1o that of the other. 1 hope that the writer of the illustrated article on page 45, issue of Feb. 14, will give his reason for believing that the two animals belong to one species, Rep Wine. (GLENcOn, Fila. 4n most old works on natural history three distinct species ‘of reindeer are mentioned, These are, the old world form, varivusly called Certws tarandus, Torandus rangifer and Rangifer tarandus; the American woodland form, Cervus tarundus, yar. sylvestris, or Tarandus coger and the bar- ren ground torm, Cereus tarandus granlandicus, or Cervus _iarandus, yar. dretica. Sinee these works were written the views of naturalists have undergone a great change. It was formerly the fashion to make as many species as possible, and ften necessary to base specific charac- ers utions—on what would to-day be re- FOREST AND STREAM. garded as nothing more than individual differences. An old world species found in America was often dignified with a new name, for no better reason than that it lived om the other side of the ocean from its already known relative. In those days the tendency was toward the multiplication of species. ‘To-day the current sets the other way, and natur- alists generally strive to reduce the number of species to the lowest point. , . ; At present the circumpolar reindeer, whether they inhabit Norway, Siberia, or British Ameriga, are regarded as one and the same form, Rangifer granlandicus, while the wood- land caribou is thought to be only a fairly well marked race of its more boreal refative. The only known physical char- acters by which the two forms may be separated are size and horns, and these are not sufficiently well marked to base specific differences on, Size may go for almost nothing. Judge Caton, in his inost excellent work on ‘The Antelope and Deer of North America,” acknewledges this, and says: “The difference in size, if this were the only distinction, would be entitled to but little weight in the consideration of this question, especially when we remember that we often find animals of the same species occupying high latitudes smaller in size than those of warmer countries, The reverse, however, we find generally the case with our Cervide. * * * I repeat, however, that I should not consider the difference in size, which is fully one-half, sufficient of itself to estab- lish a specific difference.” To the diversity m size of the horns Judge Caton attaches somewhat more weight, yet this character we cannot regard as sufficient to establish specific difference, Judge Caton's main reliance in separating the two forms of caribou is on their supposed differences in migratory habit, and on the supposition that the two forms do not interbreed or grade into one another. But as a mat- ier of fact we have very little evidence on these points, We know that in its home—the center of abundance—the barren ground form is small, with large horns, and that in Maine and Lower Canada the woodland form is large, with small horns; but as to the deer, which inhabit the intermediate country, little is known. It is, we think, probable that an extended series of specimens from the country, where the ranges of the two overlap, would furnish individuals of which the naturalist would he unable to say, “This is a barren ground,” or ‘‘This is a woodland caribou.” ‘To decide a question of this kind the acumen of a trained naturalist would be required, and he should have before bim a large series of specimens, if pos- sible freshly killed. We recently talked with some old cari- bou hunters im a region where the woodland form is the only one known, and yet they spoke of two kinds of cari- bou, which they believed existed there—‘‘the little green woods deer” and “the big hill deer.” Asa matter of fact. they merely referred in the one case to the young and small, and in the other to the old and large deer. The opinion of the best mammalogists to-day is that the woodland caribou is only a well marked race of the circum- polar reindeer, If any good specific characters can be shown to separate the two, this opinion will be modified, but at present the evidence to justify such a change of sentiment is wanting. A case somewhat analogous to the one under consideration existed a few years ago in regard to the common Virginia deer, of which several species were named from different sections of the country, but at present these supposed species have no standing, and several of them have none even as races or varieties. We may mention that our correspondent has the weight of the barren ground caribou much too low. Richardson says as full-crown buck, dressed, will weigh from 90 to 1380 pounds, This would give a live weight of from 185 to 200 pounds, There are some other inaccuracies in ‘“‘Red Wing’s” statements, as will be seen by reference to Judge Caton’s book. We cannot do better than to recommend our correspond- ent to look up this matter for himself, and when he has done so, we fancy that he will agree with us. As we stated in our review of the work, Judge Caton’s admirable volume contains a vast amount ef information on this and kindred subjects, and it is one that the naturalist and deer hunter ean ill afford to be without. THE REVIEWER. SOME ARIZONA QUAILS, Editon Forest and Stream: The ‘‘Oalifornia quail” mentioned by ‘“‘Nemo” in your issue of the 31st ulf. are in all probability Arizona quail (Lophortyx gambel/), inasmuch as they are abundant in South- western New Mexico and Arizona. The California quail (Lophoriyx californica) ave, on the other hand, I think, rarely or never seen in that or this part of the country. The Arizona quail is furthermore exceedingly susceptible of domestication. When first caught they are so violently wild as to be almost unapproachable, but by continued and careful attention they eventually become tame enough to handle without fear, A. G. Buttner, ex-Chief of Police of this city, has a peculiar penchant for pets. About two years since he pro- cured a pair of Arizona quail. ‘They not only became gentle but raised a brood of eleven young ones, Thirteen eges were laid, but eleven chicks only were hatched. When about half grown they were in part distributed among friends, One of them afterward escaped, and returned to its former home. I secureda pair of them myself and gave them the freedom of a corral in which alfalfa had been sown, ‘The throve finely, but became somewhat shy. When frightened, however, they invariably sought the house for protection. I had previously tried the same course with a pair of blue quail (Callipepla squamata), but attempts to domesticate them were in vain. I finally gave them the same freedom that I had given to their kindred, and lost them on the day subsequent. : During the months of September and October the Papogo Pima and Maricopa Indians snare quail by the thousands. They are brought to the market, dozens in a coop, Deer my Verwonr.—It ers that some years ago a party of the citizens of this and adjoining towns subscribed a sum of money for the purpose of placing a number of deer in the mountains with the view of trying to restock the woodlands of the State with these valuable and beautiful game animals. The deer at that time were protected by a law which expired by limitation in 1880. ‘The Legislature of that year, however, re-enacted the law and _ extended its provisions, the expiration of the new law being” ‘Nov. 1, 1886. The deer so placed have, it is believed, in- creased in such.a manner as to afford good ground for belief that the experiment will be successful. Rumors have been heard from time to time that deer had been unlawfully killed, butno direct evidence has been produced until yes- _terday, when a young lad living near Bald Mountain gave . J, C. Dunn, one of the gentleman who was most active in the enterprise, information which led to the discovery of a dead deer, which had evidently been shot by some mis- creant who luckily, however, failed to reap the fruit ef his infamous act. At the time the deer were turned out a re- ward of $50 was offered for information leading to the con- yiction of any person who should kill, take or pursue them, and this offer is still good and the money will be paid to any one who will furnish information upon which the person who killed this deer can be convited. Information may be given to Mr, J. C. Dunn, M. G. Everts, F. Chaffee, A. F. Davis, Geo, H. Cheney, H. W. Cheney, Dr. C. W. Brigham, Hon. D. W. Taylor, $. E. Burnham or Wm, Y. W. Ripley. The offer of the reward is yet in force, not only as far as it concerns this particular animal, but also others who may be kilied hereafter—in fact it is a standing offer. ‘Chat all may know just what the law is we publish the full text below: ‘A person who prior to the first day of November, 1886, pursues, takes or kills, within this State, a wild deer, or has in his possession a wild deer or nny part thereot so taken or killed, shall be fined $50, and the possession of the meat or -hide, or any part of a wild deer, shall be presumptive evidence that the person haying it in his possession is guilty of a violation of this section. It shall be lawful to kill a dog found pursuing wild deer prior to November, 1886, if such dog is killed while in the actual pursuit of deer—Rutland (Vt) Herald, Feb. 29. More Car.—As cat stories seem to be in order just now, “that reminds me” of another cat that was not killed. Some years since a handsome maltese cat, having been sentenced to death for catching young chickens, 1 was requested to ofliciate as her executioner. The instrument of death selected was a new repeating rifle, to whose sights I had not become accustomed, and which had never yet drawn gore. ‘“To make assurance doubly sure,” I tied a rope around pussy’s neck, and fastened her to the garden fence; I drew a careful (7) bead on her head (distance five yards) and the way pussy backed away and stretched the rope, she anticipated her fearful doom. Bang!—I saw a blue streak disappearin “over the garden wall,” and found that like Alexander of ol I had ‘‘cutthe Gordian knot,” not with my trusty sword, but with 40 grains of powder and 200 grains of lead. Ina word, the rope was shot, the cat was free. To cap the climax, my neighbor, ‘‘Old Muzzle Loader,’ had witnessed the scene and remarked, ‘‘Didn’t I tell you the trajectory of your new- fangled repeater is too high?”—Boxno.inx, Rurrep Grovusk Carrurep ALive.—Orwell, Vt., March 2.—Last week, while two men were chopping, they captured a partridge in the wood pile. Tying a string to its legs, they hitched it to the fence, where it died during the afternoon, haying pounded itself to death. Fox hunting has been good this winter, the ae number killed by one hunter being sixteen,—W. L, P. Connectieut.—The Senate Committee on Agriculture have reported adversely on all proposed game law changes. Sea and River Sishing. DOWELS AND FERRULES. Roe his blow at that ancient superstition, the dowel pin, Mr. Wells deserves all praise. If the subject had been thoroughly discussed, they would have disappeared before this. Pwenty years back, Thaddeus Norris—than whom a hetter American angler and rod-maker never lived—con- demned them unhesitatingly, and statrd that he never used them. But there are some points against both them and the present style of ferrules, that neither he nor Mr. Wells in his aritcle have touched upon. They are the cause of the pres- ent article. ; First—As Mr, Wells has shown, the greatest points of strain (¢.2., 1ransverse strain) are at the juncture of the wood with the lower end of the female andupper end of the male ferrules. For, as the rod begins bending at the tip, the transverse strain is thrown further and further down the rod, the strain becoming more longitudinal upon the bent part. But as the strain progresses down the rod, it strikes the fer- rules; but the ferrules cannot bend, therefore at their junction they act as a lever against the wood, and the longer they are the greater the strain. Every one can see this, and it is therefore plain that those parts of the rod should be especially strong. But you will ask, what bearing has this upon the dowel pin and tenon? Why, simply this: It is evident, to reduce the strain as much as possible, we must shorten the fer:ule, and if we shorten the ferrule and retain the hole for the dowel, we bore away the wood at the very place where we need the most. And there is sfill anothcr grave objection. Wood is porous, and by virtue of capillary attraction will suck up moisture. This moisture rots and weakens the fibers of cellulose tissue, of which the wood is composed; thevefore we varnish our rods to keep it out, Nuw, woods of all sorts exert their capillary force strongest in the line of the grain. That is, wood will drink up moist- ure faster when a cross section of the grain is wet than in any other way. The reason of this is plain, when we see that the interstices of the fibres are really minute capillary tubes, which draw the water up. Now, the dowel hole in almost all rods has no covering to prevent this; it is impos- sible to keep its side well varnished, and the dowel pin _ would soon wear it off if we could. So, whenever we get ‘moisture into the hole, and it is almost impossible to avoid this, it acts asa little cup, to retain and draw moisture into the pores of the wood, weakening and rotting it at the point where we want it strongest.. To rods which have a water- proof cup for the dowel pin this objection does not apply, the former one does. So far as we know, however, mie | a ‘=” mm 4 tae - will be remembered by our read- wee Sere wt er A OK FOREST AND STREAM. are no wooden rods in the market which have this cup, and only one make of split bamboo, and this latter objection 1s doubly strong against the latter, because bamboo is not only more porous than other woods on its cross section, but there is also the glue to be spoiled by the capillary attraction. -Secoud—It strengthens the joint, is claimed for it. It does no such thing. The leverage in the ferrule itself 1s brass against brass, and as Mr. Wells has. shown, even thin brass is amply strong. How many ferrules split or collapse in comparison with the number of rods that break the wood at the junction with the ferrule? Third—It is claimed that it holds the joints together, This assertion is also false, Look at your own rod, and see which shows the most signs of friction, the wooden dowel or the brass ferrule. It is evidently the friction of the lip of the female ferrule upon the tapered male ferrule that holds the joints together. If it were the frictien of the tight- fitting dowel, wheh the brass became worn we should have to trim the whole thing down, whereas this, practically, never happens. The dowel hole is always made too large for any friction, to prevent the joints sticking from moisture. As the summing up of this article, l would like, with all due humility, to submit the following design, which will cover the above objections: The above figure represents the joint cut away to show a longitudinal section. It will be observed that at A and B the wood is full size, thus getting the greatest amount of fiber, to resist transverse strain. Some ferrules are already made this way, and they are the best in the market. I shows a round wad of hrass, cut to exactly fit the bore of the fer- rule. It is pushed down ahead cf the wood, to which it is fastened by shellac, till it comes to the shoulder. It prevents all moisture getting at the cross section of the wood and weakening it. The dotted lines show where rods usually break on this account, It will also be observed that the male ferrfle is also capped with brass, as shown at D, for a similar reason. This cap could more conveniently be made a solid part of the male ferrule, and I have so represented it. To prevent Se and the nuisance of throwing away a joint or two, 1 have shown at C a little brass cleat, fast ened to the rod by silk lashings. A similar one is put on at the lower end of the female ferrule, pointing in the opposite direction, and a few turns of silk, taken around these, pre- vent all accidents. Thisis an old device and a good one. The proportion of parts in the figure is exaggerated to show them more clearly. These ferrules could be made very short to lessen the Jeverage. I should be glad of any criticisms from other anglers, Everything to forward the angler’s art, should be the anglcr’s motto, and in this spirit [ have writen. PERCYVAL. A MASCALONGE. N ANY years ago when a boy my father and myself were devoted disciples of the rod and line. Few, if any, could equal the #ld gentleman either in handling a fish, or in the number in his basket at the end of a day’s fishing in the St. Lawrence, that most beautiful river. Where we fished, bass, pickerel, pike, and now and then a mascalonge were to be caught; but the story 1 wish to tell is of a mascalonge which my father and myself attempted to capture, and we tried it so often that we called him the ‘‘one-eyed perch.” On a ee day in June the pater suggested to the writer that a few hours spent on the river would be pleasant, and that he get the boat and fixings ready. Away scampers the boy for the river bank; the boat is waslied, the paddle and oars are soon in place, we step in, and away for the second island, round the head of it we go, and down the south side with a six-mile current helping us on, the big copper spoon towing behind us sixty yards away. Down around the island we go, pulling slowly but moving swiftly, when, as if struck by a streak of lightning, the flat-bottomed scow rises on a wave and we are in the middle of a riffle, well known to lovers of bass fishing, “Pull,” cries father, ‘‘amd we will make the foot of the island;” and -pull it was for some tea minutes with current setting us down the river, and the long line and spoon drag- ging behind. At Jast we eatch the eddy, and then the veteran in the stern says: ‘‘We will pull along that bank of rushes and I think we will find a fish near the end of the island.” So we move on slowly for a hundred yards or more, when “Make her meve”’ comes from the stern, and the boat moves along briskly, the oars just touching the rushes,«when as we near the point I hear the magic words, dear to every angler’s heart, ‘‘l’ve got him!” Then the boat stood still. ‘‘Pull, pul, boy!” eries the old man, and I labor at the oars for all I am worth, until nearly black in the face, when I see a shining object rise from the water some five feet or more distant, and with a splash it disappears, to rise again and again, Still itis “Pull, boy, pull!’ and away we go from the rushes and twist and turn in the eddy of the island till we think the fish is tired out, and father begins to haul in, when whiz goes the line through his fingers, which are cut to the bone. ‘“‘Stop,” he cried, and I rest my weary arms for a second or two, when I notice a look of pain, disgust and anger on the old man’s face as he says, ‘‘Bless him, he’s gone!” and sinks into his seat. Presently he hauls in the line and behold the hook, a good large one, is straightened out. That is enough fishing for one day, so we pull home, sadder if not wiser. The soldering irons are got out, and ere night closes in, we have a new and stronger hook fastened to the spoon, and are ready for the ‘‘one-eyed perch.” Some days elapsed he- fore we could get away again, but at last we are off, and go down on the north side of the island; we*round the point of rushes, and come with along, steady stroke past the hole where we hooked him before, but without getting a rise; so on to the southern end of the islandand back again. ‘‘Steady, boy, he ought to be here!” and here he is, as I feel the boat cease moving in spite of my efforts to keep her going. ‘‘Pull from the rushes!” and pull it is;slowly the boat moves, now the fish makes a rush toward us and the boat flies as fast as young muscles can make her, till we strike the two currents meeting at the northeast end of theisland. 'I'hen right about we go with the fisb, now in the water, now out, pulling like a devil possessed, now to the right, now to the lelt of the boat, and sometimes under it, but the line kept taut. At last, tired with his efforts, ke is brought alonyside, ‘Get the gaff,” but alas! the gaff was left behind, ‘Shoot him!” and I apring tor the old muzzleloader in the bow, when with a last desperate effort he phinges below the boat and is gone! Then the old man sat down and wept (swore) in French. r i 107 We tried tocatch this monster of the deep until we had hooked him seven times, the last of which wus but a repeti- tion of the two first attempts with only this difference; this time he took away with him thirty yards of line, and the foilowing morning he was caught some five miles lower down the river on a night line, with which he bad entang!ed him- sell, He was sold by the fishermen who caught him to the ‘Lord of the Manor” and weighed thirty pounds. We re- covered the spoon andline, and had lots of spert with the spoon afterward. CANUOK, Victoria, B, C., Feb, 2, 1834. HINTS AND WRINKLES. Hiditor Forest and Stream: I have just read with pleasure the article on dowel pins, by Mr. Wells, in your issue of the 21st. Three years ago a friend took up rod-making as a winter pastime and turned out three or four rods that were, and are yet, equal to anything short ofa split bambeo. The dowels bothered him, end thinking the matter over, neither he nor the friends whom he called into council could find any raison, detre for them. So the rods were finished without dowels, and we cannot see that anything has been lost in any way. Many thanks to Mr, Wells for the suggestion regarding rod handles. I for one will try it, and I have so much faith in if that I shall use it on my best rod. We anglers want more such points. Almost every one of us might do some- thing. We are, all of us, or a great many, at least, indebted to the Forest aD StRwAM for hints and wrinkles of which we haye made use, and yet 1 suppose not one in ten have ever acknowledged them or tried to give other points in return. Here is a little one that helped four of us on Spider Lake some years ago. We found a splendid place for bass one day and caught some Yeauties, but we had no landing net, so that the biggest one generally got away, until some one thought of making a gaff with a jake trout hook. Simplest; thing in the world! We just took a three-inch Limerick hook and lashed it to the end of a three-foot switch and lost no more bass for want of alanding net. Such a hook can be carried in the fly-book, and when you unexpectedly fall in with big fish (no joke) why there you are! And this leads to a question [ have wanted to ask for a long time. We have all read time and again of a bass when hooked leaping from ihe water and falling on the leader so as to break it. How does he doit? If both ends of the line were fast 1 could understand it, but they are practically loose. For experiment: Fasten the hook to the floor and let the rod be held so thet the line will be at about the same angle and tension as when a bass is about to leap. Now drop a ten-pound weight on the leadcr two or three'feet from the hook. The finest cut will stand the test. I know how they shake the hook from their mouths when they get a slack line and that the gut does sometimes break when they leap, but do they break it by falling on it, or by striking it with their tail? I don’t think so. J. @. W CANADA. i FISHING AND FISHERMEN. Bee been inspired on several of these warm and spring-like February days, my mind has been stirred from its alpha to its omega along the line of the past as touching the streams | have waded, with rod in hand, and the boats I have sat in on the rough or smooth rivers and lakes, as the case might have been, waiting with my attractive lure for a bite, Nong but a horn fisherman can enter into the sport. None but a follower of Izaak Walton can climb and wade from early morn till dewy eve over hills, through vales, and call it sport. He only can sit by theireside while the last snow of win-, ter is falling and extract the profoundest comfort out of the by-gones, as the fly-book is turned leaf by leaf and each crumpled, feathered hook is eagerly examined and the his- tory of them read, telling how a three-pound trout played havoe with the cowdung, the red ibis, or the king or queen of the water; how some great black bass, or tremendous salmon spoiled this or that fly in such a year, and wondering, as the light blue smoke of the companionable pipe rises in dainty cloudlets aboye our heads, if the like will ever occur again. Hope, in a whispered prayer, bubbles over the lips from the depths of the heart, and trusts that the all-wise Providence that created the beauties of the streams and the deep, who also established in our souls the desire to enjoy— as only we fishermen can—tbe greatest of pleasure, of a spring and summer time, with rod and creel, may not blast our hope, or leave our cravings for the beautiful unsatisfied. In the week that has just past, my mind has retraversed all the brooks, rivers and lakes, where joy came to my heart over the line and rod, as it only can be telegraphed to the sportsman who had it born and bred in bis bones. One un- pleasant reflection I called io mind wherein I got a severe flogging from my father for leaving my work to go fishing. He told usif it rained we might go. It sprinkled a little from a cloud not larger than a man’s hand, and away my brother and [ ran for the charming Susquehanna. Wewere checkmated on the banks of a brook by a switch that some- what resembled a modern trout rod, wielded by him who was not born as we were, with more love for angling than manwal labor, That whipping no doubt decided my future. I soon began the study of physic, and ere long I bade adieu to brush and stones, and the hardships of the old farm, and took up my abode near the beautiful Cayuga Lake, in the city that boasts of the college upon a hill, founded by the late lamented Cornell. After my departure, all my brothers but one followed, and to-day four of us are fishers for patients in the winter and muddy spring, but the desire which our father triedto cheek when we were young has, to all ap- pearances, intensified, and must yearly be gratified. There is no more beautiful Village than Ithaca, not a more beautiful body of water than Lake Cayuga. The several streams that empty into it and the grand falls, of Fall Creek and Taughannock, the cascades and rocky shores of Six Mile Creek add to the beauty and grandeur of this vicinity. The fish and game clubs here are alive to the stocking of streams and the protection of fish and game. We expect 60,000 California mountain trout this summer for our streams in Tompkins county. Last season we took several California trout on bait and fly in Fall Creek and the Inlet Creek. Dr, Sharp caught a California salmon under the falls that weighed two pounds, This beautiful specimen showed much pluck and endurance in the fight against the line and rod, ‘The mountain trout were put in the stream One year ago lastsummer, and when taken by O. B, Brown measured seven inches in length, and acted quite as gamy as brook trout of the same weight. 108 Our lake abounds in small and big-mouthed black bass, wall-eyed pike, perch, pickerel, swamp pickerel, bullheads, tock bass, salmon trout, California salmon, eels, suckers and j herring. Black bass have been caught at the head of the lake weighing six pounds and a quarter by E. ©. Van Kirk anda Mr. Grayer with minnows, Dr, Fowler caught one bass on a fly, that weighed fonr and three-quarter pounds. The writer has frequently taken ona fly and with bait twenty to thirty pounds in a forenoon or a part of the after- noon, Several years ago I caught tive salmon trout before 10 o'clock A. M. I with my oarsman got on the water about 6G A. M., and before we had gone one hundred rods below McKinney's | hooked a beauty; going once oyer the water from this point to Bloom’s bar, and through Burdick’s Bay, the five beauties were secured. They all took a Canandaigua spoon, leaf shape. Fatiiné Powers iw Mrovir Ac® are best rovided against by an eudowment policy in the Travelers, of Hartford, @onn. At aga 30, an endowment for $1,000 maturing at 50 costs but $89.70 a year. —- 110 : Che Fennel. FIXTURES. BRNCH SHOWS. March 4, 5, 6 and 7.—Cincinnati Bench Show, Melodian Hall. En- tries close Feb. 25. Charles Lincoln, Superintendent, vare of B. Kat- tredge & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. March 12,13 and 14.—New Haven Kennel Chib’s First Annual Bench Show, Second Regiment Armory. Edward 8. Porter, Secretary, Box 687 New Haven, Cona. Entries close March 1. _ March isto 21.—Washington Bench Show, Masonic Hall, Wash- ington, D. ©, Chas. Lincoln, Superintendent. arch 26, 27 and 28.—The Dominion Kennel Club’s Second Annual Bench Show, Horticultural Gardens. Charles Lincoln, Superinten- dent. ©. Greville Harston, Secretary. Toronto. Canada. April 4, 4and 5.—The Cleveland Bench Show Association's Second Bench Show. Charles Lincoln, Superintendent.- C. M. Munhall, Sec- retary, Cleveland, Ohio, ~ May 6, 7. 8 and 9.—The Westminster Kennel Club’s Bighth Annual Bench Show, Madison Square Garden, Entries close April 21. Chas, Linegln, pe orend ati. R, G. Cornell. Secretary, 54 William street, New York. » ; A. K, R. HE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration of pedigrees, etc. (with prize lists of all shows and trials), is pub lished-every month. Entries close on the ist. Should be in early. Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. Registration fee (25 cents) must accompany éach entry. No entries inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subscription $1, Address ‘American Kennel Register,” P.O. Box 2832, New York. Number of entries already printed 1010, Volume I., bound in cloth, sent postpaid, $1.50. WASHINGTON DOG SHOW. rece ene is the premium list for the bench show to be held at Washington, commencing March 18: Champion mastifis, dogs, champion medal, bitches the same, open, dogs, $10 and $5, bitches the same, Rough-coated St, Bernards and smooth-coated St. Bernards, same as mastiffs, Newfoundlands, $10 and silver medal. Champion greyhound, dogs, champion medal, bitches the same; open, dogs, $10 and silver medal, bitches the same; puppies, silver medal. Cham- pion deerhounds, champion medal; open, $10 and silver medal. Champion pointers, dogs and bitches over 55lbs., $15; open,’ dogs, $15-and #5; bitches over 50lbs., the same. Champion pointers, dogs and bitches under 55lbs., $15; open, dogs, $15 and $5; bitches under 50lbs., the same}; puppies $7 and $3. Champion English setters, dogs, $15; bitches, the same; open, dogs, $15 and $5; bitches, the same; puppies, dogs, 87 and $3: bitches, the same, Champion black and tan setters, dog or bitch, $15; open, dogs, $15 and $5; bitches, the same; puppies, $7 and #5. Champion Irish setters, dogs, $15; bitches, the same; open, dogs, S15 and #5; bitches, the same; puppies, $7 and 5. Chesapeake Bay dogs, $10 and silver medal. Champion Irish water spaniels, champion medal; open, 510 and silver medal, Champion field spaniels, any color, over 28lbs., champion medal: open, $10 and $5. Cham- pion cocker spaniels (any color) under 25lbs., champion medal; open, $10 and $5. Champion foxhounds, champion medal; open, $10 and $5, Champion beagles, champion medal; open, dogs $10 and $5, bitches the same. Dachshunde, $10 and silver medal. Champion fox-terriers, champion medal; open, dogs $10 and #9, bitches the same; puppies silver medal. Champion collie dogs, champion medal, bitches the same; open, dogs $10 and 35, bitches the same; puppies silver medal. Ghesinion bulldogs, champion medal, bitches the same; open, dogs $10 and $0, bitches the same. Champion bull-terriers, champion medal; open, $10 and $5. Rough-haired terriers $10 and silver medal; black and tan terriers, over ‘lbs., 5310 and silver medal; Dandy Dinmonits, $10 and silver medal; Irish terriers, $l and silver medal. Champion Skye terriers, champion medal; open, 510 and $5. Champion pug dogs, champion medal, bitches the same; open, dogs $10 and $5, bitches the same; puppies silver medal. Champion Yorkshire terriers, champion medal; open, $10 and $5. ‘Toy terriers under 7lbs., $10 and silver medal. King Charles spaniels, $10 and silver medal, Blenheim spaniels, $10 and silver medal. Japanese spaniels, $10 and silver medal. Italian greyhounds, $10 and silver medal. Miscellaneous, three prizes $5 each, NEW YORK DOG SHOW. Ww have received the premium list of the eighth annual bench show of the Westminster Kennel Club, to be held at Madison Square Garden, May 6, 7,8 and 9. The list is the same as that of last year, except that a class is made for Basset hounds, champion and open classes for bull bitches, a class for Bedlington terriers, and a dog and bitch class for poodles, making 120 classes in all, as agaimst 114 last year, The premiums are as follows: Champion mastifis, dogs, champion medal, bitches the same; open, dogs $10, $5 and silver medal, bitches the same; puppies $9 and silver medal. Rough-coated St. Bernards the same as mastiff class, except that puppies get $10 and silver medal. Smooth-coated St. Bernards the same, Berghunde dogs #10 and silver medal, bitches the same. Newfoundlands, dogs or bitches $10 and silver medal, Champion greyhounds, dogs champion’ medal, bitches the same; open, dogs $10 and silver medal, bitches the same; puppies, dogs. or _ bitches, the same, Champion deerhounds, dogs or bitches, champion medal; open, dogs $10 and silver medal, bitches the same. Champion pointers (over 55lbs.) dogs $25, bitches (over 501bs.) the same; open, dogs $20, $10 and silver medal, bitches the same, small pointer class the same; puppies, dogs over 12 and under 18 months $10 and silver medal, b tches the same; under 12 months, dogs or bitches the same. Champion English setber dogs $25, bitches the same; open, dogs $20, $10 and silver medal, bitches the same; puppies, dogs over 12 and under 18 months $10 and silver medal, bitches the same; under 12 months; dogs or bitches, the same. Champion black and tan setter dogs $25, bitches the same; open, dogs $20, $10 and silyer medal, bitches the samme; puppies, dogs $10 and silver medal, bitches the same; Irish setters the same as the black and tan setters. Chesapeake Bay dogs, dogs or bitches, $10 and silver ynedal. Champion Irish water spaniels, dogs or bitches, champion medal; open, $10 and silver medal. Champion field spaniels (any color) over 2lbs., dogs or bitches, champion medal; open, $10 and $5, Champion cocker spaniels (any color) under 2kibs., dogs or bitches, champion medal; open (liver and black) $10 and #5, any color other than liver or black the same; puppies, field or cocker, (any color) $5 and silver medal. Champion foxhounds, dogs or bitches, champion medal; open, #10, $5 and silver medal. Champion Demenee, dogs or bitches, champion medal; open, dogs, $10, $5 and sil- yer medal, bitches the same; puppies, dogs or bitches, silver medal. Dachshunde, dogs or bitches, $10 and silver medal. Cham- pion fox-terriers, dogs, champion medal; bitches the same; open, dogs, $10, $5 and silver medal, bitches the same; pup- pies, dogs, silver medal, bitches the same. Wire-haired tox- terriers, dogs or bitches. $10 and $5. Champion collies, dogs, champion medal, bitches the same; open, dogs, $10, 35 and silver medal, bitches the same; puppies, dogs, silver medal, bitches the same. Champion bulls, dogs, champion medal, bitches (if of sufficient merit) the same; open, cogs, $10, $5 and- silver -medal, bitcics the same. Champion bull-terriers over 25]bs,, dogs or bivcties, champion medal; open, $10, $5 and silver medal; class under 25lbs. the same; puppies, silver medal. Black and tan terriers over 71bs., dogs or bitches, $10 and silver medal; rough-haired terriers the Basset hounds, dogs or bitches, $10 and silver medal. ~ FOREST AND STREAM. same; Dandie Dinmont terriers the same; Irish terriers the same; Bedlington terriers the same. Champion Skye ter- riers, dogs or bitches, champion medal; open, $10, $5 amd sil- ver medal. Champion pugs, dogs, champion medal, bitches the same; open, dogs, #0: $5 and silver medal, bitches the same; puppies, silver medal. Champion Yorkshire terriers over 5lbs,, dags or bitches, champion medal; open, $10, $5 and silyer medal; class under 5lbs, the same. Toy terriers other than Yorkshire under “lbs., $10 and silver medal; King Charles spaniels the same; Blenheim spaniels the same; Jap- anese spaniels the same; Italian greyhounds the same. Poodles, dogs, the same, bitches the same. Miscellaneous class: oyer 25lbs., $10, $5 and silver medal; class under 25lts. thesame. Inaddition to the above list it is expected that a large number of valuable specials will be offered. Entries close April 23. Editor Forest and Strean; The managers of the bench show have decided to give a champion medal for the best bull bitch in Class 87, provided there is a bitch worthy of it in the opinion of the judges. CHas. LINCOLN, Supt. New YorE. March 3, 1884, ’ IMPORTATION OF BEAGLES. Editor Forest and Stream: The steamship Pennsylvania, which arrived at this port Feb. 27, brought three beagles consigned to Wm. H. Ashburner of this city, president of the beagle club. As this importation is of direct interest to the breeders of beagles, giving fo aeRO of fresh crosses with some of the most approved of the British strains, it is proper to give the following description of them: Minstrel, a black, white and tan dog hound, from a noted pack in Cornwall, a second season dog and two years old, of nice style and quality, good eyes, ears well carried and of good length, excellent body, legs and feet, altogether a desirable hound, This dog was selected by Louis Clement (‘Wild- fowler”), the well-known correspondent of the London Fie/d, and formerly its kennel editor, now eC nEnee and proprietor of the Kennel News, Lcndon, England. - “Wildfowler” was at particular trouble and care in procur- ing this beagle, and speaks in high terms of his blood and breeding. Owing to delay in the mails, the extended pedigree has not been yet received from abroad. Foreman, tan, lemon and white dog, four years old, ten inches at shoulder, has a well dumed skull, broad across the top, excellent ears, eyes of true beagle character, good coat of proper texture, body cobby_and compact, a grand little dog, and of the accepted type. Bred by Mr. J. Crane, Surry, Eng- and. PEDIGREE OF ENGLISH BEAGLE DOG FOREMAN, Foreman. Bravo. Honesty. oe Fashion. Butterfly. Hymen, Moorhen, Hymen, by Pilgrim (Pealer—Dewdrop) outof Harmony. Dewdrop, by Damper out of Precious. Deborah, black, white and tan bitvh, two years old, height ten (10) inches at the shoulder. This is a remarkably fine beagle: indeed, it is a question if her superior can be found in this country. In many of the points that go tomake up the first-class hound she cannot be excelled. In head, eyes, ears, muzzle, jaw and lips she is wonderfully fine, while her legs and feet are of the best, and her general appearance very at- tractive. PEDIGREE OF ENGLISH BEAGLE BITCH DEBORAH, Deborah. Rachel. Dewdrop, ae Damper. Miraculous. at ess Mushroom, Pleasant. Pealer. ——— ———— ——S Pilgrim. Harmovy. Damper. Precious. Precious. The bitch Deborah is an inbred Damper, sire of Mr. Crane's famous 10-inch dog Giant, that is claimed to be the best beagle in England, Precious, to whom she is also clesely inbred, won first and cup at Crystal Palace, London, and first and cup at Portsmouth, the only times shown, Foreman and Deborah were bred by Mr. J. Crane, of South- over House, Surrey, England, The Crane strain of beagles are admitted to be the best in England. Stonehenge, in ‘Dogs of the British Islands,” makes special mention of them, and selected Giant and Ringlet, two of Mr. Crane’s breeding, to illustrate his article on the beagle. ' Foreman and Deborah were purchased of E, Carew-Gibson, Esq., of Sussex, England. Mr. Ashburner’s importation experienced a very rough pass- age out, but arrived in good condition. RUSTICUS. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 29. BEAGLES AND WILDCATS. Editor Forest and Stream: - My friend C. and I had agreed to have a chase as soon as the weather cleared. Jan, 18 opened as dark and dreary as some preceding days, but toward noon the clouds disappeared and the evening was calm, bright and pleasant, It was just the evening almost any one, be he sportsman or other, could enjoy in the open air after having been housed for a week. So, early in the afternoon, my son (who. for the occasion, acted as our whipper in) and I, mounted and equipped, were prepared for the promised hunt. Our hounds, it seems, had anticipated the eyent and had preceded us to the woods and at that moment were tunning quite lively not more than half a mile away. We were off for them in a twinkling, but before we overtook them the wildcat was up a tree. We had some beagle puppies with us, and, wishing to see how they would perform in a cat chase, we tried to jump the game out by throwing stones and sticks at it, but it did not secm disposed to come down. We drew a Colt’s .44, then it tumbled. On to meet C., whom we soon joined. His three hounds increased our pack, all told, to twelve dogs. This little dog is King Charlie, first at New York in May, 1884; but he gets his prizes at shows. This trim, blueticked and tan bitch is Flora, the dog without a registered pedigree, bub whose fame is at- tested by the bleaching skeletons of her many victims in the hills and vales of Southwest Texas, and this black and tan dog is Cap, The others are promising young hounds on the road to fame. We make a cast down the creek half a mile, finding noth- ing, and swing around to the hilison the right. Soon Cap gives tongue, and is quickly joined by the pack. They are getting settled down to their work about night, when a fine old buck shows up in front. Cap. Charlie and some of the others can’t resist the temptation, so after the antlers they go, Flora and one other holding steadily to first game. The whip goes after the truants and succeeds in bringing part of them back. C. andI follow thetwo. They carry they game cir- cling to our left. Their ery, once lost in the distance, is again heard as they come around, as if coming back to the place of ne. The whip having rejoined us, we hasten to meet them, but before we get to them they have overtaken the cat and are holding her at bay in thick live oak runners about as high as our horses. She fuakes frequent attempts to brea and save herself by flight again, but the hounds compel her to turn and fight for life. Once I saw her have poor old Flora down, but the yous bloods closed in and compelled her to at- tend to them, “At another time Isaw her make directly for C., and I expected she would attempt to mount up with him, but she only passed under his horse, On account of the brush and the fear of killing a dog, it was some time before we could get in a shot, but at last the opportunity came and a shot from C.’s .45 ended the fray. _ : On again we went, and when we had eee. but a short distance a fine blue doe passed just in front of us, butas we were not after deer we let her pass without a shot, and suc- ceeded in getting our dogs across the scent without any of them getting off after her. Another half mile Flora challenges to scent, and the young hounds were soon at work. A spirited little chase reminds the old gent that itis best to quit the ground, But we didnot have to apply our noses to the tree, as the captain of the ’coon hunters did, for he was in plain view. See instructions at head of this column, . Lassle—Grlevicho, - Mr. 'T, D,, Husted's (Peekskill, N.Y.) red Irish ae biteh Lassie to Mr. W, H. Pierce's Glencho (Richo—Noreeni, eb. 9, r a a EEE ES EE eee eee Claire—Glencho. Mr. James T. Walker's (Baltimore, Md.) red Irish setter bitch Claire (A.K.R. 283) to Mr. W. H. Pierce’s Glencho (Eluho —Noreen). Feb. 11. Bessigé—Don. Mr. Wm. H. Force’s (New York) pointer bitch Bessie pee a ae SBE) to Mr. R. T. Vandevort’s Don (A.K.R. 165), eb. 3. Beasey—Glencho, Mr. Charles J. Steward’s (New York) red Irish lai uey Beasey to Mr. W. H. Pierce’s Glenche (Hicho—Noreen), an, 23. Juno—Glencho. Mr, Geo, Langran’s (Yonkers, N. Y.) red Irish set- ter biteh Juno (Berkley—Tilley) to Mr. W.H. Pierce's Glencho (Hicho —Noreen), Jan. 30. Polly—Bang Bang. Mr. H. B. Talhnan’s (Providence, R. 1.) lemon and white pointer bitch Polly (Beauforit—Nymph) to Bang Bang (AVK.R. 394), Feb. 16. , Dessey—Lon. Mar, A, RK. Hayward’s (Roek Hill, S. C.) pointer hiteh Deer Oh Fowler—Vixen) to Mr. R. T. Vandevert’s Don (A.K.R. 165), Jan, 19. Fuby—Scout. The Knickerbocker Kennel Club's liver and white pointer bitch Ruby (Dick—Fan) to Mr. D. G. Biliot’s Scout (A.K.R. 216), Favnchon—Young Toby, Mr. F. H. Adams’s (Pawtucket, R. I.) pug hitch Fanchon (Echo—Victoria) to the Chequasset Kennels im- ported Young Toby (A.IX R. 478), Feb. 23. May—Rebel Windem. Mr. &. M. Brown, Jr.'s (Amherst ©, ., Va.) Enghsh setter biteh May (Lincoln—Daisy Dean) to Rebel Windem, Feb. 21. Pearl Blue—Gun. Mr. Chas. York's (Bangor, Me.) English setter bitch Pearl Blue(Royal Blue—Oryad) to his Gun (Gladstone—May B.), ov. 1. Surf—licicle, Mr. Chas. L, Lundy’s (Cincinnati, O.), orange and white pointer bitch Surf (Bow—King’s Maid) to Mr. Geo. W. Fisher’s Teicle (A.K.R. 8%), Feb. 21, Flora—Glen I. Mr. G. A. Coleman's (Charlestown, Mass.) Gordon bitch Flora (Tom —Chloe) to Mr, Geo. E. Brown’s Glen II, (Dr. Aten’s Glen—Border Lilly). ; Hornell Daisy—Hornell Silk, The Hornell Spaniel Club‘’s (Hornells- ville, N. ¥.) liver cocker spaniel bitch Hornell Daisy (Benedict—Flirt) to their Hornell Silk (Obo—Chloe I1.), Jan. 26. Hornell Belle I.—Hornell Silk. The Hornell Spaniel Club’s (Hor- neilsville, N. ¥.) black and tan cucker spaniel bitch Llornell Belle IL. (Horoell Dandy—Hornell Belle) to thei Hornell Silk (Obo—Chloe II.), Feb. 9. Princess Rose Il.—Rebel Windem. Mr, R. 8. Terry's English setter bitch Princess Rose Il. (Gladstone, Jr.—Princess Rose) to Rebel Windem, Feb, 23. . x Frost's Queen—Rebel Windem. Ma, A. S. Payne’s English setter bitch Frest’s Queen (Stout—lrost) to Rebel Windem, Feb, 15, : Ress—Rush Gladstone, Myr. J. B. Mask’s (Hickory Valley, Tenn.) black setter bitch Ress (Mark—Vic) to Mr. J. M. Avent’s Rush Glad- stone (Gladstone—Donna J.), Feb, 17. Countess A,—Cownt Noble. Mr. J. M. Avent’s (Hickory Valley, Tenn.) Hnglish setter bitch Countess A. (Dashing Lion—Armida) to Count Noble, Dec. 25, 1883. } WHELPS. B= See instructions at head of this column. Princess Bugenia, Mr. H. Sherman’s English setter bitch Princess Eugenia (Ranger I11.— ), Feb. 17, ten (eight dogs), by Mr. ha A. Coster’s Buckellew (A.K.R. 30): all orange and white ticked. Model Blue, Mr, A. P. Garland's (Ipswich, Mass.) English setter bitch Model Blue (Druid—Gussie), Feb, 18, nine (five dogs), by Mr. A. M. Tucker’s Dash 111, Mutchless. Mr. F, Thuris’s (Newburyport, Mass.) Hoglish setter bitch A ea Feb, 18, nine (four dogs), by Mr. A, M, Tucker's Dash IIT. Pearl Blue. Moy, Chas. York's (Bangor, Me.) English setter bitch Pearl Blue (Royal Blue—Oryad), Jan. 2, twelye (seven dogs), by his Gun (Gladstone—May B.). Bett. Mr. Thos. Goode Tucker's (South Gaston. N. C,) Byron fox- heund bitch Bett (Watchman—Hannah), Feb. 25, five (three dogs), by Epps (Brodnax’s Spot— ). E Fan. Mer. B.C. Alden’s (Dedham, Mass.) champion black pointer hitch Fan (Pete—Belle). Jan. 19, five (three dogs), by his champion Pete, Jr. (Pete—Nell). ; SALES. s— See instructions at head of this column. Countess Rake. Black, white and tan HEnglish setter bitch, 214 years old (Rake—Phyllis). by Mr, Edward Odell, New Orleans, La., to Mr. J, B. C. Lucas. ; ‘ Antea I]. Pawn tmastiff bitch (4.K.R, 685), by the Riverside Kennel, Clinton, Mass., to Mr. W. H. Herrick, Montpelier, Vt. Ralph H. Red Irish setter dog, whelped June 9, 1883, hy Ronold (Hlecho—Rose) out of Nellie B. (Dash—Creena), by Dr, J. R. Housel, Watsoniown, Pa., to Mr. Geo. Snyder, Almota, W. T. Floss If. Liver and white cocker spaniel bitch, age not given (Handy—Nellie Coporn), by Mr. L, C, Andrus, Malone, N, Y,, to Dr. G, Il. Kidney, same place. Lute, White heaglesbitch, whelped June 23, 1882 (Ringwood— Norah), by Mr, T. T, Phlegar, Pearisburg, Va., to Mr. C, F. Kent, Monticello, N. Y. : Nashie. White, black and tan beagle bitch, whelped June 23, 1883 (Ring wood—Norah), by Mr. T. T. Phlegar, Pearisburg, Va., to Mr. GC. F. Kent, Monticello, N.Y. , Elcho—Rose whelp. Red Irish setter bitch, whelped Aug, 4. 1883, by DP: ee Jarvis, Ularemont, N. H., to Mr. J. A. J. Sprague, Engle- wood, Il. Freund. Orange and white rough-coated St. Bernard dog, whelped Aug. 2, 1883 (champion Bonivard—Theon, A.K.R. 94), by the Chequasset Kennels, Lancaster, Mass., to Mr. Chas. Parsons, Jr., New York, Cwsar, Orange, with white markings, imported rough-coated St. Bernard dog, whelped July 5, 1879 (A.K_R. 22), by the Chequasset Ken- nels, Lancaster, Mass., to the Forest City Kennels, Portland, Me. Sdime. Fawn pug dog, wkelped Oct. 11, 1883 (Little Boffin—Santa), by Mr. F. B. Lucy, Boston, Mass., to Mr. C, H, Andrus, same place, Tokie. Black and white Japanese spaniel, 2 years old (Jini Willie— Tokio), by Mr. F. B. Lucy, Boston, Mass., to Mrs. Dr. Kimball, Lowell, Mass. Benglo. Black and white Japanese spaniel, 2? years old (Larley— See So), by Mr. F, B. Lucy. Boston, Mass., to Mr. M. Hodges, same lace. 5 Game. English setter dog, whelped Dec. 31, 1883 (Dashing Dan— Daisy Starlight), by Mr, H. W. Durgin, Bangor, Me.,to Mr. F.§, Davenport. . Y 3 Dashing Dan—Daisy Starlight whelps. Hngii®s setter dogs,whelped Dee. 31. 1423, by Mr. H. W. Durgin, Bangor, Me., a2 lemon belton to Mr. R. L. Henry, Hamden, Conn., and a blue belton and tan to Mr. ‘Twombley, Boston, Mass. : Worena. Red Irish setter bitch,whe!ped July 30,1888, by champion Eicho (A.K.R. 295) ont of champion Noreen (A.K.R, 297), by Dr. Wm. Jarvis, Claremont, N. H., to Dr. J, Frank Perry, Boston, Mass, Quad UT, Red Irish setter bitch, age not given (Red Gauntlet— Quail 11.) by the Rory O’More Kennel, Albany, N. Y., to Mr, A. P. Fope. Olean, N.Y- : ; Sontag. Imported black and tam cocker Spaniel dog, whelped Mareh 6, 1879 (Briar—Gypsy), by Mr. J, W. Rushforth, Yonkers, N.Y., to Dr. ©. T. Hubbard, Taunton, Mass. Gypsy O' More. Red Trish setter bitch, whelped July 6, 1843 (Rory O More—Quail IIL), by the Rory O’More Kennels, Albany, N. Y., to Mr. Jas. A, Stimson, Cohoes, N. ¥ F Sylvia. Red Trish setter bitch, age not given ( NUE AP ast son's Nora), by the Rory O’More Kennels, Albany, N. Y¥., to Mt. Jas. A, Stimson, Cohoes, N. Y. ‘ i Dash f1T.—Katydid whelps. Black and white Buglish setters, dog and bitch, whelped Dee. 14, 1883, by Mr. EH. H, Fisher, New Bedford, Mass., to Drs. C. T. Hubbard and J. W. Hayward, Taunton, Mas. Kutydid, Black and white Hnglish setter bitch, whelped May 19, 1881 (Guy Mannering—Whirlwind), by Mr. ©. H, Fisher, New Bed- “eres Mass., to Drs, GC. T. Hubbard and J. W. Hayward, Taunton, ass. Wallace. Red Irish setter dog, whelped June 4, 1883 (Ruby—Kif), by Miss Ida F, Warren, Leicester, Mass.. to Mr. Charles M. Sanford, Worcester, Mass. @race B, Black and white English setter biteh, 21 months old (Londen—Dawn), Mr, H. Bailey Harrison, Tilsonburg, Ont., to Mr. C, Fred. Crawford, Pawtucket, KR, 1 : Mack B. Lemon roan English setter dog, 16 montks old (Dick Lav- erack—Twilight), by Mr. H, Bailey Harrison, Tilsouburg, Ont., to Mr, U. Fred. Crawford, Pawtucket, R. I. ’ Gem. Lemon and white English setter bitch, 16 months old (Dick Laverack—Twilight), by Mr. H. Bailey Harrison, Tilsonburg, Ont,, to Mr. GC. Fred. Crawford, Pawtucket, R. I. . Belle IT, White, black and tan beagle biteb, whelped Oct. 23, 1881 (King—Belle), by Mr. A. C. Krueger, Wrightsville, Pa,, to Mr. Charles i. Kent, Monticello, N. Y. , Judge. White, black and tan beagle dog, whelped Aug. 24, 1883 ‘Ratiler I7.—Rena), by Mr. A. C. Krueger, Wrightsville, Pa., to Mr. 720. L. Barnes, Tyringham, Mass. ‘ Kitty. White, black and tan beagle bitch, whelped Aug, 24, 1883 (Rattler IT—Rena), by . A.C. Krieger, Wrightsville, Pa., to Mr. J. H. Morgan, Baltimore, Md. DEATES. : £5 See instructions at head ef this coluny. Rainbow. iver and white Doigret gos Shem pich Bow—Rozie), owned by Mr, Edward Odell, New Orleans, La. FOREST AND STREAM. Minnie. Lemon and white pointer bitch, 7 years old (Sensation— eeu owned by Mr. Hiliot Smith, New York, Feb. 25, from par- ellie Horton, Black and tan Gordon setter bitch, 7 years old (Duke of Gordon—Tilley’s Dream), owned by Mr. George E. Brown, Dedham, Mass., Feb. 19, cause unknown. Rector, Lemon and white pointer dog (A.K.R. 700), owned by Mr. Forest W. Porbes,.Westhoro, Mass., Feb, 15. Bruce, Liver ae dog (A.E,R. 728). owned by Mr, J. W. Rush- forth, Yonkers, N.Y,, Feb. 14, from distemper. Dandy II. Black spaniel dog (A.K.R. 730), owned by Mr, J. W. Rushforth, Yonkers, N.Y., March 2, from distemper, KENNEL MANAGEMENT. i=" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. H. B., Holton, Kan.—A puppy two months old, if in good health should stand the journey eh ea of year, ; a : _ VERAX, Port Rowan, Ont.—Bathe the eyes twice daily with a wash composed of five grains borax and one ounce rosewater. A, K., East Sangus, Mass.—Give an accurate description of the wart and its exact location and we will advise as to its removal, F. W., Dunkirk, O,—Have a little patience. Wheu he recovers his strength he may come allright, Bathe with cold tea twice a day. O. F. R,, Washington, D, C.—i. We would not advise breeding so te RENE 2, We have no picture of Dash, 8. See Kennel de- artment, A.R., Cape Girardeau, Mo,—Your dog is probably ruined. and it would pay you better to get rid of him and get another that has not got his bad habits, L. &T., Sonth Royalton, Vt.—Keep the bandage on the foot wet with chloride of zine—three grains to the ounce of water, Give him an occasional small dose of Epsom salts. J. H, W., Philadelphia, Pa.—We doubt if she will show any after- effects of the accident as a breeder, and you will know nothing of it so far as her field qualities are coneerned. Dry her up as soon as possible and destroy the pups. C.F. W., Palmyra, O0.—Dress with sulphtir and lard ointment. Give five drops of Fowler’s solution of arsenic in her food twice a day and increase one drop every second day up to twelve drops, and keep tip the treatment until you see an improvement or she shows bloodshot eyes. 8., Ogdensburg.—It is a failing with short-legzed spaniels to get crooked infront. Is the leg bone erooked, or is your pup loose: jointed and out atelbows? Your treatment of the bitch was correct: but you should give a change from the cornmeal and oatmeal diet. Give bread, meat and vegetables mixed. Tone the system up a little, and do not be afraid of meat until you see an improvement in her appear- ance. Dogs require meat, and youdo not seem to give your bitch any. Do notfeed more than twicea day under any circumstances, and the morning meal should be light. Rifle and Crap Shooting. FIXTURES. First International Clay-Pizeon Tournament, at? Chicago, Ill., May 26 to 31. Managers, Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Co., P. O. Box 1292. Gin- cinnati, Ohio, s SCIENCE OF RIFLE SHOOTING. Editor Forest and. Stream: I beg to submit the following answers to the queries of Messrs. *J. J.P.” and *“G. W. ¥.,*’ in your issue of Feb. 21, from the standpoint of a reader of FOREST AND STREAM interested in such subjects, with the view of starting the discussion requested: No. 1.—lf I understand the question, the answer may be: The forces are quite different; in the first case the effect of the wind is a rather complex one, dependent, for the most part, upon the strength and directioa of the breeze, and the velocity, shape, area presented by and weight of the bullet. In the second case, it is mainly gravity, An instance might occur where the effect of the two adjustments would be equal in amount, and—aiming toward the zenith—where wind disturbance of the trajectory and that caused by elevating the rear sight would be equal and opposite, but by no mechanical con- trivance could they be made to vary in the ratio of their respective forces, the cases of possible difference being so infinitely great in number. No. 2,—The maximum pressure depends in amount upon the density of the gaseous products of combustion at the instant the projectile starts (which is notsaying the projectile does not sometimes start before the maximum is reached) and the amount of upset depends upon this pressure. It is clear that air space will diminish this density and hence the pressure. The upsetting of a naked bullet should be merely sufficient to in- crease the diameter to such a poift as will effect a normal rotation, as anything more entails no end of evil features. among which may be mentioned, a loss of useful energy of the charge in excessive mole- cular distortion of the bullet, and hence in heat; in frietion on the walls of the bore, and finally in accuracy of the projectile once outside With too quick powder air space may be necessary to eliminate all these difficulties. With heavy or old powder it may be a positive dis- advantage. With the heavy charges used in large artillery its use is we Gaon as no gun metalis strong enough to stand the strains without. If not necessary, it entails a Joss in useful length of bore as the velocity depends, other features being equal, upon the number of times the charge is expanded from its original yolume, No. 3.—Winchester’s or any other, I think the blast from the primer should be just sufficient to ignite the point in the charge to which it is applied. Otherwise there is a possibility of burning the charge under greater pressure than it will itself furnish, not only through the undue accession of gas from the primer, but from pulverizing the powder grains and enhancing their rate of combustion. Valuable notes on this subject may be found in Berthelot’s latest lecture on explosives. ‘ No. 4.—lf the diameter of the patched portion of the bullet and the material of the patch are suited to the caliber and the rifling, and the weight of the bullet to the nature of the powder, that is to say all else being equal, lubrication is a source of gain im energy to the bullet, and I think it can be applied with suitable uniformity. It is quite possible to imagine conditions where a lubricanb wauld be disadvantageous, Having, in particular, powder, the qualities of. which are indefinite, this_can only be determined by experiment, Any tyro can make such experiments for himself if he be patient and weigh well all his results, : No. 5.—The question is just a little vague, but if I understand the querist correctly, I think it is because, for the same wind, a displace- ment of the gauge on a short piece is less than with a long one, and the habit of the eyein sighting with no gauge Is less deranged, en- abling the marksman to adjust himself with less change of position. It seems probable also that with either long or short guns there would be with most men less change from the habitual and natural position in aiming, the wind gauge being placed at the muzzle. No. 6.—The patching and bullet must be concentric, or, better. the center of gravity of the bullet must be in its axis, and the patehin of uniform thickness and flexibility, otherwise the bullet will no center itself, and the flight will be a spiral No. 7.—There isa certain lack of relation between the features re- ferred to in the beginning of the question, but the latter may be answered bya **Yes'’ if the weight of the bulletis not greatly changed by a lack of uniformity in its composition. It is quite clear that the release of the patch, as usually made, is of the first importance. Referring to toe latter part of the question.tit is nore certain to be separated from the bullet, if in contact with the charge, the pressure and heat being greater in this position. f 4 No. §—lam not perhaps qualified to fully answer this question, not being a professional marksman, but think that much of the dis- adyanutage in the change of light may be eliminated by the use of a shade susceptible of being piyoted in thres directions, to be placed at will on either side of the piece abreast the rearsight. The diffi- culty is usually caused by the interference of rays of light reflected by the surfaees cf the different positions of the sight, in variable quantity aud quality with a change in the position of the sug, The {fects referred to may be -studied with a candle -placed in, different positions mee the rear sight and the benefits of the suggested shade illustrated. : : ~~ e No. 9,—A mostimportant question, not specially so in regard tothe selection of the powder maker, but of the powder. Hach weight and caliber of bullet should Haye its suitable.c! e in which the quality of the powder is quite as important a feature as the aes The WEEDS pr the pallet being na tbe lat ve BO ee ae e high- est velocity with accuracy, Wr the of safety an. tress Wn rece A Jong serizs of ge Cee wd alone establish the: me er charge best suited to et lass,in which -the nature of the powde as affected by its specific gravity, its size of grain and special features ? on 6, 18 of ingredients or manipulation in manufacture will be the task of the inves eatin It willbe answered. This is all done now, but I think H So to a sufficient extent, else there would be fewer queries. I ae nO Sanh many of the powder manufacturers can producé good pints and can vary the qualities of their product at will. Ido know Howreser that the scientific knowledge and experience brought to ero in their profession by the Messrs. Dupont are quite on a level w ct the importance of the question, In common with other readers ol Horus? AND STREAM I shalllook with interest for the disclosure promised by “J. J. P.” ata later day, _ Queries by “G. Fr. W ae First—It depends principally as remarked in response to “J, J. P.,". upon the nature of the powder. Each new ae you receive, expcriment a little to see if air spacing prove bene- cial. In no cage, however, compress the powder, it you allow ota peireen ree And charec, Digs the former simply and ¢ orce, havin revi ; / Serenata eoleaen & previously tapped the charge down to ‘Second—aAll the flaming particles seen at the muzzle ofa gun on discharge are not partially burned powder. This effect is usually caused by the solid products of combustion heated to incandescence, Powder, however, may be, and frequently is, blown out unburned, but (among fifty other possible causes) if is perhaps too dense, or the relation between the weights of the charge and rojectile and the length and caliber of the bore has not been correctly established. It has been found that ignition at the front end of the cartridge in- creased slightly the velocity of the projectile—probably because there is less vibration of the gaseous wave as the projectile trayels down the bore—thus giying a more uniform impulse to produce acceleration, W.M, FF, ANNAPOLIS, Md., Feb. 28. ; MILITIA SHOOTING EAST AND WEST. it eee Hartford Courant, speaking of the work of the State National Guard on the ranges, says: “The splendid results of the season’s work are deserving of more than a limited notice when itis considered how important this branch of the service is to the military service of the State. A military or- ganization with gaudy uniforms, marching with perfect alignments and steady step, is applauded as the perfection of military discipline, and so far as it goes it is well deserved, but one of the vital qualifica- tions of a soldier is his ability to use hisriae with effect. This can ouly be accomplished by systematic and persistent practice with the majority ofrecruits, The Yee system of target practice in the Connecticut National Guard requires that every man shall begin to shoot at 100yds. distance; if he sueceeds in making 13 points out of a possible 25, he is promoted to the next class, which is 200yds.: there are the same conditions 10 the second class, which is 300 and and400yds, All men who can make 50 per cent. of a possible score at the latter range are then in the first class and can shoot for the marksman’s badge. The distances are 200 and 500yds_, and five shots are allowed at each range. Two trials only can be made, and if 4 guardsmen succeeds in making a 40 per cent. score he is a marksman and entitled to wear the State badge. If he makesan 80 per cent. score, or better, he receives a silver bar or badge with the word ‘sharp- shooter’ inscribed thereon. Each yeara man mi st demonstrate his ability to shoot by going back into the second class and advancing as hetore. So it will be seen that our citizen soldiers are put through apractical course of training inthe use of a weapon which is too often carrled by men who hayen't the slightest knowledge of its use. The value of this course of discipline cannot be overrated. Since target practice was first established for the GO. N. G. the First regi- ment has led the entire brigade in the number of marksmen, In 1879 the entire brigade had 567 marksmen, of whieh the First had 306, In 1880 the brigade had 546, of which the First regiment, with ten com- panies, had 316, In 1881, ont of 887 in the entire brigade, the regi- ment, with eight companies, had 267. In 1852 the total was 394, of which the First regiment had 160, It is generally known, of course, that there are four regiments and a battalion of three companies, besides a battery of artillery in the brigade. It will be easy to estimate that the First regiment has averaged as many marksmen as the entire rest of the brigade, and can appropriately be called the “shooting regiment.” In 1880, when the regiment qualified Bit marksmen, there were two more companiesin the regiment and uver two hundred more men on the rolls than at the presenttime. We give below the figures of each company, and itissafe to conclude that no other regiment in the country can equal it: sharp- Marks- P men, shooters. Total. Meld andiStafh. ress cast feed recn sia 5 Q 14 Company Al tease ess . 50 2 52 Company B. a5 fr 42 COMPA VED A on) 15/20. tcc ate ears 14 1 15 CORDA Vals letne eins settee ase se eae av 8 20 RS OWL PATE Aly sere elie! Gelslenuiebteret aera ae Az 18 60 ASOT PA IIY ACY vem) praarece asl bial det ieeo tet oieereoe 1é Bs] 16 NCOTE PAT VEN oe cele eceschennss el neaeterces be toch oe 25 1b 44 CORIPANYVaBins so: ae censitecest ee ba hone 4 19 63 Company K qualitied every member of the company and Company F alJ but one.” . ; Tn the far away State of Minnesota there does not come such a fayerable report. OC. M, Skinner, of Co. B, Ist Regiment, says in a recent letter: “The result of battles is decided largely by the number of guns, large and small. their range, and above all, by the skill with which the gunners use them. Recognizing this fact, those in authority in all clvilized nations are ‘taking great pains, and expend a large amount of money to perfect aa far as possible, the rank and file of their armies in the use of their Tifles as an implement to shoot with, and every inducement is held out in the way of prizes, badges of distinction, honor, etc., to bring outthe highest degreeof skill. This has been going on in all Wuro- pean countries for Arar years and upward and never have they heen more interested in it than at the present time. The War Department of our own country now authorize the expendi- ture of large amounts of ammunition for target practice, and an one who has witnessed the anoual department contests at Wort Suell- ing can but notice the earnestness with which the soldiers enter the contests, and be surprised at the great accuracy displayed up to 600yds. In a@ government like ours, whose chief strength is the National Guards and yolunteers. allsee the importance of haying them as well skilled in the use of firearms as possible. In all Hastern States the militia have already attained an enviable degree of skijl as marksmen, But at the West, with the exception of the single State of Michigan, which last fall bore away the Hilton trophy from Creedmoor. there has been nothing done, except what a few companies have done at their own expense. In fact, it would seem that they have been dis- couraged by those in authority. L hold that no better looking, abler bodied, more courageous, better disciplined, better drilled in manual of arms and fleld movements exist in the country than our own Minnesota National Guards; but alas! 200 buffalo hunters who don’t know a ‘‘carry” from a ‘‘present” ‘arms, or a “right wheel’ froma ‘‘parade rest,” in an open plaip would drive the National Guard of Minnesota from the field, The reason is obvious, but few of the gentlemen know what to do with their rifles at 200yds., and almost none at 400, 500 and 600yds. be stalf officers could create a good deal of interest with the com- any officers, and they with theirmen., A captain can lead bis men o the target, as well as to a bayonet charge, an exhibition drill, dress parade, orball. _ Target practice Is now a very prominent feature of the annual en- campments of al] Hastern troops,and the result is eagerly watched by staff and State officers, and thisisasif should be. Thus far Min- nesota has done nothing to encourage rifle pracice among her Na- tional Guard.. No State range has been laid out, and the militia are furnished the hberal supply of 1,000 cartridges per company, about 15 or 18 perman, an amount that ought to be fired each month, but they have positive instructions to never use them, Several companies have done some 200yds. work at their own ex- pense, and some of the shooting has been very creditable. The great- est effort made by any company, perhaps, was by “B.’’ Company First Regiment, who entered a team of six men to contest forthe champion military badge at Fort Snelling last September, and as they haa no opposition bore it away in triumph, The W. R. A. hasdone more to Lup an interest in military shooting in thee West, among the militia, than all other agencies put together, Special matches have been made and liberal prizes offered for two years ab their tournament at Fort Snelling. The first year saw their pes the champion military badge, go to “C** Company, Seventh Infantry and carried away to Ft. Laramie. Last September, recognizing the fact that they must get the commissioned officers interested, they offered an elegant sil- ver cup yalued at $25 ina, commissioned officers’ match, especially ‘otten up for commissioned officers of the National Guard, but on the day of the match but one commissioned officer was on fhe ground and he was from Illinois, although both match and prize were liber- ally advertised, , ~ rr ‘The Association, doomed to cheep om tay at not getting any en- tries from the National Guards, they offered it to the United States Army commissioned officers and it was carried off by Lieut. Pmery. This apathy ou the part of the commissioned officersof the National Guards is casi explained, no obe was ln practice, no one wanted to i) be laughed at for their poor scores; or the awkward handling of their | guns. — Tf any here would inquire why the W.R. A. are so solicitous about the skill of the NG. T wenld- on is swer fast most cf its members and warmest supporters are ex-soldiers and know the neeu of having the © er “aniline well ekilled in she use of their rifles, and the W.R, A. was — —_ ~~ i>, oT organized, as one ofits sections reads, to encourape the att of rifle shooting, and especially that of the N.G. They have met with but little encouragement so far but are on a good footing and still hope- ful. Let the officers decide that target practice shall be made a part of each day's programme at the annual encampments, Targets can pe constructed atsmall expense, Select no camp ground where target Pe cannot he had. If weean’t get amunition from the State, let’s furnish our own and petition the Legislature when in session bo authorize the issue of 250 rounds per man per annum; have company, regimental and a State inspector of rifle practice. let the score be kept and areport made to the Adjutant-General,; annually of the result of the year’s practice, and the number of 3d, 2d and Ast class marksmen and sharpshooters there are in the State, Proyide Marksmen and sharpshcoters’ badges for those who win them. Finally, and of greatest importance, let all commissioned officers wake up to the ON At dba of skilling our National Guards in the art of rifle shoofing. Encourage the men by their presence on practice days, but better still, take a rifle and lead the score themselves, and We will soon overtake our Wastern brethren who at present are so far ahead of us in this respect.*’ RANGE AND GALLERY, BOSTON, Mareh 1,—There was but a small attendance to-day at Walnut Hill, and the scores made were not high, The suow which covered the ground made a bad light, which considerably troubled the riflemen, The highest records made are appended: Cresdmoor Practice Match. W Charles --..;--... 4555555554—48 OR Edwards...., ..4454444545—48 W_ Gardner___-.,_., 554465545547 J Payson (mil),,-..4454444445—42 GW Adams.__......4554645b54—46 A Keach....... ,... ABddddd 44d —4) G Warren.,.-.--..,.455554544445 JE Darmoddy...., aed 8444444-—39 i Ogshingze. 2.5 454445454544 J R Carmichael... .3433344434—37 Creedmoor Prize Match, WiGerdnen, By. .s..res wee vars vs ere B55 6 456 5 4 & boar Ge wViagren) Mile wee Sa Petes Sepcccrh 44545 54 6 6 446 a eNO Se Biwes 5 2 poeta g eee eked 6b 444445 56 4 4-44 ; Rést Match, : MEE TLS 5 LEU Peinins Wie weW'eavs pay Wks nn » 9 9 910101010 10 9 9—55 ECC ER geet OS Be sles oie sein tetcine wees 910 91010 910 9 8 8-29 T Bverett, D..........- hh terials Oesoco 9 91010 9 7 91010 9—92 ZETTLER Vs. FRELINGHU YSEN.—-Monday evening a well-con- tested match was shot between the Zettlers, of New York City, and the Prelinghnysen Club, of Newark, on the range of the tormer, No. 207 Bowery. ‘The shooting ee at 8:15 and continued until 1;30 A. M., vesulting in favor of the Zettlers. As the above club has shot over‘one hundred matches, and haye been in all victorious, the vis- iling club may feel proud of their score, their opponents leading them only by five points. The return match will be shot on March 19 at the Frelinghuysen range, No. 18 Market sireet, Newark, N, J. The following score was macle; Zettler Team. MEISE a) Be pe eT a 4 oy ety a 1 114 M Dorrier.. _ 5 12 1 MerBbinree oe Priel). 1 121% og ettler. sires) Pars ct els 1 10 42 € Judson 011 1 PB Wennitie.,.222:522:. faseeeatat ees 12:12 11 10 11 11 10 11 12 10—110 BZettler _.,..., papel te») eta ee tet 12121111 9 941 11 1012—108 GAPING DOMo ya cose cfiiecesrssedacsrns zeestl 08 1d A121 -919"1070—108 NER ros pereses t2esua scented 1217110 910101112 9 12—106 TV ESTING ee rate) seas ttt eee Fy 11 11 11 56 1212 7 10 10 10— 99 otal ee? teens A Pee eee 1,098 Frelinghuysen Team. F AC Neumann 12°12 12 3211 12-17 12°10 141—115 NOTE UREA GSISE, see yt ai sella eae 12 10 12 12-10 10 12 10 12 12 112 GD Weigman. 10 8-12 12'17 10 12 12 12 12-4711 EO Chaseé.... 12 10 12-10 12-9 12 117 11 13—170 Wem eMicmeads st a een iene 12 1210 8 11 11 12 11 10 11—108 ARP OUMIG See ote bites sere sane: 11 10 10 12 10 11 11 11 11 11—108 DLeL Ae ROILONG EL odes seca ct eanc eens Ti 11:10 11 10 12 11 12 10 10—108 IBS ULI Tilia ieecccie sce tines. ont 10 1010 12 10:12 11 11 +9 12—107 TAA W UE as a A A @ 10 12 12 10 12 11 12 10 11—107 FEOTTAUAIMINCL cee. se ecjedee vp 8 10 11 1111 1011 1011 9-102 ODEN a tclud foe aoe ete te Oe een padeles sta cede a gel e ee L F totes! Rifle Club held its regular weekly shoot Feb. 26, 12-7ing target. , ; BTID PMC, Rav Watasa-st elo ne cre epee eros Miuliteecopacas,, 110 @ Judson)... 1.4.7. B Zettler,......... M Dorrier,.... H Holges...... Penning ..-.-+--- V Stembach SV Ld Sl Ving eal Fa} py pe Sas Se SR AEG NGONG ewe sil nee enue 7 (OR CASO nee eer arr HEP rekna here. sean tate tome 95 s DENVER, Oel.. Feb, 22.—As early as 8 o’clock this morning the trains of the Cirele road were filled with members of the First Infan- try Regiment, on their way to the Jewell Park range to engagein the contests with the rifle which had been arranged to occur on Washing- ten’s Birthday. ] The first shoot was between the Routt Rifles and the Governor’s Guard for the State championship, which was won by the latter com- pany two years ago im a semes of contests with the Sherfey Light In- faniry, of Leadville, and has been held by it ever since. The judges ue Major Bedson and Mr. J, T. Bourke, and the referee was Mr. J, , Lower, The shooting commenced at 10 and continued for two hours. A very hizh wind prevailed during the entire day and caused the scores made to be very poor. J. N. Lower, of Company B, made the highestscore, thirty-eight, while on a fair day there are at least five men on each team who may be counted upon to make forty or over. The shoot- ing was off-hand, two hundred yards, ten shots per man, and the score is as follows; Goyernor’s Guard. Houtt Rifles. DVN) OWOR ori yt heer 38 W A Rice. .... CC Compton y Boe Geo Henderson..-.;,.-... 24 Leo Marix.......: 8S ott 33 G Coryell [esse were j ANSEL] eee ey 1.34 Robert Collier............ e8 HS Dayis....-.. Hi OTHE EE oe 22 AW? Peterson... .....0....5 Pye Lt H W Lehman ........... 28 Tt E Stones) wc) see nesses b1—281 Gr PbOMeiten OUUee fo taeaciees 8 83—294 Governor's Guards. Routt Rifles—vo_ HB. Company D. JN Lower...-...-.. 39- MeGuire ........-.. 89 Platfoot...........29 VY RCS ef to pote ACC eS Sie aoe 29 McCartney ...... a4 Compton. .,.44:-.488) Welly tl. .ae Bd Cappsine...s: 2 Henderson......,- qall aslelateni it) oF Sees SaaS 84 Eugene Gapps..28 Dribsstehh ae ee Ba aU, ea ae tae 28 Falkner...,...- 10 GOVE Gis ne + -os AS SE CAWOGPre vee. n noe Bt Moore .......... 31 13, Ft) Shee eee ay “Collier. <---s 2-88) Kinesley casi 26 RVI org t eres folky MUCSIC Vs toc eee 2 Mogilev. ce... 40 Lehman . 2... 20; .- 30 }some time how to crook a gun stock to make I will write some quideaienino ana hhave the stock strong. - Mes: _ - Country. | Guasrosgury, Conn. 4 i: THE PERFORMANCE OF SHOTGUNS. Editor Forest. and Stream: Like “Backwoods,” in your journal of Feb, 28, 1884, I am ‘‘tempted to put in my oar” on the ‘‘performance of shot- ns.” We will premise by saying that no sized bore, no length or weight of gun, no amount of powder, nor any charge of any sized shot can be made to attain a preater inilial velocity than about 2,000 feet per second; that with a given charge of powder, the velocity falls off as the weight of shot is in- creased; that as great an initial veloeity can be attained with a 20-gauge as with a 4, or 6, 8, 10 or 12-gauge gun; that a4, 6, or 8-gauge weighing 10 to 20 pounds can project shot of the sume size no further, or attain to any greater initial velocity than one of 12, 16, or 20-gauge weighing 7 to 8 or 9 pounds. If these assumptions be true, it only remains for us to find out the quantity of powder, quantity and size of shot, and that medium of weight and gauge of gun that will handle the easiest, and that will kill the game we are after the best. This will bring you to repeated trials to test the ‘‘perform- ance of shotguns.” In these “tests” something like the following may be found to be true, and aid in making choice of the gun we are look- ing for: TEST OF DIFFERENT CHARGES OF POWDER. 12-Gauge Gun—40 Yards. Charge. Pattern, Force. | Recoil in Lbs, j 7 | Powder Shot | | | No. 1. No. 7. | R, | L. | R, | L. a L, I | | | Sdms, ilgoz. 126 | 170 | 18% 183g | 8&7 86 3i4dms,| same, 147 | 170 i4ig | 1446 | 92 90 ddms. same. i384 |, 170 15g | 16 96 95 digdms,| same. | Wt | 1% 1534 | 1634 100 100 { rein) f 10-Gauge Gun—40 Yards. Charge. Pattern. Force. Recoil. | i l 7. Powder | Shot | No. 1.* | No. 7. Fe | i = | u Re Ee iba | — = 4dms. 1ljoz. 156 | 200 1444 | 15 | m4 95 4i4dms.| same. 146 | 170 15 15% | «(98 109 ‘5dims. same. 157 191 16 1614 10444 | 103 5lgdms.] same. 140 208 16 | 16 105 105 * Oriental powder is numbered No. 1 fine to No. 4 coarse. THST OF DIFFERENT SIZES OF POW DER. 12-Gauge Gun—40 Yards. Charge. Pattern. Foree Recoil. | | Powder, | Shot | | | | ddrs. | No, R. | L. 1c ieee | R. L. | | No. 1 ig0z 184 | i170 16% [pis | 96 | MK No.2 game. | 135 | ier | iat [Mia2g | 91 | 87 No. 8 same. | 152 194 j4 18% | 90 | 8824 1 | i 10-Gauge—40 Yards. Charge. Pattern. Foree. | Recoil. | | Powder, Shot, | 414 drs. | No. 7, R. | L. R. | L | R | L, No. 1. 11402. 146 170 15 1514 98 99 No. 2. same. 139 181 14144 14 95 99 No 3. same, 157 210 13 1214 91 9034 TEST OF DIFFERENT CHARGES OF SHOT, 12-Gauge Gun—40 Yards, Charge. Pattern, Force. Recoil | ei “| ia } Powder, Shot, | | No. 1, No. 7. R. | Tae pametus | L. R. | L. | : j " 3igdms. | 1oz. 125 160 1524 | i¢ =| &4 85 same 1l4oz 127 | 174 144g | 1444 8934 | 89 10-Gauge Gun—40 Yards. Charge. Pattern. Force. Reeoil. | | lies Powder, Shot, | No: 1 No. 7. R ie fe AES |! Te pe BR | L. { | 4ygdms. | loz. | 149 154 174g | 18 5014 90 same. | Igoz, | 183 149 161g | 168g | 9114 93 same, goz, | 175 191 1514 | a 9934 100 | i | 6-Gauge Gun—40 Yards. Charge, | Pattern, Force. Recoil. | | | Powder, Shot, | 0. No. 7. One Barrel. One Barrel. One Barrel. | 5dims. Woz. | 287 14 1-6 117 same, | 21402. | 551 1214 125 Eech test given above is the ayerage of six shots with Oriental powder. Suppose an initial velocity of 2,000 feet per second can be attained, then No, 7 shot in any gun will be projected up 206.71 yards, or 37,58 rods, in 84 seconds of time; No. 8 shot, 176.20 yards, or 82 rods, in 8.27 seconds; No. 5 shot, 234.45 yards, or 42.68 rods, in 3.85 seconds; No. 3 shot, 268.10 yards, ar 48.75 rods, in 4.17 seconds. It is not claimed that all guns of the same gauge, loaded with the same charge, fired at the same distance, will pro- duce exactly the same pattern, but it will be found that the force or penetration will be substantially the same, because - the initial velocity will be substantially the same. _ The variation in the pattern and force of guns of the same gauge will arise from the quantity and size of the pow- er used in loading, the quantity and size of shot and, to some extent, the manner of loading when fired at the same distance, and the choke of the bore. For instance: A 10-gauge gun charged with 5 drams of powder (No. 2 Ori- ental) and 1 ounce shot, the initial velocity will be very near 1,817 feet per second; with 14 ounces shot, 1,716 feet per sec- ond; with 12 ounces shot, 1,628 feet per second; with 13 ounces shot, 1,550 feet per second; with 14 ounces shot, 1,482 feet per second. All the tests show that an increased quantity of shot will give a better pattern, al medium range, say 40 yards, but it will be at the sacrifice of force or penetration. The large gauges will carry more shof, be more likely to hit, while the force will be about the same as in smaller gauges, and at short range will be more liable to kill; as the impact of tev shot bitting a bird the size of a ruffed grouse would knock the life out of it without a single shot pene: trating a vital part, while one, two or three shot at much greater velocity might go through the bird, and yet it might not fall until it had flown out of sight. In the light of these facts which I have only touched upon without elaboration, if seems pretty clear to me that the days of heavy guns and big bores are about numbered. That in choosing a gun for ease in handling, for pattern and pene- tration, for economy in loading, and convenience in the field, a 80-inch, 8} to 84, 10-gauge breechloading double-barreled shotgun loaded with 44 drams No. 1 and 38 powder (mixed half and half) with two pink-edged wads over the powder, and 14 ounces shot, one wad over shot, will be found such a medium as to answer all reasonable purposes, and give daily and increasing satisfaction. Next to it a 12-gauge, 30-inch, 7 to 84 pounds, double-barreled breechloader, especially for field shooting will be found adequate, and a great favorite where one can afford to keep two guns. Load, 3 to 3 drams powder No. i, and 1 ounce shot. As to the choice between the muzzle and the breechloader IT can only say ‘‘there is no accounting for tastes.” For thirty years | owned and shottwo muzzleloaders, which I then thought were good guns. When breeclioaders came and were thoroughly tested, I gave one of them away and had the other altered over into a breechloader, and have it yet. it is my opinion that there is but little difference in the force or penetration betweenthem. But in pattern and con- venience there is a wide difference, especially if the breech- loader be choked and metallic shells are used. With mes tallic shells wads over the powder can be used two sizes larger than the gauge of the gun. This enables you to get the same initial velocity, and consequently the same force or penetration that you can possibly get from the muzzle- loader, while the choke in the breechloader, which you can- not haye in the muzzleloader, will mogt certainly ojve nni- formly the best pattern. But suppose their penetration and pattern were equal, would not the muzzleloader have to yield to the greater convenience and rapidity of loading of the breechloader? DB, Wee CLEVELAND, O., March, 1884. Editor Forest and Stream: My experience with, and opinion of breechloading shot- guns, is about as follows: I own a12-bore, 28-inch, 8}-pound chokebored Colt gun. The tag which came with the gun said, ‘8 drams Hazard powder, 14 ounces No. 8 shot, 2 pink edge wads over powder, 1 over shot, for paper shells same size s shell, and for brass shells 2 sizes larger;” whiie the patfern given was ‘298 right barrel, and 302 lef! barrel, 40 yards, 80-inch circle, No. 8 shot.” Result of test. Made a seore of paper targets, 80-inch circle, loaded brass shells, 23 inches long, as directed, and the best pattern was about 250. ‘Then tried paper shells with about the same result, which was not satisfactory, as the gun was ‘‘warranted to make pattern on tag.” Had been using Winchester pink-edge wads, and slow-burning powder. Was told to get finer powder, and Eley’s pink-edge wads. Procured some FFG dead shot powder, and Eley’s wads, and paper shells 22 inches long—lenpth of chamber in barrel—and_ the result was a pattern of 324, with 3 drams of the fine powder, This result was quite pleasing, in fact very satisfactory; but I concluded to do a little better if possible. Procured cardboard wads to use over shot, with the brass star wad which banishes crimping and holds the cardboard wad securely, and tried again. Hureka! count up 424 in 80-inch circle, 86 in 6-inch circle, and 11 in 38-inch bullseye. Good enough. Try same charge, 8 drams, wood powéer, about 300; increase the charge to 4 drams, and oyer 400 again. At 100 measured yards with 4 drams of quick, strong powder, 14 ounces No. 4 shot, can stick in a pine board from 1 to 5 shot in a 6-inch cirele every time. Cannot do it with wood powder, the shot will dent but will not stick. As to penetration, that must follow a good pattern, the two are inseparable. Conclusion of the whole matter: A 12-bore, chokebored, 28-inch gun, loaded with a shell length of chamber, 3 drams strong, quick, black powder, 1; ounces No. 8 shot, 2 Eley’s pink-edge wads over powder, cardboard and star wad over shot, will put over 400 pellets in a 80-inch cirele at 40 measured yards. Probably a 10-bore would do better still. This whole question hinges on one essential point—loading. The best chokebored gun now made, if improperly loaded. will give unsatisfactory results. NEXT. New Market, N, H. Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of March 6, 1884, I notice a commnnication from ‘‘Hammerless,” in which be says: ‘‘Tell your corres- pondent ‘‘Octo” that if his gun will average 440 out of a counted charge of 500, I will give him five times as much as he paid for his gun.” I would not feel called upon to answer ‘‘Hammerless” concerning this extremely liberal offer on his part, except that in other parts of his interesting article he seems, and J believe with good reason, to condemn the want of uniformity in targeting guns; and I do not want to appear among those who ‘‘heap’ the measure and use ‘“‘trap shot’ also, or who shoot at a range of 85 yards and call it 87 or 40, or who have “onides” to direct the scattering pellets to the target. If *‘Hammerless” will examine the squib ‘‘I wrote in the issue of Feb. 21,” he will discover that it reads as follows: ‘In answer to his (Buckeye’s) inquiry as to the proper perform- ance of a good breechlnader, 1 would say that at 40 yards, with 14 ounces of No. 8 shot (Tatham’s 400 to the ounce) and tive drams of powder, @ good 10-gauge gun should put from 375 to 440 pellets in a 30-inch circle,” ete. The italics are minc. ‘‘Hammerless” will notice that I do not even claim to own a gun at all, nor dol claim that even a good gun will average 440 pellets with the charge and range given. Not wishing to arouse the ire of ‘‘Hammerlese” at 146 FOREST AND STREAM. : (Maron 20, 1884, all, nor to enter into any controversy with him, I merely write this to put myself right before your readers. I pro- pose, in a few days, to do some experimenting with different charges avd manner of loading shells, and if of sufficient interest, will send you an account of the same. Octo. JoHNSTOWN, Pa., Marck 7, 1884. Hiditor Forest and Stream: I have owned nine different breechloading shotguns in the past ten years, made by yarious firms, and ranging from 7 pounds to 11 pounds in weight, and from 14 to 10-gauge, with length of barrels from 28 inches to 32 inches. My present guns are 8 pounds hammerless, and 10 pounds cheaper erade of English gun. I think I am pretty well ‘‘fixed” now for guns. Both my guns are 10-bore, and I prefer to have them alike on account of ammunition. I haye spent a great deal of time and some money in testing these different guns with varying loads. By nailing on the side of a shed a pack- age of large wrapping paper, and at forty yards, firing at the paper, in this way I get distribution and penetration. It may surprise some of your readers when I tell them that a 14-bore, 30 inch length of barrel, Greener gun, has the best record for penetration of any gun I ever used, and I will surprise them further by saying that there is a muzzle- loading gun owned here which couid be bought for twenty dollars, I think, that, after what I saw it do in the way of game killing at long distance, 1 would no more think of shooting either of my guns against it than I would of loading one of them with ball and shooting it against a rifle. In my opinion, the gun makers will have to manufacture their breechloaders with a different kind of point at the breech from what is now used before they can make s of equal weight to carry shot with those loaded at the muzzle. SrraigHTr HAND. Editor Forest and Stream: T have been much interested in the ‘‘Performance of Shot- guns.” I once tried the very experiment suggested by ‘‘Cal- ifornia.” iL had just received a . L., 12-gauge, 84 pounds’ weight, of which I had dreamed and thought for some three months. In my haste to test the gun I forgot to take the powder charges from the store, and so loaded (with the advice of afriend [?]) by guess. I wondered the shells were made so short, as I had difficulty in squeezing the last wad in. However, I started out and fired at a mark. A government mule couldn’t have kicked harder than that gun. 1 fired again at a strawberry box at seventy paces, This time ‘‘the retreat partook of the nature of a panic,” but T hit the box. A friend happening along with a fiask having i charger on top, I unloaded and measured my charges. | had loaded with 6 drams of pewder and 14. ounces of shot, His measure was, perhaps, not accurate, buf was probably as much so as the general run of measures. I have since ex- perimented. a little, but never could obtain. the wonderful targets I haye scen made—on paper. T now use 3 drams of Coarse powder aud i vulce of Shot, and the gun performs perfectly satisfactorily. I believe with careful loading I can, by shooting 3 drams of powder and 1% ounces of shot, place 240) pellets in a 30-inch circle at 40 yards. And, by the way, T would like to ask if ‘‘L. H. H.” is always as original as in his last communication. It seems tome] have read the same opinion, expressed in the identical words, in ‘‘Hallock’s Gazetteer.” It may be only a remarkable coincidence, though. SIALIA, BrabForD, Pa., March 7. Hditor Forest and Stream: ‘A --} I would be pleased if there were some one among your readers who will answer the following: I have a breech!oad-., ing gun ,12-30-72 that will put 175 No. 8 shot in a 24-ncly circle at 45 yards, using 14-ounces Le Roy shot. What ‘1 wish to know is ihis: Is that a good shooting gun, and hew- does it compare with a ‘‘full choke?’ I have no troubleiu killing game with it, and have cut down aruffed grouse at 57 yards, and a rabbit at 61 yards, yet persons have seen it shoot and do not call it a good one, still they won’t shoot their muzzleloaders against it. Also, 1 have seen on paper targets away ahead of mine so that I had begun to think my gun was only ordinary. We have plenty of ruffed grouse, and rabbitsor hares, and our fall shooting was very good. One party of fox hunters, Hearty Farrar and Will Dyer, have killed sixty-five foxes in front of their hounds, and did it with .12-30-8 breechloading guns, and they rarely had a fox get away. In this section the old muzzleloader is gradually giving place to the new breechloader, and the best makes have shown their ability to hold the place they have taken. “T), H. §.,” in your last issue, may rest assured his gun can’t be excelled, because, when a gun puts 53 more shot in the target than there isin the gun, I do not think it can be improved, and at 40 yards the gun puts 148 more shot in the target than there isin the gun, I used Tatham & Brother's table to find number of shot in an cunce, and of No, 8 shot it is 106. . Perhaps ‘‘D. H. S.” was mistaken, if so, will he explain. power Snip SNAP. VERMONT. Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of March 6, your correspondent SH Dl s Bos" inquires if his target as published can be excelled. Well L should say not; when agun loaded 1} ounces of shot that weighs 106 pellets to the ounce (No, 3) puts intoa target 280, why I don’t know of any way of bettering it, as according tomy figuring there would be but 183 pellets in the charge. Tt “D. H. 8.” has that kind of gun, 1 know a man that wants to buy it, A friend of mine inthe hardware business here who is an enthusiastic sportsman and has handled guns in his business for years, says tell that gentleman that he has a fine Colt gun, a red Irish setter and a small farm to trade for such a gun. If ‘D, H. 8.” had said No. 8 instead of No. 3 his target would have seemed a little nearer my idea of a first-class performance of a first-class gun. Now a word of information for “Backwoods.” In my opinion a 12-gauge, 30 inch, of from 7} to 9 pounds weight. is as good a style of gun as can be used for all general pur- poses, and a gun that will cut down a quail at forty yards every time if properly held will be found to be about as gocd a shooter as is necessary, Or as is likely to be found. ‘All this talk about shooting game at extraordinary distances is all fudge. Of course any gun of good shooting qualities will kill occasionally at long ranges, but todemand that a gun shall perform miracles, is unjust to the maker, and will prebably result in disappointment to the shooter. If “Backwoods” wants a gun for general use on all kinds of game, think onesuch as I have described will suit him,and for my own part I should prefer one of American manufacture, as in case of accident broken parts can be more readily re- | felt wads on powder, and one (felt) on shot. ‘| as we have down in old Maine I would not exchange for any placed. I have a licht gun that I can feel pretty certain. of doing a quail justice with at from 80 to 40 yards, if I hold on the bird, but should not expect to kill many at 60 or 70 yards. It will shoot heavy shot hard enough at 80 yards to go through a duck, but the next thing is to hit said duck; possibly by shooting at a large flock, some might be killed, but I consider such ranges beyond the scope of a shotgun, and would not adyise any one to strain himseif or his gun in attempting impossible feats. CHIPPEWA. SEVILLE, O., March 10. Hditor Forest and Stream: Referring to “California” in issue of 6th inst., under the head of ‘‘The Performance of Shotguns,” if you want to ascertain the true inwardness of your barrels when clean, look through them, and if you-find the circles true, and that they fit each other like the joints of a telescope, 7. e., the lines equal distances from each other all round, your gun is ‘as straight as a gun barrel” if otherwise you know some- thing is wrong. This wrinkle, perhaps, the makers may not thank me for. Take any of the cheap shop guns, -and de- pend on it you won’t find the circles as above in one among a thousand. Try it for yourself. Picton, Canada, March 9. Editor Forest and Stream: I think the idez in regard to properly loading shells, suggested by you, a good one, and if any one has a better way than mine I shall be very glad to know what it is 1 am ready to try any plan that promises to. be any improve- ment. I use an 8%-pound gun 12-gauge, 30-inch barrels, modified choke, chambered to take 24-inch shells. [use two At He B. DopvGe CENTER, Minn. Editor Forest and Stream: Will youask ‘“‘D. H, 8.” what make of No. 3 shot contains 185 pellets to the 14 ounce? Saying nothing of the ‘‘280” as mentioned by him in issue of March 6. Also please tell ‘‘Ogeechee,” Feb. 21, if he has a gun that with 1 dram powder and 13 buckshot kills bucks 120 yards, and wishes to know about having something done to the barrels, I should say—don’t. REVIEW. — ”, Editor Forest and Stream: iat [ have agreed with some of the letters on ‘‘The Chiice-of Hunting Rifles’ which have appeared in Forest AND SrrEAM, and with some I have not, but I like to know every one’s opinion in regard to the matter, and therefore will givemine. It seems to me that with as many different rifles as are now being manufactured in the world, all ought to be suited. Just step into a gun store and there you can find everything in the shape of firearms’ What will suit one will not another, and you may take the best rifle ever made and somebody will find fault with it; but let us be content with what we can find in the rifles already made. But now comes the tug. Some like repeaters best aud some prefer the singleloader. 1 have used for the past twelve years a single breechloading rifle for all kinds of game, from a deer down to alittle red squirrel, the size being -44-caliber, 48 grains powder, 240 grains lead and 30-inch barrel, central fire. 1 can take the head off of a ruifed grouse every time, amd for all kinds of game shooting such repeater that 1 have yet seen. The .4440 and .45-60 rée- peater seems to be the leading rifle among sportsmen just now, but there are points about it that I do not like, not say- ing a word against its accuracy, for no doubt all repeaters will shoot as fine as any kind of breechloader. In the first place, I want a gun that after using I can pass a cleaning rod (I prefer one made of wood to all patent ones) through from the breech, and then have a good chance to look through the barrel and see when it is clean; and I don’t like so much machinery to keep watch of. It gets out of order and does not always work just right. This I have seen take place with the Winchester in trying to show ho guick an empty shell could be thrown out andes full cart-— ridge placed in the chamber ready to fire. I zogend to rapidity of fire, I think that any of the single breech oading rifles now in use are safer, and will do their work plenty quick enough to answer all general purposes. For a hunter that is easily excited I suppose the magazine rifle would be better, for when they see a deer they will not stop to-take a decent aim, but bang away three or four shots at him, and then when found, they will find only one bullet hole in the carcass. Every one for his fancy, but I do not- think we Down-Easters will need a-.40-90 repeater, as we are not troubled with the grizzly or any of the other large ferocious beasts of the West. SrycLe LOADER. Macuras, Me., Mareh 10. Hditor Forest.and Stream: In your issue of the 6th inst., I find a letter from fT. Aas DeH.,” who is traversing ground IJ attempted to explore some fifteen years ago, and on having a preliminary examination made at the Patent Office, 1 found that earlier inventions had been there and one Gen. Cochrane of New York had patented the same thing, only he had arranged it for rifle balls, where it was not so much needed, and my experiments were with the shotgun alone. In the experiments I made with various proportion of inner tube, I found a tube of 20 per cent. area of shell to give the best results, and the results were remarkable. Using in a 12-gauge gun, 5 drams powder and 14 ounces of shot, I found the recoil lessened greatly, the report changed to nearly that of a rifle, the pattern doubled, and the penetra- tion increased 50 per cent. This was the mean of five charges from shells with inner tubes and five charges from plain shells, fired frem the same barrel. ‘ On finding my way stopped by a patent I tried to reach the game results in another way, but could not equal the results given by the shells with the tube in them, In the latter plan, I used No. 7 Laflin & Rand OL in the first half of the charge, and No. 3 Laflin & Rand OL for the last part, using stiff cardboard and one thick felt wad over powder, and as thin cardboard over the shot as I could work there. 1 have used this method for years for duck shooting and am satisfied that the increased velocity and pattern of shot pays for the trouble in using two grades of powder. Tye. Canton, Ohio. - Editor Forest and Stream: ' ' Thave been much instructed in the correspondence in the Fornst AND STREAM relating to the choice of hunting rifles. What is applicable for hunting rifles 1 presume will in a measure answer for target rifles. I cannot understand in all this correspondence why such a heavy charge of powder is required to do effective shooting at short range. I belong toaclubof amateur marksmen who meet occasionally for recreation, and while none of our number have had much experience on the range with a rifle, and are as yet poor rifle shots, we still sometimes manage to do very fair shooting with charges much less than stated by nearly all your writers. Tuse a 82-caliber rim-fire Remington rifle, and find since I have been using this make my scores have shown avery de- cided improvement, even with a smal! charge of powder. ue range is 200 yards, and we use the Union cartridge, .52 ong. Some time ago I was at the range, and running out of the .82 long, I used the .82 short at the same elevation, and made four, with an occasional five, every shot, there being no apparent difference in the score. I have seen thousands of the Union cartridges used (we have discarded all others), ae have never had but one that did not explode at the first trial. To test the rifle and the cartridge, I measured off 166 fect, and using the Union .82 short, rim fire, open sight, Remington rifle, cff-hand, 1 placed ten consecutive shots (without any sighting or preliminary shots) within a circle Jess than four inches in diameter. This might not be any “‘great shakes” for an experietted rifleman, but for an amateur like myself, I felt highly en- couraged at making a score of 45 out of a possible 60 with- out the use of any improved sighis, and with a charge of powder so much less than is generally used, PassyUNK. PuHILapELPHia, March 11. Editor Forest and Stream: Have carefully read communications as to ‘‘best hunting rifles,” ‘‘shotguns,” ‘‘express rifles,” etc., and of this last allow me to say there is not a genuine express rifle made in this country (my opinion). Joun Boypen. CHATHAM, Mass., March 9. A PLEA FOR OLD-TIME CRUDITIES. Editor Forest and Stream: _ The average reader of the hunting rifle discussion is ina _ {maze of perplexity; for what are these desolating arms THE CHOICE OF HUNTING RIFLES. | wanted? Not for purposes of war, for the country is at ‘peace, ‘and if she were not, with dynamite bombs exploding {the distance of five miles, and the hidden torpedo con- ‘nected with clectric wires, small arms, shooting bullets, need no improvements—leaying out the humanity of the thing, for in these civilized days a foe placed hors de combat is as good as a dead man. Surely increased destructiveness is not wanted to kill game, for the only formidable animal in America is the grizzly bear; und from the interesting and instructive letters in the Formst AND STREAM from sportsmen who have traversed the frontiers of the far West, and the gorges and defiles of the Rockies iu search of big game, we draw the conclusion the grizziy is searce, and hiding in the thickest chapparals; so that it is a task of infinite trouble and patience to ever come across them. One of your correspondents wrote that for years he has hunted for the Ursus horribiles, and ridden thousands of miles in the wild West, and has never caught a glimpse of one yet. — . Lhazard the assertion that any sportsman who wants a more deadly weapon than the modern breechioading rifle to meet the grizzly bear or any other animal in a fair fight, is a timid sportsman, to say the least of it, I have had no ex- erience with dangerous game, my sole shooting being wild ‘cattle, with a Winchester of 1876 model, but what | saw of the terrible results of the bullets showed me as plain as day, that a ball with a velocity of 1,500 feet a second striking any ‘animal, crushes its way with such» instantaneous force that it paralyzes the brute for a second or two, which gives ample time for the shooter to pump in auother shell and fire. He who could not save himself from amy beast with his fifteen shots, well deserves to die the death, : A cool, brave man, with a modern repeating magazine Vifle, could fuce with safety any animal that ever walked the earth, The royal Benga) tiger, the African lion, the horned rhinoceros, the Indian elephant, nay the great mastodon itself would stand no earthly chance against a rain of balls that crushed through bone, muscle and flesh at every two or three seconds. Look at that king of sportsmen, Gordon Cummins, who confronted in their jungles the lordly lion, and the huge elephants, with nothmg in his hands but a double barreled rifle; and yet while he counted his trophies by the score, here are so-called sportsmen of the day, who, with firearms so improved, that science and art have reached their limit, are crying out for a more deadly weapon, something that will conduce to more destructive results. The truth of the case is, that the very perfection of fire- arms has been a curse to this country, The more destructive the sporting weapon becomes, the scarcer the game. Had human ingenuity stopped at the muzzleloading shotgun and rifle, the plains of the West would be filled with butfalo and deer to-day, and the Atlantic coast alive with wildfowl. The selfish race of to-day seem to desire to leave nothing for their posterity in the sporting line except the mounted antlers of the stag they killed, or the buffalo or deer robe that they were once so proud of. Fifty years from now— nay in twenty-five—there will be no shooting in this country except in favored localities held by private clubs, And the breechloader is the cause. There are some sybaritic sporfsmen—God save the mark—who love to witness the dying agonies of the gaine without the trouble or danger of hunting it. These men would shoot all day ina herd of buffalo, and joy in seeing the staggering form sink to earth. The more the merrier. Like the brutal populace of Spain, their pleasure is not in the final triumph of skill, patience and marksmanship, against brute cunning, instinct and wildness; but rather the delight of seeing the pouring red blood gush out fresh from the heart, crimsoning all around. These are the class who would have a grand battue if pos- sible, and kill, kill, kill, until not a beast of the field or bird of the air was left alive. I expect to live to see the period when some of these sports- men will have a battery of doublebarreled guns covermg the decoys. and they a mile off ina warmly heated room with an electric wire im their hands connected with the trig- gers and a spy glass to their eyes, will touch off the battery, and annihilate a flock at each discharge. . With breechloading shotguns, from No. 16 to No. 4, that ean be loaded and shot five hundred times an hour; with re-— peating rifles carrying explosive bullets that can be fired fifty- i — = _ ae FOREST AND STREAM. two times a minute (see Greener, ‘The Gun”), there are yet men who crave something that will give still greater odds to the slayer and reduce the chance of any gameescaping with its life to a minimum, Personally, perforce, I keep up to the times and have two high-priced English breechloaders and a small armory of rifles, Yet with all my heart I wish we could go back a half a century. and return to the old muzzleloader that gave fur and feather a fair chance of life, and would not destroy everything that rans and flies in a few brief years, and force us forthe balance of our lives to hang up our guns and sigh for the sport of our youth. P Le Another correspondent, signing himself 'Dorkin,” says he don't like a gun with hammers, and gives the aie astounding reasons; That the hammers slip from col thumbs; they spoil canvas covers by the chafing; bark one’s knuckles on the hammers, and—oh, shades of Nimrod !— get the whistle cord and watch chain snarled up with the same. Many an old sportsman will grin on reading this, and picture in their mind’s eye ‘‘Dorkin,” gotten up regardless of expense, clad in new corduroy, with embroidered whistle painted white, with never a chilly thought. spring a number were reported of over one hundred redheads to a single gun per day. That is too many. I should not care to be able to boast of such a bag. One advantage of the season is that it is not necessary every little while to pick up the dead birds lest they float away. Again, as noontime comes, you can walk to the club bouse for a hot dinner. And who can appreciate a hot din- ner more than our duck-shooting brother? All other classes of sportsmen, I verily believe, must yield the palm to him. Toward night you pull in your decoys, all being fastened to one line, pick up the dead birds which have drifted to the edge of the ice, and, all told, there is a heavy load in the boat that you push back to the house. Then comes the jolly sup- per, the most enjoyable meal of the day to any sportsman, Then the after supper cigar or pipe, and the after supper which is formed of ice and snow, or, better yet, of boards As forthe shooting, I cannot describe it. If you area sood shot, virtue shall haye its own reward, If buta passable shot, you can burn lots of powder and bag a goodly number of birds, but you will be ashamed to tell the number of shots you fired. Large bags are made in the spring shooting. Last cord, to which is attached a ‘silver whistle, and a big watch chain hanging pendant on the outside of his coat. That puts me in mind of a dude sportsman | saw down at Cobb’s Island about ten years‘ago. All the girls gathered on the porch to se¢ him off. Hisvalet had to get a cart to carry his traps down to the Janding, where a boat lay, with Warren Cobb as commander, to carry him snipe shooting, Arriving at the blind just off Wreck Island, Warren set the decoys, and if the sportsman was not made comfortable, it was not the valet’s fault, within the blind, and then the valet held an umbrella over his master’s head to keep off the torrid rays of the August sun, and actually fanned him as the heat grew more intense. A big block of ice had been brought along, and with it a half a dozen bottles of champagne, a few of beer and a quantity of old rye, and then the fun commenced. A few young birds came up to the decoys, in spite of the strange appearance, and Warren Cobb swears that after the sports- man fired he would hand his gun to his Jeems Yellowplush to be reloaded; and, said Warren, ‘Bust my breeches if we didn’t ha¥e a drink around over every bird that he kilt. And when the water riz and come on the blind, he makes me take A Jarge camp chair was placed’ chin music follows, as a matter of course, for restful sleep. Not many eanvas-backs are shot at the Flats. head for the open water upon which the decoys are sitting. Any one who makes the trip across the ice from New Bal- He can- not count upon getting back to the mainland in the same timore, should not be limited to a few days’ time. nanner, Indeed, it is more than likely that the ice will break up suddenly, and he wiil be obliged to wait for the first Such unfore- seen (?) occurrences seem to be rather common to certain en- thusiastic sportsmen I know of, who run up there ‘‘for just two or three days, you know,” and who “‘couldn’t get back trip of the river boats before he can get home. for two or three weeks, you know.” i happen to remember, just at this moment, a pleasant episode in the experience of a popular hunter at the Flats. He is a representative Canadian Frenchman, noted for his knowledge of the haunts of the black bass and the wild duck. Owning a house near the Lake St. Clair Fishing and Shooting Club, our jolly Frenchman thought it would be a Then guns are cleaned, and then, perhaps, a game of cards, and then to bed They will not decoy readily, like readheads or bluebills, who quickly great scheme, some winters since, to move his building across the ice to Johnson’s Channel, a distance of good ten miles; and his friends and patrons in the club approved the plan and subscribed the necessary funds, for Johnson’s Channel, be it known, is both a favorite angling place for black bass as well as a fine duck sbooting locality, and many were glad that soon they could eat and sleep over there, where then there was no house. Our Frenchman was sure of much pat- ronage. He began to discount his future riches, and great was his talk. With the providence of his race, he tarried. The days went by. His friends urged him to move while he had nothing else to do, but still he tarried. At length he went to work; he cut his house in two parts, the whole being too heavy to move at once. With a couple of teams of horses drawing one half he finally started, four or five other Frenchmen aiding in the work, and each one of them bossed the job. In two days they got the first part safely to the selected site, and, leaving it there upon the ice, went back for the rest of the house. All were jubilant at him on my back and carry him to the boat, and then pack out for home.” The party must have had a high old time, for long after nightfall the trio got back, every one of them-three sheets in the wind;and the spoils were only ten snipe. The prospect for partridges in this State is, as far as I can learn, quite a good one, the birds standing the winter very well. The Virginia Legislature has passed several good laws relating to game protection, which, it is to be hoped, will have its effect. Still, no legislative enactments can keep the fame from steadily decreasing; and it is asad, yet a true fact, that every sportsman can bear witness to as regards the Old Dominion, CHASSEUR. VIRGINIA. SPRING SHOOTING AT ST. CLAIR FLATS. AST night a thunder storm swept over Detroit. To-day a southerly wind prevailed, and there are other signs that the long winter is finally approaching its end. Within aiew days the first fights of ducksfrom the south will reach Lake Erie, the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair. Already a few pioneers have been seen passing up the river. And the duck hunters, who bave no scruples against spring shooting, are getting their traps together, loading shells, and making arraugements for a sojourn at their favorite ducking resorts. Several well:‘known shots start on the morrow to take ad- vantage of the first flights, and scores of other sportsmen will soon follow to the various club houses at St. Clair Flats and along Lake Erie. Did you ever do any spring shooting? No! Well you haye missed some raze sport. We won’t argue as to its being the correct thing as respects the preservation of game; but it is legal in this State, and is intensely exciting. Splendid duck shooting at this season of the year is to be had in the vicinity of the Lake St. Clair Fishing and Shoot- ing Clib’s house, at the Flats. It is better at that yoint in the spring than in the fall, For the house is accessible only by water, and as navigation will not open for several weeks, one must journey over the ice on Lake St. Clair from New Baltimore to the club house, a distance of at least ten miles. Not many sportsmen care to do this, so the number shooting there in the spring is insignificant when compared with the army of guns in the fall. lf the wvather be soft, the trip over the ice from New Bal- timore is oftimes fraught with danger, and a flat bottom buat shod with runners, so that it can be pushed over the ice, is necessary for safety. But once at the club house, any one will be amply repaid for his arduous journey, and especially if there in time to meet the first flights of the ducks. For, when they usually commence, the ice is strong and the air holes are sinall, so, if you select an air hole of the right size, there is no chance for the ducks to decoy or drop down just out of range. They come right over the hole; and often- times you cab shoot and kill them over the further edge of the open water from your blind. ; It niay be said that there are three flights of ducks. First and yery soon, we shall see the redheads, and with them will come the canvas-backs. Next, in a tew days after, the broadbills (or large bluebills) will come flocking In, and after that the little bluebills bring the pilgrimage to a close. Andas the Jatter swarm into lake and river, marsh and ereek, the hearts of the small boys with the Zulu guns, wax glad. The shooting lasts from now until about April 15, commencing with the redheads and canvas-backs, and wind- ing up with the little bluebills. So you see, by being on the spot ready to welcome the vanguard,-you not only get better shots but the better birds as well. Ti is pleasant sport. Putting your decoys, gun, ammuni- tion, etc., Into a duckboat shod with two low runners, you push or drag itover the solid ice to an air hole or bit of open water, perhaps some seventy yards across. Launching the boat, you put out the decoys in the water, which being ac- complished, you push the boat some distance off upon the ice. Then, if not already appareled, you don your suit of white, and the duck must be wary indeed who discovers you upon the snow-covered ice. Often the white suit consists of a night cap and night shirt drawn over your regular cloth- in and they answer the purpose well. Thus garbed in white, if you stand motionless upon the gleaming snow, the circling ducks will rarely see or fear you. The weather does not chill as in the fall Y has inyred } . the reason being, perhaps, that a long PROSE SOTO HDs ool Sha etums pope Uline their grand success. Each claimed the honor of engineer- ing the mighty work. Then they started with the second half of the house, and all went well for two or three miles; and then the south winds blew, and the warm rains came, and there were signs of an immediate breaking up, Then there was hurried running to and fro, and the air was blue with strange oaths peculiar to our Frenchmen, YVer- bose despair and excitement reigned supreme. Strange, un- known sounds similar to the Tower of Babel noise, were heard twenty miles away. Prayers were profusely uttered, but the ice melted still, and the south winds blew, while the vehement Frenchmen and the horses hastily pulled the sec- tion of the house back to the shore, The ice went out. Our Frenchman had a split residence— half on the old site and the other half at Johnson’s Channel. Peace to the rem- nants of the Johnson’s Channel half! It was shattered by the ice and the storms and the floods. Just now the owners of houses and those who have made costly improvements at the Flats are on the anxious seat; the inclosed clipping from the Detroit Fee Press explains the reason why. Many thousands of dollars have been ex- pended there in buildings, docks, dredging, etc., within the last few years. It was supposed that a squatter’s right would hold good for improvements made upon apparently worthless land, or rather water. Land there is none to speak of, ex- cept what has been dredged up at great expense. The houses are built upon piles as arule, and it will be a delicate question to decide who has a right to titles and also to properly describe the area named. It can hardly be called land, water, or marsh. However, as the Flats are daily becoming more valuable it is to be hoped that some decision will be promptly reached, settling the question—who do they belong 9 - 7 ? DELTA. Derrorr, Mich., March 12, 1884. The article above referred to is as follows: WaAsuineton, March 12.—Mr. Maybury’s bill to give the title to Harsen’s Island and Dickinson’s Island to the respec- tive heirs and grantors of Harsen and Dickinson is found to cover claims to about al] the hunting and fishing grounds of the St. Clair Flats. Don M. Dickinson, of Detroit, is one of the heirs. An outline of the bill was telegraphed Monday. It is learned to-day that the claimants urged the French cus- tom of granting title to the center of the channel, and set forth that the tracts in Question when passed over to British domination after the Wolfe and Montcalm campzign of 1754 were reorganized by the treaty stipulations to follow the French custom. The boundariesas given in the two bills comprise the thousands of acres of alluvial land, submerged accretions and vast fields of bulrushes from the ship canal on the south to the mainland on the north and up the usual ship channel of the St. Clairto the head of the island at Algonac. It takes in all the elub houses, the Star Island Hotel, the summer villas, and hunting and fishing cabins on land or water. On the North, Middle, Eagle, or South Chan- nels, Anchor and Muscamoot Bays and Lake St. Clair out to deep water. A* early hour of a morning in the spring of 1876 found _ a clerical party of four, including the writer, on their Way Over u ten-mile drive to the L— Reservoir on a fishing excursion. The waters were safely reached, the weather wasall that could be desired, and our fishing sticcess and sport were most promising, until our boal struck a hidden log and there stuck. To dislodge the skiff was now the work before us. The writer had the oars, Bro. E. got a ‘‘pur- chase” with a third oar on the log, and the other brethren were to rock the boat. ‘‘Now, boys,” cried Bro. E.,, “‘all together!” Well, although the fishing of the good brother out of the water was but the work of a moment, nota hair of his feverend head came up dry. By the way, the brother was not of the Baptist persuasion, and he always regarded his in- voluntary immersion as a disaster. We now made use of him to lift the skiff from its accidental moorings, which he was enabled to do by standing 1 the water on the log. We then hastily landed him, and he at once stripped himself to the skin, and, donning a linen duster, loaned him by one of the party, proceeded to wring out his various articles of clothing. and spread them upon the grass and bushes to dry. This done, he wrapped around him a blanket that had served as 2 cushion to one of the wagon seats, seated himself with some newspapers, and endeavored to make himself comfort- able. In the meantime the rest of us had resumed our fish- ing. * ti the course of an hour or so we heard a yell, and then a series of excited cries, ‘‘Hoi, there!” Looking up, it re- quired but a glance to take in the whole situation. A six or éight weeks’ oid calf had got hold of the unfortunate man’s pants, and, in a playful way, was making off with them. Throwing off his blanket, and hastily stepping into his shoes he started in pursuit, but the faster ran the parson, the faster flew the calf; the former's buttonless duster—well, to say the least of it, it was a poor apology for a covering. But there was an end to the painful scene as both disappeared behind a distant thicket. I think it was the work of the devil, when, months after, while the aforesaid Bro. E. was occupying the pulpit of the writer, there flashed before the mind of the latter the spec- tacle of a nude, fiving preacher, racing after a skipping, bawling ealf, with a pair of breeches flying from its mouth like a streamer, The recollection threatened, for an instant, to produce some sort of atmospheric explosion which, what- ever might have been the effect upon the congregation, would doubtless have blown up their pastor. He escaped the im- minent peril, but the inward sufferings of that moment, and the outward chills and cold sweats. were his reward for letting the devil get that momentary advantage of him. if the reader can but catch the moral here, the writer will not rue giving this truthful sketch tothe readers of ForEsT AND STREAM, HEWILL. Sea and River Hishing. FISHING RODS AND DOWELS. { AGREE with Mr. H. P. Wells, whose letter appeared Feb, 21, on one point, that is, that a rod is best in one piece, but this is impracticable, owing to the difficulties of transportation. To remedy this, get a two or three-joint rod spliced, and abolish the dowels and ferrules. With a little practice it can be put together almost as quickly as a ferruled rod, and even if it does take a minute or two longer; why trout do not require breechloading rods to catch them with before they move off. If the splice is inclined to slacken, dip it into the water and it will get tight enough, but a rod properly spliced will not come apart. 1 haye used one and would not want a better, and never had it separate while fishing. The best fiy-fishing in Canada is in my vicinity, and the rods most used are three-joint with butt of ash; joint and tip of lance wood with only the tip splieed. A good butt will not break at the ferrule, unless subjected to extremely rough usage, A good serviceable rod twelve or thirteen feet long in three pieces as above, will take a half inch counter ferrule three and one-quarter inches long on the butt, with a dowel one inch long, and will weigh about twelve ounces. With this rod a good fisherman need not fear a smash-up with a ‘seven pound two-ounce fish, or a twenfy-pound salmon, ‘Tarpons are of course excepted. The style of rods used’ south of the line 45° seems to tend to extreme lightness and fancy get-up, all very pretty, but unserviceable. A man who cannot fish all day with a sixteen-ounce rod must be weak indeed. These light rods had a run here, but now fishermen are returning to those I described above. The ferrule Mr. Wells mentions as only holding at the top must be one too much tapered. A rod with properly tapered ferrules and well-fitted dowels feels more like a rod in one piece, and much stronger than his with the very short coun- ter ferrules without dowels. This short ferrule will work loose, and burst open with a sudden strain coming onit. A rodmaker, whois a practical fisherman, told me that he has repaired rods innumerable, and never came across a doweled ferrule broken. And no cemented ferrule or metal dowel end is secure; they must be pinned to give satisfaction. Mr. Wells’s experience of smashes must have been frequent and terrible, perhaps owing to cheap material, and he does not seem to possess much genius for emergent repairs. No good fisherman will lose his fishing by breaking his rod, unless perhaps it has been made into match wood by a cart wheel passing over it, or some such accident. Even then he would cut a rod in the bush, and catch as many fine trout as our friend who has not been so unfortunate. If the joint breaks below the ferrule, and there is nothin at hand to bore a hoke for the dowel, cut off said dowel an get a new piece on returning to civilization. If Mr. Wells’s joint breaks above the counter, the counter would be too large to move further up on the piece, that is, if the rod has been properly made and the ferrules and counters not sunk into the wood. Gel a rod made of the best of wood and fittings, pay a reasonable price for it, and your expeditions will be enjoy- able. A cheap fishing rod is like a cheap gun, most un- satisfactory, and often the dearest in the end. P, Q., March 6, 1884. MonTMORENCI, Weieit not that the inclosed communication formulates the current objection to the short dowelless ferrule, it would call forth no reply from me. It is the standing and only objection of those who still favor the doweled ferrule, and if answerable, it should be met. This objection has one weak point aboutit. Jt is abso- lutely devoid of truth. What man who forms his judgment on the merits, and not from prejudice—and it is only to such that it is worth while to appeal—will for a moment think of taking a poorly fitted dowelless ferrule of inferier material (when perfect fitting and good material are easily to be had), asa standard from whieh to form a true opinion of its merits. Would the writer of the above think it fair play should a visitor to his country judge its inhabitants from the most de- based of the population; and declare that all were of that Stripe, and that the people of Canada were the scum of the éarth? Ithink not. And, as he would justly protest against such an expression as an outrage, so do I protest against his conclusions and for the same reason. Besides quite a number that I still retain, there are some dozen or more of rods of my own make in use, presents to friends. The ferrules of all these are short and without dowels, and all made from German silver tubing drawn in- side and out. Never in twelve years or more of my own ex- perience, nor believe in that of those using my rods, has either a ferrule split or a jomt thrown apart. And yet I am but an amateur maker, a professional man without mechani- cal training, resorting to rod making merely as an amuse- ment. It stands to reason that a trained mechanic could do better work. Therefore we have not here the best possible either of work, or material, as a criterion of the merits of the simple ferrule. These rods haye not been used solely against the small fish of the ordinary mountain brook, but much more largely in those waters of Maine where, I believe, it is admitted that the American species of brook trout attain a size not else- where found, or, at any rate, only in the Nepigon River of Lake Superior. : In an article in reference to the best color for leaders, which appeared in your issue of Feb. 7,1 said: ‘With thinner gut than this, last September, a friend fastened a trout of 44 pounds (weighed to the ounce, and not gucssed at) In a dangerous place, and not only held him without giy- ing an inch of line, but hung to him until his guide took the boat into clear water and towed the fish after.” The rod used on that occasion was a greenheart, with split bamboo tip, 9 feet 8 inches long, and united by simple fer- rules made by me and in the manner described. The rod and its ferrules, as far as the eye and constant subsequent use could determine, were as good as new. It will be admitted, I think, that this was a pretty fair test. But it by no means stands alone in my remembrance. I could instance dozens of other occasions where these fer- rules haye withstood the severest and most sudden strains, and always without damage. Shouid [ assert thatif a man fell from-a window he would not reach the ground, but fly off into space and foreyer after gyrate in an orbit around the moon, vou would unhesi- tatingly assert that it was not true. You haye seen bodies fall before, and are familiar with the course they will take. For the same reasons, I assert emphatically that 7 7s not true. that the simple ferrule, if properly made (and this is a much easier matter than to make a good dowelled ferrule) will either throw apart or split when subjected to any possible practical strain. A ferrule of lecden material, and the fit- ting of which isa botch, will give a like result, whether dowelled or simple in construction. There are men who prefer the muzzleloader to the breech- loader, or the heavy plain ash to the light spruce spoon oar, and your correspondent may prefer a pound single-handed fly-rod to one of half that weight. It is a matter of taste, concerning which it is useless to dispute. The experience of ‘‘frequent and terrible smashes” to which he alludes, have not occurred to my own rods, or to rods handled by me, but to the rods of others using dow- eled ferrules broken at a distance from home and brought to me in the hope that I could repair the damage so thatits owner could continue his sport, But if a rod so broken is a fine aud expensive one, it seems one might well hesitate be- fore resorting to so radical a remedy as cutting off the dowel, or endeavoring to bore the hole to receive it with the crude appliances generaily at hand on such occasions. My remedy (if the broken rod has been of such character) has been to supply the temporary want from my own outfit. No angler of experience will question your correspondent’s assertion that aspliced rod is better in use than if it were joined with ferrules. Butat the same time the liability of the thin ends of the splices to accident, from the many con- tingencies which will occur in the course of years, and the care neccessary to their protection, must not be Jost sight of. His remarks as to the greater proneness of cemented fer- rules to become loose is just. But this occurs only in the winter time, and if the angler will take the trouble to exam- ine his rods, before inaugurating a new season (as most do), he can remedy this defect, if found, in less than ten minutes. This life here below is made up from a judicious selection between unavoidable evils, and of these our constant en- deavor is to choose the least. In the exercise of this discretion, I reject ihe splice and the fastening pin. The idea that a simple ferrule will not fit when reset above its former location, is also a delusion. To give that perfect curve, which indicates to the initiated that the strain is equally distributed over a fly-rod, the material should not be evenly tapered from ferrule; but must, for a few inches, be cylindrica] and of the same diameter as within the ferrule. Penny P. WELLS. WHERE 18S THE BIGOSH? OUR correspondents have becn telling you where the “Bigosh” is located. Of course they are all wrong; it exists only in the imagination of Mr. Mather, and he has used this pleasant fiction to give your readers a most charm- ing series of sketches, and to convey a deal of information upon the art of fishing. I trust he will continue his delight- ful papers indefinitely. Iffam wrong, and the ‘‘Bigosh” has an objective exist- ence, let me beg Mr. Mather to keep its lccation a secret. If he tells it, depend upon it the place will be overrun, so that he and his friends will no longer find any enjoyment in visiting it, it will be rendered worthless to them and to all others. It is his secret, let him keep it. May the original party long enjoy its pleasant places. *Percyyal” deserves thanks for his article on ‘‘Ferrules.” As he invites criticisms, I venture to make two suggestions: First. Ifthe plate or wad of brass, 1, were soldered in its ace the protection against water would be perfect, Second. If the ferrules are of sufficient length and care- fully made, there is no possible need of the ‘“‘little brass cleat, C.” Three of my own rods are made with ferrules that have no dowels and no cleats. J haye never had any trouble with them from “throwing away a joint or two.” I have seen this accident oceur, but always and only when the fer- Tules were much worn and ought to haye been replaced by new ones. The cleat requires time to whip and unwhip, and is apt to catch, besides it mars the good leoks of a handsome rod, M. PENNSYLVANIA A DOMESTIC TROUT POND. NOTICH in Forest AND STREAM of March 6, an ac- count of a successful trout pond (by ‘‘W. T.,” East Sagi- naw). It is the first instance of the kind that I ever heard of, and I have visited a good mary similar ponds and haye actually received hundreds of communications from parties who have tried trout culture in this crude manner, and I do not recall a single instance which has resulted successfully. Now, Mr. Editor, I will not be so rude as to question the word of any one in relation to fish matters, but I notice that some thirty years have elapsed since ‘‘W. T.” constructed this $30 fish pond, and it is possible he has grown old some in that time and perhaps his memory may be slightly at fault, though he tells us almost to a pound how many trout he took out of that pond in the four seasons; seven hundred and sixty-three pounds! And this from an original stock of two hundred and fifty young fry! And nowright here, ‘‘this reminds me,” that thirty years ago and thereabouts, I some- times visited Michigan, not to fish, but on gunning expedi- tions. I heard them tell how they weighed their hogs be- fore Fairbanks’s scales became fairly abtindant there. They laid some poles across a log’ placed the hog across one end of the poles and piled stones on the other end (ill they just balanced the hog, then they guessed at the weight of the stones! I remember on one trip killing a deer and a turkey, the ground being covered deeply with snow they could not get at the stones and so guessed directly at the weight of my game. They laid the deer at 200 pounds, and the turkey at 30 pounds. When J got them down to Cleveland the deer weighed 165 pounds and the turkey 21 pounds. Did ‘‘W. T.” weigh his trout by Michigan methods? I will now skip the brush work, which if properly done for such a surface would cost about $25, and’ pass to the em- bankment, taking ‘“‘W. T.’s” figures and making allowatce for such contours as would admit of the work described (team and scraper); there was not less than one thousand cubic yards of earth moved and placed in this embankment. Now, estimating at the usual cost of such work and at one- third less for man and team than ‘‘W. T.” allows, it would cost $125 to construct the embankment alone. It will be noticed that this work was firmly rammed, and finally the entire surface was heavily coated with coarse gravel and over this again covered with a layer of as large boulders as they could handle. Now, here is a class of work fully under- stood by farmers throughout New England, New York, upper New Jersey, all over Pennsylvania and other rocky regions. Would any farmer take the contract for gravel and boulder work alone for $50? Not since I can remember. Well, my main items now foot up $400, and there are extras for spikes, nails, wire netting, planting of willows, etc., which includes a network partition of wire across the pond, one-third the way from the head to the foot; eight large cedar logs stretched across the ravine and weighted with more large boulders (this cedar is not counted), all of these incidentals of which would cost another $50 easily. Now, Mr. Editor, ask any experienced hydraulic or civil engineer in the country to review my figures, and see if lam not within the practical limits. I have for several years, at suitable seasons of the year, been quite busily engaged in constructing carp ponds, and am frequently supermtending this work in two or three States at the same time, rapidly passing back and forth from point to point and constantly coming in contact with ever- varying locations, on all of which I make hydraulic (instru- mental) surveys with mathematicai exactness. It is probabie that I do more of this work than any ten other men in this country, and it should be conceded that I ought to know with a tolerable degree of certainty what such work costs, even though done in the comparatively crude manner stated by ‘“‘W. T.” He has gone into details and given sufficient figures to enable an engineer to make an approximate esti- mate. In the first place, 1 find that his cedar bulkhead must have contained:at Jeast 1,000 square feet of surface. Multi- plied by four, the thickness im inches of the split plank, would make 4,000 feet of cedar, independent of the fifteen posts, varying from 6 to 34 feet in length, which, if of a size to hold an embankment thirty or more feet in height, it is safe to say contained another thousand feet, making 5.000 feet, independent of the braces. I have handled considerable lumber during the past forty-five years; have been for two or three terms official mecasurer, and I have never seen the time or place that cedar was not worth at least $20 per thousand feet, more often $30. It will be observed that the erib- work was thoroughly puddled, concreted, and further se- cured with large boulders. No two men living could get out the stuff and put up such a crib-work bulkhead, with foundations as stated, for $100. It will, doubtless, amuse practical trout culturists to think how admirably that screen must have worked with two-year- old trout on each side of Yt, as must have been the case, be- cause the fry introduced could readily pass thrvugh it, and they were left undisturbed for two years. There are a number of other interesting points which I could give in connection with this matter had I the time and youtheroom, I begin to surmise that ‘“W. T.” is an unconscionable, practical joker. He reminds me of one of our leading Philadelphia physiciaus. A few years ago, when we were having considerable excitement here about. our bogus medical colleges, unqualified pharmacists, etc., the physician referred to one evening called at a drug®ist’s and left a prescription, saying he would call later in the evening for it. He called perhaps two hours later, and as the druggist handed him the prescription he inquired if he intended to administer it according to directions, ‘‘a dose every two hours.” The doctor replied in the affirmative. The druggist then remarked that one dose would be sufficient, as any human being taking it would be dead within two hours. By this time the doctor had removed the wrapper and found the prescription prominently labeled ‘*Poison,”’ ‘The doctor then remarked that he had been riding among drug stores the entire evening leaving this identical prescrip- tion, that this was the fifteenth one collected and he the tirst druggist to notify him that the four simple ingredients formed when combined a deadly poison. Readers can make their own application. Mitton P. Prrecr, PHILADELPHIA, Pa, . 150 -TROUTING ON THE BIGOSH. FISHERMAN’S LUCK.] 7 ae Doctor’s preference for fishing up-stream has been stated, and as we laboriously forced our way over logs and through thickets along the shores of the lake, it was de- cided that he should strike in at the mouth of the brook, while I would keep on up the valley as far as was found practicable or convenient. and then fish down until we met. It may be remembered that he chose to wade in low shoes, the best of all things for a man who does not object to hay- ing his feet in cold water while the sun broils down upon his head, while I had elected to wear wading pants with hoot attachment as a precaution against possible rheumatic twinges in the near future. These appliances for wading dry-shod were slung on my back. for it would have been im- possible to have climbed over logs with them on, and, in fact, they are cumbrous even in water. If the little grasshopper becomes a burden, how much more does a stiff pair of trousers, which hamper the knee action and, ending in a heavy pair of boots, handicap a man who is more than knee-deep in water and on the unsteady footing of mossy stones? So on we trudged over logs and around tree tops, and such other obstructions as are well known to those who love to frequent forests which haye never known the axe, and are in reality the pathluss woods whose pleasures have been poetically mentioned. Arriving at the upper end of the lake, I showed the Doc- tor where Jack and I struck in and found the stream, not over two hundred yards from the edge of the swamp where we stood, and wishing him luck kept along the edge of the hill for dry walking, and foreed my way up the yalley, in- tending to strike the stream as high up as an hour’s walk might bring me. “The green trees whispered low and mild; it was a sound of joy! They were my playmates when a child, And rocked me in their arms so wild! Still they looked at me and smiled, As if I were a boy. “‘And ever whispered. mild and low, ‘Come, be a child once more!’ And waved their long arms to and fro, And beckoned solemnly and slow: O, I could not choose but go Into the woodland’s hoar.” And so, mentally repeating Longfellow’s lines, I pushed on. , “Through tangled juniper, beds of reeds; Through many a fen where the serpent feeds,”’ until my watch, which I had often consulted, to see if my hour were not up, and the mile covered, which we reckoned would take that time, said that full sixty minutes had passed since the Doctor was left near the junction of stream and lake. I was on the south side of an east and west ravine, but the trees were so thick that I could not see how far it was -to the other side, or form any idea how far it might be to the ereek. It occurred to me that there might be a valley com- ing into this one from the north, and thatthe stream might come down that, in which case there would be no fishing for me thatday. This horrible suspicion must be set at rest, and, climbing the hill, 1 looked about for an opening from which I could see across the hollow. Nosuch place was found, and then a tree which could be easily climbed was sought and found; and from half its height a yiew above the tree tops of the valley was obtained, which showed it 10 be about half a mile wide, and gave the cheering assurance that no valley came in from the north between the lake and the point opposite. Descending the tree, I started down the hill due north into the bottom of the valley, in order to strike the stream. Tt was hard work to push through tke tangled grasses, cat briers, and undergrowth in the swampy bottom, and the stream seemed a long way off. My watch showed that three-fourths of an hour had been consumed in crossing the half mile of yalley, and the severe labor in the close atmos- phere was the cause of a suspicion that while wading a stream for trout might be sport, there was less pleasure in wading a swamp in search of astream. The ground began to rise! Where was the brook? I had expected to find a rapid stream which changed into the deeper and more sluggish one below, but there was nothing of the kind. I satdown and did two things at once, and did them well. Some one has said that two things cannot be done at once and done well. Like most ‘old sayings” there is little truth in it, for 1 rested and lunched in the most thorough manner, at the same time. After this | essayed to do three things at once and accom- plished it as casily as the two; I rested, smoked and thought. Carefully reviewing the field it seemed certain that the ‘Little Bigosh” must rise between where I lay and the lake. The ravine had no branch to the north and I had not crossed a stream on the south side of it. The result of the thinking, which was arrived at just as the pipe was finished was, that if I traveled back east for half an hour and then crossed the ravine there would be a chance of finding the stream. Shouldering the boots I started, and when the watch showed that I had labored for full thirty minutes, I changed the course to due south, again to cross the valley. The growth here was denser, and the footing was worse, as the grouud was ‘more springy and soft, often quite marshy, Twice the boots and I sat down on a log to rest, and at last the spripgy nature of ihe ground made it necessary to put on the boots in order to keep dry. This was not a thing to be done without cause, for, if it was as much as a man could do to get through the undergrowth without the encumbrance of wading boots, it promised to be more than he could per- form to travel with them. They were put on and the wet shoes slung to the creel strap, and another start made. Each step seemed to be made on softer ground, and the heavy wading boots pulled harder and harder, until it was a ques- tion whether it would not be best to turn back, While con- sidering this I stepped on a stick and broke it, and a few steps further in I heard the Doctor say in a low tone, ‘You appear to be traveling, sir!” “QO, no,” said I, ‘‘the day is pleasant and 1 am merely walking for exercise. It is the height of pleasure for me to pull wading boots out of a swamp, and I haye enjoyed it at the rate of half a mile an hour for about three hours. There is nothing like exercise for getting rid of superfluous flesh, and if, like Falstaff, I have ‘larded the lean earth’ as I marched, and it is pleasant to know that the alders and the skunk-cabbage will be enriched thereby. Any grub left in your creel? J devoured mine two hours ago,” FOREST AND STREAM. ‘No, I took a lunch about half an hour ago,” replied the Doctor, “‘and afterward stepped on a log that was under water aud the bark peeled off, and I decided to sitdown, and I not only wet my luncheon but my tobacco and matches. That is a trifle, however, for | have had rare sport on a vir- gin stream, See here!” and he lifted the cover of his creel and showed a glowing mass of ruby-fiecked trout, that under different circumstances would have made an angler’s heart throb five beats to the minute more than usual, but when his heart has been doing double duty in pulling wading boots out of the muck for several hours, it is hard to stimulate his aorta to extra duty by glimpses of fish, unless they are fried. TI had tobacco and matches, and we sat on a log and smoked. After the ashes were knocked from the briarwoods the Doctor said, ““You have had a hard time and are entitled to some fishing; take the stream down and J will foliow the swamp around and meet you at the lake where we parted.” “Doctor,” said I, “‘you mean well, but if you love me let me get into camp as soon as possible, I have climbed logs, crawled under tree-tops, been mired, climbed trees and worked like a stevedore, in the hope of striking a stream ot which I knew nothing when I started, only to learn now that its head is not halfa mile from its mouth, I don’t want 1o fish, I only want to get in camp and stretch out on the hem- lock boughs and have fun.’’* ““Pshaw,” exclaimed the Doctor, ‘‘the head of the brook is just there beyond that big cedar, it rises from a big spring, and you must take a trout or two before we go back, and it can be done from the spring. Then we will return to camp and you ean lie on the hemlocks and ‘have fun.’ ” I yielded, and took his rod and line, which he had not un- jointed, and said I would try for a trout or two, and ap- proached the pool, which was the head of the stream, with great caution, in order not to disturb the trout by jarring the bog, which shook with a heavy tread. After a few casts of thirty feet, as long as the bushes would allow, I stepped into the pool and waded down a short distance. There was a “likely place” under the roots of a sycamore, and a cast there was rewarded with arise. I had him, I fought him accord- ‘ing to rule, and against it, for all J know now, and as I put the landing net under him a slippery root sent my boots up and even my ears obtained a free bath. The trout was still in the net, and the Doctor remarked, as he unscrewed the top of his life preserver and handed it to me, ‘‘We might as well go back to camp, but I’m glad you have oue trout, and a big one.” I emptied the water from the big boots, and shouldering them, we went homeward. It was late in the atternoon when two tired, wet and hungry fishermen tramped in and devoured everything eatable in the camp, which appeared to be deserted. By the time that the last bone was polished, the boat, with the Colonel, Jack and Uncle Ben, drew up on the beach, and they crowded around to see the results. The Dactor’s cree! showed up well, but when the Colonel heard the story of the day’s tramp and my misfortune, he repeated a couplet containing some allusion to ‘‘fisherman’s luck” and his being wet and hungry, which I have forgotten. FRED MATHER. «This has long been a fayorite expression of mine for sleeping, but as it is not generally understood, I explain. With Sancho Panza I can say, ‘Blessed be the man who invented sleep; it covereth one all over like a blanket.’’ My idea of jolly, hilarious fun is asleep of in- sensibility. I know that I will enjoy that last sleep that knows no waking, no printer howling for copy, and no boots to pull out of the mud. If the fishing in the Styx is all done from a boat,1I know I won’t care to get out on the other side. There is no fun like that which one enjoys. HOW THE LEADER IS BRCKEN. EAs already re-echoed “J. G. W.’s” question in your issue of March 6, I am now tempted to answer it myself, and, as human nature is weak, I yield to the tempta- tion. He says, ‘‘We have all read time and time again of a bass when hooked leaping from the water, and falling on the leader so as to break it. How does he do it?” We have all read it again and again. But for a bass to so break a leader, is as impossible as it is for a man to lift him- self by the straps of his boots. . ; Perkaps the following explanation may not be quite so severe a draft on our credulity. That the leader is in peril under such circumstances, is undoubted. Why? . The bass leaps from the water, throwing into the movement every ounce of his immense muscular strength. His mo- mentum then cquals his weight multiplied by his velocity. But the weight which here enters into the problem is not his weight in water (which is less than nothing since a dead bass will float), but his weight in air—we will say four good solid American avordupois pounds. When, therefore, the angler seeks voluntarily or involuntarily to check or control this gyration witha tight leader, he subjects it to a strain that no fish of four times the weight could begin to impose if beneath the surface, and it not unnaturally parts. What the angler then does I will not say. Henry P. WeLLs. New YORE. i Bur is it Trum?—Boston, Mareh i3.—1 clipped from Saturday night’s Transeript the following: ‘‘Hon, Hannibal Hamlin and party have returned from Moosehead Lake with a fine catch of trout.” It speaks for itself. Ifa poor devil was camping out at any of the many desirable places in the State of Maine, and tried to yary his bill of fare or eke out his provisions by shpoting a solitary deer or caribou before Oct. 1., the Great American Game Warden was pretty sure to find it out and to ‘‘sock” it to him accordingly. But the honor- able geatleman makes his annual trip, and comes home with a ‘fine catch of trout,” caught, as | understand it, through the ice, against the law of the State. Where was the Great American Game Warden, of whose zeal in enforcing the law (principally against non-residents) we have read so much in Forest AND STREAM lately? Where was he?—C. G. G. Tur Trout Opentye.—Mr. E. G. Blackford has issued his annual inyitation to inspect the many varieties of wild and cultivated trout. It isa beautiful card with an original picture of a trout rising at a fly, by the well-known artist, W. Holberton. Mr. Blackford’s display will comprise fish from many of the States and also from Europe, and Fulton Market will be crowded, as usual, by lovers of the beautiful fish. STRIPED Bass mn ConnecticoT.—On the 12th inst. John Wilber caught 800 pounds of striped bass in the Thames, at: Norwich, Conn., the largest catch in many seasons, — = ° 7 = * ([Marce 20, 1884. SMELT Fisnine my Marye.—I read in your issue of Feb. 20 an account of smelt fishing in Saco, and 1 think an account of the same in another town in Maine may be of interest. I left Waldorough, Me., seven weeks ago, There were then about sixty shanties on the river. They are neat little houses of $-inch stuff, and vary from 4x6 feet to 6x10. A cousin and myself fished in a shanty 6x10, and we used twelve lines. From Dec. 26 to Jan. 20 we took from fifteen to forty pounds every day, usually averaging iu size about nine to the pound. We fished about four hours each day, just before and after low water. I left for home Jan. 22, but T have learned that there has been not more than a week since when the smelts did not bite. We use a great variety of bait, but nothing attracts them like marine worms or clam worms.—Grorecr W. SINGER. Hisheulture. THE SHELLFISH COMMISSION OF CONNEC- TICUT. WE have the third report of the Shellfish Commissioners of the State of Connecticut, to the General Assembly, January session, 1884. Before the passage of the act of 1881 placing the State groundsin charge of the Commissioners, all designations were made by town committees. With few ex- ceptions these committees were more familiar with the water and its industries than with law, and their work was defective and incomplete. The boundaries of grounds were not well defined. This has complicated the work of mapping old grounds and made changes necessary. These have been ac-" complished to the general satisfaction of the oystermen. During the three years of their service the Commissioners haye sold 38,548 acres, which netted to the State the sum of $42,403.79. Besides this 12,539 acres more haye been allowed, and deeds ordered therefor, which will net the further sum of $13,793.78. Rejected applications have generally been owing to the fact that the grounds applied for were on natural beds, or had already been designated to others. Taxes were laid upon the oyster grounds within State jurisdiction for the bene- fit of the State for the first time during the past year; $3,651.47 was collected without resort to legal measures. By law all owners are required to file with the Commissioners a state- ment under oath, wherein they shall not only give the number of acres owned by them, but also the value thereof per acre. The report is very interesting and gives much information about starfish, natural beds and the laws relating to the shell- fisheries, It is time that New York did something in the way of systematizing the leasing of oyster beds and placing the whole matter in the hands of the State and ending the conflict between the towns and counties of Long Island, which has been in progress for a century or more. The Connecticut Com- missioners are R. G. Pike, chairman, Middletown; Dr. W. M. Hudson, Hartford, and G. N. Woodruff, Shermax. DO GERMAN CARP HIBERNATE IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY ?—Authorities on carp culture inform us that this fish passes the winter in a semi-dormant state; that a number of them assemble together, thrust their heads m the mud with their tails upward and outward, thus forming whats called a kettle of fish. That they do not pass the entire winter in this way in the latitude of Central New Jersey bas been clearly proven during the winter just closed, as shown by the follow- ing statement: Having accustomed my fish to a certain por- tion of the pond by throwing them small bits of bread for which they showed great fondness, and after which the come to the surface of the water, they continued to make their appearance there on pleasant days till the Sth of December last. The pond then becoming frozen over, I saw nothing of them again till the mild weather in February. On the tenth, and again on the twenty-seventh of this month they made their appearance. Besides the fragments of the submerged leaves of the yellow pond lily (Nuphar advena) which the winter does not kill, floating about and partly eaten, gave un- mistakable evidence that they had been feeding. As they continue active all winter in Southern waters, may they not do the same also in this latitude?—J. H. B. ; PENNSYLVANIA STATE HATCHHERY.—It is reported that the property of H. J. Schantz, near Allentown. has been rented by the Pennsylvania State Fish Commission - for a period of ten years. New buildings will be erected this spring, and the State fishery will shortly be removed from Donegal, its present location, to the new site. CALIFORNIA TROUT FOR TENNHESSHE.—The United States Fish Commission car from Wytheville (Va.) hatchery, arrived at Chattanooga, Tenn., on March 14 with 4,000 Cali- fornia trout. The fish are to be distributed in the streams of East Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, and itis said this lot of fish is the most valuable ever sent South. Che Zennel, FIXTURES. BENCH SHOWS. Maren 18 to 21.—Washington Bench Show, Masemic Hall, Wash- ington, D. U. Chas, Lincoln, Superintendent. March 26, 27 and 28.—The Dominion Kennel Club’s Second Annual Bench Show, Horticultural Gardens. Charles Lincoln, Superinten- dent. W.S. Jackson, Hon. Secretary, Toronto. Canada, — April 8, 4and 5.—The Cleveland: Bench Show Association's Second Bench Show. Charles Lincoln, Superistendent. C. M. Munhall, Sec- retary, Cleveland, Ohio. Entries close March 24. Poly May 6, 7.8 and 9.—The Westminster Kennel Club’s Eighth Annual Bench Show, Madison Square Garden. Entries close April 21. Chas, Lincoln, Superintendent. R. C, Cornell, Secretary, 54 William street, New York. A. K,. R: HE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration of pedigrees, ete. (with prize lists of all shows and trials), is pub lished every month. Entries close on the ist. Should be ip early. Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. Registration fee (25 cents) must accompany each entry. No entries inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subscription $1. Address “American Kennel Register,” P.O. Box 2852, New York. Number of entries already printed 1010. Volume I., bound in cloth, sent postpaid, $1.50. CLEVELAND DOG SHOW. itor Forest and Stream: Core. ag tie +he number of entries already received the indications are that our second bench show will be a tsuccess, The citizens of Cleveland are taking a great interest in the ex- hibition, and are donating a number of special prizes, which will be announced in due time. Count Noble and Dido IT. wiil be here for exhibition. They will be a great attraction for sportsmen, and we hope to see many of them here from all parts of the country. We can assure them a hearty welcome, GTM, MUNHALL CLEVELAND, March 15, i ghn PINE AME: : NEW HAVEN DOG SHOW. A het first annual bench show of the New Haven Kennel _ Club, held at New Haven, Conn., last week, wasa decided success, There were three hundred and eight-five entries, and Ree ctiist a dozen of them were absent. There were quite a numberof puppies shown, which brought the total above four hundred. There was.a very good showing of local dogs, fully one-half of the entries being from New Haven and immediate vicinity. The dtc 3 is very well adapted for holding a show, being large, wel Artes and ventilated. The benching ofthe dogs was admirable; the large dogs were in roomy stalls which extended clear around the sides of the hall, mak- ing a very attractive appearance. There were three double rows of benches extending nearly the length of the room, with wide alleys between. giving plenty of room. Many of the stalls were tastefully draped and decorated, adding not a little to the attractiveness of the show. The managers are entitled to a great deal of credit for the very excellent manner in- which they conducted the show. _ No labor or expense was spared to make the exhibition satisfactory to all, and we heartily indorse the many encomiums that we heard bestowed ‘upon the managers for the excellence of the arrangements. 2 attendance, notwithstanding the bad weather, was very good indeed, andit gives us pleasure to announce that the ance wason the right side of the books. the cordial support they deserve t The judging was generally satisfactory, although a few mis- takes were made. Mr. James Watson judged the pointers, setters, s we have indulged in no spirit of tault ie § deavored to point out their faults for the berefit necessary to form a correct opinion, MASTIFFS. Champion mastiffs had only one entry, Mr. Mason's Neyison. He was sip alee much better than we had ever seen him. and barring t has filled out wonderfully. In the open class for dogs, Mr, Burgess’s Hero had virtually a walk over, as there was nothing in the class that could get near him. He hasa very good skull, ears well carried, and a square muzzle, good color and mask. His faults are a slightly tucked up appearance, and he falls away a little under the eyes and has a greyhound tail, but, taken altogether, he is a very fine animal. lain head and rather a light eye. Romeo, ¢c., possesses some good and was in poor shape. ment, points. In mastiff bitches, Dutchess, first, is a_ good roomy bitch, Juno, second, has a very good skull and muzzle, and is of good type but is under- sized and out at elbow. Queen, vhe., isa fair bitch and will rather light in bone and has a bad eye. improve, we think, with age. The only entry in puppy class was absent. ST. BERNARDS. Tn ehampion rough-coated St. Bernards, Bonivard, the only entry, was shown in the pink of condition. He iis a very typi- eal dog, good in coatand color, He has that benign expres- sion of countenance which should characterize this noble breed of dogs. Bonivard also won the special prize for the best non-sporting dog in the show, In the open class (dogs) the Chequasset Kennel’s Hermit beat nnel’s Samson in head, bone and coat. His worst faults are his light body and rather badly-carried tail, he is also rather ste behind. Samson, second, has a is a trifle too curly in coat; he, also, has aring tail Heis, however,a five young dog. Felix Men- dlessohn (vhc.) has good coat and bone, but a rather weak head and bad ears. Wuke (hc.) and Guy (c,) were very bad in head properties, and looked more like immense collies pee n . Hearn’s Gertie, a very well made, roomy bitch, of good color, won eastly, all other &wards being withheld. In rough-coated puppies Schoonhoyen, a seven-months old uppy of good bone and size, coat and color, was an easy the Clovernook Ke weak, bitchy head, an anythi else. They should not have been noticed. bitches, first, the other entry only getting a c. There were no entries in the champion smooth-coated St. Bernard class. In the open class (dogs) Alexander, a fair dog, with no es- pecint merits, was the only entry. He was awarded first. In itches, Juno, an undersized bitch, was awarded second pave illy, a rather piain puppy, but with good coat and immense bone, the first being withheld for want of merit. In puppies, won over Eckhardt, who was given second. BERGHUNDE. There was but one entry in the berghund class, a fair New- foundland in looks; in fact he was better than any in the Newfoundland class. The award was properly withheld. NEWFOUNDLANDS. _ First and second prizes were withheld. Jack, who was vhe., is of good size, which is abouts all that can be said in his favor. The others we did not consider worthy of mention. BLOODHOUNDS. As there was nothing in the class that had any pretention to the name, all prizes were withheld. There was a very good Ulmer in this class—Dink. The nearest approach in looks to a bloodhound was Trump, a cross between the mastiff and foxhound, ; GREYHOUNDS. ‘The managers were very liberal with the greyhounds, dividing the class into two champion and two open classes. There were eight entries, six of them receivin ality of the exhibit, which was notof a high order of ment, iday Night had a walk over in the champion dog class. He staked himself afew weeks ago and was in very bad condi- t also had a walk over in the bitch class. She was in elegant condition, and except thatshe is a bit too small, is tion. Pan about as good as we have. In the open dog class Doubleshot, who was given first, was in good condition. He has not suf- ficient greyhound character to win in a good class. Dell, who was second, should have been first. Heis a good specimen with a good and well balanced head, a magniticent coat and shapely body. He is a trifle weak and straight behind, and has a bit too much hair in his tail. Dorothée, who won first in the bitch class, has a good head and a deep chest, and was in good condition. She is a trifle too wide in front, and might be better behind. Luta, wrongly entered as Lupa, was given second; she should have been content with I¢ss. She lacks quality, and is light with very straight stifles. , DEERHOUNDS. The deerhoun ds were very good all through, Lance, who was the only one in the ese class, isa very good speci- men with no weak points. shoulders and feet are capital. Roy, who won first in the open Class for dogs, is a fair animal ra ey ous of condition. Fleet, who won second, we liked full The club intend to hold a show each year, and without doubt they will receive niels, greyhounds, deerhounds, foxhounds, beagles and dachshunde, and Mr, James Mortimer the remaining classes, except the trick and retrieying dogs, which were judged by Mr. J. R. Pierson. In commenting upon the dogs ut have en- and instruc- tion of those of our readers who haye not had the experience é rather unsightly protuberance on his nasal bone and his babit of knuckling over, he is a very fine dog; he Agrippa, second, is a well shaped but small dog, with a Surrey, he, is a large og, a little smutty in color, rather leggy and short in body. He shows age The others call for no special com- prizes, Four firsts and two seconds were awarded which should certainly satisfy the owners, especially when we take into account the neither did the puppy class; as possible, He was rather a usefyl-looki : and the prize was properly withheld, Benedict was alone in FOREST AND STREAM. second; she is yery near the winner. Thora, unnoticed, also shows lots of quality, but shows mange and want of condition. POINTERS, Weexpected to see a good showing of pointers, as there are ‘many owned in this portion of the State, but they failed to put in an appearance in sufficient humbers to fill the classes as they should have been filled, and the showing was rather ordinary, although there were some good ones present. In the champion class, Peter Black, Knickerbocker, and Lussie were theonly ones to compete, Rhona being absent. The Westminster Hessel Club, who,own Lassie, declined the offer of aseparate class for her, preferring cefeat rather thun to win without competition., and the three were judged in one class, and the pride of place was given to Lassie, Some one raised the point that the class was understood to have_been divided, and the two dogs were then compared, and Knickerbocker was alsoawarded a champion medal. Lassie was shown in fair condition, Sheis quite a good bitch with a fair head, capital fore legs and feet, good back, quarters and stern, She is a little weak And straight iti stifles, and a trifle throaty. She is also growingold. Knickerbocker was not in first-rate con- dition. He has a fair head, good chest and plenty of bone; he is a bit wide in front and might have a better back and stifles. Peter Black is a fair dog with good legs and feet, he was looking well, but was soft, In the open class for dogs over 50 pounds first went to Beaufort, who was decidedly the best in the class. He was not in nearly so good condition as when at Washington last year, having but recently recovered from an attack of inflammation of the bowels. Although his coat was in good condition, his eyes were not bright, and he did not earry himself in the faultless style he affects when at his best. Zeb, who won second, is rather a taking dog at first glance. He stands straight on a good set of legsand moves very well, he has rather a plain head, 4nd might be better in shoulders, loins and tail; his coat; looks well, but is rather long. Bravo, vhe., was very well shown, he has plenty of bone, and good legs and feet. Heisa bit heayy in head, throaty, and out at elbows... Bud, he., is a fair dog, with good legs and feet, he has a fine head, except that his ears are set on too high, he is also a trifle weak in stifles. Jimmie, also he., we liked as well as any in the class, except Beaufort. He has afair head, a good coat and tail, and the best of legs and feet; he is a trifle wide in front, and has a light eye, which detracts somewhat from his good looks. We also liked Fritz, unnoticed, for the two letters, he has a fair head with good shoulders, legs and fect, he is a bit snipy, and might be better in tail and hindquarters. In the small dog class there were but. two entries, both very bad ones. The first prize was withheld, and the second should have been also, There were three entries in the large biteh class; none of them were first rate. Lady Gleam, who was laced first, is light in bone, wide in chest and coarse in tail. ill, who won second, we liked better for first. She shows considerable quality, and has capital legs and feet and a good loin. She is also wide in front, a bit snipy, and has a coarse tail. She was well shown. Mab he.) is a fair specimen only, with weak hindquarters. Inthe smali bitch class first) was given to Lady Bang. She has a good body, legs and feet. She is a little too round in skull and carries her ears badly. She is also throaty, and might be better in tail. Moonstone, who won second, was not in good condition. There was not much to choose between her and Polly (vhe.), who has a good head, legs and feet, She is a trifle wide in front, and might be better in shoulders. She did not show at all well. Bertie (he,) is a fair looking bitch, with no very good or bad points. In the puppy class, Lady Nixon, who won first, is quite a pretty bitch, with a good body, shoulders, legs and feet. She isa bit snipy, and might be better in tail. Lennox, who was second, is a big fellow, a bit lathyand coarse. He has plenty of bone, and may improve with age. SETTERS, Lava Rock, the only entry in the English setter champion class, was absent. In the open dog class, Yale Belton, who won first, is quite a nice dog; his head is fairly good, he has plenty of bone with good legs and feet, and good quarters. is tail is also good; he was in good condition, except that his coat was rather short. He is a bit wide in front, and does not move quite so free aad easy as we like to see. Jester, who won second, is a very goos-looking dog, with good shoulders, - legs and feet and tail; his head is fair, but a trifle heavy; he is badly undershot, and was in very bad condition. Pride of the West, who was vhe., we tancied for first place. He has the best head in the class; his shoulders are fair, and he has a good chest and quarters, with the best of legs and feet; he has a nice coat, and was in fair condition. He carries his tail tao high, which is about the worstfault. Royal Sultan, also vhe., got all that he deserved. He was not in good condition. Frank, who was he., is a useful-looking dog, with plenty of bone and capital legs andfeet. Heisrather plain in head and heavy in shoulder. Tom Il., who was c.; deserved another letter. He hasa good head, plenty, of bone, with good legs and feet. He might be better in hindquarters, There were anumber ef useful-looking dogsin the class that we have no doubt are capital workers, but they are not quite up to bench show form. In the bitch class, Blue Belle won first. She was in her usual good form, and, as usual, was shown:a trifle too fat. She has capital shoulders, plenty of bone, with good legs and feet. Tf her head were as good as the rest of her, she would be hard to beat. Alice Dale, who won second, is very close to the winner. She has a very sweet head and is good all over except that her elbows set too far under her, and her feet turn out a little. The remainder of the class we did not fancy, although, as in the dog class, many of them looked like workers. The puppies were a fairlot and well placed except that we should have given Bess, in the bitch class, another ietter. She is a very nice little thing, and we shall expect, if she goes right, tosee her beat the winner next year. Champion black and tan setters brought out three good ones. Turk, who won the first prize, was looking better than we ever saw him, Argus was also looking well. He is but a trifle behind the winner. Trump is also a capital dog, but he begins to show his years and was not in good condition. In the open dog class, Glen, who won first, is a big upstanding doy of good form. He moves very well and was entitled tothe place. Gem, second, and Chris, vhe., are both fairspecimens with not much to choose between them. ‘The bitch class was poor. The first was withheld, and second given to Clip, who is only a moder- ate specimen; none of the others were worthy of mention, In the puppy class there was a litter only twelve weeks old that look promising, but they were too young to be shown, the only other entry was given the prize. He.was only fair. There were no entries in the champion Irish setter class. In the open dog class, Dash, who won first, is rather a taking dog to look at. He has a fair body with good legs and feet. He is very dark in color and has a Gordon head, and carries his tail too high. Second went to Dick, who is a fair dog with good body, legs and feet. His head is not first-class, and his ears are set on toohigh. Rory O’More, Jr., who was given vhce., was the most typical Irish dog in the class, and should have been first. He has a good head, is fairly well formed, of good size and color, and has good legs and feet. He was not shown at his best. Red and Roe, both he., were only moderate. Many of the others were quite fair animals, but more of the English than Irish type, and not deserving mention in an Trish class. The bitch class contained nothing remarkably good, we thought them as well plneed SPANIELS. There was only one entry in the Irish water spaniel class, dog of no particulat breed, 151 the champion class for field spaniels. He was not in his usual z00d form, Inthe open class, first, second and_he. went to hree fair Clumbers; Punch, who was first, beat John Halifax in bone, otherwise they were nearly equal. Vesta, he., is a very promising puppy. C. went to Beauty, a liver and white with rather a pleasing head. She has a_curly coat and is a bit leggy. The others were a poor lot. There were no entries in the champion cocker spaniel class, In the open dog class first went to Obo I., a first-class little dog. He was shown «@ bit too fat and was a little off in coat, Sport, who .won second, is a liver with white on his breast. He is also quite a cocker with a capital coat. He was timid in the ring, and did not show well. The others were not worthy of mention. Fido, who was entered in this class, isa fair Irish water spaniel, and would undoubtly have secured notice had he been in his proper class. In the bitch ¢lass, Blackie TIT. had an easy win. She is a very well-formed bitch, with a splendid coat. She hasa light eye, and stands just a bit high on her legs. Queen, who was second, looks as though she might be a very fair animal when in condition. She was nursing a pretty litter. Suwanee, he.. is very pretty, with a good head. She is very light built and was short of coat. The puppies were a grand lot. Helen, who won first, bids fair to turn out anice one. She is of Beud shape, with capital legs and feet and lots of quality. er coat is a little curly, but she may outgrow this.. Sambo, who was second, except that he is a trifle crooked in front, is very good. Heis rather large for his age, and will probably outgrow his class. Darkie IT,, who was vhe., is well formed, and has a fair coat. She is a trifle too high on her legs. Dandy Zulu, he., is also well formed, but was badly shown. ' FOXHOUNDS. The foxhounds that were noticed were a workmanlike look- ing lot, but not quite up tothe form called for by the standard. Jerry I,, who won first, is about the stamp of dog that New England fox hunters secure when they can, and keep when they get them. There were no entries in the puppy class. BEAGLES. There were only two beagles shown. Both were fair ani- mals. They were properly placed. DACHSHUNDE. There were three entries in this class, only one of which was a dachshund. He was quite a fairspecimen and entitled to his prize. The others were properly unnoticed. FOX-THRRIERS. The fox-terrier classes did not fill well. Richmond Olive was absent and Vixen had a walk over in the champion class, This is an honor that she is not entitled to, and how so good a judge as Mr. Mortimer could bestow a champion prize upon so worthless a specimen, we cannot understand. Sheis very thick in skull, wide in chest, out at elbows, very poor in coat, and has bad open feet. In the open dog class, Lancelot, who won first, is a very showy dog. Heis just a littletoo high on his legs and was not in goood coat, Nip, who won second, has a food coat and fair legs and feet, eis a trifle thick in skull, wide in chest, and his ears are set badly. In the bitch class, Jaunty, a very moderate specimen, was given second, first be- ing withheld, In the puppy class, Clover Belle won first, She is a fair specinen with good coat, shoulders and feet. Rascal, who won second, we donot like. He is coarse and out at elbows and will be too large when matured. We liked Boxer, vhe., better for the place, although he is nothing to brag of, being leggy and with a poor coat. The others were not worthy of mention. COLLIES. The show of collies was yery fine. . Robin Adair had a walk over in the champion dog class. He was very well shown, except that he was short of top coat back of his shoulders. Zulu Princess, the only entry in the bitch class, was absent, In the open dog class tirst went to Bruce, anice dog with a good head, body and coat. Hiram, who was second, has a profuse coat which is of good texture. He has a fair head with rather heavy ears. e was much too fat, Brack, who was vhe., isa well-made dog, except that he is a trifie too close coupled. He has a good head and well-earried ears. Rokeby, he., is a nicely coloredsable with a good head and coat. Heis a little sway-backed and might be better in shoulders. Donald, he., and Sandy, ¢., are quite fair little dogs, rather light in coat: Both have the domed skull that we often sea in the progeny of Marcus. In the bitch class, Iona won first. She has a nice head and is well formed, but she was in very bad condition, and should have given place to Jean, who was second, or to Fairy, who was vhe. Between these two there was not much to choose, both are nice bitches. We also liked Winnie, who washe, She has the best head of the lot. She has but just arrived from England, and was all out of con- dition, and with no coat. Sheis a little light inbone, but when at her best the others must be in good form to beat her: The puppies were more than an average lot, even the un- noticed ones were fairly good. We thought them well placed. BULLDOGS. ¢ Tippoo, the only entry in the champion class, is a very good specimen. He has a good skull, ear, stop and chop. He is just a bit pinched in face and a trifle long in body, and wasshowm too thin. It will take a very good one indeed to beat him when he is at his best. In the open dog class, Boz, a very good one,, captured first. There was not much to choosé between Ham- let second, and Viscount and Moses, both vhe., all were fairly good. Jn the bitch class, Sweet Briar had a walk over. She isa good bitch, with rather a plain face and is a little short. of lip. She also won the special for the best bull, dog or bitch, Boz being absent on account of sickness. TERRIERS. There were no entries in the champion bull-terrier class., There were ten in the open dog class, four in the bitches and two in the puppy class, with only three bull-terrieis in the: lot. Grand Duke, first in the dog class, is a very fair dog ex- cept that heis faulty instern. Little Maggie is also a very pretty one, with rather a full eye. Fan C. is only fair, the, others were a wretched lot of ill-looking, scarred brutes. most. of them, judging from their appearance, are well acquainted, — with the mysteries of the pit. Im rough-haired terriers Patsy,, a varmint looking customer, deserved his first, the only other entry receiving ac. The black and tan terriers, with the ex- ception of Minnie Warren, were a bad lot. Minnie, who was: only a fair specimen, was given vhe., the ovher awards being withheld. Jrish terriers had but one represéntative, a poor one, and the prize was properly withheld. There were several pretty little silky-haired toys in the Skye terrier class, but not a Skye among them, and no awards were made. Ppuas, The pugs were also very poor, with not a really good one among them. There were no entries in the champion class. In the open dog class the best one was given a.c., which was enough. In the bitch class Beauty won first. She is a nicely- formed little bitch, but smutty in color, None of the others were more than middling. YORKSHIRE TERRIERS, There was but one in this class. He was only a moderate specimen. TOY TERRIERS. The toy terriers were fair only, and properly placed. KING CHARLES SPANIELS. Virst prize was withheld. Jack, who was given second, is too large and was in bad condition. ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS. First should haye been withheld in this class also, as the winner, Top, is coarse, although he has rather a nice head, MISCELLANEOUS CLASS. Tn the miscellaneous class, under 25lbs., first went to Mee Too, a very good specimen of the Mexican hairless dog. Moses 152 FOREST AND STREAM. a [Marcon 20, 1884. ———————————— a i a ee a ee Oe. SSS———0S—0—0—0.—.—.—“wwwo;o 3.3. eee avery fair Scotch terrier, winning vhe. Pete, a diminutive hard-haired terrier, said to be as game as a pebble, was siven he., which he well deserved. Inthe large class a fair wavy- coated retriever was given first. Prince, who won vhe., should have been first; he is a better Dalmatian than we often see. Aside from these there was nothing in the class worthy of notice. SPECIAL PRIZHS, There were just one hundred special prizes offered, Thirty- tour of them were cash prizes ranging in value from $4 to $15, Many of the others were very valuable, and nearly every class received one or more, Unless otherwise specified all of the Specials were forthe open classes, and their disposition was decided in the regular judging, On account of the prizes offered for the sporting dogs, the management transferred some of the classes assigned to Mr. Mortimer to Mr. Watson. The prize for trick dogs brought out three. Fritz, the winner, is & fair looking pointer owned by Mr. A, C. Collins, Hartford, Conn, Fritz was trained by his owner according to the rules laid down in “Training ys. Breaking,” and the very cheerful and intelligent manner in which he went through his per- formances reflects no little credit upon his trainer, and shows that he has imbibed the true spirit of the system, which we have recommended and so long followed. Prince, a very good Dalmatian, who was entered in the mis- cellaneous class, was very highly commended for the very creditable manner in which he performed his tricks. There were four entries for the two prizes for the best retrieving dogs, First was fairly won by Dan, a liver pointer owned by Mr. R. H. Meachem, New Haven. Dan did his work ina cheerful manner, and appeared to have a good mouth. Tom iL., who was second, is owned by Mr. J. C. Schuyler, Lehigh- ton, Pa, He also performed very well, but did not do his work in socheerfula manner as Dan, The performances of the trick and retrieving dogs were greatly enjoyed by the spec- tators, The medals given by the club are yery nicely gotten up, and cost more than the money prizes offered at many shows. Following is a full list of the AWARDS. Qass1. Champion Mastiffs, Dogs or Bitches.—ist, Charles H. Mason’s Nevison, fawn, 4yrs,, Gurftt—Juno. Class 2. Mastiifs, Dogs.—ist, J.W. Burgess’s Hero IT7., A.K.R. 545; 2d, Shaw & Bates’s Agrippa, A,K_R. 449, High com.. William North’s Surry, fawn, 15mos,, imported. Com., Munson & Pierpont’s Romeo Tl,, fawn, 5yrs,, imported, Romeo—Juliet. Class 8, Mastiffs, Bitches.—1st, Shaw & Bates’s Dutchess, A.K,R. 260; 2d, Richard W. Meigs's Juno, fawn, 17mos, Tureo—Queen. Very hich com.. D. D. Mangam’s Queen, fawn, black muzzle, 16mos., Herald—Dido. Com. EH, A. Pierpont’s Juno, tyr. Ciass 4. Mastiff Puppies.—Absent. Class 5. Champion Kough-Coated St. Bernards, Dogs or Bitches.— 1st, E. R. Hearn’s Bonivard, A.K.R. 361. Class 6, St. Bernards, Dogs.—ist., Chequasset Kennel’s. Hermit, AER. 23; 2d, Clovernook Kennel’s Samson, 14mos., Mink IT.—Sheila. Very high com., E. B. Condon's Felix Mendelssohn, 4yrs., Pliny— Jessica. High com., James §. Thompson's Duke, tawny and white, 3yr's., Bruno—Minka, Com., Arthur B. Wright’s Guy, tawny, 3yrs,, Bruno—Minka. Class 7. Rough-Coated St. Bernards, Bitches.—ist, E. R, Hearn’s Gertie, orange and tawny, 2i4yrs., Nero—Clio; 2d, withheld. Olass 8. Rough-Goated St. Bernards, Puppies.—ist, Schoonhoven Kennel’s Schoonhoven, A.K.R, 795. Com.; Henry Muller’s Flahli, AER. 476.‘ Glass 9. Champion Smooth-Coated St. Bernards, Dogs or Bitches, — No entries. Class 10. Smooth-Coated St, Bernards, Dogs,—ist, Carlos French’s Alexander, tawny, 2iéyrs.. Philip—Juno. Class 11, Smooth-Coated St. Bernards, Bitches.—ist, withheld; 2d, Carlos French's Juno, tawny, 44yrs.. Chamoninx—Alpe. Class 12, Smooth-Coated St. Bernards, Puppies.—Carlos French's Billy, tawny, 7mos., Philip—Juno; 2d, Millbrook Kennel’s Eckhardt, AVE R. 418, Class 13. Berghunds, Dog or Bitch—Prize withheld, Glass 14. Newfoundlands, Dogs or Bitches.—ist and 2d prizes with- held. Very high com.,G. J. Bassett’s Jack, black, 2yrs. Com., A. G. Lightbourn’s Hector, black, 7mos., imported; F. A. Gilbert’s Watch, black. 2yrs. 7, ; ; Class 15. Bloodhounds, Dogs or Bitches,—Prizes withheld, Class 16. Champion Greyhounds, Dogs.—ist, H. W. Smith's cham- pion Friday Night, A.K.R. 753. : : Class 1bA. Champion Greyhounds, Bitches,—ist, Joseph H. Pier- son’s champion Fan, A.K.R. 10. ; Class 166. Greyhounds, Dogs.—ist, H. W. Huntington‘s Donble- shot, A,K.R. 73; 2d, Mrs. Henry Allen’s Dell, fawn, 18mos,, Don— Dam imported, f Class 16C. Greyhounds, Bitches.—Ist, H, W. Huntington’s Doro- thee, A-K.R. 72; 2d, H. W. Smith’s Lufa, fawn, 5yrs., Merret—Little Bess. Class 17, Champion Deerhounds.—Ist, John E. Thayer, Usq., Lance, fawn, 4yTs. bs Olass 17A. Deerhounds, Dogs,—ist, Clovernook Kennel’s Roy, ®yrsi, Paddy—Lassie; 2d, Theodore A. Blake's Hleet, blue, 7yrs., Kirk —Fanny. High com., W, H. Carmalt’s Roderick Dhu, fawn, 4yrs., Lupur —Mona, ‘ Class 17B, Deerhounds, Bitches.—1st, Theodore A. Blake’s Lorna Il.. blue. 1jmos., Oscar—Lorna I.; 2d. John E. Thayer, Lorna II,, brindle, 8yrs., Bruce—Lorna. ’ Glass 18. Champion Pointers, Dogs.—ist, Knickerbocker Kennel Club’s Knickerbocker, A.I.R. 19. } Class 1£4. Champion Pointers, Bitches.—1st, Westminster Kennel @lub’s Lassie, A.K.R. 208. ~ Class 19. Pointers Over 50lbs., Dogs.—ist, Charles H. Mason’s Beau- fort, A K-R. 694; 2d, Robert Wilson's Zeb, liver and white, 4yrs., shot—Jess. Very high com., 5. M, Bryan’s Bravo, lemon and white, 4yrs., Rake 11.—Miranda Ill. High com., EB. W. Buell’s Bub, liverand white, Syrs., pedigree unknown; Walter E. Miller’s Jimmie, liver, 19m0s., Start—Mand. . Class 20. Pointers, Dogs under 50)bs.— First withheld; 2d, Knicker- bocker Kennel Club’s Rushton, A.K.R. 215. _ } Glass 21. Pointers, Bitches over 50lbs.—ist, Knickerbocker Kennel Club's Lady Gleam, A.K,R. 207; 2d, Luke W. White’s Lill, liver and white ticked, 5yrs., champion Sensation—champion Grace. High com., Mrs. Doctor Martin’s Mab, black, 3yrs., Storm's Black Pete— Mab, Olass 22. Pointers, Bitches under 50lbs.—Ist, Knickerbocker Kennel Club's Lady Bang, A.K.R. 698; 2d, Westminster Kennel Club’s Moon- stone, liver and white, 5yrs., champion Bang—Dayvis Luna. Very high com.. Westmmster Kennel Club's Polly, A.K.R.212. High com., J, A. Schuyler’s Bertie, lemon belton, 26mos., Rab—Bellona, lass 28. Pomter Puppies,—ist, Dr. A. McCollom’s Lady Nixon, A.K.R. 699; 2d, Geo. L, Wilms’s Lennox, lemon and white, 1imos., Glenmarlk—Girl. ; ; Olass 24. Chanypion English Setter, Doz or Biteh.—Absenbt. Glass 25. Englisn Setters, Dogs.—Ist, F. A. Cannon’s Yale Belton, black, white and tan, 4yrs., Belton—Blonde; 2d, Louis B, Wright’s Jester, blacttan? white ticked, 2yrs, 8mos., Dashing Monarch—Blue Belle. Very high com., Hugh Hul’s Royal Sultan, A.K.R. 119; Geo, B. Nichoils’s Pride of the West, black, white and tan, 1émos., Count Noser—Lola. High com., Edward A. Todd’s Prank, black, white and fan, 3yrs., Yale Belton—Lill. Com, Edward A. Todd’s Dash, black and white. 2yrs., Yale Belton—Mollie; Comfort J. Treat’s Ranger, orange and white, 8yrs.. Nutmeg—Lil; J. C. Schuyler’s Tom IL, orange and white, 3yrs. 6mos., Tom 1,—Dell; Trank L, Wilkinson's Don, black and white, dyrs., Ned—Flora. Class 26. English Setter, Bitches.—ist, Chas. H, Mason’s Blue Belle, 5yrs,, Roderick Dhu—Mina; 2d, Wm. A. Bueckingham’s Alice Dale, orange and white, 2yrs., Grouse—Daisy Dale, Very high com., R. L. Henry’s Blue Victress. black and white, 14mos., Lava Rock— Lady Beaconsfield. High com., R. B, Penn’s Lill, orange and white, 4yrs,, Ranger I1.—Coin. Com., H. L. Vowell’s Molly, lemon and white, 4yrs., Ranger I1.—Coin; David Calahan’s Psyche, orange and white, 4yrs., Ranger 1I,—Coin. Chas, M, Carlton’s Beauty, mottled black aud white and tan, 8yrs.. Ely’s Drake—Hly’s SyJph, Glass 27, English Setter Puppies, Dogs.—tist, F. A. Caunon’s Hast- ern Lan, black and white ticked. 8mos,, Sis—Bessie. Very highcom., Dr. Paul G, Skiff’s Duke, black and white. 7mos., Prince—¥fairy II., High com,, Dr. Paul 0. Skiff's Don, blue mottled, 5mos., Don Juan— Petrel T, High com., Chas. M. Carlton’s Tip, black, white and tan, i0mos,, Bran’s Cook—Beauty._ High com., John H, Linsley's Dan, tack and white, 11mos., Blue Blood—Coin, Class 27 A. Enylish Setter Puppies, Bitches.—ist, F’, A, Cannon's Bessie 1,, black and white, 8mios., Sig—bessie. High com., G, Kdw. Osborn’s Bess, black and white, 8mos., Blue Blood—Coin. Com, W. R. Nichols’s . black and white, 7mos.. Dash—Lady Mannering. @lass 28, Champion Black and Tan Setter, Dog or Bitch.—ist, H. por Glover’s Turk, black and tan, Syrs., Colburn’s Dash—Pryor'’s le. Class 20. Black and Tan Setters, Dogs.—ist, Clayton H. Redfield’s Glen, black and tan, 6yrs., Dr. Aten’s Glen—Dr. Aten's Belle; 2d, Charles R, Taylor’s Gem, black and tan, Dexler—Belle, Very high Sa , St 4 Smith’s Chris, black and tan, 4yrs., Redfield’s Glen—Red- s Jet. Class 80. Black and Tan Setters, Bitches.—ist, withheld: 2d, J. W. Meacham 8 Clip, black and tan, 7yrs., Ben—Belle. High com., Wal- i noes 8 Jennie, black and tan, 4yrs., Dr. Aten’s Glen—Francis irt. Class 31. Black and Tan Setters, Puppies.—ist, J. W. Meacham’s Ben, black and tan, 10mos., Don—Clip. Class 82. Champion Trish Setters, Dope or Bitches.—No entries, Class 88. Irish Setters, Dogs.—ist, C. Berry Peet’s Dash, red and white, 4yrs., Berkley—Luluj; 2d, W. F. Maguire’s Dick, red, lyr., Echo—Pearl. Very high com,, Charles R,. Thorburn’s Rory O’More, Jr., red, 3yrs., Rory O’More—Norah O’More, High com., 0. 8. Kelsey’s Red I., red, 2yrs., Dirk—Peggy; C. P. Phelp’s Roe. dark red, 5yrs., Dash—OCreena, Class 84, Irish Setters, Bitches.—ist, Jean Grosyenor’s Zelda, A.K.R. 240, 2d, Charles R. Thorburn’s Lady Biddy, A.K.R. 622. High com.,, A. 5, MeClean’s Meg Merrilies, 8yrs,, Elcho I1—Peg Woftington. Com., J. Clarence Lester’s Maud II., red, dyrs,, Champion Berkley— Champion Lalu. a Class 35, Irish Setters, Puppies._C. B. Demarest’s Wanda, red, ‘mos., Dan—Moy. High com., Merrimac Kennel Club’s Rufe, dark red, 7mos., Shamrock—Kate; Jean Grosyenor’s Primrose, dark red, 6mos., Champion Echo— Zelda, Class 36. Irish Water Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches.—Prizes withheld, Class 37, Champion Field Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches.—ist, H. W. Huntington’s Champion Benedict, A.K.R. 61, Class 37 A. Field Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches.—ist, Maxwell Evarts’s Punch, lemon and white, 15mos., imported Judy; 2d, William P. 'Trow- bridge, Jr.’s, John Halifax, Gentleman, lemon and white, imported sire—Kagan’s Judy. High com., Edward S, Porter’s Vesta, lemon and white, 9mos,, Eagan’s Lorne—Hagan's Judy. Com., W. H. Beers’s Beauty, liver and white, 6yrs. Class 88. Champion Cocker Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches.—No entries. Class 39. Cocker Spaniels, Dogs.—ist, J, P. Willey’s Obo IL., black, i8mos., Obo—Chloe IT; 2d, B. & G. Sheffield's Sport, liver, white breast, 2iéyrs. High com., James A. Howarth’s Don, liver and white, dyrs., Dart—Floss. Com., 5. R. Hemingway’s Duke of Argyle, liver aud white, 3yrs.. Champion Charlie—Zulette. Class 40. Cocker Spaniels, Bitches.—ist, J. B. Willey’s Blackie ILL, A.K.R. 428; 2d, Frederick Smith’s Queen, liver and white, 18mos., Shey eo Nners High com,, A. C. Wilmerding’s Suwanee, A.K.R. Class 41. Cocker Spaniels, Puppies.—_ist, W. O. Partridge’s Helen, black, 6mos., Obo Il, A-K.R. 482—Oritie, A.K.R, 803; 2d, John Daly's Sambo, black, 5mos., Obo Il.—Darkie. Very high com., Joseph Hill’s Darkie II., black, 5mos.. Obo Il,—Darkie. High com.,, Irying M. Dewey’s Dandy Zulu, A.K.R, 382. Class 42. Foxhounds, Dogs or Bitches.—ist, R. H. Meacham’s Jerry II., black, tan and white, 4yrs., Jerry—Vick; 2d, F. A. Wilton's Sam, black and white, 8yrs, High com., William Ht. Lee's Major, black and tan, 24yrs. Com., Dr. Benjamin M. Page’s Stephen, black, tan and white, 8mos, Class 48. Foxhounds, Puppies.—No entries. Class 44. Beagles, Dogs and Bitches.—ist, Geo, B. Inches's Dell, A,K.R, 319; 2d, Joseph A. Blake’s Diana, black, white and tan ticked, i4rnos., Ringwood—Queen, Class 45. Dachshunde, Dogs or Bitches.—lst, Wm. Lee Howard's Scamp, tan, lyr. 4mos., Kaiser—Waldina; 2d, withheld. Class 46. Champion Fox-Terriers, Dogs or Bitches.—ist. Samuel T. Peters’s Vixen, 7iéyrs., imported, Class 47. Fox-Terriers, Dogs.—Ist, Chas, E, Wallack’s Lancelot, white, black and tan markings, 2yrs., Tweezers I.—champion Olive; 2d, H. L, Doggett’s Nip, white and black markings, 4yrs., Brokenhurst Joe—Lady Teazle. Class 48. Fox-Terriers, Bitches —Ist, John EH. Thayer’s Jaunty, tan and white, 2yrs., Joker—Torment; 2d, withheld. Com., F. D, Thomp- son’s Lulu, black and white, 1/mos,, imported Nimrod—imported Nan. Class 49. Fox-Terriers, Puppies,—ist, Clovernook Kennel’s Clover Belle, 7mos., Joker—Guilty; 2d, John E. Thayer’s Rascal, white, with black, 10mos., Nailer—Diana. Very high com., Fred Hill’s Boxer, limos., Corinthian—Cosey. High com., Beatrice Paulding’s Boots, white, black and tan, 10mos., Harold—Lady Gay Spanker. Class 50. Se Collies, Dogs.—ist, Thos. H, Terry’s champion Robin Adair, A K.R. 892, Class 504A. Champion Collies, Bitches.—Absent. Class 50B. Collies, Dogs.—ist, Kilmarnock Cullie Kennel’s Bruce, 20mos., A.K.R. 325; 2d, James Lindsay’s Hiram, sable and white, fmos., Rex—Kitty Mac. Very high com., Martin Dennis’s Brack, A.K.R, 88. High com.. J. W. Burgess’s Donald, A.K.R. 532; J.D. Shotwell’s pS Sa sable. dyrs., Marcus—Isie. Com., J.O, May’s Fritz, black with tan points, 2yrs; J. W. Burgess’s Sandy, A.K R. 540. Olass 50C. OCollits, Bitehes.—1st, Kilmarnock Collie Hoanalls Tona, black, white and tan, Ayre. Champion Nero—Lassie; 2d, J W. Bur- gess’s Jean, A.K.R. 688. Very high com., James Lindsar’s Fairy, sable and white, 9mos., Rex—Kitty Mac. High com., Kilmarnoerx Collie Kennel’s Winnie, sable and white, 2yrs., Gairlock—Laurie. Class 51, Collies, Puppies.—ist, Kenyon Gorham’s Sam, fawn and white, Darnley—Ohvia; 2d, James Lindsay’s Nannie O., black, white and tan, 9mos., Rex—Kitty Mac. Very high com., J. D. Shotwell’s Lennox, sable, 7mos., Rokeby—Fanny; J. D. Shonwell’s Shepard Boy, sable, 7ios., Rokeby—Fanny; Stepney Scotch Collie Kennel Club’s Montrose, A.K.R. 891. High com,, A. Warren's Lark, black and tan, 9mos., Blucher—Jennie. Com., Stepney Scotch Collie Kennel Clnb’s Lady Glyde, A.K.R, 883; Stepney Scotch Collie Kennel Club’s Fanny II., A.K.R. 881; A. Warren's Rob Roy, black and tan, 9mos., imported Sweep—Purt Gart. . Class 52. Champion Bulldogs, Dogs or Bitches.—ist, John E. Thay- er’s Tippoo, AVK.R. 390, - Class 53. Bulldogs.—ist, R. & W. Livingston’s Boz, A.K.R. 448; 2d, John P. Barnard Jr.’s Hamlet, dark brindle, i6mos., President Gar- field—Wheéel O’ Fortune. Very high com., John E. Thayer's Moses, A-K.R. 323; A. O. Waite’s Viscount, black and white, imported. Class 58A. Bulls, Bitches.—ist, R. & W. Livingston’s Sweet Briar, A.K,R. 444. Class 54. Champion Bull-Terriers, Dogs or Bitches.—No entries, Class 55. Bull-Terriers, Dogs.—ist, R. & W. Livingston’s Grand Duke, A-K.R. 524; 2d, withheld. Olass 56. Bull-Yerriers, Bitches.—lst, R,& W. Livingston's Little Maggie. A.K.R. 525; 2d, withheld. Com,, James Mountford’s Fan, white, i7mos., Bily—Parker’s Fan. 4 Olass 57%. Bull-Terriers, Puppies.—Prizes withheld. = Class 58. Rough-Haired Terriers, Dogs and Bitches —Ist, Allerton & Moses’s Patsey, blue black, 6mos.; 2d, withheld. Com., Allerton & Moses’s Spider, yellow, i4mos. _ ; Class 59, Black and ‘fan Terriers, Dogs and Bitches.—Ist and 2d, witbheld. Very high com., P. McKiernan’s Minnie Warren, black and tan, 2Y4vTs. : . ~ * = . Class 60. Dandie Dinmont Terriers, Dogs or Bitches,—Prizes with- held. Com., Thos. H. Beil’s Peel. A.KR. 488, ; Class 61, Irish Terriers, Dogs and Bitches,—Prizes withheld. Class 62. Skye Terriers. Dogs, or Biiches,—Prizes withheld. Class 63, Champion Pugs, Dogs or Bitches.—No entries. Class 64, Pug Dogs.—Prizes withheld, Com,, C,H, Crosby’s Jimmy, 15mos. Class 65. Pugs, Bitches.—lst, Walter D. Peck's Beauty, 2yrs,, Heck —Daisy; 2d, Allerton & Moses’s Lucy, 6yrs. Very high com., Che- quasset Kennel’s Trantrums, A.K.R. 220, Com,, Charles R. Taylor’s Betty, 2yrs., Morrison’s Strain; Walter D. Peck’s Daisy, fawn, lyr., Major—Beauty. a Class 66. Pugs, BROT Revise Chequasset Kennel’s Treasure, A.K.R, 472; 2d, Allerton & Moses’s Dandy, 8mos. High com,, Walter D. Peck's Major, 8mos., Pug—Beauty; Philip O. Schwaab’s Pegyy, fawn with black, 3mos., Heck—Vixen, Com., Allerton & Moses’s Lady, 8mos. Class 67. Yorkshire Terriers, Dogs or Bitches,—ist, Geo. E. Vaughn’s Joe, blue and tan, dyrs.; only entry. Class 68. Toy Terriers, Dogs or Bitches.—ist, John O’Brien’s Topsy, silver, 2yrs., Dixey—Molly; 2d, Fred_Bullen’s Baby, silver terrier, 2yrs., Yorkshire Dan—Silver Bess. Very high com,, J, H, Tyler’s aggie, tan, 4yTs. ; : Class 69, King Charles Spaniels.—ist, withheld; 2d, Fred Bullen’s Jack, black and tan, 5yrs. ; ; Class 70, Japanese Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches.—No entries. Class 71, Italian Greyhounds, Dogs or Bitches,—ist, R. G. Bacon’s Top, ‘yrs. ‘ Glass 72, Miscellaneous, Under 25lbs.—ist, Nellie Thomas's Mee Too, mouse color, 2yrs., Fiji dog. Very high com., 8.8, Thomp- gon’s Moses, blue and tan,4yrs. High com., H. L. Bradley’s Pete, blonde, 10yrs. Com., A. D. Pogg’s Shoo Fly, brown, 10yrs., pedigree unknown, . Qlass 73. Miscellaneous, Dogs or Bitches Over 25lbs.—ist, Henry Pearsall’s Bob, black, 5mos,, imported, curly-haired English retriever. Very high com., L.G. Dickinson’s Prince, black and white, 2yrs. Com., Robert O. DuBois’s Captain, black, 5yrs., full pedigree, curly-haired English retriever. SPECIAL PRIZES, For best mastilf bit¢h—Shaw & Bates’s Duchess. For best mastiif doz or biteh—J. W. Burgess’s Hero, For best mastiff puppy—Absent. i For best mastiff in the show—Charles H. Mason’s Nevison. For best champion rough-coated Sb. Bernard—. RK. Hearn’s Boni- yard. For second best rough-coated St. Bernard dog—Cloyernook Kennel's Samson, —————— a ue ae rough-coated St, Bernard bitch (two prizes)—©. R. Hearn's For best rough-coated St. B uppy— n Ki , eta de ete ernard puppy—Schoonhoven Kennel's For best smooth-coated St. Be 10 's Bi Won hest surdothocated rnard puppy—Carlos French's Billy, St. Ber y 7 13. +h" ‘Alesestn leit ernard (two prizes)—Carlos French's Yor best Newfoundland (two prize: rik , For best bloodhound (four Pa eR Pea For best gieyhound bitech—H. W. Huntington's Dorothée. Wor best greyhound dog—H. W. Huntington's Doubleshot, For best deerhound bitch—theo. A. Blake's Lorna IL. For best deerhound dog.—Clovernook Kennel’s Roy. on beer champion pointer dog.—Knickerbocker Kennel’s Knicker- 5 For best champion pointer bitch—Westminster Kennel Club's assie. for second best pointer dog over 50lbs,— Robert Wilson’s Zeb, For best pointer dog or hitch in the show—Charles H, Mason's Beaufort. = For best poiuter bitch under 50ibs.— Knickerbocker Kennel's Lady ang. For second hest Club’s Moonstone. For best pointer doz over 40ibs,—Charles H. Mason’s Beaufort. : For best pomter dog under 50ibs—Knickerbocker Kennel’s: Rush- on. ee best pointer bitch over 50lts,—Knickerbocker Kennel's Lady eam. For best pointer bitch puppy sired by Beaufort—Dr. A. McCollom’s Lady Nixon, ee best pointer puppy sired by Beaufort—Dr, A. McColiom’s Lady ixon, For best English setter dog—F, A, Cannon’s Yale Belton, For second best English setter dog—Louis B. Wright's Jester, For best Hnglish setter bitch—W. FA, Bebee’s Blue Beil, For second best English setter bitch—William A. Buekingham's Alice Dale. ; For best champion black and tan setter—H. Clay Glover's Turk. For best black and tan setter dog—Clayton H. Redfield’s Glen, For best champion English setter—Absent, } Yor best brace of English setters owned in New Havyen—Edward A, Todd's Frank and Dash. For best brace of pure Laverack setters—Dr. Paul G, Skiff’s Duke and Don, For best Engilsh setter pnppy—F. A. Cannon's Hastern Dan, For best English setter, dog or bitch—F. A. Uannon's Yale Belton, For best black and white English setter, owned In New Hayen—F. A. Cannon's Eastern Dan. ‘ For best English setter puppy under 6mos.—G, Edward Osborn’s pointer bitch under 650lbs.—Westminster Kennel Bess. For best black and tan setter puppy—J. W, Meachain’s Ben. For best black and tan setter bitech—J. W. Meacham's Clip. For best red native setter bitch—Jean Grosvenor’s Zelda, ¥or best red native setter puppy—C, B, Demarest’s Wanda. For best red Irish setter, dog or bitech—C. Berry Peet's Dash, For best collectiun of red native setters of same pedigree—Not awarded. . For best red native setter oyer one and under two years old—W, F. Maguire's Dick. For best native red setter owned in Connecticut—W, F, Maguire's Dick. For best red and white Irish setter dozg—W. P, Bigelow’s Tom. For best brace of setters—F. A. Cannon's Yale Belton and Hastern Dan. For best native setter, doz or bitch—Wm, A. Buckingham’s Alice Dale. For best native setter owned in Connecticut—W. A. Buckinghanvs Alice Dale. For best native setter of New Haven, Conn.—Not decided, Yor best setter bitch with litter of puppies—Not decided. For best field spaniel—Maxwell Eyarts’s P. neh. For best Clumber spaniel—Maxwell Eyarts’s Punch. For best cocker spaniel puppy—W. O. RES Helen. For best liver and white cocker spaniel dog—J, A. Howarth'’s Don, For best cocker spaniel, dog or bitch-—J, P. Willey’s Obo II. For best cocker spaniel biteh—J. P. Willey’s Blacixie IIT. . For best foxhound deog—R. H,. Meacham’s Jerry II. For best foxhound, dog or biteh—R. H. Meacham’s Jerry IT. For best beagle, dog or biteh—George 6B, Inches’s Dell. For best dachshund dog—Wm, Lee Roward’s Scamp. ¥or best dachshund bitch not awarded. For best champion fox-tertier, dog or bitch—Samuel T. Peters*s Vixen. For best fox-terrier puppy—Cloyernook Kennel’s Clover Belle. For best fox-terrier, dog or biteh—Chas, E. Wallack’s Lancelot, For best collie dog-Kilmarnock Collie Kennel’s Bruce, Yor second best collie dog—James Lindsay’s Hiram, Por best collie biteh—Kilmarnock Collie Kennel's Tona. For second best collie bitech—J. W. Burgess’s Jean. For best collection of collies—Kilmarnock Collie Kennel’s Bruce, Yona and Winnie. For best collie dog puppy—Kenyon Gorham’s Sam, For best collie biteh pnppy—James Lindsay's Nannie 0, For best collie in the show—Thos. H. Terry’s Robin Adair. For best bull, dog or bitch—R. & W, Livingston's Sweet Briar. For best bull-terrier other than while, dog or bitch—W. C. Dole’s Brandy. For Dest bull-terrier, dog or bitch—R. & W. Livingston's Grand Duke. For best black and tan terrier—P. McKiernan's Minnie Warren. For best Skye terrier, Not awarded. Yor best pug, dog or bitch—Walter D. Peck’s Beauty. Yor best puz puppy—Chequasset Kennel’s Treasure. For best collection of pugs—Walter D, Peck’s Beauty, Daisy and Major. ior best Yorkshire terrier—Geo. E. Vaughn's Joe. For best toy terrier—John-O’Brien’s Topsy, J For best dog or bitch in miscellaneous class under 95lbs,—S, S, Thompson’s Moses. ; d For best non-sporting dog in the show—E, R, Hearn’s Bonivard, For best trick fatenry C. Collins's Fritz. For best sporting dog in the show—Chas. H. Mason's Beaufort, Yor best retrieving dog—R. H. Meacham’s Dan, Yor second best retrieving dog—J. C. Schuyler’s Tom Ll, For the best coach dog—L. G. Dickinson’s Prince, For best dog or bitch in miscellaneous class over 25lbs.—Henry Pearsali’s Eob, NEW YORK DOG SHOW. Editor Forest and Stream: The managers of W. K. C. Bench Show have decided to ofter a medal for the best Clumber spaniel. Entries for same should be made in class 60) or 61. ANNOUNCEMENT OF JUDGES. Mr, John C. Higgins—Hnglish setters. Mr. Paul Dana—Mastitfs and pugs, Mr. James Mortimer—Fox-terriers, bulldogs, bull-terriers, and collies, . ’ Mr. J. R. Pierson—Greyhounds, Italian greyhounds, and deerhounds, Judges of other classes will be duly announced. Cuas. LIncoLy, Superintendent. MASTIFF TEMPERAMENT AND PECULIARITIES. Editor Forest and Stream: L ae Although I have not so far succeeded in eliciting comiments from our mastiff fanciers on what I had to say on mastiff tem- perament in ForEsT AND STREAM of Jan, 24, lam pleased to send you the following, from Richard Cook, Esq., honorable secretary of the old English Mastiff Club, England. W. WADE. PiTTsBuRGH, March 6, 1884. One of my bitches, one morning early, allowed some paint- ers to bring their ladder into ny grounds, ready for work, and they then went away to breakfast. Returning, they were about to raise the ladder, when pis said no, and would not allow them to touch it until my man came. Again. Twenty years ago l owned a dog, Warwick. I lived in a house adjoining another. The occupant of the next house had tree access to my suenad, there being a gate between them, Mrs. Bell, my adjoiming neighbor, frequently fed the dog, and he was as fond of her as possible. For all 1 knew he considered her as one of the family. One Sunday my wife and I went to take a walk, and as all the seryants were ab- sent, I locked the front door, left the back one open, and left Warwick loose. In half an hour Mrs. Bell thought she would take a look over my place to see that all was right, but on coming to the gate between herown and my grounds, War- wick met her, growling at her fiercely, and would not allow her to comein. I believe that he had been in the house, found it empty, and I know would have guarded it to the death. left this house when Warwick was ten years old, and left him with my successor. He pined over it very much, and when I ealled there three weeks after the poor dog wasso delighted that in his demonstrations of joy he fell down ina fit, and died three days aiter. My present dog, Cromwell, is another of similar temperament. RICHARD COOK. EASTERN FIELD TRIALS CLUB. Riditoy Forest and Stream: ; A A. committee hasbeen appointed by the governors of H.F.T.C. to revise and alter the running rules to avoid any repetition of last year’s errors, and any person receiving Derby blanks without the running rules, will, by application, have the same sent as soon as they are printed, which will beat the earliest date possible, / Quail haye wintered well at High Point, and the prospects, if the spring is favorable, are that the birds will be more abundant than last fall,insuring ashort and most successful meeting, WasHinatrn A. Costmr, Sec. . Fuatpuss, N, Y. MR. D. AT a meeting of the Eastern Field Trials Club at Del- mou_co’s on Tuesday evening, March 11, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted; My Resolved, That the Eastern Field Trials Club has learned with pain of the decease of our esteemed friend, Mr. D. C. Sanborn; that the genial, open, kindly and generous qualities of Mr. Sanborn, united withthe influence of his sterling hon- esty and lofty views of the duties of sportsmen toward the development of field trials, have had a greater influence toward the elevation of the objects for which this and similar clubs were organized than that of any other individual since the establishment of the Association, and that we, in common with the entire community of American sportsmen, have sus- tained in his decease an irreparable loss. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes, and that a copy thereof be transmitted to the family of the mecenenes with our respeetful sympathy in their great afilic- ion. Cc. SANBORN. N. A. K. ©. STUD BOOK. Fiditer Forest and Stream: Tn reply to Mr, James Watson’s inquiry in your last issue about the N. A. K, C. Stud Book, I will say that the elub entered into a contract with Dr, N. Rowe on Dec. 10, 1881, turning over to him all entries and other material pertaining to said book, he agreeing to publish it for aterm of ten years, annually, if necessary, or every two years. This matter was freely discussed at the meeting of the club at Grand Junction last December. Why this part of the proceedings of the meet- ing was omitted and everything else published, is more than I can tell In the absenee of Dr. Rowe, Mr. Whitford stated that the book was in the printer’s hands and would be out early in January. The matter was referred to the executive committee with instructions to see that Dr. Rowe fulfilled his contract without any further delay. [cannot say why the book was not published in January, as I can get no response from Dr. Rowe to any letters on this subject. I trust Dr. Rowe wil soon haye this much needed book out of the printer’s hands, D. Bryson (Secretary N. A. K. C.). AMERICAN ENGLISH BEAGLE CLUB. HE following cireular has been sent to the members of the American Hnglish Beagle Club: Gentlemen—Your Executive Committee, to whom was as-| signed the drafting of a constitution and by-laws for the Club’s management, having given the work before them careful con- sideration, wish to submit for your approyal their report as follows: Yours respectiully, Dr. J. W. Downey, J. N. Dopen, Gun’L F, A. Bonn, A. C. KRUEGER, W, H. AsSHBURNER, Chairman. CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE I. NamE,.—The Association shall be known as and called ‘‘The Ameri- ean English Beagle Club,” ARTICLE II. Oxssncr.—The object of the Club shall be to promote the improve- ment of the English Beagle Hound in America, by haying a proper standard to breed to, and of having our Bench Show Managers adopt the same for guidance in judging, also having proper judges selecteu at our bench shows, and the following classes assigned to the Beagle Champion; Dog and Bitch. and Puppy open, also a class for Basket or Foot Beagles under twelve inches. ARTICLE IIT. Mrmprrs.—A person to bea member must be recorded in a book provided for the purpose by the Secretary, The date of his becoming a member, also the time of his ceasing to be such shall be recorded. Any member can resign from the Club by sending his resignation to the President or Secretary, in writing, and upon the acceptance of such, all his interest in the property of the Club ceases from the date of such resignation. A member whose dues shall remain unpaid for six months after the same have become due shall cease to be a member and forfeit to the Club all claims and benefits to which he would have heen entitled as a member, provided that the Executive Committee may consider his case, and upon sufficient cause shown reinstate him to membership on payment of his dues. Any member acting contrary to the provisions of the Constitution or in violation of the By-Laws or Rules of the Club, or im any way which may tend to the injury or de- sivuction of the Club, or neglectmg his duty as an officer or a mem- her or being convicted of crime in a court of justice, may be expelled and shall forfeit to the Chib all dues paid, all property claims and benefits to which he would haye been entitled as a member of the Club, A member can be expelled only by a vote in favor of his ex- pulsion of two-thirds of the members after thirty days notice has been given to him personally of the charges against him, when action will be taken thereon by a vote. ARTICLE Ty. Orricurs.—The officers shall consist of a President, a Secretary and Treasurer and an Wxecutive Committee, said committee to con- taittee to consist of three active members, whose duty shill be as the by-laws prescribe. Any vacancies occurring in the said commit- tee shall be filled by appointment of the President. Should the office of President or Secretary and Treasurer be vacant, the same shall be filled by appointment of the Executive Committee. All appoint- ments so made as above to hold good only until the yearly eaten next following such. ARTICLE VY. HLEctions,— An election of officers of the Club to serve one year shall take placé annually in January, and a majority of the yotes cast for a candidate shall elect him. ARTICLE VI. METINGS.—As it is not practical to have meetings, as the members are situated so far apart, they will be informed from time to time by circulars of the working of the club. or by writing to the Secretar or any member of the Executive Committee. v ARTICLE VI. COMPENSATION FOR SERvicEs.—The President, the Secretary and Treasurer and the Executive Committee, also Special Committees, shall receive no salary from the club for his or their services. ARTICLE VIII. AMBNDMENTS.—The Constitution and By-Laws may be amended or altered by a yote in favor thereof of two-thirds of the members after notice thereof with a copy of the proposed amendment ox alteration has heen sent to every member ten days before voting thereon. — BY-LAWS. 1, PRusipENT.—It shall be the duty of the President to assume gen- eral supervision of the affairs of the Club andreportfrom time to time to enforce the observance of the By-Laws and he may vote on amendments to the Constitutions or alterations of the By-Laws, also ‘onthe expulsion of a member, but on all other matters shall vote y in the case of a tie, and then give the casting vote, : #, SEORETARY AND TREASURER,—It shall be the duty of the Secretary FOREST AND STREAM. and Treasurer to haye charge of all official correspondence to keep copies of all letters sent by him, and file such as he may receive, to correspond at the request of the President or Hxecutive Committee on allmatters appertaining to the objectof the Club. To keep a record of the members, their admissions and discoutinuances, To collect and reéeive all money and dues to the Club, and keep a correct account of the same. He shall pay all vrders drawn on him by the Executive Committee out of the funds of the Clubin his hands when countersigned by the President and to present a report of the condition of affairs in his department every Six months to the Club, 3. DxEcurive Commirran shall have charge of the Pree and effects of the Club, keeping a correct inventory thereof. They shall receive and take charge of all gifts of books, pictures or works of art, specimens of natural history, ete. They shall make all purchases ordered by the Club, audit the accounts of the Treasurer and report the same at thetime of the Annual Hlection in January, and trans- act all business not otherwise herein ordered. They shall provide a book in which shall be kept the proceedings and orders of the Com- mittee, They shall have power to Ge Sub Committees for any special object, end to delezate to such Sub Committees the powers and functions of the Committee relating thereto. The President shall be the Chairman of the Executive Committee. Finances.— The Finances of the Club shall be under the care and management of the Executive Committee, 5, AnnuAL Dugs.—The Annual Dues shall be two dollars, due and payable at the time of a member joining the Club, and shall be paid from the date of his joining yearly. You will please notify the Secretary not later than March 21, if you vote for accepting the above for the management of the Club or not, A. 0, Krunmenr, Secretary and Treasurer, WRicHTSyILLE, York County, Pa. THIRTY YEARS AGO,—Philadelphia, Pa.—Mditor Forest and Stream; I notice in your last issue an item from Oxford, Me., concerning a hound being killed by a locomotive while crossing the traci, close behind a fox. A parallel] case oc- curred over thirty years ago on the Boston & Albany Rail- road, near Chester, Mass. The train was ascending a grade, and somewhat slowly, when the engineer saw a large fox eross the track a few yards ahead, closely followed by a hound. The fox disappeared ina thick growth of bushes, soon doubling and coming out directly abreast of the locomo- tive, and ran alongside of it till the hound was nearly upon him, when he suddenly forged ahead and crossed close in front of the coweatcher, which struck and killed the hound as he attempted to follow.—MiLTon P. PEIRCE. GORDON JUDGING AT NEW YORK,—The Westminster Kennel Club have written to Mr. H, Malcolm, of Baltimore, Md., the following letter: ‘‘New York, March 1, 1884.—H. Malcolm, Baltimore, Md. Dear Sir—The managers of the W. K, C, show have resolyed upon striking out the clause in the rules which announces that the judges will be requested to make their decisions in conformity with “Stonehenge,” ete. As they have always declined to pass upon a decision which did not seem to be in accordance with that request, the rule has been practically a dead letter. They will, however, be glad to hand to the judges the standard adopted by your soci- ety, and no doubt the judges will be influenced thereby.— (Signed) Rosr, C. Cornreny (Sec. W. EK. C.). WASHINGTON SHOW.—The Washington bench show bids fair to be as fine an exhibition as that held here last year. Attorney-General Brewster and other prominent gentlemen will enter some fine dogs. I understand the entries number somewhat over 300. There will bea good display of deer- pee The number of foxhounds and beagles will be small. —Homo. TORONTO DOG SHOW.—The bench show to be held at Toronto, Ont., next week, will undoubtedly be first-class in every respect. In addition to the very liberal prize list, more than fifty special prizes have already been offered to the different classes; many of them are valuable, and the list is not yet complete, as several more have been promised. THE WTERLOO CUP.—The Waterloo coursing meeting was held at Altcar, near Liverpool, Eng., Feb. 20, 21, 22, the final heats resulting asfollows: Waterloo Cup—Mineral Water first, Greentick second; Plate—Cocklaw Dean frst, Cyril second; Purse —Escape and Gladys divided. BLUB CARP.—The North German Lloyd steamer Werra, arrived on Saturday last, and brought forty blue carp for the United States Fish Commission, They are said to be an im- proved kind. KENNEL NOTES. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS, Kennel notes are inserted in this column free of charge. To imsure publication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the following par- ticulars of each animal: 1. Color. 6. Name and residence of owner, 2. Breed. buyer or seller. 3. Sex. 7. Sire, with his sire and dam. 4. Age, or 8. Owner of sire. 5. Date of bi th, of breeding or 9. Dam, with her sire and dam. of death. 10, Oyner of dam. Allnames must be plainly written. Oommunication on one side of paper only, and signed with writer’s name, NAMES CLAIMED, pee See instructions at head of this column. Drake. By Mr. Chas T. Corbin. New Britain, Ct., for red and white setter dog,whelped July 7, 1888, by Dan IT, (Mike—Susie) out of Topsy (Dan—Beauty). Bella Rita. By Mr. Geo. L. V. Tyler, West Newton, Mass., for liver and white pointer bitch, whelped_ Dec. 22, 1883, by Baronet (A.K.R. 264) out of Rita Croxteth (A.K.R, 168). ; Zero. By Mr. Geo. L. V. Tyler, West Newton, Mass., for lemon and white pointer dog: whelped Dec. 22, 1883, by Baronet (A. K.R. 264) out of Rita Croxteth (A.K.R. 168). Glenwood. By Mr. J. Purrington, Bath, Me., for white, black and tan beagle dog, whelped Novy. 21,1883, by Ringwood (Ranter—Beauty) out of Music ITI. (Mlute—Victress). Rex, Castelar, San Juan, Joaquin, Lopez, Rajah, Lady Ashmont, Moza and Rita. By the Ashmont Kennel, Dorchester, Mass., for mas- tiffs, six dogs and three bitches, whelped Jan. 26, by their Diayolo (A.K.R. 548) out of their Madge (A.K R. 548). Merle. By the Ashmont Kennel, Dorchester, Mass., for black and tan setter dog, whelped Jan, 19, by Leavitt’s Moses out of their Ash- mont Nell. Spider. By Mr. Geo. B. Drew, Rochester, N. H., for black, white and tan beagle, whelped Noy. 13, 1888, by Ringwood (Ranter—Beauty) out of champion Belle (Davison—Millie). : Captain Fred, By Mr, OC. H. Lounsberry, Providence, R. I., for black and white ticked English setter dog, whelped Oct. 6, 1888, by Emperor Fred (A,K.R, 33) out of Polka (A.K.R, 115). Roland and Jessie. By Mr.1.H. Roberts, Philadelphia, Pa., for red Irish setters, dog and bitch, whelped July 30, 1888, by champion Elcho (A.K.R, 295) out of champion Noreen (A.K.R. 297). Little Nell. By My. f. H. Roberts, Philadelphia, Pa., for red Irish setter bitch, whelped Aug. 4, 1883, by champion H)cho (A.K.R. 295) out of Rose (A. K.R, 295). Hazel Kirke and Hebe. By Mr. 1. H. Roberts, Philadelphia, Pa., for red Irish setter bitches, whelped June 9, 1883, by Chief (A, K.R. 231) out of Hazlenut (A.K.R, 57). Bryan Borru. By Myr. I. H. Roberts, Philadelphia, Pa., for red Trish setter dog, whelped Jime 9, 1883, by Chief (A.K.R. 281) out of Hazlenut (A.K.R. 67). Leon. By Mr. lL. H. Roberts, Philadelphia, Pa., for red Irish etter Oe whelped June 12, 1883, by Bruce (A,K.R. 54) out of Luray -K.R. 59). Duke. By Mr. H. B. Young, Brooklyn. N. ¥., for orange and eet English setter dog, 20mos. old, by Mercilliot's Willoutof Hale’s uliet. a Ashmont Kennels, By Dr. J. ¥. Perry, Boston, Mass,, for his ken- | nel of red Irish setters and mastiffs. NAMES CHANGED. Ee See instructions at head of this column. Jumbo to Jerry. Orange and white setter drg, age and pedigree not given, owned by Mr. Warren Lowe, Tenafly, N, J. BRED, (=~ See instructions at head of this column. Ge m—Obo Il Myr, Geo, L.Y.Tyler’s (West Newton, Mass.) liver and SS white ticked cocker spaniel bitch Gem (Snipe—Feather) to Mr. J. P. Willey’s Obo II. (A.K.R. 432), Feb. 22. ; Smut—Obo IT, Mr. H.C. Bronsden’s (Boston. Mass.) cocker spaniel aes ocr (A.K.R. 858) to Mr. J. P, Willey’s Obo I, (A.ICR, 432), Feb. 26. Ruby—Druid. Mr. H. EB, Hamilton's (New_York) English setter eee (Rake—Fanny) to Mr. A. Burges’s Druid (Prince—Dora), arch 6. Phebe—Bow. Mr. CG. A. Johnston's (Columbus, Miss.) liver and white pointer bitch Phoebe (Yaust—Jaunty) to Mr. Bdward Odell’s champion Bow, _ L : : Queen—Bow,. Mr, C. A. Johnston's (Columbus, Miss.) pointer bitch Queen to Mr. Edward Odell’s chaanpion Bow. , ; Milicent—Foreman, Dr. L. H. Twaddell’s (West Philadelphia, Pa.y 18in. imported beagle bitch Milicent to Mr. W. H. Ashburner’s iin. imported Foreman, March 8, Annie Laurie—Rattler, Mr. W. A. Faxon’s (Boston, Mass.) collie bitch Anme Laurie (Mareus—Isle) to the Kilmarnock Vollie Kennel’s Rattler (Tweed—Lassie), March 7. , ~ Novice—Priam.—Mr. Fred. W. Rothera’s (Simcoe, Ont.) St. Bernard bitch Novice to his Priam (A.K,R. 485), Feb, 21, Lassite—Lorne. Mi. Fred. W. Rothera’s (Simcoe, Ont.) Seotch collie bitch Lassie (A.K.R. 445) to his Lorne (A,K,R. 446), March %, Katydid T.—Muck B.—Mr, Eugene A. Austin’s (Providence, R, I.) English setter bitch Katydid IT. (Dash Ill,—Katydid) to Mr. C, Pred. Crawford's Mack B. (Dick Layverack—T wilight), March 13. f Muggie O'More—Arlington. Major Lovejoy’s (Bethel, Me.) red Irish setter biteh Maggie O'More (A.K.R. 981) to Mr. C. Fred. Crawford's Arlington, March 13. 4 Lady Elmore— Ringwood. Mr. Chas. F. Kent's Monticello. N. Y.) white. black and tan English beagle bitch Lady Elmore (Ringwood— Jueen) to Mr. N. Elmore’s imported Ringwood (Ranter—Beauty), an. 16, Queen—F lute. English beagle True), Jan. 20. Thorn—Flute. Mr, N. Elmore’s (Granby, Ct.) Exglish beagle bitch Thorn (Victor—Lucy) to his Mute (Rattler—Beauty), Jan. 22. Chase—flute.. Mr. N. Elmore’s (Granby, Ct.) white, tblackand tan ticked English beagle bitch Chase (Ringwood—Belle) to his Flute (Rattler—True), Jan, 27. ‘ Collette—Ringwood. Mr. N. Elmore’s (Granby, Ct.) white, black and tan FPnglish beagle bitch Collette (Chanter—Beauty) to his Ring- wood (Ranter—Beanty), Jan, 28, ; Beauty—Flute. Mr. Henry Cowdry’s (Hartland, Ct.) foxhound bitch Beauty to Mr. N. Elmore’s beagle Flute (Rattler—True), Jan. 3. Silver—Ringtwood. Mr. N. Elmore’s (Granby, Ct.) white, black and tan bitch Queen (Victor—Lucy) to his Fhite (Rattler— Mr. N, Elniore’s (Granby, Ct.) English beagle biteh Silver (Flute—Bess) to his Ringwood (Ranter—Beauty), March 1. Gay—Flute. Mr. Hopkinson’s (North Granby, Ct.) English heagle bitch Gay (Ringwood—Bunnie) to Mr. N. Elmore’s Flute (Rattler— True), March 9, Flick—Dinks. Mr, Frank Huckins’s (Hast Boston, Mass.) Gordon selter biteh Flick (A.K.R. 293) to Mr. J. Il’. Hartwell's Dinks (Natt— Bess), March 1, Kate—Bang. Mr. T. W. Sterling's (New York) liver and white pointer bitch Kate (Croxteth—Trinket) to Mr. J. W. Munson’s im- ported Bang (champion Bang—Luna), Feb, 19. Dent—Meteor. Mr. J, W. Blythe's (Burlington, 1a.) liver and white pointer bitch Dent (Faust—lLassie) to Mr. J. W. Munson’s imported, Metéor (Garnet—Jilt), Feb. 28. ; Dell—Meteor. Mr. Geo. A. Castleman’s (St. Louis, Mo.) liver and white pointer bitch Dell (Croxteth—Trinket) to Mr, J, W. Munson’s imported Meteor (Garnet—Jilt), March 3. Marvel—Meteor. Mr. J. W. Munson’s (St. Louis, Mo.) liver and white pointer bitch Marvel (Croxteth—Trinket) to his imported Meteor (Garnet—Jilt), March 13. soar Bertie—Sensation, Mr. J, A, Schuyler’s (Lehighton, Pa.) pointer bitch Bertie (Rab—Bellona) to champion Sensation (A.K.R. 817), si a WHELPS E> See instructions at head of this column. Carlina. The Dominion of Canada Kennel Clib’s English setter bitch Carlina (Carlowitz—Princess Nellie), March 4, six (four dogs), by their Count (Bandit—Royal Jess). Princess Belle, Dr, G. A. Scaman’s (Marysville, Kan.) Wnglish setter bitch Princess Belle, Jan, 2, five (one dog), by his Colonel Thunder. . Glenjinlass. Mr. T. G, Davey’s (London, Ont) English setter biteh Glenfinlass (A.K.R. 588), March 7, eight, by his Prince Phoebus (A. K.R. 597). ‘ Clio, Mr. J. 8. Brown’s (Montclair, N. J.) liver and white pointer bitch Clio (Sensation— ), Feb. 28, eleven (four dogs) by Mr. A. Ss Godefiroy’s Lord Sefton (Croxteth—Vinnie); three bitches since dead, Countess Mollie. Mr, Peter Moeller’s (Nyack, N. Y,) English setter bitch Countess Mollie (Count Noble—Spark), Feb, 27, nine (eight dogs), by the late Mr. D, C. Sanborn’s Gus Bondhu, Beauty. Mr. Henry Sturtevant’s (Medina, N. Y.) imported English setter bitch Beauty (A.K.R, 806), Feb, 16, seven (four dogs), by his Perfection (A.K.R, 826). . Viola. The Surrey Kennel’s (Hilicott City, Md.) pointer hitch Viola (A.K.R. 703), March 4, six (five dogs), by Mr, C. H. Mason’s Beaufort (A. K.R. 694). 4 é Bridget O’More. Major Lovejoy’s (Bethel, Me.) red Irish setter bitch Bridget O’More (A.K.R. #64), March 14, eight (five dogs), by his Ned Eleno (A.K.R. 984). Daisy. The Chequasset Kennel’s (Lancaster, Mass.) imported pug bitch Daisy (A.K.R. 468), March 3, six (four dogs), by their imported Young Toby (A.K.R, 475); two dogs since dead. Music. Mr. N. Eimore’s (Granby, Ct.) imported beagle bilch Music (Rockwood—Faithtul), Feb. 9, four (one dog), by his King; all white, black and tan. 4 ‘ Gyp. Mr. W. W. Hurd’s (Colebrook River, Ct,) black and tan eanoune bitch Gyp, March 18, thirteen (nine dogs), by Griswold’s solonel. Modesty. Mr. J. W. Munson’s (St. Louis, Mo.) liver and white pointer bitch Modesty (Croxteth—Trinket), March 13, seven (three dogs), by his imported Bang (champion Bang—Luna): all liver and white. SALES. [&S> See instructions at head. of this column. Joe. Fawn pug (A.K.R, 925), by Mr, Jas, Mortimer, New York, to Mr, Geo, H. Hil), Cincinnati, O. Trim. Gordon setter dog,whelped Oct. 22, 1883, pedigree not given, by Mr. Geo, A. Ayers, Pawtucket, R, I., to Mr. F.T. Seward, McKean, Pa, Kate Claxton. Liver and white iinglish setter bitch, age not given (Guy Mannering—Flash), by Dr. Robt, I. Hampton, Athens, Ga., to Mr. A. J. Croyatt, same place. Felle Rita, Liver and white pointer bitch,whelped Dee. 22, 1883, by Baronet (A,K,R. 264) out of Rita Croxteth (A.K.R. 168), by Mr. George L. V. Tyler, West Newton, Mass., to Mr. N, P. Warren, New- tonyille. Mass, Lee. Black, white and tan beagle dog, whelped 1677 (Warrior— Rosey), by Mr. R. M, Lindsay, Scranton, Pa., to Mr. Pottinger Dorsey, New Market, Md. Fannie. Black, white and tan imported foxhound bitch Fannie. Se = R, Houghton, Boston, Mass,, to Mr. W. C. Crandall, Spring- ville, N.Y. Dick Laverack. Blue belton English setter doz, 4gyrs. old (Thun- der—Peeress), by Mr. H. Bailey Marrison, Tilsonburg, Ont., to Mr, T. G. Davey, London, Ont. Belle’s Pride. blue belton Enelish setter bitch, 44¢yrs. old (Paris— Belle), by Mr. H, Bailey Harrison,Tilsonburg, Ont.,to Mr.T. G. Davey, London, Ont. : Genevieve. Blue belton Mngiish setter bitch, 22mos, old (London— Dawn), by Mr. H, Bailey Harrison, Tilsonburg, Ont,, to Mx.T.G. Davey, London, Ont. : ‘ ’ Peek-a-Boo. English setter bitch (A.K.R. 822), by Mr. Henry Saath Medina, N. Y,, to Mr. Ricardo B. Smith, Washington eights. Rush P. White pointer dog, whelped July 29, 1883 (Nip—Josie), by Mr. L. F. Patterson, Bainbridge, Ga., to Mr. G@. W. Mroczkowski, same place. , ; Dick. Setter dog, by Joe (Check II,—Pinkk) out of Nellie (Frank— neater by Mr. J. W. Trantum, Middletown, Ct., to Major Lovejoy, ethel, Me, : David O’More. Red Ivish setter dog, whelped March 29, 1883, by Ned Elcho (4,K,R. 984), out of Bridger O’ More (A.K.R, 964), by Major Lovejoy. Bethel, Ma., to Mr. J. W, Trantum, Middletown, Ct. Hornell Obo. Imported black cocker spaniel dog, age not given (Obo—Nellie), by Mr. G, W. Leavitt, Boston, Mass., to Mr, J. P. Willey, Salmon Falls, N, H. Price, $450. fun. Fawn pug bitch (A,1K.R. 469), by the Worest City Kennel, Poruand, Me., to the Chequasset Kennel, Lancaster, Mass. Don, Fawn pug dog (A.K.R, 704), by the Forest City Kennel, Port- land, Me., to the Chequasset Kennel, Lancaster, Mass. Fun. Fawn pug biteh (A.K.R, 469), by the Chequasset Kennel, Lancaster, Mass,, to Mr, Francis Lynch, Newburgh, N.Y. Chum, Smooth-ceated St, Bernard dog, whelped June 17, 1882 (Rex —Brunhild, A.K.R, 24), by the Chequasset Kennel, Lancaster, Mass., to Mr. ¥. Louis Mahler, Raleigh, N.C. Ringwood—Silver whelps. Beagles, whelped Noy. 12, 1888, by Mr. N. Elmore, Granby, Ct,,a dog to Mr, 1,1. Lanty, Mole Hill, W, Ya.; 154 ' i ; ; F - « FOREST AND STREAM. a dog to Mr. Chas. F. Beard, Boston, Mass.; a dog to Mr. Joseph ae saat Harrisburg, Pa., and a bitch to Mr. Frank Lynch, Newburg, DD King—Mary whelp. Beagle hitch, whe!ped Noy. 11, 1883, by Mr. N. Elmore, Granby, Ct., to Mr. I. L. Lanty, Mole Hill, W. Va.- Ringwood—Belle whelp. Beagles. whelped Novy. 13, 1883, by Mr. N. Elmore, Granby, Ct.,a dog to Mr. Geo. E. Drew, Rochester, N. H.; a dog to Mr. Haven Doe, Salmon Falls, N. H., and a bitch to Mr. W. Hamersley, St. Leonard, Can. . Ringwood—Bush whelp. Beagle gdog,whelped, Nov. 28. 1883, by Mr. N. Elmore, Granby, Ct., to Mr. Frank Lynch, Newburg, N.Y. kingwood—Musie If. whelp. Beagle dog, whelped Nov. 21, 1883, by Mr. N. Elmore, Granby. Ct.. to Mr. J, Lingsham, Plantsville, Vt. Bang—Spinaway whelps, Pointers, whelped Jan. 9, by Mr. J. W. Munson, St. Louis, Mo.,a lemen and white pointer dog to Mr. B. P. Halliday, Prairie, Miss.; a liver and white bitch to Vaiden & Hous- ton, Uniontown, Ala.; a liver and white bitch to Mr. J. W. Blythe, Burlington, Ta.; a liver and white bitch to Mr. C. B.Whitford,Chicago, Iil.; a liver and white and a lemon and white bitch to M7. W. S. Titus, Memphis, Tenn. Ringwood—Myrtle whelp. Beagle bitch. whelped Noy. 26, 1883, by Mr. N. Elmore, Granby, Ct., to Mr. Jos. W. Gross, Harrisburg, Pa. Dan, Orange and white pointer dog, age and pedigree not given, by a; Thomas M. Smith, Jersey City, N. J., to Mr. Peter Kelley, New ork, Croxteth—Spinaway awhelp, Liver and white pointer bitch. age not given. by Mr. J. W. Munson, St. Louis, Mo.. to Dr. N. B. Carson, same place. PRESENTATIONS, = See instructions at head of this column. Zero. Lemon and white pointer dog, whelped Dec. 23, 1883, by Baronet (A,K R. 264) out of Rita Croxteth (A.K.R. 168), by Mr, Geo. e V. Tyler, West Newton, Mass., to Mr. Forest W. Forbes, Westboro, ass. Roscoe. Lemon and white setterdog, age and pedigree not given, by Mr. Edward Odell, New Orleans, La., to Mr. J. T. Haidie, same place. May. Pointer bitch (A.K.R. 211), by the Surrey Kennel, Ellicott City, Md., to Mr. N. Dorsey, same place. DEATHS. B= See instructions at head of this column. Finnie IT, Liver and white pointer bitch (A.K.R. 466), owned by Mr. C. R. Squire. Troy, N.Y., March 9, from poison. © Kathleen Mavourneen, jied Irish setter bitch (A.K.R. 617), owned by Mr. C. R. Squire, Troy, N.Y., March 1, from distemper, Smoke Morrissey. Red Trish setter dog (A.K,R. 642), owned by Mr. C. R. Squire, Troy, N.Y., March 3, from acute pneumonia, Lady Elcho. Red Irish setter bitch (A.K.R. 978), owned by Mr. C, R. Squire, Troy, N.Y.. March 5, from distemper, Daisy. Toported pug bitch (A.K.R. 465), owned by the Chequasset Kennel, Lancaster, Mass., March 4. Bang—Spinaway whelps. Two pointers, whelped Jan. 9, owned by Mr. J. W. Munson, St. Louis, Mo., Marecb 9, from worms. Stunner. Lemon and white pointer dog (A.K.R. 218), owned by the Westminster Kennel! Club, New York. Brimstone. Liver and white pointer dog, whelped Aug. 24, 1883 ee to ee owned by the Westminster Kennel Club, New fork. KENNEL MANAGEMENT. £=- No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. W.F. T., Altoona, Pa.—We could not intelligently prescribe for your dog witHout a full description of symptoms. He may have received an injury to his spine, or his trouble may be a sequence to distemper. Write. giving all particulars, E. H., Ottawa, Can.—Your dog probably has an attack of distemper. Keep him in a dry and well-ventilated place, and uurse him carefully. Write a full description of symptoms should he not improve. Rifle and Crap Shooting. FIXTURES. First International Clay-Pigeon Tournament, at_ Chicago, Il., May 26 to 81. Managers, Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Co., P. O. Box 1292, Cin- cinmati, Ohio. RIFLES OF TO-DAY. THE BULLARD REPEATING ARM. | ae Bullard is one of the latest models added to the coilection of rifles now in nse, and as yet can hardly be said to have entered very largely intothe arena of competition, Very flattering words have been said of it; afew good scores have been made, and it has many warm friends, Whatitisand what it looks like the accom- panying cuts will show. It is the invention of Mr. J. H. Bullard, and the story of its birth is avery briefone. Mr. Bullard had for several years held the position of master mechanic at Smith & Wesson’s pistol factory in Spring- field. Mass. In 1879the works were visited by a prominent Chinese official, and a conversetion upon pistols and rifies took place between the American mechanic and the visiting Mongolian, The latter put the question, ‘‘Why the repeating rifles of the day were so weak in their mechanism, and if one could not be invented which would shoot the heaviest charges with perfect safety.’ Mr. Bullard said he knew of no mechanical difficulty, aud at ouce set to work thinking and wodelmaking. Atest rifle was made embodying the parts, which, in the opinion of Mr. Bullard, met the Chinaman’s question. It was subjected to tbe severest tests and criticisms, and came out of the trial with no signs of weakness and with the most flattering opinions of the experts and critics who had been invited by the inventor to witness the experiments. The patents covering the invention were issued on Aug. 16, 1881, and the Bullard repeater of to-day is almost precisely like the first model as designed in 1879. A joint stock company, known as the “Bnilard Repeating Arms Company,’’ has been formed, in which Mr. J. H. Bullard, H. H. Bigelow and a third and silent partner are said to hold ninety-five per cent. of the stock. Land has been secured at Springfield, Mass., and a brick factory structure 16967 feet in area and practically four stories in height, has just been completed. There are three machine rooms, each 49125 feeb, the woodworkers’ department being in the attic story. There is a very complete outfit of the accurate machinery needed in the making of such a fine bit mechanism as a repeating arm, and besides there is a complete set of special fixtures ad tools designed and invented by Mr. Bullard. The general app2arance of the Bullard rifie is already familiar to yeaders of the ForEST AND STREAM through the illustrations in the ad- vertising columns. Fig. 1 shows the complete rifle. It is one of the elass of rifles having a tube magazine arranged below the barrel. There isa bolt action m opening the breech and io bringing up the next cartridge from the magazine, but there is a peculiarity of con- struction in locking the breech and bringing the striking pm into range, which can be easily studied through Figs. 2and 3, showing respectively the action closed and open. In Fig. 2, A, the breech block. is held firmly im place lky brace C, which is pivoted and cradled on hammer pin and lock frame; C is brought into place and firmly held by links B, which are on either side, only one being shown in section, and which are connected by strong pins to guard lever D. It will be seen that it is impossible to get the hammer to reach the firing pin until the brace C is inits proper place and the line of recoil car- ried hack to the hammer pin andin that way distributed to the lock- frame and stock, A claim madein this connectionis that there are no sliding surfaces as all the parts are pinned and hinged together. The action is a positive one, not dependent upon springs. Care has been taken to have the material used the very besbbhroughout, no jrou or malleable iron being used, all being of forged steel except the carrier, which is composition or gun metal, 5 The magazine is chuwged from thé under side, and it can be done with equal facility by a right or left-handed person. And as there are no boles or spring covers on the site, it is not likely to become clogzed by passing tirough brush or laying it on the ground or in trenches, ete. Itis also easy to load ou horseback with the magazine opening below thearm. It can be loaded asa single-loader either jon or bottom, leaving the magazine full at all times for an emer- eucy. J cht ee possible,” says Mr. Bullard, ‘to fire the Bullard rifle with greater rapidity than any other repeating rifle, from the fact that it works easier and smoother by reason of its more direct leverage on the work to be done, the heaviest work being done with the best leverage, as in extracting the cartridge, which is started when the lever is in position to exert the greatest strain, Coeking the hammer is also done by direct leverage inside the receiver or frame instead of a sliding motion of bolt or firing-pin on antl over the 1p of hammer, which is yery often liable to grind, and always makes the arm work hard and unpleasantly..” The Bullard bas been fired in tests as rapidly as twelve shots in five seconds, " The Bullard, itis claimed. ix the ouly Jever repeater that will suc- cessfully use the regular Lnited Siotes capper cartridge (.45-caliber 70 graiws powder), owing Lo its absolute certainly toextract the shell, SA i Fi AI Hin AMIN / top Wn a mily Si : Pp which being made of copper and with a folded head, does not con- tract after firing (as is the case of brass shells) but often sticks in the chamber, a difficulty more frequently mentioned in reports of trials of breechloading firearms by government experts, than any other. Another advantage in using the U. 8. cartridge is, that it is the standard ammunition and can be obtained anywhere ingpe country. This point will be appreciated by frontiersmen. In loading the arm, it is only necessary to carry the lever forward as far asit will go and then insert the cartridge in the magazine through the opening under the carrier. To use the arm as a single- loader, carry the lever as far forward as is necessary to extract the spent shell, remove the shell and insert another cartridge in the cham- ber of the gun, or carry the guard lever as far forward as it will go, and insert another cartridge in the magazine through the opening under the carrier. The arm is not a difficult one to dismount, if that be found neces- sary. To do so the following directions should be observed: 1, Take out tang screw; 2, half cock hammer and take out lock-frame and ham- mer screws; 3, pull out lock-frame, down and backward; 4, discon- nect links from brace; 5, take out side plate screws and remove side plate: 6, remove carrier lever spring; 7, take out breech-bolt; 8, take out breech-block; 9, take out extractor pin and remove extractor, push back pin before removing bolt; 10, take out guard lever bolt; 11, draw out guard lever and its connections; 12, draw out carrier lever; 13, take out carrier. To assemble reverse these operations. To remove the barrel, take out magazine plug screw and the two tip screws, pull out the magazine tube and take off the fore-arm. If the bolt has not been previously removed, pull it back so as to pre- vent the breaking of the extractor while unscrewing the barrel. The record of the Bullard is at present nota very extensive one, and but few trials of it haye been made at the target in formal matches. Three riflemen have made scores up to 111 and 113 points in the peaae ble 120 at 200 yards on the Massachusetts target, with open military sights. At Creedmoor the arm is comparatively unknown. The number of models made by the Bullard Company is quite large. Among the .50-caliber models there are three different sizes, carrying respectively charges of 95,105 and 115 grains of powder, each having a bullet of 300 grains weight. The .50-115-800 cartridge is shown in Fig. 4: ; Fig. 3, MLM LTT TH TTI RPTEEE 7 115 gr. Bullard Express. Fie. 4. The .45-ealiber group of Bullard rifles also include three different sizes, one using the government cartridge, with 70 grains of powder and 500 of lead, another with the same powder charge and 405 grains of lead. The former to be used in single loading and the latter in the magazine. The remaining .45-caliber is one of 45 grains of powder and 285 grains of lead. This proportion gives a very low trajectory, and experiments at the Bullard armory show a rise itis claimed of but 9 inches in 200 yards, . The .40-caliber rifles include one of a 60-grain powder charge, an- other w’ ) 7>rrain charge behind 225 of lead (see Fig. 5), and an- 5 gr. powder, 725 lead. Pre. 5. other of 90 grains of powder and 300 of lead (see Fig. 6). This last- 40-90.— Bullard. Fre. 6. z - 7 duction of the atmospheric resistance in a greater proporticn, giving _ this bullet great penetrative power. as wellas greaterrange. The weight of these rifles, including the .50-caliber express, is 9441bs. to 12lbs. The .38-calibers will be ready by May 1, and will comprise two cartridges of 40 and 60 grains of powder ineach, Thirty-two-caliber rifles will probably come at about the same time, and include ,32- cartridge of 20 grains and Farrow’s express shell of 45 or 50 grains. Our object in giving full information for the benefit of our readers would stop short if the rates of charges upon these several arms were not given. The .45-70, .45-75, .45-60 and .40-60, round barrel, 28in., carrying 11 shots, with plain stock, open sights, graduated for 1,200yds., cost $33; half octagon and full octagon barrels running $2 higher. The 50-95 express, 27in., round barrel, with full or short magazine, costs $40, and with half octagon barrel, $47; 105 and 115- frain express, same style and finish, $5 extra. The 38-caliber. 24in. round barrel, with 16-shot magazine, costs $27, and with half octagon barrel, $29. The .38 caliber special .28-50-200, costs, with 26in. round barrel, 11-shot magazine, $30, either short or full magazine. In connection with their armsand underinstructions to purchasers Mr. Bullard gives some plain directions in reference to some import- ant points of reloading, which it were well for all who act as their own cartridge makers should mind. He says that all shells, as soon as possible after being fired, should be cleaned and washed out care- fully with strong soap suds or soda water and thoroughly dried, otherwise the deposit of nitric acid left on them after firing causes them to oxidize rapidly, and they become worthless. The primer should always be pressed down so that it is sure to be Jower than the head of the cartridge shell. Use American Powder Company’s Dead Shot, FG; or, Hazard Powder Company's Sea Shooting, FG; or, Orange Rifle (Laflin & Rand Powder Company) PG. Use for bullets one part tin to sixteen of lead, and keep the molds very hot and the handles of the molds tight together. It often hap- ens that the handles become too hot for comfort and are not held gether properly. The resultis a bullet that is not round and one that will not fit the shell. See that the grooves of the bullets are filled with beef tallow or Japan wax, wipe off all surplus greese be- fore loading. When pressing the bullef into the shell, see that if is forced into the chamber of the reloading toolas far as it willgo. He recommends, however, that all sportsmen buy their bullets of cart- ridge manufac:urers, as they are all swaged by powerful machinery and are far more perfect than it is possible to cast them. RANGE AND GALLERY. BOSTON, March 15.—There was a fair attendance of riflemen at the Walnut Hill range to-day, those present shooting under difficult weather conditions. The scores were: Creedmoor Practice Match. 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Hewett os shu) eo 3 dole ee 9 8 4 910 5 3 2 4 3-57 Hiwathingtion, By ant 3. 2... ester ness 45 46444 97 @ W=bl SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y.. March 10.—Following is the highest score made by each member in attendance at the Saratoga ifle Club range during the regular days (Wednesday and Saturday) of last week, becciee quia ol freaks 200yds. off-hand, Weather favorable cd rk on both days: a Pers poiaghet: n eae 2 a, Se F 12 a f us a a a ri Were i Seer ly S57) “ns SS 10 12 10 I — tb: Na Oy ee ee 9 11 12 10 11 11 11 1 10 10—106 ere ia eis 5 91011 12121112 910 9—1065 2111010 7 9 10—104 11 11 10 11 oes ii 9 4 9 9 11 10 . 6 5 Re ee eee ie ie ee ee ee ed ss FOREST AND STREAM. ae: x“ UB OF NEW YORK—Th Lele” tLUB OF NEW YO e annual elec oe aa Seanad March 12 at the club’s The following gentlemen were elected: eopold Maisch, Vice President; Fr. Wm. ', Jenner, Treasurer. ——— ‘grounds of the $. 1. G.C. The meeting was a large and enthusiastic Bie, and from the expressions of interest in the club and the number of private matches arranged during the evening, the elub’s prospects would seem never 10 have been brighter,—GoyERNOR. NARRAGANSETT GUN CLUB.—Providence R. I., March 6—The weather was beautiful to-day, the first and only spring day we have had thus far, and as a consequence the boys turned out iu force. The Watchemoket, Union and Mashapaug Gun Clubs being repre- sented. The next shootwill probably take place at Pawtucket, when we shall try to bring the badge home again. 7 GUN wae es : af iri | ure abu, resi ent; - ‘ZETTLER CLUB.—Regular weekly shoot March 11, gallery dis- ince: OL Dorae: 6, OG. Zettler iN A, Lober 114, D. Miller 110, aes Engel 115, P. Fenning 115, B. Zettler 118, J. Adrien 106, H. Hor- ges 109, € Schurmann 95, W. Vond-rleinden 111, N. D. Ward 102, T. 3. Noone 97, V. Stevibock 109, H. Oehl 114, C. Joison 118. NEW YORK.— lar weekly shooting of the Bullshead ed oy PBUH EE I. State badge, 25 clay-pigeons, l5yds., 5 fraps, one barrel Third ayenue, March 6. 12-ring, possible 120; C.' Re » H- | only. b aS : Bolum 115, ‘A. Lober 115, G. inhi cienna 114, H. Hackmann 113, | C B Payne, Union G, C., of Pawtucket, wlth Abate jefe sk deg tin pe 2 H. Gunther 112, B. Walters 109, §. Mehrbach 109, D. Holland 104, D. | EW Tinker. Narragansett G, C., of Providence...... Theo meats ds 2 ‘Loumskie 82. LM Eady, Narragansett G. C., of Providence..... .........-. 22 ALBANY, N. Y., Mareh 13.—The second competition in the Ameri- ES Luther, Watchemoket G. C., of Hast Providence........... : s wer heldon, Narragansett G. C., of Providence .. ....... ........21 can decimal match was shot at Rensselaerwyek to-day, Scores were C U Gray, Nar ansett G. C.. of Providence... o.u.c liiin 21 rr 2 = F O Wehoskey, Narragansett G, C,, of Providener ...........6+.... 4 pee Ae Roget" Se eek! gf eae : 4 0 ; a i a BY ; hey Mr. Mathewson, Narragansett G, C., of Providence, .........2.-166. 20 Ch BIE, Ate ss seth teres > 4910 9140 7 910 9 9—88 | CH Perkins, Jr., Narragansett G. C., of Providence,............... 19 an Gaugs.-- 810 7 7% 710 9 810 S—S4| CB Potter, Narragansett G. C., of Providence... .....-.....6.-..0+ 5 3 E pre Gaertn sb oe 000 910 5 7 6 8 9—63| James Payne, Union G. O., of Pawtucket. ........... 2605 cee seen ROLY 1S as 05 pias 2 SRS aE: 2s : ‘A Salisbury, Union G. C.. of Pawtucket........0.....0.6e00deee eee 15 J B® Bourne, Watchemoket G. C.. of East Providence,... ........... 13 a rz 1 ™ THE TRAP. ee oy esas, G. CAOf Oran shone sai od ive tees eens ate eye HW Tinker. 000. 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IPA RIE NG pt eg thts ocmarwiace -Pamphblets sent free on application. ED MPUREYS HOMEOPATHIC MED.CO. 109 Fulton Street. New York FISHING RODS. “Best” round section rods. rod could be made. serviceable.at a moderate price. Having been the pioneers in the manufacture and introduction of Section Bamboo Rods, we have always taken great pride in securing and perfecting every improvement in order to maintain our position as the makers of the very best rods. Knowing not only theoretically, but also by long experience, that a properly made round rod is the only absolutely perfect rod, we have invariably refused, and still do refuse, to put our name on any but our Our prices for these round rods average only about 40 per cent. more than the prices asked by any other makers, while the rods are widely known to be incomparably superior. any angular) rod can be perfect, we long believed that with proper work..anship and material a really good angular Being much easier and cheaper to make than round rods, we hoped to be able to offer to those anglers who can not afford to pay the price of our ‘‘Best” round rods, a hexagonal rod that would be good and We are more than satisfied with the success which has attended our efforts, for we While no hexagonal or are now able to furnish a hexagonal rod that is really worth haying, and at a price which is only a trifle in advance of that asked by other makers. In addition to the many styles of round and hexagonal Section Bamboo Rods, we wish to call the attention’of anglers to our large 8.00 variety of fine Ash and Lancewood and Greenheart rods, 35 Kwery rod guaranteed absolutely hand made. : If your dealer does not keep our goods in stock, or will not order them for you, send us 50 cents for 120-page illustrated catalogue. ABBEY & IMBRIE, 48 and 50 Maiden Lane, New York City. SILK WORM GUT. JAS. F. MARSTERS, EB. LATASA, 309 Broadway, N. Y., Calls the attention of the trade and dealers in fishing tackle to his extensive assortment ot Valencia Silk Worm Gut in all grades, long and extra long, and from Extra Heavy Salmon Gut to Extra Fine. Sample thousand, 10 different grades, from extra heavy to fine, $5.00. For price list address F. LATASA, 35 Broadway, New York. PHOTOGRAPHY MADE EASY. the temperature of the body und force of the circulation, and give tone and strength te the system. They are the best for Cocktails. mation about hunting go tured by BEE ES can a ~oss w, ZaeFs aac ae hare Bo See CO} Sa > tsa; ous 22 ed bh Geese ae ee Begs S , kag ob 7, Bonk : SEA # Remember the negatives may all be developed on - #5 a ee 2 is your return home. : — nt ae ZS The lightest, most complete and practical of Cw sae = ac Amateur Equipments. Price $10 and upward. E. ba HS Wo g & H. T. ANTHONY & CO., 591 Broadway, N. Y. co wee fae Send for catalogue. Book of instructions free. = ee fc Forty years established in this line of business. = £, ¢ Bs — | fae Be & 2 Wem is) Lind | q20 So SLIP: Excite the appetite, wmifse oF % Av moderately increase ae oh Ey gs 2S bay, oF => eae 8 ao. “S55 Be Sa ma bb WM. M. LESLIE, 87 Water Street, N.Y. P. O. Box 1,016. Improved Metallic WEAHTER COTTAGE, The appearance of the little man foretells storms. The little woman predicts fair weather. They never make mistakes. A correct thermometer attached. Sent postpaid for $1.25. Address kK. GOLDBACHER, Optician, 98 Fulton Street, N.Y. The Still-Hunter, —BY— Tf VAN DYE: PRICE, POSTPAID, $2.00, For Sale by the Forest and Stream Pub, Co. 55 Court Street, Brooklyn. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER OF F"ine Fishing Tackle. First Quality Goods at lower prices than any other house in America. Brass Multiplying Reels with Balance Handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; 180ft., $1.50; OADEL, $115; 300ft., $2.00; 450ft., $2.25; 600ft,, $2.50. Any of the above Reels with Drags, 25 cts, extra; nickel plated; 50 cts. extra. Brass Click Reels, 20yds., 50 cts.; 80yds., 75 cts.; 60yds., $1.00; nickel plated, 50 cts. extra. Marster’s celebrated Hooks snelled on gut, Limerick, Kirby Lett pate? Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, O'Shaughnessy, Kinsey, Aberdeeen, Sneak Bent, and all other mapa ; Single gut. 12 cts. per doz.; double, 20 cts. per doz.; treble, 30 cts, per doz ; put up one-half dozen A package, Single Gut Trout and Black Bass Leaders. lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds., 10 cts.; 3yds., 1octs. Double Twisted Leaders, 3 length, 5 cts.; treble twisted, 3 length, 10 cts. Trout Flies, 60 ects. per doz, Black Bass Flies, $1.00 per doz, Trout and Black Bass Bait Rods, 9ft. long, $1,25 to $5.00. Trout and Black Bass Fly Rods, 10ft. long, $1.50 to $10.00. Also forty-eight different styles of rods for all kinds of fishing. Samples of hooks, leaders, etc., sent by mail on receipt of price in money or stamp. catalogue. Established 20 years. Open Evenings. J. F. MARSTERS, 55 Court St., Brooklyn. Es WW Oo CEH ’Ss Patent “Perfect” Brass Shells, MANUFACTURED BY ~ KYNOCH & CO., Birmingham, Eng. These shells are made of extra fine thin pliable metal, with reinforced base; are adapted to either Winchester or Wesson No. 2 primers, Can be reloaded as often as any of the thicker Sen te Repee only about half as much. Weight less than paper shells. They shoot stronger and closer, an be of a heavier charge, as owing to the thin metal. inside diameter is nearly two gauges larger. te same as any brass shells, using wads say two sizes larger than gauge of shells, Or can be 3 ae ally crimped with tool and straighten out to original shape when discharged. The crimping tool a s acts as a reducer, an advantage which will be appreciated by all experienced sportsmen. Pog! PI é shells will be mailed (without charge) to any sportsmen's club or dealer, and prices uoted by oe. Tade only. For sale in any quantity by gun dealers generally, or shells in case lots only, (2,000), and crimpers not less than one dozen, by . HERMANN BOKER & CO., Sole American Agents, 101 & 103 Duane Street, New York. AT THE LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION PEE WIiCHOLsS Hexagonal Split Bamboo Fishing Rods Wedals and the highest special prize—10 Sovereigns. Noted for excel- sul pkey ea at Reng is the highest pre awarded to any American for Split Bamboo Rods. Manufactured by B. F. NICHOLS, 153 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. Send for list with Massachusetts Fish and Game Laws. Send stamp for * FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE Rop AND GUN. Terms, $44 YEAR. 10 Crs. 4 Copy. } ‘ Six Monras, NEW YORK, MARCH 27, 1884. { VOL. XX1I.—No. 9. Nos. 39 & 40 PARK Row, New Yore. . CORRESPONDENCE. Tue Forrest AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- mént, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Comniunications upon the subjects to which its pages are devoted are respectfully invited. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. No name will be published except with writer’s consent. The Hditors are not responsible for the yiews of correspendents. SUBSCRIPTIONS May begin at any time. 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Transient advertisements must invariably be accompanied by the money or they will not be inserted. 4 Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Nos. 39 anp 40 Park Row. New Yor«e Crty. CONTENTS. THE KENNEL. Disqualification of Jill at Cin- cinnati, Eastern Field Trials Club. Champiou Knickerbocker. Robins Island Club, Fox Shooting and Fox Hunting. N. A. K. C. Derby. St. Louis Dog Show. The Washington Dog Show. Clover Belle, New York Dog Show. Kennel Management. Kennel Notes. RIFLE AND TRAF SHOOTING. Non-Cleaning Scores. Eprroriat. : In a Receiver’s Hands. Opening of the Trout Seasons. Unheeded Lessons. Amateur Photography. THe SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Between the Lakes.—vint. In the Woods, and Out. NATURAL Hisrory. The Deer of the Ottawa Valley. The Muskrat as a Fish-Bater. Bird Notes, Game Baa anp Gun. The Choice of Hunting Rifles. The Performance of Shotguns. Coming of the Birds. Two Mornings’ Work. Range and Gallery. South Carolina Days. The Trap. The First Snipe. Boston Gun Club Tournament. Philadelphia Notes. CANOEING. Long Island Poaching. Roeky Mountain Ram and Grizzly. The American Deer Family. SrA anD Riveg FISHING. Long or Short Rods. The Pollution of Rivers. The Dowel Question. Rob Roy C. C. of Indianapolis. Knickerbocker C. C. English and American Canoeing Canoe vs. Sneakbox, A Pro pt Acceptance. Large vs, Small Canoes. The All-Around Canoe. Local Canoe Meets, The Rainbo v Darter. Boating Trips on New England Big Bass Lake. Rivers. Vermont Fish Laws. YACHTING. The Bisby Club. The Petrel. Itis Probably True. The Gleam and Aneto. A Peeuliar Fish. The Cost of Yachts. FISHCULTURE. Isis. Non-Hibernating Carp. The 8. 8. Norma, THE EL Some Final General Remarks. New England Kennel Club. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. IN A RECEIVER'S HANDS. is ieee Yellowstone Park Improvement Company is in the hands of a receiver. It is stated that the motion for a receiver was made at the instigation of Rufus Hatch, whois believed to be the largest creditor of the concern. Justwhat the exact factsof the case are, cannot now be known, but, as reported, it stands something like this: The application for a receiver was made in Trenton, N. J., before Judge Nixon, of the United States Court, by Charles E. Quincy, a stock- holder and creditor. Mr. A. L. Love, cashier of the Steb- bins Bank, of Livingston, Montana, which is a creditor of the company fo the extent of $18,000 or $14,000, was ap- pointed receiver, and will for the present manage the affairs of the company for the benefit of the stockholders, The liabilities of the concern are stated at $210,000, against which they have the hotel and furniture, which cost $150,- 000, some few horses and cattle, and some sawmills built on Government land and used to saw for themselves timber be- longing to the United States. Rufus Hatch claims to have advanced $112,000 out of the $130,000 expended upon the project, and instigates these proceedings for the protection of this claim. The readers of Forrst AnD STREAM are pretty well ac- quainted with the history of this company, but we may give some additional inside facts about it. Among the in- corporators were a number of prominent men, but they were only figureheads, and the real parties in interest were Rufus Hatch, John Douglass, C. T. Hobart and Henry Douglass. John Douglass is the brother-in-law of Senator Windom, who made such a strong fight to have the Park given up to the exclusive use of this company. It appears now that. these partners have fallen out, and John Dougiass tells the story of the final rupture as follows. After stating that negotiations had been in progress to pull the concern out of its difficulties, and that Hatch had promised to await the issue of the pending arrangements, he continued: “The question of the settlement of the affairs of the company de- pended largely upon the temper and intentions of the creditors. If they were disposed to wait and be aecommodating, there were two parties, one living West on the Northern Pacific and the other in New York, who were ready to put up the $30,000 Mr. Hatch demanded as a condition precedent for his retirement from the company. These two gentlemen were absent en an extended trip and were delayed thereon. I telegraphed Mr. Hatch, and received a reply from him dated New York, March 6. Hereitis. Read it for yourseN. You see it says, ‘Will wait len days for a proposition from you,’ The ten days did not expire until last Sunday, and I now discover that Mr. Loye was appointed receiver ten days ago. Arrangements to secure such appointment must have been pending when Mr. Hatch tele- graphed that he would wait. The Stebbins Bank, with which Re- ceiver Love is connected, is a creditor to the amount of $18,000, not all of it debts due the bank directly, but on paper they have cashed or bought. I further learn that Mr. Stebbins proposes to foreclose on the property and assume control of the affairs of the company, leay- jug us out in the cold, but he will discover that he cunnot do this easily, as we will fight for our rights.” “Who are ‘we?’ ” ‘Well, there are a number of figureheads, of course, but Henry FP. Douglass, my son, C. T. Hobart, and myself, with Rufus Hatch, con- stitute the ‘we.’ By the terms of a private contract entered into be” tween Henry Douglass and Mr. Hobart on the one hand and Rufus Hatch on the other, the latter was to receive 35 per cent. of the inter- est in the Improvement Company, leaving 65 per cent. for the rest of us, and this private contract, which will haye to be made publie soon, is all we have to show for our right, title and interest in the company. By the terms of that contract the three parties named bound them- selves solemnly to stand together and protect their mutuality of in- terest. No important measure to be carried into effect without the consent of two out of the three.” The Livingston, Mont., Enterprise says, regarding the sit- uation-at the Park: C. F, Hobart, agent of the Park Improvement Company, at Mam- moth Hot Springs, is securing the claims of a few of the creditors, by giving mortgages upon the company’s chattels. To one a lien upon the stock of liquors has been issued, and to another security upon the piano at the hotel, and so on, The carpenters who are holding the hotel wish to be secured in the same way, but Mr. Hobart told them he thought they had a good enough thing if they could maintain it without any mortgages. It was supposed, at first, that this application for a Receiver might have been made for the purpose of arousing sympathy for the broken down company, and thus in-. fluencing legislation at Washington in their favor. This does not appear to be the case, however, and. since it is seen that the only sufferers are the speculators who went into the scheme with their eyes open, we presume that very few tears will be shed on their account. I? all that is said is true, the only heavy loser is Hatch. It is to be hoped, however, that whoever manages it in the future will have a little more regard for the rights of the Government and the people than has been manifested by Hobart and Hatch; certainly whoever he may be he cannot have less than they did. UNHEEDED LESSONS. HAT is the lesson which the floods of the winter teach us? A few weeks since, the sympathies of the country were stirred by tales of the suffering along the Ohio River. Now we learn that the valley of the lower Mississippi isa vast inland sea, that farmsare many feet under water, that stock is drowned, that men, women and children are living on rafts and in the lofts of gin houses; that, unless Government aid is extended to these poor people, they must starve, This aid should be sent them. It cannot be done too quickly. The tale is a pitiful one. It is alsoan oft repeated one. But no remedy, except the ancient one of building dirt walls, which are washed away as soon as the water reaches them, is suggested. Occasionally a seeker for a fat contract at Wash- ington proposes to wall in the river frem source to mouth. Still the destruction of the forests. goes on, and will continue until the burdens of the unhappy people who dwell on the banks of the Ohio ahd the Mississippi become too great to be longer borne. When the annual floods have depopulated this great and once fertile and prosperous region, then our sluggish legislators may be induced to take some action. In | the mean time, God help the poor people in the. Southwest, whose possessions are annually destroyed by the floods. Our law givers are slow to learn. They follow public opinion, never lead it. And until the public sentiment shall demand in unmistakable tones that our fields and hills be reforested, the law makers may be trusted to do nothing. From the valleys of the Ohio and the Mississippi, where the terrible effects of our criminal waste of the woodlands are fast making themselves felt, will come the cry for protection from floods which are annually more dreadful, and this cry will be taken up soener or later all over the country. This protection must be on a scale commensurate with the forces to be resisted. As well attempt to bind the ocean in feiters of brass, as to confine with levees the Mississippi, when, swollen by the precipitation of half a continent, it hurries toward the Gulf. We may curb the waters when they are raindrops, or tiny rills, or springs, with some pros- pects of success, but to restrain the Father of Waters when once he has burst his banks, is impossible. The case is a plain one and demands attention from those in power. Even if it were taken in hand to-day it would be years before the full effects of the reforesting would be felt. If some measures are not at once adopted by the Legislatures of the different States and by the general Government to- ward the establishment of forestry commissions, and an intel- ligent and universal tree planting, the losses from floods will each year become more severe, and portions of our territory, once reckoned most fertile and valuable, will be deserted by their inhabitants, and become mere waste land, The people are slow to learn, but it seems as if the lessons of the present year must haye taught something to those most nearly affected, if not to the country at large. Will this lesson pass unheeded? Will another more severe be required? OPENING OF THE TROUT SEASON. EFORE we go to press again, the trout season will be opened in the State of New York. That is, it will be legally opened all over the State, although in fact few waters, besides those of Long Island, will be actually fished. There are enthusiastic anglers who would fish on the coldest day in mid-winter, if the season was lawfully opened on that day, and who will fish Long Island waters on the Ist of April, no matter how much the east wind may whistle about their ears. Others, more sensible, will await the coming of weather fit for angling, when they can cast their lines with- out suffering, and we will wait with tham. The fishing-tackle dealers are busy in filling orders, and in showing the noyelties in tackle that have been put on the market since last year. In this line there is nothing particu- larly worthy of note outside of reels. Several new reels are out, and they seem to combine all that an angler can wish for. We think there has been a great improyement in reels within the year, and it would seem asif perfection had at last been reached. ‘I'he curbstone dealer in walking-cane rods has not yet made his appearance, By the time the angle worms get to the surface, and begin to bask in the moon’s cool rays, he will be out with his traps to sell to boys with more pennies than judgment, and who will show their companions their ‘“‘genuine Japanese fishing-rod which shuts up into a bully cane.” The trout exhibition at Blackford’s, in Fulton Market, ‘will be up to the usual standard, and will repay lovers of trout to inspect. Trout of all sizes, ages and colors will be present from all parts of trout-bearing America, as well as from some parts of Europe. Truly the 1st of April in New York City is the anglers’ holiday. Stocking PRESERVES. — We understand that Messrs. Reiche & Bro. have furnished, during the past winter, oyer two thousand live quail to parties who desired to turn these birds out for the purpose of stocking their grounds. Of these, it is said that more than one-half have died in captivity, through the ignorance or neglect of those who had them in charge. In many cases the birds were not supplied with gravel, and in others no greens were given them, and they soon succumbed to disease. The hints published in these columns a few weeks ago should have been more carefully observed. For Mr. Lorillard’s preserve in New Jersey a number of English pheasants have been imported, as well as a lot of English partridges, and arrangements are being made for a large shipment of prairie chickens from the West. All these movesare in the right direction and it is to be hoped that they will be crowned with success. Woopcock IN THE Crty.—Last week a dead woodeock, which had flown against the telegraph wires, was picked up by a hackman in the Bowling Green in this city. Another, killed in the same way, was found in a gutter in Canal street. Both were large birds and in good order, In New- ark, N.J,, one was found dead on the roof of a piazza, having evidently flown against the house during the night and dropped down on to the roof, where it was found the next morning, The last of the birds are moving along now. Many have been here for nearly a month, ‘‘WoopcraF?” is in an advanced state of preparation, and will probably be ready for delivery in less than two weeks’ time. Judging from the enthusiastic letters which we re- ceive about it, old ‘““Nessmuk’s” hook is going to have a boom, 162 rr FOREST AND STREAM. [Maron 27, 1884. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. | to hold a watch, you should learn to count by seconds. With \ ANY of the readers of Forest AND STREAM will no | a little practice you can learn to count accurately. Not one doubt take with them on their summer tour or vaca- tion a camera, Those who expect to do so should purchase it now, and devote some time to practice, before going, into the field to take views. The experience gained in this way will be of great value to them, saving many failures, and enabling them to bring home a good set of views, instead of a lot of plates, which, through the lack of knowledge of the operator, may, when developed, produce results altogether unsatistactory. There are plenty of books devoted to the subject of Ama- teur Photography, and the beginner will, of course, study them for information on the subject. The following re- marks are intended merely to give certain hints, which are not found inthe books, The trouble with such volumes usually is, that they are written by professional photograph- ers. to whom the business is an old story, and who, because they know all about it, take too much for granted, and assume that the minute details of the work are known to every one. They are not simple enough. The writer is an amateur, self-taught, and hopes, by mentioning some of the difficulties which he has encountered, to help the readers to avoid or conquerthem. Ashe is writing entirely for be- ginners, some definition of the terms used may be given. The Lens is the disc of glass at the back of the tuhe, through which thedight reaches the glass plate, which receives the picture. The Tube is the metal cylinder, through which the light comes to the lens, its purpose being to keep out all side lights, and to admit only those from directly in front of the lens. The _ Cap is the covering for the open end of the tube, by the application of which all light is excluded from the camera. The Drop is a cap, perforated with a small hole in its center, and closing with a spring. The Ground -glass is a plate of this material in a frame at the back of the camera box. It receives the image of the picture through the lens, and the operator, by looking at this reflec- tion, is enabled to decide whether his ins{rument is properly focussed or not. The Camera is the box with bellows and slide, and when ready for use has the lens in position in front and the ground glass at the back. The Tripod is the frame of three jointed legs, on top of which the camera rests and revolves. The Plate holder is a light-tight frame, into which the plates are put for the purpose of exposing. The Shields are slides, usually of pasteboard or thin wood, which cover the plates when in the holder. ’ Since the lens forms the basis of all good pictures it is of the utmost importance to get a good one. It is much better to spend money on this, rather than in procuring a showy outfit. With a cheap, camera but a good lens, you can get excellent results, and the lens can be used for a camera of different size, if you should wish at any time to take larger views. When you have obtained your instru- ment, and know how to put it together and take it to pieces, it will be well to go out of doors and learn to set up and take down your camera, so as to be able to set it up ou a level, or square. The base line of the picture should be parallel to the lower margin of the plate. Practice looking through the instrument at the landscape, and be careful to get a good proportion of sky, fore and back ground. Face the instrument to the view you wish to take, put the ground glass in position at the back of the camera, and then look through it, covering the head and back of the instrument with a dark cloth, so as to exclude all light except that which enters through the tube. Looking toward the light before you, you will see on the ground glass the picture that you wish to take. If you should see nothing, slide the back of camera—and so the ground glass—backward or forward until “you do see the image. Then adjust the camera by a serew in the position in which the image appears most dis- tinct. This is called focussing, and is the same operation which you go through when you use an opera glass, In focussing, always select some definite, distinct object, and be sure that this object is sharply defined on the ground glass. Now move the camera on the. tripod to right or left, still looking through the ground glass with the head and in- strument covered with a dark cloth, so as to exclude all light except that which enters through the tube. Observe the effect of the shadows and the light, and you will very likely find that by taking in some additional object or through the changes of light you will have a much better picture than in the first position. The light often strikes the angles of a house im such a way as to make the shadows very dark, and to spcil what would be a very good picture if taken in a different position. Never face your camera so that the sun will shine into the tube, for this will throw the shadows in the wrong direction. Deep shadows and bright ‘objects do not time well together in the same view. The exposere will be too short for one, and too long for the other. In taking off the cap, do it quickly, but without jarring the instrument, and carry the hand down and toward the tripod, not out in front, In returning it, catch the tube on the lower side first. When the drop is used, no ciserction as to time van be exercised, but as the drop can be used only in a strong light, you often have to work with the cap, It is necessary, then, to time the exposure, and as it is not always convenient in fifty can do so without practice. The time for exposure depends on the strength of the light, the rapidity of the plates, the time of day and the time of the year, From 9 o'clock to 4, in the bright days of summer, the light is stronger than at the same hours in winter. The reflection.on the ground glass will enable you to judge of the strength of the light. If the objects come out strong and clear, the light is better than when the objects are dim. If the plate is ex- posed for a sufficient time, say twenty to thirty seconds, a picture can be taken, even though the reflection on the glass is scarcely to be seen; but when the colors and objects are bright, a flash of light through the lens is all that is required with the instantaneous plates. It requires judgment and practice, therefore, te time the exposure. _To test this, place a plate in the camera. Remove the shield next to the lens, cap and uncap as quickly as possible. Now push the shield about one-third of the way into the holder, and expose the plate, according to your judgment, and cap; push the shield in a little further, making two- thirds of the way in, and expose say one second and cap. Now push the shield into position, and you have a plate ex- posed to three different spaces of time, the longest time being at the small end of holder. Develop until the picture begins to sink, and, after fixing, you can then judge which part was timed correctly. The instantaneous plates are the best for general use, as they can be used with either the drop or cap. When you have become accustomed to timing them, do not change the kind of plate that you have been using, as al! your experience will be lost and will avail you nothing with a slow plate—that is, as'to time required for exposure. Mark your shields ‘‘exposed,” and when you put the plates into the holder, have that side of shield next to the plate. After exposing the plate, turn the shield and put it into the holder with the word outside. By this plan, you will not forget that the plate has been exposed, and will not take, or attempt to tike, two pictures on the same plate, when they are only made for one. When away from your base, or in camp, it is not neces- sary to haye aruby light, unless you want to develop your plates. Try thisylan. In the daytime or with any light, place your shields in the holders with the word ‘‘exposed” in- side. Cut the paper that confines the cover on your box of plates, then put the box and holders on some board, or on your bed, where youcan work. When itis dark, take out the shields to holder, by feeling, then remove a plate from the box with the right hand, not touching the face of the plate, but holding the edges between the thumb and fingers. Then, with the thumb of the left hand, scratch the corner of the plate. If that is the film side, it wiH chip; if the glass side, the nail will slip. 'Take the slide in the left hand and put the plate into it with the film side out. Keep the box and the mats, and return the plates to the box with mats between thera after exposing. Wrap the box in paper, and develop at your leisure. Never remoye an undeveloped plate except in the dark—not even in the moonlight—or in a ruby light. - Plates can be put in or taken out of holders ina dark closet in daytime, if no light is allowed to touch them. Owing to the suction of the water and the smooth surface brought us to the south shore of the lake. along this shore is seen distinctly through the clear water, and at times is almost pure yellowish white sand ioingled with coarser gravel; at other times the gravel changes to boulders and large stones, and next we glide over an inter- Che Sportsman Courist. BETWEEN THE LAKES. Eighth Paper. . BY THE GREEK PROFESSOR. iG was a beautiful morning when the Judge and the Pro- . _fersor came out from their tent, yawning and rubbing their eyes, and with an indescribable sense of rest in every bone and muscle, such as comes to him who breathes the pure air ot Superior, Beautiful! Would that I could de- scribe the scene that met our eyes as we stood at the door of our tent that still July morning. In front of us stretched the calm blue waters of Superior, broken only by that swell whose outline is beauty, and by that hushed roll and sob on the beach that is music to the ear, The air never was clearer, and the blue of the lake and the blue of the sky seemed bluer because of that perfect sea of transparency that lay between them. a " Five miles to our left, projecting into a long curve of the lake, was the Grand Portal, the most magnificent of the Pictured Rocks. The sun shone with marvelous splendor on the eastern side of this great portal, opening to our view the huge cavern in its depths, although we were miles away. I gazed with astonishment, for the unseen hands of that strangely clear morning seemed to have lifted, and borne toward us, the massive rock, till it appeared scarcely a mile away. In the distance gleamed the white speck of a sail- boat. Perhaps some of our friends from Munising were coming on a fraternal visit and fish. impatient and the boat at least an hour away. Our excur- sion had been planned for days, and we would not delay on an uncertainty. The Judge drew his goid spectacles astride his nose, frowned ominously, and wrote ona pine board this legend, ‘Gone two milessouth of Beaver Lake, trouting,” and placed it on the table—the first place the strangers would seek. But the Judge was With jerked venison and biscuit in our wallets, and shot- gun, rods and hatchet in our hands, we wended our way to the bluff on the south side of Beaver Lake. placid lay the little lake in the virgin bosom of that forest green. till the far-away hilltop seemed kissed by the blue of the sky. aTravine seemed to wind its way, trending gently toward the south and west, and in this ravine we doubted not the waters of the creeks we were way into Beaver Lake. How calm and To the south the unbroken swell of the green rose In the midst of this rismg mass of unbroken forest going to explore found their A quarter of an hour’s brisk exercise with the paddle The bottom yal as smooth and solid as a marble floor, for here the smooth sandstone is washed clear of all débris. Fora goodly dis- tance the bank along this shore is about a yard in height above the level of the water. very water's brink are thickly set with white cedar trees, some standing erect and others leaning far over the bosom of the sparkling waters. viewed from the distance of a few hundred yards, look as if,a solid wall of rock had beeu raised a yard high by the masterly skill of the mason, but, on nearer approach, you find it a wall ef boulders as large as a man’s head, laid with great regularity and evenness by the hand of those great storms from the northwest which so frequently heave the bosom of this little inland lake. mation came from the Judge: Portions of this bank to the Other portions of the bank, when - But all af once an excla- ‘A deer!” ‘‘Where?” said the Professor. . ‘ “To the west of us, just around the point and the dipping cedars,’’ was the calm reply of the Judge. ‘Get your gun ready and I will bring you near enough to get a shot,” and his pole grated on the sand and the boat shot forward steadily, and the Professor held his gun in a firm grasp. But the story has been told, and with only such embellishments as the Judge’s long experience in the intri- cate windings and technicalities of Jaw would logically ne- cessitate. Suffice it to say that with the deer in the boat, and the boat upon the bank among the cedars, and compass in hand the Judge and the Professor were soon moving due south. A quarter of a mile of dense white cedar being passed with great difficulty and toil, we found ourselves at the foot of the bluff and the beginning of the hard-wood timber. As we climbed the hills, now following the windings of yavines as often as they bore in the direction whither we were going, and now following the narrow but well-trodden of the bottom of tin developing trays, plates often stick, and are difficult to remove from tray, This can be avoided by making two or three slight dents, made from the under side, in the bottom. You will then be able to get the finger under the plate and remove it easily. Always keep your lens well protected from the dust, and be careful not to seratch it. Dust it off with a fine brush or by blowing on it; never rub with cloth or paper. The following is one of the latest and best formulas for developing: A~—Pure carbonate of potash (free from chloride) . 90 parts, Water H 200 tes J Tet ee ean. ER Sek wz runway of the deer, we often paused to admire the beauty s Si biiee it Vi. RE PRO 3) 8 mm of this virgin forest, and to stand in amazement beneath the fees Rds ee Ce okt RMI ane m% * high-reaching branches of some hoary denizen of the woods, presi ode ede, Schick, iim SROs reel 100 ss How beautiful and smooth and shapely were the becches, and how the birches reached upward toward the light. And maples! such maples. In my boyhood in Indiana I thought I had seen the prince of sugar trees, but never have I looked up into such towering and wide-spreading sugar tree tops as J did that morning. The memory of tke yision of those large maples haunts me to-night in my study. ‘There were but few of the exceeding large ones, many of the beautiful smaller ones. After, perhaps, a half mile of rolling Jand, the Judge in front struck one of the wildest and thickest swamps we ever saw. The undergrowth was small, but as thick as the quills on the back of that porcupine which the Judge did not kill in the midnight watches. Rod by rod the To develop a 5x8 or smaller plate, to three ounces of water add sixty drops each of A and B. If a stronger con- trast, deeper shadows, are required, drop a few drops of B into your graduated glass and pour the developer in your tray into glass and return to tray. Never add a strong chemical to that in the tray, as it does not get well mixed. When you use the developer for the second plate, if you find you have too much of B, add say half the quantity of -water to tray. You can get good results up to six ounces of water. Unlike the ammonia formulas, this is not unpleasant to use in a confined room, and will not fog the plate. The chemicals can be bad dry, and the water added when re- quired, “THE ANTELOPE AND DEER OF AMERICA,”—The eager- ness with which sportsmen are calling for Judge Caton’s work on the North American deer, shows very clearly how large a proportion of those who enjoy the noble sport of big- game hunting desire to pursue this sport intelligently. It is ‘an axiom thatthe man who is most successful as a hunter or angler will be he who is most familiar with the habits of the game or fish which he pursues. Most of our readers appre- ciate this, and since our reduction ef the price of this book has brought it within the reach of all, we are not surprised to find the demand for it very large and constantly in- creasing. Judge hewed his way into the midst of the tangle, throwing the half severed saplings to the right and the left until, almost before we were aware of it, we were on the banks of the first branch of the creek we sought. : | said upon the creek, for it was scarcely more than eighteen inches wide, and about as deep, an It might almost be frequently, for a few feet, would vanish under the roots and moss of the swamp. The water was clear, cold and sweet, and fishing it for a few rods some yery prettily marked, though small, trout were taken. Leaving this creek, and still pressing toward the south, the Judge, still puffing snd panting, emerged from the swamp and rejoiced to move on more easily over the relling hard wood timber land. Mingled with the hard- wood here were some giant white pines, lifting their skel ton arms high above the surrounding forest, for they were dead, I could but pause beneath them and look up and wonder what vicissitudes of human life they could tell of if they bad speech. Others again were green in a vigorous old age; and here and there were eras abies hemlock, the largest trees in the neighborhood excepting the pines, ~~ ————w—<<— ——_— FOREST AND STREAM, ——— 1683 _ All at once the Judge paused and, with a comforting tone in his voice, asked: aha) ‘What do you most desire?’ “Light,” promptly responded the Professor. “With the assistance of your legs 1 will soon bring you to it,” was the laughing reply of the Judge. “Took forward yonder and to the left and you will see the opening.” The last words of the Judge were fairly drowned by his impetuous charge through the bushes, and the joyful Professor followed close in the rear, A few moments later we stood in the opening, and beneath the glaring sunshine, gazing at the beautiful green of the beaver grass and the scattered clumps of alders. “There are trout there!” shouted the Judge, as he pressed forward into the meadow. “Slosh, clug, plug, ugh!’ from the Judge, as he floundered in the meadow half knee-deep in the water, for the banks of the little creek were in many places on a level with the water, and the roots of the grass were covered as in a freshet, The joints of our rods were soon together, and we were on the soft springy margin of the creek casting for trout, and taking them too. : The creek here is from two to four feet wide, and about the same depth, occasionally spreading out into a shallow pond. From the narrow and deep channels under the edge ~ of the sod, we lifted some very pretty though small trout. Following the stream downward you soon pass from the beaver meadow into the cedars, and thence out again into tangled thickets of black alder, and almost every rod of the creek contains trout, small, but increasing in size as you journey toward the lake. The adventurous trapper has been here after the beaver, whose haunt we discover in the decay- ing dams over the creek, and cut logs along its bank. e found the trapper’s little hut, and in a reverent attitude—for the door was so low he had to enter on his hands and knees —the Judge explored the interior, finding beaver teeth and hoops for stretching the skins. This main branch of the creek was fished by the now wearied Judge and Professor for perhaps a mile from the first beaver meadow where they struck it, with constantly increasing numbers and size of fish. But the sun is gliding rapidly into the west, and our legs are weary with riding the black alder. The Judge callsa halt. There is at least a mile more of creek between us and the lake, and extremely slavish walking on its banks. The Judge takes his bearings, decides about where the boat ought to be, and boldly plunges through the grass, black alder and swamp, to the rolling ground a hundred yards away. The Professor soon follows, and as the Judge disappears over 2 hill he shouts: “Hold on, Judge, you have certainly madea mistake. You are bearing too far to the west.” The Professor's legs were tired and he wanted to halt the Judge till he could catch up. The Judge pulled his specta- cles down, sighted through one glass at the sun, swept the woods to the north with a quick glance, looked into the com- pass and only said, ‘‘I am right,” and rolled on. The Pro- fessor smiled sadly, but with confidence in the Judge, pressed on, On, on, up hill, down hill, through the ground hem- lock, which now and then clutches your feet like a vise, the -unwearied Judge strides. The Professor is in despair, and on the point of calling a halt to rest, when the Judge pauses at the*foot of a hill and calmly wipes his steaming brow, un- til the Professor comes up, or rather down, into the ravine. That was a beautiful little ravine in which they halted, stretching backward and upward into the hills, apparently losing itself in the deeper shadows beyond. It was somewhat open where they stood, and a few rods below we could hear the gurgle of the brook which they had left a half mile back. It had doubled on them. Down through the middle of this ravine there came a little tiny brook of clear, sweet, spring water, Just below were a few lily-pads, and just above an old limb of a tree Jay on the seemingly innocent soil. “Well, Iam going to cross above there,” said the Judge. “Tam going to-cross right here,” said the Professor. ‘‘A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.” The Judge moved off. The Professor lingered a moment to make up his mind and then started, One, two, three steps, and the Professor found himself in the yielding mud up to one knee and with a grunt of disgust backed out. Just at that moment there came a voice from above. “Ho! Professor, come here, I am in a tight place.” “Jt seems rather loose around where you are, Judge, what is the matter?” innocently asked the Professor, for the Judge had not seen him back out, nor heard his expletive. “Well,” said the Judge with more emphasis than the occa- sion would seem to warrant, ‘‘I am here, and can neither advance nor retreat. In front the bottom has entirely dropped out, and the old timb in the rear is so small and smooth that Iam afraid to attempt to turn back.” _ ~ “Well, what are you going to do about it?” said the Profes- sor with a chuckle, for he always enjoyed seeing the Judge in * GUERIN “Are you going to camp there for the nig t ” The Judge’s only reply was, ‘‘Cut me a pole and throw it to me and I will bridge the rest of the way across.” With these words the Judge flung the hatchet with a spiteful force, not at the Professor, but at the solid earth behind him. Very leisurely the Professor picked up the hatchet, and more leisurely began to select a suitable grub; for was he not tired, and was nof the Judge calmly awaiting his actions? Did not the Professor know that the Judge would not get away from him? “Hurry,” said the Judge, ‘‘it is getting late, and Tam tired of standing here.” The Professor hurried a little, but he knew the Judge would not leave in a hurry, and so he kept trimming the pole. In order that it might more safely support the Judge’s weight, ae Professor had left here and there a projecting limb a foot ong. “It is ready, Judge,” said the Professor. “Reach me the end easy,” said the Judge, ‘‘easy, or you will push me off.” There was no malice in the Professor's heart, and he did reach the end easy to the Judge, and in doing so slipped off the end of the limb with one foot and was half knee deep in the mud. He was just opening his mouth to letescape some of the emotion swelling within, when there was a desperate plunge, a grunt of anger and disgust, a splash, a groan, and then—perfect quiet. One of the projecting limbs had caught the Judge's leg when he threw the pole forward, and obe- dient to the impulse he followed. The-Professor looked for- ward, and in amazement broke out: “What on earth are you doing there?” | “Doing nothing. _ It’s already done,” said the irate Judge The Professor took in the situation, saw it was impossible for him to go any deeper without bisecting himself, fer he had caught on his pole with one leg. Then the Professor was too full to hold in longer; the woods rang with his hearty laugh. Then he forgave the Judge his exaggerated story about the squirrel rifle and the ‘buck ague,” forgave his omissions, that he wounded the huge buck, that he did put powder behind every ball—all these things the Professor forgave, and remembered them against the Judge no more. The Professor Jaughed till he was s0 weak he could hardly stand, and the tears came into his eyes. Finally he gasped out: ‘‘Why don’t you get out?” “T want to bring my shoe with me,” was the panting an- swer of the Judge. He pulled and panted, and grunted and groaned, but with no appreciable effect. The Professor was in the background applauding, encouraging, laughing till his sides ached. “T am coming, I am coming,” shouted the Judge after a second attempt. ‘I am coming with my shoe on, too,” and something of the Judge’s hearty good humor began to beam on his face. A long and steady pull and he stood with both feet on the pole, dripping with mud and water, and sweating at every pore. A moment more and he stands safely on the other shore, and the Professor, laughing at his sorry plight and murmuring to himself, ‘The wicked stand in slippery places,” cautiously follows the Judge’s path without his mis- fortune. A brisk walk of half an hour brings us to the brow of a hill, and away across the tops of the cedars gleams the water of Beaver Lake. But such a half mile of swamp as lies be- tween us and the boat! The Judge plunges boldly in and the Professor follows close behind. The cedars stand so close together that the Judge can with difficulty press his 220 pounds through, and the tough dead limbs come so near. to the ground that he cannot crawl under. Now, the Profes- sor forges ahead, and part of the time squeezing between the cedars and part of the time on hands and knees, he worms his way along. The Judge groans and then he gives a sigh of relief, for here two or three cedars have fallen down and knocked others with them, dnd the Judge mounts their trunks and walks with comparative ease, The Professor has wormed his way on hands and knees ahead, and then another lament from the Judge salutes his ear. i ‘‘T don’t believe I can get through,” says the Judge with a comical smile, bordering on the pathetic. The Professor looked up, and there, fifteen feet in the air, was the Judge, swaying to and fro on the last partially fallen cedar and looking in despair at the Professor on his stomach, crawling through the seemingly thicker cedars, and satisfied with his 125 pounds of avoirdupois. He was in too close a place to speak. He gave an encouraging smile to the Judge and then crawled on, for he had caught a glimpse of the }- ‘water just beyond. Hot, exhausted by his toil, hounded by the demoniac mosquito, he sank on the mossy margin of the lake and waited for the Judge.. He soon came, but had mis- calculated as to the location of our boat. It was at least a quarter of a mile to the west of us. What was to be done? The Professor sat still in quiet contentment, for that was the Judge’s problem. He quickly began its solution. “Shades of my fathers,” said the Professor, when he turned his head a few moments afterward to look at the Judge, “‘is it possible that this is the learned Judge, the elo- quent advocate, the cultured and genial gentleman whom I so frequently meet on the streets of our city and at our col- lege commencements? It cannot be.” Such were, or ought to have been, the communings of the Professor as he gazed on the Judge. There he stood in the margin of the lake. His woolen shirt, bound at the throat and thrown back, exposed a breadth of breast inviting to the mosquito, His face was damp with sweat and red with the toil of his journey. His shoes lay on the moss, and his jean pants were rolled high above his knees. He reminded the Professor of a Greek gymnast ready for the race. Hesoon disappeared around the curve of drooping cedars to the west of us, his legal heels grinding the loose pebbles of the shallow waters into the yielding sands, The time slips rapidly away, and the Professor looks longingly across the lake to the northern shore, beyond which lies the camp. The runway in the forest green— The antler’d monarch’s springing bound— The matchless musie of the hound! As headlong on the steaming scent With instinct true as steel, he went! The gaze into the spreading track— The breaking twig, the rifle’s crack, The quivering limb, the closing eye— The forest’s dying majesty. T THE MUSKRAT AS A FISH-EATER. BY C. HART MBRRIAM, M.D. HAT the muskrat is not commonly considered a fish- eater is evident from the absence of reference to such habit in the pu'slished accounts of the animal. Robert Ken- nicott is, sofaras Lhave been able to ascertain, the only author who mentions this trait. He says: ‘“‘Exceptin eating mollusks, and occasionally a dead fish, I am not aware that this species departs from a vegetable diet.” (“‘Quadrupeds of Illinois Injurious and Beneficial to the Farmer,” 1857, p. Ata meeting of the Biological Society of Washington, held in the National Museum, Dec, 14, 1883, Mr. Henry W. Elliott spoke of the ‘‘Appetite of the Muskrat.” He stated that in certain parts of Ohio the muskrat did great injury to carp ponds, not only by perforating the banks and dams and thus letting off the water, but also by actually capturing and devouring the carp, which is a sluggish fish, often remaining motionless, half buried in the mud, In the discussion that followed, Dr. Mason Graham EHilzey said that from boyhood he had been familiar with the fact that the muskrat some- times ate fish. In fact, he had seen muskrats in the act of deyouring fisb that had recently been caught and left upon the bank. The President, Dr. Charles A. White, narrated a similar experience. : On the 7th of February, 1884, I brought this subject to the notice of the Linnzan Socicty of New York, and asked if any of the members knew the muskrat to be a fish-eater, Dr. Edgar A. Mearns said that he had long been familiar with the lact, and that it was no uncommon thing to see a muskrat munching a dead fish upon the borders of the salt He nas shot them while so en- gaged. He further stated that the muskrat is very destruc- tive to nets, destroying the fishermen’s fykes by scores by en- tering them in quest of fish and then tearing the nets in order to escape. Dr, A. K. Fisher said that at Sing Sing; N. Y., he had offen known muskrats to enter fykes, sometimes drowning, but oftener escaping by gnawing the meshes, thus doing con- siderable injury to the nets. He supposed they entered the nets because placed in their line of travel. He further stated that he knew that fykes made of fine wire were used with success in capturing these animals. My. Wm. H. Dall, the well-known Alaskan explorer, now of the Coast Survey, kindly favors me with the following: “Tn 1863 I visited Kankakee, Il., on a collecting tour for river mollusks, in July. You kuow how muskrats throw up mounds of the shells they dig out. I examined many of these for Unies, etc. On several I saw the skeletons of fish (chiefly suckers, 1 believe), partly or wholly denuded of their flesh, and showing the marks of muskrat (or, at least, rodent) * teeth. I also saw the shell of a common mud turtle, so gnawed and in thesame situation. I did not see the animal in the act of feasting, which, I believe, is chiefly done at night, but I have no doubt that the fish and turtle were eaten by the muskrat, as well as the mollusks associated with them in the same pile.” -_ Under date of March 5, 1884, I have received from Dr. Fisher the most yalnable record yet obtained concerning the habit in question. Dr. Fisher writes: ‘‘A few days since two young men were fishing through the ice for pickerel, with live bait, at Croton Laké, Westchester county, N. Y. Several times they were troubled by having one of the lines pulled violently off the bush and run out to its full length. Finaily they saw the line start again, and_ by pulling it up quickly they landed a large muskrat on the ice.” Here is an authentic instance, not of a muskrat eating a dead fish on the bank, but of actually capiuring «a live fish in the water under the ice. Fortunately the fish was attached to a hook and line, and the muskrat was caught and killed. _ Cannot some of the readers of Forest AND STREAM throw _ more light on this interesting subject? ‘teet Rodentia being essentially an herbivorous order, with adapted to awing, it is always very interesting to any marked appetite for flesh among any of the species order, Many exceptions have been found to exist i FOREST AND STREAM. i | regard to this general Jaw, it haying been long known to be a fact that rats will eat flesh as quickly as vegetables; that the capybara will eat flesh when no other food can be found, and that squirrels will at times eat animal tissues. In fact, it seems probable that all of the species of rodents may, under favorable circumstances, be caused to eat flesh. Now it has long been known to the writer, and it is probably well known to other observers, that the muskrat (Hider 2i5ethi- cus) will and does, at least in certain localities and under cer- tain conditions, resort to a carnivcrous diet. The piles of Unios heaped up ov a muskrat’s mound and the muskrat in the act of eating this mollusk have both been seen many times. Knowing this so well ourselves, and supposing it to be a well-known scientific fact, we never took the trouble to look it up, and hence were much surprised to hear it said in the Biological Society at Washington that it had never been published in any scientific monograph of the animal. At this meeting, Dec. 12, 1883, Mr. Henry W. Elliott, of the National Museum, read a paper upon the ‘‘Appetite of the Muskrat,” in which he claimed to be the first to record the carnivorous habits of the muskrat before a scientific body, asserting that no published record ceuld be found, in which statement he was sustained by the curator of mammals. The particular kind of eating which Mr. Elliott proved the muskrat to be guilty of never having been observed by the writer, and being of great importance and interest, are given below. While Mr. Elliott was at his home in the West, several of his neighbors complained that they could get no carp from their ponds, and in his own ponds carp were seldom obtained, No reason could be given for their disappearance, as there should have been great numbers in the ponds. Hawks were not abundant, in fact the lecality was rather too thickly settled for hawks to carry on their depredations, In several of the ponds obstructions were placed to prevent people from seining the carp, and through no possibility could they escape from the pond. But still they disappeared, and their disappearance still remained a mystery. At last he had the water drawn off and noticed two muskrat holes in the bank, but did not even then suspect the miscreants, until a neigh- bor came alone and suggested that the muskrats were the depredators. Upon examining the holes few bones were found, « fact which could be explained by their cartilagin- ous structure rendering them digestible. The probabilities are then, and Mr. Elliott believes, that the carp were eaten by the muskrats, and unless some mode of exterminating the pests is found, he predicts that great damage will result to American carp culture. Being a sluggish fish the carp is easily caught, and furthermore, it has the stupid habit of sticking its nose into,the mud and hibernating. So just in the season when the natural food of the muskrat is very hard to obtain, he has a luxurious fish, lying still in the water and easily captured. It is then easily understood how it would change its diet for apart of the year at least. Beinga clumsy animal the muskrat could not obtain the quicker motioned fish. In the interesting discussion which followed the reading many new points were obtained, and it seemed to be a well-known fact that the muskrat would eat flesh, notwithstanding the fact that no published account of such habits could be found. One man said he had seen muskrats take bait from his line and eat fish caught by hooks. The way this‘animal ects the mollusks from the Unio shells with- out breaking the shells is not known, unless that they are allowed to die, and then picked out after the shell has gaped open. As to exterminating the muskrat, many suggestions were made. It being rather difficult to shoot them, it was suggested that steel traps be used. A gentleman said that he had frequently killed them by putting strychnine in an apple and placing the apple upon a stone. it is asserted by hunters that they cannot be killed with poison, but this person says that this is a mere prejudice, Certainly if it be a fact that the muskrat does eat carp he is a dangerous enemy, and should be vigorously persecuted by any and all means. WasHiInerox, D.C. TRS Me BIRD NOTES. ol eee spring flight of ducks to the north has commenced. I saw six wild geese yesterday, the first this season. Black ducks, shelldrakes, whistlers, oldweys, broadbills and coots are about the only species that are found around here. They ere coming on in quite large numbers. I very seldom see wild geese flying this way to the southin the fall, but generally see them in large numbers in the spring in their flight to the north, which generally commences about the last of March, with them and ducks, and lasts until about the first of May, when they disappear altogether. I was out shooting to-day and killed an uncommon large sea gull called gannet, a species yery seldom seen around here unless it is a very cold winter, like this winter.. The feathers on the breast and neck are pure white, while those on the back and wings are jet black. I. C. NoRWALE IsuaAnp LIGHTHOUSE, March 14, Within the last week numbers of bluebirds and robins have made their appearance; and yesterday I saw a flock of Canada geese flying northwest. If the weather continues as mild and pleasant as it is now, [expect to note many more artivals, Nemo (of Texas). FRANELIN, Mass., March 19, : The following may be of interest to ornithologists: Mr, C, M. Carpenter, of Providence, reports seeing white-breasted swallows flying March 12, and March 19 redwing and crow blackbirds, This is a very early date for the arrival of swallows with us. SAMUEL F, Duxter. PAWTUCKET, R. I., March 22. SE THe PLUMAGE OF QuAIL.—Hditor Forest and Stream: In January [ had from Southern Tennessee a dozen live quail bred in that country, and recently I have obtained a few live birds which are native to Northern Ohio. The plumage ot the former seems to me (without haying the two speci- mens side by side) to be much brighter, and the markin gs much more distinct than those of the Ohio birds. Does the difference exist only in my imagination; is it because all birds of the family are in finer feather in Jauuary than in March; or is there an actual difference of plumage in the different latitudes? Will some expert give the fucts?—B. (Toledo, Ohio, March 20). [The Southern quail have the plumage somewhat brighter and the markings more sharply defined. In the Southwest (Texas), on the other band, the plumage is grayer and the colors blend more. The dark Cuban race of Orty«x virgintanus and the Texan form are the two extremes, It is hardly probable, however, that. you would find any very strongly marked differences between birds from the localities which you mention. ] —_—a Game Bag and Gan. THE CHOICE OF HUNTING RIFLES. Editor Forest and Stream: Tn looking over the long list of rifles now in the market to see what one would choose as a hunting rifle, one is forced to admit that, although there are many rifles of various pat- terns, there are but few that fill the bill as one would like to have it. Let us begin at the beginning and examine some of the best, or those that are recognized as such, leaving the confessedly inferior guns out of the account. In singleloaders we have first of small caliber the .22 Bal- lard and Stroms, differing but little from each other in shooting qnalitics, and the difference in mechanism bein mainly a question of taste, as both are strong enough an safe enough for the light cartridgesin use. But when we examine the proportions of powder and lead of the cartridge we find for the .22 short 3 grains powder and 80 grains lead, or 1 to 10; for the .22 long 5 grains powder and 30 grains lead, or 1 to 6, and the .22 extra long 7 grains powder and 40 grains lead, or 1 to 5,7, a proportion that in all cases Seems to me to be enormous, as more powder (with increased velocity and dangerous space) could just as well be used as not, provided the bullets were made hard enough to stand the heavier blow of the powder, so as not to be too much upset in the barrel. Doubtless for gallery or target practice the cartridges are heavy enough, as generally the gallery is of but short length, and the distance shot at invariable;,so that the gun onee sighted, good slfooting follows. But cannot this gun be im- proved and its usefulness extended by increasing the weight of powder? Are there not many who could and would use this rifle as a ‘‘squirrel gun,” provided it held its flight long enough, und had a flat enough trajectory to be depended upon for shooting at variable distances? Although from ex- perience I know it shoots hard enough to kill at say 75 to 100 yards on small game, still the curve of the trajectory is considerable, and could be lessened by the use of more powder, and a more effective gun be the result. There is nothing in the mechanism of either rifle to preclude the use of a long cartridge, as in both the chamber is open at the rear when the gun is opened, and any length can be inserted or extracted. : The form of the bullets of this caliber could also be im- proved, and the manner of their insertion into the shell made the same as for heavier cartridges, and improved shooting be the result; the bullet being made full .22-caliber for the entire length of its cylindrical part, and the contraction where they enter the shell being done away with. This would give a bearing surface for the ball of the full length of the cylindrical part, as well as abolishing the ‘“‘neck” at the rear of the bullet that may have a tendency to derange its flight. Passing to the next higher calibers we have Ballard, Stroms, and Remington ,32-caliber singleloaders, Winchester .2-caliber repeater, and Smith & Wesson’s .32-caliber revolving rifle; the Ballard and Stroms using .3% short or long cartridges, either rim or central fire, the Remington possibly the same, and the Winchester and Stroms center fire cartridges. In the rim fire .82-cartridges we have powder 6, lead 55 for the extra short; powder 9, lead 82 for the short; powder 13, lead 90 for the long; powder 20, lead 90 for the extra long; and in the center fire cartridges powder 9, lead 85 for the .32 8. & W.; powder 12, lead 90 for the .32 Colt’s; powder 9, lead 82 for .382 short; powder 13, lead 90 for the long; powder 20, lead 105 for the extra Jong, and pewder 20, lead 115 for the .382 Winchester. An examination of this list shows a proportion of powder to lead of from 1 to 9§ to 1 to 44 for the rim fire, and 1 to 9 to 1 to 54 for the center fire, a proportion altogether too small for the powder in my opinion, and easily remedied for the Ballard, Stroms or Remington, as they all can take a longer cartridge without alteration, whereas the Winchester, and Smith & Wesson’s would probably need alteration to accommodate the longer shells. In the .88-calibers, also found in the Ballard, Stroms and Remington for singleloaders, and in the Winchester and Ballard for magazine guns, we still have eitherrim or center fire cartridges for the singleloaders, and center fire for the magazine guns, and a proportion of lead to powder of from 7 to 1 to 4 to 1, approximately for the singleloaders 44 to 1 for the Winchester or Bullard, and 6. to 1 for the Bullard special, and it is only when we come to the .40-calibers that we begin to reach heavy charges of powder as compared to the lead, as well as guns in which new cartridges haye been adapted, preserving their length invariably so as always to place the bullet up close to the grooves, but yet varying the proportions of powder and lead. ‘ In the .40-caliber we have the Ballard, Sharps, and Rem- ington as singleloaders, with the Bullard and Marlin as re- peaters. ‘The singleloaders using central fire ammunition, have a proportion of powder to lead of from 1 to 5;4; to 1 to 4h, the .40-90 Sharps using the heaviest cartridge, 90 powder, 870 lead, while the Marlin uses the 60-260 cartridge, leaving the Bullard as the only magazine rifle that uses variable cart- ridges or that excels the old Sharps with its 90-370 charge. In the Bullard .40-caliber we find two guns, one using the straight shell with 60 grains powder and 260 lead, or their special cartridge with 75 grains powder and 226 grains lead, a proportion of 1 to 3, or another gun using at present 90 to 95 grains powder and 300 lead, so that in either gun a more powerful magazine gun than any yet introduced will be found; and one has only to pay their money and take their choice between either the .40-60 or .40-75 straight- shelled gun, or the .40-90 using the bottle-necked ghell. Passing by all the .44 calibers as ‘among the things that were” (for what is the use of a .44-caliber when the .45 comes so near to it, and all later guns are of this caliber), and_par- ticularly as all the magazine guns of this type have too little powder to their lead, we come to the .45 caliber, and here we still find the Ballard, Sharps and Remington, the Pea- body and Springfield also appearing, for singleloaders, and the Bullard, Winchester, Marlin, Kennedy-Burgess, Hotch- kiss, Lee, and a host of others for magazine guns, and nearly all of the latter with a disproportion of lead to pow- der, they having mainly been, in caliber, copied from and adapted to use the same cartridge as the Springfield, a mili- tary and not a bunting rifle, y this mean that the government having adopted .45 as the caliber for its rifle, manufacturers followed in adopt- ing the same caliber, and adapted the government cartridge for their guns in competing with the Springfield before ordnance boards; and having adopted this caliber and carts ridge, and laid down the ‘‘plant” to make them, still adhere 166 FOREST AND STREAM. _ = [Manon 27, 1884. a a Se ee SEE to this standard for their rifles, although they do not come properly under the head of hunting rifles. It is true that there are singleloaders and one magazine gun that do not come under the above head; but still from the ammunition the singleloaders use they are all properly long-range rifles, and not properly short-range hunting guns. The one magazive rifle, although adapted to the government cartridge, has still another special one, and with this in use comes under the proper class of hunting rifles. Understand that I do not mean to say but that these rifles may all be used as hunting rifles, and game killed with them; but I do mean to say that the hunter using them has got to be not only a good hunter but a good judge of dis- tance, or he will miss more shots than he hits from shooting over or under from the high curve of the trajectory at short Trange—a faulf not to be overcome ina rifle intended for Jong ranges except by the adoption of some special ammu- nition, with more powder and less Jead for the short ranges. Such being the case, the introduction of the 86-285 cart- ridge by the Bullard Arms Company is to be welcomed by all who have .45-caliber rifles chambered for the .45-70-405 cartridge, for it gives them a hunting rifle as well’as one of long range, and one that has power to kill at all reasonable distances with the light ball, as well as one for long shots with its regular cartridge. And on the frontier, where .45- 70-405 is the standard cartridge, from the very fact of its being the government standard, ammunition can always be had, even when the special ammunition gives out, as it may on a long march, scout or expedition, and the rifle still be efiective. A recent change in the government standard to .45-70-500 is fast running out the .45-70-405 cartridge at military posts, and therefore still more should the .45-85-285 cart- ridge be welcome, as the new government cartridge is still more emphatically a long-range cartridge than the old one, and the special cartridge therefore more needed. A very mistaken impression seems to prevail that the Winches- ter .49-caliber can be used with the government shell, or use the .45-70-405 cartridge, and in fact, if I remember aright, 1 have seen itso advertised by dealers, but not by the Win- chester Arms Company, to do the latter justice; the Win- chester .45 does not use the government cartridge of any Kind, but uses either the .45-60-300 cartridge with straight shell or the .45-75-850 grain cartridge with bottle-necked shell, so this makes two guns of the.4% class of their make. I have tried to adopt the .45-70-405 cartridge to the Win- chester, but found it impossible, as the length of the ‘‘carrier block” is not enough to take in the length of this cartridge. Neither will it take the .45-55-405 government carbine cart- ridge, as this is the same length as the .45-70-405, the space in F shell not filled by powder being filled with pasteboard wads, The Marlin .45 uses the government cartridge .45-70-405, the Kennedy uses the .45-60-300 cartridge, the Burgess did use the .45-70-405 cartridge, but appears to Lave passed either out of date or under another name, the Hotchkiss aud Lee both use the .45-70-405 cartridge, and are of the bolt type of repeater, working with the knob on the side, and not with the lever. Passing to the .50-caliber, we still have singleloaders, but all using a proportion of lead to powder of 1 to 8 to 1 to 5, and then for all properly long-range rifles, and in magazine rifles we have the Bullard and Winchester express—both using the same cartridge.—50-95-300—and both good guns, the only .50-caliber magazine rifles I know of; the old-fashioned Spencer being .56-caliber and about obsolete. From an examination of this list of rifles it cannot but be seen that, with the exceptions noted, allare undercharged with powder and have a high trajectory; the ball starting with a slow velocity; the trajectory must have a high curve to get the ball to the distance desired, and the ball having consider- able weight, and therefore the remaining velocities not dimin- ishing very rapidly, the ranges will be long, a thing good in itself for some purposes, but not what is wanted in a hunt- ing gun. In considering this list of guns, no account has been taken of any special home made ammunition, but only of the factory or staudard and special ammunition made by the manufacturers for the trade; doubtless there are many who have already altered the proportions of their powder and lead improvement of the shooting of their rifles. No mention has been of special guns such as can be had by paying for them; but I have confined myself to those guus found advertised as made for the trade, that any one ean find by looking for them. That there are such special guns [am well aware, and can only congratulate those that are able to possess them. . As said by me in a previous letter, itis a pity that more ‘qualifications cannot be combined in one gun; but, as that is an impossibility, one has to ‘‘pay their money and take their choice” from what are to be had, unless able to have a special gun built. In the singleloaders I would choose a gun whose mechan- ism was such that I could see through the barrel from the rear end, whose breech block was at right angles to, or locked itself firmly against the breech, and then I would have a gun Icould vary to suit myself, provided I couldfind a mechanic with skill enough to chamber it as | wanted for longer car- tridges; but in magazine guns one cannot do this, there are other elements that enter the problem, and the breech frame being a fixture, longer cartridges cannot be fed into it from the magazine than the breech frame and carrier were built for; now the gun should be chambered to receive them; with such chambering done the gun could be used asa single- loader with such special long cartridges, provided there was room enough to extract the shells, and as a magazine gun with its regular ammunition, the shooting qualities with the regular ammunition being somewhat impaired, however, from the chamber being deepened. For magazine guns, therefore, the only hope of perfect re- sults is to be found in an appeal to the makers either of the guns or the cartridges; to the gunmakers, if the size of the parts have to be altered to suit Jonger cartridges, and to the cartridge makers if more powder and less lead can be ob- tained in the same length cartridges, so as not to have to alter the dimensions of the gun. That such appeals are not in vain, the production of the .40-90 and the .45-85-285 cartridge will show; the .40-90 being an alteration of these makers’ .40-60 to take this special cartridge, and the .45-85-285 being a new cartridge adapted by them to their .45-70-405 rifle, Doubtless other appeals to other makers would be followed by more powder and less lead in their rifles, an eud so much to be desired, in my opinion, as I have tried to set forth. But we now have three powerful guns before us, or I may yay four—the Bullard with its .40-75-225 cartridge, the same with the .40-90-300, the .45-85-285, which will also use the | had these faults remedi .45-70-405, and the .50-95-300 express of either Bullard or Winchester make, and unless one wants a special gun, it seems to me there is not much more to be wished for. A great deal has been said about the killing power of the AQ bullet as against the .45, and all against the .40 on account of its smaller area, That it will have less killing power on account of its diminished area is conceded, but not to the extent that is claimed by some. The areas being proportioned to the square of the diameters, these areas will be in the proportion of .200? to .225”, or 40,000 to 50,625, or the area of the .40-caliber bullet will be a little less than four-fifths of the .45-caliber, But other factors enter into the ‘killing power” besides area of striking surface. The ‘‘living force” of the bullet, depending upon the mass and the square of the velocity, comes in also; and, as the velocity has the element of the resistance of the air to contend with, more velocity can be given to the .40 than to the .45-caliber bullet with an ex- penditure of equal force, and the .40-caliber bullet will there- fore have more “‘living force’ provided its mass is the same as that of the .46-caliber, ; Take the .40-90 as compared with the .50-95, both Bullard; both bullets weigh 300 grains, and the extra amount of pow- der behind the .50-caliber, will not much more than over- come the increased atmospheric resisfance that it has to over- come from its increased area of cross section; so that, leaving the express principle out of account, the .40-90 would proba- bly have the greater living force, and the greater penetration also, as the penetration would be inversely as the striking surface, other things being equal. Whether more powder behind a .50-caliber,bullet is to be desired I leave for some one else to solve. Joubtless for heavy game such would be very desirable, but then we would have a special gun only fit for the large classes of game and one that would be useless on the smaller kinds. Though arguing that one all-around gun is as impossible as one all-around boat, or as impracticable as the general run of ‘‘general utility tools,” still I claim for the .40-90-300 magazine gun a greater range of usefulness than for any gun that has yet been made; next to it probably comes the .40- 75-224; next the .40-60-260, for all those guns can be used on a wide range of game, while the .45-85-285 and the .50-95- 300 are more to be considered as special guns, useful and powerful in their place, but not to be chosen for general work. C. D Fort McKisney, Wyoming, March 1, 1884. Editor Forest and Siream: It is, as most sportsmen are aware, possible to combine the advantages of a long range and express rifle in one weapon. This is very successfully done in a rifle which is made here principally for South Africa, by Messrs. Henry, Turner, Tolly, and others. Itisa .45-caliber, with 28-inch barrel, and of about 8 or 9 pounds weight, taking the usual musket shell and 80 to 90 grains of powder, and has a spiral of one turn in 22 inches, the usual military rifle twist. It shoots both express 270-grain hollow and 480-grain solid bullets well, and the same cartridge can be used with either bullet as occasion requires. If the shells are loaded with powder and wad only, either kind of bullet can be inserted as re- quired, The sights are the usual standard and one or two ' >= Seresiche. Het or barrel. Back sieht. leaves for 150, 200 and 250 yards for the express bullet, and a long leaf with slide graduated from 200 to 800 or 900 yards for the long-range bullet. Hither sight can be used independ- ently of the other, and they do not interfere with each other; the standard sight of course is used for short ranges with the heayy bullet. The express sights are placed in rear of the long-range one, and as the latter lies flush with the rib or barrel of the rifle when not in use, it is not in the way, For Indian shooting, rifles are hardly ever sighted to over 250 yards, as it is generally considered unsportsmanlike to try long shots, and they are rarely attempted except by novi- ces, or on very special occasions. The rough sketch will give an idea of the sight. BENGAL SEPOY. Lonpon, Eng. - Editor Forest and Stream: May I rise to explain? I will. In your issue of March 13, “D. M. B.” alludes to me; and although the allusion is complimentary, flattering even, it will be apt to give a wrong impression of at least one old swamp loafer of the seventh distillation. He says: “Every true sportsman must admire the picture of our old friend ‘Nessmuk,’ clinging with fond tenacity to the use of the old muzzleloader that has served him so long and well.” It is true. In my declining years I have gone back to my first love—the single-barreled, hair-triggered, muzzleloader. and it has served me ‘‘long and well.” But do not infer that I have clung with blind prejudice to any such weapon throughout my best days in the woods. Very far from it. On the contrary, I was among the first to take up and test the breechloader from its first advent. 1 started in with a Sharps carbine. I got it in Rochester, and I thought it about as sportsmanlike a weapon as an ordinary spade. ‘There was no hang, handle or nicety about it. They talked about “balance.” A crowbar will balance—if you take it at the middle. Estimating the graded sights, I concluded the makers had allowed for 100 feet drop in 100 rods, which turned out to be the case, Only, it wouldn’t drop two suc- cessive bullets within ten feet of each other. With my muzzleloading Billinghurst I could hit a 30-inch ring all day ai that distance. ' I traded the Sharps to a fellow who was going to Kansas, and my uext venture was a Maynard, This was more like atifie, but there were insuperable objections to it. The barrel was too short, the sights too near each other, the back sight “blurred” in dark woods, and it n ‘ a short-tug harness to pullit off. I took it to a gun shop, ceded a donkey with. asfar as possible, loaned my faith- | ful old double barrel to a friend, and adopted the Maynard for the season, The first two days I hunted with it I lost three deer that I would have heen dead sure of with the double barrel. At the end of the season, on a fair estimate, 1 had lost one-half of the deer I ought to haye scored. I did not care for the loss. They were welcome to go. It was the vexation and disappointment, I sent the Maynard out West, and tried a Ballard, then a Spencer, and eventually a busi- ness Sharps and a Winchester; alsoa Remington. Now, I will admit that the iast three named are wicked, murderous weapons. For the plainsman and the mountain hunter, the business Sharps is sufficiently destructive, while for black bear and deer in a wooded country, the improyed Winches- ter ought to satisfy the most greedy maker of “‘bags” and “scores.” But it doesn’t. Not a number of ForEsT AND STREAM comes to hand in whichI do not find well-written articles ou the best, 7. ¢,, the:most destructive, hunting rifle. The diverse notions advanced are a trifle amusing. One wants a .40-90-500 repeater; “D. M. B.” wants a .45-115 to 120-350 cartridge, while “Manhattan” finds 25 grains of powder in the Winchester ‘‘heavy enough for moose, caribou and bear.” The fun of it is, toa simple backwoodsman, that these articles are written by the very sportsmen who are most eager for efficient game Jaws and the enforcement thereof—the men who most bitterly deplore the rapidity with which our best game is being slaughtered. Gentlemen, you are right. Demand creates supply. Keep up the demand for a *‘perfect hunting rifle’—one that, while not too big for a squirrel, will stop a 1,200-pound grizzly in his rabid charge, and with a “trajectory” so flat that it will not be at all necessary to make any allowance on sights from forty yards to four hundred. The rapid increase of panthers, grizzlies and other ‘‘dangerous” animals demand that the coming rifle shall possess the ultimate possibilities of slaugh- ter. Let us have the verfect rifle by all means. ~ NessMuUk.- WELLSBORO, Pa., March 17. The rifle columns of your journal have for some weeks past contained a series of most interesting papers relative to the choice of a hunting rifle, and while the majority advance the merits of existing calibers, but a few haye adyocated a change in proportions of powder to lead, and only one an innovation, a .28-caliber. This correspondent, ‘‘Peabody Martini,” after a series of experiments, has determined that for all small game the .28 is superior to the .32 or .88, This is indeed a long step in advance, and present calibers with ammunition as now furnished must yield to the coming rifle for all game smaller than deer. In behalf of the large num- ber of rifle enthusiasts, whose leisure is too limited to permit a lengthy trip, and who, in the suburbs of cities, can enjoy afew hours sport with small calibers, allow me to appeal to manufacturers concerning the popular .22-caliber. The ammunition as now supplied is most unsatisfactory, if very cheap, and a great deal more pleasure could be had if the powder charge was increased, the ball hardened, and made. to fit a central fire, bottle sheJl containing fifteen grains pow- der or more, the balls swaged. The long .22 now contains but 7 grains, and the shorter ones from 3 to 5 grains. With present ammunition the gallery ranges are from 30 to 50 feet, and even thena full score is the exception because of the faulty method of making the balls of a less diameter that part of their length which is sealed in the shells. Werethey seated as they should be and hardened, and an increased powder charge in a larger shell, bottle-shaped, the accuracy would be much improved, and the interest in that sport much greater. In my opinion the English sparrow is the Icgiti- mate target for this caliber where game is unknown, if they are half as much a nuisance elsewhere as in New Orleans. G. H., M.D. New ORLEANS, March 20, 1884. THE PERFORMANCE OF SHOTGUNS. Editor Forest and Stream: I have read with interest the various opinions by different writers in your journal on the subject of guns, I will give you mine for what it is worth. I commenced to shoot long before breechloading shotguns were known, and was very well content with the old muzzleloader, haying owned two excellent ones before the war, and came into possession of a very superior one justafter the war. I shall never forget the contempt with which I viewed the first breechloader 1 saw— about fifteen years ago. The next time I saw one was an altered Greener, of which I will speak hereafter. From year to year | became more familiar with them, and finally bought one of an American manufacture, and still shoot it at birds. After careful experiment and obseryation in the field, I became satisfied that, for bird shooting, they were quite as good as the muzzleloaders, while the superior con- venience and safety of them was too apparent to question. I for a long time doubted, however, their capacity to cope — with the muzzleloader in buckshot shooting; but am now satisfied on that point. My first experience with them in buckshot caused me to condemn them, utterly. I had hunted deer for many years—killed a good many—and had never missed a single deer up to the time of the tria] I made with the breechloader. The first three deer I shot at with my breechloader I missed, and they were all within easy range. *I laid it aside and went back to the muzzleloader— a 10-pound, 10-bore Greener—and every one I shot at I killed until the fourth. This one I made a clean miss on, and so with the fifth. The next time I went deer hunting I took the Greener before mentioned that had been altered from a muzzle to a breechloader, I killed four deer straight with it, all at good fair distances. 1 then began to think that there was more in the man than in the gun. So I took my discarded breechloader and tried it with both the muzzleloading and breechloading Greeners—both of which I knew to be good buck guns—and found that it made as good a target as either of them. I have not tried it on deer since the target practice, but last fall I went with a party of gentlemen, most of whom had breechloaders, some muzzle- ~ We made an extra fine hunt, and the number of slightest appreciable difference in that. I fee trouble arose in my case—and, no doubt, matter in other cases—from overloading the b abe much powder. Twelve buckshot, that a No. 12 paper shell aii eanains toile of, only weigh an ounce, and hardly that unless they fit too tight. So that why should one put a great load of powder (4 to 5 drams) behind an ounce of buckshot, ando ly 3 to 84 drams behind i} and 1} ounces of bird shot? ~ WHACK. 7 -SrAunton, Va., March 18. Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of Feb. 7, ‘‘Buckeye” asks: ‘“‘How much further will a 10-gauge kill its game than a 12, both guns of - game grade, and bored on same principle?” F - Under ordinary circumstances, 1 say, not an inch, The greater number of shots are at single birds; and a 12 choke- bore charged with 3 drams of good powder and 14 ounces of chilled shot, No. 4,.5, 6, 7 or 8, will kill a single bird, sitting or flying, duck, quail, prairie chicken, snipe or woodcock, or with No. 1 or BB a goose, just as far as a No. 10 will, charged with 5 drams of powder and 14 ounces of shot. For close, strong, hard shooting, and long range, the 12 gun need not be more than 28 inches long, not heavier than 74 pounds, while the 10 would require to be 80, 82 or 34 inches long, and 9 or 10} pounds in weight, necessitating a waste of strength to carry it about, and an unnecessary waste of am- - munition—a nuisance to carry—in its use. I have given the weight and length of my own full-choke hammerless Greener above, the shooting and killing qualities of which are at least equal to the better class of choked guns. At from 20 yards up to 80 yards, 1 find my gun, when carefully and properly loaded, always equal to the occasion, and its execu- tion singularly free from accidental or wild shots, Speaking from my own experience, I would just as soon think of firing a field piece loaded with grape or canister at a wild turkey, as to discharge 44 or 5 drams of powder aud 64 ounces of shot ata single bird of any of the varieties enumerated above, excepting, perhaps, the wild goose. If I want to shoot at a flock of ducks at 100 yards, I can always manage to reach them effectively with No. 1 or No. 8 shot. Further still, if you tie the 10-bore down to 3 drams of powder and 14 ounces of shot, in competition with the 12 at long range, the former will be simply nowhere. Lightness, combined with necessary solidity and safety, and « minimum of charge, sufficient to lessen expense, and moderate recoil, yet com- pfttely effective, are among the chief characteristics of a good sun. All these desiderata can be found in a first-class No. 12 of at the outside 8 pounds in weight. Too much of a good thing is sometimes objectionable. For the informa- tion of our friend ‘‘Buckeye.” who, perhaps, may not have taken the trouble to experiment backward, I wish to say that I have done some capital shooting with my gun with 2 drams of powder and half an ounce of Tatham’s American chilled No, 6 shot, up to 45 and 50 yards; but, as a matter of course, at birds on the wing, the calculation and precision would gue to be drawn to an extreme nicety. For flying shooting | cannot recommend such small charges. ‘‘In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.” I need scarcely say that I am in favor of the hammerless gun, in my opinion the ne pilus uléra of breechloaders. ALGONQUIN. ' Orrawa, Canada, March 10, Editor Forest and Stream: I have used shotguns ever since I was big enough to be trusted with one, and have owned several, but when I got - my first double barrel, the climax was reached in my esti- mation. This was a 14-gauge 34-inch barrels, and was really a good shooting gun, ‘To prove this, I was once barred in a shooting match in company with a friend whose gun was same size bore as mine, with 32-inch barrel. After each of us had got a chicken, we were not allowed toshoot any more. The conditions were to put two shot in a 6-inch circle at 80 yards. Two years ago I got the fever for a breechloader, and so sold my old favorite, the muzzleloader, and purchased a breechloader with all improvements, a W. Richards .12-28- 8. Limmediately commenced to experiment with my new gun, and in a short time I found that my old gun was no- where, as the breechloader would discount it in distance, penetration and distribution. I once shot against two 10- gauge guns, breechloaders, distance respectively 60, 80 and 100 yards, two shots each at each distance, and my score was the best every time, which proves conclusively, to my mind, that the 12-gauge is superior to the 10 for all ordinary shooting, Iuse the Winchester brass shell, and for wood: cock, partridge, etc., I use 3 drams American Dead Shot owder, one wad on same (Winchester pink edge) 14 ounces atham’s chilled, No. 8 shot, with thin black-edge wad on same. For squirrel shooting the same quantities, only No. 6 shot. . _I have experimented a great deal in loading, and I find that the above method gives the best results. If any one will use the same quantity of shot that they do of powder (in bulk) for brush shooting, I think that they will agree with me. I know that a great many use two wads on the powder and claim better results, but [claim that one good thick wad that will not blow to pieces in the barrel is better than more. Tf two wads are better than one, why would not three be better than two, and so on. I would like to hear the: ex- perience of others on this point, especially those who have experimented the most, and if two wads are better than one, please give the reason why, WESTLEY. New Market, N. H., March 17. Fiditor Forest and. Stream: I have an 8-pound Parker gun, 12-gauge, 28-inch barrels. I loaded four metal shells for tages practice on Saturday, 15th, as foliows: 3} drams of Hazard’s No. 5 ducking powder, and 14 ounces of shot. I placed two No. 1 pink- edge wads with a Barclay loader firmly on powder, and one of the same thickness on the shot. Ata target 40 yards dis- tant and 30-inch circle I obtained the following result with very even distribution; First shot I placed inside of the eircle 200, second 219, third 225, fourth 227. AMATEUR. - COLLINSVILLE, Conn., March 17. . some one the ¢ aes FOREST AND STREAM. shooting without raising the back sight; have killed squirrels, ducks and geese at 40, 50 and 70 yards without raising the back sight, but over that distance cannot do anything with the gun with or without raising the sight. TINKER. Decatur, Ala., March 18. [Nore.—The communication of “D. H. 5.,” in our issue of March 6, in which it was stated that his gun put No. 3 shot in an inch circle, has been criticised by a number of correspondents, It is due to “D. H. 8.” to state that he wrote ‘‘No. 8 shot,” and not ‘‘No. 3's printed, and that the blunder was made by the printer, the writer of the note being in no way responsible for it. } COMING OF THE BIRDS. HE wildfow] are back with us again, at least their van- guard has been sighted. I saw a pretty pair of green- winged teal and a black duck in the market a few days ago; they had been shot in Greece by James Burns, one of the numerous farmers living in the town who are good shots and shoot a great many ducks every season. This morning I was aroused from slumber by a sound that seemed familiar, although I had not heard it before for several months. It came from overhead, and on looking out of the window my conjecture was confirmed, for there, in full view, a few hundred yards above, was a flock of about thirty Canada geese, beating the air with slow pinions and gobbling in their usual noisy fashion—noisy, 1 said, but it was more musical to my ear than sounds I have often paid to hear. Crown Wap. Rocuester, N. ¥., March 22. Ducks and geese commenced coming in from the south on the 26th. The main spring flight is not here yet. Ice is all out. Sportsmen who want to hunt on the line of the Atchi- son, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. for ducks or geese, are ad- vised to stop off between Nickerson and Larned, Further west is no good, for we raise but little grain west of Larned and there are twenty ducks east of there to one Sac a Cimarron, Kansas, Feb. 28. Woodcock and snipe haye arrived. There was a wood- cock killed about ten days ago, and one last night at the Re- lay House, by flying against the telegraph wires; attracted by the electric light, I think. The one this morning was fat, H. B, YONDERSMITH. LANCASTER, Pa., March 22. TWO MORNINGS’ WORK. NE evening in January, 1884, asI stepped from the ferryboat at Sullivan’s Isle, a little girl met me with, “‘O! Mr. G., you ought to have been here to-day. Mr. Hud- son shot twenty-two ducks and Mr. Edwards twenty-five.” A minute later, as I stepped into the door of my house, my wife saluted me with, “O! John, you don’t know how many ducks have been shot to-day! Mr, Hudson killed twenty- two and Mr. Edwards twenty-five. They have been shoot- ing all day. Clarence went out, but he only got eight.” By and by in came Clarence, a young friend without much experience in shooting. He told me that the cold storm had driven the ducksin the cove. ‘‘But why did you not kill more than eight if there were so many?” ‘‘Well, you see, John, the canoe rolled so that sometimes I shot within four feet of the boat, and then I did not know they were there until Hudson came back.” ‘‘Didn’t you hear them shoot?” ‘You see, I was busy, and did not pay any atten- tion to it.” ‘‘Shot fifty cartridges and got eight ducks!” “Yes, but I crippled about twenty, and they were wild after being shot at so much.” I determined to see if I could bag a few of them the next morning. First, my decoys were packed nicely in a basket. The canoe is moored at the steps; the 10-bore looked at, and found in good condition. Next come the cartridges, which are carefully emptied on the floor. Not very carefully you think? Well, no; but you see if you empty them on the table, they will roll on the floor; and then I enjoy sitting on the floor and counting them. At length forty-five shells, mostly loaded with No. 5 shot, are all I can find. These are care- fully put in the boat-box; next my clothes are placed where Ican find them; the alarm clock set for 5 o’clock, and I sleep to dream of ducks. Once in the night I awoke and was sorry to hear it was raining. At 5 o’clock still raining and the wind blowing a gale. However, I started for the wharf, but, just as I reached the shed, down comes the rain in torrents, and the wind blew so that it shook the shed like a leaf. The weather is really too bad, so I go back to wait until the wind goes down. Although it is only seventy-five yards away, as Tam coming back I am caught in a shower and drenched up to my knees. : But whatis that? Yes, a duck flew around the wharf and lit not thirty yards away. Two cartridges are quickly slipped into old Pieper, and I sight across the barrel, but I can’t see the duck. There he is, but the rain comes fast and it is not quite light. I see him at last and give him the open barrel, and there he is with his heels up. In another minute I have him—a little fellow, but plump. I now finish bailing out the canoe, get everything aboard, and start across the cove. Several flocks of ducks go up wild, and.as I near the marsh a black duck gets up, but out of shot. I now put out the decoys, pull the little boat in the marsh out of sight, and wait and watch, but not a duck willcomenear, Itis gettin very cold. This won’t do. I will row across the cove an see what is over there. As I round a point three little fel- lows rise. I stop two with the first barrel, and the other with the next; but two of them are only crippled and have to be shot over. A little further on I see a large flock, just around a point of marsh, and asI get within a hundred and fifty yards of them down comes a colored brother with an old, musket, and as I hear it thunder away go the ducks. He did not kill one. Just as I am in the act of thinking what a jewel he is, the ducks circle and come right past me. They are a long way off, but I give them both barrels for luck, and nine fall, but several have to be shot over. I now get to windward of the birds and the little eggshell goes down on them like a flash, and it is now blowing a stiff breeze, the little fellows have to rise to the windward. I empty both barrels among them, So I followed them up. Every few minutes there would come a shower, and several fimes I had to stop and bail out the canoe, My rubber coat I had long since thrown into the bottom of the boat to kneel on. And what would I have done without my boat box? It kept my cartridges dry as a chip. After a little more of this I am tired, hungry and wet through and through, sol start for home. “ A few strokes bring’ me to’ the wharf. - 1 hayenot been a half a mile from Se 167 home all the morning. The ducks are soon counted and number thirty-one, After donning dry clothing comes a ood breakfast, and who relishes his meals like the hunter? ‘The gun is cleaned up nicely, and I take 12 o’clock boat for town. In the evening I bring seventy-five cartridges loaded with No, 7 shot. The next morning, wind blowing half a gale and very cold. By keeping well in the lee of the shore and up the creeks, although ice made in the boat, the spray wet me up some, After three hours’ hard work I brought in thirty ducks. As I came in I had killed a beautiful drake that I thought I would have set up. A crowd from the saloon met me with “‘What luck?” Not one of them went out; too cold that morning, I had my gun in one hand, the drake in the other. I Jaid it on the sidewalk, and with a tired look, which was not very hard for me to assume, for I was very tired, I pointed to the Jone duck. ‘‘One duck,” said one. ‘‘Hard luck,” said another, ‘‘After all that hard rowing,” put in the third. Then they commenced to brag and tell how many they had killed the first day, and I told them I had twenty-nine more in the boat. ‘Twenty-nine in allthis wind? Well, that’s good luck.” Sixty-one in two mornings, and so ended my ducking. The next morning it was bright and clear, and not a duck could be seen. JoHN Frx, CHARLESTON, &. C. THE FIRST SNIPE. eee English snipe were killed on the meadows this week, one on Thursday and two on Saturday, and no others have been seen, I have not been fortunate enough to get a shot thus far. Will go over the grounds daily, and hope to bag a few birds next week. Quail have wintered well, and large bevies are frequently seen near the village. With a good breeding season we may look for excellent shooting next fall. Ruffed grouse are very scarce, and that noble, game bird will soon be a thing of the past in our woods, Woodcock have appeared in fair numbers, and fine shooting may be looked for in July. The best grounds in this vicinity are reserved, and those who are not privilezed to shoot on such grounds can make but a poor bag at best. Robins, meadow larks and bluebirds have been with us nearly all winter, and blackbirds have appeared in large numbers. Goon ENoueH. FARMINGDALE, Monmouth County, N. J.. March 22, There was aloud crash as the door of a Newark saloon burst open last evening and a man, who looked not unlike the statue of Gen. Phil Kearny in the park, plumped into a party of sportsmen. “Say, now! Look a’ear, look a ’ear, now, say! I’ve got im!” he shouted excitedly. “‘V’ve got/im! Ive been tryen’ fur fiv’teen year tu git’im, an’I got ‘im at last. I can prove it.” He waved his hands exultingly. “See the blood!” he gasped, as he continued to poke his fists under the noses of the hunters. He then teetered wildly out into the night. ‘In the name of all that’s good,” exclaimed an old gentle- naan, a stranger, who, while waiting for the train, was hay- ing a quiet beer at the bar, “‘what has he got? What has he done?” “Got? Yes, it looks as if he’s got ’im,” replied a middle- aged, man in an old greasy corduroy shooting coat. ‘‘It’s trué what he sez, he’s been tryin’ for fiv’teen year to get in his claim. He’s gallyed us now, by thunder. He’s killed him at last. Yer don’t understand, don’t yer? Well, he’s shot the fust English snipe of the season, he has.”—#. Sat- terthuaite in N. ¥. Herald. The first English snipe was seen on our meadow March 21. Quail have stood the winter well in this section. §. Norra Truro, Mass., March 24. Two English snipe were killed at Bergen Point, N. J., March 24, by P. Lumbreyer. PHILADELPHIA NOTES, A LMOST all of our sportsmen who have started out for he the first snipe of the season have either brought in a showing of one or a couple, or have seen birds on the mea- dows, which are in avery wet condition in our section. There is a superabundance of overflowed and ‘‘navigable ground” near our river shores which will make bad tramping, and so much of it that such snipe that come our way in theirnorth- ern flight, will be scattered about everywhere. The flight of ducks which I mentioned had reached the Maryland shores last week, instead of making good shooting on the flats from boxes, appear to have settled down in the Gun- powder and Bush River regions. Iwas informed by both Messrs. McComis and Bancroft, of Baltimore, who are about as well posted on the doings of wildfowl as any gentlemen I know, that the great body of fow] that came are now in sections where box-shooting is not allowed, Perhaps I am a chronic growler on the subject of battery or box-shooting, but it is a fact noticeable to Havre de Grace duckers, that canvas-backs, redheads and blackheads seem to know the difference between a bunch of decoys and a flock of their own kind as soon as they arrive. This is especially notice- able in the spring, no doubt from the recollection of the re- ception they received on their first coming in the autumn, young, green and fresh from the nesting grounds, and when it is known that on shooting days there are often as many as ae! or forty boxes anchored on the flats near the mouth of the Susquehanna at Havre de Grace, is it any wonder the ducks become educated, and the instinct to avoid such warm receptions on their natural feeding grounds—the battery must be anchored in shallow water—is transmitted to the young, and in time we have an entire change in the habits and actions of the fowl! To me, point and blind shooting at ducks, as they trade from place to place, is the most legitimate sport of the two, certainly the less destructive. Many geese have begun to go north. The snow geese that were in the Delaware haye started to their breeding grounds, and we may look for open weather, I think. Speaking of geese reminds me of a very curious specimen of the breast bone of Anse canadensis Mr. McComis, of Baltimore, showed me last week. The breast bone of all water fowl, when devoid of flesh, it is known, has much the resemblance of an old-fashioned skate, an upper bone taking the place of the plate and the sternum the part of-the blade or runner. One of Mr, McComis’s friends, on cleaning the breast bone of a large goose he shot, found lying on the upper part of the bone three large shot, twoencysted and the other detached. No fracture of the bone appeared, and. no evidence was found how’ the shot had FORE ST AND STREAM. ‘si [Marcu 2 entered. How they got there has puzzled many, but it would seem to me that when the goose was first shot he must have been going away from the shooter and the shot entered in under ‘‘the apron,” and when their force was spent rested at the place they were found. On comparing the shot with am- munition in his store, Mr. MeComis found them to be such as are in Hley’s 8. T. wire cartridges. Homo, MAncH 22. LONG ISLAND POACHING, Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of March 6, Mr. Lane, after informing you that ducks were being caught in nets by the thousand in Shinnecock Bay, goes on to say that he has notified me at two different times and that I had paid no attention. Before Mr, Lane notified me I had been-giving my attention to this matier. I wrote to him in reply to his first letter, asking him to collect me evidence, and that I would at once see to it. He wrote in return that he was tired of trying to have the game law enforced, and that he expected that he could rely on me, etc, I have taken every pussible means at my own expense to stop this violation of the law, but it is im- possible for me to succeed unsupported, and all the inhabi- tants of the locality are all more or less engaged in the busi- ness, and act as spies on my proceedings. Mr, Lane prob- ably knows by this time some of the difficulties which lie in the way of an enforcement of the law, In your issue of March 20 there is a letter from Manor- ville with reference to the trapping of partridges. I am aware that from Riverhead to Babylon, and also on the noith side, the woods are lined with partridge hedges. I made a great effort to catch the parties, and many of the hedges were destroyed, but none of the offenders could be trapped. If gentlemen who are credibly informed of the trapping of birds or other violations of the Jaw, will give me the names of witnesses I will see that the offenders are at- tendedto, They should recollect that I have a coast of 400 miles and about 2.000 square miles of territory, and I can- not, nor can any man, act personally in all cases, Perhaps if persons buying wild ducks knew that a duck netted and drowned turns black, they;would not be so easily sold, and if there were no sale of course there would be no catching, GEORGE W. WHITAKER, State Game Protector. BouTHAmpton, L. I., March 24. SOUTH CAROLINA DAYS. os hot, dry summer of 1888, while very disastrous to field crops in this section, was very favorable for birds, and, per consequence, the long sedge cover on the hillsides overlooking the beautiful Catawaba is literally swarming with the brown beauties. In almost every piece of sedge, in every rough, uncultivated patch of any size, you are sure, with a good dog, to find game, and a three hours’ tramp from my house on a good day will be rewarded with a sight of from eight to twelve coveys. It is true they are pretty wild and strong and swift of wing, and as I have good rea- son to know are exceedingly hard to bit. Still the sport is magnificent. Many along tramp, and many a glorious daf*s shooting have I had this past season, in company with my genial friend, that clever sportsman and truly typical Eng- lish gentleman, Capt. McMurdo, of Charlotteville, Va. With the exception of one short spell, we have had a very mild winter. This month (February) has been about as warm as the average April, bright and beautiful, the very ideal weather for outdoor sports. Just such days as induce the partridge to go far afield in the early mornings and late evenings in search of food, and to lie cozily and lazily be- neath pines in the warmer mid-day; so close and still that nothing short of a first-rate dog can then fiad them; so close and still that after your dog has made game, and is standing sliff as bronze on a ‘‘dead point,” you peer curiously and anxiously into the short cover, see nothing but the short grass and dead brown leaves, and are almost persuaded the point isa false one. The dog is gently urged forward as you pass him, but stubbornly refuses to move, indicating by the slightest turn of the head the direction of the birds, On, on a few yards further and then, just under your feet, with a thrilling whirr, around, behind, before, and on either side. away go the birds; and too often, in spite of the best formed resolutions, off go the guns also before the game is properly covered, and af least half the shots fail fo count. By the way, how rarely, except in the written accounts, do we ever see a really effective right and left on quail in February or Marchi. As there is no rose without its thorn, so there is nu covey without its pine tree or trees, and long practice in eluding hawks has taught the cunning Bob Whites exactly how to take advantage of their friendly cover, and many a charge of shot, like the dagger of Roderick Dhu, finds ‘bloodless sheath,” not in the earth, but the soft brown bark of the dwarf pines, while the intended vietim, with the speed of the wind, secks further safety in some neighboring reed brake, or amid the warning leaves of a convenient hillside, A day’s shooting behind Strother’s Doctor Duer (Glad- stone—Frost) and Perkins’s imported pointer Mainspring, among as many birds as we have had this season, is a thing to be remembered with pleasure, when gray locks and un- certain legs shall have rendered all such joys a thing of the past, and when these two splendid representatives of their rival breeds are remembered only by the excellence of their offspring. j i Allow me to predict that with continued good health and a fair amount of practice before the next field trials, Main- spring is going to make things lively for the best, not only of his own race, but the very best and fastest of the setters also. I have yet to see the setter that has the heels of him: no dog can have a better nose, and none be more sagaclous or more easily controlled, Iam perfectly satisfied that he is the very best pointer | have ever seen in the field, andis going to make a flutter in sporting circles when brought to the test, Doctor Duer has about graduated, and is good enough for anybody. Keen, well-broken, handsome, and with brains enough to represent the Seventh South Carolina district in Congress. Doctor Strother will have to try a good many times before he gets a better or even as good a dog. Dexter’s Dirk and Del, pointer pups, Heald’s Snowdon and McMurdo’s Gloster, setters, are still in their nonage; all coming on well, and at least two of them will be heard of in the next Derby. After a long day’s tramp, a dinner and a smoke, I usually have two hours more of pleasure before me, passed in a game of backgammon and chatting with Oapt. McMurdo, who, -with all bis modesty and reserve, has had mauy adventures “by flood and field,” and it is indeed a privilege to a back- woods member of the *' Stay at Home Club’ like myself, to listen for hours to the conversation of an intelligent and en- thusiastic sportsman, who has shot peacocks, ibex, pheasants and migratory quail in India, cinnamon bears and leopards in Cashmere, snipe and woodcock in Turkey and Asia Minor, black game in the Highlands, red grouse in England and Wales, woodcock and water fowls in New Brunswick, ruffed grouse on the Blue Ridge, and prairie chickens in the far West, to say nothing of that gamest and most difficult of all game birds, the wary, beautiful little Bob White, along the banks of the Catawba. W. RD. Lanpssoro, Chester County, 8S. C., Feb. 28, ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAM AND GRIZZLY. Ae thirty years ago a man named John Dunson, i then a resident of Western Canada, went to the Rocky Mountains for the benefit of his health. And here it may not be amiss to say that, although then suffering from the effeets of a pulmonary complaint, after a few years’ resi- dence on the slopes of the backbone of America he grew strong and robust, and completely recovered his health. One day, while digging for gold, near Pike’s Peak. in a ravine, he heard a noise above him, and on looking up saw a bighorn of the largest size, a regular giant—old Cimma- ron of the hills—with an immense pair of horns, standing in a narrow pass winding up the side of the mountain. The great horned sheep appeared to be intently watching some object other than the miner, which soon became manifest, as a large male and female grizzly and two well-grown cubs made their appearance, ascending the path upon which the bighorn was standing. When the great Ursus horribilis arrived within about fifteen feet of the sheep the latter low- ered his head and descended upon his foe with the rush of a batteriug ram, The sudden and heavy stunning shock over- turned the bear; but, before the assailant could recover from the momentum, the she bear caught him in her grasp and dragged him down, when her stunned partner, haying re- covered, the fierce animals made a feast upon the carcass of the fearless bighorn, It is a well-known fact that the big- horn of the Rocky Mountains is more than a match for the bull bison; but ibis is the first instance that I have heard or read of that a Rocky Mountain sheep has dared to face the fierce and formidable tyrant of the bill and the cation, [ have given the story as related by the witness, and have not the slightest reason to doubt its correctness. We Pa, OrTawa, Canada, THE AMERICAN DEER FAMILY. THE ANTELOPE AND DEER OF AMERICA. By John Dean Caton. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing Company. N this volume, asecond edition, may be found important alterations and additions, the result of Judge Caton’s further studies in a most interesting branch of natural history. Perhaps no one in this country has devoted more attention to this subject than the author, for not only 1s he master of the scientific data, but has bad the good fortune to note the characteristics of the American Cervide in loco, aud for the purpose of comparison has been a keen observer of deer in other countries. Beginning with the prong buck, or, as it is generally known, the American antelope (Antilocapra americana), the specifie differences between it and the true deer, the moose (Cervus alces), wapiti deer, American elk (Cervus canadensis), woodland caribou, reindeer (Cervus tarandus), mule deer (Cervus macrotis), Columbia black- tailed deer (Cervus columbianus), common or Virginia deer (Cervus virginianus), the barren ground caribou (Cervus tarandus arctica). and the Acapulco deer (Cervus acapulcensis), are explained. The main peculiarity of the American antelope, which distinguishes it from its kindred ruminants, is to be found in the manner of growth ofthe horns. Audubon and Bachman doubted the statement of Lhe early hunters, that no person had ever shot or killed an antelope without horns; but the hunters, says Judge Caton, were right and the scientific men wrong, In 1848 Dr. C. A. Canfield, of Monterey, first made the statement that the antelope had a hollow hora like the ox, and that this horn was cast off and renewed annually. This statement seemed to be so contradictory to all established zoological laws that it was hardly credited until some eight years afterward, when the Superintendent of the London Zoolegical Gardens published the factsin the proceedings of the society. In 1863 Judge Caton, unacquainted with the prior studies of Canfield and Bartlett, in a paper read before the Ottawa Academy of Natural Sciences, affirmed the same fact. ‘‘The antelope has a de- ciduous hollowfhorn, which enyelons a persistent core, which is a process of the skull, like the core of the persistent horns of the ruminants * * * only thelower part of the horn is hollow, the core extending up scarcely half its length.*’ The vore is persistent, but when full development comes in October, this envelope of horn 1s cast off, to be renewed again, When the old horn is cast off the new one shows considerable growth above the core. Prof. Curtis, of Chicago, studying with the microscope the various stages of growth in the antelope horn, has rendered this curious subject quite clear. One peculiarity of the Antilocapra americana is the system of cutaneous glands. ‘The activity of these glands is not confined to the rutting season, but the odor may be observed in all seasons, nor is tb confined to the male, though the presence of these glands in no wa. affects the flavor of the flesh. The antelope is the fleetest ofa animals, but, curiously enough, though it can leap over fiat surfaces, itseems to be wanting when a perpendicular object arrests its flight. Caught in an inclosure, J ueee Caton found that an antelope would not jump a fence three feet high. The prong buck is easily tamed» ‘soon loses all fear of man, seeks society, and enjoys his company.” . : ; After giving a description of each of the species of deer, with their characteristics, the author enters imto more particular details, so that, by comparison, an excelent conception can be had of the simi- jitudes and differences of the species. Commencing with size, the moose is the largest known living representative of the Cervide. An extinct deer, the bones of which came from Ireland, however, ex- ceeded it in bulk. The maximum weight of the moose is 1,200 pounds, and its height, anteriorly, 644ft. The elk will measure 16 bands in height, and will weigh, in a fine specimen, 1,000 pounds. Judge Caton killed a 5-year-old elk which weighed 900 pounds, Between the elk and the caribou the difference in weight is quite marked, 400 pounds being & good average, and it is less in size than the Lapland animal. Mule deer will weigh 250 pounds; Columbia black-tailed deer not much more than smaller kinds of common deer, say, 150 pounds, though the Cervus virginianus has been killed which would tip the scales at 248 pounds. Perhapsin certain seasons the Michigan deer are the heaviest. The smallest of the race is the Acapulco deer. and a very large one will weigh 50 pounds, but 40 isa fair average. Judge Caton has paid marked attention to the coat and color of deer studying the spots which ornament the fawns of the Virginia and other deer, as traces of these spots were observable in some of the adult species, “I believe,’? writes Judge Caton, ‘these spots on the adult Virginia deer have been entirely overlooked by naburalists till T mentioned them to Mr. Darwin, when he noticed them in the ‘Descent of Man.’’ The theory which naturally takes consistency from this is tnatatsome prior period the Cervus virginianus was spotted like the fallow deer, and that in time ib may dissappear on the fawns 4s it has ‘nearly disappeared on the young of the moose and caribou, and has even now much faded onthe elk and caribou.” “ We think, from Judge Caton’s observations, carried over a long eriod, that the danger of keeping males of the American Cervidze in public parks, the Virginia deer not excepted, is pretly clearly proved. All these animals, in certain seasons, are likely to attack man. When in captivity the male deer loses that dread of man which is his natural condition when wild, and from familiarity there comes contempt. The elks in Judge Caton’s North Park have more fhan once occupied their own ground and bid defiance to human in- truders. Under such circumstances, when their anger is excited, elks roust be quite formidable antagonists. Judge Caton writes: “Three men, who thought they kuew best and were not afraid of anybody’s ell, scaled the fenceand quietly walked along till they met the herd of eli, when the leader started after them with a dignified walk. They thought they had seen enough, aud commenced an orderly retreat, The elk increased his pace, and soon treed two of the party and killed the other. One of them, a young, active, ath- letic man, left his tree far past tee from tree to tree, fuel escaped, gave the alarm, and ra izeD-for. on they were as ly. wee resolu C ‘men. thy tiey could ufSeiently break 118, —_—s so the virtue of sharp hay forks. He did not charge on thenr with 5 rush, in the ordinary way of joining battle Daeten by all the deer, but 1 owered his h i i i prodne ead so as to bring his face nearly parallel with the When the elk gave way it was a slow and sullen retreat, not & Bient. When his keeper came the elk tried to Kill him, and the man only saved his life by his courage. Next day it was determined to castrate the elk, and Judge Caton, with two other persons, had a severe tussle with him, for he was still undaunted. After the oper- tion was performeu he got wicked again, but soon all vicions sylnp- toms left, and in a week he was as docile as a lamb. Judge Caton believes that such viciousness is rather exceptional. When buck elk fight, a common occurrence, they give voice which resembles sume- thing like the soundof a steam whistle, which can be heard half a mile, Somet*mes in their battles they killone another. The wapiti is more readily domesticated. A curious trait of the elk fawn is that when captured it will feign death, If you pick them up they are as limp as a wet rag. the head and limbs hanging down, without the least muscular action, the brighteye fairly sparkling all the time, Efforts to domesticate the mule and the Columbia deer have been failures. In captivity not one of the Cervide seems to repoduce their kind as rapidly as whex in the wild state. Jadge Caton’s chapter on the hybridity of the Cervidee shows how thoroughly he understands this curious subject. He has succeeded in only four cases. He, crossed a male Columbia with a female mule deer, a Ceylon with an Acapulco doe, a Virginia with a Céylon doe, and a Virginia with an Acapulco doe. The cross between the Ceylon and Virginia varieties Seemed to do the best. Although a cross was attempted between an elk and a Durham heifer naturally no progeny came from it. Prince Pless, in Silesia, has succeeded in crossing the wapiti and the com- mon red deer. Judge Caton is certainly right in noticing this crass. Heis of the opinion that itis not a case of hybridity, as undoubtedly the wapiti and the European stag have descended from the same progenitors. In his chapter on the chase are presented many pleas- ing incidents. For the naturalist and the sportsman Judge Caton’s book is of great value, Itis notadry compilation of concrete facts, made up in the study, but contains the exact experinces of a gentleman who has a direct interest and a practical acquaintance with the subject he exhaustively treats.—New York Times. March 17. A PLEA FOR THE Brrps.—Huditer Forest and Stream: The discussion of the ‘destruction of our seng birds by amateur ornithologists” is one of intcrest. I venture to say that fully one-half of the bright little lives so taken ure of no benefit whatever to the collector. Rare specimens I grant may be secured for study, but surely it is nothing but wantonnéss that prompts the destruction of our many varieties of famil- iar birds. And here let me say, if you wish to study, build a ‘bird tank” and take your study frem life. Do not take the life from your study! If an unusnal visitor shows him- self, identify him; but in mercy think twice before killing This ‘‘bird tank” may be a hobby with me, but if only 25 per cent. of your many readers will try it, many hundre@s, yes and thousands, of little victims will be spared to gladden the woods with their songs. Buy an opera glass, build a bird tank and fhen let us hear from you.—Wuinmor (New York, March 21). A Bounty on Foxrs.—Maine needs a bounty on foxes, They are very destructive to our game, and not only to game, but the poultry yards suffer from their depredations. Grouse seem to suffer more from them than other game for this rea- son. In cold weather the birds burrow in the snow through the night, and the keen scented fox soon finds them, and they fall an easy prey to reynird. Foxes never were so plenty as they are now in Maine, and unless something is done to de- stroy them, our noble game bird, the grouse, will soon be counted among things of the past. One can hardly go into the woods without finding the remains of a grouse or rabbit where reynard has dined. Now, brother sportsmen of Maine, let us push this question, as it is of great interest to us all, Let us wage war on the fox, and every farmer will hail with joy the sportsman that destroys his worst enemy. Let us hear from others of your readers here in Maine.—L. H, I. (Gardiner, Maine, March 17). Braps — Great Soury Bay.—The geese, brant and duck are becoming quite Bumerous in our bay, and someof the sportsmen are haying good shooting. ‘lo have good sport it is best to be on the bay when there isa good southerly or easterly wind blowing, which keeps the birds in the bay. A northwest wind is very unfavorable, as it generally drives the birds to the ocean. There are some batteries used here, but the shooting is done mainly from points with a boat and decoys. There being quite a number of islands in the bay it makes the point-shooting more convenient and desirable. —GeEo. Kintan (South Oyster Bay, L. I., March 25). Virernia.—Staunton, March 17.—The birds wintered well here, and the prospect for'good quail and grouse shooting next fall are as good as I ever knew them to be. The frequent 4nd deep snows in the mountaizs west of us promise good results to the trout streams, by keeping upa good tide all summer, The headwaters of Greenbrier, in Povahontas, are full of these fish, and from the middle of June to 1st of BSep- tember there is no such fishing that is as accessible to fishermen from the Northern and Eastern cities as these streams, and none that yields so generous a return to the angler.—W Hack. Massacuusertrs Brrps.— While walking in the woods to- day with a friend and his dog, tosee how the quail got over the winter, we flushed a nice covey of partridges, ten in number, and a pair of woodcoek, but saw no quail, Thisi rather early for the longbill around here, as I found none ti the first of ‘April, last year. Snow is from four to five inches deep in the woods yet. Robins and bluebirds and song sparrows, and the red-shouldered blackbird are a week behind last year.—J. F. D. (Danvers. Mass,, March 22). Honicon SHootmng CLUB. The Horicon Shooting Club was organized at Fond du Lac, Wis., last week. The fo}- lowing officers were elected: President, T. 8. Weeks; Vice- President, §. B. Amory; Secretary, C. 5. Mattison; Treas- urer, W. 8. Russell. The club holds the lease of about 10,000 acres of Horicon marsh (which is considered the best duckipg ground in the State), and are proceeding to erect a suitable club house thereon.—Horicon (Oakfield, Wis,, March 17). Nor Yer.—Was out Tuesday to try the ducks, but failed to get a shot. I only saw two flocks of ducks all day. I saw quite a number of ducks flying this morning; also heard ot afew English snipe being seen near the Great Swamp. Will try the meadows for snipe on Saturday, The meadows will be in first-class condition for snipe this spring, and [ hope I will be able to report some good bags.—16-BorE (Madison, N. J., March 20). . New Gun Wap.—We have received from the Merino Elastic Felt Gun Wad Company, of Baltimore, specimens of the new wad which they.are about to introduce. It is claimed for these that they combine the advantages of other felt wads with greater cheapness. Messrs, Clark & Sueider are said to have tested them with good results. Ove SEV THeusaxh Mex were pai cash benefits in 1883 by | aocident sath eae : ond ton FOREST AND STREAM. 169 Sea and Liver Sishing. LONG OR SHORT RODS. Editor Foreat and Stream: In common with many other fly-fishermen, I have been much interested of late in reading the discussion in your excellent journal of the relatiye merits of long and short fly- rods. Syracuse possesses a large number of expert tly-cast- ers, as the recoids of the Siate tournament show, a fact largely due to the exertions and enthusiasm of the lamented Reuben Wood, and all of them take a warm interest in every- thing pertaining to the manly sport. Now, in considering this question of short against long rods, it seems to me the only points to be regarded are, the relative merits of the rods for actual fishing purposes. T have long regarded the annual contests at the State tour- -nament as very imperfect tests of the merits of either rods or anglers. Distance seems to be the most important element, and delicacy and accuracy of casting secondary, In actual prac- tice, I think every experienced fly-caster will agree with me, that these elements should be reversed, and a man’s skill be _deteimined by: First, delicacy; second, accuracy; third, distance. With these points in view it becomes very important what kind of arod to use. To secure the best possible results a rod should be made to combine in the highest degree, deli- eacy of action, strength, and lightness and ease in handling. me rod may be lightand strong and yet so heavy in its ac- jion as to require much muscular exertion of the wrist, and so make the sport of fishing very fatiguing, while another rod equally strong and light may work so softly and with so little expenditure of strength that a long day’s fishing will not weary the fisherman. Now, all short rods, so far as my experience goes, are stiffer in their action than long rods. Their best work can only be done at long distances, and only then by the exertiox of a good deal of muscle. Even then, except in the hands of experts, the flies are apt to drop with a splash. In brook and stream fishing, long casts are seldom necessary, and often impossible, on account of obstructions preventing a recovery of the line. With long rods, on the contrary, say of eleven to twelve feet, gradually tapered, the spring is more soft and delicate and evenly distributed, than in the short rods. A very slight exertion of the wrist will putsufficient spring into the rod to carry the flies to the full limit of the strength of the rod, accurately, softly, and without ‘“‘swishing the flies, and they will drop ut the end of a taut line, without a tipple. Such avod as 1 have described, and have the de- light of possessing and using, works equally well at either short or long distances. ‘The muscular exertion is so slight 1 ae the angler can cast all day withcut fatigue, with either and, Mr. Wood sometimes used short, stiff rods in casting at, the State tournament, but invariably used long rodsin actual fishing. Indeed, for the past two years he used a long sal- mon rod, of sixteen or eighteen feet for bass tishing. Ononpaca II. ~~ Syracuse, N. Y. THE POLLUTION OF RIVERS. ! Pee fact that our rivers are used as sewers by all persons who may have refuse, which they can get rid of by dumping them into the water with less expense to themselves, is one that needs to be constantly presented to our legisla-- tors. It is bad enough for a man to put a dam across a stream and deprive the people above him of their fish, in order that he may make money, but when he.adds to the injury by pol- luting the waters below him, it is time that he was made aware that he is a nuisance which should be-abated, Saw- mills and tanneries are among the principal offenders in this line, and their refuse can be found for miles below them, rotting and spreading not only death to fishes and their de- posits of eggs, but malaria to the unfortunate people who live about or frequent the stream. That sawdust is fast fill- ing the Upper Hudson is well shown in the following com- munication in the New York Herald: “The newspapers have informed the public of the neces- sity of insuring the water supply of the Upper Hudson, but they neyer have been told of a flagrant practice licensed by years of indulgence, a practice burdensome to the taxpayers of this State, ruinous to the Upper Hudson and poisonous to its valley—namely, the annual dumping of several thousand tons of sawdust, edgings, sticks, chips, etc., from fourteen sawmills into the Upper Hudson. The sawdust dumped is burdensome to the taxpayers of this State, because large quantities of it carried away by high water help to form bars in the river near Albany, the removal of which costs. the State $50,000 a year. In 1867 the State paid $525,000 for the dredging of bars near Albany, no small part of which was sawdust, The dumping of sawmill refuse is ruinous to the Uppet Hudson, because at many points below Glens Fails Feeder Dam it has clogged, choked and filled the chan- nel, so that in summer a person can walk across it without wetting his feet. At Fort Edward an accurate survey has shown that sawmill refuse to a depth of eight feet, more or less, covers eight acres of the river’s bed within the cor- poration limits of that village. It is ruinous, because for miles below Fort Edward in summer, when the water of the Upper Hudson has fallen, little remains to marl the river’s course, save great bars of sawmill refuse, so completely has its channel been filied in. I saw Jast sum- mer below Fort Edward immense bars in places in the chan- nel, where fifty years ago J fished where the water was from thirty to forty feet deep. I remember when the channel of the Upper Hudson was clear and well defined. That was before the dumping of sawmill refuse was so great. Now- adays bars of sawmill refuse are formed with great rapidity, because the yolume of the Upper Hudson is ycarly growin smaller, its channel—what remains of it—narrower an shallower, and the dumping of sawmill refuse greater, Years ago canal boats were floated up the river to Fort Edward. Now there are times when not even a rowboat can be floated to that place on what is called the Hudson. “The dumping of sawmill refuse is poisonous to the valley of the Upper Hudson, because the rotten accumulation of acres and acres of refuse lodged in its channel breeds dis- eases which fifty years ago, whem the channel was clear, were unknown to the inhabitants of that valley. Alas! I have lived to see the river that once was a full, clear, active, unobstructed, uninterrupted ae transformed to a rs ee ake o orgs y. | -would make-a gorgeous fis e/ Weneht Bast ver this purps: Upper Hudson may be sacrificed to the conyenience and profit of afew sawmill owners? Must the people stand silently by and sce an important part of the Hudson River filled up with waste and refuse without lifting one hand to stopit? Must health be destroyed and life taken to Satisfy the avarice of a few sawmill owners of Northern New York? If so there is asad scarcity of men among us—and espe- cially among our so-called lawmakers,” THE DOWEL QUESTION. Editor Forest.and Stream: 1 have read with considerable interest the several discus- sions in your paper concerning the dowel pins in fly-rods. I think Mr. H. P. Wells is right in every point, aithough I have never used a rod made without dowel pins, for the reason that there are no ferrules in the market suitable on account of being made tapering. I have used rods with the lap joints (no ferrules) with good success, except just the point that Mr. Wells condemns them on; the liability of the thin ends of splices to accident is just where the failure comes in. I have made rods for the trade for a good many years and used rods many more, and [ certainly can sce no use for the dowel pin, when we can get straight ferrules or tubing as Mr, Wells recommends. Will not Mr. Wells in- form me either by mail or through your valuable paper where such tubing or ferrules may be had, for which 1 will be under obligations to him and the ForEsT AND ee Hancock, N. Y., March 21. The above letter has been submitted to Mr, Wells, who re- plies as follows: Editor Forest and Stream: : The ferrules, the complete success of which in actual and severe use inspired me to agitate the subject of dowel pins, were made from German silver tubing drawn for me by Mr. John H, Knapp, manufacturer of gold and silver pen and pencil cases, No. 17 John street, New York city. Mr. Knapp drew these tubes from time to time as a favor, it being a small matter, and aside from the usual business of his factory. Being somewhat doubtful whether he would care to do this for others, I called on him to ascertain. He will fill such orders as he may receive for brass or German sil- ver tubing, drawn inside and out, at the following rates: Brass, from 10 to 15 cents a foot; German silver, from 15 to 25 cents.a foot.* The length of the tubes will be from 3 to 5 fect, as desired, but the whole tube ordered must be taken, since of course fragments are useless to him. The tubing for the male ferrules, as supplied me in the past by Mr. Knapp, has been just a shade too large to enter the female ferrule, so as to permit nice fitting. This tubing was beautifully drawn inside and out, and of good ‘‘temper.” Mr. Knapp prefers samples should be sent with orders. He can supply any size which does not exceed half an inch in diameter. Henry P. WELLS. Editor Forest and Stream: Iam very glad that the dowel question for fishing rods is being ventilated in your columns, I have fished for the last twenty-four yearsfor black bass, and have made during that time about twenty rods, none over ten ounces in weight. I have never used the dowel with the exception of a piece of one-eighth inch brass wire of about one inch in length let in to the butttend of the second joint and proportional boring in the small end of the butt. This I find steadies the joint at that place and does not detract from the strength, as the hole in the butt is sosmall. I have never yet had the joints pull apart, and have fished about all known ways for bass, and am satisfied for my part that the dowel is not actually re- quired. It is only an additional labor to fit them, I use the swelled ferrule, thereby getting the full size of the wood. It may not be amiss to inform those of your readers who are, like myself, amateur rodmakers, how the wire is fitted. I cut a fine thread on the part that is to go in the middle, or second joint, for about half an inch, leaving three-quarters uncut which is to enter the butt. Then take a small piece A, the Morse drill, 4g inch. B, the wood fitted to the inside of butt ferrule. C, bit stock. of wood, fit it to the female ferrule of the butt, bore a hole with an one-eighth inch Morse drill, leaving three-quarters of an inch protruding through this piece of wood. Bore the hole in the butt, the piece of wood that you have fitted is a . true guide. W. K, “THE RAINBOW DARTER. Edtior Forest and Stream: Inclosed you will find a small fish which I send you fora name. It was caught in a small stream in this locality this winter, when getting minnows for bait. It is something out of the knowledge of any one in this section. Please give it a name and general description, and if they are common, W. H. Jounson. LINDEN, Mich,, March 6. [The fish is one of a large family called ‘‘darters,” Htheos- tomatide, which seldom grow to over a finger’s length. They usually inhabit swift brooks, and lie in the sand or on the stones and dart by a movement of the pectoral fins. Most of them are plainly colored. There are about thirty species ar- ranged ina dozen genera. The specimen sent is brilliant with blue and orange even in death. We take the following description from Jordan’s Manual of the Vertebrates: ‘‘Rain- bow darter, blue darter, Riatidige ceruleus (Storer), Agassiz. Rainbow fish, blue Johnny, Olivaceous, tessallated above, the spots running together into blotches; back without black lengthwise stripes; sides with about twelve indigo blue bars runving obliquely downward, most distinct be- hind, separated by rich orange interspaces; caudal deep orange, edged with bright blue; anal, orange with deep blue in front and behind; soft dorsal chiefly orange, blue at base and tip; spinous dorsal crimson at base, then orange with blue edgings; ventrals bluish, often deep indigo blue; throat and breast orange, these two shades very constant; female much duller, with but little or no blue or orange, the ver- tical fins barred or checked; colors fade in alcohol; body short. and stout; head large; D, X—12; A. II, 7; lateral line 45 scales; length two to three. inches. Mississippi Valley, eplored of all davters.” This fdr adn aquariim, and should be BIG BASS LAKE. ERE we are on the ice, The thermometer is at 14° be- low zero, and is undecided whether to slide still lower or stop short. We have been fishing for the past week, with grand good luck, and now we have but one more da and then home. We have averaged thirty-five lines eac day, and our lines haye been busy, as you may judge when six hours each day was our actual fishing time. A week ago we packed up a bundle of ‘‘tip-uns,”’ packed our satchel, filled our grub bag and started for Big Bass Lake. It was cold when we left home; it was colder when we struck the lake, and by the time the ice was crossed and we had reached our camping place it was solid cold. Last summer we had fished here and built a log hut, and now we find it still intact. Ouraxe cuts boughs from the nearest hemlock for our bed, and that tall spruce gives us a load of its branches with which to cover the hut. Over these we pile snow, and pack it down hard. Now we have as snug a den as we could wish, Our camp-stoye burns in one corner, our bed is in the other, Supper over, to bed, The next morning I am the first awake, and so I get breakfast ready, and then for the ice, I won't tell you about the trials of cutting the fishing holes. You who have fished through 24-inch ice can appreciate it. I have never seen fish bite as quick as here, They seemed to have been starved, and we could hardly attend to the lines, The lake trout were the largest fish caught, and seemed to bite the least sharply. Our bait was first-rate, as lively as crickets, and a great many were the popular ‘‘red fins,” and though in summer in the same waters we had no luck using ‘‘red fins,” in winter they were the best bait. We give a table of our catches of the six days at the lake, and think it will compare favorably with the same number of traps, etc. First day, 70 fish, weighed,...........- eReCencee 250lbs. oz, Second day, 100 fish, weighed. ................. 4011bs, I40z. Third day, 91 fish. weighed..........-....-...-5 320lbs. Yow. Fourth day, 66 fish, weighed........... ....-4. 200lbs. loz, Fifth day, 79 fish, weighed ............. ..-...: 215lbs. Sixth day, 82 fish, weighed........... ....,....d02Ibs, doz, In six days 488 fish, weighed............ 1,689]bs. 100z, SIZE OF FISH. First day, smallest fish.....2lbs. doz , largest....10Ibs. Second day, smallest fish. .3lbs. loz., largest ...17 9-16lbs. Third day, smallest fish....2lbs, largest _.. 5 1-16lbs. Fourth day, smallest fish. ,2lbs. 50z , largest ...141¢lbs. Fifth day, smallest fish ....2lbs. 1oz., largest.... Ti4lbs. Sixth day, smallest fish,...3lbs.4oz., largest. ,..i115-16lbs. The smallest fish was a pickerel of two pounds, the largest a whale of a Jake trout. The fish ran very even, as a general rule, but now and then a whopper got on to the line and made it. sing. Now, many of your readers may be curious to know where the lake lies that we fished in. We are sorry that we cannot publish it, We have fished this lake in summer and winter, and the fishing is grand. In the summer the bass fishing is unsurpassed, The expense of the trip we have just taken, exclusive of personal conveniences, was— Baits 500 Pat St peril (Ol fess lpn, eewen den Sawn a ses $6 00 Wane PAUP Oad oe 8 aie cease a oe Ec poe eee Saar et 2 OL OU Food and drink and other expenseé...................-.- 8 00 $22 00 Making $11 for one person for a trip of a week. We don’t give this as a criterion to go by, as on one occasion in the early winter our expense was $20 apiece, and again at Christmas time only $9 for a week; still it is a fair average. Two BRoTHERs. VERMONT FISH LAWS. fe is no State in the Union; and probably no coun- try among civilized nations, where the laws for the preservation of fish are so set at naught, and so openly vio- lated, as in Northwestern Vermont. In Franklin county, within the immediate vicinity of one of our two Fish Com- missioners, there are dozens of seines, pound and fyke nets, fully manned and constantly at work during the close sea- son, sweeping the fish out of Lake Champlain’s waters. Some of the nets are owned by parties from New York State, who, during the fall of 1882, came into this vicinity and, within fifteen miles of our wide awake Commissioner, built a large ice-house, where they have stored tons of fish caught illegally. It has been estimated by those who are posted that during the close season of 1883 from fifty to seventy-five tons of fish were caught in these waters and shipped to New York and Boston markets, Several writs were issued and served against some of these fishermen, but so far we have yet to hear of a single conviction. The Governor of the State appoints our Fish Commissioners, and it is tobe regretted that for this locality he did not appoint aman who not only understands the duties of his office, but has moral firmness enough to put the laws into force. At the next State election a strong effort will be made, irrespective of party politics, to elect representatives who will do their utmost to remedy these evils by making provision to have competent men appointed as fish wardens. About a year ago an officer visited this locality and was driven over the ice within afew yards of holes cut in the ice, where trap nets were set and barrels of fish taken out daily, but he did not know what those holes were cut for and passed them by without examination. With a short pole with hook on it he could have fished something out of the water there that would have astonished him—trap nets of the most destructive kinds. I have no doubt but what the intentions of this officer were good, and that he intended to do his duty faithfully, and had he been ‘‘posted” or en- gaged a trustworthy guide, that he would have succeeded in capturing quite a number of large trap nets, and temporarily put a stop to this work. STANSTEAD. | HicHeate, Vt., March 13, 1884. Sma Bass my CAnapDsA.—An unusual devolopment in bass fishing was made this winter in the Tidnish River, which forms the north shore boundary between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Last spring when the heavy ice left the river, an old farmer found some dead bass on the flats where they had evidently been crushed by the tide letting the ice down on them at low water. This winter, about a month ago, he cut a hole in the ice, and found the river so full of sea bass that he resolved to use a scoop net instead of hooks and lines, With the sceop nets, five tons weight of the fish were caught in one night, and since that two or three thou- sand dollars worth have been shipped to the Boston market. It was néver before suspected that bass came there in winter —B. (New Brunswick, March 20). P) t7O FOREST AND STREAM. Aimee 9p Toa THE BISBY CLUB. A VERY interesting report of the Bisby Club for the years 1888-84, gives an idea of the work and pleasures of this association, which has ifs groundson the Adirondack lake which gives the club its name. In speaking of the accommodations of the club being taxed to their utmost dur- ing certain months, and the Jack of visitors at other times, the report says: ‘‘Fhere is every year a period when our accommodations go, as it were, ‘a begging.’ This is in the delightful month of July when the sun shines brightest, and the cooling shades of the woods would seem most welcome, and when the fish in the lakes are active in search of food in the deep water, and are consequently readily taken at the buoys. But this is the time our guests are fewest in num- bers. Probably the bugbear of flies is what keeps people away. The flies in July are but little more than a bugbear. The winged fiend of the woods is the black fly, but his season rarely lasts through the month of June. When he leaves, the mosquitoes have the field to themselves, but the mosquito of our northern wilderness is not the venomous monster that haunts the seaside watering places, and the lagoons of the open country. His song is more nervously exciting than his bite, though the latter is to be avoided rather than per- mitted; but after all, the pleasures of life in the woods in the dog days far outweigh the discomforts of the insects. We recommend the month of July to all who would see the woods at their best, and receive the benefit of the purest and most exhilarating air.” The fishing last year was the best within the experience of the club. In Woodhull Lake many fine land-locked salmon were taken, and the run continued till late in June. The stock of fish in the Bisbys was replenished from the State hatchery at Caledonia by 18,000 brook trout, 6,000 lake trout, while in Woodhull 5,000‘ rainbow trout were planted, and 15,000 more were ‘placed in Moose River. A hatchery has since been built, and there are now in the troughs 50,000 lake trout eggs, 40,000 hybrids, and 10,000 brook trout. The better observance of the game laws for the last four Feats has resulted in the increase of deer, and the shooting was better last year than ever before in the history of the club. A larger per centage of the deer were young than formerly, of the deer killed, there being more bucks than of any other kind. During the visit of the Governor of the State, Hon. Grover Cleveland, the report says: ‘‘A fine buck passed within a few feet of the Governor’s stand, but a ledge ef rocks intervened, which prevented a shot, The same deer passed within club shot of the guide, Frank Hall, but as he had neither gun nor clab, the deer escaped.” This, we take it, is not seriously meant, yet it is so written that persons not familiar with the personnel of the party might construe it into a regret that fhe deer was not killed, even with a club. The Bisby Club is doing good work in enforcing the laws in its own grounds and contiguous territory afid in stocking the waters, as well as in preserving the timber. It has twenty- five members. Gen. R, U. Sherman is the President, and Mr. Henry H. Thompson the Secretary. If all the clubs in the Adirendacks were as vigorous as the Bisby, there would be a better enforcement of the laws and consequently more fish and game in that region, which is only fitted to produce these forms of life together with a limited amount of timber and a great deal of water. The greed of the lumberman and the bark stripper, however, are to be combatted, or the whole region will soon be a barren waste, from which the rapidly melting snows will produce such freshets as the eities of Pittsburgh and Cincinnati have lately seen, while in mid- summer our canals and rivers will be dry. IT IS PROBABLY TRUE, A CORRESPONDENT clips from the Boston Transcript, of March 18, the item telling that the Hon, Hannibal Hamlin has just rsturned from Moosehead Lake, Maine, with a fine catch of trout. Then the correspondent heaves a groan and utters that, if a poor devil were camping out in Maine and tried to vary his bill of fare by shooting a deer or cari- bou before Oct. 1, the game warden is pretty sure to find it out and ‘‘sock it to him” accordingly. But the honorable gentleman makes his annual trip and comes home “‘with a fine catch of trout,” caught through the ice, against the law of the State. Now, Mr. ‘‘C. G. G.’s” mind will be entirely set at rest. by reading carefully a proviso to Section 48 of the fish laws of that State: ‘Provided, however, that during February, March and April citizens of the State may fish for and take land-locked salmon, trout and togue, and convey the same to tlieir own homes, and not otherwise.” But ‘‘C. G. G.” must read this proviso and then turn to Section1 of Special Laws of 1881; ‘No person shall take, catch, fish for or de- stroy any trout or land-locked salmon in the Kennebago, Rangeley, Cupsuptic, Mooselucmagunticv, Mollychunkamunk and Welokennebacook lakes, or in the streams Mowing into or connecting said lakes, during the months of February, March and April of each year,” Now, the Hon, Hannibal Hamlin did not fish in either of the above lakes, but in Moosehead, where he had a legal right to, in February, March or a Me being a citizen of the State, and doubtless taking the fish to his own home, It is weil known of the Maine Fish and Game Commissioners in their work that they have been unrelenting to honorable as well as dishonorable—breakers of the game law are gener- ally dishonorable, Even ex-Governor Connor could not transport a deer, killed honorably in open season, from Bangor to Augusta last fall, Commissioner Stillwell, when applied to, said: “Governor, I can do nothing for you under the law.” Governor Connor yielded willingly, like the true gentleman he is, and took his deer to Augusta by private conveyance. This was under the first enforcement of the new transportation law in that State, which few at that time understood. Even Senator George F. Hoar came near hay- ing to pay the fine for killing a moose in that State a year or more ago, since he happened to be in the party which did ki! one, but he was able to show that he was not present at the time. One of the Maine Commissioners remarked last summer that even President Arthur would be punished ~ were such a thing possible that he be caught poaching in Maine. Itisa mistake. Fayor has not been shown to either honorable or dishonorable in the enforcement of the game laws in Maine. SPECIAL. Boston, Mass., March 24. . Editor Forest and Stream: - The complaint of ‘‘C. G. G.,” in your last issue, deserves a word. We like our laws, and the respect being shown for them by our own citizens is evidenced every er during close time, and our pei une ee in particular—have not been so plenty for years. Not only this, but if “C. G. G.” ‘trout; one very light-colored, slim and silvery, the other, to comes into Maine for recreation, he must respect and obey them just the same. There is one point, however, in which our own citizens have precedence, and if your correspondent had taken pains to inform himself he would not accuse Hon. H. Hamlin with breaking our laws. As he gays, “It speaks for itself.” I have such confidence in the gentleman he contemptuously names the “‘Great American Game Warden,” that if ‘‘C, G. G,” will apply for a copy of our game laws, I am sure that it will be forwarded to him, At the end of Section 48, it reads; “Provided, however, that during February, Mareh and April, citizens of the State may fish for and take land-locked salmon, trout and togue, and convey the same to their own homes, but not otherwise,” Once in a while we meet just such croakers as “0. G. G.” One in particular I haye now in mind. He lives in one of the best localities for small game, and he and his boys have until within a few years. had free scope to kill water fowl at any and all seasons. Finding game was diminishing in the beautiful bay in front of the homestead, he began to be very ardent in advocating law. Well, the laws have been made, and still he croaks. The Protective Association in his vicinity wished to make him warden, .True, he would do great things if he was warden; but he could not be pre- vailed upon to accept the position, The truth to-day is just this: Make a law that shall forbid everybody else but him- self and bis boys firing a gun within a dozen miles of his favorite bay, and he'll go for it every time. Give these gentlemen the unlimited run of our State, let them murder our moose, deer and caribou, trout and salmon, in season and out of season; send cheap guns into the State to give to the boys who will shoot ruffed grouse for Boston market, while budding in winter, and while the game lasts they will be suited, and not till then. N. Baru, Me., March 24. A PECULIAR FISH. Editor Forest and Stream: I see in your issue of March 18 a piece headed ‘‘A Peculiar Fish,” and, as there has been much discussion as regards it, I want to add my mite. I have for years lived near and fished these waters, and think the description of the fish far from right. Last fall I obtained permission from the State Commissioners to take fifty of these fish fer the purpose of stocking Stone Pond, I caught two distinct varieties of RIPaRian Riewts 1x CANADA.— Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. 8. G. W. Benjamin, in “The Cruise of the Alice May,” in the March Century, states that the Canadian government controls and leases our trout streams, even to the exclusion of the owners of the adjoining banks, Holders under Icases of the streams from the government did try to establish that view of the law, but it has since been decided by our high- est courts that the government have no such power over the rights of riparian owners, and consequently those rights are now universally respected. Many sportsmen find it cheaper 4 ay . lot oF land on the shore and fish as a riparian owner, an to lease from the government.—B. (New Br i March 20, 1884), F ; ree Sishculture. NON-HIBERNATING CARP. Editor Forest and Stream: I notice in your issue of yesterday the communication of a gentleman whose initials and location indicate that he is a prominent member of the American Carp Cultural Associa- tion, who is engaging in carp culture systematically, and who closely watches for new developments, Several other mem- bers have written or informed me orally of similar develop- ments in their ponds, The first carp which I obtained from the Government (scale-covered) were placed in asmall pond of clear water where I could observe their habits, As soon as the water approached the freezing point, early in December, they collected in the ieee point and commenced burrowing, head downward, As there was a heayy-admixture of sand inthe mud, it was three days before they entirely disap- perce The third day nothing but their tails were in sight. hese were in constant and active motion as long as visible. They made their appearance again early in May, In the winter of 1882-3 they did not hibernate af all, for I could see them swimming near the bottom, even under four inches of ice. The fact is, that the American carp is becoming a materiall different fish from the European fish, Tt is not Bite losing ifs hibernating instincts, but it attains double the growth here in a given time, and is in other ways improying when intelligently bred, It appears to be quite certain that we have but one variety of pure food carpin this country, the progeny of which retains the true characteristics noted by reliable ichthyolo- gists. I refer to the parti-scale type, termed by the Germans “leather,” “mirror,” “‘bluebacks,” and probably other fancy and whimsical names yet to be heard Fabs Our scale carp are notoriously improved, their progeny developing well-known types of hybridity’ The earp culturists of this region are killing off their scale stock. ost of my own stock is of this type, and knowing of its impurity, I refuse to sell any of it alive. Iam making all practical efforts to breed an entirely scaleless type, Mitton P. Parrce Secretary American C., C, Association. PHILADELPHIA, Pa,, March 21, 1884. all appearances, was a common brook trout, being dark, with very bright spots, and much the heavier in propertion to length, the same length of the latter weighing one-third more than the former. There is no stream, however small, flowing into this lake, as it is entirely fed by springs. Only the com- mon brook trout are found in the outlet of this lake, The right to fish this lake is claimed on the ground that it is a jake. and the ‘‘strange fish” is a lake trout for this reason, It is called in the Dublin history Monadnock Lake, and also Monadnock Lake on the county maps. It is called by man here Dublin Pond. The question is, is it a lake or a pond, and what is the difference between a lake and a pond? Last fall both kinds of trout spawned on the same bed, but what J term brook trout were about fourteen days later than the others, and did not come until the others had left., s Fis WARDEN, FISHCULTURE AND FISHWAYS IN NOVA SCOTIA.— In the Canadian Parliament the Hon. L, G, Power, Senator from Noya Scotia, made a speech on the fisheries, etc., on’ Feb, 22. In general terms, he indorsed the letter of Hon. W. F. Whitcher to Forrest AND STREAM, which made so much stir when that gentleman, during his official term as Commis- sioner of Fisheries, claimed that the results of fishculture in the Dominion had been very small. He referred to the de- scriptions of the McDonald fishway in FoREST AND STREAM of Jan. 3.and 10, and suggested that an inquiry be made regard- ing it, and, if the results are satisfactory, recommends that some of them be constructed. He thinks if this is done the fecundity of fish isso great that they would probably replenish its rivers in a very short time. The Hon. Mr. Kaulbach agreed with Mr, Power, and thought the hatcheries were not placed far enaugh above tidal water. If this is the case it seems to us that it would pay to transport the fry to the upper streams. It must be that there is something in the methcds which are faulty, as fishculture is successful in most places outside of Canada, Maruporo, N. H,, March 17. [The differences mentioned are not of themselves sufficient to establish two species. Shapeand color amount to little or nothing in the salmon family. The fact of a trout inhabit- ing a lake does not make it a ‘‘lake trout.” By lake trout is understood the fish called in different places togue, lunge, salmon trout, Mackinaw trout, etc. We cannot say that the fish in question is not a distinct species, but evidence from an ichthyologist is first needed to proveit. Theordinary angler is seldom competent to decide on species. Send specimen to the Smithsonian Institution and let us know their decision, A lake is a large pond and a pond is a small lake, | THE PROPOSED FISHWAY AT DUNDEE DAM.—The New Jersey Legislature has a: propeiated $500 for a fish ladder at Dundee Dam. The one sunfish left in the Passaic River by the polluters and the fishers out of season, who are not in the State prison, is expected to climb the ladder early in the sea- son.—F. SATTERTHWAITE, Che Zennel. FIXTURES. BENCH SHOWS. March 26, 27 and 28.—The Dominion Kennel Club's Second Annual Bench Show, Horticultural Gardens, Charles Lineoln, Superinten- dent, W.§8. Jackson, Hon. Secretary, Toronto, Canada. April 3, 4and 5.—The Cleveland Bench Show Association’s Second Bench Show. Charles Lincoln, Superiatendent. C. M. Munhall, Sec- retary, Cleveland, Ohio. Entries close March 24. April 22.—The St. Louis Gun Club’s Bench Show, St. Louis, Mo, Entries close April 14. J. M. Munson, Secretary. May 6,7, 8 and 9.—The Westminster Kennel Club’s Eighth Annual Bench Show, Madison Square Garden. Entries close April 21. Chas. Lincoln, Renn Ian R. ©, Cornell, Secretary, 54 William street, New York. New Jrersny Notrs.—A bill has passed the Assembly appropriating $500 for fishways over the Dundee dam on the Passaic. Shad and striped bass formerly ascended the river above the site of the present dam, and a fishway there would give the anglers of Paterson a chance to fish near home. The Paterson Press says: ‘Just at present fish are being mur- dered by wholesale, and itis a disgrace to the county that the present laws are not enforced. Nets are being drawn regularly above the falls and also between Paterson and Dundee dam in direct violation of the law. The offenders could be brought to justice without the slightest trouble if somebody would only take hold of the matter. Another illegal method of capturing fish is extensively resorted to at present. If a person will take a walk along the banks of the river during any night he will see hundreds of lanterns burn- ing along the shores and men in boats moving about from place to place. All these men are violating the law and run- ping the risk of being sent to prison. Pickerel and bass are spawning at present. They seek the shallow places along the shores, where they lie frequently in a semi-dormant con dition, Men with spears take hundreds of these fish every night in the most unsportsmanlike manner, and in direct violation of the law, and that under the very eyes of the authorities. A sportsman’s club is badly needed in this county. There is an organization calling itself the Paterson Rod und Gun Club, but it has been little heard from in the way of protecting of fish and game. If the illegal catching of fish at this time of the year could be stopped, and there is no reason why it should not, there is no reason why there should not be good fishing in the Passaic near Paterson throughout the open season.” A, K. R. HE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration of pedigrees, ete. (with prize lists of all shows and trials), is pub lished every month. Entries close on the ist. Should be in early. Eniry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. Registration fee (25 cents) must accompany each entry, No entries inserted unless paid in advanee. Yearly subscription $1, Address “American Kennel Register,” P.O, Box 2832, New York. Number of entries already printed 1010. Volume I., bound in‘cloth, sent postpaid, $1.50. : ; DISQUALIFICATION OF JILL AT CINCINNATI. Trout is New Jersey.—During the past week three of our Philadelphia anglers, having the fever upon them, went to New Jersey, within fourteen miles of Philadelphia, and caught sixty trout. They were mostly fingerlings, four inches long; the largest certainly did not exceed six inches. Worm was the bait. New Jersey allows trout fishing in March. At the corner of Seventh and Sansom streets, Phila- delphia, black bass, fresh caught, are displayed on a stand fronting a restaurant. This is a violation of the law surely, —Homo. THE STRANGE Fish ry Cayuea Laxr,—In answer to ‘‘what fish is this?” from Cayuga Lake, I believe they are what is called ‘‘dog fish;’ when grown they do not look like pbull- heads exactly, but when small look like trout. I could not tell the difference, In talking with different ones while fishing in that lake last summer they all expressed 4 belief that the fish had been put in the lake for trout.—E. FP. K. (Auburn, N. Y., March 16). “ the j ecan a. merits of a dog to receive a Now, it is absurd to sup ig Mance 21, 1984,] i uv award first to a disqualified dog. As a matter of fact, Jill has no mange at all. She was confined to keep her clean and got too high in blood, which caused skin irritation, and a scar over her eye and one on her hip, wonin a late battle, doubtless added to the examiner’s impression of mange. The class was not rejudged that I have heard of, and I submit that, as far as the record goes, the judge’s awards were final and our bitch is entitled to the place she won. Evenif she had mange, it would not detract from her merits, and to shut her out the protest should have been lodged before, and not after, the judge's award. This is not my individual opinion, but that of a dozen breeders in this section, and if we are wroug we would like to know how and why. If right, we want the correction made in your published list of awards. SURREY. Euicorr Crry, Md., March 18. (The disqualification of Jill places her exactly where she was before she was judged, so far as the prize or honor is con- cerned, and the question of merit does not, therefore, enter into the case at all.] NEW ENGLAND KENNEL CLUB. MEETING was held March 19, at the Parker House in Boston, for the purpose of founding a new kennel club. The history of the movement is somewhat as follows: Dishon- est dog dealers have imposed on breeders to a certain extent, by putting upon the public many dogs of impure blood, thereby injuring honest breeders; attempts have been also made to pass laws against the keeping of dogs, and believing that much good could be done toward remedying these and other evils, a number of gentlemen came together on the 22d of February at the Parker House, to consider the subject of forming the new club. After much discussion of matters relating to the breeding, showing, sale and pedigrees of dogs, it was unani- mously voted to form a club, having for its objects the inter- est of all honest breeders and lovers of dogs, to make breed- ing ona par with any other business or calling, so that any flonan ae with dignity acknowledge himself a breeder. ith these ideas in view, a committee was chosen to draw up a constitution, and at the meeting on the 19th inst., the “New England Kennel Club” was organized, and the constitution adopted, The objects of this club as provided for in its con- stitution are: To encourage the breeding and importation of thoroughbred dogs, to hold bench shows; also, to hold meet- ings for scientific and theoretic discussions, and the reading of essays on the subjects of breeding, to use every means within its power to protect breeders of stock having authentic pedi- gree, to influence the passage of just laws relative to and gen- erally protective of dogs. The officers of this club are: President, Arthur W. Pope, of Boston; Vice-President, Charles E. Shaw, of River Side Ken- nel, Clinton, Mass.; Secretary and Treasurer, J. A. Nickerson, -of Boston. There isan Executive Committee of five, consist- ing of the President, Secretary and Treasurer and three mem- bers of the club, whose names are Dr. Frank 8. Billings, V.5.; Jean Grosvenor, Shamrock Kennel, Boston, and J. Dobson, of Hyde Park, Mass. Thereis also a Finance Committee of _ three—Dr. J. Frank Perry, Ashmont Kennels, Dorchester, Mass.; C. H. Baker and Edward S. Payson, of Bostcn. The membership is unlimited as to numbers, and unrestricted as to residence of members. There are two classes of members— an active and an associate class. Both have the same privileges, except that none but active members will vote, or have any voice in the business of the club. The annual fees are, for active members, $10, and for associate members, $5, payable inadvance. Blank applications for membership will be fur- nished by the grape on application. The annual meeting of the club.will be held on the first Saturday of March in each year, but probably monthly meetings will be held also. The next meeting of the club svi il be held April 16, when all mat- ters of interest to the public will be published in Forest AnD SrreAM. Persons desiring to communicate with the club may address P. O, Box 2,574, Boston, Mass. Seal” EASTERN FIELD TRIALS CLUB. net rT HINGTON A. Mag, eh ht - FOREST AND STREAM. Stisham THE KNICKERBOCKER KENNEL CLUB'S LIVER AND WHITE TICKED POINTER DOG “KNICKERBOCKER.” Winner of Champion Prize at New Haven and Washington, 1884. This is the gist of it: It is un-English to shoot foxes, there- fore it is unsportsmanlike. It is humiliating to think that any American, North or South, should care a snap of his fingers now for British opinion of anything concerning us. Are we not old enough and strong enough to have ways of our own and sports of our own, without regard to what others think of them? The nature of our country and the temper of our farmers alike forbid the hunting of foxes here in English or Southern fashion, and the Newport style of hunting is not likely to come into general favor yet throughout New Eng- land. Let us continue to hunt our foxes in our own way, and if beagles are ‘‘deadly” and staunch and musical, let us have them by all means. My lips are not pallid when I say that [ had good sport in shooting half a dozen foxes last fall, and that I hope to have many another day of such goodly sport in the brown, autumnal woods of my beloved New England. AWAHSOOSE. | FERRISBURGH, March 12. CHAMPION KNICKERBOCKER, W give this week a cut of the large pointer Knicker- bocker, winner of first, Boston, 1882; champion at Ottawa, Ont., and champion at both New Haven and Wash- ington, 1884, He is by Glenmark (Rush—Romp) and out of Girl (Maryland—Til). ; ROBINS ISLAND CLUB. a he annual meeting of the Robins Island Club, March 17. i The following list of officers were elected for the ensuing year: PRESIDENT. Dr. 8. Fleet Speir. VICE-PRESIDENT. Mr. W. B. Dickerman. SECRETARY AND TREASURER. Mr. A. F. Plummer. A BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Dr, 8. Fleet Speir, W. B. Dickerman, A. T. Plummer, W. B. Kendall, Henry J. rips H. D. Polhemus, N: A: K. C. DERBY. Editor Forest and Stream: In inclose additional list of entries for the Fifth Annual Derby, National American Kennel Club, received up to date. I have received a great many applications for entry blanks, and think the entry will be large. P. Bryson, Sec. Mempuis, Tenn., March 21. . 8S. Swan. By unanimous vote of thecluba vote of thanks was tendered to the retiring president, Mr. Wm. B. Kendall, for the very able and satisfactory mannerin which he has administered the affairs of the club during the past year. The clubis in a very prosperous condition, the treasurer’s report showing a handsome balance on hand. $1,000 was appropriated for im- provements the coming year. Much interest was manifest in the annual field trials of the club to be run next fall, and no effort will be spared to make them first class in every respect. ~ FOX SHOOTING AND FOX HUNTING. Editor Forest and Stream: Tt is probably hardly worth while to “‘let fall any word of extenuation from the pallid lips of the man who has shot a fox;” it would avail nothing with the man who thinks the only proper way to kill a fox is to worry the poor outlaw to death with a pack of hounds that give him not more than the ghost of a chance for his life. But then, we are all wedded to our idols and each tothe sport he loves, and we all have little enough charity for the worship or the sport of others. There is an element of cruelty, a strong leaven of the-old savage Adam in all field sports, so much of it that every one who recreates himself with rod or gun or hound, must ery out at ¢ertain times when his heart is tender and the fire of the chags not burning within him, ‘‘God be more merciful to me than I have been to His creatures that He has set before me!” There is only one feature in field sports to redeem them from the charge of wanton cruelty, and that is fair play. Now, wherein does the shooting of foxes before one or two hounds lack this quality more than running them down with a dozen or more hounds followed by men on horseback? A man may get his neck broken, or a horse his knees, but that does not help poor reynard’s case at all, for the hounds go bellowing after him just as if nothing had happened. Wherein is there less of fair play to shoot a fox before hounds than to shoot a hare or a deer in like manner? And as for the skill required in each case, either as marksman or woodsman, any one who has tried the three knows which calls for most. If one will stand still long enough almost anywhere in the woods when dogs are running a hare, he may get a shot, and if long enough on a runway a shot at a deer, no matter how little he knows of the habits of the game. But he who hunts foxes on foot successfully must have much more of woodcraft and some knowledge of the manners and cus- toms of the wiliest animal that ranges the woods, and he must be as much a man physically as he who goes a hunting on a horse’s legs instead of his own, for he must endure long and hard tramps. : As for riding to the hounds, it is a very fine and noble thing to do, and Ihave read that the young men at Newport do it rene well in the exciting chase of the anise-seed bag or the hobbled fox, and would doubtless die supremely happy if they broke their necks in the sport, if by so dying they .ceuld ape ‘Englishmen as closely as they-do in dress and speech and other matters of living. — ENTRIES, Jim BuEDSOE.—Major J. W. Renfroe, Atlanta, Ga., black, white and tan English setter dog, Dec. 3 (Baden Baden—Daisy Royal). Pau JonES.—Major J. W. Renfroe, Atlanta, Ga., black, white and tan English setter dog, Dec. 3 (Baden Baden—Daisy Royal). Grem.—Dr. J. N. Maclin, Keeting, Tenn., lemon and white English setter bitch, April 16 (Gladstone—Gazelle). Nasor.—b. F. Stoddard, Dayton, O., liver and white pointer dog, Feb, 17 (Croxteth—Trinket). Danpy Bos.—E. F, Stoddard, Dayton, Ohio, liver and white pointer dog, Feb. 17 (Croxteth—Trinket), Dayton.—E. F. Stoddard, Dayton, Ohio, liver and white pointer bitch, Feb. 17 (Croxteth—Trinket. FRANK 8.—F. I. Stone, Chattanooga, Tenn., blue belton English setter dog, May 81 (Gladstone—Zell), GLAD §.—F. I. Stone, Chattanooga, Tenn., blue belton Eng- lish setter dog, May 31 (Gladstone—Zell. TANGIPAHOE.—H. Fontaine, Magnolia, Miss., black, white and tan English setter bitch, April 21 (Gladstone—Flossy). Jo Jo GLADSTONEH.—E. 8. Bond, Chicago, Il, black, white and tan English setter bitch, July 10 (Gladstone—Lavyalette). CountsEss SpEED.—J. Hayward, Jr., St. Joseph, Mo., lemon and white English setter bitch, April 16 (Gladstone—Gazelle). Masie.—J. Hayward, Jr., St. Joseph, Mo., black and white English setter bitch, May 18 (Dash ITJ.—Jessie). ALFRED.—J. Hayward, Jr., St. Joseph, Mo., black and white English setter dog, May 18 (Dash I1T.—Jessie). ! Basy Mine.—J, Hayward, Jr., St. Joseph, Mo., lemon and white English setter bitch, July 18 (Rake—Madam Lilewellin). GLapDRoY.—Whyte Bedford, Horn Lake, Miss., black, white and tan English setter dog, June 28 (Gladstone—Donna J.). Lorra —W. B. Gates, Memphis. Tenn., black, white and tan English setter bitch, Ang, 19 (Count Rapier—Juno). PEGMATITE.—Dr. N. Rowe, Chicago, Ill., black, white and tan English setter dog, April 11 (Cambridge—Marchioness Peg), PrGoMANCY.—Dr. N. Rowe, Chicago, Ill., black, white and iran setter bitch, April 11 (Cambridge—Marchioness ea)to ; GiLpIm.—W. W. Titus, Cherry Creek, Miss., lemon and white Hnglish setter bitch, July 25 (Count Rake—Minnie), ~ CanRiz H,—W. W. Titus, Cherry Creek, Miss., blue belton English setter bitch, June g (Roy—Gretchen), © als hes _Jamestown,—W, W. Titus, Cherry Creek, Miss., black, white and tan English setter dog, May 7 (Count Noser—Lola). ————EEE——————— SS __._ eet eee NEW YORK DOG SHOW. N answer to inquiries the managers of the Westminster Kennel Club desire to state that dogs will be classified according to their record on date of entry. A first prize win- ner in an open class at Mleveland or Toronto, therefore, may compete in open class at New York. provided he was entered at New York prior to receiving the award at Cleveland or Toronto. Should entry be made after the award at the last named shows, he must be entered in the champion class, Winners at Cincinnati are barred from open classes at New York. There have already been a large number of valuable special prizes offered which we will notice more at length next week, Theclub have made a new departure in the in- auguration of a sweepstake for English setters, Irish setters, large pointers and small pointers, The entrance will be $10. The winner in each of the four classes to receive all of the entrance money and a piece of plate, added by the club. The winner to be known as the champion dog of America. The elub to be permitted to compete. Entries in each of the laa to be made onor before the 21st day of April next. Tn addition to the list of judges already published, Mr. E. C. Sterling, of St. Louis, Mo., will judge the pointers, THE WASHINGTON DOG SHOW. HE second international bench show, under the superin- tendency of Mr. Chas, Lincoln, was held at Washington, on the 18th, 19th, 20th and 2ist inst. Owing to the uncertainty of securing a suitable building, only a short notice was given to exhibitors, but they at once rallied to the front, anda really zood show was held. The attendance was very good, and in- cluded the President and many members of his cabinet, Sec- retaries Folger and Lincoln, Senators Bayard, Beck, Palmer, McKenna, and Hon. H. H. Riddleberger. The ladies also showed the lively interest they took in our faithful dumb companions, and forced us to the conclusion that Washington tyas pre-eminently the place for a successful benchshow. The judges selected were as follows, yiz.: For English setters and ointers, Hon. Jno, §. Wise, Richmond, Va., and Major J. M. aylcr, Lexington, Ky.; for Irish and Gordon setters, Major J. M, Taylor; for mastiffs, St. Bernards, spaniels, deerhounds and greyhounds, and all other non-sporting classes, Mr. Jas. Mortimer, N. Y. There were few complaints, and the judg- ing, with afew exceptions, gave general satisfaction. The entries in the big dog classes did not fill so well as might have been expected, ~ MASTIFFS. There was only one mastiff, Dido, a tolerably well put to- gether bitch, but altogether too small. She was awarded second prize. ST, BERNARDS. Only one St. Bernard faced the judge, a moderate, but fair coated bitch, with badly shaped skull. She was awarded the Tize. + NEWFOUNDLANDS Brought out three entries, of which Major was first, Lion he. and Didoc. Neither of these deserve especial mention. DEERHOUNDS. Mr. Thayer's entries were all absentees, as was also the Clovernook Kennel’s Roy, but the magnificent entries of Mrs. S. F. Emmons more than made up for their non-appearance. Three finer specimens we have never seen. They were well placed, Robin first, Brian second, Bruce vhe. GREYHOUNDS. The Cincinnati winner, Major, was an easy first; Snyder second, is good on head and body, but inclined to be coarse and rather strong in tail; Dorothée vhe., is beginning to show age; Buff c., a seven months’ old puppy, is coarse. SETTERS. In champion English setters, dogs, Plantagenet, looking in good shape.and condition, beat Cossack, who has lost the coat and feather he was so beautifully supplied with last year. Mm the bitch class, Dashing Belle easily won over Fairy Il, who shows age, The open dog class, except pure Layeracks, was a large class, made up mostly of local dogs, and not up to the standard. All prizes were withheld, Rocket getting vhe. re- serve, and Goodsell Kennel’s Racket vhe., and Dukec. Inthe bitch class, Dashing Jessie was awarded first prize, Victoria second, Ophelia vhe., Bluebell he. We liked Bluebell for sec- ond place, as she is a good mover, and with the exception of standing a trifle high behind, there is but little fault to be found with her, , In English setters, dogs of pure Laverack pedigree, Good- sell Kennel’s Prince easily beat Bob White, who was shown yery much too low in condition, In the bitch class, Petrel Ili. beat her kennel companions, Queen Petrel, second prize, and Daisy Laverack vhe. The dog puppies lacked quality, and all awards were withheld. Hilarity, a nicely-shaped puppy by Cossack—Ophelia getting an he. The others were unnoticed, although we liked Alert, a litter brother to Hilarity. There were only two entries in the bitch class, of which Countess took first prize and Cassandra second, We could scarcely see the consistency of the judges in giving first and second prizes in the bitch and withholding all awards in the dog class, as the quality certainly was no better in this than the preceding class. In champion Gordon setters Lady Gordon had a walk over. The open class for dogs was a very poor class, Ned getting first and Gem second. There were no other awards, although we thought Luke, in this company, might have got a mention. The bitches were a wretched lot, Fannie, he., was the only ene worthy of acard. Inthe puppy class first was awarded to Don, the only entry. ; ; In champion Irish setter dogs, Glencho, in magnificent shape, had things all to himself. He seareely needs descrip- tion, so well known is he, and but for being a trifle weak be- hind, we think bim simply perfection. Trix easily beat Clara Belle in the bitch class, being very superior in head and in that high bred appearance which distinguishes the Irish setter. In the open dog class Glenmar, a six months old puppy, by champion Glencho, easily disposed of his rivals, He is a wonderfully well made and developed puppy and with good luck we predict a successful future for this gamy-looking youngster. Keys was awarded second prize; he is of good eolor with a nice coat but a coarse skull.’ Rob, vhe., Pilot c. We thought Elcho IV. as good as Rob and better than Pilot, but he failed to catch the judge’seye. In the bitch class Reeta, a very fair bitch with a nice head, good shoulders and coat, beat Ada, second, we a good all Fapud biel, but is too small. Liffey, he., an arney, ¢., are moderate specimens. In the aire class Glenmar had things to himself. Kate Mackey, a very promising bitch, second; Walter, vhe. POINTERS. In champion pointers over 5ilbs,, the Knickerbocker Kennel Club’s Knickerbocker was the only entry and was awarded the blue ribbon, The under 55lbs. class was divided into dogs and bitches. Bravo, looking very well, was first in dogs, and Dutchess beat Lassie in bitches. The open dog class over 55lbs., introduced some of the best looking large dogs we have seen for a long time. Guy, a well made lemon and white-ticked, of fine size. but a little coarse in head, anda trifle throaty, beat-Fritz, a litter brother, who was placed second. Pilot, vhe,., Cary, he., and Tim, he., were all very mueh above the average. We thought Fritz almost the best in the class, for though smaller than Guy, he shows more uality; Pilot has very few faults, but is rather weak in loin. bf the others, we liked Tim, he., better than Cary, he., who is heavy in 1 with not ig Rest ot dupeye witoh class, however, was an exceptionally good ope. tn the bi class, Fanny was awarded second prize, aul other awards and - c ti t = Tat Le ae an ey S5lbs., Tom Peter beat Match. There’ _ legs and feet, back and loin, beat Gainer, who excelled in ; ; ve, to Toily. was not much between them. The winner is a light-bedied,| Same clas leggy dog, but with good style, while Match is handicapped | Mexican Le dementia by Lis bad eyes. In the bitch class Lyde, a nearly black bitch, | Following is a list of the with rather a poor head but good shoulders, chest, legs and feet, was first. Polly, who was second, has a good head and body, but is somewhat out at elbow and wide-chested. She refused to show herself in the ring. Lena, he., is a leggy, light-boned bitch, with good head. Moonstone was absent. This was not a good class. In the puppy class Lon, awarded first prize, shows a good deal of quality, but is light in bone and has none the best of feet. Daisy Bravo we liked quite as well as the winner, and Lady Mae, vhe., we thought better than ener put pees is arte plate feet, iene Eppes and her ears er high. an rayo is also a very pr i 1h but is a. bit coarse in head. Ta. alte Chesapeake Bay dogs brought two entries, one of which, Jeff, got loose and was not again captured. The other, Ches, consequently had a walk over, SPANIELS. Im champion field spaniels, over 28lbs., Black Prince, the only entry, was absent. The Hornell Spaniel Club were the only entries in all the classes except one, in which Mr. Pierce exhibited a very nice little white and black bitch; she was awarded second prize, Rattler taking first, beating her in head and bone. FOXHOUNDS brought out two good ones. St. Burnes having the best set of head properties, but was weak in loin. BEAGLES were a poor class, and placed Bessie, first; Bonnie Lass, second; Maggie, c. DACHSHUNDE. There was only one dachshund, Waldmann K,, a nice black and tan, he was awarded the prize. ‘- -@ FOR-TERRIERS. In champion fox-terrier dogs, Lancelot,in poor coat, was alone. He has good bone, nicely marked, but rather thick head, and stands a trifle high, In the bitch class, Lyra, the only entry, was absent. In the open dog class, Surrey Ken- nel’s Flippant, shown in bad condition, was first. He hasa fair coat and good bone. He is rather coarse in head, but is a useful sort, Tasman, second, has a thick skull, and is long- backed, wide in front, and has open feet. In the bitch class, Mr, Thayer’s Jaunty, the only entry, was absent. In the puppy class, Belvoir Jack was the only candidate, and he had to put up with barren honors, receiying a vhe. He is a useful- looking puppy, but has a bad head, and is too high on his legs, COLLIS. Inthe champion class Robin Adair quite outclassed Rex, who was shown, ‘‘as were all Mr. Lindsay’s entries,” hog-fat. He is alsoin bad coat. In the bitch class Zulu Princess won over Jersey Lass, a plain looking bitch, but good-coated. Effie and Meg were both absent. Hiram was first in the open dog class, he is a large dog with good coat. He beat Tweed IV., a dog with a good deal of character, but inclined to be curly and soft in coat. Bruno, vhe,, had nothing much to recommend him, being too thick in skull. He is, however, a very nicely marked black and tan, and isin fair coat. In the bitches class Fairy, a nice-moying bitch with good coat, but rather bad ears, beat Lilac, who is better on head and ears, but lacks coat, Doty, vhe., isa nice bitch, good in coat and color; but a trifle undersized. The puppy class brought out three good ones, with but little to choose between them. Nannie O., the best in color and ¢dat, was placed first; Sandy, a nasty color, but profuse in coat, was second; and Donald vhe, BULLDOGS. The entries in the champion dog class were all absent, In the bitch class, R. & W. Livingston’s Sweet Briar was the only entry. She isa good bitch, and was awarded the prize. There was only one entry in the open dog class, Major, who had to be content with second prize. He is small and narrow in skull, and long and pinched in face. BULL-TERRIERS. . Grand Duke, a fine large dog, beat his kennel companion Little Maggie, a very nice little bitch, rather coarse in tailand with a large eye. BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS. Brilliant first, beat Vortigern, second, who shows age and is very wide in front, too light in tan, deficient in markings, and has lost his teeth. Daisy, he., would have done better in the toy class. Class 16. ter—Belle. Class 25. leen. Beula DANDIE DINMONTS, Dan was the only Dandie Dinmont in the class for these use- ful terriers. He is a good one. TRISH TERRIERS. Jessie, the only entry, is thick-headed and lacks coat. CHAMPION SKYE TERRIERS Brought out Mr. W. P, Sanderson’s strong team, Jim and Suter Johnny; these are both extraordinarily g00d specimens. Jim beating Suter Johnny in color of coat, head and bone. In the open class Mr. Sanderson was again successful, with Robert Burns, a very nice young dog with good length of body and close to the ground, with the right coat. Mary Corning, second, is a good bitch. Marquis, vhe., has a badly-carried tail, and is rather high on legs. He isa good, dog but shows age. Wallace, he., is weak-jawed and snipy, and soft in coat. ANY OTHER VARIETY OF TERRIER Brought out an Airedale, showing almost too much otter nound and too little of the terrier. He was placed first; Buster, a Bedlington terrier, was second, and Remus and Marcus each yhe. YORKSHIRE TERRIERS. D Puck, in grand coat, beat Eddie in coat and color. ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS Had only one entry, which was awarded the prize. PUGS, Champion pugs brought out Mrs. Pue’s champion George, who was on exhibition only. Joe therefore had a walk over These are both very choice specimens, Joe being about the right size, In the open class for dogs Mrs. Chas, Wheatleigh’s handsome little dog Tu Tu was first. He has a very good skull and good wrinkle, but isa little tucked up in body, rather weak in hindquarters, and has a large ear. Puggie, Bellmaid. second, is a good-shaped dog, but is very smutty in color, | —Hiora. Don Juan, vhe., we were disappointed with. Hewon second Class 48. Fox at this show last year, butseems to have grown plain. Punch,| Class 49. Fox vhe., is a well-made dog, with a good head, but is too large. | Surrey Ken Joe is a puppy, too close to the ground, and rather crooked in front. Inthe bitch class, Chloe,a very nice bitch, good in head, was placed first. Judy, an overted little daughter of champion George, was second. Victoria, yhe., a beautifull colored little bitch, we thought should have been second. Witchie, c., has grown gray in muzzle and ears, and is alto- gether too fat. TOY TERRIERS Under 7lbs. were a nice collection. Bijou, the winner, is a very pretty black and tan, Dot, the nicest of the lot, was overweight and, therefore, disqualified. The others were all good specimens. KING CHARLES OR BLENHEIMS, Mrs. Senator T. W. Palmer exhibited two very handsome Blenheims, which, we understood, had been successful at bench shows in England. Duke, placed first, had the best white Class 54. R.R. W: skull and shortest face; while Duchess, second, was in better | Sweet Briar, A.K.R. 44. ee coat and had the spot in forehead so desirable in this breed. | Class 55. Bulls, Dozs.—tst, withheld; They are certainly the best looking pair we have seen. _ ee 2yrs., Sancho bmi a Ey *MISCELLANEOQYS OF FOREIGN CLASS OVER YOLBS. _ See a aad MBB EOE Ca, ve. and orange Class 1B.—ist Classes 3 and 4,-No entri Class 5.—Absent. pe a 6A, Se ne} ie entries, S85 7. Smooth-coated St. Ber i i Abra, brindle and white ee aa Class 9.—Absent. Prince—Gyp com., H. W, PGlaes 12, Oh ass 12. Champion English Setters, Dogs,—ist, Goodsell ‘ Plantagenet, lemon belton, 3}4yrs., Dashing ionarch Peon to < Class 18. Champion English Setters, Bitches.—1st, E. W. Jester’s Dashing Belle, blue belton, 2yrs., Dashing Monarch—Blue Belle, ogs (except pure Laverack),—ist and , W.R. Trayer’s Rocket, A.K.R. lack, white and tan, Slayrs., Rat- Duke, orange and w sie, blue belton, 2yrs., panes NictOres blag and pate: 4yrs,. igh com., J. omas Barry’s Ophelia, black, white and ¢ Pontiac—Mollie Bawn. High com., L. Mills’s Bluebell, blue. lyr. limos., Dashing Lion—Armida, Com,, F 2yrs., Cossack—Sue. a Lancelot, white, : 1 Class 46. Champion Fox-Terriers, Bitche ‘ Glass 47. Fox Terriers; Dogs,—1st, Surrey Kennel’s Flippant. A.K.R, 528: 2d, Albert Miller’s Tasman, white, black and tan, U Class 68. Toy Terriers.—ist, Mrs. Senator T. W. Palmer’s Bijou, black and tan, 2yrs.; 2d, Mrs. Flora B. Cabell’s Fanny, black and tan, 73yrs. Very high com., W. R. Traver’s Dixey, black and tan, Byrs., Sam—Flora. and B. B. Greenwood's Jeff, black aud tan, )mos., Diek—Rose. High com., B. B.Greenwood’s Nell, black and tan, 2yrs., Dick—Nell. = Class 69. King Charles, Blenheim, or Japanese Spaniels.—ist and 2d, Mrs. Senator T. B. Palmer’s Duke (Blenheim), liver and white, 5yrs.. and Duchess (Blenheim), liver and white, lyr. Class 70. Miscellaneous Class, over 25lbs.—ist and %d, G, M. Saeg- muller’s Minka and Ceasar, 18mos., Cesar—Minka. Very high com., A, Santler’s Jack, 4yrs. Class 71. Miscellaneous Class, under 25lbs.—ist, Mrs. W. J. Rhees’s Mex (Mexican terrier), yellow, 15mos.; 2d, J. F. Hilis’s Nettie (Mexican terrier), yellow, i8mos. Very high com., R. J. W. Brewster’s Tony (Mexican terrier), yellow, 14mos. SPECIAL PRIZES. . A,—For best pug, Mrs. Geo. H. Hill’s Joe. B.—For handsomest brace of pointers that have never won at a bench show, GC. W. Littlejohn’s Fritz and Pilot. . €.—For best $t. Bernard, Simon J, Martenet’s Abra. D.—¥or the best collie owned by®a lady in Washington, Misses F. L. and H. T. Rodgers’s Harry. i we . E,—For best pug owned by a lady in Washington, Miss Grace B. Adams's Puggie. F.—For best Irish setter owned in Washington, W. A. Morrell’s Liffey G.—For Guy. t 7 H.—For best setter owned in Washington, Miss M. L. Roessle’s Cossack, English setter, white and orange, dys. 10mos., Don—Fairy. 1,.—For best pointersired by Beaufcrt, C. B. Wildman’s Guy. best pointer got by Faust or Beaufort, C. B. Wildman’s ST. LOUIS DOG SHOW. Editor Forest and Stream: The St. Louis bench show will be held April 15, 16 and 17. | Exhibitors at Cleveland will have ten days’ rest for their dogs, and ample time before going to New York. The pre- mium list isin the printer’s hands, and will be mailed as soon as finished. A supply will be sent to you for those who may apply to you for them. ; Champion pointers and setters, dogs and bitches, get $25 each. Open classes, the same, get first, second and third prizes—$20, $10 and $5. All other classes in the show, except champions, get first, second and third prizes. The specials, as usual in St. Louis, will be very handsome and worth winning. Three prizes will be given to Chesapeake dogs, and as a very marked demand for these dogs has arisen here lately the show will prove a fine market for them, and should attract some good entries from the East. Spotted coach dogs are to have a class, in order to interest local owners. This city is | full ofthem. The cockers are to be divided into the Inter- national Club standard and the American Club standard, and three prizes given to each. Dr. Franklin, the secretary of the International Club, promises a handsome special for dogs of his elub’s standard, and a meeting of his club will be called here during the show. The judges willbe announced at the earliest possible moment. J. W. Munson. Sr. Louris, March 17, 7 Editor Forest and Stream; From unavoidable causes the dog show has been postponed till April 22, Entries close April 14. Prize lists and entry blanks are now ready. ‘The superintendent’s address is, care of Albright’s gun store, 8313 North Third street. I send you a package of premium lists and entry blanks by express to-day, which you can distribute to such persons as may apply to you forthem. Major Taylor will judge setters and pointers. The judge for the other classes has not been secured yet. The Natatorium building on Nineteenth and Pine streets, where the show is to be held, is one of the best for the purpose in America. It will hold a thousand dogs easily. It is steam- heated and electric-lighted. The judging will be done in an inclosed square in the center of the hall. Several large open Jots surround the building, where dogs can. be exercised. Large tanks and tubs, with hot and cold water are in the building, for washing dogs. Dog biscuits and cooked food will besupplied, There are first, second and third prizes in nearly all the classes, which itis expected will induce a number of entries from owners ‘who don’t think their dogs can win first. The list of specials will be sent you from time to time as they are secured, A committee of the club will start out at ones to getthem, : The champion classes for setters and pointers include the winners of a first prize at any bench show in America. J. W. Munson. Sr, Lours, Mo., March 22. - , CLOVER BELLE. Editor Forest and Stream: Allow mé to correct through the medium of your paper an unintentional deceit on my partin entering the pedigree of my fox-terrier pupny Clover Belle at both Cincinnati and New Haven as being A®ely Joe—Guilty, whereas she is a puppy I bought at the late Rutherford sale, and is pedigreed Joker— Warren Daisy, or Bessie, I have been as yet unable to ascer- tain which-of these latter. _ The mistake came about thuswise: : rhe Puppy on being bought was at once sent out of town to ‘my kennels at Scarsdale, Westchester, N. Y., together with a sister bought at the same time. A week later there were con- ‘signed to me from England two fox-terrier puppies, a dog and a bitch, which had been purchased by me from Mr. G. Raper. 'The former was by his champion Raby Tyrant out of cham- ‘pion Richmond Olive, now the property of Messrs. Thayer & ro. The latter, by Akely Joe out of Guilty, she by Corin- thian, J had the misfortune éo lose the dog on the voyage. My kennel man met the steamer on her arrival and brought the “remaining puppy to me forinspection, I looked her over and found her to all appearances a promising one. She was then sent to the kennels. : _ When the Cincinnati show was announced, I made entry of her inthe puppy class, and the day TI left for Cincinnati en- ~tered her for New Haven. She took first prize at both shows. from the country Haven, and then it ordered to 20 to S58, = ‘ Janet. Black, tan and white Scotch colli aera eS Nichols, Deda Ma: FOREST AND STREAM. Thave entered the same puppy at Washington, but under her proper pedigree. ; . ; Hoping that this note will rectify any erroneous informa- tion current concerning her and wishing “honor to whom honor is due,” [ remain, EpwarpD KELLY. CLoveRnook Kennex, 185 Fifth avenue, N. Y. City. CHAMPION VIXEN.—We have learnedthat Mr, Mortimer, in awarding champion honors to the fox-terrier Vixen, did so at the request of the managers of the show. We are pleased to set the matter straight and placethe blame where it belongs and sincerely hope that weshallnot be called upon to record another instance of the kind. Bench show honors, especially champion honors, should only be conferred upon animals that are worthy, else the sole object for which bench shows were instituted is perverted, No fear of incurring the displeas- ure of the disappointed exhibitor should induce judge or com- mittee to depart from this rule. STRAY DOG.—Aditor Forest and Stream: A dog has been offered to me by a person who found it in the water off Port Morris, N. Y., as nearly as I can find out about two years ago. He said he thought it had jumped off of some Sound steam- boat, As I would like to see the dog restored to its owner, he may communicate through FOREST AND STREAM, should he happen to see this, giving a minute description of the dog. It is said that some time after the dog was found a gentleman made inquiries at Port Morris.—Sracun,. PEDIGREE OF GLEN IL.—Brooklyn, March 20, 1884.— Editor Forest and Stream: Twould like to correct the pedi- gree of Clayton H. Redfield’s Glen I., winner of first at New Haven. It reads Dr. Aten’s Glen and Dr. Aten’s Bille. It should read Dr, Aten’s Glen and Dr. Aten’s Madge.—H. F. ATEN. CLEVELAND DOG SHOW.—Special Dispatch to Forest and Stream.—Cleveland, Ohio, March 24,—Please announce that all railroads will carry dogs free to and from the show when accompanied by owner or handler,.—C. M. MunHALL, Secretary. KENNEL NOTES. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Kennel notes are inserted in this column free of charge. To insure publication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the following par- ticulars of each animal; 1, Color 6. Name and residence of owner, 2. Breed buyer or seller, 3. Sex. 7. Sire, with his sire and dam, 4. Age, or 8. Owner of sire. 5. Date of bi th, of breeding or 9. Dam, with her sire and dam. of death. 10. Owner of dam. Allnames must be plainly written. Communication on one side of paper only, and signed with writer’s name. NAMES CLAIMED, =" See instructions at head of this colunin. Lady Bess. By Mr. E. B. Nichols, Dedham, Mass., for black, tan and white collie bitch, wheiped Aug. 11, 1880 (Shep—Hornpipe). Rob Rog and Meg Merrillies. By Mr. E. B. Nichols, Dedham, Mass., for light sable collie dog and dark sable bitch, whelped Dec. 7, 1882, by Prince out of Lady Bess (Shep—Hornpipe). Will, By Mr. Raymond Rudd, Glenville, Ct., for black and white English setter dog, whelped Jan. 18, by Robin Hood (Carlowitz—True) out of Countess H. (Warwick—Belle), Lit Laverack. By Mr. Thos. F, Connelly, Flatbush. L, I., for black, white and tan English setter bitch, whelped Dec. 28, 1883. by Tempest (Pontiac—Fairy II.) out of Lilly (Carlowitz-— Queen Bess), NAMES CHANGED. {25> See instructions at head of this column. Mab to Lady Mab. Black pointer, 3yrs. old (Pete—Mab), owned by Mr. Wm. Hepsley, Jersey City, N. J : BRED. (=> See instructions at head of this column. Princess Royal—Gath, Mr. John Drees’s (Little Rock, Ark.) black and white English setter bitch Princess Royal (Royal Biue— a gHne) to Mr. W. G. Crawford's champion Gath (Count Noble—Peep a’ Day). Rhona—Don. Mr. J. E. Thayer’s (Lancaster, Mass.) pointer bitch On (A.K.R. 399) to Mr, R. T. Vandevort’s Don (A.K.R. 165), eb. 25, Arrow— Don. Mr. R. T. Vandevort’s (Pittsburgh, Pa.) pointer bitch Arrow (Bow—Sleaford Maid) to his Don (A.K,R. 165), March 6, Becky—Chief. Mr. F. Raab’sred and white Irish setter bitch Becky to Mr. Max Wenzel’s Chief (A.K.R, 231), March 19. Alma—Prince. The Chequasset Kennel’s (Lancaster, Mass.) smooth- coated St. Bernard bitch Alma (A.K.R. 27) to Col. A. J. Parker, Jr.’s, Prince (Fido—Topsy), March 1. Grace B.—Foreman. Myr. C, Fred. Crawford's (Pawtucket, R. 1.) English setter bitch Grace B, (London—Dawn) to his Foreman (Dash- ing Monarch—PFairy II.), March 3. Maggie O’More—Arlington. Major Lovejoy’s (Bethel, Me.) red Trish setter Maggie O’More (A.K.R. 981) to Mr. C. Fred. Crawford's Arlington (Dan—Ruby), March 13. Flora—Lee, Mr. Pottinger Dorsey’s (New Market, Md.) white, black and tan ticked English beagle bitch Flora (Ring wood—Juliet) to his Lee (Warrior—Rosey), Feb. 27. WHELPS. ("> See instructions at head of this column. Lady Bess, Mr, B®. B, Nichols’s (Dedham, Mass.) Scotch collie bitch Lady Bess (Shep—Horupipe), Feb. 9, eight, by Mr. B. F. White's Prince; two sable and six black, white and tan. Vie. Myr. Archibald Gordon’s spaniel bitch Vic (Bragg—Princess), eee eight (two dogs), by Mr, A, E. Godeffroy’s Teddy Ban (Cap- ain—Flirt). Nun. The Chequasset Kennel’s (Lancaster, Mass.) rough-coated St. Bernard bitch Nun (A.K.R. 24), March 6, twelvé (four dogs), by the Forest City Kennel’s Cassar (A.K.R. 22). Brunhild. The Chequasset Kennel’s (Lancaster, Mass.) smooth- coated St. Bernard bitch Brunhild (A.K_R. 28), March 18, seven (four dogs), by the Forest City Kennel’s Ceesar (A.K.R. 22), Jersey Gyp. Mr. W.B. Rea’s (Hackettstown, N. J.) English setter bitch Jersey Gyp (A.K.R. 107), March 3, five (four dogs). by Mr. C. N. Wade’s Primer (A. K.R, 227). } Flora. Mr, A, D. Wilbur's (Catskill, N. Y.) cocker spaniel bitch Flora, March 17, seven (four dogs), by Mr. J. W. Rushforth’s Chance; one dog since dead. SALES. ES See instructions at head of this column. Jock. Black, white and tan collie dog, whelped November, 1883 (Talisman—Iona), by the Kilmarnock Kennel, Mattapan, Mass., to Mr. Geo. A. Munroe, Somerville, Mass, Avis. St. Bernard bitch (A.K.R, 929), by the Essex Kennel, Andover, Mass., to the Forest City Kennel, Portland, Me. Lotta. St. Bernard bitch (A.K.R, 933) by the Essex Kennel, Andover, Mass., to the Forest City Kennel, Portland, Me. Jule, Liver and white pointer bitch, whelped Sept. 26, 1883 (St. John —Folly), by Mr, J. H, Phelan, Jersey City, N. J., to Mr. George H. Piercey, same place. Deacon. Red Irish setter dog, whelped Feb. 19, 1882 (Ned Elcho— Bridget O'More), by Mr. C. W. Feickert, New York, to Mr. Walter L. Hunter, same place, Nellie. RedIrish setter bitch, age and pedigree not given, by Mr. C. W. Feickert, New York, to Mr. Walter L, Hunter, same place. Craft. Lemon and white pointer dog, whelped Oct. 21, 1881 (Bang —Jean), by Mr. W. R. Stone, Atalissa, Ia., to Mr. Mortimer Mills, Ji SFeOY City, N. J. : Mab, Black pointer bitch, 3yrs. (Pete—Mab), Bridgeport, Ct., fo Mr. Wm, Hepsley. Jersey City Stocking—Mab whelps. Black pointers, one deg and three bitches, roa ogy by aS: Dr: Martin, Bridgeport, Ct., to Mr. Wm. Hepsley, ersey City, N. J. Zantippe. Lemon belton English setter bitch, whelped Jan. 29, 1880 (Lofty--Maud Muller). by Mr, Henry Sturtevant, Medina, N. Y., to Mr. Thos. F, Connelly, Flatbush, L. I. Lit Laverack, Black, white and tan English setter bitch, whelped Dec. 28, 1888 (Tempest—Lilly), by Mr, A. J, Ward, Boston. Mass., to Folko, Roug Mr. Thos. F, Gonnelly, Flatbush, L. I. 0 h-coated St. Bernard dog (A.K.R, 477), by Mr. A. A. Whittemore, New York, to the Chequasset Kennel. Lancaster, Ma: teh, whe Feb, 9 pat Macey tor. ©. ‘collie dog, whelped Feb. 9 (Princs—Lady by Mrs. Dr. Martin, NJ. bbe, Sir Bess), by Mr, E, B, Nichols, Dedham, Mass., to Mr. J. H. Gilman Cambridge, Mass. Ao : Jean. Sable Scotch collie bitch, whelped Feb, 9 (Prince—Lady Bess), by Mr. E. B. Nichols, Dedham, Mass., to Mr, T. 8. Beaumont, Fall River, Mass. ‘ “* Guenn. St, Bernard bitch (A.K.R, 932), by the Fssex Kennel, An- dover, Mass., to the Horest City Kennel, Portland, Me, DEATHS. e> See instructions at head of this cohimn. Black Venus. Black spaniel bitch (A.K.R. 300), owned by Mr, A. CO. Wilmerding, New York, March 18, in parturition, E Gypsey Queen. Liver.and white pointer biteh, age not siven (champion Faust—Munson's Queen), owned by Mr. Edward Odell, New Orleans, La, KENNEL MANAGEMENT. £=S—- No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. G, H., Canal Fulton, Ohio.—Try Glover’s Mange cure. Au, Gravenhurst, Ont.—See answer to 'F. P. C,,’? March 13. L. E. lt., Essexville, Mich.—It is impos-ible to say what caused the death of your dog. You describe no symptoms that throw any light upon the subject, AmatruR, Wortendyke, N. J.—1. Bathe the sore with one part sulphurous acid to three parts water, 2. Twice a day is often enough tofeedhim, 38. Yes. C. B. M., Wilkesbarre, Pa.—Give a little lime water in milk with each meal, and a teaspoonful of eod liver oil three times daily. Give plenty of exercise, but not until after his food has had time to digest, Nieutr Hawk, Concerd, N. H.—The dog has canker in the ear. Take bromo chloralum and laudanum, equal parts, and dilute with six times their bulk of water; fill the ear and rently knead the base for a short time, One or two applications should etfect a cure. Rifle and Crap Shaoting. FIXTURES. First International Clay-Pigeon Tournament, at_Chicago, Ill., May 26 to 81. Managers, Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Co., P. O, Bax 1292, Cin- cinnati, Ohio, NON-CLEANING SCORES. Editor Forest and Strean: In reply to the communication of Philip Uhler, of Mechaniesburg, Pa.,in a recent issue, permit me to say that I experience no dink. eulty in regard 10 the bullets dropping after firing a few shots with- out cleaning. Neither do I consider it absolutely necessary to use a lubricating disc hetween the powder and bullet. I inclose a diagram of a target I made on the ninth of March, 1888. It is forty consecu- tive shots in ad-inech bullseye, using fixed ammunition and naked bullets, and the rifle was not cleaned during the shooting. The dis- tance was 100yds., weather clear and dry, and the shooting was done in the back position, no rest being used. After the shooting was over I took the rifle home, and after blowing my breath through the barrel two or three times, I passed a dry swab, compesed of a cotton rag, once through the barrel, and it was as bright as a silver dollar from breech to muzzle. This is not an exceptional circumstance, as it is only once out of seyeral dozen times that IT took the same gun out and shot it at 100yds. during last spring and summer, never firing less than twenty shots at a time. and never taking a cleaning rod to the range, excepting on one occasion, and on that occasion I made my worst record for the season, making an average of about an inch aud three-quarters per shot. I do not attribute the bad shooting on this occasion to cleaning the gun, but to other circum- stances which need not be mentioned here. I consider forty. shots without cleaning a severe test of any breech- loading rifle, and as my experience in regard to accuracy has been so very different from that of Mr. Uhler, 1 will tell him how I manage my gun, Iuse a Maynard .40-cal., 32in. rifle, weighing 9lbs. I load the shells with 60grs. of Hazard FG powder, and a bullet known as No.2 cylindrica]. The bullet weighs a little less than 300grs T make them myself with moulds furnished by the manufacturers of the gun, and use one part tin and twenty of lead. I lubricate the bullets with tallow, three parts, beeswax, one part; seat the bullets in the shells with the loader, and then eh the bullets into the melted lubri- eator just upto the end of the shell, then wipe off the point with a rag, and set We cartridge up on its base to cool off and allow the lubricant to harden. After firing a shot blow through the harrel to moisten the powder crust. In damp weather three or four full breaths will be sufficient; but in hot dry weather from seven to ten may be required. Always look through the barrel after blowing through, and you will soon become so expert that you can tell exactly whether your barrel is too dry or not. Never fire a shot through a dry barrel. You must have your barrel lubricated for the first shot, and after that dampened with the brea h. But, says some one, this is impossible in hot, dry weather. No, itis not. Burnt powder has a great affinity for water, I have fired my twenty shots without cleaning m the hottest summer weather, when the gun barrel was so hot I could searcely hold it, but never failed to get it damp inside before I loaded for the next shot. If the gun is very hot, hold your hand over the muzzle in such position that you ean blow down be- 3 tween the thumb and first finger. The lips wil] not stand ihe same amount of heat as the palm of the hand. If there is shade in the vicinity of the firing point, stand in the shade until your turn fo fire. If there is no shade, stand with your back to the sun and hold your _rjfle in front of you in such position that the Tays of the sun cannot strikes the barrel, this way you can always keep your rifle in such sano Fat wil shoot Tae ag dnclose another target which I shot | ‘ s ten com, sec “Shots at 100pds. witheut cleaning, no ertacal rest bei 174 FOREST AND STREAM. [Mancr 27, 884, used, and the rifle was loaded as deseribed above. It will be noted é 1 FIRE LOW.—The sorrespondent at Tonquin have been investigat- cast a three cent piece will cut over six of the bullet holes and the c ing the tendency of the Chinese troops to fire low in action as the many leg wounds among the French troops showed was the habit, and one wno is well qualified to judge says: ‘The reason why the Black Flags and their allies fire low is due to the fact that the bulk of the Chinese had no idea of the use of the sights on the rifles, and it was almost useless to attempt to teach them the yalue of such con- trivances. Thus, a Chinese soldier, armed with a modern rifle, would never think of raising the sight of his weapon when he was called upon to use it, especially in the face of on enemy. He would fire at an object 600 yards off with the sight down, the consequence being that, the muzzle of the rifle not receiving the necessary eleva- tion to carry the bullet over a long distance, the ball would strike or descend very close to the ground before it reached its destination. It was also asserted that some of the Chinese soldiers actually knocked the sights off their rifles as being useless.” ter of the bullseye. This is not a ‘“‘dude target,”’ according to j. Merrill’s definition. The center of the bullseye 1s not an indefi- nite point, but was plainly marked with across before the shooting began. The string is as follows: .21, .24, ,28, .80, .39, 48, .56, .98, 1.02, 1.09=514 inches, 1am aware that this target is not as fine as the Gove target published by Maj. Merrill some time since, but it must be taken into consideration that it was shot with a light eun, without cleaning, and no artificial rest was used. By shooting from a dead rest a closer target could be made. The breechloader is eminently fit to do the finest work at target, as the inside of the barrel is open to inspection at all times, E. A. L. NoRRISTOWN, Pa. RANGE AND GALLERY. THE ZETTLERS DEFEATED.—The hitherto invincible team of he Zettler Rifle Club of New York, met with their first defeat on Weduesday evening, March 19, at the hands of the Frelinghuysen Rifle Club, of Newark, N. J., at the range of the latter club. The match was for ten men, ten shots each, on the Massachusetts rin target, highest possible score 120, distance &5ft, The men of eac team shot alternately in the following order, and with the appended THE TRAP. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re- quested to write on one side of the paper only. BOSTON GUN CLUB TOURNAMENT.—The convenient grounds at Wellington, on ,the 19th, found assembled representatives from scores: F ‘ U a Zettler Rifle Club. Frelinghuysen Rifle Club, nearly all the important shooting clubs in the New England States Morrie 2... eck 112 Wm. Hayes... .......+:- 110 to contest the different events Which had previously been advertised J H Brown.... wera SH Shackleford 412 to take place. Fine weather opened up the day’s shooting, buta G Joiner ..... 108 GD Weigman 113 threatening shower gradually interfered with‘fine scores. Notwith- PFenning.,.,.....-.. --. 114 LG OL GE as ey Pee eee 105 standing this, however, a large number of Mother Harth’s chickens TSE ere HACE go 409 W P McLeod 113 returned to roost, quite satisfied, doubtless, that tournament days are PANT ZT ae = let 8 ae 102 J L Tobin 113 bad days to be out. A very large number of visitors were present, BN TAR rae oy ame oe 112 J K Walsh....... 114 particularly during the medal shoot. The medal itself is considered eee eg a ee 115 R Westerman 108 a fine piece of workmanship, being simply a gold clay-pigeon pendant C@ Judson...... ae ia 2 114 WW Esprits! Meeks Ls 110 from an ornamental bar, while below is another bar of beautiful Mastiset fe fe so. 108—i1105 AC@Newman..........-.. 1111109 | ornamental design. A collation was served by the Newarkers, and the visitors expressed | _ First match, 7 single birds, 18yds, themselves as well pleased with their visit and entertainment not- | E W Law.......----..-.-----.-+- 7 CF Stark... -.. 2. eee eesee eee, 4 withstanding their defeat, Shots ma Sea OE ht A 3 e 4 vecen fe Ns 4h a sk : BOSTON, March 22.—The delightful spring weather of to-day was | 4 Host von She TV, ee 5 GTidsbury.... .... a ain ane. 5 perfect for outdoor sports, and many riflemen who have failed to | yj Gitman..........-.--.-- ------- 5 yOWitherall’ nom ewe eee 4 visit their Favorite range, Walnut Hill, during the recent miserable | B Ryans.......... Aig ee 4 TS Hall ah aba ssasnsemera weather, were out in force, crowding the shooting cottage and keep- | p Schaefer. BCA Sampson GER Re OIG: 4 ing the targets busy from early morn till sundown. Perfect as was | 4 Cooper. y. GU TET yc erp Ear na: 4 the weather overhead, it was also grand for shooting purposes, both | 7, G w hee , PC Guia ES i «Meet ee mere 5 wind and light being very satisfactory, the former easy to control] 4 A Perry....... ..-.----+es+ e+: 5 ISSawyer......... ...... and the latter giving a soft, pleasant color to the paper and iron tar- gets. The leading scores were all at 20uyds. Creedmoor Practice Match. : Tice Say and Hart first, Cooper second, Tidsbury third, White ourth. Second Match, 5 birds, 18yds. J B Fellows .......-. 554544455546 J Payson (mil)...... 5494445445 —42 - j ; Shey Diente, |. SasSESEEad HORT cyrad (atidl) so adotatapap eas | BeROgmMOnt Sh. --SHEN Fc AM Use Bcd eg a aon: 3 C B Edwards........ 4544455454 44 DB Farwell... ....4555443444—42 | qonting ee eee 4 oi she toe mare AAS Sh 5 gas Sy joe yi ———— mee —_-— ee — . - 7 > ym a Class 24, Pointer Bitches, 50lbs, or under.—ist, B, F, Seitner’s Lady Groxteth, liver and white, 2yrs.. Croxteth—Lass; 21, B. F. Seitner’s Tass, lemon and white, 4yrs., tleaford—Dawn. Very high com., 8. A, Kaye's Rose IL., lemon and white, dyrs., Sengation—Rose. High ¢om,, |. H. Dalliba’s Dora, liver and while, 12mos., champion Sensa- fion—Devonshire Lass, OCom., Joseph Lewis’s Lilly, lemon and white, Byrs., Fawcett’s Dulkke—Owner’s Spell. Class 25. Pointer Dog Puppies.—ist, B. T’. Seitner’s Rapp, liver and white, 1114mos., Croxteth—Lass; 2d, B. F. Seitner’s Doneuster, liver and white, 114¢mos,, Croxteth—Lass. Class 26. Pointer Bitch Eup pete G. W. Baker’s Ray, brown and white, 10ni0s., Brownie; 2U, 'red W. Stocky’s Brownie, liver and white, 7mos., Brownie—Unknown, Class 27, Champion Irish Water Spanicisist, John D, Olcott's champion Barney, liver, 7yrs,, Saamrock—Shamnon. { Glass 28. Trish Water Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches.—Ist, Cleveland Trish Water Spaniel Kennel's Ponto, liver, 2yvs,, ehampion laren Fy Nora, 2d, C. W. Baire’s Patsy O'Connor, dark liver, 2yrs , imported Dan O’Connor—Traller. Very high com,, G, W. Baker's Aleck, liver, ys. Class 29, Champion Field Spaniels, any color, 28lbs or oyer,—Only entry absent. ; Class 30. Champion Cocker Spaniels, any color, uncer 2$lbs,—I1st, Dr, J. T, Niven's Bene. . Class 31. Field Spaniels, any color. 28lbs. or over, Dogs or Bitches, —lst, Hornell epee Glub's Hornell Maggie, black. Byrs., Bob 117.— Fan; 2d, Hornell Spaniel Club's Burdette Bob, black, 3yrs., Leigli’s Bob—Venus. ‘ Olass $2: Cocker Spaniels, other than bla¢k, under 28lbs., Dogs or Bitches.—ist, Hornell Spaniel Club's Hornell Rattler, 11/4mos., chest- mut and tan, champion Dandy—Dinah; 2d, withheld, High com., A. G. Dayken’s Macduff, liver and white, 1/éyrs;, Brandy—Lady, and Queén Ann, liver and white, 2yrs., importe Class 33. Black Cocker Spaniels, under 28Ibs,, Dogs or Bitches.—1st, Hornell Spaniel Club’s Hornell Silk, black, 18mos., champion Obo— Chloe 11.3 2d. Dan O’Shea’s Rosa, black, 16mos., Doctor—Dolly. Very high com., Hornell Spaniel Club’s Hornell 101, black, 16mos., cham- pion Benedict—Prin. . Class 84. Spaniel Puppies (any color)—Ist, B, F, Lewis's Ross, black, 10mos.. imported; 2d, withheld. High com,, Thomas Neal’s Nellie, liver and white, 5mos., Brandy—Fan, fer Glass 85. Champion Foxhounds, Dogs or Bitthes,—Ist, Dan O'F hea’s Ringwood, black, white and tan, syrs., Forester—Lady- Class 86, Foxhounds, Dogs or Bitches,—ist, Dan O’Shea’s Ring- wood IT,, black, white and tan, 18mos., Ringwood—Rocksy; 2d, John H. Sweet’s Gabriel, black, white and tan, 19mos., Snifter—Jacobs, Very high com., Peter Knierin’s Sport, black, white and tan, 5yrs. High com., H, F. Knowles’s Leader, white and tan, 5yrs., Bouncer— Fido. Class 87. Champion Beagles, Dogs or Bitches.—ist, Dan O’Shea’s Rattler, black, white and tan, 2yrs., Royer—Music. Class. 38. Beagles, Dogs.—ist, G. E. White’s King Pat, white, tan and black, 2imos., Searcher—May Belle; 2d, Fulton Kennel Club’s Boxer ill,, white, black and tan, 15mos., Our Boxer 11.—Lul. Very high com., R. & W. Livingston's Dell, A-K.R. 319. Com., W. H. Ash- burner’s Minstrel, black, white and tan, ?yrs., imported from England. Glass 39. Beagies, Bitches.—ist, Dan O’Shea’s Mischief, black, white and tan, 2yrs., Rover—Music; 2d, Mrs, C. EH. White's Bonnie, black, white, tan and ticked, Zimos., Seareher—May Belle. Very high coin., Fulton Kennel Club's Lill I1., white, black and tan, !imos., Boxer IJ.—Lill, Com., C, Wm. Fromm’s Stella, black, white and tan, ifmos., Spottie—Nina, : Class 40. Beagles, Puppies.—1st, Windsor T. White’s Mac, white, black and tan, 10wks., Pilot—Minnie. Class41 Dachsunde, Dogs or Bitehes.—ist, B, F, Seitner’s Prince, fallow red, 14mos., Berzman—Gretchen; 2d, J. P. Shaefer's Brun- hilde, fallow red. 14mos., Bergman—Gretchen. Very high com., Carl eae Waldman K,, black and tan., 4yrs., Waldman—imported Waldine. Class 42. Champion Fox-Terriers, Dogs—ist, R. Gibson’s Fennel, black, white and tan, full pedigree, Class 48. Champion Fox-Terriers, Bitches.—1st, R. Gibson’s Thistle, black, white and tan, full pedigree. Class 44. Pox-Terriers, Dogs.—ist, John T. Cable’s Vakeel, white, black and tan, 244yrs., champion Volo—champion Spikepole; 2d. R, Gibson’s Belvoir Jim, black, white and tan, full pedigree. Very high com., 8. C. Gratf’s Greek, white with black and tan on head, 14mos., Fennel—Fay. High com., Frank T. Moorehead’s Grip, black, white and tan, i5mos,, Belgraye Joe—champion Nettle, Com., W. B. Sterl- ing’s Pouf, white, black and tan, imported, Class 45. Fox-Terriers, Bitches,—1st, John T. Cable’s Village Belle, mbes black and tan, 2yrs. 9mos,, champion Volo—Beauty; 2d, with- held. Glass 46. Fox-Terriers, Puppies.—ist, withheld; 2d, M. J. Kelly’s Vixen, lemon and white, 6mos., pedigree unknown. Class 47. Greyhounds.—1st, Dave Marshall’s Spring Custer, fawn, 8yrs., MeGraw—Mirror. Class 48. Deerhounds, Dogs or Bitches.—ist, Jacob Krieger’s Gar- field, fawn, 3iéyrs., imported. Class 49. Champion Mastiffs, Dogs.—ist, Jas. H. Lynch's Lion,fawn, 28mos., Salisbury—Tigress IT. Class 50. Champion Mastiffs, Bitches —No entries. Class 51. Mastiffs, Dogs.—1st, Shaw & Bates’s Agrippa, A.K.R, 449, Class 52. Mastiffs, Bitches._ist, Dr. J. W. Alsop’s Cleopatra, A.K.R. 258; 2d, Shaw & Bates’s Duchess, A.K.R. 260. Olass 58. Mastiff Puppies, Dogs or Bitehes.—No entries. Class 54. Champion Rough-Coated 8t. Bernards, Dogs.—lst, Fred W. Rothera’s Otho, A.K.R. 483. : Class 55. Champion Rough-Coated St. Bernards, Bitches.—No entries. Class 56. Rough-Coated St. Bernards, Dogs.—1st, Chequasset Ken- nel’s Hermit, A.K.R. 23. Olass 57. Rough-Coated St. Bernards, Bitehes.—ist, Fred W. Roth- era’s Lady Abbess, A.K.R. 482; 2d, H. B. Sherman’s Santa, orange, white and tawny, 15mos., Monk IT. Class 58. Champion Smooth-Coated St. entries. Class 59. Champion Smooth-Coated St. Bernards, Bitches.—ist, Fred W. Rothera’s Daphne, A.K.R. 488. Class 60. Smooth-Coated St. Bernards, Dogs.—ist, H. B. Sherman’s Bishop, white and orange, 24yrs.; 2d, H. B, Sherman’s Bonhomme, orange and white, 2yrs., Webb’s Rex—Theon, A.K.R. 94. Class 61. Smooth-Coated St. Bernards, Bitches.—ist, H. B. Sher- man’s Chartreuse, orange and white, nearly 2yrs., Rex—Brunhilde. Class 62, Newfoundlands, Dogs or Bitches.—Wm. Sellers’s Watch, black, 4yrs.; 2d, A. C. Johns’s Mackaboy, jet black, 14mos. Very high com.. James McKay's York, black, 6yrs. High com., Jacob Kersig ere Prince, black, yrs. Com., Chas, Hilert’s Nero, black,white points, 3yrs. Class 68. Champion Collies, Dogs.—ist, Jas. Lindsay’s Rex, black, tan and white, 5yrs., Carlyle—Elcho. yess re Champion Collies, Bitches.—ist, Fred. W. Rothera’s Lassie, KR, 445, Class 65. Collies, Dogs.—ist, Charles A. Otis, Jr.’s Yarrow, black, white and tan, 18mos., champion Rex—Beauty; 2d, James Lindsay’s Hiram, sable and white, 10mos., Rex—Kittie Mae. Very. high com., Edith M. Wasig’s Mac, black, white and tan, 11mos., imported Captain —imported Topsy. High com., Frank TT. Moorehead’s Scot, black and tan, 2yrs., Lord Rayton—Cloudy; G. W. Evans's Trump, black and tan, 2yrs., champion Rex—Belle. Com., Dr. W. C. Wair’s Bobby Burns, black and tan, 2yrs., champion Rex—imported Lassie. Class 66, Collies, Biteches.—ist, James Lindsay’s Fairy, sable and white, 10mos., Rex—Kitty Mac; 2d, James Watson’s Flyaway, sable and white, yrs. and 8mos., champion Rex—champion Flora, Ver high com., G. W. Evans’s Hvaus’s Nell, sable and white, 6yrs., Patti- son’s Davey—Bell. High com., W. A. Jeffrey’s Letta, black and fawn, 12mos., Gatter—Josephine I. - Class 67. Collies, Puppies, Dogs.—ist, Edith M. Fasig’s Mac, black, white and tan, 11mos., imported Captain—imported Topsy. Very high com,, G. W. Eyans’s Sandy, sable and white, 6mos., Trump— ee High com., W.A. Jeffrey’s Roy, black and tan, 5mos., Bruce —Lukie. . Class 68. Collies, Puppies, Bitches.—Ist, James Lindsay’s Nannie ©., black, white and tan, 10mos., Rex—Kittie Mac. Very high com., G. W. Evans's Olive, sable and white, tmos., Trump—Evans’s Nellie. Class 69. Champion Bulldugs, Dogs or Biteches.—1st, R. & W. Liv- ingston’s Boz, brindle and white, 3yrs. in June, Gamester—Brawse’s Betsy. ‘ Class 70, Bulldogs. Dogs.lst, J. P. Barnard’s Brimsteie, white, yellow, ears, 2yrs., Bonny Boy—champion Judy; 2d, withheld, Class. 71. Bulldogs, Bitches.—Prizes withheld. ak uit Champion Buil-Terriers, over 25lbs,, Dogs or Bitches. —Absent. Class 73. Bull-Terriers, over 25lbs., Dogs or Bitches.—ist, with- held; 2d, Wm. Veale’s Countess, white, 2yrs., Spot—Nellie. High com,, Wm. Veale’s Ben, lemon and white, 2yrs., Spot—Belle. : rene ?4, Champion Bull-Terriers, under 25lbs., Dogs or Bitehes.—No entries. Class 75. Bull-Terriers, under 25lbs., Dogs or Bitches,—R. & W. Liy- ingstou's Little Maggie, A.K.R. 525. Olass 76, Wire-Haired or Seoteh Terrieis, Dogs or Biteches.—1st, John H. Naylor’s Heather. brindle, 2yrs.; 2d, John H Naylon’s Tan Glen, dark gray, 19mos. ety ae. com., Dan O’Shea’s Boxer, wheaten, dyrs.. Major—Lady; W.H Little's Buster, Bedlington ter- rier, 12mos,, Sting—Wasp. High éom., Weddel House's Nibs, the Tramp, orey OYE ps , ¥ Olass 77. Black and Tan Terriers, Dogs: or Bitches, over 71bs.—Iist, Edward, Leyer's Lady, black and tan,-leyrs., Vortigern—Lillie; 24, Bernards, Dogs.—No . | f od - ) John Whitaker’s Brilliant, black and tan, 14yrs,, Vortigern—Lillie Tl. Very high com., Edward Lever's Vortigern, black and tan, 5yrs., champion Viper—Gipsy. High com,, H. A. Kistemann’s Spring, black and tan, 2yrs. Com. Charles Stalley’s Nell, black and tan. lyr. Class 78. Dandie Dinmont Terriers, Dogs or Bitches.—Abgent. Class 7). Irish Terriers, Dogs or Bitehes.—1st, Dan O’Shea’s Erin. red ant Tim—Nora; 2d, Dr. J..8. Niven's Norah, red, 4yrs., Spring —Netitie. Class 80. Champion Skye Terriers, Drop-Hared, Dogs or Bitches_ No entries. Class 61, Champion Skye Terriers, Prick-Kared.—No entries. Class 82. Skye Terriers, Drop-Bared, Dogs or Bilches.—No entries. Class #8. Skye Terriers, Prick-Rared, Dogs or Bitehes.—ist, L. G- Hanna’s Judge; 2d, L, @, Hanna's Flora I. Very high com,, L. G. Hanna’s Bloss. Class 84. Champion Pugs, Dogs.—ist, Mrs, George H, Hill's Jow, fawn, 4yrs., champion Comedy—Clytie. Glass 55. Champion Pugs, Bitehes,—No entries, Class 86. Pugs, Dogs.—ist, Chequasset Kennel's Treasure, pale fawn, black points, iimos., imported Fritz (A.K.R. 569)—imported Banjo; 2d, H, A, Kistemann’s Punch, 2yrs. Very high com., lL. G. Hanna’s Ponto, fawn, 3yrs.; Mrs. E. V. Jewell: Pete, fawn, ayrs. High com., Thos. W. Cockerill’s Butler, fawn, 26mos, Class #7. Pugs, Bitches.—Ist, 7.5. Dumont’s Gipsy, fawn, 1smos,. imported; 2d, Mrs, H, L. Taylor’s Taffey, buff, 20mos. Very high com., Mrs. E, E. Bieman’s Jennie, fawn and black, 14éyrs., imported: Anton Petrey’s Sallie, stone fawn, 3l4yrs,, Punch—Judy, Class 88. Pugs, Puppies. Dogs or Bitches, under 12mo0s,—ist, Antow Petrey’s Prince, stone fawn, imos,, Peler—Sallie, Class 89. Champion Yorkshire Terriers, Blue and Tan, Dogs or Bitehes.—lst, H, A, Kistemann’s Hero, chanypion of the world, blue and tan, 3yrs. Class 90. Yorkshive Terriers, Blue and Tan, over 5lbs,, Dogs or Bitehes.—1st, Miss Jennie Axworthy’s Tiney, blue and tan, 2y¥s.. im- ported; 2d. H. A. Kistemann's Prince, blue and tan, 1%gyrs, Very high com., H, Schmidt's Dot, 2yrs, High com., Wm, Keegan's Tip), blue and tan, 9mos,, Dandy—Nibs, Class 91. Yorkshire. Terriers, Blue and Tan, under 5lbs., Dogs én Bitches.—ist, H, A. Kistemann’s Crickey, blue and tan, 2yrs.; 2d, Tf A. Kistemann’s Lillie, blue and tan, Iéyrs. Very high com,, P, F- McGue’s Nellie, blue and tian, 2yrs,, imported. Com., Wm. Keegan's Belle, blue and tan, 2yrs,, Billy—bBeauty; Thos, Blake’s Topsy, blie- and tan, 12mos. Class 92. Toy Terriers. other than Yorkshires, under 5lbs., Dogs oi Bitches,—ist, F. J. Hovlechek’s Dot, black and tan, i6mos., Tip— Fippy 2d, H, A. Kistemann’s Flora, tan, 2yrs. Very high com., S- H. Wilson’s Tina; black and tan, lyr. Class 98. King Charles or Blenheim Spaniels, Dogs or Bifches_— 1st. H. A. Kistemann’s Rosie, black, white and tan, 1l}4yrs. Class #4, Japanese Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches.— No entries. Class 95. Italian Greyhounds, Dogs or Bifches,—Absent, Class 96. Poodles.—1st, Jacob Zuellig’s Bennie, gray, 3yis.: 2d, Jacob Zuellig's Prince, white, black ears, Xyrs. Very high com., Miss. §. M. Cohrs's Prince, white, 1lyrs, Class 97. Miscellaneous or Foreign Class.—lst, Ed. Lener’s Sir Gar- net, blue and tan, 2yrs., Airedale terrier, champion Crack—Gypsy Queen; 2d, Dan O’Shea’s Foreigner, bloodhound. black, white ani tan, 4mos., Lassie—Slave Boy; equal 3d, H. L. Stanton’s Moody black and tan, 2yrs.;'H. L, Stanton’s Sankey, black and tan, 2y7's- Very high com., W. Fleming’s Jep, flesh color, 2yrs., Mexican hair- less dog;+A, C. Cozad’s Fritz, fawn and white, 21mos., Maltese termer. Com,, Chas, Hogg’s Fanny, white with black spots, 8yrs., Dalmatian. SPECIAL PRIZES. A.—For the Irish setter bitch having won the greatest number of first and special prizes, Mr. Thos. Axworthy, gentleman's traveling yalise, value $50; won by Lady Clare, J. 8. McIntosh. B.—For the best kennel of spaniels, not less than six, B. & §., brass jug, value $45; won by the Hornell Spaniel Club. C.—For the best brace of cocker spaniels, B. & §., bronze plaque, yalue $25; won by Hornell Rattler and Hornell Silk, Hornell Spaniel Club, D,—For the third best pug, S, H. Wilson, fishing rod and reel, valne $12; won by Pete, Mrs. EH. VY. Jewell. E.—For the bestsmooth-coated collie, Messrs. P. L. Miles & Go., silver medal, value $10; won by Lassie Regis, the Scottish Chief's Kennel. F.—¥for the best rough-ccated collie owned im Cuyahoga county, Mr. George Forbes, canary bird and cage, value $10; won by Mac. Edith M. Fasig. G.—For the best Yorkshire terrier owned in Cleveland, Messrs. Edwards und Fasig, fancy inkstand and buckhorn penholder, value $15; won by Tiney, Miss Jennie Axworihy. H.—fFor the best Irish water spaniel, Hon. John Farley, silyer duckhead scarf pin, value $18; won by Barney, John D, Olcott. T.—Iror the best pointer bitch under 50lbs.. Mr. W. H. Corniny. picture and easel, value $20; won by Lady Croxteth, B. F. Seitner. J.—fFor the best bull-terrier, Mr. W. H, Corning, bronze dog, value $15; won by Little Maggie, R. & W. Livingston. K,—For the best English setter dog puppy, Bank street Hackmen. bronze dog, value $15; won by Dan Voorhees, P. B. Spence. L.—For the best bull, dog or bitch, Mr. Criltenden, painted antique pitcher, value $25; won by Boz, R. & W. Livingston. M.—For the best pug bitch, Mr. Henry Beekman, silk umbrella. value $10; won by Gipsy, T.S. Dumont. WN.—for the best King Charles or Blenheim spaniel, Messrs. Benton, Meyers & Co., pair of vases, yalue $10; won by Rosie, H. A: Kiste- mann. O.—For the best beagle dog, Messrs. S. Ranney & Son, pair hunting shoes, value $10; won by Rattler, Dan O’Shea. . P.—For the best black and tan terrier, over 71bs.; won by Lady, Edward -Lever, pant the best toy terrier, under 5lbs.; won by Dot, fF. J. Hovte- chek. R.—For the best Newfoundland; won by Watch, Wm. Sellers, §.—For the best foxhound in open class, Mr. Wm. Rhode, lamy, yalue $7; wou by Ringwood II., Dan O*Shea. T._For the kennelman showing the greatest number of animals of any class in the best bench show condition; won by B. F. Lewis. U.—Yor the best English setter bitch puppy. Mr. J. F. Chadwick, picture, value $15; won by Countess Fly, J. H. Dalliba V.—For the best English setter dog inthe best condition in the: open class, owned in Cleveland. Mr, ©. EH. Gehring, picture, value $25; won by Don, L. G. Hanna, W.—for the best brace of English setters, Messrs. Rice & Burnett, silver tea set, value $25; won by Brigand Chief and Queen Alice IL.,, A. ©. Waddell. X.—lor the best brace of Irish setters, Mr, J. ¥. Ryder, picture value $20; won by Glencho and Snap, Wm. H. Pierce. Y.—For the best black and tan setter dog, Mr. C. A. Selzer, placque. value $10; won by Dash, E. Nutting. G.—¥or the best collection of sporting dogs entered from Canada, Mr. N. Wilson, stove, value $20; won by Dan O'Shea, AA,—For the best pointer dog in the open classes, owned in Cleve- land, Mr. Henry Chubb, pair game pieces, yalue $20; won by Joe, T. H. Dalliba. BB.—For the best prick-eared skye terrier, Mr. J. Palmer O'Neil, fisbing rod, value $15; won by Judge, L. G. Hanna, OC.—For the best Nnglish setter bitch in the open class owned in Cleveland, Mv. Geo. Bashngton, brass stand mirror, value $10; won by Daisy, Jacob King. DD.—For the best English setter dog, Mr. Geo. W. Cady, antique brass plaque, yalue $10; won by Count Gladsome, John Overman. WE,—For the best Irish setter puppy, Mr. W. C. Ball. silver flasl, value $8; won by Glenmar, W. H, Pierce, 7 uae Fane the best Irish setter bitch in the open class, Reeta, James . Walker, GG.—For the best collie, Mr. J. B. Perkins, picture, value $20; won by Yarrow, Chas. A. Otis. HH.—Flor the best spaniel puppy, Mr. M, Ryan, silver cup; won by Ross, B, F. Lewis. Il.—Yor the best mastiff, Mr. W. A, King, collarand whip, value $15; won by Cleopatra, J. W. Alsop. ; JJ.—For the best wire-haired or Scoich terrier, Messrs. Sigler Bros. , fruit dish, value $8; won by Heather, John H. Naylor, KK.—For the bes‘ eollie bitch puppy, Messrs. S. H. Poster & Co.. box cigars; won by Nannie O., Jas. Lindsay. LL.—¥For the best pointer dog, Mr: EK. Beach, picture, value $15; won by Faust, 5. A. Kaye. MM,—For the best smooth-coated St. Bernard, Messrs. Short & Foreman, ivory paper cutter, with rest, value $20; won by Bishop, H. B. Sherman, a NN,—For the best rough-coated St, Bernard. Mr. Dayid Johnson, bronze donkey, value $10; won by Hermit, Chequasset Kennel, _00.—fFor the best poimter dog puppy, Mr. Fred Diebold, case of fruit knives, value $10; wou by Rapp, B. P. Seitner. PP.—For the third best poodle, Messrs. Arnold & Hurd, work basket; won by Prince, Miss §. M. Cohrs, : ().—For the fourth best dog or bitchin miscellaneous Class, Mr- ‘|G, A. Mack, box of cigars; won by Sankey, H. L. Stanton, RR.—For the best pug dogin open class; won by Treasure, Ghe- quasset Kennel. $§.—For the best black and tan-setter bitch, Messrs. EH. M. MeGillen & Co., pair vases, value §15; won by Gip, H. R. Parker. i _ TT.—For the third best prick-eared Skye terrier} won by Bloss, L, G, Hanna, ’ UU.—For the best fox-terrier dog in the open class, Messrs. Colwell & Hubbard, silver fruit dish; won by Vakeel, John T; Cable, ~~ ~ 212 “_ FOREST AND STREAM, ae VV.—¥or the Vest fox-terrier biteh in open class, Mr. W, Murray French vase, value $7: won by Village Belle, John T. Cable, WW.—Por the third best beagle dog in open class, Mr, A. T, Kinney, box cigars; won by Dell, R, & W, Livingston. XX.—For the third best beagle bifeh in open class, Mr. F, W. Slos- S800, box cigars; won by Lill U., Fulton Kennel Club, in —for the third best dachshund; won by Waldman K., Carl ocke, ZZ.—For the best sporting dog owied by a lady, in Cleveland; won by Bonnie, Mrs. C. 4, White. AAA.—For the best setter or pointer shown in the best bench show condition, the Cleveland Clothing Company, hunting coat; won by Don, Adam Baker, BBB.—For the best brace of pointers, the Excelsior Clothing Com- Reps tuning coat and vest; won by Faust and Countess Vesta, 5. , Kaye, CCC.—FYor the best collie in open class, the Cleveland Gun Store, revilver; won by Yarrow, Chas, A, Otis, Jr. DDD.—Vor the best trick dog, Mr, J. Powers, revolver; won by FPritz, A. C, Gozad. EE®,—For the best Yorkshire terrier over 5lbs; won by Hero, H. A, K s:emnann, FITY.—For the best Trish water spaniel in openclass, Messrs. Likely, McDonald & Rocket, leather gun case; won by Ponto, Cleveland Irish Water Spaniel Kennel. GGG.—For the best pointer bitch over 50lbs., Mr, C. A, Selzer, plaque; won by Marguerite IT., H, W. Fawcett. HHAH.—For the best Irish setter owned in Cleveland, Messrs. Mc- Intrsh, Good & Huntington, carving set; won by Book, G. W. Short. _it.—For the best Italian greyhound, tue Medford Paney Goods Company. collar; not uwarded. _JJJ.—for the best terrier owned in Cleveland, the Medford Fancy Goods Company, collar; won by Tiney, Miss Jennie Axworthy, _KKK.—For the best pug owned in Cleveland. the Medford Fancy Geods Conipany, harne-s; won by Pete, Mrs, BE. V. Jewell, LLL.—For the best poister dog owned in Cleveland, the Medford Fancy Goods Company. collar; won by Joe, T, HK. Dalliba. MMM,—Ffor the best pug, won by Joe, Mrs. G. H, Hill. SPANIEL AND BEAGLE CLASSIFICATION. Editor Forest and Stream: During the past two or three year's many of your prominent contributors have written you complaining of the lack of suf- ficient classes and a dearth of prizes, offered by the Westmin- ster Kennel Club for spaniels and beagles, at their annual shows. As their suggestions and requests for a different classi- fication have been fruitlessly made, 1 had intended renewing the same this year, not only as the opinions expressed were those held by most breeders, but more particularly as the number of entries in the past have watranted a more hberal Classification. But—too late—I find their premium list already issued, and therefore, after reviewing the classification for the above- mentioned breeds, lam induced to make a few miscellaneous commenisregarding this classification, as it seems to me to be further from what it should be than previously, in that the classification remains as before, with the exception that liver- colored spaniels are included m the black classes. The ob- jeclions to this I state below. Thad advocated, as had your many other contributors, that black or black and white, or if the whiteis allowed, more roperly in my opinion black, white and tan, be separated yey other than the above; that dogs be separately classed from bitches, as is done with all the other sporting breeds without exception, and that all the above classes be made for those weighing over 28 pounds, 7. e., for field spaniels, as well as tor those under 28 pounds, cockers. This year the W, K. ©. make anew departure in separating the spaniel colors into two classes, namely, black and liver, and other than black and liver. : Not only have we no distinct strain of liver-colored spaniels, but I believe liver color has no legitimate connection with the black as a class, although now and then a solid liver-colored puppy will creep into a litter of the best black strains, just as it will at times in a litter of Gordon setter puppies. To making separate classes for blacks, it has usually been customary to allow white (and a good lot of it, too,) on chest andfeet, while tan points have been barred. At New York, in 1882, | remember a tine bitch, which I think was good for second, if not first prize, which was ruled out for showing tan markings. I would suggest that in tho black classes, so called, either white or tan be allowed, or that the white as well as the tan be barred, making the class one for solid blacks only. The former combination of colors is a natural one, and one apt to appear in a litter, and on the score of beauty, think almost any one will prefer the tan to the white. Perhaps at the rate the little cock2r is increasing they will be of sufficient numbers to warrant the formation of the two classses in the future, “Solid blacks,” and ‘‘black, white and tans.” I believe the class heretofore most complained of (and justly so) has been the puppy class. Here but one class is mane for all spaniel puppies, blacks, liver,and whites, dogs and bitches, The number of entries in the past certainly have warranted @ more liberal classification, as well as better prizes. Looking oyer the Westminster Kennel Club's catalogue of 1885, I find there were sixteen entries in the spaniel puppy class at $3 each, while the first prize given was only $4, and the second one a medal; the prizes, of course, were out of all proportion to the amount of entry fees received. 1 find further, that for pointer and setter puppies there were ten classes; in allbut two of these classes the number of entries was much less than in the spaniel class, while in all of them the pr.zes were double. No elass of hunting dogs has increased in numbers as well as favor with us of late years as much asthe cocker spaniel, and the increase has probably been greater during the past year than any year previously, and as a result, the number of entries received, and so the necessity of a more liberal classi- fication will probably be proportionately greater than hereto- fore. From private sources I have been informed that more good and typical cockers have been imported during the past year than in any previous year. I would theretore suggest to the W. K, Club that they act upon Lhe very sensible sugges- tion which the FOREST AND STRHAM made to the New Haven Kennel Club, namely: “That if the number of entries re- ceived be sufficient to warrant the same, that a further sub- division be made at the opening of the show.” In the spaniel classes I would suggest as follows: Class 61 to be divided either into “black, white and tan,” and ‘other than black, white and tan,” or that dogs be separated from bitches. Isuggest this, supposing that not sufficient entries will be received to warrant amore complete classification, uamely: ‘‘Black, white and tan” and ‘“‘other than black, white and tan,” and dog and bitch classesfor each. Also, that in open cocker spaniel classes, dogs be separately classed from bitches, and inthe puppy class the number of entries will probably warrant the separation of ‘‘black, white and tans” from others, and dog and bitch classes for each of these, and certainly the past shows have demonstrated the need of one subdivision, at least, here. : - : Until we are overburdened with spaniels bearing the title of “champion,” which, by the way, is altogether too cheaply acquired in all breeds with us, as definite a classification as the above is not necessary for champion classes, But where each one of our numerous shows with its recognized right to turn out champion candidates, is capable of turning out four spaniels annually, which are barred into a champion class, oue such class 1s certainly not sufficient, either dogs and pitches should be separated or black, wunite and tan from others, The entry feesfor the show. I observe, remain the same as last year, when they were advanced 50 per eent. above all other, and its own previous shows, while the amount of prizes bas not been increased at all, Judging from the objection made last ae SEED CEOS it ‘would be reduced to the cus- oung. . TIA AIMOUNY, sy pean Nee Seale ORE Se I ku of ouo very projiiinent breeder agd judge who bis often turned up as a first prize winner, who last year pur- posely remained away from the New York show on principle, In another way the entry fee of bitches is nearly trebled, thus, to a great extent, still retarding the only worthy object of bench shows—the advancement of our breeding dogs, I quote from Rule No, 19: ‘An entry fee of $38 will be charged for each animal entered, The entry fee for litters of pupEs whelped in 1884 will be $5.” (The italics are mine.) Whether this means the entry fee is $5 to enter a bitch with a litter of puppies, or $5 in addition to the entry fee of the bitch T do not know; but, viewing it in the most favorable light, t can give a prcetical, illustration of one great objection to it, Ihave a bitch, a previous show winner, which I had intended entering, which is due to whelp so that her pups will be nearly three weeks old at the time of the show. Hven if i desired to enter the pups to sell them, this would be useless at that age, and as a result, of vourse, personally, I would prefer to leave the pups at home, if possible. Practically, theretore, the entry fee for all bitches which may have unweaned litters is $5 or $8, whichever it may be, The W. K. C. write me that the mortality among puppies being great, they do not desire to encourage the entries of the same; but, as the exhibitor is the only one running any risk of a loss, I should say he should be allowed to use his own judgment in the matter without any extra bar. Therefore, if a fair extra fee bedemanded for salable puppies, well and good; but an exception should cer- tainly be made for all bitches which necessarily must be ac- companied by their unweaned puppies. The object of bench shows, as | stated above, is for the pur- pose of advancing the breeding of dogs, to allow breeders and admirers to assemble and obtain points and knowledge on the subject of breeding, which cannot be obtained in a better way than by criticising and expressing their views on the various animals shown, The entry tees to shows, therefore, should be the minimum fee which will keep out all dogs un- worthy to be shown, and consequently induce the greatest possible number of good dogs to be entered. Two dollars as an entry fee does not appear too low for the purpose. Nothing will be more likely toinduce the owners of the best dogs to enterthem than the shortening the length of shows from four to three days. Many owners of the most valuable field dogs refuse to enter their animals in a four-day show, owing to the danger they incur of contracting distemper, or some other disease from the additional mental excitement undergone on a fourth day. Where a dog goes the rounds of the several shows, the additional mental strain undergone on a fourth day at each show, on the naturally very nervous system already wrought up perhaps almost to frenzy by the noise and excitement, is far greater than one can imaging’, and out of humanity as well asfor the sake of the dog’s health, this fourth day should be abolished. I should like to ask the opinions of show managers and breeders on an idea I have often thought of, namely: Would not the entries to shows be increased, and the shows be bene- fited, by annually arranging a “‘circuit,” as it were, of the shows for the season, beginning, for instance, in the most Western city offering a show, and working Eastward: the fol- lowing week showing in the next nearest place offering a show, and so on, or vice versa, Hast to West. As recards the extra expense breeders who desire to follow all the shows are put to in the way of railroad fares and express charges, to say nothing of the wear and tear on the dogs from the much greater length of time they must be crated up, no more forcible Hlustration can be given than the arrangement of the shows this year. Starting at Cincinnati, almost at the doors of Cleveland, Washington and New York are passed by to reach New Haven. Then to reach Washington this ground is again passed oyer. Toronto is then reached by again passing New York. Cleveland is then visited. In order to show at New York that city is visited for the fourth time, and if, as last year, Chicago concludesto hold a show later, it caps the climax by causing the useles 1,200 mile ride from Cleveland to New York and return. And now I ask, would not many more exhibitors, breeders especially—and they are the largest exhibitors—show their stock, if a circuit had been arranged which would have done away with two-thirds at least of the present expense, For instance, had the shows been arranged to follow each other weekly, thus, Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Washington, New York, New Hayen, and Toronto. Not only would better and fuller shows be given, but places on the route as, for instance, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, and Boston, which otherwise cannot draw sufficiently owing to the expense exhibitors incur in reaching them, would be able to give shows. All my aborye comments | think, will be pertinent to all shows and, I think indorsed by many of your readers. As my communication has reached a much greater length than 1 intended, and though I am in the ranks with him in spivit, I shall leave the question of beagle classification to your genial correspondent ‘‘O. W. R.,” who, last year, with several others, pleaded for his httle musical pet. § yet the beagle has not increased in numbers and favor among us as his ad- admirers would wish that he might, and as he should have done, simply because, as we have not been made sufficiently well acquainted with him, we have not been able to appreci- ate him. His musicaltongue as he now strikes the trail of popular favor is just beginning to be heard, and he is just about two years behind the cocker spaniel. The American English Beagle Club, together with the encouragement given by the ForEST AND STREAM, will do for the beagle what the American Cocker Spaniel Club has done to bring the little cocker into notice, and, as a result, into favor. SPORTSMAN, A FOX HUNT. HE first snowstorm awakened the ‘‘brush gatherers,” a gleaner of wheat in a business letter added a feminine lu a P.S., saying that the tarnal foxes had carried off some more chickens. Charlie, Captain and the writer secured ateam and drove out to the scene of carnage. After inter- viewing the writer of the postscript, who said that ere pesky fox had carried off his favorite leghorn, and the critter had a nest about a mile from his house. After a survey of the coun- try we drove over to the Hadley meadows. We were joined here by Henry and Mott with Boissy and Frank, the hounds, We always took Henry for his ability to see game; he will see more foxes in one day than ever stood in Hampshire county. Castiug off the hounds at the edge of the pines, they did not go more than twenty rods before they gave tongue. Reynard made for the hills, and the hounds were doing their duty with legs and voices. The writer was given a station by a massive elm; Henry was totake the team and go over thehill, We took along look at the team, which we never expected to see again. If Henry had seen any fox he would have left the team to the tender mercies of the Humane Society and tried to bag the fox, or at least did on one of our former bunts, and after walking home a good six mile walk. The conversa- tion during that walk was not very lengthy but peer. The fox, after making a trip for his health among the hills, evi- dently thought the fercile valley good enough forhim. On reynard’s return tour he had to come in the direction of the writer, who was endeavoring to keep warm, having that day ut oO a pair of boots which would have fitted better had his Feet been smaller. Having heard from old settlers that by taking off your beots and rubbing snow on your feet they } would be warm at once. The snow being applied, and cir- culation not increasing at the rate desired, the writer took a walk ur ratherarun. After getting away from the big elm, and hounds were making considerable noise, casting my optics in the direction of my assigned position the fox was assing between me an ; ere seemed to be a “bluish d iy gun, Th tish’ vapor iy that, section, after gojug back to my boots, which were sbabe oii so quits nbbe the strae tote of My - [Arr 10, 1884, was heavy, and I did not enjoy very good health, the symp- toms had increased greatly within the past few Hipmants B went to the nearest farma house and happily there was a teara ee town, and the same conveyed the writer, There ye ee brushes secured that day; two by Charlie and one y Henry, and his fox was frozen, Whether he shot the tox or got him out of a trap is 4 question, PLiIcK FLICK. HARTFORD, Conn. Lt THE NEW YORK DOG SHOW. HE special prizes offered for the Westminster Keun 1 Club’ bench show, to be held next month Tessa ee ada See areas follows: Bee aera Sfaere é Hastern Field Trials Club offér a ¢lub m i engraved, for the best pointer dog, pointer pitch ine pay ter dog, English setter bitch, Trish setter dog, Trish setter bitch and black and tan setter that haye been placed at any of the field trials that have been held in America, : The Westminster Kennel Club offer a club medal, suitably engraved, for the best kennels of large-sized pointers, small- sized pointers, English setters, Irish setters, black and tan set- ters and collies. Hach kennel to consist of not less than five, Also to the best black English setter, bestsetter or pointer that retrieves inthe most stylish and obedient manner, fastest greyhound, to be decided by heats, highest leaping greyhound and best trick dog. Best pug, dog or bitch, in the open classes, om oe Sie tape nee aes bugs once by one exhibitor, $10. embers of the club offer for the bes} pointer doe, the v Sensation, $15; for the best bitch, $10, P Eye eenee The Medford Fancy Grods Company offers a suitable callar for the best pointer dog, pointer bitch, English setter, Irish ee | St. Bernard, mastilf, pug, bulldog, collie and prey- ound, WITHHOLDING PRIZES. Editor Forest and Stream: I returned a few days ago from a hurried trip to the Wash- ington dog show, and was disappointed in not seeing as fine an exhibit as they had last winter. The pointers were sood decidedly the best in the show as a class. There were some good setters, notably Plantagzanet, who was in splendid con- dition and carried off the champion prize. The mastiits, St. Bernards and Newtfoundlands were decidedly poor. Last year all these classes were very fine. I noticed that some prizes in several of the classes were withheld, I suppose for want of merit; in fact I have noticed it has been done at almost all the shows. This seems to me tobe wrong. I understand that the dogs entered at bench shows are judged by a scale of points (Stonehenge’s or some other). The prize list reads thus: “For the best English setter other than pure Laverack, $15; second, 55.” Now, does not that mean that the dog entered that comes nearest to the scale of pOints by which the class is judged is entitled to the first prize, and so on? J cat see how it can mean anything else, and I don’t see how any judge of a show can throw out my dog, if he is the only one entered in his class, for want of merit. I have paid my entrance money and am entitled, according to the reading of the prize list, to first prize if he is a pure bred dog of that breed, no matter how poor a specimen he may be. The words “for the best” can’t, it seems to me, mean anything else than “for the best one entered.” Again, whatis the scale of points by which dogs are judged? and how do you arrive at the merit of the dogs? He gets so much, as | understand it, for the measurement of his different parts, according to a certain standard. How can we arrive at this unicss the measurement is actually made (that is, such parts as require measurement)? But no such measurement is made as far as | have ever seen. There has never, asl have heard, been any number of points of merit adopted, to which a dog must attain in order to win first, and if this is not so, then the best one entered and shown in the classes, it seems to me is clearly entitled to win. I heard some complaints in Washington in revard tothiscustom, from owners of dogs which were there thrown out, and this has suggested the idea of writing this letter. Iam nota disap- pointed exhibitor, and if lam wrong in the position I take, I would like to see the subject discussed and put right. I have acted as judge at a good many agricultural fairs and never yet saw any annimal or fowl refused the premium offered for the best for want of merit, The judges of bench shows are not selected (or ought not to be) to say which dogs, or whether any, have merit enough to win a prize, but to say which in his judgment shall haveit. The momentI pay my money into the treasury of the show, I am entitled to first prize it my dog is the best in his class that faces the judge, whether he ke a Plantagenet or not, or whether he will score one hundred or only ten points of merit, so he be the best dog shown- If this were not so, I should never show a dog to be thrown out at the option of a judge who differed with me, when ho other dog was shown against me. If this custom is right ac- cording to any rule of the shows, then the Sooner it be abol- ished the, better for the shows. No two men judge alike; one man will throw out a deg for want of merit that some other man would think entitled to first place, A dog may be shown at one time and place in the pik of condition and be placed, and when next shown be out of condition and be put at the foot of the list. Yethe is the same dog, as far as the seale of points is concerned. Lex. [Before subrei big is argument, ‘‘Lex” should haye exam- ined the lew loci, to be found in Rule 6, which says that ‘no prize will be awarded in any class where nw dog possesses suf- ficient excellence to entitle it to the prize.] EXPERIENCE WITH DOGS. EST “Flick Flick” shall think that I am a being without reason, and use the whip upon dumb creatures as a. master upen the slave, I wil], in a few lines, explain why a dog should be taught to retrieve uncer the whip, In most hunting dogs there is an inheritance which prompts them to ursue game, and so deeply rooted is this instinct, that to fol- ow itis their greatest source of pleasure. Hence it is that a perfect bird dog can be made, by simply siding this talent which is bred within him. We do not teach the dog to hunt, this he does matnre dy We only teach him to hunt inthe way our own experience has taught us is the most effective in bag- ging game, The dog supplies the motive power, we lay the rail which guides him to the destination we desire him to arrive at. Retrievingis to a certaia extent an inheritance to which all dog fiesh is heir; the mongrel will grab up an old shoe and race about with it in play, and almost anything with a bark can be taught to fetch on land or in the water, but the passion is not as strong as that which urges the pointer or set- ter, under a broiling sun, or through thorns and brambles to catch the delicious scent of the quail or grouse. Dogs tire of play,asdomen, They think it sport to rush through water “which is tempered by a summer's sun, but they shrink from an element which sends a shiver through every muscle of their body. I have never yet seen the dog trained as ‘Flick Flick” suggests, aud but very few that would brave the cold water of spring or the late fall. i For instance, I once owned a pointer which I trained to re- trieve in the manner suggested by ‘Flick Flick,” and he worked elegantly. One day in my absence My Ioom mate exhibited him to some friends, and kept him romping after a ball until he was very tired. Herefused to fetch, was whipped for his impertinence, and forever afterward refused to re- trieve. Ihad aspaniel that was forever on the watch for something to carry, but cold water, after one or two intro- Spear be eee are cen gt ¢ could torce him.on, an SI of a whip would sc com- ‘ iletely quench Lim that be would be, entirely useless blurs atierward. Now for tie demedy for suck ? 7 ———=—— a xx =3S—sltrtttt— FOREST AND STREAM. Apri. 10, 1984.] 213 _ Tris Rose,—J, C, Vanee, Chattanooga, Tenn,, bitch, May 18 (Dan—Ruby). POINTERS. Ricumonn.—John HE. Gill, Franklin, Pa,, lemon and white dog, July 27 (Vandevort’s Don—Beulah), GROTON, i F, Stoddard, Dayton, O., liver and white dog, June 11 (Croxteth—= Peover) i Ropert Le Diasty.—Hh. C. Sterling, St. Louis, Mo., liver and white dog, June 11 (Croxteth—Spinaway), Tom Couuins.—E. C, Sterling, St. Louis, Mo,, liver and white dos, June 11 (Croxteth—Spinaway). Dusk C.—B. F. Long, Pittsburgh, Pa., black and white dog, April 2 (Robert E. Lee—Darkness). TwinicHT.—B. F. Long, Pittsburgh, Pa., black and white dog, April 2 (Robert H. Lee—Darkness). jn our trusted friends. WhenI advise to train a dog to re- trieve under the whip I do not mean that any cruelty should be practiced. Thelesson to be taught the pape is this: that when he is told to retrieve hemust do it, If agreeabie to him so much the better; if not, that he must.doit just the same, This does not requirs any brutality. An even temper will enforce the lesson, and mot a blow be struck which would call a whimper to the lips of a child. ’ Thave a spaniel now, which, when I first adopted him, was a perfect fool. My sporting friends all laughed at me for allowing such a “Ikkyudle” (?) to follow me about, He had been raised by a ‘‘cullud pusson,” and was a type of all that is worthless. Raise your hand at him and he would fall on his back, feet in air, and tail close to his body, and there he would stay; endearments were wasted upon him and cuffs only con- stricted his tail. I handled him gently; tirst making him hold an object in his mouth, After a while Sy induced him to pick an object from the floor, and then my labor was practically over, the balance was simply extending the range of the in- struction, the hardest step at which was to teach my pupil to AMERICAN ENGLISH BEAGLE CLUB. pee G is the report of the committee of the .-Ameri- can Hnelish Beagle Club upon the standard to be adopted ‘ ° a md, isd was gun by the club: a aad SRarkerde sn Pees: 10 01 11—4 Sampson weiesee 10 AL 11S Kirkwood. 2. .....222 10 10 11—4 Cooper. it. ae eer 10 10 11-4 7 Twelfth sweep, 7 single birds: JepEMR Sete 1011111—6 Gerrish ...............-. 1111 11—7 ater A cee dar oe 1111001—5 Sawyer .-.............-- 1111100—5 Cooper. ced eupn te 1101110—-5 Field.... 9 222...2:.5: 11110116 SAMPSOU 2 sa eee de 1111100—5 Williams...............- 1111010—5 PEDIY Saw Seats Sarah oboe oes a 11110116 Thirteenth sweep, 5 single birds: SUB PEN as yee ete eee W1u1—5. Kirkwood................. 11110—4 De Rochmont,............ O1d11—2 Gershon — Sampson). 2a syncs. sees 10111—4 Bield esse + ee. 01111—4 RELEV.josees oneal shichisie aba 01111—4 Fourteenth sweep, 5single birds: BEY a oi Seated ets 5 bd ee 111G3— ASA op stb cee wt ae 111-5 TOHNGON Sethe tats soewe tase 01111—4. De Rochmont............. 0111—4 Stade, hed th Saae Eanes 11n0—4 THE LIGOWSKY SHOOT—Cincinnati, April 3.—The following ad- ditional clubs haye remitted $1 initial entrance fee, Ce a match, first international clay-pigeon tournament, May 26, 1884, The numbers indicate the respective order of choice as to time in being called to the score: 14. Feb. 23—Knoxville Gun Club, Knoxville. Tenn. 15; March 6—Kirtland Gun Club, Cleveland, Ohio: 16. March 6—Eyanston Gun Club, Evanston, Il. t 17, March A er en Sportsmen's Association, Algona. Iowa. 18. March 14—Chippewa Falls Gun Club, Chippewa Falls, Wis. 19. March 16—Farmington Sporting Club, eects ie Tee 20. March 19—Bradford Sporting Club, Bradford, Pa. 21. March 20—Boston Gun Club, Boston, Mass. - 7 ' 22. March 21—Franklin Gun Club, Benton, Ill. : : ; _ . Ligowsky Cuay-Picnon Co, _ IOWA SHOOT.—The first annual tournament of the Winnesheik Gun Club will be held at Decorah. Ia, on May 13, 14 and 1b. - balls, clay and live pigedén“matches aré provided im abun+ + C8, —eS [Arnm 10, 1880 HNEVA, N. ¥., April 2.—The second annual shoot of the Lake ide Gun Club took piace this afternoon, It being a stormy day, the attendance was not large. The following is the score; Contest No. 1, 10glass balls, Card trap: Stapleton. .....2.,--+------------ & (Orawford op cssi es ctssne reece Eh aee eee Era sta--\cyaie) DEY kuin ass WE Cis Les a RTE Sos State eeites cele tee sl deey nt Stneey, itl)... 2... i ARAAgH Geo Hutehmson,............-... PUESLOUL Vl lus shoes ween sean e ete nas 8 Grant Fuichinson... ........... 4 Maunder......... Poa Aas Contest No, 2,10 glass balls, Card trap: Grant Hntchinson.....,.......... i, MIB, pewoerepy adress at th 7 FSIS re ee oS cereale) RAYELCO wiv s pret ice vistply one peice top av Stapleton.....-..-.,. ..,--+-.--+-9 Geo Hutchinson,..,...-..-r>+f TH) bales Toe a es een verdes t NtRCEY slPeiwcer sen etseee ee bhp 7 GRHWEOGHe ng bee iso, a ce MAtindoryedss lb Eices ulead ecoret Contest No. 3, 10 glass balls, Card trap: Grant Hutehinsonp,........-...... GF ARISE bok gon ee see ae ene eee Sisto q LA es eae a eae .....9 Geo. Hutebinson..,......+..++-: 6 TU) Oe © Oe ee ee 9 Crawford (2lyds,)....,.--+---.-- 8 he ER eT Fe IP Sa cae 6 Stacey (2lyds.).... .-......eee es 8 MU GU See pwctey oi fuer ey Bebb : The club held its annual ineeting An the evening. The treasurer's report showed the club in a flourishing condition financially, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, 8. Coursey; Vice-President, J, 8. Crawford; Secretary and Treasurer, J. Geo, Stacey. TORONTO, April 1.—The pigeon match between 25). Julien, Joyeux, Joris and Jason. By the Chequasset Kennel, Lan- caster, Mass., for orange tawny and white rough-coated St. Bernard dogs, whelned March 22, by imported Cesar (A,K R, 22) out of Theon (A. KR. $4). NAMES CHANGED, fe" See instructions at head of this column. Dell to Leader. White, black and tan beagle dog, whelped June 6,. 1882 (Flute—Queen), owned by Mr. W. E. Livingston, New York. Wallace to Grouse. Red Irish setter dog (A.K.R. 993), owned by Mr, Chas, EB, Sanford, Worcester, Mass, BRED. (= See instructions at head of this columa. Flake—Cushier. Myr, J. J. Scanlan’s (Fall River, Mass.) English setter bitch FWlake (Druid—Swaze) to his Cashier (Dash ITI,—Opal), Apvil 6, Trucille—Don, Nilsson. Mr. Samuel H. Socwell's (Indianapolis, Id.) English setter bitch Lucille (Lofty—Fannie Kean) to his Don Nilsson (Druid—Nilsson), Feb, 14. ’ t ’ Nellie—Don, Nilsson. Mr, Jos. Becker's (Indianapolis, Ind.) English setter bitch Nellie (Rake—Queen Blanche) to Mr. S. H. Soewell's Don Nilsson (Nruid—Nilsson), Feb. 18. Lady May—Count Noble. Mr, H, Pape’s (Hoboken, N. J,) English setter bitch Lady May (Lofty—Mand Muller) to Count Noble (Count Wind’em—Nora), March 14. } Nellie—Glen IT. Mr, J. Crompton’s Gordon setter bitch Nellie to Mr. G. HE. Browne's Glen IT, (A.K.R. 604), April 4. Dashing Jessie—Zanzibar. Mr. E. W. Jester’s (St. George's, Del.) English setter biteh Dashing Jessie (A.K.R, 815) to his Zanzibar (Glad- stone—Mersey), Marcb 28, — Brenda—Cossack._ Capt. J. W. Foster's (Leesburg, Va.) English set- ter bitch Brenda (Pride of the Berder—Kirby) to Dr. M. G. Elzey’s Cossack (Morford’s Don—Fairy IL). Birdie—Sam. Mr. J. W. Stairley’s (Butte City, M. T.) white and liver English setter bitch Birdie to Mr. 8. Larahie’s Sam, Jan. 16. irost—Dashing Rover. Dr. W. A. Strother’s (Lynchburg, Va.) Eng- lish setter bitch frost (Leicester—Victress) to Dashing Rover (Das Ij.—Norna). 4 Leah—Dashing Rover. Dr. W. A. Strother’s (Lynchburg, Va.) Eng- lish setter bitch Leah (Gladstone—Frost) to Dashing Royer (Dash IJ, —Norma). Gipsey—Nimrod. Mr. W. N. Steere’s (North Attleboro, Mass.) red Trish setter bitch Gipsey (Goldstone—Cotfee) to the Ashmont Kennel’s champion Nimrod (A.K.R. 681), April 4. Maud S.—Peter Black, Mr. Herbert Symond’s (Brooklyn, N. Y.) black and white pointer bitch Maud §. to Mr, D. W, ©, Parker’s Peter Black, April 2. + ~~ Kesmid—Don, Mr. Wm. Loefiier’s(Preston, Minn,) red Trish setter bitch Kesmid to Mr. Morgan’s Don, April 23. -Fanchette—Pete, Jr. Mr, C, A. Holmes’s (Somerville, Mass.) pointer bitch Fanchette to Mr. H.C. Alden’s champion Pete, Jr. (Pete—Nellie), March 22. | Liddersdale—Dick Laverack. Mr. T. G. Davey's (London, Ont.) English setter bitch Liddersdale (A,K\R. 592) fo his Dick Laverack Thunder—Peeress), April 3. ; Canadian Queen—Prince Phebus. Mr, T. G. Davyey's (London. Ont.) English setter bitch Canadian Queen (Lava Rock—Liddersdale) to his Prince Phoebus (A.K.R. 597), April 4. Canadian Kittie—Prince Phebus, Mr.T,G. Davey's (London,Ont.) English setter bitch Canadian Kittie (Lava Rock—lLiddersdale) to his Prince Phoebus (A,K.R. 597), April 4. Rena—Foreman. Mr, A. C. Krueger’s (Wrightsville, Pa.) beagle bitch Rena (Ringwood—sSpider) to Mr, W. H. Ashburner’s imported Foreman (Brayo—Honesty), April 1. Tiny—Minstrel. Mr. A. ©, Krueger’s (Wrighisville, Pa.) beagle bitch Tiny (Racer—Bulnah) to his imported Minstrel, April 14. Countess Rose—Don Nilsson, Mr. Wm. Keffer's (Liberty, Ind.) English setter bitch Countess Rose (Royal Blue—Modjeska) to Mr. S H, Soewell’s Don Nilsson (Druid—Nilsson), April 10. _Girl—Glenmark, The Knickerbocker Kennel Club’s (Jersey City, N. J.) pointer bitch Girl (A.K.R. 697) to Mr, W. F. Steel’s Glenmark (Rush—Romp), April 10, Bessie—Glenmark, Mr, Wim. Taylors (Jersey City, N, J.) pointer bitch Bessie to Mr, W. F. Steel’s Glenmark (Rush—Romp), WHHELPS. ES" See instructions at head of this column. Ruby Croxteth. Mr. R. W. Shaw’s (Galveston, Tex.) pointer bitch Ruby Oroxteth (Croxteth—Lass), March 5, ten (five dogs), by cham- pion Faust. : Lady Bang. The Knickerbocker Kennel Clib’s (Jersey City, N. J.) pointer bitch Lady Bang (A.K.R, 698), April 10, nine (six dogs), by their champion Knickerbocker (A.K.R. 19), ' Cleo, Mr. John Carver’s (Atlantic, Mass.) red Irish setter bitch Cieo (Hlcho—Flourish), April 9, six (four dogs), by Dr. J. Frank Perry*s champion Nimrod (A,K.R. 631). Fanny Faust. Mr. 5. B. Dilley’s (Bosendale, Wis.) pointer bitch Panny Faust (Haust—Minnetonka), April 3, seyen (four dogs), by his Ranger Croxteth (Croxteth—Royal Fan), - Dinah I, Mr. W. Wade’s (Pittsburgh, Pa,) mastiff bitch Dinah ie 18), April 10, seven (four dogs), by Master Wade (A.K.R. oO Juno. Mr. George Langran’s (Yonkers, N.Y.) red Irish setter ice i uno (Berkley—Tilley), April 6, six (three @ogs). by champion xlencho, Birdie. Mr. J. W. Stairley’s (Butte City, M.'T.) English setter bitch Birdie, March 20, six (five dogs). by Mr. S. E. Larabie’s Sam. Queen Bess. Major Lovejoy’s (Bethel, Me.) grevhound bitch Queen Bess (A.K.R. 905), Mareh 25, seven (one dog), by Mr. H, W. Smith’s champion Friday Night (A.K.R, 753). ; fly. Mr, J. Satterthwaite, Jr.’s (Jenkintown, Pa.) beagle bitch Bly (A.K.R, 1012), Jan. 17, four (two dogs), by Racket (Rally—Louise). Black Venus. Mr. A. ©, Wilmerding’s (New York) eiaie biteh Black Venus (A.K.R. 300), March 16, eight (seven dogs), by his Black Prince (A,K R. 62); dam and puppies since dead. Phroney Jane. Mr. J. Satterthwaite, Jr.s (Jenkintown, Pa.) red Trish setter bitch Phroney Jane (A.K.R. 634), Jan. 12, two bitches, by Rory O’More, Jr. (A.K,R. 427), Fie. Mr. Archibald Gordon’s spaniel bitch Vie (Brage—Princess), meat Aight (two dogs), by Mr, A. H. Godeffroy’s Teddy Barr (Cap- ain— Flirt). Lady Bub, Mr, Herman F. Schellhass’s (Brooklyn, N. ¥.) black cocker spaniel bitch Lady Bub (A.K.R. 998), April 9, ten (four dogs), by his Benedict’s Boy (A.K.R, 130); one liver and two black bitches living. SALES. Es" See instructions at head of this column. Abel a Trish water spaniel dog, whelped Jan. 11, 1884 (nish Bob— ee ), by Major Lovejoy, Bethel, Me., to Mr. W. A. Curtis, same place. Prince of Orange. Orange und white pointer dog, whelped Sept. 11, 1883 (Sensation—Lass). by Mr. B, F. Seitner, Dayton, 0., to Mr, Robt. GC, Cornell, New York. Minstrel. Imported black, white and tan English beagle, 2vrs. old, by Mr. W.H. Ashburner, Philadelphia, Pa., to Mr. A. 0. Krueger, rightsville, Pa, . : Kex, Bawn mastifi dog, whelped Jan. 26, 1884, by Diayolo (A,K.R, — 232 FOREST AND STREAM, [Arrm 17, 1 543) out of Madge (A.K.R. 548), by the Ashmont Kennel, Boston, Mass., to Dr. Wm. Jarvis, Claremont, N. H. Vesta. Fawn mastifi-biteh,whelped Jan. 26, 1884, by Diavolo(A,.K.R. 543) oul of Madge (A.K.R, 548), by the Ashmont Kennel, Boston, Mass., to Mr. Walter D. Peck, New Haven, Ct. Icicle. Lemon and white pointer dog (A.K.R. 82), by Mr. Geo. W. Fisher, Luzerne, Pa., to Mr, R. 1. Vandevort, Pittsburgh, Pa. Carl. Chestnut and tan dachshund dog, whelped Dec. 25, 1883 (Waldmann II.—Babette), by Mr. Wm. Loeffler, Preston, Minn,, to Mr. Geo. R, Peek, Auburn, N, ¥, Lottie, Chestnut and tan dachshund bitch, whelped Jan. 5, 1884 (Bergmann—Gretchen), by Mr, Wm, Loeffler, Preston, Minn,, to Mr. Geo. R. Peck, Auburn, N, ¥, Emma, Fallow red dachshund bitch, whelped Jan, 5, 1884 (Berg- mann—Gretchen), by Mr, Wm, Loeffler, Preston, Minn,, to Mr, C. Klocke, Pittsburgh, Pa, Hilly. Fallowred dachshund bitch, whelped Jan. 5, 1884 (Bergmann —Gretchen), by Mr. Wm. Loeffler, Preston, Minn., to Mr. A. C, Will- iams, Chagrin Falls, O. Pete, Jr.—Fan whelp. Black pointer dog, whelped Jan. 19, 1884, by Mr. &. C, Alden, Dedham, Mass., to Mr. R. Jones, Boston, Mass. Not Named. Black pointer bitch, 3i6yrs. old (Pete, Jr.—Kate), by Mr. BE. C. Alden, Dedham, Mass., to Dr. H. F, Aten, Brooklyn, N.Y. Gnome—Maud S. whelp. Black and white pointer dog, whelped Jan. 26, 1883, by Mr. E. C. Alden, Dedham, Mass., to Mr. J. Philbrick, Roxbury, Mass. Pete, Jr.—Fan whelp. Liver pointer bitch, whelped Jume 28, 1883, by Mr. E. C, Alden, Dedham, Mass., to Mr. C. A. Holmes, Somerville, ass. annak. Red Trish setter bitch, whelped Sept. 16, 1882, by Ned Hicho (A.K.K. 984) out of Bridget. O’More (A.K.R. 964), by Major Love- joy. Bethel, Me., to Mr. J. D. Culver, New London, Ct. Juke. Red Trish setter dog, whelped March 14, 1884 (Ned Elcho— Bridget O’More), by Major Lovejoy, Bethel, Me., to Mr. Fred. Brown, Lewiston, Me. Glencho—Lulu uhelps. Red Irish setters, whelped Oct. 15, 1883, by Mr. John J. Scanlan, Fall River, Mass., a dog to Mr. H. P. Kent, Lan- caster, N. H.: a dog to Mr, Frank $8. Kelly, New Bedford, Mass.;.a dog to Mr. Win. Brownell, Fall River, Mass.; a bitch to Ma. R. M. Huich- ings, Keene, N. H., and a bitch to Mr. I. R, Hope, Swansey, Mass. Somerset. Liver and white pointer dog, whelped June 29, 1883, by ehampion Snipe out of Rita Croxteth (A,K.R, 165), by Mr. Geo. L. V. Tyler, West Newton, Mass,, to Mr. Geo, 8. Tucker, Peterboro, N. H. Belle of Essex. Black, white and tan_setter bitch, age not given (Brant—lowa Belle), by Mr. J. 8. Brown, Montelair, N. J., to Mr. TW. Lilicocks, Brooklyn, N. Y. Clem, Poimter dog, whelped Feb, 22, 1884 (Lord Sefton—Clio), by Mr, J. S. Brown, Montclair, N. J., to Mr. J. D, Freeman, same ace. sf Temptation. Black and white ticked pointer bitch. whelped_ June 24, 1882, by Don (Strong’s Pete—Queen) out of Maud 8. (Petes, Jr.— Kate), by Mr. Geo. L. V, Tyler, West Newton, Mass., to Mr. H, C, Miller, Hudson, N. Y. Leader. White, black and tan beagle dog, whelped June 6, 1882 (Plute—Queen), by Mr, Geo, B. Inches, Boston, Mass., to Mr. W. E, Livingston, New York. Pess. Fawn greyhound bitch, whelped Aug. 5, 1883 (Charcoal— Bess, A.K,R. 905), by Majer Lovejoy, Bethel, Me., to Mr, Walter D, Peck, New Haven, Ct. Curlew. Black and white English setter bitch, whelped Sept. 8, i883 (Robin Hood—Leah), by Dr. J. R. Housel, Watsontown, Pa., to My. W, T. Hutchings, Danville, Va, Spark. Lemon and white English setter dog, whelped Jan. 18, 1884 (Robin Hood—Countess H., A.K,R. 1056), by Dr. J. R. Housel, Watson- town, Pa., to Mr, W. T. Hutchings, Danville, Va. Will, Black and white English setter dog, whelped Jan. 18, 1884 (Robin Hood—Countess H., A,K.R. 1056), by Dr. J. R, Housel, Watson- town, Pa., to Mr. Raymond Rudd, Glenville, Ct. Robin Hood—Countess B. whelps. Two lemon and white English setter dogs, whelped Jan. 18, 1884, by Dr. J. R. Housel, Watsontown, Pa., to Mr. Henry May, Avgusta, Ga. Robin Hood, Jr. Black and white English setter dog,whelped Jan. 18, 1884 (Robin Hood—Countess H.), by;Dr. J. R. Housel, Watsontown, Pa,, to Mr, M. C. Wilson, Bradford, Pa. PRESENTATIONS. ES See instructions at head of this column. Bang Up. Liver and white pointer dog, wheiped Jan. 9, 1884, by Bang Bang (A.K.R. 394) out of imported Fan, by Mr. J, O. Donner, New York, to Mr. Robt. C. Cornell, same place, DEATHS. 2==— See instructions at head of this column. Yorick. Red Irish setter dog (A.K.R. 725), owned by Mr. M. Rich- ardson, New York, April 9, from distemper. Lady Nixon, Liver and white pointer bitch (A.K.R, 699), owned by Dr. A. McCollom, New York, April 14, from distemper. Rally IL Black, white and tan mottled beagle dog, whelped June 14, 1879 (Rally—Dolly), owned by Mr. F. D, Hallett, Winsted, Ct., from distemper. - Wanda. Red Irish setter bitch, Smos, old, winner of first, New Haven, 1884 (Dan—May), owned by the Strong Point Kennel, New Haven, Ct., from distemper. KENNEL MANAGEMENT. . (= No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. R. M. H., New York.—Show your dog to Mr. H, ©, Glover, No. 1,298 Broadway. J_L. K., Wilkesbarre, Pa.—Give hrm a teaspoonful of cod liver oil an hour after each meal. D. B. G.. Melbourne, Fla.—We do not remember to have seen the letter you mention. Write description of symptoms. W. RR. H,, Albany, N. Y.—Give hera tablespoonful of cod liver oil twiee daily, and give with each meal a little lime water. A, M. G., Denver, Cel.—1. When about six months old. 2. Read article on '‘Lice on Dogs,” in Forusr anD STREAM Of Feb. 28. T. E. D., Hollidaysburg, Pa.—The fits may be caused by overfeed- ing, constipation, worms, indigestion, or exercise when his stomach is full. Remoye the cause and the trouble will disappear. H. L, H,, Monson, Me.—‘Training vs. Breaking” is the book you want. We haveit forsale; price $1. 1f your puppy’s first teeth are loose and cause trouble, remove them. Rifle and Crap Shoating. FIXTURES. May Gand 7.—Fourth Tournament Southern Illinois Sportsmen’s Association, Carbondale, Ill. C. P. Richards, Secretary. May 20 to 28.—Knoxyille Gun Club Second Annual Tournament, Knoxville, Tenn. C.C. Hebbard, Secretary. — May 26 to 31—First International Clay-Pigeon Tournament, at Chicago, Ill. Managers, Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Co., P.O. Box 1292, Cincinnati, Ohio. : June 2 to 9.—Annual Tournament Louisville Sportsmen’s Associa- tion, Louisville, Ky. J, O, Barbour, Secretary, 157 Third avenue, Louisville, RANGE AND GALLERY. BOSTON SCHUETZEN TOURNAMENT.—The East Boston Schuet- zen Corps have arranged for an interstateshooting festival, com- mencing Monday, August 11, 1884, at 10 o’clock A. M., and continuing each day following, closing at sunset on Friday, Saturday, the 16th, being devoted to the award of prizes and a grand ball and banquet. For the purposes of this festival, the corps haye secured the entire grounds of Oak Island Grove, where its shooting range is situated. A target of honor has been decided upon; the first prize being $100 in money and a gold badge, the winner to be crowned “shooting king” for 1884. Other valuable prizes will be giyen in connection with the target of honor, contributed by sister societies. The target of honor will be a ring target, entry to be $2 only, one score of five shots per man, any rifie. All shooting to be off-hand. No telescope or mag- nifying sights allowed. Other matches will take place as follows: Creedmoor Match,— National Hifle Association rules. Seven shots to a score; any rifle allowed of three-pound pull. Entry, $1; re-entry, 50 cents. Sixty per cent. of the gross entries for this match to be divided into twelve prizes. Team tch.—Open to all organized clubs in the country. Five mento ateam. Entry fee, $10 per team; five shots per man al- lowed. German ring target. Five money prizes to the value of $170, and each Son peraitadic winning team a gold badge, to be known as the “champion team of the year 1884." The other targets will be: ‘*Man,’’°—Three shots to ascore, any rifle. Shootingrules, First en- try, $2; re-entry, $1. 18 money prizes to the value of $359. ‘‘Ring.”— Same as abvve, i7 prizes, value $430. Bullseye.—Ten shots to ascore. First entry, $1; re-entry the same. 12 prizes to the value of $130. One dollar will be paid for the first and last bullseye each day. Full particulars may be obtained by addressing, 5. Wourrsoun, 47 Court street, Boston Mass. BOSTON, April 5.—The prize shooting for month of March closed last Monday night at the Mammoth Rifle Gallery, Mr. M. L. Pratt winning the first prize, silver badge; A. B. Loring the second; H,. M. Drew the third, in new beginners’ mateb, This month there will be five prizes oifered, open to all that have never shot better than 48 on any range. Conditions—i0 rounds, the best five scores to wif in each class or possible 250; range, 150ft. Following are scores made in closing match of March: Amateur's Match No. 1. 46 USE Oe arc es Een ate cies 47 47 48—234 A B Loring, ..,..,-. 46 46 87—282 grt gait las sei See 46 46 46—280 RW Gardner 45 47 46—228 JAP Stebel 48 48 45—219 H M Drew 42 44915 E A Peiree 43 43212 AVCGTEy See AR a cae = Or ea hade dee a 42 40—207 BE Metcalf 42 40—205 TAS DB OtEay i U oe ei res Saabs Uemura LSS 35 40 41 42—202 April12.—The Mammoth Gallery prizes offered for this month 10, the best five scores to win in each class, or possiblé 250. Creed- moor targets. Following are the scores; ¢ Match No, 1. At BIOTIN O7, 64/0209 8 oe 652) Ed Ruane ee 46 45 45 45 46—227 BW Gardner Pie Pid 4 eee © Fie prams 45 55 44 48 42—220 DEBIT ene 3s Sa AS Cer nL .....44 42 48 43 48—215 aA PHANG. Get af fated soe te tee en AE 48 48 42 41 42—211 EOD aCe NES Sig ogo ds Sosa oe ao ns Pee ye 41 41 43 42 42—209 OV HMETAmMULOn tet ere nae eek ne eee, see Broek 41 42 48 41 40—207 New Beginner’s Match. BUA Tayi1chsa-guce + on eee IIR 8 SOs eae Cg, 42.39 40 40 40—201 CL Foster.--........ Rota hg Leb ees See 38 389 40 40 41—195 BOSTON, April 12,—A nicer day than to-day would be harder to find at this season of the year. Asaresult there were a large number of riflemen ab Walnut Hill. The wind was moderate from 11 o’clock, and the light was fine. Among the gentlemen present was a large delegation from the Harvard Shooting Club, and besides practice they indulged ina team match. J. B. Fellows made a fine 82 in the victory medal match, and Mr. Wilder made an &9 with his new Kirik- wood three-barrelled gun, which meludes a strictly hunting gun, a double-barrelled shoteun with a rifle barrel under the others, the whole weighing but 844 pounds. Followiug are the best scores: Creedmoor Practice Match—J. A. Frye 46, H. C. Nash 45, re-entry 45, A. L. Brackett 45, C, A. Hunt 44, W. 1. Allen 43, M. R. Jafry 43, A. Wanuikner 41, FP, Chauncey (mil.) 40, J. D. Bradley 89, J. H, Payne 38, W. Kirkwood 38, H. N. Grover 37, F. B, Austin 36, P. H. Jones 36. ae Match—W. Charles 84, B. A. Lappen 81, A, J. Look 78, W. . Oler 76. One-day Match—Creedmoor Target. J B Wellows............ baer ae sites sew en ny. 46 45 47+114—13914 We Ch able sesame scents ee tees OT ee eel 45 47 47-0 - —139 VAST? BIrAGhettneste nt aoubectas eres 48 45 45456 —189 el IN RUDY wa athe oo Secnefate pene Sone ey in feel 44 45 46-+3 —138 JOP LBATESS 5 inh etait = (Sl hee creeeewenea oe 42 42 42151413414 Harvard Shooting Clio—First Team. ef PARSE 2 Statens st st cess wae BL lee Brot Do) &, oF oD) 489 5° 4S AS as PRO RII Moe coe sa aidan RY 45543444 4 4-4] Hoa TCT 5 oe tom etagemicins etnies 6 44444483 4 0 526 PSB PACUS Lee he oe said oan eee eo 56 438 2 44 2 4 3 4—85—155 Second Team, CEC! POSLEE TE nm -tlas fens 5 ep soe 5 38 44 3°25 4 4 5-40 SWNT ATIGOR EEA erence tens anced 44444244 4 4-28 J BLOdleyeni:|2utes yobeeee cae baie ee a: dies? bebe 1 4d Ay Wi Efwss LOGIN 2A 4 Lin tenet pe oak 56 3 3 2 8 @ 2 4 3 5—38—148 NEWARK, N. J.—The sixth tournament of the Associated Rifie Clubs was begun on Monday, April 7, with the Frelinghuysens at the butts. The following excellent scores were made: G. Williams 49, A, C. Neumann 49, W. F. Lynn 48, Geo. Weigman 48, Wm. P. Me- Leod 48, J. L. Tobin 48. E, O. Chase 48, J. K. Walsh 47. §. Shackel- ford 47, R. Westerman 47. Total 480, out of a possible 500. On Tuesday evening the Celluloids shot, with the following result: EK. Coe 42, F. Willzey 48, F. Brandt 45, A. Erhard 48, W. Babbitt 42, N. Puder 43, S. T. Simmonds 45, W, Coe 47, C. F. Jackson 44, W. Vree- land 47. Total 448. On Wednesday night the Plymouths scored as follows: ©. H. Townsend 47, J. L. Summer 45, G. M. Townsend 43, J. Brower 44, G. Kinney 39, A. A. Baldwin 48, H. L. Leibe 45, J. E. Pollard 42, H. Grewe 41, J. Kearny 45. Total 438. The Domestic Rifie and Rod Association shot on Friday evening and scored asfollows: B, Jeffreys 47, J. Reynolds 45, W. B. Pettigroye 45, J. McGuiness 46, J. Velsor 45, W. Wadams 48, J. Leitz 45, J. Leitz 45, J. Dainty 48, John Long 45, A. Milward 45, otal 459, CARSON CITY, Nevada, April 6.—To-day was a field day among our crack rifle shots. The weather was beautiful. making all feel animated and eager for the sport. The most notable contest of the day was that between Mr. George C. Thaxter, of ours, and C. H. Galusha, Captain of the Emmet Guard team, and both members of the Nevada Rifle team, The conditions were i00 shots at the 200 and 500yd, ranges, 50 shots apiece at each range, The contestanis both used the Hepburn Remington, The contest was remarkable close throughout, and if the shooters had cleaned their guns the scores would have been much higher, As itis, the scores are unusually high. The best previous record was that of Captain H. G. Parker— 453, Itis the opinion of all present that Thaxter and Galusha can beat any two men living at the two ranges in question. Below are given the scores in detail: 200yds. 500yds. ( 444554445443 525505455549 445555554547 5554555555 —49 EPSOM pays siete rss ore oe 4544444445 42 554455445445 555444554546 544535445544 4555455545 47225 4455554355—45—282.—457 544445454448 5559544545 AZ 444454455544 50555555d5 48 . GUNS Asses cee scae teeee 4554455545—45 §455354555—46 545545454445 345445455544 444445445442 219 545554555548 222 452 Thefour members of the Nevada team taking part in the shooting practice made the following scores: 200yds. 500yds. DRARUGE, S592 he ek ts Sees depp hirack eroeneiee whe ag: 49—96 Gea toe en ee ee Le eee eee 44 48—92 HHT Clee totals oe cc allege cael: dae e cine pein eet CF Boe 45 A7—92 - PAW LOT thts een nee eutteL EL CPE eee 44 46—90—370 This is an average of 92144, and proves that the men are more dan- gerous for the Californians this year than last. Two squads were selected from members of the Carson Guard pres- ent and a maich shot with the following result. Some of those tak- ing part have not fired a shot this year, while others are new be- ginners, Taking these things into consideration the scores were excellent: Wifes) eb ee SAE et ee Oa 5. 43 49—92 PVVIGEOS Br per arels tei die’ ee ie 40 42—82 Thaxter’s Team, TGSATA Pa ieee ie del ta et rel pee hel fe 42 40—S2 PUBL edits tecete inte Rk poe s 41 44—85 WEA aS a RR Aah i 39 4483 424 (HOTA WEORG ero. Peeters so 44 44-—9) ‘ Baal Gon Cotewa pe lated 44 45—89 Crawford's Team, 3-Chenéy.... 00.23. os 44. 45—87 ATO Ve Outage tc ine eotelies ote AQ) B8—78 EEG er ne aN askat, . N 4 89—79—a28 0 100 shots at the two ranges. the back, GARDNER, Mass., April 12.-At the last meet at Hackmatack Range of the Gardner Rifle Club there was not as large a number of the members present as usual. Messrs. F. Parker and N. Jewett of the Ashburnham Club were present as guests. The American dect- mal target was used, distance 200yds., with a possible 100. Shooting off-hand, The following is the score: GSP NS tortie te dite si ahee seit noen nrc 999 9 9-8 9 9I0 9—30 W Otliaveland, .. .Wiccrcceterescececce: 100787 78 9 10 9—82 TAN od ges... aos cade nodes anamae sans 1-978 Th OB - IA Miuthews.. 00 oe CLEP RR bAnete sealers: oe 4S Bea oy Hl pankers.. sch 0854. eee.), eK 10 Dost Boo Nelewebb. soe la aaaeenas sae ae o..1 2% 9 9 & 910 O 0-53 GRAND CENTRAL GALLERY.—The competition for prizes in the allcomers’ match excites increased interest as the match progresses, The leading positions are closely contested by Messrs. Brown, Fen- ning, Oehl and Zimmerman, Mr. Brown bemg an officer of the New York Rifle Ciub, under whose management the match is to a certain extent run, shoots fora record only, and,will not contest for a priz>. The match has deyéloped considerable proficiency among new men, who have had no experience heretofore. For instance, Mr, Keator never competed either in or out of doors heretofore, and yet he stands high on the record, leaving some old and experienced shots to bring upthe rear. The match will continue for two weeks more, and during that time some crack shots in and out of town will, no doubt, put in an appearance, and make those now at the head of the ait aa out for their laurels. The following are the best scores, the. Ponulvle being 350 on a decimal ring target: J. H. Brown, 333; P. G. W. MK 330; Henry Oehl, 325 W. Zimmerman, 322, M. Dorrler, 319: 208: J. Copia) C. HE. Keator, 314; L. Bird, 310; A.J, Howlett, G. bw oppersmith, 808; Geo, J. Seabury, 308; Wm. Simpson, 307; 209, eigman, 807; H. Von Derlinden, a? W. Klein, 503; C. Rein, BRATTLEBORO, Vé., April 11.—Brattl 200yds., on the Massachusetts target, Po her eons scores, Mr. Cobo makin hand, it being a possible count: Small attendance but zood the best score ever made on the range off- 50 Creedmoor, and ii4 Massachusetts 1i—114 NEW YORK, April 3.—Regular weekly shooting of the Rullshead Rifle Club, 12-ring target, possible 120: G. Zimmerman 119, M.Dorrler 118, A. Lober 118, C. Rein 116. B. Holzmann 115, V. Steinbach 111, H. Hackmann 114, J, Schneider 104, B. Walters 108, G. D, Jolinson 105, J. Jordon 101, J. F. Campbell 95, D, Lowitzki 89, JAMESTOWN, N. Y., April 12.—Scores of regular medal match yesterday at 200yds., off-hand, Creedmoor target. Wind, at 10 o'clock, y! AH ONVAUIES tees tee eh terre oe Se Se Oe, ae 445545444 5—44 JR Moore..... Ste ale eerie | 555444544343 George sShatinekiee, et 298) ay Aik ee 444444544 4-41 AVHRR WTC sens Seeks) Sree ee een, 445335445 441 DANA YRS ns ce ee ee hea nme eos 84454404 4 4—36 FLORIDA RIFLE TEAMS.—Two new rifle teams have recently been organized at Jacksonville, composed of the First Florida Artille and the J acksonville Light Infantry, as follows: First Florida Artii- lery—W. W. Simpson, Captain; B. E. Oak, Theodore Ball, H. LL. Wel- ler, W. A. oe A, T. Williams, L. J. Stevens, M. C. Riee, A. W. Barrs, and Geo. R. Reyolds. Jacksonville Light Infantry—R. M. Call, John T, Tyler, C. Ashmead, C. C. Barrs, Perry Holland, J. B. puceone aes 8. A. Cohen, Walker Lund and W. Palmer, ee ah Se 5 eae ee 010000101 0—38 SIAM eee ELI SPS NG nt on ae selene hele Os el 0—6 BEG oe Oe ee, reel Cet ae ' 109000110 0-8 Aproats having won medal for third time it becomes hls property, Ploomileld aventé; Newatk, N, J., there was a live pigeon match be- ween Messrs, Miles Jobhsbp and Hieglév, #5 bitds, find; trap; handle ahd pull your own, string, for $100.4 side: Jobnsoil: 21¥dg.; Ziegler; 25yds. Miles was a little rattled atthe start; missing his fitst and second birds, so that bets of $100 fo $20 were offeréd that he would not win. At this juncture a Philadelphia delegation; headéd by Messrs. Robinson, Kleing and Greenwood, arriyed on the ground, and the tide turned in favor of the veteran, the betting changing to $100 to $40 azainst Ziegler, and finally $100 to $5 that Johnson would win. M Johnson... 022... cece ee eee eee eee OUT 111111100171111101—18 Aiegler...... So ees eS Sn eee ecanz4al 11111001000111001111010—14 A 20-bird race for $50 a side, trapand handle, was afterward shot, between Messrs. Ryan and Bunn, the latter winping by Killing 9 to his opponent's 6, PHILADELPHIA, April 10.—The double-bird clay-pigeon shoot otten up by Mr. G. Bragg, manager of the Globe Shon Company, n imitation of field shooung, came of at Pastime Park this after- nion, The attual rise from the score to the five traps was Alyds, A slip wes drawn by the referea and handed to the puller, which con- tiined fbh@ nuniber Gf Yards Ur steps that the shooter was to advance Letere the tags were to he pulled, the shdofér tiof Knowing how far or how short a distance he had togo. The new style rather upset some of the shooters, but under the circumstances, the average was cod, while D. Clew, of the Keystone Club, distinguished himself by reaking 9 birds out of bis five pair. S\eepstake, $1 entrance. pore Heéndet'son 10 60 do—1 William Greenwood: 10 10 11-6 Slater PONV DUE 3d alti San! Oh cee ca ct emess cree 424 10 i1 10—5 Ree ae ONT rag Sn yi. sce sey a0 Of 00-3 Fe Oakiratitten ae Oe te eu eas. t 11 10 G60—4 AdMaddogl:, 122. 25s421 5. pret eines re 1 4k0 10 00 10—5 BU AVVO CU ee ee ea Se, on MAbs cod oes li il 10—5 SY AA enc ene: tice ) Ooo OO 10—3 TRG) Pe: aay Sa SO Pe be eee Wine og vrai seel& 00. 00° 00. i—4F Fiest, G3 per @ent;; second, 35 per cent. : Awetpstake, til entrance: ‘ Get Heiidérsdn.. 2.0.20): 2... epee ee eee 10 10 61 11-6 im Greenwood OO OL 41 11 O1—6 THEM AT rie Sc ae ee eae een en ae 06 10 Of 10 10—4 OA Meyei’s,.....::...:.. sel Os (00. “00. 10= 9 LEN EP GTi ie 5 2a ad nb ee Se rare 00 10 10 00 00—2 eet TE WELT tele RS Eile eae itice eh ee aac nna i 00 10 09 00-3 EERNISRE ON bi cal eet Cn ES al duerio | owe: con oF 10 00 i1 00 00-3 W Gilley... Balai Ad Se de ee 19 19 11 00 O1-5 TURNS Cie eae 44 5 4 wens a ee ae Ee ee ee Pe Ib ta or di=9 BOSTON TOURNAMENT.—The Boston Gun Clvb has decided to continue a tournament April 16 and 80, and May ij and 14; and the New England clay-pigeon team badge mateh will be Gontinued on those dates: The highest stores madé so far have been by the Massa chusetts Rifle Association. As the dates have been arranged, it will be seen that April 30 and May 1 will give shooters from a distance a chance to fill the match for the gold medal offered by the club. The pana match will be conducted precisely as the great Chicago shoot is e. _ WHLLINGTON, Mass., April 12:—The leading feature of the Maiden Gun Club shoot to-day were the badge and silver cup cotitests. the winners in the former being J. Buffum, J, Nichols and FP, J. Seott. The silver cup was taken by J. Buffuim, There are four other days’ shooting in this contest. _CINCINNATI.- Cosmopolitan Gun Club isthe name of a new Cin- cipnatignun club. The officers elected for the ensuing year are: Mr, John H. Laws, President; Mr. ¥, W. Moore, Vice-President; Mr, J. E. Miller, Secretary; Mr. W. H, Campbell, Treasurer, dlew publications. “ROD AND LINE IN COLORADO WATERS.” CHARMING Hitle book with this title has been published by Chain, Hardy & Co., Denver. No author's name appears onthe title page, but before we had read many chapters in it, we thought we knew the style, and on turning to the end we found the signature “Bourgeois,” and immediately jumpec atthe conclusion that the chapter entitled *‘The Lure,” in ‘\Bishing With the Fly,” was by the saine facile pen. The seventeen chapters of the book make no pre- tense to being a continued story, but each one is complete in itself, and each includes a mixture of fishing incidents, philosophy and humor, which makes it most easy and interesting readinz, yet there is sucha variety of incident that the stories bear little resemblance to each other. A little picture that mirrors us all is given in these words: “Did you never go fishing when a boy, and come homeat the close of a Saturday without so much as 4 single chub on a string to console you for the anticipated dressing because of your interdicted absence? Ihave. Fut the chagrin of the ten-year-old is nothing in comparison to the mortification of the middle-aged boy under simi- lar circumstanc s."’ Speaking of trout-hogs, he says: ‘‘There is no genuine enjoym: at in the easy achievement of any purpose, there is no bread so sweet asthe hard-earned loaf of the man who works for i. The rule holds good in the school of the sportsman. The fellows T have been writing of, liad they their way, would become mere en- gines of Gesiruction; they would catch, not for the pleasure of catch- ing. but because they could, and a universe of trout would not satiate them.” The book is neatty printed and has a map of Northwestern eee aah and is iNustrated with initia] letters and vignettes. Price, one dollar. PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT. Cougus, Colds and Bronchitis are always cured by Humphreys’ _ Homeopathic Specifics, one and seven, They are used by thousands with the most triumphant success, Wot only are the coughs and colds cured, but far graver diseases like pneumonia and chromie lng diseases, or consumption, are also arrested. No one should permit Scateh or cold to linger when it is so easily and pleasantly cured.— ay ’ q Crown Wap Works, Rochester, N. Y.;—I have during the past sea- son used your arads on yarious game, woodcock, suipe and ducks, and in every instance I am satisfied I obtained better ésults than ever before, when using the common felt wads. I most cheerfully recom- me hem to sportsmen, and predict that in a short time tbe felt wad will used for powder,—Guzo, M, Rossrtson, (New Iberia, pr du. y 5 ; . ‘ > oa a STREAM | c their clubs, and alsd notices in advance of meetings and races, aud reports of the same, eis d all inte: : requested to forward to FOREST AND StReAw their addresses, with logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the spurt. Canseing. Secretaries of Gande clube are requested to send to Formsr AND eit addtésses; with name; menibership: signals, ete,, of Canoersts and all interested in Gaticeing are FIXTURES. May 30 and 31.—Spring Meet at Newburg. j May 80 and 81.—Spring Meet on Connecticut River. WHITEHALL Cc. C, HITBHALL @, C.—Organized April 16, 1883, Commadore, R. E. Bascom; Vice-Commodore, EB. P. Newcomb; Secretary and Treasurer, W.:W, Cooke, Jr.;, Measurer, W. C. Blodgett} Cook, Traneis E, Cooke. Eleven active members; 9 canoes, 1 cutter, 1 yawl, i Cathoat, Signal, blue with white stripe two inches wide, wilh red ethers, THE SPRING MEET ON THE HUDSON. OF Friday jast; Messts. Smith, of Newburgh, and Stephens, of the N.Y. 6, @., visited the spot onthe west shure of the Hudson whete it is proposed to hold thé spring meet, in order to locate a camp ground. The point seleeted is about threé miles below Newburgh near the Moodna River, Phe gtound FiseS abruptly from the beach to a height of 20 or 80ft., at which point are the remains Gf an old earth- work occupied by the Continentals im the Revolution, Just back of the embankment isa level piécé o£ grotind admitably fitted for a camp, and from the rear of itrisesa steep HHl which tsolates the camp ground completely. ne ; i At the lower end of the fortification is a road Teading to the beach, and on the latter a short distance above is a spring of fme water. The beach itself shelves gradually, and is composed of small stonés,; hut a canoe can easily be beached and carried up. The rise and fall of the tide is three feet. ‘ Canoeists from up the river can send their boats by the steamer Eagle to Newburgh, where they will be stored in the boathouse, their owners coming down by train on Thursday evening and paddling to the damp, The steamer Melzingah leaves New York eyery morning at 10 A, M.. from the foot of West Tenth street, arriving at 3 P. M., and returning leaves Newburgh at 7 P. M., reaching New York about 4AM. She will carry canoes for $1 each way. Arfangéments will be made for her to stop at 152d street, near the kK. ©. C. house, for the boats on Thursday. May 29, dropping them, if the tide permits, at the camp ground, and on returning, to pick up the boats at the camp, and Jeave them at 152d street, It is proposed to have the camp ready by Thursday, several canoe- ists going in advance ta make the nece=sary preparations, the others coming by train or boat in the evening. Friday and Saturday will be devoted to a series of impromptu races, and those who’are compelled to retufn to business by Monday will take the boat or train on Sunday evening. General Oliver, of the Mohican C. C., also visited Newburgh on Friday evening, and discussed the details of the meet with Messrs. Smith and Stephens. Itis desirable to know as soon as possible about How many will be present, and canoeists intending to do so will lease send their names to the Forms? AND STREAM aS soon as possi- ble: Further information will be given in our columns, and inquiries from canoeists will be answered as far as possible, CANOE VS, SNEAKBOX. Editor Forest and Stream: . This “Ganoe vs, Sneakbox” controversy has assumed a different aspeét. Originally, as my files show me, it was as to theiv respective merits in rough water as sea boats. The question of speed came up then, and now, that being dropped, it is carried on by the dragging in of an outside question—that of stability. ; No canoe owner disputes with “Bojum,” Mr. Wild or ‘Seagull’ on that point. Any boat 3 to 5ft. wide. on the same or less length, must be stiffer than one of 80 to 3114in. But here, and for a party of more than one, gunning in shallow waters, the superior merits of the sneak- box ceases. I maintain that the modern sailing canoe will sail faster fo better to windward, and live in as rough a sea as any sneakbox 0 an approximate size. For the general cruiser alone, or in company with other boats, on the sneakbox’s own water, viz., open bays, the modern sailing canoe is a more comfertable and handier all-round boat. J am not crazy on the subject of racing canoes, butI am fond ofthe excitement of a good race, and never unwilling to take up a challenge when fair conditions can be made. I would call your attention to the fact that my letter was an acceptance of a challenge made boastiully and containing an implied slur on canoes and canoeists. The gentle- mim was hopeless of a race under conditions which he stated to be so overwhelmingly in his favor, and his tame withdrawal, now that his challenge is taken up, is not very creditable. ha Tomy good friend *‘Bojum’’ I would say that the conditions he pro- oses are of a nature to make a trial impossible. A reefing breeze from the southwest with an ebb tide are only to be had by “‘patient waiting.’’ While that would certainly be “no loss” in his pleasant company, my duties to the N. Y. ©. C. this year will necessitate my spending the summer on New York Bay. but all discrepancies of size waived, I will be most happy to sail his big sneakbox a friendly race to ba and back when I pass through the Sound, as I hope to do in July. I alan however, that thatrace will not be a test of the respective speed and merits of the two models, as no advantage of form ought to be able to overcome So enormous an adyantage of beam on the same length. I consider a 15ft. canoe a match for any 12ft. sneakbox, and am willing to go half way to make a match to prove it. In con- clusion I hope that ‘“Bojum,’? Mr. Wild, ‘‘Seaguil,”’ and as many others interested in small boats as can, will come to our Newburg meet on Decoration Day and see what such yeterans as the owners of Dot and Snake can get out of their craft. Itis, beyond a question, a work of some skill to sail a canoe well, but the possibilities of the boats are much greater thanignorant scoffers are as en willing to admit, as several small catboats of 12ft. length have found to their astonishment on more than one occasion. Wm. WHITLOCE. New YORE. TORONTO C. C. ORONTO Bay is now (March 29) clear of ice. Mr. M. F. Johnson launched his Peterboro on that date, and had a paddle along the city front. The othermembers of the T, C. C. areali busy rigging up sails, centerboards, etc., and soon 48a pleasant day arrives will be afloat, Several new craft will be placed on the Toronto Club list this sea- son. The first will be 2 16x30 tandem, on the lines published in For- EST AND Stream last fall. She will be skippered by Mr. Petman, a new member, and is being buili by 8. R. Heakes. John Clindinning, our leading builder, has just commenced a new model 14ft. Sin.x31, 10léin. at gunwale and din, round of deck. She was laid down by Richard Jenkins, Clindinning’s foreman, and promises to be a first- class all-round canoe for our-waters. It is Jikely she will become the property of another new meniber, and if so will appear in the uoyice’s sailme race ab Grindstone Island. Her rudder, hatches, etc., will be like those on the Isabeland Boreas. Both of the new productions will have Atwood boards. In addition to these accessions, two or three coon Peterboros ave likely to be purchased and added to the club's list. The isabel will have a new style of cruising sail this season. It has not been tried much, but the captain has such confidence in its turn- ing out a success that he has sold his balance lug sail formerly used fore he Boreas wil be much the same as last season, with the possible 233 exception of a largef dandy and the use of the aft centerboard while racing. Her owner is determimed that even in a light wind the: Isabel must not be allowed to beat the Boreas. _ , The Rushton Princess, Sadie N,, Capt. F. M. Nicholson, will be tauch improved this spring by the addition of seais on deck, a proper deck tiller, and probably an Atwood board in place of the wooden scimitar now used. = SS 4 | oa SS 4 Ca = mT i i | CAETINA —SCHOONER YACH I— Sie Pre) LW, a, . allhill CLM aw | Th 8 ose ee eer er ee eth 5s. eae a oe e ; 172) 20 30 are anxious to own cutters as soon as an opportunity is presented to acquire such property. If he were to consult with builders or per- sons who keep posted he would learn that all the variations made upon the pristine sloop trap are in a direction which, step by step, is assimilating our fleet to the English cutters. If he were possessed of acute logical faculties he could draw the true conclusion that only time is required to pass through the period of transition and that there ig a strong likelihood of the pesule sloop disappearing altogether, and that, whether she be displaced by cutters of more beam than the latest English racers or whether in some instances we follow our cousins into the last inch of the extreme, is perfectly immaterial to the main issue on the question. Instead of its. being “ridiculous” to look for popular approval of cutters in this country, it is extremely ridiculous for a gentleman like Mr, Busk to be ready with a sweeping opinion and at the same time perfectly obliyicus to plain facts. The cutter is already FoRules in America, witness the _ large fleet.of such yachts built in three short years in spite of the _ most strenuous pposivion from Bourbon sources. But, Mr. Busk pwns a sloop, and his own little world and limited horizon is bounded Oe a by that sloop’s rail, hence his mistaken notion that all the world is a counterpart of Mr, Busk. He is simply behind the times and chooses to ignore what is passing under his nose. MOSQUITO Y. C.—Sailed first match last Saturday in Dorchester Bay, Wind from H.N.H., steady. Single gun, or rather whistle, start. Two classes, over and under 18ft. Judges, J. Winniatt, R. Wallace, John Page, Finish as under, Wizard, Lizzie, Clyde and ascot were the winners: FIRST CLASS. Length Actual. Wizard, James! bAtlonne snes, pele pt, ores ta sy shed 13 421 15 Lizzie, H. We NOtia ye Henweey tian ns rat i Acree S «13.3 4 26 48 pWisbnts Area ten eee eR ok bee yk ey 14 not taken. @BCOND CLASS. Clyde, J. Page. .............. by, fe kaa pe RR oe _Mascot, Ff. Whitman............... Herald, C. Smith........ Stoo Sidhe MOWER. 6B) Bibber, eo filegkbs estes. Egeria, W, Oondon....... Peete eiat oon: ere 30 40 A CRUISING SCHOONER. i ee spring Mr. W. O’Sullivan Dimpfel, C. E., of Baltimore, built a small schooner on lines similar to those of the Pengance lugger for all-the-year cruising in Chesapeake Bay. After giving the yacht twelve months’ trial her owner reports favorably concerning her be- havior and general adaptability to his purpose. The Gaetina exhibits in her waterlines a close likeness to the Penzance fishing craft, but she was given ift. of extra depth to her benefit. She has been found quite fast in her own waters, very easy, dry and comfortable, with liberal arrangements below, as the illustrations indicate, With iron ballast stowed in bloeks under the cabin floor and a pole mast rig she was also very economical in first cost. The sail plan shows a large lug on the fore in dotted lines. This sail the owner devised for light winds, and under this and jib she can be sailed with mainsail in the gaskets. The splicing of her rigging is ‘‘metallic” all through. For hard weather also a trysail and storm jib, which have both been brought into requisition in the lower halfé of the Chesapeake, which is more of aseathana bay. The Gaetina is especially good in light winds and airs in spite of her draft and thirteen tons of displace- ment, much to the astonishment of local critics, who prophesied her failure on that account. Her owner often sails her singlehanded be- tween Baltimore and his residence in the country, near the mouth of the Choptank, a distance of sixty miles. While building, the old school critics foresaw the usual dire calami ties. Could not sai] because sodeep. Would fall over. Slow in light winds ‘“‘lugging’’ so much ballast, etc. She was something of a de- parture to Baltimore critics, though here we have got used to such depth long ago, and with the exception of the juvenile conceptions of some provencial lights, no one would take exception on the score of draft and weight, The accommodations include a small steerage with the companion aft, leading into an after state cabin 7ft. long with a berth on each side. The saloon is reached from this through doors, and is 9ft. long, with extra wide sofas of 30in., having 8ft. 6in. of floor between, and 6ft. under beams, Between cabin and forepeak are retiring room and panty. A hammock can be swung from foremast to the eyes for the paid hand, who has access to the deck by means of an iron ladder and quadrant hatch overhead, The chief elements are as follows: Genel, Overs cen ec pemetneattelecy feey sic byve cbs 8s8ft. 8in. Geng teon! WAWe. «. - aise ny ete cant gat ee 35ft. lsiermoalaey. di {evra\Ss 5 AMR RRNA Cin ce ence ee lift, 3in. Farha HOG Penwith epee, oh. ee cs Lae 6ft. MeaStLTEehOAaTdin, Wane cu Ceviesuinc se octiiles cleans 2ft. 10in. ISM AGeIne Nie EnV TeMinc want a eae acs skuisauy 13 short tons IER ase RO AMMA: Rae PLP cp ae age RR . 6 short tons ANCOR ONT ELENA SAR eae eid «.ratstel nel alch eh blades 950sq. ft. POISON TMAISA awe ey eee es eee clive 5 EL OISHOD TONES AT snnscnuisines calcite cn ch te eee 24ft, NMIBITGOM tiie. wh oe bametes Riaters phewtae eens 28ft. Bowspritoutboard w.. +, Jit ..s woes eee cone 10f¢. SOUTH BOSTON Y. C.—Has issued circular governing the open races fixed for May 80. Start at 1:80 P.M. Classes 28 to 40ft., 22 to 28ft., 18 to 22ft., 15 te 1&ft., and special keel class 15 to 22ft. Two" prizes for boards and keels in first two classes, $25 and $10. Three prizes, $15, $10 and $5 in third and fourth, and $15 and $5 in special class. Two yachts to compete. Three for a second prize, four for a third prize. Courses, 14 miles first class, 9 miles second, third and special, and 6 miles for fourth class. No restrictions on sails, Measurement waterline plus one-third overhang, One hand per five feet length and fraction thereof, First and second will coms into line between flags marked One. Third and special between flags marked Two. Fourth between flags marked Three, All sta1t from single guns with no allowance for crossing. First and second class goat2P.M. gun. Third and special at gun 2:05 P. M., and fourth at 2:10 P.M. Entries to R. V. King, 43 Milk street, Boston, cloe2 P. M., May 29. Regatta Committee, John Bertram, C. McKenna, | H. J. McKee, F. G, Cooley, J. BH. Chandler, R. V. King, S. A. Crowell, Judes; E. G. Robinson, W. Hutchinson, G. Conant, T. Christian, W. orris. REAL YACHTING,.—Schooner Fortuna, from Hampton Roads last, has arrived in this harbor, Scheoner Wanderer, Mr, Geo. W. Wild, arrived off Hamilton, Bermuda, April 15, five days out from New Bedford. Had strong northwesterly weather, and was hove to twenty-five hours, Sailed April 17 for Norfolk. 286 FOREST AND STREAM. [Apri 24, 1884. “YACHT AND BOAT SAILING.” We. have received from Mr. Dixon Kemp the fourth edition of his popular and comprehensive work, ‘*¥Yacht and Boat Sailing."’ Excellent as the third edition was, this new issue is a yast improve- ment éyen upon its predecessors. Not only has the book been mate- rially enlarged, but the chapters added are of such an interesting nature that we reserve a more complete review till next week. It is enough at present to say that new topics have been introduced re- lating notably to small yachts and to steam yachting, while the branch of canoeing has likewise been more fully covered. Especially commendable are the numerous examples of the latest English prac- tice in the designing of small craft from three to ten tons, and accom- modation plans of steamers of various sizes. The book is not only of yalue to amateurs, but ought to be in the hands of ail our builders and professional people, who ean stady its teeming pagés with ad- vantage to their interests. The book is excellent proof of the wide range of experiment and diversity with which Eaoglish yachtsmen and constructors have made themselves familiar during recent years. There is scarcely a conceivable type of boat from one extreme to the other, keel or centerboard, which has not a fitting representation in this volume, which will be hailed by all hands as a prize precious to every yachting interest under the sun. Published by Horace Cox, Field office, London. Price in England, $5. To be ordered through newsilealers or news agents in this country. SOME CORINTHIAN RULES.—The Cheshire Y. C., of England, has a rule prohibiting lead ballast to restrict the cost of small yachts. The club has 150 members devoted to small craft, the racing class being composed of 5-tonners. Six matches are arranged for the year, including a ‘‘Channel Race.” distance 45 miles. Last year this ig race was won by a 544-ton yawl. That kind of thing looks like real business and not like the ten-mile smooth water play of our own sngall boats. Why should we not race yachts of 25-to 380ft. at sea just as well as large vessels? It would be ten times the sport and infinitely more instructive, useful and dignified in its results than the boyish make-believe in sheltered waters. DETROIT NOTHS.—Mr. E. B. Wendell has designed anew schooner for Mr. H. C. Hart to be used on the St. Clair flats, Length over all 68ft., on deck 66ft. 3in,, on waterline 53ft., beam 20ft. 8in., draft 2ft. 10in. without board. Frame 5x7 at heel, and 5x5 athead. Keel 14x14, board 19ft. long, plank 2in. oak, sides tumble home 244in. The same designer hasalso struck in a steam Jaunch 35ft. x &ft. 6in., which is now in frame. A deep boat 18ft. long, sharp ends, has been added to the Detroit fleet. She is said to be very fast. The Jennie June will be lengthened and receive a 3-ton iron keeland hardwood cabin isft. long. LAKE Y. R. A.—A gentleman writes that it was proposed to send areply to |he contemporary we took to task last week for i's reflec- tions upon the judgment of the Assoeiation in choosing sail area measurement, but that it was not deemed worth while to give thai publication any attention, as it is without influence around the lakes. Before the Toronto meeting the subject of measurement had been thoroughly canvassed, and the Seawanhaka rule was found to be the fairest to all classes of boats; hence its adoption. AMERICAN Y. C.—Has presented cotors to the Arctic expedition vessels, Thetis and Bear, to be given up to club uponreturn. The fol- lowing officers of the expedition have been elected honorary mem- bers: Commander W. 38. Schley, Executive Lieutenant U. Sebree and Chief Engineer George W. Melville, of the Thetis; Lieutenant W. H. Emory and Executive Officer T. H. Crosby, of the Bear, and Commander 8. W. Coffin and Executive Officer 0. J. Badger, of the Alert. BOSTON Y.C.—Has 200 members, 23 schooners, 30 sloops, 9 cutters, 12 cats, 12 steamers, 1 yawl. One of the schooners is Steers’s old sloop Silvie, built in 1851, now belonging to Mr. C. C. Manbury. Silvie erossed to Cowes in the fifties, but was handily beaten by the old time cutters. Three cutters were added to the fleet this yaar, Sara- cen, Edna and Beetle, also Mr. Bryant’s semi-cutter Thetis. Club owns property worth $15,000. Next meeting at club house April 30. THE NEW HERA—Will spread 2,000sq. ft. in lower sails. Mast, 53ft. 6in., topmast 30ft., mainboom 38ft., maingaff said to be 27ft., bowsprit outboard 22ft. 6in., which is a whacking big rig on 36ft. loadline, but the boat is very powerful, and needs a lot to drive her, SOUP ON THE TABLE.—At the last London Fisheries Exhibition, some crockery for yachts was displayed, having arubber bead round the base to prevent slipping from the cabin table. Thisis a good idea where ‘*swing tables” are not adopted. SAN FRANCISCO Y. C.—Officers for the year: Commodore, C. H. Harrison, yaw! Frolic; Vice-Commodore, W. Letts Oliver, yawl Emer- ald; Secretary, Chas. G. Yale; Measurer, Matthew Turner, ship- builder; Treasurer, F. Bangs. THE SAIL AREA RULE—Is steadily gaining ground abroad. The Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Y. C., the Corinthian Y. C. and the Junior Thames Y. C., will sail their amateur Channs! matches under the new rule this season. THE WHITE CAP.—Mr. Wesley Webber has finished a handsome and lifelike oil painting of the yawl White Cap, off Hull Gut, which Rear-Commodore Dayid Hall Rice has presented to the Hull Y. C. SARACEN.—Mr. Fowles’s little cutter has been on a trial. Looks smart and sails well. Lawleys are putting up two steam launches, said to be for New York Herald shipping news service. SOUTHWARK Y. C,.—Officers for the year: Commodore, H. D. Baizley; Vice-Commodore, A. J. Fox; Rear-Commodore, J. Rutter; Secretary, Francis George; Treasurer, Isaac Sharp. NEW CLUB.—Rockport, Cape Ann, is going to organize a new club. Seems to us consolidations among small clubs would be better policy. Little local enterprises never amount to much. MOHEGAN.— Mr. Henry D. Burnham’s new schooner was launched April 19, from Palmer’s yard, Noank. Dimensions in our last issue. John Lyvere will skipper the new one. FOR EXPORT.—Higgins & Gifford, of Gloucester, have turned out a batch of six deep epene 31ft. Jong for the West Indies. They are 12ft. beam and 414ft. depth of hold. PETREL.—The lines of this cutter have been much admired by our Pnglish readers, but they object to the transom stern and would spin her out into an archboard finish. SINGLEHANDERS IN FRANCE.—The Sport Nautique de 1l’Ouest has included in its programme some races for amateurs in single- hand yachts to be sailed in June. - CAPSIZED.—Uriday last a sailboat was picked up in the Narrows bottom up. Three persons drowned: Samuel Hopkins, Stoddard Hopkins and Samuel West, NEW CUTTER.—The 36ft. cutter built by the Lawleys during win- ter, has been bought by Mr. £. M. Tylor, Boston Y. C, and Hull Y. C. NEW CUTTER.—The owner of the Hattie G., of Gloucester, is re-~ ported as intending to build a eutter, haying sold his former boat. THE NEW IDEA.—Sloop Vidette will rip out board and change to keel, with 600-pound iron shoe. She is 20ft. long. TRON KEEL.—Miller, of City Point, has got out a keel sloop 26ft. Sin. long, with 1,0001bs. of iron on Keel. WANTED.—Address of Michael Horton, who is building a 25ft. cut- ter at East Boston. NEW CUTTER.—Mr. A. P. Thayer, Hull Y. C., is building a 21ft. cutter in Boston, Caneeing. 8 ies of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forms? AND Seer aioe addresses, with name, membership, signals, etc., of their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and reports of the same, Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested to forward to Formst AND Stream their addresses, with logs of crnises, maps, aud information concerning their local waters. drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the sport. > FIXTURES. 30 and 81.—Spring Meet at Newburg. J May 30 and 31. Spring Meet on Connecticut River, -“ A NEW CANOE SAIL. A SAIL has long been in demand which combines the short boom and reefing ossibilities of the balance lug with the simplicity and short mast of the Lord Ross lateen. On any gail that could be é Fic. A.—‘Montcan*™ Satu. Fic. B.—SInGLE REEF. hand. Granting this point, [ believe that the mitted henewith, ‘ Fig, A represen Fie: C.—Dounk# REEF. ised to lower or reef when the boom is out of reach of the hand, nach be, as & minimum, at least a halliard and reefing line to “Mohican” sail, sub- ‘fills the bill.” d ts the sail set. The short mast with pin, and the spars toggled together of the Ross Jateen, are used with the addition of @ jaw at the end of boom. Thesailis set in the usual Jateen man- eee ae the spar, B, becomes virtually a high mast, and is treated as ee our very light bamboo battens are put in the sail to increase he he and the sail is attached to the spar, B, as far up as the ring, ay aus that point to a batten (a), and this batten is attached to B ite Lue See diy ate vreuee peck to foot and back to hand. usual manner OP Mtoe Me iard (6) or taken off mast, A, in the e first reef is taken by letting ¢o halliard an ing i i (one bemg the continuation of the other) until tl ae Pe eee The Dot’s reefing gear is used in this instance, and works admirably. The second reef is taken by unshipping boom © from mast A and hooking it again to Aby the jaw. Batten No. 2 drops to No, 4, and the siack is taken up by reef line, as shown, and the sail becomes an ordinary lateen. The halliard and reef line may be made fast on boom, and should be so when sail is stowed away. Iclaim that this sail can be unshipped and stowed exactly as the lateen, and with the same advantages. We always stow our sails on deck, made fast to side of coaming; that it has the reefing adyan- tages of the balance lug, the short boom, and the heighth to catch light winds, with none of the disadvantages as to many ropes and high ee ' Ais the jaw; B, the spar or topmast; C, the boom: E, block for reef line; F’, block for halliard: 6 hook for second reef. ° Fig, B shows sail with one reef and Fig. C with two. First reef can betaken in before the wind; second reef cannot, unless first reef is repeated with a parallel batten. In case ee mautton form of sail is used the area is much reduced. but all but No, 4 batten may be omitted, and the sail made fast to Spar B by rings, and hoisted and lowered as in ordinary leg o’ mut- ton sails. It has been tried both ways successfully. ROBERT SHAW OntveEr, A, CG, A. THE LOG BOOK. Vil.—THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA.—CRUISE GATOR. N Feb, 5, 1884, three of us, my wife, who is an honorary member of the A. C. A,, and myself, in the sneakbox Alligator, and Mr. Hugh Willoughby, A. C. A,,in the canoe Windward, left St. Augus- tine for a cruise down the eastern coast of Florida. We had prepared for an early start, but as our course was due south, and asa strong wind with heayy sea eame directly from that quarter all day, we delayed tur departure until afternoon, hoping for a change of wind or a lull. As neither came, we finally decided to make a start, and at least establish a camp somewhere beyond the city limits. After four hours of hard work with oars and paddle we reached a point on Anastasia Island about five miles from the city, where we established Camp No.1. There was no fresh water at this camp, but we had brought plenty with us, and no wood for a fire; but with our alecohollamps we soon had supper prepared, and were comfortably fixed for the night. On the second day a beam wind led us to hope for a goodrun, but our hopes were dashed by the centerboard of the Alligator which, swollen by water, refused to move into its box, and it as well as our hopes were frequently dashed in emphatic language. After making a few miles under oars, with the Windward sailing ahead and wait- ing by turns, we landed, unloaded the ‘‘box,” turned her bottom side ap, and spent three hours in planing the centerboard down with an axe, Finally got under way again late in the evening and ran until after dark among marshes that afforded no camping pround, unti! we came to a bit of low beach raised but afew inches aboye the water on which ie ee and made ourselves as comfortable as circumstances per- mitted. The water was so shoal here and the flats so extended that an hour after we landed the falling tide had left us nearly half a mile inland. Our only chance of escape was to take advantage of the next high tide, which necessitated our s.arting before daylight in a dense cold fog next morning. . Soon after sunrise we landed on a wooded point, dried our tents and blankets and cooked breakfast, but were forced to make a hurried departure by the rapidly receding tide which threatened to leave us high and dry. At noon we pas-ed the old Spanish ruins of Fort Matanzas and the Matanzas Inlet from the ocean, out on the bar of which we could see the great rollers combing in an unbroken line of foam. We made a pleasant camp that nightina grove of cedars near plenty of wood and water The following morning we entered the canal that is being ent to connect the Matanzas and Halifax rivers, and thus establish unbroken water communication along the entire coast, and about noon reached the dredge at the head of the cut. Here a carry of six miles con- fronted us, and as but one team could be obtained, Willoughby de- cided to retrace his route about five miles to another pomt, from which the carry could be made, although from there it would be much longer. ; , We separated, after appointing a rendezvous on the Halifax, and late that evening the Alligator and her crew were deposited beside “the basin” on the headwaters of Smith Creek, which flows sluggishly into the Halifax. : ; The following day being Sunday, we rested quietly in camp, and on Monday descended Smith Creek to its junction with Bulow Creek, be- low which the two streams are cajled Halifax Creek, in reality the head of Halifax River. This was where we were to have met the Windward; but instead we found enly a roll of charts and a note from Willoughby, forwarded by special messenger, which stated that he had been taken ill after leaving us at the dredge, and had deemed it best to return to St, Augustine. — ; From here the Alligator cruised alone down the Halifax past Ormond, Holly Hill and Daytona, making a three days’ stay at- the last named place; past Mosquito Inlet, where a new lighthouse is in prospect of erection, into the Hillsboro River, past New Smyrna, where we found letters, and through the tortuous windings amid the beautiful mangrove islands of the Hillsboro into Mosquito Lagoon to Oak Hill. This is a sportsman’s paradise, and here is the Atlantic House, the best kept and most popular sportsman’s hotel in the State. From Oax Hill.a run of twelve miles before a brisk norther took us to the “Haulover,’’ which is really a narrow and shallow canal about 300 yards long, connecting the waters of Mosquito Lagoon and the Indiaui River. A mile from the Indian Kiver end of the Haul- over is the Dummit orange grove, the most famous grove in Florida, and here we lingered so long picking, eating and fillmg every vacant space in our boat with the delicious fruit that it wanted but an hour of sundown before we started ‘on the ten-mile run to Titusville, on the western bank of Indian River, which was our objective point for that night. The river at this point is between seven and eight miles wide, and is known as the Bay of Biscay. The long-continued northers had raised a tremendous sea in the bay. and the heavily-laden Alligator had all she could doto hold her own amid the angry waters, although two reefs left but a small show of sail. Sunset found us still far from land, and the darkness whicb almost immediately followed, rendered thesituation extremely unpleasant, not to say dangerous, After an hour of the most anxious sailing we reached the coast, and whirling around Sand Point, amid a smother of white water on ils long bar, reached the comparatively quiet water beyond, and were soon comfortably housed in the Titus- ille Hotel, $ f For the next hundred and fifty miles we had a delightful rnn down the broad expanse of Indian River, taking advantage of favorable winds, and camping, sometimes for days at a time, and exploring the surrounding country, when they were ahead. On thisrun we stopped at Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Malabar, the St. Sebastian River, Port Cap- von, and the mouth of St. Lucie, ever getting further from civiliza- tion, until at length the first of March found us camped near Jupiter Licht, at the extreme southern end of the Indian River. We were now in the land of cocoanuts, bananas and pineapples, where the mangrove attains tree-like proportions. Here perpetual summer reigns, and only the sensitive convolyuli showed trails of the slight frost that had been felt twice during the winter. At this point we were fired with the ambition to go still further south and pene- trate the beautiful but little known region of Lake Worth. ; From Jupiter two routes lay open to us, the outside via Jupiter Inlet, through the breakers, and down the coast ten miles to Lake Worth Inlet, and the inside, through a series of the most bewildering creeks, penetrating the vast saw grass swamps that lie between the coast and Lake Okeechobee. With a breeze from the west or north- west the outside passage could be easily and safely made; but at this season the southeast trades that blow so steadily all summer had al- most set in and it seemed impossible for the wind to blow from any r direction. Se aothan boat containing two men was about to attempt the laby- rinthine passage of the saw grass, and we decided to accompany #. The distance was fifteen miles, and after three days of desperate work, and two nights spent in our boats, amid the wild solitudes ot the saw grass, we accomplished it, and reached our goal, Lake Worth, the most beautiful spo* in Florida. : Here the lightest frost, the faintest breath of winter, is unknown. Here the India rubber tree. grows in stately luxuriance, cocoa nuts, pineapples, guavas, sapodillas, mangoes. and an infinity of tropical fruits, are among the ordinary products of the soil, The surrounding forests abound in game, the lake teems’ with the finest fish, among OF THE ALLI- | which the toothsome pompano is pre-eminent, and the ocean beach —_ = — a Apri 24, 1884.] FOREST AND STREAM. O57 eee SS SsSs—w@»<_»_0» 00—D wa oom a s strewn with such a variety of tropical shells as would drive a con- -chologist wild with oo ae j Here we camped and reyelled in tropical surroundings for two weeks, Then wéleft the Alligator with our tent and all our camp outfit in readiness for next year’s cruise, and on board the schooner that makes bi-weekly trips between Lake Worth and Jacksonville bape to our point of departure well satisfied with our winter's work. A point definitely and satisfactorily settled by the crew of the ANli- vega on this cruise is that at least one honorary lady member of the . GC, A, enters into the pleasures and endures the hardships of genuine camping and smail-boat cruising with as much zest, hearti- ness and pluck as her more masculine associates, and she makes solemn declaration that she will never be left at home again when a similar expedition is to be undertaken by her husband. 0. K, CHOBEE. THE CHART LOCKER. VI.—WINNIPISEOGEE AND MERRIMACK RIVERS. ‘Ww. H. N.” will find plenty of water in both of these rivers any time in June. But look out for logs, as the annual driye is due about that time, The Winnipiseogee is obstructed by innumerable dams, and the wise canoeist will transport his craft from Tilton four miles aeross country to Franklin, where the Pemigewasset and Winnipi- seogee unite to form the Merrimack. Sewall’s Falls, above Concord, easily run; Garvin’s Falls, three miles below, are the worst on the river, half mile carry; short carry around Hooksett dam, then nine miles slack water to Manchester; look out for Amoskeag dam above bridge; carry through city; five miles of rapids to Goff's Falls; can berun, but care must be used; run Reed's and Cromwell's Falls; clear water Nashua to Lowell; canal through city. or better, carry around Pawtucket dam and rapids below: Hun’ts Falls, a half-mile series of easy rapids, below city; take canal through Lawrence; strong current, passing through Mitchell’s Falls to Haverhill at the head of tide water, then broad and open water to the sea at New- buryport, The lower half of the Merrimack is the prettiest for cruising, and some of the choicest bits are found between Lovell and Lawrence, where it is proposed to hold a local meet for Eastern canuoeists early in June, Don’t-miss It. CLYTIE. THE GALLEY FIRE. CANOE AND CAMP COOKERY. Il,— SOUPS. i Pye the canoeist the canned soups are the handiest, and can be prepared in a very short time by following the directions printed on every can. But for the general camper, whose room for luggage is not limited toa boat 14x30, I submit afew instructions on soups that may be useful. The time given for cooking soups in the recipes below may seem unnecessarily long, but if it is done in a less time, it is at a loss in the flayor. Wast boiling drives off considerable of the aroma of the in- gredients used, the water evaporates fast and requires constant re- plenishing with boiling water, which compels the cook to haye an ad- ditional vessel always on the fire. Constant skimming is necessary, and an occasional slight stirring will prevent any of the vegetables from burning on the pot where but little water is used, Campers do not commonly have fresh meat in camp, unless in a portion of the country where venison, buffalo or bear meat form a part of the larder. With any one of these, or with beef, we can make what I will call Meat Soup.—Use one pound of lean meat to a.quart of water. Put on thedire with the water cold, and let it heat gradually and simmer rather than boil, skimming it constantly and keeping the cover on the pot when this operation is not being performed. If any cooked meat or bones are to be added, this should be done after the soup has cooked three-quarters of an hour. From five and a half to six hours are necessary for the soup to cook. Just before it is done, season with salt and pepper, If made in an iron pot it should be transferred a as soonas done to a tin or earthen vessel. In cold weather this soup may be kept fresh and sweet for a week, and “warmed over” as long as it lasts. Vegetable Soup.—Onions, potatoes, carrots, turnips, beats, pars- ‘nips, cabbage, cauliflower, pumpkins, squash, ete,, should be picked over, washed, pared, and cut into small pieces from a quarter to a half inch thick, put intoa pan of cold water, rinsed and drained. Tomatoes should be sealded, peeled and sliced, Prepare a meat soup as above, and when it has cooked four hours put in all your vegetables except potatoes, which should be put in only about thirty minutes before the soupis done, Stir the soup occasionally to pre- yent the vegetables from seorching or sticking to the bottom of the pot, and skim frequently, When done take out the vegetables, mash and return them to the soup, boil one minute, season and serve. Canned corn or tomatoes may be used in this soup the same as fresh vegetables, Deer's Head Soup.—Skin the head and split it in pieces, remove the eyes and brains and wash thoroughly in cold water. Then cook same asin meatsoup. Squirels, rabbits, and small game generally can be cleaned and splitand made into soup as above. When vegetables are added to soup made of small game, the latter should be remeved and strained, and the good meat returned to the pot just before the vege- tables are put in, leaving out all the bones, skin, gristle, etc. Tomato Sowp,—Mix one tablespoonful of flour and a piece of but- ter the size of an egg into asmooth paste, and chop one onion fine. Prepare three pounds of tomatoes as for vegetable soup (the same amount of canned tomatoes may be used) and put all the ingredients with a teaspoonfulof salt into three pints of cold water. Boil gently for an hour, stirring frequently enough to dissolve th®tomatoes and prevent burning. then stir in one pint of boiled milk, and let it come again to a boil, constantly stirring. Season and serve. Rice Soup.—Make a meat soup, with the addition of one sliced onion. Prepare the rice (one-half pound toa gallon of water) by pick- ing it over, washing and draining. and stir it into the soup half an hour before it is done, stirring frequently to prevent burning. Bean Soup.—Pick over two quarts of beans, wash, and soak them over night in cold water, Scrapeclean oné pound of salt pork, and eut into thin slices. Drain the beans, put them into six quarts of cold water, with one tablespoonful of soda, and let them boil gently for half an hour, skimming constantly. Then drain off all the waver and pul in the same amount of fresh boiling water. Boil slowly for an our and a half, stirring frequently; then putin the pork. When the beans have become tender enough to crack, take out the pork and mash the beans into a paste with a wooden masheror the bottom of a large bottle. Then put all back and boil slowly an hour longer. If no soda is used, longer boiling will be necessary. Bean soup will burn ifnot constantly stirred. Not much salt, but plenty of pepper should be used for seasoning. Pea Soup.—Treat the peas exactly the same as the beans in the above recipe, except as to the preliminary boiling in water with soda. Make the same way as bean soup. Pea soup cools and thickens rapidly, therefore if squares of fried bread are thrown upon the sur- face betore serving. it should be done quickly and while the bread is hot. Use more salt than with the bean soup for seasoning, and boil gently or it will surely burn. Onion Soup—Put three tablespoonfuls of butter in a frying-pan, cut six large onions in slices, and stir them into the butter over the fire till they begin to cook. Thea cover tight and set them where they will simmer slowly for halfan hour. Puta quart of milk with a tablespoonful of butter onto boil, and while this is doing stir into the onions a tablespoonful of flour while they are simmering, Turn the mixture into the boiling milk and cook quarter of an hour, seasoning withsalt and pepper. If an old tin pan is handy that you can use for the purpose, the soup will be improved by knocking small holes in the bottom of the pan, thus making a colander, and straining the soup through it, afterward adding the well-beaten yolks of four eggs and cooking three minutes longer. Oyster Sowp.—Put a gallon of milk and half a pound of butter into the pot and heat gradually. When hot, stir in the strained liquor of two quarts of oysters, very gradually, to prevent the milk from curd- ling, then one pound of crushed crackersgpr bread crumbs, When it has come to a boil put in the oysters (two quarts), and let it cook till the ae of the oysters curl up, when it should be seasoned and served, Clam Sowp.—Exactly the same as above, using clams instead of oysters. ; Mud Turtle Soup.—At Lake View Point, Onondaga Lake, I was once regaled with an excellent soup made of rar ap Eee or “mud turtles.” Unfortunately I did not obtain the recipe, but hare written to a friend who may be able to get it of the cook, “french Fred”? Ganier, and if obtained. it willbe given in a future aper. co ext week's discourse dietetic will bé on the subject of “Wish,”’ SENTOA, THAT SNEAKBOX AGAIN. Editor Forest and Stream: E Tf I can possibly have a 124 sneakbox in stock at the time of the A.C. A, meet in August, I will have it at the Thousand Islands, and give the ‘‘boys” a chance to compare it with the canoe if we get wind enough, I have heard that they will live where nothing else can, and L know the canoe will live where much larger craft dare not venture. Ihave been under paddle in a 1016ft.x26in. canoe, where it troubled an 18ft.x4ft. Whitehall open boat to keep free Trom water. Call Dr. Heighway as the next witness; he took a very rough sail down Lake Ontario in a 15ft.X3lin, Princess two years ago, and [ think found out just about how much wind and water such 4 canoe could live in. J. H, Ruspron, Canton, N. Y. PELICAN C. C.—Twenty gentlemen met at Young's Hotel, Boston, on the 16th of April, and organized the Pelican ©. C., owning ten canoes. The following officers were elécted: Commodore, Wayne H. North, Boston; Vice-Commodore, ©. C, Osgood, Geonr eva: Mass. ; Secretary, b. J. Bowen, Boston; Treasurer, C. E. Symms, Medford, Mass.; Directors. William P. MeMullan, Biddeford, Me., Arthur Y. King, Boston: G. A. Holland, Medford, Mass. The club burgee adopted was white maltese cross on red ground. its size 1ix20in. One of the most enjoyable features of the evening was a banquet, the center piece on the table being a small canoe of bireh bark filled with beautiful flowers. This was floating on a miniature lake with banks of flowers. A canoe of ice was served resting on a sea of spun sugar, and was very palatable as well as artistic. Com- mittees were appointed to lay out cruises, ete. THE ROCHESTER C. C.—At the annual meeting, held April 8, elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Captain, Frank P. Andrews; Mate, Edwin M. Gilmore; Purser, Matt Angle; Executive Committee, Geo. H. Harris, Herbert J. Wilson, Fred W. Storms, The constitution was amended, abolishing the cumbersome titles of com- modore, vice-commodore and secretary-treasurer, and substituting captain, mate and purser in their place. The new club house on Iron- dequoit Bay, a two-story structure, 16x34, will be occupied early in May. Several new canoes are being built for the fleet. Itis the in- tention of the club to hold a regatta when warm weather sets in. Communications have passed between the Toronto Club and the Rochesters, lookiag toward a local meet.—MarTrT ANGLE. N.Y. Y. C.—Mr. Stokes, in the Will o’ the Wisp, in company with Mr. Taylor, in the Hiawatha, made the first trip of the season—a run around Staten Island—leaying the club house at 6 A. M. on Saturday and reaching West Brighton at 7:30 P, M., haying sailed down the Bay and paddled against tide and wind up from Perth Amboy- NEW YORK STILL AHEAD.—The secretary of the Knickerbocker C. C. writes under date of April 14: ‘Had the pleasure of lugging one of our men from the (semi) briny depth of the Hudson on Friday last, after the first upset of the season.’”’ The _N. Y. C.C, had their first upset on Thursday, April10, Try again, Knickerbockers, APT. FARRAR’S NEw Boox.—We are informed that Capt. Charles A. J. Farrar, well known to many of our readers, has a new book in press, entitled ‘Wild Woods Life; or, A Trip to Parmachenee,”’ which will be published early in May by Lee & Shepard, Boston, The story is written in the same pleasant style that characterizes all of the Captain's works. The retail price of the book will be $1,50, and orders for il may be sent to this offiee, which will be filled as soon as the books are out of the bindery. OMEOPATH CE VETERINA CS FOR THE CURE OF ALL DISEASES OF Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs & Poultry. For Twenty Years Humphreys’ Veterinary Specifics have been used by Farmers, Stock- breeders, Horse B.R.,Travel’'g Hippodromes JUMPHREYS RY GZ _As Sizes Will hold creel. Menageries and others with perfect success. Fever, Spinal Meningitis, Hog Cholera, 75c. .B. Cures Founder, Sayin Stiffness, V5c. ©.C, Cures Distemper, Nasal Discharges, 7T5c,. bad DD, Cures Bots or Grubs, Worms,- - - 75c. 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Is waterproof, and ean be kept perfectly clean and g Retail customers willsave us agreat deal of unneces- 5 sary correspondence, if they willremember our rule, that Rail orders received from persons Scie) dealers keep a full line of our goods wil ABBEY & IMBRIE, Manufacturers of Every Description of Fine Fishing Tackle, 48 Maiden Lane, N. Y. A 9 12 20 = =Ibs. of fish. in cities in which not be filled at any | SILK WORM GUT. | =. DATASA, 33 Broadway, N. Y., Calls the attention of the trade and dealers in fishing tackle to his extensive assortment ot and extra long, and from Extra Heayy Salmon Sample thousand, 10 different grades, from extra heavy to fine, $5.00, Valencia Silk Worm Gut in all grades, lon Gut to Extra Fine. For price list address F. LATASA, 81 New St., Rooms 43 & 45, N. Y. Fishing Tackle. Whereas, i hoe era notice that some Ro ds ] Reels, Lines ) Arti- ficial Baits OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Harrison's Celebrated Fish Hook, Registered. unprincipled house, to gain their own unworthy ends, and to attempt damage our good name haying spread reports to the effect that the manu- facturers of the above hooks are defunct, we now take this opportunity of informing the American and British public that such reports are utterly false. The same efficient staff. of workpeople is employed as heretofore, and we challenge the world to produce a fish hook for excellence 180£t,, $1.50; 240ft., $1.75: nickel plated, 50 cts. extra, ackage. wisted Leaders, 3 length, 5 cts.; Flies, $1.00 re doz. Trout and Bly Rods, 1 catalogue. t Marster’s celebrated Hooks snelled on Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, O'Shaughnessy, Kinsey, Aberdeeen, Single gut. 12 cts, per doz.; double, 20 cts. Single Gut Trout and Black SAS. F. MARSTEHRS, 55 Court Street, Brooklyn. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER OF Eine BF'ishingsge Vack le. First Quality Goods at lower prices than any other house in America. Brass iether Reels with Balance Handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120ft,, $1.25; 300£t., $2.00; 450ft., $2.25; GO0Lt., $2.5 Amy of the aboy i 26 cts. extra; nickel plated; 50 cts. extra. Brags Click Reale, 20: Rb ct S0yds. 7 ete: dvds, $100) ds., 50 ets.; 80yds., 75 cts.; 60yds,, $1.00; ut, Limerick, Kirby Limerick, meak Bent, and all other hooks. er doz.; treble, 30 cts. per doz.; put up one-half dozen in a ass Leaders. lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds,, 10 cts.; 8yds., 15 cts. Double é treble twisted, 3 length, 10 cts. Trout Flies, 60 cts, per doz. Black Bass lack Bass Bait Rods, 9ft. long, $1.25 to $5.00. Trout and Black Bass t. long, $4.50 to $10.00. Also forty-eight different styles of rods for all kinds of fishiv props of hooks, leaders, etc., sent by mail on receipt of price in money orstamp. Send stamp ~ Established 20 years. Open Evenings. J. F'. MARSTERS, 55 Court St., Brooklyn. ane Ww IN © CH ’s Patent Perfect” Brass Shells, MANUFACTURED BY of temper, beauty and finish in any way to approach ours, which are to be obtained from the most respectable wholesale houses in the trade. Signed, R. HARRISON, BARTLEET & GO., Sole manufacturers of Harrison’s Celebrated Fish Hooks, Redditch, England. (December, 1882.) Manufacturers also of Fishing Tackle of every discription. Sewing and Sewing Machine Needles, Buy Allen's Brass-Shell Swage. _ Y¥otcan swage a shell to its original size in one eet aaa pl, ae eal pues s o more ro iy or sale by e, al F,A. RLLEN, Monmouth, ll. A ia vt KYNOCH & CO., Birmingham, Eng. These shells are made of extra fine thin pliable metal, with reinforced base: are adapted i Winchester or Wesson No.2 primers. Can be reloaded.as often as any of the thicker Seer rae only about half as much. Weight less than paper shells. They shoot stronger and closer, and admit of a heavier charge, as owing to the. thin metal, inside diameter is nearly two gauges larger, Load Same as any brass shells, using wads say two sizes larger than gauge of shells. Or can be effectually crimped with tool and straighten out to original shape when discharged. The crimping teol also acts as a reducer, an advantage which will be appreciated by all experienced sportsmen, shells will be mailed (without charge) to any sportsmen’s club or dealer, only. For sale in any quantity by gun dealers generally, not less than one dozen, by HERMANN BOKER’ & CO., Sole American Agents, ‘101 & 103 Duane Street, New York, Flies for all Waters. Special patterns tied to order. : Sample ‘ and prices quoted to the trade or shells in case lots only, (2,000), and ecrimpers * —— APPLBION & MITCHPIELE, 304 Washington St., Boston, Mass, 258 FOREST AND STREAM. a [Arr 4, 1884. STORILDERYING. WINDMILL. ails om Yor pumping water for rural residesces, foun- tains and fish ponds. A. J. CORCORAN, 76 John street, New York City. SOM E THING NEW. Sportsman's Fishing or Camping Tents WITH AWNING, And if desired, a portable curtain to close tent at night, or in storms. These tents are made of best waterproof goods, rendered mildew-proof at slight extra cost. Also tents of all kinds, flags, banners, etc. Yacht and boat sails. Send for illustrated circular. Address S. HEMMENWAY, 60 South street. Factory, 39 South street, New York City. Hornbeam Rods A SPECIALTY. W. HUNTINGTON, WILTON, CONN., Makes a specialty of the manufacture of FINE HAND-MADE RODS of Hornbeam for fly-fishing. Every fly-fisher should have one of these rods, for whatever preference he may haye these are the only thoroughly reliable rods, secure against break- age and capable of real hard usage. With one of these rods a sportsman may venture into the woods for aseason and take no other rod, and be fairly sure of returning with it in serviceable condition. As made from weod of my own cutting and seasen- ing, they are powerful, easy in action and full of endurance. For circular send to WALLACE HUNTINGTON as above. = rgé IU.~-7 Great Western — ‘= = S Catalogue free, > GunWorks, Pittsburgh,Pasae Gunmakers’ Receipt Book and Workshop Companion. This work contains many invaluable receipts and much yaluable information for Gunsmiths and Mechanics in general. It was written by a practi- cal mechanic, and tells the processes in plain words. Every artisan, inventor, farmer, mechanic and tradesman shuuld haveacopy. Browning, stain- ing, varnishing, tempering, annealing, blueing, ease-hardening, soldering, tinning, brazing, plat- ing, laquering, etc., and a great many new and original processes never before put in print. The Book is Worth its Weight in Gold. PRICE, 75 CENTS, POSTPAID. 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LITTLE & BALLANTYNE, SEED GROWERS AND NURSERYMEN, CARLISLE, ENGLAND. Samples, Prices and Catlogues free on application, FSTERBROO! “PENS PENS Leading Nos; 14, 048, 130, 333, 161, For Sale by all Stationers. HE ESTERBROOK STEEL PEN Co@., Works, Camden, N. J. 26 John St., New York. THE SETTER, —BY— LAVERACK, With colored illustrations. Price, postpaid, $8.75 FOR SALE BY THE Forest and Stream Publishing Go, Vic. WAN / ¥ akers. By mail2ic, O 14 . W ireuls: A MERTOAN THA CO. 6 | SOLD fre Sa bisen k o..0 Dey Bis NY OUR NEW MODEL THREE BARREL PRICE, $75 TO $250. : Send for Illustrated Catalogue. This gun is light and compact, from 9 to 10 lbs, weight. The rifle is perfectly accurate, i. C. SMITH, Maker, Syracuse, N.Y. Antelope and Deer of America. —BY— JOHN DEAN CATON, LL.D. This work is the most important publication ever printed on the subject. See subject is a capitalone. These animals are the most interesting of all our American _ It takes a deer hunter to write of deer; and he must brine to the work the same enthu- siasm that prompts him to carry the rifle day in and day out in pursuit of the game. There is no need of Judge Caton’s telling us in the preface that deer hunting has always been his favorite diversion, for the reading of his book shows us that, : The characteristic of the book is that itis, all the way through, a statement of facts which have been learned by the most patient and industrious study of these animals. Jucge Caton has for many years kept in domestication the American antelope and all of the American deer, save the moose and the two species of the caribou. The chapters are devoted to the following: The Antelope, Moose, Elk, Woodland Caribou, Reindeer, Mule Deer, Columbia Black-tailed Deer, Virginia Deer, Barren-ground Caribou, Reindeer Acapu'co Deer, ; . “The Antelope and Deer of America” is a large volume of 426 pages, illustrated with more than fifty illustrations (most of them from photographs), bound in cloth, The former publishers sold the book for $4.00. We have reduced the price from $4 to $2.50. Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 39 Park Row, New York. i TARGET FALLS AND BALL PIGEONS. New and Superior to all others. Sample barrel of the New Ball and a handsome silver badge sent to any address for $3.00, The Moyer ‘*Ball Pigeon’’ and trap will be ready about April15. Trap, $15; Pigeons, $18 per M. Any club desiring to test the new ball thoroughly we will send 1000 for $5, after which the regular price will be inflexible at $9 per M. 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Advertisements should be sent in by the Saturday previous to issue in which they are to be inserted. Transient advertisements must invariably be accompanied by the money or they will not be inserted. Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Nos, 29 anp 40 Park Row. New York Crry. CONTENTS. THE KENNEL. The New York Dog Show. Retrievers. American English Beagle Club. St. Louis Dog Show. EDITORIAL. Dynamite Guns. Yacht Measurement in the East. An Elk Hunt. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Charleston to Cape Roman. Where the Bung 'Tree Grows. NATURAL HISTORY, Application of Trinomial No- menclature to Zoology. Deer in the Adirondacks. Game Bag anv Gun, The Woodeock. The Performance of Shotguns. Michigan Notes. Life Saving Crew Gunners. Concerning Robins. Major Joseph Verity. Long Island Game Protection. Air Resistance. Sea AND RIVER FISHING. Opening of the Maine Season. Non-Sporting Dogs. *Ware the Beagle. English Kennel Notes. Kennel Management. Kennel Notes. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallery. The Trap. CANOEING. Mohican ©. C. The Mohicans of Albany. The Chart Locker. Wisconsin Rivers. The Log Book. : Caloosahatchee River Lake Okeechobee. A Local Meet at Lake George. and For New York Anglers. Fly-Books. Dowels and Reel Seats. Draining the Androscoggins. Amateur Canoe Building, —xry. YACHTING. A Fine Yacht. International Amateur Channel FISHCULTURE, Match. American Fisheultural Associ-| A Bit of Real Yachting. ation, New England Y. R. A. The New York Fish Commission Nyssa. Fishculture in Colorado. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. YAOHT MEASUREMENT IN THE EAST. CORRESPONDENT informs us that the sentiment among the representatives of the New England Y. R. A. was in favor of the Seawanhaka sail area and length tule for the measurement of large yachts, But the greater simplicity of gauging by plain length was considered in- ducement enough to apply that method to the small boats, which constitute the great majority of the racers in Eastern waters, where many of the entries still are ‘open boats.” The association also realized the necessity of proposing a rule which would not cause dissension at the outset, hence the recommendation of the plan hitherto generally fellowed by the various local clubs in their individual capacity. This is well enough, perhaps, for the time being, though we had wished for reformatory legislation at the outset. As the average tonnage of racing yachts is destined to grow very fast all over the country, the association may in the future see fit to proclaim the sail area and Jength rule for the larger classes and confine simple length measurement to open boats, as if ought to. If this aspect of the matter is kept in view, the association may be trusted to introduce the desired modi- fication when the proper time arrives in its opinion. The danger we foresee. in such a course is the liability to crys- tallize a makeshift into a permanent custom, as even large yachts built under a plain length rule will be so big on their Joadline and so heavily sparred that vested interests in the future may become too strong to be forced to a return of an equitable-policy under which other styles shall receive jus- tice, and that in effect racing yachts will become such ex- pensive and unwieldy affairs as to steadily differentiate the huge racer from the economically-formed cruiser more and more every year, much to the detriment of the whole sport. When that time arrives, as it is sure to do, no one can blame us for not having clearly pointed out the drift events are bound to take in ample time to head off the consequences. Only one particular style of yacht can flourish under length measurement, and we question the policy of forcing experi- ment and custom into one narrow rut by “prejudicial legislation, ee thie DEFEHAT OF THE NEW HNGLAND BILL. HE defeat of the proposed game law by the Massachu- setts House of Representatives is disgraceful from the position in which it puts that State with the rest of New ‘England. A convention was held carly in the season in Boston, and it was well attended by delegates representing the best fish and game protective interests of the other New England States. A code of game laws was decided upon as best fitting the wants of New England, and delegates agreed that if Massachusetts would lead off and adopt the new code, they would see that each of their own States did the same. The bill passed the Massachusetts Senate without opposition, and its chances were just as good in the House. But the market interest in Bosten predominates. The shrewd Yankees under Faneuil Hall and in and about Faneuil Hall Market, would willingly see the last quail, the last woodcock, the last partridge or deer that the woods were ever to bestow, brought to their doors, provided the chance appeared to make a dime or a dollar upon it. Indeed, these tradesmen are greatly disturbed because the game laws of Maine lave stopped their selfish traffic from that direction. The proposed universal game law for New England—one of the best game bills ever drafted—frightened them. They tried dining and wining the members of the committee and of the Senate. Here they failed; but there were members of the House found to be more readily gullible. 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PACH Gy 9 PH pec ah aan Epes 43 43 42 48 46-217 |G Hall SHON” OLIeaE ee Ee At 400yds.—With carbine, 15 shots, average .6914 per cent.; with | JH Bird... 1. dd. AS” AS ds a8 ote) eae ter Ae tare cr oer tes a 101119 th : ; ips] tS 9 aan ae SPC EDT 111001111. 1011.11.10 0» 4111119 rifie, 10 shots, average 96 per cent. JF Stetson, ......- 2... see eee teehee reese ees 43 43 42 44 44-216 | 4 Q Goud........ ele 101111001 1111 0110 01 «= 0111-4 _At 500yds.—With carbine, 20 shots, average 54 per cent.; with rifle, a aee bette te easee eres et tere eeer seen eeee ase ee rs z ri ems aE FRCS 3-14 og ale 1*01110111 11 0011 11 10 0001116 25 shots, average 70.4 per vent. Sey RAR Lt he Reka ane Le 43 43 43 42 43214 A D Hall....... Brady NAS 1*0001*110 = 00: 01 01 10 11 | 1101-14 At 600yds.—With carbine, 55 shots, average 56 per cent.; with rifle,|~ =~ Beginners’ Match. a a aera seta sas 7 A oom FOREST AND STREAM. Saunders first, eens second, Snow and Lewis third; second, 10 birds, Snow first Hopkins second, Wemyss and Brown third; third, 5 birds. Short and Lewis first, Scott_ second, Brown third: fourth, 6 birds 21yds. straight way, Hopkins first, Brown and Adams second Seott and Lewis third; fifth, five birds, Hopkins first, Adams and Ellsworth second, Scott and Lewis third, Sanborn and, Snow fourth; sixth, 3 Ss, Hopkins and Saunders first, Short and Snow second, Ellsworth and Adams third; seventh, 5 birds, Binden first, Brown and Saunders second, Adams third; eighth, 5 birds, Saunders and aon first, Scott second, Adams and Ellsworth third; ninth, 7 balls, Adams and Ellsworth first, Saunders and Short second, inden and Snow third; tenth, 5 balls, Snow and Hopkins first, Lewis and Brown second; Elisworth third; eleventh, 5 birds, Hopkins and Short first, Saunders and Brown second, Adams and Scott third; twelfth, cup match, Buffum, 6, 6, 6; Wemyss, 5, 6, 5; Hopkins, 6. _PROVIDENCE, R. I., May 5.—The following are the scores for the three last weekly shoots for the Ligowsky State championship badge, wl shot upon the grounds of the Narragansett Gun Club, at 25 clay- pigeons from five traps, 1loyds. rise. April 17—W.H, Sheldon 24, BE. Tinker 23, BE. 8. Luther 22, ©, B. Payne 22, C. H. Brown 21, Geo. Barney 21, F, B. Tingley 18, Isaiah Barney 18, C. B. Potter 17, S. D. Greene 16, W. G. Crandall 15, (, C. Gray 14, H. D. Mathewson 14. W. H. Sheldon won for the third time, fue: April 24.—E. W. Tinker 22, Geo, J. Crandall 22, J. B. Valentine 21, W.H. Sheldon 20, H. D. Mathewson 20, C. B. Payne 19, C. H, Brown 18, C. B. Potter 15, G. F. Butts 15, H. Salisbury 13. Mr. E, W, Tinker wen on the tie by breaking 4 to Grandall’s 3, out of 5, making 8 times that Mr. Tinker has won this badge, May 1.—W. H. Sheldon 21, C. F, Baldwin 20, G. ¥. Butts 20, KE. W. Tinker 20, H. D. Mathewson 19, Geo. Anthony 18, F. O, EROS Oe. 18, ©. 0. Gray 17, C. B, Potter, 16,5. D. Greene 15, F. Hoard 8, hei Sheldon wins badge for fourth time.—_W. H. 58. Hachting. FIXTURES. May 18,—Eclipse Y. C., Opening Cruise. May 24.—Oswego Y. C., Opening Cruise, May 24.—Boston Y. C,, Opening Cruise. May 28.—Quincy Y, C., First Match. May 30.—icnickerbocker Y. C., Spring Matches. May 380.—Atlantie Y. C., Opening Cruise. May 30.—Newark Y. C,. Spring Match. May 30.—South Boston Y, C,, Spring Match, 30.—City Point Mosquito Fleet, 13 and 15ft, boats. 30.—New Haven Y. U., Opening Cruise, y 31.—Boston Y.C., First Match,Connor and Commodore's cups. June 9.—Portland Y. C., Challenge Cup. June 9,—Savannah Y, C., Opening Cruise, June 10.—Atlantie Y, C., Annual Match. June 11-—Hudson River Y. C,, Annual Match. June 12,—New York Y. C., Annual Matches. June 14.—Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. O,, Annual Matches. June 16.—Kast River Y. C., Annual Matches, June 16.—Newark Y¥. C., Open Match. June 19.—New Jersey Y, C., Annual Match. June 21.—Hull ¥. C.. Pennant Mateh. June 23.—Newark Y. C., Open Matches. June 24.—New Haven Y. C., Spring Match. June 28,—Boston Y. C., Ladies’ Day, June 30.—Manhattan Y. C., Annual Cruise. dune 30.—Eclipse Y, C., Spring Match. dune 30.—Quincy Y. C., Second Match. July 4—Larchmont Y. ©.,gnnual Open Matches, July 4—Hull Y. C., Review and Cruise, five days. J uly 9.—Beverly Y. C., Marblefead, First Championship. J 12.—Boston Y, C., Second Club Match. * HARDLY CORRECT. A WELL vwritten letter from London last week in the Herald con- yeyed the impression that the new Scotch yawl Wendur’s decks were too narrow to carry sufficient crew to work her racing sails to adyantage. We hayeit on the best authority that no such trouble was found with her at all. and that if the erew ever was ‘‘pumped,” it was simply from too much work, just as crews often get pumped in broad boats. Wendur’s crew always mustered the customary num- ber of hands, and more would only have been in each other’s way. The same letter from London says such boats are very wet in a cross sea, This is opposed to recent experiences in the Leen, a 534 beam cutter, for she proved herself especially dry under the worst circum- stances, and it is a fact known all over the world that the six-beam _Jullanar is about the ‘'dryest’® yacht ever floated. It seems evident zthe letter in quéstion was prepared to suit the supposed American palate, But we haye already learnt better in America, and decline ste hoist aboard any taffy, even when coming from an apparently 2g00d source. Enough will be seen of the Ileen this season for those Shill in the dark about narrow boats to discover their real merits. The Wendur is 91.5x17.7, according to Lloyds, and that means about 90ft. L.W.L., so that she is; little more than a five-beam boat, or, gauged by other racers, such as Vanduara and Samoena, she is mot a particularly narrow boat, and we hear nothing about too little deck room aboard her sister vessels. One foot more or less beam miakes quite a difference in the preportieg of beam to length, but _€annot possibly have any practical bearing upou handling the sails. The 40-tonners race without trouble on 11 to 12ft,. so Wendur is well oif with more than 17ft., which, considered by itself,is very good breadth, and a crew which cannot work in 1/ft. could accomplish nothing mere on 25fb. The fact is, Wendur proved herself a very smart boat, and the London critics merely seek to quibble and find fault because sheis not a South of England production. If she did not win as often as others, it was more owing to her tonnage, which unfits her for class racing, as the smaller yachts find their weather much oftener than a big vessel of 125 tons. RACING IN ENGLAND. comparative beam of a gunKten of a century ago, but the general balance of evidence tends to show that for any given tonifage a well- RS ted of a century it was cousidered that four and a hajg beams o Ape ae es ment, rig and si seein carean ts ‘ cheaper than a beamy one of like length, supposio hoth to be equally first-class in évery respect. Witness the cost of a 30x5f6. Chitty wee of 1itons displacement and — sq: ft. of sail,and a 30 10Et. Tfchen boat like Keepsake. with 15 tons displacement and sq. ft. of sail. The latter has the depth and draft of the former, with ‘larger displacement, beam and vig. topsides. deck, ete., and is bound a to be more costly, and requires a larger crew to race. f No, the real reason why we see so few entries in English matches is not the first cost of narrow cutters, but simply the outrageous handi- cap the present ¥. R, A. rule imposes without reason upon beam, making it perfectly futile for the beamy boats to appear at the line, saddled with ten to fifty per cent, more tonnage than they really possess in competition with narrow boats having ten to fifty per cent. greater tonnage then they are assessed for, Abolish the Y. R. A. rule and substitute sail area and length, and then the beamy and narrow boats will be put approximately on an eyen footing, and the broader yachts will at once put in an appearance again at the races. ESTIMATING DISPLACEMENT. Editor Forest and Stream: : F In your paper of April 24, you give the displacement of the cruising schooner Gaetina as 13 short tons. Her L.W.L. is 35rt., her beam 1)14ft., draft at heel 6ft. Will you please give the rule by which you get the displacement, as this only gives a co-efficient 0.25, and she is a pretty full boat. Qass. For ah approximate estimate of displacement of a tolerably full boat, the co-efficient is about 0.88 or one-third the circumscribed parallelogram of the three cardinal dimensions. In case of Gaetina it is 85x10, the beam on L.W.L. to outside of plank, and that agam multiplied by 3ft. 6in., the depth from L.W.L. to lower edge of rabbet on midship section =1,225, One-third of this, or 408, will be the dis- placement in cubie feet, which at 64/bs. per cubic foot, represents an approximate displacement of 26.112lbs., or say 13 short tons, For exact displacement the application of Simpson’s rule to the sections in detail would be necessary, as explained in '‘Kemp’s Yacht Design- ing” or in works on naval architecture. Gaetina is a little full about the sections, but has a lean after end, so that her co-efficient is prob- ably not over 0.33,] FLORINDA’S GREAT TRIUMPH. ‘Ole: report of the Nice regatta was from special sourees, not in- fluenced by any preference for English yachts. We now quote the conclusions of the London Feld on the trial between the English yawl Florinda and the Boston schooner Gitana, The Field expresses @ very positive conviction, which coincides exactly with our own; “The result was highly satisfactory to the admirers of the English type of yacht, as Florinda on every point of sailing showed 4 very decided superiority over Gitana.”” Again, in speaking of the sailing the first day, the Field says: ‘“Florinda soon overhauled Dauntless and luffing sharp up on Gitana’s weather in grand style took her place in the van. Florinda steadily increased her lead and at the end of the second round the times of finish were as under: Florinda 3.35.32 and Gitana 4.06.58, Dauntless having given up.’ Of the sec- ond day’s race, the Field says: ‘Dauntless was an absentee, appar- ently thinking she had no chance of winning a prize. Florinda and Gitana were soon leading the fleet, and the former was leaving the latter even faster than she did on the previous day. * * * Florinda was showing Gitana how she could march out to windward, and had a long lead when she weathered the eastern mark and set her spin- naker for therun home, * * * Flormda was steadily increasing her Iead, when ultimately the wind died away and Gitana and the small eraft closed up, * * The times at the finish were for Flo- rinda 5.28.14 and for Gitana 5.35.04." BALLAST WHIPS BEAM. UR reports of the Nice International, sailed April 15 and 16, are yery disagreeable reading. They announce the complete dis- comfiture of our two crack schooners, Dauntless and Gitana, by the English yacht Florinda, But for the rig prize given to schooneérs the first day, our yessels would have come away empty-handed. The easy Manner in which Florinda polished off sur schooners, even after allowing them a deduction of their tonnage for difference of rig, an allowance not granted by our home elubs, is the latest testimony to the fallacious dogmas upon which our yacht-building practice rests, Not only did Florinda exhibit superiority of a very marked kind, but she did it with a rig only two-thirds as large as those of our schooners compared to their loadline lengths. If we refuse to take to heart these signal defeats at Nice. the consequences will be upon the heads of those responsible for blinding our people to the truth, that in the building of fast yachts we have been left far in the wake of our cousins. What show would we have against a Wendur or even against Florinda herself in the light of the experienees at Nice? The races were sailedin ‘‘our weather,” mild winds and smooth water, and if, under such conditions, the English yacht can overmatch us from a ees to half an hour, what would she not do in a slogger, with pile- riving ina head sea? The triumph of Florinda will be hailed with- delight by all who wish to see the best type carry the day. With us the nationality of the competitors has no weight or meaning. We know Flerinda to be a very stiff, able, and exceedingly roomy yacht of handy rig, m every way and on eyery count preferable to the schooners whose pretensions to speed she so signally demolished. Hence we rejoice in her victories, and insist that unless we take a fresh departure from such ringing defeats as our vessels have’ sus- tained, the futere for our glory in yachting Jooks dark. NEW YORK Y. C. 2 SECRETARY'S OFFICE, ) Club House, 67 Madison Avenue, May 1, 1884. { OMMODORBE BENNETT instructs me to state that he offers the following prizes to be competed for by steam and sailing yachts during the New York Y. ©. cruise in August next: ‘ No.1. A cup of the yalue of $1,000 to the steam yacht winning with time allowance. No.2. A cup of the value of $1,000 to the steam yacht making the shortest time over the course. No. 3. A cup of the value of $500 to the steam yachtarriving second without allowance of time. The above race to be over a course of not less than sixty statute miles, and no race unless five vessels start. No.4. Cups of the value of $500 each to two classes of schooners, and cups of the value of $500 each to two classes of sloops, to be awarded to the winners of arace from Brenton’s Reef Lightship toand around Sandy Hook Lightship and back to the starting point. The above race te be without time allowance. If it can be arranged, Commodore Bennett also desires to offer val- uable cups for a steam launch race. All Jaxnches not measuring more than sixty feet upon the water line will be entitled to enter, under such rules and classification as the regatta committee may see fit to impose. Launches will be divided into two classes. The races for steam yachts and launches will be open to the compe- tition of vessels belonging to all duly organized yacht clubs. All the above races are to take place while the New York Y. C. squadron is ab Newport, and wpon such dates as may be mutually agreed upon or fixed by the regatta committee. The regatta com- mittee will make the necessary arrangements for the aforesaid races, Sud haye Sabie ae of ee eae pee shale any question of dis- ute arise they shallbe settle the rules and sailing regulati tne New York Y. C. ‘) cee ee Yacht owners intending to enter their vessels for the above races are requested to notify the undersigned to this effect at their earliest convenience. C. A, Minton, Secretary New York Yacht Club. THE NICE INTERNATIONAL. AS an international affair the Nice regatta, in spite of itslarge l prizes and many attractions, turns outa disappointment this year more than ever. The absence of English racing yachts is attri- buted to the very peculiar rulings of French committees and courts, which have uot acted in accord with the recognized customs adhered to among yachtsmen, but rather with the intent of giving the public on shore a good treat. Hence the races which ought to constitute the chief European event in the year have degenerated into local strug- gies of little more than scratch importance, The only two matches of any interest to the American public were the classes for schooners and yawls, sailed over a sixteen mile course, twice round. The entries included the New York schooner Dauntless, Mr. Colt, 11614ft. water- line, the Boston schooner Gitana, Mr. Weld, 9214ft, waterline, and the little English iron-built cruiser Gladys, Mr. Collins, 79ft. waterline, from Liyerpool. Also two yavyls, the Florinda, 85/éft, loadline, and asmall french craft called Gabrielle. The wind was light to moderate and not over steady. Florinda quickly went into the lead and beatall the schooners as she liked, crossing the finish in 3.35.32 corrected time, half an hour ahead of the leading schooner. Ofthe two-stickers, Gitana went into the lead and won in 4.02.44 correcied time, beating the Gladys by about forty-six minutes; the Dauntless having been so badly outsailed at the start that she gave up after the first round, being twenty minutes astern of the Gladys. The easy manner in which the yaw! Florinda turned away from our American schooners is a warning as to what will hap- pen should a large Engliso yawl show up in our waters after the America cup, of which there is some likelihood before long, Flor- inda took first prize and Gitana got the special purse of $1,600 for schooners; The second day there was a match open to all yachtsfor the “prix d'honneur.” over a sixteen mile course. The wind was feeble from east and at times almost calm. # May 30.—Pittsburgh C. C,, First Annual Reratta, June i1.—Hudson River Meet at Newburgh.° June 1.— Connecticut River Meet. July 9 to 15.,—Chicago C, C., Club Cruise. July 19 —Chieago C, C,, First Annual Regatta. July 24 to 26.—Lake George Meet at Lorna Island, CLEVELAND C. C. OMMODORE, G. W. Gardner: Secretary, W.H. Eckman. Organ- ized 1880; 10 active members. Signal, regul-tion size; white field, design in red. Commodore—Blue field, a border an mech wide around the field, same design, and five stars in Semi-circle over design; border, design and stars in gold. Vice-Commodore—Same as Commodore, omitting border and dropping one star; design and stars in white. Rear-Commodore—Same as Vice, dropping one star. Secretary and Treasurer—White field, design surmounted by two stars; design and stars in blue. Captains—White field, design sur- mounted by one star; design and star red. SOME FUN AND LOTS OF EXPERIENCE. HE following was sent to us by an Eastern canoeist, with the in- T dorsement, “This is not iny funeral:” Eleven young men of aquatic tastes very recently rede out inte the country to enjoy # quiet mid-day lunch. They drove out in style and sent their six canoes ahead by draymen, intending to float down the swift and tortuous B. brook from the bosky wilds of P. The recent rains have filled it to overflowing, and it is now quite ariver. The drive and the lunch were a hilarious success. The canoeing was also @ success, but in a different way that temporarily dampened the spirits ef the party. Two canoes were capsized and the occupants summarily ducked; two other canoes attempted to shoot some dan- gerous rapids and were broken in two in the middle, leaving the pas- sengers to crawl or swim ashore amid the plaudits of allC.. Two other men lost or broke three paddles; and still another lost a roll of bank bills and half of his clothes. At this point the picnic divided. One party was taken to the hospitable hearth of a well-known gentle- man, while the other party packed the remnant of the canoes upon a hay cart and walked homie, Such good clothes as belonged to the party when they started for home, being either lost or soaked. the tatigue dress in which the retreat was made was highly picturesque, though far from sesthetic, The procession moved as far as possible across country and through baek yards and alleys. CANOEING IN FLORIDA, ANOBING has received quile an impetus in this place and, in fact. C all along the St. Johns a fleet of seven canoes, including the Psyche, N. Y. ©, C.; the Sun- beam, an Everson Shadow, the Wyomi, Blue Lightning, Vixen, and another, all open Rushton canoes, provided with fan centerboards. The word Wyomi is the Seminole for whisky, and when the owner of the canoe of that name was asked why he thus christened her he replied that he wished to associate in his canoe and its name the two things most dear to him. ' ‘ Lopes the Florida breezes all five of the flags which she is now entitled to display, the canoe Psyche assumes such a gala day appearance that she is invariably saluted by a!l passing steamers. eir pilots probably imagine that she has an excursion party on bothe owner of the Sunbeam purchased and received his canoe but & few weeks since, When be was ready to make his trial trip in her a number of his friends assembled on the wharf to see him starb, Step- is wioter. Herein Mandarin we have | ping boldly into the canoe she at once turned bottom up and he was temporarily lost to view. Since theu.in answer to numerous con gratulations upon his success, he remarks that he was merely testing the stability of his canoe by attempting to walk along her gunwale. All canoes sent to Florida from the North should be shipped by schooner to Jacksonville, which can be done at a moderate cost. all means avoid the railroads. Irecently shipped the Psyche from Fernandina to Jacksonville, a distance of thirty miles, over the Transit Railroad, and was made to pay ten cents permile, She came in a freight ear, at shipper’s risk, By steamer the exorbitant charge of $20 is made for a canoe from New York to Sayannah. O, K. CHOBEE. MANDARIN, FLA, MERRIMACK RIVER MEET. J Spesseea Ss eanoeists haye signified their assent to warrant the an- nouncement that a local meet will be held on the Merrimack River, between Lowell and Lawrence, June 14. 15 and 16. A beauti- ful site has been selected, and permission obtained to camp, in a secluded spot near ‘‘Deer Leap,” five miles below Lowell. Ample room is provided on high land by a level, open space, backed up by a wooded hill. Water supplied by a spring directly opposite. River broad enough for sailing just below camp, and races can be arranged if desired. Proposition is this: Ship canoes to Lowell (care George EF. Stanley, truckman); leave city early Friday afternoon and paddle in fleet down the river, running Hunt's Falls, a half-mile series of easy rapids, en route; camp Saturday and Sunday; break up Monday morning and paddle five miles to Lawrence, from which point canoes may be shipped home or eruise continued to Newburyport (thirty-six miles) ab mouth of river, It is proposed to establish a genuine camp (no hotels in vicinity), Individuals or parties will, therefore, provide themselves with tents, blankets and threé days’ rations, All New England canovists are cordially invited to attend and make the meet arouser, Location central, expenses light. Further par- ticulars given by letter, and views of camp ground and river sent on application. It is desirable to know at once who and how many will Ee. Communicate with R, F, Hemenway or F. H. Pullen, Lowell, ass, THE MOHICANS OF ALBANY. AO the river had been free of ice for some time previous to the 8th of April, for reasons beyand the control of the club no canoe was taken out before that day. Then General Oliver tried his new sails and found them working like acharm. The new riggings of both the Marion and the Snake (R. W. Gibson) will create a sensa- tion, 1 think, at Newburgh, and deserve great praise for the ingenuity of their designers in making reefing easy. W. BR, Wackerhagen has sold his Henrietta (North River build). and has been rather unlucky in his effort to acquire a new one from the same builder; the shop of the latter, Chauncey Smith, burnt down with seven canoes, Wack’s among them, almost ready for delivery. B. Fernow’s Fior da Lice, a Waters Nautilus, is being shorn of her keel. and provided with an Atwood C.B. Her owner expects to do something in the sailing line this year. The Peterboro, new model (decked), imported by General Oliver, has been sold by him to Walter L. Palmer, the well-known painter, and anew member of the M, C. C. Henry R. Pierson, Jr., also a new member, is. negotiating for a Shadow, now the property of Dr. Gardner of the Cincinnati C. C., and lying at Crosbyslde. Two other new recruits to the paddling fraternity, Messrs. Weidman and Weine. have built themselves two canvas canoes after a short- ened Ellard model. One of them is entitled to special mention For haying been the first'this year to leave the deck of his canoe for the cooling waters of the river. Cause: Hatch not fastened. George Hilton, our last vice-commodore, being prevented by busi- ness engagements from active canoeing this season has sold his North River to 8S. M. Babcock, alsoa ‘‘Morgan,” though a young one, The Mohieans will appear in force at Newburgh. and anticipate great fun; but not so much in the **mashing” line (as the Torontos insinu- ate) as by their good ‘‘seamanship”’ and general jollity, ’ After the meet the Marion and the Fior da Lice, with such others as will join, intend to carry by rail to Deposit, on the Delaware; cruise down the Delaware, through the Gap—not to speak of such mitior in- cidents as Coshocton Falls, Lackawaxen Dam, ete.—to Belleville, N. J.; thence by rail to Hamburg. or Franklin, on the Wallkill; make aequaintance with the ‘‘Drowned Lands,” trees and snags, dams and falls of this stream. and try to reach, without any serious accidents, the Rondout Creek, and emerge into the Hudson near Kingston. FIor DA Lice. THE CHART LOCKER. VIll.—_THE SUSQUEHANNA. INGHAMTON, N. Y.—River navigable for your canoe from this point, Distance to Owego, 22 miles. Would advise start from here as it is a beautiful part of the river all the way to Qwego. Your canoe willbe cared for until you want it, can Jaunch within 80 rods of the freight office, good roads to landing and river banks low. Freight Agent, N. Y,, L. BE. & W.R. R. Owego, N. Y.—No obstructions in the river here. Steamboats draw- ing 20in. run insummer, Postmaster. Tunkhannock, Pa,—In ordinary times canoe will pass easily. Par- ties from heie go up as far as Owege and come down in boats. Foree of current about 3 miles an hour, Postmaster, Wilkesbarre, Pa.—No obstructions here. A slight fall about a mile above the town, but it can be easily run. Stage of water varies with the seasons; steamboat drawing 15in, runs down to Nauticoke, 9 miles. At Nauticoke there is adam, but you car run through the shute, Postmaster. Sunbury. Pa.—No obstructions in the riyer north of Harrisburg. Just below Harrisburg there are falls, called Canawago, which you eould not run atany time. Current about3 miles an hour. Dam here which you can get past through thelock. You will have no trouble in going down asfar as Harrisburg, The following points were got by corresponding with a young law- yer in Tunkhannock, Pa.; The river is very low in July, August and September, and in places not navigable for canoes then. Canawag Walls (as they,are called by the natives) are really a series of rapids, which rafts 0 down but are pretty heavy for canoes. A rise gener- ally ocenrs some time in June, called the June *-fresh,” when rafts are floated down, and by putting the canoe on one of these the falls could berun. Scenery very fine below Harrisburg. Sunburyis about half way between Owego and the bay—a raft covers the distance in about five days during a fresh, laying upatnight. Rafting begins in in April, when the water is high. . j My own experience—No dangers of any kind between Binghamton and Harrisburg. A few rocks were varnished the last day of the eruise. All falls—if you can call them so—can be run, and theseveral dams got round by running the shutes or carrying round. Lots of springs all the way. Riyer water very good. Food to be had in lenty either from the farmhouses or small towns all along the route. ity. eruise was made early in May. Find out before starting the height of the water, and time your trip accordingly. Transportation to avd from the river by rail fairly cheap. Experiences of others.—Gen. Oliver and Mr. Fernow of Albany, cruised last May from Binghamton, N. Y., to Bloomsburgh, Pa. Mr. Chas. L. Tilden, of Boston, cruised down the Susquehanna in 1868 in a Rob Roy, all the way to the bay, running every rapid, including the Canewago Falls, below Harrisburg. Mr. F.5S. Hubbard, of Boston, who has also made cruises on the river, says: “I can most sincerely -recommend the lower part of the river below Columbia as a cruising ground, This cruise should be taken im May, so as to get a good stage of water, as the channels are narrow and the recks pretty thick in places, especialy at the Canewago bridge and below.” Atripof over 400 miles can be accomplished on this river, the waters of whieh carry you from New York, across Pennsylvania and into Maryland. Try it. THE GALLEY FIRE. CANOE AND CAMP COOKERY. 111.—FISH. caught out of muddy streams have an unpleasant taste, f igus Seta be lessened to a large extent by soaking them half an hour or more in strong salt water. Fish that have been frozen should be soaked in cold water to thaw them before ep ena Don’t boil a fish under three pounds welen and of course don’t bake a fish too small to be stuffed. If you do nor carry a fish-car to keep your cap- tured fish alive, kill them assoou as caught by a sharp rap on the back just aft of the head with a stick or the hanale of your big knife. This not only in justice to the fish but because he tastes better, for the same reason that et eh os steer would taste better than one hat was smothered to death. ~ ‘ You may find grubs in fish along the backbone in July and August. You will generally remoye them by taking out the backbone and its branches. Butif you don’t get them all out, never mind; they are good to eat; but if any one of the party is squeamish, tell him you have gat them all out-any way; hewon’t know any better after they arecooked, Itis to be supposed that everybody knows how to clean a oe _ & fish after it is caught, so I i i for the camp table: got, for proceed at once te its preparation Boiled Fish.—Tie or pin the fish in a clean cloth. If the potis small for the fish skewer the tail into the mouth. Put it into enough boiling water to cover it about an inch. and simmer steadily until done, Some fish boil quicker than others, as a general rule those of white flesh requiring less time than those of a darker tinge. If a couple of tablespoonfuls of salt and four ditto of vinegar are put into the water the fish will cook sooner. About twenty-five minutes are necessary for a three-pound fish, and over that six minutes extra toevery pound. An underdone fish is not fit to eat, and one boiled too long is insipid, When the meat separates easily from the back- bone it is cooked just right, Take it up, remove the cloth carefully. and pour oyer it the following hot ; Fish Sauce.—Put two tablespoonfuls of butter and two ditto of flour into a hot frying pan over the fire and mix them together with a spoon into a smooth paste. Pour over yery gradually about a pint of the water in which the fish was boiled, shirring it wellin. Boil u Once and season with pepper and salt. If an acid taste is desired, add a few drops of vinegar. Fried Fish.—Small fish may be fried whole, but large ones should be cut up, Have enough pork fat or lard Se hot in the frying- pen to well cover the fish. Smear the fish well with dry corn meal or our, or, what is better, dip it into well-beaten egg and then into bread or cracker crumbs, and fry both sides to a clear golden brown. Sprinkle lightly with pepper and salt just as it is turning brown. Baked Fish.—Prepare a stuffing of bread or cracker crumbs, mixed with one chopped onion and enough butter or lard to make the mix- ture moist, Put the stuffing lightly into the fish and sew up the open- ing. Dig a hole in the ground eighteen inches deep and large enough to contain the fish; build a fire in it and letit burn to coals. Re- move the coals, leaving the hot ashes in the bottom, on which place a thick layer of green grass. Put the fish on the grass, cover with another Jayer of grass; then rake back the coals and loose earth and build a small fire on top. In an hour the baking will be com- plete, the skin will peel off and leave the flesh clean. The Taxidermists’ Manual, Brown............ Wild Flowers of Switzerland..... .......... oe Woodcraft, ‘“Nessmuk”.....---. +--+ 0-r+++++s a Woods and Lakes of Maine.........---+ a ee Yellowstone Park, Ludlow, quarto, cloth, Goy- ernment Keport...........--+++01-+ees PSRGSG: Youatt on Sheep........-+ Reeracntl. as8 eal — Oreo to to PRICES OF FISHING TACKLE. Brass Multiplyiag Reels with balance handles, first a -, $2.00; 450ft., $2.25; 6O0Lt. Brass Click Reels, 25yds , 60 cts.; 40yds., 75 cts.; 60yds., 12 cts. per doz,; double, 20 cts. 180£t., $1.50; 240£t.. $1.75; 800ft and Drags extra. Hien Sone Hooks spelled on gut. OZ. Leaders, 4 length, 25 cts. Single gut, Flie Trout Single Gut Trout and Black Bass Leaders, lyd., length, 5 cts.; Raa ee 10 ets,; treble, 8 length, 10 cts,; 4 length, 15 cts.; 5, 50 cts, per doz.; Black Bass ality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120fb., $1.25; $2.50; 750ft., $2.75; 900Ft ,$3.00. Nickel plating 85 cents.; SOyds., $1.00. Kiffe’s er doz. ; treble, 30 cts. per Double Twisted extra heavy 4-ply, Flies, $1.00 per doz. Samples of our goods sent 5 ets.; 2yds., 10 cts.; 3yds., 15 cts. by mail er express on receipt of price. SEND FOR PRICH# LIST, HERMANN H. KIFFE, 318 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Between Fulton Ferry and City Hall OPEN EVENINGS. Pigeons, $18 per rice $14, Send for circular. TARGET BALLS AND BALL PIGEONS. > d Superior to all others. Composition New an TARGET BALLS Sample barrel of the New Ball and a handsome silver badge sent to any address for $3.00. The Moyer ‘Ball Pigeon’ and see will be ready about April 15. Trap, $13; . Any club desiring to test the new ball horuany we will send 1000 for $5, after which the regular e inflexible at $9 per M. Card's latest ball trap, he only one we guarantee and recommend, and 1000 balls for e trap in exchange for your old ball trap and $6.50. “TARGET BALL AND BALL PIGEON CO., Lockport; N. Ys FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. Terms, $44 Yrar. 10 Ors. A Copy. Srx Monrus, $2 NEW YORK, MAY 18, 1884. § VOL, XX1I.—No. 6. | Nos. 89 & 40 Park Row, New York. CORRESPONDENCE. Tur Forest ann STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen, Communications upon the subjects to which its pages are devoted are respectfully invited. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. No name will be published except with writer’s consent. The Editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents, SUBSCRIPTIONS May begin at any time. 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Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Nos. 39 anp 40 Park Row. New Yorer Crry. CONTENTS. THE KENNEL, Chicago Dog Show. The Vicars Testimonial. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Army Rifle Practice. Range and Gallery. The Wheeling Club. The Trap. The Chicago Tournament. Proposed National Association, Notes from Worcester, EDITORIAL. Game Protection Fund, Open Seasons. Non-Sporting Dog Show. Naticna] Trap-Shooting Ass’n. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Sport in the Apennines. NATURAL History, The Catbird. Deer in the Adirondacks. Superfetation in the pee Gamer Bac AnD Gun. CANOEING, A Hunter’s Camp. Tanthe C. C. Cimarron to Cimarron Canyon. The Chart Locker. Camp Tinware. Walkill River. Fish and Gamein Manitoba. A Fund for Game Protection. " Philadelphia Notes. The Performance of Shotguns. The Choice of Hunting Rifles. SEA AND RIVER FISHING. The Galley Fire. Canoe and Camp Cookery. A Night on a Log Jam. Airtight Boxes for Canoes. Canoe Rigs. Leaks in Birch Bark Canoes. Camps of the Kingfishers.—1, The Spring Meets. The Maine Season Opened. YACHTING. Fly-Fishing for Shad. ~ Isis. An Angler’s Wife in Camp. Knickerbocker Y. ©. FISHCULTURE. Yachting at Belleville, Ontario. The Menhaden Question. ~ THE KENNEL. Westminster Kennel Club Show. The Collapse at Nice. Tapering Down. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, . A NATIONAL TRAP-SHOOTING ASSOCIATION. AC ANe delight in national associations. Almost every branch of trade has its organization of this kind, and so has almost every branch of ‘‘sport.” The horsemen are leagued together, so are the base ball men, the cricketers, lacrosse players, archers, boating clubs, lawn tennis clubs, and all the rest of them. Some of these socie- ties are active, useful and influential; others are unwieldy, purposeless and moribund. With the character and work- - ings of some of these national associations, the readers of this journal are tolerably familiar. There is the American Fishcultural Association, which is national in design, but in reality chiefly supported by its Eastern members, who represent a quite circumscribed terri- tory. But the society is unquestionably national in its in- fluence; the fruits of its efforts are seen from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The National American Kennel Club, the American Canoe Association, the National Rod and Reel Association, and the National Rifle Association are all strong and useful bodies, each of which in its special sphere has materially advanced the special interests to which it is de- voted. Some years ago a National Sportsmen’s Association was formed. It tried to do too much; to cover too much ground, to unite the inharmonious interests of trap-shootin g and game protection. It proved too big, was unwieldy, and fell to pieces. The history of the movement is instructive; we may recur to it at another time. At the clay-pigeon tournament in Chicago, it is expected that twenty-five or thirty clubs will be present, representing fairly well the trap-shooters of the country, and it is pro- posed to take advantage of this meeting to form a new national association, which shall have for its pur- pose the encouragement and direction of trap-shoot- ing in this country. In another column will be found a letter from Mr, J. E. Bloom, giving an outline of what it is thought such an organization might do. We publish the letter and call attention to it at this time, so that the gentlemen who are going to Chicago to represent their clubs in the clay-pigeon tournament, may. have an opportun- ee ity to discuss the project with their fellows before leaving home. Nothing is easier, on this side of the Atlantic Ocean, than the formation of a national association, We apprehend, then, that it will be no difficult task to organize the pro- posed society at Chicago, and to elect a president and other officers. But, the society once established, it is quite an- other thing to keep it going. We suggest, then, the im- portance of very thoroughly discussing the exact aims and character of such a national body before taking decided measures to establisn it, The purpose ought to be very definitely understood; and the efforts of the members should be directed to that one thing alone. So far as we are informed, the purpose for which it is de- sired to establish the new association, is to provide annual tournaments, in which the clubs belonging to it can contest at the trap for prizes and renown. The success of the pro- ject then, will depend upon whether or not the association can make annual provision of sufficient inducements to at- tract clubs to come from a distance to its tournaments. In other words, the one question to be considered is the finan- cial one. “: GAME PROTECTION FUND, N another column may be found a letter from a New York gentleman who knows something of the way in which the game of this and other States is being peddled out of season, and who understands that the administration of justice so far as it relates to this subject is a huge farce. As things go now, game traffic is carried on all the year around. Our correspondent then proposes to gather funds for the detection and. prosecution of offenders. He asked us what we thought of the project. We replied that it was excellent, but that its great weakness was that it appealed to the pocket-book. There are plenty of folks who will talk game protection by the hour, but few who will give anything toward it. But we should be glad to own up mis- taken in this case. Does anybody want to join in raising such a fund? ' This gives us occasion to repeat what we have often said, namely, that in New York State there ought to be a live association of men bound together by their interest in game and fish, to take active charge of all matters pertaining to the enactment and carrying out of the laws on the subject. There is abundant material for such a body. Why can it not be organized? We believe that were such a society started by the right persons, it would receive the support of a sufficient number of sportsmen to carry through any measure it might think best to urge at Albany. “This would do away with the annual game law tinkering at Albany, and would insure a good statute against being subjected to the interested schem- ing of men who are working for mercenary or selfish ends. OPEN SHASONS. NE way to secure the observation of the times and seasons for game and fish is to make them known. This we are doing to the best of our ability by publishing every year a revised list of open and close seasons. That it may be correct, we have invited the co-operation of our readers in the several States. Now the request is repeated. Please report to us any changes that have been made in the laws of your State during the past winter. Tue AMERICAN FISHCULTURAL ASsocIATION convened at Washington last Tuesday, and the meeting is now mn progress. Mr. Theodore Lyman, of Massachusetts, delivered the annual address, and Mr. John A. Ryder read a paper on “Legislation Necessary for the Protection of Ocean Indus- tries.” A report of the proceedings, with the papers read, will be given in our columns. A Fun Report of the bench show in this city last week is contained in our Kennel columns, As we have there noted, a remarkable improvement was seen in some of the classes exhibited. There were unnoticed exhibits in classes which, according to the standard of excellence at former shows, would have received the ribbons, The show was well man- aged, and ranks high among the creditable exhibitions given in this country. Marne Laxes.—The ice is out of the Richardson, Moose- lucmaguntic and Rangeley lakes, and the boats are running, Elsewhere will be found a communication on the subject. -of these classes which are known as non-sporting dogs. A NON-SPORTING DOG SHOW. ENS on the suggestion contained in the FoREST AND StrEAM of April 24, the gentlemen interested in in- augurating a bench show of non-sporting dogs, have con- ferred with the Westminster Kennel Club, which has con- sented to give such an exhibition. The show will be held in the Madison Square Garden, this city, in the third week of next October. There is just now a tremendous ‘“‘boom” in the popularity The demand for these dogs exceeds the supply, and all sorts of ridiculously fancy prices are paid for fairly good specimens, Almost every steamship from England brings into port ac- cessions to the multiplying canine hosts. The bench shows are crowded with them. In fact the exhibition of the Westminster Kennel Club has grown to propor- tions altogether unwieldy. The number of classes and the entries in each are so great that there is abundant material for two exhibitions instead of one. This arrange- ment will accomplish more in the education of the public than could have been attained by the other plan. With the spring exhibition devoted chiefly to sporting dogs, and the fall exhibition to the other breeds, visitors will have a better opportunity of intelligently studying the several classes. The judging can be finished more promptly; there will be more room for display; and in various other ways the ex- hibition can be managed to greater satisfaction than is now attainable, A CoMPETENT ForEstry OFFICER.—We have had several opportunities of discussing forest conservancy with Mr. Charles F. Amery, a gentleman of considerable professional experience, gathered both in the forest bureaux of Germany, and it. the East Indian forest department, in which latter he held a high appointment for fourteen or fifteen years. Mr. Amery is well known in India and to forest.men in England by his ‘‘Notes on Forestry,” a little work in which the whole system of forest management in Germany is intlel- ligently set forth, together with practical instructions for its application to the East Indian forests. His wide experience in practical forest management, and in dealing with the many difficulties inseparable from the inauguration of a system of forest conservancy, would render his services very valuable at the present juncture in this country, where in spite of the generally recognized necessity of doing some- thing for the maintenance of a permanent timber supply, action is paralyzed by the difficulty of deciding how best to set about it. It is precisely difficulties of this sort for which the services of the trained professional are required, and the appointment of such a man as Mr. Amery on the staff of the forestry department would be regarded as an earnest that the Government had at length come to the resolution to face the problem squarely. Mr. Amery is an alien, if itis proper to apply the term to one who has made this country his home, and has no claims to political patronage, his sole claim to nomination is the value of the services his special training qualify him to render, and these are certainly ex- ceptional. Forrest Fires AnD Forest Foruy.—Our exchanges have been filled with reports of the extensive and disastrous forest conflagrations which have raged in various portions of the country, and numerous editorial pens have bewailed the consequent loss of human life and the destruction of millions of dollars’ worth of property. But no one of our numerous and highly-esteemed contemporaries appear to have thought it worth while to suggest that one-tenth part of the money which has been so lost, if judiciously expended in securing protection against the forest fires, would have averted the terrible calamity. It requires a long time for us here in America to learn these things. CANNED Goons should not be cooked in the cans, for the physicians tell us that there is danger of poison if this be done. The proper way is to pour the meat or vegetables into a cooking vessel. It is possible to provide abundant facilities for all necessary culinary operations without cum- bering oneself with a heavy load of pans and kettles. In another column we quote from ‘‘Woodcraft” the description given by ‘“‘Nessmuk” of his camp tinware, THE MASssacHuseTts Fish AND GAME PROTECTIVE Asggo- CIATION will hold its last meeting for the season to morrow evening, and the matter of the defeat of the game bill will be thoroughly discussed and plans for the future mapped out, 8302 Che Sportsman Canrist. SPORT IN THE APENNINES, W HILE spending some months in Tuscany, the luxuriant garden of Italy, the ill health of a member of the family caused us to seek for cooler air and complete rest in some secluded spot high up the Apennines. ‘lhe journey thither was a thing to be remembered; what lovely drives over well kept roads, up steeper and steeper grades, the roads winding up apparently endless hills; a turn, and suddenly another green yalley would be seen, with quaint old stone-built farm houses, with the old-fashioned tools lying around, telling of patient and hard toil at the bosom of mother earth, cum- bersome and clumsy ploughs, all but the ploughshare of wood, and a job for four oxen to pull at, now at rest, however; for were not the valleys smiling with the ripples of the wav- ing wheat, and was not the Indian corn rising, green and strong, and telling of plenty and of happiness? Every farm house had several old walnut trees growing around it, or some lofty old oak, towering, eyery inch a king, over the many mulberry trees, food for the silk worms, another source of richness. Higher and higher, and the mulberries ceased to grow, and the grapevines were no more festooning in rich garlands from tree to tree, but instead now and then a straight cedar would appear, or a tall spruce, or even, but more rarely, an old pine would be seen looming up above other trees, as if foolishly it was challenging the ready woodman’s axe, Fur- ther on and the chestnut trees begin and increase in fre- quency, and here and there a thin column of dark smcke announces the spot where charcoal makers are at work. For many, many miles do the chestnut trees surround the road, and cover the hills everywhere, trees of great use, for the wood serves as fue] or is made into charcoal, and the chest- nuts are eaten, or collected and dried in the sun and ground into flour, to form the principal staple of food of the Apen- nine mountaineers. Later ou even the chestnut trees cease to thrive, and cedars, pines, spruces, birches, sycamores, firs, maples, and many others are growing thickly; the air is cooler and balmy, with a faint but delightful odor of hidden violets and little red wood strawberries, This journey having lasted afew days, we reached our goal, a little, unpretentious inn nearly on the summit of one of the lofty hills, where the breeze was cool and agreeable and heavily laden with perfumes of Alpine flowers, and the inyalid felt as if new and purer blood was coursing through her frame, and as if every inspiration was another word written on a new lease of life. Dinner at once and plentiful. The first dish, trout! Trout indeed; and how | wanted to know all about them, and where they were caught and how; and could I fish for them, and this and that, until the folks around had a faint suspicion, becoming hourly more marked, that I was the invalid, whose afiliction was aiental one. I could see a rod nowhere, and | found out that the way trout were caught in the neighborhood was primitive, if not sportsmanlike, for it consisted in one man holding a big landing net over any hole in the rocks or under some old log, while another poked in the hole with something like a hop-pole, resulting-in an occasional catch and many misses. JT had a small rod with me; I have it still, and have been a twin brother to it for years; I also had a few small snelled hooks with me, and the next morning the few rare inhabit- ants were amazed at seeing an otherwise sober-looking American pursuing sundry roosters in quest of material for flies. With surreptitious help from the ladies’ bonnets and a little waxed sewing silk, several gorgeous specimens of fanciful entomology were soon at hand. Next morning I started with a small boy and we walked a couple of miles to a mountain brook, quite a good sized one, where the boy said there were ‘‘trote.” We arrived at one lovely pool, and I put myrod up, and the boy was astonished; I placed the reel, he was amazed; I placed a couple of flies, ‘‘yellow rooster and ostrich” and ‘‘brown rooster and ostrich’ or some other colored rooster and ostrich, the boy’s eyes started out of their sockets, and ina subdued way he said, ‘‘Maria Santa, 6 pazzo.” Well, he may haye thought he had good reason to believe he was with a lunatic. 1 whipped this pool, caught nothing, and the boy smiled. I tried another, same luck, the boy laughed, I tried another, and the boy looked as if he was thinking of home, and about to cry. I was tired, took a rest; lad another cast on principle, and a rise. The fish gave a good pull, and I being excited, gave another, and forgetting that once upon a time I had been a good angler, made up my mind to catch a trout before that boy, and | pulled again, and it only took us a half an hour to disentangle the quarter- pounder and the fiies from a good sized maple tree whither they had betaken themselves to flight. ; After this signal success, I went on, and finding better pools higher up I managed to kill about a dozen handsome fish, the largest a trifle over a pound and the smallest about six or seven to the pound, We turned homeward, and I felt proud, disgustingly proud no doubt, and very happy. I placed my rod against the barn, and after a cheer- ful evening went to bed, Next morning, as I rose early, I went to the barn; the whole available population was there, looking on, much in- terested in the description the small boy was giving of my methods, and finally an old fellow shook his wise and yen- erable pate, and declared he hardly believed it was right, inasmuch as he knew it had never been done before. Many another good day’s fishing did I have in those moun- tain brooks, those rippling and bubbling brooks, now tear- ing down in the torrent bed and now calmly resting in some deep, dark pool, under the shades of old trees; and the fun was glorious, even with small results. A few days after I met the government forester, a charm- ing and clever young Italian, a graduate of the School of Forestry at Vallambrosa. He promised to take me with him on his next trip up the wooded hills, and told me to take my gun along. : A day or two after we started off on a prospecting tour, as he had to mark certain trees that were to be felled, and to see some young trees he had planted recently. By his learned talk and enthusiastic descriptions I saw how much he loved the woods, how he was laboring to restore the for- ests, and I never understood so well how much we in America are to blame for our short sighted negligence of our woods as after having explained the wiole process of regener- ation by my friend. For a few years only he had held his position, and already he had established a huge nursery, where thousands and thousands of young trees were being carefully reared, He had planted thousands about the hills, een FO Reals ie - REST AND STREAM and had done a great work. He proudly stated that the sav- ing to the government in repairs 1o the postal road from the washing of its bed by mountain torrents, which he had nearly stopped by tree-plant, covered a large slice of his ex- penses. We had with us two lean hounds who had been rummaging about, and suddenly gave voice, and were off like lightning. The old guard with us said, ‘‘Una volpe,” and we separated, and waited wherever we thought we had achance. After three-quarters of an hour or more the deep baying sounded nearer and nearer; after a while I heard a shot to my right, and the young forester came up to me, dragging old reynard by his brush. The guard skinned him there and then, and we went on. Before the day was over ] had a chance at a couple of big hares, and bagged them both. As I reached home we saw all the villagers assembled, and we saw they were looking at the body of a large wolf, that had been killed in the morning by one of the shepherds high up on the hills. I was told that he had killed a large num- ber of sheep before he had succumbed to the big round ball from the old five-foot smooth-bore. ; The invalid recovered and we went away. I had not seen much sport, but [ expected none, and I had had much enjoyment; but the best of it was that I had seen the work of one man, with little help, in the forests there. There are thousands and thousands of us here that are interested in ours. Shall we let them go to ruin? GV, 8.5 New York Cry, Ghatuyal History. THE CATBIRD. (Mimus Carolinensis.) HE vine tangles along the roadsides and in the swamps are losing their rusty appearance, and the gray lengths of Virginia creeper have thrust their tendril fingers into the crannies of the rough bark, and are drawing themselyes up to the soft spring air and sunshine. Delicate green tufts of miniature leaves are already quivering on every swaying branch and twig, and soon their soft rustlings will come to us on the wandering breeze. In the midst of all this spring loveliness appears the catbird with his unostentatious suit of slate-colored feather cloth. Unannounced he comes when he arrives, and where from we know not, so well has he kept the secret these many years, Scrupulously neat, his modest dress is none the worse for wear, and his black cap is set as jauntily as ever on his saucy little head, The old sparkle is still showing in his bright eyes, and the quick flirts of his long tail evidence the work- ings of the restless spirit that has always pervaded his little life. Curiosity is strongly developed in the catbird, for a more inquisitive little chap it is hard to find. Walk quietly on the borders of a wood, where the briers and vines have grown and interlaced themselves through and through the bushes, hanging in festoons from every sturdy sapling. Here, if you remain quiet, you will see and hear much to interest you. Confine your observations for the present to the subject of our remarks, the others we may investigate at another time. All is very still, and we see the midges hovering in a fantas- tic dance about a shaft of sunlight that glances down into this secluded spot. Hist! what was that? Churr! churr! Ah! here he is, and half hidden in the leaves of an alder we discover the sly fellow; so still he sits, that were it not for the utterance of that cautious churr, churr, he would have altogether escaped our notice. After a most careful examin- ation of us, he runs swiftly up the trembling branch on which he has been so quietly perched, and pausing an instant to look back, flutters off for his mate. How carefully he pilots her as they both return. Together they crouch in the shade, while he seems to be telling her how it was he first discovered us. As they approach more closely you see their dusky wings open and shut in their nervous excitement, and hear the quiet churr of encouragement as they draw closer to the object of their curiosity. Let them see that they are observed, and the bushes will ring with their alarm cry of chee, chee, 1 have often had a pair of these birds attend me for along distance through the woods, keeping pace with me, now ahead, and vow to one side, but ever silent, until a sudden movement startling them, they would commence their cries. ; i! 3 They build a nest, much like that of a robin, in the thickets among the briers, or on the borders of the woods or swamps, and are also very fond of locating in the spruce and hemlocks on the lawn. Housekeeping well under way, the male bird will mount the topmost bough that bends above his home, and ruffling himself into a fluffy ball of feathers, he will pour ont his little soul in song; low at first as though afraid to trust his voice, his notes gradually increase in power until the air is filled with the sweet trills and warb- lings of this:much maligned, because little understood, songster, I find one fault with the rascal, howeyer—while the ear is ravished with his exquisite notes he will suddenly utter one or two rasping cries, and entirely destroy the effect of some of his most lovely passages. Morning and evening are his favorite song times, and as he is a first cousin of the mocking bird one is not surprised to recognize the notes of many of our familiar birds, intermingled with his own. An incessant bather, he is constantly spluttering about the bird tank, and immensely does he appear to enjoy it. he sun has set and as the twilight lingers with a rosy gloom, among the fleecy clouds we see our little friend mounting the topmost spray of his spruce, and presently his pure voice floats out clear as a crystal among the multitude of feathered choristers as they chant an evening hymn of praise. One by one their little voices are hushed until finally it is left almost alone with his music. Admonished at last by the silence, that itis bed time, he ceases abruptly, and with a quick diye, drops from his perch and joins bis mate, under the dark green boughs. A good-night to the little fellow, ILMOT, New Yorke Cry. CrossBiLLs IN New JERsEy.—Maplewood, N, J,, May 8.—Editor Forest and Stream: too late, discovers the bed ay the fallen treetop, at his very fate—they are butchered in cold blood. , } : Deer Protection. The hunter rarely sees the whole outline of a deer in still- hunting. The forests are so thick, and the evergreens so loaded with snow, that an object is not commonly visible at any great distance, and a part of the leg or a patch of hair He some- times fires directly at what he sees, and sometimes ‘‘allows a trifle,” aiming a little ahead or a little behind, as the case may be, If severely wounded, without being killed ont- right, the animal is generally left for several hours, or until the next day; for if pursued it would continue to run as long as its strength held out; while, on the other hand, if left alone it soon lies down and will prob- ably never rise again. Judge Caton says: ‘‘But few animals will go so far and so fast, after receiving a mortal wound, as a Virginia deer,”’+ and I have myself followed a buck, shot through both lungs with a .44-caliber rifle-ball, more than a mile and a half through the woods. ; In localities where deer are abundant, an expert. still- hunter frequently kills two or three in a single day, but such hunts are very laborious, for the track often Jeads many miles, in a tortuous course, over hard-wood ridges, across stretches of spruce and hemlock, and through dense balsam and cedar swamps. It is a long distance to camp, but thitherward, at nightfall, the weary hunter wends Ins way. His course lies through a swamp in which the evergreens grow so near together that the eye is unable to penetrate further than a few paces in any direction, and are so loaded with snow that the dark green of the few uncovered branches contrasts markedly with the uniform white of the tent-like cones from which they protrude. The silence is oppressive, and unbroken, even by the sighing of the wind. The imagination, aided by the gathering shades of dusk, sees in this picture a primeval forest, among whose time- worn trunks stands the Jong deserted encampment of a by- gone race. The well-preserved wigwams of spotless white. bleached by many winters, and pitched upon a floor of alabaster, mark the final bivouac of an unremembered nation, Of the three methods of hunting heretofore considered, driving is the least sportsmanlike, and affords the deer the smallest chance of escape. It requires neither skill nor cun- ning on the part of the executioner; for patience, and a very ordinary amount of common sense, are the only essentials. It has this advantage, however, that the deer, if wounded at all, is almost certain to be killed outright—which cannot be said of the other methods. ’ “Floating” requires one of the actors to be expert in the use of the paddle, and is really quite an exciting diversion, This is partly becanse it can only be practiced by night, and partly because each change of position of the boat, and cach curve and bend of the shore brings new objects into the limited field of vision, keeping the expectation in a state of acute tension. But after all, when the novelty has worn off, one cannot help realizing that it is like carrying a lantern, any dark night, through a frontier pasture, and shooting the first unlucky cow that chances to stand in the path. - Tn still-hunting, on the other hand, the hunter is thrown entirely upon his resources, and it is the only method of taking the deer in this Wilderness that requires any particular skill or labor on his part. The guide is here superfluous, unless it be to string up the game and find the shortest way to camp when the hunt is over. _ $till-bunting tends to toughen the muscles, to sharpen the _yision, to quicken the hearing, and fo impart to the whole system a glow of health and vigor. it calls into play the exercise of functions that are apt to be neglected by the student and man of business, and inspires the lover of nature with a zeal and enthusiasm not easily extinguished. In addition to the three foregoing legitimate (!) methods of hunting the deer, there are sometimes practiced here two other ways of killing—I might say butchering—that are too despicable even to be spoken of without a feeling of shame. They are: by means of licks and by crusting. A lick is a place where salt is put{ and the supply from lime to time replenished. ‘The deer, being exceedingly fond of salt, after having once discovered the place, repair to it with great regularity. When they have visited the lick nightly for some little time, which is ascertained by examin- ing the ground round about for tracks, the murderous pot- hunter, armed with a doublebarreled gun loaded with buck- shot, secretes himself at dusk behind some convenient covert, or in a neighboring tree, and in silence awaits the approach of his unsuspecting victim. “Orusting” is a method of destruction that is still more unfair and atrocious than that just described, and is only practiced by the most worthless and depraved vaga- bonds, lt depends, fortunately, upon a condition of the deep snows that is usually of short duration, and rarely oceurs save in the months of February and March. When the snow averages fcur or five feet in depth on the level, a thaw, followed by a freeze, converts the sur- face into a stiff crust, which renders the deer very helpless, Taking advantage of this state of things, the crust-hunters sally forth. Their snowshoes enable them to skim lightly over the surface, while the poor deer are unable to move except by the greatest effort, and aresoon exhausted. They sink to their bellies at every plunge, the sharp hoofs cutting through the frozen crust, which lace- rates their slender legs till the tracks are stained with blood. The cruel foe is upon them, and well do they realize that the struggle is for life. Every muscle is strained to the utmost in the frantic effort to escape, but in vain. Every leap tells bitterly on the fast-waning strength, and they soon sink in the snow, breathless and with heaving sides. Their large liquid eyes are turned toward their brutal pursuers, as ic- the Adirondacks. still contracting with ominous rapidity. turing establishments that consume vast quantities of wood, Wilderness. that constitute its home. Hence it phonies st unless the region is early converted into a State preserve, soon prove inadequate. intelligent and judicious legislation. enactment, but it has ceased to meet existing conditions; that it will prove ineffectual against the demands of the rapidly increasing occupancy and destruction of the forests, requires no great perspicacity to foretell. There are two weak points in the law as it now stands: First, the open season is too long by at least a month; and second, there is no limit put to the number of deer that a party, or an individual, may kill during this period. The season begins with the month of August, and when the weather is propitious more than a hundred boats are nightly engaged in floating, on the various watercourses of the Adi- rondacks. Now it is an undisputed fact that by this method of hunting, more than twice as many does as bucks are killed, and that a large percentage of those fired at are wounded, and escape into the woods to die. It is also afact that, as a rule, each doe has two fawns, and that fawns de- prived of their mother’s milk before the first of September usually die. Hence the appalling truth becomes apparent, that for every twenty-five deer secured by floating, at least fifty (and probably a much larger number) must be destroyed! Therefore it seems proper that the season should not open before the first of September. The second weak point in the law is also a yvitalone. It is notorious that during the past two years many hundreds of deer have been slaughtered over and above the number necessary to keep the parties killing them supplied with venison. Im parts of Canada, and in the State of Maine, the law sets a limit to the number of moose, caribou and deer that may be killed by an indi- vidual or camp during a given period, and I see no reason why a similar law might not be enacted and enforced in our own State with like good results, SUPERFETATION IN THE DEER. N Forest AND Stream of April 17, 1884, p. 224, under the heading, ‘‘A Zoogenic Paradox,” Mr. Frank J. Thompson, Superintendent of the Zoological Garden at Cin- cinnati, records the following very interesting case: ‘‘On the dist of last December the female axis deer (Cervus axis) in the society’s collection, gave birth toa fully developed male fawn, which has grown apace and promises to become a fine specimen. On the 5th inst., a few days over three months after the first birth, she bore a fully developed female fawn, which, in less than an hour after birth, was strong enough to frisk around its mother. * * Now here is an instance of an animal giving birth to two fully developed young ones within less than one hundred days of each other, whose period of gestation is well known to be eight months, and as custom- ary with the family, only produces once a year. Is it possi- ble that she could haye been impregnated at two periods, with the above intervening space of time? if so, those who have made the zoogeny of the deer a special study, will have to write a new chapter on the subject.” In response to Mr, Thompson's inquiry it may-safely be said, not only that it is perfectly possible that this deer was impregnated at two distinct periods separated by nearly one hundred days, but that this is the only rational explanation of the facts. Had the fawn born Dec. 31 been expelled pre- maturely, the case might be regarded simply as one of twin pregnancy, but this was not the case, for Mr. Thompson ex- pressly states that both fawns were ‘‘well developed,” aud both were alive and doing well at time of writing. The case falls under the head of superfctation, and has many parallels in the human subject. In the Edinburgh Medical Journal for 1865, Dr, Bonnar, of Cupar-Fife, recorded several ex- ceedingly interesting cases, in which the time intervening between the two deliveries varied from one hundred and twenty-seven to one hundred and eighty-two days. Dr. Ty- ler Smith, in his ‘‘Wanuaiof Obstetrics,” states that 1 woman “miscarried at the end of the fifth month, and some hours afterward a small clot was discharged, inclosing a pzrfectly healthy ovum of about one month. There were no signs of a double uterus in this case.’ When a double uterus is present, superfetation is of far more frequent occurrence, and a large number of authentic instances have been re- corded. Now it must be remembered that while a double uterus is exceedingly rare in the human female, it is the normal con- dition in the great majority of mammals, including the deer, Hence the question arises, Why is superfetation not more frequent in those species of deer which normally bear but one young? There are two excellent reasons: First, because as a rule the physiological process of ovulation is in abeyance between tke time when conception takes place and the expiration of pregnancy; and second, because in the deer, as in the majority of wild animals, there is a definite period of rut, after which no impregnaticn takes place till the next season. The artificial life of captivity, in inclos- ures of limited size, and particularly where the animals are subjected to unnatural climatic influences, coupled, as is commonly the case, with a more or less radical change in the nature of their food, brings about a modificatian of the animal's habits, and frequently perverts the reproductive function. Therefore, instead of ‘‘a zoogenic paradox” we have simply a very interesting example of superfetation in *Deer preety devour the lichens that adhere to the branches of trees that have ong been dead, and the buds and twigs of those that were living when they fell, This fact is well known to woodsmen, who invariably assert that if a tree falls during the night, tracks of deer can always ‘be found there next morning. And Ihave heard More than one old hunter affirm it to be his sincere belief that deer know the cause of the noise produced by a falling tree, and, guided by the sound, at once set out in quest of the spot. Mr. John Con- stabje tells me that he once shot a deer in the act of browsing upon the lichens that elung to 4 fallen treetop. The animal was standing on its hindlegs, with its forefeet resting upon a large limb, and was reaching up for the lichens, tLoe. Cit., p. 88s. 4The only natural deer lick in the Adirondacks, so far as I am _ aware, is thus spoken of by Colvin: “I observed in a moist place a deposit of marly clay, a rare thimg in this region, What was most in ei however, was the fact that this was a natural deer-lick, many} pees phoning where the deer had licked the clay, possibly obtaining a trifle of potash, alumina and iron, derived from sul- ‘phates from decomposing pyrites.’’ (Report of the Adirondack Sur- “yey, 1880, P. 193). oF te = ae sag if to implore mercy, but tione is given. All share a like For many years an army of hardy lumbermen, wood- choppers, and bark-peelers has been steadily at work, to- gether with its concomitant devastating fires, in making pro- gressive and disastrous inroads upon the ill-fated forests of Much of the proper borders of the region, long since stripped of timber, present to the eye a desolate and barren waste, whose present irregular boundaries are New sawmills, pulpmills and numerous other manufac- are constantly being erected; and, asif this were not enough, it is possible that before the snows of another winter cover the earth, a railroad will pierce the very heart of this grand It augurs ill for the deer when the footprints of the panther or wolf are found near its winter quarters, but the cold steel tracks of the iron horse admonish us of the pres- ence of a tenfold more insidious and subtle foe; for the rail- road not only brings the deer’s greatest enemy, man, into its immediate haunts, but destroys and carries off the forests follows that which, unfortunately, seems hardly probable, the laws that heretofore sufficed to enable this animal to hold its own will Therefore. the subject of deer pro- tection becomes one that claims earnest and thoughtful con- sideration from our sportsmen and hunters, and demands The present law was a fairly good one at the time of its the deer—a case which does no violence to the well-known physiological laws, and which was rendered possible by the artificial conditions incident to the semi-domesticated state in which the animal lived. C, Harr Mpreriam, M.D. Locust Grove, N. Y, ° DECREASE OF Sond Brrps,—Boston, Mass., May 7.— Hiditor Forest and Stream: I notice in your advertising columns the advertisement of a Boston taxidermist who calls for ‘“‘all kinds of native birds.” You may not be liable to be taken to task for so aiding and abetting the violation of our bird laws, but I am inclined to be wroth over it. You may not recall the fact of my haying for some thirteen years noticed the simultaneous arrival of the Baltimore oriole with the opening of the cherry blossoms here, or rather at my home. This year the trees blossom almost one month late, and still ‘‘Lord Baltimore” has not been seen or heard. 1 account for it, perhaps, on the ground that other taxider- mists have advertised in local papers to same effect as above, for last summer I saw in the window of a Jarge millinery store here over one hundred and fifty stuffed skins of the Baltimore oriole all together, labeled 75 cents each. I was so mad I didn’t get over it for a week, and my family shan’t spend a cent in that store if they go bareheaded the remain- der of their lives.—Rerenoups. Philadelphia, Pa.—The past week did not bring the flights of black-breasted plover, robins, snipe and dowitchers, looked for by some. The season is backward, but they will no doubt arrive on our coasts within the next ten days, especi- ally if a southeasterly storm occurs during the pericd of time mentioned. As these birds treated us last spring, so will they act this—a sudden appearingand a very brief stay— it may be but for a day or two, Many of the warblers have shown themselves. The black and white creeper of course is here, the summer yellow bird arrived some days ago, and on Sunday, the 3d inst., the blue-winged yellowback could be seen among the fruit blossoms in the rural sections of Philadelphia. Both the Baltimore and orchard orivles have been present for several days, and the yearly war on the part of the so-called collectors of birds for scientific purposes against these bright-plumaged songsters has begun, Each collector, armed with a copy of our game laws, which al- lows the shooting of insectiyorous birds for scientific pur- poses, goes forth, fearing no interference, when every feather secured finds its place in the hat of the fashionable milliner, instead cf on the shelves of the ornithological cabi- net. We have a city ordinance that can be enforced in the case of these people. It is that of discharging firearms within the county limits, for which there is a fine for every offense, When the State law is faulty the city law should be resorted to.—Homo. Corn CRAKE (Crex pratensis).—Owing to the number of Fornst AND Stream for Feb, 14 being mislaid until a few days ago, I did not see Mr. Park's communication on the oc- curence of this bird in the State of New York last November, Some years ago, I think in 1859, I saw a specimen which was shot by one of the officers in Halifax garrison while on a sporting trip in Newfoundland, More singular still, a specimen was shot by my lamented friend, the late Liecut.- Col. Wedderburn (42d Highlanders) in the remote Ber- mudas. Here isCol. Wedderburn’s account of it in our ‘*Nat- uralist in Bermuda” p. 45: ‘The Landrail of Europe (Crez pratensis).—On the 25th of October, 1847, while out shooting in the dusk of the evening, in Pembroke Marsh, my good old dog Flora pointed, and a well known bird took wing, which I most fortunately killed, and it proved to be a young male landrail of the year. I sent the specimen to the late Mr. Yarrell, and at the sale of his effects it was purchased by Col. Drummond, who recognized the skin, The occurrence of this birdin such an out of the way place as Bermuda, and so far to the westward of its line of migration, is most wonderful, and it certainly gave me more pleasure to find this single bird, than the whole of the other birds put to- gether. I sent a notice of the occurrence of this bird to the Zoologist, in 1849.” To reach the Bermudas from the Amer- ican continent, this bird must have traversed some six or seven hundred miles of ocean; no small distance for a mem- ber of a family not specially fitted for continued flight.—J. MarraEew Jonss (Fern Lodge, Waterville, N.8.). ~ Cuimney SwaLLows.—Saratoga Springs, May 4,—Last evening and this evening I witnessed the unusual sight of myriads of chimney swallows circling around and dropping into an unoccupied chimney of a house adjoining the Arling- ton Hotel. Fully one thousand of these birds were together, attracting the attention of parties in the yicirity by their chippering cries and erratic evolutions, as they passed over the chimney top, halting for a moment, when apparently their courage gave way and they would circle around again, till at last some of last year’s veterans (evidently posted as to the internal arrangements of the chimney) dropped confidently down, when bushels followed in rapid succession. Evidently the birds have just arrived, and use the old chimney as a sort of assembly rooms, where they discuss matters pertain- ing to the coming season, pair off and seek permanent nest- ing places. The habits of this bird are singular, it is the ouly one of the feathered tribe that never alights, except in the dark recesses of its nesting place. It breaks a twig for its nest while on the wing; it gathers its food while on the wing; it is a perfect barometer, predicting storm or rain by skimming along near the surface of field or road, and soar- ing high for its food when a high temperature exists near the surface. Thestormy petrel, purple martin, whipporwill, swallows and all apparently tireless birds are seen to rest Reeieney on land or water, but the chimney swallow never. ~ ANOTHER SEAL iy Lake OntaArto.—Learning that a harbor seal (Phoca grenlandica) had-recently been captured in Lake Ontario, near Henderson, Jefferson county, N. Y., I addressed a letter of inquiry to Mr. C. H. Sprague, of that place, and have received thefollowingreply: ‘‘A seal weigh- ing 100 pounds was taken from a trap net set in the head of Henderson Bay, near Henderson Harbor, Sunday morning, April 20. He was dead when taken out, evidently havin drowned. He was of a grayish color, and a perfect speci- men, ‘This is the only one that has been captured here.”— C, Harr Meretam, M. D. (Locust Grove, N. Y., May 10). DeratTH or Wis0n Fuage —Wilson Flagg, the naturalist and author, died at his home in Cambridge on Monday, after a long and painful ilmess. My. Flage was born in Beverly in 1805, He received his education at Andover Phillips Academy andat Harvard College, and afterward studied medicine, but never practiced the profession. He removed from Andover to Cambridge in 1856, where he had since re- sided.— Boston Advertiser, May 8. Game Baq and Gun. A HUNTERS’ CAMP, HERE wasasudden stir in Astoria among lovers of river shooting, one late October day, when two hunt- ers, who had been down on the bottoms prospecting, brought back word that the fall flight of wildfowl had begun. Tents were overhauled, and camping traps of all sorts were speed- ily put in order, for ours was to be a party of genuine lovers of the camp-fire. There was to be no clinging to civilization in the shape of boarding houses or hired cooks, Such things might do for noyices, but when we had once entered the Swamp forests there was to be no coming back to soft beds and easy chairs until the hunt was ended. The party went out of the yillage in the early morning, perched high on rolls of bedding and boxes of provisions, which had been bestowed in an ancient lumber wagon, drawn by a matched team, a low-spirited horse, and a dis- couraged-looking mule, Steve, the stalwart farmer, was strangely silent about the fields, thickly carpeted with grow- ing wheat. or studded with obese shocks of corn; enough to Joosen the tongue of the most taciturn tiller of the soil. He was not silent, howeyer, about former river expeditions, There was a wistful look in his eyes, as though he could al- ready, in imagination, hear the whistle of teals’ wings. The sorriest figure in the party was cut by the Parson. His shining beaver was replaced with a weather-beaten slouch, and his coat and breeches were evidently not out on their first expedition, though certainly out at elbows and knees, The Deacon, occupying the rear berth in the wagon, smoked away placidly in spite of the rain and hail that pelted us as we toiled through the mud. Another team brought the balance of the half score—Senator, Doctor, the Notary, Tom, another dominie (afterward christened the Pelican, when he tried to palm off, as afresh corpse, a cadaver of that species, which he had picked up in the back-water), the Mote (weight 225 pounds) and last and least, the Bantling, The Deacon ruled that in case of dispute, the Senator should decide all legal questions inyolyed: in case of accident the Doctor should be allowed to officiate; and any member of the party should have “benefit of clergy” in case of hanging. It was a long pull from the landing, where the boats were loaded, back into the lakes, where the cracking of guns led to the ducks’ highways and pastures. The storm had passed and the sun was banging among the trees, when the boats were pulled up on the eastern shore of Steward Lake, above the mouth of the Any Carte, The tents were deposited under maples and elms, whose leaves were brilliantly streaked with red, The prevailing autumn color of the trees on the riyer bottom, however, especially if the first frosts are light, is yellow. Back on the bluffs there are plenty of reds, but liere the mass of color is yellow; not the shallow, flat, murky sort, but clear and transparent. Sometimes, pushing your boat into a bayou or narrow inlet, you will catch sight of a pecan or soft maple stained the deepest saffron, But while we haye been looking at the trees, the hunters’ ready hands have cut posts and poles and stretched the tents. There is 4 hurried search among the ‘‘plunder” after loaded shells, for the sun is dipping out of sight, and if any one gets a shot before the nf&ht falls, it must be soon, The Parson and the Senator drift together as the party scatters to shoot- ing points, and for the rest of the week the law and gospel go hand in hand, There seemed to be no method in the flight of the birds; they were evidently looking for lighting places. The Parson hushed the Senator in the midst of afunny story, as a buuch of low-flying mallards came toward their blind. The guus flamed and two drakes dropped out of the flock. Dusk was gathering, but a flock of teal sweeping across the lake, catch- ing sight of the half-concealed gunners, mounted sharply, their climbing forms silhouetted against the sky and offering arare shot, ‘Three of them dropped at the edge of the water when the guns blazed, It soon grew too dark for seeing, though swift wings could be heard fanning the air overhead proyokingly near. At such a time the hunter longs for power to see in the dark. At the camp the Deacon, who, by the way, had a weakness for good feeding, had installed himself as cools, a position all were willing he should have and hold after they had once tasted the fruits of his culinary skill. Then and there a burden of anxiety roJled from the minds of all the party as the Deacon—who had joined the expedition in the capacity of philosopher seeking escape from the turmoils of civiliza- tion, rather than as a hunter—volunteered to have the meals ready when the others came from their boais and blinds. He blandly called attention to a set of by-laws which he had unanimously adopted and pinned up in a conspicuous place. Here they are: 1. The cook must be dish washing, 2. The man who snores shall be fired into the lake. Mote regarded this as personal. | 3. The wearing of buttonhole bouquets is strictly for- bidden. j 4, For every tardiness at meals the offender shall forfeit one duck to the cook, These rules were simple enough, but.there was a suspicion in-some minds that the Deacon had his eye on many ducks in No, 4, a suspicion which seemed confirmed, as his string of birds grew longer each day. : How we slept that night. A heapof dried leaves, covered with gum coats, made a bed, where we slumbered as men do only under like circumstances. Strange it is that one rarely takes cold in a tent. A silk skull cap drawn well over the head is the only preventive needed, With the wind blowing in at every corner, and the rain sifting through the canvas in a fine mist on your face, you awake with a head as clear asa May morning. Ye dwellers in pent-up offices and stuity parlors, take to tents and forget that men are ever troubled with colds and sleepless nights. ‘Ffello-0-0-0!"’ shouted some one just as we had fallen asleep, as it seemed, but hours after as it proved. It was the Notary, who had caught the noise of swiftly movin wings close above the treetops. Wewere soon in boots an away. The eyelashes of the dawn were already visible. There came a fash across from the point of timber where Steye had taken his stand behind the willows. He after- ward brought in four redheads as the result of shooting into what he called ‘‘a bunch of shadows.” The Senator’s teeth chattered and the Parson was blowing his fingers behind a blind formed of willow twigs stuck in the mud. A flock of mallards came squarely toward the blind, the dominie catching sight of them first. The Sena- exempted from wood cutting and [The tor sat still, wondering why the Parson didn’t shoot, as he! flict. : ——_— FOREST AND STREAM. seemed to havea fine bead on the birds, and to be fairly reaching after them with his yun; but the birds went “‘tail- ing off” in safety, for the Parson was pulling with all his might on the guard of his gun instead of the trigger. The mistake cost him some chafling at the breakfast table. There was rare shooting that morning. | mH - | : go | cee | Bo | ae) § [ys Se Powder g2 | ge !] gs aa 3 oa Charges. Sho. j5e8e)4e) a | oz 5 2m Asm a | o oo ° — Be S o a wy A | 2 a S| a> | 3 | 25s Fa B33| 3S | & | 6A i= | 4 a 1 R. 3 drams. Chilled 253 | 195) .77 25 2 RK, 3 drams. Soft. 218 .89 27 3 L. 3 drams. Chilled 253 | 175 69 30 4 L. 3 drams. Soft, 2451 288! .97 25 Average. ....88 27 5 R. 314 drams. Chilled 253 | 149 59 31 6 R. 314 drams. Soft. 245 | 226 | .92 33 vi L, 344 drains. Chilled. | 258 | 214 87 31 8 L, 344 drams. Soft, 245 | 198 | .B0 32 Average....- 79 32 9 R. 34 drams. Chilled. 253 | 169 | .67 36 10 R. 3l4 drams, ol. 245 198 80 30 i L, 314 drams. Chilled 253 | 163} 6 42 12 L. 3i4drams. | Sott 245 | 195 | .80 33 13 R. 834 drams. Chilled * : 14 R. 334 drams. Soft. 245 | 298 | *91 32 15 L. 3e4 drams. Chilled 253 181 vel 40 i6 | L. | 88drams. | Soft. | 240 | 167| .69) 34 Average. ..,.12 | 36 | Bight barrel,...........-..s008c+ ees .765 and 32 Total averages ee Tt ree MS Pen ene ‘V7 and 3334 Several things are worthy of notice. First, the right and left barrels shoot nearly alike, the left a little the better. Second, chilled shot has the greatest penetration, but soft shot makes the best pattern. Third, as the charge of pow- der is increased the pattern is not so good but the penetra- tion increases. ¥ | I finally adopted a standard charge, consisting of 34 drams powder and 1 ounce soft shot. This averages about 33%; for pattern and 35 sheets penetration. I would suggest that when careful experiment has determined the best charge for any gun it should be engraved on the gun, or on a plate set into the stock, as the information is too valuable to be lost. _ This gun makes very regular patterns, and inside of a 20- inch ring at 40 yards leaves no holes the size of a quail un- covered by shot. Owing to its barrels being comparatively short and heavy at the breech, it balances well, and is alto- gether the best gun for upland shooting I ever owned, while its cost was moderate. _ Allow me to suggest that you take the above form, or with improvements, and ask your correspondents to give actual tests of their guns, Then if tabulated by you and published would give us # common standard of comparison. EXPBRRIMED SEABRIGHT, N. J. oe Aerts Be Forest and Stream: n reply to gun queries in your valuable paper of April 24, by “E. W.” First, that a 16-bore gun will kill anita as far asa 12 o0ra14bore provided they are bored on same principle and are properly charged; but in 20-bore the force of the shot would be greatly diminished—the range short- ened, Second, smali-bore Vusreke are made shorter than harrels of larger bore to give proper pattern, as a 16-bore barrel 50 or 82 inches long would shoot too close for any use, while a 10 or 12 bore 28 inches long would be just the reverse, the pattern would be too open. Third, there is no use in having barrels longer than 30 inches in 12-bore or 32 inches in 10-bore, as long barrels will produce the same effect as small bores—the force of the shot would be very much lessened. Fourth, in 20-bore gun, barrels 28 inches, would not have them choked under any consideration; but if 16-bore would have right barrel cylinder and left barrel modified choke, Ri OW. Mi: EDGEFIELD, S. C. Kditor Forest and Stream: I use a 10-bore, 8-pound gun, and load my shells with a thin Baldwin card wad on top of the powder, next an Eley’s 8-inch white felt wad, then another Baldwin card wad, and . lastly a thin cardboard wad oyer the shot. ‘‘Byrne,” in issue of April 24, has expressed my views exactly about those persons who can ‘‘kill every time” at 50 to 75 yards. An occasional good shot does not justify a man in saying he can do the same thing every time. In many cases no doubt they magnify their feats in order to give spice to their tale, yet how much more pleasure is derived from an. article in which you know the simple truth is told, and upon which you can rely. VW ooncocg. Princeton, N. J. THE CHOICE OF HUNTING RIFLES. Editor Forest and Stream: I would be much obliged if you or some of your corres- pondents will be so kind as to inform me: First—With what rifles were the extraordinary off-hand scores made in the New York shooting gallery, at 200 yards, as recorded in your paper for March 15? Second—Whether there are any ‘American sporting rifles from .40 to .45-gauge which, with a charge of powder not less than one-third the weight of the bullet, can be depended upon when fired from a rest, to put several successive shots into a square of six inches width at 200 yards? If so I would be glad to know the names and addresses of the manufacturers. Judging from the published targets there is no rifle which gcems to me to make such fine shooting at sporting ranges as the Maynard, the .40-gauge of which takes a charge of powder one-fourth the weight of the bullet, and lam much inclined to doubt if this proportion can be exceeded without spoiling the accuracy at 200 yards. I have not yet seen an express rifle which can be relied upon to hit a deer in the right place at distances beyond 150 yards, and by the words “rigt place,” I mean not merely the heaft, but anywhere in the thick part of the lungs, a wound which will cause an animal to drop quickly through suffocation even when made by a bullet of moderate size. A deer hit in the wrong place, such as the bowels, by a bullet of the largest size, will frequently run for miles, and eventually escape to die uselessly and in torture. While, therefore, appreciating a flat trajectory very highly, | would never attempt to gain it by a sacrifice of accuracy. I do not consider that any one ought, for sport, to fire at an animal beyond 200 yards, but whatever the sporting range may be, the rifle ought to be capable of hitting, at that range, the spot aimed at. Asa very interesting controversy about the best kind of hunting rifie has been going on in your paper for some time past, perhaps I may be permitted to give the result of my own experience, having killed quantities of large game dur- ing a residence of several years in India, and afew deer in America. I have used eight different rifles, varying in gauge from a .86 express with 20 grains of powder and 150 grains of lead, to one with a round bullet weighing 18 to the pound and 90 grains of powder. As an all-round weapon, to be con- stantly in the sportsman’s hand, for use in both thick brush and open ground, there is nothing made in the British mar- ket equal to a double-barreled central fire .45 express about nine pounds weight, with a powder charge not exceeding 125 grainsand a hollow bullet of not more than 300 grains, hard- ened with one-tenth or one-twelfth part of tin. It is light enough to be carried all day with comfort by a man of average strength; it requires when fired at an animal’s shoulder, no judging of distance up to 100 yards, and when properly patted. has been proved by plenty of good sportsmen to. be powerful enough for killing tigers and polar bears, which are doubtless as tenacious of life as the American grizzly bear, With a stock like that of a shotgun and held against the shoulder, the recoil is not unpleasant, and is not even felt when firing at game. Doubtless it would bruise severely if the rifle had a short stock with crescent-shaped butt and were held at the upper arm in the American fashion. The latter system 1 personally prefer when the charge is light in proportion to the weight of barrel, for mere off-hand shoot- ing ut a murk, but it is not good for quick shooting at game. With regard to the weight, the late Capt. Forsyth, of the Indian army, in his book upon the sporting rifle, said that he found 9 pounds about as much as an average man could carry for any.Jengtk of time and use effectively. My own experience agrees with his, and when out shooting in India with men who had rifles of 10 or 12 pounds weight I have always noticed that they often gave them to attendants to carry, and thus risked losing good chances of game. Iam of average strength, and was in the habit for many years of walking in the American bush and Indian jungles, fre- quently for eight or ten hours daily, yet found that when fatigued I could not use a rifle of even 94 pounds with the same quickness and precision as one of half a pound less weight. Taking, then, 9 pounds as about the weight, it is difficult to see how any gauge can be equal to.45. If, for a , w= —— ——— —— q instance, if be made .40, with the usual charge of 80 grains 7 and a hollow bullet of 220 grains, the trajectory up to 150 yards is equally good, and, from the diminution in recoil, the aceuracy may be slightly better, but the immediate effect _of the bullet is not sufficiently paralyzing upon dangerous animals like tigers or bears, or eyen upon deer the size of the American elk. _ If, on the other hand, the gauge be increased to .50, there | gu : is only a choice between two evils—either the powder charge must be so much smaller in proportion to the lead that the trajectory is spoiled, or the recoil must be so great that the accuracy is spoiled. With only 125 grains of powder and a hollow bullet of 340 grains, a .50 express must weigh at least 94 pounds to he fired with any comfort, and cannot be used beyond about 120 yards without making allowance for the curve of the bullet’s flight. Rifle makers’ assistants, accustomed to heavy charges, and employed constantly in sighting rifles, will make good shoot- ing from a dead rest after fixing themselves in a certain posi- tion, even with light weapons, but a sportsman who is often obliged to fire quickly without thinking of the way he holds his rifle, will find a marked difference in the practical accu- racy obtainable with great instead of moderate recoil. For many years I used rifles with rouad bullets of about an ounce in weight, and even now am by no means sure that they are not, on the whole, equal to expresses for shoot- ing in thick woods. Their striking surface is sufficiently great for most purposes, and they cut through twigs wiich will turn conical balls out of their course, while their pene- tration is so great that they usually go clean through large animals lengthwise. In nine-pound rifles they can be made almost as accurate as express bullets up to 150 yards, and with.a very flat trajectory up to 110 yards. P Of late years I have chiefly confined myself to two rifles for game shooting, viz.: a double central fire, 16-bore, and a “Cape gun,” with the right barrels 16-gauge and smooth, for shot or ball, and the left .45 express. The latter weapon was manufactured to order by one of the best English makers, for a purpose which it completely fulfilled, that of shooting for food in remote districts, where it was often un- certain whether large or small game would be met with. The double rifle: weighs ten pounds, and has barrels 26 inches long. The bullets are round, weighing 472 grains, and are fired naked with from 96 to 100 grains of Curtis & Harvey’s No. 6 powder. One of Eley’s felt wads 7% of ‘aninch thick, is placed between powder and bullet. Fired from a rest the rifle will hit a square 44 inches wide almost every shot at 100 yards, and I once put 14 successive bullets into that space from alternate barrels without any rest, but sitting down with an elbow on each knee, the 100 yards be- ing measured, and the charge 110 grains of powder. At 150 yards the accuracy decreases considerably, the bullets being seldom ina smaller space than a 10 or 12-inch square, and the best shooting I have made from the sitting position was to put 7 suecessive shots into an 8}-inch square. At 200 yards no reliance can be placed upon the rifle. The express barrel of the Cape gun takes brass conical cartridge cases holding from 110 to 125 grains of powder, over which are placed a card wad, a lubricated felt, and then i another card. The bullets are cast slightly too large and assed through a swedge. They have cannelures for hold- ing lubrication and are used naked. They are of three kinds —a hollow conical weighing 270 grains, a solid of the same weight with a flat point like that of the Winchester repeater, and one with a hollow less in diameter than that of the first and weighing 290 grains. At 100 yards there is no differ- ence in the accuracy of the three bullets, but the solid one performs best at 200. Hley’s machine-made papered bullets fit equally well, but do not give better shooting, and any number of shots can be fired ata time without the least necessity for wiping out. The rifle weighs 8 pounds 12 ounces, and the barrels are 28 inches long, with rebounding locks and pistol-grip stock. Fired from a rest a number of successive bullets go into a square 44 inches wide at 100 yards. The best continued shooting from the sitting position that I have made was put- ting four bullets into a square 84 inches wide by 22 deep, and six into 4 wide by 6deep, At 150 yards I have not been able to shoot closer than four bullets into 9 inches wide by 5 deep, six into 11 wide by 5 deep, and six more into 11 by 6% on the same occasion. I once put five bullets into 44 by 52, but the sixth struck six anda half inches below the ‘square. At 200 yards the shots are seldom less than about 20 inches square, and the best work I have done was putting six into 17 inches wide by 9 deep. ‘The bullets make a curve 34 inches high between the muzzle and 150 yards, and the block sight is so arranged as to make them strike 14 to 2 inches high at 80 yards and drop the same at 150. Although shooting from the sitting position gives rather inferior results to that from a fixed rest; it will be seen from the above account that the accuracy of the rifle falls off very materially at 200 yards, and almost every express has the same defect, according to my experience. The problem yet to be solved in hunting rifles seems to be the proportion of powder to lead which can be used without producing inac- curate shooting. LLM. Lonpon, England, April 16, 1884. Editor Forest and Stream: With respect to “‘G. H., M.D.’s,” communication in your issue of March 27, it may interest him to know that there ‘is a miniature rifle cartridge made by Messrs. Kynoch for the Morris tube, which is almost perfect for the work it is intended. The little cartridge of drawn brass is bottle- Shaped, .295 reduced to .230, central fire, # of an inch long; it takes a charge of 5 grains powder and a hardened bullet of 40 grains; .45 inch long, perfectly cylindrical at its rear end, which is not reduced to fit the shell. This bullet has no cannelures for lubrication, a jute disc i and greased wad doing this work most efficiently. It is cupped at the base. This cartridge is said to have an initial velocity of over 1380 f.s., and to carry well to over 500 yards inthe Morris tube. It makes splendid practice, and as a fairly flat trajectory up to 100 yards. I was shown a tube out of which more than 4,000 shots were said to have _ been fired, and it showed scarcely any signs of fouling. The little bullet penetrated over three inches of pine at thirty feet and splashed on an iron plate behind. There is a shorter cartridge, taking 3} grains of powder with the same bullet. A cartridge of this kind, lengthened to take a bigger charge, would, I think, satisfy “G. H., M.D.’s,” wants. It is beginning to be used a good deal this year for rook rifles, and is displacing the large sizes in this country. The most popular sizes here are the .295 or .300, which iat ze gtains powder and 80 lead, and are very accurate ‘ait ‘cr ses, a an +, ' is tube is used with the Snider or Martini rifles, FOREST AND STREAM. 307 had left the south. But the reward of the ardent ones came at last, and for the past two weeks they have been knocking the birds right and left, in numbers sufficient to satisfy any reasonable person. The best bag I have seen was in the possession of Secretary Hartman of Greece, who brought in thirty-six as the result of one day’s shooting, Various other men have been almost as successful in thinning the ranks of the feathered passengers on their way to the breeding ground. We have all done it, but it does not seem right to carry out in this way the sentiment. ‘‘after us the deluge,”— Ei, REDMOND. for musketry instruction; it fits inside the rifle barrel, and is in two pieces. The tube itself is inserted from the muzzle, and its breech end from the breech of the rifle, and the two are then screwed together. A collar screwed on to the muz- zle of the tube keeps it steady. An extractgr is worked by that of the rifle, and ejects the cartridge on the breech of the rifle being opened: A tube of .800-bore can be fitted to shot- ns. The Morris tube is rifled only for about half its length, the rear half is smooth-bored, on account, I suppose, of manufacturing difficulties, as it isso long. The cost of the ,280 cartridge is 2s. 6d, and 2s. 9d, per hundred, that of the -22 rimnfires being 2s. : Perhaps the following particulars of the usual weights, charges, ete., of English express and other rifles may be of interest to your readers. Cost oF SHELLS.—Washington, D. C., May 9.—Zditor Forest and Stream: Yesterday, when I began to lay in my supply of ammunition for spring bay bird shooting, 1 found, to my dismay, that the paper ‘shells had risen, and the rise took my breath away. The second grade, N. M., for which I had all along been paying 65 cents a box, had jumped to 95 cents. Now I for one deplore that the speculators have turned their attention to the sportsmen’s goods. If they suc- ceed in this venture there will soon be a corner in shot, powder and caps. I kicked and bought nickel shells, and 1 hope the fraternity of sportsmen will combine and not sub- mit to any imposition,—CHAssEur. Charge of powder, gerains, appro xi- mate. Weight of bul- let, grains, | approximate. Weight, Pounds. Remarks. Caliber, Express. 2 36 6 to 8 40 to 50 150 to 180) =| Flat trajectory to 140yds. Suitable for small ante- lope, biistard, etc 7 to 845 Suitable for ante- lope and small ' deer. Very flat | trajectory and | high velocity. 746 to 10 95 to 150 270 to 820 (Suitable for all | antelope and deer, but many prefer the ,500, Trajectory flat to 200yds. with large charge. The best ‘‘all- round” rifle for allgame. Great penetration with solid bullet. Suitable for dan- gerous game. Very effective with solid ball, Suitable for dan- gerous game, preferred by some to the heavy express. Suitable for heavy thick-skinned game, Suitable for heavy thick-s kinn ed game. “WAKE Ropr.”—Will Mr, Riddick allow me to correct a slight misapprehension into which he has fallen, in his pleas- ant article ‘‘Concerning Robins,” in the issue of Fornst AND STREAM for May 1, of the current year? The title of Mr, Burroughs’s book, “‘Wake Robin,” is derived, not, I am as- sured, from Vurdus migratorius, as Mr. R. states, but from the flower Triliium canadensis, one of spring’s earliest har- bingers in New England, and which is known to Northern children by the name of ‘‘wake rebin.” Of the derivative philology of the name I am not sure, but think it may possi- bly be derived from the early coming of the bird.—H. P. U. 40 80 to 110 180 to 220 816 to 11 | 120to 160 340 to 390 See BUFFALO SPRING SHootinc.—Buffalo, N. Y., May 6.— The spring duck shooting is over and our shooters have oiled and laid away their big duck guns for the summer. The shooting on the whole was not satisfactory. The ducks were few and far between, while there was no lack of hunters. One morning a few days before the season closed, your correspondent shot nine bluebills and whistlers, which was not considered bad under the circumstances. Swivel guns have been used by certain parties living on the Canadian shore, slaughtering and driving away a good many ducks.—W, A, A. BELLEFONTAINE, O., April 22.—A gun club was organized here last evening with thirty mentbers, for the protection of game, trap-shopting, ete. The club will be known as the Fountain Gun Club of Bellefontaine, O. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, J. C. Brand, Jr.; Vice-President, H. C. Garwood; Secretary, C. C. Lane; Treasurer, J. H. Hornberger; Executive Committee— W. H. Taylor, 5. Faris, B, Laport.—C. C. Lanz, Sec. iz —«|[1044 to 1214) 160 to 180 | 480 to 500 Large bore. .73 (12-bore); 10 to 18 160 to 200 |580 spherical to 800 conical. .77(10-bore)| About 14 | 220 to 270 |'700 pubenigat to 1,000 conical. 270and over|860 spherical to -835 (8-bore) s 1,260 conical, About 1634 The barrels of the small bores are usually of steel, those of the large bores mostly of twisted metal. ‘Their length is from 26 to 28 inches. Double rifles usually weigh a little more than single. Solid bullets weigh from 20 to 60 grains heavier than hollow-pointed ones. The muzzle velocities of the .40, .45 and .50 expresses with the heaviest. powder charges are close on 2,000 f.s. Recoil with the expresses is not severe, but they require a long, strairht stock, and should be held properly; with the large calibers recoil heel plates are necessary. The following tables (see the Feld, Sept. 8, 1883) show the .powers of a .45 express and long-range rifle in com- parison: Iowa PRAtRIE CHICKENS.—Woodbine, Harrison County, Jowa, May 5.—Prairie chickens are more plentiful than they have been in a number of years, so those that live here tell me. Some quail left, too.—L. A. R. Sea and River Mishing. 4 ie yz @ ey | = No R & BES ae gE ome BES Og He. CAMPS OF THE KINGFISHERS. Bl B&BS! = aT S/S ets Rifle, Slees| Fe |By| Soo ISLolkes Black Lake, Michigan. | |@as| 2/2 RSs jar ra ea §: : : ag, wel Eo ge : io Q) : 725 |: Sel: ss NCLE DAN SLOAN and the Writer, with four other = ———— a ial i =a good fellows, spent our summer vacation of 1882 on .45 double barrel express the old stamping grounds, the ever lovely upper and lower by Messrs. J.GW.Tolley| 10 [26 150.87] 274|1 to 1,822] 2,000} 2,431 | waters of the Intermediate chain of Jakes in Charlevoix and Antrim counties, Northern Michigan. It appeared to be an 4m Clow? =e : d : . 4 Pcie “4 Gov't Martint-Henry,.) 9 /833-16) 85 | 40/1 to 5.64 | 1,315) 1,841 | of year with the fish, and the trip did not prove as entirely lovely and satisfactory as some of our former camps on the same chain, so that when Brother Bert. Hughes, of Hamil- ton, Ohio, in November of the same year, filled Jim (ye Editor) chock full of marvelous yarns about the beauties and charms of Black Lake, the prodigiousness of the black bass stiffening its waters, and the enormous proportions of some of the Hsouv nobdilior infesting its dark depths, the old place lost its sweetness; the current of our thoughts was changed, and we resolved to kindle our flickering camp-fire somewhere on its, to us, unknown and unexplored shores, When Jim had been charged until he could hold no more, he hied himself down to the city to pour into the willing ears of Old Knots (the Seribe) and I the wonders and attrac- tions of this lake of the dark waters, and soon after we paid Hughes a visit and received from him many choice morsels of information, that Jim, in his inability to hold everything, had failed to bring down and impart to us. Hughes, with a party, had fished this lake a couple of weeks in September of that year, and had some wonderful stories to tell of the size and numbers of black bass and pickerel taken, notably of an afternoon’s sport when they took fifty-six fish with six frogs, and how their lines were repeatedly snapped and their rods smashed into countless fragments by powerful but un- seen fish that never stopped to say good-bye when they started for some other part of the lake, or even to drop them a hint about the inefficiency of their tackle, or the masterly skill they displayed in not stopping them. And then he told us that he had seen three or four fingerling trout in a spring branch that flowed into the lake within a rod or two of their camp. This meant trout, at least in some of the streams in the vicinity, and when he told us that a settler, their nearest neighbor across the lake, had given them a pointer on a stream, seven or eight miles from the head of the lake, that literally swarmed with grayling—so thick in fact that the water had to be changed twice a day to keep them from famishing—we were ready to throw up our hats and shout “Eureka,” or anything else that would serve as a safety valve to ease the pressure that was nigh bursting our “‘pisca- torial bilers.” It appeared, however, that the pointer had been given them only a day or two before breaking camp, as is usual in such cases, and they were unable to pay the slream a visit, According to the settler’s story, the tangles of this stream, the *‘Ocqueoe,” had never been penetrated except by a stray mossback now and then. No city feller had ever thrashed its quiet pools with ‘‘a sunfish pole and a bunch o' fool fethers,” or polluted it by squirtin’ tobacker juice into its limpid waters. It was wild and pure almost as when the sun first shone Time of Flight Velocity at (seconds) to Striking energy at Rifle. 60 | 100 | 150 | 60 | 100 | 150 yards|yards|yards|yards|yards|yards 60 100 | 150 yards|yards|yards 1611 1167 1439 1104 09612 1419 1675 2418 2661 8759 1880 1590 1578 | 1258 1450 | 1297 .45 Express. . Heights of trajectory in inches, Rifle. At 100yds. range. | At 150yds. range. 40yds. 60yds. 60yds. | 80yds. 1.2672 2.6712 1.8260 2.7384 3.1560 6.4128 sae RT XAIL ORS boars eleialy Charge pete > 3.4176 68208 .45 Martini-Henry ............ The 276-grain bullet loses velocity very rapidly, and much better work would be done by a heavier ball of about 320 to 350 grains weight, the loss of flatness of trajectory would be practically nothing, and the gain in striking energy at the longer sporting ranges very great. Double rifles shoot well enough at sporting ranges. A double .40 express, by Messrs. D. & J. Fraser, put seven out of eight shots into a 38-inch bull at 110 yards at one of the Wimbledon competitions a few years ago; but I have mentioned this subject already in one of my letters. Lancaster’s four-barreled .45 express, a beautifully made, though very costly weapon, is only 10 pounds in weight, and very handy, Its action is similar to that of a double action revolver, the hammer, an inside one, being cocked, and each barrel fired in turn by the trigger; but the *‘pull off” is beautifully light and better arranged than that of any double action revolver. BENGAL SEPOY. Lonpon, Eng., April 7. Snipe Asout Rocuester.—Rochester, N. Y., May 8. —Those of your readers who are opposed to spring shooting will not be pleased to hear the fact that the snipe shooting has been excellent in this county the present season. There was the usual strife among sportsmen to get the first bird, and numerous trips were taken to the fields before the snipe 308 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 15, 1884, ee a a er on it, and we promised ourselves then and there that we would pay our respects to it and take out a sufficient number of its silvery treasures to give the remaining few a chance to get an abundant supply of a purer flow of water without changing. We were referred to this settler, a Mr. O. 8. Merrill, for further information and particulars, and [ at once opened up a correspondence with him. He corroborated all of Brother Hughes's statements and put in a side winder occa- sionally on his own hook, which so increased the fever in us that by the time spring opened, a trip to Black Lake was a serene conclusion, and our preparations were made to that end, The last ‘‘sockdologer” we got from this guileless moss- back. in May, was in the shape of a string inclosed in his letter, which, he said, represented the length and girth of a black bass taken in the lake a short time before. The string was 31 inches long, the length of the fish, and 24 inches of it, to a knot tied as a marker, was the girth around ‘‘the minnow and frog compartment.” Great Scott, what a bass! Not an ounce under 14 pounds, Does any brother of the rod, with the spirit of a green frog in him, wonder that the fever immediately seized on us with a fiercer and more relentless grip? JI inclosed the string to Old Dan (along with a few remarks that I thought would touch the spot), and Dan showed it to Ben R—w, a farmer neighbor, who had for some time been balancing himself on the edge of a strong desire to join the Kingfishers in a trip to the North Woods, but had not just made up his mind which way to fall. That string laid him out, and he came full length on the Michigan side. This ‘‘new member from Macon county” filled our party to the limit of eight, yiz.: Old Knots, ye Editor, Uncle Dan Sloan, the Writer (the scarred veterans of the old Kingfishers), John R., one of the party the previous year, Ben R—w, Dick Mac and H. H. Muller, Assistant Postmaster of our sooty city of Cincinnati. The three last had never ‘‘fit muskeeters and cussed black flies in the bresh of Northern Michigan,” and we, who had gathered up a good deal of experience in this branch of ang- ling, looked forward to an opening night in the woods that would reficci credit on the new members, and at the same time be a source of comfort to the afore-mentioned insects. The entertainment came off as expected, and Dick M. will attest to the extreme cnd of his natural period that it was a most—agonizing success, Dick, bv the way, is a ‘‘jaynius” in his way, but a mighty good fellow withal, and as Knots usually tacks on a nickname to each new member to fit some peculiarity in their make up, he was dubbed Mrs. Partington, on account of his fondness for using big words with an utter disregard of their fiimess. Any word that came uppermost, wilh plenty of sound and syllables in it, he would fire out perfectly regardless, and with a refreshing serenity that nothing would disturb. Jolnny R. was called the Deacon, by reason, perhaps, of the violent contrast between him and any bona fide, well-regulated deacon in good standing, and so on to the end of the string.* Our preparations were made to start about the middle of July. We shipped our camp outfit and a box of provisions ten days ahead to Cheboygan, in order that we might not be delayed in our start for the woods when we got there by the cheerful information ‘‘goods not arrived.” The Scribe, Editor, Dick and John R, decided to start four days ahead of the time set for the party to leave, which would give them time to take a runoyer to Mackinac Island, buy and have ready butter, eggs, flour, etc., that we would need in camp, and have the wagons, engaged ahead threugh the kindness of that prince of landlords, Mr. Wm. Spencer, of the Spencer House, Cheboygan, loaded and ready to move on the arrival of the rest of the party. Brother Muller would be unavoidably detained three or four days, and this left the Writer to go it alone again as far as Ft. Wayne, Ind., where Dan and Ben were to strike the G. R. & I. road. Stepping out of the train at Fort Wayne, I looked all around for Dan, but the old pelican was not to be found, and I concluded he and Ben must have missed connection or met with an accident, for I felt that when old Dan failed to be on time on a fishing trip, something must be out of gear. While rapidly deliberating on what to do in the case, a thin- faced man with a fierce moustache, wiry-looking in every fibre, bronzed and sun-tanned and brown as a ripe hazel nut, stepped up and said very deliberately, ‘‘My name’s Ben R—w, and you must be ‘Old Hickory,’ the feller old Dan Sloan has told me so many lies about?” ‘Yes, same feller; shake, powerful glad to see you, but where is the old peli- can?” ‘Well, I’m sorry to tell yethatjest afore I left Deca. tur, he was taken suddenly sick, and as I didn’t want to dis- appoint the party, 1 jest took the train and come on, and here Lam.” Our traps are all here, and now what do you think we'd better do, go on and leave Dan, or wait til next train? for I think he’!l be able to travel to-night.” Here was what Capt. Truck would have called ‘ta h—I of a category.” Going a-fishin’ without old Dan, my veteran comrade in many a pleasant camp, who had fished with me in sun and rain, and even snow, who had shared with m2 the triumphs of numberless battles with the black warriors of divers streams and lakes for the last score of years, would be play- ing Hamlet with that moonstruck melancholy appendage Jett out. While trying to figure out the best course to pursue in the matter, Ben scraped a match on the rear of a new pair of jeans breeches, which I noticed were tucked carefully into his boot tops, and liftimg a sbort briar root pipe, which he had loaded while talking, said: ‘‘Tell ye what, if we stand here much longer blowin’ our horns. that train’ll hie out, and we'll git”—biff, came a smart blow on my left car, and turning quickly around to flatten out the offender, there stood olu Dan, looking as radiant as a young school marm atter a creditable examination, and then those two old loons just humped themselves and laughed “‘voriferously”—as Dick would have said—at the joke they had played on ‘‘Old Hickory.” How going a-fishing doth make boys of us all. After seeing ull their luggaye put on, Ben and i hustled Dan jnto the train, and we were soon discussing the prospects for big sport at Black Lake. At Grand Rapids, in the evening, we were met at the depot by our friend Charley Pike, of the First National Bank, who stvered us uptown and entertained us very agreeably _ during the hour or more that the train laid by. We missed the beaming ‘phiz” of genial, fun-loving old Bill Hess, whose acquaintance and Pike’s we so happily made in the + Just here I will crave the indulgence of the craft for jotting down all these little details and enue! and offer as an excuse that 1 like to read such things when written by others, and will take it for zranted that every Sportsman tikes to do the same; that he takes interest in the prépa:ations made by a party before making a pro- posed trip; shares the joys of theiranticipations: likes to know about the material aud make-up of the party, and wants to know where they are going and how they get there. — taken with hook and line, with our party at least, proved a better bait than minnows in these Northern lakes, and they certainly are not one-tenth the trouble to keep alive and transport from one camp to another, if occasion requires. box where the water of some little stream near by can run through one corner of it without wetting the whole bottom, and a handful or two of grass scattered inside will evoke various toned croaks of satisfaction that will convince you that even frogs are not devoid of gratitude. treatment they will live four or five weeks on wind, albeit they will look a trifle gaunt in the region of the waistband, but they will be almost as frisky as when first put in the box. no rapids, I would select the stroagest running water. chor your boat and let the water trail out the flies to seyeral distances; I would change places often, it makes no differ- ence whether the flies are on the surface or a foot under; I ‘‘bresh”’ two years before, as he was out of town, but he left his blessing to be bestowed on us by Charley, anda promise to hunt up our camp in the next fortnight if he could spare the time from his business. may his days be long in the Jand. Blessed old Bill! At Mancelona, early next morning, our old cook of ’81, Frank Frantz, joined us, having been engaged by letter for the trip a week before. E i and circus combined in the shape of a box containing 375 live, speckled frogs, for bait. purpose, with wire netting sides $-inch mesh and a hinged door a foot square in the top, was sent up some time ahead to one of our old neighbors on Central Lake, a Mr. William Derenzy, with instructions to have his boy Tommy catch the frogs a few days before we were to be along and send them up to Mancelona by the mail wagon. this streak of forethought was we were going to a wild and strange place, and we could not be certain of procuring suitable bait in sufficient quantity to keep the boys in good humor, and if anything is calculated to make ye honest angler forget his early Sunday-school training it is to run short of bait when the fish are just in a mood to ask for it, Here, too, we took on « menagerie The box, made for this special The reason for The result proved the wisdom of the venture, for we found frogs were a scarce yvarmint around Black Lake, and we found only one locality on the lake where we could catch minnows large enough for good bait, and these had to be Besides, speckled frogs have, When in camp place your Under this I write all this about frogs, that in case any of the brethren who may take a notion to make a camp on any of the lakes of this region of Michigan, they may have the benefit of our experience, KINGFISHER. [To BE CONTINUED. | FLY-FISHING FOR SHAD. Editor Forest and Stream: There isa great awaking among the angling fraternity. The number of letters on the shad fly and shad angling are such it would be impossible for me to answer them individually, and wishing to accommodate as many as possible of the lovers of the gentle art, [ will ask the use of your columns for a few hints to those who would try for the sport in fresh pastures. ~ Shad fishing at Holyoke, for the last two years, has heen so poor that | have not put up a fly in that time, and as there have been no brawny workers in Western Massachu- setts the increase of shad in the Connecticut has been left to the praying ones. haye to depend on an old cast. containing three old favorites, namely, a white miller, second drop; a yellow Sally or a soldier moth, hand drop; a red ibis for trail fly. The red ibis aud the white miller are favorites through the season. are times when the shad will take any fly, in fact I have seen them taken with three or four feathers bunched, and tied to a hook without other preparations of any kind. If the prayers are heard and answered, I will There There are many other hooks to choose from, and almost every angler has a choice of hooks which he considers the very best. hollow point, but would recommend a hook about the size of a No. 6 Limerick H.P-., for the reason I could rise ten fish with the small hook, to two with the large hook, but gener- ally secured more fish with the No. 4. The cast can be stained, or natural color, as suits the taste of the angler. I uever could see any difference in the chances offered, nor does it matter whether the reel is placed above or below, as far as the fish are interested. Il take sugar in mine if it should kill me, For my own use I dress to a No. 4 Limerick As some of the inquirers are located on tide water, I would say try it, if the current is strong enough to support your flies at or near the surface, with from forty to fifty feet of line ont. distances; if not current sufficient to keep the flics floating, try casting a long line across stream, letting the water carry the flies down stream, at the same time draw gently round below the stern of the boat. fish in that way when crowded out of the regular fishing grounds; also in rowing gently round and trailing the flies has brought some good fish into the boat. Let the flies trail ont and try it at shorter or longer IT have taken some very good For resular river fishing above tide water, where there are i An- would also try casting as above, as well as different kinds of flics, for ] am persuaded that shad can be taken in all fresh water, and the goal, when reached, will be a pleasant one. From 4 to 10 o’clock A. M., and from 5 to 9 P, M. are the best hours to taxe them; if the day is cool and cloudy they will take the fly all day. THomMAS CHALMERS, Honyoke, Mass., May 10, THE MAINE SEASON OPENED. IGRATION to the Maine trout and Jand-locked salmon waters has never set in with more enthusiasm, Al- though the ice is hardly out of some ot the lakes yet, several sportsmen have got tired of waiting. and. have started. A party of five or six Boston merchants started for Moosehead Saturday, and on their return, in about a week, they will go to Bangor and thence to Aroostook to try the waters. A company of five merchants will leave Boston next Saturday for Rangeley Lake and the upper Androscoggins. They will be gone two weeks; the Jatter one a part of them will spend at Lake Kennebago, that jewel of trout lakes nestling in the unbroken forest, eight miles from Rangeley. But alas! the march of improvement wakes us up from the pleasing dreams of trouting in the wilderness, with only pine boughs for our pillow and the stars for a fe siciga i lear that a little steamer has been or is to be put into Ken- nebago even, and that a hotel is to take the place of the old camps. Alas! Those steamers and hotels, They bring the lazy tourist into our dearly loved nooks, and they drive away the sensation of rest born only of solitude. Their ceaseless bluster takes us right back to the active, bustling WOECSSAM sow, soe tee 2 ee ee A cae punber than usual of merchants abd professional men have planned fishing trips to the Maine waters this sea- son. Nearly 100 from Boston and the neighboring cities and towns will make the early spring trip, to be followed later by the fly-tishermen in June, the teachers, clergymen and schoolboys in July and August, and the late fiy-fishermen and sportsmen with dog and gun, in September. Senator W. P. Frye, of Maine, wiil go into camp under his own shingled roof on Lake Mooselucmaguntic, early in the season, Weston Lewis, of Boston, vice-president of the Oquossoe Angling Association, with other members—some of them the near neighborsin New York ofthe Porusr anp SrREAM —will start for their camp at Indian Rock, head of Moose- lucmaguntic, before these lines are scanned by you, dear reader, The lamented A. D. Lockwood, president of the association, will not be with them this year. He has gone to his rest. The last time he visited the happy trouting waters, where he had been punctual nearly every season for some twenty or thirty years, it was with crutch and cane in one hand and rod and reel in the other. A true, noble lover of nature. He could organize and carry on successfully powerful manufacturing companies, but he never forgot the twirl of the trout, even when white hairs had frosted his pene and years of active business had enfeebled his manly step, At the lakes all is bustle, if ever those guides and back- woodsmen can bustle. The boats are painted and out to dry. The minnows are caught or mapped out where they can be secured with a dip net at an hour's notice; the (don’t turn up your nose, kind readers) worms are dug. Next week the lakes will be dotted here and there with boats, a guide at the oars (sunbrowned and tanned as black as a red man) and a sportsman in the stern with trolling line and live minnow, sunburned and blistered as red as the flesh of an indoor white man knows how to be. Some big trout will be caught, five, six and even up to eight ornine pounds. Don’t imagine, dear uninitiated novice, that such big trout com- monly rise to the fly. No, they are feeders upon larger bait. A truthful record of the catching of about nine-tenths of all the large trout taken in Maine waters would show that they were lured upon the hook by some kind of bait. The fly is more sportsmanlike, neater and requires more skill to handle, but when trout will not rise then bait must be resorted to or we go back to our desks and counting rooms to dream oyer them another year with only a two-year-old recollection to help us through to the next season. SPECIAL, Boston, Mass. <. AN ANGLER’S WIFE IN CAMP. § the summers have rolled around, with our boy we 3 have enjoyed the life in camp, beside some stream, or in the deep groves of maples, until I prefer ‘‘tenting on the old camp ground” to any summer resort, hotel or boarding- house. The years have come and gone, until [ am almost as much interested in matters pertaining to angling as my hus- band, possessing my own rod—a fine lancewood—my own reel, lines and hooks; flies I do not aspire to yet, hence satisfy myself with fishing from a boat, with my boy for my boatman; and to his credit be it said, he can handle a boat well, so well that he has taught me to row. Ihave but once before attempted to write my camping experience; my hus- band’s reputation is established, while 1am but pluming my feathers. For ten long years my husband has borne a nom de plume which Ihave come to recognize almost as closely as his given name. Isee his pen skimming page after page oftimes when he should be resting; find the letters going to well-kuown sportsman’s journals, and but for the fact that almost twenty years of married life has woven his name into my daily life, 1 should prefer to call him by his vom de plume. As [take the journals and read the very interesting letters from different anglers, sometimes reading them nearly all through when I come to one that reads like *‘Norman,” L look at the end of the letter, and there is the old familiar name, And here is my thirteen-year old boy stringing out long sentences, quoting poetry, giving his experieuce to the genial ‘‘Kingfishers,” whom we had the pleasure of meeting in Michigan when dz transitu for our camping grounds, and find him corresponding with gentlemen whose names are well knewn in the angling world. So you will not think it strange that I have caught the scribbling fever. But to my story. We camped this past summer close to a small creek con- taining some beautiful trout. Every time they were brought to camp and I cooked them, I longed to try for some my- self, 1 love the dainty little fish, and take pleasure in serving them on the table crisp and brown, but cooked to perfec- tion. Just below the camp, about a quarter of a mile, was an- other creek, broader and deeper than the one we had fished; so we determined to try this. Rigging up a rod and line, we took worms for our bait, and began fishing. We climbed logs, clambered oyer fallen trees, crecping through the thick undergrowth, once in awhile finding a place to drop a Jine, but I presume the trout knew { was a novice, for they would come out from their hiding places and glide swiftly back under the old stumps and logs. Once, yes twice, my lady friend had one right out of the water, but just when she was about to take him off the hook he was gone, and before she could pick him up he was into the water again. And now we sre in the thick of the forest toget trout; we must walk on logs, for they lay every way across the stream, thickly covered with moss, the stream at times almost hidden from sight with stumps and undergrowth, but the ripple of the clear, cool water guides our way. Our friend and his wife are gone up the stream, and I am trying to swing my bait into a hole under some stumps when, instead of dropping into the hole, iny hook swings into the thick brush. I step, as I think, on another log, to save my rod, but it proved to be nothing but brush wood covered with moss, and in I went, My greatest fear was that my rod would be broken; it bent under the pressure almost into an half circle. Some-_ how 1 managed to pull myself out again, and saved my rods * fortunately the brush had kept my clothes from getting wet. I was not going to leave off for this little dip, so kept on up strearn determined to try again. ' Well, we saw the trout and we will have them next time, and 2lthough we had to content ourselves for this day with a nice string of perch which we caught on the dock, yet the beautiful woods and the cool creek, with the lovely moss- grown logs, will be remembered fora long time, But I am going to try again another summer, and Fcep on trying until I can bring home trout, and place them beside my husband’s as he emplies his creel. We cannot ali be expert anglers, and study the nature and habits of this beautiful fishin his wild-wood streams, deep in the forests. I can pardon my ; husband’s enthusiasm when discussing trout with a brother angler, and his earnestuess with his pei ee ; . " - . "7 i es eae FOREST AND STREAM. 309 them; his love for the depths of the forest is deep and genu- ine, and I think sometimes he spends more time watching their habits than he does killing fish. I judge so from his creel when he comes home; he never kills for count, . Mrs, Lucy J. T. -Haxtocr, Minn. Misynows ror Trour.—A great number of pike have been lately taken by anglers, who are fond of the sport, from the New Jersey ponds situated near the city, Iam sorry to state that the illegal catching of bass in the same State by Philadelphians has reached the writer’s ears. Why can not two weeks more of patience be practiced, when all can fish with a clear conscience? On the trout stream of Carbon county, Pa., which your correspondent fished only ten days since, there is a fair-sized dam, once used to furnish power, but now abandoned by the lumberman. The stream aboye and below this dam is fished to death, yet still contains a tolerable supply of trout, but all of them now doubly edu- cated. The pond harbors many fish of large size, the water being very deep at the breast, To this portion the trout before the spawning season congregrate until they ascend the stream. In this deep part of the pond they never rise to the fly, no matter how skillfully cast, but in the shallower parts smaller ones at times take the fly freely and make good sport, Occasionally a big fellow is hauled up by a bait fish- erman sitting on the breast, who has the patience to wait until his worm is swallowed by the trout at the bottom, and his size always indicates the dimensions of more below. No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. IF. BE. Wasson, Cleveland, Ohio,—Letter sent to address you gaye has been returned, SuBSORIBER is informed that we do not know the address of party who makes portable houses. H, B,, Lancaster, Pa.—Can you tell me where I can buy a buckskin hunting suit, coat and panis? Ans, See advertising columns. The gun stores keep them. A. G., Baltimore, Md.—Will you please inform me what course to pursue to have my collie dog registered in the American Kennel a a a a Register? Ans, Read the notice at the head of Kennel department on page 309, C. F., New York.—1. The expression .40-70 applied to rifle means that the rifle is 40 in caliber and the charge is 70 grains of powder. 2. Chilled shot is shot which has been submitted to a hardening or chilling process, J. M. E., Sinelairville, N. ¥.—Can you recommend to me some work on the mammalia of North America, something that will answer the same purpose that Coues’s ‘‘Key™ does for the birds? Ans. There is no such work. W. S.—Sew a piece of canvas neatly oyer the hole, first putting a coat of shellac vartfish on its inner side, the outside being painted thoroughly to match the rest of the boat. See directions for repair- ing a birch canoe in another column, B., Boston.—I have bought seasoned lancewood for making a rod, one {gels of which is badly warped. Is there any way of straighten- ing it without hurting the elasticity of the rod? Ans. It is difficult to do, but you may steam it and hold it straight in clamps for some days and try it. A cabinet maker or carriage maker may do it for you. C. L. C., Johnstown.—Will you kindly give me the name of the fol- lowing bird: Head purple, back light green, breast and belly yellow, wings green with some black feathers, tail dark green, legs black, eye black, bill thick and gray color. Bird about 544 inches long. mat oe ela a young male purple finch, though your description ardly fits. E. A. B., Blair, Neb.—Will you please inform me through corres- pondents’ column what is the Latin, also the common name of a goose or brant that is common here. We call them herethe mountain geese or California geese. They are a fac simile of the common wild geese or Canada geese in color and marking, only smaller. Length, 27 inches; length of wing, 2214 inches; length of bill, 44 inches. We also haye the snow geese or white brant, also the speckled-breasted brant or Hutchins’ geese as some call them. The goose I have tried to describe is about the size of the other two, Plenty of water fowl here this spring, Ans, The gooseis Bernicla canadensis hutchinsii, Hutehins’ goose. The speckle-breast of which you speak is the white- fronted goose, not Hutchins’. Hrror in local name. G. E., Chicago, Ill.—1. What isthe common English name of the small gull or tern, about the size of a turtle dove, which abounds on the sandbars of the Middle Mississippi River? It has yellow bill and legs, and is dark eream-color on the back and lighter underneath, also what is its scientific name? 2. What are the English and scien- tific names of the creeping or trailing plant foundtin the South bearing a peculiarity attractive flower called by the darkies the ‘‘Maypop?” Ithas large dark green leaves, and the blossom is about three inches in diameter with the petals presenting the appearance of a delicate pinky fringe. Is found around old cultivated fields. 3, Has the theory of oiling the waters ina storm to break the force of the waves ever been put to a decisive practicaltest? Ans. 1. Your description is so vague that we cannot tell what bird you mean. 2. The flower called Maypop in the South is the Passiflora incarnata, one of the passion flower family. 3. The theory has neyer been tested by scientific men that we know of. Itis safe to regard the alleged smoothing of the sea by oil as a sea, captain's tale until it has some better authority. CANOEISTS AND CAMPERS will find in another column an advertise- ment of the Great American Tea Co., who put up packages of con- yenient size and form for use in the woods. ——————————— re —THE MILD POWER CURES.— UMPHREYS’ OMEBEOPATHIC SPECIFICS. Tn use 30 years.—Each number the special pre- scription of an eminent physician.—The only Simple, Safe and Sure Medicines for the people ABBEY & IMBRIE, Manufacturers of Fine Fishing Tackle 48 and 50 Maiden Lane, New York City. We beg to call attention to our new 120-page folio Illustrated Catalogue. We have spared neither labor nor expense in our effort to We will send a copy, postpaid, on receipt of 50 cents, which price does not nearly reimburse “The list is surprising, even to one familiar with such matters, The great merit of this “Tt is, without coubt, one of the most complete and elaborately illustrated catalogues sat has ever been issued in the interest of a private firm. This catalogue may be classed as a text book, owing to its practical value to the general angler,” NEW YORK EVENING POST; ‘The amount of ingenuity exercised in devising means to capture fish becomes apparent only upon study of such a catalogue of fishing tackle as Abbey & Imbrie, of New York, have just LIST PRINCIPAL NOS. CURES, PRICE. 4. Fevers, Congestion, Inflamations,.... .25 2. Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic,.. .25 3. Crying Colic, or Teething of Infamts .25 A. Diarrhea of Children or Adults...... 25 5. Dysentary, Griping, Billious Colic,.. .2% G6. Cholera Morbus, Vomiting,...... 2a pe Congts, ols Preis ae Weegee es ” i euralgin, Toothache, Waceache,.... .25 j © ch ar Se engine Sick Haadaches, Vertign. 2 make this the most complete work of its kind. 10. Dyspepsia, Billious Stomach,.. .... .25 us for its cost. ors ST bese wee Fainiy ere a tee FOREST AND STREAM 2 hites, too Profuse Periods,.......... . y * 42. Croup, Cough, Difficult Breathing,... .25 Vin as 14. Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Eruptions, .25 catalogue is its accuracy. 15. Rheumatism, Rhewmatic Pains,.. . .25 46. Fever and Ague, Chill, Fever, Agues .50 AMERICAN ANGLER: 47. Piles, Blind or Bleeding,........ Hee #9. Catarrh, acute or chronic; Influenz 50 2). Whooping Congh, violent coughs... .50 24. General Debility, Physical Weakness.50 27. Kidney Disease, .........0ceeee vee ees 50 23. Nervous Debility,....- Ga wicle tae 1.00 30. Urinary Weakness, Wetting the bed .50 L if 32. Disease of the Heart, Palpitation, 1.06 published.” Sold by druggists. or sent by the Case, 0. sin- gle Vial, free of charge, on receipt of price. Send for Dr. Humphreys’ Book on Disease.c&ce. Cis PaEeS) also Hijustrated Catalogue FREE. Address, Humophreys’ Homeopathic Med- fcine Co., 109 Fulton Street. New York, _ SILK WORM GUT. EB. MATASA, 3835 Broadway, N. Y:., Calls the attention of the trade and dealers in fishing tackle to his extensive assortment of Valencia Silk Worm Gut in all grades, long and extra long, and from Extra Heavy Salmon Gut to Extra Fine, Sample thousand, 10 different grades, from extra heavy to fine, $5.00. For price list address ee eee t New Sb, Rooms ote Wishes Fishing Tackle. Rods, Reels, Lines, Arti- ficial Baits OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Harrison's Celebrated Fish Hook. Registered. Mark. Whereas, It haying come to our notice that some unprincipled house, to gain their own unworthy ends, and to attempt damage our good name having spread reports to the effect that the manu- facturers of the above hooks are defunct, we now take this opportunity of informing the American and British public that such reports are utterly false. The same efficient staff of workpeople is employed as heretofore, and we challenge the world to produce a fish hook for excellence of temper, beauty and finish in any way to approach ours, which are to be obtained from the most respectable wholesale houses in the trade. Signed, R. HARRISON, BARTLEET & CO., Sole manufacturers of Harrison’s Celebrated Fish Hooks, Redditch, England. Manufacturers also of Fishing Tackle of every description. Sewing and Sewing Machine Needles, Flies for all Waters. Special patterns tied to order. APPIBTON & LIOUIELI 304 Washington St., Boston, Mass. aM. By Frank Forrester. 84 pages, illustrated, by mail, post paid, 25 cents. Comple Catalogue of Fishing Tackle Free. Address PECK & SNYDER, Manufacturers and Importers, 126, 128 & 130 Nassau street, New York. Allen's New Bow-Facing Oars, For sale by the trade, and by F. A, ALLEN, Monmouth, Ill. Eaton’s Rust Preventor. For GUNS, CUTLERY and SURGICAL INSTRU MENTS. Specially adapted for salt water shooting. For sale at all principal gun stores. Western trade sunpiied dy E, E. EATON, 58 State street, Okicago, Ill. Cannot be sent Dy. mail. a Manufactured solely by GED. B. EATON, 570 Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City, N, J, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: and in such profusion of styles as would probably delight even our most expert of fishermen, President Arthur.” MAIL AND EXPRESS: “The book has 92 large plates, covering almost every conceivable appliance in this line, “To the practical angler the work is indispensable, as it shows him just what to get.” SAS. EF. MARSTERS, 55 Court Street, Brooklyn. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER OF Eine F"ishins Tackle. First Quality Goods at lower prices than any other house in America. Brass Multiplying Reels with Balance Handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; 180t.., $1.50; 240ft., $1.75; 800ft., $2.00; 450ft., $2.25; 600ft., $2.50, Any of the above Reels with Drags, 25 cts, extra; nickel plated; 50 cts. extra. Brass Click Reels, 20yds., 50 cts.; 80yds., 75 cts.; 60yds., $1.00; nickel plated, 50 cts. extra, Marster’s celebrated Hooks snelled on gut, Limerick, Kirby Limerick, Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, O'Shaughnessy, Kinsey, Aberdeeen, Sneak Bent, and all other hooks. Single gut, 12 cts, per doz.; double, 20 cts. per doz.; treble, 30 cts. per doz.; put up one-half dozen in a package. Single Gut Trout and Black Bass Leaders. lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds., 10 cts.; 8yds., 15 cts. Double wisted Leaders, 3 leugth, 5 ets,; treble twisted, 3 length, 10 cts. Trout Flies, 60 cts. per doz, Black Bass Flies, $1.00 per doz. Trout and Black Bass Bait Rods, 9ft. long, $1.25 to $5.00, Trout and Black Bass Ply Rods, 10ft. long, $1.50 to $10.00. Also forty-eight different styles of rods for all kinds of fishiv Soe ples of hooks, leaders, ete., sent by mail on receipt of price in money or stamp, Send stamp = ogue. Established 20 years. Open Evenings, J. KF. MARSTERS, 55 Court St., Brooklyn. Ex INT © C ET’S Patent “Perfect” Brass Shells, MANUFACTURED BY KYNOCH & CO., Birmingham, Eng. = These shells are made ‘of extra fine thin pliable metal, with reinforced base; are adapted to either Winchester or Wesson No. 2 primers. Can be reloaded as often as any of the thicker makes. Cost only about half as much. Weight less than paper shells. They shoot stronger and closer, and admit of a heavier charge, as owing to the thin metal, inside diameter is nearly two gauges larger. Load Same as any brass shells, using wads say two sizes larger than Rauge of shells. Or can be effectually crimped with tool and straighten out to original shape when discharged. The crimping tool also acts as a reducer, an advantage which will be appreciated by all experienced sportsmen. Sample shells will be mailed Gvithout charge) to any sportsmen’s club or dealer, and prices quoted to the trade only. For sale in any quantity by gun dealers generally, or shells in case lots only, (2,000), and erimpers not less than one dozen, by HERMANN BOKER & CQ., Sole American Agents, 101 & 103 Duane Street, New York. AT THE LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION Ease WICHO Ls Hexagonal Split Bamboo Fishing Rods Were awarded Three Silver Medals and the highest special prize—10 Sovereigns. Noted for excel- enee more than numbers. This is the highest prize awarded to any American for Split Bamboo Rods, Manufactured by B. F. NICHOLS, 153 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. Send for list with Massachusetts Fish and Game Laws, ‘FOREST ~ PRICES OF FISHING TACKLE. Brass Multiplying Reels with balance handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; 180Ft., $1.50; 240ft.,. $1.75; B00Ft., $2.00; 450Ft., $2.25; GOOEE., $2.50; TOLL, $2.75; BOE 8:00. Nickel tine and Drags extra, Brass Click Reels, 25yds., 60 cts.; 40yds., 75 cts.; 60yds., 85 cents.; 80yds., $1.00. Kiffe’s Oelebrated Hooks ~nelled on gut. Single gut, 12 cts. per doz,; double, 20 ets. per doz.; treble, 30 cts, per doz. Single Gut Tcont and Black Bass Leaders, lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds., 10 cts.; ayds., ects, Double Twisted aa a sue ae is if Jength, 10 Se Wt hse needy 10 oe 4 Jength, 15 cts,; extra heavy 4-ply, angth, 2 7 Gr ies, 50 cts. per doz.; Blae ass Flies, $1.00 per doz. Sam sds by mail or express on receipt of price. SHND FOR PRICE LIST. ain re eas HERMA NN H. KIFFE, 518 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Between Fulton Ferry and City Hall. OPEN EVENINGS, Bargains that should be in every Sportsman's Hands. A FEW COPIES OF THE SECOND EDITION OF “"“"7TinNTGe SHoo Tin G” Left, and will be sold for 50 cents each. Methods for cleaning and loading the modern breech-loader; practi i i ing; directions for hunting enipes, Sopabocke! ruffed grouse and quails.” idence gk ua nS eng 1k ge Iilustrated: Bound in cloth, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price, 50 cents; formerly sold for $1.00. T. G DAVEY, Publisher, London, Ont. Chubb’s Game Pieces, The finest ornament for a Sportsman’s Dining Room ever made. Natural ‘‘Dead Game* under glass, and no more bulky than an ordinary picture. Will send per express C. O. D. subject to approval, on receipt of express charges, Send for photograph and prices. i. E. CHUBB, Taxidermist, S. ALLCOCK & CO., Fish Hook, Fishing Tackle MTt's. REDDITCH, ENG, eR BSUS as : ey as S692 Pe SPRING STEEL te Lone §uanks, Out Points, RS j Is 2385 VIADUCT, CLEVELAND, O. Be Fringed, % Be CARLISLE, ‘ x S. ALLCOCK & Co. e Naturalists’ Supply Depot. 4 No. (Repprrox). 100. DH EEA EION Hooks made of the best Spring Steel, Swivels, Phantom Baits, Patent Standard Fly Book, Patent Waterproof Lock Joint, Trout Rods, Patent Spring Hook Swivel. All descriptions of Fishing Goods, which can be had through all wholesale houses in the United States. AWARDS: Gold medals at Paris, Berlin, Nor- wich, Wurzburg and Caleutta, and the highest awards at Sidney, Melbourne, Adelaide, South Africa, Toronto, London, and other exhibitions. THE PETMECKY Artificial Glass Eyes. TAXIDERMISTS. Brancu Orrics, 409 Washington st., Boston, ELLIS & WEBSTER, Pawtucket, R. I. Black Flies--Mosquitoes. NO TAR, NO OIL. “J find the ‘Angler’s Comfort,’ made by N. 8, Harlow. of Bangor, Maine, the most effective and satisfactory preparation I have ever used to keep off mosquitoes, black flies, etc.” BE. M. StinLWELL Commissioner of Fisheries and Game for the State of Maine. Orders WY, mail solicited, Retail, 25 cts., postage ree. Wholesale, usual discount. N.S. HARLOW, Druggist, Bangor, Me. — A NEW DISCOVERY! THE NIAGARA TARGET BALL, Impossible for shot to penetrate this ball without having it fly to pieces; one pellet of shot will break it; sure test of shooters’ skill; no unaccountable misses. Clubs will not use any other target ball after giving these a fair trial. Ask your dealer for them. Write for circulars to NIAGARA TAR- GET BALL CO., Niagara Falls, N. Y. GUN CLEAN EE. The only Cleaner that will thoroughly clean a gun barrel, doing the work equally well in choke bores without adjustment. Will do the work quicker and better than all other implements, for the purpose, combined. Price, $1.25. By mail, 10 cents extra. Ask your dealer for it, Discount to the trade. Circular tree, J, C. PETMECKY, Wholesale Dealer in Guns, Fishing Tackle, etc., Aus- tin, Texas. PHOTOGRAPHIC OUTFITS FOR YACHTS, CANOES OR WHEELS. Instantaneous pictures of HORSES, DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS. All Grades. Cheap, Medium MONROE DRY PLATES. Hornbeam Rods A SPECIALTY. W. HUNTINGTON, WILTON, CONN., and High Prices. Sold by WILLIAM T. GREGG, may15,4t 77 Fulton street, New York. Ce a ae ee AND STREAM. OUR NEW MODEL THREE BARREL PRICE, $75 TO $250. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, % : This gun is light and compact, from 9 to 10 lbs. weight. The rifle is perfectly accurate. Iz. C. SMITH, Maker, Syracuse, N.Y. The Maynard Rifles and Shot Guns. NEW OFF-HAND TARGET RIFLE, MODEL OF 1881. PRICES REDUCED. | | ——— ‘Bese he +. “WITH PISTOL GRIP STOCK, TIP_STOCK, AND SWISS BUTT PLATE. Yor Hunting and Target Practice at all ranges, the ** MAYNARD” more completely supplies the wants of Hunters and Sportsmen generally, than any other Rifle in the world, as many barrels can be used on one stock; and for accuracy, con- venience, durability and safety, is not excelled. Send for Tlustrated Catalogue describing the new attachment for using rim and centre-fire ammunition. MASS. ARMS COMPANY, Chicopee Falls, Mass. Dame, Stoddard & Kendall, —SUCCESSORS TO— BRADFORD & ANTHONY, HEADQUARTERS FOR Fine Fishing ‘Tackle OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. During the season now opened we shall have a full stock of everything pertaining to an Angler’s Outfit. DAME, STODDARD & KENDALL, 374 Washington St., Opp. Broomfield St., Boston. UP & MCS FISHING SUIT, DARK LEAD COLOR, AND THE HOLABIRD SHOOTING SUITS Makes a specialty of the manufacture of FINE HAND-MADE RODS of Hornbeam for fly-fishing. Byery fiy-fisher should have one of these rods, for whatever preference he may have these are the only thoroughly reliable rods, secure against break- age and capable of real hard usage. With one of these rods a sportsman may yenture into the woods for a season and take no other rod, and be fairly sure of returning with it in serviceable condition. As made from wood of my own cutting and season- ing, they are powerful, easy in action and full of endurance. For circular send to WALLACE HUNTINGTON as above. SOM ETHING . NEW. Sportsman's Fishing or Camping Tents WILK AWNING, EN EEN ' i i; Andif desired, a portable curtain to close tent at night, orin storms. These tents are made of best waterproof goods, rendered mildew-proof at slight extra cost. Also tents of all kinds, flags, banners ete, Yacht and boat sails. Send for illustrate circular, Address S. HEMMENWAY, 60 South street. Factory, 39 South street, New York City. SN el Buy Allen’s Brass-Shell Swage. You can swage a shell to its. original size m one minute. Price $1, No more tight shells. No more rofanity. For sale by the trade, and by F, A. RLLEN, Monmouth, Ill. Patented December 18th, 1883. COAL BLACK AND BREAKS LIKE GLASS. Of Waterprooted Duck, Dead Grass Color, Irish Fustian and Imported Corduroy. ASSORTED COLORS. Unequaled in Convenience, Style or Workmanship. The American Yacht List FOR 188s. Published with the official sanction and under the BIOL? of the New York and Eastern Yacht ubs. Contains a complete register of the Yacht Clubs of the U.S. ana Canada, with List of Officers, Names of Vessels and Owners, Dimensions of Yachts, their Builders, Home Ports, etc., etc. Also, Chromo-Lithograph of CLUB PENNANTS AND PRIVATE SIGNAL COMPILED BY NIELS OLSEN, Steward N. Y. Y.C, PRICE, $3.00. ‘hy be had from the author or book dealers gener- ally { Write for our new Catalogue and Samples. THIS Ts our Skeleton Coat or Game Bag. Weighs but 15 ounces. Can be worn over or under an ordinary coat. Has seven pockets and game pockets. It is of strong material, dead grass color, and will hold the game of a successfii day without losing a hair or feather. We will mail it to you, postage paid, for $2.00, Send breast measure. . The “0.C.” New Model Patent Perfection SS TREBLE MULTIPLYING REEL, | y WITH CLICK ATTACHMENT, Is the handsomest and most. practical Reel Made. Following are its points of excellence: Center Action, an entirely new featnre for a multiplying reel. Balance Handle, revolying within a projecting metal band, no chance for line to catch upon the handle, J A Treble Multiplying Click, when the index is in the position as shown in the above illustration, A Treble Multiplying Free-Running Reel. when the index is pushed to the right. Raised Piilar, permitting the extension of the sped), thus increasing the carrying capac- ity of the reel fully one-third and greatly re~ ducing the weight. Material and Finish the best. Price, ‘‘within reach,” c Please order the above ‘Patent Perfection Reels” through the Dealer in your place. If for any cause you can not so obtain them, please advise me and I will correspond with you. WM. M, CORNWALL, Importer & Jobber of Fishing Tackle and ‘Gun Goods, 18 Warren street, New York City. McLELLAN, Valparaiso, Ind. Improved Metallic WEATHER COTTAGE, The appearance of the little man foretells storms. The little woman predicts fair weather, They never make mistakes. A correct thermometer attached, Sent postpaid for $1.25. Address Hae 1? LADIES! : 7 = eo ee Greatest inducements ever of: fered, Now’s your time to et up orders for our celebrated Teas and Coffees, and secure a beauti- ful Gold Band or Moss Rose Ching Ten Set, or Handsome Decorated Gold Band Moss Rose Dinner Set, or Gold Band Mosg Decorated Toilet Set. For full particulars address Li y tGREAT AMERICAN TERA CO.,, 1" P.O. Box 28% sland 33 Vesey St., New York. eS Send a 2-Cent Stamp to pay postage on a handsome Lithographed Ad- vertising Razor. Address THE CLINTON M’F’G CO., 20 Vesey street, New York, é ComPANy, : ” / —_ OO —— ee el FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. Tirms, $1A Year. 10 Ors, a Copy. } Srx Montas, $2. NEW YORK, MAY 22, 1884, VOL. XXI1I.—No, 17. { Nos. 39 & 40 Park Row, New York, CORRHSPONDENCH. Tuk ForREsT AND SrreAm is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Comniunications upon the subjects to which its pages ara devoted are respectiully invited. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. No name will be published except with writer’s consent. The Hditors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. SUBSCRIPTIONS May begin at any time, Subseription price, $4 per year ; $2 for six months; to a club of three annual subscribers, three copies for $10; five copies for $16, Remit by registered letter, money-order, or draft, payable to the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. The paper may be obtained of newsdealers throughout the United States, Canadas and Great Britain. American newsdealers should order through the American News Company, those in England, Scotland and Ireland, through Messrs. Macfarlane and Co., 40 Charing Cross, London, England. ADVERTISHMENTS. Only advertisements of an approved character inserted. Inside pages, nonpareil type, 25 cents perline. Special rates for three, six and twelve months. Reading notices $1.00 per line. Eight words to the line, twelve lines to one inch. Advertisements should be sent in by the Saturday previous to issue in which they are to be inserted. Transient advertisements must invariably be accompanied by the money or they will not be inserted. Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Nos. 39 anp 40 Park Row. New Yore Crry. CONTENTS. EDITORIAL, FISHCULTURE, The Worth of Dog Flesh. The American Fishcultural As- sociation. THE KENNEL. The Philadelphia Dog Show. A Private Field Trial. Pointers at the New York Show. Beagles at New York. English and American Fox- hound. English Kennel Notes. The English Field Trials. Kennel Notes; RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING, Air Resistance. The Winchester Repeating Arm. Range and Gallery. Proposed National Association. The St. Clair Plats in Congress. The Fisheultural Association. Large Trout. THE SPORTSMAN TOBRIST. Camps of the Kingfishers.—11. Natura History, The Couesian Period. The Brown Thrush. The Grizz.y Bear in Labrador, Game BAG and Gun. My First ‘‘Honker.”’ The St. Clair Flats, The Adirondack Bill. Massachusetts Game Interests. Sea Otter Shooting. The Trap. Fish and Game in British The Chicago Tournament. Columbia. CANOEING, Dorchester Bay Ducking, Toledo C, C. Down an Idaho Snow Slide. The Performance of Shotguns. The Choice of Hunting Rifles. Sma AND RIVER FISHING, ° Salt-Water Fishing. My First Canoe Cruise. Canoe Pilots. Canve Tricks. Canoeing in Florida. Leaks in Birch Bark Canoes. Lake Ontario Fishing. YACHTING. Landlocked Salmon in Sebago. A River Cruise in the Hornet. FISHCULTURE. New Foiding Boat. Maine Salmon Hatching. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, PROPOSED NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. TL and water will not mix. It is just as well to remem- ber this, and much cheaper to accept the teaching of experience than to waste good oil and water in useless and silly experiments to demonstrate an old truth. We obscrve in certain quarters a foolish and ill-advised suggestion that the national association, which it is proposed to organize at Chicago next week, be made up of two ele- ments, those who are interested in trap-shooting and those who are interested in game protection. It is suggested that the proposed association serve in a dual capacity, to encour- age trap-shooting and to promote game protection. If any of the gentlemen who are going to Chicago seri- ously entertain the notion that they can get up such a society with any good to themselves or the country, we beg to warn them that the project is visionary and utterly impracticable. Oil and water will not mix. _ This thing has been tried once. It was undertaken after much deliberation and planning. There were influential men back of it. The initial meeting was attended with a gond deal of what we nowadays calla ‘‘boom.” After that it fizzled out by degrees, and was finally lost altogether in the vicinity of Wilkesbarre, Pa. The experiment cost those who made it $25,000, Such experiments are too costly to be often repeated, A. prominent official of the former association once told us that he thought the pigeon shooters were to blame for the failure of the society. Now, pigeon shooters may be (and often are) enthusiastic game protectors. But it has been proven time and again that when the attempt is made to combine these two interests, game protection goes to the wall and the trap absorbs all the attention, This was the case at the meetings of the National Association, it has been the rule at al] recent State conventions. To repeat it on a national scale is simply foolishness. Moreover, there is no call for a national association to dabble in game protection. We can conceive of no practi- cal work for it, Game protection is just as well off without it, If any ardent game protectors are so enthusiustic on the subject that they want a national association, let them work off their enthusiasm by doing something for the game and fish at home. The country is full of men who are always ready to make a glowing speech at a sportsmen’s conven- tion, but who at home remain as mum as a dead clam shell while the waters are netted and the birds trapped all around them, If the men who are concerned in inaugurating the new association really desire to see their project made a success, they must confine their efforts to one purpose. * To establish a trap-shooting society of national scope is a much more feasible undértaking than the attempt to form a comprehen- sive trap and protection society. Even this can he done only by the expenditure of a generous amount of downright hard labor. For the consideration of those who are going to Chicago, we repeat our suggestion of last week, that the success of a national trap-shooting society will be dependent wholly upon the financial strength it can show. The only way to collect club delegations from different States will he to provide generous prizes for competition. Without such inducements shooters will not be willing to spend time and money to attend the tournaments. The important question to be considered by the gentlemen at Chicago next week is the money question, THE WORTH OF DOG FLESH. T is customary for the exhibitors at our bench shows to place opposite the dog’s name in the catalogue a figure, which is presumed to indicate the price of the animal, Sometimes this is $25; sometimes it is $10,000. The former is what the owner would sell the dog for, if he could; the latter is only another way (and a poor way at that) of saying that the dog is not for sale. When bench shows in this country were, by eight years, more of a novelty than they are to-day, it was not unusttal to see a crowd of open- mouthed visitors gathered about the stall of a $10,000 dog, mutely wondering at such a gold mine incased in dog fur, At the present day, however, the average visitor is up to snuff, and pays little attention to the fancy figures in the catalogue. It is very probable that the time will soon come when exhibitors will cease to make themselves ridiculous by affixing such prices to their exhibits. In the catalogue of the last New York bench show, less than one-half of the dogs were priced by their owners, The values given ran from. $25 to $10,000. The total sum of all the values so printed was in round numbers $318,500. It is perfectly safe to assume that the owners of the other dogs in the show thought as’highly of their animals as did the ex- hibitors who named prices. By doubling the sum given above as the alleged value of one-half of the dogs, we find $637,000 to be the total value of all the animals exhibited, Including the puppies, there were 1,185 exhibits, The aver- age value then would be more than $500. This is too high. We have gone through the catalogue, and with some care have estimated the market value of each animal named in it. The owner’s prices have been disregarded. One dog marked in the catalogue at $10,000 we have put at $200, another priced at $100 we have put up to $150. Here are the prices which, as dogs go, we judge to be approximately correct: % dogs, worth $1,000.00 each................... $7,000.00 84 dogs, worth 500.00 each............. ...... 17,000.00 2 dogs, worth 400.00 each............ 2.1.02. 800.00 34 dogs, worth 9800.00 each.................... 10,200.00 47 dogs, worth 250.00 each...,..............- 11,750.00 46 dogs, worth 200.60 each.. ................. 9,200.00 72 dogs, worth 150.00 each...........¢........ 10,800.00 228 dogs, worth 100.00 each..................5. 22,800.00 29 dogs, worth 75.00 each...................- 2,175.00 266 dogs, worth 50.00 each.................... 18,300.00 875 dogs, worth 25.00 each..........-......005 9,375.00 9 dogs, worth 15.00 each..................- 135.00 80 dogs, worth 10.00 each............ ....... 800.00 5 dogs, worth OQ KERE Hg oh ss teks hee se 25.00 1 dog, worth A Mera ten a) Total value......... iS weetemet Sinan Bh $114,860.25 This is something less than one-fifth of the sum quoted above. Nevertheless, $114,860.25 is not a total to be scoffed at. collateral at our valuation, might float a Wall street bank. The average value is only $96, a sum simply ridiculous be- side the rounded $500 ayerage claimed by the exhibitors. Still, $96 is a fair average price as dogs are bought and sold. Figures are dry. Here is a little story to relieve the arid- ity of these statistics, It is, moreover, true: t One winning dog in & New York show was priced in the catalogue at $100. His owner was so elated by the unex- pected decision of the judges that he at once jumped the price from $100 to $500. A customer turned up, very anx- ' The Madison Square Garden dog exhibit, turned in as- ious to buy the dog; but he could not stand the inflated price, and the two began to haggle over it. , “The dog is worth it,” said the owner, ‘‘every cent of it, and more too. Why, see here. He has beaten all the crack dogs in his class. They came here from all over the country to compete with him, and he just walked away from the best of them and took the prize from the whole lot. A dog that wins first is worth $500, sir, if he’s worth a cent.” “Oh, well,” rejoined the customer, ‘“‘you ask entirely too much forhim. I can buy the winner of second or third a good deal cheaper, and I guess I'll take one of them.” “Now, see here,” put in the owner, ‘“‘don’t doit. Iwould advise you, as a friend, to haye nothing to do with them. The dog that took second is nothing but a cross-bred duffer, anyhow; the third is worse yet. In fact there isn’t a half- way decent dog in the whole class, except. my own here.” The man did not buy the dog that had beaten ‘‘duffers” ouly. THE FISHCULTURAL ASSOCIATION. Res recent meeting in Washington was not only the largest, but the best in every respect, that the Associa- tion has ever held. There were fishculturists"from every State between Maine and Nebraska, and Michigan and North Carolina, It was gratifying to the friends of the Associa- tion to note the return of the Commissioners from the New England States, who left it some years ago on account of difficulties with one who was then prominent in its councils. The meeting at Washington was also supplemented by a ses- sion of the different State Commissioners, at the request of Prof. Baird, and brought mary new members. The character of the papers and discussions was of a broader nature, and we do not hesitate to call it the most important meeting yet held in the interest of fishculture. Another great benefit derived from the place and time of meeting was the opportunity it gave the members to see the shad-hatching work in the central hatching station, where improved machinery is used, and the large.operations are carried on in the most systematic manner. The Association has.for years been gradually widening its sphere of useful- ness, and taking in all subjects which may be in any way considered as connected with fishculture. One of these, which at present bids fair to become a vital question on the sea coast, is the culture of oysters, and this occupied a great deal of attention at the Washington meeting, and some yalu- able suggestions were made, which we will give in full. THE ST. OLAIR FLATS IN CONGRESS. ape people of Michigan are urging that the United States shall set aside the public lands of the St. Clair Flats as a permanent national park for the free use of the people. They have been aroused to do this by the endeavor of certain clubs to acquire exclusive shooting rights on the Flats. The result will be watched with great interest, for the territory in question is well known as one of the best wildfowl shooting districts in the country. If a bill passes Congress giving the people this grand domain for a pleasure ground, where they may sail, fish and shoot, it is highly desirable that adequate provision be made for properly restricting the exercise of these privileges. The preservation and well-appointed public control of the St. Clair Flats will insure a long-enduring benefit to the people of Michigan and of the United States. We hope Congress will make a law to that effect. THE ANTIDOTE,—Public attention is weekly called by some startling example to the pernicious effects of the dia- bolical police gazette and five-cent flash story-paper literature that is corrupting the young folks of the land. State Legis- latures are enacting laws to suppress this monstrous evil by making the sale of such papers to minors a misdemeanor, This is as it should be. Another wise course is to supply wholesome literature to the boys. Give them healthy read- ing—the Forest anD STREAM for instance. Let them in- hale the odor of the balsams, then they will not have a taste for the reeking atmosphere of the five-cent novel scenes. Equip them with fishing rods and shotguns, then they will not transform themselves into arsenals of bowie knives and bulldog pistols to exterminate Indians, parents and school- masters. ; THE CURSE OF PoLITICs.—Elsewhere is given the full text of the Adirondack bill as passed at Albany. The measure is calculated to insure good results if honestly carried out. But there is a chance for political corruption to counteract the possible good. Let us hope that the Adirondacks may not be blighted by the curse of politics, 322 Che Sportsman Tourist. CAMPS OF THE KINGFISHERS. J Black Lake, Michigan.—Il. | eee Mancelona, a run of forty miles brought us to Petoskey, getting a sight on the way at the sleepy hamlet of Boyne Falls, of the famed Boyne River, which flows into the head of Pine Lake, six milesfrom the railroad, This stream was, a few years ago, noted for the numbers and size of its trout, but much fishing and the lumbermen have produced the inevitable result, and to get the good ones, the angler will have to follow it up some distance into the tan- gles where the waters haye been little disturbed, The train stopped half an hour at Petoskey, and we had a glorious first view of Little Traverse Bay, a sheet of water that rivals in beauty its big brother, Grand Traverse Bay, further south. Here all was life and bustle. The depot platform was crowded with people, representing perhaps half the States in the Union; some going further north, many looking eagerly for friends on the train, and others looking on from idle curiosity—the latter a class that every country town is af- flicted with—idlers that consider it a religious duty to be on hand, schedule time, to see the ‘‘cars come in,” As Ben said, ‘‘there’s a good deal o’ human natur’ layin’ ‘round loose at Petoskey,” and during the thirty minutes’ stop, we amused ourselves standing on the car platform, by taking in a few of its different phases, Of course, there were the pests of the earth, the howling hackman, and the hotel runner, boiling over with impudence and lies about. the merits of the respective hotels they had the honor to repre- sent. ‘There was the timid passenger with his gripsack, look- ing furtively around for a means of escape from these vul- tures, who were making life a burden to him. By the bag- gage truck was the anxious-about-histrunk passenger, care- fully looking it over to see if it had been tampered with, ora speck of the yarnish scraped off. Over there by the corner of the building was a Mossback, pure and simple, standing at rest, with both hands clasped around a long ‘‘gad” that looked as if it had done service as a persuader for a pair of sleepy oxen in surmounting a vexa- tious sandhill. He was taking in the whole show for noth- ing, and from his fixed attitude and down-hanging lower jaw, seemed to be enjoying it rather more than the expendi- wure would warrant. Old Ben nudged me gently, and said in his emphatic way, ‘That ole feller don’t wear very high- toned clothes, but sich as him is jest the salt o’ this livin’ earth’ —and Ben was right—a big truth expressed in a terse, homely phrase. Further along the platform, wasa bevy of chattering, laughing girls, bright and rosy as a summer morning, evi- dently on their way to the bay shore just below after sunfish, as two of them had fishing rods, and another held something wrapped. in a paper that was certainly an old oyster can con- taining ‘‘wums.” They had no doubt arranged among them- selves to take turns with the rods, while two were fishing the others would do the screaming, and add their mite to the chattering when a fish was landed. They were just of an age when girls will laugh at anything and everything, and have more fun at a funeral than the average boy at a circus. But after all, their happy laughter was good to hear, and as my thoughts wandered back to a certain ‘“‘Kingtisher’s daughter” left at home, I felt younger, and said to myself as the infectious melody rippled from their lips, blessed is pure and happy girlhood. Here come three quiet, sensible looking men, each with a rod, minnow bucket and landing net, and as they file into the coach next to us we catch ‘“‘Crooked Lake,” and we know, without asking, that they belong to the brotherhood, and that they are going a-fishing. “Look yander!* whispered Ben, “what kind of a thing is that? A dude fisherman, by the big bear of the Sierras,” he added, nudging me violently in the ribs. [Benspent several years in California, hence the big bear.] ‘‘Hey, Dan! get your eye on that, and then go inside and break up yer rods,” with another nudge that nearly sent Dan off the platform of the car, Making his way through the crowd, we saw a fellow heading for the forward coach, that old Ben said was “‘jest too sweet lookin’ to live another solitary second,” He was decked out in a brand new suit of corduroy knee breeches, brown woolen stockings and a pair of laced up walking shoes, In one hand he carried an ash and lance- wood rod, and in the other the indispensable landing net, while out of one of the numerous pockets of his coat we caught a glimpse of what we supposed was a fly-book, or, it might have been a cigar case. Evidently a trout killer. His head was surmounted by what Ben termed ‘‘one o’ them new fangled cork lined hats, as if,” he growled, ‘this head wasn’t light enough without cork,” and to finish up the outfit he wore eye-classes, gorgeous necktie, and sported ‘leg o’ mut- ton” whiskers, as Dan made them out to be. Last, Ben called our attention to a diminutive gripsack slung over his shoulder by a strap, which he remarked was, “like as not as empty as his head.” : P I felt a twinge of compassion for the poor devil as he passed into the car, but on a reconsideration the feeling changed intoa mild form of wrath, that the gentle art should have discredit cast on it in the eyes of sensible people by such infernal idiots as this ass in knee breeches and leg 0’ mutton whiskers. Fortunately, however, the insect is rare, and barmless to man and fish as well. —As we took our seats in the train and moved away, Ben very gravely lent us the information, ‘‘In all my travels, that’s the worst. case 0’ damfool I’ve ever seen on the face o’ this liyin’ earth. Why, I'll bet he haint got the sand in him to tackle a hoss- fly, and cf he'd git into these woods five rod_ he wouldn't _ have sense enough to find his way out agin. Trout fisher!”’ —with supreme disgust —‘“‘put a trout and a mud turkel in a tub o’ water an’ he couldu’t tell which from t’other, ‘less the turkel would get him by the finger;” and this appearing to settle the matter in his mind, he scraped a match, and light- ing the inseparable briar root, settled back in his seat in sat- isfied serenity. Winding around the base of the hill we passed the camp-meeting grounds, aud were soon flying through a dismal-looking cedar swamp, over a narrow strip of clean sand filled in for a road bed, and after a run of six miles to Conway Springs, at the head of Crooked Lake, the train stopped two or three minutes to let off a few passen- gers, among the rest our three anglers and the dude, We mentally wished the brethren ‘good luck,” and Ben echoed, T am sure, a kindred sentiment in oli! Dn und me when he said, in his dry way, ‘‘l hope that dade ‘Il get a duckin’ an’ lose them specs before he ketches u solitary fish,” which rather uncharitable wish Caused a laugh and restored, as Dick would have said, the ‘‘cquibilerum” of the party, FOREST AND STREAM. Our original purpose had been to take the little steamer at this point and go through to Cheboygan via the ‘Inland Route,” through Crooked, Burt and Mullett lakes, but as the boys would be waiting for us on that particular morning, the plan was changed to go on to Mackinaw City and down the M. OC. R. R., in order to make our camping place the same evening, if possible. Afterward we regretted we had not made the run through by water, as Knots and Jim, who had once made the trip, were warm in their praise of the beauties and scenery of these three lakes and the rivers con- necting them, but life is short, and our fingers were itching to grasp a rod and measure strength and cunning with some monarch bass or mascalonge of the lake of the dark waters, and we promised ourselves this trip ‘‘some other time.” From Conway Springs on to Mackinaw City, the road runs through as wild and utterly lonely a strip of country as ever a Crow flew over. Woods, woods, and swamp and tangle so thick in places, that it looked a matter of impossibility for even a mink to make its way through the green walls that here and there line both sides of the road, And yet in this very wildness and solitude is one of the greatest charms of these evergreen and odorous north woods, To one who had gazed on nothing more enchanting than brick walls and the unsurpassed (?) forest scenery around the ‘‘Hsplanade” fora year, all this wealth of wood and stream and lake, of dismal swamp and lonely tangle, of fern, and brake, and clinging mosses, was a rare treat that I thoroughly enjoyed until a prolonged whistle from the engine warned us we were ap- proaching near to the City of the Straits. Our traps were soon transferred to the M. C. train just across the wide platform, Frank and I carrying the ‘‘me- hagerie” across under a fire of questions and giggles from the idlers and loungers infesting the place. One wanted to know, ‘‘Goin’ a-fishin’?” ‘‘Yes,” said Frank, ‘‘What ye froin’ to do with them frogs—eat em?” ‘‘No,” said old Ben, as he lent a hand to hoist his camp box into the car, ‘takin’ em along to keep the muskeeters off; best thing on the face o’ this livin’ earth fur muskeeters, black flies an’ sich; eat nen weight o’ them insecks every day—ef you ketch ’em ur “em,” This was said with a gravity, accompanied by an inim- itable wink at Frank and me, that nearly caused us to drop the whole show, and a broad sun grin to overspread the countenance of the chump, who walked away with a new ‘‘pointer” on the use of speckled frogs for a fishing party. We were beginning to find out that Ben was a character in his way, full of dry humor and quaint sayings that made him a favorite before we were in camp a day; but more of old Ben as we go along, We had several minutes left before the train started, which we improved in walking out toward the pier, where the ferry steamer had just left for St. Ignace, six miles across the Straits. This steamer connects with the Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette Railroad, which runs through 150 miles of the wildest portion of the North Peninsula, a region abounding in game, and trout in nearly all the streams flowing north into Lake Superior, clear around to Duluth. Many of the streams flowing south from the “‘divide” into Lake Michigan are also famous for the abundance and size of the trout in them, notably two emptying in at Gilchrist, some thirty miles west of St. Ignace. This point and many other streams along the south shore may be reached semi- weekly by steamer during the season from Mackinaw City. I-write this not from personal knowledge of the region, but from information imparted by little Charley Pike, who spent his vacation near Gilchrist two years ago, and from fish talks with *‘Old Bill” Hess, who, in the course of his meanderings, has kindled his camp-fire and ‘‘fit muskeeters”’ on half the trout streams, perhaps, of the State. Through the misty, blue haze of this glorious July morn- ing, we could see the dim and indistinct outlines of Bois Blane Island off to the right, and further north loomed up out of the soft mists the grim, storm-beaten old sentinel of the Straits, the historic island of Mackinac. Here and there a sail dotted the blue waters, every stitch of canvas sct and drawing, but so light was the breeze they seemed to us entirely motionless. Wrapt in silent admiration of the dreamy picture before us, hours of enjoyment were crowded into as many minutes, We took no note of time, but pres- ently a shriek from the locomotive at the depot brought us back to the realities of life, reminding us that railroad trains wait not on individuals, and hurrying back we were soon on our way to Cheboygan and the boys. From Mackinaw City down to Cheboygan, sixteen miles, the road runs through a flat, dreary looking country, relieved only by occasional glimpses on the leff of the blue waters of Lake Huron in the distance, and we were not sorry when the brakeman notified us in the musical and intelligible tone usual with brakemen that we had arrived at our destination, at least as far as the comforts of the rail were concerned. We were heartily welcomed by the boys, who were at the depot waiting for us with the wagon loaded ready to start, and after a short stop atthe Spencer House to get the grip- sacks and re-arrange the loads to accommodate the additional baggage, we were off a little afler 10 A. M. for Black Lake and camp. : While yet in town, we crossed the Cheboygan River, the outlet at this point into Lake Huron of all the waters west as far as Crooked Lake near Petoskey, north to the Douglass Lake region, and south for 75 miles or more, except a few small streams flowing into Lake Huron on the east. It dranis the waters of Crooked, Pickerel, Douglass, Burt, Mullett, Long and Black lakes, and all the streams flowing into them, among which are the famous Pigeon and Maple rivers—the former noted for its grayling—the little Black and Rainy rivers, and scores of smaller streams that are nameless on the maps. ; These lakes and streams float annually millions of feet of logs to Cheboygan, giving employment to hundreds of hardy lumbermen in the woods, and quite a little yillage of work- men in and around the great sawmills at Duncan City, a mile and a half down the coast from the mouth of Cheboy- gan River. But ‘we digress.” Out of town along a pleasant road, down through the little village, past the busy mills and great piles of lumber, we shortly turned off to the right into alow, swampy country, through which, however, a good road had been built, and were fairly on our way. Eighty rods, or such a matter, inte the swamp, we stopped to gct a drink out of a little cold trout stream winding through the tangle, as one of our drivers said it would be our last chance to take a square drink for several miles, volunteering, at the same time, the information that the waters of the brook were full of trout, a hatchery being located a skort distance below, and for ‘‘two shillin’”’ a day permission could be had to fish the stream. Before climbing back on the wagons the Scribe, the Deacon, Mrs. Partington, our culinary artist and the [May 22, 1984” three drivers proceeded to fortify themselyes against a possi- ble attack of skeeters, numerous signs of which they ap- peared to have discovered in the adjacent bresh, the others of us taking our chances on clear water without the addition of a qualifier. This is mentioned merely to illustrate the pres- ence of mind possessed by the Scribe and Deacon in case of emergency, and the promptitude they display in detecting the approach of these ferocious insects and devising: measures for their extinguishment. _A short distance further on we struck the ‘‘plank road,” used at some time as a tramway on which to truck logs out of the woods to the water near the mills, but now falling into decay. It is made of heavy planks, a couple of feet wide and fiye or six inches thick, bedded level with the ground end to end, with room for a couple of horses or cattle to walk between. This led off up alow sandhill and out into the “plains” for perhaps three miles, at the end of which we dropped again into the heavier pull of a plain North Michigan country road, sand and roots and jolts, with an occasional mud hole after we got into the hard-wood for- est, by way of variety, Why they are called ‘plains’ is not, quite plain to any one who has crossed the plains of the far West, where a hundred miles may be traveled without see- ing a tree or bush, but they are plains, as every Michigan man you meet will tell you. Asa matter of information, and to explain, they are simply tracts of country that haye been ravaged by forest fires, leaving a few charred and blackened trunks and stumps of trees standing where once was a pathless wilderness. Here and there a grove of shiver- ing, quaking aspens, a second growth of young pines and hemlocks scattered sparsely over the waste, and patches of bushes are the only evidences of life to relicve the desolation of the scene, Some of these tracts are miles in area and are of little value only as a feeding ground for the grouse and bears in ‘“‘huckle- berry time.” Acres and acres of this juicy and insipid fruit grow on these burnt tracts, on bushes from three to twelve inches high, so thick in many places that one may not take a step for rods without trampling them under foot. They are the large blue June berry, called blue berry by the country people, and are a source of some revenue to the lazy Indians that infest the villages and towns of this upper part of the State. They are fed to the ‘‘resorters” by the bushel; breakfast, dinner and supper, there’s your huckleberry, Stop at any hostelry in the land during the season, and there is the inevitable dish of huckleberries staring you in the face, or they may be lurking at your elbow in the shape of a pie, or that breeder of night sweats, a huckleberry roll, They seem to think this particular berry a necessity to diges- tion, or that every tourist and angler that stops at a hotel came up there for the especial and sole purpose of eating huckleberries, and the only way to get rid of them and pre- Serve amicable relations with the fair nymph that waits on you at table is to eat *em (the berries) and hold your peace. Leaviug the plains, the road led into a dark shady wood of maple, beech, ash and a hemlock or pine occasionally, with here and there a wild cherry and ironwood to remind some of us of woods we had hunted squirfels in when we had more sap in our bones than now. The change from the hot sandy plain to the cool shadows of the overhanging branches was so grateful that all but Dan and the drivers got out to walk a couple of miles and work the kinks: out of our legs. Everybody was in high good humor, and many a joke and laugh and shout, smothered and pent up for a year, waked the solitudes of the old woods that day for miles around, and had our years been gauged by “how good we felt,” any railroad company would have carried us at half fare rates, for verily we were as a party of boys turned loose to go a-fishing. Even brave old Dan seemed to forget bis limp and useless Tight arm and feeble right leg, and although unable to walk well enough to keep pace with the party, laughed and “hollered” from his perch on the wagon with the best of us, ‘Wonder how fur it is to that spring one o’ them drivers was talkin’ about?” said Ben, as he made a pass at a deer fly hovering around his nose, ‘I’m so dry I feel like I could drink up a whole trout stream, trout an’ all.” ‘ Two or three miles further on we unhitched to feed the horses and take a lunch, and following a path a few yards down a low hill to the left, found the promised spring, the first water we had seep since leaving the trout streain, The water was poor in quality, tasting of Lhe marsh surrounding it, but as the Scribe said, “it seryed to keep us and the horses from perishing,” Here, he and the Deacon found more skeeter sign, but long practice in their peculiar line of warfare against these pests prevailed, and with the assistance of Dick, Frank and the drivers, another emergency was passed in safety. When we returned from the spring we found Dan had established himself with the lunch basket in the shade of some bushes by the roadside, and as we approached a pair of bright-eyed little ground squirrels darted away into the thick underbrush, but soon returned, peering cautiously at us to see if we meant them harm. While we were at the spling, Dan said they had come timidly out of the woods and creeping gradually nearer had stopped within a foot of him and asked us plainly as they could with their eyes for a share of his lunch, Reaching out his hand he dropped two small pieces of bread near them, which they snatched up and, scampering back to the edge of the bushes, sat up on their huunches and ate with avidity. This was repeated two or three times, and so tame were they and such trust did they seem to place in the old Pelican’s goodness of heart that had we not appeared on the scene and scared them away, Dan said he had no doubt they would bave soon ex- plored the lunch basket to see if he was not cheating them out of some of the choicest morsels, As we came up and took possession of the basket they skurried back into the woods and were not seen again, but it was 4 pleasing little incident that Iam sure will not soon be forgotten by those who witnessed it, KINGFISHER, [TO BE CONTINUED. | SHore Brrps.—Philadelpbia, Pa., May 17.—There are many golden plover and grass plover in our Philadelphia markets. While the law allows the shooting of all the wad- ing birds during their migratory visit to us in the spring, the first mentioned, which are of a more upland habit, are in like manner unprotected, It ig a great shame that the grass plover at least cannot be allowed a short stay in May unmo- Jested, as they are seldom, if ever, in the fine condition we find them in August on their return with their young. ‘These birds, not long since, nested in considerable numbers in the tablelands in the elevated portions of our State wherever & meadow exists, but of late years have greatly decreased, and should not be shot before the 15th of August.—Hono, a SE — FOREST AND STREAM. But this period is prehistoric; no evidence remains, save in some quaint pictograph or rudely graven image. ‘There fol- lowed a period—shorter by far than the former one, though it endures—when the same birds awakened in other men an interest they could not excite in a savage breast, and the sense of beauty was felt. Use and beauty! What may not spring from such divinely mated pair, when once they brood upon the human mind, like haleyons stilling troubled waters, sinking the instincts of the animal in the restful, satistying reflections of the man? The history of American Ornithology begins at the time when men first wrote upon American birds; for men write nothing without some reason, and to reason at all is the be- ginning of science, even as to reason aright isitsend, The date no one can assign, unless it be arbitrarily; it was during the latter part of the sixteenth century, which with the whole of the seventeenth, represents the formative or embry- onic period during-which were gathering about the germ the erade materials out of which an ornithology of North America was to be fashioned. As these accumulated and were assimilated—as the writings multiplied and books bred books, “each after its kind,” this special department of knowledge grew up, and its form changed with each new im- press made upon its plastic organization, Viewing in proper perspective these three centuries and more which our subject has seen—passing in retrospect the steps of its development—we find that it offers several phases, representing as many “epochs” or major divisions, of very unequal duration, and of scientific significance inversely pro- portionute to their respective lengths. All that went before 1700 constitutes the first of these, which may be termed the Archaic epoch. The eighteenth century witnessed an extra- ordinary event, the consequence of which to systematic zoology cannot be over estimated; it occurred almost exactly in the middle of the century, which is thus sharply divided into a Pre-Linnwan epoch, before the institution of the bi- nomial nomenclature, and a Post-Linnean epoch, during which this technic of modern zoology was established—each approximately of half a century’s duration, In respect of our particular theme, the first quarter of the nineteenth cen- tury saw the ‘‘father of American ornithology,” whose spirit pointed the crescent in the sky of the Wdsoniwn epoch. During the second quarter these horns were filled with the genius of the Audubonian epoch. In the third, the plente- ousness of a master mind has marked the Bairdian epoch. Clearly as the six epochs may be recognized, there is of course no break between them; they not only meet, but merge in one another, ‘The sharpest line is that which runs across Linneus at 1758; but even that is only visible in his- torical perspective, while the assignation of the dates 1700 and 1800 is rather a chronological convenience than other- wise. Nothing absolutely marks the former; and Wilson was unseen till 1808. The Archaic epoch stretches into the dim past with un- shifting scene, even at the turning point of the two centuries in which it lies, It is otherwise with the rest; their shapes have incessantly changed; and several have been the periods in each of them during which their course of development has been accelerated or retarded, or modified in some special feature. These changes have invariably coincided with— haye, in fact, been induced by—the appearance of sonte ereat work; great, not necessarily in itself, but in its relation to the times, and thus in the consequences of the interaction between the times and the author—who left the science other than he found it. The edifice as it stands to-day is the work of all, even of the:-humblest builders; but its plan is that of the architects who ,have modeled its main features, and the changes they have successively wrought are the marks of progress. It is consequently possible, and it will be found convenieni to subdivide the epochs named (excepting the first) into lesser natural intervals of time, which may be called ‘‘periods,” to each of which may attach the name of the architect whose design is expressed most clearly, I recog- nize fifteen such periods of very unequal duration, to which specific dates may atlach. Seven of these fall in the last cen- ‘| tury; eight in the three-quarters of the present century. We may pass them in brief review. Tab ARoHAIC HrpocH: To 1700. Mere mention or fragmentary notice of North American but, to the eighteenth, no book entirely and exclusively de- birds may be traced back tothe middle of the sixteenth century ; voted to the subject had appeared. The turkey and the humming-bird were among the earliest to appear in print; the latter forms the subjéct of the earliest paper I have found, exclusively and formally treating of any North American bird as such, and this was not until 1698, when Hamersly described the “American Tomineius,” as it was called, One of the largest, as well as the smallest of our birds, —the turkey, early came in for a share of attention. The germs of the modern ‘‘faunal list”—that is to say, notes upon the birds of some particular region or locality—appeared early in the seventeenth century, and continued throughout; but only as incidental and very slight features of books published by ‘eolonists, adventurers, and missionaries, in their several interests—unless Hernandez’s ‘‘Thesaurus” be brought into the present connection. Amon such books containing bird- matter may be noted Smith’s “Virginia,” 1612; Hamor’s ‘Virginia,’ 1615; Whitbourne’s ‘‘Newfoundland,” 1620; Higginson’s ‘“‘New England,” 1630; Morton’s ‘‘New England Canaan,” 1682; Wood’s ‘‘New England’s Prospect,” 1634; Bayard Theodot’s ‘‘Voyage,” 1632; Josselyn’s ‘“New Bng- land Rarities,” 1672—and so on, with a few more, some- times mere paragraphs, sometimes a page or a formal chap- ter, but scarcely anything to be now considered except in a spirit of curiosity. Tue Pre-LinNaan HEpocu: 1700-17658, (1700-1730.) The Lawsonian Pertod.—lt may be a lucus a non to call this the “Lawsonian” period; but a name is needed for the portion of this epoch prior to Catesby, during which no other name i¥ so prominent as that of John Lawson, Genile- man, Surveyor-General of North Carolina, whose ‘‘Descrip- tion and Natural History” of that country contains one of the most considerable faunal lists of our birds which ap- peared before 1780, and went through many editions—the last of these being published at Raleigh in 1860, The sev- eral early editions devote some fifteen or twenty pages to birds—an amount augmented considerably when Brickell appropriated the work in 1787. The Baron de la Houtau did similar service to Canadian birds in his ‘*Voyages,” 1793; but, on the whole, this period is scarcely more than archaic, 1730-1748, The Cutesbion Period.—This comprises the time when Mark Catesby’s great work was appearing by instalments, “Phe Natural History of Carolina, Florida,” etc,, is the first really great work to come under our notice; its influence THE COUESIAN PERIOD. Editor Forest and Stream: With the kind permission of Dr. Coues and his publishers, Jam able to send you in advauce of publication a portion of the ‘‘Ilistorical Preface” of the new ‘‘Key to North Ameri- can Birds,” which cannot fail to interest your readers, and ppuden which I beg to say a few words. : ; _ Twas present at the meeting of the Biological Society of Washington, when Dr. Coues complemented the society by laying before it a complete set of proof-sheets of the “Key,” and read the substance of the ‘Historical Preface,” in which he traced the progress and development of American. ornithology from the earliest times to the beginning of con- temporancous history, dividing the time down to 1872 into six “epochs,” or major divisions, and into fifteen * ‘periods, ” or minor divisions, each tersely characterized in the manner which the accompanying preface shows. In the diseussiun which followed the delivery of the ad- dress, Prof. Lester F. Ward proposed to carry this system of chronical classification further than Dr. Coues, of course, gould have done, by recognizing the fourth quarter of the present century as a seventh “epoch,” extending from 1872 to 1900, which he called the ‘‘Couesian epoch.” Heartily indorsing this proposition as I do, I beg to add a few words upon the ‘‘period” to be assigned to Coues in this epoch. In my judgment, the time from 1872 to 1884, or that between the two editions of the “Key,” may appro- priately be termed the ‘“‘Couesian period,” and Iam sure that your readers will with one accord indorse the propriety of my proposition, Prof, Ward, on the occasion referred to abcve, ably de- fined and in a few words characterized the ‘‘epoch” which he proposed, much in the same way as a thoroughly competent and broad-minded zoologist might present those strong char- acters which stamp a new genus when it comes within the field of his observation, Following Dr, Coues's own plan of classification, as precedented in the ‘‘Wilsonian epoch” with its ‘““Wilsonian period,” or, still later, the ‘‘Bairdian epoch” with its ‘‘Bairdian period,” it devolves upon me to refer to at least some of the leading specific characters which mark the times included within the ‘‘period” I have proposed, The old ‘Key,’ constituting as it does the initial landmark of the “Couesian period,” differed in one great respect from all other works upon ornithology that had pre- ceded it. It reached the people. The great works of Audu- bon and Wilson were up to that time the dream of all young American ornithologists, of which the “‘Key” was the reali- zation. Its influence was both marvelous and good, and can hardly be over-estimated, for if became a living factor of the growing mind of the coming generation of men of the time in which it appeared. It fell into the hands of boys who could now ‘‘find out the names” of the birds which they saw and collected, It taught to classify, to observe, to record, and as a result of all, to appreciate and admire, The influence of the book was scarcely more than the in- fluence of its author who, through all this part of his life, as he has ever since been, an example of that fixedness of pur- pose—which honest men cannot help but esteem—added to which he has been the direct encourager of the younger workers, in a thousand ways, and in none more than the ex- ample set by himself in his cheerfulness, under many of the direst of trials which the greater share of the world’s people is sure to cast across the path of such men. — The heart of the Couesian period is filled with many other noble works, famtiliar to aJl of us, and setting aside the two hundred or more minor papers by this author we see stand- ing boldly out in relief our “Field Ornithology,” “‘The Birds of the Northwest,” ‘Birds of the Colorado Valley” and ‘‘The Coues Check List.” These all have given an immense impulse to the advance of thescience of ornithol- ogy, and all exerted an excellent influence, Jt will not be possible for me to attempt in this letter even an outline of the scientific activities on foot during the mid- years of this period. It imcluded the days of the great sur- yeys—the Goyernment expeditions—when many a hardy naturalist was sweeping into the general treasury the western forms of birds, Following the digest of all this material, which had thus been collected, another feature that had been slowly growing now, in the last few years of the period, comes quite promi- nently in the foreground to assert itself as an additional char- acteristic, This is the study of the structure of birds, and ag the older countries have already taught us it is the ad- juster that follows in the track of the pioneer. Ornithology owes not a little to Dr. Cones for his labors in this all-im- portant field, as many of his productions will attest. Ah! I see the eye of every true ornitholcgist inthe country grow brighter as he regards the picture of the triumphs for his science, that go to make up the closing days of the Coues- ian period. The mere mention of the name of the center feature, here, is sufficient to bring to mind a train of thought, which if followed in all its pleasant bearings, would carry me far be- youd my Jimits. We all know the debt ornithology owes to Dr. Coues for his zeal and judgment during the times of the establishment of the American Ornithologists’ Union, and how much this organization promises to the science in this country. The days of the period, so full of honor and achievements, are numbered, and we have but a few more left us to enjoy the pleasures of anticipation, betore its namesake will hand us the volume, that brings it to a close. R. W. SHurecp, Captain Medical Corps U.S. A. Chairman Sect, of Avian Anatomy, Amer. Ornith, Union. AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ Unton, Washington, D. O., May 3, 1884. HISTORICAL REVIEW. Were a modern Hesiod to essay—neither a cosmogony nor a theogony—but the genesis of even the last depariment of human knowledge—were he to seek the beginnings of Amer- ican Ornithology, le would findit only in Chaos, For from this sprang all things, great and small alike, to pass through Night and Nemesis to the light of days which first see orderly progress in the course of natural evolution, when is first es- tablished some sequence of events we recognize as causes and effects. Then there is system, and formal law.; there science becomes possible; there its possible history begins. Long was the time during which the hirds of our country were known to our inhabitants, after the fashion.of the peo- ple of those days—known as things of which use could be made and studied, too, that use might be made of them. ‘a : was immediate, and is even now felt. It is the “Audubon” of that time: a folio in two volumes, dating respectively 1751 and 1743, with an appendix, 1748; passing to a second edition in 1754, to a third in 1771, under the supervision of Edwards; reproduced in Germany, in “‘Seligmann’s Samm- lung,” 1749-76, It was published in putts, the date of the first of which I believe to haye been 1780, though it may have been a little earlier, Volume J., containing the birds, appears to have been issued in five parts and was made up jn 1731; it consists of a hundred colored plates of birds, with as many leaves of text; a few more birds are given In the uppendix, raising the number to 113. ‘These illustrations are recognizable almost without exception; most of the species are for the first time described and figured: they fur- nish the basis of 1auny subsequently named in the Linnsan system; the work was eventually furnished by Edwards with a Linnean concordance or index; and altogether it is not easy to overestimate the significance of the Cateshian period, due to this oue work; for no other book requires or indeed deserves to be mentioned in the same couuection, though a few contributions, of somewhat ‘archaic’ char- acter, were made by various writers. 1748-1758, The Edwardsian Period.—This bridges the interval be- tween Catesby and the establishment of the binomial nomen- clatare, and finishes the Pre-Linnean epoch. No great name of exclusive pertinence to North American ornithology appears in this decade. But the great naturalist whose name is inseparably associated with that of Catesby had begun in 174i the ‘Natural History of Uncommon Birds,” which he completed in four parts or yolumes, in 1751, and in which the North American element is conspicuous. This work contains two hundred and ten colored plates, with accom- panying text, forming a treatise which carly ranks among the half-dozen greatest works of the kind of the pre-Linnzan epoch, and passed through several editions in different lan- guages, Its impress upon .American Ornithology of the time is second only to that made by Catesby’s, of which it was the natural sequence, if not consequence. It bore simi- larly upon birds soon to be described in binomial terms, and was shortly followed by the not less famous ‘‘Gleanings of Natural History,” 1758-64, a work of precisely the same character, and in fact a continuation of theformer. Edwards also made some of our birds the subject of special papers before the Philosophical Society, as those of 1755 and 1758 upon the Ruffed Grouse and the Phalarope. It may be noted here that one of the few special papers upon any American bird which Linnzeus published appeared in this period, he having in 1750 first described the Louisiana Nonpareil (Pas- serina civis). This period also saw the publication of part of the original Swedish edition of Peter Kalm’s “Travels,” 1753-61, which went through numerous editions in different languages. Kalm was a correspendent of Linnmus; the genus of Plants Kalmia commemorates his name; his work contains accounts of many of our birds, some of them the bases of Linnean species; and he also published, in 1759, a special paper upon the wild pigeon. As in the Catesbian period, various lesser contributions were made, but none requiring comment, Thus Lawson, as representing the con- tinuation of a preceding epoch, and the associated names of Catesby and Edwards inthe present one, have carmed us past the middle of the last century. [TO BE CONTINUED. | ‘ THE BROWN THRUSH, (Harporhynchus Kufus). HE brown thrush is a shy fellow, and the greatest quiet and patience are requisite, if one would observe him at his ease, His flight, as he passes from tree to tree, is a short, jerky flutter, and it is amusing to see him ‘“‘pitch himself,” so to speak, into a spruce. He will dash in among the boughs with a clumsy flutier, remain perfectly silent for a moment, then with a swift run he goes out to the very end of the branch, where he will oftentimes remain quiet for many minutes, apparently lost in contemplation of the view, from his airy perch. In action he closely resembles the mocking bird, possessing in common with the latter a re- markably sweet voice, which he uses in the most artistic manner. His favorite song times are in the early morning and evening (although he does not confine himself strictly to hours), the former being the boldest and continuing longer than at sunset. He will select some high perch on the tip of a spruce, or way up in some tall poplar, and day after day, from this vantave ground, you will hear him carol his favor- ite melodies. As a musician, he ranks with the finest in our woods. Would you hear him at his best, though, you must find him as he crouches close in to the trunk of some dark pine or hemlock, during the heat of the day. There, as he sits in the cool shade, you will hear him extemporize, very softly, as though talking to himself, but in such an exquisite strain, that you listen enraptured. One must be close to en- jov all this, as I doubt if his notes at these times could be heard at over twenty yards distance, His usualery of chek/ chek! wheww! igs most frequently heard at eyening, as he a about, in search of a perch, on which to pass the night, The bright, fresh colors of the thrush’s plumage on his arrival, and before his ‘‘good clothes” have grown rusty with use, is shown in pleasing contrast with the rich green of the young grass as the sprightly fellow hops about the lawn, He rarely ventures far from the trees when hunting for food, and is ready on an instant’s nolice to flirt his long tail and flutier up among the boughs out of sight, generally keeping on the further side of the tree as you approach. He has a great habit of poking about the brier tangles, and, as a gen- eral thing, you ure almost sure to find him there, along the edges of woods and in the hedges, These thickets and tangles are where he loves to build his nest, although he will sometimes select a location more exposed to observation, Still, you will often find it as above, in the very thick of the thorns and briers, snug and cosy and cool, a fit abode for the sly chap. Like the catbird, the flirts of his long tail fre- quently serve as an index to the state of his mind. Curios- ity, for example, is expressed by a quick flip of the tail from one side to the other, as he clings to some trembling vine and peers out at you from under the leaves, fancying himself un- observed. Should he find that you have discovered him, he silently disappears; quietly, mystcriously he goes, without a sound, nothing to indicate his course but the vibration of the foliage or the quiver of an alder as he noiselessly threads his way through the maze of twigs underneath. This bird, with his curious ways, is a favorite of nine, and I heartily welcome his voice again as it mingles with the evening chants rising from field and forest in the early spring. The gray of twilight is fading into dusk, and the shadows are deepening among the shrubbery. Out on the hill an en- thusiastic robin still lingers to finish his song, which is all the sweeter as it comes to our ears subdued by the distance and accompanied by a murmur of delight from the soft green leaves around us. The music ceases, and all is quiet save the chek! chek! whew'w! chek! chek! whew w! of our thrush as he calls good-night to us from the valley below. ‘ Wiimor. New Yorr Cry. THE GRIZZLY BEAR Hiditor Forest und Stream: The reading of Stearns’s ‘Natural History of Labrador” reminds me of the fauna of that almost unknown land as de- seribed by John - McLean, in his notes of a twenty-five years’ service in the Hudson’s Bay Territory. Obeying the orders of Sir George Simpson, he went as a discoverer from the southeast shore of Hudson’s Bay and established a fur trading post at the most northern point of the peninsula at Ungava Bay on the south shore of Hudson’s Strait, and this is the way he writes of the fauna of that country where he lived for three long years, two of which the Hudson’s Bay relief ship, from Eng- Jand, failed to reach him with supplies: “To enumerate the varieties of animals here is an easy task, Theextremely barren nature of the country and the severity of the climate prove so unfavorable to the animal kingdom that only a few of the most hardy species are to be found, viz., black, brown, grizzly and polar bears. “Black, silver, cross, blue, red and white foxes. “Wolverines, wolves, martins and beaver, but extremely rare here in the North. _, Otters, minks, muskrats and ermine; Arctic hares, rab- bits, reindeer and the lemming.” _ QVhe skins of all these animals Mr. McLean collected dur- ing his three years’ life at the Ungava station, for the benefit of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Speaking of the grizzly bear (Ursus horribilis), Mr. McLean remarks: ‘When we consider the great extent of country that intervenes between Ungaya and the plains of the Far West, it seems-quite inexplicable that the grizzly bear should be found in so isolated a situ- ation and none in the intermediate country, The fact of their being here, however, does not admit of a doubt, for I have traded and sent to England several of these skins from the region of Ungava and many more from the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains years before. Some time since I called the attention of the late Mr. Mittleberger, of this city, to this fact, He assured me that the grizzly was found in Northern Labrador. Mr. M. had been for a long term of years a factor in the employ of the Hudson’s Bay Fur Com- pany, and during this period had traveled over the largest portion of their possessions, handling every kind of fur ani- mals, and was thoroughly acquainted with the fauna of the country.” Dr: E. Srreurme. CLEVELAND, O,, April 24, IN LABRADOR, BIRD MIGRATION. Editor Forest and Stream: I inclose report of bird observations during April. The yellow-bellied woodpeckers reported were two males taken at one time, and are the only specimens we have taken, or known to have been seen here in six years, although they were formerly tolerably common. Vie : April 6—Brown creeper (Certhia faméiliaris). April 10—Fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca). April 11—W hite-throated crown sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis), April 12—Wilson’s snipe (Gallinago wilson). April 183—Golden-crested kinglet (Regulus satrapa)—only males, April i4—Hermit thrush (Turdus pallasi). April 14—Winter wren (Anorthura troglodytes). April 17/—American widgeon (Mareca americana). April 17—Yellow-bellied woodpecker (Sphyrapicus varius). April 17—Bnuffiehead duck (Clangula albeola). April 26—Ruby-crowned kinglet (Regulus calendula)—males only. April 30—Golden-crested kinglet (Regulus satrapa)—temales only. Ss. R. April 6—Purple finch (Carpodacus purpureus). April {7—Killdeer ring plover (4gidlites vociferus), April 9—Chipping sparrow (Spizella domestica). April 10—Carolina dove (Zenaidura carolinensis). April 109—Bay-winged bunting (Powcetes gramineus), April 14A—Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperi). April 14—Great-crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus). April 14—Golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes awratus), April 18—Purple martin (Progne subis). April 19—W hite-bellied swallow (Tachycineta bicolor). April 20—Loggerhead shrike (Lantus fudovicianus), April 24—Barn swallow (Hirundo horreorum). April 24—Golden- crowned thrush (Siurus wuricupillus). April 24—S8wamp sparrow (Melospiza palustris). April 25—American bithtern (Botaurus lentiginosus), April 26—Virginia rail (Rallus virginianus). April 26—Carolina rail (Porzana. carolina). April 283—Sparroyw hawk (Falco sparverius). Locrport, N. Y., May 2. J. L, Dayrpson. UsurPINnG SwaALLows.—At home in Texas where we only see the white-bellied swallows during the migrating pericd, gracefully skimming along the ground, we consider them beautiful and innocent birds. 1, however, haye seen them in their true colors, and they really surprised me, they are such vicious little pngilists. Two weeks ago a pair of blue- birds took possession of a little cot, where, until this morn- ing, they have lived in perfect happiness; but the usurper of this domestic bliss was at hand in the shape of a white-bellied swallow. This morning, while reading the FoREsr AND SrRBAM, I noticed a pair of swallows circling over the cot, and at each approach the bluebird quailed. 1 paid no atten- tion to it, nor did I notice them again till a great commotion drew my eyes from my paper toward them, Judge how surprised I was when 1 saw the male swallow take the blue- bird fiercely by the throat and thrash him unmercifully. The poor bluebird seemingly made no resistance; still he did not seem inclined to give up. Finally, however, superior strength conquered, and he tottered away. The swallow immediately took possession of the cot, and yery soon after- ward was joined by his mate——Nermo (of Texas), (Franklin, Mass.). Hareor Srau.—By aslip of the pen Phocu grenlandica, instead of P. vitulina, was given as the specific name of the harbor seal, mentioned in a recent note on ils occurrence in Lake Ontario.—C, Hart MERRIAM. : ARRIVALS AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN, CINCINNATI, tP To May 1. —Bred in Garden—One jaguar (Felis onga), one bonnet monkey (Macacus radiatus), one axis deer (Cervus axis), one pony (Lquus ¢aballus), one cut-throat finch (Amadina fasciata). Donated—Two wood hares (Lepus sylvaticus). eight red foxes (Canis fulvus), one Qanada poreupine (rithizon dorsatus), Capturedin Garden—Three cardinal grosbeaks (Cardinalis virginiand), one song sparrow (Melos- piza fasciata), ten snowbirds (Junco hyemalis). Received in Ex- chauge—Three Enropean lapwings (Vanellus ea neta Purchased— One wildeat( Lynx rufus), two prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus), one macaque monkey (M, cynomolgus), one white-collared mangaby (Gercocebus collaris), two moustache monkeys ( Cercopithecus cephus), Game Bag and Gun. MY FIRST “HONKER.” WAS born a sportsman, Nay, I am not quite sure that T had not 4 gun in my hand when my eyes first opened to take in the glories of this mundane sphere, 1 have been in the school-room or college halls all my life, either as student or instructor, and make it an object always to spend my vacations in the forest or by the stream, save and except- ing only an oceasional trip to the sea coast or shore of some sequestered lake, on whose bosom float in serene quiet myriads of water fowl, or from whose waters I may draw the finny beauties. To-day, in my forty-sixth year, I stand more erect than nine-tenths of city youth, and have infinitely more elasticity In my anatomy, Health vigorous, appetite good, eye keen, hand steady, mind active and intellect clear, while many of the companions of my boyhood are crawling round in the iron grasp of dyspepsia, with mind and body prematurely old, 1 need not tell the sportsman the reason of my elasticity of mind and body, or the cause of my friends’ despondency, but lest some reader should accuse me of egotism let me say that I throw care to the winds and gather fresh life by forest.and stream as each succeeding year rolls by. How I pity the man who has none of the instinct of the true sportsman in his composition. Nature’s true noblemen are they who are found regularly at the appointed season with rod and gun in hand, following the chase or plying the gentle art. You can rely on such a fellow wherever you meet him, and go your bottom dollar that he will prove a friend ‘‘tried and true” in any emergency. He shoots, not to kill and destroy, but for the pleasure and health it affords, and is content to Jet a few birds escape that the coyerts may be well stocked another season, and takes more delight in exhibiting half a dozen two-pounders in his basket than the trout hog does in telling of the thousands he hag slain, per- haps with only the weapon used by Samson of old when he mowed down the Philistines. The true sportsman is the most unselfish being in existence, | care not who may say to the contrary. He is fond of solitude because he loves to hold conyerse with nature in her softest as well asin her sternest mood, and finds a host of advisers and instructors in the world of animate and inanimate nature round him. He is never solitary for the simple reason that he never feels himself to be alone. “‘Nunguam minus solus, quam cum solus.”’ But I must back to myself again, Yesterday I packed ‘“Daisy” away in her case well oiled and clean, bade her an affectionate good-bye until next season opens, and promised to look right well after her safety during her rest. A host of recollections came trooping in as I sat down after my labor of love was completed, and I determined to write up at least one incident for my favorite journal ere another sun had set. “My First Honker’—Well do I remember the morning on which he measured his length on the grass and flopped his life out in vain attempts to rise in air. Ah, he must have been indeed a sad rake in his day, leading his harem forth to pluck up and destroy the wheat crop of the Sacramento Valley, but he proved a ‘‘tough cuss” when brought to the table, despite his twenty pounds of flesh. Some two days after the little “racket” with the boys on that snipe hunting expedition, getting an early start Jim and I found ourselves about 8 A, M. running our skiffs side by side up a narrow ehaunel among the tules, now and then dropping the paddle to pick up the gun and drop a mallard as it rose quacking, or a brieht-winged teal as it shot past with arrow-like speed. After proceeding some three miles in this way we hauled up our boats on the levee and leaning on our arms took in the scenery and arranged for the evening sport. Just then a flock of ‘‘honkers” hove in sight, bearing directly down on us. Dropping to the ground we watched their approach with keen delight, our dexter fingers playing neryously with the triggers, at least mine did; for, dear reader, I had yet to bring down my first ‘‘honker,” and if you have been there yourself you can appreciate my position. On they came, bearing swiftly down—honk, honk, honk—surely we will have a shot, that leader must be mine. ‘‘Jim, my boy, leave him to me,’ Isaid. ‘‘All right,” and it was agreed upon. Fancy our disgust as they were seen to bear off to the left and pass us at about 200 yards distance, fying low and evidently bent on some feeding spot not far away. Rising again to our feet we watched their flight, and with something like satisfaction saw them lighting at about three-quarters of a mile to the eastward. ‘‘Now, Professor,” said Jim, “if you want that old chap, be off, make straight for that there high bunch of tules, erawl low then, and I think you-will get him.” Off I went right briskly, notwithstanding heavy gum boots, and on approaching the bunch of tules found that I had to lie low to escape observation. However, this was no inconvenience. I had graduated in crawling long before I saw the Pacitic coast, but before I had gone twenty yards found my progress stopped by adeep gut, about tive feetacross. Cau- tiously putting down my leg I found that the bottom must have dropped out, at least 1 could not find it, and as standing up to leap across would spoil my chance of a shot, nothing remained but to crawl along and find a crossing place. I squirmed around for nearly a hundred yards and found a place that seemed all right, Reaching over, gun in hand, I threw my weight forward, and just as I attempted to draw my legs after my body, which my right hand and gun had preceded, the treacherous ‘‘other side” gave way and down I went up to the ears in mud and slush. This mishap did not dampen my ardor, on the contrary, it added to my determina- tion to bag that leader, who was standing so boldly up, keep- ing watch scarce 300 yards away. in Shaking myself as I emerged from this involuntary bath, I renewed the snake-like proceedings, lying low until I reached the bunch of tall grass that had screened me from the flock, What was my annoyance to find that instead of being only 50 or 60 yards from that old gander I was be- tween 80 and 90, Highty-three paces it proved to be, as I stepped it afterward. But the mind quickly makes a decision in such a case. Drawing my No, 4 shell, I replaced it with a bruss one carrying 4 drams of Hazard’s No, 3 and 14 ounces of BB. This in my left barrel I felt confident would not fail me. Then rising I gaye the old fellow the con- tents as he spread his wings for flight, and to my intense delight over he rolled at my service. Did I fire the right at the flock? you ask. No, I did not, for the simple reason that they were oyer 100 yards distant, too far to kill with certainty, and I never shoot to wound or cripple if 1 can help it. I would rather miss half a dozen outright than wound one, to crawl away and die in agony, Did I “talk right out in meetin’?” Yes, brother sport, I did. I went into a committee of the whole then and there and gave my- self a unanimous yote of thanks, which received and becomingly acknowledged, I took that old ‘‘thonker” by the neck and, throw- ing him over my shoulder, wended my way back to the spot where Jim stood waying his hat in congratula- tion. I meditated, too, as L walked; but that wetting did not trouble me much, True, I was scarcely dressed to suit company, but then I was jubilant, and I fully realized the fact that [had killed “my first honker.” I have killed many since then, but none afforded meso much real zest as did that old fellow among the tules of the Sacramento. ' I have been much interested of late in the articles on the was modestly after which “Choice of a Hunting Rifle” and ‘‘The Performance of Shot- _ guns.” My favorite gun is a 10-bore, 30-inch barrels, 9 pounds, ‘This I find will do all that.can be reasonably ex- pected. I use 4drams best powder and 1} ounces shot— No. 4 for geese, No. 6 for ducks, No. 8 for quail and doyes, Tecan kill my bird clean at fitty yards with average cer- tainty, and Iam content, My favorite rifle is a Winchester, 24-inch barrel, .44-caliber, full magazine. Ido not want a better weapon for mountain work. I believe the 30-inch barrel gives greater accuracy at long range, but the 24-inch is handy. I will tell you how I killed my first buck ere long; and as ‘The Professor” is too long for a nom de plume, will in future subscribe myself : LEONIDAS. THE ST. CLAIR FLATS BILL. Editor Forest and Stream: The question of the status and disposition, of the chief and choice part in United Stales waters, of that famous shooting territory, usually denominated the St, Clair Flats, is before Congress and likely to be finally determined, and a few words to you about the matter wil] not be out of place. Some two years since a bill was introduced in the last Congress to authorize the Commissioner of the General Land Office to sell the same district as United States overflowed and unsurveyed lands, the possession of which was sought by some wealthy parties, the territory having become both very desirable and valuable. The move was obseryed by a citizen of Michigan, who takes interest in public affairs, and set down by him for further attention. The matter apparently attracted neither comment nor eyen notice during several weeks which went by, when he, deeming it a doubtful policy and unjust to de- tach this large and noble shooting territory from the people’s domain and constitute it a close, private shooting preserve, to their perpetual exclusion from all privilege therein in the midst of a publie water, their constant resort, drew an earn- est protest or petition against the measure, setting forth in terse and pointed statements the merits of the case, and the same was widely circulated, and signed by thousands of citi- zens from Detroit to lowa and Port Huron, and then forwar- ded to Members of Congress. Numbers of influential citizens rendered aid, Members of Congress were conferred with and interested, and influence assured. Don M. Dickinson, a noted lawyer and politician of Detroit, appeared before the committee having the bill in charge and made protest against its passage in the interest of private claimants (him- self one of them), to the same territory, a matter which somehow did not ‘obtain publicity. The bill never passed from the hands of committee, Tt may be related here that until very recently the fact of there being private claims of ownership of the overflowed and marsh district in question was little, if at all, publicly known or heard of, prominent local citizens and public men | and active supporters of the bill above referred to not know- ing anything of the same. However, I do not state this to assert that such claims had not already been born or made a manifest of life. The citizen above cited as organizing opposition to the bill described, proposed to two or three different Members of Congress the plan to set the territory in question aside for the people, and suggested the merits and advisability of con- sidering and perhaps inaugurating a like procedure with like Government territory cenerally, but somehow they failed to discern the magnitude of the cherished interest which exists in this field and its valued relation to a large mass of the people. Some political cigar, perhaps well lighted but of transient and comparatively insignificant im- portance, as appointments to office, seemed to take prece- dence and monopolize their attention, and they gave no sign of regarding such really national interest as possessing even importance. The bili had fallen, but the individual mentioned, fully realizing that the St. Clair Flats would ere long in some manner be grasped by private interest and the public cease to have any rights therein if no permanent bulwark of pro- tection was interposed, now advocated the setting aside of that territory by Congress as a national preserve for the people. Believing efficient game protection compatible with a system of national preserves, and deeming it a hard- ship and an injustice and a matter that in the future will be most aggravating in effect to haye the extensive shoal water and marshy margins of Government waters detached from the people’s domain and created close private shooting pre- serves, to the perpetual exclusion of the people from all right therein, the policy of setting aside such Government territory in the future for the people and the efficient protec- tion of the same in all its interests by authority was urged. Indeed, to amplify in this view, it seems a rank impropricty for the Government, the people’s instrument, created by them to subserye their wants and needs, to sell for a pittance, the benefit of which is not sensibly felt, these shoal-water dis- tricts, and shut the public out from the sameforever, consti- tuting as they do about the only territory for game preserves in the nation, and margining public waters to which the people habitually resort. for health and pleasure—boating, fishing and hunting. The people, ever having been used to: almost unlimited freedom in sporting fields, appear to have failed to discern the rigid enthrallment of these privileges which is fast approaching, but they will very soon see its lines and feel its bonds, when their neglected and lost in- terest will be irreclaimable. _ P The public interest in this field and the above views rela- tive to the same were brought earnestly to attention in high quarters in the Government and received consideration and a friendly recoguition. Events in their course finally led to the preparation of a bill to set aside the unsurveyed and overflowed and marsh lands of the St. Clair territory as a national preserve, and an understanding that the measure should be presented in Congress. as | The lookimg up of the data essential to the describing and bounding of the territory to be set aside furnished a peculiar experience. The General Land Office was applied to and i 7 , he 7 - directed the request to be made to the Chief of Engineers, rte Hameo NaS estas droite chart as the sum of its ability to contribute in this line, and the Land Office at Detroit, after long delay, reported that it, had nothing which would be of help in the matter. The Government chart, of P course, is an Accurate sarvey of Lake St, Clair and river, giving location and outline of the shores and islands and earefally everywhere the depth of water, : _ About the time these delays came to an end, the Hon. W. _ ©, Waybury, member from the Detroit district, introduced _ two bills in Congress, the objects of which were to recognize ] and confirm title to private claimunts to Harsen’s and Dicken- _ son's islands (exceptiug a trifling portion of one of the same) 4 and io include extensive marsh, overflowed or shoal water territory adjacent within certain general bounds, the latter being defined under the head of natural and alluvial accre- tions, \ The claim to title in each instanee dates back to the days of Enelish dominion, no part of the Jand proper has ever been surveyed by the Government save a portion of Harsen’s Island, and to the same surveyed portion the United States long ago confirmed title. : , The territory included by the claims set forth in the bills consists mainly of overflowed lands, and has an ares of over fifty square miles. It comprises the main bulk and the very cream of the world-wide famous shooting territory in United States waters, known as the St. Olair Flats. As 1s generally known, parties resort thither for shooting from the Atlantic cilies to the Mississippi, and it is a possession sufficiently ’ desirable to excite great temptation for its acquisition. There are several notable things to be taken into account relative to the matter. The claimants are plainly asking for that which they hayen’t got—title; and an interest in and claim to the territory on the part of the United States is recognized to exist in the asking for the relinquishment of the same, ‘The overflowed territory has, beyond question, largely taken on its shoalness since the claims set up profess to have been founded, and at which date dt is not probable there was any thought of the same being included in the claim, Eyerything assures that Lake St. Clair itself will eventually fill up and become land, save the river channels; it is but a shoal water anyhow, and if this claim can be allowed in its full extent, it is dificult to see where boundaries may not extend or be set up, The United States waters of Lake St. Clair proper attain to a depth of eighteen feet only over a very limited surface, and nowhere to over twenty-one feet, and in its Canadian portion nowhere attains to twenty-three feet. Large areas haye a much less depth and rushes rise freely above the water. Besides the aboye two bills of Mr, Maybury relative to this territory, one has been presented by Senator Palmer, of Michigan, to have the entire United States marsh and over- flowed lands within and bordering Lake St. Clair and the divisions of the St. Clair River set aside as a national pre- serve for ihe people of the United States, subject to such regulations as may be provided, thus removing it from the grasp of private parties and ownership. Thismeasure seems eminently an act of justice and a tribute to public rights, and if carried out will probably lead to the institution of an effective game protection over the region, and all like pre- serves, if such shall be instituted hereafter, A petition (a copy of which 1 inclose to you) in support of this bill was drawn and has been extensively circulated and signed in the cities and villazes of Michigan, not one citizen in a hun- dred being found who is notin favor of it, The foremost citizens and best minds, wherever attention has been called to the matter, not only generally, but almost without excep- tion, express decided approbation of the measure, and many leading citizens are lending active aid. Also, this matter is one of national interest, and expression Tespecting it is properly in order from any State in the Union; the bill deals with national territory only, and for a common or national purpose, and petitions for signature have been sent to several States. PHRTITION: ASKING CONGRESS TO SHT ASIDE THE UNITED STATES OVERFLOWED AND MARSH LANDS OF LAKE Sil. CLATR AS A PRESERVE FOR THE PEOPLE. To the Hon, Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: Whereas, A bill was introduced in the last Congress to enable the United States Land Commissioner to sell the extensive marsh and overflowed or shoal water lands in the Unites States waters of Lake St, Clair, which lands are one of the most notable resorts for shooting and fishing in the nation and most highly esteemed for the same, the purpose of the bill being to enable private parties to become the own- ers of this large territory and make the same a close private shooting preserve to the exclusion of all right and privilege of the people therein, which bill was not perfected by congressional act; and Whereas, two bills have been introduced into and are being con- sidered by the present Congress, the purpose of which bills is to give tifle and ownership of the greater and most valuable part of the ter- Titory above described to private and interested individuals upon plea of old time claims to contiguous islands, which claims profess to have been founded in the days of English rule; and Whereas, title to the islands proper, if established, should not con- yey ownership of the many miles in extent of adjacent marsh and overflowed or shoal water lands, which also represent much financial value Bue present great temptation to private greed for their posses- sion; an Whereas, the bills introduced to give and confirm title to the afore- said claimants admit a claim to the territory in question to be existing ou the part of the United States; Therefore, we pray you that notitle pass or be confirmed which is not unmistakably demanded by indisputable legal right and justice. and that the United States unsurveyed marsh and overflowed lands of Lake St. Clair and berdering the divisions of the St. Olair River, be seb aside permanently as a National Preserve in common for the people of the United States, subject to such regulations as may be es- tablished by rightful authority. a> And further, we earnestly deprecate the policy which is heing exten- sively practiced, of Government's selling the shoal water and marshy Margins of our Great Lakes and other Government waters—the peo- ples’ patrimony—to private parties, to be converted by them into close private shooting preserves to the perpetual exclusion of the pepple, in common therefrom, which restriction and monopoly will in the future, be deeply felt as_a standing public aggravation an outrage of magnitude, and is contrary to both good public policy and justice; such favorite grounds for game and shooting throughout the nation are fast passing, and largely have already passed, to private ownership and-control; Therefore, we express our belief that Con- gress should allow such proceeding to go no further, bub should set aside such territory as & preserve in common for the people, subject to appropriate and efficient provisions and regulations. Further. Mr. Maybury, who presented the bills for the private claimants, has also recently prepared another bill for the purpose of setting the same territory aside as a national park and game preserve, placing it under charge of the Sec- retary of War, but is not expected to present the same until the committee haying charge of the bills for private claim- ants have expressed their views respecting the same, The State of Michigan has also appeared in the case as a ‘claimant to the St. Clair territory in question, under the Swamp Lands act of Congress relating to a class of United States lands in the State. It sent one of its ex-Congressmen, Mr. McGowan, to Washington to look after the State’s in- terest In the matter, He is reported—no doubt correctly— - FOREST AND STR * i") EAM. as having advised that the General Land Office pass upon the question of ownership, and if tie United States is adjudged the owner, let Congress "have a survey made and the lands sold, he evidently having embraced the whole matter with a t is reported later that the State authorities at Lansing are preparing papers to forward to yery ordinary view. him showing the State’s ownership of the lands, There is no disposition on the part of the movers for a National preserve to deprive any one of legitimate private The move has pro- ceeded upon the common public understanding, which fairly might be said to be universal, that the overflowed lands of Lake St. Clair belonged to the United States, such land, of iy legitimate and proper for such pur- The prime movers in the matter had never heard of rights or show disrespect for the same. course, being entire pose. the claim of private ownership to this territory until Mr. Maybury introduced his bills in the interest of the same. Parties opposed the bill introduced in the preceding Con- gress to enable this shoal-water territory to be sold as United States nnsurveyed lands, and conferred with different mem- bers of Congress respecting the same, and yet never heard of such private claims until Mr. Maybury’s move. Private claims to land of the islands proper which ought to be respected may be shown, and if so, say all let them so be, Title to the islands proper, it is claimed, carries the same right to this many miles of vverflowed shoal water territory, This claim should not be granted because the same is asked for. It should never be conceded except after the most thorough scrutiny determines that justice unmistakably demands the the most of which you can sail a boat over. same. The islands proper, in question, were not deemed essential It seems like a most liberal stretch of credulity to contemplate that this large, overflowed territory should pass upon the claims set up, in the plan for a national preserve, when the case is fairly and fully scrutinized, Able eiforts by able counsel have been made=before the committee for the claimants, and it is due the people that both sides he thoroughly presented, as no doubt will be done, and then let Congress give a fair decision, dictated by intelli- gent justice. MicHican, May 12. THE ADIRONDACK BILL, ‘(HE text of the Adirondack bill passed by the Albany Legislature is as follows. SECTION 1. The said Commissioner shall receive an annual sal- ary of $4,000. Neither said Commissioner nor his subor- dinates shall be liable to any person or corporation for any damages sustained by reason of want of repair of any road or bridge situated upon the forest lands of the State. Said Comnnissiouer shall have an office in the new Capitol in the city of Albany, where all the records of said Commissioner shall be kept. Sec. 2, It shall be the duty of the said Commissioner to cause all the forest lands now owned or which may be ac- quired by the State to be located, and, when necessary, to be surveyed; to procure suitable books of record and cause all said lands to be recorded; to make and publish such reason- able rules and regulations for the use of said forest lands by the public as shall give the greatest amount of liberty in the use thereof, consistent with the preservation of the forests thereon; to prevent trespass upon the said lands and streams situated thereon; to make reasonable regulations for the pre- vention and extinguishment of fires thereon; to prevent overflow of lands belonging to the State by the erection of dams and obstructions hereafter built or made in the streams within said boundaries; to report to the Legislature on or be- fore the fifteenth day of January in each year his official action during the preceding year, and such information as may be useful in preserving the forests upon State lands and the forests of the State generally, and maintaining and_pre- serving the supply of water derived therefrom; and also to report generally upon the subject of forest preservation and the utility thereof in its scientific aspects; to report to the Attorney-General trespassers upon said land and streams and furnish to him the evidence thereof. Said Commissioner shall not grant to any person or class of persons or corpora- tions any exclusive use of any portion of said forest lands or any Jakes or rivers thereon. Src, 3, The Attorney-General shall, upon the report of the Forest Commissioner, commence actions in any court having jurisdiction against persons who have committed trespass upon forest lands of the State, to recover the penalties prescribed by this act, or for any cause of action the people may have against such trespassers. In any action brought by the Attorney-General, under this aci, an injunc- tion may be granted upon the application of the Attorney- General restraining any act of trespass, waste, or destruction, and in cases where lands belonging to the State within said boundaries are being “injured by the maintenance of any dam or obstruction which may hereafter be erected in any stream or lake, the court may order the removal or partial removal of said obstruction during the pendency of said action, provided that the owner of such dam or obstruction shall not be deprived of any legal or equitable right to damages for such removal. Src. 4. The said Commissioner shall have power to ap- point such foresters as he may deem necessary, not exceed- ing ten in number, at salaries not exceeding $600 each per annum, and such clerks as he may deem proper, within the limits of the appropriation made by this act. Src. 5. Any person or corporation who shall cut, or cause to be cut, any tree or timber standing upon the forest lands of the State, with intent to remove the same, or any portion thereof, or bark therefrom, shall forfeit to the people of the State of New York the sum of $10 for each tree so cut, to be sued for by said Commissioner. Sec. 6, Whenever the State owns an undivided interest with any person in any forest lands, or holds or is in posses- sion of any such real estate as joint tenant or tenant in com mon with any person, within this State, who has an estate of freehold therein, any such person may, upon obtaining consent in writing of the Comptroller thereto, maintain an action for the actual partition of said property according to the respective rights of the parties interested therein, in the sume manner as if the State were not entitled to exemption from legal proceedings and with the same force and effect as in other cases, except no costs shall be allowed to plaintiff Within ten days after the passage of this act the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a suitable person, who shall be a resi- dent and citizen of this State, as Commissioner, who shall be known as the Forest Commissioner of the State of New York. Said Commissioner shall hold office for six years and until his successor shall be appointed and confirmed by the “Senate. therein, and no sale of said Jands shall be adjudged in said suit. Sno. 7. The sum of $20,000, or so much thereof as may he necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes of this act, payable on the warrants of the Controller to the order of the said Forest Commissioner, . Sno. 8. This act shall take effect immediately. MASSACHUSETTS GAME INTERESTS. N Friday evening, the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association held a very successful and en- thusiastic meeting, Five new members were received, and the attendance was the best for a long time. The meeting was the last of the season, but it was decided to come to: gether again in the fall earlier than usual, Several new and very important committees were appointed, some of which may strike poachers and jaw breakers with surprise. The matter of the defeat of the game law, which was to have been generally adepted in New England, was discussed, and it appears that the stupidity and the cupidity of the country member had much to do with the defeat, Two clauses in the bill, both of minor importance, appear to haye weighed heavily on the mind of the member from the rural districts, and together with the force of the market element, the bili was killed, The obnoxious clauses in the bill were the ones relating to ‘‘shore birds” and to killing birds in certain ponds in the State, Evidently the country member desires to shoot ducks and geese on the shore at all seasons, and means to have all there is left of migrating waterfowl which are accustomed to stop to rest in Massachusetts ponds, A member from amoung the marketmen claims that there is an improvement going on among the game dealers, and, honest and earnest himself, he will labor in that direction, and hopes that, at least, his fellow-dealers will not meet the bill another year with organized opposition, It is also very gratifying to note that several of the lobster dealers, secing the depletion so rapidly going on in these valuable shellfish, have declared themselves in favor of stringent protection and promise to aid in securing legislation in that direction. The game bill came up in the House at a very unfortunate time—during the unavoidable absence of its best friends and defenders, But its loss for one season has not disheartened them in the least. Mr, John Fottler, President of the Asso- ciation and than whom no man in the State has labored more earnestly for game protection and for this bill, at the time it came up in the House was performing the mournful duty of burying his business partner. All the best friends of the bill at the State House happened to be away, and consequently when the measure was attacked by its enemies, present in full foree, there was nobody to defend it, ‘ Commissioner EK, M. Stillwell of Maine, says that he is not at all surprised al the defeat of the Massachusetts bill. In fact he rather expected it. His experience with the ob- taining and enforcing of the excellent law in Maine has shown him the fighting qualities of the poacher and market hunter. He regards the defeat this year as but one of the drawbacks which will probably lead to success next winter. He expects a fight in his own State then, and dreads the in- fluence of the Boston game dealers more than any other force. But efforts are already begun for the early passage of the Massachusetts bill in this State, and as the Maine and Massachusetts Legislatures next meet at the same time, the game dealers will haye a double enemy to fight, Harnest work will be put in by the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, and the ultimate success of the New England protective bill without essential modifications is confidently expected, The Commissioners of the other States are neither alarmed nor discouraged at its defeat this year in this State, but will labor for its enactment at home. Boston, May 18. : SPECIAL, SEA OTTER SHOOTING. aes from a nest of Jow sandhills, covered by stunted hemlocks and dwarf cedar, the grand Pacific Ocean, with its continuous line of white breakers extending as far as the eye could reach north and south, presented a glorious view. It was just one mile to the first breaker, directly across a stretch of level sand beach, where the look- out or derrick was stationed. A derrick is mounted on three legs, like a tripod, with an open box 4 feet square inclosed on three sides, shore side open, the upper edge of the box being cushioned for gun-rest. The box is supplied with low stools for the hunter. The derrick is 30 feet high, and placed on a line of about half tide. I take a glance at the weather vane—wind in the sou’west, good; tide coming in, better; sky clear, correct. These different conditions of wind and tide have to be closely observed to insure the drifting ashore of the otter when shot. .A nor’west wind is as good as one from the sou’ west quarter, but it seldom occurs in this sec- tion of country. The guns used are Sharps rifles, 12 to 16 pounds weight. .44-caliber, using from 100 to 120 grains powder and'450 to 550 grains lead, bottle-necked shells, per- feetly smooth, square-butt, naked bullet. A Rocky Mountain. rear sight is used with a globe sight in front, the globe being about one inch long, with pinhead. There is considerable inquiry among the otter hunters in regard to new guns, as their Sharps rifles are wearing out and they cannot secure more; the Ballard seems to be the favorite. A wooden step is made for each distance of 100 yards and laid in rotation for instant use, to avoid mistakes or confusion. In twenty minutes we were on the derrick, elasses in hand. An otter was discovered diving for crabs. He soon came up with a large crab in his little, squirrel-like front paws, and lying on his back, with head erect, proceeded leisurely to eat it. In an instant the 700-yard sight was adjusted, the 16- pounder spoke, and a 550-grain bullet was landed three feet to windward. A good horizontal line shot. The distance was correct, but the wind not carefully noted, which was from the 10 o’clock quarter, the otter at 12 o’clock and the shooter, at 6 o’clock points. In about a minute the otter ap- peared at the 1 o’clock point, about 100 yards to windward; the same sight was used, and at the second shot the otler turned ‘‘back up,” head and flippers down, and began drift- ing ashore dead. It proved to he a fine siiver-tipped, and $100 was received for its pelt on the beach, Tt must be remembered that sea otter shooting is attended with many difficulties, viz.: All shooting must be done from 4.00 to 1,000 yards over the water. Generally there isa heavy ground swell, and there is more nice calculation in making a shot of this kind than the reader would naturally suppose, First you haye to calculate on the force of the wind, distance, rise and fall of the otter, and last, but not least, this calculation has to be made in a moment. TILLICUM Gray’s HARgor, Wash. Ter. 826 FISH AND GAME IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. A® many of your readers visit the far West in quest of . sport with rod and gun, perhaps a few might extend their trip to this far western isle, if they but knew the sport to be obtained in our mountains, valleys and rivers. Deer are plentiful within a few hours’ drive of this city, and in the open season dozens of fine carcasses are brought in weekly to our market. Bear (black) are also plentiful, and on the mainland of the Province, mt further north than this, grizzly are 10 be found, and I am informed that on the banks of the Skena River they are very numerous, as also game of all kinds. The game birds of the island are grouse (blue and yellow) quail, ducks and brant, Grouse are very plentiful, and good bags are made by our Jocal sportsmen in the neigh- borhood of the city. Quail are abundant, and do not. suffer from our winters, which are very mild. On all the rivers and creeks, bays and inlets, mallard, teal, butterball and brant, abound in large numbers. Not being much of a shot, and caring very little for packing a gun all day, 1 may not do this part of my letter the justice it deserves, but all that I have stated I know to be facts. Tn a radius of fifteen to twenty miles from this city we have a number of small lakes called Prospect, Pike, Long, Thetis (little ‘and big), Laneford, Elk and Beaver, in ull of which trout are abundant, and in the sumner take the fly freely, in fact, they have been biting in Prospect Lake for the past three weeks or more, and some very fair bays have been taken (say fifty betwecn three rods) ‘They were taken with bait, but ‘‘oh shame, oh sin, oh sorrow,” they were taken with salmon roe, which is not prohibited by our game laws But. the fishing in these lakes is iame compared with that in the Cowichan and Comou rivers further noth, on the eastern side of the island, and in nearly all the rivers and creeks of the mainland trout are plentiful and bite freely, and are said to go as high as six pounds in weight. Last sammer myself and a friend paid siveral visits to Pike Lake, and caught15 to 25 cach, weighing from 4 to 14 pounds.’on each trip, fishing from the bank, and now we look forward to renewing our acquaintance with the lish of Prospect, Pike and Long likes. Salmon are about us in unto'd numbers, but, sad to say, they will not rise to the fly; but our Indians catch them with hook an‘ line in sult water. From iy residence I frequently see an old Siwash trolling for winter salmon. and he catches them, weighing from 16 te 20 pounds, with herring bait, and in summer thcy troll with spoon; but, so far, | have not heard of many white men even trying to catch them. Should any of your readers visit this city for sporting pur- poses, they can outfit here at small cost, and obtain all the information they require at any of our sporting emporiums or by asking any of our sporismen. - I may state that all the lakes I] have named are accessible by horse and buggy, and the cther points by steamer. _ The mouth of the Frazer River is a favorite spot in the fall for ducks and brant. OANUCK. VictortA, B. O,, April] 2, 1884. THE CHOICE OF HUNTING RIFLES. fiditer Forest and Stream: Your correspondent ‘‘G.,” in issue of April 17, apparently brings up many objections to the repe.ter, and there have been so many adverse criticisms of the “deadly rifle’ that I cannot but come forward aguin in defense. Some of your correspondents appear inclined to be facetious, and others vunceessarily alarmed as to the rapid killing of game by the proposed hunting rifle, The latter mistake their premises; for which destroys the most game, the accurate and deadly rifle that secures its game at every shot, or the ‘wild shooter,” that hits, but does not hitin a vital place, and leaves a wounded hcad of game to escape and die a lingering death, thereby destroying one head of game with no corresponding beni fit to mankind? I think I but voice the thoughts of all good hunters and sportsmen when I say that I decry the wanton billing or destruction of game as much as any one. But to. kill game is one of the main objects of huniing, for] know of no one who will persistently hunt, simply fur the health-giving ex- ercise and recreation, and come home each day with empty bag. Ido know a good many, however, and I do think true sportsmen cun all be included, who like to bunt, not only for this reason, but for the sake of the game they kill, and who are satisfied to kill simply for their wants, or those of their friends, and not for glory. Now what does any true hunter want to hunt with? Does he not want a true rifle that kills, and kills every time? Will such a hunter go on piling up meat and wasting or wantonly de:tioying game just for the sake of killing? With such a weapon will he not be satisfied with the one deer he kills, and leuvye all the rest for some one else, or for anocher day? Will he not be able to kill that one deer with less liability of damag, to the multitude? Will he have to go on shooting at now this deer and now that, wounding ail but losing them, ard then by destroying perhaps ten deer for the one he fin- ally brings to bay by some lucky shot, as woutd be the case if he had a gun that was not accurate? I think that ‘‘Ness- muk’s” return to his beloved muzzleloader was just because he wanted the most deadly weapon he knew, for just such reasous as those above, having become disgusted with a mur- derous weapon, such as all poor shooting rifles must be. Having seen so much of just such work as that indicated, by murderous rifi-s, I among the first proposed the deadly rifle as a means of saving gume. Ihave been sick and dis— gusted witli the sight of wounded game escaping to die and benefit no one but the wolves, and | have longed for the lime t6 come when sportsmen could get a rifle that would kill and not wound when they shot, although there doubtless are those whv would abuse such a gun, and kill more than they needed just for the sake of killing, still 1 claim that in the yreat majority of cases good and not harm would result from the general introduction ot the accurate rifles. Doubt- less, also, game would still be wounded and escape at times, -eyen with such a rifle in the hands of an expert; for luck, chance, or what not, might cause a bad shot to be made, but the proportion would be greatly lessened, and more gape left uninjured and less be destroyed for the amount actually bagged. All high trajectory rifles are murderous on game. They were neyer built or intended for hunting guns, As military rifles, to use ugainst an enemy, to shoot long distances, and to wound or kill a hutnan being, were and are their legiti- mate object. As such thry are intended to be murderous, for ‘a wounded euemy is as good as three dead ones,” and in battle the wounded and not the deal are what demoralize the line. But who wants to use such weapons against game? It isa lucky chance if the hunter can come on his game at a known distance, or have full time io estimate it i ee FOREST AND STREAM. and, with such a rifle, put his ball where he wishes. A shot out cleaning, using the magazine. The state of the breech mechan- too high, or too low, Jeayes his game with enough vitality to escape and leave him bootlegs, to linger and suffer and die, with only the wolves to rejoice. I have been striving to obtain a rifle that shoots close enough to hit and kill whenever I shoot at any reasonable distance, J may find my game to-day at 50 yards, to-morrow at 150, and yet 1 want my rifle to shoot so Hat that to-day, to-morrow or next day I can shoot with a certainty of kill- ing and not wounding, I do not want to see a deer, an antelope, or any game go off on thcir legs, disappear with a wound anywhere, to leave me sick and disgusted with my- self at the useless pain and death resulting from my bad shot, J go out to kill and not to destroy, and I am as sick of all the mamby-pamby sentimentalism against killing game when needed as I am of all needless and useless suffer- tne end death inflicted by murderous rifles. ut I hear the question, why should I want a repeater, when I wanta gun that kills at the first shot? I answer, simply asa protection to game again, by giving one the ability to fire the second shot, and the third and the fourth if necessary, as rapidly as possible, should I by any chance fail to kill at first and thereby prevent this wounded animal from escaping. 1 would wunt the repeater as a reserve to fall back upon in cases of emergency, using it ordinarily as a singleloader and choo-ing my shots with it as carefully as though the one slot 1 had in the chamber was the one on which my life depended. lt is admitted that in the hands of a nervous man, or perhaps in any one’s hands under some circumstances, the repratet would be abused; but | claim a bettcr state of affairs for the great body of sportsmen. It would be as well to condemn all horses because some are vicious and run away and smash things, as to condemn all sportsmen with repeaters because one Joses his head and “throws ] ad” hastily and indiscriminately. Then again, in spite of the assertions to the contrary, in this Western country the hunter frequently takes his life in his hand while hunting. Heavy and dangerous game is not so scarce as some of your correspondents would seem to indicate, and I for one would not think of going into the mouutuins without being prepared to encounter ferocious and dangerous game. I mivht hunt for a month and nvyer see a bear; but like the Texan and bis six-shooter—when | did wunt a repeater ‘I would want it mighty bad.” TI have seen men of w party slop fishing and come to camp on ac- count of the proximity of bear; and one can’t tell in this country what he may find when he unee is beyoud civiliza- tion. ' And even were I where I knew there were no dangerous animals, human or brute, I would still want the repvater, although of perhaps lighter caliber, for to me it represents the latest advance and aeyelopmeut of firearms; and every hunter should have the best. And now as to ‘‘G’s” criticism. He says repeating rifles are unreliable. Had he suid-some are so | would agree with him. But has he tried them all? Or has he seen the many improved weapons of late yeurs all tried? His first experi- ence was by his own statement ‘‘many years ago,” and with the Winchester carbine. ‘Many years ago” ITalso owned a Wincehcster, and I found it unreliable and sold it, but I did not thereby lose all my faith in repeaters, nor condemn them as he now does after years have elapsed for improvement, First efforts are rarely successful, and a steady march of im- provement fur over three hundred years has deyeloped our present breechloaders and repeaters from their prototypes of long ago. Brechloaders and 1epeaters are nota thing of to-day; but their development was slow until the introduc- tion of the metallic cartridge, and since ‘“‘many years ago” many and valuable improvements have been introduced. Besides this, the Winchester is not the only nor the best repeater extant. Why do all refer to this as the one weapon of all on which to pin their faith or unbelicf in repeaters? True it is, that it was one of the first and haskd to many others, and is entitled to much credit, not only for its own excellencies, but jor its good work; but also true it is, that other and better repeatcrs are to be had to-day, and steady improvements are being made by firms, who have new lite anil not the conservatism ot the older gunmakers. I cannot help but criticise ‘‘G.’s” ideas about caring for guns. The hunter, soldier or scout who does not keep his gun clean deserves to ‘Jose his sealp” if ‘‘juped by Indians or charged by a bad-tempered grizzly.” He bas about as much business anywhere near either as a first-class lunatic has out of his as) lum, and such a man would probably “pass in his checks” at such a tame, even if he were armed with the most perfect weapon under heaven and that in the most per- fect order. After an experience of some dozen years in the camp and field, I have yet to see a similar experience to that he narrates with any class of weapons, eithvr singleloaders or repeaters. My Winchester became unreliable because it was eld and rickety, and even the best of weapons grow unreli- able from such causes. Again we have a man of the ‘‘didn’t-know-it-was-loaded’ class who wanted to hunta grizzly alone. I wonder if he had ever secn one before the time mentioned, when he saw three? Lucky for him that he did not shyot at any of them —and more {ool he four ever thinking of shooting at a cub unless he knew the she bear was away beyond ear shot. Had his gun even been in order, he would probably have had ‘‘his belly full” in no time. But what is one to think of any hunter, or any one else who abuses a gun in the manner deecribed. Guns are made to use and use propeily, the same as any other piece of mechanism. Governors on steam engines have broken down before now and the engine has “run away and smashed things,” but are all steam engines unreliable on that account? 1s the Winchester or any other repeating arm to be held up to ridicule because some one does not know bow to use it? On the contrary, are there not hundreds, yes thousands, who use them, well aware that they are reliable—provided the ‘‘man behind the gun” is reliable too? ' ‘ Then we are told also that repeaters are unsafe, and again because a cartridge in a Winchester magazine, one in a Hotchkiss and another in a Spencer (‘*G.” makes it appear as a Winebester), exploded and tore things to pieces. ‘‘Acci- dents will happen, even in the best regulated families,” but there generally is some preventable cause for each accident, and the fault in each of these cases was perhaps the tault of the man and not the gun, . a : I have the report of a board of officers before me, who in 1881 tested magazine guns with a view to thiir mtroduction as military weapous. Since theu several new repeaters have been introduced, and that they were not tested was simply because they bad uot then been born. - lt may be ot interest to state what some of the ‘official tests” were: ism_to be examined at the end of each 50 rounds. me Defective Cartridges.—Each gun to be fired once with each of ine sou ering defective Cartridges: 1. Cross-filed on head tonearly the vee ness of the metal. 2. With a longitudinal cut the whole length of Pica rake Ls from the rim up, a fresh piece of white paper, marked with the number of the gun, being laid over the breech to observe the escane of gas, if any occur. Vv. Dust.—The piece to he exposed, in the box prepared for that Urpose, to a blast of sand-dust for two minutes; to be removed, fired Sed ona: replaced for two minutes, removed and fired 20 rounds Vi. Rust.— The breech mechaniem and receiver to be cleaned from grease, and the chamber of the barrel pian ania plugged, the butt of the gun to be inserted to the heisht of the chamber in a Solu« toin of sal-ammoniae for ten minutes, exposed for two days to the open air, standing in a rack, ani! then fired 20 roids. VIL. Haxeessive Oharges.—To be fired onee with 85 grains powder and one ball of 405 grains of lead; once with 90 grains powder and one ball, and once with 90 grains powder and two balls, The piece ae ere examined erat each discharge. [Note—Pieces buile to re .45-70- ammunition. uy gun failing in any of th i tests will not be submitted to Panther tests, x 4 SOE OLE Supplementary Tests.—1, To be fired with two detective cartridges, Nos. land 2, arid then to he dusted five minutes, the mechanism being in the mouth of the blowpipe and closed, the hammer being at half cock; then to be fired six sho s, the last two d4fective Nos. 1 and 2; then without clea: ing 1o be dusted with the breech open and fired four shots. The piece to be freed from dust only by pounding or wiping with the bare hand, 2. To be fired five rounds with the service cartridge ( 45-70-405 ; then without cleaning to be fired five rounds with 120 grains powder and a ball weighing 1,200 er.ins; the gun to stand twenty-four hours after firing without cleaning and then to be thoroughly examined. 3 Facility of manipulation by members of the board, 4, Liability to acvidentul explosion of cart- ridges in the magazine, : 4 pone tests may be made to clear up doubts raised by previous rials. * # * * # # * Un ‘er the fourth supplementary test, in addition to the test already made of gi ing a jolting motion to a column of cartridges in a vertical tube with the spiral magazine spring, a column of six cariridges to be jolted in a tube without the spring, and, if there be no explsion, then the lowest bullet in the eulnmn to be replaccd by a pointed steel plug—ifrst using ‘he spring below the plug—anu in the event of if not producing explosim 10 be tried without the spring. Also if ther= is no explosion resulting from the joliiug tesis, the tubé containing the column of cartridges heavily weaizhted at the lower end to insure its veriical position, and having the spring at the bottom of the tube, to be dropped from a heightof twenty feet upon a pavement, and if there is no explosion’ tu be droppe! as before without the spring in the tube, Afterward a pointed steel plug to replace the lowest bullet in the column, and to he dropped witn the spring in the tube; then, it there is no explosion, the dropping to be finally tiied with the spring removed, These te-ts to be applied equally to the Frankford and exterior piimed cartridges. [Now the ouly wonder is that any gun should have stood these tests at all, for any one must concede that they are excessive | Forty guns, re pres. nting thirteen model-, were submitt.-d for experiment with re- sults as fullows, omitting all of no in:portance 16 this dis¢ussion: In safety test and rapidity, with accuracy and rapiity-at-will tests, allinaguzines were filled, and in tafety test but one pun failed by bursting of receiver. No cartridge burst in maguzines, and there were 24 failures tu exiract. but here were 4U suns, each fired 10 rounds in safety test, or 4001 0unds, and 3,713 rounds firedin rapidity te ts, mak- mg a total of 4,113 rounds, and only 24 f ilnres to extract, and these were nearly all by runs afterward found to be puor in design or de- fective, and were rejec ed. Asan average the percentage of failure to eject was but 0055 per cent. In the endurance tests, the results were as follows; 92 miss-fires; but 72 of the ie were by guns of one mudel. leaving 20 miss-fires to the balance; 18 failures to extract and cartridge exploded in magazine, And yet here were 11,948 rounds fired as a woole, among which to di- vide the above accidents. poeteciye cariridges—Miss-fires none, 2 failures to extract, 72 shots all told, Dust test—9 failures to extract, 7 miss tires, 920 rounds all told, Rust test—Miss-fires 27, but 18 by one gun; no failures to extract, 420 shots all told. Excess in charges—Miss-fires none, guns generally opened hard, six shells with head blown off, 3 failures to extract, (3 shots all told. tixcessive ghenress a explosion in magezine, 6 guns tested, Tn all the tests for liability to accidental explosion in the magazine, but one cartridge exploded, there being 2,759 rounds fired from 6 uns in this test. The tests mentioned above wtre never carried out; but the Zol- lowing modifications were adopted and tried with six guns that had been found by the preliminary :rials to be best adapted for mil tary purposes: ‘“‘Liability to accidental explosions of cart idges in maga- zine A—Magazine to be filled with each of the four kintis of carb- ridges on hand and shut of. Then to be fired 100 rounds as a single- loader, in the fixed rest, using the heavy Frankford cartridge (7U-o00 grains) in the chamber to obtain greatest recoil where practicable. The vartridges inthe magszine to Le examined and changed after each fifty shots, B-Same as A, except the magazine being half filled. O—Sameas A, except the gun suspended by wires so as to permit greatest extent of recoil.” Four kimts of ammunition were used, viz.: Frankford, U. M, C., Winchester and Lowell, and the fol- lowing resnits obtained: First Gun,—Test A omitted. Test B—One hundred shots; maga- zine partly filled; no explosion in magazine, Test C—One tunured shots; magazine entirely filled; no explosion in n agzine; one fail- ure to extract shell, This was repeated with the U M,. 0. and Win- che:ter ammunition, and with the Lowell ammunition up to 52 shots in test C, when a cartridge exploded in the magazine; 752 shots all told; tube magazine under barrel, Seeond Gun.—Test A—Seventeen shots fired, when gun broke down from defects, not of the magazine, and became disabled, and tests discontinued; tube magezine us.der barrel. Third Gun.—Test A—All tour kinds of ammunition used for 100 shots each; no explosion in magazine. Test bomitte!. Test C— Same remarks as for test A (800 shots all told; tube magazine in stock). / Fourth Qun—Test A—All four kinds of ammunition; 100 shots. Test B—Three kinds used, 100shots used, when it became apparent there was no danger of explosion, and test discontinued. Test O— Three kinds and 100 each; all successful (1,000 shiots all told; tube magazine in stock). Fitth Gun—Detachable magazine; test only a short one; 150 shots all told, as it became vyident the danger was a minimnm. Sixth Gun—Detachable maguzine; test only a short one—4) shots— as gun was not easily loaded as singleloader when magazine was attached, and best results of gun not to be had when used a single- loader with magazine fitted anu atb.ched; 40 shots all told. This is all 1 ean give from the report without occupying too much space, but from it we can see how*vely unlikely such avcidents as “‘G.” mentions are to happen. One of the vuns that stood the test the best is the yery Hotchkiss model he mentions as one of the guns whose magazine exploded. Those who wivht be timid about buying a magazine rifle after reading ‘'G.’s” article can tuke comfost from the above, and rest assured that so long as they use proper ammunition there is not one chance in ten thousand of their getling burt by any maguzine explosion. By proper ammuniiion | mean that with flat, pointed bullets; and if the cartridges are re- loaded at home, see that the primeris properly seated, and the danger is reduced to a minimum—it may be said to nothing. : fe Upon this very point of ammunition allow me to differ from “G.,” and his friend who writes to him and whose letter he gives, It is a man’s duty to examine every cartridge he intends to use, There are times when there is nothing else to do, and one ean yery pleasantly and very profitably spend his time in inspecting luis ammunition. If he reloads it Limself, then bis reloading. if properly done, is an inspec- iion. Primers should always be seated down where they belong, below the plane of the rear face of the shell. Proper priming toolsalways put them thereif the shells and primers are intended for each other, and if one finds his primers won't go “‘home,” then citber shells are flefective or he is using the wrong primers for his shells, and must change te get proper results, Primers not properly seatcd are danger- ous in any gun, either singleloader or repeater, and besices are liable to cause mistires from not being seated firmly home to take the force of the blow of the hammer. Do not IL, Zndwrance.Bach gun to be fired 800 continuous rounds with | use too thin or sensitive primers for repeaters; there is all ; —— rl i le “May 22, 1884,] FOREST AND STREAM. B27 ‘the difference in the world in this, and the mainspring should be heavy enough to explode even the least sensitive, Then proper rcloading tools aré a perfect gauge as to the length of the completed cartridge. To be sure, a cartridge for a repeater uveds an invariable length, the same as for any other gan; for TI know of no gun that will take cartridges that do not fit it and do good work, A cartridge a little too Jong in a singleloader may cause as much trouble and lose a _ gaan his life from the inability to ‘‘work” the gun, as one too short or too long in a repeater; and this variation in length will not obtain it the shells are loaded properly, as the ball- “geater in a proper set of tools seats the ball invanably the same, Nor will properly loaded shells shorten up under the jolting in the magazine, for the ball should be firmly seated on ihe powder by heavy pressure or blows by a mallet, and cannot enter any further, The lubricating disk is a thing of the past long since, and should never be used in any mag- azine rifle or any other to secure accurate shooting. But whiut-is ile use of my stating this? Itis all known al- rerdy by the rifle shot who merits the name, and [am sivk and tired of bearing the mun’s fault laid to the gun; or try- ing to teach such a man what any rifleman should know, and that is how to not only take care of himself, but also load and take care of his rifle and ammunition, so that they will take care of him in the time of need, Any man who will take the field without such knowledge deserves all the ills that befall him, and needs a guardian to kecp rifles and all such out of his bands until he 1s competent lo understand and handle them. Doubtless there are many who necd such guardisnship, who always succced admirably in getting t emselyes into a scrape and leave their friends to get them out; but don’t let us bear their faws laid on the poor gun, when the latter would have served them well with even a very small amount of intelligent. attentio _ to its wants. Tt so happens that | know Jim Baker very well, having passed the winter in the same camp wilh him once on a time and having had him on my pay-rolls as a Government scout, and he told me exactly how the accident happened to him It did not happen from any accident with a Winchester, as “G,’s? article would lead one to suppose from the way he quotes his friend’s letter; but it did happen from the explo- sion of the magazine of an old Spencer 1im-fire carbine, aud his accident was not the only one that has happened with such guns. The accident broke poor -lim’s jaw, cut open his peck and tore off his right thumb. an aecident that only could bave happened with a gun with magazine iu stock. Now the time was when the Spencer was considered a fine gun, and in the hands of troops during the war it caused the enemy many a heart beat, and this, too, in spite of the de- fects of mechani-m and faulty ammunition. It is a rim- fire gun, and so were the Henry and first Winchester, hence so many accidents, and never should have been used as a Magaz ne gun, owipy to its danger; but gunmakers have ‘‘to live and learn,” and its day has long since pussed never te return, §o we can safely divmiss Jim Baker and his acci- dent with the Spencer as entirely foreign to any accidents likely to happen with more modern weapons. —_ “Gs” friend asks whether efforts have been made since the war to arm troops with repeaters. J can tell him, most emphatically, yes. Every civilized nation, and some that are nol so classed, are experimenting with repeaters, looking to their general introduction as weapons of war. England _Jooks upon the magazine gun as the coming weapon. Our -own country has adopted them for trial, und they are now in the hands of some of our troops. Our Indian police are armed with them and know how to use them, too, while the Turkish cavalry were largely armed with them in their late war with Russia. Our arms companies are mainly interested in the production of repeaters for army use, and fill large orders for foreign shipment. The Winchester—then called the “Henry”’—was in the hands of our troops during the late war, and many atime did the rebels meet a surprise parity when coming against them, and the Indians, when first they met them, were most gloriously ‘‘licked” before they *‘tumbled to the racket,” and to-day you cannot make an indian arm himself with a singleloader when he can beg, borrow, or steal enough to get the wherewithal to buy a re- péater, and when gotten he treasures if as the ‘apple of his After tle ‘Milk River fight” in 1879, after the arrival of the relieving columns, I picked up handfuls of Winchester shells from behind the Indian breastworks, showing that the Utes had them to nse—and did use them pretty effectually— ‘against us. But the Spencer and the old Henry, or the early Winchester, compare about as favorably with our late re- peaters as do the ‘flint locks” with the modern ‘‘hammer- less,” and the good work the more modern repeaters can do will compare as favorably with the work the old ones did. But we are not striving for a weapon for troops—let gov- ernmenis do that—we are striving for a weapon for the hunter to which he can ‘‘ti” at all times and in all places, and ithe number of repeaters thus far déveloped that ‘*fill the bili” can be counted on the thumb of a one-armed man. We haye many so-called ‘‘sporting” repeaters, but they each and all would prove the “‘murder-us’ and “cruel” gun, which we hear decried against game, not hecause they don’t shoot hard enough, not because they don’t shoot far enough, not because they don’t shoot lead enough, not because they don’t shoot true enough when the distance is known; but because _they all do shoot with a too high trajuctory, throw too much lead and ioo little powder, and one cannot plant his lead with certainty in a vital spot. But we have one class of re- peaters that is bound to succeed in spite of croakings as to the danger, quoted from experience with old pattern or in- ferior kinds of arms. I will conclude this article by telling what I know has been done with a repeater, where verily a man carried his life in his hand, protected only by his coolness and skill, and the rifle he carried. In Arizona I know an Indian scout, with whom 1 scouted many a mile of country, who, one day in an engagement, ran an Indian into a thicket ina fight, Mr. Redskin was armed and was skulking for cover to get his chance at picking off a white man, The scout knew better than 1o rush in or to expose himself unnecessarily to fire, so he too crept around under cover until he could see about where the Indian was hid; then, believing that the Indian did not know about repeaters (the Apaches in.1870 to 1875 knew very litile about them) he deliberately fired a shot, believing that the Indian would show himselt to get his shot before the scout could reload. Show himself he did, with a grin on bis face. as much as to say “it’s my turn now,” to get a shot between “‘wind and water” from the scout’s re- péater, that hud been loaded without having been taken from the shoulder, Well, there was one ‘‘good Indian” more, and he never lived to learn how that gun was reloaded so quickly. Again, another scout, armed with a repeater, held alone the only place the Indians could escape from an engagement, He rained lead so fast upon them, snd they were there by the dozen, that they could not and did not face it, bit turned back to try the steep rocks, where the way was steeper, but where lead .did not buzz like angry hornets, T might multiply instances and not romance in the least; but each and all know of many a time when, but for the re- péater, diath would have.claimed the hunter, scout or sol- dier, and it is needless for me to dwell on this. Believing that the new departure in riflesis in the right direction, [ can only hope it will prosper, leaving, however, each to take his choice, but at the same time earnestly hop- ing*that blame for non-suceess will be put by each where it generally will be found to belong—upon the man and not the gun, provided a good, late pattern and thoroughly well- made gun has been chosen, and good, properly loaded am- munition is used therein, C. D. P. 8.—The work you are now engaged in of giving a com- plete description of the later styles and mdels of rifles is to be commended, for from the information there contained, riflemen can more intelligently selvet the rifle best suited to their wants. Those who have the opportunity doubtless post themselyes upon all models of rifles before purchasing any, but there are so many that have not the chance, your” description will give wide eirculation of details, ordinarily not to be found in any advertisement, giving a fair field and favor to all, C. D, DORCHESTER BAY DUCKING. if WAS in Dorchester, New Brunswick, and complying with an invitation from my friend, J. H. H, I joined him on Raster Monday for a cruise down the bay in his guoning boat. Dorchester Bay is at the head cf the Bay of Funday, and the tide rises aud falls thirty feet. We started at 4 A, M., and launching our boat on the ebb tide sped down the bay “indifferent to the huge waves that tossed our boat around like an eggshell, The boat, built for the purpose, is about fourteen feet long, flat bottomed, aud propelled by paddle wheels and cranks, the covering of the paddle boxes being carried across in front, forming a breastwork which hid all but our heads from the birds. It was my first experience in this mode of sunning and I became enthusiastic over the ease and com- fort with which we proceeded with my muscular friend at the cranks. My opinion was somewhat movitied later wlen my turn came to play the part of steam engine in a launch. If any of your readers wish te try how it feels, let them place two grindstones side by side and then sit flat on the ground between them and turn them simultaneously for a few hours. Even that would hardly give a correct idea, as you must hold your head still so as to make your shooting hat look like part of the boat while paddling up to the wary geese and ducks. My spine even yet takes an occasional kink which serves to keep the experience fresh in my mind, It would take too long to give a detailed account of the day; suffice it 1o say that we bagged five wild geese anid three ducks, and becoming heedless in the chase [et the tide get too far away with us, and when we tried to return home against the current the futility of struggling with the Bay of Fundy bore became apparent. By herculean efforis we succeeded in beaching our boat on mud flats about a mile from shore, After a somewhat extended wait, we reached home on the flood tide at 3 o’clock the next morning coyered with mud and glory, the contents of the game bag |’ being only one of the many incidents which made the day’s outing most enjoyable. D. Amuerst, N.§., April 24. THE PERFORMANCE OF SHOTGUNS. Editor Forest and Stream: Having suggested some objections to the full choke sys- tem in former communications, some advocates of that system have replied pretty vigorously; striving to fortify their position with some statements that must certainly cause a broad smile to suifuse the features of every practical sports- man. The man who can increase his pattern 100 pellets simply by using a star wad over his charge of shot, must be cer. tainly romancing, or writing up a big boom for the star wad manufacturer. I will give you the result of some investigations and tests my friends and self have made: A standard 10-gauge shell, using Tatham’s standard shot No, 8, 400 pellets to an ounce, will chamber on the outer circle circumscribing the inner circumference of the shell 25 pellets, Filling up the center, in even und full layer of shot, we have, by actual count, about 62 pellets. - In 14 ounces we have a total of 500 pellets, which, dis- tributed im even, consecutive layers, as above, of about 62 pellets to the layer, make & layers, forming the full charge of shot. For other sizes of shot, and for guns of different pauges, sportsmen can make their own estimates. itis a well settled principle that, of the pellets of shot of which the charge is formed, those lying on the outer circle of the cylindrical body forming the charge, and next the inner surface of the barrel, are, by the force of the discharge in passing out of the barrel, retarded to some extent by friction and more or less jammed into an angulated form thereby, thus destroying to some extent their efficiency at the limit of the range of the gun. Hence, it bas long since been demonstrated that even in cylinder barrels, the pell ts of the inner cirele of the charge are most efficient, have the greatest foree and penetration and the most killing power. To do away with this difficulty in some measure, wire cartridges, conventrators and other forms of shot cartridge were adopted 'o preserve the spherical form of all the pellets composing the charge, and to keep all alike up to the same initial velocity. That they do perform what is claimed is too well settled {o admit of either comment or arguiaent. But, it is claimed for a loose charge in a full choke gun, that the choke effects the same purpose and more too, How! Is the friction decreased? It is increased; for upon the arrival of the charge of shot at the choke, the cylindrical form of the body cf that charge must necessarily be elongated in order fo pass out; and then too, the wad between the powder and shot assumes necessarily at that point a surface convex to the bottom of the charge of shot, thus increasing the number of pellets that are affected by the friction up the barrel, jammed into angles and their spherical form more or less irjured—the worst possible-conditions for a good per- formance. As shown above, the number of pellets in 1} ounces of No. 8 shot that lic next the inner surface of the barrel is 8 times 25, or 200, a large percentage of which would be affected in the manner described above even in a cylinder-bored barrel; in a full choke a much larger. percentage would be affected. Tt has been admitted time and time again in the commu- hications of numerous correspondents who have contributed to these columns upon this subject, that buckshot und the larger sizes of shot will neither pive good pattern nor penc- tration out of a full choke. Exactly sa. Some inquire: -How shall I ioad with buckshot for deer? You had better not load with them at all in a full choke barrel The result will be a failure iv efficacy, and if you attempt to use any of the forms of shot cartridge the result will be the same. They will inevitably jam in the choke, the force be greatly retarded, besides being so scattered as to destroy their effect on your game. Then, too, repeated jammings of this character, if your gun be a light one‘at the muzzle or choke, will spring the choke out of if. Use a eylin‘ler-bored barrel ‘for buckshot if you desire to make long shots; use a wire cartridge (Bly’s are very good), and back them with every grain of powder your gun will bear. Jf the gun be an average good performer, you will have no reason fo complain of results. BACKWOODS, " Buveriy, W. Va. . DOWN AN IDAHO SNOW SLIDE. Editor Forest and Stream: T send a few notes from letters received from Idaho, think- ing they might prove interesting lo some one, or surve if more entertuining matter was lacking. ‘Rocky Bar, Idaho Territory. —Dear F,—The package of Forest AND StkEAMS received. We take great pleasure in reading them herein the wilds, for I can appreciate a bhunt- ting or fishing trip myself, though game is so plenty here, the majority don’t care for hunting except for meat to eat. I think I should like to huve one of the smart dogs I read of in the Kennel depurtment, though we can find grouse easily without a dog. The favorite dog here is a good deerhound that can be held in check, unless game is wounded and then sent after the deer. The game law is very strict in Idaho now, and it has been enforced several times in this county. Nevertheless, I must plead guilty to taking what game I need for my personal use in or out of season, as I contend I have spent time enough muking trails over the mountains to entitle me to all the game [ can eat. We had a nice spell of weather a short time since, and the grouse began to come down. but yesterday it stormed again and they will stop. One of the mail carriers traveling on snow sbces ran across three deer on Boise River bottom and ‘took in’ two with bis snow shoe pole; they had been living in the bottom and were fine and fat, When one has been living on frozen beef all winter a change is beneficial. Snow here about 64 feet deep and coming down fast, but what comes from this out don’t pileup The other day I had qnite an adventure, and as it is one that, though it might happen to many, few would like to relate, will send you a scrap cut from a local paper. Judge for yoursell,” ‘The scrap reads as follows, being taken from the Wood River News-diner: ‘Tt is seldom in the career of a reporter that he is enabled to chronicle a more thrilling advi nture or fortunate escape, than that which befel the well known foreman in charge of the Bonaparte Company’s mines, Having occasion on Wed- nesday evenivg last, to visit the prospeciing camp of Gray and Marly, some two miles distant from the Bonaparte, Mr. McK. mounted his snow shoes and began the ascent of the bleak ridge dividing the two places. Albeit the snow was as neatly slush as-would conveniently lie on the mountain ‘side, he determined on reaching the summit to have a ride down the mountain, and accordingly turned his shoes down a steep and precipilous ridge leading into Snake Creek Canyon and while descenuing with the speed of an arrow, he sud- denly felt his footing give way and instantly discovered that the entire mountain had slid and that he was in the midst of an enormous snow slide. With great presence of mind he hastily disengaged himself from the incumbrance of his snow shoes, aud by dint of much kicking, struggling and rolling, managed to keep on top of the slide, which was twisting and splintering gigantic trees in its fearful rush to the canyon below, which was filled many feet deep with the frozen ele- ment, which had by this time reached nearly tbe solidity of ice, and swept away everything movable in the shape of trees and rocks from the mountain side above. Yet when the tremendous mass of snow was still, Mr, McK. found himself still on top, aud with the exception of a few slight bruises and a sense of suffocation, unhurt, and a few minutes later w:.s exultingly relating his fearful snow slide in 4 place of safety.” T ane whom the fearful power of a snow slide or aya- lanche is Known, the above adventure and escape from death is truly miraculous, PRAIRIE Dog. DerRort, Mich. QUAIL FoR THE MiiLti0n.—Henrietta, Clay County, Tex., May 1.—It was a beautiful day. I boarded the cars at Hen- rietta for Bowie, to see what prospects there were for next September, Twenty-eight miles brought me to Bowie, on the Fort Worth and Denver City R. R., just into the cross timbers of Montague county. J! there found as good a team as is generally found at a livery; called on a lady friend to take a drive. Westurted out, The first 1 saw of quail was a boy throwing rocks at a covey as they ran along the road- side, a mile’s drive. I saw what appeared to me a continu- ous covey. Quail to the right, quail to the left, quail to the front, quail all around. I wus as.onished. I suspect my lady friend thought me a dull fellow, I was occupied think- ing what a time | would have with old dog Blackno'e on the first of September. 1 would have kept this to myself, but quail were too numerous. I went off the road and found uail behind every bush, 1 now heartily extend an invita- tion to all dog-breakers, field trial men, pot-hunters and mar- ket hunters, All come. The country is alive with Bob Whites; quail in Montague county by the millions, Open post vak shooling, What is better? Brother sportsmen, where quail are :carce, come and kill a few belore something happens, but do not come till September.—ALMo. AMERICAN AND IMPORTED GuUNS.—Hditor Forest and Stream: *‘Vitus” says ‘‘thata better -un can be madein Amer- ica for the same price that you would pay for an English gun in the same place.” But when you consider that Hng- lish guns pay from thirty-five to forty per cent duty, besides a liberal profit to the importer, you will see that there is no comparison between them, and to get ther comparative value, you must find what ) our Boeliee gun cost before im- portation, and then compare it with some Amvrican yun of like cost, und Tthink you will find the English gun is the best.—HOou is, 328 FOREST AND STREAM. as y wh | ex [May 22, 1984. In A Cotp WATER Hotz.—North Loup, Neb., April 14. —Having had much enjoyment in reading the experiences of your contributors, I willadd my mite. This is a fine place for hunting, but our one grief is the want of guns that will do sufficient execution among the geese. I read of guns that will kill geese from 80 to 110 yards with BB shot. I shot at one about thirty yards with BB shot and hit him with seven, four going clear through him. He got clear across the riyer and upon the bank before I got to him. ast evening I killed a white pelican that measured eight feet two inches from tip to tip and five feet six inches from point of bill to claws. I had a12-gauge i6-pound muzzle- loader with 43-inch barrels. No geese came nearer than seventy-five yards, and I could cut out lots of feathers but kill no. goose. At last a small bunch passed nearer. I picked out my bird, and when the report jarred the sur- rounding blutts he fell. He lay on his back kicking for quite a while, then slowly recovered himself and started across the sandbar. I stripped and took after him. IL re- tained my upper garment and pulled it over my head for fear the goose might be embarrassed. I stepped imto a quicksand hole just six feet deep. Luckily there were three inches more to spare orl might have got wet. Just here will somebody please tcll me how the water in those holes manages to maintain a temperature of 25° below zero all the year around? At least that’s how it felt, Well, I just got close to him when he flew off down the river. My wife don’t allow me to sweat, but I quoted some forcible passages to him. Then IJ had to wade back, and fell in another kole. The climate of Nebraska must be mild, because the railroad documents say it is, but dressing on the bank of the river in acold east wind don’t count, Is there any gun that will shoot close enough to hit a goose with at least four OO shot at eighty yards, and hard enough to drive them through? Tf there is I will have it next fall.—C. LoursanA Notws.—St. Martinsville, La., April 14.—The past season in’ this vicinity was a gamy one. One hunt I wot of by two members of the Louisiana Gun Club in com- pany with a local shooter; sum total of bags in three days, 487 quail. One member of same club, on annual hunt; bagged 97 woodcock. I am informed he wasn’t the best shot in the club either, consequently many birds got away. On the lake ducking was splendid. I shot exclusively over decoys, and made bags from 11 to 35 on each hunt. Of course, at present all game has departed hence. The fishing on the lake has been good, I’ve known parties already to have captured 24 fine trout through the holes in the floating prairie contiguous to Spanish Lake, The largest of trout which I refer to was five pounds, the smallest two pounds. Last summer I heard of eight and even eleven pounders being captured. Of course, you are aware these are not: the *‘speckled beauties” that I read so much of in your columns, but the lake, or green, trout, as they are termed here. They are exceedingly delicious in flavor, as the water of the lake is clear and cold even in our hottest August days, it being fed exclusively by subterranean springs,—J. P. H. FLORIDA GAmE.—Enterprise, Fla., May 8.—The hunting for the season is over at this place, the Brock House having closed two weeks ago. Notwithstandmg the many sports- men who hunt here during the winter, and kill quantities of game, deer can be found three miles from here in large enough numbers to make a day’s sport both exciting and profitable. A resident of this place bagged three while out one day last week, Quail are plenty, but do not receive the sportsman’s attention as they do North. They are very tame and are caught in traps, few being shot by the residents of this vicinity. The sport most indulged in by the winter visitor is fishing, because a novice can be successful, while hunting deer requires the surest shot. Trolling is the favorite | mode of fishing, and an experienced angler seldom returns from a day’s fish with less than twenfy, and as high as eizhty-three haye been caught by one maninaday. Bass - are caught more than any other variety, For duck shooting come here in Noyember, when hundreds make Lake Monroe and adjoining ponds their home for the winter.—G. G. J. New York GAme LAw AMENDMENTS.—The amendments to the game law passed at the last. session provide that non- residents of Richmond county, (Staten Island) must take out a $10 license before shooting there. This we believe to be an unconstitutional law. Woodcock open season in Oneida and Delaware counties, Sept. 1-Jan. 1; elsewhere, as before, Aug. 1-Jan. 1. Squirrels, open season, Aug. 1-Feb. 1. A third amendment, relating to power of supervisors, will be given in our next issue. An Oup Trver.—Meigsville, Ohio.—I am an old man almost seventy, yet 1 like to shoot a good rifle. Iwas one of the first settlers of Morgan county. In 1815 there were deer, black bear and wolves in abundance. I used to shoot deer with a flintlock rifle—I, R, W. lowA Wuiiprown.—Hastings, Ia., April 8.—I bagged over forty geese on the ‘Platte,’ near Kearny, Neb., in two duys, over decoys, last week. There are millions there, but you have to hit them hard to score. —M. WHAT THEY SAY OF “WOODCRAFT.” The little book on ‘'Woodcraft,” by ‘‘Nessmuk,” is admirable in its way, going over the whole ground of outfit. food, fire, ete., with sound, practical knowledge and not a little originality. The most ex- erienced camper-out will find something new in it, and the tyro will find it a storehouse of practical knowledge. Take, for instance, his recipe for making club bread, that we fancy no club has ever in- dorsed. The first ingredient is a heavy club of black birch or sassa- fras two feet long and three inches thick at the big end, shaved clean, and stuck in the ground, small end down, the big end over a bed of liye coals, where it will get “screeching hot.” Meantime the dough is mixed and Imeaded, and then wound in a long strip, spirally, about the broad end, and baked for half an hour before the fire, with fre- uent turning. Sometimes his woodland instinct against superfluous dufile gives way with dry humor to his appetite. "I often have a call to pilot some muscular young friend into the deep forest. and he usually carries a large pack-basket, with a full supply of quart cans of salmon, tomatoes, peaches. etc, As in duty bound [ admonish him kindly but firmly on the folly of loading bis young shoulders with such effeminate luxuries; often I fear hurting his young feelings by brusque advice. But al night, when the camp-fire burns brightly, and he begins to fish out his tins, the heart of the old woodsman relents, and I make amends by allowing him to divide the groceries.” Tn canoes, he recommends the light clinker-built paddling canoe, though he confesses that his ten-and-a-balf pounder was rather light, and advises one twice as heavy. He also recommends, besides the regular double-blade, a small auxiliary single-blade paddle, tied with a yard of line to a boat rib, ready for use in a narrow stream, and not lost when dropped for a hasty shot, or by accident. But we must re- fer our readers to the book itself,—Outing and the Wheelman. “J AM WELL AND STRONG, 4nd don’t need to insure.” Queer logic! When you are sick or broken down you can’t getinsured. Nowis the time to insure—in the Travelers, of Hartford, Conu,, best and cheap- est of sound companies.—Ady, Sea and River Fishing. ' SALT-WATER FISHING. § a reader of your paper I take the liberty of asking you how it happens that your news on fishing is all about trout and other angling, such as only a rich man can afford. Now I know of many readers of your paper who, like my- self, can only afford to do salt-water fishing in the vicinity of New York, and if you would give us some talk on this subject we would feel that we “poor, but honest” fisher- men were not overlooked, Now, as for trout fishing, we would enjoy also, and if you could only get your South Oyster Bay correspondent (Geo, Killian) to post us as to where we could get free fishing on Long Island, we would be doubly favored. TACKLE. [It occurs to us that the probable answer to ‘‘Tackle’s” question isto be found in the fact that fresh-water anglers are more enthusiastic than the salt-water fishermen. If the latter are not sufficiently interested in their pursuits to write about. them, they will, of course, be crowded out. If “Tackle” wishes to be posted by our South Oyster Bay cor- respondent, perhaps the simplest way would be to write to him and ask the questions on which information is desired. ] LAKE ONTARIO SALMON. VERY interesting letter has been written on the sal- mon of Canada, and especially of Lake Ontario, by W.G. Austin, of Maple Hurst, Megantic, Quebec, to the Toronto Globe. The letter is much too long for reproduc- tion in our columns, but it contains a great many good points and truths which deserve wide publication, and these we extract: ; Referring to the salmon, he says: ‘‘This noble fish at one time abounded in Lake Ontario and its tributaries, as well as in the St. Lawrence, the Ottawa, the Saguenay and their tributaries, but the wasteful practices and the murderous engines planted by the greed of man in every spot where this persecuted fish wanders, have nearly annihilated the race.” * * * ‘The Government of the Provinces, as then constituted, appointed fishery officers to regulate these important fisheries, At the time-a law existed on the statute book which was all that could be desired. All fixed engines and self-acting instruments were forbidden to be used in the capture of salmon, trout and maskinonge.” After referring in commendatory terms to the action taken on this subject by the English authorities, Mr. Austin con- tinues: “The department found a good law on the statute book, and, wishing to change it, a committee of members of the Quebec Parliament was named to investigate the qualities of the fixed engines. They examined principally the fishermen who used mesh nets anchored to the soil, and took the evi- dence of these interested parties as material upon which to base their report to the House.” . The report of the committee was substantially to the effect that the engines used in Canada were not so injurious to the salmon fisheries as certain amateurs had supposed, but at the same time time it recommended that their employmentshould be limited as much as possible. It was shown to the Govern- ment on the most undoubted evidence that wherever the fixed engines had been used salmon fisheries had rapidly declined in value. The opinions of experts was asked and they denounced the action of the department as calculated to destroy the salmon fisheries entirely. Again Mr. Austin says: ‘‘Now we come to the brush weirs, engines self-acting, made of a kind of wicker work extending from the high water mark down to the low water mark, sometimes nearly a mile in length; covered with water when the tide is full and bare when the tide is out, with one or more pounds or receptacles into which fish of all kinds are forced by being unable to get through the tender of the weir. There are hundreds of these weirs erected on the shores of both sides of the St. Lawrence. Tread in a sporting work many years ago that these weirs had destroyed the salmon fisheries of Lake Ontario, no salmon from Lake Ontario or above the tidal flow could get. down to the ocean through these weirs. AJl these statements and arguments were con- tained in the representation sent to the Hon, Mr, Campbell, and that gentleman knowing that it was impossible for the fish migrating the shores to pass them, madea provision that in the lowest part of these weirs a grating should be placed to admit the passage of the fry of fish. I have visited many of these weirs, and have observed that as soon as the current begins to ebb it carries with it sea weed and other floating matter, and lodges it against the gratings and closes them completely. It happens, too, at every ebb of the tide, that the first fish swimming to this grating attempting to go through, their bodies fill up the spaces and leave no passage, so that this device of the grating is useless, -I have seen fish from a full grown salmon to a little sardine caught at the same time, and I have been told by a credible navigator that he has seen eighteen bushels of young salmon caught and lying dead in a single weir at one ebb of the tide.” Mr. Austin then proceeds to point out the folly of the action of the government in spending large sums annually in their efforts to restock Lake Ontario and the St, Law- rence with salmon while the shores of the river are blocked with these weirs and other appliances which render their passage from the ocean to their breeding grounds impossible. “On their way from the sea to their breeding grounds,” says an ‘excellent authority, ‘the salmon never swim in mid- stream, but hug the shores as if they were scenting out their own. rivers.” In another portion of his letter Mr. Austin says: “Two hundred and fifty-nine thousand four hundred dol- lars have been spent in building and working fish hatcheries in the Duminion, and a great part of them above the tidal flow. From the great Dominion fish-breeding establishment ‘near Newcastle, Ontario, 5,600,000 young salmon have been distributed, and not one of them has ever been Known to return. How could they ever reach the sea (and to the sea the genuine Salmo salar must go or perish)? “Twenty years’ valuable time has been lost, besides all this money. The Fisheries Department were warned by me over and over again that their system was worse than use- less, and the result is eyen more deplorable than I could have anticipated.” And again—‘‘Not one of these bush weirs that have de- stroyed the 5,600,000 young salmon, the fourteen years’ product of the great fish-breeding establishment at Newcastle had a legal right to exist; and what were our Ministers of Marine and Fisheries doing when they allowed the public use of the coasts of the St. Lawrence to be so encumbered as to commit such hayoc upon the ratepayers of the Dominion? They have eleven fish hatcheries now in operation, eight of them hatching salmon eggs, with the shores around them full of destructive fixtures and anchored self-acting engines, peters going on to protect the fisheries off the face of the In concluding his letter, Mr, Austin Says; “The course to be followed is plain, but we have to beg in again and be wiser. Lake Ontario connected with the tides of the Atlantic Ocean through the St. Lawrence, wi th its great tributaries, the Ottawa and the Saguenay, and all their branches, forms a field for the cultivation of salmon unriv- alled in capacity and extent, The river Tay in Scotland is expected to yield annually 80,000 fish of the cash value of £60,000 sterling, or about $300,000 of our money, but there are no brush weirs and mesh nets there, LANDLOCKED SALMON IN SEBAGO. HE season for landlocked salmon fishing in the Sebago waters is practically at an end for the year. It is true that a large fish may be occasionally taken, even as late as the last of June; but still with the return of the smelts to deep water the salmon go also, and but little is known of their whereabouts, except in spawning time, for the rest of the year. This season has been the best since this resort for sportsmen began to attract attention. There haye been no very large fish taken, but the numbers are much larger than ever before, and speak a good word for what little protection has been done, and that is little enough, at best. Eleven pounds would be about the true figures for the largest speci- mens taken in these waters this spring, but there have been several of these, and a large number ranging from five to ten pounds. Also.a much larger number than usual of '‘red spots” have been taken at the same time. a j The fish have been very democratic in their tastes, and have been attracted by the clumsy fishing of the novice fully as often as by the most skillful angler. A good illustration of this was the case of ‘‘Biddeford,” who, after furnishing sport for all hands for three days by his awkwardness, went away on the morning of the fourth day with 11 large fish, all of his own catching. Of the Maine fish Commissioners, however, who are the acknowledged leaders of this class of sport, one was obliged to content himself with a single ‘‘red spot” of four pounds for his weck’s work. The other Gom- — missioner was a little more fortunate, as he bagged two sal- mon and three “‘red spots.” Supt. Hamilton, who caught the big fish of last year, served his time this year without scoring a single fish until the morning that he went away. At that time his friends gave him a half dozen fish, so that he would not go home euchred. But fishing is uncertain. This same gentleman, trolling, as he was being rowed across the Jake on his way out, captured two salmon of six and seven pounds respectively. Considerable amusement was caused by an adventure of a party fishing from a canal boat. There were six or seven men on the boat, but no one of them had ever caught a sal- mon, unless it was with a pitchfork or sucker spear. As luek would have it, one of the number struck a fish which proved to be a 104-pounder. The capturer at once reeied in his prize until he had the fish at the end of his rod, where it was making a terrific swashing of the water in its struggles to get away. At this moment one of the party reached an old smelt net under the fish just in time fo receive it as the hook broke. The last man then attempted to lift the fish on board with the net, but just as it was over the side, the fish, with a flop, went through the bottom of the net and struck squarely across the rail of the boat. For a moment it seemed to balance in that position, and then, by a turn unlucky for itself, slid from the rail into the boat, Another party of sportsmen have distinguished themselves in a way rather more questionable. They used bait from the tank of live smelts which the club had put in, without asking leave, but this was allowed as the gentlemanly owners thought that there was enough for all. When the same party went away they put in their crowning act. They dipped all the smelts from the tank they could, and fried them for their breakfast. Then, to add a greater insult, they broke open one of the fish cars belonging to the club and stole a large salmon. These fellows will probably haye an invitation to call and settle. Something over one hundred fish have been taken in all, the largest catch by any one individual being ‘‘Biddeford’s” 11. Sunday, May 4, was the best day, there being both the largest number of fishermen (over thirty) and the largest number of fish taken, the bar, each playing a salmon at the same time, The ac- commodations at the Sebago fishing grounds are as yet, rather limited, there beg but one camp and that private property. The most of the comers have-to shift as they can, Boats are plenty, and with a man to row, cost from $2 Lo $2.50 per day. It is sheer nonsense to talk that this fishing is well pro- tected in close time. The poaching is still carried on under the very noses of the wardens, who from fear, or more questionable motives, have thus far displayed their great ability intalk only. The services of one resolute man like Detective Wormvwell, for a week, are worth more to the salmon fishing interests here than a life time of such granny ism as that heretofore displayed by the wardens.—Portland (Me.) Correspondence Boston Herald, May 17. PrInADELPHIA, May 17.—Trout fishing in the many streams in Pennsylvania has been very good this’ year. Favorable weather und good condition of the water aided, and we hear of good catches from many anglers returning. Bass fishing is yearly attracting more and more trout fisher- men, aod not a few zealous fly-fisher en have confessed they as fully enjoy the struggles and leap& of a fair-sized bass as they do the rise of a trout, Some of the older members of the West Jersey Game Protective Society who were instru- mental in haying the head waters of-the New Jersey streams stocked with fish, state they have not noticed any good re- sults from their work, and if has now been several years since the fry was liberated.—Homo. TROUTING IN THE Bic Busuxriyu.—In reply to “Homo” in your issue of May 15, would say that I have several times caught large trout in the still waters of the Big Bushkill with live bait—minnows. I only have resorted to this after thoroughly going through my fly-book, most always finding some ‘‘feather” that would lure them out of those deep pools. If all this persuasion was of no avail then I offered them fin instead of feather. Sometimes even this was not taking. While whipping one of our little streams last week L saw five wild turkeys and an unusual number of pheasants. Tam afraid the winter went hard with the quail, I haye several coyeys which I have hired kept.—SpicEwooD, = On that day there were five boats on _ * i FOREST AND STREAM. — —=— — 329 J ’ 2 - Ner Frsatye ww Laxs Cuampiarn.—The Montpelier Argus says: There is considerable agitation these days rela- ‘tive to net fishing in Lake Champlain, caused by efforts to enforce the law forbidding it, The spring and early summer is the season when the wall-eyed pike or perth-pike and the black bass spawn. The great spawning grounds of the whole lake for the wall-eyed pike is Missisquoi Bay: or more properly the streams emptying into it. The Missisquoi river being of much more importance in this respect than all the others. ~The wall-eyed pike, the most palatable and most important of all the food fishes in the lake, leave the deep waters they frequent at other seasons, and seek the shoals of the bay and its tributaries, to deposit their spawn, commenc- ing torun in February, Then these net fishermen begin their warfare upon them, the especial harm being that they catch them in immense quantities just at the time that to do 80 is to exterminate them. They catch them in fyke nets which stretch across every avenue whereby the fish pass to and from their spawning beds; they take them in pound nets, the arms of which reach out and guide them into these prisons; and they drag the bed of the lake with seines that reach almost from shore to shore, making it almost a wonder that a single fish escapes, to deposit its spawn, Commenting on this, the Republican, Plattsburgh, N. Y,, says: ‘‘Is it not possible to devise some way to prevent this wholesale depop- ulation of the lake? If there could be a stop, or even a fcem- porary check, for a brief season, to this wasteful destruction of the embryo fish, the inhabitants of the Champlain valley could haye a plentiful supply, in the proper season, of the delicious food, fresh from its rich pasturage, and the lovers of the sport could have abundant opportunity to exercise their skill and cocupy their leisure, with a fair prospect, and -even some assurance, that they would not wholly lose their time in vain effort, As it is, they are not only nearly altogether deprived “of the grateful nourishment, and of the excitement attendant upon the pursuit of it, for if the over sanguine do affect the hook and line they are almost certain to return with disappointed hope and sun burnt energy to ruminate upon the inefficacy of the laws and the rapacity of mercenary and reckless pot-hunters.” The Rutland Herald also has something to say on the sub- ject, as follows: ‘‘Fish and game protective associations seem to be the same in New York that they are in Vermont; they do not protect. Some of the most prominent members of the Vermont Association live in Franklin county, where a majority of our fish pirates lives, and skin the spawning” prounds of the wall-eyed pike every spring, but these ‘fish and game’ fancy sportsmen never take any pains to enforce the fish law. If it was not for the zeal of Hiram Atkins, of the Montpelier Argus, no fish pirate would ever be brought to justice. The Montpelier Watchman says that ‘Fish War- dens F. H. Atherton, of Waterbury, and John L. Tuttle, of Montpelier, assisted by C. E. Demerritt, of Montpelier, William Deal, of Waterbury, and Constable Rockwell and Mr. Fadden, of ,Alburgh, last week Wednesd#y seized four nets belonging to the Mitchells, of Alburgh, who, a few weeks ago drove off officers who went after their nets. Two of the nets seized were new pourd nets, costing $50 each this spring, and two were gill nets. The same officers were up there again on Thursday, but nobody was fishing.’ These facts tell the story. The officers of the Jaw in Frank- lin county suffer fish full of spawn to be swept off their beds every spring with impunity, and Mr. Atkins has to call upon the authorities of Washington and Chittenden counties to enforce a law that the authorities of Franklin county ought to haye local pride and common sense enough to en- force: Fish and game protective associations angle some- Ames, eat fish dinners sometimes, but they nevor protect Sh. ? - ’ Eun TRoncLAD OatTH,—Philadelphia, Miss., May 2.— Hiitor Forest and Stream: send you a clipping from the Neshoba Democrat, which shows one way to initiate mem- bers into a fishing club. This club was organized for bream fishing, and the common black crickets are the only bait used in taking the fish. It will be seen that the treasurer’s only business is to take charge of the crickets, there being no money in the club to look after.—S. P. NAsH. ‘Pro- ceedings of the Fishing Club at Lake Burnside, April 14, 1884, * o'clock P. M. AJl members present; also the Hon. J. H, Reagan, applicant for membership, Club proceeded to business, as follows: Resolved, That the president of the club propound such questions to applicants for membership as he thinks proper, or such questions as may be suggested by any member of the club, with a view of ascertaining their competency to become members, or their usefulness if elected to membership, taking into considerstion their busi- ness or avocation in life. After the adoption of this resolu- tion the Hon. J. H. Reagan, being in wailing, was intro- duced and prepared for admission, first by divesting him of all cumbersome wearing apparel and tieing his hands behind him substantially with a fish string. After these prepara- tions he was placed in the end of a small canoe and a No. 2 snood hook inserted up to the beard in his upper lip, to which a line fourteen feet long was tied and attached to a pole of equal length, and the pole given to a member, who stood on the bank of the lake, in which condition the follow- ing questions were propounded to him by the president of the club: First—Are you a prohibitionist? Ans,—I am not, but object to excessive drinking. Second—Do you own a breechloading shotgun? Ans.—I do not, but expect to purchase one as soon as my pecuniary ability will permit. Third—Do you own a horse sufiiciently strong to carry four skillets, eight bed quilts, one-half bushel of shelled corn, six poles, yourself, and rations sufficient to last four men three days? Ans.—I have such an animal, but his back is very sore at present, but is rapidly recovering. Fourth— Tf you were called upon bya member of the club and informed that the wind was from the south and that the age of the moon indicated that the sign was in the fishes mouth, would you start immediately though your father was indicted for murder, and the penalty death, if found guilty, and your service as a lawyer needed to defend him and the day set for his trial included a day that you expected to be absent. fish- ing? Ans,—I would obey the summons unhesitatingly. Whereupon a motion was made by Bro. J. B. Parkes that he be received into full membership, which motion prevailed and the member was gently shoved backward into the river and directed to invest himself of the clothing of which he had been divested, and returned to the club, where the new member wus lectured as follows: ‘Bro, Reagan, you were placed on the end of the boat and the hook fastened in your upper lip, not for the purpose of inflicting physical pain, but _to teach you to be perfectly quiet in case your comrade in the same boat were to make an awkward throw and hang the hook in your eye, rather than squirm and twist about . and thereby disturb the waters and frighten the fish. You a Hayes, Washington were asked the other questions in reference to gun and horse to ascertain whether you were sufficiently equipped to make an efficient member. You were asked the last question fo see whether you were connecting yourself with the club with that degree of faith aud integrity that is necessary to build up and support any institution.’ urer Bro, Reagan was put in Domination and unanimously The club having no treas- elected, and the crickets turned over to him for distribution among the members. A petition for membership was re- received from R. Hi. Holmes, Esq., and a committee ap- pointed to inquire whether or not the said Holmes would he likely to make a good member—which committee, after a few minutes’ deliberation, reported that he was wholly unfit in every material particular, whereupon he was duly re- jected. The club then proceeded to the lake, and. after having captured, cooked and devoured forty very fine bream adjourned to meet on Thursday the 16th inst,—F’. M. Woop, President,” t Wautre Perce iy FrResa-Water Ponps,—The expert- ment of planting white perch (Rocews americanus) in Lake George hy Captain E. $8. Harris and Messrs. W. W, Lock- hart and O. B. Lockhart, mentioned in Forest AND STREAM of a late date, cannot fail to meet with success if the fish de- posited in these waters are larye enough to take care of them- selyes and escape the attacks of the black bass. An instance where the white perch has been taken from tide water and placed in a pond, and increased to such numbers and great size as to furnish capital sport, came under the writer's ob- servation many years ago. Black’s Pond, located near the town of Swedesboro, N. J., empties its surplus water through flood gates at its breast into Church Run, and the run into Raccoon Crek, a tide-water stream running into the Delaware River. Twenty or more years back a seineful of white perch, taken from the creek, were placed in the pond men- tioned, and the fish became very numerous and were fre- quently taken weighing three pounds, with live bait, just as one would fish for bass. Your correspondent has had fully as much enjoyment with these large perch as with the bass, with a light rod and fine tackle, and the residents of Swedes- boro well remember the catches made by the writer in boy- hood, only to be equalled in number and weight by old Lev. Anders, a native of the place. The perch in this pond lost the darker shade on the back that is found on tide-water fish, They also seemed to be less robust and of a finer outline than their relatives of the creek, and notably in color of a brighter silver. We took them in the deeper parts of the pond, from a boat, under the overhanging trees wherever the shade was darkest, in the same manner bass would be angled fur with live bait. Since that time a freshet has carried the dam away, and I understand the perch haye dis- appeared, no doubt into tide water. A new dam has been built and its waters stocked with black bass by a party of gentlemen, of which your correspondent was one, but I have not learned if the bass have thriven. There is no reason why the white perch should not be placed in many of our inland ponds. They are gamy and make excellent sport, growing to double the size they do in tide water, fresh or brackish.—Homo. Bra Oarcu.—Monson, Me., May 16.—Yesterday three young men from our village returned from Riddell Pond, which is situated in the wilderness twelve miles west of Shirley and about eighteen miles from here, with 338 spotted trout, which weighed 102 pounds. They left here Monday, the 12th, fishing Tuesday and a part of Wednesday. They caught in all, ineluding what they ate in the camp, over 400 fish. Riddell is one of a chain of lakes and ponds, the out let of which empties into the Kennebee River. They are so far from civilization and uncivilized poachers that trout fishing there is now in its primitive state.—J. IF, SPRAGUE. Ocxantic, N. J., May 20.—The fishing has commenced in the North Shrewsbury River, I took the first bass (striped) this morning; took four fine ones troliing.—Gro, WILD. LSishculture. THE AMERICAN FISHCULTURAL ASSOCIATION. THE annual meeting of the Association was held in the lec- ture-room of the National Museum at Washington on May 18, and was called to order by President Benkard, who made an address of welcome to the members and reviewed the events of the past year. The Secretary read the minutes of the last meeting and the Treasurer gaye in his reports, both of which were approved. See instructions at head of this column, Duke of Orange, Orange and white pointer dog (A.K.R, 1786), by Mr, Louis B. Wright, New York, to the Westminster Kennel Club. Tom—Reulah whelp, Leémou and white pointer dog, whelped April 25; cen by Hon. John 8. Wise, Richmond, Va., to Mr, Jas, G. Winter- smith. a Maude Faust. Lemon and white pointer bitch, whelped March 5, 1884 (champion Faust—Ruby Croxteth), by Mr. R. W. Shaw, Galves- ton, Tex., to Mr. M. P. Yarborough, Navasota, Tex, Mattie Croxteth. Liver and white pointer bitch, whelped March 5, 1884 (champion Faust—Ruby Croxteth), by Mr. R. W. Shaw, Galves- ton, Tex,, to Mr. M, P. Yarborough, Navasota, Tex., who has pre- sented her to Dr, A. H. Ketchum, same place. DEATHS. (S—- See instructions at head of this column, Trim, Red Irish setter dog (A.K.R. 380), owned by Mr. John A. Smethers, Berwick, Pa., April 21, from distemper. Dashing Prinrose. Black, white and tan English setter bitch, whelped July 20, 1883 (Dashing Monarch—List), owned by Mr. G. R. Nichols, New Haven, Ct., from distemper. Criz. Ivish water spaniel dog, whelped Jan. 11, 1884 (Irish Bob— Irish Bess), owned Hy Major Lovejoy, Bethel, Me. Othello. Newfoundland dog (A.K.R, 763). owned by Mr.W. H, Tuck, Wilkesbarre, Pa., from distemper, Obo I.—Hornell Ruby whelp. Black cocker spaniel biteh, whelped Feb. 4, 1884) owned by Mr. Andrew Laidlaw, Woodstock, Ont,, from distemper. Colonel Stubbs— Yolande whelp. Cocker spaniel dog,whelped March 27, 1884, owned by Mr. W. H. Tuck, Wilkesbarre, Pa. ANOTHER LEGAL DECISION.—Judge Van Vorst and a jury, in Supreme Court, Circuit, were occupied during the entire session yexupcay. in settling a dispute as to the owner- ship of a diminutive Skye terrier. The dog disappeared from Mr. Kane’s residence at Newport, R. I., and was found in a New York stable. John Thearl, a coachman, said he had purchased the dog of John Darling, another coach- man, who said he had brought it from Newport. The question whether Kane or Thearl owned the dog was to be passed upon in that suit yesterday. Mrs. Kane declared that the dog she saw in Thearl’s possession was the pet she had lost, and, on cross-examination, was positive she could now re- cognize it among any number of dogs. Then five Skye terriers,, apparently exactly alike, were brought into court, and each in turn was taken before her while -on the witness stand, from behind the jury box. She quickly answered as to each of the four first produced, “That is not the dog,” but instantly the fifth appeared she said, ‘‘That is my dog.” Experts testified for the defendant that if was impossible to indentify one Skye terrier, after the lapse of two years from any other Skye terrier: that the dog in controversy was but four years old, as appeared by its teeth, while the age of the dog Mrs. Kane lost would now be nearly five years, and that this was not, therefore, Mrs. Kane’s dog. Darling, of whom Thearl bought the dog, could not be produced, as he had a few days ago suddenly left his employment here and gone to Oregon, It wasshown that he was in Newport in the summer of 1881. Myr. Simon Sterne claimed on behalf of the defendant that a dog was not property in the sense that a replevin action could be maintained for its recovery, Judge Van Vorst held that this was no longer so in this State, the common-law rule having been abrogated, and charged the jury that the only question to be determined by them was whether the dog was Mrs, Kane’s property. at the time Thearl claimed to have bought it, It did not matter whether the dog had strayed or been stolen, and was then sold by the thief or person who took itup. A purchase from such person did not give title as against the owner of the dog. The jury gave a yerdict for plaintiff, assessing the value of the dog at $75, and awarding $25 damages in addition.—N. Y, Sun. BOY AND DOG.—James Gessner and his wife called at sey- eral police stations yesterday for news of their 14-year old boy Cornelius, who has been missing since May 1. His mother had turned his little black dog out of the house, and Cornelius said he would go with the dog. . ‘‘I met some boys up town,” Mr. Gessner said, “and they told me that they saw him near Twenty-third street and Second avenue last Saturday, He was cuddled up in the doorway of a big building asleep with the dog. They said they tried to get him to come home, but he ran away. Mr, Doherty, my neighbor, saw bim upon Second avenue on Monday with the dog. A policeman had a eae with him on Tuesday, and the dog was with him.”—W. Y, Un. ’ ROYALIST.—Editor Forest and Stream: Please note in your paper that the Millbrook Kennei’s smooth-coated St. Ber- nard dog Royalist, second prize at the New York show, had only arrived from England the Friday previous, after a four- teen- days’ passage. He was seasick all the time, and did not eat more than five mealson the voyage. His weight when in good form is 170 pounds. He lost some 55 pounds coming over. Hoe is very big-boned and massive, and will not be ale in a month from now.—W. W. Tucker (New York, May 15). THE CHICAGO DOG SHOW.—the second annual bench show to be held at Chicago June 10, 11, 12.and 14 promises to be the largest show ever held in the West. There wili be extra champion classes for setters, pointers and spaniels, The show will be held in the armory ot Battery D, the same building that was used last year. Entries close May 51. Premium ee neg had by addressing Mr. Charles Lincoln, Box 384, thicago, 1. SPANIEL IMPORTATION,—Mr. Andrew Laidlaw, Wood- stock, Ontario, has receiyed the liver and tan cocker spaniel bitch Newton-Abbot Lady from Jacobs’s Kennel, Devonshire, England. She is by Bend Or, a noted prize winner, out of the celebrated Ladybird, and should be an acquisition to the spaniel stock of the country. She was bred to Farrow’s Obo before bemg shipped. FASTEST GREYHOUND PRIZE.—Mr. J. McMaster'’s Scotty won the special for the fastest greyhound at the New York show. We were unable to obtain the information in season to publish last week. SPECIAL SENSATION PUPPY PRIZE.—The winner of this prize at the New York show was Mr. F. R. Hitcheock'’s Prince Hamlet (Sensation—Lass). BLACK VICTOR.—Kditor Forest and Stream: Gan you or any of your readers give me the pedigree of the cocker spaniel Black Victor?—K. PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT. The small boy im front of the organ grinder is no more inevitable than that the pen in the penholder you are using should be Hster- brook’s.—a4dv. The Clinton Manufacturing Co., 22 Vesey street, New York, offer a gold watch to the person sending them the largest number of Hnglish dictionary words contained in “Bayberry Glycerine Suvap” (proper aos eeEtnHcal names excluded). The list will close on July 4, 1884, —Adv. : Boor oF THE Dog.—We have received from the Philadelphia Ken nels, 237 South Highth street, a copy of their Dog Buyers’ Guide. It contains & finely executed colored frontispiece; well drawn engray- megs of nearly every breed of dog, and all kinds of dog furnishing goods. Weshould judge that the book cost to produces a great deal more than the price asked—i10 cents—and would advise all our read- ers who are interested in dogs to send for the book,—Ady, , 334 CO FOREST AND STREAM. [May 22, 1864, Rifle and Tray Shooting. FIXTURES. May 20 to 28.—Knoxville Gun Club Second Annual Tour: Knoxville, Tenn, OC, C. Hebbard, Secretary. sin ta May 26 to 31.—First International Clay-Pigeon Tournament, at Chicago, Ill, Managers, Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Oo,, P. 0. Box 1292 Cincinnati, Ohio, : _June 210 9.—Annual Tournament Louisville Sportsmen’s Associa- ne nee ao Ky: J, 0. Barbour, Secretary. 157 Third ayenue, RIFLES OF TO-DAY. THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARM, HIS rifieis one of the best known of the many repeating arms which haye followed each other into public attention within the past twenty years. It has lived down much opposition, and is 4 fayor- ite with many expert hunters in every section of the world, The present form of Winchester gun is to be eredited to several different inventors. In 1854 the Messrs, Horace Smith and D. §. Wes- son (Of the firm of Smith & Wesson, pistol makers) invented the ar rangement of finger lever, links and breech bolt now used in the Win- chester gun. These they made use of in what was krown at that lime as the ‘‘Volcanic Repeating Pistol.” In this form it came into porsession of the Voleanic Arms Company, a corporation organized for its manufacture at New Haven, of which Mr. 0. #. Winthester was avery large stockholder, This concern failed immediately, the pistol proving to be a very imperfect invention, defective in the form of cartridge which it used, and in other respects, more by reason of the state of the art at that time than through fanltin design. The assets of the bankrupt company were purchased by Mr, O, F. Win- chester anda new company was organized for the manufacture of the same arm, improyed by Mr. B Tyler Henry, of New Haven, and the new gun was known as the Henry rifle. Mr. Henry's improve- ment permitted the use of a metallic cartridge, and added to the gun the form of extractor and arrangement of firing pin used in the pres- ent gun. The Henry gun was succes-fully manufactured for several years, during the warand afterward, Several Western regiments were armed with it and it speedily acquired reputation, As vhe de- mand inereased, the manufacture of the gun, which had been carried on at New Haven, was transferred to Bridgeport, Conn. The defects which had been found to exist in fhe Henry gun were remedied chiefly by the improvement of Mr. Nelson King, ati that time (1866) in the employ of the company, which had again changed its name and become the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. Mr. King’s improvement consisting in the side loading arrangement, which has, since the expiration of his patent, been adopted in all re- peating arms which have the magazine under the barrel. As the gun iad accumulated many improvements, so that its origin could be attributed to no one individual. it gradually lostitsname and acquired to itself the name of the company manufacturing it, becoming known as the Winchester guu, In 1870 its place of manufacture was changed from Bridgeport, Vonn., to New Haven, in the same State, where has since been made. About four hundred thousand of all kinds have been made and sold, Itis now offcred in many different forms. The model of *66is arim-fire gun. The model of 73 and % are center-fire guns. The model of *73 is made for 382, .38 and 44 caliber cartridges. A ,22-caliber of this model will soon be put upou the marker. The model of ‘76 is made to carry two different cart- ridges of .45-caliber, one of 75 grains and one of 60 grains, and a .50- caliber cartridge of 95 grams of powder, The Winchester gun ts universally used, the foreign demand being about as large as the domestic. About one hundred thousand guns are in the hands of the Turkish army, and the celebrated “leaden vain” at Pleyna came from them. About twenty-five thousand are in the honds of the Chilian troops and were used against the Peruvians in the late war. The Northwestern mounted police are armed in large part with carbines. model '76, which haye been bought from time to time in small lots during the last f-w years. No attempt has been made to advertise the Winchester gun at targets or upon the different ranges of the country. The sale and reputation of the gun has made tois, in the opinion of its makers, entirely unnecessary. The following score of the rapidity and accu- racy match at Creedmoor of 1876 shows what the Winchester has ac- complished os the national range. The match was for the Schuyler, Hartley & Graham medal, which, according to the conditions, was open to all comers. Distance 200yds. Position. standing, Any rifle. Magazine guns to be used as single- Joadrrs only, Two sighting shots, to be fired consecutively. Com- petitors may fire as many shots as possible within half a mimute, and to haye two chances; the aggregate score made in both rounds to be counted. Entrance fee, 50 cents; half the entrance money to be divided among the three highest scores, as follows: The first taking the badge and half the money, the second two-sixths. and the third one-sixth, No restriction as to the manner of tukine cartridges. Badge to be won three times (not necessarily consecutively), before becoming the personal property of the winner. Competitors will stand at firing point with rifle loaded and cocked, butt below elnew, until the command ‘Fire.’ The scorer will comm«nd: ‘Are you ready? Fire!” and inyert a half-minute sand glass; at the end of thirty seconds he will eall Time.” A bullseye will be deducted from the score for every Shot fired after ‘‘time*’is called. WINNERS. Date—1875, | Number of Name Rifle. | Scor “ : Competitors. ; x7 POne: 1—July 22......... 19 Wm. Robertson....| W.-B. v4 2—August19....... 6 Geo. W. Wingate...| Spr. Br! 3—September 16... 10 J, EH. Stetson ,....., Win. 52 _ 4—vectober 21...... 5 J. E. Stetson ...... Win. 73 5—November 18.... 6 J. H, Stetson........ Win. 63 Finally won by Capt. J. E. Stetson, who entered only on the Jast three days, using a Winchester rifle as a single breechloader only, in competition with Ward-Burton, Remington; Springficld, Sharps and Peabody rifles. The cuts show the general features of the arm in Fig. 1, while in Rigs. 2 and 3may be seen the interior workings of the breech mechan- ism. Te magazine is charged while the system is closed, in the position shown in Fig, 2, by pressing down the spring cover, found on the right hand side of the receiver, with the point of the cartridge, and inserting the latter through the opening thus made, This last is closed by the spring cover as soon as the cartridge is inserted. The operation is repeated until the magazine is filled, When it is desired to load, the finger-lever, B, is thrown forward to the position shown in Fig, 3, and then returned to that shown in Wig, 2. This motion throws out the shell or cartridge in the chamber, trans- fers a cartridze from the magazine to the chamber, cocks the ham- mer, and leayes the arm ready to fire by pulling the trigger. This motion may be execu/ed while the gun is at the hip or at the shoulder, withont taking the eye from the sights, thus enabling the firer to discharge two or more shots without removing the gun from the shoulder or losing sight of the object which it is desired to hit, The model of 1866, now regarded in many quarters as little better than a pop gun, was first introduced in 1260 to supercede the Henry rifle, which had from 1860 been manufactured by the New Haven Arms Company, which was suecee(led in 1866 by the Winchester Re- peating Arms Company. Ib remains, in the mechanism for loading and firing, precisely the same as the Henry, the improvements con- sists in an entire change in the magazine, and the arrangement for filling it. This gun uses a rim-fire metallic cartridge, .44-caliber, with 28 grains of powder and 200 grains of lead. The receiver, or lock frame is of gun metal; the other parts, except the stock, of steel and wrought iron, of the best quality: no malleable iron being used, Up to tne limit of range that is possible with the small amount of powder and ball used, it to-day remains unexcelled as a weapon or hunting piece; and, contrary to the expectation of the manufacturers since the introduction of more powerful arms, it is still in active demand in many markets, and about 160,000 are now in use. Tn the model of 1873, the first and most important improvement consists in adapting it to the use of alonger and center-fire cartridge. holing a charge of 40 grains of powder instead of 28 as in the model of 1866, retaining the same caliber, .44, and the same weight of ball, viz., 200 grains. The effect of thischange is to increase the initial velocity of thearm from atjout 1,125 to 1,825 feet per second, reducing or flattening the trajectory, and increasing the power and accuracy of the arm, and giving it a penetration of about four inches in pie board at 1,090yds. The cartridges can also be reloaded. A second improvement in the sporting arm is the addition of a set, or hair- trigger. This differs from the ordimary hair trigger, in that it can be used precisely as if this trigger were not on the gun, if, as m hunting. it isnot wanted. For fine shooting, as in target practice: it is made available, thus; After setting the hammer at full cock, the trigger ahold ane pressed forward slightly, and itis thusset. If it is found too delicate, or not delicate enough, it can be adjusted to suit the wishes by turning’a set Screw in or ont, This serew will be found by the side of the trigger, opening in which the carrier block moves up and down. This lid, by the action of the finger lever. opens automatically when the loaded, and should always remain open until closed by hand atter firing. The object of this lidis to keep dirt and snow out of the lock. of gun-metal or brass, in the manufacture of the lock-frume, butt plate. and other parts, thus increasing the strength of the arm and reducing its weight, rier-block and the lid in the butt-plate, for the cleaning-rod. the object being to av id the liability to rust, so as to impede the movement of these parts, which would existif made gun carrying a central-fire cartridge, capable of reloading, caliber 45 With 75 grains of powder and 350 grains of lead, being nearly double the charge used in model 1873, and giving an initial velocity of 1,450 feet. in kind and quality asthe model 1873. Both set and plain trigger rifles are made; and all guns with plain trigger are provided with an attachment which renders premature explosion of the cartridze, even from carelessnes-, absolutely impossible. Im both infantry musket and carbine, the magazine is covered by the forearm its entire length. Sporting rifles may be had with pistol grip stocks, vernier and wind Zauge sights, if ordered. ; to meet the wants of those who desire an arm using a lighter charge than 75 grains of powder and 350 grains of lead, which is the amount used in tue regular model 1876. Ttis the same in every particular as that arm, and differs only from itin that it is chambered to use a .45- caliber straight shell, with 69 grains of Bomest and 300 grains of lead. froni it only im caliber, ,50, and in the cartridge to which itis adapted. Tnislast contains 95 grains of powder, and a hoilow-pointed bullet weighing 300 grains. J inserted copper tube is simply pe in to stiffen the bullet. It contains no powder or explosive of any kind. split-pointed bullets, as may be desired, Allthese bullets weigh 300 grains each, and their shooting qualities are about e ual. obtained: and no ¢ ’ enabling the hunter to avoid missing the game through error iu cal- culating distances, while the recoil is not much greater than thatofa 12-gauge shotgun using ordinary charges. for the English market with a 22in. barrel and with full length maga- zine, weighs but 84 pounds. using the rifle, before ) cleaned and oiled, inside and out; for this purpose a cleaning-rod will be found in the stock of the rifl in the butt-plate. 1ing-pin, pull out the magazine tube, and take off the Fore-arm: then, Uh ayy EA 1) rs My NU A UL UE Fic. 3. be strengthened by turning up the strain screw, which will be found directly under it, on the under side of the frame. To remove the breech-pin in the model of 1866,—After removing the side plates and links the spring-catch must next be taken out. which is done by moving the breech-pin back so that the pin that holds the spring-catch will be in a line with a corresponding hole through the frame; then with a small steel, wire punch out the pin. then move the breech-pin forward and take out the spring-catch; the piston can then be unscrewed from the breech with plyers or hand vise, first setting the hammer at full cock, or taking it out. To remove the breecn-pin in the models of 1873 and 1876 —After removing the side plates and links, fake out tho link-pin and re- tractor; the piston can then be pulled out with the fingers, first removing the hammer or settmg it at full cock. The price list of the Winchester arms varies with the different models, and care should be taken in ordering to specify the model as wellas the caliber if any specialform of arm is desired. The 1867 model sporting rifle costs B22 with 24in. round barrel. carrying :6 shots anu weighing 9 pountls. Octagon barrels cost $1 more. Muskets for the same cost $22, and carbines $20. The 1873 model sporting rifle carries 15 shots, .44-cal., and costs trom $25 to $27 according to the bar- rel. Muskets and carbines cost respectively $26 and $24. ‘Thismodel is chambered for the .44-40-200 cartridge, for the .33-40-180 and for the 32-20-4115 cartridge. ‘The model of 1876is a much heavier rifle, and costs from $27 to $29. haying a 12 shot magazine and a 2sin. barrel. The musket with a 32in. barrel costs $27, and the carbine 22in. long in the barre! costs $25. The weapons Of this class call for a .45-cal, bullet and the cartridge made for it is a .45-75-350. The largest rifle of the company is the ex- press of .50-eal. The cost is from $35 to. $38 according to shape of harol all being 261n. long or under. The target rifle, which belongs to the 1876 model class, costs with pistol grip $45, and with vernier and wind gauge sights in addition $63. A third improvement consists in a sliding lid, which coyers the pun is A fourth improvement consists in the substitution of iron, in place The gun-metal is, however, retained in the car- opening into the receptacle of iron. A fifth improvement consists in a device which, it is, claimed, ab- solutely prevents accidental orpremature explesious. In most brer ch- loading firearms the firing pin, after the explosion of a cart: idge, de- pends upon a spiral spring to be thrown back even with the face of the breechclosing holt, If this spring is very strong, so as to insure its operation, it fends to break the force of the blow of the hammer; but if not strong enough fur the purpose, it soon gets so foul as no to work; and the firine-pin then projects, and if the breech is closed with a quick motion, the eartridge is exploded prematurely, To ob- viate this, nospringis used; but the firmg-pin 1s earried back by a positive motion retractor. There is made also of this model a -38-cal. to meet the demand for a Small-bore repeater. It employs a bottleneck shell holding 40zrs. nowder and 180 of lead, andis accurate up to 300yds., and for glass all shooters is a convenient arm. Tomeet a demand for a repeater of still smaller caliber, the .32-cal. arm was made, also carrying a cen ter-fire cartridge, haying 20ers of powder behind 115 of lead. Like the preceiling arm, in is made with full and halt length magazine. The success attending the sale and use of model 1878, and the con- stant calls from many sources, and particularly from the regions in which the grizzly bear and other Jarge game are found, as well as from the plains where the absence of cover and the shyness of the game require the hunter to make his shots at long range, made it desirable for the company to build a still more powerful gun, and the model of 1876 was introduced. Retaining all essentiil mechanical elements of the formermodel, and adding such improvements as seemed pos-ible, the result has been a AIR RESISTANCE. Editor Forest and Stream; Before answering categorically the article on ‘‘Air Resistance,” b “Pp. contained in your issue of May 1, | wish to call attention toh fifth paragraph, commencing ‘I take it for granted, etc. He has made a mistake in taking it for granted. The facts being that I have been a reader of Forest sNp StREAM for but little over a year, and that the article I criticised last fall was the first of his that Thad eyer seen. Thus the implied charge of plagiarism falls to the ground. A careful perusal of his article and of the authorities quoted (mot ‘P.’s’’ quotations. for he has selected these to suit his and) will convince any unbiased reader. First—Thal in making my criticism I have not fallen into any error or discovered any ‘mare’s nest,”’ but that my conclusions were ab- solutely correct. Compare my article in Forres? anD STREAM, Aug. 9, with ‘Motion of Projectiles,” also with section four of the article under discussion. Second—That "P.” was wrong in saying that “Taking the element of velocity into account, the airre~istance proved trom these experi- ments to be greatest between velocities from 1,100 f.s. to 1.350 f.s.” Third—That he knows thut he was wrong. See bis fourth paragraph in which he says, ‘But there has been nothing written by me thatin the remotest munner can bear the construction that a ball for instance at1,000 f.s. has greater resistance in pounds, avoirdupois, than the same ball at 200 f.s., for itis very evident that at the latter velocity the actual resistance in pounds is eight times greater than at the former velocity.”? In other words the resistance varies as the cube of the velocity. (This is not strictly correct, as the variable coefficient K has been omitted, taking this intoaccount the ratio becomes 1 to 7.34 instead of 1 to Bas above). _ . Referring ta the above quotation I claim that what was written by him last summer could bear the construction he now wishes to disown and no other. The fact of the resistance being expressed in pounds, avoirdupois, makes no difference whatever. If it had been expressed in kilogrammes or in any other nnit the ire involved remains the same. Attention is also called to the fact that his fourth para-- graph Hlatly contradicts his third. Fourth—That he tries to escape from his position bya quibble utterly unworthy of bim, when he attempts to confound “resistance of the air’? with the ‘‘co-efficient of air resistance’—K, Now, what is this K to which ‘‘P.”’ seeks to give undue prominence? Tt is simply @ variable empirical co-efficient, representing no general lai, and is only introduced to effect an agreement between the results of experiments and the so called ‘cubic law of resistance,’’ Thesame acreement might have been effected, less convenient! perhaps, by. employing a variable exponent of V instead of the cube in place of this variable co-efficient. . s The next pagagraph that calls for an answer is the one in which he calls my attention to another error. My statement that the trajectory would ‘be 2io, higher (theoretically) than for a level range, was In- ferred from a calculation contained ia the report of Chief of Ord— The materials used in the construction of the gun are thesame Nhe .45-60-300 form of the model of 1873 has been put on the market The express rifle is a modification of the model 1876, and differs The bullet contains no explosive material, The Cartridges for this model are loaded with hollow-pointed, solid, or The bullet having a high initial velocity, a yery flat trajectory Is hange in sighting is required up to 150yds., thus This model, as made up The rifie ig considered an easy one to keepin good repair. After putting it away, it should always be well e, and is got oub by opening a hid To tale out the barrel,—Take.out the two tip-screws, the magazine before unscrewing the barrel from the frame. the breecn-pin must be thrown back by moving the fingerlever forward; otherwise the attempt to unscrew it will break the spring-eatch that withdraws the cartridge, and ruin the breech-pin. The only spring in the gun that is liable to lose its strength from long use is the main-spring, which wili be discovered by the gun missing fire, Should this occur, it may =< sti‘ we” mance; 1882, pp, 465-456. where it is deduced that a Springfield rifle being fired at a range of 500)yds, with the normul elevation, but at an object 100ft. higher than the’ gun, the bullet will strike 2 87ft, below the point aimed at. Idid not check this calculation, but too< it on -trust. This, 1am willing to admit, was a vee we should never accept as true any proposition ourselves, | . The following considerations would tion above referred to is wrong; aa hat we can verity for seem to show that the calcula- D A In Fig. 1, A is the position of the gun and B is the point aimed at, The normal angle of elevation fora level range of 50 ‘yds. or 1,500ft, is piven at 1°11’. Thus the faJ] in feet due to gravity is evidently equal to 1,500 * tan, 1° 11’, or 30,984ft. ‘the case under consideration the axis of the bore makes an angle of 5° 00’ 2" with the horizontal, and if gravity did not acy the bullet woul | strike at D, at un elevation aboye C=A Cxtan, 5° 00! 21"= 131.()95ft, But we have already seen that under thei fluence of gravity the bullet will fall 30,984ft. Thus it will strike the vertical line C D at a point above G=13) 09 —30,984 or 100,111ft. or 0 111ft above B instead of 2.87ft. below it, as given in the text. That it strikes above is due to the fact that A C is somedft short of the assumed 500yd. range and also that the angle of elevation probably is slightly greater than 1°11’, In stating that the trajectory woud be higher, [referred to the point B and not G, as ‘'P,” seems to suppose. See his sketch, — Though 2" is considerably in excess of the truth, yet the curve will always be higher at mid range than for a leve) range. as will be ae further on, and my error was one of amount rather than of neiple, ne. and 3 embody the substance of ‘‘P.’s"" remarks on mountain shooting. It will be seen that he is practically correct in stating that the angle of elevation in either case is the same as that corresponding toa level range of which the inclined range is the hypothenuse. ‘The reason is obvious when we reflect that, although the range and time of flig: t are longer, and consequently that the fall due to gravity (B D)is 300 He. € B= 208.937£t, TRAJ. = 293,934ft, greater, only the component of this force, G B (Fig 2), acting at right angles to the axis of the bore, produces deflection. __ 1 The other component of gravity acting in the direction of the axis OB = 293.937f£t. profuces either retardation (Fig. 2) or acceleration (Fig. 3), accord- ing as it acts mm opposition to the motion or with it. In Fig, 2 let R = the inelined range A B, r = the corresponding horizontal range A C. H = space described by grayi'y corresponding to R or B D. h = space d+seribed by gravily corresponding to r or K C, A = angle made by inclined range with the horizontal. B = angle of elevation. : Then the deviating component of gravity G B = ae cos ik A-+B) and r= Rxcos A. From these relations and the equation to the trajectory, it may be proved that the triangle G A B is similar to K A C, or, in other words, that the angle of elevation for the inclined range is equal to that for the corresponding level range. This is only approximately correct, as it is based on the supposition that cos (A--B)=cos A cos B, This will obtain very nearly when A is large and Bis small, or when B is jarge and A is small, or when both A and B are small. If A and B are both large the above will not apply. This reasoning is equally applicable to the depressed range Fig. 8, ex- cept that the difference of the angles A and B must be employed in- stead of their sum. The trajectories shown in the figures are calculated for a ,40-cal. gun, shooting a 287-grain bullet with an initial velociiy of 1,425 £.s. At the eleyated range the bullet strikes .086in. below the point aimed at, and at the depressed range .06in. above it, This ig due to the re- tarding and accelerating components of gravity mentioned above. Another point of interest is that, though the bullet strikes very near the point aimed at, it will make a much higher curve in getting there than for a level range. Thus in Vig, 2. the height E at mid range, measured at right angles to the range is 2.792 inches, while the height F for the level range is only 2.688 inches or 1.104 inches lower If the range were extended to 200 yards, the differencé would be about 5 inches. At mid range though, the bullet would still strike within a fraction of an inch of the place aimed at, These results are of general application and are nearly true for any angle and range, provided that a practical equality exists between the cosine of the sum of the angles and the product of their cosines. (If the range is depressed, the difference of the angles isto be taken. See Fig, 3), I have gone into this subject of inclined ranges at considerable length as the question is one of consiaerable importance. and one that _believe is not very generally understood, The algebraic computa- lions have been omitted. as they were alee within the scope oF this article. Any one, however, who wishes to check them, may doso by referring Lo works on the subject. ‘‘\\ationaland Practical Ballistics,” Captain Siacci, seems as satisfactory as any, As to Maj, Merrill’s argument that the muzzloader would give a flatter trajectory than the breechloader, He stated his case clearly enough, and I do not think that his position has been misund: rstood as might be inferred from what “P.” savs on thesubject. The Major said in substance: First—That the muzzleloader would take more and quicker powder for equal bores. Second—It would takea lighter bullet and the lightest of any for equal hores, To.which I replied that the breechloader will take as much powder as can be consumed in the length of the barrel and as quick powder as is desirable having the best results in view. Since writing the above the breechloader has been adapted to greatly increased charges and the only practical jimit is that of therndurance of the man behind the gun. As to the bullet, the breechloader will shoot acurately the lightest bullet con- forming to the flattest trajctory at 200yds., the range under discus- Sion, and there is no practical reason why itshould not shoot a lighter one if it were desirable. That a heavier bullet has been generally adopted is due to the fact that we are not willing to sacrifice accuracy and energy to a flat trajectory, See what has been written by myself and others on this point. The comparative merits of the two systems as to accuracy may be considered as settled. But there is oue point of superiority in the breechloader that has been barely touched on in your columns. Capt, Mackinlay’s ‘“Pext Book of Gunnery” staies this so clearly that Ineed hardly apologize for quoti' x from him here. After showing, from Capt. Noble. the great difference in energy imparted to a pro- jectile by varying ratios of expansion, obtained by dividing the yol- ume of the bore by the cpace occupied by the powder charge, he says: ‘The rifled muzzleloading guns whichreplaced them [the early formof R. B. L] were less accurate. chiefly because some gunners ram home with mole force than others, and, as the cartridge is ey. compressible, different charges occupied different spaces, according to the streneth of the gunner who happened to he ramming home; the velocities of the projectiles, and consequently the ranges, varied, and the accuracy was itnpaired,” That this cause of inaccuracy is liable to occur in all muzzlaloaders Seems to me self-evident, and it is equally evident that it need never occur in a breechloader with ordinary care. James Duane. New Yor, May 11, 1884. , ? TRAY. = 293.932ft. course to pursue, a8” FOREST AND STREAM, RANGE AND GALLERY. “WRELINGHUYSENS AT NEW YORK.'—Zaditor Forest conve Stream: Under the head of the “Frelin-huysen's at New York, your issue of the 15th inst, contams a communication from Edward O. Chase, taking exception to the manner of Tecan the scores in the late tournament at the Grand Central Rifle Gallery, That some errors should nec; ssarily occur i a match when there were some fifteen hundred targets shot could hardly be avoided. Jn this class must be considered the omitting from the score record the names of Messrs. Neil and Sneller, whose targets were inadvertently tied together by the attendants and put among the inspected targets with- out in any way coniing under the notice of the umpires. In the case of Mr. Weigman the communication is positively unjust. This gentle- man’s score gob on originally through an oversight. The number of shots on the targets were not counted, ani! on a revision it was found that only six could be found. 'The tarfets were submitted to several riflemen thoroughly conversant with gallery shooting, pamely, Henry Oehl, P. G. Fanning. Chas. Overbaugh, ete., and by all pronounced not to have the requisi;e number of shots, and as consequence were rejected, That there was no “connivance” in the award is sufficiently apparent when itis considered that placing the name of Mr, Weig- Man as a prize winner would only result in dropping that of Mr. Sneller, alsoa Newark rifleman, From the committee of the N, Y. Ritle Clob.—J, H. Brown, Capt. “W. M. F.7 1S NOT FARROW.—Grand Haven, Mich., May 3, 1854. —Iditor Forest and Stream: Mx. Duane probably thinks as scores of others do, that lam the author of contributions appearing in FOREST AND ETREAM signed W.M. F., on rifle matters. Would it be asking too much to let him know to the contrary?—W. Miron Farrow. MANCHESTER, N-H., May 18.—Regular shoot of the Manchester Ritle Association, Creedmoor practice match: VAT GLO Me eee Ge pee eles Map enree C abr ny) dogs 26°29 29—B84. VAY caleie ity per we SS Porras heed wane See a. 26 20 —55 PU RU ED TAR Tole tes See iy epee da yt a ee 25 26 —51 MaNOUIMAT So" ulech snare tee els. Pode ge Co Ne 20 25 —45 AUR tDVOMIES oth Seeees, are TT CN a eae per hain 28 —28 GEORES SURVOLSe, beh ph dav pate merece nee cd eeltam aceite pal —24 Creedmoor Prize Match. G A Leighton,,,..... 445554544545 ( M Henty....,..... 4544454444 dd Re-entry. ......... 4545455445—45 FJ Drake........,.. 4444454444 — 41 @D Palmer,. ...... 5555544444 45 Re-entiy.....-2,.5 4348555445 —42 John Lawrence..... 445455444443 WHO Paul ........2. 554553844449 Reentry oy... 444455535544 Re entry. ..:-.._-. bsd4535454 —42 Frank Bennett...... 4584545544438 J Hodge............. 4555843444 —4] Re-entry... -.... 455554354444 Re-entry... 22.2... Addbddd tj 41 AB Dodge.......... 454544444442 AS Brown.,... .... 4244543443 —37 Re-entry...s ese. oe 444554444543 Bixby Prize Match. F J Drake 29 30 31—90 RON oo | 68 88 — 28 BOSTON, May 17.—_Not a first-class day for rifle shooting, but still the gentlemen at Walnut Hill had quite a pleasant time. Carrying out the mnoyation of last week, a team match was shot. This was a close fight, and resulted in a victory for Mr, Charles's team by one point. Following is the result of the team match; W. Charles’ Team, J. B. Fellows’ Team, W. Charles......44655565—48 UL. F. Richardson.5 45565 4 5—33 W. Wisher....,... 64455 5 5—82 C.B. Hdwards.-..4445 55 4—31 H. Adams........ 4544453—2) J.B. Wellows.....54545 44-3) W.. @) Eddy... +: 4454384428 P.B. Smith,.....3438 5 4 4 8~26 122 121 In addition to the team match, the regular matches were on, and filled quite well. Following are the scores: Creedmoor Practice Match. Creedmoor Prize Match. CB Edwards........ 555555545448 HW Richardson..... 455555545548 J E Darmoddy...... 444554435442 BD Curtis ......... 5555545543—46 EROS ASS, ehaleiaiogs 54433444439 W Wisher............ 6046444545 —45 HJ Woster,...-.:.-. 443445245439 H Cushing.......... 4554554445—45 EEE Sri ities, oe 3443444548388 J P Bates.......... 548544554449 S Sturgis.......... 443424442336 CJ Darrington...... 4444444444 40) GiG Gates: SFa5so0 13+ 4444043445 —36 Resi Match, SGT NOSWEN 4 Bmw aa t-ectnk he OTT he ee 10 910 810 910 8 7 8—89 Gib Gates. confi iistecs. iareee esta tas Re 999 9 8 7 910 9+9—88 DEM CWSI 8 «ores are re paren hrs ae 610 910 610 9 8 7 9-84 BA CS BING ger ore ers tee 0 2d 85 9 8 8 8 6 8 9 10-74 Re Reed ar sie ees Seeks Voi foes +8 9 6 8 6 5 8 6 6 10—72 THOMASTON, Conn., May 19,—At the shoot of the Empire Rifle Club on Saturday last, E. Bennett won the badge with a score of 105 out of a possible 120. Following are the other scores: W. Dunbar 104, G. Canfield 98, A. Fox 94, 0, P. Williams 92, F. Carr 85, G. Lem- mon 85, G. Gilbert 83, C. Alling 77, MANCHESTER, Mass.—Following is the programme for the spring meeting of the Manchester Kifle Association fcr May 28, 29 and 30: 200yds. match, Creedmoor target, open to all comers; position, stand- ing; rifle, any within the rules; rounds, 7; entries unlimited; entry fee, $1; re-entries. 25 cents each. Winners decided by the aggregate of the best three scores ecunted as one continuous seore, BOSTON, Mass.—The directors of the Massachusetts Rifle Associa- tion, have decided on May 29, 30, and 31, for the spring meeting at Walnut Hill, and have issued tbe following programme: First—200yd, match, Creedmoor target, open to all comers, distance 200yds.; position, standing; rifle, any within therules; rounds, seven; entries, unlimi.ed; entry fee, $1; re-entries, 50 cents each. Winners to be decided by the aggregate of the three best scores counted as one continuous score, the winners to select prizes in order of their scores. Seeond— ivy a: match, decimal target; conditions same as inmatch 0. 1, Third—600yd. carton match; conditions asin mateh 1, except as to povition, which may be any within the rules, Liberal prizes are offered in each match. THE TRAP. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re- quested to write on oue side of the paper only. CHICAGO TOURNAMENT. YPNHE first international clay pigeon tournament will begin at Chi- eago next Monday, May 26. For list of entered clubs see last issue. The Chicago Musical Festival will be held on same daie, and local excursion tickets will be sold on railroads. The address of the manager, Mr. J. E. Bloom, is Palmer House, Chicago, CAPTAIN STUBBS, who is pretty confident that’ he can whip all creation with the shotgun, is out with the following challenges, pre- paratory to his exhibition tour through the country: “Challenge No. 1—I will shoot a match against any man (Dr. W. F. Caryer preferred) from standing positions and from horseback in full run, with shotgun, rifle and pistol, at still and flying objects, in any match or consecutive number of matches, and )nder any equal terms and conditions that may be named, for the championship title and $2.500 to {$5,000 a side and gate money. (Signed) Gaprarn F. E. StusEs, Champion Combination Wing Shot of the World (Gainesville, Ark,, May 15, 1884). Ohallenge No, 2—Asa test of endurance and skill, I will shoot a match against any man (Dr W. Ff. Carver preferred) with rifle and solid bullets, and with shotgun, at 1,00) composition or clay balls each, thrown in the air by two assistants standing 10 feet apart, for the championship title and $2,500 to $5,000 a side, the con- lestant making shortest time anj greatest number of hits to be de- clared the winner of stakes and owner of gate money, (Signed) Cap- TAIN B. £. Stupss, Champion Endurance Snot of the World (Gaines- yille, Ark., May 15, 1884). Terms and conditlons—Notified of the ac- ceptauce of either of the above challenges, or both of them, I will deposit within ten days from date of such notification, with the Spirit of the Times, $1,000 as fonteit money (the party accepting to do likewise)—the stake or challenge money to be depo-ited in the same hands ten days before the date fixed for the match or matches (the party failing Lo comply with this condition to forfeit the deposit already mad )), said match or matches to be shot in New York within six months from date, in fine weather only, and according to the rnles fOverning such contests. (Signed) Caprain EH. ©. Srupss, Champion ean Wing Shot of the World (Gainesville, Alk., May 15, NEW HAVEN, May 14.—The State clay-pigeon medal. which was held by the New Haven Gun Club, and the individual State medal, held by J. F. Ives, were shot for on the grounds of the New Haven Club to-day, The day was fine with the exception of a strong wind, which made the shooting difficult and reduced the scores of (he dif- ferent clubs, Before the match a sweepstake was shoot, with 24 en- tries, which resulted in Langdon, of the New Haven Club, and J. F. Iyes, of the Parker Gun Club, dividing first, Talcot took second, B. A ¥olsom third, and E. Booth fourth. Wleven teams from the different eluds shot for the State me ial, with the following result, 4 men each teaui, 100 pigeons: New Haven 61, Meriden 66, Winsted 68, Winsted 885 No. 2, §8, Derby 53, Bridgeport 51, Wallineford 456, Milford 51, Milford No. 2, 47, New Haven No, 2, 57, Meriden No, 2, 41, Over 3) men shot for the individual State medal, at 50 pigeons, and it was won by Tousey, of Bridgeport, with a scove of 41; J, F, Ives, 40; the others withdrew, Next State shoot in Meriden, June 11, : MINNEAPOLIS GUN CLUB.—At their annual meeting held Mon- day, April 21, the following officers were elected: 1., Harrison, Presi- dent; Frank Gruglas, Viee-President; Chas, A. Russell, Secretary and Treasurer. Board of Directors: L. Harrison, fF, W. Caulkins, James Marshall,—lL. H, ACME ROD AND GUN CLUB, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Dexter's Park, Cypress Tlills, L, I, Tuesaay, May 13. 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Sides ph cise S ihte Mae orn wane de eed oetes Tet Pe 01010101101100101000— 8 Bitzicieekumesies seta aor euen Entel ey Cree 10U0100000000100111 i— 6 CUZ ns ee ee weed crs boner? eee 00000000001001001000— 3 PITTSBURGH, May 13.—The annual shoof of the Allegheny Sports- men’s Association was held at Idlewood, on the Panhandle Railroad to-day. The weather was good, aud notwithstanding a strong wind was blowing from the west, some remarkable shooting was done. Twelve members of the club took part in the pigeon match for the | Hague silver cup and the prize offered by the elub, The conditions were 26yds, rise. plunge traps, 5yds. apa: t and 80yds, boundary, both barrels, Mr, Helwig was chosen referee, and Messrs, Grogan and Sharp judges. ‘The mateh was very exciling. Many excellent shots were made, several birds being killed at 70yds. Mr. C. G. Donnell made a clean se ore, killing 15 birds in 21 shots, Messrs. G. HE. Painter and R. 8S. Hartrick made a score of 14, one bird of the former dropping dead ten feet out of bounds. ©. G. Donnell 15, G. BE, Pamrer 14. R. 8. D. Hartrick 14, C. B. Lovato 18, W. H. Bown 8. §. D. Thompsm 11, GO. M. Hostetter 11, John Lovatt 13, CG. H. Voigt, M. D, 19, W. 5. Bell 8, E. Gregg 9. MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 14,—The Montgomery Shooting (hib’s annual election and dinner at Jackson's Lake to-day was a recherche affair and largely attended. ‘They elected Col, W.S, Reese, Presi- dent; John L. Cobb, Vice-President; Henry 0, Davidson, Secretary and Treasurer; C. EH, Wallin, H. D. Long and W. §. Hutehins, Direct- ors, Their model secretary was presented by the club in very appro- priate remarks with a handsomely engraved mammoth silver piteher, rhe atie “Montgomery Shooting Club to Henry GC, Davidson, May 14, 1884. * WASHINGTON, D. C., May 14.—The two concluding matches for positions on the team which will represent the Capital City Gun Qlub in the international tournament at Chicago, commencing May 26, were shot yesterday afternoon. Conditions: Ten double and ten single clay-pigeons pet man, from five traps, set three yards apart, 15yds. mse for double and isyds for smgle birds, First Match. EULESS pce peice ana et bse oe 1H GANG argh ph 114141111 1—20 Weenies oat § 5 ys eee ae Tee LOR OD 1140111111117 ALS Is See ee ilesicctes eee eee 10) Os sie is *41 001010111114. Banleynw) ee tok lv petcme See eetasewe 01 00 O01 11 11 11013,01011—13 MceBeld pn cen ites atnpeen sess 10 00 11 10 OL 111111001118 Miciacode ened | pbb ladies 01 10 11 10 10 111000111143 Jones....... Pe a cot oT bees 00 42 if 10 10 011010191143 Mavruder,......-., Be ee AT ale Sie 1011001001 —141 Ttinies, ete eas betes tereee: 00 10 00 OF 14 1010111001—10 Second Match, JGR TS a es ey SD 100 te 1 1111011 1-17 Bae ke eee se ee -.01 11 10 10 41 114) 11114116 MeBielieny iss... tess Teeter ers LOMO SEL A et. 111101101016 Dye Syst ye | eae els ee he ee = LOL Or .6F 101111111146 TONESe ee: Leer nt ori ae 10 00 11 10 if 11111111 0—15 SSDAU AG re he tees neni eee oe aad O1 OL 11 O1 11 0101111110—14 AWYCN=a 01) Ri BE ho Cherie ict Ol 11 10 10 11 1100011¢01—i12 (BTEC BE SHEE AG Beh bh tbe ae li O01 11 10 00 011101001112 Maparitdertis: sii nahaatieestcces 10 10 10 10 10 110101000i—10 Re-entries on account of matches missed: Wie Eat (el gar AE rine ye SES 10 10 11 10 10 1114110111—15 SBA RGIS Petia hate aie tcasraares mitastereeejchaese 3ye ti 11 Ii OL 00 1111011017—419 The final result of the eight matches gives the contestants standing in the following order, each selecting his best six scores, out of a pos- sible 120: E. L. Mills 105, William Wagner 93, William B. McKelden 90, James Smith 85, £. M McLeod 84, James Bailey #3, R. L. Jones 80, GC, H. Laird 72, The shooting has been done uuder most unfavorable ¢onditions, many days being dark and cloudy, and it is expected that with fair conditions, the team selected, which will be the highest five on the list, will do much better shooting at Chicago, ANDROSCOGGINS ys. RIVERSIDES.—The second challenge shoot for the Ligowsky championship medal between the Androscoggins, of Lewiston, and the Riversides, of Topsham, came off at the An- droscoggin’s grounds, in Auburn, May 16, Riversidés being the chalJ- lenging club. A heavy rain prevailed during the entire shoot. Con- ditions—5 traps. 10 singles, 18yds. rise; 5 pairs, léyds. rise. The fol- lowing are the scores. (Figure 2 denotes secgnd barrel): Androscoggins. IMA SOM a ste ets obs! cse cele 1011110111 10 00 O00 11 11—12 Donovan,.. ,,. ........, 2111211111 10 11 O1 01 1f—161¢ Ourtis,..... Penn ae mend 0111111110 00 11 10 00 10-12 Fickett..... See ERE ey 0200201101 10 00 Of 10 11—9 Sy ein Be Stee EB EP REE Bs 1111111112 01 1 di 11 —1844—69 Riversides, ASOTIC ASO) ee eae ges gia ental 4014101111 11 10 10 4 11-16 Bee Bh ag eee Sn ASME 1011011011 Of O01 O1 13 11-14 GoudS Ge eee ode 1101110111 10 10 11 11 OO—14 TIE sete, Bee case eke le 0171122211 O01 01 O1 10 00—111% Alexander....., 0. 20...% 1122211211 11 10 di 00 11-15 —70lg TORONTO, Ontario, May 16.—The first match by the Toronto Gun Club for the President’s gold medul opens af the Waodbine to-day, commencing at 2:30 o’clock sharp. The conditions are 15 target balls each, 18yds, rise from a rotary trap, use of one barrel only; five member's to compete or no score; to be won three times by any com- petitor before becoming his property. The following days have been seb apart for the matches: May 16 and 80, June 13 and 27, July 11 and aa ANE 8 and 22, Sept. 5 and 26, Oct. 10 and 24, Noy. 7 and 21, Dec. 5 and 19, MENOMONIE, Wis., May 17.—Following is a detailed score of a practice shoot indulged in by the members of the Menomonie Gun Club, on May 15. First shoot—ten clay pigeons each, i8yds. rise, fourth notch; HL THEEED IG tapenade he W11111i—10 LJ Seamans....,.. .1111101110—8 EA Benjamin,...... 1111111111—10 SJ Bailey............ 1010111011—7 JR Matthews....... 1111110111— 9 GH Seely......,.....0011111001—6 GReBrewel. 325. .24 111111110— 9 RJWPlint.... ...... 110110110)—6 Messrs. True and Benjamin divide first; Matthews and Brewer divided second, and Seamans took third. ; Second shoot—Ten glass bails, rotary tray, 18yds. rise: Barley, 22 1 coe. sus 1111111111—10 _Brewer............... 1101110111—8 Benjamin... .... ...1111111111—10 Mathews......._-. 1010710111 —7 ANabt wee pepe ee oy see 1111111171—10 Plinc........,... -. ,0110110011—6 Seamans ....-.......1110110111— 8 Messrs. Bailey, Benjamin and True divided first, Seamans and- Brewer divided second, and Matthews third, Seamiansi i... osvien.. 111111011—9 Bailey............ 22. 1060111111—7 Benjamin...,..::.... A1I1111111—9 Brewer..... ...... -. ..1001111010—6 EBVO Prin bees O1OLNI1131—8 Plint,................. 1001010101—5 Matthews ...,......-. 1101111101—8 Seely................. 1040100001—4 Messrs, Seamans and Benjamin divided first, True and Matthews divided second, and Baily took third.—B, LOUISVILLE TOURNAMENT.—Louisville, Ky., May 17.—Owing to the limited supply of wild pigeons, the Louisville Sportsmen's Asso- ciation has decided to postpone che tournament until the 25a of Juae, at which time the original programme will be carried out.—J, 0. Bar- BOUR, Secretary. Bachting. FIXTURES. May 24.—Oswego Y, C., Opening Cruise. May 24.—Boston Y, C., Opening Cruise. May 28.-Quuey Y. C., first Match. May 30,—Knickerbocker Y. C., 8, ring Matches. May 30.—Atlantic Y. C., Opening Cruise, May 30.—Newark Y. C., Spring Match. May 30.—South Boston Y, C., Spring Match, May 80.—City Pomt Mosquito Fleet, 13 and 15ft. boats. May 4).—New Haven Y. C., Opening Cruise, May 81.—Boston Y.C., First Match,Connor and Commodore's cups, 336 FOREST AND STREAM. (May 22, 1984. A RIVER CRUISE IN THE HORNET. Nee eeae Aug. 5, 1888—A most beautiful day, The members met on the corner of West Broadway and Canal street. All hands wentto church. Boarded an Eighth avenue carto Highty-fourth street, then walked to the Columbia Y, C. Though we are vot mem- bers of the said club, we keep our boat at their club house. After some confusion got under way, with a fair wind and tide in our favor. Had a brush with a small jib and mainsail boat, passed her; but she made up for lost time when the wind slacked up. Got as far as Dobbs Ferry, when the tide turned, and we anchored on the west bank of the river, packed the provisions, and all hands went in swimming. Conlague, the invited guest, got stuck in the mud, Meta party in a smal cat trom Nyack; they, after drifting for about five miles, thought they would anchor. Hada good time together, they promised to keep company as faras Nyack. About 6 o’clock the tide turned, anid we got wider way with a fair wind on our starboard quarter, Hung our lantern in the stay (did not have side lights) and sailed in eom- pany with our Nyack friends. Got very dark, no moon; kept.as near shore as possible, sailing along nicely, when we were hailed by our Wyack friends, who told us we had better take soundings. One of the crew shoved the boat hook over and found we were sailing in about three feet of water. Just then the mile pier at Piermont loomed up and gave us 8 good svare. Went about and thought we would never get to the end of that pier; sailed for about half an hour and the wind got foo strong for us,so we put iiforshore and anchored for the night; lost sight of our friends. Put up our cabin (forgot to say that we hada home-made cabin, out of an old sail) tried to make our- selves comfortable, but I must say it was nota success. I hed a coil of rope and a coffee pot formy bed. the invited enest had a cheese box anda fryiny pan. We were to Jeave invited guest at lona Island, to return home by the “Col, Burns excursion’ from New York. Was yery cold during the nigut. Monday, Aug. 6,—Awoke about 4 o'clock. Weather clear and bright with no wind; found we had anchored below Nyack; cooked our cof- fee on the oil stove, had breakfast of bread, butter and canned beef, The oil stove was a nuisance; blackened everything up. Tide run- bing up the river, got under way and drifted about six miles up. Wind sprung up fromthe north, and being amateur sailors did not make much time beating. Were passed by the Col. Burns excursion, and became afraid we could not get to Iona Island in time to leave our guest. On getting into Haverstraw Bay the wind had increased toa gale. We took in a reef and hada hard time of it; were nearly run into by aschooner. Reached Tona Island two hours later, and haying friends on the excursion we had a good time. Conlague, the guest, was loath to part with us, notwithstanding his uncomfortable couch. Drifted a half mile below the steamboat landing and anchored for the night. All hands turned in for a good sleep. Tuesday, Aug. 7.—Awoke late, about 7 o’clock (had no watch on board, so had to guess the time by the sun). Head wind still blowing. Cooked breakfast on that oil stoye (more misery), got sail up and went across t) Peekskill. The boys went to the city and posted some letters and bought some fresh bread. Ran on the beach, and built a rousing fire and cooked a good dinner of hacon and boiled potatoes, which all hands did justice to. Tried to make some headway up the river, bul after fooling around for about two hours went over to Iona island and anchored above the steamboat dock, The boys picked about three quarts of blackberries on Iona Island, and they made a nice dessertfor supper. WHished fora while, but soon gave up in dis- gust. Steam yacht Cadet, from West Point, passed and pave us a salute, which we returned with our fog horn; put up our cabin and turned in, Wednesday, Aug. 8.—Awoke about 7 o'clock, Cooked breakfast on shore—bacon, potatoes and coffee. Expected 10 go to Newburgh. Wind and tide against us. Made about five miles, anchored, picked Some more berries, killed a small snake. Met aparty from Peekskill, who were camped near our old camping place. Turned in early. Thursday, Aug. 9.—Awoke late. The boys areall getting lazy. All out of fresh water; had te tramp about a mile to awell. Got under way with a head wind; conld not hold ont against the tide. Laid to till tide turned. Went ashore and cooked our dinner. Got under way again with a light, fair wind from the northwest. Ate dinner on board. A large steamer, with a party of picnikers from Newburgh, passed us, bound for Iona Island. The pilot came yery close to us to see who we were. Just as we were running for a dock in Newburgh our throat halliards gave way and the gaff came down on our heads, However, we soon repaired damages and landed at Newburgh. Vis- ited Washington's headquarters and other places of note, bought some bread, got under way and sailed about five miles to Mud Hole, and cooked supper on the oil stove. Turned in about 7 P. M. Friday, Aug. 10,—Ran the Hornet ashore, cooked breakfast and went to visit the beautiful city of Mud Hole, on the West Shore road. Said town consisted of two houses and a railroad station. Tried in yain to buy some milk. Got under way with the tide. Wehad to get the aid of some Italian laborers to shove our boat off the rocks, The Olarita, of the Columbia Y.©., passed us, bound up. Cooked dinner on the oilstoye. One of the crew tried to clean the stove by hanging it on the boat hook, and lost it overboard, We were glad to get ri of it. Broke one of the oarlocks. Were saluted by the steamboat Bagle. Landed at Poughkepsie about 8 o’clock. Had to skirmish around with a lantern to find wood, Cooked supper and turned in about 10 o'clock. Saturday, Aug. 11.—Awoke about o’clock, cooked breakfast. While eating, I saw a large muskrat swimming and fired at him, but he diyed and we saw him no more. Sailed up to the city, posted some letters and bought some storés; also, got a salt mackerel to fish with, itis good bait for catfish. Inquired where to buy a skiff; but could not find the place. Got under way and sailed about two miles up the river, where we were hailed by some men ona sloop, who told us where to buy a skiff, We found the place this time and bought a small skiff for $3, We were very welltreated. The young man also repaired our pnmp—(if he should happen to read this he will accept our sincere thanks). All the boys were pleased with the new skiff. We got under way and sailed about three miles, and. then anchored for the night. A party of young men from the Albany Y. C. were camped opposite us; said they would spend Sunday with us. Turned in about 10 o’clock. Our Albany friends made a great deal of noise. Sunday, Aug. 12—We camped in a beautiful place. Breakfasted on ham and eggs, coffee and bread. Bender and I went out for a pull in the skiff and upset. The boys had a good laugh onus. We intended to stay over. but our Albany friends invited us to a race with them. We accepted their challenge, but we got left, Landed at Esopus Island to cook dinner. Went fishing and caught a good toess of catfish. Intended to camp at the island, but the crew wanted to zo uptheriver. Saw a setter belonging to a party of gen- tlemen from Hyde Park swimming across the river. We ran in to eook supper. The boys were about to Jand when they heard a rattle, which they claim to be a snake, but I think it was a locust. At any rate, it seared us out of our cofiee.’ We turned in on bread, canned salmon and rryer water, which J may addis very good drinking water. Monday, Aug. 18 —Woke about 8 o'clock. We found we were camped just below Staatsburgh. Cooked a good breakfast of catfish and bacon, fried potatoes, bread and butter. Two gentlemen got us someice, All were sitting in the cabin when a steam launch struck us. I fot on deck and was about to ask the captam If he was blind, when he sung out in a loud yoice,“*Want any milk?” We bought some soda crackers and clams from the captain, then got under way, with the wind and tide in our favor. Sailed about five miles when the wind got too strong for us and we put into Rbinechif. Bought some sugar, then took in a reef and sailed up about ten miles; all went ashore to cook dinner; argument about how we would cook the clams. My brother and 1 wanted a roast, Messrs. Bender and Lang wanted chowder, so we divided up and cooked them to suit ourselves. We spoiled our roast and the others emptied about one ounce of pepper in the chowder, which made itrather hot. One of the boys went to masthead to fix our flyer. Got under way and sailed a few miles when the wind died out and we anchored opposite Barrytown, Bender anu Lang went vowing. Waited till darkness settled and they eould not find the boat; we gave up all hope of seeing them that night when we spied them coming up the river at 1] P.M. Blowing yery hard, afraid our anchor willuot hold. Tuesday, Aug. 14.—Awake late, Wind still blowing very hard do not think we can sail much to-day, A Sunday school excursion ged up the river and we were saluted by the captain and the young adies on the barge. Sailed under a reef for a couple of miles, went ashore to cook dinner. I cooked a splendid dinner of beef stew, and stewed tomatoes. Sailed to Tivoli, where we bought some butter in the post-office. Put Bill ashore to cook supper, and he had to swim +o the boat as the boys were up to Tivoli with the skiff. Very high wind; got very rough; we had to row to the flats to anchor for the night, which proved very cold. Wednesday, Aug. 15.—Found we had anchored near the body of a cow which had probably lain on the beach for a few years; the stench was horrible. We got-up anchor and drifted to Cruger’s fsland; after we got the coffee cooked, found we were again out of bread. We had to row across the river to Glascow im the skiff and had a narrow escape from a eka ise Bought some bread in the hardware stere, Got uuder way witha fair wind and started for home. Made good time down the river. About noon we say a camp- ing party and J went ashore and hada food dinner with them; they rere from Peekskill, Spent about two hours with the party and had to row about five miles to catch the yacht, We made Rondout about 2 o'clock and went to the post-office for mail and laid in some fresh provisions. Saw the sloop Corinne of the Jersey City Y. C. Got under way and sailed to Port Hwen; here it was very rough, 80 we ran behind a breakwater and anchored, going ashore to cook some beef stew with stewed corn and then turned in. It was very rough during the nizht. THE NEW REAL Save the Brooklyn Sunday Eagle very truly; “The inauguration of the Corinthian open sea yachting has caused Thursday, Aug. 16.—Awoke about.5 o’clock this morning, and had | our amateur sailors'to grow more and more venturesonie in laying a hunt attera wounded duck (hell-diyer), Wired ten shots at him with my revolver, but did not hit him, but had the whole town out looking at us. I was foolish enough to try and cateh him by swim- ming, but soon faye it UP, he was a better diver thanI, Got under way about 10 o’clock, and stopped at Esopus Island for dinner. Just as we got dinner cooked saw a tow coming down the river, and started to catch it, but after rowing about five miles we thought we would stop, and pene we did, and ate our dinner, Got under way once more and sailed till about 9 o'clock in the evening, and then anchored just above Poughkeepsie. Saw a large building and thought it was the Vassar College, and proposed to stop and see the girls, but our college proved to be the insane asylum. Friday, Aug. 17—Awoke late. Rowed to the city to get the mail and bought bread enough to last till we reached home. Made sail about noon and caught a tow. Found our friends on the Corinne had towed from Rondout, The captain of the ice barge Indian inyited us to dinner; and such a dinner! It was fit for a king. Wried ham, green corn, boiled potatoes, hot biscuit, tea and a splendid bread pudding. We complimented the captain on his cookiny, for it was good. Weagreed to stand watches during the night, but got very cold and all hands went to sleep, Saturday, Aug, 18.—The captain woke us this morning. Found we were opposite Edgewater. Let go our tewline and bade our friend the captain good-bye. Sailed up to Manhattanville and turned in to finish our sleep. Awoke about 9 o'clock, cooked breakfast, had a Swim, packed our things and got under way. Arrived at the club house about 4 o’elock, All hands agreed it was the best fwo weeks we eyer spent in our lives. Cost of eruise all told, $24. CHRISTOPHER HOLDERMAN, NEW FOLDING BOAT. ASE Ontario Canoe Company, of Peterborough, have brought out anew folding boat of canvas, suitable for service aboard small yachts, They are light and portable, and when expanded are quite stiff and good carrisrs. Invented by Dr. GC. M. Douglas, brigade Surgeon in the British Army. They are now manufactured to various sizes by the company, and patented for the United States. They are simple and lasting in the arrangements for collapsing, being supplied with fore and aft battens, and a few ribs with a stretcher to keep the sides open. The two sizes now in the market are 9 and 12ft. long by 36 and 42in. wide, weighing 45 and 65lbs. respectively. When folded they can be stowed down the cabin or lashed fiat im the gang- way on deck, with ends round skylights or house and cockpit. NEW STEAM LAUNCH.—The Snyder Engine Company have built one of their standard lannches for Messrs. Wyckoff, White & Foley, of New Brunswick, N. J. She has proved a splendid success. Length, 30ft.; beam, 614ft.; depth. 8ft.; draft, 26 to 34in.; forward cockpit, 8ft. long; after cockpit, 10ft. long; engine space, 5ft. long: after deck, 4ft. long: forward deck, 2ft. long. Frame, keel, stern posc, stem and dead woods of white oak; planking of selected white cedar in longest pos- sible lengths; whales and clamps, Georgia pine in one length; bilge keelsons, Georgia pine in one piece, thoroughly secured to frames; ceiling and decks made of narrow white cedar, a strong oak thwart or beam abat't of engine is properly secured to sides with oak knees, which are bolted tosides; and main beams of deck forward and aft sare kneed in same manner. An oak coaming runs entirely around cockpits 444in. above decks. Planksheer aud moulding are made of oak, Large coal bunkers are placed on each side of the boat, abreast of boiler. Extra wide seats extend around forward and after cockpits; cockpits are nicely floored and sides sealed with cedar. FWastenings of palvanized iron and copper; stem band galyanized iron, Rudder, iron, with spare tiller. All work smoothly finished. Hull below water-line has two coats red copper paint; aboye water-line two coats glossy black; interior, two coats drab. A mahogany and locust steering wheel is erected on walnut frame in forward cockpit and properly counected to rudder with manilla and wire rope, A blue and white canvas awning with wide border, trimmed red, extends oyer entire length of cockpits. Side curtains are furnished, which button down to the oak coaming, completely closing in the cockpits and machinery. This awning is properly supported by a framework securely erected on turned ash stanchions. These stanchions are held in place by wrought iron brackets. The entire arrangement is port- able, and may be taken down or put up in a few minutes. The machinery consists of a Snyder ‘Little Giant” vertical launch engine, having cylinder 444in. hore by 4!in. stroke. The boilers are vertical tubular, 30in. in diameter by 50in. high, and are complete with finest fittings. These boilers are of sufficient capacity to generate an abundance of good dry steam for the engine, with moderate firing and little attention. Propeller wheels aré two-bladed, 24in. in diam- eter for the light draft boats, and 28in, for the 30 to 34in, dratt, The shafts are of steel, 14in. diameter. A Hancock inspirator is fur- nished which heats the water to a high temperature and forces it into boiler either when engine is running or standing still (a decided ad. vantage over the force pump). For use in salt water a keel conden- ser, made of 2in. brass pipe, which extends from exhaust of engine through bottom of boat along keel; to and around stern post and back to engine room, where it discharges into hot well. A three-way cock in exhaust pipe shuts off the condenser and allows the engine to work non-condensing. This condenser asfords constant supply of fresh water and preyents the disagreeable noise which always accompanies the discharge of exhaust steam into the air. A hot well, made of heavy galvanized iron, is located conveniently to take discharge from condenser and furnish inspirator with feed water for boiler. A bilge water ejector is provided and properly connected With steam and outboard for quickly discharging accumulations of bilge water. A jet blower is arranged for use in quickly startling fires. MONTREAL Y. GC —Officers for the year: Commodore, A. J. McIn- tosh! Vice-Commodore, ©. P. O’Connor; Secretary, G. L, Sait; Trea- surer, Walter Jones; Measurer, T, A. Adkins; Sailing Committee, W. H. Stanley, J. J. Roberts, and A, W. Glassford Club House Commit- tee, W. H. Kirby, W. Bruce, G. N. Roberts, P. C. Falconer, CA. Liffi- ton, The club has $150 in the treasury, is prosperous. and talks of a new club house. The first cruise takes place on the 24th. TORONTO Y. C.—Mr. Geo. E, Eyans has been elected Captain vice Mr, G. H. Duggan, resigned, The old time iron cutter Rive will be ovit soon with new Sa and add much interest to the racing. out the courses for their races. Smooth-water sailors are at a dis count, and little sloops of thirty-four feet and under now go pokin their noses through the big waves off the Saudy Hook Lightship with ag much assurance as the largest schooners. This tendeucy toward open sea work is having its natural effect, There isa larger demand than ever this year for deep keel boats in preference to the center- board light draft craft, so dear to the hearts of the American yachls- men for many years. Winter cruising is becoming fashionable, and eyen the hurricanes to be met and conquered along the Southern coasts only add zest to the sport of the thorough-going yachtsmenu of to-day, During the past month a number of yachts haye returned from long trips South, the crews telling of storms safely passed through and trials of every kind known to rough old ocean overcome by the staunch little vessels. There seems to be a tendency among yacht builders and designers to strike a happy medium between the light draft, broad-beamed American model. and the deep, narrow English cutter model. The great problem is to obtain lines which will insure both speed and seaworthiness, The Bay Ridge Construction Company and other builders report that the demand for keel boats was never so large as atpresent, A number of centerboard crafts are lying idle in their yards waiting for purchasers. Ginger bread work in the interior fittings of new yachts is far less indulged in, the preference eine for substantial hard wood finishing of the kind that can succéssiully withstand an occasional salt-water drenching. Heavier spars are the rule among the new yachts, and in fact the yachtsmen are evidently prepairing for what they would call an active outside season of races.”’ ON SPECULATION,—Several inquirers are informed that the ad- dress of Michael Horton is Maverick street, Bast Boston, and thatthe cutter he is bulging for the market is 25ft. long, 9ft. beam and 4ft, fin. deep, Davis, of Hast Boston, is also building a small cutter for which A. Wilson is making the sails. Canoeing. Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Worrsa anp SrrREAM their addresses, with name, membership, signals, ete, of their clubs, and also noticesin advance of meetings and races, and reports of the same. Canoeists and ail interested in canoeing are requested to forward to Forrest AnD SrrmAM their addresses, with logs of cruises, maps, and intormation concerning their local waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the spurt. FIXTURES. May 30.—Pittsburgh ©, C., First Annual Regatta, May 30 to 31,—Hudson River Meet, Newburgh. May 30 to 31, Connecticut River Meet, June 14 to 16—Merrimack River Meet, June 19.—Rochester C. C., Summer Regatta, Irondequoit Bay, July 9 to 15,—Chicago C. C., Annual Cruise. July 14.—Allegheny ©, C., Cruise at Connéaut Lake. July 19.—Chicago ©. C., First Annual Regatta, July 24 to 26,—Lake George Meet, Lorna Island. Aug. 1to 12,—A, GC. A. Méet, Grindstone Island. TOLEDO @C. CG. | OLEDO CO. C., Toledo, O. Organized March 1884. Commodore, J, W. Hepburn; Vice-Commodore, Chas, O. Phelps; Secretary and Treasurer, G. G, Keip. Nineteen members, Signal 1015, red diamond and two blue triangles, CANOE PILOTS. Eiditor Forest and Stream: For some time I have been thinking over the laying. before you and all canoeists, and members of the A. C. A., the following suggestions, which, if approved of, can be acted upon at the next meeting of the Association at Grindstone Island, Our bicycle friends haye a system of locating at different points throughout the country, certain specified members of the League of American Wheelmen (which I believe, occupies the same place in the bicycling world that the A. C. A. does in the'canoeing), to act as gen- eral informants for all bicyclists in giving all the details as to the condition of the roads, situation of hotels, ete., and whom they call “consuls.”” Why would not the appointment of similar members of the A. C. A, be a great advantage to our paddlers? The “consul” or representative by whatever name known, if located on any stream could give valuable information to any man eruising in his vicinity as to good camping places, distances, location and ex- tent of rapids, and other facts which if known before starting on a trip, would preyent the occurrence of many unpleasant happenings and save for full enjoyment much time. Our Association, numbering asit does over 600 members who are scattered over the United States and Canada, could haye a cons” or ‘pilot’ at or near all the canoeable waters and the problem which, was discussed sometime since as to the best plan to conduct a “canoe pilot’? will be solved. I would have the “pilot” who was located at New York, for instance, haye all the maps and information about the waterways near that ciby, which he would be expected to explain to any member of the A, C, A. who was about to cruise in his vicinity, and s0 on, - The expense of the maps, etc,, would, I feel certain, be gladly met by each individual ‘‘pilot,”” and the amount of good feeling that would arise amone the now oftentimes isolated members would amply repay them for any trouble that they might be at. , This is only a suggestion and presented here so that 11 may be thoughe over before the August meet. I should like very much to hear the views of other members. Trp, Brooxrtyy, N, Y., May 6. CANOEING IN FLORIDA. Editor Forest and Stream: ; Yesterday we formed the St. John’s C. C., of Mandarin, Pla., of which [ herewith send the design of the flag. Itis modelled after the Chinese flag and bears a blue ball on a yellow field, the blue ball haying been substituted for the Chinese dragon. We have ten mem- bers. Our captain 1s Mr. Whiting Arnold, and our purser and general business manager is Mr. William McD. Pierson, both of this place. _ We are very proud of haying thus formed the first canoe club in Florida, and we began active operations at once by having a sailing race upon the very day of organization. The time of calling the races was fixed at 3 o'clock, but following the well-established prece- dent of similar but more experienced associations we were not ready to start until an hour later. By this time the little piers and summer houses, or rather winter houses, that line the riyer oank here were filled with ladies in light summer dresses and all wearing the club colors, and a dozen large sailboats, gay with flags and laden with spectators, stood off and on near the starting line, These with the canoes, all showing new sails and flying club colors and private sig- nals, formed the gayest and prettiest sight of the kind ever seen on the St. John’s. f : The start was effected by pistol shots—one to make ready, and a second three minutes later to go. The starters were Captain Arnold and Mr. Dinsmore in the Rushton canoe lise, 14ft. bin. long 42in, wide, provided with 3in. keel, fan centerboard, canvas deck, balance lug racing mainsail and leg o’ mutton dandy, aud carrying 150 lbs, ballast; Purser Pierson and Mr. Maynard in open Rushton cance Tire-Water, same dimensions as Wlise, provided with fan center- board, mainsail, dandy and jib. but no ballast; Mr. Huntingdon in Everson Shadow canoe Sunbeam, no ballast, le o’ mutton sails; and Mr. Munroe in Nautilus canoe Psyche, N. Y. C. C., balance lug sails. 50 Lbs, ballast. ; At this point the river is about three miles wide, and general direc- tion is north and south; the breeze was from §.W.and fresh enough Tai FOREST AND STREAM. 837 nt white caps on the considerable sea. running, ana the course, out with reference to it, was one mile anda half close hauled around a stakeboat and return with lifted sheets, —_—" At the start Firewater was first off, followed by Elise, Psyche and Sunbeam in order named. Five minutes later Psyche was leading the fleet, with lise second. At the stakeboat Psyche had put a dozen lengths of clear water behind her, and rounding with one tack reached the finish an easy winner about the time that the Hlise, which was second boat, succeeded in turning the mark, This yictory, how- ever, reflects but little credit wpon Psyche, as the Rushton boats showed such a height of freeboard that they found it almost impossi- ble to work to windward, and the Shadow was handled by a.novice. As there were not argued paddling canoes on hand to make a race, the sailing match was followed by one in which were eight contest- ants, and which was won by Mr. J. D. Mead. ~ We lave already seven canoes in the club, and, as-several more are to be bough this summer, an interesting season is promised for next winter. O. K. CHoprn. MAnparin, Fla., May 10. CANOE TRICKS. ae regatta day the event that interests the average spectator most is the upset race. This little trick, though, has been worked fduwn to such a fine point shat the vpsetting of a cance does not seem to impede its speed much, or embarrass the paddler. In former times, when every man fot in over the end of hiscanoe— if he succeeded in getting in at all—it was an interesting sight to see him crawl along deck. and to bet—if you ever bet at a canoe race— ou the chance of his reaching his seat or not. Now that every one going into an BpeS race has practiced so fre- quently that it takes but five seconds to upset, turn the canoe over, and getinto place again over the side, the excitement of watching the contest has lost much of its charm, though it still cannot be said to lack a certain kind of entertaining quality. This upset business is a trick—a_knack—and it is but one of many, though by far the best known, as il often is practiced unintentionally. Upsetting a canoe and turning her completely over right side up again, has been accomplished by an A. C, A. member without even getting out of hiscanoe, To besure his family have several times realized the insurance on his life while learning the trick. It is quite possible in a canoe as large as the Shadow to walk on deck (minusthe shoes) from stem to stern, and it also has been done. Standing up is comparatively easy, even ina Rob Roy, and paddling. Itis more difficult to stand, a foot on deel amidship on either side of the well and paddle. / Place a mast in either mast step, crawl] out on deck and go round it without getting overboard or upsetting the canoe. It is much more difficult to do than it looks to see it done. Go round head first once then feet first. Ship the rudder from deck afterleaying shore. Take two canoes, a foot in each, and paddle without splitting yourself in two parts. Try an upset race with the condition that each man con- testing shall getin fromtheend. Try some of these tricks tandem if you become very expert. Lots of clever performancés ean be arranged by stowing costumes _ below deck, upsetting the canoe, putting your head out of water up into the well, changing your dress and coming up again to view per- haps with a high hat on and a pipe, lit, in your mouth. Some yery comical effects can be got in this way. A canoe upset carefully will float on her deck with the bottom well out of water, and will so re- main for along time, keeping the airin. Upsetting with sail aboard is lubberly and usually has no point unless the canoe can be righted again—Dr, Heighway’s admirable knack. Somersaults from deck or well floor into the water, leaving canoe right side up, are yery easy and effective: standing on one’s head in the well is tolerably simple to uccomplish, but itis another matter to doit with the deck hatch for a head rest. Paddling races, using hands for paddles, are usually won by the largest palm—to whom the palmis awarded. Using the paddle on one side only amidship also Fess skill to make a ‘‘go”? of it. here are many other tricks that suggest themselves to the inter- ested. It is not proposed to have these performances on the A. C, A. programmes, but they certainly lend a charm to scrub matches and ~ elub regattas, and are sure to interest your cousins and aunts if they ‘do not feel too much anxiety for your personal safety. The skill in handling acquired by practicing these maneuvers is an excellent mer time, and I slept in my boat drawn up on the shore, where argument in their favor; and there isno knowing when a demand | had a fair chance at me. will be madeon you for some special knack. which if you have acquired will bring success instead of failure to your venture. The cleyerest trick perhaps yet thought of is for two skilled pad- dlers to give an upset race exhibition, and then suggest to two noy- ices to take the canoes and try their luck, furnishing them with bath- ing suits. The mule trick at the circus does not hold a candle fo it. Cases have been known where persons were made temporary ill by excessive laughter by the attempts to right an overturned canoe. Ib looks so easy, you know. IT pass. ho trumps this card and takes the next tricky Sua Bre, LEAKS IN BIRCH BARK CANOES. Nditor Forest and Stream: In response to inquiry regarding leaks in birch bark canoes, let me recommend rosin with about one-eighth its weight of lard. A little beeswax will render its consistence more constant under changing temperature, but it sticks better without it. Apply hot to seams with a stiff “sash tool,’ IT case a hole is ‘‘stove,”* cover with a piece of birch bark well smeared with the warm gum. In case no bark is to be had, an old handkerchief, coat lining, or shirt will do. A woods- man is never at a loss. Don’t leave the birch bottom up inthe sun to dry, nor yet try the so-called Indian method of drying it with a torch. The sun willcause the gum already on to run off, and unless the torch is used cold, it will blister the bark. Wipe as near dry as possible with a cloth, and in ten minutes itis ready for the gum. Never leave the gum tins be- hind. Nanoy Bru. o____ & Editor Forest and Stream: Having been troubled some to get the right mixture of pitch, etc., for bark canoes, lam satisfied that made with the following propor- tions it will do good service: 11 ozs. of resin, 1 oz, of prime tallow, 1 oz. of boiled linseed oil. Melt over slow fire and mix thoroughly. This will be firm but not brittle. WENONAH. BippErorp, Me., May 16. MY FIRST CANOE CRUISE. HIS was made away back in the forties. My craft was 11ft. lone by 15in. beam, was built of three pine boards, was sharp at both ends, and propelled by a paddle, so of course might be classed as a canoe, It was rather uncouth, both in shape and workmanship, be- ing made of lin. stuff, besides being the work of a boy of eight years, whose tools consisted of an axe, hammerand common wood saw, supplemented by the ever handy jack knife to finish with, The bottom was first hewed into shape with the axe, then the sides, after being sawn nearly through and clear across, so as to bend read- ily, were nailed to the bottom with such nails as could be picked up, pulled out of boxes, ete. To makeit tight, I used strips of cloth saturated with roofing tar (pilfered from a mill which was building hard by), When finished, my craft would weigh probably some two Dae pounds, and to my eye was the finest piece of work in the country. My paddle was a single blade, made from lin. pine board. When allwas completed my craft was launched on the mill pond, and made its trial tripin about an equal mixture of water, sawdust, eel-grass one liy pads. It proved a success, and Il was as proud as a commo- ore. But the mill pond was too small, and so when a neighbor, who was going up river with a team, offered to earry my craft and myself to Fitchburg, some fifteen miles. I took advantage of the offer, and the next morning, bright and early, saw me perched on my cherished boat, which was stowed bottom up in a large lumber wagon, and all rattling away up river. My craft was unloaded beside a small stream, a tributary of the Nashua, and I was soon paddling down the swift current. My outfit was very simple, consisting of a roll of tea matting, a pocket knife, a small tin pail filled with bread, butter, and a fair share of that pride of the New England boy’s heart, doughnuts, and the clothes I stood in. How I worked on that cruise, pulling over shoal water, tugging around dams, and fighting the mosquitoes, for it was the sweet sum- T had some tronbles, was picked up for a truant once, and jumped one dam}; but not because I wanted to. My trip lasted a week, and ended at Lawrence on the Merrimack, where my father found me and urged me Se ae fo home with him. Iwent. My next cruise was around the Horn,” and in the course of which I wished several times that my father would come and take me home, but he didn't, and by ee tinte I got back T was used to it all, and had become very, very salt, 1am fresher now, I sometimes go over the ground again in fancy, and as the two cruises are always connected (in my mind), that look- ing back at them they are but one. The whole course of my lite seems to have been decided by that little trip down the Nashua and Merrimack rivers. Ah, me! What possibilities if 1 had not been born web-footed. But to change the subject before I get sentimental. Have been out in my canoe all day; paddled some twenty-five miles; caught a dozen sea trout and one duck, a moist one. Having a howling norther here to-night. Am very glad lam so near the equator, The next move I make will be south. ; TARPON, TARPON SPRINGS, Fla,, May 9. PERSONAL.—Mr. C. K. Munroe, N. Y. ©. C., returned to New York on Monday last, after spending the winter in Florida. Mr. Chas. L, Norton, N. Y. C.C.,in company with Mr. H. B. Howard, started from Sry wet on Monday last for New York in the tandem canoe ttiwake. CLUB SIGNALS.—We have received sketches of signals from the Howard C. C. of Cambridge. the Hub C. C. of Boston, and the Potowonok ©. C. of Fort Madison, Iowa. Answers to Correspondents, =" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, H. C.—We are unable to give you the address. H. v. L. New York.—Is a man shooting in sweepstakes or for mon prizes termed a professional? Ans. No. S. J. B., Philadelphia, Pa.—Lapstreak is lighter and better. ~~ cost will be from $5 to $7 per foot length, according to quality. J. J.. Pine Plains, N. ¥.—The pointer bitch Cara C. is registered ies first number of the American Kennel Register. Her number is 18, T. B. D., Ellicott City, Md.—Ruby is by Woodrufft’s Dick out of Fawn. We know, nothing of the collie Hske; perhaps some of our readers can give his pedigree. The fox-terrier is a sporting dog. H, W. G.—Would you kindly inform me if there is any black basg or trout fishing near Saratoga Springs, and when the season begins in your State for fishing? Ams. Yes, both. Season begins on June 1. C. J. V. A., Albany.—Can you tell me when is the best time to fish for carp, and what kind of bait or fliesto use? Ans. Morning and evening. Use worms. dough, boiled peas orfresh beef, We do not know that they will rise to the fly. Cc. J. W.—I have a new rod, all lancewood, weight 344 ounces. Is it too light for bass? Iam not a very expert angler with such light tackle. Had I better exchange it for a heavier one, say about 10 ounces? Ans. The rod is too light; we would exchange. C. L, W.—Will you “kindly inform me what make, weight and length split bamboo fiy-rod you would advise for Rangeley Lake fish- ing? Ans, Arod 104% tollfeet and weighing 9to 10 ounces. We cannot recommend any particular maker. See our advertisements. TEACHER, Cadiz, O.—Where and when shall I go during the sum- mer months to find excellent bass fishing in Lake Erie and Lake Huron? 2. Can we find camping ground? 3. Cun you give address of sportsman’s hotels? Ans. There is good bass fishing at Kelley’s Island in Lake Erie, and also at St, Clair Flats. 2. You can camp at the Flats. 3, No. LIUMPHREYS OMEORTTARY VETER ECIFICS —OR THE CURE OF ALL DISEASES OF HORSES,CATTLE, SHEEP, DOGS, HOGS, E ATT POULTRY, ’ roR TWENTY YEARS Spb rey) Homeo- athic Veterinary Specifics have been used by armers, Stock Breeders, Livery Stable and Turfmen, Horse Railroads, Manufacturers, Coa! Mine Companies, Trav’g ipa and Menageries, and others handling stock, with perfect success. Humphreys’ Veterinary Manual, (30 pp.) Bent free by mail on receipt of price, 50 cents. i2- Pamphlets sent free on application. HUMPHREYS HOMEOPATHIC MED.CO, 109 Fultoz Street, New York. NERVOUS DEBILITY HUMPHREY us for its cost. § Vital Weakness and Pros- tration from over-work or indiscretion, HO EOP TH | G is radically and promptly y A cured by it, Been in use 20 years —is the most pucteas SPECIF ¢ No. 28 fulremedy known. Price $1 per vial, or5 vials and Jarge vial of powder for $5, sent post-free on re- eipt of price. Humphreys’ Homeo. Med. Co, ust, Catalogue free] 109 Fulton St.. N.Y. ” a ‘ make this the most compl ABBEY & IMBRIE, Manufacturers of Fine Fishing Tackle 48 and 50 Maiden Lane, New York City. catalogue is its accuracy.” AMERICAN ANGLER: MARK published.” SOIENTIFIC AMERICAN: We beg to call attention to our new 120-page folio Illustrated Catalogue. We have spared neither labor nor expense in our effort to ete werk of its kind. We will send a copy, postpaid, on receipt of 50 cents, which price does not nearly reimburse FOREST AND STREAM: ‘The list is surprising, even to one familiar with such matters. The great merit of this “Tt is, without doubt, one of the most complete and elaborately illustrated cataloeues nab has ever been issued in the interest of a owing to its practical value to the general angler.” NEW YORK EVENING POST: ‘‘The amount of ingenuity* exercised in devising means to capture fish becomes apparent only upon study of such a catalogue of fishing tackle as Abbey & Imbrie, of New York, have just private firm. This catalogue may be classed as a text book, “The book has 92 large plates, covering almost every conceivable appliance in this line, and in such profusion of styles as would probably delight even our most expert of fishermen, President Arthur.” MAIL AND EXPRESS: ‘To the practical angler the work is indispensable, as it shows him just what to get.” SILK WORM GUT. mE. GATASA, 38S Broadway, N. Y., SAS. FE. 55 Court Street, Brooklyn. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER OF MARSTERS, Calls the attention of the trade and dealers in fishing tackle to his extensive assortment of Valencia Silk Worm Gut in all grades, long and extra long, and from Extra Heavy Salmon Gut to Extra Fine, Sample thousand, 10 different grades, from extra heayy to fine, $5.00. For price list address F. LATASA, 81 New St., Rooms 43 & 45, N. Y. Fishing Tackle,|Hormbeam Rods A SPECIALTY. _| W. HUNTINGTON, Rods, Reels, Lines, Arti- | ficial Baits WILTON, CONN, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Makes a specialty of the manufacture of FINE HAND-MADE RODS of Hornbeam for fly-fishing. Eyery fly-fisher should have one of these rods, for whatever preference he may have these are the only thoroughly reliable rods, secure against break- age and capable of real hard usage. ith one of these rods a sportsman may venture into the woods for a season and take no other rod, and be fairly sure of returning with it in serviceable condition. As made from wood of my own cutting and season- ing, they are powerful, easy in action and full of endurance. For circular send to WALLACE HUNTINGTON as above. Riaton’s Rust Preventor. For GUNS, CUTLERY and SURGICAL INSTRU MENTS. Specially adapted for salt water shooting. For sale at all principal gun stores. Western trade supE bed dy E, E. EATON, 53 State street, Chicago, fll. Cannot be sent by mail. Manufactured solely by GHD. B. EATON, 570 Pavonia Avenue, , Jersey City, N. J. —_—— Flies for all Waters. Special patterns tied to order. APPIBION & LITCHFIELD, 304 Washington St., Boston, Mass. E"ine F'ishinese Wack ile. First Quality Goods at lower prices than any other house in America. Brass Multiplying Reels with Balance Handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft,, $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; 180ft., $1.50; 240ft., $1.75; 300£t., $2.00; 450ft., $2.25; 600t., $2.50, Any of the above Reels with Drags. 2% cts, extra; nickel plated; 50 cts. extra. Brass Click Reels, oid, 50 cts.; 80yds,, 75 ets.; 60yds., $1.00; nickel plated, 50 cts. extra. Marster’s celebrated Hooks snelled on gut, Limerick, Kirby Limerick, Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, O’Shaughnessy, Kinsey, Aberdeeen, Sneak Bent, and all other hooks. Single gut. 12 cts. per doz.; double, 20 cts. per doz.; treble, 30 cts. per doz.; put up one-half dozen in a package. Single Gut Trout and Black Bass Leaders. lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds., 10 cts.; 8yds., 15 cts. Double Twisted Leaders, 3 leugth, 5 cts.; treble twisted, 3 length, 10 cts. Trout Flies, 60 cts. per doz. Black Bass Flies, $1.00 per doz. Trout and Black Bass Bait Rods, 9ft. long, $1.25 to $5.00. Trout and Black Bass Fly Rods, 10ft. long, $1.50 to $10.00. Also forty-eight different styles of rods for all kinds of fishi’ Bein les of hooks, leaders, ete., sent by mail on receipt of price in money or stamp. Send stamp . ogue. Established 20 years, Open Evenings. J. FE. MARSTERS, 55 Court St., Brooklyn. EXxyYyWNw Oc E’s Patent “Perfect” Brass Shells, MANUFACTURED BY KYNOCH & CO., Birmingham, Eng. These shells are made of extra fine thin pliable metal, with reinforced base; are adapted to either Winchester or Wesson No. 2 primers, Can be reloaded as often as any of the thicker makes. Cost Weight less than paper shells. They shoot stronger and closer, and admit only about half as much. of a heayier charge, as owing to the thin metal, inside diameter is nearly two gauges larger. Load same as any brass shells, using wads say two sizes larger than gauge of shells. Or can be effectually crimped with tool and straighten out to original shape when discharged. The crimping tool also acts as a reducer, an advantage which will be appreciated by all experienced sportsmen. Sample shells will be mailed (without charge) to any sportsmen’s club or dealer, and prices quoted to the trade ouly. For sale in any quantity by gun dealers generally, or shells in case lots only, (2,000), and crimpers not less than one dozen, by - HERMANN BOKER & CO,, Sole American Agents, 101 & 103 Duane Street, New York. ———— FOREST AND STREAM. PRICES Brass Multiplying Reels-with balance handles, 180Ft., $1.50; 240ft,. $1.75; B00f6., $2.00; 450ft., $2.25 and Drdgs extra, by mail or express on receipt of price. A Lotion Sold by the country. S. ALLCOCK & CO., Fish Hook, Fishing Tackle Mf'’s. REDDITCH, ENG, sau ERE e ee S6SV2ak, - SPRING STEEL lone SuHanxs, Out Points, Ringed, © CARLISLE, - ALLCOCK & Co. EY No. (Repprtcu). 100. 2% SESRISES SEGRE Ga ae Hooks made of the best Spring Steel, Swivels, Phantom Baits, Patent Standard Fiy Book, Patent Waterproof Lock Joint, Trout Rods, Patent Spring Hook Swivel. All descriptions of Fishing Godds, which can be had through all wholesale houses in the United States. AWARDS: Gold medals at Paris, Berlin, Nor- wich, Wurzburg and Calcutta, and the highest awards at Sidney, Melbourne, Adelaide, South Africa, Toronto, London, and other exhibitions. Harrison’s Celebrated Fish Hook, Registered. SSRN oe Mark. Whereas, It having come to our notice that some unprincipled house, to gain their own unworthy ends, and to attempt to damage our good name having spread reports to the effect that the manu- facturers of the above hooks are defunct, we now take this opportunity of informing the American and British public that such reports are utterly false. The same efficient staff of workpeople is employed as heretofore, and we challenge the world to produce a fish hook for excellence of temper, beauty and finish in any way to approach ours, which are to be obtained from the most respeetable wholesale houses in the trade. , Signed, R. HARRISON, BARTLEET & CO., Sole manufacturers of Harrison’s Celebrated Fish Hooks, Redditch, England. Manufacturers also of Fishing Tackle of every description. Sewing and Sewing Machine Needles. THE PETMECKY GUN CLEAN ER. The only Cleaner that will thoroughly clean a gun barrel, doing the work equally well in choke bores without adjustment. Will do the work quicker and better than all other implements, for the purpose, combined. Price, $1.25. By mail, 10 cents extra, Ask our dealer for it, Discount to the trade. Circular eae J.C, PETMECKY, Wholesale Dealer in Guns, Fishing Tackle, etc., Aus- tin, Texus. WITH : HOOK 2 AND y OMe Bz Ue ~ LINE. NAA By Frank Forrester. 84 pages, illustrated, by mail, post paid, 25 cents. Comple Catalogue of Fishing Tackle Free. Address PECK & SNYDER, Manufacturers and Importers, 126, 128 & 180 Nassau street, New York. THE SETTER, — a LAVERACK. With colored illustrations. Price, postpaid, $3.75 FOR SALE BY THE Forest and Stream Publishing Co. OF FISHING TACKLE. first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; ; GOOEt., $2.50; 750ft., $2.75; 900ft , $3.00. Nickel plating Brass Click Reeis, 25yds , 60 cts.; 40yds., 75 cts.; 60yds., 85 cents.; 80yds., $1.00. Kiffe’s Oelebrated Hooks -nelled on gut. Single gut, 12 cts. per doz,; double, 20 cts. per doz.; treble, doz, Single Gut T.out and Black Bass Leaders, lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds., 10 cts.; 8yds., 15 cts. Leaders, 2 length.5cts.; 4 length, 10 cts.; treble, 3 length, 10 cts.; 4 length, 15. cts.; 4 Jength, 25 cts. Trout Flies, 50 cts, per doz.; Black Bass Flies, $1.00 per coz. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. HERMANN H. KIFFE, 318 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Between Fulton Ferry and City Hall. OPEN EVENINGS. JULIE OLE NE Protects persons using it from the attacks of MOSQUITOES, BLACK FLIES, and other insects, disagreeable effects of exposure to the weather. Iris beneficial to the skin, and has no disagreeable odor; is color- less and cleanly, not staining the finest linen, and washes off readily on the application of soap and water. THOS. JENNESS & SON, 12 West Market Sq., Bangor. OUR NEW MODEL THREE BARREL 30 cts. per Double Twisted extra heavy 4-ply, Samples of our goods sent PRICE, $75 TO $250, Send for Illustrated Catalogue. This gun is light and compact, from 9 to 10 Ibs. weight. The rifle is perfectly accurate. i. C. SMITH, Maker, Syracuse, N.Y. Dame, Stoddard & Kendall, —SUCGCESSORS TO— ; BRADFORD & ANTHONY, Fine Fishing ‘Tackle OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. During the season now opened we shall have a full stock of everything pertaining to an Angler’s Outfit. DAME, STODDARD & KENDALL, 374 Washington St., Opp. Broomfield St., Boston. UP & MCS FISHING SUIT, DARK LEAD COLOR, AND THE HOLABIRD SHOOTING SUITS Of Waterproofed Duck, Dead Grass Color, Irish Fustian and Imported Corduroy. ASSORTED COLORS. Unequaled in Convenience, Style or Workmanship. for Sportsmen, Excursionists & Others. and from SUNBURN and the > MANUFACTURED BY leading dealers in sporting goods throughout the Two Beautiful Iustrated Books PADDLE AND PORTAGE Canoe and Camera. BY THOMAS SEDGWICK STEELE, of Hartford, Conn. 123 exquisite illustrations of life in the woods, with map in each copy. _The humorous as well as the serious side of cam life is vividly represented, while Mr. Steele’s wall known artistic perceptions, and a most intense love of nature, has made the work all that could be desired. Sryen Eprrions of these works sold. Most popu: lar books in the market, Cloth. Price $1.50 each. A NEW MAINE MAP. The headwaters of the Aroostook, Penobscot and St. John Rivers Compiled by Tuomas SEDaWick STEELE. The chart is 20x30 inches, printed on Goyern ment survey paper and mounted on cloth. Sent postpaid on receipt of price, $1. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO, 39 Park Row, New York. Chubb’s Game Pieces, The finest ornament for a Sportsman’s Dining Room ever made. Natural ‘Dead Game” under glass, and no more bulky than an ordinary picture. Will send per express. C. O. D, subject to approval, on receipt of express eharges. Send for photograph and prices. Hi. E. CHUBB, Taxidermist, 235 VIADUCT, CLEVELAND, 0. Write for our new Catalogue and Samples. THIS UPTH EGROVE is our Skeleton Coat or Game Bag. Weighs but 15 ounces. i AND Can be worn oyer or under an ordinary coat. Has seven pockets and game pockets. Jtis of strong material, McLE LLAN, dead grass color, and will hold the game of a successfu 2 day without losing a hair or feather. We will mail it to Valparaiso, Ind. you, postage paid, for $2.00. Send breast measure. “0.0.” New Model Patent Per'eeti The 0.0.” New Model Patent Perfection TREBLE MULTIPLYING REEL, WITH CLICK ATTACHMENT, Is the handsomest and most practical Reel Made. Following are its points of excellence: Center Action, an entirely new feature for a multiplying reel. Balance Handle, revolymg within a projecting metal band, no chance for line to catch upon the handle, = A Treblé Multiplying Click, when the index is in the position as shown in ths above illustration. A Treble Multiplying Free-Running Reel. when the index is pushed to the right, Raised Piilaf, permitting the extension of. the spool, thus increasing the carrying capac- ity of the reel fully one-third and greatly re- dueme the weight. Material and Finish, the best. Price, ‘‘within reach.” Please order the above ‘Patent Perfection Reels” through the Dealer in your place. If for any cause you can not so obtain them, please advise me and I will correspond with you. WM. M. CORNWALL, Importer & Jobber of Fishing Tackle and Gun Goods, 18 Warren street, New York City. : Naturalists’ Supply Depot. Artificial Glass Eyes. TAXIDERMISTS. BrRANGH Orrice, 409 Washington st., Boston, ELLIS & WEBSTER, Pawtucket, R. I. The Still-Hunter, ave Tr. Ss VAN DY scr, => S>/ => => PRICE, POSTPAID, $2.00. For Sale by the Forest and Stream Pub, Co, THE BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER COQ, Successors to THE J. M. Brunswick & BALKE Uo, and TH H, W. CoLuENDER Co. AT THE LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION rx: WICH O1L:s it Ba ishing. 118 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Hexagonal Split Bamboo F Ss ing Rods ; 1 aj ize—10 Soversigns. Noted for excel- Itimore St., Baltimore | Were awarded Three Silver Medals and the highest special prize ‘i i Indorsed by didn ieadine pavers and awarded | ence more than numbers. This is the highest prize awarded to any American for Split Bamboo Rods. the highest prizes at every exposition where ex- Manufactured by B. F. NICHOLS, 153 Bape Pe, 1 OPEP aaa hibited. TRIED AND PROVED. Send for list with Massachusetts Fish and Game Laws. Bargains that should be in every Sportsman's Hands. A FEW COPIES OF THE SECOND EDITION OF “W7rIimNMNG SHoo Trin G” Left, and will be sold for 50 cents each. Methods for cleaning and loading the modern breech-Inader; practical hints upon wing shooting; directions for hunting snipes, woodcocks, rufted grouse and quails. ; Tilustrated: Boun: 860 Broadway, New York. 84 and 86 State Street, Chicago. — 17 South Fifth Street, St. Louis. Black Flies-Mosquitoes. NO TAR, NO OTL. “T find the ‘Angler’s Comfort,’ made by N. 8. Harlow. of Bangor, Maine, the most effective and satisfactory preparation I have ever used to keep off mosquitoes, black flies, ete,” EH, M, STILLWELL Commissioner of Fisheries and Game for the State of Maine. ] Orders by mail solicited. Retail, 25 cts., postage Yeas Wholesale, usual discount, N.S. HARLOW, Druggist, Bangor, Me. T. G. DAVEY, Publisher, London, Ont. eee ee in cloth, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price, 50 cents; formerly sold for $1.00, FOREST AND $ TREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. TurMs, $4 A Yrar. 10 Crs, A Copy, Srx Montss, $2 NEW YORK, MAY 29, 1884. VOL. XX1I,—No, 18. { Nos, 39 & 40 Park Row, Naw Yors. CORRESPONDENOE. Tre ForEst AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications upon the subjects to which its pages are devoted are respectfully invited. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. No name will be published except with writer’s consent. The Editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. SUBSCRIPTIONS May begin at any. time. Subscription price, $4 per year ; $2 for six months; to a club of three annual subscribers, three copies for $10; five copies for $16. Remit by registered letter, money-order, or draft, payable to the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. The paper may be obtained of newsdealers throughout the United States, Canadas and Great Britain, American newsdealers should order ‘through the American News Company, those in England, Scotland and freland, through Messrs. Macfarlane and Co., 40 Charing Cross, London, England. ADVERTISHMENTS. Only advertisements of an approved character inserted. Inside pages, nonpareil type, 25 cents per line. Special rates for three, six and twelve months. Reading notices $1.00 per line. Eight words to the line, twelve lines to one inch, Advertisements should be sent in by the Saturday previous to issue in which they are to be inserted. Transient advertisements must invariably be accompanied by the money or they will not be inserted. Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Oo. Nos. 39 anp 40 PARK Row. New YorE City. CONTENTS. E\prrorrAt. FISHCULTURE. Rattlers and Rattlings. The American Fisheultural‘As- Pistols and Children. sociation, Large Trout. THe SPORTSMAN TOURIST. A Story for Decoration Day. NatTuRAL History, The Baltimore Oriole. The Couesian Period. Game Bag AND Gun. English and American Guns: The Performance of Shotguns. THE KENNEL. Dachshunde vs. Spielhunde. N. A. K. Trials, i Pointers at New York. The English Field Trials, Beagles at New York. Chicago Dog Show. National Bench Show Ass’n. Kennel Notes. The Choice of Hunting Rifles. | Rirte anp TRAP SHOOTING, That Steam Cat. Range and Gallery. Midnight Melody. The Trap. Two-Kyed Shooting. CANOEING. Deer Floating Incidents. The Massachusetts Bill. The New York Law. Camp-FIn& FLICKERINGS. Sa AND River FIsHrne. Camps of the Kingfishers.—11r, Useful Hints, Michigan Angling Notes. Fish Day at Worcester. ‘Schroon Lake. Deseronto C. C. The Association Book. The Chart Locker, Mississquoi River. The Hudson River Meet. The Connecticut River Meet. . The Merrimac River Meet. Canoeing in the Eastern States. _ Stowage of Canoes. Organization of Canoe Clubs. Tim and Seven Ponds. YACHTING. Philadelphia Notes. The Merlin. The Revallier or Ravallia, Food at Sea—Cheese vs. Salt FISHCULTURE, unk, ‘ The Menhaden Question. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, RATTLERS AND RATTLING. (re lying proverb that all is fair in love and war has been a convenient excuse for all sorts of rascality ever since it was first uttered. A fair stand-up fight has no tricky features about it, and every move of either contestant in a battle is fair according to the rules of equal opportunity or it is the unfair advantage sought by an antagonist who stands in self-confessed inferiority. It matters not whether the game at stake be a crown and its dependencies and the sub- terfuge the deceitful approach of an armed force under cover of a flag of truce, or whether it be a match before the trap for a medal bauble and the trick of the beaten team be one of an hundred well-known devices by which one marks- man seeks to ‘‘rattle” or confuse another. We recall with pleasure the stately courtesies which marked the opening series of matches between the American and Irish teams of riflemen. It was one company of gen- -tlemen working with another company for a common aim. Hach was intent on making as big a score as it was possible with the arms and experience at its command, and each ex- pected the otier to do the same. Defeat came to one side, but if did not bring with it any feeling of vindictiveness, Those who failed to make the better score knew that they had done their best, and they knew, too, that they had re- ceived the best wishes of their antagonists, and they were the first and most sincere of those who heaped congratulations upon the winners. It was not a match in which the utter- ance of such a word as “rattling” was heard. Instead, the match at Creedmoor and again at Dollymount was made the vehicle for the conveyance of many expressions of good will. It was, in short, a match conducted strictly according to the conditions laid down for it, yet without for a moment losing sight of the gentlemanly courtesy due at all times from one individual to another, There was no sinking of the gentle- man in the sportsman, or rather, there was a proper blend- ing of the two, as there always may be and should be, if the greed for victory does nof crowd out of sight the natural in- stincts of fair play, which every true sportsman feels. In many trap contests we have seen the same regard for the rights and feelings of the antagonists manifésted that _—_—— es marked the rifle matches to which we have referred. Visitor marksmen or a team from a distance were treated as guests of the home team rather than foes to be beaten af any cost. It was recoguized on both sides that there was to bea trial of skill and that with equal opportunity and barring mishap, the most skillful among the group of con- testants was sure to win. Such meetings were of good effect in so far as they encouraged the patrons of trap- shooting to seek their own advancement through honest endeavor and diligent effort. Hach man sought to improve his own style and accuracy because he was sure that success would follow such attention to detail. It was, in short, an exercise where there was iniprovement in real merit because such merit was recognized at the scoring point. There is another side to these pictures, however, and too frequently they are brought to public attention, to the dis- grace and scandal of true sportsmanship. In these contests the only criterion is that of victory, It matters not how it is gained only that the final showing gives at least a nom- inal success, There comes in then the fine art and low cunning of the “‘rattler.” Professionalism in the worst meaning of that much-abused term comes out in all its force, and while perhaps the letter cf the conditions may be strictly observed, the spirit of the conditions, which is after all the spirit of fair play, is completely thrown to the winds. The intention of each side is not fora trial of skill or victory founded upon superior merit, but rather for a test of subter- fuges, for such a series of surprises for the enemy as shall snatch victory from his grasp. There are surprises which may be perfectly honest. If A, by putting thought and brains into his work, shall produce a gun, closer shooting, harder hitting and surer in its fire than any that have here- tofore been used, and shall introduce it to the attention of B, through amatch, be is entitled to all that his brain work shall bring him, He has earned his victory, not perhaps by being content todo better work with an inferior gun, but by producing a better gun and thereby insuring better work. Such a step is fair and honest; but it is quite another matter to snatch yictory, at least on paper, by resorting to the many confusing’ tactics of the professional ‘‘rattler.” It would be a waste of space and time to go into all the unpleasant details of the progress of a match in which the arts and devices of those who win by trickery are brought to play, and once this sort of thing is countenanced there is no limit to the extremes to which tt may be carried, and a match ceases to be more than a measure of rascality. Tn the past the Forest anD STREAM has found occasion to administer some sharp rebukes to the mug-hunting, mer- cenary spirit which in large measure lies at the foundation of the evil under consideration. WRivalry is the life of all such gatherings as those before the trap and the butts; but that spirit of rivalry is quickly quenched when the spirit of greed comes in and is allowed to run full sway without the control of gentlemanly courtesy, and that observance of the intent as well as the mere letter of formal conditions. A gun club may organize pretty much as a band of pirates is drawn together, by a common motive of plunder. It msy for a time carry its own by sheer dint of worrying its opponents; but in the end it kills by the mere crushing out of all the true sportsmean’s feeling, which is, that the reward of sport is in the exercise itself and not in such results as may be turned to base material advantage. National Benow SHow AssocraTion.—The Westmin- ster Kennel Club have taken the initiatory step toward the formation of a National bench show association. They have sent to all of the prominent kennel clubs a circular letter re- questing the attendance of some of their members at a meet- ing to be held in New York on June 21, for the purpose of consultation regarding the formation of such an association. That the call will meet with a hearty response there is not the slightest doubt. We luok forward with much interest to the meeting, believing that its action will result in great benefit to the breeder and exhibitor, and in increased useful- ness and popularity of our bench shows. Lucx.—It is reported that a rich vein of coal has been dis- covered on the lands owned by the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club, on. the Potomac. If the prospector is right about the find, there will be millions in it for the club members. ‘This is an instance of virtue rewarded, as it should be, The club’s motto is ‘‘Protect and Enjoy.” The usual motto is, “Enjoy, and if anything is left let it protect itself.” The Woodmont anglers deserve their luck, They have demon- stracted beyond all question that game protection—with a coal mine, an oil well, or a gold reef thrown in—pays. PISTOLS AND CHILDREN. N arrest made Monday in this city was the first under a recently enacted ordinance, which prohibits the sale of pistols to minors under the age of fifteen years, A boy had been sent on an errand to purchase a pistol, and the fact coming to the notice of the police, an arrest followed. There bas been in the past a great deal of trouble over the firearm question as affecting children. There would seem to he a natural fever on the part of every boy at some time to own a pis- tol. It may be the most dangerous possible contrivance, and the very fact that this danger is unforeseen only makes it the: more to be dreaded. To meet this demand of the lads and the measure of their pockets, the firearms companies have: sent out a series of alleged pistols which huve only cheap- ness to recommend them. They have neither strength nor: accuracy nor beauty in their favor, and there exists no pre-- tense of a reason to justify their manufacture. In this city, where the evils which naturally follow in the train of such deadly contrivances are so manifest, there: have been many ordinances and local laws aiming to reduce the disastrous consequences which follow this pistol-carrying mania. There are laws which make it necessary to secure @ permit for the habitual carrying of a pistol; but still the boy nuisance remained, and the more recent ordinance naturally followed to reach this trouble. Rigidly enforced, it will do much toward reducing the trouble toa minimum, but the real remedy is to be found in a complete suspension of this useless class of arms. If this be brought about by a general prohibition of their sale, good. An arm of service is one thing, but a dangerous toy, placed by mercenary manufac- turers in ignorant, innocent hands, is quite another, LARGE TROUT. CCOUNTS of the capture of large trout are now in sea- son, and in reading them one must always consider the locality where the fish are taken. For instance,a trout of five pounds taken in the waters of Maine or of the Sault Ste. Maria would not be a remarkable fish, while, if taken in the waters of New York, Pennsylvania, or Vermont, it would be considered a monster. New Hampshire papers chronicle a catch of 127 trout, taken by Eugene Batchelder and John Lynch, of Claremont, which contained many fish of six to eight ounces, as the finest catch in years. From Pennsylvania comes the account of the largest trout taken in Pike county in ten years. It was taken by Thad. Mercer in the Little Bushkill, below the lower falls, last week, and weighed four and a quarter pounds. Previous to this the largest trout taken in Pike county was taken a dozen years ago at the mouth of the Sawkill, and was a quarter of a pound heavier than the one mentioned aboye. Both these fish were taken with the worm. This region has furnished several large trout. One came out of the Beaverkill and was exhibited in Barnum’s Museum before it was burned, and as- it was said to weigh six pounds, there were many in those days who doubted that a brook trout ever reached that weight.. The largest wild trout that we know of being taken im: the State of New York, was taken by A. R. Fuller, of Meacham Lake, Franklin county, in Clear Pond, near Meacham, and weighed five pounds. From Maine come the largest trout taken in America. The great fish taken by Mr. Geo. Shepard Page, of ten and a half pounds, weighed after being out of water for two days, and the eleven and a quarter pound fish sent to the Smithsonian, have never been beaten. last year a trout was taken in the Rangeley Lakes that weighed nine and a half pounds. RAILROADS IN THE NatTIoNAL Park.—There are abund- ant reasons why no railroads should be allowed in the Yel- lowstone National Park, but the Cinnabar and Clarke’s Fork Railroad Company are untiring in their attempt to lobby a bill through the Senate at Washington, giving them permis- sion to construct a road through the Park. Government officials, paid liberal salaries, are found, who shamelessly lend themselves to helping on the nefarious scheme, and only the vigilance of honest Senators can thwart the job. The subject came up in the Senate last Monday. Messrs. Vest, Logan and Voorhees spoke in opposition to the bill, and Mr. Sawyer would have shown what.a fine thing this road must be to the dear people, but he was not given'a chance to de- liver himself. 'The monopoly granted to the Hatch concern was a national disgrace; to permit this railroad company to grab what they have the presumption to demand, would be another cause for humiliation among right-thinking citizens. A New Friorrpa Boox,—Dr., J. A. Henshall’s new book, “Camping and Cruising in Florida,” is now in press and will be issued shortly. Che Sportsman Cauvist, A STORY FOR DECORATION DAY. ii was midwinter in war times; the scenery mountainous; the weather cold, dark and cloudy; time, about 6 P. M. The battle had been fought and victory perched on our ban- ners; roll call was over, and the weary troops had gathered around newly-made camp-tires to prepare their scanty suppers of coffee and hard biscuit, The camp kettles, suspended on rails resting on forked sticks, were beginning tosteam. The dark clouds that had gathered over the battlefield, heavily charged with chilling rain, became threatening and might at any moment pour down their unwelcome floods on the unsheltered heads of the devoted men who were scattered around and trying to draw some comfort from the cheerful blaze and the prospect of a cupful of hot, strong coffee, Some of them had taken off their shoes and were rubbing their sore feet; others were sitting on rocks and rails talking in low, broken murmurs, as they recalled the conflict and spoke the name of some fallen comrade who had dropped by their side; others lay prone on their backs, silent, their right arms drawn across their eyes, their minds, no doubt, wander- ing back to their peaceful homes on the broad prairies or sheltered woodlands of the Northwest. A little in the fore- ground stood long lines of stacked rifles, along the further side of which paced the sentincl, weary but watchful, guard- ing those trusty weapons that had done such good services during the day, Still further in front was a different, but more sad spectacle; long ranks of dead soldiers lay side by side, wrapped in their blankets, ready to be laid in the shallow trench then being prepared for their reception. Still further to the right appeared the flickering lights at the field hospital, where the faithful surgeons were doing all, by their skill and goodness of heart, to allay the sufferings of the wounded. Such were the scenes that passed in quick review before the eyes of the writer as he sauntered around to see how the boys felt after their hard fight, and to make inquiries regarding the fate of true and trusted comrades. But the kettles begin to bubble and boil, while a pleasant aroma fioats around the camp-fire, arousing the boys, who bestir themselves, and hunt for hayersacks and tin cups pre- paratory to dipping in and soaking their hard biscuit. All is now animation; jokes and bauters pass around, gloom is dispersed, and cheerfulness asserts her ever potent power for ood. But I must return to duty, and find Black Tom, who is neighing for me at a short distance. On my way I pass regi- mental headquarters, established around a Jarge brush heap, then burned down to a bed of burning, glowing coals. No tents, no camp stools, nothing but an orderly holding some horses by the bridles, and the mess cook and major trying their best to make some coffee without scorching their faces. The colonel is sitting at the foot of a tree, the other officers, among whom there areseyeral captains, are scattered around, some sitting on the ground, others lying flat, all holding an animated discussion regarding the fight, the sulphurous smoke of which yet adulterated the air. Leaning against a tree, I stood a silent spectator of the picturesque scene. One of the group, a tall, handsome officer, wearing a captain’s uniform, remarked, rather emphaticly, ‘‘T don’t understand why the General does not follow up the advantage and cap- ture the last d—d man of them.” The words had scarcely passed his lips when an orderly rode up, jumped from the saddle, ran his eyes around the group, advanced 10 the colonel, saluted, pulled from his belt a bunch of orders, handing one over, turned on his heel, mounted, and was off. That officer read the order, jumped to his feet, remarking, “The fight isnot over yet, your wish is gratified.” The order, in brief, was a call for four companies under a field officer, provided with three days’ rations, eighty rounds of ammunition, in light marching order, nothing to be carried but pouches. The battalion to march at once to the rendez- vous, where the ammunition and cracker wagons awaited them. ' This meant fight, and all was bustle in a moment; ‘‘get ready,” ran down along the camp-tires. The men gulped down their scalding coffee, hardly taking time to wet the flinty bread. No detail was made, but volunteer com- panies called for. The order to fall in was promptly obeyed, and tne officers in charge put the question, “‘All you that are in favor of a three days’ force march on hurd tack, and plenty of fighting, will hold up your right hands.” Hvery hand was up in a moment; and the captain without as much as “rest? or ‘break ranks,” turned on his heel and reported his company ready. This was all done in far less time than it iakes 10 write it, and the first four companies reported were accepted, while the others, every one of whom had promptly responded, were chagrined and disappointed at being left, These brave fellows, footsore and battle-weary, were ready to start off on a three days’ forced march, loaded down with dry bread and double allowances of cartridges, in the dead of winter without a blanket or overcoat, with eyery indication of fallen weather, to fight against heavy odds with a fair prospect that it was the last march they would ever make, for they knew not what they were to be dashed against. Yet these self-sacrificing heroes, all actuated by the same spirit of tenacious bravery, self-sacrifice and lofty patriotism, were striving for places in that forlorn hope, cheerfully offering their lives as a willing sacrifice in the protection and upholding of our dear flag and country. Of such was the material composing our volunteer army. May every American boy, be his home in the North or South, Rast or West, be inspired by the same noble principles. But igressing. ; *Gatohine the spirit of reckless adventure that took posses- sion of all, and although my duties led me in a diiferent and safer quarter, yet I hurried to headquarters and offered my services as commissary and quaricrmaster of the expedition. The General looked at me incredulous; his eyes seemed to read my very soul; he answered, “No train accompanies them,” but after a little reflection he continued, ‘‘however, you may go, although they will have no use for your ser- vices,” and pencilled a brief order to that elfect, rasping the order I hurried to my horse, sending an orderly to the train informing my assistant of my detail for three days, then turned Tom’s head toward the rendezvous. A tew days previous the cavalry had brought ma com- pany of mountaineers as prisoners, They were brought past the train to be disarmed. These men carried long, ancient rifles of the old frontier pattern. ‘The officer cap- tured with them was a young, bundsome, dashing fellow, dressed in a suit of home-made gray jeans, no doubt the handiwork of his mother or sister or wife. It was cut in the Confederate regulation style, with three gold bars on the collar; it fit to perfection, and he looked every inch a gen- FOREST AND STREAM. tleman-and soldier. His arms consisted of a rifle, supported across his back by the sling, and a deer-skin pouch well filled with cartridges. I was standing a short distance from him, and noticed him beckoning me to approach. When close up he said, ‘‘1 am in for the bull pen” (meaning the military prison); “this is my private property” (disengaging his rifle); “I make you a present of it. It is the best piece you ever handled; take care of it.” The command, ‘Right face, forward march,” was given, and he disappeared. I examined the piece minutely, It had a 30-inch barrel, about .30-caliber, weighed 7} pounds, silver-mounted; in fact one of the neatest rifles I ever handled, and after trial proved to be the finest rifle I ever shot. The pouch contained a quan- tity of hand-made cartridges, with extra large charges of powder, no doubt intended to kill Yanks, but afterward used for the better purpose of saving them. This rifle and pouch were strapped to my saddle when I mounted to join the rendezvous, Reaching the place I found four battalions of infantry, and two small mountain howitzers, and two ambulances, The fighting force was about one thousand strong, quite a small detail to tackle a whole division of the enemy that had been cut off and were then in full run for the river, some eighteen miles distant, The men having filled their haversacks with crackers, and their boxes and pockets with cartridges, the line was formed and we started south at a swinging gait. The colonel in command, with whom I was riding, enlight- ened me as to our destination. We were to make straight for the ferry or ford, and if in time, to dispute the passage, and to hold the same until reinforced ; but if too Jate, then we were to push down the left bank and prevent a recrossing, and harass the retreat as much as possibe. In passing along the line to the front, one of the officers jokingly asked me, “What are you going to do with your popgun?” J answered, “Keep the boys in meat,” The men caught my answer and hoarded it up for future use, and paid, me back in double measure, ; The march was silent, rapid and unbroken. Sunrise found us at the river, the last of the *‘Johnnies” disappear- ing on the opposite side, and the ferryboat, a trap run by horse power, putting down stream at her top speed. A few shells were sent after the broken and retreating foe, there was a brief rest, and then the head of the line was turned down stream, By this time the long threatened rain had broken loose, and poured down in torrents; but there was no rest nor shelter for us, On we went the whole day. A littie before dark, on turning an abrupt bend in the river, camp-fires were seen on the other side, and the ferryboat tied to the bank. To piace the guns in position and throw a dozen shells into the midst of them was the work of a few minutes. They thought the whole Yankee army was on them, and off they went, wagons, boat and all, soon disap- pearing beyond the woods, With brief intervals of rest, the chase was kept up for three days and nights, several times frustrating the enemy’s attempt to recross and join the main column then on the retreat further north. On the second day out, I was riding along the line, when the boys noticed me and called out, ‘‘Hallo, Crackers, where is our meat?” the chorus being taken up by all, and ‘“‘bring on your meat,” met me on every side. When starting I had been told, and had expected that my position of commissary and quartermaster would be a sine- cure, but alas, here I was face to face with more than a thous- and hungry mouths to fill, and scores of miles from our base of supplies, and still marching further, What was I to do? I felt for the boys, and their repeated calls of “‘bring on your meat,” were prompted by a deep-seated feeling of ne- cessity. I went to the colonel and told him that I would ride ahead and seeif I could find some stray cattle or hogs if he would let the men dress and cook them, to which he readily assented, I started at once, and scoured the country for miles on the left of the column, hoping at every turn to find a sturdy cow or hog, but to no purpose, the country had been closely foraged before us; and night found me spurring on after the men empty-handed. I was ashamed and almost afraid to see them, but face the music I must, The first question was, ‘‘Well, Crackers, what luck?” None. Trouble was afloat in a moment, and “bring on your meat’ met me at every turn. ' ’ 1 Next morning before day found me miles from the line of march, determined to hunt something for my hungry com- trades, Anda more faithful searching hunt a man neYer made. Up the hills and down the valleys I went, perhaps 1 could get adeer, a pig, anything, 1 would have been tempted to haye killed a inule had I found one. But no, the country was silent, and barren of hair and feather worth carrying to camp, and must have been scoured by hungry men before me. The middle of the afternoon found me again with the command. I was met on every turn by the hungry ery, “Bring on your meat.” T was desperate; yet had I not voluntarily assumed the responsible position, and to whom else could the men look for meat? : When I reported my failure to the commanding officer, he looked daggers at me, pulled out his watch, looked at the time of day; two hours to sundown, the last cracker gone, in a section very sparsely settled, the men almost broken down, and hungry, their feet wet and blistered. The rain which had poured down on us during the past two days had spent itself, and the sky was bright for the first time, A halt was called, and a council held, All had been animated by the hope of catching up with the fugitives, and giving them battle, and there had been glimpses of them at inter- vals during the day, pushing down the other side of the stream, and trying to effect a crossing. But now a new enemy met us, hunger. What was to be done? To retrace our steps was starvation, to proceed further would be diso- beying orders, or at least, stretching them beyond excuse. ‘Tt was finally decided to change ourcourse, and march north in the hope of striking a settlement that had not been closely pea ee was therefore ordered to take the first left hand road and find a suitable bivouac for the night, Spurring on, I found across road within a short distance ol where we stopped, and I called their attention to it, All was soon in motion, and I went cantering along to perform the duty as- signed me. Mile after mile I rode, but no break in the pine forest. I found a deserted cabin with a small clearing, but no water, that would not do; so on I went a mile or two further. 1 began to despair of relief for the troops, and de- termined to select the first spot that afforded wood and water and trust to the morrow for provisions. } Night was coming on, stil] there was no break in the forest, I felt sad and siek at heart thinking of the hungry, footsore boys behind me, who were looking ahead at every turn in the road for me and relief, I slackened my pace and per- mitted my poor, faithful horse to walk up a sharp incline in the road, My rifle was lying in front across my saddle, the reins loose on Tom's neck, My thoughts took flight and = were away off in my own home, There I met my wife and baby, Mary; tears, hot, scalding tears, ran down my cheeks, my heart was full, for the moment I had forgot my duty, and was slowly repeating the following stanza: *Methought from the baftlefield's stern array That T wandered far on a desolate tract; it was evening, and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my loved ones, who welcomed me back,” I had repeated half of the next, when my horse came to a sudden stand. I looked up, brushed the tears from my eyes and looked around. I was on the brow of the ridge, and right in front of me, in the valley beneath, lay a beautiful farm. Half a mile distant were the farmhouse, barns, and orchard. The smoke rose from the chimneys and eddied away in the evening breeze. The tingling of a cow bell came floating up the hill, and a lot of cattle stood in the road in front of the homestead. Stacks of fodder stood by the barn, and turkeys were flying up to roost. In a field back of the house, that stretched within two hundred yards of where I sat, there was a small flock of sheep grazing in apparent security. There was plenty, if not peace, within my grasp. How long [ sat gazing at the peaceful scene before me I know not, but the clear neigh of a horse away at the foot of the hill behind, told me that the column was near, Ina moment my course was mapped out, I would tie my horse, creep to the fence, shoot down that flock of sheep, and buy them afterward. When I reached the fence I was within from sixty to one hundred yards of the flock, sixteen in number and large ones. I steadied my nerves for the work, determined that every shot should count. Dropping down in the fence corner out of sight, I loaded and fired in quick succession. One after the other of those innocent erca- tures dropped to my shots. I seemed to be inspired; not a bullet missed its mark, and just as the last one fell the head of the column appeared, on the top of the ridge on myright, and an angry farmer came running across the field on my left. When the pleasant view burst on the eyes of the weary, hungry soldiers, they broke out in loud cheers, which drew the attention of the farmer, who took in the situation ata glance, He stopped short, looked first at the troops, then at his bleeding flock. I went up and tried to explain matters, but after listening a while he turned on his heel and started off without a word. When distant about twenty steps he turned and said, “Stranger, come down to the house, will you?” and left. ‘ After seeing big roaring fires of dry rails ablaze, and the sheep stripped of their pelts, which was a wonderfully short job, I went to the house, and was kindly received by the host. All were in a state of abjeet fear lest the men would come down and do all kinds of bad things, as they had been told would happen when the hireling Yankees would come, but seeing that I was a human being, and rather a kind one at that, the children came up to me, and when I told them of my own little darling at home, they became reassured, and when I asked for a piece of bread, for 1 was hungry, that true spirit of American hospitality came to the front, and the oldest daughter, who had been very shy, brought me some sweet milk and light bread, which proved a treat. After assuring them that we were friends, that nothing should be disturbed, and that we would pay for everything in good greenbacks, they became sociable and obliging. The old gentleman offered to haul a load of sweet potatoes to the camp at thirty cents a bushel, and priced his sheep at two dollars and a half a head, all of which was paid. We even paid him for the rails we burned, for he proved to bea good man, and befriended us ina pinch, What a feast we had that night, roast mutton and sweet potatoes. The men dried their clothes and got a good night’s slecp on that hillside. _ The next day, with asupply of sweet potatoes stored in haversacks and ambulances, and our horses well fed with sweet fodder, we turned our faces campward, receiving ac- curate directions from our host as to the course, and on the third day we reached our tents without the loss of a man. This perchance may meet the eyes of some of the boys— now old men—who helped eat the mutton, if so, thev will know that ‘‘Crackers” still lives, Care Roce. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo, P alatiyal History. THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE. (Telterus Galbula.) 4/7 HAT a beauty! Yes, you may well say so, Observe W the tasté he displays in his dress—orange and jet—a most perfect combination. The colors, too, so rich and of a brilliancy I have rarely seen surpassed. The fine fellow is the dandy of his family, his modest spouse affecting a more quiet costume and appearing, in consequence, all the more lovely by contrast. A joyous, rollicking chap is “‘Balti- more,” and a gay life he leads, spending most of his time in the treetops, from whence his clear, ringing calls come down to us with the rush of the breeze through the foliage. There is a wild freshness about the life of this bird that im- parts an indescribable charm to him, The home he builds is a marvel of ingenuity, and so well is it put together that with a little repairing it often answers for the second season. Many times I have found it half filled with the husks of beechnuts and empty acorn shells, remnants from the feasts of tree mice, who took possession after the rightful owners had vacated the premises, With us he is inclined to fayor the beech as a building site, no doubt fiom the fact that its twigs are stouter and Jess liable to snap in the strong gusts which sometimes sweep among the boughs. : Way out, in the Jast fork of some gracefully drooping branch he will tie the foundation knots of his pendant home. String, horschair, paper, strips of soft cedar bark (and in one instance in my own experience a piece of blue ribbon) are most cunningly interwoven and shaped into a pouchlike form. Nearly a fortnight passes before the work is com- pleted to the satisfaction of the little architects and the house ready to receive its mistress. All is ready at last, and ‘any lady,” looking as demure as possible, is soon deep in — household cares. — The finished nest is a light, graceful structure, swaying responsive to every breath that stirs, but withal so strong that the fierce gale will only toss it about, without injuring its contents, and often the mother bird will ride out Lie storm therein in perfect security. So well is it hidden that it often passes unseen, the dark leaves roofing it In com-— pletely. The male, however, often betrays its whereabouts with his noisy chatter, as he dashes at some careless bird who has ventured toonear, Immediately after you will hear Papaia wee FOREST AND STREAM. 348 “his metallie tu-c! ta-e! te-! tue! as he proclaims to his mate that ‘‘all is well." When the little family arrives the joyous arents are busy from early norning until night foraging or food, and they are valuable at thia season as most inde- fatigable insect destroyers. As I have said, the oriole is strictly a tree bird, and rarely seen below. He has often come to the bath, however, yielding to its attractions during the summer heats, and a beautiful sight it is to see him dash the spray from his jetty wings as he washes, his handsome brown eyes rivaling the flying drops in their sparkles. When does he arrive? With the buds and blossoms; when the orchards are covered with flaky blooms, and the locust fills the air with its perfume, then it is you hear him, with his wild voice full of the breezy tree tops and his bri eht form @leaming like a coal of fire among the leaves. T'u-e/ tu-e/ teal! tu-e! Wrtmor. New York Crry- THE COUESIAN PERIOD, By R. W. Shufeldt, Capt, Medical Corps, U.S, A., Chairman Section ” of Avian Anatomy, A. O. U, Continuation of the Histor- ical Preface from advance sheets of Coue’s ‘Key.”’| Tur Post-Linn=an Epocn: 1758-1800. (1758—1766.) HE Linnean Period.—An interregnum here, during which not a notable work or worker appears in North American ornithology itself, But eyents elsewhere occurred, the reflex action of which upon our theme is simply incalcu- lable, fully requiring the ‘recognition of this period. The dates, 1758-1766, are respectively those of the appearance of the tenth and of the twelfth edition of the ‘‘Systema Nature” of Linn#us, In the former the illustrious Swede first form- ally and consistently applied his system of nomenclature to all birds known to him; the latter is his completed system, as it finally left his hands; and from then to now, zoologists, and especially ornithologists, have disputed whether 1758 or 1766 should be taken as the starting point of zoological nom- enclature. In ornithology, the matter is still at issue be- tween the American and British schools. However this may result, the fact remains that during this ‘Linnean period,” 1758 to 1766, we have the origin of all the tenable specific names of those of our birds which were known to Linnzus; the gathering up and methodical digestion and systematic arrangement of all that had gone before, Let this scant de- cade stand—mute in America, but eloquent in Sweden, and since applauded to the echo of the world. Nor is this all. The year 1760 saw the famous ‘‘Ornitho- logia’” of Mathurin Jacques Brissou (* April 20, 1725—} June 23, 1806) in six portly quartos with 261 folded plates, and @laborate descriptions in Latin and French, of hundreds of birds, a fair proportion of which are North American, Many are described for the first time, though unfortunately not in the binomial nomenclature, The work holds permanent place, and most of the original descriptions of Brisson are among the surest bases of Linnean species, (1766-1785 ) The Forsterian Period.—Nearly twenty years haye now clapsed with so little incident that two brochures determine the complexion of this period. John Reinhold Forster was a learned and able man, whose connection with North American ornithology is interesting. In 1771 he published a tract, now very scarce and of no consequence whatever, entitled “A Catalogue of the Animals of North America.” But it was the first attempt to do anything of the sort—in short, the first thing of its kind. It gives 302 birds, neither described nor even named scientifically, But that was 4 large number of North American birds to even mention in those days—more than Wilson gave in 1814, Forster fol- lowed up this exploit in 1772 with an interesting and valu- able account of fifty-eight birds from Hudson’s Bay, occupy- ing some fifty pages of the ‘‘Philosophical Transactions.” Several of these birds were new to science, and wereformally named, such as our white-throated sparrow, black-poll warb- ler, Hudsonian titmouse and Eskimo curlew, Aside from its intrinsic merit, this paper is notable as the first formal treatise exclusively devoted to a collection of North American birds sent abroad. The period is otherwise marked by the publi- cation in 1780 of Fabricius’s ‘‘Fauna Greenlandiea,’”’ in which some fifty birds of Greenland receive attention; and especially by the appearance of a great statesman and one of the Presi- dents of the United States in the role of ornithologist; Thomas Jefferson’s ‘‘Notes on the State of Virginia” having been first privately printed in Paris in 1782, though the authorized publication was not till 1787, It contains a list of seventy-seven birds cf Virginia. fortified with references to Catesby, Linneus and Brisson as the author’s authorities. There were many editions, one dating 1853. The long publication in France.of one of the monumental works on general ornithology coincides very nearly with this period. 1 refer of course to Buffon and his collaborators. The ‘Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux,” by Buffon and Mont- beillard, dates in its original edition 1770-1788, being in nine quarto volumes, with 264 plain plates. It forms a part of the grand set of volumes dating 1749-1804, in their original edi- tions. With the nine bird volumes are associated the mag- nificenf, series of colored plates known as. the “Planches Enluminés,” published in 42 fascicles, from 1755 to 1781. The plates are 1,008 in number, of which 973 represent birds. (1785-1791.) The Pennantian Period.—A. great landmark—one of the most conspicuous of the last century—was set up with the appearance in 1786 of the second yolume of Thomas Pea- nan’ts “Arctic Zoology.” The whole work, in three quarto volumes with many plates, 1784-87, was “designed as a sketch of the zoology of North America,” Jn this year, also, John Latham completed the third yolume (or sixth part) of his ‘‘General Synopsis of Birds.” These two great works haye much in common, in so for as a more restricted treatise can be compared with a more comprehensive one; and in the history of our subject the names of Latham and Pennant are linked as closely as those of Catesby and Ed- wards, The parallel may be drawn still further; for neither Pennant nor Latham (up to the date in mention) used bino- mial names; their species had consequently no standing; but they furnished to Gmelin in 1788 the same bases of formally named species of the thirteenth edition of the ‘Systema Nature,” that Catesby and Edwards had afforded Linneus in 1758 and 1766. Pennant treated upward of 500 nominal species of North American birds. The events at large of this brief but important period were the progress of Latham's Supplement to his Synopsis, the first volume of which ap- peared in 1787, though the second was not completed till 1801; the appearance in 1790 of Latham’s ‘Index Ornitho- logicus,” in which his birds receive Latin names in due form; and the publication in 1788 of the thirteenth edition of the “Systema Nature,” as just said, We are so accustomed to see '‘Linn.” and “‘Gm.” after the names of our longest-known birds that we almost uncousci- ously acquire the notion that Linnseus and Gmelin were great discoverers or describers of birds in those days. But the men who made North American ornithology what it was HR last century were Catesby, Edwards, Foster, Pen- nant, Latham and Bartram, For ‘‘the illustrious Swede” was in this case little more than a methodical cataloguer, or systematic indexer; while his editor, Gmelin, was merely un industrious, indiscriminate compiler and transcriber, Neither of these men discovered anything to speak of. (L791—1800.) The Bartramian Period. William Bartram’s figure in the events we are sketching is a notable one—rather more on ac- count of his bearing upon Wilson’s subsequent career, than of his own actual achievements, Wilson is often called “the father of American ornithology;” if this designation be apt, then Bartram may be styled its godfather, Few are fully aware how much Wilson owed to Bartram, his ‘‘guide, philosopher and friend,” who published in 1791 his ‘‘Travels through North and South Carolina,” containing much orni- thological matter that was novel and valuable, including a formal catalogue of the birds of the Eastern United States, in which many species are named as new. I have always contended that those of his names which are identifiable are available, though Bartram frequently lapsed from strict binomial propriety; and the question furnishes a bone of con- tention to this day. Many birds which Wilson first fully described and figured were really named by Bartram, and several of the latter’s designations were simply adopted by Wilson, who, in relation to Bartram, is as the broader and clearer stream to its principal tributary affluent. The notable “Travels,” freighted with its unpretending yet almost por- tentous bird matter, went through several editions and at least two translations; and I consider it the foundation of a distinctively American school of ornithology. We have seen, in several earlier periods, that men’s names appear in pairs, if not also as mates. Thus, Catesby and Edwards; Linnzus and Gmelin; Pennant and Latham; and, perhaps, Buffon and Brisson, The Bartramian «ter ego is not Wilson, but Barton, whose ‘Fragments of the Natural History of Pennsylvania,’ 1799, closed the period, which Bartram had opened, and with it the century also. Benja- min Smith Barton’s tract, a folio now very scarce, is doubly a “fragment,” being at once a work never finished, and very imperfect as far as it went; butit is one of the most notable special treatises of the Jast century, and I think the first book published in this country that is entirely devoted to ornithology, But its author’s laurels must rest mainly upon this count, for its influence or impression upon the course of events is scarcely to be recognized—is incomparably less than that made by Bartram’s “Travels” and his mentorship of Wilson. By the side of Bartram and Barton stand several Jesser figures in the picture of this period. Jeremy Belknap treated the birds of New Hampshire in his “History” of that State (1792), Samuel Williams did like service for those of Ver- mont in his “History” (1794). Samuel Hearne, a -pioneer ornithologist in the northerly part of America, foreshadowed as it were, the much later “Fauna Boreali-Americana” in the narrative of his journey from Hudson’s Bay to the Northern Ocean—a stout quarto published in 1795, Here a chapter of fifty pages is devoted to about as many species of birds; and Hearne’s observations have a value which “‘time, the destroyer,” has not yet wholly effaced. Tre WrisontAN Hroow: 1800-1824. (1800-1808.) The Vietllotian Peviod.—As we round the turn of the cen- tury a great work occupies the opening years, before the ap- pearance of Wilson, a work by a foreigner, a Frenchman, almost unknown to or ignored by his contemporaries in America, although he was already the author of several illus- trated works on ornithology, when, in 1807, his ‘‘Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de l’Amerique Septentrionale”’ was completed in two large folio volumes, containing more than a hundred engraying, with text relating to several hundred species of birds of North America and the West Indies; many of them figured for the first time are entirely new to science. ‘This work, bearing much the same relation to its times that Cateshy’s and Hdwards’s respectively did to theirs, is said to have been published in twenty-two parts of six plates each, probably during several years; but the date of its inception I have never been able to ascertain. However this may be, Vieillot alone and completely fills a period of eight years, during which no other notable or even mention- able treatise upon North American birds saw the light, Vieillot’s case is an exceptionable one. As the author of numerous splendidly illustrated works, all of which live; of a system of ornithology, most of the generic names contained in which are ingrained in the science; of very extensive ency- clopsedic work by which hundreds of species of birds receive new technical names; Vieillot has a fame which time rather brightens than obscures. Yet it is to be feared that the world was unkind during his lifetime. At Paris, he stood in the shadow of Cuvier’s great name; Temminck assailed him from Holland; while, as to his work upon our birds, many years passed before it was appreciated or in any way ade- quately recognized. Thus, singularly, so great a work as the ‘‘Histoire Naturelle’—one absolutely characteristic of a period—had no appreciable effect upon the course of events till long after the times that saw its birth, when Cassin, Baird and others brought, Vieillot into proper perspective. There is so little trace of Vieillot during the Wilsonian and Audubonian epochs, that his ‘‘Birds of North America” may almost be said to have slept for half a century. But to- day, the solitary figure of the Vieillotian period stands out in bold relief. (1808-1824.)| The Wilsonian Period.—The ‘Paisley weaver ;” “the Scotch pedler;” the ‘‘melancholy poet-naturalist;” the ‘‘father of American ornithology”—strange indeed are the guises of genius, yet stranger its disguises in the epithets by which we attempt to label and pigeon-hole that thing which has no name hut ifs own, no place but its own. Alexander Wilson had genius, and not much of anything else—very little learning, scarcely any money, not many friends, and a paltry share of ‘the world’s regard” while he lived. But genius brings a message which men musf hear, and never tire of hearing; it isthe word that comes when the passion that conceives is wedded with the patience that achieves, Wil- son was a poet by nature. a naturalist by force of circum- stances, an American ornithologist by mere accident—that isif anything can be accidental in the life of a man of genius. Asa poet, he missed greatness by those limitations of passion which seem so sad and upaccountable; as the naturalist. he achieved it by the patience that knew no lim- him at all. itation till death interposed~ As between the man and his works, the very touchstone of genius is there; for the man was greater than all his works are, Genius may do that which satislies all men, but never that which satisfies itself; for its inspiration is infinite and divine, its accomplishment finite and human. Such is the penalty of its possession. Wilson made, of course, the epoch in which his work ap- peared, and I cannot restrict the Wilsonian period otherwise than by giving to Vicillot his own. The period of Wilson’s actual authorship was brief, it began in September, 1808, when the first volume of the ‘American Ornithology” ap- peared, and was cut short by death before the work was finished. Wilson, having been born July 5, 1766, and come to America in 1794, died August 23, 1813, when the seventh volume was finished ; the eighth and ninth being completed in 1814 by his friend and editor, George Ord. But from this time to 1824, when Bonaparte began to write, the reigning work was still Wilson’s, nothing appearing during these years to alter the complexion of American ornithology ap- preciably. Wilson’s name overshadows nearly the whole epoch—not that others were not then great, but that he was so much greater, This author treated about 280 species, giving faithful descriptions of all, and colored illustrations of most of them. There are numerous editions of his work, of which the principal are Ord’s, 1828-9, in three yolumes; Jameson’s, 1831, in four; Jardine’s, 1832, in three, and Breyw- er’s, 1840, in one; all of these, excepting of course the first one, containing Bonaparte’s ‘‘American Ornithology” and other matter foreign to the original ‘‘Wilson.” In 1814, just as ‘‘Wilson”’ was finished, appeared the history of the memorable expedition under Lewis and Clarke—an expedi- tion which furnished some material to Wilson himself, as witness Lewis’ Woodpecker, Clarke’s Crow and the *‘Louisi- ana’ Tanager; and more to Ord, who contributed to the sec- ond edition of ‘‘Guthrie’s Geography,” an article upon orni- thology. Ord’s prominence in this science, however, rests mainly upon his connection with Wilson’s work, as already noted. Near the close of the Wilsonian period, Thomas Say gave us important notices of Western birds, upon the basis of material acquired through Long’s expedition to the Rocky Mountains, the account of which appeared in 1823, In this work, Say describes sundry species of birds new to science; but he was rather an entomologist than an ornithologist, and his imprint upon our subject is scarcely to be found outside the yolume just named, A noted—some might say rather notorious—character ap- pears upon the scene during this period, in the person of C. 8, Rafinesque, who appears to have been a genius, but one so awry that itis difficult todo aught else than misunder- stand him, unless we confess that we scarcely understand In the elegant vernacular of the present day he would be called a crank; but I presume that term means that kind of genius which fails of interpretation; for an unsuc- cessful genius is a crank, and a successful crankis a genius. For the rest, the Wilsonian period was marked by great ac- tivity in Arctic exploration, in connection with the ornitho- logical results of which appear prominently the names of William E. Leach and Edward Sabine, As illustrating the relation between Wilson and Bartram, which I have already pointedly mentioned, I may quote a few lines from Ord’s ‘“‘Life of Wilson,” * * “Fis schoolhouse and residence being but a short distance from Bartram’s Botanie Garden, situated on the west bank of the Schuyl- kill, a sequestered spot, possessing attractions of no ordinary kind; an BOO Mate Ler was soon contracted with that venerable naturalist, Mr. William Bartram, which grew into an uncommon friendship, and continued without the least abatement until severed by death. Here it was that Wilson found himself translated, if we may so speak, into anew existence. He had long been a lover of the works of Nature, and had derived more happiness from the contemplation of her sim- ple beauties, than from any other source of gratification. But he had hitherto beena mere noyice; he was now about to receive instruc- tions from one whom the experiences of a long life, spent in travel and rural retirement, had rendered qualified to teach. . From his youth Wilson had been an observer of the manners of birds; and sines his arriyal in America he had fovnd them objects of uncommon interest; but he had not yet viewed them with the eyes of a natural- ist... This was about 1800—rather a little later. Wilson’s “noyitiate’’ was-the Vieillotian period, almost exactly. Bartram survived until July 22, 1823, his eighty-fourth year; the date of his death thus coin- ciding yery nearly with the close of the Wilsonian epoch and period. [T0 BE CONCLUDED. | Tustrine DEUTERONOMY.—One of the most singular things J ever heard about birds was related to me by a friend who has long been an ardent student of ornitholozy, and of the Scriptures as. well. In the course of his reading he came across a. chapter in Deuteronomy which embraces '‘sundry laws and regulations,” and found his attention attracted to the following yerses: ‘‘If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in any tree or on the ground, whether they be young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go and take the young to thee, that it may be well with thee, and tnat thou mayst prolong thy days.” This passage puzzled him a good deal; so, With true scientific ardor, he set out to break its injunc- tion, and try to find out why it was made, It being nesting time for the birds he had no particular difficulty in finding what he sought, and soon returned with a female bird and a nest with four -young ones in it, put them all together in a cage, and, after supplying them with food and water, left them for the night. In the morning mother and young were found lying dead together, though without any marks of violence upon them whateyer, or anything to indicate why they had died. Eyidently something was wrong here, so he went out and caught another family, put the mother in one cage and the young in another, and gave them sepa- rate rooms, although not remoying them so far apart but that they could hear each other in case one or the other should cry out. The next morning all the birds were found dead as before. Again the student went out, and again came back with a capture, and this time he put the young birds in the garret and the old one in the cellar, but althoug neither mother nor offspring could hear each others’ cries, the coming morning showed the same result, He then went out and captured a nest of birds, but let the mother go, and successfully raised the entire brood. In each case the yariety of bird was the same —the rose-breasted grosbeak, which is one of the strongest and easiest to rear of all New England species, The reason of this strange occurrence does not appear, but of one thing my friend is convinced, and that is that Moses was the first agitator for a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and that he knew what he was talking about when he discussed birds.—Sun. THe PHILADELPHIA ZooLogroar Society has issued its twelfth annual report, which shows the institution to be in & most satisfactory condition. The success of the Zoological Gardens is due in a very large measure to the efficiency of the superintendent, Mr, Arthur Erwin Brown. Game Bag and Guy. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN GUNS. A BRIEF REVIEW OF MY REVIEWER. Hiditor Forest and Stream: It was my fortune to be absent from heme when the FOREST AND STREAM Of the 8th inst, came to my office, or I should have taken occasion somewhat earlier to have paid my respects fo your correspondent, ‘‘Vitus,’’ who has seen proper to indulge in some harsh criticisms upon my article in which I begged to dissent from certain, views of Mr. Greener, Ordinarily, I have no disposition to evade a legiti- mate and decorously-conducted controversy, but I have no taste for that which degenerates into nerveless puerilities or the introduction of matter certainly aliwnde to the ques- tions involved. ‘‘Vitus,” instead of contenting himself with a dissent from my opinions in regard to the value of a gun, and expressing that dissent in respectful terms, has evinced his entire ignorance of the courtesies of a newspaper discus: sion, however much learning he may have, according to his own statements, in regard to the mechanical excellence of a gun and the cost of its construction, According to his own testimony, he is a proficient in these matters, and woe be to him who dares ‘‘come betwixt the wind and his nobility.” There was nothing in my letter which called for a large part of his criticisms, Indeed nearly all of his article is entirely irrelevant. I will use no harsher term. He will allow me to say, however, that even after the authoritative expressions of this self-exalted expert, 1 have the temerity to adhere to every utterance which I made in the letter which he pre- tends to answer. If I err, it is beeause I have listened to and believe the statements of persons who ought to be quite as well acquainted with the subject as this boastful gentleman, even though he may be a gunsmith, and may have acquired his skill in the workshops of Europe and America. It may never have occurred to ‘‘Vitus” that there are some persons who have an idea as to what constitutes well-executed mechanism who do not follow a mechanical profession, and who are not entirely ignorant of its commercial value, and that there are those who have pursued such calling for many years, who are not, and never could be, clever artisans. But, of course, *‘Vitus’ does not belong to the latter class, He is such a thorough expert that no dissent from his statements can be tolerated. Certainly, I never said, either in my letter or elsewhere, that American mechanics are incapable of turning out first- class work. Why should ‘'Vitus” have made such a charge? He had no authority forit, I said nothing of the kind, and believe nothing of the kind. I did say that many American gunmakers bought English and Belgian barrels, not entirely’ finished, and hence at a less rate of duty, used them, and then claimed that their product was American manufacture. Can “Vitus” deny this? With all his vainglory, I think he will not have that temerity. Why do they buy them? Because they are inferior in quality? He will not say that.. He admits that the best quality can be had for $75, but insists that the additional cost of completing the gun will run the figures up to at least $250. Hesays that locks for such barrels are worth $75. He must excuse me if I venture to say that a first-class article can be had for much less—locks which have the plate case-hardened and the tumbler and dogs steel. There is no need of case-hardening them. If the metal is hard enough to yield to a file, it will last a lifetime. I have examined the locks of guns made by Purdey, Westley Rich- ards, Scott, Greener and Tolley, and not one of them had their parts case-hardened. I have seen many inferior ones of English and American manufacture, which had been sub- jected to the process. It is not an expensive one. I have seen guns by Westley Richards, Scott, Greener and Tolley, whose locks were all made by Stanton & Company. At all events, they were so stamped, ‘‘Vitus’’ need not tell me that the stamp was aforgery. These were four-pin bridle locks, and no American can surpass them in their mechanical excel- lence. They did not cost $75, for some of the guns were imported at a less cost than $150. I haye seen advertisements of American and English man- ufacturers, in which they propose to fit extra barrels for half the eost of the gun. Now, if a first-class pair of barrels is worth $75, what is the yalue of the gun? It was my for- tune to have imported, within the last twelve months, a gun made to order by a well-known English manufacturer. He represented the gui to be the very best he could make, and that the barrels were of the finest Hnglish Damascus. I have quite as much confidence in his statements as I have in those made by ‘‘Vitus,” however unpardonable he may regard the offense. The gun had an extra pair of barrels of the same grade as the regular ones, and the charge was $75. It was elaborately engraved, and the cost was far less than “Vitus” alleges as the proper value of a first-class gun. Some years ago I was in New York, and at the house of Francis Tomes & Son, 206 Maiden Lane. It was before breechloaders were known, The superintendent, H. W. Tomes, stated to me, in answer to an inquiry, that $75 would buy as serviceable a gun as could be made, and when men went beyond that price they were paying for fancy work, which was really worthless, or for the name of some man who charged fabulously for his reputation. Perhaps Tomes knew nothing of the subject, and was one of these ‘‘blasted fools’’ who beget the ire of Vitus. Verily, some men do make themselves ‘‘blasted fools,” or nature may not have been very lavish of her gifts tu theni, But, of course, ‘*Vitus” is not one of them. He stands somewhat as Phillips said of Napolean, ‘‘A sceptred hermit in the solitude of his own mechanical magnificence.” “Vitus” condescendingly informs ‘‘Wells” that there are thousands of English and Belgian guns imported into this country vastly inferior to Colts. If he will pardon me for saying it, 1 will state that I am not indebted to him for this information, I knew the fact. There are thousands of such, and I would not give one smile of benignant approval from such a man as ‘Vitus’ fora whole cargo of them, even if they aré “Hinglish, you know.” Itwas too bad for “Vitus” 1o have made this ill-tempered fling. If it had been brilliant, I could haye admired the scintillation and not noticed the venom, But it was too—I will not say stupid. But let us get back to the question, How many guns which are well made, and capable of withstanding severe usage, have these high-priced stocks? Of what real value is that beautiful curl in the wood? How much more durable is such a piece of timber? Cannot a stocker finish a neat, strong stock, of tough wood, for less than $20? Cannot American walnut be found which has all the essential qualities? I have thought so, Mr, Greener to the contrary notwithstand- ing. Why will not $150 buy a gun possessing all the necessary qualities for long use and good shooting? One who has the money, and is so disposed, may invest more heavily; but will not a well-made $150 gun, plain and un- adorned, stand all the ‘‘wear and tear’ of a more highly- priced one? Am I to be regarded as a “‘blasted fool” for thinking sot If so, then there are American manufacturers en have incurred the ‘‘wrath” of this mighty Achilles, ‘ 1 us. 77 “My offense hath this extent.” I chose to allude to the habit of American gun makers buying foreign barrels and then claiming that their product was domestic work. Per- haps 1 trod upon ‘‘Vitus’s” corns, and he seeks to wreak his ven- geance upon me for simply stating the truth, Do American manufacturers buy English and Belgian barrels? If so, then the statement should not have produced the harsh criticisms. Permit me to direct ‘‘Vitus’s” attention to one of his over- whelming arguments (?) in which he details what occurred with regard to the cheap Belgian gun, which was claimed to bea Jo. Manton, the ‘‘circumstance” which taught him a “lesson,” by which it is clear he derived no profit. ‘If a man were to bring in a broomstick and say it was the finest gun I ever saw, I would not contradict him.” And yet, when I stated that American gunmakers used foreign barrels, this brilliant pupil forgets all he has learned, and ‘‘fallsa cursing, like a very bawd, a scullion.” For shame, ‘Vitus! Take a good dose of Simmon’s Regulator, and get an amiable digestion. T trust I am not guilty of the charge which my assailant makes, of hostility to American manufactures, Nothing which I ever said has given a decent pretext for the allega- tion, It is simply untrue. No man has a higher appreci- ation of the skill of our mechanics and artisans, or a more exalted respect for that class of our people. My daily pur- suits bring me in contact with them, and they have gained my admiration. I belong to a race of mechanics, who take pride in their “coat of arms”—an anvil and a jack plane, But when an American professes to sell a domestic article, I protest it is not just he should finish up the handicraft of a European and palm it off as his own work. If that is a “‘Hinglish” idea, “Vitus” may make the most of it he can, and get out of it all the consolation it will afford his patri- otic soul, He may rest assured that Iam one of the un- fashionable class who buy guns and watches, not because they are made in England or America, but solely because I think the article is best worth the money which I may invest. : “Vitus” has yet something to learn, preposterous as he may regard the assertion, lt would be well for him to enter- tain the idea that there is at least a possibility that the powers of the Almighty were not exhausted when He brought him into being, and that for wise purposes He made others, who are not entirely destitute of knowledge in relation to mech- anism, and that such are entitled to the courtesy of even so exalted a person as my uncharitable critic. At all events it is but due to even the humblest man that his positions upon any subject should be fairly stated, and that a perversion of them, for the sake of triumph, is unworthy of any one who has a decent regard for his own character. WELLS. RocKInGHAM, N, C., May 20, 1884. SNAPPING TURTLES AND SKUNKS. N READING of late, the able and interesting work of C, Hart Merriam, M. D., ‘‘Mammals of the Adirondacks,” we have been reminded of something that may be of use and interest to many readers of Forest AND STREAM. Dr. Merriam does not say too much in defense of that much abused animal, the skunk. It is now more than fifteen years since the writer of this article made his first visit to the beach at the mouth of Sandy Creek, Jefferson County, N. Y. No, 1 Life Saving Station now stands on the ground where our party built a shanty of slabs picked up along the beach, and enjoyed boating and fishing for more than a week. It is just at this place that Sandy Creek, with another stream, finds its way into Lake Ontario, The most northern of these streams runs through Woodville, and the other one, Sandy Creek proper, through the village of Ellisburg. But before either of them find this outlet, they pass through a marsh for the distance of two miles or more. This marsh is well known to many sportsmen of Oswego, Watertown and Syracuse, and many individuals living in the neighborhood are only too well acquainted with it for the good of the game that finds a home there, In days past it was a favorite breed- ing place for the wood duck (Azz sponsa), with some black ones (Anas obscura), and any number of coots (Fuliea americana), grebes (Podilymbus podiceps), and rails (Porzana carolina). Indeed it is a favorite resort of the wood duck still, but neither they nor any other water bird have much chance to increase there now. This is a different place from what is known as ‘‘Little Sandy Pond” by the sportsmen in the northern part of the State. Little Sandy is three or four miles tothe south of the place we are describing, This marsh is sometimes called Pierrepont’s Marsh, or Noble’s or Gilbert’s, or it has other local names around its borders. Little Sandy has for many years been held, we have heard, as a preserve by the Leather Stocking Club of Oswego. But the marsh im ques- tion is about six miles long, with it ponds and creeks and brooks, and a mile and a half or morein width. It lies north and south, and on the west is protected from the waves of the lake by a sand beach that extends along its front. Through this beach run two shallow entrances into the marsh, apart from the deeper entrances, where the streams run into the lake at the life-saving station. Schooners enter here and take the North Creek, as it is called, winding up to Woodyille, or Sandy Creek, going toward Gilbert's Landing and the village of Hllisburg, Nothing but fishing boats and small yachts could make the other entrances. And these are nearly two miles away, one north and the other south of the station. Of course, through these openings the waters of Lake Ontario flow in or out of the marsh, and fish pass to and fro, The openings are on an average one hundred fect wide, and the ‘heavy west winds blow the waves on shore and raise the waters over the marsh and along the uplands; or on the contrary, an east wind carries them off and the depth decreases in proportion. The marsh itself is filled with every variety of feeding ground for water birds and waders. Miles of lily pads spread themselves out, white and yellow. There are acres of wild rice, and flags and rushes and sedge in abundance and through all these brooks and creeks, as they are called, and narrow passages. There are ponds bordered with old driftwood, and bog neadsand muddy grounds. A The beach is merely a ridge of sand of the finest kind— fifteen feet high in some places—that blows and drifts like snow. We have the best reason, as many others, for remem- & _— | =— = [May 29, 1884. bering this, On our first visit we were surprised to find everything we ate, or attempted to, gritty with sand, The cook for the day was asked w':ether he had not made a mis- take and used sand instead of pepper. Pickerel, perch, bread, butter, everything sandy, And this would happen eyen when there was the lightest wind blowing, and with the utmost care that we could take to prevent it, And so the sand has gone on blowing on that beach ever since, and long before we knew it, and winds and waters haye made many changes. Acres of marsh have been covered within our recollection, and are now eonverted into a low sand beach over which the breakers wash at times. Great gaps have been hollowed out in the ridge, through some of which the high waves of the lake in spring and fall dash across some three or four hundred feet, and pour their waters by a new way into the marsh. Then the sand has heen blown away from the roots of the larger trees that stood on the ridge and they have fallen. The roots now remain, like great sprawling spiders, hanging and projecting from the banks; while the trees themselyes have been cut away for fire wood or remain where they fell. Im the rear, next the marsh, the alders that grow there are in many places buried to their tops in sand. It is sometimes eight or ten feet deep. The old residents living near the place can remember when the whole ridge was almost a continuous line of trees, In- deed, we can ourselves, and when from the mainland it was only here and there that you could catch a glimpse of the water near the shore. Itis even curious to this duy to see pieces of wood and roots of trees five and six feet below the present surface projecting out of the higher banks, proving that for years since the first trees were cut along the shore there had been changes going on and a drifting of the hills toward the marsh since the ridge began to be denuded, In time, no doubt, the hills will be carried inland and help fill up the marsh, while nothing but alow sand beach will be left to attest their past existence. As we remember this marsh on our first visit, it was filled, as we have implied, with ducks and coots and rails and divers. Indeed, it seemed almost alive with all of these, and we do not know what to compare the quacking and squeal- ing and peeping to, that could be heard there in the early morning. There wus no trouble then in securing a game dinner. We have seen hundreds of ducks there the first day of September and earlier, for the 15th of August was the open season then. Black ones, and wood and blue-winged teal, especially in the evenings have we seen these, as they sought the quiet ponds to “‘roost,”” while Wilson’s, or Hng- lish snipe, and yellowlegsand plover from time to time would fly past the shanty. But now all this has changed, and it has been changing for years, so far as our observation goes, while there does not seem very much more bunting than formerly. Last fall revealed a state of things that we were not unprepared for. Eyery bird about that place, except blackbirds, redwings and marsh hens were in smaller numbers than we had eyer seen them; and our annial visit seemed almost devoid of the pleasant surroundings of the past. The grebes that were so tame, because few hunters disturbed them, were nearly all gone; even the frogs and water snukes were in smaller num- bers, and these were always so plenty. They*would sit wpon the shore or cur) up upon the logs, or swim across the creek, while the muskrats that whined among the flags, or splashed from the banks, or swam in front of the boat had cntirely disappeared; and we could not think that they had all per- ished by the hand of man. 7 But now what is the cause of all this change? Not to say that man’s hand may not have had something to do with almost the whole of it, but surely not with the grebes and snakes and frogs, We know of no one there that eats frogs. Well, here, we think, is one reason of this change and this scarcity, and here is the reason for our thinking as we do, let sportsmen and others form their own conclusions: The borders of this marsh and the beach that stands in front of it were, a few years ago, a favorite resort of the skunk, They abounded in the neighborhood and no doubt at times made raids upon the hen coops and the nests that were stolen away. But they did more than this in the way of - destroying eggs, And here comes, in another of their uses, which we take the liberty of suggesting to Dr., Merriam. They followed along the beach (we haye seen their trails in the sand) and around the borders of the marsh and dug out the snapping turtle’s eggs (Cherydra serpentina). We have seen many of the shells of these eggs in little collections of four, five or six drying up in the sun. No doubt there were afew minks that helped them inthis work. But the mink fur passed out of fashion and the skunk fur came in, and hence there was a price offered for their pelts, And very many men and boys went to catching them. We hayea friend, F, M. Noble, living near the marsh, a buyer of furs, who bought hundreds of their skins. He told the writer that he stored them in his woodhouse, and that the place smelt so of skunk that he could hardly eat in his kitchen for nearly a year. And now the result of all this. The snappers have taken possession of the marsh, they and their congeners the C/iry- somys picta (of a smaller size, and perhaps only less destrue- tive because they are fewer in number), and there is nothing to keep down their increase. The beach is one of their fay- orite places of resort to lay their eggs in the warm sand. We cay one of their favorile places, for we have seen the shells of their eggs, where the skunks and minks have dug them out, all around the marsh we might say, wherever there was a dry knoll or sandy hillock. But the beach is their favorite resort, and after a warm sun in June, it is covered with tracks where they have gone up and came down, while in August and before it hundreds of little ones may be seen crawling along the sand, and leaving a. double line as they make their way toward the marsh. There are few skunks and fewer minks around that place now left to destroy the eggs. Hence the increase of the snappers. Indeed they haye the marsh, as we have said, almost to themselves, and everything that crawls, creeps, or swims about it is exposed to their depredations. This is the reason that those living in the neighborhood—friends of the game laws, too—speak of the large numbers of wood ducks that are seen in the early summer, and with their young, and then the few that seem to be around when September comes in, and this number seems to be decreasing, and only con- firms what we have witnessed ourselves on this same marsh not many years ago, I will give it as it occurred, It was during the early part of August thatI was there for my health with auephew. We were trolling for pick- eral in the North Creek, he at the oars and I with the line. We had gone up some distance when I observed a coot with asingle young one more than lialf grown, swimming across the stream, about two hundred yards ahead of us. As my, nephew was a city lad and unacquainted with the marsh, ‘., ee May 29, 1984] FOREST AND STREAM. . 848 first called his attention to the birds, and then asked him if he would like to see them nearer. He replied that he would, and I at once drew in my line and told him to seat himself in the bow of the boat. Ithen took the paddles and com- menced urging the skiff forward as quietly as possible. The birds meanwhile had erossed the creek and gone in amon some lily pads and tufts of wild rice that prew close to the edge of the stream. We had hardly entered these when up went the old bird, but no young one started, and I knew that it was fully fledged, This rather surprised me, and [ told my nephew to stand up, look carefully, and he would see it swimming and hiding in the rice that was around us. But no, no bird was there, I was about to stand up myself and see if I could not discover it, for the place was compara- tively open, when all at once Frank turned around, with something of terror depicted upon his countenance, and ex- claimed, “‘Oh! what an enormous bullfrog, and he has the bird in its month.” Knowing that he had mistaken a large snapping turtle fora frog, 1 told him to take the oar and strike it. He did so, or attempted to, when up came the young bird, It was warm and the blood was running from its side. I found no marks on its feet as though they had been bitten. but a great mouthful had been taken from the side of the bird and the entrails were hanging out. The only way now that we can see of increasing the game on that marsh or any of those bordering the lake, if the skunks must be destroyed, is to watch the snappers and their congeners in June, when they go up the bank to lay their egos, and destroy them; while many of the males might per- haps be shot as they sim themselves on the logs. But we do not think the snapping turtle is as much given to this as his companion. However, this is thrown out as a hint to those who have preserves and wish to increase the number of game birds. We have known many young ducks, and eyen some pretty well grown, to be taken away by snappers. And this even in ponds in close proximity to the house. A friend had to let his pond off last summer before he could catch the turtle that destroyed many of his young ducks. No doubt dogs and minks are often blamed for doing something that belongs to a creature of a very different nature. Farmers had best watch the ponds and brooks where their ducks and goslings feed if they miss them. A. H. G. THE CHOICE OF HUNTING RIFLES. Hditor Horest and Stream: T have read in a recent issue of your paper the courteous reply of “C. D.” to my criticism of certain repeating rifles. The defense is an earnest one and commands the respect al- ways due to sincerity, yet I cannot sec that the reasoning of your Wyoming correspondent invalidates at any point the position which I have taken. ‘‘C. D.” pleads for the re- peater, and instances cases where it has been useful; but he does not show that uccidents do not occur with it, nor that it can be relied upon to do its work unfailingly. The tests which he quotes are certainly very interesting, but I observe that in these tests there was a failure to extract a shell, 7, ¢., the gun did not work, a breakdown, and an explosion in the magazine. ‘These are the things that Ido not wish to have happen with the gun lam using. Of course I do not pre- tend to say that such occurrences take place often, but I do say that they may take place at any time, and that I prefer a gun not liable to such mishaps. “©. D.’s” critical reply covers a good deal of ground, and to answer it in detail would occupy more time than I can ive to the task. I hope, therefere, that he will pardon me if I confine myself to the original proposition as stated in the letter to which he takes exception, and to one or two other matters more personal in their nature. Of these last let me speak first. I must apologize to my critic for giving a false impression as to the arm which caused the Jim Baker accident. I sup- posed, from the connection in which the incident was given in the letter quoted, that it was a Henry (or Winchester) rifle, but, as ‘‘C, D.” had his account from the old man him- self, it is evident that my idea of the occurrence was an erroneous one, I certainly had uo intention to mislead. It is clear that I must have expressed myself unfortunately as to the care which. J think, should be given a gun, and so have been misunderstood by ‘‘C. D.” I believe that a man should keep his gun in good order, but I do not think that one who, for whatever cause, fails to do this, should lose his life for this failure. The- penalty is rather too severe, you see, for what may be nothing more than a little carelessness, or may be quite unavoidable. ‘‘C, I.” implies that I criti- cized all repeaters as to their reliability of action and safety. My impression is that a second reading of my letter will con- vince him that I did no such thing, but that I expressed the opinion that those repeaters which have the magazines in a tube beneath the barrel or within the stock are unreliable and unsafe, Of the former there are a number of forms, all act- ing on substantially the same principle, all, I believe, likely to get ouf of order on small provocation, and all liable to premature discharge within the magazine from a number of causes. The Winchester gun is spoken of by those who write on the subject, because it is the oldest of these repeat- ers, and the one from which all subst quent inventors appear to have drawn their ideas. The most recent rifles of this model have not yet been practically tested in the hands of the public, and when any single individual says that some particular form is the best repeaterin the market, is per- feetly safe, and will not get out of order, the public natur- ally waits, before approving or disapproving, to take more testimony on the subject. The dictum of one man is not enough. These arms are new and untried. They have yet to make a record for themselves. I hope that ‘‘C. D,” will pardon me if I say, moreover, that in some of his recently published writings he has shown a very strong bias in fayor of one particular arm. and:that, therefore, his opinion, how- ever honest, may not be quite free from prejudice. In my previous letter I attempted to show that with the repeater the chance of serious danger to the hunter is vastly greater than with the singleloader, I do not pretend to assert that cartridges often explode in the magazine. On the con- trary; I think that this oceurs very seldom, but then it may occur at any time, snd this possibility is somewhat alarm- ing, Two cases of this kind already cited occurred in the hands of men with whom I had close relations. “C. D.’s” criticism of men who should not be trusted with guns is just enough. But then he must remember that to erris human. If no one ever did a foolish or a careless thing we should have very few accidents with guns. As he very justly says, there is some preventable cause for each accident,” but, as guns go into the hands of wise men and fools alike, we must try to save the lives of as many of the fools as possible by making the guns as safe as possible, and 80 reducing the danger, from whatever cause, to a minimum. like a snake in that it lives lonp after it has been n‘ortully wounded or hus its head cut off. It is pretty well known that a good sized alligator is hard to kill; that in order to kill one at all (outright, or so you can capture it), the ball must be sent into the eye or just buck of the foreleg. I know, nine times out of ten, where my leaden messenger will strike, and as I never attempt to kill game at distances over one hundred yards, (and that is further than most gamé is killed), I am pretty sure of making a mortal wound. Try the 82 and .38:caliber rifles, (save ammunition an sore shoulders), and you will become crack shots, and bag more game, 1n fact have more real sport than you could with your 115 to 120 grains of powder and 350 grains of lend, Rep Wire, The mah who uses # repeater exposes himself to many dan gers not ynderfone by him who uses the singleloader. If he is willing to tuke these risks that is his affair. - [his just becatse a man in the western country must some- times take his life in his hands that a gnu is required that will always work. And this is not true of the Winchester of to-day, nor do I believe it true of other repeaters working on the same plan, I cannot pbdsitively assert that all of the various models built on the Winchester plan will get out of order, because, as ‘‘O. D.” suggests, | have not tried them all. But, admitting this failing in the Winchester of latest model, the inference that the other arms built on a similar plan will act, or fail to act, in the same way, is not an unfair one. I instanced the case of ‘‘many years ago,” because it was the first time that I had seen fae of the repeater, but [ think that ‘‘O, D,” must very well know that at the present day, notwithstanding the march of improvement for ‘‘three hundred years,” it is an extremely common thing for a cart- ridge or shell to stick in a tube repeater, This is the testimony of so large a number of practical hunters, whose word would be unhesitatingly taken in other matters, that we cannot doubt that itis a faet. In a country where a man’s life may depend on the readiness with which he can use his gun, an arm can have no fault more serious than this. And now, although I have already written more than IT had intended, let me touch on one or two additional points brought up by “CO, D.” He appeals for rifles that are more accurate. In this appeal I unite, though | cannot but think that for practical purposes any one of hulf a dozen rifles now on the market is quite good enough, The proposition that to do vood shooting we must have good rifles, seems certainly rather elementary. He complains in the ijast part of his letter that the errors of the man should be charged to the rifle, but he does not appear, in his expressed desire for rifles that will always hit the mark, to remember that, after all, this hitting depends on the mau vastly more than on the rifle, No intelligent and observant person can use a rifle much without learning its peculiarities, and after he has acquired this knowledge he can scarcely fail to do with the arm work that is reasonably good, This on the supposition that he is a decent shot, and that the arm is bored true and shoots alike every time. No man, however, can account for the shooting of a tube repeater, the balance of which is constantly changing. If it be supposed that each time a man goes hunting he isto carry a rifle with which he is entirely unacquainted, we could understand how it is that there should be so much anxiety about the accuracy of these rifles, but the rifles of to-day are practically accurate, and an individual may learn by firing at different ranges at a target all he needs to know about his gun; and as soon as a man knows how his gun shoots, the fault if he misses lies in him and net in the weapon. ‘‘C. D.,” however, appears to as- sume a man who is infallible, and takes it for granted that a failure to place a ball in the spot aimed at is due to some fault in the rifle he is shooting. That is the way his article reads, but of course I cannot suppose he intended to give utterance to any such absurdity, He says further, ‘‘It is a lucky chance if the hunter can come on his game at a known distance or have full time to estimate it.” 1 grant that it is unusual to come on the game at a known distance, but dissent utterly from the latter part of his proposition. A man who is hunting will often—even usually—see his game before it sees him, and will have abundant time to estimate his distance before shooting. Of course, if one merely rides over the country, taking his chance of stumbling on game, things will be as ‘‘C. D.” says, but I am speaking of men who hunt, not men who blunder. And suppose the game is found to-day at 560 yards and to-morrow at 150, the hunter who knows his arm should be able to make the necessary allowances for the difference. To judge the distance and shoot accordingly is about as im- portant 3s any part of the work a hunter has to do, I hold that the repeater is a cruel weapon, because the knowledge that a man hasa dozen shots in reserye, makes him careless in his shooting, and leads him to continue it too long, ‘“‘C. D.” theorizes about an ideal sportsman, but we must reason about the average man. Probably neither “C. 1).” nor I would continue to shoot, if we carried repeaters, longer than was advisable, but the young hands, the men who are hunting big game for the first time, will try to kill as long as they can. The inen who butcher, who wound five head of game for one that they kill, are, so far as I have had the misfortune tc be thrown with them, those who are so crazy to kill game that nothing can restrain them; they will shoot aslong as the animals are in sight, The man who hunts for his needs knows enough to take his time and to avail himself of every advantage. He getsas close as he can, and the single ball from his rifle does the work. Even a cool headed man, unless he is accustomed to the sight of game, will fire ten shots from a repeater’ where he would use a singlcluader but once. Thus the repeater is a constant tempt- ation. : Tam unable to see that the article to which this is a reply is other than a virtual admission of all that I have advancd against this dangerous arm, [ believe that other things being equal, the best gun isthe safest—satest in action, [ mean, and in being always ready for use, and, as I have said belore, 1 do not believe that the repeater with the magazine im the tube under the barrel or within the stock, fulfills these conditions, My time is so occupied that I cannot give much of it to writing, and I only reply now to “OC. D.” to show him that I do not consider his arguments good ones, or that he has in any way replied satisfactorily to the points I tried to make. G. GLENCOE, Fla. Hidilor Forest and Stream: At last in looking over your articles on ‘The Choice of Hunting Rifles,” | have found a man after my own heart in your correspondent ‘'E. T. D.” Th» case he cites in regard tothe Winchester, is almost invariably the way I have found it. The majority shoot away, thinking they are bound to hit something in ten or fifteen shots, when generully the op- posite is the case, I have seen so many ‘'tenderfeet” with their repeaters, pump away (excuse the word pump but it is very expressive) at a deer, within casy shooting distance, and that deer wasas safe as if he were 100 miles away, You do not, asarule, find old Rocky Mountain hunters, who face the fiercest, animals, use a repeater, they trust to shooting straight, not to the number of shots. I have had considerable experience with the rifle, in shooting such large game as bear, mountain lion, elk, deer, antelope, efc , and after giving the repeaters a fair trial, have thrown them all aside and swear by my Sharps hammerless, .40-70-880, and would far rather be face to face with a ‘'silver tip” with my .40-70, than with twenty Winchesters or any other make of repeaters, I anticipate a two months’ trip this summer, and if ““E. T. D.” wilk come out here, I will guarantee to show him all the bear, deer, elk, ete., he could desire, and moreover as fine trout fishing as the most fastidious would ask for, lsay with him, “I want no better gun than the 40 70,” SPORT. CRESTED Burrs, Colo, THE PERFORMANCE OF SHOTGUNS. Editer Forest and Stream; I don’t care for ‘‘style” in a gun, provided the gun is safe, handles well, and is a close, hard shooter. No matter how strong the material, 1 want some weight of metal in the barrel of my shotgun and especially at the muzzle of a choke- bore, I believe that where # gun is choked at the muzzle, if it is light at that point it springs so that we do not get tbe full benefit of the choke. I came'to this conclusion by pnt- ting a light band of lead, fitting closely, around the muzzle, and after firing the gun I found it would drop off easily, having expanded quite perceptibly, T have been using for the past two years one of the Amer- ican Arms Co.’s semi-hammerless single guns, a 12-gauge gun, 28 inches, 9% pounds, made to order (a 12-gauge on a 10-gauge stock), cut off and rechoked to leaye it heavy at the muzzle. PEDAGOG. CLEVELAND, O. Editor Forest and Stream: Several of your correspondents have made statements that I kill geese at 100 yards with No. 10 shot. It is not so. I have seen pinnated grouse killed at that distance, and I have seen geese killed wilh Nos. 8 and 10 after being shot at with largest size drop shot. A good 10-gauge gun bored for Kynoch’s cases will kill a goose at 100 yards with shot from BBB to TT in size, and it is my opinion it is better to hit a goose at long range with small shot than miss it with large, I have killed geese and turkeys when hunting quail at long range with small shot; longer range than I ever killed a quail under same circumstances. Small shot loaded with good powder, good wads and held right will kill a long way. | have never owned a fine gun yet that | had made for long Tange but what would stick No. 8 shot in a pine board at 100 atds and stick it in good. Any Baker gun 10-gauge, 32- inch barrels, full- choke, will do it, and put TT clear through an inch soft board. Remember to use the very best powder and felt wads. Field loading for wildfow), say 44 drams of No. 6 ©. & H. powder, one cardboard, one § felt, one pink-edge, 14 ounces of Tatham’s TT shot, 3-inch brass cases. 1f American guns are not fine enough for “Byrne,” order from England, and you will get as long range, but not a bit longer, You cannot get such shooting from guns chucked out on a machine so many a day, but from a maker who prides himself on a long-range gun. ‘‘Almo’s’’ experience cxtends over three continents and twenty-five years’ shooting, in season; and when I stated that a gocse was killed away up yonder by a boy with a $25 gun loaded with No. 10s for quail, 1 did not intend it as my mode of loading. 1 still say if you want a dead goose it is better to hit it with No, 8 than miss it with TT, ALMO. TEXAS, Editor Forest and Stream: There’has been but little allusion to the great importance of bavtig a gun that will throw shot centrally with a good degree of unitormily. It has been my experience that any gun that will throw a given number of pellets to the center will always distribute the rest of the charge in rerular man- ner. How very few cyhnier barrels can be depended upon to do this beyond forty yards, For years 1 shot a cylincer as good as any for the above distance, but how *‘wild’”’ it would shoot much of the time, after getting a little foul especially. In spite of my prejudices in favor of my dearly loved old cylinder gun, 1 was actually forced into the pur- chase of a ‘full-choked” breechloader.= I bad too much evi- dence crowded unwillingly upon me, so that I had to put by the old gun that had occasionally made such splendid shots and oftener made such decided misses, I put the manufacturer to a severe test, as [ thought. I wanted a gun that would shoot 60 yards with No. 6shot, and 70 yards with No. 4, with sufficient uniformity to kill a duck or pigeon. Three ‘‘full-choked” guns were targeted. Euch gun was shot four times. In the record there were from one pellet to five that struck a five-inch bullseye in a thirty-inch circle every time, Only one pellet in one discharge; in all the rest a sufficient number to have struck a duck or par- tridge. In twelve shots the fiveinch bullseye was not neglected once. Such is my idea of what constitutes a good shooting shotgun. I have never yet seen a cylinder that would do that kind of shooting with uniformity. Lattribute the difference to the system of *‘choking.” The shot may- possibly get tangled up somewhat when they reach the Editor Forest and Stream: 1 have owned and used rifles of large and small bores, and have at last settled down to the .32-caliber, short and extra long cartridges, for general hunting and target shooting. I believe that accuracy is of more importance than weight of powder and lead. If one knows that he can place a ball in some vital part of the game he is hunting, he is pretty certain of making a mortal wound. ThereisJittle or no recoil to the .32-caliber to affect the aim, as in alllarge bores. Of course for grrizzlies, buffalo and moose, a large bore is ne- cessary. But l am spraking now of common hunting, deer, turkey, geese, etc. Probably the ,88-caliber would be better still where no small game is hunted. lam now using a little .32-caliber, and find no difficulty in killing whatever laim at. I have killed several alligators with it lately—all at one shot. The last one was eight feet in length, the ball (.32 short) entered at one eye, passed through the head, and carried away a large piece of bone near the other, disabling the ’gator se bad that, after he had stopped lashing the water with his tail, I drew him out on the land without resistance on his part, The alligator is a i ' 346 : - FOREST AND STREAM. [May 20, 1884. choke, but they go from 20 to 30 yards further with more directness, and if the gun is properly loaded, the penetration is not materially affecied. Those who hunt ducks have probably found it to be very convenient to have = its that will carry with uniformity one ounce of heavy shot 60 yards, backed by 4 drams of good powder. This increase of distance is uncoubtedly ob- tained by the wise system of choking that our makers have succeeded in getting, enabling us to reach out after game that grows more wild as it gets more scarce. For wing- shooting in the brush I should not desire a iull choke, but would even there like a modified choke. We are often obliged to take long shets at quail and partridge il we get any shots at all. Wire cartridges in a cylinder do good work, but they are costly luxuries for rapid shooting. One thing more: Let it be proven that English guns exc.l the make of our home munufactories in the field before we decide in their favor. A‘uerican mecbanics never have been excelli'd in the long run. They are not now. Europe has had our gun trade long enough. CHOKE-BORE. THAT STEAM CAT, Editor Forest and Stream: itis sad to gruw old; to be thrust aside from and be left behind by the strugeling, advancing crowd of younger men, to feel the vigor ot one’s frame passing away, the once firm muscles vrown flabby, the bones invaded by rheumatic pains, the lissome joints stiffening with age, the erect form warped, the eye grown dim, the ear dull, tue arm nerveless, the grass- hiupper become a burden, All these indications of app1oach- iny senility are hard for one, first to realizr, then to submit to; but it is harder still to become aware that one’s mental faculties are failing, and that time is blotting many things fiom the page of memory, and that already much recorded there has become a blank. = This pang I felt most keenly when I read the communica. tion of your correspondent ‘‘G. Whillikuns,” in a recent issue of FOREST AND STREAM, for many of the thingsrelated by his friend Squibob as having happened to him and me have entirely passed out of my recollection. I have nu reiem- brance of anything in relation to the steam cat, nor even of the existence of such an animal, and certainly none whatever of my having taken part in any land battle on this continent. What little fighting that | remember done hy me with human foes was with my corps, the Horse Marines, at sea, and I can- not recall the fact that | ever bestrode a *‘cayute,” whatever that may be, though during one cruise, when I was attached to the U, 8. frigate Constipation, we were mounted on sea horses. It was the hardest service I ever saw, for we were in the saddle almost constantly, swimming our stceds around the ship, half of us all day and half all night, only going aboard for our rations and sleep, But it is not my purpose to relate my adventures here. but only to confess how sadly my memory has failed. Ah me! it is indeed sad to grow old, but it is a consolation to me to feel that though bodily and mental faculties are waning, my love of truth is as strong as ever, and to know that I have not Jost, as some appear to have done, with youth and vigor, my capacity for telling: it. Your's for the truth, AptronpA, May i4. Major JoOsmpPH VHRITY, U.S.H.M. MIDNIGHT MELODY, Ci Pig ee appears to be something peculiar in the geographi- Gal situation of this city that attracts migratory birds io passing over. On several occusions of late years vast numbers of plover have been heard calling as they went over the city on their autumnal migration, and before the wild pigeons had been reduced in numbers to the present propoitions they were seen in this vicinity whenever they enteied the State at all. There has not been a noteworthy flight of pigeons here within fifteen years, but plover, ducks and gvese continue to show themselves about the time they are changing their hub- itation. On the night of Thursday, May 22, the midnight sky. was yocal with what seemed to be the whixtliug of innumerable birds of the plever species, perhaps they were what you pvo- ple along the sea coast call bay snipe. They were not gray plover, for its call 1s so peculiar that I never fail to recoguize it, The night was dark and a litttle rain was falling, so that no one could see the birds, although they sometimes few so low, to judge from the clearness of their twitterings, that they must have been within gunshot, Again they would be heard so faintly as to indicate that they were athousund feet ubove. They seemed to be moving from the eust to the west, and the variety of cries led to the belief that all of the birds were not of the same kind or size. The prevailing call sounded to my var very like the soft whistle ot widgeon as they bover over dccoys. BH, Repmwonv. Rocuestier, N. Y., May 24. TWO-EYED SHOOTING, Editor Forest and Stream: As my article on ‘'Two-Eyed Shooting” was written for the purpose of assisting beginners and others in the art (for it ig an acquired power) of shooting, in justice to myself and those for whom the ben: fit was iuteuded and through courtesy, I ought not to leave unanswered the kind criticism of your gentlemaniy correspondent, “‘D. W. C.,” in your issu of May 15, Before procveding to discuss his strictures, 1 must discluim any desire to “induce others to admire my gun,” etc., as set forth in Ins preamble, as reference to my article will show that ‘a gun that fils 1s the only gun alluded to,” and as to “my holding” that was the subj ct matter und Iam vxcusable, Now, as to the main pomts of his (“‘D W. ©.’s”) objection, 1 Will, to make it clear (without giving in full ““D, W. C.’s” communication) quote ouly points of variance, to wit: ‘‘Now. if his advice to hold the gun still about two seconds before shooting only applicd to duck sitting on water or any bird not in motion, no doubt he is correct,” ete. To which I reply that the aim by my method is equally true at moving objects as at stationary objects. The rule holds good that if the aim of the gun by this method is true 1n one instance it will be in another, 1 tried in my first communication to make it appear that the eyes directed the movement of the gun—by what scientific pro- cess [am unable to say. If that point is conceded (which ‘“‘D. W. C.” does concede by saying “if applied to duck sitting on water or birds not in motion, he is correct”), does it not follow that the gun will change as the eye changes from one point to another? In cross shots, es with shvoting with one eye shut, allowance must be made for distunce and speed of bird and sight taken accordingly, but how much better can it be done with object within line of vision with both eyes open than with one eye shut, losing entire sight of object and making the holding all guess work. To quote further, he says: ‘*Where would the bird be by the time the two si conds interval had ex- pired? Evidently 70 to 100 yards away.” As to rapid flights of birds | have no data to compare with “D. W. C.’s” figures, nor do I think it necessary. It must be remenibered that a bird’s initial vel city does not compare with the rifle ball, if he does have more ‘‘staying power,” therefore ‘"D. W. C.’s” extreme speed docs not apply to a bird taking wing. I will admit that when game flushes at 40 yards away (and as 1 am nota 100-yard sunman) two seconds may befatal to success, but is it certain that he who shuts one eye, can aim quicker? But when birds (as with us) rise from 3 feet to 20 yards, I find no difficulty with my gun (excuse allusion to it), barrels 24 inches long 2} drams powder and { of an ounce of No. 8 shot, in stopping them. “D. W. C.” will admit that there are potterers at all things they undertake; aiming a gun is not an exception, and notably so is a hunting friend of mine, and he will bear me out, that I scold him for beivg slow in the one only thing he ought to be quick. Nevertheless, with this pottering in aim- ing, when he has no intervening object, in a clear field, with his 1, 2, 8 and 4 seconds, he makes his bag, when it comes to the bush, with the manner @/a prince and generosity un- equalled, remains a spectator, with the remark, ‘‘My friend, yuu have need of both eyes, perhapsthree.” 1 practice what I preach, and at risk of being thought a braggart, I will state that I am considered a good shot and it is known fo all of my hunting companions that [shoot no other way, With kiniest regards and esteem for ‘‘D, W. C,” Sportsman, CoLumaBus, Ga, DEER FLOATING INCIDENTS. VV als reading the articles on ‘‘Deer in the Adiron- ducks” in your paper, 1 was reminded of two anec- dotes, which George Sweeny was accustomed to relate when- ever the conversation turned to ‘*night hunting” or *‘floating” for deer, Probably all sportsmen who have entered the Ad- irondacks by wuy of the Lower Saranac have seen or heard of George Sweeny, one of the best and most trustworthy of Adirondack guides, one much sought after by sportsmen on account of his steady habits and general excellence and also a member of that seemingiy exhaustless family of the name of Sweny. (One rarely fails to find a Sweeny or a Moody in any purt uf the Saranac or St. Regis country.) At one time, in years gone by, George was in camp at the head of Big Tuppers’ Lake and was guiding a gentleman from Ireland, who was in this country in pursmit of sport, Bving out of venison it was suggested that George and his sportsman should paddle up tug River and endeavor to secure that valuable article. As soon as it was dark they started and on their way to the carry by the falls George spent the time in instructing Mr. Sportsman into the modus operandi to be pursued. He told him that if they had the good Juck to see a deer, to keep perfvctly still, and not to shoot until he whispered to Sim tu do so, Up the river they silently paddled until, as they came around a bend, George discovered a nice buck standing in the water some distance ahead. With strong silent strokes of the paddle George sent the boat along until he thought the proper time, when he whispered “‘shoot.” The man in the bow never slirred. George whispered ugain a little louder “shoot,” but norespousefrom the bow of the bout. Ina state of excitement, G. orge whispers in as loud a tone as he dures, ‘shoot, shoot quick,” He has hardly finished when Mr- Sportsman from Ireland turns abvut so as to face him and exclaims in aloud voice and with a brogue betraying his nationality, “Would ltake him now?” It is needless to state the result. At another time George was one of the guides in the —— party from Yonkers, and one evening tuok the youngest mumber of the purty out in order to give him his first Jesson in “night hunting,” and caution d bimto keep perfectly still, whatever he saw. As they were slowly floating along a deer came ib sight and the instant the boy saw it he jumped up shouting, ‘George, I see a deer, I sce a deer.” So he did, but that was all. AMPERSAND. THE MASSACHUSETTS BILL. Editor Forest and Stream: Knowing something about the defeat of the proposed game law of Massachusetts, 1 would like to record some facts concerning it that do not seem to be generally known. The bill passed the Senate without opposition, and it would have gouve through the House in the same way had it been a proper bill, intended for the best interests of sportsmen, The House luckily contains a sportsman or two, und their attention was drawn. to several very objectionable ciauses, that prohibiling the shooting of sea birds in inlaud waters being most important, in which case the very best autuma gunning on the Massachusetts coast would be entirely pre- vented, This clause of itself merits the defeat ol the bill. The closed season for black duck shooting begins just as these birds arrive on the coast. Other closed dates were very obj: ctionable. + in addition to these were the portions which referred to collecting song birds, Under this clause no person could get an ornithologist’s certificate until over twenty-one years of age. {| know a number of young men who would be yery much injurd by such legislation, provided it was exe- cuted, As this part of the game Jaw never has been en- forced there is little yeason to hope that it would have been this year. Indeed, l-gislation in regard to song birds is and always has becn in this State a mere farce. tis a poor way to begin to strengihen them by prosecuting young men 1n- terested in ornithology, while the fields are filled with yvanton bird killers More care should be exercised in giv- ing out certificates, and each person ought to be obliged to furnish some proof that he is interested in the birds’ welfare. As the Mussachusetts law stood it was entirely ui fil to pass. Until a game law suitable in all respects is framed for the interest of sportsmen, naturalists and the public, I for one hope that all iu the mea.time will be defeated. The talk about members of the House being brihed by theater tickets, civars, etc., is, I think, based entirely upon theory, As for the person who started the opposition and was most instru- mental in killing it, 1 can say that he 1s an ardent sportsman, who has brought more than one violator of the game law to punishment, and would be the Jast person lo accept a bribe for killing a bill, especially one relating to game. R. T. Editar Horest and Stream: Our proposed game law fell through. Generally good, it yet was faulty. While it cut off spring snipe, which is the best time about here to get them, it prolonged the open &ea- son on fowl, perhaps to give some gentlemen who visit Cape Cod a better chance at brant. Then again it made the close season on shore birds up to Aug, 1. I have known good shooting on robin snipe by July 13, and for jack curlew, the most of them go aloug in July. ‘Then the uplands leaye on the first good frost. Two weeks in July are worth consider- able, Ihave said nothing about peeps and ringnecks, but they help out a mess, small as they are. Finally, it seems to me that when the birds commence to return from the north it is time fo shoot. Whether it be July 1 or any other time, when they come back the fall flight has of course begun. Males generally come first, then the females, and finally the young of the year as they become strong enough to per- form the migration. The trouble is we have too much Jaw now, but not enough euforcement. Sometimes it seems to me as if the so-called pot-hunter got more thai his share of blame. Just as long as the genus homo endures, there will be those who, to satisfy their appetites, will pay almost any price (in or out of season) for birds or other game, Two wrongs will. not make a right, but I do say that a shot at the class | have just mentioned, is one delivered at a fair target, and a very important factor. Boston market is a great dump- hole, 1 admit that and truly hope to see a change. Sportsmen who want more stringent laws and proper en- forcement must dig down deeper into their pockets and fight harder, I mean more substantially, or they will lose the race against marketmen and gourmands four times out of five. XK, ¥ Z. SaLmm, Mass., May 3. THE NEW YORK LAW. N answer to a correspondent the other day we quoted the following sectiims of the Game law: Section 16. Any person who shall knowingly trespass upon culti- yated or inclosed lands for -the purpose of shooting or hunting any game protected by this act, or shall take any fish from private ponds or streums not stocked in whoie orin part by the State, or after public notice has been given by the owner thereof as provided in tiie follow- ing section shall be liable to such owner or occupation, in addition to the actual damages sustained, in exemplary damages to an amount not exceeding $25. ‘ 7 Section 17, The notice referred toin the preceding section s>all be given by erecting sign boards, at least one foot :quare, upon eyel'y fifty acres of land upon the limits thereof, or upon the shores or bank of any lake, :tream, or pond, in at least two ecunspicuous places on the premises; such notice to have appended thereto the name of the owner or occupant, and any person who sball tear down or in ay deface or injure such sign board, shall be liable to a penalty of $25. c The Monte Fredy Fishing Club requests us to print also sections 27 and 28, which read: Section 27. Any owner or owners, or lessee or lessees, of lands or lands and water, whether :uch owner cr owners, lessee or Jessees, be an individual or individuals, association or associations, suciety or societies, corporation or corporations, desiring to lay out, devote or d: dicate such lands or lands and water, for the purpo-e of a private park or territory, for propagating or protecting fish, birds, and game, shall publish at least once a week for three mionths, iu a paper of general circulation, printed in the county or counties within which such lands or lands and water arelvcated, descriing the same, Thére shall be inseried in said notice, a clause declaring that such lands or lands and water will be used as a private park for the purpose afore- said. It shall be the duty of such owner or owner , lessee or lessees, at any time during the publication of said notice, or wi binsix months after the final publication thereof, to po t up or put up nm tices or sign boards, warning all persons against trspassing thereon, such notices or sign boards to be not less tian one foot square and placed not more than forty ruds apart along the entire bouidary of said ter - ritory, when said premises shall con*ist entimly of land, and y hen he same shall consist of both land and water, the said no,ices shull be placed in conspicuous places upon said territiury, so there shall he at least one notice or sizn board so placed or ereeted for ¢ very one bundred acres of said territory. When the p operty to be protect)d shall consist of a lake or pond only, said notices shall be placed in at least four conspicuous places upon the shore of such lake or pond. When the premises shall be inclosed by a fence or fences of reason- able capacity for protecting said premises, then notices orsignbourds of the aimensions aforesaid shall be placed on said fence or fenves notanore than one-half mile apart. After such territory shall be dedicated and designated, all Osh, birds,and game, of. in, or upon the same shall be the property of the owners or lessees thereof, [As amended May 31, 1880. chap. £31- , Section 28, Alter such grouni's are inclosed in such manner as to render: uch fish or game private property, no person shall catch or take from, or kill, any fish, birds, or game, in or upon said prownds or waters, or put on such grounds orin such wat fs, any pOi-onous or other deleterious substance, or piscivirous fish, or let off the waters from said grounds, with invent to take fi-h, or to destroy the fish or eggs placed in such waters, or deface or destroy any sien or notice posted or putup as aforesaid; or place any object against or near su-h ence or inclosure. wirh ment to aid dogs or other avimals lo get into said grounds, orto enable animals kept therein to escape therefrom, or enter upov such grounds with the implements or weapons for catching, taking, or killing fish, birds, or game thereon. Any person found guilty of any offense against this section shall be liable to the owner or lessee, in addition to the actual damages in- curred, i exemplary damages to the amount of $25, The club correspondent.adds: ‘The first trout stream in Onondaga county that has been leased we have possession ot. We have stocked and will continue to stock it. Our lease is for twenty years, absolute title, We have complied with the law all the way through arid trespassers or poachers will have to take their chances, The first man we catch fishing on our stream will get the full penalty of the law itat costs $1,000.” j The section relating to tle power of supervisors has been amended to read as follows: i Section 37. It shall be lawful for the board of supervisors of-Any county, at their annual meeting. to make any regulations oF ordi- pances protecting other birds. fish or game than those mentioned in this act, and also for the further protection of such Pie fish or game as arein this act mentioned, except wild deer, and to this end to prohibit hunting and nshing in particular Jocalities or waters lying witiin their respective counties, fur limited periods and during cer- tain mouths of the year, and to prescrie punishments and penal ies for the violation thereof, and adopt all necessary measures for the e forcement of such punishment and the collection of such penalties, And such regulations and ordmances shall be published in the papers in such*county in whicn the session laws are publisued; and a certified copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the Gaus pruvided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construe as conferring upon the board of supervi-ors of any county the right or authority to prohinit the Owner or Owners, in whole oriu part, of lands and waters wholly private, or the lessee or lessees thereof, whether such owner or owners, lessee or Jessees be an individual or individuals, association or associations, society or societies, corpora-_ tion or corporatious, from angling and taking fish in a lawful] manner during the months now allowed by the laws of this Stute, This actis intended to apply only to such owner or owners, in whole cr in part, of lands and waters, or the lessee or lessees thereof. who shall have complied with the provisions of section rwenty-seven of said chapter five hundred and thirty-four of the Jaws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and the acts amendatory thereof, Domesticatine WinprowL,—Since the loss of the flock ot wood ducks recorded in our columns, Mr. Fred Mather has received, at his place at Cold Spring Harbor, L. i., the following birds, some of which are already mated: One pair of Maudarin ducks or Chinese teal (Aix galericudata), four pairs of American wood ducks or summer ducks (Azz sponsd), two pairs Eurnpean widgeon (Marca penelope), one pair of European pintail ducks (Dafila aewt), and one male green- winged teal (Querquedula crecea). The «ffort to breed our beautiful wildfowl in captiyity will be made, and many additions to the list are desired. a : _—— ‘Tre ‘’RAPPER’s Siuent FRrenD.—Olympia, W. T., May 10,—Bditor Forest and Stream: Your valu:ble paper has been the sportsman’s friend and the medium of exchange of valuable ideas, the result of the practical experience of acientific sportsmen, and the liberal manner in which these ideas have been viven to the public has, in reality, laid the foundation for many of the uselul inventions iu connection with the rod and gun, and various other articles belonging fo the sportsman’s catalogue. Perhaps by the same method improyements can be made on the trapper’s silent friend, the steel trap. At least information and queries may be cx- changed, that will prove of interest to more than ove, I notice a growing inclination on the part of the modern trapper and hunter, to catch his fur scientifically and to keep up with the times, and I can show you the files of the Forrs? AND 8) RHAM in almost every trapper and hunter's camp west of the Cascade range of mountains in W. T., where a post-office is accessible. The principal fault that vatious trappers find with the steel trap of to-day is that the catch that works over the jaw of the trap has a fendency to throw the animal’s foot away from the trap when sprung, at most catching it by one toe, thus allowing it to twist out, This Josés at least twenty-five per cent. of valuable fur, I have reference to beaver and otter. Perhaps some trapper wil say, ‘You should set your trap so as to drown your beaver or otter.” In anticipation of such advice 1 will say that on a Juke or river, or where you have plenty of water fo drown the animal, that would be correct, but in the shallow brushy swamps that you find west of the Cascade Mountains in this Territory, one dots not always haye a choice, and even where there is sufficient water the animal is lable to cling to the brush or shore and twist out. Give us an im- provement on the steel trap. What think ye?—TILLIcUM. SHorE Birp Movements —Philadelphia, May 24.—The expected bluck-breasted plovers, robin snipe, curlews and dowitchers appeared on the New Jersey coust on their way north on Monday, the 19th inst , in small numbers, My last week's communication reached you simultaneously with their arrival and the birds will have passed on before you go to press aguin. On the 20th, 21st and 22d larger flights showed themselves, and shooting is good at tbis writing. Market shooters that started out from Atlantic City made good bags, ~ and the birds brought in on the first three days of the week were shipped to this city. Quite a number of short-billed curlew are go‘ng north, but are wild and do not stool well; black-breasted plover are more numerous than the other varieties. The birds will not locate at any point on the New Jersey coast, as they once did, and are only passing. Not many years ago willets bred on the New Jersey shore in considerable numbers, and their eggs were collected by some in quantities and considered a great delicacy; but it has been ten years since I have heard of a nest where they once hatched. Ocean City, a growing watering place on Peck’s Beach, now occupies what was once a favorite breeding spot. A bear and cub were shot near Honesdale, Pa., last week. On beiny discovered the old bear, contrary to the custom of Ursus with young, beat a retreat, and the cub went up a iree and was first killed. The old one being fullowed was dispatched, making no resistance —Homo Mosquito PREVENTIVE,—Baltimore,—A year or so ago I found a paragraph in a book by G. A. Sala (‘Living Lon- don,” p. 322), in which he stated that the English army, then in Egypt, were much annoycd by fleas, etc., and thal they had found a protection in Pyrethrum roseum. I tried the remedy the following summer. While knocking about Chesapeake Bay m a small catboat, it was my custom to camp on shore af night. These camps were generally in a clump of woods, and the ‘mosquiloes, flies and fleas were simply awful. Ifourd that by taking a small quantity of Pyvrethrum reseum, ov the Persian camomile, making it into @ paste with a few drops of alcohol, then diluting with three or four times as much water, applying to the exposed parts ot the body and allowing it to dry, that the trouble was much mitigated, The pyrethrum is not poisonous, and may be freely used without Naneee, The drug is the basis of the so-called Persian insect powder, sold in all drug stores, but some of it is worthless —D. H. B. Camp Sire Hlicherings. “That reminds me,” 112. HAD noticed while driving along the road some miles from home a large pond with a swampy, swalish sur- rounding, and while gazing on it, up flewa brace of wild black ducks. As was natural in any one fond of sport, my heart was ina flutter, and a mental resolve was at once made to come here 10-morrow with my gun. I sought a companion, congenial both to the business in view. and the requirements of sociability, and secured a young, robus!, zeal- ous sportsman, who was an inveterate smoker. In him I had just the companion I wanted. The morrow was fine, but windy. Our drive, which accupied about two hours, was somewhat marred of pleasure by the strong wind which prevented our smoking and filled our eyes with dust, for the season had been wonderfully dry. Arriving at last, we tied the horse to the fener, and rammed down a heavy charge of No 4 into those old-fashioned muzzleloaders of that date. Now, for the first time, we noticed a large bourd intimat- ing ‘‘No trespassing,’ which, however, caused no more trouble than the loss of a moment or so, in consultation, It was a brave deed, we thought, to attack that pond, lying as it did under the very shadow of the house and farm build- ings, whose owner had expended Jubor ard money in erect- ing those warning boards for our benefit; but the grass and the weeds were high and thick, which lessened the danger, and we had of necessity to crawl so as not to disturb the ame. : ii Going on hands and knees in excruciating agonies and dire discomforts, our nether garments soaked, our heads throb- . bing and swelling fit to hurst, we at last found ourselves in full view of the pond. But not a duck was there, and bar- ting the two that had visited the place the day previous, I do not believe there ever had been any, e were both angry, and a look at either of us was as much evidence of the fact as if we Lad openly declared it. The strong wind which now blew with unsheltered strength on us, had a cooling effect, however, and we filled our pipes. As we puffed away, some thought, either of revenge or mischief, sei-ed my companion, for he quickly said, ‘Il wonder if this stufi would- barn?” and by way of illustrating what he meant, applied a match to the parched reeds and grass. Oh, what a blaze was there! What a game the wind had all . "4 ee scalp with his own bowie knife. FOREST AND STREAM. alone. It seemed to pick up tuft after tuft of red hot grass, and hurl them all over that swamp. It reminded me of Samson's foxes over again, or ten thousand will-o’-the-wisps gone crazy. The heat became intense, and we were soon hemmed between the two elements, fire and water, before and behind. A shout startled us; then, as if in echo, ten, twenty more, and we beheld a regiment of agriculturalists on the double, each armed either with instruments of punishment or fire extermination, we did not know which. We conld not stand in i(Jeness any longer, so we went to work, and worked hard, too, by running with all our energy and strength along the edge of the pond, mirmg at every other step in our en- deavor to escape the excited mob, I think we should have suc- ceeded bad not five or six men lain in ambush and seized us as we emerged from the swale. Wedidno fighting, Wecowed. Discretion and valor had a meeting, and decided in favor ot the former. Thoroughly ashamed of ourselves, we joined in fighting the flames, and after throwing down a few hundred rods of fencing and beating the blazing carpets till the spark dust flew thick about us, we became inasters of the situution. The rest is tld in a few words. We footed the bill and said no more about it till now. I often think now that it would have paid me better to have bought a farm than to go secking a couple of ducks that my own eyes had beheld flying away twenty-four hours before. VERAX, JANADA. 113. Ten years ago I found av Indian skull while hunting in Chaquaco Canyon, Colorado, and took it home to my ranch. I have had so much fun with it since that [ have always kept it, and at this moment it is grinning at me. I came to Kansas in 1878, and bung the skull in the office of my hotel. The country was full of land hunters !rom the East, who proposed to make farms out of a chunk of this desolate prairie that will hardly raise buffalo grass, They were to the Jast man very romantic and anxious to hear big yarns. My clerk obcerved thut if he told the truth about the skull when questioned about it, the tenderfeet would seem disappointed, so he used to romance a little, One morning he related to a lone land seeckera most blood-chilling account of how he shot the Indian in the bowels and cut off his gory The next day another man questioned him, and he forzot that Number One, who was present, had ever heard anything about the skull, sohe killeu the Indian over for Number Two by pnitting out a biscuit baited with strychnine, and ‘“‘ketching’ him and afterward cutting off his head with an ax.” els with a rifle and scalped him.” ‘'That was another time I killed him,” remarked Jim, looking Number One mildly in the face. W.J. D. 114. A young man who did not know a setter from a pointer or a trigecr of a gun from the hammer, went from this city to Toronto, and became acquainted with some Canadian sports- men, to whom he vaunted of his skill with the shotgun and success in the field over dogs. He was welcomed inte the circle of shooters and promised by them a day’s sport, they volunteering to provide him with gun and dog. A party was made up and duly repaired to a locality where birds were known to be abundant. Our hero (who told the story himself), with gun in hand, followed asetter, and after some tramping through the brush noticed the d4g moving slowly and finally stop as if paralyzed. He thought that it was a hunting dog’s business to hunt, and that a dog which grew tired and gave up so soon in the day deserved punishment for laziness, so picking up a piece of wood he hurled it at the offending setter, and started in amazement as a “lot of big brown birds” burst up before the dog, Crown Wap. ROCHESTER. 115. Uncle John McK. was a local preacher, quite wealthy, and withala good man. He was also a sportsman and well known in several counties around for his love of field sports. His case was the subject of frequent discussion among his brethren, but the old man still clung to his gun, rod, hounds and bis profession, One Sunday morning, while on his way to fill an appoint- ment, he found his youngest boy, Russel, at the foot of the river fishing. The old man was justly indignant; but just as he reined up his horse the boy made a handsome cust and strike. The hard lines on the face of the father gradually so{tened as the play went on, and presently he said, ‘‘My son, give bim the butt of the rod and he is your bass.” Even then he was not forgetful of the duties of his calling, and when the boy plead the beautiful day and the voracity of the bass as the cuuse of his transgression, the father, mindful of the publicity of the place, leaned forward-in his saddle and whispered, ‘‘Russel, my experience Jeads me to advise that just up around the bend of the river is the best fishing ground in the State.” Parson O’GAtTH, AIO. Sr WHAT THEY SAY OF “WOODGRAFT. HIS book contains a series of useful instructions for those who go to the woods in search of health or amusement, and is, on the whole, a valuable companion and assistant to such as have not large stores of personal experience to draw from. It is systematically arranged and plainly written. * * * On the whole, the book is sound and practical, and well worth the reading.—The Nation. This charming little book is written to teach the traveler how to journey through the wilderness with ease, and on perusing its con- tents we find that it is the experience of an old hunter, who gives the best of advice to those who go out in the woods for a season of rest and relaxation, and need to study lightness and economy in a forest and stream outing.—Spirit of the Times. SratrLe, Washington Territory, May 8.—I received ‘‘Nessmuk’s” book, and was highly pleased with it; in fact, did not lay it down till T had finished it. It contains numberless hints of value to the novice, or “‘tenderfoot,” and even some which we old hasids might profit by. Succe-s to old “‘muzzieloader’s’” venture anyway, and may he sell ten million copies.—H,. H. L. The newest yolume of the Porusr AnD Srrpam series is ‘*Wood- eraft,” by ‘‘Nes-muk.” It isa little volume written in a sparkling vein, and crammed with hints to the camper-out. It is intended to teach the reader ‘how to make an outing a pleasure instead of a misery, 4 comfort instead of a Calamity,’ andit is certainly one of the brightest books on the subject that has ever come to our uotice. Not the smallest of its attractions is the illustration of the subject, even to the details of making a camp-fire, showmg at a glance what the writer meansto teach. Itis a charming little publication, and is quite as attractive for its occasional dissertation on trout fishing, as for tts matter-ofact details of camp life,—Portland(Me.), Press, “Hold on,” says Number One, “you told me yesterday that you shot him in the bow- Sar Sea and River Hishing. CAMPS OF THE KINGFISHERS. Black Lake, Michigan,—IIl. HORTLY after leaving the spring we came to the’ ‘twin lakes,” a pair of lovely little gems of water, sep- arated by a high backbone a few yards wide at. the top, over which the wagon road passes. So narrow is this ridge that from the wagons we could look down, seventy or eighty feet it seemed, on either of them; the one on the right appearing much lower than the other. They are perhaps eighty rods long by half as wide, and are surrounded on the sides opposite the ridgo by hills that are thickly wooded to the water’s edge. We could see no inlet or ovtlet to them, and our driver said he had never heard of their having any, nor was it known whether they contained fish or not, As this was a question we did not care to spend time in solving, we drove on, satisfied that the Master had scooped them out for some wise purpose Which to uS was a sealed book. Skirting around the base of a lofty, forest-clad ridge, trending off to the left in a southeasterly direction, the road led us arouud the point on to another plain, and off in the distance we caught the shimmer of water and the sight of a green line some miles away that our driver informed us was the further shore of Black Lake. Our understanding had been that we were to have crosscd Big Black River some- where below and gone up on thie opposite side from where we now were, as Merrill lived on that side and our camp was to be somewhere near his house; but we ndw learned from the drivers that if was impossible to cross the river without swimming it, so we had the unpleasant alternative left of driving clear around the lake to a point some three miles from the head to where we were to make camp. And we Jearned. too, that neither of the three smart driv- ers knew where they were going or how to get there, nor did they know where Merrill lived, only that his place was twenty-two or twenty-three miles from Chebcygan and near Black Lake. Here was another *‘category,” but we took the matter into our own hands and mildly requested them to “bile ahead till they smelt blud,” or find Merrill’s, if it took a week. The road led straight across the plains to the lake, Which we struck a mile or such a matter from the outlet. From the top of the bank overlooking the lake, we could see a Small steamer at anchor near the further shore three or four miles away, which our driver said was used to tow booms of logs tothe head of Big Black River—the outlet of the like—and this might be brought over by a smoke signal to take us and our traps up to our camp, which would allow them to drive back to town that evening. Four or five of us got out and took an old loggers’ road down to the water to get a better view of the lake and study over the situation. The driver’s hint was not acted en and no smoke was made, except by oll Ben in making a few remarks to fit the occasion, as the water was too shallow near shore to. allow the steamer to get nearer than thirty or forty yards, which would leave us to float our heavier boxes alongside and get them and ourselves aboard as best we might. This we did not propose to do, and we went back to the wagons and took the road up the lake ia not quite as hilarious a mood as pervaded the party at the spring, for we knew by the slant of the sun that 1t would be long after dark before we reached Merri!l’s, where we could at least pass the nicht, or what remained of it, and go to camp early in the morning, But we were in forihand drove along at a good pace without grumbling, haying made up our minds that growl- ing would not shorten the distance nor find Merrill’s clearine, When near the head of the lake, shut off from view, how- ever, by a belt of timber, the road forked and the drivers soon decided they did not know which one to follow. The one leading tu the right might be only an old log road ending at the lakeside; the other they thought led into the State road a mile or so further on, which crossed the Rainey River near the head of the lake. ‘‘Nothing like having drivers that don’t know anything,” remarked the Scribe, ‘as it gives ue a chance to run the whole show for a brief period our- selves.” We settled the matter by taking the right hand road, as promising a near cut, taking the chancvs at the same time on getting through, or carping somewhere for the nigtt, At the top of the hill we got out, except old Dan, Frank und the drivers, and forming ourselves into a pioneer corps went ahead, the wagons following after. Down a steep, sandy hill, and into a cedar swamp bridged by a corduroy of poles and logs, a matter of forty rods from the main road, and we came suddenly out of the tangle onto the beach at the very upper end of the lake. Here the road seemed to end, and we were in a worse category than ever, for it would be a serious matter to turn around here and get the heavily loaded wagons back to the top of the sandhill, When our minds were about made up that we were ina trap, we noticed famt wagon whecl marks in the bushes to the left which the Scribe and I followed a few yards and found a good road leading along w strip of low, open bottom Jand between the beach and the hill a few rods back. A hundred yards further, we stood on ast:bstantial wooden bridge spanning the Rainey River, only a few rods from where it flowed into the lake, and from this point we had a good view of this beautiful sheet of water for the greater part of its length, which is about nine miles, It was fully as wild as we had pictured it. Sweeping away around to the left in the form of a deep bay, toa poiut six miles or more below, where the luke narrowed {rom six miles, at its greatest width, to about three and a half miles, was an unbroken line of wooded shore, not asign in sight of clearing, house or shanty to mar the harmony of its green setting. Down the right hand -side, near which we wert, the shore line was nearly straight, and as far as we could sve for a trend in it to the northward, the geueral features were the same, woods and bushes nearly down to the water the entire distance. It was a rare, quiet picture, but we had little time in which to enjoy it as the sun was nearly down, and Merrill’s yet in the dim and un- certain Gistancc—verily not a cheering prospect of seeing our camp that night, e shouted to the boys to come ahead, and following the road along the bottom for perhaps an eighth of a mile it led us off to the left up a low rocky hill (the first rocks we had seen) out onto the leyel couniry and into the State road. Soon we saw a faint blue smoke through the woods, then a house, and as we came abreast of a small clearing by the roadside, a man hoeing in a ‘tater patch,” the whole “‘farm” fenced by the road on one side and a wall of woods or: the other three. Walking over to the stranger, who on noting our ap- - 848 - FOREST AND STREAM. proach had come to a rest on his hoc handle, we bid him good evening and asked if he could direct us to one Merrill, who as near as we had been able to learn, lived somewhere in this neighborhood. He could, and pointing across the road: ‘He leef over dare ‘bout mile,” This was good news, but when he said we would have to go around three or four miles, as there was no road through the woods in the direc- tion he had pointed, we felt our grip relax and had a mind to camp richt there for the night, but finally decided to go on to Merrill’s, or ‘‘kill every -hoss and driver in the proces- sion.” as Ben said. ‘Follow State road *bout'mile west,” said the Frenchman of Canadian extraction: ‘‘Mebbe leetel more’n mile; come to schoolhouse (they have schoolhouses in Michi- ganif nothing else), turn to right, follow road mile north, turn to right, go mile east, come fo Merrill.” ; Here was a section of Jand with roads on three sides of it, but the one we most needed just at that particular juncture, appeared to haye been left for us in the shape of a howlin’ wilderness. We made afew remarks right there at the edge of that tater patch that would not dress up very well in print, so I will leave them to the imagination of the reader. Mounting on the wagons as they came up, we thanked our friend of the hoe for the directions given, and were off for the schoolhouse at a good jog, for this State road is a good one and kept in good repair. As we turned north at the section corner, oJd Ben selected from a large stock of plain and ornamental oaths kept con- stantly on hand, one that seemed to fit into the right place, and swore ‘that mile back 10 the Frenchman’s is the iongest mile on the face 0’ this livin’ earth; we’ve come three mile ef we’ve come a solitary foot.” By the time we turned into the road going east it was so dark we couid feel it, and the horses were left to pick tbe way for themselves, as any attemptto guide them would have led to a calamily in the shape of a dispute with some invisible stump as to which was entitled to the right of way, We caught an occasional glimpse of a patch of sky up through the wallof trees lining either side of the narrow road, which only seemed to intensify the gloom through which we felt our way, The only sounds which broke the oppressive stillness was the rattle of our wagon, as the- patient, intelligent horses picked their weary way carelully through the blackness, a grunt from old Ben or the writer, a whine from Dick, ora string of high-flavored adjectives that a pi-usly afflicted type setter would probably represent thus: —— —— — —— — , as a wheel would strike an un- usually large root, with which tbis delightful highway was numerously infested. We stopped two or three times to listen for sounds from the ather wagons, but nothing broke the silence but the breathing of our tired horses. We knew the spring wagon ahead of us was all right, but the one behind gave us some concern as it had only the driver and Frank to pilot it through the darkness. and we were fearful lest they had missed the way or gat los! in the tangles of another ‘‘huckle- berry patch.” At last we shouted loud and long, and waited for a response from the rear. A clarion blast away abead in the hair-rais- ing voice of Old Knots was all that came back, and we drove on, leaving them to find the way as they might, or pass the night in the ‘‘bresh,” an exhibition of brotherly feeling that, aftcr thinking over seriously, I trust will not be an example set up to copy after, but we were a trifle riled at them for not kveping us in sight: at the schoolhouse, and made our- selves believe that under the circumstances we could do no better. When we had felt our way throuch the woods for “‘not a solitary foot less’n five mile,” as Ben averred, we thought we saw the faint glimmer of alight ahead to the left, and the next mimute were plunging through a mity swamp ibat must have taken the horses to their knees. A pole or log across it here and there—a miserable make believe that an attempt had once been made to corduroy it—only made it worse, and it was by the most desperate efforts of the brave team that we reached tle hard ground four or five rods abvad, Here an opening in the woods, that looked much lighter than the inky gloom from which we had just emerged, prom- ised a ‘‘clearin’,”’ and directly, “Come ahead, boys; bere’s a house,” infused new life into us; and in a few minutes we were off the wagon with the others, at the edge of the clear- ing, trying to shake our loosened joints together again after the severe jolting of the last mile. Out in the clearing, a hundred yards or so, a couple of dogs were barking furiously, “‘ten yelps to a breath,” as Ben expressed it, and, joining in the racket with a united yell, we soon had the satisfaction of seeing a light slowly approach- ing, ba Se by the yelping dogs. As it came nearer, ‘‘Shet up Turk, don’t be so fresh,” quieted the dogs. and as the light flashed on us, ‘‘Helln, gentlemen; this must be the King- fisher party,” from a gruff yoice, was followed by a brief in- troduction to Mr. Merrill, the long-sought and hard-to-find, tlie dogs meanwhile sniffing at our heels, undecided whether to make friends or snatch a veal cutlet out of our calves. A sharp rebuke from their master, followed by a vigorous: kick at one of them which he dodged with a neatness and celerity that showed long practice in avoiding these gentle reminders, put a sudden stop to their investigations and the “talk? went on without further interruption. Merrill claimed he had not received my letter asking plain directions kow to find his house, nor had he expected us until the next day, else he would have met us with the boats at the point where we first struck the lake, and as we were really one day ahead of the time set, he had the best side of the question, which gave us little room to talk back. = Still no sound from the lagging wagon, and we began to fear they had met with a mishap of some kind. Merrill went with the lantern to the edge of the swamp and “‘hollered” at short intervals in a voice that must have awakened every sleeping varmint within two miles, and finally when we had about given them up as lost, an answering whoop announced they were coming, When they came to the mud hole, we fully expected they would stick, as they had the heaviest of the three loads and a pair of light hoises, but as Ben said, "The little fellers was chuck full o’ sand and grit,” and they brought the wagon through with a regular step that showed how reliable they were in a tight place, Tleir late coming was due to not keeping usin sight at the schoolhouse, and they had driven straight on past 1t a mile or more. before dis- covering their mistake. ‘“‘Huckleberries,” growled the Scribe, which was probably nearer the mark, But now, here we all were, in the suburbs of Merrill’s un- fenced tater patek, tired with the long ride and walk of over thirty miles, hungry as wolves, and best of all, in excellent humor. The horses were unhitched, watered, and given a well earned ration of hay and oats, the frogs carried to a little pool near by and a couple of buckets of water dashed over them and left for the night, and then it was mildly hinted to Merrill that if the trouble were not too great, a trifle in the way of satisfying a feeling of emptiness pervad- ing the party would endear him and his good wife to us for the remainder of our sojourn, to quote Ben, ‘‘on the face 0” this livin’ earth.” He said we would ‘‘have to ask the ‘boss’ about that,” and repairing to the house the good woman was prevailed on to fry some bacon, slice up a huge loaf of old- fashioned home-made bread, and brew a steaming pot of coffee, and this, with butter and eggs procured from our prvyision box in one of the wagons, made a meal that Ben declared ‘‘jest laid over anything in the way o’ eatin’ he’d seen in a solitary year.” Frank insisted on teaching the matron of the house how to make good coffee and boil eggs to the proper turn, but his officiousness was nipped in the bud by a timely hint, and he retired to a corner an abashed spectator of the proceed- ings. I write this that in case it meets his eye he may take unto himself warning not to tamper with this pernicious berry in future while on his way to camp, and if the hint mayhap touch any of the brethren in a tender spot, I trust no offense will be taken, and that it may bear better fruit than the berry in question. We found the accommodations at the ‘‘Hotel Merrill” to be exceedingly meagre; the back part of the one room of the cabin being curtained off into sleepinz rooms for the heads and smaller members of the somewhat numerous family, while the front and larger part served as kitchen, dining-room and room of all work. Overhead in the loft, Merrill informed us, were more of his boys and four or five sleeping lumbermen, so we were forced to betake ourselves to the ’tater patch or the ‘‘bresh.” Without much trouble we got out of the wagons a couple of buxes packed with blankets, and distributing them around, each one proceeded to stake out his claim by the light of the lantern. Old Danny was, however, made as comfortable as possible on the floor in the house, while Frank, with a commendabie concern for Dan’s welfare, rolled himself in a single blanket and was soon snoring near him, an odorous terror to any foolhardy morquito that might come prowling around with- in the range of his breath. The Deacon made friends with the two dogs, and wrapped in his blanket, passed the remainder of the night with them by the side of the house without any serious trouble arising between the trio. The rest of us‘scattered ourselves around and under the wagons, Jim taking much comfort to himself in the possession of an extremely soft pine board which he found lying near the house. Old Knots, Ben, Dick and the drivers selected places to their pleasement and made their beds, while the chronicler of this night’s comforts and miseries found a soft s} ot in the sand near a wagon wheel that just fitted his frame, where he rolled himself in the ample folds of a rubber piano coyer and stretched his weary bones for a tew hours much needed rest. it must have been midnight when quict reigned in the tater patch, but not long did this guict abide with us. The skeet- ers and punkies seemed to haye been apprised of our coming and had been coming in from all quarters since our arrival, until they bad become, as the Scribe iemarked, ‘quite mul- titudinous,” and were sharpening their bills on the wagon tires and waiting for us to settle down, to begin their work of making life a burden to us, While we were moving around they were not very trouble- some, but when everything was still, and not having the pro- tection of bar, net or ‘“‘smear,*’ they began business in earn- est. Mutters and growls from all sides, and imprecations not Joud but of great depth and frequency flouted around in the darkness until it was a question which were the more pumerous, the skeeters or the fragmentary profanity fired at them, and not a few getting in range of Ben’s remargs must have escaped with singed wings and the temper drawn from their bills. But Jim, of whom much bad been expected in this liné, said not a word; he just went quietly off to sleep with as much unconcern as though his pine board was a couch of down aud not a skeeter or punkie in miles, Dick and one of the drivers were, however, the objects of their especial attention, Dick’s locality being plainly indicated hy yicorous slaps that were simply astonishing, ‘A few of the pests found their way into my breathing hole through the folds of the rubber, but I was too tired to remain long awake and went to sleep with the sound of Dick's gentle voice ringing in my ears, and knew no more until aroused by him at daybreak with, ‘Get up you old crank and let’s get out of this, for ’m about eat up by them cussed c1oppies, or whatever you call ’em.” (He meant punkies, but had forgotten the word.) He and the driver had nol slept a wink the whole night. When they could bear it no longer, he said they got up and paced up and down the road a few yards till the first streak of dawn, and, according to his estimate they must have wiped out of existence fully a million *‘croppies” and half as many skeeters, and he further proclaimed in a voice reaching for high ©, that he ‘wouldn't go through another sich a night for all the fish in Michigan, and the d—elightful State throwed in.” (Note.) Dick held a consultation with himself sometime afterward and decided he would like to try it all over again, with the first night left out. [To BE CONTINUED. ] THE REVALLIER OR RAVALLIA. Hditor Forest and Stream: In reading up the back numbers of Forest AND STREAM, I find in the issue of Jan. 17, 1884, a communication from my friend, ‘Al Fresco,” on the ravallia of the west coast of Florida. He seems to be in doubt as to the identification of this fish, but he will recognize it at once under the name of “snooks,” as it is called on the east coast, I referred to it particularly in both series of my Florida papers in Forust AND STREAM, under the various names of cobia, crab-eater, sergeant-fish acd snooks. The name “'snooks” is used as early as the seventeenth century in the account of the voy- ages of Captain William Dampier, who also mentions mul- lets, ten-pounders, tarpoms, cavallies, paricootas, gar-fish, sting-rays, Spsnish mackerel, ete. : In the communication referred to, ‘‘Al Fresco” embodies an opinion of David 8. Jordan, who supposed (from the similarity of sound of the two names) the rayallia to be the robilo (Oentropomus undecimalis), but I never heard “ravallia” or ‘‘vevallier” applied to any fish on the west coast but the sergeant-fish (Hlacate canada). In ‘Fishing with the Fly,” Dr. Kenworthy alludes to the ravallia being taken with the artificial fly by Dr. Ferber, who = UU a stream of whines, disjointed utterances of dire import, and’ describes it as resembling the pike-perch, and that it is taken up to thirty pounds in weight—all of which I can indorse, though in shape and habjts it more nearly resembles the true pike, especially in the form of its head and dentation. _ it is probable, however, that there exists some confusion in the use of the name rayallia on the west coast of Florida, as the two fish mentioned are somewhat alike in formation und appearance, and both have a very distinct black lateral line. JAME } s A, HuNSHALL. CynTHiana, Ky., May 17. it USEFUL HINTS. ee articles on fly-rods, started by Mr. Wells in Forest AND STREAM, have been yery interesting tome. Since my first essay in fly-fishing some years ago, I find tlat my enthusiasm for the sport increases each season; and the sub- ject has become quite a hobby with me, occupying much of my time and thinking in winter as well as in summer. Being possessed of an expermenting turn of mind and some mechan- ical experience, I find a pleasure in making my own rods and flies. [have now ready to take into the woods the coming season rods of my own make and of four different materials, viz., split bamboo, bethabara, hornbeam, ash and lance- wood. I have made, as an experiment, some joints and tips of two pieces of wood glued together, with the grain running in opposite directions. All of my rods fit into one handle about fourteen inches long. I do not use dowels or pins. For a ferrule cement, 1 make a composition of about two parts gutta-percha and one part white rosin. The gutta- percha is nearly white, and comes in thin sheets looking a little like a piece of white birch bark, It makes an excellent wax for wrapping silk, according to the receipt of Norris— one ounce white rosin, one dram gutta percha and one tea- spoonful raw linseed oil. When a rod breaks near a ferrule I do not try to dig it out, or put it in the fire, as I once did, but I Jay it in a hot oven or over the chimney of a lighted lamp for fifteen minutes or so, when the wood will shrink so as to drop out easily, unless the ferrule has been pinned, in which case it will be necessary to leave it until the wood has become charred, which will occur without softening the temper of the ferrule. Ido not remember to have seen described what seems to me the best way to fasten a silk lashing. I have read about winding over a quiil and then drawing the end through it, and about threading a needle and running it back under the winding, etc. I takea piece of strong silk (buttonhole twist), double it, ard lay it over the lashing, parallel with the rod, with the loop or bight extending beyond the lashings, Then take three or four turns of the lashing silk over the loop, in- sert the end in the Joop and pull it through under the lash- ings. I make use of the same fastening at the head of flies. One more small bint is not to allow rubber of any kind to come in contact with your flics; the sulphur in it will tarnish the tinsel. Asl1 believe that correspondence in regard to angling resorts is invited by Forrsr AND STREAM, I wish to say a word about a locality in which I have only a friendly inter- est and a desire to have it better known and appreciated, I refer to the camps of Mr. Kennedy Smith at Tim Pond and the Seven Ponds, Maine. Hach season for the past three years | have spent about two months with Mr. Smith, and I intend to go again the coming summer. His log camps are models of their kind, every one is well treated, and the charges are very moderate. The trout are not of the largest, for Maine trout, but they are there in sufficient numbers to satisfy angereasonable expectations, and the days that they will not rise to a fly are verv rare throughont the season; and they are remarkably beautiful and gamy and fine-flavored trout as well. There is another reason why I go each year to this region. I am asufferer from that strange discase known as “‘hay fever,” and | should live in torment at home from the middle of August until the appearance of frcst. I escape this seri- ous trouble altogether at Tim Pond, and if is a medicine that is very pleasaut to take. In that vicinity there is none of that abominable ‘ag weed” or Roman wormyood, the pollen of which is believed to be the exciting cause of this distressing malady. Iam sure that | have seen queries in regard to hay fever in the columns of Forest AND SrrREAM, and perhaps the above may be of interest to some of its readers, W. G. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 10, 1884. PHILADELPHIA NOTES. W EAKFISH (blue lights) are being seined in large num- bers down the bay on the Delaware State shore, The ‘neck” farms in the vicinity of the fishing grounds are de- riving a benefit from them asa fertilizer as there is no market for the fish, they are so numerous. Bluefish are reported very scarce on the New Jersey coast this spring, from this the baymen argue that fisbing with rod and line will be good the coming summer, as the absence of the bluefish will allow the varieties upon which they feed to come into the bays freely. It is stated by John Upperman, of Kensington, Phila., who is said to be the oldest shad fisherman of our city, that the lurgest shad caught in the Delaware River in his experi- ence of fifty years weighed ten pounds, and that the size of the fish has steadily decreased until artificial propagation was attempted about fifteen years ago. Since that time there has been a great improvement both in size and numbers, and now a six-pouod shad is by no means uncommon. This year a very marked difference is seen and hundreds of shad tipping the scales at six to seven and a half pounds can be seen. r “ : On the roof of the Philadelphia Record building there is a water tank which holds 18,000 gallons, this is supplied by the city main. Last week when the engineer who has charge of the steam pumping maehbine cleaned ont the tank he dis- covered numerous eels from six inches to nine inches in length in his bucket. A further investigation brought to light catfish four inches long. As the water is pumped into the tank through a three-inch pipe, it is supposed both the _ eels and catfish fouud their way from the Schuylkill River when they were very small, ‘he Heed proof-reader, who is a disciple of Uncle Thad Norris, can now go up-stairs, bait his hook at dinner hour, and save car and steamboat fere to Wissahickon. The Cape May, N. J., Porpoise Fishing Company are about erecting extensive buildings on the bay side for the double purpose of extracting the oil from these fish and turning the refuse into phosphates. The venture of this company last year with its patent nets was successful, but we prophesy continual fishing for them will, in a few years, drive them entirely away from the section referred o ail ; OMO. - . TINUE eccond annual fish day festival of the Worcester Sportsman’s Club ocenrred on Wednesday, May 21, and J FISH DAY AT WORCESTER. was a success in every respect. The rules governing the affair were the same as last year, except that a fine of one dollar was impased upon every member who did not partici- pate in the sport. This rule had the desired effect, and called out a much larger number than usnal—not that they cared for the dollar, but they did not like to be branded as delinquents. The conditions prescribed were: ‘‘Every fish onthe list to be caught with hook and line, on the day set for the fishing, Points—Trout, 16 points to the pound; pickerei, 4 points to the pound; perch, 2 points to the pound; pout, 2 points to the pound, For every trout that weighs over eighteen ounces, an additional point to every ounce will be allowed. No private trout streams or ponds to be fished,” The fishermen went in all directions, some to New Hamp- shire, some to Connecticut, some to the hills of Berkshire county, and a few who did not aspire tu trout fishing trolled for pickerel or bobbed for perch and pouts in the ponds about home, lt was the first really hot day of the season, and some of the men who are unused to being out of doors came in with faces that would have made good headlights for locomotives, All were tired, but jolly, and nearly every man had a good story to tell concerning the exploitsof the day. The scene in the small hall at the Bay State House on Wednesday eyening was a delightful one to any man who enjoys looking at a fine display of fish, A long table was spread with plat- ters, in order that those members who had made good catches could spread them out in the most attractive style, as it was pleasant to watch the expression of their faces.as they proudly unloaded their creels. lt was truly a magnificent display of trout, to say nothing of the other varieties. The finest dis- plays were those of Capt. Jacobs and Chas, A. Allen, caught in New Hampshire; John R. Thayer, caught in Connecticut; H. E. Smith, Davenport, Verry and Barton, caught in Berkshire county, and Samuel Brown and James F, Daven- port, caught in the western part of the State. The count closed at 9 P. M., with the following score; CAPT, GOLBERT'S SIDE, CAPT. JACOBS’S SIDE, R. L. Golbert and Alba WU. PACODS foe ee eu ese 12545 PIOUS st LEAL oe eres 241 ©, Hartwelland A. Colby... 240 A. F. Earle and Frank P. AVSLCPE OLE ye eee ard obe. c 83 POOREMASS ic se clew:ass spemiere 60 AV AD CLS tee nate os ee 34. John B, Goodell .. —---.-:. 62 V.Sheldon and Wm. Cue... 88 JG AKG WIGS Skis caters 26 R.J. Healey and 8. Porter.. 72 Stedman Clark......-......- 10 Chas. A. Allen.......0...... 70% THRO Sy rerhitelce pop a meee] 12 JAS. Stoddards rs. .iiset... 15 J, A, Titus and W. Thayer... 48 M. 0. Whittier.............. 23 G. J. Rugg and. G. White.. 30 Joseph Garland........ aie GLO H. E. Smith, $. T. Davenport, A.B. F. Kinney...,........ 31 H. B. Verry. C.8. Barton... 4654 C.K. B. Claflin........ 2... 39 Samuel Brown and J, FF. Hdward Wright.........-.. 38 LOE G Cte ee eee een Jesse Smith. ..0...........2 i Redd. BeLnyi.. 2.2 -0se4+- ses John R, ‘Thayer... 65 Joseph H, Smith... “ W.. LL. Davis................ ve §. Hamilton Cos... Caleb Colvin.... .. ......, 08 B. Henry Colvin.............. Tae Loe ELS ORC Et tn nena Oe Pes 07 G, ®. Batchelder:... .......4- Waldo Simpson............ 09 Fe he bets Tewteas 5 skye eg ve a Patt ti 11 1.56316 1,003 Captain Jacobs and his men bore their defeat good-natur- edly, and Captain Golbert received the congratulations of his friends. The crowd of spectators scattered away and a set of tired fellows went to their homes to dream of the dinner they were 10 enjoy on the evening of the following day. On Thursday evening, the members with the invited guests assembled in the parlors of the Bay State House one hundred strong’, and about 9 o’clock marched to the large dining hall, where Richardson’s orchestra was discoursing excellent music. The ha]l was Gnely decorated; the tables Jaid with rare taste and decorated with a profusion of beautt- ful flowers. It was strictly a fish dinner, Afterthe company had done ample justice to the dinner, President White opened the ‘‘after dinner exercises” with a neat speech, in- troducing H, B. Verry as toastmaster for the evening, who called up seyeral gentlemen in response to sentiments. Mayor Reed opened the speaking with a witty and supposed apropos story. Pleasant remarks were made by~ Messrs. Jacobs and Golbert, captains of the teams of fishermen, ex-Mayors Hildreth and Stoddard, Gen. A. B. R. Sprague, Dr, Merrick Bemis, President E, O, Parker of the City Coun- cil, Dr. W. H. Raymenton, Messrs. John Thayer, E. §, Knowles and I’. A. Gaskill. H. SPRAGUE KNOWLES. Worcester, Mass,, May 24, 1884. “SCHROON LAKE. ULL of hope, desire, zeal and ambition for a pleasant J trip, we boarded the train at the thriving lake town, Platisburg, Friday, the objective point being the Trojan city, Troy. Simple chance and nothing more caused your corre- spondent to become erratic and deviate somewhat from the programme so hastily made the day before. Leaving the train at Crown Point, we boarded the stage for the business part of the town, known locally as Hammond’s Corners. This place supports a lively little local paper, and from our short acquaintance with its editor, R. W. Billett, we should judge he was able to accomplish the duties involving upon him in the way of writing up church sgociables, quilting bees, and the many other little trifles so necessary for the peace of a country village. From him we learned many valuable bits of Information, and if he should happen to read the issue of your paper containing this, he will please accept our sincere thanks. It was our intention to take the C. P.1. Railroad to Hammondville, and it was also our misfortune, of fortune, to miss the train, so engaging a conveyance we determined to make the best of the matter and find consolation in the fact that the scenery would be more enjoyable from a carriage than the railroad coach. By this time Troy was nearly forgotten in the one idea of seeing a part of the world-renowned Adirondacks, and Schroon Lake seemed the ave feasible point from which to resume our journey Troy- ward. The scenery after leaving Crown Point Center grows each mile more grand. ‘To the east the Green Mountains of Vermont roll upward as far as the eye can reach, and to the north are displayed the outskirts of the Adirondacks, sloping downward to Lake Champlain, dotted here’ and there with farms, each just beginning to show the thrift of its worker. Soon Hammondsyille is reached, and stopping to inquire the way to our destination, we view with wonder and sur- prise the many striking features of the iron mines which are here. The sun gives us warnivg to move on, and reluctantly leaving the works of man we euter deeply into the works of nature, and soon are where we can view the different features of the woods. To fhe far north can be seen towering u among the clouds nearly 6,000 feet, and to the: west, gran piles of mountains, which convey an idea of grandeur to the “a ———— FOREST AND STREAM. beholder that no others inspire. The very air, the clouds, the surroundings, bring forth exclamations from the tourist, and leave wonder in the mind that the section should be blessed with such a multitude of charms and attractions, We have viewed Pike’s Peak in Colorado; with alpenstock in hand we have climbed the Alps; we have been astounded by the greatness of the Himalayas, but never have we scen sO many wonders combined as one can find in the Adiron- dacks. We are passing through a wilderness, with moun- tains on the one side and deep and awe-inspiring precipices and chasms within a step from the wagon track on the other; fear, mingled with a fascination, besets the timid, and frightened, yet dreading to leave the scene, he views the panorama of nature silently, with an emotion too great to ex- press by word or pen. It is now quite sundown and the sweet music of the forest warblers recalls vividly to our mind the stanza: “O, nightingale, that on yon gloomy spray Warhlest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh hope the traveler’s heart dosé fill,” Nature seems king, but not for long. Soon we emerge from the wilderness and enter quite a thickly populated agri- cultural district, and we know we are nearing our Mecca, Schroon Lake. A littleafter dark we alight from the carriage at the hospitable doors of the Windsor House. Let us turn from poetry to the practical. Schroon Lake is fast becoming a popular watering place, and each year brings new faces as well as the old ones, Unlike Saratoga Springs, Long Branch, Newport, and other older resorts, it retains its primitiyeness. The sound of the locomotive is yet unknown, and nature has decreed that the railroad can- not penetrate the wilderness. It would be an innovation that would not be endured by the people who congregate here year after year, and the people here would regard it in much the same light. Like Saratoga, nearly every resident “‘takes” boarders, and besides the boarding houses there are several magnificent hotels that surprise the stranger by their beauty and elegance, Among the leading hotels can be named the Leland, Wind- sor, Ondawa and Lake House. The two first named are comparatively new and both are modern and fully up to the wants and needs of the seeker after pleasure and rest, The Leland accommodates 200, the Windsor 100, and the Ondawa 75. The Lake House, another popular hotel overlooking the lake, is the nearest to the sheet of walter that gave the place its name. Of the lake itself little remains to be said. Its charms, its beauties and attractions have been told in poetry and prose. My next letter will be from further back, and my only wish is that you were to be with me. Ep, M. H. TIM AND SEVEN PONDS. FTE sportsmen in Connecticut were greatly pleased to see in your advertising columns of last week notice that the resorts named in the caption of this article are soon to be opened to their many friends for the season. It is very eratifying news to us in this section. The cold season has been long. The spring weather has been treacherous, The birds came when the almanac said they should come, but the snow and ice caused them to retire. They came again and began their homes, but the cold storms drove them back. And so they have struggled and are now striving with wind and wet. And our trials have been as disappoint- ing as those of the little gay-plumaged songsters.. Some of fhe bravest of us went to the brooks, but trouty had no overcoat and was not there. We have been several times since, still only a few of the toothsome swimmers could be found. A few gentlemen went to a distant part of our State and returned with fairly well-filled creels, Our streams are well supplied with water, and later we hope for good strings. As I have intimated, our tackle has been in good order for a long time, and we have been restless to use it, and I repeat we were glad to learn our favorite fishing grounds of North- ern Maine are soon to be ready for us, We have great ex- pectations, for since the nefarious work of poachers has been stopped, notwithstanding the large and increasing num- ber of visiting sportsmen, the trouting is better in these ponds than when they were opened by Smith to the public, This fact was very noticeable last year to those of us who haye fished these waters for five or six years. The first of June, [ think, will be about the right time to reach there, for the ice is scarcely out of the ponds and snow out of the buckhoard roads. Since the great wind of last autumn the roads haye been cleared of fallen trees and put in better order than ever before the entire distance to Seven Ponds-via Tim Pond. New horses and wagons haye been procured to run between Smith’s farmhouse and the cabins at the ponds. ‘The cabins are being repaired and refurnished. So large a number of customers, old and new, have made and are making engagements for cabins and board that itisfound necessary for Smith to make much ereater preparation than any previous year. The trouting of these ponds in the Dead River region is not damaged by water-power companies and steamboats, as are the lakes at the head of Androscoggin River, described in the ForrEs? AND STREAM of recent date; nor are tons of trout sent away by express, to spoil on the reute before reaching their desti- nation. Consequently; sportsmen find that Tim Pond and the Seven Ponds and others in this region maintain their high standard of excellence for fishing, while the lakes in the region to the west are on the retrograde. A. W. Robin- son, of Boston, seeing the greatly increasing demand for information about the Dead River region, has in preparation a guide book and map of this interestiug section of the country. Iam not informed just when it will be given to the public. I tind a large number of the gentlemen from this State and from Boston will go this year via Farmington and Kings- field to Kennedy Smith’s farmhouse, Eustis, Maine, from thence they and their luggage will be taken to the ponds on buckboard wagons. The location of the Franklin & Megan- tic Railroad has been approved to Kingfield, and the con- tracts for construction made. Cars are expected to be run- ning on if this autumn. A new feature is tc be added to the attractions of Seven Ponds for the enjoyment of Smith’s visitors. He is to cut and spot a trail to the top of Snow Mountain for a sort of observatory, from which can be seen almost the entire Dead River valley to the Kennebec River; and one can see Lake Megantic in Canada, also the boats when on the lake, and some of the settlement. It isa grand view. Two years ago I witnessed a portion uf its magnificence as I ascended to the second plateau, about three-fourths of the distance to the top of the mountain. It is thought that ruffed grouse have wintered well from the amount of drumming from the drummers. More anon. J. W. T New Briram, Conn., May 22. 349 MICHIGAN ANGLING NOTES. BEcs bass have been caught in large numbers during the past two weeks in the Clinton River, near Mount Clemens. Several large catches are also reported as having been made at Johnson’s Channel, St. Clair Flats. As it is the spawning season, and as the fish are caught off the spawning beds, | am sorry that there are not more sports- men to rebuke the unthinking anglers who are boasting of their success, The fish are now thin and poor, and J regret to say that many are caught with trolling line and spoon, How any one can find sport In trolling for black bass when rod and reel are near by is beyond my conception, Perch have been remarkably plentiful this spring in all the waters about Detroit. In fact, the great numbers taken by anglers have been matters of remark. I have a sneaking admiration or love for the gamy-looking perch, They surely present an exceptionally animated and beautiful ap- pearance as drawn from the water, with fins all erected, they gleam and dance in the sunlight. And what a memor- able thing it would have been to have landed one of these Western one-pound beauties years agone when, a little shaver, I used to haul out the ‘pumpkin seeds,” dace and shiners down in old New England. Yes, I love the tooth- some, hardy perch. I can appreciate them for what might have been. Remembering the numerous lickings received for playing ‘‘hookey” in those halcyon days to catch a dozen or so paltry little fish, I verily believe I would have deliberately agreed to be walloped for a week for the sake of a big perch such as I caught to-day, The season at the various club houses at the “flats” has fully opened, and the regular habitués of the flats how make their weekly pilgrimages to their fascinating resorts. Tt’s not often that a Frenchman, born and bred as it were ina boat at St. Clair Flats, loses his life in their waters. Several fatal casualties haye occurred during the last few years, but the victims have been gentlemen who went there for recreation, and indeed who sailed or rowed without a profes- sional] punter in their boats. Last week, however, Clowel Tea- bedo, for some time cook on Mr. Harry Newberry’s hunting yacht Venita, and who was considered more at home in a boat than elsewhere, lost his life. He left Herson’s Island iz a small boat at 5 P, M. bound for the Canada shore, eighteen miles away. Shorily after his start a heavy gale commenced to blow, which lasted for twenty-four hours. Nothing has been heard from him, and it is not to be doubted that he was capsized and drowned. Careful search has been made, but nothing found to explain the poor fellow’s fate. The lovers of grayling fishing are making ready for June 1, when the open season on these beautiful fish commences, Wading stockings and pants are being overhauled or pur- chased, and from appearances a far greater number of anglers than usual will take to the streams to enjoy the delitious sport. DELTA, Detrorr, Mich,, May 24, 1864, A Sworp SwWALLOWER CroKED oN Bass.—Complaints concerning persons catching black bass out of season have been numerous of late, but despite the vigilance of the mem- bers of the Passaic County Fish and Game Protective Asso- ciation the complaints could not be traced to any good source. Some of the members of the association have taken trips into the country on various days for the purpose of ascertaining whether fish and game were taken out of season. In most instances it was found that there was no ground for the ‘stories circulated; in others it was found that the accounts had been grossly exaggerated and that the catching of fish was done by boys who occasionally captured a black bass while fishing for other fish. The question has frequently arisen what is a person to do if he catches a black bass by accident. There are various methods of catching fish and if @ person adopts such a method as is gencrally recognized as the proper method for-catching catfish, suckers or dace; and then accidentally captures a black bass he cannot be held responsible, for the law does not punish accidents unless they can be avoided by the exercise of reasonable prudence. But if a black bass is caught, say on a worm, it is the duty to return the bass to the water if the fish is not so badly injured that he will necessarily die. Should his gills be badly cut itis not thought wrong to take the fish home, as throwing him back into the water would not tend to increase the number of fish there. Last week several members of the association were informed that Mr. John J. Garrabrant and Signor Carlo Benedetti, the sword swallower, had returned from Greenwood Lake with a large mess of fine fish, including several black bass. The allegations were at once reported to Fish Warden Harry Keenan, who is also the warden of the association, and an investigation showed that Garrabrant and Benedetti had displayed some of the black bass at the depot of the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad on their return to this city. Quite a number of people had seen the fish and the warden consid- ered himself justified in making a complaint. Senator Griggs, the counsel of the association, accordingly drew up a complaint which was sworn to last night before Recorder Greaves and warrants were issued. Greenwood Lake lies partly in New York State, and over that portion magistrates in Passaic county have no jurisdiction, but it is said that in the present case ample evidence will be forthcoming to shaw that these fish were caught in Passaic county, Should it appear otherwise there is every probability that the accused will be arrested in New York State as soon as they return there, the association intending to protect the waters of Greenwood Lake at all hazards, as this is the only sheet of water near New York where first-class black bass fishing can be had. Mr. John J. Garrabrant runs the Passaic Hotel and Signor Carlo Benedetti is the famous sword swallower who has given repeated exhibitions in this city of the won- derful construction of his swallowing apparatus.— Paterson (WV. J.) Press, BLUEFISHING IN GREAT SoutH Bay.—A few days ago, on the 14th inst., myself and friend paid a visit to the Prospect House, Bay Shore, L. I., and after a night’s sojourn started at early dawn in the sloop Pelican for a trial of fishing for bluefish, none having as yet been caught this season, We determined to be first in the field or on the water. Wewere soon on the blue wave and began to troll for the swift and gamy fish, and before long had our reward in hauling in fish after fish, weighing from 7 to9 pounds each, Around us by this time many other boats had congregated, and all seemed to be busy, and almost every boat had quite a successful day; one boat taking 35 magnificent fellows. This being the first run of the season, the fishermen are alive and anxious to get out. From now until the 20th of June the fish will be in great, abundance and afford splendid sport. Bay Shore is-the finest situation on this magnificent bay.—YACHTSMAN. . 350 FOREST AND STREAM. a ; 3 7 [May 29, 1884. Eee SS es WoopMont Rop anp Gun OCLus.—Mr. §, H. Kauffman, the president of the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club (of Washington, D. C.), reports that the institution is in a reas- onably prosperous condition, financially and otherwise. From the annual repori we take the following: ‘Owing to the frequent rains of last summer and the consequent high and muddy waterin the river, the opportunities for angling were, during 1883, fewer than usual, and the season was, on the whole, an unfavorable one. Nevertheless there were a number of excellent catches reported, both as to the number and size of fish taken. Several of the members had also good success wita the gun, bringing in deer, turkeys, ducks, and much small game. A case of poaching on the estate of the @lub by two persons was reported during the winter, and instructions were given to cause the prosecution of the offenders, if possible, but up to the present time no arrests have been reported. In this connection I have much pleas- ure in stating that Mr. A, H. Hvans, to whom that service was confided at the last annual mecting of the Club, suc- ceeded in securing, at the late session of the Legislature of Maryland, the passage of a stringent law looking to the protection of game, etc., in Washington county, copies of which have been extensively circulated in the neighborhood of the Club grounds, It may be stated here also that a more stringent law against trespass and poaching was passed at the same session of the Legislature. From both of these measures the Club will be able to derive considerable advan- tage in the greater enjoyment of its legal rights. Witha view to drawing and keeping game upon the estate, arrange- menis have been made for cultivating two or three lots of ground at different points during the coming summer. The crops to be"put in are corn, beans, and buckwheat, the yield whereof will mot be gathered, but left upon the ground as food for game of various kinds during autumn and winter, Upto this time nothing has been done, so far as can be learned, by the authorities charged with that duty, toward constructing the promised and much needed fishway at Dam No. 6, When this important work shall be done there is reason to believe that the sport of angling will be greatly improved at all points above the dam, both as to quantity and varieties of fish. In that event it will be possible for fish from below to pass that formidable obstruction, whereas under existing circumstances those which are carried or find their way over it during high water haye no chance what- ever of returning to their original haunts.” Fuiy-Fisnine For ‘‘Hickory SHAp.”—There has been considerable excitement among the anglers of Baltimore (re- ports the Germantown Telegraph) over 4 novel impulse which seems to have seized upon the hickory shad—a fish which has hitherto been rated as extremely plebian. He comes into the rivers of Maryland above tide water this year as game as a salmon, and has been rising to the fly in a dashing: style that has fired the Waltonian instincts of all true fishermen and carried them out with rod and reel in great numbers. The Patapsco, at the Relay House, Stemmer’s Run, Bush River and other places where the salt tides do not come, has been alive with these hickory shad. It has always been cus- fomary with old gudgeon fishermen at this season to carry with thein to the banks a cast of flies for a stray rockfish or striped bass, and a dip in the water often is rewarded with a strike, but hickory shad have never taken the fly before to any extent. Mr. John Donaldson, a few days ago, caught forty pounds of them. Mr. A. Dresel, on Monday, hauled in five splendid fellows, and others have met with similar luck. The only difficulty encountered in pursuit of the sport is the great number of early gudgeon fishers who line the banks, and who quarrel if their lines and corks are inter- fered with by an elghty-foot cast and two hackle flies. Those who have been catching the hickory shad in the Patapsco haye been using small trout flies. On sunny days the gray or drab flies are the best, but on a cloudy day the ‘‘green hackles,” ‘“‘coachmen,” or “‘proféssors” are about the most. attractive on account of their bright colors. Tbe shad rises to the fly with a little splash and takes it off with a fourteen- horse power run. He is hard to kill because his mouth and gills are peculiarly adapted to breathing with the jaws open, Bass t’ Harvey's Laks, Pa.—The black bass (small- mouthed) have made their appearance near the shore in Har- vey’s Lake (this place), and there is promise of good sport during the season, as the fish are abundant and vigorous. They do not take the fy (but perhaps the right kind has not been used), and live bait only can be relied on in casting, Harvey’s Lake is said to be the largest body of fresh water (I mean Jake, of course) in Pennsylvania. It may be de- scribed as J shaped, the two lines forming the figure being two miles in length. Its width varies but little from about three-quarters of a mile. It is private property, but the owners do not deny the privilege of fishing to those who en- gage init in areasonable and lawful way and during the proper season. It is located in Luzerne county, about thir- teen miles northwest of Wilkesbarre, and is reached by stage or private conveyance. The place is not much of a resort, owing, probably, more to ignorance of the people that it is such a delizhiful spot than to anything else, for it is cool and salubrious. I wish you to kuow that I am not after an advertisement gratis, as L am not a hotel keeper nor have I land to sell, but write to tell you of a place where your rea- sonable friends who are fond of fishing for black bass may have some sport. The Lake House has good accommoda- tion for this country, and its proprietor, Col. James W. Rhoads, former sherifi of the county, will answer any in- quiry as to accommodation, etc., by letter, or by telephone from Wilkesbarre.—T. G. Buack Bass tn Onro.—Cedarville, Ohio, May 22.—So far as I haye been able to learn, there has been no change in our game law, though it was reported that a provision had been made to protect squirrels from Jan. 1 to June 1. This would, I believe, be too sensible a measure to emanate from our honorable body of legislators, and, though the proposi- tion was before them, I understand it was defeated. eve was a Change in the fish law, but not, of course, for the bet- ter. How strange it is that the simple proposition to protect our black bass from hook and line, as well as every other means of capture, during spawning season, cannot be allowed to remain On our statute books when once there, nor re- enacted after its Idiotic repeal. The provision which allows the catching of suckers and mulletsin any way between March 20 and April 20, may justify the remark of a friend, who when told of it said, ‘‘Whoever enacted such a law as that must be asel of suckers themselves.” At any rate I regard it asa fraud, under the coyer of which black bass may be seined with impunity.—J, G. D. TROUTING IN THE ADIRONDACES.—A private letter from Gen. R. U. Sherman, of the New York Fish Commission, dated Bisby Lake, May 19, vontains the following, which we have been permitted to publish: ‘“The season here is sour and backward. -The leaf buds are scarcely visible on the trees, and the waters are cold and high, We take what trout we need for the table by diligent fishing toward nightfall only. I doubt whether there has been any really good fish- ing yet on any of the lakes in the Wilderness. The runnin streams are much too high for brook trout fishing. I hear of one good landlocked salmon taken on Woodhull last week with a worm bait, The fish taken are dark-colored and slimy, indicating that they haye just come from deep water and have not cleaned yet, as is their custom, on the sands, The great body is yet in deep water, and probably will not move until the minnows run to the shores, I saw many freshly-hatched caddis flies yesterday. No black flies or mosquitoes yet.” _ Waar Fise is THis?—A correspondent writes; I have just returned from fishing the Macedonia Brook, in Kent, Conn. In the stream I found large numbers of fish about two to five inches long, something like trout, but with sharper noses and forked tails, they are splashed with red, not spotted like trout. Are they young land-locked salmon? I hear such were put in the stream a year or so back. You can judge of their numbers asI put back forty-two in an afternoon’s fishing; but understand the folks that way count all fair and basket them, The little rascals took a fly furi- ously, and jumped time and time again after being hooked, [As salmon and landlocked salmon are black spotted, and have neither red spots nor splashes, we do not recognize what fish these can be. Perhaps these were rainbow trout, but the sharp nose and forked tail seems to forbid the sup- ea Without specimens we cannot decide on the spe- cies. _ A Carrrornta SALMON IN THE MoHAwx.—Capt. L. A. Beardslee, U. 5. N., has informed Prof. Baird that a Cali- fornia salmon was taken in the Mohawk River near Little Falls, N. Y., some time about May 16 to 20, We have no further information on this subject, nor has Capt. Beardslee or Prof. Baird. The former obtained his information from a newspaper slip which came into his possession. We would like a description of the size of this fish, its capture and by whom, and also of the disposition made of it. Coast Pisnes.—The bluefish have struck in from New Jersey to Cape Cod simultaneously instead of gradually going north, in great numbers. Weakfish are becoming plenty below New Jersey. Kingfish are in the markets in fair numbers. Menhaden are swarming at the eastern end of Long Island and along the coasts of Connecticut and Massachusetts in numbers exceeding that of any previous year within the last fifteen or twenty. All things point to a good season for the salt-water anglers, TROUTING IN CHENANGO County, N. Y.—New York, May 26.—Will one of the many readers of the Forust anp SrReAM inform me if there is any trout fishing near Greene, Chenango county, N. Y.?—NIAGARA. MicHicAN Brrp ARRIVALS.—House wren first observed May 12. Ruby-throated humming bird first seen May 18.— _K, (Central Lake, Mich.) LHishculture. THE AMERICAN FISHCULTURAL ASSOCIATION. HE President called for Mr. Sweeny’s paper which had not arrived, The next paper on the programme was then read; it was entitled: FRESH AND SALT-W ATER HATCHING AT COLD SPRING HAREOR, BY FRED MATHER. The new station of the New York Fish Commission, designed for hatching both salt and fresh water fishes, is situated on the north side of Long Island, thirty-two miles east of New York city by railroad. The harbor was formerly a whaling station, and many old buildings connected with that industry still remain there, unoccupied. The line between the counties of Suffolk and Queens runs through the center of the harbor, and while the village and post-office is in the former county, the hatcheries are in the latter. There are two points of especial excellence in the site which will at once commend it, and these are the elevation of the springs, one of which is fully fifty feet above the hatchery, and the proximity to salt water, which at half tide is only two hundred yards away, The work at the station was begun on January 1, 1883, by the joint operations of the United States and the New York Fishery Commissioners, and has been continued by both Com- missions since. The grounds were given, rent free, bv Mr. John D. Jones and his brothers Townsend, Samuel and Hd- ward, and the upper spring by Dr. O. L. Jones, and, in addi- tion to this, Mx. Tewnnond Jones has given stone from the Connecticut quarries to build a sea wall to hold the tide at all times. Two old buildings have been fitted up as hatcheries, and the work done in the short space of time will bear close inspection and comparison with older establishments. Maps of the grounds will be found in the last report of the New York Fish Commissioners by those who care to know more of the station. , 2 In the fresh-water department the present capacity of the houses has been nearly taxed by the hatching of 500,000 sal- mon, 10,000 landlocked salmon, 38,000 rainbow trout, 50,000 European trout and 1,000,000 whitefish. The fact that the European trout were in five different lots, which will be enu- merated further on, rendered it necessary to place them in separate troughs, even though as small a lot as 2,000, taken from one English stream, were Kept separate in a elite which could just as well haye accommodated 50,000. The whitefish table will hatch 4,000,000 as well as 1,000,000, so that at present we can atk that the capacity of the hatcheries is 800,000 salmon and 4,000,000 whitefish, or 1,000,000 salmon and the whitefish. This can be increased, if necessary. TROUT, Our native brook trout were formerly plenty in the ponds on this place, but owing to a lack of protection, they were very few when the land was leased to the Fish Commission; about fifty fish being the extent of their number. Hggs of the rainbow trout have been received from three different places, viz.: Direct from the U. 8. hatchery at Baird, Shasta county. California; from the U.§. station at Northville, Mich., and from the New York station at Caledonia, They have grown well, but are a fish that I have never fancied much, and am in greater doubts as to their value since reading the last report of the New York Fish Commission, which says: “A good dealis to be learned yebrespecting temperature and other local conditions affecting fish. Till the past year not enough had been done in stocking with rainbow trout to war- rant a. judgment of their ultimate success in waters on the Atlantic side. Their time of spawning occurring at a ditferent season from that of the native brook trout, it would not seem to be policy to plant them in waters inhabited by that fish. The protective seasons would need to be different, and inhabit- ing the same waters one kind micht be taken often wheu the other was fished for, and thus unintended violations would be ~ liable to occur, An obstacle to their ready success in our waters presents itself in the circumstance that at the season the fry are ready to plant, all other fish are greedily feeding, and consequently a considerable share of the fry are liable to be nipped in the bud. This, however, may be avoided by pro- viding places where the fry can be free from the presence of PEPE OUOTY, enemies till they are able to look after their own safety. “From the circumstance that they have not been readily found always, in the second year, where the plants have been made, it has been surmised that they are a migratory figh— working their way, as soon as they attain any considerable growth, down stream toward the ocean. Their disappear- ance, howeyer, may be accounted for by the other Ganuse stated. Further Fearne) will be necessary to solyeall the problems connected with their establishment in Hastern waters; but the promise continues to be that they will prove themselves a fish of great value in stocking large streams whose temperature is too high for brook trout.” An editorial note in FOREST AND STREAM of May 1 says of the rainbow trout: “We would call attention to the paragraph in our notice of the report of the New York Fish Commission concerning these fish. Itis beginning to be learned that they are migratory, and do not remain in brooks, We have never been much in favor of this fish, because we have known, what is not popu- larly known, that the tish is strongly suspected to bea salmon, There is no difference that an ichthyologist can find between the Salmo iridea and the salmon known as ‘steelhead,’ ‘hardhead,’ and ‘salmon trout’ on the Pacific coast, the Salmo gairdneri. Although this is the case, and the species tridea is a doubtful one, yet it has been thought best not to cornmbine them for the present, We have been waiting and . watching the habits of this alleged trout with great interest in order to learn if its habits might not show it to bein some respect different from the steelhead. The evidence of the Commission tends to show that it is a migratory fish, and if so it may Scape to sea and be lost, as the other California salmon was. We believe that Mr. Roosevelt has not seen the rain- bows which he planted in streams emptying into Great South Bay, Long Island, since they were yearlings,” If this fish has to be confined by screens to prevent its mi- grating and perhaps entirely disappearing, as the quinnat salmon did, then it will be useless in our open brooks. The promise of the rainbow trout was that init we hada quick growing fish, which was not as sensitive to warm water as our own fontinalis, a desideratum which now promises to be filled by the brook trout of Europe, Salmo fario. Lwould here call the attention of the Association to some specimens of this fish, which jumped out of the ponds last October, when they were six months old. They are, as you see, full six inches long, and are plump, handsome and finely formed. The eggs from which they came were sent to me as a personal present last year by Herr yon Behr, president of the Deutschen Fischerei Verein, one of the most earnest and enthusiastic fishculturists in the world. Two varieties were sent, one from the deep waters where they grow large, as in our Maine lakes, and the other from the swift mountain streams of the Uppes Rhine, where they aresmaller. This year he has repeated his gift by sending some to the United Stattés Fish Commission, in my care, and some to Mr. B. G. Blackford, Commissioner for New York. Last year, when the fish were sent to me personally, I gave some of them to Mr, F. N. Clark, Superintendent of the U. S. Station at Northyille, Mich., and to Mr, M, A. Greene, of the New York Station at Caledonia, Both report them as doing well. This year I repeated these divisions of the German eggs and also received ten thousand eggs of the same species from Mr. R. B. Marston, editor of the Mishing Gazette, London. Five thousand of these were labelled ‘‘our best trout,” 3,000 were from the Itchén, and 2,000 from the Wye. Both last year and this season the large German trout have hatched well but hayes died freely before taking food, while the small variety has thrived and been distributed to waters not named in this article. The large English trout haye done splendidly and will be kept atthe station for breeders, This European brook trout has, as you may see, a larger scale than ours, and to my eyeis a more beautiful fish than our own trout. It is a fish that from its habit in Europe should live in the Hudson from North Creek, or above, down to Troy, In Hurope it is found plentiful in the South of England, while the charrs, of which our so-called trout is one, are only found in the deep cool lakes of the North, T believe that we have the necessary conditions on the Atlantic coast to successfully acchmatize this fish, and I haye always been skeptical about habituating the Salmonidce of the short streams of the Pacific coast, with their snow-fed waters in mid-summer, to our longer and warmer rivers, and this skept- icism has increased since I have suspected the so-called rainbow trout to be identical with the steelhead salman, S, ga@irdneri, which is a migratory fish. WHITEFISH, The great surface exposure of the reservoir at this stationis favorable to the late hatching of the whitefish. Thetempera- ture of the water in the hatchery for the month beginning February 23 and ending March 25, varied from 54 degrees to 48 degrees. the mean being 3814. Shipments of whitefish were made this year to Great Pond near Riverhead, Long Island, on Feb, 15, and to Lake Ronkonkoma on March 19, Thisis as late as the fish are hatched in the cold lakes, and the young will find food when planted in March, THH SALT WATER WORK. The cold weather caused us to suspend out-docr work before the completion of the great tidal reservoir, but we were ena- bled to hold the water as high as half tide and to begin work. The hot air engine worked very well and we hatched the eggs of the little tomcod (Microgadtus tomcodus), locally known as “frostfish” in the fallof the year, and as tomecd in the spring, Isent some of these eggs to Prof. T, J. Ryder, at the Central Hatching Station of the United States Fish Commission, and he hatched them in artificial sea water. The spawning season of this fish isin Noyember and December, and they had fin- ished spawning before our engine was in position, but we gathered the eggs from the seaweed, to wluch they are at- tached in bunches of the size of a hen’s egg, and are easily ob- tained by the oystermen when raking for oysters, We also obtained several million codfish eggs from the cars at Fulton Market, but noneof them were good. They showed the shrunken vitellus which gives both them and shad eggs a “speckled” appearance, which indicates that there is no possi- bility of impregnating such anegg. In every case the parent fish had been brought in the wellof a fishing smack, and after being dipped out had been thrown into the floating car along- side, falling from four to six feet, usually on the abdomen, This, in my opinion, is more than the delicate cod egg can stand. ' The membrane, or shell, covering the egg of the codfish, is so delicate that a light touch of the finger, when the egg is on any hard substance, will burst it like a soap bubble, while a trout’s egg will bear the hardest squeeze that can be given be- tween the finger and thumb. It is possible that the eggs will haye to be obtained from the fishing grotinds and be taken when the fish are first hauled in, although they may possitily be found to be good after the smacks arriveand before the fish are put in the cars. : POSSIBILITIOS OF THE STATION. In addition to the salt-water fishes mentioned it is possible to hatch many other species. The density of the water varies < 29, 1884.) from 1.018 to 1.022, sea. water Dee lates and distilled water 1. The temperature of the water in the hatching jars has, during the months of sen eey: February and March, varied from 35 to 48 degrees Fahr,, the mean being 4297. The water is clear and pure, and everything seems to be favorable for doing much good work, Spanish mackerel and other valuable fishes way be attempted, while in the opinion of Prof, H. J. Rice, the situation is most favorable for oyster culture. The har- boris partof the celebrated Oyster Bay, and oysters and clams are usually abundant and excellent, The past year, however, has not been a good one for either of these products, but the difficulty, whatever may have been the cause, is prob- ably a temporary one. ’ Itis to be hoped that the State of New York will adopt some such system as Connecticut has and which is now in good working and is giving general satisfaction, and in addi- tion begin experiments looking to the production of seed oysters. At a comparatively small expense these experiments can be conducted on the grounds at Cold Spring Harbor, where the machinery for pumping salt water is now in posi- tion, and where the situation is favorable for making such ponds as may be necessary, - The experiments of the gentlemen who have devoted their tims to the impregnation of the eggs of the oyster have proved that they can be fertilized and hatched in laboratories, and theré seems to be no obstacle to the work being carried on, in a suitable location, on a larger scale, THE, MENHADEN QUESTION. Editor Forest and Stream: Your Westport correspondent quotes the old adage that a liar is not belisved when he tells the truth. By that rule he is in bad repute, for he makes the following inexact statements in his article; First—That thousands of barrels of menhaden are salted for mackerel bait. , Second—That there was unusually bad weather during the spring of 1883, ing Third—That menhaden are decreasing; for itis a matter of record that the greatest scarcity of menhaden ever known was about twenty-five years ago. = Fourth—That there has been a diminution of five hundred purse seines since steam fishing came in yogue, for the reason that less than three hundred were in use at that time. Fifth—By saying that menhaden are food for mackerel. Another illustration in favor of free fishing is furnished by the abundance of porgies and sea bass this spring. The large porgies have been absent since 1868, and the sea bass even longer, but they are back againin quantities equalto any other year in the business, Providing you or any of your readers wish to know quan- tities and prices of said fish, we invite your inspection of our accounts with Sam. B. Miller and Dudley Haley, Fulton Fish Market, for the month of May, 1884. If you do, you will find it even beats the following, which I cut from the Boston Herald, bearing date of May 24, 1884; d “Fresh fish of all kinds are very plenty, and the market is dull, with prices low. Large cod sold yesterday at $1 to $1.50 per cwt.; market cod, 75c, to $1.50; haddock, 5c. to $1.50, with a large supply, There are no hake or cusk here. Choice split pollocksold at.50c. per cwt. Fresh mackerel range from $2.50 to $4.50. from the vessel. Halibut are plenty and very cheap. New shoals sell at 6ic. per tb., and bank at 5c. Shad have been selling at 10c. for bucks, and 20c. for roes, Salmon are easier, and good eastern can be had at d4e. per lb. There 1s very little doing in oysters, as the season is over. The trade now is confined to restaurants and hotels, Clams are in good demand at 50c. per gal, for shucked. Lobsters sell at 8c. for boiled and 6c. for live. A down-east schooner yesterday brought 6,000 live lobsters.” DanigeL T, CHURCH. The Kennel, FIXTURES, BENCH SHOWS. June10, 11,12 and 13.—The Second Annual International Bench Show Chicago, I!l. Mr. Charles Lincoln, Superintendent. Sept. —.Bench Show of the Philadelphia Keunel Club. Mr, P. C, De Saque, Secretary. Oct. 5. 9, 10 and 11.—Third Annual Bench Show of the Danbury Agricultural Society, Danbury, Conn. H, §. Davis, Superintendeni, Danbury, Conn. ‘ Oct, 14.—_Non-sporting Bench Show of the Westminster Kennel Club, Madison Square Garden, New York. Mr. Charles Lincoln, Superintendent, A. K. R: 4] EES AMURICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration of pedigrees, ete. (with prize lists of all shows and trials), is pub lished every month, Entries close on the ist. Should be inearly, Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. Registration fee (25 cents) must accompany each entry. No entries inserted unless paid in adyance. Yearly subscription $1. Address “American Kennel Register,’ P.O. Box 2832, New York. Number of entries already printed 1213. Volume I., bound i cloth, sent postpaid, $1.50. DACHSHUNDE. Hditor Forest and Stream: tt has appeared to me that either dachshunde should not be admitted into any American bench show, or else that a proper classification should be made, the three distinct breeds recog- nized, and the judging done by persons familiar with the dog in its Own country, not by persons who have received their practical education in this line by studying the mixed lot that pags as dachshunde in this country. I make these criticisms because [ have become astonished at the bewildering maze of incongruities that seem to hover around the decisions of the judges when the alleged dachshunde are brouzht into the ring. Now this is how the matter stands at present with those who are the friends of the dachshund: The uncertainty whether the terrier, hound or Hanoverian spielhund is con- sidered by the erudite judges as the type of dachshund to set up asa criterion, Of course, if itis distinctly understood that only the hound type is to be considered, or the terrier, or whichever of the three the judges decide upon, owners will know what to do and what entries to make. To give you an example of how this uncertainty makes us afraid to enter imported dogs otherwise than those with which the judges are familiar with here. In New Haven there were only two dachshunde, properly speaking, these were two distinct_types. One a Hanoverian spielhund, from the Royal Kennels, and a first prize winner in puppy class in Berlin, 1883—a type of dog only found in Hanover and yalued very. highly by the Germans, The other entry was a good specimen of the ordinary tekel, a dog that can be picked up for a few dollars an where on the continent. Now this dog, Scamp, took first, while the Hanoverian type was not recog- nized asa dachshund. This was satisfactory to the owner, he supposing that the judges in this country did not recognize the dog as belonging to the dachshunde. What was his su prise upon afterward hearing that the judge had never seen the spielhunde. __ : _ Now to come to the point: In New York there was not a single full-blooded dachshund. Gretchen, the first prize winner, was a beautiful epeeeen of the Hanoverian type, but the same type that had been refused at New Haven. Now what I want to know is, how are we to tell what the judges consider dachshunde? If they would only establish at a MR. F. EL. LEWIS’S LEMON AND WHITE ENGLISH SETTER DOG "ROCK." Winner of First Prize, Open Class, New York, 1884. least two classes, they would see fine exhibits, and be released from a sense of Knowing that all lovers of the dachshunde in this country only look upon them with pity and uncertainty, Supposing now that there had been a good entry in the class in New York, it would have been a gross error to have ne- glected. Gretchen, yet you would have been obliged to have neglected the dachshunde preper or else Gretchen, I heard the judge at New Haven tellthe owner of Scamp when he pulled up his skin some four inches from his back that it was a shame to starve the dog so, Do you think that he thinks much of the prize awarded through such a judge of dachs- hunde? AUFWIEDERSEHEN, HArRtTrForD, Conn. NATIONAL BENCH SHOW ASSOCIATION. DBiitor Forest and Stream: LT inclose you a copy of a circular sent by the Westminster Kennel Club to the foremost kennel associations of the country. The importance of concert in dog matters should be recog- nized by all and it is hoped that the meeting will be fully at- tended and may result in the establishment of a national asso- ciation of kennel clubs which may take the position in America filled abroad by the English Kennel Club. ELLIOT SMITH. (CIRCULAR. ] Gentlemen: - You are invited by the Westminster Kennel Club to attend a meeting of American kennel clubs, which will be held at Delmonico’s, Twenty-sixth street and Fifth avenue, on the 21st day of June, 1884, to discuss the propriety of uniting in a general association with the object of securing uniform rules for the conduct of bench shows, adoption of standards, con- sideration of protests within certain limits, and such other kindred matters as may be submitted. Ropert C. CORNELL, Secretary W. K. C. New York, May 24. BEAGLES AT NEW YORK. Editor Forest and Stream: In your last issue appears an article on the above by Mr. N. Elmore, in which hesays: ‘I presume the Westminster Ken- nel Club see the mistake they made by accepting a different judgs to make awards in special prizes for beagles,” that he don’t believe it was the desire of the Beagle Club to have a separate judge, and asks me woo made the nominations for judges. Some’ time before the standard was adcpted by our club (it being then in the hands of the committee, of which Mr. Elmore was one), some of the executive committee of our club wrote to me saying that we ought to have a proper judge at the New York show; one who understands and knows what a beagle ought to be. I replied that I fully agreed with them, but we had better vw ait until the standard was adopted by the club, so we could ask to have the judging done by it. As soon as the club adopted the standard (the time for action being limited), I nominated four members of the club, who were fully capable for the position of judge—Mr. J. N. Dodge of Michigan, Dr. J. W. Downey of Maryland, Mr, F. D. H Met of Connecticut, and Mr, j-ouis D. Sloan of Pennsylvania, to represent the West, South, East and Middle States; and sent out the postal card of which Mr. Elmore speaks, I then wrote to the Westminster Kennel Club, ask- ing them if they would appoint as judge one of our members who would be elected (Mr. Sloan was duly elected notwithstanding Mr. Elmore did not vote). They re- plied that they had already appointed the judge for beagles, but would allow Mr. Sloan to award the special prizes donated by the club. I consider I had the authority to make the nomi- naticns by Article I. of the by-laws of our club, and also in carrying out the objects of the constitution by Article IL, which reads; * * * ‘also haying proper judges selected at our bench shows.” I was unaware that the Westminster Kennel Club had appointed Mr. Mortimer until their reply to my letter, Iwas carrying out the object for which we are organized. It was no mistake of the Kennel Club to have the special prizes awarded by a beagle judge and member of the club and by the Beagle Club’s standard. Tie Beagle Club, I am sure, did not donate special rizes to be awarded by any other seale of points than those adopted by them as the stand- ard, Are we to go backward and have the mistakes made, as has been done in the past? If so, there was no use of our uniting or organizing our club. I refer Mr, Elmore to the reface of the standard, which says: ‘‘The necessity for a escriptive scale of points for this breedis very apparent * * * quality being overlooked orignored. * * * With an accepted standard the judge will have a guide to lead him through the difficulties of his position.” Theartily agree with Mr. Elmore in hoping that all bench show managers will haye only one judge, and that one ap- pointed from among the many capable members of our club, and the judging done by our standard. If it is not it will be the fault of the club. did my best to have it done at New York and will elsewhere, Mr, Elmore says; ‘Mr. Mortimer’s judging was consistent * * * and had the dogs placed right.” Task Mr. Elmore if he considers the dog Frank, which won first In the open class, a beagle or not. I should like an answer to this question, yes or no, forif he says he does I will have something more to say, If he don’t consider him such, how can Mr. Elmore indorse Mr. Mortimer’s decision and at the same time accept the standard of our club (he being one of the committee to draft the same). He will have to accept one or the other in toto. He cannot do both, as Mr, Mortimer didnot judge by the standard, as will be seen by his award inthe case of Frank, I cannot think Mr, Elmore wishes to ignore all our efforts in haying formed a beagle club andin trying to im- prove on the old style of judging, but it looks very much that way when he finds fault with a judge who made his awards by the standard of our club. I am pleased if Mr. Elmore has a better bitch than Deborah, But leave that for the opinion of others. W. H. ASHBURNER, President American English Beagle Club. (Mr. Elmore writes that the followmg sentence in his re- marks of last week should have been quoted, being the opinion of another writer and not hisown: ‘‘We regret that Mr. Sloan, the judge for the Beagle Club’s prize, should haye reversed Mr. Mortimer’s decisions, irrespective of the fact that Mr. Mortimer had the dogs placed right.”]. POINTERS AT NEW YORK. Editor Forest and Stream: : I shall take Mr. Mason at his word when he saysin his letter of May 19, that he will be “pleased indeed,” if any one can show errors of judgment in his criticism of pointers at the New York show. : I do not propose to criticise Mr. Sterling’s awards, I only want to have my say about some of the well-known pointers exhibited. First—As to the champion class of large dogs, Meteor, in my .©pinion, was far and away the best of the lot. I had him out and carefully handled him before he went into the ring. His one important fault is that his head is not handsome. There is almost no stop below the eyes and little depth of skull. In back, loin, legs and feet he is extremely good—such a dog as | ought to make an untiring worker in the field, ergo, such a dog as I want to see noticed at a bench show. My ideaisthat we don't want a dog for the bench and another for the field, but a dog for bench and field. Mr. Mason says Knickerbocker is a better type of dog than the winner. He may bea better type than the “plain dog,” but he surely is not a better pointer, and simply because he is, to quote Mr. M., “faulty in back, stifles, tail and neck,” be- side these faults he is-cow-hocked, Don, to be sure, is a trifle coarse, but he is withal a capital pointer, and I would sooner breed to him on account of his ex cellent pedigree than to any dog in the class. Beaufort is, tomy mind, not nearly as good a pointer as Meteor, and for the following reasons: His legs are extremely bad, being crookeG both fore and aft, his peste ras are bent in so that the dog is actually bowlegged, and his hocks are like- wise also bent, I think the criticism applied to Meteor by Mr. Mason would much better fit Beaufort. ‘‘He is too long on the legs, and if followed behind when on the chain he will be found to be ‘stilty.’” Add to this a yery heavy throat, and Beaufort is found lackingin points which are absolutely neces- sary to make a dog first-class in the field, and he ought not, therefore, to be rated first-class on the bench. On the other hand, the dog has a very good head, a beautiful coat, a good body and a wonderfully fine stern—I had almost said it was an unnaturally fine stern. As to the statementthat Brayo should have beaten Bang Bang: Bravo is better in just one point—he has better hocks. In all other points Bang Bang is immensely his superior. Bang Bang is the most strikingly handsome pointer dog in America to-day. His shoulders are such as no other pointer I ever saw is fortunate enough to eC) and if he proves as level-headed as I think he will, the . K. C. will have what they haye always had in view, viz.: a dog fit to compete and able to hold his own in any company, both on the bench and in the field. Rost, C. CORNELL, Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of May 22 appeared a lengthy criticism of the judging of pointers at the New York show from the pen of Mr, C. H. Mason. A few days later the manager of my ken- nel handed me the followimg note addressed to him by the same gentleman: DEAR Sir—A. protest—indorsed by fifty exhibitors and breeders of nointers—is fo be published against the absurd decisions at the late N. Y. show. The protest is already signed by many of the most in- fiuential breeders, exhibitors and clubs. : May I add yours or those of any of your triends, who do not wish to see the grand pointer degenerate? Very faithfully, | j Cras, H. Mason. No, 49 West Twenty-fourth Street, New York. As Mr, Mason knows me to be a member of the Westminster Kennel Club, this appears to me questionable taste, and as unfair to pire ny employe in so equivocal a position, against which I object in his behalf. As to Mr. Mason’s criticism, I have had too little time and opportunity during this show to know whether he is right or wrong in allthe cases he mentions. shall therefore con-. fine my countercriticism to the few dogs which I have known for years, both on the bench and in the field, simply to show that no judgecan see everything, and eyen Mr, Mason can be mistaken, Let me begin, as the fittest subject, with Fan Fan, my own 3852 exhibit, in the heavy pointer bitch class, whose faulty form is so evident éven to a novice, that nothing but the knowledge of the general worthlessuess of this class im years past, could induce me to exhibit heratall. Lrelied on the unusual quality in so large a bitch te carry her well to the front, and was not mistaken, She was easily beaten for first by the only one in the class pretending to any form at all, though asa brood bitch I think it much easier work for me to correct Fan Fan'sfaulty frame than to infuse good or high quality into the winner. To digress for a moment: It isa fact that nearly all large pointer bitches exhibited in this country for many years have been coarse and short of quality (my definition of quality be- ing the greatest strength in the smallest weight, which neces- sitates fine bone, fine fiber and fine texture throughout). I have a horror, not of size, but of coarseness and lumber. Whether this coarseness is due to the use of all sorts of native bitches and the fact that mostly dogs are imported of the highest class, is of no consideration just here, The truth is that the highest quality is found im the smaller bitches and, as Mr. Mason states, the best results, at least for the bench, are obtained from breeding large dogs to the small bitches. But is this any breeding at all? I callit mating. The breeders are those who will keep up the Scperats strains of large dogs and small bitches, as long as a distinction is made, in order to enable the exhibitor to produce the happy medium. I do not believe in hybrid nor grades of any kind unless I can perpetu- ate them and make them a breed. Hence, I Salat advise either to abandon the large pointers as a breed or to improve their quality. That the latter is possible is evidenced in Fan Fan, who has little else to recommend her. But to return to Mr. Mason’s criticism of her; he writes: ‘Fan Fan (Donner’s), placed second, has a fair head and tolerably good feet,” My judgment is that she has a good head (including lips, eyes, ears and skul]), but has intolerably bad feet; in fact, I think a rooster has better feet, at least for the purpose of sitting on the fence. Mr. Mason continues: ‘Faults, throaty.” I claim her skin fine as a mole’s, fits her like a nd glove from the ti of her nose to the end of hertail. His next utterance—‘wide in front’—I might-have written myself, so well do I agree With it; but when he continues—“light in bone”—I again hold another opinion. __ : The bitch has all the bone she wants. In fact, I never heard of dogs breaking bones except b2tween their teeth. I wish they were allivory and as light as possible. A really biz bone is the surest indication of coarseness, sponginess and gontiness in any animal. I am sure Mr. Mason knows this, but uses the expression “light bone” to designate the Jeg as a whole, and I think we only disagree as to the quantity there should be of this, and claiming exceptionally high quality for Fan Fan, I disagree with Mr. Mason as to the quantity of leg necessary. The highest bred horses have apparently light legs, but the actual bone is of ivory density without core. The common horse has large bones of a spongy cellular material. The former is not only initself the strongest, but especially so from the manner in which the tendons are placed at the great- est possible distance fromthe bone. These act as the cord of anarch and at doublethe distance give nearly double the strength to the arch, I therefore like a broad, flat or deep leg of fine bone, with the tendons set clean away from it. a this respect, I do not only disagree with Mr. Mason in re-. sardto Fan Fan, but conclude from his remarks made in raise of other dogs, that’ he prefers even an actually round fee and coarse bone, as long as there is plenty of it, to a really fine leg of ample strength. I find that fine legs as a rule accompany fine tails (though both may be faulty in shape). A fine tail indicates a fine bone in the entire frame, and Lconclude that it is due tothe demand for too much bone intheleg which causes so many coarse fails and skulls in our large pointers. I can count every bone in Fan Fan’s tail. Her skullis fine and her legs arein har- mony with her general quality. Mr. Mason’s last remark about Fan Fan, ‘too round behind the shoulder,” I indorse only in so far.as to say, “entirely too round underneath the shoulder,” as I want a dog well sprung in the back ribs assoon as they are clear of the shoulders and elbows. After the above minute statement in regard to a single dog, I could offer my reasons for disagreeing in a number of instances from Mr. Mason’s criticism, but for fear of offending owners shall take the liberty only in regard to some dogs owned by a personal friend. These are Mr, Godeffroy’s Drake and Sefton, and Mr. Mason writes: ‘Drake, placed second, was not entitled to the honor; it really belonged to his kennel companion, Sefton, a decidedly better looking dog; he beats Drake everywhere ex- cepting in head and neck. Sefton is a little sour in expression and light in eye; he is also throaty, but he has good quarters and he stands on capital legs and feet.” I do not wish to! criticise Drake, except to state that in spite of his show form, good or bad, he can and does gallop as long as Sefton can trot or even walk, and he prefers to do so. What is the reason? T answer—coarseness and lumber in Sefton. In this he is so well balanced that at twenty-five yards distance he looks almost first-class, But don’t gonear him! You find besides the faults enumerated by Mr. Mason, a coarse muzzle andskull, thick ears, neck and beefy shoulders, with coarse, open hard hair all over to the end of his tail. What does Mr. Mason now see in him, except big legs and general symmetry to change his opinion about him? We agreed better on this subject when he criticised this same dog a year ago, quite as severely as 1 doto-day, and asl hope with Mr. Godeifroy’s consent, who has long ago ceased to breed trotting dogs for field trial winners. Sefton is a well-broken field dog, but can be bought reasonably, it : Mr. Mason cannot answer me by saying that my ideas ofa dog are against the authorities. JI think the difference between us lies in the different interpretation of the same rules, and here a difference in opinion may well prevail—at least I never found anything in the rules to prevent a good field dog to be also a handsome dog, but [know of many cases where bench winners turn out very poor movers in the field. This should not beso under good judging, and I doubt whether Mr. Mason is the only judge who will do justice to both Stonehenge and the dog. J. O. DONNER. New Yoru. N. A. K. TRIALS, 1884. CANTON, Miss., May 19, 1884, To the President of National Field Trials; Dear Sir—Knowing that the trials for the last year were held at Grand Junction, and knowing also that Canton is a superior place for such trials, we are induced to write this letter as directed by the members of our club. Canton is south of Grand Junction, 187 miles, on the Illinois Central Railroad; has 3,000 inhabitants, and has plenty of hotel ac- commodations for the visitors. It is 24 miles north of Jack- son, at which point the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad strikes, Its advantages geographically are excellent, but its natural advantages excel by far all other places. This was acknowledged by gentlemen who attended the New Orleans Guu Club trials here last fall after attending the trials at Grand Junction, They spoke in high praise of the open fields and number of birds at Canton. Our gun club has stocked with birds a body of land containing over three thousand acres within a mile and a half of Canton. This land already had plenty of birds on it, and before stocking it was no trouble to find twenty-five coviesin oneday, We have had the land d; no one is allowed to hunt it, not eyen ourselves. Now a few words as to its surface: Seven-eighths of these 3,000 acres is open level land, the rest is cover and not heavy cover. By our endeavors the Logislature last fall passed a law prohibitin baa kat ee netting of birds in this county, so that next fall birds will be still more plenty than hitherto. The people of our town are hospitable and will i‘ = ee FOREST AND STREAM. We feel sure that the National trials, if once here, will be al- ways held at Canton. The New Orleans;Gun Club trials will be held again at this point next winter. To sum up, we guar- antee you 3,000 acres of beautiful ground within a mile and a half of Canton; more than plenty of birds on it, plenty of places to lay your heads, and plenty to eat, and we extend a cordial welcome as a club to the National field trials to come next winter to our town. We will do our best to so treat them that they will always smile a smile of gladness when the word Canton is mentioned, We refer you most respectfully to the following gentlemen who visited our grounds last winter to see the New Orleans Gun Club trials: Messrs. Wallace, Presi- dent New Orleans Gun Club; Renaud, Secretary New Orleans Gun Club; J. Palmer O'Neil, Pittsburgh, Pa.; H. B. Harrison, Ontario, Canada, and the two judges at the trials, Mr. Thomp- son, of Louisana, and Capt. Key, of Florence, Alabama. ours very respectfully, G. R, Kemp, Secretary, LAWRENCE Foot, President. CHICAGO DOG SHOW, Editor Forest and Stream: ; Beyond the regular pres offered, medals will be given for the best kennel of five English setters, best five Irish setters, best five Gordon setters, best five pointers, best five Irish water spaniels, best five cocker spaniels, best five collies, best fox- terriers, best three bulldogs, Medals will also be given for the fastest greyhound or deerhound, also for making the highest leap, and a medal for the best trick dog, one for the best re- trieving dog. A $10 silver cup for the best pug owned and entered by alady. A handsome collar for the best black and tan toy terrier inthe show, and one for the same kind ex- hibited by a lady. The entries are coming in yery well, and there is no doubt that the show will be a good one. The entries close on the 3lst inst., and should besent in at once, addressed to me, P. O. Box 569, Should any intending exhibitor not have received their entry blanks, by sending the breed of dog they desire to exhibit, with the sex, color, age, and pedigree, their entries will be accepted, : CHas. LINCOLN, Supt. fagaratan lists and entry blanks can be obtained at this office. ] THE ENGLISH FIELD TRIALS. W®* CLIP from the London Field a penes of its leading ' article upon the late English Field Trials, to which we append a letter from Rey. J. Cumming Macdona in reply: “Within the past two weeks haye been held the two great Field Trial Meetings, for pointers and setters of the year, neither of which can be said to have passed over under favor- able circumstances. The first—that at Shrewsbury—will stand alone and unprecedented for the badness of the scent, hard, and cold east winds. A hot sun had parched the ground, eracking it in places, and as the wind lulled we had not even that help to enable the pointer or setter to feel the body scent. The second, at Stratford, is remarkable from causes almost exactly the reverse. There had been and was plenty of rain —and cold rain too—wind, and storm generally, and, although under such conditions we have at times seen the best of scent both for hounds and dogs, it was not so on the occasion of which we are writing. Possibly on the Friday afternoon scent was as bad as it had been the previous week, and only during two or three hours each day (generally early in the morning) did the conditions prove favorable for testing the scenting capabilities of the entries, These trials have not yet become popular, and, though the attendance at the National Trials was fair, perhaps as large as it ever was, at the Kennel Club meeting it was moderate in the extreme, never exceeding some eighty people, and not more than a score and a half were present to witness the final trial between Ruler and Malt. The pointers, as a class, far out-worked the setters; they did this not only under the hot sun and dry ground of Shrewsbury, but were alike pre- dominant under the rain and heavy going at Stratford, This is rather difficult to account for, especially with the fact star- ing us in the face that of late years the setter has enjoyed much the greater popularity of the two, and is far more ex- tensively bred, especiaily for bench show purposes. At some of our later exhibitions the pointer classes have been sadly poor, while exactly the reverse was the case with the setters. Then, of the latter breed actually competing at the two trials, there was but one Irish setter, and not a single speci- men of the Gordon or black and tan; while as a rule those animals the most shapely, and haying by blood and outward appearance the greatest pretensions to success in the prize ring, performed the worst of all, and, though they had style enough when they found game or backed the point made by their opponent, their noses and breaking were far below mediocrity. Can this be more than a coincidence? We are sadly afraid it is not. Perhaps we may be writing that which many people will consider a foul calumny on the present handsome race of setters, who, with coats and feather almost like floss silk, sweet and expressive countenances, straight legs, perfect feet, beantifully-placed shoulders and ears, loin and muscle not to be surpassed, are seen taking the cups on the show bench. Yet our experience of them has been just as it was proved at the recent trials—poor in the field, and not nearly equalin work to the common-looking little creature who, so tar as show purposes are concerned, would not be worth sixpence, Many of our most successful exhibitors of setters have their shootings, and, as sportsmen, they shoot over their dogs, and are all loud in praise of their excellence in the field. Yet the handsome prizes given do not appear sufficient inducement for them to run the risk of a Crystal Palace or Birmingham winner haying in the field its nose put out of joint by a dog not good enough te win ata public-house show in the north. Here are facts as they appear before us; we are shocked to find them, and they are not altogether creditable to those whom the subject most concerns. Of course we do not infer that the handsome setters have never won. There is one well-known kennel, which was not represented either at Shrewsbury or Stratford, that can be as successful in field trials as at Curzon Hall; but as a rule the facts are as stated by us. Now, so far as pointers are concerned there isa great difference, and if we have not actually had the handsom- est animals winning, still they have been an advance in this respect on the setters, and generally throughout were a great improvement on them. There were half a dozen or more quite up to first-class show form which ran creditably, and somehow the handsomer a pointer was in ordinary appear- ance the better style it had on game, and usually had pace to boot. We must naturally come to the conclusion that just now, shows notwithstanding, our pointers are far better in the field than our setters, and nothing but practical proof to the contrary will conyince us we are wrong.” Following is the letter of Mr. Macdona: Sirn—You are so often right, and so generally take a common sense view of things, I confess { feel some temerity in joining 1osue with you in your interesting article on the late field trials, Youstate they “have not yet become popular.” Is this really so? Perhaps they may not be in the strict sense of the term “‘popular,”’ because they are not, nor ever have been, attended by great numbers of péople; but is this a true test of popularity? Consider the conditions. Those who attend field trials come, as a rule, from long distances. Whether they be owners of dogs competing, or keepers and trainers of dogs (I like the American term “trainer” better than ‘‘breaker’’), both alike evince a keen and intense interest—sustained over several days, which I have never seen excelled at other competitions. A horse race or coursing mutch, with all the horrible and hoarse shoutings of the betting fraternity, rises quickly to fever heat, and the excitement, is over in 4 few moments. Ata field trial, what are supposed to be the best trained dogs meet, and in calm and collected manner do their level best against each other, racing in gallant form, yet with well- welcome cor- | pred and well-trained dogs seldom outpacing their nose. e . S , = dially all visitors, The rooms ot our club will be open to all.! ‘You state, ‘An unpleasant feature is the continued whistling, some~ a L@ [May 29, 1884. ae Shouting, of the worker,” ete. Now, Sir, if there is one change or ok better more than another that field trials have effected, itis, I think, universally acknowledged that the deportment and manners of Ene keepers and trainers of the dogs has wonderfully improved since : ¢ establishment of field trials, I have attended field trials from heir establishment, and have seen a vast change for the better, not only in the quality of the dogs competing, but m the men that work them, If field trials have “not yet become popular,” how is it we neyer see 2 field trial fail for want of entries? That the public do not flock to them in great numbers may be easily accounted for. Proprie- tors of large landed estates, who generously give their ground to be worked over, do not care to haye more of the public (especially where estates adjoin large towns that harbor many paarers) present than are supposed to have a direct interest in the dogs being tried. If field trials were to become “popular’'in the same sense that race and coursing m¢etings are, the pristine purity of the privilege of attending thém would be for ever gone. _, Hf there is one charm that I cherish more than anotherin field trials it is the select circle of sympathetic spirits, gathered from all parts _of thé compass that, meeting in the open, trudge on throngh briar and bramble, oyer plough and fallow, through sunshine and storm, most earnestly intent upon the moyements of the dogs, the keepers, and the judges. It is passing pleasing to meet there such true types of Irish sportsmen as Mr. King and Mr. Lipscombe, to meet Germans, Frenchmen, Belgians, Austrians, Italians, Dutehmen, aud Americans come purposely over to attend them. Who that bas met Prince Albert Solms, Von Gusted, Von Alvensleben, and other-keen Conti- uental sportsmen at our field trials does not feel proud of the prestige of our old English sports in being so attractive in their intiuence? But to my mind more than all this intense interest of distinguished foreigners and our own country gentlemen in these field trials is the keen appreciation of them by the backbone of all our sport, the game keepers and dog trainers of our country. Why, bless my soul; it is well worth a journey of one hundred miles by railto go to a field trial to see one of the ‘‘bishops,”’ when not oceupied with deceased wife's sisters or pigeon shooting, ‘put down by the judges” to work against Anstey, Armstrong, Brailsford, Bret, Fletcher, Knowlton, Roberts, or Thomas. The keen yet silent zest with which they set to work is a caution to Convocation. To watch the way in which Bishop Elias, the archbishop of all the bishops, worked Ranging Aaron and Rang- ing Moses was truly unique if not strictly ecclesiastical; and when Ranging Moses turned a summersault in the air, as he pulled himself up in a headlong gallop when he spotted his competitor on a point, was one of the episodes of the late field trials that well deseryes to be handed down to posterity along with the deeds of Garth’s Drake and my champion Ranger, Though I have never hesitated in giving my opinion pretty ‘freely about the faults of the Kennel Club, yet I am bound to do it the justice it deserves of commending its pluck and spirit in keeping up its field trialsas it has done. Of course I know it is, and, as far as [remember anything of it, it has been, inconsis- tentin many things. Mr. Richardson’s case seems decidedly hard and a direct violation of its own printed rules, It is still more incon- sistent of the Kennel Club to shut out from its Stud Book Birming- ham and Darlington shows, and yet admit the field-trial winners at the National Field Trial at Shrewsbury, who avowedly repudiate and fOr both it and its rules. I agree with you that it isa great pity we o not see more Irish setters and Gordon setters at the Field Trials. Tf Col. Starkie would compete next time, we would, I think, see a rare team of genuine Gordon goers from the far-famed Huntroyd Ken- nels. If Lord Lovat, Lord Roslyn, Sir John Clark, and other well- known breeders of Gordon setters would only have the pluck to try their dogs at field trials, the public would, I think, be delightfully astonished to see what the handsome, well-bred Gordon can do. Hilbre House, West Kirby, May 13, J. Cumming MAcpowa. THH WINNING POINTER PUPPY AT SHREWSBURY, Lingo, the winner of the National pointer puppy stake at Shrewsbury, is the daughter of the Westminster Kennel Club’s Bang Bang. ‘The following description of her from Land and Water will be read with interest; : “Lingo, the property of Mr. 0. H. Beck, was the actual win- ner. Sheis, with the exception of a very slight lemon mark ing of the faintest shade on the ears, pure white incolor. Her sireis Bang Bang, the winner of this same stake two years ago, and she is thus the daughter of a field trial winner, and is one of a long line of winners having their foundation in one of the grandest pointers of modern days, old Deyon Bang. The dara of Lingo is Polly, a bitch that is nearly related to Sir T, Leonard's Priam on his dam’s side. Lingo is rather on asmall seale, but there is little room to find fault with her in her make and shape. She is built on very much the same lines as her sire, Bang Bang, her head in particular looking asif cast in the same mould. She hasa fair amount of bone, straight limbs, good chest and fore quarters, is fairly well ribbed up, has wide loins and well-bent stifles. Her pace is good and her action is capital, both before and behind, but she seldom ex} tended herself, pottering about at times in a most agerayvating manner. She carries her head but indifferently, and few people who witnessed her earlier heats took her chances of winning into consideration, so remote did they seem}; indeed, we doubt if her breaker thought much of them himself at first. The weather make the trials very ‘‘fluky,” so that any dog which did not actually commit the gravest of faults was always ‘‘in the race,” In this case the extreme carefulness of the bitch stood her in good need, The scent being so poor, a free-ranging dog, carrying his head as she did, would have been certain to flush frequently, On a fair scenting day, a dog even with a moderate nose only, but that carried his head well, would give her little chance unless she altered her tactics. We do not, however, wish to detract from the merit of her win, which on the whole she deserved.” CURRENT DOG STORIES. EEX, There is sorrow in the Fifth street police station. Jack, a nondescript, four-footed member of the force, is under the care of a surgeon. He paces info the station a few nights ago, and mournfully Jay down near the stove. One of his forelegs was broken, and he was suffering from internal injur- ies, His recovery is doubtful, but his friends think his strong constitution and tenacity will pull him through. Jack, like Moses and other great characters, has no surname. He was born in the Fourth ward, and passed his early years in the pursuit of the quiet-orbed, turtuous-horned goat, and the contents of eating-house ash barrels. After three years of suffering he was adopted by a citizen who passed most of his time in an Allen street barroom. The citizen died, and be- queathed Jack to the barkeeper. One night a drunken man kicked at Jack ashe was coming out ofthe barroom. Jack dodged, and the drunken man’s toes stiuck the door jamb with painful violence. The man, angry beyond control, ran after Jack until a policeman interfered with his hostile inten- tions by arresting hi Jack followed the policeman and his prisoner to the station, When the policeman returned to his post Jack went after him, and refused to be driven away. At night Jack returned to the station and was formally adopted by the force. Jack has been in the habit of sleeingin the sta- tion during the day. He leaps up from behind the stoye when the gong sounds for the 6 o’clock relief to assemble. When the men are drawn up facing the Zap seca it ack places himself solemnly in front of them. At the Captain’s order, “present arms,” Jack barks. He then selects a policeman from the ranks and follows him out. Heremains with the policeman until the roundsman comes along, and he then transfers his attention to the roundsman. He has assisted in capturing thieves, in driving noisy crowds from corners, and in protect- ing property. He was once left at the entrance to a basement in which there was a slight fire, while the policeman turned inan alarm. Jack refused to let the owner of the basement enter until the policeman returned. The bartender who for- merly owned Jack captured him, and tied him up in the bar- room, When the time came for the midnight relief to go out Jack began tohowl. He continued unidiat 3 until morning, when the bartender, who had been kept awake all night, gave him to the driver of a brewery wagon. The driver fied Jack in the wagon and drove to the brewery. A roundsman from the Fifth street station happened in the brewery and saw Jack tied toa post. Jack emitted a wild bark of recognition and delight, leaped up on his hind legs, broke the rope that bound him and ran to the roundsman. Since his injury Jack ‘has made several efforts to go out with the midnight relief, — FOREST AND STREAM. 353 ut he has suffered so much that he could crawl only a. little distance, Ashe sees the last man disappear through the door- way he sets up a mournful howling.—N, Y. Sun, : XEXL Domestic animals are turned to curious account in some s ofthe world. For instance in Spain a small dog is often used by housekeepers for turning the spits before the fire; and it is nob at all to be wondered ati that he doesn’t take kindly ta such employment. Tosay nothing about the heat of the swork, it must be a terrible temptation to the poor animal to keep from touching the meat and fowls, which he would much souner eat up ina raw state than assist in roasting for the consumption of others. A gentleman who traveled once in Spain tells the following amusing story, in which he gives the little turnspit dog credit for a wonderful amount of sharp- ness, One evening I reached a solitary little inn. Close to the stove lay a dog warming itselfin comfort. “What can you give for dinner?” Jasked the landlady. ‘‘Some eggs,” was the reply, and the dog looked fixedly atme. ‘‘Eggs,” re- peated L ‘That's poor sustenance for a man that has come thirty miles on horseback. Have you nothing better?” “There’s a bit of bacon.” suggested the landlady; and the dog looked at me more intently than ever, ‘I’m not passionately fond of bacon,” replied I; ‘twhat else haye you?” ‘Santa Anna,” cried the landlady, “I can give you a chicken!” At these words the dog jumped up and sprang through the half open window. ‘Good gracious!” said 1; why the word ‘chicken’ was like a bombshellto him?’ ‘‘Ah,” smiled the hostess, ‘‘it’s because he turns the spit.”—Chicago Inter-Ocean. DEERHOUND CHALLENGE CUP.—E£ditor Forest and Stream: A New York gentleman has expressed his intention of giving a challenge cup, to cost $250, at the shows next autumn and the spring of 1885 for the best kennel of deerhounds, sub- ject to the followi owing conditions; This cup to be competed for only at shows where at Jeast ten deerhounds (dogs and bitches) are entered in the open class; a caataion (winner of three first prizes at shows where a first prize has heretofore quali- fied the entry of the same dog in the champion class at the Westminster Kennel Club’s shows), not to be eligible as an entry making one of the ten requisite in the open class, but elizible to conirele as one of a kennel; three entries, either all dogs or all bitches or dogs and bitches, to constitute a kennel; cup to be the property of the kennel or individual winning it three times. The cup will be on exhibition at those shows meee the foregoing conditions are in force.—CLOVERNOOK NNEL. SIMON CAMERON'S DOG,—Last December a fine New- foundland dog, which had been presented to Simon Cameron by a friend, was stolen in Harrisburg. It has just been ascer- tained that the thief sold him in York, Pa., for 35, stole him again, and sold himasecond time. The Harrisburg Chief of Police has gone to recover the dog. OnE Miniion of Men haye held the accident policies of the Travel- ers; of Hartford, Conn., and one in nine have received cash benefits on them.—Adv. KENNEL NOTES, NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Kennel notes are inserted in this column free of charge, ‘To iusure publication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the following par- ticulars of each animal: 1. Color. 6. Name and residence of owner, 2. Breed. buyer or seller. 3. Sex. 7, Sire, with his sire and dam. 4, Age, or 8. Owner of sire. 5. Date of birth, of breeding or 9, Dam, with her sire and dam. of death. 10, Owner of dam. Allnames must be plainly written. Communication on one side of paper only, and signed with writer's name. NAMES CLAIMED. E> See instructions at head of this colunn. Don. Glencho, Madge Glencho, Sultana and Lady Fire Fly. By Mr. James T. Walker, Troy, N. Y., for red Irish setters, one dog and three bitches, whelped April 10, 1834, by champion Glencho out of Claire (A K-.R, 233). Monarch 8. By Mr. J. K. Smith. Waterbury, Ct., for orange and white English setter dog, whelped Oct. 29, 18&3, by champion Fore- man out of Tallman’s Jennie (Lathrop’s Dick—Harrington's Gyp). Forenan I, By Mr. N, Wallace, Waterbury, Ct., for blue belton Enuelish setter dog, whelped Oct. 29, 18838, by champion Foreman out of Tallman‘s Jeune (Lathrop’s Dick—Harrington’s Gyp). Portland. By Mr. W. bradford Smith, Orange, N,J., for liver and white ticked pointer dog, whelped Feb. 22, 1584, by Lord Sefton (Crox- teth—Vinnie) out of Clio (Sensation— ). Laura B, By Mr. W. H. Pierce, Peekskill, N. Y., for red Irish setter biteh, whelped April 2, 1884, by champion Glencho out of Hill’s Daisy (Ghief—Tilley). = : => See instructions at head of this column. Blonde I1—Prince B Mr, John Bolus’s (Wooster, 0.) English set- ter he Blonde II. (Britton—Blonde) to Prince B. (Pontiac Il—Buck- eye Belle). Breeze—Blue Dick. Mr. John Bolus’s (Wooster. O.) imported Eng- lish setter bitch Breeze (Lord Downe’s Duke—Belle) to Bue Dick (Blue Dash—Jolly May). Oey, B.—Blue Dick. Mr. John Bolus’s (Wooster, O.) English setter pin BA 5. (Pontiac 11,—Buckeye Belle) to Blue Dick (Blue Dash— olly May). Spinaway—Maxim, Mr. J. W. Munson’s (St. Louis, Mo.) imported pointer bitch Spinaway (Garnet—Keswick) to Maxim (Garn et—Jilt). _ Helen—Boz. Messrs. R. & W. Rutherfurd’s (New York) buil-bitch Helen to their Boz (A.K-R. 441), M:y 9. Murvel—Meteor. Mr. J. W. Munson’s (St. Louis, Mo.) pointes bitch Marvel (Croxteth—Trinket) to his champion Meteor. —Meteor, Mr. J, W. Harries’s imported pointer bitch to Mr. J. W. Munson’s champion Meteor. —Bang. Mr. J. H. Richards’s pointer bitch to Mr. J, W. Munson’s imported Bang (Bang—Luna). Rita Croxteth—Meteor, Mr. George 8. Tucker’s (Peterborough, N, H.) pomter bitch Rita Croxteth (A,K.R. 168) to Mr. J. W. Munson’s champion Meteor. ; Kate—Bang. Mr, T. W, Sterling’s pointer bitch Kate (Croxteth— Trinket) to Mr. J. W. Munson’s imported Bang (Bang—T.una), Dent—Meteor. Mr.J.W. Blythe’s poiuter bitch Dent (Faust—Lassie) to Mr, J. W, Munson’s champion Meteor. Deil—Meteor. Mr. George A. Castleman's pointer bitch Dell (Crox- teth—Trinket) to Mr. J. W_ Munson’s champion Meteor, Winnie—Bruce. The Kilmarnock Collie Kennel’s (Boston, Mass.) imported collie bitch Winnie to their Bruce (Marcus—Isle), March 25, Pearl—Snap. Mr. B. W. Jester’s (St. George’s, Del.) Italian grey- hound bitch Pearl (A.K.R. 758) to Snap (Rome I1.—Naughty), May 20. Ruth—Bobolink. Mr. B. W. Jester’s (St. Georges) Del,) Euglish setter bitch Ruth (A.K.R_ 827) to his Bobolink (A.K.R, 1167), May 23. Leesburg—Bang. Myr. T. B. Legare’s pointer bitch Leesburg to Mr. J, W, Muison’s imported Bang (Banz—Luna). Flash [il—Meteor. Mr. J. W. Munson’s (St, Louis, Mo.) imported pointer bitci Flash If. (Bang—Pride) to his champion Meteor, AE eae Mr, J. W. Munson's (St, Louis, Mo.) imported pointer bitch Vanity (Bane—Pride) to his champion Meteor. Dey, Avvo elton. Mr. John Bojus’s (Wooster, O.) English Beer eign Dixey (Belton—Dimple) to American Belton (Relion— onde), : 7 Buckeye Belle—Chip. Mr. John Bolus’s (Wooster, O,) English set- ie bien Buckeye Belle (Belton—Belmore) to Chip (Belton—Bur- esque). _ Cherry Blogsom—Don, Mr. John A. Doolittle’s (New Haven, Ct.) cocker spaniel bitch Cherry Blossum (A.K.R. 729) to his Don (Dart— Floss), May 25, Flora—Black Prince. Mr, H. Reiche, Jr.'s (New York) cocker spaniel bilch Flora (Flake—Lady) to Mr, A, C. Wilmerding’s Black ’ Prince (A.E.R. 62), May 10. Mr. L. Shuster, Jr.'s English setter bitch =— Coomassie—Gladstone. be (A.K.R, 949) to Mr. P, H. Bryson’s Gladstone (Dan—Petrel), ny th. : Jona—Bruce, The Kilmarnock Collie Kennel's (Boston, Mass.) im- ported collie bitch Iona to their Bruce itareue tae Feb 2 : ) Trish 1 Wellic—Glencho. Mr. F, Lynch’s (Newburgh, N. ¥.) re setter bitch Nellie ta Mr. W. H Pierce's ae Gsnet, Koril sctier bitch Peids to Mr, WH Pisron's chao Glee Renta tch: a . W. H. Pierce's champion Glencho, Ap ~ Mag—G encho. Mr. Richard Bennett’s (Lowell, Mass.) op . setter bitch Mag (Berkley—Tilley) to Mr, W. H. Pierce’s champion Glencho, April 21, Netia—Glencho. My, J, B. Graham's (Wilmington. Del.) red Trish setter bitch Netta (Spy—Reeta), to Mr, W. H, Pierce’s champion Glencho, May il. _ Biddy—Glencho. Mr. Wm, Dunphy's (Peekskill, N, ¥.) red Irish setter biteh Biddy (Elch6 I1I,—Mag) to Mr. W. H. Pierce's champion Glencho, May 3. Lulu 12,—Glencho. Mr. J. J.8canlan's (all River. Mass,) red Trish setter bitch Lulu II, (Berkley—Lulu) to Mr. W- H. Pierce’s champion Glencho, May 7. Vic—Glencho, Mr, C, H. Dayton’s (Peekskill, N. Y.) red Irish setter Rion ie (Elcho—Lady Helen) to Mr. W. H. Pierce’s champion Glencbho, ay 5, Nora—Glencho. Mr. A, A, Sampson’s (Troy, N. Y.) red Irish setter bitch Nora, (Eleho—Fire Fly) toMr, W. H. Pierce’s champion Glencho, May 11, Yeats Gleneies Mr. W. H, Cox’s (Newport, Ky.) red Irish setter bitch Lizzie (Rory O’More—Queen Bess) to Mr. W. H. Pierce's cham- pion Glencho, May 17, Fun O’'Mason—Glencho. Mr. J. M. Dyckman’s (Peekskill, N, Y.) red Trish setter bitch Wan O’Mason (Larry—Gussie Il,) to Mr. W, H, Pierce’s champion Glencho, May 19, WHELPS, ES" See instructions at head of this column, Jona, The Kilmarnock Collie Kennel’s (Boston, Mass.) imported coe bitch Iona, April 28, eight (two dogs), by their Bruce (Marcus— sle). Donna. Dr, C. A. Packard’s (Bath, Me.) English setter bitch Donna. (A.K.R, 499), May 10, seven (two dogs), by Mr. A, M, Tucker's Dash III. ; one dog since dead. Kate. Mr. T. W. Sterling's pomter bitch Kate (Croxteth—tTrinket), seven, by Mr. J. W. Munson’s imported Bang (Bang—Luna), Dent. Mr. J. W. Blythe’s pointer bitch Dent (Faust—Lassie), six, by Mr. J. W. Munson’s champion Meteor. Dell. Mr. Geo. A. Castleman's pointer bitch Dell (Croxteth— Trinket), nine, by Mr. J. W. Munson’s champion Meteor, SALES. i" See instructions at head of this column. Grace. Liver and white ticked pointer bitch, whelped Feb. 22, 1880 (Don—Dot), by Mr. F. W. Chapman, Darlington, Wis,, to Mr. F, H, Dwyer, New York, Brewster, Blue belton English setter dog, whelped Dec, 24, 1883 (Blue Dick—Bramble), by Mr. John Bolus, Killbuck Kennel, Wooster, O., to Mr. A. Saybelt, Ji.. same place. Bruce. Black and white HEzglish setter dog, whelped May 15, 1883 (Blue Dick—Buckeye Belle), by Mr. John Bolus, Wooster, O., to Mr. Thos. Gregory, Provencal, La. Ashmont Nina. Red Irish setter bitch, whelped March 17, 1884 (Nimrod, A.K.R. 631—Romaine, 4,K.R. 688), by the Ashmont Kennel, Boston, Mass., to Mr. 8, J. Lobdell, Kast Paw Paw, Ill. Feszan. Mastiff dog, whelped Jan. 26, 1884 (Diayolo, A.K.R, 543— Madge, A.K R. 548), hy the Ashmont Kennel, Boston, Mass,, to Miss A. M. Libby, Ghelsea. Mass. Glencho—Claire whelp. Red Trish setter biteh, whelped April 10, 1884, by non James T, Walker, Troy, N, Y., to Mr, John Wilson, Balti- more, Md. Dash TiT.—Donna whelps. English setters, whelped Oct. 12, 1883, by Dr. G.A. Packard, Bath, Me.,a white and black dog to Mr. A. M, Tucker, Charlestown, Mass.: a white and black dog to Mr, Thomas M. Steele, Dover, N, H.; a blue belton dog and a white and black biteh to Mr. J. W. Kittridge, Ayer, Mass., and a blue belton bitch to Mr, John A. Graham, Chester, 8. C. , Portland. Liver and white ticked pointer dog, whelped Feb. 22, 1884 (Lord Sefton—Clio), by Mr, J. B. Brown, Montclair, N. J,, to Mt. W. Bradford Smith, Orange, N. J. Pink. Black and white English setter dog, whelped May 15, 1883 (Blue Dick—Buckeye Belle), by Mr. John Bolus, Wooster, O., to Mr, Thos. A, Addison, Chelsea, Mass. Duke. Blue belton English setter dog, whelped Oct. 20, 1882 (Pon- tiac Il.—Buckeye Belle), by Mr. John Bolus, Wooster, O., to Mr. D. L. Slade, Boston, Mass. Cassandra T. White and black English setter bitch ees 943), by Mr, L. Shuster, Jr,, Philadelphia, Pa., to Mr. W. Tallmam, Pavw- tucket, R. 1 Olarinda T. White and black English setter bitch (A.K.R. 945), by ea L. Shuster, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., to Mr. W. Tallman, Pawtucket, Ie Pluck. Trish terrier dog (A.K.R. 197), by Mr. Lawrence Timpson, Red flook, N. Y.. to Mr. W, A, Coon, same place. Foam—Ruby 1. whelps. Chesapeake Bay dog and bitch, whelped Jan. 15, 1884, by Mr, G. G. Hammond, New London, Ct., to Mr, M. EH, Sears, Lafayette, Ind. Primer—Jersey Gyp whelp. English setter, color, age and sex not Riven, yar W. E. Rea, Hackettstown, N, J., to Mr. Jas. Houtaling, urley, N. Y. Don. Red Trish setter dog. whelped April 10, 1884 (champion Glencho—Claire, A.K.R. 238), by Mr. Jas. T. Walker, Troy, N. Y., to Mr, Waldo K. Chase, same place. Sultana, Red Irish setter bitch, whelped April 10. 1884 (champion Glencho—Claire, AK.R. 283), by Mr. Jas. T. Walker, Troy, N, ¥., to Mr, Erastus Corning, Jr., Albany, N. Y PRESENTATIONS. [=> See instructions at head of this column. Foam—Ruby I. whelps. Chesapeake Bay dogs, whelped Jan. 15, 18k4, by Mr. G. G. Hammond, New London, Ct., one to Mr. R. S. Floyd, San Francisco, Cal,; one to Mr. James Flood, Jr.. San Francisco, Cal., and one to Lieut.-Goy. Chas. EH. Laughton, Carson, Ney. Rifle and Crap Shoating. FIXTURES. May 26 to 31.—First International Clay-Pigeon Tournament, at Chicago, Ill. Managers, Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Oo.,, P. O. Box 1292, Cincinnati, Ohio. June 2 io 9.--Annual Tournament Louisville Sportsmen’s Associa- Mists reheat Ky. J, O, Barbour, Secretary, 157 Third avenue, ouisville, RANGE AND GALLERY. PHILADELPHIA.—The Passyunk Rifle Co. and Cosmopolitan Rifle Ciub, two Philadelphia organizations, contested ina match at the Stockton Rifle Range, Camden, on the 21st, Conditions were. any open-sight rifle over 3 pounds pull, 200yds,, off-hand. The ! assyunk team shot with Remington .32, rim-fire and Union long cartridge. The other club u-ed heavier rifles and stronger ammunition, both of various manufactures. The following is the result: Passyunk Rifle Co. Cosmopolitan Rifle “lub. Capt J D Vautier ..4444545444— 42 Geo W Coulston ...5545425425— 43 J B Hofiner........ 4444454454— 42 W Chambers.... .. 444dddddsd 47 H S Hoffner.... ... 4444543344— 39 P Woods.... ...... 3434434544— 38 J D Hoffner........ 5524343443— 87 C Greenfield ....... 4444343444— 38 W Kirshner......-. 3534433434— 36 LL Dubois...... sae 3424344434— 35 PUR ayes see yee 4334444334— 36 Dr Shimyell....... 3444402434— 32 JT Dunlap........- 4442445343 385 Capt C H Jones....2408444442— 31 J Hinchman ....... 4343353483— 385 F Jesser............ 0545242342— 31 W M Hoffner....... 3432845482— 34 J Dixon....... .... 3234444222— 30 D Shetzline......... 0443434434— 43 GC Bowers........... 6340420042— 24 Several of the contestants had never shot over the 200yd. range before. NEW JERSEY.—To-morrow afternoon, May 30, there will be an opportunity at the Shooting Park,in South Orange avenue, to see a competitive trial between eight or ten of the best riflemen in the country. Such shots as Jomer and Brown, of the American team of 1888, Oehl, Will Hayes, Zettler and Dorrler, besides two or three others who are equally well known, have arranged to fire each one hundred times at the ring target, 200yds., to determine which is the best marksman, There will be no prizes, but a natural pride in his reputation will move each man to do his best work, No admission fee will be charged. The spectators will find that the new gallery will afford them a standing place where they can look down the contest, seeing both the men and the target. The match will begin about 1 o’clock and last about three hours. The festival of the Newark Shooting Society, on June 9, 10, 11, and 12, promises to be the biggest ever held. Prizes amounting to $2,000 are oifered, and well-known shots from many Hastern cities and even. from points beyond the Mississippi, will compete. A DISPUTED TURN.—Bostor, Mass., May 22, 1884.—Hditor Forest and Stream: There isa dispute about the ruling of a certain presi- dent of a rifle club here, which you will please answer through the mediym of the Forest AND STREAM. The facts in the case are these: A silver medal Is being shot for every Thursday night for six months. A re-entry is allowed, making two scores per man. The bighesiscore of the evening wins the medal, Ee the winner wears the medal until the following Thursday night, when the medal is again contested for, and so continued until the six months have expired, A certain mem- ber leads off and the other shooters follow, according to the order of their names, which have been entered in a book by the secretary of the club. Tne president of the club calls upon the first shooter tolead again as all members have shot once around. The member objects to lead again, wishing to hang back until the last, as he expresses it, to see what is scored, The president ordered him to shoot in histurn or forfeit his re-entry fee, He was not willing to shoot m bis turn, and demanded hisre-entry fee back again. The president rules that he eannot have his money back, and that he must shoot when his name is called. Please give decision, and oblige—RubpOoLPH SCHAEFER. [lt was the duty of the marksman to shoot his score when called to the firing point. To yield to the demand of the shooter in this case Nit pa a tae a precedent which might bring the match to a short end- ing.— Lp. BOSTON. May 24.—There was a large attendance of riflemen on the range at Walnut Hillto-day. The day proved a bad one for close shooting, wind blowing most of the time down the range, J. Francis who, by the way, has another and a real naine, an old member of the association, 1ow a non-resident, was present, and as usual, was shooting with an odd firearm, a .20-caliber rifle. With this little gun he made several brilliant scores, aud iv the team shoot secured fourth position. The interesting event of the day was a telegraphic match between teams representing the Massachusetts Association and the Springfield Armory Club. As will be seen by the records appended, “ye men of Walnut Hill’ were victorious by 4& score of 316 against their opponents’ score of 314. The records in all the matches are appended; Creedmoor Prize Match. Creedmoor Practice Mateh. WOharles,B .. ...5555545555-49 O M Jewell..........5555454545—47 H G Bixby, B ...,..5555455555—49 KR Reed eee eee. 300055544447 > ¥ Richardson, BG. 654445555547 J Francis............ §445544055—46 A @ Adams, HB 56445455547 A L Brackett........ 554454545546 G@ Cushing, B........ 454554545546 C BEdwards........ 4545455545—46 J 1’ Bates, B....... .4445505445—45 A B Oarr....-..2.... 4445544 545—44 CB Edwards, B.....9445544554—45 J BDarmoddy...... 3458454454 —41 J © Cobb, B....... .5454545454—45 W H Morton........ 443544444440 J B Thomas, B,...,. 554554544445 L A Harkins........ 54143344334—37 W H Oler, E....; -...445455453—44 PL Haton........... 244345334234 ABCarr, B..,,,....40f4444544—48 Decimal Mateh. W Charles, By......-....... ISSA RAS 910 9 9-9 5 810 7 SE eNO WSs Ata ees eee 668 9 810 769 9% AOAC INS, “RIS Ue bate ssh jens sale 5 8 7 6 6 9 81010 9-78 Wr OST AS ee pe pees aa wo AL olay 599 9 8 810 5 7 B%8 IHEGUSHING, EAL Fao kee pay hae ake ivi wEs i 8 9 9 8 6 610 6 4 568 PPB CUntisy Oh eh vtiee eae pet eae a 6947 5 9 7 5 @ 867 Rest Match W Gardner, H.....-.... oa ne 101010 810 9 810 9 10-94 HaGushinp ees. doves ape ee -.. %1010 710101010 9 10-938 JOR EHUGISECA. Oban ees kelp viene see 9 7 9 710 9 81010 9—88 W 4H Oler, A........ dus ton eae 8 9 8 910 8 & 9 8 F—S81 PAS OULORS coe ea Eee en pA 1010 8 9 5 & 6 9 ¥ 10—80 Team match. Massachusetts Rifle Association, EB F Richardson..... 455555545548 BWR Bull. g,-. ci.) spencer cdrteces 49 H Seavernms.,......- 544454555546 RJ Hare..............2......--- 46 JB Fellows,......-. 555445455446 1 B Wilson . 46 SP PANIGIB, aoe gees eos 444544554445 § § Bumisted ...............-.... 46 W Charles.....,... 6645445544—45 J A Kimball..,,........../..-.5. 44 OM Jewell. ....... 444454455448 LH Mayott..................-.. 43 HG Bixby....,. :.. 455444454443 PW Bull... lll, 40 316 314 THOMASTON, CONN.—The shooting tournament of the Empire Rifie Club, at the opening of their new range here on the 21st and 22d. was the biggest kind of a success. The weather was perfect, and a large delegation of visiting riflemen were present and expressed themselves as highly pleased with the range, saying that it was one of the best in location and appointments in New Wngland. Some of the most notable shots present were G. W, Elisworth, of the Gardner (Mass.) Club; W. Charles, of the Walnut Hill Club, Boston; G. H. Hubbard, D. E. Marsh and W. H. Beardsley, of Bridgeport, Conn, ; Q. B, Hull, of Collinsville, and H. Andrus. of Hartford. The conditions of the shoot were: Distance, 200yds.; off-hand; Massachusetts ring target: rifles limited to 3lbs, trigger-pull; strings of 5 shots each, pos- sible 60, three highest to count for prize, making a possible 180; re- entries unlimited. The following are the prize-winners, the three highest tieing with a score of 170: G. W. Ellsworth. HaGSE: SCOVEs sees eA nee e & Seeks mie usee es ll 12 12 12 11—d58 Second score...............-.--- hve stee Cet 11 10 12°11 12—56 DHIFGESCOLG: Pekhiaes Gnewetlsare womeioe Calas 10 12 11 11 12—56—i70 Prize, $40, W. Charles. HPSUBCOLOLM beet el Sch eEELL eb Lene. cate 12 10 12 ii 12-57 Second Bove esses seemless ii..210 1% 12: 12 J1—5F THIS COL CeIn asleiis tele ot oe Dheag bane nie oe 2 10 11 11 12—56—170 Prize, $20. ©. B. Hull. TAPS HS COLO. Bey ime gel eee cll: eine feed ately 11 12 12 10 12—57 SGcondescorce. sere ele. deer’ doe pon names 12.12 9 12 12—57 WWikhdthite open ep ly ae ee le eT 12 10 ii 12 11—56—-170 Prize, $15. G. H. Hubbard 168, W. H. Beardsley 1638, D. EK, Marsh 162, E. Noth- nagle 161, H. Andrus 161, W. H. Dunbar 158. B, Higley 158, G. A. Lem- mon 154, D. 8, Seymour 154, J. Gregory 1538, W. W. Tucker 152. B. H. Sutliff 152, D. B. Wilson 159, 8. J. Lyon 149, C. F. Williams 146, G. W. Canfield 146, B, W. Pease 143, Capt. O*Brien 138, M. O’Connell 137, W. H. Tuttle 135, OC. L. Alling 134, G. P. North 184, A. R. Lacy 133, P. Sim- mons 132, D, C, Calhoun 130, P, M. Beers 129, R. 8. Goodwin 129, E, W, Bennett 125, P . G, W. Ellsworth also took a special prize of $10 for the largest num ber of buliseyes, 102. Over $100 were given in cash prizes.—F. A. P. THE TRAP. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re- quested to write on oue side of the paper only, THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH. [Special to Forest and Stream.) Cuicaao, Ill., May 28, 9:18 A. M. WING to windy weather the International championship match Was postponed to ten o’clock this day. In the Chicago sweep- stakes, 6 single birds, l5yds rise, entrance $7\jthere were 56 entries. Still, Perry, Sheldon. Williams, Jenkins and Taylor divided first money. Drake and Calhoun second. Rowers, Sampson, Taber, Wil- son and Kleineman tuird. Second sweepstakes, 74 entries, 18yds. rise, $5 each, 7 birds. J. A. Prechtel, Cleveland won first money, scoring 7 straight birds. Perry and Mills second. Gartright and Riley third. The third sweepstake was a miss and out, $3 each, 18yds. rise, 20 entries. Gartright and Jenkins tied and divided the stake, The championship match is the exciting topic to-day. Visiting sports- men from all sections are here iu large numbers, J. E. B. THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM MATCH. : 1:45 P. M.—The Championship Team match began at 10 o'clock this morning. The scores sofarare as follows: Blue Island Gun Club (Illinois) 22; Jacksonville (Ill.) Gun Club, 24; Chicago Gun Club, 26; Diana Gun Club (Chicago), #4; Bradford (Pa,), No. 1, 22; Bradford (Pa.), No, 2,29. Hight other teams are to follow. S&est individual score of ten straight was made by C. H. McKenett of Bradford, Pa. WALNUT HILL, May 24.—Some days since I mailed you a card giving dates on which occur the regular shoots of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, which you kindly published, thus making hnown to the lovers of the rifle and shotgun in other sections of the country who may have occasion to visit this vicinity, and possibly may be pleased to spend a few hours at Walnut Hill, the days they can (lo so With the certainty of witnessing a shoot, and should they so desire enjoy the privilege of participating in the same, Our range, and mutches generally, are open to all, and we are pleased to have all who enjoy the sports we indulge in come and participate, Wednesday last was shotgun day at the range, and the day and occasion proved most enjoyable, asa more perfect day is rarely had for out-door sports. Inclosed T hand you report of the day’s doings: First event, 6 clay birds, 12 entries—IFrancis first, Tobin second, Evans third, Snow and Newton divided fourth. Second event, 4 glass balls, 9entries—DeRochmont and Hartdivided first, Tobm second, Francis third, , Third event, 5 clay-birds, 12 entries—Stanton and Francis diyided Best nes and DeRochmont divided second, Nichols third, Tobin ourth, Fourth event, 3 pair clay-birds 12 entries—Hart first, Evans and Suow divided second, Stanton third, Nichols fourth. i ‘Fifth event, 6 clay-dirds, 18 entries—DeRochmont and Stanton divided first, Evans and Francis divided second, Thompson, Eddy and Cutting divided third, Papanti and Souther divided fourth. Sixth event, 5 glass balls, 12 entries—Francis and Tobin divided first, DeRochmont and Evans divided second, Newton aud Shattuck divided third, Short pou of! Seventh event, 6 pair clay-birds, 13 entries—DekKochmont, Eyans and Stanton divided first, Snow and Short divided second, Eddy third, Souther and Tobin divided fourth. Eighth event, 5 clay-birds, 22 entries—Shattuck first, Evans and Gore divided second, Francis third, Nichols fourth, Ninth event, 5 glass balls, 9 entries—Evans and Decker divided first, Nichols second, Francis third. Tenth event. 5 glass balls, 13 entries—Francis and Snow divided first, Evans and Warner divided second, Decker and Nichols divided third, Crosby fourth. Eleventh event, 5 clay birds, straightaway, 19 entries—Francis and Evans divided first, Hart and Tobin divided second, Crosby third, Cutting and Warren divided fourth. Twelfth event, 5 glass balls, 10 entries—Decker first, Tobin and teed divided second, Newton third, Warren and Short divided ourth. Thirteenth event, 3 pair clay birds, 16 entries—Decker and Francis divided first, Stanton second, Hart third, DeRochmont fourth. Fourteenth event, 7 clay birds, 20 entries—Hvans and Stanton divided first, DeRochmont, Thompson and Parker divided second, Souther third, Warren and Cutting divided fourth. Fifteenth event. 5 glass balls, 13 entries—Crosby and Francis divided first. Tobin, Newton and DeRochmont divided second, McCoy and Eddvr divided third, Warren fourth. Sixteenth event, 8 pairs clay birds, 9 entries—Decker and Francis divided first, Nichols and Gore divided second, Snow third. Seventeenth event, 5 glass balls, 10 entries—Francis and McCoy a first, Nichols and Eddy divided second, Decker third, Warren ourth. Eighteenth event, 5 clay birds, 2lyds. rise, use of both barrels, 20 entries—DeRochmont, Marston and Francis divided first, Stanton and Gore divided second, Nichols and Crosby divided third, Short fourth. NIAGARA,—The fifth of the monthly shoots for the medal which is to decide the championship of Niagara county, took place on Sat- urday last, on the old shooting grounds between Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge. The following is the score: BEG MOGE yee ke.) ool. Sad deth okt sce tem 1101111111111011 11111111123 TUNES Ess 015 gas eee eae per Sega pare 1111111101011411111111011—22 RS PSRICG a Ee ee Sct seas cokaaey 1111111011011011111111111—22 (2), WEN RES 5 ay5a5ShS 39) SS SE Ss ab Spa 1101110111111111111111110—22 41S SEL OUPE UE (252 5 Rue Dy seers oe eRe oR ee mk 1110111111111111111110010—21 MRS MACECO Me Et et, «is woe ee atla debe 1011111011100110011111111—19 MAROC Re SAD ROM eres Pre toea Giese wes sweats one § 0011011111011111110111011—18 PING MAOWALG: foe Ln ae ews ch estos tow sleok 1111111110110010011111011—18 RASH OGU Ya: Nate ct ce tse ove temic niieee alee 1012110110000111111110001—16 Mie TN GOUb Nx ot say eke Let teeaa ces sie - -1000010100011111110910110—13 BURNER VAG. SA acs Sarg nes napete Siew one Bots -1110000000011100000010111—10 Ties of 22 for ‘second: Smith 4, Rice 4, Moyer 4, Smith 5, Rice 5, Moyer retired. Smith and Rice divided second, Jennings took third, Pierce fourth. UNKNOWN GUN CLUB.—Brooklyn, N. Y.; regular monthly match, May 22; three prizes, one barrel, gun below the elbow: Knebel, 25yds........... 1111111—? A. Harned, 28yds....... 1110111—6 Rathjen, 25yds.......... 11111117 Doyle, 2lyds ........... 1111100—5 Moller, 28yds-............ 1111111—7 Midmer, 28yds.......... 1110101—5 Tomford, 25yds.........- 1101111—6 Muller, 24yds............ 0011011—4 Pope, 24yds...........-5- 11011116 Plate, 24yds..... ....... 0001111—4 Van Staden, 23yds...... 1111110—6 Stillwell, 2yds.......... 0001111—4. Layton, 2lyds..... =e oe 1111110—6 W Harned, 28yds....... 0111110—5 WILL NOT BREAK WITH ONE SHOT.—Poughkeepsie, May 2.— Editor Forest and Stream: Some time ago [noticed an advertise- ment in FoREST AND STREAM of the Target Ball & Pigeon Co. of Stock- port, N. Y., saying that their target balls were far superior to glass alis, were no injury to the finest lawns, and were sure to break if struck by a single pellet of No. 8 shot, and much more to the same effect. We tried the balls several times, and it was very seldom that a ball would break if struck by no more than one or two No. 8 shot. In fact we were constantly picking up balls with one, twoor three holes in them. We hung one up ona stick at 40yds. and shot at it, and it took three charges to break it, each time putting one shot through. Werepeated this several times and found that it was al- most impossible to break these balls with one pellet. A good compo- sition bal] would be a great thing, as almost all farmers and owners have objections to broken glass on their land.—A.C.G._ [Theremedy is to load or hold the gun better. The only ball that will suit every- body will be one that can stand all kinds of rough handling, but will break automatically when a gun is pointed at it.] WELLINGTON, Mass., May 24.—The summer heat to-day tended to augment the number of shooters at the grounds of the Malden Club at Wellington, and a goodly array of events were participated in, as follows: - Gold Badge Contest. STUNTS eo ee ae a pre Oe oe nS AED RE es ee 10110111111111101101—16 MST ERIN St, ie ee = Lota fo Sins eign i che Bee Slareiclte 10111111011111111000—15 AAAS 2p. see aet ont Nk Saab See 2 pe ole we 11101110010011111111—15 ERG) OVE ECG SSH ae Soe PR Aire oP 11110111111111100000—14 Brown ..... oe Er ae ards Saket le intend Asse talented 01110101111101011011—14 INSET OU yee ee he fais tL cared satcsatglnletolive susin ctu wicliiplg etnies 11001011100011111111—14 SOC 5 ie Se Dies er Oy ee es geen Se La HeoaT 11011111100101101101—14 SET CLC ae a RS See a a RT ie I A ~.--11110010110110101101—13 NETS Sy ee aes neee L a eri ee ee 01101101011011111000—12 Winners—First badge, Field; second, Saunders; third, Scott. SYRACUSE. May 25.—A large crowd assembled at Lake Side Park, Friday, My 23, to see the clay-pigeon match between Geo. C. Luther, of this city, and John E. Graham, of Canastota, N. Y.; 100 clay- pigeons each, 18yds. rise, trap set in 4th notch, use of one barrel: Laatloer—1111111101117411011111111111111111111110111111111111111111101 119111111111111111110111111111111011111—_95. Graham-—110111111101010101111001 111111911101111111111001111111111101 1117110111100111111111111111011111111111_84.—_1. I. C. _ BELLEVILLE, Ont., May 21.—The first contest for the possession of the champion badge of the Sportsman’s Club, which is to be won three times before it becomes the property of any one. took place to- day on therifle ranges. Six competitors came to the front, and when the contest opened a number of spectators were present. The condi- tions were: Card tran rotating, 18yds., 15 glass balls each. Whilethe score was being recorded it was plain to be seen that the contest for the trophy lay between Prof. Bell. hisson R. S. Belland John N. Pringle. Mr. R. 58. Bell, first vice-president of the club, led the score and captured the prize. Prof. Bell, for a gentleman of his years (78) did remarkably well. Appended is the score of the leaders: IRIS) B7eLL Lee oor pt ae 110111111101011—12 TERE B58) Lge im Ba gc a ee 011030111111011—11 J N Pringle 011111111110000 —10 Messrs. S. R. Balkwell, W. Mills and C. Wallace followed in the order named. The second competition will take place on Friday, June 13. Aachting. FIXTURES. Secretaries of yacht clubs will please send early notice of pro- posed matches and meetings. May 30.—Knickerbocker Y. C., Spring Matches. May 30.—Atlantic Y. C., Opening Cruise. May 30.—Newark Y. C., Spring Match. May 30.—South Boston Y. C., Spring Match. May 380.—City Pomt Mosquito Fleet, 13 and 15ft. boats. May 30.—New Haven Y. C., Opening Cruise. May 31.—Boston Y.C., First Match,Connor and Commodore's cups. June ¥—Portland Y.C., Challenge Cup. June 9.—Savannah Y. C., Opening Cruise. June 10.—Atlantice Y. C., Annual Match. June 11.—Hudson River Y. C., Annual Match. June 12.—New York Y. C., Annual Matches. June 12. Jersey City Y. C.. Spring Matches. June 14.—Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., Annual Matches. June 16.—East River Y. C., Annual Matches. Juve 16.—Newark Y. C., Open Match. June 17.\Dorchester Y.C. Race at Nahant. Open to clubs of the New England Y.R. A. Three races for small craft, Fallrace for club boats. June 19.—New Jersey Y. C., Annual Match, June 21.—Hull ¥. C.. Pennant Match. June 23.—Newark Y. C , Open Matches. June 24.—New Haven Y. C., Spring Match. June 26.—Salem Bay Y. C., First Championship, June 28.—Boston Y. C.. Ladies’ Day. June 30.—Manhattan Y. C., Annual Cruise. June 30,—Eclipse Y.C., Spring Match. June 30.—Quincy Y. C., Second Match. ai July 4.—Larehmont Y, C., Annual Open Matches. July 4.—Hull Y. C., Review and Cruise, five days. July 9.—Beverly Y. C., Marblehead, First Championship. July 12.—Bostoa Y. C., Second Club Match, July 12.—Hull Y. C., First Club Match. ay duly 19.—Hull Y. C., Ladies’ Day. ee July 26.--Beverly Y. C., Nahant, Second Championship,; July 26.—Salem Bay Y. C., Second Championshiv. ray July 30.—Oswego -Y. C., Open Matches, July 30.—Quiney ¥.C., Third Match. . x ee eee pe A ves a ee eee ace et: ak ~ aN | Be ES S| Wee FOREST AND STREAM. 3855 SAN FRANCISCO Y, €.—While the Nellis was out on the waysshe had iron keels puton alongside the wooden ones between the fore and main chains on both sides. Some new planks were also put on. Some inside ballast was removed and a little more lead added to the keel. The plans and a model of the yacht to be built for James V. Coleman have been received. The model shows a hull of graceful lines, predominantly suggesting speed. The yacht will have some THE MERLIN. ¥F the many new boats of the cutter type now building in New O York and the Wast, none is better worthy of notice than the cruiser now building in South Brooklyn from the designs of an ama- teur, who has devoted some study to this class of boat. The main objects of her designer were safety and accommodation, speed being but of secondary importance; but we shall be disap- | novel features, such as an unusual “drag” aft, or greater draft abaft pointed if she does not make almost as good a showingin the latter | midships; a considerably raking stern post and largely atta cig respect as in the former two. The boat has the wave form through- | stern, The deck will present the appearance of being flush, the sma: out, the calculations being based on the theories of Mr. Colin Archer. The radius of the construction circle (ft. 6in.) was so selected, how- ever, a8 to make the center of gravity of the curve of areas nearly coincident with the centers of buoyancy, ete. The frame is of white .oak, keel sided and moulded 8in., stem and stern sided din , frames all of steamed oak, 244>3 at heels, tapering to 2146 at heads, and spaced iZin center to center. The bilge clamps house cnly extending over the after staterooms, and rising no higher than the skylights over the saloon and gangway from the’ saloon for- ward. A sectional view shows that there will bea Stateroom on either side of the companionway and two on either side of the gang- way between the saloon and galley, making sixinall. The saloon will be 15ft., measuring fore and aft by the full beam of the acht. The pantry and galley will be forward of the gangzway and will bear- and wales are of yellow pine, the plank lin. thick, of white cedar, | rangea with an eye to more cruising than the bay affords. The and the ceiling of white pine. The planksheer is of white oak bent | qimensions of the yacht will be 79ft. 10tgin., length of deck 65ft. on on cold, and the deck of narrow white pine, laid with the side line. | waterline, 16ft. 5in. beam, 10ft. draft, and least freeboard 3ft, Her timbers will be all natural crooks of white oak, and her floor timbers rights and lefts. There will be 11 tons of lead on the keel, and a total ballast of 35 tons, all of lead. The furnishing has not been all de- cided upon, nor the interior decorations, but both will be elegant and luxurious, while preserying the strength and substantial qualities demanded in all the appointments of a sailing craft intended for use more than show. Mr. Esleman says he has about decided to have his eraft built in the East, as all the details of the plans were made with reference to the building materials in use there, and under such cir- eumstances yachtsmen consider it inadvisable to proceed with con- struction with materials not considered in the plans. THE LAST OF A FEDERAL CRUISER,—A recent London dispatch announced the abandonment at sea of the bark Elliot Ritchie, Capt. Perkins, from Brunswick, Ga., to Buenos Ayres. The crew were landed at Pernambuco, This vessel was the last of a once celebrated Federal cruiser—the Harriet Lane. She was named after President Buchanan’s niece, that estimable and popular lady who did tne honors of the White House so gracefully during Mr. Buchanan’s term of office. During the war the Harriet Lane made things lively for block- ade runners along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. She was a very fast yessel under steam or sail, She was once captured off Galveston, Tex., over which there was great rejoicing among the rebels, and was carried to Hayana as a prize vessel by Admiral Semmes, Her engines were taken out and she was converted into a sailing vessel, bark- The fastenings are all of copper, riveted over burrs. On deck forward is a hatch opening into the forecastle, over the cabin is a companion and skylight in one, and aft a cockpit 5ft. long. Immediately under the cockpit is a drawer for ice, below which is a water tank intherun. On descending the companion ladder there is a closet to starboard, just aft of which, and partly below the cockpit, is a sail locker; while on the port side there is an extra berth running back beside the cockpit. -A narrow door at the head of this berth, in connection with the similar door of the closet opposite, serves to shut off this portion of the bout from the main cabin. s The cabin proper has two lockers, the seats of which are arranged to fold out, making large berths for sleeping. On the starboard side forward is a washstand and mirror, the former provided with a hinged top, making a small tuble of it if required, and opposite, on the port side, is a.space bulkheaded off for aw. c. A door abreast the mast gives access to the forecastle, where a place is provided for a stove and a berthfor one man, The chain locker is just forward of the mast, thus lessening the weight in the bows. T. e workmanship throughout is of the first class, and in every way she is a credit to her builder, Mr. Daniel C. Bernard, who may well be proud of her. Her sails, the drawings of which we will publish next week, are being made by Wilson & Griffin, of South street, and in quality will be in no way inferior to the rest of the work. The following are here principal dimensions: ABE DEL WCU oe oo a9 ase Lede ed ode aa rigged, and was one of the fastest sailing vessels afloat. She was an peneeh Sa BU ee eee ewes en este eeese ene oes wide 4m. SIA Heiter along the coast, latterly pelon eee to Savannah, and was Draft i eter AREER EERE ERR EE WERE DOE gc Marit o> 3 5tt, loaded with lumber for Buenos Ayres when she was abandoned at Height of freeboard.........0.. cccceesseueeee 1ft, 1in pea. Fi Herat. : Midship section aft center of length L.W.L... 1ft. 9in SEAWANHAKA CORINTHIAN Y, C.—The fleet will rendezvous off Area Joad water plane..... ..... .....-.-.--- , 59.79 sq. ft the club house, Edgewater, Staten Island, on Friday morning, May Center of gravity dittoforward section,..,.... .138ft. 30, upon the arrival of the 10 o'clock boat from New York, for the Area midship section.................... Wnty aed eb, annual Decoration Day practice sail, On signal, yachts will pass in Center of buoyancy forward section........ . 144 ft, review between the flagship and the club house, saluting the commo- Center of buoyancy below L.W.L............. 1,463 ft, dore’s flag by dipping colors. Signals will be as follows; Prepara- Center lateral resistance aft center of length tory signal, gun and V of code; starting signal, ten minutes later, for Ry ee ae se Bree anak MARR ere ge is Ft, paehis to cross the line as above, gun and M of code. The fleet will Center effort of lower sails aft center of length hen proceed upon one of the fo lowing courses, to be announced = A Cae ee Se et eR Dane ae 1ft. 6in from the flagship before the starting signal is made; To and around Displacement in long tons..................... TA Buoy 844 on the Southwest, Spit, thence to and around the Gedney BAAR InBiG we Coe eee, bay eur. 0 nek ce Ooh 216 tons Channel Whistling Buoy, thence home; or, to ana around Buoy 84 Be eet OUeLRiG es Leer cutteee Le cau Vow, oan tue oe : $ tons. on the Southwest Spit, thence to and around the Scotland Lightship, Mast, from foreside stem..... ........... 006 10ft. thence home, leaving Buoy 84 on the starboard hand. Mast, deck to hounds.....-\..-.1....+..50--0+ 238. NEW LIGHTHOUSE IN THE HUDSON RIVER.—Notice is given Topmast, fid to sheave...-..........-..2.+.-+: » 19ft. Gin, by the Lighthouse Board that on and after May 24, 1884, a fixed white BOOM, ..,-..-+2---cnc ese ereeeseeeneres . 26ft. light will be exhibited from the structure recently erected at Lam- Gait... 0... ..22----- 17ft. pneres Dock (Narrow Channel), Hudson River, New York. The light Bowsprit, outboard. 18ft. should be seen in clear weather from the deck of a vessel twelve feet Area, lower sail ...... 730 sq. ft. aboye the water ten nautical miles. The structure is a hexagonal Masthead ... ...--.-ss.eeeeeee ere erstveesreees BEE frame portable beacon eleyen feet high, on a brick foundation, one Angle of gaff with horizontal ,...... ....,.., 51 deg. foot above the ground. LENGTH AND SAIL AREA RULE ABROAD.—The Royal Alfred Y. OC, will sail their six Channel and Corinthian matches this year under the ‘Length and Sail Area Rule,” the six Champion Cup matches being sailed under present Y. R. A. rule; a practical test of the new rule that, if is to be hoped, will lead to its permanent adop- tion. The Royal London Y. C. will also sail some of their races under it. FOOD AT SEA-CHEESE VS. SALT JUNK. AS one who is able to find a substitute for salt junk is a bene- -& factor to our seamen, and it would appear that such a benefactor has arisen in the person of Mr. W. Mattien Williams, F.C.S., who has lately been delivering the ‘Cantor’ lectures for the year at the Society of Arts to crowded audiences. The substituteischeese. Not cheese eaten as it is purchased, but cheese to which has been restored the proper amount of the salts of potaxs necessary to convert it into nutritious and digestible food. It is well known that the chief reason why salt meat is unwholesome and not nutritious is that the salts of potass have been drivin out of itin the pickling, It is now kmown that one reason why cheese is indigestible is because the salts of potass originally in milk are absent fro o cheese. As regards the relative nutriment in meat and cheese the Professor telis us that— “Taking the composition of a whole skinned and prepared sheep or ox as it hangs in a butcher's shop, the amount of nutiiment in it is about equal to one-third of its weight of cheese. The fat is about the same in both, but the difference is aue to the bones and excess of water. Thus twenty pounds of cheese contain as much nutritious material as a sheep of sixty pounds weight and would have the same yalite as practical nutriment of it could he as easily digested. ‘Cheese is the most portable of all food, even more so than wheat, on account of the ter value in a given bulk.’’ Mr. Williams goes on to tell us that the common English or Ameri- can cheese is the best for the purposes of food. Here. then, we have in our midst the most valuable food to be obtained, and it is not used’ simply for the reason that 0 «ing to absence of salts of potass it is in- digestible. Make it digestible by restoring the potass, and we have food for our toiling millions On shore, and for those at sea a food which will go far to not eb pees the consumer, but to make him proof against scurvy as well _ Here is the recipe, and we would advise our readers who are master marivers to copy it into their private logs, and those who are lands- men to haye a copy made for use in the kitchen. Cheese prepared as below is not only good and sufficient of itself for a mea! with potatoes, rice, etc., but forms a most useful, digestible, and appetizing adjunct to the menu of even a ‘‘swell’’ ainner, - a Out the cheese into shreds, or grate it, or chop it up fine, like suet. 2. To every pound of cheese thus treated add quarter of an ounce of bi-carbonate of potass. [Thisas nearly as possible puts back into the cheese the amount of potass that was taken out of it in separating (oy rennet) the curds in the original milk.] . Put the mixture cf cheese and bi-carbonate of potass intoa saucepan with either three times its bulk of cold water or four times its bulk of cold milk and mix well. 4. Put the saucepan on the fire and bring the mixture slowly to the boiling point, takiug care to stir it all the time. 5, Having got it to boil, keep it hot until the cheese is melted which does not take long. 6, Turn it out into a dish, and the result gives a beautiful nutritious mixture which thickens like a custard in cooling, This custard may be eaten with impunity even by those persons who would be iil afer eating a piece of cheese the size of a nut, and is peculiarly adapted as food for all persons who work hard with either brain or muscle. Fancy dishes may be made by the ship’s cook in the following manner for the captain’s and passengers’ tables, e. g., take the mix- ture of cheese and bi-carbonate and water (or milk) given above, and add to it two eggs, white and yolk beaten up together, for every quarter of a pound of cheese in the mixture. Put into a dish ora semes of disnes (previously buttered) and bake tillbrown. This must be eaten with bread or biscuit. Another way is to make the mixture 4 little thinner by adding a little more milk or water, and to put itin @ pie dish with slices of bread laid one over the other. The custard should be poured in cold and left for an hour to soak before it is baked. This dish is a great improyement on the ordinary bread and butter pudding.—"Sea Cook” in Nautical Magazine, Canoeing. Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forresw anp Srrramu their addresses, with name, membership, signals, etc , of their clubs, and also notices in adyance of meetings and races, and reports of the same. Canoeists and al] interested in canoeing are requested to forward to Foresr anp Srream their addresses, with logs of ernises, raps, and information concerning their local waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the sport. FIXTURES. May 30.—Pitisburgh C. C., First Annual Regatta, May 30 to 31.—Hudson River Meet, Newburgh. May 30 to 31.—Connecticut River Meet. June 14 to 16.—Merrimack River Meet. June 19.—Rochester C. C., Summer Regatta, Irondequoit Bay. July 9 to 15.—Chicago C. C., Annual Cruise, July 14.—Allegheny C. C., Cruise at Conneaut Lake. July 19 —Chicago C. C., First Annual Regatta. July 24 to 26.—Lake George Meet, Lorna Island. Aug, 1to12.—A, C. A. Meet, Grindstone Island. DESERONTO C. C, ? 1 ESERONTO C. C., Deseronto, Canada. Captain, F. S. Rathbun; Mate, Geo. Olinton, M.D.; Purser, E French, Organized March 17, 1884. Thirteen members, Burgee, red diamond, two blue triangles, letter D in white. CANOEING IN THE EASTERN STATES. OR some unknown reason canoeing has been of much slower growth in the Eastern States than in the Middle Statesand Canada, there having been, previous to 1884, but few clubsin Massachusetts and Connecticut, though the number of individual canoeists has increased steadily. Of late, however, & number of new clubs have formed, and the coming meet on the Merrim.ek River will doubtless add largely to the ranks of canoeists. The following from the Lowell Courier shows the growing popularity of the sport: “Rowing is at & low ebb in the Tespes club, although the plan of holding the annual regatta so early in the season may tend to awaken & new interest. Thus far only two or three members are known to be taking regular practice, but seyeral others are out occasionally, and the number will inerease as the weather grows warmer. The new Lowell Rowing’ Association seems to be haying up bill work, and the new boat house is still a thing of the future. There is some difii- culty about getting asuitable lot of land, and the recent benefit ball netted but 4 comparatively small amount, though it is hoped to swell this by a picnic later on. “By far the most active local interest now centers in canoeing and in this popular sport the Vespers haye taken the lead. Prominent oa smen of former years are now enthusiastic canoeists and have ex- changed the toil of rowing, with the strict training necessary to its satistactory accomplishments, for the more easy, eful and quite as healthy exercise of paddling, Single and double blades are seen glistening in the sun of a pleasant’afternoon, while tiny sails Alt about on the river and add to the witchery of the sport. From the very first the canoe interest has steadily grown, while the fleet of canoes has A “PLANE ON EDGE.”—The term “plank on edge,” first applied derisively to anything whose moderate beam did not entitle her to the designation of ‘‘ilatiron,” seems likely to become almost literally true, if we may judge from the drawing of the new three-tonner Ne Plus Ultra, described by Mr. Dixon Kemp in alate number of the London Field. The principal dimensions of this remarkable craft are as follows: Length oyer all. 60ft.; length on L.W.L, 38.5ft.: beam extreme, 3ft.; draft of water, 1ifc.: ballast on keel, 15 tons; displacement, 19.8 tons; center of buoyancy below W.L., 2.9ft.; ratio of ‘sail area to wetted surface, 2 43; area of lower sail 1,500 sq. ft.; mast, deck to hounds, 28it.; tonnage, Y. KR. A. rule, 3 tons; tonnage, sail area rule, 12 tons. Of course the advantages such a boat enjoys are- only possible under the arbitrary rule at present in vogue in Binsland, and they would at once disappear under any rule that gauges even approximately the size of a boat; but itis to be hoped that the me- chanical difficulties attendant on such an extreme form may be suc- cessfully overcome, and also thata crew long and lean enough to live aboard and work her may be found, as her success will hasten the abandonment of the present rule of measurement. GREENWICH, CONN —Indian Harbor will be lich ed from June 15 to Sept. 15 for the benefit of posh eerans pore Yachtsmen desiring to enter can obtain sailing directions by address- gag H, P, Winslow, udian Harbor Hotel, Greenwich, Conn, — a at the same time increased proportionately in numbers. Indian birches, which are perhaps more romantic though not so dry or com- fortable as modern canoes, were first introduced and the Vesper house now contains nive of this class, largely imported from New Brunswick at comparatively small cost. Next came the light open lapstreaks which have proyed quite popular, owing to ease of making a portage with them. *‘In addition to the Vesper fieet there are numerous canoes housed elsewhere. Corbett’s house contains two small ones used by boys. At MecFarlin’s are four canvas canoes, three of which are decked and used with double paddles, There is also one open lapstreak, Two finely finished home-made paper boats of fine model and good sailing capacity are housed by Williams, while a Racine St. Paul with severa lapstreaks and canvas canoes are kept by individnals im various parts of the city. Altogether the number of canoes owned and used in Lowell will not fall short of forty. and probably runs higher, so it will be seen that the sport, which is yet scot erp pee | in its infancy, has already reached extensive Ba and is still growing. ‘Boating men in other,cilies along the Merrimack are also taking up the sport, and there are a number of active canoeists in Manchester, Nashua and Lawrence. Among the canoes in the latter city are sey- eral built of canvas and medeled exactly like a birch. They werede- signed by Mr. J. H. Treat, a veteran woodsman, whi has used them not only on our own river but often in the wilds of Maine. Going on down the river we find canoeists in Haverhill and Newburyport, with still more in Salem. Cambriige has a club and Boston two, both of which were recently organized and one confined to birches while the other embraces legitimate cruisers. Leading cities throughout the country all boast their canoe clubs nowadays, and as showing how they do things in the West it may be stated that the Chicago club, or- ganized Jan. 11, already has over forty members, nearly all of whom _ own canoes, and has arranged not only a regatta but a whole week's cruise to come off in July. Over all stands the American Canoe Association, with its 600 members, many of whom will meet, camp and race at the Thousand Islands in August. : “Canoeing properly émbraces camping in connection with eruising, and it is to be regretted that so few local members of the fraternity indulge in this branch of the sport. A complete cruising canoe affords facilities not only for paddling and sailing but for sleeping as well, and when this craft takes the place of the other variety now so common, as it properly should and eventually must, there will be a more true appreciation of the field of canoeing.. And it is not the Tracer who paddles to score as many miles as possible. but the ‘dawdler’ who drifts leisurely along some picturesque stream or threads his way among the islands of a beautiful lake, that fully en- joys himself and hiscanoe. At frequent intervals he stops to luneh, to bathe, to sleep, He is constantly in the open air and in close eom- munion with nature. Heit is who catches the spirit of canoeing. a manly pastime free from the taint of professionalism. He it is who reaches the acme of the outer’s happiness, the maximum of health and pleasure at the minimum of expense." THE ASSOCIATION BOOK. qe third annual report of the American Canoe Assoeiation has just been completed and sent out by Secretary Neidé in the form of a neat little book from the press of the Forest and Stream Pub- lishing Company. The officers of the Association are: Commodore, F, A, Nickerson, Springfield, Mass.; Vice-Commodore, C. K. Munroe, New York City; Rear-Commodore, Col. H. C. Rogers, Peterboro., one canis Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. Chas, A. Neidé, Schuyler- ville, N, Y, The Executive Committee is composed of the officers, with Messrs. Robert J. Wilkin, of New York, W.B. Wackerbagen, Albany, and Hugh Neilson, Toronto, Canada.; the offices being so distributed, geo Taplcallys as to represent all localities in turn. The Regatta Committee for 1684 is as follows: William Whitlock, New York C, C., New York city; E. B. Edwards, Peterboro CG. 0,, Een ts Ont., Canada; L. Q. Jones, Hartford C. (©., Hartford, onn,. The listof members shows four honorary, twelve lady members and 6524 active, compared with 215 active last year, a gain of 309 members, An inspection of the list shows that a large majority of the members are from the Middle and Hastern States, and Canada. the Association thus far having made but little progress in the West, although there are a large number of active canoeists west of Pitts- burgh, whose interests are identical with those of Eastern canoeists. and whose names should be found in the book. Thé list of canoesin- cludes 257 names. ANNUAL MEETING, 1883. The third annual meeting of the Americon Canoe Associatien was held inthe Headquarters Marquee on Juniper JSland, Stony Lake, Canada, on August 23, 1883. Officers present: E. B. Edwards, Com- modore, and Dr. Chas, A. Neidé, Secretary and Treasurer. The meeting was called to order by the Commodore. The Treasu- rer read his report for the year ending August 3, 1888, showing nis expenditures to be two hundred and seven dollars and twenty-seven cents ($207.27), and a balance on hand of three hundred and sixty-six dollars ($366) The Secretary's report showed a membership of four hundred and fifty (450). The report of the Committee on ‘'Fouls’’ was then read and ac- cepted. On motion of Mr. R. J. Wilkin. an appropriation of one hun- dred and fifty dollars ($150) was voted for the Secretary’s use for clerical hire, The Nominating Committee then made their report, and the Secie- tary was directed to cast one ballot for each nominee, which resulted in the unanimous election of Messrs. Fred A. Nickerson for Commo-.- dore; C. K. Munroe, Vice-Commodore; Col. H. C. Rogers, Rear-Com- modore; Dr, Chas, A, Neidé, Secretary and Treasurer. R. J. Wilkin, Hugh Neilson, W. B. Wackerhagen, three Members-at-Lurge, On motion of Gen, Robt. shaw Oliver, a vote of thanks with cheers was given Rev. Geo. L. Neidé for his services as As-istant Seeretary- Treasurer during the past year, and the request that he act in the same capacity in the absence of the Secretary during the coming year, A vote of thanks, backed with cheers, was given Commodore Edwards. 4 On motion of Gen. Oliver, the Executive Committee was requested to look over the amended Sailing Rules and reject what they consid- ered unnecessary. Mr, R. J. Wilkin moved, as instruction to the Executive Committee, that the terms Junior and Senior be abolished. The newly elected officers and Messrs. Toker and Wood then made short addresses, following which the meeting adjourned., MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. OCT, 13, 1883, At the call of the Commodore, the Executive Committees of the American Canoe Association met at the Delavan House, mm the city of Albany, N. Y., on the afternoon of Oct. 13,1883. There were present: F, A, Nickerson, Commodore; C. K. Munroe, Vice-Commodore; Col. H.C. Rogers, Rear-Commodore: Dr. Charles A. Neidé, Secretary- Treasurer; Mr. R. J. Wilkin and Mr, W. B, Wackerhagen, Members- at-Large; Mr, William Whitlock and Mr. R. B, Wood (the latter rep- resenting Mr. EK. B. Edwards, who was unayoidably absent), of the Regatta Committee for 1884. ‘ The meeting was called to order by the Commodore, in the chair. Vice-Commo ore Munroe presentéd a motion that the present offi- cers’ flags be changed to a flag 13x18 inches, on which shall be dis- played a pair of crossed paddles, with the letters A. C. A. in the three upper corners and a star in the lower one. That of the Commodore to be of blue with deyice in white, that of the Vice-Commodore to be of red with device in white, and that of the Rear-Commodore to be of white with device in red. Unanimously earried. The motion of Mr. W. B. Wackerhagen, seconded by Vice-Comma- dore Munroe, that a committee of three be appointed by the Chair to design an appropriate membership badge, was unanimously carried. The committee then elected the following named applicants to membership in the Association, viz.: William A. Rogers, New York city; Edwin M. Gilmore, Rochester, N. Y,; H. M. Stewart, Rochester, N. ¥.; G.C. Edwards, Ottawa, Canada; Chas, Y. A. Decker, Ron- dout, N, Y.; Williams Lansing, Buffalo, N. Y¥.; Livingston Crosby, New York city; F. W. Batrershall, Albany, N. Y.; James K. Hand, Sing Sing, N, Y., and F. J, Kirkpatrick, Springfield, Ohio, Mrs.C. K Munroe was elected a lady honorary member. Vice-Com. Munroe then made an address on the advisability of a permanent home for the A. C, A., and made a motion, seconded by Mr. R. J. Wilkin, ‘that this body recommend to the Association at its next annual meeting, that the American Canoe Association haye a permanent home,” The motion was unanimously carried. The members present then expressed their views as to the location of the 1484 Camp; and Rear-Com, Rogers reported that the Canadian local committee would haye about one maid? ed and forty dollars to hand over to the Treasurer of the A.C. A. The thanks of the Com- mittee then, on motion of Mr, Wilkins, were voted to Messrs. Edward Wood, Toker and White, for their curtesies during the Stony Lake meet, Mr, Whitlock, of the Regatta Committee, presented a2 motion, “that the present rule of the Association, which defines that a boat shall be measured between perpendiculars, be changed to read ‘A boat’s sailing a Ve be defined to be her water line length; total overhang allowed, to be defined to be not more than six inches, "’ Thé recommendations ot the Regatta Committee Zor 1884 were then presented and accepted, On motion of Commodore Munroe, the terms Senior and Junior were abolished, and the term Novice adopted, the Jatver to mean “one who has never sailed a race prior to January of the current ear,” : Applications to offer special prizes to A, C, A. races were acted on (May 29, 1884, and lost, The action of the Committee on the location of the Camp for 1884 resulted in the PS of a committee of two, whose duty it should be to visit the various sites offered, and report. The meeting then adjoined subject to the call of the Commodore. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON 1884 CAMP SITE, The Committee, appointed by Commodore Nickerson, af the meet- ing of the Executive Committee, Oct, 13, for the purpose of locating a site for the 1884 Camp of the American Canoe Association, visited the Thousand Island region, and inspected two sites offered, and Tecommended that the next A. C, A, Camp be held on the northeast end of Grindstone Island. A copy of the Committee’s report was sent to each member of the Executive Board, with a request that he send in to the Commodore his vote on the same, which resulted in the unanimous adoption of the suggestion. The regatta of 1883 included 7 paddling races, 11 sailing races, 1 sailing and paddling race, 1 double paddling races, 3 upset and 1 por- tage race, for which 38 prizes were given, : THE 1884 CAMP. The fourth annual meeting and camp of the American Canoe Asso- ciation will be held on Delaney’s Point, at the northeast end of Grind- stone Island, in the Thousand Islands region of the St, Lawrence River, commencing on Friday. Aug. 1, and continuing until Friday, Aug. 15. The camp site is about four miles distant from Clayton, N_Y., and five miles from Gananoque, Canada. The steamer Puritain will make regular trips between Clayton and Gananoque, stopping at the camp on both trips when passengers are to be landed or taken on board. At Clayton, she connects with the Utica and Black River Railway, and at Gananoque with trains on the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada. The fare on this steamer will be twenty-five cents each way, with canoes and kits free. Other, transportation arrangements will be made prior to the date of meeting, of which due notice will be given through ForEsT AnD STREAM. The book also contains the Constitution and By-laws of the Asso- ciation, with the sailing rules. It is yery neatly gotton up, of a con- venient size for the pocket, and altogether reflects great credit on the Fentleman who has filled so well the position of secretary forthe past two years. ORGANIZATION OF CANOE CLUBS. W ANSWER to several inquiries from newly formed canoe clubs, we give below a constitution and by-laws that have been found to work well in practice. Article VIII, has been amended so that the election is now by postal card, the name of each new candidate being sent to the members by the seeretary, If no negative replies are received, the candidate is considered elected. If a candidate is re- jected, he can appeal to a ballot at a meeting of the club. This plan has beer found necessary where the members live ata distance and méet but seldom. CONSTITUTION. Article I.—Officers.—The officers of this Club shall consist of a Com modore, Vice-Commodore, and Secretary. ; Article J.—Elention of Officers.—The annual election of officers shall take place at the last general meeting in each year, and said election shall be by ballot only. Hach officer shall hold office until the adjournment of the last general meeting of the following year. Vacancies may be filled at any general or special meeting. Article I1l.—Quorum,—Five active members to constitutea quorum, Article IV.—Duties of Commodore,—It shall be the duty of the Commodore to take command of the squadron, to preside at all meet- ings. and to enforce the rules and regulations, He may call a special meeting of the Club at his pleasure, and he shall do so at the written request of two active members of the Club. Article V,—Duties of Vice-Commodore.—tit shall be the duty of the Vice-Commodore to assist the Commodore in the discharge of his duties, and im his absence to officiate in his stead. Article VI. Duties of Secretary,—It shall be the duty of the Secre- tary to keep a record of all the proceedings of the Club; to receive all moneys due the Club, and pay all bills duly contracted by it, keep- ing a correct account of same; and to make a report at the last gen- eral meeting in each year. . . Article VIl.—Voting.—All voting to be by active members of the Club: each member to be entitled to one vote. Article VIII.—Flection of Members,—Any person shall be eligible to membership. Each candidate for admission must be approved by the Executive Committee, and elected at a meeting of the Club; two negatives shall defeat an election. t Article [X.—Dues.—Each member, on his election, shall pay an initiation fee of * * dollars, If said sum is not paid within thirty days from the time of his election, such election to be null and void. The yearly dues shall be * * dollars, and shall be payable inadvance. Members who are absent from the United States for a whole year shall be exempt from their dues for such year, provided they give notice of their absence to the Secretary. On the first day in Novem- ber of each year all members whose dues fer the year remain unpaid shall at once be notified of the same by the Secretary; and if any member shall allow his dues to remain unpaid for a year, he shall be considered, unless he be absent from the Umted States, as having forfeited his membership, No member shall be entitled to any of the privileges of the Club until his dues are paid, as Article X.—Honorary Members.—Any person shall be eligible to be elected an honorary member who shall be approved of at a general or special meeting. . Article XI.—Executive Committee.—The general government of the club, and the supervision of the club house and the property thereof, shall belong to an Executive Committee of five, of which the Conunodore, Vice-Commodore and Secretary shall be ex-officio members. and the remaining two shall be active members of the club, and shall be elected at the last general meeting of each year. All regattes shall be under the control of a committee of five, to be appointed by the Commodore. __ Ta. Article .—Amendments.—This constitution may be amended at any meeting; but no amendment passed at any general or special meeting shall be yalid until approved at a subsequent meeting; and any amendment must be submitted at a general meeting, BY-LAWS, Chapter I.—Notices.—Notices shall be sent to every member, of ail meetings, at least five days before such meeting. ; Chapter Il.—Representatives.—Any active member may authorize any ommer active member to yote for him by 4 written proxy, which shall be valid for that meeting only, f Chapter II,—Order of Business.—(1.) Minutes; (2.) Treasurer's re- ort; (3.) Election of members and officers; (4.) Committee reports; (5 )Miseellaneous business; (6.) Adjournment. ; Chapter IV,—Pendants,—The Commodore's signal shall be a broad pendant, with two crossed paddles encircled by four five-pointed stars in white, on a blue field. The Vice-Commodore’s shall shall be @ broad pendant, with a similar device on a red field, The Acting Commodore will have a broad pendant, blue field, without device. Chapter V.—Signals —The distinguishing signal of the club shall be a pointed burgee, its width being two-thirds of its length (length, one inch for each foot of length of deck); the deyice bein ee x * * %* ach canoe is required to havea distinguishing signal flag, such signal to be rectangular, and same Width and length signal. ees Vi—Senior Officer—In the event of the absence of the Qommodore and Vice Commodore, the oldest member of the club, being at the time a canoe owner, shall be considered the senior officer acting Commodore. f arcane Vil.—_Expulsion.—Any member may be expelled by the yote of the majority of actiye members at any general meeting, Chapter VIUL—Amendments.—These by-laws may be amended at any general or special meeting. THE CONNECTICUT RIVER MEET. 30 and 31 the Hartford and Springfield Canoe Clubs will rae their second annual meet on the Connecticut River, at Calla Shasta Grove, six miles south of Springfield, This beautiful grove is on a bluff overlooking the river, which av this point widens into a splendid sheet of water that resembles a lake more than a river, pecause three miles north of the grove and four miles south there are curves in the river that give the outline of an oblong lake and retards the current so as to give almost slack water. The fiveznile sailing course is in full view of the camp, and can be used favorably in either of the preyailing winds, viz., northwest or southwest. There are also a fine pavilion, swings, bath-houses, superb camping ground, an open spot tor games, etc., also a cook house well eupplied with the necessary firniture, At a meeting of the Springfield C. C, on May 19 all arrangements were perfected for the entertainment of our guests, who write that they will certainly bring twenty canoeists, and may show up wilh twenty-five, They leave Hartford Thursday night by steamer, and we hope to join them with twenty men fromourelub. A showing of forty canoes at a local meet of two clubs is rather suggestive of ‘\canoe fever well developed" in this region, 5 We have every reason to expect a grand pow-wow and camp-fire, when it is known that fourteen of the Hartford C, C, members are also members of a famous banjo team, and said fourteen men will bring banjoes with them, and, reinforced with ovher insauments and a chorus of good yoices, they will alternate with the usual camp stories and camp experiences. The Hartford men will remain in camp until Sunday, and then set sail down river, a distance of about twenty-five miles. Springfield will break camp Monday morning, GERI SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 20, THE HUDSON RIVER MEET. PRIZES FOR THE RACES. pas meeting of canoeists on Newburgh Bay on the 30th of this month promises to be of a very interesting and pleasant char- acter. Paddlers and sailors from the New York, Albany, Rondont, Knickerbocker, Lake George and other clubs, besides many unat- tached canoes will be present. A number of races will take place and ihe canoeists of the city have gotten up four elegant prizes which they will present to the winners, They are now on exhibition in the windows of Mr. N. §. Smith’s book-store, No. 76 Water street, and their beauty is attracting a great deal of attention, The prizes con- sist of four flags, made of heavy silk, two of deep blue and two of crimson. In the center of each isa charming paimting in oil, one a perfect picture of Washington’s headquarters, the other three being views of the Highlands from diferent points onthe river. Each pie- ture is oval and is a gem of art. Paddles and boat hooks, the em- blems of a canoeist, are crossed behind each painting, while cat tails and broad-leafed lilies are gracefully arranged on each side. ‘'New- burgh, 1884,” is painted in antique letters on the front of each, and on the reverse side, *‘Won at Newburgh, 1884,” is printed in small letters. The flags are all of the regulation size, 10 by 15 inches, and are bordered with a heavy silk fringe, of a deep gold color, two inches wide. They aretinely mounted ou black walnut statis, with a old spear head, Nothing could be more elegant and appropriate or the occasion, and there will no doubt be a strong and earnest contest for their possession, The flags were gotten up by Mr. N, 8. Smith, with whom the idea originated, and were painted by Mr. Thomas B, Pope, artist of thiscity. Itis expected that no less than seventy-five canoeists will participate in the meet, which will continue for three days— Newburgh Daily Register. THE MERRIMACK RIVER MEET. Editor Forest and Stream: I notice by your columns that there is to be a canoe meet on the Merrimack, Juneidtoi7. The location chosen for a camp is unsur- assed, being high and dry, there are two fine cold springs of water just below the camp, and one, with a cold brook fed by springs, just opposite. Both sides of the river are bounded by hills covered with pine, hemlock, and a great variety of deciduous trees. Not a house can be seen, but only woods, fields, ledges and the river. Back of the woods are a few farmhouses where milk, ete,, can bé obtained. Have also been informed that many different styles of canoes will be present, birches, canvas and wooden boats. It is to be hoped that all canoeists who can will be present and test the relative merits of the various kinds of craft. There is a fine expanse of smooth water for racing. J. H. Treat. LAWRENCE, Mass. STOWAGE OF CANOES. 4 tate limited room in a canoe makes the problem of stowage a serious one, especially to the novice; how to utilize each inch of space, and yet have everything as nearly within reach as possible. The accompanying sketch shows the plan followed by Captain Ken- dall in his canoe Solid Comfort. The dimensions of the boat are, sone th 14ft. 2in., beam 36in., height amidships 9in., sheer forward 6in., aft 4in. Saw baat Cfacarko jac Be } R \ees Hit) s *TR et Sevott Sbosse Blankets deising The tent‘s rolled up and laid alongside of the clotles bag, and the tent poles are hung under the starboard deck over the gun and axe. The camp chestis of tin 18x12x7}4in., with five screw-top tin cans for sugar, coffee, etc., with knife, spoons and forks in the lid. THE CHART LOCKER. X.—MISSISSQUOI RIVER. | fi this river navigable for canoes from Lake Memphremagog to Lake Champlain in July and August? HARVARD ©. C. SPRING RAOES.—The first set of races of the Harvard ©. ©. on Charles River course came off to-day (24th) very successfully. The weather was perfect, a stiff breeze giving good opportunities for showing skill in handling canoes, The first event was 4 sailing race, two miles on and off the wind; six men started. The start was lively, owing to thestrone wind. Three had to drop out in a short time. T. Dunham, ’85, led the whole race and came in first; E. L. Hand, of Law School, second. Time of whole race nat taken, but Dunham covered the Jast mile in eight minutes. The second event, paddling, in tandem, three-quarters mile, had five entries, and it was close and well contested. P.L. Livingston, ‘85, first; A. G. Webster, 85, second. The third event, atlas in tan- dem, three-quarters of a mile, had two entries: Frothingham, °84, and Livingston, '85, againt Dunham, °85, and Webster, *k5. A very close race was won by Frothingham and Livingston by several lengths The fourth eyent, upset race, had three entries. The race was yery amusing. Webster, '85, first; Dunham, ’85, second. Prizes, silver cups. Referee, Mr. F. A. Mason, ’#4, Judge at stake, Mr, W, L. Everett, °85.—N. Y. Herald. LAKE GEORGE C. C,—Canoe affairs are moying along splendidly. A new aud commodious club hou‘e is under construction, and will be ready for ovecupancy ina week or ten days. It is situated at Glen Lake, three miles from Glens Falls. This little gem ofa lake is a mile and a half long by three fourths in width, abounding in black bass, perch and pickerel, and during the migratory season with ducks. A carry of about ten reds brings one to the *bull-heading”’ ground, where this not unpalataple fish is caught as fast as the honk can be baited. The shore is beautifully wooded, and in fact, the spot is “too lovely for anything,” so she said. With such attractions one cannot wonder atthe recularity our members are seen en route, afoot and walking, to their favorite rendezvous, The uniforms will be fur- nished in about two weeks. New members are joining, aud withal the elub is in a very satisfactory and flourishing condition.—HAwk- EYE (Glens Falls, N. Y,., May 26). THOSE RUSHTON CANOES.—Editor Forest and Stream: Iwas both amused and vexed with “\O, K. Chobee’s” article in FoREsT AND Srrpam of May 22. That I built canoes I4ft, 6in.x42in. was somie- thing new tome. That *'O, K, Chobee” should call an open pleasure boat 14ft. 6in.x42in., a canoe was amusing. That my ‘'canoes’’ of 42in, beam should be so badly beaten by Psyche was vexatious. Ido not know that Lever builta boat 14ff, tin, ~42in., but last winter I sold two pleasure boats 15ft. x42in. to a gentleman in Mandarin, and I suppose those are the ‘canoes’ referred to. Toften fit these boats with Atwood centerboard and a small sail, but never had any idea vf their being raced against first-class sailing canoes; when they are they shoul be reported as pleasure boats, not canoes.—J. H. RusH- TON, ¢ HILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK BY CANOE,—Messrs. Norton aad Howard, of the New York C. C., made the trip from Philadel- hia to New York in the tandem canoe Kittiwake, leaving the Scbuyl- ill River on Monday, May 19. halting oue night at Burlington and one at Kingston, and arriving on the third night at South Amboy. Here the boat was stored, the crew coming to New York by rail. On the 27th, they returned to South Amboy by rail, were under way at. 2 P. M., and reached West Brighton at 8 P. M., stopping for the night with Mr. Stephens. On Wednesday morning the voyage was com- leted by a short paddle to the N. Y.C. 0, house, The cruise was Niversified by an upset, caused by the tow line of a boat on the Dela- ware and Raritan Canal. LEAKS IN BIRCH BARK CANOES.—Zditor Forest and Stream; In issue of ist inst, a recipe for stopping leaks in a bireh bark canoe is asked for, Boil rosin and oil together, smear some of the mixture hot on the bark, lay smooothly over it a piece of strong cotton, or light duck, large enough to cover the leak, then more of the mixture over the cotton. Let the rosin cool before launching and the Jealk is effectually stopped, [Im *‘Wenonah’s” receipt for stopping leaks in birch bark canoes in last week’s issue, the amount of tallow should be two ounces instead of one, as printed,] E C, C.—The Neptune C. C., of Newark, N.J., organized in eer vith twen!y-five members, have built a club house on the Passaic River at Newark, N.J, The club’s new officers are: Com~- modore, George O, Totten; Vice-Commodore, L. Thorn; Secretary, Harry T. Freeman; Purser, Edward A. Alston. A QUICK RUN.—The canoe Rambler, owned by Mr. Lyman R, In graham and attached to the Hartford club, recently sailed from Hartford to Middletown, twenty-two miles, in one hour and fifty minutes. OTTAWA G. C,—This club now numbers thirty-six active members, The officers are; Captain, R. W. Baldwin; Mate, E. King; Purser, a: H, Henderson, SSS sss. Sy answerg to Correspondents. i= No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. — F. B. W.—We do not know where you can buy rubber decoy ducks, Max.—We know of no journal devoted to the subject. ‘Thanks for address, F. D,, East Toledo, as a deer region, K. A. N., Brooklyn, N. ¥,—‘‘Practical Canoeing.” i 1 $2.50; can furnish it for you, RE EDI BHC, BF. W.S,, New York.—There is no shooting to be ha in the vicinity of New York. e Sn at F.M. M.—A 10-bore is usually considered to have some advantage over a 12-hore in trap-shooting. ScuBscriper,—Address of portable house makers is Amerie: S table House Mfg Co., Corona, N. Y. asia F. H. H.—The book *‘Camp. Life in Florida” was compiled from the columns of the ForEsT AND STREAM, Itis now out of print, A. G, W., Cambridge, Mass.—Provisions for cruise, about $3 per week, See the ForEsT AND Srream of April 3, 1884, for aprons. SUBSCRIBER.—Where can Igep a day’s trout fishing on a Long ae preserve near the city? Ans. Try Carman’s ponds at Amity- ville. Constant READER, New York.—Can you let me know where I can have some large anne (living)? Ans. Write Mr. BE. G. Blackford, Fulton Market, New York. W. S.—How can Iremove tan and sunburn? Ans, Keep out of the sun and in time the tan will wear off. If skin ig burned by sun so that it is painful, apply glycerine or vaseline. O, C. M. A., Dorchester.—A strong paper is specially made for paper boats; we do not know where it can be had; 1430 would be better; we cannot tell the proable cost of material. P. L,, Jobstown, N. J.—The best baits for carp are worms, boiled peas, and wet cotton, into which flour has been worked. They are very wary and no sinker to make a splash should be used. J.D, B., N. J.—1, When is the law up on black bass in New Jersey? 2. Where is a good place to go forthem within three hours from New York city? 3, What are the best baits? Ans.1, Junei. 2. Lake Ho- pateong or Greenwood Lake. 3. Helgramites, minnows and frogs. C. F. L,, Cincinnati.—The title of the book by ‘‘Stonehenge” is ‘‘The Modern Sportman’s Gun and Rifle," The first volume treats of the gun; the second (not yet out) of the rifle, Price per yolume $6. We can furnish the first to order, will take about three weeks to import. E. B. Y. G., Pittsburgh, Pa.—Hoy’s Wilderness is reachel via Oak- land, West Vir inia, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. There used to be good trout fishing in Hoy’s Wilderness or Blackwater region, and we presume there is pow;and there used to be bear. deer and wild turkey shooting. Possibly some reader may supply fuller information from recent experience. C.. B. H.—i have eleven wood duck eggs underahen. Provided they hatch what will be the most suitable food for the young ducks? Ans. Feed soaked bread at first, butnot much corn meal. They should also have some animal food, which they may get if they hayea run in the garden, where they will find insects. As they get older they will eat wheat screenings and_ table scraps. W. E, W., Lexington, Va.—l. The bird note will receive attention on return ot natural history editor. 2, The angle fish is not so named because of his big mouth, but because he is supposed to hold the an- tennz in front of him to serve as lures to attract the fish within reach. See Prof, Gill’s article on this subject in our last yolume, page 229, entitled ‘‘Deep Sea Fishing Fishes.” A. C., New York.—Are the fisheries of Greenwood Lake, Stirling Lake and also of Lake Mahopac and St: Mary's Lake public, and what fish are to be caught in these lakes during this month? Ans, Greenwood and Mahopac are public; the others we know nothing of; there is little fishing for anything but black bass in Greenwood, and the season begins June 1; there are perch in Mahopac, F. W. Inaersont —The Lewis and Clarke expedition was sent out by the Government in 1803, ro explore the western territory, They started in‘the summer of 1803, spent the winter at the junction of the Missouri and Mississippi, in spring, summer and fall of 1804 ascended the Missouri, camped among tue Mandans in winter of 1804-5, in July of 1805 reached the three forks of the river, ascended to the source of one of them, the Jefferson, then went to the mouth of the Columbia. Returning, they reached Sc. Louis Sept. 23, 1806. an account of their expedition was published in 1814, and other editions later, The work is now in great demand and is exceedingly scarce. You might possi- bly obtain a copy hy writing to Mr. Chas, L. Woodward, dealer in Americana, No. 78 Nassau street. New York. GreenHorn, N. Y.—1, Please tell me whatis spinning with the min- now? How is it done, what is the necessary tackle? 2. What is “skittering?’- How is it done? Whatis the tackle? For what fish? Ans. 1, ‘‘Spinning’' is a term used by English anglers for what would be called “trolling”? in America. Itis done with a minnow gang, on which the minnow is so placed that it revolves or spins, as itis drawn through the water, A smif rod is used and the bait is cast and drawn to the right or left. 2. “Skittering.’’ we believe, is an American term for casting a minuow and making it skip or “skitter’’ on the water by quick jerks, much as boys make flat s.ones or shells skip on the sur- face of apond, Both spinning and skittering are (ione for pike (New York pickerel) and occasionally for black bass. Youn@ TexperFoot, Philadelphia.—_1. What size and kind of rod, hooks and line tor trout and black bass (bait-fishing) would you ad- visa me to get? 2. Can you recommend ‘Hallock’s Sportsman's Gazetter’ as a practical guide foratyre? 3, Did Mr... 5. Steele, author of ‘Canoe and Cam-ra,’’ make tne 200 mile Maine trip in an Osgood folding boat, and afterward reconimend them by affidavit? 4, Can you give me directions for skinning and preserving snake skins? Ans. 1. Get an 8 to 10-foot ash and lancewood rod, a goad reel, a waterproof silk line, and sproat hooks, Nos 5to7 2. Yes. 3. He made the trip in an Osgood boat, but we don’t know anything about an affiduviv. 4, If for belts, cut the snake down the abdomen and skin. Take it to a tanner and have it tanned, unless you are an adept at tanning. O.—We have heard the region highly spoken of ———— i A Palace-Prison; or, the Past and_the Present.—A novel. New York: Fords, Howard and Hulbert. The story is of a young girl 1m- mured in an insane asylum, where by the fiendish devices of superin- tendent and attendants she becomes hopelessly insane. A book like this one ought to open the bars and let out the yictims who are sharing the horrible fate of the heroine. eet PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT. Sportive Booxs—Mr, J, W. Bouton, of No. 706 Broadway, an- nounces a rare collection of works on angling, shooting. the horse, hunting and yachting. Elsewhere see his card. Tue Conry Isuanp EEAsON has opened and New Yorkers are happy once more, The great bulk of the travel thither is over the New York and Sea, Beach Railway, which connects with Battery baats, ORIENTAL, CANTO L. One night, the poor disconsolate Young heiress in her boudoir sate, ‘-Would I were beautiful, or dead " ‘Why so?” asked Jenny. ‘Don’t you see De Smyth won’t fall in loye with me! What's gold to me? What's jewels? What The splendid mangen T have pot? With jhalt my wealth Pd gladly part, If I could win my Alfred's heart.” “Give me a thousand dollars, Miss, : And you shall have that much prized bliss.” “One thousand! Jenny!" Julia said, “T'l] couble that the day we’re wed!”’ ** Tis done!” exclaimed the lady's maid, “And don't go back from what you’ve said.”’ CANTO I. That night, the magic rites begin, With D ritericus compound, which Made her complexion white and rich; Freckles and pimples faded away, Like darkness, atthe smileof day, | “How was ib done?” now fair Julia cries, “Tl tell you how,” the maid rephes; “That peerless skin's bright snowy gleam You owe to Oriental Cream,” To close the story, let me say The pair were married yesterday, And sent, for darling Cupid's sake, (Gouraud T. Felix) a mighty slice of cake, eK rt“‘SOéC CC; ——- _ ——— Sl hh hc mt - FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. TrRMs, $4 4 YEAR. 10 Crs, a Copy, t Six Monrus, $2. NEW YORK, JUNE 5, 1884. VOL, XX1I.—No, 19. | Nos. 89 & 40 PARE Row, New York. CORRESPONDENCE. THe ForrsT AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. 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Reading notices $1.00 per line. Eight words to the line, twelve lines to one inch. Advertisements should be sent in by the Saturday previous to issue in which they are to be inserted. Transient advertisements must invariably be accompanied by the money or they will not be inserted. Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Nos. 89 anp 40 PARE Row. New York City. CONTENTS. EDITORIAL, THR KENNEL. The Wild Dogs of Maine. English Kennel Notes. Pointers at New York. Pointers at New York, ~ The Reward of Virtue. Beagles at New York, THE Sportsman Tourist. Unele Lisha’s Shop.—t. Adirondack Fish and Game. NatTuRAL History. The Couesian Period, The Spikehorn. GamE Bag AND Gun. Early Accounts of the Grizzly. The Performance of Shotguns. The Choice of Hunting Rifles. Philadelphia Notes. The Cost of Guus. SA AND RIveR FIsHINe. Camps of the Kingfishers.—ty. Trout and Water Snakes. Pennsylvania Angling Notes. Black Bass in Tennessee. Rod and Reel Association. FISHCULTURE. Kennel Notes, RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallery. Creedmoor, California Rifle Association, The Trap. The Clay-Pigeon Tournament; oy rae ; “aay ring Meeting at Newburgh. Pittsburgh C. ©: e The Merrimack River Meet. The Tale of a Boat, The Chart Locker. Mississquoi River. YAcHTING. S, Boston Y. C. Spring Matches. N. Haven Y. C. Opening Cruise. Knickerbocker Y, C. Atlantic Y. C, Opening Cruise. Columbia River Salmon Hatch- Seawanbaka Corinthian Y. C, i Larchmont Y. C. ing. Fistculture in Canada, The Merlin. THE KENNEL, Another Blow at the Sand- The Philadelphia Show. baggers, Are Dogs Domestic Animals? ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. POINTERS AT NEW YORE, et the judging of the pointer classes at the West- minster Kennel Club show was received with surprise and dissatisfaction by a large majority of those interested, is well known. Asa consequence of this we have received a great number of letters bearing on the subject, Of these a very considerable number contain no statements of argument or fact, and will therefore never make their appearance in these columns; others, which deal liberally in reckless accus- ations, of ‘‘hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness” on the part of other writers, will also fail to appear in type, while a third class, deyoted to the laudation by their owners, of certain champion stud dogs, can only be printed at our usual advertising rates. It seems too often impossible for men to discuss the faults and merits of the dogs which they own in a temperate and cominen sense manner. If X. criticizes Y.’s greyhound as having a bulldog head, Y. is very likely to reply that X.’s paternal grandfather made his money in the slave trade. Reason, logic, and common sense appear to be thrown to the wind when it comes to a question of a dog’s qualifications for the show bench, tis not difficult to see why this is the ease. The explanation, of course, lies partly in the warm affection which exists between the dog and his owner. No one of the lower animals is so near to man as the dog, and in many eases the love with which it is regarded is not very different from that feeling which a man has for his children, So it is that very often when a man attempts to write in defense of his dog he is so strongly moved that he will use any weapon, however puerile, which he thinks may serve his purpose, And yet it ought to be possible for men, who in the ordinary affa*rs of life are sensible enough, to employ their intelligence in considering a-question where their feel- ings are so deeply engaged. They ought not to write like children, and when they do so it will be a waste of good postage to send their letters to this office. Mr, Mason’s criticism of the pointer judging was temper- ate and quiet, devoted wholly to pointing out what he con- siders the faults in the individual dogs, and so a model of its kind. The replies to it should be in the same strain, and it is certainly unnecessary that they should contain anything more than the judgment of the writer on the animals dis- cussed. After all this judgment will be nothing more than an expression of opinion, for we have no model, no perfect dog with which we can compare the living animal. Each man in looking at a pointer for example, will have a differ- ent idea as to the faults of this particular dog. One man will think that his chest is just right, while another will consider it not deep enough, and a third too wide, and to a positive statement as to faults of this kind there seems to be no reply except a reference to authorities which can not settle the question because their statements are susceptible of widely differing interpretations, Another reason why men find it impossible to reason temperately about the bench show qualities of their dogs is that the average man appears to be utterly unable to appre- ciate that excellence on the bench and excellence in the field may be, and often are, two utterly diverse things. A bench show winner may be a good field dog, or he may be utterly worthless to shoot over, but there are thousands of dogs which it is a delight to follow afield in the autumn days, but which, if entered in a bench show, would be laughed at by every one. Yet, we often hear a disappointed exhibitor say, ‘“Well, my dog ought to have had a place, he is a superb dog on ruffed grouse!” Such people ought to know enough to keep their dogs out of bench shows, and so save themselves expense and much anxiety. A dog’s field qualities depend largely on characters which are mental and are susceptible of cultivation. They are more or less de- pendent on outside circumstances, but a dog’s bench show qualities are purely physical, and can scarcely be modified at all after the animal has matured. Bench show qualities are, in a measure, the result of breeding, yet the most care- ful breeding may produce animals which have the gravest faults. Therefore accident, or some unknown quantity which we cannot as yet determine, usually decides what the young animals shall be. We urge upon our correspondents interested in kennel mat- ters, the importance of moderation in their discussions, and for ourselves we must decline to admit to our columns any bitterness. The virulence of these quarrels, as sometimes carried on in our contemporaries, cannot but give sportsmen generally the impression that dog owners and breeders are a quarrelsome and ill-conditioned lot, and that like their favorites so much maligned by good old Dr, Watts, they * * *€ “delight To bark and bile For ‘tis their nature to.” THE WILD DOGS OF MAINE. Re the dakhun hide in the shadow of Cheops, and the cuansu slink abashed into the jungle; let the polugar dhole drown in the Ganges, and the pariah flee to Himalayan fastnesses; let the pero get him to the uttermost antipodes, and the dingo crawl intoa hole. The dogs of Maine are wild. So pronounces the Supreme Court of that State. Dogs (wild and tame) sometimes go mad; Supreme Court judges never lose their reason. The learned gentlemen whose opinion on this point is else- where given in full, have performed a courageous and momentous task. Weterm it courageous. It is. Upheld and inspired by their keen vision into the arcana of canine philosophy, the Maine judges have dared to stand in the face of the common sense of mankind in this year of grace 1884 and declare that the dog—‘‘man’s best friend’—is a wild beast. The pet that plays with the children, the old house dog that has been a faithful guard so long, the pointer and setter, fine bred and trained, all these belong with the bear, the wolf and the ’coon, to the-fere nature. We are surprised that certain citizens of Maine, who style themselves sportsmen, are disposed to be enraged at the dic- tum of the judges. Clearly these fault-finders do not fully comprehend what a glorious thing this is for the game sup- ply. In decimating and exterminating Maine game the dog has taken an active part. He has run the deer and pointed the grouse. ‘‘Now,” reason the judges, ‘‘we will have a bit of retributive justice. The dog has helped to destroy the game, we will make game of him. There is little else to hunt, let us hunt the dog.” This, it will be observed, fully exempts the judges from the yery serious charge made against them, namely, that ‘they are no sportsmen.” On the contrary, they must be sportsmen, and the very truest sort of sportsmen at that, While other sportsmen, glowing with earnestness, haye been devising various more or less impracticable schemes to conserve the game, the Supreme Court worthies have grappled the problem and solved it on the instant by transforming into savage beasts: ‘the tens of thousands of formerly inoffensive and presuma- bly domestic animals, The novelty of this class of game may lead to much perplexity of spirit among those who desire to hunt dogs in a decent and “legitimate” manner. The ethics of the sport are little understood, and it will take some time to learn what is the approved fashion of dog pur- suit. Perhaps the gentlemen who hunt the metropolitan curs might be induced to go to Maine and instruct the rising generation in their art. We congratulate the hunters of Maine upon this sudden and magnificent addition to their wild game supply.. It is to be hoped that enthusiastic dog hunters will not recklessly engage in the exciting and ennobling pursuit of shooting the game. The dog is, of all wild animals, the most confiding. In some parts of Maine, we are credibly informed, he ven- tures in broad daylight into the barnyards, and even now and then into the kitchens of the farmhouses.- These habits render it very easy for the circumspect gunner to approach - him. If every man and boy who happens to own a gun goes out to shout dogs, it stands to reason the supply will be decimated in less than no time, and before long the Maine wild dog will go the way of the dodo and the snakes in Treland. It is imperative that a close season should be provided, during which no dog should be killed; and it might be well to add a clause forbidding at any season the exportation of dog quarters to the Boston sausage market, or of their hides to the New York kid-glove factories. We are quite content to leave this matter of a dog season to the sportsmen of Maine, merely suggesting that they have now an opportunity to provide an abundance of game for the professional gentle- men who take their vacation in mid-summer. There is no Special reason why the dogs should not be shot at that sea- son; and it is probable that those who enjoy shooting the doe with fawn would take kindly to the sport of dog shooting. An exception should be made in favor of the yellow dog. He ought to be protected all the year around, and be given every encouragement to increase and multiply, in the hope that in some way, at some time and in some place, a yellow dog anda Maine Supreme Court judge may meet, for the judge might learn something from the dog. e THH REWARD OF VIRTUE. NE of the most mysterious features of angling, to one who has not the gift, is the patience with which a man will sit at the end of his rod, hour after hour, and half a day or a day at a time, though never a nibble nor arise gives him encouragement. The uninitiated are wont to scoff at such perseverance; they are always ready with a dozen or two other things that a man might well better give his time to than dangling a bait-line or throwing a fly. Leave such wiseacres to their conceit. The patient angler is wiser than they. He knows that after all the waiting there may yet come the reward, Perseverance is his cardinal virtue. Hope springs eternal in the angler’s breast. And if the fish is not finally creeled, if the long vigil has been without tang- ible fruition, yet is he not without compensation, for has he not all day long been indulging in the pleasures of hope? To-morrow, perhaps, he will prove again not only the joys of anticipation, bul the satisfaction of basketing a fish as weli; and so to-morrow you will find him once moré at his post. Tt is a pleasant little story that comes to us from a corre- spondent in Vermont. A St. Albans angler went out the other day to try his luck for speckled trout at Fairfield Pond. He began fishing at 10 o’clock; 11 came and he had had no sign that there was a fish in the pond. The sun climbed to the meridian; 1 o’clock, 2, 3, went by, and still no fish. Finally, at half past 3 there was a rise, a strike, and a 64- pound trout in his basket. He had been fishing five and one- half hours. The cateh averaged just one pound to the hour. He felt amply rewarded for the day’s work. There are all varieties of tastes and shades of sentiment among anglers; and it might not be universally conceded that this was very good fishing, Some anglers might contend that they would prefer their five and one-half pounds of trout in installments at more frequent intervals, while there are others who would choose the luck of the Fairfield Pond man, In their scale of merit, one five and one-half pound trout tips down the beam against a bushel of fingerlings. HypropHopra.—A lawyer of Goshen N. Y., who is also an angler, gives it as his deliberate opinion that the average citizen stands a better chance of being blown to flinders at the mouth of a cannon than of being bitten by a rabid dog, He is right, 8362 . FOREST AND STREAM, [Junn 5, 1884. Che Sportsman Cowrist. UNCLE LISHA’S SHOP. T FTER his adventures with the bear, which some of the & readersof Forest AND STREAM may remember, Uncle Lisha Pegg’s shop became a sort of sportsman’s exchange, where, as one of the fraternity expressed it, the hunters and fishermen of the widely scattered neighborhood met of even- ings and dull out-door days ‘‘to swap lies.” Almost every- one had a story to tell, but a few only listened and laughed, srunted, or commented as the tule told was good, bad or of doubtful authenticity. And so one October evening, as the rising hunter’s moon was streaking the western slopes with shadows of evergreen spires and long paths of white moon- light, Uncle Lisha’s callers began to drop in by ones and twos. The first comer got the best seat, the broken-backed chair, the next the second best, so accounted, the chair with three legs, though the occupant had to give so much thought to the keeping of his balance, that he sometimes tumbled to the floor when the laugh came in. The iater comers had the choice of seats ona rollof sole leather, the cold box-stove, ora board Jaid across the tub in which Lisha soaked his leather, and the latest the floor with the privilege of lying at length upon it or setting their backs against the plastered wall. So were disposed a half score of the old cordwainer’s neighbors, thus far doing little but smoke, chew and silently watch Lisha as he hammered out, shaped and pegged on the tap of a trayel-worn boot as intently as if they were taking lessons in the craft, when Antoine Bassete entered with a polite *«tood eyelin, Oncle Lasha; good eyelin, all de ghoute mans.” Then as he looked about he drew forth from one pocket his short black pipe, from another his. knife with which he scraped out the pipe and emptied it on the stove hearth, then he got out from another a twist of sreenish-black tobacco, and whittling off a charge and grinding it between his palms, filled and lighted his pipe at Lisha’s candle with such sturdy pulls that the little dip seemed likelier to be quenched than to longer ‘‘shine like a good deed in a naughty worid.” “Git aout! ye dummed peasouper,”’ Lisha shouted, after pounding his fingers instead of a peg in the uncertain light, “you'll hey us all in total moonlight fust ye know! Take a match er a splinter an’ light yer pipe like white folks, stiddy suckin my candle aout. Don’t ye know what the feller said at was goin’ t’ be hung in ten minutes, when they gin him a candle i? light his pipe with? He says, sez he, ‘gimme a match if ye please, ‘taint healthy t’ light a pipe with a can- dle’ sez he. Take keer *f yer health, Ann Twine, f’ that ’ere Canady Gov’ner ’ll want ye t’ be wuth hangin’ when he gits a holt on ye.” “Tah, naow, Oncle Lasha,” said Antoine, ‘‘dat wus too bad faw you talk sotome. Who help you w’en dat bear keel you, hein?” ‘Wal, yes,”’ Lisha. rejoined, ‘‘ye did help, sartin; the bear am I done the fightin’ an’ yeou done the runnin’. Yeou larnt how to dew that in the Pap’neau war, an’ ye larnt it well, Ann Twine; ye don’t need no more lessons.” “Walahdoseh! Ah wan’ some bodee show ine haow ah rin wid dem boot you mek me ’f ah don’ cah heem in mali han’ an’ den he pooty heavy. But, gosh! wa’ heem on may foots? Ah, jus’ leave wa’ two store like dat. He be jus’ so sot’, jus’ so not heavy.” “‘Huow d’ ye spose any body could fit yer dammed Canuck feet arter ye’d wore souyaas ever sen’ ye was weaned, ker- splash, ker-spotter, till yer feet ’as wider’n they was long? Yeou git ye some babeesh an’ I'll give ye ten sides o’ sole Juther, an’ then ye can make ye some souyaas, ’n’ then put on yer ole trouses 71 ye could carry a week's p’yision in the seat on, an’ be a Canuck; ye can’t be a “Merican, no ways.” “Ah, Oncle Lasha! You pooty bad hole man. Haow you feel dat time you tink you dead? Wha’ yo tink you go? A’nt you sorry you don’t was been mo’ gooder? Wha’ you tink you go, hein? “TI do’ know,” Uncle Lisha slowly responded; ‘‘but T hoped I’d go where the’ wa’n’t no Canucks!” “Dah! dah! Oncle Lasha; you so weeked no use talk to you,” cried Antoine, when the laugh in which he joined had subsided; ‘*’f you tole dat leet’ story you beegin dat night, ab won’t saidjno mo’; you leave off rat in meedle w’en de bear shoot heself, an’ you see ab got so Yankee ah mos’ come dead ’cause ah do’ know de en’ of it. Dat story, you know, *hout man dot cut bread so fas’ wid shoe knife. You *mernabry ?” Te’ me see,” said Lisha, scratching his head with his awl; “oh, yes, I remember. Wal, IT s’pect that’s a true story, Ann Twine, an’ ’f I tell it ye got t’ b’lieve it,” “Oh, sartin, Oncle Lasha; ah don’ b’leeye you tole lie no more as ah do; no, sah.” ‘“Humph!” Lisha grunted, ‘1 neyer knowed but one Canuck but what ’ould lie.” ‘An’ dat was me, Oncle Lasha?” ‘‘No, sir! He was a dead one! Wal, the’ was a shoemaker *t lived in Connecticut, an’ my father knowed him, ‘at he'd a knife jullnck this’—holding up his longest knife—‘‘the cutest thing t? cut bread with ’t ever was, but he wouldn't let nob’dy but his own self use it, so they use ter send for him to allgret dinins t’ cut the’ bread fer’em. Wal, arter he'd ben a cuttin’ raoun’ for three, fo’ year, they sent fer him one July to go t’ Colonel Leavenworth great shearin’, He kep a thou-san’ sheep, an’ hed twenty shearers, an’ made a big splonto, ‘wine in quart mugs an’ strawb’ries rolled in cream, ’ he use ter brag about, but they wan’t on’y pint mugs ’n not filled very often at that, an’ the wine was cider, an’ the’ wan’t more ’n tew strawb’ries a piece, ’n’ they was dried apples, Wal, the shoemaker come with his knife keener ‘n ever, an’ the han’s and comp’ny hed all got washed up for dinner with the’ clean ¢lo’s on, an’ stood ’raound watchin’ on him cut the bread, ker slice, ker slice, faster “n a gal could pick up the slices, off ’m a loaf ‘t he hel’ agin his breast. He done it so neat ’t they cheered him, which he got kinder ‘xcited an’ tried t’ cut faster ’n ever, an’ the next lick he gin the loaf he cut hisself clean intew, an’ the man ‘at stood behind him clean intew, an’ badly wounded the next one. They sot tew an’ stuck ’em together so ’t they lived, but it spilte the shoemaker’s bread cuttin’ business, an’ he hed to go back to shoemakin’ an’ starvin’, julluck me.” “Wal sah, Oncle Lasha,” cried Antoine, emphasizing every word with a gesture, ‘‘ah b’lieve dat story, cause ab promise, babt ah tink t’'was cause you goin’ tole it dat bear scrape you so bad, You see, sah, bear is send for punish bad folkses, An’t you hear haow bear keel fawty leetly hoy “cause dey call hole man he don’ got no hair on top hees head of it—what you call heem—ball? Ah spec’ dey be nudder bear long ‘fore soon for ketch hole man what tole such story, an’ den tell Frenchman he don’ lie honly w’en hedead!” “Good airth an’ seas!” Lisha roared, “I dew beleeve one on ’em would hev the last word ’*f he was deader ‘na door nail. Wal,” he continued, as he put his tools in their places and took off his apron, “‘it’s "baout time ’| bonest folks was abed an’ rogues locked aout, but you needn’t hurry none *baout goin’ ? bed, Ann Twine,” Ten minutes later the shop was dark but for the patch of moonlight thut shone in through the little window set long- wise of the room, and the visitors scattered to their homes. AWAHSOOSE, ADIRONDACK FISH AND GAME. HE snow and ice are now all out of the Adirondack woods south of this place, excepting in some few of the deepest and most shaded ravines or valleys, and the trout are now biting freely in all the streams and ponds. A fine string of about thirty pounds in weight was taken this week out of the Twin Ponds by two young men of this place. The largest was seventeen inches in length and weighed two pounds thirteen ounces, A number of fine lots have been taken out of the St. Regis River near Blue Mountain during the past week. In a former communication to the Formst AnD STREAM I stuted that a railroad was being built from this place to some point in the Adirondacks south from here, This road is now completed from here to Spring Cove, on the middle branch of the St. Regis River, distant from here twenty miles, and is within four miles of Blue Mountain, and six of the foot of the sixteen-mile level. Passenger trains are run- ning to St. Regis Falls, eleven miles from here, which con- nect with passenger trains on the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain road at this junction. Lumber trains run over the remainder of the road from the Falls to Spring Coye, on which parties visiting this region can get themselves and baggage carried after arriving at the Falls. During the coming summer the road will be extended to River Pond on the sixteen-mile level, which place is about ten miles west of Paul Smith’s Hotel at St. Regis Lake. The building of this road makes the region about the headwaters of the St. Regis River the easiest of access of any portion of the Adirondacks where game and trout are still to be found at all plentiful. Spring Cove, the present terminus of the road, is itself inthe heart of a good hunting and fishing locality, where scores of deer have been kiiled and many fine creels of trout caught during the past three or four years, and the sixteen-mile level, only six miles above, is one of the best waters for trout fishing I know of that does not require a tramp of several miles on foot to reach it; and is also a noted place for deer hunting, the great extent of unbroken wilderness on both sides of it making it a great resort for those animals. There are also several other streams and a number of ponds in this region which are not so easy of access—all of which contain trout—and hereto- fore have been but little frequented by sportsmen or anglers. For the last five years the sixteen-mile level has been my camping ground through the greater portion of each season. Last season I found as good trout fishing there during July and August as I ever found before at any time or at any place. I found no better twenty-five and thirty years ago when I first began to frequent the Adirondacks. I caught ten trout that all together weighed thirteen and three quarter pounds, and I must have caught fifty to sixty weighing’ half a pound or over. The most of these I caught fly-fish- ing mornings and evenings out of a pool in front of my camp. I could have caught ten times the number had I wished. I camped alone most of the time and did not want to catch more than I wished for my own use and occasion- ally a mess for a party who fished only with bait and could not catch any at that time in the season. There is only now and then a day during the last half of July and through August that sunken bait can be used with any chance of suc- cess in these waters. Sportsmen and anglers will for one or two seasons at least, find better hunting and fishing, I believe, in this region, than in any other part of the Adirondacks that will not re- quire a ride in a wagon of fifteen or twenty miles over a rough road to reach. At Spring Cove is a boarding house, where meals and a bed can be procured if wanted, But at Blue Mt, Hotel, four miles further south, good accommoda- tions can be had by the week or day, and Mr. Henry Phelps, the proprietor, keeps boats and will furnish guides at a moderate charge. The greatest objection is that it is three miles from the foot of the sixteen-mile level, the nearest water navigable for boats. The river is but half a mile below the house, but here are rapids, and although it affords good fishing from the banks, it is not so favorite a resort for anglers as the sixteen-mile level and the nine-mile at Spring Cove, where boats can be used. Mr. Phelpsalso keeps boats at McCavanaugh, Long and Wolf ponds, which are distant three to eight miles from the house, If the angler is willing to take a tramp through the woods four or five miles on foot, he can find as good trout fishing in‘a number of waters in this region, where the trout are as plenty in them to-day as they were fifty years ago, or as plenty as they were in the Bigosh in its palmiest days. But if the tramp is not taken soon, he will find them like all other localities that are easy of access—a thing of the past—as far as trout fishing is con- cerned, Deer are still very plenty all through this region, although hundreds of them have been shamefully slaughtered during the five years that I have made it my camping ground, The majority of them were killed by night-hunters and during the early summer months, I am not prejudiced against, or interested in, any one method of hunting deer more than an- other, any more than wishing to have game preserved as long as possible within the Adirondacks; and I do not think any disinterested person who has spent the whole or nearly of each season in camp in them, as I have for the past five years, will contradict me when I say that more deer are de- stroyed by night-hunting than by all other methods com- bined, 1 would be pleased to have night-hunting and hound- ing both prohibited entirely, and_still-hunting confined to November, with no extra time allowed to dispose of the venison, As we now have a game protector appointed for this county, I hope the slaughter here out of season will be stopped. ADTRON ONDAOK. Morr, Franklin County, N, ¥., May, 1884, Just returned from a flying trip to the Adirondacks, and although the season has as yet not opened there, the inhab- itants are busy preparing for the expected visitors, and it bids more than fair that the coming one will bea lively season. ; I spent two days at the upper Ausable Pond in company parts of Audubon’s elephant folio plates, edition of Wilson. with Frank C. Parker, the well-known guide of Keene Val- ley, and Joe Parker, of Brooklyn, who had with him his red Irish setter Victoria. We tried the trout in trolling and hooked three beauties, averaging 35 ounces, The trout in this pond are all speckled ones, and have been caught weigh- ing 44 pounds. Early in the season, or up to the 4th of July, the trout fishing in Keene Valley is very good, in John’s and Roaring brooks, also in Orbed Brook, a tributary of John’s Brook. The writer caught 36 pounds in two days’ fishing on Orbed two years since, and 30 pounds last August in two days with the fly, and the fishing there is royal sport. Keene Valley is the place for health and pleasure, and cannot be excelled for scenery and advantages for camping out. W. L. Howarp. BRook.yn, June 1, 1884. latmpal History. THE COUESIAN PERIOD. [By R. W. Shufeldt, Capt. Medical Corps, U. 8. A., Chairman Section of Avian Anatomy, A. O. U. Uonelnsion of the Histor- ical Preface from advance sheets of Coues’s ‘‘Key.”’] Ton AuDUBONIAN Epocn: 1824-1853, (1824-1831.) HE Bonapartian Period.—A princely person, destined to die one of the mostfamous of modern naturalists— Charles Lucius Bonaparte, early conceived and executed the plan of continuing Wilson’s work im similar style, if not in the same spirit. He began by publishing a series of ‘‘Obser- vations on the Nomenclature of Wilson’s Ornithology,” in the “Journal” of the Philadelphia Acadenzy, 1824-25, repub- lished in an octavo volume, 1826. This valuable critical commentary introduced a new feature—decided changes in nomenclature resulting from the sifting and rectification of synonymy. Itis here that questions of synonymy—to-day the bane and drudgery of the working naturalist—first acquire prominence in the history of our special subject. There had been very little of it before, and Wilson himself, the least “bookish” of men, gave it scarcely any attention, Bona- parte also in 1825 added several species to our fauna upon material collected in Florida by the now venerable Titian R. Peale, whose honored name is thus the first of those of men still living to appear in these annals. Bonaparte’s ‘American Ornithology,” uniform with ‘“‘Wilson,” and generally incor- porated therewith in subsequent editions as a continuation of Wilson’s work, was originally published in four large quarto volumes, running 1825-83. The year 1827, in the midst of this work of Bonaparte’s, was a notable one in several par- ticulars. Bonaparte himself was very busy, producing a “Catalogue of the Birds of the United States,” which, with a “Supplement,” raised the number of species to 366, and of genera to 83; nearly a hundred species haying been thus become know since dropped. William Swainson the same year described a number of new Mexican species and genera, many of which Ord laid aside the pen that Wilson had come also into the '‘North American” fauna. But the most notable event of the year was the appearance of the first five In 1828-29, as may also be noted, Ord brought out his third volume 8vo In 1828 Bonaparte returned to the charge of systematically cataloguing the birds of North America, giving now 382 species; arid about this time he also pro- duced a comparative list of the birds of Rome and Philadel- phia. His main work having been completed in 1833, as just said, Bonaparte continued his labors with a ‘‘Geo- graphical and Comparative List of the Birds of Europe and North America,” published in London in 1888. brochure gives 503 European and 471 American species. This The celebrated zoologist wrote until 1857, but his connection with North American birds was only incidental after 1888. The period here assigned him, 1824-1831, may seem too short: but this was the opening of the Audubonian epoch—a period of brilliant inception, and one in which events that were soon to mature their splendid fruit came crowding fast; so that room must be made for others who were early in the resent epoch. P P - (1831-1832,) The Swatnsonio-Richardsonian Period.—The ‘Fauna Boreali-Americana,” the ornithological yolume of which was published in 1831, made an impression so indelible that a period, albeit a brief one, must be put here. The technic of this celebrated treatise, more valuable for its descriptions of new species and genera than for its methods of classification, wa3 by William Swainson, as were the elegant and accurate colored plates; the biographical matter, by Dr. (later Sir) John Richardson, increased our knowledge of the ltfe-his- tory of the northerly birds so largely, that it became a foun- tain of facts to be drawn upon Oy. nearly eyery writer of prominence from that day to this, Each of the distinguished authors had previously appeared in connection with our birds—Swainson as above said, Richardson in 1825, in the appendix to Captain Parry’s “Journal,” The influence of the work on the whole cannot be well overstated, Two events, beside the appearance of the “Fauna,” mark the year 1831. One of these is the publication of the first volume of Audubon’s “Ornithological Biography,” being the beginning of the text belonging to his great folio plates. The other is the completion of the bird-volumes of Peter Palias’s famous ‘‘Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica,” one of the most important contributions ever made to our subject, treating so largely as it does of the birds of the region now called Alaska. The same year saw also the Jameson edition of ‘Wilson and Bonaparte.” (1832-1834.) The Nuttallian Period.—Thomas Nuttall (*1786-41859) was rather botanist than ornithologist; but the travels of this dis- tinguished English-American naturalist made him the per- sonal acquaintance of many of our birds, his love for which bore fruit in his ‘‘Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and Canada,” of which the first volume appeared in 1832, the second in 1834, The work is notable as the first ‘‘hand-book” of the subject; it possesses an agreeable flavor, and 1 think was the first formal treatise, excepting Wilson's, to pass to a second edition, as it did in 1840. Nuttall’s name is permanent in our annals; and many years after he wrote, the honored title was chosen to be borne by the first disti/ -t- ively ornithological association of this country—the ‘'Nut- tall Ornithological Club”"—founded at Cambridge in 1873, and still flourishing. ; (1834-1853.) ' ' The Audubonian Period.—Meanwhile, the incomparable work of Audubon—“‘the greatest monument erected by art a eS . "s Fi : * : _ to nature’—was steadily progressing, The splendid genius of the man, surmounting every difficulty and disconrage- —qent of the author, had found and claimed its own, That which was always great had come to be known and named as Such, victorious in its impetuous yet long-enduring battle with that course of the world—I mean the commonplace; the commonplace, with whieh genius never yet effected a compromise, since genius is necessarily a perpetual menace to mediocrity. Audubon and his work were one; he lived in his work, and in his work will live forever. When did Audubon die? We may read, indeed, ‘“‘on Thursday morn- jog, Jan. 27, 1851, when a deep pallor overspread his counte- nance . . . Then, though he did not speak, his eyes, which had been so long nearly quenched, rekindled , with their former lustre and beauty; his spirit seemed to be con- seious that it was approaching the Spirit-land,” And yet there are those who are wont to exclaim, ‘‘a soul! a soul! what is that?’’ Happy indeed are they who are conscious of its existence in themselyes, and who can see it in others, every instant of time during their lives! Audubon's first publication. perhaps, was in 1826—an ac- count of the turkey buzzard, in the ‘‘Hdinburgh New Philo- sophical Journal,” and some other minor notices came from his pen’ But his energies were already focused on his life work, with that intense und perfect absorption of self which ouly genius knows. The first volume of the magnificent folio plates, an hundred in number, appeared in 1827-30, in five parts; the second, in 1831-34, of the same number of plates; the third, im 1834-35, likewise of the same number of plates; the whole series of 4 volumes, 87 parts, 435 plates and 1065 figures of birds, being completed in June, 1839. Meanwhile, the text of the ‘Birds of America,” entitled “Ornithological Biography,” was steadily progressing, the first of these royal octavo volumes appearing in 1831, the fifth and last in 1839. In this latter year also appeared the “Synopsis of the Birds of North America,” a single handy yoluime serving as a systematic index to the whole work, In 1840-44 appeared the standard octayo edition in seven vol- umes, with the plates reduced to octavo size and tlie text re- arranged systematically; with a later and better nomencla- ture than that piven in the ‘Ornithological Biography” and some other changes, including an appendix describing vari- ous new species procured during the author’s journey to the upper Missouri in 1843. In the original elephant folios there were 435 plates; with the reduction in size the number was raised to 483, by the separation of yarious figures which had previously occupied the same plate; and to these 17 new ones were added, making 500 in all. The species of birds treated in the Synopsis are 491 in number; those in the work, as it finally left the illustrious author’s hands, are 506 in number, nearly all of them splendidly figured in colors. In estimating the infinence of so grand an accomplishment as this, we must not Jeaye Audubon “alone in his glory.” Vivid and ardent as was his genius, matchless as he was both with pen and pencil in giying life and spirit to the beautiful objects he delineated with passionate love, there was a strong and patient worker by his side—William Mac- gillivray, the countryman of Wilson, destined to lend the sturdy Scotch fiber to an Audubonian epoch. The brilliant French-American naturalist was little of a “scientist,” Of bis work, the magical beauties of form and color and move- ment are all his; his work is redolent of Nature's fragrance: but Macgillivray’s are the bone and sinew, the hidden ana- tomical parts beneath the lovely face, the nomenclature, the classification—in a word, the technicalities of the science. Not that Maegillivray was only a closet-naturalist; he was a naturalist inthe best sense—in every sense—of the word, and the ‘‘vital spark” is-gleaming all through his works upon British birds, showing his intense and Joyal love of Nature in all her moods. But his place in the Audubonian epoch in American ornithology is as has been said. The anatomical structure of American birds was first disclosed in any systematic manner, and to any considerable extent, by him. But only to-day, as it were, is this most important department of ornithology assuming its rightful place; and haye we a modern Macgillivray to come? The sensuous beauty with which Audubon endowed the object of his life was long in acquiring, with loss of no comeliness, the aspect more strict and severe of a later and maturer epoch. Audubon was practically accomplished in 1844, the year which saw his completed work; but I note no special or material change in the course of events—no name of assured prominence, till 18538, when a new régime, that had meanwhile been insensibly established, may be consid- ered to haye closed the Audubonian epoch—the Audubonian period thus extending through the nine vears after 1844, While Audubon was finishing, several mentionable events occurred. I have alreadyspoken of Bonaparte’s ‘‘List’”’ of 1838, and ofthe 1840 edition of Nuttall’s ‘‘Manual.” Rich- ardson in 1887 contributed to the Report of the Sixth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science an elaborate and important ‘Report on North American Zoology” relating in due part to birds. The distinguished Danish naturalist, Reinhardt, wrote a special treatise on Greenland Birds, 1888; W, O, Peabody one upon the birds of Massachusetts, 1889. The important Zoology of Captain Beechy’s Voyage appeared in 1839, with the birds done by NN. A. Vigors. Maximilian, Prince of Wied, published his «Reise in das Innere Nord-America” in 1839-41. Sixteen uew species of birds from Texas were described and figured by J, P. Giraud in 1841, and the same author's useful ‘‘Birds of Long Island” was published in 1844, This year also the bird volume of DeKay’s ‘‘Zoology of New York.” The Rey. J. H. Linsley furnished a notable catalogue of the birds of Connecticut in 1843. A name intimately associated with Audubon's is that of J, C. Townsend , whose fruitful travels in the West in compauy with Nuttall in 1834 resulted in ad- ding to our list the many new species which were published by Townsend himself in 1837, and also utilized by Audubon. Townsend’s “Narrative” of liis journey appeared in 1838; and the same year saw the beginning of a great work which Townsend projected, an ‘Ornithology of the United States,” which, however, progressed no further than one part or number, being killed by the octayo edition of Audubon. In 1837 I first find the name of 4 friend of Audubon which often appears in his work—that of Dr. Thomas Mayo Brewer, who wrote on the birds’ of Massachusetts in this ear, and in 1840 brought out his useful and convenient duodecimo edition of Wilson in one volume, In 1844, Aud- ubon’s last effectual year, the brothers Wm. M. and S. F. Baird appear, with a list of the birds of Carlisle, Pennsyl- vania, having the year previously, in July, 1843, described two uew species of fly-catchers, in the first paper ever written by the one who was to make the succeeding epoch; and il is significant that the last birdin Audubon’s work was named “Hiynberiza bavrdti.” Such were the aspects of the ornithological sky as the + —————— FOREST AND STREAM, florious Audubonian sun approached and passed the zenith; still more significant were the signs of the times as that orb neared its golden western horizon, In the interval between 1844 and 1853, Baird and Brewer continued; Cassin and Lawrence appeared in various papers, and round these names are grouped those of William Gambel, with new and _ inter- esting observations in the Southwest; of George A, McCall and 8. W. Woodhouse in the same connection; and of Hol- boll in respect of Greenland birds. The most important con- tributions were the seyeral papers published by Gambel, in 1845 and subsequently, and Baird’s Zoology of Stansbury’s expedition, 1852. But no period-marking, still less epoch- making, work accelerates the setting of the sun of Audubon, Tits BarrprAn EpocH: 1853-18— (1853—1858,) The Cassinian Period.—W hile much material was accumu- lating from the exploration of the great West, and the Baird- ian period was rapidly nearing; while Brewer and Lawrence were continuing their studies and writings, and many other names of lesser note were contributing their several shares to the whole result; the figure of John Cassin stands promi- nent. Cassin was born September 6, 1813, and passed from view in the Quaker City, January 10, 1869. Numerous valuable papers and several’ important works attest the assiduity and success with which he cultivated his favorite science to the end of his days. Ithink that his first paper was the description of a new hawk, Oymindis Wilsoni, in 1847. Among his most important works are the Ornithology of the Wilke’s exploring expedition; of the Perry Japan ex- pedition; and of the Gilliss Expedition to Chili, Aside from bis strong co-operationSwith Baird in the great work to be presently noticed, Cassin’s seal is set upon North American ornithology in the beautiful work begun in 1853 and finished in 1856, entitled, ‘Illustrations of the Birds of California,” etc., forming a large octayo volume, illustrated with fifty colored plates. His distinctive place in ornithology is this: he was the only ornithologist this country has ever produced who was as familiar with the birds of the Old World as with those of America, Enjoying the facilities of the then un- rivalled collection’of the Philadelphia Academy, his, mono- graphical studies were pushed into almost every group of birds of the world at large. He was patient and laborious in the technic of his art, and full of book-learning in the history of his subject; with the result, that the Cassinian period, largely by the work of Cassin himself, is marked by its ‘‘bookishness,” by its breadth and scope in ornithology at large, and by the first decided change since Audubon in the aspect of the classification and nomenclature of the birds of our country, The Cassinian period marks the culmination of the changes that wrought the fall of the Audubonian sceptre in all that relates to the technicalities of the science and consequently the beginning of a new epoch. - The peers of this period are only three—Lawrence, Brewer and Baird, The former of these, already an eminent orni- thologist, continued his rapidly succeeding papers and was preparing his share of Baird’s great work of 1858; though later his attention became so closely fixed upon the birds of Central and South America, that a ‘“Lawrencian period” is to be found in the history of the ornithology of those countries rather than of our own. Dy. Brewer's various articles appeared, and in 1857 this author so well known since Audubonian times became the recognized leading oologist of North America, through the publication of the first part of his “North American Oology’—a work unfor- tunately suspended at this point. Though thus fragmentary, this quarto volume stands as the first systematic treatise, published in this country exclusively devoted to oology, and giving a considerable series of colored illustrations of eggs. But a larger measure of the world’s regard became his much later, when, in 1874, appeared the great ‘‘History of North American Birds,” in three quarto volumes, all the bio- graphical matter of which was by him; and, even as I write, two more volumes are about to appear, in which he has like large share. ‘Thus closely is the name of Brewer identified with the progress of the science for nearly half a century— from 1837 at least, to 1884, some four years after his death, which occurred January 23, 1880, He was born in Boston, November 21, 1814. Baird published little during the Cassinian period, being then intent upon the great work about to appear; but the number of workers in special fields attests the activity of the times. S. W. Woodhouse published his completed observa- tions upon the birds of the Southwest in an illustrated octavo volume. Zadock Thompson’s ‘‘Natural History of Vermont” (1858) pays attention to the birds of that State. Birds of Wisconsin were catalogued by P. K. Hoy; of Ohio, M. C. Read and Robert Kennicot; of [linois, by H. Pratten; of Indiana, by R. Haymond; of Massachusetts, by F. W. Put- nam; and various other ‘‘faunal lists” and loca] annotations appeared, including President Jefferson’s Virginian ornitho- logy, three-quarters of a century out of date. Dr, T. C, Henry and Dr. A, L, Heermann wrote upon birds of the Southwest; Reinhardt continued observations on Greenland birds; Dr. Henry Bryant published some valuable papers. The since yery eminent English ornithologist, Dr. P. 1. Sclater, appeared during this period in the present con nection. The series of Pacific Railroad Reports, which were to culminate, so far as ornithology is concerned, with the famous ninth volume, were in progress; the sixth yolume, containing Dr. J. 8, Newberrys’s valuable and interesting article upon the birds of California and Oregon, was pub- lished in 1857. Thus the Cassinian period, besides being marked as already said in its broader features, was notable in its details for the increase in the number of active workers, the extent and yariety of their independent observations, and the consequent accumulation of materials ready to be worked into shape and system, (1858—18—), The Bairdian Pertod.—The ninth volume of the Pacific Railroad Reports was an epoch-making work, bearing thesame relation to the times that the respective works of Audubon and Wilson had sustained in former years. A great amount of material—not all of which ismore than hinted at in in the foregoing paragraph—was at the service of Professor Baird. In the hands of a Jess methodical, learned, and sagacious naturalist, of one less capable of elaborating and system- atizing, the result would probably have been an ordinary official report upon the collections of birds secured during a few years by the naturalists of the several exploralions and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi Valley to the Pacific Ocean. But haying already transformed the eighth yolume of the Reports from such a ‘‘public document” into a systematic treatise on North American Mammals, the author did the same for the birds of North America, with the co-operation of Cassin and Lawrence, This portly quarto volume, published in 1858. represents the most important and decided single step ever taken in North American orni- thology in all that relates to the technicalities of the science, It effected a revolution—one already imminent in con- sequence of Cassin’s studies—in classification and nomencla- ture, nearly all the names of our birds which had been in use in the Audubonian epoch being’ changed in accordance with more modern usages in peneric and specific determina- tions, While the work contains no biographical matter— nothing of the life-history of birds, it gives lucid and exact diagnoses of the species and genera known at the time, with copious synonymy and critical commentary. Various new genera are characterized, and many new species are described. The influence of the great work was immediate and wide- spread, and for many years the list of numes of the 738 species contained in the work remained astandard of nomen clature from which few desired or indeed were in position to deviate. The value of the work was further enhanced in 1860 by its republication, identical in the text, but with the addition of an atlas of 300 colored plates. Many of these plates were the same as those which had appeared in other volumes of the Pacific Railroad Reports, notably the sixth and tenth and twelfth (the two latter volumes having ap- ae in 1859); others were those contuined in the ‘‘Mexican oundary Report” which appeared under Professor Baird’s editorship in 1859; about half of them were new. LT have spoken of the collaboration of Cassin and Lawrence in the production of this remarkable treatise. Considering it. as only one of a series of reports upon the Pacific Railroad Surveys, I should bring into somewhat of association the names of others who contributed the ornithological portions of other volumes, as the fourth, sixth, tenth and twelfth— Dr. ©. B, R. Kennedy, Dr. J. 8. Newberry, Dr. J. G. Cooper and Dr. George Suckley. Nor should it be forgotton that numberless other collectors and contributors, whose speci- mens are catalosued throughout the yolume, brought their hands to bear upon the erection of this grand monu- ment, But what of the genius of this work?—for I have not measured my words in speaking of Wilson and Audubon. Can any work be really great without that mysterious qual ity? Certainly not. This work is instinct with the genius of the times that saw its birth. This work 1s the spirit of an epoch embodied, But here I must pause. My little sketch is brought upou the threshold of contemporaneous history—to the beginning of the Bairdian period, of the close of which, as of the dura- tion of the Bairdian epoch, it is not for me to speak. When the splendid achievements of American ornithologists during the past quarter of a century shall be seen in historical per- spective; when the brilliant possibilities of our near future shall have become the realizations of a past; when the glow- ing names that went before shall have fired another genera- tion with a noble zeal, « lofty purpose and a generous emula- tion—then perhaps, the thread here dropped may be recoy- ered by another hand. THE SPIKEHORN. Editor Forest and Stream: In one of the elaborate and highly interesting papers on “Deer in the Adirondacks,” by Dr. Merriam, published in your journal of May 8, the’subject of the spikehorn deer is treated at considerable length. In the article in question, a quotation is given frem the ‘““Antelope and Deer of Amer- ica,” by Judge Caton, whose truly exhaustive treatise I have read with singular pleasure and profit. Iam well aware of Judge Caton’s ability to give a sound, scientlfic and practi- cal opinion upon any point connected with the morphology of the genus Cervide, and it is with much diffidence that I venture to differ with such a learned and distinguished specialist, in so faras the spikehorn is concerned. Judge Caton holds that the spikehorn is a yearling, or only a youny animal. : In that portion of my paper on the ‘Deer of the Ottawa Valley,” published in Formsr AnD Stream on the 27th of March last, I gave a brief description of the spikehorned deer, as | have found him, seen him, known him and shot him, at various times during the last forty years. The peculiarities of this elegant deviation in that beautiful branch of thé deer family, specifically designated Cereus virginianus, as given in the article to which I haye referred, 1 believe, and know from the experience of others,and my own experience and research, to be substantially and literally correct. Imay repeat, that the spikehorned buck, as we have him here in Canada, is shorter in the legs, rounder and thicker in the body, and hasa much more elegantly shaped head than the buck of the generic animal with branching horns. The venison of the spikehorn is much finer and more delicious than the other, The buck of the spikehorned variety—if the term legitimately applies— has usually straight horns, from six inches to a foot long, sharp-pointed and prongless, set backward on a line with the face, Occassionally, however, the horns are found slightly curved inward, in which case they are far less formidable weapons than such as are perfectly straight. The spilze- horn grows to fully 200 pounds in weight, as he stands. No Virginian deer of one, two, or three years old attains this weight, By those well acquainted with this deer, even ihe doe of the spikehorn class can readily be distinguished by her char- acteristic peculiarities. The track of this animal ean also be distinguished from the track of the branching horn, being somewhat rounder and less pointed, Ido not know how many Virginian deer Judge Caton may have had altogether in his acclimatization srounds; but I believe it quite possible that even among hundreds kept in a state of domestication he may not have had asingle specimen of the true spikehorn. The spikehorn has always been a puzzle to me; neverthe- less, there he is. I cannot ignore his existence, notwith- standing the fact that it is almost a species of zoological heresy to question the experimental deductions of such a well-established authority as Judge Oaton, There may be, after all, Some grounds for the story of the spikehorns driving the branch-antlered deer out of the Adir- ondacks. ‘There can be no question whatever as to the fight- ing capabilities of the former. I believe that the moose, or even the wapiti, would be compelled to fly from his danger- ous attack, as the bison has to retreat from the battering charge of the ponderously-horned Rocky Mountain cimmar- ron, or the domestic bull from the ordinary tame ram. I have written this letter, not through any feeling of a captious nature or in the spirit of dogmatism. I have been simply endeavoring to prevent my old and beautifully-inter- esting acquaintance, the spikehorned buck of the Ottawa Valley, from being scientifically exterminated. Wo. P. Lev, Orpawa, May 17, 1884, 364 oe FOREST AND STREAM. | ; [Town 5, 1884, SS Ee _ PE Witter Breppine in DELAWARE BAy.—For the information of ‘‘Homo” I would say that on one of my col- lecting tramps (May 19) I discovered a nest of the willet (Symphemia semipalmata) containing three beautiful fresh eggs, and they now form a valuable addition to my collec- tion. This nest was found in the long grass on the marsh, near the Warner house, on the Delaware Bay, and what we Jerseymen call Big Island. The mother bird wouid not leave her nest until 1 had my hand almost upon her. This is the first nest of the willet [have ever found, and I have collected in the same locality for several years.—Cuas. E, BunLows, Pu. G, (Bridgeton, N, J., June 2, 1884). . HEatTep SPARROWS.—Hollidaysburg, Pa,—While stand- Ing in the casting house of a blast furnace at this place I Witnessed a striking illustration of the well-known pugnacity of the common English sparrow, The two birds engaged in the battle fell from the rafters of the building to the heated surface of a large cake of slag, on which they continued to fight, until a distinct smell of scorching feathers was no- ticed, when a workman with a broom served them notice to quit.— J UNIATA. Game Bag and Gur. EARLY ACCOUNTS OF THE GRIZZLY. HE exploring expedition of Captains Lewis and Clarke across the western territory of the United States, along the Missouri and Columbia rivers, early in the present cen- tury, probably gives the earliest description of the grizzly bear now accessible. Thinking some extracts from their journal may prove interesting to readers of the Fornst AnD STREAM, after the lapse of cighty years from the time the incidents occurred, I have compiled the following pertaining to the animal named: The expedition set out from the mouth of the Wood River, hear St. Louis, Mo., May i4, 1804. It consisted of the officers of the United States Army above named, and forty- two men, provided with three boats of twenty-two, seven and six oars respectively, with sails to be used when practi- cable,and two horses, ‘‘to be led along the banks of the river.” Those who have seen the Missouri River need not be told that progress up its turbid current, with row or sail boats, was very tedious. The first mention of the grizzly occurs October 20, when they were just aboye the mouth of Cannonball River, in speaking of the game observed: ‘“‘We have seen great numbers of elk, deer, goats and buffalo, and the usual attend- ants of these last, the wolves, who follow their movements, and feed upon those who die by accident, or who are too poor to keep pace with the herd; we also wounded a white bear, and saw some fresh tracks of those animals, which are twice as large as the track of a man,” No further mention of the grizzly is madethat year. Novy. 8, they established winter quarters about midway between the mouth of Cannonball River and that of the Little Mis- - gouri River; built cabins protected by a stockade and called it Fort Mandan. More or less of the men were engaged in hunting most of the winter but no ‘mention of bears occurs. April 7, 1805, the expedition resumed its tedious voyage up the Missouri, April 10 they ‘‘saw the track of a large white bear.”’ April 13, ‘‘two white bears were seen.’”’ April 17: ‘Around us are great quantities of game, such as herds of buftalo, elk, antelope, some deer and wolves, and the tracks of bears.”’ April 27 they passed the mouth of Yellowstone River. April 29: * * “Capt. Lewis,who was on shore with one hunter, met about 8 o’clock two white bears. Of the strength and ferocity of this animal the Indians had given us dread- ful,accounts; they never attack him but in parties of six or eight persons, and even then are often defeated, with the loss of one or more of the party. Having no weapons but bows and arrows, and the bad guns with which the traders supply them, they are obliged to approach very near to the bear, and as no wound except through the head or heart is mortal, they frequently fall a sacrifice if they miss their aim. He rather attacks than avoids man; and such is the terror he has inspired that the Indians who go in quest of him paint them- selves, and perform all the superstitious rites customary when they make war on a neighboring nation. Hitherto those we had seen did not appear desirous of encountering us; but, although to a skillful rifleman the danger is very much diminished, the white bear is still a terrible animal. On approaching these two, both Capt. Lewis and the. hunter fired, and each wounded a bear. One of them made his escape; the other turned upon Capt. Lewis, and pursued him for seventy or eighty yards; but being badly wounded he could not run so fast as to prevent him from reloading his piece, which he again aimed at him, and a third shot from the hunter brought him to the ground. Itwas a male, not quite full grown, and weighed about three hundred pounds; the legs were somewhat longer than those of the black bear, and the claws and tusks much larger and longer. Its color was a yellowish brown, the eyes small, black and piercing. The front of the fore legs of the animal, near the feet, is usually black, and the fur is finer, thicker and deeper than that of the black bear; added to which, if is a more furious animal, and very remarkable for the wounds which it will bear without dying.” May 6: ‘‘Captain Clarke and one of the hunters met this evening the largest brown bear we have seen. As they fired he did not attempt to attack, but fled with a most tremen- dous roar; and such was his tenacity of life, that although he had five balls passed through his lungs, and five other wounds, he swam more than half across the river to a sand- bar, and survived twenty minutes. He weighed between five and six hundred pounds at least and measured eight feet seyen inches and a half from the nose to the extremity of the hind feet, five feet ten inches and a half round the breast, three feet eleven inches around the neck, one foot eleyen inches round the middle of the foreleg, and his claws, five on each foot, were four inches and three-eighths in length, This animal differs from the common black bear in having his claws much longer and more blunt; his tail shorter; his hair of a reddish or bay brown, longer, finer and more abundant, his liver, lungs and heart much Jarger even in proportion to his size, the heart particularly, being equal to that of a large ox; and his maw ten times larger. Besides fish and flesh he feeds on roots and every kind of wild fruit.” May ii: * * ‘About Sin the afternoon one of our men * * camerunning to the boats with loud cries and every symptom of terror and distress, Forsome time after we had taken him on board he was so much out of breath as to be unable to describe the cause of his anxiety; but he at length told us that about a mile and a half below he had shot a brown bear, which immediately turned, and was in close pursuit of him; though, being badly wounded, he could not overtake him. Oaptain Lewis, with seven men, immediately went in search of him; and having found his track, followed him by the blood for a mile, found him concealed in some thick brushwood and shot him with two balls through the skull. Though somewhat smaller than that killed a few days ago, he was a monstrous animal, and a most terrible enemy. Our man had shot him through the center of the lungs; yet he had pursued him furiously for half a mile, then returned more than twice that distance, and with his paws had prepared himself a bed in the earth two fect deep and five feet long, and was perfectly alive when they found him, which was at least two hours after he recciyed the wound. The wonderful powers of life which these animals possess render them dreadful; their very track in the mud or sand, which we have sometimes found eleven inches long, and seven and a quarter wide, exclusive of the claws, is alarm- ing; and we had rather encounter two Indians than meet a single brown bear, There is no chance of killing them by a single shot unless the ball goes through the brains, and this is very difficult on account of two large muscles which cover the side of the forehead, and the sharp projection of the center of the frontal bone, which is also thick. ‘The fleece and skin of this bear were a heavy burden for two.men, and the oil amounted to eight gallons.” May 14: * * “Toward evening the men in the hind- most canoes discovered a large brown bear lying in the open grounds, about three hundred paces from the river. ~ Six of them, all good hunters, immediately went to attack him, and concealing themselves by a small eminence, camé un- pereeived within forty paces of him. Four of the hunters fired, and each lodged a ball in his body, two of them di- rectly through the lungs. The furious animal sprang up and ran open-mouthed upon them. As he came near, the two hunters who had reserved their fire gaye him two wounds, one of which, breaking his shoulder, retarded his motion for a moment, but before they could reload he was so near that they were obliged to run to the river, and before they had reached it he had almost overtaken them. Two jumped into the canoe, the other four separated, and con- cealing themselves in the willows, fired as fast as they could reload. They struck him several times, but instead of weak- ening the monster, each shot seemed only to direct him toward the hunters, till at last he pursued two of them so closely that they threw aside their guns and pouches and jumped down a perpendicular bank of twenty feet into the river; the bear sprang after them, and was within a few feet of the hindmost, when one of the hunters on shore shot him in the head and finally killed him. They dragged him to the shore and found that eight balls had passed through him in different directions,” May 19:. * * ‘Our game consisted of deer, beaver and elk; we also killed a brown bear, which, although shot through the heart, ran at their usual pace nearly a quarter of a mile before he fell.” May 22: * * ‘We killed a dear and a bear; we have not seen in this quarter the black bear, common in the United States and on the lower parts of the Missouri, nor have we discerned any of their tracks, which may easily be distin- guished by the shortness of its claws from the brown, griz- zly or white bear, all of wnich seem to be of the same family, assuming those colors at different seasons of the year.” This is the first reference to the animal under the name grizzly, This was just below the mouth of Judith River. June 2: * * ‘The hunters who were out the greater part of the day, brought in six elk, two buffalo, two mule-deer, and a bear. This last animal had nearly cost us the lives of two of our hunters, who were together wher he attacked them, One of them narrowly escaped being caught, and the other, after running a considerable distance, concealed him- self in some thick bushes, and, while the bear was in quick pursuit of his hiding place, his companion came up, and for- tunately shot the animal through the head.” June 14; Captain Lewis, alone at the time, was exploring the country about the falls of the Missouri when ‘‘he met a herd of at least a thousand buffalo, and, being desirous of providing for supper, shot one of them. The animal im- mediately began to bleed, and Captain Lewis, who had for- gotten to reload his rifle, was intently watching to see him fall, when he beheld a large brown bear which was stealing on him unperceived, and was already within twenty steps. In the first moment of surprise he lifted his rifle; butremem- bering instantly that it was not charged, and that he had no time to reload, he felt that there was no safety but in flight. it was in the open, level plain; not a bush nor a tree within three hundred yards; the bank of the river sloping, and not more than three feet high, so that there was no possible mode of concealment. Captain Lewis, therefore, thought of re- treating with a quick walk, as far as the hear advanced, to- ward the nearest tree; but, as soon as he turned, the bear rushed open-mouthed, and at full speed, upon him. Captain Lewis ran about eighty yards; but, finding that the animal gained on him fast, it flashed on his mind that, by getting into the water to such a depth that the bear would be obliged to attack him swimming, there was still some chance for his life; he therefore turned short, plunged into the river about waist deep, and, facing about, presented the point of his spoutoon. The béar arrived at the water’s edge within twenty feet of him; but, as soon as he put himself in this posture of defense, he seemed frightened, and, wheeling about, retreated with as much precipitation as he had ad- vanced. Very glad to be released from danger, Captain Lewis returned to the shore, and observed him run with great speed, sometimes looking back, as if he expected to be pursued, till he reached the woods. He could not conceive the cause of the sudden alarm of the bear, but congratulated himself on his escape, when he saw his own track torn to pieces by the furious animal; and he learned from the whole adventure never to suffer his rifle to be for a moment un- loaded.” June 25: * * ‘J. Fields was sent up the Missouri to hunt elk; but he returned about noon and informed us that, a few miles above, he saw two white bears near the river, and, while attempting to fire at them, there came suddenly a third, which, being only a few steps off, immediately at- tacked him; that, in running to escape from the monster, he leaped down a steep bank of the river, where, falling on a bar of stone, he cut his hand and knee, and bent his gun; but ; fortunately for him, the bank concealed him from his antagonist, or he would have been most probably lost.” June 27: The hunting party killed nine elk and three bears. ‘‘As they were hunting on the river, they saw a low ground coyered with thick bushwood, where, from the tracks along the shore, they thought a bear had probably taken refuge; they therefore landed without making any noise, and climbed a tree about twenty feet above the ground, Having fixed themselyes securely, they raised a shout, and a bear instantly rushed toward them, These animals never climb, and, therefore, when he came to the tree and stopped to look at them, Drewyer shot him in the head. He proved to be the largest we had yet seen; his head appeared to be like that of a common ox; his fore feet measured nine inches across, and his hind feet were seven inches wide, and eleven and three quarters long, exclusive of the claws. these animals came within thirty yards of the camp last night, and carried off some buffalo meat which we had placed on a pele.” July 3: “Having completed our celestial obseryations, (this was at the head of the Great Falls of the Missouri) we went over to the large island to make an attack upon its inhabitants, the bears, which have annoyed us very much of late, and were prowling about our camp last night. We found that part of the island frequented by the bear forms an almost impenetrable thicket of the broad-leafed willow; into this we forced our way in parties of three, but could see only one bear, which instantly altacked Drewyer. For- tunately, as he was rushing on, the hunter shot him through the heart within twenty paces, and he fell, which enabled Drewyer to get out of his way; we then followed him one hundred yards and found that the wound had been mortal. Not being able to discover any more of these animals we returned to camp.” July 24: * * ‘We saw a large bear, but could not come within gunshot of him.” Again, woder the same date, “On this island we saw a large brown bear, but he retreated to the shore, and ran off before we could approach him. These animals seem more shy than they were below the mountains.” ‘The expedition was now in the neighborhood of the Three Forks of the Missouri, and bears are rureiy mentioned. They appear to have been very numerous from the mouth of Judith River upward to the head of the Great Falls of the Missouri. July 25: * * “While crossing the island they killed two brown bears, and saw great numbers of beaver.” On Aug. 26, the expedition passed over the summit of the Rocky Mountains and reached the waters of the Columbia, From here onward game was very scarce and bears sre not mentioned at all. Horses, dogs and roots procured from the Indians, became the chief food. Novy. 16 they reached the mouth of the Columbia. A few days later they established winter quarters a few miles south of the Columbia, on the sea coast, naming it Fort Clatsop, March 22, 1806, the return march was begun, retracing substantially the route pursued in going west the year before. On May 14, when well up toward the head waters of the Columbia, the journal says: ‘The hunters killed some pheasants, two squirrels and a male and female bear, the first of which was large and fat and of a bay color; the second meager, grizzly, and of a smaller size. They were of the species common to the upper part of the Missouri, and might well be termed the variegated bear, for they are found occasionally of a black, grizzly, brown, or red color, There is every reason to believe that they are of precisely the same species. Those of different colors are sometimes killed together, as in the case of these two, and as we had found the white and bay associated together on the Missouri; some nearly white were seen in this neighborhood by the hunters. Indeed, it is not common to find any two bears of the same color; and if difference of color were allowed to constitute a distinct species, the number would be increased to almost twenty. Soon after they killed a female bear with two cubs. The mother was black, with a considerable in- termixture of white hairs, and a white spot on her breast. One of the cubs was jet black, and the other of a light red- dish brown or bay color. The fur of these variegated bears is much finer, longer, and more abundant than that of the common black bear; but the most striking difference be- tween them is that the former are larger, have longer tusks, and larger as well as blunter claws; that they prey more on other animals; and that they lie neither-so long nor so closely in winter quarters, and never climb a tree, however closely pressed by the hunters, The variegated bear here, though specifically the same with those we met on the Missouri, are by no means so ferocious, probably because the scarcity of game and the habit of living on roots may haye weaned them from attacking and devouring animals, Still, how- ever, they are not so passive as the common black bear, which are also found: here; for they had fought with our liunters, though with less fury than those on the other side of the mountains.” ; n May 31: ‘“Two men visited the Indian village where they purchased a dressed bear skin of a uniform pale reddish brown color, which the Indians called yaekah, in contradis- tinction to Aohhost, or the white bear. This induced us to inquire more particularly into their opinions as to the several species of bears; and we produced all the skins of that ani- mal which we had purchased, The natives immediately classed the white, the deep andthe pale grizzly red, the grizzly dark brown, in short, all those with the extremeties of the hair of a white or frosty color, without regard to the color of the ground of the fur, under the name of hohhost. They assured us that they were all of the same species with the white bear; that they associated together, had longer nails than the others, and never climbed trees. On the other hand, the animals with black skins, those which were black with a number of entire white hairs intermixed, or with a white breast, the uniform bay, and the brown and light red- dish brown, they ranged under the class yackah, end said they resembled each other in being smaller, in haying shorter nails than the white bear, in climbing trees, and in being so little vicious that they could be pursued with safety. ‘This distinction of the Indians seemed to be well founded, and we were inclined to believe, first, that the white or grizzly bear of this neighborhood form a distinct species, which, more- over, are the same with those of the same color on the upper part of the Missouri, where the other species is not found, Second, that the black or reddish brown, ete., are a second species, equally distinct from the white bear of this country, and from the black bear on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which last two seem to form only one species. The common black bear is indeed unknown in this country; for the bear of which we are speaking, though in most respects similar, differs from it in having much finer, thicker, and longer hair, with a greater proportion of fur mixed with it, and also in haying a variety of colors, while the common black bear has no intermixture or change of color, but is of a uniform black.” July 10: The expedition was now again on the head waters of the Missouri, and near the scene of their long delay of the year before at the Great Falls of that river, A party had been sent in advance with the camp and reported at night that “they had been pursued as they came along by One of . E i. owe §, 1984.) FOREST AND STREAM. ———" 868 large bear, on which they were afraid to fire, lest their horses, being unaccustomed to the report of a gun, might take fright and throw them. This circumstance reminded us of the ferocity of these animals when we were before near this place, and admonished us to be very cautious.” July 15: “During the day we were engaged in drying meat and dressing skins, At night McNeal, who had been sent in the morning to examine the cache at the Jower end of the portage, returned, but had been prevented from reaching that place by a singular accident, Just as he arrived near Willow Run he approached a thicket of brush in which was a white bear, which he did not discover till he was within ten feet of him; when his horse started, and, wheeling sud denly round, threw him almost immediately under the ani- mal, McNeal started up instantly, and, finding the bear raising himself on his hind feet to attack him, struck him on the head with the butt end of his musket, The blow was so violent that if broke the breech of the musket and knocked the bear to the ground; and, before he recovered, McNeal sprang into a willow tree which he saw close by, and remained there, while the bear closely guarded the foot of it, till late in the afternoon. He then went off, when McNeal came _ down, and, having found his horse, which had strayed to the distance of two miles, returned to camp. These animals are, indeed, terribly ferocious; and it is matter of wonder, that in all our encounters with them we should have had the good fortune te escape unhurt.” July 16: * * “As we came along we met several white bears, but they did not venture to attack us,” From the head waters of the Columbia, Captain Clarke, with u portion ot the command, diverged southward, and crossing the head waters of the Missouri, reached the Yellowstone and de- scended that stream. Under date of July 31, narrating the progress of this division the journal says: ‘‘Having made sixty-six miles, they stopped for the night; and just as they lanaed, perceived a white bear, which was larger than any of the party had before seen, devouring a dead buffalo on a sand bar, Though they fired two balls into him, still he swam to the mainland and walked along the shore. Captain Clarke pursued him, and lodged two more balls in his body; he bled profusely, but still made his escape, as the night pre- yented them from following him.” Aug. 2: * * “The bear, which had given them so much trouble at the head of the Missouri, they found equally fierce here. [Along the Yellowstone,] One of these animals, which was on a sand bar as the boat passed, raised himself on his hind feet, and after looking at the party fora moment, plunged in and swam toward them; but, after receiving three balls in the body, he turned and made for the shore, Toward evening they saw another enter the water to swim across, When Captain Clarke directed the boat toward the shore, and just as the animal landed shot it in the head, It proved to be the largest female they had seen, and was so old that its tusks were worn quite smooth.” This is the last mention of the grizzly in the journal, The divided party reunited below the junction of the Missouri and Yellowstone and on Sept. 28, 1806, reached St. Louis. N. B. Denver, Colorado, THE PERFORMANCE OF SHOTGUNS, Editor Forest and Stream: Your correspondent “‘Hammerless” in issue of May 15, must have yery limited chances of observation or else he has never really tried to find the gun that did not fall short of the target given by the maker. J have neyer yet tried an Ameri- can gun that didn’t make, with the proper load, as good, if not better target, than that given by the maker, Parker's guns are universally so, by common report among gun deal- ers and others who handle a great number of them. Reming- |. ton’s and Colt’s also usually make a better target than that marked on the tag, if properly loaded. I lay great stress upon the loading, as the pattern depends almost entirely upon that, and it is unreasonable to suppose that any gun will shoot in the same manner, regardless of gauge, length of barrels or choke. I have a 10-30-10 that has made the fol- lowing targets, off-hand shooting, which is not tle best way. Distances were measured: Forty yards, with five drams Eagle duck powder, one ounce No. 8 shot (my measure gives 460 to ounce) 318 pellets in a 24-inch circle, 330 in a 24-inch square. At 50 yards, 244 in a 24-inch circle; using this time 14 ounces of shot. I would have tried a 80-inch circle, but could get no paper Jarge enough, These are probably better than a long series of shots would average, but am satisfied that 1 can very nearly do as well every time. I consider that the secret of all this lies in the loading. I use two pink- cdge wads over powder, not quile duwn, the powder being left rather loose, In this way I can burn 63 drams in my gun every time and get the full force of the charge. I don’t want my powder all crushed to fine dust as I have seen done by forcing the wads down as hard as they can be driven. I have found by experiments, too, that coarse powder is better for pattern than fine, and as for close cover or snap shooting L use Electric, and find about the same pattern at 18 yards as With coarse Eagle Ducking at 40. Q. U. Am. ORLANDO, Fla, Eiditor Forest and Stream: I will have to give it up for the present that fire and gun- powder haye some kind of an understandiug mutually that under certain peculiar circumstances they lay aside their well-known antipathy to each other and occupy the same space at the same time without the one interfering with the other. ‘‘D, W. ©.,” in issue of May 15, says that this pecu- liar condition of affairs comes about when a gun is over- charged with coarse powder. ‘‘P.” says tbat the same thing happens when the rifle is overcharged with powder. These gentlemen would hardly write so pointedly and positively unless they had carefully experimented and proven their position absolutely, But have they experimented? IT am well aware that this inquiry casts a reflection, but the idea is simply so preposterous on its face is my excuse for asking the question. 1 have experimented in this line carefully, but perhaps crudely. *‘D. W. C.’s” own words, “‘a long blaze of burning powder,” should set the matter at rest, for how can in any possible way a grain of powder that did not take fire in the gun escape this *‘long blaze of burning powder?” By what hocus pocus do these two things occupy the same space at tl.e same time and the fire not explode the powder? I did not say, nor do I pretend to say, that-each and every grain of powder is entirely consumed in the gun when it. is overcharged and fired. 1 know that such is not the fact. But I did think I knew that each and every grain ‘‘took fire” and began to burn—explode—before it reached the muzzle of the gun, or, at least, before they got out of ‘‘the long stream of burying powder beyond the muzzle.” I said in this pxper, April 24, that gunpowder was a compound substance, made result that no powder has two up of three yery different things just simply mixed, with the rains exactly alike (the proofreader in the other article made mesay ‘‘things”’ instead of ‘‘grains,” in that way spoiling my meaning); some of them—the extremes—differing very muterially from others, Tf all the powder grains in a charge had exactly the same and the right proportions of saltpeter, sulphur and ¢harcoal, and these were mixed the same in each, then all would be changed into their gases in the samme length of time; but it is impossible to mix these three substances so intimately together in mass, that when the mass is grained into powder all will be the same. Some grains will be nearly pure sulphur, which we all know burns very slowly and does not explode, others will be sulphur and charcoal; they will also burn slowly, etc. These pellets of sulphur and of sulphur and charcoal will be projected from the muzzle of the gun afire, and fall to the ground afire. Here is a sample—fhe common 22-caliber, rim-fire cartridge, short, containing three graius of very fine and strong powder. 1 have often seen when firing these froma 30-inch Ballard atter dusk, grains fall clear to the ground ablaze, Once I was standing up and firing this rifle over an open dish of powder—about a pound—from which a party were loading shells, The dish was about eight feet in front and six feet below the muzzle of the gun, when one of these sparks of slow-burning compound—we can't eall it powder—dropped into the dish and got up a regular “‘picnic” among some ten or fifteen of the boys, scorching some of them severely, Now, if there ever was a gun overcharged with coarse powder (FG), it was that tin cup. ButI think it all burned inside or outside of the cup, at least I do not recollect of an indi- vidual grain getting away. Possibly if there had been white paper spread around sufficiently, we might have gathered at least a charge or two. But why say more on this subject until after careful ex- periment. Assertions prove nothing. 1 shall experiment in this line as carefully as possible and if I find that [am wrong It may be that nearly all of us have been IT will own up, For if or if an wrong, been laboring under foolish delusions. overcharge of powder don’t all burn, we have been very foolish for thinking ihat our guns would ‘‘kick us heels over head” if we put in ten drams of powder instead of five, for according to this newer philosophy no more than five drams can possibly burn in a ten-bore gun. BYRNE. Lacon, Ill., May 17, Editor Forest and Stream: I have just been testing my pair of wildfowl guns to see guns are of no use except for wildfowl, as they shoot so close at short distance as to tear quail or young chickens all to what I can get out of them. (Inclosed targets.) These pieces. I have just cleaned them up and put away till next November. long practice, It takes me three or four days every season before I get the hang of it, shooting I presume that my guns make as poor a pattern as aman could findin a month’s ride. for quail and most of the time on turkey. No one could persuade me to use a choke on quail over a dog, or even snipe, yet the mania for close-shooting guns increases. 1 know hundreds who use 10-pound 10-bore close choke on quail when a 16 or 20-cylinder would be the weapon, MO. HENRIETTA, Tex. THE CHOICE OF HUNTING RIFLES. Editor Forest and Steam: q The articles on “‘Choice of Hunting Rifles” tell pretty plainly that the majority want a rifle with a bullet heavy enough for good execution and the flattest possible trajec- tory. In the May 22 number of Foresr anp Strrmam the article from “C. D.,” which overflows generally with good sound sense, contains one statement which is the object of this letter to disprove, viz.: ‘‘The number of repeaters thus far developed that fill the bill can be counted on the thumbs of a one-armed man,” and all ‘‘because they shoot with too high a trajectory, throw too much lead with too little pow- der.” Not Knowing what repeater is to he counted on that thumb, it is supposed to be the one that shoots the least lead with the most powder. Now let us see. It is the old, old story of condemning a good rifle on account of its ammuni- “C.D.” points it out all through his article, but at last does the very thing “There are times when a man has noth- tion or lack of ingenuity in preparing it, himself. He says: ing else to do, and he may very pleasantly and_ profitably inspect his ammunition. If he reloads it himself, then the reloading, if properly done, is an inspection.”” With the above I decidedly agree. I think I have loaded every shell I have used hunting for four years, and in doing so 1 keep in view a flat trajectory. I put in all of my .45-75 Winchester shells 90 grains of powder and 300-grain bullet havtened 1 to 11; but what I prefer to dois to buy new cartridges, draw out the bullet and put in 20 grains of Hazard No. 3 ducking powder, and then seat the 300-grain bullet aforesaid. I do not know just the trajectory at 200 yards, but venture the assertion that it will compare favorably with any other. Another ihumb, please, I can take any empty government shell and Joad it with 90 grains powder and the 300-grain Winchester bullet; but, better still, take out the bullet from a new cartridge and put in «5 grains of powder above named, or some equally as good, and seat the bullet. This I have repeatedly done and work them perfectly through the magazine. The recoil is not as much as before Chaneme, and they are perfectly safe in any rifles that will take the United States government shell, which are several, So several more thumbs are required, The last-described ammunition I used hunting deer with a Marlin rifle in Northern Minnesota three years ago. I do not know that the new .45-85-285 cartridges, so favorably spoken of and used and advertised by the Marlin Arms Company, was the result of my experience, but it tickles my vanily to know I led off “‘in that direction.” Two years ago, while huntin in Montana in company with a friend who had a 45-60 Winchester, I had two rifles, the .45-75 Winchester, with modified ammunition, as before described, and a Hotchkiss, with 90-300 (government shell). After shooting over a deer’s back at 100 yards and under his belly at 200 yards until be got tired of it, I persuaded him .to try my Winchester and I would use the Hotchkiss. At the end of one day he was so pleased with the result that he wrapped his rifle up in a gum blanket and hid it in the sage brush and used mine the remainder of the hunt, I consider Tam at fault if I do not kill geese or ducks at 80 to 100 yards onthe wing. The chances of holding far enough ahead on swift game are great; it takes Red River for sixty miles is one vast bed of sand, making the best goose ground I know of this side of the Rockies, and from November till March a sportsman can get his fill of goose shooting. For other 1 use a plain eylinder I wrote the Winchester Arms Company two years ago about loading 1,000 cartridges to order for me containing 90- 300. They answered they would, but cash must accompany the order as the goods would be worthless for any one else, evidently thinking the inquiry came from a crank, Now, I certainly predict that in less than three years just such car- tridges will be on sale everywhere, the same as the .45-85-285 are now (which, by the way, is nothing but the government sbell with modified charge, and not a special rifle, as a great many think), and such cartridges will not ‘tbe worthless for any one else.” In all my use of a Winchester I never got ‘‘balked,” ex= cept where it was clearly my own fault by reloading my shells so many times that they were swelled and would not enter the chamber or would not extract after firing. The .45-90 I prefer to the .40-90, for the reason. that when an animal is shot clean through, the .45 hole is the most deadly, one o your correspondents to the contrary notwithstanding. As for comparison of the recoils, trajectories, etc., ] know nothing, never having seen a ,40 90, but the recoil of the .45 90-300 is not so unpleasant as the .45-75-350 with the same weight of powder and lead as the express Winchester .50-caliber. Ts not the .45-caliber entitled to the name “express?” I think so, C, M. SxiInNER, MrInnespouts, Minn, PHILADELPHIA NOTES. | aur urge living in the section of Pennsylvania lately visited by forest fires state that damage has been done to the ruffed grouse of that section, One farmer, who re- sides about ten miles from the Lehigh River, told your cor- respondent he had found two or three nests of scorched and deserted eggs, and from all I could learn during a trip to the Lehigh Valley (from which I have just returned), the prospects of good pheasant shooting in that region for the coming autumn is yery poor. Deer have been coming to neighborhoods from which it was thought they bad long since been driven, The same gentleman informed me that several had been frequenting his rye field within the past two weeks, and that he had on more than one occasion seen them. ‘This is within ten miles of a town of at least fifteen hundred inhabitants. Mr. Harry Parker's estate is now offering for sale a num- ber of semi-domesticated deer, which have been for a few years running at large within the inclosed park this gentle: man took so much pride in at Mauch Chunk, Pa. The Bloomingdale Park Association should secure these speci- mens, as they are fine ones. The stay of the bay birds on our near New Jersey shores was a brief one, Many were killed during their short so- journ. The professional market gunners at the different sea side resorts have now put away their guns and are getting their yachts and sailboats in trim for the summer season, and their attention will mostly be given to “waiting upon the boarders” unless the demand for gulls and water birds for hat ornamentation should offer a more lucrative occupa- tion. If the rage is to continue another year, millinery establishments will send to New Jersey coast, as they did last season, taxidermists who will remain at the different hotels the whole summer and purchase everything in the shape of feathers, from a strand%snipe to a blackheaded gull, and better wages can be earned by the baymen than sailing sea-side visitors at $3 or $4 per day. It is hoped the fashion spent itself last year, and the gulls and beach birds may be spared to ornament the sea side and not the hats of the city belles. Homo, May 31. THE COST OF GUNS, Editor Horest and Stream: “Wells's” article on “English and Américan Guns,” reminds me of a conversation I had some years since with my late colleague on the New Hampshire Fish Commission, Mr. A. H. Powers, of Grantham, N. H. Mr. P, had for some time the superintendence of the forging department for the Providence Tool Company, at the time they were deeply engaged in the manufacture of military rifles for foreign governments, and he informed me that the cost of gun barrels was a mere trifle compared to the common opinion of their expense, and that the material, forging, rough boring and turning, all of which can be done by machinery, would amount to but a very few dollars for a pair of first-class barrels. Of course a large amount of hand-labor can be put on them afterward to get a high finish, and if all the work was done by hand it would be still more expensive, but still, he told me a pair of barrels does not cost anything like as much as they are supposed to. “Wells” is right also about the cost of locks, It is the fashion among the old school gunsmiths to decry ‘‘muchine- made” guns, but as a practical mechanic, I beg to say that no hand-work van equal the precision of amachine. Witness the military rifles and revolvers, all made by machinery of American inyention, to say nothing of the sewing machine, machine tools, agricultural implements, etc., into the cost of which hand-labor scarcely enters, and at best forms but an insignificant item, Sam’L WEBBER, SHoormne Near New Yor«,—I have never seen so many partridges and quailasat Nyack. I lived near center of village. Last November in one day I put up five bevies of quail and sixteen partridges within two miles of my house. They are all to be found along the ridge which runs from Oak Hill Cemetery north to Hook Mountain—partridges on top ot ridge on Maxwell farm and north of it, and quail on eastern slope of ridge. We will have fine quail shooting here this fall. I hear them whistling in every direction. There are three broods on our place alone. East of Cress- kill station, on the Alpine road, is the best wootlcock ground T have ever seen, My dog found four nests in one place there this spring, and he is a youngster, never been trained at that, He did not flush the old birds, just pointed, and 1 am told it was a beautiful sight. I think this will do for so near the city.—N. MAssacuusEerts.—Salem, Mass, May 80.—I was at fps- wich Beach the 22d, There were a good many ‘“‘peeps,” and Lalso saw eighteen beetleheads (8, helvitica) and fourteen of the greater yellowlegs, I also saw a least bittern that had been shot and thrown away by some one, and as it was “Tipe” when I found it, I much regretted the Joss. Wood- cock are hatching, and some quail are heard whistling, I don’t think hawks have been as numerous this season as usual, The season thus far has been wet, and if it continues it will have a tendency to help fall gunning, Of course, now things are between ‘‘hay and grass” go far as shooting goes, . ’ FOREST AND STREAM. _ Manrrosa Game Law.—Srveral changes have been made in the pame laws. The various close seasons during which game and fur-bearmg anirals must not be shot at, hunted, trapped, taken, killed or had in possession within the Province cf Manitobu are as fellows: All kinds of deer, in- cluding cabri, or antelope, elk or wapiti, moose, reindeer or eariliou, or the fawns ofsuch animals, from Jan. 1 to Oct, 1. The following varieties of grouse, commonly known as prairie chickens or phea-ants, and partridyges, from Jan. 1 to Sept. 1. Woodcock. plover, snip:, and sa.dpipers, from Jan, ito Aug.1, All kinds of wild duck, sea duck, pigeon, teal, wild swan, or wild goose, except the variety of wild goose commonly known as the snow goose or the wavy, from May 1 to Aug. 15 Otter, fisher or pekan, beaver, musk- rat and sable, from May 15to Oct 1. Mink and marten from Oct. 15 to Nov, 1. Any such animal or bird may be had in po-session fr the priy.te use of the owner and his family at any time, but in all cuses the proof of the time of killing, taking, purchasing or purpose for which had in possession shal] be upon the person so in possession. Tris provision merely applies t. avimals or birds killed during the open season, and kept over until the clese season, anid does not permit any of the avimals or birds above mention+d to be Elied or taken dur ng the | eriods in which they are pro- tected, No eggs of any of th: bris above mentioned shall be at any time disturbed or bad in pos es-ion, Nine of theanimals or birds above mentioned shali be exported trom Manitoba at any time whatevr, Any person violating anv of the provisions of the game laws is liable to « fine of $50 and costs for each offense, with imprisonment in di fault of pay- ment. The Department of Agriculture has already appointed about two hundred game guard:ans in different portions of the Province. This nuwb-r wil be incr ased as rapidly as possi Je, In ord rtocnforce the law in the city of Winni- peg, which heretofore appears to have bien the principal place in which violations occurred, owing to dealers pur- chasing and selling dwing the close season, a sum has been placed in the estimates to provide for the payment cf ex- pensés which may be incutred in pro-ecuting offenders, and securing their conviction and punishment,—H A. P, GamMp IN THE SouTHwEsT —Fort Bowie, Arizona Terri- tory.—In Arizona ana New Mexico the deer are growing so scarce that it is almo-t impossible to see one. You may trav] for days and never ser avy, where.a few years ago you could tit in your cabin doors and shoot them at any time. It is almost impossible to see an antelope at all, and they are growing more scarce every day. Al the rate they are di,ap- pearing inside of five years there will be no such animal in the Southwest. There are more white-tail deers in the coun- try than of black-tail, for the former are so wild that the hunter and trapper cannot get near them. The black-tail deer is almost as scarce astheantelope, Wild pigeons, ducks, partridgys, praiie chickens end wild turkcys are found in abundance, but the reasou for this is hat there are very few shotguns in the country, and the hunters prefer large game to fowl: Of course, there are laws lor the purpose of pro hibiting the killing of game in certain parts of the ycar, but they are not enf. rced, About the only place large game can be found at the present day isaway upon the siountuins and along the Mexican Jine. As soon as large game disappears, the country will be flooded with shotguns and the sma'l game will disapprar. Even now shotguns are becoming very plentiful—Oxup Trver. FisHING AND SHooTrne Resorts.—The Erie Railway (J WN. Abbott, G: neral Passenger Agent, New York) and the New York, Ontario & Western Railway (J. C, Anderson, General Passenger Agent, New York) have published guide books to summer resort~ reached by their lines. For sports- mén’s aid they give particulars like these: ‘‘Rutherford. N. J., fine fishing in the Passaic; woodcock and snipe sheoting near Passivic, N. J.. fine fishing on river; Lake View, N J, gocd fishing at Dunder Lake; Hobokus, N. J., woodcock, quail and pick: rel, verv good lake fishing; Suffcrn, N. Y¥., buss and pickerel fishing, partridge, quail and woodcock; Ramapo, N. Y., good fishing aud gunning; Sloatsburgh, N Y., a paradise for sportsmen, bass und picker«] fishing, good hunting, partridge, woodeock and quail; Lorillard’s, N. Y., black bass, pickerel and perch, privilege of fishing, liberal price per rod per day, boat included; Southfield, N. Y., partridge, quail, .abbits, duck and woodcock, good fishing in Jakes near by; Turner's, N, Y., a retreat for sportsmen, pait- ridge, quail, wocdcock, buss, pickerel, perch; Monrov, N. Y., black bass, pickcrel, perch, woodcock, quail, rabbits,” And’so on through the catalogue, Ler THE TRAPPERS BE Hearp.—LHditor Forest and Stream: J uotice a | tter in your Ja-t number signed ‘*Till- cum,” from Olympia, W. T., regarding liability of present style of Newhouse steel trap to throw cut the toot of the animal, and asking for an improvement. In my opinion a stecl trip should always be set lengthways in the path for beaver «nd otter, and by so doing they will not set their foot on the catch that holds the jaw down, but will set their ivot fuir on the pan, and as the trap is sprung their foot will not be lilted up by the jaw of the trap. | think myself some improyement might be made by having the jaws wider and higher, rctaining the sane size of spring, and I think, too, thut un entirely different style of catch to hold the jaw might be adyautageously substiluted, It is to be regretted that trappers as a cluss are not much given to writing. Yvur readers miss much valuable and interesting matter thereby, For the experience of many a mote trapper, if written ip a plain, undemonstrative manner, would acd very much to the pleasure se m: ny Lrcthren of the crait dizive from your good paper.—J. Len Surpiey Dugdale, Pa.). Sniep FLyinG FRoM THE WArTER.—Glendale,O.—In read- ing Forester’s ‘Field Sports” revi-cd ed wp. 16.i-4), Tsee he notices the fact that snipe swim ac)oss parr.w streams, etc., and wonders whether they could tuke wing trom the surtace of water, Hedcinbtsit, A recent: xpericnce ol my own may therefore be of interest. While shooting one day this spring, ) marked down an Engli-h snipe ou che edge of a large opeu pond. Upon walking it up, it flew out directly over the water, and fell to my second barr t. I had no dog with mv, and so alter replacing my shells and prrparing my-elf to wade, all of which time the snipe lay in the water, I started out after it. I had gone perbaps ufteen yards, and the water was already above my knees, wien the bird rose char of the water into the air and flew about a hundred yards and dropped aguin. By wading again I secured it, and proved it to be beyond a doubt a snipe There was no grass nor weeds in the water from which it could have sprung. OF this 1am positive. Is uot this an unusual feat for a Scolopax welsont?—T. P. Paterson, N, J., has a new ordinance which forbids the capture or sale of trapped nighthawk, whippoorwill, spar- row, thrush, meadow lark, skylark, finch, martin, swallow, woodpecker, robin, oriole, red or cardinal bird, cedar bird, tanager, cutbird, bluebird, snowbird, or other insectiverous bird. It also forbids nest robbing. This is a wholesome law. Hundreds of song birds have been killed daily in Pat- trson, a city covering a large amount of territory, but the efforts of the officers of the Passaic Association under the, ordinance has put a stop to this. The State law is worthless, as it permits killing of birds for stuffing. OFF THE CHESAPEAKE BAy—May 26.—The shooting this spring is very fine, The curlew are unusually plentilul, the willets very scarce. Calico backs and graybuacks are in pro- fusion. A trio of us killed, one evening off Cape Charles bar, fifty-two curlew. The robin snipe have just made their appearance, and » very late one. The prospect for summer shooting, judging from the numbrr of sportsmen here this spring, will not be very good, as a large flight of spring bay- birds generally is followed by a small flight in summer, and vice ver'sd.— CHASSEUR. PENNSYLVANIA Prospects.—Hollidaysburgh, May 27.— Prospect for summer shooting is fair. Black bass and catty fishing is already begun, with satisfactory results JUNIATA. Sea and River Sishing. CAMPS OF THE KINGFISHERS. Black Lake, Michigan.—lV. V E roused imerrill out and were on the way to the lake before sun-up, through green fresh woods, vocal with bird melody and redolent with all the sweet smells of an early moruing in the pines and cedars. Three quarters of a mie over a rough road, part of which was swaiupy, brought us to the lake, where four boats, pulled np on the shore, awaited our use, and Mertill pointed out the location : f the cam ping place he ha2 selected lor us, a couple of miles below, which, he said, could be reached with the wagons by driving along a narrow strip of sandy beach which lined the shore down this sideas far as we could see, We did not expect to fish any that day, and started with only two of the boats; Frank, Old Dan and the Deacon in one boat and neighbor Merrill and I in another, the others preferring to stay with the wagons. Before we had gone a hundred rods a sbout from Frank’s boat ahead proclaimed that someth ms had happened, and looking in their direction we siw the Deacon, who had before leaving home concealed a trolling line snd spoon somewhere about his person, hold up a shining small-mouthed black bass that, when weighed, pull) d down’ the scale to nearly four pounds, This was a symptom, a very larg:-sized symptom, of good things to come, and then we all shouted and felt better than we did the night. just passed. But we had ouropivion of the Deacon for snaking iv that first bass on us in such a surreptitious manuer, and with a hand line, too. Snade of gentle Tuad Norris! A solemn conference was hele that night around the flickering camp-fire aud the Deacon was vot d a pot-fisher wf the deep- est dye, and fit only to rank with a man who will fish for black bass with woims. In crossing the mouth of a little creek (Rocky Creek) near where the bass was taken, one of the horses attached to the spring wagon took it into his cranky old head to mire in the soft sand and falidown. The driver and the boys in the wagon jumped out and into the water; a couple cl feet deep, and yauked hiv: to his feet before any damage was done, and putting their strength to the hind wheels, quickly had all safe on the beach across the creek with no more serious consequences than a partial wetting and a slight scare; thus pulling out of a ‘‘eaegory” that might have ben a calamity liad the horse drowned A few hundred yards further down the wagons came to a halt where a couple of trees had fallen across the strip of beach. and as they could not drive around them throuyh the wood nor around the tops lying in the water, we were forced to unload and take to the boats. The other two were brought down and all fuur were loaded and started to camp, the drivers stopping long enough to feed the borses before starting back, but declining our invitation to go to camp and take breakfast, Two trips ot the boats heavily loaded took the traps to the camping place, and after a hurried breakfast, of which the Deacon’s bass formed a tooths: me part, we decided that this place Merrill had s: lected was just no camp at all, and we would hunt for a bitter one. He had hacked out with his axe 4 small square ina dense cedar swamp within a few feet of the water, which was barely large enough for a good sized tent, to say nothing of four, and a kitchen fly, and the yround was lumpy, damp aud spongy; in short.a spot that Dick said would be ‘‘very dil»torious to our health.” The only redeeming feature was a little stream running into the lake at one side of this opening; but even this was a smull inducement to stay, as the water in it tasted flat and swampy. The place would not do, and, taking a boat, Merril], Jim and I started down the shore to look at a spot about a mile below, that M. said was dry, grassy, free of underbrush, and “nig enough to hold fifty tents, or a hundred of ‘em if we had ’em;” a place he would have picked on in the first place only the drinking water was not handy, he thought. Artiv- ing at the spot a hasty glance satisfied us, and, leaving Jim to cut, tent poles—we bad brought the axe with us, thanks to the Scribe’s usual forethousht— Merrill and I went buck, and the work ol moving began again. Two hours of hard work completed this last move, and as old Ben lent a hand to get the last box out of the last boat he was moved to warble a line from un old song, slightly altered to fit the occasion, ‘Sich a gittin’ toa camp I never did +ee’’—agrced to on the spot without a dissenting yoice. In two or three hours more the four tents were up in good shape, a fly stretched for the dining-ruom, stove put up, and supper and dinner at once under way, and we began to fecl at home and well pl:ased with our surroundings. A nice level, dry place, five or six feet above the Jake level, plenty of grass for a carpet, no underbrush, trees enough for shade, abundance of firewood along the beach, and a cold spring branch within fifteer. or twenty rods of the ‘kitchen door’— what m: re could heart of camper-out banker after? A few reds bavk of us a sttip of cedar swamp ran along the foot of the low hill, and from the brow of this, streicbiag away towurd Litule Black River, was another vast tract ef plaias— and hucklet» rries. A hundred yards bdow us stvod an old roofless loggers’ in his favor with at least one of his auditors, camp, back a short distance from the water, which may serve asa land mark for any wand:ring brother who may some time want to find about the best camping ground Black Lake. ~ a ping on After supper was over and pipes lighted for a resting smoke, neighbor Merrill gave us a taste of his quality as a talker ‘‘ot many parts.” Hé was wound up to the last notch, and as this was no doubt the first wpportunity presented for some time to unburden himself, ‘he jest turned himself loose,” as Ben said afterward, ‘‘and let the old machine buzz till it run down,” He said the plains back of us were a great resort for the black bear during bucklvberry time; in fact they were regu- lar ‘‘summer resorters,” and as this fruit was just pow in its prime, we were liable to see a bear most any day that we would take the treuble to go a half mile from camp in the burnt district. And then he told us how, a few days before our arrival, one of bis boys and one of the Stewart boys had been out on the plains, not far from our camp, bringing iu a puir of stray oxen, and how they came suddenly on a monstrous bear eating berries by the roadside, and how one of the boys put aload of birdshot into him at short range and the bear got away, and how in the evening he and the boys and the dogs had picked up the trail and run hin half the night, finally losing him in a cedar swamp not far from his bouse, after he had ‘*jest licked the daylights out o’ all the dogs,” Without giving us time to cutch a breath after this story, he gave the crank anoth:r turn and pr ceeded to dilate at length on Turk’s merits as a bear dog, and dog for the *‘gin- eral run of all kinds o’ varmints.” Tiuik was a splendid snecimen of Scoteh terrier, very large for this breed, sinewy and wiry looking as a wildcat, and possessed of rare dog sense and intelligence, He sat on his haunches near his master’s knee with eyes half closed, as though he had beard this story before, and as the barration of his many explrits was volubly rebearsed and his name occasionally mentioned, he would look up at the old man with one eye shut and the other balf open, as much as to say, ‘Draw it mild, old pard —a leetle milder, ef you please.” After giving us a long history of Turk, he called him and said, ‘Turk, show the hoys that scar.” We could see an old scar ihat began near the top of the head and extended down back of the left esr unter the jaw, which had healed so well that it was barely noticeable uniess closely observed. “Bear done that,” said Merrill. ‘‘One night a bear came a smellin’ around the house—spect after a deer i’d killed sn’ hung up that day, and you bet Turk jest went fur him. If there’s anything Turk likes to fight it’s a bear, and as I was a sayin’ he went fur that bear like a house alire, and the way they kicked up the sand around then: was a caution, “Twas after night, and bi fore I could git up and git my gun they had fit across the clearin’ into the bushes, and sich a yelpin’ an’ gnurlin’ an’ thrashin’ around in the brush you never heard. Befcre I could git to ’em the bar hid laid Turk out an’ got away, an’ when I got the poor fcllr back to the house he was the wust used up dog you ever see, but gentlemen, he never whined, no, siree, he was too gritty forthat Oneleg was bad hurt an’ be was all over blood, an’ one side of his head was jest cuffed loose—that’s the scar—but he never whimpered. I patched him up sn’ nussed him for three weeks before he could git hi. jaw in workin’ order agin, but he's all right now, an’ would tackle a bear jest as quick as he would a mink; fact is, he pears to hev a gruuge agin bears ever since, an’ | b’lieve he would swim the lake any day if he thought there was a beur on other side waitin’ for a feht, Why, I’ve bin offered twenty dollars for that dog, but money won’t buy him, no, sir, the’d be war up to old Merrill's if I’d sell rk, for if you b’iieve me, Loys, the young uns and my wile thinks more v’ that dog than they do ome.” All this was rattled off in about the words i have wiitten, as near as I can now recall them, and as he ‘run aown,” he broke into a quiet chuckle that could huve heen heard half a mile, Turk, meanwhile, snapping aimlessly at an imaginury fly and dozing through it all with the air of a martyr. Mure the Scribe in the goodness of his heart vffered the old man ‘‘a drap to moisten bis thrapple” after all this ¢xpendit- ure of wind, but to his utter amazement he declined with the terse statement, ‘I never drink licker,” which scored a point The sun was now down, and straightening up from the campstool he said, ‘Well, boys, I must be goin’ back; Ill take One O° the boats an’ bring that lumber down in the mornin’ to make your table.” ’ ‘‘Speakin’ o’ bears,” as he dipped a cup of water out of the bucket, “‘there’s one thiug ubout bears that mehbe you don’t know, Sometimes they come smctlJin’ ’round a inan’s camp in the night, an’ som: times they git into mis- chef, break up things an’ carry off apy kind o' loose vittels layin’ ‘round, but you needu’t be scared of ’em to-night; there’s one thing about bears, they never come botherin’ ‘round a man’s camp the tirst night, it’s most allays the second night, or mebbe the third or fourts night, an’ if they don’t come then, they ain’t 1 goin’ to come at all, but they won't come to-night, they allays come the second nizht, you cap bet on that,” and with this comiorting assurance he shoved off in his boat and went up the lake singing, ‘‘Come all ye valyant sailyers,” or some such ancicut ditty, in a camp kvetle tone of voice that 1 confidently believe cunld have been heard clear across the lake, a distance of six mils. ‘Tuk was indeed a splendid dog, the fincst Scotch terrier Y think I ever saw, and without a dou: t deserved all the praise his master bestowed on him, He was a hard dog to et acquainted with, but as he got the bang of the camp, kind treatment got the better of his surlincss and Turk took his place as a favorite, his bright eye and the wag of his stump tail always insuring Lim a welcome fiom the hoys. Old Ben sat for some time holdiug his ¢ampstool down, one leg over the othr, looking up the lake at Merrill’s re- ceding boat, something evidently on his mind, and as he got up and knocked the ashes out of his pipe he said in his deliberate way, ‘‘Boys. it’s a heap o’ comicrt to know them bears ain’t a comin’ ‘round to-night; il’s mighty good in ’em to give us a rest the first night, for we're too tired to enter- tain’em.” Here afew whiffs to start a fre-h pipe. “‘To- motrow we'll hey the camp all fixed up slicker’n grease, an’ ef they drap in on us in the eveuin’, we'll git up a reception fur ‘em. Teeaphians is one of my best holts.” A few viger= ous puffs to keep the pipe from going out seemed to develop a new idea, aud he went on, ‘‘But maybe they’li come ’r und to-morrow night, an’ maybe they won't, Old Merrill ‘pears to hey em aown fine, been studyin’ their points some, it’s likely, but you kin jest put up )our la-t nickel that he kin smell a camp further’n a bear kin, au’ mind ye he'll be here oftener’n the bears will.” Joe 8, 1884.) FOREST AND STREAM. elt i 867 Dick thought ‘if Mervill’s predilections about the bears were Jikely to come to pass, we had better hunt another camp, as _ they were a little too adjacent for him, but he could bear it if the rest could.” - Old Knots suid if trouble was “bruin” it behooved him to mvet it with spirit, and by certain sounds (with which we were somewhat familiar) coming from his tent a minute or two later,, we knew he and the Deacon were ‘‘meeting it.” The talk was mostly “bear,” till old Dan growled some- thing about this bear joke being worn about threadbare, which checked the nnexampled display of smartness and turned our attention to getting things in shape for a full apes needed sleep and rest. , there is a place, to use Ben’s favorite expression, ‘‘on the face o’ this livin’ earth” where one can enjoy sweet and refreshing sleep, it is in these wilds of Northern Michigan after » hard day’s work getting into and fixing up a camp. Happily the mosquitoes and “no see ‘ems,” like Merrill's bears, were second night varmints and our first night in the brush was one of solid comfort. We were undrr shelt-r none too soon, as rain began to fall some time during the night, and continucd nearly all «of next day, which had a rather de- pressing effect on the camp; but we put in the forenoon in stretching a fly for Frank to cook under, putting the two stoves iz place, overhau ing tackle, smoking, cracking dismal jokes, wishing it would stop raining and blessing Merrill for not bringing the lumber for the table. A rainy day in camp; drizzle and drip. The patter of rain op a well-pitched tent is always wusical; sweeter and more soothing perhaps after a wiek’s pleasant angling, but when it comes on a fim day in camp. before you have wet a line, when all is eagerness and expectancy and every fiber in you is crying out to ‘‘go out and fish,” the melody loses a trifle in sweetness, and the accompaniments jar and grumble and seem all out of tune, Recoll: ctions of that afternoon are rather dim, but T re- eall the fact that the fever so possessed some of us that we went a-fishing—and I In lieve there were only two of the purty so badly aifecteu-—old Dan and the writer. We made ourselves believe we were ravenously ‘‘fish hungry,” and this was excuse enough for going out in the rain to precure this on? necessity to the peace and well-being of the camp—fish for supper. We had little time to hunt up the good feeding grounds or study the water, as the pattering rain so disturbed the sur- face of the lake that we could not get a good view of the bottem and surroundings alone shore, nor tell where the water looked ‘‘fisby,” but before time for supper we had taken enough pickerel to keep the camp ‘‘sortin’ bones” for a we: k, No bass, however, were taken, although the most tempt- ing of speckled frogs and a trolling spoon were held out as special inducements to provoke a difficulty. Back again in cump we found neighbor Merrill had not come with the lumber, and Ben accounted for it by saying, “Guess he’s been hiein’ round in the wouds to-day notifyin’ them bears that they’d better be a little pvart or they’d make him out a liar, fur yon know this is the night they was to git in their work on us.” But neither Merril] nor the bears disturbed the quiet of our slumbers that night, although I am not quite sure his confident air about the promised visit had nothing to do with the excuses made for ov: rhauling the firearms belonging to the purty, for I confess to slipping a cartridge ina ,44-caliber Wesson rifle and placing it in easy reach, and Dick and Ben under the thin subterfuge of getting a shot at a duck a half mile down the beach Jouded their shotguns he:vily with buck, instcad of duck shot, as it transpired next morning when one challenged the other to a trial of skill at a mark. [TO BE CONTINUED. | TROUT AND WATER SNAKES. W E used to think that the water enakes could not catch a trout, but knew that they could take bullheads, We have seen them often as they worked and strained to get the horns down their throats, and this even when these projected nearly an inch on each side of their jaws. And they always succev‘ded. But as for catching a trout, this we considered was beyond them, May be we thought they would not dare to pursue such a kingly fish. But they will, and will cap- ture them, 09, Tt is several years since we had an opportunity of witness- ing how this was done. We will give it as we saw it, though since that time we have sven more then one trout disappear- ing between a snake’s jaws, and found many a scarred one where, no doubt, they had escaped the almost fatal “strike” of the wa'e: snake. But the period in question was one leasant morning in June, We were on a walk, and cross- Ing a stone bridge, that extends north and south overa spring stream. ‘ * | Tt is a large water snake. Let us watch; yes, let us watch. Here come the trout back. How carefully they come, as though they were suspicious of something besides the eyes looking at them over the parapet. Now they are going right up to that old piece of stick; and there lies the snake close alongside of it, and I declare he has vither changed his color or covered his scales with mud, It must be mud, for there is a little patch, like an oozy bed. near him. But now look out. Here come the fish. Snap! snap! he strikes at them. My! no toad’s tongue ever went swifter than that snake’> head. He must have caught one. No, be did not. And there he strikes again at that little fellow. We cannot stand this, Weraise our hands and the fish hurry away, But see the snake. Heseems to be burying himself in the mire and sediment again, while we run to the entrance of the bridge and bring a stone as large as we can carry, and toss it over the place where he hides. When the ripples have subsided the stone is where we meunt if should go, but whether the snake was under it we never learned. Most likely oot. Our next experience with water snakes was nearly half a mile further up this same brook. This time we were trying, in July, to get a few fish for a sick girl in the neighborhoorl. We knew a ‘ good hole” by a stump where th+re were some low willow bushes to screen the dsherman. Before we got tu the place though, we saw through an opening in the banks that the water was quite agitated and at times the head of a trout or something would appvar, They are hiving a good time jumping there, thought we, and we will get some. Hurry. now! But let us look at this ‘‘coachman” though, before we cast. All right! Go carefully, and threw back-handed. Now, ready? No, stop! What is that? Why see tht trout! What m the world does he keep his head above the water for? It must be he is sick and trying to get under. I de- clare he is coming this way, too. I wish he would keep still, Whut does make him bob so? And a ‘‘ten-incher,” too. Oh, [sce] Anu immense water snake has him in bis mouth, and he is to trying to drown him. He has caught him just above the tail. I cannot stand this, I will kill that snake, Givi me a stick. That fish would weigh three-quarters of a pound nearly, Here! Slap! whack! The trout is gone, and here ee the pusty snake straight or my legs and I cannol pull this foot ont. It is caught between the rocksand [ will 20 over directly. Get out you beast. I don’t want you to wind around my legs Ah! It is the Jarge rock tuat my right foot is resting on that you want, is it? You are hurta little, too, and mean to hide, Iam glad. And now I wil. have another peg at you = ean ‘see half your boily. You are only a foot under water and | will drop this rock on you. That is good, you will catch no more trout. This snake was a yard or more in length, and the next time we visited the stream, his body, nearly twice its natursl] size, was lodged against a stone a few rods below the plac where we killed him. We congratulated ourselves when we sw it that be did not get a chance to wind around our legs and that the lives of many trout had most likely been saved, But since that time, as we have said, we have seen severul snakes with trout between their jaws. They succeed bust in capturing them in August, when the streams are low, and in small brooks where the trout have liitle chance to escape. They pursue them over and under everything and it is hard to tell the injury they do, especially when the water 15 shallow. A. H. G. PENNSYLVANIA ANGLING NOTES. lie did not surprise me at all to learn while on a Jate trip to the Lehigh Valley that large trout in some numbers have been taken in waters which it was thought bad long since been depleted of fish. One stream in particular which to me always looked very ‘‘trouty,” and which | was always told contained only chub, was fished by an intimate friend on being informed by less expert anglers than himself that large fish kept stripping off their flies and breaking theit leaders, and to his astonishment, trout of good dimensions were basketed. There arc many large streams in Pennsylvania flowing into the Lehigh which have been given up as troutless by the native anglers simply because the fish do nut respond to their bungling efiorts to catch them, when there are many favorable days during the season, when an expert. fly-fisherman can take a fair number, at l.ast e: eugh «ducated oncs, to furnish good rport, We know how long the Sauken Creek at Hellertown, Po., gave sport to a few scientific fly-fishermen, when to even the natives of its banks it was thought the trout hd years ayo disappeared from its waters. Because the country veanpole and horse hair line and worm bait cannot at once yank trout from a stream, 1t is nv reason the waters do not harbor the fish and cannot be taken by the angler who imitates nuture and is cautious. Homo, Mr, A. M: Spangler, of the Auglers’ Association of Eastern Pennsylvania, has been telling a Philadelphia 7imes reporter avout the fishing in the neighborhood of Philadelphia. He says: ass can be caught in the Schuylkill all the way to Royer’s ford, but ut Reading and below that poiut they are poisoned by the sewage. They can be caught in the Delaware and its tributaries, from Trenton to the headwaters. There are not muny bass found in the Lehigh. The Susquehanna, ata number of acccssible points, has, within a few years, become noted for the excellence of its bass fixhing, Bor the striped and black bass are caught. Beginning at Port Depusit. sitiped bass are tuken weighing as high as filly pounds and black bass range in weiyht frum two to seven pounds. The bait used varies according to circunisvances, as the black bass will sometimes tuke a tly readily and then again he won't, Crawfish and minnows are olten used and the uvly black worms called helgramites are good. The best bait are small fish brought irom Baltsmore called. ‘mud dabbers.” At Port Deposit one can get buats and men to go with you for very moderate sums. June and July are the best months, but there is no restriction under the laws of Maryland, and you may fish the year round without molest ation, Above Port Deposit there are many good fishing points, of winch Conowinvo Bridge, Bald Friar, Peach Bot- tom, White Eddy und Safe Harbor occur to me now. Further up are Columbia, Marietta and many other excellent spots aji the way to Harrisburg and up the east and west brancues of the Susquehanna. The Juniata is full of black bass, and they are good-sized ones, tuo. Bass are the gamiest: fish caught, and when a ten-pound, striped fellow gets hold of your hook it doesn't take you lung to find in out. Below Havre de Grace, at the mouth of the Susquehanna, fine suvfish or moccasin are caught witha fly. They are also. taken in the Northeast River in the channel at some stages of the tide and at Spesutia Island, further down the bay. Perch fishing is especially fine at the mouth of the aa Sassafras River. To get there you take the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Billimore Road to Clayton and go by way of Still Pond to Betterton. Tue perch there vary creatly in size, the hvaviest weighing a poand and a half. Perclr ean be caught along the D laware on the bars, but they are ather small. Early in the season good-sized ones can be caught up the stream in the shallows. Timber Creek and Newton Creek, near Gloucester, are good perch fishing grounds, if one knows his business. The piers at Chester, Mareus Hook and at the mouth of Christiana Creek are famous places to cateh entfish, rock and perch, Pennsboro, on the other side of the bay, is equally good. Sturgeon und shad roe are the hest biit. Further down the buy, say seventy-five milvs, to Sea Breeze, reached by the steamer John A. Warner, you can go off in a bout fo Ship John Light and catch your boat full, if the day is right. And close by is Fortescue Beach, famous for fishing and mosq"itoes, All the way down the bay, where there are shell beds, you can find good weakfishing, esp cially at Fishing Creek, eight miles north of Cape May light, Big drumfish are caught here. Matt Quay, you know. devotes’ much of his dimv to these fellows. But for real sport go to the Breakwater and you can catch blackish, weakfi-h and sheepsheuds in any quantity, Outside on the Jersey coast are the bluefish, now gradually disappcarng, and immense weakfixh and croakers. It is a curious fact that thirty years ago the croakers were to be fouod in great numbers, hut the blu ‘fish drove them out and destroyed them. Now the bluefish are going and the croakers ure coming back. The best time to catch these fish is from the middle of Angust until quite late in the season. J have caught a barrel of weaktish a day. All the sounds and inlets from Cape Mav to Barnegat ave alive with weakfish, kingfish, and sheepshead. Off Townsend’s Inlet last season the blue sharks were very troublesome, They would bite off our fish just about as fast as we hvoked them, [ believe more fi-h can be caught along the Jersey coast than any other waters in the United States. The good fishing p ints are Rio Grande, Townsend’s lnlet, Somers Point and Beasley’s Point. Then if you take the Long Branch road to Barnegat there are Long Beach, Short Beach. Burnvgat Inlet, T m’s River und Weirtown, all good resorts for fisher- men, But the finest fishing here for seabass and black fish is found outside, especially off Long Branch, The fisherman launch their boats throurh the surf early in the morning and on erect au mile or so off they catch enough for use in the hotels. Trout fishing is very nearly at an end in this State. In the northern counfivs patient anglers manave to oitch a few small ones now and then, but to do very much trout fishing one must go outside ot Pennsylvania, BLACK BASS Editor Forest and Stream: If you will kinaly suggest in your paper. or by private letter to me, how b’ark bass can be shipped, and the proper size, ete , I can make arrangements with fishermen on Reel- foot Lake to supply the United States, if necessary to do so. [ have lately talked withsome leading fisherm:n, and in an- swer to some of my questions they inform me that they can supply them in any quantity and: f any size on short nctice. This town is only three hour drive to the lake and to the rapid Reelfoot Bayou, and is from one to eight miles of the Obion, the Forked Deer and South Fork rivers, all of which are abundant of bess, white perch, ch»nnel cat, salmon trout, pike, etc., etc. I saw even in last February 600 pounds of bass and perch in one wagon, selling at six cernis a pound. If any of your readers want good summer fishing, let them come to this place, via C.0.& 8. W. R R., and go to the Jakes or basins, formed by the curthquakes of 1811, and they will find good fishing, good spring water, fiue camp ground, fine scenery, clever people, aud can have a good time. T own no land, «xcept my home, and have no nets, no seines, nor any axe to grind; but «enjoy rod and minnow fish- ing. and like for my friends tu enj -y it with me, I would tuke pleasure in answering a limited number of letters, where stamps arescnt for reply. 1 have nothing to sell, tut will do my best to give any information in my power about fish and fishing in West Tennessee, T. L. WEuts. Dverssure, Tenn., May 19, IN TENNESSEE. RED SPOTS ON SALMON. Editor Forest and Stream: I notice in this week’s number of Forest anp STREAM, a paragraph leaded “What Fishis This?” Ju your answer you state that “salmon and Jandl-cked salmon are black spotted and have neither red spots nor splashes,” Permit me to correct you. The young fry or parr of both salmon and Jinolocked salmon have the seme rid spots as the brook trout, during the first year of their existence, They do not put on the black and silver liv ry until the end of thesecond summicr. so far as my «xpetience goes. They have, as your correspondent says, sharper noses and forked tails, and are very active, aid ris to the fly readily. We have taken numbers of them in that way, experinien- tally, in the Pemigewasset River, near the Massachusetts and New Hampshire hatching house, and know that hundreds of them were so taken and culled trout by the boys, until the difference was explained to them, : I do not recognize the ‘‘red splashes,” but the red spots of the young sulmon in their ‘‘parr” state are even more brilliant than those of the trout, and they are only to be distinguished from tiout at a casual glance by the iorked tail, aud more gen: ral shaipness and slendirness of outlive. They have also the swme dik cross bands, like those of the common pereh, which mark the brook troutin their first year. I should be much inclined to think the fish spokcn of were young salmon. LT bave just got Mcssrs. Orvis & Cheney’s new book—''Fish- ing with the Fly’—and must beg Jeave to cay a word in praise of its beauty, The plates of flies are exquisite, and worth more than the price of the buok, and the leiter press is equally good. The selections are capital, and the new mat- ter by Messrs. Orvis & Cheney equally good, and Mr, Orvis’s “Suggestions” eminently practical, as much so as Nessmuk’s Woodcraft.” Can I say mure? SAm’L WEBBER. LAWRENCE, Mass. ARRIVAL OF SatMon.— The first salmen from the Resti- gouche arlived in New York on Friday last. A few irom the Mirimichi are also coming. The fish look bright and ure bripging fair prices These rivers are the only ones on the Atlantic coast that have yet sent salmon to market this SGus0D. 368 ~[Junn 5, 1884, FOREST AND STREAM. ~ ROD AND REEL ASSOCIATION, OR the coming Tournament of the Association, to take place on October 7 and 8, President Endicott has ap- pointed the following Committee of Arrangements: Hon, Henry P. McGown, Cuttyhunk Club, Chairman; James Benkard, South Side Club of Long Island; E. G. Blackford, New York Fish Commission; 8. M. Blatchford. Squibnocket Club; Dr, E, Bradley, Blooming Grove Park Association; Martin B. Brown, Wa-Wa-Yanda Club; D. W. Cross, President Oneida Club; Francis Endicott, President (en-efficio); C. B. Evarts, American Fishcultural Association ; Hon. James Geddes, Onondaga Fishing Club; William C, Harris, St Lawrence Fishing Club; Dr, J. A, Henshall, Cynthiana, Ky.; Dr. C. J, Kenworthy (‘‘Al Fresco”), Jack- sonville, Fla.; William Blair Lord, Oquassoe Club; Thatcher Magoun, Jr., Massachusetts Game Protective Society; C. H. Mallory, Ichthyophagous Club; Prof. A, M. Mayer, Stevens Technological Institute; J.C. McAndrew, Restigouche Club; Hon. R. B. Roosevelt, New York Fish Commission; Isaac Townsend, West Island Club; James L. Vallotton, Pasque Island Club; J. §. Van Cleef, Willowemoe Club; C. Van Brunt, Willowemoc Club; Edward Weston, Greenwood Lake Association; Locke W. Winchester, Restigouche Club; Louis B. Wright, Westminster Kennel Club; Rev. H. L. Ziegen- fuss, Crist Church, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Frep Maruer, Secretary. GreEeNwoop Laxke,—The fun has begun. The black bass season in New York and New Jersey opened June 1. The season for nabbing poachers opened some days before that date. The Passaic County Fish and Game Protective Association sent a posse of officers to the lake. They had warrantebor the arrést of several notorious violators of the law ; but these persons had taken fright, and one of them had left the country for good and is not expected to return, In fact, although the neighborhood of the lake was thoroughly searched, none of those for whose arrests warrants had been issued could be found, The lake was examined for setlines, but the lines which were in the lake last week had been removed, The weirs or traps for catching fish were the next attended to. A man named Jacob Ryerson had a weir in the outlet of the lake and he was notified at once to destroy it or be placed under arrest and taken to Paterson. He agreed to comply with the request. Mr. Keenan then pro- ceeded to a large weir run across the Wynockie River, im- mediately below the outlet from the lake. This weir belongs to a Swede, who was not to be found, haying apparently made himself scarce on hearing of the approach of the officers, The fish warden proceeded at once to destroy the weir. ‘This weir consisted of two wings of stone walls built in the Wynockie River, and joined together by a large trap in the middle of the river. In this way every fish which left Greenwood Lake was captured except the very smallest. Mr. Keenan had come prepared and he and his assistants waded intu the stream, reached the trap and made kindling wood out of it, which was allowed to float down the stream, There was no opposition whatever to this work of the fish warden's. The party then returned to Ryerson’s weir. It was found that Ryerson had taken an axe and had apparently destroyed the trap. Investigation showed that only a foot below the surface of the water had been removed and that the ‘basket’ at the bottom still remained intact, In this way some of the fish might escape, but the larger ones and the larger portion of the smaller ones would still be caught. Ryerson was informed that this would not do, and that he would at once be arrested and taken to Paterson if he did not muke a good job of the work of destruction. He needed no further urging und destroyed, in view of the party, the wholetrap. The association proposes to keep 4 close watch on these traps and other contrivances about the lake, but from present appearances the violators of the law have been thoroughly impressed that the association means business and intends to see that the law in relation to fish and game is enforced. AmaArgeuR Rop Maxine.—I wish to thank Mr, Wells for the information that his interesting articles in late numbers of the Forrst AND STREAM has conveyed, and by which I have been benefited. Jam an amateurrodmaker myself and make all my own fly-rods, and have made quite a number for friends about here. I have just been fastening the. fer- rules on a rod with guttapercha gum as he recommended, and believe it will hold them in place much better than any thing heretofore found. This has always troubled me in the past more than anything else in making rods. For the bene- fit of amateur rodmakers, let me say that T. H. Chubb, whose advertisement is in the Forrsr AnD STREAM, will supply them with rod material and trimmings of the best quality at prices about one-fourth of what most other dealers in such articles charge. And those ordering by mail sending money in advance, will get just as good an article as they would were they there to pick it out for themselves. This is more than can be said of some dealers. Some time ago, I ordered from a certain dealer by mail, some lance and betha- bara wood, and I found when IJ received it that a stick of each kind of wood hada knot near the middle of each the full size of the sticks, one being # and the other } inch square, The lance stick was marked on the knot with a cross 4, and the word ‘‘cull” was written with pencil on oneside. I paid the price of the wood in adyanc, besides paying postage and registering fee, and the wood was perfectly uselessto me. I claim that doing business in this way is downright robbery and nothing else, and that a dealer who serves a customer so after receiying his money in advance and knows they cannot help themselves, is actually a robber. But those who do business in this manner are sure to lose more than they make in the end, for no one will long deal with any one whoserves them in such 4 manner.—ADIRON ONDACK. Satmon.—Mr, S. J. Martin reports to the U,8, Fish Commis- sion that a salmon weighing 214 pounds was taken in a tra net at Kettle Island, on the Massachusetts coast, just sout of Gloucester, on the 21st of May. The Bangor, Me., Com- mercial says: ‘‘The king of all the salmon is on exhibition at A, BE. Jones’s market on Kenduskeag Bridge. The label attached to the fish says it was caught by R, French, Sandy point; the weight is forty-six pounds. Not even the oldest inhabitants can remember of so large a salmon being caught in the Penobscot. The salmon fishing at Grand Lake stream is reported to be good.” TRouT NEAR New YorkK.—Sing Sing, N. Y., June 2.— The hills hereabout afford most excellent trouting. My friend Mr. H. W. Ambler, of this place, a most devoted Waltonian, made a creel of twenty good brook trout, the largest of which measured 14 inches.—Canonicus. isnot wholly true, for a compensating element of great weight comes in to disturb the calculation. Nature, perhaps tanee aptly speaking, providence, in the ease of fish, as well as with numberless other creatures, produces great quantities of seed that nature does not utilize or need. it looks like a vast store that has been provided for nature to hold in reserve against the time when the increased population of the earth should need it and the sagacity of man should utilize it, Atall events nature has never utilized this reserye, and man finds it already here to meet his wants. If this were not so, if there were no reserved stock of seed rovided beyond what nature uses every year, or toapply the ypothesis to the subject before us, if the salmon produced no more eggs every year than what are needed to keep the places ofthe parent fish filled, then it would be time that a river's stock of salmon would diminish just in proportion to the num- ber of salmon or salmon eggs taken outof it. Asit is, the parent salmonin a state of nature Proves roduce three thousand times as many eggs as would be needed if allbecame full-grown reproductive fish. The calculation is a very simple one. For instance, the quantity of salmon in any specified river, before they were molested at all by man, unquestion- ably remained constant from year to year. Making allow- ance, of course, for exceptional years, the average of any one decade has been, without doubt, about the same as that of the previous or next succeeding decade, It follows, of course, that every pair of full-grown haye produced during their lives just two, or their owno Dumber of full-grown fish of the next generation in order to keep the whole river supply good from year to year. If they produced more uniformly, the salmon in the river would increase till the river would ultimately become full of fish; if less, the stock for the reverse reason would be ulti- tnately exhausted. Now, as one pair of salmon produces yearly, say six thous- and eggs, it follows that there are deposited each year three thousand times as many eggs as would be needed, supposin that every egg became a full-grown, reproducing parent, i should add that this computation is based on the sttpposition that all the parent salmon die after spawning and never re- produce again. This is true of the bulk of the Pacific coast salmon. If any do live to get back to the ocean after spawn- ing and reproduce again, it increases the ratio of the number of eggs deposited to the number of salmon that reach maturity, The value to food-requiring man, of this reserve seed stock, becomes particularly apparent when we consider the effect of the fishing of asalmon river. The first thousand fish taken out of the river, though it deprives the river of three million eggs, makes no perceptible difference with the future supply, because there are so many eggs left that this abstracted quan- tity, great as it is, absolutely is relatively insignificant, the number of eggs left being so vastly greater, The first hundred thousand salmon taken from the river makes no difference, partly because there are so many eggs left and partly because one of nature’s compensations comes in by making the struggle for existence among the diminished number so much easier that the eggs that are left go as far toward replenishing the river’s stock as the larger number did under the less fayorable conditions of a comparatively over-crowded river. So great is the reserve stock of seed originally provided, and so effective are the compensations of nature, that even the first million of parent salmon taken from a great river like the Columbia seems to make no difference in the annual run of salmon up the river. We might go further, perhaps, and say that the first two million would make no difference, but we need not take the trouble to prove this, for it would not help to ilustrate the point if we did; the point being that if the annual catch goes on increasing, the limit will ultimately be reached when the number of eggs in the fish that are left will not be enough, even with the heipiot nature's compensating agencies, to keep up the river's stock, I need hardly remind a body of fishculturists and Commis- sioners that when this limit is passed, the decrease of the fish proceeds at a rapidly accelerated rate. lt is burning the candle at both ends, for while the diminished stock of the river keeps diminishing from an inadequate supply of seed, the destructive capacity of the engines of capture are constantly increased to offset the poorer fishing that results. Then begins a geometrical ratio of yearly decrease which is starthng, and of which the end is complete extinction, Some intelligent people thought that the limit just men- tioned had nearly been reached in the Columbia several years ago, Many more persons think it has now. Still, the resources of the great Columbia are so wouderful that, although upward of two thousand million eggs are annually abstracted from the river, there seems to be a doubt remaining yet whether the eges that are left are not sufficient to keep up the stock, However, if the fish-eating world does not go backward, the danger limit will soon be passed, if it has not been already, and it is none too soon to consider the question of taking measures to guard against the danger by artificial propagation, What has been done in the Sacramento in this direction is wellknown. I take the liberty to quote from an article bear- ing on the subject, by Mr. C, A. Smiley, of the United States Census Bureau: ‘ ; Mr. Smiley, after mentioning some of the difficulties of fish- culture, says: “I will close with citing one of the most remarkable of the successes thus far attained. The salmon canneries of the Sacramento River annually increased in number until b 1870 the entire 11m of salmon was being caught and utilized. The greatest natural capacity of the river under these cir- cumstances may be considered to have heen reacbed mm 1678, when the yield to the canneries was 5,096,781 pounds, The first possible fruits of fisheulture were in 1876, when the young of 1873 may be supposed to have returned. — The United States hatchery was established in the latter year at Baird, Shasta county, California, and a half a million young released in 1873 and again in 1874. i ; In 1875 the number was increased to 850,000, in 1876 to 1,500,- 000, and during each of the years 1575, 1879, 1880, 1881, two million young fry were placed in this river. From an annual catch of 5,000,000 pounds the river has come up to the annual catch of over 9,500,000 pounds, which figure has been main- tained during the past four years, Trout AnD Bass NEAR Nww Yorx.—If you can coax big trout, and are not afraid of water and mud, take the North- thern Railroad of New Jersey, to Cresskill. Just west of the station you will find a good sized creek, keep on the east bank and fish north for four miles. I have heard of several two-pounders being taken from this stream this season and know personally that there are large fish in it. One gentle- man had 1,500 large trout weighing from one to three pounds washed out of his nouda into the creek the past spring, and one of the best natural streams in the State empties into it just north of Cresskill, I haye never noticed you mention Rockland Lake in your paper. During the past year some fine catches of black bass and pickerel were taken there, one bass of eight pounds. The East Reef opposite old ice house at the southern end of the lake, is best for early morning, and West Reef, direclly opposite, for afternoon for bass, and crawfish is the only bait for them, though they will sometimes take the fly. The nortliwest shore, just on the edge of the lily pads, abounds with pickerel from one to seven pounds, also yellow bass of large size. I have had fine sport on this water; it is easy of access, and a few days’ fishing costs but little. Take Northern Railroad of New Jersey to Nyack, four miles to lake, and either hire convey- ance or do as I do, foot it. There is another place quite near by which I have not seen you mention, The Hudson River from Luzerne, on Adirondack Railroad, to Corinth, seven miles of as fine black bass fishing as one can wish for. Minnows or small suckers are the bait. On the west bank a number of fine trout streams come in. My cousin and friend took two hundred good sized trout from these streams one day last week, none of the fish were trout hog size either, and all were eaten. We get a fish in the Hackensack above Oradel called ‘‘wind fish,” from the fact that they are taken most readily when the wind blows. In shape it resembles the trout, also in gaminess, takes the fly readily and is a good table fish. The back is dark olive, sides dull gold, belly white, fins underneath edged with red, weigh from eight ounces to two pounds. Can you tell from this poor de- scription what they are?—N. Taxive Bre Trour.—Hallock, Minn., May 28.—Ziditor Forest and Stream: The fishing for the ‘‘whoppers,” described by “Homo,” in the issue of May 15, with minnows for*bait, is legitimate and justifiable. ‘These big fellows are gour- mands, feeding on young trout from choice. Their appetite is insatiable and demand a constant feeding to keep up their appearance. We consider a flight similar to those invented by Mr. A. N. Cheney, and used by him for lakers with a minnow for a bait, will kill them every time. We have pur- sued just this course when fishing for Salmo farie, and with- out any lashing of conscience. These big trout are cannibals in every sense of the word, growing ugly in appearance as they grow older, They should be exterminated by all fair and honorable means, Oursystem is to make a flight of three hooks, using one for a lip hook, on this 1 put my minnow for bait and then spin this across the hole. If ‘‘Homo” wants to kill these big fellows let him cut out the ventral fin of one of the small brook trout, put it on the Jip hook, and if he spins it carefully he can readily kill the monsters.— NORMAN. Trout in CHEeNAnco County, N. Y.—Smithville Flats, N. Y., June 2.—I reply to the inquiry of ‘‘Niagara,” in Forest AND Stream of May 29, relative to trout in Che- nango couaty. There are very few trout left in any of our public waters; however, some very fair catches were reported in April. As a general thing there are two fishermen for every three trout. What is known as the Wheeler Brook, about a mile and a half below Greene, contains nearly all the trout in the immediate vicinity of the town. ‘‘Niagara”’ could find good bass fishing in the river and excellent pick- erel fishing in most any of the numerous natural ponds or lakes of Greene or Smithville.—E. L. R. Bootnuess BusnxEess.—Grand Rapids, Mich,, May 27,— You will see by the inclosed clipping that we are doing some- thing all the time to protect for the legitimate use of the people the public property represnted by our wild game ani- mals. Yet it is a bootless business, to expend personal time, money, and mental and physical labor for the protection of public property in the hope of getting a fair share of the benefits of such expenditure, and then io see that preety gobbled up by lawless poachers is getting monotonuous.—E. 8. Hormes. [The slip reporis that one James M. Bryant of Grand Rapids had been arrested and fined for taking trout of less than the lawful size.] LittLe AND Bre.—The Manton, Mich., Trtbune ef recent date reports: ‘Some very fine specimens of the trout specie are being taken from Oedar Creek this season. A Sherman man caught &8 trout one day last week, and rumor says he carried the entire lot home in a four-quart pail. Last Wed- nesday, A. Newkirk succeeded in bringing in a trout which turned the scale at three pounds and two ounces.” Rarssow TRovT In GREENWooD LAxe.—Mr. W. H. Schiper brought to our office last Monday a specimen of the California rainbow trout (Salmo tridea), which he caught while fly-fishing for bass near the west shore of Greenwood Lake. Several thousand fry were put into the lake three years ago, and this is the first that has been heard of them since. The fish would weigh about four ounces, : The figures were: 4 Pounds, VBSOc ies eae e'gt ne Ee vrernves +10, 837,000 7 RAMS "600,000 ff 18 I cultur nnn (Mem cacepehnuen bia at! Lye te re 9,605,000 TEbD. tee enone, te A late eee 2 9,586,000 Allowing the three years which it takes for salmon to come to maturity and enter the river for spawning purposes, the in- crease in yield to the canneries for ten years has been almost exactly proportionate to the increase in the disposition of fry. Taking into consideration the cost of ate pepe: salmon annually, and the value of the increase of 4,900,000 pounds, it will be seen,” Mr, Smiley concludes, “that there is a very large per cent. of profit in artificial fishculture, when conducted under circumstances as favorable as these.” What man has done man may do, and what has been done in the Sacramento can be duplicated in the Columbia, and in as much larger proportion as the Columbia is larger than the Sacramento. An effort was made in 1877 to hatch salmon on the Clacka- mus River, a tributary of the Columbia, This location seemed to combine every advantage for the hatching of salmon on a large scale. The nver heads, as you are aware, in the perennial snows of Mc. Hood, and the cold- ness of its snow-fed waters is very attractive to he apc e salmon. Just above its mouth, on the Wilhamette, into whic it empties, are the impassable falls of Oregon City, which pre- COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON HATCHING.* BY LIVINGSTON STOND. [Read before the American Fishcultural Association,] t yas eaew ONE has heard of the immense quantities of salmon that are annually canned on the Columbia River. It is not necessary to go into details. The general facts known to all prove that an enormous number of salmon have been ac- customed to ascend the Columbia River every year and it is robably safe to say that the Columbia has been the most pro- note salmon river in the world. This is one side of the subject, The other side is this: Such enormous quantities of salmon taken from a river must ulti- mately endanger the productiveness of it. The situation is not, however, quite as bad as it looks, for it seems ab first sight as if the stock of a salmon river would be diminished in proportion to the number of salmon taken out of it, but this *The salmon referred to in this paper is the Oncorhynchus chouika the spring salmon of the Columbia, the chinook salmon, quinnat salmon, the common salmon of the Sacramento River. ms re vent the salmon from going up : and naturally turns. then. be < into the Clackamus, if they missed that river im the first place, Then, if necessary, the Clackamus ¢an be so obstructed that every salmon coming up can bestopped in front of the fishery. The river is a favorite resort of the galmon, as it must necessarily be, with its cold, clear. ani iff running water and, before canning on the Columbia began, the Clackamus was famous for its hundreds of thousands of magnificent spring salmon that used to swarm up its channel to spawn. But the establishment of the station cametoo late. Already —this was in 1877—there were fifteen or twenty canneries on the Columbia below the mouth of the Wilhamette, and with their thousand miles or nearly of drift nets waylaying the ascending fish, the main river became so depleted of parent salmon that those that reached the Clackamus in 1877 were but a sorry fragment of the immense shoals that originally came up the stream to spawn, It was too late, Had the station been established twelve ears before, twenty million eggs of the best yariety of salmon in the Columbia River could have been taken there eyery yeat, The time has gone by now for that, and only a few milion eggs ean be taken in a season on the Clackamus, until some legislation allows a larger proportion of the parent salmon to reach the river. , This station was partly destroyed by a hurricane a few years ago, and has been abandoned for the present, Unfortunately the same objection which applies to the Clackamus River as a hatching station for producing young salmon on alarge scale, viz., the enormous yearly catch of salmon on the Columbia below the Clackamus, also applies to all other good locations inthe Columbia River basin, or rather What were originally good locations. T'wenty years ago there were scores of places on the ad&uents of the Columbia where ten to twenty million salmon eggs could have been obtained annually, because such an enormous quantity of salmon ran up the Columbia that they swarmed in thousands into each of these spawning streams to deposit their eggs, Now that every season asthe salmon come up to spawn, hundreds of thousands of them, I might almost say millions, are caught for canning, there are not enough left to distri- bute themselves in very great numbers in each of their thou- sand spawning beds up the river, and it will never again, in my Opinion, be very easy to find more than one or two places in the Columbia River basin, where tweuty million salmon eggs can be anmually obtained unless some legislation protects the salmonon their upward journey, or artificial hatching, simultaneously carried on at various independent localities, increases the number of salmon in the river. Thave made three explorations of the Columbia River for the purpose of finding a good place for getting salmon eggs on a large scale, the last time under the direction of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries, following the Columbia, ex- cept around the Great Bend, all the way from the Rocky Mountain diyide, where you can step acrossit (here called Deer Lodge River), to the bar at its mouth where it is fifteen miles across, and | am convinced that the salmon do not now come up to any one of their famous original spawning grounds in such quantities as to makeit an easy thing to get twenty or even ten million eges a year from any of them, I must except some places (aotably the foot of Shoshone Falls in Idaho) on the tributaries of the Snake River, now difficult of access, where if is possible perhaps, if the attempt is made soon enough, to obtain sufficient spawners for large operations in hatching. I will also except the mouth of the Little Spokane River in Washington Territory, where there is a most excellent location for a hatching station, and where perhaps ten million eggs a year could be collected, if the state- inents made about the number of salmon that come up the fiver are at all true. These statements have not been sub- stantiated yet for want of opportunity, and all we can say is that thousands and thousands of breeding salmon used to fre- vent this natural and favorite spawning ground, and perhaps the canners leaye enough now in the Columbia to stil make the Little Spokane a good collecting place for their eggs, As my report to Prof, Baird recommends this point as'a fayorable location for a hatching station, a description of some of its advantages may not be out of place here, and the first I will mention is its accessibility. Eight miles from the mouth of the river, over a remarbably hard and level road, is the town of Spokane Falls, anew, but thriving and promising settlement of perhaps 5,000 inhabitants. This town is situated on the lme of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and is in daily communication with the rest of the world by mail, telegraph and railroad, the railroad being one of the great trans-conti- nental thoroughfares of the country. These general facts alone are sufficient to show the accessi- eh of the location without the necessity of mentioning details. : The water suppiy at the mouth of the Little Spokane for hatching the eggs is practically unlimited. As there is a strong current in the river, and as the water does not rise till after the raeree season and hatching season are over, the water can be safely raised from the river itself by a current wheel, as at the McCloud River Station, and this being the case, any required quantity of water can be brought to the hatching house at asmallexpense. The locationis also fayor- able for obtaining water conveniently. The river does not ever rise more than a few feet, and pennequenety, the hatehing house can be erected not very far above the low water mark, A small current wheel will, therefore, be sufficient to raise the water to the hatching house, and the adjacent land is so favorable for building on that the wheel can be placed yery near the hatching house, which will render unnecessary the construction of a long flume from the wheel to the hatching house. As the river does not rise till the hatching season is over, the wheel need not be protected from drift woed, nor arranged with reference to the rising and falling of the water. These are great conveniences, and on the whole it may be said that the water supply may be safely depended upon in every respect. ‘The location is also remarkably favorable as to availability, Fortunately the adjacent country is still in its primitive state. When I visited the place in July, 1883, many Indians were encamped on the river bottoms, but I saw no white men, Itis true some claims near the river haye been taken up by white men, but they are not valuable and and could be bought without much expense. It is therefore very probable that the site of a salmon building station could be obtained without much cost, and as there are very few settlers up the river and no towns or villages, no objection would probably be raised to collecting the parent salmon during spaying season by means of a dam across the river. The Little Spokane is also of such a character that it would be an easy matter to capture the breeding fish. Indeed, I think a seiming ground could be arranged so that nearly all the spawning fish that come up to the river could be caught, and furthermore, it being closeto the main Spokane River it would not be difficult to run two seining grounds, one on each side, which would undoubtedly somewhat increase the yearly catch of breeders. Tt would be a very easy matter to build a dam or salmon rack across the river to keep the breeders on or near the sein- the Wilhamette any further, ut in an chstruction that is perfectly safe, east, the maximum rise of the river during a “he FOREST AND STREAM. the year is so inconsiderable, that there will never be any danger of the hatching house and other buildings being washed away, even if they are placed, as it is desirable that they should be, close to the river, Besides possessing the essential qualification just enumer- ated for a salmon breeding station, the Spokane location has many convenient features about it to recommend it. In the first place, if is in a good timber country, where lumber can be easily and inexpensively obtained for building, Then the roads in all direétions are hard and good, even during the rainy season, which is a merit which ean be fully appreciated only by those who have lived in other parts of the Pacitic coast, where the roads become peace y impassable during the rainy season on account of the great depth of the mud. The ground is also almost level from the mouth of the Little Spokane to the town of Spokane Falls, which would make communication with the town and freighting to and from the breeding station very easy. The climate is also a greatrecom- mendation to this place, It is never very cold nor very hot, but the temperature is quite eyen, and consequently very fayorable for work of any kind, By prancing. over what has just been said about the mouth of the Little Spokane, it will be seen that itis known to be in all essential points an unusually favorable location for a salmon breeding station, If it should prove to be capable of furnishing an abundanes of breeders, I should not hesitateto recommend it emphatically as one of the best situations to be found anywhere for taking and distributing salmon eggs. If, howeyer, it should fail to supply the required quantity of spawning salmon, I do not kaow where we could look for any one place on the Columbia River or its north fork which, by itself, would be adequate and satisfactory, and I think we should be reduced to the necessity of going further from the railroad, or erecting two or three separate stations at different points. Before closing, allow me to mention a fact which may pos- sibly be as much of a surprise to many of you as it was to me. It is that there are no salmon in the whole of that portion of the North or Clark's Fork of the Columbia, which flows through Western Montana and Idaho, including that magnificent body of water, Lake Pend d’Oreille in Northern Idaho, This fork of the Columbia, known as it flows westward under the various names of Deer i odge River, Hellgate River and Missoula River, has a length of about three hundred miles before it reaches the Falls of Senniacwaiteen, just below the outlet of Lake Pend d'Oreille, where it is believed the ascending salmon are finally stopped from going any further, and in the long stretch of river above this point clear to the Rocky Mountains no salmon whatever are found. Iwas not aware of this fact, and when we had crossed the Continental divide, which was accomplished then in a wretched mud wagon (called by courtesy a stage), and had descended the western slope of the Rocky Mountain range far enough for the Deer Lodge Brook to have become a respectable river, I expected to find salmon very abundant, but to my great sur- prise the people there were as unfamiliar with salmon in their natural haunts as the people of this aty are, and were nearly as far from them. I found that there were three principal obstructions which kept the salmon from ascending the river. The first one from the ocean is Kettle Falls, in Washington Territory, on the main Columbia, 711 miles from its mouth, These falls are about twenty-five feet in height at low water, but they are not wholly impassable, for on the east side they are broken into a series of cascades, through which the salmon can and do get above the falls at certain stages of the water and pos- sibly at all times. Forty-two miles above Kettle Falls, the Pend d’Oreille River (Clark’s Fork of the Columbia from Lake Pend d’Oreille to the main river is called Pend d’Oreille River) empties into the main Columbia. Near its mouth, at a distance variously stated from afew rods to twenty miles, is another fall, which is undoubtedly a serious obstruction to the salmon. This fall (it being on the Great Bend, I did not see it myself) is said to be ten or fifteen feet in height. Theard of salmon being caught all the way up to the falls of the Senniacwateen, so the salmon are obviously not all stopped at the falls of the Pend d’Oreille, though probably not a very large proportion get by them. About one hundred and fifty miles above these nearly im- assable falls and not far below the outlet of Pend d’Oreille ake are the falls of the Senniacwateen, which, though not over eight or ten feet in height, probably head off the com- paratively few salmon that reach them and mark the highest point, the ultima thule of the upward migration of the salmon of Clark’s Fork of the Columbia. I mention these facts, partly beacause when I was in Idaho and Montana, there was a strong feeling among some of the residents on Clark’s Fork in fayor of opening a way for the ascending salmon through the ob- structions just mentioned, and allowing them to come up into Idaho and Montana, which they would undoubtedly do if they eould, although itis nearly twelye hundred miles from the mouth of the Columbia to Deer Lodge City. I will merely add in this connection that a movement has been started for obtaining the intervention of the Territories interested, and if possible of the United States, for the purpose of opening a passage for the salmon through the formidable obstructions at the mouth of the Pend d’Oreille River, but in my opinion these falls will be found to lie in British territory, and the undertaking mentioned will require the co-operation also of the Dominion government. Tneed hardly sayin conclusion that in my judgment the sooner we get about this work of hatching salmon on the Columbia the better. We have waited toolongalready. The great opportunities of twenty years ago are all gone, and every year makes the matter worse. Mills are going up, settlements are forming, railroads are being built in this trans-Rocky Mountain region with surpris- ing rapidity—all accelerating the decrease of the salmon— and in a short time we may be glad to even get opportunities that we scorn now. A great industry as well as an immense food supply is at stake, and something ought to be done very soon. F FISHCULTURE IN CANADA. ME F.WHITCHER, formerly Commissioner of Fisheries for Canada, whose article condemning the system of fisheulture pursued in the Dominion, created such a stir some time ago, now writes to the Montreal Gazette as follows: Sir--Referring to “Hansard,” of the 9th instant, I respect- fully bring under notice the following. part of a recent diseus- sion in parliament relating to fish with an item of supplementary estimates. ported thus: “Mr, MeLelan.—* * * Istatedto the house when the estimates were under discussion, my opinion as to the success of the fish hatch- eries, and the grounds upon which I hold the belief that they have been successfu!. I take it from the reports of all the fishery overseers, and I find from these reports that in the salmon rivers, wherever we have placed and haye been for years placing the young fry, these rivers have held up or increased in their production, while rivers that have been continuously fished through that period and have not been supplied with fry are nearly fished out and have decreased in the yield, And so with veference to the figures given by the Commissioner. They show 4 considerable increase of between 30 and 40 per cent. in the total catch between 1871 and 1881, Talking the whole there is that increase, but while there has been au increase in the whole, there bas been a large decrease in the rivers that have not been supplied with the young fish and fed from the hatcheries, while all the reports from the officers for 1883, and for 1882 as well, show that the rivers that have been supplied with fry have maintained their yield or largely increased it,’ The words italicized are those to which I beg leave more particularly to refer. “The figures given by the Commis- sioner,” are. for the provinces in which fish hatcheries exist, At p. 1586 it is re- atcheries in connection }- _— — -_- Leal 369 and were taken by me from Vol, 3, pages 286-87 of the census returns tor 1870 and 1880 respectively, They showed an in- crease, as correctly stated, but chiefly in districts unatfected by hatcheries, Having since more carefully examined the fisheries’ schedules of the census for 1880, I have discovered (and called official attention to) a serious errorin the summa- tion of sub-districts, under the salmon column—15,935 barrels being reckoned in mistake for 7,252 barrels, The erroneous figures, by which I was myself misled and have unconsciously misled the Minister of Marine atid Fisheries, gave 3,187,000 pounds of salmon, while the corrected figures give 1,446,400 pounds, cial operations are carried on extensively m that vicinity. The comparative totals “given by the Commis- sioner,” I may addin perfect good faith, which are adduced as evidence of an increased catch of salmon within the decen- nial period of ‘between 50 and 40 per cent.,” and which in- crease is alleged to be due entirely to artificial hatehing, would, therefore, prove as corrected, a local difference of 1,740,600 pounds, and a general decrease of very nearly a quarter of a million of pounds. I take the carliest_opportunity that my health will admit to amend this fault, lest the error should creep into other calculations affecting the Canadian salmon fisheries before its correction can be incorporated in the pub- lications of the statistical department, Under ordinary circumstances it might be supposed that such difference would not materially affect any Foductiona from the total salmon yield of 1880 in the maritime provinces, as the reports of the fisheries department should afford an ex~ act or corrective basis of computation. Unfortunately the salmon catch for 1880, as given in the fisheries statements, is 63 per cent. less than that given in the census returns, even as corrected, There was every advantage, therefore, in prefer- ring the census tables to compare data affecting artificial fish- culture, although any person actuated by improper “motives” would obviously prefer the former, If, however, the fishery returns for 1870 and 1880 be taken as a basis of comparison the whole decline amounts to 2,504,347 pounds. The figures ‘“civen by the Commissioner” may, I reasonably submit, be yiewed as evidence not only of a desire to be accurate, but also of the utmost fairness toward artificial fish hatching. Knowing also the defectiveness of the departmental returns, to which I so often and so vainly drew attention when in office, and have of late years for that reason refused to sign, I thought it safest to quote the census tables in preference to the others. Altogether, therefore, the census affords a just and even a generous measure as illustrating the practical re- sults of artificial salmon hatching in Canada during ten con- current years. Allow ine, sir, in your columns, to apologize for having been the innocent medium through whoro the Hon. Mr. Mcielan has thus accidentally adopted data supplied by the blue books, which, as revised, indicate a condition of things quite con- trary to the desired result, and which may possibly haye assisted in producing the erroneous conclusion embodied in the foregoing extract, Permit me, at the same time, to point ont that the case of Nova Scotia was instanced ‘‘by the Commis- sioner” to show that in ten years, from 1870 to 1880, the salmon catch had declined over fifty per cent.. as shown by the cen- sus, while, according to the fisheries statements, it had fallen from 1,845,905 pounds to 383,150 pounds. Above six millions of salmon fry were distributed from the Nova Seotian hatch- eries during this time. Here, again, adyantage was given to the claims of artificial hatching, The fact that a decrease in salmon of 168,200 pounds accord- ing to the census returns, and of 2,504,347 pounds, according to the fisheries statements, as admitted by the official reports, forcibly suggests the advisability of revising whatever other information purports to establish that ‘there has been an in- erease in the whole.” Regarding the alleged specific increase of produce from rivers in which salmon fry artificially bred haye been placed, and the corresponding decrease from riyers dependent on natural propagation, itis of primary importance that if such realization is true, the fact should be clearly established, If it can be proved there would be every reason to substitute artificial for natural methods of cultivation, Its co-existence with a general decrease is not incompatible. In order to test such a theory the individual instances must be judged by the rélative proportions of natural and artificial supply forming the mature stock. That a fluctuating decline of the salmon fishery since 1874 has occurred throughout the easterly section of the Dominion of Canada it is useless and unwise to deny. A table appended proves this conclusively. The precise ex- tent to which this declension has been arrested during a series of years on the one hand by reserving and guarding the natu- ral spawning grounds, eradicating abuses, imposing restric- tions in the modes and curtailing the periods of fishing, by constructing fishways and removing obstructions to the ascent of salmon, by opening up new and extensive breeding areas, and regulating and protecting the inland fisheries generally, and on the other hand by planting salmon fry artificially hatched; all of these elements form a fair subject for impar- tial inquiry from which much useful and reliable information might be derivec. But any attemptto prove that ail other endeavors to augment or to maintain the salmon supply from natural sources have entirely failed, and itis only from the eoumat of the hatcheries that improvement has been effected or that normal production has been maintained, conflicts at once with the whole history of the business, extending over a series of laborious years, since 1852, and disputes recorded facts and figures existing in the journals of the House of Com- mons and the departmental files, which if honestly examined tell quite a different story. It also runs counter to the knowl- edge and unvvritten experience of many sportsmen and ob- servers acquainted with the salmon fishery in all parts of the country. The general and special reports of the principal fishery officers, including those actually in charge of hatch- eries, reinforce and confirm the entire record. Attention is drawn to the following table condensed from the fisheries statements, It gives the gross produce of salmon fishing in the river, estuary and coast districts of the proyinces of Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia for each year from 1869 to 1882, both inclusive. The particulars of 1883 are not yet published, but the preliminary report of the fisheries department announces that in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia there is a considerable decrease, and a slight increase in the Province of Quebec, principally in districts remote from the hatcheries. Inthe Miramichi and Restigouche districts, where the best hatcheries are located, the yield is reported to have been worse than anywhere else. TABLE OF SALMON GATCH IN QUEBEC, NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA FOR FOURTEEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS. Pounds. Pounds. culture to omit details. ‘ In mentioning artificial salmon hatching as having heen re- 370 _ FOREST AND STREAM. . [Jon 5, 1884. newed in 1873 in the eastern provinces I speak by the card. Breeding salmon and trout by artificial process was first prac- ticed in Canada by Richard Nettle, Hsq,, then Superintendent oi fisheries, in 1858. in a Government hatchery at Quebec, The experiments were measurably successful. Mr. Nettle was enabled to deposit vivified ege'sin considerable numbers and to hatch out and distribute a large proportion of liying healthy fry. He also transported impregnated ova to Australia, This enterprise was authorized by several ministers, the Hon. Mr. Cauchon, Judge Sicotte and the Hon. William Macdougall. Tt was not continued by the latter because the limited means provided by the Legislature were absorbed in controlling and. improving the salmon rivers proper, all available resources being required to guard the streams against destructive prac- tices which had brought the salmon fishery in the Province of Quebec to the verge of ruin. Mr. Nettle, however, succeeded single-handed and with a very meagre outfit in proying the feasibility of breeding salmon and trout by artificial means, and he deserves the credit of initiation and perseverance in- yolving severe exposure and strong personal enthusiasm, Another successful instance of artificial salmon hatching occurred in 1867, under instructions from the Hon. P. Mitchell, en the Miramichi River, N. B., conducted by Messrs. Stone and Goodfellow, assisted by W. H. Venning, Esq,, Inspector of Fisheries for that Proyince, The system now on trial is not, therefore, a novelty; it 1s merely a resumption of the original operations; it was not discovered, invented nor intro- duced by Mr. Samuel Wilmot, although he claims the pater- nity and usurps the credit. The documents of the fisheries department contain all the particulars requisite to do justice in the premises, This, however, isa small matter compared to the assertion that while natural hatching has failed to improve or even to keep alive the salmon fishery, artificial hatching has rescued. and restored it, Itis well known that such an idea has been familiarized by Mr. 8, Wilmot to serye his own ambitious aims, He has not contented himself with unduly crediting his own share of work, but has unjustly ignored or decried the labors of others. Im his reports and pamphlets this is most conspicuous, It was always to the fore in the International Fisheries Exhibition, and the proceedings of conferences and the columns of the London Canadian Gazette (see No. 19), at- tributed all the prosperity of the salmon and whitefish fisher- ies of the Dominion to ‘‘Mr, 8. Wilmot’s well-directed system of fisheulture,” of which he unscrupulously claimed to be the author, A recent pamphlet reiterates pretensions which now assume a semblance of authority from the conclusion above announced in parliament. Asa comparison to the table inserted aboye, I propose to tabulate the yearly deposits of fry in rivers and districts in juxtaposition tothe annual catch in the same rivers and dis- tricts, and to compare them with each season’s catch in simi- lar streams and divisions wherein no fry from the hatcheries have been distributed. Hxtracts from the reports of the fish- ery officers in each section will also be arranged, These will be compared ii another form with the production in every ease before artificial hatching was applied. [t should then ap - pear intelligibly to which the salmon fishery of Canada owes most—legislative and administrative protection or artificial stocking. Sir Alexander Campbell may be said to have laid the foun- dation of the system of organized protection for the inland fisheries in 1865, although, of course, the work of his predeces- sors was vsilized away back to the time of the Hon. P. M. Vankoughnet, and throughout the able officiate of the Hon. Wm. Macdougall. Sir Alexander well knows through what difficulties he upheld a policy founded in moderation instead of radical change, and the legislature’s debates of that day testify to the masterly way in which he treated the whole sub- ject, and the peculiar interest taken in it by many other legis- ators. There could be no better proof of the thoroughness of the Fisheries Act than the knowledge that it has never needed amendment, While there have been passed in England since then some twenty different salmon acts, and twelye royal commissions have investigated the British salmon fisheries, the Canadian system has been worked under the same law, and all the information has been procured and the improvements have been made through the regular official staff, without im- posing burdensome restrictions on fishermen or devolying ex- tra burdens on the public. Recollecting with what virulence Iwas assailed for seconding (some said advising) this careful course, Sir Alexander at least can understand the spirit in which at this distant day I defend it bravely from the impli- eation of failure. The same system was adopted by such earn- est and able men as Mr. Mitchell, Sir Albert Smith and Mr. Pope. It has been successfully carried out by as zealous and useful a staff of officers as ever served under any government. Ts it conceivable that all of these experienced public men and allof those energetic and intelligent subordinates who have served under them inside and outside of the fisheries depart- ment were wrong, and that only Mr. Samuel Wilmot isright? Let the facts and figures answer. ; W, F. WuircHenr. Ripwau Bang, Ottawa, April 22, 1884. BLACK BASS FOR HOLLAND.—On the 4th inst, the steamer Schiedam sailed. with twenty-four black bass sent by Prof. Baird to the Zoological Society of Amsterdam. The fish were obtained by Mr, Blackford, Special tanks for the fish were fitted up in the steamer. Answers ta Correspondents. =" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. Garnoat.—Old paint can be removed by first burning with a painter's ‘‘torch™ and then scraping With a steel scraper, Use the commonest grade of vaseline for the mast, There are a number of compositions for ships bottoms to prevent fouling, They can be obtained of shipchandlers in the large cities. ‘ Novrop.—i, What fish are in season at Lake George from July 15 to Aug. 15, 2, Whab method is used in capturing, first, lake trout, second, bass? 8. What bait, artificial or live, is used at above named locality? Ans. 1. Black bass, lake trout, pike and perch. 2. Lake trout are fished for by trolling in deep water, and by baiting a buoy and fishing it a day or two after, Black bass are taken with both the fly and with bait. 3. Minnows, frogs, crickets, etc, W. H. G., Worcester, Mass.—What kind of ammunition did Mr. Farrow use when he made the score in Milwaukee, mentioned in your paper? Did he use patehed or naked bullet? And did he clean after each shot, or shoof the scoré without cleaning? Ans. Mr. Farrow used the 40-cal. Bullard cannélured bullet, 800 grains, Lafiin & Rand’s 1 FG. powder. He did not clean in the score, but used a rubber tube to breathe in the barrel. M., New York,—I am told that an occasional mascalonge is taken in Saratoga Lake, Please (describe the tackle, bait, etc., used in fish- jug forthem. Ans, We think it doubtfulif the mascalonge is found there. The great lake pike, Hsow weiusis canghtin Saratoga Lake,and this fish when large is often confounded withthe mascalonge. Use an eight or nine-foot trolling rod, a reel holding at least 300 feet of bags line and either a gang of hooks with a minnow for bait, or a spoon. Row and troll, The fish are sometimes taken by keeping close to the weeds and at others in the middle of the stream. INFORMATION WANTED. Can you tell mé of some good place where I can spend the last part of August and first part of September and find good partridge shooting and bass fishing? If caniiot have both shooting and fishing, should prefer to give up fishing. Would like to go somewhere in the northern part ot Peunsylvania or in the southern patt of New York. “Do not cars to go as fal as the Adirondacks,—W. C. M. ty DAvs or Hearty prepare for sickness; in on prepare for old g6: which means éiswre in the Travelers, of Hartford, while you are ealthy and can get msurance. and while you are young and can get + oheap.—Adv. Che Fennel. FIXTURES. BRANCH SHOWS, Juné 10. 11,12 and 13—The Second Annual Tnternational Bench Show Ohicago, Ill. Ma, Charles Lincoln, Superintendent, Sept, —.Bench Show of the Philadelphia Keunel GJub. Mr. P. C. De Saque, Secretary. Oct. 3, 9,10 and 11,—Third Annual Bench Show of the Danbury Agricultural Society, Danbury, Conn, EH. §. Davis, Superintendent, Danbury, Conn. Oct, 14,—Non-sporting Bench Show of the Westminster Kennel Club, Madison Square Garden, New York. Mr, Oharles Lincoln, Superintendent, A. K. R. HH AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration of pedigrees, etc. (with prize lists of all shows and trials), is pub lished every month. Entries close on the ist. Should be in early. Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. Registration fee (25 cents) must accompany each entry. No entries inserted uuless paid in advance. Yearly subscription $1, Address ‘American Kennel Register,’’ P,O. Box 2832, New York. Number of entries already printed 1213. Yolume 1., bound in cloth, sent postpaid, $1.50, THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW, Edator Forest and Stream; In the section of Pennsylvania round about Lancaster there are at least one hundred foxhounds, belonging to several hunting farmers, who keep them for the purpose of chasing reynard, and pride themselves on the trueness of their dogs. These gentlemen, I understand, own some splendid specimens, not valued especially for the good looks they possess but for hunting qualities, and haye never exhibited them at shows, nor, indeed, have the owners eyer attended an exhibition, when they really have a very good chance of winning with their animals. An effort has been made by the writer to have at least six couple of the best of these hounds brought to the bench show of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, to be held, in connection with the fair of the Pennsylvania State Agricul- tural Society, in September next. These hounds and repre- sentatives form the Rose Tree Hunt’s pack as well as animals about West. Chester and Chester, Pa,, and it is hoped the Essex and Queens Counties Hunt, of New York, would make a crand feature of the show. he beagle men, we are assured, will be out in force. New importations will haye reached the United States by Septem- ber, and this class will be very large, Mr. L. D. Sloan, of the American English Beagle Club, afew days since received by the steamship Indiana, from Hngland, two additions to his kennel of little hounds—Bannerman and Myrtle—of which you will receive a descriptive account. ; Why isit that the English harrier is so poorly represented at the shows in this country? Doubtless for the reason they are scarce in the United States, I know of but two genuine harriers ever haying been exhibited in the States. It strikes ine that good working dogs of this breed would be valuable in some sections. I will venture to prophesy that the breed will not long be neglected by Americans. Should importations be made a proper standard for judging should at once be adopted so that a well-defined difference would be established between them and the numerous ecross-bred rabbit dogs, small fox- hounds and so-called beagles, of which we haye no many in the United States. : Homo. ARE DOGS DOMESTIC ANIMALS? A Supreme Judicial Court of Maine saysno. See instructions at head of this column. Daisy Deane, Myr. Elliot Smith's (New York) pointer bitch Daisy Deane (Old Zipp— Lady Flora), May 21, eight (one dog), by the West- minster Kennel Club’s Bang Bang (A,K.R. 394). Rose. The Westminster Kennel Citb’s pointer bitch Rose (A.K.R. 214), May 15, ten (five dogs). by their Bang Bang (A.K.R. 394). Leah. Dr.J, R. Housel’s (Watsontown, Pa.) English setter bitch Leah (Royhel—Livy IJ.), May 26, six (three dogs), by Mr.Thos. Blythe’s Robin Hood (Carlowitz—True). Annie Laurie. Mr, W. A. Faxon’s (Dorchester, Mass.) collie bitch Annie Laurie (Marcus—Iisle), six (five dogs), by Rattler (Tweed IT.— Lassie). Fee aa Dr, M, G. Elizey’s (Washington, D.0,) English setter bitch Brenda (Pride of the Burder—Kirby), May 22, eight (seven dogs), by Mr, N. Jensen’s Cossack (Morford’s Don—Fairy), Flake IT. Messrs, Wheeler & Davis’s (Rockland, Mass.) English set- ter bitch Flake II, (A.K.R, 367), April 24, nine (four dogs), by Ben B. A.ER. 363). } Dashing Jessie. Mr. ®. W, Jester’s (St. George's, Del.) English set- ter bitch Dashing Jessie (A.K. R. $15), May 28, six (one dog), by his Zanzibar (A,K.R, 1182). - Winnie. The Kilmarnock Collie Kennel’s (Boston, Mass.) imported eollic bitch Winnie (Gairlock—Laurie), May 25, nine (five dogs), by their Bruce (Mareus—Isle). Gen. Mr. Geo, L. Y. Tyler's (West Newton, Mass.) cocker spaniel bitch Gem (Suip—Feather), April 27, six (five dogs), by Obo IT. (A.K,R. 482); all black; two dogs dead. ; : ; Queen Anna, The Ohio Kennel’s (Washingtonville, O.) English set- ter bitch Queen Anna (Zanzibar—Lady Elgin), May 15, sixteen (ten dogs), by their Dashing Lion, oat [GS— See instructions at head of this column. _ Sensation—Rose whelps. Leroon and white pointers, whelped Oct. 29, 1883, by the Westminster Kennel Club, a dog to Mr, D.G. Elliot, New Brighton, S.L; a bitch to Dr. Twomly, Baltimore, Md., anda bitch to Mr. Elliot Smith, New York. j ; Robin Hood—Countess H. whelps. Lemon and white English setter dogs, whelped Jan. 18, 1884, by Dr, J, R. Housel, Watsontown, Pa., one to Mr. B. W. Prentice, Worcester, Mass., and one to Mr, A. 8. Oliver, Elberton,Ga. s . Lady Mab. Black pointer bitch (A.K.R. 1044), by the Kuicker- bocker Kennel Club, Jersey City, N. J., to Mr, H, @, Miller, Hudson, a Pa Doncaster. Liver and white pointer dog (A.K,R. 563), by the Knick- erbocker Kennel Olub, Jersey City, N. J., to Mr. Jas. H, Hildebrandt, hnstown, N. Y. Jonas Scotch deerhound bitch, 3yrs. old (Grab—Ready The Banshee. ] Money), by Mr. H. W. Smith, Worcester, Mass., to Mr. C. B. Gilbert, New Haven, Ct, Obo G. Black cocker spaniel dog, whelped Jan, 28, 1884 (Obo I1.— Ace of Spades), by Mr. Geo. H, Gilbert, Boston, Mass., to Mr, A. W. Griffiths, Newmarket, N. H. Warren. Red Irish setter dog, whelped Sept. 6, 1883 (Hicho, A.K.R. 295—Zelda, A.K.R. 240), by the Shamrock Kennel, Beach Bluff, Mass., to Mr. A. O. Brewster, Boston, Mass, Nin and Tuck. Red Irish setter dogs, whelped Sept. 6, 1883 (Elcho, AK.R. 295—Zelda, A.K.R. 240), by the Shamrock Kennel, Beach Bluff, Mass,, to Mr. Hdward Jewell, Boston, Mass. 7 Chief—Maul S. whelp, Red Irish setter dog, whelped April 8, 1884, by Mr, Max Wenzel, Hoboken, N.J., to Mr. MeMicken, New York. Hector. Mastiff doz, whelped Jan. 26, 1884 (Diayolo, A.K.R. 648— Madge, A.K.K. 548), by the Ashmont Kennel, Boston, Mass., to Mr. Dwight Holbrook, Clinton, Ct. ‘ , Teddy Barr—Vic whelp. Liver and white cocker spaniel dog, whelped March 6, 1884, by Mr. Archibald Gordon, Middletown, N. Y¥., to Dr, J, Corbin, Brooklyn, N.Y. Dixie and Silk, Foxhound dogs, by Mr, R. B, Houghton, Boston, Mass., to Mr. W. C. Crandall, Springville, N, Y. Toby. Pug dog, whelped Dec. 3, 1883 (Napoleon—Beauty), by Mr. W. D. Peck, New Haven, Ct., to Mr, A. C, Wandor, Hartford, Ct. Bess. Pug bitch. whelped Dec. 3, 1883 (Na olgor = Beanery, by Mr, W. D, Peck, New Haven, Ct., to Mr. Fred. E, Parker, same place. Calypso.’ Mastiff bitch (H.K.C.8.B, 10,567), by Mr, Jas, Hutchings, Pxeter, Eng., to Mr. W. D, Peck. New Haven, Ct. ‘ ~ Ashmont. Red Irish setter dog, whelped March 17, 1884 (champion Nimrod. A.K.R. 63i—Romaine, A,K.R. 638), by the Ashmont Kennel, Boston, Mass., to Mr, Chas. 8. Dayol, Warren. R, 1. Dashing Armand, Black and white ticked English setter dog, lyr. old acer 585), by Dr, RK. T. Tull, Elkton, Md., to Mr. Wm. Tallman, Ree etry ae) UES Dashing Prim. Orange and white English setter dog, lyr. old (A.B.R. 586), by Dr, R. FP. Tull, Hikton, Md., to Mr, Wm. Tallman, South Attleboro, Mass. Gypsy Belle, Black, white and tan English setter bitch, age not given (Gladstone—Pearl), by Mr, F. J. Kinney to Mr. Wm. Tallman, South Attleboro, Mass, Pride. iver and white pointer dog, 2yrs. old (Croxteth—Royal Fan), by Mr. Wm, Tallman, South Attleboro, Mass.. to Mr, F, Tiernan, Fort Scott, Kan. “ Monarch S, Orange and white English setter dog, whelped Oct. 29, 18883 (Foreman—Jennie), by Mr. Wm, Tallman, South Attleboro, Mass., to Mr, J. K, Smith, Waterbury, Ct. Foreman II, Black and white English setter dog, whelped Oct, 29, 1883 (Foreman—Jennie), by Mr. Wm. Tallman, South Attleboro, Mass., lo Mr. N. Wallace, Waterbury, Ct. Foreman—Jenny whelp. Black and white English setter bitch, whelped Oct. 29, 1883, by Mr. Wm. Tallman, South Attleboro, Mass., to Mr. N. Wallace, Waterbury, Ct, Carl. Orange and white English setter dog, age not given (Waters’s Grouse —Daisy Dale), by Mr. W. Thayer, Boston, Mass., to Mr, P. P. Lewis, New York. PRESENTATIONS. Ee~ See instructions at head of this column. Sensation—Rose whelp. “Lemon and white pointer bitch, whelped Oct. 29. 1883, by Mr. Elhot Smith, New York, to Major H, Platt, Ban- gor, Eng. DEATHS. = See instructions at head of this column. Bugle. Black, white and tan beagle dog, lyr. 10mos, old (Deacon— Midget), owned by Mr. W. H. Moller, New York, from dysentery. Dashing Prim, Orange and white English setter dog, lyr. old eee 586), owned by Mr. Wm. Tallman, South Attleboro, Mass., ay *d. Rifle and Crap Shooting. FIXTURES. June 210 9,—Annual Tournament Louisville Sportsmen's Associa- rset Long yile Ky. J, O, Barbour, Secretary, 157 Third avenue, ouisyville, RANGE AND GALLERY, CREEDMOOR. | Pease programme of the matches at Creedmoor during the present month include the following: The Champion Marksman’s Class Match, June 7 and 18.—Open to all members of the N.G.5.N. ¥. (except as hereafter noted), and members of the National Rifle Association, the latter, however, not being eligible to win the principal prize; 200 and 500yds., five shots at each distance; the Remington Rifle (New York State model); stand- ing at 200yds., lying head to target at 500yds.; entrance fee 50 cents, competitors allowed re-entries in each competition at the discretion of the executive officer, but only one score to count. Members of the N. G. S. N. ¥., in uniform (jacket, cap and belt), may record their scores in this match as qualified for the New York State marksman’s badge, provided that if ordered they haye attended (or do once dur- ing the season attend) general practice, and provided they have pre- viously qualified in the second class (100 and 300yds, See qualifica- tion match). First Prize—A gold marksman’s badge for 1884. The badge to become the property of the competitor who, at tke close of the season of 1884, shall have won it the greatest number of times. Ten other prizes (medals) presented by the National Rifle Association to the ten highest competitors in order of merit. Winners with a score of 36 points and over to receive a silyer, and winners having a score of under 36 to receive a bronze medal. The same man can only win one medal during the season. In case of a tie the highest aggre- gate score of all the competitions participated in up to that time to decide. Winners of champion marksman’s badges for the years 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882 and 1883, namely, Messrs. A. B. Van Heusen, William Robertson, James L, Price. W. J. Underwood, Jr., Thomas J. Dolan, H. T. Lockwood and G, W. Munson, winner of the gold marksman’s badge for 1883, are not eligible to win the prin- cipal prize in this match. The Qualification Match of 1884, June 7 and 18.—Open to members N. G.S. N- Y., and N. R. A.; the former being in uniform (jacket, cap and belt) may count scores made as qualifying them to shoot for New York State marxsman’s badge, provided that they use the State Rem- ington rifle; 100 and 300yds., standing at 100 kneeling at 300yds.; five shots at each distance with any military rifle, special military rifles excepted; entries 50 cents each, re-entries permitted at the discretion of the executive officer, but only the highest score to count; to the competitors in each competition making the five highest ageregate scores, sixty per cent of the entrance money will be equally divided. On the days which the Q. and M. C. B. matches are to be shot the sale of entries will close at 5 P. M., and no shooting will be allowed after 5:30 P. M. Any Rifle Long Range Match, June 14.—For any rifle within the rules. Distance, 900 and 1,000yds.; 20 shots at 900yds. and 25 shots at 1,000yds.; entrance fee, $1; time limit, 244 minutes to each shot; prize, a bronze medal of the National Rifle Association, value $25; to be won by the competitor making the highest aggregate score in three matches; match to commence at 3 P.M. Pool open at 900yds, from 1 to 2:55 P. M. ‘ Off-Hand Match, June 25.—All-Comers’ match, distance 200 and 300yds., 7 shots at each distance, any rifle; entrance fee, 50 cents to members of the National Rifle Association, to others the fee will be #1. Prizes to the value of at least $50 will be given at each match, TLe prizes are in duplicate sets: one set for the five best scores made with military rifles, and one set for the five best scores made with - rifles not military. The fishing tackle prize in the off-hand matches have been kindly donated for competition by Messrs. Abbey & Imbrie, No, 48 Maiden lane. Military Rifie Long Range Match. June 28.—Open to military rifles only; distance, 600. 800, 900 and 1,000 yards; 10 shots at each distance; entrance fee, $1. Prizes: First, a Remington M. B, L. rifle complete with 250 rounds ammunition, to be won by the competitor making the highest aggregate score in any three matches. Fiye matches to be shot during the season, and four prizes in each match, as follows: To the four competitors making the best scores on each day $25, to be divided in order of merit—to first, $10; second, $7; third, $5 fourth, $3. Time limit, 244 minutes for each shot, Match open at i1 A. M, Pool open st 600 and 800yds. from 9:30 to 10:50. CALIFORNIA RIFLE ASSOCIATION. AN FRANCISCO, May 12,—The spring meeting of the California S Rifle Association was held yesterday at Shell Mound Park, Berke- ley. The weather was clear, and as a result the shooting was good. Following are the complete scores: Directors’ Match, 200yds. S I Kellogg, Jr.......-. 455555433 LR Townsend......... 3444444 —29 75 GUM SH: reno adap 454444429 H D Ranlett............ 4334344 27 Charles Nash.......-.. 455344429 WB Collier. ......-... 5440445—26 Governor's Medal.—For the medal presented by Governor George C. Perkins, open to all members of the associrtion, the National Guard of California, army ard nayy. Entries unlimited. Rounds, ten, any military rifle, 200yds. Ten cash prizes in addition to the medal, which is the first prize. To become the property of the marksman who shall first win it three times at regular meetings of the C. A. R. PD Linville......... 555555554549 Sergt McDonald... 4544544355—45 Lieut $I Kellogg... .4555555455—48 Lieut G N Brown, . .4445455545—45 Priv L Barrere.....- 455455545547 Lieut JO Klein..... 5544545445 —45 WCarson......, ---p545545455—47 Priv C F Waltham. 464455544545 F Kuhoule.....,..,...4554544355—46 Priv C Cummings, ., 6456445 rifle, at a ring target, entries unlimited, 10 cash prizes: Menten Ratholes cess 4 dade J. aves hveetiee 10 10 11 10 41 10 12—74 TPAC ON Got nected oc mere tt 20 dee Jenn desr lO te lO) B28 9A Lieut J A CO McDonald...................2.:--. 710 8 6 1212 10-66 Lieut J O Klein. 2.22... sess biveve pesaeeesdO0 10 41012 11 7-64 Lieut S I Kellogg............--. sscearssaceeeeae 9111012 7 2 9—60 ¥ Cummings......, Tas58 4 eys Gost tne eae veer 1 % 8 6 DO B10—55 Sergt C Nash....---.---.---.--+- veri re beers + 9 510 7 8 4 10—53 Dear yn ri. bela ee Siesta ties soeees el GO, 1eLORl) ied — oe CP Waltham) . 4 ADAG ar. | ari taye. Pepe tll sh Li adr ek ae teebebie husks ¢ B 4 ‘ . . ,, ¢ ee oe eee eee eee es . The dre erouiner Sirius accompanied the yachts and carried a large sViEiatehe Gees CAT RIGS—GLASS H. THIRD AND SPECIAL CLASS, number of guests. : Wanda.....-. hes beer eee awe sae S 288: 1 85 00 18500 | hayid Crocket, J. H., Putman, H. & B..,..--.. 21.04 1 30 23 - Hypatia......-.-- Sr Pe Tete aoe, nae eee cs 1 at 00 _ 1-21 00 Parole, J. J. Bowers. Washington V.........---.. 13 108 Inj ured, ; SEAWANHAKA CORINTHIAN Y. C: ‘after the return an entertainment to the guests of the club was | Joker, George Coffin, H........-..--+..- er CReRE 20 07 withdrawn. HE opening day of the Seawanhaka Y. ©. proyed to be anything given ai the club house. The annual matches of the club will be held | Niobe, T. L. Dunne, H........--.-.2-+ -+0e0s-200 20-05 1 Be iL fz) “a i: , ” re ] i >¥ic cee me book eee ~ A) but is “cutter day,” as the term is usually applied, at least so far postu: Sprays ere EH pu. pete pias: pi 10 1 28 54 TRE oa an ee ea Te ene Hag ate), ANOTHER (BLOW IAT RE SON ee. Thisbie, 8, B. Freeman, 8B... eee a104 126 38 ‘ + . . which it left them at intervals to anchor or anit back as they saw fit. A FEW weeks since we noted the action of the Knickerbocker Y. FOURTH CLASS (CENTERBOARDS). Bedouin was detained at Newburgh. where she passed the winter Q. in the adoption of the sail area and length rule, and in limit- | Nancy, J. P. Grose, Jr., Wash. Village... 17.00 0 49 46 and fitted out, so‘‘ommodore Rogers trapsterred his flag to the Ossa- | ing the crews fo one man to every 3fb. of deck length, both of which | Piora Lee, David Lincoln, 8. B...-..,- 1.00 0 4245 bair, better known as “No. 100,” from which orders were given fora | steps tend to the exclusion of the saudbageers, and now the New Jer- | whiff, F, © Bullard: Si Bas Seesaw 16.00 0 46 15 start. after which he went aboard the schooner Nokomis. sey Y C.,as will be seenfrom tke following letter, put themselves | Nana, Whitcomb & Gay, Dor..--.----.+- --» weno AT UBS 0 52 16 Starting at 11:15, the schooners Wanderer and Ray; cutters Weno- | squarely on record as opposed to shifting ballast and unlimited crews, | PJsie, D, Hardwick. Q . -.----+-++2+-s-r ree e . 16.09 0 61 05 nah, Teen and Oriva; sloops Mischief, Panny, Sagitta and Kelpie, | the reasons for which are clearly given below. #¢ _ | Grescent, T. M, Alley, W. Ly ---..-++--1---+ Rashes 0 52 OF and the little yawl Aneto, passed down between the club house and} If the clubs interested will but try the experiment of limiting their FOURTH CLASS (EEELS). tle Nokomis, dipping their colors as they passed. Tleen and Weno- | crews and prole shifting ballast, there isno reason why New : i Phoenix 21.00 1 46 49 nah, working down out the tide, caught a breeze which carried them | York should be so far bebind in small boat racing. Itis certain that Cimbria, W. H. Wed Gre PBNERS 0d eee aeons a 3 inde te on down the Bay, and finally around the Scotland light, the course this kind of yachting is at the lowest ebb here, and equally certain | lielle, Gifford Bros., a Saree tt rciert Bate Tan ordered for the entire fleet; but the others, less fortunate, drifted | that it cannot be SANE as ee at pene rE and Bue poor SE ean ee , Ly.. plas is 1 48 04 about the Lower Bay until all idea of going over the course was ae aes Oe EE gger disappears from our waters, the Seners B, Will Bhemington) + SR nae 91.07 withd’n abandoned, and Vice-Commodore Tompkins sipcalled to return. Coming home there was rather more wind, an anchor off The fourteenth Corinthian race of the club will be sailed on Satur- 14, and will be open to the second class schooners, first, second, third and fourth class sloops and cutters, of the Seawanhaka, New York, Atlantic, Larchmont, Eastern, and New Bedford yacht clubs, under the sailing regulations of the Seawavhaka Corinthian day June, The following prizes are offered, besides personal prizes to mem- bers of the wi ming cr3ws: . Schooners—Second class, under 85ft. corrected length; value of prize 8150 Cabin Sloons and Cutter: First class, 55ft. corrected length and over, $150; third class, 85ft. corrected length and under 45ft., $100; fourth class, onder 5ft., We ; t. : A ~ Bntries must bs made ir writing, and filed with the chair- Entries. Following is a list of winsers and prizes: 3 - First class: Centerboards—First prize, $25, Magic; second prize, $10, Shadow, Keels—Hirst, $25, Lillie second. $10, ir. Second class: Keels—First, $20, Kitty: second, $10, Zulu, Center- boards—First, $20, Lizzie Warner; second, $10, Greta. t > Third class—First prize, $15, Thisbie; second, $10, Spray; third, 35, Pet. P Fourth class—First, $10, Flora Lee; second, $7, Whiff, third, $5, Nancy. r Special keel class—Fir=t, $15, Vesper; second, $5, Delle, After the races the skippers of the Cone He boats and a number of io ritee. guests were entertained by Com. Hussey on board the or WF ; The Regatta Committee in charge of the races were John Bertram, CO. McKenna, J. H Chandler, H J McKre, F. G. Coole ) V. King and §, A Crowell, The judges were E.G. Kobinson, W- Tutchinson, G. Conant, T. Christian and William Morris. The influence of the sandbag boat on our yacht models has retarded yachting aboutia dozen years in this country, and though it is now at an end and virtually dead as far as large yachts are concerne |, its evil effects will be felt for some time. We have the men and the money to promote small safe yachts, and for every trap that disap- pears from the races we may expect in a few years half a dozen frim ‘little ships, safe, speedy and roomy, with a crew of sailors to man them, The New Jersey Y. C. deserve all praise for the step they have taken. Who will be first to follow them? New Yore. May 6, 1884, Messrs. Frank McCown and C. W. Boughton, Committee: GENTLEMEN—Your communication relating to a union regatta dur- ing the commg summer was submitted ata meeting of our club on Thursday evening, 24th ultimo. After considerable discussiin rela- tive to the matey o committee was appointed to ascertam the facts > as far as possible, and to state the condition upon which our club would eo-vperate. the fleet came to the club house at 5:30. second class, 45ft. corvected length and under HSft., $1255 = ———V ll oe! — FOREST AND STREAM. THE MERLIN. \ \ / % give this week the sail plan of the Merlin, 5 tons, the drawings of which appeared 1n the previous issue. ‘The mainsail, though shown with a loose foot, is laced to the boom. The sail area is about 760ft., and not as given last week: Mast from fore side of stem.....................2. 10ft. Mast deck to hounds - 520.5. 60. 0c00ee eect i loses 2Q3ft. Mast diameter at deck......... 0.0.02. ce ce ecee sees 6in. Topmast, fid to sheave ...............cceec eee eeeee at 6in. sq. ft. Mainsail Foot, 25ft. 3in.; luff, 19ft.; head 16ft. 6in.: leach, 33ft. din,: tack to peak, 33ft. 6in.; clew to throat, 30ft. . Jib—Foot, 15ft. 10m.: luff. 30ft. 8in.; leach, 22ft. 3in. Staysail—Foot. 10ft, 4in.; luff, 21ft. 6in,; leach, 19ft. 8in. Topsail yard, 238ft. LARCHMONT Y. C. if} eet first pennant matches of the season will take place on Satur- day, June 7, over the club course. Commodore Munroe offers a ppecial prize of the value of fifiy dollars tu the first, yacht in each class in which are four starters. 'IThese prizes, which will be of silver, are to be held by the winners, and are not subject to challenge. Notices of entries must be given to the Regatta Committee at the club house by Saturday morning, and all yachts must procure num- bers, which must be carried on the sail. The race will start at 10:45 A. M. The races will be sailed under the follewing rules: The Re- Salita, BRE are Messrs. Chas. H. Jenkins, T. B. Brown and Capt. . B. Miley. pechiran trees shall be held in June and September of each year on a day to be fixed by the regatta committee. sie : ase | ‘pes yacht enrolled in the club shall be ¢ »nsidered as entered for ese races, Vireeyhkc F There shall bea challenge pennant awarded to the winning yacht. in each class. To beheld by such yacht for the rest of the season unless challenged therefore,as hereinafter provided. If, in any class only one yacht comes to the starting line, she shai] be entitled to the pennant of hi r elass. Any yacht winning the pennant in her class, shall be entitled to hold the same for thirty days from the date of the race in which the same was awarded to her; after which time she may be challenged by any yacht of her class as follows: The owner of any yacht desiring to challenge the yacht holding the pennant in the same class shall give a written notice to the owner of such yacht, and shall serve upon the commodore and corresponding secretary a copy of such notice. The commodore shall thereupon appoint a time for the race, not earlier than one week nor later than two weeks thereafter, and shall inform the corresponding secretary, wno shall tuereupon notify all the members of the club. Any yacht of the same clas may compete for the pennant by filing witb the :egatta committee an entry in writing, in the manner pro- vided in the sailing rules and regulations of the club. If at any time, from any cause, the pennant of any class shall be in the possession of the club, any yacht of such class may challenge for it by serving a written challenge on the commodore and corre- sponding secretary. The corresponding secretary shall thereupon notifiy all the respective owners of the yachts of that class that such challenge has been filed. In case no yacht of that class shall within ten days thereafter file an entry with the commodore or correspond- ing BOC CF eEY AOE such pennant race, the commodore shall award the pennant to the challenging vacht, and give notice of such award at next meeting of the club. If one or more yachts enter, the commo- dore shall appoint a time for the race and the corresponding secretary shall notify all the members of the eluh, The challenge pennants shall remain the property of the club, and shall not belong to the owners of the yachts winning the same, and. in case any yacht holding a pennant shall cease to be enrolled in the club, the pennant shall be returned to the club. Start: First Gun—For all yachts to approach the starting line. Second Gun—Five minutes af.er the first, for all classes to start, both open and cabin yachts, Flag signal on Pagoda will be lowered. Third Gun—Five minutes will be allowed to cross the line after the signal for the start, when a third gun will be fired. Flag signal on Pagoda rai-ed. Any yacht that does not cross the starting line within the time allowed 1s timed from the firmg of the third gun. It is par- ticularly requested that prompt notice of intention to race be given to the Regatta. Committee, Club House, Larchmont. * + Ni A) mas ig gt ee a — ae ee : 7 r £ BS hs Ba aN “WACATION CRUISING.”’—Just at this time, a most important ques- tion to many is ‘‘Where shall I spend my vacation?” The problem being with some how to condense the u ost amusement into a limited time at some fashionable resort; but witha la:ge and constantly in- creasing number it takes the form of how to spend the allotted time so as to obtain the greatest amount of mental rest, healthy exercise and recreation at a reasonable cost. Among the latter is to be counted Dr. J. F. Rothrock, writer of ‘‘Vacation Cruising in Chesa- peake and Delaware Bays,”’ a book we can recommend to all who have a liking for out-door life about the water, and especially to novices in cruising and camping, to whom Chapter V, ‘*Who Should go Cruis- ing,” as well as who should not go, is specially directed. The writer, taking Herbert Spencer for his text, preaches like him the ‘‘gospel of relaxation,” and at the same time tells the story of three months knocking about in a small yacht in a way that is attractive and inter- esting. Dr. Rothrock is an earnest advocate of safe boats, and while alight draft was absolutely nece:sary for his work, he 1s a believer in depth. low weights, and those good qualities that FoREST AND STREAM has so long insisted on, and writes strongly in favor of the yawl rig for cruising. The book will be of value as a guide to all who visit Chesapeake Bay, and also to those who, while not yachtsmen, are in- terested in the places visited. NEWARK Y. C.—This club will hold a union regatta on Monday, June 16, over the club course in Newark Bay, there being six classes, as follows: Class A, cabin sloops; Class B, jib and maiasail 24ft. and over; Class C, jib and mainsail 20ft. and under 24ft.; Class D, jib and mainsail under 20ft.; Class E, catrigged over 19ft.; Class F, catrigged 19ft. aal under. A prize of $20 will be given in each class. The en- trance fee is $8. The judges are: Messrs. Oliver Adams. Larchmont Y.C.; J. W. Thorp, Harlem Y. C.; William M. Clarke, Newark Y. C. Boats may be left at the Bay Shore House before the races or after they are over. Entries should be addressed to Charles #). Cameron, Treasurer, 717 Broad sireet, Newark, N. J. WINDWARD,—This little yawl, the first in Newport waters, arrived at New Dory on May 28. She was built for Mr. Hugh lL. Willonghby by W. P. Stephens, West Brighton, S:aten Island, and is i8tv. on water line, 6ft. beam, 4ft. dratt, 5ft. headroom in cabin; keel 1,700lbs,, ballast inside 2,016lbs., lower sails 385sq. ft. NEW JERSEY Y.C.—Asa change from the customary sail down the Bay, the New Jersey Y. C. sailed upthe Hud:on on Decoration Day, . taking dinner at Fort Lee, and returning in the evening. 876 —————— FOREST AND STREAM. (Jown 5, 1884. NEW HAVEN take part ii the opeuing sail, twenty miles. At 10/45 ten yachts started with a fresh northwest breeze: Starlight, _L. D, Ghidsey; Marguerite, Messrs. Peck and Sanford; Vixen, Messrs. Beecher and Seaman; Hndeayor, Rear Com. H, D. Billard; Acruse, Tt. D. Ranson; Ferguson, L, T. Pereu- sont Zephyr, G. E. Dudley; Rival, W, W. Converse; Wild Duck, Alex Com, C, W. Serantion; Ceres, tz. Nearly all were reefed at starting, Though not a regular race, the contest was lively. and exciting, the Ferguson coming in first at 2:48, and the Wild Duck 2min, later, The only accidents were the loss of a The club will hold a large reception at their couple of topmasts. new house on June 4. ¥; WILLIAMSBURG Y. C.—The fourteenth annual regatta of the Williamsburg Yacht Club was sailed Monday, the course being from Pottery Beach to and around the Gangway bnoy and finishing Hunt's Dock, The judges were Daniel O'Brien, Daniel Lockwood and The General Sedgwick, her attractions tripled by the presence of two bands besides her well-known calliope, accom- panied the yachts, carrying the guests of the club. Twenty-seyen yachts had entered, but of these, only seyenteen started out at noon. The wind was very light, but the strong flood tide carried them through the Gate and on into the Sound, where they still drifted on until near Whitestone a breeze from the south came to their help. The times of turning the Gangway buoy were: 5 i William Lyons. Mary Keegan.............. 85540 Lizzie V.-... ta tea Carrie Van Voorhis....... 4 01 40 Susie B...... NOU ZOD settee ee) see 4°06°85 Widal Wave. 20:00... Armenia J. Foster. ...--.... 4°23°38 “Sorceress... ..0...-------- 4d 51 54 Grace Darling..-........., 427 08 James Tregarthen......-. 4 53 12 Bulbiozery |... soo eae 87 00 Ua COD. © Petite adse ss mes Samuel G, Free..-.....:.- BADR. “Sally eamin Tyee eee the boats being: CLASS A—CABIN SLOOPS-. Start. VWinish. Blapsed. Corrected. ©. Van Voorhis.-... Ii 59 50 5 44 32 5 44 42 5 44 42 CISC 3 ee 12 00 00 6 26 36 6 26 36 6 20 06 Sally Ann T......... 12 00 00 6 40 58 6 40 58 6 33 38 Jas. Tregarthen....11 58 57 6 380 17 6 31 20 6 23 10 1 Biba7 tee) Aw Cee ii 59 15 6 22 10 G6 22 5D 6 12 55 Soreeress......-.,-,12 00 00 6 28 02 6 28 02 6 18 02 W. R. Goodenough..i2 00 00 Did not sail the course. AAG RTT 5s a cs teens 11 58 43 6 47 30 6 48 47 6 23 27 GLASS B—OPEN SLOOPS, Snoozer,......,,--- 11 55 00 5 46 17 5 51 17 5 51 17 Mary Keegan..-.... 11 55 00 5 31 30 5 86 30 5 36 30 OLASS C—OPEN SLOOPS, Tidal Wave.......... 11 46 00) 6 88 05 6 52 05 6 52 05 Minnehaha... ....., 11 45 50 6 50 00 4 04 10 7% 02 00 CLASS D—OPEN CATS. Samuel 5. Free 11 44 31 6 22 45 6 38 14 6 38 14 A.J. Foster. .. 1i 41 39 6 20 50 6 89 11 6 80 21 Narrioch....... 11 48 37 Did not turn gangway buoy. Bulldozer.......... 11 41 00 6 23 38 6 42 48 6 38 08 Grace Darling.... .. 11 41 52 8 34 10 6 52 18 6 82 33 ARRIVAL OF THE VERVE.—The Allan steamship Corean brought per deck,the famous cutter yacht over from Glasgow, on her up y all of the races for ten tonners on Verve, which last year won near the British coast, and has never lowered her racing flag in token of defeat. In future the Verve is destined to sail under the stars and stripes. she haying been bought from Mr. Clark, of Paisley, her original owner, by Mr. A. W. Sawyer, a grain speculator of Chicago. and formerly a banker of this city, The Verveis a perfect type of the racing yachts built cn the English deep draft principle. The bows are Jess fine than the run, which begins rather forward of midships. The counter is prolonged almost to a point and extends some six feet over the stern post, which has a considerable rake. The ballast, ten tons of lead. is in one piece, cast to fib the keel, to which itis bolted. Captain H. Esplin, a well known and exceptionally fortunate racing yacht skipper, with a crew, has arrived here from Chicago and will t is completed will sail the vessel to The Verve has been already entered for all of the regatias on the lakes including those at Milwaukee, Toronto, Chicago see to the rigging, and when i Lake Michigan, and Buftalo.— Montreal Star. QUAKER CITY Y¥. ©C.—At 10:50 A. M., on Monday, June 1, the time of starting of the ninth annual matches of the Quaker City Y.C., there was only a light breeze from the northeast, veering, after the start, to southwest, and finally dying out entirely at intervals during the day, making slow time and a tedious drift fora part of the way. Twenty-two yachts started, the well-known Minerva taking the lead. 2 the T. J. Pratt, fourth class sloop, turned Chester buoy, the first boat around, but it was an hour later before the larger portion of the fleet had rounded. The flagship, Commo- dore Vallette’s Ploragar, lost her topmast and head sails in rounding. After a weary dritt homeward, the T. J. Pratt arrived first at 5:40:29, The other winners were: Sunbeam, . 8. Thomas, third class; Rich- At two minutes after her sailing time being 6h, 50m, 29s. first class; Minerva, second class; M 1 3 mond, fifth class. The prizes awarded were champion flags, silver plate, and marine glasses, NEWARK Y,. C.—In common with the New York yachtsmen the sailors of the Newark Y. C. were disappointed in the weather of last Friday, as it was the same story over a. The race was over the club course in Newark Ba In the first class the wind euough to carry her around the buoy when the fiood tide helped her home first, leaving the Vixen and Bumie ©. becalmed for atime beyond the buoy. The prize was the The Rambler won in the second class, The race for third class boats was closer and more excit- ing, the winner being the Triton, while the Eddie won in the fourth After the races a brisk wind came up and hurried all of the poats on their homeward way. The union regatta of this club will be were smaller than usual. minutes. class, held on June 16, QUINOGY Y. C.—The Quincy Y.-C, held their opening sail on Deco- ration Day, eleven boats, from 16 to 2ift., taking part. for the three classes were 8, 7/4 and 6 miles, The start was made at 3 P. M, for the first class, the he David Crockett. J. R. Put- went over the course in the second class the Pet, J. W. MeFar- land, was first in 57m, 29s. corrected time; Niobe, F.L, Dunne, second the third class Flora Lee, D, H. Lincoln, was first, time 40m. 61s.; Elsie, C. F. Hardwick, second in 45m. 59s. The judges in each class, second at 3'10 and the third at 8:20. nam, 2ift. 8in., the only entry in the first class, in 1h, 25m. 55s, actual time. in 59m. 30s. In I were George Stewart, G. A. Ordway and N. B. Furnald, JERSEY CITY Y. C.—The yachts of this club sailed down the Bay on Decoration Day, most of them having parties of ladies on board, Cc. OPENING CRUISE. HE new club house of the New Haven Y. ©. was filled with guests on Priday, besides a large number of club members who were to The course was from the club house to Luddington Rock buoy, leaving it to starboard, thence to and around the buoy off Charles Island, and back, making a course of gain, of calms and stray puifs. , but the entries vey Hagle found challenge pennant, 36ft. long. beating the Leo hy a few The courses two prizes being offered An entertainment was given at the club house in the evening, Canoeving. FIXTURES. June 14 to 16.,—Merrimack River Meet. Jue 19.—Rochester GC. C., Summer Regatta, July 9 to 15.—Chieazo C. C., Annual Oruise,. July 14,—Allegheny ©, C., Cruise at Conneaut Lake. July 19.—Chieago C. ©., July 24 to 2t.—Lake George First Annual Regatta, Meet, Lorna Island. Aug. 1t012,—A, O, A. Meet, Grindstone Island. THE TALE OF A BOAT. NOVICE the advertisement of I’. owned the first of these boats made, it after it had ac years ago the boa our lamented friend Boston, and mauy a time p The same peanbien yes ualities. the Rev. W: tioual boat he could use. With this re session, and 1 haye used it during several § the roughest carries and running taken this same boat or canoe to F west coast in hunting alligato time myself and friend rolled a 1 we had despatched him, as he did, some 400 p are constructed, yielded always sufficiently boat. This adyenture oceurre sportsmen can bear witness to the taken deer from the water weighing 150 pounds, d at Homosassa, rs, and neyer had it fail ALO att. ‘ator into the canoe, believing He came to life sufficiently to squirm in such a manner as would have used up any ordinary boat, weighing, ounds, The light elmwood, cf which these boats to prevent staving the and seyeral reliable the fact. I have on seyera] occasions which is conclusive as to the staunchness of the canoe, — - Trondequoit Bay. D. Graves in your columus. 1 and came into possession of wired something of a history. As many as te was used in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia by and veteran fisherman, Mr, Alonzo Prouly, of nt the Indian canoes to shame for its boat was used in the Adirondacks by H. HU, Murray, and was pronounced by him tie only seu- cord it came into my own pos- easons in Maine. crossing the most rapid streams, I have lorida, using it there all alone the At one me, 2 rh Thad come to believe the craft indestructible, and packed her, in 4 dd 40 . 4 48 83 4 60 45 fine condition, for another trip to the sunny South. This was in Jan- uary Jast, and the means of conveyance was the Ciny of Columbus, The poor little canoe, after its lone life of adyenture, met its fate along wilh so much of far greater yalne. [I secured another in sea- son to take on train with party four days after the disaster, This little boat was used in both salt and fresh water all along the west eoastof Florida, and was the object of particular attention at Tampa Bay and the Anclote River, It was afterward used as tender to the sloop yacht Breeze, and pen- etrated from Charlotte Harbor up the Coloosahatchie River, through the Hverglades. and into the mysterious waters of lake Okeechobee. The veteran canoeist, Capt. 8. D. Kendall, formerly of Massachusetts and now of Tarpon Springs. Fla., was with this party, and many a pleasant yarn of his beguiled the camp-fire smoking hour while cruis- ing up the beautiful Caloosa. The Boston Herald. of April, noticed the trip as the first ever made to Okeechobee in a sailing yacht of any size. The articles signed “Tarpon,” and published in the Forest AND Srream, relate to this same trip. My interest in writing this is purely and only that of a sportsman, in the hope that some of the brother- hood may notice and profit by a long boating experience. Boston, Mass. E, W. SourHEr, THE SPRING MEET AT NEWBURGH. I’ the ghosts of any of the old Continentals, who over a hundred years ago garrisoned Mecham’s Wort, erected to protect the chain stretched across the Hudson, were present in the old earthworks on Thursday, Friday or Saturday nights of last weelr, they must certainly have wondered what army had possession of their old camp ground. Tents, flags, camp-fire and war songs bespoke a warlike gathering, but the former were mostly of a pattern unknown to soldiers, the little silk flags bore no marks of bullet or battle, the ‘‘uniforms” of the party around the camp-fire were noticeable chiefly for their variety and total lack of uniformity, while the songs, which brought back to many of the older men present inemories both sad and pleasant of camp-fires of twenty years since, and of the dear compations to whose memory the holiday was dedicated, told of a later and fiercer war than that in which the Revolutionary patriots were participants. The intentions of those present were, however, of a peaceful nature, the only struggle was a friendly one, for the oceasion was the first local meet of the canoeists of the Hudson River, Following the example of the Springfield and Hartford Clubs of last year, the suggestion made last November inthe PorEst AND SrreAmM was taken up by canoeists, and arrangements at once made for a meet on Decoration Day, Several places were suggested, the final decision being infavor of a point about 244 miles below New- burgh on the west bank, just above the mouth of Moodna Creek. At this place there is 9 high bluff projecting into the river, and shut off on the shore side by a deep eut of the West Shore railroad. At the foot of the bluff is a level stretch of ground about 100£t, wide, elevated some 40ft, above the river, and on the outer edge of this plateau are the remains of the old earthworks. A roadway leads down to the beach, which is shelving but rather stony for beaching canoes. The property belongs to Mr. Verplanck, who kindly gave permission to the canoeists to camp on it. All the local arrangements have been in charge of Mr. N.S. Smith, of Newburgh, an enthusiastic canoeist, to whose hard work the suc- cess of the meetis mainly due. Through his exertions four beautiful flags were provided as prizes, two of blue and two of crimson silk, with deep gold borders, each having a handsome sketch im oils in the center, one of Washington’s headquarters, the others of views on the river. Flags were also offered by the Mohican O. C. and Gen. Oliver, a paddle by Mr. Rushton, anda Child’s folding centerboard by the New York C. OC. : Dr. Neidé was one of the first to arrive, and with some canoeists from Newburgh the camp was put in order, floats anchored, and the buoys set from ranges taken on the ice last winter by Mr. Smith, and on Thursday a number of canoeists arrived and pitched their tents. Thursday night the temperature fell to an extent that made camp life anything but pleasant after a winter indoors, but after that the weather was warmer throughout the meet, By Friday morning most of the eanoeists had arrived, and the camp was full of bustle and movement. To the north, in the fort, were the Knickerbockers, of New York, who mustered ten members; just opposite were Messrs. Newman and Neidé and several others, while on the south end of the row was @ large tent bearing the striking cipher of the Kit Kat Club, an association of New York artists, some of whom, Mr, Seavey among them, are also canoeists. Following the path downward to the beach, the first tent was that of the Ron- dout C. G,, with six men present. Just below, beside a rough fire- place of stones from the beach, was the Dot and the camp equipage of her owner, and above was a tent sheltering Messrs. Whitlock, Delavan and Stephens. also of the N. Y. C. ©., while further up the beach were other members of the club, making in all ten present. The most striking picture in the entire camp was that portion of the beach below "New York": where the boats of the Mohicans, of Albany, layin an irregular row along under the green banks, each covered with a canoe tent of striped blue and white, making—with their flags flying, a large lent here and there between, sails and paddles stacked in groups—a beautiful picture of camp life. Besides the nine men from Albany there were present members of the Lake George, Amsterdam, Rochester and St. Lawrence clubs, making over fifty canoeists in all, with forty-five canoes and eighteen large tents. The races were in charge of Mess s. N.S. Smith, C. B. Vaux and R. W. Gibson, Regatta Committee, who selected as judges, Messrs. Bartlett and Van Dalfsen, with Mr. Harrison as timekeeper. A nuto- ber of ladies were present from Newburgh. and among the spectators were Josh and Hank Ward of Cornwall, the famous oarsmen. The first race was called at 2:30 P. M. Glass 11.—Paddling—Course from float to buoy, thence to buoy ere the float, ending at starting point. Distance 1 mile. Prize— Si ug. Neversink..........-+ HE Gould, 229s 2 vs ersaae Tae OR 185 Red Rover’ .........;: W.P: Stephens.......- ... N.Y, €.C. COQUBEON.. cours. aces J. L. Greenleaf. ...,...-.- eakstoe Kors OrAZy soso ssca cas R. Tompkins.... .. ... ..RondoutC. C. RRetig gs fey sees . M. Wackerhagen ....... M. C, ©. Geni: at eee Pe .W. Whitlock. ....... 222.4. N.Y. GC. CG, Aurora Pero ote Aa INGIOLG ee 2. seinen das tL. G&G... C NGL HIG. At tree decv ees . Powler. .....22-.:-5--:. et Ge Mingeen were eee M. V. Brokaw:.;.;:--.,- »-N. ¥. 0.0 Prize—Silk flag. . The course was triangular, 114 miles, the wind being very light from the west. The order around the first buoy was Thetis, 3:10; Guenn, Nettie, Aurora, and Minx, with Thetis still leading at second buoy at 3:1514, which lead she increased on the run home, arriving at 3:23, with Guenn 114 minutes later. and Aurora third at 3:25}9. The third race, Class A, sailing, had meanwhile been started at 3:09, over the samé course, bringing ont MATION. - 2) tae ae gaa Ol eS RAS ooootin se M. G, GC. Helena .........-...Grant Van Deusen......... R. CG, G: TA OME Nhe fetes Grant Edgar............... Newburgh. Day Dream......... W.G. Van Dalfsen...- .... Newburgh, Marion led throughout, winning in 2imin., with Helena second, 22: and Dido third, the time over the course being the same asin the previous race. : Following this was a paddling race, Class 4, ee ve a a mile: La-Polksyi ie aseta-- W., P. Stephens,-........-. ev GEC Taps). eee Pept i R. J. Wilkin...... Pree ne 2: KC. Cc; Aurora...... eh Sh egy (Abo pel ECE Scere © pul etetah doe L. G. G.C, Uneag..-.. heetee Tip Pierson) = oe ee ee eer .M, G, C, Marixepee enw roga af M, VY. Brokaw,.. 2... 242: N, Y, ©. GC, inx Prize—Silk flag, Anvora took the lead, setting the pace for the others with a.9)sft, maple paddle, with Tip second and La Polka close behind. All were bunched at the turn, Aurora fouling the buoy with his paddle, but still pulling ahead for first place, though barred from taking the prize, The race was very close up the course, Aurora 4 little ahead, ‘Tip and La Polka alternating as second and third, until Aurora halted a moment, La Polka tool first place and held it to the finish, beating Tip by three feeb, " ‘After the races the visitors departed and the camp settled mtocom- parative quiet, the canoéists srouped in parties of three and four around their fires on the beach, one engaged with a frying pan of fish. another picking over strawberries for supper, Some busy with repairs fo sails and gear for to-morrow’s races, others setting up their boat tents for the night. / E After supper a large camprfire was lighted in the fort around which were forty canoeists. A business meeting was first held, at which a vote of thanks was passed to Mr, Verplanek for his kindness in allowing the canoeists to Occupy the camp ground. A yote ot thanks to it | Smith and the citizens of Newburgh was also passed, — After the meeting all present joined in singing, the songs ab first suggested by the day being those of the war, running as the evening wore on, in . general attack on ‘*Roll the Man Down,” which seemed to satisfy all hands. The musical portion of the performance was Seay improved by the efforts of the “windjammer” of the N, Y. 0, 0., - ————— es ll Sailurs’ Esa fee and college sougs, arid ending with a, | whose cornet solos were much more appreciated then than when in the early morning they awokethea lazy ones. | Finally the fire burned low, the songs were followed by quiet chat and stories, one by one the tired paddlers dropped out of the circle, lizhts disappeared as the moon shone down through the trees on the white tents, in the shadows of the old earthworls, om the river be- low and the Stormking towering above, and all was quiet, save “Like asentinel’s tread The watchful night wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, Seeming to whisper ‘all is well.* 7 BATURDAY, May 31. The main interest of the ecanoeists was centered on the race between the Dot, CO. B. Vaux, N.Y. C.C., and the Snake, R. W, Gibson, M. C.C. This race was arranged last fall, Mr, Vaux challenging the Snake ab that time, but it was postponed by mutual consent until the spring meet. The prize of the winner was to be his opponent’s private siznal—a trophy of priceless worth to @ canoeist, The prospects for a race were very poor early.in the morning, as there was no wind at all, but by afternoon a strong southerly wind | came up the gorge, driving a sea before it on top of the flood tide that promised wet jackets to the daring sailors. ‘The course decided on was from the camp around Pollopel Island, directly opposite, a distance of two miles, to be made in one and a half hours ornorace, The start was made at 3:10 P. M, at which time it was almost impossible to keep the stake boat at her moorings in the strong tide and wind, while a heavy sea was running. Mr. Whitlock, bemg anxious to try his new cance Guenn, was allowed to accompany the others over the course, though not in the race, The Snake, under a mainsail of the Stoddart pattern only, with one reef in, making a lateen, started alittle ahead, but stood across at once, as her board prevented her running in on the flats, but Dot, having but a three-inch keel, stood well in toward Moodna Creek, having a single reef in each balance lug at starting, lowering the mizzen, however, after heating toward Cornwall and standmg across. Guenn ran down some distance and then altempted to work across. In the strong tideway the boats showed to theit worst possible ad- vantage, but finally worked across, though falling well to leeward of the island. All now tried short tacks down on the east shore, the Guenn finally weathering the island and rounding it, coming home fiying, but the others, finding it impossible to complete the race within the time limit, came home under sail, the owners exchanging flags, as souvenirs of the contest. The sneakboxes, for which such claims have been made, were un- fortunately absent, asno better water could haye been found for a trial of their merits. At the time of the next race the wind had subsided and thera was no sea. The race was for Class Il. canoes, Prize, Mohican flag. Dis- tance %4 wile: Heléia 72.52 Grant Van Deusen..-...-.... R,C. Cy Ta-Polka, 2: = OW 2. Shephens se). ohne NY, G. G, Both started together and turned very evenly, Ua Polka taking the lead ones but being passed by Helena at the finish, the latter win- ning by ift. _The next race was for Class B canoes, no limit of weight, Prize, a silk flag. Course, 2 miles: WENT eer asl. ee WI LIGGHae erro -i-acnh N. ¥-G. C. ATINOTA, oly wean GO. Ay Nelde™ oy. ye 2G, O.. 0% Both boats were of the same size, 1531, but of different models, and both were fitted with the Child's folding centerboard, The wind was very light and the time consequently slow, the course being com- pleted in ih, 9min. Following this race was a sailing race for Class A boats, for a Childs’s board, offered by the New York C. C., over the same course. rant Van Deusen........--. R, C. C. Siren? See eee Lt GB BUcGHeArie tony cee nee N. ¥. C.C, The Helena won in 1h. 10min. The Class 4 paddling race, for a paddle, presented by Mr. Rushton, brought out four entries, Siiake: agin 4-Ls RieWe Gibson... 0... sess M,C. C. JMUILOT Ae oc. Shed GA, Naidees ry: L. G, C.C. Mosquito .......... ..©. Delavan. 2..0.....t6 Mews CAGE TR ati aras eee ee aria Re Je Wilkin Vs ass K. C. C. The Snake wen, with Aurora second and Mosquito third. In the Class Brace, without ballast, for a flag, offered by the Mohi- can CG. @.. there were two entries, Distance, 2 miles. TREUB. oe jc. - re P.M. Wackerhagen,...-..... M.-C. Gy AnnieO........... H.. L. Thomas Won by Thetis in 1h. 4min, The final race was for Class B canoes, no ballast; prize, a fag given by Gen . Oliver; 2 miles, Grozyue ene ee ...W. Whitlock,.... itd Lacie ae N.Y, ©, G, Helena Be --Grant Van Deusen,......... Rees Siren...., DR Bouchard. 2 soso N.Y. G6. GC; Marion,... . CpWaltite. aes eters eer eal M,C.) Fior da Lice... ....B. Pernow... «0. satess esses NT, CA Won by Crazy in 39min,, with Helena second and Siren third, On Saturday night another camp-fire was held, and on Sunday nearly all broke camp, the Rondout canoeists running up to Hsopus Tsland to camp until Monday. the New York men sailing to Newburgh to take the steamer to New York, and the Mohicans accompanying them, some to take the steamer to Albany, while several willcontinue ona eruise down the Walkill and Delaware rivers, particulars of which we hope to publish later. The view on Sunday from Newburgh was very beautiful, as the river, asfar up and downasit was visible, was dotted with little CAN OER while the wind was strong enough to make their motions very rapid. Among the canoeists were a number of amateur photographers, and mauy views were taken, Mr. Joslin, a photographer from New- burgh, also secured five good pictures of the camp and races, particu- lars of which are given elsewhere. To those who were present at the first meet of the Association, and also at this meet, the improvement in boats, gear and camp equipageé. us well asin handling, was very noticeable. Many details that were new and useful must be deferred to another accasion, but mention may be made in passing of the outfit of the Mohicans, their cooking arrangements, canoe tent, deck seat, new sails, and the general com- pleteness of boat and outfit. That fhe local meet was in eyery way & success is the verdict of all present, and it wil! heheeforth tuke a place among the permanent institutions of American canoeing. MERRIMACK RIVER MEET- Editor Forest and Streams . . As a lover of canoeing you are cordially invited to attend a local meet of Eastern canoeists to be held on the Merrimack River, four miles below Lowell, Mass., June 14, 15 and 16, Please exteud the in- yitation to any of your canoeing friends. A beantifulsite has been selected, and permission obtained to camp, in a secluded spot near Deer Leap, on high, level land backed up by a wooded billy; water supplied by adjacent springs. Itis proposed to establish a genuine camp, and individuals or parties will, therefore, provide themselves with tents, blankets and three days' rations. Fleet will leave Lowell early in the afternoon of Fatt the i4th, and paddle down the river, running Hunt’s Falls, a hal -mile series of easy rapids, en route. Sunday will be passed quietly in camp and on Monday races can be arranged if desired, Break camp Tuesday mornmg and paddle six miles to Lawrence, from which point canoes may be shipped home or cruise continued to Newbury- port (thirty-six miles from Lowell), at mouth of river, Ship canoes ahead, care Geo. KE, Stanley, truckman, Lowell, who will transport them to river for 50 cents each. For fares and treights apply to your local railroad agent. The camp will be centrally located amid beautiful surroundings, and it is hoped that New Eng- land ecanoeists generally will attend. Further particulars by letter on application. ¥ 7 ‘ Canoeists attending this meet will please report at American House, Lowell, where some one will be in attendance to receive them, between 10 A. M. and 4 FP, M., on Saturday, June 14, But come eably, as fleet will leave public landing, Central Bridge, at 22. M. sharp. Don’t get left, Milk and eggs can be obtained at farmhouse near camp; other supplies must be carried, The prospect for a good~ sized party ig yery encouraging, Canoeists who can come are asked toadvise us, Our address is Lowell, Mass. . H, PULLEN. Lown, Mass., May 30. R, PY. HEMENWAY. VIEWS OF THE NEWBURGH MEET,—Mr, J. T, Joslin, of 73 Water street, Newburgh, has for sale the following views: 6 lix 17, from south of camp, showing Plum Point, with canoes, New- burgh Bay, ete,, mounted $1.25, unmounted 75 cents. Four views, 8x10, Jooking south from the camp into the Highlands—No. 1, turn of paddling race; No. 2, startin Class A. sailing race; No. 3, finish in Class A, sailing race; No. 4, finish in Class B, sailing race;{price cach, 75 cents mounted, 40 cents unmounted. OLEVELAND ©. 0.—The cold weather of the early spring has re- tarded canoeing it Cleveland, bul seyeral short trips Baye already been made, and the first capsize of the year recorded, Canoeing is firmly established in Cleveland, aud the club is srowing-_ A eruise is Becjected this suminer by steamer to Green Bay. by rail to Jenny, Wis,, down the Wisconsin River to Portage Ciry, ee cond over to the. GENE oe River,and back to Green Bay via Lake ape RTS aod ‘ox River, : —- Jonm 5, 1884] FOREST AND STREAM. 877 a a . THE MOHICAN SAIL. Editor Forest and Stream: « Tsaw with great interest the article on the Mohiean sail in your issue Cia tess 24, as [ have been working in the same direction as Gen, Oliyer. There is one detail which I would like some information upon, namely the position of the halliard block which is usually fastened at the foot of the mast, I should judge that in the Mohican sail this block must be fastened on the boom, because the sail is ar- ranged to be taken off the mast. Butifso, I don’t understand what is to prevent the boom jaw being pulled away from and off the mast when one hauls on the halliard to hoist the sail. Will Mr. Oliver please explain about this? The Mohican sail appears to be an excellent one, and I am heartily glad to see others besides me working at the problem of combining the lateen and the lug. My own effort.in that direction is calied the “fan mainsail,” and it has worked perfectly in the two trials I have givenit. Itis simpleand has much less gear than the lug. It has some advantages which the Mohican sail does not appear to possess, namely, part of the sailis forward of the mast, thus lessening the weight to leeward, and the sail cannot ‘kick up” when canoe is run- ning. I also think it will sit flatter than the Mohican sail. On the other hand the mast, though less than three feet high, is bifurcated, which may be considered an objection. T hope that [may have an opportunity of seeing the Mohican sail in actual operation next August. Rogserr Tyson. Toronto, May 24. PITTSBURGH C. Hditer Forest and Stream: at The Pittsburgh CG, C. held two sailing races on May 30, which were chiefly remarkable from the fact that no competitor in either had ever taken part in a canoe race before. The Class B race was sailed in the morning with very light breeze up the river; the Class A race in the afternoon with strong wind in same direction. The course was on Monongahela River from mouth of Nine Mile River to and around a pier of the P. McK. & Y. R. R. bridge and re- turn, about twe miles in all: CLASS B. ALL SHADOWS. ? Whiffler..W. E, Wocdwell...Lateen main and dandy..,Keel. ..43sq.ft. Mary C...W.H. Rea.......,.Lateen main and dandy..,Keel.,.37sq.ft. Reba...... G. A. Howe Lateen main and dandy...Keel...87sq.ft. CLASS A. i Marguerite.G. H. Singer....Settee main & d’dy.Goodrich b’d.64sq.ft. Flotsam....T. W. Bakewell.§. main & lat, d’dy.Goodrich b,d.44sq.ft. Blecta......J. K. Bakewell. Settee main and jib.Keel.......... 35sq.ft. Lady Jane..B. ©. Bakewell..Lateen main& d'dy.Atwood b’d...40sq.ft, Solitude....W. H. Mimick...Lateen main& d’dy.Keel........... 40sq. ft. mc B ein’ R. W. Bailey....Settee main & d’dy Atwood b’d...34sq.ft. The first race was rather tame, owing to the lack of wind, the Whiff- ler getting the best of start, and steadily increasing her lead in the Tun up, and reaching the bridge about 150 yards ahead of the other two which were close together. ‘The beat back was little more than a drift, and though Mary C. gained somewhat upon Whiffler, she could not catch that canoe and finished second. Reba paddled in. The afternoon race had quite as much wind as the inexperienced sailors cared to encounter, The sight was very pretty just after the C. start, with twelve boats flying along before the wind, and the excite- ment began with the capsize of a non centestant in a St. Paul, Marguerite started wing and wing, but her dandy jibed and flew off the mast, which threw her so far behind that her superior spread of eanvas only enabled her to catch the fleet at the turning point. The unnamed Voyageur belongs to a member who is now in Europe, and was sailed in this race by the purser of the club who, owing tothe Lansingbureh fire, has no canoe of hisown at present. To help out his small sail area, he hoisted a 15ft. dandy as a spinnaker on his ver- tical mainyard for a mast, and so managed to reach the turn with the others bunched close to his rudder. In gybing around the pier his dandy followed the example of Mar- guerite’s, and before he could reset it he nearly fouled the next pier, and had to go around it also, so that when he got fairly straightened away he was last boat in place of first. The beat down the river was a soaker; the water flew in sheets over the canoes, and as no one sat on deck the sails had to be kept shaking to stay right side up. : This would seem to be just the place for a sneakbox, but a 12ft. by 4ft, example of that style of marine architecture which accompanied the race was both outpointed and outran by the three Class A canoes which managed to finish. Hlecta, Flotsam and Solitude all tool: in sail and paddled home, as did the Class B boats in company. Lady Jane took in her dandy, after which the Voyageur passed her, but the latter and Marguerite managed to struggle home, notwith- standing two or three knock-downs, the last having a 26lb. blade to her Goodrich ecenterboard, which was the only ballast she carried, and which finally brought her oyer the line a winner with consider- able to spare. AIR TANKS IN CANOES. Editor Forest and Stream: The subject of air-tight tanks for canoes was very fully discussed in your journal last winter. The writer, among others, was a believer in their necessity for the safety of the canoeist, and yesterday had an opportunity of testing their value. While sailing close-hauled in the bay from Greenyille to the Staten Island Kills, he fell into the unfortunate embrace of a shad pole, with the aid of his topping lift. There wasafresh breeze and a strong tide with a moderate sea, and after a few frantic attempts to disen- tangle himself he found his boat filled and sails laying flat on the water, While in this position he released the sail from the shad pole which he retained a hold of, and putting his weight on the outside of the boat, righted her and lowered the sails. The water was flush with the decks inside, and the coaming was all that prevented it from flowing in as fast as bailed ont; but knowing that she could settle no further, the bailer was used with great vigor and to such purpose that by the time a companion catboat had come back to offer relief, it was declined with thanks, except so far as picking up the hatch, which had floated away, and in about fifteen minutes the two were again cruising home in company. Now it may be asked, what has this todo with tanks? The same could have been accomplished without them, Iyery much doubt it. The boat contained besides the iron centerboard, a hundred pounds of lead ballast. But the most valuable part of the air-tight tanks is their moral effect, the feeling of confidence that you have something under you that can’t sink. I shall not seek opportunities of testing them, ut when again the occasion is foreed upon me, I hope to be as well Saal satisfied with the result as on this one. and I would urge upon every canoeist who sails, to make sure that his boat wili support him in the water in case of accident, SURGE. New Yorn, May 81. THE CHART LOCKER. X.—MISISSQUOI RIVER. Hditor Forest and Stream. The Misisquoi River does not run from Lake Magog, and the near- est point ig North Troy, distance ten miles or so, and from that point to Lake Champlain (distance nearly fifty mules) it is navigable for canoes. There are some carries at the mill dams, of which there are about ten, they are short carries of only a few rods at most, ‘There is some first-class fishing in some parts of the river, most notably near the mouth, But at Hast Berkshire there were some fine black bass caught last year. Below Troy, where the riverruns into Canada, some very nice pickerel have been caught this spring, Think that it will make a very pleasant voyage for a canceist, SNIP SNAP, ROYAL C, C.—The first sailing race of the season, reports the Lon- don Field, came off on Saturday, the 10th inst.. at Hendon, when the followin# canoes entered: Violet, W. Watney; Gladys, T. F. Knowles; Merlin, B. G. Wilkinson; Imogen, H. Chureh; Anonyma, R, H. Har- rison. The last named did not put in an appearance. They were started nt 3:30, when there was a nice breeze from the §. W., and all the little boats had a reef knocked down, Violet was first off, with Gladys on her weather quarter, Imogen and Merlin being somewhat behind-hand at gun-fire. At the buoy in the bight Violet had estab- lished a good lead, and they all settled down into their places, which were maintained to the finish, The wind in the second round fell lighter, and whole sails were now carried. Violet, however, seemed to do as well in the light wind as in the strong, and increased her lead. Merlin would probably have shown up better had her skipper given her more canvas at the start; and, as her gear has been hurriedly got together, this can hardly be considered a fair test, and she may be expected to show some of her old form later on, The times of the various rounds are as under: ist Round. 2d Round. 3d Round. Violet (ist prize), ....0 s6- 1... Sense ee 45 4 45 5 380 G f ZG). bb dda eds td oe a 4 10 4 52 5 87 MCR rr ee TS Stars} ap once tees aoe 4 11 4 55 5 40 (Eerie tare rece Bye ere ayy Seales a 4 14 5 4 5 58 A CANOE YAWL.—Mr. 8. W. Burgess, of the Hastern Y, 0., is having a new style of double-ended cruising canoe built at Lawley & Son’s yards. The boat is from an English design, and is 20ft. long, 4ft. Gin. beam, 27in. deep. She will be rigged with a mainsail and will carry 1,5001bs, of lead on her keel.—V. Y. Herald. 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Greatly lessens the recoil, keeps gun cleaner, gives better pattern and penetration than any other wad. One box will load twice as many shells as a box of eee Just _ the wad to use over powder and fill up shells, as it | is only half the price of other feli wads. Manufac- tured a by THE MERINO ELASTIC FELT GUN WAD CO,, 106 South Charles st., Baltimore, Md. — a See instructions at head of this column. Cricket, Mr. John Drus's (Little Rock, Ark.) Irish water spaniel bitch fee May 10, eleven (six dogs), hy cocker spaniel Lou; all solid liver, Myrile, Mr. Louis D, Sloan’s (West Philadelphia, Pa.) imported heagle bitch Myrtle, June 1, five (three aoe). by Mr, Crane's (South- over House, Eng.) champion beagle Marchboy. Little Maggie. Messrs. R. & W. Livinston’s (New York) bull-terrier bitch Little Maggie (Hink’s Dutch—Young Venom), May 29, six (five dogs), by their champion Grand Duke (Hink’s Dutch—Young Magnet): three since dead, i i - Fledd. Mr. Jess, M, Whaite’s (Chester, 5. 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Lindsay’s (Jersey City, N, J.) collie bitch Nellie (Rex—Plora), April 30, nine (six dogs), by Ayrshire Laddie (A.K.R. 145). ie $ Countess C. Mr. J, Yearsley, Jr.’s (Coatesville, Pa.) Mnglish setter bitch Countess C, (Dashing Tim—Armida), May 2, nine (four dogs), by Mr. J, M, Avent’s Rush Glacstone, SALES. e- See instructions at head of this column. PR. Leader, Beagle hound (A.K.R, 319), by Messrs. RB, & W. Livingston, New York, to Mr, A. Winsor, Providence, R. I. Nimbow. Red Irish setter dog, whelped April 9, 1884 (Nimrod, A.K.R. 68i—Cleo), by the Ashmont Kennel, Boston, Mass., to Mr. F. M. Harris, Worcester. Mass. A , Ninvrod If, Red Irish setter dog, whelped April 9, 1884 (Nimrod, A.K.R, 68i—Cleo), by the Ashmont Kennel, Boston, Mass., to Mr, A. L. Booote, North Parma, N.Y. . Castelar. Fawn mastiff dog,whelped Jan, 26, 1854 (Diavolo, A.K.R. 548—Madge, A.K.R. 548), by the Ashmont Kennel, Boston, Mass,, to the Philadelphia Kennel, Philad Bemis Pa. Benedict's Boy. Solid black field spaniel (A.K.R. 180), by Mr. Her- man F. Sthellhass, Brooklyn, N. Y., to Dr. H. C, Eno, New York City. Benedict's Boy—Lady Bub whelp. Black cocker spaniel bitch, by Mr, Herman F. Schellhass, Brooklyn, N. ¥., to Mr. Geo. W. Whitcomb, Boston; Mass. . ; Glencho—Bess whelps. Red Irish setter bitches, whelped Jan, 21, 1884, by Mr. Fred. Waterman, Hudson, N. ¥,, one each to Mr, Walter B. Peet, Mr, Jerome B. Wheeler, Mn. Lawrence M. Kostwright and Mr. W, B. Wetmore, New York; Mr. F. Carroll Hankes and Mr, Henry M. Haner, Hudson. N. ¥.: Mr, Theodore Meroe, Madalin, N. Y.; Mr. Wm. R. Caminoni, Brooldyn, N. Y., Mr, Eberhard Vollmer, Trenton, N. J., and one te Miss Stella B. Jones, Chicago, Tl, ' _ Glencho—Daisy whélps. Ked Irish setters, whelped April 2, 1884, by Mr. G, Hills, Hudson, N. ¥_, to Mr, F. I. Church, Concord, N, H,; Mr, F. C. Herrick, Albany, N.¥.; Miss J. Stott, Stotbville, N. Y.; Mr, Chas. Hpelstyn, Hudson, N. Y.; Mr. Harry W. Livingston, Livingston, N. Y¥.; Mr. iH. Spencer, Catskill, N. ¥.; Mr. J. M. Leekley, Galena, Il.; Mr, H. BH, Chubb, Cleveland, O, ; Guard. Yellow fawh, black muzzle, mastiff dog (A,K.R, 1148), by Mr. J. A. 8. Gregg, Fordham, N. Y., to the Strawberry Hill Kennel, Leicester, Mass. ; . Norah Rock, Tish terrier bitch, by Dr, J. 5. Niven to Mr. Aug, Jay, Nova Scotia. . Tim. Trish terrier dos Lame Rock); by Dr, J. 8, Niven to Mr. Henry Young, New York. — ‘ Brin Badger. Wish terrier pup, by Dr. J.8. Niven to Mr. Henry Young, New York. Brahmin—Dolly whelp. Black spaniel, by Dr. J. 8. Niven to My. Thos. Myers, East Saginaw, Mich. _ Baronne, Burgee and Victor. Rough-coated St. Bernards, two bitches and one dog, by Rey. J. 0, Macdona, West Kirby, Enz. (through the Neversink Lodge Kennel), bitch Baronne to Mr. Pope, Boston, Mass.; bitch Burgee to the Chequasset Kennel, Lancaster, Mass. ; dog Victor to Lient. Ward, Newport, 4 Laverack Chief. By Mr. H. ©. Waddell (through Neversink Lodge Kennels), dog Laverack Chief to Major Platt, Bangnor, North Wales, Creanteth—Dolly whelp. By the Neversink Lodge Kennel to Mr. Lynch, Newburgh, N. Y. . ; Fairy. Pointer bitch, whelped Jan. 1, 1884 (Sam, Jr.—Quilley), by MajomLoverps: Bethel, Me., to Mr, A. S. Hubbard, Thomaston, Conn. Cork, Red Irish setter dog. whelped March 14 (Ned Hicho. A.K.R. 984 Bridzet O'More, AK... 64), by Major Lovejoy, Bethel, Me,, to Mr, A. 8. Hubbard, Thomaston, Conn. Dash, Red trish setter dog, whelped March 14 (Ned Elcho, A.K.R, 984—Bridget O'More, AJR, 964), by Major Lovejoy, Bethel, Me., to Mr, A. P. Stuck, Otsego, Nich. : Help. Fawn and while collie dog, whelped June 22, 1688 (champion Ayrsbire Laddie—ligzie), by Mv. Jas, Lindsay, Jersey City, N. J., to Mr. H. Belknap, Sweetwater county, Wyoming Ter. ; Major, Sable and white collie dog, Gmus. (champion Rex—Jeamnie Nettles), by Mr. Jas. Lindsay, Jersey City, N. J., to Mv. G, B. Grinnell, New York City. Fido. Black, white and fan collie dog, whelped Sept. 15, 19828 (champion Rex—Beatty), by Mr. Jas, Lindsay, Jersey City, N. J., to Mrs. Barker, Williamsbridge, N. Y. Ivanhoe. Sable and white collie dog, whelped Aug. 4, 1883 (Robin Adair—Lark), by Mr. Jas. Lindsay, Jersey City, N. J., to Mr. Thomas Willing, Warwick, N. Y, } PRESENTATIONS. (ES See instructions at head of this colunimn. Black Spaniel Pups. By Dr, J.S. Niven, London, Ont., to Mr. Ed. Fisher, Toronto, and Mr, J. F. Kirk, Toronte, a Ey ACGIDENWS WiLL HAPPEN, Whether you like to think so or not; and if you do not wish to run im debt while disabled, or haye your faniily suifer if you die, insure in the Travelers, of Hartford, Conn,—ddv, FOREST AND STREAM. Rifle and Crap Shooting. ARMY RIFLE PRACTICE. THE DEFECTS AND OMISSIONS OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM, Aditor Forest and Stream: Having had something to say about the faults of the army system of target practice, perhaps you will indulge me in afew re- marks upon modes and methods that I consider better, stating at the very outset that IT can hardly present anything yery new, novel or startling, but only such ideas as my experience and reading dictate. To give ny ideas I must necessarily follow and criticise our present system to some extent, in order to point out by contrast what I claim should he the proper system. The germ of our present system lies in ‘“TLaidley*s Rifle Firing,’ and passing over all preliminary instruction as probably 4s good as any that can be given to establish the elementary principle, and therefore needing no criticism, we come to the appli- cation of those priiciales in practice upon the range. Right bere begins the fault of our system, and let me say that T never believed if to be the original idea of Laidley that such 4 system should have been developed, and, therefore, the fault is not his, ex- cept that he confines the first practice to five shots, whereas I think the first practice should be unlimited in order to be able to teach im- provement by each successive shot, while ideas of improvement and errors to be corvected are fresh in the man’s mind, By the time five shots have been fired the man may be just on the point of compre- hension and success, and could he fire five more his success would be reasonably assured, But, stopping at five shots, and just at this point, before the next firing day comes around, his impressions and recollections are dulled, and he begins again almost at the same point he did the previous day, instead of at the point and with the knowl- edgé and impressions where he left off on thaiday, Existing orders allow fifteen shots per man at not to exceed tworanges, but the usual practice is to have each man fire but five shots; this obtains because there is not snificient time to shoot off every man on each firing day up to the limits of fifteen shots, and as each man must shoot his shoot- ing becomes limited to five shots only. ith this exception, had Laidley’s system been left alone, we would have been much better off, but, as stated in a previous letter, amplifi- cation of his system, under orders from the various Department Headquarters, the vicious system of reports, ete., has caused the first principles of success to be lost sight of, and the mennow are crowded too rapidly over the range in order to get as many men with marks- men’s, first class men’s, étc,, scores, in order to haye a good showing and a high figure of merit at the end of the target year. Let us analyze and explain my meaning: Laidley, par. 461 to 467, revised edition, gives the instruction for the first firing on the range at 100yds. He says nothing about 50 per cent., or 66 per cent. in two or three best scores being any qualification such as to warrant the man being advanced and firing at 200yds. Im par. 468, he says: “Tle squad is next practiced at a target 200yds. distant, or such members of it as have attained the required skill” (the italics are mine), and right here comes in the vicious order, Laidley leaves it to the in- instructor’s judgment when the man has attained the required skill, The “cast-iron” orders leave the instructor no judgment, no disere- tion, but the man must be advanced when he has made 66 per cent, for three best scores at this 100yd. range, even though he knows such advancenient to be sheer folly and waste of time and ammunition. Now, who is the hest judge of when this man should be advanced, I, who stand and watch each shot fired, observe the errors and try to correct them, see whether the man comprehends and is applying proper principles and is bunching his shots close together somewhere on the target or is scattering them indiscriminately high, low and laterally, or the Department rifle mstructor, who, perhaps, never saw either me, My men, or my targeirange, and who judges from his office, perhaps a thousand miles away? He gets up these orders, he is dasirous of emulating with other Departments in the number of marksmen qualified, and he, therefore, with honest enough inten- tions too, under the system, causes this system to be followed. Right here let me say that I know the intentions and desires of the instructors are honest, and that these orders result from other causes as well as those mentioned, To particularize, I will say that, to their shame be it said, there are troop, battery and company commanders who are either lukewarm or indifferent to the requirements of target practice, whe perform their duty in only the routine manner neces- sary to keep themselyes free from censure, and they cause such orders to be originated; for, without a ‘‘cast-iron’”’ order to compel them to exert themselves, they neyer would advance any one, and their men not acquiring any enthusiasin from example, and becom- ing disgusted with their want of advancement, “shoot and shoot, and don’t hit,’ because they shoot in the same routine manner, sim- ply to get the duty done, and back to their quarters, where they can read, and loat and smoke. f But are such orders just? Is Captain John Smith to be bound down and held to an order he knows to be folly, and that does not instruct, simply because Captain Tom Jones is lazy and indifferent, and wants ‘punching up,” finds target practice ‘‘distasteful,’? and not in ac- cordance with his ideas of “dignity?” Isay the order is eminently unjust, What have we post commanders for except to see that Cap- tain Tom Jones does his duty and does it properly, as well as Captain John Smith? If post commanders are also lazy and indifferent, then what more important duty haye the Department commanders to do than to “punch them up,” and “ride them around with a watering bridle and pair of spurs” until the laziness and indifference is taken out of them. What have we inspectors for except tu lookinto such things and “haze everybody around” that does not show competence, effi- ciency and interest in his profession? If every one was compelled to perform his duty properly by proper means, then neither I nor any other commander would be compelled to follow such an order as those given, laying out a programme that we know is not conducive to the best results in the simplest way. Let us seé what riflemen in civil life think about the efficiency requisite to be advanced from one short range to the next, as well as what my experience and judgment would dictate. Every book I have ever read that gave methods of becoming ex- perts in rifle shooting, lays great stress on preliminary instruction, and requires as near perfection in the preliminary exercises as possi- ble before advancement 1s made, in order to properly ground the rifle- mali, give him confidence as well as familiarity with all the require- ments of successful shooting, so that intuitively he always shoots properly and accurately at the shorter distances, and, therefore, males more rapid advancement when he comes to shoot at those longer. Every rifleman knows that constant practice at short ranges is beneficial even at the longest range, not only from the hardening of muscles to the exertion, but from the confidence acquired by the skill developed. And does 66 per cent. in three best scores give such training? Is the man ready to 5° baclc to the 200yds. range and do anything successfully who only has such qualification? Would it not be better to keep the man at the 100yds. target until he can do better, correct all his errors, and average 80 per cent. before being advanced? And when heis se qualified at 100yds., would he not then Be prepared to succeed much more quickly at the 200yds. range, overcoming the increased distance, the apparent diminution of bullseyé and target, and. from his training and steadiness, in « fewer shots again make a higher average? Instead of being a *'smatterer,’* would he not soon become an expert, able to put his bullets where he pleased, instead of as Hoy. once in a while, and, as the result of hard effort, making 80 per cent, y Instead of being a high, impossible ayerage to obtain and maintain, I claim that 80 percent. at 100yds. is rather a low one with our present 8inch bullseye and 26-inch center ring. I thinkI can hear Inany riflemen say that any competent shot should be able to hit the bullseye from twice to three times out of five at this distance; but I put the average at 80 per cent because that is the best we can expect from the average man in the ranks, some of whom unfortunately are slow of comprehension, awkward in their attempt at anything, and from whom nothing else can be expected. Patience and perseverance overcome their difficulties so as to teach them to ‘bunch their shots” somewhere on the target, then to get them all into the 4 ring, but perhaps never succeed in getting them into the bullseye. Better this than any such scattering five as may make a 17 out of 25 and so make the required percentage for adyancement, to go back to the 200-yard range and scatter so badly as to miss the target, and always be @ “seatlerer,”” eventhough the magical 80 per cent. is sometimes madé by contining the scattering to the4 ring. With such careful instruction and average requirements as I have mentioned, the rifle- man should soon become a good shot, off-hand: but when he comes to the 00-yard range a new difficulty presents itself, which, 1o ba overcome, needs an entire change of methad. The 100-yard practice gave him steadiness for off-hand shooting, so that he soon acquired skill at 200yds., and if allowed to try it, would soon haye also acquired off-hand skill at 800yds. When I first went back to the 300-yard target, ithe ae I could make 80'per cent. or more three times out of five at the 200-yard range, and could, stand- ing, do almost as well al the 800yds., yet I found 1 had something new to learn, and that ico at 800yds. distance. My off-hand practice had taught me steadiness with my left elbow unsupported, and all my deviations were in a yertical direction; hence] had only this devia- tion to combat, When kneeling, however, 1 found, my left elbow being supported, that all my deyiation was horizontal; my left hand and arm would Swing to right and left in spite of alll could do, and at this distance the target was hard to hit, The bullseye appeared yery small, and the re SOL width of the ed very narrow, and bul a slisht horizantal deviation carried me off the target, My first score was five ‘‘goose eggs,” fol- lowed by 3, then 8, and so on with small scores for over eighty shots before 1 made 80 per cent, and a marksman's score, Afler T once “caught on’' I had no further very great difficulty, buf lam satisfied that | would have overcome my difficulties sooner had I been allowed to take the target at 200 yds. range as a place for my preliminary in. struction in kneeling, the same as the 100-yUs. range was my prelim- inary to the 200 off-hand; [ would then have commenced a new posi- tion and new instruction at the same range where I had acquired skill off-hand. I would haye not had 100yds. added on to the diffi- culties to be overcome in the néw kneeling position, and 1 would soon have acquired skill in shooting kneeling at this distance, so asto again have averaged high there as [ had previously at 100yds, befora shooting at 200, and when I went back to the 200-yard range I would ouly have had the distance to overcome, But the order and system prevents this; it does not recosnize the fact that although off-hand practice is beneficial and gives & man steadiness everywhere, there is nothing new—except the greater dis- tance—to be learned when the man begins to kneel, It only reeaz- nizés the increased distance and teaches that the kneeling position is riven as the steadier position to be taken because of this increase oF distance, and that before this new poswon has been learned and the new conditions of steadiness have become familiar. True enourhil is that the kneeling position is the steadier when Known; but who will say that the recruit can take it properly, and shoot properl from ib, until he has had time to become familiar with it? Would it not be better to try and learn one thing at a time, “make haste slowly,’ and adyance much more rapidly in reality than is the ease now? Then the system and orde? exacts another thing. No matter what a man’s individual peculiarities may be, or what the condition of his Strength, nerves or eyesight, of which only the instructor personally present can judge, he must follow the order. He must make a cer- tain percentage at each lower range before he is advanced to a higher, when perhaps his ability to shoot af short ranges is a mini- mum or even a minus quantity, whilahe may be able to male a fair or eyen an excellent shot at longer ranges, could he only be allowed to go back there and try it. But his commander and instructor has no discretion, cannot place him at the longer ranges because he has not ‘qualified’ at the shorter, and the man is never a good shot any- wheré because he is unable to stecceed at short ranges, and there- fore never has the chance to tty atthe long. Lhave just such men inmy troop. They cannot, from some individual peculiarity, suc- ceed at 200yds; they therefore never have the chance to iry beyond, never haye a chance to learn to shoot kneeling and lying, where the peculiarity would be overcome, and hence they stay poor shots always for want of opportunity to learn the conditions necessary to be learned at the distances and positions where they could learn. Again the orders and system are at fault in that they give uo disere- tion to the instructor in the handling of his men under yarions con- ditions of weather. To-day may be my day to shoot, but il may be a day eminently unsuited for practice at 200yds., where the man is buffetted about by the wind that is blowing. True it is that men should learn to shoot in all winds and weathers at al] ranges; bub we must ‘tereep before we can walk,” and to-day it is blowing too hard for the off-hand range, and yet when Jying down, good shoting can be done, and experience gained that will be of yahue to all, But my men haye not qualified at the short rangé, therefore they cannot be put to shoot at the long range, where they cam hedown and bé steady in the wind. Shoot at 200yds. they must, or not shoot at all, andifthey do shoot, which will be the exception and not the rule, there will he so much powder and lead thrown away uselessly, so many shots used up from the total allowance per man per year, so many the less on which to continue instruction, and no advantage gained, because they haye not yet advanced enough, from first shoot- ing in lizht winds to haye learned to acquire steadimess in the heayy breeze that is blowing. I claim that our orders and system should recognize the fact that is known to all riflemen, namely that there are three styles of shooting, almost entirely distinct from each other, and while some can succeed equally well in all others cannot, and each commander and instructor be given the necessary use of his judgment to place the man where he can succeed the hast, Short-range or off-hand, mil-range or kneeling, and long-range practice have each peculiarilies of their own, and because one suc- ceeds in one is no criterion that he will succeed in all, or because he fails in one no sure sign he will fail inall. And would not the man who can shoot at 600yds. be more dangerous ati that distance than a man who can’t, and who can’t because he n-ver learned from having failed at 200? The times when he will shoot at 200yds. agamst an active enemy may be and probably will be few and far between, while ha may be called upon frequently to exercise his skill or show his want or it, at the longer distance. Let meé quote Mr. Farrow on this nomt: “T do really think it far easier to become an expert marksman at 800, 900 and 1,000yds. than at the shorter distance. In the former the position allowed the marksman is such that, after some practice, the rifle can be held as steadily on the bullseye as though fired from an artificial rest, and it is easier to become expert in estimating the varying forces of the wind and changes of light, which are the princi- pal difficulties encountered at these distances, “It is easier to do that [ will say than when ‘a marksman is stand- ing in the open, with no rest for his rifle but his own strength of arm and nerve, to maintain a steady hold upon the builseye, bringing the pressure on the trigger with suificient ferce to Gaise the dis: charge at the right instant, and following this in successive shots to the fulfillment of a complete score. Ah, yes! I could name you many who, with the experience of one season at the long ranges, have become so proficient that scores with but few points off from the ‘possible’ have been repeated many times, yet these same gen- tlemen, after years of practice at the 200yds., had become only me- dium in proficiency.” My experience and observation exactly agree with the above, so far as I have observed, up as far as we have ever shot at the long ranges, and the same doubtless holds true up the longest, and we therefore see that probably many men would succeed in becoming fair shots at the long ranges for all they may have failed at the short, provided they only could get there to shoot, and T would be glad of the author- ity to give me the use of my judgment and discretion to use in de- veloping men as shots where they cansucceed and not haye to keep them hammering away at a range where it is perfectly evident they cannot, and the waste of lead and their own discouragement and disgust as shots. And proper classification can be given such mén also; they could enter into themr proper place in the fizure of merit of the troop, battery or company; would have their usefulness on the field of battle, aid probably from the encouragement received from their success at long ranges would finally succeed at the short. But there are other kinds of shooting necessary to the field of hat- tle, and so far our orders and system have not developed them. We have seven targets to shoot at, calling for different styles of firing at fixed objects, and two calling for firing at moving or vanishing ob- jects, and yet I have never seen but three of these nine targets, much less fired at them. Beginning as we do at 100yds. at the beginning of each targzet year, and regen the men over the ranges” to make marksnhien for ‘“‘elory and buncombe,”’ there has never yet been time to give the ab- tention to anything else but the regular range firing up to and to in- clude 1,0007ds, in somé few cases, generally only up to G00yds. Slkir- mish firing, than which there is no more important training that can be given, receives no attention whatever, except.at the annual com- petitions by a few men selected tocompete at Department, Division or Army contests, and perhaps even by these men for the first time in their lives, because why? Because all their time and energies hayé been deyoted to ane successful shots and marksmen on the rezu- lar ranges, and there being no comparative excellence established, and skirmish firing not entering into any classification, qualification or figure of merit, it is yiewed with indifference, because it does not help Captain John Smith's company to excel and take a high stand eae ber ey with that of Captain Tom Jones’s company in the tar- get reports. IT have been shooting at army target practice off and on since 1879— when first Laidley’s system was inangurated—and I have never seen targets D, B, F, G, or either the movable or vanishing targets, and have never seen skirmish firing except at target B, in competition at Department headquarters. Laidley, par. 478 to 487 inclusive, gives the instructions for file, yolley and skirmish firing, as well as at movable and vanishing tar- Fets, and an examination of these instructions shows a good system, except that only ten rounds annually ave required at skirmish firing, at distances from 400 to 200yds., showing how little importance was attached to this mode of firing by him; and but little more encour- agement has been given by the supplemental orders on the subject, G. O. 53—A, G, O., 1882, only meutionimg skirmish competitions from 600 to 200vds,, and that “skirmish competitions will be encouraged and should extend to ranges of 800, 900 and 1,000yds.” How can men compete who have never been trained at this firing’? Twas a comipetitor last fall, and I never had fired before asa, ‘‘skir- misher™ in my life. All my time had been spent on the range from 100 to 600y ds. , trying to follow the orders, and I had had neither time nor opportunity to practice as a skirmisher. I had even heen refused permission to puild along range up to 1,000yds. to éxercise the men atloog-range firing up to this distance, even although Laidley and the orders state that ‘marksmen will fire at targets wp to 1,2007ds, range,” and I was therefore debarred from any chance to practice as a skirmisher, as long-range practice for marksmen comes first i order and importance in the system and orders, Another yital fault in the system and orders is the want of recop- nition of the calyaryman and his carbine, The system andordersare | dence can he placed on weather bein all based on the infantryman with his rifle, and yet my troop of cav- alry, with their carbines, has to compete for excellence in figure of merit with all the infaniry companies in the Denariment, and receive censure if it does not come up to what is considered a fair degree of excellence, the infantryman with his rifle being the standard. Now for fiving on foot | hardly think there is any rifleman who will contend that the same average excellence can be obtained from a fun with 482inch barrel, 1644 inches between sights, and with 65 grains of powder and 405 grains of lead, as from a gun with 3244-inch barrel, 2615 inches bet\yeen sights, and with 70 grains of powder and 600 grains of lead. At short ranges the shorter piece may be held more steadily by some men; but Lhaye used both, and I know that for 21] distanees the rifle is to be preferred as the more reliable weapon. Good shooting can and has been made with carbine, but better with the rifle, and such will always bethe ease, for reasons well known to every rifleman and not necessary to mention here, The carbine isnot recognized by Laidley except by a description, Tt is not recognized in any orders except for mounted practice, and it is excluded from all Department, Division and Army contests, even though perhaps itis jhe only weapon the competitor has ever shot with. Practice on the range even, with the rifle, soon begets a want of confidence in the carbine in the cavalryman’s mind that is fatal to his suecess in the field, where he can use nothing but his carbine; and therefore cavalry commanders keep the rifle from the hands of their men, knowing that efficiency in the field depends upon their knowledge of their own arms, and in range practice try to beget con- fidence in and give knowledge of the carbine alone, Tt is useless to say that a good shot or an expert can shoot equally well with any weapon, and that therefore the weapon is only a mat- ter of branch of service. A food or an expert shot with a carbine has got to learn the rifleif he wishes to succeed well with it, and a good shot with the rifie would haye to use and learn the carbine also to succeed. Itis granted that an expert can soon learn any weapon different from his accustomed arm, hut he must learn it all the same, and become accustomed to the difference of balance, of recoil, of degree of elevation, ete., before he can hope to sueceed. Is it nob, therefore, unjust to classify and qualify and compare cavalrymen and infantrymen by the same standard? Is it not folly to expect that cayalrymen who haye never shot with a rifle can be expected to go to one of the anuual contests, take a rifle for the first time in his lite, and try to poe with men who have never shot with anything else? Last fall l saw disgusted cavalrymen for just such reasons; they had to take-a new and sirange arm,a kind they never had shot with before, and in three days* practice be supposed not only to learn the new arm, but also the individual peculiarities of the particular weapon they had neyer seen before, and be ready for the three days’ conipetition. That cavalrymen have ranked high on Department, Division and Army contests is very true, but they were exceptional shots; and not only that, they had had long practiced with the rifle before they ever entered the competition, and shot with the same rifle they had used before and Imew thoroughly. From what has been thus far written in this and previous letters it is perfectly plain that Ido not agree with our presént system in any of the points thus far mentioned, and I willnow discuss the perhaps greatest of all fanits, namely the ‘qualification’ and ‘‘classification,” Laidley, par. 622, states what such qualification and classification shallbe. He says nothing aboutits being 80 per cent, for either two or three best scores at 200, 800, and 600 yards thafi makes a man a “marksman; and my first idea on reading his book was that it was to be 80 per cent. of the “maximum possible” for all the shots fired at each of the three ranges during the year, and the same for the 66 per eent. necessary for first class men, and 50 per cent. for third class men. But orders have since defined this to be as it nowis, and as before stated, no account is taken of the worst shooting. That 80 per cent. isa high average for all the shooting at each of the three ranges 1 very well know, and so have shown; but cannot something more real than three best scores be taken as the necessary qualification? Cannot we have something that on its face tells the exact truth? Andifa proper systém from the 100yd. range up is followed, will it be so very hard to classify men on their average even though it be lower than 50 per cent,, as may be shown by experience to be necessary? We have placed the man at J00yd. range and have kept him there until he began to show some evidertice of proficiency, asa preliminary to his shooting at 200yds. Suppose now, when be goes back to 200 we give him a certain number of shots as prelimin- ary practice at this range, during which he learns the elevation ne- eessary, becomes used to the diminished size of the target and bullseye, etc., and then put him on his record, cach shot to count in his annual classification and qualification, will he not try harder with every shot and not throw away a single one for fear it will spoil his ayerage? And if he should make a ‘'3” will he not try harder for a 5," in order to balance it and Keep up his average if still kept at 80 per cent? The same way he should begin his preliminary kneeling at 200yds., keep on firing there until he has ‘become familiar with the new posi- } tion—but not for record in his 200yd, off-hand score—then be piven a certain number of trial shots at 300yds., to there learn his elevation, ete., before he begins to shoot for record. And this sume can be car- ried through all the ranges, Then why should a man go back to 10yds. October 1 and bepin again? If hehas been properly grounded here, as he should have heen before he ever fired a shot anywhere else, he needs no more practice there, and he should progress onward on October 1 from where he found himself September 30. Trucitis that some date is needed as ending the year and 10 make reports, classifications, etc., but because a man has failed to make his qualification good by mid- night Rapin Der 30, is he to go back and lose it all on October 1? Is he any the less a marksman because he failed to get in his last score on time, but would have gotten it in on October 1if he had had the chance to do it? True, he cannot be elassed as a marksman for + that year on the reports, for the reports bar him out, being made from what was the fact September 30; but could his credit not be carried oyer to the next year, and he be given the benefit of it so as not to haye to go back and begin over? So thatif he does not come in on this year he can on next, and his certificate would show the fact that be was from Oct, 1, 1882, to Ovt, 1, 1884, making his record, or whatever two or three or four years he qualified in, It is this continual going back which bars out so much necessary: practice. We “travel around in a pint pot” during the entire enlist- ment of the man and nevergive him a chance to progress. We keep on trying to perfect what should of itself have shown perfection, instead of going on to better and higher styles of shooting to obtain perfection there as well, My idea is that once 4 proper marksman always a marksman, and then pass that man on to the longer ranges, or to more difficult feats of marksmanship at movable and vanishing targets, as a skirmisher, ete., believing that there is no fear that his short-range work will ever fall off: for there will be days when the wind, lizht weather, or what not, will preclude him from long-range or difficult practice, and he can thea devote himself to short-range work to “keep his hand in.” Neither does our system recognize the fact that the personelle of our army is constantly changing, Fresh blood is coming in continu- ally. There are constantly new men toinstruct and take through pre- liminary training, and time should be given to them, leaving the ollJer and experienced shots to go on with their work which they have learned, and for which they have received instruction. More atten- tion could then be given to teaching the new men, to bring them up to the same efficiency as the old, and more rapid advancement made from not having needless work to go over. ; The recent orders raising the qualifications on which to qualify marksmen, ete., are, to my mind, nob in the proper spirit. Tncreased efficiency means the retaining of the same men who acquired pro- ficieney under the old qualifications. How many men are there left who entered it five years ago, and who last year helped swell the list of marksmen? Many, if not the most, of them are gone, and a higher qualification is set down for the reeruits who take their places and not for those who were discharged and who, perhaps, never will fire a shot again in the army. ; / As it affects officers it is all right, for they are in the army for life, and constant increase in efficiency should be demanded. If I made myself a marksman lash year on two best scores, it is to be expected that this year 1 can again become one on three, next year on four, and 80 on; but then Ido not expect my discharge until I resign, and T am not in the same category as the man who is in for five years only, 1 the qualification had been raised for all thosé men who have yet one year to serve, and who had previously qualified as marksmen, erhaps there would have been some utility in the order; but as it ts, it, only increases and extendsthe errors of the present system, with but very little benefit to the service. Ib would have been better, to my mind, to have raised the qualification by including efficiency at skirmishers’, movable and vanishing targets.and so have inaugurated the progressive system so badly needed, ‘ : Another point is that no allowance is made for the various climates in which our army is scattered, By a positive order the practice al this post was arbitrarily stopped Jast fall long before bad weather seb in and When there were yet. many weeks of fine outdoor weather to be expected, All this fine weather, which lasted for nearly six weeks after the cessation of practice under the order, was so much time Jost on thé ranges. Men who were just ready to coniplete their practice by successful shooting at longer ranges were arbitrarily debarred froin so doing, and the time has been irretrievably lost, Diseretion should be allowe.l in this very matter in order to enable those who mow the climate they are stationed in to be best taken adyantage of. Our spring at this post is very late, and no depen- | petition or reward is neg FOREST-AND STREAM, g suitable for practice much be- fore June, ‘By order” target practice begins April 1, and there was not a single proper target practice day in the month, either this year or last, on the days sét apart for target practice, and { have had but two so farthis month, Perhaps it would be just as well if Ldid not have any now until the weather has fully settled, for Laidley says ‘the firing, however, when fairly begun, will continue on sué- cessive days, and long intervals between the firings will be avoided,” and bad weather makes long intervals at times, the 30th of September should make no difference in the practice, That date or any other can be taken as the time on which to render reports, classify, etc,; but men should be kept on with their indi- vidual practice from where they may he on that date, striving on- ward for something higher and taking advantage of every fair day until winter actually stops it. Even during the winter there are many fair days when men need not bé bundled up, and they should be Tuned to take advantage of them to have to shoot under any and all circumstances under which battles may be fought. Unfor- ee we haye not yet that control oyer wind and weather so as to preclude the idea of ever being required to fight in rai, cold wind or snow, and if progression was the rule instead of retrogression, we would soon be able to acquire efficiency under even these disadyan- tageous circumstances instead of always being ‘fair weather shots.’ n the South, where the weather is open the year around, out-door’ pracy can be had at all times. They of the South should therefore 6 much more efficient than we of the North, where snow flies for at least six months in the year. The best we can dois to keep up our gallery practice an(l so keep up efficiency, so as to be ready to take hold again when spring opens, where we left off in the fall, But any out-door practice we may be able to catch should count, and any Scores made at any time during the target year from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, should he accredited to the marksman. In this Department such isnot now the case, audwe are debarred all credit for scores made between certain dates. Again, the system and orders, so far ag they affect cavalrymen, are very defective in the means and methods for exercising the men in mounted carbine and pistol practice. Laidley does not recognize any mounted practice at all, and G. 0. 57, A, G. O, 1882, is the nucleus about which all the mounted practice centers. Much bas been written much better than I can express it, upon mounted practicé, and much hag been done, particularly in the De- partment of California, in this practice; but if competition and re- wards are necessary to produce excellence, as would seem to be the casefrom the methods adopted for dismounted practice, then this mounted practice is wnrecognized, and it is only for the love of the thing and forthe sake of proficiency in ths field that any suceess whatever has been obtained, as well as its being in spite of and not hecause of the modes and methods recognized by orders. As before stated, G. O. No. 57, A. G. O. 1882, is the basis, and it starts out by “taking Laidley’s ‘Rifle Wiring’ (second edition) as a guide, so fay as applicable to the above named arms,” while, as before stated, Laidley does not recognize either of these arms—the earbine and istol. Then follows the method to be followed. The degree of proficiency required dismounted with the carbine should have first been attained (50 per cent. at 200, 800 and 500 yards) before any mounted practice is had, and therefore, it will be seen that there will be men in the troop who, perhaps, will never practice mounted, for, as stated above, the faults of the dismounted system debar a man from the chance to pesehice at the higher ranges until he has first attained skill at the ower, : I would ask, has dismounted firing anything whatever to do with monnted practice, except the first teaching of familiarity and dex- terity in the handling of the weapon, which can be taught and shoulda be taught at gallery practice and the 100 yards range? Has my ability to shoot and make even a perfect score at any range anything what- ever to do with my ability to ride a horse and “snap shoot’? with a carbine from his hack? Isay no, emphatically no. Range firing dis- monnted, as every one knows, who is a rifleman, tends to disqualify a man from rapid aiming and firing; it makes or tends to make a ‘“‘poke shot,” ene who dwells on his aim and hangs onto the bullseye until he has just the right pressure on the trigger to | 2ed the bullet to its mark; just the very qualities a mounted shot does not want for suc- cess in his mounted shooting, As I take it the very first practice for mounted firing successfully should be to teach horsemanship, with blank ammunition freely used to. aceustom the horses to the noise, and the meén to their seats on a plunging horse, being careful to repress all careless firing in the air or to the ground, as habits difficult to oyercome when onee con- firmed. No attemptshould be made to fire at the targetuntil a reason- ablé steadiness of the horses has been attained. and reasonable roficiency of the men in loading, aiming and firing their pieces from their horses’ backs, Then practice at the target should com- mence, not for record at first, but to gradually get both men and horses accustomed to the new exercise, and preferably with reduced charges. : The order and instructions teach a point with which Iam con- strained to emphatically differ. This point is as follows: “The gait will be the gallop, but at first the fire will be delivered ata halt, the trooper pulling up short to deliver it, and then immediately 1ésum- ing the gallop.”’ The italics"are mine and mark the point. Now it may be and doubtless is a fact that horses should be trained to stop quickly for any PUIRORe, but I will leave it to any horseman if this is the way to teach them a new exercise when the object is as expressed by therest of the paragraph of the order: ‘This will be continued until te men are sufficiently advanced to fire while the horse is moving at that gait’ (the gallop), — The horseman will see that the horse’s training is lost sight of. Thisis anew exercise to him as well as the men, He may haye become used to the noise by the preliminary practice with blank ammunition, but he has never yet been ridden at a target, for this preliminary blank cartridge firing has had no targets but from men in line, in columnof files, on, the skirmish line, ete., while exercising at the regular com- pany, or platoon, or skirmish drill; the horse, therefore, sees a new object, a big white target, which of itself is hard enough to ride him at until he is familiar with it, be has every inclination to stop, and by the order he is tenis to stop, 50 that he soon falls into the habit of halting from the gallop as he sees the man raise his piece to fire. The object being to fire while the horse is in motion, my méthod (and 1 claim no originality for it, for it is the method practically of the cowboy or Indian brought down to practice for the men) would be to place several targets on a line, one bebind the other, and with sufficient distance between for the man to be able to reload after firing at the first. before he reaches the firing point for the second, and so on, and then to move the men out individually or in columns of files and teach men and horses at the same time to keep up their fait and to fire at each successive targetas the firing point for each isteached. Both men and horses would soon thereby learn and both would soon acquire Steadiness and proficiency, and the horses would learn no habit of halting as they saw either the target or the man raising his piece to fire, The horse would only learn to go ahead under control, and after he had learned steadiness in this he could then be taught to halt in order to be perfectly trained for the excep- tional case ofa shot to be fired froma halt, _ The trouble is, in all the orders and instructions, that our men and horses are supposed to be tramed, and that only the necessary skill of the men is to be sought for in firing under new conditions, Unfor- tunately, however, our men are much more accustomed to the pick and shoyel, and familiar with their use, than they are to their seats in the saddle and to riding and training their horses. The horses, too, are badly trained, or not trained at all, from the infrequency with which they are ridden, and they need as much traiming as the men. With the pistol, dismounted practice is only first needed to acquire dexterity in its use and handling. Drills in_ pistol manual should be as much a part of pistol practice as “aiming and pointing drill’ are arts of dismounted carbine or rifle firing, and thereby quickness in oading, in cocking, in aiming and in firing properly can be taught. But the pistol is eminently a weapon for mounted work, and éverything should be made to tend to its legitimate use, and after skill m hand- fing has replaced awkwardness then mounted practice should be ex- clusively fcllowed, for he who can successfully snap-shoot from horseback can be reasonably expected to shoot well when on foot, as he may he called upon to do in exceptional cases. But from what 1 have said is it not sufficiently clear that our system and orders need overhauling? Is it not plain that, even so faras affects infantry, who have only one weapon, a better system can be devised, and when cavalry is considered with their four styles of practice—carbine and pistol, both mounted and dismounted—some- thing more rational is required? I have to haye four target practices a week to the infantryman’s two a week—iwo dismounted for carbine and two ditto for pistol. When the men become well enough trained at dismounted practice [ will have to have two more to give the mounted practice required, and yet keep up the dismounted practice to make marksmen first and second class men and a high “figure of qerit’’ in competition annual reports, as wellas to teach the skill now supposed by order to be required betore a man can practice mounted. That will be six target practices a week to keep my end np and stand wellin annual reports and yet acjuire the necessary roficiency for my legitimate work as a mounted man. Understand Pat not complaining as to the amountof work, for thatis what I am paid for and what f take delight in, for T would rather drill than not if Lonly could get the men to drill; but is it any wonder that some ot it is slighted and overlooked when itis understood that it is like **pull- ing eye teeth” to get the men for the work? Is it any wonder that that which is Spry eyes by a cast-iron order is what receives the most.attention? Is ib any wonder that that in which there is no com- oy) ected for that in which there is! Thelieyein emulation when properly regulated, as much asany one: but I de not beliave in “!buncombe.*! T Believe I should be arene i ee my men skill and pareereney, both mounted and dismounted: pos also believe I should be given a reasonable method with whiell o do it—and reasonable competion for which to strive, Why can- not the annual competitions and reports be so arranged as fo recogr- nie me asa Cavalryman, and my horse as a well-trained cayal Dees Why should I compete dismounted with an infantryman wi 1s weapon and he not compete with me with mine? Why should I not he placed on # basis of my own, and compete with cavalrymen as cavalrymen—both with carbine and revolver’ Has not the time come for cavalry to be encouraged and brought up to the state of efficiency required by modern mores of warfare? Am I to practice — as_a dismounted man simply, and acquire skill to compets with infantry on poot when ny legitimate place is in the saddle use the weapons with which I am provided with all the excellencaattainable? On the field of battle has cayalry lost its usefulness, or are there hot Possibilities for its being put to a new use, and with carbine and re- volver raining lead upon an enemy to perhaps Save 4 battle? Tama marksman by our system, bui I am also a eavalryman and much more proud of that. Let us cavalrymen therefore have a Sys- tem that teaches us efficiency in our legitimate field, We will not be any the worse for it when we should find ourselves “fishting on foot,’ aud we would be what we should be when ink mounted mob” we now are. alain daa e pe Fort McKiyyny, Wyo. RANGE AND GALLERY. THOMASTON, Conn., June 4.—Yasterday several members of the Empire Rifle Club went to Collinsville to shoot the first of a series of matches with the Canton Rod ahd Gun Club. The terms of the match were for teams of ten men éach, ten shots per wan, distance 200yds., Massachusetts ring target. Following are.the scores: Canton Team. GPEAEL THING hey. © hate ee eye. di 11 10 11 10 12 11 43 12 9—108 J Laubenstein....... re: 8 124142 91011 7 11 12 10—105 IB CUT AL ey. SUG r awe ee eee: 9101211 61211 9 11 12-103 J eisvssuesrin 9 910121011 811 9 10— 99 els VONe, Dee pees ci se 91010 Y 810 9 11 10 10— 96 J ANOGYEGWS.....;-2-- a ics bp 1070 8 810 9 8 911 12— 94 GaROSen sane a ania 712 8 8 71110 9 11 1i— 94 G icaests cee) 1002 640 S10 8ass= 0 J i Seeee oe eee od To 889) D8 a SAS aR GaP Lewis... et ribo oe 11 8 8 71011 811 7 4— Bb—962 Enipire Team, GR CaxtGles Ogeug ss a nee 9 91171010121 111810 §$-101 HH Thomag.......,.,- enasc aaa 841 8 8 811 912.10 11— 96 FAS MED TTR ARSC cha) Secs cee OG * 101011740 -8 6 11 11 11— 95 aR CET cea heehee le sees oe patients 812 9 8 61012 9 10 11— 95 W H Dunbar hie a ag Se nh W116 9 § 910 910 S 43 TREE VY TT HIS 7h eo) Penne Tl 7 81011 811 12 fH H- 99 GERI Bi rapeseed Pinar Pee § 5 911 7101012 8 10 10— 92 HE Bennett.........-.. aby binke tees oe BELO Leal e Bait: UR aay GalsemimansAyaeese sen eeu. 6 810 712 7 912 911-1 GER NOrihe yee ee nee been cee 69 9 610 9 9 4 9 9— S0—926 This was the first match the Empire Club ever shot, and no mem- ber evertook part in a match before. 4 At the weekly shoot, for some unaccountable reason the scores were very low. W.H. Dunbar won the badge with 95, C, F. Williams scored 92, F. Carr 91, G. P. North 88, G. A. Lemmon 86. BOSTON, Juue 7.—Had it not been for the intense heat to-day the few shooters at Walnut Hill would probably haye rolled up eréat scores. The attendance was small, as is usual after a semi-annual meeting, but the shooters had good weather conditions. Wir. Cush- ing put up two scores of 46 in the Creetimoor maich, and in the rest match Mr, Berry had a fine chance to fest hisnew 82-cal. Maynard. Te scored a fine 97, Next Saturday there will be a match batween teams of the Massachusetts Rifle Association and the Manchester Club, by telegraph. Following are the best scores to-day: Creedmoor Match, CUHSBELEY gee. e veer 546500bb44—47 W H Oler........,..d545554445—45 Re-entry... ..22,--+ 4555445455—47 § BSpooner......... 5544145554445 EL Cushing:...-.---.... boltd5o455—46 BA Lappen,........ 4544545454—44 Re-entry.-..,.--.,- fbadh54646—AG AT Look..........., 441 54555453—d4 IAD BYVIS (eso ge acces 4555455445—465 J E Darmodly, mil. ..4443544554— 42 CB Edwards........ 955445544546 FW W Fowle, mil..... 4343413535—37 Rest Mateh. (RUDE sie he ee AM ase BRR AeA 91010 1010101040 9 9—97 SP URE EGK SOE y! BOAR EE BR SASA SHAS SS ARTE 1010 91010 8 910 9 10—95 TS 9g Sty TaD ONT AE WIN OR KK Regen ek OTE EE” 910 71010 910 9 10 10-94 Salem Wilder........ = are RATERS 1010 810 9 9 910 9 9—93 POMTANCIR eo piadauunsne edhe Soll 9 9 810 910101010 &—98 OMY LATTES po iret cradle eran seh telat 9 6 910 7 1010 10 40 10—93 BVA Gap penn. 2 oo ek eo ean ...9 8 6 9 910 91010 9—91 S B Spooner........-. ... 1070 4 910 7 8 9 9 10-51 PP SyIWESERR 2 oe. csiepiare a syeds emis ys itn 10 68 9 810 810 810 9-90 TX API ogy ee en =... 8989 9 9 9 910 9-8) GARDNER. Mass., June 6.—At the regular meet of the Gardner Rifle Club at Hackmatack Range yesterday only a half dozen of the members found the target. The American decimal was used, distance S00yds., shooting off-hand, with a possible 100. ‘The following is the score: CER VAIS Wont - ps) pies eal a ee 10 9 910 61010 8 9 9-0 TANS ORE Guat eee eer Op ae ate 9 9 9 ¢ 8 910 ¥ 7-85 ASAT DH OVE Se up eeetreeb le cee ara eidd feo 109 810 77 9 9 6 9-B4 W CO Loveland............ ADO ost 9 56 910 8 81030 7 10—Bi G @ Goodale......0-..02.. 0 Gees 9-9 6 310 910 210 6—74 H G Hicks..-... Se eee nes lsc o BA 67 8 Fb 6 9 % 4 ‘6—66 JAMESTOWN, N. Y., June 6.—The following scores were made to- day at the regular medal shoot of our rifle club, Creedmoor target, 200yds., no wind and bright light. EY Perrys re: 645545444545 A F Wat'd........... Hodddddddd —dO Geo Shattuck .-.... 434454444440 AW Watner......... A4534444135— 40) HA Ahistrom.,.... 4444444d44—40 RH Buris,...... .. 55d 440 — 38 NEWARK, N. J.—The shooting festival of the Newark Shooting Society opened Monday last at the Shooting Park, and continued four days. The target of honor was open to members of all societies that had contributed prizes, each shooter obtained but one ticket and one prize. The principal prize whieh was offened on this tareet is $100 contributed by the society. On the ring target $450 will be dis- tributed in 20 prizes; also premiums as follows for the best three tickets: $2, best three tickets; $3, best three tickets. Oa the main target the total amount of prizes was #275. The best target of the day was the bullseye, on which $450 was divided—for the best three bullseyes, for the second best three bullseyes, aud for the third best, and so on. FITCHBURG, Mass., June 4.—The following gentlemen were the successful conrpetitors for the six prizes offered by QO, W. Parsons, to be shot for in his rifle gallery, for the month of May. Target, 200yds,, reduced to 20yds., 40 shots, possible 400; Prof, C, J, Becker a97, GC. C. Cutler 396, H, C. Kendall 391, W, P, Churchill 375, G. L. Jael 271, E. J, Whitney 369, BLOOMING GROVE PARK.—Match shot on Dacoration Day for prize medal: Nason cokes eee) SHAS UR tb we Liege 2 00083— 6 Hughes. ........-.,..-0 223820— 9 (Dillingham..........., 2 000 Wan Gelder...........: 2 -PB0SB—A1 VV GO oes cee perme 3 28425—16 Miele. eevee tsscetacs 0 00002—2 Hodgman........ .... 3 W2d4—16 Baw oa wasp teeta 0. 00882— 9 McCord...........-.... 4 (8201— 7 Dennis Pete finis: 8 48848317 Post.....-.-..-.--. va eeO 242382—18 BELLEVUD, 0.—Gallery shooting; range, G7ft.; 2gin. bullseye, 1gin. rings, paper targets; 10 shots in succession, possible 100, Average percentage for April and May: Bodette, 89.5, 86.7; Wollenslagel, 67,1, 8.6; Bbertshauser, $7.4, 87.3; Aigler, 64, Bb; Sherk, 78.6, 4; Yearick, 78, 82; Webster, 75.2, $2.5; Gera, 84.6, 82: Lewis, 81.6, 54; Mayne, 78.5, 80; Headings, 87, 79,8; Higgins, 82, 'Thornloe, 72.3—H, Ef, THE TRAP. Correspondents who favor us with club scores ure particularly re- quested to write on one side of the paper only, A CLAY-PIGEON PUZZLE, REQUENTLY when the cleaving of tffe smoke shows to the dis- it appointed hunter the frightened bird unhurt, only hastened in her flight, he is conscious of a degree of surprise mixed with his dis— appointment, He his fell sure that he was cool and held where he wanted to, and the result should have been an addition to his bag and the satisfaction arising from a thoughtful, saceessfal shot. Anxious tu find the fault or ocvasion of the miss, I think generally itis forced upon him that his judgment was in error, - If really he thought he was right andif really he was cool enough to do as he thought was right, it is clear thatin the judgment was the trouble. There 1s great chance here for many a failure, and [ think that a certain natural gift, an intuitive Knowledge of, ov covception of, suc- cesatul conditions is what places many ab one eysily first amoug his circle of sportsmen acquaintance, ; ‘ An error in placing the distance of your game, the direction and swiftness of flight, is sufficient to count a miss even before your fire, Experience develops imepeased capacity, and so Youns bunters, who: haye everything to learu, gradually become accomplished Nimrods ‘and can talk of their long and wonderful shots instead of having only failures and “try, ty agains” fo mourn or laugh at, But T confess that fail in inaking more and nearly perfect scores, T refer to clay-pigeon shooting, In this sport, itis an assured fact that the target will start from a given spot, and that it will start at a known and arranged instant, and that in all human (aati a there that it cannot fly beyond the range of your gun (if you have one which is what it ought to be for such sport), And yet good shots as well as poor ones will miss again and again chances which are all in fayor of the shooter, and which at other times they have no difficulty in making. Tn other words, I am surprised that there are not more phenomenal 4 shooters, whose scores are continually high and nearly perfeet, T wonder at myself that I do not do better; Tam amazed at my friends and their failures, Some of us are fairly good shots; we burn a good deal of powder, we are enthusiastic and regular in our shoots, and “eo in” for all we’re worth to force the average of our scores up near will be ample time to secure aim and to kill, and the ‘clean’ line, and we are not as yet happy. ry" Now, wliy does not this smashing of the clays become more me- chanically uniformand successful to those who shoot continually? . Ts there anybody “sure?” and if so will he please “rise in his place’ and tell us how he loads, how he holds on or ahead; in fact, just how he does tt, Ib will be instructive and interesting reading. RECEPTION OF THE EXETER TEAM. HE citizens of Exeter, N.H,, turned out to give the yictorious team a Utting teception on their arrival from Chicago, Mon- day, June2. The Hxcter News-Letter describes it as follows; SAt 8 oOelock the band, accompanied by a large number of torch bearers, marched to the armory, where the members of Company D had assembled, and the procession was formed. They marched to the depot, where the team found on their arrival 4 large crowd gath- Hach member of the team was pre- senied with a handsome bouquet, and they were placed in an open baronehe drawn by fon horses, and escorted in triumph to the square. The roid was thronged with people, and their Gongratula- tions of the team were enlivened with the firing of crackers and eqnnon. The bind played well, the soldier lads looked finely, the crowd was enthusiastic and the victorious marksmen were proud, tired and happy. Mr. Getchell can congratulate himself on the com- plete suceess of the affair, for not a single suggestion of addition or change in the programme could be thought of by themost confirmed grumbler that would not have marred the reception, When the pro- eussion reached the square in front of the Town Hall, they found a G, Weston Leavitt's store were decorated with lanterns and the windows of the house filled with admixing spectators. The sidewalks were quickly filled with the crowd, and after the earriage containing the team had stopped in front of thePown Hall, Hon, John D, Lyman made the ered to welcome them home. huge bonfire kindled, My. Heryey’s house and address of weleonie. as follows: “GENTLEMEN OF VHH EXETER SPORTSMEN’S OLUB! Welcone, thrice welcome home! The military and citizens, yea, and the Jadies come forth to bid yon weleome as victors and to rejoice with you over the binshing honors and triumphs won, while torches and illu- minalions fittingly light up these seences of our congratulations. No emotion is more natural to generous souls thin that which prompis then to weleome home the victors of heroic or artistic agluevements. We come out to-night to welcome the victors, as the Greeks and Komans and every noble people of antiquity were wont foro. If the Greeks. the most eulfured of all the ancient nations, and trom off whose altars American civilizalion is now daily pluck- jing livé eonls to add to the brillianey of its own enlightenment, ‘thonghti it not unworthy to compute their time from eras marked by their sports anil Olympian games, we may well heed their example in duly developing the wondertul physical powers with which a kind Heavenly Father hus endowed us. Greece is scarcely better yemembered for her Socrates anid Demusthenes than for the mirvel- Jous ekil!l of her citizens with bow and javelin. The chisel of Phidias is 4s immortal as the pen olf Homer, and in sacred story the sling of David us the sayings of Solomon. “Gentlemen. the art of shooting is the art of national defence. is the i‘t practiced so well by the heroes of the old French and In- dian wars, some of whose headstones are hid from view very near where we now stinil; and again so well by Gen, Folsom and Light heir comrades in the Revolution and the later heroes of 1812; and never better than by those whose graves bear fresh decorations and the veterans who are here to welcome you to- Longs. long may they live to enjoy the land they saved! Were not the barrier between those departed leroes of old and the living: imyjassable, they might be here to-night to greet those who practice 50 well the avt of shooting, by which they maintained the national liberty, As the law ot Jehovah came forth from amid the thunder and lightning ot Sinai, so liberty had her birth, and is maintained by the thunder and lightning of men who shoot. So farin this blootly world, shooting has seemed to be one of the fundamentally necessary arts, and Lhe sume steadiness of nerve wand accuracy of sight that hits the glass balls in your contests will cause the nation’s foes to tilantry Poor and t night, full at our country’s call. **Do goad to those who hurt you,’ say you, my good friend Chase. Well, no niin on earth ever tortured me worse than you have, Dr, Ge'rish. Now Lapply the good pastor’s rule and say most earnestly, may your joy over this triumph of tle skill of yourself and gentle- tlemen of the ¢lub be us intense and fur more lasting than wus my anguish when you applied your remorseless steel to my strongly- rooted! molars. Language ein wish no greater. ‘You, my friend Sturk, won the diamond badge. Well, you could do no Jess and keep up the reputation of that Stark who taught the Indians of our wills und the red coats at Bunker Hill, and both at Bennington, of his shooting qualities. You, Taylor, miy proudly bear the name of him before whose shooting qualities the hosts of Mexico fled in despair. Cooper and Jenkins are worthy of such as- sociates. At Concord bridge, a century since, a few patriots fired shats that weve heard around the world as quickly as horses and sails conld speed, but Jove flashed your victory over continents and unier oceans in the twinkling of an eye. In presence of this vast auilience, stinding close by the historic spot whsre the first govern- ment upon the American continent in independence of the mother country was instituted. facing the yenerable building where Wish- lace of heroes of the old and recent times, and in the presence of yeterans from battles as nobly foucht as any in the annals of time, we pray that your suc- cess, gentlemen, in all noble,enterprises may be as great as that of ineton was entertained, near by the resting your shooting at Chicago, “Dr, Charles I> Gerrish responded on the part of the club; “JT thunk you for the kind reception you have accorded us on our return from Chicago, and can assure you this welcome is for us the prourlest feature of our trip, We left here a week ago last Saturday, fs you all know. to represent the Exeter Sportsmen’s Club at the Lizowsky Clay-Pigeon Match at Chicago. At Worcester we met the club from that city and continued in their company until we lelt And let me pause here to pay these gentlemen a well-deserved tribute for the large part they con- tributed toward making our visit and onr journey pleasant. Their kinuly wishes for ou1 success and their cordial congratulations when success wis achieve will long be remembered by each ot a side é ar- rived silely in Chicago, and put up at the Palmer House, where many of the clubs maile their headquarters, Tuesday the wind blew a wile, so itwas deciled te postpone the shoot until the next day, Wednesday moining when I arose I raised the curtain and suw a pennant standing out straight from its staff with the force of the wind, LT turned to my room mates—l may remark there were three them ut Woreuster on our refurn. by sile with this flattering reception you haye accorded us. of ns in the room—and said, ‘Boys, it blows like the devil, chanecs are good.’ We shot and scored thirty-five. It was nota large score—it was a very poor score not one of the teams who were present would have accepted. They would rather have shot. Yet when the thirteenth team finished, thirty-five led the list, next morning when 1 arose L looked out ot the window and saw that same pennant stunding out as flat as a pancake. *Boys,’ saiu I, ‘it is blowing liard, We have a good chance.’ Weshot and scored thirty- three. It ivas nota greafscore. No team present woul haye ac- cepted it, yebib was enough. The team has taken in prizes over $1,400 in the tonroament, in¢luding the grand prize of $750 and the diamond badre awarded to the best individual score, valued at $250, I thunk you in the name of the team for your welcome home, and hope that in tuture your welcome will be just as cordial whether we come is victors or yanduished. “At the conclusion of the doctor’s speech, he asked Mr. Stark to arise ani let the people see the diamond badge won by him at the _ tournament. He nt once arose, amid the cheers of the large assem- bluge. aud the badge, which was fastened to the white satin ribbon by which Mr. Stark giined admittance to the field, was plainly seen attached to the lapel of his coat. The badge is of fine golu with a large diamond in the center, surrounded Wy a laurel wreiith finished incolors, On the top is 4 pizeon with extended wings, also finished in color. It was made for the Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Cc, On therve- verse side is the inscription : : DUNATED BY THE LicgowskyY CLAY-PiGEON Co., OF CINCINNATI, Q., TO O, M, SPARK, _EXETER SPORTSMENS’ CLUB, __ INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP, Ist Ina, O. P, TOURNAMENT, CHICAGO, May, 1884, SS _ ———— am somewhat surprised whe many of these eonditions of uncertainty are remoyed—when, Within certain limits, # uniformity of conditions is assured—that so many good marksmen “Al the close of the louvhament it was at the option of My, Stark to take the badge or $250 in cash. He took the badge, The barouche containing the team was then escorted to the store of Mr. Getchell where they alighted, and the erowd slowly dispersed. At 10:30 the Sportsmen’s Club entertained the team” and a few friends at Bene ey 8 Where a sumptuous repast was served, and aii hour was agreeably spent in hearing pleasant reminiscences of the Chicago tournament. Regret was expressed by all present that Mr, ‘Hervey could not enfertain a larger number at this time, so that the club vould haye made the invitations more general, The chib was organized several years ago to shoot at glass balls, which took the place of live pigeons owing to a feeling in the com- munity that the birds suffered during the sport, Before the organiza- tion of the club, there was an ‘annual pigeon shoot” that took place on ove or more May days, and the last one was so successful that it was decided to organize a glass ball club for practice, A ground was secured through the kindness of the late Mr, B, L. Merrill, on one of his pastures near Little River, and the same sport was indulged in with more zeal than success. Messrs. Cooper, Taylor and Gerrish were among the early members and haye continued their interest in the club ever since. The substitution of glass balls thrown from a trap for birds took every objection from the sport and the club flourished, After a year or two grounds were secured on the Kensington road, and afterward they removed to the rear of the jail where permanent quarters were ¢stablished, and the roll of membership increased very vapidly. A club room was secured on Water stieet where members could meet and transact business or talk over the incidents of the sport, This was, however soon abandoned, and the bouse on their grounds became their headquarters, About this time the club began to feel strong enough to meet other oragnizations. One of the strongest organizations in this vicinity was the Powow club, of Amesbury, Mass., and with them they tried conclusions several times, but were always overmatched. A short time ago a regular summer shoot was decided upon, and the first proved such a success that they have been kept up regularly. The home team has im- proved so steady that they have always held their own against all comers, and the interest of the annual shoot has given an impetus to the interest in the club that has carried it through the year, The club was néyer tn better condition than at present, and the skill of its crack team won the respect of all with whom it has come in contact.” MAINE.—Topsham, June 9.—The third match forthe Ligowsky medal between the Riversides and Bethels, was shot on Tuesday, June 3, ab the Fair Grounds in Topsham, resulting in favor of the Riversides, the following scores being made, uuder the conditions governing the medal, Bethels challenging: Bethels. , VOPIMW CL crn etki wiche te tt pera = 1111011010 10 11 O1 10 11—14 OU res Pele a7 dase! 2111001111 11 00 11 01 N0—11% Clarke ee calc eae 1011110110 Of 11 10 01 10—18 POWOES Ls 2kn eek ties tert eerey ened TOOL 10 10 10 01 00—i2 Ballina yee sawp cede pens ees 111111122 10 10 11 10 01—15—- 6514 Riversides. ASO GIOTIO Sate crime tek tac pgs 1111201111 11 10 11 01 00—14t6 GH Goud........ ena tenes Pee ate ee AATRITITIT 10 11 11 01 10-16% SEBO reteset ie was 0121111211 O1 10 10 11 01-14 Alexander, .7,---0...2-..--- --Adeetiddtd 11 11 11 10 11—18 ETA, cine soe ek A 0100111111 10 O1 11 10 01—13—76 BLOOMING GROVE PARK,—Decoration Day matches at clay igfeons = " Ams Gelder: soy eaeedas 111000010 Ww INGSOMS a eee ree nee ae 1111111111—10 Baldwin.......... ...001100000w Van Gelder........ 0001109000 — 2 Vyse....-- ,.. 0001000 w Bald with ...5. acdsee 1110100011— 6 INELS OTIS serene ay eeteae ete t 0110111101—7 Smith.............. 0010000110— 3 HR Opt 3 aYelstoregrapee tears hey" 0111110111—-8 lodgman. .. ......00100 Ww Fielder........ Bi ee 0000000 w Dillingham.......,. 0100100110 — 4 aa QeYal=ava{chov eee Shite 01010000 ws Wyse....... 2.2.05. 1000100110— 4 BINIGD ser ieatan eat erokSs 011101000w GUNS flab 01000 w PaO reed ee P ed Saree gy tl 0110011100—5 KORTRIGHT SPORTING CLUB.—Kortright, N. ¥Y.—May shoot. Conditions: Standard traps, léyds. rise: He uisadlesyans Ieee ay eitieee detec dee eee 000119111110011—-9 JN BURRS es t44 23 soso opsgoeaoadnG 001111001000110—7 DHSS ee nS are eC Se oan A 111100061100001—7 SWE IV SV Ise are nn ter ceehefercltacictcl ncletetsebelae ae LPOADPO OL 001.0T 00 1— 7% (GR MiP Ne RR ands ogee sacuconda aid 100001100010000- 4 WV S tench: See inN yo’ eaevtareint tates A person with a little ingenuity can always have sufficient variety of food; the various vegetables, cereals, berries, melous and fruits. Too much meat is eaten in warm weather for the general good, and no doubt the canoeist is benefited by his departure from the earniv- orous precincts of the city. re With the exception of a vial of ‘‘Jersey Blue” in the medicine locker and the ardent spirits which naturally belong to every canoeist, I would advoeate (like the “Kingfisher” and others) the use of nothing Siponeer than tea, coffee or spring water; though the lover of the sparkling beverage may contend with the ‘‘tar,” that “Tf wine's a oison so is tea, though in another shape. What matter whether one is killed by canister or grape?” 1 ' Aurora's coffee is of the right kind, simp] icab i ple, practicable and good, ay eHow receipts we see, about as intricate as the ra PER ES of ench pastry. A greenhora on the perusal of them would prefer spring water to the undertaking, The only suggestion I would make to Aurora is the use of a small piece of codfish ea for the purpose of ‘clearing. A good cup of tea is made by simply pouring boiling water on tea, two tablespoonsful to a quart of boiling water, replace on fire let yer ue set HAR to steep. This may not suit the Taianee who: aiggrint Bs ie with & thermometer, but a hungry canoeist could never ow why can we not have a cook book of ivi some ideas and receipts until we make quite a, euttities ee isp the brotherhood work hard and tax its ingenuity for a food bed and a good dinner, for what is any cruise without either, . $$ eee TORONTO C. C. SAILING RACE.—As announced on the 23 the Toronto C. C. were on that day to race fora clailienes “aap ait three prizes. The firein the Mail building, however, prevented the commodore from being present, so the race was postponed until last Saturday, when it came off. The course was from the foot of Lorne street to yacht Alarm, moored near the RC.¥.C. wharf at the Island and return, to be gone over twice. Entries as follows: Boreas Commodore Neilson; Isabel, Mr. Tyson; Sadie N., Mr. Nicholson: Whimbrel, Mr. Mason; No Name, Mr. Kerr; Racine, Vice Commodore Stinson, The Isabel, Boreas and Whimbrel carried heayy iron cen- terboards, the Sadie N. a wooden board, the No Name an Atwood folding board, and the Racine an iron keel. Wind was from the east a fresh breeze, making a rough sea for such small craft. The start was made at 3:10 P, M, the Sadie N. immediately crossing the line with a good lead, followed in turn by the No Name, Isabel, Racine, Whimbrel and Boreas. The No Name soon took the lead. and little change in position took place until the Alarm was reached,when the Boreas—which had been sailed a better course than the others— made a good turn, and taking the lead was never headed, winning by about a hundred yards from the Isabel and two hundred from the Sadie N., the Whimbrel making a good fourth; the No Name and the Racine having given up the contest. The No Name—a new craft by Glendinning—would probably have captured the cup if her rudder lines had not givenway. She showed great speed and weatherly qualities. The Atwood centerboari!, with which she is fiited, did its work well, and is no doubta great help to any small craft in going to windward. They are bein put into a great many skiffs, and now that they are manufactured in Canada by the Wildermuth Spring Red Co., of Gananoque, the cost will be much less than when E noorted, The Commodore, in addition to winning the enp, also won a board of the above description, value $5, presented by the above company. Mr, Tyson wona spirit stove presented by W. A. Sparrow & Co., and Mr. Nicholsona camp knife presented by Mr. McDowall, 174’ Kin street east. Next Saturday the club will have a race round the Islan for the sailing cup held by Mr. Tyson, and the following Saturday may see another race for the running cup.—Toronto Mail. ENICKERBOCKER C, C.—The annual regatta of the Knickerbocker C. C. will take place on Saturday next, June 14, at 3 P. M., off the club house, One Hundred and Fifty-second street, North River. The races, which are open to club members only, will be sailed under A, C. A. rules, they are: Paddling classes 2 and 4, 1 mile; sailing classes, Aand B, 8 miles; paddling and sailing, all classes, 1 mile; tandem race, open to all, 1 mile. First and second prizes will be given in all except the tandem, in which but one prize will be given, Mr. C. G. Y. King is clerk of the course, . . NEW YORK C. C.—The regular spring regatta will be held Jun 21, off the club house at New Brighton. Faced called on aval of 2P.M. boat. There will bea sailing race for classes A and B, dis- tance 3 miles; paddling races for classes 2and 3, distance 1 mile; a tandem paddling race same distance, an upset race and canoe gym - nastics. The regatta is open to all amateurs and suitable prizes will be offered. Written entries must be sent.to Regatta Committee, care of J. F. Newman, secretary, 19 John street. CANVAS BOATS.—Grand Rapids, Mich.—Will you please allow me to make a suggestion to your correspondent ‘Young Tenderfoot”’ of Philadelphia. It is simply this: If you buy a folding canvas oat, do not get one that has a seam through the center. I have tried two fifty-dollar ones. The first one gave out after using three times, the other leaked badky the second time it was used and had to be sewed all over. Should you decide to get a canvas boat, have it made from one piece of cloth.—_ ARTHUR Woop, THE A. C. A. MERT.—Dr, Neidé writes that by an arrangement with the publishers he is able to supply maps of the Thonsand Islands to members of the American Canoe Association at cost, forty cents each. The map is on a seale of one and a half inches to the mile, and includes the river from above Gananoque to Grenadier’s Islaud. It is neatly bound in pocket book form. Gopies can only be obtained at this price by A. C. A. members and from Dr. Neidé. CANOE PHOTOS.—We have received two photos of the Newburgh meet from Mr. Joslin of Newburgh, one 12% 14in., a fine view of Plum Point from the south, with canoes on the river, the other, an 8x10, showing both sides of the river toward Cornwall and the canoes turn- ing the lower stakeboatin Class A sailing race. Canoeists can ob- tain copies of these and the other three views from Mr. Joslin, No. 73 Water street. Newburgh, N. Y. MERRIMAC RIVER MEET.—A large attendance of canoeists is promised at the meet on the Merrimac River below Lowell, on June 14,15 and 16. John Boyle O’Reilly and other Boston canoeists will be present, and the canoe fever is rapidly spreading among local canoe- ists. BARK CANOES.—A correspondent inquires whether any other bark but birch is suitable for canoes. Can any of our readersinform us? : Pachting. FIXTURES. Secretaries of yacht clubs will please send early notice of pro- posed matches and meetings. June 12.\New York Y, C., Annual Matches. June 14.—Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., Annual Match. June 16.—Newark Y. C., Opening Match. June 16.—New York Y. C., Race around Long Island. June 17.—Quaker City Y. C., Review and Harbor Cruise. 19.—_New Jersey Y. C., Annual Match. June 21.—Hull ¥. C,, Pennant Match. June 23.—Newark Y. C., Open Matches. June 24.—New Haven Y. C., Spring Match. 26.—Salem Bay Y. C., First Championship Match. 27.—Eastern Y. C., Annual Matches. June 28.—Boston Y. C., Ladies’ Day. June 30.—Manhattan Y. C., Annual Cruise. June 30.—Quiney Y. C., Second Match. 4.—Larechmont Y. C., Annual Open Matches. July 4,5, 6.—Quaker City Y. C., Corinthian Cruise. July 5.—Hull Y. C., Review and Annual Cruise, five days. July 9.—Beverly Y. C., Marblehead, First Championship. July 12.—Boston Y. C.. Second Club Match. July 12—Hnll Y. C., First Club Match. suly 19.—Hull Y. ©., Ladies’ Day. July 24.—Hastern Y. C., Annual Cruise. July 26.--Beverly Y. C., Nahant, Second Championship Match. July 30.—Quiney Y. C.. Third Match. Aug, 4.—Quaker City Y. C.. Review and Harbor Cruise. Aug. 9.—Boston Y. C., Annual Matches. Aug. 11-25.—Quaker City Y. C., Annual Cruise in Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. : Aug. 16.—Salem Bay Y. C., Open Matches. Aug. 16.—Hull Y. C., Open Matches. Aug. 28.—Quiney Y. C., Fourth Match. . 80.—Hull Y. C., Second Championship Match. Sept. 8.—Hull Y. C., Third Championship Match. Sept. 4.Salem Bay Y. C., Second Championship Match. Sept. 13.—Hoston Y. C., Fall Matches. Sept. 14.—Quaker City Y. C., Review and Cup Race. Sept , 28.—Quaker City Y. C., Review and Harbor Cruise. 5.—Quaker City Y. C., Closing Review and Cruise. STEEL FOR SHIPBUILDING. eee the use of steel for shipbuilding is a novelty in this country, the subject is one of the greatest interest to American yachtsmen and shipowners. Althongh-steel yessels were built in England over twenty years ago, in 1265, six steamers, 5,342 tons m all being launched, its use was discontinued on account of bhe expense, but within the past five years itsdecreased cost, together with its many advantages over iron, have brought it into much more general use abroad, the cost now being about the same as iron, while its strength is much greater. : ( sages, The steel used i n the new government cruisers now building is made atthe works in Chester, Pa.. the plant for which was desi and erected by Mr. C. M. Rider, im 1881, and is capable of turning out coat- ings up to 40 tons weight. The arrangements are most complete in [Foxn 12, 1884, i 395 FOREST AND STREAM. all details, the ingots cast being sufficiently perfect to admit of roll- ing at once, without any cleaning or chipping, At the outset of the undertaking much doubt was expressed by ex- perts as to the quality of the metal to be made, ib being estimated that at least 25 per cent. would be rejected, the specifications requir- ing & tensile strength of 60,000 pounds per square inch, and not less than 23 per cent. elongation in 8in, Out of 38 consécutive heats made, howeyer, one only failed to meet the above specifications. An entirely new method of manufacturing steel plates has lately been brought forward by the inventor, Mr. Joseph Whitely, of Leeds, England, who is now experimenting with the process. " A hollow iron cylinder lined with fire brick 1s mounted on a hori- zontal axis on which it revolyes. A pipe perforated with holes con- ducts the molten steel to the inside of the cylinder, on which it falls, and is distributed in an even thickness by centrifugal force. When sufficiently thiel: this inner cylinder is drawn out, slit on a circular saw, flattened and rolled to the required thickness. _ if aplate is required for shipbuilding, a mold would be used, for instance, Sft, diameter and bft. long, in which a cylinder lin, thick is cast, making, when cut and flattened, a plate 5ft.xl6xtin. thick, which by successive rollings is reduced to Win. thick, growing to 80ft. lengths, the breadth being about the same. A mold has been used 9tt. lone and bft. diameter, containing a plate of 830cwt. It is claimed for these plates that there is no risk of overheating or burning, the metal is homogeneous and of much freater strength. The process is also applicable to the manufacture of boiler tnbes. LARCHMONT Y. C. LTHOUGH all the boats enrolled in the club are considered as being entered for the pennant matches of each spring and fall, but thirteen appeared at the starting line on Saturday, June 7, for the first match of the season, Besides the attractions of the races, the occasion was, in a way, 4 housewarming in honor of the club's new and enlarged quarters, and a number of visitors, besides the club members were pl'esent. In addition to the pennants. special prizes were offered by Com- ’ modore Monroe, of $5) to the winning yacht in any class having four or more starters, but this inducement failed to secure full entries, as but one class, the smaller open boats, mustered over three starters, while but one other class had more than two, as given below: SECOND-CLASS CABIN SLOOPS, Name Owner. Length. (ULUES | {Tae pee ee qe dae ALTON, ssa ae eae cases SA48bG Eelipse Se Seen A ye ns ee eereee 51.0 THIRD-CLASS CABIN SLOOPS. DTPA My see He. al Gibbs a7 Ba benGin ne, bah: tees ness 41.6 MCMMIHG ER is tay ee Le COM: MONTOG. sees stare ye ae 37.3 FOURTH-CLASS CABIN YACHTS, EHO Ser We ec POET A Wosr COLO ca Sciank na bbas chee nt 22.0 TMG Fee ea via OUVerPAM AMIS, Syaas2c se oe ue iene 21.2 Weureiaie ee eet Lo. LOLLOM sete. eet: Pp ee —- OPEN BOATS 24 TO 27 FEET. Cheemaun __.... Pee AAT VEODUS, SOME tcarwle bess 24.10 OPEN BOATS 20 TO 24 FEET. SGU Te a See oe, a C. E. Jenkins Fo oe eto ato H. Sanderson... .. . HE. Towle..:. a DEMIR Sahat pials| le ee a Ji 22.33 QGheemaun.-.........,. -.11 25 20 SATICUR eae) Rotsedeciens sie Ujs22-64 Weclipsé. Jess. 2. sca... 11 25 31 Garmoteec wees oe a. ae DT eesou AN listen ea tas Reber eae 11 25 33 WnHIsGron a jaes ces Soe RIS Oe ACH OM tees pace. nee 11 25 58 WADED AN 5.) epee age Te 2S wa” DYES ey Oe ee ke ye, 11 26 20 yma phase) ese eens en ee -o 11 24.00 Sehemer.)... 2.2 .cccs css. 11 26 20 Wanwaaeks) al ).eas «...-41 25 05 On the beat out to Execution Light, Fairy held the lead for some distance, with Cruiser, Zoe. Hclipse and Athlon in the order named, until when near the buoy, Cruiser went to windward of her, holding her place, however, but for a few minutes, as big Eclipse soon passed her, rounding first at 12:17:00, the others following with Cruiser at estas Zoe 12:18:18, Athlon 12:18:40, Fairy 12:19.02, Cheemaun 12: by this time the wind had fallen so that the other boats dropped out except the Varuna, but after a time it breezed up-again. and all _ were off for Matinicock buey, Athlon being first to set her spinnaker, followed by Eclipse, while the little féllows had to content themselves with jibs boomed out, Helipse was first around at 1:24:20, Athlon 20 seconds later, and Cheemaun, sailing alone, as there was no competi- torin her class, followed at 1:28:20, Cruiser still led the small ones ab 1:30:32, with Zoe at 1:31:00 and Fairy in the rear at 1:31:40, Here they parted company'with the big ones, making for Constable's Point buoy, and rounding as follows: Cheemaun 2:25:20, Zoe 2:29:00, Hairy 2:29:40, Cruiser 2:31:30. Meanwhile Athlon was doing her best. down the wind with Eclipse, and aiter the most exciting part of the day’s sport, sueceeded in rounding the stake boat off Captain’s Island, half a minute ahead of Eclipse, a 1:56:19, The beat to Execution was a very pretty sight, the advantage to windward apparently being with Athlon, but finally she broke tacks and stood well into Glen Cove, under the land, the Helipse passing Execution Light im, 40s, ahead. The little fellows meanwhile had made a goo fight of it, Cheemaun rounding the buoy at Execution Light at 3:18:45, Fairy 3:18:56, and Zoe 3:19:50, The run home was made with jibs to port on the open boats and spinakers on the sanie side on the two sloops. Cheemaun being first over the line, the times of the boats being: SECOND CLASS—CABIN YACHTS. Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected, FAT HTOn ae RReeBnne ewe, 11 25 58 a 57 33 431 35 4 31 35 Mclipse. sy.c.. 006. Yo. di 25 a1 347 20 4 31 49 4 29 04 FOURTH CLASS—CABIN YACHTS, DVATUNG. Fe Foe Shee 11 25 05 4 09 53 4 44 48 4 42 44 OPEN SLOOPS—24 TO 27 FEET, Cheemaun........ .... 1 xa 20 8 ab 44 4 18 24 411 24 OPEN SLOOPS—2U TO 24 FEET, airy cane ates 11 22 33. 3 52 43 4 30 20 4 28 24 Oruiser.-.. 22. hye LL «11 22 54 3 57 08 4 34 14 4 30 23 Zoe see pets gets 3 53 20 4 29 25 4 29 1016 The next races of the club will be the annual matches on July 4, while another pennant match will take place in September. EASTERN Y. C. ANNUAL MATCHES. Hastern Y. G, will sail their annual matches off Marblehead ; eck on Friday, June 27, at 11:30 A. M., or if stormy on the fol- lowing ay. All yaehts must be entered by 2 P, M, on Thursday, June 26, at the office of Edward Burgess, Secretary of the Club, No. 7 Exchange jAlace, Boston. The following prizes are offered: First class schooners. $250 and $100; second class schooners, $150 and $75; third class schooners, $502 first class sloops, cutters and yawls, $150 and $75; second class sloops, cutters and yawls, $75 and $35. The awarding of prizes will be under Rule.8 of sailing regulations. The first and second class schooners, and first class sloops, cutters and yawls wili make the first race and will sail one course. but they will start respectively as below stated. The third class schooners and second class sloops, cutters and yawls will make the second race and will sail one course, All starts will be flying. e first race will be open, under this cireular, to all yachts of any regularly organized yacht club. ; STARTING SIGNALS, /#b 1 o'clock, or thirty minutes before starting, flags, bearing the ~Humbers of the courses to be sailed, will be hoisted on the regatta committee steamer; the course for the first race above that for the second race. If only one flag is shown all will sail the samie course, At 11:25.— Warning signal fiye minutes before the start by lowering numbered flags, hoisting blue flag aud blowing a whistle. At 11:30.—Start of first class schooners by lowering blue flag and blowing a long whistle. Five minutes’ limit for this class to start. This signal will be the warning for the second class schooners. At 11:35,—Start of second class schooners and limit for first class schooners by lowering blue flag (whieh has been hoisted one minute Previously) and blowing whistle. Five minutes’ limit for this class to Start. At 11;40.—A short whistle marks the limit for second class schooners. At 11:45,—Start of first class sloops, cutters and yawls, which start signal, and no limit allowed. Their time will be taken from the whistle and the lowering of the blue flag (which has been hoisted one minute previously). cutters and yawls, which start at signal, and no limit allowed. Their time will be taken from the whistle and the lowering of blue Hag (which has been hoisted one minute previously). observed. Hvery yacht Sra 1e: H at the mainpeak. Only sails allowed by Rule 11, of sailing regulations, may be carried. Any yacht having cause for complaint must signify it in accordance wit ing line will be from Rowe’s wharf, Boston, at 9:45 A, M., and calling at Phillips’s wharf, Salem, leaving there at 11 A, M. sharp, landing at the same points in the evening. from the rendezyous at Marblehead and gomg around Cape Cod to the westward. Editor Forest and Stream: assing to the west of the same; thence to and around the Scotland Fehtship, keeping the same on the port hand; thence to and around Sandy Hook lightship, keeping it on the port hand, and thence home, going to the southward and westward of the beacon on Romer shoal. For class Ki the same course, to and around stakeboat near buoy No. 8; thence to and around Scotland lightship, keeping it ou the port hand, and thence home, For classes F and G the same course, te and around stakeboatnear buoy No. 8, keeping the same on the port hand, and thence home. Classes H, I and K had no starters. : ah. The following prizes were offered: a

eee eS wee 2 12 5734 ISTE ETS ey See May Se REE Sa ae a ee ee 2 08 6 0194 Skelton .., --.-:, Nets CRETE hp OMS take Ee 2 41g 6 30 SEE SAUL Fd 0 Jr Ae ee BRP BBD ET OO Memes test sowesc 2 84 6 3314 Turning the lower buoy the flagship Florigar’s topmast slipped away from the heel fid and turned down, The run home was void of excitement on account of the lightwind. The Pratt stood over for Linicum Island, all bands following like sheep, until the Sunbeam rounded the buoy and went for the slack water under Jersey shore, Cap. Wyble caught eels years ago in the grasses along the Spanish main and knew just what he was about, of course he had many fol- lowers. othe Pierson, one of Jim Collins’s Jast and best, haying done phe nomenal sailing in last year’s regatta, was expected to take care of the Pratt, as she did last year. But the Elwell had something to say about that, and fought the Pierson every inch, making it quite exciting. especially at the Horseshoe; but shape, like blood, will tell, and she came in a good second. The Thomas got a puif or a luff, or something élse hitherto unknown, and came in with her tail up, as will be seen by the record. Commodore Hanigan felt good when the Richmond shcwed up so far ahead of her class and fourth boat in he fleet. i The. most remarkable feature of the whole race was the splendid performance of the Sunbeam in the light airs. Had it blown hard enongh to have canted her a single degree, the judges would not haye been able to take her time at the home flag boat, The grand old Minerva No. 2 again sweeps the deck, adding another to her many victories. R. G, W. IREX,—The notice of the new steel cutter Trex is taken from Land and Water: “The new $5-ton racing cutter, built by Mr. Pay, at Northam, Southampton, for Mr. John Jameson, owner of the famous racer Samoena, is from the designs of Mr, Richardson, who also designed the Samosna, Silver Star, Marguerite, etc.. and is of the steel-composite type—steel frames, with plankings of teak and pitch ine, the hull being of immense strength. It was originally hoped that she would be ready in time for the early matches, but strikes among the workmen on the Clyde at the beginning of the year created adelay in the supply of the steel, and for several weeks the work stopped at the casting of the lead keel, a ponderous monstrosity Sate iine close on 72 tous, this being the heaviest keel of the kind ever cast, It is in three or four sections, dove-tailed together, and secured by gun-metal bolts of enormous caliber; from this the Irex has been gradually built up, very much in the fashion that. a house is raised on its foundations, and the rapidity with which she has been completed up to the period of launching has been really marvellous, hardly three months having elapsed since the receipt at the yard of the first of the steel castings, She has been turned out in amanner which does Mr, Fay and whole staff the greatest credit, under the vigilant eye of Capt, O' Neill, of Myosotis, Annasona and Samoena, fame, who has literally surveyed every inch of stuff put into the ship, entering at the same time into a hearty spirit of co-operation with the builder that has done much to facilitate the progress of the work. We haye already given the principal dimensions of the yacht, but may repeat that she is 85ft. long on the water-line, and 99ft. over all—her counter thus being of great length, with a sternpost of tremendous rake—her outside beam is 15ft, and depth 13ft. The keel is 444ft. across the top, and about as deep in the deepest part, tapering fore and ait and yer- tically, and displaces over six tons of water. [tis hoped she will be ready for sea in about a fortnight, and will proceed to the westward when in commission, sailing her maiden race at Liverpool on June 19. SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO ASTEAM YACHT.—The Stella is a steam yacht of 26ft. length, and 6)4ft. beam belonging toa club of seven members, all of whom reside in Philadelphia, and who for the past ten years have taken weekly excursions during the season on the Delaware River and the neighboring streams. At half past 10 on Saturday night, she left her dock at Kensington waterworks with her owners on board beside two snests, being in charge of Alfred C, Neil, a licensed engineer, and Jame Cargill, a licensed pilot. Running up the Delaware, they turued into Rancocas Creek about 12 P, M,, and shortly after, as claimed, blew three signals of four whistles each for the drawbridge. As they neared the bridge, a man was seen coming trom the bridge tender’s house to the draw, but when near by they found the latter was still closed. An attempt was immediately made to turn the boat, but the flood tide ran so strongly that she was car- ried broadside against the bridge, the cabin roof striking the timbers of the bridge. keeling her over so that she filled and sank, Alfred Anderson.who was asleep in the cabin, was carried down and drowned, On the afterdeck were Robert R. Coster, Jr., and John Cuthbert, an old man with a crippled hand, both of whom held to the bridge, A arty arrived to help them, just as Coster after telling them to save Tre other, released his hold and was drowned, The remaming mem- bers of the party were picked up or swam ashore. It is claimed by the owners of the yacht that the bridge tender was asleep, while he makes a counter charge that they did not give the proper signals. ‘The body of Mr, Coster was not found, and the yacht Lad not been raised at last reports, A CANDID ADMISSION.—*As the imported cutter Madge is again to make her appearance this season with a fighting crew on board,” said 4 yachting expert yesterday, “it may be well to reflect a moment on what has occurred in the American yachting world since her yic- tories in New York and Hastern waters in 1881. Up to that time few men were so bold as to say that a deep boat could sail with the world renowned skimming dishes, but the manner in which the stranger disposed of her antagonists, though the measurement for time allow- ance was very favorable to her, caused experts to conclude that, after all, Americans, perhaps, did not know everything about the principles of speed. Since that memorable yachting year a great many changes in type and ballast haye taken place among us in the designing and construction of pleasure yessels. Nowadays yery few yachtsmen will have a shallow boat. except that local causes compel the selection of the type. On the contrary the majority make it im- perative that they shall haye good draft of water,and once pro- nounced adyocates of light draft and light weight have made a complete aquatic somersault by building deep boats with heavy weights so that the fastest vessels of the present day in smooth water are those carrying a great weight of ballast. The feeling of the yachting public in this matter became so strong a number of cutters were built until now ‘the real Simon Pure’ housing bowsprit ‘and a’ that’ is frequently seen in American waters. And, really, you must allow me to say that the cutter rig is the more beautiful to the eye, while it is the best fitted to fight old Neptune yet deyised. Almost all our sloops have taken to the double-headed rig, so that long topmasts, backstays, runners, ete., are so com- mon, eritics make no remarks. except at the absence of them. All these things show that Americans have taken adyantage of an example set them, and not allowed prejudice to blind them. They haye adopted what seemed to be good for our waters, and, as experiments are yet being made, time alone will show what will be the final result. Boston yachtsmen haye taken to a type evolved from the wide sloop, und the result is a heavy draft sloop—in fact, more draft than that of a cutter of the same length and almost the beam of the sloop. The type carries as much, if not more, weight than the cutter, is as costly to build, and requires an enormous sail area to obtain speed. Length measurement, however, combined with canvas, restricts this type to very small boats, and though great internal room is obtained, the principle is carried far enough to de- yelop fatalerrors. That is to say, large boats cannot be made to carry such sails, and even if they could, the first time they were eaught outside with a big sea and no wind spars would be thrashed out of them or gear so worn or strained that owners would hesitate long before repeating the experiment. For these reasons Boston practice cannot be taken as a guide, except for very small boats. In New York the results of the trials with the Madge and other cutters have been to induce builders to timidly add more depth and slightly reduce the beam, and, while the centerboard is retained, the forestay has been put out on the bowsprit in orderto obtain a better shaped forestaysail. The measurement system adopted by the prominent sloop clubs has no doubt had much to do do with this, though the in- ability of many yachtsmen tor want of time tomake extended cruises and the shallowness of the water in numerous harbors are also causes which have their effect, Depend upon it, we are on the eve of a great change. The tendency is to restrict the beam and increase the depth. Once well started in this path, there is no telling where the stopping point will be, as it will soon be found that the ballast on the keel is worth more than the beam, The season of yachting now at hand may dispel much of the doubt surrounding the all important subject, and to this end the results of the many races arranged will Be eee OY looked forward to by all thoughtful yachtsmen.’*—WN. Y, erald, [A look at the fleet of yachts that will assemble three times this week on New York Bay will give convincing evidence of the vic- tory of FoREST AND STREAM in the long fight for honest boats. The resence of a fine feet of thoroughbred cutters, while important in itself, is no more so than the changes to be noted in the sloops of to- day compared with the same vessels of a few years ago, but besides such indisputable evidence, we quote the above as an index of the feeling among a large majority of yachtsmen, who haye burst the shell of habit, prejudice, ancient dogmas, and so-called patriotism that has so long retarded our yachting. and are willing to examine fairly and intelligently allthatis placed before them and to accept or reject on merit only. Theself-satisfaction,over confidence and unwillingness to examine or adopt anything new or unknown has virtually disappeared among the great body of American yachtsmen, while at the same time the sport has adyanced proportionately. Such truths as were proven so con- clusively by Madge, and were then only accepted unwillingly because they were beyond dispute, are now received regdily, weighed eare- fully and impartially, and adopted or condemned only after a fair hearing, The york of the last four years has made possible a fair ‘and thorough test of the quesfions in dispute, many of them have already been decided conciusively, and the contests of this week open a sea- son that promises to end the controversy finally.] SALEM, MASS.—While yachting is not as forward as usual at Salem (perhaps ewing to the backward season), there are yet signs of life. The Fortuna lays atthe wharf, Beverly, having just received her summer spars and rig. Alongside was the Latona fitting up, and the sloop Ariadne, now owned by H. B. Rogers, Beverly, will come out looking finely in a white dress with hard wood upperwork. The Haleyon is yet between the bridges, so are the Nita, Clochette and one or two others. The cutter Medusa, Rice’s Whitecap and Benson's Viva, with Upton’s Crest, are in commission. The Salem Bay Y. C., with its new commodore, Mr. Winslow, and his new schooner, the Cleopatra, will open the season lively. - MAGGIE.—This cutter will soon be ready for the season’s races, haying undergone several important alterations during the spring, Some 5,000Ibs. have been taken trom her inside and added to her keel, part in the shape of a shoe 4in, thick and 3in, wider than the old keel, thus projecting 1/4in, on either side, forming a shelf. The rest of the lead was cast in two’ plates, fitting each side of the keel and resting on the projecting shoe, all being held by peepee bands passing under the keel and through-bolted to the hull. In consequence of this change she has been fitted with longer spars and a new and larger suit of sails, ATLANTIC Y. @.—The times of that portion of the fleet that anchored in Gravesend Bay after the sail on Decoration Day were as follows: Daisy 3h. 1m., Tourist 3h. 6m., Viking 8h. 6m. 30s., Croco- dile 3h. 6m. 45s., Romeyn 3h, 7m,, Gleam 38h, 1im,, Venture 3h, 11m. 15s., Genevieve 3h. 11m. 305,, Ideran 8h. 11m, 45s., Nomad 3h. 2im., Triton 4h. 10m, 80s., Gracie 4h. 15m., Agnes 4h, 20m. Im class © the Athlon won on Mondey and not the Thistle, as at first reported, the prize being awarded to the former. SOME NEW BOOKS. Evustms.—A noyel. By Robert Apthorp Boit. Boston; Jas, R. Os- good & Co, An AvrraGn Man.—By Robert Grant. Boston; Jas. R. Osgood & Co. A study of one phase of New York social life. Bur A Pamistine.—By Virginia lM, Townsend. Boston: Lee & Shep- ard. Thisis a new novel by a writer who is a great favorite among school girls. In THE SaAppLE.—A. collection of poems on horse-back riding. Bos- ton: Houghton, Mifflin & Co, A comprehensive. well selected, ele- gantly printed little book, with all the famous rides in the poetry of adventure, love and war. Srace-Srrucs; or, She Would be an Opere, Singer,—By Blanche Roosevelt. New York; Fords, Howard & Hulbert. Written ‘to per- suade American girls, who come over to Hurope to study music, that they might be wiser to study at home.” a WHIRLWINDS, CYCLONES AND ‘TORNADOES.—By William Morris Davis. Boston: Lee & Shepard, An essay on the theory of stornis, re- printed from Science. The illustrations and the text together afford an admirable exposition of the subject. Jiyrryvpopy’s Paint Boox,—A complete snide to the art of outdoor and indoor painting, By F. B. Gardner. New York: M. T, Richard- son. The special design of the book is to give full imstructions to those who wish to do their own house painting. PROFITABLE PoutTRyY Keupina.—By Stephen Beale. Edited with additions by Mason C, Weld. New York: George Routledge & Sons. Price, $1.50, A compendium of practical information about the vari- ous breeds of poultry, with directions for their management. THERE WAS OncE A Man.—A story. By R. H. Newell (Orpheus ©, Kerr), New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert. A reprint of one of The Continent serials. Story opens in New York caerg years ago, thence scené is transferred to Borneo in the time of the famous Hug- lish Rajah Brook. Superior FisHina; or, the Striped Bass, Trout, Black Bass and Bluefish of the Northern States —Kmbracing full directions for dress- ing artificial flies with the feathers of American birds; an account of @ sporting visit to Lake Superior, ete. By Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, New York: Orange Judd Company, A new edition of a work pub- lished in 1865, Contains a great deal of solid information, for the author isa thorough sportsman both withrod and gun, Mr. Roosevelt is a strong writer, and we have often pointed out both kis beauty of style and his faults. The former are apparent on every page and the | latter occasionally crop out, He has become careless in revising what was really a wonderful stock of fishing lore twenty years aro, and on issuing anew edition contents himself with adding new chap- ‘ ters and letting the old ones stand. Puy-Fismine iy THE MAINE LAxkgs, or camp life in the wilderness.— By Charles W. Stevens, Boston: Gnpples, Upham & Co, This book was favorably noticed in our colurnns some months ago when first published, The present is a third edition, Several pages have been added, and there are numerous very crude illustrations contributed by the author’s friends. Barring these, the volume is 4 handsome specimen of the bookmaker’s art. Winup Woops Ling, or a trip to Parmachenee.—By Capt. Chas. A. J. Farrar. Boston: Lee & Shepard, This is a book about boys and for boys, The title page describes it as A realistic story of life in the woods,” It isnot very realistic. The boys go through scenes which are neyer to be found outside of book covers, yet, we presume, youthful readers will find it none the less entertaining on that ac- count, and we hope that Mr, Farrar may find a laree audivnce for his yarns, Answers to Correspondents, 2" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. A. U.L., New York—The specimen appears to be the warbling yireo (Vireosylvia gilva). Pointer.—Bay snipe shooting in Shinnecock Bay begins im July, is best in September, and lasts into Noyember. QumstTion.—Are any bullets of .32-caliber made hollow or express, or would cartridge makers make them to order? Ans. Yes. J.T. G., Keyport, N.J.—We cannot tell of any cement that is én- tirely reliable for your purpose, Marine glue would probably answer; but it cannot be procured here, : C. P. B., Othumwa, Ta.—Oanoes carry two flags, a club signal and & private signal, the latter at the péak of the mainsail, the former a peak of mizzen when two sails are carried. F. P., New Bedford.—When is the law off for black bass in Rhode Island? Ans, The law Of 1876, and we know of none later, forbids their capture between March 1 and July 15. WISHCULTURIST.—_How can I get the reports of the American Fish- cultural Association? Ans. Ouly by joining. Tr costs $3 per year for membership, aud the reports are confined to members only. H.C, P., Orisco. Ia.—The best book for you is ‘‘Hallock's Sports- men’s Gazetteer,’ which contains desériptions of all thé game bird S, animals and fishes, and tells how to capture them. We can supply it. Price, $3. : Z, B. W., Gloversville, N. ¥.—The only change made in woodcoek law of New York was printed in our issue of May 22. The season for Delaware and Oneida counties was made Sept. 1—Jan. 1; elsewhere, Aug. 1—Jan. 1. Trovur,—i, Where can I get a book on trout raising? 2. Has a man a right, lefally, to net brook trout for stocking a private pond? Ans. 1, Get ‘Domesticated Trout,” by L. Stone. We cansupply it, 2, Not in public waters, nor in private ones, without the owner’s consent, and in this case the waters must be strictly private. Novice, New Orleans,—l. Is alancewood rod # good durable rod for trout fishing, and what kind and size are the trout flies used? 2, About what would a first-class canoe cost, with paddles and sail? 3, What is the name of the best reel in use and whatis the price? Ans. 1, Lancewood is good. Fhes of all kinds and sizes are used, accord- ing to the size of the trout and the kind of waters. 2. A first-class canoe, with paddles, sails and fittings, will cost from 100 to $150, ac- cording to size and finish. 3. We do not know whether you want a large or a small reel; they range in price from $1.50 to $18. Write to any of our advertising tackle dealers, they are all rehable. PrRcyyaL.—I am going to fish a lake in Berkshire this summer which has had 70,000 landlocked salmon placed in it im three lots, first lotin 1879. ‘The lake is fed by springs; deep in some places, shallow in others; in some of the shallow bays are pads. The bot- tom is partly weedy in shallow places, and partly sandy im others. The deep spots have stony hottom,no mud, The outlet is a good sized stream and there are pads, ete., around it. The lessees of the 1. ke allow fishing from July 1 to Noy.1, The angling works tell yery litrle of value about this fish and so far as I know none have been caught since the lake was stacked. I[ intend to try and see if any have escaped the bass and pieckerel and would like to ask these ques- tions. 1, What weight should the first lot approximate? 8% Gan the fish be caught during the time mentioned? 3. In what part of the Jake would J be most likely to find them? 4, What kind and size of flies or bait. if they take if, should Tuse? Ans, 1 Four to six pornds. 2. Yes. 3. In midsummer they will be in deep water, In thefallthey may be near the outlet for spawning. 4. Use ordinary sajmon flies if the shallow waters are cool. Use minnows in deep water, fishing as for lake trout. INFORWATION WANTED. CG, H.S., Philadelphia, wants to know who invented the frst Amer- ican breechloadng shotgun, when and where; also. whether Roper reyolying shotgun is older than, Colt's reyolving shotgun. InvAlip SpPortsmMAN, Binghamton, N. Y..—Wantsto know where he can locate in the South or Southwest, where winters are yery mild and short, where chills and fever are unknown, where small game is plenty, where air, climate and water are healthy. Ina not large village where the inhabitants are good. LONG ISLAND TROUT PRESERVES. Long Island brook trout is as pretty as toothsome, while the artificial creature taken from a private preserve is n0 match for the wild specimen which, unfortunately for persons who are not million ires rapidly disappeared during the decade past, and sucha fish is now regarded as an extraordinary prize. The time was when every stream on Long Island abounded in this game fish, but various causes have led up to a point where an angler must own a preserve, or put himself under lasting obligations to a friend who does, in order to find opportunity to throw afly af all. While not a single stream has dried, business enterprises established along the banks have poisoned the waters so thoroughly that not even a sunfish could live in it. Other streams have been ut Jized by professional breeders to raise market trout and furnish young fry for stocking preserves, but the latter feature of the bust - ness, once profitable, cannot be considered so any longer, as the State Fish Commission is now supplying nearly all the young hatch that is demanded. Then, again, gentleman who have purchased and improved land extending over terri- tory miles long in any direction have had a sharp eye to the value of swift running streams as an adornment and eprich- ment to country seats, and itis such who have pratically monopolized the brooks where everybody was wont to fish on chance luck. This is especially true of the south side of Long Island, so that now there is no common fishing ground, and not one person goes trout hunting where 100 used to go. There are ponds to which persons may go and fish on the distinct understanding with the proprietor that for every pound of fish hooked lie shall receive the prevailing market price, so that after all the only difference between getting one’s supply from the pick of the market and the pond is the satisfaction of knowing and saying that he caught the fish and thus prove his ability asa fly thrower, though it is by no means difficult to catch fish when the thousands in the pond have been starved for days in make them eager to bite, Some breeders are on such good terms with the tenants of the water that a peculiar whistle brings them swarming to the bavk, and a fly thrown in from another quarter is made for with a rush, the deluded fish thinking il the regular feed- ing hour aud the fly the first installment of the customary meal, William Furman, of Maspeth, was a fish charmer. He has removed to Smithtown. The ordinary growth of s _ trout, he says, is three to four inches the first year, and the maximum growth is attained in four years, There ate ex ceptions, however. Some of the young fish grow so rapidly that they eat the smaller ones, and the careful breeder maxes a specialty of keeping them properly separated, Occasion- Fonn 12, 1884 ] os: ally a peculiar disease attacks the fish, killing thousands in a brief time, and ifisthen that the greatest ingenuity is re- ‘quired to preserve any part of the stock. Hels, perch and -pickerel are deadly enemies of the trout. Perhaps the greatest private trout preserve in this country ison Long Island. It is owned by the South Side Sports- men’s Club, and is located at Oakdale. The club is composed of wealthy New York gentlemen, and the property is valued at $250,000. ‘When the late Recorder Hackett was president of the club he was the champion fly-thrower, and it was his boast that he never ate a fish (at the club) which he did not hook, and he could stow away five pounds of trout at a meal and not feel distressed. The pond in which the full-grown dish are kept covers several hundred acres, and the breeding houses are maintained on alarge and scientific scale. George ‘Lorillard has a great estate and and an excellent and well stocked trout stream adjoining the club, and southward near the Great South Bay is the magnificent estate of Mr. William K. Vanderbilt, whose trout. excel in flavor by reason of the stream being rendered brackish by the overflow of salt water from the bay. Mr. Lorillard is yery ill in Florida, and his a FOREST AND STREAM. property, which has cost him $250,000, is for sale at the modest sum of $200,000. Mr, Vanderbilt’s place has cost him $300,000, He owns twenty thousand acres of land. Babylon is famous for its ereat ponds. are owned by Mr. August Belmont, Mr Austin Corbin, Mr. Phelps and Mr. Sutton. Mr. Belmont has been unfortunate, The poachers have troubled hima vreat deal, and stolen thousands of his fish, Sometimes if a pond is small, they drag a net through it. Into a large pond they throw lime, which causes the fish to show the white of their stomach and lay motionless, They are tenderly but quickly picked up and the fresh water, carried in barrels for the purpose, soon revives them, A moment’s delay sometimes kills them, as they are the most delicate of water game. On one: occasion it became necessary to clean Mr. Belmont’s pond. The men carelessly uncovered the fish and hundreds of them were killed by the heat of the July sun. Trout can endure cold, but not the heat. The fishing in this pond is now unsur- passed. Mr, Corbin, too, has had his share of trouble with poachers. He went in for prosecuting them at large expense of money and time, but got no satisfaction, as the jury ac- The notable ones: 397 quitted the prisoners on the ground, as was thought, that no man had any right to monopolize the products of the water, That was during the time when the common streams were rapidly falling under private control, and public sentiment was strongly opposed to it. There are some great trout in Massapequa Pond at South Oyster Bay and in the streams northward which feed it. In one stream running under the Montauk Railroad people familiar with the fact never lose an opportunity to catch a passing glance of the frightened fish that abound there and shoot out in small schools as the trains pass over. The brook is half a mile long and the fish find natural food in it upon which they thrive better than those artificially bred. Thompson's Pond at Noyac was once a famous stream, but at present is somewhat inferior through damages by freshets and the unneighborly conduct ot some of the residents. It is a picturesque place where the city folk go to enjoy a trout dinner instead of to fish, New Janaan, a wild region north of Patchogue, is the home of many professional breeders who, in very small-space, raise such an incredible quantity of fish as to place them in the category of poachers.—Brooklyn Eagle. FOR THE CURE OF ALL DISEASES OF Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs & Poultry, For Twenty Years Humphreys’ Vetetinary Specifies have been used by Farmers, Stock- breeders, Horse R.R.,'Travele Hippodromes Menageries and others with perfect success. U.C, Cures Distemper, Nasal Discharges, 75c. -D. Cures Bots or Grubs, Worms, - - - 75c,. .B. Cures Cough, Heaves, Pneumonia, 5c, E.F, Cures Colie or Gripes, Bellyache, 75c. »G. Prevents Abortion, - - - - - - => 75c, .H. Cures all Urinary Diseases,- - - - The. .K, Cures ik anes Diseases, Mange, &e. 75e. J.J. Cures all Diseases of Digestion 75c. évinary Manual, (330 pp.), 10 bottles of Medicine, and Medicator, - - - - - $8.00 Medicaior,- - -----+--++-- 35 ("These Veterinary Cases are sent free to any address on receipt of the price, or any order for Veterinary Medicine to the amount of $5 or more. Humphrey’s Veterinary Manual (330 pp.)sent free by mail on receipt of price, 50 cents. ("Pamphiets sent free on application, HUMPUBREBYS HOMEOPATHIC MED.CO. 109 Fuiton Street. New York. : YRESM///A TTL REET Tr -_ i Hl ——$———— a FAC-SIMILE OF No, 4. “THE IMBRIE” BLACK BASS REEL, PATENT COMPENSATING ACTION, By which more than one-half the friction (necessary to all other reels) is obviated. Multiplies twice and has adjustable click. WE MAKE FOUR SIZES OF THIS REEL: 200yds. IN Ospes Sees 2. acrs 8 es Sra 1007 ds. Dames hls lame sata ttebid 150yds. INGOs So Laas pene did ar CU Ods If your dealer does not keep our goods in stock, or will not order them for you, send 50 cents for our 120-page illustrated catalogue. None Genuine without the name of "ABBEY & IMBRIE, N. Y.,” Stamped on Dise. SILK WORM GUT. BE. LATASA, 85 Broadway, INT. Y., Calls the attention of the trade and dealers in fishing tackle to his extensive assortment of Valencia Silk Worm Gut in all grades, long and extra long, and from Extra Heavy Salmon Gut to Extra Fine. Sample thousand, 10 different grades, from extra heavy to fine, $5.00. For price list address F. LATASA, 81 New St., Rooms 43 & 45, N. Y. Fishing Tackle. Rods, Reels, Lines, Arti- ficial Baits OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Flies for all Waters. Special patterns tied to order. APPLETON & LITRHPTELD, 304 Washington St., Boston, Mass, THE PETMECKY The only Gleaner that will thoroughly clean a gun barrel, doing the work equally well in choke bores without adjustment, Will do the work quicker and better than all other implements, for the purpose, combined. Price, $1.25, By mail, 10 cents extra. Aslt your dealer for it, Discount to the trade. Circular tree. J. C, PETMECKY, Wholesale Dealer in Guns, Fishing Tackle, ete., Aus- in, Texas. SPORTSMEN’S DELIGHT. Merino Elastic Felt Gun Wads SOMETHING NEW! ™— - Ask your dealers for them, If he don’t haye them send us 40 cents for sample hox of 256, and ‘We will send, postage prepaid. Greatly lessens the ae keeps gun cleaner, gives better pattern and enetration than any other wad. One box will load twice as many shells as a box of pink-edge. Just the wad to use over powder and fill up shells, as it is only half the ae of other felt wads. Manufac- ured only by THE MERINO ELASTIC FELT GUN D CO., 106 South Charles st., Baltimore, Md. ' : GUIN CLEANER. S. ALLCOCK & CO., Fish Hook, Fishing Tackle Mfr's, REDDITCH, ENG. 692 ER, Ras BY BY SPRING STEEL ¥ BY Lone Suanxs, # Ba Out Points, Ringed, a CARLISLE, & E S. ALLCOCK & Go. e 4% No (Reppircu). 100, %& SSSR SEO a eee Hooks made of the best Spring Steel, Swivels, Phantom Baits, Patent Standard Fly Book, Patent } Waterproof Lock Joint, Trout Rods, Patent Spring Hook Swivel. All descriptions of Fishing Goods, which can be had through all wholesale houses in the United States. AWARDS: Gold medals at Paris, Berlin, Nor- wich, Wurzburg and Calcutta, and the highest awards at Sidney, Melbourne, Adelaide, South Africa, Toronto, London, and other exhibitions. Hornbeam Rods A SPECIALTY. W. HUNTINGTON, WILTON, CONN., Makes a specialty of the manufacture of FINE HAND-MADE RODS of Hornbeam for fly-fishing. Every fly-fisher should have one of these rods, for whatever preference he may have these are the only thoroughly reliable rods, secure against break- age and capable of real hard usage. With one of these rods a sportsman may venture into the woods for aseason and take no other rod, and be fairly sure of returning with it in serviceable condition. As made from wood of my own eutting and season- ing, they are powerful, easy in action and full of endurance. For circular send to WALLACK HUNTINGTON as above. Black Flies--Mosquitoes. NO TAR, NO OTL. “T find the ‘Angler’s Comfort,” made by N. §S, Harlow, of Bangor, Maine, the most effective and satisfactory preparation I have ever used to keep off mosquitoes, black flies, etc.” HE. M. Srinpwein Commissioner of Fisheries and Game for the State of Maine. Orders by mail solicited. Retail, 25 cts., postage aes Wholesale, usual discount. N.S. HARLOW, Druggist, Bangor, Me. Oil-Tanned Moccasins. For Hunting, Fishing, Canoeing, &c. They are easy to the feet, and very " durable. Made to order in a variety of styles and warranted the genuine article. Send =Ss7yfor price list. MARTIN IUTCHINGS, Dover, ; N. H., P. O. Box 368, - = Dame, StopparpD & Kenpati, Boston; Hmnry U. SQUIRES, New York; F, Cuas. Eicuen, Philadelphia, igents, _— SAS. EF. MARSTERS, 55 Court Street, Brooklyn. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER OF Eine F‘ishing Tackle. First Quality Goods at lower prices than any other house in America. Brass Multiplying Reels with Balance Handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; 180ft., $1.50; 240£6., $1.75; 800ft., $2.00; 450ft., $2.25; 600ft., $2.50. Any of the above Reels with Drags, 25 cts. extra; nickel plated; 50 cts, extra. Brass Click Reels, 20yds., 50 cts.; 80yds., 75 cts.; 60yds., $1.00; nickel plated, 50 cts. extra. Marster’s celebrated Hooks snelled on gut, Limerick, Kirby Limerick, Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, O'Shaughnessy, Kinsey, Aberdeeen, Sneak Bent, and all other hooks. Single gut. 12 cts. per doz.; double, 20 cts, per doz.; treble, 30 cts. per doz.; put up one-half dozen in a Packages Single Gut Trout and Black Bass Leaders, lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds., 10 cts.; 3yds,, 15 cts. Double wisted Leaders, 3 leugth, 5 cts.; treble twisted, 3 length, 10 cts. Trout Flies, 60 cts. per doz. Black Bass Flies, $1.00 per doz. Trout and Black Bass Bait Rods, 9ft. long, $1.25 to $5.00. Trout and Black Bass Ply Rods, 10ft. long, $1.50 to $10.00, Also forty-eight different styles of rods for all kinds of fishi¥ pele s of hooks, leaders, ete., sent by mail on receipt of price in money or stamp. Send stamp . catalogue, Established 20 years, Open Evenings. Je F. MARSTERS, 55 Court St., Brooklyn. En YW OC E’Ss Patent “Perfect” Brass Shells, MANUFACTURED BY KYNOCH & CO., Birmingham, Eng. _ These’shells are made of extra fine thin pliable metal, with reinforced base; are adapted to either Winchester or Wesson No.2 primers. Oan be reloaded as often as any of the thicker makes, Cost only about half as much. Weight less than paper shells. They shoot stronger and closer, and admit of a heavier charge, as owing to the thin metal, inside diameter is nearly two gauges larger. Load Same as any brass shells, using wads say two sizes larger than gauge of shells. Or can be effectually crimped with tool and straighten. out to original shape when discharged, The crimping tool also acts as a reducer, an advantage which will be appreciated by all experienced sportsmen. Sample shells will be mailed (without charge) to any sportsmen’s club or dealer, and prices quoted to the trade only. For sale in any quantity by gun dealers generally, or shells in case lots only, (2,000), and crimpers not less than one dozen, by HERMANN BOKER & CO., Sole American -Agents, 101 & 103 Duane Street, New York. Elastic Heel-Plate for Shotguns, Hunting & Military Rifles SEND FOR CIRCULAR. SOLD BY ALL GUN DEALERS AND WHOLESALED BY HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, New York City. oF O Mie Oise Es A Lotion for Sportsmen, Excursionists & Others. Protects persons using it from the attacks of MOSQUITORS, BLACK PLIES, and other insects, and from SUNBURN and the disagreeable effects of exposure to the weather, It is beneficial fo the skin, and has no disagreeable odor; is color- less and cleanly, not staining the finest linen, and washes off readily on the application of soap and water. MANUFACTURED BY THOS, JENNESS & SON, 12 West Market Sq., Bangor, Sold by the leading dealers in sporting goods throughout the country. 898 PRICES OF FISHING TACKLE. | Brass Multiplying Reels with balance handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; 180ft., $1.50; 240ft., $1.75; 300ft., $2.00; 450ft., $2.25; GOOEL., $2.50; 750ft., $2.75; Mott. aut, Nickel Fh dre and Drags extra. Brass Click Reels, 25yds., 60 cts,; 40yds,, 75 cts.; 60yds., 85 cents.; 80yds., $1.00. Kiffe’s Celebrated Hooks snelled on gut. Single gut, 12 cts. per doz.; double, 20 ets, per doz.; treble, 80 cts. per doz. | Single Gut Tcout and Black Bass Leaders, lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds., 10 cts.; 3yds., 15 cts. Double Twisted Leaders, 3 length. 5 ets.; 4length, 10 ets.; treble, 3 length, 10 cts.; 4 length, 15 cts.; extra heavy 4-ply, 4 length, 25 cts. Trout Flies, 50 cts. per doz.; Black Bass Flies, $1.00 per doz, Samples of our goods sent by mail or express on receipt of price. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. HERMANN H. KIFFE, 318 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Between Fulton Ferry and City Hall OPEN EVENINGS. PATENT BREECH & MUZZLE-LOADING PYacht Cannon, Sizes, 177, 24, 28 and 32 inches in length, MANUFACTURED BY THE STRONG FIRE ARMS CoO., New Haven, Ct. Also Mfrs. of Shelton Auxiliary Rifle Barrels, Combination Sights and Cartridge Grooving Machines. ; Send for Catalogue and Price List. Harrison’s Celebrated Fish Hook,| © 10 Beantifal Mustrated Books cn... PADDLE AND PORTAGE Canoe and Camera. BY THOMAS SEDGWICK STEELE, of Hartford, Conn. 123 exquisite illustrations of life in the woods, with map in each copy. _The humorous as well as the serious side of camp life is vividly represented, while Mr, Steele’s well- known artistic perceptions, and a most intense love of nature, has made the work all that could be desired. Sryen Epirions of these works sold. Most popu- lar books in the market. Cloth. Price $1.50 each. A NEW MAINE MAP. The headwaters of the Aroostook, Penobscot and St, John Rivers Compiled by THomas SepGwick STEELE. The chart is 20x30 inches, printed on Govern ment survey paper and mounted on cloth. Sent postpaid on receipt of price, $1. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 39 Park Row, New York, STORM-DEFYING WINDMILL Mark. - Whereas, It having come to our notice that some unprincipled house, to gain their own unworthy ends, and to attempt to damage our good name having spread reports to the effect that the manu- facturers of the above hooks are defunct, we now take this opportunity of Informing the American and British public that such reports are utterly false. The same efficient staff of workpeople is employed as heretofore, and we challenge the world to produce a fish hook for excellence of temper, beauty and finish in any way to appreach ours, which are to be obtained from the most respectable wholesale houses in the trade. ~ Signed, R. HARRISON, BARTLERT & CO., Sole manufacturers of Harrison’s Celebrated Fish Hooks, Redditch, England. Manufacturers also of Fishing Tackle of every description, Sewing and Sewing Machine Needles, Chubb’s Game Pieces, The finest ornament for a Sportsman’s Dining Room ever made. Natural ‘‘Dead Game” under glass, and no more bulky than an ordinary picture. Will send per express C, O. D, subject to approval, on receipt of express charges, Send for photograph and prices. il. E. CHUBB, Taxidermist, 235 VIADUCT, CLEVELAND, 0. Naturalists’ Supply Depot. Artificial Glass Eyes. TAXIDERMISTS. misses. after giving these a fair trial. Ask your dealer for Write for circulars to NIAGARA TAR- GET BALL CO., Niagara Falls, N. ¥- 367 West Baltimore St., Baltimore Indorsed by all the leading players, and awarded hichest prizes at every exposition where ex- hibited "PROVED. them, Branc# Orrice, 409 Washington st., Boston. ELLIS & WEBSTER, Pawtucket, R. 1. gg. MoOoonRnReE, MANUFACTURER OF Of all Descriptions. Substantial, Serviceable Work. Leather Top Buggies and Phaetons......... $100 up Rockaways and Depot Wagons.. .........-- 100 up Elegant Jumpseat Carriages........--.+---- 135 up Handsome Surreys, Lawrences, etc.....-.-- 10 up Coupes and Coupe Rockaways.......------- 250 up Top Delivery Wagon...........-.+-. +:-+.+2- 125 up Road and Village Carts, Road Wagons, Sulkeys, etc. Excellent Light Buggy Harness.............- H0up | e*_ Grocers’ and Delivery Harness....- ... 18up wor pumping water for rural residences, foun- Light Double Harness... ... . 35 up | tains and fish ponds. A. J. CORCORAN, 76 John Farm Harness.......... Laas oo eck .. 22 up | street, New York City. And Horse & Stable Requisites of all Kinds. & 59 WARREN STREET, NEW YORE. A Skin of Beauty is a joy Forever. a DR T. FELIX GOURAUD’S BILLIARD AND 10-PIN BALLS Oriental Cream, or Magical Beautifier a a : Pree SMa Tan, = 1+ imples, Freck- CLOTH, CHECKS, |==5, . les, Moth Patches = Ries A and every blem- Cues, Cue Chessmen. | 3 Fs ish on beauty, = ze 54338 and defies detec: Tips, Dice, Keno a, 3 8 tion, It has stood he test o. irty OHALK, Ete., * DOMINOES years, and it is : so harmless we PLAYING CARDS, Ete. taste it to be sure the preparer | is roperly Ivory, Shell, and Pearl Fancy Goods. a "Accent no counterfeit 0. TOILET SETS, CANES, FANS, Ete. similar name, The distinguish- Repairing done, Ten-Pin Alleys built and estimater ed Dr.L. A. Sayre furnished years = : said toa lady of arnt : the haut ton (a se Naa you ladies ee eee them, [recommend ‘Gouraud's Cream’ as the least 14th t N Y harmful of all the skin preparations.” One bottle F, GROTE & CO., 114 E. SB tah will te ae months, using it every day. Also Pou- Ss | ire Subtile removes superfiuous hair withoutinjury THE ' thy we. Nt, B, , GOURAUD, Sole Proprietor me. M, B. T.G , sole Proprietor, BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER CO. F nd ie is Fane Sioa Ne Successors to THE J. M. Brunswick & BALKE Co. ‘or sale by all Druggists and Hancy Goods deal WS = ers throughout the U.S., Canadas and Hurope. Also and tite FW .CouLENpEE, 00: found in'N. Y. City, at R. H. Macy's, Stern’s, =—— SS Bhrich’s, Ridley’s, and other Fancy Goods Dealers. = (@=>Beware of base imitations. | $1,000 reward for arrest and proof of any one selling the same. A NEW DISCOVERY! | THE NIAGARA TARGET BALL. Pr Patented December 18th, 1883. YF ekchat eee COAL BLACK AND BREAKS LIKE GLASS. Market & Huron Streets, Northside, Chicago. Impossible for shot to penetrate this ball without 911 Market Street, St. Louis. Steph haying it re ig ee ue pele of SEU a : i ia. it; sure of shooters’ skill; I es Ske | ' Clubs will not use any other target ball hibited, ‘RIED AND OUR NEW MODEL THREE BARREL PRICE, $75 TO $250. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. This gun is light and compact, from 9 to 10 Ibs, weight. The rifle is perfectly accurate. i. C. SMITH, Maker, Syracuse, N.Y. Dame, Stoddard & Kendall, —SUCCESSORS TO— BRADFORD & ANTHONY, a ~ — a Agents for Skinner’s Celebrated Fluted Spoon, Nos. 1 & 2 are especially made for trolling with flies for Black Bass. A KILLING BAIT AND DURABLE, EISsSHniING TACKLE Of the best quality, all Kinds and styles. 374 Washington Street, Boston, Mass, UP & MCS FISHING SUIT, DARK LEAD COLOR, AND THE HOLABIRD SHOOTING SUITS Of Waterprooted Duck, Dead Grass Color, [Trish Fustian and Imported Corduroy. ASSORTED COLORS. Unequaled in Convenience, Style or Workmanship. Sa - ~~.) Write for our new Catalogue and Samples, THIS Z ‘ EGR VE js our Skeleton Coat or Game Bag. Weighs but 16 ounces, Y Can be worn over or under an ordinary coat. Has seven pockets and game pockets. Itis of strong material, dead grass color, and will hold the game of a successfuu AND McLELLAN, day without losing a hair or feather. We will mail it to Valparaiso, Ind. jou, postage paid, for $2.00. Send breast measure. The “0.C.” New Model Patent Perfeetion TREBLE MULTIPLYING REEL, WITH CLICK ATTACHMENT, Is the handsomest and most practical Reel Made. Following are its points of excellence; Center Action, an entirely new feature fora multiplying reel. Balance Handle, revolving within = a projecting metal band, no chance for line to catch upon the handle, =(©) A Treble Multiplying Click, when => the index is in the position as shown in the above illustration, A Treble Multiplying Free-Running ~ Reel, when the index is pushed to the right, Raised Pillar, permitting the extension of the spool, thus increasing the carrying capac-— ity of the reelfully one-third and greatly re-- ducing the weight. Material and Finish,, the best. Price, ‘‘within reach.”* Please order the above “Patent Perfection | Reels” throuch the Dealer in your place, Tf for any cause you can not so obtain them, please advise me and I will correspond with you. WM. M. CORNWALL, Importer & Jobber of Fishing Tackle and 'Gun Goods, 18 Warren, street, New York City. — AT THE LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION TxE: WICHOoOLS Hexagonal Split Bamboo Fishing Rods. ded Three Silver Medals and the highest special prize—10 Sovereigns. Noted for excel-— sie ire ‘han numbers. This is the highest prize awarded to any American for Split Bamboo Rods, Manufactured by B. F. NICHOLS, 153 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. Send for list with Massachusetts Fish and Game Laws. Bargains that should be in every Sportsman's Hands. A FEW COPIES OF THE SECOND EDITION OF CwiInGe SHOOTING” .Left, and will be sold for 50 cents each. Methods for cleaning and loading the modern breech-loader; practical hints upon wing shooting = directions for hunting snipes, woodcocks, ruffed grouse and quails. _ EM Tilustrated: Bound in cloth, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price, 50 cents; formerly sold for $1.00, T. G. DAVEY, Publisher, London, Ont. ok OREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE. RoD AND GUN, Tarsus, $44 Year. 10 Crs, 4 Copy, { Stx Monrss, $2. NEW YORK, JUNE 19, 1884. VOL, XXIT.—No. 21. Nos. 89 & 40 Park Row, Naw Yors. CORRESPONDENCE. Tem ForREST AND StTRRAM is the recognized medium of entertain- meént, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Commnninications upon the subjects to which its pages are devoted are respectiully invited. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. No name will be published except with writer’s consent. The Editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. SUBSCRIPTIONS May begin at any time. 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Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co. New York Crry. SSS SS SS a Sf CONTENTS. Nos. 39 Ann 40 PARE Row. BprrorTAaL. | Tae Kenner. June Woodcock. “American Kennel Register.” New York Moves to Increase Pointers at New York, the Oyster, Minstrel. The Pointer Discussion. The Chicago Dog Show. The Adirondack Forests. A Protest. Tur SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Unele Lisha’s Shop.—u1, A Summer Camp Ground. Natura History, A bit of a Sermon, North American Birds. Seasons and Birds of the Prairie The Couesian Period? Rodents as Caraivores. Fish and Snakes. GAmeE Bac AND GuN. The White Deer. The Bench Show Association. English Kennel Notes, RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING, Range and Gallery. The Trap. Boston Gun Club. Connecticut State Shoot, CANOEING. Potowonoe C. C, Knickerbocker ©, 0, Regatta. Connecticut River Meet, May 380. The Galley Fire. A Sunday Deer, Canoe and Camp Cookery. *Coons and ’Coon-Hunting. YACHTING. A Pen and Ink Sketch. New York Y. C. Camp FIRE FLICKERINGS. ; SEA AND RIVER FISHING, Camps of the Kingfishers.—y1. Rangeley Waters. Rod-Joints and Reel-Seats. | Salmon Casting in Hugland. FISHCULTURE. Salt as an Agent for the De- | struction of the Fish Fungus. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C, Hudson River Y. C. Jersey City Y. C. Boston Y. C, Around Long Island. Spring Matehes on New York ay. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT, JUNE WOODCOCK. EveRe year, as regularly as the seasons roll around, come the complaints of those various individuals who go out for game-bird fledglings. Our correspondents are quite inclined to find fault with the exploits of these gentle- men, and usually heap abuse upon them. This spirit is hardly commendable. Undoubtedly the aggravation is great, and writers lose their temper only under great provocation. They see the game birds destroyed out of season; and then they fly into a passion and write to us to denounce the men _ who cause their woe. ‘This is, we need not say, entirely wrong. Instead of getting mad and writing to a distant newspaper about it, they might better keep their temper and secure the punishment of the bird destroyer, There are two classes of these destroyers of the early bird. Each is made up of individuals whose mental and moral development has been stunted. There is the man who has some dogs to break, and thinks that he must go into the -game covers in the spring, rout the mother bird from her nest and let his canine pupil poke its nose into the eggs. Later in the season, if his pups can manage to catch some of the fiedglings, so much the better. He lacks the sense re- quisite to comprehend that a bird chewed up by a puppy is just as dead as if riddled by a large charge ofshot. The proper way to give hima hint on the subject is to enlarge his brain capacity by sequestration in a cell, or tapping his pocketbook to the extent of the fine in such cases made and provided. This is apt to accomplish even more than can be secured by writing to Forest AnD SrREAM, which we are quite willing to acknowledge is often an effective means. The idiot who takes his young dogs into the nesting ‘grounds is an altogether different specimen from the sneak who goes in for getting the immature birds for the alleged reason that if he don’t some one else will. The former lacks common sense, the latter wants common decency. His plea is that of acommon felon. “If [ don’t some one else will’ __ has been the cowardly excuse for almost every crime known to the calendar. The man who slides off into the woods in June, and makes this a defense for his misdemeanors, has a! — spirit so contemptible that honest men will fail to under- stand it. How any one who professes to practice field sports for the pleasure there is in them, can find any enjoy- ment in lugging home at night a bag of birds, and with it the load of his consciuasness that he has done a mean and unlawful deed, is something quite beyond our comprehen- sion, Can any one explain it? A PORTION of the great mass of correspondence on this subject will be found in our Kennel columns; another portion we decline to publish. We have before called atten” tion to the fact that, if pointer breeders are to be benefitted by this discussion, it must be conducted temperately and must be confined to the question at issue. If this is not done, what should be an argument between gentlemen degenerates into an unseemly wrangle from which no one can emerge with any crecit. Some of the letters which we print this week we regret to say wander lamentably from _ the subject, and cover a vast deal of ground which is wholiy foreign to it. Is it quite impossible for those who write about dogs to stick to the point? The question at issue is about certain dogs. Can correspondents not confine themselves to those dogs and say where they are good and where bad? For ourselves we have no desire to mingle in the fray. Our de- cisions are matters of record to which any one can refer. It is somewhat amusing, however, to observe how those on each side in the debate seem to imagine that, because we do not at once espouse their cause, we are therefore secretly abetting their opponents. Within a day or two of each other, and just after our editorial two weeks ago on ‘‘The Pointers at New York,” we received among the numerous let- ters on the subject two from gentlemen on opposite sides of the question especially interested in the matter, from which we quote below: One said: The other said: If you have any personal; The fact that they know a reason for not wanting any-| good dog and are friendly to thing to appear in the paper| me should not be sufficient against or 1 | reason for putting their letters shall have nothing more to/| in the waste-paper basket. say, and will respect your private affairs accordingly. Now, of course, if these gentlemen had given themselves the trouble to think about the matter at all, they would not have taken the further trouble to write such silly stuff as the above, but they did not stop to think, It is rather late in the day for us to say that we are not pecuniarily interested in dogs, and have no private reasons for excluding communica- tions from our columns. But we certainly shall not publish matter that, in our judgment, will fail to interest our readers. Communivations must keep more closely to the subject in hand, and should contain something that will instruct. We hope that this hint will suftice. THH POINTER DISCUSSION. NEW YORK MOVES TO INCREASE THE OYSTER. (py OY EENOR CLEVELAND has just signed the bill which was introduced into the last Legislature of New York, by Gen. 8. W. Johnson, of Mamaroneck, Westchester county, which constitutes Mr. EK. G. Blackford, of the New York Fish Commission, also a commissioner for the protec- tion and propagation of oysters, This bill, which was sug- gested to Gen. Johnson by his constituents, reads as follows: ‘For the Commissioner of Fisheries, appointed under Chap- ter 309, Laws of 1879, $5,000, to be expended as said Com- missioner may deem proper upon vouchers to be approved by the comptroller, for the purpose of investigating into the causes of the decrease of oysters in the waters of the State of New York, and into the extent of the injuries made by the starfish and other animals that attack the oyster, and for the purpose of ascertaining how the oyster industry may be pro- tected and the supply increased.” This is a good beginning, and will, no doubt, be followed with good results, We have on several occasions pointed out that New York should follow the lead of Connecticut, which has a perfect system of leasing oyster grounds, which, after three years’ trial, gives satisfaction to the oystermen. Mr. Blackford will avail himself of the experience of Lieut. Francis S$. Winslow, of the United States Navy, who has given much thought to the oyster question, and is familiar with the oyster grounds of the State, if he can be detailed for this purpose. Prof. H. J. Rice, whose labors in the study of the embryology of the oyster are familiar to our readers, will also be engaged on the work, and the hatching station of the New York Fish Commission at Cold Spring Harbor will, in all probability, be selected as the site for operations in oyster culture, as itis most favorably situated for the work. THE ADIRONDACK FORESTS. T is understood that Governor Cleveland has withheld his signature from the Adirondack forestry bill, and consequently there will be no commission this year. There was, however, in the appropriation bili a clause devoting $5,000 to the employment of three experts to prepare a Tr port on the Adirondack forests, to be presented at the meu. ing of the next Legislature. ‘his clause, according to the published reports, has received the Goyernor’s sanction, and so We may hope for progress in the moyement to protect the Adirondack woodlands. We understand that before his recent departure for Europe Mr Morris K. Jesup made arrangements to have a party go into the Adirondacks at his expense, in case the State made no appropriation. This party was to be under the direction of Professor Sargent of Harvard. It is to be hoped that Comptroller Chapin will as soon as possible select the investigating committee, as he is empowered 1o do by the clause referred to, and that the board so appointed will at once enter upon their important work. PRESIDENT ARTHURS REcoRD.—Last Monday President Arthur and Secretary of War Lincoln went down to Long Island on an angling excursion, They fished for trout in the Massapequa Lake, which is a preserve owned by Mr. Williata Floyd-Jones. Now, the ordinary angler can go fishing and come home at night without saying boo to any- body. But when the President of the United States wets a line the great metropolitan journals send their representatives to intercept the tired fisherman and learn his luck. §8o when the two returned to the Fifth Avenue Hotel the other evening, they found their passage blocked by a horde of reporters, who wanted to know all about it. President Axthur made a plea of having other fish to fry, and escaped. Secretary Lincoln consented to say something, but not much. He refused to tell how many fish were caught. Toa Times reporter who asked how the fishing was he replied, ‘‘Well, as good as could beexpected. It’s pretty late in the season;” while to a Sun reporter he explained: ‘‘We had a very en- joyable time, although it is a little early for good fishing,” What is to be inferred when a President and a Secretary of War go fishing, and in place of showing a handsome ‘‘mess of trout,” allege to one that it was too late for fishing, and to another that it was too early? We confess that it appears as if the catch that day must have been an exceedingly meagre one; but we shall not hastily, nor strenuously, insist upon such an interpretation of Secretary Lincoln’s prevarica- tion. Marxep Trovt.—It is the custom of some of our fish commissioners to attach metal tags to liberated salmon, that when captured again, the growth of the fish may be noted, We once knew an angler who was in the habit of putting his mark on trout; but he did not use a metal tag. It was arule with him to retain no trout that weighed less than one-half pound. When he landed one of less weight, he would carefully take it from the hook, mark it by biting off the upper portion of its tail fin, and throw it back into the water to grow. Sometimes he would catch these fish again after they had attained the proper size to find a place in his basket; and it was often a source of pleasure to him to receive a letter of thanks from some fellow angler who had chanced to take one of the marked big fellows. One day this biter of trouts’ tails was driving along some eighteen miles from home, when he came to a bridge over a stream, and in passing saw a big trout rise. The next day, with his tackle, he drove back over these eighteen miles and tried for arise. He found nota sign of trout. The next day he made the journey again, with a like result. The third day, nothing daunted, he drove out again. This time he pulled out a three-pound trout, The upper half of its tail fin was gone; and our friend has always believed that it was one of his marked trout. Tue Rerractrory Prezons.—The New York State As- sociation for the Protection of Fish and Game, are trying to find out where the wild pigeons are nesting, so that they may hire the professional nest robbers to collect a few thou- sands of birds to be proteeted by the Association at the Buf- falo tournament. This scarcity of wild pigeons is seriously interfering with the progress of game and fish protection in this State, and the protectors may well ask each other what is to be done about it. An unsubstantiated rumor is abroad that clay-pigeons may be substituted for the live birds, but as every practical man knows, there is nothing so potent for true game and fish protection as four or five thousand wild pigeons, captured on nesting grounds and shot. at the trap, 402 Che Sportsman Convrist. UNCLE LISHA’S SHOP. IIL. | pee ed in mid-day there was yet a hazy after-taste of the sweetness of Indian summer, thé season was be- ginning to have a smack of winter in its night air, On such an evening, as the first star began to shine above the rounded peak of Tater Hill, Lisha rubbed the mist off a pane of his long, low shop window, and stooping his eye to it peered out upon the darkening road. Out of the gloaming presently grew some dark shapes into men, the sound of whose foot- steps and voices came a little before them. When they and others had entered and been welcomed by Lisha, he having lighted his pipe and taken some work in hand, declared “the meetin’ open,” and that they ‘‘was all ready to tran - sack business.’ Little was said till some one remarked, ““Pwheeew!” And then all became aware that an odor more pungent and powerful than those of leather and shoemaker’s Wax was pervading the atmosphere of the shop, “Good airth an’ seas!” cried Lisha, ‘‘I secont the motion! Le’s all whew! Some on ye stepped on suthin’ t’night, or somebody got skunk’s ile to sell.” Hach took a sniff of his neighbor till the source of the fra- grance was traced to Pelatiah’s corner, when he shame- facedly confessed that he “hed ben a trappin’ a leetle,” but said in extenuation, ‘‘I sot fer mink. I hed one trap sot in a holler log over to Hillses’ brook with a ruster’s head fer bait, an’ when I went tew it yist’day the trap was hauled’ ini’ the log. I pulled on the chain c’nsid'able stout, but it didn’t le’ goa bit, an’ then I god daown on all fours an’ peeked in to see what the matter was ailded it, an’—O, gosh all Connet'cutt! My eyes haint god done smartin’ yit! I rolled an’ I tumbied till I got to water, 'n’ then I washed an’ tubbed an’ scrubbed till I c’ld see suthin’ ’sides stars and fire, an’ then I went bum an’ berried all them close, an’ washed mein three waters an’ smudged me with hemlock browse, an’, gosh darn it all, I didn’t ‘spose I wa’n’t all sweetened aout! “F my ecmp’ny haint ‘greeable I'll dig fer hum.” “Sho!” Lisha shouted with hearty politeness, ‘‘Guess we c’n stan’ it f you can! ’S fer me, I ruther like a leetle good fresh skunk parfum’ry. The’s some ’at eats 'em’’—rolling his eye toward a known mephitipophagist—‘‘an’ I sh’d think them ‘at likes the taste would the smell. Furdermore, I’m beholden to skunks fer c’nsid’able myself. Keep yerself comf’table, Peltier.” No one objected to Pelatiah’s presence, and several asked Lisha how he was indebted to skunks for anything, ““Wal,’’ said he, slowly scraping the sole of a boot with a bit of broken glass. while his thoughts went backward over the rough path of his life, “tin the fust place, when I was.a leetle chap they cured me o’ croup with skunk’s ile, which they gi’n it ter me spoo’ful arter spoo’ful, an' greesed my stomerk with it outside tew. An’ then arter I'd got growed up, skunk essence cured me of azmy. An’ then—I don't seasely b'lieve I'd ha’ ever got Jerushy *f ’t hed n’t a ben fer a skunk!” After the ‘‘wal I swan’s,” and “‘goshes” and ‘‘yeou don’t says,” which this declaration called forth, there was a general demand for an explanation, and Lisha laid down his boot and glass, and devoted himself wholly to the telling of his story, with his elbows on his knees and locking and unlock- ing his waxy fingers as he talked, as if so he wove the woof of his tale. “J never sot no sret on ole folks tellin’ of what they'd did, or ben, or hed when ’t they was younger, but when Jerushy was Jerushy Chase she was *baout ’s pooty a gal as c’ld be dug up in tew three taowns, an’ as smart and cap’ble, an’ nat lly she was sought arter, an’ none the less cause her father was tol’able well off, When I begin a sparkin’ on her, I hed n’t nothin’ much but my tew hands, was a workin’ aout by the month for this one an’ that one for six or eight months, an’ 'd larnt to shoumake a leetle so ’s ’t 1 ‘whipped the cat’ winters, so ye see I was arnin’ suthin all the time, an’ I wa’n’t sech a humbly ole critter ’s I be naow, so ’s ’t stood jes ’s good a chance as any o’ the fellers, till bimeby the’ coma chap to teach aour deestrick school, a college feller f’m-Middlebury. He was a clever creeter, an’ smart, an’ good natered an’ hahnsome, c’ld rastle like a bear, ’n’ sing like a boblink, ’n’ wore hahnsome close evey day, so all the gals ’most wus @ ravin’ an’ a ravin’ arter him. Jerushy wa'n’t, though, an’ that made him the faster and fircer arter her. An’ so arter a while his pooty talk an’ hahnsome close an’ all them college things begin to work on her, ’n’ she get so ’t she’d mos’ lives I would n’t come Sunday nights as not. “‘So it run along till tow-wards the middle o’ sugarin’, she a favorin’ him a leetle mor’n me of the tew, an’ the’ was goin’ to be a gret sugarin’ off to Hillses, ’n’ most everybody hed aznyite. I went ’*n’ ast Jerushy to go ‘long with me, ’n’ she said she ‘didn’t know; guessed she’d go ‘long with the one ’at come arter her fust,’ Thinks sez I, Mr. Schoolmarster, ’f you get to Uncle Chase's ‘fore I dew, you'll hafter pull foot for it lively. So ’long in the middle o’ the art’noon I got my chores all done up, an’ dressed me an’ off. I put ’crost lots, ’n’ IT hedn’t got fur when darned if I didn’t see that *tarnal schoolmarster jest agoin’ int’ the aidge o’ Meeker’s Woods, pintin’ for Uncle Chase’s, ‘n’ nearer tew it’n’ was. I doubled my jumps an’ got there, an’ tole Jerushy I’d got there fust ‘n’ she’d got togo’long with me, She kinder hung off, lookin’ outen the winder eyery onct an’ awhile, but nary a schoolmarster| An’ so bimeby she got rigged up an’ off we went an’ had a gret carummux to the sugarin’. She kep’ a-sythin’ an’ a-peékin’ ter a spell, but nary a schoolmarster, an’ then she got desput jolly ’n’ made more fun ’n the hull toot on ‘em. Goin’ hum in the moonshine, I ast her to jime me ina sugarin’ for life, an’ ‘fore we got to the chips in the do’yard she ‘greed she would, an’ here we be! Me on this ’ere shoe- bench, an’ she,” lifting his voice and pointing a waxy fore- finger at the door that opened into the kitchen, ‘‘an’ she a-peekin’ through the crack o’ that ‘ere door!” The door squeaked suddenly to, and the wooden latch clicked rather spitefully. : ‘‘Wal,” said one disappointed auditor, breaking the short ensuing silence, ‘‘Wha'd all that hey ter dew with askunk?” “QO, nuthin’ much,” said ’Lisha, “only, ye see that feller was a shovin’ *long the best he knowed, through the woods in a wood road, an’ fust thing he run spat ont’ a skunk aout takin’ a walk. The skunk wouldn't run, an’ he wouldn’t, an’ it turned aout con’try to seriptur. The battle was to the strong, an’ the race was to the swift. The school: marster smelt loud ’nough to fill a forty acre lot, an’ so the wa’n’t no schoolmarster ta Chases’ nor t’ the sugarin-off, nor t’ the school in that deestrick that spring, nor nothin’ left on him in the deestrick but his parfume So ye see, a skunk — FOREST AND STREAM. hed suthin’ ta dew with his scaseness, which 1 c’nsider my- self c’nsidable beholden to skunks,” “Bah gosh!" said Antoine, ‘‘ah don’ fred for skonk, me! Ah tek hol’ of it hees tails an’ lif’ im aup, he can’ do some- tings! No sar!” *Tywouldn’t make no diff'ence tew ye if he did,” said Lisha, ‘‘a skunk’s nat’ral weepon haint nothin’ but double d’stilled biled daown essence of inyuns, *n ye couldn’t hurt a Canuck wi that,” “Bah gosh, guess you fin’ aout ’f he hurt you, you git him on you heyesight, whedder you Canuck or somebody. Ant. it, Peltiet, hein?” Said Solon Briggs, “Might I a-rise to ask you, Antwine, Anthony, or Anto ni-o, all of which Isuppose you ter be, haow dew you pervent the aout-squirtin’ of the viles o’ wrath whilst you air a-proachin’‘of the mestiforious quadruple head?” “Wal, M’sieu Brigg, dat someting you got t’ larn bah— ah—what you call it, pracsit?” “Prehaps Peltier ’d lend ye one o’ his’n to practyse on, Solon,” Lisha suggested, but Solon expressed no desire to ac- quire the art of capturing skunks by that method. i “The y ra’ly can’t scent when you hol’ ’em up by the tail, ’n’ that’s a fact,” said Joseph Hill, “I remember onct when l was a boy ten ’r dozen year ole—I d’know, mebby I was fourteen—lemme see, ‘twas the year ’t father hed the brindle caow die ’t hed twin calves; got choked with an apple—no’t Wwa’n’t, ’ was a tater—they was fo’ ye’r oles when he sole ’em, the fall *t Iwas seventeen—no, I wan’t but thirteen—the’ was a skunk got int’ the suller, ’n’ of course we didn’t want to kill him there, so my oldest brother, Lije, he took a holt on him by the tail an’ kerried him aout the hatehway With a pair o’ tongs, an’ then he gin him to me an’ I hel’ him up while he shot him. He put the ole gun clus to his head an’ blowed him clean aouten the tongs as fur ’s crost this shop, ‘n’ by gol, he never scent one mite till then, no more ’n a snowball.” “Did he die?” asked the ever alert seeker after useful knowledge. ‘“‘Why, yes,” Joseph replied, “‘he jes stunk hisself to death then.” ‘‘Jozeff,” said Lisha, ‘‘that ere puts me in mind of the Paddy. ‘Divil a nade o’ shootin’ him,’ says he; ‘laye him alone an’ sure he’ll shtink himself to death.’ What a *tarnal time the creeturs dew hey wi’ skunks ’fore they git ‘quainted with ‘em. “Member the ole story one on ’em tole? What wast Sam?” Sam repeated the time-honored tale. ‘‘The furs toime iver I wint hoontin’ in Ameriky was wan day whin I was gown to me worruk, an’ I kilt a boird call’t a skoonk. I threed hur undher a hayshtack an’ shot hur wid me sphade, an’ the furs toime I hif hur I misht hur, an’ the nixt toime J hit hur where I misht hur afore. An’ whin I wint to plook the feathers off hur, I was foorced to shkin hur, an’ in doun that I shtruck hur ile bag or hur heart I dunno, an’ the shmell nearly suffocaytit me, an’ I was near shtaryin’ afther, for divi] a dhrink cud I take, but the shmell of hur was in me nosbtrils to kape me awake all night.’ I like to died,” Sam continued, ‘‘to hear Joel Bartlett's Irishmun tell *paout the fust skunk ‘t he ever met, ’Twas when he was in Masschusitts, ‘Maxacushin’ he called it. He ben a workin’ on a—vailroad, an’ lived in a shanty as yit though he was workin’ fer a farmer. Sez he, ‘l wor a shpadin’ round threes in a yoong archard, an’ Tom Egan, the divil, was in id wid me, an’ I seen eaperin’ troo the grass a foine shlip ay a young cat, an’ says I to Tom, says I, begob, I'll capshure it to kill the mice in the curse o’ God shanty that’s near dhriyin’ me dishthracktit. ‘Do,’ says he to me, an’ the divil knowin’ in his own moind what it was, An’ away I wint in purshuit, an’ whin I was about to lay me two hands on id, 1 was shtruck in me face an’ the two eyes av me wid ashtream avy the divil’s own wather an’ I was blindit an’ shtrangled, entirely. But I joomped on the baste wid me boots an’ kilt it, 1 was that choked wid rage, an’ a grea’ d’! beside, an’ thin I wint away back to Tom, but divyil a near him wud he let me come, the bl’guart, an’ I call’t out, ‘Tom!’ says I, ‘am I kilt entirely an’ is it me, or is it the divil’s father of a baste that, be’s makin’ the notorious shtink alto- gether?’ says 1. ‘Be gob!’ says he, ‘its the both oy yees, an’ ye'll shmell that bad an’ may be worse for a year,’ says he. ‘Ah thin,’ I cried, ‘millia murthers, I’m ruinaytit!’ an’ so skoolked away home to the curse o’ God shanty, an’ whin I wint in Biddy an’ the childher wint out, an’ I had the shanty an’ the shmel] all to meself. Well, I berrit me close, an’ I sailed back an’ forth troo the pond o’ wather till night, but divil a much betther did I shmell] fcr a week. Oh! bad luck to the counthry that nurtures such cats!” “Dat Arish,” Antoine remarked, “‘a’nt spik so good Angleesh lak ah do, don’t it?” The slim candle in the sconce had burned so low that Wlien Lisha attempted to snuff it with his fingers he pulled it out and it dropped upon the floor, and sputtering out left the shop in darkness except for the thin streaks of firelight that shone through the cracks of the stove, and the dim rays of stars slanting in at the little window. The mishap was accepted as a unanimous vote of adjournment, and stumbling and groping their way to the door, Lisha’s guests again de- parted. A SUMMER CAMP GROUND. Week Wheel Gap with its hot springs, fine scenery, altitude of 8,305 feet, invigorating air, abundance of all kinds of game and large trout, may not suit the tastes of all our Eastern tourists and sportsmen, so I will continue to give a few more of the many interesting points on this great mountain railroad, called by all who have ever trayeled it “the great scenic route.” ; The writer during last fall traveled over the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad from Denyer to Salt Lake and stopped off, camped, fished and hunted at six different points on the line, and all he can say is that no sportsman can go amiss for game of all sorts.and speckled trout in abundance, at any point he may select after the train leaves Pueblo, Colo. The first point of great interest to the tourist or sporisman is the Royal Gorge or Grand Cafion of the Arkansas. Here deer and mountain lions are plenty. The former are fre- quently seen from the windows of the passing train. ; The Grand Cafion has been lauded in many of the daily papers throughout the lund. It must be seen to be appre- ciated. The English language cannot describe it. From the entrance, for eight miles, there is an ever-changing scene of Nature’s greatest work, Above you the peaks rise to the giddy height of 3,000 feet. Below the river rushes and falls over the craggy rocks, As you penetrate deeper into the caiion the walls appear to close on you, until a mere fissure of thirty feet is left for train and river to pass, while the smooth granite soars to the yery clouds above. Here is an .) [Junn 19, 1884. iron bridge, built lengthwise, and suspended on steel trusses mortised into the rock at either side, At this point the grandeur of Royal Gorge culminates. The next point of great importance is Marshai] Pass, where you cross the Sangre de Cristo range, at an altitude of 10,508 feet, in a palacecar, Here thesportsman enters the great game country of the world. Continue to Sapinero, and if you desire elk, bear, moun- tain sheep, mountain lion, blacktailed deer, grouse and mountain trout as large as your arm, goto the Roaring Forks of the Grand River, about thirty miles from the railroad. If you want all but the elk, go to the eating station called Cimarron. Here are fine camping grounds and the very best fishing and game grounds, Here you can camp within a mile of the station and can start a @eer any time within one hour's travel. Grouse here are very plenty and easily got at. There is a large pool here formed by the confluence of the Cimarron Creek and the Gunnison River, which will suit all lazy fishermen. One ean sit on a large rock and drop his fly and take off from his hook fine trout just as fast as he can handle them. Last August the old Irish bridge tender was watching me play a taking fly at this point, when this pool seemed literally alive with large fish. 1 and my fifteen-year- old son had caught out of this one place thirty-seven pounds in less than one-half a day. Our Irish friend says: “By jabers, I hive bin troying to clane this houl out of thim for the past four months, and jist luck at thim. How miny do you think there is lef yit?” I answered him I thought by appearances that it must yet contain about twenty barrels of trout. One of the remarkable features of this great same world is that since the Indians have been removed game of all kinds is rapidly increasing. Many of the old Mormon settlers, who have lived in Utah for the past thirty years, say that deer are more plenty to-day than when they first came to Salt Lake. If onr Eastern men wish only deer shooting and trout fish- ing, let them go on to Pleasant Valley Junction and remain until late in October or November, when the deer cross in this vicinity from the Wasatch range of mountains to the south seeking a country having less snow than the northern range. Very little hunting is done in Utah, and deer and grouse are perhaps more abundant than anywhere in the world. The following seems almost incredible, but it is nevertheless based on facts: , The writer was one of a party of three 4t Pleasant Valley Junction on a deer hunt late last November, when the snows were heavy in the upper Wasaich range, and the deer were traveling south in great numbers. We killed eleyen in one day, and had all we wanted. While getting them to a wagon road to take them to the railrcad, the writer counted, in a barren space of their trail south, forty-seven deer passing in two hours’ time. Here much of the keen sport of hunting for this.game is lost to the true sportsman. On visiting this spot, through which no doubt thousands of deer pass during a,comparatively short time in the late fall, the snow was beaten down the same as though a large herd of sheep had been driven over it. These are all black-tailed or mule-eared deer. Colorado has many white-tailed or red deer, but Utah has none. This conclusion was formed last fall after hunting over a great portion of the Territory, and watching the market in Salt Lake City for the whole of last season and not seeing’ one red deer. To an old deer hunter of the Hastern States shoot- ing the black-tailed deer of the West would be tame sport indeed, because they have none of that foxy cunning which is always found in the red deer. The black-tail will often stand while a good marksman will kill five or six. I have known a market hunter to killa band of seventeen within a radius of less than 200 yards, and this was done without a magazine gun, by a Mr, Woodard on Powder River in Dakota. In that same vicinity I caught a large doe with a greyhound, dressed it and started toward camp; and inside of one hour we came across the same band, and our dog caught and killed the second doe, The reader will naturally ask how I know this was the same band. Because the first band had one buck and nine does, and when we came up to them the second time there were but eight does and one buck, a coincidence not to be accounted for in any other way. In my next I will describe how we caught a bulfalo calf with three greyhounds. Q. VAN HomMeny, M.D. ” TpAno Springs, Colorado. Bhatuyal History. A BIT OF A SERMON. Y permission of the writer we are enabled to print some extracts from a private letter which furnish an eloquent sermon against summer shooting. The facts speak for them- selves so forcibly that no comment on them is required, ‘lhe observations here related will be no less interesting to the naturalist than the sportsman, and by whomever read, the story is an interesting one: While strolling on the banks of French Crcek, near Clay- ton, on Sunday Jast, June 8, in company with my wife and a friend, we started a woodcock, which feigned being wounded, and gave utterance to the most plaintive squeaks, from which we inferred the nest must he near. short search discovered it among some small bushes on the ground in a comparatively exposed position. The nest contained three eggs, whichewe, of course, did not disturb. Leaving the nest for over an hour, I cautiously returned, and getting on my hands and knees crept within ten feet of it without disturbing the old bird, After watching her for about ten minutes I saw her stand up in the nest and with her bill and one foot change the position of two of the eggs, after which she settled back on the nest, . She then evidently saw me, for she gave a sudden twist sideways with her head and then slowly and cautiously stretched herself out as flat as possible, her bill resting flat on the ground, She remained thus for fully five minutes, Presently I arose from my position and stepped forward, when the bird quietly sneaked away from the nest, seeming to crouch as near the ground as possible, until about twenty feet away when she arose with the usual cry, but immediately fell to the ground, fluttered up and down and finally turned over on her back fluttering her wings as if in the last agony, but as I approaciied she scrambled away, dragging one wing on the ground until she had led me fully two hundred yards from the nest, when suddenly she bade me aw revoir, and darted away like a rocket. Secreting myself some distance from the nest, in fourteen minutes I was surprised to see her sitting on it as quietly as before being disturbed, but how she reached there Iam unable to say, as I did not see her ap ‘Toxw 19, 1884.) ‘ FOREST AND STREAM. 403 proach, and half a minute before her reappearance on the nest nothing was to be seen or heard. As the woods were open I had an excellent opportunity of watching her interest- ing maneuvers and had hoped te be able to note the manner in which the return would be made. I wish that some of the advocates of July woodcock shooting could have seen the devotion of the mother bird, and their views might be modified; and should these eggs be hatched now what pleasure would there be in shooting on Aug. 1 a mere chick, six weeks old? _ 1 wish our State law for woodcock read for every county alike—Sept. 15 the first day of the woodcock season. As I wrote you some time since, I once found mere fledg- lings in July, but this was the first opportunity I ever had of watching the old bird on her nest, 1 had always sup- posed the nest was hidden in the depths of some swamp, but this was on high ground, in a maple grove interspersed with hickory and oak, and there was no apparent attempt at con- cealment, for ijt was visible anywhere within a radius of fit- teen or twenty feet, and was built entirely of grass and small leaves. ONONDAGA. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 4 ee years have elapsed since the publication of the first three volumes of ‘North American Birds,” by Messrs. Baird, Brewer & Ridgway, and now we have the fourth vol- ume. The first three covered the land birds, and the last two are to complete what will be the greatest work on Amer- ican ornithology since the time of Audubon. The delay in the completion of the work has been due to its great cost, no publisher having been found who was will- ing to assume the risk of carrving it out to its end, That we haye now the first of the two concluding volumes of the series is due to the liberality of Prof. J. D. Whitney, late State Geologist of California, and of the Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Cambridge, Mass. The present volume is issued as the twelfth of the Memoirs of the Museum, and like those which have preceded it, reflects credit upon the institution which sends it forth. Although ‘Sssued in continuation of the publications of the geological survey of California,” in its appearance, manner of illus- tration, and general make up, the present volume resembles the first three of the ‘‘History of North American Birds,” and the authors being the same, il is, as a matter of fact, the continuation of that work, It is true that the lamented Brewer did not live to see the printing of the first volume of the water birds begun, and that portion of the work assigned to him has suffered in consequence of his death, Prof. J. A, Allen has, however, econipleted some of the unfinished articles, and like all his work, it is well done. This work, therefore, coming fresh from the hands of our most eminent ornithologists, being the most recent work of the kind,and being gotten up without regard to cost, cannot fail to appeal very strongly to every ornithologist. Certainly it is high time that we had these volumes, for, with the -ex- ception of the materialin ‘‘Birds of the Northwest” and ‘‘New England Bird Life,’ nothing systematic has been published on the water birds of America for very many years. The present volume carries us, beginning with the herons, through the so-called wading birds, and well into the Anatine, the cinnamon teal (Querguedula eyanoptera) being the last spe- cies mentioned, The concluding volume, which is promised in September, will carry us through the water birds, and the greatest modern work on American ornithology will be com- pleted. The descriptive portion of the work is indeed quite be- yond criticism, and it is made more valuable by the numerous excellent figures of the heads, and outline sketches of bills of different species which are scattered everywhere through the text. At the same time we cannot help regretting that the part devoted to the biographies of the water birds should be, as is apparently now thé case, somewhat behind the times. Some years have elapsed since the manuscript was prepared for publication, and while the technical and descriptive por- tion of the work has been revised so as to bring it down to date, a considerable portion of Dr, Brewer's work gives no evidence of having been treated in the same way. Thus, the biographical sketches of the different species are much the least, satisfactory portion of the work. They consist almost altogether of citations from different authors, giving very fully the distribution of the different species, but not telling us as much about their habits—their real inner life—as we should like to know, and even as regards distribution we find that the work is by no means brought down to date, and that many interesting observations in the West and elsewhere by some of our best obseryers—men like Ridgway, Henshaw and Merriam, for example—are not men- tioned. The volume appears to be singularly free from errors, though occasionally a loose statement has crept in. Such, for example, is the statement that the habitat of the upland plover (Bartramia longicauda) is ‘“Hastern North America, migrating to Brazil and Peru and extending north to Alaska and Nova Scotia.” Asa matter of fact, the range of this species extends in the Northern United States west nearly if not quite to the one hundred and twelfth meridian, while further south, near the fortieth parallel, we have ourselves seen it near the bend of the Platte in Western Wyoming. Ridgway took it on Kamas prairie in Utah; Abert is reported to have sent one from New Mexico, and Henshaw took one in Southeastern Arizona. With all these references it seems soanpely. proper to callit an ‘Eastern bird,” as is sometimes one, The nomenclature employed in this volumeis, in the main, that announced by Mr. Ridgway in his important paper on the nomenclature of North American birds, published in 1881, but here and there we note changes from that list. Thus, we find the so-called English snipe no longer called Gallinago media wilson, hut see that it has been restored 1o Specific rank, and that what we formerly thought of as Gallinago media has, as was predicted would be the case in Dr. Leonhard Stejneger’s paper on the subject (Proceedings U. 5, Nat. Mus., Vol. Y., 1882), taken Frenzel’s name, Gat- linago ceélestis. In this yolume we have set before ns, for the first time in an American work on ornithology, full and systematic de- scriptions of a number of extralimital species, of which one or two individuals have recently been taken within our borders, a fact for which those ornithologists who have not access to large libraries will be profoundly grateful. _ The present yolume and the one which is fo follow it will be gladly received by sportsmen generally as well as by nat- Geologist, | Volume lI, | Boston: | Little, Brown and Company, |'1884, Price (uncolored) $12 per yolume, Hand colored $30 Be SUBS uralists. The former will find in it so many of the species which they pursue, that the work is certainly one which should be in the hands of all our readers, who cannot fail to find in it pleasure as well as profit. Taken as a whole the work is monumental; its value and Praise is not needed for it, since the names of its authors are a sufficient fuarantee of the quality of the work, and to say that it is by Baird, Brewer & Ridgway, assisted by Allen, is only another way of stating that the very best minds among the orni- thologists of this country have combined to produce a work its importance can scarcely be overestimated, which shall do them credit. SEASONS AND BIRDS OF THE PRAIRIE. BY H. 8. WILLIAMS, M.D. 7 HEN old Boreas bursts through the sun-bound confines of his summer home and comes rushing southward, driving the more tender birds to warmer climes, there are a few species which, more hardy than their followers, fear not the threats of the bluft old gentleman, butremain to buffet with Latest among the little wanderers that come rushing from the north with the first blasts of winter, are the long- spurs (Centraphanes lapponicus) and snow buntings (Plectro- Hardier birds than these there are none; the him. phanes nivalis), more boisterous the weather the better pleased they seem. Winter kings the country folks call them, and truly they deserve the name, regularly about the prairie barnyards in the winter. two species associate together to a considerable extent, but the longspurs seem more adundant and familiar. Seen at his best, the longspur is by no means a plain bird, but at no time will he bear a companion with the snowflake, The latter is indeed a jaunty fellow. How finely contrasted are the black and white of his wings, and what a warm brown hood he wears. Seen hurrying over the prairies, he is, with the exception of the snowy owl, the most. noticeable bird of winter. But I fear his fine feathers make bim vain, for he is something of an aristocrat, holding himself rather aloof from the society of man during fine weather, or so long as le can obtain food elsewhere. But during severe storms he sometimes comes familiarly about the stables in quest of food, This has led to the belief, common in some districts, that the appearance of the “twhite snowbird” predicts a storm, while the coming of the ‘‘black snowhbird” indicates the ap- proach of fair weather. This last is not necessarily the true hyemalis, which rarely remains in Northern lowa during the winter, but any of our darker winter birds. Many persons goon astep further and gravely assert that the sume indi- viduals actully change color from day to day, becoming white before a storm! Another strictly terrestrial bird, only less hardy than the last, is the shore lark (Hremophdla alpestris). Heisa resident here, yet somewhat erratic in habits asin flight. I am not surprised if L see him in the depth of the coldest winter, but then he appears only occasionally; and quite as frequently he is not seen at all during two or three of the coldest months. Some fine February morning, however, as I walk across a meadow or ploughed field in the open country, he starts up before me, and then, as he flies away, he sings. His notes are sweet, but so fine and feeble that you must listen intently or the breeze will bear them from you and they will be lost. The bird may have remained here all winter, but more probably he has just returned from a pleasure trip somewhat further south. At all events he has not sung before, and | herald the note as truly a spring sound. True, ‘ pring wil not open for a month to come; we shall not see the bluebird, borne in the same breeze that brings the first whilf of that orange-blossom aroma which all await so im- patiently, for several weeks; but the lark’s song reminds us that nature is awakening. It gives us a foretaste of what may not come in reality fora long time. No matter what the weather may be after this, I see the lark daily, If it storms, he utters only a shrill cheep; but if it shine he is full of music. Seated on the ground or upon a fence post, he sings almost constantly. First comes an interrupted prelude, more faint even than the song itself, which is a peculiarly undulating sucession of lisping sounds, sweet, and at timés penetrating. But this is by no means his best performance, though his song is always the same, Later, while his mate broods her eggs on the ground below, he pours forth his music from the skies, as becomes a Jark. His ascent is song- less; obliquely, by successive stages he rises, alternately beat- ing a few strokes with those strong wings and gliding with But haying reached the height to which pinions motionless. he aspires, his song begins. As he sings, he floats motionless, slowly sinking. The strain ended, a few wing-beats brings him again to the desired height, and again his feeble liquid notes are heard. He isso high that he seems a niere speck against the sky, yet, feeble as are his notes, we hear them distinctly. We must not take our eyes from him or he may be lost, and we shall miss the best part of the performance. Having repeated the strain a score or more times, he pauses for a moment in air, gives a swoop downward, and then, closing his wings, falls like a thing inanimate, rushing earth- ward with almost meteoric rapidity. Surely he will be dashed in pieces; he goes to his own destruction and no power can save him. But no; when almost to the earth, see him spread those broad wings, swing outward and upward in a graceful curve, and go skimming off across the meadow. What a grand finale! one exclaims involuntarily, and ever afterward we regard the lark with a new interest and class him among the true avian poets. ; T have said that the lark is erratic in habit, but he is by no means as much so as a certain hardy little northerner who is not so exclusively confined to the prairie, yet is never with us found far from the open country. I refer to the red- poll linnet (yiothus linaria), This little fellow is some: times abundant throughout the winter, sometimes seen only in fall and spring, again is not observed at all during the season. The winter of 1878-9, remarkable for the large number of northern birds it brought to us, gave us among the others numerous redpolls. In the fall I found them in the open prairie, and later they came about the yards in town, associating with the goldfinches, which they resemble in size, in flight, and in one of their call notes. I know a sandy plot by the river, covered with weeds, where these birds could almost always be found, and there, too, perched on the topmost bough of a neighboring tree, might be seen the marauding shrike (Lanius borealis), which ever and anon darted with murderous onslaught into the ranks of the finches and, selecting a victim, followed it in hot pursuit through the air. Now up, now down, to this side and to that, darts the affrighted bird, and cloge behind, following each deviation with the unerring accuracy of asleuth hound, comes the blood-thirsty pursuer. Who would not, as he sees the exertions of the little finch become less and less power- They are almost the only birds that come The ful, put an end to the flight of the ruthless shrike? Gladly would we cut him down and tell ourselves that we but gave him his deserts. Yet he only pursues the dictates of his nature; he kills that he may live; and we who condemn him would pursue as eagerly a rare finch or warbler and shoot it, almost without a throb of compunction, merely that we might dissect and classify, or, giving it a wire skeleton, perch it in life-like attitude, mocking its once happy actions. But we think not of this as we see the frightened finch almost within the clutches of the shrike. We only wish that we might destroy the pursuer. But it is too late; they have passed in zig-zag flight, the shrike every moment closing in upon his prey. At last he makes an extra exertion, aud the victim is his, Seized in his bill he bears it sloping to the earth, there to perform the closing scene of the little tragedy, In glancing at the character of the shrike, 1 find much to admire, Though small in size, his superior strength and activity more than make up for this deficiency, and few, if any, are the birds to which he yields in open combat. In point of sportsmanship, what one of our hawks is his equal, though he be armed only half as wellas they? The little falcons are almost unerring marksmen, but they are pot- hunters. Failing to secure their victim at one sudden sweep, they leave it and go in search of another standing mark. Not so the shrike. True, he sometimes ‘‘pots” a bird; Iam not certain that he would not always do so of a preference; but, failing in this, he gives chase, like a true sportsmen, and the yictory is given to the switter pair of wings. The northern shrike, to which reference is here made, visits us only during the winter. His congener, the logver- head (Lantus ludovieianus), is a regular and rather common summer resident, found only in the open country, and nest- ing in hedges or groves of cottonwood, I have not known him to exercise his sportsmanship upon anything larger than a grasshopper, and think he confines himself largely, if not exclusively, to insectorial prey. One can scarcely speak of prairie birds and say nothing of the king of them all—the pinnated grouse—though he has been so often and so well deseribed that every one is familiar with at least the outlines of his history, With us, as else- where, he is termed a resident, yet I doubt whether many individuals spend the entire year in one latitude. Each fall large flights of grouse pass over the towns, always headed toward the southeast, and in the spring a corresponding number all northwest bound. These flights occur mainly at dusk and in the early morning. The birds fly in scattered companies, as low as barely to miss the tops of the trees and houses; the shrill whizzing of their wings tells of their prox- imity before they are seen, and a view of them gives one a conception of momentum which, it seems to me, could be made more vivid by nothing less than a cannon ball. At no other season are the grouse seen to make extended flights, and in spring and fall, as already mentioned, all move in one direction, northwest and southeast, respectively. This would seem to be sufficient proof that, with us at any rate, indi- viduals of this:species are migratory, though collectively they are certainly resident, being as abundant during the most severe winter as at any other season, and, of course, far more conspicuous, there being nothing to afford a hiding place. They begin to ‘‘pack” early in the winter, and some- times associate in immense flocks, numbering in some rare cases many thousands. This happens only when there are very large fields of unhusked corn in a particular section, affording peculiarly favorable conditions for the existence of a large number together. -Under such circumstances | once saw a flock of grouse which, when on the wing, extended continuously for a distance of fully half a mile, the stream— for such it seemed—hbeing perhaps fifty yards wide and three or four tiers deep; this entire space, be it understood, as closely packed as ample wing-room would permit, Such flocks as this are very unusual, but two or three hundred in- dividuals are frequently associated together. Outlined against the snowy sheet that covers the prairie, they are very con- spicuous and afford a great temptation to the sportsman; but they are so wary that it is almost useless to stalk them on foot, except during a storm. Inasled one can often approach within fair range; but he who would at downright and _ left now must be no novice, for the grouse is no longer the weakling that we knew in August, At best, only small bags are possible, and no one here thinks of doing much grouse shooting after the fall “‘packing” begins. To the Hastern man, traveling over our beautiful summer prairies, it is a matter for constant wonder that no grouse are seen, even though he is assured that he isin the midst of their haunts, From May till October one may ride con- stantly through a country where grouse abound without catching more than an occasional glimpse of an anxious hen skulking with her brood by the roadside. Even if actual search be made, itis a mere chance if it be successful; and we might as well hunt a fox without hounds as to hope to make a bag of grouse in the early fall without the assistance ofa dog. Itis much to be regretted that the grouse are yearly becoming less abundant in Iowa; but as we have a pretty generally observed game law, it will be many years before anything like complete extermination is threatened them, even in the eastern part of the State. The gradual and steady decrease in their numbers is, of course, attributed to the sportsman; but there is a cause over which man has no control that operates more efficiently than any other in deciding the relative abundance of grouse in any particular season, viz., the June freshet. If the backwardness of the season has prevented the grouse from mating early, and in addition the succession of June storms that we almost al- ways experience begins early, large numbers of the chicks are drowned; and it may safely be predicted that small “coveys’ will be the rule in the fall, Occasionally an entire brood is destroyed, im which case the mother bird again undertakes the maternal duties; and when the ‘season’ opens in the fali, her chicks will be no larger than half grown quails and barely able to make a feeble flight of a hundred yards. But I have given more space than lintended tothe grouse, and will only mention a few other common winter residents that help to add interest to the dreary aspect of the prairie “landscape during the season. The most conspicuous of these is the snowy ow], which is a regular, though not a very com- mon resident, The short-eared owl (Asie weeipitrinus) is more common, and is, furthermore, a resident, nesting in May or June on the ground among the grass in the open, unbroken rairie. The same remark will apply to the marsh hawk (Circus hudsonius), but these latter are more abundant during the summer, and are, no doubt, partially migratory. The marsh hawk is apparently afeebly organized bird, well fitted to prey upon small birds, frogs, ete., but he is capable, when pressed by hunger, of much greater feats, -I once witnessed a most exciting chase, in which one of these birds was the pursuer, and the pursued no less a bird than a full-grown = 404 FOREST AND STREAM. pinnated grouse. The latter flew with all the swiftness of which fear rendered it capable, yet the hawk, with apparent ease, flapping those broad wings steadily but in a leisurely manner, followed close behind, gradually shortening the distance that separated him from his victim. For more than a mile the race continued, and at last, the grouse, overcome by either fatigue or fear, came to the ground, and the hawk followed immediately. ‘Chey were by this time so distant that I could not see the final result, but I had little doubt that the quarry proved an easy victim and served for many a fine repast. 1 had not previously credited the hawk with 80 much courage, and I think his prowess is not generally appreciated. With the first approach of spring, not the ‘‘ethereal mild- ness” of the past, but the stormy, disagreeable early spring of practical life, the prairie takes a still more uninviting ap- pearance. There was something grand, almost sublime, in the vast, unbroken, dazzling whiteness of the typical winter landscape, but this now gives place to a dirty, dismal, muddy expanse, which calls forth neither the sadly-pleasant reveries | -ef autumn nor the joyful vivacity of the late spring time. that he is a member of the Union, this is no reason, nor can The snow melts and stands in pools in the level prairie, and | be expect it, that I am called upon to answer an anonymous swells the “sloughs” and little ponds of the more rolling | letter. It is something I have never been guilty of, and I country into vast shallow sluggish rivers, and cold, dark, | 40 not intend to depart from my views upon such matters in silent lakes. Even the birds seem to have left for more | the presentinstance. J am prompted in writing this letter pleasant scenes, and for a few days a fertile soil has the | simply by the fact that I do not wish your correspondent to dreary visage of a desert. think me so discourteous as not to take any cognizance of But in 2 day all is changed. What seemed the fit abode his communication whatever, or much less that he has of death now teems with life. Ducks of a dozen species | Written something that is unanswerable. So soon as he does throng the ponds, and geese, brant, and cranes stalk about |™e this honor, and is manly enough to attach his proper on the higher grounds. Pintails and mallards, in flocks of | hame to his views, it will give me pleasure to respond to hundreds or even thousands, visit the last year’s corn and | him and answer his questions to the best of my ability. I oat fields, literally blackening the ground as they feed and | 2™ too old an ornithologist, to say nothing of my experience the air as they rise. An occasional blue heron (Ardea herodias) | in kindred matters, to be caught “gunning in the dark.” flies silently over the water courses, the brown bittern skulks R. W. SHUFELDT. among the slough grass and dwarfed willows, the Wilson snipe springs in erratic flight on every side, and the shrill whistle of the curlew breaks anon upon the almost audible silence that yesterday pervaded the very atmosphere. All this is but a transition scene, in a few weeks these welcome visitors have retired to their summer haunts, but in their places there are others who arc not visitors merely, but residents come to spend the entirc summer. And how differ- ent is the face with which nature greets them from that which of late she wore. All now is smiles and gladness, The ponds and sloughs have returned to their wonted limits, the upland is dry and its coat of dusky brown has given place to one of loveliest green, sprinkled here and there with golden butter- cups and subdued by the exquisite purple of the pasque flowers and violets. Now, indeed, does the face of nature smile as one who wakes gladly from a peaceful sleep. Her creatures of the prairie, though less varied in kind than those of the woodland, are sufficiently abundant to lend animation to the enchanting scene. Spermophiles, our most typical prairie mammals, whisk gayly here and there, or viewing us suspiciously from their door-sill, prepare to dive into the bowels of the earth at our nearer approach. Little sparrows, most conspicuous among which is the yellow-winged, make the air vibrate with their ditty, while the ubiquitous black- throat buntings chant their clinking strain on every side. And there, stalking so gracefully, with that slender neck responding to each motion of the body, or floating along with broad wings tremulously vibrating in a manner that marks him unmistakably, is our most characteristic upland bird of summer, the Bartramian tattler. See instructions at head of this column, Bess. Mr. I. J, Goldwait’s(Goston, Mass.) imported red Irish setter bitch Bess (Gold—Siss), May 29, twelve (five dogs), by Mr. Jos. Hayes’s Suil-a-Mor (Claremont—Dido). fluke. Mr. J. J. Scanlan’s (Wall River, Mass.) English setter bitch ee Swaze), June 8, eight (three dogs), by Cashier (Dash .—Opal). Vietoria. Mr, A, EB. Burche’s (Washington, D. C.) English setter biteh Vicloria (Warwick—Belle), June 11. eight (four dogs), by Dash- ing Lion (Dash II,—Leda); all black and white. Hairy If, Mor, Jas. H. Goodsell’s New York) English setter bitch Fairy lil. (A. KLIK, 35), May 8, nine (tive dogs), by his champion Plan- tagenst. Civigiees Bess. Mr. A. Miller’s (Shickshinny, Pa.) setter bitch Countess Bess (fred—Wlirt), June 15, six, by Rex (Reed's Druid— Bessie Lee). Domina. Mr, A. G. Chisholm’s (London. Ont.) English setter bitch Domina (Prince Royal—Nettie), June 17, five (two dogs), by Harri- son’s London. fupsy (Queen. Mr. C. F. Kent's (Monticello, N. Y.) beagle bitch Gypsy Queen (Brier—Bush), June17, seyen (four dogs), hy Mr. N. El- more’s unported Ringwood, Datia, Mr. W. i. Sessious’s (Woreester. Mass.) mastiff bitch Lotta (Romeo—Juliet). Juue 15, five (three dogs), by imported York, Jersey. Col. U. G. Schooumaker’s (Seranton, Pa.) iastiff bitch Jersey (Phito—Jessey), June 16, five (three dogs), by champion Nevi- son (Gurth—Juno). Lussie. The Westminster Kennel Club’s pointer bitch Lassie nee 208), June 1, eigut (four dogs), by Vandevort’s Don (A,K.R. 165), men, Mr. T, F. Nealis’s (Philadelphia, Pa,) pug bitch Laura (Punct—Minnie), June 12, six (two dogs), by Smut. Betsy. Mr. T. b. Nealis’s (Philadelphia, Pa.) pug bitch Betsy (Punch —Judy), five (two dogs), by Sout. Bertha. Mr, W. Wade’s (Pittsburgh, Pa.) mastiff bitch Bertha (A.K.R. 151), May 17, eleven (seven dogs), by his Tiny, Gipsey. Mr. W. Wade's (Pittsburzh, Pa.) mastiff bitch Gipsey (A. kK. 15), May 14, five (three dogs), by his Tiny, _Lodin, The Ashmont Kennel’s (Boston, Mass.) imported mastiff bitch Lodin, April &, eleven (four dogs), by Diavolo (A.K.R. £43). Junio, The Forest City Kennel’s (Portland, Me.) pug bitch Juno (A.K.R. 406), May 19. five (two dogs), by Young Toby (A. K.R. 473), Pe ene, The PE Tey ee ne (Blac Boe RNS Re ae bite bess (A, bin ay 9, eleven (nine do: champion Bonivard (A,K.R361), cde : Alma. The Chequasset Kenuel's St. Bernard hitch Alma (A.K.R, x7), May 12, eleven (two dogs), by Prinee (A.K.R. 1052): one living. eae ae eer ea AEN ae eres Falls, N. H.) cocker spaniel bite ackie IL. (A.K.R. di Til 19, seven (two dogs), by Gbo TI, (A.K.R. 432); all black, eee i : en Clio. Mr. J. P, Willey’s (Salmon Falls, N. H.) cocker spaniel bitch ae aso 429), April 16, three (one dog), by Obo IT. (A.K.R. 432); all black, Girl Mr, R, T, Greene’s (Jersey City, N. J.) pointer bitch Girl (A.K.R. 697), June 12, seyen (five dogs), by Glenmark (hush—Romp), Bush. Mr, A. H, Wakefield’s (Providence, R. I.) beagle bitch cham- pion Bush (A.K.K. 139), May 20, five (three dogs), by imported Fore- man (A.K.R 1120). ranchon, My, T. Wf. Adams's (Pawtucket, R. I.) pug bitch Fan- chon (Keho—Victoria), April 29, two, both dogs, by Young Toby Trallee. The Milwaukee Kennel Club’s (Milwaukee, Wis,) Irish water spamel bitch Trallee (Bob—Irish Nell). June 1, seyen (three dogs), by their Dan O'Connor (champion Barney--Kathleen). _ Irish Nell, The Milwaukee Kennel Club's Irish water spaniel hitch Irish Nell (Patsey—Jess), June 18, five (thrée dogs), by thei Dan O'Connor (champion Barney—Kathleen), Clio. Mr. H. W. Huntington’s (Brooklyn, N. Y.) black greyhound bitch Clio (Badger—Ian), June 11, eight fire dogs), by his Doubleshot (A. KR, 78); two black and white, one black, one blue and one fawn dog, and three black and white bitches, SALES. s~ See instructions at head of this column. Sweetheart. Red Irish setter bitch (A.K-R. 299), by Mr. James B. Blossom, Morrisania, N. Y., to the Ashmont Kennel, Boston, Mass. White Lily. Liver and white pointer bitch, age not given (Dime— Queen), by Mr, 8. B. Dilley, Rosendale, Wis,, to Mr, C, W. Stewart, ipon, Wis. ; Keno Ranger, Liver and white pointer dog, whelped April 3, 1884 (Ranger Croxteth—Fanny Faust), by Mr. S. B. Dilley, Rosendale, Wis., to Mr. W. C, Perey, Bayou Tunica, La. Ruby, Red Irish setter bitch, 4yrs. old (Elcho—Rose), by Mv. H.H. Tate, Greensboro, N, C., to Mr. Max Wenzel, Hoboken, N. J. Dell. White, black and tan beaglé bitch (A.K,R. 319), by Messrs. ze Pate Livingston, New York, to Mr. Andrew Winser, Providence, fock—Kate whelps. English setters, age and color not given, by Mr, William Tallman, South Attleboro, Mass., a dog to Mr. W. W. Higgius, Pawtucket, R.1I,, and a bitch to Mr, J. I. Farrell, North At- tleboro, Mass, Dido, Ttalian greyhound bitch, age not given (Mayo—Vero), by Ma. e W, Jester, St. George’s, Del., to Mr. W. H, Wilson, Washing- ton, Pa. : Ida. TVtalian greyhound bitch, age not given (Mayo—Vero), by Mr, a W. Jester, St. George’s, Del., to Mr. George E. Numsen, Baltimore, Zoo. Italian greyhound dog, age not givan (Mayo—Vero), by Mr. EE. ie Fea St. George’s, Del., to Mr, G, E. Stockbridge, Kalama- z00, Mich. Ruth. English setter biteh, age and color not given (Dashing Lion —Armida), by Mr. E. W, Jester, St. George’s, Del., to the Highland Kennel, Ashfield, Mass. _Obo I1.—Smut whelp, Black cocker spaniel bitch, whelped April 29, 1884, by Mr. H. C. Bronsdon, Boston, Mass., to My. KF. McDewell, oe place, who has resold her to Mr, Robert Walker, Franklin, Lennox. Lemon and white pointer dog (A.K.R. 1045), by Mr. H. W. Smith, Worcester, Mass., to Mr. Robt. M. Washburn, same place. flirt Warren. Black and white English setter dog, whelped Feb, 12, 1884 (Dash I1T.—Matebless), by Mr. D, A. Goodwin, Jr., Newbury- port, Mass., to the Strawberry Hill Kennel, Leicester, Mass. Flake. Butl-terrier bitch, age not given (Mat— Vixen), by Mr. F. C. Wheeler, London, Ont., to Mr. Frank F. Dole, New Haven, Ct., who has resold her to Mr. Frank H. Howe, same place. Searlet If, Bullterrier bitch, 3yrs. old (Randall—Scarlet), by Mr. Geo, B. Foss, Dover, Me., to Mr. Frank F. Dole, New Haven, Ct. Scarlet IZ. Bull-terrier bitch, whelped Feb. 26, 1884 (Young Royal —Scarlet I1.), by Mr. Geo. B, Foss, Dover, Me., to Mr. Frank Ff’. Dole, New Haven, Ct. Sensation—Fhiirt whelp. Pointer dog, whelped April 11, 1884, by Mr, anes S. Thurston, Huntington, L.1., to Mr, A, L. Titus, Center- port, L. I, Qbo I1.—Gem whelps. Black cocker spaniels, whelped April 24, 1884, by Mr. Gec. L. . Tyler, West Newton, Mass., a dog and bitch to Mr. N. P. Warren, same place, and a dog to Mr. George A. Mead, same place. - Black Rose, Black cocker spaniel bitch (A.K.R, 249), by the Surrey netinel, Ellicott City, Md., to Mr. C. EK. Lewis, Suspension Bridge, Nee, Success. Black field spaniel dog (A.K.R. 735), oF the Surrey Kennel, Dllicott City, Md_, to Mr. J, H. Winslow, Philadelphia, Pa. Growler. Black. tan and white collie dog (A,K.R. 759), by Mr, meulEe A. Fletcher, Milton, Mass., to Mr. David C. Smith, Lexington, Lass, Rover. Black, tan and white collie dog (A. K.R. 750), by Mr. Geo. A. Fletcher, Milton, Mass.. to Mr. Daniel Wheeler, Oxford, N, H. Jeannie C, Black, tan and white collie biteh (Sandy, A.K.R. 751— Daisy, A.K.R, 748), by Mr. Geo. A. Fletcher, Milton, Mass,, to Mr. Chas. W. Cook, same place. f Bruce Runger. Liver and white pointes dog, whelped Noy. 3, 1883 (Ranger--White Lilly), by Mr.§. B, Dilley, Rosendale, Wis., to Mr. Amory R. Starr, Marshall, Tex. , Tell Ranger. iver and white pointer pu ene ey April 3, 1584 (Ranger Croxteth--Fanny Faust), by Mr. 8. B. Dilley, Rosendale, Wis., to Mr, David Cratt, Wabasha, Minn. ; ; Minnie Ranger. Liver and white pointer bitch, whelped April 3, 1884 (Ranger Croxteth—Fanny Faust), by Mr. 3, B. Dilley, Rosendale, Wis., to Mr. John 8. Dilley, Lake City, Minnn. Duke of York, Lemon and white pointer dog, whelped Sept. 15, 1863, by Sensation (A.K.R. 217) out of Lass (Sleaford—Dawn), by Mr. B. F_Seitner, Dayton, O., to Mr. O. B. Brown, same place, Dandy Sensation. Lemon and white pointer dog, whelped Sept. 18, 1888, by Sensation (A.K.R. 217) out of Lass (Sleaford—Dawn), by Mr B, F. Seituer, Dayton, O., to Mr, A, A. Winter, same place, Gus Bondhu—Countess Mollie whelp. White, black and tan Eng- lish setter dog, whelped Feb, 27, 1884, by Mr, P, Moeller, Nyack, N. to Mr, Bugene A, Austin, Providence, K, I, PRESENTATIONS. = See instructions at head of this column. lye Obo I.—Gem whelp. Black coeker spaniel dog, whelped Sept. 27, 1884, by Mr. Geo. L. V. Tyler, West Newton, Mass,, to Dr. F. E. Croeket, same place. Aifle and Grap Shooting. RANGE AND GALLERY. -BOSTON, June 17.—Bunker Hill day brought a crowd of marksmen to Walnut Hill. The scores stood: i Creedmoor Practice Maten, possible 50—E, Burleigh 48, A. B. Edwards 47, C. B. Edwards 46, KR. Reed 46, W. Daly 44, G. J. Board- man (mil,) 48, F. Wallace 43, M. Willams 42, A, Steele 42, O. Smith 41, J. James 41. W. H, Ober 41, G, J. Boardman (mil.) 41, L. Winslow 40, H Newton 39, Frank Smith 38, F, Wilson 38, W. Jones a8. j Greedmoor Prize Match, possible 50—H. Cushing 47, ,. W, Perkins 47, OC, H, Cushing 47, J. B. Fellows 46, J. N,. Frye 46, J. Armstrong 46, F, Wallace 45, 2 Sul MP W. French 45, F, J. Bent 45, B, Higgins 44. O, Healey 44, J. Morse 43, ; Decimal Match, Rest, possible 100—W. Gardner 95, 8, Wilder 90, B, C. Booz 90, B. F, Clark 8), H, 8. Sturgis 80, Me: Decimal Mateh, possible 100—J, 8, Fellows 96, J. Francis 83, H, Steele 66, H. Newton 47. June 21.—The weather was so warm that but a few gentlemen were at:Walnut Hill to-day, but those who were there had an excellent chance to do some good shooting, for the conditions were superb, Messrs. J. P. Bates, R.Reed, E. B. Souther, J, B, Fellows and 1’, W. Perkins made 47 each ou the Creedmoor target, and Mr, W. D, Palmer of the Merrmuec Club made a fine 48 and a 47, Mr. J. B. Fellows, who won the Directors’ medal, had his twelve-year-old son Fred with him, and the lad made a fine 92 on the rest target. The following are the best scores: - Oreedmoor. Practice Matech,—W, D. Palmer 45, R. Reed 47, OC. H. Berry 46, W. H. Oler 45, A. J. Look 45, J. E. Darmoody (mil) 4i._ Oréedmoor Prize Mateh,—J. B. Fellows (E) 47, E, B. Souther (&) 47, I’, W. Perkins (B) 47, J. P. Bates (B) 47, W. H, Oler (B) 46, C. E. Berry (B) 46, pa amare ae 49, rover ‘obb (B) 45, W. C. Adams (EB) 45, A. J. Loc , B. A. Lappin 4 . : Decimal Mateh.—W. ‘Charles 84, J, B. Fellaws 78, A. J. Look 70, W, H, Oler 69, A. Darling 52, — Rest Match.—Ww, : ¢ | (A ay Charles (1) BL ag is (D) 92, C. Fr ) 92, B, B. Souther (B) 79, S. Wilder (A) 75. (D) 92, ed Fellows Directors’ Match sible 25.—J, : ‘ . ig: Read 22, F Wallace Bes e 20.—J. 8. Fellows 24, J. Franvis 28, BR. BUFFALO, June 17,—The ninth annual spring mateh of the Ba View Rifle Association was shot at their Givae fede: The weather throughout the day was exceed inely fine, but the rays of the sun were s0 bright as to blur the eae on thelong runges. The pro- gramme of matches and prizes this year is nnusually large. and special inducements are offered to junior marksmen, The wotk of t fe day eae aan " ompetition No, 1, Directors’ Match—Open only to directors of t Bay View Rifle Association. Distance yds, rounds 10, Tene standing, weapon, any military rifle, entrance fee $1. Se ea uaa parce Dees gold badge. shot for annually, i held by the winner during the year: presented to the A: iation - by Brig.-Gen, Edgar B. Jewett, valie $25. peintlou ColsD 8 Wand. 4.5 ces 2850 7 eae 3 4 844444 5 4-39 Gapt HAP Ment ir bse lene, crepes cee 4443245 4 4 4-38 Lieut Jas Sheldon, Jr._....., Tens bone: 3: so! 3 dh: od: 13) Sa eas Brig-Gen EB Jewett ....0.. 00... eee 023838348 4 8 4 4-30 Capt Winibrankling). "ilo. cues 332438 440 0 06 2-2: Competition No. 2, Qualification Maten—Open to all members of the Association, Remington rifle (New York State model), 200 and 500yds,, 5 shots at each distance, no sighting shots, irst Prize—A Remington, Keene magazine sporting rifle, presented to the Association by Col. P. P. Beals, to become the property of the ee aggre itthe greatest number of times during the season, yalue ; Competitors divided into three classes, third class allowed to shoot for any prize. second class for first three aca last four only. and first class for first two and last three ouly. be ; 200yds, S00 yds. Lieut Jas Sheldon, Jr............... 3553 5—19 85 ¢ 1 52241 Os piKEteATiieniken 2 Pe ug yeaa tae 4445 4—21 2044 4 -14—35 CGT TES VV ae ee eeren Sr ie gat 4344419 424221534 CorpiGray Gah act nhs tron Sper aden 3443 4-19 2438 3 3—15—34 Co) William Bloomer.........--.... 443 3 4-18 343 28-15-33 Brig-Gen HB Jewett..... ..... 1... 453 34-19 0.0 5 3 4—12—81 Capt Wilham Franklin...,.-_-,.... 4444 3-19 00 43 4—11—30 Sergt Matthew Wasser ...... ._..., 4538 4 2—18 02.0 0 4— 6—24 GOED PSEGale a. -laicnbe att eee 4438 4 5—20 0 4 0 1) 4— B—28 Private R EH Mmblidge..........._. .383843 2-15 0233 0— S836 Capt Frank T Bloomer....... ....,.2 4 04 0—10 224 0) 4—12—22 Competition No. 3, Champion Marksmen’s Class Match— Open to all members of the N. G, §. N. Y. and members of the Bay View Rifle Association, the latter, however, not being eligible to win the princi pal prize. 200 and 500yds., five shots at each, Remington rifle (the New York State model). First_prize—A gold marksman’s badge for 1884. The hadge to be- come the property of the competitor who, at the close of the season af 1884, shall haye won it the greatest number of times. Ten other pie (medals) presented by the Bay View Rifle Association to the ighest competitors inthe order of merit. Winners with a score of thirty-six points and over to receive a silver, and winners haying a score of under thirty-six to receive a bronze medal. The same man can only win one medal during the season. : 200yds. aN0yds. Lieut James Sheldon, Jr.........., 4444 49) 5 45 2 4—83—48 Cola Awards Se ede ce eens 5665 45 5—24 25438 3-18-42 Col William Bloomer ....-........ 4435 4-20 5 5.35 8—21—41 GOT puGhaAVves is. on. sues ce abteee 454 43-20 85 4 2 4 18—38 Priv R_E Wmblidge ..,...,..-..-.- 3444 3-18 5343 3—18—86 Capt William Franklin............. 4855 3-20 403 5 4—16—88 COUP EE Beals 1. a akbeetone helen o £3 424-17 242 4 5—-17—34 Capt H A Menker................,. 44544 21 452 2 0—18—34. Sergt Matthew Wasser............, 3324 3-16 45 43 0-16-31 SergieGeAs Rozensn sot seee eee 432 2 5—16 0004 3— 7—23 Brig Gen EB Jewett ..............34 23 4-16 2004 0— §—22 MieuitH i Olark tee. lesen vena 2043312 000 0 4— 416 Competition No. 4, Scoville-Moulton Match—-Open to all members of the Association, Weapon, the Remington rifle (New York State model); distances, 200, 500 and 600yds,; seven shots av each distance; position at 200yds. standing, at 500 and 600yds, any with head foward target; no sighting shots allowed. First prize—The “Scoville” trophy, presented to the association by the Hon, N. C. Scoville. To become the property of the person win- ning it three times (not necessarily consecutively), yalue $100; second, the “Moulton” trophy, presented to the assooiation by the Hon. John Ff. Moulton. To become the property of the ‘person winning it twice (not necessarily consecutively), value $50. 200y ds 500rds. 6ll0yds. Col TS Wad on, --Feinroe s 4444344 —27 5548238325 2343404 —20—72 Col P P Beals......... ..., 4d24444—24 — OBHBBRA—18 BY BAAS —25— G7 Lt. James Sheldon, Jr ...3434444—26 4531440—283 92025883 —17—66 Capt H A Menker......... 4555443—30 203300311 = 2880880—28—64 Capt Wm Franklin........ 4523435—26 = 420433- 21 —283830—-14—61 Tt HGR Clark Ac. 2208. 4844534—26 0000285—10 4028528—19—55 Corp Charles Graves 4023483—19 3308453—21 - 0522402—15—55 Col William Bloomer 4434431—26 22504083—16 3020024—11—53 Sergt M Wasser....-...... 03384434—21 200240442 3034000—10—43 Competition No. 5, Junior Marksman’s Match—Open to all junior marksmen of the Association. Remington rifle (New York State model). 200 and 500yds; five shote each distance. Position, 200yds., standings at 500, lying with head toward the target. No sighting shot. First prize—Military rifle, New York State model, to be awarded to the competitor winning it the greatest number of times during the season. Presented by Col. P, P. Beals, value $25. 200yds. S500yds. Sergt_GA ROgers, cece. ese ees 32338 4-15 084 4 3—l4—20 Gen T B Jewett.....-....-...-. yee £43 04-15 0333 0— 9-24 Capt Frank T Bloomer............. 4344 0-15 243 0 0— 9-24 Corp EB A Smith..... michele rg dpa cy aur 2 3234416 0000 38— 38-19 Sergt Matthew Wasser........... 80 2-2 3-10 0300 0— a—13 Competition No. 6, Cleveland Matech—Open to all members of the Association. Weapon, Kemington rifle (New York State model); dis- tance, 100, 300 and 500yds.; rounds, five at each distance; position, at 100 and 800yds., standing, at third-class target, at 5U0yds., any with head towards the Pare two sighting shots each at 300 and S500yds. First prize, a gold badge, presented by the Hon. Grover Cleveland, to be wou three times (not necessarily consecutive), value, $30, 100yds, a00yds. 500yds. Capt H A Menker............ 5h455—24 45245—20) 44434 19—63 Capt William Franklin...... 45554—23 44344—19 32435 —20—62 WOE EeBeAlse.! sh, 54544—22 3444217 43544—20—59 Corp Charles Graves........ 4444490 33544—19 24924 —14—53 Col William Bloonier........ 56445—23 42053—12 42434—17—a2 Privy R E Emblidge.......... 45443—20) 20805—11 48245—18—49 Lieut James Sheldon, Jr... .44435—20 2d232—12 23354—17—49 Col Thomas 8 Waud......... 24444 18 02043— 9 05535—20—47 Corp H A Smith..........-.. 4343317 30322—10 54404 —17—44 Lieut BR Clark: 7... 5... %2le6: 44435 —20 04324—18 50002— 7—40. A final award of first prize was made to Capt. H. A. Menker,h having wou it in two peeyicHe tTaatehes. ; Competition No. 7, Plumb Match—Open to all members of the As- sociation. Weapon, any military rifle; distance, 200 and 500yds.; rounds, ten at each distance; position, at 200yds. standing, at S500yds. any with head toward the target. Two claims on first prize have heretofore been won by Capt. Menker. First prize—The “Plumb” gold and silver badge; to he won three times (not necessarily consecutively), value, $25. nu0yds 500yds. Gol RR Beales: crssisbeleces (peages 552042444337 444546444442 —79) CGMS AWaud~ tees sos dee 4442433344 ~ 37 355343532—38—?5 Lient James Sheldon, Jr........ .8554342443—37 $325053452—83—70 Priv RB # Wmbridge.........---, , 45838345444 37 033245554233 —70 Capt Wm Franklin....... .....-- 44534443 44—39 9405442330—3()—b9 Capt HA Menker........ pose pe 3455244433 —37 2400443553 —380—67 ColWrine Bloomers... dvcnsysenie 4444858244 —37 0002353234—22—59 Lisitt Hey Olea aes. ow Sea peep 4554433454—21 0200330320 —13—54 Corp Chas Graves--....-.:......-2024934333 —27 2000002224—12—39 Competition No. 8, Short Range Continuous Matech—Open to all members of the Association, 200yds., rounds 5, standing, any military rifle, cash prizes: i , Capt H A Menker.... ...44555-—23 Capt Wm Franklin ....,.44434—19 Cor Charles Grayes....-84454—20 Lieut J Sbeldon, Jr.,.-...34045—16 Col T S Waud.....-......44454—19 Sergt C A Rogers,...,.,.d2434—14 Lieut H R Clark..-.. --..35245—19 Col P P Beals,...,....... 0044419 The next regular shoot will take place on Juty 8, when qualification and champion matches will be the order. THOMASTON, CONN., JUNE 21.—At the weelly shoot to-day of the Empire Rifle Club the following scores were made; 5, Hub- bard 104, W. H. Dunbar 103, G. P, North 101, G, A, Lemmon 99, B. W. Pease 89, F. Carr 87, C. L, Ailing, 87, A, Fox 83, C, F. Williams 7, W. Kerwood 74, E. Thomas 71. C. F. Williams’s low score was nodoube edly owing to his using a new gun, Holmes, of the Independent Gun Club, of Waterbury, visited the range and made ascore of 99. At the shoot a week ago C. F'. Williams won the badge with a score of - 102, G. A. Lemmon made 102, A. 8, Hubbard 101, G. P, North 97, W. H. | Duubar 96, Fy Carr 93, O. iL: Alling BY, A, Fox #4, B, W, Pease 15, W. . Kerwood 75, G@ Smith 71. > P ad Fig. 3. Fie. d LYE oe Miki ET RIFLES OF TO-DAY. THE REMINGTON RIFLE. HE story of the first Remington gun. the manufacture of which arm, under peculiarly adverse circumstances. Jail the founda tion of the largest armory in the world, has beer many times retold, and will probably be new to but few of onrreaders Briefly stated, it is as follows: In 1516, Eliphal+t Remington, the founder of the Rem- ington armory, was a boy working on his father’s farm in Herkimer county. N. ¥, Like other boys, be was very anxious to obtain a gun, but when the subject was broached to his father, he was told to make one. This advice, undoubtedly given in jest, he at once proceeded to act upon, and notwithstanding his tool: were of the rudest character antl his “plant? consisted of an ohsolete farm forge, the gun, when finished, proved sucha, success, that the young man, although un- tutored in mechanics, recognized gunmaking as his life work, to which business he thereafter applied himself assiduously. For nine years he continued the forging of gun barrels, making his Father’- farm the scene of his operations, and pluekily overcom- jing the difficuliies which the many disadvantages under which he labored. necessarily engendered. In additi nto the other work, he quarried the grindstones necessary for his use. Each piece of work was consientiously performed each barrel added to tLe reputation of the young gunmaker, and each test of his productions was the means of bringing new customers to his tumble factory. The most important part of a gun is the barrel,and there is no doubt that to the reputation for making safe and accurate barrels, thus early established and subsequently maintained, much of the success of the Reminetons may he attributed In 1825 Mr. Remington was enabled to purchase the present site of Tlion, N. ¥,, 4 few miles from the old forge—his reasons therefore being that he could obtain a betler water power, and the Erie Canal having recently been constructed, better facilities for transportation as well. His first venture in building was a modest one-story struc- fi,ré which still stands, forming a part of the forging shop, -Space will not permit a detailed account of the progress made in the manu- facture of arms, the various improvements in the way of machinery. and the enlargement of the plant. A casual mention, however, may proye interesting. The first contract for making a few thousand stand of arms was undertaken in 1835, at which time, and until 1840, there were but six machines in operation at the works, This contract was soon supplemented by others for 5,000 rifles each, which in those days were no doubt looked upon as important as contracts a score of times as large bave since been considered. As his three sons grew to manhood, Mr Remington admitted them to partnership, and naving been educated to the business, they at once took a prominent part in its Management. During’ the succeeding years the Remington arms, in a constant state of improvement, after subjection to the severest tests by gov ernment commissions, composed of the best mechanical and military experts, have been issued to troops in every quarter of the globe, placed in the hands of the most intelligent as well as the rudest and most ignorant soldiers, and have invariabl, withstood the consequent wear, exposure and abuses. There have been made at this armory 1,500,000 stand of military rifles, 100,000 sporting arms, and upward of 600,000 pistols. Military arms have been furnished to the follow- Histiatned | governments, contracts for these guns being consummated by recommendation of the commissions appointed to test the best alleras manufactured; Spain, France, United States (for navy), igsypt, Mexico, Argentine Republic, Denmark, United States of Colombia, Spain (for Cuba), Sweden and Japan. After years of sub- jection to rough usage on land and at sea, no fault has been found with this weapon, it having successfully withstood that test of tests, aciiye military service. In official reports made by representatives of the different governments which have adopted this arm, the most complete satisfaction concerning its performance is expressed, their paar a eee being frequently accompanied with supplemental orders, _ Certainly, a weapon capable of withstanding such tests and service is sufficiently durable for use éither aS a military; hunting, or target nile. When the Remington rifle is cocked anJ the breechblock opeued, it is impossible 1o pull it off, as it is furnished with a locking lever, but a pull on the trigzer of some of the advertised imitations releases the hammer, which falls to half cock when the breechblock is closed, and if the point of the sear breaks, as it is very likely to do, the gun will be discharged. The function of the lockinz lever is two- fold; one of its offices being to lock the trigger, so that if cannot escape from its notch in the tumbler when the breechblock is opened, and a second to secure the breechblock when closed by the force directly transmitted of the lever spring. _ Notwithstanding the improvements made in breechloaing rifles and ammunition for many years past, and the attention that has been dévoted to their use, itis of comparatively recent date that the range of the arnis and their efficiency at long distances have been properly | understood, Tests: of the Remington military service rifle at a dis- _ ' ty tance of 1,800yds. haye resulted in the penetration of two inches of seasoned timber end five inches of solid earth. the charge used being the regular Spanish cartridge, 5grammes (77grs.) powder and 385grs. lead. The accuracy attained—common military sights being nsed— fully established the fact that at the distance named a body of troops can easily be driven from any unprotected position. Well authenti cated instances are given in which men and horses have been disabled at a greater range than that mentioned. As an illnstra*ion of how work is done at the Remington Armory, we may instance the fulfillment of the French contract, begun in the fall of 1870, and finished in the following spring—155,000 stand of arms haying been made and shipped to France within seven months; a rate of production never approached by any similar tstablishment. On each of the last three days, 1,530 stand of arms were manufac- tured and 1,3°0 stand of arms on each of the fifteen workiug days pre- ceding, in addition to 200 reyolvers per day. Referring to this showing, the London Times asserted that the combined armories of England could not equal such a production. The Remingtons baye filled larger contracts—notably one with Spain for 265,000 stand of arms—but this is their most rapid rate of manufacture, 1,400 wor k- men being employed. Figures 1 and 2 are sectional views of the Remington rifle sys- tem used in the military service rifle and in the sporting rifles desig nated as Nos. 1, 134 and 2, No.1 varies in weizht from 8 to 12ibs., using cartridges of the following sizes; .22, .382, .88, .40, 44, .45 and .50 cal., No. 144, 6 to 8lbs., .22, .82, .88, and .40cal., No. 2, 5 to 6lbs.. 22, .B2 and .388eal., either rim or center fire, as may be adapted to same; there being no difference in price of same quality, only in caliber and weight. Figure No. 3 shows a plain sporting gun, many varieties of which are made by the addition of sights and other extras. The system is so well known as to render a technical description of its construction and operation unnecessary, - The Remington target rifles are intimately associated with the his- tory of Creedmoor and other rifle ranges, from the time that Major Fulton led the field by eigho points in the first international match, until Sergeant Dolan won the military championship match in 1883, made all compe itors eleven points and beating all former records by eight points, the Remington winting in each instance. Nearly all the expert long-range mark-men in the country use this arm, and_it ig also shot by some of the principal prize winners at Wimbledon. The annual reports of the National Rifle Association teem with vic- tories won by the Remington, and these are so numerous and this fact is so well understood, that it is not necessary to reproduce them here. It has won more matches than any other weapon and upheld its reputation from the shortest to the longest ranges. Like the soldier, the hunter requires a gun that is proof against all kinds of exposure. Asareliable hunting weapon, the Remington has an excellent record, all kinds of game being numbered among its vicuims. It has furnished food and protection to explorers in all climates, from the Arctic regions to Africa, its accuracy and effect- iveness re vaining unimpaired throughout years of exposure, when far from the reach of gunsmiths. Lieut. Schwatka, U, 8. A., whose explorations have given him a world-wide reputation, writes as fcl- lows concerning the Remington rifles; used by him during his memor- able search for relics of Sir John Franklin: “In justice to yourselves as generous contributors to my late expedi- tion in search of the relies of Sir John Frankiin from 1878-80, I would state that the two rifies furnished by you exceeded my expectations, They were frequently used during temperatures ranging from 50 to 60 degrees below zero and at distances from 200 to 600yds. with perfect working of their parts, and with deadly effect, I consider that on my expedition the arms used were subjected to the severest practical test to which guns have ever been exposed. Compelled to be kept’ out of doors constantly to avoid the moisture of the igloos, lashed in convenient places for immediate use on constantly overturning sledges, used at a moment's notice under all variations of tempera- ture and weather, the Remingtons never failed us on this expedition, where the lives of nineteen human beings and an average of thirty drait animals depended for over ten months upon the efficacy of our firearms.” The subjoined extract from the journal of Chief Engineer Melville, U.S. N., kept by him during his search for the Jeannette officers and erew, was written, Mr. Melville states, just after shooting a ptarmi- gan at long range with the rifle mentioned, it having been fonnd and pulled out of the snow where it had lain for months after a long period of careless use by Alexy, [he Indian: March 20,—The Remington gun is the gun of guns, All of our other sporting rifles gave out one after another. We have one Rem- ington that Alexy used for two years, and then it hung out all win- ter, muzzle up, in snow and storm, and we go on shooting with it as if it came out of the armory to-day,”’ Gen, Thomas Jordan, speaking of the arms used in Cuba, says: ‘Nowhere else in active service, in my belief, has any firearm been subjected to such trying tests as the Remington rifles in Cuba, both by Spanish and Cuban troops, taking into consideration the warm 438 damp, corrosive climate and the character of the men who handled them—very often negroes who had never before been used to hand- ling a gun of any sort, The mechanism proved as strong and endur- inf as it was simple and easy working. Searcely any sort of hard usage or any degree of moisture impaired its efficiency. Other breéchloading arms were in use, bofh by Cubans and Spaniards, but none gave the sanie degree of satisfaction. In close observation of the Remington arm, under circumstances daily of the keenest solici- tude, when a single firearm in thoroughly effective condition, more or less, was a matter of great importance to me, L.could discover no defect in it.” Numberless recommendations like the above might be cited, but these are merely given to show the behavior and satisfactory work- ing of the arm in climates of the opposite extremes. The Remington armory has five and three-iuarter acres of floor space, equal to one room 40ft. wide and 6,210ft., or nearly one and one-fifth miles, long. Machines to the number of 1,760 are driven by a foree of 900 horse pewer, with the aid of 4,900ft. of line shafting and 70,400ft. of belting. The estimated value of the plant, not incliding either stock or materials, is $2,500,000. It is next to impossible to give an idea of the various styles of arms manufactured. in which are in- eluded military, sporting and target rifles, shotguns, pistols and rifle canes; the different patterns of sporting rifles alone, leneths, sights, chambers, etc., considered, being ‘too numerous to mention.”’ One feature of this industry is worthy of a special mention, as it un- doubtedly exerts a material influence in promoting the efficiency of the arms manufactured by this firm. We refer to the exhaustive ex- periments continually carried on with the view of deciding questions concerning calibers, rifling, chambering, the proper distribution of metal, and yarious other points relating to gun manufacture, as well as the correct ammunition for the differentstvles of guns. Giun- making is more than 4 trade in Dlion—it is ascience. The places of men grown old in the service are filled hy their sons, who, although using the prevailing ideas as a basis, ave fully alive to the necessity for continual improvement, and eager to detect any fallacies that may exist. Nc theory, however plausible, is accepted as correct until actual experiment has proved it fo be of practical value. Ilion has been represented on the battle fields and rifle ranges, as well as in the hunting camps throughout the world. In the principal expositions these guns have always held a leading place, and the men who make them take a pardonalle pride in their successes. Many of the gun makers are expert marksmen, as those who have seen the llion team on the rifle range will remember. Eliphalet Remington, Senior, the founder of the business, died in 1861, On January 1, 1865, the firm was incorporated, retaining the name of H. Remington & Sons, Samuel Remington, at that time president of the company, died in 1882, the stock being now controlled, and the business man- aged by the two surviving brothers, Philo and Elipbalet Remington. As a fitting conclusion to this article, an extract from an editorial in a former issue of this journal is appended: “It was the assurance from the Remingtons that arifie could and would be prepared in time for the opening contest which led to the acceptance of the first Trish challenge in 1878, and from that time on, at considerable inceen- venience and loss in a purely business point of view, the entire appli- ances of the Ilion armory have been at the disposal of American riflemen when trials on the ratice led them to think that certain changes in rifles and fixings would bring about better scores. Full credit has not always been given for these efforts to second the men who give time and labor to practice before the butts. The whole record of American yictories on the ranges here and abroad would haye been a series of defeats but for the rifles sent out by the lion armory. Withont going into the well-known story of these fav- orite ritles in the hands of a dozen foreign armories, the fact is now more than ever brought home to those who feel a patriotic pride in Ametlican successes that much of the cre?il of what has been done since 1873 properly belongs to this energetic American arms manu- tory. TORONTO, June 17.—Guelph vs. Toronto. An interesting match was fired by the above associations to-day. Ten men a side, at 200, 500, and 600yds., 7 shots at each. Position—Kneeling at 200; prone at 500 and 600yds., military rifles. The meeting took place on the Guelph ranges, and resulted in a victory for the Toronto by 70 points. The shooting was good considering the day, which was hot and bright, and a variable wind. making things difficult for the riflemen, A re- turn mateh will be fired soon on Garrison common. Toronto. Guelph. 200 500. 600 200 500 600 AreBel ee A etre 25° 28 29-—82 J Crowe:....--- 26 30 22-78 Weavers Ss PAL shy ees weasel ee 20 21 1d—5d T Mitchell...... 31. 29 %i18—78 Sleeman,......: 24 18 23—638 Grabam ....... 2] 25 1R—59) (Goldie. 1... 0.0. 20> 28 15—58 8S FP Walker.... 28 25 27%—74 Root..-....,.... 30 28) «=—-:20—78 Ah aie ay 28 26 17-66 Macdonald..... 2¢ 28 22-77 G2 Bell sey ee, 19 26 19—G3 Armstroug...,. 28 19 29—T7t A Andergson.,-. 25 29 22—"77 Stewart.......: 15 24 7—49 G Lewis........ 29 25 20—74 Smith.../...... 20 16 16—d2 Mowatt ....,... 25 28 21—70 Wiedman.,.... 22 26 22—69 248 264 210 722 281 231 190 652 THE TRAP. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re- quested to write on one side of the paper only, THE CLAY-PIGEON PUZZLE. Editor Forest and Stream: **B,,’ in your issue of June 12, puts some queries well and to the point. I have, with him, wondered how so many clay-pigeons get away. Of course we all know— Hirst—That it is possible to miss them clean. Second—That they get out through a hole in your *‘pattern.”’ Third— They ore frequently hit but not broken, They do not pre- sent much of a target; not nearas much as a bird on the wing. IT doubt very much thatany given system of loading or holding would surround these difficulties. In field shooting we ofteb miss very easy shots. To pool all the conditions of man, gun, powder, shot and bird and make them work together every time, “cannot be did.”’ ‘TrxAs. GALVESTEN, Tex, THE KNOXVILLE TOURNAMENT. QECOND annual touruament of the Knoxville (Tenn.) Gun Olub. KI Match No 1, first day, purse $200; 10 smgle clay-pigeons from 5 traps, iSyds.: WS Perry......,-.--1111111111—10 A Ei Mead.....,..... 1111011001— 7 Wm Jenkins,....... iit i1111—10 -§ BDow. lan. 1011010110— 6 J W Slocum......... 1111111011— 9 J C Duncan........ ,1110111100— 6 Hy valis Pa 1111110111— 9 J M Ross.... ..:...: 1011101001— 6 F W Armstrong..... 1111111101— 9 C Deadrick.......... 1001011011— 6 So Wothda ses fy: 1101111110— 8 MG McCiung........ 0010001111— 5 MSMBDUBIC ME 2 gp t cae 1010111111— 8 TC Hidridge.... 1101000110— 5 W #H Hicks. .:.-:..+. 1001111101— 8 W Sparger.......;.. 0101000111— 5 GW Woods ....,..: 110111011— 8 R LCarter....,..:.. 1010101100— 5 JA Campbell....... 1111110101— 8 W Rutherford.. ..,.111110000I— 5 Capt Jacques....,... 1111100111— 8 R Cleveland.... .... 0010010011— 4 W F Kerin.... +. 1100101011— 7 A. Hayward,........101000L001— 38 W Wagneér.......... 0101111:10— 7 H Worsham......, , 0010601000— 2 C OC Hebbard........ 1100101111— 7 DL Rogers.......... 0100000100— 2 JW Jordan. ....2..,. 1111100101— 7 FW Harrison.....,.... 0000000010— 1 8S Townsend.... .... 14111100101— 7 A MecInturff.....,... O0000L0000— 1 Perry and Jenkins divided first, Slocum, Mills and Armstrong sec- ond, Campbell, Lusk and Rhea third, Mead and Wagner fourth. Match No. 2, first day, purse $120, club added $30; 8 single clay~ pigeons, 2lyds., use ef both barrels: A223 002) uA eu ee Wti11—8-Carter~.........,. +++. 11101010—5 Pepi fant cee tect e W1111I—8_-—-Mead........ ........-.11011010—5 DIBA eri Gioia ane)-1yiers CH cig bay bes 20 Dc ee 11011001—a Lea DST care a wera Ai aad 1:111011—7 French..__..-. Orr Ss 11100101—5 SND eae Pt | Be et ae Ww1110—F ~McClung..............: 11010011—5 Townsend............-, ATA TE Ge MOSSE ee SON apa ores 01101100—4 SLOUGH. veces ciniemes 11111110—7 Capt Bob...... .......00001111—4 ENISEUON Ess.) heen 01110001—6 Jenkins._...... Tiieaee 11100100—4. BE 2) 0) 07250 Begey res PPh 10101111—6 Campbell...-........... 10110000—4 LOSES. rien etakie nee OUUOLIL—6 Misser.......,....2..... 11101000—4 Woods............... :.11100111-6 Worsham... ... . L0001010—8 Hayward -11111010—6 Cleveland.... -...01000011—8 Slocum.... -.01100111—5 Rutherford,,-......... 01100001—3 Hldridge........... \,.01101101—5 Franklin,........... +» - 00100001 —2 DUCA. (ais ane ty TLO1001—5 =“ Jaques,,............... -10000001—2 SES ee alee pee wes TLAOOW LOT boo Berit mo... .scn wily cicncnnerene O10T0000—2 TROBOUSt Pa aeme. Dae Pane OLNIOHI—S Sparger........ ......,00101000—2 Hicks..... panics reves y LOLOTIVI—5 Wasnse and Perry divided first, Deaderick won second, Armstrong won third. _Match No. 3, first day, purse $75, club added $25; 5 doubles, liyds. rise; : —— a i FOREST AND STREAM. [June 26, 1884, Jordan........... 11 11 11 11 1110, Mead............ 10 10 10 11 10—6 Mills......-... 111071 11 11— 9 Woods...........01 11 00.11 01—6 Jenkins..._....., 11 11 11 11 OJ— 9 Wildridge 1i 10—5 ROSS. —.. ... eet ee 11711717 1010— 8 Deaderick 00 11—5 Dittiean. 2222-3. 10 10 11 11 1I— 8 Rosg............. 10 (O—6 Dow...... ..10 11 11 11 10— 8 Sparger Oi 11—5 Wagner 11 11 10 01 Ji— 8 usk...... 00 10—4 Townsend 10°01 11 11 10— 7 Carter 10 00—4 Perry... ...11 11 09 11 (0— 7 Rogers...... 10 10 00 00 10—83 BRIG) oh. ep 1111 101010— 7 Wornham 01 10 00 00 10—8 McClung... ..-.. 11 10 11 10 10— 7 Slocum........... 10 00—2 Armstrong ......0) 00 11 11 11— 6 Kerin............. 01 00—2 Nicholson, ...._. 1010 1011 10— 6 Cleveland 00 10 06—2 ERG was ...11 01 10 11 00— 6 Jordan won first, Jenkins won second, Ross won third. ane No. 1, second day, purse $150, club added $50; 5 singles and 5 doubles: Perry... ..:: 11111 11 11 11 11 11—15 Hicks ....11011 10 11 01 10 0i—10 Mills....... 40111 11 11 10 11 Ji—18 Slocum, .,,11010 10 10 10 11 O1— 9 ROSS... 1 11111 11 10 11: 11: Ol—18-— Jenkins...117111 01 11 00 10 00— 9 Wagner.,.10110 11 10 11 11 11—12 Dunean....11117 10 10 11 11 10—12 Jordan....11111 01 01 11 01 11—12 Tusk...... 11111 10 11 11 10 10—12 Armstrong0ii1i 10 11 11 10 10—12 Deadericl:.01201 11 11 01 11 11-12 Woods....11000 01 01 OF 01 01I— 7 Dow..-....01011 11 11 01 11 01—11 Townsend.01001 14 60 10 00 10— 6 Eldridge ..00110 11 01 11 11 01—10 Perry first, Mills and Ross divided second, Jordan won third, Dow won fourth. Kerin,..... 10011 10 11 00 11 10— 9 Rhea...... 10101 00 10 17 11 10— 9 00 10 11 11— 9 1 10 11 10— 8 Mead,..... 11101 10 00 10 01 10— § teehee No. 2, second day, purse $120, club added $30; 8 singles an Syds.; Ty as eee et 1111741—8 Hldridge .........,..,. 10011110—5 CEU TST IS cil 5 oy a aly MLOTIIIS7, ROSH ey Sy acs ye caceee 01111100—5 DORWEM G0 ss os + fie clael- 11110111—7 JAQUES. oo. yg ee 11011111—7 ead ...11110111—7 Duncan 11101111—7 Slocum...,....... 11101110—6 Woods!’ 2.0 2-- on 10111011 —6 Deaderick,............- 00111111—6 SE a ir 11111100—6 Townsend...,,.-.... ... 11100111—6 Armstrong..-......+.+-. 01011101—5 Lusk won first, Mills and Duncan divided second, Deaderick and Townsend divided third, Match No. 1, third day, team match, two men on a team, purse $100, club added $20; 4 doubles and 7 amo a 15 and 2iyds. rise: LUE ea 5 eereee re A eesti arse i1 10 11 1111111—7—18 Aki e AW ee ES FE SAB Be BSGRS BSD ii il ii 11-8 1101110—5—13—26 BRR oo rae e Nid clio) cecled 1 tl 11 7 1111110—6—13 STEINEM al fe cou wn bw apts cheie B li 11 it 11-8 0110110—4—12—25 UNE TE ICE eh Ss A Cea ae Nn i1 10 0-5 1011111—6—11 VU) IS eee rie neetated -felehete! note she -l1 01 11 01—f 1111111—7—13 —24 OL Sai F222 oe SAP Ses SA 11 10 11 10—6 0010111—4—10 DiRT Tue ye ECE 1 a | Ol 11 O01 10—5 1010114 _5—10—20 WGAGECIICIS Pele. W-ke bebe oe M1 420 ii 1i—6 1010000—2— 8 Poy even, pe AAAAB BBA ROLE BEIPBED | Wd i it 00—65 1110110 —5—_11—19 al taGl ployee 2S Ses eas yeas adel ss OL 01 00 O1—3 1101001—4— 7 “iiite tis Re Wa 5 BeBe eee O1 O1 O01 10—4 '1101011—5— 9—i6 WNL GEECHISEREL: alctiypeziodyds) pts laha'bis [eh-in's o-0 Ol tt 10 O0—4 1000000—0— 4. (ofiino TS |Ma ana ae Bat ABs Bose 00 10 01—2 1110011—5— 7—11 0) Match No. 2, third day, miss and out, purse $75, club added $25: Hebbard 5, Mills 5, Wagner 5, Jenkins 5. Ross 4, Jordan 3, Hldridge 3, Perry 2, Deaderick 2, McClung 1, Rhea i, Duncan 1, Lusk 1, Mead 0, Campbell0. Hebbard, Mills, Wagner and Jenkins divided the purse. Match No, 3, third day, purse $75, club added $25; 10 doubles at i5yds. rise: Jordan 11 Wi 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11—19 ..10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 01-17 .-11 10 10 11 10 10 11 11 11 11—16 VVULEARTY. apa B= 2S GCS EEE BE SCEE Bab od 11 11 11 01 10 01 01 10 11 11—16 00 11 11 11 10 11 01 01 11 O1—44 00 11 10 O01 11 10 10 11 01 11—48 ROSS) ye 00 00 40 11 11 10 10 10 11 1112 Deadlerick,..---...-..22s sce vecereresedl 00 41 10 10 11 01 10 11 00—12 Sat ee das ry eth sap, 45 seach 14 10 10 00 11 10 10 10 10 1119 SUG CIR ia oly Cp ae Pea ar ape Ce 11 00 11 10 11 10 00 01 10 1011 aa atoe ot ke) WeUe Puree ne emer mbiiet 11 10 00 10 10 00 10 19 01 10— 9 liapaee Ms ak eee center e 02 01 01 00 00 01 10 it, 10 10— 9 MASSACHUSETTS STATE TOURNAMENT.— Wellington, June 17, —The fifth annual summer tournament of the Massachusetts State Glass Ball Association was held at Wellington to day, and the par- ticipants represented every club in the State. The result of the shooting was as follows: First event, 7 balls, 25 entries—Webber, Moses, Ball, Rowe and Carson divided first, Plympton, Barrett, Bragg, Keith and Hall diyided second, Barney, Lander, Griffin, Hatch and Davis divided third, Spofford, Braley, Plympton, Nichols and Field divided fourth. Second event, 7 birds, 25 entries—Keith, Davis, Bagge, Moses and Frost diyided first, Rowell, Noyes, Barrett and Wehster divided second, Spotford, Alien, Hall, Webber, Mayott and Hatch divided third, Reneaud aud Adams divided fourth, Third event, 5 birds, 33 entries—Perry and Davis divided first, Bart- lett, Low, Ricker, Reneaud, Souther, Stanton and Smith divided sec- ond, Bancroft, Rowe and Nichols divided third, Evans, Merrill and Griffin divided fourth. Fourth event, 5 birds, 3 traps, 21 entries—Holden and Keith divided first, Evans, Davis, Smith and Rowell divided second, Jones third, Fifth event, individual subscription match, 10 single balls, 5 prizes, f4 entries—Moses, Bugg, Schaeffer, Hal) and Landler divided first, Barrett, Whittier. Tidsbury, Rice, Evans and Barney divided second, Russell third, Webster, Rowell, Smith, Moore and Holden divided fourth, Kensard, and Howard divided fifth. Sixth event, grand champion contest for the individual gold badge of the Association, 15 single balls, 63 entries—Clark first, Howard, Gil- man, Hall, Law, Packard aud Plympton divided second, Bage, Schaef- fer and Webber divided third, Davis and Frost diyided fourth, Jones and Bartlett divided fifth. Seventh event, individual subscription match, 7 single clay-pigeons, 5 prizes, 65 entries—Clark, Francis, Davis and Rowell divided first, Reneaud, Holden, Jones, Bartlett and Field divided second, Eager and DeRochmont divided third, Gilman, Barret and Robinson divided fourth, Russell, Eyans and Arnold divided fifth. : Righth event, three-man team match, 5 single clay-pigeons per man, 4 prizes, 16 teams entering—Worcester team, Smith, Houghton and Clark first; Worcester team No. 2, Perry, Hager and Holden sec- ond; Springfield team, Moses, Bagg and Keith, third; Massachusetts team. Hyans, Robinson and Sawyer fourth, Ninth event, championship contest for the team gold badge of the association, open to one team of five men from each club belonging to the association, 10 balls perman,8 entries. The two leading teams were as follows, the Worcesters winning the badge for the year, Worcesters. Springtields, Hager .....-.,,--1111111111—10 MOSES yrs. ees 1100110110— 6 DaAvisS....-.:--- ,. 1111111211 —10 Barrett, ....---.05 1110111111— 9 Webber,..-..:-.. 1111111001— 9 BU Rests »1111111011— 9 Wihitter.......:, 1111111101— 9 BAPE retail oar te 1110111111— 9 Glatle hie ee. cee 1111111111—10—48 Keith... ....... 1111111101— 9—42 Tenth event, individual subscription match, 5 pairs clay-pigeons, 5 prizes, 42 enuries—Kager, Dickey, Olark, Smith, Holden and Sawyer divided first, Hart and White divided second, Schaeffer third, Wilbur and Law fourth, Spofford and Rice divided fifth, : On the 18th the regular Wellington matches were held and liberally patronized. THE DISPUTE ADJUSTED.—It is said of the late Senator Nye of Nevada, that he would demolish a two hours’ speech ot an opponent with a two minutes’ story which could not be met with facts nor argu- ment. This was wellillustrated at the Exeter, N, H., Club, June 12, A dispute arose whether a bird was scored or lost, and opinions flowed in thick and fast. The judge was evidently lost, if the bird was not, and things looked a little squally, when P. of the Worcester, Mass., Club, who neyer gave much attention to the classics, but who is fond of using big words, and withal, is aright good fellow and splendid shot, rosé from his seat where he was chatting with J. of the Exeter Club, concerning their recent shoot at Chicago, and raising his voice above the din of words exclaimed, ‘Say, you fellers, don’t disintegrate that judge there!” This was too much, and while the rain came down in torrents, and the *‘boys” roared, the judge found his bearings, and, thanks to P,, everything was again lovely.—C.ay- Bir, BOSTON June 17.—The Independent Gun Club held a shoot on their grounds at Cliftondale to-day. The winners are named in their order; First event—% balls, rotary trap: Chaffin, Hedenberg, Willis, Hatch, Second event—Miss and out; Hedenberg. Third event—d balls, straightaway: Blinn, Chaffin, Hatch. Fourth eyent—7 balls, rotary trap: Gray, Wilhs, Blinn. Fifth event—5 balls,incomers: Heden- berg, Chaffin, Willis. Sixth event—Team match, 5 halls; Gray, Chaffin, Blinn, Kelley, McKay, first; Hedenberg. Willis, Gates, Hatch, Tutcle, second. Seventh event—5 balls, rotary trap: Blinn, Gray, Hedenhere. Eighth eyent—Miss and out: Gates. Nioth event—Match for club badge: Gray. Tenth event—Challenge match: Chaffin de- feated Gates. The next regular shoot occurs July 4.—Nixey, NEW ORLEANS, J une 18.—This evening a number of sportsmen assembled on the prairie near Marengo street, for the purpose of taking part in the bat shoot for the “Scooler Trophy.” The attendance would have been much larger but for the rain and wet condition of the ground; however, there was an abundance of fresh breeze, and all participating in this cheap amusement found it a de- lightful pastime and one worth taking advantage of. A greatdeal of skill was required to kill the birds, and the shooters with good scores had reason to be proud of their prowess. The bat contest first took place, Twenty bats were shot at in doubles at 25yds. rise. The scores made were as follows: Bickhamemee, os oe eee ae 00 01 00 O1 10 00 11 O1 11 OI—| eye Soe US qaaane BEA Star nce 01 00 00 00 10 10 10 00 00 00-4 RGHISCR eels: tte edcselets bites ,,01 11 00 10 00 10 10 10 10 10—9 NO GC OL poy fered eines ae en Ol O01 11 10 OO OO 11 10 1i1—10 HUGHES Surette us eet) eee 01 Ol 00 11 10 00 00 11 00 9-7 Lv BT aE Sra 4 6S SC CER -01 00 11 00 10 11 11 10 f1 10-12 WL PEB Ey pect. eee ON 00 00 00 10 10 10 00 11 10 10—7 Oarlotom sae oc ee et he 00 00 00 10 11 OF 00 10 00 OO—5 Juanidinye sees sue ano aes 01 01 00 10 10 11 10 00 00 0O— 7 ROUATIGE yoke eee sa eee OR OT) OF Si 10" ed ae OS ats BROWNS; oe Eocene em euLs 01 O01 00 11 00 10 10 10 11 10—10 ASDTUBU pec hte eee ees een Oi 01 10 10 117 11 WO VW dd 11—15 avis oy ui cue ete ee 00 00 11 10 00 10 00 11 00 10—7 BORD: A ee ee LAER: ii 00 00 GO 00 11 11 10 10 10—9 Goanester is) Vee sali, le erie 11 00 11 00 10 11 11 41 10 10-12 Tyi1e) ifs) Pes es Se ae «01 10 11 10 00 10 11 10 00 00—9 W6OUISS Siinanjaetoieins cee 10 00 14 10 10 10 11 00 OF 11—T1 Buck yew eee a eacen 10 00 00 00 410 00 00 00 10 10— 4 AAVOF cect A Cot eet eee tee, 00 11 10 10 11 10 11 10 10 OO—11 BCOGIGE 4.2) 1 oe inepe ees 1i 10 11 10 00 11 10 00 10 OQ0O—10 REO Yast e den Aceh Petia oc aebeLAe 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 00 0— 8 Mardongii =. ciei a steeeess te 00 00 00 01 01 00 — — — — 8 A sweepstakes was then indulged in, as follows: BOWE -e area ,----10 1010 10 10—5 Scooler ........ -10 10 00 00 00—2 BY AAU UES ace ate 1i 10-10 10 10—6 A Druet.......... 11 10 00 10 41—6 Buekley.......... 10 00 10 10 11—5 Cordona. ........ 10 11 10 11 10—7 Febiger_.. .... ,- 10 11 10 11 10—/ Smith...-........ 00 00 10 01 00—2 Gocwlhizys See 11 16.10 11 10—% Carver........... 10 10 11 10 01—6 Carleton.......... 11 11 11:01 11—9 H Renaud........ 00 01 10 00 00—2 Stevens....2..... 10 00 10 10 10—4 Davis. .. ..,..,..00 11 00 10 00-3 Burton...... .....00 11 0010 11—5 Brodnax........, 10 11 11 10 11—8 ie wakesee ea ost. 01.11 0010 11-6 Moret..-........, 10 10 00 10 10—4 Geneste....... .. 11 00 11 10 00—5 Villars ........ , 00 11 10 10 10—5 Landry......2.... 11 10 10 10 00—5 Dupre... ....... 00 00 10 00 10—2 Bickham... ..... 10 10 11 11 00—6 Born.............. 10 11 00 11 00-5 PORTLAND, Me., June 18.—The fifth competitive shoot for the Ligowsky medal came off at' Topsham yesterday, between the River- side Club, of that place, and the Willard Club, of Portland, resulting in a yietory for the Portland team by ascore of 76to 70. The day was very warm. Directly after the match terminated the Willard Club receiyed and accepted a challenge from the Androscoggin Club, of Lewiston, which will be contested on the ground of the Willards. Below is the official score: ‘ Riverside Club. Singles. Doubles. ANG) GOUGL sere ha vtele dle ee 0111201011— 614 1010011111713 MSN ge caren een orem 0021100010— 314 0011110010—5— B14 GIA Gouden eee aes ke 1022011111— 7 1111011000—6—13 1 ECO Et UY pele yo gi Sao 1101111110— 8 1011111111917 AS Alexander.,-.... vets pio sid 111111111110 1111001111—8—18 —70 Willard Club. George H McKenney..-..... 1411211111— 9 11111110108 17144 R Cl ent Soe Sane Se 1111110111— 9 1011010111—7—_16 WaH Dodd eer eae is 1211211111— 9 1101111110—8 - 17 George H Pierce........... .0001111011— 6 0100100000—2— § E G Farrington,....,........ 1111111112— 9146 1011101111 = 817144 EMERALD GUN CLUB.—Match at 8 birds per man; W. Glaccum 80yds.. H. Otten and J. Glaccum 25yds.; the rest 21yds.: MW Murphy........ _.11110111—” LH Veimeister......... 01100001—3 W. Glaccum..........6- 01111110—6 J Howard. .......... .. 11011001—5 H Veidt ... ..01100111—5 + Counseller Cody, -,.11111111—8 J Measel.. .. . 01111111—7 J PConner...... -. -01110111—6 EROtiene seer = ..11111011-7 J Mackin.............. 11000011—4 EbUMackin 5s, .te5se ese 110001014 _N Measel........,...... 11111011—7 Dr Hudson ............ AOOTHOI— 4. TERISB EM se corte orice ee 11111100—6 P Keenan..........-. ~ 00010, 1—4 J W Godfrey. «......,.. 11111111—8 oo GAC CUI ei cele 11101111—7 W Turner.............. 011011116 13} lbyaited 1h Semen eign 01111101—6 © Measel.... ........... 11101000—4 CM Grainger.........- 11011111—7 ‘he officers of the club are Dr. George V. Hudson, Pres,; John Glac- WW. Murphy, WINCHENDON, Mass.. June 18.—The Winchendon 6. C. had a clay-pigeon and glass-ball shoot at their grounds to-day, resulting as follows: ‘ ‘ Clay-pigeons. Glass-balls. EAT Opeood ye ae sc om anae tate 8 7 FH Monn.,.....-. 8 6 J Southerland... if a4 L F Martin....... Ar 8 WS Davis... ....--.--.. 6 1 TAPE UIE B3LOn ce Ne eee ee NLC tCten ese 5 The new Holden trap was used for the first time, and the balls be- ing thrown with so much force will account for the small score. BOSTON, Mass., June 19.—Yesterday was the regular font shotgun day of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, and a liberal number of members and their friends from neighboring clubs, who were not a:nbitious to compete for honors at the State Association tournament being held at Wellington, assembled at Walnut Hill and participated in one of the most enjoyable day’s sport of the season. Many and varied were the events indulged in, several of which, especially the ‘walk up” matches, affording the contestants ample delight and satisfaction. Another especially pleasing and agreeable feature of the occasion was the delightful and refreshing breeze that made outdoor sport at Walnut Hill—which, by the way, is one of the most wholesome, charmingly rustic and picturesque Di etonnde in New England—particularly enjoyable to those who had the good for- tune to be there yesterday while their less fortunate fellows were sweltering in the sultry, stifling air of the city. Following are the day's records: r } ' First event, five clay-birds—Tinker won first prize, Lewis and Mes- senger divided second, and Tice won third. : ; Second event, five clay-birds—Tinker won first prize, Lewis second Tice and Nichols divided third, \ . Third event, three Paris clay-birds—Tinker won first, Messenger, Eddy and Little diyided second, Lewis and Thompson divided third. Fourth event, five clay-birds—Tinker and Knowles divided first, Lovejoy aud Little diyided second, Thompson won third and Lewis won fourth. ; . Fifth event, five clay-birds—Knowles and Thompson divided first, Tinker won second, Nichols third and Messenger fourth. Sixth event, three Paris balls—Nichols first, Lovejoy and Knowles second, Messenger and Thonn third, } ; Seventh event, five glass balls—Eddy won first, Nichols second, Lit- tle and Lovejoy divided third. f . Righth event, three Paris clay-birds—Thompson won first, Lewis and Tinker divided second, Knowles and Lovejoy divided third, Ninth event, five clay-birds, five traps.—Tinker won first, Nichols and Lovejoy divided second, Tice, Mlwell and Little divided third, Messenger and Eddy divided fourth. i Tenth event, five clay-birds, five traps—Tinker and Howe divided first, Eddy won second, Hilliard and Nichols divided third and Knowles won fourth. vy Eleventh event, three Paris glass balls—Tinker and Knowles divided first, Nichols and Little second, Hilliard and Scribner divided third, Twelfth event, three Paris clay-birds—Nichols first, Messenger and Howe second, Tinker third, Hilliard fourth. ; ; Thirteenth event, five clay-birds—Tinker first, Nddy and Lovejoy second, Nichols third, Howard fourth. Fourteenth event, five clay-birds—Howe won first, Knowles second, Scribner third, : § ’ Fifteenth event, three Paris yclay-birds—Nichols first, Howe sec- ond, Knowles and Little third. ; : Sixteenth event, glass balls, miss and out—Nichols and Little divided. Seventeenth event, three Paris clay-birds—Knowles first, Howe sec- ond, Little third. x ] Highteenth event, five clay-birds, walk up match—Lovejoy first, Hilliard second, Little third. ; ; Nineteenth event, five clay-birds, walk up match—Little first, Hill- iard second, Knowles third. J { .8.-In your issue of the 12th inst , you make us say in our re- marks regarding shoot of the 4th inst, that, ‘with the exception of about half an hour, the entire day was spent eating baked beans,” which, while we frankly acknowledge to « tree indulgence m that luxury, was a trifle overdrawn, it being our intention to have said that with the exception of about half an hour devoted to the agree- able entertainment of bean eating, the remainder of the day was spent in clay-bird shooting.—F. PICTON, Ontario, June 19,—A sweepstake match was held by the Picton Gun Club at elay-pigeons to-day, 10 birds each, ifyds. rise, re- sulting as follows; Soby 7, Jellett 6, Gilbert 6, Reynolds 6, Beaford 6, Gillespie 3, Wright 2, Miller 2. Orehard retired at his second bird. In Orns era the ties for second and third places Bedford and Rey- MMRIDIAN, Miss., Jan. 19,—The great shooting tournament here of the past three days brought together a large number of the finest shots in the South, The tournament ‘opened on Tuesday; the day was Tainy and the matches had to be shot between the showers, ote “tere 45 present. le first match, 24yds, rise, at 5 live pigeons, resulted as follows: Mobile shooters—W, G, Vass 5, Ladd 5) George 3, Ward 4, Nicholas 1, Drey 1 and Tunstall 4. New Orleans shooters—Cousin 5. Chaudet 4, Mayronne 4, Tuentes 3. Birmingham shvoters—F. W. Dunham 2, A. HE. Dunham 2, Selma shooters—Hrnest Field 8. Asheville, N. (ey shooters—Jordan 4, Crawford, Miss., shooters—S. 8. Scales 1, Cris- ler 3, Carr 3. Starkville shooters—W, W. Scales 4. Meridian shoot- ers—Dabney 4, Gallup 1, Cameron 3, Dobscn 3, Stroup 3, Kone 4, Brooksville shooters—N, Scales 3. Macon shooters—Sargent 4, Irion 3. Vass and Cousin divide first money, Tunstall second, Stroup third. The second match at 10 clay-pigeons, 8yds., rise, 25 entries, except addition of Taylor, of West Point, and Hamilton, of Meridian. Vass wou first money, breaking 10; Ladd second, on 9, Cousin, Foot and Chaudet tied for third money, Chaudet won the third match at 5 live birds, same conditions as the first match, There were 30 entries, about the same as entered in the first match. Tunstall, Vass, Clauder, Jordan, Dabney, W. W. Scales and N. Carr, tied for first money. each lulling 5 birds, Chaudet won on the tie shoot, Nine shooters killed 4birds each, tying for second money, Richard and Ward Jed the score in the shoot off and divided the money, and Cameron andeStroup divided third money. OLD SQUIRE JACKSON got his gun ready, took his target, bullets, powder, etc., and walked fiye miles to a shooting match, and then discovered that he had left his gun at home.—KAnsas FARMER. WEBSTER, Mass,, June 19.—A challenge from the ¢lub at South- bridge has been accepted by the Webster Rod and Gun Club, and it will take piace at Southbridge July 4, The Webster Club are contest- ing among themselves for a gold badge, It is to be the property of the man that has the largest score at the end of the season, The first contest was yesterday, the largest score out of a possible 20 was 13, that of Eugene Smith. achting. FIXTURES. Secretaries of yacht clubs will please sent early notice of pro posed matches and meetings. June 26.—Salem Bay Y, C,, First Championship Match, June 27.—Eastern Y, C,)-Annual Matches. June 28.—Boston ¥. ©., Ladies’ Day. June 30.—Manhattan Y. C., Annual Cruise. June 30.—Quiney Y. C,, Second Match. July 4.—Larechmont Y, C., Annual OpenMatches. July 4,5, 6.—Quaker City Y. C., Corinthian Cruise, July 4.—Hull Y. 0,, Review and Annual Cruise, five days, July 4.—Boston, open matches, City Point. July 9.—Beverly Y. C., Marblehead, First Championship. July 12,—Boston Y. C., Second Club Match. July 12.—HullY. C., First Club Match. July 19.—Hull Y. C., Ladies’ Day. July 24,—Eastern Y. C., Annual Cruise, ' July 26,—Beverly Y. C., Nahant, Second Championship Match. July 30.—Quincy Y. G.. Third Match. Aug. 2.—HMull Y, C., First Championship, Aug. 4,—Quaker City Y. C,, Review and Harbor Cruise, Ang, 9.—Boston Y. C., Annnal Matches. Aug. 11-25,—Quaker City Y. O,, Annual Cruise in Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. Aug. 16.—Salem Bay Y, C,, Open Matches. Aug. 16,—Hull Y. C., Open Matches. Aug. 23.— Boston Y. G., Third Club Match. Aug. 23.—Beverly Y. C., Open Match. Aug. 26.—Beverly Y, C., Special, Marblehead, Aug. 28.—Quiney ¥. C,, Fourth Match, Aug. 30.—Hull ¥Y. C., Second Championship Mach. Sept. 3,—Hull ¥. C., Third Championship Match, Sept, 4.-Salem Bay Y. C.. Second Championship Match. Sept, 6.—Beverly Y. C., Marblehead, Special Match, Sept. 11.—Quiney Y. C., Last Rane. Sept. 11.—krenton’s Reef Challenge Cup. Sept. 13.—Boston Y. C,, Ladies’ Day. Sept. 13.—Koston Y. C., Fall Matches, Sept. 14.—Quaker City ¥. C., Review and Cup Race. Sept. 28.—Quaker City Y. C., Review and Harbor Cruise. 5,—Quaker City Y, C., Closing Review and Cruise, NEW JERSEY Y. C. HE New Jersey Y. C., although their fleet numbers only small boats, haye taken a stand on the questions of shifting ballast and limited crews that puis them in the rank of yachtsmen ance Corinthians, and the club offers greater inducements to the lovers of small yachts than any similar organization about New York. While their boats are still, of necessity, of the small type of centerboard craft used here so long, they are so rigged and fitted as tobe easily handled by a small crew, and safe in case of a capsize, and should the club continue in its present course, we may hope to see some day ai numerous fleet of safe and wholesonie boats under its flag. Their 19th annual matches took place on the riyer and bay on Thursday, June 19, the course heing for Classes A and B, from a line off the club house, Hoboken, down past Robbins Reef buoy, and around Buoy 13 on the West Bank and bome, finishing off the Com- munipaw coal dock, Jersey City, the smaller class only going around Robbins Reef buoy, while Class OC rounded Vort Lafayette. Tne boats starting, all of which were sailed by their owners, were: “LASS B—OPHN SLOOPS, Name. Owner, Ft. In, OHANEN 2 By raat se ete ss) SOD. [Kebehatny .-seteites | seernnes 28° 06 Meteor. 25, 00-422 - an, AVSLCANNGLALG cence seen tReet seer 28 dle Bagle Wing.....-..---..:+ tae) EAE) COL d seer ete le ee - 27 1046 Tilyshoee teehee Peeone te Theo; Hy Rogersserr ica eeeee 27 05 DareDeyal Peeves oS here W.#H. Dilworth.._... parbsaarastneee 27 04 CLASS C—OPEN SLOOPS. LothienWeyeeotpears: saul We. Moms, 2. Secsenstaivabeiveee 25) 05 Bambee ae ces, Stes aes by Jo EE VEOMN: 22eet foe sas otema ce ka 25 00: C@orinue. .))..)-2.<:.24. souls Kayseri.) Scars see co ee 238 OG Sophia Emma.-.-. -.---.Chaples B, Korff ... fre el 09 Coquette. .....-... s..--- Tiucien Alces 2.2.02: 5-28 ccsveee seas 21 O04 CLASS D—OPEN SLOOPS -. Frederick Baar... - 20 1014 John Von Drathen - 20 00 W. Ortriel. . 18 06 Willian Tener ss. )2 css see) + aia 18 00 SR stepety UNF Fir Ne Ie tony eh 17 +10 Lottie M. following. ; : They went down under the Jersey shore in a long line, booms to port or starboard, what wind there was being north. Lily R. leading the way. As she passed the coal docks she caught a new breeze from the south, and stuod down and across on port tack, each boat as it reached the same point catching the breeze and following her until all were strung mm lime across the river, beating down. At noon the Bay above the Narrows was hidden by a thick smoke or haze, in which the yachts were shrouded, but it soon cleared away, leaving it hotter than before. Lily R. was still leading in the beat down. The times at Robbin’s Reef were: Tai yj-b 2 week Clear tree Ls OMNSETP so, aie oui tlalege ete 12 39 40 Dare Devil Wwe oe--44-- +h 12,0013: Banirys soos seu se eee as 12 41 21 Weber ape Waite eee coke 12 30 40 Lottie M............ HSseL 12 41 42 Rambler_..c...0..-. 0-24-2292 /80 42: -Corinne. 62.02. few iw ts 16 Sophia Emma.... ......-.. 12 3243 Coquette..___......,..-...12 46 31 Gibarie ee eel eee es oe 12.32.45 Katty §...... Cap mre pea. 18 AF 4f BeGHtOMeres Lhe aon. t 12 37 36 Dare Devil, Meteor and Rambler rounded together and were soon after the Lily, all on starboard tack, soon working short tacks down the middle in a fresh breeze. At the forts it fell caim and continued so for sometime. Lily R. went off into Gravesend Bay, and after a time found a breeze there that brought her up well ahead to Buoy 13 at ee Dare Devil also followed the same course, though well astern, } ~ Now came the most exciting pact of the race, as Meteor caine down FOREST AND STREAM. ———E=— a a 435 trom Dix Island on the starboard tack, while Dare Devil came out of ae fine on port, the former having the best of it, and turning at Tn Class ©, Senator was first around Fort Lafayette, fanny second, Kate third, Senator's lick forsook her when she gyhed off the Reef buoy, as she capsized, but no harm was done, The wind was light from south, and all hurried home with jibs boomed out, but Lily was still far ahead, crossing the line off the Com- munipaw coal dock at 3:47:25. QLASS B—OPEN SLOOPS, Name, Start, Finish, Blapsed. Corrected, [Sitch ide eee ™ -.11, 04 25 4 91 29 6 17 04 8A 04 | 00) Seren ea ee eee 11 OF 36 4 1% 09 § 065 34 f O05 19 Hagle Wing)......---.... 11 08 35 Not timed. TERS TE Stee tee ge ag 1i 09 05 3 47 25 4 38 20 4 36 10 Dare Deri. fs. 11 08 54 4 12: 07 5 03 13 5 00 58 ’ OLASS O—OPEN SLOOPS. SURRY oie. ey di 03 35 Not timed. Rambler. ‘bas eageee ee reds 4 26 10 5 20°16 5 19 30 Cormne,...._..,.--.,,,..11 08 06 Turned back in Narrows. Sophia Emma _..,,.._. 11 08 48 428 18 5 19 35 5 12 15 Caniethel 11 08 54 Did not go the course. CLASS D—OPRN SLOOPS. 11 02 0 4 03 31 6 O01 31 § O1 31 Capsized off Robbins’ Reef.’ 4 (1 41 4 69 11 4 $4 26 3 47 46 4 40 29 4 84 d4 4.07 28 5 01 16 465 11 NEW YACHTS ABROAD. H English yacht fleet has been increased by the addition of three new vessels in the larger classes, besides a number of smaller ones, the largest of the three beimg Irex, lately described in our columns. She is 88ft. on loadline, 15.1ft. beam, ld4ft. draft, keel 4% tons, composite build, steel frames and woodenskin, and was built for Mr. John Jameson by Fay, of Southampton, The next in size is Genesta, Sift. on loadline, 14.6ft. beam, 11.75ft. depth of hold, 18ft. draft, with 60 tons on keel and but 4 tons inside; racing tonnage, 60 tons, Her owner is Sir Richard Sutton, and she was buili by Messrs, Henderson, at Partick-on-the Clyde. In ber first race, New Thames Y, C., May 31, she won by three minutes even time from Vanduara, the latter also allowing her time, Erycina and Marjorie also being in. On the following Monday she gained but third place, Tara and Marjorie being ahead of her, but on the next day, in the Channel match, she won easily frem Marjorie and Ery- cina, Vanduara losing her bowsprit. On the 4th, in the Royal Thames mitiches, she was beaten by Marjorie, which performance was re- peated on-the next day in the New Thames match, Marjorie being again ahead and Genesta second, Vanduara, Erycina and Miranda also being in. In the Nore to Dover match, June 7, Genesta won again, with Lerna second, Marjorie third and Vanduara, Tara, Hry- eina and Miranda also in. On June’, at Dover, Royal Cinque Ports Y. ©., she was beaten by Lorna, an 86-ton yawl, aud met the same fate again on the following day. The last and smallest of the trio is Marguerite, a 60-tonner, ‘41, loadline, 13.5ft. beam, 12,5ft, draft, keel 61 tons, lead inside 6 tons. ee a composite build, steel frames, pitch pine bottom plank, teak opsides, THE RACE AROUND LONG ISLAND. j= the preceding races, that of last week around Long Island has done little to settle the questions in dispute, the wind being so variable, and flukes so numerous that the result is of little value. The victory remains with the sloops, and, of the schooners, with the Grayling, but the most that their advocates can claim is that under their most tavorable conditions, light winds and perfectly still water, the pick of our light weather fleet have beaten the deeper boats less than three hours in a race of 240 miles. Grayling defeats the deep Fortnna by 2h. 57m., while Fortuna in turn leads Montauk 22m., and with the sloops, Rey. beats Teen by 2h. 37m., Gracie beats her by 2h, 4m., while Hildegarde has but 2im.lead of her; and in the second class, Vixen beais Oriva by 1h. 2m. After leaving the Bay, as told in Forms? Anp STREAM last week, the fleet stood on with spinnakers to starboard before the wind, theorder at 7 P. M. was, Fanny, Hildegarde, Teen, Fortuna, Grayling, Gracie, Athlon, Montauk, Oriya, Vixen, Ruth, Wenonah, Estelle, F eetwing, Light winds were found with occasional calms all Monday night, Fire Island being passed at 10 P. M., and Shinnecock shortly after 3 A. M., the wind being mostly from the west and north. At daybreak the order of the leaders was Montauk, Fortuna, Fanny, Grayling. Ato A, M. a calm ensued, the three leaders drifting close together, but a breeze from the north started them off again, Montauk ahead, and at? A. M, Montauk Light was sighted. Hera along calm ensued and it seemed as though che point would never be rounded, but at 9:30 A. M. Montau«x passed it, Fanny being second and Fortuna third. All through the morning there was a suctession of light winds and exlms, provoking the yachtsmen and shifting the positions of the boats from time to time. Atnoon Wanny started through Plum Gut, passing out at2 P, M, with Yortuna half an hour behind, while Mon- tauk, having taken the Race, was becalmed there. Calms ensued for several hours, but at 4 P. M, a breeze from the southwest started the fleet again. gaining strenfth as the afternoon advanced, until kites came im, and there seemed some prospect of a sail at the end of the race, At6 P.M. the order was Fanny, Fortuna. Grayling, Hilde- garde, Athlon, Vixen, Montauk. Of Port Jefferson at9P. M. the wind died down, and a little later all was calm again, continuing so all night, the yachts merely drifting, At daybreak the fleet was well scattered, Grayling being ahead and een up in second place. The morning was unpleasant in eyery Way, an ebb tide carrying the boats back, no wind and a thick haze covering the entire Sound, but in the forenoon 4 light southwest wind woke all up again, Panny leading. For the rest of the way the wind was light, but it brought Fanny upto the line at 11:44:08, with Grayling close astern of her. Half an hour elapsed before Gracie came in to elaim third place, then a couple of hours more before Hildegarde, Vixen and Ileen made their appearance, Ruth carried away her jib- boom off Montauk and put into New Bedford, being unable to con- tinue. The times of the competing yachts were as follows: SCHOONERS. Start. Finish. Blapsed. 2, Grayling. .......-.-cnenecsneeeee . 4 06 58 11 44 44 43 37 46 MAeHODEN Ss SPOR... erronies 4 06 58 2 40 53 46 33 55 ior Te eC L EL by -a Be bien 4 06 58 3 02 40 46 56 52 LSRERUGHEN Qe AS Pace eee. 4 06 53 8 52 40 47 45 42 TB LSet Wines SP PLES Ne RNS IR TNS y 4 06 58 Not timed. ae TTT el meee heh bk ny Ms Kaa 4 06 £8 Disabled. FIRST GLASS SLOOPS. SESE UP ATT etre =F bo BOR tote tee 11 44 08 43 37 10 Bele VAClOGs cere cet gle Ueereee Ett ony 4 06 58 12 17 45 44 10 47 4) Baldegardesy:.+sisticsie eee cece ae 4 06 58 2 00 57 45 53 59 Oe) WATE fii cee a paper eMeree ia 4 Ob 58 2 21 238 46 14 25 12. SWenbnah iy ts oe 4 06 58 4 03 00 47 56 02 SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. a Va SOR et ees Late ere te faa Ete 4 06 58 211 57 4 04 59 NE HLOf ee ee eo yaks eee Pade 2d 258 2 35 25 46 28 27 10, Oriva..._. dekh en teetd potas godt he 4 06 58 3 13 30 47 06 32 At the finishing line, between Execution and Sands Point, was a tug that had been there since the preceding day, on which were Com, Monroe and Messrs, Stewart, Brown, Jenkins and Adams, of the Larchmont Y.C., who had offered to time the finish, After their arrival the yachts anchored in Larchmont Harbor, their crews being entertained by the Larchmont Y, C, NEW HAVEN Y. C. ANNUAL MATCHES. fae yachtsmen of New Haven haye been busier this spring than ever before, preparing for the third annual matches, which were sailed on June 24 on the Sound. Their fleet numbers 33 yachts, Steamers, sloops and cats, there being three of the former: Sophia, 125ft,, ©, i. Osgood owner; Venture, 100ft., J. J. Phelps, and Beatrice, O. B. Paliner. The second division of the fleet, sloop yachts, is divided inta four classes, B, G, D and H, according to length over all, Olass B being 45ft. and over; Class C, 35 to 45ft.; Class D, 25 to 35ft., and @lass H, 15 to 25tt, The time allowance is based, however, on waterline plus one-hird overhang. The wind through the entire day was very light. The steamer John H. Starin accompanied the yachts over the course, carrying the mem- bers and theirtriends, while Mr. R. B. Rathbone’s steam yacht Pastime carried the judges, At 11312 A, M. all were ready, and a gun was fired from the Pastime as asipnal for classes E, sloops of 15 to 25ft., and G, catboats of 15 to 25ft., the Wild Bird being the first over the line and Trio second, no boats starting in Class G. At 11:18 Class D was started with Acme, Ceres, Defiance, Lorelei, Louise, Endeavor, Visen and Stranger in the above order; then followed Starlight, Flora, Happy Thought, Rajah, Viking, Wayward, Marguerite, Rival, Wild ‘Duck of Class C. with Wild Pigeon and Viola, Class B behind em, All went over on starboard tack, and most of them held on for some time, the wind, howeyer nearly dying out, Stranger took the lead after a time, with Ceres next, then Lonise, and at the turning mark, Charles Island Buoy, she had a good lead, lufiing around it in fine style, and running up balloon atari : ‘Ceres was next around, then Vixen, Flora, Louise, Rival, Wild a Duck, Viking, Wild Pigeon, no others being timed, as the steamers ran on to overtake the leaders, now wellahead, Stranger still led on whe run home, and was first in of all the fleet, followed closely by Plora and Geres, who had stuck to her all the way home, In Class B, Trio came in just 8m. before the Stranger’s arrival, The times were as follows: CLASS B, F Yacht, Owner. Actial, Corrected, Midlds eects ete ean vd Chats RA eae 5 08 00 5 16 Wild Pigeon... a «Vice G. Wheeler.......... 5 10 48 5 O06 43 CLASS G. Wild Dueck... .... i... eats Vleet Capt, Lutz.......... 5 02 68 Wayward... cc... 20. nO: Be WAINGP.. 6. caine soon 5 18 38 5 17 23 WLV ELE ws rao _.«W. W, Converse..,.......6 00 66 4 58 58 Staclizhier-- ss tee ees WO WHIGES | westore eet tetit 6 23 35 5 20 45 MasCOtt. ot. stew tt Weld & Jacobs.....- syed 16 dd § 15 10 Happy Thought........ . Geo. M, Grayes,....... .-D 26 21 5 20 10 Wana Cee eno ese sas Coberkinse. ia. ssi See 5 05 04 4 54 11 Marguerite._-.......---.- Charles M. Peek....-.. 5 17 48 5 11 42 MiG UIUEs Ame Re nee Bb PQ Swall,.- 2. ssesceaics 6 18 48 6 05 28 GLASS D, yD, Billard... 12) + -5°20-81 ene eerie Parish & Rawson....,...5 08 38 5 OF 20 i ‘Thomas H. Hall.... ..... 5 38 08 5 30 35 4S Se4g600ab6 Age Allen Seaman...........,5 O0%53 5 03 49 S17 W204 2) Ger OP J. N. Macauley........-.. 5 08 al 4 58 13 CLASS B. Trio. Se bd esate! W. L. Cheney...-..-...-.5 04 30 HULL Y. C. PENNANT MATCH. 6 ax: first pennant match of the Hull Y. C, was sailed on Saturday, June 21, Six classes entered, but only four started, as the wind was light throughout. The courses were as follows: Second Class—From judges’ line to black brush buoy No. 1, half a mile south, leaving it on the starboard, to yellow barrel marked H. Y. C., off Pettick’s Island, leaving it on starboard; through Hull Gut to buoy on Wilson’s Rock, off Rainsford Island, leaying it on star- board; thence, leaving Hunt’s ledge and Point Allerton buoys on star- board, to bell boat on Harding ledge, eceeeue on port. Return- ing, leaving Point Allerton and Hunt’s ledge buoys on port, to judges’ Beet passing between it and flag beat—a distance of eleven natitical miles, Third Class—From judges’ line to West Gut, leaving Pettiek’s Isl- and on starboard; thence, northeast by north three-quarters of a tnile to black buoy on) Wilson’s Rock, leaying it on the starboard; thenee to striped buoy on Hunt's ledge, leaving it on starboard; through Hull Gut to the judges’ boat, passing between it and a red flag—a distance of seven nautical miles. ‘ourth and fifth elasses—From judges’ line to steamboat barrel off Seal Rocks, leaving it on starboard, to buoy off Prince’s Head, leay- ing it on port, to No. 1 brush buoy (one mile south of starting point), leaving it on starboard, to yellow barrel buoy marked H.Y, C., off Strawberry Hill, leaving it on port, to steamboat barrel off Seal Rock, leaving it on starboard, to barrel buoy off Pettick’s (Cley- SHY 5), leaving it on starboard, to judges’ line—a distance of seven miles, “ The race was started at 3 P. M,, at high water, with the following oats: Second class, sloops, 25ft. and under 30—Transit, E, H, Ingalls; Ban- neret, J, F. Brown. Third class, sloops, 21ft. and under 25—Seabird, Geo. 8, Forbush; Kitty, E. H. Tarbel, ; a Hour class, cats, 20ft. and under 26—Joker, Geo, Coffin; Niohe, F. un, Fifth class. cats 18ft. and under 20—Imogene, B. T. Wendell, Myrtle, Q. H, & R. CO. Poor; Spray, H. M. Faxon; Mirage, L. M, Clark; Wildfire, H. M, Keith; Kismutch, H. H, Curtis; Samaria, L. G. King, The prizes in each class were champion pennants, to be retained by the winners. Transit was away, ahead of Banneret, who was in trouble with her jib, but righting matters, started in chase, making a good race but in second at the line, Seabird and Joker came in first in their respective classes, and Im- ogeve in the fifth class, with Spray second. The times were: SECOND CLASS, Length. Actual, Corrected, Transit, c. b., F, H, Ingalls,,....--..., 27.01 2 25 36 1 52 41% Banneret, c. b., J. F, Brown...,....... 25,01 2 380 15 1 55 05 THIRD CLASS, Seabird, e, b., George §, Forbush,,... 23 O01 1 23 18 0 59 18 Kitty, k., E. H, Tarbel:..:.......-s..24 23. 09 1 27 00 1 03 33 } FOURTH CLASS. Joker, c. b., George Coffin,..... .,.... 20.08 1 49 50 1.23 44 an C0] 9)

for price list. MARTIN more, Md. ; S. HUTCHINGS, Dover, | \ tees ms" N. H., P. O. Box 368,. _ Dams, SroppARD & Kenpat., Boston; HEnry U. auras ew York; F. Cuas. Hicurn, Philadelphia, | Agents. : , Pittsfield, Mass. Cuts Free Full-Length COT, in this case, $10. LOUNGE, in this case, $8. Sold everywhere by the Trade. Fish Hook, Fishing Tactle Wf''s, ' Eine Fishing Vack le. First Quality Goods at lower prices than any other house in America. Brass Multiplying Reels with Balance Handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; 180ft., $1.50; 240ft., $1.75; 300ft., $2.00; 450ft., $2.25; 600TL., $2.50. Any of the above Reels with Drags, 25 ets, extra; nickel plated; 50 cts. extra. Brass Click Reels, 20yds., 50 cts.; 80yds., 75 cts.; 60yds,, $1.00; nickel plated, 50 cts. extra, Marster’s celebrated Hooks snelled on gut, Limerick, Kirby Limerick, Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, O’Shaughnessy, Kinsey, Aberdeeen, Sneak Bent, and all other hooks. Single gut. 12 cts. per doz.; double, 20 cts. per doz.; treble, 30 cts. per doz.; put up one-half dozen in a Reekage: Single Gut Trout and Black Bass Leaders. lyd,, 5 cts.; 2yds., 10 cts.; 3yds., 15 cts. Double wisted Leaders, 3 leugth, 5 cts.; treble twisted, 3 length, 10 cts. Trout Flies, 60 cts. perdoz. Black Bass Hlies, $1.00 per doz. Trout and Black Bass Bait Rods, 9ft. long, $1.25 to $5.00. Trout and Black Bass Fly Rods, 10ft long, $1.50 to $10.00. Also forty-eight different styles of rods for all kinds of fishiv Saraplgs of hooks, leaders, etc., sent by mail on receipt of price in money or stamp. Send stamp « catalogue. Established 20 years. Open Evenings. Je F. MARSTERS, 55 Court St., Brooklyn. zs YY NW © CG Ez’Ss Patent “Perfect” Brass Shells, MANUFACTURED BY KYNOCH & CO., Birmingham, Eng. These shells are made of extra fine thin pliable metal, with reinforced base; are adapted to either Winchester or Wesson No. 2 primers. Can be reloaded as often as any of the thicker makes, Cost only about half as much. Weight less than paper shells. They shoot stronger and closer, and admit of a heavier charge, as owing to the thin metal. inside diameter is nearly two gauges larger, Load same as any brass shells, using wads say two sizes larger than gauge of shells. Or can be effectually crimped with tooland straighten out to original shape when discharged. The crimping tool also acts a8 a reducer, an advantage which will be appreciated by all experienced sportsmen, Sample shells will be mailed (without charge) to any sportsmen’s club or dealer, and prices quoted to the trade only. For sale in any quantity by gun dealers generally, or shells in case lots only, (2,000), and crimpers not less than one dozen, by HERMANN BOKER & CO., Sole American Agents, 101 & 1038 Duane Street, New York. Elastic Heel-Plate for Shotquns, Hunting & Military Rifles SEND FOR CIRCULAR. HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, New York City. SOLD BY ALL GUN DEALERS AND WHOLESALED BY A Lotion for Sportsmen, Excursionists & Others. Protects persons using it from the attacks of MOSQUITOBS, BLACK FLIES, and otber insects, and from SUNBURN and the disagreeable effects of exposure to the weather. Iris beneficial to the skin, and has no disagreeable odor; is color- less and cleanly, not staining the finest lmen, and washes off. readily on the application of soap and water. MANUFACTURED BY THOS. JENNESS & SON, 12 West Market Sq., Bangor, Sold by the leading dealers in sporting goods throughout the country Price, 50 Cents Per Bottle. N, B,—When ordering please mention this paper. i Ns = he tal or tS ih 438 '_— FOREST AND STREAM. [JUNE 26, 1884. _ PRICES OF FISHING TACKLE. Brass Multiplyiqg Reels with balance handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft,, $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; 180fb, . $1.50; DORE, $1.75; S00ft., $2,003 450ft., $2.25; 600Ft., $2.50; 7O0ft., $2.75; OEE 8.00. Nickel Sees nud Dr ags extra, Brass Click Reels, 25yds. , 60 cts.; 40yds., 75 cts.; 60yds., 85 cents.; 80yds., $1.00, Kiffe’s palene ated Hooks snelled on gut. Single gut, 12 cts. per doz.; double, 20 cts. per doz.; treble, 80.ets. per oe Single Gut Trout and Black Bass Leaders, lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds., 10 cts.; 8yds., 15 cts. Double Twisted 5 Sartor 3 length, 5 cts. in 4length, 10 cts.; treble, 3 length, 10 cts.; 4 length, 15 cts.; extra heavy 4ply. ength, 25 cts. Trout Plies, 50 cts, per doz.; Black Bass Flies, $1.00 per doz. Samples of our goods sent by mail or express on receipt of price. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. HERMANN H. KIFFE, 318 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Between Fulton Ferry and City Hall OPEN EVENINGS. OUR NEW MODEL THREE BARREL PRICK, S75 TO $250, Send for Illustrated Catalogue, This gun is light and compact, from 9 to 10 lbs. weight. The rifle is perfectly accurate. im. C. SMITH, Maker, Syracuse, N.Y. UP & MCS FISHING SUIT, DARK LEAD COLOR, AND THE HOLABIRD SHOOTING SUITS Of Waterproofed Duck, Dead Grass Color, Irish Fustian and Imported Corduroy. ASSORTED COLORS. Unequaled in Convenience, Style or Workmanship. WE A Opa Fos ve i mat) (= Lig? Write for our new Catalogue and Samples. THIS Is our Skeleton Coat or Game Bag. Weighs but 15 ounces. Can be worn over or under an ordinary coat. Has seven pockets and game pockets. It is of strong material, UPTHEGROVE dead grass color, and will hold the game of a successfu AND McLELLAN, day without losing a hair or feather. We will mail it to Valparaiso, Ind. you, postage paid, for $2.00. Send breast measure. The “0.0.” New Mode] Patent Perfection TREBLE MULTIPLYING REEL, WITH CLICK ATTACHMENT, Is the handsomest and most practical Reel Made. Following are its points of excellence: Center Action, an entirely new feature for a multiplying reel. Balance Handle, revolving within a projecting metal band, no chance for line to catch upon the handle, A Treble Multiplying Click, when the index is in the position as shown in the above illustration. A Treble Multiplying Free-Running Reel, when the index is pushed to the right, Raised Pillar, permitting the extension of the spool, thus increasing the carrying capac- ity of the reel fully one-third and greatly re- ducing the weight. Material and Finish, the best. Price, ‘within reach.” Please order the above Patent Perfection Reels” through the Dealer in your place. If for any cause you can not so obtain them, please advise me and I will correspond with you. WM. M. CORNWALL, Importer & Jobber of Fishing Tackle and Gun Goods, 18 Warren street, New York City. Bargains that should be in every Sportsman’s Hands. A FEW COPIES OF THE SECOND EDITION OF C—7TI NG Shoo TiN G” Left, and will be sold for 50 cents each. Methods for cleaning and loading the modern breech-loader; practical hints upon wing shooting ; directions for hunting snipes, woodcocks, ruffed grouse and quails. _ Illustrated: Bound in cloth, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price, 50 cents; formerly sold for $1,00. T. G. DAVEY, Publisher, London, Ont. AT THE LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION Tee: NICEOLS Hexagonal Split Bamboo Fishing Rods ere awarded Three Silver Medals and the highest special prize—10 Sovereigns. Noted for excel- bee more than numbers. This is the highest prize awarded to any American for Split Bamboo Rods. Manufactured by B. F, NICHOLS, 153 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. Send for list with Massachusetts Fish and Game Lays. PATENT BREEOH & MUZZLE-LOADING Yacht Cannon, Sizes, 17, 24, 28 and 32 inches in length. 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Transient advertisements must invariably be accompanied by the money or they will not be inserted. Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Nos, 39 anp 40 Park Row. New Yor«r City. CONTENTS. SEA AND River FIsHiIne. Trouting with a Worm. FISHCULTURE. Lobster Protection. Black Bass in Maine, Salmon for Maine. THE KENNEL, Pointers at New York. EDITORIAL, The Old Swamp, Rifle Shooting, Summer Shooting. Small Boat Sailing. Use for Sawdust. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Unele Lisha’s Shop.—y. NaturAL History, Beagles. ; Electric Amphibian. Fox Hunt on the Roanoke. Birds in their Haunts. English Kennel Notes. Use of Field Glasses. GAME Bag AND GUN. Moose in Manitoba. Welcome Home. Two-Eyed Shooting. The Tamarack Swamp, In the Back Country. Michigan Preserve. The Performance of Shotguns. More Smoke Memories. Camp Hire FLICKERINGS. Sa AND River FISHiIne. Camps of the Kingfishers.—vutr, Philadelphia Notes. Bass in Lake Madison. Rod and Reel Association. Day at Minnetonka. Bow River Trout. Coast Fisheries. Gone to the Bass Elysium. Kennel Notes. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallery. Proposed Tournaments. The Meridian Guu Club. CANOEING. Oshkosh CG, C. The Meet at Grindstone Island. A Long Cruise in a Small Boat. Another Mohican Champion. A River and Coast Cruise. Races at Lowell. YACHTING. Eastern Y. C, Annual Matches. Lynn City Matches. Beverly Y. C. New Jersey Y.C, Knickerbocker Y. C.—Ladies’ Day. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, With its compact type and in its permanently enlarged form of twenty-eight pages this journal furnishes each week a larger amount of jirst-class matter relating to angling, shooting, the kennel, yachting, canoeing, and kindred subjects, than is con- tained in all other American publications put together. A USH FOR SAWDUST. | Fi is generally easier for a mill owner to dump his sawdust into the stream for the water to wash away than it is to burn it or cart it off. The sawdust kills the fish in the stream, but he would be an idiotic mill owner who would permit such a public loss to interfere with his private gain; and so he dumps the sawdust, kills the fish, puts his hands into his pockets, and asks the public ““What are you going to do about it?” The States have enacted laws forbidding this disposition of sawdust and prescribing penalties for the offense, but the offenders usually manage to ignore the law or evade it entirely. Thousands and thousands of streams which once harbored excellent. food fish have been ruined by the sawdust. In the last report of the New York Com- missioners of Fisheries it is stated that “of all causes there is probably none that has exerted such an influence in expel- ling both salmon and trout from our spring streams as the presence of sawdust;” and the Commissioners go on to state that although there is a statute governing this, it is practi- cally useless because carelessly worded. The destruction of fish is not all that the sawdust must answer for. It kills human beings. Waters polluted by decaying sawdust spread malaria, and make miserable the lives of those who dwell on the banks of the plague-bearing stream. This is notably the case with the Raquette River, whose whole lower course is cursed with chills and fever; and Potsdam, where one of the State Normal schools is located, has become a very undesirable place of residence from this cause. When urged to burn, or in some other way dispose of their sawdust, lumbermen have objected that they could not af- ford the cost. There is hope that the perplexing problem of dealing with this nuisance may now be solved, for a process has been discovered by which the refuse sawdust may be made to yield a handsome profit, When dry it is carbonized ee in iron retorts, and in the process there is given off 80 per cent. of volatile products, the remaining 20 per cent. being eranulated charcoal, which can be used in making gunpow- der, filters, lining refrigerators, and as a disinfectant, and mixed with a little tar it could be pressed into bricks and used for fuel; 22 of the 80 per cent. of the volatile products fire in the form of fixed gases, which can be used for heat- ing, lighting, ete,; 47 per cent. is pyroligneous acid, which is crude acetic acid, and ‘after being purified and concen- trated is used in white lead, color, print and vinegar manu- factories. There remain 10 per cent. of tar and one of wood alcohol. The tar has. the same properties as coal tar, the almost end- less uses of which, such as pitching roafs, lining water tanks, covering the bottoms of vessels, protecting iron from rust- ing, covering the wounds made in pruning trees, and in the form of benzole, naphtha, carbolic and sulphuric acids, and the whole splendid series of aniline dyes, constitute one of the chief glories of modern chemistry. The wood or methylic alcohol is used asa solvent for gums, in varnish making, in the manufacture of aniline colors. The sawdust from yellow pine and other woods rich in resin, yields also a considerable amount of turpentine, in gathering which so many trees are every year sacrificed. It is estimated that in sawing inch boards of pine, hem- lock, ete., the one-fourth inch saw-kerf uses up one-fifth of the log. When lumber is sawed by the billion feet, one can easily see that the question of disposing of the sawdust in a way to yield a profit, instead of a first-class nuisance, is a very important one. THE OLD SWAMP. He” many years it had been there no one knows. Per- haps it was only one of the minor depressions left in the surface of the earth after the passage of the great glacier, that swept over the land that is now ours when the race was young. Then our ancestors dwelt in caverns—true troglo- dytes—and slew the reindeer and the hairy mammoth and the horse, and perhaps now and then had fierce conflicts with the huge cave bear, which they conquered by their courage and their numbers, rather than by the excellence of their rude stone weapons. Or it muy have been once a broad yalley, down which hurried a sparkling brooklet, which twisted and turned, winding from one side to the other of the level meadow; here rippling in a yellow current over the smooth pebbles of the bottom, there burrowing its way beneath overhanging grassy banks, where its soft murmur alone told of its pres- ence; or again making some sudden crook and digging out for itself a deep, quiet pool, where the trout used to lie in summer, and in which the silent otter was always sure to find a meal. Then, perhaps, a little family of beavers passed that way, and seeing the brook and its possibilites de- termined that they would make it their home. So they began, by cutting down some of the trees that srew by the brookside, to build their dam, They brought mud and stones from the bottom of the stream and with their chisel-like teeth clipped off the willows and alders, and cut them into lengths, and their patient and unremitting industry finished the dam by the end of summer, Now a good part of the meadow was a wide but shallow pond. Next the houses were built and the winter supply of food laid up, and, not long after this, th pond froze over, : For years, perhaps for centuries, the colony of beavers re- mained here, always becoming more numerous. Sometimes they moved up or down the stream, and every few years they built new dams, and overflowed more of the low land. Those that they had first deserted had long ago rotted and broken down, and the ground which had first been grassy meadow, and then the bottom of the pond, was now a wet marsh, in which grew young alders and willows and _ bilber- ries, soft maples, cypress and tamarack, and a hundred other moisture-loving trees, while the foot of the passing deer sank deep into the spongy sphagnum or crushed the showy yellow lady-slipper and the delicate pink arethusa. As the years went by the forest growth increased in size, while the smaller shrubs beneath formed a tangled mass, impenetrable save to the wild creatures which made their home among the luxuriant vegetation. However it was formed, such was the old swamp, Here during the summer, before the berries were ripe, the black bear dug roots, and tore up the rotten logs or turned over great stones, for the ants, worms and bugs on which he lives, ‘The deer browsed on the water grasses and in winter nipped the tender shoots of the willows. The raccoon hunted frogs in the wet places, and at the approach of autumn grew fat on the thick-growing clusters of fox grapes, made sweet by the early frosts. All the other dent- zens of the forest found here a safe retreat, from which they made excursions out into the surrounding hills. So it was with the old swamp when our fathers first took possession of the soil. Game was plenty then, and a man, when he needed meat, had to go but a short distance from his own door to killa deer ora turkey. But as time went by, fire and the axe cleared away the timber from the sur- rounding hills. The hunter gaye place to the husbandman, The sickle supplanted the rifle. Now the game had become less plenty. Birds there were, it is true, but the larger game had disappeared from the land, except in the old swamp. That was as it had always been. The settlers had been busy, and it was the clearing of the land, rather than the actual destruction of animal life, that had driven off the game. Now and then a hunter had penetrated the tangle of the swamp in pursuit of a wounded animal, but its interior was still a mysterious unknown to all. Within its gloomy recesses there was not much change. Here the bear was still to be found and the deer fed there almost unmolested. The turkey gobbled in spring as of old and the ruffed grouse stalked among the trees with majestic tread. The pigeons still gathered here to roost, and the thunder of their wing beats at morning and at evening was like the rushing of a mighty wind through a ship’s rigging. It was to the old swamp that the hunters resorted now for game, and often the sharp crack of the rifle rang among the trees or the roar of the shotgun awoke its once silent echoes. The angler pushed his way down the course of the stream and caught the trout. One began to find pathsin the swamp that were not game trails. A few more years passed by with rapid changes. The axe had been at work. Now all the timber had been cut away, but there was still left the undergrowth. Deer and bear and turkey and wild pigeons had disappeared, but there were some grouse left, and the quail, when startled from the stubble fields about its borders, still sought safety in the old swamp. The closing change in the old swamp was yet to come. Trenches were dug through the swamp, The brush was cut down and burned. The brook dried up, The plow passed over the land, and the next year a crop of sod corn was grown where once the beaver had their homes. Such is the history of many an old swamp. : All this is progress—the march of improvement. It is also the reason why our streams are drying up, and why the farmer complains that each year there is less rain, and it is a harder matter to grow crops. It explains why ourrivers are gradu- ally becoming moreand more shallow, why tke water-power that turned a hundred mills, now turns none and is replaced by steam. It is something that is taking place all over our country. he clearing up of each swamp like this one is a misfortune to our people, and the aggregate of such misfor- tunes means a loss of material wealth that can scarcely he computed. This loss is widely distributed,and is not felt asit comes, but it increases year by year. The farmer knows that his land becomes each season a little less productive, but he does not know why. Perhaps he thinks that it is worn out, and strives by the use of fertilizers to renew its old-time luxuriance. Vain remedy. Without water no amount of manure will make crops grow, but water will make fertile the sands of Sahara or the arid sage-brush wastes of our Western deserts. Has not the valley of the Great Salt Lake béen made to blossom as the rose? The story of the old swamp is told of no one locality. Each one of us has seen the work going on in his own neigh- borhood, has witnessed the disappearance of the native fauna and flora, the drying up of the streams, What will be the end? SMALL BOAT SAILING. O those friends of small boats who have watched the limited entries and generally discouraging condition of the sport in and about New York, it will be gratifying to turn to the programme of races for the coming two weeks, issued by the Beverley Y. C., which we give in another column. The small yacht, as yet, has hardly a place in New York; on the one hand is the sandbagger, with which there is nothing in common; on the other, the large yacht, looking down contemptuously on the little ship, which, between these two, is left to sail alone, Racing small hoats, as formerly carried on here, with shoal boats, unlimited crews, and shifting ballast, is declining year by year, as is shown by the limited number of entries in such races of late, and it is bound to disappear entirely as the value of safety and comfort becomes more appreciated; but as yet there is nothing to take its place, A few clubs have FOREST AND STREAM. rr. —_— = taken an adyanced step and limited ballast and crew, and several races each year are open to such boats; but there is little encouragement given them, and their increase is very slow, Looking in the East, however, we find a totally different condition of things, doubly encouraging, not only from the number of boats, but from their general good qualities. The race of the Beverly Y. C. last August brought out 289 entries of all lengths from 60 feet down to 13. Only 21 of the 178 that started were over 30 feet, and most of the remainder were sbout 20 to 24 feet loadline. Of the 75 starters in the Hull Y, C, open race a week later but 12 were over 80 feet, most of them being nearer 20, and all honest, handsome and able little boats, whether cutters, sloops or cats. It is well worth a journey to South Boston to see the fleet at anchor there—several hundred little ships—small in size but trim and shapely in hull and rig, and each one repre- senting a crew of at least two ardent sailormen; or, it is better yet to go in winter, when all the boats are hauled up, and when one can count the keels, the number increasing faster each year, while the centerboards are growing fewer, many lying ashore from seasou to season. Of the general qualities of the boats now so common there, no better. evidence is needed than a look over our late files. Vayu, Neva, Caprice, Fad, Carmita and the others there shown are but types of dozens of similar craft, whose names head each list of winners—Hera, Gem, Lily, Beetle, Banneret, Transit. If Boston can boast such a fleet, why is New York so far behind? There is no lack here of suitable water. A draft cf five to seven feet can be carried without difficulty, or if that is the trouble, less can be taken, while good qualities are retained. Certainly our sailormen are no less bold and daring or less skillful than their Eastern brothers, and there are builders who are competent to turn out such boats as would be needed. Whatever the hindrance may be, the men interested must look only to themselves for its removal, they can expect neither sympathy nor help from the sandbaggers or the larger clubs, but must depend on their own exertions. Several attempts have been made to form an association of boat owners, but all have failed, and at present almost the only clubs offering any inducements to owners of small fixed pallast craft arc the Seawanhaka, Knickerbocker and New Jersey yacht clubs. An association is needed that will make a specialty of boats of thirty feet and under, prohibiting shifting ballast, limitimg crews, and enforcing such rules as will encourage a true Corinthian spirit, and make it possible for a man to own a yacht and enjoy real sport, both cruising and racing, with a reasonable outlay of time and money, Such a club once established would never lack support, and its value would soon be appreciated by the larger clubs, whose constant complaint is a lack of amateurs for their Cor- inthian races, RIFLE SHOOTING NOT DECLINING. f eee is a ery going up from those who see only what lies on the surface, that rifle shooting in this country is on the wane, and that the sport of target practice is soon to die out. There is really nothing to justify any such croakings, and he who indulges in them is plainly a very short-sighted person. The only ground upon which such an assertion could be founded is that the newspapers are paying less attention to the subject and are allowing the marksmen to enjoy many a day of exciting rivalry without the accompaniment of notoriety. There wasa time when every shot fired on the range at Creedmoor was duly entered in the next morning’s journals; now a regiment goes out for its regular practice and may, perhaps, get a two-line notice in some of the papers. Publishing scores and making them are two entirely different matters. Even in the papers more particularly devoted to the sports of the field, there is a recognition of the fact that the score of each weekly practice match of each rifle club inthe country may, with profit, give way to articles of general interest, in which topics of more permanent importance are discussed for the benefit of all. It is, indeed, true that there is a lull in the sport of rifle shooting compared with the excitement which held sway several years ago. his is particularly true in this locality, where the international fever ran very high; but to-day, taking the country through, there is an abundance of rifle shooting, and on many a range scores of marksmen are get- ting all that delightful combination of work and relaxation which rifie shooting alone can bring. Persons of sedentary occupation still find a rare profit to weary brain and listless fingers in an hour or so spent with friends upon the lawn where the varying fortune of the mimic warfare help to keep the interest sharp and the rivalry brisk. ‘These gentle- men do not seek to have their doings set forth in black and white through the press, but it is absurd to conclude from this that there is nothing going on. The slovenly control which has been shown in the manage- ment of the Creedmoor range has done much to create this impression, erroneous though it be, that rifle shooting is on the decline. The range of the National Association seems destined to show its worst season in that of 1884. That this should be so is not at all surprising. The range has really, by the closing of the railroad which ran to it, been cut off fromm the metropolis, and is truly nothing more than an abandoned rifle range. There is aroundabout way of get- ting to the place, but it is so far removed in time and travel from this city that it has ceased to be looked upon as a practicable shooting ground. What New York really needs is a convenient range for off-hand out-door practice. It should not be of less range than 200 yards,and we think that such a shooting park, properly located and equipped and liberally managed, would bea success as a private speculation. There is a good deal of nonsense, as we have at times taken space to say vety emphatically, about the manner of practice pursued by the National Guard of this city and Brooklyn. The thousands of officers and men in the dozen regiments here organized would form a clientele to such a range as we suggest, and there would besides be a large outside patronage. There are plenty of convenient spots about this city for the establishment of such a system of butts as would be required. We have no real estate scheme to further and therefore men- tion no localities, though an energetic man or company equal to the occasion would soon find the spot, and a moderate out_ lay would fit it up safely for the work in hand. Such an open air gallery could be made an attraction to any popular resort, and with it-Oreedmoor would soon be given oyer to its ante-range condition of daisies and desolation. It is a magnificent range, but if it cannot be put in use, an hundred instead of a dozen miles may as well separate it from this city. We only repeat, then, that because Creedmoor has been made the victim of a dog-in-the-manger management is no reason for thinking that all is blue in the rifle shooting horizon. We need civilian marksmen to keep our regular and militia army shooters up to their work, and that need, we think, will always be supplied. STARVING TO DEATH. r [ \HE brief dispatch in Monday’s papers from the Piegan Agency in Northern Montana was probably read by but few of our readers. Even to those who saw it, it did: not mean much. Northern Montana is a long way off, and be- sides that the Piegans are ‘‘only Indians.” ‘his is what the dispatch says: HeLena, Mon., June 30.—Major Allen, Piegan Indian Agent for Northern Montana, reports that the Indians are dying fast from star- yation, the food supply at the agency being very secant. The car- penter has furnished thirty coffins in the past month, but it is be- lieved that the deaths are fully thrice that number, as the Indians have a great dislike to burying their dead, preferring the old custom of placing the bodies in trees or in stone piles on high hills. The death rate is greatest among children from five to twelve years of age. In another week the supplies will be entirely exhausted, and the 3,000 Indians on the reservation will be left to starve, or subsist on the eattle of the settlers. Trouble is feared. - If now we had heard that in some town down in Mississippi or up in Minnesota, three thousand people were perishing of hunger, we should, probably, feel somewhat interested. The mayors of cities would be telegraphing to each other, con- sulting what measures had best be taken to relieve those who were in need, The daily press would publish appeals, and call for subscriptions, the Federal Government would place its servants and its supplies at the service of the relief com- mittees. But these Piegans are “‘only” Indians—let, them starve. Tt is true that the Indian does not enjoy starvation much more than the white man does, and while he takes little pleasure himself in dying of hunger, he is even less contented to watch his hollow-eyed squaw as she sits beside the robe on which lies his poor little miserably starving child. The little ones go first. They are the weakest of the tribe; if they are without food they must perish. The women are stronger and can endure more, and the men haye still greater powers of resistance. So we find, naturally enough, that the mortality is greatest among the children from five to twelve years of age. Poor little things; we can’t help feel- ing a little sorry for them. Not that they are dying—that is rather a subject for congratulation than for pity; but that they should suffer so while they are dying. However, they are ‘‘only Indians.” The Piegans have for a long time been in a most miserably destitute condition, The buffalo on which they haye always depended have been destroyed and they have now literally no means of support. They are not in any sense an agri- cultural people, their sole food being meat, with the wild berries, which they gathered and dried. But the game is gone, and with it, unless immediate assistance is given, must go this pitiful remnant of a once powerful nation. We do not know who it was that in ‘bitter sarcasm first called the Indians the ‘‘wards of the nation,” They are such wards as Mr. Squeers had in his school, or, to come down to actual and recent facts, such “‘wards” as Shepherd Cowley had in his “home” in this city, and starved to death there. We do not profess to be sentimentalists. We know the West and the feeling there as well as we do the Hast. We have traveled and lived and fought with Indians. We know what they are better than ninety-nine out of every hundred men, be they Eastern or Western. The Indian is a human being like the white man, he loves his wild free life as well as we love our life, his wives and children as well as we do ours. He has his pleasures and sorrows as well as we, The treatment of the Indian by the United States Government has always been shameful, and the disgrace which attaches to us on this account can never be effaced, and is only paralleled by the way in which the British Government treated the East Indians Hach year adds fo the grieyousness of the injustice with which these peoples are being treated. We have fairly con — quered them in war, and have driven them on to thelr reser vations, and now we keep them there to starve. What- would be thought of a man who drove a lot of steersinto his corral or barnyard, and kept them shut up there without food? The law would be invoked to punish him without delay, yet this is what we are doing with the Indians. What recourse have these people? What hope have they? Surely it is better to break out, to raid the settlements, to have the excitement of war, even if they die in battle, than to perish miserably of starvation on the reservation. If they do break out, at least they will have plenty to eat, for are not the Montana prairies covered with catile? No wonder trouble is feared. Perhaps some one up there remembers the Cheyenne outbreak a few years ago, when the terrified Indians fled from the reservation in the Indian Territory to which they had been moved, and crossed Kansas and Nebraska, perpetrating atrocities too frightful to be men- tioned on the families of the innocent settlers, and killing men, women, children and cattle. Why should not the Piegans in Northern Montana do the same? No wonder “trouble is feared.” Eyen now it is not too late to avert this imminent danger. The Iuterior Department should, without delay. telegraph the agent to purchase the supplies necessary to temporarily telieve the suffering of these people, until some measures can be taken for their permanent relief. But the case is pressing, and aid, if to be of use, must be given at once. SUMMER SHOOTING. first editorial on game in the first number of Fornsr AND STREAM, published nearly eleven years ago, pro- tests against the summer shooting of woodcock. Each year since, at the coming of the summer, we have raised our voice in condemnation of the practice, and by “‘line upon line and precept upon precept” have endeavored to instill into the minds of the public the great importance of pro- tecting our game birds until they were full grown and full fledged. The summer shooting of woodcock is admitted by nearly all who indulge in the practice to be a murderous and destructive business, Not only are the broods exterminated, but in many instances the old birds share the fate of the young; and, unless by chance, the breeding grounds are bar- ren the succeeding year. This is especially the case where the breeding grounds are one side from the regular line of flight, and we have known many such places that remained desolate for years. There is another very important point in this connection that we do not remember to have seen discussed. Hvery close observer of the habits of the woodcock is acquainted with their different notes, and has heard the signal with which the occupant of some choice bit of feeding ground calls from the sky the companion whom he hears approaching. We have often, for hours at a time, lingered on the borders of some favorite flight ground, after it had become tea dark to shoot, listening to the music of their rustling wings, and have often heard the call of some bird in the covert to all appearances cause the quick- beating pinions to cease their flight and settle near the place. Now who shall say that in this flight from their breeding grounds in the north they do not pass by resorts that were once famous, simply because there is no one at home to let them know that the locality is desirable and to bid them welcome. The point we think worthy of consideration. We believe that with the abolition of sammer shooting the fall flight would gradually increase and that in a few years in a large proportion of our once famous **fall coyerts” the querulous whistle of gentle Pilohela would be something more than a tradition. In some portions of the country woodcock may be legally killed now, although more than one-half of the States that legislate upon the subject have fixed the date at least a month later, and one-half of these put off the evil day still longer. We shall preach no homily upon the enormity of the offense of him who breaks the laws, nor read a lecture to the“individual who chooses to broil his brains in the scorching heats of midsummer in the lawful pursuit of so- called sport, nor do we propose to repeat the arguments upon thé subject which are familiar to all, but we earnestly appeal to all lovers of woodland sports to heartily join with us in our efforts to rescue from his impending fate this beautiful sprite of ‘wooded copse and bosky dell.” Not alone in behalf of the present generation do we urge the protection and preser- vation of this royal bird. We plead in behalf of the sports- men of the future, those who areto come after us, that through the rapacity of those who have charge of their patrimony, they be not cheated out of its enjoyment, THe Earth anp tHe Suy.—Some of the savants are trying to prove that the earth is older than the sun. We do not care whether it is or not, but we are prepared to show that the joke about the man who shot New Jersey mus- quitoes for woodcock is much more ancient than our esteemed contemporary the Suv, in whose editorial columns it appeared the other day. - Nov tHE RanceLeys.—The name Rangeley Lakes is a misnomer for the Androscoggin Lakes, Rangeley is the smaller and upper one of the four great lakes composing the Androscoggin chain, the headwaters of the Androscoggin” Riyer, ; EST AND STREAM, Che Sportsman Caurist, UNCLE LISHA’S SHOP, Vv. 4 A‘ the next gathering in Lisha’s shop, Antoine was pres- ent, and when the old cobbler became aware of him, he gave lima bearty welcome, for though he was always eracking rough jokes upon the Frenchman, he had a real liking tor him for his good nature and the kindness he had shown at the time of the memorable bear fight. “Hello, Ann Twine! Buzzhoo musheer! Cummassy yau! How dy do? Glad t’ see ye agin, Ob! you’ve missed it ‘t ye hain’t ben here t? aour meetin’s, Sech stories as the boys has tole, an’ Solon Briggs has tole us lots 0’ things ‘t we dicin’t icnow—nor he nuther,” ‘*Wal niow, one’ Lasha,’”’ asked Antoine in s low yoice, as he edged onto the ¢orner of the shoe bench, '*W'at kano’ langwizh dat wus, M’sieu Brigg he spik it, hein? °F dat wus Anglish ab can’t neyah larn’em, He broke ma jaw off, Guess he Sous Merican, don’t it?’ ‘‘Nev’ mind, Ann Twine, you c’n onderstand it jes’ ’s well gs any on us—’n jes’ ’s well’s he ken I guess. It don’t hurt us none, ’n’ if does him lots 0’ good to Jet off them ’ere book- tionary words, Wal, Ann Twine, it’s your tum naow. You got to tell a story er sing a song, Le’s hey Pappy no, come. *Pappee no sa bum pay-raow,’” Lisha sang with a roaring yoice the first line of that once popular Canadian revolution- ary song, ‘Tune ’erup!” ; “Ba Gosh, one’ Lasha,” Antoine said with a sorrowful voice and face, *‘Ah ean’ sing, nor tell storec, ab feel so had!” ‘What's the motter, man? Ye inyuns froze, er terbacker gin aout?” “No sah, one’ Lasha, ah got plenty onion, plenty tabac, plenty, plenty. But ah have sush bad dream Jas’ nat! Oh, ah feel so sorry, me!” “Tell it, Ann Twine, tell it,’. Lisha shouted, and all the others joined m the request or demand. “Al don’ lak tole it, mek you all feel so so bad jes like me, ah fred. Wal. don’ you ery. Las’ nat w’en ab go bed ab freegit pray. Wen ab git on bed eh tink oy if. Den fus’ ting ah say ah shet ma heye, den ah’ll beegin. As’ de bon Dieu mek me mo’ better as ah was—ef he can—an tck care hole hwoman an’ all the chillens, ’n’ mek it heat not quat so much ment, an more patac* and zhonnerkek dat was cheap. Den ah go sleep. Bambye ah dream ah go to lenfer, what you eail it, hell?” “Guless t was baout mornin’ when you dremp that dream, Ann Twine. Mornin’ dreams comes true, they say,” Lisha pul in. “Wen ah got dah,” continued Antoine, only noticing the interruption by a shrugand a wave of the hand, ‘‘de Dev’ he come as me what so good man ah be come dah faw? Ah say ah honly come faw fun, see what goin’s on, me. Den he say, ‘Se’ dawn, se’ dawn, M’sieu Bissette, mek it you- sefto home.’ §o ah’ll sitin ve’ warm place an’ look all ‘ragun’. Bambye one holt man come, he don’t got any clo’s ou it, honly jes shoe mek it tool ond’ hees arm. Dev’ he say, ‘Wheat you want it?’ Hold man say, ‘Dey a’nt have it me on tudder place, so ah’ll come heear, see ’f al’ can git it jawb mek jt vou some boot.’ Dev’ he stick it aout bose hees touts, one of it lak man’s, one of it lak caow’'s,den hesay, ‘You can mezzhy only but one of it for mek bose boot; tek it you choose,” Hole man he say, ‘Guess ah tek it de bes’ foot,’ so he mezzhy du man foot an’ go work rat off. Pooty soon rat off, bambye, he lave it de boot all do, an’ Dev’ he try it on, an’, by Gash, de boot fit de caow foot bes’, an’ he won’t go on tudder of *t all, no sah! Den Dev’ he mad, an’ keek dat poo’ hole man aow’ door in col’; an’ ah feel so sorree for it ah run rat back here an’ git it some clo’s, an’ fus’ one ah git hole of “it was onc’ Lasha clo’s, an’ bah Gosh! you b’lieve it me, dat clos fit dat hole man jes’ if dey been mek it for him, yes sah!” : The laugh. which the relation of this dream aroused was made Jouder by Lisha’s roaring “‘haw, haw, ho,”at the end of which he said, glowering at the narrator through his specta- cles, “You dremp that wide awake in the daytime, Ann Twine. You hen studyin’ on it up ever sin’ you was here?” ©“ Nosah,one’ Lasha,ah dream datin a mawnin’; an’ he come true, you say? Wha’ you s’pose dat hole man go? Dey won't have it in de good place. dey won't have it in de bad place—wha’ you s’pose he goin’ go, hein?” “Guess he'll hafter go t’ the ’Hio,” Lisha answered, with a laugh that ended in a sigh; “‘to the "Hio, where his on’y chick an’ childis. Canucks,” he continued, ‘‘don’t never die, *s fur’s beard on, *ceptin’ the one ’at I spoke on, When they git old ‘hough to die they go to Colchester Pint, Forty, filty years 1’om naow you'll go there, Ann Twine.” *Weal, da’s pooty good place to feesh, don’t it? Ah rudder Zo dah as come dead.” “Mish! Yes; fish ’n’ inyuns ’n’ terbacker ’s baout alla Oanuck keers for. Ann Twine, you're the furderest Canuck fom where ye e’n kiteh bull-paouts an’ eels ’t I ever see, Give ‘em them an’ inyuns an’ terbacker, an’ an ole hogs, ’n’ a wuthless dog, “n’ they’re happy.” “You call it mu dog don’t good for somet’ing, one’ Lasha? You tole him dat he bit you, den he show he good, He fus’ rate dog, sah. He lay in haouse all a time honly w’en he barkin’ at folks go “long on road, ’n’ he jes’ fat as burrer.” “Good qualities, all on em,” said Lisha, “p’tic’ly in a Canuck dog, bein’ as fat ’s butter,” “Those ‘ere French,” Solon Briggs remarked to Pelatiah, who sat beside him, ‘‘is a jov-vial an’ a fry-volous race,” “Yus,” suid Pelatiah, sadly regarding the palms of his mittens, much soiled with handling cord wood since sledding had come, ‘‘I s’pose they be pooty smart to run.” Solon, disgusted with his unappreciative listener, raised his voice and addressed the Frenchman. ‘‘Antwine, didn’t your antsisters come from France?” “No, M’sieu Brigg, ma aunt seesters an’ brudder too, all bawnin Canada, Ma muddcr one of it, seester to ma aunt, prob'ly.” “You misconstrowed my inquirement, Antwine,” said Solon. ‘*‘[ meant to ast you, wa’nt their prosperity ’at was borned before ’em natyves of of France—reg’lar polly voo Franceys, so to speak?’ “Ah do’ know—yas, ah guess so, ah guess yes,” Antoine replied at random, having no idea of Solon’s meaning. “Shah! Fur’s any conjoogie satisfactualness is consarned, if a man hain’t a lingoist he might ’s well talk to a sawmill as one o’ these furrin Canucks,” said Solon, and added, “I bilieve ll take my depart an’ go hum,” ‘Ah do’ know ’f ah got it rat, zhontemans,” said Antoine, *Canuck for potatoes, - ———e im as the wooden latch clattered behind the departing wise man, language could describe, In pursuit of its prey, which may “but ah (ink wat you eall Solum in Anglish was dam hole | consist of small quadrupeds, the smaller ducks and waders, foolish, ain’t it?” There was not a dissenting voice, but Lisha said apologetically, ‘‘Oh, wal, Solon means well.” “Tl be darned if 1 know what he does mesn,” Sam Lovel said, “Wal,” said Lisha, ‘Il s’pose he ’s a well-read man, an’—” “Dum the wellred men!” Sam broke in, “I wish ’t they See haow they’se cuttin’ was all sick ’n’ dead, consarn ’em! up aout West ’n’ in Floridy!” ; “Ob, wall,” Lisha continued, ‘we're well red o’ him an’ them, so le’s don’t bother,” “Ef I was a Ninjun as I be a white man,” cried Pelatiah, rising and smacking his mittens together, ‘“‘while ‘t there was a pale face on the face of the U-nited States of Ameriky, I wouldn’t never lay daown my bow-arrers, my tommyhock an’ my Wampum; never, no, never!” “Guess ye’d ney to lay daown yer wampum ’f I mended yer boots, Peltier,” said Lisha, and Sam Loyel advised the budding orator to ‘‘save that ’ere fur the spellin’ school ex'cises next week.”’ There was not much further discourse, for Lisha was yawning and his guests took the hint, as broad as his jaws could compass, mule ened from their propriety, adatuyal History. “BIRDS IN THEIR HAUNTS.” We are promised about the end of this month a new book .on birds, from the pen of the Rey. J. H. Langille, It is to consist of brief descriptions aud full lite histories of all the species commonly found east of the Mississippi River, and will give special attention. to the songs and nesting habits. The work will contain about 570 pages and will be illustrated by 25 cuts. The following sketch of the Cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks are from advance sheets of the book: COOPER’S HAWK, In the top of a tall beech tree, I discover a hawk’s nest, and while I am querying whether it be new or old, the female of Cooper’s hawk CAccipiter cooper?) alights on a limb near the nest, and presently drops into it. At the same time I see a friend passing along the winter road near by, carrying a fine rifle, He is.a good marksman, so I beckon him to my assistance. As 1 strike on the trunk of the tree the bird leaves her nest, and my friend takes her on the wing. Down she comes, so gradually that she almost appears as if alight- ing, and skimming along the ground for some distance, finally drops, squealing loudly enough to alarm the whole feathered tribe in the neighborhood. As I approach her, she defends herself with the heroism of a true hawk. The bullet has passed through her thigh, shattering the bone thoroughly, and.the two outer pinions of one wing are cut away. But why should this simple shattering of the thigh bring down so strong « bird so readily? The explanation is to be found in the peculiar anatomy of the bird. In 1761, Peter Camper, a distinguished Dutch anatomist, discovered that the cavities in the bones of birds, which Gabbe had already observed to contain no marrow, were in direct com- munication with the lungs, and so participated in respiration. In 1774, John Hunter, the great English comparative anatomist, yerified the same in his marvelous researches into the anatomy of birds. Extending their investigations in the most able manner throughout the entire class of birds, they discovered that ‘‘the air-cells and lungs can be inflated from the bones, and Hunter injected the medullary cavities of the bones from the trachea. If the femur’—the thigh bone —‘into which the air is admitted be broken, the bird is unable to raise itself in flight. Jf the trachea be tied and an opening be made into the humerus’—the upper wing-bone —“‘the bird will respire by that opening for a short period, and may he killed by inhaling noxious gases through it. If an air-bone of a living bird, similarly perforated, be held in water, bubbles will rise from it, and a motion of the con- tamed air will be exhibited, synchronous with the motions of inspiration and expiration. My specimen of Cooper's hawk is one of the largest, some 20 inches Jong. She is sometimes scarcely more than 18 inches long, while the male is never more than 18, and may not exceed 16 inches in Jength. This species, which in structure and color is almost precisly like that of the sharp- shinned huwk, being, however, unmistakably larger, makes with it, and it only in this country, a strongly marked genus, the Acctpiter—the distinctive generic points being: first, that the feathers extend but {slightly down the tarsus; second, that the toes are Jong and very slender, much webbed at the base, and thickly padded; third, that the fourth primary is longest, the “second shorter than the sixth,” and the first noticeably short; fourth, the soft and finely blended character of the colors above, in maturity— being a fine ashy-brown, blackish on the head. The under parts of both birds are white, with fine cross streaks of light reddish. They bear about the same relation to each other as that of the hairy to the downy woodpecker. Cooper's hawk is especially a bird of the United States, most common in the Northern States, and extending but slightly into the British Provinces. The sharp-shinned hawk is sometimes found here in winter, but Cooper’s hawk goes further south, Barly in May is the time for the nidification of the latter in this locality. The nest, in the crotch of a small tree, or where several limbs join the trunk, always very high, is built of sticks and lined with dry grass, or strips of bark, sometimes containing feathers, the depression being but slight. The eggs, three or four, sometimes five, about 1.90x1.50, are white, greenish or grayish tinged, often clear, sometimes slightly blotched with dark drab or brown. Mr. Samuels mentions a pair robbed of their eggs four times in the same season. ‘‘They built different nests in the same grove, and laid in the four litters, four, five, and three eggs, respectively. The eggs of the last litter were very small, but little larger than those of the sharp-shinned hawk.” The ordinary flight of this bird is rapid and straight- forward, the regular strokes of the wings being frequently relieved by sailing, In the mating season, when it is very noisy, having a note which sounds like chee-e-eah, I have seen it, high in air, above the tops of the tallest trees, shoot- ing toward one of its kind whose voice it heard in the distance, with half-closed and perfectly motionless wings, and with a rocket-like speed and a gracefulness which no ‘is called the ‘‘chicken hawk.” went their ways homeward, Antuine singing ‘‘Papineau” at the top of his sonorous voice, and all Joining in the ringing refrain, ‘‘Hurrah, pour Papineau!” till the owls on the further steep of Hog’s Back were fright- | the right or left, as if by some continuous attraction. grouse, and the larger kinds of the common land birds, it moves with great spirit and adroitness, and seldom misses its quarry, So well known is it in the poultry yard that it When reared from the nest it becomes so thorougly domesticated as to need no confine- ment. THE SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. The sharp-shinned-hawk (Accipiter fusciws), in every way so similar to Cooper’s hawk, is some twelve inches long; brown or slate-colored above, with a few white spots on the back of the head and on the scapulars; tail also brown or ashy, but considerably lighter, with fine dark bands across it, sometimes tipped with whitish; the white under parts closely and narrowly barred with reddish; throat, narrowly streaked lengthwise with brown, Its nest is similarly placed to that of the former species, only not so high up in the tree, but is occasionally placed on a rock. The eggs, some four, are about 1.40x1.20, roundish, clear white, or perhaps slightly tinged with blue or green, heavily and distinctly marked—patched—with brown. This hawk reaches Western New York the latter part of April, and its eggs are laid earlyin May, It is readily dis- tinguished by its short, broad wings, and rather nervous and irregular flight; but it moves rapidly, and sometimes with great impetuosity, so that it has been known to pass through severa) glass partitions of a green house. Seizing its prey on the wing, in the manner of a true hawk, it dashes after it with the utmost directness, moving high or low, - Wit an unerring stroke, it wounds fatally in the very act of capture, and then bears its prey to a tree, to be devoured at leisure. In addition to the small birds thus taken on the wing, if may pounce ou one larger and heavier than itself, or it may swoop down upon the small quadrupeds, or, after the manner of the smaller hawks in general, make its repast even on insects, As with birds of prey in general, the surest way of escaping its clutches is by soaring; the thickets, into which the smaller birds generally dive when pursued, affording but little protection to its penetrating flight, Its note, which is bul seldom heard, issharp andshrill. Rangin over all North America, it may be found in New York an Massachusetts during mild winters. THE USE OF FIELD GLASSES. Ree EeaING to the use of field glasses for inspecting and determining the various species of our feathered songsters, Jet_me add, that during nearly three years’ study of birds, the field glass has given me more insight into their woys and habits than the close examination of inanimate specimens, The yellow-breasted chat, one of the birds most solicitous of concealment and difficult of apprehension when pursued, may be bronght close to and examined satisfactorily with a pair of glasses, for as soon as this eccentric individual finds that it is not sought, it leayes cover, and may then be seen scratching about in the leaves and brush in company with brown and wood thrushes, fox-sparrows and chewincks, the latter, although not being what may be termed shy birds, still prefer their thickets and groves to the near presence of man. Some of the warblers, Blaokbuivian, blue yellowback, Nashville and a few others, seek their food among the hirher terminal blossoms and twigs of our large shade trees, but the majority may be found lower down, in company with the vireos, thrushes and sparrows. A tub, shallow trough, or better, a small wooden tank, may be used to advantage, as the birds ean then be encouraged to bathe and at the same time be brought closer for inspection. Ina tank four feet by four and one foot deep, wilh a platform in middle; during the warm days of July and August, on an average sixty-five birds of different kinds bathed and plumed within one and one half hours, Birds were the wood, brown and tawny thrushes, catbirds, chipping and song sparrows, blackpoll, [??—Ep,] summer, yellowrump, black-throated green and Nashville warblers. Baltimore and garden orioles, kingbird, great crested flycatcher, phoebe bird, American gold and pine finches [??—Ep.] (the latter not often), red- eyed, warbling and yellow-throated vireos; and robins, cat- birds and red-eyed vireos most numerous. The “parasite” (P.. domesticus) also frequents the tank and much annoys the smaller birds, but as [have a smoothbore Flobert, with a dust shot cartridge, near by (especially for these pests), the rascals rarely escape to tell a tale. his tank is not more than twenty-five feet from the house porch, and if removed pero away the number of visitants would undoubtedly enlarge, Much might be said about the manner of bathing of the birds; how the red-eyed vireo plunges unhesitatingly into deep water, and the others step daintily down the incline, first dipping the bill, presumably to drink, but seemingly to test the temperature of the water. Any one who has seen their peculiar fuzzy appearance, as they stand all wet and dripping, shaking themselves and then go off with a chirp of delight to some bush to plume and arrange their dress, cannot but feel satisfaction in knowing that he has but taken his specimens with a field glass, Three of your readers practice this plan, let more try it, BITTERSWEET. Bay Rivage, Long Island, AN ELECTRIC AMPHIBIAN. BY GEO. T. ATKINS, [From a letter to the U. S. Fish Commissioner,] [ GOT in to-day quite a curiosify. An old fisherman on- Kim Fork of Trinity caught what seemed to be an eel, He caught hold of it to take it off his hook, and it gave bim an electric discharge, powerful enough to affect the muscles of side, shoulder and arm, and cramp the hand sufficient to make him halloo for a companion to come aid him in getting oose, I have the eel living in my store; it is a queer looking fish, has two feet or legs where the pectoral fins should be, each foot has four fingers to it, about one-eight to three-sixteenths of an inch in length. The mouth is broad, an eel’s mouth is pointed. This fellow’s head shapes down, more like the cat- fish; mouth rounder and broader than the ordinary eel. He has the regular opening for gills behind the head, but the lungs sit out on each side, dad Tange off upward from the head a perfect set of brachieted fern leaves—blood red to the center and pale dirty-tinged at the tips, He is about fiftcen to sixteen inches long, one inch in diameter, and about three inches from tip of tail has a natural cut in it on top separating it from the body. do not know what it is, nor whether it will live or not, ae? oe 44S Tf it dies I shall put it in alcohol, Did you ever hear of the like? On the ground uses legs for motion and turning, otherwise appears to act in every way as an eel does, not offering to bite on being handled. DALLAS, Tex., June 11, 1884. [May not this be one of the Strentde?] Sr, Nichotas Acasstz AssocrAtion.—This most excel- lent little handbook of the Sf, Wieholas Agassiz Association, which we have just received, deserves something more than mere mention. The conception of the Agassiz Associa- lion originated with My. H. H, Ballard, the author of this Handbook, and was, as he says, ‘‘the outgrowth of a life- long Jove for nature, and a belief that education is incom- plete unless it include some practical knowledge of the com- mon objects that surround us.” As its name implies, the Agassiz Association is a uatural history society, and one which is intended to be broad enough to include all the youth of this country. The Association is made up of Jocal natural his- tory societies, chiefly organized in schools, by some instructor, or by some pupil who has an especial taste for some depart- ment of this study. The purpose of the Association is to foster in the young an interest in, and a love for, nature. A number of more advanced students in various branches of science, have offered their services in behalf of the Associa- tion, and such aid will be of the greatest assistance to begin- ners, The instruction and communication between the members of the different chapters all over the country, 1s carried on by correspondence, and thus each student. may be brought inte close connection with some one who is more advanced than he is, in his particular branch. We regard the originator of this plan for a wider diffusion of a knowl- edge of nature as entitled to the greatest credit for having inaugurated so good a work. By instilling into the heart of the child a love for nature, and a study of those of its forms which are constantly brought before us, inexpressible possi- bilities for added happiness are brought into the life of that child, And anus all the young students, who are already members of this Association, and who will belong to it, there cannot fail to be a number who will, sooner or later, add something to the sum of human knowledge. The Asso- ciation was started with the aid of the St. Vicholas magazine, of which the monthly reports have long been a department. UNDER WATER.—One afternoon recently, while walking along a stream a short distance from this place, 1 noticed a small slender bird with a disabled wing running a short dis- tance ahead, which, upon a closer view, I found to be of the wader kind; a little bird well-known about here as ‘‘knee- deep,” probably so named partly on account of its habits and partly on account of the fancied resemblance of its note to those words. It will be readily recognized from its tilting motions when running or standing. Bcing somewhat inter- ested and curious to note his movements under such condi- tions, and keeping at such a distance as not to cause any vio- lent demonstrations of alarm on his part, [found that he made no attempt whatever to hide, although in the midst of abundant opportunities to do so, but after twisting his way through the tall grass bordering the stream for some Lime, he quietly dropped into the water, and to my surprise, went quite to the bottom. This occurred ata point where the stream was ten or twelve feet’ wide and.as many inches deep, the water being perfectly clear, so that the bird was in plain sight as he deliberately struck out for the opposite bank under nearly or quite a foot of water. Watching him closely as he propelled himself rapidly across, keeping close to the bottom, much after the manner of a frog, 1 soon saw him ‘*hob up seronely” near the other side, upparently without a wet feather. Then by swimming on the surface like the _ duck or other web-footed birds, he reached the further shore and resumed his former tactics’on land. The under water part of the performance, to say nothing of the surface swim- ming, is something entirely new to me with reference to this bird, although its regular appearance and ordinary movements and habits have been a familiar sight to me for more than twenty years, I would like very much to know whether or not this was an exceptional case.—W, D. Z. (Lancaster, Pa.). [The bird is the spotted sandpiper (Zringoites macularius). tt is not unusual for it when wounded to diye and swim some distance under water. | NAturg’s Huarme Anr.—Several years ago, about the first of September, our party was in camp on Follansbee Junior Lake in the Adirondacks, One morning a doe, driven by the hounds, plunged into the water and swam into the middle of the lake. Henry, the guide, jumped into his boat aud killing the doe, brought her to camp, and when we arrived the deer was dressed. The doe had but three legs, One of the hindlegs had been so completely severed from the rest, just where the thigh begins to enlarge into the quarter, that the detached part hung by a mere thread of skin. The lower part.was ina bad state of mortification, put the living part was nearly healed up and the flesh was to all appearance in as good condition as any. ‘The gencral appearance of the deer was also good and there was nothing to indicate a diseased condition. ‘The deer in all probability had been shot at by some night-hunter, as the wound looked like one made with buck shot, Does it not seem incredible that a deer wounded so badly could stop the bleeding and apparently so doctor the wound? Can any of the readers of the Forest AND STREAM explain it?—AMPERSAND. [We have occasionally seen deer, elk and antclope that had recovered from severe aud disabling wounds, but never any- thing that quite parallels the case mentioned by our corres- ‘pondent. Several times we have seen antelope killed whose feet had been shot off not far above the hoof, and in all such cases the animal had made use of the legs and a hard horny pad of skin had formed on that portion of the leg which touched the ground in walking. | ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS ABUNDANT.—There seems to have been a flight of rose-breasted grosbeaks at this place during the past week, On Monday morning I collected a beautiful male of this species, and the next day secured a male and female that betrayed their presence to me by the owerful rich voice of the male. Thursday morning I eard another of these elegant songsters, and looking care- fully up saw him in the top of a large chestnut tree throw- ing out his beantifwl music on the cool still morning air. In afew moments he flew off and I heard his voice in a thick swamp a short distance off. As I turned to leave another male struck up his beautiful song until it seemed as if the woods was alive with the music. Ihave not noted any of these birds in this locality before this season,—J. C. Canoon (Taunton, Mass,, June 7). -pouted out when drinking into a spoonshaped form. to the pavement. OREST AND STREAM. Youne GortniaA In Capriyrty.—The first living speci- men of the gorilla ever brought to France was described by Prof. A. Milne-Edwards in a note to the Paris Academy of Science. If has since unfortunately died. The following abstract of the description is published in Nature: —*‘It had been imported from the Gaboon, and it was the first living specimen of this great anthropomorphic ape which had been brought to France. Its study would have presented many points of interest, not alone from the natural history point of view, but also from the opportunity if would have aftorded of studying the developments of its intellectual facultics. This young specimen is about three years of age; he had already his full complement of milk teeth, and the long and sharp canines were decidedly longer than the molars, In disposition he appeared to be very different from either the orang-outang or chimpanzee. While these in a state of captivity are mostly gentle and sociable, this young gorilla, on the other hand, was savage, morose and brutal; he never gave his keeper the least mark of affection; he never allowed himself to be touched without evidencing the greatest aversion, and for the most part he returned caresses by snappings. He never took the least part in the games of the other apes, and he most reluctantly tolerated having them near him, He was but little active, and most gener- ally kept himself crouched up in a corner of the cage, or sitting on a branch with his back up against fhe wall, and searcely eyer moyed but to look about for something to eat. He used his hands with much readiness, and they were ex- tremely well developed. His lips were less mobile than in the chimpanzee. especially the lower Jip, which was never His eyes were extremely mobile, and were crowned with im- mense superciliary ridges; his nose was flat, with excessively large nostrils, giving him a quite peculiar physiognomy. ” ORIOLES IN MassacnusEetts.—Boston, June 9.—/ditor Forest and Stream: My attention has been called to an article in your paper of May 15, headed ‘‘Decrease of Song Birds.” 1 think if ‘‘Reignolds” will take the trouble to read my advertisement he will find that it called for live birds, and not for specimens for stuffing. The birds were wanted for an aviary, and the few that would have been used could make no difference. There seems to be the impression that if amanis by profession a taxidermist he must be a con- temptible fellow, whose only ambition is to destroy every bird and bird’s nest that he can find. Now, I can assure you that this is not so in my case; nor do I think that any respectable taxidermist would kill birds for millinery pur- poses, nor take bird eggs to sell to boys at five or six cents each. I have been in my present store about fifteen years, and during that time have taken one bird’s nest, viz., hum- ming bird, and I think that I can safely say I have not killed fifty birds per year. I have always done what I could to protect game birds and have imported from.other States, and turned out in this several hundred quail within the last ten years. I donot think ‘“‘Reignolds” can be much of an orni- thologist or he would be able to distinguish the South Amer- ican from our native oriole. Had the writer, who laments thé absence of the oriole, waited a few days, he would haye been better posted and found that Lord Baltimore is in fuller force than usual this year.—C. I. GooparE. Birps AND TELEGRAPH Wrres.—Mr. Adam Dietz cap- tured a fine eagle yesterday morning. It had strayed into town, and, flying too low, became entangled in the net work of telegraph wires at the corner of Lee and Charles streets, After a sharp strugele it freed itself from the wires, but fell Mr. Dietz ran to seize it, and it eluded him and ran toward Barre street. The small boys of the neighborhood now joined in and ran the eagle down near Barre street, Mr. Dietz caught its wings just as it was at- tempting to rise, and carried it home. After deliberation the amateur ornithologists of the vicinity announced the prize to be a bald eagle, It appears to be young but well srown, Its wings, when outstretched, measure about six fect.-from tip to tip. Though languishing in the back yard and tied down by one leg, its spirit is unbroken, and a friendly tender of some food in various dishes last night was rewarded by a smash-up of the china,—Baltimore Sun, June 23. RANGE OF THE Braver,—New York, June 26, 1884.— Editor Forest ‘and Stream: “Jay” wants some one to cor- roborale his haying seen beaver sign as far south as the Colorado River, in Texas. Ihave seen beaver and beaver sign at least two or three hundred miles further south than that, and if my memory is not at fault, there was a beaver dam in the Los Moras Creek a few miles below Fort Olark, Texas, in 1869. The blue topknot quail he speaks of are very common aloug the Deyil’s River, the Pecos and many other streams in Western Texas; I am not sure that they are identical with the California quail. If ‘‘Jay” had lied about the cowboys, as most people do who visit Texas, I would not have helped him out on the beaver business, but it 1s as he says, Texas people will compare very favorably with those of any other section “or country, and a cowboy’s friendship is one worth haying, because you are sure he will “stay with you.”—CrBoLo. TamE SQUIRRELS,—Mr. F., H. Furness, of Waterloo, N,Y., has made friends with the squirrels at “Fern Lodge,’’ where his summers are spent. A visitor there writes in the Phren- ological Journal: ‘But I leave the inventory to say that even the wild birds and squirrels have become tame by constant companionship with the lord of this sylvan manor. 1 saw him call sauirrels by name from out the tall trees and feed them upon hislap. The writer so farsueceeded with one of the little athletes as to give him a nut from his hand, which he partially shucked upon his knee, and then deposited his treasure sixty feet high in atall pine, and returning, chattered his gratitude at a cautious distance.” nani Tx tHe Aprronpacks.—Keene Valley, Essex County, June 24.—I wrote you hurriedly three weeks siuce, after re- turning to New York. This short time has greatly trans- formed everything here, and at this season of the year there is not a place in the State more picturesque than this very valley, It is but six miles from here to the Ausable Ponds, so well known by camping parties, and_the very double of the prettiest lakes of Switzerland. Keene Valley has its complement of efficient guides, and this is a central point to start from for almosi any trip. The hotels here are good, and are kept by Beede, Blinn and Hgglesfield. In the height of the season the yillage presents a bright and_life- like picture. A number of New York’s prominent land- scape artists have their summer residences here, ae Hise number I mention A, H, Wyant, John A. Parker,, leffe Robbins and others.—W,. L. Howanp. [Juuy 3, 1884. Game Bag and Gun. THE WELCOME HOME. F the sportsman’s welcome home ‘‘Piseco” writes pleas- antly, as follows: ; Not far from where I have in my lifetime spent a very pleasant year there is a cosy country home that has con- tributed much to my enjoyment of the period, for there L received always a hearty welcome, and after a fatiguing tramp for quail was sure of a compliment if T had been suc- cessful, apparent trust and belief in my excuses if non-suc- cessful, and in either case a cup of Old Government Java or soul-stirring apple toddy. My welcome began a long distance from the house; for rushing with clamor, soon turning from angry fo friendly fone, came the dogs, affectionate to an extent that I failed to appreciate, when arrayed in aught but my shooting attire, for the sacred soil is yery muddy soil, and dogs’ forepaws will pick up and transfer some of it. No common dogs were these; each had its own peculiarity. There was Woodcock, a graceful blue belton. Sucha dog as he had been! but now nervous and gun-sby, but a firm barker; and Meadow Lark, a young Irish setter, who no doubt would some day prove a fine bird dog, but now afflicted with a lame lee, and either deafness, a strong will of his own, or want of knowledge of the English language, for he disdained to mind a word; and there was Lucius, who was once ‘such a beautiful puppy,” but who now, after sundry attacks of epilepsy, stood out a monu- ment to the truth of the saying that the most beautiful chil- ‘dren grow into the least handsome adults; and Bobtail, whom {think nature intended for 4 bull-terrier but made some mis- take in the plans, and art brought to bear had, by close am- putation of ears and tail, produced a rare specimen, but withal a dog who did not depend for reputation upon either the past or future, what he had been and would be he was— a savage-looking creature, whose appearance and bark proved good defense from wandering tramps. Finally came Part- ridge, a noble blooded English setter, staunch, fleet and faith- ful, but, alas, destitute of a peculiarity. A little closer to the house weleome was found in the tameness of the bronze turkeys, with tails so stiffly out- spread that one wondered if they ever got limber; fowls of various choice breeds, domestic and muscovy ducks, and splendid creatures, a cross between them;guinea hens and a lonesome rooster, who, because he alone ayoided instead of approached a new arrival, was reported as crazy. Then near the porch, on which, with a smile of welcome, stood the Colonel, some of the younger members of the family came forth to greet. And then the porch, and the Colonel, and the refreshments already mentioned, and a good cigar, ~ The Colonel makes no professions or claims to be an adept with a fowling piece, but now and then if becomes very evident that he does consider himself well qualified to judge of the skill of others. A case in point: He was one day witness to a very bad shot upon my part, one of those ‘‘un- accountable misses.” He said little but probably thought much. AsI returned from an unsuccessful tramp for quail, a couple of his big muscovy ducks flew in from the river, circled over our heads, and alighted not thirty feet from the porch, where we stood and admired them. They were half as big as turkeys and very handsome birds. “Colonel,” 1 remarked, ‘“you had better clip those fellows’ wings, or some day when out on the river for ducks I may mistake them for wild ones and let go at them as they fly over.” Fancy my feelings at his answer; ‘Let go now if you want to, you can’t hit them.” PIsEco. — — * THE OLD TAMARACK SWAMP. ()* all the game resorts it has been my privilege to tramp over with dog and gun, I know of none that has in time past afforded such an amount and variety of sport as has the old tamarack swamp and its surroundings, situated in North Bloomfield, O, Indications are that the swamp, which contains some 2,000 or 2,500 acres, was formed largely, if not wholly, by the beavers, as their works are visible even at this late day. Tt was the home of large game—bear, deer and wolves, for many years after they had been killed and driven from most of the surrounding country, owing, no doubt, to the shelter afforded them by the dense growth of alder and huckleberry brush covering the entire tract, and the exceed- ingly marshy condition of the ground, Asa pigeon roost, it was second to none within hundreds of miles, and as all that section of countty was well stocked with oak and beech timber, the birds used to visit us frequently or as often as there was a plentiful sapply of mast. Well do | remember in my early years the heavy clouds of pigeons, Many of these flights were miles square in extent. Nightly, for weeks and sometimes months at a time, they used to congregate in and about this old swamp to roost, until every bush was loaded to its utmost capacity, and prob- ably there were as many more in the surrounding timber. People came in from the country for miles around to hunt them, and many were the bags—and by this 1 mean two- bushel grain bags—that were taken out almost nightly, so long as they remained, amounting in the aggregate to a fig- ure that had better not be mentioned, for to those who haye never visited a large roost it might appear improbable, : The sight afforded one from the top of a tall tamarack in early morning, just before or about the time they were leay- ing their roost, was well worth going a hundred miles to see, and it must be seen in order to be anything like fully real- ized, One would naturally think the supply could never become exhausted; but how their numbers have been reduced during the past twenty-five years 1s only too well known, This continual netting for twelye months in every year, together with rather a free use of the shotgun, has not been without its result, and unless there is some protection afforded the pigeons, more than they are now getting the benefit of, I don’t think it would require much of a prophet to foretell their future. Why not have a closed season for them of, say, six or eight months in every year, throughout every State and Territory, in addition to the “dead letter now enacted for them. ) : During a severe drouth through Northern Ohio some twen- iy eight years ago, the glory of the greater portion of this old swamp asa pigeon roost and also as a resort for large ame went up insmoke. Deer did not long survive this destruction of their shelter. Wild turkeys, however, in fairly good numbers, for a country so long settled, remained, ai and grand was the sport occasionally to be had with them __ in winter, after the swamp was sufficiently frozen to enable one to follow them in among the wild grass and cat-tails, which soon took the place of the brush, and where they were almost sure to skulk, particularly if the hunter were _ between them und the timber, and at times they would iie very close, I shall never forget the surprise one old turkey _ gaveme. J think it was the first I eyer hunted in this way, and it was before L was altogether. acquainted with their habits. ‘The day was windy, and the dry rattling grass of course favorable to a close shot, as my approach could not beheard. I had followed the track some little distance as it erooked about in this nice cover, using the muzzle of my #un to open the grass when hecessary, to enable me fo see the track, when in separating an unusually thick bunch I aciually uncovered the old thing before it got up, which it did without delay, and may be going yet for sught I know to the contrary_1, however, do know that I fired two shots and didn’t touch a feather, and that the turkey probably was not twenty feet away when the last shot was fired, and it looked as large asa haycock. The principal and about the only grain of comfort that came to me that day was a knowledge of the fact that I was out by myself. No one, not even a dog, witnessed my dis- gust, which, it seemed for a time, would choke me, Foxes, both red and gray, were quite numerous, also both white and gray rabbits for a number of years after this favor- ite Cover was urned. Ruffed grouse were also to be found in goodly numbers around its borders till withina few years, hut with the exception of a few gray rabbits, an occasional red fox, and a féw snipe and ducks for a week or so in spring, that section, as a game resort, isin the past. The land is being drained and farms laid out. The time is not far distant when all that will remain of the old tamer- ack swamp will be its history. On what used to be a beautiful little island in the southern portion of the swamp, are three Indian mounds—so called— indicating that it was once the home of a portion of that _ ancient race, of whom we know so little, EH. M. Grenn, New York, June, 1884. TWO-EYED SHOOTING, Editor Forest and Stream: Thinking that perhaps it might interest some of those who are agitating the system of two-eyed shooting I send you a few extracts from an old Hnglish work on shootiug, by John Sherer. He says: ‘‘Much has been said on the superior advantages of the use of two cyes over one, in fact some of the advocates of the two-eyed system have spoken very dis- paiingly, and, as we cannot help thinking, with unbecoming severity, of those who support the one-eyed plan, the latter _ being represented as slow coaches, their practice behind the times, obsolete, etc. But is this the fact? We think not, and if we-may be permitted to judge from observation and _ experience, we should say the one-eyed man is quite as com- petent to ‘fill the bag’ as their opponents, simply because we believe each system to have its relative advantages and disadvantages, presuming cach party fo haye guns of similar make and construction, of like setting as to the barrels, and of equal elevation of the rib. But, if guns are badly set, and with insufficient elevation, then it must be readily ad- mitted that the two-eyed man will have a most decided ad- vantage in helping himself to that which the gunmaker has denied him. But with guns constructed and put together 0D modern improved principles with proper setting, sufficient elevation, and peculiar fitness for the use of one eye, it strikes us that the two-eyed man has not all that superiority over his opponent of which he boasts; for, if the one-eyed man occasionally shoots under a rising bird, the two eyed Tan must sometimes shoot clean over a bird which is rapidly deseending if he shoots in a wild, hilly, and mountainous country. Ina flat, leyel country we are sensible that this latter case would rarely occur, consequently there the two- eyed man would have the advantage. “Having shot many years over an uneven and mountainous “country, where there were as many shots one way as the other, and being in the habit of using sometimes one eye and F ometimes both, we must admit having occasionally shot over birds quickly descending when using both eyes, and B siactimes having shot under rising birds when only ayail- ‘ing ourselyes of one eye. Here we allude to snap shots pre- Senting themselves unexpectedly, in the taking-of which the most experienced may occasionally be surprised, and reverse the principles on which they generally aet. If, therefore, We may be allowed to judge equally from experience and from observation, we should conclude that neither system is perfect, cach being liable to occasional failure, and if both parties will dismiss @mouwr propre, and be candid, we think “they will arrive at the same conclusion. The use of both “eyes unquestionably gives extra elevation; in fact, almost in- nrely so, according to the judgmentof the sportsman. But is this necessary, and isit always an advantage? We think not, for if a gun be properly put together, we cannot see that this extra elevation is required, except for a small proportion of rising shots at long distances, and we believe that the difficulty presented even by these will be readily _ overcome by the one-eyed man of experience, who possesses herve and presence of mind. “Tf the two-eyed system be as superior to the one-eyed one “as its advocates Insist that it is, why require any assistance from the gunmaker in the setting of the barrels? Why have any eleyated rib? as it is evident all this is superfluous and tinnecessary for the carrying out of the two eyed principle. For, if we judge rightly of it from the statements of its ‘most strenuous advocates, they despise the steady old plan of looking aiong, or in the direction of the clevated rib in line with the sight, holding their heads above the barrels and taking their own elevation and line of sight, exercising ‘their own judgment on the spur of the occasion, so that in this speculative system much practice and experience are equisite in order to acquire the habit of accuracy and pre- ‘cision. From this we think it may be fairly inferred with- ut illiberality toward the two-eyed men that their system is 1ot infallible; that they sometimes err, and consequenily ihat their prectice has not that decided superiority over the ‘one-eyed system which it is presumed to have; as the latter, s far as it yoes, is not liable to mistake, and is easily carried put—the precise extent of elevation being already determ- ined and arranged by the gunmaker on unerring principles. Phe hand will to a very great extent follow and obey the e, ‘We are, therefore, convinced that in snap shots, even at uch large birds as blackcocks, when they slip off the high top of a mountain, instantly gliding down below, the two- man would, if he were inexperienced in that sort of hooting, shoot over many more birds than he would ever it, This result, We think, must strike every one, even if | FOREST AND STREAM. experience were not referred to for its confirmation; but let any one who doubts it test the point by experiment—bring the gun quickly to the shoulder, with both eyes directed to a particular object, and he will find, on immediately closing one eye, that the point of the gun is above the objuct aimed at. Now, if a similar experiment be tried with one eye, and the gun be brought up quickly to the shoulder, it will be found that the point of the gun will be under the object aimed at, which in snap shots at rapidly descending birds will be an advantage which the one-eyed man will unques- tionably haye over his opponent,” And. again in the same work, in reference to the proper charge, he says: ‘Mr. Greener (the elder), a gentleman of great experience of the gun, says, ‘Suppose you begin with two drams, and vary the charge one-eighth of a dram eack shot up to three and a half drams, or as may be required, according to the length and bore of the gun, and, for precision, taking three shots for each charge at a sufficient number of sheets of paper, which ever you find strongest, with the least quantily of powder, that is the best charge, as very likely the two addi- tions of powder will shoot equally strong, and yet not stronger, because more of it remaing unburnt,’” This is in favor of ‘‘Byrne’s” theory. The book was published just preyiously to or soon after the introduction of the B. L, guns, Mr, Greener refers to the M. L. gun. Hoping to see this printed, I remain, J, O. Yarns. MICHIGsN, IN THE BACK COUNTRY. if AVING been an invalid for some years, I have not been able to enjoy a tramp in the woods. However, like Goldsmith’s old soldier, “Who shouldered his gun, And showed how fields were jon,” I can recount some experiences of the past. A few years ago, 1 had occasion to visit the county of Huron in Ontario, Canada. I took my breechloader, as a good, honest. woodsman, at whose home I was to stay, had told me that the ‘‘patridgez were mighty plenty.” It was in the early part of December, when I left the train at the station about 9 o’clock, P. M. The moon hung like a gilyer globe in a cloudless heaven; the snow, white and glistening, covered field and forest, and as my friend did not know just what day to expect me, he was not at the station to meet me. I had some three miles to tramp by a narrow, lonely road, that ran for a good distance through a dense swamp; how- ever, the keen, fresh, wintry air, acted as a grand tonic, and what with the glorious moonlight, made one fee) just in trim fora tramp. Soon the crisp snow was crunching beneath my feet. Shortly after leaving the station the road entered the swamp, the tall and stately cedars spread out their eum- brous branches over the roadway, casting somber shadows on the virgin snow, but here and there, through the open- ings in the woods, the moon shining on the snow left path- ways of light through aisles of shadow. Not asound was to be heard save the crunching of the snow beneath my fect, and no sign of life was visible. In spite of the oppressive silence, the glory of the slumbering forest in its snowy covering made the heart beat with delight. After emerging from the woods the road wound through some fields, then struck into a beaver meadow, and just across the meadow on a rising slope I saw what 1 knew by description given to be the house of my friend. It wasa few hundred yards from the meadow—a primitive log dwelling and surrounded by woods. As I neared the house I heard the barking of the watchdoe, but fortunately he was within. Stepping to the door I gaye arap, and the good housewife gave me a hearty welcome. The woodsman, with his two daughters, were absent, having gone out Lo see a neighbor a few miles away, so I sat down by the fire and proceeded to make myself comfortable, while the good woman gave me a minute account of the white calf, the spotted pig and the yellow hen. It was not long before I heard the sound of approaching footsteps and a vig- orous stamping, when the door opened and in walked my friend. Spying me as I arose to greet him, he said: ‘Wall, now, here he be; how hare ye? sityerdown, Mary, Jennie, this be My, , from N. .’ That man’s grasp of wel- come was as hearty as the tonesof his voice, Tall and mus- cular, and honest as the day, he stood one of nature’s noble- men. The daughters in due form shook my hand in good pump-handle style, and I at once felt the glow of spirits and the sense of comfort that spring from a hearty welcome. In merry chat the hours flew by, and the time came for retirmg. My good friend informed me that he had just “abuilded this house,” but they had not had time to put the “pertitions in yit, Yer mustent mind, however, you sleep in Mary’s bed, the fur one; Mary and Jennie can sleep in the next, and the old woman and I'll sleep in the one t’other side the room.” You may be sure as a bashful man I was not in a hurry to retire, but all were so polite and easy I felt all the force of the old proverb, ‘‘Do in Rome as the Romans do.” I took a goog suryey of the room, and marked the exact locality of my bed, when the old boy pursed up his lips and sent forth a hurricane of wind that blew out the light. “Now,” he says, ‘‘good night to ye.” I remained by the fire with my back to the beds until I was assured by the sounds that Mary and Jenny were safely ensconced in their couch, when, with most cautious tread, 1 made my way in the darkness to my own retiring place. I reached it without any mishap, and im less time than would seem possible, was sate beneath the blankets. Silence soon reigned supreme; through the cracks in the logs I could see the white moon- light on the snow without, Soon I heard a dull, strange sound like a frog’s bass. It was the brave man of the woods snoring. His wife soon joined in musical rivalry; then a thin piping sound arose not far from me, and then’ another; all rising and falling in the clear frosty air, and as “music hath charms ete.,” 1 was soon Inlled to slumber, and pro- ba sent forth sonorous sounds from my ow aristocratic bugle. Thad determined to be up with old Sol and have a tramp through the woods in search of the ‘‘patridgez.” But, alas! when I did awake he was casting his beams through the curtainless windows, I quickly thoughtof the surroundings of the previous night, and cautiously took a survey of the room. Imagine my consternation when I saw that my friend and his family were all up and dressed. He was seated at the fire with his back to me, smoking away at his pipe. The good wife, with a large spoon, was stirring the contents of an iron pot; the two maidens were spreading the table, Crsar Augustus! Here was a fix. Not lmowing what to do, I gave a barely audible sneeze, but with no effect.on the company; then another louder, then another more emphatic, No go, Then I entered upon a violent fit of coughing, though, by the way, my lungs were as sound as abell, ‘This at last attracted the old man’s attention, when 445 he turned and said, ‘Yer got a purty bad cold, mister, beant yer?” I gestured wildly to him, Hetook the hint and gave me a sly wink and a smile, and said, ‘Mary, go and get a pail of fresh water from the spring, the gentleman's thirsty, Jinny, go and see if yes ken find him a fresh egg.” When the girls disappeared he whispered in the old lady's ear, and she beat a retreat. Now was the time for action. Out of bed in a jiffy and into my unmentionables. But, alas! they were drawn on hind before, and the sound of approaching footsteps warned me there was no time for 2 teversal of the garment; so, hitching them up behind as well as I could, and donning my vest and the coat, which had com fortably long tails, [ joined the party at the table. As soon as possible after breakfast I went to the barn to look at the white calf, the spotted pig and the yellow hen, and up in the hay those pants swung around to the wind, Returning to the house [joined my honest friend, who had a queer twinkle in his eye. We then made for the beaver meadow. He went inamoug the thickets of cranberry and other bushes that skirted its edge, while 1 kept out on the sloping ground among the beech, birch and oak trees. Here and there we passed 4 dense clamp of hemlock, Having no dog, my friend under- took to search the dense thickets, while I kept in the open woods, Soon I heard him shout, ‘‘Look out!” then the rush of wings, and to my left, just aboye a clump of low trees, went a cock grouse at a rattling pace. However, I was on alert; the gun went instinctively to the shoulder, the clear, frosty air rang with the sharp report, the bluc smoke curled among the trees, and a cloud of feathers floated in the air, Soon soft and warm it lay in the game bag; and so shot after shof rang ibrough the woods, some missing-the swift birds, but the most of them sent the feathers floating, and soon filled out the game bag, Passing through a clump of beeches I heard a grouse take flight from the treetops; looking up I saw another poised erect upon the top of a beech, and as it was moying for flight 1 fired and down it came and lay almost buried in the fine snow. It was placed in the bag. About half an hour after, as we were trudging along side by side, I felt s move- ment in the hag, and away went this grouse out of the bag, gathering speed asit flew through the trees, but my gun went to the shoulder, and before it got out of range I brought itdown, Hurrah! Thatwas the best shot made that day. The man of the woods stood open-mouthed with wonder and said, “Wall now, that were a shot.” Wight grouse fell to the gun that day. Those were grand old times. I bade farewell that evening’ to my kind friend and his family. He walked with me to the station. As I left the house the old lady waved the soup ladle, the bashful “darters” flattened their noses against the window panes, the white calf bellowed and waved its tail, the spotted pig grunted, and the yellow hen ran off and laid an egg, so anxious were they all to do something to make the farewell affecting. Onip RAMROD, CANADA, MORE SMOKE MEMORIES. LD SQUIRE WN. was a character, He had held the office of Justice of the Peace, when governors were not. very particular as to whom they eave the office if well recommended. He used to read the Declaration of In- dependence and other Fourth of July documents, together with effusions, on the great and glorious day in his native town. In his later and less prosperous days he was easily coaxed by the boys to go through with the same performance for a few drinks when the day of all days came around. He was harmless and well liked by all. It was well known to the local gunners that he was partial to loons, so all the loons shot In his neighborhood were reserved for him, and on the return of the gunners, if one of these birds was in their bag, he soon had it, One time, two parties of four cach had been for shore birds on the bay shore, and happening to meet -on their way home, it was found that one of the party had a loon among the results of the day’s sport. The fowl was being carried home expressly for the Squire. He had said at the village post-office a few nights before that it was all nonsense about a loon being so hard to kill as some of the young men had stated then and there, so it was proposed that the loon should be put up and each of the eight gunners give it both barrels, No sooner said than done, and a worse looking wild fowl never was seen, although good distance was given on the shots. In due time the loon was presented and shortly heard trom, as one of the boys asked the old gentleman how he liked that fat loon, his reply was “‘Pretty good, pretty good, but badly shotted, You didn’t give him a chance to dive, did you? Sunk him, I reckon, ‘fore he gathered.” The old gentleman could catch more pickcrel and larger ones with a piece of salt pork, than any of vs could with all the Buell, spoons, or any of the ‘‘new-fangled notions,” as he called them; so we wise ones watched when the old gen- tleman went out, and happened on him with a small bottle of something good after he had secured a prize. He could not resist a good drink, and neyer gave us away as not be- ing the real capturer of the fresh-water leviathan. Peace to his ashes; he is gone, and we now have to capture our own big fellows or go without. REIGNOLDS. MOOSE IN MANITOBA. Editor Horest and Stream: I can tell your inquiring correspondent, “W, D. W.,” where he can find moose. Six miles from the railway station at Carberry, Manitoba, is a tract of woods covering twelve townships, extending from the Canadian Pacific Railway track south across the Assinaboine River, a distance of twenty-live or thirty miles, to the Tiger Hills on the Louris River, which shelters more of the deer family probably than any other portion of the Northwest of equal extent, Outside of the wooded district is a great extent of waste land, sand hills, lakes and ponds, and oak parks, extunding east and west along both sides of the Assinaboine from Burnside station to Chater, about sixty miles, This region, not being suited to farming, bas been lef as wild as when the Hudson's Bay Company alone ruled these fertile prairies, and is only invaded by white men at rare intervals, when some ambitious sportsman from the East. starts out for big game. In the whole distance I have named there are not more thau a dozen settlers visible from the railway, who have picked out some favored spot to make their home, One, a sturdy pioneer named Oswald, near Austin station, tells me has seen thirteen elk in his stable yard when he got upin the morning after the first snow last fall, and the sight of single animals or two or three at atime is not at all unusual. My team went to the woods 446 every working day last winter from the ist of November, and the driver said he seldom got to where he cut his load of wood without having seen the tracks of from one to five large deer, moose or elk crossing the road, and frequently saw them moving leisurely along. I have the Indian trade at this point, and last winter the hunters in one camp, four Indians, sold me at one time the hindquarters of eight moose. I bought none from them after Jan. 1, but they told me in the spring that they had killed twenty-nine during the win- ter, moose and elk, I can promise ‘‘W. D. W.” that there is plenty of his favorite game here, but about the chances of success I can’t say certainly. They will be small unless he is a skillful hunter, for a green hand has no business with moose. Jam very fond of sport, and have spent the last five years of my wandering existence between the Red River and the Rocky rauge, but have never killed a moose yet, and can amuse myself quite well with jumping deer, geese, ducks and chickens, of which there is no end. Nothing would please me better than to welcome ‘“W. D. W.” up here, but our laws will not permit him killing any of the deer family be- fore October. Carberry is 105 miles west of Winnipeg. There are good hotels and livery stables, and a horse and buckhboard can be driven to the haunts of the game, making the trip an easy one to take. NORTHWEST. CARBERRY, Manitoba. PROPOSED MICHIGAN PRESERVE. E have received from Mr. Frank N. Beebe, of Colum- bus, O., the following extract from a letter addressed to him by a resident of Michigan: ‘“‘Could a company be gotten up to buy from ten to thirty thousand acres of forest land lying on the shore of Lake Huron for a hunting and fishing park? The land could be now bought cheap, and the location I have in mind is as good hunting ground as there is in Michigan, and I think I would be safe in saying that the deer on 10,000 acres of this tract would not count less than 600 at present, and I am sure that as many as 200 have been killed there during last season, for they were hunted all summer, and even up to the present time. The deer have been steadily increasing here for the past ten years tomy own knowledge, but now that Cheboygan is growing and hunters from other places are flocking in here in greater numbers, there is danger of the deer being exterminated. Now, I have an idea that a company could be gotten up to buy anywhere from 10,000 to 80,000 acres of this land, and fence it in with a high wire fence on three sides, with Lake Huron on the fourth. A great portion of this land is good soil and contains a large amount of timber (young pine), and would, [I think, proye a paying investment if it could be bought np at $8.00 per acre or less. There are two or three trout streams and several small lakes or marshes, where great numbers of ducks could be killed in the spring and fall, This tract would begin at a line joining my place, and running east on the lake shore.” Mr. Beebe says: “I know Mr. Elliott to be a practical and enterprising man. He has positively demonstrated this in his successfully pushing through to completion an enterprise in the nature of a stock stream and hatchery for brook trout, which he is now giving his attention to. Mr, Elliott is thoroughly reliable, and any undertaking he may assume will be carried through ‘to com- pletion to the best of his ability.” THE PERFORMANCE OF SHOTGUNS. Editor Forest and Stream: I suggest the loading of shells with nothing else but wads and let some of those who have so much faith in wadding try how their guns will shoot with that style of loading. Eyery one that owns a gun is not supposed to own a wad factory also. Ido not think a gun is much force that will not shoot decently with two good wads on powder and one on shot, if the man behind the gun is up to the mark. We are haying fine rains and the prairie is in fine condition, and the prospects are good for a fine crop of birds in the fall. GHORGH ARMSTRONG. Carrrip6e Loaprine,—The Chamberlin Cartridge Com- pany was recently organized in Cleveland, O., with a capi- tal stock of $250,000. The device was invented by F. L. Chamberlain, of the Variety Iron Works. The preliminary work has already been done by haying patents issued in the United States, Canada, England, France and Germany, in which thirvy-five different patent claims have been allowed. The patent is a machine for loading shells to be used in breechloading shotguns. The machine has a capacity of 1,500 shells per hour, and will, as soon as the works are started, be put to work turning out if necessary 225,000 shells per day. By this invention the shells will be filled in a much more uniform way than any heretofore used. Through a very ingenious device in the patent the pressure on the wads is adjustable up to 100 pounds. The company that has been organized for the manufacture of the shells under this patent intend to start a factory, making use of the latest apparatus and appliance necessary to the success- ful and rapid manufacture of this important article. The company expects to start with fifteen machines, and intends to be able to turn out twenty millions of shells this coming year. The men who have hold of this scheme and who constitute the company and directors are all prominent manufacturers. — Cleveland Herald. WILDFowL IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEw J»ersEy.—The passage of the act relating to webfooted fowl by our Penn- sylvabia State Legislature, which forbids the killing of ducks excepting on every other day of the week, and the sailing on them with any sort of craft, gives great satisfaction to Har- risburg sportsmen, as duck shooting on the Susquehannah River in the section of the State near our capital had become a thing of the past owing to the continued harrassing of the birds. Now, | am told they will come up the river from the lower ducking grounds when it becomes ‘‘too hot” for them and will frequent the old resorts, Jf the law could he ex- tended so as to effect the Delaware River it would be a ben- efit, but we cannot expect this to be done until the State of New Jersey passes a similar act and both State shores be pro- tected, A law limiting duck shooting to every other day in the week in the Delaware on the Pennsylvania side of the stream while New Jersey allowed every-day shootin g on her shore would not work, and would result in endless dispute and allow many loopholes for escape to the violator—Homo, Taxp PARTICULAR Novice of this extract from a market report in the New York Hvening Post of late date: ‘The efforts of our chief dealers are to be used shortly to gain per- mission 10 refrigerate game in its season and sell it at all seasons. As itis, all refrigerated game goes direct to Europe, where it is to be had the year round.” a | FOREST AND STREAM. A Carp From Masor Verrry.—Adironda, June 28.— Editor Forest and Sireain: J notice that one of your corres- pondents, in writing of the performance of shotguns, says, “but few persons know what they are writing about” (further on giving the proof that he is not one of the few), and that ‘‘General Verity is as quotable for facts as any of them,” And why should not General Verity (I presume he means me) be ‘‘as quotable for facts’ as any cne who makes a plain statement of actual experience I would like to Know. If he intends to imply that any and all of my statements will not bear the most rigid scrutiny, he is as little acquain- ted with my character as he is with my proper title. Jn the corps to which I have the honor to belong, and which, I trust, has never been dishonored by word or deed of mine, there is no such rank as general. If there is any rank above that of major, it is hardly probable that after so many years’ seryice I should now be obliged to sign myself, yery truly yours, Major Josera VErtry, United States Horse Marines. Iowa GAmME.—Morning Sun, Iowa, June 24.—Farmers living to the west and south of us report plenty of young ie chickens, and [have no doubt their report is correct. he weather has been all that an old prairie hen could wish, and by this time there are many bevies that are large enough to stand quite a heavy rain, Our rains haye been so far slight showers, just enough to make glad the heart of the farmer, consequently crops never looked better in this sec- tion than now. Small grain is in abundance and, of course, there will be plenty of stubble. Then the corn is just im- mense; so look out for snap-shooting. Quail can be heard whistling at all times and in all directions during the day; in fact, | never saw the game outlook better. ‘Vhe fishing has not been as good as heretofore so they say; but ‘“‘they say” is such a liar that 1 won't believe until I iry it myself, so look out for some fishing notes before Jong.—MARK. New Jersey Woopcock.—lIf the dry weather which we have lately had should have continued until the opening of the weodcock season, many birds would have been killed ou the first day of the shooting, as they could have been located in the few wet places that would have remained for feeding grounds; but the deluge which visited us on the 26th thoroughly saturated the pees and will have the tendency of dispersing the birds, a fact your correspondent is glad of, for they will be more difficult to find and more will be left Aas autumn shooting, when they should only be bagged.— oMO, GROUSE IN SULLIVAN CounTy.—Monticello, N. Y., June 27.— Editor Forest and Stream: I meant to have writlen in my former note that we have woodcock shooting here in August and ruffed grouse in September. Our jaw is strictly enforced here.—U. . Kent. Fiona Quar.—Denning’s Post Office, Hamilton County, Florida, June 14—The quail supply promises to be very good next season in this vicinity.—D. M. 8. Camp Sire Hlickerings. “That reminds me,”’ 123. ERHAPS you never heard of old man Lewis. If you ever go to Lewis Center, in the southern part of the great State of Ohio, quail shooting, as I did a few years ago, you may runon to him. I wishI could photograph him, with his old, black, two-inch stemmed pipe, which he would puff energetically and parenthetically to enhance the interest of his narratives; his hair, which had never been combed since the day he was born; and his shirt, which apparently had never been washed since a long time before that. ‘‘Talking about turkeys,” said he one day, ‘‘we used to have lots of them. Jonas Leach lives about a mile from here. We used to hunt them together. Jonas was a pretty fair rifle shot—used a small-bore—about 180 to the pound, In October, just eight years ago, there was a light fall of snow. Jonasand I started out about 10 o'clock in the morn- ing, I was on horsebock; we struck a track over east. Jonas cut across about two miles to the runway, for you must know turkeys have their runways just as deer have. I fol- lowed slowly upon the track. When I got pretty near where Jonas was stationed, I heard the sharp, whip-like crack of his rifle, and hurrying up found him composedly driving down another bullet, while about fourteen rods from him the turkey was executing a very complicated series of ground and lofty tumblings, I went over to the bird, and after careful examination, much to my surprise could not find where he washit, Jonas came up. Says he, ‘Open his eyelids.’ I did open them, and found the bullet had gone in one eye and out of the other, not touching the lids at all. Jonas said he came along broadside and 1unning likea quarter horse.” AZIQUIS. 124. Some fourteen miles from this place are two notable mounds about a half mile apart. In an early day, some forty or fifty years ago, Uncle —— setiled upon the summit of one. Uncle is a slaid and venerable patriarch, hig. ly respected, but not given to telling stories, and particularly averse to sensational yarns. Not long since quite a crowd was gathered m a certain store, and the young bloods were telling of their great exploits and how they could “lametuem” at one hundred yards with the modern B. L. and No, 10 shot, when Uncle cleared his throat—which caused all eyes to be turned upon him, for it was well known that any incident in his long and varied experience must ceriainly interest the present generation—and began; ‘‘About forty years ago, when I lived on the top of the knob, I got up one frosty morning and went out on the porch to wash, when 1 happened to look over to the opposite knob, and there stood a yery large buck on the very top of the knob, his broadside to the sun, and at least a half a mile from where I stood. I concluded to try him anyway, so I went into the house and got down my old Kentucky flintlock, which had seen a good deal of service, but which had always proved reliable, and taking a dead rest from the railing of the porch, I drew a bead on the top of his shoulder and fired.” Uncle —,, resting his chin upon the top of his cane, stopped short, and seemed to bein a deep study, and from the gravity of his countenance it was not unreasonable to suppose that some sad reminiscence of the long ago was flitting before him, when the reverie was disturbed by the modern B, L. cham- pion calling out, “Well, Uncle —, did you_kill him? The reply was short and sharp: ‘‘No, sir.” OccmENT, Supa, Mo, CAMPS OF THE KINGFISHERS. Black Lake, Michigan.—VIII. fie other boys came to camp a half hour or so after us, with a string of fish tied to each boat that made Dick and I feel like the tail end of a streak of bad luck, but -we consoled ourselves with anticipations of better sport next day, nor did we fail to hold up our end at the table when Frank served up three or four of the choicest of the day’s catch, crisp and brown and piping hot for supper. Jim and Knots had a fish story to tell us, about something that happened as they came down the jake that evening atter they had quit fishing, illustrating the boldness of the maska- longe when pressed by hunger, and that went far to confirm neigbor Merrill’s assertion that ‘there’s some big ones in this lake,” a story which we would haye given a wide margin to, had we known them other than as old and tried friends of unquestioned veracity. ‘‘Sid,” a lad of seventeen, the oldest of Merrill's boys, was rowing for them, and as they passed the mouth of Rocky Creek he cried out excitedly, ‘‘Lord what a fish!” and turning as quickly as they could, they saw the broad tail of a great maskalonge as he disappeared from sight near the stern of the boat with a swirl that made the water foam. He had actually madea dash at their fish which were towing alongside the hoat near the stern, but had missed them and his supper at the same time. Jim said, in reluting the story, that ‘it was the sublimest exhibition of colossal cheek that had ever come under his editorial eye,” and it certainly was a bad showing for the fish when the fact is borne in mind that Jim runs a weekly newspaper Jargely given to politics. : . Sid was the only one in the boat that got a good view of the fish, as Jim and the Scribe were facing the bow, and only turned in time to see his caudal as he gave it a mighty flirt and dashed ont of sight, I asked Sid how long the fish was, and he replied with simple candor, ‘‘He was about as long as Lam; I tell you he was an awful big fish;” and we could well believe it, for Sid was near five and a half feet in height. Old Ben sat off to himself smoking and addressing a quaint remark now and then to the mosquitoes, apparently absorbed in his own reflections, but after a while he hitched his stool nearer the fire and said in his deliberate way, ‘“Tell ye, boys, if there’s many o’ them kind o’ fish in the lake, 1’low Ben better do his fishin’ from the shore, where a feJler kin hey a chance to dodge”—two or three puffs at his pipe, which had gone out—‘‘but I hev my doubts about that bein’ a fish. seen & musrat this mornin’ swimmin’ ‘long nigh the mouth o’ that crick; wonder now”—reflecting—‘'if it wasn’t that musrat that was after them fish?” Here he swapped legs and winked violently at Dick. ‘ “Guess I know a musrat from a muskahinge,” said Sid quickly, and the Jaugh that went round effectually squelched Ben and his doubts about the maskalunge, and left Sid mas- — ter of the field. Ben made a pretense of being floored by seraping a match | on his breeches, lighting the brier-root and taking refuge be- - hind a cloud of smoke, through which we occasionally — caught a word of a desultory conversation he was holding | with the skeeters, but a suppressed chuckle now and then | indicated that the shot he had fired at Jim and the Scribe — was giving him vastly more satisfaction than his contro- | versy With the insects. But the fire was getting low, and | the experience of the day having all been gone over, the con- + versation flagged, pipes went out, the circle broke up and | the Kingfishers went to roost, a tired but happy family, I | will not attempt to tell about the delicious sleep I enjoyed | that vight on the fragrant bed of balsam boughs that Frank + had made in our little tent during the day, but will just | leave it to be guessed at by any unfortunate brother who has missed the Juxury of stretching his tired frame on a bed of ; “balsam feathers” after fishing all day without a nibble, Next morning, after an early breakfast, we decided to fish the lower end of the lake around the mouth of Little Black and Sturgeon bay; Dick and the Deacon preferring, how- ever, to try at the rocks again for bass, and also to fish the water carefully where the big maskalonge had been seen the - evening before, { Dan and I left camp some time after the others had gone, | and had barely cleared the streak of grass in front of camp. wher the old Pelican looked up, and said quietly, as a dozen yards of line ran slowly from the reel, ‘‘Hold on, Hickory! There he goes. Pickerel or masky, from the symptoms.” A long, sweeping ‘‘wipe” fastened the fish, and two strokes | of the oars sent the boat out into the lake, away from the grass, where neither could get an unfair advantage over the other in the coming fight. The fish made a dash for the weeds, but old Dan being up to about all the tricks of the pike family from a careful study of their habits, soon had him headed out into the lake, and then the fun began, for it: is fun to handle a powerful pickerel, boiling full of fight, which this iellow proved to be. Shortening the line as he came on, Dan was prepared for the usual plunge under the) boat; but a sudden and unlooked.for dive for the bottom by the fish took three feet of the top of the arched rod under water and nearly tilted the old Pelican into the lake, a calam- ity I averted by jerking the stern of the boat sharply to starboard, which restored his perpendicular and gave him’ time to whip the rod around clear of the boat and saye his line from parting. t . ae “Did you ever see such an obstinate devil as that?” said) the veteran, as he braced himself and tested the full temper of his rod in a desperate struggle to turn the fish, which had again started with a headstrong rush for the grass. For a half minute the issue was doubtful, but grit, grunts, and 4 thoroughly trusty rod, prevailed, and he once more swung out into the lake still full of fight, while I kept the boat im just the right position to make the rod do most of the work, for it must be remembered that old Dan has only his left hand and arm with which to fight his battles. Another dash under the boat as he came around, and another last effort to reach the grass played the fish out, and he was brought) alongside, when I jerked a gaff into him and yanked him into ‘‘the middle o’ next week,” without giving him time te move a fin in remonstrance. He was a handsomely marked) pickere! of seven or eight pounds, and one of the games| fighters Dan had ever forced to yield to his skill, and he was highly pleased over his victory. First blood tor old Dar Bat my turn came soon after, and I had begun to think if fe time. : 4 a _ From here nearly down to the point a couple of miles be low, we took half a dozen more pickerel, but the bass we not pleased with our bait, and we took none. We bad 4 _ during the time I don’t helieve five minutes passed in which = > = ¥ ; the streak of grass running parallel to the shore, and while hunting for it found another narrow grass and weed-grown reef a quarter of a mile or more from shore. that led nearly straight out across the lake; and along this for three or four hundred feet we had some rare sport with the pickerel, when it, too, came to an eud in the deep water, We pulled back along the north side to where we had first struck it and then fished along the south side again back to thedeep water, and we were not handling a pickerel, several times both busy at the same time, At the end of the reef we had enough of it, and as this was the day we expected the Assistant P. M., we concluded to pull across the lake to the ‘“‘sand bank” and intercept him on the road we had passed along a few days before, and save him the long drive around the head of the lake, First, however, we selected a landmark on each side of the lake, by which we could readily find pickerel reef[— as we named it—again, should we want to pay it another visit, and Old Dan would be sure to do this, for he is ‘‘power- ful fond o’ pickerel fishin’.” Whe When a hundred feet or so from the last weeds growing up from the end of the reef, our blood was started into quicker flow by a sight that Lam certain neither of us will ever forget as lone as we remain ‘‘on the face o’ this livin earth.” We were watching our lines trailing astern when suddenly we saw an enormous maskalonge Jeap three feet into the air directly athwart our course and fall back into the water with a great splash ten or twelve feet, from where he left it, and disappear with a sweep of his tail that made the spray fly in a small shower, He was not more than sixty feet from the stern of the hoat, and we had a fair and full broadside view of him while he was in the air, lam now almost afraid to write down our estimate of the size of that) monster maskalonge lest the brethren brand Dan and I as a pair of lying old loons that have a fish story to tell, yet we are both willing to make solemn oath before any magis- trate in the land that this fish was six feet or more in length. He looked as large around at the ventrals as a common wooden bucket, and I am as sure as 1 can be without actual Measurement that his tail was a foot and a half broad from lobe to lobe, while his long, powerful jaws, slightly apart and armed, as they must have been, with rows of murderous teeth, looked like they could easily crush & man’s arm. Merrill had said to us, ‘‘Beys, there’s muskylunge in this lake six foot long, sure’s yer born, for I’ve seen *em!” and we had simpiy marked it down io him as one of his whoppers, but now, here, with our own eyes Dan and I had seen one out of water at close distance that was even larger, and we could not dispute the evidence of our eyesight. I would not have believed maskalonge attained to such great size had not Dr. Sterling (1 write this with nothing to refer to and will stand corrected if my memory is at fault) put one on record, killed some years ago somewhere neur the head of Lake Huron, that weighed eighty pounds, but 1 be- lieye old Dan and I would have been little more astonished than we were at sight at this one, had we seen another the same day that would have measured twelve feet. that tried to rob Knots and Jim off the mouth of Rocky Creek was no longer to be poked at them asa ‘‘mus’rat,” and we mentally took back a good many things we had been thinking about neighbor Merrill, we could even believe the very biggest bear story he could frame. When we told him next day what we hadseen, he said, ‘‘I told ye so; mebbe youll b’lieve some o’ the old man’s lies yet before you go home.” When the great fish struck the water after his leap old Dan glanced over his shoulder at me, and exclaimed, with more excitement than J had known him to display for years, “Great guns, Hickory! did you ever see such a fishas that?” or words to that effect. I don’t remember just now the exact reply 1 made, but it strikes me at this late date it was something more forcible than elegant, for I was like Major Lacey's “‘coon” during the war when the whiskey gave out on a hard march—“‘all to’e up in my mine”; but instantly dropping the oars into the water, a vigorous back stroke sent the little boat five yards astern, and reeling up quickly I made a long cast and drojped the frog several yards ahead of where old mossy was last seen, with a faint hope that he would take a notion that a speckled frog was just what his teeth were aching for, instead of the pickerel he had prob- ably made a dash at when he left the water, The cast availed nothing, and turning the boat quietly we fished for half an hour over twenty acres of water in a dozen direc- tions from where we saw him, but frogs and spoon victuals would not tempt his appetite, he was too ‘‘facetious,” as Dick would have said, and we were forced to abandon our designs on him and take our way across the lake with heavy hearts. Had we stopped to give the matter a serious thought, we might have had sense enough’ to know that the tackle we were using that day would have been just about as effective in stopping that fish as a mosquito net would a stampede of Texas steers; but our blood was up, and we never thought once about the frailty of our lines and rods until we had cooled off, and not until we had settled it in our minds that he would weigh not under eighty or ninety pounds did we realize what immense strength this tish must have been pos- sessed of, and how utterly futile our efforts to capture him would have proved with the means at hand. We determined, however, to contrive a rig on the morrow from material in my ‘‘calamity box” that would bring to grief this mighty warrior or any other fish that would attempt to fool with if, for once hooked, the victim would have to lose his jaw, be turned inside out or jerk the bow stem out of the boat, and failing in any of these possibilities, be towed ashore and scientifically knocked on the head with a club, made and provided for that purpose. We pulled across to the sand bank, a spot bare of trees which the Tumbermen had at some former time used as a place to get logs into the lake, where I left Dan to chuckle over the scheme we had devised to capture the great maska- longe, and pick huckleberries along the strip of low land between the beach and the foot of the hill, while 1 took my way up the steep, sandy log road leading out onto the plains to the main road, some twenty rods back, where Miller would have to pass along, “totem” in the shape of a couple of good-sized dead pickerel brought with me from the boat, and hung to the fork of a small bush which I cut, trimmed and drove into the sand two or three feet from the roadside, These would be sure tu scare the horses when they came ‘along and attract the driver’s attention if he were not too full of huckleberry juice. To make it all clear, I tacked a leaf from my note book to a blackened stump a few feet further ‘along, on which 1 penciled a notice to follow the right hand road to the lake, where we would he waiting at the beach or jn sight, ‘ - The fish | At the forks of the road I left my: 4, 4,7 If any of the readers of Forest AnD StRwAM should be in this part of the country and wish a good day’s fishing I would advise them to try Minnetonka. It is conveniently reached from either Minneapolis or St, Paul, and the hotel accommodations are first-class. It is necessary to get a guide to insure good sport, and Corbett is the man to get. He is a sober, honest fellow, and knows the lake from A to Z. Tis boat and general outfit are the best on the lake, and as an oarsman he is without a peer in this section of the country; his early training in rowing the ferry at Staten Island shows itself in every stroke. He is also an artist with the frying pan, and cooks fish to a turn. His address is Wxcelsior, Minn., and visitors will always find him ready and obliging, At present the fishing is at its best. and large strings of bass and pickerel are caught daily. One prominent Minneapolis insurance man caught 150 pounds of pickerel in one day last week. We shall try it again soon, and if all things are fayorable we hope to set a high mark for the rest of the boys, If luckis with us you shall know of it, Jupqie. Minneapouis, Minn,, June 14, Back in the boat again, we fished and waited around with- in half a mile up and down shore till 8 o'clock in the after- noon, without seeing or hearing anything of Brother M., when, becoming impatient to Know what the boys were doing, we pulled across down to the mouth of little Black, with our minds made up that should he come to the sand bank that day it would take the tallest kind of smoke signals to induce us to go back after him, _ On the way down, after crossing the lake, we passed the little side-wheel steamer City of Cheboygan lying at anchor near the shore, a short distance above the mouth of the river, one of the line that formerly carried passengers by the inland route—Crooked, Burt and Mullett lakes—between Conway Springs, at the head of Crooked Lake, and Cheboygan, but now kept here on Black Lake in the more humble service of towing logs to the outlet for their start down Big Black River to Cheboygan, To get this boat up the river and into the lake was a task that no one but a Michigan lumberman perhaps would have undertaken, as there are some bad rapids about three miles from the foot of the lake that no steamer or rowboat can surmount with any ordinary means of propulsion; but the difficulty was overcome, we were told, when the water was up in the spring by warping” her over the rapids and into the easier current above, But these Michigan lumbermen are a hearty class of men; quick to think and fertile of resource in emergencies that require prompt action and a cool head in solying on the spot a knotty (pine) problem, and no undertaking is too great for them when it comes to a matter of gelting logs to a market. Their education is not considered finished until they have learned how to ‘‘float a four-foot log on a foot o’ water,” and, indeed, water appears to do almost anything for them required of it except to run up stream. We found the boys surfeited with pickerel fishing and about ready to start back to camp, but Old Dan, as before mentioned, being powerful fond o’ pickerel fishin’, we con- cluded to hang around Sturgeon Bay till near sundown, and while fishing mainly for long snouts would not forget to “feel fir a bass” between times, as we had not taken one that day. I may say, too, that this matter of being fond of fishing is not to be all loaded on to Old Dan, for I don’t remember the time, in all the pleasant years we have been angling together, when one was anxious to quit before the other, in sun or rain, or wind or snow. We tied the boat to a small raft of squared timbers, firmly pinned and bolted together, an- chored fifty or sixty yards off the mouth of the river, and got out on it to rest a while and fish. This raft was a puzzle to us, and is yet, as we failed to ask any one its particular use, but we figured it out to be some kind of contrivance connected with the booming of logs, as near one end was a rude capstan, and to the shore end were chained two lines of boom logs running out to shore and up the river several yards, one on either side. Into this boom the logs are con- fined as they come down the river, and the capstan and coil of inch-and-a-half rope near it were used, we had a notion, to warp them into compact shape for towing to the head of Big Black River, If we are wrong, the lumbermen may laugh at us, and we will take a back seat until we have better learned their ways. One writer in Formst anp STREAM has called ita “head works,” but Old Ben christened it ‘the stem-windin’ raft,” and by this name we knew it. We spent a half hour on the raft without taking a fish, and getting back into the boat we pulled around into the little bay to the head and back, taking on the way a few long-snouts that hardly paid for the time wasted on them. We soon tired of this sport, and as the bass were not in a biting humor, we said we had enough, and started for camp, which we reached a little before dark, tired, hungry and happy, but a trifle disappointed over our poor luck with the bass. No smoke signal at the sand bank and no brother Muller that day. I don’t remember now the number of pickerel brought to camp that day by all of us, buf they certainly would have filled a flour barrel. No bass were taken, however, except three or four by Dick and the Deacon up at the Rocks, and these were kept for our own table, while the long-snouts were turned over to neighbor Merrill, who had said to us, “Boys, don’t throw away a single pickerel; bring ’em to camp for me an’ [’]l clean ’em an’ salt ’em down.” We kept no count of the number brought in and given to him during our stay, but Ben said, ‘‘Ef old Merrill lives long enough to eat all o’ them pickerel an’ stops to sort out the bones, he’ll be creepin’ up to old Methuseler that you read about in the Scripters, an’ he won’t hev no more hair on his head’n ai base ball.” GFISHER. [TO BE CONTINUED. | A DAY AT MINNETONKA. NY Gee and I have just returned from our long-expected trip fo our most beautiful lake, and we return loaded with fish and pleasant recollections. On arriving at Excelsior we were met by Bill Corbett, the best of the Minnetonka boat- men, and our genial host, De Groot. ‘‘Well, gentlemen, said Bill, ‘‘it’s 5 o’clock sharp to-morrow morning, for we must make a good day of it.” Five o’clock found us on our way to the bass grounds in Bill’s comfortable boat. After an hour's pull the fun commenced, We wanted a few crop- pies for lunch, so we stopped on a croppie bed the first thing ; this resulted in a dozen fine croppies and one bass of over four pounds’ weight, After a short row we reached our favorite bass grounds and prepared for business, Considering the weather, which was not favorable, we had very good luck, and were more than satisfied. At noon, we had twenty-five bass. Bill cooked some croppies for lunch, and we enjoyed them exceedingly. After lunch we were up and at it again, and when we started for home we had thirty-five bass, a dozen pickerel and twenty croppies and red-eye, or tock bass; the entire catch weighing over ninety pounds. We used 12-ounce rods, with both frogs and minnows for bait. The most successful way to fish here is to cast with frogs, Bill rows the boat slowly just far enough from the rushes so we can cast into the ‘‘pockets,”* as he callsthem. When one strikes a three or four pound bass there is plenty of business for him to attend to. We were fortunate in not losing many, and our string of bass were all very good size. We had one pickerel that weighed seven and one-half pounds, and several others of fair size, The Minnetonka bass are very satisfactory fish to catch. They are very stubborn fighters and are above the average in size. We brought home eleven that weighed thirty pounds, TROUTING WITH A WORM. XO one who is prevented by business cares and unkind fate from enjoying the sports of forest and stream in the wilds and byways where civilization has not yet en- croached, the weekly perusal in your columnsof the exploits and delights of those more fortunate is ever a source of pleasure. While reading many a wonderful tale of luck with rod and reel, where vigorous trout or gaumy bass were secured with scarcely an effort, it occurs to me that while repining at fate for the denial of such luxury, there may still be a redeeming feature, and that even the scarcity of the sport may give an added zest, and while to those of your readers who are accustomed to roam at will, wherever their fancy may direct them in search of sport, this article may be uninteresting; there may be those who, like the writer, must fain be content with humbler sport in whatever locality fortune has placed them. Among these then I may find sympathizing readers. from boyhood’s days, when my mornings and noonings while at school, during the season, were spent by the side of some favorite stream, have I been an ardent devotee of the rod and—I was about to say reel, but now T remember the reel was not considered then a necessary adjunct to the sport, nor have I ever with rod or reel experienced more pleasure than in those boyhood days when with birch or alder “‘pole” 1 drew from beneath some sunken log or overhanging bank an unusually fine trout. With what pride did I exhibit my catch to a circle of admiring school fellows who usually ac- companied me to see the sport and carry the fish (usually strung on a willow ‘‘string”), and with what eager zest did I ply the rod under the banks and down the ripples of that willow-bordered stream, and seldom was I unrewarded, Mauy a happy hour since that day have I spent with rod and reel, and although not always with success numerically speaking, yet a day spent adown a mountain stream or through the grassy meadows, following the intricacies of the willow-lined banks, I count always a successful day; for it is.a quiet day, where one is sure to escape the worry and wear and tear of business life, and Father Time with his relentless scythe is cheated into many an hour of extra wait- ing. For the past few years circumstances have placed me within easy access to the streams of Berkshire and Hampden counties, Mass. Berkshire is called the Switzerland of America in point of scenery, and you will find among its glorious mountains many a secluded stream that would delight the eye of any angler, Hampden county is not behind, and 1 can recall many a delightful trip to its entic- ing streams. It was in the early part of June, one glorious morning, | found myself at the headwaters of a stream I had intended td visit several preceding seasons, but had been prevented for various reasons. I was alone, with miles of the glorious stream before me; one glance down its rocky course, its deep, dark pools and silent eddies was enough to put me in an ecstasy of delight, and before I cast a line in its enticing waters I had drank one deep draught of unalloyed perfect happiness. For those whose cultured tastes will allow them to use nothing but the fly in capturing their trout, this nar- rative will have no further interest, for candor compels me to say my bait consisted of worms, nothing but worms for bait. Although the fly is perhaps the neater way of captur- ing fish, yet 1 have been “trouting” with your expert fly- fisherman, who boasted of sixteen trout weighing sixteen pounds caught in Adirondack waters one morning before breakfast, and at the end of the day’s sport have given him my handsome “‘mess” of trout to fill up his empty creel, so that his TEE MIRON at home might not suffer, Somehow I then got the notion that perhaps there might be required some small degree of skill to entice little brook trout even with a worm. The day was auspicious; just warm enough, with moist- looking clouds that now and then obscured the sun and now and then a little spatter of rain. With cautious movement I cast my hook where experience taught me trout should lurk; into many a dark pool beneath some sunken log, or in the shallow ripple, but in vain. Al- though the stream was a picture that was ever a source of delight, still the trout were not there or would not bite. Still, not to be disheartened, on I went, ever casting with painstaking into most favorable localities, but ever without success. Once, while poising upon a boulder in midstream, I was nearly frightened out of my senses by an old partridge, the mother of a brood, which, with head depressed and Wings extended, darted suddenly at me from the bank with a hissing noise, and leaping into the stream beat across the Surface with her wings. ‘Then I went on down stream where the water lay quiet in long, silent pools with alder banks, and still without success. There must be trout in the stream and they must be made to bite; but how? There was perhaps a mile of still water and then the stream once more babbled away in its rocky bed. Fed by one or two small tributaries it had increased considerably in yolume. Nowstop! Is it a snag? Wo, a bite, the yery first! Now he has it; with a quick turn of the wrist I secure him and lift him gently out—a little beauty. There was no whirr of the reel, no dexterity of handling and still, as I looked upon his plump symmetrical form with its spots of color, it was with no small degree of satisfaction. The first, trout; and pulling a bunch of cowslips to line the bottum of the creel, I place him tenderly on them. Now I go on with renewed zest. I feel that the luck has It was a very pretty string of fish, and the fun we had catch-| changed and my slightly waning courage is again revived. ing them is vend description, The pickerel and other fish | Lengthening my line, I made a cast across the stream to an we left with Corbett, enticing looking ripple under an overhanging bank, No a 448 ' FOREST AND STREAM. P * wire [Jory 3, 1884 " sooner cast than seized, and in a trice I land him, a plump ‘quarter pounder.” With care I continue, omitting no ripple or pool, and in- creasing the weight of my creel materially. Now I ap- proach a long, shelving rock, down which the water glides silently and swiftly, pausing and swirling occasionally in little rifts and hollows, then on some sixty feet to a long, deep pool below. Will trout take the bait in snch swiftly running water? Although but a few inches deep, it nearly takes me off my feet as | wade out for a more favorable cast, which proves immediately successful, and jumping its length out of the water, down darts a trout to the pool below, Without changing my locality Ireel him in. Then I caught them all the way down the incline, and at the foot added four more to my already pretty solid basket. Half a mile further down, by its “rush and its roar,” I know | am approaching a fall of unusual height, and on reaching it I find myself on 4 cliff above the falls that drop perpeudicularly twenty feet, My basket has grown heavy, and by the size of the pool 1 see it is good for a balf hour’s work. So off comes the basket, and just then Il am reminded ofa lunch box in my pocket and I resolve to refresh and recruit before commencing operations below. But first I must take a peep at the beauties snugly tucked away in the basket, and they are beauties, looking so fresh among the green Gowslips and brook mint upon which they rest so sweetly. I have been more than busy the last half hour, taking one from a ripple and another from under the bank wherever a hiding place was found. 1 turn them out on the broad, flat rock, and placing them side by side, the largest wt the head, and count them. Forty as handsome trout as fisherman ever beheld; there were no ‘‘pounders,” neither were there any fingerlings; all fair fish of from three ounces {o six or eight ounces, Taking great care with my bait, J drop it down into the pool, but the water is so rapid that it sails away on the sur- face. Again I try, a little out of the current, but with no Suecess, and I am beginning to think it the biggest kind of a fraud, and with some indifference 1 swing the bait up into the white foam, It drifts behind the fall and remains sta- tionary. 1s it backwater or a trout? A gentle feeler con- yinces me that it is the latter, and that he is no mean fish. T rise from my sitting posture and cautiously try his weight, when, smarting from the prick, he rushes out and [ catch a glimpse of his glistening side in the white foam. A beauty, and if 1 don’t save him I will swear heis better than a pound. Tn all probability he is the largest fish I will hook to-day and he must be mine, and with all the skill I possess I play him from the rock to the pebbly beach below and land him, the crowning triumph of the day, and fully justifying my expec- tations as to size and weight. Oh, the witching of that fair stream! How it enticed me on and on; never monotonous, ever changing, some new beauty constantly arising— “Advancing and prancing and glancing and dancing, Recoilmg, turmoiling, and toiling and boiling, And so never ending, but always descending.” If those Who delight in capturing with the fly the trout in Maine or Adirondack lakes are inclined to look down upon the commoner sport of catching trout with bait in mountain streams, let them one season try some of the streams in either Berkshire or Hampdeu counties, and, if they are lovers of nature as well as anglers, they can but admit that even this, too,, has its charms. Tonxis I, Ansonta, Conn, BOW RIVER TROUT. ERE TI am this early A. M. seated on the stump of what was once a huge cottonwood, just a quarter of a mile from the business center of the infant city of Calgary, on the Bow River, not merely to watch *\ The rippling, joyous waters as they playfully flow, « And upon the pebbly beach their passing kiss bestow.” but to throw the tempting gray fly 10 the speckled inhabit- ants of those clear, deep, blue waters. Calgary, the future capital of the proposed new province of Alberta, is a one- year-old infant, yet it has a population of 800, and it is des- tined to grow inashort time to the dimensions of a city. Tt is beautifully situated in a circular valley, a basin the yims of which almost surround it, leaving an open space along the trend of the river by which the Canadian Pacific Railway enters and pushes its way beyond to the great Canadian Alps. It is a lovely morning, and the Devil’s Head (a peculiarly dark-looking, dome shaped mountain) can be seen to great advantage. The eternal snow-clad peaks show above the rim of the basin, their tops and sides Jooking like huge sugar cones, cubes and pyramids, or like ereat circus tents, far beyond anything that Barnum has ever attempted. T am casting my line into one of the best and largest trout streatas in North America. The Bow isa large stream. but it is unnavigable on account of the swift current and rapids to be met along its course. Where I am fishing it is less than one hundred yards across, but the waters are deep and so clear that the bottom is visible at a great depth, The Bow is mountain fed, aud if abounds with mountain and brook trout. They are both numerous. The former grow to a very large size, but the average weight of those caught in this vicinity is from two to twoand a half pounds, They originate in the numerous lakes which find a bed in the many ridges which comprise the rocky chain. The brook trout hereis in all respects similar to that toothsome tish found in castern waters. It averages aboul a pound, and it is as wild as the rugged scenery which meets the gaze of the angler as he casts his eyes toward the sur- rounding horizon. J have fished all over the eastern prov- inces in the trout Jakes and streams, but the sport there is tame aud discouraging compared with this. Ihave already landed thirty-one, of which several are mountain, averaging from one pound to three and ahalf. They take the fly more readily than the bait, as there is a kind of river fly which at this season is theif natural prey. It isa dark gray, and the nearest approach to it I have is the common stone fly. The bustle and activity of a new town, however, are scaring the fish, so much so, indeed, that it will soon be necessary to fish two or three miies away from the town, far from the noise of hammer and cart. How the Eastern angler, who swelters all day in the heat, covered with mud and bored with flies, would like to throw a line into this stream if for only half an hour! He need not fear that the sport would surfeit, It is not acase of ‘‘fish murder” at all here, for, although the fish are plentiful, it takes work to hook and land each fish, because they are the shyest of the shy, un- used, of course, to be disturbed; however, there is plenty of sport.. I haye unearthed two or three real Waltons in Cal- ‘forwarded in haste, but at present there is no way. gary. One of them, Mr. Wm. Bannerman, the postmaster, was formerly a member of Parliament at Ottawa for the County South Renfrew. He wears his casting line around his hat during business hours, and he is a most enthusiastic trouter, The other day he went up the river three miles and came home with eighty-six fish, or one hundred and twenty pounds of trout! An enterprising German has opened a sportsman’s supply depot on Stephen avenue, sup- plying a want that sportsmen will appreciate, though it is to be regretted that he is not a practical hand. Were such a one to come hither and open out he would certainly securea most remunerative trade, There is not sufficient hotel accommodation yet at Calgary. Moulton’s hotel, which has assumed the imperial title of “Royal,” is one of those portable shells which was manu- factured in Ottawa and shipped here and then put together. Tourists coming hither for information and sport should: provide themselves with tents ard the necessary camp equipage, They will enjoy the life much better besides avoiding imposition. Were it possible to send ForEst AND STREAM a sample or two of Bow River trout they would be During the summer I may haye an opportunity of sending a pre- served specimen. All the little streams which empty into the Bow are laden with the speckled tribe. The Elbow River, a smaller stream, which joins the Bow at this point, is a good trout stream, especially as you ascend it. My catch to-day has been forty-three, sixty-eight pounds, Think of it, and all this in less than three hours, and with the store fly, no vulgar bait, but the genuine casting line. JT have seen sports- men Hast who have traveled all day and never got even a bite, It is no greater undertaking to travel eighteen hundred or two thousand miles and strike a rentable trout mine than to wander all day without even a nibble. There is no poaching. The angler may come and goas he will, and evenif he should get surfeited with trout le is not likely to become weary of the sport. for there is nothing artificial in it. It is the real thing itself Bow. Caueary, Alberta, N. W. T., Canada, April, 1884, THE ROD AND REEL ASSOCIATION. MEETING of the Committee of Arrangements was held th at the Metropolitan Hotelon June 24, Hon. H. P. McGown in the chair. Mr. Yan Brunt moved that the tournament be held on Harlem Mere, the same as last year. Carried, The secretary read the following letter: CyrnTHiana, Ky., June 11, 1884. Hon. Henry P. MeGoun, Chairman Committee of Arrangements of Tournament of 1884 of the N. R. and R. A.: DEAR Str—I respectfully submit the following for the consideration of the committee of which you are the hon- ored chairman, and myself a member. I sincerely trust that at the Tournament of the National Rod and Reel Association, to be held in New York on Oct. 7 and 8, 1884, there will be given an opportunity for the black bass bait-fisher to compete in a special class for ‘‘cast- ing the minnow for black bass.” This mode of angling has now become so universal, and the number of its practition- ers so great that it cannot in justice be longer ignored. Before the first.tournament of the Association I urged the inclusion of such a contest in the programme, but was met with the argument that there were so few anglers in the Eastern States who practiced that mode of angling that such 2 Class would not fill, and that striped bass anglers outnum- bered black bass anglers more than a hundred to one. Previous to the second tournament i again advised the admission of such a contest, but ii was then stated that the conditions of such a class were virtually fulfilled by the contest for “light striped bass casting,” as the same weight of sinker, one and a half ounces, was used. Now, | have reason to think that the number of black bass minnow easters, even in the Eastern States, is not so small in comparison with striped bass casters, as has been stated, while in the country at large the reverse of the statement is more nearly correct. Jam of the opinion, therefore, that a special contest for their benefit would fill as readily as the stripped bass classes, for it may he remembered that in both tournaments the number of such contestants was not remark- able, Certainly, a black bass class could do no worse, Moreover, if the Association is designed to be ‘‘national” in its scope and influence, it seems to me that the programme of contests should be so arranged as not to favor, particu- larly, the auglers of any one section, All legitimate modes of rod-casting should be given a place in the programme, so that all anglers, of whatever section of the country, might have a chance to compete in the various classes and contests. I must respectfully dissent from the statement that the contest fcr ‘‘light striped bass casting,” with a sinker of one and a hulf ounces, virtually covers the ground of black bass minnow casting. In the first place, there is a wide differ- ence in the tools and tackle of the two modes of angling. Tn tie second place, the methods themselves are essentially different. Thus, casting for striped bass is practiced by using both hands, and an overhand cast, while in black bass casting but one hand, and an underband cast, isused. In the striped bass contest for light casting a sinker of one and a half ounces is allowed, while in a black bass class the sinker should not exceed a half ounce inweight; personally, I would prefer one of a quarter of an ounce. Should the committee having the matter in charge decide to try the experiment of presenting a contest for black bass minnow casting at_the next tournament, I will be pleased to give my views on the rules and regulations to govern such a contest; and, also, will use my best endeavors to procure some of the prizes for the same, and strive to be present in person at said tournament. Yours, very respectfully, J. A. HeNSHALL. The chairman stated that he favored the idea of Dr, Hen- shall, and had so replied to him, The Doctor had again Written the following: oy CyrnTai4na, Ky., June 20, 1884, Mr. Henry P. MeGoun, Chairman, ete., N. Y.: - Dear Srr—Your favor of the 17th inst. to hand, Iam pleased to know that you think well of my suggestion, and will advocate a black bass bait-casting contest at next tourna- ment. I wrote you that I thought I could procure some of the prizes for same, To-day I received a letter from Thos, H. Chubb, who says he will donate a ‘‘Henshall rod” and a “Fenshall reel,”’ and from Mr, B. C. Milam, who will donate a Frankfort black bass reel, latest pattern: Others will, I am sure, respond at my request. Yours very truly, J. A. ENSHALI,. Mr. Endicott thought the plan of Dr. Henshall was, judi-. cious, Two years ago the Doctor thought that a one-ounce P a sinker would represent the minnow, and that was the weight used in light striped bass casting, and, therefore, there would — be a sameness between the two styles. Now that Dr, Hen- shall has changed his views as to the weight of the minnow, — or its representative, he favored a black bass class, and moved that at the proper time a committee be appointed to draw rules for this class. Carried. Mr. Van Cleef asked what was the actual weight of the minnow used for casting for black bass. Mr. Mather replied that in his experience such minnows would vary from thirty to fifty to the pound. The Chairman then appointed the following sub-commit- tees: Grounds—M. B. Brown, J. L, Vallotton, J. Geddes, T, -Magoun, Reception—Hon, R. B. Roosevelt, Isaac Townsend, L. W. Winchester, L.. Wright, Rey. H. L. Ziegenfuss. Trout Casting—J. Benkard, C, Yan Brunt, J. 8. Van Cleef, H. Weston, C. H. Mallory, W. B. Lord. Heavy Bass Casting—J. L. Vallotton, 8, M, Blatchford, H. P. McGown, F. Endicott. i Light Bass Casting—E. G. Blackford, Dr, J. C, Ken- worthy, Prof. A. M. Mayer, F. Endicott, Salmon Casting—J. C. McAndrew, C, Van Briint, C. B. Evarts, D. W. Cross. ; yn: : Black Bass Casting—Dr. J; A. Henshall, Dr, E. Bradley, W. ©. Harris, Dr. J. C. Kenworthy. Prizes—F. Endicott, F. Mather, H. P, McGown. Programme—E. G. Blackford, F, Mather, M. B. Brown, It was decided to adopt Rules 1 to 10 of last year’s pro- gramme and leave the others to the special committees. The meeting then adjourned to meet on Aug. 4, when it is ex- pected that the sub committees will report, PHILADELPHIA NOTES; Qorr shell crabs have never been more plentiful than at \) present. Quantities of them are bein# sent to oiir inarket from the near New Jersey bays, and are attracting a more than tisual number of weakfish into these waters. This, a8 well as an absence of bluefish thus far, has made angling for weakfish excellent. White catfish have begun to run from the Delaware River up into the tributaries of this stream. Just now is about the ending of their spawning season and their flesh is not in as good order for the table as it will be next month. At Bet- terton white perch have begun to bite, but the fish are run- ning small. It is not until the middle of August or first of September that the large perch at this famous fishing ground are taken. Some large black bass have been caught in the Susquehanna River this month, a short distance above the bridge which crosses the stream from Perryville to Havre de Grace. I be- lieve Charley Vogel, of Philadelphia, was the first to dis- cover that the black bass congregated in any great numbers at this section of the Susquehanna. Heat once began fish- ing for them and being very successful in taking large fish, has followed it up every year since. But few black bass have been caught in the Schuylkill near this city this season, Sawmont Dam, about the nearest ground where any siticcess could be had, bids fair hereafter to be the center of sculling interest, as the river at this point offers a grand course for racing and was selected as a better site forthe late Collegiate controversy, than the old one on the Schuylkill at Rockland and Laurel Hill. So it may be expected that the patient bass fishermen after this will move up the river further if he does not wish to be disturbed. ; Perkiomen Creck, where it empties into the Schuylkill, will now be more frequently visited than formerly by bass fishermen, and I believe it to be the most likely ground near Philadelphia that can be reached and returned from in one day and find a day’s fishing. ; ; } The Schuylkill is very muddy since the rain of the 26th, the accumulated dust of over a fortnight has been washed into the stream, rendering all attempts at bass fishing, tor some time to come, useless, Homo, JUNE 28, ee GONE TO THE BASS ELYSIUM. A® “elysium of perennial bass” is good. The time was when to the editorial fancy the seeker for that land of the blessed had for his incentive houris, promised, in proph- ecy and song, dwellers in cloud land, where the dancers were never weary and the harp was never silent. Later, the dream of the sanctum sought its realization and looked for the locus of the myth in the vicinity of Hoboken. But now a revelation has come to the man of the pen; he has found a new elysium, its reward is ‘‘perennial bass,” and straightway, with all the liberality of the craft, he proceeds to give it away; it is in Canada, “somewhere in the woods up there.” Truthful James says “that itis not a proper plan Por any editorial gent to whale his brother man, And if a fellow don’t agree with his peculiar whim, To lay for that same feller for to put a head on him,” Now that the thing is out, we drop our traps fora moment and closing our ears to the wail of M. ‘‘perennial” dolomieu, crying to us from far off Frontenac to come and take them in out of the wet, turn to say good-bye to Forrst AND STREAM. You ‘‘hope we will have good luck,” thanks! Yes, ‘*Truth- ful James,” and‘‘'Wawayanda” and the “Reformer”—the latter so called by reason of his bearing the uname of Luther —“‘are going.” No, ‘‘the choice of hunting rifles” and “the performance of shotguns” don’t interest us and probably won’t, unless the persistence of the Reformer in using worms for bait may induce us to take some stock in the latter. “Shall you send us that?”—No, thanks, the Reformer raises an objection, something about “duty” or ‘‘custom,” which he don’t just get hold of, although Truthful James observes that ‘‘custom cannot stale ifs infinite variety;” perhaps we can get hold of it easier in Canada—the objection we mean— when the Reformer has had the time to explain. Oh yes, certainly we shall “keep an eye out for ‘babbling spring brooks’ and ‘clear cool spring water,’ ” for we are in- formed that in these Canadasurpasses Michigan, at least that portion of the State which lies along the fiery path of the Kingfishers. There, Truthful James says: ; “The wells are empty and choked with sand, And the springs have perished from the land." Itis this wanton destruction by sportsmen that has so prejudiced the rural resident against us as a class. a x o such things ever happened on the Bigosh; that beauti- ful stream rolls its burden, as of old, undiminished to the lake, and yet a tired angler camped and gazed for weeks on | t FOREST AND STREAM. Aaa ro : e -waters.with never a temptation to impair in the least its facilities for navigation. But we must be off. Cross havds with Truthful James and us, lay the same with your blessing on the head of the Reformer, and be assured that whatever flotsam may drift under our canvas or beach itself onthe borders of our camp-fire, whether the same be catch, strike or bite; that whatever of inspiration may come from the pines, the balsams or the hemlocks, these the lone campers will send you with their grecting—Auf Wiedersehen. Bass in LAKE OnvTARIO.—Oswego, N. Y., June 27.—Now that the season is fairly open—tor in this country we don't count May 20, but wait until the ice breaks up—I may be permitted to tell you of our bass catches in Lake Ontario within ten miles of the mouth of the famed Oswego. Tor at least three weeks, at Lake View, Pleasant Point, Mexico Point, Texas and Ford’s Shoals, points both east and west from the city along the lake shore, the bass fishing has been perfect; and by perfect I mean this, that two fishermen with a boat, from 3 P. M. until dark, could catch from ten to thirty small-mouth black bass, none of them less than a pound in weight and some of them tipping the beam at from two and a half to three pounds, with an occasional big-mouth thrown in that might go even four pounds. Catches have ranged from eight fish weighing thirteen pounds, to thirty- seven fish weighing over eighty pounds, in an afternoon. This, too, when ten or twelye parties were fishing, each with a larve basketful at night, and there are more left. Wedo our fishing in the lake at thie season with trolling, minnow and fly. Later in the season fly alone. Night before last a bass that weighed four pounds was caught in the river within twenty rods of the heart of the city. —Lex. left, it is invaluable. Trip Pond, in Minot, Gardiner’s Pond, in Wiscasset; Gun Point Ice Company Pond, ii Harpswell; Hosmer Pond, in Rockport, Keazer’s Heald, and Cushman ponds in Lovell, and Little Pushaw, in Corinth, have all been stocked with bass this past year.” Messrs. E. M. Stillwell and Hon. H. O. Stanley, in the report for 1883, report as follows: ‘‘The black bass is still growing in popular fayor. We have had more orders this year for stocking ponds than in our power to fill. The great success met with at Pushaw Lake; the number and size of the fish taken, some turning the scales at four and one-half pounds, tend to popularize fish protection and fish planting; the in- crease in the product of fish, the result of the suppression of netting, all tended to produce a great and beneficial change in the public mind, giving firm and even enthusiastic support where hitherto we have been met by active opposition. ew- ae and Glenborn can now boast of two of the most beamti- ul and productive lakes in the State, destined in the future to become popular places of summer resort for devotees of boat- ing and angling, and where pretty cottage residences may be built for family homes at but trifling cost, and where easy access to telegraph and railroad would render their oceupants scarcely conscious of absence from city comforts. Cobossee- contee, Snow and Belgrade lakes are places of marked beauty and healthfulness, easy of access and where facilities for boat- ing and angling are unsurpassed. Homes for hundreds whose lives are dependent upon country air and exercise can be made in cottage and tent, while the expense of the more fashionable places of resort bars them from all but those of large means. We often wonder that our city residents do not appreciate at how small a cost a pretty summer cottage can be built upon the shore of any of these beautiful Jakes, abounding in fish, with health and exercise, and freedom from all the cares of city life.” Tn a letter dated Dixfield, Me., April 27, 1884, Mr. Stanley writes: “Yours of the 24th received. With regard to blac bass, [ know we have them here in preat abundance, the num- ber of ponds we haive stocked (all pickere! ponds) L think will reach to the hundreds. Wherever you put half a dozen, they are sure to take and will be heard from in two or three years. I have taken bass of two and one-half pounds in a pond that had only been stocked two years, and with young fry, so they could not be over two and one-half years old. There hag been a great demand for them in our State, and in many pond there is good bass fishing where there was none whatever before. I think they are a fish that cannot be thinned out by fishing with hook and line, I haye met with the best success with the fly from dusk till 10 P. M. at night, fishing close in shore in very shoal water, haye caught large fish when it was so dark I could not tell, casting from a boat, whether my fly struck on shore or in the water, and only knew I struck a fish by feeling the tug or hearing the splash. The Winthrop Ponds, Cobosseecontee, one of the ponds you stocked, Lake Maranocook and in all that chain of lakes,is good, I have taken in one afternoon in Cobosseecontee, sixty pounds. of from two to three and a half pounds each. Thereis also fine fishing in Belgrade ponds, Pushaw Pond, Bangor, and in scores of others. I mention these as they are easy of access by rail, and good accommodation can be had at hotels and farm houses, and at lowrates. Also pleasant places to camp. The inhabitants are always glad to welcome sportsmen and visitors, and accommodate thera with boats and information at low rates. [ think the black bass are a great benefit to Maine.” a WAWAYANDA. BASS IN LAKE MADISON. Qs Monday last, E. LL. Healy of this place caught at Lake Madison a black bass that weighed seven and one-half pounds. Onthe same day, Mrs. Geo, A. Clark, of Man- kato, took one “tin out of the wet” that ‘kicked the beam” at exactly seven pounds. Thisis no ‘‘fisherman’s guess” as to the weight of the fish, but the true weight as indicated * by a pocket scale carried by one of our party. Ithink Lam justified in culling them-a couple of fine fish. Lake Madison is located in Blue Harth county, Minn., and is about ten miles irom the city of Mankato. It is reached by way of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad to Eagle Lake station, and from thence overland fourmiles. It is one of the most attractive sheets of water in the Northwest, -having about thirty miles of shore line, with high banks heavily timbered down to the water's edge, aud a number of high points projecting into the lake. On one of these is situated the Point Pleasant House, kept by Capt. John Fos- ter, an old Mississippi steamboat captain, well-known to a large portion of the traveling public of the Northwest, who Spares no pains to make it pleasant for visitors at the lake. Asa fishing ground for bass it has few equals in Minne- sota, Thirty bass, weighing one hundred and_ sixteen pounds, were the best afternoon’s catch of two of our party, during our recent visit. If your readers in the Northwest wint afew days’ splendid sport in a delightful locality. let them make a trip to Lake Madison. Cosby sie. MarsHann, Minn., June 25, 1884, A Tre Postponep,—Our well-known correspondent, “‘Piseco” (Capt. L. A. Beardslee, of the Navy), had a trout fishing trip to Maine planned for June. Messrs. Cheney, Wells, and others had given him directions just where to go, and if we are not mistaken were going with him. Routes were studied up, tackle prepared, all was 1eady, and “Piseco” impatiently waited for his expected leave of absence. A document finally came from the Secretary of the Navy, but instead of a leave of absence it was an assign ment to the command of the U. 8. 8. Powhatan, and instead of taking in some of those big Maine trout, ‘‘Piseco” is now on his way to the Huropean squadron. Strarn Forest Preservarion.—Albany, N. Y., June 28. —Comptroller Chapin has appointed, to investigate and report upon fhe system of forest preservation, Prof. Charles 8. Sargent, of Harvard University; William A. Poucher, of Oswego; D. Willis James, of New York, and Edward M. Shepard, of Brooklyn. The appointees are to serve without compensation, as their expenses are likely to consume nearly all of the appropriation. PROTECTION OF COAST FISHERIES. HE following is a summary of the amended bill, entitled “A Bill for the Protection of Fisheries on the Atlantic Coast,” reported by Hon. H. G. Lapham, of New York, in the Senate of the United States: Be té enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled: Section 1. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons, by day or night, to put, place, haul, draw, or in any Mapper use any purse net, pound, fyke, weir or other appliance for the capture of menhaden or mackerel upon the high seas within three miles of the Atlantic coast, or in any arm of the sea, river, ete., prior to the ist of June, south of a line drawn easterly from the southern cane of Chesapeake Bay, and prior to the 1st of July north of said line. See. 2 probibits the capture of any fish prior to those dates, and in the places described, for the manufacture of oil or fertilizing material. Sec. 8 makes persons convicted liable to a penalty of not Jess than ten nor more than one thousand dollars, which shall go to the U. 8. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, Sec. 4 Any boat, nets, or apparatus used. hired or ae to violate this act, shall be forfeited, coufiscated, and sold, ; See, 5 provides that such boats, nets, etc., shall be liable for the penalty imposed by Section 3. Sec, 6. Al) nets in menhaden or mackerel fisheries shall have meshes-not less than one and a half inches, bar measure, under penalty of not less than ten nor more than one hun- dred dollars for each offense. MAryLANnd.—Brady’s, Md., June 23.—The open season for bass on the Upper Potomac began June 1, but the catch is very light, owing, I believe, to the negligence and delay of the State Fish Commissioners in erecting ladders on Dams Nos. 5, 6and7. Very few fish over one pound are taken above No, 7, at Cumberland. Woodcock are scarce, but there is a splendid prospéet for quail this fall:—411-44, Prrrsrrecp, Mass., June 80.—The Rod and Gun Clubheld a meeting Saturday evening and appointed committees to see about their encampment at Onota Lake. They expect to be im camp some weeks. They will have notices printed and sent about the county notifying the people that. they must not fish for trout after Sept. 1 this year, which is a month eqplier-than in previous years. — LOBSTER PROTECTION. *T last a strong step has been taken in the right direction toward enforcing what is known as the ten-ineh lobster law here. The statutes of Massachusetts provide that ‘*‘Who- ever sells or offers for sale, or has in his possession with intent to sell, either directly or indirectly, a lcbster less than ten and a half inches in length, measuring from one extreme of the body extended to the other, exclusive of claws or feelers, shall forfeit five dollars for every such lobster, and in all prosecu- tions under this section the possession of any lobster not of the required length shall be prima facie evidence to convict.” Not- withstanding the fact that the law would appear to be strong: enough, yet it has been constantly broken, and it has been ex- tremely difficult to secure the conyiction of guilty parties, The lobsters under size have generally been left out of sight, How- ever, and used to supply other retail markets. But the lobster trade itself has at last become alarmed at the general destruction of this valuable crustacean, Commis- sioner E. M, Stillwell, of Maine, when here a year ago, tried to induce some concert of action with his State toward pro- tection of the lobster, but did not succeed in any marked de- gree, Messrs. John Fottler, Walter M. Brackett, fF. R. Shat- tuck, and several other members of the Fish and Ganie Pro- tective Association here have taken great interest in the sub- ject and tried to see that the law was enforced, but their efforts have been sustained by no State force until now. An informal meeting of the association was called on Wednesday evening, when several men from the lobster trade were present and pledged both money and influence to aid in enforcing the lobster law. Commissioner of Internal Fisheries EB. A. Brackett, has also obtained promise from State author- ities of all the aid he may require in the way of detectives and officers to enforce thelaw. Itisnow believed by the friends of lobster protection that matters are in a fair way to make those who have been in the habit of supply other markets with lobsters uuder size sick of the business. They hope that the day has gone by when a barrel of under-sized lobsters can easily be hustled out of sight before an officer can be obtained. Much of the work will probably be done by detectives. SPECIAL, Novet Brot of FAare.—The Lake View House, Elk Rapids, Mich., prints on its bill of fare a record of the fish caught in the vicinity. The bill for June 22 sums up the season’s catch to date as 778 trout and 166 bass. They were not all taken by hook and line; some were netted, Sishculture, BLACK BASS IN MAINE. [A paper read before the American Fishcultural Association. | BY GEO, SHEPARD PAGE, T is often difficult to determine the exact date, or obtain reliable information as to the original introduction of a new species of food fish into a river or lake, and particularly to ascertain the facts relative to the stocking of the water of a State for the firsttime. This is important, not only that the agents in the work shall be placed on record, but chiefly that we may know definitely the time required to disseminate fish over a large territory in such numbers that the people can rely upon them for food and sport. Experience with the black bass in Maine is one of the most pertinent and effective illustrations of the value of such labor. In August, 1869, accompanied by four friends, I left New York by Hudson River afternoon steamer for Newburgh. Arriving there about 7 P. M., my transportation box was conyeyed to the small private pond of Mr. Walter Brown. At daylight the next morning we literally surrounded the pond and began casting the fly, In an hour, thirty-five small-mouthed bass were placed in the box, and at 7 A. M. the steamer Mary Powell started with us for the metropolis, Ar- riving there at 11 A. M., the box containing forty gallons of water and thirty-five bass from one-quarter pound to a pound weicht, was taken to the dock of the Fall River line, and a stream of Croton water turned on until 5 P, M, Arrangements were made with the night watchman to work the air pump at intervals. Arriving in Boston an Carers Wagon conveyed the box to the Eastern Railroad, and during the jowmey at intervals of fifteen minutes I aerated the water by the use of the air pump. At3P, M. the train reached Monmouth in Maine, about fifty miles northeast of Portland. Very near the railroad station is Cochnewagn Pond. I selected twelve bass and quickly transferred them to the pond. The train moved on and a few minutes later arrived at Winthrop. A wagon was hired and the box taken to Hast Winthrop, four tiles distant, and twenty-one bass were liberated at the head water of the famous Cobosseecontee Pond, the largest of a chain of lakes thirty milesin length. Piacing the remaining pair of bass in a three-gallon pail, I started by team for Phil- lips, Franklin county, forty miles away. On the route one of them died. The remarkable vitality of the bass is exhibited in a strong light in view of the mode of capture, long and dif- ficult transportation and mid-summer temperature. The following October Mr, Charles G. Atkins, then Commis- sioner of Fisheries of Maine, procuring my transportation box, took thirty-nine bassifirom Mr. Brown's pond, which he placed in Duck Pond, near Portland, Me. Sofar as I know theseseventy- four were the first and only black bass deposited in Maine waters. Fourteen years haye elapsed, mark the gratifying results; The report of Hon. Henry O. Stanley, Commissioner of Fisheries for Maine for 1881, contains the following: ‘‘The black bass, prying vO its very game qualities, continues to bea favorite fish with anglers, and applications for introduction are received be RaS the power of the Commissioners to Trey FisHeD FoR THE Por.—Hditor Forest and Stream: Thad the novel experience last week of fishing a pool that had never been fished, bringing home-a basket of four dozen as the result ofa little over an hour’s work with the rod. The largest trout weighed a pound and a quarter and the smallest six ounces. Il was at the Lake House in Point de Bute, New Brunswick, and a friend offering me a seat in his boat we proceeded down the Portage Lake to Beach Point, when by dint of dragging and pushing the boat. for neatly 4 mile through a channel almost grown up with alders and *‘hard-hacks,” we reached Duck Lake run, at the point sought. Our tackle consisted of a couple of mackerel hooks suspended from alder poles by coarse linen lines, with sheet lead for sinkers and angle worms as thick as one’s little finger for bait. Being a guest, I reframed from criticising the outfit, and 1 was glad afterward, for my companion knew his business, and we had no more than got the boat steadied after dropping anchor, before he gave a seventeen- ounce trout what he called the ‘parliamentary yank,” and Janded him in the boat unaided by gaff or landing net, with the mackerel hook imbedded in a hold strong enough to lift ashad, The trout were very unsophisticated and unused to worm dict, and each time the hook was lowered it seemed to be arace among them to see who would get on first, with the adds in favor of the largest. 1am free to admit it was not yery scientific work, but then I never took much stock in fishing asa fine art, and the weight of the “pot” was a great satisfaction. The supply seemed to be unlimited,—B, Boston, June 20. SALMON FOR THE ANDROSCOGGINS. HE Fish Commissioners of New Hampshire have awarded 10,600 salmon fry to Umbagog Lake, the lowest of the Androscoggin chain, and a part of which is in Maine and a part in the first-mentioned State. Last Monday, Fish Com- roissioner EK. B. Hodge left Plymouth in the morning: with the 10,000 young fry in cans. At Groyeton Junction he missed the Grand Trunk train, necessitating a delay of three hours, in consequence of which he did not reach North Stratford till 10:40 o’clock, Here he was met by Capt. Charles A. J. Farrar, of steamboat fame on the Androscoggin lakes, The Captain had a team ready, and after procuring a supply of ice to reg- ulate the temperature of the water in the cans, they started with the precious freight of 10,000 living fish for the long drive of nearly twenty miles to Errol Dam, at the foot of the Umbagoeg. Hrrol was reached without accident at-about 5 o’clock A. M., and it was found that the fish had stood the journey re- markably well. Only afew were dead, which were at once © removed trom the cans, By little steamer the living fry were taken up to Sunday Cove at the head of the lake, and thence -three miles by buckboard up the Rapid River, which flows five miles from the Middle Dam, Richardson Lake, to Um- bagog. Into a little stream, which flows into the river near the camps of the Oxford Club, a part of the fish were put, and the balance into the river itself. Within ten minutes after the fish were liberated from the cans they might be seen feeding and moving about as quietly as though they had not been hatched and planted for the future delectation of the angler, The planting of thsee fish is regarded as successful, since out of the whole 10,000 not more than 500 died from transportation. Lares LAxe Trour.—The Montreal Wétness says: “Lately Capt. W. H. McLeod, who is running one of the fishing boats belonging to Mr. D. McLeod, an extensive fish dealer in Southampton, caught an immense salmon trout, weigh- ing 80 pounds, measuring from the point of its nose to the end of its tail 6 feet 2 inches, and around the thickest part of its body 34 inches. The head was 10 inches in length, and the width of the tail, from point to point, was 12 inches. _ This is the largest fish of that species ever caught in that ‘section, The monster was packed in ice and consigned to Mr, Furey, of Woodstock, where it is now held far exhibi- tion. ; ps LARGE TroutT.—New London, Conn,, June 21.—Strolling through the town, where I am a stranger, 1 noticed in the store of W. 8. Chappell two platters, each containing a large trout. On entering, I learned that they were three pounders, and were caught by Mr. F. H. Chappell, who also had a larger one of eight and three-quarter pounds on another platter, which he was showing to some friends. The fish E53 by 4 poary 5. Mig : eas spe wn rt te 5 tify, It should never be introduced into any waters where| ‘To Prof. Hodge much credit is due, Hehastaken great ’ Bil hee ecu crey ae eal te eave i there ave trout, or from whence it, can gain access to trout | pains with his charge, and in his efforts for successful trans- Duets best A mee ths son dake, Me: wit 2 | streams. For ponds, whose stock of trout has been. ex- | portation he was seconded by Capt, Farrar. Both gentlemen dy.. The fish was very shapely for one’so Jarge.—Poxn-0- | hausted by poachers, whomurder the fish in their spawning | are pleased at being able to plant nearly 10,000 onde. Saaien 3 ONSHINE, + =. a = beds, and where only yellow perch, bream, and pickerel. are!in the headwaters of this, once one o ,the most famous trout - 4 = — ‘ 7 - a 7 450 lakes of the Androscoggin chain. But the wise foolishness which hung about fisheulture twenty-five or thirty years ago put pickerel into this lake. Their shark-like propensities for destroying other fish long ago completely used up the small trout, leaying only the “old settlers,” too big to be eaten. But, as is usually the case with pickerel, they long ago began to prey upon the young of their own species, and are believed to Be fast disappearing from the lake. Under such circumstances it has been deemed expedient to try landlocked salmon in those waters. It is believed by the Maine and New Hampshire Commissioners, and others who have made the subject a study, that the salmon small fry re- main in the streams where they are planted till they are large enough to take care of themselves as against pickerel and other enemies found in the lake below. When old enough, they descend to the lake, as do the sea salmon to the sea, always returning at the breeding season to deposit their eggs out of danger in the very waters where the present fish them- selves prew up. If such be the true theory, and all the dis- coveries of the past dozen years point that way, and fish plant- ing is kept up, we, good readers of the FOREST AND STREAM, may yet find noble sport with the landlockers in the Umbagog. SPECIAL. Boston. HATCHING SHAD IN SPRING WATER.—It has always been thought by fishculturists that river water is necessary to the development of shad eggs, but papecine at Cold Spring Harbor bas proved that this is not only not the case, but that spring water is best. Mr. Mather, the Superintendent of the hatchery there, asked the United States Fish Commissioners for a few hundred eggs to test in spring water. Highty thou- sand shad eges from the Potomac River were forwarded to him and they were placed in the McDonald hatching jars, and hatched with not only a slight percentage of loss but without the development of fungus on the dead eggs. The fry, some 78,000, were placed inthe Nissequogue River, at Smithtown, Long Island. The advantage that may be derived from this experiment is, that in future the distribution of shad eggs will probably be from the central hatchery at Washington to all points where there are hatcheries, instead of sending the fish aiter hatching and paying charges on the water that they re- quire, an item of importance when it is considered that an en- tire car with 2,000,000 shad fry is often sent to States as dis- tant as Califorma and Texas.—Long Islander. Answers ta Correspondents. (> No Notice Taken of Aronymous Correspondents. W, D, W.—See our game columns for moose hunting grounds. C.W.C., Woodside, N Y¥.—The New York law permits the coliec- tion of song birds for scientific purposes. A ReabeR.—Do shad take the fiy, and if so at what season of year and where are they caught? Ans, Shad are taken with the fly at Holyoke, Mass., from July 1 to August, Novice. New York,—1. What hook and size is best for worm fishing for brook trout in streams where the fish seldom attain one pound weight? 2. When split shot has been applied to the gut and it is not necessary to haye it on any more, how can the same be removed best withoutinjury to the gut? Ans. 1, Try a Sproat hook, No.1 or 2, the latter is the smaller. 2%. Open the shot gently with a pocket knife, If the gut is injured, cut if and wet the ends and tie it. 0. GO, W., Warren County, N. Y.—I wish to ask you some questions concerning the black bass in Brant Lake, this county. Isay you can- not catch bass while they sre spawning. The bass have beds within ten feet of my shore, Can I not protect, for some distance, the wa- ters around my land? Hounds from below and other places, come here and troll with live bait, oyer the beds, and bass will always take the minnow. Can I only prosecute for trespass, if I can protect waters about my own land, or will I haye the only remedy of inform- ing on these fishermen (God save the mark!) to the game constable? Some people here say the law isup June 1; Isay not. The bass are now, at this writing, spawning all around my shore. I am sure one old rascal hooked a bass within twenty feet of my shore from the beds. Last year Il was away at this time of the year, and so was not able to locate the beds, and only last week hiye I been able to do go this year, there having been so many storms of wind and rain this season. Ans. The law of New Yorkallows black bass fishing from June 1 to Jan. 1, except in the following waters: Lake Mahopac or Dutchess county, July 1: Lake George, July 20; Schroon Lake or riyer, Paradox Lake, in the counties of Essex or Warren, July 1. You can forbid persons to enter your premises, and bring action for trespass, unless it could be proven that Brant Lake is part of the Schroon River, into which it empties. glew Publications. A Booxe or Fisnine wir Hooke anp Linz.—This rare old work, by Leonard Mascall, 1590, has been reprinted, with a preface, by Thomas Satchell, 19 Tavistock street, London. It is a yery curious work, and contains much of interest to anglers as well as fishcul- turists. We find so many quaint things in it that we propose to make a few extracts from the book in a future number. It is well printed, aud tha illustrations are jfac-similes of the original. BOOKS RECEIVED. Puato’s Repusiic.—A critique of pure unreason. By Paul Pastnor, Burlington, Vt.: Paul Pastnor, 1883, THE Diet QurEstion, piving the reason why. By Susanna W. Dodds, M.D. New York: Fowler & Wells Co,, 1884. To Mexico By PALAcE Car. By Jas. W. Steele. McClurg & Co., 1684. Price twenty-five cents, HANDBOOK OF THE S7. NicHoLaAs AGassiz ASsociATion. By Harlan fi. Ballard, Lenox, Mass,: Published by the author. RUSTLINGS IN THE Rocks; hunting and fishing by mountain and shige By G. O. Shields (Coguina). Chicago: Belford, Olarke & O., $ Tae Countess or Monrs-Oristo. Being the companion to Alex- ander Dumas’s ‘Count of Monte-Cristo.’’ Philadelphia: F. B. Peter- son & Bros., 1884. Chicago; Jansen, WHAT THEY SAY OF “WOODCRAFT.” A DELIGHTFUL little work has just been issued by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, of this city, It is entitled ‘“Wood- craft,” and is wiitten by one who assumes the pseudonym *Nessmuk,"’ In just less than 150 pages the author inducts us mto many of the secrets of a “‘craft’’ which is certainly as wonderful in its way as many that are practiced among the city’s brick and stone. He reveals to us all that can be done with knapsack, hatchet, knives, tin ware, rods, fishing tackle and dilty-bag. He emphasizes the difference be- tween roughing it and smoothing it, and tells how to make both camps aud camp-fires. He explains the tactics of fishing, either with or without flies, and devotes two full chapters to the very important subject of cooking. The book is written seriously and with a pur- pose, yet there is nothing heavy in the manner in which the themes are handled. It is the peculiarity of an author who is full of his sub- ject that he remains full after haying exhausted himself without ex- hausting the reader. This is eminently true of ‘‘Nessmuk.”’—Wew York Hvening Telegram. $290,000 was paid ee for claims under the Ufe policies of the Travelers, of Hartford, Oonn., and $1,154,000 to life and accident claimnants together —Adv. os FOREST AND STREAM. Ghe Kennel, FIXTURES. BENCH SHOWS. Sept, 16, 1” and 18.—Collie Bench Show and Field Trials of the Ontario Collie Club, Toronto, Ont, Mr. H.J_ Hill, Secretary, Toronto. Sept. —.Bench Show of the Philadelphia Kennel Olub. Mr, Benj. CO, Satterthwaite, Secretary. Oct. 5, 9, 10 and 11.—Third Annual Bench Show of the Danbury Agricultural Society, Danbury, Conn. HE. 8, Davis, Superintendent, Danbury, Conn. Oct, 21,22, 23. and 24,—Non-sporting Bench Show of the Westminster Kennel Olub, Madison Square Garden, New York. Mr. Charles Lincoln, Superintendent. A. K. R. Cage AMNRICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration of pedigrees, ete, (with prize lists of all shows and trials), is pub- lished every month, Entries close on the ist, Should be in early. Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope, Registration fee (25 cents) must accompany each entry. No entries inserted unless paid in adyance. Yearly subscription $1. Address “American Kennel Register,’ P. 0. Box 2832, New York. Number of entries already printed 1819. VolumeL, bound in cloth, sent postpaid, $1.5¢, POINTERS AT THE NEW YORK SHOW, Editor Forest and Stream: Now that the numerous members of the W.K.C. have so gracefully retired from the controversy, I will be brief in my reply to them, Let me first ask you to correct two slight errors in my last letter. You credit me with saying Sensation won second prize at a little Saturday afternoon show held at Oswestry, England. The dog won third prize on that occasion and therefore took the prize money—half a crown (sixty cents). The letter from an English breeder relating to Bang Bang should read as follows: ‘‘Bang Bang did win first prize, but the class was a wretchedly bad one. The opinion here is that the American who paid £50 for him got his fingers well bitten. The dog has another fault besides those named by you.” Mr. Cornell states that “every insinuation” and ‘direct accusation” conyeyed in my “intemperate” letter are false. In the first place, there were no insinuations in that letter, and in the second, every statement contained therein is as true as steel, and Iam prepared to prove such to be the case, My letter contained nothing but hard facts—the truth, mere denial of which is no argument, and only proves the inability of Mr. Cornell and his club to reply. There is still a chance for Mr, Cornell to redeem himself. I hold proof that the W.K.C. desired to purchase Beaufort for $500, Mr, Nixon refused to let him go at the money, and I suppose it is only human nature that Ma, Cornell and his club should feel disappointed and grieved when they saw the dog in the hands of a pointer breeder within a few miles from their own kennels. If the attempt has been to use Beaufort up, let Mr. Cornell admit it like aman. The dog still lives, and he neyer stood so high in the opinion of breeders as he stands to-day. It isnot sufficient reason to bury in oblivion the grandest dog of his day, simply because his owner is not popular with a few inexperienced grumblers, and has the misfortune to be one of Her Britannic Majesty’s bumble subjects. Our aim should be to improve the, beautiful pointer, and not to sacrifice his good looks on account of petty jealousy or envy. Lhave little to say to Messrs. Ingersoll and Grant, both members of the W.K.C, One says something about my character and temper, but has omitted to allude to my appetite or the cut of my clothes, The other alludes to turkeys, pigeons and circuses. Really, Mr. Editor, I thought the discussion was of the merits and demerits of certain dogs, and if so I do not propose to discuss either poultry or anything else. Too many fouls have already been introduced into the controversy. ¥ Mr. Elliott Smith overrates the performances of Bang Bang. The dog was first in England in a-very poor class, and second at Cleveland. I pass over the prize won at New York. Mr. Smith must advance some substantial argument to show the advisability of bre one to a little dog of Bang Bang’s type, that gets black and white puppies; so far, he has failed to do it. is gentleman wishes it understood that when he and Mr. Cornell offered $350 for Beaufort, they had not made a thorough examination of the dog. Two gentlemen, therefore, who consider themselves judges, offered $350 for a dog with- out examining him. That is funny. A little later the desired to pay $500 nee any further examination), whic seems ridiculous. ho examined Bang Bang before he was urchased, I beg respectfully to ask? Come, Mr. Smith, be Us You and Mr. Cornell took a great fancy for Beaufort, and pronounced him the best pointer you had ever seen. You did not care to buy a dog on your own judgment, and so you called in the assistance of a gentleman well known in con- nection with pointers, a man of undisputed integrity, He told you to buy Beaufort, because in his opinion he was the grandest dog ever seen—would be a credit to you, and raise the standard of your kennel, Is thisnot the truth and nothing but the truth? Mr. Nixon stopped the sale of the dog and refused to sell at any price. This is biAurs you made no further advance, and itis only since I became the lucky owner of the dog that you discovered that ‘this hindlegs are crooked.’ These are undeniable facts, and the public should know them! Further allusion to the matter is unnecessary. Mr. Aldrich (who admits he is employed by the W.K.C.) considers Beaufort a ‘good-looking big dog,” but not quite what he wants. I cannot stop to argue with Mr. Aldrich, for one of his best friends tells me he knows nothing about the points of a dog. One thing I will say, that is, Mr, Tallman, I believe, has pronounced Beaufort the best dog ever seen. Mr. Martin, manager for Mr. Goodsell, told me the same thing some time ago, and Mr, Mitchell wrote a gentleman in New. York City, to call on me, as I could show him the grandest pointer that ever stood on four legs, These gentlemen are not interested, and it is quite Bien any one of them is as good a judge as Mr, T, Aldrich. It is a httle late in the day for Mx, Tracy to come forward as a judge of dogs, and his adyent was by no means a brilliant one, nevertheless [ will give him a short reply, but I wish it distinctly understood that I do not intend to discuss dogs with this gentleman, not at least until he has shown that he has owned and bred good ones. Mr. Tracy says that I seem to assume that the judges of public events have hitherto been on the average a lot of dolts. What has this got to do with my criticism of the ‘‘Pointers at New York.” I assume nothing of the kind, bit on the contrary I have a great ersonal regard for some pdees: one of whom is Major Taylor. I Bee admit that 1 have seen dolts in the judg? ring, and it is about time they found the modesty, or regar for the feelings of others to stand out. Mr. Tracy next states that I have denounced Croxteth, Sensation, and the setter Thunder, and continues, ‘“‘all these have been publicly shown to be very superior field dogs,” By your courtesy, Mr. Editor, I willreply, but are we not getting a little wide of the question under discussion? Croxteth I pes over, my opinion of nim is well known, but he is a much better dog than Meteor. I do not say, neither did I ever say that Sensation was not a fairl good field dog. I do Bay: he was never a show dog, and repeat that no judge would pay $75 for him when he was for sale at that price. I did not consider him 4 goct loclenis do, the first time I saw him and I do not consider him a looking dog now. Iclaimto have aconscience, I dé Thunder was ever a ‘‘superior fleld dog,” or indeed a field_d ¢ that Te’ - [Jory 8, 1884. Trials with four or five others—no birds) is the sg proof of his superior public field form. No dog formed as Thunder is, ever was. or ever will be, a field dog, I had the pleasure of meeting the breeder of Thunder not lon ago, and in justice to myself and for Mr. Traey’s edification, Cwish to say right here that he not only indorsed what L-wrote in the public papers twelve months ago, but added that ‘““Phunder is an idiot in the field,” Rest assured, Mr. Tracy, that when I write any- thing in a public paper about dogs, T am prepared, sooner or later, to verify my statements, Even our new judge could not see that Thunder’s legs are crooked, and so he painted them straight. I quite agree with Mr. Tracy that the qualities of some of these dogs have been “privately tested” by so many persops as to have become “notorious.” (“Experience and fact say they must be well formed for their work, else they could not have performed it.”) I once owned a black and tan terrier bitch that would tind birds and point them, a fact which never made her able to win a prize in a Class for pointers, A black setter distinguished himself at some recent field trial. That is no reason why he should win on the bench, I haye seen a Dalmatian de good work in the field, which does not say that any ‘“‘qualified judge” would give him a prize in a pointer class, No, no, Mr. Tracy, what we want are good-looking good dogs; such as Hamlet, Rap, Wage, Bang, Bow Bells, my own dog Don II. and many others, Such dogs are not bred every day. Neither are they the results of breeding at random from interior sires crossed on the most unsuitable dums. lf Mr. Tracy judged the dogs at New York, as he says he did, regardless of bench show standards, every exhibitor who showed under him (I did not and never will) can legally claim his entrance money, for one of the rules stated that the doves were to be judged by the standard laid down by Stonehenge in ‘Dogs of the British Islands.” I am gladitis now admitted the dogs were not judged after any recognized standard, Who ever thought that they were? Mr, Tracy alludes to an avalanche of personalities. ‘The only personal remarks so far have come from the W. K. ©. through Messrs, Cornell and Ingersoll; Mr, Tracy contents himself with insinuations. I hate personal allusions in a dis- cussion of this kind, but I do like facts—hard as granite—and those who cannot face the music had better not enter into a discussion of the relative merits of dogs with your humble servant. Cras, H, Mason. TOMPEKINSVILLE, 8. J., June 28, 1834, Editor Forest and Stream: é Ll -was very much surprised to find a protest in your issue of June 19, signed by forty, said to be exhibitors, a number of which I fail to tind in ‘the catalogue, and also that of T, B, Dorsey, as he declared in yonr issue of June 5 that he had never seen Meteor and would not pretend to say whether Mr. Sterling was wrong or not. Jt looks rather hard when men like this, who claim they were not there, iend their name to protest the judgment. T, M. ALDRICH. I HAD onthe 17th of March just passed one of the most laborious yet electrifying day’s sport in the field that huntsman ever had. The morning was well snited for a tox chase, and after an early breakfast [moved up the Roanoke, but keeping some two miles north of that stream, on the ridge between it and the Maherrin River, toa point designated as a meet by Basset Rawlings, Major Mason and William Valen- tine, of Virginia. We all were in proper time, meeting exactly at the appointed hour. I had all my young Byron bitches, and only four old trained ones. Betty was not car- ried out, she penne enough to do at homein caring for her four puppies. By the by, they are double Byron and a vely fine sample of the stock, and were sold long in advance of their whelping to gentlemen at the North. Rawlings had his ack (moscly Byron), old, true and well trained, with two plaek and tan puppies added. The usual salutation of men and hounds then took place, for on the meeting of two packs the ceremony of recognition invariably foilows before they move off to hunt. Every huntsman knows this, and usually awaits its termination before he attempts to encourage them onward, So did we on this occasion, : When the horn was sounded for a forward move, off dashed Rawlings’s Stonewall, a fine black tan, and as full of hunt and music as hound ever was, followed in close proximity by his Juno, Bill, Dixieand Screamer, the full litter sister of Tom Wilkins, and by the by the pride of his pack. My byron Pup pies were fully alive to the occasion, and in beautiinl style would earnestly come forward,smelling every stunipin the line of our route, Screamer soon struck a trail and Rawlings’s ack flew to her summons, evincing an eagerness which a true Round invariably excites. Rawlings’s hounds heed and hark better than most hounds. Ina very short while the cry was swollen to great dimensions, for my pack too had pa) ticipated in the rush to Screamer. The trail went due west for two miles or more, and over fields and through thik biiered branches, Beyond these, ina small pine thicket, a place not at allinyiting as a retreat for security, the fox dashed off, followed by a thundering sound of earnest pursuers. The run was due west and well contested for an hour, when a flock of sheep interrupted it. The break continued for twenty minutes. It was ma pasture clear of shrubs and briers, and the proper place to witness the sagacity of the packs. ‘This we onioved to its full extent, weremaiming still all the while, with hearts thumping with unpleasant viclence and eyes danc- ing in every way, directed by the rapid dashing around of the A FOX HUNT ON THE ROANOKE. hounds, The eneling was by the entire pack at first, sweep- ing around in a small circle, which was gradually and system- atically enlarged. Some three of these circles were made and no false sum- mons given. One of my Byron pups was first to quit the column. She was fortunate in her move, and gaye a loud and excited ery for aid. That is Sally; she is perfectly reliable. Hark! I hallowed; but that was not necessary. Screamer, Stonewall and Ringwood (all Rawhngs’s) were with her in a second—the pack tumbling in from every point, The rin was resumed, but its character had changed. Wrom aranting and driving run it had tamed down toa running drag. The fox availed himself of the opportunity to widen the space be- tween himself and his pursuers. He understood his business and passed over the most difficult places for scent—sometimes in roads, then open field just plowed, then among stock—never once stopping to ascertain if he was pursued. These tactics soon placed it out of our power to follow his track; but he tarried to give the dogs full opportunity to mark his direc- tion if nothing more, : ‘ When every effort to work it out had failed, and there seemed to be no chance to mend matters, it then became ne- cessary for the huntsmen to interfere. A circle was deter- mined upon, each huntsman making one with his own pack, one within the other. I touk the outside or widest circle. This move was asuccess. Westumbled up the fox and inter- rupted his slumber, In his contusion he dashed right back toward the packs, and t.iey frantically took back track and could not be recalled or sighted for some time; while oneof my Byron puppies (Brevity) and Sawineee Hudson (full brother of Tom Wiltsins) had run him out of hearing. Ab! how ex- asperating! But such mishaps have their pleasure. When we corrected the error of the pack, we went in the direction of the last notes of Hudson and Brevity, The pack tollowed the track over which they had run with hesitating earnest- ness, but finally came up to them stfault in an aven wheat field, Here we waited the work of the pack, and atter a while scent was regained, and with ety. regular str-de ald ird was ed again. But the old fellow Enew the him, and worked hard and cunningly to over- ds against : at all. His record (divided stakes at Pennsylvania Field i come thom, But the run increased in yim and the space every FOREST AND STREAM. 451 moment grew less and Jess between him and the pack. But tie aa ae not yet over, The pemne and spsed of the fox as equal to hie stratezy, and all were wonderful, ‘Hands off, boys; no interference,” I exclaimed as the excited hunts- men would dash hy me. The order was obeyed, and the race was afairone. Two hours this state of things lasted and might haye continued longer but for the fox’s unfortunate . turn im the months, as it were, of Stonewall and four Byron puppies (who, by the by, run and trailin a group) Bluebell, awdy, Fairman and E'amous. j j _ This ended a most spirited and gamelike hunt, in which the Byron puppies (including Rawlings’s two black and tans) ex- hibited marked endurance. Werested a few minutes to eat a pocket snack that each bad provided for the occasion, It was now far advanced in the evening and we were some distance from our homes. Our way there was as we came, and by our morning's route. The fun had not yet terminated, though all of us had had the forepart of the day as much as a reasonable ambition could covet. Just.as we arrived at the place of our morning’s meet Stonewall struck a traveling fox, He, with several of Rawlings’s pack, took the back track, We held a conference and determined to have a second run. We stood still until Stonewall and company had corrected their error and had returned to try the right end. We then joined in with the whole pack in a, most enjoyable warm trail, resulting, after an hour’s continuance, in a run which, for dash and yigor, was neyer excelled, The fox ran back to our morning's grounds and spent his time in repeated rounds oyer the same ground, He, like the other, was game to the end, and a inuch gamer fellow. He stood a press from the very beginning and never ouce gave signs of distress. Nor did the hounds, The March wind had lulled, the evening dew had begun to fall, All this in favor of scent. The youDEEE huntsmen did not follow Rawlings aud myself in the exhilarating trail, but waited for us’ to rouse the game, After this was done they came in like charging cavalry and hung on to theend. My day was spent before the race closed, and to the eredit of the hounds let it be recorded. that no flagging, no change was ex- hibited from beginning to its ond. se Gea Gaston, F.C. THE PROPER SIZE OF BEAGLES. Editor Forest and Stream: Being a great admirer of the beagle, and having bred them for a number of years for my Own use, once haying as many as twenty-four and at no time since I became interested in them less than five, | was much interested in recent commu- nications from ‘Flat’ and ‘“Rusticus” concerning their proper size, and would like to give the measurements of my largest, smallest and al average size dog of my pack, the result of Many experiments and trials, and which, for this northern country, I consider the right size, My largest is 16 inches at the shoulder, girth of chest 24 inches, girth of lom 1914 inches, from tip of nose to set on of tail 52 inches, length of tail i1!¢ inches, girth of forearm 6 inches, tip to tip of ear 1724 inches. My smallest is 1444 inches at shoulder, girth of chest 2017 inches, girth of loin 17}4 inches, nose to set on of tail 291g iaches, tail 10 inches, girth of fore- arm 51g inches, tip to tip of ears 1614 inches; and my average- sized dog is 1514 inches at shoulder, girth of chest 211¢ inches, loin 1844 inches, nose to set on of tail 281¢ inches, length of tail 10 inches, girth of forearm 514 inches, tip to tip of ears I7 inches, The dog of 11 or 12 inches favored by ‘“Rusticus” may be all right for some sections, but here in the North, where we have long cold winters, the snow is too deep for them to run well, T think we are all agreed that in a beagle we must have keen seent, pace. yoice and lots of hang-on. I want more. I want a dog that at all times is ready and can run, and that means strength and height. Mine, I think, hunted on an average three days a week from October to March, and were never laid upa day, I use them after rabbits, foxes and deer, of which a number were killed in front of them last fall, all on runways, and they didn’t drive out of the country those that were not killed either. I have bred them, not for bench shows, but for my own enjoyment and use, and from experi- ence and numerous trials 1 claim that for a useful hound for the North 1514 inches is none too small. SIZE. Port Hanry, N, Y. ENGLISH KENNEL NOTES. WAS afraid the York committee would feel the loss of royal patronage. The doggy part of their show was a success and [ sincerely hope the meagre attendance won't spoil the lool: of their balance sheet, Local shows are begin- ‘ning to recognize the fact that to make success a certainty they must hitch the dog show on to some other local gathering, a flower show oragricultural meeting. Therustic magnates, their “aunts and their cousins,” might not think it worth while to drive Into the town to see the dogs only, but they are sure to visit the show after doing the flowers or cattle. No type of society is more guided by “‘what is the BEBPEP thing to do” than that composed of Huglish pecvaneia : There are many things to be thought of when getting up a country show, The most important position to be filled is honorary secretary. Everything depends upon this official. i is advisable to secure some doggy gentleman of the neigh- borhood who has plenty of time on his hands and knows eyerybody. Of course he is honorary secretary, and his labors should atterward be rewarded with a present in proportion to results, He inust be a mildsnannered man, for “rustical severity banishes all urbanity;’ he should contrive to have his own way with the committee in seeming to yield. His first duty is to call upon the lord of the manor, who is usually a nobleman, his name as patron is of value and he is also good for a subscription. When the minor notabilities of the neigh- borhood see hisname on the list they will also contribute donations toward the prize fund according to their means or social pretensions. he doctor and lawyer, and also the par- son can be counted upon for this purpose. The inn-keepers of the town will give a prize for the best bulldog, the brewers for the best mastiff, ete. Some BOREL secretaries are clever enough to get in this way most of their prize money, and will ayert failure by instituting among the committee a guarantee fund. The committee must be practical men and Yeady to their share of the work, Catalogues of big shows should be distributed among them and each man should take so many letters of the alphabet, say A to I, G to M, in the list of exhibitors’ names and write to them for entries. This is a great catch, and as the receiver of this special letter feels pleased with the attention, it gener- ally suceseds. The printing of schedules and catalogues should be given to the local stationer, who in return, will be expected to do the staticnery cheap and also give an advertise- ment. The large biscuit firms and disinfectant companies will also take page advertisements; publishers and authors of works on dogs can also be counted upon in this direction, During the show the committee should employ themselves as ring and bench stewards, A banquet should be held on the evening of the first day of the show, to which the judges should be invited. and the tickets should be cheap to allow all exhibitors to attend. A few Bercy can be Imade, every- body's health drunk, and the whole company is made happy. The successful fancier will naturally show again and the dis- appointed exhibitor forgets his NEES and hopes for better luck next time. Prompt payment the prize money is all that is needed to complete the popularity of the show. _ At York they had a little difonlty with some classes that did not fill, and where a certain number of entries were not received those who had sent had their money returned, This was unfortunate and showed some lack of judgment, because the effect was naturally intitating, One of the celebrities of the dog world has gone over to the Majority—Bill George, of Canine Castle, Kensal Town, He was personally better known to our sporting parents than to the present generation. No man’s name was more familiar in English-speaking doggy circles all over the world than Bill George's. His kennel was one of the show places to take for- eign sportsmen to; Many an instructive afternoon have I passed in the yeteran’s company as I sat in his yard pulling at a partagas and listening to the old boy’s reminiscences of mas- rd and bulldog lore, Pedigrees he knew by the yard, and strains by generations, He grew intolerant iu that good old- fashioned manner of modern dogs and men, and was natur- ally kind to the ‘fanciers of dogs in my time, sir.” He had executed orders in dog flesh to all parts of the globe, and his trade brought him into connection with the highest and the lowest in the land. Now heis sone, I dare say many will recollect anecdotes and sayings about him, One I heard is very funny. See instructions at head of this column. Hush Money, Hard Times, Highland Boy, Hard Cash, Barefoot, Hawthorn Bell, Hawkeye and Harmony. By Mr. H, W, Huntington, Brooklyn, N. Y., for one black, one blue, one fawn and two black and white dogs, and three black and white greyhound bitches, whelped June 11, 184, by his Doubleshot (A.K_R. 73) out of his Cho (Badger— Fan). Burr, By Mr. C. Frank Gram, Washington, D.C., for beagle dog, whelped Feb, 21, 1884, by Joy out of Nelly. J Snip. By Mr. Fred. McDewell, Boston, Mass., for black cocker spaniel dog, whelped April 29, 1884, by Obo 11. (A.K.R. 432) out of Smut I. (A,K.R. 858). Editor Forest and Stream: Surrey Sam, for whom name was claimed in your last issue, is a dog, nota bitch, as printed, Please Inake correction, and oblige SuRREY KENNELS. NAMES CHANGED, => See instructions at head of this column. Rosa F. to Dashing Blue Belle. Toglish setter bitch, 1 year old (Dashing Monarch—Leah II,), owned by Mr, John G. Heckseher, New York. BRED. EE See instructions at head of this column, Vic—Glencho. Mr. C. HW. Dayton’s (Peekskill, N.Y.) red Irish setter biteh Vic (Elcho—Lady Helen) to Mr. W. H. Pierce's champion Glen— cho, May 5, Diphine U—Cesar. The Essex Kennel’s (Andover, Mass.) §t. Ber- nard bitch Daphne II. (A.K.R. 489) to the Forest City Kennels Czesar (A.K.R, 22), May 25. ~ Judy—Young Toby. Mr. W. Jordan's (Portland, Me,) pug bitch Judy (A.K.R. 406) to the Chequasset Kennel’s Young Toby (A.K.R. AGE ne 20. ete WHELBPS. LE See instructions at head of thts column, Sihil. The Forest City Kennel’s (Portland, Me.) St, Bersard bitch Sibil (A,K.R. 757), June 21, thirteen (seven dogs), by their imported Ceesar (A.K.R. 22). : Juno, The Forest City Kennel’s (Portland, Me.) pug bitch Juno (A.K.R, 406), May 18, five (twodogs), by Young Toby (4.E-R. 473), Rita Croateth, Mv, Geo. 8. Tucker's (Peterborough, N, H,) pointer bitch Rita Croxteth (A,K.R. 168), June 10, ten, by champion Meteor; two since dead. Dashing Belle. Mr. E, W. Jester’s (St. George’s, Del.) English setter bitch Dashing Belle (A.K,R. 814), June 26, four (three dogs), by his Zanzibar (A.K.R, 1182), Rede = See instructions at head of this column. Breda Girl. Trish water spaniel bitch, whelped Sept, 30, 1883 We lace—Duck), by Mr. Win, Graham, Newtowubreda, Belfast, Ireland, to Milwaukee Kennel Club, Milwaukee, Wis. Noblesse. Smooth-coated St. Bernard dog (A.K.R. 803), by the Chequasset Kennel, Lancaster, Mass,, to Mr. J, Burk Wolfe, New York. : Hugo. Ovange tawny, with white markings, rough-coated St. Ber- nard dog, whelped March 6, 1884 (Caesar, A.K.R. 22—Nun, A.K.R. 24), by the Chequasset Kennel, Lancaster, Mass., to Mr, 0, P, Head, Pres- eott, Ariz. Ryo } Count Herod, aniel bitch, whelped March 6, 1884 (Teddy Barr—Vic), by Mr. Archibald Gordon, Middletown, N. Y., to Mr. W. B. Allen, Indianapolis, Ind, Blossom. Liver and white cocker spaniel bitch, whelped March 6, 4884 (Teddy Barr—Vie), by Mr. Archibald Gordon, Middletown, N. ¥.. to Mr. W. B. Allen, Indianapolis, Ind. _ Humboldt. Orange tawny and white rough-coated St. Bernard_ dog, whelped March 18, 1884 (Catsar, A.K.R. 22—Nun, A,K.R, 24), by the phere Kennel, Lancaster, Mass., to Mr. H. W. Weidman, leveland,O, — Ceaer St. Bernard dog (formerly Nestor) (A.E.R. &02), by the Chequasset Kennel, Lancaster, Mass., to Mrs. £.'5, Crowninshield, Boston, Mass. ; a Tar, Orange brindle and white smooth-coated St. Bernard dog, ~whelped March 19, 1884 (Ceesar, A.K.R. 22—Brunhild, A.K_R. 28), by the Chequasset Kennel, Lancaster, Mass., to Mr. R. H. White, Boston, Mass. Snip. Black cocker spaniel dog, avhelped April 29, 1884 (Obo IT,— Smut), py Mr. H. GC, Bronsdon, Boston, Mass., to Mr, Fred, McDevwell, same place, Obo TL— Smut whelp. Black coeker spaniel bitch, whelped April 29, ie. bya ee H. U. Bronsdon, Boston, Mass., to Mr, Robert Walker. Franklin, N. ¥. : . Eckhardt, St. Bernard dog (A.K.R_4i3), by the Mill Brook Kennel, New York, to Mr. N. 8. Hay, Boston, Mass. Liver and white cocker 2 See instructions at head of this colu: OP pm inane, Red Irish setter biteh (AER. ott), owned by Mr. a Theo. L. Riddle, Guster City, Pa.. June 22. 5 i FOREST AND STREAM. Rifle and Cray Shooting. RANGE AND GALLERY. 7 BOSTON, June 28,—There was a good attendance at Walnut Hill to-day, and considerable shooting done in the different matches. The fact that the present matches, which have been running since Fast day, are to close on July 4, served to bring out a good company of shooters who found good shooting conditions. In addition to the regular matches a team shoot was had by telegraph with the Man- chester Rifle Club. In this match the Massachusetts “steer’* team was beaten by eight points. Mr. Francis made an elegant score of 48 on a paper target, which would have counted 85 decimal, and Mr, Fellows closed with a 49, the best possible. Mr. Perkins proved his quality’ as a shooter by holding oft for a 47 in both the practice and reedmoor matches, On Wednesday next the shotgun men will try conclusions. The best scores made were as follows: Creedmoor Practice Match. J Francis ,......... .5555555544—48 WH Morton.....,.. Add d4t445 —42 FW Perkins ....... 4544555555-47 DB Warwell. ...... 4444544444 —4 i Ci Berry..-.......- B455454545 46 J HW Darmody (mil.),5454344485—41 CB Edwards....... 4554545544 45 D £ James (mil.)....3444545534—41 AKeach. 0. .0.. 3 bd4445444—43 CChallet............ B448498544—A7 Creedmoor Prize Match. 0 B Pellows.......,.455555555549 W Wisher...,.,...... 4445544554 —44 BW Perkins ........ 554554455547 J A Cobb,.........-. 445545544444 BF Jones we ODd5d55455—47 A J Look......... , 444445455443 j P Bates... ... 1,.po54525445—47 W H Kemip........ , 4544444543 49 OB Berry. 2. 4445555545—16 A SSampson.,.. ... 244554d455—42 CB Edwards..... . 564455445 —16 Combination Mateh—Rest Target. WiWinatled< =. cia s.d \oeo cops ne SES 8101010101010 9 10 10—97 AJ Look.... ... 9 9 91010 9 10 10-96 J B Fellows... 810 8 7 9 § 91010 7—86 1} B Souther 10 6 810 7 om 8 6 4 10—79 eb. E 445454 5-45 w 56444 4 6—45 A [4545454 45 Ww 654444 5—-d4 A 8 Sampson 45555 4 444 . Combination Match—Deciinal Target. PMIBESS OLA LEL OI & tara Peeve si iert eotee Leek poe 78989968 D9 6 5—"6 A J Look........ oe AAD See eee 6 610 7 T 8 56 9 B 7-68 : Rest Mateh, DEBE diesen 122 active... oe oe ek fax 101010701010 9 9 9 10—97 SNE a ee ree ey Dep Oe 810 9 910 910 710 10—92 BEASTS SGI fy sett w eg HW. Adem 2 sv 510 9 9 91010 9 9 9-89 LR RSET a ae Ce PE le A ee 10 7 9 510 8 910 9 8&—85 LESR IRA hei c hg ae ee 610 9 4% 7 810 9 10—82 Manchester Rifle Club. Massachusetts Rifle Association. RP Riise oe eet at tree 49 BTS rae. ey ie RS ee gee; dj BELGE ates eve vib so.0 tty gt AG ey BREN CEs or ee sey 45 BUPA: SATO. te oS rotsla ort ps Leer 45 GA WEBR ONS ites Es rete 45 WW. DIT ECO reece ob, Soe cee 43 ig Wenn a yee oy es, 45 TOS Fao) | ieee eee EO BES EB Southet, 0... ese eh (20) Th fee Se er ae AS —yOe We CHOI, 2 Seale tcl ne 40—262 SAN FRANCISCO, June 20-—Four members of the Fifth Infantry shot a match at Shell Mound to-day, and endeavored to beat Lieut. Kuhnie’s record of 457 out of a possible 500 points. They each fired 100 shots at the 200yd. target, Lieut. Kellogg's scure was: Ina ee. ee ule 6444545564—45. Sixth:......... 4444544554 —48 Second..-....... et 444558455445 Seventh,....... 5445545445 —45 ides es ss oa 45644454544 - Bighth........; 5435544555 — 46 Modrhh eecoas.: owe 664545545446 Ninth,......... 6505545554 - 48 Fifth..............4 4544455554—46 Tenth.......,.. 4544555545—46 —454 The scores of his competitors were as follows: Kellogg 454, Moore | 424, Hovey 448, Waltham 438, _ Avregular match between four staff officers and four members of Company A, all of the Fifth Infantry, will take place at Shell Mound next Sunday, and the names of the marksmen are a sufficient fuaranty of an exciting contest. The officers are: Lient. Kellogg, Lieut. Kuhnie, Sergt, Williams and Sergt. Hovey, and their opponents are: Sergt. McDonald, Priv. Waltham, Priv, Burrell and Priv. Pierce. Col. Ranlett offer a handsome medal to any one in this match who beats the record of 457. Next Sunday there will be other interesting matches by members of the Fifth. Waltham No. 17 challenges Moore No. 4, Williams No. 11 challenges Carroll N3. 9, and Pierce No. 8 chal- lenges Kellogg No. 1. THE TRAP. Correspondents who favor us with club scores ure particularly re- guested ta write on one side of the paper only, PROPOSED TOURNAMENT. To the Gun Clubs: Ttis our opinion that gun club contests, if properly presented to the public, can be made sufficiently interesting to eventually place this sport on a broad national footing, similar to base ball. Therefore, with this end in view. it is our intention to organize clay-pigeon tour- naments in the principal cities, provided you give us your co-opera- tion. The general plan we desireto pursue is outlined in the follow- ing; if the offer is accepted, we guarantee to spend at least $250 in organizing and advertising same, etc., etc.; if this proves a success we will follow same yery shortly with a tournament at Boston, Phila- delphia, Washington, Pittsburgh, Bradford, Buffalo, Cleveland, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Nashville, ete.: ; A two days’ programme will be held at New York city, Aug. 1 and 2, 1884, provided at least 10 teams of 3 from organized clubs will enter for the principal contests by July 9, by remitting $10, part of entrance fee, to the undersigned, The principal contest will be: Entrance fee, $26; teams of 3 from any duly organized gun club, 10 single clay- pigeons, 18yds. rise; 5 doubles, liyds. rise; Ligowsky rules (June, 1884) to govern; the singles to be shot the first day, doubles the sec- ond day (to be followed daily by sweepstakes). The purse will be divided as follows: To the winning team the whole of the entrance fee if only 10 teams are entered; if more than 10, then to the winning team $250, and the residue to be divided into 50, 30 and 20 per cent. (if the entries be 30 or less), as Second, third ani fourth prizes; if over 20 entries, the residue to be divided into four prizes, viz., 40, 30, 20 and 10 percent, If less than 30 clubs are represented, then any club may enter as many teanis of 3 as it sees fit; clubs and members of teams must be of at least 3) days’ standing as such. Gale money (if any) to go to management. If the gate money exceeds the ex- penses, we guarantee to donate said excess as special prizes at the next tournament given under our auspices. Initial entrance money will be returned unless 10 teams enter before July 9; if they doso enter, the undersigned will at once secure grounds, advertise the shoot, etc. An early reply will oblige, J. BE, Buoom, For the Ligowsly C. P. Co., 59 Murray street, New York City, THE MERIDIAN GUN CLUB. -T the tournament of the Meridian (Miss.) Gun Club, shooters were . present from North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee. As will be seen by the subjoined scores, the average shooting was good. Weather fine. Affair passed off ‘happily. An- roposed for the fall, First Day.—First Mateh—5 pigeons, 26yds.: F. W. Dunham 2, W, T. Vass 5; A. B. Dunham, 2, L. P. Chaudet 4, F. A. Cousin 6, Wm. May ronne 4, M. Daly i. W. W. Scales 4, N. Seales 3, §. 8. Seales 1, J. KF, Jordan 4, J. R, DeFuents 3, J. ©. George 3, F. 8. Ward 4, B. Nichols 1, Jno. M. Ladd, Jr. 5, G, W. Bookout 4, H. L. Foot 3, B. Crisler 3, G. W. Tuastall 4, BH. Field 3, 8. M. Irion 3, N.S. Carr 3, W. H. Dobson 3, B. H. Gallup 1, B. F, Cameron 3, W. W. Stroup 3, J. T. Sargent 4, J, J. Kane 4, W, T. Dabney 4, ‘Ties for first: Ladd missed his fourth bird, Money diyided between Vass and Cousin. Ten ties for second, won by Tunstall, Eleven ties for third, won by Stroup. Second Match—10 clay-pigeons, 18yds.: F. W. Dunham 7, B. H Gallup 5, KE. Field 6, J, F, Jordan 7, W. Mayronne 6, W. T. Dabney 6, J. M. T, Hamilton 6, W. T. Vass 10, B. Nicholas 5, W. Taylor 2, G. W. Tunstall 5, W. W, Scaies 3, M. Drey 6, N. Carr 4, J. M. Ladd, Jr., 9, W, W, Stroup 5, F. A. Cousin 8, H, L. Foote 8, G. W. Brookout 5, L. P. Chaudet 8, B. Crisler 1, Sargent 5, Cameron 6, 8. M. Irion 0, A. B, Dunham 7. W.'T. Vass wins first and J,M. Ladd second. Ties for third won by Chaudet breaking 3, Cousin 2 and Foote 0, Third Match—5 pigeons, 26yds.: Fields 1, Rich 4, A. E. Dunham 1, Tunstall 5, F. W. Dunham 2, T. P. Brown 2, Sargent 3, Mayronne 1, 8. 5, Scales 4, N. Seales 4, Foote 2, Bookout 4, Vass 5, laylor 4, De Fuents.4, Chandet 5, Ladd 2, Cousin 4, Jordan 5, Drey 2, Cameron 3 Dabney 5, Stroup.8, Kane 3, Ward 4, Dobson 2, Gallup 4, W. W. Scales 5, N. Carr 6, Hamilton 2. Seven ties for first won by Chatdet on third bird, the others all missing. Nine ties for second divided be- tween Rich and Ward, they bemg tie after killing 9 birds on the tie shoot and proposing to divide. Hour ties for third divided between SiSoond: Daye first Match—3. double 2 ne e I .—Firs ouble pigeons, 2lyds,; Cousin 2 mich 4, De Fuents 4, Mayronne 4, Chaudeb 4, JD paahaey Bat dup 1, Tunstall 1, Field 3, Stroup 6, Bookout 4, Scott 1, Ward 5, Sar- other tournament is gent 4, Jordan 6, Vass 5, Foote 5, F. W. Dunham 3, Ladd 4, Dabney 4, George 2. Stroup and Jordan divide first money. Tie for second: Ward and Vass tie on the third pair, Foote missed second pair, Ward and Vass divide. Ties forthird won by Rich on seventh pair. Score: Rich 14, De Fuents.13. Ties in double match were shot off by shoot- ing at pairs. Second Matech—i5 clay-pigoons, i8yds,: Mayronne 14, Chaudet 11, A. E. Dunham 9, Cousin 10, Tunstall 12, Ward 1, Rich 11, Jordan 12, Dabney 11, Field 8 Ladd 12, Bookout 14, Drey 11, J. F. Shackle- ford 9, Foote 13, Nicholas 8, J. Cokburn 7. Ties for first: Mayronne 4, Gallup 5, Vass 4, Bookout4. Foote wins second. Three ties for third won by Jordan, he breaking 10, Ladd 9 and Tunstall 4. Third Match -10 glass balls, i8yds.: Cameron 5, F, W. Dunham 38, Vass 6, Foote 7, Mayonne 7, Bookout 8, Jordan 7, Gallup 2, Chaudet 9, Cousin 7, Hamilton 6, Dabney 7, Tunstall 7, A, EH, Dunham 2, Nicholas 2, Ladd 2, Rich 1, Stroup 7, White 3, Ward 6, Brown 0, Dob- son 9, Sargent 7, Kane 5, Scott 4,,Drey 5, George 4. Ties on first te ties for second Bookout on seventh ball, ties for third ousin, Fourth Match—5 pigeons, 26yds.: Ff. W. Dunham 1, Jordan 4, Bookout 4, Vass 2, Sargent 3, Irion 3, Chandet 3, De Puents 3, Scott 3, Tunstall 5, Stroup 8, A. E. Dunham 4, Cousin 3, Rich 3, Mayronne 3, Foote 8, Kane 4, Dobson 2, Dabney 8, Ward 4, Cameron 4, Gates 4, Coburn 2, Ladd 3. Tunstall wins first. Ties for second Cameron on third bird, others all missing. Twelve ties for third, won by Chaudct. Third Day,.—First Mateh—5 pigeons, 26yds.: F. W. Dunham 0, Vass 4, Foote 4, Jordan 3, Bookout 5, Gallup 3, Chaudet 5, Cousin 4, Dabney 4, Tunstall 8, A. E. Dunham 1. Stroup 4, Ward 5, DeFuents 3, Sargent 4, Cameron 3, Gates 4, W. Shackleford 4, White 3, A. McCarty 2, Trion 2, Kane 2. ‘ies for first won by’ Chaudet; for second, divided between Foote and Cousin after tieing on fifth bird, others all haying missed; six ties for third, won by Tunstall. Second Match—Pigeons, miss and out, 38yds.: Birds gave out after the third round, Money was divided betweén all who had killed three each, Chaudet, Scott, Cousin. Cameron, Dunham, F, W. Bookout, Mayronne, Jordan, Stroup and Ladd. Third Match—5 clay-pigeons, 2lyds. and 5 glass balls i8yds.: Came- ren won first, breaking 5 clay-pigeons and 5 glass balls. Four ties for second, won by Foote. Four ties for third, won by Vass. Fourth Match—10 giass balls, 2lyds. rise.: First divided between Dabney and Foote, Jardan won second, beating Vass and Bookont on tie, and Dobson won third. CONNECTICUT.—Match at Wallingford, June 25, for clay-pigeon individual State medal. Goodrich ......... 111111011114110001111111.00111111101911011111111010—41 Wichols.... ...... 111111120101 101001111101011111111013.01111111111111—42 Tousey.,......... 1111000011111 110111113.11 11111119101110101001111111—40 1645). apg OF aes 1011111011001011011001011191111111100111 withdrew. Spencer..........: 10109911111411411190101001011011110101111111111111—40 Bristol. i) oe 10001111011110100011111111101110011101011111011011—35 BRIG T ean Ake oe 10001011011.0010110111101101111141111111001111194111—37 Ite ems as ate oe 19499411019110011111110110111111111110111110101110—41 Folsom... .... . .-OU400111101141911191990111119111111111001011011111—48 Brogden.......... 11011109111101041001911 111111100111111110111110111— 40 PRIN eteaies irs 1101011111011011100111111001110000101010001 withdrew Hamnson...... .... 1101110101000 withdrew. INS gby. See os cece (01.001111014.111 11901111109 1111111111101110110111101—41 13k eee a or 1101111 714111107 1101311111031100011111111110041110— 40 Talcott,.--.---.- 11111100110011111101110111111111101101101011001111—38 PAS RVERICW one ann 4 1411110111971111011001310111101110111191101111011—89 D Longden.,.,... 0141071071100191111111111111111111101111111110011—48 Binkley 2 ee 5 13111010111 114111111010001110001111110171111111111—40 used.—J. F. I, BOSTON GUN CLUB.—Shoot at Wellington, June. 25.—The final shoot for the gold badge by teams of three men at the grounds of the Boston Gun Club took place yesterday, and was won by the team from the Massachusetts Rifie Association. Following is the result of the other eveats; . First eyent, 5 birds, 5 traps: : MW Hager ...2.2-.2--... 0111—4 GB Clark... 2. BD hetae tase 11101—4 WS EPOLb yi: actus cree cies ae 110114 HL Prescott... ....,....,.01077-4 GA Sampson. once... ees 11101i—4_D Kirkwood....,.......... 1111i—5 CH DeRochmont......... 10010—2 GG Tidsbury.............. 11010—3 B F Johnson.............. QU1I—4 A FCooper..........-..0.. 11010—3 Ow JEDKINS 2923.5 See: 11011—4 : Kirkwood first, Perry second, Cooper third, DeRochmont fourth, Second eyent, 3 pair doubles: Sampson.........-++) li 11 Ji—6 DeRochmont,......., 10 01 01—3 POT se lots sacle ates tery ten 11 11 01-5 Jenkins............... 10 00 i11—3 Kirkwood .....-.-.... Wi il O1—5 Cooper......:......-. 10 11 00-3 Waren rl vam ccesy Pith” (lt Giaaityis stax occa t re 11 10 10—4 Presqott. > +. se4 Soars 1i 10 11-5 Johnson.... pee aan LO TD O03: Sampson first, Kirkwood second, Clark and Hager third. Third event, 7 single birds: REGry). 0. cence eed eewsss 1011101—4 OOPETs SA Sa pea toe 1111010—5 Jenkins ...-. 1114111—7 Tidsbury. .. O11 7111—6 Kirkwood.... .s J101011—5 Prescott...... 0.00.0. 1110110—5 Sampson...)---..--.-.--. 1111011—6 Jenkins first, Sampson and Tidsbury second, Perry third. Fourth event, 3 pair double birds; LECT WERE BM eeea feck sort 1110 11—5 HH Francis,.... Res ee 11 01 01—4 ager... oom: Sey ess 11 1071-5 HE WHEaw.. oss sis... 11 11 11-6 Prescott... -. 22. sees aes 11 11 10—5 AL Brackett..,....... 10 10 0i—3 Sampson, .....-+ + ..enes: 10 11 11-5 “J S Sawyer. .......,..: 10 11 10—4 JONSON. 2. ct Hye ene .10 10 11-4 T Curtis............... 11 11 00—4 Kirkwood, 22... .auqes fess 10 11 00—3 Law first, Perry second, Francis and Johnson third, Brackett and Kirkwood fourth. ; Fifth event, 5 single birds, 5 traps: Jenkins... .......... +.-.10010—2 Sawyer:.-....2e.2...-. 00 01010—2 DeRochmont.:...... +++. 11001—3 Johnson .. .............. 1110i—4 SAOUSOI te en eer eee ee 10101—3 GF Cutting ....... .10100—2 BP Give eerie ed. atnit faite 01111—4 BW Tinker.......... ... 10101—3 @laric ce. ieee acer: 11d1—5 ~Coopery...-...5....5...00. 11010—3 DO SOE Rel Sse nae ee aoc 11000—2 Tidsbury --............... 10111—4 RENE Yee most s)s Knee ares OUI — 4. Prancigg seni. cecais cba ont 0010i—2 Brackett .-......--: + apa 0 — 2a PReSCObt reso ee nt Ul bees leek 10010—2 Clark first, Tidsbury second, Tinker third, Francis fourth, Sixth event, 7 single birds, 5 traps: Perry ooo) 0s Serpe. 3 1110111—6 DeRochmont............ 1001111—5 DEM RIDS syeitses els tek .1011110—5 ~Law........... .1101111—6 Prescotthiss.c.. Jcceccwes 1110101—5 + Cooper.... .0111111—6 Johnson. 4% ..0011111—5 Francis. . .,-1011111—6 WAGER) 25 stag cy te 1111001—5_-‘Sawyer........ .,....... 1011111—6 PAT DSOM ey cose wes sae 1011110—5 Cuttimg........ .. ... ..1011110—5 PII Ghia 6 enters alee leds kes 1111101—6 Tidsbury ............... 1111-7 Gilaricien Mae he eae ob 1111000 - 4 Tidsbury first, Cooper second, DeRochmont and Sampson third, Clark fourth. Seventh event, 7 birds: WPAN CESS 0. \-- lilo (cles lt ae 1110111—6 Jenkins....... seeeveee -LO1111I—6 Sampson...) 1... eyes 100110i—4 Clark. 0.2.2.2... 6... 0111110—5 DEOMI. bel bie ae cs ander sist 1114111—7 Johnson,...............4 1110110—5 (UCT OL PR Ee BBE Be eee ebeione Add — 6 Dinkers Ae kota ie we 0101011—4 1100011—4 Veseiq tote ia at tek eb 1101110—5 Beemer tree re ee eens HAPEiieh ss. Sl hes seh ADVAN Loa eee cts be yc cote 1011110—5 WONIIMS, erscnwdsiaws sre 1110114—6 Kirkwood.....5......... 0011111—5 Rabitve eee Sr eh ioes he o QOTMIO=4 Pinker. Sole iee es pes 1111100—5 Coupen., a sanaarsaenanttn 1000111—4 Francis................004 1110111—6 NaMPSOMS ye sy ase nnet 0011110—4 Tidsbury,................ 1111111—7 ATL Ie ee ai ae teatt. netics OFT ON = 8 WP ODE SI. yee de ne rere asnletoie 11111—5 PING dee hk nes -10110--3 DeRochmont.............. 10101—3 SAMPSON ee vases t= + eee 1II—4. enmkINs yo. ee ee 11011—4 UOHDSON. |. vey sod ties 11010—3 “Prescott..:..-....-..05 we 00110—2 CANES dene nea teest anes oe WOH I—4 Cooper... o..55 5 4005¢ se 11100—3 Tidsbuwny 2.6.4 bee recs es od Qi 45 Tae ie sy). cee eo cleie 01110—3 Die) Be hones BEE ots ares sree: 11101—4_ J Williams................ 01111—4 Ging et rere ee 10100—2 Kirkwood................ .,.01011—8 Hager’... .s. oreeyess eo TU—S Hager and Perry first, Sampson and Clark second, Tinker, Law and Cooper third, Cutting and Prescott fourth. Tenth event, 3 pair doubles: Francis. ...... TO Oe SRS SUR Rep erie li ii 1i—6 Cooper ! 10 i1—4 Johnson.....,-..... Ol 12 115 Jenkins, 10 10—5 Sampson.... ......,. 11 Ol 00-3 Hager .......... TL di—6 leaw?..---.,--..... ,.10 10 01-8 O19 a eae ee er att 10 O1—4 Prescott _---. 2.2... 10 10 11-4 ; ager first, Johnson and Jenkins second, Perry third, Sampson ourth, Bleventh event, 5 straightaways; Stanton.........:. Seapen ete 01010—2 Francis ........,. vtec ys ALOII—4 Wichoigy see: 552. NS SOS 11010—3 Williams............. ,-.+,10110—3 DeRochmont..............10101—3 Jenlcins..,....,......... ..01011—8 Hidsbuy aes O01010—=2) “Hager, .....csessseeeeeee ,-10001—2 Pat Saat Shea eed EEN a Nm Francis ‘Law first, Nichols and DeRochmont secon: yu and Hager third, 4 . rpg Team h for gold badge.—Conditions—Open to any organized chib in the New England States. Teams of three men, score to con- sist of 5 single birds from 5traps, 3 pair double birds and 10 single birds from single trap, per man: Boston Gun Club, VONDSON dicate ahs bees oe este oe 11001 11 00 00 0111119111—14 PAPE WOOd)-tph02 20081, Ones 01010 10 10 11 -9101110011—12 MEWS. fete obs, ed tee cmhes 10100 11 01 11 1000111110—13—a89 Worcester Sportsman’s Club, Perry 1100 11 O1 OL 1111100111—15 ger... Of 11 11 1011101111—15 Sampson 10 11 01 1010011111—12—42 Massachusetts Rifle Association. DeRochmont................. 01110 10 10 i1 1111101110—15 Loe es ABBE RES A PREP RRR e O14 ii 11 10 1011101000—14 THASHUUY 1ahais'thv oc re pad aac 41411 11 11 1 1110131111—20—49 Exeter Sportsmen’s Club. Prescott... .... ies Geka, ~, 11110 10 11 01 1000111011—14 COUP gl saree ears soccer eet DL 10 10 11 111010101115 Acsyihiaty tay AAS eres eae 1111 li 11 11 11911113111—21—50) Independent Team, BpanGiny: Gov) sectcesr ders ee oie 11010 11 11 10 0111101011—15 COPNISTOLTD REC Pees oe m8 cet 60100 10 11 11 1101100011—12 TMNKEEs, oe at scene es toes 11011 01 10 11 1100111111—16—48 On July 9, @ grand tournament will be held of the above elub, when a gold medal will be givenfree. Conditions—2-men team, 7 singles from one trap, 7 singles from 5 traps and 3 pair doubles, open to all New England. This will be upon the same date that the New Eng- land Trap Shooters’ Association will meet at Young’s Hotel, Boston, THE FINAL SCORE.—The members of the disbanded Long Branch Gun Club met at the old grounds, Deal Beach, N. J., to shoot for the possession of the Riverton Gun Club eup, won by the club at the Philadelphia meet in 1883. Conditions: Open only to members of the late Long Branch Gun Club; 10 birds each, 5 traps, handicap rise; Long Branch Gun Clubrules, Closed with 16 entries: PYRE Ter ale ers fc ae I ea, 5 1111111111—10 JS Hoey, 29yds....... 1110111111— 9 GHIDBErb SPO, OUY GBs pace ones bes agsa trite nee Heder ane .1111110111— 9 UN STEMI cOW Clerk anatcts pies ve-bale bate gin hie claaieate wate conte sieiadla 1111110111— 9 Rayos won dsen sce acl danee fs tee ot cu tear ani ee 1101111111— 9 WaltervG Murphy 2Uyds atthe orbcarrit rst: oy 0141101111— & ce ROrds ot abel. aisrter niche mi vemuayedsca Makin | 0110111141— 8 RG Murphy, 28yds....... .2..+-s.55: ha TAA poy oa SAIS 1011101110— 7 Kae POMS. + Wi a tags sdN a fork e edats. Si sba5d se oe Wean ee 1010110111— 7 SLOUP, Poss saee aa ad: Addn sun Sa Bana Tabi Roe ae 1011110101— 7 WeEvel, cOVOR! shits taser ce io beeen bane heehee cee ker keh cle 1001010011— 5 Buchs 2eyas ee mereeiae titer kes RRR Ck e Ahh Rbeeeree bee 11101100 Ww Brokaw, ceoy se, cenwsk hie tAlee cheek ene Rlee Recep enn cns 11010110w Caney dUyUs er pl cee ced eee he RR RGAUE ei ate er eiemeit re 111101110~Ww MinddlinetonnvSy Ser cep sacri nels ae) iefcl-linlefelel dee eee 1011100w Dy Aelners Soy deed: ayes iy, hn eee Pea ie 010107 Itis reported here that the purchase of the effects of the club, a large club building and almost a mile of high board fence which in- closed the grounds, by Miles L. Johnson was in the interest of several gentlemen, members of the old club, who design to form another shooting club immediately. TORONTO, Ont., June 21.—A clay-pigeon match took place at Woodbine Park yesterday and this afternoon, when a number of valuable prizes were shot for. The first prize was a breechloading shotgun, and was won by Mr. J. R. Humphreys. The shoot was at 15 birds, 18yds. rise, from two screened traps. Mr, George Smith was referee. The following was the score of the winners: JR ABumphreys 101111111111111—14 W MeDowal.. ..110111111111011—18 J Townson ..... 111011111111111-—14 R Harris 101111111100111—12 J L Rawbone., -.110111111111110—13. W Roberts. -..011011011111110—11 ¥ Martin......-< 111111011110111—18 H Humphreys.010111111001111—11 First Tie—J. E. Humyhreys 5, J. Townson 4. Seeond Tie—W. Me- Dowall 4, J. L. Rawbone 2, F. Martin 2. Third Tie—Kawhbone 3, Mar- tin 2. SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.—To-day has been a very favorable one to the bird and target men. A number of the lovers of pigeon shoot- ing met at Birds Point, and shot at twenty-five birds each; the prizes being $50 for the first, $40 for the second, $30 for the third and $10 for the fourth. The entrance fee was $10. The shooting was good, Mr. Brown missing only one bird and the gentleman shooting under the name of Jackson only two. Mr. Lambert killed twenty-one, and four out of the remaining fire killed twenty each. On the shooting off for fourth prize, Mr. Pearson won with nine kills without a miss. Ap- ended is the-score. Next Sunday there will be another shoot at irds Point, but it is not decided yet whether it will be at fifteen or twenty-five birds. The entrance will be $10, CR BAS Tae Aa os ets hy ke cerry 01111101111011711101101111—20 Jackson,.-...-..++;- Sa ipietg ss ph ethan oe ep 0111114111111101111111111—28 SS Eis. Sa. WS 53 eee ee ino, ee 1111111111001110111310111—20 MRT Rs tren sad ed aber ie of doe ae a@ber tot cece 1111111001114101010101111—19 BVO WS Cos Ws ee Bee | es 1411111001117111111111111—24 LS 1Giys- ea ora Ecreeer oho afer eae 0011111111010111111011171—20 PUA OORG yb tor sg aislsbie ote wee shat 18 1111011111111 101110111110—21 REELING Toh nse neesel ted eee ain omega ee 1111111111011011101101170—20 After this, six gentlemen entered for a sweepstake of $2.50 each at six birds, Mr. Slade taking’ first money, with a clean score, and Messrs. Fisher and Coffin tying for second, with five each. The Lincoln Gun Club held its monthly shoot at Colon. The fol lowing is the score: First Class. Second Class. Bruns res rico se 111111011111000—11 Cohen..._...... 101410111011011—11 Heine.....,....110111101010111—11 Sehendel.......100110111010111— 9 War 264 isan 011111111100011—11 W Norton ..... 001110110110011— 9.- F Venker...... 110101101010011— 9 Karney........ 111110110111111—138 Potter.i2 ts... 111110010101110—10 H Norton...... 000010111111110— 9 Richter........ 110101011711011—11 Frisch..... .... 101011111701170—11 PACKS he eee ot 110010111111011—11 Seyden......... 111001111101111 12 H Venker......110111111010100—10 -Ford.... ......, 011111101100110—10 Drinkhouse....103111011000111—10 Jones........ ,-2111100100v0010— 7 Johnson... ... 101001111111001—10 Weymer........ 001000000001N11— 4 MN? eae eee 100111001011110— 9 Christel........ 101101011000111— 9 Baker... -ey 111111010100000— & Messrs, Bruns. Heine, Edlar, Richter and Parks tied on eleven birds each, and shot off at 8 pair double birds. Messrs. Bruns, Heine and Edlar again tying, with 5 birds each, and again shot off at 3 pair more double birds, Mr, Edlar taking the medalin the firstclass and Mr. Karney in the second. MALDEN GUN CLUB.—The club had a field day at Wellington on the 28th ult., the leading events being the close of the shoot for the class medals, The winners were: Fielding first, Nichols second, Scott third. The other events of the day were as follows: First event, five birds—Sanborn and Shumway divided first, Snow second, Brown and Field divided third. Second event, five balls—Snow, Brown and Hopkins divided first, Ellsworth second, Adams third. Third event, three pair doubles—Hopkins first, Field and Brown divided second, Pratt third, Scott fourth. Fourth event, five birds—Hopkins first, Snow and Scott divided second, Brown and Pratt divided third. Field fourth. Fifth event, three pair doubles—Field and Pratt divided first, Snow and Hunter divided second, Scott third. Sixth event, three pair doubles—Dickey first, Field and Sno w divided second, Hunter third, Seventh event, five birds—Snow first, Dickey second. Highth event, five birds straizhtaway—Hopkins and Field divided first, Short second, Shattuck third. Ninth event, miss.and out—Dickey first, Snow second. Toate event, miss and out—Dickey and Pratt divided first, Scott second. Hileventh event, five birds—Wiswell and Brown divided first, Dickey and Field divided second, Hunter third, Seott fourth. es event, miss and out—Snow and Scott divided first, Merrill second. Thirteenth event, miss and out—Dickey first, Snow second. Fourteenth event, miss and out—Dickey first, Scott second. Fifteenth event, miss and out—Dickey first, Pratt second. fie ene event, ten birds—Nichols first, Brown second, Adams ird. Seventeenth event, same—With same winners, Eighteenth event, five birds—Dickey first,Pratt, Sanborn, Snow and Brown divided second, Hopkins third, Short fourth. Nineteenth eyent, five balls—Snow and Dickey divided first, Blls- worth and Field divided second, Shattuek and Adams divided third, Twentieth event, five balls—Shattuck and Ellsworth divided first. roe and Brown divided second, Field, Edwards and Pratt divided ird. Twenty-first event, five birds, straightaway—Hopkins and Dickey divided first, Short second, Shattuck and Merrill diyided third, The annual shoot of the club will be held Friday, July 4, at 8:30 -M. There will be a shoot for two medals, one of gold. the other leather, for the best and worst shots, The médals are to be shot for abt every regular shoot during the year, and are to become the prop- erty of the member winning them the greatest number of times, In addition there will be four events, at which the club will offer special prizes. CLAY-PIGEON TOURNAMENT.-—The Second International Clay- Sere ‘Tournament, under the auspices of the Lizowsky Company, wi nee pe at New Orleans, La., during Mardi Gras week, in Febrie ary 7 1 a | ABA 1. FOREST AND STREAM. PORTLAND, Me., June 27.—The sixth contest for the Ligowsky nmiedal, held to-day, terminated in fayor of the Willard Club by 4 birds, the score standing 8044 against 76144. These two scores are the highest that have been made in any match since the tournament held here in April last, Thesingles are thrown at 18yds, rise and doubles at 15yds_,all from 5 traps 3yds apart, and direction of each trap changed as it is refilled. A challenge has been received from the Bethel Club and accepted. Willard Club—Portland. Singles. Doubles. VLANTS ere Spee epee 1111122111— 9 10 10 11 01 10—15 TERT EM es oo ee eee 1211111111— 916 11 Of 11 11 1i—1846 ROME Pepe eke pepe: teks 1110711111— 9 10 11 10 00 10—14 AMEN Yow fat liqcasade 1111021211— 8 1i 11 00 10 11—15 OHSNCHET Ay ve letesviecs's 1111111111—10 11 01 11 11 10—18 —80b5 Androscoggin Clib—Lewiston. Singles. Doubles. INSSOU? ube eat tobidde ot 1111111110— 9 10 11 11 11 Q1—-17 DONOVAN on see eee 1411102121— 8 1i 11 11 1% 11—I18 Petleneins 264 ttt eett 0011101000— 4 ~ 00 10 11 10 11—10 NUDES pet etd ie econ y 2111111 211— 9 11 i1 10 11 10—17 POA Soot 110011 0211— 616 11 10 11. 11 10—1444—7ble T. B. Dayis, Referee. Canoeing. QANOEISTS dre invited to send us notes and full reports of cruises, club meets, information about canoeable waters, and other commu- nications of interest. Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Foresm anpD Srream their addresses, with name, membership, signals, ete. of their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and reports of the same, Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested to forward to Forrest? AND STREAM their addresses, with logs Of eritises, tiaps, and information concerning their local waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the spurt. FIXTURES. July 4, 5, 6.—Rondout.C. C., Camp at Esopus Island. July 9 to 15.—Chicago C, 0., Annual Cruise. July 14,—Allegheny C. C.. Cruise at Conneaut Lake. July 19 —Chicago C. C., First Annnal Regatta. July 24 to 26.—Lake George Meet, Lorna [sland, Aug. 1to 15.—A. 0, A. Meet, Grindstone Island. OSHKOSH C. C. \ OMMODORE, A. M. Kaas; Vice-Commodore, F. H, Gary: Secre- tary, W. J. McKoy; Executive Committee, W. Sessions, Orto Schloerb, Organized March 22, 1684. Signal, pomted burgee, blue field with white letters. RACES AT LOWELL, eee annual regatta of the Vesper Roat Club, held on the Merri- mack River at Lowell, Thursday evening, June 26, included two canoe races, which deyeloped quite as much enthusiasm as the row- ing contests, The first was for single canoes, with double-bladed paddle. QOourse, one-half mile, with turn. Four canoes entered and paddled a pretty race, all keeping well together and finishing as fol- lows: Howard Gray, Stella Maris, first; Paul Butler, open cedar, second; Frank H. Pullen, Birdie Kane, third; Joseph Leatham, Stella Maris, fourth, Time, 5m, 52s. The second race was for open tandem canoes, using single blades. The club onzht to have turned out atleast ten canoes in this class, but most of their owners foolishly declined to enter for fear of defeat, and only two crews contested, the leaders having it all their own way and paddling a splendid stroke. Course, one-half mile, with tura, Result as follows; E. 8. Sherman and C. P. Nichols, Adirondack, first; J.C. Dayisand Howard Gray, Peterborough, second, Time, 5m, 10s, There were no sailing races. After the regaita there was a pleasant reception in the boat house, which was tastefully illuminated, Dan- cing from 8 till 11, THE MEET AT GRINDSTONE ISLAND. N FOUR weeks more the fifth annual meet of ihe American Canoe Association will be held at Grindstone Island, in the St. Lawrence River, and it will, without doubt, exceed in size any previous one. The spot is the most beautiful as well as the most central yet selected, near to Canada, a day’s ride from New York and the Hast, and readily accessible by way of the lakes from the West. Those who have at- tended previous meets are certain to be present this year, if possible, as wellas many who have lately joined, but besides these there are a large number to whom the meel offers every opportunity fora cheap and pleasant vacation. i Although firmly established in the Middle and Hastern States, the Oanoe Association, as yet, numbers few members in the West, while its aims and objects are but little known to outsiders not interested in canoeing. The former class, considering the distance too reat to attend the meet, have heretofore held aloof, declining all invitations to join the Association, and have gone on alone without any union among themselves, Of course, it is inypossible, even in these days of fast travel, for them to come to an Eastern meet every year, or for Eastern men to go far West, but they need not keep out of the Asso ciation for that reason. We have in the present Canoe Association a well-organized machine for the collection and exchange of such knowledge asis indispensable to all cruisers, whether by canoe or other eratt. which machine is willing and able to extend its jabors to any locality willing to render help in turn, and if the Western canoe- ists will but join, the services of the secretary are as much at their disposal as with members nearer to him. As concerns the meet, a plan has already been decided on of divid- jog the Association into several sub-divisions of convenient size, each Owing allegiance to the general government, but having its own funds, local self-government and officers, and annual meet, the offices going to each division in rotation, while each meet will. in turn, be the main Association meet, at which the officers will be present, and all business transacted. By this plan all will be equally represented, each locality having a mect of its own, attended by some members from other divisions as well, thus securing an interchange of ideas and a further binding together of the different divisions. Hach division would have to cen- tribute its proportion foward such geuerel expenses as the publication ofthe annual book, beyond which they would manage their own finances and be independent of the other divisions. This plan can be put into operation at any time, but the proper oc- casion to introduce it will, of course, be at the business meeting at the camp. All thatis needed is for Western canoeists to take the matter up, Jet them be as fully represeuted as possible at Grindstone Islana, where the entire matter van be discussed and setiled, Every club, large or small, no matter where located, should endeavor for its Own sake, to have one celegate at the meet, who will go there to rep- resent the club, and who will be prepared, on his return, to report to the club what he bas seen; canoes, rigs, fittings, all those numerons details brought out by so large a number camping together, and this is most important to the younger clubs in the smaller cities, who have little apucriuaity of knowing what is being done by candeists generally. Besides active canoaists there is another class to whom the meet is open, but who gs gst haye availed themselyes but slightly of the Brivdege—those who, though not canoeists, are fond of camping Aud wish to spend a short yacation in the woods. Every year a few pipadigers visit the camp by accident in thisway, aud some pf them have become enthusiustie canoeists. All such are heartily welcome; there is room for them, and to them the A, C. A. camp offers peculiar inducements, No guides are necessary, the expenses are but trifling and there is less of the drudgery and hard work of ronghing it in a large camp organized as this one is than where a small party go into the woods alone, a very important consideration to amateurs whose experience is confined to a week or two eyery year, and who are un. fitted to bear the hardships attendant on camp life in the wilderness. Ali such are heartily welcome to the camp. Whether canoeists or not they will meet with a cordial reception, and we hope to see plenty of new faces next August, A RIVER AND COAST CRUISE. i Fates G Deer Leap camp at the breaking up of thé Merrimack River canoe meet, Monday morning, June 16, canoes Chemaun and Olytie, A.C, A., ermised around to Salem, yia Merrimack and Plum Island rivers. Ipswich Bay, Squam Riyer and Canal, Atlantic Ocean and Salem Harbor. The trip occupied three days and proyed highly enjoyable, notwithstanding the fact that head winds were en- countered all the way after leaving Newburyport, and much of the distance was paddled against adverse tides, while a heayy sea was running along the coast as the result of continued southeast winds. Of the canoes one, an Eyerson Nautilus of 32-inch beam, was strictly a salt-water boat, haying cruised extensively on the open ocean, and carried two large lateen sails of a most beautiful pattern and admir- ably suited to rough water. The other, asmaller and lighter Birdie Kane of 27-inch beam, was also rigged with two small lateens and proved quite as steady on the open sea as on the calmer waters of the riverat home. Like all Racine boats, she was. of course, strong and tight. Both carried canoe tents and afforded very comfortable sleep- ing quarters at night, while the model cooking outfit of the former and the camera which accompanied the latter also added to the pleas- ures of the cruise. The six miles to Lawrence were trayersed leisurely under sail, in company with a Stella Maris, which had a loaded open canoe in tow, and a double eruiser bound for Haverhill. Persons familiar with the river below Lowell need not be told of its beauty; wooded bluffs, al- ternating with open reaches and everywhere abounding in the pic- turesque toa marked degree. At Lawrence there was a stop of oyer an hour, to repair damages sustained in running Hunt’s Falls, and inspect the fishway at the dam. The lock at the entrance of the northern canal was entered shortly after neon, and of course the three canoes attracted much attention from persons in and about the mills. Three more locks at the end of the canal lowered the boats a good many feet, and they finally emerged upon the river with a clear course to the sea, The wind now became fickle and squally, but sails were hoisted and occasionally proved of service, Two er three miles were passed, when suddenly a splash was heard, and the two leading canoeists turned to see their Haverhill friends climbing over the side of their canoe with an evi- dent desire ta inspect its keel. They had unwisely fastened the sheet of their sail and when struck by a squall capsized. But they were soon towed ashore, wrung out, put together again, and the fleet pro- ceeded under p:ddle, with a hearty laugh all around. _ Running Mitchell’s Falls afforded some fine sport—swift water with little danger of striking rocks—and the canoes were soon down to the limit of tide-water. Sails were agvin hoisted, after a refreshing drink at a cooling spring, and the fleet adyanced in good style, Ar- riving there, good-bye was said to the moistened crew of the Gyp, and the other two canoes sailed on side by side, catamaran fashion, to Groveland Bridge, where milk was procured and a lovely cam ground selected just below at an early hour. A grassy bank, shel- tered by stately trees and commanding 2 fine view of the river up and down, offered an inviting resting place for the canoes. which were quickly hauled out, propped up side by side, and the little canoe tenis pitched over them. Supper over, there was time to loll about and chat with a couple of yisitors before dark, after which came sound and refreshing sleep in the canoes, : During his brief stay at the canoe meet, Mr. John Boyle O'Reilly, who has done considerable canoeing, in addition to seeing a great deal of the world in other ways, let fall a remark which sounded the keynote to the whole sport of canoeing. ‘'Canoeists,” he said, “should never be in a hurry."’. And to this may be added the advice, camp early. There is always a temptation, when on 2 cruise, to-keep on and add a few more miles to the day’s score. But it doesn't pay. Darkness and dampness quickly gather; préparations for the night are hastily made, and the result is neither satisfaetory nor enjoy- able. Five, or six o'clock at the latest, should find the canoeist set- tled in camp, with ample time to cook and eat his supper and arrange for turning in. Those who habitually put up at hotels or farm houses may discard this advice, but they are always at the mercy of others, and lose much of the charm of canoeing. Mention has already been made of the model cooking outfit carried by the Chemaun. To this and its skillful manipulation by the skipper was due much of the pleasure of the cruise. The little stove, which everywhere attracted attention, was nade of sheet iron, hinged to fold fiat and stow away intoasmall sack. Whenset up with funnel attached a very little wood served to quickly cook a meal, three holes on top a¢commo- dating pot, kettle and frying pan all at the same time. Then the cooking utensils, plates and cups were all of granite ware, which will not rust and is easily kept clean, while the cooking ingredients were held by glass jars, fitting compactly into small boxes—the whole complete, convenient and portable. Tuesday morning opened fair, with promise of a delightful day. In fact, the weather throughout the trip was all that could be asked by the most fastidious. The camp was Roser phed breakfast eaten, and at 7:30 the eanoes set out under paddle with a favorable tide. Hvery where the scenery was fine, and the river gradually widened as it proceeded. At Pleasant Valley there was a stop for a swim, and from this point the fleet proceeded undersail. The old chuin bridge was photographed from Eagie Island, and shortly after the canoes pulled up ata wharf in Newburyport, while their occupants went ashore. Once more afloat, lunch was eaten in the canoes, while sail- ing on to the mouth of the river. Arriving there an attempt was made to cross the bar and run down the coast outside of Plum Island, but a strong tide had by this time set in, and although Chemaun sue- ceeded in getting pretty well out, Clytie gave it up after trying vainly for twenty minutes to pass a buoy in mid stream, and the two paddled back to the entrance of Plum Island River. The tide was now favor- able, but wind dead ahead, so that paddling was hard work, and it was nearly dark when the canoes were finally worked around to their destination on Ipswich Little Neck. The course inside of Plum Island was ote a pretty stretch of level marsh on one side, with hills of sand on the other, while nearly all the way the surf could be heard breaking on the beach outside. The last balf mile was paddled against the tide at the mouth of Ipswich River, and the paddlers were prepared forasolid sleep in a summer cottage owned by the captain of the Chemaun. Starting early on the following morning, the canoes were soon out side, past Ipswich light and tossing ona ground swell in the bay. Sails were set, but the light wind was stil] dead ahead, and a ‘‘spruce breeze” became again in order. Coasting along within a half mile of shore, and sighting occasional seals, Cape Ann loomed up in the mist ten miles away at the left. and after crossing the mouth of the Essex River, course was laid for the Squam, where a strong ebb tide lent aid to the windin opposing progress and frequent shoals were en- countered. Squam River is at times a pretty stream, winding a devi- ous course between rocky shores capped by summer cottages, but at low water it dwindles to a mud flat, and the voyager who strikes it when the tide is nearly out is sure to come to grief. So it happened in this instance, andafter ahard passage, with frequent grounding, the eanoes were at length hauled out on @ float at the first bridge and left to await the turning of the tide. .A two hours’ wait followed, ad- initting of a walk to Gloucester and dinner is town. . By 2 o'clock the water, had risen a little and was steadily deepening by the incoming tide, but it still failed to float the canoes, and the were dragged to the entrance of the canal connecting Squam wit: Gloucester harbor, Here a tremendous tide rip had to be stemmed, and the passage throngh was slow and tedious. Following came a pleasant paddle across the harbor, passing Stage Head, Field Rocks and Misele Point, and going outside of Norman’s Woe Rock. When off Eastern Point and fairly out of the harbor the canoes were on the open ocean, and found a heavy sea running, the result of a southeast wind which had been blowing for several days. ‘ This was the Clytie’s first éxperience in rough water and lying in the trough it was necessary to head her up to each rolier as it came on. But she rode them bugyantly and shipped less thau aviss of water while on the open sea. Chemaun kept well out, with sails set, but both settled down for a hard ten miles’ paddle along the coast in a broiling sun, The waves were beating high agaiust the rovks, but cutside the rollers only needed attention, Ketile Island and Great Ezz Rock were left to starboard and the course continued past Mag- nolia and Manchester-by the-Sea, the great Masconomo House form- ing a striking landmark at the latter place. At last the Clytie, which had kept well in and Jed thus far, worked in behind House Island, at the mouth of Salem Bay, just as the wind began to freshen, but going outside of Little Misery she got into a stronger wind whieh icked up a nasty sea, The shaper was soon wet from the shoulders down and water began to come aboard pretty fast, but @ few vigor- ous. strokes put the canoe around a point into calmer water just a6 the other craft came up inside, The crew of the Chemaun seemed fresh and quite at bome, but his companion was tired, wet and a bit discouraged, sa both concluded to run sround under the shelter of Great Misery Island aud camp for the night rather than put in four av five miles more hard paddling up te the city, A quiet barbop Was found, when the canoes were beached, hauled up and unloaded, Then the yoyagers called at the house of Mr. Daniel Neville, a genial old gentleman who lives on the island, and came away with milk and eges for whieh the host generously refused payment. Quite a party, including several fishermen, came down from the house to inspect the boats, in which they took a lively interest, and before supper was over the twin lights flashed out from Baker's Island. It had been proposed to sleep in the canoes but the offer of comfortable beds in the loit of a fish-house was accepted instead and all hands tnrned in. Half-past three Thursday morning found preparations under way for an early start, and before 5 o'clock the canoes were headed u the harbor. A few boats were already out. Skirting along the nort shore there was opportunity to see and appreciate the Peautien of Beverly Farms, located on one of the finest bits of coast in the world. Everywhere the waters dash against ragged rocks on the crests of which stand costly residences amid beautiful grounds and supplied with all the luxuries which wealth can buy. Paddling leisurely on, Beverly light was left behind and one of the canoes crossed over to make a short callat the Willows. Continuing through Beverly Harbor, under the bridge and around into tne North River, the canoes were finally landed in the boathouse at 7 o'clock, haying completed a combined fresh and salt-water cruise of some seventy- eight miles without accident of any kind and furnished the means for a pleasant vuting to both their vrews. CLYTIE. ANOTHER MOHICAN CHAMPION. SATURDAY afternoon, June 28, at 5 o'clock, the first race was called for the new challenge prize offered by Capt. R, W. Gibson to his club—a silver badge, designed by him and executed by Burgess, of Albany, showing a canoe with a large lateen sail surrotinded by a circle, and hung to a bar, with the word ‘"*hampion™ engrayed on it, and the monogram M. C. ©. A small white streamer goes with it to be carried at peak so long as it can be kept. Considerable interest is shown in the prize and the contests will be very keen, although husi- ness engagements prevented seyeral entries in this, the first race. Sail is limited to 75ft., bal'ast to 7alhs.; course about three miles, tri- angular or to windward and return; A.C. A. sailing rules; to he sailed in two hours or no race; winner not to be compelled to sail on another challenge in less than a mouth, _The Snake did not enter, her owner acting as judge on this occa- sion. The entries were: Thetis, P.M. Wackerhagen; Lasca. George H. Thacher; Uneas, Henry &. Pierson, Jr,; Fior da Lice, B, Fernow. The start was made at 5:0914, with a light south wind, and the first stretch to the north was against the last of the ebb tide. The ecurse selected was up from the upper bridge to the second buoy and re- turn, @ little short of three miles, Thetis and Lasea alternately led up, the latter rounding the buoy first by about one minute. Coming to windward, however, Thetis got in front, making long tacks from shore to shore, while Lasca having found a streak of breeze on the west side kept in it by judicious short tacks and soon came to the fore a - Uncas was close behind until the windward work began, when the greater experience of her antagonists enabled therm to make a duel of it. Thetis lost all her advantage about half way hack and Lasca came in prettily at 6:32:45, Thetis 6:34; Uncas was a good third and Fior da Lice retired early in the race. Before the finish eight or ten canoes had got out and the river was gay with white wings. Mr, Yan Vechten had his new Rushton afloat, a very fine Ellard, the latest arrival. There was ‘considerable think ing” over the result, we had all thought that Thetis, the Newburgh winner, had an easy task. Mr. Thacher has been making such a dude boat of the Lasca, with nickle plating where other Mohicans have brass, and serew clamps where we have bits of string, that we had adjudged him the ornamental duties, still he gave us a warning of what was coming the first day he was out with us, with a No. 8 la- teen in a squally west wind. The Lasca carried a batten settee like the Snake’s, 52ft. and about 14ft. in dandy; Thetis a trifle more. This shape sail is a favorite already, and seems likely to cheek our hitherto continuous experiments. Another Mohican isready to carry the turtle to the front and half « dozen are waiting for the next chance to prove him. . SNARE. A LONG CRUISE IN A SMALL BOAT. a | BUILT that boat myselfin Sanford, Florida, last December, and since then have traveled fuily 2,000 miles init. I haye liyed and sleptin it, and there is the sleeping apartments of myself and crew.’’ As he said this the speaker pointed to two small covered apertures on each side of the centerboard of a ¢at-rigged batteau ly- ing. at Waters’s wharf. The batteau was but 19fb. long and 4ft. 10in. beam. “She draws 7in. light, but when we are in she goes down to llin.,”’ continued the speaker, who was Mr. George Ilis, a builder, of Akron, O., who went to Florida last fallto escape the rigors of a Western winter. He was accompanied by Walter Scott, of Mystic, Conn., who was sailing master of the frail-looking eraft, in which Mr, Tlis, Scott and a Sun reporter stood yesterday, with barely roem to turn around in the stem sheets. Mr. Iles gave The Sun reporter an ela a account of his travels. ‘‘In Florida,’’ said he, ‘transportation lines are few and far between, and specially soif you wantto thoroughly penetrate the interior waterways with which the State abounds. k was be- cause of this that I built this boat. 1 started from Sanford Jast De- cember, and followed the St. John's River to Lake Harney. I then had the boat hauled overland a distance of eighteen miles to the Tndian River, which runs paralell with the ocean, I sirnuck the Lucia River, and thence through Jupiter Sound to Jupiter Inlet. There I pro- cured the services of a half-breed Indian to pilot me through the Byer- glades, a distance of twenty-eight miles, to Lake Worth. Progress was slow, for we had to pole all the way. I spent three delightful weeks at Lake Worth in the month of January. where we were daily re- galed with ripe tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables. Ire- turned by the same route to Rock Ledge, on the Indian River, and again I had the boat carted three miles across the country to Lake Poinsett, the head of navigation on the St. John's River and 105 miles from Lake Harmey. The only inhabitants of that section were alli- gators. Not a person or animal were to be seen in that vicinity. I then returned to Sanford. 1 again left it on March 14 for Baltimore. The St. John’s River was followed to the bar, and after passing through Mud and Nassau sounds I arrived safely at Fernandina. I then skirted the coast to Cape Roman, in South Carolina, and then had 150 miles of the open sea tocontend with Of this stietch we made 76 miles in one day. We crossed heavy breakers al New Top- sail Inlet, which was the most dangerous of our whole experience, but were repaid by a good haven inside the mouth of New River, Passing through Pamlico and Albemarle sounds we entered Dismal Swamp Canal and reached Norfolk. On the route we spent several days at a time in various places, sometimes windbound or making in- vestigation of the country.” " Mr. Iles will sell his boat here and leave for his home in Akron to- morrow night, He has on board some heautiful specimens of pre- served pelicans, water turkeys, cormorants, ivory bills, curlews, pyles and loons, all of which he will have stuffed upon his arrival bome. He has besides many curiosities gathered on his long trip,— Balti- more Sun. ROYAL C. ©,—The annual long paddling race, from Teddington to Putney, took place on Saturday last. The entries were 5. Fulcher and Claud Seett. Scott took the Middlesex shore, and they got olf to avery good start. Fulcher was first to show in front, and at Eel Pie Island was about clear. The pace then became very hot, and Scott drew up once or twice, but could not get level, and Fulcher passed Richmond Bridge several lengths to the good. At Isleworth Scott had somewhat improved his position, but itwas his last effort, as in Zion Reach Fulcher drew rapidly away. and was about one hundred yards ahead at Kew Bridge. before reaching Barnes Bridge Scott fave up, and Fulcher paddled to the Thames Boat Llouse alone, reaching there at 5:10 P.M. The wind was ahead in nearly all the reaches, and especially strong in Zion Rea¢h aud off Chiswick. Ob Saturday, the 2ist inst., there will be a special race for cruising canoes, when, with a view to bring out the all-round qualities of the craft, one-half of the course will be sailed down wiud, and the re- mainder paddled back to windwai'd, It is hoped that all members having canoes of this class will endeavor to enter for this event,— London Field, Fune 14. N. Y¥. C. C.—The race for elass A canoes that was not finished for lack of wind on June 21, was sailed on June 28, over the same course, Of the three entries, Mr. Burchard was absent, and the water was too rough for Mr. Fraser's little open canoe, so Mr, Munroe, in the Psyche, had asailoyer. About fifteen members will go tothe August meet, by way of the Ontario and Western Railway. Thenew uniforms of the club will soon be ready. They areofa very dark en, Nor- folk jacket, knickerbockers. lone stockings, and hat of one color. Mr, Burchard, of the Siren, will shortly start on a Jong cruise with Mr, Stoddard. A series of races are talked of for the summer and fall, both sailing aud paddhne. PELICAN OG. C,—On June 14, thirteen members of the Pelican C.C. with two visiting men, met at Weirs, N. H., and launched their six canoes in Lake SV aanED Bee They paddled to Manchester, camping out nights and doing their own cooking. At Manchester all the party went home except two Hastern members, who continued on to Haver- — hill, Mass., camping one night at Deer Leap Falls, the seene of the Merrimack River meet of the idth and 16th. The members of th Vesper Boat Club were very kind to the two Hastern members, an re Shae soe with a cordiality entirely yaespected among strangers, — VV ENO. et oP ee ae We i [Fury 8, 1984, - DOWN THE CONNECTICUT.—Messrs. L. R. Ingraham and L. Q. Jones, both of the Hartford C. C , arrived here at 7:45 P, M. Sunday in Mr. Ingraham’s canoe, the Rambler, They left Hartford at 4 P. M. Saturday, staying over night at Hssex. The canoe is 16ft, long and carries two lateen sails, anp is as trim and pretty a craft as one often sees afloat, They hauled her outand stowed her away at Pegi Kelly's boat house, where she is to remain for a few days while Mr. Ingraham takes a trip inland, Mr, Ingraham is connected with the Gatling Gum Company of Hartford,—New London Day, June 30, NEWTON BOAT CLUB,—At the annual regatta of this club on Saturday, June 28, rowed on the Charles River, at Boston, there were two races for canoes, one for birch barks, in which F. T. Burdett and W. W, Cole paddled against J. M, Jennison and Thos, Cotter, distance one mile. e former erew won after a close race, in iim, 39s, In the Rob Roy race J. Fanning won, beating E. N. Markham, Fred Hervey and Otto Jost. PERSONAL.—Capt. S, D, Kendall is building several boats of vari- ous kinds at Tarpon Springs, Fla, One of his latest is a sharpie, 33ft. over all, 8fi. 10m, beam, 18in. draft; 900ft. of canvas in lower sails, yawl rig, OHICGAGO C. C.—Two gold badges have been presented to the Chicago C. C. as prizes for their races of July 19, All the boats of the club will be entered. Hachting. FIXTURES. | Secretaries of yacht clubs will please send early notice of pro- posed matches and meetings. 7 July 4,—Beverly Y. C., Monument Beach, Sweepstakes, July 4,—Larebimont Y. C., Annual Open Matches, July 4,5, 6.—Quaker City Y. C,, Corinthian Cruise, July 4.—Hull Y. G., Review and Annual Cruise, five days. July 4.—Boston, open matches, City Point. . ‘ July 5—Beverly Y. C., Monument Beach, Championship. July 9,—Beverly Y, C,, Marblehead, First Championship. July 12,Boston Y. C.. Second Clnb Match. July 12,—Hull Y, C., First Club Match, duly 19.—Hull Y. C,, Ladies’ Day. July 24.—FPastern Y, C., Annual Cruise, July 26.—Beverly Y, C., Nahant, Second Championship Match. July 30,—Quiney Y. C.. Third Match, Aug, 2,—Hull Y, C., First Championship, Aug, 4,—Quaker City Y. C., Review and Harbor Crnise. Aug. 9,—Boston ¥. C., Annual Matches. ; Aug. 11-25.—Quaker City Y. C., Annual Cruise in Chesapeake and Delaware BaNe. Aug, 16,—Salem Bay ¥. C.. Open Matches. Aug. 16,—Hull Y, C., Qpen Matches. Aug. 23.— Boston Y. C., Third Club Match. Aug, 23.—Beverly ¥. C., Open Match. Aug. 26,—Beverly Y. C., Special, Marblehead. Aug. 28.—Quincy ¥. C., Fourth Match. Aug, 30.—Hill ¥. ©., Second Championship Match- Sept. 3.—Hull Y. C., Third Championship Match. Sept. 4—Salem Bay Y. C., Second Championship Match. Sept. 6.—Beyerly ¥. C., Marblehead, Special Match. Sept. 11.—Quiney Y. C., Last Race. Sept. 11.—trenton’s Reef Challenge Cup, Sept. 18.—Boston Y, C., Ladies’ Day. Sept. 13,—Boston Y¥. C., Fall Matches. Sept. 14.—Quaker City Y. C., Review and Cup Race. Sept, 28.—Quaker City Y. C., Review and Harbor Cruise. Oct, 5.—Quaker City Y. C,, Closing Review and Cruise. BEVERLEY Y. C. HIS club has arranged the following series of matches for the summer: July 4, Monument Beach. open catboat sweepstakes; July 5. Monument Beach, first race for Buzzards Bay Ci eteRtens ins July 9, Marblehead, first championship regatta; July 26, Nahant, sec- ond championship tee Aug. 16, Swampscott, third champion- ship regatta; Aug. 23, Marblehead, (probably) open matches; Sept. 6, Marblehead, fall matches. The dates of the open regatta at Monu- ment Beach and the last two races for the Buzzards Bay champion- ship are not vet decided upon, The first of the above—an open sweepstakes for catboats only—will be sailed on Friday, July 4, off Monument Beach, starting at 12 M., under the following conditions: Entrapee fee, $5 for each yacht. All entrance fees, after deducting expenses, will be distributed in first and second prizes. Second prizes will only be awarded where more than two yachts start. These prizes will be sailed for with the time allowance, and under the rules of the New HBngland Yacht Racing Association. The start will be flying, yachts crossing a line between the judges’ yacht and Tobey Island buoy, No.2. Four guns will be fired for the start, at intervals of fiyeminutes. The first, a preparatory gun, at 12 o’clock, when club flag will be lowered and oisted again at second gun, The first class will start between the second and third guns; the second class between the third and fourth funs, and the third class at the fourth gun, also being allowed five minutes for starting. A fog horn may be used instead of a gun. Yachts, on their return, will pass either way between the judges’ yacht and Tobey Island buoy No, 2. In case of unfavorable weather, the regatta will be sailed on the following Monday, Measurement and allowance—The racing measurement shall be length upon the water line, plus one-fifth overhang aft. Yachts to he measured with two persons and no more on board. Time shall be allowed for difference of measurement, according to the tables of allowances of the Beverly Y.C, Classes—The first class shall include all cat rigs measuring over 24ft. sailing measurement; the second class shall include all cat rigs measuring over 21 and not over 24ft. sailing measurement, and third class all cat rigs 21ft, and under, sail- ing measurement, All yachts will be required to sail in their re- spective classes, Sails—Yachts will carry mainsail only; no means except sails shall be used to propela yacht. Crews—Yachts to be allowed to carry one man for every five feet, and fractional pert thereof. Ballast—No trimming by dead weight or throwing ballast overboard allowed during therace. Entries--Entries may be made by letter addressed to George H. Richards, Tobey Club, Monument Beach, or in ners al the Tobey Club, so as to be received not later than 5 P. M. July 3, giving name, name and residence of the owner, and measurement of yacht. Hach entry must be accompanied by $5 entrance fee. Yachts can be measured by applying to Mr, Richards, at the Tobey Club, at 9 A.M. onthe day of therace. Signals—Racing yachts will be furnished with numbers to be shown at the start and finish, and with pennants to be fastened to the leach of the mainsail, and to be carried throughout the race; blue for first class, red for second class and yellow for third class. Protests—All protests must be made to the judges within half an hour after the race, and all eR OUR will be decided by them in accordance with the rules of the everly Y.C. Time of race—Race must be made by one boat in first and secend classes at rate of two and three quarter miles an hour, in third class at rate of two and a half milesan hour, Courses will be indicated by white numbered flags, shown from judges’ boat. Courses for the first and second classes.—Nv. 1, From starting porns leaying Bird Island Buoy No. 18 on port hand; Scraggy Neck uoy No. 10 on port hand, to judges’ yacht, eleven miles, No.2. From starting point, leaving Seraggy Neck Buoy No. 10 on starboard hand; Bird Island Buoy No. 13 on starboard hand, to judges’ yacht, eleven miies. Course for third class.—No, 3. From starting point, leaving Black Buvy No. 3 on starboard hand; Abial’s Ledge Buoy No. 1 on starbeard hand, Dry Ledge Buoy No. 12 on starboard hand, to judges’ yacht, seven miler. No.4 Krom starting point, leaving Dry Ledge Buo No 12 on port hand; Abial’s Ledge Buoy No.1 on port hand; Blac Buoy No. 3 on port hand, to judges’ yacht. The first race for the Buzzard’s Bay championship will be sailed on July 5,at1 P, M, at the same place, and will be open to members' sloops under the following conditions; The first class to inelude all sloops not over thirty feet water line. The second class toineclude all cats over twenty-four feet sailing length, and not over thirty feet, The third class to include all cats of twenty-four feetand under. Two prizes will be given in eaea class, provided more than twe yachts start, These prizes will be sailed for with the time allowance of the club, A champion pennant will be awarded in each class to the boat making the best actual time, to be held till the next race, and becomes the property of the yacht winving it the greatest number of times during the season. In case of unfavorable weather, the race will be sailed the following Monday, A one-gun flying start will be used. Yachts crossing a line between judges’ yacht and a stakeboat moored off the north side of Tobey Island, in Phinney's harbor. Starting Signals—At 1 P. M, a preparatory gun will be fired and the club flag lowered. At 1:05, club flag hoisted and arsecond gun fired, when the first class will start, being timed from the gun, At 1:30 third gun will be fired, second class to start. At 1:15, fourth gun will be fired, third class to start. No Kinde to cross the line befure the gun is fired, Should any guu be accidentally delayed, the succeeding guns will be fired at intervals of fiye minutes after that gun, Yachts are requested to carry their PH Ae SlenAlsSp the peak. Yachts on their return will pass between the judges’ yacht and the stakeboat, A a mi FOREST AND STREAM. white flag, with number of the course, will be shown on the judges’ yacht. Time of Race—Race must be made by one boat in first and ra pak elec av rate of 234 miles an hour; in third class at rate of 246 es an hour. Courses—No. 1. From starting point, leaving Bird Island Buoy No. 13 on port hand; Seragg'y Neck Buoy No. 10 on port hand to judges! acht, 11 miles. No. 2. From ee pea leaving Seraggy Neck noy No. 40 on etarboard; Bird Island Buoy No. 13 on starboard, to judges’ yacht, 11 miles. : The first Serra matches will be sailed off Marblehead on Wednesday, July 9, at 12 0’clock, M. Handsome prizes will be awarded in each class, A second prize wil be given proyided more than two boats start. The championship pennant will also be offered in each class, without time allowance, to be held till the second champion- ship match, and to become the property of the yacht winning the majority of races, A special prize, for first class schooners, will be offered, provided two boats start; should only one schooner start, all first class boats will sail together. Classes—Yachts over 23ft. Gin. sailing length, and not over 30ft. waterline, to form first class; over 19ft, bin. sailing length, and not over 28ft. Sin, the second class; 19ft, 6in,, and under, the third class. In case of unfayorable weather, the regatta will be sailed the following day. A one-zun flying start will be used, Yachts will cross the line between the judges’ yacht and a stakeboat moored off the Eastern Y. CO. house. Four guns will be fired for the start, at mtervals of five minutes. The first, a preparatory gun, at 12 o'clock, The first class will start at the second gun; the second class at the third gun, and the third class at the fourth gun, The club flag will be lowered at the first gun, and hoisted agair at the second gun, and yachts must not crosstill gun hasbeen fired. Should any gun be accidentally delayed, the succeeding guns will be fired at intervals of five mimutes, Yachts on their return will pass between the judges' yacht and the stakeboat. Yachts are requested to carry their private signals ul the peak. As soon as the courses are decided on, white Hage, bearing their numbers, will be displayed on the quekes yacht, No change of weight of ballast allowed on the day of the race in any class. Time of race—Race must be made by one boat in first and schooner classes, respectively, at rate of 284 miles an hour; in second and third classes at rate of 214 miles an hour, Courses for First and Schooner Classes,—No. 1, Leaving Red Buoy No. 6 on starboard; Bowditch'’s Ledge Beacon on sturboard; Ked Buoy No. 2 on Gale’s Ledge on starboard; stakeboat anchored off SE. Breakers on starboard; Half-way Rock on starboard; Black Buoys Nos. 8and 5 on poré, to judges’ yacht. 1044 miles, No, 2. Leaving Black Buoys 5 and 8 onstarboard; Halfway Kock, stakeboat anchored off SE. breakers; Red Buoy No. 2 on Gale's Ledge; Bowditch’s Ledge Beacon and Red Buoy No, 6 on pare to judgés' yacht, 1014 miles, Courses for Second and Third Classes,—No, 8. Leaving Red Buoy No. 6 on starboard; Bowditch’s Ledge Beacon on port; stakeboat off Curtis’s Point on port; Black Buoys 7, 5and 3 on starboard; Black Buoy on Selman’s Berth on starboard tw judges’ yacht, Tis miles. No. 4, Leaving Black Buoy on Selman's Berth on port; Black Buoys No. 3, 5 and 7 on port; stakeboat off Curtis’s Point on starboard; Bow- ditch’s Ledge Beacon on starboard; Red Buoy No. 6 on port, to judges’ yacht. 744 miles, ; The races will be under the management of the Regatta Commit- tee, Messrs. Gao, H. Richards, John Dane. Geo. B, Inches and W, Lioyd Jeffries. KNICKERBOCKER Y. C.—LADIES’ DAY. Mo DAY last was set apart by the Knickerbocker Y.C. as a Ladies Day, with the nove] feature of a race in place of [he customary sail, one-half the crew of each boat being composed of ladies. The grounds of the club were decorated with flags, and a large tent was erected in which dinner was served after the race. The yachts were divided into eight classes, the course for the first two being from a stakeboat off the club house to and around the buoy off Fort Schuyler and return, distance ten miles, that for the others being from the stakeboat to and around College Point buoy, thence around a stakeboat off Fish Point, and home to the starting point. The entries were: FIRST CLASS CABIN SLOOPS. Mean Length. Name. Owner. Ft. In. MWnGINe sedis 1.5 = cen die ds (GTEGley a hsches ade bie. dete ean s 80 10% Winsh 2 ees. a. Leek POwE wBarEKGGe | Nites beens. ee us 33 00 Demarest......5....5.-+ Ceopnughtvier® Soa te oe kl ieee shies se —— WaHconds.. fll) ose Mayer & Doscher eo. 0-2) Ot es —- — SECOND CLASS CABIN SLOOPS, Sea Robin...:.......... Pearl & Walters..... -..-- ..-.. 23 0934 GiBlads inch suse ese Sutin Serpent ies esses ly ET: —_- — : OPEN SLOOPS OVER 2IFT. Gracie: Nici cp cnes os WSR MOTH s yoo vse: erie cast te Ve cone 24 05 Mamie Hl ..:...-.-.-545 EBM AN RA de donee ne teen arene 24 0815 Rosetta A... .4.e...0-, Dae Eee LG ae on antes yieinew iene aa tee es 24 00 Neli@vDnOrpe 225454 sd ee We LUOLDicae sect ceeeeeeviees = Lie 24 10 OPEN SLOOPS UNDER 21FT, Maggie....... ..-0.-- EAN Arey ae: Rarant s Weneleh zara, Beery: ae OL : CAT-RIGGED, 25FT, AND OVER, Nettie R.. eA NEO IG ws ws. lunchy ag tnt Lizzie R.... ...Vice-Commodore Onderdonk. 3 Black Hawk.....<..... Alexander Christie.......,-.....:2+---0 P CAT-RIGGED, +1 To 25FT. Gilt Hdge.,...42......% Meflerte sce Wilden a oon Ste ie va? 23 05 Mayotta..............4. WALKS SROSCHOMES rate. tuts pees 24 0114 TAC Glee rete sats tees George Grieve........ raters abot tg acute Saree 24 N@NTIOCH ce weitere ne = on (OSE Wayave Olan arc. cinse sa galas SPrilaarce een 21 051g CAT-RIGGED, 17 To 21FT. WVU OR Sensatron FRITS CHALINES toh slanertula'salea time cketsa ey 19 O4ts 7M Fv Sane eee toe Walter OUI sea bse es yee op sakes ie 3 17 04 Odettecs-5 vctetess ates ss WS HEE ee obese anc surg ates eke ony 19 06 MOAN Isa rites atest ae MICAS HOU Sane ae sheets ceisdaeaeeuahiinl —_- — URN Od oer eae oy ek McCormick & Martin............,...... 20 06 Sus es Bis daateiek.c doa ARAM RRONGH pe 8 thay Poise ck eae At (O07 CAT-RIGGED, UNDER 17FT. WWaGdieas -5.4 ra ioke.n ck e Wise Ar NESELGL Vre e nb cts sk bree blcltioct wey 16 06 The race was started at 3:25 P. M., the wind being from southeas and tide nearly full. The times at the start were: Rosetta A,......... pecsgesesd BO 4 ALO, Rte Co ceess tals seieeeee 8 31 18 Nettie Thorp............. PeDreOe. OUCLEOE Cvs ai ce behns tone nk 3 31 18 ‘Te eS nee Ae een ted Hebbel NIT ee Seiad saa anor eco 3 81 31 TALE 723 (eee te Oat ae VIZIER ae fctln eee seeule 8 31 88 nding, See cess FCI MBNOUAH Cue lees Liduecateea 8 81 41 Mamie: eta ga le date ne ee B20 59! PNEUIOMR bese w epee eney mere 3 31 50 Gracies yao esahhh ues ace peal Ses}: Woo (GW Rie a a een ..8 382 08 Sen Rohit cj eerste eee eek 82744 Black Hawk...... ........ 3 32 18 INES OUTS adie Ae cree eens 3 OUST MUAGCTO we cox ieled es nip eee 8 32 46 PSIG SB Gee a ee Secon A aOL2G WBS soe sors fon cc et 3 32 49 A eles. See ee cle: 23200 44 OWVRCONGAL, fa. c 5 sana eit cs oe 8 34 04 Gall ee eee ee ee Dao lete ne Gil BAS. cor eevee rates ...0 41 41 All went down the wind for the buoy with booms to port, the lead- ers well bunched. At College Point buoy the Alert, running free, struck the Jean amidships, disabling her so that she was compelled to withdraw, On the beat to the next mark, the gentler portion of the crews stood the showers of spray bravely, taking as greatan interest in the race as the others, though the boats were tossed about and heeled under the fresh breeze, but the run home was quieter, the winners being Flash, Sea Robin, Nettie Thorp, Maggie, Lizzie R., Mayotta, Nellie and Vaddie. Gil Blas mistook the course, so was out of the 1ace, and Sea Robin, Maggie and Vaddie had no competitors. The times of the boats were as Follows: FIRST CLASS ei NaBECOPE: Ss Finish. Elapsed. LUE eee er dee Oenpo a tt 3 32 40 5 OF 59 1 35 19 WMGING Wee trenrtet tarts Pett eat 3 26 57 5 04 53 1 37 56 DIOLS CSt aha nes eas stl! tel meas ah kg 3 26 21 5 09 20 1 42 59 AWE COMOR nine beetle waa, f rare tare 3 34 04 Did not go course. SECOND CLASS SLOOPS, SEADRODUD Tee cowpeas gee aittete Yue Deel 3 27 44 5 16 11 1 48 27 (G5 Ee a] Se a oD ile Sr ee 3 41 41 Did not go course. OPEN SLOOPS, OVER 21 FEET, MESHOUEN ORD a acc essecene delete 3 25 58 4 28 21 0 57 28 ITTHCIORN OT ite tchams ah ateee thet heen se 8 27 28 4 25 39 0 58 11 Rosetta Ag iret, aN 325 41 4 25 08 0 60 22 NMatnieari hiya reesraes aebeee rie 3 26 59 4 28 10 101 11 j OPEN SLOOPS, UNDER 21 FEET, MAP RIO TL As duane eee ele ee 32 4 36 45 11012 ; CAT RIGGED, 25 FEET AND OVER. Nellie R........ . FE cg ean tf Be 8 21 50 4 30 05 0 58 15 MIRO na wee Hee ne eecle cited hitters 8 81 88 4 27 26 0 55 48 Black Ay GT nace tens lupe sick, aok he 3 32 18 4 35 08 1 02 50 , CAT-RIGGED, 21 TO 25 FEED. Gilt Kdge......., 0 ae eas 3 31 14 4 35 37 1 04 23 Mayotta....... Pe settee nt > rotate 3 31 41 4 34 29 1 02 48 PAREN gigi tr eta ee testes Lanes nS BU Ad 4 34 53 1 04 09 Nartioch.,...-.. -... OS Seer eee 8 30 13 4 40 48 110 35 + CAT-RIGGED, 17 To 21 FEET. Willie ; 8 31 1 4 40 05 1 08 47 4 46 19 1 12 21 4 45 48 1 14 30 4 43 59 1 42 28 Disabled. Not timed, 48B with the club flag in enamel on oneside. After the race, dinner was served and the evening was spent in dancing, finishing with a display of fireworks. The committe: in charge, to whose care and labor the success of the races is due, were Messrs. Morse, Varian, Mouton and Lichtenstein. NEW JERSEY Y. C. A MEETING of this club was held at the club house, Hoboken, on June 26. Reports of the Regatta Committee on the races of June a and of the Trustees on improvements, were read and ac- cepted, ; ah open regatta will be held on Oct, 2, for the following classes of yachts: i Class A.—For all catamarans, 30ft, and over, entrance, $5; prize, $30 cash. Course from Communipaw —the lower end of Jersey City— thence to and around buoy No. &s, Southwest Spit, leaving it on the port hand, and back to place of departure, finishing between the first dock at Communipaw and a stakeboat anchored abreast of it. The buoy ou Robbin’s Reef and the beacon on Romer Shoals will be kept to the eastward going and coming, Jib and mainsail only allowed. ite allowance will be calculated on the basis of one minute to the ‘oat, Class B.—All yachts of any size, cabin or open, from 26ft, and up- ward. Sloops under 30ft. will he restricted to jib and mainsail only; over 30ft, will be alluwed working gafftopsails, and cutters may carry mainsail, working topsail, foresail and jib; entrance $3; prize, $30 cash, The course for this class will be the same as that of the cata- mnaran class, excepting that buoy No. 18, off the Lower Hospital Island, will be the outer mark instead of huoy No, 8% on the spit. Class C.— All yachts, v1ft. and under 26ft.; allowed to carry jib and mainsail only; entrance, $3; prize, $25 cash, Course same as class B, Class D.— All yachts under 21ft.; entrance, $2; prize $15 cash, Course, the same as noted for the other classes in the matter of start and finish, but rounding Fort Lafayette in the Narrows, as the outer mark, and keeping to the westward, going and coming, of the buoy on Robbin’s Reef. Instead of starting the.yachts up the river at Hoboken, they will start from the Communipaw docks below Jersey Ciby, avoiding the North River ferries. No shifting of ballast will be allowed in the races, and crews are limited to one man for every five feet of mean length, Entries may be wade to any of the regatta, committee, Messrs. E. W, Ketcham, 55 Liberty street; H, C. Dilworth, 563 Greenwich street; A. S, Barkelew, 19 Park Place. Entries may also be made at the club house, Hoboken, A steamer will accompany the race. EASTERN Y. C. ANNUAL MATCHES. 1 Otte morning of last week found a fine fleet of yachts, Jarge and small, assembled in the pretty basin among the rocks, known as Marblehead Harbor. Schooners, cutters large and small, and sloops, with yachts’ boats and doriés afloat on every hand, the occasion being the annual matches of the Eastern Y.C. The oval bay, with quaint old Marblehead on one hand and the hills on the other, covered with pretty cottages, prominent among which is the club house of the Eastern Y, C., made a beautiful picture under the clear June sky. The queen of all the fleet in size and dignity was Fortuna, just back from the New York races, Of her smaller sisters the most notice- able was the Harbinger, a new schooner lately completed for Mr. J, M. Forbes, by Lawley & Son, from designs by Mr. A. Cary Smith, Her planking is in two thicknesses, the inner skin being lin. and the outer 2in., with canyas laid in crude turpentine between. New York was well represented by Bedouin, Ileen and Wenonah, none of the sloops, however, being present, while Huron, Hesper, Maggie and Shadow promised to make sportin the races, besides which were a large number of yachts not entered, but on hand to see the race, The course decided on was No. 6 of the club courses, starting off Marblehead Rock, thence to Pig Rock Stakes, leaving them on star- board, and thence around stakeboat off Egg Rock, leaving it to port; thence to Half-way Rock, Jeaving it to port, and to the starting boat, leaving it also to port; then out around Half-way Rock again, and finishing between the stakeboat and Marblehead Kock, a distance of twenty and three-quarter miles. The wind throughout the day kept about B.N.E., and was of constant strength, at no time too much for eclubtopsails, while the water was perfectly smooth. As the course lay spinnakers were carried from near the start to Egg Rock, six miles, then a beat to Half-way Rock, seven miles, and free again to. the stakeboat, with a final beat of twu and a quarter miles out to Half-way Rock again, and 4 run to the finish. The “racing length” on which the time allowance is computed is found by adding one-quarter of the overhang to the water-line length, two-thirds of which sumis then added to the extreme beam. Bya resolution passed this year, however, the Regatta Committee may adopt the present rule of the New York Y. C., at its diseretion. The tug Confidence was ready in the morning at| Marblehead Rock With the Regatta Committee, Messrs. Appleton, Jackson, Peabody, Haven and Goddard aboard, the members and guess of the club being on the steamer Twiligkt, in charge of Messrs, Blake and Thayer, whicn after calling at Salem for some members, arrived at the Rock at 11:45, by which time all were in position. The entries were as follows: : FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS, Racing Length. W.L, Allowance, Fortuna, Com, H, 8. Hovey..... .- .-.89,46 95.00 Allows SECOND GLASS SCHOONERS, AOTIGNNG Jy MPLATE one )oede ene: anewet ,-61 67 —.— 10 44 COMES CG cOhase se Mi ere es 65.26 67.95 9 02 Harbinger, J. M. Forbes.... .......-.... 63.11 65.30 9 58 Rebecca, Geo. P. Upbam, Jr..,........- 69.72 73.32 6 40 Sylph, A. C. Wheelright......-.-.-... .. 50.00 47.42 17 47 Tempest, H. F. Whittier ................ 55.18 54.32 —-— FIRST CLASS SLOOPS AND CUTTERS. Addie, M. K. Abbott .......... 2.2.22... 60.47 59.40 11 31 Bedouin, Arch. Rogers ................. 64.43 70.00 9 32 TES DEI ELEN OTUCR ee a. cick een oun veten« Aq AT 45.89 19 33 LUPO, With Gray edlnnn h)-cilelek ainilewen 53 24 53 90 15 31 Hleen, Arthur Paddleford............... 56.89 66.00 13 27 Wenonah, James Stillman............... 55.88 60.00 14 01 SECOND CLASS SLOOPS AND CUTTERS, Clytie, F. Cunningham.................. 35.61 23.64 29 34 Ferrey CiGaweldyien ins /ieddeead aaa. 37.96 34 92 27 32 Lapwing, J. M. Forbes..........-. nebo, 36.57 35. 60 28 32 Maggie, G. H. Warren.................0- 39.64 44.26 2a 38 Shadow. John Bryant... .............-. 37.38 83 71 28 02 At 11:55 the signal for the first class was given, Fortuna. going over alone, neither Gitana, or Alice, starting at 11:58:23. At12M. the signal for the second class sounded, Harbinger getting away first at 12:02:11, Admrenne second, Tempest, Clio, Syilph and Rebecca all within their time, crossing with booms to starboard. The signal for first class sloops followed at 12:05, the limit being 12:15, but all were handi- capped, Hesper leading at 12:11:23, een and Wenonah over together at 12:11:39, Bedouin 12:11:54, Huron 12:12 and Addie ab 12:12:51, All the cutters carried club topsails and full lower sail, Bedouin at once starting off through the weather of all for leading position, The second class were also handicapped, their signals being eiven at 12:15 and 12:20, and the boats crossing with Hera first at 12:16:04, Shadow 12:16:07, Lapwing 12:16:21, Maggie 12:17:06 and Clytie 12:17:12. By this time the leaders were well down the wind with spiunakers set, Tempest being noticeable through hers, which was of a deep blue tint, contrasting strongly with the white sails; Bedown, Lleen and Wenonah were all doing well, the first, well in advance, setting her spinnaker at 12:25, the other two following at once, while Huron and Hesper were two minutes later. At 12:30 Bedouin was still further ahead, een and Wenonah slightly om her weather, and Huron, Hesper and Addie in a string behind, the latter evidently with no show against her younger competitors, Even with so light a wind the run to Egg Rock was quickly made. Fortuna turning first, Clio second, then Harbinger, Adrienne and Rebecca, the judges’ boat not arriving soon enough to time them. The rest were timed as follows: Bedouin 12:51:52, Wenonah 12°53:39, Teen 12:55:20, Huron 12:56:06, Addie 12:57:40, Hesper 12:58:00, Mageie 1:05:16, Hera 1:05:25, Shadow 1:06:25, Lapwing 1;06;48, Clytie 1:08.58. The beat of 7 miles to the next mark was very tedious in the light wind, the yachts being widely scattered, Bedouih haying worked ahead of all but Fortuna, while Wenonah was trying for third place. The first to approach Halfway Rock was Fortuna, coming up with both working topsails set, main club topsail, and maintopmaso stay- sail, Near the rock she was obliged to tack, while Bedouin, coming up with spinnaker boom allready, made the mark without tacking thus lesseniag still more the distance between them, The times at Halfway Rock were: Horiina sw i edaas 23155 Shadow... «: ee epees.e.3 09 18 Bedonm Ss meeskada es, 280.40 SyIph. ecco orcas 4 fuepee Le AQ WHOM. Bony as beadacieieaes oe Se ABS PT OD A Paoch ic acetate wee Seen 3 12 08 LAT Din DRO saline Sets 24510 Clytie............ - -...8 18 38 Adrienne.......,, nota dnteee 24810 Maggie........525.1. 2602s 314 06 Wenonihs. 9s ten Maelc, os RD ay AU dias. Sees ee eee 3 2% 45 WES Ne eae tei 258 55 Lapwing ry eed 24 08 COT Ho; a 5555 #300050) THospere.. esl. sesee es ..5 2€ 00 Rebecca, ......... 3 08 20 Tempest gave up, not rounding the mark, Sheets were eased off and spinnakers set for the short run in, Be- fore the tail of the fleet was clear of the rock Bedouin was seen coming up gradually for the second turn, to leeward of Fortuns, but so far ahead that near the rock she stood across the latter’s bows on 456 ——————————En FOREST AND STREAM. es F ie [Jouy 8, 1884. port tack, then tacked around the mark 2m. 30s, ahead of her, increas- ing itto 3m, 41§, on the shortrun home. Wenonah and Huron had, in the meantime, started baek, working short tacks further up the bay, the former increasing her lead to the finish. The times of the finish were as follows: FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS, Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. SEND GT sm gh We tae s POSTE ES ey fcr eiebe 3 52 48 3 44 25 3 54 2 SeCOND OLASS SCHOONERS. UN poOaawedeechbescl cies ane ae . 4.09 52 4 06 34 3 57 32 EAU ENS SS Pea b ey CLAP sc petiene vecma anton UG. 409 57 8.59 59 CSU) 1 1 eR AR A RY A 4 18 46 4 16 01 405 17 Rebecca ERO a ee eee SS 445 05 4 4] 14 4 34 34 Ce aya saa es Daal en ae. an Se 8 ae, 4 57 58 4 54 81 4 36 44 FIRST GLASS SLOOPS AND CUTTERS. IRedwiitiia. (i ae foe ae 8 49 07 3.39 07 3°29 35 AWW OAV a). aepele 4 07 07 3 57 07 8 48 08 TETRA 4 oe a eres APs a 418 21 4 Ob 21 3 52 50 TEATS 5 Se RR Ste a a TN ae aan ar 4 20 25 4 10 25 3 56 58 LUD eee ct let fl tlcbeeed-ehcbejaretelcdcheselelcisseieitat 5 07 38 4 5) 38 4 32 05 SECOND CLASS SLOOPS AND CUTTHRs. EEL tots te «bs Bee 4 34 08 4 19 03 8 51 01 WESTER EEE ..4 37 49 4 22 49 855 17 i 4 28 46 4 03 0S 4 a8 50 4.09 16 4 47 05 418 33 Fortuna wins first prize in her class, $250; Clio first in her class, ger $75: Bedouin $150 and Wenonah $75, Shadow $75 and Hera $85. ; MINES AND CUTTERS. Editor Forest and Streanv: ; Last bateh of papers reached our camp through several feet of snow in safety, and depend upon it they were read with avidity around our sheet-iron stove, with bacon and flapjacks pleasantly sizzling after a hard day's work timbering up 380ft. of shaft, which is to take us down to mineral and wealth, and of eourse finally evolve a full- fledged cutter. Twas glad to find the candid admission quoted from the Herald in relation to the changes effected during recent years in model and rig, which promise to lead up to a final type of which all foes sailors ean he proud for other ee than speed only, The etter or report signed by Com, W, H. Dilworth and Mr. KE. A. Stevens, which you appropriately head *‘Another Blow at the Sandbaggers, “is thoroughly on the right tack, and will not fail to influence for good the small classes about New York, in whose welfare I always felt special interest, The hills and mountains in this neighborhood for miles around have been stripped so bare of timber for mining work that little or nO game is to be met, though there is good trout fishing in Twin Lakes, some twelve miles away to the southward. I look forward with great expectation to the Jume races, and whatever the result may be, feel certain that the cutters will now receive full credit for their good qualities, whether they win or not. Kacing has always a large share of luck in it, and this may go against the cutters as long as they are still in the minority. Leadville is pretty dull just now, recuperating slowly from sundry bank failures, but the future promi- ises to see the mining industry put upon a stable and lasting basis, Success to ForEsT AnD STREAM, the first paper in America to make a specialty of yachting fwelve months in the year- ©. P. Kunaarpt. FLorence Ming, Leadville, Col., June 21. LYNN CITY MATCHES. A SERIES of open matches will be given by the city of Lynn on July 4, the races being started at 8 A. M. so as to allow the boats to enter the Boston open matches. The races are in charge of a com- mittee from the city and the Lynn and West Lynn Y,C. The classes and prizes are as follows, the measurement being water-line length: First class, all yachts 20 and not.over 27ft, water-line; second class, all centerboard yachts 17 and not over 20ft. water-line; special class, all keel yachts 1+ and not over 20ft. water-line; third-class, all yachts 12 and-nat over 17ft. water-line. The prizes are: First.class—First prize, $25; second prize, $15; third prize, $10, and fourth prize, $5. Second class—Virst prize, $20; second prize, $15; third prize, $10, and fourth prize. $5. Special class—Wirst prize, $20; second prize, $15: third prize, $5, there is no fourth prize for this class. Third elass—Virst prize, $15; second prize, $10; third prize, $7, and fourth prize, #5. The first course for first, second and special classes is from judges’ line off club house to fagboat off Point of Pines, leaving it on port, thenee to Western Lobster Rocks Buoy, leaving it on port. thence to judges’ boat, passing between it and the flagboat; distance. five toiles. Second course for third class: From judges’ line off club house to flazboat off Poivt of Pines, leaving it on port, thence to Sand Point Buoy, leaying 1t on port. thence to judges’ boat, passing between it and fagboat; distance, three miles. The following are the rules and regulations: No restrictions in re- fard to sails. Measurements shall be the length on waterline. In all other respects the rules of the New England Yacht Racing Associa- tion shall govern the race. The decision of the judges shall be final. All yachts intending to sail must be in position before 7:45 o'clock A. M. All yachts will come into line without regard to size as follows: First class between two flags bearing the number 1; second and special classes, between two flags bearing the number 2 and the third class between two flags bearing the number 3, A gun will be fired on the judges’ boat at 7:45 o'clock A, M., which will be the signal for all classes 16 formin line. At8o’clock it will be fired again, which will be the signal for the starting of the first class. Five minutes later it will be fired again, which will be the signal for starting the second and special classes. Five minutes later it will be fired again, which will be the signal for starting the third class. The committee will consist. of Alderman W. B. Moulton, Councilman F. BE. Wright and D. H. Taylor for the city; W. B, Newhall, F, 8. Newhall, Walter Hawkes and W. M. Rand for the Lynn Y. C,, and B, W. Rowell, Lorenzo Poor, Charles $8. Goodridge and William F. Walsh for the West Lynn Y. CG. The judges are: For the city, Joshua ©, Bldred; for Lynn Y. C., William B. Newhall, and Benjamin W. Rowell for the West Lynn Y.©. The judges’ boat will be for the exclusive use of the judges, regatta commiltee, press and members of the city government, TORONTO Y. C.—The Toronto Y. C. race for fiye-tonners on Satur- day proved quite asuccess, A finer day could not have been chosen. A ight breeze from the east enabled the yachts to cross the line with a tree sheet, the course being from an imaginary line off the club house. out through the western channel, thence to 4 buoy off Gibral- tar Point back again to the Queen’s wharf, thence to a buoy off Fish- erman’s Island at the extreme east end of the bay, and back to the cinb house. There was a great deal of speculation as to the result of the race, owing to two of the boats entered being very closely matched, and both having new canvas just bent, The entries included the sloops Iris and Mischief, the double lugger Midge and the single lngger Mascot. The scart was made ab3 P, M., and they all got off well together. with the wind directly atc, which enabled a large spread of canvas. The buoy at the Qneen’s wharf was rounded in the following order: Iris, Midge, Misebief and Mascot, After haul- ing their wind, the Iris gradually drew away from the rest of the fivet, and the Mischief t-ok second place, and the buoy at the point was rounded—Iris, Mischief, Midye and Mascot, which positions were kept 10 the finish, with the exception of the Mascot, which gaye up the race, she being too far behind to hope fora place. The Iris erossed the line a- winner at 5:18;30, beating the Mischief by nine min- utes and a half. The prize was a very handsome telescope, presented by the Vice-Commodore, Mr, John Cosgrave, and to be won three times before being retained, which will keep up the excitement for some time yet. Ifis proposed to have a race for standing keel yachts belonging to the club of seven tons and under on next Saturday, Joly 5, the prize _a set of flags, presénted by a member of the club.— Toronto Mai 1, June 30, : QUINCY Y. G.—The entries in the second match of the Quincy Y¥. C. on Monday were very few, bub nine boats going over the course. The day was clear, with a ight wiad, The times were as follows: FIRST GLASS. Length, Owner. Jorrected, Queen Mab. ...-...-..-.. 2008.02 4.4. EH, L: Burwell...., inte. 1 14 40 SECOND CLASS. ; 1 en WSSESASORSS OS SEE 20.01..........Jdi) W, McFarland. ......- 1 15 27 Spray ..-..-. (Sean eyone 19.04........H. M, Paxon....... pele 1 16 55 ae tfe) TA ORR 9 5 del o).05,,..,--.Georze Coffin.,....-..., 17 46 Panolem meses eee orenes 18 102. 22% BH. 8) Bowers v2. .... 0 1 20 50: THIRD CLASS, Wipe tna ee SESE ee ab Rit aE Sy ee UPS GI) Felice Rie yp new or 0 59 48 Ina Toa saa oa elders 1G, 0¥ eit et: AA’ NERS eee ta ea behest 1 03 13 Unt Sl aaa 68 Rede ae 16002 ioe C.F. Hardwiek..-....... 1 12) 38 BOSTON Y. C, LADIBS' DAY.—Saturday, June 28, was the first “Jadies’ day’ of the Boston ¥. ©., and nearly three hundred ladies tumme | out to honer the occasion. A number of the club yachts were on hand in the afternoon, among them the schooners Adrienue, Brenda, Tempest, Princess, Lorelet and Alice, cutiers Edna, Vayu and Bila, May, sloops Echo and Nimbus, and the steamers Galatea, Anuie §.,.Marianna, Gracic, Juella and Nereta, The ladies were taken on Ay TS yachts and the fieet started down the Bay, with a Tight sout wae wind, returning at 6 P, M, to the club house, where supper wa _ after which the evening was spent in dancing. HASTERN Y. 0. BOOK, 1184.—The club list.of the Eastern ¥. C, for this year shows a fleet of 92 yachts, composed of 13 steamers, 36 schooners, 26 sloops and 17 cutters, of which 37, or nearly 5) percent. of the sailing craft are keel boats. Of the new vessels added this year, King Phillip, Rondina and Teen are keel boats, and the Harhin- ger is a centérboard. Tlie club numbers 456 active members, the officers beiig Commodore, Henry §. Hovey, sehooner Fortuna; Vice- Commodore, J. Maleolm Forbes, schooner Harbinger; Rear Commo- dore, Wm, F. Weld, schooner Gitana; Fléer Captain, Jas, Parker; Secretary, Edward Burgess; Treasurer, P. T. Jackson) Measurer, Edward Burgess. Regatta Committee, Geo, A, Goddard, Daniel Appleton, E, B. Haven, Henry B. Jackson. Frank EB. Peabody, The book contains # full signal code, rules for colors, signals, ete , and the acts of Congress pertaining to yachts, besides the signals of ihe eliib, and table of time allowances. We noticé on page 92, under the letters M. and P. of the signal code, an expression that has evidently been overlooked by the compilers of the book, L, Y. C. CLUB BOOK.—We have received from the Secretary of the Larchmont Y. C, the club book for 1884, a handsecmely-printed little book, appropriately bound in white canvas, The list of yachts includes 114 boats, there being 10 steam yachts, 16 schooners, § cutters, 1 yawl, 32 ¢abin sloops, 24 open sloops and 23 cathoats, the largest yacht, the Atlanta, being 250ff. jong, and the smallest, the Mary, 15tt. Jin. The keels number 22 and the centerboards 82: nearly half” the fleet being small jib and mainsail and eatboats, The club has how 3i7 members. The clubhouse and anchorage are at Larchmont Manor, on the Sound, about fiffeen miles from New York, the club owning # handsome clubhouse, billiard parlors, bathhouse, ete., while the harbor affords a safe anchorage for large vessels. Good courses are laid ouf on the Sound for the club races, the longest be- ing twenty-eizht miles. A neat map of soundings and courses is given in the book, besidesttide tables, sailing regulations, instructions as to registry of yachts, United States rules as to lights and signals, and a colored sheet of the elub signals. JHE SHA GULL ABANDONED,—The steamer Richmond, Capt. Crossman, which arrived at this port yesterday from West Point, Va., reports that on Friday morning at 8 o'clock, oif Chincoteague, a small sloop yacht in distress was sighted, The steamer ran close to the vessel, and twund that her sails had been blown away and her rudder broken. Sheproved to be the Sea Gull, owned by Dr, Howell. of Philadelphia. avd from that city on a pleasure cruise. A son of the owner and Mr. K. Ui. Street, both of Philadelphia, were on board. As there was a northeast pale blowing and 4 heavy sea running at the time the yacht could not be taken in tow by the Richmond, so a boat was lowered, the two men taken off and broughtto this port. The yacht, if was ma Crossman’s opinion, would be picked up by some passing vessel when the weather moderated.—. ¥. Herald, June 29. Norfolk, Va., July 1, 1884,—The yacht was picked up near Cape Henry by a pilot boat and towed into Wampton Roads. BOSTON YACHTING.—Rondina has been hauled up and had 1,200 pounds of lead removed from inside and let into her deadwoods, Messrs. Lawley & Son have nearly finished a litle Mersey canoe for Mr. S. W. Burgess, called the Tomboy. She will be decked with waterways, bulkheads fore and aft, full cutter rig, and carries 55) pounds of lead on her keel. The yawl Fad, building for Mr. Geo. A. Goddard, is in frame and paitly planked up. The first of the two launches building for Mr. Bennett, from Beayor Webb’s designs, is nearly planked up. Her skin is of mahogany, double, the inner plank being laid diagonally, and the outer, fore and att, with canyas, set in marine glue between them, all being copper rivetted. The boiler is nearly ready, but her engine has not arrived trom Kngland. SAN FRANCISCO.—Severalcruises will be made on the 4th, 5th and 6th, TheS. F, ¥. C. will go to Napa, leaving San Francisco on the 4th, stopping at Vallejo for the races, and on to Napa in_ the evening. On the néxt day they will tow to Vallejo, sailing home from there in the evening. The mosquito fleet of canoes and small boats will also eruise to Napa, while the larger yachts willgo to Santa Cruz. Several changes in ballast have been made lately, Aggie has taken ont another lot, 244 tons, leaving but 17 tons, Whitewing has taken out 1 Lon, and Casco 5, leaving but 25 tons in place of 50 originally. CITY OF BOSTON OPEN MATCHES.—These races will be held on July 4, off City Point, there being four classes. Class 1.—Sloops and schooners 38ft. and over, prize, $50 for schouners and same for sloops. Course, 20 miles. Class2.—Sloops and schooners 25 to asft, Course, 14 miles. Prizes for keel sloops $40 and $25. centerboard sloops $40 and $25, schooners $35 and $20. Class 3.—Keels and center- bourds, 20 to 26ft. Course, 8miles, Keels $40, $25, $15, $10, and same amounts for centerboards. HULL Y, C.—The start for the annual cruise will be madeat9 A, M. on July 4, the fleet, starting at a signal from the flagship, will pass in review, leaving the flagship to starboard, and heading southeast, saluting as they pass, a second gun at 9:45 signaling to get under way for the cruise. The first point .will be Marblehead Harbor, leaving there next morning. YACHTING AT GLOUCESTER.—A yacht race willbe sailed off Annisquam in Ipswich Bay. on July 4,starting at 1 P. M., for two elasses of boats, 20 to 26 and 15 to 20it. There are now near 100small yachts on the Annisquam River and Gloucester Harbor, mostly sloop or eat rigged. ; SALEM BAY Y. C.—The first championship match of this club will be sailed on July 4, the second on July 25, and the third on Sept. 4, the open matches being on Aug. 14, _ ORIPNTA.—This steam yacht blew out both cylinder heads last week, off Prudence Island in Narragansett Bay, and was towed into Bristol by the tug Narragansett. PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT. REPRESENTATIVE LONDON JoURNALISTS.—We haye received from R. Hoe & Co,, through Root & Tinker. the publishers, a copy of this engraving, The journalists whose portraits are given are; John Walter, Times; H. Labouchere, Truth; Edmund Yates, World; W. H. Mudford, Standard; J. R. Robinson, Daily News; J. L. Latey, Illustrated News; F. C. Bariard, Punch: Frederick Greenwood, St. James Gazette: William L. Thomas, Graphic; G. A, Sala, Paily Tele- graph; Edw, Lloyd, Daily Chronicle. Sarg RerreaT For MAp Dogs.—A terrible scare was created by a mad dog on Main street on Wednesday, He disappeared at ten o'clock on Wednesday morning and though thoroughly sought for, was not found Till nine this morning. It seems that the brute, wilh the cunning of a mad dog, had run into a Main street store, the proprietor of which never advertises, and had lain down directly under the cash drawer. This morning a clerk took in a nickle from a stranger, and on going to putit in the drawer the dog was discovered, The strangest thing was that the dog showed no signs of hydrophobia when found. Physicians all agree that the perfect rest and quiet that he found in this store where they didn’t advertise, had entirely cured him. He was allowed to go undisturbed, but his grateful owner has presented the keeper of the store wherein his dog’s life was saved, with a brand new pair of buckskin pants, which were highly appreciated, as the seat of the ones he was wearing were worn entirely through.—Hvansvelle Ind.) Argus. The great pine forests of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minne- sota are beginning to show the signs of exhaustion, There is a shortage of produccion this year in these States footing up about 600,000,000 feet. The ayerage of “first quality” lumber has run down fiom 12 per cent. ten years ago to 2 per cent. last year, showing the rapid deterioration of stock which is brought to the mills. The quality of the logsis much poorer than ever before, as many have been putin from land once cut over, and new land has been cleared of everything that will make a cull board. The improyident lumberman, who in the past only cut the choice pine and left the remainder to be devastated by fire, now saws down his trees close to the root to save an axe kerf, Rane the ground with a fine-tooth rake to get every log that will make passable mill culls, and will discharge a foreman that leaves on the ground a log six inches in diameter.—Northwestern Lumberman, “You know that pond near Chester that Charley Potter stocked with carp in 1878?’ ‘Certainly. The scheme failed and—’ “So eyery one thought,” interposed Mr. Benton. ‘Well, last fall, Charley sold the place toa Dutch gardener. In Jume the Dutchman drained the pond.” “Did he find any carp?” Notascale. It took five weeks for the mud to dry out, Yesterday she was about right and the Dutchman began to plough. Well, sir, the first furrow the Dutchinan ran across the bottom of that pond raised his hair, for the plough turned up four of the biggest, fattest carp you ever saw. The gardenerhe ploughed another round and got tywo more fish. Then he carried the news over to the railroad depot and’a lot of people went back with him, and sure enough there were the fish Hopping around on the ground. One of ’em weighed six pounds, He went on ploughin; and turned out two and three-pound carp until a’couple of dozen neighbors got a mess apiece.” —Pennsylvania Hechange. AMERICAN ANIMALS IN ART, is the June number of the Century magazine Mv. Julian Hawthorn writes of the wild animal sculptures of Ed- ward Kemeys. A number of excellent illustrations accom- pany the paper and give a very truthful conception of the admirable work of the artist, We extract from the article the following: “The events of his life, could they be rehearsed here, would form a tale of adventure and vicissitude tore varied and stirr:ng than is often found in fiction, Te has spent by himself days and weeks in the vast solitudes of our western prairies and southern morasses. He has been the companion of trappers and frontiersmen, the friend and comrade of Indians, sleeping side by side with them im their wigwams, running the rapids in their canoes, and riding with them in the hunt. He has met and overcome the panther and the grizzly single-handed, and has pursued the flying cimarron to the snowy summits of the Rocky Mountains, and brought back its crescent horns as.a trophy, He has fought and slain the gray wolf with no other weapons than his hands and tecth; and at night he has lain concealed by lonely tarns, where the wild coyote came to patter and bark and bowl at the midnight moon, -His name and achieyements are familiar to the dwellers in those savage regions, whose estimate of aman is based, not upon his society and financial advantages, but upon what he is and can do. Yet he is not one who wears his merit outwardly. His appearance, in- deed, is striking; tall and athletic, broad shouldered and stout-limbed, with the lone elastic step of the moccasined Indian, and something of the Indian’s reticence and sim- plicity. But he can with difficulty be brought to allude to his adventures, and is reserved almost to the point of ingen- uity on all that concerns himself or redounds to his eredit, It is only in familiar converse with friends that the humor, the cultivation, the knowledge, and the social charm of the man appear, and his marvelous gift of vivid and picturesque narration discloses itself. “The studio in which Mv. Kemeys works is a spacious apartment between Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh streets, on Broadway. In appearaice it is a cross between a barn- loft and a wigwam. Round the walls are suspended the hides, the heads, and the horns of the animals which the hunter has shot; and below are groups, single figures, and busts, modeled by the artist, in plaster, terra-cotta, or clay. The colossal design of the ‘Still Hunt’—an American panther crouching hefore its spring—is not now here; it has been re- moved to the foundry at Hast Twenty-eighth street, where it will be cast in bronze, and will then be placed in its appointed site in Central Park, Tt will be a monument of which New York and America may be proud; for no such powerful and veracious conception of a wild animal lias ever before found artistic embodiment. The great cat crouches with head low, extended throat, and ears erect. ‘The shoulders are drawn far back, the fore paws huddled beneath the jaws. The long lithe back rises in.an arch in the middle, sinking thence to the haunches, while the angry tail makes a strong curve along the graund to the right. The whole figure is tense and compact with restrained and waiting power; the expres sion is stealthy, pitiless, and terrible; it at once fascinates and astounds the beholder. While Mr. Kemeys was model- ing this animal, an incident occurred which he has told me in something like the following words. ‘The artist does not encourage the intrusion of idle persons while he is at work, though no oue welcomes intelligent inspection and criticism more cordially than he. On this occassion he was alone in the studio with his Irish factotum, Tom, and the outer door, owing to the heat of the weather, had been left ajar. All of a sudden the artist was aware of the presence of a stranger in the room, ‘He was a tall, hulking fellow, shabbily dressed, like a tramp, and looked as if he might make trouble if he had a mind to. However, he stood quite still in front of the statue, staring at it, and not saying anything. So I let him alone for awhile; I thought it would be time enough to attend to bim when he began to beg or make arow. But after some time, as he still hadn’t stirred, Tom came to the conclusion that a hint had better be given him to move on; so he took a broom and began sweeping the floor, and the dust went all oyer the fellow; but he didn’t pay the least attention. I began to think there would proba- bly be a fight; but I thought [’'d wait a little longer before doing anything. At last I said to him, ‘ ‘Will you move aside, please? You're in my way.”’ He stepped over to the right, but still didn’t open his mouth, and kept his eyes fixed on the panther. Presently I said to Tom, * “Well, Tom, the cheek of some people passes belief!”’ Tom replied with more clouds of dust; but the stranger neyer made sign. At last I got tired, so I stepped up to the fellow and said to him: ‘ “Look here, my friend, when I asked you to move aside, I meant you should move the other side of the door,”’ He roused up then, and gave himself a shake, and took a last look at the panther, and said he, ‘ ‘“That's all right, boss; I know all about the door; but—what ar spring she’s going to make!” * Then,’ added Kemeys, self-reproach- fully, “I could have wept! “But although this superb figure no longer dominates the studio, there is no lack of models as valuable and as interest- ing, though not of heroic size. Most interesting of all to the general observer are, perhaps, the two fignres of the grizzly bear. These were designed from a grizzly which Mr, Kemeys fought and killed in the autumn of 1881 in the Rocky Mountains, and the mounted head of which grins upon the wall overhead, a grisly trophy in- deed. The impression of enormous strength, massive yet elastic, ponderous yet alert, impregnable for defense as irre- sistible in attack; a strength whicli knows no obstacles, and which never mects its match—this impression 1sas fully con- veyed in these figures which are not over afoot.in height, asif yast the animal were before usin its Hatural size. You see the limbs, crooked with power, bound about with huge ropes and plates of imuscle, and cluthed in shaggy depths of tur; the vast breadth of his head, with its thick, low ears, dull, small eyes, and long up-curving snout; the roll and lunge of the gait, like the motion of a vessel plunging forward before the wind: the rounded immensity of the trunk, and the huge bluntness of the posteriors; and all these features are comi- bined with such masterly unity of conception and plastic vigor, that the diminutive model insetsibly grows mighty be- neath your yvaze, until you realize the monster as if he stood stupendous and grim before you. In the first of the figures the bear has paused jn his great stride to paw oyer and snuft ai the horned head of a mountain sheep, half buried mn the soil. The action of the right arm and shoulder, and the burly slouch of the arrested stride, are of theniselves worth a gallery of pscudo-classic Venuses and Roman senators, The other bear is Jolling back on his haunches, with all four paws inthe air, munching some grapes from a yine which ———x&xo” ° © ment gives a touch of terrific comedy to this design, ‘he has torn from its support. The contrast between the say- age character of the beast and his absurdly peaceful af 8 ter studying these figures, one cannot help thinking what a noble embellishment either of them would be, put in bronze, of colossal sizé, in the public grounds of one of our great. Western cities, And inasmuch as the rich citizens of the West not only know what a grizzly bear is, but are more fearless and independent, and therefore often more correct in their artistic opinions, than the somewhat: sophisticated critics of the Hast, there is some cause for hoping that this thing may be brought to pass. “Beside the grizzly stands the mountain sheep or eimarron the most difficult to capture of all four-footed animals, whose gigantic curved horus are the best trophy of skill.and enter- prise that a hunter can bring home with him, The sculptor has here caught him in one of his most characteristic atti- tudes—just alighted from some dizzy leap on the headlong slope of a rocky mountain side. but the cimarron could retain its footing; yet there he stands firm and secure as the rock itself, his fore feet planted close together, the fore legs rigid and straight as the shaft of a lance, while the hind legs pose easily in attendance upon them. “The cimarron always strikes plumb center, and he neyer makes a mistake,’ is Mr. Kemeys’s laconic comment; and we can recoenize the truth of the observation in this image. Perfectly at home and comfortable on its almost impossible perch, the cimarron curves its great neck and turns its head upward, gazing aloft toward the height whence if_has.de- seended, ‘they give him warning of danger,’ It is a magnificent animal, a model of tireless vigor in all its parts; a creature made to hurl itself head-foremost down appalling gulfs of space, and poise itself at the bottom as jauntily as if gravita- tion were but a bugbear of timid imaginations. I find my- self unconsciously speaking about these plaster models as if they were the living animals which they represent; but the | impression of their excellence. On such a spot nothing | ‘It’s the golden eagle he hears,’ says the sculptor; © al J more one studies Mr, Kemeys’s works, the more instinct with redundant and breathing life do they appear. “Tt would be impossible even to catalogue the contents of this studio, the greater part of- which are as well worth describing as those which have already been touched upon; nor could a more graphie pen than mine convey an adequate But there_is here a figure of the ’coon, which, as if is the only one ever modeled, ought not to be passed over in silence. In appearance this animal is a curious medley of the fox, the wolf, and the bear, besides I-know-not-what (as the lady in ‘Punch’ would say) that belongs to none of those beasts. As may be imagined, therefore, its right portrayal involves peculiar difficulties, and Mr. Kemeys’s genius is nowhere better shown than in the manner in wliich these have been surmounted. Compact, plump, and active in figure, quick and subile in its move- ments, the ‘coon crouches in a flattened position along the limb of a tree, its broad, shallow head and pointed snout a little lifted, as it, gazes alertly outward and downward. It sustains itself by the clutch of its slender-clawed toes on the branch, the fore legs being spread apart, while the left hind lee is withdrawn inward. and enters smoothly into the con- tour of the furred side; the bushy, fox-like tail, ringed with dark and light bands, curving to the left. Thus posed and modeled in high relief on a tile-shaped plaque, Mr, Kemeys’s ‘coon forms a most desirable ornament for some wise man’s sideboard or mantel-piece, where it may one day be pointed out as the only suryiving representative of its species. “The two most.elaborate groups here have already attained some measure of publicity; the ‘Bison and Wolves’ having been exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1878, and the ‘Deer and Panther’ haying been purchased in bronze by Mr, Winans during the sculptor’s sojourn in England. Hach group rep- resents one of those deadity combats between wild beasts which are among the most terrific and at the same time most natural incidents of animal existence; and they are of espe- cial interest as showing the artist’s power of concentrated and graphic composition. both these instanccs with a masterly economy of material and balance of proportion; so that the spectators eye takes in the whole subject at a glance, and yet finds inex- haustible interest in the examination of details, all of which contribute to the central effect without distracting the atten- A complicated story is told in tion. A companion piece to the ‘Deer and Panther’ shows the same animals as they bave fallen, locked together in death, after the combat is over. In the former group, the panther, in springing upon the deer, had impaled its neck on the deer’s right antler, and had then swung round under the latter’s body, burying the claws of its right fore foot in the ruminant’s throat. In order truthfully to represent the sec- ond stage of the encounter, therefore, it was necessary not merely to model a second group, but ta retain the clements and construction of the first group under totally changed conditions. This is a feat of such peculiar difficulty that I think few artists 1 any branch of art would venttre to at- tempt if; nevertheless, Mr. Kemeys has accomplished it; and the more the two groups are studied in connection with each other the more complete will his success be found to have been. The man who can do this may surely be ad- mitted a master, whose works are open only to affirmative criticism, For his works the most trying of all fests is their comparison with one another; and the result of such com- parison is not merely to confirm their merit, but to illustrate and enhance it,” MONTHLY LIST OF PATENTS Inventions Relating to Sporting Interests, Bearing Date June 22, 1884, Reported expressly forthis paper by Louis Bagger & Co., Mechanical Experts and Solicitors of Patents, Washington, D, C, For 299.162, Cartridges. H. Peters, Xenia, Ohio, 299,302. Shell Extractor for Firearms.—N, O. Wayniro, Garfield. Kan. 299,051. Hammock Canoe.—E. H. Brown, New York City. 300,449. Cartridge Shell.—A. F. Dickey, Somerset, Pa. 800,748. Firearm Lock.—Joseph Victor, Duquoin, Il. —THE MILD POWER CURES.— UNIPHREYS’ OMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS. Tn use 80 years.—Each number the special pre- scription of an eminent physician.—The only Simple. 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Double Twisted Leaders, 3 leugth, 5 cts.; treble twisted, 3 length, 10 cts. Trout Flies, 60 cts. per doz. Black Bass Trout and Black Bass Bait Rods, 9ft. long, $1.25 to $5.00. Trout and Black Bass Fly Rods, 10ft. long, $1.50 to $10.00. Also forty-eight different styles of rods for all kinds of fishiv Samples of hooks, leaders, etc., sent by mail on receipt of price in money orstamp, Send stamp . 120ft., $1.25; : $2.00. Any of the above Reels with Drags, Brass Click Reels, 20yds., 50 cts.; 30yds., 75 cts.; 60yds., $1.00; gut, limerick, Kirby Limerick, Established 20 years, Open Evenings. Je F. MARSTERS, 55 Court St., Brooklyn. EY WO CED’s Patent “Perfect” Brass Shells, MANUFACTURED BY Flies for all Waters. Special patterns tied to order —APPLRTON & LITCHFIELE 304. Washington St., Boston, Mass. a GOOD NEWS GREATAMERICAN T0 L ADIES ! : Greatest inducements ever of: fered, Now’s your time to get up orders for our celebruted Teas and Coffees, and secure a beauti- * ful Gold Band or Moss Rose Ching = == Tea Set, or Hanfsome Decorated Gold Band Moss Rose Dinner Set, or Gold Band Moss Decorated Toilet Set. For full particulars address HE GREAT AMERICAN TEA GO. “Pp. 0. Box 28% 3land23 Vesey St., New York. THE! “COMPANY aneer — Ronan’s Metal Shell Cleaner. Cleans with- out water. Forsale by the trade, Price $1, 10 & 12-bore sample, by mailon receipt of price. J, F. RONAN, Box 84 oxbury Station, Boston, Mass, Phantom Baits, Patent Standard Fly Book, Patent Waterproof Lock Joint, Trout Rods, Patent Spring Hook Swivel. All descriptions of Fishing Goods, which can be had through all wholes-1* houses in the United States. AWARDS: Gold medals at Paris, Berlin, Nor- wich, Wurzburg and Caleutta. and the highest awards at Sidney, Melbourne, Adelaide, South Africa, Toronto, London, and other exhibitions. Harrison's Celebrated Fish Hook, Registered. Mark, Whereas, It having come to our notice that some unprincipled house, to gain their own unworthy ends, and to attempt to damage our good name having spread reports to the effect that the manu- facturers of the above hooks are defunct, we now take this opportunity of informing the American and British public that such reports are utterly false, The same efficient staff of workpeople is employed as heretofore, and we challenge the world to produce a fish hook fer excellence of temper, beauty and finish in any way to} approach ours, which are wo be obtained from the most respectable wholesale houses in the trade. Signed, KR. HARRISON, BARTLERT & Cv., Sole manufacturers of Harrison’s Celebrated Fish Hooks, Redditch, England. -Manufacturers also of Fishing Tackle of every description. Sewing and Sewing Machine Neeilles. ere RS a Wan ou: =e EAE CUT % Malle, Cirenlar: & Co., 8 Dees ee KYNOCH & CO., Birmingham, Eng. _ These shells are made of extra fine thin pliable metal, with reinforcen base; are adapted to either Winchester or Wesson No. 2 primers. Can be reloaded as often as any of the thicker makes, Gost only about half as much. Weight less than paper shells. They shoot stronger and closer, and admit of a heavier charge, as owing to the thin metal. inside diameter is nearly two gauges larger. Load same as any brass shells, using wads say two sizes larger than gauge of shells. Or can be ‘effectually crimped with tool and straighten out to original shape when discharged The erimping tool also acts as a reducer, an advantage which will be appreciated by all experienced sportsmen, Sample shells will be mailed (without charge) to any sportsmen’s club or dealer, and prices quoted to the trade only. For sale in any quantity by gun dealers generally, or shells in case lots only, (2,000 i not less than one dozen, by i e z SS HERMANN BOKER & CO., Sole American Agents, 101 & 103 Duane Street, New York. Elastic Heel-Plate for Shotguns, Hunting & Military Rifles SEND FOR CIRCULAR. SOLD BY ALL GUN DEALERS AND WAOLESALED BY HERMANN BOKER & CQ., 101 & 103 Duane Street, New Vork City. A588 FOREST AND STREAM. a i lll [den 8, 1884 PRICES OF FISHING TACKLE. | STORMDEFYING WINDMILL, Brass Multiplying Reels with balance handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00;-120ft., $1.25: 1SOFE., $1.50: 2W40£t.. $1.75; B00Ft., $2.00; 450ft., $2.25; GOOF, $2.50; 750fE., $2.75; 900Ft , $3.00. Nickel plating and Drags extra. Brass Click Reels, 25yds , 60 cts.; 40yds , 75 cts.; 60yds., 85 cents.; 80yds., $1.00. Kiffe’: Celebrated Hooks nelled on gut. Single gut, 12 cts. per doz.; double, 20 cts. per doz.; treble, 30 cts. pei doz, Single Gut Tout and Black Bass Leaders, lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds., 10 cts.; 3yds., 15 ets, Double Twiste: Leaders, 3 length, 5 cts.; 4 length, 10 ets.; treble, 3 length, 10 cts,; 4 length, 15 cts.; extra heayy 4-ply. 4length, 25 ects. Trout Flies, 60 cts, per doz.; Black Bass Flies, $1.00 per doz. Samples of our goods sen! by mail or express on receipt of price. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. HERMANN H. KIFFE, 318 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Betweeu Fulton Ferry and City Hall. OPEN EVENINGS. OUR NEW MODEL THREE BARREL PRICE, 575 TO $250, Send for Iilustrated Catalogne. 3 .~t pumping water for rural residences, .1., + This gun is light and compact, from 9 to 10 lbs. weight. The rifle is perfectly accurate. sins and fish ponds. A. J. CORCORAN, 76 John street, New York City. is. C. SMITE. Maker, Syracuse, N.WY. EXCELSIOR BAIT PAIL. a UP & MC’ 8 FISHING SUIT, poe . The Fisherman's Fiiend. There is an inside DARK LEAD COLOR, pail which can be re- AND THE moved and placed ir HOLABIRD SHOOTING SUITS a ‘fish car,’’ thus keeping the bait alive for an indefinite time Of Waterproofed Duck, Dead Grass Color, Yrish Fustian and [Imported Corduroy. ASSORTED COLORS. The pan which fits m Unequaled in Convenience, Style or Workmanship. the inside pail can he raised and lowered, thus affording an easy selection of bait with- out wetting the hand. The baitis kept alive during transportation . (the critical time) by zthe continuous flow- wing of the water Through the perfora- tions. thus causing a never failing supaly of fresh air. For sale by ali dealers, or will be sent on receipt of price. 8 Quarts, $2.50 each; 12 uarts, $3.25 each. Manufactured only by DE LA ERGNE & CO., 176 Chambers street, New York. Chubb’s Game Pieces, The finest ornament for a Sportsman's Din-ng Room ever made. Natural “Dead Game” under glass, and no more oh bulky than an ordinary picture. por smen a ear. Will send per express C. O. D. subject toapproval, j on receipt of express charges. *&5 00 Send for photograph and prices. he Zi, 7 Write for our new Catalogue and Samples. f tli UPTHEGROV priest js our Skeleton Coat or Game Bag. Weighs but 15 ounces. AND Can oe worn over or under an ordinary coat. Has -seven M LELL AN pockets and game pockets. Itis of strong material, C 5 dead grass color, and will hold the game of a successfu = : day without losing a hair or feather. We wil] mail it to Val paraiso, Ind. you, postage paid, for $2.00. Send breast measure. No. A 4, Barnard Capvas Shooting Coat, . € aé et No 1, : anon if. E. CHUBB, Taxidermist, No. 2 “6 ‘6 6 6 : % 5O ae ‘6 ‘ 4s « $ 1% 285 VIADUCT, CLEVELAND, 0. For sale by all gun and sporting goods dealers. Ask for them; % see that our trade mark is on the lining, They are the best; take no| Naturalists’ Supply Depot. other. We also manufacture Hats, Caps, Leggins, Pants, Vests ° e Waterp oof Horsehide Boots and Shoes, Carryall Bags, Artificial Glass Eyes. Gun Cases, Cartridge Bag:, Shell Boxes, and every de- scr ptien of goods used by sportsmen, made from canvas, TAXIDERMISTS. Corduroy and Waterprocf Leather. Brancx Orrics, 409 Washington st., Boston. Dinstrated catalogue, sample and measurement blanks sent free upon application, eg y ELLIS & WEBSTER, Pawtucket, R, I GEURGE BARNARD & CO., 108 Madison St , Chicago. EASTERN AGENCY; 47 Murray st.,N.Y. F.N.Wuuits, Manager. ES JUWEBOLENE A Lotion for Sportsmen, Excursionists & Others. eannot be surpassed, Price Protects persons using it from the aitacks of MOSQUITOES, $5.50. Wearesole makers BLACK FLIES, and other insects, and from SUNBURN and the of the Ke-ulation Ball, adopted by the J. S. N. L. T. disagreeable effects of exposure to the weather. Association, 4p il 5, 1884, and by the Intercollegiate Ir is beneficial to the skin, and has no disagreeable odor; iscolor- | 7"ip 4 cgociation May 7, 1894. The Playing Rules of less and cleanly, not staining the finest linen, and washes off shan Tennis, with complete catalogue of our popu PEFEOK & SNYDER’S Celebrated Tennis Balls 7 and Bats. Our new Frankhn Bat readily on the application of soap and water. Tae = t 3 goods, by mail. 10c. stamp: - MANUFACTURED BY PECK & SNYDER, 126. 128, 130 Nassau st., N. ¥. ——E se THOS, JENNESS & SON, 12 West Market Sq., Bangor. Refrigerator Baskets. Sold by the leading dealers in sporting goods throughout the country The grandest thing ever invented for fishermen a ote 50 panclnce eehitiee or for parties living out of town, as articles of a pei ; : ‘ ; perishable nature can be carried around all day in SNE oe War cts OR ETE SCA Se ERRORS apy: the hottest weather and will be kept cold as ice. These baskets bem lined with tin and packed with | ; ] boiler felt are perfect portable refrigerators, pre- n i d serving the contents and giving plenty of ice-water afsalns t al S ou e in every por sma S an S. for drinking purposes. They are made of the best rattan, with drop handles, double lids and straps on ait i eg ete Sub ee Ce ese ae Ae Sead GE top, and are the strongest and most handsome baskets ever made. Two sizes. Price $3.50 and Sw eiTe SsHoo TIN G” [es Sent. by express on receipt of price by, the p » atentee, YR, HAR aye a = Lett, and will be sold for 50 cents each, ae ; Methods for cleaning and loading the modern breech-loader; practical hints upon wing shooting; directions for hunting snipes, woodecocks, ruffed grouse and quails. . Mlustrated: Bamid in Toth. sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price, 50 cents; formerly sold for $1.00, | H E PE | M EC KY ? T. G. DAVEY. Publisher, London, Ont. nm AT THE LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION Te WiCErOo1:s Hexagonal Split Bamboo Fishing Rods Were awarded Three Silver Medals and the highest special prize—10 Sovereigns. Noted for excel- ence more than numbers, This is the highest prize awarded to any American for Split Bamboo Rods. Manofactured by B. F, NICHOLS, 153 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. Send for list with Massachusetts Fish and Game Laws. PATENT BREEOH & MUZZLE-LOADING Z ; Ww CLEANER. Ya ch t C a rh nh O TL 3 A Cioee that will thoroughly clean a gun 1, doing the work equally well in choke bores Sizes, 17, 24, 28 and 32 inches in length. ey aajesteiehts Will do the work quicker and Pee, her implements, for the purpose, EAR yes Combt Tn nes $125 By mail, 10 centsextra. Ask combined, 25, Bieta FIRE ABMS co., New Haven, Ct. vane dealer for it. Discount to the trade. Circular uxili f nation Sights | free. J. C, PETMECEY, 7 ae Set Eldtiiies Glopriue MIScRINeGe uf Wholesale Dealer in Guns, Fishing Tackle, ete., Aus Send for Catalogue and Frice Liat, tin, Texas. EE EE Aa BUuAZEt Are you bound for the woods? Do you know the way? No? Then follow the blazes ‘‘Nessmuk has made with his little hatchet. In other words (lest you may not understand figurative language) buy, fndy and be guided by ‘‘Nessmuk's’? book on ‘Vooporarr. Its author has forgotten more About tie woods and camp life than most book writers on t iat topic eyer knew. Woopcrarris compact, clear, “oncise, comprehensive, and full of sconce and gimption. Its price is $1.00. SS The English “ Fishing Gazette.” Devoted to angling, river, lake and sea fishing, and fisheultice. Every Friday, 16 pages, folio, price 2d, Volume V1. commenced with the number for January 7, 1882. Epitor—R. B. MARSTON free by post for one year for 12s. 6d. (say $3,20) to any address in the United States. Sent direct from the office for any portion of a year atthe above rate, U.S. postage stamps can ve remitted, or money order payable to Sampson, Low, Marston & Co,, the proprietors. Contains special articles on all fresh and salt water fish and fishing; reports of the state of the civers; reports from angling elibs; fishculture and natural history; where to fish; angling notes and queries; angling exchange column; notices of ishing tackle, books, &c., and other features. A copy of the current number can be had (post free by sending six cents in stamps to R. B, Mars- on, the FISHING GAZETTE office, 12 and 18, Fetter-lane, London. The FISHING GAZETTE circulates extensively among anglers and country gentlemen in all parts of the Empire, . “There is a large public interestin fishing. . An excellent class organ.’’— World. “One of the best authorities on these and kindred subjects.” —Truth. : “A brighter and gayer little paper is not puh- lished,”’—Mayfazr. The FISHING GAZETTE is quoted by the Timea and all the best papers. One of the best mediums for ADVERTISEMENTS of fishing tackle makers, fishculturists, hotels and fishing quarters, whisky, waterproof fishing goods, sigars and tobacco, books of angling, and other ‘equirements of anglers; also for all general adver tisements addressed to a well-to-do class in all parts of the country and abroad. Office—12 and 18, We**er-lane London Two Beautiful Ilustrated Books PADDLE AND PORTAGE Canoe and Camera. BY THOMAS SELDGWICK STEELE, Of Hartford, Conn, 123 exquisite illustrations of life in the woods, with map in each copy. The humorous as well as the serious side of cane life is vividly represented, while Mr. Steele's well- known artistic perceptions, and a most intense love of nature, has made the work all that could be desired. SnyEn Epirions of these works sold. Most popu- lar books in the market. Cloth. Price $1.50 each, A NEW MAINE MAP. The headwaters of the Aroostook, Penobscot and St. John Rivers Compuled by THom4sS SepGwick STEELE, The chart is 20x30 inches, printed on Govern ment survey paper and mounted on cloth, Sent postpaid on receipt of price, $1. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO, 89 Park Row, New York, Agents wanted for anthen- tic edition of his life. Pub- lished at Augusta, his home, Largest, handsomest, cheap- est, best. By the rerowned historian and biographer, Col. Conwell, whose life of Garfield, published by us, outsold the twenty others by 60,000 Outsells every book ever pub- lished in this world; many agents are selling fifty daily. Agents are making fortunes. All new be- ginners successful; grand chance for them; made by a lady agent the first day. Terms most liberal. Particulars free. Better send 25 cents for ostage, etc., on free outfit, now ready, including ieace prospectus book and save valuable time. ALLEN & CO., Augusta, Me. The Still-Hunter, ay “Ths. VAN DW PRICE, POSTPAID. $2.00. For Sale by the Forest and Stream Pub, Go. . Pocket Mosquito Bar. roe i. (Holden’s ratent.) * , (No discomfort in wearing day . ornight. No trouble to put on, : 4 poneenee tocarry. Try oné 4d unless. you are m0s7 Z proof, Sample by mail, $1 Worth $1 per day in m quito season. i THOS. KANE & CO, Chicago, Tl. ; 1 ; 4 OREST AND STREA A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. TarMs, $4A YEAR. 10 Crs. A Copy. } Stx Montus, $2. NEW YORK, JULY 10, 1884. { VOL. XX11.—No. 24. Nos. 39 & 40 Park Row, New Yorr. CORRHSPONDENCE. Tue Formst AND Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Qomniunications upon the subjects to which its pages are devoted are respectfully invited. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. No name will be published except ‘with writer’s consent. The Editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. SUBSCRIPTIONS May begin at any time. Subscription price, $4 per year ; $2 for six months; to a club of three annual subscribers, three copies for $10; five copies for $16. Remit by registered letter, money-order, or draft, payable to the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. ‘The paper may be obtained of newsdealers throughout the United States, Canadas and Great Britain, American newsdealers should order through the American News Company, those-in England, Scotland and Treland, through Messrs. Macfarlane and Co,, 40 Charing Cross, London, England. ADVEHRTISHMENTS. Only advertisements of an approved character inserted. Inside pages, nonpareil type, 25 cents per line. Special rates for three, six and twelve months. Reading notices $1.00 per line. Eight words to the line, twelve lines to one inch. Advertisements should be sent in by the Saturday previous to issue in which they are to be inserted. Transient advertisements must invariably be accompanied by the money or they will not be inserted. Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Nos. 89 anp 40 PARK Row, New Yore Orry. CONTENTS. | THE KENNEL. Pointers at New York, Mistake in Pedicree. New York Fali Dog Show. Kennel Notes. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallery, EDprrorran, Destruction of Sea Fowl. Salt-Water Fishing. A Departed Race, THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Unele Lisha’s Shop.—vz. Reminiscences of Shanghai. On the Guagus. The Trap. NATURAL History. Association of the Carolinas. The Flying Squirrel. CANOEING. Birds of the Gulf of St Lawrence Game Bac AND Gun. Days with the Prairie Chickens. The Game of Des Are Forty Years in the Field. A Maine Deer Case. Adirondack Deer Complications The Death of the Grizzly. The Choice of Hmmting Rifles. Two-Hyed Shooting. Camp Firm PLICKERINGS. | SEA AND RIVER FISHING. A Mid-Summer Lake Scene. Mohican C. CG. The A.C. A. Meet, Bayonne C, C. Rondout C. C. Camp. The A, C. A. Badge. YACHTING. Beverly Y. C. Lynn City Matches, July 4. Boston City Matches, July 4. The Association Races. Yachting on Lake Ontario. Cruise of the Mabel. . Hull Y. C. Review and Cruise. Philadelphia Notes. LarchmontY.C.Annual Matches Camps of the Kingfishers,—rx, Atlantic Y. C. Cruise, Maine Fishing, Knickerbocker Y. C, Annual The Canadian Sea Trout, Cruise. PISHCULTURE. ‘ La Nubienne. American Fisheultural Associ- | Answers TO CORRESPONDENTS, ation. PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT. DESTRUCTION OF SEAFOWL. HE northeast coast of North America has from time immemorial been a favorite resort of seafowl. There have been found, from earliest times, myriads of birds of all descriptions, from the unwieldy cormorant down to the tiny sea swallow, which make their nests on the rocky islands and stern cliffs of this threatening coast. Their numbers in bygone years have been such as almost to defy computation. ‘They bred there by millions. The accounts given by Audubon and Coues, Bryant and other ornitholo- gists, who years ago visited this coast, must be consulted to gain any adequate idea of the innumerable multitudes of seafowl which formerly made the region their summer home. The center of abundance of the feathered hordes was, and still is, about the mouth of the St, Lawrence River, Here the fish food, on which most of them subsist, is most abund- ant, and all the conditions are such as to be favorable to their well-being. But the increase in the number of the settlers, and the almost entire extermination of the large game on which the Indians once depended for food has wrought a mighty change in the bird fauna of this coast, Nowhere now are there the extensive colonies .of seafowl that once filled the minds of the observer with wonder. The adult birds are slaughtered on their nests for food or for fish bait, and the young or eggs are taken. once estimated to contain a hundred thousand birds are now without inhabitants. Iq an interesting paper on a cruise in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, elsewhere referred to, Mr, William Brewster gives a number of facts on this subject, from which we may make some extracts to show the change that has recently taken-place here, and the method by which these birds are being exterminated. Of the eider duck he says, ‘The _eider is:still commoa along the north shore [of the Gulf of St. Lawrence], butits numbers are rapidly diminishing there. This is due largely to the depredations of the Indians of the ; region who, during the summer, subsist largely on the birds and their eges. Their manner of taking them is peculiar, Colonies: They skirt the shore in canoes, keeping as close to land as the depth of water will permit. Meanwhile their dogs range about among the trees, quartering the ground like trained setters, and when a nest is discovered announce the fact by loud barking. The nests are usually within a few rods of the water, and the scent of the dogs is so keen that they rarely pass one. If the sitting bird can be caught or shot the opportunity is seldom neglected, for the half starved Indian neither knows nor respects considerations of merey— or, perhaps, we should ¢all it policy—which restrain more enlightened sportsmen on such occasions. Proceeding thus, two men in a canoe will frequently ransack twenty miles of coast line in a single day, and find, probably, nearly every eider’s nest. The result of this systematic persecution can- not be doubtful or long-delayed.” “Our personal experience with the eider was not exten. sive. We saw them frequently from Mingan Harbor east- ward, but the Indians had been before us everywhere, and we could find neither eges nor young.” This recital certainly needs no extended comment. Every one can see what the result of such systematic pursuit at; this season of the year must inevitably be, Passing on to the gannets, whose rookeries were once so celebrated, we find the following statements: ‘‘Although a few gannets are said to breed on Shag Rock, near Grindstone Island, most of those seen at the Magdalens evidently came from Bird Rocks. This famous rookery was visited by our party on July 4. Its wonders have been so well described already by Dr. Bryant and Mr. Maynard, that I shall con- fine the present narrative to a brief account of the changes which have taken place since their respective visits. In 1860, the number of gannets breeding on the top of Great Bird (then uninhabited) was estimated by Bryant at about fifty thousand pairs, or one hundred thousand birds. In 1872, Maynard found this portion of the colony reduced to about five thousand birds (a lighthouse had been erected on the summit of the rock and several men were living there). When we landed in 1881 the top of the rock was practically abandoned, although there were some fifty nests at the northern end which had been robbed a few days be- fore, and about which the birds still lingered. The shelving places and ledges around the face of the cliff, however, were still densely populated, and the colony on Little Bird was probably as large as the available nesting places there would allow. But the total number of gannets breeding on both islands did not, as nearly as I could estimate it, exceed fifty thousand, This number, although sufficiently astonishing and impressive when the limited area of the islands is considered, is, of course, insignificant, in comparison with that of the legions which Bryant found twenty-one years before. The decrease is casily explained, for the ‘stringent laws framed for the protection of these and other seabirds breeding on the rocks, are—or were in 1881—but loosely enforced, and a day rarely passed when parties did not land on both islands to collect the ezes and shoot the sitting birds. The eggs are eaten and the flesh of the birds is used, in preference to anything else, as bait in the cod- fishery. The negligence on the part of the Canadian G@ov- ernment, which tolerates such open violation of its statutes, cannot be too strongly condemned.” The author mentions visiting other breeding places of the gannets, one of which, owing to its inaccessibility, is rarely despoiled, but the others had been recently robbed by the Indians. A similar story is told about the breeding places of the gulls and terns; of the latter Mr. Brewster says: ‘Poor sea swallows! they have nearly as hard a time among the Mag- dalens as at breeding stations along our own coast. Not that the birds themselves are as often molested, for the islanders are too chary of powder and shot to waste them at useless marks; but the eggs are duly appreciated, and parties of women and children visit the sandhills daily, taking every one that can be found.” The tale is a pitiful one, but it is the same that is being told everywhere on this continent—the relentless destruction of the wild creatures indigenous to the country. The sea fowl on the northeast coast are protected by law, as are our own birds and beasts, but the laws are not enforced, and re- main amere dead letter on the statute books, Each year fewer of these fowl return to their ancient breeding grounds, and each year those that return are harried on every hand, and at length forced to depart without reproducing their kind. Unless something is done, the end, except in a few isolated localities, cannot be far distant. Will the Canadian Government take the steps necessary to stop this slaughter? SALT-WATER FISHING. 9 iis question has often been asked us why we have paid so little attention to salt-water fishing, and we have in- variably answered that there are few of the thousands who indulge in that sport who write about it, and but a few more who care to read of it. If we devote more space to salmon, trout and black bass than to sea fishes it is not be- cause we are indifferent to the charms of bluefishing, weak- fishing, etc,, bul because our readers do not seem to be inter- ested in sea-fishing. There is a wide difference between the salt-water and the fresh-water angler. | ‘he former is content to enjoy himself in his own way, and says no more about it, The trout and black bass angler, on the contrary, considers the fishing as merely part of his pleasure; the trip, the scenery, the grand old woods, all inspire him to fight his battles o’er again. There is nothing of this in the salt-water angler, be he a member of aswell bass club or an humble brother of the hand-line committee who takes the Staten Island ferry-boat in the morning and, with the patience of Job, goes to the rocks and oyster beds for weakfish and with crab bait.awaits a “‘tide runner,” as the big weakfish are called in his yocab- ulary, This sitting on a hard seat all alone waiting for something, which may or may not come, develops a reticence that the fresh-water amgler seldom acquires. There is no doubt that the surroundings influence the angler to a greater degree than has been suspected, and the depressing effect of the ocean is noticexble on those who angle in it. New York city has more good fishing near it than any city that we know of, such as it is. By this we mean waters where a man can go and catch enough tish to consti- tute what may be summed up in that vulgar term ‘‘a mess.’’ If that is the end of angling then surely the salt-water angler should be satisfied, for when the neap tides are on then the ‘‘school fish” will repay in numbers what the tide- runners make up in avoirdupois. We have yet to see the salt-water angler who possessed the fire and enthusiasm of the fresh-water fishers. It is possible that there may be men who love salt water as the trout anglers loves mountain streams. If so we do not know them. We do know, however, that angling for trout among the hills with the ever-changing scenery of a mountain trout brook brings out all the latent poetry in a man, which, if it does not break out in verse, leads him to tell his un- known fellow of the pleasures he has had, and of the means he has used to capture his fish, which he usually regards as a mere incident of the trip. The salt-water angler is seldom inspired by the beauties of nature because there are no such beauties in the surroundings to be inspired by, and no matter how many poems may have been written on life on the ocean waye, every man who has been oui of sight of land knows that they were penned more to create a taste for the monotonous sea than because the writ- ters really liked it. Therefore the salt-water angler is a silent man, He likes to-catch his fish, but the bald, flat, unpoetic - surroundings have never inspired him to write about them, Take a list of angling works and see what they treat of, Look over the indices of Forest AND STREAM and see who writes of his fishing and what his fishing is! Salmon, gray- ling, trout, black bass; these are the themes of American writers, while our cousins across the water add other fresh- water fishes. Whereis the salt-water Walton? Except Young, who wrote “‘Sea Fishing as a Sport,” he has not existed and never will; because, while there are salt-water anglers in- numerable, the inspiration is lacking in the element in which they fish. With the salt-water angler the capture of his fish is the only charm; there is no scenery to inspire bim, there- fore he is not inspired, and while he is often above fishing for the pot or for count, his spirit is depressed by what it works in: Whether this result is brought about by the monotonous sea, the use of heavy bluefish trolling lines or oily chum, or the companionship of the silent clam, which does alternate duty as bait or lunch, we know not, but the fact remains that of all anglers who not only love their art but seek to im- prove their tackle and teach others to appreciate it, the fly- fisher for trout and grayling stands at the head. Perhaps there is some other reason which we have not named which will account for the fact that fly-fishers love to write and to read of their sport more than the salt-water angler seems to, for with the latter the angler for maskalonge seems to vie in the matter of reticence. Can it be that it is the catching of heavy fish that thus affects the captors, or is it possible that baits and trolling spoons are the real cause? Wooncoc« are in season in New Jersey, but the bags have been light. In this State the season will open Aug, 1, 462 FOREST AND STREAM. [dury 10, 1884. A DEPARTED RACE, pueey of men are yet living who remember when buffaloes in countless herds covered all of the vast plains between the Missouri River and the Rocky Moun- tains, from the borders of Mexico to the Arctic regions. It is not very lone since. Only about fifty years ago their slaughter, to supply the demands of commerce, began, and then it was inasmall way. The only article then sought was their skins, for conversion into robes. The trade was at first only with the Indians, and along the Missouri River and its tributaries. The Indian, as a rule, is not wasteful nor improyident in the destruction of game, He realizes that it is the mainstay of his life, and if he wastes this year it may cause him to suffer from hunger next year; hence he kills to provide meat for the present; and preserves for the future, The skins from animals so slain, after sufficing for his own wants, find their way to the trader, and thence into the channels of commerce. Thus began the trade in bufialo skins. As the white man became acquainted with the coun- try he saw profit in it, and about 1830 traders began to reach out into the buffalo country, accompanied by professional white hunters, who made a life business of slaughter. How- ever, they were not very destructive, mainly because of their indolence, and partially, perhaps, for the reason that their arms were very imperfect as compared with those of the present day. First, trading posts were established along the eastern edge of the buffalo range, upon the Missouri River and its larger tributaries. Then the traders crossed the plains and located a similar chain of posts, or forts, along the western edge of the range, These latter were close up to the foot of the great mountain range and at that time, the old employes tell, the great tide of buffalo migration, north and south, with the changing seasons, surged up against the foothills, and diverging columns turned up the larger streams into the mouutains and over the passes above the limit of timber growth into the parks and valleys, and even to the sage plains of our present Utah, Nevada and Idaho. Even then the white man’s methods in afew years had a marked effect upon the vast herds. The great column narrowed from the sides. The flanking columns were cut off from the mountain passes. The buffalo became rare west of the mountains. The trading posts moved westward from the Missouri and eastward from the mountains, At first the change was slow, then it in- creased year by year and the dates of the abandonment of old forts and the occupation of new ones, twenty-five or fifty miles further out upon the plains, would show exactly the ratio of decrease in the millions of wild cattle that formerly roamed there. So the destruction went steadily on, but, as it now appears, slowly, until twenty-five years ago, when civilization leaped in one stride from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains. Then the tide of travel across the plains by many routes became great and constant. For hundreds of miles the roads led through pastures yet plenti- fully stocked with buffalo. The writer has within twenty years traveled for six days in succession upon a stage coach without being at any time in daylight out of sight of herds of buffalo. Of course theslaughter increased with the influx of the white man. They were killed for meat, and when that was not wanted they were killed for sport—mere wan- ton destructiveness, or to brag about. In this epoch, if such the period may be styled, commerce and the world reaped no benefit from the slaughter, except in the little bit of the meat that was eaten by the butchers and their comrades. The skins were not saved. No meat was sent to market. Then came the railroads; two lines, the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific, that penetrated the heart of the buffalo country in 1868 and traversed the entire breadth of it before midsummer of 1870. With them, in the hands of the masses, came also the deadly repeating and breechloading riiles, with which any pot-hunter could *‘ pump ” lead into a five hundred acre herd of buffalo with deadly effect, whether he could eyer find the careasses or not. That made no dif- ference. If he wanted one animal he might just as well kill ten, or if he wanted ten it would take but little longer to shoot fifty, and in either case he could then pick out the hest—provided the best did not go too far away to die. With the advent of the railways the buffalo killing was for a time all done ‘‘ for meat.” Hundreds and hundreds of men went regularly into the slaughter. The only meat they wanted was hams and tongues. The rest was left to rot. Even the hams were taken only from the best animals, judged by inspection after death, deter- mined by a kind of coronor’s inquest. Buffalo hams became one of the largest freight items on the railways. Car loads and train loads went to Eastern markets. Hun- dreds of tons rotted at the stations for want of shipping facilities, other hundreds or thousands of tons rotted before it could be transported from where killed 10 the railways. People got tired of ‘‘high” buffalo meat, and the next craze was for the skins. While they were being killed for the meat the skins were not saved. The skin ofthe hams went with them to market; the balance rotted with the meat. Now the meat hunters all went to killing for skins. A “shooter” would employ five, six or seven ‘‘skinners;” establish his camp in the buffalo range and go to work to keep his men busy. Thanks to breechloaders and repeaters he could “down” from seventy-five to one hundred buffalo per day on an average. Nothing was saved but the skin, and this was worth on ‘‘the range” seventy-five cents or one dollar, This was the campaign that exterminated the buffalo upon the middle plains. For two or three years after the opening of the railways named, a train seldom crossed the plains without passing in sight of buffalo, and it was not an uncommon thing for a train to have to wait for a moving herd to cross the track, Now buffalo are never seen from the trains, nor have they been for eight or ten years past. But there remained one more harvest to be gathered from the departed native life and grandeur of the great plains; poor, pitiful, post-mor- tem harvest of stinking bones. After they had surfeited the Hast with odorous hams and glutted the markets of the world with ‘‘robes’’ killed in season and out of season, these gallant hunters turned scayengers and gathered the rotting bones and blistering horns of the countless dead. Railway trains that had in former years groaned under loads of meat nd bales of hides were now loaded down with bones des- tined for Eastern manufactories of various kinds. The whole country was gleaned, At length the work was done. Destruction was complete. No sigu was left to show that a buffalo had ever existed in the country, and the vandals who had hounded them to their death and their bones to the sugar refinery, drifted off north- ward or southward to follow up the remnants of herds, to gather the bones along other railways, or to repeat the slaughter upon the noble elk that so recently peopied all the valleys and parks of the mountains. Such newspaper para- graphs as the following show their tracks: “Tt is said in St. Paul that hundreds of teams are now engaged near Bismarck in gathering buffalo bones, for which the sum of $6 a ton is paid by persons who send themto Philadelphia for grinding into fertilizing powders.” “The buffalo herds of Texas have been reduced to one small herd now feeding on the Pecos River, but this is fast being reduced and its days are numbered. This isa remnant of what was known a few years ago as the “great Southern herd.” And yet the country is full of sportsmen who clamor for more deadly repeating rifles. Che Sportsman Conrist, UNCLE LISHA’S SHOP. VI. SOFT snow haying fallen, not too deep for the com- fortable traveling of those so used to such footing as are the hill folks of Northern New England, almost all of Lisha’s friends who were wont 1o gather in his shop had fone fox hunting. Many times that day Lisha had stood in the doorway to listen to the voices of the hounds, now wafted softer to his ears on the heavy air from the snow-mufiled woods than in the brighter days of October, when each hound’s note was answered by a dozen echoes, all so sharp and clear that one could hardly tell the real voice from the counterfeit. And once when the music tended toward a runway two furlongs down the road, where the points of two ledges flanked the highway on either side, the old man had taken down his long gun and bare-headed, in his shirt-sleeves, and with his apron flopping about his legs, waddled like a hurried duck half way to the crossing place. But the fox then changed his course and drew the clamor tapering into silence beyond the crest of a great ridge, and Lisha, after some shivering waiting had cooled his ardor, went back to his bench. He was im- patient for evening to come that he might hear how it had fared with the hunters, but they were too Jeg-weary that night to leave their own firesides, even forthe pleasure of “swapping lies” and comparing notes concerning the day’s events. The next night, however, brought most of them to the accustomed meeting place, ready to talk or listen. Lisha missed the blonde-bearded face and tall gaunt form of Sam Lovel, the mightiest hunter of them all. “Where’s Samwill ?” he roared as if he was hailing the mountains, ‘Them ’ere long laegs o’ his’n hain’f gin aout, hey they?” “7 gh’d think not,” Joe Hill answered, ‘‘ he went tram- poosin’ off on’t the North Hill airly this mornin’ arter a fox. We hearn the ole dawg a tootin’ on it to him yit as we come along. °F Sam c’n git him off he ‘Il be comin’ ‘long this way hum to rights.” «“ What a darned critter!” said Lisha, his tone expressing more approval than his words, “up an’ at it, every day an’ all day!” ‘‘ Samwell,” said Solon Brigs, “‘is a reg’lar Ramrod, so to speak; a mighty hunter afore the Lord. He ’ll foller a fox from Daniel to Bashaby afore he ’!] delinquish the pursooth, or less the nocturnity of night comes on to him, which that periodical of natur has now arriven an’ come, an’ therefore he will most proberble do likewise soon.” The sounds of heavy boots being rid of snow by stamping and scraping on the doorstep and the impatient whine of a dog were heard, and the predictions of Joe and the wise Solon were speedily fulfilled by the entrance of Sam and his gaunt sad-faced hound, with a whiff of chill outer air, as if the hunter had brought down a bagful of the North Hill’s breezy atmosphere to sweeten the shop with. As Lisha shouted his welcome the eyes of every one sought first the capacious pockets of Sam’s frock, and saw hanging out of one the flluffy brush of a fine fox. “Wal, Sam, ye got him, hey?” “(Got one on ’em,” he said, in a tone that implied no great satistaction with his luck, “Started two more, but one on ’em holed in half an hour, an’ other one dodged me till it got so dark I couldn’t see to shoot, ’n’ so I called old Drive off an’ come along.” Drive, who had stretched his weary length by the stove, raised his head and cast a sorrowful look on his master. “Wal, dawg, ye didn’t wanter hunt all night for nothin’, did ye?” Sam asked, and Drive, sighing, laid his head again on ils pillow of leather scraps, and wagged a few feeble taps on the floor, so saying that he did not quite understand 1, but concluded it was all right. ‘“Ffain’t hed a mou ful t’ eat sen mornin’, heve ye Samwill?” Lisha asked, and answered, ‘‘Course ye hain’t! Mother!” roaring to his wife as if she had been in the next township instead of the next room, and then, as Aunt Jerusha opened the door, ‘‘can’t ye give Samwill a bite?” _“‘No, don’t gim me a bite, Aunt Jerushy; 1’d ruther you’d gim me a kiss!” cried the gallant hunter. ‘‘T shan’t dew nary one, Samwill,” said Aunt Jerushy, “T sh’d hev Huldy Purin’ton arter me, but I'll give ye some rve *y’ Injin bread an’ col’ pork ’n’ beans.” r “An’ give Drive that ’ere hasty puddin’,” said Lisha, as Sam and the hound followed Aunt Jerusha into the kitchen, Then Lisha asked, ‘‘Wal, boys, haow d’d ye make it a hun- tin’ yist'd’y. Any on ye kill anything?” “Yes,” Joe Hill answered, ‘Sam killed a fox;” [‘Of course,” said Lisha, in parenthesis,| ‘an’ the’ was one or two op us got shots at a fox,” “Which Jozeff P. Hill was one?” said Solon Briggs, ‘a firin’ of his gun one several time at two identickle foxes twicte, which opponent dew declare the heretobeforesaid Jozeff P. did not to no intense an’ puppuses tech ary one on "em if! ‘*An’ Solon Briggs was another,” retorted Joe. “Nor dew I deny the acquisition intire, though my gun discharged an’ went off a pintin’ to a opposvte direction to what the fox was at them moments of time a occupyin’ of so it can’t be said with strict incoherence to the truth, thatT shot at him.” ; ‘Haow did that happen?” Lisha asked. ‘Wal, the circumstances was these an’ happened thus: I was a settin’ on a lawg a meditatin’ on the mutualability of the human life of mankind, pa’tic’ly in fox huntin’, for I hed n’t hear’d a haoun’ in an bour, when my intention was distracted by a leetle noise behind me, an’ turnin’ my head, there stood a gre’t big fox not more ’n three rod off, jes 's if he was an appargotion that had riz aout of the baowels of the airth, which I was flustrated to the extent of my gun a goin’ off an’ dischargin’ with the butt a pintin’ at the anymil fur cluster ’an what the muzzle was. It was one of the ac- cidentalist accidents that ever happened to my exper ence, for eee fust rate sight on that fox if my gun had only ben inted.’ 3 ‘*An’ what hev yeou got to say fur yerself, Jozef?” “=S0Nomo>o{[—w8EODNNRD}NOOMGaSa>—=>—o—=—=o=s thatof building a fishway which would carry salmon, shad and Reta a a vertical dam nearly thirty feet high, In this tountry we had nothing to go by save the salmon passes of Great Britain, or the little water-steps over the low conti- nevtal dams, Through successive improvements we have now attained a fishway that will certainly carry salmon, slewives and the common river fishes over the most difficult dams. But the shad, with his love of the broad, gentle stream, and his suspicion of artificial contrivances, still remains rebellious, There is, however, a strong belief that the ingenious Colonel McDonald will irrisistibly inveigle the shad into his mysteri- ous pass. It is indeed a truly Irish pass, in which more water rns ih than runs out; and the arenes is the incline, the more rapidly the water runs up bill; so that a shad would think he was swimming toward Fortress Monroe when he was in reality going over the falls of the Potomae, From the outset, the Massachusetts Commissioners had foreseen that the build- ing of fishways on the Merrimac River was but a half remedy. Tt was further necessary to breed salmon and place them in the upper waters, that they might thence descend to the Ocean, and rettirm as marketable fish to their native river. To obtain impregnated eggs of salmon was at the time a work of eat difficulty and expense, In the autumn of 1866, Dr. W. ’, Fletcher, of New Hampshire, placed 15,000 New Bruns- wick salmon eggs in the Pemigewasset; but it was not until 1872 that 16,000 young fry were let loose in its Waters: and in 1878, 185,000, Occasional captures of salmon in nets at various points ot Massachusetts Bay were soon after reported; and on the Sist of May, 1867, two full-grown salmon were dis- covered mounting the Lawrence fishway. Since that year, salmon haye been artifically bred at the headwaters of the Merrimac, and the full-grown fish have annually ascended a river in which for twenty-five years they had been extinct, The other chief river of New England, the Connecticut, was the scene of the first artificial hatching of the shad. With the encouragemennt of the Massachusetts Commiission- ers, Seth Green, of New York, began, in the summer of 1867, his experiments in shad hatching at Holyoke. Hissimple and ingenious invention of a hatching box, which kept up a con- stant current by floating, not horizontally but at an angle, has become a matter of familiar history. Great was the ridicule directed against Green, as he painfully waded about in the riyer nhder the hot June sun. But when, a few seasons later, the shad appesred in untisual numbers at the mouth of the yer, ridicule was changed to admiration, and the great crop of that year was called ‘'Green’s shad,” Tn the following year, 1868, shad hatching was established on the Merrimac and daily record was kept of the temperature of the air and water, of the number and sex of the fish taken and the quantity of eggs hatched. These tables were the first of the kind published in this country. The progress of this slight sketch has brought us to the ques- tion which wnderlies the subject of fishculture in its broadest sense, it is the question of the possible exhaustion of great tish- eries, and especially those of the sea, We have seen that soon after the first settlement of the country, complaints of the decrease of fish began toarise. It is very likely that those complaints came rather from the ac- cidental differences of seasons than from any real decrease, Nevertheless, they indicate that the relation between oyer- fishing and decrease of the crop was one that was early sug- gested to our people. The entire subject was brought into prominence in our own day by the report of the English Com- Iissioners to inquire into the sea fisheries of the United King- dom in 1864, Of these Commissioners it has been said: ‘‘Their industry was extraordinary, and the piles of evidence were such as to leave the impression that every fishwife in the three kingdoms had had her say. The trawlers were vehem- ent against the set-hook men, and the set-hook men were furious against the trawlers. The Commission decided that they all were right, and might fish when, how and where they pleased. But just then Mr. Bertram comes out with his ‘“Har- vest of the Sea,” in which by fact and figure he aims to show just the opposite, namely, that the open sea fish had decreasd y overfishing. The question of the progressive exhaustion of sea fisheries came up six years later in America in the form of a monster petition presented to the Massachusetts Legislature, which was asked to pass a law restricting fishing with weirs, seines and gillnets. The petitioners alleged that valuable fishes, such as the scup, the tautog and the striped bass, were taken by the above mentioned contrivances in so wholesale a way as to threaten their speedy extinction. The complaints ap- plied chiefly to the southern waters, including those of Narra- gansett Bay, where the inhabitants of Rhode Island were equally interested, and both States proceeded to investigate the subject, Their methods, however, were no better than had been those of the English Commissioners, and consisted chiefly in the examination of numerous witnesses. Ii was thie same story over again, The wei men swore against the -hook-and-line fishermen and the hook-and-line fishermen swore against the weir men. The moment had evidently arrived to abandon the methods of the court room and to take up those of scientific investigation. To this end the Massachusetts Commissioners, in the spring of 1881, bired a weir at Waynoit, on the south side of Cape Cod, and putitin charge of an observer, who kept a daily record of the fishes taken, of the wind and weather, and of the temperature of air and water. At the end of the season the results were embodied in a report, entitled Third Notice upon the Possible Exhaustion of Sea Fisheries. It was shown by this investigation thet the moment at which fishes leave the ocean to enter rivers is determined hy the temperature of the water. It further appeared that these so-called anadro- mous fishes are usually caught in weirs and in similar traps ‘when hurrying along the coast in their northward migrations, whereas those that arrive near or at the mouth of their native river slacken their pace and cautiously feel their way, like a ship standing into a harbor. These last are more apt to avoid the nets ingeniously set for their capture. Up to this time the moyement in favor of fishculture had been confined to New York and New England, and chiefly to the State of Massachusetts. Dams hitherto impassable bad been opened to the passage of the anadromous fishes; fish- ways of an improved form had been built; a decision of the Supreme Court had given to fish the right of way in rivers; acts for the encouragement of the cultivation of useful fishes had been passed; the artificial hatching of shad and salmon had begun, and an investigation into the exhaustion of sea fisheries had been set on foot. All these measures, were, how- ever, partial and on a small scale. The moment had arrived for the interposition of a power stronger and more general in its character. That democratic and gregarious fish, the scup, was the founder of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Ii is a fish coeval with the first white settlements, In 1621, on the shores of Buzzard’s Bay, the hungry Englishmen were entertained by Massasoit with ‘two fishes like bream, but twice as big and better meat,” and Roger Williams says in 1642, ‘‘Nishcup the bream, Of this fish there is abundance, ‘which the natives dry in the sin and smoke, and some Hn- glishmen begin to salt,” With the first warm days of spring, the scup were wont to push into the bays and fiords and salt ponds in multitudes, standing in from the off-shore depths ‘which had sheltered them and furnished them abundant food during the winter, Then followed a jubilee for poor and rich. Anybody who had a hook and line could catch a ‘‘mess of ‘tish” before breakfast; scup he was sure to get, and he was ae to add a fat tautog or a striped bass. But when did a Yankee ever allow any peace to himself or his neighbor, or when did his mind, sleeping or waking, ever cease to dwell on the inyention of some labor-saving machine? Hook and line _ was foo primitive a methad to be permitted in this age of im- rovement. — pitt the year 1850, one Benjamin Tolima, 4 »* : : ———E—— <= t—‘—~C FOREST AND STREAM. being doubtless moved and abetted by the Evil One, conceived the idea of driving posts in a straight line running out to sea, and stretching thereon netting, so astomake a fence; and constructing at the end thereof a sort of inclosed yard, The schools of scup, as they coasted along the shore, ran against the fence, and turning their heads seaward were captured in the said yard, The inventor, in the pride of his heart, named the engine a “trap.” He little knew that he had only made a small copy of a contrivance that was know to the Phcenicians, who used it along the shores of the Mediterranean and éeyen on the coast of Spain. There, in later days, the Moors called it the almadraba, whence is derived the modern French word madrague. If the Moors created as much popular indignation with their almadrabas as Benjamin did with his ‘‘traps,” the fact may account for their expulsion from Spain by the Gothic tribes, For twenty years war and recrimination pre- yailed between the trappers and the hook-and-line men, until, at leneth, both parties, like the Jewish factions, determined to a peal unto Cassar, or as he is now called, Uncle Sam. On the 19th of February, 1871, was passed a joint resolution of Congress, the preamble of which says: ‘Whereas, it is as- serted that the most valuable food fishes of the coast and the lakes of the United States are rapidly diminishing in number, to the public injury, and so as materially to affect the mter- ests of trade and commerce,” therefore, resolved, that the President be authorized to appoint a Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. Tt has been truly said that when the critical moment arrives, the man fad tae also; and this critical moment made no ex- ception to the rule. A man—nay, the man, was at once found in the person of Professor Spencer F. Baird. The Casar to whom the warring factions had appealed could not have sent forth a more judicious praetor. ercifully he was not one of those self-taught men (of whom, for some occult reason, we are so proud), but a man of careful scientific training, and one as industrious in collecting facts asin arranging them. Also was hea than of a pleasant countenance and conversation, and well calculated to assuage the irritated feelings of the hook- and-liner, or to soothe the exasperated nerves of the trapper. Indeed, he seems to be the only individual! in history who ever intervened between two combatants without receiving the blows of both. Henceforth the history of American fishculture is contained in that of the United States Fish Commission, Its work, wide- spread and pushed with extraordinary energy, attracted the attention of the whole country, A greater part of the States appointed Wishery Commissions, which codperated with, and were assisted by, that of the general Government. Its rapidly increasing value and power culminated in the great Fishery Exhibitions of Berlin and London, where the United States ex- hibits gained the chief prizes. The history of the moyement for the restoration of our fishes, may seem like a triumphal march; but in summing up its results, we cannot in honesty avoid the cold question cui bono? of what good is all this? Up to the year 1880, the Fishery Commissions of the States and of the general Government had had appropriated $1,306,- 378. Has the country got a return of a million dollars’ worth of additional fish? In 1880, the total yalue of fishery products of the United States was $45,000,000, a Jess sum than that of the manufac- tures in a single Congressional District in the little State of Massachusetts. The two products show that real value is not always to be. measured by money. The people of this coun- try could have been deprived of the manufacture of that dis- trict, without recognizing their loss, but what an outery would rise, were they cut off, even for a month, from cod and white- fish, lobsters and oysters. Did the expenditure of $1,500,000 since 1866 add anything to the $45,000,000 which our fisheries produced in 1880? or did it pave the way for an increase? To define these questions we must define what we mean by a decrease in fisheries. When so many fish are annually taken from the waters, that the remainder are not numerous enough to produce anew crop equal in numbers to the old one, there must be a progressive decrease inthe yield, It is a very simple matter to demon- strate such a decrease in ordinary rivers or in lakes of moder- ate size, where it is easy to show that spearing and netting of the trout on their spawning beds has diminished their numbers, or that the establishment of weirs has made whitefish scarce. In the bays and coves of the-sea, also, where the waters are shallow ,itis not difficult to show thatthe use of numerous fy kes and trawl lines destroy the local fish, like tautog, rock bass and flounders. But, when we come to the schooling fishes of the open sea, itis very difficult to tell how mnch effect the hand of man has in lessening them, If, for example, we argue that traps and purse seines diminish the crop of menhaden by capturing them in enormous numbers, we leave out of mind the fact that these same traps and purse seines also capture bluefish and small sharks, which are thus taken from their occupation of killing menhaden. Again, when menhaden entirely disappear from a long stretch of coast, they are, in reality, no scarcer than before. They refuse to come to their wonted waters either because the temperature is too low, or because their favorite food is not to be found. They are not destroyed, only absent. There are familiar instances of such disappearance, The scup was plentiful when the whites first landed in New England; they afterward disappeared, and seein about the beginning of the present century. The bluefish was caught on the southern coast of New England from 1659 for more than a hundred years. In 1764 they disappeared, and after an absence of sixty-six years, they reappeared about 1830, Another element that must be borne in mind in estimating the total catch of fish is the number of men and the kind of engines employed, If, for example, the population of a coast is scanty and only a dozen men go a-fishing, each of them is likely to haye a good catch; but when the coast becoines thickly settled a hundred men will fish, and thougheach one may take but few, the catch of the hundred will be greater than that of the twelve. In the light of the patient investigations of the past dozen years, it is safe to assert. first, that our fresh-water fisheries aye in general greatly diminished since early times, and have in many cases been destroyed; secondly, that the local Bey fisheries have also to a greater or less degree dimin- ished. What have our Fishery Commissions done to remedy or to palliate these evils? It is fair tosay that they have done a good deal, and are in a good way to do more. Their first, and perhaps most valuable, service has been to excite universal interest in our fisheries, and to draw general attention to their importance. The second great step in ad- vance has been the accumulation of a vast amount of accurate information concerning the number aud yariety of our fishes, their food, manner of breeding, condition of life, migrations and stages of growth. The third degree of progress has been fishculture, which may be called negative and positive; nega- tive when obstructions to the increase of fish, such as im- proper apparatus and impassable dams, are removed; positive when fishes are artificially bred, or when new species are in- troduced from distant countries. It may be fairly said that both forms of culture have already given considerable results. Of the success of negative culture, a familiar example is that of the smelt, which a few years ago had grown scanty in numbers and small in size on the Massachuseets coast, because the breeding fish were cap- tured in the brooks when crowded together on their spawning beds. The prohibition of this kind of fishing was followed within three years by the restoration of the smelts to thei: former numbers and size. The best instance of positive culture is that of the Califor- nia salmon in the Sacramento River, where Livingston Stone, by annually turning into the river 2,000,000 young fry, arti- 471 ficially hatched, inereased the yearly catch from 5,000,000 pounds to 9,500,000 pounds, ; Wide experience in the hatching of shad and whitefish proves pretty clearly that a marked increase may be obtained, if the work be done on a scale large enough and that an amount of work insufficient to produce a positive increase will, nevertheless, check the decrease of these species, In a word, artificial breeding, hy greatly augmenting the proportion of eggs impregnated and by protecting them until hatched, presents a great advantage over the natural process, and gives us an available method of preserving many impor- tant fisheries, But to produce results of commercial value, this waterculture must be practiced as universally and method- ically as is agriculture. lt is not the custom of Americans to stop half way in a profitable enterprise. Therefore I do not doubt that im the next generation some of our chief fisheries will he maintained by an established system of artificial culture, Perhaps, in that day the honorable guild of fishmongers will erect a monument of their gratitude, and will inscribe on its tablets the names of scientific men who have in our time labored, The chairman then introduced Hon §, 8, Cox, who spoke as follows: SPEECH OF HON. 8S. §, COX. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: |t 1s my pleasure and privilege this evening to move a vote of thanks to the Hon. Theodore Lyman for his very felicitous and learned address upon this annual occasion, Iam told that by a custom which now ob- tains in this museum, T am expected to speak to my own motion. If [were in another body I think I should rule it out of order, hut I have a special gratification this eyening in haying a Congressman appear here so thoroughly Jearned in marine zoology. Thereissitting before me, I notice, an ex- member of Congress, the Hon. Mr, Roosevelt (and I beg to say thatin this particular province an x is not an unknown quantity), who has also devoted his services, his intellect, and sometimes his sportive nature to the same object as my dis- tinguished friend from Massachusetts, Buta New York man has not the same right to talk fish as a New England man. It is the peculiar privilege of, the latter, as any one can see who will examine the last census, and you may have noticed all through the remarkable address of our friend that he is associated with the fish interest and with the dams of Mas- sachusetts. I cannot say that I was shocked or astonished at his description, and at hearing the names of the yarious little streams of that State. We have always heard of them in the River and Harbor Bill, [Laughter,] But i was struck by one thing, namely, that he took very good care in his discussion to connect science with religion. And even at the falls of the Pawtucket, where he said the manufactur- ing interests did not harmonize with those of fish- eries, he associated the old Puritan doctrine with Tfeligion, revelation, science and fisheculture, which were almost ' one andthe same thing. Anditissimply true. If you look at the escutcheon of the State of Massachusetts you will find it to be a codfish, and nearly all the quarrels of that Pur- itan State have arisen from the same question that vexed the old Hollanders in early days as to whether the codfish took the hook or the hook took the codfish, [Laughter.] I do not know whether that pointis settled yet. The State of Massa- chusetts should be proud of her fisheries, I remember having the honor of being arrested at 3 o’clockin the morning with General Butler, inthe House of Representatives, inmry attempt to break down the proposition to pay over to England the $5,500,000 growing out-of the fishery award, I heard Mr, Rice, another member from Massachusetts, contend for the abrogation of the fishing treaty, which now allows fish to come in free from the Dominion of Canada, I sustained him in that, not because I was unwilling to haye fish come in free to this country, but because I did not want fish to come free from Canada or Great Britain, who had cheated us out of $5,500,000, Throughout this whole subject Massachusetts has played a most prominent part. Why not? In early days the Puritans came here to worship God and catch fish. [Laughter.] New England is the home, if not the mother, of invention. The feature which most interests us here to-night is the inventive faculty, It has been shown in such a remarkable degree in fishing, and chiefly in New England, in connection with improvements for the catching of fish, These were displayed oe a magnificent scale at Berlin in 1880, and in London in 885. You may remember that a certain weaver at Lyous invented his famous net, which revolutionized fishing. They arrested him, and the great War Minister Carnot, sent for him tu come before the great Napolean. The Minister said: ‘‘Are you the man that ean do what God cannot# tie a knot on a stretched string?” And they put him gently under arrest, for fear he would go to England and there introduce his net, Since then we have moade remarkable strides in the inven- tion of fish apparatus. Our fishing schooner attracted uni- versal admiration in London, Wenow usesteam as an adjunct and the great purse-semne. In the whale fisheries harpoons are no longer of the old sort, but explosive. Not satisfied to blow up dynasties with dynamite, we blow up whales with it (Laughter.) But the great element of advancement was not discovered perhaps as early as some think—in Japan or China. Our learned friend fixed it at about 150 years ago, but I have data to show that this discovery of fishculture was made in Ohio! (Laughter). I know the man! (Prolonged laughter). His name was Dr. Garlick of Cleveland. Hisdiscovery like others was not complete at first, Iti was necessary that New York should perfect what Ohio had begun, and with the aid of several New York men, prominent among whom was my honorable friend in front (Hon. R. B. Roosevelt), this science was brought to pertection. By aiding nature, and with the skill of such men, these investigations have been prosecuted. Congress has been enabled to see something of the inestimable value of food fishes. Out of these investigations came the United States Fish Commission in 1871, for the creation of which I had the honor to yote. We should in a body pass a vote of thanks to Congress. From it came the appropriations that warmed wp the hatching places. They helped on the grand results. So that now we can send from one end of the country to the other over car-wheels, tanks of fish. We all have, I trust, or ought to have, a deep interest in the fisheries, But I forgot that I am speaking on a mere motion of thanks. Besides, I yesterday had occasion to speak at length in Con- gress ia favor of Professor Baird's bill for the preservation of the shad and herring of the Potomac. We carried it hand- somely. T have already spoken too long. I meant merely to refer to what my friend has stated so eloquently, and to make the motion which has already been made. I cannot, however, cease without referring to one matter, which is, that in our legislative action in Congress in connection with fishing and fishculture, we haye not been behind other nations, or rather legislative bodies. Itis pleasing to know that we have fur- nished all the BEPrOpNa none necessary ta enable us to meet the nations of the world, both at Berlin and at London. [ believe such appropriations should continue to be made. They will enable us to solve, as no other nation can, the prob- lem which you fishculturists are titying to solye here, and which France, Germany, and England are solying, With scientific applications to the multiplication of fishes, we shall always, with the aid of liberal appropriations from Federal aud State governments, not only be able to increase our food supply, but also to meet the nations of the world in happy viyalry and successful competition. I will say in conclusion: Ail honor to men engaged in this work! All honor to the Congressmen who can elucidate its value to the satisfaction of the people, All honor to the men, nay te this chief of men, 472 [Juny 10, 1884, MR. F. WINDHOLZ’S BLUE BELTON ENGLISH SETTER BITCH Winner of First in Puppy Class, New York, 1884. Professor Spencer F. Baird, who received the grand medal from the Emperor of Germany at Berlin, as the greatest of all liying fisheulturists. All honor to Professor George Brown Goode and his associates at Berlin and London, who bore away the highest prizes given in Germany and England. I want these honors to come while they are full of life, faith and hope, and can enjoy them. They are worthy of the com- mendation of Professor Huxley, who said that Professor Baird, Professor Goode and his associates, by their energy, patience, and scientific research, have made the world more and more comfortable for mankind, By their exertions they have advanced into high favor, the doctrine of applying science to human ends, I, therefore, ask you, Mr. President, to put the question of thanks to Professor Lyman for his very able address. Iwish I could add to it that emphatic senti- ment of the people, who in their homes all through the land gratefully commend the efforts of the United States Fish Com- mission. The president of the meeting proposed a vote of thanks to Hon, Theodore Lyman for his eloquent and instructive address. Hon, James B. Groome, referring to Hon §. 8S. Cox’s state- ment that Ohio had originated and New York perfected fish- culture, remarked; ‘'T beg to say also that Ohio produced, and New York perfected, the model Congressman.” (Applause.) The chairman proposed a vote of thanks to Hon. 8. 8. Cox, which was carried unanimously. The meeting then adjourned to meet next day. THE GREAT FALLS FISHWAY.—The plans for the Mc- Donald fishway at the Great Falls of the Potomac have been accepted by Prof. Baird and transmitted to Maj. Lydecker, of the U. 8. Engineers, under whose direction the work will be done, This insures more thorough work than if done by con- tract, and this fishway will give opportunity for careful and critical study of details, The total hight to be surmounted is 71.9 feet, this rise being accomplished in a horizontal distance of 2,600 feet, measuring from the crest of the dam to the level of low water, The greater part of the ascent to be overcome is in the lower part of the section surveyed, the total elevation being accomplished by a succession of abrupt declivities, rising successively to higher levels. It is estimated that it will require for this work 202 cubic yards of cut stone masonry; 90 cubic yards of coping stone masonry; 479 yards of concrete masonry ; 3,600 feet of timber, B. M.; 8,532 lbs. iron; 17,752 short bolts, 2to6in,: 51,664 serews, 234 to 9 in,; 1,655 cubic yards of rock excavation; 750 cubic yards of earth excavation; and 110 cords ofriprap, The work will soon begin. Col, McDonald expects to sail for Scotland about July 10, the Scotch Commissioners having engaged him to construct a fishway on a salmon river, which he expects to complete in time for the fall run of fish. Some OrHER Man is always the one you think will get hurt by acci- dent, aad the ‘‘other man” thinks it will be you! If he is right, you will be sorry you didn’t insure in the Travelers, of Hartford—or your family will.—Adv. The Fennel, FIXTURES. BENCH SHOWS. Sept. 16.17 and 18.—Collie Bench Show and Field Trials of the Ontario Collie Club, Toronto, Ont. Entries close Aug. 23. Mr. H. J. Hill, Secretary, Toronto. » Sept. —.Bench Show of the Philadelphia Kennel Club. Mr, Benj. ©, Satterthwaite, Secretary. Oct, 5, 9, 10 and 11.—Third Annual Bench Show of the Danbury Agricultural Society, Danbury, Conn. E. 5, Davis, Superintendent, Danbury, Conn. Oct, 21, 22, 23and 24.—First Annual Fall Bench Shew of the West- minster Kennel Club, Madison Square Garden, New York. Mr. Chas. Lincoln, Supermtendent, FIELD TRIALS. Dee, 8 —Sixth Annual Trials of the National American Kennel Club at Canton, Miss. D. Bryson, Seeretary, Memphis, Tenn. A. K. R. HE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration of pedigrees, etc. (with prize lists of all shows and trials), is pub- lished every month. Entries close on the ist. Should be in early, Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. Registration fee (25 cents) must accompany each entry. No entries inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subscription $1, Address “American Kennel Register,” P. 0. Box 28382, New York. Number of entries already printed 1319, VolumelI,, bound in cloth, sent postpaid, 1,50. POINTERS AT NEW YORK. Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. Aldrich seems to look upon the forty signers of that protest somewhat as Ali Baba did upon another famous forty. They are all very, very wicked men. But why should I be especially chosen out of the forty, to be the text of Mr. drich’s sermon, when so many of them are better known, both as breeders and exhibitors, than my humbleself. Ihave not said that Bang Bang was throaty. I have not said that he had a black nose, I have not said he was cock-eyed. What is the head and front of my offending? But to relieve Mr. Aldrich’s mind I will explain my position in regard to the pro- test, Iwas told that a protest was being signed against the judging of the pointers at New York, and asked if I, as a breeder, wished to signit. In my letter of Juned, from which Mr, A. quotes one paragraph, I expressly gaye my reasons for thinking Mr. E. C. Sterling no judge of a pointer. I readily then signed my name to a protest which J thought, and still think, was intended to conyey the objection of pointer breeders to that gentleman as a judge, and to prevent his being employed in that capacity at future bench shows. The PECuest as printed was worded a little differently from what I ad expected, but the substance being the same, I did not cayil at the form. As regards Meteor, I have never undertaken to pick him to pieces, but I frankly say that after hearing a full description of him from Major Taylor, who is an open admirer of the dog, and hearing more of him from others who know what a pointer should be, as well as or better than I do, I do not be- lieve he can beat one side of Beaufort in a large pointer class and under a judge who mows what a pointer is. Mr. Aldrich seems to be under the impression that I am fighting Mr. Mason’s battles against the W. K. C. Suchisnotthecase. I consider Mr. Mason Snub capable of taking care of himself, and when I condemn Mr. Sterling’s judgment it is with no feeling against the W. K. C. I am only championing Beau- fort against his foes, and would do so whoever owned him and whoever ran him down. If Meteor is such a grand dog why run Beaufort down? Were Meteor mine I should like Beaufort to be all his friends claim him to be when my dog had beaten him, Every fault that is found in him takes a leaf from Meteor’s laurels, and if he is as Mr. Cornell and Mr, Aldrich would fain paint him there is not much glory in beat- ing a cripple. And now I have explained, I want some expla- nation from Mr. Aldrich. What does he mean by ‘‘men like this,” as applied to me? If I have not forgotten my gram- mar “this”? needs another word to make sense, and applied to the rest of hissentence it is either ungrammatical or shows that Mr. Aldrich doesnot understand the wording of the protest, What is ‘‘hard” in my signing my humble name to that pro- test, and who it is ‘hard” on I cannot Bi Perhaps Mr, Aldrich can. T. B. Dorsey. Editor Forest and Stream; Tt is vain for Mr. Mason to say that Mr, Cornell began the fuss. He certainly cannot deny that his attempt on me was altogether without provocation on my part, yet he deliber- ately chose to make it a personal matter. / If he opines that only the owners of good ones are entitled to discuss dogs, I might call attention to the fact that I have owned, and indeed do now own, dogs that have won both in bench shows and field trials, first-class events at that, and not tail-end prizes either, But then, as we all know, Mr. Mason would say there was no competition, or if there was then the judges were fools. This hostility toa the record amounts, on Mr, Mason’s part, to an assumption of something like infallibility. Whenever a dog he dislikes, as Bang Bang or Thunder, wins, as such ones most commonly do, why then it don’t count, that’s all. But before he is publicly installed as pope of dogdom, he must make a better case than against Thunder, No such loose statement of the facts, even it what he states are facts, will suttice to discredit a public record. But take it all as he gives it, and it is as strongly against him as could be wished. There were no birds, he says. Well, then, what were the points upon which the decision yas reached? Hvidently range, pace, quartering, obedience, etc. If he was such an idiot as represented, itis apparent that he would lack in all those points which are dependent on intelligence, and there would be little left for him to winon but range and pace, which are precisely the points for which he would be disquali- fied if he ia such a defect as is affirmed. Mr. Mason will find that before he will be able to overthrow Thunder’srecord he will have no resource left him but a resort of personal yili- fication of those who made the record. ab. Now I want it understood that I never write anything in favor of my own works, and will not now do so, but I will give a little “fact, hard as granite,” that will show beyond dis- pute that either Mr. Mason is guilty of intentional unfairness, or of complete ignorance of the subject-he makes so free to ‘open, dogs (26 Tbs, and over) 815, $5 and. “PRINCESS PHCEBUS.” discuss. In my picture of Thunder, with the dog in the posi- tion indicated and the spectator at the point of view chosen, and clearly established by the composition of the picture, such a crook as Mr. Mason describes in his criticisms of Thun- der’s leg could not be detected with the naked eye, or shown by a photograph, evenif it were present in the degree he claims, Now he either knows this or he does not, and I care not which horn of the dilemma he chooses, It is neither necessary nor proper to bring private persons or private expressions of opinions into a public discussion, What cannot be shown by proofs that are publie and open to the inspection and veriification of all, I am quiet willing to forego. So instead of giving the private conversation of any arty to show what ‘ notoriety ” there has been in regard to ‘hunder’s field qualities, I will ailude to the tact that at Vincennes, Pittsburgh gentlemen, who were well acquainted with the dog and with his owner, backed him in the pools, and against no less a crack than Gladstone ! It is not news to anybody what kind of dog Mr. Mason favors, we all knew he went in for a distinctly show animal, as do a great many others, all of which is their right and privilege. There are, however, many who go in for field quality, and care less for ornamental points. Itis nob yet proven which of these opposing parties is in the right, The question is open for discussion, and any person, however humble, who can give valuable facts looking to its elucidation, wili be listened to with pleasure, but mere assertion, ‘personal denunciation and bounce will not impose upon anyhody. J. M, TRACY, GREENWICH, July 5, 1884. NEW YORK FALL DOG SHOW. HE first annual fall bench show of the Westminster Ken- nel Club will be held at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 21, 22, 23 and 24, With the exception of bloodhounds, deerhounds, . greyhounds and fox-terriers, the show will be confined to the non-sporting classes, The premium list, which we give below, contains ninety-two classes. The prizes offered are liberal, and perhaps as well apportioned as possible, Should the fan- ciers of any breed feel that they are not sufficiently noticed, we can assure them that a full entry will result in a better classification and larger prizes next year, and we presume that the management would cheerfully sub-diyide at this show all of the classes where the number of entries is sufficiently large to make it advisable. Weare glad to notice that the club have taken a new departure, and adopted a rule debar- ring all dogs from the champion class who have not won three first prizes either in open, champion or extra champion classes, We trust that all future shows will, now that the ice has been broken, adopt the same rule. They have also added to the list of recognized shows those held at Crystal Palace, Alex- andra Palace and Birmingham, England. The entries close Oct. 6. Following is the premium list as corrected to date: Mastirrs.—Champion dogs $20, bitches the same; open, dogs $15, $5 and medal, bitches the same; an extra prize of $10 for best brindle dog, best brindle bitch the same; puppies, dogs $10 and medal, bitches the same, Sr. BERNARDS.—Champion rough-coated dogs $20, bitches the same; open, dogs $15, $5 and medal, bitches the same; puppies, dogs $10 and medal, bitches the same. Champion smooth-coated dogs #20, bitches the same; open, dogs $15, $5 and medal, bitches the same; puppies, dogs $10 and medal, bitches the same. { NEWFOUNDLAND.—Black, champion dogs or bitches $20; open, dogs $10 and medal, bitches the same; other than black, dogs or bitches $10 and medal, ‘or . GrREYHOUNDS.—Champion dogs $20, bitches the same; open, dogs $10 and medal, bitches the same; puppies, dogs or bitches $10 and medal. _" DrERHOUNDS.—Champion dogs or bitches $20; open, dogs $10 and medal, bitches the same; puppies, dogs or bitches $10 and medal, ENGLISH BLOODHOUNDS.—Open, dogs or bitches, $10 and medal, Fox-TERRIERS.—Champions, dogs $20, bitches the same; open, dogs $15, $5 and medal, bitches the same. Wire-haired, dogs or bitches, $10 and $5; puppies, dogs $5 and medal, bitches the same. Surrpr Docs.—Champion dogs $20, bitches the same; open, rough-coated, dogs $10, $5 and medal, bitches the same. Smooth-coated, dogs or bitches $10 and medal; puppies, dogs $10 and medal, bitches the same. Oe aera on dogs (any weight) $20, bitches the same; open, dogs (45 lbs, and over) $15, 85 and medal, bitches. (35 lbs, and over) the same; dogs under 45 lbs. the same, ‘bitches under 35 lbs. the same; puppies, dogs or bitches $5 and medal, BULL-TERRIERS.—Champion dogs (25 Ibs..and over) $20 bitches the same; dogs” under 25 ‘ibs! $20, bitches the same; medal. bitches ths, i ” — —@@a ,_™~ —n eee _—__o_0 OOS oor ——— same; dogs under 25 Ibs. the same, bitches the same; puppies, dogs or bitches, medal. _ "BrACK AND Tan THRRIERS.—Dogs or bitches $10 and medal. Scorcn TERRIERS,—Hard-haired, dogs or bitches $10 and medal. ; TERRIERS.—Rough-haired dogs or bitches $10 and medal. oe Dinmont TERRTERS.—Dogs or bitches $10 and medal. —_ Trish TERRIERS.—Dopgs or bitches $10 and medal. BEDLINGTON TERRIERS.—Dogs or bitches $10 and medal, _ Skyb TERRMERR.—Champion dogs or bitches, champion medal; open, dogs or bitches $10, $5 and medal, YORKSHIRE TERRIERS.—Champion dogs or bitches over 5 Ibs., champion medal, under 5 lbs. the same; open, dogs or bitches over 5 Ibs,, $10, $5 and medal, under 5 Ibs. the same. Toy THERRIERS.—Rough-coatied, other than Yorkshire, dogs or bitches under 51bs. $10 and medal, smooth-coated the same. ; Kine CHARLES SPANTELS.—Dogs or bitches $10 and medal. BLENHEM SPANIELS,—Dogs or bitches $10 and medal, JAPANESE SPANIELS.— Dogs or bitches $10 and medal. Pucs.—Champion dogs $20, bitches the same; open, dogs rae - and medal, bitehes the same; puppies, dogs or bitches, medal, MALTESE Does,—Dogs or bitches $10 and medal. TrTALIAN GREYHOUNDS.—Dogs or bitches $10 and medal. PoopiEs.—Doegs (black) $10 and medal, bitches the same. white, dogs or bitches $10 and medal. ; DALMATIANS,— Dogs or bitches $10 and medal. MISCELLANEOUS.—Dogs or bitches not classed, over 265 lbs,, $10, $5 and medal, under 25 lbs., the same. Should there be two or more in either class of the same breed a separate class will be made for them, and regular prizes awarded, MISTAKE IN PEDIGREE. Editor Forest and Stream: - In reference to the above entitled article contained in last week's issue of FoREST AND STREAM I deem it a duty, not only to myself, but to others, who may be interested in the matter, to make the following explanation: The pointer bitch Fancy, purchased by Mr. Miller (about 6 months ago), was originally owned by a Mr. M. Walrath, of Bast Albany, N, Y.; this gentleman obtained her from a Mr. P. Halie. Mr. Walrath obtained the pedigree from Mr. R, G. Wilbur of Albany, to whom it was given by Mr. Halie, pend- ing previous negotiations for the sale and purchase of the bitch between the two latter parties (the pedigree referred to is the one now in question). Mr. Wilbur told me afterward that he was assured positively that the bitch was as repre- sented; that she was one of a litter of nine puppies (four dogs and five bitches) and Weipa in November or December (I have forgotten which), in 1881; Here I desire to make a cor- rection on the part of Mr. Miller, who isin error (uninten- tional I feel assured, however) in regard to the age given at time of purchase by him, which was two and not three years, which corresponds with the date of birth as previously given to me, making the bitch about two years seven or eight months old at the present time, Tt is not my custom nor has it ever been to guarantee the pedigree of amy stock not bred in my own kennel or from my stock unless IT am positively assured beyond any question of douht as to the correctness of the breeding, and again IJ regret that Mr, Miller is laboring under an erroneous impression in regard to my certifying as to the pedigree’s being correct, not but what it may beso, and beyond a question of doubt with others, but simply because it is not my custom to do so. 1 have always since my first acquaintance esteemed Mr, Miller as a gentleman, and I believe him entirely incapable of know- ingly misrepresenting any stock that he may have for sale. Both Mr. Walrath and Mr. Wilbur, the parties referred to, are entlemen that are held in high esteem, and both are positive in their assurances as to the bitch’s being bred as stated, Mr. Halie I never knew personally, but only through the above named parties, both of whom place entire confidence in him and his statement, In regard to a technical error in a pedigree, if the pedigree is otherwise correct (i. ¢., correct as to sire and dam), due allowance should always be made. Mr, Dilley should and un- doubtedly dees Know whether his bitch was bred to Croxteth at all, and if so at what time, and if there was any progeny what disposition was made of them. Hither of the parties I have referred to will sustain me verbatim et literatim in what Thave said, and any communications to them on the subject [ am stire will be cheerfully and promptly answered. My spe- cialty in breeding is almost entirely and exclusively Irish setters, and on the subject of pointers and their pedigrees I consider myself but a poor authority. W.N. CaLLenpsr, Appany, N. Y, DEATH OF GATH.—We have received-a dispatch from Memphis, Tenn., announcing the death, on July 1, of the famous English setter dog Gath, from the effect of a dose of poison administered at Fairmont, Minn, The history of Gath is well known to the readers of FOREST AND STREAM, A capital likeness of him may be found in our issue of Dec. 6. We then said of him; ‘The setters at this last meeting made a yery strong class, and Gath stands at its head. e believe him to be the very best setter in America to-day, and the work which he did in the concluding heat of the All-Aged Stake was marvelous.” Jn describing this heat we said: ‘The work in this heat was very near perfection, and fully equal if not superior to that in the heat between Gath and Pink B. Indeed, so bewildering was the nature of the performance that we could scarcely realize that we were not upon enchanted ground, and following the evolutions of super- natural dogs.” Gath made his first appearance in public in the National Derby of 1882, where he acquitted himself very ereditably, but was not placed. Last year, in the hands of Mr. H. M. Short, he won first in the Eastern Field Triais All- Aged Stake, secondin the National All-Aged Stake, and at the same meeting divided the champion prize with Bryson’s Sue. At the Southern States Trials, a week later, he won second in the All-Aged Stakes and the champion prize. He was shown on the bench but twice, At New Orleans last winter he won first in the open class, the special for the best English setter and three specials for dogs that had been placed at field trials. At St. Louis last April he won in the champion class. He was a finely formed animal with a wonderful turn of speed, and possessed one of the best noses that we ever saw. He was also very sey ust. when on game. Thisis a pecutier'y ageravated case of dog poisoning, and Mr, Crawford wi have the sympathy of all owners of valuable dogs. THE WARWICE SHOW.—London, S$. E., June 20,.—Hditor Forest and Stream: Your correspondent ‘‘Lillibulero,” in your issue of May 22 last, has indulged his imagination in a4 description of the judging at this show, and has given it such reins that it appears to have run away with the owner, and it is a difficult task to find out where he gains control and is able to assume the sober, steady pace of truth. He says, “Well, but look here, this did not happen at Warwick, so adieu, imagination, and return hard facts.” The hard facts are hard, but the facts are mere presumptuous outpouriugs of an ignorant conjecture, which he seeks to impose on the credu- lity of his readers. His remarks which follow this announce- ment are directed against two gentlemen, most honorably and deservedly respected in the mastiff world, and are as far from the truth, as posers the inuendos which they contain, as any imagination, filed with ‘envy, hatred and all uncharitable- ness,” can make them. He, evidently, knows little of Mr. Portier or Mr. Taunton. He describes the former as “having ran ; hefore, but he does not remember where;” and says * he has written ‘‘over the nom de plume of ‘Anglo-American.’” It should be “Franeo-American,” some of whose letters have been among the most able of those appearing in our journals. But did your ‘‘Lillibulero” Know anything of mastiffs he would be aware that Mr, Portier’s letters on that subject were signed “County Monaghan.” I shall hardly be accused of partiality, for it is well-known that ‘‘County Monaghan” has been my fiercest and most powerful opponent in the contro- versy on ‘Mastiffs and their Points;” but always an opponent who tought fairly and gave his reasons for any differences of opinion, Mr. Taunton, as a gentleman of unimpeachable honor, and as a breeder of some of our best mastiffs and for- eign dogs, enjoys the esteem of all who are interested in, these breeds and is too well known to require any eulogies. The stud prize at Warwick, was awarded to Mr, Taunton’s Cardinal, and my own dogs, who represented the progeny of Crown Prince, were beaten. Under the circumstances of the case, as explained by Mr. Portier in the Live Stoek Journal, I see no reason to cavil at his decision, and feel quite sure it was a@ conscientious one. T do not like to see exhibitors grumbling atthe verdict of those judges whom they have themselves asked to adjudicate, and still more object to a reporter who tries to make people believe that he casts no “suspicion” on a judge’s “strict. probity,” at the same time insinuating that the judge and his friend are ‘‘Arcades ambo,” which those versed in the comic Latin grammar know how to translate. This is giving ‘‘a handle to the Party of envy, hatred and all un- charitableness,” in which malice may be yery safely invluded, Hoping you will find room in your paper for this protest, as I lnow Americans like fair play as well as Englishmen, I beg to sign myself.—I. SipNey-TURNER. DOGS BOARDED,—Mr. Wim. H. Pierce advertises to board and condition a few dogs. We have no doubt he will readily obtain all he wishes, as the appearance of his dogs when shown is ample testimony as to his ability to put them in condition and to keep them looking their best. KENNEL NOTES. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS, Kennel notes are inserted in this column free of charge. ‘To insure publication of notes, correspondents MUST GIVE the following par- ticulars of each animal: i, Color. 6. Name and residence of owner, 2. Breed. buyer or seller. 3. Sex. 7, Sire, with his sire and dam, 4, Ape, or 8. Owner of sire. 5, Date of birth, of breeding or 9. Dam, with her sire and dam. of death. 10, Owner of dam, Allnames must be plainly written. Communication on one side of paper only, and signed with writer’s name, NAMES CLAIMED. f=" See instructions at head of this colwmn. Duke of Hudson, Don, Spot and Lucy. By Mr. Charles H. Malle- son, Hudson, N. Y,, for King Charles spaniels, three dogs and one bitch, whelped April 27, 1884, by Duke of New York out of his Jumbo. Belton II. By Mr. B, A. Gage, Pawtucket, R. I., for wlite, black and tan English setter dog, whelped April 30, 1884 (Yale Belton— opsy. Halka. By Mr. Lawrence M. Kostright, Bristol, R. I,, for red Irish setter bitch, whelped Jan, 21, 1884, by champion Glencho out of Bess (Chief—Tilley). Burr. By Mr. C Frank Greene, Jersey City, N. J,, for beagle dog, whelped Feb. 21, 1884, by Joy out of Nelly. Dave Bondhue. By Messrs. Walter and Mason; Providence, R. T., for black, white and tan English setter dog, whelped Feb. 27, 1884, by Gus Bondhue (Dashing Bondhue—Noyel) out of Countess Mollie (Count Noble—Spark), tees ees" See instructions at head of this column. Rena—Agrippa, The Riverview Kennel’s (Clinton, Mass.) mastiff bitch Rena (A.K.R, 262) to their Agrippa (A.K.R. 449), May 13. Delph Viva—The Prince. The Riverview Kennell’s (Clinton, Mass,) imported mastiff bitch Delph Viva (E.K.C.S.B. 14,738) to Mr. J, Royle’s (Manchester, England) The Prince (Crown Prince—Lady), May 2. Medea—Dash II. Mr. CG. D. Foss’s (Boston, Mass,) English setter bitch Medea (Bute—Pride) to Mr. A. M. Tucker’s Dash III., May 11. Hilda V.—Agripna. The Riverview Kennel’s (Clinton, Mass.) mas- tiff bitch Hilda V. to their Agrippa (A.K.R. 449),May 30. Antea—Agrippa. The Riverview Kennel’s (Clinton, Mass.) mastiff biteh Antea (A.K.R. 244) to their Agrippa (A. K.R. 449), May 2. CorreEection,—In the notice last week of the breeding by Mr. C. H. Drayton’s Vie to Glencho, Elcho is given as his sire, It should read Echo, WHELPS. =" See instructions at head of this column. Jumbo. Mr. Charles H, Malleson’s (Hudson, N, Y.) King Charles spaniel bitch Jumbo (Prince—Gipsey), April 27, four (three dogs), by ae A. W. Lucy's imported Duke of New York (Don Carlo—Queen of Ow). Nora. Mr. Joseph Hayes’s (Boston, Mass.) imported red Irish setter bitch Nora (Cigar—Belle), July 7, eight, by Mr. J. J. Giltrap’s (Dublin, Ireland) champion Garryowen (1.K.C.8.B. 8,262). SALES, E> See instructions at head of this column. Radnor—Nora whelp. Orange and white Hnglish setter deg, whelped April 25, 1884, by Mr. Manasseh Smith, Woodford, Me., to Dr. Charles D, Smith, Portland, Me. Ruth. White, with orange ears, English setter bitch, whelped August, 1881 (Dashing Lion—Armida), by Mr. H. W. Jester, St. George’s, Del., to Mr. E. 8S. Hawks, Ashfield, Mass. (Wrongly given as Highland Kennel, June 26), Belton If, White, black and tan English setter dog, whelped April 30, 1884 (Yale Belton—Topsy), by Mr. H, A. Bailey, New Britain, Ct,, to Mr, B, A. Gage, Pawtucket, R. J, Pet Berwyn. Black, white and tan English setter bitch, whelped June 2, 1883 (Dashing Berwyn—May, Druid), by Mr, J, A. Rockwood, West Medford, Mass., to Mr, Walter B. Peck, Pawtucket, R. I. ' PRESENTATIONS. = See instructions at head of this column, Pride of Columbia. White, with orange markings, English setter dog, 24 years old, by Cossack (Don—Fairy) out of Ophelia (Pontiac— Mollie Bawn), by Hon. John W. Browning to Mr, Stewart M, McKay, New York. DEATHS. =" See instructions at head of this colunuvi. Gath. Black, white and tan English setter dog, 3 years old (Count Noble—Peep 0” Day), owned by Mr, W. J. Crawford, Memphis, Tenn,, July 1. at Fairmont, Minn., from poison. Taurus II, Mastiff dog (A,K.R, 1,152), owned by Mr. B. R, Hamp- son, St. Louis, Mo., June 17, from pneumonia, Lorna IT, Deerhound bitch, 14 months old (Oscar—Lorna), owned by Prof. Theodore A. Blake, New Haven, Ct., from distemper, Rifle and Gray Shooting, RANGE AND GALLERY. LOCKLAND RIFLE RANGH,.—At their Range, June 27, the Lock- land Rifle Club made the following scores: Geiger 169, T. Smiley 168, Stickles 162, Best 161, Worbis 161, Critchfield 159. Neiman 157, R. Mace 157, P. Mace 157, Richards 153, Poole 153, Dunn i51, Stevenson 148, Freechey 146, Roll 115, W. Smiley 145, Musselman 143, Potter 139, J. J. Smiley 188, Harrison 118. The average, 15144, is very good. The shooting was off-hand 200 yards at a Massachusetts target. Our range is situated _at Maplewood, just ten miles north of Cincinnati, Ohio, When Mr, W. M. Farrow visited us we were organizing the Rifle Club and he set us a pattern of 165, stating that when any one of us beat that score he would come to our range and set us another pattern, We would be happy to see Mr, Farrow here once more and hope that this will be the means of inducing him to come.—A. R. R. GARDNER, Mass., June 25.—Members of the Gardner Rifle Club who went out to Hackmatack range eee made the followin, scores, using the American decimal target, distance, 200yds., shoot- ing off-hand, with a possible 100: J, M. Dodge 86, A. Mathews 62, G. Fr. Ellsworth 81, G. C. Goodale 73, W. C. Loveland 69, George H. His- RIFLE CLUB, July 3,—12-ring target, possible 120: Zimmerman 115, M, Dorrler 115, 3. Schrarder 112, G. BULLSHEAD A, raee 117; G, D, Johnson 141, C. Rein 111, D. Louitzki 104, 8. F, C. Weber 105, J. F. Campbell 102, W. Shaw 89.—A. Loser, Sec’y. BOSTON, July 4.—There was a large number of riflemen at Walnut Hill to-day, and, with fine conditions, some good work was done, A match was shot on the oe between teams representing the Lawrence Rifle Club and the home association, the tormer winning. Matches B, C and E, which had been running some time, closed to- day. The records made in these contests are appended, as wellas the scores in the other contests of the day: Creedmoor Practice Match. JW Frost...-....... 556504454446 D Kirkwoed (mil,)...544d445444—49 W Gardner ......... 5ddddb4455—44 A J Kempton....... 445445444442 PAY NER Wass! Str Mes Serres 445455544444 J I Darmoody (mil,),4554334444 42 G Whitcomb....,...38544454455—43 J L Fowle (mil,) ., ..4445554434—42 W A Morton.......-. 448455544543 IP Dodge........... 444444445441 Credmoor Prize Match. CE Berry.....2 .... 565545555549 J W Whitcomb .... .4545545545—46 OM Jewell........-. 5665445555548 D Kirkwood (mil.). .5554544545—46 FW Perkins....... 5bb55b5d54—48 W Wisher ........... 545455465446 Ei FW Richardson.....5454545555—47 A D Alden.......... §444455455—44 W Wallace -.....2:. 544555545547 A B Areher..,...... 5544445454— 44 JB Fellows ........5555644515—47 WH Oler........... 4355545445 —44 JN Brye) 55. ax: 54555455447 , Massachusetts Rifle Association, Lawrence Rifle Club, Oa Berry. 6 hase 5555555444—47 OM Jewell.......... 4545545555—47 S-EYaMGIRs. th. Pat oss 46554544546 EF Richardson..... 645455545547 F Wallace........:.. 445444545544 J W Frost........04: 445455555b5—46 P Kirkwood ........ 444445643441 A D Alden.... ,,,,.,5454544454—44 W Gardner....... _. 4444424545—40 W Wisher.,.,.......,4545445454—44 218 228 Match C. WY ORBrIGS 220 os te Sekt RE EES SE COU PE as aL cee ....84 86 81 78 —3R29 VY RTG ey sk a aed aasdaunees ANAL e Pate 76 67 62 59+28—292 Match E.—Decimal, Off-hand. WHGHAPIBS con, cue adelaide ph Wanted tbc aclis Ae tine 84-88 —172 WY GALUMON a Jes gee ca dae trot tle AO d) Hoga jo Taba aden (i T5412 —164 EINES V Gs saeeeecicras Epagcee tek chen Restrnt sheet 74 73+ 8 —155 Ay SS OMLNCL S54. eateeie coe tense ecleses Notes 76 68+20 —164 AP BP RETO WRU aay te cence cancel Mane ca thre ol epar ene 78 W+4 —162 Decimal Rest. WA: HATO. -b SSD. Fes kon abe 20-3 s ores eco rer nes S tals ely vw 98 —190 We GarealGinn: stds ics e a kote ot hod a ee er velsy ya uatew's ny 9 94 —189 J N irye. BY ania rea anata Mere eh ae Melis Saar hah al 06 an , —189 ELEN OI ae ats plow sinatra te er ua tptels ete ol krewoyemrees GOOG —15915 Det Pollowsioas eke he tibee Leah vues! aie ontae ee ead 86 88 na Creedmoor. With arlesvce cone tsa ate aabah-ate) sh tethn aeurawh hots 49 474- 9H—458 VY SGD GT eared tie ccaigevveven s gd at nang a ars 45 4543 93443 SPUN rye cols earn he de ig eet ea ee 43 4512 90—484 YB Sorter Foote eines once reser 47 4545 97—42016 BAS aKAl (oy, pee ete wea neice ionic bere trees 47 444-1 92—418 Match B. CSEABerry~ ecb eee eR eee es ews © muidensinneamnee, 47 AY 48 49-- 6—196 FE NMRA Giaics rleie'o iol cteieleaclelgicse tie o 0 ant aed ce te 48 47 47 i 7—196 HAS CHISHIT peat, ecw reac dabtoee snadaee etn Sak ins erien se 47 4% 46 46--10—196 DLBSBaTeST, eiicee Fa oAd se dat dd atte tae Une nk he 49 47 45 45--11—195 DS VCUOW Sank ee eee aed a deena snr > ie 49 47 47 474- 2-192 GEE ewe ey ie keene ees wesceissen seep nee 48 47 47 4 —190 DEAR OOOH THEE) pale eesea pees Gite eee bee cal ate 45 44 45 46410—190 Fag a ae) coh apace eae ey LTA Ae KA WARM Sn 46 46 46 47-+ 4189 Ay DE os ey See — eo ee a ae A5 45 45 46-- 8—188 HG Bixby 2 beso ye Ce bythe cet aicaseelgeee inet etesed 49 48 47 438 —187 Fe ROR TQnATdSON ase ee (kes soe aren ba pcm 48 47 47 47- —187 GE WRItCOM BD. Cis cents. a swicme cu abren e pdilee 46 45 44 dd 9-184 AMEE AT CHER el te desea le lelncledice dy te ew fe eras 44 48 44 42 9-180 July 5.—There was a very slim attendance of shooters at the range at Walnut Hill to-day, in fact the regular “‘aiter a holiday crowd,” owing no doubt in part to the threatening weather. The clouds were dark and heayy, with alternating sunshine and shadow, with a stormy ‘‘fish-tail” wind. Despite this fact, however, Mr. Berr made a fine 47, Creedmoor, and Mr, 0, H. Brown aclean score of 100, decimal rest target, and followed it with § centers, makmg 18 consecu- tive shots put into a 3-inch circle. This is all considered remarkable shooting, when the weather conditions are observed and it is remem- bered that each gentleman was using a 32-caliber Maynard rifle. CREEDMOOR,.—The members of the Amateur Rifle Club of New York shot at Creedmoor on Thursday, July 3, for the Leech eup, given in 1875 by Maj. Blennerhasset Leech of Ireland. It was won by W. W. De Forest, who made the highest score ever made on the range. 221 out of a possible 225, namely 75 at S00yds., 74 at 900 and 72 at 1,000. Before the 1,000yds. range was shot, a heayy rain storm set in, and the weather conditions at the range made the score most remarkable, There were but six competitors. ; B00yds. 900yds, 1,000yde a NW IWD BH OLOSU 2 ieee rire tle Dara ave pigie ne eieti nays 16 T4 72 —28 TH RAQSN GMC ovesa ia fea taken ee wae nn tong snes Caen i “1 69—214 @oleHyhy Glare eras iiesalees twee =e tceraw selon, 7 64 52—201 TiiG@leOra, ceae surest suecte ht biseteewiss he et tee gies 68 70 61—199 SNS Bip eet treree ier ae vn seerere te te ere eae = 75 69 55—199 HIM GOB ds Bopeseo greene ere: 2 eon tes” 65 67 64—196 THOMASTON, Conn., June 28.—At the weekly shoot of the Empire Rifle Club to-day, the following scores were made: WH Dunbaren oo ln. aaa: dates 10 1 10 11 21 10 «10 11° 9 12—105 Ch AST emWiOn nee ak eee 9 9H ll Wd 9 11 10 10 12—103 a EL OTNS cone Oe Gat eee 10. 105 13 °F AO Oe 12 3T A” B10 @ FP Williams....).........0. 9) 2 12ra0e 12 ie YY 10. 19 108 GOP MOTEL poets yoo tee pele 10) 1 Oe JON RO CO LTeOn Boe KEE WOO Giese an Seppe elds 6 5 11 BW Wi tl 5b 12 §— 94 ASH OX tA. 123% wah ateet tie set eoman tate o ii tt tf 8.910) "9 Ay 9. (8—"9e GayeAv ine soo eee 9. SS BE 897 9, C8. 38 BS Bea Ginter ee) eed, eee ae 9 1% 1040 11 6) DB 5. 10° 9— (86 BW Pease Se ee ee gs ey LO Sin 1b 6.11 9 12 12 2 8 1 The club are to have a shoot with the Canton Rod and Gun Club July 8.—F. A. P. F ; July 4,.—Team match, shot by members of the Empire Rifle Club. W #H Dunbar’s Team. Gi OrGantield es paises 10; 40 St 66 10 1D 10) AI— 97, W H Dunbar. 5. ....0.56 10 Ve Ott 10. So °9. Te at) ees ee AUS “Hhibbard: .2 605s. 55 4 ait 9) 87 Oe 8) BOR 07 -O= 89 VO hes Sey sep faa B53 ns.s LTP TUG ATS AG. Le ee 981s G5 Kerwood) -:..-< sees B. B, Robinson, Pocasset......-. 22-10 12 19 00 THIRD CLASS. Wiyians. co, R. ¥. Nickerson, Chatham ...,. 20.05 12 20 59 lara rte. Outram Bangs, B.Y.@.......-.- 18.08 12 21 15 DOTY puts sues AL A Hardy, 830 Gis eo. 20,01 12 21 49 Romp was timed by request, having failed to enter in time. Flirt’s measurement is not official, Mystery, third class, was entered, but could not be got off the beach, where she had gone to clean her bot- fom, in time. The two larger classes carried the N.E. wind for the greater part of the run down; about a mile this side of Bird Island they struck a calm and the rear boats closed up, After some time spent driftin around in puifs coming from all directions, Mattie struck a 5.W win and began to beat for the buoy. Surprise and Atalanta took it next, then the leaders of the second class. Mattie rounded the buoy first and started free for Scraggy Neck. Surprise came next, gaining on her, then Atalanta, followed by Echo, Eleanor, Tantrum and Violet, Mattie and Surprise carried the 8.W. wind around Scraggy Neck _ buoy and started home before the wind, when Atalanta was three quarters, and Violet, who had passed Eleanor and Tantrum, half way across, the wind came out §.B, and they had to beat for the buoy which put the two leading a long distance ahead, Atalanta rounded third, then Violet and Echo together, Tantrum and Wleanor. All this time wind was N.E. at the judges’ yacht, Mattie and Sur- prise carried the 5,W, wind over the home line, but it immediately shifted back to the east. The others hadit N.B, running home, and as they approached the line found the wind east and crossed line close FOREST AND STREAM, hauled, as follows: Atalanta, Violet, Echo, Eleanor, Tantrum, Romp, Flirt, Lestris and Iris. —_————— aa CRUISE OF THE MABEL, The third class got into the edge of the calm, but when elear of it { Zdttor Porest und Stream: had the wind N.E,; ne stuck closely to each other, Vivian leading me way home, followed by Dolly and Clara 8B. Pollowing is the sum- ary: FIRST CLASS. Corrected, 2 35 30 2 40 33 5 Re WMWMNMMNWW we RH ASASSSE F Se SSeSauh ak et 44 158 87 Surprise. Hleanor and Clara B. take first prizes; Mattie, Echo and Dolly second prizes, The race being an open one, was sailed under the rules and allowances of the N. BE. Y. R. Association. Judges, Hdward Bangs, A. H. Hardy, W. Lloyd Jeffries. Judges’ yacht, Madcap, B, ¥. C. EBIGHTY-FIFTH RACE. Saturday, July 5, opened with half a gale of wind from the §.W. and a pouring rain; the result was that only four boats started in the match for the Buzzard's Bay Ne aed and they were under three reefs most of the way, The B. Y. C. measurement was used in this race, " FIRST CLASS CATS. Name Owner, Length. Actual. Corrected, Mattie...... - Vice-Com, Stockton. ...25.10 2 00 31 1 51 42 PRG Asses George H. Lyman...... 25.10 2 13 06 2 00 43 Trige toa es wesw ese detehat dsp ree pga nee 24.02 withdrawn. Tantrum ......J.M.Codman...., +... .25,00 withdrawn. A one-gun flying start was used, Tantrum going off with the lead. Mattie overpowered the others in the beat down to Bird Island Light. Course same as on the Fourth. Judges, George H. Richards, J. P. Gardner, FP, 1. Amory and W. Lloyd Jeffries. Judges’ yacht, Maude, BY Le: BiLuE Wits A Goup CASTLE, LA NUBIENNE. peas steam yacht, the first that has made the voyage to America under French colors, arrived in New York on Saturday morning from Montreal, having left Havre on June 10 and arrived at Quebec June 23, She has on board her owner, Mr. Edmond Blanc, Mr. Paul Saunieres, owner of the famous 40-tonner Myosotis, now the va; Mr. Fonande of the cutter Flamberge, and Mr, B. Clere, proprietor of Le Yacht, The party left the yacht at Montreal, coming to New York by rail, visitng Niagara and Albany, joining the vessel here and leaving on Tuesday evening for Newport, where they spend a few days before returning to France. The Nubienne, formerly the Cumbria, is named after the famous mare belonging to Mr, Blanc, winner of the Grand Prix in 1882, is bark rigged, of 470 gross tons and 596 Thames measurement, and was built by C. Mitchell & Co., of Newcastle, in 1881, being intended by her former owner, Lord Lonsdale, for a voyage around the world, but on his death she was purehased by Mr, Blanc, She is 179.7ft. long on waterline, 27.1ft. beam, 13.7ft. depth and is built of iron, with five bulkheads and two decks, and is a splendid specimen of an ocean cruiser. Her fittings on deck are all of teak— houses, bulwarks and rail—while below she is finished with English oak. Forward are the crew’s quarters on the lower deck, aft of which is a handsome dining saloon for the officers, their stater2oms opening into it. On the main deck aft is a dining saloon on the starboard side, hand- somely finished in oak, and ornamented with a painting of the yacht’s namesake, Nubienne. Aftof thisis a stateroom, and further aft a bathroom, fitted with a very ingenious combination washstand, oc- cupying but little space, while on the port side are staterooms for the servants. Aft of allis the smoking room, a semicircular apartment over the wheel, very handsomely fitted up, with a small yacht piano of English make, the entire keyboard of which folds up out of the way, the instrument, though of good tone, occupying about half the space of a small parlor organ. The owuer’s stateroom is on the lower deck, and abaft it are the storerooms and magazine, The chartroom is a very cosy apartment in the forward end of the deck house, under the bridge. The latter is fitted with signaling apparatus of the usual construction, with Jever and dial, but in addition has on each side three electric buttons, set under the rail, for signaling ahead, astern, stop, all parts of the ship being also connected by telegraph. The engines are of excellent design, inverted compound 25 and 47in.x27in. The propeller is of bronze, two bladed, and so fitted that the piteh may be altered from 11ft. to 15ft., from inside the ship. Her arma- ment is remarkable fora pleasure yacht, consisting of eight rifled steel breechloading guns, mounted, four on a side, on the main deck, all being fitted with hydraulic recoils. Besides these she carries an enormous duck gun, while below are a rack of Chassepot rifles and a number of revolvers. After leaving the North River, the Nubienne steamed up through the Gate, and at 6P. M., when opposite the Knickerbocker Y. C. house, and running at a good speed, took the ground on the reef between the black buoys. The steamer Pilgrim, seeing her danger, whistled loudly, but the warning was not understood, and she struck with a loud crash; backing off, however, though listing badly to port, proceeding on her way, however, without assistance from the two tugs that wentto herhelp. The rocks were two feet out of water not 100 yards off, and three sailors were on her forward deck when she struck. YACHTING ON LAKE ONTARIO. hee first yacht race sailed on the Bay of Quinte this year took place at Trenton on the 1st insb., Dominion Day. The contest was for second class yachts, under B. Q. Y. C. rules, over a course of iwenty miles, and the prizes were $60, $30 and $15. Unfortunately the contest was marked by an incident yery unusual in these waters, namely the capsize of one of the competitors—the Surprise, of Trenton. It was not until after the noon hour had passed that the four com- petitors were started, the wind being then southwest, and of fair sailing’strength. The order of going was as follows: Surprise (Tren- ton), 12h. 15m. Iolanthe (Belleville) 12h, 15m, 57s.; Gracie (Belleville), 12h, 16m,.; Enid (Trenton), 12h. 16m. 38s. About three miles of the course was windward work, the first two legs of it being a straight run down wind and the second with the wind abaft the beam. All, except the Hnid, carried gaff and jibtopsails; the Surprise, which had been lightened by more than half her standing ballast, gaining somewhat, and the Gracie overhauling the Jolanthe. At the lower buoy light canyas was taken in, but the crew of the Surprise were not quick enough with theirs, and, a sudden puif of wind taking her, over she rolled, those on board shouting to the other yachts to keep on their course, which they did, and the crew of the unfortunate craft were rescued by the Dauntless. The Gracie was now in the lead, but was closely pressed by the Tolanthe, which, near Indian Island, was close alongside, bul to leeward. Wishing to avoid a collision, the Gracie went about, and this cost her first place, and possibly the race, as the Tolanthe stood on and was able to round the mark, which she turned 4 minutes and a half ahead. On the next round the Gracie gained half a minute, but Jost all she had made on the run to the harbor buoy, and from this out the Iolanthe gained rapidly, finishing at 4:27, ten minutes in advance, The Enid was fully half an hour behind the Gracie. The mishap to the Surprise was very much regretted, as she would other- wise have made a good race with the two Belleville boats, which thus won the two chief prizes. At Kingston on the same day there were 1aces for first, second and third classes—local cratt. The Gen. Garfield won in the first class, the Laura in the second class and the Merlin in the third class, Preparations are now being made for the regattas under the aus- pices of the Lake Yacht Racing Association, which promise to be suc- cessful, The Gracie having donned a new mainsail, will challenge the Iolanthe for the challenge cup held by the latter, and for which the former receives a handicap allowance of five minutes. The big sloops Atalanta and Norah are looking well. The latter will haye an entire new outfit of canvas from the loft of Oldreive & Horne, of Kingston, and will adopt the double head rig. _ The Iolanthe has been fitted with a new wheel and side and dead- lights of the most approved pattern. } e anticipate a rare contest on the 6th prox., with the Atalanta, Norah, Gartield, Aileen, Cygnet, -Verve, Oriole, Madcap, Coquette, Alarm, Lady Standly and ssibly others in the first class, and the Iolanthe, Gracie, Surprise, Emma, Laura, Katie Gray, Cricket and no doubt. other flyers in the second class, . There seems to be no prospect of a contest for the Fisher champion cup for sloops, which the Atalanta is ready to defend against all comers, Port TAcK, BELLEVILLE, Ont,, July 3, ee ee It may interest you to hear the latest report from the yacht Mabel, 0. ¥.C., Captain Jas, H. Stebbins, Jr., of this city, now on a cruise from Clayton through thelakes. 7 “fe Bana Mr. Stebbins reports that he left Port Calborne, at the entrance to the Welland Canal, on the 26th, before a heayynortheaster, and made Detroit in twenty-four hours, the distance logged being 285 miles, For six hours the only sail carried was the foresail, and the sea was so heavy that two of the crew, both old lake sailors. were sick. You may remember that the Mabel was changed last winter from a centerboard to a keel and given a cutter rig forward, Mr. Stebbins reports that the alterations not only make the yacht a better sea boat aud handier, but have also increased her speed. W. F, Hapgoon, (the log of af €log of a former cruise of the Mabel appeared in Formst AND Stream of Jan. 24, 1884, sce which ernise ite Ras been changed fo a keel boat with cutter rig.] i SE EE MIGNONETTE.—This cutter, described in Forest AND STREAM Of Mareh orev is how completed and has left her builders, Messrs, Wallin & Gorman, of Bay Ridge. We commend her to all those who are looking for something in place of the old-fashioned sloop, but are not prepared to accept the full cutter, as a great step in advance, and at the same time a boat they can step aboard of without doing violence to their patriotism, Shehas an iron keel of 1,700 pounds, 3,000 pounds of lead inside, & roomy cabin with good head room, lockers, etc., large cockpit aboye waterline with secuppers, steers With a stick and has a housing topmast. Her jib traveler, instead of running on the bowsprit, runs on an iron red on top of the latter. The entire boat is handsomely finished throughout, mahogany in cabin and cockpit, pine eeiling and lockers, ail yarnished, deck of narrow pine, varnished, Her owner, Dr, Loring, isa member of the Larchmont ¥, ©,, but will use her about Boston this summer. Messrs, Wallin & Gorman haye also launched recently a very hand- some little cathoat, 17ft. on waterline, with 2ft, 6in. overhang, 6ft. 6in. beam, bright finish in cockpit and deck, rather straight sheer, an(l a neat looking boat in every way. She is intended for use on a smal] lake, They have also afioat a cabin sloop of the usual American type, for Capt. Samuel Greenwood, 30ft. on deck and keel, 12ft, beam and 2ft. in. draft, besides a smaller nie sloop with a movable cabin, for Mr. J. L. Riker, of Shrewsbury. Length 22ft., beam 9ft., hold 2ft. 5in. Her ballast will be all iron inside. ROYAL CANADIAN Y. C.—The R. GC. ¥. C. gave a sail on July 1 to their lady friends, starting from the club house about 4 P. M., the flagship Aileen, Commodore Leys, leading. Seven yachts were in line—Aileen, Oriole, Verve, Alarm, Coquette, Kent and Madeline. The fleet executed a number of maneuvers, being directed from the flagship by a new and Soe system of signaling, worked by the in- yentor, Capt. Dupont, R. N. After formingz-a line each yacht tacked in succession, afterward following the flagship up the bay, Further maneuvers were prevented by a squall and a pour of rain, in which Alarm lost her mizzen, the yawl was washed off the deck of the Esperanza, and a sailboat was capsized. A collision nearly took place between the Aileen and a passenger steamer, the St. Jean: Bap- tiste. Next week’s cruise will be under the command of the Vice- Commodore, from his yacht Oriole. SEAWANHAKA ©. Y. 0. BOOK.—The club hook for 1884 comes to us in a very neat and shipshape cover of dark canvas, very much more appropriate and durable than the usual blue and gold, The list this year includes 227 members and 102 yachts, made up of 11 steamers, 17 schooners, 21 keel boats (17 cutters) 23 centerboard sloops and 30 open boats, among which are 3 catamarans and 1 canoe. Besides the club signals, the book contains some useful notes on the barometer, the United States fog signals, ihe signal code, a map of the club course and rules for colors, salutes, éte. We notice that the expression “under weigh” still has a place in the signal code, as in several other club books, SHEAWANHAKA C, Y. C., CRUISE.—The following order has been issued to members, for the annual cruise: New York, June 28, i884. Dear Sir—The Club Squadron will rendezvous at Whitestone, Long Island, on Saturday, July 12, for the Annual Cruise. You are earnestly requested to communicate with the Secretary as promptly as possible, stating whether you will be able to join the fleet or not. The Secretary offers a prize of $25 in cash to the sailing master whose yacht upon inspection during the cruise is shown ty be in the best order and condition, due regard being paid to completeness and condition of outfit.—L. F. D’OrEMreuLX, Secretary, S. CG. YC. MAGGIE.—Mr. George Warren's well-known cutter Maggie was placed in Simpson’s dry dock last week and some 600 or 800 pounds of the lead recently added to her keel were remoyed, It was decided by her sailing master during the Eastern Club races that she was trimmed too much by the stern. The removal of the lead brought her back fo something more like her old trim, and although the Fourth was rather a poor day to determine how much improyement has been made, itis thought she willmakea better showing in tle races to come.—Boston Herald, July 5. DAUNTLESS.—This yacht arrived in Newport on July 6, having on board her owner, Mr. Caldwell H. Colt,and Mr. J. Neilson Howard. ~ She left Madeira on June 12, but was delayed by fogs, calms, and head winds. On her arrival she at once hoisted her quarantine flag, which was no sooner seen from theshore than the report spread that she had some contagious disease on board, to the dismay of the resi- dents of Newport. The Harbor Master, Capt, Townsend, boarded the yacht, however, and finding all well, ordered the flag to be taken down, A NEW BOSTON CUTTER.—A fine specimen of a moderate cutter has just been finished by Mx. Jacob Rood, Her length on waterline is 31ft., beam 7ft. 8in., depth 6ft. Keel, stem and stern of white oak, frames of the same, double 244x2%4 spaced 12in., planking of clear yellow pine in single lengths. Keel of lead, 214 tons, with composi- tioh bolts. Mast Tin. at deck, 22ft, from deck to hounds, head 5fi., with housing topmast 20ft, long. Main boom 26ft.. gaff I8ft. 6in,, bowsprit 14ft, outboard, fitted to house. SURF,—Yacht Surf, Capt. Rathborne, returned from her easterly cruise on the morning of July 4. She cruised as far as Gloucester. and met with some very heavy weather, Capt. Rathborne reports a series of calms, gales and fogs, which proved anything but enjoy- able. He thinks Chesapeake Bay offers many more attractions to a New York yachtsman, and intends cruising there next summer. * LARCHMONT Y. C.—At a regular meeting of the Larchmont ¥. C. on Saturday evening, the following members were elected: John W. Beers, R. H. Egleston, John Q, Underhill, Otto Sarony, HE, H. Chase, Arthur Padelford, Edward M, Padelfcrd, Henry 8, Hoyey, J. H. Wain- wright, H. Hllis Hart, Charles Elliot Warren, Charles J. Osborn, Howell Osborn, Alfred de Cordova and Lewis H, Spence, SAN FRANCISCO YACHTING,.—Halcyon, schooner, built last year for Mr. H, L. Tevis, has been sold to Mr, J, D, Grant, who will put her in thorough condition, making seyeral changes below, and will prob- ably put her in the races and cruisesof both clubs, Mr. Con O*Connor will present the yacht with a full suit of colors, imported for her from England, MERLIN.—This cutter was launched on Wednesday of last week from her builder’s shop, South Brooklyn, and now Nes afloat with mast and bowsprit and rigging in place, She shows to even better advantage outside than when in theshop, Her joiner work is partly in, and she will soon be ready for seryice. KINGSTON, ONT.—In the races held on Dominion Day, the Gar- field, in the first class, beat the Hebe by 24 minutes, the Lanra win- ning in the second class, with Una, Zeta and Victoria in order behind her, while Meriin won in third class. DAISY.—This yacht arrived in Boston on Thursday last, and will be sailed to New York, calling at Provincetown, Newport and New London. Her sailing master, William Martell, came with her on the steamer. Auswers ta Correspondents. {= No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, TorekA.—Fort Davis, Tex.—i, The address is ae ea Kan, 2. He has pomters of Faust, Bow and Sleaford blood, a & strain of black pointers. * J.C. S., Pittsburgh.—1, What food willa chicken hawk eat besid raw meat? 2. What is the right food for raccoons? Ans. 1. Raw meat is the proper food. Ibwilleat only animal food, 2, A raccoon — —— _ Jony 10, 1884] ens SSS SSS SE ST a a a a a aa Will eat almost anything, meat, raw or cooked, bread, eggs, green corn or fruit. Scraps from the table are as good food as anything you can give it. J. A. G., Washington, D, C.—The Denison target pads may be ob- tained through any dealer in firearms. They are specially prepared for testing pattern and penetration. B. R., Buffalo.—Will you kindly inform me if there is a polo elub organized in Chicago, or in any city west of Buffalo, and also give me their namesif possible?—Ans. We know of no such club. M, C. Waterbury, Ct.—At a Massachusetts target, out of a possible 60, A, scored 9, 11, 10, 9, 11, total, 50. B. scored 9, 9, 10, 10, 12, total 50. Ts it a tie, or does A. receive the first prize ? Ans. A makes the better seore, G. W., Horicon, N. ¥,—It is our intention around Brant Lake. to have a petition in this fall at Albany to get our time, close, extended to July 1, Gan we do this? Ans. You need not petition the Legisia- ture. Your county supervisors have authority to extend any of the close seasons. il ta Size 20x24 inches, containing 40 named varieties of Black Bass and Lake Flies, with an engraving ef a Black Bass (also colored by hand) in the center, - - - - - ot - $5 00 SENT BY MAIL ON RECEIPT OF PRICE. . Standard Wrout Elies. ; A companion to the above, containing 65 named flies ard an engraving of a Brook Trout, all colored by hand, = - - - 3 50 SENT BY MAIL ON RECEIPT OF PRICE, ABBEY «&@ INBRIE, "ine Manufacturers of every description of Eishins Wackie, 48 & 50 MAIDEN LANE, AND 83 & 35 LIBERTY STREET. NEW YORK. SILK WORM GUT. =. DLATASA, 33 Broadway, N. WY:; Calis the attention of the trade and dealers in fishing tackle to his extensive assortment of Valencia Silk Worm Gut in all grades, Jong and extra long, and from Extra Heavy Salmon Gut to Extra Fine. For price list address F, LATASA, 81 New St., Rooms 43 & 45, N. Y. Fishing Tackle. Rods, Reels, Lines, Arti- ficial Baits OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Flies for all Waters. Special patterns tied to order APPLBTON & LITGHEELD 304 Washington St., Boston, Mass. PECK & SNYDER’S Celebrated Tennis Balls and Bats: Our new Franklm Bat cannot be surpassed. Price : $5,50. Wearesole makers of the Kegulation Ball, adopted by the 11.8. N. L. T. Association, April 5, 1884, and by the Intercollegiate L. T, Association May 7.1884. The Playing Rules of Lawn Tennis, with complete catalogue of our popu lar goods, by mail, 10c. stamps. PECK & SNYDER, 126. 128, 130 Nassau st., N. Y. =i AND NoT teh epee eT beat Mmailgne. Circilari 8, Bince 00, 28 Dey St, N.Y Sample thousand, 10 different grades, from extra heavy to fine, $5.00. Ss. ALLCOCK & CO., Fish Hook, Fishing Tackle MT?'s. REDDITCH, ENG. BATES EEE Extra-Strong Spring Steel % by Ibollow=point ey LIMERICK HOOKS: J 21S . Alleock &Co. %& Batrade Mark REDDITCH. ~ iar 32 No. Ringed..100. Sua cee ue sotto Hooks made of the best Spring Steel, Swivels, Phantom Baits, Patent Standard Miy Book, Patent Waterproof Lock Joint, Trout Rods, Patent Spring Hook Swivel. All descriptions of Fishing Goods, which can be had through all wholesale houses in the United States, AWARDS: Gold medals at Paris, Berlin, Nor- wich, Wurzburg and Calcutta. and the highest awards at Sidney, Melbourne, Adelaide, South Africa, Toronto, London, and other exhibitions. Harrison’s Celebrated Fish Hook. Registered. Whereas, It having come to our notice that some unprinecipled house, to gain their own unworthy ends, and to attempt to damage our good name having spread reports to the effect that the manu- facturers of the above hooks are defunct, we now take this opportunity of informing the American -and British public that such reports are utterly false. The same efficient staff of worlmeople is employed as heretofore, and we challenge the world to produce a fish bheok for excellence of temper, beauty and finish in any way to approach ours, which are to be obtained from the most respeetable wholésqle houses in the trade. Signed, R. HARRISON, BARTLEED & Co,, Sole manufacturers of Harrison’s Celebrated Fish Hooks, Redditch, England, ; Manufacturers also of Fishing Tackle of every description, Sewing and Sewing Machine Needles, SAS. |. MARSTERS, 55 Court Street, Brooklyn. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER OF Eine Fishing Vack.le. First Quality Goods at lower prices than any other house in America. Brass Multiplying Reels with Balance Handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; 180ft,, $1.50; 240ft., $1.75; B00ft., $2.00; 450ft., $2.25; 600ft., $2.50. Any of the above Reels with Drags, 25 cts, extra; nickel plated; 50 cts. extra. Brass Click Reels, 20yds., 50 cts.; 30yds., 75 cts.; 60yds., $1.00; nickel plated, 50 cts. extra. Marster’s celebrated Hooks snelled on gut, Limerick, Kirby Limerick, Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, O'Shaughnessy, Kinsey, Aberdeeen, Sneak Bent, and all other hooks, Single gut. 12 cts. per doz.; double, 20 cts. per doz.; treble, 30 cts. per doz.; put up one-half dozen in a peceaens Single Gut Trout and Black Bass Leaders. lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds., 10 cts.; 3yds., 15 cts. Double - wisted Leaders, 3 length, 5 cts.; treble twisted, 3 length, 10 cts. Trout Flies, 60 cts. per doz. Black Bass Blies, $1.00 per doz. Trout and Black Bass Bait Rods, 9ft. long, $1.25 to $5.00. Trout and Black Bass Bly Rods, 10ft. long, $1.50 to $10.00. Also forty-eight different styles of rods for all kinds of fishing. aa les of hooks, leaders, etc., sent by mail on receipt of price in money or stamp, Send stamp for catalogue, Established 20 years, Open Evenings, J. F. MARSTERS, 55 Court St., Brooklyn. mYTWwocH’s Patent Perfect” Brass Shells, MANUFACTURED BY KYNOCH & CO., Birmingham, Ene. _ These shells are made of extra fine thin pliable metal, with reinforced base; are adapted to either Winchester or Wesson No. 2 primers. Can be reloaded as often as any of the thicker makes. Cost only about half as much. Weight less than paper shells. They shoot stronper and closer, and admit of a heavier charge, as owing to the thin metal. inside diameter is nearly two gauges larger. Load same as any brass shells, using wads say two sizes larger than gauge of shells. Or can be effectually crimped with tool and straighten out to original shape when discharged. The crimping tool also acts as a reducer, an advantage which will be appreciated by all experienced sportsmen. Sample shells will be mailed (without charge) to any sportsmen’s club or dealer, and prices quoted to the trade only. For sale in any quantity by gun dealers generally, or shells in ease lots only, (2,000), and erimpers not less than one dozen, by F HERMANN BOKER & CO., Sole American Agents, 101 & 103 Duane Street, New York. : Elastic Heel-Plate for Shotguns, Hunting & Military Rifles SEND FOR CIRCULAR. SOLD BY ALL GUN DEALERS AND WHOLESALED BY HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, New York _City, 498 PRICES OF FISHING TACKLE. Brass Multiplying Reels with balance handles, first quality and fine finish, V5ft., $1.00; 120ft,, $1.25: T8Oft., $1.50; 240Ft.. $1.75; 300Ft., $2.00; 450fb., $2.25; GO0EE., $2.50; 750ft., $2.75; QUO $8.40. Nickel statins and Drags extra. Brass Click Reels, 25yds , 60 cts.: 40yds., 75 ects.; 60yds., 85 cents. : 80yds., $1.00. Kiffe’s Celebrated Hooks snelled on gut, Single gut, 12 cts, per doz.; double, 20 cts, per doz.; treble, 30 cts. per doz, Single Gut T. ont and Black Bass Leaders, lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds., 10 cts.; 8yds,, 15 ects. Double Twisted Leaders, 4 length, 5cts,; 4length, 10 cts.; treble, 3 length, 10 cts.; 4 length, 15 cts.; extra heavy 4-ply, 4 length, 25 cts. Trout Flies, 50 ets. per doz.; Black Bass Flies, $1.00 per doz, Samples of our goods sent by mail or express on receipt of price, SEND FOR PRICE LIST. i HERMANN H. KIFFE, 318 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Between Fulton Ferry and City Hall. OPEN EVENINGS. OUR NEW MODEL THREE BARREL PRICE, $75 TO $250. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. This gun is light and compact, from 9 to 10 lbs. weight. The rifle is perfectly accurate. i. CC. SMITH, Maker, Syracuse, N. WY. UP & MCS FISHING SUIT, DARK LEAD COLOR, AND THE HOLABIRD SHOOTING SUITS Of Waterproofed Duck, Dead Grass Color, Irish Fustian and Imported Corduroy. i ASSORTHD COLORS. Unequaled in Convenience, Style cr Workmanship. Wiite for our new Catalogue and Samples. VE THIS i Is our Skeleton Coat or Game Bag. Weighs but 15 ounces. Qan ve worn over or under an ordinary coat. Has seven pockets and game pockets. Itis of strong material, dead grass color, and will hold the game of a successfu AND McLELLAN, day without losing a hair or feather. We will mail itto Valparaiso, Ind. you. postage paid, for $2.00. Send breast measure. a RARE CHAN CE:: uns, are now running their entire The American Arms Co., manufacturers of the Fox patent double 1 2 I gun machinery on the single semi-hammerless guns and their new double-action extracting pistols, and. will make no more double guns at present, except on orders, at full prices, The undersigned, havin purchased all their stock of Wox guns, some 300 in all, of the various grades, No. 5 list and above, wi offer them to sportsmen—“‘first come, first serve’’—at 25 per cent. discount from the regular list while they last. Here is an opportunity to purchase a fine gun at an unprecedentedly low price. They are all warranted of the finest qualities in every respect, and cannot be duplicated when this lot is exhausted, Orders may be sent as usual to the AMERICAN ARMS CQO., or to F. H. RAYMOND, Treas- urer, 103 Milk Street, KHoston Will be sent C. O. D. for trial and examination. -Sportsmen’s Wear. No. A 1, Barnard Capvas Shooting Coat, - #5 00 No. 1, ee sé oé oe = a 00 No. Rs ce ae ee ee = 2 5O No. 3, ‘és ras 46 ee % 1 5 For sale by all gun and see that our trade mark is on other, — We also manufacture Hats, Caps, Leggins, Pants, Vests, Waterp»oof Horsehide Boots and Shoes, Carryail Bags, Gun Cases, Cartridge Bags, Shell Boxes, and every de- seriptien of goods used by sportsmen, made from canvas, Corduroy and Waterproof Leather. Tllustrated catalogue, sample and measurement blanks sent free upon application. GEORGE BARNARD & CO., 108 Madison St , Chicago. EASTERN AGENCY: 47 Murray st.,N.¥. F.N, Wurrn, Manager. SUME OLN EE: A Lotion for Sportsmen, Excursionists & Others. Protects persons using it from the attacks of MOSQUITOES, BLACK FLIES, and other insects, and from SUNBURN and the disagreeable effects of exposure to the weather, j Tt is beneficial to the skin, and has no disagreeable odor; is color- less and cleanly, not staining the finest linen, and washes off readily on the application of soap and water. MANUFACTURED BY THOS. JENNESS & SON, 12 West Market 8q., Bangor. Sold by the leading dealers in sporting goods throughout the country Price, 50 Cents Per Battie. 4 N. B.—When ordering please mention this paper. Bargains that should be in every Sportsman’s Hands. A FEW COPIES OF THE SECOND EDITION OF ““A7 ING SHOOTING” Left, and will be sold for 50 cents each, Methods for cleaning and loading the modern breech-loader; practical hints upon wing shooting; directions for hunting snipes, woodcocks, ruffed grouse and quails, Mlustrated: Bound in cloth, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price, 50 cents; formerly sold for $1.00. T, G. DAVEY, Publisher, London, Ont, Spore goods dealers. Ask for them; the lining. They are the best; take no FOREST AND STREAM. EXCELSIOR BAIT PAIL. The Fisherman’s Friend. There is an inside pail which can be re- inoyed and placed in the water the same as a “fish car,” thus keeping the bait alive for an indefinite time. >} The pan which fits nm e the inside pail can be raised and lowered, thus affording an easy selection of bait with- out wetting the hand. The bait is kept alive during transportation _ (the Critical time) by ithe continuous flow- ing of the water through the perfora- tions, thus causing a == never failing supply of fresh air. For sale by “ all dealers, or will be sent on receipt of price. 8 Quarts, $2.50 each; 12 Quarts, $8.25 each. Manufactured only by DE LA VERGNE & CO.,, 176 Chambers street, New York. THE PETMECKY (Patented). GUN CLEAN HR. The only Cleaner that will thoroughly clean a gun barrel, doing the work equally well in choke bores withonf adjustment. Will do the work quicker and better than all other implements, for the purpose, combined. Price, $1.25. By mail, 10 cents extra. Ask your dealer for it, Discount to the trade, Circular free. J, C,. PETMECKY, Wholesale Dealer in Guns, Fishing Tackle, etc,, Aus- tin, Texas. - Pocket Mosquito Bar. (Holden’s Patent.) - « 'No discomfort in wearing day ornight. Wo trouble to put on, ~% convenient tocarry. Try one ZW unless you are mosquito proof, Sample by mail, $1. Worth $1 per day in mos- quito season. THOS. KANE & COQ., Chicago, Il. GvuD NEWS 77 LADIES! Greatest inducements ever of: fered, Now's your time to get up orders for our celebruted Teaa and Coffees, and secure a beauti- f ful Gold Band or Moss Rose China = 6 Ten Set, or Handsome Decorated Gold Band Moss Rose Dinuer Set, or Gold Band Mosg | a [Jour 17, 1884. za BLAZE? Are you bound for the woods? Do you know the way? No? Then tollow the blazes ‘‘Nessmuk has made with his little hatchet. In other words (lest you may vot understand figurative language) buy, study and be guided by ‘‘Nessmuk’s’”? book on Woovorart. Its author has forgotten more about the woods and camp life than most book writers on that topic ever knew. Woopcrarris compact, clear, concise, Comprehensive, and full of sconce and gumption. Its price is $1.00. JOHN MooRh, MANUFACTORER OF Carriages and Harness Of all Descriptions. Substantial, Serviceable Work. Leather Top Buggies and Phaetons......... $100 up Rockaways and Depot Wagons... ..........-. 100 up Elegant Jumpseat Carriages...............- 135 up Handsome Surreys, Lawrences, etc......... 10 up Coupes and Coupe Rockaways.............. 200 up Top Delivery iweagony: 20 22.2) tees ee 125 up Road and Village Carts, Road Wagons, Sulkeys, etc. Excellent Light Buggy Harness.,............ $10 up Grocers’ and Delivery Harness............... 18 up Light Double Harness... ... ..., 2... AA 35 up Baym Harness ie: Oa rr, Wee Perron eh 22 up And Horse & Stable Requisites of all Kinds. 57 & 59 WARREN STREET, NEW YORE. Refrigerator Baskets. The grandest thing ever invented for fishermen or for parties living out of town, as articles of a perishable nature can be carried around all day in the hottest weather and will be kept cold as ice. These baskets being lined with tin and packed with boiler felt are perfect portable refrigerators, pre- serving the conten's and giving plenty of ice-water for drinking purposes. They are made of the best rattan, with drop handles, double lids and straps on top, and are the strongest and most handsome baskets ever made. Two sizes, Price $8.50 and $4.50. Sent by express on receipt of price by the patentee, JOHN RK. HARE, 63 Fayette street, Balti- more, Md, FSTERBROO Leading Nos: 14, 048, 130, 333, 161, For Sale by all Stationers. THE ESTERBROOK STEEL PEN CO., STEEL PENS Decprated Touoesct, Hor {ui neriiculars adatons r ae RFE Dy . ‘ TE om Pee | 3) and 33 Vesey St, New York. Works, Camden, N. J. 26 John St., New York. OUTSIDE. INSIDE. ventilation, dri Fe Duck receip HENNING, A—Openings to game pocket. B—Pockets for empty shells. C—Pockets for loaded hells. D—Pockets for caps, etc. WASHIN GUNNING COAT, Edge of game pocket turned up to show the net bottom, which permits and distention, Right and left sides alike. _ Corduroy Coat... uo. ere on $10 00 i CCl), See ee ore ey, 3 00 .* TPOWSETSy op eens eae 5 00 iNensPucks COAbwarcse ee eee 5 00 rs CBE o. nbatretustarids 2 00 oe PENS hace cine 3 00 Cotton Duck: Coat... ; se. tee eens 400 CSbi wes. 295 eset 2 00 M RAMUS: 1 eS s26 2.2 Aeon ieee 2 50 Se ee Ber ees 2 00 Sent everywhere in the United States on 410 Seventh Street, epee rw ee yet ee tae t of price. CLOTHIER, E—Exit from game pocket. F—Entrances to game pocket. G—Net bottom game pocket. GTON CITY, H—Game pocket. . AT THE LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION "rE WIiCEoOxL:s Hexagonal Split Bamboo Fishing Rods Were awarded Three Silver Medals and the highest special prize—10 Sovereigns. Noted for exeel- ence more than numbers. This is the highest prize awarded to any American for Split Bamboo Rods. Manufactured by B. F. NICHOLS, 153 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. Send for list with Massachu: setts Fish and Game Laws. INTER-STATE CLAY PIGEON TOURNAMENT Under the auspices of the Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Co., Cincinnati, O., At Metropolitan Base Ball Park, N. Y. City; Aug. 14, 15 & 16. (Cor. First ave, and 107th st., via Third ave. Elevated R. R.) Admission 25 cents, For full programme, ete,, send to above Company at Cincinnati, or at 59 Murray street, New York City. HEADQUARTERS: ASTOR HOUSE, EUROPEAN PLAN. Sizes, STRONG PATENT BREECH & MUZZLE-LOADING ‘Yacht Cannon, 17, 24, 28 and 32 inches in length. MANUFACTURED BY THE FIRE ARMS CO., New Haven, Ct. em Also Mfrs, of Shelton Auxiliary Rifle Barrels, Combination Sights and Cartridge Grooving Machines. Send for Catalogue and Price List. a FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE RoD AND GUN. Torus, $44 YEAR. 10 Crs. 4 Copy. Srx Montes, $2. NEW YORK, JULY 24, 1884. VOL. XXII.—No. 26. Nos. 39 & 40 Park Row, Nmw York, CORRHSPONDEHNCE. THE FoREST AND Stream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen, Communications upon the subjects to which its pages are devoted are respectfully invited. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. No name will be published except with writer’s consent. The Editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. SUBSCRIPTIONS May begin at any time. Subscription price, $4 per year; $2 for six months; to a club of three annual subseribers, three copies for $10; five copies for $16. 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The Laverack Setter, A Sports Defense Society. Crystal Palace Bench Show. THE SPORTSMAN TouRIST. Sale of Sporting Dogs Memories of Senachwine Lake. Aldridge’s. A Lo Hunt in the Staked Plains. English field Trials Rules. “Woodcraft.” Kennel Notes. Rescue of the Greely Party. RIFLE AND TRAP SHooTING, at Natura History. Range and Gallery. The Ground Snake. The Trap. A Visit to.a Heronry. Clay-Pigeon Points, An Amphibious iusect. CANOEING. Domesticating Quail. | Game Bag AND Gun. Open Seasons for Game and Fish. A Word for the Old Gun. Bullet yersus Buckshot. Reloading Ammunition. Weight of Centerboards. Royal C. C. Annual Regatta.— June 28, Cruising Canoes and the A. C, Rul i es. The A. C, A. Races. Summer Woodcock Shooting. The Log Book. Sma AND River FIsHine. A Cruise on the Merrimack, Camps of the Kingfishers.—x1. | YAouTING, A Morning’s Fishing. Dorchester Y. C. Fish-Hating Plants. Yachting in San Francisco. “Salt-Water Fishing.” American ¥. C. Steam Yacht The Schoodies. ces, ‘i Size and Weight of Black Bass. Beverly Y.C. Second Champion- FISHCULTURE. slip Race. Natural Causes Influencing the; Steam Yachts and Steerin g Movements of Fish in Rivers, ears. THE KENNEL, Pointers at New York. Collie Show and Field Trials. Quaker City Y.C. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT, With its compact type and in its permanently enlarged form of twenty-eight pages this journal furnisheseach week a larger amount of first-class matter relating to angling, shooting, the kennel, yachting, canoeing, and kindred subjects, than is con- tained in all other American publications put together. THH GREBLY RESCUE. Ye the week the wires have flashed around the world the news that the Greely party had been rescued. The pitiful remnant of seven out of the twenty-five men who made up the expedition have been found alive. They were starving, weak, almost in the death agony, when the rescuing ships reached them—only just in time. Two days more of this weary waiting would have ended the struggle for all. The eager hands that have now brought life and happiness to the survivors, would have had only the mournful task of carrying to the ships, which were to bear them home, the lifeless forms of the whole party. It would have been another DeLong tragedy, The sorrowful tale of suffering and death is told on an- other page. The heroism of each member of the little band is unconsciously brought out in the graphic narrative of the survivors. Everywhere throughout the account appears the fact that the success of the expedition was very largely due to the fortitude and ability of its commander. For the expedition was successful, notwithstanding the fact that three-fourths of its members perished miserably of starva- tion, During the three years of their sojourn at Lady Frank- lin Bay, there was but a single death, and they did not be- gin to suffer seriously until, despairing of a rescue, they left Fort Conger in August of last year, and moyed southward, leaving behind them eight months’ provisions. The difii- culties and dangers of the march greatly reduced the stock of food which they had taken with them, so that throughout, the winter passed at Cape Sabine, they lived on quarter ra-. tions. At length their provisions entirely gave out, and they were reduced to eating their sealskin clothing. - Up to the time of the arrival at Cape Sabine the health of all the men had been excellent. Scurvy, the most dreaded disease to. which travelers in the Arctic are exposed, had not. attacked them, Their camp at'Cape Sabine was opposite a the spot where the Proteus sank in 1883, and yet no'adequate supply of food was found to have been deposited here for the benefit of the explorers. A few stores had been tossed ashore and abandoned, but nothing had been done in the way of establishing a depot of supplies, Lieut. Greely is reported as saying that if £00 pounds of meat had been left at Cape Sabine by the Proteus the lives of his whole party would have been saved. The terrible loss of life appears to haye been due wholly to the mismanagement of the authorities at Washington. Garlington was ordered to push through to Lady Franklin Bay, and in trying to do so lost the Proteus, and turned back. By some strange fatuity he had been ordered to leave provisions on the east side of Smith’s Sound instead of on the west side, where Greely was stationed, and where the latter had directed that supplies should be left. Even with- out such instructions it might have been supposed that in the event of a retreat being made the natural thing for the party to do would be to make its way south along the coast as rapidly as possible. Smith’s Sound in the late suammer— the time at which such a retreat would be begun—is often partially open water, and impassable for heavy boats or sledges. The Greely party—as was to have been expecled—retreated down the west coast of this body of water, while the care- ful authorities at Washington had laboriously placed all the provisions on the other side of the sound, at Littleton Island and elsewhere. Thus, when the party under Greely reached Cape Sabine they found no stores, although two costly ex- peditions had been fitted out and despatched to their rescue. Through sheer stupidity and blundering at Washington nineteen out of the twenty-five men belonging to the party were thus allowed to perish. The work done by the expedition is said to be most im- portant. A vast quantity of meteorological and magnetic observations have been made, and many photographs secured. We shall know better what the scientific results of the expe- dition are after they have been submitted to the examination of specialists. Tt is apparent that if the work of Arctic exploration is 1o be continued, those who are to engage in it must be pro- tected in every pdssible way from the dangers to which the dweller in the Arctic is inevitably exposed. Of all the circumpolar meteorological stations, Fort Conger was.in the most dangerous position, from the fact that it was accessible only about once in three years, and yet these men were allowed to station themselves there without having any base of supplies on which they could depend. They were to rely for rescue wholly on the chance of an open summer, when a ship could come through to them. There are many people who believe that this exploratory work should cease—that the results to be obtained from it are not commensurate with the suffering and death which has ensued. The work of the Greely party, however, shows very clearly that such Arctic observatory stations can be supported, and that the observers may maintain themselves, even in this rigorous climate, with- out any great degree of suffering and in perfect health. But to do this they must haye food, Beginning at some point which is always accessible, on the west shore of Smith’s Sound, houses should be built at short intervals, certainly not more than fifty miles apart. Hach of these houses should he as well fitted up and as well supplied with provisions, tools, and all the implements and articles required in Arctic travel and living as if it were to be the winter home of an expedition for several years. Then from the northernmost of these houses, a short ad- vance should be made and another station built, fitted up and supplied. No long advance northward should be permitted, no matter how apparently favorable the conditions, but a slow and steady progress should be made, each summer being devoted to the establishment of a station further north than the last. one. Hach summer. ves- sels should be sent out carrying men and material, which should be left at the northernmost station accessible, and thus the waste at the northern end of the line would be constantly supplied. The obseryers would be always within easy reach of warm quarters, and the supply of food. could be made inexhaustible. It may be objected that the plan suggested would be enormously costly and very slow, but even so, it would be sure to accomplish what is required, and the money would be well spent which should save human life and lessen human suffering. . If these explorations are of real scientitic value, as we be- lieve, it is certainly worth while that they should be carried on with such system that they will be productive of the best results. A SPORTS DEFENSE SOCIETY. j ie its original form the bill introduced into the English Parliament to suppress pigeon shooting contained a clause extending the operation of the act to ‘‘any vertebrate animal, whether of domestic or wild nature, kept in confine- ment or captivity.” This was a blow at the sports of hunting the carted stag and coursing bares in inclosures. The fol- lowers ot these three pastimes, with other sportsmen, re- garded the billas “the thin edge of the wedge,” and they thought that in time other sports, fox hunting and grouse shooting, would beinterdicted. Accordingly a society known as the National Sports Protection and Defense Association, has been formed. Its avowed purpose is to resist all measures intended to interfere with the various forms of sport men- tioned, and our English exchanges report that the member- ship of the association is sufficient guarantee of its influence in this direction, We surmise that the society will be powerful so far as it keeps abreast of and reflects the popular sentiment of the times. If public opinion in Great Britain condemned hunting a carted stag and chasing rabbits in imelosures, as . public opinion does in this country, no society could with- stand the attacks that would be sure to be made—and eventually with success—upon these practices. No society could ever be formed in this country strong enough to bolster up the repute of such exhibitions as, for instance, are occa- sionally given by the Newport huntsmen in their chase of maimed foxes, “Wao Wins?”—This is the query propounded to news- paper editors by anxious correspondents. Most often the dispute is over a game of cards, or a bet on a horse race, or a presidential election. Our esteemed contemporary, the Spirit of the Times, usually attends to the card and horse puzzles, and the New York Swan, in addition to its matri- monial advice, dispenses oracular utterances on election bets. ltis with no little jealousy that the Formst AND STREAM Witnesses the confiding trust of the bet-befogmed public in .other journals, while its own opinion on similar themes is seldom sought; and it is with a genuine thrill of complacency that we once in a while read a letter like this: “Hamburg, N. J., July 11. Editor Forest and Stream: Will you be kind enough to decide the following bet through the columns of your valuable paper? A bets B that he can tell him where he got his supper on a certain night. They bet, A names the place where he supposes B ate supper, and B says ‘I had no supper.’ Is the bet a draw, or who wins?— Stir.” Now, if we should devote our time and intellectual powers to the earnest consideration of such intricate prob- lems as this, we might in time convert the Forrest anp STREAM into a vehicle for the dissemination of useful in- formation; but we shall do no such thing. We smother the ambition that would lead us into such an exalted path, and deeply as we are touched by the confidence displayed in us by “Stiff,” we must content ourselves with keeping the Forest AND STREAM what it is to-day, a journal of shoot- ing and angling, the best in the world, and we shall do this even though A and B and all the rest of them remain for- ever suspended on undecided bets. THE Foop or Nesting Brrps.—The very interesting communication on this subject published in our natural his- tory columns last week deserves more than a passing notice. The observations there recorded by this careful observer teach a lesson to the agriculturalist which he will do well to lay to heart, They show how important it is that our insee- tivorous birds should be rigidly protected, not by law alone, but by public opinion as well. If we assume that at each visit to the nest. but a single insect was brought—and prob- ably five would be neurer the trath—we see how great a check these birds are on the rapidly multiplying insect life of our summer months. Of these insects a large proportion unquestionably belong to species injurious to vegetation, and their destruction is of the greatest benefit to the farmer. It is this class above ull others. that is especially interested in the protection of our small birds. The care and patience of the observer during his long vigil deserve high praise. THE MaryLAND Assocrarion.—The Maryland Associa- tion for the Protection and Preservation of Game and Fish has gone out of existence, owing, it is said, to the indiffer- ence of its members. This is the more to be regretted be- cause of the importance of the work which the association was organized to do. We hope to see a revival of the. society. 502 Che Sportsman CGourist. MEMORIES OF SENACHWINE LAKE. BY T. 8. VAN DYKE. Second Paper. se een D Senachwine Lake I spent that fall nearly three = =months in uninterrvpted shooting, for in those days I cared nothing for the difference between rain and shine. Many a day | threaded the driftwood, snags and elbows of the slough below Senachwine, where the wedge-shaped wake of the muskrat or the dart of the pickerel rippled the dark water before the boat, and ducks rose quacking or squealing from every little cove or inlet or from behind lodged masses of driftwood. Yellow-legged snipe, both large and small yarieties, trotted along the shores of open mud or stood bob- bing and craning their long necks until I could almost reach them with the oar; then rising, with clear and penetrating ery and long legs dangling behind, tlrey would wing their way with avast display of fuss and feathers some ten or twenty yards further up stream, to repeat the same pro- gramme in about half a minute. Upon the same open, muddy shores the English snipe were about as abundant as the others, for in the West they frequent this kind of ground about as much as any kind, At almost any time I could sce two or three of these shipe and often more trotting along the water’s edge, probing the soft mud at every few steps with long black bills, scarcely noticing the boat until it came within a few feet, then with a sudden scape and erratic twist one would twitch himself away, dart skyward, pitch to the right, pitch to the left, deliver himself of many a scape, then after a long detour make a sudden wheel and, like the thread of a corkscrew, come down about fifty yards further up stream, Wisps of small gray snipe, sandpipers, etc., often whisked by with soft, insinuating whistle, and an occasional flock of ployer skimmed along the muddy bars. But at such times the gun was hardly ever raised from its resting place in the boat. When I wanted snipe shooting I had far better opportunities. There were still many warm autumn days, when the ducks were lazy through the middle of the day and flew but little until toward evening. Onsuch days I had such snipe shooting as I had never seen before and have never seen since. J haye seen snipe in greater abund- anee, but for easy, tranquil sport, freed from the wear and tear, from the work, mud and: annoyances of ordinary snipe shooting, without the tremenduous strain to which patience is often subjected until broken on the wheel of waiting, I have never sven anything that approached the shore shooting along Senachwine Lake in those days. Along its shores was a boggy strip for from five to fifteen yards wide. For a few feet along the water’s edge this was soft open mud. This soon merged into thin, short grass, which grew taller and thicker, with the ground drier as the shore receded from the water; the width and wetness of the two strips de- pending upon the rate at which the water had fallen in the two or three weeks preceding. On some days there would be two or three English snipe to almost every yard of this strip of shore, and when the wind blew up or down the lake, grand was the sport that could be had with this wayward little beauty, Though fat and untroubled by hunters, he was still saucy and swift, and up wind would test severely your quickness and your gun. But when you were walking down wiud along that strip, he pitched and tacked about on your right or left or shot skyward over your head in raptur- ous style. Rarely was there any need to fire at those that might fall into the lake, for there were birds enough that went by on the land side, Along the shore at the foot of this lake occurred that fall a remarkable piece of “‘pot-shooting” that will give some idea of the abundance of snipe. My friend, Henry Ruggles, of Henry, a capital duck shot and one of the best hunting companions that ever lived, had long looked with pitying eye upon my total deprayity in shooting such small birds as English snipe, But once, about the middle of the day, when ducks were unusually slow in coming to our blind, and Ruggles was tired of smoking and picking cold roast duck, and the flies would not let him sleep, he actually condescended to shoot a snipe, it being absolutely necessary to do something to kill time. He left me, and was gone lessthan an hour. During that time I heard him shoot twelve or thirteen times, cer- tainly not over fourteen times at the outside, and all of these shots came from the same place. He came back and tossed a bunch of Enalish snipe at me and said; ‘Hanged if I didn’t just sit down behind a bush on the edge of the lake and pot ’em all in one spot, sometimes three or four at a shot,” To my certain knowledge he had not a snipe when he left me and there was no one near from whom he could have got them. Iam almost afraid to tell the num- ber of snipein that buoch. There were exactly twenty- seven. And recollect that they were all English snipe and that Ruggles had nothing but coarse duck shot with im. Though ducks in the West do not come to decoys in the autumn as Well as they doin spring, there are still many days when they come quite well, especially wood ducks, teal and bluebills, Many atime during the middle of the day we pulled the boat into a blind of reeds and_ willows, and set out decoys in the open water a few yards oatside the brush, and many a time did I have to drop the roasted snipe or pumpkin pie and snatch up a gun as the air began to sin beneath descending wings. And many a time, when yield- ing to the soporific influence of a heavy lunch on a soft Indian summer day, did I suddenly start from the land of Nod just in time to hear my comrade’s gun from the other end of the boat, to see two or three ducks come whizling and splashing below, while the rest of the flock were towering nicely skyward just as I got hold of my gun. What camp-fires roared along the Illinois in those days! Ti saddens me to think that such days may come no more for me. Driftwood piled as high as we could throw it shot a glare across the river until the dead cottonwoods upon the other side looked like imploring ghosts with arms stretched heayenward, and we could almost see the white collars on the necks of the geese that passed high above us. Bunches of mallards, wood ducks, sprigtail, etc., hung around the fire, with every color glowing brightly as in the evening sun, and naught was needed save a string of trout or a deer to make the scene complete. Cold and all other jars that shiver this mortal crockery were banished there, and all thought of the whole outside world went whirling away into the vortex of flame and sparks that streamed skyward through the tree- tops, Little did I hear of the song or jest or the laughter that almost woke the echoes from the eastern bluifs, For by some strange principle of suggestion, some mysterious mental FOREST AND STREAM. connection, the whole outer circle of darkness was to me a picture gallery upon which I could lie and gaze by the hour, The walls of that dark rotunda beyond the fire were for me full hung with the brightest scenes of the new life I had en- tered, and they drew with them by association all those that I had passed through before. There again was the bright sky swept by long strin gs of whizzing life widening out and Streaming toward me in swift descent; and by its side was the old dog rolling with happy gallop over the buckwheat stubble, slackening into a catlike tread as he swings to lee- ward of the clump of brush in the corner of the field, stiffen- ing into rigid faith as he crawls under the fence and enters the tangled woods beyond. There again was the stately mallard or more gorgeous wood duck relaxing his hold on air and falling a whirl of brilliant colors, or the wary old goose, with drooping neck and folded wing, coming to earth with impetuous crash; and by their side the catbrier brake or hemlock-clad slopes, where the wintergreen fills the air with its fragrance, while the ruffed grouse shoots like a shaft of light among the dark ranks of tree trunks, And bright among them all were those autumn days, when the bloody sun struggles down through smoky air, and the whistle of the woodcock’s wing in the sapling grove sends through the heart a more tender thrill than ever. Succeeding years have hung many a new picture in the dark rotunda that sur- rounds the camp-fire; but none of them in all the freshness of youth shine with more brilliancy than still through the mist of years shine those around the camp-fires on the Ilhi- nois. Lulled to sleep by the too-whoo of the great owl, the scape of traveling snipe, the frequent honk of passing geese, the clank-a lank of brant, the quack of mallards in the lake near by, or the grr7voooe of the sandhill cranes traveling far up in the dome of night, we got up before daybreak to get upon our stands for the morning flight of ducks. Though the morning flight of ducks is often very heavy, it generally lacks that tumultuous intensity of presence that characterizes the evening flight. Beginning with the first gray of morning, when a lonely mallard perhaps comes winging his way slowly out of the circle of darkness around you, crosses the open sky above in dim outliné, doubles up at the report of your gun and sinks at your feet with a sullen whop, the flight increases with every new beam of light that struggles through the misty morning, They fall no longer from above, as in the evening, and stream in from every other quarter of the horizon about as much as from the north. There is less rush and bustle, but they move with steadier march. They are not shot by you in volleys like prejeeies from some uncontrollable impulse, but they move with more majestic sweep and more as if they had some inkling of what they are about. At the first report of your gun the air throbs beneath the beat of thousands of wings, and a wild medley of energetic quacks, dolorous squeals, melodious honkings and discordant cackling as the myriads of ducks, geese and brant still roosting in the ponds rise in a clamorous mob, Again, for a few moments the tyro ma lose his wits as the vast horde breaks into a hundred divi- sions, each circling perhaps a dozen times through the light- ening sky and streaming oyer his head without remembering or caring that it was from that spot that the fire just spouted skyward. As the fire again leaps upward the circle of sky overhead is cleared for an instant as the ducks sheer and climb the air out of danger’s reach; butin another moment it is thronged again with rushing wings. | Beware, now, how you waste your fire upon this flock of teal just emerging into the gray, for you can hear the mallards’ heavy wings, a hun- dred strong, beating the dark air close behind them. Be- ware how you waste your fire even upon the mallards, for upon the right the deep-toned honk of the goose sounds most thrillingly near. But, alas! how can the tyro reason calmly when the hiss of a sailing flock of mallards is heard just be- hind his head before his premises are thought of, and his con- clusion is rudely hastened by a deep, dark line of bluebills pouring out cf the remnant of the night upon his left? This lasts, however, but a few minutes, As soon as dawn has fairly begun the wildfowl travel wider and higher, you must keep yourself well concealed and do your very best shooting, Foran hour or two, and often Jonger, the flight may be strong and steady and then it will shade gradually off until you may find yourself waiting fifteen minutes for a shot. The evening flight rises by rapid steps to an over- powering climax, while the morning flight tapers away into all the flatness of the anti-climax. One scarcely needs to be told that neither the morning nor evening flight is always during duck season such as I have described it. There are days when ducks will not fly as they will on other days, though they still throng both lake and siough in myriads. At such times the flight of those that do move is more over the face of the water than elsewhere, and then [ have had rare sport from a big barrel sunk almost to the edge in the mud and water of Swan Lake, a little below the foot of Senachwine. Through a fringe of reeds around the edge of that barrel I haye watched great flocks of mallards skim low along the water until the long green necks glistened within ten yards of the barrel. Then as I suddenly rose to my feet, what a glorious medley of flashing bars on terrified wings, of shiny cinnamon breasts, white banded tails, with curls of burbished green, red legs and beaded eyes rose whirling and quacking upward. There, too, I have watched the geese winding slowly down out of the blue sky until near the center of the lake, then, with set and silent wing and every honking throat hushed as if in death, every neck and head immovable, drift softly along a few feet above the water, until, as close as the corner of the ceiling where I sit writing, Icould see their eyes sparkle in the sunlight. And then what an uproarious w@f, waft, wif, of sheering wings, what a honk-wonk-onk-kwonk, and what a confusion of white collars and black necks, of gray wings and swarthy feet would crowd upon my eye as I rose and looked along the gun! It is gad to think that such scenes are fading fast into the things that were, There are, perhaps, parts of our country where the scenes of Senachwine twenty years ago are still repeated. But it may be doubted ifthey are repeated on so rand and varied a scale; and even if they are it will not be for long. The increasing interest in game protection will preserve many kinds of game to such an extent that our children’s children may see shooting of some kinds better than we now see. But no legislation can recall from the past the mighty hordes of wildfowl that once darkened the waters of the West, that dotted its skies and made its corv- fields alive with roaring wings. Nor can any public senti- ment, whether expressed in laws or not, bring back the primeval solitude of those swamps and river bottoms which were such an important condition in such scenes as I have | described. Those vast stretches of timber, broken only by ponds and their margins of mud and reeds, or by the long ~~ [Tory 24, i8B4. lines of the winding sloughs, those wide reaches of open land covered with wayy grass or reeds, cut with sloughs or broken by rush-fringed ponds of acres and acres in extent, over all of which one could see no sign of civilization saye an occasional road, and hear none of the sounds of progress saye once ina while the far off puff of the high pressure steamer that was trailing its sooty banner along the distant. sky, can never be restored, t was at the head of Senachwine Lake that 1 first made the acquaintance of a nuisance that, in his full development, can be seen only on a Western duck stand. He forms 50 decided a feature of Western duck shooting that any sketch of that shooting would be incomplete without him. Mr. Peter Popper, a Chicago paryenu—one of the first of the shoddyites created _by the war—had come down for a few days’ shooting. He came out to Senachwine in a buggy and planted himself on a piece of dry and open ground about one hundred and fifty yards from where I, hidden in reeds, was standing knee deep in water. rubbers also, but he did not incline to mud andreeds, There were also hundreds of acres of ground just as good as where I was shooting. Yet he drifted as naturally to where he saw some one else killing ducks, as a boy does to the ‘‘hole’’ from which his comrade has just pulled a fish. The first intimation I had of his presence was the sheering of a flock of mallards that were coming directly 1oward me, followed by a bang whang of Popper's gun some hundred yards away from them. ‘Most too far,” Lremarked tentatively. “Oh, no!” he replied. ‘“This gun will killa hundred yards. Cost three hundred dollars in England.” Having seen plenty of hundred yard guns atid their own- ers, I knew the futility of any reply. It was but a few minutes before a pair of mallards, coming down the water opposite me, rose high with heavy beat of wing, and bang went the first barrel of Mr, Popper’s gun again, Fnowed by the other as they got well skyward. ; “Those are too far anyhow,” I called out rather de- cidedly. “Oh, I’m only shooting for sport anyway; I couldn't hit a flock of barns,” replied Mr. Popper with consoling tone, He evidently thought that I felt pas to see him miss, “Why don’t you get in the reeds and not let. them see you?” I called out in as argumentative a tone as an interrog- ative sentence would permit. “Too muddy, I can get all the mud I want in Chicago. Here comes a lot,” he replied, with a bang whang at an in- coming flock that would surely haye given me a food shot if he had been out of the way. “You are scaring all the ducks,” yelled I, somewhat in- dignantly, “By Jove,” my friend, that’s the best I can do, I’m only shooting for fun anyhow, I couldn't bit a flock of barns.” A few minutes passed away, during which I revolved un- utterable things in mind, and in my indignation executed some artistic misses on ducks coming from the direction opposite Popper, Presently a flock of mallards, coming down along the water a hundred yards or more from Pop- per, but headed directly for the point where I was standing, sheered and sprang skyward at the report of lis gun. “Why don’t you let them come further down?” 1 bawled, somewhat hoarsely, for I was getting mad. “That's what I’m trying todo. But they won't come down, yah-yah-yah.” “But you are disturbing all the ducks. You don’t—” I finished the sentence with a savage bang whang at a auc that came whizzing down the pond, while Popper was oading. “That's what I came for,” replied he, blandly. “I don’t see as you are disturbing them much more seriously though,” he added, as my duck went on undamaged. ‘But you are spoiling my shooting. Logk there, those would have come close to me if you had kept out of sight,” said I, as a flock of sprigtails, with long, forked tails trailing behind, sheered off from Popper. Bang went his gun at them, and one, struck at about nimety yards just over the eye with a stray shot, dove head first into the mud. “Plenty close enough, You only want a good gun,” said he, with exultant laugh, “That was only a scratch.” “Tt's a wonder you don’t makea scratch or two for a change,” he replied. Completely snuffed out, I shouldered my gun and left him master of the field where, far into the twilight, he held un- disputed possession, * And from about him fierce effusion rolled Of smoke and bickering fame and sparkles dire.” A LO HUNT IN THE STAKED PLAINS. ] WAS in East Las Vegas, N. M., running a store and res- # taurant for a man during the summer of 1881, I had worked hard seven days in the week and was worn down, One day my friend Lew came in and wanted me to quit the store and take a liquor dealer down the Pecos River to the small Mexican plazas in a buggy, as I knew the country and could talk Mexican. Knowing it would be a pleasant trip and improye my health I consented, and a week from that time found me on the road south. A top buggy and a span of good ponies constituted the team, I had a repeating rifle and a six-shooter revolver, while Singer, the spectacled Hebrew, who was my passenger, had a ‘British bulldog revolver, He was very captious and fault-finding, and told me several tales of which he was the hero, seeming to wish to impress me with the idea that he was a brave man. Ihave since thought he was afraid of me on account of my arsenal. We went along from town to town with varying success, selling some Soot by sample, Starting from Fort Sumner at about 7 one morning we drove ten miles and came to 4 large ranch near the road. As we drove up we observed a stir among the people, and when I got out to get a drink of water | was met by Tom 8., who owned the ranch, After a hurried hand shake the dialogue was as follows: “What are you doing down here?” “Driving that drummer who is selling wnt ‘ “7 lost all my horses last night; stolen by Indians or rust- lers [white horse thieves]. I have found the trail; it leads for the Staked Plains. I have got three horses and three ood men. Take your horses and come with me after them.” “J will if I can get my Jew to consent,” said I. 1 went out to the buggy and explained the affair to the fellow but ‘he would not vo nor let me go. Tom came out and we both begged him to let me go, and Singer ‘‘jawed” until Tom got mad, and turning to me said, ‘Will aon go, Dick, if I will square it at home?” I said ‘‘yes,” So Tom coolly unhitched He had high-topped ~ ee Jory 24, 1884.) _ FOREST AND STREAM. 303 the horses from the bugey, leaving Singer sitting in it and told a Mexican peon io draw the accursed Hebrew around into the shade of the house. Singer vowed he would not get out of the buggy. Tom remarked that he could sit there till Hades froze over, if he wanted to, and told him that he would pay him for his time when we got back. We saddled the horses. I filled my pockets with crackers and jerked beef, bung a gallon canteen of water to my saddle, took my én and pistol and my old cavalry overcoat for bedding, and # lariat, and off we rode, followed by awful talk from Singer, woo threatened me and my employer with a suit for damages; said he would expose me—that threat seemed rather indefinite, As we faded away in a cloud of dust, I turned jn the saddle and could see him stamping around and Jectur- ing in broken Spanish to anappreciativeaudience of Mexican eons. 4 We were five in number. Tom had a Sharps .45-100; one one man a ,60-caliber Springfield needle gun, commonly called a ‘flop over” down here, because ithe breech opens in # peculiar manner; the two others and myself were firmed with Winchester rifles—model of 1873. Every one liad a Colt’s .45-caliber revolver, single action—the popular pistol of ihe West. We crossed the Pecos River at the ford and soon found the horses’ trail running straight east up on the Staked Plains, The northern and western edge of the plains are at least 300 fect above the prairie, and when you ap- proach them they look like a range of hills, but when you get on top itisarolling prairie. They are called the Staked Plains because a certain Government survey marked out a trail across them with stakes, as there are no Jandmarks, They are of an oval shape, hundreds of miles in length and breadth, and said to be waterless. I asked Tom after we had gone a few miles how far it was from the Pecos to water the way we were going, and he said about eighteen miles. By the way, on the road home he confessed to me that it was the first time that he had ever heen over ten miles out on the plains, but he dared not say so for fear we would turn back. We had to travel slowly as the trail was on the grass and the ground hard. Tom lost the trail several times where the horses scattered, but we found it again and found a water hole toward evening, Turning the horses loose with the sad- dles on so that they could eat, we chewed away at the crackers and jerked beef, and washed them down with water. We ate up half we had and I wasstill hungry. Then filling my canteen, we pushed on till ii was so dark we could not see the track, and made a dry camp on the trail. As Soon as it was light in the morning we saddled and rode. In about a mile we came to a well beaten road about four feet wide, with several patlis on each side of it running parallel to the main trail. The middie trail was made by pcnies dragging tent poles, It must have been used for years. Tom said that he had heard of the path though he had never seen if: before, It is the road used by the Comanche Indians and white renegades, who still find a refuge in the Staked Plains when they raid the upper Pecos, and it is called the Coman- che War Trail. The horses we were after traveled in the track and we could ride as fast us we dared push ourhorses, After we had ridden about twenty-five miles from the last water we came to a big water hole that looked like perman- ent water, finished our crackers and beef, and rode on at a steady gait. About an hour before dark we saw a big valley ahead. The trail was very fresh, horse droppings not dry yet. We rode cautiously, Tom in the lead. At the last ridge he dis- mounted, crept on hands and knees to the top of the ridge and peeped over into an oval yalley about half a mile long and a quarter broad. It was a sink hole about twenty feet deeper than the surrounding prairie and partially walled by a ledge of rock about ten feet high. There was a large pond in the center and the ground around it was worn bare by the constant use of animals, till it looked like a corral. Seven Indians were near the water cooking at a little fire, and the nine stolen horses and two Indian ponies were feeding about half way from usto them. Tom came back and we held a council of war. I was in fayor of getting around to the edge about 200 yards from them and trying to kill them with a volley, but Tom was afraid that the survivors would set away with the horses and so we decided to all go over the ridge on horseback and make a charge. Three of us to go straight at the Indians and not shoot till we got close to them; and to do the shooting with our pistols; the other two meanwhile driving off all the horses. We tightened our girths, and suddenly it flashed through my mind what a fool _ | was to come out there to ight Indians, but it was too late. And here we went, well spread out, with a mad rush over the ridge and at them. They did not see us until toc late. One ran a few steps toward the horses, two grabbed their guns and fired, but did not hit anything; and then we were almost on top of them, and were shooting as fast as we could; and they all ran through the water, making it fly, and up among the rocks and bushes on the east side, leaving their stuff scattered around. My horse ran into the water. I jumped off, went down on all fours and had a drinking match with my horse. Tom unslung his rifle and fired a shot or two while I drank, and then I filled my canteen, took my gun out of its seabbard and watched for something te shoot at while he was drinking, but did not see anything. Tom picked up a needle gun and hung it on his saddle and stmnashed two or three old rimfire Winchesters. I took a good blanket that was lying by an old bug of an Indian gaddle, and we started back as fast as our water-filled horses could carry us, followed by a few shots, When we had ridden about two hundred yards Tom looked back and said, ‘‘Hold my horse and 171 make that Comanche fellow stop that,” only he didn’t say fellow, The gentleman in question was lying on his back on a sloping rock, about four hundred yards away, with his heels in the air and making insulting gestures. Tom jumped down and shot. I saw a streak of dust fiy off the rock about six inches to the right of Mr. Indian, and while he bounced off the rock and took to the brush we made tracks toward our retreating horse herd. When we caught up the boys were hurrying the horses along, still hobbled, with theiy ankles cut and bleeding. Westopped when we reached the outfit, caught fresh horses and turned our tired ones loose, unhobbled the rest, and by dark were len miles away on the back track, After it was fully dark, so that. uo one could see our trail, we rode off the trail at right angles and camped two miles north, with a chew of tobaceo for supper and the canteen dry; the boys had emp- tied it when I came to them, for they had not been able to get to water, I passed a miserable night, very thirsty, and niore sick than hungry. We took turns standing guard. At dawn we saddled and rode for home, a Hieonsslate: looking party. About five miles from water we rode past 4 buck antelope about 400 yards away. ‘Tom told me to shoot him, but I was atraid I should miss, and proposed that four inn a Am of us should get down and all shoot at once. Wedidso,and killed him “too dead to skin,” as the Texan cowboys say, Every ball hit him. We rode out to him and got down, and some of the boys drank blood, It made me sick to think of it, but L ate a little piece of raw liver, and then we cut the carcass up and started for the water, We got there by 9 A, M,, and how we drank! My tongue was swelled and my lips cracked and dry. ‘The trip did not tell so badly on the others, as they were used to exposure and an outdoor life, and I was right out of a store, Tom cautioned me, and I only drank a little gt a time. We built a fire of horse and cow chips, and broiled meat; some of the boys couldn't wait to much more than scorch it on the outside, and we all ate it rather rare and dirty, and with no salt; but it was filling. Away we went as soon as we could on the trail for home, all the time expecting to see a big gang of Indians after us. At about 3 P. M. we reached the next water, cooked and ate more antelope, and just before dark started our weary horses for home—eighteen miles away—crossed the ford at about 10 P, M,, and at 11 were eating chizle con huevas (red pepper gravy with eges dropped into it after frying them in lard), tortillas (Mexican bread) and some coffee, black and strong. Mr, Singer, strange to say, was in good spirits, anc seemed as much at home asa tame cat, There was a Mexi- ean lady at the ranch who was very handsome and quite friendly, and he had been giving her lessons in English, I slept well on a big wool mattress, and the next morning Tom gave Singer $20 for foreible detention, me $20 for my employer and my pick of the two Indian ponies for myself. We all went up to the Plaza that evening. Tom and the rest, including Singer, got very full on Anheuser lager beer at fifty cents per bottle. I don’t drink, and so the evening’s entertainment was an awful bore to me. When gat back to Anton Chico I sold the Indian pony to Mr. Monk, who keeps hotel, for $30, and the next week was back at the old job in Las Vegas with a good appetite, thanks to my excursion, W. J. Drxon. CoLoRADo, *“WOODCRAFT.” HE little book ‘*Woodcratt” has been received with such general favor and treated so leniently that 1 would not advert to the few critical exceptions only that they are cal- culated to mislead. I wish to be brief. One writer criticises the light boots recommended on page 5 of ‘‘Wooderaft.” He prefers shoes every time and always, because the boots will get wet and can’t be drawn on and off, Quite right as regards the average boot usually bought of dealers; wrong as regards the boot I recommend. I have a pair of them on my feet as I write, This is the third season J have worn them. They have been worn on two rather rough cruises in the North Woods; have been waded in for nearly a day at a time through the muddy ditch called ““Brown’s Tract Road,” where shoes would be a nuisance; haye been worn on three trips down the Tiadatton the present season, where I was overboard a dozen times a day among the rapids, and they have never bothered me two minutes at a time in drawing on or off. They are water- proof at this time, and easy as a pair of moccasins. They weigh two pounds six ounces, Any competent bootmaker should be able to get up such a pair for $d or $6. Exception is taken to the hunting knives described on page 18 as being of too high temper, liable to ‘‘nick,” and hard to sharpen. I did not and do not recommend high temper, but the best. And the best is the tough, tenacious steel that will hold a keen biting edge, without being hard or brittle. The strong double-blade shown in the cut does not come up to my idea of a pocket hunting-knife, but is the best I could find on sale, Hin passant, | have just received a lot of pocket hunting knives made after a model whittled out by myself. Ihave sent one to the hunting editor of Formst anp STREAM, who, I presume, will be pleased to show it to any reader who takes an interest in camp kit, and I will only add that it pretty well represents my idea of a model pocket hunting knife. Another writer takes exception to my directions for using baking powder (three tablespoontuls to one quart of flour), and thinks it may be a printer’s error. The directions are substantially correct—for the woods. Experience and experi- ment will prove to ‘'Kelpic” that the quantity of baking powder which may be suflicientin a dry, warm kitchen, will have but little effect in the cool, damp atmosphere of the forest, particularly if there happens to be a brisk wind whif- fling fitfully around the camp. | soon learned this, and came to think that the powders would uot work well in out-door cooking. I found some old guides and woodsmen, how- ever, who made good bread, and I wasnot long in picking up the ‘‘kink,” which was simply, that the euides who used the powders most freely always had the lightest bread. Of course a good deal depends on the mixing, handling and baking, Iwas with a Brown’s Tract guide in the summer of 1880, whose bread and pancakes were always light. 1 am loth to say how many tablespoonfuls; he used to a quart of flour, much more than three, however. And he remarked that making bread in the woods was expensive, because the pow- ders cost more than the flour. Among the many newspaper notices of ‘‘Wooderaft,” I note one in the New York Avening Post, wherein commenda- tion and criticism are so neatly blended that I would not say a word were the criticism sound—which it is not. Firstly, the writer objects to the ‘‘general fishing rod,” which, he says, “‘most people consider, and justly, anuisance. Not poor for bait-fishing and almost worthless for fly-fishing.” the writer will select the best eight or ten-ounce bait-rod he can findin New York, he will probably admit that it is “good for bait-fishing.” Then let him adda good fly-tip, and if he cannot make it something more than ‘‘worthless for fly-fishing,” I venture to suggest that the fault will be found somewhere near the butt of the rod. Again, the writer says: ‘The description of the head- light, used almost entirely for shooting deer out of season, might have been omitted.” Just so. The headlight being a most useful and handy article in a woodland camp, and the best light to float a deer in season, is to be “omitted”? because a poacher may use it out of season. And the boat and the 10-bore, being necessary to float a deer in the hands of a law-abiding sportsman, had better be omitted, because they can be used as well by the poacher. A lame and impotent sort of logic. The witty allusion to the soap and towel, carried for seyen weeks in the Wilderness without being once used, with the suggestion that ‘‘probably the portrait of ‘Nessmuk,’ which forms the frontispiece, was taken just be- fore the seven weeks were up,” are so neatly put that I will not say a word in explanation, especially as the writer con- cludes that ‘on the whole, the book is sound and practical, and well worth the reading.” NESsMUK. RESCUE OF THE GREELY PARTY. id [eee International Geographical Congress at Hamburg, in 1879, adopted a scheme for the establishment of cir- cumpolar stations for scientific observation in the Arctie regions. The locution selected for the United States station ‘was at Discovery Harbor, Lady Franklin Bay, in latitude 81° 45' north, longitude 64° 45' west. This was the most northerly and difficult of access of all the projected stations. Lieut, A. W. Greely, Fifth United States Oavalry, was ap- pointed to the command, and on the Fourth of July, 1881, the colony left St. John, Newfoundiand, in the steamship Proteus. ‘The expedition opened most suspiciously. The Proteus found an open passage and made a run quick be- yond purallel, Within one month from leaving port she reached her destination, On the day of their arrival the party killed fourtecn musk oxen, which dressed 300 pounds each—three months’ rations. The men set about building their house, which had been already prepared in this coun- try, with its double frame—a house within a house; two years’ stores of proyisious were landed, and there were dogs and sledges, with Hsquimau drivers, boats, and a steam launch and coal, With letters full of confidence and hope, written by Lieut. Greely and the others, and parting directions about the relief vessels which were to come in thesummers of 1882 and 1888, the Proteus sailed away, Ang. 18, and left the Greely colony in their snug quarters at Discovery Larbor, According to arrangement, in 1882 and 1883 relief ships—the Neptune, the Proteus and the Yantic—set out to carry sue¢- cor and supplies to the party, buf, as is well known, they failed fo accomplish thei mission; and from the 1sth (lay of August, 1881, until the wretched survivors were brought back to St. John, July 17, 1884, no word came of the fate of the Greely colony, Last Thursday the telegraph brought to us the news of their rescue, and a story of heroism, endur- ance, suffering and self-sacrifice well wortliy to rank with the most thrilling chapters in the annals of Arctic explora- tion. IL—CAMP CONGER. They named the station Camp Conger in honor of the Michigan senator, who had been instrumental in securing the Government appropriation for the expedition, Scientific observations (meteorological, astronomical, magnetic, etc.) were begun immediately and continued while they were at the post, The long Arctie winter was necessarily monoto- nous, but the regular routine of observations coupled with such military discipline as was not Inappropriate to the climate and the mode of living rendered it more tolerable. One hour’s exercise daily was exacted of all. Themen were required to bathe once a week, and great care was taken by frequent inspection to see that the quarters and particularly the berths were kept clean. The efficiency of the hygienic arrangements adopted is fully demonstrated by the fact that there was no scurvy in the expedition, notwithstanding that the water used was from melted iceimvariably obtained from the floe. Thanksgiving and national holidays were always celebrated by a good dinner, and the first Christmas wis rendered pleasant by presents for every member of the ex- — pedition from unknown but thoughtlul friends. Meanwhile they were making expeditions to explore the country in different directions, The number of dogs had been sadly reduced by sickness and death, but those left were carefully looked after and by breeding Lieut, Greely was able, in the spring of 1882, to pul two good teams in the field. In nearly all of his explorations, as ever In Arctic ex- peditions, the dogs were found most useful and almost indis- pensable accessories. These exploring trips were always attended with peril, often with great suffering. The men af one time, under Ser- geant Brainard, experienced the lowest corrected mean tem- perature ever known in the annals of Arctic travel—viz,, minus sixty-one degrees. On another trip by Dr. Payy, Mr. Rice, with the Esquimau Jens Edwards, aud a team of dogs; to discover land to the north of Cape Joseph Henry, Rice and Jens traveled fifty miles on foot in a temperature of[—40°, without sleeping bag or tent, and later the party were adrift on an ice pack and driven miles from land, escaping as by a miracle over the grinding, crumbling ice. Again, Lieut. Lockwood with Brainard and Frederick Christensen with a dog team, set out to explore the northern shore of Greenland, crossed tne Polar Ocean direct to Cape Britannia, thence through regions neyer before trodden by man, to a point they named Lockwood Island, the highest northern latitude ever yet attained, 83° 24.5’, in longitude 40° 45' west—and would have gone further yet, but that the long shadows of Arctic cliffs prevented a determining of the latitude, so their instruments failed them before their courage, They found animal life abundant with scant vegetation similar to that met within Grinnell Land. Traces of hares, lemmings, ptarmigan and snow bunting, and the tracks of a bear were seen, and droppings of the musk ox as far as twenty miles north of Cape Britannia. Looking to the northeastward from an elevation of about two thousand feet, the land was seen for about fifteen miles, the furthest point, Cape Robert Lincoln, being in about latitude 85° 35’ and longitude 48° west. Aithough the weather was unusually clear, no other land could be seen, the horizon being examined carefully to the northward and northwestward. Ou the 15th they started south, picking up en rowle the union jack and sextant left hy Lieut. Beaumont, of the Nares expedition, during his extra- ordinary retreat with a scurvy-Stricken party in 1875, and returned to Fort Conger, where they arrived on June 1, after an absence of fifty-nine days, all in good condition ex- cept that two were snow blind and had to be Jed into camp, uring the season of 1882 Lient. Greely made two jour: neys into the interior of Grinnell Land, leaving Mort Conger on April 23 and June 24 respectively, Winter quarters of Hsquimaux were found and some relics showing that they had possessed dogs, sledges and iron, Two ranges of moun- tains running nearly parallel with the United States range were called respectively Conger and Gartield range, and a lotty peak, the highest in Grinnell Land, Mount Avthur. Of glaciers there were many, the largest of which was called Henrietta Nesmith Glacier, Great hardships were endured on the second of these journeys, when Greely and Linn, leaving the supporting party, traveled with packs, which weighed on starting about eighty pounds, fording and swim- ming many streams and being otherwise subjected to much poe without, howeyer, any eventual il] resulting there- yon, Game was abundant, more than one biundred musk oxen beimg seen, besides hares and birds. From the summit of Mount Arthur, Lieut, Greely, who was alone able to make the ascent, was satisfied from the trend of the mountains and the appearance of the country that Grinnell Land ended but a short distance to the westward, and that its coast line must run nearly southwest from the extreme point reached by Lieut. Aldrich, Royal Navy, in 1876. Later in August "9 . FOREST AND STREAM. HALLS LAND a WS ZIRE PULSE HARBOR Capt. Hall Oct.17. 187) ifs SB Pet. FORT CONGERS MT. P45 Highest point reached by; = ’ ip Gy ‘e \) i ih ——a a TER TON LAND LDT GLAC inter Quarters 1853-54-55 outh Q (Bote | ered, and went'S 1873 - xe nes 4 ho 5 ¢ (Pyacth ad OR Dr.Ka i iss Winter Quarters June, f + x Villa: y «ss ro t ton) 5 party Wint ngoats HA ‘Qesquimau ; Dr.Ha My J KE. Ke. & re Aus, 0.1883) Greely S: y started from Part he 464 Willies from North Pule, ‘Budding: ere! RS SS HS g d Here. Clupe Sabin Party Rescue ( Oevil’s Thumb ilcox Head Ii ) Village = NG C ; e Esquimaux NL NS BES) = Ng NAAR oe Dy x és i, Talbot Inte NORTH DEVON Lieut. Lockwood made two journeys in the launch, on the first to the head of Archer Fiord, bringing back large quan- tities of game, and on the second he entered Weyprecht Fiord, but was unable to advance far on account of the ice. Much disappointment was felt at the non-arrival of the expected relief ship, with, first, stores, and above all, news from home, and many were the conjectures as to the cause of her failure to come; but no discouragement was felt, and feeling a pardonable pride in their achievements of the past year, they prepared to attempt even more in the next. The winter passed away more rapidly and pleasantly than would be supposed possible. There was plenty of reading matter. Lieut. Greely and Dr, Pavy delivered occasional lectures, and holidays were celebrated as before. Another feature suggested by Lieut. Greely did much to promote contentment and good feeling, Each man was allowed on his birthday to select the dinner, of which all partook—a privilege which was greatly appreciated and never abused. On Feb. 1, 1883, twenty-six days before the sun reap- peared, a cache of provisions was made at Cape Baird, and these were increased from time to time during the month with a view to retreating southward in the fall should the relief vessel again fail to urrive. li.— THE RETREAT. Finally all hope of a relief vessel failed them, and early in 1883 they made ready to retreat southward, wherein accord- ance with the directions he had sent home by the Proteus, Lieut. Greely was confident a cache of supplies would be found awaiting them. But it was not until Angust that the ice broke up so they could move, The boats taken were the steam launch Lady Greely, the whaleboat Narwhal, both built in the United States, the jolly boat Valorous, left at Cape Hawkes by the English and brought up in the Proteus in 1881, and aniceboat which had been left by Beaumont at Thank God Harbor. Two tons of coal and about eight months’ supplies were left in a secure place, to be ready sbould a return be made necessary. A number of barrels of blubber, spoiled meat and bread were broken up to'serve as food for the twenty-three dogs which were left in possession. At 2 o’clock on the afternoon of Aug. 9, 1883, the party a of twenty-five bade farewell to the place which had been to them for two years not only a home but a home fraught with so many pleasant recollections that they still speak of it as the paradise of the Arctic. The steam launch towed the other three boats. Three tons of coal and a quantity of pro- visions had been stowed at Cape Baird, and that was, there- fore, the first objective point. Arriving on the morning of the 10th, they took on the provisions and left at midday with fitty days’ supplies. Passing around Cape Leiber they en- countered a moving pack from the northward, and were compelled to run in to Cape Crocrofft and tie up to the land ice. Here they took up forty-eight pounds of corned beef, left by Lieut. Greely the previous year, and, the tide having drifted the ice off shore, they ran on to Cape Bock and Carl Ritler Bay, finding comparatively open water. The provisions left here by the Proteus in 1881, 200 rations, and those cached at Cape Cullinson by Nares in 1575, 240 rations, were taken on board. The small stores in the Nayres cache, such as tea, tobacco and sugar, were bad, as well as a barrel of bread. About midway between Capes Leopold, Bon Bouche and Lawrence they were frozen in tor five days, when they forced their way out, and after various detentions from the boats getting ashore and several severe nips, which the launch stood well, the other boats being hauled up, they finally reached Cape Hawkes on Aug. 26. They landed and left a record on the summit of Washington Irving Island and took on the small quantity of potatoes, pickles and bread found in the English cache, except about three or jour hundred pounds of the latter, which was too mouldy for use At4 P.M. the same day they started for Cape Sabine, having clear water until 10 P. M., when the wind off shore drove the pack out and compelled them to make fast during the night. Young ice several inches thick formed off the mouth of Allman Bay, so that they were unahle to extricate the launch, but drifted slowly to the southward with the pack. The tide occasionally would open a lane and they worked through it a short distance only to be brought up again. For the scason of the year the temperature was uuprecedentedly low, being generally below zero, and the party suffered much with cold. In order that they might not be missed by the expected relief vessel ——————s a tripod was erected on the ice and a flag hoisted at an ele- vation of thirty feet to attract attention. They were finally driven to within about six miles of Cape Albert. Here Lieut. Greely determined to abandon the steam launch and Valorous, two small sleds being made from the inside works of the launch, With these and the twelve-man Rng- lish sled, which had been recovered from Thank God Har- bor, where it was left by Beaumont, and had been brought along to meet such an emergency, the party set out across the ice for the nearest point of land above Cape Sabine, some eleven miles distant. It was 1 weary journey, the ice was rough and hummocky, and two journeys were required with the small sleds for the provisions and two with the larger one to transport the boats, Even then they accomplished only about one mile daily. Officers and men worked alike at the drags. On Sept. 18, finding that the large sled was weakening, the whaleboat was abandoned and only the Beau- mont remained. Twice driven back into Kane Sea by south- westerly gales, and fearing as much that they would he driven to the southward past Cape Sabine as that they would not reach that point, the floe on which they were traveling was driven, on Sept. 22, by a northwest gale, down by Bre- yoort Island to the mouth of Baird Inlet, where it was stopped by grounded bergs and so broken up that they were left on a small piece only about fifty yards in diameter, The floe continued to come down from the northward, and grind- ing and crumbling together, piled up in some places to a height of twenty-five feet. Their encampment of snow houscs and tents was broken up and they were forced to at- tempt a landing, which they finally effected on the north side of Baird Inlet on Sept. 29. Two men, Rice and Esquimau Jens, were at once sent to Cape Sabine to examine into the state of affairs there, while the remainder, except Long and Esquimau Frederick, who were detailed as hunters, set about constructing winter quarters, Game, however, was very scarce and only three seals and afew ptarmigan were obtained. Rice and Jens returned on the 9th of October with the discouraging news of the Proteus disaster and the scanty supply of provisions at Sabine. That meant that the store of provisions on which they had counted, in leaving Fort Conger, had not been . _ A. 7 Glaciers nd Ice Stream Bey a a ny Pe) i=) ™ 7 eK ; = = zee fh Asm 4 ess: os a s. = furnished, and this meant, in all probability, ultimate starvation. ‘Lieut. Greely upon hearing their report an- nounced that the party must abandon Esquimau Point, as he ‘had named it, and transfer the camp to a place nearer the base of supplies. A start was made on the next day, when one load of pro- - visions was advanced as faras Rosse Bay, and on the 11th the remainder. They then traveled along a strait discovered iby Rice, and named after him, which connects Rosse Bay with Buchanan Straits, placing Cape Sabine on an island in- stead of the mainland, as was formerly supposed. - Rice and Jens having gone to Cape Isabella to ascertain whether any supplies had been left there last year, found only the 144 pounds of meat lett there by the English in 1875. The people had been on reduced rations since September 25, when the allowance of meat was made twelve ounces, and at Eskimo Point one-half that quantity. On the evening of October 15, they reached the Proteus wreck cache, with all their provisions except one load, which had been cached at Cocked Hat Island, and set to work on winter quarters. 1l,—CAMP CLAY AT CAPE SABINE. A hut was built of stones, roofed over with the whaleboat from the Beebe cache, the oars serving asrafters and covered with canvas, the sides being banked up withsnow. Of course, there were no means of heating it, as barely fuel enough was left to warm the food. 1t was never cooked. On the ground eanyas was spread and over this buffalo over- coats, on the top of which the sleeping bags were placed, and yet these were generally frozen stiff throughout the winter, The boat left by Beebe was in good Condition, except for a hole about ten by six inches, made probably by the paw, of a bear, As soon as the state of the ice permitted the stores from the different caches were collected at Camp Clay. These may be summed up as follows: viz., Beebe cache and English cache 240 rations each. In the latter con- _ siderable tea, sugar, chocolate, bread and dog biscuit unfit for use. The rum and alcohol were missing, Garlington cache, 000 pounds of bread, ninety of pemmican and a few cans each of roast mutton, peas, string beans, green corn and two boxes of lemons, These last were in excellent condi- tion and proved a rare treat in more respects than one. a —_ NBORG UKKERTOPPEN OESTE | LN = ZW YoO4T, See instructions at head of thas column. Nancy Rake. Mr. H. 1. Millme’s (Flatbush, L. I.) English setter bitch Nancy Rake (A.K.R. 42), July 18, seven (two dogs), by Mr. W. A. Cos- ter’s Buckellew (A,K.R. 30). J ; Bessie. Mr, A. Weeks’s (Locust Valley, L. I.) English setter bitch Bessie (Gypsum—Jessie), July 12, eleven (six dogs), by Tilley’s Bang Duke—Dot). : ~Snipe. Mr. Edward Lawrence, Jr,’s, (Boston, Mass.) red Irish setter bitch Snipe (Palmerston—(Quail), July 14, nine (six dogs), by Mr, Joseph Hayes’s Suil-a-Mor (Claremont—Dido), Snowball, The Millbrook Kennel’s (New York) St. Bernard bitch Snowball fetal 416), July 1,two dogs, by Prince (A.K.I%, 1053); one since dead. Flash U7. Mr. J.W.Munson's (St. Louis, Mo.) imported pointer bitch Flash iT. (Bang—Pride), July 18, ten (three dogs), by champion Meteor, Queen Maud. Mr, BH, 8. Hawks’s (Ashfield, Mass.) English setter bitch Queen Maud (Racket—Kelp), June 22, nine, by Count Oberon (Count Noble—Rosalind). ointer 694), SALES. (S> See instructions at head of this column. Nancy Rake. Black, white and tan pales setter bitch (A.K.R. 4). by Mr. Thos. F. Connolly, Flatbush, L, I.,to Mr, H. 1, Milline.same ace. P Critic. Black spaniel bitch (A.K.R. 408), by Mr. Winchester John- son, Boston, Mass., to Mr. W. O. Partridge, same placc. Prince Bow. Pointer dog, elon and age not given (King A.K.R. 83—Chess, A.K.R. 77), by the Detroit Kennel Club, Mich,, to Mr, John Gross, Jr,, Junction City, Kan. j Peck’s Lad Girl. White, black and tan paar tae setter bitch, whelped May 8. 1884 (Mack B.—Chica), by Mr. W. B. Peck, Central Falls, R. 1,, to Mr. C Fred. Crawford, Pawtucket, R. 1. Mack Duff, White, black and tan English setter dog, whelped May 8, 1884 (Mack B.—Chica), by Mr. W.B. Peck, Central Falls, R. I., to Dr. James BH, Tobey, same place. Mack B.—Chica whelps. Lemon belton English setter dogs,whelped May 8, 1884, by Mr. W. B. Peck, Central Falls, R.1., one to Mr, Law- rence Lockwood and one to Mr. Ban). A, Guage, Pawtucket, R. I. Princess Pearl. White, black and tan English setter bitch, age not given (Druid—Princess Draco), by Mr. C, R. Dufour, Washington, D, C., to Mr. W. R. Travers, same place. ; 4 Pet pes tay ee Black, white and tan English setter bitch, whelped Noyember, 1888, by Mr, Andrew J, Ward, Boston, Mass,, to Mr. W, D. Wilson, Augusta, Ga Bow, etroit, Peck's Bad Boy. Lemon belion English’setter dog, whelped May 8, 1884 (Mack B.—Chica), by Mr. W. B. ae i #, Bastvood, same mit y r. W. B. Peck, Central Falls, &; 1,, to Mr, on Gus. ack, white and tan English setter dog, 3yrs. (Gladstone — —Juno), by Dr, Otto Mobes, Rowland, Ala.. to Mr. ae rf faves Ash- miner White, 1 Oreman. ite, lemon and tan imported heagle dog, yrs. (Bravo —Honesty), by Mr, W. H, Ashburner f } i ie Hawks, Ashfield fas , Philadelphia, Pa., to Mr, E. 8. fountess Lill. ack, white and tao Bnuglish setter biteh, tyr (Gladstone—Donna J.), by Mr. J. L. Barker, Raci is, to Mr, ES. Haws, AShfetd, Si 2 y cine, Wis, to Mr. BE. 8. essie T, ack, white and tan English setter bitch. 4yvs. (Glad- stone—Fly), by Mr. Geo. H, Tousey. Mandan, Dak., to Mr, nS. an wee, ae Mass. raft. Lemon and white pointer dog (A.K.R, 1038), by the Knick- as Olub, Jersey City, N.J., to Mr. J. 8, Bor ieeene: elair, N. J. Chief, Black pointer doz, ave not given (Stocking—Lady Mah), 6 the Knickerbocker Kennel Club, Jersey City, N, arta Mr. BP. Bell \. Rees fs J. . enmark. Lemon and white pointer dog. age not siven (Rush— Romp), by the Knickerbocker Kennel Club, aiSee City, N. TS to Mr. Geo. 8. Tucker, Peterborough, N. H. = Jimmie. Liver pointer dog, 2yrs. (Start—Mand), by the Knicker- bocker Kennel Club, Jersey City, N, J., to Mr. Louis §. Livesey, same place. Lady Isabel, Lemon and white pointer bitch (A-K.R. 461), by Mr. Geo. 5S, Tucker, Peterborough, N, H., to the Knickerboeker Kennel Club, Jersey City, N. J. Essex. St. Bernard dog (A.K.R. 931), by the Hssex Kennel, Andover, Mass,. to the Strawberry Hill Kennel, Leicester, Mass, Flirt Warren, Black and white Euglish setter dog (A.K.R, 1368), by the Strawberry Hill Kennel, Leicester, Mass., to Mr. Calvin Perry, same place. Primer (A,B. R. 227)—Jessy Gyp (A.K.R. 107) whelps. English set- ters, whelped March 3, 1884, by Mr. W. E, Rea, Hackettstown, N, J., a white and lemon dog to Mr. Theo, A. Weller, Middletown. N. J., and a white and black bitch to Mr. W. H. Larison, Madison, N. J. A SURPLUS OF NEARLY $2,000,000 is the solid guaranty offered by the Travelers, of Hartford, Conn.. that all just claims will be paid i full, as they always haye been.—4dv. Hifle and Cray Shooting RANGE AND GALLERY. 2 THOMASTON, Conn., July §.—The Canton Rod and Gun Club and the Empire Rifle Club shot the second of the series to-day on the range of the latter club, near Reynold’s Bridge, in which the Empires were victorious by 30 points in a possible 1,600. Partof the match was shot in the rain, which made a rather bad light, The conditions were teams of nine men each, 10 shots per man off-hand, distance 200yds,, Massachusetts ring target. Following are the scores: Canton Team, ¢ @tB AAs, eed A, 20" 1210: 11 Nd “Ao a2. “sos SJ Lyons.......... * 9 dd dd, 39) a01a 97 1.05 aa e108 GA Case) haya) ere 10) 12125 76. 9 JO, 9 Oe 1G aie g5 G Barbour_......-..-,.- 9° 71 Os OS FOe eek ide ey J IDTAMATAWS.” eo necer):+ o DOS 412 8 VE 10 10" SD) 0 G8 J Laubenstein.....,.... 1S GB. eee 0S ioe el BOOBIES by se.itesnss Pas 11 6 pie 8s 10) 89) FO eG iy CE RUE Wisess -aleate eet ss. 4.69: 6. 8° 8 94 “a 6971. Het ARGS E NH er hrces sp upter be ee f 10. "R> 8 5.8 <9 8 6 Sed =sit Empire Team, WeHeDun DEirey ke py ves 9 10° 9 M1" 1p 70! 10) so at i t09 CGAL tis co Sawa tos Soe (B12 10 SO ens GO Ganfield...,.... -..42 10 10 5 42 10 10 10 12 7— 98 GA Lemmon.......-- OF 39 109 39> 0. ds Te et Sor OF Williams,........... " 11 10 10 9 8 9 10 10 N— E Thomas.. ..-.- tT 10s 00s Th Tie eS eae HY Cant. (rae eeaee a oT set ct Ainge te Be re ir), AS Hubbard®...-....., G6 10.0%. 11 AG GS o% TH Siet0—i89 HW Bennett... 4. ..- W911 5 0 4 7 10 12 8— 87/—4h Atthe weekly shoot for the badge, July 12, the following scores weremade: F. Carr 102, C. F. Williams 98, 0.1L, Alling 96, G. A. Lem- mon 93, G. P. North 88, A. Fox 84. GARDNER, Mass., July 17.—Yesterday was the regular day for the meet of the Gardner Rifle Club at Hackmatack Range. The Ameri- ean decimal target was used; distance, 200yds.; shooting off-hand, with a possible 100. Only afew members faced the bullseye, their seores being as follows: J. N. Dodge 86, G, F. Ellsworth 84, A, Mathews $1, W. C. Loveland 77, JAMESTOWN, N. Y.. July 18.—Regular medal match; Creedmoor target; 200yds. off-hand; 10 rounds, wind ab 9 o’clock light, bright light: S.N. Ayres 45, H. V. Perry 45, N. J. Fenner 44, R. H. Burns 44, A. W. Ward, 43, F. K. Dowler, 41, A. F, Warner 41.—R. H. Burns. THOMASTON, Conun., July 19,—The weather conditions at our weekly shoot to-day were very unfavorable for high scores, Part of tne match was shot during a thunder shower, with a strong wind blowing directly across the range. Following are the scores; LOD oes. 9 12. 912 1241-98 910 711 9 10 11—94 9 Fil 9 10—982 | ) 5 9 10 71—89 7 810 8 9 9 Dd 9 10=—88 71010 61011 6 B B86 9 8 7 8 610 9 8 11—86) 7 11 11 10—85 © BOSTON, A 19.—There was a large attendance at Walnut Hill to-day, and while the gentlemen found a very perplexing wind from | 6 o’clock, stillit was a delightful place to spend a summer «4 ffernoon. No very high scores were made, and nol many were finished, the gentlemen preferring to experiment rather than to struggle fer high record. A team match was shot between two teams of the associa- tion, which resulted in a victory for Mr. Berry’s team. Following are the best scores: : Creedmoor Practice Match. ee ee ee H Cushing....---- -. §554445545—45 R Borden........... 444344445440 EQ Barnes. ...-.... 444455554444 H M Cross..,.._.....4845332444—36 W Oarter)... .-...-. 4444544445—42 A FW Hall (mil.)...... 245433432536 Creedmoor Prize Match, FW Perkins.......- 455545456547 EC Barnes.......... 5d4dd44h54—43 W Fisher.... ..-... 445454544544 J A Cobb wees. --$4455985d54—43 E BSouther......... 44444555544 Re Emery: .......,... 4444544445—42 R Gardner.......-.. 445544554444 W Warden.--.---.-.- 45444454442 UCP Bates... 2. as. §554444544—d4 Captain Berry’s Team. Captain Perkins’s Team. J Francis...... 4564454555—46 QM Jewell,.... 54-41555455—46 ) GE Berry...... 4554455544415 RiReed? eee 444445545443 E BSouther., ..4445544545—44 Ef Richardson, 4545454444 —43 JB Fellows... .4845555445—44 FW Perkins. ,..4544444544 49 W Visher..... 445445444412 Wide) lero 4444544444 r) ' ,, i A —f J H A Lewis(mil).4435043448 —34 FG Ames...... 224154445539 954 2 points for military rifle... 2-257 THE TRAP. | | Correspondents who favor us with club scores are purticularly ve | quested to write on one side of the paper only. CLAY-PIGEON POINTS, Editor Forest and Stream: fs } Will you kindly allow us to answer a few criticisms lately passed 6 us? With reference to inaccuracies in the count of the number elay-pigeonsin a barrel. Any such mistake (for such they are) made by any of our packers will always be cheerfully remedied by us bese: authoritative representation through the trader of whom the club urchased same. No honorable sportsman and no sensible man can- Pelieve for a moment that such a miscount has been made mtention- ally. We have three packers’at work, the public are welcomed to inspect our packing department atany time. The clay-pigeons are / first “strawed’’ in groups of five high, which groups are then placed in a crate beside the packer, who then counts the number of groups of five high he places in the barrel, afew odd ones being used now and then to fill the interstices, Weare doing and have been doing all we could to avoid miscounts, which, if they occur now, are due to fallibility of man, and which we always ‘‘make good.” It has been suggested that we pack the clay-pigeons in boxes h lding’ 10) each, This we are prepared to do at the extra charge of fifteen cents p box. Should any ciub prefer same lef them give their orders for same through their nearest traders and we will ship same at twenty four hours’ notice. _ a Secondly—With reference to the “aggravating tail.” We tho we had overcome this difficulty, judging by the numerous conve’ tions with sportsmen at the Chicago clay«pigeon tournament, ever, by Aug. 1 we will be prepared to Fupply clubs, ete., with a de i“ % e ipon the market, ' , 515 ested, in due time for them to make all arrangements, and have | allowance for the different characters of combustion of the fuel, “tachable “spring” metal tongue, to be used when the pasteboard “tongue is torn off by the carelessness of the trapper or becomes use- | requested T, H, Gibbes, Esq, to make all needful communications in | viz.: heen Jess through pioktures This substitute will nan prove equal to the the matter, At present I am inclined to think the shooting will take 4/66 V, of Roth words, steboard, which we predict will always make our present clay- pane in Charlotte, N. C., during the latter part of August,—WBELLs, W/ Ts ees resident. LOWELL,—The Lowell (Mass,) Rod and Gun Club’s second annual tournament will be held at the club grounds, July 80, clay-pigeons and glass balls, open to all, Wor programme address the secretary, BH, W. Lovejoy, Machting. DORCHESTER Y. C. a Nac eighty-first matches of the Dorchester Y, 0. were sailed in Dorchester Bay on July 15, in a strong breeze from north- west. The course for first class, 21 and under 27ft., was froma line between the judges’ boat and a stakeboat. to Cow Pasture buoy No. 6, leaving it to port, to buoy No. 7 off Fort Independence, leaving it to starboard, Spectacle Island, Sculpin Ledge buoy and buoy No. 6, Lower Middle, on port, Cow Pasture buoy No. 6 on star- board, to finish—94g miles. The second class, 15 and under 21ft., and third class, under 18ft., started from the same line, leaying Warm Bar buoy on port, Old Harbor buoy, Half Tide Rock buoy, Farm Bar buoy for the second time, Old Harbor buoy, Half Tide Rock buoy on starboard, and finally Farm Bar buoy on port, a total distance of 746 mniles. The sloop yacht Lydia Adams was used asa judges’ boat. Seventeen yachts started, all being double reeled, and fourteen went over the course, as follows: igeou the best substitute for the live bird which will eyer be placed The velocity of a vessel is assumed as the cube rootof the quotient of the product of the area of her grate surface, and constant due to the character of combustion, divided hy the cube root of the square of her gross tonnage. ‘ a The constants being for natural draft, 1; jet, 1.25; blast and ex- haust,1.6, and in order to farther equalize competilion we recommend that the yachts be divided mto three classes, thus; 1st class, 250 gross tons and exceeding that. 2d class. 100 gross tons and less than 250, 8d class, allunder 100 tons. Respectfully yours, J, G. HoaGbanD, Grow W. Hann. CHas. H, HASWELL, Henry A. Tayior, Secretary American Y. 0, -Thirdly—With reference to the legality of our patents. We must decline to discuss our legal attitude in a sportgman's paper, but will do sq in the U.S. courts of justice whenever the occasion offers, We have repeatedly offered (and hereby repeat the offer) to any would-be competing manufacturer—both through the press and to individuals —to enter a full, personal, legal discussion, and to expose our eévi- dence, toshow cur books as to cost of manufacture. Any one who will do. so will undoubtedly withdraw from his contemplated opposi- tion enterprise. Pourthty—As to the costof the clay-pigeon; irrespective of ‘patent or “no patent, we desire to say (though we presume many of your readers will nob believe this) that our profits are less than the same capita! would earn if invested in any stable manufacturing busi- ness not protected by patents. As partial proof (and we trust all candid sportsmen will listen fo us on this point) we will mention the following: (a) In Holland (where there is no patent law whatsoever) some manufacturer tried to make the clap-pigeon and failed utterly, (b) An English company, after canvassing the whole of Great Britain, found one firm who undertook to make che clay-pigeon at £3 (about $15) per 1,000, upon a contract to manufacture 150,000; result, a fail- ure, though the retail price in England is $30 per 1,000. (e) A firm in France made a similar failure, (d) A firm in Toronto, Canada, tried 4 sinular experiment; result, a failure, though the duty thergis 25 per eent, on the Invoice price of the import. Weclaim broadly that no Petter in this country can manufacture sameé in quantity at less than $15 10 $18 per 1,000; if any man thinks otherwise, a walk through our factory will convince bim to the contrary, Therefore, we trust that sportsmen will cease to backbite us on account of the price. Those who do not wish to use them, need not do so; all weaskis that they BEVERLY Y.C.SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP RACE. TP \HE second race for the Buzzard’s Bay championship was sailed on Saturday last, the day opening witha S.W. by 8. wind, so strong that the second class cats did not start. In the large eat class Tris was disabled and could not start, and no club member could be found to sail Lestris and Violet. The preparatory gun was fired promptly, and at 1:12 the boats went off to a one-gun start, Tantrom and Whisper coming almost on the second, with Flirt, Atalanta and Mascot just astern, and Mattie, who was caught napping, just two minutes later, : Mascot crossed just to windward of the stakeboat, and would haye been ruled out if she had come in first. Atalanta and Whisper carried single reet's, the other boats double reefs. They had it kot and heavy beating out to Scragey Neck, then a run across,to Bird Island, and home with the wind on the quarter, Com- FIRST CLASS, Length, Actual. Corrected cease to Compare the price with that of the insipid glass ball, but | Sea Bird, G. L. Forbush............-.. 23.02 1 50 57 1 18 29 ine in Tantrum and Flirt shook out their reefs and crossed the line rather with that of the game, pallant bird it strives toemulate,and | Amy, KE. W. Baxter..................-. 21.00 1 57 18 1 22 05 aiie te side. with the success how universally recognized, Thisbie, 5S. A. Freeman.--.... .--. .-«; 21.02 1 58 16 1 28 21 z 4 Length. Actual. Gorrected. Filthly—With reference to reloading the trap after each shot. | Saracen, W. P. Fowle.......,.-..:--- 22.10% 2 06 02 1 34 22 Atalanta, I, R. Thomasi. .)..::.:.- .. 29 0114 «9-2 02 17 1 54 02 When shooting at five traps we are decidedly in favor of same in SECOND CLASS. ; Whisper, F. W. Sargent.............- 98 00 92 05 15 1 55 30 order to assimilate live bird shooting in the field. Trap-shooting, to | Scamp, F. Gray...._..... Boye peas np ko 4b. 1 31 00 1 00 17 Mattie, Vice-Gom. Stockton........-:. 2B 10 205 46 1 56 47 preserve its charm. and above all ta raise this sport from the level of | Niobe, F, L. Dunne.. see ope amss Ae: 20.01 1 30 29 1 01 46 Tantrum, J. M. Codman.......- -+:.:. 35 00 213 32 2 0 27 the pure gamester to that of the sepoMadt sportsman, must be | Water Witeh, T. W. King.-...,-. --. .19.05 1 30 49 1 02 21 Flirt. Geo. H. Esynienibaliteader sams 25 02 218 3214 2 00 4514 made as nearly analagous as possible to field shooting, preserving all | Madelon, W. A. Tucker... ....,-.-..-. 20.07 1 82 25 1 04 15 Mascot. F. BE. Bacon, Jr.........2:. "24.06 withdrew. ‘ the wncerfainties of the latter. The man who shoots for money only TR Judges: Bdward Bangs HE, A. Bangs, W. Lloyd Jeffries. Judges’ wants no uncertainties whatsoever; he who shoots for pure love of ce CMD ws AC Let ieee, Jeee ay 1 4, 3 yacht, Madeap, B. Y. C. : BuvuE with A Gotp CASTLE. the sport (even though some “‘sugar’’ be mixed in the ‘tea’’) prefers TS ates Soe 06 te i the uncertainties of field shooting, and desires to see those uncertain- Do she at Oie ties incorporated in any artificial trap-shooting: Now this is a point | Juliet, H. L.Mamn............. ...-.. : STEAM YACHTS AND STEERING GEARS. on which honest sportsmen may differ, and J doubt notthe sentiment | Yolande, C. H. Nute..... ............. yp NEW device for quickly Landling a steam vessel has been applied to the steam yacht Vixen, built by Mr. John Samuel White, of East Cowes, for Lieut.-Gen. Baring, and deseribedin the London Field of June 28. Two balanced rudders are emplbyed, the larger, of 8sq. ft. area, being fitted abaft the wheel in the usual manner, but the smaller, of 4sq, ft.,is hung directly forward of the sternpost, the deadwood being nearly all cut away, the rudder fillmg the space between the keel, stermpost and shaft. The rudder heads, above deck, are con- nected by chain gearing, oné wheel, of course, operating both. In a trial of her speed in turning, on the helm being put hard over, an angle of 45°, the time occupied being 7 seconds, the boat turned in a circle of two and one-quarter times her length, or 137ft., in 38 sec- onds. The dimensions of the yacht are: Length over all, 62ft.; length on water-line, 6ift,; extreme beam, lift.: depth, 5ft. lin.; ex- treme dratt, 4ft. 10in.; displacement, 18 tons; cylinders, 84% and 13in, by 9in. stroke; screw, 4 blades, 8ft. 8in. in diameter, 4ft. 144in. pitch. Mr. Stewart Clark, owner of the Vanduara, has lately had built for him anew steam launch named Morna, from designs by Watson, She is intended fora tender to the Vanduara, and is spoken of as a very handsome vessel, - The Kunstadter screw has lately been tested in this country by the Naval Board, who will report initsfayor. The trials were made at Newport, ending on July 9. Inthe first trial the boat was reversed from full speed ahead to full speed astern in 2m1. 48s., the helm being is equally divided on this subject: therefore, Mr. Editor, let us have a | Ethel, W. H. Cutter ......,..-..--.--+ A full discussion from all sides. Our desire is to see trap-shooting contests placed on a high level, so that the thousands of amateur gentlemanly sportsmen, who to-day hold themselyes aloof from tournaments May he induced to participate, We would like to see trap-shooting contests on a large scale and of Frequent occurrence in all our principal cities. There are thousands of people to-day who attend baseball contests, who never bandlea bat; and we wish to see these same people witness gun club contests, though they never handle a gun. Rob trap-shooting of ifs uncertainties and this can never be accomplished; giveit allthe uncertainties practicable and success will surely follow. Do not the baseball pitcher and batter vary their balls? In billiards do not contestants haye uncertain con- ditions? How stupid a championship game of billiards would be, if each player had the same certain shot instead of the present varied uncertainties, Let trap-shooters do likewise, if they would triple and quadruple the number of contestants at their tournaments, whether Joeal or national. We trust no man will take offense at the above criticism; we wish to antagonize no man, we care not what the motive may be which prompt a man to enter a shooting contest. What we wish to do is to mcrease the present passive interest of the public in shooting matters to the mutual interest and pleasure of the present shooting. Let us ask ourselves why shooting has heretofore failed to draw an audi- ence? Isnotthe gun much more attractive than the bat? Is it not YACHTING IN SAN FRANCISCO. HE run of the Pacific Y. C. from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, ou July 2, proved by far the most interesting race yet sailed by the elub, ; The start was made early in the morning, the yachts towing out from their rendezyous off Front street to the Heads. The competing yachts were, Haleyon, 72ft. waterline; Casco, 85ft. ; Lurline, 72ft.; all keels, Aggie, TOft.; Annie, 45ft. 6in.; Ariel, 69ft.; Nellie, 48ft. 6in.; Fleur-de-Lis, 59ft. 10in., centerboard, and Lady Mine, a. keel pilot boat. Haleyon was first away at 8:48 A. M., standing off shore to windward, with kites set, Lurline over within a minute of her, but keeping in shore, Aggie starting with the pack, soon Jett them and overhauled the two leaders near Point Pedro about 10 0’clock, Lurline dropping astern shortly after, the wind being very light, The after diyision were having a race to themselyes meanwhile, Nellie taking the lead finally and holding it, with Annie last. The last twenty miles was in a fine breeze, in which Nellie gained on the Aggie but could not pass her, the latter crossing the line one minute ahead. The full times were as follows: amore manly sport? Youall answerin the affirmative. Wuherei Start. Finish, Elapsed. Oorrected, | hard over, changing the head eight poinis, the same maneuver with- then, lie the faults of the past, sae what showld be done to ere Haleyon, k........ .:.+. 8 48 00 4 34 00 4 46 00 727 2% | out the extra screw occupying six minutes five seconds. The inven- shooting on so broad a basis that a man need not blush to be known | Lurline, k..-..... 6 7 t tion in question consists of a small screw, connected by a universal asa “sportsman” or to participate in a trap-shooting contest under | Aggie, c. b.....-....-..- § O1 22 425 40 W 24 18 70116 | joint with the main shaft, butso hung abaft the rudder post as to his proper name, in place of a nom de plume? Doubtless this latter | Lady Mine, k - ....... 9 36 40 5 27 20 i 50 40 75040 | turn with the rudder, the thrust of the screw acting directly to remaric will astonish some of your readers, but it conveys the truth | Nellie, c. b.............. 9 38 28 5 34 30 7 36 10 ¢ 1145 | throw the hoat’s stern around. a8 we have ascertained through contact with devotees of the gun | Casco, k.... ............ 9 38 50 5 34 00 i 5b 10 % 53 10 throughout the countiy. Our remedy is conveyed in the above sug- | Fleur de Lis, c. b... ... 9 39 50 5 40 55 8 01 25 ( 22 09 QUAKER CITY Y. C. festion, viz.: 10 assimilate ‘‘trap-shooting” to “field-shooting’”’ so as | Annie, ¢.b.............. 9 40 40 Oey ay 3 a mm Be i so = zs Editor Forest and Stream, The weather was thick and foggy at the start for the cruise, and the sea rough jn the bay. Still, the fleet held together, and it was one of the most enjoyable and successful trips in the annals of the club. All the yachts behaved creditably: Most noticeable was the Consort and the Ariel in the third class cabin. It was a hounce after jhe yachts reached the open waters of the bay. The Minerva and Sunbeam, first class, being the big ones, fell into their work like good staunch ships should do, Though the Sunbeam came out ahead, it was clearl demonstrated that the narrower boat, with greater freeboard. was a Jb wilh Yoda i tbe The four prizes are of silver, their total value being.$500. The'San Francisco Y. C, contented themselves with a quieter cruise than that of their more daring rival, braying the dangers of the Napa River in preference to the Pacific savells. The fleet sailed on Thursday evening from San Francisco, Sea Nymph going in advance, the others—Startled Pawn, Whitewine, Chispa, Rambler, Lolita, Emerald, Frolic, Dawn, Ripple, Nellie, Magic, Spray, Idle Hour, Neva. Eva and Thetis—arriymg at Vallejo by moonlight, to preserve all the uneerfain conditions possible; it will place the amateur on a par with the PrOESSSIOn Dy; it will increase the interest in all shooting contests, it will draw the public, it will greatly merease the ranks of the shooting fraternity. J. E. Bioom (for L, C. P. Go.). CONGCINNATI, July 11, 1884. DETROIT, Mich.—Maine Gun Club,—The following scores were made at the last match of the club: ~ Rebenet ...-......,-.110111111—9 Robenet.............. 1111101011—8 Some smallboat races were promised on the morning of the 4th, | the time the ablest and safest boat. Captain Krouse made a mistake Pndriss..........-....1101111011—8 Endriss............... 1111010111—8 | but none took place. At 9 A. M. all sailed for Napa, the only inci- | jn his course, and that beat him. wide boats, however well shaped, TES Bee AOMIT10—8 “Bryant.....-.....,... 0011111110—7 | dents of note being the grounding of several yachts, which occurred cannot cope with narrower ones in a sea. BOWELS... eens owe 0111101110—7 _Bowers.....!......... 0111111010—6 | sufficiently often to justify the suspicion that more than one San Your readers, will remember in the report of the annual regatta, Peaselus,.... Hs 4 AP 0110100000—3 Peaselus.,............ 1101100000—4 | Francisco yachtsman used his chart of the Napa upside down, Lolita | June 2, Quaker City Y. C., the Thomas won ihe first prize and the meek seen nen. 111000111i—7 Heeck.......-...,..... 1017111011—8 | was first in, then Emerald, Rambler and Fawn. Commodore's challenge eup. The Nahma, wioning second prize, MDE ba ee ae eno 1O01110111—% Moebs....... .....-.. 1001001001—4 After some boat races, the party gathered on board the Whitewing challenged the Thomas for the cup, according to the rules of the gift. JC Fe eae asia al lag ge 1011111100—7 Maller .....2..-.. -_., 0011111110—% | and Chispa, where several hours were passed pleasantly, the fleet | The boats sailed on J uly 14, over the Q, C. Y. C. course, starting at [UE a A AE, 10011170101—5_—- Martz................ 1010000111—5 | starting down in the evening in tow of two steam launches. Chispa | 10-05 A. M., wind blowing hard from N.W.., going with nearly a square [SERRE ag eae BRB er 0011110111—7 Besser....,....--..,.1111101010—7 | grounding and lying ashore all night. The others left Vallejo atnoon | boom. The Thomas with a single reef in the mainsail, whole jib, the RGAStEt. oi as 12000111117 Reaster.... ...-,...- 0101011111—¥ | on the fith, arriving in the evening at their moorings. Nabma with a double reef hauled down. The boats ran side by side Robenet.-...... ..- --1111101011—8 Robenet..-..--. ..- --1111100011—8 2S Pee until reaching the Horseshoe, where the river turns to the westward, OAUISS Sy Le = ees 111)010111—8 Hndriss... ..-...,.... 1111010110—¥ bringing the boats sharp on the wind. The Thomas outlooked and piyent Oe meee teeta ; Nee rp eny bear poraee ee AMERICAN Y. C., STEAM YACHT RACES. outfooted her opponent, and kept opening the gap to the buoy on the Pees a9 Dryas; : UN H— Ls 5 5 Ieee ; \— 4 r 5 r spit of C zl ; ming it 11:55, Na 01, $ i Peaselus..:.......-.+ .0111010010—5 Peaselus.... -...-.... 1001000000—2 i ees following circular and the report appended have been issued ae ana Grenade aon ats teat eee heater Nabma, Teed ely a Ee TOUMTOTI—8 Heele.. 0.2.0... 20 .,.1111000100—5 by Mr, Henry A. Taylor, secretary of the American Y. C., con- coming along with her two lower sails only, gradually bul surely Moebs...-.., .-.,-..-0101100111—6 Moebes............... Oni pa to nngseEs| Gennine the comne paces Of ibe club tyont Larchmont to-New Lon |i ioaing: the pap. Passing inside of Ironside Shoah sho came up PvraMesric asi iitae sey eye PO — 9 Ter ye ema, wen 0111100010—5 | don in August. The club haye accepted the invitation of the Larch- abreast and the Thomas set working topsail, but without avail, and Mariz , ....-. veee+ QOOTLONINN—3 Martz. .....-...2. 02. 10100000018 | mont Y..C. to rendezvous at Larchmont,for the'start: rounding the Shoe, the Nahma went to the front in good style, her MOGSSCM... jasa9scs2e0-5 1101010110—6 Besser................ 1100100001—4 There will be a rendezvous of the yachts of this club, prior to a powerful wide headsail making her jump. For myself I can say, as Reaster...::..:..:: ..011/101171—8 Heaster.............. 017100100—4 | regatta and eruise, an the Larchmont club house, on Wednesday. Gth | an old yachisman generally steady under excitement, I caught the of August next, P.M. From thence, af 10 4. M. on the following day, there will be a race around the hghthouse off Stratford to abreast the lighthouse at New London, and prizes ef equal value are to be competed for in two classes of yachts, viz.; first class, all exceeding 100 gross tons; second class, all under 100; two or more entries in a class necessary to make a race. : The restriction of yachts to but two classes is for this occasion only, and is the consequence of there being but two prizes for competition with allowance of time. A third prize will be awarded to the yacht making the least tine over the course without reference to allow- ance of time. “thrill,” and was just as crazy as any one else. It was now anybody's race, The yachts winded each other alternately. It was nearly a dead beat from the Shoe to the home stakeboat, which was reached: Thomas, 2:10 P. M.; Nahma, 2:10:08. I desire to return thanks to the Thomas’s crew, one and all, for their courtesy to me as the Nahma’s judge. R, G, WILEINs. CAPSIZE OF A SANDBAGGER.—A race between open boats took place on July 19m Newark Bay, the course being 10 miles. There were eight entries, and the wind was squally. Just Woke Up cap- sized near the Nawark Bay Bridge, her crew of sixteen men being THE MISSOURI STATE SPORTSMEN’S ASSOCIATION will prob- ably not have a meeting this year, as there are no wild pigeons to be Cee LEA, Misn., July 17,—Combination traps, 18yds. rise, first noteh: MES SWINE SS anc: 017001010011071010011000001001011110101010101100011 —24 B Pinkham, ......10011010111011000101700001110011100110110000101011—26 WINCHENDON, Mass., July 17.—The Winchendon Gun Club had their rezular shoot yesterday. Out of a possible 10 clay-pigeons, the result, was as follows: Grea oud Mewes. sat O100111111—7 PS Davis............1001000110-4 | Owners of steam yachts of any organized club are invited to enter | thrown into the water. The leading boat, Maggie P,, went to their LW Martin..._.__-...1010101110—6 Dr J G@ Henry....... 10000100103 | 4nd to compete for the prizes under time allowance. The allowance | rescue, taking four on board, the Emma, C. also rendering necessary EP Ball. ........-....1011010100—5 James Southerland ..0011010000—3 | Of time is that, recommended and reported by a select committee, | asgistance. Maggie P. went on finally winning on time, Emma, losing Moses Manzer........001010110i—5 FM Brown..-....... oN0HH0110—2 | Sud which has been adopted by the club, a copy of whose report is | her chances b staying to help her unfortunate competitor. The herewith inclosed. Owners of yachts desiring to enter for competition in the above race, or in any that may occur during the cruise, are required to fur- nish the Measurer (Chas. H. Haswell, Box 2,961, N. Y.), on or before Monday, the 4th August next, at2 P. M., at which time the entries will close, with the name, tonnages as taken from their register issued during the current twelve months, area of grates and character of combustion, as whether natural draft, jet, blast or exhaust, also with times were as follows} VIRST CLASS—JIB AND MAINSATL, Finish. lapsed, Corrected, Just Right...,..-;, ve see Did 5 29 45 1 44 15 1 44 16 Manas. sega sce ae Did not go course, Just Woke Up.....-.... d Capsized. Maree Pays cliseds bs dt 5 28 00 1 48 00 1 42 00 THE NEW YORE TOURNAMENT.—In our last issue was given the rograminé ot a three days’ tournament, which will be held at the elropolitan Base Ball Park, in this city, Aug, 14-16. That the meet- ing will be an interesting one is already assured by the entries which have been made. They comprise the Wxeter (N. H.), Massachusetts Rifie Association, Boston, Worcester, Windsor (Conn.), Jersey City Heights and Capital City (Washington) clubs, and about as many more are expected. a copy of their signal, provided it is not already turnished. WritoM oc... peeeeees a ane ee awe ia ii lhe 36 15 1 36.05 TRAP SHOOTING GROUNDS IN NEW YORK.—One great draw-| , The Regatta Committee will make the necessary, arrangements, | Whisk......,...+.+:.... 3.4130 Did not go course back iio the sport of trap-shooting in New York has been the neces- | COMpute the time allowance, and have direction of the race, or any | Zephyrs... 2.6212! 3 40 00 5 27 00 1 47 00 1 47 00 sity ot crossing the ferries to find suitable grounds, There are many | 'bat may occur during the cruise, and all questions arising between | Ron Ton....... |. 8 40 15 5 20.00 1 39 45 1 38 55 competitors will be decided by them, under the rules and regulations | of the club, so far as they may apply, and the decision of the com- mittee will be final. Report of the Committee on Time Allowance: The committees to whom was confided the préparation of arule for the determination and governing of time allowance of steam yachts in a competitive operation, respectfully submit that, haying cou- sidered the subject and communicated with several engineers and owners of yachts in 1 elation thereto, they find, that in order to attain suitable grounds in the upper part of the city, but shooting there 1s rohibited by & city ordinance. Through the exertions of Mr. J. B, | Bicomn. of Oincionati, the New York Aldermen last week adopted a resolution permitting the use of shotguns in the Metropolitan Base Ball Park, at the corner of Tirst avenue and 107th street, reached via the Third avenne Blevated to 106th street. We presume that the #rounds could be secured hy gun clubs on very reasonable terms. TOPSHAM, Me., July 18.—Regular shoot of Riverside club for club EAST BOSTON YAOCHTING.—The Jeffries Boat Club, of Bast Boston, held their races on Saturday last. The boats were divided into two classes, the prizes for the first being $20 and $10, and for the second $15 and $5. The course was 12 miles for first class and 6 for secoud, with a strong northwest wind blowing, the start being made ab 3:22, but two boats entering. Length, Actual, (Corrected. Tras Oren Ors el leer tates a ae tates 20.00 1 50 15 1 45 50 oe : 7 : : 3 barge, 20 clay-pizeons, 10 singles, 5 pairs, 3 traps, use of hoth bar-| 9 condition of competition approaching to that of exactness, that it J udith, TOM gE FZe7 orl Gd aeeig neeey ~ 26106 = 1 59 16 1 59 16 Tels: would be necessary to ascertain the displacement of the vessel, the | The second class got away at 3:31, finishing as follows: ~Goud...-. cote stent ster eeet eee eters 1011111111 10 11 11 ii O1—14 | ayea of her freeboard at different drafts of water, the weight of the Fagor . Actual. Corrected. Plo xATIOOr ly hoses ps hee rece cache 1111212010 = 10 01 10 10 00-11 | Fue) carried, the character of its combustion, a reliable report of its | Hard Times, Geyer & Moore...........,.........., 16 40 16 40 BE IWAREN tks pinata tty 3 agit 1020010112 10 10 11 11 01—12_| consumption, anda visual verification of the pressure of steam, | Zetta, Warren & Fowle..........--..-) wal 6 44 16 32 CERAM MGS oe eee gee cecrs ests eee eet OMIITO © i, 1) dd. dd 10-17 point of cutting off, number of revolutions, ete. The first two of | Uskuown, Ambrose Martin ....,......... erp. ee -.18 16 18 03 WIMslOW cee specs tcne wee weet es 101111001010 11 10 00 1112,_ | which elements would involve the mitiatory computations of an ex-| Mr. B.S. Palmer was time keeper and judge, The next race will PHORIG Urata reves tetees eee SIOUIOUSIO! — i00%1100.10. 00— 8 ert. and the least of the latter, the presence of a capable and disin- | 0¢cur Saturday afternoon next, at 3 o’clock. erested party to yerify, whenever the vessel was in operation. Added 10 which, the attainment of the initiatory elements of displacement and areas would inyolye a character of labor and amount of expense wholly impracticable for the club to provide for at this time, in view then of the assent that has been given to the report of Mr. Haswell on this subject’ to Secretary te eh in June last, we haye decided to adopt the method therein detailed. with the units for Greenleaty 0) sis. -esepeees nen --2- 110010010 11.00.11 01 00— 9 DORCHESTER Y. C.—The next meeting of this club will be held on July 28, and will be open to boats of the clun of 18 and under 21ft,, the courses being 734 miles, The prizes offered are: For first class, 12 and $6; second Class, $10 and $5, The first signal will be given at 2:55 P. M., the starting signal at 8 P. M. for first and 3:05 for second class. One man is allowed for every five feet of deck length, and ng shifting ballast is permitted, ASSOCIATION OF THE CAROLINAS.—Rockingham, N. ., July 16.—Elitor Porest and Stream. The tournament (?) of the Sports- men’s Association of the Carolinas, will not take place in Columbia, 8. C., on the 20th inst., as] advised your readers. Ithas been post- poued so as to get a day which will suit better the convenience of ome of our members. Iwill endeavor to inform all persons inter- [Jury 24, 1884. . AN ADVENTURGUS VOYAGER,—Captain W. Johnson, a Norweg- jan, arrived at the Town Quay, Southamption, on Saturday, in his little craft Neptune, a boat somewhat of the whale-hvat type, rigged with wo masts, carrying a jib, lugsail, and mizzen, Captain Johnson early in Jasb year sailed this boat from Drontheim, in Norway, to London Bridge, his narrative of the voyage afterward attractin; much attention. The Nephine was shown in the lake at the Horti- cultural Gardens, South Kensington, during the time the Interna- tional VWisheries Exhibition was on yiew, being in company with many other curious craft. She is 26ft. long over all, with a beam of Sft. 2in , and is decked in with waterproof weather cloth to cover up the well. Captain Johnson sailed fram the Thames on April 1, his only companion being 2 cat, and he has been cHaesoe along the north coast of France, and, crossing to Worthing, had his little boat hauled up on the beach, where she was an object of much curiosity, a hotograph being taken of her and her owner, The Neptune is now auled up in Stockham and Pickeitt’s yard at West Quay, and is having an iron keel put on, Captain Johnson intends to cross the Atlantic in her if possible, and will commence his voyage at the Town Quay some time during to-day,—Land and Water, July 12. « EASTERN Y. C.—The prize which was won by Fortuna at the annual regatta on the 27th of June last, has been returned as a cup, by Commodore Hovey, to the regatta committee, who have decided to offer it to be sailed for on the annual crmse of the club, at New Bedford, on Monday, the 28th July (or, if stormy, next day), open to first and second class schooners of any club, HE. Y, C. measurement and allowances, The course will be notified to the boats hereafter. Therace will be sailed in cruising trim, with anchors and chains on board, boats at davits, etc., but sails allowed by E; Y, C. rules may be carried. There will also be sailed at the same time and place, a race for first and second class sloops, for a ‘cup offered by Commodore Hovey, over the same course, and under the same conditions, These races will be started as near to twelve o’clock as possible, and the committee’s boat may be used asa stakehoat at the beginning and finish. Entries may be made to the fleet captain, at the flagship Fortuna, up to eleven o’clock on the day of the race.—Daniel Appleton, George A. Goddard, Edward B, Haven, Regatta Committee. (Boston, July 15, 1884). TORONTO Y, ©,—A race for yachts of 7 tons and under was sailed on Saturday, July 19, with three entries, Iris, Mischief and Kestrel. The start was made at3 P, M. from the club ‘house, in a northwest blow that put all under close'reefed mainsails and storm jibs. Mis- chief crossed first, with a good lead over Iris, Kestrel being delayed eonsiderably. The time at the first buoy was: Iris 3:16, Mischief 3:18;30, Kestrel 3:27:20, Iris having more than made up her loss. In the run to the buoy off Gibraltar Point, Tris still/held het place, round- ing at 3:29:45, Mischief 3:31:15, Kestrel 3:40, Here Kestrel had a mis- understanding with her spinnaker boom, which went overboard, aze of her crew going over as well, but both being picked up. So much time was lost, however, that she withdrew. Iris rounded the next buoy at 4:08:15, and Mischief at 4:12:45, and started for a run down, Tris with galitopsail over close-reefed mainsail, Mischief could not carry her spinnaker, though she tried. Iris finished at 41:44, beating Mischief S5min. on corrected time. Ivis has to win once more before owning the prize. HULL Y. C. OREGON HOUSE MATCHES,—A match will be sailed on Saturday, July 26, off the Hull ¥.C, house, open to all yachts of the club, for prizes given by the guests of the Oregon House, near by. There will be four classes of yachts, asfollows: First class, keel sloops, Measuring 21ft. and under 2Sft.; second class, center- board yachts, measuring 20ft. and under 25ft.; third class, cat rigs, measuring I8ft. and under 20ft.; fourth class, cat-rigs, measuribe under 18ft. The prizes are: First class, first prize $25, second $10; second class, first prize $25, second $10; third class, first prize $20, second $10, third $5; fourth class, first prize $15, second $10, third $5. The courses will be 10 miles for first and second classes, and 6 miles for the third and fourth. The first signal will be given at 3,40 P. M., the starting signal at 3:40 for first class, the others starting at 3:45, 50 and i755 respectively. The committee are Messrs. Harrington, anne ae Brown; judges, Messrs. L. J. and ©. ¥. Harrington, and . J, Kiley. OPEN BOAT SATLING IN NEW YORK.—Our columns every week ear testimony to the popularity of smaliboat sailing in Boston, nd this week the Beverly, Lynn, Dorchester, Hull and Salem elubs are on record with matches just suiled or about to be. In New York the record is easily summed up; a race on Newark Bay on the 19th. in. which the capsize of one boat in a strong tideway placed the lives of her crew, sixteen men, in great danger for a time; another race on the following day in the Sound, with another capsize, the five men being finally rescued, and an upset of a small, shoal sailboat, with a party of six, half of them women,in the Hudson, These last also were saved, but only by chance. How much longer are we to wait, and what emphatic warning to come, before the advent of safe boats, limited crews, and fixed ballast? HULL Y. C., LADIES’ DAY.—Thirteen yachts took part In_the ladies’ day sail of the Hull ¥. C. on July 19; the schooners Silvie, Com. Perkins; Vif, Vice-Gom. Crane; yawl White Cap, Rear-Com, Rice; schooners Geo. H. Warren, Alice, Marion Wentworth and Tem- est; sloops Anna, King Philip, Ella May, Ariel, Vishnu, and cat Barebler. With a fresh wind trom southwest the ficet started off under single and, in some cases, double reefs, the signal being given ab 2:45 P, The fleet sailed past the Silvie in review, then stood out through Hull Gut, down almost as far as Minot's Light, then turning sailed in, arriving at about 6P, M. The ladies were taken ashore in the tug Wesley A. Gove to the club house, where supper was served, after which a dance occupied the rest of the evening. BEVERLY Y, C. BOOK.—The Club Book for 1884 sho ws a mempber- ship of 127 with 88 yachts, allbeing under 30ft., among which are 8 cutters, 2 yawls, 19sloops, 1 schooner and 59 cathoats, 3 keel and 65 centerboards. The success this club of small boats has met with may he judged from the list of its matches last year, a full account of which is given. The entries for the eleyen matches sailed during the season, were no Jess than 3035, nearly all the boats starting. The grand occasion of the year was the open race in August, iv which 190 yachts entered, by far the largest fleet ever brought together in aracein American waters, while the arrangements were so perfect that the large feet were started and timed with hardly any mishaps. NEW HAVEN Y. C. CRUISE,—A start was made on Saturday, July 19, delay being occasioned at first by a violent thunder storm at the hour appointed, The fleet includes the Minerva, Mascotte, Zephyr, Acme, Wild Pigeon, Vixen, Endeavor, Rajah, Flora, Marguerite, Ceres, and Wild Duck. On Monday at? A: M. the yachts left Stony Creek, arriving at Greenport in the afternoon. Endeavor and Mas- cotte put back owing to the heavy weather on the Sound, On the run across Rajah arrived first at Greenport, haying been lost under way at Stony Creek, The fleet will proceed to New London, Newport and New Bedford, where a race will be held. Thestartfor home will be made on the 28th. LAKE YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION.—The new Lake Yaeht Raeing Association will hold their first matches at Oswego on July 30, and a large unmber of boats will probably enter- The following prizes are offered: First class, first $150, second $76, third $50; sec- ond class. first $100, second $65, third $35—a third prize only being given if four boats start, and a second if three start, The second race for the championship pehuant given by Commodore Mott will be sailed by all yachts of the Oswego Y. C, over the second class course, Allraces will be sailed under the rules of the L. Y. BR. A. pees must be made in writing to W, E. Lee, secretary, on or before uly 28. A NARROW ESCAPE.—A party of six, three of whom were ladies, were thrown into the Hudson on Sunday by the capsize of the cai- boat Edith, a trap of the usualmodel. Im this ease the presence near by of the police boat, Patirol, prevented the customary tragedy attendant on such accidents, If men choose toperil them own lives im such machines perhaps they have a right to do so, but risking the lives of women who are ignorant of the danger and trust in their superior knowledge is a different matter. A NEW YORE BOAT IN HASTERN WATERS,—The owner of the open jib and mainsail boat Cruiser, well-known in the Seawanhaka and Larchmont clubs, will take his boat to Boston next month, for a series of races with Eastern boats. The following races have already been arranged: Aug, 18, A, M., Thisbe; Aug. 18, P. M., Viva; Aug.19, A, M., Hornet; Aug. 19, P. M., Hoiden; Aug, 20, Amy; Aug. 21, Queen Mab; Aug, 22, Sea Bird: Aug. 23, Black Cloud, The Cruiser will also enter the matches of the Hull Y. 0. on Aug, i6and Beverly, Aug, 23. BRVERLY. Y. C.—The second cha ponnae matchés sill be sailed on July 26, at Swampscott, ap 12M. he classes are: First, over 23ft. Gin. and under 30ft., wafer-line; second, over 19ft. 6in. and not over 21f( ; third, 19ft. Gin. and under. No change of ballast may be made on the day of the race. The time of the race is limited to 244 miles per hour for second and third classes, 284 miles for all others, A special prize forfirst class schooners, and also one for second class keels, will be given, provided two start in a class. OPEN BOAT RACE ON THE SOUND,—A race was sailed on Wed- nesday, July 16, from Bridgeport Lightto Westport and return, 20 miles, between theopen yachts Americus, Hugh Masterson, and Alice, BH. W, Smith, both of Bridgeport. The Américus won in 4.37, beating the Alice 24 minutes, corrected time. The race was sailed under the rules of the Dorchester Y_ C. LYWW Y. 0.—The Lynn Y. ©, will hoid their matches on Saturday next, off thew club house, starting at 1 P,M. There will be three clagses, _WREOK OF A YACHT ON LAKE ERTE.—The Peirel, a schooner yacht 30ft.x11.1ft., parted her moorings on July 13 and went ashore near Angola. proving a total wreck. Her crew were en shore at the Keath The Pétrel was built in Buffalo, where she was owned, in QUAKER CITY Y. C.—A sweepstakes race has been arranged be- tween the fourth elass yachts Minerva, Adelphia, Bhwell, T. J. Pratt, and Francis K. Pierson, to take place over the usual course from Market street wharf. Camden. around Obhester Buoy and return. SALEM BAY Y,.C,—The matches of this club, postponed until July 17, were not sailed on that day, owing to a heayy thunder storm al the time of starting, so they were postponed for the third time, no date being set. 7 Y VIKING.—This steam yacht, built by Roach & Son in 1883, has been sold by her owner, Mr. G. 8. Scott, to Mr. Samuel J. Tilden. Canoeing. CANOEISTS cre invited to send us notes and full reports of crises, club meets, information about canoeable waters. and other commu- nications of interest. FIXTURES. July 24 to 26,—Lake George Meet, Lorna Island. Ang. 1to 15.—A. C. A. Méet, Grindstone Island. WEIGHT OF CENTERBOARDS. HEREAS, The use of heavy centerboards has made it desirable to define the limit of weightat which it may be claimed a board is not used as ballast, Resolved, That to be eligible for races without ballast, the center- board, with case complete, should not exceed 15 pounds in weight. _ The above resolution was unanimously aston’ to at a regular meet- ing of the Mohican C. ©, ‘There are no heavy centerbeards in the club, and none of the members use ballast; but an expression of opin- ion was made with a view to directing attention to an important sub- ject. The captain or some other M. C. C. man will move as above at the next A. ©. A. meet in order to put an end to the vague terms “light” and ‘‘heayy,”’ as applied io boards, and for the guidance of future regatta committees, The Mohicans reeognize the heavy board as a legitimate appliance, and ballast as an advantageous aid under certain circumstances; but they like to keep their boats light, because they paddle as well as sail, they travel by rail and by steamer quite frequently, and they like to float in a few inches of water as they explore creeks and streams near home and rifts and rocky rivers away from home, end they like a. buoyant boat, because they have lively squalls and pretty rough water, and notinfrequen capsizes (which are, under the circumstances, very good fun), And the Mohicans believe that quite a number of other canoeists agree with them, Therefore, they desire in their own club, and in the Association, to have races wherein the light all-round canoes can. compete apart from racing sailboats, although they are not afraid to try conclusions with the veriest racing machines in any weather, in other raves. And this resolution is published in order that proper consideration may be given to the question before it is put to the vote. [There would probably be some difficulty in limiting the weight of board and trunk, as the latter is a fixture in the canoe, and in many cases its weight, if not ascertained when building, could not be after- ward determined. Would it not be best to limit weight of board only, as the board can, in almost all eases, be detached and weighed ?] ROYAL C, C. ANNUAL REGATTA—-JUNE 28, 6 Royal C, C. were again favored with glorious weather for their interesting and popular annual meeting. The entries for the paddling races were not perhaps as numerous as on some previous occasions, but the events were for the most part hotly contested, and afforded considerable amusement to the spectators. The entries for the sailing race were good, and much interest was centered in Mr. Baden-Powell’s new Nautilus, Unfortunately, however, he was un- able to get a suit of sails made for her in time, and was therefore compelled to stand out from this eyent. In the running race, how- syer, the new boat showed considerable speed, and won, afterm good race with the old Pearl, now Violet, During the day the band of the H, A. C. performed a selection from their repertoire, and greatly aided to the enjoyment of the meeting. The resnuits of the various events were as follows: Half-mile Cee race, any canoes.—Claud Scotp, 1; 5. Putcher, 2, Asplendid race, Putcher leading at the start; Scow passing him at the balf distance, aud winning by a bare five feet. Paddling and sailing race; sail before wind, and paddle back.—A, B. Ingram, 1; J. V. Vesey-Vitzgerald, 2. Fitzgerald Jed in the run nae but gol in a mess with his sails on rounding, Ingram winning easily. , Mile Paddling in Rob Roys.—C@laud Scott, 1; P. Nisbet, how, Nisbet giving up at half distance. ; Half-mile double canoe race, lady and gentleman in each canoe,— F. W. Lewis-Farrar and lady, 1; P. Nisbet and lady; B, L. P. Nisbet and lady, 0. Won easily. Sailing race, four times round.—T, PF. Knowles,Gladys, 1; B.A. Leach, Wave, 2; W. Watney, Violet, 0; H. Chureh, Imogene, 0. Violet got away first, but was passed by Gladys. In the second. round, how- ever, Violet got away again and hada good Jead, when her skipper got literally up a tree,” and extinguished his chance, Imogene got an unlucky , which nearly filled her, so the Wave was left to walk in for second place, Miie pa dling: challenge cup.—M. A, Ord-Mackenzie, the holder, did not putin an appearance, and the race lay between Claud Scott and Puteher, the former winning, after a good race, by about three Jengths, Both men steered miserably, Sailing race. running only.—W. Baden-Powell, Nautilus, 1; W. Wat- ney, Violet 2; J. Vesey Fitzgerald, Zoedone, 8; H. Church, Tmogene, 0. Thenew Nautilus, witha small sail borrowed for the occasion, sailed a good race and won, Your-paddle race.—Claud Scott, E, L. P, Nisbet, H. K. Bridger, P. Nisbet, 1; 8, Futecher, W. EB. Graham, G. V, Gaskell, A, B. Ingram, 0. A. splendid race, the boats being neck-and neck all the way, Scott's crew just winning by half a length. . Chase over land and water.—P. Nisbet, 1; S. Futcher, 0. Futcher was first across the river, but hurried too much on getting his canoes out of the water and in again; Nisbet taking matters more voolly, got his eanoe in right side up and won easily. Scratch Fours, half mile.—First heat; H. Davenport, G. V. Gaskell, W. O’Mally, and P. Hart 1; E. L. P. Nisbet, Carpenter, P. Nisbet, and W. Scott, 0. Won by three lengths —Second heat: H. Tuppin, C. L. O’Mally, Chancellor, and Claud Scott, 1; G. J. B. Porter, H. Morley, H, Church and G. Ingram, 0.—Final heat: C. Scott’s crew, 1; Dayen- ort’s crew 0, A splendid race, resulting in fayor of Scott’s crew by a ength.—London Field, July 5. Won any- CRUISING CANOES AND THE A, C. A. RULES, Ree the publication of the official programme of the annual races, the attention of canoeists generally bas been drawn to & most important feature of the present racing rules, their influence on canoe models. It will be admitted without question that the main end in view in all canoe legislation is the encouragement of legitimate cruising, and to that end the development of the best possible model for general cruising work and the limitation of extreme types and ‘racing machines. - , The value of canoe races'in the Serene and promotion of the sport is beyond dispute. They add greatly to the interest of canoe- ing. They can be held at all times, on any afternoon through the season, and so are open to many who cannot spare time for cruising. To their influence we owe many of the most valuable improyements in boats and gear, and they occupy deséryedly a prominent place in ourmeects; but with them comes the necessity for fixed and carefully prepared rules. Even without racing some limit or definition of a canoe would be necessary, but to class the boats prope:ly for the races is the first requisite. Those most interested in such work would naturally be racing men, and the chances are that in their eagerness to provide sport for all they will forget the medium boats and favor the racers, both sailing and paddling. , ; : In criticising any set of rules, the test question is, ““What is their inftuence on canoe models,” or what classes of canoes will be built unger them,'and in conmmection with this, it must} be considered that the records of all sports prove, that where a limit is set, competition will always force the contestants to build up to it in time. The history of the present rules is known to all canoeists; in 1881 | acommittes of three was appointed by the A. ©. A. to haat iI aud sailing regulations; their work was subniitted to seven other canovists, representatives of various clubs, aud-the work amended in accordance with their suggestions, after which the miles were dis- tributed among canoeists for their opinions, before being finally sub- mitted to the Association and being ado After a limi in ‘ ra - u . one regatta, the regatta committee of 188? and 3 rejected them, in favor of thuse at present in use, which have thus season's tial. Pp d far had also one nthe former rules, every canoe was placed definitely in a fixed class, according to ils leading dimensions, races being sl Hele dp for that class, both paddling and sailing, the consequence being that the same boats came together in each race, and if one improved his ad- _ vantages as a sailing boat by an undue sacrifice of paddling req'tis- ites, he paid for it by being ata disadvantage in paddling, and vice versa. Of course there will always be some boats difficult to place in any one class under apy rules, but the difficulties arising under the former rules. owing to diversity of sizé, there never haying beeu any standard or limit previously, would disappear in a few seasons, as the rules were built upto, The new rules were based on an en- tirely different plan, the primary distinction being sailing canoes, and paddling canoes, or two totally distinct classes, the limit of size for each being widely different, The immediate tendency of such a rule is evidently to develop special boats, some fast under paddle, and others only fast for sailing, and while one year is hardly lone enough to test the matter conclusively, the coming meet will prob- ably prove the truth of the above, bybringine out boats built {> the — limit in one class, but useless in the other, such boats of course tak- ing the prizes, to the exclusion of the all-around canoe ~ For instance, taking a ganoe of 1428. it is called wpon to paddle against a canoe of 1728, a handicap of 3ft. in fayor of hie latter boat, certainly an immense advantage, other things being equal. In sail- ing it is brought agaimst a boat 1628, or 2ft. against it. The smaller or Rob Roys, 26in., must paddle against a boat 2ft. longer, and their only chance for a sailing race is with a canoe 1628, in which their chances are decidedly poor, The 14380 canoes must also give 2ft, of length, and even then there is but one paddling race that they can enter, while in sailmg,in the three races they can enter they are heavily handicapped. The entire pressure of the rules then, is to boats either 1628in. or 16X30, both of which sizes are but little used, and by the general practice of canoeists are far from the best, and while, at present, the small intrinsic value of the prizes makes the” pressure comparatively light, as races increase in the clubs, as they are rapidly doing, canoes of other dimensions must withdraw almost entirely from them. It will be easier to say after the present season how far this eyil will extend, but we would call the attention of all canoeists to the rules, as worthy of their most careful consideration, with a view to theirimprovement. One of the first requisites of a measurement rule is stability, thatit should remain as far as possible unchanged, in order that boats builf, under it may not be outclassed in a year or So, and we would not advise another ill-considered and radical change, oe a peeeul effort on the part of allfor the removal of the present” ifficulties, THE A. C. Editor Forest and Stream: Mr, Whitlock’s letter and the editorial note following it give a dif- ferent aspect to the programme question, but there is sill an uncer- tainty about some points, First let me say that the Mohican resolu- tions were Proiey by the programme published in Forest aAnb STREAM, which Mr. Whitlock has declared incorrect, but which was nearly the same asa proof which he offered far my perusal some time previous, and against which I protested, without effect, as Isup- posed, since the chairman of the Regatta Committee wrote to me un- favorably and then published a letter defending outside ballast (which Mr. Tyson has ably met). Therefore we had every reason to believe that the programme in Formst AND STREAM was authentic, But re- ferring to Canoeist, 1 find: 12, Sailing light race, 3 P. M., 144 miles (a) Canoes without ballast. (b) Canoes with heavy board only. T infer from Mr. Whitlock’s last letter that the a and & do not refer to classes. The use of these letters is somewhat misleading, there- fore, but this does not matter much if it is clearly explamed. _ But the next inference (or rather consequence) is that in light races Classes A and Bare to compete together, in fact, Mr. Whitlock writes that in that race, ‘which has always been for any canoe, thediyi- sions into A and B classes becomes unnecessary.’ Now, referring to the no ballast race in last year’s programme, I find classes A and B- mentioned, and I remember that, although sailed together, they were separate races with separate prizes, and it seems to me that the idea of cutting down the programme is not furthered by adding a light race for canoes with heavy racing appliances, if it has to be done by crowding the real light boats into a single race where Class A boats have no chance against their bigger opponents. It simply alters our complaint that there was no light race for Class B to one that there is nove for Cjass A, aid asJ have not, from the commencement of this. discussion, wished to obtain advantages for my own boat but have only asked for an equitable arrangement, | think the situation is not improved. Only one Class A Mohican canoe is likely to be at the next meet. the Marion, and it was her owner who offered the resolution petition- ing in favor of Class B, Now itis her turn to be advocated, She was proved at Newburgh to be a good boat and skillfully commanded, yet itis well known that against three Inches more beam ‘she has no chance worth speaking of, and that too,in her proper and fayorite trim of no ballast. There are many canoes of the same type: I speak of the Marion only.as an instance of ber class. It saems to me to be evident without argument that each of the classes, A and B, should havea race without ballast. I think they were the most valuable races on the programme and the ones most likely to encourage good canoeing in fair boats not over-rigged. Atthe same time I personally, and the Mohicans as a club, are sorry ta be thus at variance with the chairman of the Regatta Committee, know- ing how able and beneficial his previous services to the A. C. A, have been. For my part I would withdraw everything and say no more vather than assume the responsibility of being a useless critic. I commented as a petitioner, circumstances have since put me in the attitude of a eritic. TI have no moré to say on this question unless ib is the opinion of the A. C. A, that enough is not yet said. oBnRT W. GIBSON. [As stated last week, the error alluded to was in the original copy sent to us by the Regatta Committee. It would be very easy to divide the canoes 1n the first division of race No, 12 into A and B classes, starting all together, of course. The main difficulty, as we have pointed out elsewhere, hes in the basis of the present rules. A. RACES. THE LOG BOOK, IX—A CRUISE ON THE MERRIMACK. BAVING Salem by the first train on the Fourth of July, the canoa Joie started for a cruise down the Merrimack, from Lawrence and throngh to Ipswich, The Joie is a canvas canoe of the Rob Roy style, decked over, and isa home-made craft, Leaving the canoe at North Andover, being nearer the river than Lawrence, I went invo the city, my object being to see if Lcould get a friend, who is a canoe- ist ef some Dote, to accompany me a short discance down the river; but on reaching his house I learned that he had left early in the morn- ing to go up the river, so J returned to North Andover alone. ith a little assistance I got the canoe into the water and started down the river. There was a slight breeze up the river, so the crew was obliged to take tothe paddle. Moving slowly down, and stop- ping occasionally to go ashore, it was nearly noon before the Joie reached St. Mitchel’s Falls, which she ran in safety luckily, as they were her tirst rapids. A short distance below I m+t a couple of boats, whose occupants were camping further down tor the day. They kindly invited me to stop and take dinner with them, whicd invitation I accepted, and remained there until 3 o’clock, when, bidding them zood-by, I continued on my journey. Passing by Haverhill and Groveland, I reached a good camping ground about a mile and a half or two miles below Groveland bridge on the right hand side of the river. It is around a curye that hides & icnic ground below the bridge from sight, on a grassy bank amid a ~ arge group of trees. There is plenty of: wood and a farmhouse near by, Where you can obtain milk, etc. Landing there I pulled the Joie on the bank and pot up my canoe tent and prepared for the night. About eleven o'clock J was awakened by the sound of rain on the tent, but as that was waterproof it did not trouble me. It rained until seven o'clock the next morning, so the Joie did not get started — Leather Top Buggies and Phaetons.......:. $100 up Rockaways and Depot Wagons.. ........... 100 up Flegant Jumpseat Carriages................ 135 up Handsome Surreys, Lawrences, etc......... 10 up _ Coupes and Coupe Rockaways ...,......... 250 up Top Delivery Wagon..... ..,.--- te oS eizaarp Road and Village Carts, Road Wagons, Sulkeys, etc. Excellent Light Buggy Harness........ $10 up rocers’ and Delivery Harness.....-......... ‘18 up = Light Double [etsha ct Ce TN aa son Aare Es up Farm IDOSS..--s22-2--.- Geos sc acon ae & up i Jand. _ sand Horse & Stable-Hequisites of all Kinds. | PgOKS. Redditoh, Susie _57 & 89 WARREN STREET, NEW YORK. (Four 2, 188k) ‘was @ strong current and wind against me through the river, and so > ee obliged to paddle. On reaching the SoundI was completely lost, having no landmarks to steer by, fer it was dark and the wind was blo hard, At last, seeing a lightinshore, I decided to paddle for itand learn where l was. Onreaching it and finding a beach, I went ashore and learned that I was up Parker River. As it was then about 9 o’clock I decided not to go any further that night, and on being offered a bunk in a small shanty, I accepted and passed the night there. In the morning, atter a hearty breakfast in a cottage, the Joie started for the Little Neck again. There was a stiff breeze blowing against her, so the crew were obliged to paddle across. It was a hard, wet struggle, but the Neck was reached at last, and there the Joie stayed until the next morning. I met some Salem friends and remained there that nighv. In the morning I paddled up to Ipswitch and took the train for Beverly, where I put the canoe overboard again and paddled ie the wharf, reaching itat10 o’clock in safety. Thus ended my first cruise, but I hope not the last. : Jorn. GRUISING NOTES.—Messrs. J. L. Greenleaf, Knickerbocker C. C., Frank J. Proctor and A. G. Webster, Harvard C. C., called at this place (Newburgh) July i7,Mr, Greenleaf being on a cruise to Albany and the Messrs. Proctor and Webster en route to the Lake George C. G. meet at Lake George and the A. C. A. meet at Grindstone.— Eg. ‘ Dr, Neidé and Mr. Newman reached Plattsburg on July 9, Rouse’s Point, 10th, and crossed by rail to Ogdensburg on the 1ith, starting up the St. Lawrence on the 12th. For two days progress was very slow against wind and current, while rain at intervals made matters worse. On Monday the wind came from the east, so an early start was made, the remaining run of nearly thirty miles being made in five hours, before the wind, both canoeists being soaked with spray. The wind changed back again just after theirarrivalin camp. Dr. Neidé is now hard at work on the island, and reports that he cannot hire any help, There are, no doubt, plenty of canoeists who have time to spend an extra week in camp, and a little help from some of them now will be very acceptable. CANORING IN PITTSBURGH.—Canoeing is rapidly becoming more popular in Pittsburgh, and aside. from three perfectly organized - and equipped eanoe elubs, every urchin and street gamin that enjoys a love for aquatic sport, has drawn upon his limited amount of genius, and conyerted an indescribable mass of driftwood into a canoe shaped ‘‘something,’’ which he paddles to and fro with a broken oar, or a piece of board, with all the pride and satisfaction of the com- mande,r of the finest lapstreak.—C. A. R. CANOE PHOTOS.—We have received from Mr, F. H. Pullen, two handsome photos of the Merrimack River meet. ee _ ' FOREST AND STREAM. A NEW NAUTILUS CANOE.—Mr. Baden-Powell has just completed anew Nautilus canoe for eruising and oceasional racing, and will “trial trip” her in the regatta races of the Royal C. C. to-day at Ted- dington. As regards model, she looks ‘‘fairness itself; there is not a hollow line in her, She has a considerable rise of floor, with a rak- ing midship section, and a long, fine “run.’’ Her designer’s aim is to create 4 craft which, under light spars, and with only stores for bal- last (in addition to a cruising centerplate) shall paddle easily, sail well, and at the same time afford sleeping accommodation, and yet not be too heavy tor her crew to haul about on shore, These qualities from the look of her, will no doubt be attained; and, further, when ballasted, sparred, and ‘-plated” for a race, she should cause a flutter among the bashful ones of the racing fleet. Her leading dimeusions are, length 15ft, beam 2ft, 7igin.. depth 1éin, There are several noyel features about her—notably, in that she has two complete watertight bulkheads, which preyent any possibility of a wash ot water fore and aft in the event of shipping a sea, or filling the cockpit in a squall, the fore and aft compartments being got at by means of deck hatchways, jnstead of bulkhead doors. The after end of the “‘well’*is so arranged as to seat a passenger for short trips, and forms, when not so used, a comfortable head and shoulder rest for her skipper when sailing. She has no side deck flaps, but is so constructed that the skipper can lie down at full length under the side deck and steer with his feet. Her sheer and general appearance are very taking to the eye, and suggest good sea-going qualities. Her own sails are not yet ready. However, an old suit is being fitted to her for theregatta; but even then her owner will have all his work cut ont to get her fitted by the time of the first race. She has been put together in little more than a forinight by the able R. C. C. builder, Mr. Turk, of Kingston, and shows considerable excellence in material and workmanship. The Nautilus will compete in the cruiser race and in both the sailmg races to-day at the R. C. C. regatta at Teddington.—_London Hield, June 28. OSHKOSH C. C. ANNUAL RACES,—The Oshkosh C. C. held their first annual races on Wednesday, July 16, The course was three miles triangular, the wind very light from the Hast, The start was made at 3 P. M., the following boats crossing: Aloka, W, J. MeCoy; Alice, Otto Schloerb; Sis, A. M. Von Kaas; Reine, W. A. Session; Meta, Oscar Timm; Bon Ami, R. P. Finney; Dollie R., W. A. Rad- ford, and Jen, Wm. Brand. The race was very slow owing to the lack of wind, Bon Ami winning in 1:28:20, with Jen, Lisand Keine fol- lowing. Afterward a scrub race was sailed, in which Alice was first, Reine second, and Aloka third. Bon Ami takes the champion flag for the balance of the year, and holds the challenge prize until won by another boat. = SHAWANHAKA ©, Y. C. RACE FOR CANOES.—The annual open boat races of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C., on July 30, will be open to canoes of all recognized canoe clubs, a prize valued at $30 being given. The conditions are given in our yachting columns. : 5 \ ‘ | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Nep, Allegany.—See our last issue for fish seasons. N. J. O., Blairsville, Pa.—The gun has a good reputation. Cc, C. M.—Please give me the names of five or six most important flies for trout fishing in the Adirondacks the first of August., Ans, ea Professor, Red Spinner, Montreal, Red Ibis, and Queen of e Water, _ J.T. G., Keyport, N. ¥.—1, You can carry 50ft. in mainsail and 20f0. in mizzen, for moderate cruising rig. 2. Step mainmast 2fb. Gin. from ners ae 2ft. Jin. from stern. 3, Write to C. A, Neidé, Schuyler- ville, N. Y. X.Y. Z—In an ash and lancewood, 7-ounee, three-joint fly-rod should the middle joint be of ash or lancewood? Ans. It is largely a matter of taste. Lancewood is heavier than ash, and the latter is generally used. This would be our choice. Pirricus—Will you kindly inform me (1) if the fishing in Lake Ronkonkoma, L, I..is good enough to warrant going there fora week? 2, Are there any fish in the lake which are forbidden fo be caught? 3, Could I camp out there? Ans. The fishing is fair there but at times is overdone. 2, No. Yes, J. L. L.—What varnish is best to use in revarnishing a split bamboo rod, and I would also be obliged for any other points as to keeping a rod of that kind in good condition, Ans. Shellac dissolved in alcohol. ee! the rod well varnished and do not tie it too tightly in the case. Let it lie down instead of standing. GRAYLING.—1. Where is the best fishing among the ‘Thousand Islands, especially near Kingston? ¥. At what date does duck shooting commence? Ans. 1. Inside of Howe Island, and between that and * Grindstone on the east. South between Wolfe Island and Cape Vin- cent, 2. On the Canada side Aug. 15. New York side Sept. 1. AmaTEUR, Paterson, N. J.—l. How is the silk prepared for tying guides on a fishing rod? 2. What is the best wood for the butt of a light trout rod, the wood to be light and of sufficient strength? Ans, 1, No preparation is necessary; take silk thread and wind it around the guides and finish with an invisible knot. 2. Ash is commonly used and is as good as apy if tough and close grained. Ewor.—Can you inform me what is the togue, its scientific name and habitat; also tne best work on ichthyology? 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Sample thousand, 10 different grades, from extra heavy to tine, $5.00. For price list address F. LATASA, 81 New St., Rooms 43 & 45, N. Y. Fishing Tackle. Rods, Reels, Lines, Arti- - ficial Baits OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. —— Flies for all Waters. Special patterns tied to order APPLETON & LITCHFIELD 304 Washington St., Boston, Mass. JOHN MOORE, MANUPACTORER OF Carriages and Harness Of all Descriptions. Substantial, Serviceable Work. wich, Wurzburg awards at Sidney, Melbourne, Adelaide, South Africa, Toronto, London, and other exhibitions, S. ALLCOCK & CO., Fish Hook, Fishing Tackle W's, REDDITCH, ENG. OSE SEER ORS 185 R—E.S, Extra-Strong Spring Steel ‘Trade Mark ee p SPN Da it OS PET PRES SEE Hooks made of the .best Spring Steel, Swivels, Phantom Baits, Patent Standard Fly Book, Patent Waterproof Lock Joint, Trout Rods, Patent Spring Hook Swivel. All descriptions of Fishing Goods, which can be had through all wholesale houses in the United States. AWARDS: Gold medals at Paris, Berlin, Nor- Harrison's Celebrated Fish Hook, _ Registered. Whereas, It having come to our notice that some unprincipled house, to ends, and to attempt having spread reports to the effect that the manu- facturers of the above hooks are defunct, we now take this opportunity of informing the American and British public that such reports are utterly false. The same efficient staff of workpeople is employed as heretofore, and we challenge the world to produce 2 fish hook for excellence of temper, beauty and finish in any wa, approach ours, which are to be obtained trom the most respectable wholesale houses in the trade. _ Signed, R. HARRISON, BARTLEET & CO., Sole manufacturers of Harrison’s Celebrated Fish " Manufacturers also .of Fishing Tackle of every description, Sewing and Sewing Machine Needles, Brass Multiplying 180ft., $1.50; 240f6., #1 package. Twisted Leaders, 3 leugth, 5 cts,; Flies, $1.00 per doz. Trout and catalogue. bollow=Point LIMERICK HOOKS S . Alleoek & Co. REDDITCH. Ringed ..100,_ wee and Caleutta. and the highest not less than one dozen, by ain their own unworthy oO damage our good name to treble twisted, 3 length, 10 cts. Black Bass Bait Rods, 9ft. long, $1.25 to $5.00. Trout and Black Bass Bly Rods, 10ft. long, $1.50 to $10.00. Also forty-eight different styles of rods for all kinds of fishing. Samples of hooks, leaders, ete., sent by mail on receipt of price in money orstamp. Send stamp for SAS. |. MARSTERS, 55 Court Street, Brooklyn. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER OF Fine F'ishine Tackle. First Quality Goods at lower prices than any other house in America. Reels with Balance Handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft,, $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; 8 75; 800ft., $2.00; 450ft., $2.25; 600£t., $2.50. Any of the above Reels with Drags, %5 cts. extra; nickel plated; 50 cts, extra. Brass Click Reels, 20yds., 50 cts.; 30yds., 75 cts.; 60yds., $1.00; nickel plated, 50 cts. extra. Marster’s celebrated Hooks snelled on gut, Limerick, Kirby Limerick, Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, O'Shaughnessy, Kinsey, Aberdeeen, Sneak Bent, and all other hooks. Single gut. 12 cts, per doz.; double, 20 cts. Single Gut Trout and Black er doz.; treble, 30 cts. per doz.; put up one-half dozen in a ass Leaders. lyd., 5 cts.; 2yds., 10 cts.; 3yds., 15 cts. Double Trout Plies, 60 cts. per doz. Black Bass Established 20 years. Open Evenings. J. KF. MARSTERS, 55 Court St., Brooklyn. re YN O&O CH’ Ss Patent Perfect” Brass Shells, MANUFACTURED BY KYNOCH & CO., Birmingham, Eng. _ These shells are made of extra fine thm. pliable metal, with reinforced base; are adapted to either Winchester or Wesson No. 2 primers. oniy about half as much. Weight less than paper shells. of a heavier charge, a8 owing to the thin metal. inside diameter is nearly two gauges larger. Load same as any brass shells, using wads say two sizes larger than gauge of shells. crimped with tool and straighten out to original shape when discharged. The crimping tool also acts as a reducer, an advantage which will be appreciated by all experienced sportsmen, shells will be mailed (without charge) to any sportsmen’s club or dealer, and prices quoted to the trade only. For sale in any quantity by gun dealers generally, or shells in case lots only, (2,000), and crimpers Can be reloaded as often as any of the thicker makes. Cost They shoot stronger and closer, and admit Or can be effectually Sample HERMANN BOKER & CO,, Sole American Agents, 101 & 103 Duane Street, New York. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. SOLD BY ALL. GUN DEALERS AND WHOLESALED bee HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, New York_City, | - —- 818 FOREST AND STREAM. — pou $4, 1088 PRICES OF FISHING TACKLE.| THE PETMECKY | amex « S5=02* 5... Brass Multiplying Reels with balance handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120ft., $1.25; I8OFt., $1.50; 240Ft.. $1.75; 300ft., $2.00; 450Ft., $2.25; GOOF, $2.50; 750ft., $2.75; 900Lt , $3.00. Nickel plating and Drags extra. Brass Click Reels, 25yds , 60 cts.; 40yds , 75 cts.; 60yds., 85 cents.; 80yds., $1.00. Kiffe’s Celebrated Hooks -nelled on gut. Single gut, 12 cts. per doz.; double, 20 cts. per doz.; treble, 30 cts. per doz, Single Gut T. out and Black Bass Leaders, lyd.,.5 cts.; 2yds., 10 ets.; 8yds., 15 cts. Double Twisted Leaders, 3 length. 5 cts.; 4length, 10 cts.; treble, 3 length, 10 cts.; 4 length, 15 cts.; extra heayy 4-ply, 4length, 25 cts. Trout Flies, 50 cts. per doz.; Black Bass Flies, $1,00 per doz. Samples of our goods sent by mail or express on receipt of price. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. : HERMANN H. KIFFE, 318 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Between Fulton Ferry and City Hal. OPEN EVENINGS. GUR NEW MODEL THREE BARREL GUN. PRICE, $75 TO $250. . Send for Illustrated Catalogue. This gun is light and compact, from 9 to 10 lbs. weight, The rifle 1s perfectly accurate. iL. Cc. SMIiT of, Maller, Syracuse,N.WY. UP & MC’S FISHING SUIT, DARK LEAD COLOR, AND THE HOLABIRD SHOOTING SUITS Fustian and Imported Corduroy. ASSORTHD COLORS. Unequualed in Convenience, Style or Workmanship. ———-. a, I Write for our new Catalogue and Samples. THISt= is our Skeleton Coat or Game Bag. Weighs but 15 ounces, Can oe worn over or under an ordinary coat. Has seven pockets and game pockets. It is of strong material, dead grass color, and will hold the game of a successfu day without losing a hair or feather. We will mail it to you, postage paid, for $2.00. Send breast measure. Ses on UPTHEGROVE McLELLAN, Valparaiso, Ind. The American Arms Co., manufacturers of the Fox patent double guns, are now running their entire | )Pockets for caps, ete. gun machinery on the single semi-hammeriess guns and their new double-action extracting pistols, and will make no more double guns at present, except on orders, at full prices. The undersigned, havin, purchased all their stock of Fox guns, some 300 in all, of the various grades No. 5 list and above, w: offer them to sportsmen—“‘first come, first serve’’—at 25 per cent. discount from the regular list while they last. Here is an opportunity to purchase a fine gun at an unprecedentedly low price. They are all warranted of the finest qualities in every respect, and cannot be duplicated when this lot is exhausted. Orders may be sent as usual to the AMERICAN ARMS CO,, or to F. H. RAYMOND, Treas- urer, 103 Milk Street, Boston Will be sent C. O. D, for trial and examination. Sportsmen’s Wear. No. A i, Barnard Canvas Shooting Coat, - #5 00 No. 1, " ts " - 4 00 No. 2, ae ac ee ce i yd 5O No. 3, a . ae és - 175 For sale by all gun and sporting goods dealers. Ask for them; see that our trade mark is on the lining, They are the best; take no other. We also manufactute Hats, Caps, Leggins, Pants, Vests, Waterp:oof Horsehide Boots and Shoes, Carryall Bags, seriptien of goods used by sportsmen, made from canvas, Corduroy and Waterproof Leather. Tilustrated catalogue, sample and measurement blanks sent free upon application. - GEORGE BARNARD & CO., 108 Madison St , Chicago. HASTERN AGENCY: 47 Murray st.,N.Y. F.N.Wuurre, Manager. Ss JU MB OLE NE: A Lotion for Sportsmen, Excursionists & Others. Protects persons using it from the attacks of MOSQUITOES. BLACK FLIES, and other insects, and from SUNBURN and the disagreeable effects of exposure to the weather. - Tt is beneficial to the skin, and has no disagreeable odor; ‘is color- less and cleanly, not staining the finest linen, and washes off readily on the application of soap and water. MANUFACTURED BY THOS. JENNESS & SON, 12 West Market Sq., Bangor. Sold by the leading dealers in sporting goods throughoutthe country Price, 50 Cents Per Bottle. N, B.—When ordering please mention this paper. Bargains that should be in every Sportsman's Hands. A FEW COPIES OF THE SECOND EDITION OF “WWinNnGe SHoo Tin G” Left, and will be sold for 50 cents each. Methods for cleaning and loading the modern breech-loader; practical hints upon wing shooting; directions for hunting suipes, woodcocks, ruffed grouse and q a ted: Bound in cloth, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price, 50 cents; formerly sold for $1.00, IDustra: T., G. DAVEY, Publisher, London, Ont. Of Waterproofed Duck, Dead Grass Color, Trish | Pecgrted Toret er OM RICAN TRA GO Our new Frankhn_ Bat cannot be surpassed. Price ; $5.50. Weare sole makers of the Regulation Ball, adopted by the U.S8.N. L. T. Association, April 5, 1884, and by the Intercollegiate L, T. Association May 7,1884. The Playing Rules of Lawn Tennis, with complete catalogue of our popu- lar goods, by mail, 10c. stamps. = PECK & SNYDER, 126. 128, 130 Nassau st., N. Y. Refrigerator Baskets. The grandest thing ever invented for fishermen or for parties living out of town, as articles of a perishable nature can be carried around all day in the hottest weather and will be kept cold as ice. These baskets being lined with tin and packed with boiler felt are perfect portable refrigerators, pre- GUN CLEAN BR. The only Cleaner that will thoroughly clean a gun barrel, doing the work equally well in choke bores without adjustment. Will do the work quicker and better than all other implements, for the purpose, combined, Price, $1.25. By mail, 10 cents extra. Ask your’dealer for it. Discount to the trade. Circular | Serving the contents and giving plenty of ice-water free, J. ©, PETMECKY, for Uva OT Toate They are made of the best. Wholesale Dealer in Guns, Fishing Tackle, etc,, Aus- | rattan, with drop handles, double lids and straps on top, and are the strongest and most handsome baskets ever._made. Two sizes. Price $3.50 and $4.50. Sent by express on receipt of price by the eee at JOHN R. HARE, 63 Fayette street, Balti- - more, : = tin, Texas. A NEW DISCOVERY! : THE NIAGARA TARGET BALL. Patented December 18th, 1883. COAL BLACK AND BREAKS LIKE GLASS. Impossible for shot to penetrate this ball without having it fly to pieces; one pellet of shot will break it; sure test of shooters’ skill; no unaccountable misses, Clubs will not use any other target ball atter piving these a fair trial. Ask your dealer for them. Write for circulars to NIAGARA TAR- GET BALL CO., Niagara Falls, N. Y. GUUD NEWS 10 LADIES! Greatest inducements ever of fered, Now’s your time to get up orders for our celebruted Teas anid Coffees, and secure a beauti- ful Gold Band or Moss Rose China SAS Ten Set, or Handsome Decorated Gold Band Moss Rose Dinner Set, or Gold Band Moss J. N. DODGE, Detroit, Mich. 276 and 278 Division street, Ue HE ss A ~GREATAMERICAN Manufacturer of Decoy Ducks of all kinds. First quality, $9 per doz,; second quality, $7: third qual- ity, #5. Also geese, brant, coot. swan and snipe decoys. Duck and turkey calls. Decoys made like any pattern furnished, without extra charge. Large stock. P. 0, Box 289 3l and 33 Vesey St., New York. GUNNING COAT. Edge of game pocket turned up to show the net bottom, which permits ventilation, drip and distention. Right and left sides alike. OUTSIDE, INSIDE. Corduroy Oost; Zo lse feet Wane! ee wes | $10 00 it Wiese H ye), aaa re lat ne 8 00 ig rowsers. = 20hreses wk. 5 00 Linen Duck Coat..... 5 00 Pf Vest.. 2 00 Ws Pants, 3 00: Cotton Duck Coat.. 4 00 A Vest... 2 00 “ Pants 2 50 #| Cap of Corduroy........ 2 00 e Duele oy advsew tee 1 00 Sent everywhere in the United States on receipt of price. HA Ee pe re Hla ea ‘ HENNING, CLOTHIER, 410 Seventh Street, WASHINGTON CITY. AT THE LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION TEE: WIiCHoLsS Hexagonal Split Bamboo Fishing Rods Were awarded Three Silver Medals and the highest special prize—10 Sovereigns. Noted for excel- ence more than numbers. This is the highest prize awarded to any American for Split Bamboo Rods. Manufactured by B. F. NICHOLS, 153 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. Send for list with Massachusetts Fish and Game Laws. INTER-STATE CLAY PIGEON TOURNAMENT Under the auspices of the Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Co., Cincinnati, O., At Metropolitan Base Ball Park, N. Y. City, Aug. 14,15 & 16. (Cor. First ave, and 107th st., via Third ave. Elevated R, R.) Admission 25 cents. E—Exit from game pocket. F—Entrances to game pocket. G—Net bottom game pocket, H—Game pocket. A—Opénings to game pocket. B—Pockets for empty shells. \—Pockets for loaded hells. Gun Cases, Cartridge Bag:, Shell Boxes, and every de- | For full programme, ete., send to above Company at Cincinnati, or at 59 Murray street, New York City. HEADQUARTERS: ASTOR HOUSE, EUROPEAN PLAN, PATENT BREEOH & MUZZLE-LOADING Yacht Cannon, Sizes, 17, 24, 28 and 32 inches in length. MANUFACTURED BY THE STRONG FIRE ARMS CO., New Haven, Ct. Also Mfrs. of Shelton Auxiliary Rifle Barrels, Combination Sights - and Cartridge Grooving Machines. Send for Catalogue and Price List. TARGET BALLS AND BALL PIGEONS. New and Superior to all others. Sample barrel of the New Ball and a handsome silver badge sent te any address for $3.00, The Moyer “Ball Pigeon’’ and trap will be ready about April15. Trap, $15; Pigeons, $18 per ML. Any club desiring to test the new ball thoroughly we will send 1000 for $5, after which the regular price will be inflexible at $9 per M, Card’s Jatest ball trap, the only one we guarantee and recommend, and 1000 balls for $14. The trap in exchange for your old ball trap and $6.50. TARGET BALL AND BALL PIGEON CO., Lockport, N. ¥. hes 6 TARGET BALL Send for circular. Fragrant Vanity eee Cloth of Gold CIGARETTES. ih icarettes cannot be surpassed. If you do not use them, a trial will convince youtube ey have no equal. Two hundred millions sold in 1883. i 183 First Prize Medals Awarded. WM. S. KIMBALL & CO. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUT, STE N LIBRARIES wi) == 3 9088 0124